In The Air

Far From Any Road 

Singing Bones

Wilderness

Through the Trees

        The Handsome Family are an alternative-country duo from the United States, the couple Brett and Rennie Sparks who live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Brett writes the music while Rennie, who also is an author, writes the lyrics. Typical for the lyrics is a close connection to the literary genre American Gothic, and Gothic elements found in early country and folk songs.  Their seventh CD, Last Days Of Wonder  (June.

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G
Late late at night
Bm
24-hour store
C
Ghosts fly up the aisles
           G                D
Across the shining floor
Am
Opening and closing
C
Automatic doors

G
Hands waving mirrors
Bm
Angels fly through lights
C
But the sleepless and lost
           G                D
Push their squeaking carts
Am                              C           G
Down the rows of clothes And see nothing at all

G                            Bm
No, no-one hears the singing bones
           Em              C
And no-one sees the crying ghosts
             G          D
And everyone thinks I'm alone
G
All alone


          G                             
But under concrete and steel
Bm
Linoleum floors
           C              G            D  
There is a fire that will never die
Am             C          G
A golden wheel inside the world

G                 Bm
A golden wheel in plastic and bows
C                               G               D
In particles of light that fall from the sun
Am                 C                  G
A river of candles tumbling in the dark


G                            Bm
No, no-one hears the singing bones
           Em              C
And no-one sees the crying ghosts
             G          D
And everyone thinks I'm alone
G
All alone

24 Hour Store

Verse 1

A#                    A#               A#
I had nothing to say on Christmas day
          Dm             C                  A#
When you threw all your clothes in the snow
           A#                A#                  A#
When you knocked over chairs and burnt you hair
        Dm        A#                  A#
I just tried to stay out of your way
                             A#                A#
When you fell asleep with blood on your teeth
             Dm   A#           A#
I got in my car and drove away

CHORUS
                       A#
Listen to me butterfly
                         A#
There's only so much wine
         Dm              A#
You can drink in one life
                           A#
And it will never be enough
             Dm         A#                A#
To save you from the bottom of your glass

VERSE 2
                               A#               A#
Where the state highway starts I stopped my car
           Dm         C             A#
I got out and stared up at the stars
A#                A#                     A#
As meteors died and shot across the sky
          Dm        A#              A#
I thought of your sad shining eyes
                           A#                        A#
When the sun finally rose I went back for my clothes
               Dm      A#                  A#
But you were still passed out on the floor 

CHORUS
                       A#
Listen to me butterfly
                         A#
There's only so much wine
         Dm              A#
You can drink in one life
                           A#
And it will never be enough
             Dm         A#                A#
To save you from the bottom of your glass

So Much Wine

Intro: Am


Am              E
From the dusty May sun
Dm                    Am
Her looming shadow grows
Am              E
Hidden in the branches
Dm                 Am
of the poison creosote

         C
She twines her spines up slowly
    G
Towards the boiling sun
     Dm
And when I touched her skin
      F             Am
My fingers ran with blood

 Am              E
In the hushing dusk
          Dm              Am
Under a swollen silver moon
    Am           E
I came walking with the wind
    Dm                 Am
To watch the cactus bloom

       C
And strange hands halted me,
       G
The looming shadows danced
    Dm
I fell down to the thorny brush
     F              Am
And felt the trembling hands

  Am                   E
When the last light warms the rocks
          Dm         Am
And the rattlesnakes unfold
  Am               E
Mountain cats will come
    Dm             Am
to drag away your bones

      C
And rise with me forever
   G
Across the silent sand
         Dm
And the stars will be your eyes
         F                 Am
And the wind will be my hands

Far From Any Road (true Detective Theme)

Cm              G
From the dusty mesa
Fm                    Cm
Her looming shadow grows
Cm              G
Hidden in the branches
Fm                 Cm
of the poison creosote

         D#
She twines her spines up slowly
    A#
Towards the boiling sun
     Fm
And when I touched her skin
      G#             Cm
My fingers ran with blood

