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()= hard to here bits, or alternate forms used in the song
p = pull off
x = no note sounded, can be used for a percussive effect.
I Will Not Die
intro
One two three four
LAm FA DO SOL
e------|-----0-|-------1-|-----0-|---3-3-|
b------|---1-1-|-----1-1-|---1-1-|---3-3-|
g------|---2-2-|-----2-2-|---0-0-|---0-0-|
d--2-0-|---2-2-|-0-3-3-3-|---2-2-|---0-0-|
a------|-0---0-|--(3)--3-|-3---3-|-2---2-|
E------|-------|-------1-|-----x-|-----3-|
LAm FA REm SOL LAm
e-----0---|-----1-1---|-----1-|---------|
b---1-1---|-----1-1---|---3-3-|---3-----|
g---2-2---|-----2-2---|---2-2-|---0-----|
d---2-2-2-|-0-3-3-3---|-0---0-|---0-----|
a-0---0---|--(3)--3-3-|-------|-2---3-2-|
E---------|-------1---|-------|---------|
FA DO SOL LAm
It only hurts me when I'm awake
FA REm SOL LAm
It seems to die with dreaming
FA DO SOL LAm
And there is only so much that I can fake
FA REm SOL DO
When my whole life's careening down
C/B Am Am/G F (fig. 1)
I will not die
Same chunking as first verse Am F C G etc.
It only kills me 'cause I'm alive
And living this disaster
And it's all I can do now to survive
I live to be my master
I will not die. Down I will not die
(Fig. 2)
FAm DO DO/SI
When I'm well I long to be
LAm SOL FAm
Only in love with you
FAm DO DO/SI LAm
But I guess I'll never be whole
SOL LAm
And you know it's true
(Fig. 2)
It does not stop me that we all die
I know this trip's to slaughter
But if only I could let me cry
I'd feel the healing water
Down I will not die. Down I will not die. Down I will not die.
(Fig.1)
MI---1-0-1
SI---1-0-1
SOL---2-2-2
RE---3-3-3
LA---3-3-3
MI-1-1-0-1
(Fig.2)
FAm DO
e-----1---|-----1---|-----1---|-----1---|-----0---|
b-----1---|-----1---|-----1---|-----1---|-----1---|
g---1-1---|---1---1-|---1---1-|---1---1-|---0-0-0-|
d-3-----3-|---------|---------|---------|-----2---|
a---------|-3-------|-3-------|-3-------|-3-------|
E---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
DO/SI LAm SOL FAm
e-----0---|-----0---|-----3---|---|---|---------|
b-----1---|-----1---|-----3---|---|---|---------|
g---0-0-0-|---2-2-2-|---0-0-0-|-1-|-1-|-1-1-1-1-|
d-----0---|-----2---|---------|-3-|-3-|-3-3-3-3-|
a-2-------|-0-------|---------|-3-|-3-|-3-3-3-3-|
E---------|---------|-3-------|---|---|---------|
DO DO/SI LAm SOL LAm
e---------|---0-|---0-|---0-|-----|-----|---------|
b---------|---1-|---1-|---1-|---0-|---1-|---1---1-|
g-1-1-1-1-|---0-|---0-|---2-|---0-|---2-|---2---2-|
d-3-3-3-3-|---2-|-0---|-2-2-|-3---|---2-|-2-------|
a-3-3-3-3-|-3---|(2)--|(0)--|-----|-0---|-----3---|
E---------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|---------|
e-----------|---------|
b---1-------|-0-0-0-0-|
g---2-------|-0-0-0-0-|
d-----------|-0-0-0-0-|
a-2---2p0---|---------|
E---------0-|-3-2-1-0-|
Out of L.A.
MI SI7 MI
This town's gotta shake down to its roots
MI SI7
And I don't know if that's the sands or the tropical fruits
MI MI7
I don't believe all the things I see
LA7 LA7/SIb
But I'm still bettin' on you and me
MI SI7 MI
Hey hey baby, we gotta get out of L.A.
MI SI7 MI
Hey hey baby, we gotta get out of L.A.
