Brother, Sister

It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream! It's Alright

Ten Stories

A To B Life

Catch For Us The Foxes

mewithoutYou is a post-hardcore band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that formed in 2001. They are known for their warbling vocal style and introspective lyrics of lead vocalist Aaron Weiss, as well as their prominent bass riffs and atmospheric guitar.  mewithoutYou's current popularity can be attributed to their contact with their current record label Tooth And Nail Records and the release of their first two full length albums: [A--&gt;B] Life and Catch For Us The Foxes. Their third full length album, Brother, Sister, was released on September 26, 2006 by the aforementioned label.

G
the horse's hay beneath his head
    C                        
our Lord was born to a manger bed
      Am                  
that all whose wells run dry
       C    Am  G
could drink of his supply

    G                                 
to keep him warm, the sheep drew near
    C                             
so grateful for His coming here
      Am                
come with news of grace
      C  Am  G
come to take my place
     G
the donkey whispered in his ear
     C            
"child, in 30-some-odd years
      Am                                     
you'll ride someone who looks like me
   C Am G
untriumphantly"


     G                          
the cardinals warbled a joyful song
      C                            
he'll make right what man made wrong
     Am
bringing low the hills
            C Am G
that the valleys might be filled

        G                             
then "child", asked the birds
        C                               
"well, aren't they lovely words we sing?"
     Am                        
the tiny baby lay there
        C Am  G
without saying anything

   G
at a distance stood a mangy goat
     C              
with the crooked teeth and a matted coat
   Am                    
weary eyes and worn
        C   Am   G
chipped and twisted horns

    G                                        
thinking "maybe I'll make friends someday
       C           
with the cows and the hens in the rambouillet
      Am                   
but for now, I'll keep away
          C   Am  G
I've got nothing smart to say"

      G                        
there's a sign on the barn in the cabbage town
     C                  
"when the rain picks up and the sun goes down
      Am              
sinners, come inside
           C   Am   G
with no money, come and buy

G                               
no clever talk, nor a gift to bring
      C                  
requires our lowly, lovely king
     Am                
come you, empty handed,
          C  Am G
you don't need anything"

G                                   
and the night was cool and clear as glass
      C                          
with the sneaking snake in the garden grass
     Am                   
deep cried out to deep
         C Am  G
the disciples fast asleep

     G                                         
and the snake perked up when he heard You ask
     C                                  
"if you're willing that this cup might pass
    Am
we could find our way back home
                C    Am G
maybe start a family all our own"

      G                                    
"but does not the Father guide the Son?
     C       
not my will, but yours be done.
      Am                    
what else here to do?
          C   Am  G
what else for me, but You?"

     G                               
and the snake who'd held the world
     C                    
a stick, a carrot and a string
    Am                          
was crushed beneath the foot
           C   Am  G
of your not wanting anything

A Stick A Carrot A String

Bullet to Binary (pt. two)
mewithoutyou


Am

Am
let us die, let us die! 
in dying we reply

E
and lower our baskets down into the open bed
of the fruit truck passing by

Am
and we can smile at each other again
me and my cantelope friend

E
cast our cares at the couple of pears
put a blueberry garland on an apple bed

Am
the apple threw our half baked fears
like a wooden shoe in the windmill gear

E
the turning stopped and we clearly saw
the flaws in that which finds the flaw

Am
the strawberry said to the tangerine
"my face is red but our hats are green"

E
be it orchard or a curling vine
the son of yours is the Son that's my
God...

Am
Ya subhannallah
hayyul Qayyum
E
Subhannallahi Amma Yassifun
Am
Sallalah wallah Muhammad (Sal.)
E
Ya Rabbi sali alaihi wa salim

F E Am Am (2x)

F F F F E E E E (3x)
F F F E E
F F F E E

Am
lettuce grows, lettuce grows
in neatly sectioned beds and rows

E
but one day asked the gardener
to be moved to where the eggplant goes

Am
"reason being, i must confess
i adore her shining purple dress"

E
as the eggplant listened in
she wasn't offended but she wasn't impressed

Am
the potato called from underground
"you've got it all turned upside down!

E
does the rain that sent each spring anew
to fall on her not fall on you?

Am
you project on her your inward scene
she's a blank external movie screen

E
but the One who looks out from your eyes
                                                   Am
looks through hers and looks through mine

E/G# E Am

            E/G#
we all well know
            E/G#          Am
we're gonna reap what we sow
            E/G#
we all well know
            E/G#             Am
we're all gonna reap what we sow
               E/G#               
so may we old fashionably suggest
       Am
the unmarried not undress
        E/G#
we well know
            E/G#         Am
we're gonna reap what we sow
         E
we well know
            E/G#         Am
we're gonna reap what we sow
             E
we all well know
              E/G#            Am
what kind of crops are gonna grow
                     E              E/G#
from each time you disrespect your parents
            Am
you better hope we don't hear it
        E
we who know
             E/G#           Am
you're gonna reap what you sow
              E
we all well know
            E/G#          Am
we're gonna reap what we sow
                    E
but grace, we all know
              E/G#           Am
can take the place of all we owe
            E              E/G#    Am
so why not, let's forgive everyone everywhere everything
E            E/G#      E         E/G#                    
all the time everyone everywhere everything
E            E/G#      E         E/G#
all the time everyone everywhere everything

(when everything get real big it changes to...)