 Cm              G
In the hushing dusk
          Fm              Cm
Under a swollen silver moon
    Cm           G
I came walking with the wind
    Fm                 Cm
To watch the cactus bloom

       D#
A strange hunger haunted me,
       A#
The looming shadows danced
    Fm
I fell down to the thorny brush
     G#              Cm
And felt a trembling hand

  Cm                   G
When the last light warms the rocks
          Fm         Cm
And the rattlesnakes unfold
  Cm               G
Mountain cats will come
    Fm             Cm
to drag away your bones

      D#
And rise with me forever
   A#
Across the silent sand
         Fm
And the stars will be your eyes
         G#                 Cm
And the wind will be my hands

Far From Any Road

Am                C               G        Am 
My name I don't remember though I hail from Ohio 
Am                 C       F                C  
I had a wife and children, good tires on my car 
F                                            C          Am 
What took me from my home and put me in the earth 
F                                       E              Am 
Was the mouth of the deep dark hole I found behind my barn 

Am                          C                G         Am 
We'd been filling it with garbage as long as you could count 
Am                 C            F             C       
Kitchen scraps and dead cows, tractors broken down 
F                                        C          Am 
But never did I hear one thing hit the ground 
F                                 E                    Am 
And slowly I came to fear, that this was a bottomless hole 

Am                    C                   G        Am 
I went out behind the barn and stared down in that hole 
Am              C        F                   C  
Late into the evening, my mind would not let go 
F                                            C          Am 
So I got out my ropes and a rusty claw foot tub 
F                                 E                Am 
And I rigged myself a chariot to ride down in that hole 

Am                   C              G        Am 
My wife she did help me, she fed me down the ropes 
Am              C                F            C       
And then I sank away from the surface of this world 
F                                                       C          Am 
When the last rope pulled tight, I had not reached the end 
F                               E              Am 
And in anger I swung there down in that dark abyss 

Am                C               G        Am 
So I got out my knife, I told my wife goodbye 
Am                    C        F                 C  
I cut loose from the ropes and fell on down that hole 
F                                               C          Am 
And still I am there falling down in this evil pit 
F                                    E              Am 
But until I hit the bottom I won't believe it's bottomless 

Outro:  Am  F  E  Am

Bottomless Hole

Starts with G to Gm

G                Bb           C         G
Granny Green was stooped as a windblown branch
          Bb                  F
She lived high in the bramble forest
       G                 Bb   C     G
Once a fortnight, if the moon shone right
         Bb                 F
she came down to our little village
            G            Bb  C      G 
She brought blackberries and willow bark
Bb                F
mandrake root and mushrooms
       G            Bb        C         G
And it was said she spoke the tongue of birds
         Bb                F
And understood the river s whispers

            Eb              Bb  
Now several girls among our town
     F                       Cm
by a golden lizard they were bitten
          G           Bb        C        G
And those sweet girls lay stiff in their beds
     Bb         C         G
like frozen ice up on the branches
G              Bb          C         G
Granny Green mixed a tonic for their ills
           Bb            F
but it was such a bitter tonic
        G     Bb    C  G
All who drank began to dance
          Bb             F
and could not stop their dancing
    Cm                                Gm
But none would have danced one sinful step
        Bb        C         G
If that old crone had not bewitched us

G Bb C G
Bb F

G      Bb         C           G
How we leaped and pranced and cackled
          Bb            F
the whole town writhing madmen
       Cm                                 Gm
And so desperate grew some to still their feet
     Bb   C               Gm
they dove into the raging river
         Eb                Bb
Still we danced on day and night
         F                          Cm
till our fine clothes were torn and ragged
           G         Bb      C     G
And crying out,  Oh, Lord, make us stop! 
          Bb    C         G
we danced naked round the chapel
G          Bb          C       G
How Granny laughed to see such sin.
           Bb                       F
 It s just water,  she said,  in my tonic! 
              G         Bb        C      G
But all cried out,  She lies! She surely lies! 
               Bb   C        G
and chased her deep into the bramble
             Eb             Bb
But like the four winds she disappeared
          F                            Cm
Though we searched round and round the branches
           G          Bb    C          G
Rolling in leaves and naked  neath the trees
            Bb  C           G
we lost the way back to our village

