Artist: The Lumineers
ALBUM: The Lumineers (2012)
Note I: chords are for the acoustic versions of the songs!
Transcription: satir3, satir3@net.hr
List Of Songs:
01. Flowers In Your Hair
02. Classy Girls
03. Submarines
04. Dead Sea
05. Ho Hey
06. Slow It Down
07. Stubborn Love
08. Big Parade
09. Charlie Boy
10. Flapper Girl
11. Morning Song
12. The Gun Song (bonus track)
13. Elouise (bonus track)
14. Untitled (Falling In Love) (bonus track)
15. My City Of Ruins (cover of Bruce Springsteen's song)
16. Ain't Nobody's Problem (cover of Sawmill Joe's song)
17. Boots Of Spanish Leather (cover of Bob Dylan's song)
18. The Weight (cover of The Band's song)
01. Flowers In Her Hair (acoustic)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgra47RjwLQ
Tuning: standard, NO capo
Note I:
G9*: G9 Gsus2 G9 Gsus2 G6 Gsus2 G9
Cadd9*: Cadd9 Csus2 Cadd9 Csus2 C6sus2 Csus2 Cadd9
D*: D69 D D D69 D D D69 D D
Chords used:
name: E.A.D.G.B.E
G9: 3.2.0.0.3.x
Gsus2: 3.0.0.0.3.x
G6: 3.0.2.0.3.x
Cadd9: x.3.2.0.3.x
Csus2: x.3.0.0.3.x
C6sus2: x.3.0.2.3.x
D: x.x.0.2.3.x
D69: x.x.0.0.3.x
Em7: 0.2.2.0.3.x
h: hammer on
p: pull off
fp: finger picking
st: strum
Intro: (fp)
G9*
Verse: (fp)
G9*
When we were younger
We thought everyone was on our side
Then we grew a little
Cadd9*
And romanticized the time I saw
G9*
Flowers in your hair
D*
Takes a boy to live
Cadd9* G9*
Takes a man to pretend he was there
Verse: (fp)
G9*
So then we grew a little
Knew a lot
And now we demonstrated it to the cops
Cadd9*
And all the things we said
G9*
We were self assured
D*
It's a long road to wisdom
Cadd9* G9*
It's a short one to being ignored
Chorus: (st)
Em7 D
Be in my eye
G9
Be in my heart
Em7 D
By in my eye, eyeyeye
G9
Be in my heart
Verse: (st)
G9
So now I think that I could love you back
And I hope its not too late
'Cause youre so attractive
Cadd9
And the way you move
G9
I won't close my eyes
D
Takes a man to live
Cadd9 G9
Takes a woman to make him compromise
Chorus: (st)
Em7 D
Be in my eye
G9
Be in my heart
Em7 D
By in my eye, eyeyeye
G9
Be in my heart
02. Classy Girls (acoustic)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvsHioOYIYE
Tuning: standard
Capo: 3rd fret
Chords used:
name: E.A.D.G.B.E
A: x.0.2.2.2.x
D: x.x.0.2.3.x
E: 0.2.2.1.0.0
Asus4: x.0.2.2.3.x
E6: 0.4.2.1.0.0
E7: 0.2.0.1.0.0
fp: finger-pick
st: strum
Note:
Part: E E6 E7 E (emphasis on bass walkthrough: B C# D E)
Intro: (fp)
A D E D A
Verse: (fp)
A
Welllll, she was standing in the bar
D
I said, "Hello, how do you do?"
