Josh Ritter (born in Moscow, Idaho on October 21, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and author who performs and records with The Royal City Band (as Josh Ritter &amp; The Royal City Band). Ritter is known for his distinctive Americana style and narrative lyrics. In 2006 he was named one of the &quot;100 Greatest Living Songwriters&quot; by Paste magazine.  Born to two neuroscientists, Ritter bought his first guitar from the local K-MART after hearing the Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash classic Girl From The North Country.

Josh (Joshua) Ritter (* 27. Oktober 1976 in Moscow, Idaho) ist ein Sänger und Songwriter, der zur Zeit als gro

Aclamado desde la pequeña ciudad de Moscow , Idaho, las canciones de Josh Ritter son un extraño regalo de belleza natural, intuitiva. Nacido a finales de los 70 de padres neurocientíficos, Josh se compró su primera guitarra en el K-Mart tras escuchar el clásico de Bob Dylan y Johnny Cash 

C            C/B           Am                G
How hard for the covers to be pulled from their slumbers,
       F           G            C
but a ghost never gives up its sheet.
                    C/B          Am       G            F         G 
Tell me, is it the same for the rattling chains or whatever you wear when 
     C
you sleep?
       F                                                C
You remember the time that I told you to take off your clothes?
         C/B         Am
You were naked as a window.
          C              G           F          G        C
But I'll take all that nothing over nothing at all.
            C/B         Am           G  
I'm just a hallway for ceilings and walls, babe
    F         G            C
and emptiness all the way through.
                C          C/B        Am           G
You know you're asking too much to be held and not touched,
        F           G            C
but somehow that's just what you do.
       F                                                C
You remember the time that I told you to take off your clothes?
         C/B        Am
You were naked as a window
          C              G           F          G        C
But I'd take all that nothing over nothing at all.
          C              G           F             G         C
Yeah I'd take all that nothing over nothing, over nothing at all.

Naked As A Window

G
He's riding the plains living up to his name
        C                        G
As the next to the last true romantic
    C                        G
He knows that his story is tragic
              Am
But he can't rest
          D
Til he's next
    G
To you

        G
All the girls know his fame the men curse his name
          C                        G
And they talk about him like he's magic
              C                       G
But he's the next to the last true romantic
             Am
And he can't rest
         D
Til he's next
   G
To you

            C
He's stolen hearts like they're horses
    C  C        C      C        G
And horses when hearts can't be found
          C                       C            C   C     D
He keeps riding from one horse to one horse to one horse towns
             
(It gets him down)


     G
He know's he's a fool to get caught up with you
              C                       G
But he's the next to the last true romantic
          C                        G
He can't let go of love once he's had it
              Am
And he can't rest
          D
Til he's next
    G
To you


                  C
There's always whiskey and women
    C  C      C   C   G
And women and whiskey around
          C                          C        C     C       D
He can't tell which is worse to be dying of thirst or to drown
             
(It gets him down)


        G
So he smiles through the pain he pinched Estelle he danced with Jane
           C                         G
Sometimes even he don't know how he stands it
              C                       G
But he's the next to the last true romantic
              Am
And he can't rest
          D
Til he's next
    G
To you
             Am
And he can't rest
          D
Til he's next
    G
To you

Next To The Last Romantic

E
Deep in the belly of a whale I found her
Abm
Down with the deep blue jail around her
C#m
Running her hands through the ribs of the dark
A
Florence and Calamity and Joan of Arc
E
I love the way she looks in her underwear
Abm
I lose my page in the book then the plot then I swear
C#m
She makes the most of her time loving me plenty
A                                    B
She knows there'll come a day when I won't be gettin' any

E
The stain of the sepia the butcher Crimea
            Abm
Through the wreck of a brass band I thought I could see her
     C#m
In a cakewalk she came through the dead and the lame
A                                B
Just a little bird floatin' on a hurricane
E
I was flat on my back, my feet in the thorns
Abm
I was in between the apples and the chloroform
C#m
She came to me often, I was sure I was dying,
A                                      B
It was always hard to tell if she was laughing or crying


E                            Abm
I thought I heard somebody callin'

        A                  B              E
In the dark, I thought I heard somebody call.