Cm Gm

      Eb                        Bb
But I swear we were all pure of heart
          F             Cm
till that old crone did bewitch us
      G       Bb   C      G
And I know we will all go home
         Bb        C          G
when the good Lord returns to save us

Cm Gm
Bb C G

Lizard

[Intro]
Am
C               G       Am
We came in this world together
G                        Am
Legs wrapped 'round each other
F
My cheek against my sister's
         C        G       Am
We were born like tangled vine
C         G         Am
We lived along the river
          G                   Am
Where the black clouds never lingered
     F
The sunlight spread like honey
            C       G    Am
Through my sister's tiny hands
C                  G     Am
But while picking sour apples
    G               Am
In the wild waving grasses
       F
Sister stumbled in the brier
        C      G    Am
And was bitten by a snake

[Bridge]
F Am


[Chorus]
G                      Am
Every creature casts a shadow
G                       C
Under the sun's golden finger
G                               Am
But when the sun sinks past the waving grass
G                         Am
Some shadows are dragged along

C        G        Am
Alone, I took to drinking
G                Am
Bottles of cheap whiskey
     F
And staggering through the back woods
         C            G         Am
Killing snakes with a sharpened stick
C           G         Am
But still I heard her laughing
       G             Am
In the wild waving grasses
          F
Still her tiny hands went splashing
       C        G        Am
At the river's sparkling shore
C            G     Am
So I took my rusty gas can
G               Am
And an old iron shovel
   F
I set the woods to burning
                C    G       Am
And choked the river up with stones


[Bridge]
F Am


[Chorus]
G                      Am
Every creature casts a shadow
G                       C
Under the sun's golden finger
G                               Am
But when the sun sinks past the waving grass
G                         Am
Some shadows are dragged along

My Sister's Tiny Hands

Verse 1:

Em         C         D         G
Chicago is where the woman downstairs
Am                 B7         Em
Starved herself to death last summer
(Pattern repeats throughout verses)

Her boyfriend Ted ate hotdogs and wept
With the grey rats out on the fire escape
In a thrift store chair I drank cases of beer
And dreamed of lying down on the L-tracks
The trains roared by under smoke grey skies
Lake Michigan rose and fell like a bird

Chorus:
             C    D                   G
And when the wind screamed up Ashland Avenue
    C                D       G
The corner bars were full by noon
        C            D                  G
And the old stewbums sliding down their stools
Am                  B7                Em
Ate boiled eggs and fed beer to their dogs

Verse 2:

Em         C         D         G
The woman downstairs lost all her hair
Am                 B7         Em
And wore a beret in the laundry room
I borrowed her soap and bought her a coke
But she left it on the dryer
She died in June weighing 82
Her boyfriend went back to New York
The cops wandered through her dusty rooms
One of them stole her TV

Chorus

The Woman Downstairs

Intro: 

Am Dm Am G Am G Am


Verse 1:

               Dm                    Am
We stopped for coffee in the redwood forest
G              Am      G                  Am
Giant dripping leaves, spoons of powdered cream

# This pattern continues throughout verses, until the last line

I wanted to kiss you, but I wasn't sure how
Like those indians lost in the rain forest
Forced to drag burning wood wherever they went
G               Am     G              E    E7  E
They all had forgotten how to start a fire

Chorus:

C                        E      E7  E
This is why people OD on pills

    C                         E       E7  E
And jump from the golden gate bridge

C                            Am
Anything to feel weightless again

(Play intro chords through once)

Verse 2:

Those poor lost indians, when the white man found them
Most died of TB, the rest went insane
In our motel room you're drinking slice and gin
Reading Moby Dick on the other bed
Remember the first time we slept together?
You said it felt like when you learnt to float

Chorus

Weightless Again

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

C
Working the village shop
E
Putting a poster up
Am
Dreaming of anything
C              Am               Em               Dm
Dreaming of the time when you're free from all the trouble you're in