E/G#      E      Am   (8x)

Bullet To Binary

# Intro

A|-3-0-5-3-7-|-------5-|
E|-0-------8-|-0---3---|
C|-----------|---------|
G|-----------|-1-2-4---|

A|-3-0-5-3-7-|------|
E|-0-------8-|-0--0-|
C|-----------|------|
G|-----------|-1-4--|

# Rest of Song

# Am, C, E, G
# repeat until end

# Listen to the song for the rythm, it's not difficult.

# -Squatch

Messes Of Men

E                      E
On a cold December, just before dawn
       E                               E   A#  (repeat)
As the sun said Hello! to the sky
The Mantis prayed while the Lamellicorn
Tunneled and rolled in a threadbare tie
While the Holland Lops in the Karakung Glades
Indignantly thump their feet and hop away
When they cut their noses on the sharp-tipped blades
(Which the grass doesn't mind in the least)
And there's a heat-pat waiting in the chicken-wire hutch
Where the does from the Netherlands stay
But that dry alfalfa don't taste like much
And we're tired of the timothy hay

E E E E A# E (x2)
E E E E A#
E E E E A#

  E                             E
I touched her back, she was lying facedown
       E                                  E     A#        E
As the dew turned to frost around her eyes,
              E               E
Me and Sister Margaret on the Pentagon lawn
     E                           E         A#    E (repeat)
Arrested, our wrists in a plastic tie
While the rats by the tracks on these winter days
Seeking shelter from the cold make a nest
From the tracts of our various ways
They can save their immortal
 C#m
souls

C#m                 C#m                           
A#                  E                           
C#m                 A#
Oh no timothy hay, no more timothy hay, etc.

(repeat progression from the second stanza)
On a cold December, just after dusk
As the sun bids its cordial goodbyes,
We'll be split to pieces like an apple seed husk
To reveal the tree that's been hidden inside
Which sapling called in a tattered sarong
As the seeds from the Shepherd's Purse fell,
Broke the news to Mom,
We found a better Mom we call 'God,'
Which she took quite well
Singing, what a beautiful God there must be!

(End on E chord)

Timothy Hay

INTRO:
Dm G C F


Dm                G
every thing I thought I'd learned
C                 F
ambition and illusion turned
Dm                     G
to drawings on a loose leaf sheet
C                     F
of tarts and cakes I couldn't eat


Dm             G
what in her do I require?
C                F
the face of gratified desire
Dm                G
what in me does she require?
C                  F
the face of a gratified desire


C
brownish spider,
F
brownish leaf
D#              F
confirms my deepest held belief.
C
no more spider,
F
no more leaf,
D#
no more me,
F
no more belief.

Brownish Spider

A                       F#m           D
Ragged robbins for the curtain call
A                         F#m            D
Wrapped in ribbons on the trailer door
A                       F#m              D
Carved initials in a concrete footstall
A                 F#m          D
On the imitation marble floor
A                     F#m           D
We're the boxtop admissions and their throwaways,
A               F#m     D
Strewn across tobacco roads
A                    F#m             D
With their wormwood shots and their snake oil plots
A                  F#m            D
Drunk sheepshank con men and their sycophants


A F#m D
And I 
A        F#m              D
I often wonder if I've already died

[GUITAR DROPS OUT; Only bass/drums play for a frame]


A               F#m         D
Out at elbows by the encore
A                    F#m      D
But there's a citadel inside
A                          F#m           D
Where I'll go and shape my heart like yours,
A                  F#m      D
As you shape yours like mine
A                          F#m            D
Where we're the spiraling arms of all galaxies
A                      F#m           D
And we're the microscopic sand
A                              F#m         D
Suffering from delusions of ungrandeur on middling display
A                    F#m              D      A F#m D
Beside the Cardiff giant with the alabaster eyes


A         F#m            D     A F#m D
I often wonder if I've already died
A        F#m              D
I often wonder if I've already died,


[BRIDGE]: repeat 4x

A
Or if the 'I' 
A
if the 'I'
A           D
is an unintelligible lie 

[OUTRO]:

A                  
Off we flew like swarms of hornets
F#m              D
'Woken up' from winter's rest
A
To colonize with plastic pulp
      F#m               D
Our neighbor's perfect paper nest
A
While all year round potter wasp
      F#m          D
Has buzzed her unhinged song
A
You can hear its creaking in our floorboards
F#m                  D
Megalomania's only mania if you're wrong

A, F#m, D x2
A (strummed a few times during the instrumental outro)

Cardiff Giant

Am E Am
         Am
cattail down,
             E                  Am     E
the morning rail yard whistle blows.
         Am
cattail down,
            E                   Am     E
our boxcar bound for... no one knows.
       Dm
after every hidden seed out
         G             
from it covering has been freed,
           C                B               Am
when every book has been discarded from the bookshelf.
         F
cattail down,
            E                 Am E Am E
and the forgetting of myself.


