A Is for Accident

The Dresden Dolls

Yes, Virginia

No, Virginia

The Dresden Dolls are an American musical duo from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 2001, the group consists of Amanda Palmer (vocals, piano, ukulele, toy piano, harmonica) and Brian Viglione (drums, percussion, guitar, vocals).   They describe their heavily art-damaged and theatrical style as &quot;Brechtian punk cabaret&quot;, a phrase invented by Palmer because she was &quot;terrified&quot; that the press would invent a name that &quot;would involve the word 'gothic',&quot; and are part of an underground dark cabaret movement that started gaining momentum in the early 1990s.  

        Read more about The Dresden Dolls on Last.fm.

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Good Day

Am                                 D    F
so you don't want to hear about my good song
Am                               D     F
you don't want to hear about how i am getting on
Am                             D   F
with all the things that i can get done
Am                             D      F
the sun is in the sky and i am on my lonesome
Am                                 D    F
so you don't want to hear about my good day
Am                                D          F
you have better things to do than to hear me say

C               D
god its been a lovely day
F                  C
everything's been going my way
C               D
i took out the trash today
    F
and i'm on fire

Am                                 D     F
so you don't want to hear about my good friends
Am                                  D         F
you don't have the guts to take the truth of consequence
Am                           D  F
success is in the eye of the beholder
Am                                D     F
and it's looking even better over your cold shoulder
        Am                    D               F
i'm not suggesting you get to line me up for questioning
    Am                        D                F
but you don't think about the bridges you are burning 
    Am
and i'm burning
         D                           F
and even though you knew it from the start
Am                                 D         F
you'd rather be a bitch than be an ordinary broken heart
Am                              D   F
so go ahead and talk about your bad day
Am                            D         F
i want all the details of the pain and misery
Am                             D F
that you are inflicting on the others
Am                               D           F
i consider them my sisters and i want their numbers

C               D
god its been a lovely day
F                  C
everything's been going my way
C          D
i took up croquet today
    F
and i'm on fire

Am                           D       F
i picked up the pieces of my broken ego
       Am                            D       F
i have finally made my peaces far as you and me go
         Am                            D  F
but i'd love to have you up to see the place
            Am             D                  F
i'd like to do more than survive i'd like to rub it in you face

C               D
hey its been a lovely day
F                  C
everything's been going my way
C                  D
i had so much fun today
    F
and i'm on fire

C               D
god its been a lovely day
F                 C
everything's been going my way
C               D
ever since you went away
    F
hey i'm on fire

Am                      F                          C
   Thirty licks with a belt; same old tricks on myself.
                   Dm
And I wonder: Does everyone else live this way?
Am                  F                      C
   A succession of tests, a triumphant success,
                       Dm
Each time I'm still intact, at the end of the day.


Am   F   C   Dm

Am                     F                        C
   Thirty drops in a glass, keep my temper and pass
                          Dm
With my breath held. You bastards, you've lucked out again!
Am                     F
   It's not really so bad. There's still mom, there's still
 C                   Dm
Damage to do before they wrest the axe from my hands.

Am                   F                    C
   It's no mystery: you should obviously go,
   Dm
Before I break everything.
Am                         F                       C
   You're always telling me that you're dying to know;
           Dm
But you're not really listening.

 F                   Am                    E
How do I manage to station myself in harm's way,
                         F
And only get hit with a ticket for loitering
 Am                    E
That I have no way to pay? And no strength to argue.
    F                    Am                    E
My personal demons can scheme with professional care...

Oh, god, they're after me!
F                         Am
If I could shut them out just for a second,
 E
I swear:

I could stop this catastrophe.


Am   F   C   Dm


Am                   F
   Thirty day guarantee,
                          C
But they can't have meant me.
                  Dm
After all, I was born to a child-proof world.
Am                        F
   No sharp corners, or glass,
                    C
Small objects, or plastic bags.
                   Dm
Please, these are death to a delicate girl.

Am                    F                     C
   It's no mystery - you should obviously know
      Dm
That I'll destroy everything.
Am                       F                       C
   So don't go telling me that you're dying to know
              Dm
'Cause you'll get what you're asking for.

