David Gray is a British singer-songwriter born on June 13, 1968 in Sale, United Kingdom. He released his first studio album in 1993 and received worldwide attention after the release of White Ladder six years later in 1999.  Gray moved to Wales at age 9 and later returned to the north-west of England to attend the University of Liverpool. His musical career got early support from a dedicated Irish fan base.

Chanteur et guitariste Britannique. Sa musique pop aux accents folk rappelle notamment au début de sa carrière The Waterboys. Ses textes sont subtils, poétiques sans être ésotériques.  C

David Gray (* 13. Juni 1968 in Manchester) ist ein britischer Musiker.  Er wuchs in Wales auf, studierte in Liverpool und spielte dort zunächst in Punkbands. Schlie

David Gray es un cantautor británico.Nació en Inglaterra y creció en Gales; estudió en la Universidad de Liverpool. Su carrera musical ha sido especialmente exitosa en Irlanda. Tras unos discos con poco éxito en los noventa, alcanzó la fama en 1999 con su álbum White Ladder; en el que incluía los que han sido después sus temas más famosos: &quot;This Years Love&quot; y &quot;Babylon&quot;.  En 1997, cinco años después de haber firmado su primer contrato y tras conseguir tres aclamados pero poco escuchados álbumes, David Gray se separó de su compañía discográfica.

This Years Love was released as the third single from David Gray's highly successful album White Ladder.

Intro: C  D  C  D  C  D  G  Em

C          D                C
This years love had better last
       D               C
Heaven knows it's high time
              D             G            Em
And I've been waiting on my own too long
C            D                C
But when you hold me like you do
            D
It feels so right
C          D
I start to forget
       G
How my heart gets torn
          Em
When that hurt gets thrown
        A                 C
Feeling like you can't go on


C       D                  C
Turning circles when time again
               D           
It cuts like a knife oh yeah
C      D              G             Em
If you love me got to know for sure
C            D                   C
Cos it takes something more this time
                 D
Than sweet sweet lies
C        D          G
Before I open up my arms and fall
       Em
Losing all control
      A               C
Every dream inside my soul

And when you kiss me
        G
On that midnight street
         Em
Sweep me off my feet
        A                  C
Singing ain't this life so sweet


C          D               C    D  C  D  G  Em
This years love had better last


C          D               C     D
This years love had better last
C               D
'Cause who's to worry
       G
If our hearts get torn
          Em
When that hurt gets thrown
          A                   C
Don't you know this life goes on

And won't you kiss me
        G
On that midnight street
         Em
Sweep me off my feet
        A                  C
Singing ain't this life so sweet


C          D               C     D
This years love had better last
C          D               C     D
This years love had better last
C          D               C     D
This years love had better last
C                          G
This years love had better last

This Years Love

CHORUS
    Am
    Sail away with me honey 
    Em                               
    I put my heart in your hands
    Am                        F    Dm
    Sail away with me honey, now, now, now
    Am    C   
    Sail away with me
    F         Dm
    What will be will be
    F                 G7   Dm
    I wanna hold you now, now, now
 
  VERSE 1
    C                     Em              Em7
    Crazy skies are wild above me now
    C                     Em             Em7
    Winter howling at my face
    C                 Em                 Em7
    And everything I held so dear 
    Am                      G
    Disappeared without a trace
 
  VERSE 2
    C                    Em            Em7
    Of all the times I tasted love
    C                        Em          Em7
    Never knew quite what I had
    C                      Em            Em7
    Little darling if you hear me now
    Am                   G
    Never needed you so bad
    F                         Dm 
    Spinning round inside my head
 
  CHORUS
    Am
    Sail away with me honey 
    Em                               
    I put my heart in your hands
    Am                        F    Dm
    Sail away with me honey, now, now, now
    Am     C   
    Sail away with me
    F         Dm
    What will be will be
    F                 G7  Dm
    I wanna hold you now, now, now
 
  VERSE 3
    C                           Em        Em7
    I've been talking drunken gibberish
    C                      Em            Em7
    Fallin' in and out of bars
    C                       Em         Em7
    Trying to get some explanation here
    Am                       G
    For the way some people are
    F                        Dm
    How did it ever come so far?
 
