69 Love Songs

Holiday

The Charm of the Highway Strip

Obscurities

Get Lost

Distortion

Love at the Bottom of the Sea

The Magnetic Fields is a New York-based group fronted by Stephin Merritt. Recent albums released under the name &quot;The Magnetic Fields&quot; usually consist of synth-pop music in a 1980s style underlying clever lyrics which are often heavily ironic. While synth-pop often forms the foundation of their music, The Magnetic Fields' music borrows from many other styles, notably country, folk and indie pop.  The band was originally formed in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1990 by friends Merritt and (percussionist/pianist/vocalist) Claudia Gonson.

Taken from stephinsongs.wiw. org

8. The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side

B                         E
Andy would bicycle across town

                         B 
in the rain to bring you candy

                       E 
and John would buy the gown

                       B 
for you to wear to the prom

               E 
with Tom the astronomer

                      F#
who'd name a star for you

                          B 
(C): But I'm the luckiest guy

                  G#m:
on the Lower East Side

      E 
cause I've got wheels

    F# 
and you want to go for a ride.

B                               E 
Harry is the one I think you'll marry

         B 
but it's Chris that you kissed

      F# 
after school

      B 
well I'm a fool, there's no doubt

    E 
but when the sun comes out

         F# 
and only when the sun comes out (C)

F#           E        B           F# 
  The day is beautiful and so are you 
My car is ugly but then I'm ugly too 
I know you'd never give me a second glance 
but when the weather's nice all the other guys don't stand a chance

  B 
I know Professor Blumen

      E 
makes you feel like a woman

    B 
but when the wind is in your hair

    E 
you laugh like a little girl

       B 
So you share secrets with Lou

    E 
but we've got secrets too

      F#          E                  F# 
Well, one: I only keep this heap for you

cause I'm the ugliest guy 
on the Lower East Side 
but I've got wheels 
and you want to go for a ride

Want to go for a ride?  (x3)

The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side

C          
You are a splendid butterfly
                              Am
It is your wings that make you beautiful
                        G     F
And I could make you fly away
                           C
But I could never make you stay

C
You said you were in love with me
                           Am
Both of us know that that's impossible
                         G        F
And I could make you rue the day
                           C
But I could never make you stay

G
Not for all the tea in China
F
Not if I could sing like a bird
C                          G
Not for all North Carolina
F                         
Not for all my little words
C                           G
Not if I could write for you
F
The sweetest song you ever heard
C                           G
It doesn't matter what I do
F
Not for all my little words

C
Now that you've made me want to die
                        Am
You tell me that you're unboyfriendable
                         G       F
And I could make you pay and pay
                           C
But I could never make you stay

To get the main riff, just hold
your finger on the e string first
fret for two notes, then open for
two notes, while strumming the whole chord

Credits: https://youtu.be/MsNwgfIgZbU

All My Little Words

A|----5---5---3---3--3---5---5-----------------------------------------------|
E|--------------0---0-----------2---2---2------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0---0--------------0---0------0---0--------------------------------------|

I Think I Need A New Heart

#THE MAGNETIC FIELDS - LONELY HIGHWAY (from the Get Lost album)
#My first tab - Michael Disco (www.coverurears.com), 6-19-2011
#
#This song really should be played with multiple instruments, but
#this sounds good with one uke!

#INTRO RIFF (x2):

A -5-3-1--------------------0-------------------------------
E -------1-----3--------------3-----------------------------
C ---------------2--------------1-------1-------------------
G --------------------------------2-------2-0---------------

#FLAIR RIFF (strum and hold the F chord while picking or strumming these):

A -----0-----0---1---1-0-------1----------------------------
E -1-------3---------------3--------------------------------
C ----------------------------------------------------------
G -2--------------------------------------------------------



#VERSE 1

Bb        Eb            F (flair to Gm)
I'm never going back to Jackson

Gm         Eb             F (flair to Bb)
I couldn't bear to show my face

Bb        Eb               F (flair to Gm)
I nearly killed you with my drinking

Gm          Eb                 F (flair to Bb)
Wouldn't be caught dead in that place


#CHORUS

Bb         G     F
  Lonely highway,  only friend

Eb           Bb             F     C     C
  You've got me to keep you warm again

Bb         G     F
  Lonely highway,  don't you cry-ie-ey

Eb       Bb             F      C (wander with the C for 2 measures)
  Let me hold you in my arms tonight


#VERSE 2

Bb       Eb             F (flair to Gm)
And as I hurtle down the highway

Gm       Eb               F (flair to Bb)
Past the factories and the graves

Bb         Eb              F (flair to Gm)
I think of all the years I wasted

Gm         Eb             F (flair to Bb)
I think of all the years I've saved


#REPEAT CHORUS

Lonely Highway

G          C                                D
 I xxxx xxxx xx xxxx xxx xx xxxx
C                           Em 
  and xxx xx xx xxx xxx xx xx
G       C                   D
but x xxxx xx xxx xxxx
C                                  Em
because xxxxx xx xxxx xxxx
G       C                                 D
I xxxx xxxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxxxxx
C                                 Em
and xxx xxxx xx xxx xxx xxxx
G         C                            D
but xx xxxx xx xxxx xxx xxxxx
C                                      Em 
because xxxxx xx xxxx xxxx

G          C               Em      D 
  When xxx xxxxx xxxxxx xxxxx
G          C                          D                 
When xxx xxxxx xxx xxxxx and xxx xxxx xxxx xx xxxx
G           C                Em        D
When xxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx
   Em            G    D 
I xxxx x xxxxx xxxxxxxxxx


Repeat all

You're My Only Home

C:               B             Em
It was infinitely late at night.
    Am                        B
The stars are still out there,
            Am          B
but they're all out of light.
      Em            B  C            B
Don't worry about me,  I'll be all right,
          C         B         Em
it's just infinitely late at night.

