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Joe Nichols of Rogers, Arkansas, a young country music singer who rose to prominence in 2002 with The Impossible He only had minor hits before then. According to the The Impossible Songfacts, the Kelley Lovelace and Lee Thomas Miller penned mid-tempo ballad was released in March 2002 as the first single from his second album,  Man With A Memory . It became his first hit, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Country chart and #29 on the Hot 100. Nichols recalled to The Boot in a 2011 interview: &quot;'The Impossible' was huge for me for a number of different reasons.

Intro:
A----------0h2--0-0-2-------------------0h2-------------2---|
E-------------------------------------3---------------------|
C-4h6--4p2------------2--4h6--7\6-4-2-------2-4h6-6-4-2---2-|
G-----------------------------------------------------------|

Intro Chords
D    G    A    D    G    A    D

Verse One:
D                G            A              D
"I'm No Stranger to the Rain" came on my radio today
G                   D                A
I hadn't heard that voice in way too long
D                    G               A                 D
I've still got those worn out tapes, the only three or four he made
       G        A                D      G  A  D
What a shame, I wish that wasn't all

Verse Two:
Hearing that song took me back to my senior year, the year I asked
Mary Ellen Mayfield to the prom
She agreed to go as friends, I remember thinking "man, I wish,
Lord I wish that wasn't all"

Chorus One:
D                  G          A           D
Ain't it funny how sometimes, we can be unsatisfied
G              D                  A     Asus   A
With things we should be thankful for
D                 G                 A                 D
Like an old Keith Whitley song or a slow dance at the senior prom
Em               D                 A
Some things just leave you wanting more

Verse Three:
Like the way I felt that June, when Dad called me with the news
Through tears he told me my granddad was gone
He lived 'til he was 95, I know that's a good long life still I wish,
Lord I wish that wasn't all

Chorus Two:
Ain't it funny how sometimes, we can be unsatisfied
With things we should be thankful for
Like the time we get to spend with the ones we love, family and friends
Some things just leave you wanting more

G    D    A

Verse Four:
I thank God that I found you, until now I never knew
That a love could be this strong
I could stay right here and hold you close for ten forevers in a row, still I'd wish
    A                Em     D
I'd wish that wasn't all
       G             A                D
Yeah I wish, Lord, I wish that wasn't all

D    G    A    D    G    A    D

I Wish That Wasnt All

There is a little walkdown on the D chords that goes 
kinda like this:

A----2-0----2-0-
E--2------2-----
C--2------2-----
G--2------2-----


D
She hates goin' anywhere in my old truck
D
She says it's always muddy and it rides so rough
          Em                 G              D          G
And there ain't no graceful way to climb up in a dress
     Em            A              D
Yeah I'm about as country as she gets

D
I might get her on the lake to fish with me
D
If the water's smooth and the sky is blue with a nice cool breeze
    Em           G                  D           G
But anything we catch I'll have to clean myself
      Em            A              D
Cause I'm about as country as she gets


             G             D
She'll slip off a pair of heels
          G                D
Walk barefoot across the field
         G            D/A              A
Climb up on the fence just to be near me
     Em                 G                      D            G
Sometimes I think that horse still scares her half to death
     Em            A              D
Yeah I'm about as country as she gets


D
She likes being within spending distance of a mall
D
Havin' enough bars to make a cell phone call
        Em              G                 D       G
Put her in a crowd and she's right in her element
     Em            A              D
Yeah I'm about as country as she gets

             G                     D
She'll slip out on the porch sometimes
          G                  D
When that sun's low in the sky
           G            D/A             A
Pull up a rocking chair just to be with me
  Em                  G             D           G
Until that first big junebug buzzes by her head
        Em            A              D
You see I'm about as country as she gets

     Em            A              D
Yeah I'm about as country as she gets

D
She hates goin' anywhere in my old truck

As Country As She Gets

VERSE 1
--------

A             A(add9)           D                              A
My dad chased monsters from the dark and checked underneath my bed,
             A/Ab             F#m        D    E       A
And he could lift me with one arm way up over top his head.
         A(add9)      D                              A
He could loosen rusty bolts with a quick turn of his wrench,
          A/Ab               F#m      D     E    D
He pulled splinters from his hand and never even flinched.
                F#m            F#m(add9)
In 13 years I'd never seen him cry, 
        Bm               A/Db    D        E  
But the day that grandpa died, I realized.


CHORUS
-------

           A
Unsinkable ships sink,
            E
Unbreakable walls break,
              F#m                    F#m7
Sometimes the things you think would never happen
D                E
Happen just like that.
           A
Unbendable steel bends,
       E                F+   D
If the fury of the wind is unstoppable.
     Bm               A/Db     D
I've learned to never underestimate
E      A 
 The impossible.


