The Animal Years

The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter

Hello Starling

Josh Ritter (born in Moscow, Idaho on October 21, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and author who performs and records with The Royal City Band (as Josh Ritter &amp; The Royal City Band). Ritter is known for his distinctive Americana style and narrative lyrics. In 2006 he was named one of the &quot;100 Greatest Living Songwriters&quot; by Paste magazine.  Born to two neuroscientists, Ritter bought his first guitar from the local K-MART after hearing the Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash classic Girl From The North Country.

Originally tabbed by huntdalby3687 at ultimate-guitar.com, but it sounds beautiful on the ukulele as it is.

Intro
Gmaj    Cadd9    Gmaj    Cadd9

Gmaj                                     Cadd9                                     Gmaj  
     Cadd9
Aall the other girls here are stars?you are the Northern Lights
Gmaj                                                  Cadd9                              
           Gmaj         Cadd9
They try to shine in through your curtains; you're too close and too bright
Gmaj                          Em7
They try and they try but everything that they do
         Am                                C                        Gmaj
is the ghost of a trace of a pale imitation of you
                              Cadd9                                      Gmaj      Cadd9
I'll be the one to drive you back home, Kathleen
Gmaj                                       Cadd9                                         
  Gmaj       Cadd9
This party is made with the night air and the chance that a smile
Gmaj                                      Cadd9                                         
        Cadd9
will wind its way from your face to one of the boys in your line
Gmaj                                                Em7
You act like you're hip to their tricks and you're strong
           Am                       C                                            Gmaj
but a virgin Wurlitzer heart never once had a song
                                Cadd9                                Gmaj        Cadd9
I'll be the one to drive you back home Kathleen
Gmaj                                                           D
And I'll have you back by break of day
                                       Cadd9
I'm going your way anyway
                                                 Gmaj
And if you'd like to come along
                                  D
I'll be yours for a song

Interlude:   Gmaj       Cadd9       Gmaj         Cadd9


Gmaj                                             Cadd9                           Gmaj    
 Cadd9
I know you are waiting and I know that it is not for me
Gmaj                                                          Cadd9                      
                  Gmaj          Cadd9
but I'm here and I'm ready and I've saved you the passenger seat
Gmaj                                        Em7
I won't be your last dance just your last goodnight
Am                                            C                                          
                     Gmaj
every heart is a package tangled up in knots someone else tied
                                 Cadd9                                Gmaj         Cadd 9
I'll be the one to drive you back home Kathleen

Gmaj    Cadd9     Repeat  4 times

Gmaj                                            Cadd9                                
    Cadd9
so crawl up your trellis and quietly back into your room
Gmaj                                                             Cadd9                   
            Gmaj         Cadd9
and I'll coast down the length of your drive by the light of the moon
Gmaj                                                       Em7
and the next time I see you a new kind of hello
                 Am                                    C
both our hearts have a secret only both of us know
                  Gmaj          Cadd9                                     Gmaj        Cadd9
'bout the night that I drove you back home Kathleen

Repeat       Gmaj   Cadd9

Kathleen

Intro: E G#m A B

E B A A

E

Verse:
E                                B    
These chords are old but we shake hands 
A                                B
Cause I believe that they're the good guys
We can use all the help we can 
So many minor chords outside 
I fell in love with the sound 
Oh I love to sing along with you 
We got tunes we kicked around 
We got a bucket that the tunes go through


E               G#m  A
Babe we both had dry spells 
     B            E       
Hard times in bad lands 
B             A     
I'm a good man for ya 
A              
I'm a good man

E B A A x2

Verse
Last night there was a horse in the road 
I was twisting in the hairpin 
My hands held on my mind let go
And back to you my heart went skipping 
I found the inside of the road 
Thought about the first time that I met you 
All those glances that we stole 
Sometimes if you want them then you've got to 

Babe we both had dry spells 
Hard times in bad lands 
I'm a good man for ya 
I'm a good man 

E B A A x4

They shot a Western south of here
They had him cornered in a canyon 
And even his horse had disappeared 
They said it got run down by a bad bad man 
You're not a good shot but I'm worse 
And there's so much where we ain't been yet 
So swing up on this little horse 
The only thing we'll hit is sunset 

Babe we both had dry spells 
Hard times in bad lands 
I'm a good man for ya 
I'm a good man

E       B         A    x4
Babe we both had....

