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Dire Straits

On Every Street 

Communique

Sultans Of Swing - The Very Best Of Dire Straits

Dire Straits were a british rock band, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals), his brother David Knopfler (guitar), John Illsley (bass), and Pick Withers (drums), and subsequently managed by Ed Bicknell. Dire Straits emerged during the post-punk era of the late '70s, and while their sound was minimalistic and stripped down, they owed little to punk. If anything, the band was a direct outgrowth of the roots revivalism of pub rock, but where pub rock celebrated good times, Dire Straits were melancholy.

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Money For Nothing

                     G       A 
These mist covered mountains
                 D   Dsus4 D
Are home now for me
        F#m(C)      Bm      F#m
But my home is the low lands
                G       Asus4    A
And always will be
                Bm    F#m
Someday you'll return to 
                      G     Em7 Asus4
Your valley and your farms
           A         Bm 
And you'll no longer burn
      G         Asus4   A
To brothers in arms

Bm  G  Bm  G Bm G Em Em Bm sus2 Bm 

                F#m(C)    G       A
Through these fields of destruction
             D   Dsus4 D
Baptisms of fire
      F#m(C)            Bm      F#m
I've watched all your suffering
        .             G       Asus4   A
As the battles raged higher
                    Bm         F#m
And though they did hurt me so bad
                  G     Em     Asus4
In the fear and alarm
    A         Bm
You did not desert me
      G         A 
My brothers in arms

Bm  G  Bm  G Bm G Em Em -G-A  Bm sus2 Bm

Bm        A              Bm          A
There's so many different worlds
   D               G     
So many different suns
    A               Bm      A
And we have just one world
        D             G      G 	
But we live in different ones

Bm  G  Bm  G Bm G Em Em -G-A  Bm sus2 Bm

        F#m(C)        G      A
Now the sun's gone to hell
                       D   Dsus4   D    
And the moon's riding high
        F#m(C)      Bm    F#m
Let me bid your farewell
                 G
Everyman has to die
                         B#m      F#m
But its written in the starlight
                        G    Em    Asus4
And every line on your palm
       A            B#m
We're fools to make war
        G           A 	
On our brothers in arms

Bm  G  Bm  G Bm G

Gm7 / C
Gm7 / Bb C
Gm7 / -
Gm7 / F Gm7

Gm7						     C
   Now look at them yo-yo's that's the way you do it
Gm7                           Bb  C  
   You play the guitar on the M.T.V.
Gm7   
   That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
                         F          Gm7
   Money for nothin' and chicks for free
Gm7            				        C
   Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Gm7                   Bb         C
   Lemme tell ya them guys ain't dumb
Gm7 
   Maybe get a blister on your little finger
               F               Gm7
   Maybe get a blister on your thumb


Eb                  Bb
   We gotta install microwave ovens
Eb                  F    
   Custom kitchen deliveries
Gm7
   We gotta move these refrigerators
C                      D          E
   We gotta move these colour TV's

Gm7                                              C
  See the little faggot with the earring and the makeup
Gm7                 Bb      C
  Yeah buddy that's his own hair
Gm7      
  That little faggot got his own jet airplane
                            F           Gm7
  That little faggot he's a millionaire

Gm7 					C
   I shouldda learned to play the guitar
Gm7			 Bb        C
   I shouldda learned to play them drums
Gm7 
   Look at that mama, she's got it stickin' in the camera
		F         C
   Man we could have some fun
Gm7                                                 C
   And he's up there, what's that?  Hawaiian noises?
Gm7                              Bb     C
   Bangin' on the bongoes like a chimpanzee
Gm7
   That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
 			      F              Gm7	   
   Get your money for nothin' and chicks for free

Gm7 						C
   Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Gm7			      Bb  C	
   You play the guitar on the M.T.V.
Gm7  
   That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
                              F          Gm7
   Money for nothin' and your chicks for free
Gm7                 C    Gm7             Bb   C  
   Money for nothin'     chicks for free 
Gm7                                      F    Gm7
   Money for nothin'     chicks for free

