Automatic For The People
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Manhattan (B-side), Arms of Love (B-Side), Fretless (B-Side)
"DRIVE"
Riff 1 Riff 2
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||-----3---3---------3--- x3, I think, then ||-----3---3---3-3-3-----
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||--0---0---0------0----- ||--0---0---0--------3---
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Then it goes into the verse:
Dm G Riff 1 Riff 2 (x4)
Em Em Riff 1 Riff 2
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||-----8--6-----5/6-------8--6-------------
||-----------7------7-----------7--5/7--7--
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Intro: Dm | Dm | Dm | Dm (pick through this chord)
DmSmack, crack, bushwhacked
GTie another one to the racks, DmbabyDm
DmHey kids, Rock and Roll
GNobody tells you where to go, DmbabyDm
FWhat if I ride, what if you walk
AmWhat if you rock around the clock
GTick, tock, Gtick, tock
EmWhat if you did, what if you walk
EmWhat if you tried to get off, DmbabyDm
DmHey kids, where are you
GNobody tells you what to do, DmbabyDm
DmHey kids, shake a leg
Gmaybe you're crazy in the head, DmbabyDm
FMaybe you did, maybe you walked
AmBaby you rocked around the clock
GTick, tock, Gtick, tock
EmMaybe I ride, maybe you walk
EmMaybe I drive to get off, DmbabyDm
AmHey kids, shake a leg
Gmaybe you're crazy in the head, DmbabyDm
AmOllie Ollie Ollie Ollie Ollie
AmOllie Ollie in come free, DmbabyDm
AmHey kids, where are you
GNobody tells you what to do, DmbabyDm Dm Dm
DmSmack, crack, shackalack
GTie another one to your back, DmbabyDm
DmHey kids, Rock and Roll
GNobody tells you where to go, DmbabyDm
FMaybe you did, maybe you walked
AmMaybe you rock around the clock
GTick, tock, Gtick, tock
EmMaybe I ride, maybe you walk
EmMaybe I drive to get off, DmbabyDm
AmHey kids, where are you
AmNobody tells you what to do, bDmabyDm
AmHey kids, Rock and Roll
AmNobody tells you where to go, Dmbaby, Dmbaby, DmbabyDm Dm
Ending: Dm (Strum)
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"TRY NOT TO BREATHE"
Intro: (12/8 time: / = an eighth note)
D// Am// C// G//
D// Am// C// G//
DI Amwill try not to breathe,
I can holCd my head Gstill with my Dhands at my Amknees
C G D// Am// C//
These eyes are the eyes of the old,
G D// Am// C// G//
shiver in the cold
DI Amwill try not to breathe,
This Cdecision is Gmine I have Dlived a full Amlife
and thesCe are the Geyes Asus2that I want you to Emremember
G// D// G// D//
Oh
Asus2 G D G// D//
I need something to fly over my grave again
Asus2 Em/////
I need something to breathe
DI will try not to Amburden, I can holCd these Ginside
I will hold my breath until all these shivers subside
Just look in my eyes
I will try not to worry you, I have seen things that you will never see
Leave it to memory me, shudder to breathe
Asus2 Em G// D// G// D//
I want you to remember
Asus2 (you will never see)
I need something to fly (something to fly)
G D G// D//
Over my grave again (you will never see)
Asus2 Em/////
I need something to breathe (something to breathe)
Baby Don't shiver now,
Why do you shiver now (I will see things you will never see)
I need something to fly (something to fly)
Over my grave again (I will see things you will never see)
I need something to breathe
Bridge: Em (One Bar)
Am
Em
Am
Em
I will try not to worry you, I have seen things that you will never see
Leave it to memory me, don't dare me to breath
I want you to remember
Asus2 (you will never see)
I need something to fly (something to fly)
G D G// D//
Over my grave again (you will never see)
Asus2 Em/////
I need something to breathe (something to breathe)
Baby Don't shiver now,
Why do you shiver now (I will see things you will never see)
I need something to breathe
I want you to remember (I have seen things you will never see)
END: G
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"THE SIDEWINDER SLEEPS TONIGHT"
(intro)
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
The transition to the verses:
e-C--------0-----|-Em--------0---------
B-------------1-|-------------0-----
G---------------|-------------------
D-----2---------|-------------------
A-3-------------|-----2-------------
E---------------|-0-----------------
{F, C, and A's are barre chords}
FThis here is the place where I will Cstay in
There Fisn't a number, you can call the pay phone
CLet it ring a long long long long Ftime
If I don't pick up, hang up, Amcall back, let it Cring some more, FOhhhhChhh...
If FI don't pick up, pick up, the sidewinder Amsleeps, sleeps, sleeps in a Ccoil
DCall when you try to Gwake her up, Ccall wheGn you try Amto wake her
DCall when you try to Gwake her up, Ccall wheGn you try Amto wake her
DCall when you try to Gwake her up, Ccall wheGn you try Amto wake her
C Em {Play using above riff}
Ohhhh.....
There are Fscratches all around the Fcoin slot
Like a heart beat Cbaby trying to wake up
FBut this machine can only Cswallow money
you can't lay a patch by computer design
FJust a lot of stupAmid, stupid sCigns
FTell her {yCodeled}
FTell her she can kiss my Cass and laugh and say that you were Fonly kidding
That way she'll know that it was reAmally, really, really, really me meC
DCall when you try to Gwake her up, Ccall wheGn you try Amto wake her
DCall when you try to Gwake her up, Ccall wheGn you try Amto wake her
DCall when you try to Gwake her up, Ccall wheGn you try Amto wake herC Em
Baby, Finstant soup doesn't really grab me
Today CI need something more sub, stop, sub, sub, substantial
FA can of beans or black eyed peas, some NesCcafe and ice
FCandy bar, a fallen star, or a reading Amfrom Doctor SuessC
DCall when you try to Gwake her up, Ccall wheGn you try Amto wake her
DCall when you try to Gwake her up, Ccall wheGn you try Amto wake her
DCall when you try to Gwake her up, Ccall wheGn you try Amto wake herC Em
Bridge:
(*During the bridge, Am and Bm are played as A barres, and the picking
pattern is like this:
e-Bm--------2------|Bm---------2------|Am---------0------|Am---------0------|
B-------------3--|-------------3--|-------------1--|-------------1--|
G----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D-----4----------|-----4----------|-----2----------|-----2----------|
A-2--------------|-2--------------|-0--------------|-0--------------|
E----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
The C below is picked in the same pattern, i.e. A str, D str, e str, B str*)
BmThe cat in the hat came back, Amwrecked a lot of havoc Bmon the way.