         Am
cattail down,
          E                 Am      E
replace the feathers in our vest.
         Am
cattail down,
              E
surround the ivy
               Am            E
that's gone to poison in my chest.
      Dm               
"the parachutes broke loose,"
            G              
cried the goose with misplaced
            C       B
but understandable concern
           Am              
for his little brother's mental health.
      F
his happy little brother,
           E                  Am E Am E
in the forgetting of himself.

Bridge
Am E (x4)
Dm G C B Am F E
Am E (x2)

         Am
cattail down,
           E                    Am    E
around the bulrush, the pollen shed.
          Am
cattail down,
             E
to dress my wounds,
           Am                 E
it left a bee sting in their stead.


        Dm        
headed east out of st. paul,
     G
we stopped for water.
                C
rested in the cemetery,
 B               Am
watched the mississippi.
               Dm
running out of food stamps,
                      G
found a bag along the footpath
             C   
off highway 61 filled with
       B              Am
what looked like marijuana.
(don't worry mom, we left it there)

          Dm
hopped a grainer out a pig's eye
       G
toward milwaukee, the deer
             C             B
between the tower and the tracks,
             Am
saw right through us.
                                 Dm
said, "you don't know where you came from,
                             G
you don't know where you're going,
                 C
you think you're you-
               B
you don't know who you are,
        Am
you're not you.
you're everyone else."

Dm G C B Am (x6)
you're everyone else. 

F E
Am

Cattail Down

intro: E
verse 
E
 Stitch up the nets but the patch won't stay

 As the nail beds rest in the calico hay
    A7           Am                   E
 The Fiji Mermaid dressed in macrame's

 Wading road in the fork and a bend

 In the spoon tern cut short as a shadow at noon
 A7                 Am
 Melting like wax as that once full moons
  E
 Now waning ersatz acts an insufferable bore

 Sharp Shots dull as a harlequins sword
       A7                  Am
 When doing as you please doesn't please you anymore

interlude: C G C A7 Am    C G C E
verse
E
 Stick of the match as the paraffin show

 Drop a nickel to watch the asparagus grow
      A7                 Am
 The stone in what shell?
                  E
 You sure like to know now don't you?


 A loom in the heir as the medicine came

 To the nest of the mare of the mystery claims
           A7                       Am
 But you'll miss having someone to blame
                  E
 For your sadness, now won't you?


 Well maybe there'll be a bakery hiring
        A7            Am
 We'll knead a little dough to get by

interlude: C G C A7 Am x2

verse
C                            E
 Did you come knocking on my door

 Or did I come to yours?
C                             E
 Whose ship came washed up on whose shore?

 And from what ocean floor?

Fiji Mermaid

Am        G   x 2
Am                                            G
In a sweater poorly knit, and an unsuspecting smile
G                                      Am
Little Moses drifts downstream in the Nile
Am                                     G
A fumbling reply -- an awkward, rigid laugh
G                                          Am
I'm carried helpless by my floating basket raft
Am                                           G
Your flavor in my mind swings back and forth between
G (lightly)                                  Am
sweeter than any wine, and bitter as mustard green
Am                                         G
Light and dark as honeydew and pumpernickle bread
G                                                   C
The trap I set for you seems to have caught my leg instead

C        Em x 4

As you plow some other field and try and forget my name,
see what harvest yields, and, supposing I'd do the same
I planted rows of peas, but by the first week of july -
they should have come up to my knees but they were maybe ankle high

Take the fingers from your flute to weave your colored yarns,
and boil down your fruit to preserves in mason jars
But now books are overdue and the goats are underfed...
the trap I set for you seems to have caught my leg instead

C        Em x 4

C    Em
AH!          x4


You're C door-without-C-key, C field-without-C-fence
You made a holy fool of me, and I've thanked you ever since
If she comes circling back, we'll end where we'd begun
Like two pennies on the train track the train crushed into one

Or if I'm a crown without a king, if I'm a broken, open seed
If I come without a thing, I come with all I need
No boat out in the blue, no place to rest your head
The trap I set for you seems to have caught my leg instead

C    Em
  AH!          x8

C       Em
I  do not exist x3 C Em x3

C       Em
I  do not exist
C               Em
only YOU exist
C       Em
I  do not exist

C       Em
I  do not exist x3 C Em x3

Em over and over until end.

