Stephen Lynch is an American singer and comedian, famous for his raunchy comic lyrics. He was born July 28, 1971 in Abington, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Saginaw, Michigan and attended Western Michigan University, where he learned to play guitar. He is a Tony nominee for his role as Robbie Hart in the Broadway musical, The Wedding Singer. Stephen married Erin Dwight in September of 2003.  Lynch has produced seven albums: 

Stephen Andrew Lynch (* 28. Juli 1971 in Abington, Pennsylvania) ist ein US-amerikanischer Sänger und Komödiant. Er ist für seine sarkastischen, gut durchdachten Texte, vor allem in den USA, bekannt und arbeitete auch als Musical-Darsteller.  Leben und Arbeit  Lynch wuchs in den Vororten von Saginaw, (Michigan) auf und besuchte ein College der Western Michigan University. 1996 ging er nach New York City um Schauspieler zu werden. Dort wurde ihm der Vorschlag gemacht einige seiner humoristischen Songs, die er bereits seit etwa drei Jahren schrieb, vor Publikum in einem Café zu spielen.

Stephen Lynch es un humorista de stand-up comedy muy al estilo de Doug Stanhope pero sus monólogos son en forma de canción, Stephen nacio el 28 de Julio de 1971 en Abington, Pennsylvania.

Intro dialogue, then :

   Am          E
My story is so tiresome...  (tiresome)
        E                        Am
Back in France I was rich as they come... (as they come)
      F                         C
But I lost all my wealth and my good mental health
      E                           Am
Now I live with zee filth and zee scum... (and zee scum)

      Dm                   C          G
I'm Pierre the only French bum in New York
       Dm                     C                 G
When I open my Boone's Farm I still schniff zee cork.
   Dm                      C           G
So have you a quarter, I'm begging you please
          F    E            Am
I have to have wine with my government cheese.

  Am                    E
I really should bid you adieu... (adieu)
    E                    Am
I'm feeling a bit sac le blu... (sac le blu)
   F                     C
My life is a hell I give off a bad smell
        E                            Am
but I'm French oh that's always been true. PIU!!!

Pierre

INTRO A Em A Em A Em A Em

A              Em       A                 Em
Have a seat and listen, please don't say a thing
    A              Em                   A              Em
The matters of the heart sometimes, the truth will ever sting
A                 Em           A         Em
Just don't take it personally, this is no attack
    A           Em                  G         D         E
But we will never last because I am white and you are...also white
            A             Em                G         D
I only like black girls the brown girls, the caf? au lait
A                 Em                G        D
Caramel girls, and mocha girls just blow me away
A                   Em                G         D
If your a nubian, I want you to-be in every fantasy
A                       Em                      G            
       [A] <(FIRST CHORD OF THE INSTRUMENTAL)
But if you're a whitey, say nighty-nighty, your just not the girl for me

INSTRUMENTAL CHORDS [A] Em A Em A Em A Em

     A            Em                A           Em
Oh I hate vanilla ice cream, I like chocolate instead
  A                  Em               A             Em
I hope she likes her soul food with a little Wonder Bread
      A              Em          A               Em
Don't call it Jungle Fever cause that just isn't right
A          Em                 G    D           E
I am not a racist, some of my best friends are white
              A                Em               G       D
I just prefer black girls, the brown girls, the caf? au lait
  A                 Em               G        D
A caramel girls and mocha girls just blow me away.
A                        Em                    G                D
If you're a cracker, you better get blacker or else you best get out
A                 Em                  G               
      [A] <(FIRST CHORD OF THE INSTRUMENTAL)
It is no mystery, I like a sister see that's what I'm talkin about

INSTRUMENTAL CHORDS [A] Em A Em A EmA Em

    A                 Em     A         Em
Our wedding song will be "Ebony and Ivory",
    A                    Em               A          Em
and we'll sing Christmas carols round the old Kwanza tree
    A                Em               A             Em
But color is not the issue here, it's dignity, it's class
     A             Em(PAUSE)         G      D        
 E
It's all about her heart, okay it's partly about that ass
               A               Em              G        D
I want me some black girl, the brown girl, the caf? au lait
  A                  Em                G        D
A caramel girls, and mocha girls, just blow me away
A                         Em                    G             D
If you're a honky, you're singin the wrong key, it's the honest truth
    A                           Em                    G          D           [A] <(FIRST CHORD OF THE INSTRUMENTAL)
The skin that she's dwellin in, must contain melanin, that is the Fountain of Youth.