Always had a smile, never reason to Ampretend,
Their worlBmd has flat backgrounds and little Amneed to sleep but to Cdream
The sidewinder Emsleeps on his back
DCall when you try to Gwake her up, Ccall wheGn you try Amto wake her
DCall when you try to Gwake her up, Ccall wheGn you try Amto wake her
D G C G Am C Em(*)
Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her
(*But now this transition thing changes to what we'll call the New Transition*)
eC---------0-----|-Em0-------0-----|
B-------------1-|-0-------0-----|
G---------------|-0-------0-----|
D-----2---------|-2-------2-----|
A-3-------------|-2-------2-----|
E---------------|-0-------2-----|
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
CYou got a boogie woogie grEmoove on thDis one
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"EVERYBODY HURTS"
INTRO: D G D G D
When your day is long Gand the night, Dthe night is yours aloGneD
When you're sure you've had eGnough of this life, Dwell hang oGn
E(low)---3---2---0--
EDon't let yourself Ago, Ecause everybody Acries Eand everybody Ahurts sometimesD G
Sometimes everything is wrong, D Gnow it's time to sing alongD
When your day is night alone G(hold on, Dhold on)
If you feel like letting go G(hold on)D
If you think you've had too Gmuch of this life, Dwell hang onG
E(low)---3---2---0--
ECause everybody Ahurts, Etake comfort in your AfriendsE
Everybody Ahurts, Edon't throw your Ahands, oh Enow, don't throw your AhandsC
If you feel like you're D4alone, Cno, no, no, you're not AaloneD
If you're on your Gown in this life, Dthe days and nights are longG D
When you think you've had too Gmuch, with this life, Dto hang onG
E(low)---3---2---0--
EWell everybody Ahurts, Esometimes
A E ANC D G
Everybody cries, and everybody hurts, sometimes
But everybody Dhurts Gsometimes so hold on, Dhold on, Ghold on, D
Hold on, Ghold on, Dhold on, Ghold on, Dhold on,G
Everybody DhurtsG D G
DYou are not aloneG D G D G
Picking patten for the chords:
E----D------2-----------2-------G------3-----------3----------------------------
B--------3---3-------3---3---------3---3-------3---3--------------------------
G------2-------2---2-------2-----0-------0---0--------------------------------
D----0-----------0------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------3-----------3----------------------------------
(Note: the chords below may be picked or strummed)
E----A------0-----------0-------E------0-----------0----------------------------
B--------2---2-------2---2---------0---0-------0---0--------------------------
G------2-------2---2-------2-----1-------1---1--------------------------------
D----2-----------2------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------2-----------2----------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
D4: E-0-----0-----0-----0--
B---3-----3-----3------
G-----0-----0-----0----
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"SWEETNESS FOLLOWS"
INTRO: D
DReadying to bury your father D2and your mother
DWhat did you think when you D2lost another
DI used to wonder why D2did you bother
DDistance from one, one D2to the other
DListen here my sister D2and my brother
DWhat would you care if you D2lost the other
DI always wondered why D2did we bother
DDistance from one, one D2to the other
BbOh, Coh, Bboh sCweetness followsD D
DIt's these little things, they can D2pull you under
DLive your life filled with D2joy and wonder
DI always knew this D2all together with thunder
DIt's lost to now or D2never lives
BbOh, Coh, Bboh sCweetness followsD D
BbOh, Coh, Bboh sCweetness followsD D
DIt's these little things, they can D2pull you under
DLive your life filled with D2joy and thunder
DYea, yea we were D2all together
DLost to now or D2never lives
BbOh, Coh, Bboh sCweetness followsD D
BbOh, Coh, Bboh sCweetness followsD D
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"MONTY GOT A RAW DEAL"
(Capo 3rd fret)
Intro: Em G Em G Em G D C Em
EmMonty this seems Gstrange to me, the Emmovies had that Gmovie thing
EmBut nonsense has a Gwelcome ring and Dheros Cdon't come Emeasy
EmNow nonsense isn't Gnew to me, EmI know my head I Gknow my feet
EmBut mischief knocked me Gin the knees so jDust Clet Emgo, Djust Clet Emgo
EmI saw the ocean Gmeet the man, EmI saw you buried Gin the sand
EmA friend was there to Ghold my hand, so Dwalk Con Emby
EmSo I went walking Gthrough the stream, EmI saw you strung up Gin a tree
EmA woman out there Gsaid to me, said Dhold Cyour Emtongue, Dhold Cyour Emtongue
Gyou Don't Dowe me CanytEmhing, Gyou don't Dwant this CsympEmathy [waste your breath]
GDon't you Dwaste your Cbreath [waste your breath] Dfor the Csilver Emscreen
EmThat nonsense doesn't Gmean a thing, Emthey tried to bust you Gin a sting
EmBut virtue isn't Geverything so Ddon't Cwaste Emtime
EmNow Here's a rhyme that Gyou must hear, Emput this on your Greel to reel
EmMischief through a Grotten deal, DMonty's Claying Emlow, Dhe is Claying Emlow
DJust Clet Emgo, Djust Clet Emgo
Gyou Don't Dowe me CanytEmhing, Gyou don't Dwant this CsympEmathy [waste your breath]
GDon't you Dwaste your Cbreath [waste your breath] GMonty this Dseems Cstrange Emto me
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"IGNORELAND"
Riff: e:--------------------------
B:--6--sl--8-----------0---- then play funky open D(xx023x)