In A Sweater Poorly Knit

Intro: Em    C    Em    D

Em                                                C
Tracks in the tall toadflax where he crawled,
                                                           Em
Past Dodge Summit toward Athabasca falls,
                                          D
Practicing his Avocets and Gnatcatcher calls
Em
Walrus trudged along
                                                 C
While low in a lodgepole branch nearby
                                                             Em
Barnyard Owl watched with an amorous eye
                                                      D
“What unprecedented gift does this afternoon provide?”
Em                                                                  C
“I've flown across the sea where the soldierfish swam,
                                                                       Em
I've slept inside the shoe of the world's tallest man,
                                                  D
I saw Charlotte Corday with the knife in her hand;
It was nothing new
Em                                                        C
I've perched on Steele, Dakota's sandhill crane
                                                                    Em
I flew among the Paiutes before the Mormon rain,
                                                                    D
I was in Virginia City for the stringing up of Clubfoot Lane

But I've never seen anything like you.”

G       C       D
All untied, by and by!
                                           G
But I'd pour the matrimony wine
(G)      C       D 
All untied, by and by!
                               G
so if you're ever so inclined...”

“What from the air now calls to water on the land?
What from my seclusion does this charlatan demand?
What to do now with my best-laid eremetic plans?
I've been to the Arfaks where the Sicklebills fly,
seen Tangier's acrobatics nine stories high
I was there at Appomattox back in '65 when the General arrived
But I've never been in this room before!

G       C                 D
All untied, by and by!
                                                          G
that same old dream's trapped in my mind
(G)      C                D
All untied, by and by. 
                                                         G
I'm bound in ropes and on the firing line
(G)      C      D
All untied, by and by
                                             Bsus 
well, I wake up disappointed every time
          D                                          Bsus
well, I wake up disappointed every time

Dm    A

Dm                                                  A
If the weather ever withers up your vine
                                               Dm
Jacob knows a ladder you can climb
                                                           A
If that old thorn is still buried in your side,
                                               Dm
Jacob knows a ladder you can climb...”

“Well, if your pacific rivers all run dry
their clouds will fill my loud, corrupted sky
And if the pleasures of your heavens (should) ever end
That very ladder just as well descends!

Nine Stories

INTRO:
Am D G C


Am                   D
a note we wrote the other day
G                C
to any mice who pass this way
Am                    D
on crumed and sugared countertop:
G                      C
"we must insist your traffic STOP."
Am                      D
in their defense, they don't refuse
G                      C
but nonetheless we've come to use
Am                  D
snapping traps and poison beans
G                    C
(far less diplomatic means)
G
orange spider,
C
orange leaf
A#
confirms my deepest held belief

Orange Spider

Introduction.

B, B, B, B, B, B, B, B, D, A.

First Verse.

B
Not one motion of her gesture could I forget
                                 D
The prettiest bag lady I ever met
A           B
Pushing her cart in the rain

Then gathering plastic and glass

She watched the day pass
               D
Not hour by hour
A               B
But pain by pain

If I was a basket filled with holes

Then she was the sand I tried to hold
                    D
And ran out behind me
          A                        
As I swung with some invisible hands

D                                    A
I stopped believing, you start to move
D                                           A
I stopped my leaving and the better man bloomed

First Chorus.
B, E, A (D if you want)  x4

Second Verse.
B
If you're still looking for a blanket

Sweetie, I'm sorry, I'm no sort of fabric
                       D
But if you need a tailor
A              B
Then take your torn shirt, and stumble up my stairs

And mumble your pitiful prayers
                                  D         A                     B    
And in your tangled, knotted sleep, our midnight needles go to work

Until all comfort and fear flows in one river
                                                           D
Down on the shelf by the mirror where you see yourself whole
A                    
And it makes you shiver

D                                    A
I stopped believing, you start to move
D                                           A
I stopped my leaving and the better man bloomed

Second Chorus.
B, E, A (D if you want)  x8

Ending.
E, E, E, E, E, E, feedback  x4
E, E, E, E, E, E, A, A, B   x6
E, E, E, E, E, E, A
E, E, E, E, E, E!

Paper Hanger

Em
the angel of death came to david's room
    D
the angel of death came to david's room
    Em
the angel of death came to david's room
          C            D       Em
he said, "friend, it's time to go"'


    Em
angel, no, i think you've come too soon
    D
angel, no, i think you've come too soon
    Em
angel, no, i think you've come too soon
     C      D       Em
it's not my time to go


Em
sorry friend, now put your hand in mine
D
i'm sorry friend, now put your hand in mine
Em
but good angel, don't i get a warning sign
   C           D       Em
before it's my time to go?


