Simple Life

Century Spring

Mason Jennings

Blood Of Man

Birds Flying Away

Always Been

Mason Jennings is a Minnesota-based pop-folk singer-songwriter. Jennings is originally from Honolulu, Hawaii. He is well known for his simple yet catchy melodies, intimate lyrics, intensely literary and historical themes, and deep tenor's voice. His music has appeared in the surf film Shelter and he has toured extensively. Jennings is married to Amy Jennings (nee Turany) and has a son, August, born in January 2003.  

Intro:  G    C    G    C

G        C     G         C
New york city, you're so pretty
G        C      G     C
All your faces, going places
G              C               G      C
And i believe   if you fall in love
G          C               G   
I believe   if you fall in love
C                     G     C    G    C
You should jump right in


G      C      G      C
Always going, faster modem
G          C       G          C
Cell phone fables, candle-lit tables
G          C               G      C
I believe   if you fall in love
G          C               G
I believe   if you fall in love
C                     G    C    G    C    G    C    G    C
You should jump right in   

    D                           G           
And I wrote our initials in the sidewalk cement
              D                             G
Tattooed your name across my arm for all to see
        D                             G
I wanna sing about it, sing about it, sing about it
              D                              C        G 
I've got your back from now on baby, you can count on me

    C    G    C    G    C    G    C

G    C         G      C
Only one life, kisses all night
G          C          G        C
Kids round fountains, concrete mountains
G          C               G      C
I believe   if you fall in love
    G          C               G
Yes I believe   if you fall in love
C                     G    C    G    C
You should jump right in

D                           G           
I wrote our initials in the sidewalk cement
              D                             G
Tattooed your name across my arm for all to see
        D                             G
I wanna sing about it, sing about it, sing about it
              D                              C        G     C    G    C
I've got your back from now on baby, you can count on me

G          C               G      C
I believe   if you fall in love
G          C               G 
I believe   if you fall in love
C                     G (ring out on G)
You should jump right in

New York City

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Machines

Verses: G Em C
We could sit beneath the evening
And let the day turn blue
I could never let the darkness
Replace the thought of you
C'mon darling let's catch that train
To wherever we call god
Maybe it's in massachusettes
Or maybe not
It's just you and i
It's just you and i, my dear
Just you and i
It's just you and i

Verse:
Let's keep our boots pointed west
Stay left of the police
I know you're like a freight train
To escape your family
You've got a father who has done you wrong
And a mother who doesn't care
Get your backbone up my darling
Let down your hair
It's just you and i
It's just you and i, my dear
Just you and i
It's just you and i


CHORUS:
       G                                    C
When all the world turns into hospitals and jails
G                                        C
I can always count on your love to be my bail
      G                                  C
And we'll go traveling on from year to year
G            D     Cm
Just you and i, my dear


Verse:
I've got my backpack full of fourteen cartons
Of cigarettes, cigarettes
I've got a bumper sticker on my chest that says
No regrets, no regrets
I've got your love draped all around me like
A big black cape, a big black cape
All the billboards on the highway say
Don't be late, don't be late
It's just you and i
It's just you and i


Chorus


Instrumental (twice through verse chords)


Verse:
Well i woke up in the middle of the kitchen floor
I was listening for your knocking
But you weren't outside my door
And i know that you won't be coming 'round
In the way i want you to
I wish you'd throw your arms around me
But it's not for me
It's not for me
It's not to be
It'll be just me


Chorus:
     G                             C
And i know i never told you how i felt
    G                                                     C
But you could never understand the blues that you have dealt me
     G                                 C
So i'll keep traveling on from year to year
G              D     Cm
It'll be just me, my dear
G              D     Cm
It'll be just me, my dear
G              D     Cm
Same thing year after year
G              D     Cm
It'll be just me, my dear

End on G

Hospitals And Jails

STARTS IN E.

verse
E                              Am             E
i thought i could live forever out here alone
E                                        Am                 E
i thought i could feel more power living life without love


chorus
E           E7    A      Am
lonely dreamer    a non  believer now
E                B                           E
im living in the moment with the friends i love

bridge

A                                           E
honey why do you say what you say you don't mean it
A                                           E                 B
honey why do you say what you say you don't mean it you don't mean it

verse

chorus

Living In The Moment

Verse 1   C - E - F - G		
		 

                 C			E
make yourself at home, cause i'm going out
	   F	   		 G
across the street to get us some water,
		   C	               E
cause this water's brown, and i'm so embarrassed 
	    F                    G
to have you here but i want you around.
	    C  			     E
usually i'd sing, or play you my guitar, 
      F			     G
but i know it won't get very far with you,
		C		     E
cause you like music that makes you move
		F			     G
and mine has a groove, but its nothing i can prove.


