Blueprints For City Friendships: The Anberlin Anthology

Cities

Never Take Friendship Personal

Lost Songs

Dark Is The Way, Light Is A Place

Blueprints For The Black Market

Anberlin was formed in 2002 in Winter Haven, FL, USA. Their debut album, Blueprints For The Black Market, was quite successful. Spurred on by popular singles Readyfuels and Change the World, it sold over 60,000 copies and raised Anberlin's profile. They released their sophomore album, Never Take Friendship Personal, in February 2005. The album was praised by critics, garnering favourable reviews and winning the band new fans.  

[verse 1]
C#m                               A
Write down to remind yourself on how it can be
Asus2
how it can be.
C#m                                 A             Asus2
Heartstrings, you're tugging at my heartstrings, heartstrings.
C#m                               A
Helpless, I've become so helpless to your touch
    Asus2
So touch me somehow
C#m
Restless, you leave me restless
A                 Asus2
Breathless, wait for me.

[chorus]
E                     Bsus4                  C#m     Asus2
The closer I come to you, the closer I am to finding God
You're a miracle to me
E                     Bsus4                  C#m     Asus2
The closer I come to you, the closer I am to finding God
You're a miracle to me.

[verse 2]
C#m                               A         Asus2
Burning like Joan of Arc to see you, just to feel you
C#m                         A
Cadence, I dance with the dead
                          Asus2
'Cause I believe, yes I believe, yes I believe.
C#m                         A
Stifle, Paul said that you stifled him
Asus2                      E
Again, and again, and again.


E                     Bsus4                  C#m     Asus2
The closer I come to you, the closer I am to finding God
You're a miracle to me
E                     Bsus4                  C#m     Asus2
The closer I come to you, the closer I am to finding God
                       C#m
You're a miracle to me.

[bridge]
C#m     Asus2                E
And if these are my parting words
          Bsus4             C#m
Then let this, my last request
         Asus2        Bsus4
Hold me here until I sleep
If I burn, then I burn for you.

[instrumental/solo]
C#m Asus2 E Bsus4 x2


E                     Bsus4                  C#m     Asus2
The closer I come to you, the closer I am to finding God
E                     Bsus4                  C#m     Asus2
The closer I come to you, the closer I am to finding God

E                     Bsus4                  C#m     Asus2
The closer I come to you, the closer I am to finding God
You're a miracle to me
E                     Bsus4                  C#m     Asus2
The closer I come to you, the closer I am to finding God
You're a miracle to me.

Cadence

# [Intro]
# G Em7 D
# G Em7 D

# [Verse]
G              Em7
Up on this hill,
            D
In this uncanny house.
G                                 Em7
The wind makes this place creep,
                         D
Lights they are flickering.
G                        Em7
The moon she is lurking,
                               D
The clock it stopped working - at a quarter past three.

G                         Em7
There's something dancing,
                 D
Here in the shadows,
                          Cm7
And I wish it were us!

# [Chorus]
        D               Cm7
You haunt me baby,
        D               Cm7
You haunt me here tonight.
        D               Cm7
You haunt me baby,
                                  D
You haunt me here tonight.
Em7    D
Tonight.
Em7    D
Tonight!

G                    Em7
Can't get your memory,
               D
Off of my mind - my mind.
G                     Em7                       D
Just want your heartbeat, on top of mine - of mine.

G                          Em7
There's something dancing,
                 D
Here in the shadows,
                           Cm7
And I wish it were us!

# [Chorus]
You haunt me baby,
You haunt me here tonight.
You haunt me baby,
You haunt me here tonight.
Tonight!

# [Verse]
Up on this hill,
In this uncanny house
Your spirit I can't see,
But I still believe.
I can feel your breath on me!

# [Chorus]
You haunt me baby,
You haunt me here tonight.
You haunt me baby,
You haunt me here tonight.
Tonight!

G             Em7
Up on this hill,
              D
In this uncanny house.