VERSE 2
--------

A          A(add9)       D                           A
Then there was my junior year, Billy had a brand new car.
       A/Ab              F#m              D         E        A 
It was late the road was wet, I guess the curve was just too sharp.
          A(add9)       D                                    A
I walked away without a scratch, they brought the helicopter in,
      A/Ab              F#m                  D     E     D
Billy couldn't feel his legs, they said he'd never walk again.
                                F#m           F#m(add9)
But Billy said he would and his mom and daddy prayed,
        Bm          A/Db           D          E
And the day we graduated, he stood up to say:



REPEAT CHORUS


A   A(add9)  F#m  D  E
INSTRUMENTAL


BRIDGE
-------
         D
So don't tell me that its over,
           F#m           F#m(add9)
Don't give up on you and me.
               Bm               A/Db
'Cause there's no such thing as hopeless,
   D            E
If you believe...


REPEAT CHORUS

Impossible

Intro
 
E B A      E B A
 
Verse:
 
           A
So you lit her cigerette
        E
Your feeling pretty good
       A
You think you've gotta shot
        E
most girls you probably would
                  A
Yeah this is that kind of place
                  E
but she ain't that kinda girl
               F#m
Well your reading it all wrong
        B
lt me tell you about her
 

Chorus:
E            B                         A
She only smokes when she drinks
             B                           E
she only drinks now and then
             B                      A
now and then when she's tired
            B                     E
of being let down by men
             D#m        C#m
You can give her a light
          G#              F#
but its not whatyou think
A                         F#
Everybody knows, she only drinks alone
A                 B                         E
and she only smokes when she drinks
 


Verse:
            A
Did you ask her to dance
          E
let me guess, she told you no
        A
gotta take her someplace quiet
      E
and see how far that goes
        A
don't take it all that hard
        E
when she smiles and turns you down
       F#m
for a complicated girl
                   B
she ain't that hard to figure out
 

Chorus:
 

Bridge:  A  E  A  B
 

Chorus:
 
Out:
E B A B
 
Yeah Thats Right.
 
E B A B E

She Only Smoles When She Drinks

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

C
Working the village shop
E
Putting a poster up
Am
Dreaming of anything
C              Am               Em               Dm
Dreaming of the time when you're free from all the trouble you're in

C
In the mud, on your knees
E
Trying hard not to please
Am
Anyone, all the time
C              Am
Being a rebel's fine
           Em            C
But you go all the way to being brutal

Chorus:
G
You will have a boy tonight
You will have a boy tonight
F
On the first bus out of town
On the first bus out of town

Let's see your kit for games
All the girls look the same
You are challenging style for running miles
You're running miles in some boy's jumper

Boo to the business world!
You know a girl who's tax free on her back and making
Plenty cash
While you are working for the joy of giving

Chorus:
You will have a boy tonight
You will have a boy tonight
And you hope that she will see
And you hope that she will see

You are in two minds
Tossing a coin to decide whether you should tell your mum
About a dose of thrush you got while licking railings

But you read in a book
That you got free from Boots
There are lotions, there are potions
You can take to hide your shame from all those prying eyes

Lazy Jane, all the time
Painting lines
You sleeping at bus stops
Wondering how you got your name
And what you're going to do about it.

Chorus

Lazy Line Painter Jane

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

A|----------------------------------0-2-------2------------|
E|-----------0-2-0-2-2-------0---0------1-0----------------|
C|-----------------------2-2---2------------2---2----------|
G|-4-4-4-2-4-----------------------------------------------|
                                                             
A|-----5-4-2------------------------0-2-------2------------|
E|-----------0-2-0-2-2-------0---0------1-0----------------|
C|-----------------------2-2---2------------2---2----------|
G|-4-4-----------------------------------------------------|

Zebra

C                     G
Se a vida as vezes dá uns dias de segundos cinzas
           Am           F
E o tempo tic taca devagar
         Dm                   Am
Ponha o teu melhor vestido, brilha teu sorriso
      F              C
Vem pra cá, vem pra cá

                                     G
Se a vida muitas vezes só chuvisca, só garôa
        Am               F
E tudo não parece funcionar
         Dm                  Am
Deixe esse problema a toa, pra ficar na boa
      C
Vem pra cá

Refrão:
            Am              F
Do lado de cá, a vista é bonita
          C           G
A maré é boa de provar
            Am                 F
Do lado de cá, eu vivo tranquila
                  C          E7
E o meu corpo dança sem parar
            F                  C                 G
Do lado de cá, tem música, amigos e alguém para amar
            C G Am F
Do lado de cá
            C G Am F
Do lado de cá

refrão:
           Am            F
Do lado de cá, a vista é bonita
          C           G
A maré é boa de provar
            Am                 F
Do lado de cá, eu vivo tranquila
                  C          E7
E o meu corpo dança sem parar
            F                 C                 G
Do lado de cá, tem música, amigos e alguém para amar
            Am
Do lado de cá

             Am7M            Am7
A vida é agora, vê se não demora
  Dm            E7
Pra recomeçar
Am           Am7M          Am7
É so ter vontade de felicidade
  Dm     G
Pra pular