E D A Asus4 A
She handed me a beer with a kangaroo
Verse: (fp)
She spoke of places I had never been
That she had traveled to
And we slowed danced along to faster tunes
Verse: (fp)
I made her laugh, I made a pass, I showed her my half dollar ring
She said, "That's pretty cool,
But classy girls don't kiss in bars, you fool"
Break:
(fp) A D
(st) E E6 E7 E A
Verse: (st)
So later on the crowd calmed down
And I believe it was as if
Something drew me closer to her lips
Verse: (st)
So picture my surprise when
I had tried to lean in for a kiss
And she just smiled and turned her head down
Verse: (st)
I asked her, "Why?" and she replied,
"It was nothing I was doing wrong, its just what it is"
No, classy girls don't kiss in bars like this
Ending: (st)
D E
No, classy girls don't kiss in bars
D E
Boys will break their backs and hearts
D A E E6 E7 E
But its alright, the hardest part is through
E E6 E7 E
Oh through
E E6 E7 E
Oh
E E6 E7 E
Oh
E E6 E7 E A (end)
Hardest Part
03. Submarines (acoustic)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bucICyMbtgw
Tuning: standard, NO capo
Chords used:
name: E.A.D.G.B.E
Em7: 0.2.2.0.3.x
G9: 3.2.0.0.3.x
Cadd9: x.3.2.0.3.x
D/F#: 2.0.0.2.3.x
Dsus4: x.x.0.2.3.x
G: 3.2.0.0.0.3
C: x.3.2.0.1.0
Cdim5: x.3.4.0.1.0
Fmaj7: x.3.3.2.1.0
Intro: G C G D/F# x2
Verse:
G C G D/F#
I believe submarines
G C G D/F#
Underneath deep blue seas
G C G D/F#
Saw the flags: Japanese
G C G D/F#
No one will believe me
Bridge:
Em7 Dsus4 G9 D/F#
Ran back to the town bar and I told the people how
Em7 Dsus4 C Cdim5 C Fmaj7 G9
I had seen the submarine and Everyone laughed aloud
Break: G9 Cadd9 G9 D/F# x2
Verse:
G9 Cadd9 G9 D/F#
I did spy perisc-opes
G9 Cadd9 G9 D/F#
Dead of night on the eastern coast
G9 Cadd9 G9 D/F#
The police made them jokes
G9 Cadd9 G9 D/F#
Told me I'd seen a ghost
Bridge:
Em7 Dsus4 G9 D/F#
Everyone thinks I'm a liar No one knows the truth
Em7 Dsus4 C Cdim5 C Fmaj7 G9
If it was a bigger fire I would be on the roof
Break: G9 Cadd9 Em7 D/F# x2
Verse:
G9 Cadd9 Em7 D/F#
Ships will rust in Baldwin Bay (Let me go!)
G9 Cadd9 Em7 D/F#
No one trusts what I say (I don't know!)
G9 Cadd9 Em7 D/F#
Oh my God, no one paid (Attention!)
G9 Cadd9 Em7 D/F#
Overnight my hair turned gray (Oh oh oh!)
Bridge:
Em7 Dsus4 G D/F#
In the end it boils down to credibility
Em7 Dsus4 C Cdim5 C Fmaj7 G
I had none, so I will die with the secrets of the sea
Ending:
G C Em7 D/F#
Submarine!
G9 Cadd9 G9 Em7 D/F#
Japanese!
G9 Cadd9 G9 D/F#
Submarine!
G9 Cadd9 G9 D/F#
04. Dead Sea (acoustic)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd1NlSJeMDI
Tuning: standard, NO capo
Chords used:
C: x.3.2.0.1.0
Caug/E: 0.3.0.1.1.x
Fmaj7: x.3.3.2.1.x
Am: x.0.2.2.1.0
G6: 3.2.0.0.3.x
Am/G: 3.x.2.2.1.0
Dsus2/A: x.0.0.2.3.0
G: 3.2.0.0.3.3
Intro: C
Verse:
C [ch]Caug/E[/ch]
I stood alone, upon the platform in vain
Fmaj7
Puerto Ricans they were playing me salsa in the rain
C
With open doors and manual locks
Fmaj7 [ch]Caug/E[/ch] C
In fast food parking lots
Pre-chorus:
C [ch]Caug/E[/ch]
I headed West, I was a man on the move
New York had lied to me, I needed the truth
Fmaj7 C
Oh, I need somebody, needed someone I could trust
Am G6 Fmaj7 C
I don't gamble, but if I did I would bet on us
Chorus:
C
Like the Dead Sea
Fmaj7
You told me I was like the Dead Sea
(C) Am
You'll never sink when you are with me
G6 Fmaj7 C
Oh Lord, like the Dead Sea
C
Whoa, I'm like the Dead Sea
Fmaj7
The nicest words you ever said to me
(C) Am
Honey can't you see,
G6 Fmaj7 C
I was born to be, be your Dead Sea
Verse:
You told me you were good at running away
Domestic life, it never suited you like a suitcase
You left with just the clothes on your back
You took the rest when you took the map
Pre-chorus:
Yes, there are times we live for somebody else
Your father died and you decided to live
It for yourself you felt, you just felt it was time
And I'm glad, cause you with cats, that's just not right
Chorus:
Like the Dead Sea
You told me I was like the Dead Sea
You'll never sink when you are with me
Oh Lord, like the Dead Sea
Whoa, I'm like the Dead Sea
The nicest words you ever said to me
Honey can't you see,
I was born to be, be your Dead Sea
Bridge:
Am Am/G Fmaj7
I been down, I been defeated
C [ch]Dsus2/A[/ch]
You're the message I was heeding
Would you stay,
G
Would you stay the night?