 F                      Am                    E
And I still manage to station myself in harm's way,
                         F
And only get hit with a ticket for loitering,
  Am                    E
Stating I came the wrong day.
 F                        Am                        E
Now all the demons are screaming, their wages aren't fair.

I've left a secret kept.
F                        Am                    E
If I could shut them up just for a second, I swear:

It'll look like an accident.


Am   F   C   Dm
                    I could be decent yet!

Am   F   C   Dm
                    Be magnificent!

Am   F   C   Dm
                    I could be president...

Thirty Whacks

INTRO:

Em        Em7 /  B       Cmaj7 (4 times)

VERSE 1:

Em             B          C7           Em               (D)
he's been trying with limited success

Em             B          C7           Em               (D)
to   get this girl let him get into her dress

Em             B          C7           Em               (D)
but every time he thinks he's getting close

    G         D        Am     C
she threatens death before he gets a chance

CHORUS:

    G          D      Am         C
and that's the way it is in Minnesota

G          D      Am        C
that's the way it is in Oklahoma

G          D        Am              C
that's the way it's been since protozoa

G             D         Am           C
first climbed onto the shores of California


Repeats throughout whole song

Shores Of California

Intro

Dsus2  Cm


Verse 1

Dsus2
you can have washington i'll take new jersey
                                        Cadd9
you can have london but i want new york city

Dsus2
i should get providence i've got a job now
                                         Cadd9
los angeles - obvious - that's where you belong now

(continue chords as above)
you can have africa asia australia
as long as you keep your hands off cafe pamplona

we can split germany right down the middle
you'd hate it there anyway
take berlin and well call it even

you can take all of the carry-on baggage
i'll trade the saskia jokes for the alphabet language

and special occasions we'll split between parents
who forced us to hate them on alternating weekends

Dsus
you call it over and i call you psycho, significant other?
                            Cadd9
just say we were lovers and we'll call it even
F          G  Dsus2
we'll call it even


Chorus/Refrain

Gm                   Bb
i am the ground zero ex-friend you ordered
F                     Dsus2
disgused as a hero to get past your borders
Gm                          Bb
i know when i'm wanted i'll leave when you ask me to
F                        Dsus2
mind my own business and speak when i'm spoken to

Gm             Bb
i am the tower around which you orbited
F                   Dsus2
i am not proud i am just taking orders
Gm                         Bb
i fall to the groud within hours of impact
F                 Cm
i hit back if hit and attack if attacked


Verse 2

Dsus2
you get route 2 between concord and lexington
                                      Cadd9
i want mass ave from the sqaure to my apartment

Dsus2
and if we should meet through some misunderstanding
                                   Cadd9
ill be very sweet very patient and forgiving
Cm
(now get off my side of the state)

Dsus2
and if we should see one another in passing
                                               Cadd9
despite these techniques there is sometimes no avoiding
Cm
(there must be some kind of mistake)

Dsus2
we'll raise high our white flags and bow heads and shake hands
                                       Cadd9
declaring the land we're on unamerican we'll call it even
F          G  Dsus2
we'll call it even


Chorus/Refrain

Gm             Bb
i am the tower around which you orbited
F                   Dsus2
i am not proud i am just taking orders
Gm                         Bb
i fall to the groud within hours of impact
F                 Cm
i hit back if hit and attack if attacked

Gm               Bb
i am an accident waiting to happen
F                           Dsus2
i'm laughing like mad as you strangle the captain
Gm                     Bb
my place may be taken, but make no mistake
F                                   Cm
from a little black black box i can say without shame
Cm                           Cm
that you've lost, that you've lost, do you know what you've lost?


Outro

G
so take whatever you'd like
Bb
i'll strike like the States on fire
F
you won't sleep very tight
C
no hiding no safe covers
G
make your bed and now lie
Bb
just like you always do
F
you can fake it for the papers
C
but i'm on to you, i'm on to you

G
so take whatever you'd like
Bb
i'll strike like the States on fire
F
you won't sleep very tight
C
no hiding no safe covers
G
make your bed and now lie
Bb
just like you always do
F
you can fake it for the papers
C
but i'm on to you, i'm on to you, i'm on to you, i'm on to you!