     Am
It's still getting later and later and later.
  Em                             D
I feel like I'm in a falling elevator.

    B
I'd kill for a drink, but I can't find the waiter.
  C                        B
I really believe he's gone home.
   C                      B
Oh god, I wish I could go home,
         C         B         Em
but it's infinitely late at night.

Is this a blackout or am I losing my sight?
It should have been noon now, the sun should be bright,
but it's infinitely...

The hour on the bar clock, it isn't finite,
it's all black and white without the white.
It's just infinitely late at night.

Infinitely Late At Night

True[F], I'd give my right [G]arm
To [C]keep you safe from [Am]harm
And [F]true, for you, I'd [G]move to Ecua[Am]dor
And I'd [F]keep a little [G]farm
Chop [C]wood to keep you [Am]warm 

But [F]I don't really [G]love you any[C]more 

I don't [F]have to love you [C]now if I don't [G]wish to
I won't [F]see you any[C]how if that's an [G]issue
Because I [F]am a gentle[G]man
Think of [C]me as just your [Am]fan
Who re[F]members every [G]dress you ever [Am]wore
Just the [F]bad comedi[G]an
Your new [C]boyfriend's better [Am]than 

'Cos [F]I don't really [G]love you any[C]more 

There'll be [F]someday when your [C]eyes do not en[G]thrall me
I'll be [F]numb I [C]realize you'll never [G]call me


'Cos I've [F]read your horo[G]scope
And now I've [C]given up all [Am]hope 

So [F]I don't really [G]love you any[C]more 

'Cos I've [F]read your horo[G]scope
And now I've [F]given up all [G]hope 

So [F]I don't really [G]love you any[C]more

I Don't Really Love You Anymore

E
Don't fall in love with me yet

                 B
We only recently met

                          F#
True I'm in love with you but

                       B
you might decide I'm a nut


# This is played over the strumming throughout the song. 

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|----------------|-------2----------2----|----2---------2-----|-----2---------2-|
|4--4----4-4-----|----3----3----3--------|--1---1----1---1----|--3----3----3----|
|-1-------1------|-----------------------|---------3--------3-|-----------------|

Absolutely Cuckoo

VERSE 1:     
                         (G)  (C)  (G)
You are a splendid butterfly
                              (Em)       (Em/Cmaj7)  (Em)
It is your wings that make you beautiful
                     (D)       (C)
And I could make you fly away
                       (G)      (C)  (G)
But I could never make you stay
                        (G)        (C)  (G)
You said you were in love with me
                               (Em)    (Em/Cmaj7) (Em)
Both of us know that that's impossible
                      (D)         (C)       
And I could make you rue the day
                        (G)       (C)  (G)
But I could never make you stay

                       
CHORUS:           
                        (D)   (C)
Not for all the tea in China
                          (G)
Not if I could sing like a bird
                      (D)   (C)    
Not for all North Carolina
                        (G)
Not for all my little words
                         (D)   (C)
Not if I could write for you
                           (G)
The sweetest song you ever heard
                       (D)      (C)
It doesn't matter what I'll do
                      (G)    (C)  (G)
Not for all my little words


VERSE 2 (tablature the same as verse 1)

Now that you've made me want to die
You tell me that you're unboyfriendable
And I could make you pay and pay
But I could never make you stay

C
A pity she does not exist
                   Am
A shame he's not a fag
C
The only girl I ever loved was
F    G    C
Andrew in drag


C
There is no hope of love for me
                   Am
From here on I'm a stag
C
The only girl I'll ever love is
F    G    C
Andrew in drag

          F      C
Andrew in drag
G         G7
Andrew in drag
          F      C
Andrew in drag
G             G7
Yeah

C
I don't know why I even went
                   Am
It's really not my bag
C
Just thought it might be funny to see
F     G   C
Andrew in drag

C
The moment he walked on the stage
                 Am
My tail began to wag
C
Wag like a little wiener dog for
F     G   C
Andrew in drag


          F      C
Andrew in drag
G         G7
Andrew in drag
          F      C
Andrew in drag
G             G7
Yeah

C
I've always been a ladies' man
                    Am
And I don't have to brag
C
But I become a momma's boy for
F     G   C
Andrew in drag

C
I'd sign away my trust fund
                      Am
I would even sell the Jag
C
If I could spend my misspent youth with
F     G   C
Andrew in drag

          F      C
Andrew in drag
G         G7
Andrew in drag
          F      C
Andrew in drag
G             G7
Yeah

C
So stick him in a dress and
                      Am
He's the only boy I'd shag
C
The only boy I'd anything is
F     G   C
Andrew in drag

C
I'll never see that girl again
               Am
He did it as a gag
C
I'll pine away forevermore for
F     G   C
Andrew in drag

Andrew In Drag

Intro:

G D/F# C
C G/B D/A



Verse:

G                D/F#       C
I should have forgotten you long ago
C          G/B      D/A
But you're in every song I know
G           D/F#      C
Whining and pining is wrong and so
   Am            G/B
On and so forth, of course of course,
    C                  D/A
But no, you can't have a divorce



Chorus:

