A-ha - Scoundrel Days Chords & Tabs

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Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 11:26:18 +0100
From: Matteo Rocco 
Subject: CRD: Scoundrel_days-Album.crd by a-ha

ALBUM NAME: Scoundrel days
GROUP: a-ha
WORDS AND MUSIC:
  Scoundrel days - words by Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags and Pal Waaktaar
  The swing of things - words and music by Pal Waaktaar
  I've been losing you - words and music by Pal Waaktaar
  October - words and music by Pal Waaktaar
  Manhattan skyline - words by Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags and
                      Pal Waaktaar
  Cry wolf - words by Mags and Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags
  We're looking for the whales - words by Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags
  The weight of the wind - words and music by Pal Waaktaar
  Maybe maybe - words and music by Mags
  Soft rains of April - words by Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags and
                        Pal Waaktaar

MY NAME: Matteo Rocco
MY E-MAIL: xs@xnet.it


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There may be some hints like these:

Rhthym    |  |.        |:lenght=1 |~=0.5 |~~=0.25 |.=1.5 d=2 d=2 d.=3 o=4
Chords    C  A-/B | D  harmony/bass melody  | here means end of measure
Lyrics  yooohoo!!
Choir  (yeah!!)
Notes    c   a         single notes of the lead singer
Choir    g   e         second voice


ALBUM NAME: Scoundrel days
GROUP: a-ha
WORDS AND MUSIC:
  Scoundrel days - words by Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags and Pal Waaktaar
  Thw swing of things - words and music by Pal Waaktaar
  I've been losing you - words and music by Pal Waaktaar
  October - words and music by Pal Waaktaar
  Manhattan skyline - words by Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags and
                      Pal Waaktaar
  Cry wolf - words by Mags and Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags
  We're looking for the whales - words by Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags
  The weight of the wind - words and music by Pal Waaktaar
  Maybe maybe - words and music by Mags
  Soft rains of April - words by Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags and
                        Pal Waaktaar

MY NAME: Matteo Rocco
MY E-MAIL: xs@xnet.it


  *** USE NOT-PROPORTIONAL (monospaced)
      FONTS TO APPRECIATE MY EFFORTS AND
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... far to be perfect ... just hope it helps ya ...

SCOUNDREL DAYS
--------------

(B-) | (B-) | (B-)(9) | (B-)(9)

o                       o      o                    o
B-                             E-(9)
   Was that somebody screaming    it wasn't me for sure

                                          o                       o
Bb                                        G-                      G-(7)
    I lift my head up from uneasy pillows    put my feet on the floor

D4                               G-
   cut my wrist on a bad thought   and head for the door

B-                         E-(9)
   outside on the pavement    the dark makes no noise

Bb                                 G-
   I can feel the sweat on my lips    leaking into my mouth

                                       o                       o
D4                                     G-
   I'm heading out for the steep hills    they're leaving me no..

    o---o-o-o      o   o  o
    B-             E-  G  D           a-               C    G    D | a-
cho..ice      and see........ as our lives are in the ma...king

       E-  G  D                  a-         C    G     D
we belie........ve through the lies and the   hating

                      ,---3---,
                 o    D   D   D
      a-         E-   /E  /G  /a
that love goes free

B-9                      E-(9)
   for want of an option    I run the wind 'round

Bb                                            G-
   I dream pictures of houses burning never knowing nothing else to do

o                        o
F                        C      G-
   with death comes the morning    unannounced and new

B-                            E-
   was it too much to ask for    to pull a little weight

Bb                                     G-
   they forgive anything but greatness    these are scoundrel days

                                                                    o--o
D4                                          G-                      B-
   and I'm close to calling out their names    as pride hits my fa..ce

o-----o
                  E-  G  D           a-               C    G
   yeeheehee and see........ as our lives are in the ma...king

D         a-        E-  G  D                 a-          C    G     D
              we belie.......ve through the lies and the   hating
 (uoh no!)

                 o   o   o             o
      a-   /E    G-  /F  /E            /Eb      G-    G-4/F    G-/E
that love goes free........  through scoundrel days.....   yehy.... hm