G:--5------7--5-sl--7--0----
D:------------5-sl--7-------
(Might also play Dm7 part as 000560 and Dm7+4 part as 000780)
Intro: Dm7(557565) Dm7+4(557585) (bend it .. all of it) repeat Riff lots
optional riff after G: D:--5-5-5-4-0---
funk D(xx023x) G(xx0033) A:------------0-
Bastards stole the power from the victims of the us v. them years,
DWrecking all things virtuous and truGe
DThe undermining, social, democratic, dGownhill slide of truth, abysmal
Dlost, swam, off the precipice into trGickle down runoff hope
C(335553) D(557775) C D
They hypnotized the summer, 1979,
C D Dm7 Dm7+4
marched into the capital, pretty duplicitous lookin' at evil, media eventing,
heartless, and they wDm7ere super U.S. citizen, super achiever
Dm7 Dm7+4
mega ultra power dosing relax
Riff
(Riff over and over)
Ignoreland [Yea, yea, yea], Ignoreland [Yea, yea, yea]
{same as above}
DThe information nation took the clues Gfrom all the sound byte glut
D1980, 84, 88, G92, too .... too
DHard to be what you can be Gjump down junk in your energy
DHard to walk in dignity with Gthrow up on your shoes
C(335553) D(557775) C D
They can't supply the oil, 1979
C D Dm7 Dm7+4
Calculate the capital, one for the public, ask any ask TV tells a million
Dm7 Dm7+4
lies that they twist down by the report anything that isn't handed
Dm7 Dm7+4
on a presidential spoon
Riff
(Riff over and over)
G(355433)
If there wasn't, tell me would he have created them
BmMaybe it is true
Bb(113331) D(577455)
But I'm resentful all the same, someone's got to take the blame
{same as above}
DI know that this is vitriol, Gno solution spleen-venting
DBut I feel better Ghaving screamed on you
C(335553) D(557775) C D
They desecrate the winner, 1979
C D Dm7 Dm7+4
capital collaterial, pretty duplicitous lookin' at evil, media eventing,
heartless, and they wDm7ere super U.S. citizen super achiever
Dm7 Dm7+4
mega ultra power doesn't relax
Riff
defense, defense, defense, defense, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Riff over and over)
Ignoreland [Yea, yea, yea], Ignoreland [Yea, yea, yea]
(Riff over and over)
Ignoreland [Yea, yea, yea], Ignoreland [Yea, yea, yea]
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GmHumans Dmcutting Gmthrough Dmfor the Gmicy ???Dm Gm
DmNothing's free but BbguaranCtee Bbfor a Clifetime's lease
I've Bbchanged the Clocks
And Bbyou EbcanNOT Dmhave Gmone
You, you know the other channel
The brakes have worn so thin that you could hear
I hear them screeching through the door
from our driveway
Hey love, look into your parlor, honest heart
letters there from you, been signed, this love, desire
I've changed the locks,
now at this gesture (question?)
?? ??
Have we lost our minds?
?? ??
Will this never end?
?? Bb Eb Dm Gm
It could depend on your take
You, me, we used to be on fire
If keys are all that stand between
Can I throw in the ring our gasoline
Just fuck me kitten
You are wild, and I am your possession
Nothing's free,
so fuck me kitten
I'm in your possession
so fuck me kitten
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"MAN ON THE MOON"
CDadd4/add2
|-0-------0---0-------0---0---0-|-0-------0---0-------0---0---0-|
|-1-------1---1-------1---1---1-|-1-/-3---3---3-------3---3---3-|
|-0-------0---0-------0---0---0-|-0-------0---0-------0---0---0-|
|-2-------2---2-------2---2---2-|-2-/-4---4---4-------4---4---4-|
|-3-------3---3-------3---3---3-|-3-/-5---5---5-------5---5---5-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-0---C----0---0-------0---0---0-|-0-------0---0-------0---0---0-|
|-3-\-1---1---1-------1---1---1-|-1-------1---1-------1---1---1-|
|-0-------0---0-------0---0---0-|-0-------0---0-------0---0---0-|
|-4-\-2---2---2-------2---2---2-|-2-------2---2-------2---2---2-|
|-5-\-3---3---3-------3---3---3-|-3-------3---3-------3---3---3-|
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VERSE:
CDadd4/add2 C
Mott the Hoople and the game of Life, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
CDadd4/add2 C
Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
CDadd4/add2 C
Monopoly, 21, checkers, and chess, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
CDadd4/add2 C
Mr. Fred Blasy, and a breakfast mess, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
CDadd4/add2 C
Let's play Twister, let's play Risk, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
CDadd4/add2 C
I'll see you heaven if you make the list, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
PRE-CHORUS:
AmNow Andy did you hear about Gthis one, Amtell me are you locked in the Gpunch?
AmAndy are you goofing on GElvis, hey Cbaby, Dare we losing touch?
CHORUS:
GIf you bAmelieve C(III)they put a Bmman on the moGon, Am(man on the Dmoon)
GIf you bAmelieve thC(III)ere's notBmhing up their sleAmeve and nothing is cruel
VERSE:
CDadd4/add2 C
Moses went walking with a staff of wood, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
CDadd4/add2 C
Newton got beaned by the apple good, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
CDadd4/add2 C
Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
CDadd4/add2 C
Mr. Charles Darwin had the gall to ask, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
PRE-CHORUS:
AmNow Andy did you hear about Gthis one, Amtell me are you locked in the Gpunch?
AmAndy are you goofing on GElvis, hey Cbaby, Dare we losing touch?
