Unimagine

Dissonants

Ground Dweller

reimagine

Hands Like Houses is a rock group from Canberra, ACT, Australia.  The band is renowned for its live performances, glorious mustaches, and sophisticated musical style, garnering the group a large following in the Canberra area.  The group released one EP entitled &quot;Bear in Mind, I'm a Lion&quot; and were highly ranked on alternative radio station Triple J's Unearthed competition.  In 2010, the band went to Chango Studios in Florida to record its first work under its new name with producer Cameron Mizell...

        Read more about Hands Like Houses on Last.fm.

[Intro]

Em - C - Em - D - Em



Em
I wonder, can you daydream at night?
C                     D
Lying awake, I've had too much time.
Em
I'm watching picture shows in the shadows
                      C
Dance for the crowd tonight.
     D                               C
Imagination is such a vivid place to hide, 
                  D
While stars watch over you.


               Em
Through silent homes
                         D
The lights are out but I walk these halls,
                      C
The way I've walked before,
               D                                  Em
Sleeping, with saints and apparitions between the walls.
                         D
The lights are out but I walk these halls,
C                                        D                      Em
I promised not to wake you, so I'll walk light, just so you can hear,


                                         C
The rats in the roof and termites in the ceiling.
           D                                 Em
We'll hear everything except what we need to hear.
                                       C
Sleeplessness is for the restless, and I'm just fine,
        D                    C              D
Left to wander, aimless in unconsciousness.


Em              D                               C
There's spiders crawling from the corners of my eyes.
                            D                                    Em
Let them weave their little webs to snatch the sunlight from the lens.
                   D                                  C
I'm staring at the ceiling 'cause I'm fed up with the sight.
                         D                              C
Weigh my eyelids back to sleep, sealed by silken silver threads,
                  D
While stars watch over you.


               Em
Through silent homes
                         D
The lights are out but I walk these halls,
                      C
The way I've walked before,
               D                                  Em
Sleeping, with saints and apparitions between the walls.
                         D
The lights are out but I walk these halls,
C                          D
Cast the sheep out of your mind,
                                   Em
Count the wolves and we'll sleep tonight.


Em                          D                         C
I stumble in and I stumble out of unfamiliar rooms in foreign houses,
    D
But I'm at home, 
Em                          D
Now a ghost that has left behind his sheets,
              C     D                                        C
Unrequited, until I wake up somewhere I know that I've never been.
               D                Em
I'll stay 'til sleep takes over you.
               D                C
I'll stay 'til sleep takes over you.
                    D                Em
And I'll walk while stars watch over you.
                    D                C
And I'll walk while stars watch over you.



               Em
Through silent homes
                         D
The lights are out but I walk these halls,
                      C
The way I've walked before,
               D                                  Em
Sleeping, with saints and apparitions between the walls.
                         D
The lights are out but I walk these halls,
                      C
The way I've walked before,
               D                                  Em
Sleeping, with saints and apparitions between the walls.
                        D
The lights are out but I walk these halls,
C                          D
Cast the sheep out of your mind,
                                   C
Count the wolves and we'll sleep tonight.

Lion Skin

Capo 3rd Fret
_____________

             Cadd9       G             Em
This is happiness, to be everything at once.
      Cadd9         G             Em
Be unblinded, be unlearned, be unbridled and unburned.
 

Cadd9     G     Em    D     x2


Cadd9        G                Em              D
Heavy on our heels, the rocky ground we leave behind.
        Cadd9              G                Em              D
Tassels streaming from our necks, we cast a wake amidst the wind.
          Cadd9          G                 Em            D
We're the roamers to the road, barebacked, spirit and in mind.
  Cadd9   G         Em
Oh, to be free like this.


             Cadd9       G             Em     D 
This is happiness, to be everything at once.
     Cadd9         G             Em            D 
Be unblinded, be unlearned, be unbridled and unburned.
Cadd9 G Em   D                          Cadd9 
This is happiness. I'm fearless and I'm free,
         G                 Em               D
With the open road and the world beneath my feet.

