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The Libertines

Time For Heroes - The Best Of The Libertines

Anthems For Doomed Youth

The Libertines are an English garage rock revival band that formed in London in 1999 and disbanded in 2004. They reformed in 2010 to play the Reading and Leeds festivals. The band released two full-length LPs, both produced by Mick Jones of The Clash. Centered around the song-writing partnership and chemistry between Peter Doherty (vocals/rhythm guitar) and Carl Bar&acirc;t (vocals/lead guitar), while backed by John Hassall (bass) and Gary Powell (drums), the band was one of the cornerstones of the English independent scene in the early 2000's. 

Intro:

Em
Another secret for ya
          Em
I've been told if you want to make it in this game
You got to have the luck
                    C
You got to have the look


   D        Em
To make what I quite like to make it through the night
                                      C
My heart beats slow fast, I dont feel right
                   D            Em
With a sleight of hand I might die
What about you over there?
Don't you think I care?

                C      D              Em
Well I know you know I know you know I know
And to the man who would be king
                 C        D
I would say only one thing
Em
And to the man who would be king
                C        D
I will say only one thing


Em                      C           D           
la la la-la-la-laa la la la-la-la-laa     2x


C        D         C        D
la la la laa la la la la la laa


Em
I lived my dreams today
            C
And I have lived it yesterday
              D                       
And I'll have lived it tomorrow
          Em
No don't look at me that way
Well I hear the words you say...
       C
But my heart has gone astray
           D
I watched friendship slip away
        Em
But it wasn't s'posed to be that way
                           C
I lived my dreams today I lived it yesterday
            D
And I'll be living yours tomorrow
Em
Anything else to say?
                          C
I lived my dream today I lived it yesterday
             D
And I'll be living yours tomorrow
          Em
So don't look at me that way!

Interlude: Em C D

Em
What's about you man, Nancy my dear
What's about you man, Nancy my dear
What's about you man, Nancy my dear

                                  C
What will you do when she comes here?
          D
Oh she'll kill me

Em
Oh, I don't wanna kill me
And to the man who would be king
                 C        D
I would say only one thing
Em
And to the man who would be king
                 C        D
I would say only one thing
 
Em                    C            D
la la la-la-la-laa la la la-la-la-laa    2x

C        D         C        D
la la la laa la la la la la laa

Em         D             Em            D
Perish the day when they heed what you say
They'll take you away if they don't like what you say
They don't like what you say

So come what may but I'll never stay

I'll never stay


Man Who Would Be King

You're My Waterloo

C                          E
You'll never fumigate the demons 
Am                        F   E
No matter how much you smoke 
C                         E
Just say you love me for three good reasons 
Am                     F  E
And I'll throw you the rope 

You don't need it 
C                   E
Cause you are the survivor 
Am               F  E 
Of more than one life 
C                   E
And you're the only lover I had 
Am                    F    E
Who ever slept with a knife 
C                       E
But you're not Judy Garland 
             Am
Oh just like me
                    F     E 
You've never really had a home (of your Own)
C                 E
But I'm not Tony Hancock, baby 
A,
Until the day 
   F         E
We stone the crows 
   F         E
We stone the crows 
Am
ahh
C                   E
And you see I've brought you flowers
                  Am                    F            E
I brought you flowers All collected from the Old Vic Stage
C                   E
Well I've been sitting here for hours, baby
A
Just chasing these words
F          E
Across the page

C                  E
Cause you're my Waterloo
Am            F         E
Well I'll be your Gypsy Lane
C                  E
I'm so glad we know just what to do
Am            F        E
And exactly who's to blame

C                E
And you're my Waterloo
Am             F     E
I'll be your Stanley Park
C                              E
Well I'm so glad we know just what to do
Am
And no one's left
F           E
Stumbling around
F         E
Fumbling around
F         E
Tumbling around
A
In the dark
F           C  
Always in the dark
C               E
You're my Waterloo
Am           F   E
I'll be your Calvary
C                          E
Well I'm so glad we know just what to do
Am               F        E
And everyone's gonna be happy
F                   E
Everyone's gonna be happy
F                   E
Everyone's gonna be happy
A
But of course

You're My Waterloo

C Em Am C Dm G

C Em Am C Dm G


      C        Em          Am       C
Is it cruel or kind not to speak my mind,

       Dm                     G
and to lie to you rather than hurt you?

             C                 Em
Well I'll confess all of of my sins

      A             C
after several large gins

               Dm
but still I'll hide from you,

              G
hide what's inside from you.

      C         Em
And alarm bells ring
 
         Am                   C
when you say your heart still sings

            Dm
when you're with me.

                    G
Won't you please forgive me?

