This Is The Life

Life In A Beautiful Light

Amy Macdonald (born August 25, 1987) is a scottish singer/songwriter from Glasgow, Scotland. Her debut album, This Is The Life, was released on July 30, 2007. Her first single, Poison Prince, was released on May 7, 2007. She has been scheduled to play shows at music festivals such as Glastonbury, Hyde Park, T in the Park, and V festival and at festivals across Europe. She has signed a record deal with Vertigo, the same record label which hosts The Killers and Razorlight. Amy started playing on-stage acoustic gigs at the age of 15. Her influences include Travis and The Killers. 

Original tuning : 4.0 step up

INTRO: D Dsus4 D Dsus4

D               A
I don't know if you can see
    D                      G
the changes that have come over me
         D                  A
in these last few days I've been afraid
     D              G
that I might drift away
             D                    A
so I've been telling old stories, singing songs
     D                   G
that make me think about where I came from
    D                 A
and that's the reason why I seem
   D          G
so far away today

Chorus

       D                      A
ah but let me tell you that I love you
      D                       G
and I think about you all the time
G                D                      A     D
Caledonia you're calling me and now I'm going home
D                        A
but if I should become a stranger
              D                          G
you know that it would make me more than sad
G                A                    D
Caledonia's been everything I've ever had

I have moved and kept on moving
proved the points that I needed proving
lost the friends that I needed losing
found others on the way
I have kissed the ladies, left them crying
stolen dreams, yes there's no denying
I have travelled hard, sometimes with conscience flying
somewhere in the wind

CHORUS

Now I'm sitting here before the fire
the empty room, the forest choir
the flames that couldn't get any higher
they've withered, now they've gone
but I'm steady thinking, my way is clear
and I know what I will do tomorrow
the hands have shaken and the kisses flow
now I will disappear

CHORUS

Caledonia

Intro:   C F C E    x2


Am                              C
Put a ribbon round my neck and call me a libertine
F                          E
I will sing you songs of dreams I used to dream
Am                           C
I will sail away on seas of silver and gold
F                 E
Until I reach my home
Am                       C
Give me a guitar and I'll be your troubadour
F                             E
Your strolling minstrel 12th century door to door
         Am                     C                      F
I don't know anymore, if that feeling is past will it last
                    E
Oh, how can you be sure?
     F                        E                 Am
And how do I know if you're feeling the same as me?
     F                          E                      Am
And how do I know if that's the only place you want to be?

Repeat verse:   Am  C F E

Give me a stage and I'll be your rock and roll queen
Your 20th century cover of a magazine
Rolling Stone here I come, watch out everyone, I'm singing
I'm singing my song
Give me a festival and I'll be your Glastonbury star
The lights are shining everyone knows who you are
Singing songs about dreams about hopes about schemes
Ooooh, they just came true


Repeat F E Am

And how do I know if you're feeling the same as me?
And how do I know if that's the only place you want to be?
And how do I know if you're feeling the same as me?
And how do I know if that's the only place you want to be?

Instrumental


F                                      E
And if you want it too, then there's nothing left to do:
               Am
Let's start a band
Let's start a band
               C
Let's start a band
Let's start a band


repeat

Lets Start A Band

Intro- Am,C,F,E,Am,C,F,E,E x2

Am
The poet's a genius,
C
Its something I don't see,
F                      E
Why would a genius be trippin on me?

Am
And there's looking and another ,
C
Why he can't see is that 
F
I'm looking through his eyes,
E
So many lies behind his eyes.

Am
N tell me stories from your past,
C
And sing me songs you wrote before.
F
I tell you this my Poison Prince,
E
You'll soon be knocking on Heaven's door.

Am
Some kind of Poison Prince,
C
With your eyes in daze.
F
Some kind of Poison Prince,
E
Your life is like a maze.
Am
And what we all want 
C
and what we all crave,
F
Is an upbeat song,
E
So that we can dance the night away.

(Same chords repeated throughout)

Who said life was easy,
Who said life was fair,
Who said no one gives a dam,
And no one even cared.

The way you're acting now,
Like you left that all behind.
You've given up,
You've given in,
And I'm a sucker of that kind.

Some kind of Poison Prince,
With your eyes in daze.
Some kind of Poison Prince,
Your life is like a maze.

And what we all want and what we all crave,
Is an upbeat song ,
So that we can dance the night away.

Some kind of Poison Prince,
With your eyes in daze.
Some kind of Poison Prince,
Your life is like a maze.

And what we all want and what we all crave,
Is an upbeat song ,
So that we can dance the night away.