  CHORUS (three times and whistle on the fourth)
    Am
    Sail away with me honey 
    Em                               
    I put my heart in your hands
    Am                        F    Dm
    Sail away with me honey, now, now, now
    Am    C   
    Sail away with me
    F         Dm
    What will be will be
    F                G7    Dm
    I wanna hold you now, now, now

Sail Away

Originally written and recorded by english synthpop duo Soft Cell in 1981, Say Hello Wave Goodbye was covered by David Gray in 1999 and included on his album White Ladder. In 2001 it was released as the fifth single from the album.

[A]  [D] [E] x2
[A] Standing at the door of the [D] Pink Flamingo crying [A] in the rain, [D] [E]
[A] It was a kind of [D] so-so love and I?m [A] gonna make sure it doesn?t [D] happen again, [E]
[A] You and  I - it [D] had to be the [A] standing joke of the [D] year, [E]
[A] You were a runaround, [D] a lost and found and [A] not for me I [D] feel [E]

[D] Take your [F#m] hands off [C#m] me, [D] hey,[E]
[D] I don?t be[F#m] long to [C#m] you, you [D] see, [E]
[D] Take a [F#m] look in my [C#m] face, for the [D] last [E] time,
[D] I never knew you, [F#m] you never knew me,
[C#m] Say hello good[D]bye, [E]
[A] Say [D] hello and [E] wave good[A]bye[D] [E]

[A] We tried to make it work, [D] you in a cocktail skirt and [A] me in a suit but it [D] just wasn?t me, [E]
[A] You?re used to wearing less, [D] and now your life?s a mess, [A] so insecure you [D] see, [E]
[A] Well I put up with all the scenes, [D] this is one scene that?s [A] going to be played my [D] way [E]

[D] Take your [F#m] hands off [C#m] me, [D] hey,[E]
[D] I don?t be[F#m] long to [C#m] you, you [D] see, [E]
[D] Take a [F#m] look in my [C#m] face, for the [D] last [E]time,
[D] I never knew you, [F#m] you never knew me,
[C#m] Say hello good[D]bye, [E]
[A] Say [D] hello and [E] wave good[A]bye [D] [E]
[A] Say [D] hello and [E] wave good[A]bye [D] [E]

[A] Under the deep red light [D] I can see the make-up [A] sliding down, [D] [E]
[A] Well hey little girl you will [D]always make up so [A] take off that unbe[D]coming frown, [E]
[A] As for me, well [D]  I?ll find someone who?s [A] not going cheap in the sales, [D] [E]
[A] A nice little housewife who?ll [D] give me a steady life and [A] not keep going [D] off the rails. [E]

[D] Take your [F#m] hands off [C#m] me, [D] hey,[E]
[D] I don?t be[F#m] long to [C#m] you, you [D] see, [E]
[D] Take a [F#m] look in my [C#m] face, for the [D] last [E]time,
[D] I never knew you, [F#m] you never knew me,
[C#m] Say hello good[D]bye, [E]
[A] Say [D] hello and [E] wave good[A]bye [D] [E] ? repeat to fade

Say Hello Wave Goodbye

Intro: Gm G# x4

Verse 1
Gm
Friday night I'm going nowhere
G#   			      Gm         G#
All the lights are changing green to red
Gm
Turning over TV stations
G#			     Gm    G#
Situations running through my head
G#
Looking back through time
               G#
You know it's clear that I've been blind
             Gm   G#
I've been a fool
   Gm
To open up my heart
		G#                         Gm        G#
To all that jealousy, that bitterness, that ridicule

Fm

Verse 2

Gm
Saturday I'm running wild
    G#                           Gm         G#
And all the lights are changing red to green
Gm
Moving through the crowds I'm pushing
G#			   Gm		G#
Chemicals all rushing in my bloodstream
     Gm
Only wish that you were here
		G#
You know I'm seeing it so clear
	    Gm   G#
I've been afraid
    Gm
To show you how I really feel
G#                         Gm                G#
Admit to some of those bad mistakes I've made


Chorus
D#
If you want it
Bb
Come and get it
F		Gm
Crying out loud
D#
The love that I was
Bb
Giving you was
F 	 G#
Never in doubt
D#		Bb
Let go your heart
		F
Let go your head
	    Bb
And feel it now
D#		Bb
Let go your heart
		F
Let go your head
	       Bb
And feel it now
Gm    G# Gm G#    Gm G#   G#
Babylon, Babylon, Babylon



