Counting Crows is an American rock band originating from Berkeley, California, formed in 1991. They gained fame in 1993 following the release of their debut album &quot;August and Everything After&quot; featuring the hit song Mr. Jones.  The band is formed by singer Adam Duritz (previously of The Himalayans and Sordid Humor) and guitarist David Bryson (Local producer and former member of the band Mr. Dog) in San Francisco, California in 1990.

Le chanteur Adam Duritz et le guitariste David Bryson (tout deux membres du groupe The Himalayans) forment Counting Crows à San Francisco en 1991.  Leur premier album, August and Everything After sort en 1993. Le groupe devient mondialement connu avec la chanson &quot;Mr. Jones&quot; dont les paroles sont inspirées de l'enfance d'un ami d'Adam et bassiste dans les Himalayans Marty Jones.  C'est en 1996 que sort Recovering the Satellites, leur second album.

Counting Crows ist eine 1991 in San Francisco gegründete Rockband, die vor allem nach dem Erscheinen ihres Debütalbums August and Everything After mit dem Hit &quot;Mr. Jones&quot; 1994 gro

Counting Crows es una banda de rock estadounidense que se hizo muy popular en 1993 después del debut del álbum August and Everything After, caracterizado por el tema Mr. Jones.  La banda se forma por el cantante Adam Duritz (integrante de The Himalayans) y el guitarrista David Bryson en San Francisco durante 1991.  Actuales Miembros  Jim Bogios (Batería)  David Bryson (Guitarra)  Adam Duritz (Voz, Piano)  Charles Gillingham (Teclado)  David Immerglück (Guitarra)  Dan Vickrey (Guitarra)   Antiguos Miembros 

INTRO:  G D C x2 

D        G         C 
Staring out of his window as the world rushes by 
D         G        C  
Arthur Robinson closes the glass and replies 
D           G         C 
"I dream of ballerinas and I don't know why 
D        G           C 
but I see Cadillacs  sailing" 

(same for verse 2) 

(Chorus) 

        G        D        C 
And the comet is coming between 
           G              D           C 
Me and the girl who could make it all clean 
                 G              D         C 
Out there in the shadow of the modern machine 
         G     D    C 
Walks St. Robinson in his Cadillac dream 


[The rest of the song follows the same pattern, quite simple really]

St Robinson In His Cadillac Dream

According to songfacts.com this song is about the extremes that exist within us (&quot;Coffee black and egg white&quot;), our unwillingness to reveal them (&quot;Taffy stuck and tongue tied, stutter shook and uptight&quot;), the defenses we put up to keep people from seeing our true natures (&quot;I am covered in skin, no one gets to come in&quot;), and the terrifying bliss when we let our defenses down to someone we love (&quot;Pull me out from inside, I am ready, I am fine&quot;).

Em7              Em7/F           C               C/F
A|-----------5-----------------------3-------3---------------3-------|
E|--0----------------1-------0-----------------------1---------------|
C|--4----4-------4---4---4-------4---4---4-------4---4---4-------4---|
G|-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|


Intro : Main riff x2



1st verse :
Em7     Em7/F    C   C/F
 I am colorblind 
Em7      Em7/F            C   C/F
 Coffee black and egg white 
Em7       Em7/F      C    C/F
 Pull me out from inside 



Chorus :
Em7   Em7/F       C           C/F
 I am ready, I am ready, I am ready, I am



2nd verse:
Em7     Em7/F            C   C/F
 taffy stuck, tongue tied 
Em7           Em7/F        C   C/F
 Stuttered shook and uptight 
Em7       Em7/F      C    C/F
 Pull me out from inside 



Chorus :
Em7   Em7/F       C           C/F
 I am ready, I am ready, I am ready, I am
C    C/F     C    C/F>let ring
 fine 

3rd verse :
Em7     Em7/F      C   C/F
 I am covered in skin 
Em7       Em7/F       C   C/F
 No one gets to come in 
Em7       Em7/F      C   C/F
 Pull me out from inside 


Bridge :
Em7     Em7/F       C             C/F
 I am folded, and unfolded, and unfolding 
Em7   Em7/F   C   C/F
 I am colorblind 