  G                   D/F#
I haven't seen you in ages
    C                       Em 
But it's not as bleak as it seems
D/F#     G                 D/F#
We still dance on whirling stages
      C     G/B      D/A
In my Busby Berkeley dreams
G                              D/F#
The tears have stained all the pages
   C                   Em
Of my True Romance magazines
D/F#     G              D/F#
We still dance in my outrageously beautiful
C     G/B      D/A
Busby Berkeley dreams


Verse: 

G           D/F#          C
And now you want to leave me for good
C   G/B       D/A    
I refuse to believe you could
G      D/F#          C
You forget we're not made of wood
     Am              G/B
Well darling you may do your worst
  C                    D/A
Because you'll have to kill me first



Chorus:

  G                   D/F#
I haven't seen you in ages
    C                       Em 
But it's not as bleak as it seems
D/F#     G                 D/F#
We still dance on whirling stages
      C     G/B      D/A
In my Busby Berkeley dreams
G                              D/F#
The tears have stained all the pages
  C                   Em
Of my True Romance magazines
D/F#     G              D/F#
We still dance in my outrageously beautiful
C     G/B      D/A
Busby Berkeley dreams



Solo (number of beats): 
G(2)  D/F#(2)  C(4)
C(2)  G/B(1)  G(1)  D/A(4)
G(2)  D/F#(2)  C(4)
D/A(8) 



Chorus:

  G                   D/F#
I haven't seen you in ages
    C                       Em 
But it's not as bleak as it seems
D/F#     G                 D/F#
We still dance on whirling stages
      C     G/B      D/A
In my Busby Berkeley dreams
G                              D/F#
The tears have stained all the pages
   C                   Em
Of my True Romance magazines
D/F#     G              D/F#
We still dance in my outrageously beautiful
C     G/B      D/A
Busby Berkeley dreams



Outro:
G                 D/F#   
Do you think it's dangerous
        C     G/B      D/A
To have Busby Berkeley dreams? 

Busby Berkely Dreams

Db                   Gb                Ab
"Caution: to prevent electric shock
Db            Ab 
do not remove cover
   Gb                       Ab 
No user-serviceable parts inside
Gb                      Ab 
Refer servicing to qualified
Gb     Ab     Db 
service personnel"

                Bbm              Db       Ab 
Let this be the epi  -  taph for my heart
Eb            Bbm        Db       Ab   Eb 
Cupid put too much poison in the dart
            Bbm    Db       Ab 
This is the epitaph for my heart
  Eb         Db    Ab     Eb 
because it's gone, gone, gone
              Bbm     Db   Ab Eb 
and life goes on and on anon
               Bbm       Db       Ab Eb 
and death goes on, world without end
            Db Ab  Eb 
and you're not my friend

                   Bbm       Db   Ab  Eb 
Who will mourn the passing of my heart
                Bbm        Db            Ab 
Will its little droppings climb the pop chart
                Eb         Db  Ab    Eb 
Who'll take its ashes and, singing, fling

                          Db   Ab   Eb 
them from the top of the Brill Building 
And life goes on, and dawn, and dawn 
and death goes on, world without end 
and you're not my friend

I have observed
The winging of real birds
Not those reserved
Birds that simply everyone's observed
Real birds.

Epitaph For My Heart

INTRO: D G D G D

     D   G         D 
If I was the Grand Canyon
            G           A 
I'd echo everything you say
G       D 
but I'm just me
    F         G 
I'm only      me
    D           A            G 
and you used to love me that way

       D           A            D 
so you know how to love me that way
     D   G         D 
If I was Paul Bunyan 
              G        A
I'd carry you so far away 
G       D 
but I'm just me
    F         G 
I'm only      me

    D           A            G 
and you used to love me that way 
    D           A            G 
so you know how to love me that way

Grand Canyon

Verse:

D      A          G       D

So you quote love unquote me

     D        E           G       A

Well stranger things have come to be

    Bm     F#m     G    E

But let's agree to disagree, cause


Chorus:

D  E     Bm     G

I don't believe you

D  E    Bm     G

I don't believe you

[D  A  G  G]  x2


[Repeat verse, repeat chorus] x2


Bridge:

D        A                 G        G

I had a dream and you were in it

D            A               G      G

The blue of your eyes was infinite

G          G     A       A  

You seemed to be in love with me

D            A    G        G

Which isn't very realistic

[D  A  G  G] x4


[Repeat verse, repeat chorus] x3


Outro:


D  E     Bm     G

I don't believe you

D  E    Bm     G

I don't believe you

D  A  G  G

D  A  G  G  D

I Don't Believe You

True[F], I'd give my right [G]arm
To [C]keep you safe from [Am]harm
And [F]true, for you, I'd [G]move to Ecua[Am]dor
And I'd [F]keep a little [G]farm
Chop [C]wood to keep you [Am]warm

But [F]I don't really [G]love you any[Am]more

I don't [F]have to love you [C]now if I don't [G]wish to
I won't [F]see you any[C]how if that's an [G]issue
Because I [F]am a gentle[G]man
Think of [F]me as just your [G]fan
Who re[F]members every [G]dress you ever [Am]wore
Just the [F]bad comedi[G]an
Your new [C]boyfriend's better [Am]than

'Cos [F]I don't really [G]love you any[Am]more

There'll be [F]someday when your [C]eyes do not en[G]thrall me
I'll be [F]numb I [C]realize you'll never [G]call me
'Cos I've [F]read your horo[G]scope
And now I've [F]given up all [G]hope

So [F]I don't really [G]love you any[Am]more

'Cos I've [F]read your horo[G]scope
And now I've [F]given up all [G]hope

So [F]I don't really [G]love you any[C]more.

