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.

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

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

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

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: 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

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

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

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

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

Verse 1:
           B
I'm going back to the time when we owned this town
      E
Down Powder Mill Lane, in the battlegrounds
C#m        B                   G#m  B     F#
We were friends and lovers and clueless clowns


Verse 2:
                      B       
I didn't know I'd be finding out now I was torn from you
         E
When we thought about things we were gonna do
C#m      B                    G#m B  F# 
We were wide eyed dreamers and wiser too


Chorus:
               E              B 
Go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café


Verse 3:
                          B
I'm begging you for some sign, but you've still got nothing to say
        E
Don't turn your back on me, don't walk away
C#m     B                   G#m  B   F#
I'm a better man now than I was that day


Chorus:
                      E              B 
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                 E               B
Go down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                      E                     G#m   F#     
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café


Bridge:
   E        B           F#
I wheel my bike off the train,
        F#
Up the North Trade Road,
 E        B             F# 
Look for you on Marley Lane
                          G#m
In every building, every streetlight
                   E               F#  G#m  B  F#
Oh why did we ever go so far from home?


Verse 4:
                        B
You keep on leaving me mile long traces of who you are
         E
You can get a big house and a faster car
C#m      B                    G#m   B  F#
You can run away boy, but you won't go far


Chorus:
                      E              B
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                    E                B
Stroll down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                     E                      G#m   F#
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café 

      E            B    G#m
La la la la la la la la Yeah, 
     F#                      E       B   F#
I'm going where the people know my name


Outro:
E B G#m F#
E B G#m F# B

Sovereign Light Cafe

strumming pattern
D-DUD-D

F,G,C,Em7

mmmmm mmmm mmmm 

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 1: Rihanna]

F              G
Dry! ...Me a desert
C                 Em7
Nuh time to have ya lerkin'
F                        G
Him ago act like him nuh like it
C                           Em7
You know I dealt with you the nicest
F                        G
Nuh body touch me in the righteous
C                     Em7
Nuh botha, text me in a crisis 
           F                    G
I believed all of your dreams, adoration
            C                    Em7
You took my heart and my keys and my patience
            F                        G
You took my heart on my sleeve for decoration
                C                          Em7
You mistaken my love I brought for you for foundation
           F             G
All that I wanted from you was to give me
C            Em7
Something that I never had
F                   G
Something that you've never seen
C                     Em7
Something that you've never been!
F     G
Mmmmm!
      C                          
But I wake up and act like nothing's wrong
D
Just get ready fi...


[Hook: Rihanna]
F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting
F             G
Ner ner ner ner ner ner!
               C           Em7
When you a guh ner ner ner ner ner ner!
                  F                 G
Before the tables turn turn turn turn turn turn!
C             Em7
Beg you something please


[Verse 2: Rihanna]

F            G
Baby don't you leave
               C                 Em7
Do''t leave me stuck here in the streets, 
   F                  G
uh huh If I get another chance to
       C                Em7
I will never, no never neglect you
      F                         G
I mean who am I to hold your past against you?
       C                    Em7
I just hope that it gets to you
  F           G
I hope that you see this through
  C                      Em7
I hope that you see this true
F          G
What can I say?
       C          
Please recognize I'm tryin', baby!!!
 Em7
I have to


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 3: Drake]

N.C.
Yeah, okay
F        G        C                   Em7
You need to get done, done, done, done at work, come over
F               G
We just need to slow the motion
C                   Em7
Don't give that away to no one
F            G
Long distance, I need you
C                          Em7
When I see potential I just gotta see it through
F                        G
If you had a twin, I would still choose you
C                           Em7
I don't wanna rush into it, if it's too soon
      F      G               C              
But I know you need to get done, done, done, done
   Em7
If you come over
F            G
Sorry if I'm way less friendly
C                    Em7
I got n____s tryna end me,
F G           C                 Em7
oh,     I spilled all my emotions tonight, I'm sorry
F               G
Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
C                                Em7
How many more shots until you're rollin'?
F              G
We just need a face to face
C                    Em7            F
You could pick the time and the place
               G
You spent some time away
C                Em7
Now you need to forward and give me all the...


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting

mmm mmm mmm..


[Outro: Rihanna]

work work work work work work

F G C D
F G C D

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


C D
Si es que no puedes hablar
C D
no te atrevas a volver
C D
si te quieres ocultar
C D
tal vez te podria ver
Em D C G C
y el amor que no sabe a quien y que
G C
hablará si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazara otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz

C D


C D
Si no puedes escuchar
C D
aunque insistas hablaré
C D
si lo quieres mírame
C D
y tus ojos hablaran tal vez
Em D C G C
sentiras el amor e iras tras el
G C
hablaras si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazará otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz


Em G C G
.(CUERDAS)... abrazaméeeeeeeee..
C Em F
quiero despertarme y entender

Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y que haces aquì
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz
G C
y te hace feliz

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

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

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

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

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


Jo et duré...

