Birdy

Not About Angels

Fire Within

Let It All Go

Tee Shirt

 A pseudonym of Lymington, Hampshire, UK singer-songwriter Jasmine van den Bogaerde. In 2011, at the age of 14, she released Bon Iver-cover track &quot;Skinny Love&quot;, which reached #17 on the UK Singles Chart.  After she won the Under 18s category of the UK talent contest Open Mic UK at the age of 12, Bogaerde was soon offered a publishing contract by Good Soldier Songs Ltd...

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G            C
I've been sleepless at night
              Am         C
Cause I don't know how I feel
          G          C
I've been waiting on you
        Am            C
Just to say something real



VERSE 2:
          Em           D
There's a light on the road
      G         C
And I think you know
Em          D          G       C
Morning has come and I have to go



PRECHORUS:
Am                Em           D
I don't know why, I don't know why

We need to break so hard
Am           Em              D
I don't know why we break so hard



CHORUS:
C                         G          D   
But if we're strong enough to let it in (in in)
C                  G          D
We're strong enough to let it go (ooh ooh)
C                     G                    D
Let it all go, let it all go, let it all out now



VERSE 1:
          G           C
If I look back to the start, now I know
      Am         C
I see everything true
                G          C
There's still a fire in my heart, my darling
            Am          C
But I'm not burning for you



VERSE 2:
   Em         D           G          C
We started it wrong and I think you know
   Em         D           G        C
We waited too long, now I have to go



PRECHORUS:
Am                Em           D
I don't know why, I don't know why
         
We need to break so hard
Am           Em              D
I don't know why we break so hard



CHORUS:
C                         G          D
But if we're strong enough to let it in (in in)
C                  G          D
We're strong enough to let it go (ooh ooh)
C                     G                    D
Let it all go, let it all go, let it all out now



BRIDGE:
G   Am   Bm                    C
Who says truth is beauty after all
    G   Am   Bm                           C
And who says love should break us when we fall



CHORUS:
C                         G          D
But if we're strong enough to let it in (in in)
C                  G          D
We're strong enough to let it go (ooh ooh)
C                     G                    D
Let it all go, let it all go, let it all out now
C                     G                    D
Let it all go, let it all go, let it all out now
C                  G          D
We're strong enough to let it go (ooh ooh)

C#m  A  E (2x)


C#m             A                   E
Come on skinny love just last the year
C#m             A                   E
Pour a little salt we were never here
        C#m        A                     E
My my my - my my my - my my my my - my my ...
               F#m                        C#m
Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer

C#m        A                E
I tell my love to wreck it all
C#m              A                E
Cut out all the ropes and let me fall  	
        C#m        A                     E
My my my - my my my - my my my my - my my ...
             F#m                 C#m
Right in the moment this order's tall


  E                        G#m            C#m	
I told you to be patient I told you to be fine
  E                        G#m            C#m	
I told you to be balanced I told you to be kind
         E		
In the morning I'll be with you
            G#m            C#m	
But it will be a different kind
          E				
I'll be holding all the tickets
               G#m            C#m	
And you'll be owning all the fines


C#m            A                  E
Come on skinny love what happened here
C#m            A                  E
Suckle on the hope in lite brassiere
        C#m        A                  E
My my my - my my my - my my my - my my ...
        F#m                         C#m 
Sullen load is full so slow on the split


   E                        G#m            C#m	
I told you to be patient I told you to be fine
   E                        G#m            C#m	
I told you to be balanced I told you to be kind
     E                           G#m             C#m	
Now all your love is wasted then who the hell was I?
                E					
Cause now I'm breaking at the britches
           G#m              C#m	
And at the end of all your lines


E                  G#m       C#m	
Who will love you? who will fight?
E                  G#m    C#m
And who will fall, far behind?


