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1. _ Why Must I
Note: for some reason this isn't in tune... it's *sort* of between
Ebm and em, closer to ebm... so....
Capo 1 - ebm maps to dm
Chords: fma9 xx3010
*** intro:
Dm c | f g
Am /g f | c g
Dm c | f g
Fma9
*** verse 1:
Dm c f g
Why must i take it so hard
Am /g f
There's no light in the tunnel
C g
Or dog in the yard
Dm c f g
It's my fault for wanting too much
Am /g f
Going deeper than most
C g
Getting harder to touch
*** chorus:
F c
I've known days when i'd
F g
Wake up and say,
Am /g /f /e f
`the world can get along just fine.'
Dm c f g fma9
So why must i take it so hard this time.
Dm c | f g
Am /g f | c g
*** verse 2:
Why must i take it so hard - dm c | f g
Other people get by am /g f
With either bourbon or god. c g
But my world became this one boy dm c | f g
It's the way that i'm made - am /g f
Do you think i enjoy it? c g
*** chorus:
I've known days when i'd f c
Wake up and say, f g
`just live and let it all go by...' am /g /f /e | f
So why must i take it so hard this time. dm c | f g | fma9
*** instrumental
||: dm c | f g
Am /g f | c g :||
I've known days when i'd f c
Wake up and say, f g
(instrumental) am f | c g | c g
Be careful of the love you find am /g f | c g | c g
*** coda:
Be careful of the love you find. am /g /f /e f | c g | g c
Oh, be careful. am /g /f /e f | c g | g c
(fade)
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2. _ Voices Carry
G bb c :||
Verse 1:
Bb c g
In the dark, i like to read his mind
Bb c g
But i'm frightened of the things i might find
Bb f
Oh, there must be something he's thinking of
G
To tear him away
Bb f
When i tell him that i'm falling in love
G
Why does he say
*** chorus:
Am c g
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry
Am c g
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry
F
Uh-uh
*** verse 2:
I try so hard not to get upset bb c g
Because i know all the trouble i'll get bb c g
Oh, he tells me tears are something to hide bb f
And something to fear g
And i try so hard to keep it inside bb f
So no one can hear g
*** chorus:
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry am c g
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry am c g
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry am c g
Uh-uh f
*** bridge the bass notes are g-d-g-d bb-f-bb-f i *think* the chords
Are something like g <---> bbma7
He wants me g
But only part of the time bbma7
He wants me g
If he can keep me in line bbma7
*** coda
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry am c g
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry am c g
Hush hush shut up now voices carry am c g
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry am c g
Oh hush hush, darling, she might overhear am c g
Hush, hush - voices carry am c g
He said shut up - he said shut up am c g
Oh god can't you keep it down (g) am c
Voices carry g
Hush hush voices carry am c g
I wish he would let me talk. am c g
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3. _ On Sunday
Chords:
F# 244322
F#m 244222
C#m x46654
C#m7 x46454
A2 x02200
Caug x32110
E/b x22100
A#m7-5 x12120
*** introduction:
B f# f#m e
*** verse 1:
B f#
You should take a walk
F#m e
But its just the same wherever you go
B f# f#m e
You just wish the ghost was gone
B f#
So you make some calls
F#m e
But its talking while you're wanting to go
B f# f#m e
You're just ringing phones for fun
C#m c#m7 a
You can always make a new excuse to cry
C#m caug e/b a#m7-5 a a2 (or c#m /c /b /a# a a2)
But you don't have to use it on yourself
*** chorus:
E bm a
So why spend your sadness now
E bm a
Save it up for me on sunday
E bm a
And why is lonely all you have
E bm a
When love is what you'll find on sunday
*** interlude
C#m f# b f#m f#
*** verse 2:
You might guard your heart b f#
But its awfully fun to have it brokena f#m e
Or at least to leave a bruise b f# f#m e
It becomes an art b f#
Though the rules of which are rarely spoken f#m e
