Elbow is an alternative rock band which formed in Bury, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom in 1990 while at sixth-form college. The band consists of Guy Garvey (vocals, guitar), Mark Potter (guitar, vocals), Pete Turner (bass), Craig Potter (keyboards) and Richard Jupp (drums). Over the band's 20 year career, it has released five studio albums, four EPs and ten top fifty singles in the UK.  The band is named after a line in the BBC TV mini-series The Singing Detective which says that the word &quot;elbow&quot; is the most sensuous word in the English language...

Elbow est un groupe de rock originaire d'Angleterre (Manchester) s'appellant lors de sa création Soft. Formé dans les années 1990, il est composé de Mark Potter (guitare), Richard Jupp (batterie), Craig Potter (clavier), Peter Turner (basse), Guy Garvey (chant). Ces personnes se sont rencontrées dans leur jeunesse, au nord de Manchester, ayant un point commun : mêmes goûts pour la musique. La plupart travaille au 'Roadhouse', une salle de concerts, et c'est ici qu'ils vont monter face au public pour la première fois.

Elbow entstammt der Manchesterer Musikszene der 1990er Jahre, die sich um das pulsierenden Northern Quarter an der Oldham Street zentrierte.  Guy Garvey traf Mark Potter 1990 im Alter von 16 an einem Sixth form college (

D                        C     G
I plump the kind of kiss that wouldn't wake a baby
               D                           C     G
On the self-same face that wouldn't let me sleep
        D                        
And the street is singing with my feet,
                        C                       G
And the dawn gives me a shadow I know to be taller
            F   G   D                     F      Em D
All down to you, dear____, everything has changed

          D                     C   G
My sorriness has made it to graffiti
             D    C              G
I was looking for someone to complete me

      F     G   D                     F      Em   D       
Not anymore, dear____, everything has changed

        F        G        D
When we make the moon our mirror ball
    F           G     D
The street's an empty stage
    F    G       D  
The city sirens violins
F          Em   D
Everything has changed


C/E      G     D 
(So) lift off love         
C/E     G       D
Lift off love         

 D        
We took the town to town last night
                  C           G
We kissed like we invented it
    D
And now I know what every step is for
              C     G
To lead me to your door

                   F  G D                 F Em D
Know that while you sleep, everything has changed

   F        G         D
We made the moon our mirror ball
    F           G     D
The street's an empty stage
    F     G      D
The city sirens: violins
F    Em        D    
Everything has changed
F    Em        D
Everything has changed
F    Em        D
Everything has changed

                C/E    G D
(So) lift off love        
         C/E    G D
Lift off love(Down to)
 C/E    G D
Lift off love(Down to)
(you dear)
        C/E    G D
Lift off love(Down to)
(you dear)
        C/E    G D
Lift off love(Down to)
(you dear)
        C/E    G D
Lift off love(Down to)
(you dear)
        C/E    G D
Lift off love(Down to you dear)

Mirrorball

&quot;Grounds for Divorce&quot; is the first single from Elbow's fourth studio album The Seldom Seen Kid. The single was released on 10 March 2008 as the band's first release on Fiction Records across two 7&quot; vinyl records and one CD single.  On 21 May 2009, &quot;Grounds for Divorce&quot; won the Ivor Novello award for Best Contemporary Song.  &quot;Grounds for Divorce&quot; was featured in the promotional trailer for Valve Software's 2008 game Left 4 Dead, and in the trailer for the 2008 film Burn After Reading. It was also featured in an April 2010 promo for the CW's &quot;One Tree Hill&quot;.

Grounds For Divorce - Elbow


Dm
Mondays is for drinking to the seldom seen kid
Dm                                      C           G
I've been working on a cocktail called Grounds for Divorce
Dm    C  G
Whoah
Dm                          C         G
Polishing a compass that I hold in my sleep
Dm    C  G
Whoah
Dm                                     C            G
Doubt comes in on sticks but then he kicks like a horse
Dm    C  G
Whoah
Dm 
There's a Chinese cigarette case
         C            G
And the rest you can keep
        C            G
And the rest you can keep
        C            G
And the rest you can keep


Dm                                                          C                                G
There's a hole in my neighbourhood down which of late I cannot help but fall
Dm                                  C                                G
There's a hole in my neighbourhood down which of late I cannot help but fall


