This Is How I Let You Down

In 2010 Jon Matte overheard a story about a man getting fired by an old power company called Franklin Electric. After hearing the conversation, I laughed and said thats awesome, and has to be the name of the band” says the singer-writer of The Franklin Electric.Comprised of Jon Matte (vocals, piano and trumpet), Kevin Warren (drums), and Jean-Sebastien Leblanc (guitar), the Montreal-based trio is vocal oriented, well-versed in a variety of rock-folk genres, and inspired by ambient guitar textures and brass. Read more on Last.fm

Capo 5th Fret:


Intro:

Am - G - C - F

Am      G         C              F
I've seen world change from what I Know
Am      G           C              F
It's hockey tonckle twincles after midnight
Am      G                C               F
Used to raise your glass of whiskey from the piano
Am       G             C           F
From the beauty of the things like oldschool rock n roll

Am         G                 C           F
This piano is older than my grandpa's soul
Am         G                 C           F
It plays much better than I thought before
Am      G          C                           Am      G (1 strum)
It's lacor is fading ans it's getting kind of old

And it stills sounds sweet to me

Am                G    C    F
Ohhhhhh oh ohhhhhhh x4

Am     G         C          F
This emotions better carrey me
Am     G      C          F
True world of uncertainty
  Am                        G                       
Of broken stillness from a song
 C                F         Am                 G        C
Last time I was blinded but this tome m'y mind is realising
       F
When hammers hit the string

Am         G                 C           F
This piano is older than my grandpa's soul
Am         G                 C           F
It plays much better than I thought before
Am      G          C               F           Am     G
It's lacor is fading ans it's getting kind of old
         C            F
And it stills sounds sweet to me

Am         G                 C           F
This piano is older than my grandpa's soul
Am         G                 C           F
It plays much better than I thought before
Am      G          C               F           Am     G
It's lacor is fading ans it's getting kind of old
         C            F
And it stills sounds sweet to me

Bb - F - Am - D x2


Am                G    C    F
Ohhhhhh oh ohhhhhhh x4



Am         G                 C           F
This piano is older than my grandpa's soul
Am         G                 C           F
It plays much better than I thought before
Am      G          C               F           Am     G
It's lacor is fading ans it's getting kind of old
         C            F
And it stills sounds sweet to me


Am         G                 C           F
This piano is older than my grandpa's soul
Am         G                 C           F
It plays much better than I thought before
Am      G          C               F           Am     G
It's lacor is fading ans it's getting kind of old
         C            F          Am G
And it stills sounds sweet to me 
         C            F
And it stills sounds sweet to me

Am                G    C    F
Ohhhhhh oh ohhhhhhh x4

Old Piano

[Intro]  

C

G
And I got reasons to hide
Bm
I got feelings to show
G
I know this much, there's still lots to learn
Bm
To learn to let go


G
And I got five minutes left to go
Bm
To feel satisfied and full
G
Won't you take it all away?
Bm
Till the love inside might burn


G                      Bm
And I feel so unsatisfied
G                      Bm
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh


G
And I can see it in your face
Bm
Can't you taste it on your tongue?
G                                           Bm
Can someone please tell me where it's coming from?
C                                                      Bm
Each time your hunger struck and you leave it unsatisfied
C                                           G
And the feeling leaves you lonely one more time


G                       Bm
And I feel so unsatisfied
G                            Bm
Am I breaking teeth on every bite?
C
Had I known this on going hunger in my mind
                           G
Maybe I'd already be satisfied

Bm               C
And I'am face to face
Bm               C
And now I'm face to face
Bm        C                     G
And I'm facing myself unsatisfied


G
Forget about those words
Bm
Won't you forget about yourself?
G
The wolfs are getting hungry
Bm
But the more that they desire
Bm
The more that they're without it
   C
To justify being satisfied


G        Bm      G
Without, without, without

Unsatisfied

Intro: C 

C         F 
Got me so locked away again 
Am         C         F   
Locked away again somehow 
Am         C     F        C 
Trust in me, I'd need you blindly 
     Am       Em                F                 D G G#m 
If I needed someone to follow my role 

Am                     C            F 
This is how I let you down 
Am                    C 
This is how I let you down 
         F                         Am 
And I've never been scared to show 
G                                         F              C 
Somehow I'm feeling it more as I get old 
          F                     Am      F 
And I guess it ain't a TV show 