Intro: C G
C G
C D
                    C         G
I don't want to get over     you
                       C         G 
I guess I could take a sleeping pill
    C         G 
and sleep at will
                   D 
and not have to go through 
what I go through

                      C        G 
I guess I should take Prozac, right,
         C          G 
and just smile all night
             D 
at somebody new

         Am        Bm 
Somebody not too bright
    C          D 
but sweet and kind 
          C              G
who would try to get you off my mind 
                    C       G
I could leave this agony behind
         C              D 
which is just what I'd do
   C        D 
if I wanted to

                        C     G 
but I don't want to get over you
                        C     G 
cause I don't want to get over love 

                   C          G 
I could listen to my therapist, 
     C                G 
pretend you don't exist, 
                   D 
and not have to dream of 
what I dream of 

                   C          G
I could listen to all my friends 
       C      G
and go out again 
D
and pretend it's enough 

           Am                Bm
or I could make a career of being blue 
          C                       G
I could dress in black and read Camus 
       C                          G
smoke clove cigarettes and drink vermouth 
like I was 17 
D
that would be a scream 
                         C    G
but I don't want to get over you

Ending: C  G
C   G
C   D

I Don't Want To Get Over You

G                  C
I xxxxxx xx xx xx blue x

D         G            D
till xx xxx nothing xx lose.

C       D               Em    D       C
Nobody wants  xxx xxxx xxx    a    xxxxx clown.

B  Am                   D           G       (C  D  G  D)
I  xxxxx  know   x xxxxxx all xxxx  town.

I guess....
They make....
But nothing's...
And I know...

Maybe...
somewhere...
somewhere...
But all...

So...
I...
and...
and...

          C                     D            G
xxx last time. x xxxxxx all xxxx town.

I Looked All Over Town

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|--------------------|--------------------|

F
A

      C
I was born, I hate this part,
              E
being someone new,
      F                          C           G:
being torn, seeing someone who died as you grew.
         F                   C
Growing older is killing a child
                  G           D
who laughed and smiled at anything,
          F                        C
growing colder and less and less wild
                  G
and learning to sing.

      C
I was young, then not so young:
             E
scary either way.
         F                         C         G
One more rung down that black ladder every day.

            F                 C
One more floor down the elevator
          G        D
to oblivion what fun,
        F                  G
but the singularly awful one
         F     A
is being born.

I Was Born

(C, F, C) X2

          C        F        C
He is my lord, He is my savior
    F       C   F    G
And He rewards, my good behavior
   F        C      C      F 
My secret soul, I know He's seen it
           C                  G            F
He says, come here baby and kiss me like you mean it
     C                   G            F 
He calls me baby, says kiss me like you mean it


C, F, C, F, C, F ,C


            C    F   C
He is my light, and my salvation
     F      C         F      G
He's always right, He's always patient
  F     C          C        F
I pinch myself, it's like I'm dreaming it
           C                  G           F
He says, come here baby and kiss me like you mean it
      C                  G            F
He calls me baby, says kiss me like you mean it


C, F, C, F, C, F, G


           C                 F 
He is my love, He's always been it
          C                  G            F
He says come here baby and kiss me like you mean it
      C                  G            F
He calls me baby, says kiss me like you mean it


C, F, C

Kiis Me Like You Mean It

G C F
G         C
Andy ?  ? town 
C      G
In ?  ?candy 
G      C
And ? ? gown 
C      G
For ? ?prom 
G       C
With ? ?astronomer 
C         F    
Who'd ? ? you

CHORUS

G        C
Harry ? ?marry 
C      G           C
But ? ? Chris ? ?  school 
G
I'm ?
F
But ?
C 
And. . . 

CHORUS 

G        C
? day ? ?and ? 
G         C
?car ? ? I'm ? 
G        C
?know ?  a ? 

F
But ?
C        F            G
All ? ? don't stand a chance 

G    C
I ?  ?you
G
But ?
C
You ?
G
So ? 
C
But ?
F       C        F
Well? ? keep ? ? you 

CHORUS 

GCF

                    GCFGC
Want to go for a ride?


CHORUS: 
 G           C
But ? ?East Side 
F          C        G
Because ? ? you ? ? ride

Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side

Taken from stephinsongs .wiw. org

B
Meaningless?

                       G#m:
You mean it's all been meaningless?

              E
Every whisper and caress?

F#                     B 
Yes yes yes it was totally meaningless

Meaningless 
like when two fireflies fluoresce 
Just like everything I guess 
it was utterly meaningless 
Even less 
a little glimpse of nothingness 
sucking meaning from the rest of this mess 
Yes yes yes it was thoroughly meaningless

E                               F# 
  and if some dim bulb should say

                          B 
we were in love in some way

                            E 
kick all his teeth in for me

             F#               E                F# 
and if you feel like keeping on kicking feel free

Meaningless 
Who dare to say it wasn't meaningless 
Shout from the rooftops and address the press 
Ha ha ha it was totally meaningless

B 
Meaningless

                    G#m 
Meaning less than a game of chess

                               E 
Just like your mother said and mother knows best

                           F# 
I knew it all the time but now I confess

E         F#                   B 
Yes yes yes how deliciously meaningless

          F#                  E 
Yes yes yes effervescently meaningless

          F#                      B 
Yes yes yes it was beautifully meaningless

          F#                     E 
Yes yes yes it was profoundly meaningless 
Yes yes yes definitively meaningless 
Yes yes yes comprehensively meaningless 
Yes yes yes magnificently meaningless 
Yes yes yes how incredibly meaningless 
Yes yes yes unprecedentedly meaningless 
Yes yes yes how mind-blowingly meaningless 
Yes yes yes unbelievably meaningless 
Yes yes yes how infinitely meaningless