Dm       C           G


Mondays is for drinking to the seldom seen kid
Oooo
Oooo

Dm C G

Dm                                        C            G
There's this whispering of jokers doing flesh by the pound
Dm                            C                 G 
To a chorus of supposes from the little town whores
Dm                               C             G
There'll be twisted karaokee at the Aniseed lounge
Dm                
And I'll bring you further roses
         C           G
But it does you no good
        C           G
And it does me no good
        C            G
And it does you no good


Dm                                  C                                G
There's a hole in my neighbourhood down which of late I cannot help but fall
Dm                                  C                                G
There's a hole in my neighbourhood down which of late I cannot help but fall
Dm                                  C                                G
There's a hole in my neighbourhood down which of late I cannot help but fall

Dm      C        G

Someday we'll be drinking with the seldom seen kid
Oooo
Oooo

Dm         C       G

Grounds For Divorce

# Intro: 

F Cm F Cm
F Gm F Gm 
F Cm F Cm
F Gm F Gm
Gm Bb Gm Bb Gm

Bb                                   Gm
A friend of mine grows his very own brambles
Bb                                       Gm
 They twist all around him till he can't move
Bb          F#                    Bb
 Beautiful, quivering, chivalrous shambles
           F#              Bb 
What is my friend trying to prove?
	
	
# Link: Bb Dm Gm x2       

   Bb                                       Gm
He boosters a tall gentle boy to a terrible totem
Bb                                                Gm
 And the kids gather round trying to see what's inside
Bb                 F#                          Bb
 I think when he's drinking he's drowning some riot.
           F#              Bb
What is my friend trying to hide?


Bb                                              Gm
 Cause it's breaking my heart, it's breaking my heart.
Bb                                          Gm
 And it's breaking my heart to pull at the reign.
Bb/F        F#                        Bb
 Brother of mine don't run with those fuckers.
             F                     Bb
When will my friends start singing again?
             F#                        Bb
When will my friends____ start singing again?

# Solo: Bb   F

# (Second time round onwards, play F before the Cm for the "ooo")

Cm     F     Cm
Oooo___________
F    Gm    F   Gm
_________________ x4

# Outro: (Gm   Bb - Repeat to fade)

Some Riot

Elbow - Audience With The Pope - Uke

INTRO:	  Gm       Dm     
	
	  Gm      Gm       D        D      
	
	  Gm      Gm       D        D      


	      Gm                             D
V1:	Sweet Jesus I'm on fire, she has the sweetest, darkest eyes
	            Gm                         D
	And when it comes into her eyes i know iron and steel couldn't hold me
	     Gm                           D
	Good God i'm easy bruised, but so often a moth to her flame
	        Gm
	And the things that she's asked me to do
	           D
	Will see a city of saints forgetting his name


	          Cm                 Gm          D                    Gm
C1:	I have an audience with the pope and I'm saving the world at eight
	       Cm                     Gm
	But if she says she needs me, she says she needs me
	D                                   Gm 
	Everybody's gonna have to wait, uh-huh


LINK:	  Gm      Gm      D       D       
	
	  Gm      Gm       D        D      
	

	 Gm              
V2:	(Where could she be?) Was that a minute or an hour?
	 D
	(Where could she be?) She turns the hours into days
	Gm                                 D
	Kill the phone, cover the cage and wait for the doorbell to ring
	 Gm
	(Where could she be?) No she won't come running
	 D
	(Where could she be?) The world is turning at her pace
	      Gm                                 D
	Gonna kill the phone, cover the cage and wait for the doorbell to ring


	          Cm                 Gm          D                    Gm
C2:	I have an audience with the pope and I'm saving the world at eight
	       Cm                     Gm
	But if she says she needs me, she says she needs me
	D
	Everybody's gonna have to wait


	          Cm                 Gm          D                    Gm
C3:	I have an audience with the pope and I'm saving the world at eight
	       Cm                     Gm
	But if she says she needs me, she says she needs me
	D                                   Gm 
	Everybody's gonna have to wait, uh-huh
	
	
SOLO:	  Gm      Gm      D       D       
	
	  Gm      Gm       D        D      

	  Cm      Gm      D        Gm      
	
	  Cm       Gm       D        D       


	          Cm                 Gm          D                    Gm
C4:	I have an audience with the pope and I'm saving the world at eight
	       Cm                     Gm
	But if she says she needs me, she says she needs me
	D
	Everybody's gonna have to wait
	D                                   Gm 
	Everybody's gonna have to wait, uh-huh


