Armchair Apocrypha

The Swimming Hour

Noble Beast

Weather Systems

Break It Yourself / Hands of Glory

The Mysterious Production of Eggs

Hands of Glory

Fingerlings 4

Fingerlings

I Want to See Pulaski at Night

Are You Serious

Andrew Bird (born July 11, 1973) is an American musician. He was born in Lake Bluff, Illinois and resides in the Chicago area. Bird is a singer, a violinist and, since 2004, a guitarist. He is also an accomplished whistler.  His early work, which echoed gypsy jazz and traditional folk, has led into his current sound, which mixes rock with more broad compositions. His years of solo song-craft have now enabled him to produce a sound that is uniquely his own.  

E
Am Dm
Am Dm
C  G
C  E 

Am                Dm                Am
Used to have just one foot out the door
Am        Dm            C 
Yeah, I always wanted more
C    G            C
I always was the one
C                  E
You thought would never marry
Am            Dm          Am
Used to be willfully obtuse
Am         Dm           C
(or is the word abstruse?)
C         G          C
Semantics like a noose
C                E
Get out your dictionaries

[Pre-Chorus - start Strumming Here] 

Dm                     E 
I'm gonna cut to the quick
E                    Dm
This is all non-fiction
Dm                        E
Words you beat with a stick
E                         E7
These are my true convictions

[Chorus]

E7          Am        Dm       
So tell me, are you serious?
C         G
Are you serious?
C           G              C
Cause every night of your life
C        E
You'll fight for it
Am      Dm  
So mysterious
C        G
How imperious!
C           G
But are you serious
B                             E
When it really comes down to it?

[Solo - strum triplets of each chord}

Am Am C C x2 

Am Dm
Am Dm
C  G
C  E 
    
Am                Dm                     Am
I see that you're down there and I'm up here 
Am                Dm             C
Your boyfriend's gone to get a beer
C         G           C           E
Leaving us crystal clear lines of communications
Am             Dm                Am
Promise me you won't avert your eyes
Am            Dm                 C
I drop my third-person in disguise
C           G                 C
You know it's time to do or die
C                    E
No useless explanations

Pre-Chorus - start Strumming Here] 

Dm                     E 
I'm gonna cut to the quick
E                    Dm
This is all non-fiction
Dm                        E
Words you beat with a stick
E                         E7
These are my true convictions

[Chorus]

E7          Am        Dm       
So tell me, are you serious?
C         G
Are you serious?
C           G              C
Cause every night of your life
C        E
You'll fight for it
Am      Dm  
So mysterious
C        G
How imperious!
C           G
But are you serious
B                             E
When it really comes down to it?

[Outro]

C Dm G C 
C Dm G C B E 
Am Dm
Am Dm
C  G
C  E  

[Fade Out]

Am        Dm       
Are you serious?
C         G
Are you serious?
C           G              C
Cause every night of your life
C        E
You'll fight for it

# Verse

    C                          G
xxx xxxxxxx xxx xxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
       F                                             Fm           C
xxxx xxxxxxx xx xxx xxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxx xxx xxxxxx xx xxxxxxx

Spare Ohs

# upbeat notes
A|----------------------------------------|
E|-0-2------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

Intro 
G  D  A  Bm (x2)


G            D           A            Bm         G 
Get out your measuring cups and we'll play a new game 
            D            A               Bm           G
Come to the front of the class and we'll measure your brain 
                 D                 E
We'll give you a complex and we'll give it a name 

# upbeat notes again

G            D           A            Bm         G
Get out your measuring cups and we'll play a new game 
               D              A            Bm            G 
Can't have the cream when the crop and the cream are the same 
          D                    E
Liquid or gas no more than the glass will contain 


         G              D 
When you talk about the hand of glory 
  A                  Bm
A tale that's rather grim and gory 
      G            D                       E
Is it just another children's story that's been de-clawed? 
         G                 D                   E
When the tales of brothers Grimm and Gory have been outlawed 


G  D  A  Bm (x2)
G  D  E


  G                   D              A
I think they're gonna make you start over 
          Bm            G
You don't want to start over 
         D                A
Put your backpack on your shoulder 
       Bm          G  
Be the good little soldier 
          D
Take your places now 
                 E          
'Cause we're all predisposed 


G         D         A         Bm         G 
          measuring cups      play a new game 
          D            A             Bm           G
          front of the class         measure your brain 
                 D                 E
      give you a complex and we'll give it a name

 
         G              D 
When you talk about the hand of glory 
  A                  Bm
A tale that's rather grim and gory 
      G            D                       E
Is it just another children's story that's been de-clawed? 
         G                 D                   E
When the tales of brothers Grimm and Gory have been outlawed 


   G                 D
So put your backpack on your shoulder 
A                  Bm       
Be the good little soldier 
G                 D
It's no different when you're older 
           E
You're predisposed 
G                        Gm
That's all for questions now 
            D
The case is closed!

