Gord's Gold

Sundown

Summertime Dream

Don Quixote

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr., (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer and songwriter who achieved international success in folk, country, and popular music. He came to prominence in the 1960s, and broke through on the international music charts in the 1970s with songs such as &quot;If You Could Read My Mind&quot; (1970), &quot;Sundown&quot; (1974) and &quot;The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald&quot; (1976). His songs have been recorded by some of the world's most successful recording artists, including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan.

E                           
I can see her lyin' back in her satin dress
     B7                       E
In a room where ya do what ya don't confess

           A
Sundown ya better take care
     D                            E
If I find you bin creepin' 'round my back stairs
           A
Sundown ya better take care
     D                            E
If I find you bin creepin' 'round my back stairs

          E                              
She's bin lookin' like a queen in a sailor's dream
        B7                        E
And she don't always say what she really means

            A          
Sometimes I think it's a shame
       D                           E
When I get feelin' better when I'm feelin' no pain
            A          
Sometimes I think it's a shame
       D                           E
When I get feelin' better when I'm feelin' no pain

E                                      
I can picture every move that a man could make
        B7                         E
Getting lost in her lovin' is your first mistake

           A
Sundown ya better take care
     D                            E
If I find you bin creepin' 'round my back stairs
            A          
Sometimes I think it's a sin
       D                              E
When I feel like I'm winnin' when I'm losin again

1st verse:
           G                    C                       G
There's a house on a hill by a worn down weathered old mill

               D
In the vally bellow where the river winds

                               G
There's no such thing as bad times

                              C                  G
And a soft southern flame oh Cotton Jenny's her name
                                                                            D
She wakes me up when the sun goes down 

                             G
and the wheel of love goes round


Chorus:     
                    C            G
Wheels of love go round love go round
           
         A               D
Love go round  a joyful sound
           
         G               C               D
I ain't got a penny for Cotton Jenny to spend but then
           
              G   C G
The wheels go round  


2nd verse:
        G                    C                 G
Then a new day begins I go down to the cotton gin

                D                                           
And I make my time worthwhile to them 

                      G
then I climb back up again

                              C                G
And she waits by the door oh Cotton Jenny I'm sore

                 D                                            
And she rubs my feet while the sun goes down and the wheel of 

            G
love goes round


Chorus:
                    C            G
Wheels of love go round love go round
           
         A               D
Love go round a joyful sound
           
         G               C               D
I ain't got a penny for Cotton Jenny to spend but then
           
              G   C G
The wheels go round  


3rd verse:
        G                          C                  G 
In the hot sickly south when they say "well shut my mouth"
                                                                               D
I can never be free from the cotton grind 

                         G
but I know I got what's mine

                               C                  G
With a soft southern flame oh Cotton Jenny's her name

             D   
She wakes me up when the sun goes down  

                            G
and the wheel of love goes round

Chorus:
                    C            G
Wheels of love go round love go round
           
         A               D
Love go round a joyful sound
           
         G               C               D
I ain't got a penny for Cotton Jenny to spend but then
           
              G   C G
The wheels go round  

 G          C G                C G        C G
Wheel go round      round & round   mmm mmmm

Cotton Jenny

D  G  A  G  D  G  D
                     A           G            D     G  D
In the early morning rain with a dollar in my hand
                     G                            D    G  D
With an aching in my heart and my pockets full of sand
                    G    A                        D   G  D
I'm a long way from home and I miss my loved ones so
                     A    G                D   G  D
In the early morning rain with no place to go


                     A         G                    D   G  D
Out on runway number nine, big seven-o-seven set to go
                          G                           D     G  D
But I'm stuck here in the grass with a pain that evergrows
                      G    A                      D     G  D
Now the liquor tasted good and the women all were fast
                           A       G                       D     G  D
Well now there she goes my friend, she's a-rolling down at last


                        A             G              D     G  D
Hear the mighty engines roar, see the silver wing on high
                        G                                  D    G  D
She's away and westward bound, far above the clouds she'll fly
                             G            A          D       G  D
Where the morning rain don't fall and the sun always shines
                         A       G                 D     G  D
She'll be flying over my home in about three hours time


                          A             G               D   G  D
This old airport's got me down, it's no earthly good to me
                             G                                  D   G  D
'Cause I'm stuck here on the ground, as cold and drunk as I can be
                     G              A             D      G  D
You can't jump a jet plane like you can a freight train
                     A          G             D     G  D
So I'd best be on my way in the early morning rain

Early Morning Rain

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G|---------------------------------------------|

Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald

Intro:

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Verse: C5    Gm    C7sus4  Fadd9  C5

