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Goodbye And Hello

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Tim Buckley

Greetings From L.A.

Live at the Folklore Center - March 6th, 1967

Blue Afternoon

Sefronia

Starsailor

The Dream Belongs To Me

Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14, 1947 

D
O I never asked to be your mountain
  C
I never asked to fly
  D
Remember when you came to me
    C
And told me of his lies
    D
You didn't understand my love
    C
You don't know why I try
        D
And the rain was falling on that day
    C
And damn the reason why

    D
The Flying Pisces sails for time
    C
And tells me of my child
D
Wrapped in bitter tales and heartache
   C
He begs for just a smile
     D
O he never asked to be her mountain
   C
He never asked to fly
    D
And through his eye he comes his love
    C
And tells her not to cry

    D
She says, "Your scoundrel father flies
       C
With a dancer called a queen
    D
And with her stolen cards he plays
    C
And laughs, but never wins
      D
O the child dreams to be his hands
       C
In the counting of the rain
    D
But only barren breasts he feels
        C
For her milk will never drain

G          F
As I die I can't remember
G       F
Where I saw the rain
         G
Could it be that her laughter
         F
Drove me down again?
         G
Charming dancer will you stop,
         F
Stop and talk to me?
         G
Is there someone else you feel
        F
In your dreams? you will, you see:
G
In midnight gazes
     F
I've found you far from me
       G
If you lead me on
       F
Please leave me down

  G
O Flying Flying Fish
       F
Please flutter by my door
    G
Yes you can drink my lies
   F
If first you read my eyes:
G
Each one is titled
     F
"I'm drowning back to you";
G
I can't swim your waters
    F
And you can't walk my lands:
    G
I'm sailing all my sins
        F
And I'm climbing all my fears
                  D   C  D  C
And soon now I'll fly

  D
O I never asked to be your mountain
  C
I never asked to fly
  D
Remember when you came to me
    C
And told me of his lies
    D
You didn't understand my love
    C
You don't know why I try
        D
And the rain was falling on that day
    C
And that's the reason why

      D
Sweet lover, will you come back
    C
And love me for a while?
D
Please take my hand
      C
Leave all your fears behind
          D
I've been gone too long
        C
Now I'm home to stay
D
Please don't leave me
 C
Again this way
D               C
Don't leave me again this way...
D       C         D
Sweet lover....O please...
C           D          C                      D
O please....O please...please.... please come home...
            C
Please come home...

I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain

D              A
Long afloat on shipless oceans
G            Bm
I did all my best to smile
D                 A
'Til your singing eyes and fingers
G              Bm
Drew me loving to your isle

-Chorus

D            C(9)
And you sang sail to me
G/B               D
Sail to me let me unfold you
Bm                   A          G
Here I am, here I am waiting to hold you

Song To The Siren

Gm   Eb   Ebsus4  Ab  Bb G
Lady time         fly away 
Cm   Eb   Dm     A  Bb      C      Am   Gm C F
I've been thinking 'bout my yesterday 

    F             C          G        Dm
Oh, please listen darlin' to my empty prayers
Am      C              Dm  
Sleep inside my dreams tonight
Am    C       Dm               Am         Gm   Dm 
All I need to know tonight are you and my child 

    F       C          G       Dm
Oh, is he a soldier or is he a dreamer?
Am    C             Dm 
Is he mama's little man?
Am      C                Dm 
Does he help you when he can?
Am         Gm        Dm 
Or does he ask about me?

F           C 
Just like a soldier boy
       G            Dm 
I been out fighting wars
Am             C     Dm 
That the world never knows about 
Am    C     Dm
But I never win them loud 
Am                Gm     Dm
There's no crowds around me 

F                 C
But when I get to thinkin'
G             Dm
'bout the old days
Am            C       Dm 
When love was here to stay
Am       C  Dm 
I wonder if we'd ever tried 
Am           Gm      Dm   C    Dm
Oh, what I'd give to hold him.

Dream Letter

Em D 2x *

G              D
And it happens every time. 
C
Give my love, 
    D
She leaves me behind. 
G               D
Yes, it happens every time. 
    C               D
The sorrow makes me lose my mind.

