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The Mountain Goats is the musical project of singer-songwriter and guitarist John Darnielle. The New Yorker magazine referred to him as &quot;America

Intro - G D G D G D Em C G D D7

G       D           Em
All the lengthening hours in the refinery

C               D
Belching fire into the sky

          G    D   Em
We do our best vampire routines

      C              D7
As we suck the dying hours dry

Am                       G D G D
The night is lovely as a rose

   C
If I see sunlight hit you

     D
I am sure that we'll both decompose

G D G D G D Em C G D D7

G       D      Em
All the fitful sleep and the fire engines

C               D
That I dream of when I dream

     G         D         Em
Some day we'll both wake up for good

C               D7
I will try hard not to scream

Am                              G D G D
The evening wind will shake the blinds

       C
You're stirring from your slumber

          D
We've got something hateful on our minds

   G    D    Em
Oh sing sing sing

        C            D
For the dying of the day

G            D                Em
Sing for the flames that will rip through here

        C                     D7
And the smoke that will carry us away

    G            D            Em
And sing for the damage we've done

        C                       D
And the worse things that we'll do

G         D            Em
Open your mouth up and sing for me now

    C               D
And I will sing for you

Alpha Rats Nest

C#m  F# (2x)
D  E
A

A                    E
I hope that our few remaining friends
D                    A
Give up on trying to save us
  A                      E
I hope we come up with a failsafe plot
        D                        A
To piss off the dumb few that forgave us
A                    E
I hope the fences we mended
D                           E
Fall down beneath their own weight
      A                        F#m
And I hope we hang on past the last exit
  D                     E
I hope it's already too late
    A                                          F#m
And I hope the junkyard a few blocks from here

Someday burns down
    D
And I hope the rising black smoke carries me far away
                 E                  D
And I never come back to this town again
      E             A
In my life I hope I lie
         F#m
And tell everyone you were a good wife
               A
And I hope you die
          E         A
I hope we both die

C#m  F#  (2X)
D  E
A

A                   E
I hope I cut myself shaving tomorrow
D                        A
I hope it bleeds all day long
    A                          E
Our friends say it's darkest before the sun rises
     D                             A
Well we're pretty sure they're all wrong
A                       E
I hope it stays dark forever
D                      E
I hope the worst isn't over
    A                       F#m
And I hope you blink before I do
  D                E
I hope I never get sober
      A
And I hope when you think of me years down the line
    F#m
You can't find one good thing to say
      D
And I hope that if I found the strength to walk out
                              E
You'd stay the hell out of my way
     D                            E
I am drowning there is no sign of land
                       A                   F#m
You're all coming down with me (yeah yeah) hand in unlovable hand
               A
And I hope you die
          E        A
I hope we both die

C#m  F#  (2X)
D  E
A

No Children

Intro:    E    A    E    A 

       E                                           A
King Saul fell on his sword when it all went wrong,
        E                                                    B
and Joseph's brother sold him down the river for a song,
        E                                                A
and Sonny Liston rubbed some tiger balm into his glove.
           F#                                          A                                      E
Some things you do for money, and some you do for love, love, love.


(E)    A    E    A


     E                                         A
Raskolnikov felt sick, but he couldn't say why
               E                                          B
when he saw his face reflected in his victim's twinkling eye
          E                                                A
Some things you'll do for money, and some you'll do for fun,
            F#                                              A                                  E
but the things you for love are going to come back to you one by one.


(E)    A


(A)                                                        E                     A
Love, love is going to lead you by the hand
                                             E                                   A
into a white and soundless place.
                              F#                   E                           A
Now we see things as in a mirror dimly,
                                            B
then we shall see each other face to face.


       E                                       A
And way out in Seattle, young Kurt Cobain
 E                                                       B
snuck out into the greenhouse, put a bullet in his brain.
  E                                                      A
Snakes in the grass beneath our feet, rain in the clouds above,
            F#                                   A                                            E
some moments last forever, and some flare out with love, love, love.

(E)  A    E    A

E    A    E    A

Love Love Love

A  D  (3x)
A

A                         D
You are sleeping off your demons
A           D
When I come home
A                        E
Spittle bubbling on your lips
A          D
Fine white foam
A                   D
I am young and I am good
       A                       D
It's a hot Southern California day
A             E
If I wake you up
A                     D
There will be hell to pay
                A
And alone in my room
         D                    A
I am the last of a lost civilization
D                     A
And I vanish into the dark
    D             A
And rise above my station
D             A
Rise above my station

D A D A E A A

      A                         D
But I do wake you up and when I do
    A                           D
You blaze down the hall and you scream
A                      E
I'm in my room with my headphones on
A         D
Deep in a dream chamber
    A                      D
And then I'm awake and I'm guarding my face
A                         D
Hoping you don't break my stereo
        A                         E
Because it's the one thing that I couldn't live without
         A
And so I think about that
       D
Then I sort of black out
                            A
Held under these smothering waves
        D                       A
By your strong and thick veined hand
D                A
But one of these days
          E                  A
I'm gonna wriggle off on dry land