Chorus
                      F                
please know what i mean,
	C	      F
when i say nothing.
	C	      F
when i say nothing.
	G	G7
when i say.
                                                 

                                  
Verse 2 [C - E - F - G]
things that i buy and things that i think,
haven't made this a better place to be.
drugs that i try and drinks that i drink,
haven't made this a better place to be.
it's still just a room with the drums in the middle,
a couch along the wall that works as my bed.
i still have a phone that rings all day.
i still have things i wish i would have said.


Chorus
                      F                
please know what i mean,
	C	      F
when i say nothing.
	C	      F
when i say nothing.
	G	G7
when i say.
           
                       
Bridge
C		            F
that this whole things been hard on me,
C		    F	                                 
it breaks my heart, do you know what that means?

C-F-C-F

    C			F                                 
and my new place seems strange to me,
   C		    F	                             
it breaks my heart, do you know what that means?

C-F-C-F
                                                 
	 C
it means nothing.

Nothing

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Ballad For My One True Love

F
You dark and golden dream
Dm                   Am
Now I know what they mean
Gm                        C       F  Dm F Dm
When poet's break they're pens on you
F
We are lovers in disguise
Dm                   Am
I can see it in your eyes
Gm                    C       F
This is calling for a kiss on you

F  Dm  F  D
 
Gm       C
Just try, just try
F       Dm      D
Letting love go by
Gm           C            F
Just try and see how that flies

F
When hope has lost it's way
Dm                     Am
and clouds are here to stay
Gm                      C      F   Dm  Am D
the sun gathers up it's fun on you

Gm             C
Just try, just try
F       Dm      D
Letting love go by
Gm           C            F    Dm  Am  D
Just try and see how that flies
Bb           C             F       Dm  Am  D
Just try and say that this happens everyday
Bb         C          F
Go on, and lie, just try

(whistle solo)
F Dm Am Gm C F Dm F D

Bb           C             F       Dm  Am  D
Just try and say that this happens everyday
Bb         C          F
Go on, and lie, just try
Bb         C          F
Go on, and lie, just try

Just Try

Verse:
G                              C   B7
Last night the willows stopped weeping
    C          D              G
And everything sat hushed and still
    G                 C    B7
And while my body lay sleeping
  C            D      G
I dreamt of Rebecca Deville
       G                  C     B7
Now I wonder if she was a real girl
C        D         G
Did she die when I woke?
C                 D                  B7
Well I'll sleep straight through to tomorrow
    C             D         G
And look for her till I go broke

Intro x1

Verse:
I found myself by the highway
That I ride in all my dreams
I met her while i was hitchhiking
From England to New Orleans
She rode shotgun but stayed facing me
And I laid down in the back
I fell in love somewhere near Illinois
And she said she loved me right back

Chorus:
G  D    G    D            G          D   C    
Anybody, has anybody seen my little girl around
G      D      G      D
I last saw her in New Orleans
G      D          C
I can't find her now

Verse:
G                          C        B7
I stepped into the nearest twilight bar
   C      D      G 
To ask if anyone knew
     G                 C       B7
The whereabouts of my Rebecca Deville
    C          D           G
The bartender said that he knew
G                       C   B7
He said that just a few weeks ago
    C           D      G
She hitched a ride out west
        G                             C   B7
With a man who said he'd show her the big time
   C          D            G
Said he would show her the best
G                             C            B7
But he stopped the car two miles down the road
        C     D          G
And he put a gun to her head
    C             D        B7
And raped her of all that she ever had
     C            D             G
When Rebecca was found she was dead

pause

Chorus x
B7   C              G
Low doesn't even begin
    B7           C              G
To describe the shape that I am in
  B7         C             G
But you can dream in both directions
    B7           C      G
And bring the past back again
    B7          C   G
So maybe i can find her
   B7   C            G
Before heaven goes and hides her
B7        C            G 
Hope and keep her from going
C (add some CMaj7's in there, too)
Away
Well i saw her again
It was a sunday evening
She had flagged a ride
It was a Lincoln Continental
She was on the passenger side
She had a hold of the handle
I said Rebecca don't go
He's not what he seems
I said Rebecca don't go
He's not what he seems
Take my word darling
And drop out of this dream
She said
He's going to
The big city
And I'm going too
You know how that is with me
I said stop
Don't you get in the car
Don't you get in the car
'cause I won't be coming back
If you get in the back
Don't you get in the car
Don't you get in the car
'cause I won't be coming back
If you get in the back
My sweetheart
My sweetheart
I will just stay awake
Six years or maybe eight
Till I lose your memory
And all that you've meant to me
'cause I can't stand to see this
I can't stand to see this
I can't stand to see this
Well she got inside
And waved goodbye
And I watched the tail lights
They danced like candle light
And then they went out
Goodbye
My sweetheart
Goodbye
My sweetheart

