Vows 

        Kimbra (Kimbra Lee Johnson Zottola), born and bred in Hamilton, New Zealand has been writing a fusion of jazz and soul for over 5 years, known for her erratic but graceful voice inspired by the likes of Björk and Jeff Buckley.   Early public performances by Kimbra included singing at the Waikato Times Gold Cup race meeting in 2000 as a 10-year-old, and singing the national anthem at age 12 before 27,000 people at the Auckland vs Waikato NPC rugby final.

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Am
I wanna settle down
I wanna settle down
                           Am7
Won't you settle down with me?
         Am
Settle down

Am
We can settle at a table..
A table for two
                             Am7
Won't you wine and dine with me?
         Am
Settle down

Am
I wanna raise a child
I wanna raise a child 
                             Am7
Won't you raise a child with me...
           Am
Raise a child

Am(7)
We'll call her Nebraska
Nebraska Jones
She'll have your nose
Just so you know


Am
I wanna settle down
I wanna settle down
                           Am7
Won't you settle down with me?
Settle down

Am(7)
Run from Angela Vickers
I saw her with you
Monday morning small talking on the avenue
She's got a fancy car
She wants to take you far
From the city lights and sounds deep into the dark


Chours:

Am                C
Star so light and star so bright
Em                 Dm
First star i see tonight
Am                C
Star so light and star so bright
Em          Dm
Keep him by side



Am
I wanna settle down
Em
I wanna settle down
Dm
Baby there's no need to run
Em
I'll love you well
Am
I wanna settle down
Em
It's time to bring you down
Dm
On just one knee for now
Em
Lets make our vows

Am
Hey o-oo
Hey o-oo
 Dm        Em
(he-eey he-ey)

Am(7)
Hey o-oo
Hey o-oo
 Dm        Em
(he-eey he-ey)

Settle Down

These are the chords from her live version of "Wandering Limbs"

The variation of the F#m7 in the song is played as:


                  F#m7
A|0---------------------------------------|
E|0---------------------------------------|
C|-----6----------------------------------|
G|-----6----------------------------------|


Cmaj7                             Cm
I'm gonna dangle my feet over the wire

Cmaj7                                      Cm
Despite your despair I'm going over to the other side

Cmaj7                                         Cm
There's a break in the clouds where the crimson collects

Cmaj7                    Cm
Bird's eye view, or just dots in the sky


Amaj7                                        F#m7
Am I caught in the background or part of the scene

                                               Amaj7      
Misery in the comedown, when I come down from here.

                                             B7
Are we tangled in each other, or placed in between?


Like a stone, or a stones throw away from falling

Amaj7
Am I just sketch in the landscape,

                   F#m7
Or arranged close to you?

      Amaj7
Aahhhhhh

                                                  B7
I think I fell into a strange fate with wandering limbs

          Amaj7
And eager hands

Cmaj7                                       Cm
Now the sun's gone to lay, I can lust towards space

Cmaj7                                             Cm
I'll transcend into blues, fade out from the ground greyies  

Cmaj7                                         Cm
I feel so beautiful, cut me off from the crowd cries

Cmaj7                                   Cm
I got the birds eye view, now we're all just dots in the sky


Amaj7                                       F#m7
Am I caught in the background, a part of the scene

                                               Amaj7
Misery in the comedown, when I come down from here

                                             B7
Are we tangled in each other, or placed in between


Like a stone, or a stones throw away from falling

Amaj7                                                 F#m7   Amaj7
Am I just sketch in the landscape or arranged close to you

                                                  B7
I think I fell into a strange fate with wandering limbs

          Amaj7
And eager hands

Wandering Limbs (live Version)

The variation of the F#m7 in the song is played as:


                  F#m7
A|0---------------------------------------|
E|0---------------------------------------|
C|-----6----------------------------------|
G|-----6----------------------------------|





Gm7
This is nonstop baby You've got me going crazy
   Fmaj7
You're heavier than I knew
     Gm7
But I don't want no other You're my cameo lover
   Fmaj7
Only here for a moment or two
   Gm7
You stay inside that bubble with all of your trouble
Fmaj7
In your black hole
    Gm7
You turn from the skies to dance with your demise
  Fmaj7                         C7
I'll be here when you come home home