A  D (3x)
A

Hast Thou Considered The Tetrapod

Db							Ab  
THE MOST REMARKABLE THING ABOUT COMING HOME TO YOU IS THE FEELING OF BEING IN
Gb
MOTION AGAIN
IT'S THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY THING IN THE WORLD
    	Db 		     Ab                     Gb
I HAVE TWO BIG HANDS AND A HEART PUMPING BLOOD AND A 1967 COLT .45 WITH A
Db			     Ab 	               Gb
BUSTED SAFETY CATCH
          Ab	        Db               Gb
THE WORLD SHINES AS I CROSS THE MACON COUNTY LINE
          Db		Ab		Db
GOING TO GEORGIA
  
THE MOST REMARKABLE THING ABOUT YOU STANDING IN THE DOORWAY IS THAT IT'S YOU
AND THAT YOU'RE STANDING IN THE DOORWAY
AND YOU SMILE AS YOU EASE THE GUN FROM MY HAND AND I'M FROZEN WITH JOY RIGHT
WHERE I STAND
THE WORLD THROWS ITS LIGHT UNDERNEATH YOUR HAIR
FORTY MILES FROM ATLANTA, THIS IS NOWHERE
GOING TO GEORGIA

THE WORLD SHINES AS I CROSS THE MACON COUNTY LINE
GOING TO GEORGIA

Going To Georgia

Intro: D E G D  X2

D	     E  G		  D
Window facing an ill-kept front yard

D		E  G		   D
Plums on the tree heavy with nectar

D		E  G		   D		
Prayers to summon the destroying angel

D	E		G				D
Moon stuttering in the sky like film stuck in a projector

G        D    G D
And you, You

D E G D  X2

Repeat

E Am B (x2)

E
I got off work just past 11
C#m
Laid one finger to the breeze
A
You can almost taste the action
F#m                  B
On nights like these

E
Trees were bending in the wind
C#m
You were 40 miles away
    A
And I was headed your direction
F#m                      B                      (E)
I'd been waiting all day, I'd been waiting all day

E Am B (x2)

E
Moon over West Covina
C#m
Was huge and white
    A
And I was like a patient on a table
F#m                  B
Headed for the light

E
Leaned toward the center divider
C#m
Feel the wind in my hair
A
Keep a light up in your window
F#m                      B                     (E)
I'm gonna be right there, I'm gonna be right there

E                  Am
With a gleam in my eye
       E      C#m      A       B 
and an almost airtight   alibi

E C#m A B 
E

E
Down by the Chemistry building
C#m
I found a quiet place to park
       A
And I made my way down the street toward your place
F#m                         B
Stepping lightly in the dark

E
Climbed the steps up to your doorway
       C#m
Like a man prepared to jump beneath a train
          A
It's real warm outside tonight
F#m                     B                     (E)
Maybe tomorrow it rains, maybe tomorrow it rains

E Am B (x2)

E
Inside your room we shut the window
C#m
And we turned on a fan
       A
And we lay there together in the darkness
F#m                            B
I can keep a secret if you can

E
Finishing one another's sentences
       C#m
Like a pair of identical twins
     A
Your boyfriend's out of town until Tuesday
F#m                       B                   (E)
And nobody saw me come in, nobody saw me come in

E                  Am
With a gleam in my eye 
       E      C#m      A       B
And an almost airtight   alibi

E C#m A B
E

E Am B (x4)

Alibi

Intro - G D G D G D Em C G D D7

G       D           Em
All the lengthening hours in the refinery

C               D
Belching fire into the sky

          G    D   Em
We do our best vampire routines

      C              D7
As we suck the dying hours dry

Am                       G D G D
The night is lovely as a rose

   C
If I see sunlight hit you

     D
I am sure that we'll both decompose

G D G D G D Em C G D D7

G       D      Em
All the fitful sleep and the fire engines

C               D
That I dream of when I dream

     G         D         Em
Some day we'll both wake up for good

C               D7
I will try hard not to scream

Am                              G D G D
The evening wind will shake the blinds

       C
You're stirring from your slumber

          D
We've got something hateful on our minds

   G    D    Em
Oh sing sing sing

        C            D
For the dying of the day

G            D                Em
Sing for the flames that will rip through here

        C                     D7
And the smoke that will carry us away

    G            D            Em
And sing for the damage we've done

        C                       D
And the worse things that we'll do

G         D            Em
Open your mouth up and sing for me now

    C               D
And I will sing for you


G D G D G D Em C G D D7

G D G D G D Em C G D D7

G D G D G D Em C G D

# Intro (x2)
C Cmaj7 Am G

# Verse 1
C            Cmaj7        Am           G
Hand me your hand let me look in your eyes 
C                         Cmaj7  Am           G
as my last chance to feel human begins to vaporize 
C              Cmaj7        Am             G
maybe it's the heat in here maybe it's the pressure 
F
you ought to head for the exits the sooner the better