C#m             A            E   (C#m  A  E)
Come on skinny love ........
        C#m        A                     E
My my my - my my my - my my my - my my ... (x2)


C#m  A  E (2x)

Skinny Love

A|----------------3-----------3------2-----3--2--|
E|------1----1------------------0--------0-------|
C|----0--------0---------------------------------|
G|--2------0--------------0-------2----2---------|
                        
                                    
A|-------------------------------------3-------2----3-------------|
E|-------1----1--------------------------0---------0--------------|
C|----0--------0--------------------------------------------------|
G|--2-------0----2-------9--5---4-----------2----2-------9-5---4--|


F                               Am
God knows what is hiding in that weak and drunken heart
            G         Gsus4   G
I guess you kissed the girls and made them cry 
      F                      
those Hardfaced Queens of misadventure
F                                Am
God knows what is hiding in those weak and sunken eyes
  G             Gsus4   G
a Fiery throng of muted angels
       F                 
Giving love and getting nothing back


F              Am
People help the people
            G        
And if your homesick, 
                           F
give me your hand and i'll hold it
F              Am
People help the people
                 G        
And nothing will drag you down
       Dm  C   F
Oh and if I had a brain, 
       Dm  C   F
Oh and if I had a brain
       Dm       C       F
i'd be cold as a stone and rich as the fool
     Dm               E           F         F
That turned, all those good hearts away


F                                Am
God knows what is hiding, in that world of little consequence
            G      Gsus4   G
Behind the tears, inside the lies
  F               F
A thousand slowly dying sunsets
F                                Am
God knows what is hiding in those weak and drunken hearts
  G              Gsus4   G
I guess the loneliness came knocking
       F                   F
No one needs to be alone, oh save me


F              Am
People help the people
            G        
And if your homesick, 
                           F
give me your hand and i'll hold it
F              Am
People help the people
                 G        
And nothing will drag you down
       Dm  C   F
Oh and if I had a brain, 
       Dm  C   F
Oh and if I had a brain
       Dm       C        F
i'd be cold as a stone and rich as the fool
     Dm               E           F         F
That turned, all those good hearts away


F  Am  G  F
F  Am  G  F
F    Am    G     F
na naaa na na naaa


A|--------------||---7-----7---7-----------------------7-|
E|--5-----------||------3----3----3s5---3--5---3--5--3---|
C|-----------2--||.--------------------------------------|
G|-----4--5-----||.--------------------------------------|
                               
A|-------------7------------|| x3
E|----------------------5---||
C|-2-----2--------2--------.|| 
G|----5-----5--------5-----.||


F              Am
People help the people
            G        
And if your homesick, 
                           F
give me your hand and i'll hold it
F              Am
People help the people
                 G        
And nothing will drag you down
       Dm  C   F
Oh and if I had a brain, 
       Dm  C   F
Oh and if I had a brain
       Dm       C       F
i'd be cold as a stone and rich as the fool
     Dm               E           F     
That turned, all those good hearts away

People Help The People

D#m   B   (2x)


       D#m             B
I find shelter in this way
      D#m          B
Under cover, hide away
        D#m          B
Can you hear when I say
       D#m              B
I have never felt this way


            B                        G#m
Maybe I had said something that was wrong
              D#m                           F#
Can I make it better with the lights turned on
             B                      G#m
Maybe I had said something that was wrong
              D#m                           F#
Can I make it better with the lights turned on


B   G#m   D#m   F#


        D#m        B
Could I be, was I there
           D#m            B
It felt so crystal in the air
                D#m                 B
I still want to drown whenever you leave
                D#m           B          B
Please teach me gently how to breathe


    D#m                             B
And I'll cross oceans like never before
           D#m                    B
So you can feel the way I feel it too
    D#m                      B
And I'll send images back at you
           D#m                   B
So you can see the way I feel it too


            B                       G#m
Maybe I had said something that was wrong
              D#m                           F#
Can I make it better with the lights turned on
            B                       G#m
Maybe I had said something that was wrong
              D#m                           F#
Can I make it better with the lights turned on


B   G#m   D#m   F#   (2x)
D#m   B   (2x)

Shelter

Eb, Ab, Cm x2

Eb   Ab        Cm
     xxxxxxx black xxx
Eb   Ab
  Your xxxxx xxx xxxxxx
Cm
I'm xxxxxx xxxxxxxxx
   Eb  Ab Cm
To xxxx demands
Eb                   Ab
  I'm xxxxxxx xx the xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx
Cm
What's xxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx

Ab Eb     Bb
    Where x stand

Ab Eb    Bb

Eb  Ab      Cm
    Wear xx badge
Eb                     Ab
Vinyl xxxxxxx xxxx big xxxxx xxxxxxx
Cm
Adherent xx xx xxxxx
       Eb  Ab         Cm
xxx it xxxxx me xxxxx I xx
Eb        Ab
   I xx x visitor xxxx
Cm
I xx xxx xxxxxxxxx xxx xxx
Eb  Ab  Cm
   Only xxxxx
Eb  Ab       Cm        
   Keeping xx dry xx