G-4/Eb | G- | G-4/F | G-/E | G-4/Eb | G-(9) | G-/F | G-/E | G-4/Eb
ah  ah

B-                          E-
   I reach the edge of town    I've got blood in my hair

Bb                             G-
    their hands touch my body     from everywhere

                                 o                    o
D4                               G-                        B- | B- |
    but I know that I've made it    as I run into the air

o          o
B-
   hmeah yeah


     E-  G  D           a-               C    G
and see........ as our lives are in the ma...king

D         a-        E-  G  D                 a-          C    G     D
              we belie.......ve through the lies and the   hating
 (uoh no!)


      a-   /E    E-  | G | D | a-   | C | G | D           a-       G_|
that love goes free........    oh wo            through scoundrel days


THE SWING OF THINGS
-------------------

 |   |  d    |.  |. |------|    |  d    |.  |.------- |
( )  B- B- | D6  E  F#-4 | F#-4 B- B- | D6  E  F#-4-- |

|  |  d    |.  |.    |------|    |  d    |.  |.   ----- |
B- B- B- | D6  E(9)  F#-4 | F#-4 B- B- | D6  E(9)  F#-4 |

F#- | D | a | B- | D | D | F#-

o                         |.         |~--d  o    |.  |~-d
B-                        D          E      B- | D   E    |
   You say the world's an eventful place

B-                           D        E  B- | D E |
   you give me news I don't want to know

 B-  E       F#-           G                 a       B-  | D E | B- | D
you say that I should care   that I should speak my mind

E7      F#-        D           a             B-        D
oh but how can I speak of the world rushing by with a lump in my throat and

 a          D        E7      F#-         D        a          B-
tears in my eyes oh have we come to the point of no turning back or is it
                 D   D    D  c#   c#  c# c#   c#  c# a  B    B   D  D  D
                 F#  g#   a  a    a   a  a    a   a  E  F#   F#  F# F# a

  D                        F#-           B-    D E | B- | D E | B- | D E |
still time to get into the    swing of things
  E    E    E  E  E  D   c#
  c#   c#   c# c# c# B   a

B- | D c#-/E E9 |

B-                           D        E   B- | D E |
   let us walk through this windless city

B-                      D      E       B- | D E |
   I'll go on till the winter gets me

      B-       E           F#-         G         a           B-  | D E |
"Oh sleep..." you wrote "sleep my dear..." in a letter somewhere

o  D D
B- D E7      F#-        D              a           B-         D
     oh but how can I sleep with your voice in my head with an ocean

                a            D     E     F#-          D               a
between us and room in my bed  oh have I come to the point where I'm losing

                                                           o    |. |. |
      B-            D                        F#-           B-   D  E9 B- |
the grip or is it still time to get into the    swing of things

     |. |. |                        |. |. |
B- | D  E9 B- | B- | D E9 B- | B- | D  E  F#- |

D | E               F#-          D            a           B-
      oh when she gloves in the dark and I'm weak by the sight of this

  D                      a          D        E        F#-             D
breathtaking beauty in which I can hide oh there's a world full out there

    a         B-            D                     a            D
of people I fear but given time I'll get into the   swing of things yes

  E7       F#-          D              a           B-       D
when she gloves in the dark and I'm struck by the sight I know that I'll
                                                        a   a    g# a
                                                        D   E    D  E

                                                                    o   o
                   a            D  E7 F#-    D | a | B- | D | D     a   D
need this for the rest of my   li.........fe                    but I know
 g#    F#  F#   F# F#  F#  F#-E E  D c#d c#
 D     D   D    D  c#  c#  D-c# c# B a B a

                                                           D   D
           F#-       D         a          B-   D | D | a | D   E7
that I'll need this... ...the rest of my life              oh but I'll

                                                 o  o
 F#-  D    a        B-            D         a  | D E7 |
nee....d this you know that I'll nee....d this

  F#-         D        a           B-               D
what have I done what lies I have told I've played games with the ones that
                                                    F#    E     E E      c#
                                                    c#    c#    c#c#     a

 a          D       E7      F#-         D               a           B-
rescued my soul oh have  I come to the point where I'm losing the grip or
           (oh     but I'll  neeeee...................d this)
 c# c#   D  D
 a  a    B  F#
            F#      g# a      a

