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.

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

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

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

|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

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

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

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

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

Sovereign Light Cafe

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

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


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

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

C D


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

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


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

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

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

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

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

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

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


Jo et duré...

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

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


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

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

Can't Smile Without You

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

Down By The River

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


American Dream 

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

Gonna Be A Long Time

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

Overreacting

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

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