Measuring Cups

Am

D    Am    x4

         D
When you wake up

Night's falling
Am
Someone is by your side
       D
Put it together
                        Am 
Darling you're not alone

             D
But when you break up

Sky's falling
Am
No one is on your side
             D
Spoon to the laundry
                        Am
Darling you're all alone

               D           Am
Just keep your lamp on
          D                             Am
Keep your lamp all trimmed and burning
       D  Am
I'm on my journey
       D
I'm on my journey    Am
Jesus gonna make my (Dyin' bed)

Dyin' Bedmaker

# Works better with low G

# VERSE

   Em    Gaug  G               A          B
A|-----2-----2-----2-----------------0----------2-----|
E|---3-----3-----3-----------------0---0------2---2---|
C|-4-----3-----2-----------------1------1---3-------3-|
g|--------------------0--2--4--2----------4-----------|

# CHORUS

   G    
A|-2------3--7----3--7----3--7------------------------|
E|-3----5-------4-------3--------2--------------------|
C|-2--------------------------------------------------|
g|-0--------------------------------------------------|
#                         x2

   Am          B
A|-------------------2--------------------------------|
E|-----0-----0-----2---2------------------------------|
C|---0-----0-----3-------2----------------------------|
g|-2-----2-----4--------------------------------------|
#                         x2

A|-----2-5-3--2-5-3--2-0------------------------------|
E|-----------------------3-2--------------------------|
C|---2------------------------------------------------|
g|-0--------------------------------------------------|

Gotholympians

# L - tied note

     Em
A |--------2--------2----------|--------2--------2----------|
E |-----3--------3-------------|-----3--------3--------3----|
C |--4--------4--------4--4L---|--4--------4--------4-------|
G |----------------------------|----------------------------|

     G                                        B7
  |--------2--------2----------|--------2--------2----------|
  |-----3--------3-------------|-----3--------------2-------|
  |--2--------2--------2--2L---|--2--------2-----------3----|
  |----------------------------|--------------2-------------|

     Em
  |--------2--------2----------|--------2--------2----------|
  |-----3--------3-------------|-----3--------3--------3----|
  |--4--------4--------4--4L---|--4--------4--------4-------|
  |----------------------------|----------------------------|

     G                            F
  |--------2--------2----------|----------------------------|
  |-----3--------3--------3----|--------1--------1----------|
  |--2--------2--------2-------|-----0--------0--------0----|
  |----------------------------|--2--------2--------2-------|

     E
  |--------2--------2----------|--------2--------2----------||
  |-----4--------4--------4----|-----4--------4-------------||
  |--4--------4--------4-------|--4--------4--------4-------||
  |----------------------------|----------------------------||

Action/adventure

A|------2-----2----------2-----2----------------|
E|--0-----0-----0----0-----0-----0--------------|
C|----------------------------------------------|
G|----0-----0-----0----0-----0-----0------------|
                                                    
A|------2-----2----------2-----2------|--2-2------|
E|------------------------------------|-----------|
C|--2-----2-----2----2-----2-----2----|--------2--|
G|----0-----0-----0----0-----0-----0--|------0----|

E				
now if you think im wasting your time again
G
	im wasting your time
E
when you pick me up in duty free
	G			F
thats when i thought id be the cross in your t
E
oh must see tv

E
(nervous gibberish)

E
but if your think im wasting your time again
G
oh your wasting mine
E
when you are playing for prime time dream
		    G
to be see and be seen
	F
now im split in your seam
E
the i in your team

E  G			
oo please don't get to excited
E  G
oo maybe you're not invited
F
to my action adventure
C
my action adventure
E
dream

E G X 2
bridge

E
so when you think you are on the fast track
G
you find that its just a cul-du-sac
		E
back in an adult lifestyle community
		G		F		E
where your little boys your action toys are duty-free

