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album's tabs/chords. REMEMBER ALL CREDIT IS GIVEN
1. Talk On Indolence (Tuning: EADGBE)
2. Pretty Girl From Feltre (Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2)
3. Colorshow (Tuning: EADGBE)
4. Distraction #74 (Tuning: EADGBE)
5. Sixteen In July (Tuning: EADGBE)
6. Left On Laura, Left On Lisa (Tuning: EADGBE)
7. A Lover Like You (Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2)
8. Pretend Love (Tuning: EADGBE)
9. Matrimony (Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2)
10.The Lowering: A Sad Day In Greenville Town (Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 7)
11.The Fall (Tuning: EADGBE)
12.Dancing Daze (Tuning: EADGBE)
13.Famous Flower of Manhattan (Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2)
14.40 East (Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2)
15.Gimmeakiss (Tuning: EADGBE)
16.Denouncing November Blue (Uneasy Writer) (Tuning: EADGBE)
17.Four Thieves Gone (Tuning: EADGBE)
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Tuning: EADGBE
Intro: G(x3) C   D  
(No Chord)
Well I've been lockin' myself up in my house for sometime now
Readin' and writin' and readin' and thinkin'
and searching for reasons and missing the seasons.
The Autumn, the Spring, the Summer, the snow.
The record will stop and the record will go.
Latches latched the windows down,
the dog coming in and the dog going out.
Up with caffeine and down with a shot.
Constantly worried about what I've got.
Distracting my work but I can't make a stop
and my confidence on and my confidence off.
And I sink to the bottom and rise to the top
and I think to myself that I do this a lot.
World outside just goes it goes it goes it goes it goes it goes...
and witness it all from the blinds of my window.
THREE, FOUR
Chorus:
IG'm a little nervous 'Cbout what yDou'll think
When you see me in my swimming trunks
And last night in New York I got raging drunk
Remember one time I got raging drunk with you
Now, I can recall a time when we made the city
Streets our playground, kissing in the fountains
Filled with cigarettes and bottles
Sped through Italian city streets of cobblestone
Because we had to
Because I loved you
Because the damned alcohol
Beacuse what ever at all
(No Chord)
Now I've grown to aware of my mortality
To let go and forget about dying
Long enough to drop the hammer down
And let the indolence go wild and flying through
Because we had to
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Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2
GSusCannGa, CItaliaGna, wChat do you Gwant to Ddo?
GI Cthought GI had Cfigured it Gout but Cthat was Gbefore Dyou
EmWalking a Cmile into Gtown
EmHoping to Dsee you Garound
EmHoping your Cman is Dnowhere to be Gfound
EmAnd hoping we'lCl go to your Groom
And hoping we'll go to your room
GQuiCetlGy Cact like you Glove me Cuntil I leave GFeltrDe
GAnd wChen you Glearn Cof my Greturn
CWatch what the Gtownspeople Dsay
EmRiding in Cyour cargo Gvan
EmDriving your Dmom's cargo Gvan
If Emyou only Cknew how Dcharming it Gwas
The Emlure of your Cfolks cargo Gvan
The lure of your folks cargo van
GGo Ctell GMax
Be Cclear with the Gfacts
CLeave me a Gletter to Dthere
GI Cstill Ghave the Cone from Gbefore
From Cwhen I turned Gtwenty Dfour
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Tuning: EADGBE
Intro
Am- F- Am- F  
Verse1
AmBe Loud, LFet your colors show, Amtry to keep the madness Flow
Amif they hear, aFnd its wrong aAmnd they come with torches Fon
yeah come onAm  
Verse 2
AmBe Loud, LFet your colors show, Amtry to keep the madness Flow
AmI tell theFm no, with my hands, Ammake them understand the Fplan of it
Bright and gonAme
Chorus
And I'm donCe foAmrever, it's Fyou and me foreveGr (x3)
You can just repeat the chord progression for the following lyrics. It shouldn't be that hard
Verse 3
Be loud let the others know, first a whisper then it grows
I tell them Go with my hands, make them understand the last of it
yeah come on, pain and all
Verse 4
Leave out, pack your things and go, leave the baby makers home
theres a time (now), and a place (now), someone built to take the race
when it calls you go, head down, don't you make a sound
keep your plans to yourself, they'll come true, they follow you,
they;re what you're obligated to , don't listen to nobody else
And I'm done forever, it's you and me forever (x7)
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Tuning: EADGBE
e------------------------------------------|
B----------4-5-4---------------------------|
G---4-4h6---------6-4-6-4-----4-6-4--------|
D--------------------------6---------6-4/2-|
A------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|
e------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------|
G-----------------4-6-4--------------------|
D--2--4--4h6--6----------6--2-4-6-2-4-1-2--|
A------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|
[Strum E chord, and hit 12th fret harmonics]
I was in Elove with your Abeauty
From the Eday you walked my Away.