        D                        F#-            B-_|
is it still time to get into the     swing of things

I'VE BEEN LOSING YOU
--------------------

D5 | D5 | D5 | D5 | D5 | D5 | D5 | D5_|

           D-                G/D                D-             a-
it wasn't rain that washed away rinsed out the colours of your eyes

             F               C               D-                G
putting the gun down on the bedside table I must have realized

               D-                G/D                          D-
it wasn't the rain that made no difference and I could have sworn it

        a-              F             C
wasn't me  yet I did it all so coldly almost slowly

                                      o--------d
  D-                 G | a            F                  G
plain for all to see       oh c'mon please now     talk to me
                                             (aaah!)
                             D   D
 C        G                  D4  D  F                C
tell me things I could find helpful      how can I stop now
                                  (aaah!)
                          D  D
          G               D4 D  F               C
is there nothing I can do       I have lost my way

E-                   D5  | D5 | D5 |
   I've been losing you         hm

D5               D-                  G/D                       D-
    I can still hear our screams competing you're hissing your s's

         a-              F             C             D-
like a snake now in the mirror stands half a man I thought no one could

      G                D-                G/D                   D-
break   it wasn't the rain that made no difference nervously drumming on:

       a-                   F                C
"Run away!" but I want the guilt to get me thoughts to wreck me

                        o---------d
  D-           G        F                   G
preying on my mind so please now       talk to me
                                (aaah!)

 C        G                  D4  D  F                C
tell me things I could find helpful      how can I stop now
                                  (aaah!)

                          o
          G               D5  F               C
is there nothing I can do..   I have lost my way

                                                |. d   |~----|.
E-                   a- | D | a- | D | a- | D | a- /G  F7+ | F7+  E-
   I've been losing you

  D5        F
please now         talk to me
           (aaah!)

 C        G                  D4  D   F                 C
tell me things I could find helpful        how can I stop now
                                    (aaah!)

          G                 D4    D   F                C
is there nothing I can do                  talk to me tell me
                         (please now aaah!)

    G                  D4  D    F                    C
oh tell me what to do.........        oh how can I stop now
                     (helpful  aaah!)

                        d  d                  o  o                    o   o
          G             D  E  F               C  a-                   D-
is there nothing I can do     I have lost my way    I've been losing you

 o     o                   o    o   o   o
 D-/C                      G-7      Bb                        D-_|
you      I've been losing you      you      I've been losing you...

N.C. | D- | D- | D- | D-
                         babe

D- | D- | D- | D-
                  hm hm

 D- | D- | D- | D-
hmmm              hm hm

                o       |   |     |   |     |   |   |   |
 D- | D- | D- | D-      D-7 D-6   D-7 D-6 | D-7 D-6 D-7 D-6 |
hmmm  hm          run away    now

|   |   |   |     |   |   |   |~  |~---d..  |~--- |o
D-7 D-6 D-7 D-6 | D-7 D-6 D-7 D-6 D-7| D-7------- |  D- | D- ...


OCTOBER
-------

effects

D7+ | G | D7+ | G | D7+ | G | D7+ | G

 E-             C                G                 C-7
Dawn awaits a sleepless English town of coloured grey

 E-                C                    G             C-7
here I roam the streets without you as summer fades away

                     o     D  D                         o   o     D   D
 F#-7        E       F#-7  E  A7+ | D7+                 G   D7+ | F#o D |
down in the city at nights   hmmmmmmm   the cold wind blows

    E-             C               G               C-7
wherever you may be  right now it must be getting late

         E-        C           G           C-7
you're probably asleep already I am wide awake

                             D D
 F#-7        E       F#-7  | E A7+ | D7+ | G | D7+ | G | D7+ | G | D7+ |
down in the city at nights    mmmmmmmhh...