By the lucky ones who can choose b f# f#m e
So your pain becomes another souvenir c#m c#m7 a
And your souvenirs become your world c#m caug e/b a#m7-5 a a2
*** chorus:
So why spend your sadness now e bm a
Save it up for me on sunday e bm a
And why is lonely all you have e bm a
When love is what you'll find on sunday e bm a
*** interlude
||: f#m c#m d (1: bm) :||
*** coda:
A em d
Why spend your sadness now
A em d
Save it up for me on sunday
A em d
And why is lonely all you have
A em d
When love is what you'll find on sunday
Bm d a g d a
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4. _ 'j' For Jules
Capo 3 - eb maps as c
*** intro:
C g | em am
C g | em am c | g
*** verse 1
G d em c
I was winding my clock
G d em c
Which was waking us up
G d em c
In the morning, we were laughing
G d am c
Away like fools
*** verse 2
I was saying my prayers g d | em c
He was combing his hair g d | em c
In a country that began with a g d | em c
'j' for jules g d | am c
*** chorus
G d
You know i'll miss you
Am c
And thus it begins
G d
But i'll release you
Am c
And thus it continues -
G d am c
Someday we'll be happy again
*** verse 3
Oh, the rain never comes g d | em c
Count my blessings on my thumbs g d | em c
And the dogs just want to sleep in the g d | em c
Sun all day g d | am c
*** chours
You know i'll miss you g d
And thus it begins am c
But i'll release you g d
And thus it continues - am c
Someday we'll be happy again g d | am c
*** bridge
G d | c
D c
There's no way a country like that could die
Em bm
Told me that they drift away
C g
But that's a lie
C g | em a
C g | em a c | g
*** verse 4
Well, i just bought a car g d | em c
But it stays in the yard g d | em c
And the country that began with a 'j' g d | em c
Now ends in my heart g d | am c
*** chorus
You know i'll miss you g d
And thus it begins am c
But i'll release you g d
And thus it continues - am c
Someday we'll be happy again g d | am c
*** coda
Someday we'll be happy again g d | am c
Someday we'll be happy again. g d | am c
(oooo) g d | c
(oooo) g d | c
(oooo) g d | c
(oh) g d | c2
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5. _ Coming Up Close
Capo 1 - ab maps as g
Chords:
G 320033
C2 x32033
*** intro:
G
*** verse 1:
G
One night in iowa, he and i in a borrowed car
Em
Went driving in the summer, promises in every star
C(2)
Out in the distance i could hear some people laughing
Am
I felt my heart beat back a weekend's worth of sadness
*** verse 2:
There was a farmhouse that had long since been deserted g
We stopped and carved our hearts into the wooden surface em
We thought just for an instant we could see the future c(2)
We thought for once we knew what really was important am
*** chorus:
G c2
Coming up close
G
Everything sounds like welcome home
C2 g
Come home and oh, by the way
Em
Don't you know that i could make
Am c
A dream that's barely half-awake come true
G
I wanted to say -
Em
But anything i could have said
Am c g
I felt somehow that you already knew
*** verse 3:
We got back in the car and listened to a dylan tape g
We drove around the fields until it started getting late em
And i went back to my hotel room on the highway c(2)
And he just got back in his car and drove away am
*** chorus:
Coming up close g c2
Everything sounds like welcome home g
Come home and oh, by the way c2 g
Don't you know that i could make em
A dream that's barely half-awake come true am c
I wanted to say - but anything i could have said g em
I felt somehow that you already knew am c
*** coda
Coming up close g c2
Everything sounds like welcome home g
Come home c2 g
Coming up close g c2
Everything sounds like welcome home g
Come home come on home c2 g
||: c2 g :||
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6. _ David Denies
Capo 5 c maps to g
*** introduction:
F g eb
F g eb2
*** verse 1:
G /f# /e
It's what he wants but he won't say
Bm f c bb2 /c
He'd rather make-believe i want to say goodbye
G /f# /e
It's down to her although i know
Bm f c bb2 /c