The Haunting

[Verse 1]
Am         
Don't try to wake me up
     G                                    Am  
Even if the sun really does come out tomorrow
Am
Don't believe anything you say
   G
Anymore, in the morn, in the morning
Am
Bricks to this old house are breaking
G
Steel would have weathered but now forlorning
Am                                 G
It's alarming how loud the silence screams
G
No warn, no warn, no warning
Am                                                 G
Addictions fill the table where the family used to sit
G                                  Am
And conversate, Conversate to the sounds
Am
To the sounds of a record player
G                                                           Am
With it's jumping needle and the lights that grow dim over time

[Chorus]
Am    C        G
With downcast eyes
G                                   Am
There's more to living than being alive
Am    C        G
With downcast eyes
G                                   Am 
There's more to living than being alive

[Verse 2]
 Am
Are you where you thought you'd be
 G
So beautiful and only twenty-three
 Am
Opposition rests in the hearts
     G
With no, with no, with no opportunity
 Am
It's not that we don't talk
  G
It's just no one really listens and honesty fades
 Am
Like a politician lost in the course
  G                                  Am
All smiles and no one remembers our names

(Chorus) x2

Am    
Don't try to wake me up
     G                                    Am
Even if the sun really does come out tomorrow
Am
Don't believe anything I say
    G
Anymore, in the morn, in the morning

(Chorus) x2

Alexithymia

Intro:
F#m E D E F#m

Verse 1:

F#m                          E      
"I'm here for you," she said, and we can stay for awhile
D               E
my boyfriend's gone, we can just pretend
F#m                    E
Lips that need no introduction, Now who's the greater sin
D                            E                              F#m
Your drab eyes seem to invite, (tell me darling) Where do we begin.

Chorus:
F#m             E 
Was this over before, before it ever began?
D                           E 
Your kiss, your calls, your crutch, Like the devil's got your hand
F#m                 E
This was over before, Before it ever began
D                              E                          F#m E F#m E
Your lips, your lies, your lust, Like the devil's in your hands

Verse 2:
F#m                    E
Everyone in this town, is seeing somebody else
D                          E
Everybody's tired of someone, our eyes wander for help
F#m                            E
Prayers that need no answer now, I'm tired of who I am
D                            E                          
You were my greatest mistake, I fell in love with your sin
F#m E F#m E F#m
Your littlest sin

(Chorus)

Bridge:
F#m                      E               
Failure is your disease, You want my outline drawn
D                             E
You were my greatest failure, Discourse your saving song

Solo:
F#m E F#m E F#m

F#m E D E

Feel Good Drag

H     ~  H     ~  H       H  P    
A|----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------3-5--3-|-C|-4-5------4-5------4-5------------|-F|------5--------5--------5---------|5    H     ~  H     ~  H       H  P    
A|----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------3-5--3-|-C|-4-5------4-5------4-5------------|-F|------5--------5--------5---------|5A|[--8---]4x---8----8----10--------10--------10-----12--------12--------12--|
C|[8-----]---8--------10--------10--------10-----12--------12--------12-----|4
C|[------]------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----5---------5----------5--------5--------------5--------5--------|
     H     ~   H     ~   H       H  P   
A|----------------------------------------|E|-5--6------5--6------5--6------------
C|-------------------------------------|F|-------10---------10---------10--5-7--5-|

Dismantle.repair.

Intro: 

Palm mute:
Dm--Em--F x2

Verse 1:
                    G
So let me get this straight
    Am                   F
say now you loved me all along?
                  G
What made you hesitate,
   Am
to tell me with words
         F
what you really feel?
G              Am
I can see it in your eyes
   F
you mean all of what you say
G               Am
I remember so long ago
    F
see i felt that same way
G                  Am
now we both have separate
          F
lives and lovers (and lovers)
G              Am
  insignificantly enough we
F
both have significant others

Refrain:
G-F
 only time will tell
G-F                       G
 Time will turn and tell

Chorus:
C
We are who we were when
G
could've been lovers but at least
                F
you're still my day late friend
Am    G   Am    G
we are who we are who we were when
C
  who knew what we know now
G
could've been more but at
                      F
least you're still my day late friend
Am    G   Am    G
we are who we are who we were when

Verse 2:
Am
But thoughts they change and
G
times they rearrange i don't
             F
know who you are anymore
Am                     G
  loves come and go and this
                         F
i know i'm not who you recall anymore
G       Am
  but i must confess you're
F
so much more then i remember
G                  Am 
  can't help but entertain
               F           G    Am   G C
these thoughts thoughts of us together

(Repeat chorus)

