Around The Sun
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Chords:
E Em F Fm F# Fm# G Gm G# Gm#
e--0---0---1---1---2---2---3---3---4---4--|
B--0---0---1---1---2---2---3---3---4---4--|
G--1---0---2---1---3---2---0---3---5---4--|
D--2---2---3---3---4---4---0---5---6---6--|
A--2---2---3---3---4---4---2---5---6---6--|
E--0---0---1---1---2---2---3---3---4---4--|
e--A0---Am0---A#1---Am#1---H2---Hm2---C0---Cm3---C#4---Cm#4---D2---Dm1---D#6---Dm#6--|
B--2---1---3---2---4---3---1---4---6---5---3---3---8---7--|
G--2---2---3---3---4---4---0---5---6---6---2---2---8---8--|
D--2---2---3---3---4---4---2---5---6---6---0---0---8---8--|
A--0---0---1---1---2---2---3---3---4---4---0---0---6---6--|
E--0---0---1---1---2---2---0---3---4---4---0---0---6---6--|
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Leaving New York
Intro:
e---3-------3-------6-------6----------|
B-----5---5---5---5---8---8---8---8----|
G-------4-------4-------8-------8------|
D--------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------|
It's qEmuiet now, and whD#at it brings is Ceverything...A# Am
Em D# C A# Am/|
Comes calling back a brilliant night, I'm still awake / |
Em D# C A# Am|
I looked ahead I'm sure I saw you there __|
You dEmon't need me to tD#ell you now, that nCothing can compA#areAm
GYou might have laughed if I tDold you
YCou might have hidden the frAmown
G D__
You might have succeeded in changing me | |
C Am/
I might have been turned around /
G D|__|
It's easier to leave than to be left behind
LCeaving was never my prAmoud
LGeaving New York never eDasy
CI saw the life fading oAmut
Em D#| R |
You find it in your heart, change... | O |
D#-----Em---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intro: F
You're Con your ear, the Focean's near
The lCight has started to fFade
Your hCigh is timed, you fFound the climb
C F C/|
It's hard to focus on more than what's in front of you / |
F|
Electron Blue __|
AdvCenture rings with a pFage and
When it dCawns on you,
It sFinges blue
Your bCuzz beginning to wFane.
AdvDmenture has laid its clCaim on you
Am G__
It's all you want to do. | |
Dm/
You /
C|__|
You know where to run
AmYou run ElGectron Blue.
C F
FEnd on F
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Intro: Em D Em
Em D Em/|
You took me to the restaurant where we first met / |
Em D Em|
You knocked a future shock crowbar upside my head __|
EmI got caught with the stDop of the tGick-tock, tAmick-tock clEmock
D Em__
When you told me what you knew | |
Em D/
Lost in the moment /
G Am Em|__|
The day that the music stopped
And I do remDember yEmou
CDrawing patterns with a cork on the tDablecloth __
G D Em| |
Promising volcanic change of plot __|
C D|
Where will this lead us - I'm scared of the storm |__|
The oEmutsiders are gDathering, a nEmew day is born
The oEmutsiders are gDathering, a nEmew day is born
The oEmutsiders are gDathering Em
Chords for this part: Em D G Am
A man walks away when every muscle says to stay
End on G
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Intro: F
You thrFew away the bAmallast and you rDmowed your boat ashCore
Gm C/|
Didn't you, now? Didn't you? / |
F Am Dm C|
You made your ultimatum too big to ignore __|
Didn't yGmou, now? Didn't yCou?
So you wAmorked out your excuses,
turned awDay and shut the door.
Am__
The world's too vast for us now, | |
D/
and you wanted to explore /
Em C|__|
It's a long, long long road
And I dEmon't know which way to gCo
If you Emoffered me your hand again I'd hDmave to walk awCay.A#
JAmesus loves me fDine.
But his wAmords fall flat this tDime.
It's a lEmong, long long rCoad
And I dEmon't know which way to gCo
If you Emoffered me your world, did you thCink I'd really stay?
If you Emoffered me the heavens, I would hCave to turn away.
Was it mEmy imagination, or dDmid I hear you sCay,
"We don't hA#ave a prayer between us."