A met a girl who looked like a movie star
She was goin' for a ride and I don't mean in a car
Had the brain about the size of a frozen pea
But on a scale of one to ten she was twenty-three
Hey hey baby, we gotta get out of L.A.
Hey hey baby, we gotta get out of L.A.
A big fat man's gonna make me a king
He gotta see through tan and a pinky diamond ring
Slick back hair, shirt to his thigh
Import silk, slave labor dyed
Hey hey baby, we gotta get out of L.A.
Hey hey baby, we gotta get out of L.A.
Hey hey baby, we gotta go get out of L.A.
Hey hey baby, we gotta get out of L.A.
A tattoo is a popular accoutrement
It come in red and in blue and it says anything you want
Some folks say your gonna regret
But the somedays haven't come around just yet
Hey hey baby, we gotta get out of L.A.
Hey hey baby, we gotta get out of L.A.
Hey hey baby, we gotta go get out of L.A.
And the boy-whores sell their souls on the boulevard
And that's a shirt-free store where they don't take credit cards
From the hills to the chills it's a quick fall down
It's a great big city it's a real small town
Hey hey baby, we gotta get out of L.A.
Hey hey baby, we gotta get out of L.A.
MI SI7 MI MI7(9)
Hey hey baby, we gotta go get out of L.A.
MI MI7 MI7(9) SI7 LA7 LA7/SIb
MI- 0 0 2 2 0 0
SI- 0 3 3 0 2 2
SOL- 1 1 1 2 0 0
RE- 2 0 0 1 2 2
LA- 2 2 2 2 0 1
MI- 0 0 0 x x x
The chunking pattern goes root chord chord per measure. When a chord is held over one measure the pattern changes to root chord chord, fifth chord chord.
You Mama, You
[Intro] just strumming a G chord
SOL
When I was young and pushed around
DO
And beaten up and beaten down
SOL RE
Who'd I run to mama tell me who
SOL
And as I grew to be a man
DO
And all the world held such élan
SOL RE
I did what I thought I just had to do
DO SOL
It was you mama you, it was you all along
RE
It was you I ran away from I was wrong
SOL
And if I could I'd change my life
DO
I swear to God I'd cut it out with a knife
SOL RE SOL
And with a glue stick I'd reapply it in a song
Continue the same chunking pattern
And laid back Kerouac never had no heart attack
Drinking and thinking about the place he ran back to
The moloch is an old man the moloch is a love-lack
Bending for a quick snack remembering his friend Jack
Mama sometimes and I remember you
chorus
FA DO SOL
Man loves woman
FA DO SOL
Mother loves child
FA DO SOL
Sometimes I call my lady mama
FA DO SOL
So I can feel at home for a while
FA DO SOL
So I can feel at home for a while
Looking around at all the Mellencamp towns
The excuses and the nooses where the coffee grounds
I found places and traces of a storybook world
And I went out there for a ride
On the misty coast but the holy host
is under the Mickey D's American flag and it's unfurled
chorus
Man loves woman sometimes
Mother loves child
Sometimes I call my lady mama
So I can feel at home for awhile
So I can feel at home for awhile
George
(Fig.1)
DO LAm DO LAm DO LAm FA
e-----3-|---0---|-----3-|---0---|-----3-|---0---|---1-1-|
b---1-1-|---1-1-|---1-1-|---1-1-|---1-1-|---1-1-|---1-1-|
g---0-0-|---2-0-|---0-0-|---2-0-|---0-0-|---2-0-|---2-2-|
d---2-2-|---2-2-|---2-2-|---2-2-|---2-2-|---2-2-|---3-3-|
a-3---3-|-0-----|-3---3-|-0-----|-3---3-|-0-----|---3-3-|
E-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-1-1-1-|
FAmaj7 DO LAm DO LAm DO LAm
e---0-0-|-----3-|---0---|-----3-|---0---|-----3-|---0---|
b---1-1-|---1-1-|---1-1-|---1-1-|---1-1-|---1-1-|---1-1-|
g---2-0-|---0-0-|---2-0-|---0-0-|---2-0-|---0-0-|---2-0-|
d---3-3-|---2-2-|---2-2-|---2-2-|---2-2-|---2-2-|---2-2-|
a---3-3-|-3---3-|-0-----|-3---3-|-0-----|-3---3-|-0-----|
E-1-----|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