Verse 3
D#
Sunday all the lights of London
Bb			Gm         G#
Shining , Sky is fading red to blue
Gm
I'm kicking through the Autumn leaves
	G#			      Gm       G#
And wondering where it is you might be going to
Gm
Turning back for home
		G#
You know I'm feeling so alone
         Gm	G#
I can't believe
Gm
Climbing on the stair
	G#
I turn around to see you smiling there
  Gm		G#
In front of me


Chorus
D#
If you want it
Bb
Come and get it
F		Gm
Crying out loud
D#
The love that I was
Bb
Giving you was
F 	 G#
Never in doubt
D#		Bb
Let go your heart
		F
Let go your head
	    Bb
And feel it now
D#		Bb
Let go your heart
		F
Let go your head
	       Bb
And feel it now
D#		   Bb
Let go of your heart
		  F
Let go of your head
 	     Bb
And feel it now

D#		   Bb
Let go of your heart
		  F
Let go of your head
 	     Bb
And feel it now
Gm   G#  Gm   G#  Gm   G#  
  G#  Gm   (Gm)
Babylon, Babylon, Babylon, Babylon, Babylon

()=let ring for last chord.

Babylon

Verse:
       G             D
A million to one outsiders
     Bm
Nightblindness
      A
Can't see

             G
Your bright eyes are what
    D
The time is
       Bm                A
Twenty five past eternity

         G
Hear you listening
       D
To the silence
       Bm 
Coming closer
             F#m
Now further away


Chorus:
Em            A                 
What we gonna do
         Bm               A
When the money runs out
Em                    A                 Bm     A
I wish that there was something left to say
Em                A                F#m
Where we going to find the eyes to see
               G     D    Bm    A
The bright of day

Verse:
            G              D
I'm sick of all the same romances
     Bm
Lost chances
     A
Cold storms

         G
Propping mountains up
   D
On matchsticks
         Bm
Dragging baskets
        A
Full of bones

          G
And honey please don't stop
     D
Your talking
                 Bm
'cause there's a feeling
               F#m
Won't leave me alone

Chorus:
 Em            A                 
What we gonna do
         Bm               A
When the money runs out
Em                    A                 Bm     A
I wish that there was something left to say
Em                A                F#m
Where we going to find the eyes to see
               G         
The bright of day

              A                 
What we gonna do
         Bm               A
When the money runs out
Em                    A                 Bm     A
I wish that there was something left to say
Em                A                F#m
Where we going to find the eyes to see
               G     D    Bm    A
The bright of day

 
The bright of day
The bright of day

Nightblindness

White Ladder

-Verse 1
C                         F
Maybe that it would do me good
     F6                    G
If I believed there were a god
           G7        C
Cut in the starry firmament
                          F
But as it is that's just a lie
              F6           G 
And I'm here eating up the boredom
      Gsus4      C
On an island of cement
                          F
Give me your ecstasy I'll feel it
        F6             G
Open window and I'll steal it
     G7              Am
Baby like it's heaven sent
              G                  F   F
This ain't no love that's guiding me

-Verse 2 
Some days i'm bursting at the seams
with all my half remembered dreams
and then it shoots me down again
i feel the dampness as it creeps
I hear you coughing in your sleep
beneath a broken window pane
tomorrow girl i'll buy you chips
a lollipop to stain your lips
and it'll all be right as rain    Am
             G                  F    G  Am
this ain't no love that's guiding me
             G                  F    F
this ain't no love that's guiding me

C   F    G        C   F    G
no i-t a-in't no love     guiding me
C   F    G        C   F    G
no i-t a-in't no love     guiding me
C   F    G        C   F    G        C  F  G  Am
no i-t a-in't no love     guiding me

             G                   F   G  Am
this ain't no love that's guiding me
             G                   F   F
this ain't no love that's guiding me

on winter trees the fruit of rain
is hanging trembling in the branches
like a thousand diamond buds
and waiting there in every pause
that old familiar fear that claws you
tells you nothing ain't no good
then pulling back you see it all
down here so laughable and small
hardly a quiver in the dirt    Am
             G                   F   F finish -C
this ain't no love that's guiding me