4th verse:
Em7      Em7/F            C   C/F
 Coffee black and egg white 
Em7       Em7/F      C    C/F
 Pull me out from inside 



Chorus :
Em7   Em7/F       C           C/F
 I am ready, I am ready, I am ready, I am
C    C/F     C    C/F
 fine 
    C    C/F     C    C/F
I am fine 
     C>let ring
I am fine

Colorblind

This Desert Life

Verse

bm
A Russian Jew American Impersonating African
   g
Jamaican what I want to be's and Indian
            em
Im gonna be a cowboy, in the end I guess I bought a gun
                      bm
Cause it impresses all the little girls I see

And then they all want to sleep with me


Chorus
D
Oh, where do we dissapear

Into the silence that surrounds us
          D                 G
		  And then drowns us in the end
D               E                       G
Who are these people who impersonate our friends
           D          E            G
Saying come again, come again, come again

Back to verse


-Andrew Fickley

1492

Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings

D         A                  E          Fm#
A long December and there's reason to believe
      D                 A               E
Maybe this year will be better than the last
D         A                  E          Fm#               D
I can't remember the last thing that you said as you were leavin'
        A             Fm#
Now the days go by so fast
         D               G          E   
And it's one more day up in the canyons
         D                 G        E    
And it's one more night in Hollywood
       D                  G         Em                   D
If you think that I could be forgiven...I wish you would
  G    Em  G 
nanananananananana..


(solo)

D           A              E              Fm#
Drove up to Hillside Manor sometime after 2:Am
      D           A               E
And talk a little while about the year...

Again Chorus



A Long December


Intro Chords:
G   G/F#   G   D
G   G/F#   Em  A   G/F#(hold)      E-0-0-2-3


Verse:
G                                G/F#
So she said whats the problem baby
G                               
Whats the problem I don't know
                              Em
Well maybe im in love (love)
                        A
Think about it everytime I think about it
G/F#
Cant stop thinking bout it


G                                     G/F#
How much longer will it take to cure this
G                                G/F#                   Em
Just to cure it cause I cant ignore it if its love (love)
D                           A
Makes me wanna turn around and face me but I don't know
                 G/F#
Nothing bout love

Ahhhh

Chorus:
G             Am
Come on, come on
G/F#                D
Turn a little faster
G             Am
Come on, come on
    G/F#                 D
The world will follow after
G             Am
Come on, come on
G/F#                 D     Em---A----G/F#
Cause everybody's after love


Verse 2:
G              G/F#
So i said im a snowball running
G                     G/F#                           Em
Running down into the spring thats coming all this love
              A                      G/F#
Melting under blue skies belting out sunlight
           G
shimmering love
          G/F#                  G
Well baby i surrender to the strawberry ice cream
G/F#                         Em
never ever end of all this love
       A
Well i didnt mean to do it
                            G/F#
But theres no escaping your love



Bridge:
Em            G/F#
These line of lightning mean we're
G            Am
never alone, never alone
(stop)
no no


Chorus:
G             Am
Come on, come on
G/F#             D
Move a little closer
G             Am
Come on, come on
    G/F#              D
I want to hear you whisper
G             Am
Come on, come on
G/F#           D         Em---D
Settle down inside my love


G             Am
Come on, come on
G/F#             D
Jump a little higher
G             Am
Come on, come on
       G/F#            D
If you feel a little lighter
G             Am
Come on, come on
   G/F#                D       Em---A----G/F#
We were once upon a time in love

Accidentally In Love

intro: F Bb Gm Bb F Bb Gm

Bb       F                  C            Gm
A long December and there's reason to believe
      Bb                F               Bb
Maybe this year will be better than the last
  Gm      Bb         F                   C  
I can't remember the last thing that you said
            Gm  
as you were leavin'
        F             Bb
Now the days go by so fast
         F               Bb         Gm    Bb
And it's one more day up in the canyons
         F                 Bb       Gm    Bb
And it's one more night in Hollywood
       F                  Bb        Gm -stop-           F  
If you think that I could be forgiven...I wish you would
  Bb   Gm  Bb ....
nanananananananana..