OUTRO:	 (Gm)      Dm       Gm       Dm     
	
	  Gm

Audience With The Pope

# Intro: G, Am x2

G Am
Ahhh x2

G       
How dare the premier ignore my invitations!?
Am
He'll have to go
G 
So too the bunch he luncheons with
	                  Am
It's second on my list of things to do
G
At the top I'm stopping by your place of work and acting like
Am
I haven't dreamed of you and I and marriage in an orange grove
G
You are the only thing in any room you're ever in
Am
I'm stubborn, selfish, and too old

G    Am
Ahhhhhh  


G
I sat you down and told you how the truest love that's ever found
Am
Is for oneself
G                                                     Am
You pulled apart my theory with a weary and disinterested sigh
G
So yes i guess i'm asking you to back a horse that's good for glue
Am
And nothing else
G
But find a man that's truer than
Am
Find a man that needs you more than I


G
Sit with me a while and let me listen to you talk about 
Am
Your dreams and your obsessions I'll be quite and confessional
Bm
The violets explode inside me when i meet your eyes
C
Then I'm spinning and i'm diving like a cloud of starlings.

C                 G
Darling is this love?

# Outro: (Strumming)

|-----5-----------3-----------2-------------0-----------------------------|
|-----3-----------3-----------3-------------0-----------------------------|
|-----2-----------2-----------2-------------0-----------------------------|
|-----0-----------0-----------0-------------2-----------------------------| X4

Starlings

The end of this track is used in the end of Peter Kay's charity single for Children In Need UK 2009.

One Day Like This - Elbow


F
Drinking in the morning sun
F/A#
Blinking in the morning sun 
F/C
Shaking off the heavy one 
F/A#
Heavy like a loaded gun

F
What made me behave that way?
F/A# 
Using words I never say 
F/C
I can only think it must be love 
F/A#
Oh, anyway 
F/A#                           F
It's looking like a beautiful day 

F
Someone tell me how I feel 
F/A#
It's silly wrong but vivid right 
F/C
Oh, kiss me like the final meal 
F/A#
Yeah, kiss me like we die tonight 

F
Cause holy cow I love your eyes 
F/A#
And only now I see the light 
F
Yeah Lying with me half-awake 
F/A#
Oh, anyway 
F/A#                           F
It's looking like a beautiful day 

(Same as 1st verse)
When my face 
Is chamois-creased 
If you think 
I'll wink, I did 
Laugh politely 
At repeats 
Yeah, kiss me 
When my lips are thin 

Cause holy cow 
I love your eyes 
And only now 
I see you like 
Yeah, lying with me 
Half-awake 
Stumbling over 
What to say 
Well, anyway 
It's looking 
Like a beautiful day 

F                       F/C
So throw those curtains wide
F/A# 
One day like this 
F/A#             F
A year'd see me right

One Day Like This

Elbow - Mirrorball - Uke

	                    E
	I plump the kind of kiss that wouldn't wake a baby
	
	On the self-same face that wouldn't let me sleep
	
	And the street is singing with my feet,
	
	And the dawn gives me a shadow I know to be taller
	
	
	            G    A    E                 G       F#m  E (stop)
	All down to you, dear____, everything has changed


                E
	My sorriness has made it to graffiti
	
	I was looking for someone to complete me


	       G     A    E                  G       F#m  E
	Not anymore, dear____, everything has changed


	        G        A        E
	When we make the moon our mirror ball
	    G           A      E
	The street's an Epty stage
	    G    A       E 
	The city sirens; violins
	G    F#m      E
	Everything has changed


	  D/F#     A        E        E       
	
	  D/F#     A        E        E       
	                        (So)


	               D/F#   A   E
	(So) lift off love
	          D/F#   A   E
	Lift off love


	   E
	We took the town to town last night
	
	We kissed like we invented it
	
	And now I know what every step is for
	
	To lead me to your door


	                    G    A  E               G       F#m  E
	Know that while you sleep,     everything has changed


	   G        A        E
	We made the moon our mirror ball
	    G           A      E
	The street's an Epty stage
	    G    A       E 
	The city sirens: violins
	G    F#m      E
	Everything has changed
	G    F#m      E
	Everything has changed
	G    F#m      E
	Everything has changed


	  D/F#     A        E        E       
	                        (So)


	               D/F#   A   E
	(So) lift off love
	          D/F#   A   E
	Lift off love       (Down to)        
	          D/F#   A   E
	Lift off love       (Down to)
	(you dear)
	          D/F#   A   E
	Lift off love       (Down to)
	(you dear)
	          D/F#   A   E
	Lift off love       (Down to)
	(you dear)
	          D/F#   A   E
	Lift off love       (Down to)
	(you dear)
	          D/F#   A   E
	Lift off love       (Down to you dear)

Richard Hawley (ex-Pulp) guests on this track; he is credited with vocals, lead guitar, and music.