Chorus:
Dead Sea,
Told me I was like the Dead Sea
Never sink when you are with me
Oh Lord, I'm your Dead Sea
Whoa, I'm like the Dead Sea
The finest words you ever said to me
No need to move your feet so quickly
Oh Lord, I'm your Dead Sea
05. Ho Hey (acoustic)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApGKPuOIrpY
Tuning: standard, no capo
Chords used:
Fmaj7: x.3.3.2.1.x
C: x.3.2.0.1.0
Am: x.0.2.2.1.0
G: 3.2.0.0.3.x
x: x.x.x.x.x.x (mute strings)
Intro:
x Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C
Ho! Hey!
Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C
Ho! Hey!
Fmaj7 C
Ho!
Verse 1:
C Fmaj7 C
I've been trying to do it right (Hey!)
C Fmaj7 C
I've been living a lonely life (Ho!)
C Fmaj7 C
I've been sleeping here instead (Hey!)
C (Fmaj7) Am
I've been sleeping in my bed, (Ho!)
Am G Fmaj7 C
I've been sleeping in my bed (Hey!)
Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C
Ho! Hey!
Verse 2:
C Fmaj7 C
So show me family (Ho!)
C Fmaj7 C
All the blood that I will bleed (Hey!)
C Fmaj7 C
I don't know where I belong (Ho!)
C (Fmaj7) Am
I don't know where I went wrong, (Hey!)
Am G Fmaj7 C
But I can write a song (Ho!)
Chorus:
C Am G C
(1, 2, 3) I belong with you, you belong with me you're my sweetheart
Am G Fmaj7 C
I belong with you, you belong with me you're my sweet (Ho!)
Fmaj7 C
Hey!
Fmaj7 C
Ho!
Fmaj7 C
Hey!
Fmaj7 C
Ho!
Verse 3:
C Fmaj7 C
I don't think you're right for him (Hey!)
C Fmaj7 C
I think of what it might have been (Ho!)
C Fmaj7 C
Took a bus to Chinatown (Hey!)
C (Fmaj7) Am
I'd be standing on canal (Ho!)
Am G Fmaj7 C
And bowery (Hey!)
Am G Fmaj7 C
Oh, (Ho!) She'd be standing next to me (Hey!)
Chorus:
C Am G C
(1, 2, 3) I belong with you, you belong with me you're my sweetheart
Am G C
I belong with you, you belong with me you're my sweetheart
Bridge:
Fmaj7 C G C
And love, we need it now
Fmaj7 C G
Let's hope for some
Fmaj7 C G C
Cause oh, we're bleeding out
Chorus:
C Am G C
(1, 2, 3) I belong with you, you belong with me you're my sweetheart
Am G Fmaj7 C
I belong with you, you belong with me you're my sweet (Ho!)
Ending:
Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C
(Hey!) (Ho!) (Hey!)
06. Slow It Down (acoustic)
Video 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G3J-Fkl_LI
Video 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0WuZlZLWJc
Tuning: standard
Capo: 1st fret
Chords used:
C: x.3.2.0.1.0
C2: x.3.0.0.1.0
C6: x.3.x.2.1.0
C/B: x.2.0.0.1.0
F: x.3.3.2.1.x
F2: x.3.3.0.1.x
G6: 3.x.0.0.1.0
G9: 3.x.0.2.1.0
G/C: 3.x.2.0.1.0
G: 3.2.0.0.0.x
Am: x.0.2.2.1.0
Am9: x.0.0.0.1.0
Am7: x.0.2.0.1.0
Note I:
I used these chords names,
so they can fit above the
right words. And most of these
chords are just transition chords,
and you need to watch the video
for hammer ons and pull offs.