             
Cadd9     G     Em    D     x2
 

     Cadd9            G                     Em          D 
With splinters in our teeth, we're driven from our parallels,
           Cadd9            G                    Em           D
Our path a prison, bound to walk where countless feet already fell.
              Cadd9           G                 Em               D 
But there's a wildness in our heart, that we've forgotten in our march,
Cadd9     G         Em
All to be free like this.


             Cadd9       G             Em     D 
This is happiness, to be everything at once.
     Cadd9         G             Em            D 
Be unblinded, be unlearned, be unbridled and unburned.
Cadd9 G Em   D                          Cadd9 
This is happiness. I'm fearless and I'm free,
         G                 Em               D
With the open road and the world beneath my feet.


      Cadd9             G                 Em            D     (G)
We're branded and we're burdened from the moment we are born.
      Cadd9              G                     Em                D     (G)
We're domestic and we're discontent, and we're grinding our gums raw
Cadd9       G                   Em   D     (G)
Forget your feet and where they fall,
Cadd9     G           Em     D     (G)
Lift your head, carry on.
Cadd9         G                   Em                 D      (G)
No fear, just faith, no bit, just break the path and let it lead you.
Cadd9      G                    Em             D           (G)
Unknown, unblind, run free, run wild and leave behind what holds you down.

Cadd9     G     Em
G     Em     D


Cadd9        G                Em              D
Heavy on our heels, the rocky ground we leave behind.

 
             Cadd9       G             Em     D 
This is happiness, to be everything at once.
     Cadd9         G             Em            D 
Be unblinded, be unlearned, be unbridled and unburned.
Cadd9 G Em   D                          Cadd9 
This is happiness. I'm fearless and I'm free,
         G                 Em               D
With the open road and the world beneath my feet.


Cadd9     G         Em
All to be free like this.

Rediscover (no Parallels)

Intro Chords:
B, Ebm, Db,
B, Db, F#, Db, F#
B, Ebm, Db,
B, Db, F#, F#, Db, Ebm

(Before the he starts singing the first verse and it leads in with: B , Db)

Db                Ebm                  B
We get in our own way, tripping on our feet.
               Ebm                                   B
Filling up our heads too much with words too hard to speak.
              Ebm                           B
Drowning in a place, where the night cannot escape, commit ourselves into the
Ebm                       B
depths, exposed against a page.


B                   Db                      B                        Db
Caught in a phrase, an echo in our minds, a flash, a flood, and it's burned into our eyes.


B             Ebm     Db                  F#     B
  and I can't explain enough, and I won't let it last the night.
              Ebm      Db             Ebm
I'll show you that the image is still there unseen.
B            Ebm        Db           F#       B                          Ebm
It's darkest before the light, if we shut our eyes to see the things that we have
Db
lost inside the lines between.


B                      Db                           Ebm                           F#
  Between the black and white, where everything goes grey, and everything's unsaid,
                                   B                    Db                         Ebm
undone, and the negative bleeds away to reveal the memory that we've waited for so long for.
                        F#
The image shifts and the acid drips down the paper to the floor.


B                   Db                      B                        Db
Caught in a phrase, an echo in our minds, a flash, a flood, and it's burned into our eyes.


B             Ebm     Db                  F#     B
  and I can't explain enough, and I won't let it last the night.
              Ebm      Db             Ebm
I'll show you that the image is still there unseen.
B            Ebm        Db           F#       B                           Ebm
It's darkest before the light, if we shut our eyes to see the things that we have
Db
lost inside the lines between.


B                       Ebm        Db               B                 Ebm             Db
  We're so nervous to see if we've let too much in, if we, if we were out of focus or 
out of frame.
B                       Ebm         Db           B               Ebm          Db
I know it's a moment of truth, if a recollection reflects reality, or if it's lost forever.


B             Ebm     Db                  F#     B
  and I can't explain enough, and I won't let it last the night.
              Ebm      Db             Ebm
I'll show you that the image is still there unseen.
B            Ebm        Db           F#       B                          Ebm
It's darkest before the light, if we shut our eyes to see the things that we have
Db
lost inside the lines between.


B            Ebm     Db                  F#     B
 and I can't explain enough, and I won't let it last.

    Db             Ebm      B
The image is still there, unseen.

