Rockferry

Distant Dreamer

               G
Although you think I cope
             Em
My head is filled with hope
     C                   D
of some place...other than here

              G
Although you think I smile
            Em
inside and all the while
      C                  D
I'm wondering about my destiny

            G                 Em              Am           D
I'm thinking about, all the things, I&#8217;d like to do, in my life

          G                 Em
I'm a dreamer, a distant dreamer             
             C             D
dreaming for hope, from today
      
              G
Even when you see me frown
               Em
My heart won't let me down
        C                        D
Because I know..there's better things to come (whoa yeah)

              G
And then when life gets tough
            Em
I feel I&#8217;ve had enough
       C               D
I hold on to a distant star

            G                 Em              Am           D
I'm thinking about, all the things, I&#8217;d like to do, in my life

          G                 Em
I'm a dreamer, a distant dreamer             
             C             D
dreaming for hope, from today

          G                 Em
I'm a dreamer, a distant dreamer             
             C             D
dreaming for hope, from today

Yeah I&#8217;m a dreamer  whoooo  whoooo  whoooo  whoooo

          G                 Em
I'm a dreamer, a distant dreamer             
             C             D
dreaming for hope, from today

Yeah I&#8217;m a dreamer  whoooo  whoooo  whoooo  whoooo    

I&#8217;m a dreamer

Distant Dreamer

Dm      Bb  Am
It was just my mistake
           Dm      Bb  Am
Thinking you cared
           Dm      Bb  Am
It was just my mistake
           Dm      Bb  Am
Thinking you'd be there
            F        Dm
That you'd be by my side
          Am         Bb
And that you wouldn't lie
     Dm    Bb Am      Dm   Bb Am
My mistake


           Dm      Bb  Am
It was just my false hope
           Dm      Bb  Am
Thinking we'd last, yeah
           Dm      Bb  Am
It was just my false hope
           Dm      Bb  Am
Forgot all your pests
C
All those girls you denied
            Am
Smashed up hearts
        Bb       
Hung out to dry


Bb  F  Dm   Gm    Bb
I know it's wrong
              Dm     F Dm
Hanging on too long
          Gm    Bb
I know it's wrong
              Dm     F Dm
Hanging on too long
              Gm      Bb
But I beat 'em all
                Dm   Bb Am      Dm   Bb Am
Hanging on too long


           Dm      Bb  Am
I was a fool for you
           Dm      Bb  Am
Right from the start
           Dm      Bb  Am
I was a fool for you
           Dm      Bb  Am
Hoping for a spark
     F         Dm
For some kind of sign
      Am           Bb
That you would be mine


Bb  F  Dm   Gm    Bb
I know it's wrong
              Dm     F Dm
Hanging on too long
          Gm    Bb
I know it's wrong
              Dm     F Dm
Hanging on too long


              F
My heart was clutching...


Bb  F  Dm   Gm    Bb
I know it's wrong
              Dm     F Dm
Hanging on too long
          Gm    Bb
I know it's wrong
              Dm     F Dm
Hanging on too long
              Gm      Bb
And I need to move on
                Dm   F Dm    Gm  Bb    Dm   F Dm
I'm hanging on too long

Hanging On Too Long

Dm
I rememeber way back way back when
Dm
I said I never wanna see your face again
               Bb
Cause you were loving yes you were loving somebody else
      Gm
And I knew oh yes I knew I couldnt control myself
    Dm
And now they bring you back into my life again
       Dm
And so I put on a face just like your friends
                Bb
But I think you know oh yes you know whats going on
          Gm
Cause the feelings in me oh yes in me are burning strong



Gm                                 Dm
But I will never be your stepping stone
        C                  Bb
Take it all or leave me alone
       Gm                      Dm
I will never be your stepping stone
             C             Bb    Dm
Im standing upright on my own

Stepping Stone

        E
I love you 

but i gotta stay true 

my morals got me on my knees 

I'm begging please stop playing games 

E                      B7
I don't know what this is 
               A
cos you got me good 
                       E
just like you knew you would 

E                     B7
I don't know what you do 
              A
but you do it well
               E
I'm under your spell 


Chorus
                           E 
You got me begging you for mercy 

why won't you release me 
                           A
you got me begging you for mercy 
                 E
why won't you release me 
          B7 A E
I said release me 