Ab          Eb
You xxxx so xxx of xxxxxxx
Bb
In xxxx xxxxx xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx
Ab         Eb
A xxxxxxxx with xxxx xxxx xxx
Bb
Explaining xxxx xxx xxxx xxxxxxxx
Ab       Eb         Bb
And x am xxxxxxx seeing
                                Ab    Eb
xxx x xxx xxx xxx xxxxx xxxxxxx
Bb
   I xxx xxx xxx xxxxx xxxxxxx

Ab               Eb             Bb
And xxx xxxxxxxx sleeps xxxxx tonight
                                Ab
xxxxx xxx xxxx xxxx xxx xxxxx lights
             Eb      
xxx xxxx the xxxxx xxxxxxxx
Bb
Into xxx xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx
Ab       Eb         Bb
And x am xxxxxxx seeing
                            Ab     Eb
xxx x xxx xxx xxx xxxxx leaving
Bb                         Ab Eb Bb
   x xxx xxx xxx xxxxx leaving
Bb
I xxx xxx xxx xxxxx xxxxxxx

Ab   Eb   Bb

The District Sleeps Alone Tonight

Em                       C             G
Counting all different ideas drifting away
 Em                          C
Past and present they don't matter
                         G
Now the future's sorted out
 Em                    C
Watch her moving in elliptical patterns
             G
Think it's not what you say
                              D
 What you say is way too complicated
  Em                      C                       G
For a minute thought I couldn't tell how to fall out


 Am                                C
It's twenty seconds till the last call
             
You're going hey hey hey hey hey hey
 D
Lie down you know it's easy
 Like we did it over summer long
 Am                                C
And I'll be anything you ask and more
 
You're going hey hey hey hey hey hey hey
 D
It's not a miracle we needed
 No I wouldn't let you think so


 Em            C              G
Fold it, fold it, fold it, fold it
 Em            C              G
Fold it, fold it, fold it, fold it


 Em                     C                   G
Girlfriend, oh your girlfriend is drifting away
 Em                C    G
Past and present 1855-1901
  Em                     C
 Watch them built up a material tower
            G
Think it's not gonna stay anyway
               D
Think it's overrated
 Em                      C                     G
For a minute thought I couldn't tell how to fall out


 Am                                C
It's twenty seconds till the last call
                                  D
You're going hey hey hey hey hey hey

 Lie down you know it's easy
 Like we did it over summer long
 Am                               C
And I'll be anything you ask and more
                                      D
You're going hey hey hey hey hey hey hey
 It's not a miracle we needed
 No I wouldn't let you think so


 Em          C                  G
 Fold it, fold it, fold it, fold it
 Em          C                  G
 Fold it, fold it, fold it, fold it
 Em          C                  G
 Fold it, fold it, fold it, fold it
 Em          C                  G
 Fold it, fold it, fold it, fold it

1901

Em                                              A
I don't know where I am
I don't know this place
Don't recognize anybody
Just the same old empty face

Em                      
See these people they lie
                   A                                       Em         A
And I don't know what to value anymore

                             D                                                      Bm
There comes you to keep me safe from harm
There comes you to take me in your arms
Em                       A
Is it just a game?
I don't know      D A D Bm A
Em                       A
Is it just a game?
I don't know      D A D Bm A

Em                                               A
He denies to break my heart
So hope's a guy coming
But I know I must play my part
My tears I must conceal

                       D                                                           Bm
There comes you to keep me safe from harm
There comes you to take me in your arms
Em                            A
Is it just a game?
I don't know        D A D Bm A
Em                  A                         D A D Bm A
To keep you safe from my heart

Bm                                     Em              A
Take my hand and my heart races
Bm                                 Em         A 
Flames illuminate our faces
                  Bm
And we're on fire
                Em             A
Blow a kiss to the crowd
                     D   A   D Bm A
They're our only hope now

Em                    A            D  A D Bm A
And now I know my place
Em                      A            D A D Bm A
And now I know my place
Em                         A                         Bm
We're all just pieces in their games


