I Wish We All Could Win

Never Going Back To OK

Light Up the Sky

Life Is Beautiful

The Afters is a rock band founded by Joshua Havens and Matt Fuqua, who are both vocalists and guitarists in the band. Havens and Fuqua first worked together in a Starbucks coffee shop in Mesquite, Texas, where they played for customers, before deciding to form a band. Their original name was Blisse. The Afters are currently promoted through INO records and Columbia Records. The band's sophomore project was released in 2008.

Intro:

G  Am   Em
G  Am   Em

Verse:

G  Am   Em
G  Am   Em

Pre-chorus

G  Bm
G  Bm

Chorus:

Am   Em   G  D
Am   Em   G  D
Am   Em

After Chorus 1st time to go to verse #2:

G  Am   Em

Solo:

Am   Em   G  D

Bridge:

Am   Em   G  D

Outro:

Am   Em   G  D
Am   Em   G  D   Am

Beautiful Love

Intro: Am  G  C  E
  
               Am  G       C             E        
It's not the end, but it feels like it is 
              Am   G     C                 E
I'm waking up like I'm back from the dead 
                Am  G     C            E
I'm stepping out, and I feel so afraid 
          Am         G            C     E
But as long as I'm moving it's all right 

         Am   G      C                 E
I feel alive, and it hurts for a change 
             Am   G   C         E                     Am      
No looking back it's hard to believe that I was cool 
G          C              E
With the days that I wasted 
           Am       G             C
Complacent and tasteless and bored 
                 E       F       C
But that was yesterday... 


        Am           G         F        C                     
We're never going back to OK 
        Am            G         F         C
We're never going back to easy 
        Am             G             F      C
We're never going back to the way it was 
        Am            G              Am  G  C  E  Am  G  C  E
We're never going back to OK 


                   Am     G       C              E
This discontent, like a slap in the face 
         Am  G           C                E
of mediocre, I've had enough of this place 
               Am   G        C           E
This party's over, and I'm moving away 
            Am             G        C
from the frills of your Beverly Hills 
            E       F
That was yesterday... 


C                     D
    We're here to stay 
              G
This is our time 

Our only life 
                   E
Our chance to live

Never Going Back To Ok

Intro: Bb Ab Eb F#

Verse 1:
Bb 
Until you came
Bb
I was just the same 
              Eb     
As everybody else
        F#       Ab        Bb
Whoever saw the light and turned away

Bb 
You love me now
Bb
You loved me then
                   Eb 
And every now and again
                         F#         Ab       Bb 
You show me how it would be if I'd gone the other way

Pre-Chorus: (palm mute)
Eb      F#       Ab        Eb              F#       Ab  Eb        
After all this time I've come to find my soul's fragility
             F#  Ab      Eb              F#     Ab
But you've rectified my frailty by your strength

Chorus: 
               F#                      C#
It's like the sun swallowed up by the earth
       F#              C#
Like atomic bombs in reverse
         Bb                     Eb
As if a glass could contain the sea
           F#       Ab     Eb
That's the way you are in me
           F#       Ab     Bb
That's the way you are

Verse 2:
Bb 
Now here I stand
Bb
Looking back 
                          Eb 
To the way things used to be
            F#   Ab    Bb
But I will never be alone again

Bb
'Cause you're with me
Bb
And now I see
                 Eb (full)
What it means to me
         F#      Ab     Bb
To be a part of such a mystery

(Pre-Chorus)

(Chorus)

Bridge:
Bb Ab F# Ab Bb 

(Pre-Chorus)

Ending:
(Chorus)
That's the way you are in me
With Eb= 3 times
With Bb= 4 times

The Way You Are

Bm          G            D
  When I'm feeling all alone, with so far to go
Bm                G             D
  The signs are nowhere on this road, guiding me home
Bm          G               D                        Bm
  When the night is closing in, it's falling on my skin
   G                  D
Oh God, will you come close?

Chorus 1
 Bm                        G            
Light, light, light up the sky
              D             A 
Light up the sky to show me you are with me
Bm             G
I, I, I can't deny
            D                 A 
No I can't deny that you are right here with me
       Bm        G
You've opened my eyes
   D             A
So I can see you all around me
 Bm                         G
Light, light, light up the sky
                  D            A
You light up the sky to show me
              Bm          G            D  
That you are with me

Verse 2
Bm             G              D
When stars are hiding in the clouds, I don't feel them shining
Bm           G              D
When I can't see beyond my doubt, the silver lining
Bm         G                  D
When I've almost reached the edge, like a flood you're rushing in
Bm   G               D
Your love is rushing in

(Chorus 1)

Bridge:
Em7                           Bm
So I run, straight into your arms
            A                 Em7
You're the brightened morning sun
                           G                     
To show your love, there's nothing you won't do


Chorus 2
 G                          D
Light, light, light up the sky
                  A             Bm
You light up the sky to show me you are with me
G                D
I, I, I can't deny
              A              Bm
No I can't deny that you are right here with me
       G          D
You've opened my eyes
   A             Bm
So I can see you all around me
 G                          D
Light, light, light up the sky
                  A
You light up the sky to show me
              G       D      A      Bm
That you are with me
              G       D      A      Bm
That you are with me
              G       D      A      Bm
That you are with me