Aint No Love

Verse
G           Gadd9    C         Cadd9
While I was watching you did a slow dissolve
G           Gadd9    C         Cadd9
While I was watching you did a slow dissolve
Em          Esus     C         Cadd9
While I was watching you did a slow dissolve



Am - D/F# - Bm - C

(same as verse)
Did I imagine or do the walls have eyes 
Did I imagine they held us hypnotized 
Did I imagine or do the walls have eyes 



Am - D/F# - Bm - C
Am - D/F# - Bm - C

(same as verse)
Life in slow motion somehow it don't feel real 
Life in slow motion somehow it don't feel real 
Life in slow motion somehow it don't feel real 


Am - D/F# - Bm - C
Am - D/F# - Bm - C
Am - D/F# - Bm - C

It don't seem real

Ba - da - da etc. (over verse chords)

(same as verse)
Snowflakes are falling I'll catch them in my hands 
Snowflakes are falling I'll catch them in my hands 
Snowflakes are falling now you're my long lost friend 



Am - D/F# - Bm - C
Am - D/F# - Bm - C
Am - D/F# - Bm - C

My long lost friend

Ba - da - da etc. (over verse chords)

Slow Motion

Life in Slow Motion

[Verse]
G            Em              C/G                    Csus2/G   C/G
Tears falling slow. From the bridge into the river below.
        G               Em            C/G                     Csus2/G   C/G
In your eyes I start to see. A starry veil and the oceans of infinity.

[Chorus1]
Cm               D      G        Bm       Em        G    C
moon and stars above me mingle with the blood inside my veins.
Cm                D        G         Bm            Em         G      C
empty arms that should be holding me close through nights of winter rain.
        G          Bm        Em       G           C
and I'm trying to spell what only the wind can explain.
Cm                 D
It's colder than ever
       G     Em    C/G  Csus2/G       C/G
coming down

[Verse]
                    G                        Em
Now I'm drowning in shallows, cause It's in so deep
             C/G                                 Csus2/G    C/G           
There's neon melting in the rain, I took too much powder to sleep
                G                       Em
When I hold you naked, when I hear your laugh
        C/G                          Csus2/G         C/G
I got a sword to stem the rivers and cut the moon in half..

[Chorus2]
Cm               D      G        Bm       Em        G    C
moon and stars above me mingle with the blood inside my veins.
Cm                D        G         Bm            Em         G      C
empty arms that should be holding me close through nights of winter rain.
        G          Bm        Em       G           C
and I'm trying to spell what only the wind can explain.
Cm                 D
It's colder than ever
       G            F            Bb                    D
coming down, coming down, coming do_________wn, coming down
       G            F            Bb                    D
coming down, coming down, coming do_________wn, coming down

[Verse]
we danced wild, kicked off our shoes
not a cloud in the the sky to confuse.
now the sky is cold and the sea is white
and there's nothing to be done except reflecting the sun
and scratching the mountain side

[Repeat Chorus2]

[Outro]
G            F       Bb      D
G            F       Bb      D
G      Em     C/G Csus2/G    C/G

Coming Down

Shine: The Best Of The Early Years

[Verse]
                        E     A         F#m            
     A       B
All of my senses overthrown      by the might of your skin
           E                          A    F#m    E  
           A      B
And the lamplight on your cheek bone ,    drawing me further in

[Chorus]
   C#m                          B
No sentence I can speak for the wonder so unique
C#m             B               A
Breaking like a wave upon the shore
E              A      F#m             G#m        
       E
Mercy me, I'm falling free, since you opened the door

[Verse]
                             E      A             F#m         
       E
See how the sky is made of sapphire,  the colours flowing through our hands
A           B             E
The moon is fire in your hair
A         F#m               E                   A    
   B
A million miles beyond what science understands

[Chorus]
C#m                            B
Smell that mountain heather, I don't remember ever
C#m              B       A
Feeling like this before
E              A      F#m             G#m        
       E
Mercy me, I'm falling free, since you opened the door

[Middle 8]
   G#                      A                 B                
     E
If every windowpane should shatter, if every wall should fall apart
         G#                             A
Well it might hurt a bit, but would it matter
          B              A     G#m
With this diamond in my heart