The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald

C
Oh the prairie lights are burnin' bright
C
The Chinook wind is a-movin' in
C                              F
Tomorrow night I'll be Alberta bound
G7
Though I've done the best I could
G7
My old luck ain't been so good and
G7                             C
Tomorrow night I'll be Alberta bound
C
No one-eyed man could e'er forget
C
The Rocky Mountain sunset
C                                  F
It's a pleasure just to be Alberta bound
G7
I long to see my next of kin
G7
To know what kind of shape they're in
G7                             C
Tomorrow night I'll be Alberta bound
C       F              C
Alberta bound, Alberta bound
C            G7         C     C7
It's good to be Alberta bound
C       F              C
Alberta bound, Alberta bound
             G7         C
It's good to be Alberta bound
C
Oh the skyline of Toronto
C
Is somethin' you'll get onto
C                                           F
But they say you've got to live there for a while
G7
And if you got the money
G7
You can get yourself a honey
G7                                   C
With a written guarantee ta make you smile
C
But it's snowin' in the city
C
And the streets and brown and gritty
C                                        F
And I know there's pretty girls all over town
G7
But they never seem ta find me
G7
And the one I left behind me
G7                                 C
Is the reason that I'll be Alberta bound
C       F              C
Alberta bound, Alberta bound
C            G7         C     C7
It's good to be Alberta bound
C       F              C
Alberta bound, Alberta bound
             G7         C
It's good to be Alberta bound
             G7         C
It's good to be Alberta bound

Alberta Bound

G                    C                        G
1. There's a house on a hill by a worn down, weathered old mill
2. When a new day begins I go down to the cotton gin
3. In the hot, sickly south, when they say "well shut my mouth"

                    D
1. In the valley below where the river winds
2. And I make my time worthwhile to them
3. I can never be free from the cotton grind

                                 G
1. There's no such thing as bad times
2. Then I climb back up again
3. But I know I've got what's mine

          G                        C                  G
1. And a soft southern flame,  oh Cotton Jenny's her name
2. Then she waits by the door, oh Cotton Jenny,  I'm sore
3. With a soft southern flame, oh Cotton Jenny's her name

                 D
1. She wakes me up when the sun goes down
2. And she rubs my feet while the sun goes down
3. She wakes me up when the sun goes down

Chorus:
                            G
And the wheel of love goes 'round

                   C               G
Wheels of love go 'round, love go 'round

         A                D       D7
Love go 'round, a joyful sound

         G               C               D
I ain't got a penny for Cotton Jenny to spend

                        G
But then the wheels go 'round

Gsus2                        Dm
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down 
       F             C              Gsus2
Of the big lake they called Gitchee Gumee
Gsus2                       Dm
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
         F        C             Gsus2
When the skies of November turn gloomy
Gsus2                              Dm
With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more 
         F          C              Gsus2
Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty
Gsus2                         Dm 
That good ship and crew was a bone to be chewed 
         F        C             Gsus2
When the gales of November came early 
Gsus2                         Dm
The ship was the pride of the American side 
       F              C          Gsus2
Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin
Gsus2                            Dm
As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most 
       F             C               Gsus2
With a crew and good captain well seasoned
Gsus2                        Dm
Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms 
          F          C          Gsus2
When they left fully loaded for Cleveland
Gsus2                         Dm
And later that night when the ship's bell rang 
         F            C                Gsus2
Could it be the north wind they'd been feelin'?
Gsus2                        Dm
The wind in the wires made a tattletale sound 
      F          C        Gsus2
And a wave broke over the railing
Gsus2                      Dm
And every man knew, as the captain did too, 
         F        C             Gsus2
Twas the witch of November come stealin'
Gsus2                      Dm
The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait 
         F        C             Gsus2
When the gales of November came slashin'
Gsus2                      Dm 
When afternoon came it was freezin' rain 
       F         C              Gsus2
In the face of a hurricane west wind
Gsus2                         Dm
When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck 
       F                C        Gsus2
Sayin' Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya
Gsus2                Dm
At Seven P.M. a main hatchway caved in 
        F            C           Gsus2
he said Fellas, it's been good t'know ya
Gsus2                       Dm
The captain wired in he had water comin' in 
        F             C           Gsus2
and the good ship and crew was in peril
Gsus2                         Dm
And later that night when his lights went outta sight 
         F            C          Gsus2
Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Gsus2                       Dm
Does any one know where the love of God goes 
         F              C          Gsus2
When the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Gsus2                            Dm
The searches all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay 
          F           C            Gsus2
If they'd put fifteen more miles behind her
Gsus2                            Dm
They might have split up or they might have capsized 
     F              C             Gsus2
They may have broke deep and took water
Gsus2                       Dm 
And all that remains is the faces and the names 
       F             C            Gsus2
Of the wives and the sons and the daughters
Gsus2               Dm
Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings 
       F            C         Gsus2
In the rooms of her ice-water mansion
Gsus2                      Dm
Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams 
    F           C            Gsus2
The islands and bays are for sportsmen
Gsus2                  Dm 
And farther below Lake Ontario 
      F            C        Gsus2
Takes in what Lake Erie can send her,
Gsus2                        Dm
And the iron boats go as the mariners all know 
         F        C          Gsus2
with the gales of November remembered
Gsus2                  Dm 
In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed, 
       F        C        Gsus2
In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral
Gsus2                               Dm
The church bell chimed till it rang twenty-nine times 
         F          C          Gsus2
For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald
Gsus2                        Dm
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down 
       F             C            Gsus2
Of the big lake they call Gitchee Gumee
Gsus2                      Dm
Superior, they said, never gives up her dead 
         F        C             Gsus2
When the gales of November come early

Dedicated to the twenty-nine men who went down on the Big Fitz,10 Nov.75.

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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