Hootie And The Blowfish - Fairweather Johnson Chords & Tabs

Subject: TAB: Fairweather Johnson (Album) By Hootie and the Blowfish
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 10:37:06 +0000 (GMT)
From: Grant Mcallister 

Fairweather Johnson by Hootie and the Blowfish

This file contains the two songs missing from the original posting by 
randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu  as well as the corrections I have made 
to the other songs on the album.  Thanks to randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu 
(Sorry! I don't know your real name :) Enjoy.....


SONG: Be The One
(tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu)
(extensive corrections by mcallist@dcs.gla.ac.uk)
(my hootie page: http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~mcallist)

Am:x02210 Cmaj7:33200x F:133211 C:x32010 Em7:022033
Fmaj7:x33210 G:320003 E7#9:68789x B7:x21202 Dsus2:xx0230
Cadd9:x32030

Intro: Am-Cmaj7 (2x)

(verse)
Am Cmaj7  Am
I wonder
Cmaj7
Why are we involved
Am              Cmaj7  Am
With the seasons
Cmaj7
And the living of our own
F                Am  C   
Let me see if nothing's wrong
F                Am    G
I just want to be the one


(verse)
Am       Cmaj7
(She) wanted
Am      Cmaj7           Am
You still give her all our lives
         Cmaj7
Let her be sons
Am        Cmaj7
Who is she buying
F        Am
See her crawl
C    F            Am    G
I'll just make it out



(chorus)
(Now)
Am Em7    Fmaj7               
Now................
Am Em7    Fmaj7         G             Am
Let me be the one     (We don't see it bleeding)

Am          Em7    Fmaj7       E7#9
I want to die with you      (Something no ones needing)


(verse: as before)
I left the other day
But you're never here
You only listen to things
You want to save
But the power it's ok with you
You knew I'd find something else to do

(chorus: as before except play B7 at something no-ones...)
Let me be the one  (we don't see it bleeding)
I wanna fly, I wanna die with you   (Something no ones)


Em       Dsus2
See it's not like they
Cadd9            Dsus2
Are gonna take my faith away
Em            Dsus2
Let me in it's ok now
Cadd9  Dsus2     Am
Close________  the door

Cmaj7   Am   Cmaj7

    Am        Cmaj7
Is it really needing
Am
When you find a place
       Cmaj7       F
That's only yours
     Am   C       F
Just go he beams
                  
Well I've died for good now


F             Am          
Let me feel it
C          F                       Am      G
Let her come---let her run---let her run


(chorus)
(Now)
Am   Em7           Fmaj7       G
Now let me be the one
(We don't see it bleeding)
       Am           Em7
I can't feel it, I can't see it
(Something no ones needing)

Fmaj7 G      Am
I,    I feel dumb

repeat chorus chords then end with E7#9  Am

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Sad Caper
By Hootie and the Blowfish


Tabbed By Grant McAllister
My Hootie page: http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~mcallist

This is a great song and it is now FULLY correct.


CHORDS: D: xx0232  Dmaj7: xx0222  D7: xx0212  G: 320003 
        A: x02220  Asus4: 002230  Bm: x24432  Gm7: 353333
        Gm:xx0333  Em7: 022033

(D)     (Dmaj7)
I know, she said...
(D7)       (*)              (G)
before you left me you were free
(Gm)               (D)
So I'll just lay me down

Fill: (Asus4) (A7)

(D)      (Dmaj7)
Control has left me
(D7)        (*)
And I can't feel another thing
(G)            
So let me turn around

Fill: (Asus4) (A7)

(G)           (A7)               (D)
Do you really want to play these games

Just to keep things goin'
(G)           (A7)            (D)
Or are you ready now to let it be
          (Em7)          (Gm7)
It's like sometimes you wanna see the rain
        (Bm)
But the sun gets in your eyes
(Bm) (A) (G)   (Asus4) (A7)
And you wanna die now

(Rest of the song follows the same chord progression)

Control has left me
And I can't feel another thing
So let me turn around
I see I see
But things just couldn't be the same
SO let me hold you down

Never let me down I swore to you
But now I lie
I'm here to make it all seem worthwhile
You want I know
But I'll have to try
To find a way to make me quiet now

Control has left me
And I can't feel another thing
So let me turn around
I see I see
But things just couldn't be the same
So won't you hunt her down

I know she said
Before you left me you were free
So I'll just lay me down.

