The Dirty South

It's Great To Be Alive!

Brighter Than Creation's Dark

Gangstabilly

Decoration Day

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers are an alternative country band which formed in Athens, Georgia, United States in 1996. Currently, the band consists of  Patterson Hood (vocals, guitar), Mike Cooley (vocals, guitar), Shonna Tucker (bass, vocals), John Neff (guitar), Jay Gonzalez (keyboards) and Brad Morgan (drums). Cooley and Hood are the only original members of the band remaining. Perhaps the band's best known former member, guitarist and contributing songwriter Jason Isbell left the band in 2007, shortly after his divorce from Tucker.

Intro G A7sus4 Em7

G             A7sus4                    Em7
When he reached the gates of heaven
Cadd9              Em7
He didn't understand
G             A7sus4                       Em7
He knew that folks were coming over
Cadd9             Em7
Or was it all a dream?
Cadd9        Dsus4  Em7 
Was it all a crazy dream?

He saw them playing there before him
What were they doing there?
It felt like home, It must be alright
Or is it just a dream?
Is it just a crazy dream?

Cadd9      Dsus4           Em7
Memories replay before him
Cadd9      Dsus4           Em7
All the tiny moments of his life
Cadd9      Dsus4           Em7
Laying round in bed on a Saturday morning
Cadd9             Em7
Two daughters and a wife
Cadd9                      Dsus4     Em7
Two daughters and a beautiful wife

Meanwhile on Earth his friends came over
Shocked and horrified
Dolls and flowers at the storefront
Everybody cried
Everybody cried and cried

Is there vengeance up in heaven?
Are those things left behind?
Maybe everyday is Saturday morning
Two daughters and a wife
Two daughters and a beautiful wife
Two daughters and a beautiful wife

Two Daughters And A Beautiful Wife

C                       G                 D
You want to grow up to paint houses like me, a trailer in 
            C        G
my yard till you're 23 
   C                    G              D
You want to be old after 42 years, keep dropping the hammer 
   C            G
and grinding the gears 

       D                   C       G  D               C
Well, I used to go out in a Mustang, a 302 Mach One in 
    G
green 
D                    C          G          D
Me and your Mama made you in the back and I sold it to buy 
     C    G
her a ring 
     C                          G             C
And I learned not to say much of nothing and I figured you 
       G
already know 
      C                 G                  D
but in case you don't or maybe forgot, I'll lay it out real 
        C
nice and slow 

     C                         G             C
Don't call what your wearing an outfit. Don't ever say your 
      G
car is broke 
     C                       G         D
Don't worry about losing your accent, a Southern Man tells 
      C     G
better jokes 
    C                         G            C
Have fun but stay clear of the needle. Call home on your 
        G
sister's birthday 
     C                            G
Don't tell them you're bigger than Jesus, don't give it 
    Em D C G 
away

Six months in a St. Florian foundry, they call it Industrial Park. 
Then hospital maintenance and Tech School just to memorize Frigidaire parts. 
But I got to missing your Mama and I got to missing you too. 
So I went back to painting for my old man and I guess that's what I'll always do 

So don't try to change who you are boy, and don't try to be who you ain't. 
And don't let me catch you in Kendale with a bucket of wealthy-man's paint. 

Don't call what your wearing an outfit. Don't ever say your car is broke. 
Don't sing with a fake British accent. Don't act like your family's a joke. 
Have fun, but stay clear of the needle, call home on your sister's birthday. 
Don't tell them you're bigger than Jesus, Don't give it away. 

Don't give it away.

Outfit

Intro: Bb  F   Bb  F  Bb  F  C 2x


Bb           F           Bb               F
When I was a young boy I sniffed a lot of glue
Bb             F           C               Bb
Mom sent me to rehab, they told me what to do
   Bb               F          Bb                 F
We didn't have much money; the lord picked up the tab
     Bb                F           C
They made me write him love songs, sitting in my room

Bb               F           Bb              F
Now I just drink whiskey and drive around my friends
Bb             F          C
Get a haircut, get a job, maybe born again
    Bb               F            Bb              F
And if you're living badly, we'll tell you how to live
Bb               F   C   Bb  Bb               F   C   Bb
Dead, drunk, and nak-e-e-ed, Dead, drunk, and nak-e-e-ed