** The Bm at the end may be a little off, but that's what it sounded like to me!

Just A Game

G                       Em
Maybe, I know it's just maybe
                Bm
And we're only dreaming
                  D
For how this will go, o-o-oh
     G                   Em
But maybe, one day this daydream
                 Bm
Would turn into real things
                 D
For all that we know, o-o-oh


C                 D                 G
We could be doing anything that we love
C                       D                  Em
Just be carried by the way the wind blows, o-o-oh
C                  D                   G  D  Em
You could be doing anything you dream of
C                                  D
If you believe in the things that make you strong


G                          Em
Someday, we'll meet on the high street
                   Bm
We'll laugh about when we
                D
Worried about what we might be
      G                      Em
Then maybe, we'll talk about old days
                   Bm
We'll smile in our old ways
                  D
You'll always be part of me


C                 D                 G
We could be doing anything that we love
C                       D                  Em
Just be carried by the way the wind blows, o-o-oh
C                  D                   G  D  Em
You could be doing anything you dream of
C                                  D
If you believe in the things that make you strong

C D Em x 2

C                  D                   G  D  Em
You could be doing anything you dream of
C                                  D
If you believe in the things that make you strong

G                       Em
Maybe, I know it's just maybe
                Bm
And we're only dreaming
                   D
For how this will go, o-o-oh

      C
Just maybe
                   D                  Em
You could be doing anything you dream of (Maybe)
 C    D G
Maybe

Maybe

Intro : Em C


Em        C                     G            
 We know full well there's just time
Em            C              G
 So is it wrong to dance this line
Em       C                 G               Em   C  G
 If your heart was full of love, could you give it up?


     C                          Em
'Coz what about, what about angels
C                                            G
 They will come; they will go make us special
Em    C       G
Don't give me up.
Em     C      G
Don't give me up.

Em         C              G
 How unfair it's just our luck
Em               C                  G
 Found something real that's out of touch.
Em          C                       G
 But if you searched the whole wide world.
           Em      C      G
 Would you dare to let it go?

     C                          Em
'Coz what about, what about angels
C                                            G
 They will come; they will go make us special
Em    C       G
Don't give me up.
Em     C      G
Don't give me up.

    
     C                          Em
'Coz what about, what about angels
C                                            G
 They will come; they will go make us special
Em                       C
It's not about not about angels
G
Angels.

Tuning standard :
Capo 1

Intro

   D                         Bm
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------1-----------1------0-----1--0--|
G|--2------0--------------0-------2----2---------|
D|------3----3------------------2--------2-------|
A|----3--------3---------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|


   D                                  Bm
e|----------------------s12-----------------------------s12-------|
B|--------------------------13--12-----1-------0----1------13--12-|
G|--2-------0----2--------------------------2----2----------------|
D|-------3----3--------------------------2---------2--------------|
A|----3--------3--------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse
D                               Bm
God knows what is hiding in that weak and drunken heart
            A         Asus4    A
I guess you kissed the girls and made them cry 
      D                      
those Hardfaced Queens of misadventure
D                                Bm
God knows what is hiding in those weak and sunken eyes
  A             Asus4   A
a Fiery throng of muted angels
       D                 
Giving love and getting nothing back


Chorus
D              Bm
People help the people
            A        
And if your homesick, 
                           D
give me your hand and i'll hold it
D              Bm
People help the people
                 A        
And nothing will drag you down
       Em  D   D
Oh and if I had a brain, 
       Em  D   D
Oh and if I had a brain
       Em       D       D
i'd be cold as a stone and rich as the fool
     Em               F#           D         D
That turned, all those good hearts away


Verse (2)
D                                Bm
God knows what is hiding, in that world of little consequence
            A      Asus4   A
Behind the tears, inside the lies
  D               D
A thousand slowly dying sunsets
D                                Bm
God knows what is hiding in those weak and drunken hearts
  A              Asus4   A
I guess the loneliness came knocking
       D                   D
No one needs to be alone, oh save me


Chorus
D              Bm
People help the people
            A        
And if your homesick, 
                           D
give me your hand and i'll hold it
D              Bm
People help the people
                 A        
And nothing will drag you down
       Em  D   D
Oh and if I had a brain, 
       Em  D   D
Oh and if I had a brain
       Em       D        D
i'd be cold as a stone and rich as the fool
     Em               F#           D         D
That turned, all those good hearts away