FAmaj7/FA# FAmaj7 DO LAm DO
e---0-0-|---0-0-|---0-0-|---0-0-|-----3-|---0---|-----3-|
b---1-1-|---1-1-|---1-1-|---1-1-|---1-1-|---1-1-|---1-1-|
g---2-2-|---2-2-|---2-2-|---2-0-|---0-0-|---2-0-|---0-0-|
d---0-0-|---0-0-|---3-3-|---3-3-|---2-2-|---2-2-|---2-2-|
a---3-3-|---3-3-|---3-3-|---3-3-|-3---3-|-0-----|-3---3-|
E-2-----|-2-----|-1-----|-1-----|-------|-------|-------|
LAm DO LAm FA FAmaj7 DO LAm
e---0---|-----3-|---0---|---1-1-|---0-0-|-----3-|---0---|
b---1-1-|---1-1-|---1-1-|---1-1-|---1-1-|---1-1-|---1-1-|
g---2-0-|---0-0-|---2-0-|---2-2-|---2-0-|---0-0-|---2-0-|
d---2-2-|---2-2-|---2-2-|---3-3-|---3-3-|---2-2-|---2-2-|
a-0-----|-3---3-|-0-----|---3-3-|---3-3-|-3---3-|-0-----|
E-------|-------|-------|-1-1-1-|-1-----|-------|-------|
DO LAm DO LAm FA MI
e-----3-|---0---|-----3-|---0---|---1-1-|---1-0-|---0-0-|
b---1-1-|---1-1-|---1-1-|---1-1-|---1-1-|---1-1-|---0-0-|
g---0-0-|---2-0-|---0-0-|---2-0-|---2-2-|---2-2-|---1-1-|
d---2-2-|---2-2-|---2-2-|---2-2-|---3-3-|---3-3-|---2-2-|
a-3---3-|-0-----|-3---3-|-0-----|---3-3-|---3-3-|---2-2-|
E-------|-------|-------|-------|-1-----|-1-----|-0-----|
MI DO RE FA FAmaj7 SOL SOL
e---0-0-|---0-0-|---2-2-|---1-1-|---0-0-|---3-3-|---3-3-|
b---0-0-|---1-1-|---3-3-|---1-1-|---1-1-|---3-3-|---3-3-|
g---1-1-|---0-0-|---2-2-|---2-2-|---2-0-|---0-0-|---0-0-|
d---2-2-|---2-2-|-0-----|---3-3-|---3-3-|---0-0-|---0-0-|
a---2-2-|-3-----|-------|---3-3-|---3-3-|---2-2-|---2-2-|
E-0-----|-------|-------|-1-----|-1-----|-3-----|-3-----|
(Fig. 2)
LAm LAm/SOL LAm/FA# LAm/FA LAm/MI LAm
e-------|-------|-------|-------|-------||-0-|
b---1-1-|---1-1-|---1-1-|---1-1-|---1-1-||-1-|
g---2-2-|---2-2-|---2-2-|---2-2-|---2-2-||-2-|
d-------|-------|-------|-------|-------||-2-|
a-0-----|-------|-------|-------|-------||-0-|
E-------|-3-----|-2-----|-1-----|-0-----||---|
(Fig.1)
George died in the fifth grade
No one ever knew why
He was out selling lemonade
On the Fourth of July, and he died
Sister Claire said that he was
An angel on earth
She stood there and she told us
She had clearly rehearsed every verse
Of the lies that tie you down
I've forgotten my first love
I haven't seen her since when
There's a bum on the corner
He thinks that I'm his best friend, we pretend
He says the rapture is any day
That's when God's coming round
But maybe he best stay away
They'll run him right out of town, like a clown
With the lies that tie you down
There are times when a man feels
That it's him against the world
There are times when a man steals
From the love of his girl
There are days when a beast dies
Long before the gun
And there are days when a crow flies
Straight into the sun, to be done
With the lies that tie you down
The lies that tie you down
The lies that tie you down
(Fig. 2)
Nineteen-ninety
Nineteen-ninety
Nineteen-ninety nine
It's almost time
Paper Towel
(Fig. 1)
MI FA# LA DO#m LA DO#m FA# SI
e-x-x---0-|---2-|---0-|---4-|---0-|---4-|---2-|---2-|
b-x-x---0-|---2-|---5-|---5-|---5-|---5-|---2-|---4-|
g-x-x---1-|---3-|---6-|---6-|---6-|---6-|---3-|---4-|
d-x-x---2-|---4-|---7-|---6-|---7-|---6-|---4-|---4-|
a-x-x---2-|---4-|-0-0-|-4-4-|-0-0-|-4-4-|---4-|-2-2-|
E-x-x-0-0-|-2-2-|-----|-----|-----|-----|-2-2-|-----|
(fig. 2) (fig. 3)
FA#m SI MIm
e---2-|---2-| e---0-|---0-|---0-|---0-|---0-|---0-|
b---2-|---4-| b---0-|---0-|---0-|---0-|---0-|---0-|
g---2-|---4-| g---0-|---0-|---0-|---0-|---0-|---0-|
d---4-|---4-| d-2-2-|-1-1-|-0-0-|---2-|---2-|---2-|
a---4-|-2-2-| a---2-|---2-|---2-|-4-4-|-3-3-|-3-3-|
E-2-2-|-----| E---0-|---0-|---0-|---0-|---0-|---0-|
e-----|-----|-----|-----|
b-----|-----|-----|-----|
g---0-|---0-|---0-|---0-|
d---1-|---1-|---1-|---1-|
a---2-|---2-|---2-|---2-|
