Heady Nuggs 20 Years After Clouds Taste Metallic 1994-1997

The Soft Bulletin

At War With The Mystics

Hit To Death In The Future Head

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots 

Transmissions From The Satellite Heart

The Flaming Lips are an American neo-psychedelic band, formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States in 1983. Throughout their career, band members have come and gone, but currently The Flaming Lips consist of original members Wayne Coyne (lead vocals, guitars and piano) and Michael Ivins (backing vocals, bass guitar and piano), along with longtime member Steven Drozd (backing vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards/synthesizers and drums), Kliph Scurlock (drums), and, most recently, Derek Brown (backing vocals, guitar, keyboards).

intro: C   Em   F   G    x2

C               Em
    Her name is yoshimi
F                        G
    Shes a black belt in karate
C                  Em 
   Working for the city
F                            G
   She has to discipline her body
          F              G
cause she knows that its demanding
   C                 F
To defeat those evil machines
                  G 
   I know she can beat them
   C                 Em
Oh yoshimi they dont believe me
    F                  G   
But you wont let those robots eat me
C                 Em 
Yoshimi they dont believe me
    F                  G 
But you wont let those robots defeat me


C                       Em
     Those evil natured robots
F                         G
     Theyre programmed to destroy us
C                            Em
     Shes gotta be strong to fight them
F                           G
     So shes taking lots of vitamins
       F                    G
cause she knows that itd be tragic
         C           F
If those evil robots win
F                 G 
   I know she can beat them
   C                 Em
Oh yoshimi they dont believe me
    F                  G   
But you wont let those robots defeat me
C                 Em 
Yoshimi they dont believe me
    F                  G 
But you wont let those robots eat me
C       Em   F   G
yoshimi


C   Em   F   G  


      F                    G
cause she knows that itd be tragic
   C                 F
If those evil robots win
F                 G        
   I know she can beat them

(pause)

   C                 Em
Oh yoshimi they dont believe me
    F                  G   
But you wont let those robots defeat me
C                 Em 
Yoshimi they dont believe me
    F                  G 
But you wont let those robots defeat me
C                 Em 
Yoshimi they dont believe me
    F                  G 
But you wont let those robots eat me
C                 Em 
Yoshimi they dont believe me
    F                  G 
But you wont let those robots eat me
       C
yoshimi

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots 1

Additional Chords:
F#m=2120
G#m=1342
F# =3121

             E
If you could blow up the world with the flick of a switch
          A      NC
Would you do it? (yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah)
             E
If you could make everybody poor just so you could be rich
          A       NC
Would you do it? (yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah)
             E
If you could watch everybody work while you just lay on your back
          A       NC
Would you do it? (yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah)
             E
If you could take all the love without giving any back
          A       NC
Would you do it? (yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah)

          A	         E
And so we cannot know ourselves
   F#m              G#m             A
Or what we'd really do

              E
With all your power
              F#
With all your power
              A
With all your power
               E
What would you do? x2


E                     A
                            (yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah)

             E
If you could make your own money and then give it to everybody
          A       NC
Would you do it? (no no no no, no no no no)
       E
If you knew all the answers and could give to the masses
          A      NC
Would you do it? (no no no no, no no no no)


        E
Are you crazy?
       A                          NC
It's a very dangerous thing to do exactly what you want

            A               E
Because you cannot know yourself
   F#m               G#m        A
or what you'd really do

              E
With all your power
              F#
With all your power
              A
With all your power
               E
What would you do? x2


NC
(yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Ahhhhhh, ahhhhhh, ahhhhhh...