Vanilla Ice Cream

 G            Em           C5        D5

[Verse]
G             G                G         G
Thank you all for coming to my show
G             G                     G        G
You've been great but now I have to go
Em     Em                    Em        Em
Everyone had a super-time I hope
G           G                     G      G
Some songs tend to push the other lobe

[Chorus]
C5          C5                 D5      D5
These are things that I have said,
C5            C5           D5    D5
But there are voices in my head,
C5                    C5
And if you could hear them,
D5                  G
This is what they'd say.

[Verse]
Thank you all for coming to my show
                                (Oh, it hurts you bastards didn't laught at
                                 my new nazi song and)
You've been great but now I have to go
                                   (Go and ask that girl in front to come
                                    backstage and show her thong and)
Everyone had a super-time I hope
                         (I hope that guy heckled me gets hit by a big bus
                          that fucker)
Some songs tend to push the other lobe
                                  (Open up you eyes, you wife and
                                   girlfriend both showed up, you sucker)

[Chorus]
C5        C5             D5      D5
There are voices in my head,
(Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooh, you're such a hack)
C5            C5           D5    D5
Saying things that should be said
(Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooh, you need prozac)
C5                    C5
I just hope that they will
(Oooooooooooooooooooooooooh)
D5                 G
             Go away
(No we wont-)

[Verse]
Thank you all for coming to my show
                                (Oh, it hurts you bastards didn't laught at
                                 my new nazi song and)
 (I have to take a piss)
                                (God i hope there's cocaine left backstage)

You've been great but now I have to go
                                   (Go and ask that girl in front to come
                                    backstage and show her thong and)
(Why did I sign up for this?)
                                    (God i hope there's cocaine left
                                     backstage)
Everyone had a super-time I hope
                         (I hope that guy heckled me gets hit by a big bus
                          that fucker)
(Maybe some on the shelf)
                         (I really, really hope there's cocaine left
                          backstage)
Some songs tend to push the other lobe
                                  (Open up you eyes, you wife a girlfriend
                                   both showed up, you sucker)
(You should just kill yourself)
	                       (He is right, you should kill yourself)

[Chorus]
There are voices in my head,
(Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooh, you're such a mess)
Saying things that should be said
(Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooh, you're talent-less)
I just hope that they will
(Oooooooooooooooooooooooooh)
             Go away
(No we wont-)

[Outro]
G
No they won't go away
                      (never go away)
		   (never go away)
They're here to stay
                      (we're here to stay)
	                (here to stay)
They say I'm gay
                      (you're gay)
		  (you're gay)
I say no way
                       (you're gay)
 (no way)
                        (you're gay)
Okay, I'm gay!

Voices In My Head

hummed fill riff:
A|-0-2-3-2-0-2-0-
E|---------------
C|---------------
G|---------------


Intro:
# (same as prechorus)
Am  E  C  G

Am     F        E             Am      F        E
In the woods of northern Michigan he made his home
Didn't ask much from the world just wanted to be alone
Got his first real blade at thirteen that's when it all began
Soon the creatures of the forest called him whittlin' man
yeaaaah

Am                          E
He whittle all day, and he whittle all night
C                           G
he whittle whittle whittle everything in sight
Am                          E
He whittle on a stick and he whittle on a shoe
C                           G
If you come to close gonna whittle you, too

D            A#             D 
Keep a safe distance if you can
                 A#           C        Am   E   C  G
Cuz you're never safe around whittlin' man
(back to prechorus riff)

