Monsters Of Folk

Monsters of Folk is an indie folk supergroup consisting of Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes and several other groups), Mike Mogis (of Bright Eyes and Lullaby for the Working Class), Jim James (of My Morning Jacket) and M. Ward (of She &amp; Him as well as a successful solo musician). All share guitar duties, with Oberst, Ward and James sharing vocals. Ward also plays keyboards and Mogis and James play drums on the album. In 2010, the band's touring drummer, Will Johnson of Centro-matic, became the band's official fifth member. 

D                      A         D        
Dont ever buy nothin from a man named truth
     D                      A         D 
Dont ever buy nothin from a man named truth
F
Tell you right now that it aint no use
     D                      A         D
Dont ever buy nothin from a man named truth   

The whole song is that, enjoy

Man Named Truth

Intro:

A A A E A A A E 2x

Chorus:
                        D      E
Do you like where youre living 
                     A
Do you like what you do 
                       D     E
Do you like what youre seeing 
                     A
When youre lookin at you 
                       D     E
Do you like what youre saying
                   A
When you open your face 
                     D       E
Do you got the right feeling
                     A
Are you in the right place 


Verse:

A                      F#            D             E        A  
Stealin a tusk from an elephant must make one feel creepy inside
    A                               F#
And although youll boast around the fire at night
D               E         A
That ghost will kick up a fight
D       E           A
Be gone Be gone you scream
D               E        A
Youre just some elephant dream
D        E        F#m
I needed you like you needed me
D           E          A
People they need piano keys

The Right Place

Bm
there's  a map of the world on a wall in your room
      Em                   Bm
green pins where you wanna go
      G
white pins where you`ve been, there isn't even ten 
          D
and you're already feeling old

       Bm
Pretty faces stare back from a magazine stack
         Em                         Bm 
that you read when you're feeling bored
                G
look through a telescope  lens, it doesn't make sense
    D
you think you've been there before 


CHORUS:

     G                                      D
some far off feeling, some upclose kind of ache
     G                                F#m 
a widescreen reason to, look the other way



there's a place by the lake that you go when it's late
it's summer and the crowds are gone
then you sit all alone, with your thoughts getting stoned
just waiting for some peace so come

like a thing that you tried, that you thought that you liked
for a minute then it all felt wrong
so you're changing again, all your clothes all your friends
it's the same as it ever was


some far off feeling, some upclose kind of ache
some widescreen reason to, look the other way

Bm         G   Bm     G  F#m
ayyyyyyyyyyaya ooooo ooo ooo
Bm         G     A       
ayyyyyyyyyyaya ladum, ladum

Its a road that you've paved over indian graves
and you wonder why your dreams are crazed
so you cling to your wife, your kids and your life
theres nothing that you're gunna save

put the razor to your face, hot water for a shave
kill the shadow of yesterday
clean shirt, clean pants, clean slate, second chance
you're going by another name

some far off feeling, some upclose kind of ache
that instant comma, it always come too late

ayyyyyyyyyyaya oooooooooo
ayyyyyyyyyyaya ladum, ladum

Map Of The World

opening riff
A                                       3p0 1p0
E 5 2 3 2 0   0h2 0    pause 0h2 0              3 1 3/5 3 1 1 pause 1 3/5 3 1 1
C           2       2 2            22
G 

       C                          C
The Brakeman xx xxxxxxx xxx xxxx steam,

This xxx xx xx xxx xxxxxxx train xxxx x xxxx ever seen
                                           F
and xxx Sandman's xxxxxxx xx xxxxxxx xx xx dream,
                  Am7                           G
Guess xxx xxx my head xxxxxxx xx xxxxx xxx xxx window
          F                    G                      C
Watch xxx wheels xx, xxxxx xxx xxxxx go,

Chorus:

     F        G            C
Roll xx, xxxx xx xx xxxxxx train
F                  G                   C
Brakeman xxxx xxxx whistle, xxxxx xxxx xxxxxx xxxx xxx chain
     Em                              F
Make xxx, xxx xxxxxxxx xxxx xx, will be
            G                          C
Between xxx xxxxxxx, xxx xxxxxxxx, xxx me.


