Live At Benaroya Hall With The Seattle Symphony

The Story

Brandi Carlile

Give Up The Ghost

The Firewatcher's Daughter

Brandi Carlile (b. June 1, 1981, in Ravensdale, Washington) is an American singer and songwriter. Carlile's music has been categorized in several genres, including pop, rock, alternative country, and folk.  Columbia Records signed Carlile in late 2004 on the strength of songs she'd been recording periodically at home. Released in 2005, Brandi Carlile showcased those early songs along with several newly recorded tracks.

I watch you grow away from me in photographs 
Memories like spies, the salt betrays my eyes again.
I started losing sleep and gaining weight
And wishing i was ten again so i could be your friend again.

Chorus:
These days we go to waste like wine,
That's turned to turpentine
'Cause its 6am and im all messed up.
I didn't mean to waste your time,
So i'll fall back in line
But im warning you we're growing up.

I heard you found some pretty words to say
You found your little game to play 
And theres no one allowed in here
Then just when we believed we could be great
Reality it permeates 
And conquers from within again

Chorus:
These days we go to waste like wine,
That's turned to turpentine
'Cause its 6am and im all messed up.
I didn't mean to waste your time,
So i'll fall back in line
But im warning you we're growing up.

Ohhh, oh, oh, oh,
Oh, oh, oh
Lord i know we're ok
Ohhh, oh, oh, oh,
Oh, oh, oh
Lord i know we're ok

Chorus:
These days we go to waste like wine,
That's turned to turpentine
'Cause its 6am and im all messed up.
I didn't mean to waste your time,
So i'll fall back in line
But im warning you we're growing up.

Turpentine

Original tuning : 1.0 step up

Intro:  alternate C and Am, listen for changes

C
Everything I do
Am
Surrounds these pieces of my life
F
That often change
G
Or hey, maybe I've changed.
C
Sometimes seeming happy 
Am
Can be self-destructive even when you're sane
G
Only insane.
F
But don't bother waking
G
Me today.

Chorus:
C      G      C
Here   I      am.
C     G     Am
I'm   so    young.
Am             F
I know I've  been bitter
G                   C
I've been jaded I'm alone.
C  G  C
Every day
C   G       Am
I  bite my tongue.
Am            F                       G
If you only knew my mind was full of razors
F                 G
To cut you like word if only sung.
G           C                Am
But this is my song, it is my song.


C
I live every day
Am
like they'll never be a last one
G
till they're gone
G           F  G
And they're go-ne.
C
I'm not to proud to beg
Am                                              G
For your attention and your friendship and your time
G           F                       C
So you can come and get it from now on

Chorus:
C      G      C
Here   I      am.
C     G     Am
I'm   so    young.
Am             F
I know I've  been bitter
G                   C
I've been jaded I'm alone.
C  G  C
Every day
C   G       Am
I  bite my tongue.
Am            F                       G
If you only knew my mind was full of razors
F                 G
To cut you like word if only sung.
G           C                Am
But this is my song, it is my song.

Bridge
C
And it's you  (x2)

C  Am  G   (x2)

Chorus:
C      G      C
Here   I      am.
C     G     Am
I'm   so    young.
Am             F
I know I've  been bitter
G                   C
I've been jaded I'm alone.
C  G  C
Every day
C   G       Am
I  bite my tongue.
Am            F                       G
If you only knew my mind was full of razors
F                   G
I'm not sure I can take it
F                      G
I've nothing strong to hold to
F               G
I'm way to old to hate you
F                   G
My mind is full of razors
F                   G
That cut you like a word if only sung
            C
This is my song

C  G  C
C  G  Am
Am  G  Am
Am  G  C
C  G  C
C  G  Am
Am  G  Am
Am  G  C


My Song

intro:
 |G  Em|G  Em|

1st:
     G                 Em 
I've heard that there's a secret chord
     G                   Em
That David played and it pleased the Lord
    C                C             G        G
But you don't really care for music do you?