(Em Em Em D)

Em D          C             D    (Em Em Em D)
If she'd only be as true as I am, 
Em  D      C                 D
And listen to my love that's saying, 

G        D
Oh baby, won't you stay mine 
C                    D
Your loving makes me feel so fine
G           D 
And someday baby you'll find 
C           D
My love was gentle and kind. 

(Em Em Em D)

Em      D      C                        D     (Em Em Em D)
Someday you'll know that leaving me was wrong. 
Em        D      C                D
But don't bother all that time is gone. 

G              D
And it happens every time. 
C                   D
Now I know it's not worth the trying 
G             D
So baby don't turn around 
C            D
Let my tears fall to the ground. 

(Em Em Em D)

Em D          C             D    (Em Em Em D)
If she'd only be as true as I am, 
Em  D      C                 D
And listen to my love that's saying, 

(Em Em Em D)

Em D     C    D
Oh oh oh oh....

It Happens Every Time

A                      E7
Oh I dont get no letters

A        E7
nobody calls

A            E7              A            E7  
nobody comes round here no more

A            E7
no pretty ladies

A           E7
no pretty boys 

A            E7                  A        E7
nobody comes round my door no more


            Cm#7    E7  
its just lonely, yeah.

A               E7          A          E7
mama you dont know

           Cm#7      E7
its so lonely, yeah

A              E7           A          E7
mama you dont know

So Lonely

Intro:

G  Cmaj7 (x32)

Verse 1:

G            Cmaj7       G       Cmaj7     G
 Just like a buzzin' fly, I come into your life,
Cmaj7          G         Cmaj7        G   Cmaj7, G  Cmaj7
 Now I float a-way, like honey in the sun.
G       Cmaj7          G           Cmaj7          G  Cmaj7 G   Cmaj7
 Was it right or wrong? I couldn't sing that song,    any -way.

G        Cmaj7    G        Cmaj7
 Oh, but darlin', now I re-member,
G        Cmaj7     G    Cmaj7
 How the sun shown down.
G           Cmaj7        G       Cmaj7
 And how it warmed your, prayin' smile,
G             Cmaj7    G     Cmaj7, G  Cmaj7
 When all the love was there.

G                 Cmaj7      G                 Cmaj7
 You're the one I talk about, you're the one I think about;
G      Cmaj7   G  Cmaj7
 Every-where I go.
G              Cmaj7 G       Cmaj7  G      Cmaj7      G
 And sometimes honey, in the mornin; Lord, I miss you so.

Chorus 1:

G F# F             C               G    Cmaj7
      That's how I know I, found a home.
G F# F             C               G    Cmaj7, G  Cmaj7
      That's how I know I, found a home.

Verse 2:

G             Cmaj7
 Oh, hear the mountains singing;
G            Cmaj7             G        Cmaj7     G    Cmaj7
 Lord, I can feel them ringing; darlin', out your name.
G            Cmaj7       G             Cmaj7
 And tell me if you know, just how the river flows,
Gmaj7  Cmaj7       G
       Down to the sea.
    Cmaj7   G     Cmaj7, G  Cmaj7
Now I wanna know...
G      Cmaj7   G        Cmaj7  G
 Every-thing a-bout you.
Cmaj7    G     Cmaj7, G  Cmaj7, G  Cmaj7
 I wanna know...
G      Cmaj7   G        Cmaj7, G  Cmaj7 
 Every-thing a-bout you.

G              Cmaj7 G              Cmaj7
 What makes ya smile? What makes ya wild?
G              Cmaj7        G
 What makes ya love me this way?
         Cmaj7   G              Cmaj7   G    Cmaj7, G  Cmaj7
Darlin', I wanna know, darlin', I wanna know.

G                 Cmaj7      G                 Cmaj7
 You're the one I talk about, you're the one I think about;
G      Cmaj7   G  Cmaj7
 Every-where I go.
G              Cmaj7 G       Cmaj7  G      Cmaj7      G  Cmaj7, G
 And sometimes honey, in the mornin; Lord, I miss you so.

