So Many Nights

The Cat Empire

Two Shoes

Steal the Light

The Cat Empire is a six-piece alternative band from Melbourne, Australia. Their sound has been described as a fusion of jazz, funk, and rock with heavy latin / salsa influences (not to mention reggae, ska and dub). Currently, the Cat Empire consists of Ollie McGill (keyboard and backing vocals), Ryan Monro (bass and backing vocals), Felix Riebl (percussion and vocals), Harry James Angus (trumpet and vocals), Will Hull-Brown (drums), and <span title="Unknown artist" class="bbcode_unknown">Jamshid &quot;Jumps&quot; Khadiwhala</span> (decks, percussion).

VERSE 1
C             C
Yesterday the sky looked sweet
Dm                       Dm
   when we dropped a big bomb at our feet
    Ab7              G7
and sometime soon we all might zoom
   F7                       Eb     E
to space and continue with another zoo

VERSE 2
C                 C
Work and pace for paper face
Dm                     Dm
   spend it wisely and keep it safe
            Ab7             G7
because the human race is a non-stop race
     F7                  Eb      E
with too many trials but no real case

PRE-CHORUS
Am                           Ab7
Something about this second, something about this hour
G7                           E
take away the money then the time becomes the power
  Am                         Ab7
a moment just to swim and to shower and to sing
       G7                         F            G
and to brighten and to dim and to sleep and to wander in

CHORUS
C       C        Dm      Dm
Nothing oh sweet nothing
Ab7                  G7
   today we're doing nothing at all
C       C        Dm         Dm
  La la la la la,   whoa oh oh oh ah
Ab7   G7
Ai ai ai-ai-ai-ai

VERSE 3
C           C
Yesterday I climbed a hill
     Dm                     Dm
then cycle down speedy on a great big wheel
Ab7          G7
feeling ill, laboured still
F7                             Eb    E
grinding and stressing in that giant mill

VERSE 4
C           C
Drove a car stop and start
Dm                               Dm
round and round in circles never got too far
Ab7                     G7
running barefoot on the hot hot tar
              F7            
?cause if you stop then you burn
          Eb       E
then your feet get scars

PRE-CHORUS
Am                             Ab7
Something about this instance, something about this minute
G7                                E
striving for the future but don't realise that we're in it
  Am                       Ab7
A moment just to float, to ponder and to dote
   G7                     F             G
to dry and to soak and to take a little toke of that

CHORUS
C       C        Dm      Dm
Nothing oh sweet nothing
Ab7                  G7
   today we're doing nothing at all
C       C        Dm         Dm
  La la la la la,   whoa oh oh oh ah
Ab7   G7
Ai ai ai-ai-ai-ai

TRUMPET SOLO over verse and pre-chorus

Repeat CHORUS

END RIFF
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Nothing

# Bass line goes like this:
G----0-1-0-1----------
C---------------------
E-0-------------------
A-------------1-2-1-2-

# The Trumpet solo goes a little like this:
G--0------------------1-1-0-0---------------------------
C-2-------------------------------3----2-3---------------
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            Verse 1:
Em                        G
This is a song that came upon me one night 
          Am
When the news it had been telling me 
       C                D
About one more war and one more fight
      Em 
And 'aeh' I sighed but then
     G
I thought about my friends
         Am
Then I wrote this declaration
         C              D
Just in case the world end
 


           Verse 2:
Our guns
Em             G
 We shot them in the things we said
        Am
Ah we didn't need no bullets 
         C            D
Cos we rely on some words instead 
Em
Kill someone in argument
G
Outwit them with our brains 
          Am
And we'd kill ourselves laughing
         C                D
At the funny things we'd say 



           Verse 3:
And bombs 
Em              G
  We had them saved for special times
          Am
When the crew would call a shakedown 
     C            D
We break down a party landmine 
Em
Women that so sexy 
        G
They explode us with their looks 
         Am
Ah we blowing up some speakers 
          C              D        
Jumping round till the ground shook 