Hard times in bad lands 
I'm a good man for ya 
I'm a good man

End on E

Good Man

C            C/B           Am                G
How hard for the covers to be pulled from their slumbers,
       F           G            C
but a ghost never gives up its sheet.
                    C/B          Am       G            F         G 
Tell me, is it the same for the rattling chains or whatever you wear when 
     C
you sleep?
       F                                                C
You remember the time that I told you to take off your clothes?
         C/B         Am
You were naked as a window.
          C              G           F          G        C
But I'll take all that nothing over nothing at all.
            C/B         Am           G  
I'm just a hallway for ceilings and walls, babe
    F         G            C
and emptiness all the way through.
                C          C/B        Am           G
You know you're asking too much to be held and not touched,
        F           G            C
but somehow that's just what you do.
       F                                                C
You remember the time that I told you to take off your clothes?
         C/B        Am
You were naked as a window
          C              G           F          G        C
But I'd take all that nothing over nothing at all.
          C              G           F             G         C
Yeah I'd take all that nothing over nothing, over nothing at all.

Naked As A Window

D                                                                   
I still remember the time when we were dancing
                      Em             G
We were dancing to a song that I?d heard
D                                                    
Your face was simple and your hands were naked
        Em                        G
I was singing without knowing the words
 


D                                                 
I started listening to the wolves and the timber, 
Em                       G
Wolves in the timber at night
D                                
I heard the song when I looked in the mirror..
       Em                           G
In the howls and the moons round my eyes

D
So long, so high?
Em       G
So long, so high?
D
So long, so high?
Em       G
So long

Then winter came and there was little left between us
Skin and bones of love won't make a meal
I felt my eyes drifting over your shoulder
There were wolves at the edge of the field
But I still remember that time when we were dancing
We were dancing to a song that I'd heard
Your face was simple and your hands were naked
I was singing without knowing the words

So long, so high

Then one day I just woke up
And the wolves were all there
Wolves in the piano
Wolves underneath the stairs
Wolves inside the hinges
Circling round my door
At night inside the bedsprings
Clicking cross the floor
I don't know how they found me
I'll never know quite how
I still can't believe they heard me
That I was howling out that loud

So long, so high

At times in the frozen nights I go roaming
In the bed she used to share with me
I wake in the fields with the cold and the lonesome
The moon's the only face that I see
But I still remember that time when we were dancing
We were dancing to a song that I'd heard
Your face was simple and your hands were naked
I was singing without knowing the words

So long so high

Wolves

E
Deep in the belly of a whale I found her
Abm
Down with the deep blue jail around her
C#m
Running her hands through the ribs of the dark
A
Florence and Calamity and Joan of Arc
E
I love the way she looks in her underwear
Abm
I lose my page in the book then the plot then I swear
C#m
She makes the most of her time loving me plenty
A                                    B
She knows there'll come a day when I won't be gettin' any

E
The stain of the sepia the butcher Crimea
            Abm
Through the wreck of a brass band I thought I could see her
     C#m
In a cakewalk she came through the dead and the lame
A                                B
Just a little bird floatin' on a hurricane
E
I was flat on my back, my feet in the thorns
Abm
I was in between the apples and the chloroform
C#m
She came to me often, I was sure I was dying,
A                                      B
It was always hard to tell if she was laughing or crying


E                            Abm
I thought I heard somebody callin'

        A                  B              E
In the dark, I thought I heard somebody call.


E
Joan never cared about the in-betweens
Abm
Combed her hair with a blade did the Maid of Orleans
C#m
Said Christ walked on water, we can wade through the war
A                                  B
You don't need to tell me who the fire is for
E
O bring me the love that can sweeten a sword
Abm
A boat that can love the rocks or the shore
C#m
The love of an iceberg reachin' out for the wreck
A                                          B
Can you love me like the crosses love the nape of the neck?

[keyboard interlude]

E
Was it Casey Jones, or the Casey at the bat
Abm
Who died outta pride and got famous for that
C#m
Killed by a swerve laid low by the curve
A                                        B
Do you ever think they ever thought they got what they deserved?
E
Don't pity the bully, pity the man
Abm
Who both found their place in the same sad plan
C#m
It wasn't like the barrell goin' over the falls
A                                 B
Crying all the way down I never asked to be involved

E                          Abm
I though I heard somebody callin'
        A                 B               E
In the dark, I thought I heard somebody call.

[keyboard interlude]

E
General George began the day by drinking pink little pills
Abm
Sent his men to the top of some helluva hill
C#m
Through the whisper of trees came artillery breeze
A                                       B
He said I love they way the wind comes a-ticklin' my knees
E
Jane shot the apple right between the eyes
Abm
I was thinking of her when you came outside
C#m
Lemonade on your breath, sun in your hair
A                                     B
Did I mention how I love you in your underwear?
E
Deep in the belly of a whale I found her
Abm
Down with the deep blue jail around her
C#m
Runnin her hands throuhg the ribs in the dark
A                             B
Florence and Calamity and Joan of Arc

E                          Abm
I though I heard somebody callin'
        A                 B              E
In the dark, I thought I heard somebody call.
E                          Abm
I though I heard somebody callin'
        A                 B              E
In the dark, I thought I heard somebody call.