C
In the mud, on your knees
E
Trying hard not to please
Am
Anyone, all the time
C              Am
Being a rebel's fine
           Em            C
But you go all the way to being brutal

Chorus:
G
You will have a boy tonight
You will have a boy tonight
F
On the first bus out of town
On the first bus out of town

Let's see your kit for games
All the girls look the same
You are challenging style for running miles
You're running miles in some boy's jumper

Boo to the business world!
You know a girl who's tax free on her back and making
Plenty cash
While you are working for the joy of giving

Chorus:
You will have a boy tonight
You will have a boy tonight
And you hope that she will see
And you hope that she will see

You are in two minds
Tossing a coin to decide whether you should tell your mum
About a dose of thrush you got while licking railings

But you read in a book
That you got free from Boots
There are lotions, there are potions
You can take to hide your shame from all those prying eyes

Lazy Jane, all the time
Painting lines
You sleeping at bus stops
Wondering how you got your name
And what you're going to do about it.

Chorus

Lazy Line Painter Jane

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

A|----------------------------------0-2-------2------------|
E|-----------0-2-0-2-2-------0---0------1-0----------------|
C|-----------------------2-2---2------------2---2----------|
G|-4-4-4-2-4-----------------------------------------------|
                                                             
A|-----5-4-2------------------------0-2-------2------------|
E|-----------0-2-0-2-2-------0---0------1-0----------------|
C|-----------------------2-2---2------------2---2----------|
G|-4-4-----------------------------------------------------|

Zebra

C                     G
Se a vida as vezes dá uns dias de segundos cinzas
           Am           F
E o tempo tic taca devagar
         Dm                   Am
Ponha o teu melhor vestido, brilha teu sorriso
      F              C
Vem pra cá, vem pra cá

                                     G
Se a vida muitas vezes só chuvisca, só garôa
        Am               F
E tudo não parece funcionar
         Dm                  Am
Deixe esse problema a toa, pra ficar na boa
      C
Vem pra cá

Refrão:
            Am              F
Do lado de cá, a vista é bonita
          C           G
A maré é boa de provar
            Am                 F
Do lado de cá, eu vivo tranquila
                  C          E7
E o meu corpo dança sem parar
            F                  C                 G
Do lado de cá, tem música, amigos e alguém para amar
            C G Am F
Do lado de cá
            C G Am F
Do lado de cá

refrão:
           Am            F
Do lado de cá, a vista é bonita
          C           G
A maré é boa de provar
            Am                 F
Do lado de cá, eu vivo tranquila
                  C          E7
E o meu corpo dança sem parar
            F                 C                 G
Do lado de cá, tem música, amigos e alguém para amar
            Am
Do lado de cá

             Am7M            Am7
A vida é agora, vê se não demora
  Dm            E7
Pra recomeçar
Am           Am7M          Am7
É so ter vontade de felicidade
  Dm     G
Pra pular

Refrão:
            Am              F
Do lado de cá, a vista é bonita
          C        G
A maré é boa de provar
            Am                 F
Do lado de cá, eu vivo tranquila
                  C         E7
E o meu corpo dança sem parar
              F                C                  G
Do lado de cá, tem música, amigos e alguém para amar
            C G Am F
Do lado de cá
            C G Am F
Do lado de cá
            ( C G Am F ) (2x)
Do lado de cá

Do Lado De Cá

C - Am - Fm - G     x2

VERSO:
C            Am
como quisiera ver
Fm
gritando otra vez
G
al grande Kurt Cobain
C         Am
incomprendido
Fm
vistiendo de mujer
G
al mundo vomito

PRE-CORO:

E                           Am
porque morir ya no es gran cosa

Coro
F
Si tienes un problema
Dm
Difícil de arreglar
C                G
comienza por hablar
           Dm
con la verdad

rompe el destino
        Am       G
no pares de soñar
                   F
que se puede triunfar ohohoho !!