Chorus 2:

G F# F             C               G    Cmaj7
      That's how I know I, found a home.
G F# F             C               G    Cmaj7, G  Cmaj7
      That's how I know I, found a home.

Verse 3:

G          Cmaj7        G      Cmaj7
 A-walkin' hand in hand, all a-long the sand,
G           Cmaj7     G    Cmaj7
 A sea bird knew your name.
G             Cmaj7
 He knew your love was growin',
G                 Cmaj7      G       Cmaj7            G
 Lord, I think it knows it's flowin', through you and me.

Cmaj7        G       Cmaj7, G  Cmaj7, G  Cmaj7, G
 Ah, tell me darlin'...
Cmaj7          G         Cmaj7  G
 When I should leave you.
Cmaj7        G        Cmaj7, G  Cmaj7
 Ah, tell me darlin'...
G        Cmaj7         G         Cmaj7
 Well, I don't want to grieve you.

Break:

G  Cmaj7 (x3)

Verse 4:

G            Cmaj7       G       Cmaj7     G
 Just like a buzzin' fly, I come into your life,
Cmaj7          G         Cmaj7        G   Cmaj7, G  Cmaj7
 Now I float a-way, like honey in the sun.
G       Cmaj7          G           Cmaj7          G  Cmaj7 G   Cmaj7
 Was it right or wrong? I couldn't sing that song,    any -way.

G        Cmaj7    G        Cmaj7
 Oh, but darlin', now I re-member,
G        Cmaj7     G    Cmaj7
 How the sun shown down.
G           Cmaj7        G       Cmaj7
 And how it warmed your, prayin' smile,
G             Cmaj7    G     Cmaj7, G  Cmaj7
 When all the love was there.

G                 Cmaj7      G                 Cmaj7
 You're the one I talk about, you're the one I think about;
G      Cmaj7   G  Cmaj7
 Every-where I go.
G              Cmaj7 G       Cmaj7  G      Cmaj7      G
 And sometimes honey, in the mornin; Lord, I miss you so.

Cmaj7       G  Cmaj7       G  Cmaj7
 I miss you so, I miss you so.
G      Cmaj7      G   Cmaj7  G
 Mama, I miss you so...
Cmaj7       G   Cmaj7, G
 I miss you so...
Cmaj7       G   Cmaj7
 I miss you so...
G         Cmaj7     (G)
 Darlin', I miss you so.

Outro:

G  Cmaj7 (x4), G

Buzzin Fly

Em                 Em7
You don't remember what to say
Cmaj7              Em
You don't remember what to do
Em                 Em7
You don't remember where to go
Cmaj7              Em
You don't remember what to choose
Em         Em7         Cmaj7              Em    Em7   Cmaj7 Em
You wheel, you steal, you feel, you kneel down, down, down, down

Chorus:
G
All the stony people
         B7
Walking 'round in Christian licorice clothes
Em
I can't hesitate
G                             Em Em7 Cmaj7 Em
And I can't wait For Pleasant Street

Em           Em7            Cmaj7     Em
The sunshine reminds you of concreted skies
Em                   Em7     Cmaj7              Em
You thought you were flying but you opened your eyes
Em                     Em7     Cmaj7               Em
And you found yourself falling back to yesterday's lies
Em     Em7              Cmaj                Em
Hello, Pleasant Street, you know she's back again
Em         Em7        Cmaj7               Em    Em7   Cmaj7 Em
You wheel, you steal, you feel, you kneel down, down, down, down

(Chorus)
Em           Em7       Cmaj7         Em
At twilight your lover comes to your room
Em                    Em7        Cmaj7             Em
He'll spin you, he'll weave you 'round his emerald loom
Em                Em7     Cmaj7          Em
And softly you'll whisper all around his ear
Em        Em7 Cmaj7           Em
"Sweet lover, I love Pleasant Street
Em           Em7    Cmaj7                      Em    Em7   Cmaj7 Em
I wheel, I steal, I feel my way down to kneel. down, down, down, down