              E
With all your power
              F#
With all your power
              A
With all your power
               E
What would you do? x3

Yeah Yeah Yeah Song

Intro: C    Em    Am    D7
 
        C      Em         Am            G         F
Do you realize  that you have the most beautiful face?
        C      Em  Am                   D7 Do you realize       we're floating in space?
        C      Em      Am                  G    F 
Do you realize   that happiness makes you cry?
C      Em      Am         F        Fm       C   Cadd9  C  Cadd9
Do you realize   that everyone you know someday will die
       F               Am              G
And instead of saying all of your goodbyes 

                   C            F
Let them know you realize that life goes fast
      C                G
It's hard to make the good things last
     C               Em
You realize the sun doesn't go down
      G                Fmaj7         G               C      Fm
It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning 'round
 
Bb     Eb        Gm    Cm    Ab
Do you realize?
F      C      Em       Am           F        Fm       C  Cadd9 
Do you realize    that everyone you know someday will die
       F               Am              G
And instead of saying all of your goodbyes 

                  C6             F
Let them know you realize that life goes fast
     F6 
It's hard to make the good things last
     Am               
You realize the sun doesn't go down
      F6               F             G           Am    C
It's just an illusion caused by the world   spinning 'round

F      C      Em          Am            G         F
Do you realize   that you have the most beautiful face?
 
        C  
Do you realize?

Do You Realize

Listen to the song for the timing.
Unlisted Chords:
C#m= 1104
F#m= 2120


intro: A    C#m    D    E    A    F#m   E


verse:
                A                       C#m
I thought I was smart - I thought I was right

             D             E          
I thought it better not to fight

                      A         F#m          E
I thought there was a virtue in always being cool

           A            C#m               D               E2
so when it came time to fight - I thought I'll just step aside

         A                    F#m       E                A...
and that time would prove you wrong and you would be the fool...


chorus:
        ...A              C#m                   D            E2
...I don't know where the sun beams end and the star lights begin

           A     F#m    E  
It's all a mystery


verse: as before

Oh to fight is to defend if it's not
Now than tell me when would be the time that you would stand up
And be a man - for to lose I could accept but to surrender
I just wet and regretted this moment - oh that I - I
Was the fool

chorus: as before
I don't know where the sun beams end and the star
Light begins it's all a mystery
And I don't know how a man decides what right for his
Own life - it's all a mystery

bridge: D    E

chorus: as before
I don't know where the sun beams end and the star
Light begins it's all a mystery
And I don't know how a man decides what right for his
Own life - it's all a mystery

Fight Test

A                            A
   i asked you a question
Bm                  E                        A
    but i didn't need you to reply
                         A
    is it gettin' heavy???
Bm                  E         D                         A
    but then i realized that its gettin' heavy
Bm            F#m         G
    well i thought it was already
          D                     E                   E
    as heavy as can be

(continue chords from above through the other verses)
is it overwhelming
to use a crane to crush a fly??
a good time for superman
to lift the sun into the sky 
cause' its gettin' heavy
well i thought it was already 
as heavy as can be

D                 A 
   tell everybody
D                     A
   waitin for a superman
D                              A       D
   that they should try to hold on 
A
   best they can
D                G 
  he hasn't dropped them
E                          A
  forgot them or anything
D                  A                  G 
  its just too heavy for a superman
F#m
  to lift

(Bridge)

is it gettin' heavy
well i thought it was already 
as heavy as can be

tell everybody
waitin for a superman
that they should try to hold on 
best they can

he hasn't dropped them 
forgot them or anything
its just too heavy for a superman
to lift

Waitin For A Superman

Listen to the song to get the strumming right. Fun one to learn for newbies to the Uke!

A     
You're sorta stuck where you are 
                           E
But in your dreams you can buy expensive cars
Bm         E                A
Or live on mars and have it your way

A
And you hate your boss at your job
                           E
But in your dreams you can blow his head off
Bm      E              A
In your dreams show no mercy

A            D             A
And all your bad days will end
A            D             A
And all your bad days will end
D           E                   A
You have to sleep late when you can
D            E             A
And all your bad days will end


solo to chorus chords, rinse, repeat

Bad Days

C      Em         Am            G         F
do you realize  that you have the most beautiful face??

       C      Em  Am                   D7
do you realize       we're floating in space??

       C      Em      Am                  G    F 
do you realize   that happiness makes you cry??

       C      Em      Am           F        Fm       C   Cadd9  C  Cadd9
do you realize   that everyone you know someday will die

      F               Am              G
and instead of saying all of your goodbyes

                  C            F
let them know you realize that life goes fast

     C                G
it's hard to make the good things last

    C               Em 
you realize the sun doesn't go down

     G                Fmaj7         G               C      Fm
it's just an illusion caused by the world spinning 'round

Bb     Eb        Gm    Cm    G#
do you realize??