Parts of the song marked with an asterix (*) have a fill which goes like:

Finger D7

1|3 2 0 2
2|1 1 1 1
3|2 2 2 1
4|0 0 0 0
5|x x x x
6|x x x x 


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@SONG: Tucker's Town
(tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu)
(corrected by mcallist@dcs.gla.ac.uk)

chords: C:x32010 Csus:x33010 Fmaj7:x33210 G:320003 Am7:x02010
        Am7*:5x555x  Fadd9:xx3213 Fsus2:13300x
         

Intro: (riff A)

e ----------------------|-------------------0-----
B ------------------1---|---------------------1---
G --------0---0-------0-|---------0---0---------0-
D ----0h2-----2---0-----|-----0h2-----2---2-------
A --3-------3---3-------|---3-------3---3---------
E ----------------------|-------------------------

(with Riff A)
C       Csus
Staring back at you
Did you see my lips
Or were you smiling right in front of me

Your father called my name
Then he smiled with great relief
'Cause it wasn't me that you were clinging to

Am7
He made you turn around
G                       Am7*
You do that thing you do
G                    Fadd9
And then you laughed with me

C               Fmaj7
I don't know
C               Fmaj7
What I can't see
C               Fmaj7               G    G7
I don't know but I'm makin' time to call
I don't know
What I can't see
I don't know but she's watching me leave



(riff A again)
Just wish they'd turn around
Just wish they'd try to see
But they don't understand and that's alright with me I'm leaving now

Going down to Tucker's Town
Where I can lie for free
Nobody stares at me and I'd love to hurt the population

She called last night
I said I'm about to leave
Then I heard him scream, "I'll pack your bags"

I don't know
What I can't see
I don't know but I'm makin' time to call
I don't know

What I can't see
I don't know but I'm leaving here

Csus  C   Fsus2

Fsus2                          G
To see the world through your Rosy glasses
                Am7        G        Fsus2       C
I'll teach her to fly but they teach greed
Fsus2                       G
   We live the belt but I can bleed

(riff A)
C        Csus
I don't know............................................
What I can't see........................................
C      Fmaj7
I don't know
What I can't see

ad-lib til end......
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@SONG: She Crawls Away
(tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu)
(this one can be played with a capo at the 4th using C Dm or something))


Intro: E          F#m   B-B

(verse)
E       
I fall in she sees me and smiles
F#m
Then she starts to hate herself again
E
She screams something under her breath
F#m
That I wouldn't know if she said it outloud

(verse)
She turns over to start a conversation
With a man that noone else can see
She dreams of loving me sometimes
And it makes me see what we've been missing

(bridge)
C#m             E                       F#m                B-B
It's like I never knew anyone so strong before
C#m             E
She Brings the man outa me
                A                                       B-B
And she makes me see that they don't matter

(chorus)
E   B
I believe
A                                       B-B
We see her playin' with another 
E       B                       A
She runs around you and then
F#m                             B                               B7
It's like the sun goes down and she crawls away again

(verse)
She wears white pants a Miami sweater
Says that She loves the O's
So Uncle Dean will come by

(verse)
Her smile is like sunshine 
Her tears hurt like leather
She runs the show she lets me know
Says it's all about being the only

(bridge)
It's like someone said you could have one good thing in your life
She couldn't be your type
I didn't plan for your smile, but you make me laugh when you stand dreamin'

(chorus)
I believe, we see her layin with another 
She runs around you and then
It's like the sun goes down and she crawls away again

A                       B
Where were you yesterday
E                                       A
Now that my heart is wild and free
C#m                             B
And my lips have room to wander
A                               C#m
How can I say your needing me now
B
When I've got a plan
                        A
I know you don't understand why my heart is sorry now