If you're out there listening, I just want you to know
I been doing just fine, psychiatrists tell me so
My scars are patched up; my arms have almost healed
My demons almost tranquilized, my pains almost killed

Me and old Jack Daniel's, become the best of friends
We got all them Baptist's to die for our sins
I know the lord is coming, the South will rise again
(Dead, drunk, and naked)

Daddy used to tell me, everything comes down
To what they say about you when you're not around
And I wish that he was here now, I'm sure he would be proud
No one talks about me now, the voices are too loud

So if you come to see me, I'm sure you'll be impressed
By how well I'm behaving and how well I'm dressed
If you come to see me, hope you're coming soon
Dead, drunk, and naked, dead, drunk and naked
Dead, drunk, and naked

Dead, Drunk And Naked

G                                     D
“They looked in the White House and Capitol Hill
     D                             G
They looked everywhere for Buffalo Bill
   G                                   D
We called every scholar, reporter, and genius
    D                           G
Has anyone seen the President's penis?”

“It ain't in the Congress or Judiciary
It ain't in the Smithsonian or that big ole library
An astronomer claims it was sighted on Venus
Has anyone seen the President's penis?”


Chorus:
     C                       
“The Presiden'ts penis is missing, ole'”
   C                                         G  
We searched high and low, every night, every day
G                               D
Lord, won't you come down and redeem us
    D                           G
Has anyone seen the President's penis”


“Now Presidents have goofed up in all kinds of ways
In the 80's we elected one missing his brain
George Washington caught a cold he couldn't explain
And we all know the truth about Thomas Jefferson's name”

“Franklin D. Roosevelt wasn't no square 
With that raging Woodrow in his wheelchair
And all the lesbians snickered that Elenor didn't care
And John Kennedy's penis was seen everywhere”

Chorus

“Them outer space people would laugh if they'd seen us
All this talk about cum-stains and oral coitus
Meanwhile the whole world suffers from hunger and meanness
But we're more concerned with the President's penis”

The President's Penis Is Missing

|Am	|C	|G	|	|Am	|C	|G	|
Verse							I got
|Am	|C	|G	|
green and I got blues  and every
|Am			|C				|G	|
day there's a little less difference between the two.         I belly-
|Am	|C	|G	|
up 		and disappear. Well I
|Am				|C			|G	|
ain't really drowning 'cause I see the beach from here.	I could
Am		|			|C		|	
take a Greyhound home but when I got there it'd be gone along with
Cm		|		|G			|
everything a home is made up of.			So I'll take
|Am			|C		|G		|	D
two of what you're having and I'll take all of what you got  to kill this
Am		   |C			|G		|
goddamn lonely, goddamn lonely love.

Sister, listen to what your daddy says.
Don't be ashamed of things that hide behind your dress.
Belly-up and arch your back.
Well I ain't really falling asleep; I'm fading to black.
You could come to me by plane, but that wouldn't be the same 
as that old motel room in Texarkana was.
So I'll take two of what you're having and I'll take all of what you got 
to kill this goddamn lonely, goddamn lonely love.

|Em		|C		|G	       |D	Em
Stop me if you've heard this one before a man walk into a bar and 
|C		|Cm		|G		|
leaves before his ashes hit the floor.
|Em		|C	   |G		     |D		Em
Stop me if I ever get that far the sun's a desperate star that 
|Am		|C		|Cm	|	|	|(six bars)
burns like every single one before.       		And I could
|D		|D		|Am		|Am		
find another dream,  one that keeps me warm and clean but I ain't
|C		|Cm		|G		|
dreamin' anymore, I'm waking up.		So I'll take
|Am			|C		|G		|	D
two of what you're having and I'll take all of what you got  to kill this
Am		   |C			|G		|
goddamn lonely, goddamn lonely love.

