The Basement Recordings 3 by Alexz Johnson
2013
Tracklist:
1. At Your Door
2. Hero
3. James Dean
4. Punk Rock Chick
5. Small Dreams
6. I Fell
7. Shutting you Out
8. The Pledge
9. Veins
10. Where Is The Sky
1. At Your Door
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 6th fret
Chords:
F: x33211 or 133211
G: 320003 or 320033
Am: x02210
C: x32010
F
Since you came along
I knew it was done
G
I had a heart to follow
Am
And then it was set
Was better unsaid
G
Oh was it hard to swallow
F
Then came the days
My life in a haze
G
If you knew what I was under
Am
It's all that I want
G
It's all that I want
F
So baby, yeah maybe
You take me back so lately
G
I faced it, I ran
(Am) G
And baby here I stand
C F
At your door
C
I'm asking for more
G
It's all up to you
Am
'Cause now I'm listening and so
F
So you wanted to dance
C
So baby let's dance
G
There's only one thing I need
Am
I just need you to stay
F
I lost you waiting for more
C
Like a bat out of hell
G
I need you to crash through that door
Am F
And now, now that you're here
C
There's nothing I fear
G
It's all in the past
F (G) Am (G)
So baby let's dance
F
Since you came along
I knew it was done
G
I had a heart to follow
Am
And then it was set
It's all that I want
G
It's all that I want
F
So baby, yeah maybe
You take my breath so lately
G
I faced it, I ran
(Am) G
Yeah, baby here I am
Am
To say
F
I lost you waiting for more
C
Like a bat out of hell
G
I need you to crash through that door
Am F
And now, now that you're here
C
There's nothing I fear
G
It's all in the past
F
So baby let's dance
F G Am C x2
F G
I know you're the one
Am
Were always the one
C
Listen cause I ain't faking
F G
From all that you took
Am
Take off the look
C
Can't you see now I'm shaking?
C F
At your door
C
I'm asking for more
G
It's all up to you
Am
'Cause now I'm listening and so
F
So you wanted to dance
C
So baby let's dance
G
There's only one thing I need
F
I just need you
End on F
2. Hero
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 6th fret
Chords:
Am: x02210
G: 320003 or 320033
C: x32010
F: x33211 or 133211
(To play without a capo replace the chords above by Ebm, Db, F# & B)
Intro: Am G C F x2
Am G
Start a little
C
Stuck in the middle
F
I hear that voice
Am G
Now out to get me
C
It's down to the bone
F
And all I have is a choice
Am G
Get back to the soap
C
And just let it go
F
I thought I won't mind
I guess I mind
Am G
I'm sick of the show
C
I know what I know
F
I've seen this too many times
F
And when it gets behind me
Am
And when it gets inside
G
I don't know all the answers
F F G
Give me back what's mine
Am
I'm out of this game
G
A roll of the dice
C
I'm down on my luck
F
It's my usual vice
Am
I'm out in the clear
G
Still walking the line
C
Keep it together
F
I don't have much time
Am G
So brace yourseeeeeeelf
C F
For that hero in me
Am G Am
You'll be surprised at what you see
Am G C F x2
Am G
And now I know
C
What I should know
F
I'll go down with a fight
Am G
You can't convince me
C
In letting go
F
It's getting too bright
Am G
I'm ready to go
C
Get back in the mould
F
I know I'll be fine
I'll be just fine
Am G
The damage is done
C
I'm here with the sun
F
....................