Am     F        E               Am         F        E
Had a stump to sit on, had some wood and his trusty knife
Whittled out a house, a car, and he whittled himself a wife
Such a beautiful wife
Whittled out four kids, a swimmin' pool and a big lear jet
And so he wouldn't miss Saved by the Bell, well he whittled a TV set
yeaaaah
Am                          E
He whittle if it's light and he whittle if it's dark
C                           G
And if noone was around well he'd whittle in the nark
Am                          E
He whittle something new and he whittle something old
C                           G
He whittle something hot and he whittle something rather chilly

D            A#             D 
Keep a safe distance if you can
                 A#           C        Am   E   C  G
Cuz you're never safe around whittlin' man
(back to prechorus riff)

Am       F         E                       Am         F        E
Some say whittlin' man's a genious, still others say he's just dumb
Whittled off a foot, an ear, three fingers, and his left thumb
Boy is he dumb
That won't stop him, no it won't, he'll whittle through thick and thin
Once he's whittled everything, he'll just whittle it all again
yeaaaah
Am                          E
He whittle if it's white, and he whittle if it's black
C                           G
He whittle on a duck till a duck can't quack
He'll whittle if he's dry and he'll whittle if it's juicy
He whittle ol'Desi and he whittled ol' Lucy
He whittle JFK and he whittle Jackie O
Whittle ol' Larry and Curly and Moe
And he whittle Frank Zappa and he whittle Tipper Gore
Whittle whittle whittle till he can't no more

Whittle Shamoo and he whittle ol' Jaws
Whittle Easter Bunny and he whittled Santa Clause
Whittle whittle whittle just as fast as he can
Whittle till he's dead he's... whittlin' maan

# end on Am

Whittlin Man

The Craig Machine

C          Em 
Dear Diry today was a good day
C                Em
Bought myself a brand new horse
C                       Em
Shes strong and fast and so very beautiful
C                  Em
And just a little wild of course
F              G
I know tommorow i can tame her
C   Cadd9/B    Am
If I only believe
F                     G      
Wish me luck Diary    Christopher Reeve 

C Em x3

 C          Em 
Dear diary today was a good day
C          Em 
papa and I picked wild flowers
C                   Em 
mama joined and we layed in sunshine 
C                 Em 
Then we sang and danced for hours 
F                    G
I know tommorow will be even better 
C   Cadd9/B      Am
so the good lord I thank 
F                     G      
Ill write more later, love   Anne Frank

C Em x3

Dear Diary

Intro/Verse:
Dsus2 Am Csus2 Gm   Csus2/Dsus2 

Chorus:
Dsus2 Am Csus2 Gm

Verse 1:
Dsus2                  Am
Charlie Brown had a big block head
        Csus2                   Gm     Csus2/Dsus2
wore a stripey sweater every day
Dsus2                       Am
Always tried to kick the football
          Csus2                     Gm    Csus2/Dsus2
but Lucy pulled the motherfucker away
Dsus2                   Am
Flew a kite just to try to relax
        Csus2                       Gm    Csus2/Dsus2
but he always put that shit in a tree
Dsus2                 Am
And a cute little redheaded girl
         Csus2                        Gm
wouldn't give no play to poor Chuck B.

Prechorus 1:
asus2                                          G               Csus2/Dsus2
They were the baddest fuckers in the funny papers PEANUTS!

Verse 2:
Onto a security blanket
Linus himself would latch
Snuggle into that bitch to keep warm
while waiting in the pumpkin patch
Had a stalker named Sally Brown
and she always tried to get her some
She loved how he knew the meaning of Christmas
and the sexy way he sucked that thumb.

Prechorus 2:
Marmaduke can lick it Garfield is a pussy PEANUTS!

Chorus 1:
Dsus2 Am       Csus2     Gm
Oh peanuts, crazy peanuts
Dsus2         Am          Csus2    Gm
A bunch of kids trying to be free
Dsus2      Am        Csus2     Gm
Take my hand, and let's dance now
Dsus2     Am              Csus2        Gm
Under Charlie's shitty Christmas tree
asus2                        G            Csus2/Dsus2   (back to verse)
(no lyrics here............) PEANUTS!