G
come now david, where's your grandma gone?
D
come now david, where's your grandpa gone?
G
come now david, where's your grandma gone?
     C      D      Em
their time came to go


Em
but i slew goliath with the sling and stone
D
i slew goliath with the sling and stone
Em
i slew goliath with the sling and stone
     C      D       Em
it's not my time to go


Em
he'll be waiting for you when we get back home
D
he'll be waiting for you when we get back home
Em
he'll be waiting for you when we get back home
     C          D       Em
it's time, it's time to go


G
come now david, where's your momma gone?
D
come now david, where've your uncles gone?
G
come now david, where've your aunts all gone?
     C      D      Em
their time came to go


Em
can i tell solomon the things i've learned?
D
can i tell solomon the things i've learned?
Em
i'm sorry, friend, that's none of my concern
     C          D       Em
it's time, it's time to go


G
come now david where's uriah gone?
D
stranded on the battlefield,
G
the troops withdrawn
D
come now david, where's uriah gone?
    C     D      Em
his time came to go


G
come now david, where's bathsheba gone?
D
and where've your binoculars and rooftop gone?
G
the unexpected baby from the bath night gone?
      C    D       Em
their time came to go



come now david, where's everybody goin'?

The Angel Of Death To David's Room

[A] 
[Bm]
# Through xxxxxx xxxxx xxxxxx, [F#m] # a baker xxxx xxx xxxxxxx xx xxx [A] town
# Earned xxx xxxxx xxxxxx [E7] sweets xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxxxx xxxxxxx [Bm] around.
# The xxxxxx xxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxxx [F#m] kept xx xxxx xxxxxxx [A]eye
# For x xxxxx xx xxxxx x xxxxx [E7] spice xxxx xx x xxxxxxxx [Bm]pie.

# [Bm] Looking xxxx xxx xxx xxxxx xxxx, [F#m] "When xxxx xxxx xx xxxxx xxx [A] strike
# And xxxxxx xxx xxx [E7] earth xxxx xx xxx xxxxx xxx xx [Bm]like."
# The xxxxxx xxx xxxxx xxxx xxxxxx [F#m] to xxxx xxx xxx xxx xxxx xxx [A] cart,
# The xxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxx xxxxxxx x [E7] shortbread xxxxx xxx xx xxxxx xxxxxxx  [A] tart.


# [A] Using xxxxx xxxxxxxx [E7] words xxxx xxx xxxxxx xxxxxx xxx xxx xxx [D] heard,
# the xxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxxx xx [E7] canzonet xx xxxxxx xxx xxxxxx [A] bird.
# "You xxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxx [E7] spoon!  xxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxx [D] raccoon!
# You xxxxxx xxxxx xxxx xxxxxxx [E7] back, xxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx [A]macaroon!"

# [Bm]The xxx xxxxxxx xxx xxxx [F#m] where xxx xxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xx xxx [A] nest.
# "Brother xxxx xxxx xxx xxxxxxx [E7]me? xxx xxxx xxx xxxxxx xxx xxxx x xxxxxx [Bm] request.
#If xxx xxxxxx xxxxx xxxx x xxxxxx xxxxxx[F#m] seeing xx x xxxxxx xxxx xxxxx [A] man."
# This xxxxx xx xxxxxx xxx xxxxx xx xxx [E7] least, xx xxx xxx xxxxxxxx xxx [Bm]plan.

# [Bm]"Then xx xxxxx xxxxx xxxx xxxxx xxxxx xx [F#m] ears, xx xx xxxx xxxx xxxx [A]speak,
# Would xxxx xx xxxxx xxx [E7]fears." xxx xxxx xxxxx xxxx xxxx x xxxxx xx xxx [Bm] beak.
#"Your xxxx xx xxxxxx xx xxxx [F#m] crow, xxxx x xxxxxx xxxx [A]bring!"
# This xxxxxx xxxxxx xxx xxxxx xxxx [E7]so xx xxxxx xxx xxxxx xxx xxxxx xx [A]sing:

# [A] "Your xxxxx xxxxxxxxx [E7] true! xxxx xx xxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xx [D] due.
# Every xxxx xxx xxx xx xxx [E7] Corvidae's xxxx xxxxxx xxxxxx xx [A] too.
# They xxxxx xx xxx xxx [E7] all. xxxx xx xxx xxxxxxx xx xx [D] caw!
# My xxxxxx xxxx xxxxx xxxxxx [E7] the xxxxxxxxx xx xxxxx xxxxxx [A] claw!"