Meaningless

Intro/Verse: F C Bb

F          C     Bb
Dance with me my old friend
F    C         Bb
once before we go
F     C             Bb
Let's pretend this song won't end
       F      C         Bb
And we never have to go home

          Gm                    C
And we'll dance among the chandeliers

F                                 Bb
  And nothing matters when we're dancing
C                             F
  In tat or tatters you're entrancing
F                      Bb
  Be we in Paris or in Lansing
C                            F
  Nothing matters when we're dancing

       F     C         Bb
You've never been more beautiful
     F         C        Bb
Your eyes like two full moons
   F       C          Bb
As here in this poor old dance hall
  F       C        Bb
Among the dreadful tunes

         Gm                  C
The awful songs we don't even hear

F                                 Bb
  And nothing matters when we're dancing
C                             F
  In tat or tatters you're entrancing
F                      Bb
  Be we in Paris or in Lansing
C                            F
  Nothing matters when we're dancing

Nothing Matters When We're Dancing

My [C] girl is the queen of the [F] savages
She [G] don't know the modern world
and its [C] ravages
[C] Instead of money she's
got yams and [F] cabbages
She [G] lives in a dome
I [G] don't care if I never get [C] home
My [C] girl is the queen of the [F] jungle folk
You [G] should see the things
we see [C] when we smoke
We [C] think all of life is a [F] funny joke
She's [G] sharp as a tack
I [G] don't care if I never get [C] back
My [C]girl is the queen of ten [F] villages
We [G] live on the fruits
of her [C]pillages
She [C]eats other queens,
she's very [F]religious
She [G]doesn't use a fork
I [G]don't think I'll go back to New [C] York

Queen Of The Savages

# Intro:     G    D    C    D
#    
# Verse:
#
#     G                               D          C                   D
# You used xx xxxxx xxxx xxx xxxxxxxx stairs xx down xxx xxxxxxxx
#     G                          D         C                         D
# You stuttered xxxx x kaleidoscope xxxxx you xxxx xxx xxxx xxxxx
#     G                           D        C                         D
# You used xx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxx houses  xx used xx xxxx xxxxx xxxxx
# 
# Chorus: 
# G         F    C          G   F   C    G         F  C        G     F  C
# Take ecstasy         with me baby      Take ecstasy     with me.
# 
# Verse 2:
#  G                     D        C                                   D
# You xxx x xxxxx snowmobile  xx drove xxx xxxxx xxx xxxxxxx xxxxxx
#   G                                   D
# A vodka xxxxxx xxxx xxx xxxxx xxxxxxx eyes
#     C                            D
# We got xxxx xx xxxx xxx xxxxxxx hands

Take Ecstasy With Me

G          C          D/F#     G
  The book of love is long and boring
G        C             D/F#      G    
  No one can lift the damn thing 
G           C             D/F#      G
  It's full of charts and facts and figures
G       C              D/F#   G
  And instructions for dancing but

G C D/F# G
I...
G       C           D/F#    G
  I love it when you read to me and
G C D/F# G
You...
G         C       D/F# G
  You can read me anything

G          C          D/F#     G
The book of love has music in it
G          C          D/F#     G
In fact that's where music comes from
G          C          D/F#     G
Some of it is just transcendental
G          C          D/F#     G
Some of it is just really dumb but

G C D/F# G
I...
G       C               D/F#        G
I love it when you sing to me and
G C D/F# G
You...
G       C           D/F#        G
You can sing me anything

G          C          D/F#     G
The book of love is long and boring
G          C          D/F#     G
And written very long ago
G          C          D/F#     G
It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes
G          C          D/F#     G
And things we're all too young to know but

(G C D/F# G
I...
G           C             D/F#        G
I love it when you give me things and
G C D/F# G
You...
G           C             D/F#      G
You ought to give me wedding rings) x2

The Book Of Love

# G                           C
# Andy would bicycle across town
#                            G
# In the rain to bring you candy
#                          C
# And John would buy the gown
#                          G
# For you to wear to the prom
#                 C
# With Tom the astronomer
#                        D    D7
# Who'd name a star for you
# 
# 
# (Chorus)
#                       G                      C
# But I'm the luckiest guy on the Lower East Side
#           D                  D7                    G
# Because I've got wheels and you want to go for a ride
# 
# G  C  G  C
# 
# G                                 C
# Harry is the one I think you'll marry
#           G                            D
# But it's Chris that you kissed after school
#              G
# Well I'm a fool, there's no doubt
#       C
# But when the sun comes out
#           D                   D7
# And only when the sun comes out
# 
# 
# (Chorus)
# 
# 
# Em             C    G            D
# The day is beautiful and so are you
# Em         C           G          D
# My car is ugly but then I'm ugly too
# Em            C           G            D
# I know you'd never give me a second glance
#               Em                        C      G                D
# But when the weather's nice, all the other guys don't stand a chance
# 
# 
# 
#     G                          C
# I know Professor Blumen makes you feel like a woman
#      G
# But when the wind is in your hair
#       C
# You laugh like a little girl
#          G
# So you share secrets with Lou
#      C
# But we've got secrets too
#        G            C                 D    D7
# Well, one: I only keep this heap for you
# 
# 
# 
#                          G                      C
# Because I'm the ugliest guy on the Lower East Side
#       D                  D7                   G   C   D
# But I've got wheels and you want to go for a ride
#                   G    C   D
# Want to go for a ride? 
# 
# (Continue to end)

B, E, F#, G#m, E, F#, B

B               E         F#
 I want to be a playboy's bunny.
G#m                      E       F#
   I'd do whatever they asked me to.
B                     E       F# 
 I'd meet people with lots of money,
G#m                            E  F#   B    E
   and they would love me like I loved you.