CHORUS:
GIf you bAmelieve C(III)they put a Bmman on the moGon, Am(man on the Dmoon)
GIf you bAmelieve thC(III)ere's notBmhing up their sleAmeve and nothing is cruel
Em D Em D
EmSolo D(appDroximation)
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12-12----12|-----------|12-12----12|-----------|12-12----12|--------
-----------|---11-12-11|-----------|---11-12-11|-----------|---11-12
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-----------|12---------|-----------|12---------|-----------|12------
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VERSE:
CDadd4/add2 C
Here's a little agit for the never believer, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
CDadd4/add2 C
Here's a little ghost for the offering, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
CDadd4/add2 C
Here's a truck stop instead of St. Peter's, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
CDadd4/add2 C
Mr. andy Kaufman's gone wrestling, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
PRE-CHORUS:
AmNow Andy did you hear about Gthis one, Amtell me are you locked in the Gpunch?
AmAndy are you goofing on GElvis, hey Cbaby, Dare we losing touch?
CHORUS:
GIf you bAmelieve C(III)they put a Bmman on the moGon, Am(man on the Dmoon)
GIf you bAmelieve thC(III)ere's notBmhing up their sleAmeve and nothing is cruel
CHORUS: Play 3 times.
Em
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Intro....
G B(note)->C
G B(note)->D
G B(note)-> C D
G B(note)-> C A C D
A bright type could never drawn
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-------2---------0----
----3--3------3--3----
Intro Riff: --2----2----0----0---- X 2
0------0--2------2----
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D FA7su4 G D F A7sus4
DHey now little Fspeedy head the A7sus4read on the Gspeedometer says
Dyou have to go the Ftask in the A7sus4city
DWhere people drown and Fpeople serve
A7sus4Don't be shy, your Gjust deserve is Donly just Flight years to A7sus4go
GMe my thoughts are Aflowers strewn, an Docean storm may Embury them
G A D(Dsus)
I have got to leave to find my way
GWatch the road and Amemorize this Dlife that passed Embefore my eyes
and Gnothing is Agoing my Dway
D F A7sus4 G D F A7sus4
DThe ocean is the Friver's goal, the A7sus4need to leave the Gwater knows
DWe're closer now, but Flight years to A7sus4go
GI have got to Afind the river, DBergamot and Embed of rose
GRun through my Ahead and far Daway
GLeave the road and Amemorize this Dlife that passed Embefore my eyes
and Gnothing is Agoing my Dway
REPEAT INTRO RIFF
DThere's no one left to Ftake the lead, but A7sus4I'll tell you and Gyou can see
DWe're closer now and Flight years to A7sus4go
DPick up here and Fchase the ride, A7sus4river empties Gto the tide
DFall Finto the A7sus4ocean
GRiver to the Aocean goes a Dfortune for the Emundertow
GNone of this is Agoing my Dway
GThere is nothing Aleft to grow but Dginger, mint, and Emindigo
GCoriander stem and Arows of Dhay
GStrength and courage Aoverrides, these Dprivileged and Emweary eye
GRiver poets Asearch Dnaivete
GPick up here and Achase the ride, the Driver empties Emto the tide
GAll of this is Acoming your Dway
REPEAT INTRO RIFF
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They senDmtenced me to twenty years of boAmredom
For tryDming to change the system from wiAmthin
I'm comDming now I'm coming to rewAmard them
FiGrst we take ManhattFan, Ethen we take BerlAmin
I'm guiDmded by a signal in the heaAmvens
I'm guiDmded by this birthmark on my Amskin
I'm guiDmded by the beauty of our weAmapons
FiGrst we take ManhattFan, Ethen we take BerlAmin
I'd Creally like to live beside you, bGabyF
I love your boCdy and your spirit and your clAmothes
But you sCee that line there moving through the stAmation
I toGld you I toFld you I toEld you I was one of thoAmse
You lovDmed me as a loser but now your woAmrried that I just might win
You kDmnow the way to stop me but you Amdon't have the discipline
How mDmany nights I prayed for this: to lAmet my work begin
FiGrst we take ManhattFan, Ethen we take BerlAmin
DmI don't like your fashion business, mAmister
DmI don't like these drugs that keep you tAmhin
DmI don't like what happened to your sAmister
FiGrst we take ManhattFan, Ethen we take BerlAmin (chorus)
And I tDmhank you for those items that you Amsent me
The Dmmonkey end the plywood violAmin
I prDmacticed every night and now I'm rAmeady
FiGrst we take ManhattFan, Ethen we take BerlAmin
RemDmember me, I used to live for mAmusic
RemDmember me, I brought your groceries iAmn
It's FaDmther's Day and everybody's wAmounded
FiGrst we take ManhattFan, Ethen we take BerlAmin
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( D= down, ^ = up)
D D^ ^ D^ D D^ ^ D^ D D^ ^ D D D^ ^ D^
G(intro, same as firsCt sung line)G C G
GMaybe toCnight you're Gachin' C G
GFor someone you're Fdreamin' oCfC
DTomorrow Dyou'll be Cwakin CInto the
D D/G* C C
Arms, into the arms of Love
(*You could use either a D, D/G, or a G here, whatever suits you best.)
[Interlude, use same three lines of chords that run through the sung
verse.]
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"FRETLESS" [B-Side to "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite"]
Chords: Em/Bm (?) (I don't think its a chord, just some random Peter stuff)/G
alternate w/:Em/ Bm(?)/G/ Bm(?)
tab goes like this:
E - - 0 - - 2 - - 3 - - 2 - - 2 -
B - 0 - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0
G 0 - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - -
E - - 0 - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 -
B - 0 - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0
G 0 - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - -
Prechorus (if that is what it is): ["They come and they come..."]
B/A/D/E
Chorus: ["Don't talk to me..."]
chords: G/F/Em
tab goes like this:
E - - - 3 - - 3
B - 0 - - 0 - -
G 0 - 0 - - 0 -
E - - - 1 - - 1
B - 1 - - 1 - -
G 2 - 2 - - 2 -
E - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0
B - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - -
G 0 - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 -
"FRETLESS"
Reach peace, P-E-A-C-E
Don't threaten me with a gentle tease,
Ends on Em.