Elbow - The Fix - Uke

      Cm                   G                       Cm
The fix is in, there's a nag gonna dance home at Epsom
	             G                    Cm
The fix is in, can't wait to see how it upsets 'em


Fm                        Cm
Too many times we've been postally pipped
      Fm                      Cm
We've loaded the saddles, the mickeys are slipped
      Fm                        Cm                        G/D
We're swapping the turf for the sand and the surf and the sin
	  G              (Cm)
Cause the fix, the fix is in
	
	
(Cm)      G        Cm       G       


Cm             G                      Cm
The fix is in, the odds that I got were delicious
                  G                   Cm
The fix is in, the jockey is cocky and vicious


      Fm                      Cm
The redoubtable beast has had pegasus pills
      Fm                       Cm
We'll buy him the patch in the Tuscany hills
        Fm                Cm                   G/D
And the Vino di Vici will flow like a river in spring
        G              (Cm)
Now the fix, the fix is in


(Cm)      G        Cm       G       
	
Cm       G        Cm       G        Cm (1)  


SOLO	  
Fm       Cm       Fm       Cm      
	
Fm       Cm       G/D      G/D     
	
G        G          -       -   


    Cm             G                       Cm
The fix is in, the snaps of the steward so candid
                       G                    Cm
The fix is in, yes our pigeons have finally landed


    Fm                   Cm
The Donahue sisters will meet us in France
   Fm                         Cm
In penguins and pearls, we'll drink and we'll dance
        Fm                        Cm                           G/D
'Til the end of our days, cause it ain't left to chance that we win
          G              (Cm)
Cause the fix, the fix is in
	
	
Cm      G        Cm       G       
Cm       G        Cm       G  
Cm       G        Cm       G 
Cm       G        Cm       G        Cm (1)  
Fm       Cm       Fm       Cm      
Fm       Cm       G/D      G/D     
G        G         -       -
Cm

The Fix

C                        G                                     Bb
Are we having the time of our lives? Are we having the time of our lives?
F                            C                        G
Are we coming across clear? Are we coming across fine?
                              Bb                                 F                            
Are we part of the plan here? Are we having the time of our lives?
	
                  C                G
Are we coming across clear? Are we coming across fine?
   Bb                               F                             C
Are we having the time of our lives?  Are we part of the plan here?


C
We have the drive and time on our hands
G
One little room and the biggest of plans
Bb
The days were shaping up frosty and bright
F
Perfect weather to fly, perfect weather to fly


C
Poundin' the streets where my fathers feet still
G
Ring from the walls we'd sing in the doorways
Bb
Or bicker and row just figuring how 
F
We were wired inside, perfect weather to fly


C
So in looking to stray from the line
G
We decided instead we should pull out the thread that was 
Bb
Stitching  us into this tapestry vial
F
And why wouldn't you try? Perfect weather to fly

C
We have the drive and time on our hands
G
One little room and the biggest of plans
Bb
The days were shaping up frosty and bright
F
Perfect weather to fly, perfect weather to fly


C
Poundin' the streets where my fathers feet still
G
Ring from the walls we'd sing in the doorways
Bb
Or bicker and row just figuring how 
F
We were wired inside, perfect weather to fly


C
So in looking to stray from the line
G
We decided instead we should pull out the thread that was 
Bb
Stitching  us into this tapestry vial
F
And why wouldn't you try? Perfect weather to fly

# Outro: C G Bb F (Repeat)

Weather To Fly

The Seldom Seen Kid


Intro - Em   B   Am   C

(C)         Em
I'm sick of working for a living
         B  
I'm just ticking off the days till I die
                 Am
Oh, I miss you Louise, yeah...
        C
And the sickest little pleasures keep me going in between pulling teeth


Em
Oh periscope up
                        B
I've been looking for a ladder
                            Am
I need to see the commander in chief
    C
And remind him what was passed onto me


    Em
Your mum don't sleep!
        B
And the friends you keep!
         Am               Em
I didn't raise a thief!
         B
I didn't raise a thief!
    Am
But the leaders of the free world
    G                               B
Are just little boys throwing stones
    Am
And it's easy to ignore
     G                                         B
Till they're knocking on the door of your homes

(Solo - Em  B  Am C)  


   Em
My thinking isn't driven
        B
But the music always gives me a lift
              Am
I'm so easy to please, yeah
      C
But I think we dropped the baton like the 60's didn't happen, oh no!