Oh, how I Ewish that was Aenough to
Have Emade me B7want to Estay.
[Strum E chord]
And GI Cknew it, I Gnever should have Cturned the wheel.
And GI Cknew it, the Gvoices calling Cme weren't real.
GI Cknew it, Glisten to the Csong they sing.
GI Cknew I was Gwrong, and GI Cknew I was Gwrong.
[Repeat Intro, strum E chord, and slide down from 12th Fret on low E]
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Tuning: EADGBE
DWhat was it like for Gyou
DI can tell you in truth what it was Glike for me
DTo be sixteen in July, F#msixteen in July
GLicense in my hand
AFreedom on my mind
DI was sixteen in July, sF#mixteen in July
GWith summer to my left
AAnd no one to my right
What did you want to hear on your radio
Even if it did not come in clear
You'd still be sixteen in July, sixteen in July
With license in your hand
and freedom on your mind
If youre sixteen in July, sixteen in July
With summer to your left
And no one to your right
For me it was shortcut road
The girl was new and the car was old
Were you in love like me?
Or at least as in love as you can be?
When youre sixteen in July, sixteen in July
With license in your hand
and freedom on your mind
I was sixteen in July, sixteen in July
With summer to my left, and no one to my right
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Tuning: EADGBE
GNobody knows it but CI am so sad
GNobody knows it but BmI am so sad
CAnd that is the Dsaddest of Gall my girl
C   D  G$
That is the saddest of all
GWe climbed the ladder Cto the top of my house
GNever letting Bmgo of your hand
CThe sky trades Dthe moon for the Gsun my girl
C   D  G$
The sky trades the moon for the sun
GAnd I gave to you my Cugly brown coat
GYou made it pretty Bmwhen you put it on
CWarmth in the Dearly morning Gchill my girl
C   D  G$
Warmth in the early April
GThen you said you’d Ctrade the love of a man
GTears fell soft from Bmyour face to my hands
CSaid you’d Dtrade your heart for Gmine my girl
C   D  G$
I traded my heart for those days
GAnd you made it clear Cit was strictly a deal
GOf springtime love and Bmthat’s how I should feel
CSo I set the Dclock back an hour Gmy girl
C   D  G$
I set the time a just right
GYou see somewhere back there Cwhen I was boy
GFurious I had Bmbecome by the point
CThat men are Djust liars and Gthieves of sorts
C   D  G$
Men are just liars and thieves
GBut I still believe and CI stand by my words
GI don’t know what you have Bmseen or you’ve heard
CBut somebody’s Dlying to you Gmy girl
C   D  G$
Somebody’s lying to you
GYou really made me Cbelieve I could stay
GPart with you actions Bmin part what you said
CBut that was Djust foolish pride Gmy girl
C   D  G$
And those are only feelings inside
GSo I’m going back to Cthe place where we met
GI’m going to find the Bmbeer bottle we left
CWedged in the Dlimbs of the tree Gthat we sat in
C   D  G$
Wedged in the magnolia tree
GWell we hid for days Clike a proud pair of thieves
GToo sure we were right Bmtoo stubborn too leave
CWasted with Dthe moment we lifted Gmy girl
CStolen forevDer with youG  
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7. A Lover Like You
Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2
Do I Gneed to tell you?