She never made him happy now she makes him cry
*** verse 2:
He cannot work he cannot think g /f# /e
Beyond the guilt he has for leaving her alone bm f c bb2 /c
I'm going down i cannot breathe g /f# /e
He doesn't think to leave me anything at all bm f c bb2 /c
*** chorus:
C g am f c bb am
David denies that he'll ever change his mind
F
(but he always changes)
C g am f c
David denies - but he's left his love behind
Bb am f g
(left his love behind)
*** verse 3:
It's what he wants i'm almost sure g /f# /e
And i can hardly stand him saying it's not so bm f c bb2 /c
And so i'll wait and so i'll hope g /f# /e
Somehow i can convince him not to let me go bm f c bb2 /c
*** chorus:
David denies that he'll ever change his mind c g am f c bb am
(but he always changes) f
David denies - but he's left his love behind c g am f c
(left his love behind) bb am f g
*** instrumental verse:
. g /f# /e
. bm f c bb2 /c
. g /f# /e
. bm f c bb2 /c
. c d bb c
. c d bb
David denies that he'll ever change his mind c g am f c bb am
(but he always changes) f
David denies - but he's left his love behind c g am f c
(left his love behind) bb am f
David denies that he'll ever change his mind c g am f c bb am
(but he always changes) f
David denies - but he's left his love behind c g am f c
(left his love behind) bb am f
C g am
And so i'll wait and so i'll hope
F c bb am f
Somehow i can convince him
C g am
And so i'll wait and so i'll hope
F c bb am f
Somehow i can convince him not to let me go
C g am f c bb am f (fade)
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7. _ Will She Just Fall Down
*** introduction:
||: f#m d e bm d :||
*** verse 1:
F#m d
I'd like to take her home
E bm d f#m
But no one walks where she does
D
She goes into the cold
E bm d
Wearing two unmatched gloves
*** chorus:
Bm a d
Is it that (a change of scene is all she needs)
Bm a d
Maybe it's (something she works out alone)
Bm a d e
And if i don't hold her up
G d a
Will she just fall down?
*** verse 2:
She says she feels fine f#m d
She says she feels right at home e bm d
But i can hear her cry f#m d
When i leave the room oh e bm d
*** chorus:
Is it that (a change of scene is all she needs) bm a d
Maybe it's (something she works out alone) bm a d
And if i don't hold her up bm a d e
Will she just fall down? g d a
*** bridge:
B
Well, some essential part
D a
Is missing that i just can't replace
G d e
I know that these things are a matter of grace
*** instrumental:
||: f#m d e bm d :||
*** verse 3:
And on her birthday i'll f#m d
Get a watch to keep her time e bm d
And i'll stay up with her f#m d
When she forgets to wind it e bm d
*** coda:
Is it that (a change of scene is all she needs) bm a d
Maybe it's (something she works out alone) bm a d
She says that (she only needs a change of heart) bm a d
Too bad that (parts alone are not enough) bm a d
And if i don't hold her up bm a d e
And if i don't hold her up bm a d e
And if i don't hold her up bm a d e
Will she just fall down? g d a
||: f#m d e bm d :||
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8. _ No One Is Watching You Now
Capo 2: a maps as g
Chords:
C/g 3x2010
*** introduction:
G c/g g c/g
*** verse 1:
G d c2 g
Same town as its ever been
Em am7
If there's changes somewhere
Em am7
They've occurred from within
G d c2 g
Streets pass and hold up to me
Em am7
Every corner defined
Em am7
By the places you'd be
*** chorus:
D c2 em a
But no one is watching you now
G d em a
No one is watching you now
G c/g g c/g
Like i did
*** verse 2:
Even the longest of days g d c2 g
You could make disappear em am7
By the look on your face em am7
We used to drive into town g d c2 g
And the eyes of the girls em am7
Followed you all around em am7
*** chorus:
But no one is watching you now d c2 em a
I know no one is watching you now g d em a
Like i did g c/g g c/g
*** bridge:
Forty-eight hours pass em
And i'm longing to stay c g
Forty-eight hours pass d c
And watching you, watching you a
Is ages away g c/g g c/g