Developments

Intro
Am     F   Am     F   Dm      E     C  
Am     F   (pause) Am    C   Am  Dm      E     Am 
  
Verse
Am                                                  Em
It starts with a spark, a breath and a moment of still,
                                 Dm
A flicker, a glow, as the oxygen spills through a delta of spindles and stone,
E
Kindled from nothing in a whisper of smoke.

Am                                                  Em
And there a gift ignites; a cursive thought takes flight,
          
And there's a dancer, twisting in between the spines.
Dm                                                    E
Give her the breather's kiss, and watch her spirit lift,
                                                   F
She'll take over the stage, and she'll own the night.

Prechorus
                          Am           G                  F
Learning how to make a name from the words we can't keep in.
          C                   Am             G
Learning how to strike a flame, and draw hellfire from nothing.

Chorus
C                       Am            Em
I don't know where to begin, to make these words take shape,
C                 Am                  F          C
How to nurture a flame, and raise it to a blaze
                        Am         Em        C
That on the clearest night can be seen forever.
                        Am       F         C
I don't know where to begin, begin again.

Instrumental:
C      Am     Em   C x2 (second time end with Am)



Verse
Am                                                   Em
It's not enough, cause outside the night is still cold.
                                    Dm
The fog is collected on the sill.
                                          E
Feed the house to the fire to let out the light,
                                                    Am
Consumed and inspired, burned magnesium white.


It spills from the hearth.
                      Em                                    Dm
Take the curtains, the carpet to fuel the insatiable fire inside.
                                                          E
We'll set fire to a hill, so intense that it will be the brightest star 
                            F
on this side of the sky.

Pre-chorus
                           Am          G                  F
Learning how to make a name from the words we can't keep in.
          C                  Am             G
Learning how to strike a flame, and draw hellfire from nothing.

Chorus
C                        Am             Em
I don't know where to begin, to make these words take shape,
C                  Am                F          C
How to nurture a flame, and raise it to a blaze
                         Am           Em         C
That on the clearest night can be seen forever.
                       Am       F           C
I don't know where to begin, begin again.

Instrumental:
C      Am     Em   C      Am    C   F 



Bridge
Am   F
C          Am          Em         F

Last Chorus
C                               
I don't know where to begin, to make these words take shape,
Am      
How to nurture a flame, and raise it to a blaze
Em                               
That on the clearest night can be seen forever.
F                               
I don't know where to begin, begin again.

Ending
C  Am  Em  F

A Fire On A Hill

Intro : Db      E B Db E B


Db
A hopeless romantic
F#m
Self-medicated on reality
     Db               B                          F#m
A misunderstanding is all that anyone can see in me

Db                                F#
Pulling up the floor to go deeper down 
Db                              B
Tearing at the soil to find the ground

A
I'm trying to find myself
       F#
Coming back to the same words
   Db                      E    B
To try to tell a different story
A
I'm farther from myself
       F#              
Coming back to the same words
        Db                 E
In Hope they come alive without me
        Db
Without me


Db    E B x2

Db              F#
A moment's reflection
Db
Has given me a second chance to heal
E                B
A loss of connection in matching up my words to how I feel


Db                                F#
Pulling up the floor to go deeper down 
Db                              B
Tearing at the soil to find the ground

A
I'm trying to find myself
       F#
Coming back to the same words
   Db                      E    B
To try to tell a different story
A
I'm farther from myself
       F#              
Coming back to the same words
        Db                 E
In Hope they come alive without me
        Db
Without me


B A F#m

Db
I've taken on too much
      E            B
Empty pages on the floor
        A
Tearing volumes from the shelves
E                              Db
To find what I've been looking for

Then it hit me

Db E A 

                F#                                    Db            E    A
Well, I haven't changed, I'm still the same man I was before     
          F#
I haven't changed, I'm still the man I was

Db                                F#
Pulling up the floor to go deeper down 
Db                              B
Tearing at the soil to find the ground

A
I'm trying to find myself
       F#
Coming back to the same words
   Db                      E    B
To try to tell a different story
A
I'm farther from myself
       F#              
Coming back to the same words
        Db                 E
In Hope they come alive without me

    A
I'm farther from myself
       F#               Db        E   A (or B)
Coming back to the same words               x2

Outro: Db E B x2

New Romantics

C                        Em        D
Pry the darkness from my eyes.
C                Am         Bm
Divided, let the light seep in.
C                                   Em         D
Trees devoid of branches and hollow hives. 
C                    Am    Em    Bm
An endless black and empty beds.