Poison Prince

INTRO

G, Gsus2 x 4


VERSE 1
         G
Will you tell me when the lights are fading,
                                 C,   Gsus4 x2   
'Cuz I can't see ah, can't see no more
         G
Will you tell me when the song stops playing
                                   C,   Gsus4 x2
'Cuz I can't hear ah, can't hear no more

           Am                     
She said I don't know what you're living for
           C                                    G, Gsus2 x4  
She said I don't know what you're living for at all
           Am
You said I don't know what you're living for
           C                                    D    Dsus4  D
You said I don't know what you're living for at all


CHORUS
           G
But I will run until my feet no longer run no more,
           C       Gsus4                C            Gsus4
And I will kiss my lips until no longer feel no more,
           Am 
And I will love until my heart it aches,
           Bm
And I will love until my heart it breaks,
           C                  D               G, Gsus2 x2
And I will love until there's nothing more to live for.


VERSE 2
         G
Will you tell me when your fighting's over
                                   C,   Gsus4 x2  
'Cuz I can't take ah, can't take no more
         G
Will you tell me when the day is done
                                 C,   Gsus4 x2
'Cuz I can't run ah, can't run no more

           Am
She said I don't know what you did it for
           C                                 G, Gsus2 x4
She said I don't know what you did it for at all
           Am
You said I don't know what you did it for
           C                                 D    Dsus4  D
You said I don't know what you did it for at all


CHORUS
           G
But I will run until my feet no longer run no more,
           C       Gsus4                C            Gsus4
And I will kiss my lips until no longer feel no more,
           Am 
And I will love until my heart it aches,
           Bm
And I will love until my heart it breaks,
           C                  D               G, Gsus2 x4
And I will love until there's nothing more to live for.


           Am 
And I will love until my heart it aches,
           Bm
And I will love until my heart it breaks,
           C                  D               G
And I will love until there's nothing more to live for.

Intro
Bm  G  D  F#

Verse 1

Bm
Oh the wind whistles down  
    G
The cold dark street tonight
        D                        F#
And the people they were dancing to the music vibe
        Bm
And the boys chase the girls

With the curls in their hair
        G
And the shy tormented youth sit way over there
        D
And the songs they get louder
                       F#
Each one better than before

Chorus 

Bm
And you're singing the songs

Thinking this is the life
                       G        
And you wake up in the morning and your head feels twice the size
                D
Where you gonna go

Where you gonna go
                        F#
Where you gonna sleep tonight
Bm
And you're singing the songs

Thinking this is the life
        G
And you wake up in the morning and your head feels twice the size
D
Where you gonna go

Where you gonna go
                      F#
Where you gonna sleep tonight


Bridge

Bm  G  D  F#




Verse  

Bm
So you're heading down the road

In your taxi for four
           G
And you're waiting outside Jimmy's front door
    D                                  F#
But nobody's in and nobody's home 'til four
          Bm
So you're sitting there with nothing to do 
 G
Talking about Robert Riger and his motley crew
    D									 F#
And where you're gonna go and where you're gonna sleep tonight

Repeat Chorus 

Repeat Bridge twice

Repeat Chorus twice

Repeat Bridge

C                       Am	
Somewhere xxx xxxxx'x x dream xxxxx xxx xxxxxxxx

         F                G            C
xxx xxxx world xx xxx xxr stopping xx me

    C                              
xxx I xxxx xxx xxx xxx xxxx xx xxxxxx, 

    Am
x'xx set xx xxxxx xxxxx'x xx xxxxx

F                   G          C
Never xxxx xxxxxxxx for xxxx x believe


F                Am
Many xxxxxx xxxx come xxx xx
C               G
Many xxxxx xxxx lost xxx xxxx
F            Am
Many xxxxxx, many xxxx xxx
C            G
Many xxxxxx, too xxxx xxxxx xxx

F  Am  C  G (X 4)

Chorus-
F
I xxx xx xxxxx xxxxx xxx xxx xx xxxxx
Am
I xxx xx xxxxx xxxx x xxxx xxxx
C                       G
I'm xxxx x xx-xx-xxxxxx soul

Then for the rest of the song using this as a guide its just F, Am, C, G the whole way through :D xx

I Got No Roots

G
Oh my dance is getting slower now
          D
'cause my years they're getting older now.
       Am                                   C
And my eyes, they won't cry. My tears have all run dry.

       G
And my memory doesn't get me very far,
           D
I can't remember my name or exactly who you are.
      Am                     C
And I don't know why, no I don't know why.

         G                          D
Will you please believe I'm not the person you see,
                  Am                           C
I left that body long ago. I left it way back there.

         G                      D
Will you please believe, given all that you see,
                 Am                      C
I left that body long ago, but somehow nobody knows.

       G                             D
So goodbye, you were my world and my life.
                  Am                                    C
And I don't know why you've lost your mother, lost your wife.

            G                                   D
But there's more, something more than meets the eye.
                Am                    C
This is not the end, this is only goodbye.

         G                           D
Will you please believe I'm not the person you see,
                  Am                           C
I left that body long ago. I left it way back there.

