 was recorded and released before they had played even a single show.

Originaires de Cincinnati dans l'état d'Ohio (Etats-Unis), les membres de The National mettent leur groupe sur pied à New York (Brooklyn) en 1999. Le groupe se forme autour du chanteur et songwriter Matt Berninger, des frères Scott Devendorf (guitare) et Bryan Devendorf (batterie), des deux autres frères Aaron Dessner (basse, piano) et Bryce Dessner (guitare).  The National, très influencé par le rock alternatif américain, la pop anglaise et même la country-rock, sort son premier album sur, Brassland Records, le label des frères Dessner.

The National ist eine im Jahr 1999 gegründete US-amerikanische Band aus Brooklyn, NY. Ihr Stil wird dem indie-Rock zugerechnet. Ihre musikalischen Einflüsse reichen von Bruce Springsteen bis zu den Tindersticks. Aufgrund der ungewöhnlich tiefen Bariton-Stimme des Sängers Matt Berninger wird The National mit Interpol und den Editors verglichen, deren Sänger in ähnlichen Stimmlagen singen.   The National besteht aus Matt Berninger und den beiden Brüderpaaren Aaron Dessner und Bryce Dessner, sowie Scott Devendorf und Bryan Devendorf.

The National es una banda de post-punk revival/rock alternativo formada en 1999, entre amigos de Cincinnati, Ohio. Sus influencias van desde Bruce Springsteen a Tindersticks. La composición e interpretación de las letras de la banda pertenece a Matt Berninger en un distintivo y profundo tono de barítono. El resto de la banda comprende dos parejas de hermanos, Aaron y Bryce Dessner y Scott y Bryan Devendorf. Padma Newsome, perteneciente a una banda hermana, Clogs, a menudo contribuye con instrumentos de cuerdas, teclados y otros arreglos instrumentales. 

Intro: C F C F

C
Don't make me read your mind
             F
You should know me better than that
C
It takes me too much time
             F
You should know me better than that
C         
You're not that much like me
             F
You should know me better than that
C
We have different enemies
             F
You should know me better than that
Am                                        C
I should leave it alone but you're not right
Am                                        C
I should leave it alone but you're not right
C
Can't you write it on a wall
              F
You should know me better than that
C
There's no room to write it all
              F
You should know me better than that
C
Can you turn the TV down
             F
You should know me better than that
C
There's too much crying in the sound
             F
I should know you better than that
Am                                         C
I should leave it alone but you're not right
Am                                         C
I should leave it alone but you're not right


Chorus:
Am                                  F  C     F
I should live in salt for leaving you behind
C        F     C
Behind
C
Think about something so much
             F
You should know me better than that
C
Start to slide out of touch
             F
You should know me better than that
C
Tell yourself it's all you know
             F
You should know me better than that
C
Learn to appreciate the void 
             F
You should know me better than that

Am                                  F  C     F
I should live in salt for leaving you behind
C        F     C
Behind

Am                                  F  C     F
I should live in salt for leaving you behind
C        F     C
Behind


Am F C F C F C


Am                                  F  C     F
I should live in salt for leaving you behind
C        F     C
Behind

Outro: C F C F

I Should Live In Salt

Capo on III


[Verse 1]

D          Em              C           C
Oh, when I lift you up you feel like a hundred times your-
D            Em        C               C
self, I wish everybody knew, what's so great about you
D            Em             C                C
Oh, but your love is such a swamp, you don't think before you
D           Em              C
jump, and I said I wouldn't get sucked in
C
Ahhhhahhh

Am C G G               Am         C G G
           This is the last time


[Verse 2]

D              Em         C           C
Oh, don't tell anyone I'm here, I got Tylenol and
D           Em                  C             C
beer, I was thinking that you'd call somebody closer to you
D            Em             C                 C
Oh, but your love is such a swamp, you're the only thing I
D           Em              C
want, and I said I wouldn't cry about
C
Ahhhhahhh

Am C G G               Am         C G G              Am        C G G   
           This is the last time         This is the last time


[Bridge]

           D         Em                C          C
We were so under the brine, we were so vacant and kind
           D         Em                C          C
We were so under the brine, we were so vacant
           D         Em                C          C
We were so under the brine, we were so out of our minds
           D         Em                C          C
We were so under the brine, we were so vacant


[Verse 3]

