Key: D
Chords used:
D - x00232
A - x02220
Bm - x24432
G - 320033
Em - 022000
D--A--Bm--G- x2
D-A-Bm-G- x4
Beat Changes: D--A--Bm--G-- x2
Verse 1:
D A
I talk to you every now and then
Bm G
I never felt so alone again
D A
I stop to think at a wishing well
Bm G
My thoughts send me on a carousel
D A Bm
Here I am standing on my own
G D
Not a motion from the telephone
A Bm
I know not a reason why
G
Solitudes a reason to die
Chorus:
D Em A G
Just you wait and see
D Em
As school life is a
A G
It is a woken dream
D Em A G
Aren't you feeling alone?
D
I guess its just another
Em
I guess its just another
A
I guess its just
G
another night alone
Verse 2:
D A
Now as I walk down the street
Bm G
I need a job just to sleep in sheets
D A
Buying food every once in a while
Bm G
But not enough to purchase a smile
D A
A tank of gas is a treasure to me
Bm G
I know now that nothing is free
D A
I talk to you every now and then
Bm G
I never felt so alone again
Key: F then C
Chords used:
Am - x02210
Bb - x13331
C - x32010
A - x02220
Verse 1:
F
When I'm at work ya I always
Bb
rush right home for lunch
F
So I can check out what's
Bb
up on the Brady Bunch
F
And when I'm walking through
Bb
the front door at night
F
I gotta see who's winning on
Bb
The Price is Right oh
Chorus:
F Bb
I never dreamed that
Gm Bb
I'd spend my days
F Bb
Staring at some tube
Gm
emitting cathode
Bb F Bb Gm Bb
rays
F Bb Gm Bb
I need my TV
Verse 2:
F
What's happening in this
Bb
world I don't care at all
F
But it better not pre-empt
Bb
Monday Night Football
F
I can't even come up
Bb
with my own views
F
I'm taught how to think
Bb
from the evening news oh
Bridge:
C
La la la la la
Am
La la la la la
G
La la la la la
C
La la la la la
(Repeat)
Key: D then C
Chords used:
D - x00232
A - x02220
Em - 022000
G - 320033
C - x32010
C/E - 032xxx
Verse:
D
I would do anything
A
And that's what
scares me so bad
Em
Don't want to
G
live my life alone
Don't want to go
D
back to what I had
Don't want to spend
A
my life without
Em
All these special things
Don't want to walk
G
around Being tied
to anyone else's
Chorus:
C C/E F C C/E F
Striiiiiiiiiiings strings
C C/E F C C/E F
Striiiiiiiiiiings strings
Key: B
Chords used:
B - x24442
F# - 244322
E - 022100
C#m - x46654
Ebm - x68876
Verse 1:
B
At the risk of
F#
sounding rude
B
Just who the fuck do
E
you think you are
B
To tell me what you
C#m E E Ebm C#m
expect of me today
B
Well you can take
F#
your attitude
B
You're out of luck
E
you've gone way too far
B
If you think there's
C#m E E Ebm C#m
any chance I'm gonna stay
Chorus:
C#m E
How long can I string you along
B F#m
How little of myself can I give
C#m E B E
And still make you believe I care
Verse 2:
B F#
At the risk of sounding trite
B
Just why the fuck do
E
you think you're right
B
About every little
C#m E E Ebm C#m
thing that you say
B
And do you think
F#
that it is right
B
For Tom to spend
E
another night
B
Writing songs
about all the
C#m
people he thinks
E E Ebm E
are gay
Key: A
Chords used:
A - x02220
E - 022100
F#m - 244222
D - xx0232
Verse 1:
A
When the clock
E
strikes two
There's just
F#m D
so much to do
A E
And I can't explain
F#m D
what I need
A
Jobs and
E
social groups
F#m
Hearing the
D
latest news
A
Keeping your
E F#m D
reputation clean
Chorus:
A E
And I don't want to worry
F#m D
About being on time
A
I see the way you
E F#m
hurry And time runs
D
your life again
Verse 2:
A
The difference between
E
East and West
F#m D
Money means so much less
A
And objects aren't
E F#m D
so important to buy
A E
I wish that a clock
F#m D
Could often just be stopped
A E F#m D
And then we look into the time
Key: A then C
Chords used:
A - x02220
Bm - x24432
C#m - x46654
D - xx0232
E - 022100
C - x32010
G - 320003
Em - 022000
Intro: A-Bm-C#m-D- x4
Bass Solo: A-Bm-C#m-Bm- x
Verse 1:
A E
Walking through the grass
F#m
Another blade next to
E A
you from the ground
E
As the wind does pass
F#m E
I notice as you feel
A
the breath of my shout
E F#m
Your words are kind The
E
kind that repeatedly say
A E
no But that's alright
F#m E
I'm older than you
so I've got...