Oh, Marcy was best friends
with Patty, Patty Peppermint
She would love to do things to that girl
that Charles M. Schultz can't print
Pigpen was a dusty dude
who couldn't keep his own ass clean
All the teachers said wah wah wah wah
wah wah what does that shit mean?

Well Big Bird ain't the only yellow bird in town WOODSTOCK!

Oh peanuts, crazy peanuts
Poor Charlie Brown you will never get laid
'Cause it's hard to get pussy
when you're the baldest kid in second grade

Lucy was a psychiatrist
but her comments always gave offense
And the bitch couldn't make no money
'cause she charge a motherfucker five cents
You know all the ladies love Schroeder
'cause he spun them '88s real good
and Franklin was a real cool cat
but the only brother in that hood

Sometimes you have to shout good grief unto the heavens GOOD GRIEF!

Oh peanuts, crazy peanuts
Snoopy fly your plane and fly it quick
You're the World War II flying ace
Make Red Baron suck that Beagle dick

Oh peanuts, crazy peanuts
A bunch of kids trying to be free
Take my hand, and let's dance now
under Charlie's shitty Christmas tree

Peanuts

3 Balloons

          A                    G          D
Theres a hair on the soap, and its short and its curly,

   A              G        D                 A (let ring)
A hair on the soap, and I dont think its mine

Hair

Verse 1:
       E            
All my days,
   G         D      E
 I live with my disgrace
    G         D       E
I'm afraid to show my face
       G         D      C
Or at least take off my underwear...


          E
See I was born
       G        D        E
Like a half way neutered pet
        G      D        E
I don't have a matching set
       G       D
It's a part of me
     C
That just aint there
        
Please, don't stare


Chorus
           E                G
Well I'm a gambling man with out two dice
         E                       G
I'm like Uncle Ben with only one grain of rice
      E                     G
Oh to have two testis would be so nice
         D   C   E
But I'm half a man
          D    C    E
Yeah, I'm half a man


Verse2
      E
Wanna die
        G        D       E
end it all, just call it quits
        G      D        E
I can't find a cup that fits
       G        D       C
And at baseball games I feel so dumb
       C
When I hear "ball one?


       E
Oh, my God
          G        D       E
How could you have been so cruel
        G      D      E
To give me one family jewel
        G          D          C
And the one that's there must feel so sad
       C
He's a lonely nad

Chorus 2
           E                    G
Well I'm a marathon runner with just one leg
      E                    G
I'm a fallopian tube with just one egg
      E
Oh, I want another testi
     G
Do I have to beg?
    D    C E
I'm half a man
         D    C E
Yeah, im half a man


Bridge
E..G...E...G...E...G...D...C
kinda like chorus

Chorus 3
           E                            G
Well I'm a tweedle dee with no tweedle dum
          E                                 G
And I'm a Siskel and an Ebert with just one thumb
          E                          G
And I'm a Yo Ho Ho with no bottle of rum
         D    C  E
I'm just half a man
          D    C  E
Yeah, I'm half a man

Half A Man

A Little Bit Special

Intro: C D C D (x2)


C D
Si es que no puedes hablar
C D
no te atrevas a volver
C D
si te quieres ocultar
C D
tal vez te podria ver
Em D C G C
y el amor que no sabe a quien y que
G C
hablará si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazara otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz

C D


C D
Si no puedes escuchar
C D
aunque insistas hablaré
C D
si lo quieres mírame
C D
y tus ojos hablaran tal vez
Em D C G C
sentiras el amor e iras tras el
G C
hablaras si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazará otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz


Em G C G
.(CUERDAS)... abrazaméeeeeeeee..
C Em F
quiero despertarme y entender

Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y que haces aquì
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz
G C
y te hace feliz

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

C
Working the village shop
E
Putting a poster up
Am
Dreaming of anything
C              Am               Em               Dm
Dreaming of the time when you're free from all the trouble you're in

C
In the mud, on your knees
E
Trying hard not to please
Am
Anyone, all the time
C              Am
Being a rebel's fine
           Em            C
But you go all the way to being brutal