        G                         D
Now I'm free, I'm as happy as can be.
                     Am                         C
I just wanted you to know that I left that body long ago.
        G
So long ago.

Left That Body Long Ago

A   Asus4   A6   A   x4

A
So called Mr. Rock 'n roll he's dancing on his own again,

Talking on his phone again to someone who tells him that his 
D                                                         A  Asus4  A6  A  x2
Balance is low he's got nowhere to go he's on his own again.

A
Rock chic of the century is acting like she used to be, 

Dancing like there's no one there before she ever seemed to care now
D                                                       A  Asus4  A6  A  x2
She wouldn't dare, it's so rock 'n roll to be alo - hone.

A           Esus4                        Bm7
And they'll meet one day far away and say I wish I was something more,
            Esus4                        Bm7                   
And they'll meet one day far away and say I wish I knew you, I wish I knew 
           A  Asus4  A6  A  x4
You before.

A
Mrs Black and white she’s never seen a shade of grey
                                                             D
Always something on her mind, every single day but now she's lost her way,
                                 A  Asus4  A6  A  x2
And where does she go from here? 

A
Mr. multicultural sees all that one could see,
                                                              
He’s living proof of someone very different to me 
            D                                    A  Asus4  A6  A  x2
But now he wants to be free, free so he can see. 

A           Esus4                        Bm7
And they'll meet one day far away and say I wish I was something more,
            Esus4                        Bm7                   
And they'll meet one day far away and say I wish I knew you, I wish I knew 
           A  Asus4  A6  A  x4
You before.

A        Bm7                Esus4                 D                    A
He'll say I wish I knew you, I wish met you when time was still on my side
          Bm7                Esus4                D               Esus4 
She’ll say I wish I knew you, I wish I loved you before I was his bride.

Esus4  E7sus4

E7sus4  A
And so they must be depart too many moral broken hearts

But I’ve seen that all before in TV. books and films and more
               D                             A  Asus4  A6  A  x2
And there's a happy ending, every single day.

A           Esus4                        Bm7
And they'll meet one day far away and say I wish I was something more,
            Esus4                        Bm7                   
And they'll meet one day far away and say I wish I knew you, I wish I knew 
           A  Asus4  A6  A  x4
You before.

Mr Rock And Roll

D F#m Bm G   
D F#m Bm G



D           F#m  Bm         G
i never knew.... you before,
          D                      F#m         Bm    G
i've been walking around with my eyes on the floor
                D             F#m
and know you're everywhere to me
             Bm          G                 D            F#m        Bm  G
you're every face that i see, things ain't moving quick enough for me

i guess i've been



D                       F#m                Bm                 G
running 'round town and leaving my tracks, burning out rubber driving too fast
    D             F#m           Bm   G
but i, i've gotta slow it right down
D                      F#m                  Bm                        G
back to the moment the very start, from the very first day you had my heart
    D        F#m        Bm   G
but i got to slow right down

slow it down.


D
down down down
F#m
down down down down
Bm
down down down
G
down down down down


D
down down down
F#m
down down down down
Bm
down down down
G
down down down down


D                    F#m
wishing, wanting for something more
Bm                 G
always better than i had before
D              F#m               Bm   G
who knew these dreams would come true
      D                  F#m
and i run the red, won't stop at night
Bm               G   
i don't care for traffic lights
D                   F#m              Bm  G
things ain't moving quick enough for me

i guess i've been


D                       F#m                Bm                 G
running 'round town and leaving my tracks, burning out rubber driving too fast
    D             F#m           Bm   G
but i, i've gotta slow it right down
D                      F#m                  Bm                        G
back to the moment the very start, from the very first day you had my heart
    D        F#m        Bm   G
but i got to slow right down

slow it down.


D
down down down
F#m
down down down down
Bm
down down down
G
down down down down


D
down down down
F#m
down down down down
Bm
down down down
G
down down down down


D
down down down
F#m
down down down down
Bm
down down down
G
down down down down


D
down down down
F#m
down down down down
Bm
down down down
G
down down down down

i guess i've been


D                       F#m                Bm                 G
running 'round town and leaving my tracks, burning out rubber driving too fast
    D             F#m           Bm   G
but i, i've gotta slow it right down
D                      F#m                  Bm                        G
back to the moment the very start, from the very first day you had my heart
    D        F#m        Bm   G
but i got to slow right down

i guess i've been


D                       F#m                Bm                 G
running 'round town and leaving my tracks, burning out rubber driving too fast
    D             F#m           Bm   G
but i, i've gotta slow it right down
D                      F#m                  Bm                        G
back to the moment the very start, from the very first day you had my heart
    D        F#m        Bm   G
but i got to slow right down
        D
slow it down.