[Verse]
        F#m        E                     A
There's no need to nail it to the ground
   F#m     E                      A      B
No need to smother it with sense
     E                            A          F#m
Just listen to the rhythm of your heart that pounds
             E              A       B
And trust it all to chance


[Outro]
          C#m                            B
Cos we're standing face to face with the angel of grace
    C#m            B       A
And don't it just taste so pure
E             A       F#m
Mercy me, I'm falling free
E             A       F#m
Mercy me, I'm falling free
E             A       F#m
Mercy me, I'm falling free
          G#m           F#m
Since you opened up the door

End on E

Falling Free

The Best of David Gray

(intro C, E   , F play through twice)
C             E             F
Just a little something for the pain
C             E             F
Hospital food getting you down?
C             E             F
Honey now I'm not one to complain
         D no high e string
But this hangin' around
       F
Is wearing me out.
C             E             F
So patch me up boys take me home
C             E             F
Are you not hearing a word I say?
C             E             F
She sounds so different on the phone
       D no high e string
I just sink like a stone
       F
Back to the bay
Am
Tell me something
F
Tell me something
  C     G       Am
I don't already know
Tell me something
F                      C, E   , F
Tell me something I don't know.

C             E             F
Don't seem to have that much to show
C             E             F
For all the hard work, the sweat and toil
C             E             F
You say 'well that's right', and you should know
       D no high e string
You've been there before
       F
You've basked in the glow
       D no high e string
You've stood in the roar
       F
You've tasted the snow.
Am
Tell me something
F
Tell me something
  C     G       Am
I don't already know
Tell me something
F                      C, E   , F
Tell me something I dont        already

E                F
Seeing it all so beautiful
C           G
The way it oughta be
E                Am, G, F
Seeing it all so beautiful
    F       C
And turning away
F       C
Turning away
F       G
Turning away
Am
Tell me something
F
Tell me something
  C     G       Am
I don't already know
Tell me something
F                        C, E   ,F          C
Tell me something I don't Ohhhhhhhh already know
E   , F, C
 Already  know

Hospital Food

Strum eighth notes throughout the song but place emphasis on the carat (^).

It will look like this:

  ' ' ^ ' ' ^ ' ^  ' ' ^ ' ' ^ ' ^  ' ' ^ ' ' ^ ' ^  ' ' ^ ' ' ^ ' ^
  1   2   3   4   |1   2   3   4   |1   2   3   4   |1   2   3   4   |
 |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|



Verse 1
      C
Gonna close my eyes
         G
Girl and watch you go
        F                 Dm
Running through this life darling
       C
Like a field of snow
       C
As the tracer glides
       G
In its graceful arc
       F                    Dm
Send a little prayer out to ya
           C
'cross the falling dark

         F
Tell the repo man
        Dm
And the stars above
           C
You're the one I love

Verse 2

Chorus
         F
Tell the repo man
        Dm
And the stars above
           C
You're the one I love
           G
You're the one I love
    Dm
The one I love

Am | G | F | C | Bb | F | Am | G | F |

Chords:

Verse:
   C    G    F    Dm

Chorus:

One I Love

      G
Gonna close my eyes
         D
Girl and watch you go
          C             Am
Running through this life darling
       G
Like a field of snow
       G
As the tracer glides
       D
In its graceful arc
        C               Am
Send a little prayer out to ya
         G
'cross the falling dark

        C
Tell the repo man
       Am
And the stars above
            G         | G | G |
You're the one I love

        G
Perfect summers night
      D
Not a wind that breathes
        C                Am
Just the bullets whispering gentle
            G
'mongst the new green leaves
             G
There's things I might have said
       D
Only wish I could
        C            Am
Now I'm leaking life faster
         G
Then I'm leaking blood

        C
Tell the repo man
       Am
And the stars above
        G
You're the one I love
          C
You're the one I love
                  |||   |   
    Am         C | Em  (D) | C | G  (F) | C | Em  (D) | C |
The one I love


       G
Don't see Elysium
            D
Don't see no fiery hell
        C              Am
Just the lights up bright baby
        G
In the bay hotel
       G
Next wave coming in
        D
Like an ocean roar
         C             Am
Won't you take my hand darling
         G
On that old dancefloor