G    D    A

Light Up The Sky

Intro (x4):
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E|--------3-----3-----------3-----3-----------3-----3-----------3-----3----|
C|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-|
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G     G/A     Em
Faraway...I feel your beating heart 
G     G/A
All Alone 
Em
Beneath the crystal stars 
C              Em
Staring into space
              C 
What a lonely face 
                    Em         Am
I'll try to find my place with you 

       Am         Em
What a beautiful smile 
      G          D
Can I stay for awhile? 
        Am        Em
On this beautiful night 
           G          D
We'll make everything right
              Am       
My beautiful loooove, My beautiful love 

Intro

G      G/A        Em
Larger than the moon - my love for you 
G         G/A      Em
Worlds collide as heaven pulls us through 

C                 Em                      C
The Secret of our world is written in the stars
                  Em       Am
I'm carrying your heart in mine 

       Am         Em
What a beautiful smile
      G         D      
Can I stay for awhile?
        Am        Em 
On this beautiful night
           G          D 
We'll make everything right
             Am             Em        G          D 
My beautiful love 
             Am             Em        G          D

        Am                    Em
Maybe a greater thing will happen 
      G        D
Maybe all will see
          Am                    Em
Maybe our love will catch like fire 
      G             D
As it burns through me 
(3x) 
       Am        Em
What a beautiful smile
      G         D  
Can I stay for awhile? 
        Am        Em
On this beautiful night
           G          D 
We'll make everything right
       Am         Em
What a beautiful smile
      G         D
Can I stay for awhile? 
        Am        Em
On this beautiful night 
           G          D
We'll make everything right
 
My beautiful 
Am          Em
La-la-la-la-love
G           D 
La-la-la-la-love

My beautiful
Am          Em 
La-la-la-la-love
G           D
La-la-la-la-love
             Am
My beautiful love

D                  Bm
A|-5-7-5---5---5---|--5-7-5---5---5--------|
E|-------5---3---2-|--------5---3---2------|
C|-----------------|-----------------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------------|


   A           G         D
A|-5-7-5---5---5---5-7-|-5-7-5---5---5-----|
E|-------5---3---2-----|-------5---3---2---|
C|---------------------|-------------------|
G|---------------------|-------------------|

Broken Hallelujah

According to the Light Up The Sky Songfacts, prior to the release of Texan pop/rock band The Afters' third album, they had to deal with the death of their longtime manager and their drummer's best friend, plus the departure of two band members. The difficulties they had to overcome are reflected in &quot;Light Up The Sky,&quot; which details the depth of God's love in hard times.

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

De Nada

G      Em
I found a love for me
               C                         D
Darling just dive right in, and follow my lead
                G                 Em
Well I found a girl beautiful and sweet
          C                                  D
I never knew you were the someone waiting for me

                                 G
Cause we were just kids when we fell in love
              Em                     C               G  D
Not knowing what it was, I will not give you up this ti-ime
                   G                         Em
But darling just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own
             C                  D
And in your eyes you’re holding mine

       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D              Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

               G                    Em
Well I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know
                C                                        D
She shares my dreams, I hope that someday I’ll share her home
           G             Em
I found a love, to carry more than just my secrets
         C                              D
To carry love, to carry children of our own

                              G                     Em 
We are still kids, but we’re so in love, fighting against all odds
                  C               G  D
I know that we’ll be alright this ti-ime
               G                            Em 
Darling just hold my hand, be my girl, I’ll be your man
          C              D
I see my future in your eyes



       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

G Em C D 


       Em     C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight


Perfect

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

Baa Baa Black Sheep

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

You Make It Real

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

Country Roads

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

It Ain't Me

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

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

Arrows Of Eros

Am
There's a sadness all around us
          F                         C
There are words we're too afraid to say
                                        Am
The things that I thought would last forever
    F              G
Are changing every day

          Am
There's a hunger can't be satisfied
        F                       C
And the streets are filled with rage
C                       Am
It's time to dig deep inside ourselves
F                       G
And face the life we've made

Am
It's gonna take two of us
C                           Am
Ijust can't do it all on my own
F				  C
I see the day gettin' brighter
G                    F
Hold me a little bit tighter

C                      Am      F
Out of the darkness in hand in hand
     Am               F        G
Baby together we will make our stand
C                             Am      F
Reach out and touch me we can win somehow
       Am              F                G
I know there's nothing that can stop us now
F              Am                 G   C
Oh, baby, come with me out of the darkness

...

Out Of The Darkness

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 )

Beautiful Love	No rating	beginner	Tab	Full
Beautiful Love	No rating	intermediate	Chords	Short
Broken Hallelujah	No rating	intermediate	Tab	Full
Light Up The Sky	No rating	intermediate	Chords	Full
Never Going Back To Ok	No rating	beginner	Chords	Full
The Way You Are	No rating	beginner	Chords	Full

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