D
down down down
F#m
down down down down
Bm
down down down
G
down down down down


D
down down down
F#m
down down down down
Bm
down down down
G
down down down down


D
down down down
F#m
down down down down
Bm
down down down
G
down down down down


D
down down down
F#m
down down down down
Bm
down down down
G
down down down down


D
down down down
F#m
down down down down
Bm
down down down
G
down down down down



by by swiz2000

Slow It Down

F

VERSE 1

Don't wanna see the
F
Stars don't wanna see the
F
Moon don't wanna see the
Gm
Sun it rises too
C
Soon

Don't wanna see the
F
Day don't wanna see the
F
Night or the
Gm
Afternoon it feels about
C
Right

CHORUS
F
I am the Spaceman flying 
C
High I am the astronaught in the sky
Gm
Don't worry I'm okay
A#
Now 

F
I am the light in the dark
C
I am the match, I am the spark
Gm
Don't worry I'm okay
A#
Now after the

VERSE 2

F
Sun always
F
Comes rain followed by
Gm
Hurt and
C
Pain after the

F
Light comes the
F
Dark after the
Gm
Love comes the breaking of
C
My heart

CHORUS
F
I am the Spaceman flying 
C
High I am the astronaught in the sky
Gm
Don't worry I'm okay
A#
Now 

F
I am the light in the dark
C
I am the match, I am the spark
Gm
Don't worry I'm okay
A#
Now just

F
Dry your eyes and I'll be
C
There don't live for anger or despair
Gm
Don't worry I'm okay now
A#
I'm okay, I'm okay

F
Now

Spark

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The Poison Prince was written as an ode to an English singer Pete Doherty. Pete is an awesome singer-guitarist but is addicted to drugs and Amy wrote the song with his life in mind.  

Amy wrote this song the day after seeing Peter Doherty perform at the glasgow barrowland.

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

C
Working the village shop
E
Putting a poster up
Am
Dreaming of anything
C              Am               Em               Dm
Dreaming of the time when you're free from all the trouble you're in

C
In the mud, on your knees
E
Trying hard not to please
Am
Anyone, all the time
C              Am
Being a rebel's fine
           Em            C
But you go all the way to being brutal

Chorus:
G
You will have a boy tonight
You will have a boy tonight
F
On the first bus out of town
On the first bus out of town

Let's see your kit for games
All the girls look the same
You are challenging style for running miles
You're running miles in some boy's jumper

Boo to the business world!
You know a girl who's tax free on her back and making
Plenty cash
While you are working for the joy of giving

Chorus:
You will have a boy tonight
You will have a boy tonight
And you hope that she will see
And you hope that she will see

You are in two minds
Tossing a coin to decide whether you should tell your mum
About a dose of thrush you got while licking railings

But you read in a book
That you got free from Boots
There are lotions, there are potions
You can take to hide your shame from all those prying eyes

Lazy Jane, all the time
Painting lines
You sleeping at bus stops
Wondering how you got your name
And what you're going to do about it.

Chorus

Lazy Line Painter Jane

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Zebra

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

C                     G
Se a vida as vezes dá uns dias de segundos cinzas
           Am           F
E o tempo tic taca devagar
         Dm                   Am
Ponha o teu melhor vestido, brilha teu sorriso
      F              C
Vem pra cá, vem pra cá

                                     G
Se a vida muitas vezes só chuvisca, só garôa
        Am               F
E tudo não parece funcionar
         Dm                  Am
Deixe esse problema a toa, pra ficar na boa
      C
Vem pra cá

Refrão:
            Am              F
Do lado de cá, a vista é bonita
          C           G
A maré é boa de provar
            Am                 F
Do lado de cá, eu vivo tranquila
                  C          E7
E o meu corpo dança sem parar
            F                  C                 G
Do lado de cá, tem música, amigos e alguém para amar
            C G Am F
Do lado de cá
            C G Am F
Do lado de cá

refrão:
           Am            F
Do lado de cá, a vista é bonita
          C           G
A maré é boa de provar
            Am                 F
Do lado de cá, eu vivo tranquila
                  C          E7
E o meu corpo dança sem parar
            F                 C                 G
Do lado de cá, tem música, amigos e alguém para amar
            Am
Do lado de cá

             Am7M            Am7
A vida é agora, vê se não demora
  Dm            E7
Pra recomeçar
Am           Am7M          Am7
É so ter vontade de felicidade
  Dm     G
Pra pular

Refrão:
            Am              F
Do lado de cá, a vista é bonita
          C        G
A maré é boa de provar
            Am                 F
Do lado de cá, eu vivo tranquila
                  C         E7
E o meu corpo dança sem parar
              F                C                  G
Do lado de cá, tem música, amigos e alguém para amar
            C G Am F
Do lado de cá
            C G Am F
Do lado de cá
            ( C G Am F ) (2x)
Do lado de cá

Do Lado De Cá

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

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

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.

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