F
That if it gets behind me
Am
And if it gets inside
G
I don't know all the answers
F F G
But I'll take back what's mine
Am
I'm out of this game
G
A roll of the dice
C
I'm down on my luck
F
It's my usual vice
Am
I'm out in the clear
G
Still walking the line
C
Keep it together
F
I don't have much time
Am G
So brace yourseeeeeeelf
C F
For that hero in me
Am G Am
You'll be surprised at what you see
Am G C F x2
Am G
So brace yourseeeeeeelf
C F
For that hero in me
Am G
So brace yourseeeeeeelf
C F
For that hero in me
End on Am
3. James Dean
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 6th fret
Chords:
C: x32010
G: 320003 or 320033
F: x33211 or 133211
Am: x02210
Em: x22000
Intro: C G F C G F Am G F (G) C
Whoaaaaa
C
He couldn't keep you safe if he tried
Am
But when he let you see in his liquid eyes
G F
It became a crime, take him away
C
Doesn't know how to love
Doesn't know how to win
Am
He only knows he can't be taken in
G F
But he's on the road, he's living in sin
Am G F Em G F
Just as it seems, he's another James Dean
C G F
Staying up, he's restless through the night
C G F
While Santa Monica signs are fading
Am G F
He's got his blood and he's looking for a fight
C G F C G F Am
Another Hollywood hero's baby
C
You wouldn't like him if he stayed
A hero's dying every day
C
Mary Ann wasn't fitting in with his lies
Am
Learned more from a fool than she learned from the wise
G F
Crying out to the skies "take him away"
C
He's been given the hands to destroy the world
Am
He's been given a taste to destroy the girls
G F
Given too many schemes, a threat to be seen
Am G F
Ooooooooh he's another James Dean
C G F
Staying up, he's restless through the night
C G F
While Santa Monica signs are fading
Am G F
He's got his blood and he's looking for a fight
Another Hollywood hero's baby
C G F C
Riding strong it feels like he belongs
G F
While Santa Monica's dreams are sleeping
Am G F
Hush now he'll always carry on
He's a Hollywood hero's baby
Am
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
F
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Am F
Only the gentle are ever really strong
Em
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Am
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
G
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
F
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
G F
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
C G F
Staying up, he's restless through the night
C G F
While Santa Monica signs are fading
Am G F
He's got his blood and he's looking for a fight
Another Hollywood hero's baby
C G F C
Riding strong it feels like he belongs
G F
While Santa Monica's dreams are sleeping
Am G F
Hush now he'll always carry on
C
He's a Hollywood hero's baby
End on C
4. Punk Rock Chick
Standard Tuning
No Capo
Chords:
F: x33211 or 133211
Dm: xx0231
Bb: x13331
C: x32010
(To make it easier put a capo on the 5th fret and replace the chords above by C, Am, F & G)
Intro: F Dm
F
I don't care about nobody
Dm
I don't care about myself
I couldn't care about my body
F
I couldn't care about my health
I don't carry no aggression
Dm
I don't carry no regret
I only think about the melody
Bb
B-B-B-Benny & the Jets
Dm Bb
Things are never gonna go your way
Dm Bb
Things are never gonna go your way
Dm C
Things are never gonna go your way
Yeah, yeah
F
Fall on your knees
Dm
Fall with the breeze
Bb
Read when I please
C
Hey yeah
Bb
I'm just a punk rock chick with another lame melody
F Dm
F
I don't care about your issues
Dm
I don't need to hear your plans
I don't need you here or miss you
F
I don't care about my band
Don't show me you directions
Dm
I'm not following your map
I don't care about your feelings
Bb
I don't care about your crap
Dm Bb
Things are never gonna go your way
Dm Bb
Things are never gonna go your way
Dm C
Things are never gonna go your way
Yeah, yeah
F
Fall on your knees
Dm
Fall with the breeze
Bb
Read when I please
C
Hey yeah
Bb F
I'm just a punk rock chick with another lame melody
5. Small Dreams
Standard Tuning
No Capo
Chords:
D: xx0232
A: x02220
Em: x22000
Bm: x24432
G: 320003 or 320033
Intro: D A Em Bm D A Em G
D A Em Bm
Small dreams, trying to find their way out
D A Em G
Small dreams, sleepless through the night
D A Em Bm
Rugged towns, full of grease and pressure
D A Em G
These big minds are gonna make this right
G D
And the dreams, and the dreams
Bm A
Giving visions to the blind
G D
And the dreams, and the dreams
Bm A
Sending chills right down your spine
G D
And the dreams, and the dreams
Bm A
To reminisce on roothess time
G D
Let the dreams, Let the dreams
Bm A
Dream
D A Em Bm
Hurting world, full of friendly failures
D A Em G
All blending in with the crowd
D A Em Bm
Small chance, at filling ships with sailors
D A Em G
It's your dance, and you're gonna make us proud
G D