Rebecca Deville

One, two, three, four

G
Underneath the lilac tree, I close my eyes and suddenly
C
I'm ten years old and running through, An open field chasing after you
G
Sounds of summer fill my ears, If I live 10,000 years
C
I'll never feel as good as this, Moments before our first kiss

Em
There is nothing to demand, No algebra to understand
Am                           D7
Just sunlight on a freckled face
Am                 C          D7
And everything in its right place

G
Simple things turn magical, Minutes freeze like Popsicles
C
And drip their seconds down our shirts, I love you so much it hurts
G
There's no such thing as real time, I've been yours and you've been mine
C
And we've lived ever happily, Everywhere I've been you've been with me

Em
There is nothing to control, No question mark left on our souls
Am                           D7
Just sunlight on a freckled face
Em
There is nothing to demand, No politics to understand
Am                            D7
Just sunlight on a freckled face
Am                        D7
Everything in its right place
Am             C          D7
Everything in its right place

# (Arpeggiating)
G                                   D7
And I want to give you a brand new sky
               G                             D7
Something so open, it brings tears to your eyes
                   G                       D7
So clear and so present, it doesn't seem real
                G                    D7
I want to show you how you make me feel

G                                D7
I want to give you a brand new dream
                      G                  D7
Where two horses drink from a silver stream
                     G                    D7
As the trees catch fire they lift their heads
                                G                D7
And bolt together through the forest across our beds

G                                   D7
I want to bring you the fields of flowers
            G                 D7
I want to build you Eiffel Towers
                          G                     D7
Take the clouds in the evening, turn 'em into stars
                    G                       D7
And drop 'em like keys through your prison bars
Set you free, yeah

Sunlight

Intro
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S=slide
And reapeat.

Verse 1
G          D          G       D   
So glad, I found you, God is around you

G        D        G         A      D
Always about you, shines with the light





Verse 2
G           D          G           D   
Love won't, deny you, love won't confine you

G              D       G          A    D
Three words, inside you, shines with the light

The Light

Intro: D  DMaj7  G  GMaj7

Verse:
D                       DMaj7
I'm gonna say what I've wanted to say
              G               GMaj7
Since I first saw you on that rainy day
When you caught me looking and I made you laugh
Honey I know you, I always have

And if this world is just a random bed
Then there'd be no good reason why we would have met
But if there's something bigger if there's something planned
Honey I want you to understand

Pre-Chorus:
D                     Am
That every beat of my heart is proof
     G                       Em
I've spent my life trying to get back home

Chorus:
D   DMaj7     G  GMaj7
to you__ oh oh ho (repeat)

Verse:
I'm gonna do what I've wanted to do
I'm gonna trust my heart and give it back to you
Every time I speak I wanna say your name
Honey I know you feel the same

When we're talking and you look at me
I feel a distant memory coming back to me
Like my own reflection on a quiet lake
Honey I see you, there's no mistake

Pre-Chorus:
And every word that I say is true
I've spent my life trying to get back home

Chorus:
to you-- oh oh ho --- to you ---- oh oh ho-- to you----

(Instrumental)

(Intro Repeat)

I'm gonna be who I've wanted to be
I will become the man who you deserve from me
No more hiding out behind the mountains of fear
Honey we're breaking outta here

The open road and the sky above
Nothing can hold us back from the things we love
You need not save your strength, untie your safety rope
You will not need it, all you need is hope

Pre-Chorus:
And every dream that we have is true
I've spent my life trying to get back home

Chorus:
to you___ oh oh ho  to you___Oooh oh ho oh ho oh ho
to you___ oh oh ho  to you___

Guitar Instrumental

End on D

To You

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Train Leaving Gray

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Train Leaving Grey

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

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

(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: 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)

Down By The River

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

[intro x2]
A  E  D A

A                                        E
when there's no place you feel at home
              D                               A
and you think you'd be better off alone
A                                          E
when you think there's no reason to try
               D                           A
and you hate yourself and wanna die

A                                      E
when you're filled with anxiety
             D                   A
and everyone's your enemy
A                                        E
when you wish you were someone else
                 D                        A
and you wanna go out and kill yourself

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


A                       E
when you get yourself depressed
                      D                   A
because you think you can't do your best
A                                         E
when you write yourself a stupid song
           D                        A
to remind yourself that you forgot

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


[BRIDGE]
# chords x2:
A  E  D  A

A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-2--------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-4-2---2-4-2-1---1-1-2-2-1-2-4-2-1-22-----------|     x2



[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

Overreacting

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
:)

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