(Intro)
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Bm                A     Bm
With all the clarity of dream
                  A           Bm
The sky so blue, the grass so green
Bm                        A     Bm
The rank and file and the navy blue
Em                       A                   Bm
The deep and strong, the straight and true

Bm                  A            Bm
The blue line they got the given sign
                           A          Bm
The belts and boots march forward in time
Bm                   A            Bm
The wood and leather the club and shield
Em                A                        Bm
Swept like a wave across the battlefield

Bm                    A      Bm
Now with all the clarity of dream
                  A             Bm
The blood so red, the grass so green
                     A        Bm
The gleam of spur on chestnut flank
Em              A                      Bm
The cavalry did burst upon the ranks

Bm                   A        Bm
Oh the iron will and iron hand
                   A            Bm
In england's green and pleasant land
                  A       Bm
No music for the shameful scene
Em                          A                        Bm
That night they said it had even shocked the queen

Bm                       A      Bm
Well alas we've seen it all before
Bm                 A       Bm
Knights in armour, days of yore
Bm                          A          Bm
The same old fears and the same old crimes
Em                 A                       Bm
We haven't changed since ancient times

Iron Hand

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                     Dm       F                         C
Getting crazy on the waltzers, but it's the life that I choose
G                                                Dm
Sing about the sixblade sing about the switchback and a torture tatoo
                          F
And I've been riding on a ghost train 
                    C               
where the cars they scream and slam
G                                          Dm
And I don't know where I'll be tonight but I'd always tell you where I am
                       F
In a screaming ring of faces 
                          C
I see her standing in the light
G                                                     Dm
She had a ticket for the races just like me she was a victim of the night
                       F
I put my hand upon the lever 
                            C
said let it rock and let it roll
G                                                      Dm
I had the one arm bandit fever was an arrow through my heart and my soul

                           Bb      C
And the big wheels keep on turning
     F            Bb
neon burning, up above
         F
And I am high on the world
        C      Dm               Bb
come on take a low ride with me girl.
       Dm        C  Dm  Bb
On the tunnel of love.
 
              Dm      F                     C
It's just the danger, when you're riding at your own risk
G                                               Dm
She said you are the perfect stranger, she said baby let's keep it like this
            F
It's just a cakewalk 
                         C
twisting baby step right up and say
G                                          Dm
Hey mister give me two give me two because any two can play

                           Bb      C
And the big wheels keep on turning,
     F            Bb
neon burning, up above
        F
And I am high on the world,
        C      Dm               Bb
come on take a low ride with me girl.
       Dm        C  Dm  Bb
On the tunnel of love.

               Gm                       Bb
Well it's been money for muscle another whirligig
Gm                        Bb
Money for muscle, another girl I dig
Gm                      Bb
Another hustle, just to make it big,
    C         
and rock away rock away

    F                            C/Dm
And girl, it looks so pretty to me, just like it always did
C                         F/Bb            C
Like the Spanish city to me, when we were kids.

F  C Dm  Bb C  F Bb  C (2x)  Dm  C  Dm  Bb 

                      Dm    F                       C
She took off a silver locket she said remember me by this
G
She put her hand in my pocket,
        Dm
I got a keepsake and a kiss
                          F
And in the roar of dust and diesel,
                        C
I stood and watched her walk away
G                                            Dm
I could have caught up with her easy enough, but something must have made me stay

                           Bb      C
And the big wheels keep on turning,
     F            Bb
neon burning, up above
         F
And I am high on the world,
        C      Dm               Bb
come on take a low ride with me girl.
       Dm        C  Dm  Bb
On the tunnel of love.  
       Dm        C  Dm  Bb
On the tunnel of love.  
               