Chorus:
G
You will have a boy tonight
You will have a boy tonight
F
On the first bus out of town
On the first bus out of town

Let's see your kit for games
All the girls look the same
You are challenging style for running miles
You're running miles in some boy's jumper

Boo to the business world!
You know a girl who's tax free on her back and making
Plenty cash
While you are working for the joy of giving

Chorus:
You will have a boy tonight
You will have a boy tonight
And you hope that she will see
And you hope that she will see

You are in two minds
Tossing a coin to decide whether you should tell your mum
About a dose of thrush you got while licking railings

But you read in a book
That you got free from Boots
There are lotions, there are potions
You can take to hide your shame from all those prying eyes

Lazy Jane, all the time
Painting lines
You sleeping at bus stops
Wondering how you got your name
And what you're going to do about it.

Chorus

Lazy Line Painter Jane

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Zebra

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

C                     G
Se a vida as vezes dá uns dias de segundos cinzas
           Am           F
E o tempo tic taca devagar
         Dm                   Am
Ponha o teu melhor vestido, brilha teu sorriso
      F              C
Vem pra cá, vem pra cá

                                     G
Se a vida muitas vezes só chuvisca, só garôa
        Am               F
E tudo não parece funcionar
         Dm                  Am
Deixe esse problema a toa, pra ficar na boa
      C
Vem pra cá

Refrão:
            Am              F
Do lado de cá, a vista é bonita
          C           G
A maré é boa de provar
            Am                 F
Do lado de cá, eu vivo tranquila
                  C          E7
E o meu corpo dança sem parar
            F                  C                 G
Do lado de cá, tem música, amigos e alguém para amar
            C G Am F
Do lado de cá
            C G Am F
Do lado de cá

refrão:
           Am            F
Do lado de cá, a vista é bonita
          C           G
A maré é boa de provar
            Am                 F
Do lado de cá, eu vivo tranquila
                  C          E7
E o meu corpo dança sem parar
            F                 C                 G
Do lado de cá, tem música, amigos e alguém para amar
            Am
Do lado de cá

             Am7M            Am7
A vida é agora, vê se não demora
  Dm            E7
Pra recomeçar
Am           Am7M          Am7
É so ter vontade de felicidade
  Dm     G
Pra pular

Refrão:
            Am              F
Do lado de cá, a vista é bonita
          C        G
A maré é boa de provar
            Am                 F
Do lado de cá, eu vivo tranquila
                  C         E7
E o meu corpo dança sem parar
              F                C                  G
Do lado de cá, tem música, amigos e alguém para amar
            C G Am F
Do lado de cá
            C G Am F
Do lado de cá
            ( C G Am F ) (2x)
Do lado de cá

Do Lado De Cá

strumming pattern
D-DUD-D

F,G,C,Em7

mmmmm mmmm mmmm 

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 1: Rihanna]

F              G
Dry! ...Me a desert
C                 Em7
Nuh time to have ya lerkin'
F                        G
Him ago act like him nuh like it
C                           Em7
You know I dealt with you the nicest
F                        G
Nuh body touch me in the righteous
C                     Em7
Nuh botha, text me in a crisis 
           F                    G
I believed all of your dreams, adoration
            C                    Em7
You took my heart and my keys and my patience
            F                        G
You took my heart on my sleeve for decoration
                C                          Em7
You mistaken my love I brought for you for foundation
           F             G
All that I wanted from you was to give me
C            Em7
Something that I never had
F                   G
Something that you've never seen
C                     Em7
Something that you've never been!
F     G
Mmmmm!
      C                          
But I wake up and act like nothing's wrong
D
Just get ready fi...