# (bridge of sorts)
[Bm] [A]  [Bm] [A]  [Bm] [A]  [D]  [E7] 

# [A] I got x xxxxx xxxxxx [E7] brain, xxx xxxxxxx xx xx [D] veins,
# Crushed xxxxx xxxxxx xxxxx [E7] my xxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxx [A] cocaine.
# Let xxx xxxxxx xxxxxx [E7] rise. xxxxx xxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxx [D] eyes
# Would xxxx xx xxx xx xxxxxx [E7] princess xx xxx xxxxxxx xxxxxx [A] sky.
# Will xxxx xxxx xxx [E7] knee, xxxxx xxx xxxxxxx xxxxx xx [D] be
# A xxxx xxxx xxxxxx xx xxx [E7] banana xxxx xxxxxx xxx xxxxxxx [A] sea.
# When xxxxxx xxx xxxxxxxx [E7] go, xx xxx xxxx xxxxxxx xx [D] know,
# May xx xx xx xxx xx xx [E7] so, xxx xx xx xx xx [A] 

# I used E7 instead of E major because it's easier to play, and sounds right enough.

The Fox The Crow And The Cookie

Intro: Bm

       Bm                          A
As the moon rose and the hour grew late,
     A                      Bm
the day-help on The Coconut Estate
      Bm                                          A
raked up the dried leaves that fell dead from the trees,
           A                        Bm
which they burned in a pile by the lake.

Bm A A Bm
Mmmmmmm

    Bm                       A
The beetle king summoned his men
             A                        Bm
and from the top of the rhododendron stem,
          Bm                               A
"Calling all volunteers who can carry back here,
          A                              Bm
the great mystery that's been lit once again."

Bm A A Bm
Mmmmmmm

     Bm                      A
One beetle emerged from the crowd
      A                    Bm
in a fashionable abdomen, shroud.
             Bm                                       A
Said, "I'm a professor, you see, that's no mystery to me.
         A                         F#
I'll be back soon, successful and proud."

              G                  Bm
But when the beetle professor returned,
                   A                         E
he crawled on all six as his wings had been burned
                     G                       Bm
and described to the finest detail all he'd learned.
                    A           F#           Bm
There was neither a light nor a heat in his words.

Bm A A Bm
Mmmmmmm   (x2)

    Bm                   A
The deeply dissatisfied king
            A                              Bm
climbed the same stem to announce the same thing.
            Bm                                 A
But in his second appeal sought to sweeten the deal
       A                    Bm
with a silver padparadscha ring.

        Bm                           A
The lieutenant stepped out from the line
        A                     Bm
as he lassoed his thorax with twine,
               Bm                            A
thinking, "I'm stronger and braver and I'll earn the king's favor.
    A                      F#
One day all he has will be mine."

        G                       Bm
But for all the lieutenant's conceit,
                 A                      E
he too returned singed and admitting defeat.
           G                             Bm
"I had no choice, please believe, but retreat.
                     A                           E
It was bright as the sun, but with ten times the heat
                         G                       Bm
and it cracked like the thunder and bloodshot my eyes.
                       A                       E
Though smothered with sticks, it advanced undeterred.
           G                         Bm
Carelessly cast an ash cloud to the sky, my lord
       A             F#         Bm
like a flock of dark vanishing birds."

Bm A A Bm
Mmmmmmmm (x2)

Modulation: Em D D Em (x2)

     C                            Em
The beetle king slammed down his fist.
                  D                        A
"Your flowery description's no better than his!
                C                            Em
We sent for the great light and you bring us this?!
                       D                           A
We didn't ask what it seems like, we asked what it is!"
              C                      Em
His majesty's hour at last is drawn nigh.
            D                              A
The elegant queen took her leave from his side.
              C                          Em
Without understanding, but without asking why,
                   D                          A
she gathered their kids to come bid their goodbyes.
                   C                               Em
And the father explained, "You've been somewhat deceived,
                         D                            A
we've all called me your dad, but your true Dad's not me.
                    C                           Em
I lay next to your mom and your forms were conceived.
                   D                        A
Your Father's the light within all that you see.
                 C                       Em
He fills up the ponds as He empties the clouds;
               D                            A
holds without hands and He speaks without sounds.
                        C                           Em
He provides us with the cow's waste and coconuts to eat;
                     D                             A
giving one that nice salt taste, and the other is sweet.
                 C                                Em
Sends the black carriage the day death shows its face;
              D                         A
thinning our numbers with kindness and grace.
                C                          Em
And just as a flower and its fragrance are one,
                D                      A
so must each of you and your Father become."
                     C                        Em
"Now distribute my scepter, my crown, and my throne
                        D                       A
and all we've known as wealth to the poor and alone."
                    C                            Em
Without further hesitation, without looking back home,
                  D                       A
the king flew headlong into the blazing unknown.
            C                             Em
And as the smoke king hurled higher and higher,
                   D                         A
the troops flying loops round the telephone wires;
                C                                       Em
They said, "Our beloved's not dead, but his highness instead,
           D      B           Em
has been utterly changed into fire."