            Gm                                        Bb
And now I'm searching through these carousels and the carnival arcades
Gm                        Bb
Searching everywhere from steeplechase and palisades
       Gm                     Bb
In any shooting gallery where promises are made,
   C                                                           C
To rock away rock away from cullercoats and whitley bay out to rockaway

    F                            C/Dm
And girl, it looks so pretty to me, just like it always did
C                         F/Bb            C
Like the Spanish city to me, when we were kids.
    F                            C/Dm
And girl, it looks so pretty to me, just like it always did
C                         F/Bb            C
Like the Spanish city to me, when we were kids.

F  C Dm  C  Bb

Tunnel Of Love

Verse 1
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               E         D     C
Well there's a Peter Pan moon, shepherd's delight
          E         D             C
I got the dragon at noon, yes and I won the fight
      E          C       C
Now I want my reward, in heaven tonight
              D
Just like you promised
E           D          C
Angel of mercy, you'll come to no harm
E          D               C
Angel of mercy, there's no need for alarm
    E              D              C
The knight in his armour, wants a night in your arms
              D
You know he's honest

Chorus
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 C               G
Angel of mercy, angel delight
D                    G
Give me my reward in heaven tonight
         C                          G
And if I give up my sword won't you give me the right
       D
Sweet angel

Verse 2
-------
              E            D              C
Well now it's too late for talking we can talk later on
        E         D                C
Let the saxophone play us 'til the chorus of dawn
      E         D         C
All I need is a little oblivion
                      D
And you don't need protection
         E             D          C
Well now here come the moonlight, down on your bed
E        D              C
Angel of mercy let your heart rule your head
  E               D        C
I don't want your money, I want you instead
             D
Don't need rejection, yeah

Chorus
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     C               G
Oh angel of mercy, angel delight
D                    G
Give me my reward in heaven tonight
         C                          G
And if I give up my sword won't you give me the right
  D                    G
Angel of mercy give me heaven tonight

Bridge
------
            D
Well if you cross your heart and spit
                                 G
And swear upon the grave of your mother
          D
You gotta, get into it
                                    C          D
Gotta tell her that I'm more than a lover


Chorus

       C               G
Yeah angel of mercy, angel delight
D                    G
Give me my reward in heaven tonight
         C                          G
And if I give up my sword won't you give me the right
  D                    G
Angel of mercy give me heaven tonight
     C              G
Oh angel of mercy angel delight
D                    G
Give me my reward in heaven tonight
         C                          G
And if I give up my sword won't you give me the right
  D                    G
Angel of mercy give me heaven tonight

Angel Of Mercy

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Money For Nothing (intro)

F          C            G     C
There's gotta be a record of you some place

        Am          G          C 
Youve gotta be on somebodys books

F    C         G               Esus4
The lowdown a picture of youre face

Am              Em
Youre injured looks

F                C
The sacred and profane

F                    C    G
The pleasure and the pain

C                   G          Am      Em
Somewhere youre fingerprints remain concrete

     Dm                 Bb     
And its youre face im looking for

C
On every street





   F   C            G         C
A ladykiller - regulation tattoo

 Am      G           C 
Silver spurs on his heels

        F         C               G               Esus4
says - what can I tell you as I'm standing next to you
 
      Am                    Em
she threw herself under my wheels

F                    C
oh it's a dangerous road

F                C   G
and a hazardous load

         C              G         Am         Em
and the fireworks over liberty expode in the heat

     Dm                 Bb     
And its youre face im looking for

C
On every street


   F          C         G           C
A three-cord symphony crashes into space

    Am              G       C 
The moon is hanging upside down

F             C             G          Esus4
I don't know why it is I'm still on the case
 
Am                 Em
Oh it's a ravenous town

F                           C
And you still refuse to be traced

F                  C       G
seems to me such a waste

    C      G             Am           Em
And every victory has a taste that's bittersweet

     Dm                 Bb     
And its youre face im looking for

C
On every street

     Dm                 Bb     
And its youre face im looking for

C
On every street

On Every Street

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Private Investigations

             c                   am                       g
 verse 1     a love struck romeo  sings a streetsuss serenade
             c                   am              f
             laying everybody low with a lovesong that he made 
             g                    f g                  c 
              finds a streetlight,  steps out of the shade
                                f                      g   
             says something like  "you and me babe how about it?"      

verse 2      c                           am                               g
             juliet says, "hey its romeo, you nearly gave me a heartatack"
             c                 
             hes underneath the window, shes singing
             am         f
             "hey la,my boyfriends back,
             g                            f g                           
             you shouldnt come around here, singin up to peoples windows
       c
 like that
            f                              g
            "anyway what you going to do about it?" 