Em
Oh periscope up
                        B
Should be looking for a ladder
                               Am
I need to see the commander in chief
    C
And remind him what was passed onto me


Em
Your mum don't sleep!
        B
And the friends you keep!
         Am             Em
I didn't raise a thief!
         B
I didn't raise a thief!

    Am
But the leaders of the free world
    G                                B
Are just little boys throwing stones
    Am                 
And it's easy to ignore
             G                                  B
Till they're knocking on the door of your homes

    Am
But the leaders of the free world
    G                                B
Are just little boys throwing stones
    Am                 
And it's easy to ignore
             G                                  B
Till they're knocking on the door of your homes

Em                                        B
Passing the gun from father to feckless son
      Am                                            C
We're climbing a landslide where only the good die young
Em                                        B
Passing the gun from father to feckless son
      Am                                            C
We're climbing a landslide where only the good die young

Leaders Of The Free World

Elbow - Red - Uke

verse 1

Em                         A
Come as you are sweetheart, come as you are
Em                            A
You know you've got nothing to prove
Em                          A
I'll put you to bed you can let it all go
Em                                       A
You've been playing too rough lately

chorus

    Em  Cmaj7        Em
You burn too bright
Em7    Cmaj7       Em 
you live too fast
Em7     Cmaj7    D Em  D   Em
this can't go on too long
Em7       Cmaj7                  Em
you're a tragedy starting to happen

verse 2

Em                       A
just as you are perfect, just as you are
Em                           A
I'll give you the time you deserve
Em                          A             
don't make those promises don't tell me again
Em                      A
the dust is gonna settle your nerves

Asleep In The Back

Elbow - Fugitive Motel - Uke

Verse: 
C
Lost in a lullaby 
Bm
Side of the road
C
Melt in a memory
E
Slide in a solitude
C
Not ?til I can read by the moon
Bm
Am I going anywhere
C                                  E 
Not ?til I can read by the moon

Chorus
E
I blow you a kiss
Am
It should reach you tomorrow  (it should reach you tomorrow)
E                                      Am        
As it flies from the other side of the world
E                          
From my room in my fugitive motel
Am                        
Somewhere in the dust bowl  (somwhere in the dust bowl)
E                                   Am
It flies from the other side of the world

2nd Verse:

?I?m tired? I said
?You always look tired? she said
?I?m admired? I said
?You always look tired? she said
Not ?til I can read by the moon
Am I going anywhere
Not ?til I can read by the moon

Repeat Chorus

3rd Verse:

Curtains stay closed
But everyone knows
You hear through the walls in this place
Cigarette holes for every lost soul
To give up the ghost in this place
Give me strength
Give me wings

Repeat Chorus

Fade out

Fugitive Motel

Cast Of Thousands

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

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

[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

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  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

As She's Walking Away

B  B  E  F# E (2x)

B
Situation Number one
B
Its the one that's just begun
    E                 F#   E
But evidently its too late
B
Situation Number two
B
Its the only chance for you
     E                         F#   E
It's controlled by denizens of hate
B
Situation Number three
B
It's the one that no one sees
E                          F#   E
All too often dismissed as fate
B
Situation Number four
B
The one that left you wanting more
E                       F#   E
Tantalized you with its bait

B  B  E  F# E (2x)

Situations

Am                              E
There are children standing here,
                              G
Arms outstretched into the sky,
                          D
Tears drying on their face.
              Am
He has been here.
                          E
Brothers lie in shallow graves.
                           G
Fathers lost without a trace.
                           D
A nation blind to their disgrace,
                        Am
Since he's been here.
                    E
And I see no bravery,
 G                  D
No bravery in your eyes anymore.

Only sadness.

(Continue the same chord progression)

Houses burnt beyond repair.
The smell of death is in the air.
A woman weeping in despair says,
He has been here.
Tracer lighting up the sky.
It's another families' turn to die.
A child afraid to even cry out says,
He has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

There are children standing here,
Arms outstretched into the sky,
But no one asks the question why,
He has been here.
Old men kneel to accept their fate.
Wives and daughters cut and raped.
A generation drenched in hate.
Says, he has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

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