C                  Am
It's not the same, something's changed.
Em                 D                    C
I never used to be able to see past the trees.
           Am      Em                         Bm             Em   Bm   Am(drums)
A thousand unfamiliars are lying thick on the air and I can't breathe.


C                             Am                Em           D
Is our skin to keep the world out or our bodies in?
C                      Am                           Em           G
This doesn't look like home; this doesn't look like home.
C                             Am/Bm               Em           D
Is our skin to keep the world out or our bodies in?
C                   Am                         Em           D
I'll tear apart the town then sleep, and sleep alone.

Em                                C               Am                           Em
If I'm a flame, I'm a forest fire speaking savage tongues as I emerge from the hills.
                   C
I am an avalanche, I am unchained.
Am                       C
I'm awoken, I'll unleash hell.
     Am                 Em                 D                  C   Am               Em    Bm
So I roar, pin back my ears, and stone by stone I'll tear it all, I'll tear it apart.

C                             Am                Em           D
Is our skin to keep the world out or our bodies in?
C                      Am                           Em        (G)  D
This doesn't look like home; this doesn't look like home.
C                             G                 Em          
Is our skin to keep the world out or our bodies in?
                        D
(This doesn't look like home; this doesn't look like home.)
C                   Am                         Em         
I'll tear apart the town then sleep, and sleep alone.
                         D                             C
(This doesn't look like home; this doesn't look like home.)
           D                  Em
I've lost faith, the forest's changed.
             G                  C
My stomach's empty, I'm feeling faint.
          D                   Em
I've lost heart, the forest's scarred.
          G                   C
I hear no birds, just TVs and cars.
          D                    Em
I've lost faith, the forest's changed.
             G                  C
My stomach's empty, I'm feeling faint.

          D                    Em
I've lost sight, the forest's died.
                 G                    C
The brambles are bare, and I'm hollow inside.
            D                       Em G  C           D                        Em    G    Am 
Each breath rattles like dice in my chest, each breath gambled, unwinding till death.


C                             Am                Em           D
Is our skin to keep the world out or our bodies in?
C                      Am                           Em        (G)  D
This doesn't look like home; this doesn't look like home.
C                             G                 Em          
Is our skin to keep the world out or our bodies in?
                        D
(This doesn't look like home; this doesn't look like home.)
C                   Am                         Em         
I'll tear apart the town then sleep, and sleep alone.
                        D                              C
(This doesn't look like home; this doesn't look like home.)

A Tale Of Outer Suburbia

Am
Is this the edge of the world? 
                                   G                    Am
We chased the horizon down 'til it hung beneath our feet.

Now I'm drifting blind. 
      G
All I know is we can't move closer.

    F   D5              Am            G
and I've never seen the lights of the north,
            F          D5     Am  G
The constellations are so unfamiliar.


Between chorus and verse (strike each chord once):
 Am, Am, D5, E5


            Am                            D5    
We followed far, as far as this machinery takes us,
        E5         Am
To this imaginary place where the compass drifts
        D5                E5
And our lips shift to our cheeks.
D5           E5
  Is this the edge of the world? 
Am
  All I know is we can't move closer.


    F   D5              Am            G
and I've never seen the lights of the north,
            F          D5     Am  G
The constellations are so unfamiliar.

F               Am            G
  Searching for some apparent place,
             Em                     F
Where floated needles decide the way.
              Am                          G
I'd dig in my heels but I might crack the ice.
             G#        Am
Give me some solid ground.

Am                       D5
  The frost is sinking in, in my cheeks,
      E5                 Am
In my chest, in my fingertips.
                             D5              E5      
'Desperation,' we name every cape beyond the last.
Am                      D5              E5
Frozen senseless. Every day is a winter solstice.
Am                         D5            E5
The view's a wonder, but I can't take it in.