Didn't yA#ou, now? Didn't yA#ou, now?
Didn't yoFu?
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and every time you see "Dm" further in this song:
e------1-------------1----------| h - hammer on
B------3---3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3--|
G--2-------2-2-2-0h2-----2-0-2--|
D--0-------0-0-0-0-------0-0-0--|
A-(0)---------------------------|
E-------------------------------|
As I rDmaise my head to broadcCast my objDmection
Dm C Dm/|
As your latest triumph draws the final straw / |
Dm C Dm|
Who died and lifted you up to perfection? __|
And what sDmilenced me is wrCitten into lDmaw.
I cCan't believe where circumstance has thrDmown me __
C Dm| |
And I turn my head away /
C Dm/
If I look I'm not sure that I could face you. |__|
Not agAmain. Not todCay. Not todDmay.
Now I dFon't believe and I never did
That tDmwo wrongs make a right.
If the wForld were filled with the likes of you
Then I'm pDmutting up a fight. Putting up a fFight.
Putting up a fDmight. Make it rAmight. Make it rCight. Dm
Tell me whAmy.
Look me in the Ceye.
Tell me whDmy.
AmEnd CoDmn Dm
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Intro: E Fm#
YEou know where I cFm#ome from
YEou know what I fFm#eel
YEou're Yul Brenner WFm#estworld
E Fm#/|
Reporting from the field. / |
E Fm#|
I threw it into reverse, __|
Made a mEotion to repFm#eal.
You kEicked my legs from Fm#under me,
And trEied to take the whFm#eel.
A H A__
I told you I wanted to be wrong, | |
H A/
But everyone is humming a song /
H E Fm#|__|
That I don't understand.
H Cm# Dm# Cm#
H Cm# Dm# Cm#
H Cm# Dm# Cm#
AA Grumble in the third act, tie 'em up and burn 'em down. / |
H Cm# Dm# Cm#
H Cm# Dm# Cm#
H Cm# Dm# Cm#
AEnGd on E
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Intro: G D A
G D A
G D A
H
CLooks like I pulled a fFast one
CLooks like I went to tEown
CLooks like the world revFolves around me
C E/|
Looks like it's falling down. / |
C F|
I thought I'd kicked the traces __|
CI thought the wheels would spEin
CI thought I'd jumped the fFence and bolted
CLooks like I'm back agEain
GI got my sDignals crAossed. __
G D A| |
It's overwhelming because /
G D A/
I'm all alone and I can't get back |__|
Get bHack with my wanderlust.
F#I'm searching for a grHmeatness
F#I smear it on my fHmace
F#I want to bathe in grHmape must
swDim the lGength of the milky wEay
EI want it to be brilliant
EI want it to be sweet
EI want to kiss the astronauts
Ewhen they salute to me me me me
GI got my sDignals crAossed.
GIt's overwhDelming becAause
GI'm all alDone and I cAan't get back
Get bHack with my wander
BHack with my wander
BHack with my wanderlust.
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Intro: Em
LEmook at this, it's me, wCm#alking away.
LDook at you drowning, Con display. /|
Em Cm#/ |
Every time I've dropped by, I've tried to say |
D__|
The water is rising.
You dCon't want to stAmay.
It's that sEminking feeling. you knHmow what it's bringing Don.
C__
You might as well say it, | |
Em/
I see it, I feel it. /
Hm D|__|
This town is going wrong.
It's tCurning awAmay.
You wGanted me to bFe someone that CI could never be __
G F C| |
My new friends are offering things I've never dreamed __|
G|
It's beautiful |__|
I'd lFike for them to tCake me A#on ... Am
A rousing cheer for the boy in the well.
D C
D C
D C
A#A gAmreyhound pass for the boy in the well.
G F C
G F C
G F C
A#End Amon Em
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Now the rFadio stutters. snAmaps to life.
Some sDmour sCong that sA#ets it right.
And when LFondon fA#alls
F A#/|
He'd like to call / |
F|
But the stars collide. __|
AmThey're bDmeautifCul and mA#uch maligned.
In a FunivA#erse where you sFee the wA#orst,
And it's Cup to you to fix it.