Instrumental (Solo )
D  Bm  A  D
D  Bm  A  D
D    Bm    A     D
na naaa na na naaa

e|--------------||---------------------------------------|
B|--------------||---5--8--5-8-5--8s10--8--10--8--10p8s5-|
G|-----4--5--7--||.--------------------------------------|
D|--7-----------||.--------------------------------------|
A|--------------||---------------------------------------|
E|--------------||---------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------||
B|-------------5------------||
G|-7--5--7--5-----7--5-----.||
D|----------------------7--.|| X 3
A|--------------------------||
E|--------------------------||


Chorus
D              Bm
People help the people
            A        
And if your homesick, 
                           D
give me your hand and i'll hold it
D              Bm
People help the people
                 A        
And nothing will drag you down
       Em  D   D
Oh and if I had a brain, 
       Em  D   D
Oh and if I had a brain
       Em       D       D
i'd be cold as a stone and rich as the fool
     Em               F#           D       D->D  
That turned, all those good hearts away

[Verse 1]

Gm                          Gm/F
Little ghost, you are listening,
                               Eb
Unlike most you don't miss a thing,
                 Cm  Dsus4 D
You see the truth,
Gm                      Gm/F
I walk the halls invisibly,
                               Eb
I climb the walls, no one sees me,
              Cm  Dsus4 D
No one but you.

[Chorus]

Gm                                
You've always loved the strange birds
Gm/F                           Eb
Now I want to fly into your world
                 Cm  Dsus4 D
I want to be heard
Gm
My wounded wings still beating,
Gm/F                          Eb      Cm
You've always loved the stranger inside...
    Dsus4  D
Me, ugly pretty.
Gm
Oh no, no, no, no
Gm/F
Oh no, no, no, no
Eb
Oh no, no, no, no
Cm   Dsus4 D
  Oh


[Verse 2]


Gm                          Gm/F
Oh little ghost, you see the pain
                Eb                         Cm  Dsus4 D
But together we can make something beautiful,
Gm
So take my hand and perfectly,
Gm/F                                 Eb
We fill the gaps, you and me make three,
                                 Cm  Dsus4 D
I was meant for you, and you for me.


[Chorus]

Gm                                
You've always loved the strange birds
Gm/F                           Eb
Now I want to fly into your world
                 Cm  Dsus4 D
I want to be heard
Gm
My wounded wings still beating,
Gm/F                          Eb      Cm
You've always loved the stranger inside...
    Dsus4  D
Me, ugly pretty.
Gm
Oh no, no, no, no
Gm/F
Oh no, no, no, no
Eb
Oh no, no, no, no
Cm   Dsus4 D
  Oh

[Final Chorus]

Gm                                
You've always loved the strange birds
Gm/F                           Eb
Now I want to fly into your world
                 Cm  Dsus4 D
I want to be heard
Gm
My wounded wings still beating,
Gm/F                          Eb      Cm
You've always loved the stranger inside...
    Dsus4  D    Gm
Me, ugly pretty.

Strange Birds

A               E
  In the morning, when you wake up I
D                        A    E
  Like to believe you are thinking of me
A                       E
  And when the sun comes through your window
D                              A        E
  I like to believe you've been dreaming of me
Dbm    D    A  E
  Dreaming, mmmmm
 
 
A              E                   D
  I know cause i've spent half this morning
A                   E
  Thinking about the tee shirt you sleep in
Gbm                   D
  I should know cause i'd spend,
      A
  Oh the whole day
E
  Listening to your message i'm keeping,
 
Interlude: Dbm  D  Gbm
 
E
  And never deleting
 
A
 
A               E
  When I saw you, everyone knew I
D                          A       E
  Liked the affect that you had on my eyes
A                      E
  But no one else heard the way of your words or
D                          A        E
  Felt the affect that they have on my mind
Dbm    D   Gbm  E
  Falling, mmmmm
 
 
A              E                   D
  I know cause i've spent half this morning
A                   E
  Thinking about the tee shirt you sleep in
Gbm                   D
  I should know cause i'd spend,
      A
  Oh the whole day
E
  Listening to your message i'm keeping,
 
Dbm  D  Gbm
 
E
  And never deleting
 
A E D A E

C  F (x2)