                   E
Now you think that I 

will be something on the side 

but you got to understand 

that i need a man 

who can take my hand yes i do 

                      B7
I don't know what this is 
               A
but you got me good 
                       E
just like you knew you would 

                     B7
I don't know what you do 
              A
but you do it well 
               E
I'm under your spell 

                           E
You got me begging you for mercy 

why wont you release me 
                           A
you got me begging you for mercy 
                E
why wont you release me 
                       B7   A         E
I said you'd better release yeah yeah yeah 

I'm begging you for mercy 
yes why wont you release me 
I'm begging you for mercy 

you got me begging 
you got me begging 
you got me begging 

E
Mercy, why wont you release me 
                    A
I'm begging you for mercy 
                E
why wont you release me 
                           B7 A E
you got me begging you for mercy 

                    E
I'm begging you for mercy 

I'm begging you for mercy 
                    A
I'm begging you for mercy 
                    E
I'm begging you for mercy 
                B7 A  E  
Why wont you release me yeah yeah 
break it down

Mercy

D               Bb    Bm      G
It seems you wanna give me
      D              Em  D
Oh, a life time of security
             Bb     Bm          G
Down on your dying knees
  D                  Em         D
I watch you, babe, I watch you plead


# PRE-CHORUS
         Em                       D
But your words come much too late
            Em                    D
My love for you has turned to hate
              Bm
'Cause you've taken too much time
   Am
To show me that you're mine


# CHORUS
       Em       Bm
When I drop you boy
             G      D
You'll need another toy
               Em       F#     Bm
One that won't stand up for herself
       Em        Bm
When I knock you down
             G      D
You'll need another town
                Em     F#      Bm
Where somebody's gonna talk to you
         Em     Bm
You just let me wait
G            D
Now it's too late
           G                D
For your delayed, delayed devotion

Delayed Devotion

A                 F
The blank pages of my diary,
       A                         F
That I haven't touched since you left me,
    A      E         D  A
The closed blinds in my home
Bm                 E
See no light of day.


    A              E
I'm scared to face another day
        F#m                   D
Cos the fear in me just won't go away.
      A                 E            A
In an instant, you were gone and I'm scared.


       A              F
Coffee stains on your favorite book
  A                   F
Remind me of you so I can't take a look.
    A   E              D      A
The magazines you left on the floor,
Bm                  E
You won't need them anymore.

I'm Scared

# VERSES
            D      D      D    D
Don't you be spending all your money
G    G     D    D
On syrup and honey
D      D    D7   D7
Because i need your love

# CHORUS
A7 A7  A7  A7 
Listen to me
Bm  Bm  G  G G
One, two, three
# No chords
Baby, baby, baby, spend your time on 
D    D   A7   A7   D   D  G
me

Syrup And Honey

G                 Bm                
When I get to Warwick Avenue
        C                     Eb
Meet me by the entrance of the tube
       G                       Bm
We can talk things over little time
            C                      Eb
But promise me you wont stand by the light

       G                 Bm
When I get to Warwick Avenue
       C                    Eb
Please draw the past and be true
                   G                    Bm
Don?t think we?re okay Just because I?m here
            F                     Eb     Dm
You hurt me bad but I wont shed a tear

G           Dm          Bb        C
I?m leaving you for the last time baby
Am               G               F          Em
You think you?re loving, But you don?t love me
    Am        Em       Dm            C      
And I?ve been confused Outta my mind lately
Am               G             F          Em         C           G
You think you?re loving, But I want to be free, baby You?ve hurt me.

# VERSE AND CHORUS


Am        D               F          Em
All the days spent together I wish for better,
And I didn?t want the train to come
Am        D               F          Em
Now it?s departed, I?m broken hearted
Seems like we never started
Am   Dm                       F
All those days spent together When I wished for better
Em     Eb
And I didn?t want the train to come.No, no.


# CHORUS

Warwick Avenue

Duffy told the  Daily Mail that this retro-soul song, &quot;is about the way my heart rate increases whenever I leave Wales to go to London.&quot; (Source Mercy Songfacts).  

According to the Distant Dreamer Songfacts, a cover of this song was sung by the 2010 X Factor runner-up Rebecca Ferguson in the show's final.  