D          Em              C           C
Oh, when I lift you up you feel like a hundred times your-
D            Em        C               C
self, I wish everybody knew, what's so great about you
D            Em             C                C
Oh, but your love is such a swamp, you don't think before you
D           Em              C
jump, and I said I wouldn't get sucked in
C
Ahhhhahhh

Am C G G             
                     Am             C            G               G
          I won't be vacant anymore,  I won't be waiting anymore
             Am             C            G               G
  I won't be vacant anymore,  I won't be waiting anymore
                     Am             C            G               G
          I won't be vacant anymore,  I won't be waiting anymore
             Am             C            G               G
  I won't be vacant anymore,  I won't be waiting anymore


[Outro]

Dm Am F C (3x)
Dm                Am   F                        C
Jenny I am in trouble, can't get these thoughts out of me
Dm                  Am   F                   C
Jenny I'm seeing double, I know this changes everything
Dm                Am   F                        C
Jenny I am in trouble, can't get these thoughts out of me
Dm                  Am   F                   C
Jenny I'm seeing double, I know this changes everything

           Dm     Am      F        C
It takes a lot of pain to pick me up
           Dm     Am   F        C
It takes a lot of rain in the cup
           Dm     Am      F        C
It takes a lot of pain to pick me up
           Dm     Am   F        C
It takes a lot of rain in the cup

Dm         Am      F     C
Baby you gave me bad ideas
Dm         Am      F        C
Baby you left me sad and high

This Is The Last Time

Trouble Will Find Me

Am Am7 Am Am7 Am F C F C G

Am Am7 Am Am7 Am F C F C G

Standing at the punch table swallowing punch
can't pay attention to the sound of anyone
a little more stupid, a little more scared
every minute more unprepared

Am Am7 Am Am7 Am F C F C G

I made a mistake in my life today
everything I love gets lost in drawers
I want to start over, I want to be winning
way out of sync from the beginning

C
I wanna hurry home to you
F		Am
put on a slow, dumb show for you
		G
and crack you up
	   C			     F
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
		   Am
god I'm very, very frightening
G
I'll overdo it

Am Am7 Am Am7 Am F C G

Am Am7 Am Am7 Am F C F C G

Looking for somewhere to stand and stay
I leaned on the wall and the wall leaned away
Can I get a minute of not being nervous
and not thinking of my dick

Am Am7 Am Am7 Am F C F C G

My leg is sparkles, my leg is pins
I better get my shit together, better gather my shit in
You could drive a car through my head in five minutes
from one side of it to the other

C
I wanna hurry home to you
F		Am
put on a slow, dumb show for you
		G
and crack you up
	   C			     F
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
		   Am
god I'm very, very frightening
G
I'll overdo it

C F Am G

Em G D C (Cmaj7),Em

Em 		   G
You know I dreamed about you
D		     C
for twenty-nine years before I saw you
Em 		   G
You know I dreamed about you
D
I missed you for
C
for twenty-nine years

Em 		   G
You know I dreamed about you
D		     C
for twenty-nine years before I saw you
Em 		   G
You know I dreamed about you
D
I missed you for
C
for twenty-nine years

Em G D C
Em G D C


Slow Show

C              F            G
Stay out super late tonight picking apples, making pies
C                     F            G
put a little something in our lemonade and take it with us

             Am         F      G
we?re half-awake in a fake empire
             Am         F      G
we?re half-awake in a fake empire

 C                 F          G
Tiptoe through our shiny city with our diamond slippers on
 C            F            G
do our gay ballet on ice bluebirds on our shoulders

             Am         F      G
we?re half-awake in a fake empire
             Am         F      G
we?re half-awake in a fake empire

 C                 F                G
Turn the light out say goodnight no thinking for a little while
 C                 F        G
lets not try to figure out everything at once
 C                 F            G
It?s hard to keep track of you falling through the sky

             Am         F      G
we?re half-awake in a fake empire
             Am         F      G
we?re half-awake in a fake empire

Fake Empire

Boxer

G    C              G
no nobody wants to be
    C             G
no no one's lover
    C                G       G
no matter what they say
F       C                  F
lovers know they are the ones
       C              Am
who one day have to go

         D
trophy wives
             G
I know they wander
      F#m               Am
and find a young young man
          D
trophy wives
               G        F#m
I know they wander

one time you were a good rabbit
to all the girls
and all their lovely mothers
you tried a piece of everything
now nothing turns you on

trophy wives
I know they wander
and find a young young man
trophy wives
I know they wander

run run baby I don't feel alive
but I'm pretty and I'm pretty sure
I'm gonna be alright to drive
to new jack city for a younger man
with a better brain

I fell in love with you
no matter what you say
but you were right about the reasons
I don't want to be
what I'm becoming

your trophy wife
I know they wander
and find a young young man
you trophy wife
I know they wander
and find a young man
your trophy wife
I know they wander

Trophy Wife

Am    C    G    F   x2

Am
Sit down dear, we gotta talk,

Am
you're acting like a kid,

C
we don't wanna hear about

G
the things you never did.