E  G			
oo please don't get to excited
E  G
oo maybe you're not invited
F
to my action adventure
C
my action adventure
E
dream

bridge again

E
so wonder what you got your persona for
G
cause there's a two for one at the corner-store
E
and i wonder could you can pep it up a bit
		G
you know throw a fit
F		E
you go ahead and dance, i'll just sit

E
but if your think im wasting your time again
		G
im wasting your time again
G
oh no you're wasting mine
E
when you are playing for prime time dream
		G
to be see and be seen
	F
now im split in your seam
E
the i in your team

Em

Em						G
im looking at the back of my hand again
Em
im looking at the back of my hand again
G				E
to what end i cant even find my pen

A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-5-0--3-3-0--3----5-5-0--5-5-0--5----5-5-0--5-5-0--5---|
C|-----------------0------------------0------------------0-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|

  Em
I see a sea anemone
    G
The enemy
          Cmaj7
See a sea anemone

And that'll be the end of me.
          Em                               G                   Cmaj7
While the vicious fish was caught unawares in the tenderest of tendrils

Underneath her tender gills


Em                 G
I will become this animal
Cmaj7
Perfectly adapted to the music halls
Em                 G
I will become this animal
Cmaj7
Anomalous appendages

Anonanimal


G
Hold on just a second
      D
Don't tell me this one you know
  Cmaj7
I know this one I know this song     
                                    
I know this one I love this song

G
Hold on just a second
      D
Don't tell me this one you know
  Cmaj7
I know this one I know this song

I know this one I love this song

I know this one


Em G Cmaj7 (x2)


Em
Underneath the stalactites
    G           Cmaj7  
The troglobites lost their sight

Uh oh


Em                      G
The seemingly innocuous plecostomus
       Cmaj7
though posthumus

They talk to us

They talk too much


Em
See a sea anemone
    G
The enemy
          Cmaj7
See a sea anemone

That'll be the end of me
Em                   
Vicious fish was caught unawares
G                Cmaj7
In the tend'rest tendrils

Underneath her tender gills and


Em                 G
I will become this animal
Cmaj7
Perfectly adapted to a music hall

Em                 G
I will become this animal
Cmaj7
Anomalous appendages

Anonanimal

Anonanimal

[Verse 1]
             D
Now when you wake up
                Am
Night's falling someone is by your side
        D                                 Am
Pull it together, darling you're not alone
             D
But when you break up
               Am
Sky's falling, no one is on your side
            D                                 Am
Spoon dirty laundry, darling you're all alone


[Chorus] 

                  D              Am
And when you wake up, another sunrise
              D                    Am
Another break up, this ship is capsized
                  D              Am
And when you wake up, another sunrise
              D                   Am
Another break up, this ship is capsized
               D         Am
Just keep your lamp on

[Verse 2]
           D         Am
Now he's a dyin' bed maker
       D                                  Am
He's a dyin' bed maker Jesus gonna make my...
       D                          Am
It's a holy ghost, holy ghost religion
       D                                       Am
It's a holy ghost religion Jesus gonna make my...


[Chorus] repeat intro riff

                  D              Am
And when you wake up, another sunrise
              D                    Am
Another break up, this ship is capsized
                  D              Am
And when you wake up, another sunrise
              D                   Am
Another break up, this ship is capsized


[Verse 3]

             N.C.
And when you wake up
                 N.C.
Night's falling, someone is by your side
          N.C.                            
Pull it together, darling you're not alone
             N.C.
But when you break up
               N.C.
Sky's falling, no one is on your side
            N.C                            
Spoon dirty laundry, darling you're all alone
            D                                Am
Spoon dirty laundry, darling you're all alone
            D                                Am
Spoon dirty laundry, darling you're all alone


[Chorus] 
                  D              Am
And when you wake up, another sunrise
              D                    Am
Another break up, this ship is capsized

Capsized

Intro: Am F (x2) G

C
  When our mouths are filled 
     F
with uninvited tongues of others
C
  And the strays are pining 
F
for their unrequited mothers
C                             G
  Milk that sours is promptly spat
                      Am              F
Light will fill our eyes like cats

C					   F
  And they shall enter from the back
                                       C
With spears and scepters and squirming sacks
                                 G
Scribs and tangles between their ears
                             Am
Faceless scrumbled charcoal smears
      F        (C)
...oh dear...