CNow you've wA#orked it Fout
And you sCee it all __
A# F| |
And you've worked it out /
C/
And you see it all |__|
And you wA#ant to shFout
How you sCee it all A# Am F D
Gm A#
Gm A#
AmEnd Fon F
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Intro: Am
AmWhen I look into your Cm#eyes.
Cm# G/|
Your drop like an anchor eyes. / |
G F|
I scudded and clipped the sky __|
Just shy of mEaking it.
AmAnd you almost got awCm#ay. __
Cm# G| |
I told you I was afraid. /
G F/
Did I really want to try |__|
You're hEolding me to my clGaim
GI jump on a high speed trHmain __
Hm D| |
I'll never look back again __|
D F|
I flail like the antelope |__|
Who jEumped from the building Am
GI jump on a high speed trHmain
Hm D/|
I'll never look back again / |
D F/__|
I flail like the antelope |
Who jEumped from the building G
Am G
Am G
Am G
F E
GAnd that's what I always knHmew
I'd lHmike to have hung the mDoon.
I'd wrDestle you for a spFoon inside your slEeeping bag.
Just Fus.
No war. no hEate. no past.
It's rFeal.
I'm here. I'm yEours. I'm fast.
I'm lFong in the eye
I'm crEy when I try
I jAmust want to fly
Just yAmou and I, together
End on Am
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Worst Joke Ever
Intro:
e---1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1---| h-hammer on
B---1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1---| r-release
G---0-h2-r0-h2-r0-h2-r0-h2-r0-h2-r0-h2-r0-h2-r0---|
D-------------------------------------------------| do -1-----1
A-------------------------------------------------| -1-----1
E-------------------------------------------------| downside up
You sAmee there's this cat burglar who can't sEmee in the dark.
He lAmays his bets on 8 more lives, wEmalks into a bar.
SlAmips on the 8 ball, fEmalls on his knife, says:
F Em/|
'I don't know what I've done, but it doesn't feel right!' / |
Am Em|
Some things don't hold up over the course of a lifetime, __|
AmOooohhhh...Em
AmWhen's the first time you heard that one, Em1954?
GFet to the punch line. fEmall to the floor.
GGive me a minute and I'll tDmell you the setup for __
Cm A# F| |
The worst joke ever, I never /
G Dm/
I'll tell you my version of the greatest life story |__|
CmDon't bore me A# F
Now I am floating,
I feel released.
The moorings have been dropped,
The weights unleashed. /|
Everything is crystalline, simple and free. / |
Oooohhhh... |
The crime of good men who can't wrestle with change, __|
Or are too afraid to face this life's misjudged unknowns
You're not hurting anybody else's chances,
But you're disfiguring your own.
__
Give me a minute and I'll tell you the setup for | |
The worst joke ever, I never /
I'll tell you my version of the greatest life story /
Don't bore me, I NEVER |__|
__
Give me a minute and I'll tell you the setup | |
Oooohhhh... /
You see there's this feeling that I've heard this one before /
|__|
G
G
End on Em
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The Ascent of Man
ASo hesitation pHulled me back
I'm stronger when I dAon't attract
In your eyes I'm a lHamb without a rack /|
A/ |
And I am getting confused |
H A__|
I'm a cactus trying to be a canoe
As you pan for ore
In the desert, flHoored
I say to you
__
H F# Gm#| |
That I could never imagine a place so beautiful /
A H/
I could never steal your gold away. |__|
Yeah yeEah yeah yeah yHeah yCm#eah...
Yeah yeEah yeah yeah yHeah yCm#eah...
(I try to walk like a big wham bam, I came across like a
Yeah yeEah yeah yeah yHeah Cm#yeah...
battering ram, I try to float like a telegram sam. I'm trying to divine you)
F# F# E E
__
My book is called 'The Ascent Of Man' | |
I marked your chapter with a catamaran /
The accent's off /
But I am what I am |__|
Yeah yeEah yeah yeah yHeah yCm#eah...
Yeah yeEah yeah yeah yHeah yCm#eah...
(I try to walk like a big wham bam, I came across like a
Yeah yeEah yeah yeah yHeah Cm#yeah...
battering ram, I try to float like a telegram sam. I'm trying to divine you)
F# F#
Hm A A D G F# E
__
I looked for you, it's my last grandstand | |
A motorscootered goat legged pan /
Figure eighting in quicksand ... /
|__|
Yeah yeEah yeah yeah yHeah yCm#eah...