I don't Emneed to be untrue
CNot when I have a lover like Gyou.
G(harmonics) x2 D  
GNow it don't take that much thought
EmNot with all the love you've got
GAnd you give it to me free
Em'STOP'
Some might take that for granted but certainly not me
No Cnot when I have a lover like Gyou
G(harmonics) x2 D  
EmI haven't eyes for Canyone else
EmI'm thinking of you and Cnobody else
EmI haven’t eyes for Canyone else but Amyou
CYooouuu....
G(harmonics) x2 D  
GShe may be all on my case
Want to Emkiss me on my face
Put my Ghands on her waist
Em'STOP'
Take me back to her place
But Cnot when I have a lover like Gyou.
EmI haven't eyes for aCnyone else
EmI'm thinking of you and Cnobody else
EmI haven't eyes for aCnyone else but Amyou
But CyooouuuG....
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Tuning: EADGBE
Verse:
A7add9 D  D7  
Don't be fooled by my words
Don't be fooled by my GsongGm  
If you choose to belive Dthem
A7A7add9
You'll plainly be wrong
I have love for my fDamilyD7  
I have love for my GfriendsGm  
That's as far as it Dgoes,
And I Gmust let you Dknow
My love for A7you was pDretend.
Chorus:
Pretend loveD7, pretend loveG,Gm  
Don't be mistakenD, I've oGnly been Dfakin'
A7Pretend DloveD7  
Instrumental Break/Solo (Repeat Chorus Chords)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------555-5h7-5-7-8t/10-8-10-11t-10h11h13p11--8h10h11p10-----|
G|--222-2/4-4/6~-666~--------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------9~--------------------------|
B|--8\7-8888h10-8-10-8h10p8-7-8-7h8p7-55/7-555/10----5/7---------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------7--2/5-4-2-----2----|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------2h4---4-0|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Don't you know I've a DgiftD7  
And I've wraped it in GtrutGmh
Your birthday's Dtomorrow,
A7A7add9
But the gift is not for you,
But if I came with a DpresentD7  
I would bring you a cGlueGm  
Hopes you'd finally sDee
That your Gfeelings for Dme
Will A7never be reDturned
Pretend loveD7, pretend lovGeGm  
Don't be mistakeDn, I've oGnly been Dfakin'
A7Pretend Dlove
Pretend loveD7, pretend lovGeGm  
DDon't be mistaken, I've Gonly been faking
A7   D(Walk D   C#   B  A) G  Gm...
Pretend love
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Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2
Intro:
Em G Am Em
EmThings didn't Cwork out Glike they should,
Em G Am Em
EmFarther from Chow you Gthought they would
Em G Am Em
CDo you Dstill Gwant my Emhand? C  
CDo you Dthink I'm Gstill your Emman? C  
CI'll change DeveryGthing I Emcan. C  
EmMatriB7mony...
