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

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

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

# 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

[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:
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

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

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

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

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

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:
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

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

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

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

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


Jo et duré...

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

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


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

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

Liability

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

Up Here

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

This Heart Attack

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

Why Cry

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

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

Crash Years

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

As She's Walking Away

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

No Bravery

Intro:  D A E A D
        D A E A D  E

      A
I was goin? where I shouldn?t go
D
Seein? who I shouldn?t see
E
Doin? what I shouldn?t do
    A
And bein? who I shouldn?t be


A little voice told me it?s all wrong
        D
Another voice told me it?s alright
  E
I used to think I was strong
    A
But lately I just lost the fight

Chorus:
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D          
 For a little while
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D                    E
 For a little while

      A
I got tired of bein? good
        D
Started missing that old feeling free
     E
Stop actin? like I thought I should
    A
And went on back to bein? me

  
I never meant to hurt no one
  D
I just had to have my way
           E
If there's such a thing as too much fun
A
This must be the price you pay

Chorus:
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D          
 For a little while
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D
 For a little while
E                 A                D
 You never see it comin? till it?s gone
E                     A           D
 It all happens for a reason even when it?s wrong
  E
Especially when it?s wrong


Solo: A D E A x2


Chorus:
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D          
 For a little while
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D                    E
 For a little while

      A
I was goin? where I shouldn?t go
D
Seein? who I shouldn?t see
E
Doin? what I shouldn?t do
    A
And bein? who I shouldn?t be

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