   G                   C           D
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
    Em              C
The minor fall, the major lifts
    D                 Am        Em
And the baffled King composing Hallelujah

     G   C	C   G
Hallelujah, hallelujah
     G    C      C-G-D-G
Hallelujah, hallelujah

2nd:
Well your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you

She tied you to her kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah

3rd:
Darling I've been here before
I've seen this room, I've walked these floors
You know I used to live alone before I knew you

I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah, Oh yea...

5th:
There was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?

And remember when I moved in you
The Holy Dark was moving too
And every breath you drew was hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah

6th:
So maybe there's a God above
But all I ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you

It's not a cry you can hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah
  
G   C 	    C   G
Hallelujah, hallelujah
     G    C      C-G-D-G
Hallelujah, hallelujah 

G   C	           C   G
Hallelujah, hallelujah
     G    C      C-G-D-G
Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah

(Intro)
G

(Verse)
G              E    
Dreams, I have dreams 
         Am              D7
When I'm awake and I'm asleep
    G                  E 
And you, you are in my Dreams 
                     Am                D7
You're underneath my skin, how am I so weak
   

(Pre-chours)
    G           Bm
And know in my dreams
               Am 
I can feel the wait 
                D
I can just come clean


(Chours)
               G                       E
I keep it to myself, I know what it means
        Am       D7         G
I can't have you , but I have dreams


(Verse 2)
    G                         E
How long, can you hold you're breath
                 Am                  D7
Can you count to ten, can you let it past
G                     E
Keep, can you keep it in
               Am                       D7
Keep it behind latches, can you make it last


(Pre-chours)
G              Bm     
And now in the dreams
               Am
I can feel the wait
           D
I can just come clean


(Chorus)
             G                       E
I keep it to myself, I know what it means
        Am      D7           G
I can't have you, but I have dreams
           E        Am   D7   G
Oh, I have dreams, I have dreams


(Solo, which I'm not too sure about)


(Verse 3)
G                     E
Mind, can you read my mind
               Am                D
Has it come undone, am I showing signs


(Pre-chorus)
G                Bm
And now, in the dreams
               Am 
I can feel the wait 
                 D
I can just come clean


(Chorus)
             G                        E
I keep it to myself, I know what it means
        Am      D7             G
I can't have you, but I have dreams
        E      Am  D    Bm E     Am   D7   G
I have dreams, I have , I have, I have Dreams

Dreams

Intro: G - D - Em - C x2 (let it fade)
             G
All of these lines across my face
             D
Tell you the story of who I am
        Em
So many stories of where I've been
          C
And how I got to where I am
          G                  D
But these stories don't mean anything
     Em                   C
When you've got no one to tell them to
     G      D              G
It's true...I was made for you

I climbed across the mountain tops
           D
Swam all across the ocean blue
                  Em
I crossed all the lines and I broke all the rules
            C
But baby I broke them all for you
        G           D
Because even when I was flat broke
    Em                  C
You made me feel like a million bucks
    G
You do
D              G
I was made for you

You see the smile that's on my mouth
                D
It's hiding the words that don't come out
              Em
And all of my friends who think that I'm blessed
           C
They don't know my head is a mess
    G                  D
No, they don't know who I really am
    Em
And they don't know what
C                      G
I've been through like you do
D                  G
And I was made for you...

All of these lines across my face
             D
Tell you the story of who I am
        Em
So many stories of where I've been
          C
And how I got to where I am
          G                  D
But these stories don't mean anything
     Em                   C
When you've got no one to tell them to
     G      D              G
It's true...I was made for you

Verse 1:
C
You carry me along with you
                 Am        Em
Keep my spirits strong you do  
F                    C
Maybe I was meant to be
                  G
Under your lock and key
   

Verse 2:  
     C
The hard times that I've had
                  Am      Em  
really dont seem all that bad
F            C       
Yesterday is long ago
          G   G7 F
and far away
                             
Chorus:
                         C
Im beginning to feel the years
                    G
but im going to be okay
                    C
as long as you're beside me
            F
along the way
                                G
I'm gonna make it through the night
                 G    G7
and into morning light

Beginning To Feel The Years


G                                         C
have you ever wandered lonely through the woods?
     Em                               C
and everything there feels just as it should
G                  C           Em                C     C
you're part of the life there, part of something good
G                       D                  G
if you've ever wandered lonely through the woods