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GIn the jungle, Cthe mighty jungle, Gthe lion sleeps Dtonight.
GIn the village, Cthe peaceful village, Gthe people sleep Dtonight.
GAweem away, aweem away, Caweem away, aweem away, Gaweem away, aweem away,
Daweem away, aweem away
------ Forwarded message ends here ------
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Automatic For The People
by R.E.M.
Chords in this song · guitar
Dm
G
F
Am
Em
D
C
Asus2
Bm
E
A
D4
D2
Bb
Dm7
Gm
Eb
C(III)
B
A7sus4
Dsus
D/G
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Manhattan (B-side), Arms of Love (B-Side), Fretless (B-Side)
"DRIVE"
Riff 1 Riff 2
||----1---1---1---1------ ||----1---1--------------
||-----3---3---------3--- x3, I think, then ||-----3---3---3-3-3-----
||--------------0-------- ||-------------0h2-0-----
||--0---0---0------0----- ||--0---0---0--------3---
||----------------------- ||-----------------------
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Then it goes into the verse:
Dm G Riff 1 Riff 2 (x4)
Em Em Riff 1 Riff 2
||--5------------------5-------------------
||-----8--6-----5/6-------8--6-------------
||-----------7------7-----------7--5/7--7--
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Intro: Dm | Dm | Dm | Dm (pick through this chord)
Dm
Smack, crack, bushwhacked
G Dm Dm
Tie another one to the racks, baby
Dm
Hey kids, Rock and Roll
G Dm Dm
Nobody tells you where to go, baby
F
What if I ride, what if you walk
Am
What if you rock around the clock
G G
Tick, tock, tick, tock
Em
What if you did, what if you walk
Em Dm Dm
What if you tried to get off, baby
Dm
Hey kids, where are you
G Dm Dm
Nobody tells you what to do, baby
Dm
Hey kids, shake a leg
G Dm Dm
maybe you're crazy in the head, baby
F
Maybe you did, maybe you walked
Am
Baby you rocked around the clock
G G
Tick, tock, tick, tock
Em
Maybe I ride, maybe you walk
Em Dm Dm
Maybe I drive to get off, baby
Am
Hey kids, shake a leg
G Dm Dm
maybe you're crazy in the head, baby
Am
Ollie Ollie Ollie Ollie Ollie
Am Dm Dm
Ollie Ollie in come free, baby
Am
Hey kids, where are you
G Dm Dm Dm Dm
Nobody tells you what to do, baby
Dm
Smack, crack, shackalack
G Dm Dm
Tie another one to your back, baby
Dm
Hey kids, Rock and Roll
G Dm Dm
Nobody tells you where to go, baby
F
Maybe you did, maybe you walked
Am
Maybe you rock around the clock
G G
Tick, tock, tick, tock
Em
Maybe I ride, maybe you walk
Em Dm Dm
Maybe I drive to get off, baby
Am
Hey kids, where are you
Am Dm Dm
Nobody tells you what to do, baby
Am
Hey kids, Rock and Roll
Am Dm Dm Dm Dm Dm
Nobody tells you where to go, baby, baby, baby
Ending: Dm (Strum)
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"TRY NOT TO BREATHE"
Intro: (12/8 time: / = an eighth note)
D Am C G
// // // //
D Am C G
// // // //
D Am
I will try not to breathe,
C G D Am
I can hold my head still with my hands at my knees
C G D Am C
// // //
These eyes are the eyes of the old,
G D Am C G
// // // //
shiver in the cold
D Am
I will try not to breathe,
C G D Am
This decision is mine I have lived a full life
C G Asus2 Em
and these are the eyes that I want you to remember
G D G D
// // // //
Oh
Asus2 G D G D
// //
I need something to fly over my grave again
Asus2 Em
/////
I need something to breathe
D Am C G
I will try not to burden, I can hold these inside
I will hold my breath until all these shivers subside
Just look in my eyes
I will try not to worry you, I have seen things that you will never see
Leave it to memory me, shudder to breathe
Asus2 Em G D G D
// // // //
I want you to remember
Asus2 (you will never see)
I need something to fly (something to fly)
G D G D
// //
Over my grave again (you will never see)
Asus2 Em
/////
I need something to breathe (something to breathe)
Baby Don't shiver now,
Why do you shiver now (I will see things you will never see)
I need something to fly (something to fly)
Over my grave again (I will see things you will never see)
I need something to breathe
Bridge: Em (One Bar)
Am
Em
Am
Em
I will try not to worry you, I have seen things that you will never see
Leave it to memory me, don't dare me to breath
I want you to remember
Asus2 (you will never see)
I need something to fly (something to fly)
G D G D
// //
Over my grave again (you will never see)
Asus2 Em
/////
I need something to breathe (something to breathe)
Baby Don't shiver now,
Why do you shiver now (I will see things you will never see)
I need something to breathe
I want you to remember (I have seen things you will never see)
G
END:
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"THE SIDEWINDER SLEEPS TONIGHT"
(intro)
D G C Am
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D G C Am
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D G C Am
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The transition to the verses:
C Em
e---------0-----|---------0---------
B-------------1-|-------------0-----
G---------------|-------------------
D-----2---------|-------------------
A-3-------------|-----2-------------
E---------------|-0-----------------
{F, C, and A's are barre chords}
F C
This here is the place where I will stay in
F
There isn't a number, you can call the pay phone
C F
Let it ring a long long long long time
Am C F C
If I don't pick up, hang up, call back, let it ring some more, Ohhhhhhh...
F Am C
If I don't pick up, pick up, the sidewinder sleeps, sleeps, sleeps in a coil
D G C G Am
Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her
D G C G Am
Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her
D G C G Am
Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her
C Em {Play using above riff}
Ohhhh.....