D   D
F#o D |  E-               C                    G                C-7
        don't be lonely so you've told me but don't you worry now

 E-              C             G                  C-7 | G | C-7
loneliness can be ignored and time has shown me how

 F#-7        E       F#-7  E    A7+         D7+     G  D7+ | G | D7+ |
down in the city at nights  oh I'm missing you so much   *whistle*

 G | D7+  | G | D7+ | G    | D7+ | B-
*whistle*          *whistle*

 F#-7        E      F#-7  E7+   F#-7        E   F#-7  E7+_|
down in the city hm            down in the city hhm   hmm

MANHATTAN SKYLINE
-----------------
3/4

F | F | F |

    D.                       D. D.          D.         D.         D. D. D.
    F                           D-                     Bb7+
We sit and watch umbrellas fly  I'm trying to keep my newspaper dry

                                                  D.              D. D.
   F                   D-                         Bb7+
I hear myself say "My boat's leaving now" so we shake hands and cry

 D.         D.       D.
 C          D-           F            D-           F7+      F
now I must wave goodbye wave goodbye wave goodbye wave goodbye

                                     4/4
                                     o------d              d   o
 Bb            G        _|           D-                    F   Bb
wave goodbye..........      you know     I don't want to cry again
             (wave goodbye)

 C              G-  D-                   F       Bb
don't want to cry again I don't want to say goodbye

      C              G-  D-                   F    Bb     C             G-
don't ever want to cry again I don't want to run away  I don't want to race

                                                     3/4
                                     o      D  D       D.   D.
      D-                       F     Bb     C  G-      D-   F |  G-
this pain I'll never see your face again eh!   oh but how       how can you

                    D.  D.   D      |    D.   D.                    D.
 C       a          D-  G- | C      A/C# D-   F6        G-          C
say that I didn't try          you see things   in the depths of my eyes
                                                a    a  a     G   F E
                                                     C  C     Bb  a G

                     D.         D.   D.        D.
      A/C#           D- | G- |  C_|            F
that my love's run dry         no!       I'll leave
  E   E  E      E    F
  C   c# c#     c#   D

              D.        D.        D.          D.          D.    D. D.
                        D-                    Bb7+
to their goodbyes I've come to depend on the look in their  eyes      my

                                                         D.         D.  D.
  F                         D-                           Bb7+
blood's sweet for pain the wind and the rain bring back words of a song

C             D-           F            D-           F7+      F
and they say wave goodbye wave goodbye wave goodbye wave goodbye

                                         4/4
                                         o------d
 Bb       /F   G        _|               D-                   F     Bb
wave goodbye............    but you know     I don't want to fall again
             (wave goodbye)

   C              G-       D-               F        Bb
I don't want to know this pain don't want another friend

   C              G-  D-                      F       Bb   C            G-
I don't want to try again don't ever want to see you hurt don't let me see

                           d             d              d     o---d  d   o
     D-                    F   Bb        C              G-    D-     F | Bb
you hurt I don't want to cry again I'll never see your face again

                  3/4
D D               D.                                       D.   |  |   |
C G-              D-  F      G-         C   A/C#       D-  G- | C      A/C#
     how can you say    that I didn't try  you know I did         you see

                                                        D.   D.
  D-   F          G-          C          A/C#           D-   G-
things    in the depths of my eyes that my love's run dry

    4/4                   3/4
    D            D        D.        D.       D.         D.          D.
    C            G-7      F                  D-                     Bb7+
                  so I   read to myself: a chance of a lifetime to see new
(I don't wanna cry again!)

   D.    D. D.  D.            D.      D.             D.         D.
                F                     D-                        Bb7+
horizons        on the front page a black and white picture of Manhattan

  D.
         F_|
skyline


CRY WOLF
--------

(D-) | (D-) |

 d   |.  |~-----o      d   |.  |~---------- |o
(D-) D-7 G/D  | G/D | (D-) D-7 G/D  | G/D-- |
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/a_ha/scoundrel_days_crd.html ]
 d   |.  |~-----o      d   |.  |~-------- |o
(D-) D-7 G/D  | G/D | (D-) D-7 G/D  | G/D |
                                       "you know"

                                                                    . .
 d    |.               |~-----o      d   |.               |~----d   |---- |
(D-)  D-7              G/D  | G/D | (D-) D-7              G/D | G/D G G-- |
    "night I left the city                 I dreamt of a wolf

                                       .  .
d       |  |~ |~--o   d   |  |~ |~--d  |  |
D-7           G | G | D-7       G | G  G  G |
    ah!