And the dreams, and the dreams
Bm A
Giving visions to the blind
G D
And the dreams, and the dreams
Bm A
Sending chills right down your spine
G D
And the dreams, and the dreams
Bm A
To reminisce on roothess time
G D
Let the dreams, Let the dreams
Bm A
Dream
D A Em Bm D A Em G
G D Bm A
And the dreams, and the dreams, and the dreams
G D Bm A
And the dreams, and the dreams, and the dreams
G D Bm A
And the dreams, and the dreams, and the dreams
G D Bm A
And the dreams, and the dreams, and the dreams
G D
And the dreams, and the dreams
Bm A
Giving visions to the blind
G D
And the dreams, and the dreams
Bm A
Sending chills right down your spine
G D
And the dreams, and the dreams
Bm A
To reminisce on roothess time
G D
Let the dreams, Let the dreams
Bm A
Dream, dream
G D Bm A x 3
6. I Fell
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/alexz_johnson/the_basement_recordings_3_crd.html ]
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 4th fret
G: 320033 or 320003
Em: x22000
C: x32010
D: xx0232
G
I won't let myself get tangled
I wont go through this again
Em
I won't rise if you dont take a seat
I wont let you take me in
C D G
Then I fell, oh I fell, it begins
G
I don't go where I don't want to
I won't speak if you don't hear
Em
I won't say what I would not say
I can't heal if I won't feel
C D G
But then I fell, of I fell, it was real
Em C
Then I fell with you I could not stand
G D
Oh I slipped on the tips on your own hands
Em
I will be what you need
C
I will stand by your side
G
I can feel what you feel
D
I will cry when you cry
Em
It'll be me you're thinking of
C
For your hands I will be gloves
G D
And i will faaaaaaaall
G (D C)
In Love
G
I won't hug you when I see you
I can't kiss you if you ask
Em
I won't tell you all my secrets
Like this will really last
C D G (D C)
But look I fell, oh I fell, will it pass
G
I'll follow your direction
Ill never let this go
Em
I will be your shadow
I'll go where you will go
C D G
And look I fell, oh I fell, I fell
Em C
Then I fell with you I could not stand
G D
Oh I slipped on the tips on your own hands
Em
I will be what you need
C
I will stand by your side
G
I can feel what you feel
D
I will cry when you cry
Em
It'll be me you're thinking of
C
For your hands I will be gloves
G D
And i will faaaaaaaall
G
In Love
G Em C D G
Em
I will be what you need
C
I will stand by your side
G
I can feel what you feel
D
I will cry when you cry
Em
It'll be me you're thinking of
C
For your hands I will be gloves
G D
And i will faaaaaaaall
Em
In Love
Em C G D (repeat this progression until the end of the song)
7. Shutting You Out
Standard Tuning
No Capo
Chords:
E: 022100
B: x13331
C#m: x46654
A: x02220
(To make it easier, put a capo on the 2nd fret and replace the chords above by D,
A, Bm & G, or put A capo on the 4th fret and play C, G, Am & F)
Intro: E B C#m A x2
E
Chains are gone
Life's remaking
B
Road is long
It's what I'm taking
C#m
Hanging on
A
This is all I know
E
I'll erase what you made me
B
I'll release what you gave me
C#m
In your face
A
That is all I know
A C#m B
Now I see rain on me
A
Cleansing me
C#m B A
My wings are free
And now I see
E
Anger seeps
B
Through the air that breathes in me
C#m
Running down these empty streets
A
Searching what I know
E
Choirs bring
B
What my heart needs me to sing
C#m
Open doors that have no strings
A
Signs tell me to go
A C#m B
Now I see rain on me
A
Cleansing me
C#m B A
My wings are free
E
I'm shutting you out
B
I'm gonna leave behind
C#m
One step at a time
A
I'm gonna do it cause I said so
E
I'm gonna make it cause I said so
E
Shutting you out, shutting you out
B
Shutting you out, shutting you out
C#m
Shutting you out, shutting you out
A
Shutting you out, shutting you out
E
Shutting you out, shutting you out
B
Shutting you out, shutting you out
C#m
Shutting you out, shutting you out
A
Shutting you out, shutting you out
E
Shutting you out, shutting you out
B
Shutting you out, shutting you out
C#m
Shutting you out, shutting you out
A
Shutting you out, shutting you out
E
Shutting you out, shutting you out
B
Shutting you out, shutting you out
C#m
Shutting you out, shutting you out
A E
Shutting you out, shutting you out
8. The Pledge
Standard Tuning
No Capo
Chords:
D: xx0232
G: 320003 or 320033
Bm: x24432
F: x33211 or 133211
C: x32010
Dm: xx0231
Bb: x13331
Intro: D G x 2
D G
It's just a little thing in my pocket
D G
I got a little bit out of control
D G
A little fling, I'm afraid to stop it
D G
You're the reason I like the world
D G
A bit too much, not enough of it
D G
I take a bit, wanna take a buy
D G
You come tomorrow, I'll be over it
D G
I'll be over it until tonight
Bm
I want more, she wants more
D
Oh she wants more
D G D G
I want more
D G
I'm gettin' restless, heads a mess miss
D G
I can't sit still, still I shake
D G