E
Joan never cared about the in-betweens
Abm
Combed her hair with a blade did the Maid of Orleans
C#m
Said Christ walked on water, we can wade through the war
A                                  B
You don't need to tell me who the fire is for
E
O bring me the love that can sweeten a sword
Abm
A boat that can love the rocks or the shore
C#m
The love of an iceberg reachin' out for the wreck
A                                          B
Can you love me like the crosses love the nape of the neck?

[keyboard interlude]

E
Was it Casey Jones, or the Casey at the bat
Abm
Who died outta pride and got famous for that
C#m
Killed by a swerve laid low by the curve
A                                        B
Do you ever think they ever thought they got what they deserved?
E
Don't pity the bully, pity the man
Abm
Who both found their place in the same sad plan
C#m
It wasn't like the barrell goin' over the falls
A                                 B
Crying all the way down I never asked to be involved

E                          Abm
I though I heard somebody callin'
        A                 B               E
In the dark, I thought I heard somebody call.

[keyboard interlude]

E
General George began the day by drinking pink little pills
Abm
Sent his men to the top of some helluva hill
C#m
Through the whisper of trees came artillery breeze
A                                       B
He said I love they way the wind comes a-ticklin' my knees
E
Jane shot the apple right between the eyes
Abm
I was thinking of her when you came outside
C#m
Lemonade on your breath, sun in your hair
A                                     B
Did I mention how I love you in your underwear?
E
Deep in the belly of a whale I found her
Abm
Down with the deep blue jail around her
C#m
Runnin her hands throuhg the ribs in the dark
A                             B
Florence and Calamity and Joan of Arc

E                          Abm
I though I heard somebody callin'
        A                 B              E
In the dark, I thought I heard somebody call.
E                          Abm
I though I heard somebody callin'
        A                 B              E
In the dark, I thought I heard somebody call.

To The Dogs Or Whoever

C Dm7 F

        C                G
So save all of your light
              Am                  Em
For those who can't sleep at night
             F         C         G
And who can't even sing to their shadows
            C         G
Oh they ride into town
            Am               Em
And they throw the shots down
             F              C           G
And they save the last round for the windows

        F                      C                     G                    F
Singing don't let me into this year with an empty heart, with an empty heart
F                      C                     G
Don't let me into this year with an empty heart

I'm inside with my friends
We build fires and pretend
That the night could just bend on forever
While outside in the frost
Are the wolves and the lost
And we sing to the dogs or whoever

Singing don't let me into this year with an empty heart
With an empty heart
Don't let me into this year with an empty heart

There's a friend that I have
And for her I'll go back
You see all of these empties that I'm holding
They're too much for a man
Empty arms, empty hands
And she'll know me by the sound of my hoping

(ending varies from the chorus, as follows)
C                                         Dm7                       F
Don't let me into this year with an empty heart, with an empty heart
C                                         Dm7    F
Don't let me into this year with an empty heart

Repeat ending multiple times, and end on C



**To give credit where credit is due, this was tabbed for guitar by benedictus41 at ultimate-guitar.com.**

Empty Hearts

Original tuning : 1.0 step up

INTRO		

| Dadd2		| Dadd2sus4	|

VERSE		

| G		| D		|
| F#		| G		|
| D		| A		|
| G		| D		|| (play 2x)

| Bm		| D		|
| Bm		| D		|
| Bm		| D		| 
| A 	A/F#	| G		|| (play 2x)

VERSE 1	

If this was the Cold War 
We could keep each other warm 
I said on the first occasion that I met Marie 

We were crawling through the hatch 
That was the missile silo door 
And I don't think that she really thought that much of me 

I never had to learn to love her 
Like I learned to love the bomb 
She just came along and started to ignore me 