Dsus2 Cmin repeated to end

Truce

Intro: G D Em C

    G            D
the record goes
     Em           C
from blue to gold
   G              D        Em      C
so thank you for all your help
  G              D
I know you want
   Em               C
to twist and shout
    G          D          Em     C
but try to contain yourself

           C                G               D
you always struck me as the type to take it lightly
               C             G                  D
but now you're gonna have to shut your mouth or fight me...

Em             C
backstabber, backstabber....

       G            D
you're all alone
       Em           C
you're all over
    G        D     Em      C
the popular magazines
     G              D
will never care
     Em               C
what do you care
       G        D         Em      C
you're so much above that scene

                  C                  G         D
but you've got no right to sit there saying I abuse it
              C                    G                   D
when you only sleep with girls who say they like your music

Em                      C           
backstabber backstabber backstabber backstabber
Em                      C
backstabber backstabber backstabber backstabber

G            D         
backstabber! hope grabber!
Em            C
greedy little fit haver!
G       D        Em        C
god, I feel for you, fool.....
G           D 
shit lover! off brusher!
Em          C
jaded bitter joy crusher!
G           D         Em        C
failure has made you so cruel....

         Em             G
so don't tell me how to write
          Em               G
and don't tell me that I'm wrong......
          Em             G            Em       G      D
and don't tell me not to reference my songs within my songs

   G          D
so here we go
Em             C
the open road
   G             D        Em   D
is covered with taco stands
    G            D
and you can stop
      Em            C
we'll drop you off
    G                 D           Em     C
and write to you when we land

Em                      C           
backstabber backstabber backstabber backstabber
Em                      C           
backstabber backstabber backstabber backstabber

G           D
backstabber!
Em         D
backstabber!
G            D
backstabber! hope grabber!
Em            C
greedy little fit haver!
G           D
BACKSTABBER!
Em        C

G D Em C...

Backstabber

G                           Am
clutching the phone till my hands were sore
G                  Am
i never understood pain before, christopher
G                         G
you cannot know what it does to me
G                            F     Am
hearing you speak with this frequency

i never knew what one voice could do
i was in heaven the moment i heard you
my friends go out drinking and having fun -
i stay in bed with my headphones on

G                          Am
shot down with arrows from waves above
G                   F          Am
christopher lydon renounced my love

it took so long to get through to you
i never understood sorrow, and now i do
i finally got past your moniter,
and you broke my heart in two, chrisopher

Am                      G
christopher, i am your listener, christopher,
C                          E
i've never felt love like this before, christopher,
F                       Am
christopher, now and forevermore, chrisopher
E                                               F  Am  E
i'll never stop saying christopher, christopher

(...)

Christopher Lydon

# I couldn't find any existing tabs or chords of this song
#but this is what sounds right to me. I use the strumming
#pattern "Down-Up-Chunk" repeated throughout the song.
#Enjoy :)

G                                D
Coin operated boy sitting on the shelf he is just a toy

               Am
But I turn him on and he comes to life

          D                        G             
Automatic joy that is why I want a coin operated boy

Am      
Made of plastic and elastic 

C   
he is rugged and long lasting

Am                          C         
Who could ever ever ask for more

Am                           C 
Love without complications ga-lore

Am    
Many shapes and weights to choose from

C
I will never leave my bedroom

Am                         C    
I will never cry at night a-gain
 
Am                             C      F   D
Wrap my arms around him and pre-tend

G                               D7   
Coin operated boy all the other real 


ones that I destroy

              Am               
Cannot hold a candle to my new boy and I'll

              D  
Never let him go and I'll never be alone 

            G
not with my coin operated boy

C               D7           
This bridge was written to 

Bm            C             
make you feel smittener

C           D7              
With my sad picture of 

Bm           C           
girl getting bitterer

C         D7           
Can you ex-tract me from 
 
Bm         C         
my plastic fantasy

C        D7       
I didn?t think so but 

Bm           C   
I?m still con-vinceable

C           D7
Will you per-sist even 

Bm      C              
after I bet you

C         D7        
A billion dollars that 

Bm         C               
I'll never love you

C           D7          
Will you per-sist even 

Bm      C                 
after I kiss you

C               D7            
Goodbye for the last time

     Bm          A         C                   
Will you keep on trying to prove it?