           Verse 4:
And missiles
Em                   G
   They were the roadtrips that we launched
       Am
T-t-tripping across this island 
            C              D
Starting missions at the break of dawn
 Em
Yawn and smile say 
        G
What direction shall we take? 
Am
Somewhere where it warm and wet 
C                        D
This be the route we'd always take and 



           Chorus:
Am                      Em
  Our weapons were our instruments 
G           D          C
Made from timber and steel 
              Am
We never yielded to conformity 
      Em
But stood like kings 
        G
In a chariot that's riding on a 
   D
Record wheel 

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C|--------4-----------------------5------------------------------5--|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|

A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5------6-7-3---5-7-6-7-8-7-----6-7-3---5--|
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            Chorus:
Am                      Em
  Our weapons were our instruments 
G           D          C
Made from timber and steel 
              Am
We never yielded to conformity 
      Em
But stood like kings 
        G
In a chariot that's riding on a 
   D
Record wheel



            Chorus:
Am                      Em
  Our weapons were our instruments 
G           D          C
Made from timber and steel 
              Am
We never yielded to conformity 
      Em          
But stood like kings 
        G       
In a chariot that's riding on a 
   D             
Record wheel         
                  
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            Verse 5:
           Em
And our airforce flying 
            G
When the frisbee in the sky 
         Am
Have a session while we're smoking
             C           D
Now we're feeling extra high 
          Em 
And we'd sneak into a carpark
            G
With the skaties on our back 
            Am
And we're flying down the levels howling 
         C                D
On the attack now on the attack



           Verse 6:
And battles 
Em                   G
  They happened in these dancehalls 
           Am
See we'd rather fight with music
    C               D
Choosing one the rhythm war
Em
Battle at these shakedowns 
         G
And we battle at these gigs 
        Am
We do battle in our bedrooms 
            C                D
Made some sweet love to the beat 



           Bridge:
           Em
Then our allies grew 
     G
Wherever we would roam 
        Am 
See whenever we're together 
        C             D
Any stranger feel at home 
      Em
In a way we are an army 
          G
But this army not destruct 
      Am
No instead we're doing simple things
       C             D
Good loving find it run amuck 



           Verse 7:
Em
This be a declaration 
   G
Written about my friends
        Am
It's engraved into this song 
         C               D
So they know I'm not forgetting them 
      Em
See maybe if the world contained
 G
More people like these 
          Am
Then the news would not be telling me
       C                   D
About all that warfare endlessly and

 
          Chorus:

Am                      Em
  Our weapons were our instruments 
G           D          C
Made from timber and steel 
              Am
We never yielded to conformity 
      Em          
But stood like kings 
        G       
In a chariot that's riding on a 
   D             
Record wheel

Chariot

Verse|Dmin  |Fmaj |Cmaj  |Gmin  |
      -------------------------------
      |1.      |2
Chorus|Bb Major|Dmin  |Gmin  |Cmaj  | (2nd time x 4)
Bridge|Dmin    |Em Cmaj  |

Chords:
   Dmin    | Fmaj   | Cmaj   | Gmin |Bb Maj  |Emin|
e|-5-----1-|-1----1-|-3----0-|-3----|-6----1-|-7-|
b|-6-----3-|-1----1-|-5----1-|-3----|-6----3-|-8-|
g|-7-OR--2-|-2-OR-2-|-5-OR-0-|-3----|-7-OR-3-|-9-|
d|-7-----0-|-3----3-|-5----2-|-5----|-8----3-|-9-|
a|-5-------|-3------|-3----3-|-5----|-8----1-|-7-|
E|---------|-1------|--------|-3----|-6------|---|

Intro:
e|----5--------5------5-------------|
b|----6--------6------6-------------|
g|----7--------7------7-------------|
d|----7--------7------7-------------| repeat then...
a|-5-----5--4------5-----------4p3--|
E|-----------------------5h6--------|

e|-------------------|
b|--6~---------------|
g|--7~---------------|
d|--7~---------------|
a|--x~----------4p3--|
E|--6~-----5h6-------|