VERSO:

C            Am
como quisiera ver
Fm
a Marley otra vez
G
cantando en un club
C           Am
archibrillante
Fm
supo combinar
G
La Música Y La Paz

PRE-CORO:

E                           Am
porque morir ya no es gran cosa
Coro

F
si tienes un problema
Dm
difícil de arreglar
C                 G
comienza por hablar
           Dm
con la verdad

rompe el destino
        Am      G
no pares de soñar
                   F
que se puede triunfar ohohoh !




C - Am - Fm - G
C - Am - Fm - G



Coro
F
si tienes un problema
Dm
difícil de arreglar
C                 G
comienza por hablar
           Dm
con la verdad

rompe el destino
        Am      G
no pares de soñar
                  F
que se puede triunfar

Dm
si tienes un problema
F
difícil de arreglar
C                 G
comienza por hablar
           Dm
con la verdad

rompe el destino
        Am      G
no pares de soñar
                 F
que se puede triunfar



FINAL:

C - Am - Fm - G

Rompe El Destino

Intro : E - G - F / G

     E - G - F
Otra Vez

Cambiaste Dinero Por Placer
      C  F              G
Ya Lo Sé    El Vino Es Mejor Que La Iditotez
      Bb     F     C
Nunca Más Voy A Engañar
      Bb     F     C
Nunca Más Voy A Engañar
      Bb     F     C          G
Nunca Más Voy A Pensar En Como Vivir Después
F
Siempre Quieren El Auto Del Año
C
El Perfume Más Rebuscado
F                            C
Yo Me Compro Ropa Una Vez Por Año
F
Siempre Pagan Mas De La Cuenta
C
Por Comer La Misma Mierda
F                                  G
Yo No Entiendo Que Vida Que Vida Es Esa

     C  F           G
Otra Vez Cambiaste Dinero Por Placer
      C  F          G
Ya Lo Sé   El Vino Es Mejor Ke La Idiotez
      Bb     F     C
Nunca Más Voy A Engañar
      Bb     F     C
Nunca Más Voy A Engañar
      Bb     F     C          G
Nunca Más Voy A Pensar En Como Vivir Después

F
Siempre Quieren El Auto Del Año
C
El Perfume Más Rebuscado
F                            C
Yo Me Compro Ropa Una Vez Por Año
F
Siempre Pagan Mas De La Cuenta
C
Por Comer La Misma Mierda
F
Yo No Entiendo Que Vida Que Vida Es

Otra Vez

INTRO:
D-A-Bm-G
D-A-E-G

A)
Bm            D
Anoche la vi pasar
A              E
su cara me hizo tiritar
Bm        D
jamas olvidare 
             E       F#    
lo que me hizo ayer

A)
Bm            D
Su cara se transformo
A        E
que diabolica actitud
Bm             D
su puño cerrado
       E                             F#
avanzo y me reventó la nariz

B)
          G
*Nac, nac 
                    D     Em          
quien toca la puerta
                 B9-Bm
es combo final
      D           E
no abra la puerta*

A)
No se si andar
escondiendome de ti
si se que mañana 
andaras por ahí

A)
Yo se lo que quieres tu
quieres mi beso final
amiga lo siento
pero a mi 
me gusta tu mamá

B)
          G
*Nac, nac 
                    D     Em          
quien toca la puerta
                 B9-Bm
es combo final
      D           E
no abra la puerta*

B)
...matar
si yo no sabia
fue casualidad
no abra la puerta*

C)
F#                   G
Si tengo que dejar 
                          D
si tengo que olvidar
                            C#m
las cosas que me gustan mas 
                       Bm
lo voy hacer igual
                           G
Si tengo que arrancar 
                         D
si tengo que patearte a ti
                          E
que no te quepa duda
              F#
lo haré igual

B)
          G
*Nac, nac 
                    D     Em          
quien toca la puerta
                 B9-Bm
es combo final
      D           E
no abra la puerta*

B)
... matar
si yo no sabia
fue casualidad
a mi me gustaba
pero apareció su...

B)
... mamá
no tengo la culpa
combo final
      D           E         -  D   -  E
lo siento... final.*

Combo Final

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

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