But as we waited for the big one 
I started singing her my songs 
And I think she started feeling something for me 

VERSE 2	

We passed the time with crosswords 
That she thought to bring inside 
What five letters spelled apocalypse she asked me 

I won her over saying 
W-W-I-I-I 
Oh she smiled and we both knew that she misjudged me 
Oh Marie it was so easy 
To fall in love with you 
It felt almost like a home of swords or something 

And you would keep the warhead 
Missile silo good as knew 
And watched you with my thumb above the button 

VERSE 3	

Then one night you found me 
In my army issue cot 
And you told me of your flash of inspiration 

You said fusion was the broken heart 
That's lonely's only thought 
And all night long you drove me wild with your equations 

Oh Marie do you remember 
All the time we used to take 
Making love and then ransack the rations 

I think about you leaving now 
In the avalanche cascades 
My eyes get washed away in chain reactions 

SOLO

VERSE 4	

Oh Marie if you would stay 
Then we could stick pins in the map 
Of all the places where you thought that love would be found 

But I would only need one pin 
To show where my love's at 
In a top secret location 300 feet under the ground 

Oh we could hold each other close 
And stay up every night 
Looking up into the dark like it's the night sky 

Pretend this giant missile 
Is an old oak tree instead 
And carve our names and hearts into the warhead 

VERSE 5	

Oh Marie there's something tells me 
Things just wont work out at all 
That our love would live a half-life on the surface 

So at night while your are sleeping 
I hold you closer just because 
As our time grows short I get a little nervous 

So I think about the big one 
W-W-I-I-I 
Would we ever really care the world had ended? 

Your could hold me here forever 
Like you're holding me tonight 
I think about that big red button and I'm tempted

Temptation Of Adam

The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter

Intro: E G#m A B

E B A A

E

Verse:
E                                B    
These chords are old but we shake hands 
A                                B
Cause I believe that they're the good guys
We can use all the help we can 
So many minor chords outside 
I fell in love with the sound 
Oh I love to sing along with you 
We got tunes we kicked around 
We got a bucket that the tunes go through


E               G#m  A
Babe we both had dry spells 
     B            E       
Hard times in bad lands 
B             A     
I'm a good man for ya 
A              
I'm a good man

E B A A x2

Verse
Last night there was a horse in the road 
I was twisting in the hairpin 
My hands held on my mind let go
And back to you my heart went skipping 
I found the inside of the road 
Thought about the first time that I met you 
All those glances that we stole 
Sometimes if you want them then you've got to 

Babe we both had dry spells 
Hard times in bad lands 
I'm a good man for ya 
I'm a good man 

E B A A x4

They shot a Western south of here
They had him cornered in a canyon 
And even his horse had disappeared 
They said it got run down by a bad bad man 
You're not a good shot but I'm worse 
And there's so much where we ain't been yet 
So swing up on this little horse 
The only thing we'll hit is sunset 

Babe we both had dry spells 
Hard times in bad lands 
I'm a good man for ya 
I'm a good man

E       B         A    x4
Babe we both had....

Hard times in bad lands 
I'm a good man for ya 
I'm a good man

End on E

Good Man

D                                                                   
I still remember the time when we were dancing
                      Em             G
We were dancing to a song that I?d heard
D                                                    
Your face was simple and your hands were naked
        Em                        G
I was singing without knowing the words
 


D                                                 
I started listening to the wolves and the timber, 
Em                       G
Wolves in the timber at night
D                                
I heard the song when I looked in the mirror..
       Em                           G
In the howls and the moons round my eyes

D
So long, so high?
Em       G
So long, so high?
D
So long, so high?
Em       G
So long

Then winter came and there was little left between us
Skin and bones of love won't make a meal
I felt my eyes drifting over your shoulder
There were wolves at the edge of the field
But I still remember that time when we were dancing
We were dancing to a song that I'd heard
Your face was simple and your hands were naked
I was singing without knowing the words