Romeo And Juliet

Dm / C-C / Dm / C-C
Intro lead
           Dm
You get a shiver in the dark
         C           Bb       A
it's raining in the park but meantime
Dm                      C           Bb          A
south of the river you stop and you hold everything
F                   C
a band is blowing Dixie double four time
        Bb                                 Dm    Bb-C
you feel alright when you hear that music ring


               Dm              C        Bb          A
(Now) you step inside but you don't see too many faces
 Dm                   C                        Bb      A
coming in out of the rain to (you) hear the jazz go down
F                       C
too much competition too many other places
Bb                                    Dm
but not too many horns can make that sound
(But not too many horns are blowing that sound)
Bb-C
        way on downsouth
Bb-C
        way on downsouth
Dm              Dm-C-Bb-C       Dm-C-Bb-C
London town

                Dm          C       Bb          A
you check out Guitar George he knows all the chords
Dm                                                 C   Bb             A
mind he's (his) strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing
F                       C
and an old guitar is all he can afford
Bb                                              Dm   Bb-C
when he gets up under the lights to play his thing
Dm                      C     Bb         A
  (and) harry doesnb't mind if he doesn't make the scene
Dm             C        Bb                  A
  he('s) got a daytime job he's doing al(l)right
F                               C
  he can play honky tone just like anything
(He can play the honky tonk like anything)
Bb                      Dm      Bb-C
  saving it up for friday night
                  Bb-C
with the sultans
                     Dm     Dm-C-Bb-C
with the sultans of swing
                             Dm-C-Bb-C

        Dm                          C           Bb            A
and a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner
Dm                                    C                Bb           A
drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
F                                       C
they don't give a damn about ('bout) any trumpet playing band
   Bb                           Dm      Bb-C
it ain't what they call rock and roll
                Bb-C
and the sultans
                        Dm     Dm-C-Bb-C
and the sultans played creole
(Yeah the Sultans they played Creole)

                                Dm-C-Bb-C

Lead 1: ( chords:Follow 1 full verse)

Dm                    C         Bb         A
and then the man he steps right up to the microphone
Dm          C                Bb         A    (A7)
and says at last just as the time bell rings
F                           C
thank you goodnight now it's time to go home
        Bb                  Dm          Bb-C
and he makes it fast with one more thing
                  Bb-C
we are the sultans
                      Dm        Dm-C-Bb-C
we are the sultans of swing

Dm      -       C       -       Bb      -       C
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Sultans Of Swing

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                     F     Bb 
True love will never fade,  
                     Gm    C7 
True love will never fade 
                     F     Bb 
True love will never fade,  
                     Gm    C7 
True love will never fade 
                     F 
True love will never fade 
  
                       Bb 
I wonder if there's no forever,  
                   F 
No walking hand in hand 
                    Gm    C7 
Down a yellow brick road,  
                   F 
To never never land 

                              Bb 
These days I get to where I'm goin',  
                     F 
Make it there eventually 
                    Gm           C7 
Follow the trail of breadcrumbs,  
                      F      C7 
To where I'm meant to be 
                      F 
To where I'm meant to be 

                                 Bb 
I don't know what brought you to me,  
               F 
That was up to you 
                        Gm        C7 
There's so many come to see me,  
                      F 
Who want their own tattoos 
                      
                      Bb 
I fixed a needle in a holder,  
                       F 
Laid my hand upon your spine 
                 Gm        C7 
There upon your shoulder,  
                           F 
I drew the picture as your sign 

