A Weekend In The City 

Two More Years / Hero

Intimacy

Silent Alarm 

Bloc Party are an English alternative rock band. In 2005, the band released their critically acclaimed debut album Silent Alarm. Their second studio album, A Weekend In The City was released on February 5, 2007 in the United Kingdom and February 6 in the United States. A third album, Intimacy, was released in August 2008 as a download and later as a CD release on October 27. The band consists of Kele Okereke (vocals, guitar), Russell Lissack (guitar), Gordon Moakes (bass, vocals) and Matt Tong (drums). 

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Banquet

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# which can be played as follows if you're like me and your pinkie can't dislocate

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So Here We Are

# The entire song is just C#m-B-A-E repeated over and over.

Signs

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Hunting For Witches

# Am

# C (x3)

# F

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# Just keep repeating in this pattern for the whole song.

Biko

Intro: Bm--A-- x4,Bm--D-A-Bm--D-Em-


Verse 1:
Bm
  North to south
D Em
    Empty
Bm
  Running on
D Em
    Bravado
Bm
  As if to say as if to say
D                 Em
  As if to say he doesn't like chocolate
Bm
  He's born a liar he'll die a liar
D                  Em
  Some things will never be different


Refrain 1:
F#m Bm          F#m Bm
      Stop being 
F#m Bm
      so American
D
There's a time 
and there's a place
F#m Bm             F#m Bm
      So James Dean
F#m Bm
      So blue jeans
D
Gonna save the world
     F#m
He's gonna


Chorus:
        Bb           Bm      A G D
Are you hoping for a miracle?
        A              Bm      A G D
Are you hoping for a miracle?
        A            Bm      A G D
Are you hoping for a miracle?
        A            Bm      A G D A
Are you hoping for a miracle?


Interlude: Bm--D-Em-- x2


Verse 2:
Bm
  Three out of five three 
out of five (it's not enough)
D
  Six out of ten
Em
Better luck next time
Bm
  Just like his Dad just 
like his Dad (the same mistakes)
D                  Em
  Some things will never be different
Bm
  Hungry and dumb hungry 
and dumb (so wait in line)
D                     Em
  Queuing up for some more junk food
Bm
  It's not my fault it's 
not my fault (just this once)
D                 Em
  They're getting so much younger


Refrain 2:
F#m Bm                F#m Bm
      Why can't you be 
F#m Bm
      more European
D
Bastard child of guilt and shame
F#m Bm              F#m Bm
      Bury your head 
F#m Bm
      in the sand
             D
I'm thinking six six six
             F#m
I'm thinking six


(Repeat Chorus)


Guitar Solo: Bm--- x4
D---D---D---G-F#m-


(Repeat Chorus)


Outro: Bm(hold)

Helicopter

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Play the song with a buddy!
Intro 8X/ Bridge 4X
Uke 1
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VERSE 1&2

 Uke 1
Verse 1                       North...                        empty
                              Running...                      Bravado
   As if to say     as if to say     As if to say   he doesn't like chocolate
   He's born a liar he'll kie a liar some things will never be different 
V2 Three out of 5  three out of 5    Six out of ten   better luck next time
 Just like his dad just like his dad some things will never be different
  Hungry and dumb hungry and dumb   Queuing up for some more junk food
It's not my fault, it's not my fault They're getting so much younger
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Prechorus

 Uke 1
Verse 1                       Stop being...
                              So James Dean...
Verse 2                       why can't you be...
                              Bury your...
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 Uke 1
Verse 1             ...so American      There's a time and there's a place
                   ...so blue jeans  He's gonna save the world he's gonna Are...
Verse 2            ...more European bastard child of guilt and shame
                   ...face? In the sand I'm thinking 6 6 6 I'm thinking 6 Are...
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CHORUS

 Bend then hammer on Uke 2 “C” string
 Uke 1
  ...miracle?                                              Are you hoping for a
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 Uke 1
  ...miracle?                                              Are you hoping for a
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 Uke 1
  ...miracle?                                              Are you hoping for 
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 Uke 1
  ...miracle?
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 Uke 2
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BRIDGE


VERSE 2


SOLO #=pick super fast
 Uke 1
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 Uke 1
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                                4X
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 Uke 1, slowly ascend up
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Chorus
 Last time the chorus Uke 1 is the same

 Uke 2 keep playing until the end
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Intro:
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Verse 1
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F    A#   C   Dm   F                  
I,                   
                 A#   C   Dm   F  
I still remember
                              A#   C   Dm   F 
how you looked that afternoon
                   A#   C   Dm   F 
There was only you.
    A#         C         Dm     F 
You said "it's just like a full moon"
A#          C      Dm     F 
Blood beats faster in our veins
    A#      C        Dm     F 
We left our trousers by the canal
A#      C             Dm     F 
And our fingers, they almost touched

Bridge
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                         Dm    A#   F
You should have asked me for it
        Gm   Am   Dm   A#   F
I would have been brave
                Gm   Am   Dm   A#   F
You should have asked me for it
         Gm Am  Dm   A#   F
How could I say no?