Goddamn Lonely Love

C    F          C
It's always Lisa's birthday when I get that call

F                      C                           G     
She's got no money for a cab she's way to drunk to walk

C                              F                     C
Lisa's had more birthdays than there are sad country songs

F                        C                     C#       C
about trying to love two women and only taking one girl home

G                                              F         C
It's a good thing that her dancing shoes don't run on gasoline

F                             C                            G
She could dry up Texas in one night the way she feels that beat

F                              C                F
If I don't find them under the bed we make love on,

C                                 C#                          C         
she's lighting Lisa's candles and they'll be burning all night long
        
F                      C
So happy birthday Lisa Good evening Jim Beam

                  A                           G        
Goodnight all you socialites don't wait up for me

F                                 C                   F
I'll be out way past the time the scenes' no sight to see

C
Ya'll don't live with Lisa

C#                      C
And she don't stay with me

                                  C    F          C
It's always Lisa's birthday when I get that call

F                       C                                      G
Her car's not where she parked it it's with her wallet and her phone

C                              F                     C          
Lisa's had more birthdays than there are sad country songs

F                        C                     C#       C
about trying to love two women and only taking one girl home

F               C             G        F
I get older and Lisa keeps on turning twenty-one

Lisa's Birthday

Intro: Cadd9  , Em7
      

Cadd9
I wake up tired and I wake up pissed
Em7
wonder how I ended up like this
Asus2                                    Cadd9
I wonder why things happen like they do
                   Em7        Asus2                Cadd9
but I don't wonder long cuz I got a show to do


Cadd9
I'm sick at my stomach from the A.Z.T.
Em7
Broke at my bank cuz that shit ain't free
Asus2                                       Cadd9
but I'm here to stay (at least another week or two)
            Em7        Asus2                   Cadd9
I can't die now cuz I got another show to do



Cadd9
Don't give me no pity don't give me no grief
Em7
Wait till I die for sympathy
Asus2                                   Cadd9
Just help me with this amp and a guitar or two
            Em7       Asus2                     Cadd9
I can't die now cuz I got another show to do


Cadd9
Don't give me no preachin' no self servin'
Em7                           Asus2        Cadd9
I ain't no angel but nobody's deserving
                   Em7       Asus2           Cadd9
I can dance on my own grave, Thank You!
                Em7       Asus2                   Cadd9
but I can't die now cuz I got another show...


G
Some people keep saying I can't last long
       D
but I got my bands I got my songs,
Em7                           Cadd9
liquor, beer, and nicotine to help me along
        G                              D
and I'm drunk and stubborn as they come
      Em7                              Cadd9
chain smoking, guitar picking, til I'm gone


Cadd9                          Em7            
I ain't got no political agenda
           Asus2                          Cadd9
Ain't got no message for the youth of America
              Em7            Asus2                      Cadd9
'cept "Wear a rubber and be careful who you screw"
                      Em7          Asus2                   Cadd9
and come see me next Friday cuz I got another show...


G                                             D
Some people stop living long before they die
Em7                                    Cadd9
Work a dead end job just to scrape on by
          Em7             Asus2                  Cadd9
but I keep living just to bend that note in two
                Em7       Asus2                Cadd9
and I can't die now cuz I got another show...


Living Bubba

Intro - G A7sus4 Em7

G             A7sus4                    Em7
When he reached the gates of heaven
Cadd9              Em7
He didn't understand
G             A7sus4                       Em7
He knew that folks were coming over
Cadd9             Em7
Or was it all a dream?
Cadd9        Dsus4  Em7 
Was it all a crazy dream?

He saw them playing there before him
What were they doing there?
It felt like home, It must be alright
Or is it just a dream?
Is it just a crazy dream?

Cadd9      Dsus4           Em7
Memories replay before him
Cadd9      Dsus4           Em7
All the tiny moments of his life
Cadd9      Dsus4           Em7
Laying round in bed on a Saturday morning
Cadd9             Em7
Two daughters and a wife
Cadd9                      Dsus4     Em7
Two daughters and a beautiful wife

Meanwhile on Earth his friends came over
Shocked and horrified
Dolls and flowers at the storefront
Everybody cried
Everybody cried and cried

Is there vengeance up in heaven?
Are those things left behind?
Maybe everyday is Saturday morning
Two daughters and a wife
Two daughters and a beautiful wife
Two daughters and a beautiful wife

Two Daugthers And Beautiful Wife

C
You met him at the dance hall
    G  
You only saw his charms
    F                                 C
You said he really swept you off your feet