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

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


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

(Chorus)
G
You xxxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
(1st Verse)
G
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Em
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Am7
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
D7                              G Em G Em
X just xxx'x xxxxx without xxx
(2nd verse)
G
You xxxx along xxxx xxxx x song
Em
Xxx brightened xx xxx
Am7
Whod've xxxxxxxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxxx xx x dream
                  D7
Xxx xx xxx xxxxx light xxxxx xxxx
(Chorus)
         G 
Xxx now xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7                          Eb
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx anything
(3rd Verse)
Ab
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
   Fm
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Bbm
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
Ebm
X just xxx'x xxxxx
Ebm                                 Ab               C#
Now xxxx xxxxxx xxx happiness xxxxx so xxxx xxxx xx find
C#m                                         Eb     E
Well, X'x xxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxx behind me
A
And xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx
F#m
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Bm
X xxx'x laugh xxx X xxx'x sing
E
X'x finding xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
Bb
You xxx X xxxx xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Gm
X feel xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Cm
If xxx xxxx knew xxxx X'x xxxxx through
F
X just xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx

Can't Smile Without You

Intro: Em  A  Em  A

       Em               A                Em                   
 A
Verse: Be on my side or be on your side, there is no reason for you to hide,
       Em                 A
       Its so hard for me stayin' here all alone, when you could be takin'
       A                Em                                             A
       Me for a ride... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


        G     D         A    G  D          A
Chorus:  Down by the ri-ver,  I shot my ba-by

 Em        A
 Ooh, Ooh, shot her dead


Verse 2:You take my hand I'll take your hand, together we may get away,

        This must madness is too much sorrow, its impossible to make it

        today... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


(Chorus)

(Verse 1)

Down By The River

Intro: D-A-Bm-Em-A  x4

         D                 A                          
I'll confess tonight your all thats on my mind
        Bm            A                   D
I know these roof top nights could last forever.
              A                            Bm
we watched the seasons change, we saw the distance pull us away,
           A
from all we shared together.

D                       A
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                       A
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.

D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
    Em    A
lets run away.
D                             A                             Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
    Em    A
lets run away.

play intro  x2

D                    A
I picked apart every word that you said
  Bm                              A
I dissected each sentence but kept coming up empty
D                         A
the way you are leaves me counting the days
        Bm                            A
till the next time this distance will be a memory


D                        A        
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                     D
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.


D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away.

D-A-Bm-A

where have you been


                                                                        Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away


American Dream 

G Bm Em A
Well everybody's lookin' for something they can't find,
Walking straight ahead blind-folded production line,
Only taking time for one type of shoe-shine.
Don't look left/right now you got a street fine.
Everybody lookin' for just a little more.
Working late-nights trying to fight off the day glow.
Waiting for the come-around but it is a no show.
Driving in the fast lane lookin' for the slow-mo...

C D A
Oh whats in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know well I don't know man anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time you,
Where were you, you weren't listenin', gonna be a long time
Gonna be a long time.

G Bm Em A
So now you're face down, face lookin like a frying pan.
Hitting up the clubs trying to feel like a real man.
Beating your chest just like you're King Kong but you're just a gui-tar no-string no-song.
Feeling free like ya don't even know it, man you're towing the line hoping you just don't blow it.
Man ya stuck in the mainframe trying to win the big game so much potential it even makes it more of a shame, shame, shame...
Here we go again, same old shit just another name.
Looking at the destiny there in your palm,
But now you got your strings but you got no song.
So sing, sing, sing - shake it like a chicken wing.
It's not what you get it's about what you bring-bring-bring.
So bring it, bring it to the table, not because you have to 'cos you're willing and you're able!

C D A
Oh what's in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know, I don't know anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time.
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time.
You, where were you, you weren't listening, gonna be a long time.
Gonna be a long time.

Gonna Be A Long Time

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

Overreacting

It takes a while to get used to the rhythm. In the verse the
time signature goes 3/4 for 2 bars then 2/4 for 1 bar and then
repeats.


Intro and Verses:

A|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|------|-10------10|-9-------9-|------
E|-----------|-----------|------|-----------|-----------|----3-
C|-0---------|-2---2-----|------|-----7-----|-----------|-2----
G|-0---------|-0---------|-0----|-9---------|-7---------|------
   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |

Intro Riff:

A|-10--12--10-|-9---10---9-|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|-------|
E|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
C|------------|------------|-0---------|-2---2-----|-------|
G|-9----------|-7----------|-0---------|-0---------|-0-----|



Chorus:

                   C
I...              driving...
     G  
The speed...            

Em
      City...

        D
And...  arm...
    
    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

C           D
be...       be... 

Suggestion: during the verses, it can sound pretty cool if you
get a friend to strum the chords: C, G, Em, D in the background
:)

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