SOFT OFFERING (FOR THE OFT SUFFERING)
the Dmlong kEbnife of the sDmun riGmsing
Fup the horizBbon and into oFur tireBbd eyes Eb
the Dmspell Ebof night is sDmtruck Gmdown
Four second sBbight is bleedFing out Bb Eb
Fanna. can i come aBbnd walk you hEbome?
Fi‘m not gonna wannBba be alone Eb
Fbeaten up when the Bbsunlight comEbes
Fbullied and cut by Bbthe clock on Ebthe wall
Bbtake the morning and the chloFrinous lGmight
Bbyou can have the afternoon. bFury the Gmevening too
Bbgive me gathering calm of the FnightGm
Dmwhen the Ebday is done and Dmthe rest is Ebcoming on
Bbunder the pitch and the pull Fof the mGmoon
Bbsweet silver medicine swim in Fmy tempGmles and
Bbbring in the shadows to cover Four flaGmws
Dmwhen the Ebpain is gone anDmd the rest iEbs coming on
you Dmbelong Ebout of that DmunifoGmrm
Fout in the sBbtreets when eFveryone Bbelse iEbs asleep
sDmee the Ebway the body DmswayGms
Fin empty air Bbwhen there's noFbody thereBb
and you don‘t Feven Bbcare Ebif there is
Fanna can i be to yBbou like that? Eb
Fcover your shame wBbith a shield Ebof black
Fcover your body wiBbth my trembliEbng hands
Fhave you dancing wBbhile i hold tEbhem back
Bbhold back the morning and her FchlorinGmous light
Bbhave at the afternoon. bury tFhe eveniGmng too
Bblet‘s have the gathering calm Fof the Gmnight
Dmwhen the Ebday is done and Dmthe rest is Ebcoming on
Bbunder the pitch and the pull Fof the mGmoon
Bbsweet silver medicine swim in Fmy tempGmles and
Bbbring in the shadows to cover Four wouGmnds
Dmwhen the Ebpain is gone anDmd the rest iEbs coming on
GOLD TEETH
F#mall this hAunger and sucF#mh uncomfortable thirsAtBm A D Bm A D
F#mson be sufAfering - F#mit's the song Aof your birth Bm A D Bm A D
F#msonny singAing now - getF#ms me thinking Ahow
Bmeverybody's dream iAs Djust everybody Bmleaving A D
and while the mama's setBmting guilt trips A D
see all the young Bmhearts leaping, A D
singing
Ai don't wanBmt to go back F#mto thaDt ( X 4 )
BREAK:
F#mbut all this huAnger is alwayF#ms followinAg usBm A D Bm A D
F#mout where we sAurvive under F#mpoisonous skies A Bm
theAy're dreaminDg, but nobody's sleepiBmng A D
just cokBmed hearts AspeedinDg, see all their gold teeth gleamBming A D
see the young Bmhealthy free men jusAt movDe into nothing Bm A D
BRIDGE:
put my body oAn Ea wagon Bm F#
and carrAy me off to tEhe ocean Bm A
let me float Aon intEo the eastern suBmn F#
oAut where tomorroEw has just begun Bm A
where i used tAo be wild, back Ein my Bmtime F#
nAow just fight Eto sleep aBmt night A
so renAder me up unto tEhe elements Bm F#
lAay me in a light tEhat i can Bmtrust A
lAay me in the light Ethat i caBmme froAm
BREAK:
Ei F#mwant to go C#mbacAk to that ( X 6 )
DREAM
Acome now through all of Dit, downtown and tenement
Athrough dark clouds. alDl circling our house, like a tourniquet
Athe front door splinterDs in, you come down the hall, unfaltering
Ayour lips licked and shDimmering, leaning in and i'm vanishing
Ai clBose my F#meyes
Aand Byou arrF#mive
Dbut oh it's just a dream, it's just a dream
Dbut it's just a dream until you see it happening
Ain the plaza after work
Di saw you rise up out of your collared shirts
Aon the horizon there was another world
Dwe left the phantom hand and we ran for her
Ai clBose my F#meyes
Aand Bwe're aF#mligned
Aand Bthat's F#ma blinding light
Dbut oh it’s just a dream,
it's just a dream,
it's just a dream,
but it's just a AdreaBmm until Dyou see it happening
Dand then it changes everything
Acouldn't we make, couldn't we make, couldn't we makBme it?