Verse:
    Dmin                          Fmaj
One day one woman asked him what do you to survive?
         Cmaj                           Gmin
He said "oh my dear, listen here." and this is what I cry
       Dmin                                Fmaj
On my feet, I wear two shoes for dancing, dancing to be free.
    Cmaj                                Gmin
My feet they're paying tribute to the Bobby Marley Legacy
       Dmin
and my knees they've got some cuts and bruises
       Fmaj
from a-skating all my days
           Cmaj
because a-when I'm skating with my friends
     Gmin
my troubles drift away. I say
    Dmin
my legs they're wearing baggy pants
          Fmaj
I like ta move around
                Cmaj
'Cause getting down and jumping up
                Gmin
These are some good things that i've found

Chorus:
                   Bb Maj
Waaaiiiyyaaa
Dmin              Gmin      Cmaj
  boomshak the empire be rising

Waaiiiyyaaa
Dmin              Gmin      Cmaj
  boomshak we making some lovin'

Waaiiiyyaaa
Dmin              Gmin      Cmaj
  boomshak tha greedy man running

Waaiiiyyaaa
Dmin              Gmin      Cmaj
  boomshak got two shoes for dancing.


           Dmin
... and my waist has got a slinky belt
       Fmaj
with a clip that's quick to open
          Cmaj
because a'loving is the sweetest thing,
     Gmin
and from my waist is happens
       Dmin
and my stomach's got some tasty food
       Fmaj
that's makin' me feel good
        Cmaj
because sharing some meals is
             Gmin
some thing I wish the world could do

       Dmin
and my chest it wears a singlet
      Fmaj
oh my chest is beating proud
       Cmaj
oh my chest suggests I am a man
        Gmin
that no institutions will knock round
     Dmin
and around my neck is superstiton
Fmaj
hanging from a chain
             Cmaj
because i've got my gods, but in the end
      Gmin
I'll make my own way.


Chorus:
                   Bb Maj
Waaaiiiyyaaa
Dmin              Gmin      Cmaj
  boomshak the empire be rising

Waaiiiyyaaa
Dmin              Gmin      Cmaj
  boomshak we making some lovin'

Waaiiiyyaaa
Dmin              Gmin      Cmaj
  boomshak tha greedy man running

Waaiiiyyaaa
Dmin              Gmin      Cmaj
  boomshak got two shoes for dancing.


BRIDGE:
e|-5-5-5-5-5--7--8--8--8--8--8---7-|
b|-6-6-6-6-6--8--8--8--8--8--8---8-|
g|-7-7-7-7-7--9--9--9--9--9--9---9-(Repeat as necessary
d|-7-7-7-7-7--9--10-10-10-10-10--9-|
a|-5-5-5-5-5--7--10-10-10-10-10--7-|
E|---------------8--8--8--8--8-----|

       Dmin
and my mouth it's got a great big smile
     Fmaj
that shows some great big teeth,
   Cmaj
to friends it brings happiness
        Gmin
and to enemies it brings defeat.
       Dmin
and my eyes have got some vision
         Fmaj
they can see through many lies
      Cmaj
oh my eyes they look for better things,
    Gmin
the better things to see in life
       Dmin
and my ears are wearing headphones
            Fmaj
they're to play my favourite songs;
     Cmaj
and not music i'm told to like
        Gmin
but the songs that make me dance along
       Dmin
'cause on my feet are shoes for
          Fmaj
shoes for dancing, dancing to be free
      Cmaj
oh my feet they're paying tribute to...
Gmin
(The Bobby Marley Legacy!)


Chorus:
                   Bb Maj
Waaaiiiyyaaa
Dmin              Gmin      Cmaj
  boomshak the empire be rising

Waaiiiyyaaa
Dmin              Gmin      Cmaj
  boomshak we making some lovin'

Waaiiiyyaaa
Dmin              Gmin      Cmaj
  boomshak tha greedy man running

Waaiiiyyaaa
Dmin              Gmin      Cmaj
  boomshak got two shoes for dancing.
(Repeat as needed)
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b|---------------------------------------------------|
g|------------------3-------3------------------------|
d|-------3-----7--------5-------7-------3---5---3----|
a|--5-------------------------------5--------------5-|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