*** verse 3:
Something has torn me apart g d c2 g
Oh but what do i care em am7
About watching my heart em am7
I know that sadness bleeds through g d c2 g
And my sadness for me em am7
Is now sadness for you em am7
*** chorus:
Cause no one is watching you now d c2 em a
I know no one is watching you now g d em a
No one is watching you now g d em a
Like i did g c/g g c/g
*** coda:
G c/g g c/g g
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9. _ Limits To Love
***intro:
Em d/f# g c
Em d c g
*** verse: 1
Em d/f# g c
We've known her ever since she was a kid
Em d c g
She was the kind of girl who repeats her mistakes
Em d/f# g c
Her parents never minded what she did
Em d c g
She was a fallen angel with dirt on her face
Am g/b c d
But past a certain point she stayed behind
Am g/b c d
The two of us could never read her mind
Am g/b c d
The million ways she had of killing time
*** chorus:
Em d c
So we just gave up
Em d c
Yeah we just gave up
Em d
'cause sometimes, you know
C g
There's limits to love
C g c g
*** verse 2:
We'd get impatient with her now and then em d/f# g c
Oh, she'd smile and say, `now you're not being nice.' em d c g
I guess her definition of a friend em d/f# g c
Was someone long on love, and short on advice em d c g
We gave her money but the money's bad am g/b c d
She took the dollars and just tore them in half am g/b c d
We got so angry, we just had to laugh am g/b c d
*** chorus:
But we still gave up em d c
Yeah we still gave up em d c
'cause sometimes, you know em d
There's limits to love c g | c g | c g
*** instrumental:
** verse 3:
She'll get in trouble but she will scrape through em d/f# g c
Oh, she's the kind of girl who can always find help em d c g
I'd say she's stupid, but it'd be untrue em d/f# g c
Oh, you've got to be smart if you're fooling yourself em d c g
We tried to love her, but our love unwound am g/b c d
(so our love was weak)
We talked about her when she wasn't around am g/b c d
(so our talk was cheap)
And still we felt that we were letting her down am g/b c d
*** chorus:
'cause we just gave up em d c
Yeah we just gave up em d c
'cause sometimes, you know em d
There's limits to love c g
Sometimes you know em d
There's limits to love c g
||: em d c g | c g c g :||
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10. _ Love In A Vacuum
There was a time
You opened up every doorway
You didn't mind if everything
Wasn't your way
Don't pull away
That goes against what you told me
I look in your eyes
I realize what you've sold me
Is love in a vacuum
Love in a vacuum
I think you've changed
But you insist that
That's not true
You look so strange, so distant
That you're hardly you
Now i can see
How you have been acting different
You say it's me
But i know
That it isn't
It's love in a vacuum
Love in a vacuum
And that's not enough
Love in a vacuum
You will be lonely
You'll be the only one who feels this way
You will be lonely
If you leave me alone
You will be lonely
You'll be the only one who feels this way
It's just not enough
And just wait
You will be lonely
Love in a vacuum
Love in a vacuum
And that's not enough
Love in a vacuum
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11. _ You Know The Rest
(it's in f#)
Here i go again
Making promises
If i tell you no
It still sounds like yes
You know the rest
Do i have to say it?
Am i in too deep?
Can i still confess?
-when you trusted me
That was just a guess
I guess
You know the rest
You know the rest
Do i have to say it?
Well, i warned you once
But without success
And i just escape
With my heart
A mess
Know the rest
(it's not so easy)
You know the rest
(its not that easy)
Do i have to say it?
You know the rest.
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12. _ (believed You Were) Lucky
Capo 1: f maps as e
Note: this is the way i've seen aimee play it in concert (well, in e - the
Recording is in f --- me, i play it in a with alternate fingers
E.g., a = x07650 or x07600; d = xx0770 and f#m as 044200 - well
You get the idea...)