(chrous 2x)
I believe
We see her laying with another
She runs around you and then
it's like the sun goes down and she crawls
I believe
We see her waiting with another
She runs around you and then
it's like the sun goes down and she crawls away again
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@SONG: So Strange
(tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu)
(capo 2nd)

Intro: D-A-G (2x)

(verse)
D         A                     G       (Riff A)
It's so hard to breathe right now
D                A                      G       (Riff B)
Living things without a friend of mine
D               A               C       G               A
Air just filling every bit, of every end, of every mind
G                               A
You thought you could feel

(verse)
And it's maybe 6 a.m.
And no one wants to be with me
So I'm calling out to someone and something that I don't know so well
Ohh, I'm free

(chorus)
        D                 A                G
If I can't find the warmth in my summer
D                          A               G      A
And I can't find the light in my day
        D               A               G                       F#m     E               
I just look to my friends and we'll see our troubles away
B                       A
You make me feel so strange

D-A-G-D-A-G

(verse)
Won't you let me breathe the air
I want to hold on to right now
Won't you let me read a book about
Someone's queen who came back for me 

(verse)
I see bridges in my eyes
I see mornings left for the children
I see people holding back, trying to find another reason so they can walk away
And it makes me scream and I pray

(chorus)
If you can't find the warmth in my summer
And I can't find the light in my day
I just look to my friends and I'll see our troubles away
You make me feel so

G                D
It can never end 'cause we don't speak
G                       D       D/C
It will never just die
        G                       A
So why don't you call the man
G                                                   A
And, tell him to come over here and just clean up my pride

(chorus)
If you can't find the warmth in my summer
And I can't find the light in my day
I just look to my friend and we'll see our little troubles away
You make me feel so strange

(chorus)
If you can't find the warmth in my summer
And I can't find the light in my day
I just look to my friend and we'll see our troubles away
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Riff A                          Riff B
e ------------------------      ------------------------
B ------------------------      ------------------------
G ---------0-2------------      ----0h2-0---------------
D ---0h2h4-----4-2-0------      ----0-------------------
A ------------------------      ------------------------
E ------------------------      ------------------------

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@SONG: Old Man & Me
(tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu)

(capo 2nd)

Intro: A-G-D-A-G-D

e ---------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------
G --11h13-13---13-13p11-11-(x2)----------------------  (x2)
D -------------------------------11---11p9s7h9-------
A ---------------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------

A
Well an old man said to me
G                               D
In a voice filled with pain
A
Where you going young man
G       D

(same)
Said I'm going to fight a war
Gonna fight for my country
In some foreign land

(same)
He said "The sun will never hurt you
Never harmed anyone
But you must realize"

(same)
If you try to stare her down
She will win in the end
She will burn your eyes
She will burn them

G                       D
Seen a million places
G                       D       C
Seen a million faces die
G                       D
And I wonder who will walk with me
(repeat intro)
When I get to Heaven

He said "Boy I was young once
Yeah I was tough
Sailing on Uncle Sam's boat
Hey I could kill the enemy
I could die on foreign streets
But I could not vote
But now you walk by me
You won't talk to me
Say this is my fate
But every time you walk the streets boy
Most of them you meet
You see it's you they hate
It's you...

Seen a million faces
Seen a million places die
And I wonder who will walk with me
When I get to Heaven
I hope I get there

(solo)

Seen a million places
Seen a million faces die
And I wonder who will walk with me 
(guitar out, piano/bass do the B/A/E)
When I get there

(stab chords on offbeat)
See this woman sitting next to me
She's been there for a long, long time
And when I fell, she picked me up
When I cried, she wiped my tears
I thank god she's mine
And when I leave this world
She won't have anything
But her love for me
'Cause the man took everything else
Made me hate myself
So just let her be boy
Won't you let her be

(guitar back full)
Seen a million faces
Seen a million places die
Seen a million mothers
Seen a million mothers cryin'
And I wonder who will walk with me
When I get to Heaven
When I get to Heaven
I hope I get there
When I get to Heaven 
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Earth Stopped Cold at Dawn
By Hootie and the Blowfish

tabbed By Grant McAllister
(mcallist@dcs.gla.ac.uk)
my hootie page: http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~mcallist/