E-2---|-3---|-2---|-3---|
(fig. 1)
I'm not immune so I commune
With the objects in my home
I am caressed by my razor
And so am not alone
I spoon an oversized pillow
I bought for such that use
And to the flowers in my garden
I am lover not recluse
If you my dear were such a flower
You would stay and only grow
And I would tend to you and water baby
And straight up would you go
You would spread and maybe blossom
With each passing summer's day
And not the suitors from a hundred hives
Could draw your love away
(Fig. 3)
Then as autumn shut the light
Down in advance of winter's bite
According to true lover's creed
You would not die but go to seed
(Fig. 1)
For so it is with paper towels
And other things about my place
The old begets the new
And the things I need keep up to pace
But you my dear are gone forever
You left no silly seed behind
Save a rotten pit it lingers
Cherry stone in my mind
(Fig. 2)
You're not a paper towel, no
You're like the wind go howling
(Fig. 3)
You fled as if the autumn greys
Were the herald of final days
Uprooting with your seeds
An all cruel harvest of love's first fall
(Fig. 2)
You're not a paper towel
You're like the wind go howling
Can't wrap you around my dowel, no no
You're like the wind go howling
Bring her back for me Little Bo Peep
I've got to find her I can't
Go to sleep
(Fig. 3)
In Between
G Dm F C (verse) (fill 1)
e-----3---|-1-1-0-1-|-1-1-0-1-|-0-----------|--|----------
b---3---3-|-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-|-1-----------|--|----------
d---0-----|-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-|-0-----------|--|----------
g---0-----|-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-|-2-0p2-2-----|--|----------
a-2-------|---------|-3-3-3-3-|-3-------2-0-|2*|-333320---
E-3-------|---------|-1-1-1-1-|-------------|3*|--------3-
(Chorus)
SOL SIb DO DO SI SIb SOL
e-3---3---|-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-(2)-1-0-|-3---3---|
b-3-3---3-|-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-(4)-3-0-|-3-3---3-|
g-0-0-----|-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-(4)-3-0-|-0-0-----|
d-0-0-----|-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-(4)-3-0-|-0-0-----|
a-2-------|-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-(2)-1-0-|-2-------|
E-3-------|-----------|-----------|-------------|-3-------|
SIb DO RE SOL SI
e-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-0-2-|-3---3---|-1-1-1-1-1-|
b-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3---3-|-3-3-3-3-3-|
g-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-----|-3-3-3-3-3-|
d-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-----|-3-3-3-3-3-|
a-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------|-2-------|-1-1-1-1-1-|
E-----------|-----------|-----------|-3-------|-----------|
DO DO SI SIb SOL SI DO
e-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-(2)-1-0-|-3---3---|-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-
b-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-(4)-3-0-|-3-3---3-|-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-
g-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-(4)-3-0-|-0-0-----|-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-
d-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-(4)-3-0-|-0-0-----|-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-
a-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-(2)-1-0-|-2-------|-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-
E-----------|-------------|-3-------|-----------|-----------
e--3-3-(2)-1-0-| of course there are slight variations, but
b--5-5-(4)-3-0-| this is the general just of it.