I want to be a topless waitress.
I want my mother to shed one tear.
I'd throw away this old sedate dress,
slip into something a tad more sheer.

E                B        F#
 I want to be an artist's model,
E                 B   F#
 an odalisque, au naturel.
B                    E        F#
 I should be good at spin-the-bottle
G#m                               E    F#  B    E
   while I've still got something left to sell.

I want to be a cobra dancer,
with Little Willy between my thighs.
I may not find a cure for cancer,
but I'll meet plenty of single guys.

I want to be a brothel worker.
I've always been treated like one.
If I could be a back-street lurker,
I'd make more money and have more fun.

I want to be a dominatrix,
which isn't like me, but I can dream
learn S, and M, and all those gay tricks,
and men will pay me to make them scream.

I want to be a porno starlet.
(For that I'll wait till Mama's dead.)
I'll see my name in lights of scarlet
and get to spend every day in bed.

I want to be a tattooed lady,
dedicated -- as I am -- to art.
Characters bold, complex, and shady
will write my memoirs across my heart.

The Nun's Litany

Em        C      D                 Em       C    D
I know the rain is not profound, and autumn's not symbolic
Em                C        D
And the wind does not make lonesome sounds
Em               D
Yes, I know it's meaningless
C                D
Yes, I know it's meaningless
     G       C       D
But let's go out and frolic

            G          C           D
Cause the sun and the sea and the sky
          G      C        D
They will never make you cry
            G           C        D
You can love them and they don't die
G           C   Em
They don't just die

You can wait for Jesus all your life, he's coming any day now
Any day now for two thousand years
Yes I know, it's trivial
Yes, I know I'm shallow
But let's go out and play now

Cause the sun and the sea and the sky
They will never make you cry
You can love them and they don't die
They don't just die

The Sun And The Sea And The Sky

Eb            Bb                  Ab                Eb          Bb           Ab 
Moons     in        June      I've given up on that stuff  
Arms have charms but I've no hope of falling in love  

         Ab            Eb         Bb        Cm
(C): The rest of life pales in significance  

    Ab          Eb       Bb            Eb
I'm looking for somebody with whom to dance  
With whom to dance?  With whom to dance?  
I'm looking for somebody with whom to dance.
  
Rings and strings  What use have I for these things?  
Bells and carousels  I'd just be fooling myself.  (C)

    Ab                 Eb      
And you  You look like heaven  

   Bb                       F:
An angel who stepped from a dream
777 times lovelier than anything I've ever seen.  (C)

With Whom To Dance

G      Em
I found a love for me
               C                         D
Darling just dive right in, and follow my lead
                G                 Em
Well I found a girl beautiful and sweet
          C                                  D
I never knew you were the someone waiting for me

                                 G
Cause we were just kids when we fell in love
              Em                     C               G  D
Not knowing what it was, I will not give you up this ti-ime
                   G                         Em
But darling just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own
             C                  D
And in your eyes you’re holding mine

       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D              Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

               G                    Em
Well I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know
                C                                        D
She shares my dreams, I hope that someday I’ll share her home
           G             Em
I found a love, to carry more than just my secrets
         C                              D
To carry love, to carry children of our own

                              G                     Em 
We are still kids, but we’re so in love, fighting against all odds
                  C               G  D
I know that we’ll be alright this ti-ime
               G                            Em 
Darling just hold my hand, be my girl, I’ll be your man
          C              D
I see my future in your eyes



       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

G Em C D 


       Em     C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight


Perfect

Sorry I couldn't figure out the chords in the original song, nor in the Kris Allen version, but here's what I wrote

Intro: Dm, Bb, Dm, C
 
Dm
In the night I hear 'em talk,

Bb
The coldest story ever told,

Dm
Somewhere far along this road

C
He lost his soul
To a woman so heartless...
How could you be so heartless... oh
How could you be so heartless?

Dm, Bb, Dm, C (it continues like this for the rest of the song, the rest is just the lyrics)

How could you be so,
Cold as the winter wind when it breeze yo
Just remember that you talking to me yo
You need to watch the way you talking to me you know
I mean after all the things that we been through
I mean after all the things we got into
And yo I know of some things that you ain't told me
And yo I did some things but that's the old me
And now you wanna get me back
And you gon' show me
So you walk around like you don't know me
You got a new friend
Well I got homies
But in the end it's still so lonely

In the night I hear 'em talk,
The coldest story ever told,
Somewhere far along this road
He lost his soul
To a woman so heartless...
How could you be so heartless... oh
How could you be so heartless?


How could you be so Dr. Evil
You're bringing out a side of me that I don't know
I decided we weren't gonna speak so why we up 3 a.m. on the phone
Why does she be so mad at me for, homie I don't know she's hot and cold
I won't stop, won't mess my groove up cause I already know how this thing goes,
You run and tell your friends that you're leavin' me
They say that they don't see what you see in me
You wait a couple months then you gon' see,
You'll never find nobody better than me

In the night I hear 'em talk,
The coldest story ever told,
Somewhere far along this road
He lost his soul
To a woman so heartless...
How could you be so heartless... oh
How could you be so heartless?


Talkin', talkin', talkin', talk,
Baby lets just knock it off
They don't know what we been through
They don't know 'bout me and you
So I got something new to see
And you just gon' keep hatin' me
And we just gon' be enemies
I know you can't believe
I could just leave it wrong
and you can't make it right
Im gon' take off tonight
Into the night...

