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Rattlesnake (2019)
1. Salvation
2. I'll Wait
3. One Hand Up
4. Running Scared (Desert Song)
5. We All Need Someone
6. We Were Young
7. The Party
8. High
9. All My Life
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| 1. Salvation |
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Music & Lyrics: Darryl James - David Ritter - Isabel Ritchie - Jeremy Drury - Joanne Setterington
Simon Ward - Jonathan Hembrey
Album: Rattlesnake (2019)
You can also play with capo 4, transpose -4
[Intro]
E E A A
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C#mC#m A A
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[Verse 1]
E
I like to dance under streetlights
E A
And walk upon the clouds
A C#m
I like to shout from the rooftops
C#m A
And surf on top of the crowd
A E
For many years, many years
E A
I was scared of the person I was
A C#m
And I'm not perfect, they say
C#m A
But I know that I was born to be loved
[Pre-Chorus]
C#m C#m B B
Hey, hey, hey, will they love me now?
[Chorus]
E E C#m C#m
Hey now, kid, you're my salvation
A B E E
Just put it all out, don't let your head down
E E C#m C#m
All my life, they never told me
A B E E
They never said that it'd ever be so hard
[Verse 2]
E E A
I like to spend all my money on things that I don't need
A C#m C#m A
I like to sleep all the day 'cause this life is easier in dreams
A E
Yeah, in my dreams, in my dreams
E A
Well, I think about the places I have been
A C#m
And I can't regret what I have done
C#m A A
It's the past that makes me who I am
[Pre-Chorus]
C#m C#m B B
Hey, hey, hey, will they love me now?
[Chorus]
E E C#m C#m
Hey now, kid, you're my salvation
A B E E
Just put it all out, don't let your head down
E E C#m C#m
All my life, they never told me
A B E E
They never said that it'd ever be so hard
[Bridge]
A A E
Even when the sun goes down
E
I'll be there to hold and love you
B B C#m
Even when the day is done
C#m
I will be the one you can run to
A A E
Even when I'm dead and gone
E B
I will always watch out for you now
B B
And 'til the day we meet again
B
And 'til we meet again
[Chorus]
E E C#m C#m
Hey now, kid, you're my salvation
A B E E
Just put it all out, don't let your head down
E E C#m C#m
All my life, they never told me
A B E E
They never said that it'd ever be so hard
[Outro]
A B E E
They never said that it'd ever be so hard
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| 2. I'll Wait |
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Music & Lyrics: Darryl James - David Ritter - Isabel Ritchie - Jeremy Drury - Joanne Setterington
Simon Ward - Jonathan Hembrey
Album: Rattlesnake (2019)
Capo 2
[Intro]
C C
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[Verse 1]
C
You say that I'm a dreamer
G
You always let me be myself
Am
That's just what you do, man
F
When you love someone, you love someone
C
When I'm feeling worthless
G
You're always here to help me out
Am
That's just what you do, man
F
When you love someone, you love someone
[Pre-Chorus]
C
You know that I will be the light
G
To always be there at your side
Am
I just wanna tell you why
F
And this is how it goes
[Chorus]
F C
I'll wait, I'll wait to be the one
G Am F
To catch you when you're fa__lling
C
Always, always, I'll be the one
G Am C C
To answer when you're ca__lling
[Verse 2]
C
Well, you know I get so lonely
G
But with you, I never feel alone
Am
I guess that's how it is, man
F
When you love someone, you love someone
C
You know I'm out here working
G
You know I do it all for you
Am F
Nobody's perfect, they say
[Pre-Chorus]
C
You know that I will be the light
G
To always be there at your side
Am
I just wanna tell you why
F
And this is how it goes
[Chorus]
F C
I'll wait, I'll wait to be the one
G Am F
To catch you when you're fa__lling
C
Always, always, I'll be the one
G Am
To answer when you're calling
[Bridge]
C
I'll change my habits just to show I care
G
I'll face my demons just to show I'm there
F F
I'll be with you 'til my final days
C
I'll change my habits just to show I care
G
I'll face my demons just to show I'm there
F F F
I'll be with you 'til my final days
[Instrumental]
F C G Am
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[Outro]