SOL--5-5-(4)-3-0-
RE--5-5-(4)-3-0-
LA--3-3-(2)-1-0-
E--------------|
(Verse chords)
Well I knew a dealer, Dan, and he'd say Don't worry 'bout me
I'm never gonna fit the plan and I'll never work for free
And then he spent some time in a State Penitentiary
I believe he made ten cents an hour
And I knew a girl in college as sweet as the summer sun
Never worried 'bout books or knowledge
She was busy having too much fun
And I hear these days she's livin' at home with her three-year-old son
Readin' up on women taking power
(Chorus chords)
The trees grow high
And the leaves they grow green
Oh me oh my all the things that I have seen
Don't be surprised little bro
When the world turns out mean
Life is what happens in between
(Verse chords)
Well I knew a man, old man, about ninety-five
He could hardly see nor stand but he was goddamn glad to be alive
And he said
Hey son go and taste of life
Get in your car and drive
And that's exactly what I do
But out here on the road
You know a man leads a simple life
Don't carry no heavy loads
And he don't get time for the lady or a wife
But sometimes the stars I'm followin'
Well they don't shine so bright
And that's when I wish I was home with you
(Chorus Chords)
And the trees they grow high
And the leaves they grow green
Oh me oh my all the things that I have seen
Don't be surprised little bro
When the world turns out mean
Life is what happens in between
[Verse chords + (fill 1)]
(Verse Chords)
Well you remember our dad
Remember what he said
He said
This here's a family
Gonna be together til we're dead
Ten years and two homes ago
It ain't quite what turned out to be
And I still hear those words
They ring and ring and ring inside of me
(Chorus Chords)
The trees grow high
And the leaves they grow green
Oh me oh my all the things that I have seen
Don't be surprised little bro
When the world turns out mean
Life is what happens in between
Life is what happens in between
Prophet
Intro MIm SOL RE9 LA9 MIm SOL RE9 LA9
MIm SOL RE9 LA9
I guess I make my way OK, I guess I do
MIm SOL RE9 LA9
I guess I get by, just like you
MIm SOL RE9 LA9
I'm keeping to myself though, if you don't mind
MIm SOL RE9 LA9
I don't want to leave any fingerprints
MIm SOL RE9 LA9
MIm SOL RE9 LA9
Moving down the boulevard, the walk of fame
MIm SOL RE9
The Japanese they're up against it trying to match their
LA9 MIm
hand sizes with the household names
SOL RE9
And I just try to bob and weave and keep from bumping into
LA9
furry fairy prostitutes
MIm SOL RE9 LA9
And make it to the corner gonna lose myself inside outside news and
MI SOL MI
I remember when I first had come to town
SOL MI
And you suggested that I kneel and kiss the ground
SOL MI RE9 LA9
You were such a prophet then to me
MI SOL MI SOL MI SOL RE9 LA9
And you, you're nothing to me
MIm SOL RE9 LA9
Nobody wants to help when you start with a please
To supplicate is not the way you've got to put the other man down on his knees
But that's not why I arrived, no that was not the reason
Don't mind if I retire from a town without one just like a season. . .