So long, so high

Then one day I just woke up
And the wolves were all there
Wolves in the piano
Wolves underneath the stairs
Wolves inside the hinges
Circling round my door
At night inside the bedsprings
Clicking cross the floor
I don't know how they found me
I'll never know quite how
I still can't believe they heard me
That I was howling out that loud

So long, so high

At times in the frozen nights I go roaming
In the bed she used to share with me
I wake in the fields with the cold and the lonesome
The moon's the only face that I see
But I still remember that time when we were dancing
We were dancing to a song that I'd heard
Your face was simple and your hands were naked
I was singing without knowing the words

So long so high

Wolves

The Animal Years

Originally tabbed by huntdalby3687 at ultimate-guitar.com, but it sounds beautiful on the ukulele as it is.

Intro
Gmaj    Cadd9    Gmaj    Cadd9

Gmaj                                     Cadd9                                     Gmaj  
     Cadd9
Aall the other girls here are stars?you are the Northern Lights
Gmaj                                                  Cadd9                              
           Gmaj         Cadd9
They try to shine in through your curtains; you're too close and too bright
Gmaj                          Em7
They try and they try but everything that they do
         Am                                C                        Gmaj
is the ghost of a trace of a pale imitation of you
                              Cadd9                                      Gmaj      Cadd9
I'll be the one to drive you back home, Kathleen
Gmaj                                       Cadd9                                         
  Gmaj       Cadd9
This party is made with the night air and the chance that a smile
Gmaj                                      Cadd9                                         
        Cadd9
will wind its way from your face to one of the boys in your line
Gmaj                                                Em7
You act like you're hip to their tricks and you're strong
           Am                       C                                            Gmaj
but a virgin Wurlitzer heart never once had a song
                                Cadd9                                Gmaj        Cadd9
I'll be the one to drive you back home Kathleen
Gmaj                                                           D
And I'll have you back by break of day
                                       Cadd9
I'm going your way anyway
                                                 Gmaj
And if you'd like to come along
                                  D
I'll be yours for a song

Interlude:   Gmaj       Cadd9       Gmaj         Cadd9


Gmaj                                             Cadd9                           Gmaj    
 Cadd9
I know you are waiting and I know that it is not for me
Gmaj                                                          Cadd9                      
                  Gmaj          Cadd9
but I'm here and I'm ready and I've saved you the passenger seat
Gmaj                                        Em7
I won't be your last dance just your last goodnight
Am                                            C                                          
                     Gmaj
every heart is a package tangled up in knots someone else tied
                                 Cadd9                                Gmaj         Cadd 9
I'll be the one to drive you back home Kathleen

Gmaj    Cadd9     Repeat  4 times

Gmaj                                            Cadd9                                
    Cadd9
so crawl up your trellis and quietly back into your room
Gmaj                                                             Cadd9                   
            Gmaj         Cadd9
and I'll coast down the length of your drive by the light of the moon
Gmaj                                                       Em7
and the next time I see you a new kind of hello
                 Am                                    C
both our hearts have a secret only both of us know
                  Gmaj          Cadd9                                     Gmaj        Cadd9
'bout the night that I drove you back home Kathleen

Repeat       Gmaj   Cadd9

Kathleen

Hello Starling

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

[intro]
F Am Dm Am A# Dm Gm C

[Verse 1]
             F 
Baby really hurt me
                Am 
crying in the taxi
                Dm
He dont wanna know me
                         Am                     A#     Dm
says you make the big mistake of dancing in my store 
Gm                  C
   Says it was poison
                 F
So I guess I go home 
          Am                     Dm
into the arms of the girl that I love
                Am 
the only love I havent screwed up
A#                  Dm
   She's so hard to please
             Gm      C  
but shes a forest fire
        F               
I do my best to meet her demands
Am
play it romance
         Dm
we slow dance in the living room
    Am                      A#
but all that a stranger would see
        Dm           Gm               C     
is one girl swaying alone stroking her cheek