The smell of hospitals in winter
And the feeling that it's all a lot of oysters, but no pearls
All at once you look across a crowded room
To see the way that light attaches to a girl

And it's one more day up in the conyons
And it's one more night in Hollywood
If you think you might come to California...I think you should

Drove up to the Hillside Manor sometime after two a.m.
And talked a little while about the year
I guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower
Makes you talk a little lower about
the things you could not show her

And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe
Maybe this year will be better than the last
I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself
To hold on to these moments as they pass

And it's been one more day up in the canyon
And it's one more night in Hollywood
It's been so long since I've seen the ocean...I guess I should

Long December

Chords:

G      
Cadd9     
D     


Intro

Cadd9    G

     Cadd9               D                G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

       Cadd9          D                        G
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot

G                D   
Don't it always seem to go

         Cadd9                              G
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone

     Cadd9               D               G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

G
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop

     Cadd9     D          G
They took all the trees, and put 'em in a tree museum

         Cadd9                  D                       G 
And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them

No, no, no

G                D   
Don't it always seem to go

         Cadd9                               G
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone

     Cadd9               D                 G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

G
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop

    Cadd9            D               G
Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT

                   Cadd9
I don't care about spots on my apples

D                          G
Leave me the birds and the bees

Please

G                D
Don't it always seem to go

         Cadd9                              G
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone

     Cadd9                D               G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

                     Cadd9        D               G
Hey now, they paved paradise to put up a parking lot

Why not?

G
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Solo
[Cadd9 - G] x3  Cadd9   D     Cadd9 (let ring)

                                                  G
Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door slam

      Cadd9             D           G
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away

     G               D   
Now don't it always seem to go

          Cadd9                             G
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone

     Cadd9                D               G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Hey, now, now

G               D   
Don't it always seem to go

         Cadd9                             G
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone

     Cadd9                D               G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Why not?

     Cadd9               D                G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Hey hey hey

Cadd9                D               G
Paved paradise and put up a parking lot

G
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9
I don't wanna give it

Why you wanna give it

                G
Why you wanna giving it all away

Hey, hey, hey

Cadd9
Now you wanna give it

I should wanna give it

          G
Just to giving it all away

Now, now

Cadd9
I don't wanna give it

Why you wanna give it

                G
Why you wanna giving it all away

     Cadd9
Girl, you're giving it all,

D                 G         Cadd9
giving it all....away

           GCadd9
Why do you want me?

            G               Cadd9           
Why do you want me?

G
la la la la la la la la la la la la

     Cadd9              D                G
They paved paradise to put up a parking lot


Cadd9 - G (fade out)

Big Yellow Taxi

Films About Ghosts: The Best Of...

1st verse :
Am                    Am
 My friend assures me, "It's all or nothing."
G                 G
 I am not worried, I am not overly concerned
Am                     Am
 My friend implores me, "For one time only,
G                   G
 Make an exception", I am not worried
Am                               Am
 Wrap her up in a package of lies, Send her off to a coconut island
G                 G
 I am not worried, I am not overly concerned
Am                                 Am
 With the status of my emotions "Oh," she says, "you're changing."
          G              G
But we're always changing It does not bother me to



Pre-chorus :
Em
Say this isn't love
C                           D
'Cause if you don't want to talk about it
   Em                    C                          D
Then it isn't love and I guess I'm going to have to live with that
       Em
But I'm sure there's something in a shade of grey
C               D        
 Something in between and
 Em                       C                  D
I can always change my name, if that's what you mean



2nd Verse :
Am                    Am
 My friend assures me, "It's all or nothing."
        G                   G
But I am not really worried, I am not overly concerned
Am                                              Am
 You try to tell yourself the things you try to tell yourself
To make yourself forget
G                        G
 To make yourself forget, I am not worried



Pre-chorus :
         Em                    C                    
"If it's love," she said, "then we're going to have to
D                  Em
Think about the consequences." She can't stop shaking
C             D
 I can't stop touching her and



Chorus :
     G         C               Am
This time when kindness falls like rain
   D           G       C        Em    D             G
It washes her away and Anna begins to change her mind
         C                     Am        D                  G          C
"These seconds when I'm shaking leave me shuddering for days," she says
      Em            D
And I'm not ready for this sort of thing