Chorus 1:
C
...time What have you
Am
said reach out your
G
hand There's a black
F C
shadow on my wall
Am
But as I look into my mind
G F
I can see that girls
are a waste of time
Verse 2:
A E
We've all seen the bridge
F#m
A broken seam and a
E A
girl on one side
You think your
E
words will work
F#m E
They only work when you lay
A
down and close your eyes
E
I thought of all the lines
F#m E
All the right ones used
A
at all the wrong times
E
But that's alright
F#m
Depression's just a
E
sarcastic state of...
Chorus 2:
C
...mind What have you
Am
said reach out your
G
hand There's a black
F C
shadow on my wall
Am
But as I look into my mind
G F
I can see that girls
are a waste of time
Interlude: C-G-Em-D- x2
Bridge:
A Bm C#m D
I don't want to live alone
A Bm
I don't want to live in
C#m D
My broken dreams of you
A Bm C#m
I don't want to live a---lone
D
with My broken dreams of you
A Bm C#m
I don't want to live a---lone
D
with My broken dreams of you
Outro: A-E-F#m-E- x2 A(hold)
__________________________
Key: D
Chords used:
D - xx0232
A - x02220
Bm - x24432
G - 320033
C - x32010
F#m - 244222
Verse 1:
D A
My mind wanders as I'm trying
G F#m
not to fall in love with you
D A
Cause everytime I awake I
G F#m
ponder on my mistakes of
D A
What I said it is always my
G F#m
esteem that I sure lose
D A
Playing those stupid games
G F#m
as I always end up chasing you
Chorus:
Em G D
I can't help myself anymore
Em G
Rehearsing my thoughts as I'm
D
too scared to come to your door
Em G
I pushed it all aside just
D Em
to stand next to you But now
G
you won't talk to me for
D A(hold)
something that i didn't do
It's not gonna work
Verse 2:
D
And I'm trying not
A Bm G
to think of you
D
I'm all confused as I think
A Bm G
of the things that I would do
D
I'm all shook up as I
A Bm G
get all nervous inside
D
My emotions are something that
A Bm G
I will always hide my ways
Key: G
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Em - 022000
C - x32010
G - 320033
D - xx0232
Intro: Em-C-G-D- x6
Verse 1:
Em C
Oh how I wish that
G D
they would last
Em C
Moments of peace that just
G D
slip through me so fast
Em C
Just when I think that
G D
they are gonna stay
Em C
Everything inside me
G D
just starts fading away
Chorus:
C
Sometimes it seems
G
like all I hope for
Just gets thrown
Em
down on the floor
And then it seems like
C
you don't love me anymore
C
Sometimes I wish that
G
I could run away
Em
Sometimes I wish I just
C
had something to say
Interlude: Em-C-G-D- x4
Verse 2:
Em C
She looks at me and doesn't
G D
know the words to say
Em C
Oh it's not you I just
G D
don't feel quite right today
Em C
All these things I say and
G D
do were never planned
Em C
But how the fuck am I supposed
G D
to make you understand that
Outro: Em-C-G-D- x2
_____________________________
Key: A
Chords used:
A - x02220
C#m - x46654
D - xx0232
F#m - 244222
E - 022100
Bm - x24432
Verse 1:
A C#m
Two different people
D
two different places
A F#m
Through a one way window
E
with two different faces
A C#m
Agreements are not reached
D
faces are forgotten
A F#m E
The other person's shoes
you've not got in
A C#m D
Stubborn min-ded enclosed
A
to your own world
F#m
Wake up and see
E
someone else's morals
A C#m
What is wrong to
D A F#m E
you Might be true
Chorus:
A
It's a different point
E
of view to you
Bm
You cannot see things
A A
that are different to me
E
And I can't understand
Bm
why you cannot see
A E F#m
The things that I cannot see
Bm D
I see what you don't see
E F#m
I see what you don't see
Bm D
Turn around and the shadows
are all around me
Guitar Solo: A-E-Bm-A- x4
Verse 2:
A C#m
Two different people
D
two different places
A F#m
Through a one way window
E
with two different faces
A C#m
Agreements are not reached
D
faces are forgotten
A F#m E
The other person's shoes
A(hold)
you've not got in
Key: A
Chords used:
A - x02220
D - xx0232
E - 022100
C#m - x46654
E/G# - 476xxx
Verse 1:
A E
I'm gonna wanna see
A D
myself with someone too
A E
Friends I don't pay are
D A
friends I never knew
A E
So I took the chance and
A D
got some help from a few
A E
And got a long and skinny
D A
friend to talk to
Chorus 1:
E
Cause I have the
D A
time and the liberty
E D
To play with my new pet
A E
Sally Please don't go
D
away Sally please
Verse 2:
A E
No more lonely showers
A D
and uneaten foods
A E D
My salamander has
A
hygiene too
A E
And he thinks of me the
A D
way I think of you
A E
The only next step is
D A
for him to say I do
Chorus 2:
E
Cause I have the
D A
time and the liberty
E D
To play with my new pet
A E
Sally Please oh I
D
love you Sally
Bridge:
E A
please don't go away
E E/G#
I won't be living in
E A
yesterday The lonely nights
E
Getting beat up by
E/G# A-- x4
Key: D
Chords used:
D - xx0232
Em - 022000
D/F# - 2x023x
A - x02220
Bm - x24432
A/C# - x476xx
D--Em--Bm--G-- x4
D-Em-F#m-G-A-G-F#-Em- x2
Verse: Beat Slows Down
D G
You are better than me
A G
Girls money and everything
D G
I Try to compete with
A
you But you beat me
G
at everything I
D G
do I see in you
A G
The things that I
D
would like to be
G
But I'm different from you
A G
So you will have to be like me
Verse 2:
D Em Bm
I cannot be bought my
G
Personality is what I
D
choose I was brought up
Em Bm
without a silver cup!