F#mjust like we wanted, just like we need it? E
Dwhy can't we, just like a dream?
Awho says we can't. who says we can't. who says we sBmhouldn't?
F#mwho says we couldn't make it just like we lEove it?
Dwhy can't we. just like a dream?
Acouldn't we make, couldn't we make, couldn't we makBme it?
F#mjust like we wanted, just like we need it? E
Dwhy can't we, just like a dream?
Awho says we can't. who says we can't. who says we sBmhouldn't?
F#mwho says we couldn't make it just like we lEove it?
Dwhy can't we. just like a dream?
Dbut oh it's just Aa Ddream
WHAT ARROWS
Bmit curves in tC#mhrough the weather
F#mit's coming from Eabove Bm
and it brouC#mght us together F#m
F#mit guided Eus to touch Bm
Dand it moves in Aa rhythm yeBmah
what C#mtender tailor Fmcame
and pushEed a thread through each oBmf us?
C#m F#m
then he left us alone
to walk our length EoblivioBmus
Dbut our feet fAall in a rBmhythm yeah
Dit's there if Ayou're Bmlistening
Di can't believAe it, i think i belBmieve in this
Di can't believAe it, i think i belBmieve in this
Di can't believAe it, i think i belBmieve in this
Bmwhat arrow? at C#mwhat angle? anF#md what angel?
Edid he wait Bmuntil we met?
in thC#mat holy moment, oh, did he F#mthrow it?
Eto pin our broken bodies herBme?
Dto see us writhAe in a rhythm Bmyeah
Dit's therAe if you're liBmstening
Di can't believAe it, i think i belBmieve in this
Di can't believAe it, i think i belBmieve in this
Di can't believAe it, i think i belBmieve in this
Awe open the door aBmnd we're in the river D
F#mbut we're noEt getting wet
Arush hour comes anBmd we go above their headDs
F#mwe don't eveEn fold our hands
Aopen the door and Bmwe're in the forest D
F#my’know we aiEn't getting scared
Abring me the cliffBm, i'm going over it D
F#mlet her just Ereel me in
PROMISE
Bye lowlives
laughing too much
never close your eyes
til the sun's coming up
Abmunderslept, oEverdreamt B
Bmy whole life
trying to speak
but silent
with so much beneath it
Abmthat thick Ewind under the surface
F#you don't know me, or Ebmmy purpose
Eor my promise, F#i got promise B
Byour hands and feet
for all of their grief
turned out to be
only your elbows and knees Abm
you go farther, Eyou're just starting to seBe
Band you see that red pen
hover in judgement
and that census
get those numbers away froAbmm us
cause honeEst, we got notF#hing
in our pockets Ebmbut thin wrists E
and promiF#se, we got prBomise
Bi'm waking up Abm
pull me from my sheets Bin the dark Abm
as if in a dream, liftBing off Abm
let me feel it shift iBn my blood Abm
let me feel like i'm rBising up Abm
out of all the ashes aBnd dust Abm
out of all the past - Bthat's doneAbm
i don't need what's long dead and Bgone, man, Abm
Bi Ebmgot AbmpromEise
Bi Ebmgot AbmpromEise…
KID GLOVES
when you Bbcome to Cm
you're kinda flGmoatingF
the air Bbis full Cm
it's like it's GmholdinFg you
isn't it BbtypicalCm?
nobody's noticiGmng F
all that Bbthey're Cmmoving in
all that they'rGme breaFthing
isn't it BbbeautifCmul?
here in the thiGmck of Fit?
to know Bbthat wheCmn you fall
you're just afrGmaid to Fswim?
here it Bbis... Cm
see the Bbarches oCmf paint
see the ocean oGmf dust F
see all Bbthe coloCmurs arranged
and hover over Gmus F
like wheBbn we werCme little kids
lifted into our Gmbeds F
didn't wBbe see it Cmthen?
before we turneGmd our Fheads?