    A        C           A         C                       
I'm dying to lose it I?m losing my confidence

A         C         A         C                             
I want it I want it I want it I want you  

A           C          A        C        A             
I want you I want you I want a I want a I want a 
  
C
I want a 

G                  Am   C    
coin operated boy       

Am      
And if I had a star to wish on 

C
for my life I can?t imagine

Am                               C   
Any flesh and blood could be his match

Am                         C     F   D            
I can even take him in the bath 

G          
Coin operated boy he may not be 

G7     
real experienced with girls

              Am
But I know he feels like a boy should feel

               D
Isn?t that the point that is why I want a

G
Coin operated boy with a pretty 

D7
coin operated voice

               Am
Saying that he loves me that he?s thinking of me

                    D 
Straight and to the point that is why I want a 

G
coin operated boy

Coin Operated Boy

# Here's my version of this incredible song. 
# I wrote it completely, with vocal and chords and solo. Enjoy!

       G               G                 D               D
    Coin    .......          Sitting ...      
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C||----2-2-------------2-2-|-------------2-2-------------2-2-|
G||-0--0-0----------0--0-0-|-------------2-2-------------2-2-|


               Am             Am               D
    But I....                       Automatic...    
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C||------------0-0------------0-0-|------------2-2-2-2-------|
G||------------2-2------------2-2-|------------2-2-----------|


    D              G
       a        Coin.......
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# Then you can play vocal or just chords. 
# The best version would be with two ukuleles, first for vocal, second for chords


       Am                   C                
    Made....             He is... 
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       Am            C      C
    Who could .........
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        Am           C
    Love...    
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G||---------------------|---------|


        Am                   C                
    Many....             I will... 
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       Am            C      C
    I will .........
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       Am            C    F  D
    Wrap .........
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C||---------------------|-0--2--|
G||---------------------|-2--2--|
   

       G               G                 D               D
    Coin    .......          All         .......      
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C||----2-2-------------2-2-|-------------2-2-------------2-2-|
G||-0--0-0----------0--0-0-|-------------2-2-------------2-2-|


               Am             Am               D
    Cannot  ....                    Never ...    
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C||------------0-0------------0-0-|------------2-2-2-2-------|
G||------------2-2------------2-2-|------------2-2-----------|


    G               D
         Never ...    
A||-3-3--3-3-2-0----0-0-------2-0--|
E||-2-2----------2--2-2-----2------|
C||-3-3-------------2-2-2-2--------|
G||-----------------2-2------------|

      G
    Coin....
A||---3-3--0-2-0-2------X--|
E||---2-2---------------X--|
C||---3-3------------2--X--|
G||-0-0-0----------0----X--|

# you can play 'G' instead of dead (x) notes.
# or you can slap a palm on ukulele, your choice
# Listen the song to understand how to play this part.
# Next part of the song playing only 3 chords, but 'D' looks otherwise:

    C            D  Bm
    This brige......make...
A||-3------------5--2-------|
E||-0------------2--2-------|
C||-0------------2--2-------|
G||-0------------2--4-------|

# play this chords to the end of the part, then:


A||-7-----7-----7---|-7-----7-----7---|-7-----7-----7---|
E||---9-----9-----9-|---9-----9-----9-|---8-----8-----8-|
C||-----9-----9-----|-----9-----9-----|-----9-----9-----|
G||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

# Listen the song to understand how to play this part.

      G
    Coin....
A||---3-3--0-2-0-2------X--|
E||---2-2---------------X--|
C||---3-3------------2--X--|
G||-0-0-0----------0----X--|

# Solo:

A||-0--2--0----|-0--2--0-----|-0--2--0----|-0--2--0-----|
E||-0-----0--0-|-0-----0--0--|-0-----0--0-|-0-----0--0--|
C||-0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--|
G||------------|-------------|------------|-------------|

A||-7-7-7-7-7-9-10-7-|-7-|----------7--|
E||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--10|-8-|-0--3--8--8--|
C||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-|-7-|-0--4--7-----|
G||------------------|---|-------------|