Through the coppice and the chaparral
The thickets thick with mold
The bracken and the brier
                    Am    F   Am   F
Catchweed into the fold

(whistle solo)
C F C F C G Am F

C
  When our mouths are filled 
     F
with uninvited tongues of others
C
  And the strays are pining 
F
for their unrequited mothers
C                             G
  Milk that sours is promptly spat
                             Am  
Light will fill our eyes like ...cats
F                           Am
   Light will fill our eyes like cats
F      Am      F    Am    F    G    C
   Cataracts

Cataracts

# Intro
C  G  D  C
C  G  D  Am

# Verse
            F   C           E   Am
Would it be easier, so much easier?
       D     G                  D            G
If you never knew us, would you ever fear anymore?
       D     G                  B7              C
If you never knew us, would you meet on a Fatal Shore,

on a Fatal Shore?

# Interlude
G  D  Am

A|-5-5-3-2-0--0---------------------------|
E|--------------3-2-0---------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

A|-3p2-3-5/7--5-3-2-0--2------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

A|-3p2-3-5/7--5-3-2-0--0------------------|
E|-----------------------3-2-0------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

A|-3p2-3-5/7--5-3-2-0--2------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

# Chorus
Am                     G       D  Am
When are you comin' to shore
              G        D Am
to never fear anymore?
                      G                      D Am
You'll never know any doubt, know any doubt
                           G                       D Am
like we who breathe in and out, breathe in and out.
                      G                       D Am
We who breathe in and out, breath in and out.
                      G                       D Am
We who breathe in and out, breathe in and out.
                  G                        D Am
We breathe in and out, breathe in and out.

Oh no.

# Interlude [x2] Just Chords
G  D  Am

Verse 2
          F     C           E  Am
Are you a breather, mail receiver?
             D         G
If you could see right through us,
            D                        G
through our clothes, and through our pores.
             D                 G
If you could see right through us, you're
      B7              C
gonna run into your homes and lock your doors.

# Interlude
G  D  Am

A|-5-5-3-2-0--0---------------------------|
E|--------------3-2-0---------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

A|-3p2-3-5/7--5-3-2-0--2------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

A|-3p2-3-5/7--5-3-2-0--0------------------|
E|-----------------------3-2-0------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

A|-3p2-3-5/7--5-3-2-0--2------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

# Whistling Bit
G  D  Am

# Chorus
Am                     G                   D               Am
When are you comin' to shore, comin' shore, comin' to shore
                 G                  D      Am
to never fear anymore, fear anymore, fear?
                      G                    D          Am
You'll never know any doubt, know any doubt, know any doubt
                           G    D Am
like we who breathe in and out.
                      G    D Am
We who breathe in and out.
                      G    D Am
We who breathe in and out.
                      G                       D Am
We who breathe in and out, breathe in and out.
                      G                   D                   Am
We who breathe in and out, breathe in and out, breathe in and out.
          G  D  Am
Off shore.
          G  D  Am
Off shore.

# Outro
G  D  Am

Fatal Shore

# intro, or you can play this instead of each D chord
A|----------------------------------------|
E|---2-3-2----2-3-2----2-3-2----2-3-2-----|
C|-2--------2--------2--------2-----------|
G|----------------------------------------|

 D
Being alone it can be quite romantic
 D
Like Jacques Cousteau underneath the sea Atlantic
     G
A fantastic voyage to parts unknown
 D
Going to depths where the sun's never shone
         G                        D
And I fascinate myself when I'm alone

 D
So I go a little overboard but hang on to the hull

While I'm airbrushing fantasy art on a life
         G
That's really kind of dull
 G    D
Oh, I'm in a lull

 D
I'm all for moderation but sometimes it seems

Moderation itself can be a kind of extreme
       G
So I joined the congregation

I joined the softball team
   D
I went in for my confirmation

Where incense looks like steam
G
I start conjugating proverbs
                        D
Where once there were nouns
  D                                                G
This whole damn rhyme scheme's starting to get me down

 G            D
Oh, I'm in a lull
 G        D
I'm in a lull

  D 
Being alone it can be quite romantic

Like Jacques Cousteau underneath the atlantic
     G      
A fantastic voyage to parts unknown
  D
Going to depths where the sun's never shone
          G                       D
And I fascinate myself when I'm alone