Gm   Am Dm   A#         F
And our love could have soared
Gm Am  Dm          A#      F
Over playgrounds and rooftops
Gm Am Dm          A#          F
Every park bench screams your name
  Gm   Am   A#     C
I kept your tie

# (The intro riff and chords are played by 2 guitars at the same time next)

                              F    A#   C   Dm   F 
I've gone wherever you wanted

Chorus
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                 F    A#   C   Dm   F 
(I still remember)
                 F    A#   C   Dm   F 
(I still remember)

Verse 2
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    A#     C         Dm       F 
And on that teachers' training day   (And on that teachers' training day)
   A#        C        Dm    F 
We wrote our names on every train    (We wrote our names on every train)
        A#     C      Dm     F 
Laughed at the people off to work    (Laughed at the people off to work)
   A#  C          Dm     F 
So monochrome and so lukewarm        (So monochrome and so lukewarm)

              A#  C  Dm      F 
And I can see our days are becoming nights.
             A#   C       Dm F 
I could feel your heartbeat across the grass.
          A#   C   Dm
We should have run
        F 
I would go with you anywhere.
                      A# C      Dm F 
I should have kissed you by the water

Bridge
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                         Dm    A#   F
You should have asked me for it
        Gm   Am   Dm   A#   F
I would have been brave
                Gm   Am   Dm   A#   F
You should have asked me for it
         Gm Am  Dm   A#   F
How could I say no?

Gm   Am Dm   A#         F
And our love could have soared
Gm Am  Dm        A#      F
Over playgrounds and rooftops
Gm Am Dm         A#           F
Every park bench screams your name
  Gm   Am   A#     C
I kept your tie

# (The intro riff and chords are played by 2 guitars at the same time next)

                                F    A#   C   Dm   F 
I would let you if you asked me

Chorus
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                A#   C   Dm   F 
I still remember  (x4)

I Still Remember

      Bbm            F
I am trying to be heroic
      F#        C#   G#
In an age of modernity
      Bbm            F
I am trying to be heroic
             F#            D#m D#m7
Because all around me history sings


      Bbm             F
So I enjoyed and I devoured
           D#m         C#  C#maj7
Flesh and wine and luxury
           Bbm
But in my heart
      F
I am lukewarm
        F#        F#         Bbm
Nothing ever really touches me


Riff:

Bbm C# D#m F D#m F F# G#


Bbm             F#
At Les Trois Garcons
              D#m         Bbm
We meet at precisely 9 o'clock
  Bbm         F#  
I order the foie gras
          D#m                       Bbm
And I e-e-e-eat it with complete disdain
Bbm              C#        
Bubbles rise in champagne flutes
      Fm                 Bbm
But when we kiss, I feel nothing
Bbm           C#
Feasting on sleeping pills
     Fm       Bbm
And Marlboro Reds

(So busy won't save you)



Bbm C#  D#m F D#m F
Oh how our parents
      F# G#        Bbm   C#         
They suffered for nothing
          D#m    F          D#m            F
Live the dream, live the dream, live the dream
         F#   G#    Bbm      C#
Like the 80s never happened
    D#m F     D#m         F
People are afraid, are afraid
    F#   G#m      Bbm C D#m F D#m F
To merge on the freeway
F#    G#
Disappear here
Riff:

Bbm C# D#m F D#m F F# G#

Bbm         F#
Stroll the pier
          D#m               Bbm
Into the magazine launch party
     Bbm       F#
I am handed a pill
              D#m                    Bbm
And I swa-a-a-allow with complete disdain
Bbm                 C#
Kick-drum bangs off the high-hat
   Fm           Bbm
Remember to look bored
   Bbm               C#
We suck each others' faces
    Fm                Bbm
And make sure we are noticed


(Cocaine won't save you)

Because East London is a vampire

It sucks the joy right out of me

How we long for corruption in these golden years


Bbm C#  D#m F D#m F
Oh how our parents
      F# G#        Bbm   C#         
They suffered for nothing
          D#m    F          D#m            F
Live the dream, live the dream, live the dream
         F#   G#    Bbm      C#
Like the 80s never happened
    D#m F     D#m         F
People are afraid, are afraid
    F#   G#m      Bbm C D#m F D#m F
To merge on the freeway
F#    G#
Disappear here

Song For Clay Disappear Here

Am C  X4

VERSE 1
Am         C     Am    C
Lord give me grace and dancing feet
And the power to impress
Lord give me grace and dancing feet
Let me outshine the moon

Am         C     Am    C
Is it so wrong to crave recognition?
Second best, runner-up
Is it so wrong to want rewarding?
To want more than is given to you?
Than is given to you

CHORUS
Am   B                C     F
Tonight make me unstoppable
And I will charm, I will slice
I will dazzle them with my wit
Tonight make me unstoppable
And I will charm, I will slice
I will dazzle, I will outshine them all