I remember when I first had come to town
And you suggested I kneel and kiss the ground
You were such a prophet then to me
And you, you're nothing to me
LAm MI(7b)
Waltzing slowly in
LAm MI(7b) LAm MI(7b) LAm MI(7b)
Counter time to your piercing cameras before me
LAm MI(7b)
Moving closer I've
LAm MI(7b) LAm MI(7b) LAm MI(7b)
Come to know that there's nothing in there to show me
LAm MI MI7
MIm SOL RE9 LA9
Pretty good show she said
I kinda like your style
Well, maybe we could go to bed and I could help you run the three-minute mile
But first you gotta take the drinks you gotta learn to fake the smiles
She was a piece of past her prime real estate a late great tit turnstile. . .
I remember when I first had come to town
And you suggested I kneel and kiss the ground
You were such a prophet then, to me
And you, you're nothing to me
I remember when
(Repeat)
MI MIm MI7 MI(7b) LAm LA9 SOL RE9
MI- 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
SI- 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3
SOL- 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 2
RE- 2 2 0 x 2 2 0 0
LA- 2 2 2 x 0 0 2 x
MI- 0 0 0 0 x x 3 x
Life Lays Me Down
Repeated with variations for the main riff
e-0---| e---0-------------|---------------0----0----0----|
b-4---| b---4-------------|---1(4)-1(4)---1(4)-1(4)-1(4)-|
g-0---| g---3---------8-0-|---2----0p2----2----2----0----|
d-0---| d---2---------8-8-|---2----2------2----2----2----|
a-2---| a-3---5/7-(7)-7-7-|-0-------------0----0----0----|
E-0---| E-x-----------8-8-|------------------------------|
She was a faker
I was a fool
I tried to make her
I broke the rules
And over coffee
On the morning next
I learned the reddest
Have regrets
Life lays me down
Life lays me down
Life lays me down down
But my God was still coming around around
He was a salesman
I was a fool
He had retirement
I had a stool
And over bourbon
And a Coca Cole
I fought the bad guy
And I kept my soul
Life lays me down
Life lays me down
Life can lay me down down
But my God will still coming around around around around around
And it's a full house flush
With a bass and a brush
And a subtle soft shade
Of the cheekbone blade
And the world turns around
The sun that's found
To be casually gunning
For life overrunning
In heels
He squeals and reveals
God don't cut deals
He was a savior
I was a child
Programmed behavior
And a Santa smile
And over red wine
And a little bread
We commune with the divine
And the diva in the priest suit said
Life lays me down
Life lays me down
Boy life lay you down down
But my God will still come around around around around around
And it's a drag queen sheriff of a ghost town
Probably since the last days of hate
When the mushroom clouds came down
Smoke signaling too late
And CNN broke the blow dry grip
For a flash of the end - like it's some hot tip
And God
If the last voice I hear on that community screen
Sounds deeper than Yours and doubly as mean
Then the Jedi knight was right
Life lays me down
Life lays me down
Life lay you down
Life can lay me down
Life lays me down
Life lays me down
Life lay me right down on the ground
Life can lay me down
Life can lay me down
Life can lay me down down down down
Life can lay me down
So hard sometimes I even sing like jazz fusion
And it's a full house flush
With a bass and a brush
And a subtle soft shade
Of the cheekbone blade
And the world turns around
The sun that's found
To be casually gunning
For life overrunning
In heels
He squeals and reveals
God don't cut deals
Life lays me down
Life lays me down
Life can lay me down
But my God will still come in
Around around around around around
My God
Baby Ruth in Atlanta
SOL SIm FA LAm SOL SIm FA LAm
SOL SIm FA LAm
I asked you for a ride I was lonely
DO MIm SOL RE
And hoping to see you before I left town
SOL SIm FA
You said "I'm sorry I'd like to
LAm DO MIm SOL RE
If only I had had the time maybe next time around"