Chords: C/G:332010 Am:x02210 Fmaj7:x33210 G:320003
        Fsus2:xx3013 C/E:xx2013 D7:xx0212

Capo 2nd fret (chords shown relative to capo)

Intro: C/G Am   x4
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/h/hootie_and_the_blowfish/fairweather_johnson_crd.html ]
C/G         Am            (rest of verse is the same) 
Another reason to doubt me
Another teardrop falls
Can't wait for a friend when loneliness calls
Another kiss in the basement
Pour salt on my tongue
No one cries for heros left unsung

(chorus)
Fmaj7                G
Look at me when I'm talking to you
Fsus2       C/E          G
Look at me in the eyes
Fmaj7     G          Fsus2 C/E D7
Then look away and tell me why_______why

C/G Am C/G Am

C/G        Am      
Another tasteless movie
Another kiss goodnight
Could be a dark oasis in my life
Another icon smashed to pieces
By yesterday's romance
Another hated person no more chances

(chorus)
Look at me when I'm talking to you
Look at me in the eyes
Then look away and tell me why...why

(Quietly...with some damping)

C/G            Am
Playin' with a happy boy
A cold place for a man
Familiar faces in a foreign land

Fmaj7                     G      
The hands kept spinning around the face
       Fsus2        C/E       G                (A)
But the earth stopped cold at dawn
(Fmaj7 one strum) G  Fsus2  C/E   G         
For a moment, then moved on
For a moment, then moved on...

(Play intro and end on Am)

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@SONG: Fairweather Johnson
(tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu)
** These are the piano chords**

Am-G-F-G for the whole thing...

Liked the Steelers...in '75
I only like the Broncos, when they come alive (laugh)
Liked the Redskins in '83
And when the Dolphins are playing well
Yeah well, they're the team for me

Cause I'm...
Fairweather Johnson (Johnson)
Yeah, yes, I'm...
Fairweather Johnson
(Johnson I liked the Braves in '95)
(laugh)
        spoken: I liked the Braves in '95
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 Honeyscrew

              Tabbed by Grant McAllister

	      Chords: A:x02220  D/A:x04230 D:x00232 G:320003
                      C:032010  A5:x02255 E7:020100 D9:xx0210
                      G5:35xxxx

              intro: A  D/A  G  A
                     A  D/A  G  D 
                     A  D/A  G  A

              A       D/A
              Fly inside
              G          D
              Feel me dealing
              A         D/A     G          A
              Holding on to a story just told
                 D/A                G              D
              About a man whos the life of a funeral
              A         D/A         G           A
              Grabbing on to a woman whos soul
              A         D/A          G                 D
              He just stole for a dream he dont believe in  
	      A           D/A        G           A
              Now she sits and she yells for a smile
	      A           D/A        G          D
              "Dont let the sun make me feel lonely"
              A           D/A          G5
              Oh let me in let me in let me in
              
              A  D9   E     D9
                      Is it me
	      A  D9   E     D9
                      Or is it honey

              (same as first verse)
              We all seem to hold
              To Something we dont see
              Is He here
              Is He there
              Where does He live
              Some people say in the pull of a heartbeat
              Some people say in the mind of a stranger
              I cant explain what it is I believe in
              So take your heart take your mind and escape

              Is it me
              Or is it honey
              Is it me
              Or is it honey
              
              (mute strings)
              C       G          A5        
              Is it me trying to raise your little children
              C       G          A5
              Is it me trying to take your little flame
              C       G          A5
              Why are you trying to steal my judgement day away
              C             G        E7
              Let me scream let me scream let me scream
              A      D/A    G    D
              (solo)             Dont take it away

              (same as first verse)
              Another day in the arms of the real thing
              Another day in the eyes of a fool
              I called today just to make me feel hopeless
              Lie to me and Ill try to believe


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@SONG: Let It Breathe
(tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu)

Intro: E-B-C#m-B-A (2x)