F      C      Em       Am           F        Fm       C   Cadd9 
do you realize    that everyone you know someday will die

      F               Am              G
and instead of saying all of your goodbyes


here the guitar stops, and these approximate chords are played by an orchestra:

                  C6
let them know you realize that life goes fast

     F6  
it's hard to make the good things last

    Am               
you realize the sun doesn't go down

     F6            F            F6              Am    G
it's just an illusion caused by the world   spinning 'round

F      C      Em          Am            G         F
do you realize   that you have the most beautiful face??

       C 
do you realize??

Do You Realize?

Intro: D    A     D     A

	     A	              D	                   C#m
With loving hands, and their arms are stretched so wide
	            A		          D            C#m
They can't seem to take a breath, knowing evil will prevail
A	      D	             C#m	   A
        And a million people seems like a lot
       D        E       D  C#m  Bm             Piano: ~ (F#m-E-D-C#m) 
 And a million people                 can't be wrong

D  A  D  A
	
             A	               D	              C#m 
With loving smiles, and their mouths are stretched so wide
                 A	               D             C#m
They can't even take a breath, knowing evil will prevail
A	         D	        C#m            A
        And the  magic bullet   is the glowing mothership
           D              E     D    C#m   Bm		 
And the mother                                       zapps you dead

(Figure out the piano stuff yourself, I can't really tell if its chords or not)

Bm7 - Bm7 - Bm7...

            A	            D           C#m	
With loving hands, knowing evil will prevail
A	               D            C#m
               knowing evil will prevail
A	                      D            C#m
                 knowing that evil will prevail
A	                D     C#m      D           C#m
               Knowing  e  -  vil                  will  
Bm
         always win


Evil Will Prevail

E            A                E   
Love in our life...
       G#m             F#m      B
oh to feel for even a second with...
     E            A             E
But life with no death is just...
       G#m                   F#m      B
oh, to realize something is endin' within us...



E                   G#m 
Feeling yourself disintegrate
Dbm                 G#m
Feeling yourself disintegrate
E                   G#m       
Feeling yourself disintegrate
Dbm                 G#m   B
Feeling yourself disintegrate

Feeling Yourself Disintegrate

Verse - G Bm Am

Chorus - G Am Bm C Am D x2
         Em Am Bm C Am D Em

Mr Ambulance Driver

Intro: D/ //  G///   A/  //   G  A


D                    C
  I know a girl who    thinks of ghosts
D                            C
  She'll make you breakfast,    she'll make you toast
D                           C
  But she don't use butter,    she don't use cheese
G                         A
  She don't use jelly or     any of these
           D     C       G
  She uses vaa   aass   eline
  D    C      G
  Vaa  aass  eline (3x)


D                   C
  I know a guy who    goes to shows
D                        C
  When he's at home and     he blows his nose
D                       C
  He don't use tissues     or his sleeve
G                          A
  He don't use napkins or     any of these
          D    C      G
  He uses maa  aagg  azines
  D    C      G
  Maa  aagg  azines (2x)
  D   G    A      G  A
  Maa aaa gazines

  D   G    A      G  A (2x)

D                    C
  I know a girl who     reminds me of Cher
D                        C
  She's always changing      the color of her hair
D                        C
  She don't use nothing     you buy in a store
G                        A
  She likes her hair to      be real orange
           D    C     G
  She uses taa  aann  gerines
  D     C     G
  Taa   aann  gerines (2x)
  D     G     A         G A
  Taa   aann  gerines


  D     G     A     G A

She Don't Use Jelly

Waiting for Superman - The Flaming Lips

G
  Asked you a question
Am          D               G
  I didn't need you to reply
G
  Is it gettin' heavy?
Am             D   
  But they'll realize
C                    G
 Is it gettin' heavy?
Am         Em          F          C
Well I thought it was already as heavy
       D
As can be



G
Is it overwhelming
Am          D               G
To use a crane to crush a fly?
G
It's a good time for Superman
Am             D           C
To lift the sun into the sky
C                      G
'Cause it's gettin' heavy
Am         Em            F          C
Well I thought it was already as heavy
      D
As can be



Am          Bm
Tell everybody
C            G
Waitin' for Superman
Am                 Bm      
  That they should try to 
C       G   
hold on Best they can
Am          Bm
  He hasn't dropped them
C
Forgot them
   G
Or anything
Am              Bm           C          G
 It's just too heavy for Superman to lift



C              G
Is it gettin' heavy?
Am       Em             F         C            D                                        
Well I thought it was already as heavy as can be.