      D
I'm rambling on rather self consciously

While I'm stirring these condiments into my tea
              G
And I think I'm so lame
                            D
I bet I think this song's about me
 G        D        G
Don't I don't I don't I?
 G        D
I'm in a lull [x4]

Lull

Intro: Em

Em
Come what may.  Lay your eggs where it's warm
              G
Come here to swarm
Em
Come by sea.  Swarm like smoke in the dawn
             G    G/F#              G7          C
We were the young ---  We were the swarm.  radiolarians
           G#                   Gm/A#               Gmsus2/A               
Midges and moths.  Cut from the cloth   We were the young
             G (just the note)
We were the swarm

Break: Am  G# Bm  Am  G# Bm

Am                                           G
Flailing fetal fleas       feeding from the arms of the master
Am                                     G
Burrow into me         This is sure to misspell disaster
           Am
Oh and the young in their larva state orchestrating plays
                    G
investments of translucent alabaster

Break: Dm  C  Em  F

        C
So they took me to the hospital
            C/B
They put my body through a scan
          C/Bb
What they saw there would impress them all
     F
for inside me grows a man
    Fm
he speaks with perfect diction
      Eb
as he orders my eviction
      Dm7                            Gm
as he acts with more conviction than I, I ,I

Break: Am  G# Bm  Am  G# Bm

Am
Oh burrow into me
                G
this is sure to misspell disaster
Am
Oh burrow into me
                 G
feeding from the arms of the master

Break: Dm  C  Em  F
C  C/B  C/Bb  F  Fm  Eb  Dm7  Gm

            A#                 F
We were the young    We were the swarm
            F7            Am
We were the young    Radiolarians
            Am                   G
We were the young    We were the swarm
            C#7           Bm
We were the young    Radiolarians
            Bm                   A
We were the young    We were the swarm
            A7            C#m
We were the young    Radiolarians

C#m
Come what may, come what may, come

Masters Warm

# if you have a capo put it on the 4th fret, transpose this 
# 4 half-steps down and the song will be easier

# Intro
E Amaj7 F#7 B G# C#m Amaj7 E

E   Amaj7
The empty tank is US
F#7     B
Expired milk is US
G#              C#m
This is a test of trust
        Amaj7           E
Better meet me here at dawn


E       Amaj7
Hop the wooden fence
F#7             B
Run past the sleeping hens
G#              C#m
If you had any sense
        Amaj7          E
You'd meet me here at dawn


Amaj7       E      Amaj7           E
Find the memory erase it from your mind
G#         C       Amaj7      E
just give it up
Amaj7    E       Amaj7                    E
Our friends and family will all get left behind
G#              C#m     Amaj7     E
We'll give them up


E          Amaj7
I'm gone as light is shot
F#7             B
Whether you come or not
G#              C#m
I think you know you ought
        Amaj7       E
To meet me here at dawn

E Amaj7 F#7 B G# C#m Amaj7 E


Amaj7      E      Amaj7              E
Find the memory confront it like a crime
G#      C#m  Amaj7    E
Beat it up, Beat it up
Amaj7           E        Amaj7                     E
Our clothes and precious things will all get left behind
G#      C#m     Amaj7   E
Give them up, Give them up

E        Amaj7
Forget the painful past
F#7             B
Let go of all you grasp
G#             C#m
This is the last I'll ask
Amaj7              E
To meet me here at dawn 

E Amaj7 F#7 B G# C#m Amaj7 E

Meet Me Here At Dawn

Eb  Cm (x3)  Eb  Bb

then, with whistling
Fm  Bb (x3) Fm Bb Ab Eb (listen to the song for the timing on the last part)

Verse:
	Fm			  Bb
In the salsify mains of what was thought but unsaid

	Eb			     Ab
All the calcified arhythmitists were doing the math

    Fm				Bb
And it would take a calculated blow to the head

    Eb					C
To light the eyes of all the harmless sociopaths

   Fm                              Bb
Oh arm and arm we are the harmless sociopaths

   Eb                                 Ab
Oh arm and arm with all the harmless sociopaths

  Fm                      Bb
Calcium mines are buried deep in your chest

        Eb                      C
Oh the calcium mines you buried deep in your chest


Chorus:
Fm    Bb                 Fm     Bb
  Ooh   we're deep in a mine
Fm    Bb            Fm        Bb     (Bb)
  Ooh    a calcium mine, oh no