Interlude: Am-G-F-G--

Am  C    F              G
       My day late friend

Bridge:
Am         G/B C     G   
  so let me get  this straight
          Am   G/B F    
all these years and  you
                    G
were no where to be found
Am                   G/B C    G
  and now you want me for  your own
             Am      G/B
but you're a day late and my
F(Hold)
love she's still renowned

A Day Late

Intro:  Am - F - Am - F - C
             C
Are there no shadows where you are
          F
I can see everything as day
                  Am
Problems that you try to hide away
           G
Pushing me aside
(You're pushing me aside)
          C
Could the winter calm come twice
            F
'Cause your heart seems so cold tonight
                     Am
Thirst for substance somehow isn't right
                G
It's killing me inside
(It's killing you inside)
                  C
You're killing me inside
                    
              F            C
I don't wanna be where you are
              Am          G
I don't wanna be here even now
              F          C
I don't wanna be by your side
                   G
If something isn't right
                   C
If something isn't right

            Am
This is our last goodnight
             F
Say what you will
Say all that you can
              G
Words have no meaning
                                 C
When I've seen where you've been
          
            Am
This is our last goodnight
             F
Say what you will
Say all that you can
            G
This is our last goodbye
                   C
This is where love ends

        C               
Are you so naive to right and wrong
              F
How could you watch innocence forgone
                Am
Does what we've done ever really belong
             G
It wasted me away
I feel so wasted away
               C
God if you can hear me out all right
                  F
Please take these feelings for her inside
               Am
My chest hurts when I breathe tonight
                G
It's wasting me away
(You're wasting me away)
                   C
They're wasting me away

              F            C
I don't wanna be where you are
              Am          G
I don't wanna be here even now
              F            C
I don't wanna be by your side
                G
Something isn't right
                F
Something isn't right


This is our last          
          C
(This is my last)

            Am
This is our last goodnight
             F
Say what you will
Say all that you can
               G
Words have no meaning
                            C
When I've seen where you've been
         Am
This our last goodnight
             F
Say what you will
Say all that you can
            G
This is our last goodbye
This is where love ends
         F
(This is my last)

Am - C - F - G - Am - F - C - G - C
            Am
This is our last goodnight
             F
Say what you will
Say all that you can
              G
Words have no meaning
When I've seen where you've been
             C
(This is our last)
             Am
This is our last goodnight
             F
Say what you will
Say all that you can
            G
This is our last goodbye
                   C
This is where love ends

Amsterdan

intro
Am  x8
Am  F  C  G  x2

Verse 1
Am
 Am I the latest
F *                  C          Csus4
 In your art of war?
Am                                       F *
 Thought your hands could heal
                          C        Csus4
But they left me sore
Am               F *
 You're so good
                                    C         Csus4
At what you think you do to me
Am               F*
 You're so good
                                    C         Csus4
At what you think you do to me

Chorus
Am
 There are songs
     F
I'll never write
C
 Because of you
Csus4
Walking out of my life
Am
 There are words
         F
That don't belong
C
 Because of you
     Csus4
I'll never write another love song

Verse 2
Am                       F 
 Was I the greatest
                  C      Csus4
In your arsenal
Am                     F 
 Or just the latest
                      C                       Csus4
In your art of war, your art of war
Am                 F                                    C           Csus4
 You're no good at what you said you do to me
Am                 F                                    C           Csus4
 You're no good at what you said you do to me

Chorus
Am
 There are songs (there are songs)
         F
I'll never write
C
 Because of you
Csus4
Walking out of my life
Am
 There are words (there are words)
         F
That don't belong
C
 Because of you
     Csus4
I'll never write another love song (never write another 
love song)

Instrumental

Am  F  C  Csus4  x2

Am
 There are songs (there are songs)
         F
I'll never write
C
 Because of you
Csus4
Walking out of my life
Am
 There are words (there are words)
         F
That don't belong
C
 Because of you
     Csus4
I'll never write another love song (never write another 
love song)

Am
 There are songs
     F
I'll never write
C
 Because of you
Csus4
Walking out of my life
Am
 There are words
         F
That don't belong
C
 Because of you
     Csus4
I'll never write another love song (never write another 
love song)