              Gm        C 
When I think about us,  
                          F     Dm 
I see the picture that we made 
               Bb         C 
The picture to remind us,  
                     Bb     C 
True love will never fade 
                     F     Bb 
True love will never fade,  
                     Gm    C7 
True love will never fade 
                     F      
True love will never fade 

Solo: Bb F Gm C7 F 

                            Bb 
I worked the rowdies and daytrippers,  
                        F 
Now and then I think of you  
                        Gm         C7 
Any which way we're all shufflin',  
               F 
Forward in the queue  

                        Bb 
They like to move my operation,  
                            F 
They like to get me off the pier  
                     Gm         C7 
And I dream I'm on a steamer,  
               F 
Pullin' out of here  


              Gm        C 
When I think about us,  
                          F     Dm 
I see the picture that we made 
               Bb         C 
The picture to remind us,  
                     Bb     C 
True love will never fade 
                     F     Bb 
True love will never fade,  
                     Gm    C7 
True love will never fade 
                     F      
True love will never fade

True Love Will Never Fade

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Walk Of Life

INTRO:

E A B A B x 4

E
Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies

Be-Bop-A-Lua, Baby What I Say

Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman

down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay
A
He got the action, he got the motion;
E
Oh yeah, the boy can play
A
Dedication, devotion;
E
turning all the night time into the day
                                      B
He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman
          E              A
He do the song about the knife
          E     B                 A
He do the walk, he do the walk of life
B                       E
Yeah, he do the walk of life

E A B A B
woo hoo

E
Here comes Johnny and he'll tell you the story;

hand me down my walkin' shoes

Here come Johnny with the power and the glory;

backbeat the talkin' blues
A
He got the action, he got the motion;
E
Oh yeah, the boy can play
A
Dedication, devotion;
E
turning all the night time into the day
E                                     B
He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman
          E              A
He do the song about the knife
          E     B                 A
He do the walk, he do the walk of life
B                       E
Yeah, he do the walk of life

E A B A B
woo hoo hoo

E
Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies

Be-Bop-A-Lua, Baby What I Say

Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman

down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay

A
He got the action, he got the motion;
E
Oh yeah, the boy can play
A
Dedication, devotion;
E
turning all the night time into the day
    E                           A
And after all, the violence and double talk
               E                           A
There's just a song in the trouble and the strife
           E     B                        A
You do the walk, yeah, you do the walk of life;
B                  E
you do the walk of life

E A  B A B 
woo hoo hoo Repeat

&quot;Brothers in Arms&quot; is a 1985 song by Dire Straits, appearing as the last track on the album of the same name. It is in G# minor. It peaked at #16 in the UK. There are actually two studio recorded versions of this song: the album version which is 6:58 seconds, and the shorter version which is 6:05 seconds and features slightly different (and shorter) solos at the beginning and end of the song. The version that appears on Dire Straits' greatest hits album, The Very Best of Dire Straits, is 4:55. The On The Night-version contains an extra slide guitar-solo and is 8:55 seconds. 

&quot;Money for Nothing&quot; is a song by British group Dire Straits, which first appeared on their 1985 album Brothers in Arms and subsequently became an international hit when released as a single. It peaked at number one for three weeks in the U.S., becoming their most successful single. In the band's native UK, the song peaked at number 4.   According to the Money For Nothing Songfacts, this song is about rock star excess and the easy life it brings compared with real work.

&quot;Romeo and Juliet&quot; is a song by the British rock band Dire Straits, recorded in 1980. It first appeared on the album Making Movies and then on the live albums Alchemy and On the Night. It was released as a single in 1981. The song was written by Dire Straits singer and lead guitarist Mark Knopfler. The song opens on an arpeggiated resonator guitar part played by Knopfler, who also sings the lead vocal. The instrumentation remains simple during the verses and moves to a full-on rock arrangement in the chorus sections. 

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

Sovereign Light Cafe

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

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


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

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

C D


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

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


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

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

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

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

Can't Smile Without You

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

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

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

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


Jo et duré...

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

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


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

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

Down By The River

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


American Dream 

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

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

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