       C                                     F
It's a terrible love, and I'm walking with spiders
       C                             F
It's a terrible love and I'm walking in
       C                                     F
It's a terrible love, and I'm walking with spiders
       C                             F
It's a terrible love and I'm walking in
                 C     F                 C     F
It's quiet company,     it's quiet company

       C                                     F
It's a terrible love, and I'm walking with spiders
       C                              F
It's a terrible love that I'm walking in
       C                                     F
It's a terrible love, and I'm walking with spiders
       C                              F
It's a terrible love that I'm walking in
                 C     F                 C
It's quiet company,     it's quiet company
F                C     F
It's quiet company

C     F x 2

   Am              F
And I can't fall asleep
           C      G
Without a little help
                           Am
It takes awhile to settle down
            F                   C       G
My shivered bones, wait til the panic's out

C                        F
It takes an ocean not to break
C                        F
It takes an ocean not to break
C                        F
It takes an ocean not to break
C                        F
It takes an ocean not to break

                   C     F                 C     F
It's quite a company,     it's quiet company
                   C     F                 C     F
It's quite a company,     it's quiet company

    C              F
And I won't follow you
         C      G
Into the rabbit hole
                           Am                F
I said I would, but then I saw your shivered bones
            C        G
They didn't want me to

       Am                                 F
It's a terrible love and I'm walking with spiders
       C                             G
It's a terrible love and I'm walking in
       Am                                 F
It's a terrible love and I'm walking with spiders
       C                             G
It's a terrible love and I'm walking in

Am                       F
It takes an ocean not to break
C                        G
It takes an ocean not to break
Am                       F
It takes an ocean not to break
C                        G
It takes an ocean not to break

Terrible Love

Skinny Love gain great public awareness in Belgium and the Netherlands, when the song appeared in the fouth season of the tv-series So You Think You Can Dance. The song became increasingly popular and in the final of that show, Birdy herself played the song while the 14 finalists danced to it.   This version is a cover of Bon Iver's Skinny Love: http://www.last.fm/music/Bon+Iver/_/Skinny+Love

strumming pattern
D-DUD-D

F,G,C,Em7

mmmmm mmmm mmmm 

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 1: Rihanna]

F              G
Dry! ...Me a desert
C                 Em7
Nuh time to have ya lerkin'
F                        G
Him ago act like him nuh like it
C                           Em7
You know I dealt with you the nicest
F                        G
Nuh body touch me in the righteous
C                     Em7
Nuh botha, text me in a crisis 
           F                    G
I believed all of your dreams, adoration
            C                    Em7
You took my heart and my keys and my patience
            F                        G
You took my heart on my sleeve for decoration
                C                          Em7
You mistaken my love I brought for you for foundation
           F             G
All that I wanted from you was to give me
C            Em7
Something that I never had
F                   G
Something that you've never seen
C                     Em7
Something that you've never been!
F     G
Mmmmm!
      C                          
But I wake up and act like nothing's wrong
D
Just get ready fi...


[Hook: Rihanna]
F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting
F             G
Ner ner ner ner ner ner!
               C           Em7
When you a guh ner ner ner ner ner ner!
                  F                 G
Before the tables turn turn turn turn turn turn!
C             Em7
Beg you something please


[Verse 2: Rihanna]

F            G
Baby don't you leave
               C                 Em7
Do''t leave me stuck here in the streets, 
   F                  G
uh huh If I get another chance to
       C                Em7
I will never, no never neglect you
      F                         G
I mean who am I to hold your past against you?
       C                    Em7
I just hope that it gets to you
  F           G
I hope that you see this through
  C                      Em7
I hope that you see this true
F          G
What can I say?
       C          
Please recognize I'm tryin', baby!!!
 Em7
I have to


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 3: Drake]

N.C.
Yeah, okay
F        G        C                   Em7
You need to get done, done, done, done at work, come over
F               G
We just need to slow the motion
C                   Em7
Don't give that away to no one
F            G
Long distance, I need you
C                          Em7
When I see potential I just gotta see it through
F                        G
If you had a twin, I would still choose you
C                           Em7
I don't wanna rush into it, if it's too soon
      F      G               C              
But I know you need to get done, done, done, done
   Em7
If you come over
F            G
Sorry if I'm way less friendly
C                    Em7
I got n____s tryna end me,
F G           C                 Em7
oh,     I spilled all my emotions tonight, I'm sorry
F               G
Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
C                                Em7
How many more shots until you're rollin'?
F              G
We just need a face to face
C                    Em7            F
You could pick the time and the place
               G
You spent some time away
C                Em7
Now you need to forward and give me all the...