Art Of War

Intro: C Am, C G Am B C G Am B
	  C         
And we're driving just as fast as we can,
	  F
And we're racing to outrun the wind,
	  C
It's just me and you, and you and me,
   F
So wild and so young, Bright-eyed and free.
	  C
And we're trying to get out of here,
      F
And a small-town romance draws ever near,
  C
I swear we're in the movies,
    F				  Am
The highlight come when you kiss me.
				  F    Am
	And the stereo sings our song,
			     F
	We don't hesitate to sing along.
		C
		Drive to dream to live,
				 F
		We could see the world tonight,
		Am
		Here to hope tomorrow,
				 F
		We could see the world.
          C
And we're miles from the middle of nowhere,
    F
And neither of us seems to care,
           C
And that's why I love you so,
F					   C
Shut your mouth, girl, no one has to know.
       		            F
And time seems to drip like Dali,
			C
And neither of us has a place to be,
			 F
So for once and forever,
				  Am
Tell me all, tell me all of your dreams.
				 F      Am
	And the stereo sings our song,
			     F
	We don't hesitate to sing along.
		C
		Drive to dream to live,
				 F
		We could see the world tonight,
		Am
		Here to hope tomorrow,
				 F
		We could see the world.         (X2) (After 2nd time: C, C)
	  C
And we're driving, just as fast as we can,
	  F			 Am
And we're racing, to outrun the wind.
				 F      Am
	And the stereo sings our song,
			     F
	We don't hesitate to sing along.
		C
		Drive to dream to live,
				 F
		We could see the world tonight,
		Am
		Here to hope tomorrow,
				 F
		We could see the world.         (X3)

Autobahn

Intro:

A|------2----|
E|--0--------|
C|-----------|
G|----2---2--|


# (This plays through the first part of the verse,
# but do it x4 if you want to play the chords)

Verse:
A                                 F#m
Do you remember when we were just kids
                            E
And cardboard boxes took us miles from what we would miss?
A
Schoolyard conversations taken to heart
    F#m                        E
And laughter took the place of everything we knew we were not

Asus2   C#m
I wanna break every clock
                                   Asus2
The hands of time could never move again
                              C#m
We could stay in this moment (stay in this moment)
                    D
For the rest of our lives
Is it over now, hey, is it over now?

Chorus:

D   E   F#m                    D    E      F#m
              I wanna be your last, first kiss
            D      E    F#m
That you'll ever have
        E        D
I wanna be your last, first kiss

Verse:

A                      F#m              E
Amazing how life turns out the way that it does
A                           F#m               E
We end up hurting the worst, the only ones we really love

Asus2   C#m
I wanna break every clock
                                   Asus2
The hands of time could never move again
                              C#m
We could stay in this moment (stay in this moment)
                    E
For the rest of our lives
Is it over now, hey, is it over now?

Chorus:

D   E   F#m                    D    E      F#m
              I wanna be your last, first kiss
            D      E    F#m
That you'll ever have
        E        D
I wanna be your last, first kiss


Bridge:
A   F#m  E     (x2)
 


F#m             E
Is it over now, hey, is it over now?
D
Is it over now? Hey, it's not over now

Chorus:

D   E   F#m                    D    E      F#m
              I wanna be your last, first kiss
            D      E                F#m  E
That you'll ever have (that you'll ever have)
D       E         F#m
I wanna be your last, first love (that you'll ever have)
             D            E            F#m
'Till you're lying here beside me with arms and eyes open wide
D       E        F#m  E    D
I wanna be your last, first kiss, for all time

Outro:
    A      E

Inevitable

C                                 Am
Do you remember when we were just kids
                            G
And cardboard boxes took us miles from what we would miss?
C
Schoolyard conversations taken to heart
    Am                        G
And laughter took the place of everything we knew we were not

Csus2   Em
I wanna break every clock
                                   Csus2
The hands of time could never move again
                              Em
We could stay in this moment (stay in this moment)
                    F
For the rest of our lives
Is it over now, hey, is it over now?

Chorus:
F   G   Am                    F    G      Am
              I wanna be your last, first kiss
            F      G    Am
That you'll ever have
        G        F
I wanna be your last, first kiss

Verse:
C                      Am              G
Amazing how life turns out the way that it does
C                           Am               G
We end up hurting the worst, the only ones we really love

Csus2   Em
I wanna break every clock
                                   Csus2
The hands of time could never move again
                              Em
We could stay in this moment (stay in this moment)
                    G
For the rest of our lives
Is it over now, hey, is it over now?