Into:
G6 C2 C6 C2 C
G6 C2 C6 C2 F Am G6 C
C2 C6 C2 C G6
Verse:
C2 C6 C2 C C/B
I feel a filth in my bones
F F2 C2 F C
Wash off my hands till it's gone
Am Am9 Am7 Am9
Your walls they're closing in
G9 G6 G/C C2 C6 C2 C G6
With velvet curtains
Verse:
Some love was made for the lights
Some kiss your cheek and goodnight
Lift up a red high heel
Lock up your doors with steel
Verse:
You're making noise in my street
My blinds are drawn, I can't see
Smashed in my car window
Didn't touch the stereo
Chorus:
F2 F Am
Slow it down
G (G6) C
And you come back to bed
F2 F Am G (G6) C C2 C6 C2 C G6
Rest your arms and rest your legs
Verse:
Act like you've been here before
Smile less and dress up some more
Tie up your scarf real tight
These boys are out for blood tonight
Chorus:
Slow it down
And you come back to bed
Rest your arms and rest your legs
Break:
C2 C6 C2 C G6
C2 C6 C2 C
F Am G6 C
G6
Verse:
And when she stood she stood tall
She'll make a fool of you all
Don't ask for cigarettes
She ain't got nothing left for you
Verse:
I never, she never, we never look back
That wasn't what we were good at
And when it came to love
We were not good enough for it
Chorus:
Slow it down
And you come back to bed
Rest your arms and rest your legs
Ending: (chorus chords)
Don't you frown
When you're feeling like that
Only love can pick you out of this
07. Stubborn Love (acoustic)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_DWlCJIL60
Tuning: standard, NO capo
Chords used:
Fmaj7: x.3.3.2.1.x
Fsus2: x.3.3.0.1.x
Am: x.0.2.2.1.0
G: 3.2.0.0.0.x
Gsus4: 3.2.0.0.1.x
C: x.3.2.0.1.0
Gadd9: 3.2.0.0.3.x
Am/G: 3.x.2.2.1.0
C/G: 3.3.2.0.1.0
Note I:
-Play the part Fsus2 Fmaj7:
Hammer on Fsus2 to Fmaj7
-Play the part G Gsus4 G:
Hammer on G to Gsus4 and then pull off to G again
Intro:
Fmaj7 Am Fsus2 Fmaj7 C
Fmaj7 Am G Gsus4 G C
Fmaj7 Am Fsus2 Fmaj7 C
Fmaj7 Am G Gsus4 G C
Verse:
Fmaj7 Am Fsus2 Fmaj7 C
She'll lie and steal and cheat, and beg you from her knees
Fmaj7 Am G Gsus4 G C
And make you thinks she means it this time
Fmaj7 Am Fsus2 Fmaj7 C
She'll tear a hole in you, the one you can't repair
Fmaj7 Am G Gsus4 G C
But I still love her, I don't really care
Pre-chorus:
Fmaj7 C Am G Gsus4 G
When we were young, Oh Oh, we did enough
Fmaj7 C Am G Gsus4 G
When it got cold, Ooh Ooh, we bundled up
Fmaj7 C Am G Gsus4 G
I cant be told, Ah Ah It cant be done
Verse:
It's better to feel pain, than nothing at all
The opposite of love's indifference
Pay attention now, I'm standing on your porch screaming out
And I wont leave until you come downstairs
Chorus:
Fmaj7 C/G Gadd9 Am Am/G
So keep your head up, keep your lo-ove
Fmaj7 C/G Gadd9 Am Am/G
Keep your head up, my lo-ove
Fmaj7 C/G Gadd9 Am Am/G
Keep your head up, my lo-ove
Fmaj7 C/G Gadd9 Am Am/G
So keep your head up, keep your lo-ove
Verse:
I don't blame ya dear for running like you did, all these years
I would do the same, your best believe
The highway signs say we're close, but I don't read those things anymore
I never trusted my own eyes
Pre-chorus:
When we were young oh oh, we did enough
When it got cold, Ooh ooh we bundled up
I can't be told, Ah ah, can't be done
Chorus:
So keep your head up, keep your love
Keep your head up, my love
Keep your head up, my love
Keep your head up, keep your love
08. Big Parade (acoustic)
Video 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdYPZzO-Wrg
Video 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5m-RWyVinU
Tuning: standard
Capo: 2nd fret
Chords used:
C: x.3.2.0.1.0
Fmaj: x.3.3.2.1.x
G6: 3.2.0.0.3.x
G9: 3.2.0.0.0.x
Am: x.0.2.2.1.0
Csus2: x.3.0.0.1.0
Fsus2: x.3.3.0.1.x
G6sus4: 3.2.0.0.1.x
Note I:
He often does hammer ons and pull offs,
C Csus2 C, Fmaj Fsus2 F, G6 G6sus4 G9,
especially in verse,
watch the video and listen to the song.