F C
I'll wait, I'll wait to be the one
G Am F
To catch you when you're fa__lling
C
Always, always, I'll be the one
G Am C C
To answer when you're ca__lling
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| 3. One Hand Up |
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Music & Lyrics: Darryl James - David Ritter - Isabel Ritchie - Jeremy Drury - Joanne Setterington
Simon Ward - Jonathan Hembrey
Album: Rattlesnake (2019)
[Intro]
C GF F F
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C
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[Verse 1]
G F F C
We can burn bright if we want to
G F F C
Like stars in the night when they're shining through
G F F C
We can explode just like dynamite
G F F
To where, we don't know
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm Em G G
There's no turning back, so raise it hi__gh
[Chorus]
Am F
We can hold one hand up for tomorrow
C G
We can hold one hand up to the stars
Am F
We can be the change that we wanna see
C G C
Just don't give up on me, yeah
[Instrumental]
GF F F C
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[Verse 2]
G F F C
We can be the love and we'll teach 'em how
G F F C
We're pounding on the drum when they say "Quite down"
G F F C
We can go wild if we want to
G F F
We can run for miles
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm Em G G
There's no turning back, so raise it hi__gh
[Chorus]
Am F
We can hold one hand up for tomorrow
C G
We can hold one hand up to the stars
Am F
We can be the change that we wanna see
C G
Just don't give up on me
Am F
We can hold one hand up when we get there
C G
We can hold one hand up for the gold
Am F
We can be the change that we wanna see
C G C
There's no give-up in me, yeah
[Bridge]
C C F G
It'll change you life, it'll change your life, oh my
C C F G
It'll change you life, it'll change your life, oh my
C C F G
It'll change you life, it'll change your life, oh my
C C F G
It'll change you life, it'll change your life, oh my
C C F G
It'll change you life, it'll change your life, oh my
C C F G
It'll change you life, it'll change your life, oh
[Chorus]
Am F
We can hold one hand up for tomorrow
C G
We can hold one hand up to the stars
Am F
We can be the change that we wanna see
C G
Just don't give up on me
Am F
We can hold one hand up when we get there
C G
We can hold one hand up when we win
Am F
We can be the change that we wanna see
C G C
There's no give-up in me, yeah
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| 4. Running Scared (Desert Song) |
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Music & Lyrics: Darryl James - David Ritter - Isabel Ritchie - Jeremy Drury - Joanne Setterington
Simon Ward - Jonathan Hembrey
Album: Rattlesnake (2019)
[Intro]
Dm C G G
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[Verse 1]
Dm C
Do you remember me, back when you were young?
G
The night we met at the boathouse
G
I was hoping you noticed me
Dm C G
And I still believe in another life we were meant to be
G
Like two birds on a desert tree
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm
'Cause we could all get a little high if we want
C G
We could all get a little high if we want, come on
G
Ah, come on
[Chorus]
Dm C
'Cause I'm running scared
G G
Hey, and I'm running scared
Dm C
Oh, I'm running scared
G G
And I'm running scared
Dm
Oh, don't look back
C G
Don't look back, hey, hey
G Dm
Oh, don't look back
C G G
Don't look back, hey, hey, hey
[Verse 2]
Dm C G
'Cause I'm borderline, mentally unstable
G
Sweep it under the table, yeah
Dm
And these bedouin eyes
C G
We were meant to be in a different time
G
Everything is a warning sign
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm
'Cause we could all get a little high if we want
C G
We could all get a little high if we want, come on
G
Ah, come on
[Chorus]
Dm C
'Cause I'm running scared
G G
Hey, and I'm running scared
Dm C
Oh, I'm running scared
G G
And I'm running scared
Dm
Oh, don't look back
C G
Don't look back, hey, hey
G Dm
Oh, don't look back
C G G
Don't look back, hey, hey, hey
[Instrumental]
Dm C G G
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[Bridge]
Dm
'Cause we could all get a little high if we want