A||-0-1-2-3-4-3-2-1-|-0-1-2-3-4-3-2-1-|
E||-----------------|-----------------|
C||-----------------|-----------------|
G||-----------------|-----------------|

A||-3-4-5-6-7-6-5-4-|-3-4-5-6-7-6-5-4-|
E||-----------------|-----------------|
C||-----------------|-----------------|
G||-----------------|-----------------|

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C||------------8-----|------------8-----|
G||------------------|------------------|

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C||------------------------|-0-|
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       Am                   C                
And if ....             For my ... 
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       Am            C      C
    Any flesh .........
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        Am           C    F  D
    I can ....               
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C||---------------------|-0--2-|
G||---------------------|-2--2-|

       G               G                 D               D
    Coin    .......          He may ...      
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C||----2-2-------------2-2-|-------------2-2-------------2-2-|
G||-0--0-0----------0--0-0-|-------------2-2-------------2-2-|


               Am             Am               D               D       
    But I....                       Isn't...                      a      
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       G               G                 D               D
    Coin    .......          With his ...      
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C||----2-2-------------2-2-|-------------2-2-------------2-2-|
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               Am             Am               D               D       
    Saying....                       Isn't...                      a      
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      G
    Coin....
A||---3-3--0-2-0-2------X--|
E||---2-2---------------X--|
C||---3-3------------2--X--|
G||-0-0-0----------0----X--|

Coin-operated Boy

F
There's xx xxx
      
      C
To xx xxxx

        G
You xxx xxxx

         G
When xxx xxxxxx
              
              F
Your xxxxx xx xxxx
         
         C
To xxxxx-xxxx
     
     G
Very xxxx

           G
You xxx xx xxxx

But xxxxxx xxxxxxxxx

   F              C              G
Oh oh-oh oh oh oh oh-oh oh oh oh oh ...

# And repeat

Delilah

Ab         Eb   
Raise your glass
F         Ab
We have incorporated
Ab         Eb
Place your bets
F            Ab
We're all so sick of waiting
Ab          Cm
Queen Takes Jack
Ab          Eb                Ddim    Cm
You got me this time but i'll get you back
Abmin
So pick a number...

   Cm                Ab             Ab/C
To all the ones that tried the most
    Eb           F
Was I suposed to cheer your efforts?
Cm           Ab              Ab/C
Sorry that I chose so poorly 
Eb           F
Golly gee am I the poster girl?


Interlude: Cm, Cm, Cm, Ab/B, Ab/B, Abmin, Abmin, Abmin, Abmin, Eb/G, Eb/G (repeat x2)

Cm                Ab                 Eb              F
She's the kind of girl who looks for love in all the lonely places
Cm           Ab             Eb                   F
The kind who comes to poker pockets stuffed with kings and aces
Cm                Ab            Eb            F
She's the kind of girl who only asks you over when it's raining
Cm               Ab                 Eb             F
Just to make you lie there catching water dripping from the ceiling

Dirty Business

Am, Am, Am, Am

   Am
  half underwater
   F                           C                G      
  i'm half my mother's daughter
   Am                          F  C    B7   Am
  a fraction's left up to dispute AhAh AhAh AhAh


  Am
  the whole collection
         F                      C                       G
  half off the price they're asking
   Am                          F     C    B7   Am
  in the halfway house of ill repute AhAh AhAh AhAh


  Am      F        C          B7 Am
  Ahahahah Ahahahah ahahahah ahah ahah


  Am
  half accidental
  F                C
  half pain full instrumental
  Am                     F    C    B7   Am
  i have a lot to think about AhAh AhAh AhAh


  Am
  you think they're joking?
  F                C
  you have to go provoke him...
  Am                          F        C    B7   Am
  i guess it's high time you found out AhAh AhAh AhAh




  F         C         G               F          Am
  it's half biology and half corrective surgery gone wrong
                F                C          G
  you'll notice something funny if you hang around here for too
   F              Am          G                     
F               Am
  long ago in some black hole before they had these pills to take it back
           E
  i'm half jill

  and half jack


  Am      F        C          B7 Am
  Ahahahah Ahahahah ahahahah ahah ahah
  Am      F        C          B7 Am
  Ahahahah Ahahahah ahahahah ahah ahah