*** intro:
E | e
*** verse 1:
E
So i guess i'll give it up
E
Yeah i guess i will
A
What's the use in pushing
F#m e
When it's all uphill
*** verse 2:
I can't be appointed e
Keeper of the flame e
Without two to carry a
It won't burn the same - oh f#m | e
C#m
It seems obvious to me
B
But then again
D
Could be a b
You just never felt that way
*** chorus
A e (bass e f# g# b c#)
I wish you believed in life
C#m b
Believed in fate
A e (bass e f# g# b c#)
Believed you were lucky
C#m b
And worth the wait
A e
'cause life could be lovely
C#m f# a2
Life could be so great
*** verse 3:
It gets so embarassing e
So i acquiesce e
And i'll change my mind again a
You change your address - oh f#m | e
It seems logical to me c#m
But then again b
Could be i was simply not that smart d | a b
*** chorus:
I thought you believed in life a e
Believed in fate c#m b
Believed you were lucky a e
And worth the wait c#m b
'cause life could be lovely a e
Life could be so great c#m f# a2
*** bridge:
D a
There must be some other door that they are saving
E b
Behind which my happiness lies
D a
I won't be wasting my words
C#m
To tell you hopes that i had -
B a2
We can just leave it alone for now
*** chorus:
I wish you: belief in life a e
Belief in fate c#m b
Belief you are lucky a e
And worth the wait c#m b
'cause life could be lovely a e
Life could be fucking great. c#m f# a2 e
A
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13. _ Do It Again
Capo 1: c sounds as db
Chords: cmaj7 = x32000 c7 = x32300 dm7 = xx0211 g7add4 = 300011
Intro:
C f :||
Verse 1:
C f
We talked on the second of december
C f
And i told her that our chances were slender
C am7
And this conversation sounded so familiar
Dm7 g7(add4) g7
Like a welcome mat - a broken blender
Verse 2:
We walked to a restuarant she'd been to c f
And i looked at her while she was looking into c f
Someone else's mirror - seeing if she's someone too c am7
Giving me that deja vu dm7 g7add4
Chorus:
C cmaj7
I look back
C7 f
And i see that same old rag (?)
Dm7
He's calling my name
G7add4 g7 c f c f
He says you're gonna do it again
Verse 3:
C f
Time is all we need, she finally let out
C f
But i see her drawing maps if she can get out
C am7
Now i wonder which of us will get the axe out
Dm7 g7add4 g7
And do the final blow
Chorus:
I look back c cmaj7
And i see that same old rag (?) c f
He's calling my name dm7
He says you're gonna do it again g7add4 g7 c f
Bridge:
Says you're gonna do it again c f c
I saw you dm7 g7add4 g7
I said this time it's different c f
I'll know better dm7 g7add4 g7
But i can't keep from loving c f
I have heard that one before dm7 g7add4 g7
Instrumental:
Ooooh ||: c f :||
Verse 4:
It was a shock i guess, but i'm not surprised c f
I would've done the same, if i was in your eyes c f
You know you left a trail about a mile wide c am7
And though i've been there once dm7
And seen the signs d7 <---- note!