              
                         C    Em
But I no longer hear the music

   Am       C
Oh no no no no no

Dm G

                            C              
And all the memories of the pubs

        Em            Am            C 
and the clubs and the drugs and the tubs

          Dm
we shared together,

                  G
Will stay with me forever.

            C             Em
But all the highs and the lows

        Am           C
and the to's and the fro's,

             Dm
They left me dizzy,

                       G
Oh won't you please forgive me

                     C    Em
I no longer hear the music

   Am       C
Oh no no no no

Dm G

                 F#m      F              C
Well I no longer hear the music when the lights go out,

F                     C
Love goes cold in the shades of doubt

    F                  D               G
The strange fate in my mind is all too clear.

F              C
Music when the lights come on

F                    C
The girl I thought I knew has gone,

F               D         G
And with her my heart had disappeared.


                          C    Em
Well I no longer hear the music
 
Am              C 
Oh no no no no no

Dm G

                        C              Em
All the memories of the fights and the nights

        Am                   C
and the blue lights, all the kites

        Dm
We flew together,

                        G
I thought they'd fly forever.

            C             Em
But all the highs and the lows

        Am           C
and the to's and the fro's

             Dm
They left me dizzy,

                G
Oh won't you forgive me

                         C    Em  Am
But I no longer hear the music

     C               Dm     G F#m
I no longer hear the music

F C F C

F Dm G
            
            F#m       F              C
I no longer hear the music when the lights go out

F                     C
Love goes cold in the shades of doubt

F                      D                 G
The strange fate in my mind it's all too clear.

F              C
Music when the lights come on

F                  C
The girl I thought I knew has gone

F               D               G
And With her my heart had disappeared

                          C    Em  Am
Well I no longer hear the music      

         C 
Oh no no no no no

Dm G
                       C
And no longer hear the music

C Em C7 F

Music When The Lights Go Out

Intro: All played on top string apart from last note
   G          D             Em              D
A|-2-3-5-3-2--2-3-5-3--2-2--2-3-5-2-3-5-3-2-2-3-5-3--2-2--
   C                 D               G    D               G
A|-5-7-10-5-7-10-7-5-12--10--9-10--9-10---5-5-3-3-2-2-0-0--||
E|--------------------------------------------------------3||      

Verse 1:
G                 D
Don't look back into the sun
Em                    D
Now you know that the time has come
C                      D
And they said it would never come for
G             D
You, oh oh oh oh

Verse 2:
G                D   
Oh my friend you haven't changed
Em                        D
You're looking rough, and living strange
C                    D
And I know you got a taste, for it 
G             D
Too, oh oh oh oh

Chorus:
C                                                G
They'll never forgive you but they won't let you go, oh no 
C                                              D
She'll never forgive you but she won't let you go, oh no

Verse 3:
G                        D
Don't look back into the sun
       Em                           D
You've cast your pearls, but you're on the run
C                    D     
And all the lies you said, who did you
G     D
Save? 

Verse 4:
          G                       D
When they played that song at the death disco
   Em                  D
It started fast but it ends so slow
    C                 D                
And all the time it reminded me of 
G   D
You 

Chorus:
C                                                G
They'll never forgive you but they won't let you go(LET ME GO!)
C                                              D
She'll never forgive you but she won't let you go, oh no

Solo:
Play intro twice through

Chorus:
(See above)

Outro: Play intro once then this twice
   G                       D                Em  
A|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--10--12--10--9--10--9-
   C                 D               G    
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Don't Look Back Into The Sun

VERSE  E,   A, B
The boy looked at Johnny and said
My word that was fun
When he did it with his hat on
In a saddle with his gun
We're in slow motion eating breakfast
At the side view hotel
Oh sipping down (a treat?)
Everything's going so well   E (HOLD)

E                                    F#M
New York city's very pretty in the night time
B                      E
Oh oh don't you miss Soho

Where everybody goes

B   C  C#
Li di di
B   C C# D#C# B
Li di di d d d
B   C  C#
Li di di
B   C C# D#C# B
Li di di d d d
B   C  C#
Li di di
B   C C# D#C# E
Li di di d d d
E
La l la la la la

The boy looked at Johnny
He said Don't you know who I think I am
Well I knew you once before
Now Im trying all I can
No no no no no
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
No no no no no
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
New York city's very pretty in the night time
Oh oh don't you miss Soho
Where everybody goes
Li di di
Li di di d d d
Li di di
Li di di d d d
Li di di
Li di di d d d
La l la la la la

BREAKDOWN IS JUST E AND A

Boy Looked At Johnny

Verse
C     Gm                    Dm                    E
Every sweet little lie ever whispered to you now rings true
C                    Gm                Dm          E
No need to wake the sleeping dogs when they'll just turn on you
 C                Gm            Dm                  E
I'll make my way instead to the foots of your ivory tower
C               Gm          Dm                            E
But no love do I find there amongst the leaves and the dying flowers