C G
We could all get a little high if we want, come on
G Dm
Yeah, we can all live a better life if we want
C G G
We can all live a better life if we want, come on
Dm
'Cause we could all get a little high if we want
C G
We could all get a little high if we want
[Chorus]
Dm C
'Cause I'm running scared
G G
Hey, and I'm running scared
Dm C
Oh, I'm running scared
G G
And I'm running scared
Dm C
'Cause I'm running scared
G G
Hey, and I'm running scared
Dm C
Oh, I'm running scared
G G
And I'm running scared
[Outro]
Dm C G G
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| 5. We All Need Someone |
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Music & Lyrics: Darryl James - David Ritter - Isabel Ritchie - Jeremy Drury - Joanne Setterington
Simon Ward - Jonathan Hembrey
Album: Rattlesnake (2019)
Capo 2
[Verse 1]
G Em D
The houses caught fire, caught fire in the field
G Em D
And the light was astounding, astounding, I guess
G Em D
I spent many years, many years in the darkness
G Em D
Oh, I'm tired of trying, I did my best
[Chorus]
G Em C G
We all need someone to love and to hold
G Bm C G
We all need shelter to keep us from the cold
G Bm C G
We all need laughter when life gets hard
G Bm C G
We all need someone to love us for who we are, alright now
[Instrumental]
GBm CG GEm CG
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[Verse 2]
G Em D
The fireworks sang and danced in the night
G Em D
So I hid in my bed, so scared that I'll die
G Em D
I want the whole world, the world at my funeral
G Em D
Watch as the rainbows explode in the sky
[Chorus]
G Em C G
We all need someone to love and to hold
G Bm C G
We all need shelter to keep us from the cold
G Bm C G
We all need laughter when life gets hard
G Bm C G
We all need someone to love us for who we are, alright now
[Instrumental]
GBm CG GEm CG
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[Bridge]
C G
No regrets if we walk the same roads
D D
We won't forget who we are
C G
No regret if we walk these new roads
D D
We may forget who we are
C G
No regrets if we walk the same roads
D D
We won't forget who we are
[Chorus]
G Em C G
We all need someone to love and to hold
G Bm C G
We all need shelter to keep us from the cold
G Bm C G
We all need laughter when life gets hard
G Bm C G
We all need someone to love us for who we are
[Chorus]
G Em C G
We all need someone to love and to hold
G Bm C G
We all need shelter to keep us from the cold
G Bm C G
We all need laughter when life gets hard
G Bm C G
We all need someone to love us for who we are
[Outro]
GBm CG GEm CG
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| 6. We Were Young |
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Music & Lyrics: Darryl James - David Ritter - Isabel Ritchie - Jeremy Drury - Joanne Setterington
Simon Ward - Jonathan Hembrey
Album: Rattlesnake (2019)
Capo 2
[Verse 1]
G G D
We both just sat in the sunlight, we were alone
D Em Em C C
We were young in love
G G D
And I was lost with you for a moment in a place I know
D Em Em C C
We were young in love
[Chorus]
G D D
Hey, hey hey, hey, hey hey, we’re strange, strange, hey
Em Em C
Take, take me away
C
We were young, we were young and
G D D
Hey, hey hey, hey, hey hey, we’re strange, strange, hey
Em Em C
Take, take me away
C
We were young, we were young
[Verse 2]
G G D
I woulda gave up everything I had for just one day
D Em Em C C
That I felt worthwhile, that I felt alive
G G
'Cause when you love me like no one ever could
D D Em Em C
You made me smile, you saved my life so many times
[Chorus]
G D D
Hey, hey hey, hey, hey hey, we’re strange, strange, hey
Em Em C
Take, take me away
C
We were young, we were young and
G D D
Hey, hey hey, hey, hey hey, we’re strange, strange, hey
Em Em C
Take, take me away
C
We were young, we were young
[Bridge]
Em C
Make no mistake of my love for you
G D
Make no mistake of all we've been through
Em C
Make no mistake of the troubles we've had
G D
Make no mistake of the good times and bad
Em C
Make no mistake of the promise I made
G D
To always be there by your side
Em C
Oh, and make no mistake that with you in my life
G D D
Well, I know that we will be fine
[Chorus]
D D
N.C.