Bridge:
             Eb                     Cm
so let's get out of here, past the atmosphere

             Eb                              Cm
squint your eyes and no one dies or goes to jail

          Eb                    Cm
past the silver bridge, oh the silver bridge

          Eb                        Bb      (Bb)
wearing nothing but a onesie and a veil


     Chorus (same chords as previous):
Ooh oh deep in a mine, oh no
Ooh oh a calcium mine, oh no

     Mini verse (see first verse for chords):
Arm and arm we are the harmless sociopaths (2x)
In the calcium mines buried deep in your chest (2x)

     Chrous:
Oooh oh deep in a mine, oh no
Oooh oh calcium mines, oh no


     Bridge (same chords as previous):
so let's get out of here
past the atmosphere
squint your eyes and no one dies or goes to jail
past the silver bridge, oh the silver bridge
wearing nothing but a onesie and a veil

 Repeating Eb Cm, whistling
Oh no ..  oh no ... oh no ... oh no

Oh No

Am         C 
Half empty, half full 
G          D 
Cup runneth over 
Am             C 
Horns of plenty, coffers full 
G            D       Am 
We're starting over 


Am C G D x2 

Am         C 
Half empty, half full 
G        D      
Cup runneth over 
Am            G 
Horns of plenty, coffers full 
           E       D 
We're starting over 

F                G 
I write you a story 
   Dm    Am 
But it loses its thread 
F      G 
And all of my witnesses 
Dm          Am 
Keep turning up, turning up dead 

F   G         
I paint you a picture 
Dm   Am 
Of Pulaski at night 
F 
Come back to Chicago 
    G         E       A 
City of, city of light 

             Dm           
Come back to Chicago 

Am Em G F#m D Am G F#m A Am 

     G         F#m  C  Am  
Oohhhhh were starting over 
G       Bm       C  
oohhhhh starting over 

Am D G C 
Am D G E 

  Am          D 
I paint you a picture 
G             C      A  Am 
But it never looks right 
                    D 
Cause I fill in the shadows 
     G                            E 
And block out the, I block out the light 

Am              D 
I send you a postcard 
G                   C      
It says, "Pulaski at night" 
Am              D 
Greetings from Chicago 
     G            E 
City of, city of light 
A              D 
Come back to Chicago 
G            E       A 
City of, city of light 
       D 
Come back to Chicago 


Am G F#m D x2 

      G        F#m    C   Am 
Oohhhhh were starting over 
      G      C      F 
Oohhhhh starting over

Pulaski At Night

F                         C      (x4)

F                         C
Take your apples from the earth
F                            C
And your fingerlings from the air
F                         D7    G
If you cried when you were born
                E
'Cause it ain't fair
      F                     G
You got nothing, nothing to wear

Dm                                 C
And there's a drink that we're all needing
G                          F
A need to weep but we have tried
Dm                               C
And though the clouds we keep on seeding
E                        F                       Am
Still the county remains dry, the county remains dry
F                  C          G                  
The county remains dry

# violin solo
F  C  (x3) F  D7  G  E  F  G 

Dm                             C
I see your coat, that it needs sewing
G                                      F
And these seeds will sow the corn silk bride
Dm                            C
But in your absence nothing's growing
E                            F                       Am
And still the county remains dry, the county remains dry
F                  C          G
The county remains dry

F                     C
Well still we keep on dreaming
F                  C
Of that fifty-year flood
F            C
Of oceans of plasma
F             C
And rivers of blood
F                         C
Take your apples from the earth
F                             C
And your fingerlings from the air
F                         D7   G
If you cried when you were born
                E
'Cause it ain't fair
      F                     G
You got nothing, nothing to wear

# outro
Dm  C  G  F  Dm  C  E  F  Am  F  Am  F  Am  F
F  C

Something Biblical

# bass line
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# intro
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# VERSE

# bass line
There'll be three white horses, all in a line

# bass line     
There'll be three white horses in a line


# single strum

Em          C                G       Am       
Three white horses, when you go that way

         Em       C                     G    D
You will need somebody when you come to die


# strumming

Em      C                  G     D
Don't dismiss it like it's easy

        B7        Em
Tell me what's so easy

      C             G       D  B7
'Bout coming to say goodbye

Em           C               G       Am
You're gonna miss her in the evening

                    Em
You know I won't be needing

    C                     G   D  B7
Somebody when you come to die


# SOLO

Em   C   G   D  B7  (repeat x 4)