(Chorus)

You don't remember what to say
You don't remember what to do
You don't remember which way to go
You don't remember who to choose
You wheel, you steal, you feel, you kneel down, down, down down

Pleasant Street

Intro: G Dm Em Bm
       C G  A

G              Dm
Oh the time it takes 
It takes to heal 
Em      Bm
Lord I don't understand 
G           Dm     Em           Bm
The reason why it goes this far along 
C   G  A
But I know 
  G            Dm
I would never believe
               Em
That you ever lose 
  Bm
A single thing 
G               Dm
As long as you remember
Em              Bm
As long as you have your dreams
C        Bm             A
Lord it all stays with you 
(instrumental)
    C    G     A
Oh I'll always be
G       Dm
Behind the dream you've had
Em            Bm
And not that way 
G                  Dm
I'll sing though I don't understand
Em       Bm
Who is awake 
C      G   A
Oh, la dee dee

Ashbury Park

A             D           C#m      Bm          A
I know we're through but I still can't really believe that we'd fall

                A           D      C#m          Bm           A
And though it's sad I still try to hold back my tears, but still I call


           A      Bm     C#m
What can I say or do for you?

               Bm         A
What would you like me to be?

        A            Bm    C#m
Shall I laugh, dance    or sing for you?

         Bm            A
Cripples cry, what can I do?


      A             D          C#m   Bm
Yes I know that you don't want me anymore

        A      D       C#m      Bm
I carry tears, incense and fine wines

        A
What do you do?


           A                 D         C#m       Bm
        A
But please believe that your love will grow with time or with need

                A              D     C#m         Bm
         A
And though you say that you'll never change your mind, I'll be here


          D         C#m       Bm
And I'm a torn down child for you

           A
I build my castles in the sky

             D       C#m  Bm
And I've the colours of a clown

       A
In the teardrops from my eyes


      A             D          C#m   Bm
Yes I know that you don't want me anymore

        A      D       C#m      Bm
I carry tears, incense and fine wines

        A
What do you do?


           A     D       C#m
I'm on the other side of fear

           Bm                   A
Through my pain I've learned to love

          A       D          C#m
And if my actions aren't too clear

         Bm          A
remember clowns only cry


      A             D          C#m   Bm
Yes I know that you don't need me anymore

        A      D       C#m      Bm
I carry tears, incense and fine wines

        A
What do you do?


          A       D          C#m
Your dark secrets torture my mind

             Bm            A
Your life of love turns me cold

               A             D      C#m
And your first lovers you've left behind

          Bm        A
Or do you wish to return?


         A             D          C#m   Bm
Oh yes I know that you don't need me anymore

        A      D       C#m      Bm
I carry tears, incense and fine wines

        A
What do you do?


           A      D      C#m
What can I say or do for you?

               Bm         A
What would you like me to be?

        A            Bm    C#m
Shall I laugh, dance    or sing for you?

         Bm            A
Cripples cry, what can I do?


          A             D          C#m   Bm
And yes I know that you don't need me anymore

        A      D       C#m      Bm
I carry tears, incense and fine wines

        A
What do you do?

Cripples Cry

C	     /C7        /Dm        /G
Sometimes I think about Saturday's child
C        /C7            /Dm          /G
And all about the times when we were running wild
Dm                              /G              /C  /C7
I've been for searching for the dolphins in the sea
Dm                  /G  	     /C		  /C7
Ah, but sometimes I wonder, do you ever think of me

C	     	          /C7           /Dm        /G
I'm not the one to tell this old world how to get along
C            /C7                 /Dm                   /G
I only know that peace will come after all the hate is gone
Dm                              /G              /C  /C7
I've been for searching for the dolphins in the sea
Dm                  /G  	     /C		  /C7
Ah, but sometimes I wonder, do you ever think of me


C	        /C7               /Dm         /G
This old world will never change the way it's been
C           /C7         /Dm                  /G
And all your ways of war Can't change it back again
Dm                              /G              /C  /C7
I've been out searchin' for the dolphin in the sea
Dm                  /G  	     /C		  /C7
Ah, but sometimes I wonder, do you ever think of me