Am
You coulda been a legend

Am
but you became a father,

C
that's what you are today,

G
that's what you are today.

Am    Am    C    G

Am
Spending all your time

Am
somewhere inside your head

C
haunted by the important

G
life you coulda lead,

Am
but your kisses aren't enough

Am
to keep your kids in line,

C
so you better straighten out yourself

G
and give your baby time,

Am                               Am
cause if you don't give her what she needs

C
she'll get it where she can,

G
she's lonely man.

Am    C    G    F

Am           C                   G    F
Don't, don't leave yourself alone for too many days,

Am           C                   G    F
cause sooner than you know you're gonna start slipping.

Am    C    G    F

Am
You'll end up talking to the ghost

Am
of your wife as if you knew her,

C              G
your eyes will put her everywhere

Am
and spending all your time

Am
somewhere inside your head,

C
haunted by the important

G
life you coulda lead

Am
you'll fuck yourself to clear your head,

Am
you'll close your door and go to bed,

C
you'll try to sleep without a dream,

G
that's where she finds you,

Am                     C        G
that's where she finds you.

Am           C                   G    F
Don't, don't leave yourself alone for too many days,

Am           C                   G    F
cause sooner than you know you're gonna start slipping.

Am    C    G    F   x2

Am
Dear we better get a drink in you

Am
before you start to bore us,

C
dear we better get a drink in you

G
before you start to bore us,

Am
dear we better get a drink in you

Am
before you start to bore us,

C
dear we better get a drink in you

G
before you start to bore us.

Am    C    G    F

Am        C      G        F
Don't forget the alcohol

Am    C    G    F   x2

Slipping Husband

Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers

A                                               
Stand up straight at the foot of your love I'll 
F#m
lift my shirt up
A                                               
Stand up straight at the foot of your love I'll 
F#m
lift my shirt up

A                                   F#m
I was carried to Ohio in a swarm of bees
A                                       F#m
I never married but Ohio don't remember me

A 
Lay my head on the hood of your car I
F#m
take it too far
A
Lay my head on the hood of your car I
F#m
take it too far 

            D
I still owe money to the money to the money I owe
        A
I never thought about love when I thought about home
            D
I still owe money to the money to the money I owe
               A
The floors are falling out from everybody I know

         D
I'm on a bloodbuzz yes I am
        A
I'm on a bloodbuzz
         D
I'm on a bloodbuzz god I am
        A
I'm on a bloodbuzz

A F#m

A                                   F#m
I was carried to Ohio in a swarm of bees
A                                       F#m
I never married but Ohio don't remember me

            D
I still owe money to the money to the money I owe
        A
I never thought about love when I thought about home
            D
I still owe money to the money to the money I owe
               A
The floors are falling out from everybody I know

         D
I'm on a bloodbuzz yes I am
        A
I'm on a bloodbuzz
         D
I'm on a bloodbuzz god I am
        A
I'm on a bloodbuzz

Outro:
A F#m x3
A

Bloodbuzz Ohio

A      C#m             F#m       E
Sorrow xxxxx xx xxxx x xxx young

A      C#m             F#m      E
Sorrow xxxxxx, sorrow xxx

A           C#m           F#m      E
Sorrow xxxx xxx xx xx xxx pill

A          C#m              F#m
xxxx xx xx honey xxxx xx xx milk

E                    A          C#m
Don't xxxxx xx xxxxx xxxxx alone

       F#m
On xxx water

E           A           C#m        F#m
Cover xx xx xxx xxx xxxxx, sympathy

E                       A        C#m     F#m
Cause x xxxxx xxxxx xxx over xxx

E                 A        C#m     F#m
x xxxxx xxxxx get xxxx xxx

E 

A          C#m         F#m       E
Sorrows xx xxxx xx xxx waste

A           C#m            F#m       E
Sorrows xxx xxxx inside xx xxxx

A           C#m         F#m       E
x xxxx xx x city sorrow xxxxx

A          C#m               F#m
xxxx xx xx honey, xxxx xx xx milk

E                    A          C#m
Don't xxxxx xx xxxxx xxxxx alone

       F#m
On xxx water

E           A           C#m        F#m
Cover xx xx xxx xxx xxxxx, sympathy

E                       A        C#m     F#m
Cause x xxxxx xxxxx xxx over xxx

E                  A        C#m     F#m
I xxxxx xxxxx xxx over xxx


E                    A          C#m
Don't xxxxx xx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx

       F#m
On xxx water

E           A           C#m        F#m
Cover xx xx xxx xxx xxxxx, sympathy

E                       A        C#m     F#m
Cause x xxxxx xxxxx xxx over xxx

E                 A        C#m     F#m
x xxxxx wanna xxx xxxx xxx

Sorrow

Bm    A
I think the kids are in trouble
           Em                             A
I do not know what all the troubles are for
                          Bm    A
Give them ice for their fevers
                  Em                   A
You're the only thing I ever want anymore
                           Bm     A
We'll live on coffee and flowers
             Em                           A
Try not to wonder what the weather will be
                           Bm     A
I figured out what we're missing
                     Em                     A
Tell you miserable things after you are asleep


            D
Now we'll leave the silver city
          G                   Bm                 G
'Cause all the silver girls gave us black dreams
  D
Leave the silver city
         G
'Cause all the silver girls
  Bm                G
Everything means everything


                   Bm    A
It's a Hollywood summer
              Em                             A
You never believe the shitty thoughts I think
                         Bm    A
We had friends out for dinner
                      Em                   A
When I said what I said I didn't mean anything
                 Bm   A
We belong in a movie
                    Em                         A
Try to hold it together 'till our friends are gone
                       Bm     A
We should swim in a fountain
            Em                   A
I do not want to disappoint anyone


            D
Now we'll leave the silver city
        G                    Bm                 G
'Cause all the silver girls gave us black dreams
  D
Leave the silver city
       G
To all the silver girls
  Bm                G
Everything means everything


  D           Bm        F#m A
I was afraid I'd eat your brains
  D           Bm        F#m A
I was afraid I'd eat your brains


  D       Bm     F#m A
'Cause I'm evil
  D       Bm     F#m A
'Cause I'm evil


                   Bm   A
I'm a confident liar
                       Em                           A
Have my head in the oven, so you know where I'll be
                     Bm     A
I try to be more romantic
          Em                              A
I wanna believe in everything you believe
                        Bm  A
I was less than amazing
              Em                             A
I do not know what all the troubles are for
                               Bm    A
I fall asleep in your branches
                     Em                   A
You're the only thing i ever want anymore



          D 
Now we'll leave the silver city
         G                    Bm                 G
'Cause all the silver girls gave us black dreams
  D
Leave the silver city
       G
To all the silver girls
  Bm                G
Everything means everything



  D           Bm        F#m A
I was afraid I'd eat your brains
  D           Bm        F#m A
I was afraid I'd eat your brains


  D       Bm     F#m A
'Cause I'm evil
  D       Bm     F#m A
'Cause I'm evil
  D       Bm     F#m A   D
'Cause I'm evil

Conversation 16

High Violet 

Dm     C       Dm          C
And who are you, the proud lord said,
     Dm              C
that I must bow so low?
 F      C       F         C
Only a cat of a different coat,
        Gm              Am
that's all the truth I know.


     Dm        C        Dm     C
In a coat of gold or a coat of red,
    Dm            C
a lion still has claws,
    F        C         F         C
And mine are long and sharp, my lord,
    Gm       Am       D
as long and sharp as yours.


    Dm               C
And so he spoke, and so he spoke,
      Dm           C
that lord of Castamere,
     Bb                  Gm
But now the rains weep o'er his hall,
     Bb      Am       Dm
with no one there to hear.
     Bb                  Gm
Yes now the rains weep o'er his hall,
    Bb    Am      Dm
and not a soul to hear.


    Dm               C
And so he spoke, and so he spoke,
      Dm           C
that lord of Castamere,
     Bb                  Gm
But now the rains weep o'er his hall,
     Bb      Am       Dm
with no one there to hear.
     Bb                  Gm
Yes now the rains weep o'er his hall,
    Bb    Am      Dm
and not a soul to hear.

The Rains Of Castamere

Game Of Thrones: Season 2 

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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