Refrão:
            Am              F
Do lado de cá, a vista é bonita
          C        G
A maré é boa de provar
            Am                 F
Do lado de cá, eu vivo tranquila
                  C         E7
E o meu corpo dança sem parar
              F                C                  G
Do lado de cá, tem música, amigos e alguém para amar
            C G Am F
Do lado de cá
            C G Am F
Do lado de cá
            ( C G Am F ) (2x)
Do lado de cá

Do Lado De Cá

C - Am - Fm - G     x2

VERSO:
C            Am
como quisiera ver
Fm
gritando otra vez
G
al grande Kurt Cobain
C         Am
incomprendido
Fm
vistiendo de mujer
G
al mundo vomito

PRE-CORO:

E                           Am
porque morir ya no es gran cosa

Coro
F
Si tienes un problema
Dm
Difícil de arreglar
C                G
comienza por hablar
           Dm
con la verdad

rompe el destino
        Am       G
no pares de soñar
                   F
que se puede triunfar ohohoho !!

VERSO:

C            Am
como quisiera ver
Fm
a Marley otra vez
G
cantando en un club
C           Am
archibrillante
Fm
supo combinar
G
La Música Y La Paz

PRE-CORO:

E                           Am
porque morir ya no es gran cosa
Coro

F
si tienes un problema
Dm
difícil de arreglar
C                 G
comienza por hablar
           Dm
con la verdad

rompe el destino
        Am      G
no pares de soñar
                   F
que se puede triunfar ohohoh !




C - Am - Fm - G
C - Am - Fm - G



Coro
F
si tienes un problema
Dm
difícil de arreglar
C                 G
comienza por hablar
           Dm
con la verdad

rompe el destino
        Am      G
no pares de soñar
                  F
que se puede triunfar

Dm
si tienes un problema
F
difícil de arreglar
C                 G
comienza por hablar
           Dm
con la verdad

rompe el destino
        Am      G
no pares de soñar
                 F
que se puede triunfar



FINAL:

C - Am - Fm - G

Rompe El Destino

Intro : E - G - F / G

     E - G - F
Otra Vez

Cambiaste Dinero Por Placer
      C  F              G
Ya Lo Sé    El Vino Es Mejor Que La Iditotez
      Bb     F     C
Nunca Más Voy A Engañar
      Bb     F     C
Nunca Más Voy A Engañar
      Bb     F     C          G
Nunca Más Voy A Pensar En Como Vivir Después
F
Siempre Quieren El Auto Del Año
C
El Perfume Más Rebuscado
F                            C
Yo Me Compro Ropa Una Vez Por Año
F
Siempre Pagan Mas De La Cuenta
C
Por Comer La Misma Mierda
F                                  G
Yo No Entiendo Que Vida Que Vida Es Esa

     C  F           G
Otra Vez Cambiaste Dinero Por Placer
      C  F          G
Ya Lo Sé   El Vino Es Mejor Ke La Idiotez
      Bb     F     C
Nunca Más Voy A Engañar
      Bb     F     C
Nunca Más Voy A Engañar
      Bb     F     C          G
Nunca Más Voy A Pensar En Como Vivir Después

F
Siempre Quieren El Auto Del Año
C
El Perfume Más Rebuscado
F                            C
Yo Me Compro Ropa Una Vez Por Año
F
Siempre Pagan Mas De La Cuenta
C
Por Comer La Misma Mierda
F
Yo No Entiendo Que Vida Que Vida Es

Otra Vez

INTRO:
D-A-Bm-G
D-A-E-G

A)
Bm            D
Anoche la vi pasar
A              E
su cara me hizo tiritar
Bm        D
jamas olvidare 
             E       F#    
lo que me hizo ayer

A)
Bm            D
Su cara se transformo
A        E
que diabolica actitud
Bm             D
su puño cerrado
       E                             F#
avanzo y me reventó la nariz

B)
          G
*Nac, nac 
                    D     Em          
quien toca la puerta
                 B9-Bm
es combo final
      D           E
no abra la puerta*

A)
No se si andar
escondiendome de ti
si se que mañana 
andaras por ahí

A)
Yo se lo que quieres tu
quieres mi beso final
amiga lo siento
pero a mi 
me gusta tu mamá

B)
          G
*Nac, nac 
                    D     Em          
quien toca la puerta
                 B9-Bm
es combo final
      D           E
no abra la puerta*

B)
...matar
si yo no sabia
fue casualidad
no abra la puerta*

C)
F#                   G
Si tengo que dejar 
                          D
si tengo que olvidar
                            C#m
las cosas que me gustan mas 
                       Bm
lo voy hacer igual
                           G
Si tengo que arrancar 
                         D
si tengo que patearte a ti
                          E
que no te quepa duda
              F#
lo haré igual

B)
          G
*Nac, nac 
                    D     Em          
quien toca la puerta
                 B9-Bm
es combo final
      D           E
no abra la puerta*

B)
... matar
si yo no sabia
fue casualidad
a mi me gustaba
pero apareció su...

B)
... mamá
no tengo la culpa
combo final
      D           E         -  D   -  E
lo siento... final.*

Combo Final

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

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