Repeat 1st Verse

C                   /C7
This old world will never change
C                   /C7
This old world will never change

Dolphins

C                        Am               
It's been so long, since you've been gone
Em                        G
I hardly know where to begin this song
    C                          Am           
Wherever you are, I hope it's not too far
            Em     G               C
For you to hear me,  it's been so hard
 C               Am                   
Lay next to me, cry please don't run
    Em                   G
But I wouldn't fight or carry a gun 
        C              Am               
I went far away,  to start a new life,  
          Em          G              C  | F /// C |
If I had stayed there,  you'd be my wife 

    Dm                         C Csus4
And I know I'd recognize your face
       Dm                         
Your memory keeps haunting me 
   C                 Em            G
And I can't forget what time won't erase 
    
 C                            Am             
You know it's hard for me to come back now
          Em                        G
There's prison to face though the fighting is done
          C                   Am            
Where can I find you,  Daddy you have a son 
              Em      G                     C
That's never seen you,  he looks just like you 

  C                    Am                  Em             
I've sent this letter so many times, it keeps coming back:
         G                             C               
"No one here by that name."  Are you still in Quebec?  
             Am                                 Em    G  
Oh, it's so hard to keep warm through northern winter
               C | F /// C |
It's been so long 

    Dm                         C Csus4    Dm          
And I know I'd recognize your face, the seasons come
                   C                     Em           G
I can't let go and I'd know your sweet smile any place 
    Dm                         C   Csus4  C            
And I know I'd recognize your face (any time you know now) 
 Dm                 C             Em         
Anyplace, anytime, you know I'm still in love with you 
    Dm                         C 
And I know I'd recognize your face

I Know Id Recognize Your Face

Chorus:

D         C      G    D
O whither has my lady wandered?
F             A     G    F          G
I'll search until I know I've found her

Verse 1:

A                 D        C
One green day she left her wings
G                A         G
And cut away her childhood strings
D                    C        D
But dropping smiles along the trail
    C                       Bm    G
She left a trace I will not fail

(Chorus)

Verse 2:

When I catch my sudden maid
I'll deck her out in lace and jade
I will take her to her room
  C                    Bm     G   D
I will take her to her room
           A         F
I love her upstairs
  A            G
I love her downstairs
F     F/E     F/D    G
But I love my lady's chamber

(Chorus, ends on A D)

Knight-errant

# I play this song in standard tuning in the original key, but you can either play it # half a step down or tune up the uke half a step in order to have simplier chords

Intro:

G#    C#maj7   x2

Verse 1:

G#                    C#maj7
I lit my purest candle close to my

G#                    C#maj7
window hoping it would catch the eye

G#                 C#maj7
of any vagabond who passed it by

A#m                C#       G#
and I waited in my fleeting house.


Verse 2:

G#                       C#maj7
Before he came I felt him drawing near,

G#                     C#maj7
as he neared I felt the ancient fear

G#                          C#maj7
that he had come to wound my door and jeer

A#m                C#       G#
and I waited in my fleeting house.


Chorus 1:

D#                 C#     Fm
Tell me stories, I called to the hobo,

D#                 C#     Fm
stories of cold, I smiled at the hobo,

D#                C#    Fm
stories of old, I knelt to the hobo,

A#m                          C#       G#
and he stood before me in my fleeting house.


Verse 3:

G#                        C#maj7
No, said the hobo, no more tales of time,

G#                        C#maj7
don't ask me now to wash away the grime,

G#                            C#maj7
I can't come in 'cause it's too high a climb,

A#m                        C#       G#
and he walked away from my fleeting house.


Chorus 2:

D#                    C#       Fm     C#maj7
Then you be damned, I screamed to the hobo,

D#                C#   Fm     C#maj7
leave me alone, I wept to the hobo,

D#                 C#    Fm     C#maj7
turn into stone, I knelt to the hobo,

A#m                        C#       G#
and he walked away from my fleeting house.