C                   F 
  You spoke the words I'd love to hear 
       Am         Em                         F 
But still you chose to follow my lead 
Am Em              F                      C 
     I know you're heart was alone, needing 
             Am           Em                 F  F# G G# 
You're blind but somehow you knew it all this time 

Am                      C 
This is how I let you down 
F                       C 
This is how I let you down 
          F                         Am 
And I've never been scared to show 
G                                 F              C 
Somehow I'm feeling it more as I get old 
          F                     Am      C 
And I guess it ain't a TV show 

Em Am G F                                          Am G F 
        A room full of mirrors and it's making me turn 
                                         Am C F G 
Nobody can help you when your medicine burns 


F                    C   
This is how I let you down 
F                             Am 
And I've never been scared to show 
G                                 F             C 
Somehow I'm feeling it more as I get old 
      F                   Am    C 
And I guess it ain't a TV show

F 

F 
Honest man 
F 
One more shot 
           C  G Am  Em       F 
Who's been free all the time 
F                        C   G 
Watch him fallin' of the top 
         C        G   Am    Em         F 
Cause he believes his heart might stop 


F 

F                               C  G  F 
Ain't no worry that's worth his soul 
F 
Ain't no days come by  
F                                                      C 
that he don't count the times that he told himself let go  
G  Am     Em  F 
He thinks too much to himself 


F 

F 
He ain't superstitious 
C                        G 
But he's making a wish tonight 
F 
He knows what it means to see 
C                    G 
Heaven inside of his mind 
       F 
Oh the hell with it he's drinking again 
     C G Am Em F 
Like breeeeaaaathing 

    C  G   Am    Em     F 
Poison air mixed up his feelings 
F 
He's a little bit weiry 
F 
And a little bit worried 
F 
He used to feel like he's the strongest man alive 


F 

        C G Am Em     F 
And now heeeee is something 
F 
Such a lonely sound from far 
        C G Am Em  F 
Can you feeeeeeeel someone? 
F 
Creeping up behind you and your to scared to 
C   G  Am  Em    F 
See if you might know them 
F                                 C 
Every strong man get's scared sometimes 


F 

F 
Show me something real 
F 
Show me just how I can let go 
       C     G   Am  Em  F 
Let me light the way for you 
F                                        C  G  F 
When the candle dies and fear takes over you 
              C   G  Am    Em   F 
Tell me would you be there once more 
F 
Like you're the last man standing and the first to know that 
C      G    Am Em F 
You've been so confused 
F 
And been let to believe that 
C   G   Am Em   F 
You are in your mind 
             C G   Am   Em  F 
And that you never told the truth 

         C G Am Em   F 
Now it's haaauunting you 
           C 
You're the strongest man 
           C    G    Am  Em F 
You're the strongest man alive 


F

Strongest Man

Dm                 F                     C                     A#
           Who -  oo  -  oo  -  oo  -  oo


Dm                 F                 C                         A#  Dm
Show me the quiet air, a face that fades without worry or care
Dm              F                 C                            A#  Dm
Show me a pioneer who tells a story they've been hiding for so long, won't you
Dm                 F                     C                         A#  Dm
Show me another sign my third eyes gone blind and I seek deep to find
Dm                           F        C        A#        
Won't you show me     who-oo-oo-oo-oo,   who-oo-oo-oo-oo

Dm                 F                     C                       A#             Dm
She told me once again now let it pass me by and I keep holding on to her words
Dm                    F                        C                           A#        Dm
Show me an honest friend Who tells me all the truths I need to learn about giving in
Dm                     F                       C                  A#                Dm
Control me like a puppet on a string let me wall out inside my soul until I break it
Dm                   F                          C                      A#               Dm
Hold me when I'm empty and your full after that steam train keeps coming round and knocking me down

Dm       F            C               A#   Dm 
Might I say at this time you're all I need
Dm        F             C           A# 
And now I see it's just me in my mind

            F        C                     A# 
You are the one that I've been looking for
            F        C                     A# 
You are the one that I've been looking for
            F        C                     A# 
You are the one that I've been looking for

Dm                 F                 C                         A#  
Show me the quiet air, a face that fades without worry or care

Show Me Te Quiet Air

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

De Nada

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


Perfect

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

Baa Baa Black Sheep

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

Country Roads

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

You Make It Real

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

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

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

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


Jo et duré...

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

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


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

Intro/Verse
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Chorus
A|--1--4--4--4--6------------------------------------------------|
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G|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo
A|--8-8-8-8-8-9-6-6-8-9-I----------8-------------------------------|
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School Friends

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

Arrows Of Eros

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

It Ain't Me

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