Yeah yeEah yeah yeah yHeah yCm#eah...
(I try to walk like a big wham bam, I came across like a
Yeah yeEah yeah yeah yHeah Cm#yeah...
battering ram, I try to float like a telegram sam. I'm trying to divine you)
Yeah yeEah yeah yeah yHeah yCm#eah...
(I try to walk like a big wham bam, I came across like a
Yeah yeEah yeah yeah yHeah Cm#yeah...
battering ram, I try to float like a telegram sam. I'm trying to divine you)
E H
So hesitation pulled me back /|
I'm so in love I don't attract / |
And with my hands tied I won't crack |
__|
End on H
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Around The Sun
EI want the sGun to shine on mDe Fm#
E G D A/|
I want the truth to set me free / |
E G D Fm#|
I wish the followers would lead __|
with a vEoice so strong it could knGock me to my knDeesA
HGold on world 'cause yHmou don't know what's cDoming E__
G Hm D E| |
Hold on world 'cause I'm not jumping off /
G Hm D E/
Hold onto this boy a little longer |__|
TCake another trGip around the sDun
If I jumped into the ocean to believe
If I climbed a mountain would I have to reach? /|
Do I even dare to speak?--to dream?--believe? / |
Give me a voice so strong |
I can question what I have seen __|
__
Hold on world 'cause you don't know what's coming | |
Hold on world 'cause I'm not jumping off /
Hold onto this boy a little longer /
Take another trip around the sun |__|
DAround the sun
DAround the sun
DAround the sun
DAround the sun
Dm
DLet my drFeams set me frCee.G
BelDieveF. belCieveG.
NEmow now now now now now
NGow now now now now now
NEmow now now now now now
NGow now now now now now
NEmow now now now now now
NGow now now now now now
NFow now now now now now
NCow now now now now now
NFow now now now now now
NCow now now now now now
NFow now now now now nCow
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Around The Sun
by R.E.M.
Chords in this song · guitar
E
Em
F
Fm
F#
Fm#
G
Gm
G#
Gm#
A
Am
A#
Am#
C
Cm
C#
Cm#
D
Dm
D#
Dm#
Chords:
E Em F Fm F# Fm# G Gm G# Gm#
e--0---0---1---1---2---2---3---3---4---4--|
B--0---0---1---1---2---2---3---3---4---4--|
G--1---0---2---1---3---2---0---3---5---4--|
D--2---2---3---3---4---4---0---5---6---6--|
A--2---2---3---3---4---4---2---5---6---6--|
E--0---0---1---1---2---2---3---3---4---4--|
A Am A# Am# H Hm C Cm C# Cm# D Dm D# Dm#
e--0---0---1---1---2---2---0---3---4---4---2---1---6---6--|
B--2---1---3---2---4---3---1---4---6---5---3---3---8---7--|
G--2---2---3---3---4---4---0---5---6---6---2---2---8---8--|
D--2---2---3---3---4---4---2---5---6---6---0---0---8---8--|
A--0---0---1---1---2---2---3---3---4---4---0---0---6---6--|
E--0---0---1---1---2---2---0---3---4---4---0---0---6---6--|
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Leaving New York
Intro:
e---3-------3-------6-------6----------|
B-----5---5---5---5---8---8---8---8----|
G-------4-------4-------8-------8------|
D--------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------|
Em D# C A# Am
It's quiet now, and what it brings is everything...
Em D# C A# Am
/|
Comes calling back a brilliant night, I'm still awake / |
Em D# C A# Am
|
I looked ahead I'm sure I saw you there __|
Em D# C A# Am
You don't need me to tell you now, that nothing can compare
G D
You might have laughed if I told you
C Am
You might have hidden the frown
G D
__
You might have succeeded in changing me | |
C Am
/
I might have been turned around /
G D
|__|
It's easier to leave than to be left behind
C Am
Leaving was never my proud
G D
Leaving New York never easy
C Am
I saw the life fading out
Em D#
| R |
You find it in your heart, change... | O |
D# Em
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F
Intro:
C F
You're on your ear, the ocean's near
C F
The light has started to fade
C F
Your high is timed, you found the climb
C F C
/|
It's hard to focus on more than what's in front of you / |
F
|
Electron Blue __|
C F
Adventure rings with a page and
C
When it dawns on you,
F
It singes blue
C F
Your buzz beginning to wane.