I won't cover the
G
things owned by you
Chorus:
D A
For all the world
F#m G
Material things are
D
now more and more
A
Jealousy for you and me
F#m G
I won't cover the things
owned by your store
Guitar Solo: D-Em-Bm-G- x6
Outro:
D Em Bm
I cannot be bought my
G
Personality is what I
D
choose I was brought up
Em Bm
without a silver cup!
I won't cover the
G D(hold)
things owned by you
Key: A
Chords used:
A - x02220
E - 022100
F#m - 244222
D - xx0232
C#m - x46654
My pants are rough right
A E
now Do you wanna know
F#m
what I think of you?
D
Cause you're not the way
A
I thought you should be
E
To take back what you said
F#m
It's time to fix it's
D A
time to fix your head
E
And now all alone
F#m
one's less than two
D
I've never been better
A
off living lonely
E
To listen to what you say
F#m D(hold)
I couldn't care less
of what you say
Verse 1:
A E F#m
What did you think of me acting this way
D
I guess you never really thought at
A E
all Is that what you call your brain?
F#m D A
Is that why I call you hang up on me?
E
I wanted to know I don't want to
F#m D
lose And now I'm a man who's just
A E
living small Listen to what you say
F#m D
I couldn't care less of what you...
Chorus 1:
A E
...Say To me as I walk alone I'd
F#m D
Much rather be riding prone then
A E F#m D
To be just another one you are lame too
Verse 2:
A E F#m
I wanted to know I don't want to lose
D
But now I'm a man who's just living
A E
small To listen to what you say
F#m D
I couldn't care less of what you...
Chorus 2:
A F#m
...say to me As I tune
D
you out of my mind
A
Won't bend over backwards or
F#m D
Take another step ahead to
E
Hear from you again Don't
A E
talk to me as I walk alone I'd
F#m D
Much rather be riding prone than
A E F#m D
Be just another one you are lame too
Chorus 3:
A
Don't talk to me as I
F#m D
tune you out of my mind
A
I Won't bend over backwards or
F#m D
Take another step ahead to
E
Hear from you again Don't
A E
talk to me as I walk alone I'd
F#m D
Much rather be riding prone than
A E F#m D
Be just another one you are lame too
Opening:
G5, B5, E5, C5
G5, B5, E5, C5, and the last beat you slide to B5.
G5 B5 E5
White girl living in the city in a big apartment house
C5
She's livin' with her boyfriend now
G5 B5
She drives of every day for school and work
E5 C5
she washes dishes now and watches TV on the pull out couch
Chorus:
G5 B5 E5 C5
But every day's the same (but every day's the same) x3 (and 4th time only say it only once don't
G5 B5
White girl moves back to the suburbs
E5
Cause she's finally found a man who
C5
knows how to take care of her
G5 B5
They bought the perfect little house
E5
And the lawns are manicured
C5
And she's never missed a day of work
(Palm mute this part)
G5 B5 E5
be wastin' time
C5
she drowned in the lake last night.
(Don't palm mute anymore)
G5 B5 E5
They found her floatin' body floatin' but she still walks around
C5
performin' all her daily chores
Last chords: C5, B5, A5, G5
________________________________________
Key: G then D then A
Chords used:
D/F# - 2x023x
Am - x02210
G/B - x2x003
C - x32010
A - x02220
F#m - 244222
D - xx0232
Verse 1:
G Am G/B
There was a time long ago
C G
But it seemed like yesterday
Am G/B C
When all I wanted was you
G Am
And now you make the segway
G/B C
As you turn your face away
G Am G/B C(hold)
And I know your words aren't true
Chorus:
A F#m D
And I don't want your lies
A F#m
And I don't think that
D
I'm gonna let you inside
A F#m D
You can take off your disguise
A F#m
Cause I can see the truth
D
that's hidden behind your eyes
Verse 2:
G Am
And all those words
G/B
that you don't say
C
Just mean less and
G
less each day
Am
You can't make
G/B C
me shed a tear
G Am
I think about tomorrow
G/B C
Another day of sorrow
G Am
But I don't think
G/B C(hold)
that I'll be here
G(hold)