  Am
  two halves are equal
  F                 C
  a cross between two evils
  Am                   F   C    B7   Am
  it's not an enviable lot AhAh AhAh AhAh


  Am
  but if you listen
  F                        C
  you'll learn to hear the difference
  Am                                F C    B7   Am
  between the halfs and the half nots AhAh AhAh AhAh




  G
  and when i let him in i feel my stitches getting sicker

  i try to wash him out but like she said:the blood is thicker
  F                     Am
  i see my mother in my face
  E               Esus4 E
  but only when i travel
  F                Am
  i run as fast as i can run but
  E                   C
  jack comes tumbling after....


  F         C               G             F          
       Am
  and when i'm brave enough and find a clever way to kick him out
  Am                       F          C                      G
  and i'm so high not even you and all your love could bring me down
   F      Am       G               F                 
   Am
  on 83rd he never found the magic words to change this fact:
           E
  i'm half jill

  and half jack


  Am      F        C          B7 Am
  Ahahahah Ahahahah ahahahah ahah ahah
  Am      F        C          B7 Am
  Ahahahah Ahahahah ahahahah ahah ahah



  Am
  i'm halfway home now
  F           C
  half hoping for a showdown
  Am                                     F     C    
B7   Am
  cause i'm not big enough to house this crowd AhAh AhAh AhAh
  F
  it might destroy me
  C                    Am
  but i'd sacrifice my body
  Am                                F   C    B7   Am
  if it meant i'd get the jack part OUT AhAh AhAh AhAh

  Am        F
  see (see) jack (jack)
  C         B7 Am
  run (run) jack (jack)


  run (run) jack (jack)

  run (run) jack (jack)


  see (see) jack (jack)

  run (jack) jack (run)


  run (see) jack (jack)

  see (run) run (see)


  see (run) jack (jack)

  see (run) jack (jack)


  run (run) jack (jack)

  jack (see) run (jack)


  see (run) jack (see)

  run (jack) jack (run)

  Am         F
  run (jack) jack (run)
  C    B7  Am
  Run Jack Run

Half Jack

Dm             C                 Gm            Bb
He told me that I knew just what to laugh at
      Dm            C               Gm              Bb
and I wanted to but I just couldn't ask if he would take it back so
F       G        Bb
I could know for certain..

   Dm             C                     Gm            Bb
So on the bench I watched his left hand crossing
      Dm         C                Gm            Bb
while doubling entendres with the voicings.
           Dm                C                Gm            Bb
He said, "Oh darling, you're charming, Please don't find it alarming if I 
Dm        C                Gm            Bb
pull this stop out to free up a hand for heavy petting!"

F             Bb
Now, there, there;
F                Bb
I'm a friendly man.
F            Bb               F
I joke about sex because it's funny when you're
Dm         C     Gm     Bb
frightened  (ah, ah)
    Dm   C    Gm    Bb
(ah ah,    ah ah)


   Dm         C                  Gm        Bb
So silently I sat and turned the pages,
  Dm          C              Gm            Bb
recalculating our respective ages.
        Dm           C             Gm        Bb
Over my shoulder, he muttered, "If I get any older, you can
Dm      C                    Gm                 Bb
hack my wrists off with your choice of objects, no, I'm kidding"

F           Bb
Don't be scared;
F                Bb
I'm a friendly man.
F            Bb                 F
I joke about death because it's funny when you're
Dm         C     Gm     Bb
frightened  (ah, ah)
    Dm   C    Gm    Bb
(ah ah,    ah ah)

F          Bbm            F
This is as far as I could get.
            Bb           F
He jabbed a needle in my neck,
        Bb         F
erasing all the evidence,
               Bb                F
but there were matchsticks in my pants,
         Bb                 F
and if a rock should hit my head
        Bb             F
and I remember what he did,
              F             F
you'll be the very first to know.
           F                 F                     F
Maybe I'll find out why this damn thing won't stop bleeding!