Dm C
Adventure has laid its claim on you
Am G
__
It's all you want to do. | |
Dm
/
You /
C
|__|
You know where to run
Am G
You run Electron Blue.
C F
F
End on F
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Em D Em
Intro:
Em D Em
/|
You took me to the restaurant where we first met / |
Em D Em
|
You knocked a future shock crowbar upside my head __|
Em D G Am Em
I got caught with the stop of the tick-tock, tick-tock clock
D Em
__
When you told me what you knew | |
Em D
/
Lost in the moment /
G Am Em
|__|
The day that the music stopped
D Em
And I do remember you
C D
Drawing patterns with a cork on the tablecloth __
G D Em
| |
Promising volcanic change of plot __|
C D
|
Where will this lead us - I'm scared of the storm |__|
Em D Em
The outsiders are gathering, a new day is born
Em D Em
The outsiders are gathering, a new day is born
Em D Em
The outsiders are gathering
Em D G Am
Chords for this part:
A man walks away when every muscle says to stay
End on G
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F
Intro:
F Am Dm C
You threw away the ballast and you rowed your boat ashore
Gm C
/|
Didn't you, now? Didn't you? / |
F Am Dm C
|
You made your ultimatum too big to ignore __|
Gm C
Didn't you, now? Didn't you?
Am
So you worked out your excuses,
D
turned away and shut the door.
Am
__
The world's too vast for us now, | |
D
/
and you wanted to explore /
Em C
|__|
It's a long, long long road
Em C
And I don't know which way to go
Em Dm C A#
If you offered me your hand again I'd have to walk away.
Am D
Jesus loves me fine.
Am D
But his words fall flat this time.
Em C
It's a long, long long road
Em C
And I don't know which way to go
Em C
If you offered me your world, did you think I'd really stay?
Em C
If you offered me the heavens, I would have to turn away.
Em Dm C
Was it my imagination, or did I hear you say,
A#
"We don't have a prayer between us."
A# A#
Didn't you, now? Didn't you, now?
F
Didn't you?
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and every time you see "Dm" further in this song:
e------1-------------1----------| h - hammer on
B------3---3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3--|
G--2-------2-2-2-0h2-----2-0-2--|
D--0-------0-0-0-0-------0-0-0--|
A-(0)---------------------------|
E-------------------------------|
Dm C Dm
As I raise my head to broadcast my objection
Dm C Dm
/|
As your latest triumph draws the final straw / |
Dm C Dm
|
Who died and lifted you up to perfection? __|
Dm C Dm
And what silenced me is written into law.
C Dm
I can't believe where circumstance has thrown me __
C Dm
| |
And I turn my head away /
C Dm
/
If I look I'm not sure that I could face you. |__|
Am C Dm
Not again. Not today. Not today.
F
Now I don't believe and I never did
Dm
That two wrongs make a right.
F
If the world were filled with the likes of you
Dm F
Then I'm putting up a fight. Putting up a fight.
Dm Am C Dm
Putting up a fight. Make it right. Make it right.
Am
Tell me why.
C
Look me in the eye.
Dm
Tell me why.
Am C Dm
End on Dm
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E Fm#
Intro:
E Fm#
You know where I come from
E Fm#
You know what I feel
E Fm#
You're Yul Brenner Westworld
E Fm#
/|
Reporting from the field. / |
E Fm#
|
I threw it into reverse, __|
E Fm#
Made a motion to repeal.
E Fm#
You kicked my legs from under me,
E Fm#
And tried to take the wheel.
A H A
__
I told you I wanted to be wrong, | |
H A
/
But everyone is humming a song /
H E Fm#
|__|
That I don't understand.