                                       .  .
d   |  |~  |~--o      d   |  |~ |~--d  |  |
D-7        G   G    | D-7       G | G  G  G |
       ooh ooooooh!

D-7
    he came from where the winds are cold

      G/D
and truth is seen through keyholes

D-7                                     G/D
   strange longins that never sleep oh now he's come where no hearts beat
                                                          (no hearts beat)

                                               .  .
       d..        |~--o           d..   |~--d  |  |
       D-7        G               D-7   G      G  G
cry                      time to worry
    (cry wolf ooh oooh!)

                                                .  .   2/4
   d..        |~--o           d..        |~--d  |  |   d
   D-7        G               D-7        G      G  G | N.C./G |
                     time to worry now..
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)

4/4
o                           D      |       |
D-7(4+)                            D-7(4)  D-7
ooh! you can start but you cannot stop

G/D
    you give in but you can't give up

D-7                                               G/D
    you can tell all your desperate jokes to the world that puts your

                                                           .  .
                    d..        |~--o          d..   |~--d  |  |
                    D-7        G              D-7   G      G  G
love on hold cry                     time to worry
                 (cry wolf ooh oooh!)

                                                  .  .
   d..        |~--o           d..          |~--d  |  |
   D-7        G               D-7          G      G  G
 cry wolf ooh oooh!  time to worry now....
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
                                            .   .
   d..        |~--o           d..   |~--d   |   |
   D-7        G               D-7   G       G   G
 cry wolf ooh oooh!  time to worry             now
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)

                                                  .  .     2/4
   d..        |~--o           d..          |~--d  |  |     d
   D-7        G               D-7          G      G  G  |  N.C./G |
 cry wolf ooh oooh!  time to worry now...
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)

4/4
o
D-7/4+ | D-7/4+ | C-9/D | C-9/D | D- | D- | D-7 | D-7
                                         oooh! ooh!

                                       .       .         .       .
                                  |    |  |    |    |    |  |    |
D-7/4+ | D-7/4+ | C-9/D | C-9/D | N.C. D- N.C. D- | N.C. D- N.C. D-

.  .  .  .          .  .
|  |  |  |    D     |  |
D- D- D- D- | N.C.  G  G

o           o               o              o     o             o
D-7/4+                      C-9/D                D-7
       "I dreamt of a wolf"       "yeah a wolf" hmm the sunken eyes

o                 o                 o       o                o   o
G                                   D-7                      G
   and the pain...... in his cries....  a shape in the da...........rk  cry
                                                           (da......rk)

                                          .  .
   d..        |~--o          d..   |~--d  |  |
   D-7        G              D-7   G      G  G
                    time to worry
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)

                                                  .  .
   d..        |~--o           d..          |~--d  |  |
   D-7        G               D-7          G      G  G
 cry wolf ooh oooh!  time to worry now....          now!
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
                                                .   .
   d..        |~--o           d..       |~--d   |   |
   D-7        G               D-7       G       G   G
 cry wolf ooh oooh!  time to worry now!            cry
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)

                                                       .  .     2/4
   o          o               d        |    |~  |~--d  |  |     d
   N.C.                                D-7      G      G  G  |  N.C./G |
                     time to worry now...
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)

                                          .  .
   d..        |~--o          d..   |~--d  |  |
   D-7        G              D-7   G      G  G
                    time to worry
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)                        (now!)

                                                .  .
   d..        |~--o           d..       |~--d   |  |
   D-7        G               D-7       G       G  G
 cry wolf ooh oooh!  time to worry now!            cry
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)

                                             .  .
   d..        |~--o           d..     |~--d  |  |
   D-7        G               D-7     G      G  G
  oooooooooh!        time to worry now...
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)

                                                .  .     2/4
   d..        |~--o           d..      |~--d    |  |     d
   D-7        G               D-7      G        G  G  |  N.C./G |
  oooooooooh!        time to worry now...                aaaaaaaaye!
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)

                                                  .  .
   d..        |~--o           d..         |~--d   |  |
   D-7        G               D-7         G       G  G
                         ooh oooooh   oohoooh......
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)

                                                 .  .
   d..        |~--o            d..       |~--d   |  |
   D-7        G                D-7       G       G  G
                     oooh ooh oooooh  oohoooh
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)


   d..        |~--o               ....
   D-7        G                   ....
                   ooh  ooh  ooh  ....
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)              ....

WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE WHALES
----------------------------

(D) | (B-) | (D)      | (B-)
               ...oooooohooo

o                   d           d         o               o
D                   B-          D         E-              C
One left low left two who left high they seem so hard to find

                                        *double speed*
   D         D        D         D       o
   E-/B               G         /F#     G-
three came twice took once the time to search

       o
                     D-7               G-                       D-7
we're looking for a little bewildered girl we're looking for a little

                                        o    o   D   D    D   D    o   o
            Bb                          C        C   G/C  C   G/C  F   A5_|
bewildered girl we're looking for the whales    haaaaaaaahaaahaaahaaaa


 o       o      o       o     o          o      o    o
 D              B-      D     E-                C
restlessness is in our genes time won't wear it off

 E-/B                         G         /F#   G-
born into this world with our eyes wide open girl
                                      (..pen girl!)

                     D-7               G-                       D-7
we're looking for a little bewildered girl we're looking for a little

                                        o    o
            Bb                          C          G-
bewildered girl we're looking for the whales   oh girl

                     D-7               G-                       D-7
we're looking for a little bewildered girl we're looking for a little

                                        o   o   D   D    D   D    o    o
            Bb                          C       C   G/C  C   G/C  F    A5_|
bewildered girl we're looking for the whales   haaaaaaaahaaahaaahaaaa

(D) | (D) | (B-) | (B-) | (D) | (D) | (B-) | (B-) |

o    o         o      o     o    o
D              B-     D     E-
       I found angels    bea.......ched outside

      o    o  o            o               o    o      o
      C                                    G    /F#    E- | E- | a- | a-
your doors      don't you set those lonely e...yes on me                ah

                                                                  o
      E- | E- | a- | a- | G | G | a-9/G | a-9/G   | E- | E- | C | C     G-
ah ah ah                                      aahh  ah              oh girl

                                                                  o
                     D-7               G-                         D-7
we're looking for a little bewildered girl   we're looking for a little
                            (...dered girl!)

   o                o              o                           o      o   |
                    G                 | D-7 | D-7 |            G          |
bewildered                                                                |
 (looking for the whales yeah! hm!)         (looking for the whales)      |
                                                                 (oh yeah!|


                                  o           o               o     |
          D-7 |  D-7 |            G                           D-7   |
                                       we're looking for a   little |
               (looking for the whales)                             |
for the whales)                                            (ohoh!)  |


    o               o               o             o        o              |
                    G                             D-7                     |
bewildered                   we're looking for a little bewildered        |
 (looking for the whales)                                (looking for the |
                         (ah!       eh!           oooooohooooooooooooohoo |


  o           o             o        o                o           |
  G                         D-7                       G           |
       we're looking for a little bewildered                      |
whales)                            (looking for the whales)       |
oooo!)               (hm!          hm!       oh!            ooeh!)|


       o             o        o                o    |
                     D-7                       G    |
we're looking for a little bewildered               |
                            (looking for the whales)|
       (ooh!   ooh!)                                |


          o             o        o         o    |
                        D-7                G    |
   we're looking for a little bewildered        |
                     (oooheeh  eheh eheh whales)|
(ayaya!)  (ooh)                                 |

       o             o        o                o    |
                     D-7                       G    |
we're looking for a little bewildered               |
                            (looking for the whales)|


        o             o        o                 o   |
                      D-7                        G   |
 we're looking for a little bewildered               |
                             (looking for the whales)|
                                     (for the whales)|
(we're looking for a little bewildered)              |


            o             o        o                o         o         |
                          D-7                       G                   |
     we're looking for a little bewildered                              |
                                 (looking for the whales)               |
(ooeh!      eh      eh!  hey     ah!                      ooh ooh!)     |
                                                                   (ooh |


 o                   o      ... |
 D-7                 G      ... |
                                |
                                |
                                |
ooh! ooh oooh! oh oh oh!)  ...  |