Solo:
Em   G   Em   Am   Em   C   Em   D   Em   G   Em   Am   Em   C   Em   D   Em(hold last Emfor 5 bars)
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Tuning: EADGBE
GIf I had known, your hBmeart was down
that Clonely day in DGreenville town,
GThen I would have been Bmmore concerned
but Clater on I Dtruly learned
how Git can feel in Bmevery bone
to Creally see you're Dall alone
But EmI ll kCiss your Ghead,
when Emdeath Cfinds your Gbed
and you are Cgone
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Tuning: EADGBE
Intro: G   C   G   C   G   C   Dx 3 (With Harmonica Riff)
GGive me something new that I haven't felt beforeC  G  
GThe messages of love and directions to you dooDr
GBut we talk slowly, I don’t hear good anymoreC  
And we all Fall GdownD  C  
And we all Fall GdowDn C  
GDon't die on me lady, only good things cCan come G  
GTo those who practice reason and recognize good funD  
GYour absence is the bullet and the past is your gun C  
And we all fall GdownD  C  
And we all fall GdownD  C  
GShe still doesnt answer though she knows shes done wrongC  G  
GWe buried the memories along with the songsD  
GWhen she wakes up, I hope that we are goneC  
And we all fall GdownD  C  
And we all fall GdownD  C  
GThere's a visitor in black at my neighbors houseC  
GMy neighbor says tomorrow the visitor says now D  
GWhen he comes here please tell him that I'm outC  G  
And we all fall GdownD  C  
And we all fall Gdown D  C  
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Tuning: EADGBE
FI've seen the Gway you deal with Cthings
FThe troubles Gthat this life will Cbring
FIf it gets to Gyou then I can Ctell by the way you Amsing
FYou act like it just Gdoesn't mean a Cthing
I see you Fdancin all your, Gdancin all your, Cdancin all your Amdaze
FMaybe you can Gtell me how it Cis you got that Amway
FDancing all your, Gdancing all your, Cdancing all your Amdaze
FCome on, come on there's Ggot to be a Cway
Chorus
Single Strums!!
FI really Glike the way it CfeelsAm  
FI look at Gyou and it's CrealAm  
I see you Fdancin all your, Gdancin all your, Cdancin all your Amdaze
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Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2
Intro/Bridge
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-0-3----------------------------------------------|
|-------2-4-2-0-0--2-4-2-0-2-4-2-0-2-4-2-0-2-4-0---|
|-(0)----------------------------------------------|
|-(x)----------------------------------------------|
|-(3)----------------------------------------------|
play between the G note and D open note while playing intro.
|-3-----3---------3----------------------------|
|-3-----0-----3----------------3---------------|
|-0-or--0----------x2 then----------5--4-------|
|-2-----2--------------------------------------|
|-3-----3----3--3-----------3----3---3---------|
|----------------------------------------------|
play to which Cmaj7 or C9 chord you prefer
For the G and Cmaj7 during the verses, just fingerpick
between mostly E, D, G, and B string with occasionally
high E. The chords are the same for every verse.
GAnd I found a flower in a field
GA field of cars and people; rows of concrete, paint, and steel
Cmaj7Manhattan is where it grew
GAnd I thought to cut it from it's stem
GAnd take it from the cracks between bricks that it lay in
Cmaj7And save it from city strifeG  
A county girl cant be made out of anybody here
A heart beat and I want it too
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Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2
Intro/Riff: Repeat x4
e|-G-------------Bm2------C0----------------------------------|
B|--------------3------1--1-------------------------------|
G|---<12>-------4------0--0-------------------------------|
D|---<12>-------4------2--0h2p0---------------------------|
A|--------0-1-2-2--2-3-3--3----2-3-2-0--------------------|
E|--3----------------------------------3------------------|
GSleep Bmdarling rCest your mind
GI'll drive all Bmnight to get to Cyou
GPlease moan Bmsoftly if you Cmust moan at all
GI'm moving Bmthrough the Cnight toward you
AmSleep dGarling, Amsleep Gdarling
GI'm D7/F#on my way to Cyou
GI'm D7/F#on my way to Cyou
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Tuning: EADGBE
Intro:
CVerBse Am1:G  F  G  G  B  C  