3rd Verse :
Am                         Am
 But I'm not going to break and I'm not going to
    G                 G
Worry about it anymore, I'm not going to bend
Am                         Am
 But I'm not going to break and I'm not going to
    G               G
Worry about it anymore, no no no
Am                                 Am
 No, no, it seems like I should say, "As long as this is love..."
G                          G
 But it's not all that easy so maybe I should
Am                              Am
 Snap her up in a butterfly net, pin her down on a photograph album
G                 G
 I am not worried, I've done this sort of thing before



Pre-chorus :
Em    C                     D                  Em
        But then I start to think about the consequences
               C                D
I don't get no sleeping a quiet room and...



Chorus :
     G         C                   Am
This time when kindness falls like rain
   D             G    C          Em  D             G
It washes me away and Anna begins to change my mind
    C               Am              D           
And every time she sneezes I believe it's love and
G       C    Em        D                   
Oh Lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing





Ending :
G      C                   Am     D               G
 She's talking in her sleep, it's keeping me awake and
C         Em   D            G
Anna begins to toss and turn
    C             Am             D
And every word is nonsense but I understand and
G       C    Em        D                   
Oh Lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing
G   C                Am         D              G
Her kindness bangs a gong, it's moving me along
    C        Em    D         G
And Anna begins to fade away
        C           Am    Cx
It's chasing me away, she disappears and
G  C     Em            D                G>let ring
Oh Lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing

Anna Begins

Intro :
Am  F  Dm  G                Am     F   G  G
            sha la la la la la la


1st verse :
Am                     F        Dm               G 
 I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow haired girl
    Am                          F                 G               G
Mr. Jones strikes up this conversation whith this black haired flamenco dancer
Am                   F                Dm                  G 
She dances while his father playes guitar, she's suddenly beautiful
   Am                 F        G                 G
We all want something beautiful and I wish I was beautiful



2nd Verse :
        Am                 F                        Dm       G 
So come dance this silence down through the morning,  sha la la la la la
Am      F  G        G
   Yeah,     Uh huh...yeah
Am        F   Dm                     G    
 Cut up Maria! Show me some of them spanish dances.
Am          F          G         G
  Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
Am           F  Dm                  G 
  Believe in me, help me believe in anything
      Am           F                   G          G
Cause I want to be someone who believes, yeah !



Chorus :
C  F            G                G
 Mr Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
Am                      F            G                 G
 Stare at the beautiful women, She's looking at you,Ah no,no she's looking at me
Am              F             G                   G
 Smiling in the bright lights, comming through in sterio
     Am            F     G                 G
When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely



3rd Verse :
        Am              F       Dm                G 
 Oh and I will paint my picture, paint my self in blue and red and black & grey
Am                      F                 G        G
   All of the beautiful colors are very very meaninful
                   Am                  F      Dm          G 
Yeah well you know grey is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday
Am           F             G            G
 If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a grey guitar and play

Chorus :
C   F            G              G
 Mr. Jones and me look into the future
Am                      F            G                   G
 Stare at the beautiful women, “she's looking at you, Uh, I don't think so, she's looking at me."
Am               F        G                G
 Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a grey guitar
     Am           F     G                  
When everybody loves me, I will never be lone....(ly)



Bridge :
         Am                  F
(lone)...ly, I will never be lonely
              Am           G
So I’ll never gonna be lonely
Am                    F
 I want to be a lion, hey, everybody wants to pass as cats
Am                                   G
 We all want to be big big stars, but we got diffrent reasons for that.
Am                        F
  Believe in me because I don't believe in anything
     Am                             G
and I want to be someone to believe, to believe, to believe.



Chorus :
C   F            G                      G
 Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio
       Am                      F             G                             G
Yeah we stare at the beautiful women, "She's perfect for you, Man, there's got to be Somebody for me."
Am                F         G                          G
 I want to be Bob Dylan, Mr Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
Am               F            G                     G
When everybody loves you, son, that's just about as funky as you can be.