Hey, hey hey, hey, hey hey, we’re strange, strange, hey
Em Em C
Take, take me away
C
We were young, we were young and
G D D
Hey, hey hey, hey, hey hey, we’re strange, strange, hey
Am Am C
Take, take me away
C G G D
We were young, we were young (oh oh oh)
[Outro]
D Am Am C
We were young, we were young, we were young (oh oh oh)
C G
We were young, we were young, we were young
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| 7. The Party |
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Music & Lyrics: Darryl James - David Ritter - Isabel Ritchie - Jeremy Drury - Joanne Setterington
Simon Ward - Jonathan Hembrey
Album: Rattlesnake (2019)
You can also play with capo 5, transpose -5
[Intro]
Bb C Bb C
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[Verse 1]
Bb C
I'm all dressed for a party
Bb C
And man, I'd like to go
Bb C
The streets are filled with echoes
Bb C
And there's a half moon above
Bb C
I don't feel much like talking
Bb C
And I'm dying to be loved
[Chorus]
F Dm
Maybe my heart is broken, maybe my dreams are gone
Bb C
But I need you now like I've never done before
F Dm
And maybe my skies are empty, maybe my birds have flown
Bb C
And I'm scared as hell to walk out through this door
Bb
I can't stay here anymore
[Instrumental]
C Bb C
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[Verse 2]
Bb C
I can't sleep with the lights off
Bb C
I've given everything I can
Bb C
I don't want to be different
Bb C
I just wanna be like them
[Chorus]
F Dm
Maybe my heart is broken, maybe my dreams are gone
Bb C
But I need you now like I've never done before
F Dm
And maybe my skies are empty, maybe my birds have flown
Bb C
And I'm scared as hell to walk out through this door
[Chorus]
F Dm
Maybe my heart is broken, maybe my time is up
Bb C
But I need you now like I've never done before
F Dm
And maybe my skies are empty, maybe my birds have flown
Bb C
And I'm scared as hell to walk out through this door
Bb
I can't stay here anymore
[Instrumental]
F C C
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[Bridge]
Bb
We were dancing through the trees
F C C
Only you and me for this moment
Bb
And we were dancing through the trees
F C C
Only you and me for this moment
Bb C
I'm all dressed for a party
Bb C
And man, I'd like to go
[Chorus]
F Dm
Maybe my heart is broken, maybe my dreams are gone
Bb C
But I need you now like I've never done before
F Dm
And maybe my skies are empty, maybe my birds have flown
Bb C F
And I'm scared as hell to walk out through this door
[Instrumental]
Am Bb C
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[Outro]
F Dm
Maybe my heart is broken, maybe my dreams are gone
Bb C F
But I need you now like I've never done before
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| 8. High |
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Music & Lyrics: Darryl James - David Ritter - Isabel Ritchie - Jeremy Drury - Joanne Setterington
Simon Ward - Jonathan Hembrey
Album: Rattlesnake (2019)
[Verse 1]
Am
I wake up and close my eyes
G C C
You wake up and close your eyes too
Am
And I would fall a thousand times
G C C
I would fall a thousand times for you
[Pre-Chorus]
C Dm
You make me high, high, high, high, high
F F
You make me high, high, yeah, my, my (We can all get a little high)
[Chorus]
C
Help me up when I'm upside down
Dm
You make it sing when I just hear sound
F
With the world on my shoulders
F
We'll never get older
(We can all get a little high)
[Verse 2]
Am
Every story that we make
G C C
Takes me to a place I've never been
Am
You will always be my heart
G C C
And I will always be your broken wings
[Verse 3]
Am
You have been the only hero
G C C
In all the scattered voices I have heard
Am
And you will always be the life
G C C
From all the forests I have burned
[Pre-Chorus]
C Dm
You make me high, high, high, high, high
F F
You make me high, high, yeah, my, my (We can all get a little high)