Chorus:
F   G   Am                    F    G      Am
              I wanna be your last, first kiss
            F      G    Am
That you'll ever have
        G        F
I wanna be your last, first kiss

C, Am, G, C

Am             G
Is it over now, hey, is it over now?
F
Is it over now? Hey, it's not over now

Chorus:
F   G   Am                    F    G      Am
              I wanna be your last, first kiss
            F      G                Am  G
That you'll ever have (that you'll ever have)
F       G         Am
I wanna be your last, first love (that you'll ever have)
             F            G            Am
'Till you're lying here beside me with arms and eyes open wide
F       G        Am  G    F
I wanna be your last, first kiss, for all time

C G Am F C D

C				G
Come and go now as you please
F				C
Your actions write the melodies
	   G			F
To those songs that we sing
		  C
And you just sing

	F			  G			Am		C
And I finally found that life goes on without you
And my world still turns when you're not around

C					Am
Is this the way you want it?
			 F	   G
Is this the way it has to be?
C
Sitting here beside you
Am				F	G
When my heart's lost in New Orleans
C		Am
Dreams come clever
		F	G
Hearts now severed
C		  Am
Difference of forever
    F		   G
And I am lost there

And I finally found that life goes on without you
And my world still turns when you're not around
And I finally found that life goes on without you
And my world still turns when you're not around

Am G F
Am	G	  F		 C
And I finally found that all

C				    F
Your actions write the melodies
			   C
To the songs that we sing
				    F
Your actions write the melodies
			   D
To the songs that we sing
						C F C F G
And you just sing along out loud, yea

Come and go now as you please
Your actions write the melodies
To those songs that we sing
And you just sing

C D C D

And I finally found that life goes on without you
And the world still turns when you're not around
And I finally found that life goes on without you
And the world still turns when you're not around
And I finally found that all

Your actions write the melodies
To the songs that we sing
Your actions write the melodies
To the songs that we sing
And you just sing along out loud

Naive Orleans

Verse 1:
Am
  When your only friends are hotel rooms
                  G/B      C
Hands are distant lullabies
           G
If I could turn around I would tonight
Am
  These roads never seemed so long
Since your paperheart start
G/B                C
beating leaving me suddenly alone
G
  Will daybreak ever come?

Refrain 1:
F                    Em
  Who's gonna call on sunday morning?
                      C
Who's gonna drive you home?
I just want one more chance
F          G
  To put my arms in fragile hands

Chorus:
Am                      G/B
  I thought you said forever
C
Over and over
F
  A sleepless night becomes
G
  bitter oblivion
Am
  These thoughts run
           G/B
through my head
C
Over and over
F
  Complaints of violins 
G
  become my only friends

Post Chorus: Dm

Verse 2:
Am
  August evenings
Bring solemn warnings
     G/B C
To remem-ber to kiss the
         G
ones you love goodnight
Am
  You never know what 
temporal days may bring
                   G/B      C
So laugh love live free and sing
             G        
When life is in dischord
Praise ye the lord

Interlude: Am--F-G

Refrain 2:
F                    Em
  Who's gonna call on sunday morning?
                      C
Who's gonna drive you home?
I just want one more chance
Em(hold)
  To put my arms in fragile hands

Interlude: F--G-Am-G-Am-G

Am--C x3 F--G

(Repeat Chorus)

Outro:
F
  I thought you said forever
G
over and over
F
  These thoughts run
through my head

End on G

Paperthin Hymn

Intro:
Am G F G Am

Verse 1:
Am                          G      
"I'm here for you," she said, and we can stay for awhile
F               G
my boyfriend's gone, we can just pretend
Am                    G
Lips that need no introduction, Now who's the greater sin
F                            G                              Am
Your drab eyes seem to invite, (tell me darling) Where do we begin.

