SONG TITLE: Flake
ARTIST: Jack Johnson
ALBUM: Brushfire Fairytales (2002)
Tuning: Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Chord Fingerings:
Dm: xx0231
F: 133211
Bb: x13331
C: x3201x
A: x02220
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Intro - Dm F Bb F
Dm F
I know she said it's alright
Bb F
But you can make it up next time
Dm F
I know she knows it's not right
Bb F
There ain't no use in lying
Dm F
Maybe she thinks I know something
Bb F
Maybe maybe she thinks its fine
Dm F
Maybe she knows something I don't
Bb C
I'm so, I'm so tired, I'm so tired of trying
Chorus
F C
It seems to me that maybe
Dm A
It pretty much always means no
Bb C F C
So don't tell me you might just let it go
F C
And often times we're lazy
Dm A
It seems to stand in my way
Bb C
Cause no one no not no one
F C
Likes to be let down
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Dm F
I know she loves the sunrise
Bb F
No longer sees it with her sleeping eyes
Dm F
And I know that when she said she's gonna try
Bb F
Well it might not work because of other ties and
Dm F
I know she usually has some other ties
Bb F
And I wouldn't want to break 'em, nah, I wouldn't want to break 'em
Dm F
Maybe she'll help me to untie this but
Bb C
Until then well, I'm gonna have to lie to you
F C
It seems to me that maybe
Dm A
It pretty much always means no
Bb C F C
So don't tell me you might just let it go
F C
And often times we're lazy
Dm A
It seems to stand in my way
Bb C
Cause no one no not no one
F
Likes to be let down
F C
It seems to me that maybe
Dm A
It pretty much always means no
Bb C F C
So don't tell me you might just let it go
F Bb
The harder that you try baby, the further you'll fall
F C
Even with all your money in the whole wide world
F
Please please please don't pass me
Bb
Please please please don't pass me
C Bb F
Please please please don't pass me by
F Bb
Everything you know about me now baby you gonna have to change
F C
You goin to call it by a brand new name
F
Please please please don't drag me
Bb
Please please please don't drag me
C Bb F
Please please please don't drag me down
F Bb
Just like your tree down by the water baby I shall not move
F C
Even after all your silly things you do-oo
F
Please please please don't drag me
Bb
Please please please don't drag me
C Bb F
Please please please don't drag me down