# VERSE
  
            Em          C           G    D  B7
There'll be three white horses in a line

            Em          C           G    D  B7
There'll be three white horses in a line

            Em          C           G           Am
There'll be three white horses when you go that way

         Em       C                     G    D
You will need somebody when you come to die

Em            C                 G        D
It's not desperation that we're breeding

            B7         Em
It's just a need we're feeding

  C               G   B7
Before we say goodbye

Em           C              G
You're gonna miss me in the evenings

Am                  Em
You know I won't be needing

    C                     G    D
Somebody when you come to die

        B7       Em
Yeah, I won't be needing

    C                     G
Somebody when you come to die

Three White Horses

Cm  Fm   G7

Cm
Why? Why'd you do that?
Fm
You shouldn't have done that
         G7
If I told you once, I told you three times
            Cm
You'll get your punishment when you
Show me your crimes
Cm 
It's not a spell or a curse you put on me
  Fm                                     G7
Or the way you smile so tenderly
But how I wish it was your temper you were throwing
Cm
Damn you for being so easygoing

Chorus
Fm                                         Cm
I thought that time would tell
Fm                                                                G7
My sins would provoke you to raise some hell

Cm
Not a chance
Fm
Whatever happened to fiery romance
     G7
Oh how I wish it was those dishes you were throwing
Cm 
Damn you for being so easygoing
Cm    Fm         G7  x2
Cm
Why, why?d you do that 
Fm
Why?d I do what?
G7                                                Cm
Nothing, forget it?why?d you do nothing???..

Repeat Chorus

Cm                                 Fm
No, don't give me that line
                                                            G7
Don't try to tell me inaction is not a crime
Can't you see what kind of seeds you're sowing?
Cm                                                Cm6
Damn you for being so easygoing

Why?

C   
Jaja, okay okay
                  F
Ya sé qué pasa aquí
   A#                            C
Encuentras la grandeza frente a ti
             C
Y no sabes bien qué sentir
       F            A#                      C
Es adorable, que jamás los humanitos cambiarán
           C       F
Despierta ya, oye bien, 
           A#                   C
este como ves es Maui, de verdad
             C                F
Sé que como yo no encuentras dos
        A#          C
Lo que miras es un semi Dios

[Coro 1]
Am         F           C
  Yo solo sé decir de nada
        E7               Am
Por el mar, el cielo, el sol
                F            C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada
     E7                    C
Soy sólo un ordinario semi yo

[Estrofa 2]
C                                F  
Hey, ¿qué fortachón el cielo elevó?
                        A#
Cuando eras de esta altura, éste
C                  C
  Si la noche enfrió, 
                  F
¿quién fue quien fuego te llevó?
       A#          
¿Qué, alguien me nombró? 
C              C       F
  Oh, yo sólo lazo el sol
          A#                    C
De nada, para estirar tu diversión
          C       F
Brisa yo hago soplar, de nada, 
   A#           C
y así tus velas elevar

[Coro 2]
Am        F            C
  Yo sólo sé decir de nada, 
        E7                  Am
por las islas que traje del mar
              F                  C
No ruegues jamás, nunca más, de nada
         E7                     Am
¡Ha! Genial es mi manera de servir, 
    F
de nada, 
    C
de nada

[Parte Rap]
C
De nada dudes ya
Hey, honestamente te explicaré 
de natural modo cada fenómeno
El mar, el sol, el gas, 
oh, ese es Maui hablando de más
Anguilas que, yo las enterré, 
de la palmera los cocos creé
Un consejo, una lección te doy
No me molestes si en mi descanso estoy
Am
  El tapiz que en mi piel se ve, 
F
  es el mapa de lo que gané
C
  Por donde fui provoqué mil sucesos
E7
  Ve al pequeñín mini Maui nomás zapateando,
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ¡Hey!