(break)
Dm  C  Gm  Bb  Dm  C  Gm  Bb

   Dm             C                Gm        Bb
He told me that I showed a great potential,
     Dm             C                Gm              Bb
that given I turned heads and pages, fame would be a piece of cake
    F        G     Bb
but practice was essential..
   Dm            C         Gm          Bb
So like a stupid child I believed it
    Dm               C         Gm        Bb
and golly, who would ever had agreed if
           Dm          C         Gm           Bb
I had been Schubert or Mozart, devoted to the fine art of
   Dm      C          Gm           Bb
perfecting absolutely everything inconsequential.

F          Bb
Don't be sad;
F                 Bb
I'll come back again.
F            Bb                    F
I joke about trash 'cause it takes class to be
  Dm         C     Gm     Bb
enlightened   (ah, ah)
    Dm   C    Gm    Bb
(ah ah,    ah ah)

F          Bbm               F
So several decades have gone by.
           Bb             F
I am still sitting by his side.
           Bb            F
I turn the pages faithfully.
             Bb                 F
He turns his head and smiles at me
           Bb               F
and with a wink he says, "I doubt
            F            F
we would be anywhere without
              F                 F                F
your gift for keeping truth and consequence from meeting.."

(instrumental to end)

Lonesome Organist Rapes Page Turner

C			Fm
bring two prix fixe dinners up
I'll unwrap the plastic cups

	  Am	F
it's just us my love
	  Am	Fm
it's just us my love
C		        Fm
I will make the room up nice
put your insides all on ice

Am		F
it was real true love
Am		Fm
it was real true love

Fm
close all the windows
    F#dim	
put signs on the handles
    Am		     F
and strip down to my dun-dun-duns
Am		F	
you have gone so far
Am		Fm
you have gone so far
Fm
and tonight
	 F#dim	        C
its just me and the minibar (just up to diminished)

C			Fm
candles from the walmart that
every city has to have

Am		   F
that I bought last night
Am		   Fm
that I bought last night
C			Fm
I was so excited to
do such normal things with you

Am		   F
when you left last night
Am		     Fm
with your toothbrush dry
Bb			      F
no such details will spoil my plans
that is the kind of girl I am

C		  Fm
can you hear room 318...?
man they're really happening...
	  Am	F
they're a wild bunch
	  Am	Fm
they're a wild bunch
Fm
but if they just knew
F#dim
what my night was coming too
Am			 F
god would they vomit and run
	 Am	 F
you have gone so far
	 Am	  Fm
you have gone too far
    F
So tonight
          Fm  
it's just me and the minibar
F# dim
nobody else
      Am		    F
and I sing at the top of my lungs
      Am       F
happy birthday us
      Am       Fm
happy birthday us

Me And The Minibar

# I don't the name of the chords, so here they are:

   Em1  Em2  
A||-5----2--|
E||-3----3--|
C||-4----4--|
G||-0----0--|

# or you can play this easier, you choice:

   Em1  Em2  
A||-5----2--|
E||-0----0--|
C||-0----0--|
G||-0----0--|

G                                                         Em1    Em2    Em1    Em2
There is this thing that's like touching except you don't touch 

G                                              Em1    Em2    Em1    Em2
Back in the day it just went without saying at all

G                       Asus4              Em1    Em2    Em1    Em2
All the world's history gradually dying of shock

G                          Asus4                    Em1    Em2    Em1    Em2 
There is thing that's like talking except you don't talk

Em1    Em2    Em1    Em2
You sing

Em1    Em2    Em1    Em2
You sing

G                      Asus4                Em1    Em2    Em1    Em2       
Sing for the bartender sing for the janitor sing
Sing for the cameras sing for the animals sing
Sing for the children shooting the children sing
Sing for the teachers who told you that you couldn't sing

Em1    Em2    Em1    Em2
Just sing

G                                                     Em1    Em2    Em1    Em2
There is this thing keeping everyone's lungs and lips locked

G                                              Em1    Em2    Em1    Em2
It is called fear and it's seeing a great renaissance

G                      Asus4                 Em1    Em2    Em1    Em2
After the show you can not sing wherever you want

G                         Asus4                        Em1    Em2    Em1    Em2
But for now lets just pretend that we're all gonna get bombed

Em1    Em2    Em1    Em2
So sing

G                      Asus4                   Em1    Em2    Em1    Em2
Sing cause its obvious sing for the astronauts sing
Sing for the president sing for the terrorists sing
Sing for the soccer team sing for the janjaweed sing
Sing for the kid with the phone who refuses to sing

Em1    Em2    Em1    Em2
Just sing


D    Em1    G    G
                Life is no cabaret

D    Em1    G    G
                We don't care what you say

D    Em1    G    G
                We're inviting you anyway

D    Em1    G    G
                You motherfuckers you'll sing someday...