DO RE DO RE
And I walked for miles and carried my bags
DO RE DO RE
On streets with no sidewalks in search of a ride
DO RE
It was me and a Baby Ruth
DO RE
A chewy chunk of chocolate truth
C D C (fill 1) G Bm F
And here from the bus I would like to say thanks
LAm SOL SIm FA LAm
Thank you
I had imagined a breakfast of coffee
And muffins maybe some cinnamon toast
If I believed I'd gain your attendance
I could have provided the ho-holy host
And I walked for miles in search of a ride
On streets with no sidewalks and carried my bags
It was me and a Baby Ruth
A chewy chunk of chocolate truth
And here from the bus I'd just like to say thanks
Thank you
Thanks a lot
Thank you not
Two seats behind me reclining
An angel is peering at me now from under a book
She catches me staring and smiles to the window
Again I'm in love and with only a look
FAmaj7 SOL6 LA9
And it must be it's true I am free
FAmaj7 SOL6 LA9
And last night a bird you know who spoke to me
FAmaj SOL6 LA9
Saying welcome the solitude it's your family tree
Natural harmonics at the 12th fret
And you would've been
Fmaj7 Dm (G D Dsus(2-3) D) repeat
Only a heaven
At noon I will fly to my city my prison
And you will be forever gone from my life
And soon I'll deny any lingering vision
Of me in some catalogue and you as my wife
'Cause I walked for miles in search of a ride
On streets with no sidewalks and steep muddy banks
It was me and a Baby Ruth
A chewy chunk of chocolate truth
And here from the bus I'd just like to say thanks
Thank you
Thank you
Thanks a lot
Thank you
I was walkin' down the road carryin' a heavy load
Feelin' and believin' that might've been a prince toad
But no
Fill 1
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b-------| |---8-8---8--4--3--2--0-| |---------4--3--2--0-|
g-------| |---6-6---6--2--1--0--0-| |-2-2-----2--1--0--0-|
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a-2-2---| |-7-7-7-7-7--2--1--0--0-| |-0-3p0---2--1--0--0-|
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All figures have slight variations as the song progresses
Fill 2
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(Fig.1)
Had all I can use of your silly teachin'
Had all I can use of your silly preachin'
(Fig. 2)
And here's the news I make on my wise
All I really need are some shoes my size
(Fig. 1)
Some shoes my size
Some shoes my size
Some shoes my size
(Fig. 1)
Must be nice to be boy genius
In your paradise, you got the only penis
(fig. 3)
I know it's true, I can hypotheticalize
All I really need is some shoes my size
(Fig.1)
Some shoes my size
Some shoes my size, nine-five, shoes my size
(Fig. 1)
I don't do much in the way of prayin'
And I'm out of touch with religious sayin's
(Fig. 3)
I think your cross is just a little too wide
All I really need is some shoes my size
(Fig. 1)
Some shoes my size
Some shoes my size
Some shoes my size
Some shoes my size, nine-five, double wide, you provide
SOL DO RE SIm FA MIm LAm FAmaj7 SOL6 LA9 REm REsus(3-2)
MI- 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
SI- 3 1 3 3 1 0 1 1 3 0 3 3
SOL- 0 0 2 4 2 0 2 2 4 6 2 2
RE- 0 2 0 4 3 2 2 3 5 7 0 0
LA- 2 3 x 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 x x
MI- 3 x x x 1 0 x x x x x x
Love Letters
LA LAmaj7 REmaj7
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LA LAmaj7 REmaj7
Way down in SoHo town
LA LAmaj7 REmaj7
Where the lovely people love to be
LA LAmaj7 REmaj7
And they all write all their best lines down
LA LAmaj7 REmaj7
And they hope their hair turns white like Andy
There's a man who was almost king
He was lionized when they left the ring
And some time away was soon the end
And the truth is there's no one you can depend on
And love, I know
You're gone for good
I can't go back
But I know I should
A Boticellian beauty she was with a body of jelly
And a booty because
She turned the corner