    F   D5              Am            G
and I've never seen the lights of the north,
            F          D5     Am  G
The constellations are so unfamiliar.

F         Am        G                Em           F     
Sun, make canvas of coastlines, so I know where I stand.
     Am        G                Em           F
Make canvas of coastlines, so I know where I stand.

F         Am        G                Em           F
Sun, make canvas of coastlines, so I know where I stand.
(We round each cape to find a bay to call our own.)
     Am        G      Em
Make canvas of coastlines.
(We round each cape to find a coast to call our home.)

    F   D5              Am            G
and I've never seen the lights of the north,
            F          D5     Am  G
The constellations are so unfamiliar.

        F    D5       Am  G
So unfamiliar, so unfamiliar.
(Sun, make canvas of coastlines, so I know where I stand.)
        F    D5       Am  G  F
So unfamiliar, so unfamiliar.
(Make canvas of coastlines.)

Don't Look Now, I'm Being Followed, Act Natural

Capo 1st Fret
_____________

[Intro] x3
Bm D Em G
Bm D Em D


[Verse 1]
Bm D      G  
  The disconnect
            Bm
Is welling up
     D     G  D               Bm
And good intentions are not enough
     D         G
Your words are weary
                   Bm
Their hearts are strained
   D          G    D
And idle vows find the deepest pains


[Verse 2]
Bm    D         G
  I'm sick, I'm tired
Of hollow hope
Bm    D      G    D
  Of promises, empty
                Bm
Your way with words
 D              G               Bm
They're feeding back inside my head
        D          G         D
Oh, the things I could say that won't change a thing


[Pre-Chorus]
Bm G D Em
Bm G D    Em
     I am not the same
Bm G D Em
G              A
I won't feed on fame


[Chorus]
G               Em
You're one of a thousand voices
Bm                D
  In my head that all just sound the same
G               Em
  If mine never made a difference
Bm                  D
  It won't make the meaning change
G                 Em
  You're one of a thousand voices
Bm                D
  In my head that all just sound the same
G           Em
  If I will make a change
Bm           D
  It's by my words and not my name
Bm D Em G
Bm D Em D


[Verse 3]
Bm    D          G
  I'm tired, I'm sick
          Bm
Of misfit beggars
D         G     D
With able tongues and easy outs
Bm     D      G                        Bm
  I hear you clearer than you hear yourself
D         G       D 
Bite down on your blindness, and spit it out


[Pre-Chorus]
Bm G D Em
Bm G D    Em
     I am not the same
Bm G D Em
G              A
I won't feed on fame


[Chorus]
G               Em
You're one of a thousand voices
Bm                D
  In my head that all just sound the same
G               Em
  If mine never made a difference
Bm                  D
  It won't make the meaning change
G                 Em
  You're one of a thousand voices
Bm                D
  In my head that all just sound the same
G           Em
  If I will make a change
Bm           D
  It's by my words and not my name
Bm D G Em


[Bridge]
Bm
I won't sink into the sea of grey
D
A violence of color
G
 I won't melt into the choir of angels
Em
I'll step up and scream it
I am dissonant


[Breakdown]
Bm G Em
     A violence of color
Bm G Em


[Chorus]
G               Em
You're one of a thousand voices
Bm                D
  In my head that all just sound the same
G               Em
  If mine never made a difference
Bm                  D
  It won't make the meaning change
G                 Em
  You're one of a thousand voices
Bm                D
  In my head that all just sound the same
G           Em
  If I will make a change
Bm           D
  It's by my words and not my name


[Outro] x2
Bm D Em G
Bm D Em D

I Am

Capo 1st Fret
_____________

              A             C#m     B
This is happiness, to be everything at once.
           A              C#m               B
 Be unblinded, be unlearned, be unbridled and unburned.
 

A     C#m     B 2X



    A          C#m               B
Heavy on our heels, the rocky ground we leave behind.
    A             C#m               B
 Tassels streaming from our necks, we cast a wake amidst the wind.
                A            C#m               B
 We're the roamers to the road, barebacked, spirit and in mind.
    A       C#m         B 
 Oh, to be free like this.