# Chorus
          C      Cmaj7    Am                G
I am this great, unstable mass of blood and foam 
C             Cmaj7      Am                 G
And no in her right mind would make my home her home
F
My heart is an autoclave
F
My heart is an autoclave

# Interlude (x2)
C Cmaj7 Am G

# Verse 2
C                  Cmaj7     Am               G
When I try to open up to you I get completely lost
C                Cmaj7        Am                 G
Houses swallowed by the earth windows thick with frost
C                     Cmaj7      Am                     G
And I reach deep down within but the pathways twist and turn
F
And there's no light anywhere and nothing left to burn

# Chorus
                          C     Cmaj7    Am                G
And I am this great unstable mass of blood and foam
C              Cmaj7               Am                    G
And no emotion that's worth having can call my heart its home
F
My hearts an autoclave
F
My hearts an autoclave

# Solo (x4)
C Cmaj7 Am G

# Bridge
C                    Cmaj7          Am              G
I dream't that I was perched atop a throne of human skulls
C                    Cmaj7         Am                 G
On a cliff above the ocean howling wind and shrieking seagulls
C                     Cmaj7       Am           G
And the dream went on forever one single static frame
F
Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name

# Chorus
          C      Cmaj7    Am                G
I am this great, unstable mass of blood and foam 
C             Cmaj7      Am                 G
And no in her right mind would make her home my home
F
My heart is an autoclave
F
My heart is an autoclave

# Outro (x4)
C Cmaj7 Am G F F

Autoclave

E - C#m - A - B - E

E         C#m
36 Hudson in the garage
A                        E
All sorts of junk in the unattached spare room
E             C#m
Dishes in the kitchen sink
A                 B
New straw for the old broom
A                 E
Friends who don't have a clue
A            E
Well-meaning teachers
A                C#m                  A     B
But down in your arms, in your arms, 
            E                 A
I am a wild creature

E - A (x3)

E                            C#m
Floor two foot high with newspapers
A                          E
White carpet thick with pet hair
E                     C#m
Half-eaten gallons of ice cream in the freezer
A                  B
Fresh fuel for the sodium flares
A                            E
I write down good reasons to freeze to death
A               E
In my spiraling notebook
A               C#m                    A       B
But in the long tresses of your hair
                E        A
I am a babbling brook

E - A  (x3, end on A)

Broom People

Intro: C - Gm - Dm - F


Verse 1:

C                              
   This song is for the rats

Gm
   Who hurled themselves into the ocean

          Dm                             F
When they saw that the explosives in the cargo hold

     C
Were just about to blow


Verse 2:

This song is for the soil
That's toxic clear down to the bedrock
Where no thing of consequence can grow
Drop your seeds there, let them go


Refrain:

             Am   C  F  Am
Let them all go

            C       F  Am
Let 'em all go


Verse 3:

This song is for the people
Who tell their families that they're sorry
For things they can't and won't feel sorry for

And once there was a desk
And now it's in a storage locker somewhere
And this song is for the stick pins and the cottons
I left in the top drawer


Interlude: C - F - Dm


Refrain:

Let 'em all go
Let 'em all go


Verse 4:

I wanna sing one for the cars
That are right now headed silent down the highway
And it's dark and there is nobody driving
And something has got to give


Verse 5:

I saw you waiting by the roadside
You didn't know that I was watching
Now you know
Let it all go


Refrain:

Let 'em all go
Let it all go

Cotton

Intro: G E (x3)  C D


Verse 1:
               G             C         D              G
alright i'm on johnson avenue in san luis obispo
        G          C             D       G
and i'm five years old or six maybe.
        G                    C                    D       G
and indications that there's something wrong with our new house,
C               D
  trip down the wire twice daily.

Verse 2:
          G       C                 D         G
i'm in the living room watching the watergate hearings,
        G           C            D      G
while my stepfather yells at my mother
            G               C    D                G
launches a glass across the room, straight at her head.
      C                     D
and i dash upstairs to take cover,


Chorus 1:
        C                                G
lean in close to my little record player on the floor,
C                         D
  so this is what the volume knob's for,
             G      C     D       G
i listen to         dance music.
G     C     D       G
      dance music.


Bridge:  same as intro...

Verse 3:
                G         C     D     G
okay so look i'm seventeen years old
           G         C           D      G
you're the last best thing i got going
             G              C
but then the special secret sickness
          D           G
starts to eat through you
          C                D
what am i supposed to do?     no way of knowing

Verse 4:
     G          C            D              G
so i follow you down your twisting alleyways
       G          C         D    G
find a few cul-de-sacs of my own
             G         C         D         G
there's only one place this road ever ends up
    C                 D
and i don't wanna die alone

Chorus 2:
                    C                 G
let me down, let me down, let me down gently
C                         D
  when the police come to get me
             G      C     D       G
i listen to         dance music.
G     C     D       G
      dance music.