# Slowy fade out
D    C1    G    G

Sing

Am      C
I am an anarchist
   G 
an antichrist
   D
an asterix
Am      C
I am an anorak
   G
an acolyte
   Dm
an accidental
Am     C
I am eleven feet
    G
ok, eight...
        Dm
six foot three...
Am           C            G          D
I fought the British and I won
Am       C
I have a rocket ship
G
A jetfighter
Dm
a paper airplane
B5
ja ja ja ja ja



Em     D        C              D
   say what you will: I am The Kill
Em   D    C         D         Em     D     C    D          C
the only thing that keeps you really truly safe from being real



Am       C
I have a tendency
G
to exaggerate
D
just a little bit
Am       C
I Am A plagiarist
G
apologist
Dm
A walruscokeheadlizard
Am      C
I am an optimist
G          D
a closeted misogynist
Am           C             G           D
I fought the British and I won
Am       C              G             Dm
i have a wishing well a living will a magical eight ball
Bm
ja ja ja ja ja



Em   D       C        D
say what you will - I am The Kill
Em   D     C        D         Em     D     C         D
the only thing that keeps you really truly safe from being real



C
put pat sajak back in office
B5
put pat sajak back in office!!!



C                         G
but the sun still sets on you
                       C           G
and the retarded party nobody came to but you
                    C            G
and so you drink to all the emptiness until you wake up
            Am          C
and there's hell to pay again



C                            G
and the punch lines point at you
                              C                G
and all the comebacks in the world are in your head
                             C          G
and you can't say them until everybody leaves
                           Am        C
and it's just you and your imaginary friends...

The Kill

intro: Abm7  Abm B  F#

Abm       B          F#            C#
Nothing is certain at this time of day
Abm        B         F#          C#
You could reverberate you could decay
    Ab    B       F#        Ab     B    F#      
The mouse and the model are laughing at us
      Abm    B     F#            C#
We'll risk it we're desperate for someone to trust

C#         E           B              C#
Let's start a new heart the new charts are in
      C#              E              B              C#
We'll take them we'll break them we'll make them give in

   Ab      B     F#            Ab     B   F# 
By counting your blessings you wind up in debt
   Ab         B     F#         Ab     B     F#
It starts with your family and ends in your bed
    Ab   B   F#           Ab       B     F#
You Jekyll & Hyde it when you could have let
     Ab        B     F#           Ab   B  F#
Your guard down your dress up you must be upset

Ab            B             F#             C#
Let's start a new heart the new charts are in
      Ab              B                F#             C#
We'll take them we'll break them we'll make them give in

     Ab                    B
It's dark over here on the flipside of reason
    F#                                                   Ab
The teaser could be something easy like they did it in a book
                        B
You're a crook you're a fake you're committed
       F#
If you did it say you did it if you didn't suck it up and say you did


Ab   B    F# (etc)
Ah oh, Ah oh, Ah oh....
instrumental: improvise on: Ab  B  F#

Ab            B             F#             C#
Let's start a new heart the new charts are in
      C#         E         B            C#
We'll tax them relax them and make them forfeit
    C#        E            B         C#
The vote by a landslide the Jekyll and Hyde
    C#       E        B          C#
Mackenzie macabre she's Bonnie and Clyde

The Mouse And The Model

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

Sovereign Light Cafe

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

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


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

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

C D


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

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


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

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

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

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

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

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

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


Jo et duré...

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

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


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

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

Can't Smile Without You

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

Down By The River

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


American Dream 

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

Gonna Be A Long Time

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

Overreacting

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

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