Ending:

D#       C#   Fm    C#maj7

Morning Glory

Intro: F / Fsus4 (x4)

F             Fsus4
"Comme la chanson est belle"
Bb         F
Chantez la Mademoiselle
Ab              F
Dansant dans le Moulin Rouge

F          Fsus4
"Love is a leap" she sighed
Bb            F
"Someday I'll be your bride,
Ab               F
When I leave the Moulin Rouge"

Bb              Bbm
Je vais marier ma fille de danse
Ab          F
Et habiter en France

F             Fsus4
"Comme la chanson est belle"
Bb         F
Chantez la Mademoiselle
Ab              F
Dansant dans le Moulin Rouge
Ab              F
Dansant dans le Moulin Rouge
Ab              F
Dansant dans le Moulin Rouge

F / Fsus4 / (x4)

(chords for 2nd part same as first)

"Oh la la la" she sang
Spinning till midnight swang,
Dancing in the Moulin Rouge

I love her love I do,
All of her children too,
Oh I thank you, Moulin Rouge!

Je vais marier ma fille de danse
Et habiter en France

"Comme la chanson est belle"
Chantez la Mademoiselle
Dansant dans le Moulin Rouge
Dansant dans le Moulin Rouge
Dansant dans le Moulin Rouge

Outro: F / Fsus4 / (repeat to fade)

Moulin Rouge

Verse 1:

     Bm      A            G        Bm
If a fiddler played you a song, my love
   (Bm)  A          G   Bm
And if I gave you a wheel
          G           A         D     Em
Would you spin for my heart and loneliness
          Bm   A      G
Would you spin for my love

Verse 2:

If I gave up all of my pride for you
And only loved you for now
Would you hide my fears and never say
Tomorrow I must go

Chorus:
G        A             Bm
And everywhere there's rain, my love
G    A             Bm
Everywhere there's fear

Verse 3:

If you tell me a lie, I'll cry for you
Tell me of sin and I'll laugh
If you tell me of all the pain you've had
I'll never smile again

(chorus)

Verse 4:

I can plainly see that our parts have changed
Our sands our shifting around
Need I beg to you for one more day
To find our lonely love

Phantasmagoria In Two

D / A / C / / / D / / / D / / / (with suspensions)

Verse 1:
D                   Dm
She is the day that gives me time
C                  D
To live and linger love my life
D                        F#m
Till night comes on with sundown scythe
   G                A
To end the pause of pantomime
D / A / C                 D
        She is the day of love

Verse 2:
She is the bridge on which I wait
To watch the river 'neath me flow
All spinning, surging far below
Along the deep and bending straits
She is a bridge of love

Verse 3:
She is the air I breathe entranced
Awake or sleep in storm or calm
A wind to wash my lifted palm
A sky that calls me out to dance
She is the air of love

Bridge:
Bm                     F#m
She is the day through which I walk
G                           A
Toward the bridge where she stands
Bm               F#m
She is the air I breathe to sing
G                      A
She is a smile without demands

Verse 4:
She is a smile that keeps me warm
With matchless laughter, eyes ablaze
A mischief mystery she plays
Upon the flute of early morn
She is a smile of love
C                 D
She is the air of love
C                    D
She is the day....of love

Dsus2 / / / (x3)

She Is

F#    Bbm
In my heart is where I long for you
B             F#
In my smile I search for you
(F#)           Bbm                B
Each time you turn and run away I cry inside
F#                     E                 Eb
My silly way, just too young to know any more

      F#              Bbm
In my world the devil dances and dares
B                F
To leave my soul just anywhere
(F#)         Bbm
Until I find peace in this world
B                     F#
I'll sing a song everywhere I can
      E                    Eb
Just too young to know any more

    G#   B         F#
The wind covers me cold
G#         B          F#
The starry skies all around my eyes
G#    B        F#
Far behind the city moans
G           B             F#
Well worthy of the people there
        E                   Eb
Oh, the psalms they love to hear

F#        Bbm
So let me sing a song for you
B                 F#
Just to help your day along
(F#)   Bbm
Let me sing a song for you
B                 F#
One I've known so very long
    E                         Eb
Oh, please could you find the time