Verse 5:
I just followed you to c f
My forgone defeat because my c f
My history has a habit of repeating c f
I expect some trouble got the same beating c am7
Time and time again dm7 g7add4 g7
Chorus:
I look back c cmaj7
And i see that same old rag (?) c7 f
He's calling my name dm7
He's says you're gonna do it again g7add4 g7 c f
Coda:
Ah - says you're gonna do it again ||: c f :|| to end
(says you're gonna do it again)
Says you're gonna do it again
(says you're gonna do it again)
Ah
(says you're gonna do it again)
Ah
(says you;re gonna do it again)
Ah
(says you;re gonna do it again)
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14. _ Long Gone(buddy)
F#m d
So what if it's breaking my heart at the root
E bm d
Something that could happen to anyone, i suppose
F#m d
Never any comfort to get from the truth
E bm d
From knowing the part of this person that no one knows
Bm a d
So we just cry
Bm a d
With hopelessness
Bm a e d
We're making such a mess
F#m d f#m e d
It's long gone, buddy, now - run and go after it
F#m d f#m e d
It's long gone, buddy, now - run and go after it
It's not that i'm frightened of being alone f#m | d
It's just that i know what a burden this grief can be e | bm d
Everything happens for something, i know f#m | d
Can't understand for the moment what this could mean e | bm d
That love is gone bm a | d
That love is blind bm a | d
That love is so unkind bm a | e d
It's long gone, buddy, now - run and go after it f#m | d | f#m | e d
It's long gone, buddy, now - run and go after it f#m | d | f#m | e d
E d
Nobody wants to be happier more than me
E d a
Nobody wants to be happier more than i do
Bm a d
But happiness
Bm a d
I must confess
Bm a f#m
I don't have
Instrumental:
It's long gone, buddy, now - run and go after it f#m | d | f#m | e d
It's long gone, buddy, now - run and go after it f#m | d | f#m | e d
Fade:
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15. _ What About Love
[i think this is in gm]
Living on silence
Living by the book
You get it to a science
Of living on one good look
So put out all the fires
And blow away the smoke
I'm getting pretty tired
Of living on hope
So what about love, baby
What about making room for two
What about love, baby
What about you
Living on daydreams
Walking in my sleep
And nothing is as it seems
When you're in so deep
So put out all the fires
And blow away the smoke
Unless you're getting tired
Of living on hope
So what about love, baby
What about making room for two
What about love, baby
What about you
So what about love, baby
What about making room for two
What about love, baby
What about you
What about you
What about you
What about me
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16. _ The Other End(of The Telescope)
Capo 3: eb maps as c
C2 | c2
*** verse 1:
C2 g d g
Shall we agree that just this once
Em d
I'm gonna change my life
C2 g d g
Until it's just as tiny or
Em f
Important as you like
C2 g d c2
And in time, we won't even recall that we spoke
G d c2
Words that turned out to be as big as smoke
Em d g
Like smoke, disappears in the air
C2 em d g
There's always something smouldering somewhere
*** chorus:
D c2 g
I know it don't make a difference to you
D c2 g
But oh, it sure made a difference to me
Em d c2 g
You'll see me off in the distance, i hope
Am
At the other end
C d c2
At the other end of the telescope
*** verse 2:
There was a time not long ago c2 g d g
I dreamt that the world was flat em d
And all the colours bled away c2 g d g
And that was that em em (note!)
And in time, i could only believe in one thing c2 g d c2
The sky was just phosphourus stars hung on strings g d c2
And you swore that they'd always be mine em d g
When you can pull them down anytime em d g
*** chorus:
I know it don't make a difference to you d c2 g
But oh, it sure made a difference to me d c2 g
You'll see me off in the distance, i hope em d c2
At the other end am
At the other end of the telescope c d c2
*** bridge:
D c2 g
There, there baby now, don't say a word
D c2 g
Lie down baby, your vision is blurred
Em d c2
Your head is so sore from all of that thinking
Em
I don't want to hurt you now
C am c am
But i think you're shrinking (i think you're skrinking)
*** verse 3:
You're half-naked ambition and c2 g d g
You're half out of your wits em d
And though your wristwatch always works c2 g d g
Your necktie never fits em f
Now its so hard to pick the receiver up c2 g d
And when i call, i never noticed you could be so small c2 g d
The answer was under your nose em d g
But the question never arose em d g
*** coda:
I know it don't make a difference to you d c2 g
But oh, it sure made a difference to me d c2 g
When you find me here at the end of my rope em d c2
When the head and heart of it finally elope em d c2
You can see us off in the distance, i hope em d c2
At the other end am
At the other end of the telescope c d c2
G
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