 
Am          Bm
Tell everybody
C            G
Waitin' for Superman
Am                 Bm      
  That they should try to 
C       G   
hold on Best they can
Am          Bm
  He hasn't dropped them
C
Forgot them
     G
Or anything
Am              Bm           C          G
 It's just too heavy for Superman to lift

Waiting For Superman

Introduction: 

[C] [Emin] [Dm] [F] [G] 

Verse 1: 

[C]Her name is Yo[Em]shimi 
[Dm]She's a black belt in ka[G]rate 
[C]Working for the [Em]city 
[Dm]She has to discipline her [G]body 

'Cause she [F]knows that 
It's de[G]manding 
To de[C]feat those evil ma[F]chines 
I know she can [G]beat them 

Oh Yo[C]shimi, they don't be[Em]lieve me 
But [Dm]you won't let those [F]robots [G]eat me 
Yo[C]shimi, they don't be[Em]lieve me 
But [Dm]you won't let those [F]robots de[G]feat me 

Verse 2: 

[C]Those evil-natured [Em]robots 
[Dm]They're programmed to des[G]troy us 
[C]She's gotta be strong to [Em]fight them 
[Dm]So she's taking lots of [G]vitamins 

'Cause she [F]knows that 
It'd be [G]tragic 
If those [C]evil robots [F]win 
I know she can [G]beat them 

Oh Yo[C]shimi, they don't be[Em]lieve me 
But [Dm]you won't let those [F]robots de[G]feat me 
Yo[C]shimi, they don't be[Em]lieve me 
But [Dm]you won't let those [F]robots [G]eat me

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

Intro:
G              D
Em             C
G      D       Em       C
G      D       G

G              D
You have to be joking
Em                     C 
They wouldn't do what you said
G   D  Em   C
Oh, my vision 
   G   D   G
Is blurred again.

G              D
You have to be kidding me
Em                       C 
They wouldn't do those unspeakable things
G   D  Em  C
Oh, my Jesus
     G     D        G
It's worse than you think

C                 G
Stood here in the morning
C                 G     D
Got no science to explain
C                G           D     Em     C
Seems to me that God and the Devil
             G  D  G  G
Are both the same


Instrumental:
G              D
Em             C
G      D       Em       C
G      D       G


G              D
You have to be lying
Em                        C
They wouldn't do what you told me about
G   D  Em   C
Oh, my vision
   G   D   G     C
Is blurred again
   G   D   G
Is blurred again.


Play G a few times...

You Have To Be Joking Autopsy Of The Devils Brain

This is an incorrect tag for the Flaming Lips track Waitin' for a Superman. Please fix your tags. You can help last.fm and your own charts by suggesting a correction (on the right hand side).

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
:)

Bad Days	No rating	intermediate	Chords	Full
Do You Realize	No rating	intermediate	Chords	Full
Do You Realize?	No rating	intermediate	Chords	Full
Evil Will Prevail	No rating	intermediate	Chords	Full
Feeling Yourself Disintegrate	No rating	beginner	Chords	Full
Fight Test	No rating	intermediate	Chords	Full
Mr Ambulance Driver	No rating	beginner	Chords	Short
She Don't Use Jelly	No rating	beginner	Chords	Full	Other versions
Waitin For A Superman	No rating	intermediate	Chords	Full
Waiting For Superman	No rating	beginner	Chords	Full
Yeah Yeah Yeah Song	No rating	intermediate	Chords	Full
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots	No rating	beginner	Chords	Full
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots 1	No rating	beginner	Chords	Full
You Have To Be Joking Autopsy Of The Devils Brain	No rating	intermediate	Chords	Full

The Flaming Lips songs

Popular tabs

Related artists

All songs (14)

No pending tabs

Discography

Biography