G  C  Em  C
ooooh ooooh

G                       D           G
if you've ever wandered lonely through the woods


G                                  C
have you ever stared into a starry sky?
Em                              C
lyin on your back you're askin' why?
G          C          Em              C   C
what's the purpose, I wonder "who am I?"
G                       D           G
if you've ever stared into a starry sky

G  C  Em  C  C   G  D  G     G  C  Em   C    C
ooooh ooooh      aaaaaaaah  aahh oohh aahh ooh

         G             D           G
have you ever stared into a starry sky?

G                                     C
have you ever been out walking in the snow
Em                               C
tried to get back where you were before
G          C          Em               C    C
you always end up not knowing where to go
G                       D              G
if you've ever been out walking in the snow

G  C  Em  C  C     G  D  G      G  C  Em   C  C    G  D  G      G  C  Em   C   C          
ooooh ooooh        aaaaaaaah    aahh oohh aahh    aaaaaaaah    aahh oohh aahh
G                      D                  G
if you'd ever been out walking, you would know

end on "G"

Have You Ever

(Verse)

G                                     C         G
My grandpa gave me a weat penny and I kept it in my pocket
G                                  D
I had big plans in my backyard to build me a space rocket
G                                        C                       G
I talked to my brother on a fake C-P that I made from a Tic-Tac box
G                                             D             G
Packed my snowballs nice and tight and in the middle I put rocks

(Pre-chorus)

C                                                        G
Don’t trade in your Tic-Tac box for a ball on the end of a chain
G                                                       D
And don’t go spending Grandpa’s pennies buying into the game

(Chorus)
           C                   G
You gotta keep your heart young
D                         B/G
Don’t go growin’ old before your time has come
                C                    G
You can’t take back what you have done
             D                G
You gotta keep your heart young

(verse)

G                                              C          G
Dad took the wheels off of my bike and he pushed me down the hill
G                                  D
But speed got the best of me and I took my first spill
G                  C                         G
That was back when alcohol was only used on cuts
G                                            D                 G
Stung like hell so I shook my leg and mama said it'd give me guts

(Pre-chorus)
C                                                       G
Don’t trade in your Tic-Tac box for a ball on the end of a chain
G                                                       D
And don’t go spending Grandpa’s pennies buying into the game

(Chorus)
          C                    G
You gotta keep your heart young
D                         B/G
Don’t go growing old before your time has come
               C                     G
You can’t take back what you have done
              D               G
You gotta keep your heart young

(Verse)
G                                C             G
So take a picture of the one you love and put it in a locket
G                               D
Go dig up your time capsule and the blueprints for your rocket
G                                    C                  G
Keep in touch on a fake C-P and that same old Tic-Tac box
G                                                  D              
Pack your snowballs a little less tight but in the middle still put 
G
rocks

(Chorus)

    C                    G               
And keep your heart young
D             B/G
Don’t go growing old before your time has come
               C                     G
You can’t take back what you have done
             D                G
You gotta keep your heart young
          C                   G    
You gotta keep your heart young
D              B/G
Sometimes you don’t die quick
              
Just like you wished you’d done
             C            G
Though love is a loaded gun
              D                  G
You’ve gotta keep your heart young
          C                          G
You can’t take back what you have done
             D                 G
You gotta keep your heart young

Keep Your Heart Young

D DMaj7 D7 (Hold)

G             D
Oh dear out here,
G7                 C 
Everybody stumbles on fear.
Cm                 G  
Who cares if we?re scared?
D                     B7 
Everyone is on their own.

Em                    C
It?s only you that my heart desires.
D                   G
Only you alone can know my pain.
Em                 C
All alone you were sitting there,
D                      B7
Folding pages for your paper chain.

C                                     C#dim
Now you can cut me free (now you can cut me free),
C                                  C#dim
So when it all unfolds (so when it all unfolds),
C                                  C#dim
We?ll be holding hands and go on,
D                             B7
Together you and I forever.