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting

mmm mmm mmm..


[Outro: Rihanna]

work work work work work work

F G C D
F G C D

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


C D
Si es que no puedes hablar
C D
no te atrevas a volver
C D
si te quieres ocultar
C D
tal vez te podria ver
Em D C G C
y el amor que no sabe a quien y que
G C
hablará si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazara otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz

C D


C D
Si no puedes escuchar
C D
aunque insistas hablaré
C D
si lo quieres mírame
C D
y tus ojos hablaran tal vez
Em D C G C
sentiras el amor e iras tras el
G C
hablaras si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazará otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz


Em G C G
.(CUERDAS)... abrazaméeeeeeeee..
C Em F
quiero despertarme y entender

Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y que haces aquì
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz
G C
y te hace feliz

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

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

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

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

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


Jo et duré...

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

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


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

Verse 1:
           B
I'm going back to the time when we owned this town
      E
Down Powder Mill Lane, in the battlegrounds
C#m        B                   G#m  B     F#
We were friends and lovers and clueless clowns


Verse 2:
                      B       
I didn't know I'd be finding out now I was torn from you
         E
When we thought about things we were gonna do
C#m      B                    G#m B  F# 
We were wide eyed dreamers and wiser too


Chorus:
               E              B 
Go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café


Verse 3:
                          B
I'm begging you for some sign, but you've still got nothing to say
        E
Don't turn your back on me, don't walk away
C#m     B                   G#m  B   F#
I'm a better man now than I was that day


Chorus:
                      E              B 
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                 E               B
Go down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                      E                     G#m   F#     
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café


Bridge:
   E        B           F#
I wheel my bike off the train,
        F#
Up the North Trade Road,
 E        B             F# 
Look for you on Marley Lane
                          G#m
In every building, every streetlight
                   E               F#  G#m  B  F#
Oh why did we ever go so far from home?


Verse 4:
                        B
You keep on leaving me mile long traces of who you are
         E
You can get a big house and a faster car
C#m      B                    G#m   B  F#
You can run away boy, but you won't go far


Chorus:
                      E              B
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                    E                B
Stroll down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                     E                      G#m   F#
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café 

      E            B    G#m
La la la la la la la la Yeah, 
     F#                      E       B   F#
I'm going where the people know my name


Outro:
E B G#m F#
E B G#m F# B

Sovereign Light Cafe

(Chorus)
G
You xxxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
(1st Verse)
G
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Em
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Am7
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
D7                              G Em G Em
X just xxx'x xxxxx without xxx
(2nd verse)
G
You xxxx along xxxx xxxx x song
Em
Xxx brightened xx xxx
Am7
Whod've xxxxxxxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxxx xx x dream
                  D7
Xxx xx xxx xxxxx light xxxxx xxxx
(Chorus)
         G 
Xxx now xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7                          Eb
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx anything
(3rd Verse)
Ab
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
   Fm
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Bbm
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
Ebm
X just xxx'x xxxxx
Ebm                                 Ab               C#
Now xxxx xxxxxx xxx happiness xxxxx so xxxx xxxx xx find
C#m                                         Eb     E
Well, X'x xxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxx behind me
A
And xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx
F#m
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Bm
X xxx'x laugh xxx X xxx'x sing
E
X'x finding xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
Bb
You xxx X xxxx xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Gm
X feel xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Cm
If xxx xxxx knew xxxx X'x xxxxx through
F
X just xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx

Can't Smile Without You

Intro: D-A-Bm-Em-A  x4

         D                 A                          
I'll confess tonight your all thats on my mind
        Bm            A                   D
I know these roof top nights could last forever.
              A                            Bm
we watched the seasons change, we saw the distance pull us away,
           A
from all we shared together.

D                       A
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                       A
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.

D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
    Em    A
lets run away.
D                             A                             Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
    Em    A
lets run away.

play intro  x2

D                    A
I picked apart every word that you said
  Bm                              A
I dissected each sentence but kept coming up empty
D                         A
the way you are leaves me counting the days
        Bm                            A
till the next time this distance will be a memory


D                        A        
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                     D
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.