Outro : G C D G (x4)

Dance Music

G  C F (4x)

G
 Dug up a fifth of Hood River gin
C
 That stuff tastes like medicine
         F         C
But I'll take it
      G
It'll do
       G
On the couch in the living room all day long
   C
Music on the television playing our song
             F      C
I'm in the mood
             G
The mood for you

G  C F (2x)

G
 Turn the volume up real high
  C
All of that money look at it fly
          F    C         G
And you smoking like a chimney
G
Shadows crawled across the living room's length
 C
I held onto you with a desperate strength
        F      C                 G
With everything with everything in me
       D                        C
And I handed you a drink of a lovely little thing
   G
On which our survival depends
D                            C
People say friends don't destroy one another
                          D
What do they know about friends?

G  C F (4x)

G
Thunderclouds forming cream white moon
  C
Everything's going to be okay soon
         F       C
Maybe tomorrow
          G
Maybe the next day
G
Carried you up the stairs that night
       C
All of this could be yours if the price is right
        F                     C
I heard cars headed down to oblivion
             G
Up on the expressway
D
Your drunken kisses as light as the air
       C                                      G
Maybe everything that falls down eventually rises
D
Our house sinking into disrepair
         C                                           G
Ah but look at this showroom filled with fabulous prizes

G
G  C F

Game Shows Touch Our Lives

Intro Line:

  G
A|2-2---------0---|
E|3-3------323-320|
C|2-2-------------|
G|0-0-------------|

  Em
A|2-2---------0---|
E|3-3------323-320|
C|4-4-------------|
G|0-0-------------|

  C
A|3-3------2-0----|
E|0-0---------320-|
C|0-0-------------|
G|0-0-------------|

  Dsus4 D

Intro Chords:

G Em C Dsus4 D x2

First Verse:

G
Stopped by for the coffee and cake that you promised

Em
Saw your porch light on

C
Saw your wired-hair terrier

Dsus4         D
Lazing on the lawn

G
Came right in through the front door

Em
Walked right down the main hall

C
Turned right into the kitchen

Dsus4            D
There you were alright

Chorus 1:
             G
The moon was rising over Bridlington

            Em
And you had blood all over your hands

C
Someone was singing in the yard next door

            Dsus4               D
And you had blood all over your hands

G Em C Dsus4 D

Verse 2:

G
Set out on the kitchen floor

Em
Looked up at you

C
Saw you smoothing down your skirt around your thighs

         Dsus4              D
Wondered what good that was supposed to do

      G
And I saw you pull your hair back

Em
Saw you messing with your earrings

C
Saw you trying to smile

         Dsus4                   D
Hey, you don't have to smile for me

Chorus 2:

             G
The moon was rising over Bridlington

            Em
And you had blood all over your hands

C
Something was cracking in the rafters of our house

            Dsus4               D
And you had blood all over your hands

             G
The moon was rising over Bridlington

             Em
The moon was rising over Bridlington

             C  Dsus4  D
The moon was rising

G Em C Dsus4 D x3

Going To Bridlington

A-2---2--6-6-7-6------------2---2-------------6-7-6-4------
E-2---2---------------------2---2----2-2-2-0---------------
C-3---3---------------------2---2--------------------------
G-4---4----------3-4-4--4---2---2---------------------4-3--


A-2---2--6-6-7-6-----------2---2-------------6-7-6-6-7-6-4-2-----2---2-
E-2---2--------------------2---2----2-2-2-0----------------------2---2-
C-3---3--------------------2---2---------------------------------3---3-
G-4---4----------3-4-4—--4-2---2---------------------------------4---4

Going To Bristol

Ab                 Db
You and me are in a lot of trouble
Ab                   Eb
And somebody's gonna burst our bubble
Ab           Db
Your husband. My Wife.
Ab          Eb
My marriage. Your life.

* Chorus *
Ab                          Db
Let's go to Maine out on the East Coast.
Ab                      Eb
Let's go to Maine right now.
Ab                            Db
Let's beat the retreat. Let's hop on a plane.
Ab                    Eb
Let's get out of here. Let's go to Maine.

Someone knows what's going on
Someone knows, and someone's gonna tell
Someone's gonna wrap us up in styrofoam and paper
And mail us flat-rate right down to Hell

* Chorus x2 *

Ab Db Ab Eb
Ab Db Ab (E Eb Ab Db Ab)

Going To Maine

D                                   Em
the trees were all decked out in their best fall colors
A                      G
there was a snap in the air
D                      Em
when you eased down the window
        A                            G
and the new york sun brought out the highlights in your hair
     D       A
and gently, gently
D                 G
the constellations aligned
D                          A                        G
and as we crossed over the throgs neck bridge i had
          A             D 
something on my mind

when we rolled down the street
in the cool of the morning
i could feel the new day dawn
and somebody had gone and turned the waterworks on
and slowly, surely
i saw the whole story unwind
i had never loved anyone like i loved you
and i had something on my mind

Going To Port Washington

A           E                       A        A
There was a barn owl trapped in the rafters.
A               E                    A     A
The ground underneath us was wet and cold.
   A                        E
We heard the owl thrashing about,
       A                  D
Trying desperately to get out.
A           E                            A     A
We stood outside and watched the night unfold.