Ebhere it is
Fit's invisible
Gmthere are no words for it
Bbi know you feel it thouAmgh Dm
Ebyou feel it lifting up, you Ffeel the weights come off
Gmand every cell of Bbblood, they AmsudDmdenly move as one
Ebwe were denied so much, all Ftheir religion
Gmall for a science Bbthat i never AmunDmderstood
Ebthey took away my trust, mayFbe i gave it up
Gmjust an adolescenBbt shrug, postAmure Dmas i drop the gloves
Ebyeah but that was years ago. Fi missed so many miracles
Gmliving with my eyBbelids shut, bAmut Dmnow i swear that they're opened up
now i swear that they're opened up!Bb Cm Gm F
NEON BEYOND
baby in Ethe basket A
i saw yoEu reaching ouAt your hand
you were Egrasping at Athe wind
i knew eExactly what yAou meant
i was siEtting on the Alast train it was dragging
me home Eto all of thaAt mess
and pullEed over the tAracks
sitting Estill felt moAre like falling back
and out Ecome the hands B A
out comeEs the rug froBm underneatAh
and everEything seems Bso real A
til you'rEe waking up Bhere at the whAeel
after C#mall yAou'vBe given up
every crumb they C#mtook Afrom Byour tongue
after C#mall yAour Bbitter luck
you'rC#me doneA. you're sayiEng 'enough Bis enoughA'
i know iEt's a hard woArld
we're giEven to cling Ato the easier path
but this Eis a wrong tAurn
feeling Ethat fear is Athe only way past
so do noEt be hemmed iAn
do not bEy dollar, nor Adoctrine, nor snow, no
don't thEink of small Athings
turn youEr eye to the Aneon beyond
afteC#mr all Ayou'Bve given up
every crumb they C#mtook Afrom Byour tongue
after C#mall yAour Bbitter luck
all yC#mour siAlently swalloEwing's donBe A
afteC#mr all Ayou'Bve given up
a C#m A B
ll your drowned and your runaway sons
now C#myou ouAght Bto be speaking up
sayinC#mg 'enoAugh is enoughE' but is 'Benough is Aenough’ enough?
C#mfind the sapling
Abmsand it smooth
C#msharpen the stone edge
AbmFeather the grooves
Amake it sure, make it Etrue. before you let iBt loAose
C#mfeel the moment
Abmsee the moves
C#mcalm and focused
Abmas you notch the wood
Ayou put everything inE. then you let go of it B A
Aall that you did, jusEt let go of it B A
Ayeah that's how it isE, you let go of it B A
Awe were looking bacEk B A
Awe were looking dowEn B A
Abut we're looking uEp B A
Awe're looking out nEow! B A
Alook at us! looking Eup!B A
KINTSUKUROI
CAPO 1
A, D, E, D
Abring that summer oDn your shoulders
C#mbring that summer wheDn i first saw you
Aand that first kiss coming, Dlets just freeze the frame
C#myour blue eyes closing Das mine were opening
Don intAo the goBmld river
Doh but Ai was alonBme come winter
Doh Astand in froDnt of me
open your eyEes like you know mDe
oh Alike you can seDe inside of me
lay your Ehealer's hands upon mDe
and bring that summer Asun
D, E, D,
Asee us stood akimbDo, ever cavalier and colC#md
raised on pixDels - in they come, in thAey come, in they pour like poison
Dall their lies and fantaC#msy
but i want your faults aDley, i want the real thing!
Don iAnto the gold Bmriver
Doh wAhere the rocBmks'll wreck you
Doh bAut then the rEocks'll save youD
the haBmnds will help you Dup
Boh stand in fronEt of me
open your eyF#es like you know meE
Boh see insiEde of me
lay the hF#eels of your hands upon meE
and let your fingers Bfall
bless the Ebroken bowl
make it wholF#e, make it better than it was befEore
make it better than it was Bbefore!