Verse 2:

xxx xxx Sandman's xxxxxxx xx xxxxxxx xx xx dream, deliver xx xx xxxxx, deliver xx xx xxxxx,
  F
Today
                  Am7                           G
Guess xxx xxx xx head xxxxxxx xx xxxxx xxx xxx window
        F                 G                     C
xxx xx wheels xx, xxx xx xxxxxx go

The Sandman The Breakman And Me

Verse 1

 D      A         B             G               A        D
Just because it's not accepted, doesn't mean it ain't alright.

 D     A        B               G                A         D
Just another frozen kid, who's trying to make it through tonight.

D    A    B                   G            A      D    
Ordinary pens and notebooks, ain't no ordinary life.

D       A             B               G                   A       D
All the freaked out measures I took, trying to make you sickos smile.


Chorus

G                   A               G               A    D   
Ordinary don't mean nothing no-how, look what's ordinary now.
G                A                   G           A       D 
It's got a magic marker stain on its face and it needs a shower


Verse 2

D                 A       B                     G   A     D
There's something sweet waiting in the center - taste and see.

D                 A       B           
There's something sweet waiting in the center.

G            A       D
Don't nobody look at me,

G            A       D  
Don't nobody look at me!


Repeat Chorus


Verse 3

D        A             B             G   A     D
How many licks does it take to get?  Taste and see.

D        A             B                  G                    A 
How many licks does it take to get to the center where there's something 

D
sweet.

       G                    A         D
To the center where there's something sweet.


Solo

D-A-B-G-A-D

D-A-B-G-A-D

G-A-D-D


Outro

G                   A               G              A     D
Ordinary don't mean nothing no-how, look what's ordinary now  x4

G               A    D
Look what's ordinary now

G               A    D 
Look what's ordinary now

G           A    D
Look at ordinary now

Magic Marker

Intro:
A  D

VERSE 1:
E
Well, I got a lot, Lord, I got a lotta losin? ?
A
Friends and heroes packin? up and movin? 
B
And one of these days I?ll be left with nothin? 
C#m7
But memories and no time  
B
So I better get Yeah, I better get accustomed 
A
?Cause, I got a lot Lord, I got a lotta losin? 
E             A            E           B
By and by and by and by and by ?

VERSE 2:
E?
Well, we never got laid  But we had a lotta laughs, so 
?A
Runnin? like thieves through the streets of Chicago ?
B
Look at me now, I?m leanin? out of open windows, singin?
?C#m7
I still miss someone 
?B
So I better get,  Yeah, I better get accustomed 
A
?Cause, I got a lot Lord, I got a lotta losin? 
E             A            E           B
By and by and by and by and by ?

Chorus:
C#m7        ?
Pickin? up speed   Pickin? up the pieces ?
B
Losin? leaves in every season  
A
The winter ends right at my feet with ?
B
Flowers creepin? up through the crack in the concrete ??

VERSE 1

Chorus

Outro?
E                        A                       G         D  E
By and by and by and by and by and by and by and by and by

Whole Lotts Losin

Accordiing to the Magic Marker Songfacts , this song has lyrics that references the famous Tootsie Pops ad campaign where a boy asks how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop.

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

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

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:

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

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

Fallin' And Flyin'

D G D A D x 2

D
I been loved and I been alone
G
all my life I been a rolling stone
D
done everything a man can do
G	                       C	D
everything but get a hold on you
C			D
done everything a man can do
G	D 	A 	D
everything but get a hold on you

D
I've been blessed and I've been cursed
G
all my lies have been unrehearsed
D	
a wall of fire that I walked through
G			C	D
only trying to get a hold on you
C				D
a wall of fire that I walked through
G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

G	D	A	D

A
I saw you waiting at the gate
D
but I arrived a moment late 
A
I saw you shed a single tear
G	D	A	D
but still I can't get there from here

D
I been high and I been low
G
I been people that I don't know 
D
I been to China and to Peru

G			C    D
only trying to get a hold on you
C			D
I been to China and to Peru
G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

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