A              E              A        A
We watched the sun go down on Scotland,
A                 A                 E    E
and I watched the moon come up over you.
A                                 A
When a pack of dogs went silently past us,
D                            D
We knew we'd been given fair warning,
A                E             A     A
but that was the only thing we knew.

A                      E                    A      A
And you threw all your luggage out onto the water.
A              E                  A     A
And I tore the shirt away from my back.
A                                 E
The cold came on with a new found in-tensity, 
A                               D
And you pressed your warm body against me.
A                  E                     A     A
And I loved you so much it was making me sick.

A                  E              A         A
And we watched the sun go down on Scotland,
A                      A               E     E
We were glad that we'd left Oklahoma behind.
A                                  A
I took your hips in my hands and I threw you down
D                           D
To the new found rich brown deep wet ground.
A                    E             A      A
Had a vision of you, burning on my mind.

A              E              A        A
We watched the sun go down on Scotland,
A                 A                 E    E
and I watched the moon come up over you.
A                                 A
When a pack of dogs went silently past us,
D                            D
We knew we'd been given fair warning,
A                E             A     A
but that was the only thing we knew.

Gouing To Scotland

D               G              D
Unknown engines underneath the city
D                   G                   A
Steam pushing up in billows through the grates
        Bm                G              D        G
Frankie Lymon's tracking Seabreeze in a studio in Harlem
Em    A
It's nineteen sixty-eight


D               G              D
Just a pair of tunes to hammer out
D                   G        A
Everybody's off the clock by ten
    Bm        G             D          G
The loneliest people in the whole wide world
        D                  A           D
are the ones you're never going to see again



D                   G           D
Feel so free when I hit the avenue
D              G               A
Nothing like a New York summer night
Bm              G                      
Every dream's a good dream
     D                G
Even awful dreams are good dreams
D                  A
If you're doing it right


D                G               D
Remember soaring higher than the clouds
D               G              A
Get pretty sentimental now and then
    Bm        G             D          G
The loneliest people in the whole wide world
        D                  A           D
are the ones you're never going to see again
 

Bm             G                     D
And four hours North of Portland the radio flips on
         Bm              G                            A
And some no one from the future remembers that you're gone


D              G            D
Armies massing in the dusky distance
D              G               D
Ghosted in the ribbon microphone
Bm             G                 D
Leave a little mark on something maybe
Em              Asus4   A
Take the secret circuit home


D              G               D
Nothing in the shadows but the shadow hands
D               G                    A
Reaching out to sad young frightened men
    Bm        G             D          G
The loneliest people in the whole wide world
        D                  A           D
are the ones you're never going to see again

         Bm        G             D          G
Yeah the loneliest people in the whole wide world
        D                  A           D
are the ones you're never going to see again

Harlem Roulette

A
Well they come and pull me from my house
                                  D
And they drag my body through the streets
                                  E              D
And the sun's so hot I think I'll catch fire and burn up
                               A
in the summer air so moist and sweet

                               A
And the people all come out to cheer
                              D
Rocks in the pathway break my skin
                               E            D
And there's honeysuckle on the faint breeze today
                              A
With every breath I'm drawing in

          F#m                 D
I want to cry out but I don't scream and I don't shout
           A              D
And I feel so proud to be alive
           A  E                 D
And I feel so proud to when the reckoning arrives


                          A
Crowds grow denser by the second
                             D
As we near the center of the town
                                   E                 D
And they dig a trench right in the main square right there
                                 A
And they pick me up and throw me down

                            A
And I start laughing like a child
                              D
And I mark their faces one by one
                       E              D
Transfigurations gonna come for me at last
                                A
And I will burn hotter than the sun

         F#m                     D
I waited so long and now I taste jasmine on my tongue
           A              D
And I feel so proud to be alive
           A  E              D
And I feel so proud when the reckoning arrives


end on A

Intro: Am G F Am

Am			  G
feed the kittens in the kitchen.

F		      Am
set food out for the strays.

Am		     G
try hard to do your best.

F			   Am
the magpie will have his way.

fill your mouth with berries
by the full light of the moon.
work all night if you have to.
the magpie comes at noon.