       C
We can twist and shout
      Am
Do the turtle dove
              G
And you're the one I love
           D
You're the one I love
                  |||   |   
    Am         C | Em  (D) | C | G  (F) | C | Em  (D) | C | G
The one I love 

The One I Love

Please forgive me

Intro C / Em / Am / G x 2

C         Em           Am            G
Please forgive me if I act a little strange,
C     Em              Am    G
For I know not what I do
C          Em                Am         G
Feels like lightning running through my veins
F                    C        G
Every time I look at you 
F                    C / Em  / Am / G x 2
Every time I look at you


C       Em               Am                 G
Help me out here, all my words are falling short
C              Em              Am    G
And there's so much I want to say
C       Em                Am         G
Want to tell you just how good it feels
F                        C     G
When you look at me that way
F                        C / Em  / Am / G x 2
When you look at me that way

C       Em                  Am      G
Throw a stone and watch the ripples flow
C      Em              Am    G
Moving out across the bay
C      Em             Am      G
Like a stone I fall into your eyes
F                  C    G
Deep into some mystery
F                   C / Em  / Am / G x 2
Deep into that mystery

C     Em             Am         G
I got half a mind to scream out loud
C     Em              Am    G
I got half a mind to die
C          Em           Am         G
So I won't ever have to lose you, girl
F                          C    G
Won't ever have to say goodbye
F                    C
I won't ever have to lie


C         Em           Am            G
Please forgive me if I act a little strange,
C     Em              Am    G
For I know not what I do
C          Em                Am         G
Feels like lightning running through my veins
F                    C        G
Every time I look at you 
F                    C    /  Em / Am / G x 2
Every time I look at you

Please Forgive Me

Greatest Hits

Intro:
Em  C  D  C 
Em  C  D  C

G                C C       D      C C         
Stella she gave me a state of grace
G                C C      D      C C            
I'm armor plated 4 inches thick
G                C C      D      C C   
Now all I got was a little taste
Em         Am           D      C C          
I'm gibbering like a lunatic

Chorus:
G           B                       
Stella the artist
         C      Em           C            
Just for now at least you're mine
                                     
All mine 
G              B                           
No need to be modest
       C        G                                 
As the daylight creeps
         C                            G    
Take her hand and reach through time


G                C C       D      C C         
I felt the sting of my own rebuke
G                C C       D      C C         
Come spinning back like a boomerang
G                C C       D      C C         
I swam the sea of psychotic puke
Em         Am           D      C C          
Nursing my love like a guilty pang

Chorus:
G           B                       
Stella the artist
         C      Em           C            
Just for now at least you're mine
                                     
All mine 
G              B                           
No need to be modest
       C        G                                 
As the daylight creeps
         C                D                    
Take her hand and reach


Bridge:
            G                    C      
You're only saying what they all say
            Em                   C    Am   D   
You're only saying what they all say
            B                C           
It could be more like the old days
            Em             C           
It should be more like the old days
         G                 
Oh man

G        C C      D      C C   (x3)     
Em       Am       D      C C    

Chorus:
G           B
Stella the artist
       C        G              
As the daylight creeps
         C                             G
Take her hand and reach through time
           B                       
Stella the artist
         C      Em           C            
Just for now at least you're mine
                                     
All mine 
G              B                           
No need to be modest
       C        G                                 
As the daylight creeps
        C          
And the floorboard creaks
         Am          
And your poor heart leaps
         C                         G
Take her hand and reach through time

Stella The Artist

Draw the Line

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

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

(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: 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)

Down By The River

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

[intro x2]
A  E  D A

A                                        E
when there's no place you feel at home
              D                               A
and you think you'd be better off alone
A                                          E
when you think there's no reason to try
               D                           A
and you hate yourself and wanna die

A                                      E
when you're filled with anxiety
             D                   A
and everyone's your enemy
A                                        E
when you wish you were someone else
                 D                        A
and you wanna go out and kill yourself

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


A                       E
when you get yourself depressed
                      D                   A
because you think you can't do your best
A                                         E
when you write yourself a stupid song
           D                        A
to remind yourself that you forgot

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


[BRIDGE]
# chords x2:
A  E  D  A

A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-2--------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-4-2---2-4-2-1---1-1-2-2-1-2-4-2-1-22-----------|     x2



[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

Overreacting

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
:)

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