Chorus :
C   F            G               G
 Mr. Jones and me staring at the video
       Am              F                 G      G
When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me.
Am                 F                 G                      G
 We all want to be big stars, but we don't know why, and we don't know how.
         Am          F           G                         G
But when everybody loves me, I'm going to be just about as happy as I can be.



Ending :
C         F      G>let ring
Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars.....


Mr Jones

Intro: [D][G] x 4


1st verse :
D                 G                   D               G
 Take the way home that leads back to Sullivan Street
D               G                D          G
 Cross the water and home through the town
D                G                   D            G
 Past the shadows that fall down wherever we meet
D             G          D          G
 Pretty soon I won't come around



Chorus:
G           A               Em
 I'm almost drowning in her sea 
             G             D
She's nearly fallen to her knees
                G               D       G
Take the way home  ba, ba, ba, ba



2nd verse :
D                 G                   D                 G
 Take the way home that leads back to Sullivan Street
D                    G            D      G
 Where all the bodies hang in the air
D                 G              D                G
 If she remembers, she hides it whenever we meet
D               G              D     G
 Either way now, I don't really care, cause I'm gone from there



Chorus:
G              A            Em
 I'm almost drowning in her sea 
             G               D      G   D
She's nearly crawling on her knees
G               D    G                D
 I'm down on my knees, I'm down on my knees
G               D     G               D   
 I'm down on my knees, I'm down on my knees
G          D
 Down on my knees



3rd Verse :
D                 G                   D                 G
 Take the way home that leads back to Sullivan Street
         D            G              D      G
I'm just another rider burned to the ground, come tumbling down




Chorus:
G           A               Em
 I'm almost drowning in her sea 
             G               Em
She's nearly crawling on her knees
            G            D        G    D    
It's almost everything I need
G            D        G            D
 I'm down on my knees, I'm down on my knees
G            D        G            D       G
 I'm down on my knees, I'm down on my knees
G          D>let ring
 Down on my knees

Sullivan Street

-----0-----------0---------------
---------3-----------3-------3---
-0-----------0-----------0-------
---------------------------------
# Intro at beginning.  Play until chorus.



# Chorus:

      C      D                  Em     G
Round xxxx xx xxxxxx xxxxx xx straight
      C    D             Em    G
xxxxx here xxxxxxxxx radiates


# Second Chorus:

      C          D                Em    G
Round xxxx xx'xx carving xxx xxx xxxxx 
      C    D                Em   G
xxxxx here xx xxx xxxx xxx same
      C                       D
Round xxxx xx xxxx xxxx like xxxxx
        Em             G
xxx xx sacrifice xxxx xxxxx
    C             D                  Em     G
xxxxx here xxx'x slipping xxxxxxx xx hands


# Bridge:

A
 Sleeping xxxxxxxx xxxxxx xxx xxxx the xxxx
Am7         D7            A   G A
Out xx xxx lightning xxxxx
  Am7              D7/A              A     
A
Mama's xxxxxx xxxx xxxxxx xxx xxxxxxx xx
 C          D
xxx xx xxx lightning


# End:

          C        D            Em    G
Round xxxx she's xxxxxx xx xx xxxx
     C     D              Em     G
xxxxx here x xxx xxxx xx time
          C                           D
xxxxx xxxx we're xxxxx xxxx xx xxx early
       Em               G
Man, xxxxxx xxxxx xx xxxx
          C           D           Em           G
xxxxx xxxx xx xxxx xx very, very, very, very xxxx.
              C          D
x can't xxx xxxxxx', xxxxxx'
         Em
xxxxxx xxxx
 G                     C
  xxx xxxxx xx xx i'm falling,
                     D
xxx catch me xx x'x xxxxxxx,
                             Em
xxxx xxx xxxxx xx xxxxx i'm falling xxxx xx xxx

G            Cadd9        D
 x xxxx i'm xxxxx xxx gun

 Em7      G
xxxxxx xxxx
                   Cadd9       D
xx, xxx x said i'm xxxxx the gun
        Em7
xxxxxx xxxx
G                          Cadd9
  And I can't see nothin',nothin'
          Em
Round  here.