Bridge: (with a somewhat more aggressive strumming pattern) Am G F Am

Magpie

Dmaj7                       D6sus2    Dsus4                    D5
          they'd hooked you up                  to a fentanyl drip

Dmaj7                        Dsus4               D6sus2    D5
       to mitigate the pain a little bit

Dmaj7          Dsus4   D6sus2                     D5
          i flew in                  from pennsylvania

Dmaj7                                     Dsus4            D6sus2    D5
       when i heard the hour was coming fast

Bm  G                      D5
      And i docked in santa barbara

Bm  G                    D5
      tried to brace myself

Bm  G                         D5
      but you can't brace yourself
        
          Bm         G                                   Asus4
when the time comes      you just have to roll with the blast

           Em                 G
and i'm an 18-wheeler headed down the interstate

       D5                                 A                G
and my brakes are gonna give and i won't know til it's too late

      C                         D
tires screaming when i lose control

           Asus4                        G
try not to hurt too many people when i roll

[instrumental]
Dmaj7 Dsus4 D6sus2 D5
Dmaj7 D6sus2 Dsus4 D5


Dmaj7                        Dsus4  D6sus2                   D5
         find the harbor freeway              and head south

Dmaj7           D6sus2    Dsus4                         D5
          real tired,                  head kind of light

Dmaj7                   D6sus2    Dsus4                               D5
i found telegraph road,                i'd only seen the name on envelopes

Dmaj7               Dsus4  D6sus2                   D5
found the parking lot                    and turned right

Bm  G                      D5
i felt all the details carving out space in my head

Bm  G                      D5
tropicanas on the walkway neon red

Bm  G                      D5
between the pain and the pills trying to hold it at bay

Bm  G                      Asus4
stands a traveler going somewhere far away

  Em                 G
and i am an airplane tumbling wing over wing

       D5                                 A                G
try to listen to my instruments they don't say anything

      C                         D
people screaming when the engines quit

           Asus4                        G
i hope we're all in crash position when we hit

[instrumental]
Dmaj7 D6sus2 Dsus4 D5
Dmaj7 D6sus2 Dsus4 D5
Dmaj7 D6sus2 Dsus4 D5
Dmaj7 D6sus2 Dsus4 D5


Dmaj7                       D6sus2
     and then came to your bedside

Dsus4
        and as it turns out

D5
i'm not ready

Dmaj7        D6sus2
     and as though

Dsus4                                     D5
        you were speaking through a thick haze

Dmaj7                   D6sus2   Dsus4  D5
      you said hello to me

Bm G            D5
we all stood there around you

Bm G            D5
happy to hear you speak

Bm G            D5
the last of something bright burning

Bm   G
still burning

               Asus4
beyond the cancer and the chemotherapy

           Em                 G
and you were a presence full of light upon this earth

       D5                                 A                G
and i am a witness to your life and to its worth

      C                         D
it's three days later when i get the call

           Asus4                        G
and there's nobody around to break my fall

Matthew 25:21

Intro bit:

A--0-0000-0-0000- B B x2
E--5-5555-5-5555-
C--6-6666-6-6666-
G--6-6666-6-6666-

G   A   D   

D                     A
I hope that our few remaining friends
G                     D
Give up on trying to save us
D                           A
I hope we come out with a fail-safe plot
G                             D
To piss off the dumb few that forgave us

D                   A       
I hope the fences we mended
G                          A
Fall down beneath their own weight
D                             Bm
And I hope we hang on past the last exit
G                       A
I hope it's already too late

D
And I hope the junkyard a few blocks from here
Bm
Someday burns down
G
And I hope the rising black smoke carries me far away
G                A                 G           A
And I never come back to this town again in my life

         D
I hope I lie
         Bm
And tell everyone you were a good wife
          D
And I hope you die
          A
I hope we both die

D   D   D   D

A--0-0000-0-0000- B B x2
E--5-5555-5-5555-
C--6-6666-6-6666-
G--6-6666-6-6666-

G   A   D

D    A
I hope I cut myself shaving tomorrow
GD
I hope it bleeds all day long
DA
Our friends say it's darkest before the sun rises
G      D
We're pretty sure they're all wrong

D     A
I hope it stays dark forever
GA
I hope the worst isn't over
D    Bm
And I hope you blink before I do
GA
And I hope I never get sober

D
And I hope when you think of me years down the line
Bm
You can't find one good thing to say
G
And I'd hope that if I found the strength to walk out
G      A
You'd stay the hell out of my way

G
I am drowning
    A
There is no sign of land
    D
You are coming down with me
Bm
Hand in unlovable hand

D
And I hope you die
A
I hope we both die

D   D   D   D

A--0-0000-0-0000- B B x2
E--5-5555-5-5555-
C--6-6666-6-6666-
G--6-6666-6-6666-

G   A   D

D   D   D   D

A--0-0000-0-0000- B B x2
E--5-5555-5-5555-
C--6-6666-6-6666-
G--6-6666-6-6666-

G   A   D

Intro: A F#m D E D
       A F#m D E

A                         F#m      
From the housetops to the gutters
D                       E      D
From the oceans to the shores
    A                                      F#m
The warning signs have all been bright and garish
D                           E
Far to great in number to ignore