            C                    Em
Why not be utterly changed into fire?
            D                     A
Why not be utterly changed into fire?
            C                    Em
Why not be utterly changed into fire?
            D      B              Em
Why not be utterly changed into fire? (x2)

The King Beetle On A Coconut Estate

INTRO:
Bm E A D

Bm                     E
we took the twine we used to use
A                      D
to tie up tight our tattered shoes
Bm                     E
twisted twigs and crooked cross
A                      D 
a necklace for the deeply lost
Bm                     E
Builder with the broken bricks
A                  D
mother to the baby chicks
Bm                     E
you made this world to look so nice
A                      D
i wonder what the next one's like?
A
yellow spider
D
yellow leaf
C
confirms my deepest held belief...

Yellow Spider

C   
Jaja, okay okay
                  F
Ya sé qué pasa aquí
   A#                            C
Encuentras la grandeza frente a ti
             C
Y no sabes bien qué sentir
       F            A#                      C
Es adorable, que jamás los humanitos cambiarán
           C       F
Despierta ya, oye bien, 
           A#                   C
este como ves es Maui, de verdad
             C                F
Sé que como yo no encuentras dos
        A#          C
Lo que miras es un semi Dios

[Coro 1]
Am         F           C
  Yo solo sé decir de nada
        E7               Am
Por el mar, el cielo, el sol
                F            C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada
     E7                    C
Soy sólo un ordinario semi yo

[Estrofa 2]
C                                F  
Hey, ¿qué fortachón el cielo elevó?
                        A#
Cuando eras de esta altura, éste
C                  C
  Si la noche enfrió, 
                  F
¿quién fue quien fuego te llevó?
       A#          
¿Qué, alguien me nombró? 
C              C       F
  Oh, yo sólo lazo el sol
          A#                    C
De nada, para estirar tu diversión
          C       F
Brisa yo hago soplar, de nada, 
   A#           C
y así tus velas elevar

[Coro 2]
Am        F            C
  Yo sólo sé decir de nada, 
        E7                  Am
por las islas que traje del mar
              F                  C
No ruegues jamás, nunca más, de nada
         E7                     Am
¡Ha! Genial es mi manera de servir, 
    F
de nada, 
    C
de nada

[Parte Rap]
C
De nada dudes ya
Hey, honestamente te explicaré 
de natural modo cada fenómeno
El mar, el sol, el gas, 
oh, ese es Maui hablando de más
Anguilas que, yo las enterré, 
de la palmera los cocos creé
Un consejo, una lección te doy
No me molestes si en mi descanso estoy
Am
  El tapiz que en mi piel se ve, 
F
  es el mapa de lo que gané
C
  Por donde fui provoqué mil sucesos
E7
  Ve al pequeñín mini Maui nomás zapateando,
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ¡Hey!

[Coro 3]
Am          F              C
  Yo sólo puedo decir, de nada (de nada)
           E7              Am
Por el mundo especial que doy
                 F           C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada (de nada)
    E7                     Am
De nada hablaré, que ya me voy
          F            C
Te toca a ti decir de nada (de nada)
       E7             Am
Pues quiero esa barca ya
             F          C
Muy lejos navegaré, de nada (de nada)
       E7               Am
Pues Maui nada sabe de nadar
              F                 C  F C
(De nada) De nada (De nada) de nada
         C
Y gracias

De Nada

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

BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP


C         G
Baa, baa, black sheep,
F            C
Have you any wool?

F        C
Yes sir, yes sir,
G          C
Three bags full.

C           G
One for the master,
F           C
One for the dame,

F               C
And one for the little boy
G                  C
Who lives down the lane.

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Intro (2X):
Am	G	F	C

Verse 1:
                C	               Am		
There's so much craziness surrounding me
                F	 	             G		            
There's so much going on it gets hard to breathe
     Am     F		                          C
When all my faith has gone you bring it back to me
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

             C	             Am		
When I'm not sure of my priorities
               F	 	             G		
When I've lost sight of where I meant to be
     Am   F		            C
Like holy water washing over me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Verse 2:
          C	                   Am		
When my head is strong but my heart is weak
              F	 	          G		
I'm full of arrogance and uncertainty
     Am      F				                          C
When I can't find the words you teach my heart to speak
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me yeah

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Bridge:
G                           F                 C
    Everybody’s talking in words I don't understand
G                                    F              C
    You got to be the only one who knows just who I am
Em                                    F	
    You’re shining in the distance I hope I can make it through
           D	                              G                                    
Cause the only place that I want to be is right back home with you 


Verse 3:
                 C	             Am		
I guess there's so much more I have to learn
               F	 	                       G		
But if you're here with me, I know which way to turn
        Am         F		                   C
You always give me somewhere, somewhere I can run
Am	            G	       F   C
   You make it real for me 

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

You Make It Real

G         Em		  
1) Almost heaven,   West Virginia,
2) All my mem'ries, gather round her, 

   D			 C                G
1) Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah       River.
2) miner's lady,         stranger to blue water.