She turned some heads
And before it was cool she wore black and blue keds
Sit and spin his old thirty threes
It was groovy again to know
Chucky's In Love with a friend
You can fall in the arms of each other
And nothin' is like that brother
And love, I know
You're gone for good
I can't go back
But I know I should
Love is larger than letters
Taking up his sword again
It was a Mont-Blanc monogrammed pen
And he wielded the power of his PhD
While he sat there and gloated his Green screen tragedy
And love, I know
You're gone for good
I can't go back
But I know I should
Love, I know
You're gone for good
I can't go back
But I know I should
Love is larger than letters
DOammie
(Fig. 1)
SOL SIm7 DO RE
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b-----3---3---|-3-3-3---3-3-|-1-0p1----1---|-3--------3----|
g---0-------0-|-2-2-0p2-2-2-|-0------0-----|-2-(0p2)-(2)-2-|
d-0-0---------|-4-4-4---4-4-|-2-(0p2)----2-|-0-----------0-|
a-2-----------|-2-2-------2-|-3------------|---------------|
E-3-----------|-------------|--------------|---------------|
(Fig. 1)
I got a letter today
An invitation
The writing looked like you
Hello how are you, and by the way
Please RSVP I do
I thought of writing sad words
Of how it used to be
But I didn't wanna bring you down
I guess the bells'll ring pretty well without me
Don't worry 'bout me baby, I'll wear the thorny crown
I'll play the clown
DO RE
If you think that I don't love you
SOL SOL/FA# MIm
You're dead wrong
DO RE SOL SOL/FA# MIm
And that don't matter anyway
DO RE REdim7 DO/SOL
I couldn't bear to see you up there with the white dress on
DO RE
Here's my vow to you: I'll stay away (Fig. 1)
I remember when
In a lover's whisper you said
No other man would ever share your bed
But we both know that's not been so
And I wish I'd never let you go
Now you've found a better man instead
I wish you health and wealth
And a white house on the hill
And I, I hope you raise a family
Little boy and a little girl
A little more joy in this little old world
Would that it be enough for me
If you think that I don't love you
You're dead wrong
And that don't matter now anyway
I couldn't bear to see you up there with the white dress on
Here's my vow to you: I'll stay away
MIm DOmaj7 MI6 DOmaj7
Time rolls on and dreams they die
MIm DOmaj7 MI6
And I've thrown out the pictures I had of you & I
MIm DOmaj7 MI6 DOmaj7
And if you're wondering if love can be true
MIm DOmaj7
Well, think of me and my baby darling
RE
Like I, like I do
Old friendships fade away
Love falls apart
And you've not spent a single day outside my heart
And there's just one more dream I have inside for you
I hope you're smiling when
He turns around and says I do
I do
SOL DO RE MIm MI6 SIm7 SOL/FA# DO/SOL REdim7 DOmaj7
MI-3 0 2 0 0 2 3 3 2 0
SI-3 1 3 0 0 3 3 1 1 0
SOL-0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0
RE-0 2 0 2 2 4 0 2 1 2
LA-2 3 x 2 4 2 x 3 x 3
MI-3 x x 0 0 x 2 x x x
More Than I Wanted
(tune almost a half step down for this one)
MIm DO
MIm DO
I heard nothing
MIm DO
But the empty slap of words
MIm DO
That was all I heard
MIm DO
When you spoke to me
Ah, ah aye
Ah, ah aye
I want you
You
Asked me if I knew
What a nipple was for
Put me on the floor
And then raped me to explode
Ah, ah aye
I found you
LA DO LA DO
I had much more than I wanted
LA DO LA MIm DO MIm DO
I found much more than I gave
The lives we're living
Are too complex for words
Yet we are turds
Of great philosophers
In the sky
Way up high
cockadoodle-doo
LA9/MI DO/MI LA9/MI DO/MI
I found much more than I wanted
LA9/MI DO/MI LA9/MI
I got much more than I gave
Mary had a little boy
And the little lamb
Who am
I...
And why...
Are you...
I got much more than I wanted
I got much more than I get
MIm DO LA DO/MI LA9/MI
MI-0 0 0 0 0
SI-0 1 2 1 0
SOL-0 0 2 0 2
RE-2 2 2 2 2
LA-2 3 0 3 0
MI-0 x x 0 0
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