   
From the cities to the swamplands
From the highways to the hills
Our love has never had a leg to stand on
From the aspirins to the cross-tops to the Elevils

           D   E            A        D
But I will walk down to the end with you
            A                E         A
If you will come all the way down with me

From the entrance to the exit
Is longer than it looks from where we stand
I wanna say I'm sorry for stuff I haven't done yet
Things will shortly get completely out of hand

I can feel it in the rotten air tonight
In the tips of my fingers in the skin on my face
In the weak last gasp of the evening's dying light
In the way those eyes I've always loved illuminate this place

       D                  E
Like a trashcan fire in a prison cell
         A                   F#m
Like the searchlights in the parking lots of hell
       D   E            A        D
I will walk down to the end with you
            A                E         A
If you will come all the way down with me

Old College Try

Intro: C

C                          Em
Fog lifts from the harbor, dawn goes down to day
   Am                              F
An agent crests the shadows of the nearby alleyway
C                       Em
Piles of broken bricks, sign posts on the path
Am                              F
Every moment points towards the aftermath
Yeah

Interlude: C, Dm, F X2

C                                Em
Sailors straggle back from their nights out on the town
Am                             F
Hopeless urchins from the city gather round
C                         Em
Spies from imperial China wash in with the tide
      Am                  F
Every battle heads toward surrender on both sides

                 C              Am
Chorus: And I am coming home to you
        F               C  G
With my own blood in my mouth
         C         Am
And I am coming to you
            F          C      G
If it's the last thing that I do


C                        Em
Bells ring in the tower, wolves howl in the hills
Am                                F
Chalk marks show up on a few high windowsills
      C                                Em
And a rabbit gives up somewhere, and a dozen hawks descend
Am                            F
Every moment leads toward its own sad end
Yeah

(Interlude)

C                                Em
Ships loosed from their mornings capsize and then they're gone
Am                             F
Sailors with no captains watch awhile and then move on
       C                              Em
And an agent crests the shadows and I head in her direction
Am                        F
All roads lead toward the same blocked intersection

             C              Am
Chorus: I am coming home to you
        F               C   G
With my own blood in my mouth
         C         Am
And I am coming to you
            F          C      G
If it's the last thing that I do

( Do the interlude 3 or 4 times and end on C )

Sax Rohmer 1

---INTRO---

| Bm | D | A | Em|

---VERSE---

Bm                     D
This is just to say hello
                 A
And to let you know
                         Em
I think of you from time to time
Bm                          D
I know I never really knew you
                    A
But somehow I miss you
                                Em
And wish that you'd stayed in my life
G                      D
Making contact gets harder
                        A
As the silence grows longer
                 Bm
And isn't it only me
G                             D
Who'd like us to see each other?
                            A
How I would hate to be a bother
                              Bm
The way we left it was you'd ring

---CHORUS---

D      G          Bm
I'm under no illusion
D        G           Bm
As to what I meant to you
G                     D
But you made an impression
D         G                    Bm
And sometimes I still feel the bruise
D          G                 Bm
Sometimes I still feel the bruise


---BRIDGE---

| Bm | D | A | Em| x 1

---VERSE---

Bm                      D
Now and then I stumble on
                               A
What I've misplaced but never lost
                           Em
An ache I first felt long ago
Bm                               D
Though you've appeared and disappeared
                             A
Throughout these past few years
                             Em
I'd be surprised if you now showed
G                     D
Making contact gets harder
                        A
As the silence grows longer
                           Bm
And why would you think of me
G                             D
When you were not the one in love?
                          A
When you were not the dreamer?
                         Bm
When you were just the dream?

---CHORUS---

D      G        Bm
I'm under no illusion
D      G             Bm
As to what I meant to you
G                     D
But you made an impression
D         G                      Bm
And sometimes I still feel the bruise
D       G                    Bm
Sometimes I still feel the bruise

---OUTRO---

| Bm | D | A | Em| x 2

| Bm | Bm (for three counts) | let ring | let ring || x 1

Sometimes I Still Feel The Bruise

INTRO - A D A E A D A E

A                                D
a knocking sound it woke me up,
A                        E
but my legs were feeling weak.
A                              D
i stared up at the ceiling and i saw you at the window.
A                     E        A
but my mouth wouldn't let me speak.

A
i know you.
E                A                    D         A
you're the one i spent three seasons trying to pretend
E            A
that i never knew.

something pulled me off the bed.
and the same thing moved the muscles in my legs.
i moved towards you voice, and my body got so light,
i could've walked on eggs right then and not broken a one of them.