[Hook: Rihanna]
F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting
F             G
Ner ner ner ner ner ner!
               C           Em7
When you a guh ner ner ner ner ner ner!
                  F                 G
Before the tables turn turn turn turn turn turn!
C             Em7
Beg you something please


[Verse 2: Rihanna]

F            G
Baby don't you leave
               C                 Em7
Do''t leave me stuck here in the streets, 
   F                  G
uh huh If I get another chance to
       C                Em7
I will never, no never neglect you
      F                         G
I mean who am I to hold your past against you?
       C                    Em7
I just hope that it gets to you
  F           G
I hope that you see this through
  C                      Em7
I hope that you see this true
F          G
What can I say?
       C          
Please recognize I'm tryin', baby!!!
 Em7
I have to


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 3: Drake]

N.C.
Yeah, okay
F        G        C                   Em7
You need to get done, done, done, done at work, come over
F               G
We just need to slow the motion
C                   Em7
Don't give that away to no one
F            G
Long distance, I need you
C                          Em7
When I see potential I just gotta see it through
F                        G
If you had a twin, I would still choose you
C                           Em7
I don't wanna rush into it, if it's too soon
      F      G               C              
But I know you need to get done, done, done, done
   Em7
If you come over
F            G
Sorry if I'm way less friendly
C                    Em7
I got n____s tryna end me,
F G           C                 Em7
oh,     I spilled all my emotions tonight, I'm sorry
F               G
Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
C                                Em7
How many more shots until you're rollin'?
F              G
We just need a face to face
C                    Em7            F
You could pick the time and the place
               G
You spent some time away
C                Em7
Now you need to forward and give me all the...


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting

mmm mmm mmm..


[Outro: Rihanna]

work work work work work work

F G C D
F G C D

Work

Verse 1:
           B
I'm going back to the time when we owned this town
      E
Down Powder Mill Lane, in the battlegrounds
C#m        B                   G#m  B     F#
We were friends and lovers and clueless clowns


Verse 2:
                      B       
I didn't know I'd be finding out now I was torn from you
         E
When we thought about things we were gonna do
C#m      B                    G#m B  F# 
We were wide eyed dreamers and wiser too


Chorus:
               E              B 
Go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café


Verse 3:
                          B
I'm begging you for some sign, but you've still got nothing to say
        E
Don't turn your back on me, don't walk away
C#m     B                   G#m  B   F#
I'm a better man now than I was that day


Chorus:
                      E              B 
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                 E               B
Go down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                      E                     G#m   F#     
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café


Bridge:
   E        B           F#
I wheel my bike off the train,
        F#
Up the North Trade Road,
 E        B             F# 
Look for you on Marley Lane
                          G#m
In every building, every streetlight
                   E               F#  G#m  B  F#
Oh why did we ever go so far from home?


Verse 4:
                        B
You keep on leaving me mile long traces of who you are
         E
You can get a big house and a faster car
C#m      B                    G#m   B  F#
You can run away boy, but you won't go far


Chorus:
                      E              B
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                    E                B
Stroll down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                     E                      G#m   F#
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café 

      E            B    G#m
La la la la la la la la Yeah, 
     F#                      E       B   F#
I'm going where the people know my name


Outro:
E B G#m F#
E B G#m F# B

Sovereign Light Cafe

C#
There's a portrait
     Ab
In a back room
           F#
Which I'll keep for days upon
          C#
Which I relent 
              B
And gaze for hours on
    Bbm                  F#
The muscle, skin and bone
         Ab
Of some imaginary friend

F# Ab F#

        C#
So how about it 
        Ab
Show me please 
           F#
How I will look in twenty years
           C#
And let me please 
          B
Interpret history 
       Bbm        F#
In every line and scar 
               Ab                  
That's painted there in front of me

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

           C#
It doesn't matter
         Ab
What I'm thinking
       F#
What I tell myself to do
         C#      F#
I end up calling

       C#
I stay in to
                   Ab
Defrost the fridge
        F#
Now the kid has gone to bed
             C#
A feeling of dread
              B         
At least when she's around
    Bbm
The trouble's there
     F#                        Ab
It's worse to wake up with her falling 'round the room

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

       C#
Listen Johnny
              F#
You're like a mother
       C#                     F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

       C#
Listen Johnny
              Ab
You're like a mother
       F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

            B
And if they come tonight
       Bbm
You'll roll up tight
     F#             Ab
And take whatever's coming to you next (oh, oh oh oh)

 F# Ab to end.

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