Harry solo
concert pitch (piano, guitar.. ETC)
Key of: Dmin

E flat (alto sax)
Key of: Bmin

B flat (trumpet)
Key of: Cmin
Posted by Casey at July 5, 2004 12:57 PM | TrackBack 

Alternative Intro:
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Dm                        Bb
Oh, I had nine lives but I lost all of them
              F
And I've been searching in the night
              A7
And I've been searching in the rain
           Dm
I tried to find them
          Bb
But they disappeared
             F
They walked away they dressed in black
              A7                    
They left my side and all I say
Is that I wasted time
When I looked for them
For now I know that things gone past
Are never to be found again
No never never again
I had nine lives
But lost all of them

I had a plan
But never finished it
And I've been searching for the thought
And I've been searching in a haze
I try all days
To remember it
But now the blueprint in my mind has gone
My mind forgot the colour of direction
And my eyes they see the hands
That could have built
That could have constructed
The empire in my mind
The empire
I'll never find
I had a plan
But that was where it ended

The Lost Song

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Chariots

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# repeat and enjoy :)

Hello Hello

VERSE:
G              Bm             Em      `
  I know you'd like to hear a song as everything's all
Bm        `              C        `
Right the temp'rature is warm the fire horses
D        `
Sleep so gently comes the

VERSE:
G         Bm                Em        `
Night now close your eyes a-stare the ground they're on is
Bm       `              C        `
Bare but once it was as deep and wild as giant's
D           `
Dreams it's no longer

VERSE-LONG:
G         Bm            Em          `
There and all of our de-sires could mirror skies with
Bm         `                  C         `
Flames and smoke out heaven's halls and who was that you
D              `         G    Bm
Called they're no longer there

REFRAIN:
C    `              Em      G
  Ah-here it goes a-gain oh-here it goes a-
C    `              Em  `
gain here it goes a-gain__
Am  `  D  `

BRIDGE:
Em                   G                 C                   G
  Now what would you leave behind when all your fields are dead when your
Em              G                  C                  G
Territ'ries are dried out and your cities drowned and swept a-what would you
Em                G                      C                G
Leave behind when those who'll bear your name are born in that place that you
D      `  C                    `           D              `
Wrecked     and what would you leave behind__ when you're no longer

VERSE: [solo]
G    Bm  Em  `
There
Bm  `  C  `  D  `

VERSE:
G               Bm              Em         `
  And would you sail to distant shores and hide within the
Bm       `                 C        `
Haze and softly close your door pre-tend the world was
D         `
Saved and wait for heaven's

VERSE-LONG:
G                 Bm                Em  `
Call or would you turn and face the seas  and calm beside you
Bm           `                 C        `
Care there's chance but if you dare and swift as honest
D                 `         G    Bm
Deeds before it's no longer there__

REFRAIN:
C    `              Em      G
  Ah-here it goes a-gain oh-here it goes a-
C    `              Em  `
gain here it goes a-gain__
Am  `  D  `

BRIDGE-LONG:
Em               G                 C                   G
  What would you leave behind when all your fields are dead when your
Em              G                  C                  G
Territ'ries are dried out and your cities drowned and swept what would you
Em                G                      C                G
Leave behind when those who'll bear your name are born in that place that you
D      `  C                `           D              `         G    `
Wrecked     what would you leave behind__ when you're no longer there__

CODA:
C        `            Em           `
__ To de-ny or to des-pair they're really just the
D        `             D        `
Same but ev'rything be-tween it means we have to
C           `                 Em       `
Change 'cos where the one for-gets the world begins to
D        `                  D           `	
Fade and all the shapes and shades that made the colour
C               `             D                    `
Scene well they suddenly turn grey then they're no longer
G    `  `  N.C.
There_____ (end on 1)

No Longer There

Any comments welcomed. Enjoy.
   
--Intro--
C#m-E-B-Gb
C#m-E-G#m

--Verse 1--

G#m     E                B
First I saw you standing there
         Gb                  G#m
Eyes so wild beneath your hair
          E                B
Coat worn blacker than the sun
            Gb                       G#m
Shook your head like Strummer strummed
              E             B
We stood like soldiers in a line
           Gb                   G#m
Heard the bells of midnight chime
               E                  B
We turned grey walls to fields of green
          Gb                     C#m
The only fate that we could scream

--Chorus 1--

C#m             E           B
Was while you're still young
          Gb                     C#m
Find your heart and find your song
              E       Gb
Now where have you gone?