F F
There are scratches all around the coin slot
C
Like a heart beat baby trying to wake up
F C
But this machine can only swallow money
you can't lay a patch by computer design
F Am C
Just a lot of stupid, stupid signs
F C
Tell her {yodeled}
F C F
Tell her she can kiss my ass and laugh and say that you were only kidding
Am C
That way she'll know that it was really, really, really, really me me
D G C G Am
Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her
D G C G Am
Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her
D G C G Am C Em
Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her
F
Baby, instant soup doesn't really grab me
C
Today I need something more sub, stop, sub, sub, substantial
F C
A can of beans or black eyed peas, some Nescafe and ice
F Am C
Candy bar, a fallen star, or a reading from Doctor Suess
D G C G Am
Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her
D G C G Am
Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her
D G C G Am C Em
Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her
Bridge:
(*During the bridge, Am and Bm are played as A barres, and the picking
pattern is like this:
Bm Bm Am Am
e---------2------|---------2------|---------0------|---------0------|
B-------------3--|-------------3--|-------------1--|-------------1--|
G----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D-----4----------|-----4----------|-----2----------|-----2----------|
A-2--------------|-2--------------|-0--------------|-0--------------|
E----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
The C below is picked in the same pattern, i.e. A str, D str, e str, B str*)
Bm Am Bm
The cat in the hat came back, wrecked a lot of havoc on the way.
Am
Always had a smile, never reason to pretend,
Bm Am C
Their world has flat backgrounds and little need to sleep but to dream
Em
The sidewinder sleeps on his back
D G C G Am
Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her
D G C G Am
Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her
D G C G Am C Em
(*)
Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her
(*But now this transition thing changes to what we'll call the New Transition*)
C Em
e---------0-----|-0-------0-----|
B-------------1-|-0-------0-----|
G---------------|-0-------0-----|
D-----2---------|-2-------2-----|
A-3-------------|-2-------2-----|
E---------------|-0-------2-----|
D G C Am
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D G C Am
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D G C Am
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C Em D
You got a boogie woogie groove on this one
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"EVERYBODY HURTS"
D G D G D
INTRO:
G D G D
When your day is long and the night, the night is yours alone
G D G
When you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on
E(low)---3---2---0--
E A E A E A D G
Don't let yourself go, cause everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes
D G D
Sometimes everything is wrong, now it's time to sing along
G D
When your day is night alone (hold on, hold on)
G D
If you feel like letting go (hold on)
G D G
If you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on
E(low)---3---2---0--
E A E A E
Cause everybody hurts, take comfort in your friends
A E A E A C
Everybody hurts, don't throw your hands, oh now, don't throw your hands
D4 C A D
If you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you're not alone
G D G D
If you're on your own in this life, the days and nights are long
G D G
When you think you've had too much, with this life, to hang on
E(low)---3---2---0--
E A E
Well everybody hurts, sometimes
A E A D G
NC
Everybody cries, and everybody hurts, sometimes
D G D G D
But everybody hurts sometimes so hold on, hold on, hold on,
G D G D G
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on,
D G D G
Everybody hurts
D G D G D G
You are not alone
Picking patten for the chords:
D G
E----------2-----------2-------------3-----------3----------------------------
B--------3---3-------3---3---------3---3-------3---3--------------------------
G------2-------2---2-------2-----0-------0---0--------------------------------
D----0-----------0------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------3-----------3----------------------------------
(Note: the chords below may be picked or strummed)
A E
E----------0-----------0-------------0-----------0----------------------------
B--------2---2-------2---2---------0---0-------0---0--------------------------
G------2-------2---2-------2-----1-------1---1--------------------------------
D----2-----------2------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------2-----------2----------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
D4: E-0-----0-----0-----0--
B---3-----3-----3------
G-----0-----0-----0----
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"SWEETNESS FOLLOWS"
D
INTRO:
D D2
Readying to bury your father and your mother
D D2
What did you think when you lost another
D D2
I used to wonder why did you bother
D D2
Distance from one, one to the other
D D2
Listen here my sister and my brother
D D2
What would you care if you lost the other
D D2
I always wondered why did we bother
D D2
Distance from one, one to the other
Bb C Bb C D D
Oh, oh, oh sweetness follows
D D2
It's these little things, they can pull you under
D D2
Live your life filled with joy and wonder
D D2
I always knew this all together with thunder
D D2
It's lost to now or never lives
Bb C Bb C D D
Oh, oh, oh sweetness follows
Bb C Bb C D D
Oh, oh, oh sweetness follows
D D2
It's these little things, they can pull you under
D D2
Live your life filled with joy and thunder
D D2
Yea, yea we were all together
D D2
Lost to now or never lives
Bb C Bb C D D
Oh, oh, oh sweetness follows
Bb C Bb C D D
Oh, oh, oh sweetness follows
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"MONTY GOT A RAW DEAL"
(Capo 3rd fret)
Em G Em G Em G D C Em
Intro:
Em G Em G
Monty this seems strange to me, the movies had that movie thing
Em G D C Em
But nonsense has a welcome ring and heros don't come easy
Em G Em G
Now nonsense isn't new to me, I know my head I know my feet
Em G D C Em D C Em
But mischief knocked me in the knees so just let go, just let go
Em G Em G
I saw the ocean meet the man, I saw you buried in the sand
Em G D C Em
A friend was there to hold my hand, so walk on by
Em G Em G