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]
F Am Dm Am A# Dm Gm C

[Verse 1]
             F 
Baby really hurt me
                Am 
crying in the taxi
                Dm
He dont wanna know me
                         Am                     A#     Dm
says you make the big mistake of dancing in my store 
Gm                  C
   Says it was poison
                 F
So I guess I go home 
          Am                     Dm
into the arms of the girl that I love
                Am 
the only love I havent screwed up
A#                  Dm
   She's so hard to please
             Gm      C  
but shes a forest fire
        F               
I do my best to meet her demands
Am
play it romance
         Dm
we slow dance in the living room
    Am                      A#
but all that a stranger would see
        Dm           Gm               C     
is one girl swaying alone stroking her cheek

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Verse 2]
            F 
The truth is, I am toy
                Dm
that people enjoy
                Am               A#
till all of the tricks dont work anymore
Dm              Gm       C
And then they are bored of me
             
                    F
I know that its exciting
                     Am
running through the night but
              Dm                Am
every perfect summer's eating me alive
            A#    Dm
unitl youre gone
Gm          C
Better on my own

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Outro]
             Dm           F           A#
They're gonna watch me disappear into the sun
                 Dm        F           A#
You're all gonna watch me disappear into the sun

Liability

A                                     E 
Roll into your town and I'm walking around
                                                Fm                        
Got some extra time think I'll throw some money down
                                                     D
And you follow me around, and you're asking for the time

Your asking what I found 
                         A
think I'm gonna rob you blind

maybe it's the tattoo on my arm
        E
that I drew while I was bored waiting tables in new york
Fm                                            D
 a  heart and two flowers intertwined with a vine

Up Here

INTRO:

A |---------------------|
E |--7--7--7----------- -|
C |---------------------|
G |---------------------|

VERSE 1:   

C#m          E       B      A                     C#m   E    B   A 
I’m going away to be alone I’m coming back with answers
C#m           E            B    A            C#m   E   B   A
Don’t try to call my telephone it’s disconnected
C#m           E          B       A               C#m   E   B   A
And I don’t know where I’m going but can you guide me
C#m              E        B        A              C#m   E   B   A
But if I find love where I’m going will it survive me


PRE-CHORUS 1:

C#m            B   A                         C#m         A   B
‘Cause in your own space you’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not affected
C#m         B   A                           C#m         A   B
And in your own time you’re still attracted but in your own life


CHORUS:

A                                 C#m            B
This heart attack I’ve gotta get away not coming back
A                                 C#m                     B
I want some downtime so call me when you can and I’ll be fine


VERSE 2: [same chords as VERSE1]
I’ve found the time to be alone I don’t know what you’re asking
I’m waiting by the telephone and you’re still barking
My heart stops it isn’t… going could you revive me
I think I’m lost without knowing so come and find me


PRE-CHORUS 2:  [same chords as PRE-CHORUS1]
‘Cause in the same space we’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not attracted
But in your own life over reacted and in your own time


{CHORUS x2}


Sometimes if we don’t go sometimes you don’t know
You don’t go I don’t go I don’t go you don’t go

C#5  B5  A5                      C#5  A5  B5
            I’ve got your back              but you don’t got mine
C#5  E5  A5                    C#5  A5  B5
            This heart attack              then I’m feeling fine


CHORUS x2

C#m          E       B    A 
I’m going away to be alone
C#m          E       B    A 
I'm going away to be alone ...............

This Heart Attack

Intro:

Bb - F - A

F                 C
I've been feeling lonesome
F                            C
I'm down, don't know what to do
D
I let you lie to me
F
plant seeds inside
            E
to see them grow
                      F
only to leave them to die

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
    A
for you

F                  C
I've been lost and finding
F                           C
out that I've been such a fool
D           
you thought you'd stick around
F
until the day you found
    E                    F
someone to make me obsolete

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm F
why cry
    Bb
for you... 


Guitar Solo:

Bb - F - A (2x)

  C     
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
    A
for you

Why Cry

[Verse 1]
 G                              D
You like New York City in the daytime
 Bm                   A
I like New York City in the nighttime
 G                          D
You say you like sleeping with the air off
Bm                  A
I don't, I need it on
G                  D
You like the light coming through the windows
 Bm                      A
I sleep late, so I just keep 'em all closed
G                  D
You ignore the music on the radio
Bm                 A
I don't, I sing-a-long


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change


[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time


[Verse 2]
G                        D
Cold outside and you're just in a T-shirt
Bm                   A
I have cold blood even in a sweater
G                         D
You start your night sippin' by the Kilo
Bm                   A
I don't, I know you know