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Verse 2]
            F 
The truth is, I am toy
                Dm
that people enjoy
                Am               A#
till all of the tricks dont work anymore
Dm              Gm       C
And then they are bored of me
             
                    F
I know that its exciting
                     Am
running through the night but
              Dm                Am
every perfect summer's eating me alive
            A#    Dm
unitl youre gone
Gm          C
Better on my own

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Outro]
             Dm           F           A#
They're gonna watch me disappear into the sun
                 Dm        F           A#
You're all gonna watch me disappear into the sun

Liability

A                                     E 
Roll into your town and I'm walking around
                                                Fm                        
Got some extra time think I'll throw some money down
                                                     D
And you follow me around, and you're asking for the time

Your asking what I found 
                         A
think I'm gonna rob you blind

maybe it's the tattoo on my arm
        E
that I drew while I was bored waiting tables in new york
Fm                                            D
 a  heart and two flowers intertwined with a vine

Up Here

F Am Dm C

    F              Am            Bb          C
The skirts go up, before the wall  among the madding crowds, 
    
     F                      Am                    Dm     C
They ruin, Like the rest of ruin, the rest of us ruin
          F                      Am           Bb           C
You are a living doll riding the circle tracks  behind the walls of clocks, 
        F                      Am                   Dm     C
In your ruin, Like the rest of ruin, the rest of us ruin     

 Bb                        F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                             F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule
 Bb                        F            C
Windows will roll for the crash years 
        Bb                       F         C      Dm    C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (Whistlng part)

F Am Dm C

        F                     Am               Bb            C     
Now the candle's end, you are a light turned low  and like the rest of us,
                 F            Am               Dm     C
You've got those old, eternity blues, eternity blues
      F                              Am         Bb                C
Your fingers raised, you're looking for the word, what you want is accident
            F                 Am                 Dm    C
And not the drag, spectacular view, what you can lose

 Bb                         F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                            F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ruuuule
 Bb                         F         C
Windows will close in the crash years 

Bb                          F        C      Dm     C
    Honey child, you're not safe here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (whistling part)

Bb 

F Am Dm C

 Bb                        F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                             F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule
 Bb                        F            C
Windows will roll for the crash years 
        Bb                       F         C      Dm    C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (Whistling part)

        F                   Am            Dm                  C
And the ruins the wild, the ruins the wild, tonight will be an open mic.

# (Repeat six times and end on an F)

Crash Years

INTRO:

A |---------------------|
E |--7--7--7----------- -|
C |---------------------|
G |---------------------|

VERSE 1:   

C#m          E       B      A                     C#m   E    B   A 
I’m going away to be alone I’m coming back with answers
C#m           E            B    A            C#m   E   B   A
Don’t try to call my telephone it’s disconnected
C#m           E          B       A               C#m   E   B   A
And I don’t know where I’m going but can you guide me
C#m              E        B        A              C#m   E   B   A
But if I find love where I’m going will it survive me


PRE-CHORUS 1:

C#m            B   A                         C#m         A   B
‘Cause in your own space you’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not affected
C#m         B   A                           C#m         A   B
And in your own time you’re still attracted but in your own life


CHORUS:

A                                 C#m            B
This heart attack I’ve gotta get away not coming back
A                                 C#m                     B
I want some downtime so call me when you can and I’ll be fine


VERSE 2: [same chords as VERSE1]
I’ve found the time to be alone I don’t know what you’re asking
I’m waiting by the telephone and you’re still barking
My heart stops it isn’t… going could you revive me
I think I’m lost without knowing so come and find me


PRE-CHORUS 2:  [same chords as PRE-CHORUS1]
‘Cause in the same space we’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not attracted
But in your own life over reacted and in your own time


{CHORUS x2}


Sometimes if we don’t go sometimes you don’t know
You don’t go I don’t go I don’t go you don’t go

C#5  B5  A5                      C#5  A5  B5
            I’ve got your back              but you don’t got mine
C#5  E5  A5                    C#5  A5  B5
            This heart attack              then I’m feeling fine


CHORUS x2

C#m          E       B    A 
I’m going away to be alone
C#m          E       B    A 
I'm going away to be alone ...............