So I went walking through the stream, I saw you strung up in a tree
Em G D C Em D C Em
A woman out there said to me, said hold your tongue, hold your tongue
G D C Em G D C Em
you Don't owe me anything, you don't want this sympathy [waste your breath]
G D C D C Em
Don't you waste your breath [waste your breath] for the silver screen
Em G Em G
That nonsense doesn't mean a thing, they tried to bust you in a sting
Em G D C Em
But virtue isn't everything so don't waste time
Em G Em G
Now Here's a rhyme that you must hear, put this on your reel to reel
Em G D C Em D C Em
Mischief through a rotten deal, Monty's laying low, he is laying low
D C Em D C Em
Just let go, just let go
G D C Em G D C Em
you Don't owe me anything, you don't want this sympathy [waste your breath]
G D C G D C Em
Don't you waste your breath [waste your breath] Monty this seems strange to me
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"IGNORELAND"
Riff: e:--------------------------
B:--6--sl--8-----------0---- then play funky open D(xx023x)
G:--5------7--5-sl--7--0----
D:------------5-sl--7-------
(Might also play Dm7 part as 000560 and Dm7+4 part as 000780)
Intro: Dm7(557565) Dm7+4(557585) (bend it .. all of it) repeat Riff lots
optional riff after G: D:--5-5-5-4-0---
funk D(xx023x) G(xx0033) A:------------0-
Bastards stole the power from the victims of the us v. them years,
D G
Wrecking all things virtuous and true
D G
The undermining, social, democratic, downhill slide of truth, abysmal
D G
lost, swam, off the precipice into trickle down runoff hope
C D C D
(335553) (557775)
They hypnotized the summer, 1979,
C D Dm7 Dm7
+4
marched into the capital, pretty duplicitous lookin' at evil, media eventing,
Dm7
heartless, and they were super U.S. citizen, super achiever
Dm7 Dm7
+4
mega ultra power dosing relax
Riff
(Riff over and over)
Ignoreland [Yea, yea, yea], Ignoreland [Yea, yea, yea]
{same as above}
D G
The information nation took the clues from all the sound byte glut
D G
1980, 84, 88, 92, too .... too
D G
Hard to be what you can be jump down junk in your energy
D G
Hard to walk in dignity with throw up on your shoes
C D C D
(335553) (557775)
They can't supply the oil, 1979
C D Dm7 Dm7
+4
Calculate the capital, one for the public, ask any ask TV tells a million
Dm7 Dm7
+4
lies that they twist down by the report anything that isn't handed
Dm7 Dm7
+4
on a presidential spoon
Riff
(Riff over and over)
G
(355433)
If there wasn't, tell me would he have created them
Bm
Maybe it is true
Bb D
(113331) (577455)
But I'm resentful all the same, someone's got to take the blame
{same as above}
D G
I know that this is vitriol, no solution spleen-venting
D G
But I feel better having screamed on you
C D C D
(335553) (557775)
They desecrate the winner, 1979
C D Dm7 Dm7
+4
capital collaterial, pretty duplicitous lookin' at evil, media eventing,
Dm7
heartless, and they were super U.S. citizen super achiever
Dm7 Dm7
+4
mega ultra power doesn't relax
Riff
defense, defense, defense, defense, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Riff over and over)
Ignoreland [Yea, yea, yea], Ignoreland [Yea, yea, yea]
(Riff over and over)
Ignoreland [Yea, yea, yea], Ignoreland [Yea, yea, yea]
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Gm Dm Gm Dm Gm Dm Gm
Humans cutting through for the icy ???
Dm Bb C Bb C
Nothing's free but guarantee for a lifetime's lease
Bb C
I've changed the locks
Bb Eb Dm Gm
And you canNOT have one
You, you know the other channel
The brakes have worn so thin that you could hear
I hear them screeching through the door
from our driveway
Hey love, look into your parlor, honest heart
letters there from you, been signed, this love, desire
I've changed the locks,
now at this gesture (question?)
?? ??
Have we lost our minds?
?? ??
Will this never end?
Bb Eb Dm Gm
??
It could depend on your take
You, me, we used to be on fire
If keys are all that stand between
Can I throw in the ring our gasoline
Just fuck me kitten
You are wild, and I am your possession
Nothing's free,
so fuck me kitten
I'm in your possession
so fuck me kitten
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"MAN ON THE MOON"
C
Dadd4/add2
|-0-------0---0-------0---0---0-|-0-------0---0-------0---0---0-|
|-1-------1---1-------1---1---1-|-1-/-3---3---3-------3---3---3-|
|-0-------0---0-------0---0---0-|-0-------0---0-------0---0---0-|
|-2-------2---2-------2---2---2-|-2-/-4---4---4-------4---4---4-|
|-3-------3---3-------3---3---3-|-3-/-5---5---5-------5---5---5-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
C
|-0-------0---0-------0---0---0-|-0-------0---0-------0---0---0-|
|-3-\-1---1---1-------1---1---1-|-1-------1---1-------1---1---1-|
|-0-------0---0-------0---0---0-|-0-------0---0-------0---0---0-|
|-4-\-2---2---2-------2---2---2-|-2-------2---2-------2---2---2-|
|-5-\-3---3---3-------3---3---3-|-3-------3---3-------3---3---3-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
VERSE:
C C
Dadd4/add2
Mott the Hoople and the game of Life, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
C C
Dadd4/add2
Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
C C
Dadd4/add2
Monopoly, 21, checkers, and chess, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
C C
Dadd4/add2
Mr. Fred Blasy, and a breakfast mess, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
C C
Dadd4/add2
Let's play Twister, let's play Risk, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
C C
Dadd4/add2
I'll see you heaven if you make the list, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
PRE-CHORUS:
Am G Am G
Now Andy did you hear about this one, tell me are you locked in the punch?
Am G C D
Andy are you goofing on Elvis, hey baby, are we losing touch?
CHORUS:
G Am C(III) Bm G Am D
If you believe they put a man on the moon, (man on the moon)
G Am C(III) Bm Am
If you believe there's nothing up their sleeve and nothing is cruel
VERSE:
C C
Dadd4/add2
Moses went walking with a staff of wood, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
C C
Dadd4/add2
Newton got beaned by the apple good, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
C C
Dadd4/add2
Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
C C
Dadd4/add2
Mr. Charles Darwin had the gall to ask, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
PRE-CHORUS:
Am G Am G
Now Andy did you hear about this one, tell me are you locked in the punch?
Am G C D
Andy are you goofing on Elvis, hey baby, are we losing touch?