G             D
Heart breaks, mistakes,
G7                   C
Catching up to me in old ways.
Cm              G
I know of hard days.
D                       B7
Had my share of lonely nights.

Em                   C
Its only you that my heart desires.
D                  G
Only you alone can break my fall.
Em                        C
I pace the floor and I wish for more,
D                                  B7
While you were dreaming with your paper dolls.

C                                      C#dim
Now you can cut me free (now you can cut me free),
C                              C#dim
Forever say goodbye (forever say goodbye),
C                                  C#dim
Or well be holding hands and go on,
D                              B7
Together you and I forever.

G              D
Poor dear out here,
G7                 C
Everybody stumbles on fear.
Cm              G
Who cares if you?re scared?
D                  B7
Everyone is on their own.
 G
Oh dear.

Oh Dear

             A
All of these lines across my face
             E
Tell you the story of who I am
        F#
So many stories of where I've been
          D
And how I got to where I am
          A
But these stories
           E
don't mean anything
            F#            D
When you've got no one to tell them to
     A       E              A
It's true....I was made for you

          A <---(begin strumming softly)
I climbed across the mountain tops
         E  <-- (start rocking out like your hair is on fire)
Swam all across the ocean blue
                  F#
I crossed all the lines and I broke all the rules
           D
But baby I broke them all for you
        A           E
Because even when I was flat broke
    F#                  D
You made me feel like a million bucks
         A       E              A
Yeah you do, and I was made for you

            A <--(back to fingerpicking)
You see the smile that's on my mouth
                E
It's hiding the words that won't come out
              F#
And all of my friends who think that I'm blessed
                D
Well they don't know my head is a mess
   A  <--(strumming)   E
No they don't know who I really am
    F#                   D                      A
And they don't know what I've been through, but you do
    E              A
And I was made for you


             A  <---(hair is on fire again)
All of these lines across my face
             E
Tell you the story of who I am
        F#
So many stories of where I've been
          D
And how I got to where I am
          A
But these stories
           E
don't mean anything
            F#            D
When you've got no one to tell them to
     A       E              A
It's true....I was made for you

Story

Intro:
D - G   x 4

A	    D	         G
Look to the clock on the wall, 
G            D	       A
Hands hardly moving at all. 
A	          D	         G
I can't stand the state that I'm in 
G	     D		    A		   Bm
Sometimes it feels like the wall's closing in 

Chrous: 
G  D    A          Bm
Oh Lord what can I say
G      D	 A	  Bm 
I'm so sad since you went away 
G    D    A          Bm
Time time tickin' on me 
G	     D		  A	    Bm	
Alone is the last place I wanted to be 
G    A		 D
Lord what can I say

...D - G   x 4

A		D	  G
Try and burn my troubles away 
G	 D		 A 	
Drown my sorrow the same way 
A		   D	      G	
It seems no matter how hard I try 
G		      D              A        Bm
It feels like there's something just missing inside 

Chrous: 
G  D    A          Bm
Oh Lord what can I say
G      D	 A	  Bm 
I'm so sad since you went away 
G    D    A          Bm
Time time tickin' on me 
G	     D		  A	    Bm	
Alone is the last place I wanted to be 
G    A          Bm
Lord what can I say
G       A           D
Oh lord what can I say

...D - G   x 4

 
A	 D	     G
How many rules can I break 
G        D          A
How many lies can I make 
A	 D            G
How many roads must I turn 
G            D		     A		   Bm		 
To find me a place where the bridge hasn't burn 

Chrous: 
G D    A          Bm
O lord what can I say
G       D	  A	    Bm 
I am so sad since you went away 
G    D    A          Bm
Time time ticking on me 
G	     D		    A	    Bm	
Alone is the last place I wanted to be 
G  D   A          Bm
O lord what can I say
G       D	  A	   Bm 
I am so sad since you went away 
G    D    A          Bm
Time time ticking on me 
G	     D		  A	    Bm	
Alone is the last place I wanted to be 
G    A		Bm
Lord what can I say
G       A          D
Oh lord what can I say

D -  G  x 3

End on D

What Can I Say

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

Down By The River

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


American Dream 

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

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
:)

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