THE WEIGHT OF THE WIND
----------------------

| |        D  D                 D       D             D       D
    | G- | G- N.C./F | N.C./G | N.C./G  /F | N.C./G | N.C./G  /F |

o        o
N.C./G | /G

|-------------------------------------------------------------------- | |~-d   |. |~-d   |. |~-d   |. |~-d   |. |~-d   |. |~-d   |. |~-d
G- C    | G- F7+  | G- C    | G- F7+  | G- C    | G- F7+  | G- C/G -- |

|.  |~-D
Ab  D-         G-          Bb   C-7        F
         Your face looked new against the town

        G-      Bb       C-7          F
you've come to lose some     memories

                               D
      G-    Bb      C-7        Ab
like you I came to touch new grounds but

 D
 D-          C-   F/A                     G-          Ab
you want to lose       the weight of the wind              rests hard on
                                             (of the wind)

                       D         D
       C-              F/A       F6/a        G-         Ab
your shoulders....             bringing you down
               (oooh! aaah!)                     (down down!)

                                                 |.    |~-D   |. |~-D
                  C-        F/A                  G-    C    | G- F7+  |
the one that you love             will never be found
                     (your love!)

|. |~-D    |.  |~-D
G- C    |  G-  F7+
          ha!

      G-     Bb    C-7          F
you speak into the     falling rain

 G-          Bb      C-7         F
words you'd lost but     found again

        G-          Bb   C-7      F
I have seen their snakey arms entwined

     G-        Bb          C-7         F
so clear and cruel in your    jealous mind
                            ("jealous mind")


                     C-   F/A                     G-          Ab
but you've gotta to lose       the weight of the wind              rests
                                                     (of the wind)

               C-      F/A                       G-         Ab
hard on your shoulders....     I know what that means
               (oooh! aaah!)                         (down down!)


                  C-        F/A                  G-_|   | N.C. | /G     |
the one that you love             will never be found                ha!
                     (your love!)
                                 (will never be found!)


------------------------------------------------------------------- |        |. |~-d   |. |~-d   |. |~-d   |. |~-d   |. |~-d   |. |~-d
N.C.  | G- C    | G- F7+  | G- C    | G- F7+  | G- C    | G- F7+ -- |
  ooh!


|. |~-D   |.     |~-D
G- C/G  | Ab(7+) D-(4)


|----------------------------------------------------------------------- | |~-d   |. |~-d   |. |~-d   |.   |~-d    |. |~-d   |. |~-d   |. |~-d
G- C    | G- F7+  | G- C    | G-   F7+   | G- C    | G- F7+  | G- C/G -- |
                                 ayayaya!


|.     |~-D
Ab(7+) D-(4)              C-   F/A                    G-       Ab
       the weight of the wind..... the weight of the wind
                                                      (ooh     aah!)
                                                      (of the wind


                  C-           F/A                   G-        Ab
is hard on your shoulders            is driving you down
                         (your aah!)                    (down down!)


                   C-       F/A                  G-           Ab
 the one that you love....        will never be found
(the one that you love...)                            (found)
                         (your aah!)           (found)


                                    D      D
                 C-                 F/A    F6/a     G-    Bb
you lost that forever                     down   down
                      (lost that forever)


                    C-   F/A                     G-       Ab
 the weight of the wind       the weight of the wind
                                                     (aah aah!)
(the weight of the wind)     (the weight of the wind)


                            D         D
                    C-      F/A       F6/a       G-             Ab
it's hard on your shoulders      's driving you down
                                                        (aah    aah!)
                                                    (down    down)


                  C-       F/A                G-           Ab
the one that you love......    will never be found                you lost
                                                   (aahha aaah!)
                     (noo..oo  will never be found)         (ayyy you lost


                  D    D
        C-        F/A  F6/a  G-   ...
that forever     aah! yay   down  ...
            (aah aah)             ...
that forever)                     ...