Then one night he's drinking
    G
and jealousy enraged
   F                             C
He knocked out two of your front teeth


C                   G
so you came over to hide out at my place
F                                          C
I guess I should have killed him there and then
C
but you begged me not to
G
now you say he's changed
    F                       C
and you're gonna go back to him


C                             G
Don't give me that bull about how it's for the children
F                                C
A man like that could never be a dad
C
What happens when he kills you?
G
What will they do then?
F                                   C
Sometimes you ought to ask yourself that


F                           C
Don't go back to him he's a wife beater
     G                        C
You'd be better off with this potato eater
F                           C    Am
You say he's changed, don't be a fool
C                    G        C 
A man like that's no good for you
C                    G        C
A man like that's no good for you

Wife Beater

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

De Nada

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


Perfect

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

Baa Baa Black Sheep

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

You Make It Real

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

Country Roads

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

It Ain't Me

Intro/Verse
A|--4--1--3--6---------------------------------------------------|
E|--------1--4---------------------------------------------------|
C|--8--5---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus
A|--1--4--4--4--6------------------------------------------------|
E|--------2-----4------------------------------------------------|
C|--5--8-----8---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo
A|--8-8-8-8-8-9-6-6-8-9-I----------8-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------9-9-9-9---4-4-4-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

A|--8-8-8-8-8-9-6-6-8-9-I------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------9-9-9-9-------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

School Friends

S                     S        
A|-------------------------------------| 
E|--6------6-6---3-------------------1-| 
C|-------------5---5-------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------| 
                                                              
A|----------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------------------------------| 
C|-----4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------------------| 

A|-----5--8--10--8--5--|--8-12--------12--|----5-8-10-8-5-------| 
E|--6------------------|------------------|--6------------------| 
C|---------------------|------------------|---------------------| 
G|---------------------|-------5--7-5-----|---------------------| 
     S      S      S      S            
A|----------------7------7-8----8---| 
E|--5-6----5-6------1----5-6----6---| 
C|--4-5------2------2-----------2---| 
G|---------6------6-----------------|

King Creole

Verse 1:
G                                    Em        G        Em
There was a girl who lived in London town.
G                                 Em                   G      Em
The scenes and sounds, they would only bring her down
C                                   D
She had polkadots and rubies in her dreams,
C                   D
French fantasies on cinema screens...
        C             G/B    Am     G
And she knew from the finish to the start
C      G/B      Am   G
It was bound to fall apart
C         G/B     Am   Em
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.
Em                                D
Wouldn't it be sweet if she could die from a broken heart?

G     Em      G      Em

Verse 2: (the same chords)
There was a boy who lived inside his head.
He couldn't face the world, so he turned his back instead.
He couldn't see in front of his eyes;
His fantasies of outlaws had him hypnotised...

And he knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                        F
Wouldn't it be sweet if he could die from a broken heart?

   C              G           F
Behold his golden wings
       C              G         F
And behold his bronze bow.
                 C             G         F
Can you hear his silver arrows sing?
       C               G     
As his gaylied favours glow.

(then go back to the normal verse bit)

There was a boy and girl who fell in love:
They both were in love with the stars and sky above,
Cinderella, cigarettes and scenes from the past
Were chasing them too fast for this love to ever last...

And they knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                         F
Wouldn't it be sweet if they could die from a broken heart? 

C   G    F    C    G

Repeat F  C  G until the end. End on G.

Arrows Of Eros

Am
There's a sadness all around us
          F                         C
There are words we're too afraid to say
                                        Am
The things that I thought would last forever
    F              G
Are changing every day

          Am
There's a hunger can't be satisfied
        F                       C
And the streets are filled with rage
C                       Am
It's time to dig deep inside ourselves
F                       G
And face the life we've made

Am
It's gonna take two of us
C                           Am
Ijust can't do it all on my own
F				  C
I see the day gettin' brighter
G                    F
Hold me a little bit tighter

C                      Am      F
Out of the darkness in hand in hand
     Am               F        G
Baby together we will make our stand
C                             Am      F
Reach out and touch me we can win somehow
       Am              F                G
I know there's nothing that can stop us now
F              Am                 G   C
Oh, baby, come with me out of the darkness

...

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