H Cm# Dm# Cm#
H Cm# Dm# Cm#
H Cm# Dm# Cm#
A G
A rumble in the third act, tie 'em up and burn 'em down. / |
H Cm# Dm# Cm#
H Cm# Dm# Cm#
H Cm# Dm# Cm#
A G
End on E
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G D A
Intro:
G D A
G D A
H
C F
Looks like I pulled a fast one
C E
Looks like I went to town
C F
Looks like the world revolves around me
C E
/|
Looks like it's falling down. / |
C F
|
I thought I'd kicked the traces __|
C E
I thought the wheels would spin
C F
I thought I'd jumped the fence and bolted
C E
Looks like I'm back again
G D A
I got my signals crossed. __
G D A
| |
It's overwhelming because /
G D A
/
I'm all alone and I can't get back |__|
H
Get back with my wanderlust.
F# Hm
I'm searching for a greatness
F# Hm
I smear it on my face
F# Hm
I want to bathe in grape must
D G E
swim the length of the milky way
E
I want it to be brilliant
E
I want it to be sweet
E
I want to kiss the astronauts
E
when they salute to me me me me
G D A
I got my signals crossed.
G D A
It's overwhelming because
G D A
I'm all alone and I can't get back
H
Get back with my wander
H
Back with my wander
H
Back with my wanderlust.
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Em
Intro:
Em Cm#
Look at this, it's me, walking away.
D C
Look at you drowning, on display. /|
Em Cm#
/ |
Every time I've dropped by, I've tried to say |
D
__|
The water is rising.
C Am
You don't want to stay.
Em Hm D
It's that sinking feeling. you know what it's bringing on.
C
__
You might as well say it, | |
Em
/
I see it, I feel it. /
Hm D
|__|
This town is going wrong.
C Am
It's turning away.
G F C
You wanted me to be someone that I could never be __
G F C
| |
My new friends are offering things I've never dreamed __|
G
|
It's beautiful |__|
F C A# Am
I'd like for them to take me on ...
A rousing cheer for the boy in the well.
D C
D C
D C
A# Am
A greyhound pass for the boy in the well.
G F C
G F C
G F C
A# Am
End on Em
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F Am
Now the radio stutters. snaps to life.
Dm C A#
Some sour song that sets it right.
F A#
And when London falls
F A#
/|
He'd like to call / |
F
|
But the stars collide. __|
Am Dm C A#
They're beautiful and much maligned.
F A# F A#
In a universe where you see the worst,
C
And it's up to you to fix it.
C A# F
Now you've worked it out
C
And you see it all __
A# F
| |
And you've worked it out /
C
/
And you see it all |__|
A# F
And you want to shout
C A# Am F D
How you see it all
Gm A#
Gm A#
Am F
End on F
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Am
Intro:
Am Cm#
When I look into your eyes.
Cm# G
/|
Your drop like an anchor eyes. / |
G F
|
I scudded and clipped the sky __|
E
Just shy of making it.
Am Cm#
And you almost got away. __
Cm# G
| |
I told you I was afraid. /
G F
/
Did I really want to try |__|
E G
You're holding me to my claim
G Hm
I jump on a high speed train __
Hm D
| |
I'll never look back again __|
D F
|
I flail like the antelope |__|
E Am
Who jumped from the building
G Hm
I jump on a high speed train
Hm D
/|
I'll never look back again / |
D F
/__|
I flail like the antelope |
E G
Who jumped from the building
Am G
Am G
Am G
F E
G Hm
And that's what I always knew
Hm D
I'd like to have hung the moon.
D F E
I'd wrestle you for a spoon inside your sleeping bag.
F
Just us.
E
No war. no hate. no past.
F
It's real.
E
I'm here. I'm yours. I'm fast.
F
I'm long in the eye
E
I'm cry when I try
Am
I just want to fly
Am
Just you and I, together
End on Am
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Worst Joke Ever
Intro:
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B---1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1---| r-release
G---0-h2-r0-h2-r0-h2-r0-h2-r0-h2-r0-h2-r0-h2-r0---|
D-------------------------------------------------| do -1-----1
A-------------------------------------------------| -1-----1
E-------------------------------------------------| downside up
Am Em
You see there's this cat burglar who can't see in the dark.
Am Em
He lays his bets on 8 more lives, walks into a bar.