(verse)
E                       B
Could we do it again
C#m                     B
If he asked how it felt
A
And I didn't say this time
E                                       B
You tried to scare me with empty thoughts
C#m                     B
That means not a thing
A
'Cause I'm down behind you

(verse)
Could we swing it again
If I changed how he looked
And turned to the right to bend
You live with something that I can't explain
But your face cracks a smile when you see it shining

(chorus)
A                               B
You feel things in your own way
C#m                                     B
And I'm supposed to lay down and bow to you
A                               B                         C#m
I'm tired of bailing hay for something that I can't see
B
I don't want to be you
A
You don't want to be me.
B
Just let it breathe

E-B-C#m-B-A

(verse)
If the moon goes up tomorrow and I'm down on a farm
And you don't believe whose writing with me
Keep your hands to yourself
Keep your mind to yourself
Keep your breath to yourself
Let me float on by you

(chorus)
You see things in your own way
And I'm supposed to lay down and bow to you
I'm tired of bailing hay for something that I can't see
You don't want to be me
I don't want to be you

(bridge)
A         E      A      E
It's so very necessary
A         E                 A       E
It's so delectable to see a stone
A         G#m               C#m B
It's so impossible to find a reason
                A
When you're standing there
B
Watching me now

E-B-C#m-B-A

(verse)
Could we live it again
If we dressed just the same 
And held on to lovers when
We couldn't really live with anyone
See mostly ourselves so just go on lying

(chorus)
You feel things in your own way
And I'm supposed to lay down and bow to you
I'm tired of bailing hay for someone that I can't see
I don't want to be you
You don't want to be me 

(A-E till end)
Just let it breathe
Let it breathe
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@SONG: Silly Little Pop Song
(tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu)

Intro: (Riff A x2)

(verse - Riff B x4)
One thing's for sure
I just can't find the way
To let it seem like all is wrong
Inside my den

(verse)
Hold back
Breathe easy
She said to me
Go somewhere and change your mind
Just let me sleep

G               A            C
I've been living in a lesson
G               A                   C
Please just come inside and listen

(verse but Riff B only x3)
Is it anger at life
Or are you happy to be with me
Are you seeing someone

(verse)
Or will your faith
Go with no other man
Come on
Let me dream

G               A            C
I've been living in a lesson
G               A                   C
Please just come inside and listen
G               A                       C
No need to worry 'bout all the lying
G               A               C
Please just come inside

(verse)
It's a thing
To make me want to go
See another
That makes me doubt

G               A            C
I've been living in a lesson
G               A                   C
Please just come inside and listen
G               A                       C
No need to worry 'bout all the lying
All the changing
G               A       C
Please just come inside

G               A            C
I've been living in a lesson
G               A       C
Please just come inside (ooo la-la)
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Riff A
e ----------2--------|----------------------------
B ------3-----3------|-----3-----3----3-----------
G ----2---2-----2----|-------0-----0--------------
D --0-------------0--|----------------------------
A -------------------|--3-------------------------
E -------------------|----------------------------

Riff B
e ----------2--------|----------------------------
B ------3-----3------|-----3-----3----------------
G ----2---2-----2----|-------0-----0--------------
D --0-------------0--|---------------2-0----------
A -------------------|--3-------------------------
E -------------------|----------------------------

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Fool By Hootie and the Blowfish

(tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu)
(Corrected by mcallist@dcs.gla.ac.uk Grant McAllister)

Intro: G-D (with riff A, two times)

(verse)
G (**)
Saw you last night
Fmaj7
You were sleeping in my mind
G                             Fmaj7
Doubting you'll ever be free again
G
Then I climbed back inside
          Fmaj7
Someone open my eyes
G
To find me drunk again
Fmaj7
Bonnie on the radio, and she was singing low
G (add Riff B)
"Give it up or let me go"
G
Every night there is one more
Fmaj7
Every night there is two more
         G
Saying I shouldn't be feeling this pain
Fmaj7
I think I better grow up now or go insane

(chorus)
C               D
There's so much I feel
G       D/F#            Em
So much I conceal

C                          D
There's just so many things I can be

(verse)
Someone write the story of 5 points
No one wanted to know me
Now they all have opinions of what we do
So they go down to Bar None so we can have a drink or two
Can't write a story from the trees
I know somewhere she's watching me
Saying "Boy carry your load"
Oh I don't want to go back on the road now

(chorus twice)
There's so much I feel
So much I conceal
There's just so many places to see
And faces I can read
C                          D
There's just so many things I can be

(play intro to end)
..........