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change



[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                   A
(We don't even know, know, know, know, know)




[Bridge]
G                          D
Somehow we end up on the same side
Bm                          A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright
G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine
G                         D
Somehow we end up on the same side (up on the same side)
Bm                            A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright

(Think that we'd be alright)

G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine


[Chorus]

 N.C.                     D
(Oh)Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                  A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why

(But we don't even know why)
G                D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)

G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]

N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm             A
We like it in the nighttime

F Am Dm C

    F              Am            Bb          C
The skirts go up, before the wall  among the madding crowds, 
    
     F                      Am                    Dm     C
They ruin, Like the rest of ruin, the rest of us ruin
          F                      Am           Bb           C
You are a living doll riding the circle tracks  behind the walls of clocks, 
        F                      Am                   Dm     C
In your ruin, Like the rest of ruin, the rest of us ruin     

 Bb                        F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                             F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule
 Bb                        F            C
Windows will roll for the crash years 
        Bb                       F         C      Dm    C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (Whistlng part)

F Am Dm C

        F                     Am               Bb            C     
Now the candle's end, you are a light turned low  and like the rest of us,
                 F            Am               Dm     C
You've got those old, eternity blues, eternity blues
      F                              Am         Bb                C
Your fingers raised, you're looking for the word, what you want is accident
            F                 Am                 Dm    C
And not the drag, spectacular view, what you can lose

 Bb                         F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                            F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ruuuule
 Bb                         F         C
Windows will close in the crash years 

Bb                          F        C      Dm     C
    Honey child, you're not safe here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (whistling part)

Bb 

F Am Dm C

 Bb                        F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                             F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule
 Bb                        F            C
Windows will roll for the crash years 
        Bb                       F         C      Dm    C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (Whistling part)

        F                   Am            Dm                  C
And the ruins the wild, the ruins the wild, tonight will be an open mic.

# (Repeat six times and end on an F)

Crash Years

Intro  D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 1
    D                              Bm7
We never spoke a word, but every thought she had 
                         G     A Asus A
I heard from across the room 
             D                               Bm7
If we were standin' face to face I couldn't find the words 
               G               A Asus A
To say give me one more move 
        G              A             G                   A
I don't even know her name, I guess foolish pride's to blame


Chorus 
          D                        D7
Now, I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
        Bm7                 F#              G                    A
And my heart won't tell my mind to tell my mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
        Bm7 A   G                              Gm
Now I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Interlude   D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 2
          D                           Bm7
Wise man next to me did say 'bout the one that got away
        G                    A
Son, I missed my chance 
           D                            Bm7
Don't you let regret take place of the dreams you have to chase
     G               A
Ask her to dance, go on, son
           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith


Chorus
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A   G                               Gm
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away 


Solo   D    Bm7  Bm  F#  G   A  D    D7    Bm  F# |A   D 


           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith
 
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A    Bm7 A       Bm7 A       G                      G   
Don't be fallin', fallin' in, fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Outro  (G)   Gm  Bm7  E G  Gm  D

As She's Walking Away

B  B  E  F# E (2x)

B
Situation Number one
B
Its the one that's just begun
    E                 F#   E
But evidently its too late
B
Situation Number two
B
Its the only chance for you
     E                         F#   E
It's controlled by denizens of hate
B
Situation Number three
B
It's the one that no one sees
E                          F#   E
All too often dismissed as fate
B
Situation Number four
B
The one that left you wanting more
E                       F#   E
Tantalized you with its bait

B  B  E  F# E (2x)

Situations

Am                              E
There are children standing here,
                              G
Arms outstretched into the sky,
                          D
Tears drying on their face.
              Am
He has been here.
                          E
Brothers lie in shallow graves.
                           G
Fathers lost without a trace.
                           D
A nation blind to their disgrace,
                        Am
Since he's been here.
                    E
And I see no bravery,
 G                  D
No bravery in your eyes anymore.

Only sadness.

(Continue the same chord progression)

Houses burnt beyond repair.
The smell of death is in the air.
A woman weeping in despair says,
He has been here.
Tracer lighting up the sky.
It's another families' turn to die.
A child afraid to even cry out says,
He has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

There are children standing here,
Arms outstretched into the sky,
But no one asks the question why,
He has been here.
Old men kneel to accept their fate.
Wives and daughters cut and raped.
A generation drenched in hate.
Says, he has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

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