D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away.

D-A-Bm-A

where have you been


                                                                        Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away


American Dream 

G Bm Em A
Well everybody's lookin' for something they can't find,
Walking straight ahead blind-folded production line,
Only taking time for one type of shoe-shine.
Don't look left/right now you got a street fine.
Everybody lookin' for just a little more.
Working late-nights trying to fight off the day glow.
Waiting for the come-around but it is a no show.
Driving in the fast lane lookin' for the slow-mo...

C D A
Oh whats in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know well I don't know man anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time you,
Where were you, you weren't listenin', gonna be a long time
Gonna be a long time.

G Bm Em A
So now you're face down, face lookin like a frying pan.
Hitting up the clubs trying to feel like a real man.
Beating your chest just like you're King Kong but you're just a gui-tar no-string no-song.
Feeling free like ya don't even know it, man you're towing the line hoping you just don't blow it.
Man ya stuck in the mainframe trying to win the big game so much potential it even makes it more of a shame, shame, shame...
Here we go again, same old shit just another name.
Looking at the destiny there in your palm,
But now you got your strings but you got no song.
So sing, sing, sing - shake it like a chicken wing.
It's not what you get it's about what you bring-bring-bring.
So bring it, bring it to the table, not because you have to 'cos you're willing and you're able!

C D A
Oh what's in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know, I don't know anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time.
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time.
You, where were you, you weren't listening, gonna be a long time.
Gonna be a long time.

Gonna Be A Long Time

It takes a while to get used to the rhythm. In the verse the
time signature goes 3/4 for 2 bars then 2/4 for 1 bar and then
repeats.


Intro and Verses:

A|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|------|-10------10|-9-------9-|------
E|-----------|-----------|------|-----------|-----------|----3-
C|-0---------|-2---2-----|------|-----7-----|-----------|-2----
G|-0---------|-0---------|-0----|-9---------|-7---------|------
   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |

Intro Riff:

A|-10--12--10-|-9---10---9-|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|-------|
E|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
C|------------|------------|-0---------|-2---2-----|-------|
G|-9----------|-7----------|-0---------|-0---------|-0-----|



Chorus:

                   C
I...              driving...
     G  
The speed...            

Em
      City...

        D
And...  arm...
    
    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

C           D
be...       be... 

Suggestion: during the verses, it can sound pretty cool if you
get a friend to strum the chords: C, G, Em, D in the background
:)

Fast Car

C#
There's a portrait
     Ab
In a back room
           F#
Which I'll keep for days upon
          C#
Which I relent 
              B
And gaze for hours on
    Bbm                  F#
The muscle, skin and bone
         Ab
Of some imaginary friend

F# Ab F#

        C#
So how about it 
        Ab
Show me please 
           F#
How I will look in twenty years
           C#
And let me please 
          B
Interpret history 
       Bbm        F#
In every line and scar 
               Ab                  
That's painted there in front of me

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

           C#
It doesn't matter
         Ab
What I'm thinking
       F#
What I tell myself to do
         C#      F#
I end up calling

       C#
I stay in to
                   Ab
Defrost the fridge
        F#
Now the kid has gone to bed
             C#
A feeling of dread
              B         
At least when she's around
    Bbm
The trouble's there
     F#                        Ab
It's worse to wake up with her falling 'round the room

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

       C#
Listen Johnny
              F#
You're like a mother
       C#                     F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

       C#
Listen Johnny
              Ab
You're like a mother
       F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

            B
And if they come tonight
       Bbm
You'll roll up tight
     F#             Ab
And take whatever's coming to you next (oh, oh oh oh)

 F# Ab to end.

Slow Graffiti

Intro: Em  A  Em  A

       Em               A                Em                   
 A
Verse: Be on my side or be on your side, there is no reason for you to hide,
       Em                 A
       Its so hard for me stayin' here all alone, when you could be takin'
       A                Em                                             A
       Me for a ride... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


        G     D         A    G  D          A
Chorus:  Down by the ri-ver,  I shot my ba-by

 Em        A
 Ooh, Ooh, shot her dead


Verse 2:You take my hand I'll take your hand, together we may get away,

        This must madness is too much sorrow, its impossible to make it

        today... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


(Chorus)

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