In the night I hear 'em talk,
The coldest story ever told,
Somewhere far along this road
He lost his soul
To a woman so heartless...
How could you be so heartless... oh
How could you be so heartless?

Heartless

Intro
G G G G G G G C D D C G G G C D D C G

G                        G    C    D
You think it's fair, to walk right up
D                 D   C   G
Take my life and fuck it up
G                      G     C     D
I don't care if every drops been drunk
D                      D    C    G 
I don't care it every wars been won

Second verse same

G
Oh, you think you're dangerous
G
Oh, so very dangerous
G
Oh, I think you're special
G
Oh, so very special

(pause)

G                        D   C  D
So why'd you have to go fuck it up
D                      D   C  G
Why'd you have to go fuck it up
G                        G   C  D    
Seems you always gotta fuck it up
D                       D    C  G                
So why'd you always go fuck it up


Repeat all that, then

G     C  D
Fuck it up
D    C   G   
Fuck it up
G    C  D
Fuck it up
D    C   G    
Fuck it up
G    C  D
Fuck it up
D     C  G
Fuck it up
G    C  D
Fuck it up
D    C   G
Fuck it up

Fuck It Up 

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: E - A - E - A


E                   A
Tú endulzas mi canción
                   E
Le das un buen sabor,
               A
a cada situación
         E  A  E  A
Siempre Tú

  E                   A
¿Quién podría ser mejor?
                 E
Contigo sale el sol
                A
Sazonas mi interior, siempre


E
Se derrite el corazón
     F#m       A
Tan sólo con una mirada
E
Son tus besos, es tu voz
     F#m             A       B7
que tienen mi alma enajenada


CORO:

E                    A
Nuestro amor sabe a chocolate
    E             B7
Un corazón de bombón que late
C#m                   A
Nuestro amor sabe a chocolate
E     B7     E
Oh oh oh oh oh

E            A
Uuh uh uh uh uh
E             A
uuh uh uh uh uh



E                  A
Tú, tú mi inspiración
               E
Receta de pasión
                A
Amor sin condición, siempre



E
Se derrite el corazón
    F#m        A
Tan sólo con una mirada
E
Son tus besos, es tu voz
    F#m              A      B7
que tienen mi alma enajenada


CORO:

E                   A
Nuestro amor sabe a chocolate
E                 B7
Un corazón de bombón que late
C#m                   A
Nuestro amor sabe a chocolate
E     B7     C#m
Oh oh oh oh oh

                 A
Una probada y nomás
                   C#m
Verás que te hace volar
                 A
El cielo en tu paladar
                  C#m
Así me quiero quedar
                 A
Una probada y nomás
                  C#m
Verás que te hace volar
                  A
El cielo en tu paladar
                  F#m       B7
Así me quiero quedar, Contigo


E                   A
Nuestro amor sabe a chocolate
E                 B7
Un corazón de bombón que late
C#m                   A
Nuestro amor sabe a chocolate
E     B7     E
Oh oh oh oh oh

E    A    E     A    E

Chocolate

C    Em  Am         F     C      G
Wise men say, only fools ruuuush in 
    F  G    Am    F          C      G    C
But I can't help falling in loooove with you
C     Em Am            F     C     G
Shall I stay, would it beeee aaaaa sin 
   F  G    Am    F          C      G       C
If I can't help falling in loooove wiiiith you


Bridge:
Em            B7      Em            B7
Like a river flooows, surely to the sea
Em             B7      Em         A7            Dm G
Darling so it goeeees, some things are meant to be


C    Em  Am            F       C   G  
Take my hand, take my whooole life too
    F  G    Am    F           C    G    C      
For I can't help faaalling in love with you


REPEAT BRIDGE


C    Em  Am            F       C   G  
Take my hand, take my whooole life too
    F  G    Am    F           C    G    C      
For I can't help faaalling in love with you
    F  G    Am    F           C    G    C      
For I can't help faaalling in love with you

Can't Help Falling In Love With You

[Intro]
C          Em                  Am              F
Feels like,  I'm standing in a timeless dream
  C         Em               Am    F
A light mist   of pale amber rose
C          Em              Am            F
Feels like,  I'm lost in a deep cloud of heavenly scent
Am       G            F
Touching,  discovering you


[Verse 1]
C           Em                  Am              F
Those days,  of warm rains come rushing back to me
         C        Em              Am   F
Miles of windless,   summer night air
       C       Em             Am              F
Secret moments,   shot in the heat of the afternoon
           C        Em             Am     F
Out of the stillness,   soft spoken words


[Chorus]
C
I love you always forever
F
Near and far, closer together
C
Everywhere, I will be with you
F
Everything, I will do for you

C
I love you always forever
F
Near and far, closer together
C
Everywhere, I will be with you
F
Everything, I will do for you


[Verse 2]
C         Em                       Am             F
You've got,  the most unbelievable blue eyes I've ever seen
C         Em                   Am    F
You've got, me almost melting away
      C        Em                      Am           F
As we lay there,   under a blue sky of pure white stars
          C        Em             Am    F
It's like sweetness,  and magical time


[Chorus]
C
I love you always forever
F
Near and far, closer together
C
Everywhere, I will be with you
F
Everything, I will do for you

C
I love you always forever
F
Near and far, closer together
C
Everywhere, I will be with you
F
Everything, I will do for you


[Bridge]
C
Say you'll love love me forever
Em
Never stop, not for whatever
Am
Near and far and always 
         Am             F        
and everywhere and everything