To The Dogs Or Whoever

C Dm7 F

        C                G
So save all of your light
              Am                  Em
For those who can't sleep at night
             F         C         G
And who can't even sing to their shadows
            C         G
Oh they ride into town
            Am               Em
And they throw the shots down
             F              C           G
And they save the last round for the windows

        F                      C                     G                    F
Singing don't let me into this year with an empty heart, with an empty heart
F                      C                     G
Don't let me into this year with an empty heart

I'm inside with my friends
We build fires and pretend
That the night could just bend on forever
While outside in the frost
Are the wolves and the lost
And we sing to the dogs or whoever

Singing don't let me into this year with an empty heart
With an empty heart
Don't let me into this year with an empty heart

There's a friend that I have
And for her I'll go back
You see all of these empties that I'm holding
They're too much for a man
Empty arms, empty hands
And she'll know me by the sound of my hoping

(ending varies from the chorus, as follows)
C                                         Dm7                       F
Don't let me into this year with an empty heart, with an empty heart
C                                         Dm7    F
Don't let me into this year with an empty heart

Repeat ending multiple times, and end on C



**To give credit where credit is due, this was tabbed for guitar by benedictus41 at ultimate-guitar.com.**

Empty Hearts

G
He's riding the plains living up to his name
        C                        G
As the next to the last true romantic
    C                        G
He knows that his story is tragic
              Am
But he can't rest
          D
Til he's next
    G
To you

        G
All the girls know his fame the men curse his name
          C                        G
And they talk about him like he's magic
              C                       G
But he's the next to the last true romantic
             Am
And he can't rest
         D
Til he's next
   G
To you

            C
He's stolen hearts like they're horses
    C  C        C      C        G
And horses when hearts can't be found
          C                       C            C   C     D
He keeps riding from one horse to one horse to one horse towns
             
(It gets him down)


     G
He know's he's a fool to get caught up with you
              C                       G
But he's the next to the last true romantic
          C                        G
He can't let go of love once he's had it
              Am
And he can't rest
          D
Til he's next
    G
To you


                  C
There's always whiskey and women
    C  C      C   C   G
And women and whiskey around
          C                          C        C     C       D
He can't tell which is worse to be dying of thirst or to drown
             
(It gets him down)


        G
So he smiles through the pain he pinched Estelle he danced with Jane
           C                         G
Sometimes even he don't know how he stands it
              C                       G
But he's the next to the last true romantic
              Am
And he can't rest
          D
Til he's next
    G
To you
             Am
And he can't rest
          D
Til he's next
    G
To you

Next To The Last Romantic

Original tuning : 1.0 step up

INTRO		

| Dadd2		| Dadd2sus4	|

VERSE		

| G		| D		|
| F#		| G		|
| D		| A		|
| G		| D		|| (play 2x)

| Bm		| D		|
| Bm		| D		|
| Bm		| D		| 
| A 	A/F#	| G		|| (play 2x)

VERSE 1	

If this was the Cold War 
We could keep each other warm 
I said on the first occasion that I met Marie 

We were crawling through the hatch 
That was the missile silo door 
And I don't think that she really thought that much of me 

I never had to learn to love her 
Like I learned to love the bomb 
She just came along and started to ignore me 

But as we waited for the big one 
I started singing her my songs 
And I think she started feeling something for me 

VERSE 2	

We passed the time with crosswords 
That she thought to bring inside 
What five letters spelled apocalypse she asked me 

I won her over saying 
W-W-I-I-I 
Oh she smiled and we both knew that she misjudged me 
Oh Marie it was so easy 
To fall in love with you 
It felt almost like a home of swords or something 

And you would keep the warhead 
Missile silo good as knew 
And watched you with my thumb above the button 

VERSE 3	

Then one night you found me 
In my army issue cot 
And you told me of your flash of inspiration 

You said fusion was the broken heart 
That's lonely's only thought 
And all night long you drove me wild with your equations 

Oh Marie do you remember 
All the time we used to take 
Making love and then ransack the rations 

I think about you leaving now 
In the avalanche cascades 
My eyes get washed away in chain reactions 

SOLO

VERSE 4	

Oh Marie if you would stay 
Then we could stick pins in the map 
Of all the places where you thought that love would be found 

But I would only need one pin 
To show where my love's at 
In a top secret location 300 feet under the ground 

Oh we could hold each other close 
And stay up every night 
Looking up into the dark like it's the night sky 

Pretend this giant missile 
Is an old oak tree instead 
And carve our names and hearts into the warhead 

VERSE 5	

Oh Marie there's something tells me 
Things just wont work out at all 
That our love would live a half-life on the surface 

So at night while your are sleeping 
I hold you closer just because 
As our time grows short I get a little nervous 

So I think about the big one 
W-W-I-I-I 
Would we ever really care the world had ended? 

Your could hold me here forever 
Like you're holding me tonight 
I think about that big red button and I'm tempted

Temptation Of Adam

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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