Riff A
e -------------------|----------------------------
B ------8------------|-----8--7-------------------
G ---/7--------------|--/7---7--------------------
D -------------------|----------------------------
A -------------------|----------------------------
E -------------------|----------------------------

Riff B                                       
e --3-------5--3---3--|---1--------3-1---1--------
B --3------------3----|---1------------1----------
G --4-----------------|---2-----------------------
D --5-----------------|---3-----------------------
A --5-----------------|---3-----------------------
E --3-----------------|---1-----------------------
  (play this the last time)                                          
e --1---3-1---3-1---3-1-----
B --1-------1-----1-----1---
G --2-----------------------
D --3-----------------------
A --3-----------------------
E --1-----------------------

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@SONG: Tootie
(tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu)

Intro: (Riff A)-C-C/B-Am-F-G-(Riff A)

(verse)
C               C/B             Am
You put a rose in my hand
F
Put a dollar in my pocket
                  G             Riff A
But you don't understand
          C             C/B     Am
How the days grow longer, the sky is black as night
F                                         G
I see the morning but you won't see the light

(chorus)
Em                                 F
I thought about you for a long, long time
Em                               F              
I wrote about you but my words don't seem to rhyme
C                          Am
And now you're lying here
                F               G    C
But my heart still beats for you

(verse)
Had a dream about you
You sat right down beside me
And you told me we were through
It was all so real and you told me reasons why
You brought me to the window
And you taught me how to fly

(chorus)
I thought about you for a long, long time
I said I love you but we just don't have the time
And now you're lying here
But my heart still beats for you

String Break: (verse)

(chorus)
I thought to hold you for a long, long time
You said I love you but my heart won't seem to chime in
And now you're lying here
And my heart still beats for you...

C/B             Am
Ohhh...I'm trying...
         F               G           C
And my heart still beats for you
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Riff A
e ----------------
B ----------------
G ----------------
D ----------------
A ----0-2---------
E --3-------------

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SONG: When I'm Lonely By Hootie and the Blowfish

Tabbed by Grant MCAllister mcallist@dcs.gla.ac.uk

Chords: E:022100 A(add2/E):077600 C#m7:x46454 F#m7:242222
        G#:466544 A:x02220 B:x24440 C#m:x46654

E                 Aadd2/E
Eyes like an infant
        E
Staring me down
 Aadd2/E       E                Aadd2/E
She'll take anything that's tied up
  C#m7              F#m7
In my glorious past


E        
It's just 4 days 'til Sunday
Aadd2/E             E         Aadd2/E
When I say that I'm gone
  E   
Little one screams you cry
        Aadd2/E           C#m7        F#m7
Tell the pain to leave me alone

(Same as before)
It's just 2 days 'til Monday
Another week 'til the 4th
Is anyone listening or
Should I call on the Lord
 
G#          A
Oh believe me...
           B
Sometimes I breathe
           A
Sometimes I see
                                     C#m
Then I dream a dream that won't come true
    A                           E
And I struggle with lies when I'm lonely

(Rest of song continues with same chord progression)

Someone called my name out loud about 4 a.m.
It wasn't you so I let her in
Just to see what she wanted
She left screaming because I called her by your name
But the next day she came to call
And we finished our game

Alright now
Some days I breathe
Some days I see
Then I dream a dream that won't come true
And I struggle with time when I'm lonely

Shep plays piano down in 
Shandon on the other side of Rosewood
You said he wasn't your type
But you went anyway
You left screamin' cause you thought you would
Call him by my name
Ah and you whisper
Why do I do this 
I can't go through this why do I do this, why

Sometimes I breathe
Sometimes I see
Then I dream a dream that won't come true
And I struggle with life when I'm lonely