Round Here

Am  F  Dm    G     Am F  G
sha la la la la la la uh huh?
Am                      F          Dm                          G
I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl
Am                                             F                   G
Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation with this black-haired flamenco dancer
Am                   F                  Dm                  G
She dances while his father plays guitar. Shes suddenly beautiful
Am                         F                         G
We all want something beautiful I wish I was beautiful

Am                                             F
So come dance this silence down through the morning
Dm           G        Am      F         G
sha la la la la la la la yeah uh huh?
Am          F  Dm                    G
Cut up, Maria! Show me some of them Spanish dances
Am          F      G
Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
Am         F   Dm                  G
Believe in me Help me believe in anything
Am                   F                G
(cause) I want to be someone who believes

C              F                          G
Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
C                        F
Stare at the beautiful women
G                              G
Shes looking at you. Ah, no, no, shes looking at me?
C                     F                            G
Smiling in the bright lights Coming through in stereo
C                    F                          G
When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely

Am               F       Dm                                        G
I will paint my picture Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray
Am                     F                          G
All of the beautiful colors are very very meaningful
Am         F                       Dm                      G
(you know) Gray is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday
Am             F                                      G
If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a gray guitar and play

C              F                  G
Mr. Jones and me look into the future
C                        F
Stare at the beautiful women
G                           G
Shes looking at you. Uh, I dont think so. Shes looking at me?
C                        F                            G
Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a gray guitar
C                    F   G                 Am
When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely

Am
I will never be lonely
G
I will never be lonely
Am                      F
I want to be a lion Everybody wants to pass as cats
Am                                G
We all want to be big big stars, but we got different reasons for that.
Am                   F
Believe in me because I don?t believe in anything
Am                                  G
and I want to be someone to believe, to believe,

C                F                    G
Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio
C                             F
Yeah we stare at the beautiful women
G                            G
Shes perfect for you, Man, theres got to be somebody for me?
C                F
I want to be Bob Dylan
G                      G
Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
C                        F                                       G
When everybody loves you, son, thats just about as funky as you can be.

C              F                    G
Mr. Jones and me staring at the video
C                             F                                      G
When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me.
C                            F                                 G
We all want to be big stars, but we dont know why, and we dont know how.
C                          F                                    G
But when everybody loves me, Im going to be just about as happy as I can be.
C             F                      G
Mr. Jones and me, were gonna be big stars.

Mr. Jones

F#m          E           F#m          D      


F#m                    C#m
     Start tearing the old man down

    E                    Bm                    F#m
Run past the heather and down to the old road

                  C#m                    D
Start turning the grain into the ground

                      F#m
Roll a new leaf over  

       C#m                            E
In the middle of the night there's an old man 

          Bm                          
Treading around in the gathered rain  

F#m                       C#m            E
Hey mister if you want to walk on water

                         A
Would you drop a line my way



    E        F#m
 Omaha

             D               
Somewhere in middle America  

A                E                 D
Get right to the heart of matters

                            A         E
It's the heart that matters more

                     F#m              B              D
I think you'd better turn your ticket in

                                  A                  D
And leave your money right at the door

A            D



F#m                    C#m
Start threading the needle

    E                    Bm                    F#m
Brush past the shuttle that slides through the cold room

                  C#m                    D
Start turning the wool across the wire

                      F#m
Roll the new life over

       C#m                            E
In the middle of the night there's an old man

          Bm                          
Threading his toes through a bucket of rain

F#m                       C#m            E
Hey mister if you want to walk on water 

                         A
You're only going to walk all over me



    E        F#m
 Omaha

             D               
Somewhere in middle America  

A                E                 D
Get right to the heart of matters

                            A         E
It's the heart that matters more

                     F#m              B              D
I think you'd better turn your ticket in

                                  A                  D
And leave your money right at the door

A            D

A            D

A            D

A            D


F#m                    C#m
Start running the banner down

    E                    Bm                    F#m
Drop past the color come up through the summer rain

                  C#m                    D
Start turning the girl into the ground

                      F#m
Roll a new life over

       C#m                            E
In the middle of the night there's a young man

          Bm                          
Rolling around in the earth and rain

F#m                       C#m            E
Hey mister if you're going to walk on water, you know