C'mon believe us, get me out of this
D G
I do believe I'm losing faith
Bm D
I want more, she wants more, she wants more
D G D G
I want more
F C
So doctor, doctor help me
Dm F
My hands are shaking slightly
Bb F
I swear to get this out of me
C F
I swear, you're never gonna get it out
F C
So doctor, numb my system
Dm F
Until I'm in remission
Bb F
I pledge to never miss him
C F D G D G
I pledge, you're never gonna get it
D G
I got a shiver, hearts a sliver
D G
She talkin', cheaper wise
D G
I'm only left now believing weathermen
D G
I'm being left here to survive
D G
So another day, another regret
D G
I pay it off, though I'm still in debt
D G
Another hassle covered in tassels
D G
I've covered everything to get him back
Bm D
I want more, she wants more, she wants more
D G D G
I want more
F C
So doctor, doctor help me
Dm F
My hands are shaking slightly
Bb F
I swear to get this out of me
C F
I swear, you're never gonna get it out
F C
So doctor, numb my system
Dm F
Until I'm in remission
Bb F
I pledge to never miss him
C F
I pledge, you're never gonna get it
D G D
I pledge allegiance to the world
G D
On what's to come to any bull
G D
Or any lies I've ever heard
G F
I'm gonna be the strongest girl
C Dm
And not allow myself to ever
F Bb
Not allow myself alone
F C
Oh no, no, you haven't heard
F F
Oh no, I'm not gonna give in
C Dm
No, never gonna give in
F Bb
No, I'm never gonna give in
F C
No, I'm never gonna give in
F F
No, I'm never gonna give in
C Dm
No, you're never gonna give in
F Bb
No, you're never gonna give in
F C
No, you're never gonna give in
F
No, you're never gonna give in
F C
So doctor, doctor help me
Dm F
My hands are shaking slightly
Bb F
I swear to get this out of me
C F
I swear, you're never gonna get it out
F C
So doctor, numb my system
Dm F
Until I'm in remission
Bb F
I pledge to never miss him
C F
I pledge, you're never gonna get it
F C Dm F Bb F C F
9. Veins
Standard Tuning
No Capo
Chords:
F: 133211 or x33211
Am: x02210
Dm: xx0231
Bb: x13331
(To make it easier put a capo on the 5th fret and replace the chords above by C, Em, Am & F)
F
Walking through the street tonight
Am
The pavement's lit and full of light
Dm
I'm blind from sorrow
Bb
I've settled the fight
F
Feeling water kiss my face
Am
The rain has such a warm embrace
Dm
I feel the stitching
Bb
Become my own lace
F
And if I slip and fall
Am
If I forget it all
Dm
I'll still have you
Bb
In my veins
F
And if it gets too strange
Am
When my heart was insane
Dm
I'll still have you
Bb
In my veins
I've got you flowing through my veins
F
Standing by a leafless tree
Am
I feel its roots beneath my feet
Dm
I see tomorrow
Bb
Right in front of me
Yeah
F
And if I slip and fall
Am
If I forget it all
Dm
I'll still have you
Bb
In my veins
F
And if it gets too strange
Am
When my heart was insane
Dm
I'll still have you, I'll have you
Bb
In my veins
F
I've got you flowing through my veins
F Am Dm Bb x2
F
And if it gets too strange
Am
When my heart was insane
Dm
I'll still have you
Bb
In my veins
F
I've got you flowing through my veins
End on F
10. Where Is The Sky ?
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 4th fret
Chords:
G: 320003 or 320033
Am: x02210
Em: x22000
F: x33211 or 133211
C: x32010
(To play without a capo replace the chords above by B, C#m, Abm, A & E)
Intro: G Am Em F C G Am F
G Am
Is anybody listening?
Em F
Can anyone see through this fog?
C G
Feeling like you're in the race
Am F
But you never even started at all
C Am
Staring at my empty face
Em F
Looks better in the dark of the night
C G
Feeling like I've been erased
Am F
If I fix it will I be alright?
G C
I'm left in doubt
G F
I'm losing out, yeah
Em F C G
Wheeeeeeere is the sky
Em F Am G
Oh, how do we know what's wrong from right
Em F C
Where should I go
G Am
'Cause people always tell me that I move too slow
F C G Am F-G
It's something that we all don't know
G Am
Losing hours every night
Em F
Building you piece by piece
C G
You've walked me through my broken dreams
Am F
With the pain kicking back at my feet
C Am
Never speaking out of line
Em F
Believing only what I see
C G
Where have all the flowers gone
Am F
I never picked one for me
G C
I wanna know
G F
Where we go yeah
Em F C G
Wheeeeeeere is the sky
Em F Am G
Oh, how do we know what's wrong from right
Em F C
Where should I go
G Am
'Cause people always tell me that I move too slow
F C G Am F-G
It's something that we all don't know
C G C F
C G
All that
C F
Don't let it all show through
Am G C F
Don't laugh, everything is up to you
Am G C F
You're changing tides, with only your peace of mind
Am G
Give it up, give it up
C F
And you'll never get your wings to fly
Em F C G Em F Am G
Em F C
Where should I go
G Am
'Cause people always tell me that I move too slow
F C G
It's something that we all don't know
Em F C G Am F C G
G Am Em F C G Am F x 2