Chorus:
Am             G 
Was this over before, before it ever began?
F                           G 
Your kiss, your calls, your crutch, Like the devil's got your hand
Am                 G
This was over before, Before it ever began
F                              G                          Am G Am G
Your lips, your lies, your lust, Like the devil's in your hands

Verse 2:
Am                    G
Everyone in this town, is seeing somebody else
F                          G
Everybody's tired of someone, our eyes wander for help
Am                            G
Prayers that need no answer now, I'm tired of who I am
F                            G                          
You were my greatest mistake, I fell in love with your sin
Am G Am G Am
Your littlest sin

(Chorus)

Bridge:
Am                      G               
Failure is your disease, You want my outline drawn
F                             G
You were my greatest failure, Discourse your saving song

Solo:
Am G Am G Am

Am G F G

The Feel Good Drag

Intro
Dm C Bb   (x2)

Verse 1:
Dm         C                                      Bb    Dm
Emotive xxxxxxxx, You're xxxx xx xxxxxxxxx xxxxx car.
               C                                         Bb           Dm
Listening xxx xxxxxx xxx xxxx xxx choices xxxx xxxxx xx xxx xx are.
            C
Go xxxx xxx xxx. Even xxxxxxx xxxx xxxxxxx
                Bb                 Dm
Just xxxx xxxxx xxx xxxxxx over,
        C
So xxxx-xxxxxxxx, you've xxxxxx xx xxxxxx xxx prayers
             Bb
that xxxx xxxxxxx xxxx about.


Chorus:
Dm            C                                Bb
This xx xxx xxxxxxxxxxx bxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx xxx love
                  Dm
(Don't drop your arms)
                  C
Don't xxxx xxxx arms, I'll xxxxx xxxx heart
             Bb               Dm
With xxxxx xxxxx xxx xxxx xxx in.


          C                  Bb    Dm
Lala xxxx, xx xx xx, xx xxxx la,
          C                  Bb
Lala xxxx, xx xx xx, xx xxxx la.


Verse 2:
Dm          C                                   Bb            Dm
Backing xxxx xxxx xxx xxxxxxx xx pain xxx xxxxx xxx x home.
               C                                       Bb           Dm
You've xxxx xxxxxxxxx, you're xxxxxx xx xxxxxxx xxx xx xxxx long.
            C 
Don't xxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxxx xxxx deceived 
               Bb               Dm
that xxxxx xx xxxxxx than... 
                 C
The xxxx xx xxxx xxxx, it xxxxx xxxxxxxxx
            Bb
what xxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxxxx of


Chorus:
Dm            C                                Bb
This xx xxx xxxxxxxxxxx bxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx xxx love
                  Dm
(Don't drop your arms)
                  C
Don't xxxx xxxx arms, I'll xxxxx xxxx heart
             Bb               Dm
With xxxxx xxxxx xxx xxxx xxx in.            (x2)


Bridge:
Bb                   Dm 
xxxxx xx brilliant, xxxx xxxx forget.
Bb                   C
You're xx xxxxxxxxx, xxxxx xxxxxx xxxx heart.  (x4)

Dm

          C                  Bb    Dm
Lala xxxx, xx xx xx, xx xxxx la,
          C                  Bb
Lala xxxx, xx xx xx, xx xxxx la.
         

Chorus:
Dm            C                                Bb
This xx xxx xxxxxxxxxxx bxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx xxx love
                  Dm
(Don't drop your arms)
                  C
Don't xxxx xxxx arms, I'll xxxxx xxxx heart
             Bb               Dm
With xxxxx xxxxx xxx xxxx xxx in.             (x2)

Unwinding Cable Car

This song is about someone who never truly saw the world for what it is, or could be. We had so much in common, but God &amp; the love were not two of those areas.   If I could go back and change this chorus I would, it feels repetitive when I listen now, such great potential. 

&quot;Feel Good Drag&quot; is a song by American alternative rock band Anberlin. The song was originally recorded as &quot;The Feel Good Drag&quot; and appeared on the band's second album Never Take Friendship Personal. The song was re-recorded for their fourth album, New Surrender, which was the band's first album on major label Universal Republic, and became the album's first single. Its intended release to American radio stations was on 18 August 2008, however after a week long delay it was released on 26 August 2008. 

I fell for someone in New Orleans, made me forget who i left behind quite quickly. Though nothing came of the girl in New Orleans I realized that I was never really in love with the other girl and that life really could go on without her.

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

(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

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

Intro: 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 

[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

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E|-0-2--------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
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[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

Overreacting

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

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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