Chorus:
                A       C#m          B 
This is happiness, to be everything at once.
           A           C#m         B 
 Be unblinded, be unlearned, be unbridled and unburned.
   A  E      C#m   B                      A 
 This is happiness. I'm fearless and I'm free,
       E                   C#m                 B
 With the open road and the world beneath my feet.

             
A C#m B 2x
 

       A               C#m                  B 
With splinters in our teeth, we're driven from our parallels,
                A               C#m             B 
 Our path a prison, bound to walk where countless feet already fell.
               A                 E                C#m             B 
But there's a wildness in our heart, that we've forgotten in our march,
   A       C#m          B
 All to be free like this.

Chorus:
               A       C#m            B 
This is happiness, to be everything at once.
           A           C#m         B 
 Be unblinded, be unlearned, be unbridled and unburned.
   A  E      C#m   B                      A 
 This is happiness. I'm fearless and I'm free,
       E                   C#m                 B
 With the open road and the world beneath my feet.



             C#m         B                  A            E      B
We're branded and we're burdened from the moment we are born.
             C#m         B                       A           E    B
 We're domestic and we're discontent, and we're grinding our gums raw
 C#m         B                      A    E   B   C#m         B          A    E   B
   Forget your feet and where they fall        , lift your head, carry on.
C#m         B                      A                        E    B
 No fear, just faith, no bit, just break the path and let it lead you.
C#m         B                    A                          E     B   C#m    B
 Unknown, unblind, run free, run wild and leave behind what holds you down.
A              C#m               B  
Heavy on our heels, the rocky ground we leave behind.

 
Chorus:
                A        C#m           B 
This is happiness, to be everything at once.
           A           C#m         B 
 Be unblinded, be unlearned, be unbridled and unburned.
   A  E      C#m   B                      A 
 This is happiness. I'm fearless and I'm free,
       E                   C#m                 B
 With the open road and the world beneath my feet.
   A       C#m          B
 All to be free like this

No Parallels

Gbm              A          Em           G
There's no more wind to be found in the sails
Gbm              A    Em              G
Hands full of fallen stars and comet tails

Gbm        A         Em                G
Rivers of sand unentwined through my hands
    Gbm               A              Em           G
To know what they've seen, well, my burden's all pale

Gbm                              A
I'll make an hourglass from my fingers
Gbm                       G
I know I'm only passing through

Gbm               A               Em              D
I don't want to pretend that I'm stronger for it all
                  Gbm              A         D
I don't want to pretend that the sadness is gone
                               D                A
'Cause I wanna know that I'm steady on my feet
                  Gbm             Em            Gbm       
I don't want to pretend so peace will be real to me


Gbm            A          Em           G
There's no respite to be found in the waves
Gbm              A          Em              G
Each rise and retreat will scrub the blood away


Gbm                              A
I'll make an hourglass from my fingers
Gbm                       G
I know I'm only passing through

Gbm               A               Em              D
I don't want to pretend that I'm stronger for it all
                  Gbm              A         D
I don't want to pretend that the sadness is gone
                               D                A
'Cause I wanna know that I'm steady on my feet
                  Gbm             Em            Gbm       
I don't want to pretend so peace will be real to me


Gbm, A, Em, G, D


Gbm               A               Em              D
I don't want to pretend that I'm stronger for it all
                  Gbm              A         D
I don't want to pretend that the sadness is gone
                        

Gbm               A               Em              D
I don't want to pretend that I'm stronger for it all
                  Gbm              A         D
I don't want to pretend that the sadness is gone
                               D                A
'Cause I wanna know that I'm steady on my feet
                  Gbm             Em            Gbm       
I don't want to pretend so peace will be real to me

Oceandust

Intro : A 

Bm
I wade through the earth,
          D                F#m
Sowing my own, bound up in discords
              G
Spread in the stones,

Planting deep into ready fears.
Em            D
Soak in these heavy rains,
                F#m                      G
Break from your chrysalis beneath the clay.

Though I left you behind,
Bm                 D       
I'm all the while, wanting, to make my way home.
                  Em        G                   A  Bb B
All the while, watching, to see just how you've grown.