MAYBE MAYBE
-----------

            D   D
G | G | G | A/B B

 E              F#-7            g#-7               a              c#-
Maybe you were joking when you said tath you were walking out on me

g#-         F#-  | F#-/g#
     maybe maybe

 E           F#-7(4)       g#-7            A(9)           c#-(7)
maybe I was joking when I said that I was running out on you     h!

g#-         F#-  | F#-/g#   c#-7         g#-7     F#-4/7 | A9 |
     maybe maybe            I could be wrong so wrong

c#-7         g#-7     F#-4/7 | A9 |     c#-7         g#-7  | G | G | G |
I could be wrong so wrong           oh! I could be wrong

  D    D
| A9/B B6 | E                F#-7              g#-7           a
            I don't know but it's been said decisions travel far from heart

    c#-   g#-         F#-  | F#-
to head        maybe maybe

 E           F#-7(4)         g#-7             A(9)           c#-(7)
maybe it was over when you chuked me out the Rover at full speed

            o        o
g#-         F#-           c#-7         g#-7     F#-4/7 | A9       |
     maybe maybe oh babe  I could be wrong so wrong         yooh!

c#-7         g#-7     F#-4/7 | A9 |  c#-7         g#-7     F#-4/7 | A9    |
I could be wrong so wrong            I could be wrong so wrong         oh!


                                           D    D     D   |    |
c#-7         g#-7      G         | G | G | A9/B B6 | (B) (B4) (B) |
I could be wrong  so wro......ng


| (B)   |  (B)    | F# | D#- | F# | D#- | F# | D#-  | F#      | D#-       |
      yyyyyyyyah!                                  trrr! h! t! trr h!h! h!


F# | D#-  | F# | D#- | F# | D#- | a | B


c#-7         g#-7     F#-4/7 | A9     c#-7         g#-7     F#-4/7     A9
I could be wrong so wrong         oh! I could be wrong so wrong
                         (oooooh!)                              (hmmm maybe

       c#-7         g#-7        F#-4/7 | A9             c#-7         g#-7
       I could be wrong   so  wrong                     I could be wrong so
maybe)                 (so!   wrong     walking out on me!)

  F#-4/7   A9          c#-7          g#-7        F#-4/7  A9
wrong               I.... could be wrong   so  wrong
     (was running I...)                                (maybe maybe)


c#-7         g#-7     F#-4/7 | A9 | G | G | G | G_|
I could be wrong so wrong


SOFT RAINS OF APRIL
-------------------

*crescendo*
4/4                 3/4
/B | /B | /B | /B | E- | a | G | F#  |  E- | a | G |

F#       E-           a         G     F#
    the soft rains of April are over

     E-           a         G    F#
the soft rains of April are over over

4/4                                                3/4
D                F#-7                    B         E-           a
anybody home now I am on the phone now please the soft rains of April are


                                                    4/4
G    F#       E-               a         G    F#    D
over     the ferry 'cross the waters to Dover over  anybody


                                    3/4                     (free time..
         F#-7                       B-7          C          E-
home now I am on the phone and I'd like to come back is it raining


........................) 4/4
      E-9  G        G7+   D                         F#-
back home  I'm so alone  just got up today and my thoughts are miles away


            3/4
      B     E-  | a | C | F#- | E- | a | C | F#-       E-       a
with you  oh                                    ah ah! oohoohoo oohoohoooh


C | F#-        E-   | a | C | F#-   E-        a         C    F#-
    hmmmm hmm  oooh!             hm ooohoohoohoohoohooh oooh     aah hmm


E-   | a | C     | F#- | E- | a | C | F#- | E- | a | C | F#- |
oooh       hmmmm!


*crescendo*
4/4                      3/4
          D    |     |
/B | /B | /B             E-           a       G           F#
              well they gave me four years three more to go

 E-           a       G              F#    E- | a | G              F#
keep writing letters time's passing so.. slow..... time's passing so..

  E- | a | G | a         E-           a         G    F#
slow             so the soft rains of April are over

     E-           a         E/G# | E-/G | E-/F#_|
the soft rains of April are over          ove....r