Chorus
E
What became of the lover in you
E         D    C          B
Beat the swine black and blue
E       D  C       B
You and I, me and you
E      D           C       B
What became of the lover in you
E      D           C        B
What became of the lover in you

Verse
The Thames and the Mersey, the Thyne and the Wear and the Clyde
They spew slums like gravey on the banks of the poisonous tyde
They washed up the pale thin girl, alone in her ivory tower
Scratching her skin with the thorns that grow on the stems of the wild flower

Chorus
What became of the lover in you
Beat the swine black and blue
You and I, me and you
What became of the lover in you

What became of the working class
Nike, Reebok, Adidas,
Scratch cards, pimples, ecstasy
Hooray fo the 21st Century (5x)


Bridge
Bm              F#               G                   C
Living in a looking glass as the beauty of life goes by
F              Bb         G                C
You're going to be so old, you're going to be so old
E
Your skin so cold
    E          D    C   B
Hooray for the 21st Century(x8)

Hooray For The 21st Century

Intro:
     C    x-x-x-x      REPEAT 4 TIMES


Riff 1: 
     C           G


VERSE 1:

(Riff 1)
I've been following

Your minds instructions
        F                                           (Riff 1)
Oh how just to slowly, sharply screw myself to death
                        F                
Ah yes, there is a screw
(Riff 1)                
It's pointed at my head

VERSE 2:

Then look a dream peddlar

And a stick of light through my bones
F
"Don't get on the wrong one" 
                (Riff 1)
"Oh you and you what's your game"

CHORUS:

Em               Am                   A
Laying me down to waste laying me down
    Dm                   
Pin me up or put me down
G
Uh uh uh uh oh

Now let it all go
Em                 Am                       A
It's a horror show, you should come on round
      Dm                          
Horror show, the horse is brown
G
Uh uh oh left something in Moscow


BREAK


VERSE 3:

She said "I'll show you a picture

A picture of tomorrow

There's nothing changing
F
It's all sorrow

Oh no please dont show me
                                   (Riff 1)
I'm a swine, you don't wanna know me"

VERSE 1:

(Riff 1)
I've been following

Your minds instructions
        F                                           (Riff 1)
Oh how just to slowly, sharply screw myself to death
                        F                
Ah yes, there is a screw
(Riff 1)                
It's pointed at my head

CHORUS:

Em               Am                   A
Laying me down to waste laying me down
    Dm                   
Pin me up or put me down
G
Uh uh uh uh oh

Now let it all go
Em                 Am                       A
It's a horror show, you should come on round
      Dm                          
Horror show, the horse is brown
G
Uh uh oh left something in Moscow

SOLO

Verse 1:

(Riff 1)
I've been following

Your minds instructions
        F                                           (Riff 1)
Oh how just to slowly, sharply screw myself to death
                        F                
Ah yes, there is a screw
(Riff 1)                
It's pointed at my head

CHORUS:

Em               Am                   A
Laying me down to waste laying me down
    Dm                   
Pin me up or put me down
G
Uh uh uh uh oh

Now let it all go
Em                 Am                       A
It's a horror show, you should come on round
      Dm                          
Horror show, the horse is brown
G
Uh uh oh left something in Moscow

Fin.

ORDER OF SONG:

Intro
Verse 1
Verse 2
Chorus
# Break
Verse 3
Verse 1
Chorus
Solo
Verse 1
Chorus 
# Fin.

Horror Show

D					  F#m
Monkey whore showed the pregnant girl the door
		       Em
For something that she saw
	        A 
Underneath the bed
     D				     F#m
And she says it's the devil that she saw
			Em
In the mirror that she swore at
     		   A 
And smashed into pieces
	
	   D 		F#m
Now the flowers in the teapot have all died
		Em
Just like the child
	     A
Or was that just in her mind?

     D					F#m
And she says that her heart is growing cold
			  Em
And the window will not close
		       A
Perhaps she'll put a spell on you
Em		       A
Perhaps she'll put a spell on you
Em	   	       A
Perhaps she'll put a spell on you

D
J'Adore
F#m
Mais tous les jours
Em		    A
La pluie tombe ? torrent

D
J'Adore
F#m
Mais tous les jours
Em		    A
La pluie tombe ? torrent

D
J'Adore
F#m
Mais tous les jours
Em		   A
La pluie tombe ? torrent

Smashing

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

Sovereign Light Cafe

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

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


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

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

C D


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

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


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

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

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

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

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

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

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


Jo et duré...

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

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


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

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

Can't Smile Without You

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

Down By The River

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


American Dream 

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

Gonna Be A Long Time

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

Overreacting

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

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