    Dm7
We've all gotta break down
A                   Gm7
Let me come and break down
      C7
With you


 
    Fmaj7                             Dm7
Cause everyday's like talking in your sleep
Fmaj7                        C
Love is like a silhouette in dreams
Dm7               Em7
Open up your heart Open up your heart
Fmaj7                         G              A7
Open up your heart and let me pull you out of here  



       Gm7
I've got high hopes baby
                                  Fmaj7
But all you do is take me down to depths that I never knew
           Gm7
You've got two arms baby
                                      Fmaj7
They're all tangled in ladies of the black skies posing blue
   Gm7
Let go of your mother and turn to your brother
      Fmaj7
Not a long gone lover's noose
Gm7                                            Fmaj7
Sometimes baby the hardest part of breaking is leaving pieces
              C7
behind you, yeah yeah


Dm7
We've all gotta get by
A                        Gm7
Let me come and hold you high
      C7
With you


     Fmaj7                            Dm7
Cause everyday's like talking in your sleep
Fmaj7                        C
Love is like a silhouette in dreams
 Dm7             Em7
Open up your heart Open up your heart
Fmaj7                        G
Open up your heart and let me pull you out of here



Fmaj7                           Dm7                      
Everyday's like talking in your sleep
Fmaj7                        C
Love is like a silhouette in dreams
Dm7                Em7
Open up your heart Open up your heart
Fmaj7            G
Open up your heart 

Fmaj7                 G7
Open up your heart to me
    Fmaj7                       G7
The sun won't shine if you're not looking
    E9                   A7
Cos love is all that you need




Gmaj7                          D
Everyday's like talking in your sleep
Gmaj7                        D
Love is like a silhouette in dreams
          Em7                F#m7        A7
Won't you open up your heart Open, open, open



Gmaj7        D        Gmaj7        D
Open up your heart    Open up your heart

Em7                     F#m7
Bumbumbumbumbumbumbum   bum bum bum bum 
Gmaj7                   A7
Bumbumbumbumbumbumbum   bum bum bum bum 

Gmaj7        D           Gmaj7              D   
Open up your heart ya ya Open up your heart ya ya
Em7                     F#m7
Bumbumbumbumbumbumbum   bum bum bum bum 
Gmaj7                   A7
Bumbumbumbumbumbumbum   bum bum bum bum

Cameo Lover (acoustic)

A        F#m
Now I can't spend a minute
            C#m7
Now I can't steal the time
                 A            F#m
I've lost all my friends like money
                 C#m7
I've lost all my men to the sky

                A              F#m
Can't keep your loving from my mind
                     C#m7
It's worth more than gold, crystals and pride
         A                      F#m
Ready to shake these stars from me

            A             B          F#m
But I can't withdraw your heart from mine
            A             B          F#m
No, I can't withdraw your heart from mine
            A             B          Em
No, I can't withdraw your heart from mine

Em Em7 Am (x4)

Em                Asus4
I never knew what your love could do
  Em          Asus4
I blew it all away
                Em          Asus4
Thought I could satisfy the yearning of my
Em                            Asus4
Heart shaped hole on hold for you
C     D               Asus4
Never learned to hold on
       C             D           Asus4
I hold too tight and have to let go
            C        D
But there's no love, no love,
        G          F         Esus4      E
There's nothing to take your place

            A       F#m
Now I can't spend a minute
            C#m7
Now I can't steal the time
                 A            F#m
I've lost all my friends like money
                 C#m7
I've lost all my men to the sky

                  A              F#m
I can't keep your loving from my mind
                     C#m7
It's worth more than gold, crystals and pride
         A                 F#m
Ready to shake these stars from me

            A             B          F#m
Oh, I can't withdraw your heart from mine
                          A            B       F#m
You're the one thing that sticks right onto my side
            A             B          F#m
No, I can't withdraw your heart from mine
               A         B             F#m  
How'd I get so stuck, so stuck to your side?

           A             B          F#m
No I can't withdraw your heart from mine
                          A             B       F#m
You're the one thing that sticks, right into my side
        A             B          F#m
I can't withdraw your heart from mine.

A B F#m

Withdraw

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

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

Liability

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

Up Here

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

This Heart Attack

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

Why Cry

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

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

Crash Years

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

As She's Walking Away

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

Situations

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

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