                      Em  
1) Life is old there, older than the trees, 
2) Dark and dusty,    painted on the sky, 

   D
1) younger than the mountains
2) misty taste of moonshine

   C			G
1) growin' like a breeze.
2) teardrop in my eye.

              G              D            Em        C
       Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong.
	      G               D              C            G
     West Virginia, Mountain momma, take me home Country roads


           Em       D            G 
 	I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me,
            C        G              D 
        the radio reminds her of my home far away
            Em               D            C
        and driving down the road I get a feeling 
 	       G                     D          D7    G
        that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.

Country Roads

Am      C              F              C
I had a dream, we were sipping whisky neat
        F              C                 G
Highest floor, the Bowery, and nowhere’s high enough
    Am              C                F             C
Somewhere along the lines, we stopped seeing eye to eye
         F               C           G
You were staying out all night and I had enough


      F           Am             F                    C       
No, I don't wanna know where you been or where you're goin’
      F               Am                 G
But I know I won't be home and you'll be on your own


            F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
            F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am        C              G         F   
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F         C              Am        G
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
F           C       G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)


Am  C  Am       C              F           C
       I had a dream, we were back to seventeen
       F                   C            G
Summer nights and the Libertines, never growing up
Am             C          F                 C
I'll take with me the polaroids and the memories
        F              C                G
But you know I'm gonna leave behind the worst of us


             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
             F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G               
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning

         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G  E7  Am
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
             F                    C                G                
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F            C           Am           G
No no, no no no, Bowery, no no, no no no, whiskey neat
F           C       G                     Am
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I, it ain’t me

It Ain't Me

Intro/Verse
A|--4--1--3--6---------------------------------------------------|
E|--------1--4---------------------------------------------------|
C|--8--5---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus
A|--1--4--4--4--6------------------------------------------------|
E|--------2-----4------------------------------------------------|
C|--5--8-----8---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo
A|--8-8-8-8-8-9-6-6-8-9-I----------8-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------9-9-9-9---4-4-4-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

A|--8-8-8-8-8-9-6-6-8-9-I------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------9-9-9-9-------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

School Friends

Verse 1:
G                                    Em        G        Em
There was a girl who lived in London town.
G                                 Em                   G      Em
The scenes and sounds, they would only bring her down
C                                   D
She had polkadots and rubies in her dreams,
C                   D
French fantasies on cinema screens...
        C             G/B    Am     G
And she knew from the finish to the start
C      G/B      Am   G
It was bound to fall apart
C         G/B     Am   Em
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.
Em                                D
Wouldn't it be sweet if she could die from a broken heart?

G     Em      G      Em

Verse 2: (the same chords)
There was a boy who lived inside his head.
He couldn't face the world, so he turned his back instead.
He couldn't see in front of his eyes;
His fantasies of outlaws had him hypnotised...

And he knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                        F
Wouldn't it be sweet if he could die from a broken heart?

   C              G           F
Behold his golden wings
       C              G         F
And behold his bronze bow.
                 C             G         F
Can you hear his silver arrows sing?
       C               G     
As his gaylied favours glow.

(then go back to the normal verse bit)

There was a boy and girl who fell in love:
They both were in love with the stars and sky above,
Cinderella, cigarettes and scenes from the past
Were chasing them too fast for this love to ever last...

And they knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                         F
Wouldn't it be sweet if they could die from a broken heart? 

C   G    F    C    G

Repeat F  C  G until the end. End on G.

Arrows Of Eros

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

E|--------------|---------0----|-3-------0----|--------------|
A|-1---1---1----|-1---1--------|--------------|-1-------1----|
C|-0------------|-0---0--------|--------------|-0------------|
G|--------------|--------------|-2------------|--------------|

E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
A|-0------------|-0---0---1----|-0------------|--------------|
C|--------------|--------------|-0-------2----|-0------------|
G|-0-------0----|-0---0--------|--------------|--------------|

E|--------------|---------0----|-3-------0----|--------------|
A|-1---1---1----|-1---1--------|--------------|-1-------1----|
C|-0------------|-0---0--------|--------------|-0------------|
G|--------------|--------------|-2------------|--------------|

E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
A|-0------------|---------0----|-1-------1----|-1------------|
C|--------------|-0---2--------|-0-------0----|-0------------|
G|-0-------0----|--------------|--------------|--------------|

E|--------------|---------0----|-3-------0----|--------------|
A|-1---1---1----|-1---1--------|--------------|-1-------1----|
C|-0------------|-0---0--------|--------------|-0------------|
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E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
A|-0------------|-0---0---1----|-0------------|--------------|
C|--------------|--------------|-0-------2----|-0------------|
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E|--------------|---------0----|-3-------0----|--------------|
A|-1---1---1----|-1---1--------|--------------|-1-------1----|
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