--Chorus 2--

G#m
No matter where you're going
   Gb                          B
And no matter where you've been
                     E
You never needed anybody else's call now
G#m                       Gb                       B
I never met a one like you, never met a one like you
                       E                  G#m
Never met a one like you, don't bring me down

--Verse 2--

G#m       E                    B
There's a dream that haunts my nights
            Gb                   G#m
Of wild black horses out in flight
            E              B
The kind of free I'd never been
              Gb             G#m
A kind of beast I'd never seen
       E                 B
Why do all things end in pain?
                Gb                  G#m
I call the ghosts and ask their names
        E                   B
Is that love you're running from?
          Gb               C#m
If you lead then I will come

--Chorus 1--

C#m             E           B
And while you're still young
          Gb                     C#m
Find your heart and find your song
              E       Gb
Now where have you gone?

--Chorus 2--

G#m
No matter where you're going
   Gb                          B
And no matter where you've been
                     E
You never needed anybody else's call now
G#m                       Gb                       B
I never met a one like you, never met a one like you
                       E                  G#m
Never met a one like you, don't bring me down

--Interlude--

# G#m-G#m-E-E-B-B-Gb-Gb x2

G#m  E
Basta de cuentos
B            Gb
Es tiempo de lo nuestro
G#m   E                    x2
Tengo tu alma
B        Gb
Bien metida adentro

--Chorus 1--

C#m         E           B
While you're still young
          Gb                     C#m
Find your heart and find your song
            E           B
While you're still young
          Gb                     C#m
Find your heart and find your song
C#m         E           B
While you're still young
          Gb                     C#m
Find your heart and find your song
              E       Gb
Now where have you gone?

G#m       Gb        B             E         G#m
Oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, wo, oh oh oh, oh oh oh,
          Gb        B             E         G#m
Wo, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, wo, oh oh oh, oh oh oh,

--Chorus 2--

G#m
No matter where you're going
   Gb                          B
And no matter where you've been
                     E
You never needed anybody else's call now
G#m                       Gb                       B
I never met a one like you, never met a one like you
                       E                  G#m
Never met a one like you, don't bring me down

--Outro--

G#m       Gb        B             E         G#m
Oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, wo, oh oh oh, oh oh oh,
          Gb        B             E         G#m
Wo, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, wo, oh oh oh, oh oh oh,
          Gb        B             E         G#m
Wo, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, wo, oh oh oh, oh oh oh,
          Gb        B                       G#m
Wo, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, wo, oh oh oh, oh oh oh,


--Cheers--

Still Young

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

(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

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: 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]
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A  E  D  A

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E|-0-2--------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
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[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

Overreacting

C#
There's a portrait
     Ab
In a back room
           F#
Which I'll keep for days upon
          C#
Which I relent 
              B
And gaze for hours on
    Bbm                  F#
The muscle, skin and bone
         Ab
Of some imaginary friend

F# Ab F#

        C#
So how about it 
        Ab
Show me please 
           F#
How I will look in twenty years
           C#
And let me please 
          B
Interpret history 
       Bbm        F#
In every line and scar 
               Ab                  
That's painted there in front of me

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

           C#
It doesn't matter
         Ab
What I'm thinking
       F#
What I tell myself to do
         C#      F#
I end up calling

       C#
I stay in to
                   Ab
Defrost the fridge
        F#
Now the kid has gone to bed
             C#
A feeling of dread
              B         
At least when she's around
    Bbm
The trouble's there
     F#                        Ab
It's worse to wake up with her falling 'round the room

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

       C#
Listen Johnny
              F#
You're like a mother
       C#                     F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

       C#
Listen Johnny
              Ab
You're like a mother
       F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

            B
And if they come tonight
       Bbm
You'll roll up tight
     F#             Ab
And take whatever's coming to you next (oh, oh oh oh)

 F# Ab to end.

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