[Chorus]
C
Help me up when I'm upside down
Dm
You make it sing when I just hear sound
F
With the world on my shoulders
F
We'll never get older
(We can all get a little high)
[Bridge]
Am G C
More and more it feels like home, like home
F
When you are with me
Am G C
More and more it feels like home, like home
F F
When you are with me, are with me
[Chorus]
C Dm F
We can all get a little high
C
We can all get a little high
Dm
High, high, high, high,
F F
You make me high, high, yeah, my, my (We can all get a little high)
[Chorus]
C
You'help me up when I'm upside down
Dm
You make it sing when I just hear sound
F
With the world on my shoulders
F
We'll never get older
(We can all get a little high)
[Outro]
C
You'help me up when I'm upside down
Dm
You make it sing when I just hear sound
F
With the world on my shoulders
F
We'll never get older C Dm F
(We can all get a little high)
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| 9. All My Life |
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Music & Lyrics: Darryl James - David Ritter - Isabel Ritchie - Jeremy Drury - Joanne Setterington
Simon Ward - Jonathan Hembrey
Album: Rattlesnake (2019)
Capo 1
[Verse 1]
G
You put the snake under my bed
Em C G
You killed my spirit, now my spirit is dead
G
You set the rocket off in my heart
Em C G A
You put the daisies over top of my scars
[Chorus]
F C G G
All my life I'll be yours
F C G G
All my life I'll be yours
[Verse 2]
G C G
You were the hunter hiding in the trees
Em C G
You were the pirate ship in my sea
G C G
You were the thunder crashing through my storm
Em C G
You made me wish that I was never born
[Chorus]
F C G G
All my life I'll be yours
F C G G
All my life I'll be yours
[Post-Chorus]
Em
Oh, when you walk through the stream
C
Will you look out for me?
G
And you believe, you believe
Em
When you cancelled the sun
C
And you just need someone
G D
And you believe in me
[Bridge]
G C G
You put the snake under my bed
Em C G
You killed my spirit, now my spirit is dead
[Chorus]
F C G G
La lalala lalala lalala lalalala
F C G G
All my life I'll be yours (La lalala lalala lalala lalalala)
F C G G
All my life I'll be yours (La lalala lalala lalala lalalala)
[Outro]
(Who put the snake under my bed? Who killed my spirit? Now my spirit is dead, do you believe?)
F C G G
All my life I'll be yours
(Who put the snake under my bed? Who killed my spirit? Now my spirit is dead, do you believe?)
F C G G
All my life I'll be yours
(Who put the snake under my bed? Who killed my spirit? Now my spirit is dead, do you believe?)
F C G G
All my life I'll be yours
F C G G
All my life I'll be yours (La lalala lalala lalala lalalala)
Rattlesnake chords and lyrics
Free chords for Rattlesnake by The Strumbellas. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.
Rattlesnake (2019)
1. Salvation
2. I'll Wait
3. One Hand Up
4. Running Scared (Desert Song)
5. We All Need Someone
6. We Were Young
7. The Party
8. High
9. All My Life
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| 1. Salvation |
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Music & Lyrics: Darryl James - David Ritter - Isabel Ritchie - Jeremy Drury - Joanne Setterington
Simon Ward - Jonathan Hembrey
Album: Rattlesnake (2019)
You can also play with capo 4, transpose -4
[Intro]
|E |E |A |A |
|C#m |C#m |A |A
[Verse 1]
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
[Outro]
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| 2. I'll Wait |
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Music & Lyrics: Darryl James - David Ritter - Isabel Ritchie - Jeremy Drury - Joanne Setterington
Simon Ward - Jonathan Hembrey
Album: Rattlesnake (2019)
Capo 2
[Intro]
|C |C
[Verse 1]
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[Instrumental]
|F |C |G |Am |
[Outro]Rattlesnake Chords by The Strumbellas
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