[Coro 3]
Am          F              C
  Yo sólo puedo decir, de nada (de nada)
           E7              Am
Por el mundo especial que doy
                 F           C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada (de nada)
    E7                     Am
De nada hablaré, que ya me voy
          F            C
Te toca a ti decir de nada (de nada)
       E7             Am
Pues quiero esa barca ya
             F          C
Muy lejos navegaré, de nada (de nada)
       E7               Am
Pues Maui nada sabe de nadar
              F                 C  F C
(De nada) De nada (De nada) de nada
         C
Y gracias

De Nada

G      Em
I found a love for me
               C                         D
Darling just dive right in, and follow my lead
                G                 Em
Well I found a girl beautiful and sweet
          C                                  D
I never knew you were the someone waiting for me

                                 G
Cause we were just kids when we fell in love
              Em                     C               G  D
Not knowing what it was, I will not give you up this ti-ime
                   G                         Em
But darling just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own
             C                  D
And in your eyes you’re holding mine

       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D              Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

               G                    Em
Well I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know
                C                                        D
She shares my dreams, I hope that someday I’ll share her home
           G             Em
I found a love, to carry more than just my secrets
         C                              D
To carry love, to carry children of our own

                              G                     Em 
We are still kids, but we’re so in love, fighting against all odds
                  C               G  D
I know that we’ll be alright this ti-ime
               G                            Em 
Darling just hold my hand, be my girl, I’ll be your man
          C              D
I see my future in your eyes



       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

G Em C D 


       Em     C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight


Perfect

BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP


C         G
Baa, baa, black sheep,
F            C
Have you any wool?

F        C
Yes sir, yes sir,
G          C
Three bags full.

C           G
One for the master,
F           C
One for the dame,

F               C
And one for the little boy
G                  C
Who lives down the lane.

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Intro (2X):
Am	G	F	C

Verse 1:
                C	               Am		
There's so much craziness surrounding me
                F	 	             G		            
There's so much going on it gets hard to breathe
     Am     F		                          C
When all my faith has gone you bring it back to me
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

             C	             Am		
When I'm not sure of my priorities
               F	 	             G		
When I've lost sight of where I meant to be
     Am   F		            C
Like holy water washing over me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Verse 2:
          C	                   Am		
When my head is strong but my heart is weak
              F	 	          G		
I'm full of arrogance and uncertainty
     Am      F				                          C
When I can't find the words you teach my heart to speak
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me yeah

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Bridge:
G                           F                 C
    Everybody’s talking in words I don't understand
G                                    F              C
    You got to be the only one who knows just who I am
Em                                    F	
    You’re shining in the distance I hope I can make it through
           D	                              G                                    
Cause the only place that I want to be is right back home with you 


Verse 3:
                 C	             Am		
I guess there's so much more I have to learn
               F	 	                       G		
But if you're here with me, I know which way to turn
        Am         F		                   C
You always give me somewhere, somewhere I can run
Am	            G	       F   C
   You make it real for me 

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

You Make It Real

G         Em		  
1) Almost heaven,   West Virginia,
2) All my mem'ries, gather round her, 

   D			 C                G
1) Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah       River.
2) miner's lady,         stranger to blue water.

                      Em  
1) Life is old there, older than the trees, 
2) Dark and dusty,    painted on the sky, 

   D
1) younger than the mountains
2) misty taste of moonshine

   C			G
1) growin' like a breeze.
2) teardrop in my eye.

              G              D            Em        C
       Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong.
	      G               D              C            G
     West Virginia, Mountain momma, take me home Country roads


           Em       D            G 
 	I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me,
            C        G              D 
        the radio reminds her of my home far away
            Em               D            C
        and driving down the road I get a feeling 
 	       G                     D          D7    G
        that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.

Country Roads

Intro/Verse
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Solo
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School Friends

Am      C              F              C
I had a dream, we were sipping whisky neat
        F              C                 G
Highest floor, the Bowery, and nowhere’s high enough
    Am              C                F             C
Somewhere along the lines, we stopped seeing eye to eye
         F               C           G
You were staying out all night and I had enough


      F           Am             F                    C       
No, I don't wanna know where you been or where you're goin’
      F               Am                 G
But I know I won't be home and you'll be on your own


            F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
            F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am        C              G         F   
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F         C              Am        G
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
F           C       G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)


Am  C  Am       C              F           C
       I had a dream, we were back to seventeen
       F                   C            G
Summer nights and the Libertines, never growing up
Am             C          F                 C
I'll take with me the polaroids and the memories
        F              C                G
But you know I'm gonna leave behind the worst of us


             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
             F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G               
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning

         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G  E7  Am
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
             F                    C                G                
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F            C           Am           G
No no, no no no, Bowery, no no, no no no, whiskey neat
F           C       G                     Am
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I, it ain’t me

It Ain't Me

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

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Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush

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