CHORUS:
G Am C(III) Bm G Am D
If you believe they put a man on the moon, (man on the moon)
G Am C(III) Bm Am
If you believe there's nothing up their sleeve and nothing is cruel
Em D Em D
Em D D
Solo (approximation)
------12---|-----------|------12---|-----------|------12---|--------
12-12----12|-----------|12-12----12|-----------|12-12----12|--------
-----------|---11-12-11|-----------|---11-12-11|-----------|---11-12
-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------
-----------|12---------|-----------|12---------|-----------|12------
-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------
VERSE:
C C
Dadd4/add2
Here's a little agit for the never believer, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
C C
Dadd4/add2
Here's a little ghost for the offering, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
C C
Dadd4/add2
Here's a truck stop instead of St. Peter's, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
C C
Dadd4/add2
Mr. andy Kaufman's gone wrestling, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
PRE-CHORUS:
Am G Am G
Now Andy did you hear about this one, tell me are you locked in the punch?
Am G C D
Andy are you goofing on Elvis, hey baby, are we losing touch?
CHORUS:
G Am C(III) Bm G Am D
If you believe they put a man on the moon, (man on the moon)
G Am C(III) Bm Am
If you believe there's nothing up their sleeve and nothing is cruel
CHORUS: Play 3 times.
Em
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Intro....
G B C
(note)->
G B D
(note)->
G B C D
(note)->
G B C A C D
(note)->
A bright type could never drawn
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-------2---------0----
----3--3------3--3----
Intro Riff: --2----2----0----0---- X 2
0------0--2------2----
----------------------
----------------------
D F G D F A7sus4
A7su4
D F A7sus4 G
Hey now little speedy head the read on the speedometer says
D F A7sus4
you have to go the task in the city
D F
Where people drown and people serve
A7sus4 G D F A7sus4
Don't be shy, your just deserve is only just light years to go
G A D Em
Me my thoughts are flowers strewn, an ocean storm may bury them
G A D Dsus
()
I have got to leave to find my way
G A D Em
Watch the road and memorize this life that passed before my eyes
G A D
and nothing is going my way
D F A7sus4 G D F A7sus4
D F A7sus4 G
The ocean is the river's goal, the need to leave the water knows
D F A7sus4
We're closer now, but light years to go
G A D Em
I have got to find the river, Bergamot and bed of rose
G A D
Run through my head and far away
G A D Em
Leave the road and memorize this life that passed before my eyes
G A D
and nothing is going my way
REPEAT INTRO RIFF
D F A7sus4 G
There's no one left to take the lead, but I'll tell you and you can see
D F A7sus4
We're closer now and light years to go
D F A7sus4 G
Pick up here and chase the ride, river empties to the tide
D F A7sus4
Fall into the ocean
G A D Em
River to the ocean goes a fortune for the undertow
G A D
None of this is going my way
G A D Em
There is nothing left to grow but ginger, mint, and indigo
G A D
Coriander stem and rows of hay
G A D Em
Strength and courage overrides, these privileged and weary eye
G A D
River poets search naivete
G A D Em
Pick up here and chase the ride, the river empties to the tide
G A D
All of this is coming your way
REPEAT INTRO RIFF
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Dm Am
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
Dm Am
For trying to change the system from within
Dm Am
I'm coming now I'm coming to reward them
G F E Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
Dm Am
I'm guided by a signal in the heavens
Dm Am
I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin
Dm Am
I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons
G F E Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
C G F
I'd really like to live beside you, baby
C Am
I love your body and your spirit and your clothes
C Am
But you see that line there moving through the station
G F E Am
I told you I told you I told you I was one of those
Dm Am
You loved me as a loser but now your worried that I just might win
Dm Am
You know the way to stop me but you don't have the discipline
Dm Am
How many nights I prayed for this: to let my work begin
G F E Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
Dm Am
I don't like your fashion business, mister
Dm Am
I don't like these drugs that keep you thin
Dm Am
I don't like what happened to your sister
G F E Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin (chorus)
Dm Am
And I thank you for those items that you sent me
Dm Am
The monkey end the plywood violin
Dm Am
I practiced every night and now I'm ready
G F E Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
Dm Am
Remember me, I used to live for music
Dm Am
Remember me, I brought your groceries in
Dm Am
It's Father's Day and everybody's wounded
G F E Am
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
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D
( = down, ^ = up)
D D D D D D D D D D D D
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
G C G C G
(intro, same as first sung line)
G C G C G
Maybe tonight you're achin'
G F C C
For someone you're dreamin' of
D D C C
Tomorrow you'll be wakin Into the
D D/G C C
*
Arms, into the arms of Love
(*You could use either a D, D/G, or a G here, whatever suits you best.)
[Interlude, use same three lines of chords that run through the sung
verse.]
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"FRETLESS" [B-Side to "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite"]
Chords: Em/Bm (?) (I don't think its a chord, just some random Peter stuff)/G
Em Bm G Bm
alternate w/:/ (?)// (?)
tab goes like this:
E - - 0 - - 2 - - 3 - - 2 - - 2 -
B - 0 - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0
G 0 - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - -
E - - 0 - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 -
B - 0 - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0
G 0 - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - -
Prechorus (if that is what it is): ["They come and they come..."]
B A D E
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Chorus: ["Don't talk to me..."]
G F Em
chords: //
tab goes like this:
E - - - 3 - - 3
B - 0 - - 0 - -
G 0 - 0 - - 0 -
E - - - 1 - - 1
B - 1 - - 1 - -
G 2 - 2 - - 2 -
E - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0
B - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - -
G 0 - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 -
"FRETLESS"
E A C E
Reach peace, P----
Don't threaten me with a gentle tease,
Ends on Em.
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G C G D
In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight.
G C G D
In the village, the peaceful village, the people sleep tonight.
G C G
Aweem away, aweem away, aweem away, aweem away, aweem away, aweem away,
D
aweem away, aweem away
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