              Bm              D
I'm the seeds among you, I am emerald blades
     Em                         G
With other sides and deeper shades.
                Bm            D
I'm the weeds among you, I am constriction.
        Em                   G
I'm the tightness in your chest.
        A    Bm
I could ruin you.



I am the horizon, the sinking sun,
                    Em            G                  Bm
I'm the buried, the believer, the tomorrow that will come.
    Em            Bm
The tomorrow that will come.


              Bm              D
I'm the seeds among you, I am emerald blades
     Em                         G
With other sides and deeper shades.
                Bm            D
I'm the weeds among you, I am constriction.
        Em                   G
I'm the tightness in your chest.
        A    Bm
I could ruin you.

              F#  
I could ruin you.


Bm
Convict me of the devil in the details,
F#                            G
Of these crimes; oh so meticulous were we,
            Em
Of passion; I'll plead guilty.
F#
I'll plead guilty to every taken chance.


      Bm  B        Bm               D
Cause I am tangled machinery, I am wreckage.
                G
Distinguish the scars between;

The pleasure as you dragged me down,
       D                           Bm
Or the shards as they dragged you free.


                            Em           D
I am the knotted anchors below the ground,
                                 G
I'm the shadow that weighs you down.
        A                       G         A
I'm the ghost on your lips, the phantom's kiss,
                                     Bm
I'll be the page of your book that's missing.

Bm D Em G

A             Bm              D
I'm the seeds among you, I am emerald blades
     Em                         G
With other sides and deeper shades.
A                Bm            D
I'm the weeds among you, I am constriction.
        Em                   G
I'm the tightness in your chest.
        A    Bm
I could ruin you.


Outro:

Bm F#m G Bm D F#m Bm G Bm D F#m

The Sower

Intro: C#m, B

C#m
  The gasoline is mixing with the oxygen
B
  In this carousel, the silence is so surreal
C#m
  I've been misled through empty streets to the
B
Heart that never beats of a body that I can't keep

[Verse 1]

C#m                                    A         B
  We're blessed with these horrors for highways
           C#m                                      A
This city turns, no longer content to just brush shoulders
B         F#m  E   C#m
  Have we lost our touch?

[Break 1]

C#m
  A light goes on

We throw our blankets aside

It's been hours now and we still know nothing
    B                  C#m
The scars just don't heal the same, when we collide

[Pre-Chorus]
C#m                                 A  
  I'd never say that we step to the other side 
   B                              
To keep us from brushing shoulders
C#m                                A                    B
  But it's collisions we need to remind us that we're alive

[Chorus]

A                        B
  I'd never say that you make me sick, but you're
C#m
Turning all the questions to cancers
A                      B
  Someone call in the emergency and we'll 
C#m
Peel back the dressings so we can see
A                             B
  The kind of things that the surgeons see
         C#m                          G#m
When the blood work won't give us the answers
A                              B                     C#m
  They'll never tell us, cause they don't know whats
C#m          A  B 
killing us

[Break 2]

C#m                                                     
  My heart's at a million miles an hour as we 
              C/G#
Brace for the impact, it makes time stand still
C#m                                             
  Forcing momentum into a moment so for a
       C/G#
Split second, I see your face
C#m
  In between all the broken glass hanging like a mobile
C/G#
This is a picture we'll never quite forget

[Bridge]

C#m
  The surgeons pick, they pick at my body 
  
Their fingers dance, they dance all around me
C#m
  The surgeons pick, they pick at my body 
E                                      G#m
  Their fingers dance, they dance all around me
C#m
  Hold still while they pick at my body 
E                                      G#m
  Their fingers dance, they dance all around me
A
  Hold still while they pick at my body
B         C#m             (G#m)
  They'll dance all around me

[Build]

A                            B      C#m    G#m
  Breathe your anesthetic words to slow us down.
A                                    B
  Tear back the skin to find, to chase a pulse back home.

[Chorus]

Outro: C#m, C/G#

This Ain't No Place For Animals

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

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

(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: 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

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
:)

Fast Car

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

Slow Graffiti

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)

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