oh stand in Efront of me
painted golF#d, coming on homeE
and bring that summer Csun
CATHEDRAL BELLS
and that's when the shadow came G
and darkened your china face Am
the dancers still shook and swayGed
but i couldn't look away Am
they were all in their chemicals G
a hundred cars up an icy hill Am
and we were stood under them G
grim and quietly grimacing Am
and you spoke with that voice i love Bm
and love awoke in my boiling blood Am
where death sat a sec before Bm
the road is lit and i'm gAmoing home
there'll be no caving Bmin
no suicide note, no pills anAmd gin
i'll hear your voBmice again
and it stirs me like a Cpealing bell
echoed by everythinBmg, everywhere
by every fraught fibrCe, and every cell
hear em telling you:
you're not the oGnly one
you're noCmt the only one
you're not tGhe only one
you're not Cmthe only one
feeling this sAmtuff
you're one of us G Am
and that's when the shadGow lifts
and the camera revAmeals her lips
and all the lavGa under your skin
you gotta alwAmays remember it
and try not to Bmtalk at all
and say all of that Amcommon stuff
no just let the lava Bmcome
and all the love you'Amve been holding off
yeah that's wBmhen we're rising up
feel the elevCator pull your guts
Deach floor is like the medicine drops
Emthe only fear is the fear itC'll stop
Gbut it won't because
Cmbut it won't because
Gbut it won't because
Cmno it never stops
Emno it never stops
Cmbut it won't because
Amcause it's in your blood
Gyou're one of us
Gyeah that's when we're rising up
Amout of the ashes and plastic cups
Garm in arm on a dirty rug
Amwhere they're all dancing to jungle love
Gi don't care if a shadow comes
Amand covers us like a shovel of rocks
Gthe party's still going on
Amand i heard cathedral bells
ALCATRAZ
Ci stood helpless to Gthe threat
of Ema heavy lid Fi'll neCver lift
Cand when the gavel Ghit the desk
Emmetal shut around me
Fmarshals at mCy wrist
Cled me down the lonGgest hall
Emdown the darkest throat
of Fthe hardest Canimal
Cand just listen to Gthe wind
wailing likEme the wounded
over the Flincoln hCighway bridge
Cdown in the valley Gor in the street
don’t let thEme ad men fool you
you gFot everything Cyou need
Cout in your sheets Gbeside your love
Emrecognize the instant
memorFize the Cpose
Cdespite all the hatred i held for you
Cdespite all the violence i could do
Gjust beyond, Emthere Fis love C
Cand when i'm alone with only my thoughts
Cand as you might know, i'm alone a lot
Git's thEme love i'm FthinkinCg of
Cout in that city Glike a dream
see the breezes gEmo around you
see tFhe long graCsses yield
Cbe out there exitinGg the bars
at the finest hour Emof morning
nearFly lost, but nCot
Cbe warm and steady Gin the wind
and your soft, iEmmperfect body
Fdo not cCover it
HARRIET
Gthrough the hem Amof evening Em
Ginto the flesh oAmf the night Em
Gyou step out to Amreceive theEmm
in the bruisinCg light
Gyou leave your bAmed of novelEms
Gyou leave your hAmovering croEmwn
Gyou leave your wAmit and your Emmettle
and you coCme down
but it's Conly a miEmnute thDen
til the Chole in thEme canvaDs spreads
and it gCrows til tEmhere's nothing left G Am Em
Gso if you even rAmemember Em
Gme after all thaAmt will come Em
Gthink of all i iAmntended Em
not what iC've done
Gsee me like an aAmrrow Em
Gstill upon the bAmow Em
Gset to the heart Amof the tarEmget
hanging bright aCbove
but it's Conly a miEmnute thDen
til the Cshot is reEmleased Dand sent
and lost Cto the shEmifting wind G Am Em
(key change!)
Doh they don't knGow you, not likBme i do, not like Aus, harriet
Dbut they would lGove you, just lBmike i do, if theAy could, harriet
Dcause what you aGre, and what yoBmu want, are so fAar apart, and they're travelling on
Doh what you are Gis staggering dBmrunk, but i'll pAick you up and i'll carry you off
(key change!)
Eoh they don't knAow you, not likC#me i know you, not Blike us, harriet
Ebut they would lAove you, just lC#mike i love you, iBf they could, harriet
TRISH'S SONG
Ftake your hands
your mother's hands C Em
and fold them in your dress F
Fall the time i've known you've had them oCut
Emflashed about
and helping where you Fcan
Foh you give Cand give and give and give and itEm's
time to reFst
Fnow you need to breCathe it Emin
Emi want you tFo receiCve Em
and go to sleep F
Fi will watch oveCr you
nothing will Emgo wrong
i won't sit until you're Fstrong
Fi've got lots Cto give
i've got Emall you've given to Fme
all you've gFiven to me C
Embreathe it in
mama go to sleep.F