VERSE 2
Am         C     Am    C
Standing on the packed dance floor
Our bodies thrown in time
Silent on the weekdays
Tonight I claim what's mine

Am        C     Am    C
Is it so wrong to crave recognition?
Second best, runner-up
Is it so wrong to want rewarding?
To want more than is given to you?
Than is given to you

CHORUS 2
Am   B            C         F
Tonight make me unstoppable
And I will charm, I will slice
I will dazzle them with my wit
Tonight make me unstoppable
And I will charm, I will slice
I will dazzle, I will outshine them all

MIDDLE 8
(RIFF VERSION)
A   C   E         A  Ab  A  
B 
(SIMPLE VERSION)
A         E         A                      B 

CHORUS 3
Am   B              C        F
Tonight make me unstoppable
And I will charm, I will slice
I will dazzle them with my wit
Tonight make me unstoppable
And I will charm, I will slice
I will dazzle, I will outshine them all

The Prayer

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This Modern Love (acoustic)

Intro/Verse

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Chorus

C - Cmaj7 - Am - F

This Modern Love (easy)

Intro D

Verse 1
F                                          Dm
In two more years, my sweetheart, we will see another view
F                                     Dm   C
such longing for the past for such completion
F                              Dm
What was once golden has now turned a shade of grey
F                           Dm  C
I've become crueler in your presence


Pre-Chorus
Bb             Gm                 Dm             C
 They say: 'be brave, there's a right way and a wrong way'
Bb (building)
This pain won't last for ever, this pain won't last for ever


Chorus x 2
Dm       C                            F
Two more years, there's only two more years
        Gm                             Dm
Two more years, there's only two more years
         C           Bb    Gm
Two more years so hold on

Dm


Verse 2
        F                               Dm
You've cried enough this lifetime, my beloved polar bear
F                              Dm  C
Tears to fill a sea to drown a beacon
F                                     Dm
To start anew all over, remove those scars from your arms
F                             Dm  C
To start anew all over more enlightened


Pre-Chorus
Bb          Gm            Dm           C
I know, my love, this is not the only story you can tell
Bb
This pain won't last for ever, this pain won't last for ever


Chorus x2
Dm       C                            F
Two more years, there's only two more years
        Gm                             Dm
Two more years, there's only two more years
         C            Bb    Gm
Two more years so hold on

Post-Chorus x 2
    Dm                  C           F               Gm   
You don't need to find answers for questions never asked of you
    Dm                  C      Bb   Gm
You don't need to find answers


Bridge
Bb
Dead weights, balloons
Drag me to you
Dead weights, balloons
To sleep in your arms
I've become crueler since i met you
I've become rougher, this world is killing me


Chorus 
Dm       C                            F
Two more years, there's only two more years
        Gm                             Dm
Two more years, there's only two more years
         C            Bb    Gm
Two more years so hold on
    Dm                  C           F               Gm   
You don't need to find answers for questions never asked of you
    Dm                  C      Bb   Gm
You don't need to find answers


(On second chorus hold Bb to fade)

Two More Years

&quot;I Still Remember&quot; is a song by Bloc Party from their second studio album A Weekend in the City. On the album, the song runs for 4:24, but the version on the original leak of A Weekend In The City had an extended outro by Russell Lissack and came in at 4:35. The song is the first US single and is the second UK single from the album. The single was released in the UK in two 7&quot; formats and a CD. The B-sides are &quot;Atonement&quot;, &quot;Cain Said To Abel&quot;, &quot;Selfish Son&quot; and &quot;I Still Remember (Music Box And Tears Remix)&quot;.

&quot;The Prayer&quot; is the first single from Bloc Party's second album A Weekend in the City, except for in the US where it will be the second single from the album (&quot;I Still Remember&quot; was the first US single from the album). It was released by Wichita Records on 29 January 2007. It can also be heard on the band's MySpace page.  Lead singer Kele Okereke says he was inspired to write the song after hearing Busta Rhymes' song &quot;Touch It&quot;. Okereke also described the song as having a &quot;crunk-like&quot; effect, which he revealed in a number of interviews in October 2006 concerning information on the new album.

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

Sovereign Light Cafe

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

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


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

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

C D


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

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


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

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

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

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

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

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

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


Jo et duré...

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

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


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

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

Can't Smile Without You

Intro: Em  A  Em  A

       Em               A                Em                   
 A
Verse: Be on my side or be on your side, there is no reason for you to hide,
       Em                 A
       Its so hard for me stayin' here all alone, when you could be takin'
       A                Em                                             A
       Me for a ride... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


        G     D         A    G  D          A
Chorus:  Down by the ri-ver,  I shot my ba-by

 Em        A
 Ooh, Ooh, shot her dead


Verse 2:You take my hand I'll take your hand, together we may get away,

        This must madness is too much sorrow, its impossible to make it

        today... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


(Chorus)

(Verse 1)

Down By The River

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


American Dream 

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

Gonna Be A Long Time

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

Overreacting

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

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