Am Em
Slips on the 8 ball, falls on his knife, says:
F Em
/|
'I don't know what I've done, but it doesn't feel right!' / |
Am Em
|
Some things don't hold up over the course of a lifetime, __|
Am Em
Oooohhhh...
Am Em
When's the first time you heard that one, 1954?
F Em
Get to the punch line. fall to the floor.
G Dm
Give me a minute and I'll tell you the setup for __
Cm A# F
| |
The worst joke ever, I never /
G Dm
/
I'll tell you my version of the greatest life story |__|
Cm A# F
Don't bore me
Now I am floating,
I feel released.
The moorings have been dropped,
The weights unleashed. /|
Everything is crystalline, simple and free. / |
Oooohhhh... |
The crime of good men who can't wrestle with change, __|
Or are too afraid to face this life's misjudged unknowns
You're not hurting anybody else's chances,
But you're disfiguring your own.
__
Give me a minute and I'll tell you the setup for | |
The worst joke ever, I never /
I'll tell you my version of the greatest life story /
Don't bore me, I NEVER |__|
__
Give me a minute and I'll tell you the setup | |
Oooohhhh... /
You see there's this feeling that I've heard this one before /
|__|
G
G
End on Em
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The Ascent of Man
A H
So hesitation pulled me back
A
I'm stronger when I don't attract
H
In your eyes I'm a lamb without a rack /|
A
/ |
And I am getting confused |
H A
__|
I'm a cactus trying to be a canoe
As you pan for ore
H
In the desert, floored
I say to you
__
H F# Gm#
| |
That I could never imagine a place so beautiful /
A H
/
I could never steal your gold away. |__|
E H Cm#
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah...
E H Cm#
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah...
(I try to walk like a big wham bam, I came across like a
E H Cm#
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah...
battering ram, I try to float like a telegram sam. I'm trying to divine you)
F# F# E E
__
My book is called 'The Ascent Of Man' | |
I marked your chapter with a catamaran /
The accent's off /
But I am what I am |__|
E H Cm#
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah...
E H Cm#
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah...
(I try to walk like a big wham bam, I came across like a
E H Cm#
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah...
battering ram, I try to float like a telegram sam. I'm trying to divine you)
F# F#
Hm A A D G F# E
__
I looked for you, it's my last grandstand | |
A motorscootered goat legged pan /
Figure eighting in quicksand ... /
|__|
E H Cm#
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah...
E H Cm#
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah...
(I try to walk like a big wham bam, I came across like a
E H Cm#
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah...
battering ram, I try to float like a telegram sam. I'm trying to divine you)
E H Cm#
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah...
(I try to walk like a big wham bam, I came across like a
E H Cm#
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah...
battering ram, I try to float like a telegram sam. I'm trying to divine you)
E H
So hesitation pulled me back /|
I'm so in love I don't attract / |
And with my hands tied I won't crack |
__|
End on H
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Around The Sun
E G D Fm#
I want the sun to shine on me
E G D A
/|
I want the truth to set me free / |
E G D Fm#
|
I wish the followers would lead __|
E G D A
with a voice so strong it could knock me to my knees
G Hm D E
Hold on world 'cause you don't know what's coming __
G Hm D E
| |
Hold on world 'cause I'm not jumping off /
G Hm D E
/
Hold onto this boy a little longer |__|
C G D
Take another trip around the sun
If I jumped into the ocean to believe
If I climbed a mountain would I have to reach? /|
Do I even dare to speak?--to dream?--believe? / |
Give me a voice so strong |
I can question what I have seen __|
__
Hold on world 'cause you don't know what's coming | |
Hold on world 'cause I'm not jumping off /
Hold onto this boy a little longer /
Take another trip around the sun |__|
D
Around the sun
D
Around the sun
D
Around the sun
D
Around the sun
Dm
D F C G
Let my dreams set me free.
D F C G
Believe. believe.
Em
Now now now now now now
G
Now now now now now now
Em
Now now now now now now
G
Now now now now now now
Em
Now now now now now now
G
Now now now now now now
F
Now now now now now now
C
Now now now now now now
F
Now now now now now now
C
Now now now now now now
F C
Now now now now now now
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Dmitry Yursky
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