C/GGimme a dance, gimme a chance, gimme your hands
Give me just a little bit of your sweet roFmance
GGive me your C/Ghands
C/GI know what they say about me
C/GHell, I started most of them rumors myself you Fsee
G   C/G*STOP*
So give 'em to me
Chorus:
GIt wont take long for me to Ftell you who I C/Gam
GYou hear my voice right now well that’s Fpretty much what I C/Gam
Verse 2:
C/GSo gimme a smile, gimme a while, gimme a mile
Give me just a little bit of your sweet deFvine
Just Ggive me a C/Gsmile
C/GI know what you said about me
I think maybe if I had a preachin' judge then I'd forgive you Fsee
G   C/G*STOP*
So give 'em to me
Chorus:
GIt wont take long for me to Ftell you who I C/Gam
GYou hear my voice right now well that’s Fpretty much what I C/Gam
Bridge:
I'm Fbailin on my Clife
Cause I'm Fwailing on my Clife
G*STOP*
So please just gimme a kiss
Well I know you're waiting for a ringF  
C/GEase up little lady, see, I'm not Gpromising C/Ganything
Verse 3:
C/GSo gimme a chance, gimme a dance, gimme your hands
Give me just a little bit of your sweet roFmance
Just Ggive me your C/Ghands
Hell, I started most of them rumors myself you Fsee
So Ggive 'em to C/Gme
Chorus:
GIt wont take long for me to Ftell you who I C/Gam
GYou hear my voice right now well that’s Fpretty much what I C/Gam
Bridge:
I'm Fbailin on my Clife
Cause I'm Fwailing on my Clife
G*STOP*
So please just gimme a kiss
Outro:
C---B---Am----G---F---G----B---C------------------------------------------------------
Tuning: EADGBE
Intro:
Ge|-C-3-D0--G----------------------------|
B|------3-0--------------------------|
G|----------2-0----------------------|
D|--------------2-0------------------|
A|------------------3-2-0------------|
E|------------------------3----------|
GNovember came and went,
Like a Csummer that I spent,
With a nDo name girl that walked in jelly Gshoes.
GI returned to my home,
With a Cheart part made of stone,
And I Dcried all night for a girl I never Gknew.
GFrom the east it comes,
Her love aCnd the rising sun,
And I Dpray each time they come, it's not the Glast.
GYou see I've got strong,
I made iCt through what came along,
But I Dcan't move on for the beauty of the Gpast.
While writing a book called "Being A Free Man".
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Tuning: EADGBE
Tuning: Standard
e|-------3-2---|---------------|-------3-2---|---------------|-3-2-0---------|
B|-3-1-0-----3-|-3-1-0-------3-|-3-1-0-----3-|-3-1-0-------3-|-------3-1-0---|
G|-------------|-------0-2-2---|-------------|-------0-2-2---|-------------2-|
D|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
A|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
Intro Four thieves gone; one woke up Said we cant use the songs
we wrote Swear Ive heard that very line
e|---------------|-----------------------3-|-3-----2------------------|
B|-----3---0---3-|-3-----1-----0-----------|-------------3----------3-|
G|-2-2---0---0---|-------------------------|--------------------------|
D|---------------|----0-----0-----0----0---|----0-----0-----0----0----|
A|---------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
E|---------------|-3-----3-----3----3------|-3-----3-----3-----3------|
I cant claim this music mine Three thieves left, one got smart
e|------------------|--------------|-------------|---------------------3-|
B|-3--------3-------|-1-------1----|-3-------3---|-3----1-----0----------|
G|------------------|-------2----2-|---2---2---2-|-----------------------|
D|---0----0---0---0-|---2----------|-0---0-------|----0----0-----0---0---|
A|------------------|-0---0--------|-------------|-----------------------|
E|-3----3---3---3---|--------------|-------------|-3----3-----3----3-----|
I saw him leaving in his car From the road
e|-3----2---------------|-----------|-------------|--------------------------|
B|-----------3--------3-|-3-------3-|-0---------0-|-1------------3----3------|
G|----------------------|-----------|-------------|----------------2---------|
D|----0----0---0---0----|---0---0---|---2----2----|---2----------0----0------|
A|----------------------|-----------|-------------|-0---0-2-3-4--------------|
E|-3----3----3---3------|-3---3-----|-0---0-------|----------------------0-2-|
I heard him scream It lacks originality
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