(chorus)x4
//of course, after the first chorus, resort to strumming!//

The Window Song

INTRO

A    C#m   D     A
A    C#m   D     A
A    C#m   D     A
A    C#m   D     A


VERSE 1
                                                                                     
A         C#m                  D                   A
I broke free on a Saturday morning, I put the pedal too the floor
         A             C#m              D                 A
Headed north on Mills Avenue and listened to the engine roar

A    C#m   D     A
A    C#m   D     A

                  A                       C#m
My broken house behind me and good things ahead,
               D                         A
a girl named Cathy wants a little of my time

                 A                       C#m
Six cylinders underneath the hood crashing and kicking
       D                   A
aha! listen to the engine whine


CHORUS
               A                    C#m          D       A
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
               A                    C#m         D         A
I am going to make it though this year if it kills me

VERSE 2

I played video games in a drunken haze,
I was seventeen years young
Hurt my knuckles punching the machines
the taste of scotch rich on my tongue

And then Cathy showed up and we hung out
trading swigs from a bottle all bitter and clean
locking eyes holding hands
twin high maintenance machines

CHORUS

BRIDGE
F#m                              A
I drove home in the California dusk,
F#m                                   A
I could feel the alcohol inside of me hum
F#m                                   A
Pictured the look on my stepfather's face,
D                           E
ready for the bad things to come.

VERSE 3
I down shifted as I pulled into the driveway,
the motor screaming out stuck in second gear
The scene ends badly as you might imagine
in a cavalcade of anger and fear
There will be feasting and dancing in Jerusalem next year

CHORUS

This Year

D D G A | D D G A | D D

        D                                       Asus4 A
there's bound to be a ghost at the back of your closet
G   A               D
no matter where you live.
         D                             Em
there'll always be a few things, maybe several things
            G                 A                D
that you're gonna find really difficult to forgive.

D D Asus4 A G A | D D

there's gonna come a day when you feel better.
you'll rise up free and easy on that day.
and float from branch to branch, lighter than the air.
     G                                Asus4        A (same for all the other verses)
just when that day is coming, who can say? who can say?

    D               G           D                G
our mother has been absent ever since we founded rome.
            D          A                         D
but there's gonna be a party when the wolf comes home.

D D Asus4 A G A | D D

we're gonna commandeer the local airwaves
to tell the neighbors whats been going on.
and they will shake their heads and wag their bony fingers
in all the wrong directions, and by daybreak we'll be gone.

D D Asus4 A G A | D D

I'm gonna get myself in fighting trim,
scope out every angle of unfair advantage.
I'm gonna bribe the officials. I'm gonna kill all the judges.
it's gonna take you people years to recover from all of the damage.

our mother has been absent ever since we founded rome.
but there's going to be a party when the

Up The Wolves

       C              F               C                 F
On the morning when I woke up without you for the first time
       C               G                 C
I felt free and I felt lonely and I felt scared
      C        F             Am                 F
And I began to talk to myself almost immediately
          C       G         F           G        C
Not being used to being the only person                                
    
    C                 F               C                       F
The first time I made coffee for just myself, I made too much of it
               C            G              F                C
But I drank it all just you hate it when I let things go to waste
      C                    F                   Am              F
And I wandered through the house like a little boy lost in the mall
       C                  G               F               G
And an astronaut could've seen the hunger in my eyes from space

And I sang
C             G             F             C
Oh, What do I do? What do I do? What do I do?
C         G          C
What do I do without you?

       C              F               C                 F
On the morning when I woke up without you for the first time
      C                  G      F                    C
I was cold so I put on a sweater and I turned up the heat
        C              F              Am              F
And the walls began to close in and I felt so sad and frightened
              C            G               F        C
I practically ran from the living room out into the street
        C             F            C              F
And the wind began to blow and the trees began to pant
        C            G                       C
And the world in its cold way started coming alive
      C                  F           Am               F
And I stood there like a business man waiting for the train
      C         G                 C
And I got ready for the future to arrive

And I sang
C             G             F             C
Oh, What do I do? What do I do? What do I do?
C         G          C
What do I do without you?

Outro-   C F C F C G  C    C hold

Woke Up New

                  E                           C#m
I checked into a bargain priced room on la sienaga,
F#m                                    A        E
gazed out through the curtains of the parking lot.
                                            C#m
walked down to the corner store just before nightfall in my bare feet.
F#m                   A           E
   black tarry asphalt, soft and hot.
            A                             E
and when I came back I spread out my supplies.
        D
on the counter by the sink, 
            B
I looked myself right in the eyes
                   E      A
st. joseph's baby aspirin,
             B
bartles and james,
     E           A     B  E
and you or your memory.

                     E                           C#m
I ducked behind the drapes when I saw the moon begin to rise,
F#m                      A                     E
gathered in my loose ends switched off the light.
                                                C#m
and down there in the dark I can see the real truth about me.
  F#m           A                             E
as clear as day, lord if I make it through tonight
            A       E         D                            B
then I will mend my ways and walk the straight path to the end of my days.
                   E       A
st. joseph's baby aspirin,
             B
bartles and james,
     E           A      B  E  A  B  E  A  B  E  A  B  E  A   B  E.
and you or your memory.

You Or Your Memory

A song about the eponymous Alpha Couple, two lower-middle class people who have lost all the love between them and only want to drink themselves to death.

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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