                         A
You're only going to walk all over me



    E        F#m
 Omaha

             D               
Somewhere in middle America  

A                E                 D
Get right to the heart of matters

                            A         E
It's the heart that matters more

                     F#m              B              D
I think you'd better turn your ticket in

                               
And leave your money back at the door

   E        F#m
 Omaha

             D               
Somewhere in middle America  

A                E                 D
Get right to the heart of matters

                            A         E
It's the heart that matters more

                     F#m              B              D
I think you'd better turn your ticket in

                               
And leave your money back at the door

Omaha

August And Everything After

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

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

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

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

(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-A-Bm-Em-A  x4

         D                 A                          
I'll confess tonight your all thats on my mind
        Bm            A                   D
I know these roof top nights could last forever.
              A                            Bm
we watched the seasons change, we saw the distance pull us away,
           A
from all we shared together.

D                       A
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                       A
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.

D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
    Em    A
lets run away.
D                             A                             Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
    Em    A
lets run away.

play intro  x2

D                    A
I picked apart every word that you said
  Bm                              A
I dissected each sentence but kept coming up empty
D                         A
the way you are leaves me counting the days
        Bm                            A
till the next time this distance will be a memory


D                        A        
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                     D
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.


D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away.

D-A-Bm-A

where have you been


                                                                        Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away


American Dream 

G Bm Em A
Well everybody's lookin' for something they can't find,
Walking straight ahead blind-folded production line,
Only taking time for one type of shoe-shine.
Don't look left/right now you got a street fine.
Everybody lookin' for just a little more.
Working late-nights trying to fight off the day glow.
Waiting for the come-around but it is a no show.
Driving in the fast lane lookin' for the slow-mo...

C D A
Oh whats in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know well I don't know man anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time you,
Where were you, you weren't listenin', gonna be a long time
Gonna be a long time.

G Bm Em A
So now you're face down, face lookin like a frying pan.
Hitting up the clubs trying to feel like a real man.
Beating your chest just like you're King Kong but you're just a gui-tar no-string no-song.
Feeling free like ya don't even know it, man you're towing the line hoping you just don't blow it.
Man ya stuck in the mainframe trying to win the big game so much potential it even makes it more of a shame, shame, shame...
Here we go again, same old shit just another name.
Looking at the destiny there in your palm,
But now you got your strings but you got no song.
So sing, sing, sing - shake it like a chicken wing.
It's not what you get it's about what you bring-bring-bring.
So bring it, bring it to the table, not because you have to 'cos you're willing and you're able!

C D A
Oh what's in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know, I don't know anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time.
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time.
You, where were you, you weren't listening, gonna be a long time.
Gonna be a long time.

Gonna Be A Long Time

It takes a while to get used to the rhythm. In the verse the
time signature goes 3/4 for 2 bars then 2/4 for 1 bar and then
repeats.


Intro and Verses:

A|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|------|-10------10|-9-------9-|------
E|-----------|-----------|------|-----------|-----------|----3-
C|-0---------|-2---2-----|------|-----7-----|-----------|-2----
G|-0---------|-0---------|-0----|-9---------|-7---------|------
   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |

Intro Riff:

A|-10--12--10-|-9---10---9-|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|-------|
E|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
C|------------|------------|-0---------|-2---2-----|-------|
G|-9----------|-7----------|-0---------|-0---------|-0-----|



Chorus:

                   C
I...              driving...
     G  
The speed...            

Em
      City...

        D
And...  arm...
    
    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

C           D
be...       be... 

Suggestion: during the verses, it can sound pretty cool if you
get a friend to strum the chords: C, G, Em, D in the background
:)

Fast Car

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.

Slow Graffiti

Intro: Em  A  Em  A

       Em               A                Em                   
 A
Verse: Be on my side or be on your side, there is no reason for you to hide,
       Em                 A
       Its so hard for me stayin' here all alone, when you could be takin'
       A                Em                                             A
       Me for a ride... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


        G     D         A    G  D          A
Chorus:  Down by the ri-ver,  I shot my ba-by

 Em        A
 Ooh, Ooh, shot her dead


Verse 2:You take my hand I'll take your hand, together we may get away,

        This must madness is too much sorrow, its impossible to make it

        today... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


(Chorus)

(Verse 1)

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