C
Say you'll love love me forever
Em
Never stop, not for whatever
Am
Near and far and always 
         Am             F        
and everywhere and everything

C
Say you'll love love me forever
Em
Never stop, not for whatever
Am
Near and far and always 
         Am             F        
and everywhere and everything

C
Say you'll love love me forever
Em
Never stop, not for whatever
Am
Near and far and always 
         Am             F        
and everywhere and everything


[Chorus]
C
I love you always forever
F
Near and far, closer together
C
Everywhere, I will be with you
F
Everything, I will do for you

C
I love you always forever
F
Near and far, closer together
C
Everywhere, I will be with you
F
Everything, I will do for you

I Love You Always Forever

Am                              Am
       In a Manner of speaking 
                     Am/G
I just want to say
                    Am/G                 F
That I could never forget the way
                      Dm
You told me everything
                  E7/G#
By saying nothing

Am                              Am
        In a manner of speaking
                  Am/G
I don't understand
                  Am/G                           F
How love in silence becomes reprimand
                            Dm
But the way that i feel about you
     E7/G# 
Is beyond words

  Am               Am/G
O give me the words
                      F                  Dm
Give me the words
                    E7/G#
That tell me nothing
Am               Am/G
O give me the words
                      F                  Dm
Give me the words
                   E7/G#
That tell me everything

In a manner of speaking
Semantics won't do
In this life that we live we live we only make do
And the way that we feel
Might have to be sacrified
So in a manner of speaking
I just want to say
That just like you I should find a way
To tell you everything
By saying nothing.

O give me the words
Give me the words
That tell me nothing
O give me the words...
Give me the words
Give me the words

best with Low G

In A Manner Of Speaking

Intro: Am7   Em x3
       D     E7
         
Am7              Em
Goin' out of my mind
Am7                Em
Don't even know my own name half the time
Am7              Em
How'd I get so blind that I couldn't se
D         E7 
What was right in front of me?

Am7          Em
Wish I was wrong
Am7                   Em
I wish that you were right here lyin' in my arms
Am7         Em
Deep down inside I got to face the truth
D     E7            
That you're not comin' home


Am7       Em
This looooove is over
F     E      Am7        Em
       This love is over

Am7   Em

Am7          Em
God knows I tried
Am7           Em
Everything I could to keep you satisfied
Am7      Em                        D
Bein' my baby was just a part you played
     E7 
It was all some kind of game

Am7              Em
And just like a child
Am7          Em
Just like a child you got to have your way
Am7      Em                  
Nothin' ventured, nothing gained
D             E7 
Now there's nothin' left to say


Am7       Em
This looooove is over
F     E      Am7        Em
       This love is over

Am7   Em x2
D     E7

Am7      G              C 
Baby, I know I'll get along
                      E
Sometimes you got to make it on your own
Am7                 G                  C  
It's more than my pride that's got me all tied
      E                      
Up inside, girl, it's all the lyin'

F            E 
Guess, It's time to close the door
F             E  
I don't wanna cry anymore
F                   E               Am7    Em   
It's just not worth fightin' for this loooooove
   F      E       Am7      Em 
It's over, this love is over 

Am7    Em

This Love Is Over

(Intro)
D  A 

(Verse)
  D					      A
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line
			      A7               D
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time
				     A
Work, work, work, Senora, work your body line
			  A7               D
Work, work, work, Senora, work it all the time

(Pre-chorus)
D                    G
My girl's name is Senora
  D                    A
I tell you friends, I adore her
    D                    G
And when she dances, oh brother!
         D     		  A
She's a hurricane in all kinds of weather

(Chorus)
  D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time OK, I believe you!
  D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time OK, I believe you!
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time OK, I believe you!
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time Whoa!

(Verse)
  D					      A
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line
			      A7               D
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time
				     A
Work, work, work, Senora, work your body line
			  A7               D
Work, work, work, Senora, work it all the time

(Pre-chorus)
 D                 G
You can talk about Cha Cha
 D                  A
Tango, Waltz, or de Rumba
 D                     G
Senora's dance has no title
     D
You jump in the saddle
  A
Hold on to de bridle!

 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time OK, I believe you!
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time Rock your body, child!
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time Somebody, help me!
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time Whoa!

(Verse)
  D					      A
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line
			      A7               D
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time (Whoa)
				     A
Work, work, work, Senora, work your body line (Yep)
			  A7               D
Work, work, work, Senora, work it all the time

(Pre-chorus)
 D                 G
Senora, she's a sensation
 D                A
The reason for aviation
 D                      G
And fellas, you got to watch it
       D                       A
When she wind up, she bottom, she go like a rocket!

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Jump in de line, rock your body in time OK, I believe you!
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Jump in de line, rock your body in time Hoist those skirts a leetle higher!
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Jump in de line, rock your body in time Up the chim-en-y!
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Jump in de line, rock your body in time Whoa oh oh oh!

(Verse)
  D					      A
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line
			      A7               D
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time
				     A
Work, work, work, Senora, work your body line
			  A7               D
Work, work, work, Senora, work it all the time

(Pre-chorus)
 D              G
Senora dances Calypso
 D                   A
Left to right is de tempo
     D                   G
And when she gets the sensation
       D                    A
She go up in the air, come down in slow motion

(Chorus)
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time OK, I believe you!
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Jump in de line, rock your body in time Somebody, help me!
 D                A                 D          A
Jump in de line, rock your body in time OK, I believe you!
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Jump in de line, rock your body in time Whooooa!

(Outro)
  D					      A
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line
			      A7               D
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time
				     
Work, work, work, Señora!!

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