Sing A Song For You

Tim Buckley  - Song To The Siren - Uke

Bb          F
Long afloat on shipless oceans
Eb          Gm
I did all my best to smile
Bb                F
'Til your singing eyes and fingers
Eb          Gm
Drew me loving to your isle
Bb        Ab
And you sang
        Eb
Sail to me, sail to me
Bb
Let me enfold you
Gm
Here I am
        F
Here I am
           Eb   Gm
Waiting to hold you

Verse 2:

Did I dream you dreamed about me?
Were you hare when I was fox?
Now my foolish boat is leaning
Broken lovelorn on your rocks,
For you sing, Touch me not, touch me not, come back tomorrow
oh my heart, oh my heart shies from the sorrow

Verse 3:

I am puzzled as the newborn child
I'm as riddled at the tide
Should I stand amid the breakers?
Or should I lie with Death my bride?
Hear me sing, swim to me, swim to me, let me enfold you
Here I am, Here I am, Waiting to hold you

Verse 1:
G                      Cm
Just for you with your open hands
F               G     D  G
Waiting for the touch of man
(G)                 Cm
Clutching with your blackened gloves
F                  G   D   G
You try to capture all the doves
     G    D G
That flee into
    Cm       G
The forest before you

Verse 2:
You wish to catch and cage me now
I wonder if you remember how
Hard it was to say the names
Of mirror dreams and cheated games
And on the wall
You framed your first lover

Verse 3:
Your form intrigues me with the glow
I'll remember you I know
Though I forgot to lock the chain
Around you with a prayer for rain
To bring the call
To drive you back into my bed

D
Ahhh....
She turns away
Telling me to follow for a while
Ahhh....
She waits

Cm                  D
You'd be touched if you would touch
Cm           D
But you only reach and taunt
G                  Cm
Will my taste stay grey and blue
F           G    D    G
If I try to turn from you

Strange Street Affair Under Blue

Intro: Am9  Em7

Am9                     Em7
Now you wanna know the reason
Am9              Em7
Why I cheated on you
Am9                Em7
Well I had to be a hunter again
Am9                     A
This little man had to try
                  Em7      D6
To make love feel new again
Em7
'Cause there's just a few things honey
D6
I'm not old enough to do for you
               Em7
And there are things, mama
D6                               Em7
You just never care to show me
         Bb        Em7        Bb            Em7
So this flim flam lover boy found him a flamingo
Bb       Em7       Bb               Em7
And his flamingo showed him how to tango
Bb             Em7           Bb                   Em7
And when they tangoed it'd send their hearts a flutter
Bb                   Em7
Tease them till they stutter
          Bb             Em7
Made them so young and tender
Bb         Em7         Bb        Em7
Sweet to surrender in so sweet surrender
Bb         Em7
In sweet surrender
Bb            Em7    Bb  Em7
Ahh sweet surrender to love

A                                                 Em7
But now you're gonna go out and get yourself a reputation
    A                                     Em7
But I'm gonna have to show you where to start
A                                             Em7
And then you're gonna bring back your little reputation
     A         Am7               Em7          D6 Em7  D6
And prove to me what I could not prove to you
Em7
'Cause I was just too young and hot
D6       Em7
I was just too cold honey
         D6
Just too hot to care
            Em7      Am7          A         Em7
Ah just too hot to surrender, surrender to love
          Am7      A         Em7
Sweet surrender surrender to love
                     Am7  A            Em7
If we could just surrender love would heal the mess we made
                           Em7
So give it up mama
It ain't gonna be no good to keep going round and round
Em7              D6
You hurt me then I hurt you again
Em7                    D6
All there's left to do is give it up
Em7      D6
Give it up and surrender
Em7                 D6
Sweet surrender Sweet surrender your love
To love... to love...

Sweet Surrender

&quot;I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain&quot; represented a confessional lyric to Buckley's estranged wife Mary Guibert and child Jeff Buckley.

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

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

(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 

[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

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

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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