This Heart Attack

Intro:

Bb - F - A

F                 C
I've been feeling lonesome
F                            C
I'm down, don't know what to do
D
I let you lie to me
F
plant seeds inside
            E
to see them grow
                      F
only to leave them to die

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
    A
for you

F                  C
I've been lost and finding
F                           C
out that I've been such a fool
D           
you thought you'd stick around
F
until the day you found
    E                    F
someone to make me obsolete

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm F
why cry
    Bb
for you... 


Guitar Solo:

Bb - F - A (2x)

  C     
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
    A
for you

Why Cry

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

[Verse 1]
 G                              D
You like New York City in the daytime
 Bm                   A
I like New York City in the nighttime
 G                          D
You say you like sleeping with the air off
Bm                  A
I don't, I need it on
G                  D
You like the light coming through the windows
 Bm                      A
I sleep late, so I just keep 'em all closed
G                  D
You ignore the music on the radio
Bm                 A
I don't, I sing-a-long


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change


[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time


[Verse 2]
G                        D
Cold outside and you're just in a T-shirt
Bm                   A
I have cold blood even in a sweater
G                         D
You start your night sippin' by the Kilo
Bm                   A
I don't, I know you know


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change



[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                   A
(We don't even know, know, know, know, know)




[Bridge]
G                          D
Somehow we end up on the same side
Bm                          A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright
G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine
G                         D
Somehow we end up on the same side (up on the same side)
Bm                            A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright

(Think that we'd be alright)

G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine


[Chorus]

 N.C.                     D
(Oh)Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                  A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why

(But we don't even know why)
G                D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)

G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]

N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm             A
We like it in the nighttime

(Chorus)
G
You xxxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
(1st Verse)
G
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Em
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Am7
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
D7                              G Em G Em
X just xxx'x xxxxx without xxx
(2nd verse)
G
You xxxx along xxxx xxxx x song
Em
Xxx brightened xx xxx
Am7
Whod've xxxxxxxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxxx xx x dream
                  D7
Xxx xx xxx xxxxx light xxxxx xxxx
(Chorus)
         G 
Xxx now xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7                          Eb
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx anything
(3rd Verse)
Ab
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
   Fm
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Bbm
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
Ebm
X just xxx'x xxxxx
Ebm                                 Ab               C#
Now xxxx xxxxxx xxx happiness xxxxx so xxxx xxxx xx find
C#m                                         Eb     E
Well, X'x xxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxx behind me
A
And xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx
F#m
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Bm
X xxx'x laugh xxx X xxx'x sing
E
X'x finding xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
Bb
You xxx X xxxx xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Gm
X feel xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Cm
If xxx xxxx knew xxxx X'x xxxxx through
F
X just xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx

Can't Smile Without You

Intro  D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 1
    D                              Bm7
We never spoke a word, but every thought she had 
                         G     A Asus A
I heard from across the room 
             D                               Bm7
If we were standin' face to face I couldn't find the words 
               G               A Asus A
To say give me one more move 
        G              A             G                   A
I don't even know her name, I guess foolish pride's to blame


Chorus 
          D                        D7
Now, I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
        Bm7                 F#              G                    A
And my heart won't tell my mind to tell my mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
        Bm7 A   G                              Gm
Now I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Interlude   D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 2
          D                           Bm7
Wise man next to me did say 'bout the one that got away
        G                    A
Son, I missed my chance 
           D                            Bm7
Don't you let regret take place of the dreams you have to chase
     G               A
Ask her to dance, go on, son
           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith


Chorus
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A   G                               Gm
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away 


Solo   D    Bm7  Bm  F#  G   A  D    D7    Bm  F# |A   D 


           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith
 
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A    Bm7 A       Bm7 A       G                      G   
Don't be fallin', fallin' in, fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Outro  (G)   Gm  Bm7  E G  Gm  D

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