For the bridge & chorus:
I think he sometimes plays G6, sometimes
G9 and sometimes G6sus4, so you can play whatever
you like, or you can play plain G major chord.
Bridge:
C G9 C Fmaj C G6 C
Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me
C G9 C Fmaj C G6 C
All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see
C G9 C Fmaj C G6 C
Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me
C G9 C Fmaj C G6 C
All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see
Verse:
C G6
Fleet of black, fleet of black limousines
Fmaj C
These tinted machines, here comes the cavalcade
G6
With the armored cars, armored cars like berettas
Fmaj C G6
Flags on antennaes designed to keep me safe, keep me safe
Chorus:
C G9 C
And oh my my oh hey hey
Fmaj C G9 C
Here he comes, the candidate
C G9 C
Blue eyed boy, united states
Fmaj C G9 C
Vote for him, the candidate
Verse:
Diamonds cut, diamonds cut for the carrots
Plaster of paris, the floats fill up the street
And the beauty queens, beauty queens with the white gloves
All sick from the night clubs, they wave with pageantry, pageantry
Chorus:
Oh my my oh hey hey
Here it comes, the big parade
Marching bands and barricades
Make way, for the big parade
Break:
Am G6 Fmaj
Ooohhh ooohhh ooohhh
Verse:
Canvas covered, canvas covered in resin
The violent men who dance the blood ballet
And the bookies say, bookies say it's the 3rd round
Oh when louie will go down, if he don't there's hell to pay, and hell to raise
Chorus:
And oh my my oh hey hey
Here he comes, the welterweight
Take a dive, for goodness sake
Or say goodbye to the welterweight
Verse:
Catholic priest, catholic priest in a crisis
He's torn between romance and jesus, who will win the civil war
And he says I'm in love, I'm in love with a woman
Yea this is my confession, I'm leaving I can't a priest anymore, anymore
Chorus:
And oh my my oh hey hey
There he goes, the man of faith
Left the church for a fiance
Let him love, the man of faith
Break:
Ooohhh ooohhh ooohhh
Verse:
T.v. cameras, t.v. cameras and stage hands
American bandstand, electric guitars
And he's singin songs, singin songs for the lonely
All the girls with the room keys, they know all his words by heart, by heart and they all sing
Bridge:
Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me
All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see
Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me
All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see
Break II:
Am G6 Fmaj
Lovely girl won't you stay ooohhh ooohhh ooohhh
Chorus:
Oh my my oh hey hey
Here she comes by saving grace
Burn the car and save the plates
She's arrived, my saving grace
09. Charlie Boy (acoustic)
Video 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJqzkEO-0xk
Video 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8W5uuDL2d8
Tuning: standard, NO Capo
Chords used:
G2: 3.x.0.0.3.x
C2: x.3.x.0.3.x
G/B: x.2.0.0.3.x
G/F#: 2.x.0.0.3.x
Em: 0.2.2.0.0.x
D/F#: 2.x.0.2.3.x
G: 3.2.0.0.3.x
C9: x.3.2.0.3.x
G-: 3.x.0.2.3.x
G+: 3.x.0.4.3.x
C+: x.3.0.0.5.x
G6: 3.2.0.0.0.x
C: x.3.2.0.1.0
N.C.: no chords
Intro: (just bass notes)
N.C.
Charlie boy, don't go to war, first born in forty-four
G2 C2 G2 C2 G2 G/B G/F# G2
Kennedy made him believe we could do much more
Bridge:
Em D/F# G C9 G D/F# G
Ooooh-Oo-oooooh-Oo-ooooh-oo-ooooh
Em D/F# G C9 G D/F# G
Ooooh-Oo-oooooh-Oo-ooooh-oo-ooooh
Break: (same as verse)
G2 G- G+
C+ G6
C+ G2 Em D/F# G
Verse:
G2 G- G+ C+ G6 C+ G2 Em D/F# G
Lillian, don't hang your head, love should make you feel good
G2 G- G+ C+ G6 C+ G2 Em D/F# G
In uniform you raised a man, who vol-un-teered to stand
Bridge:
Ooooh-Oo-oooooh-Oo-ooooh-oo-ooooh
Ooooh-Oo-oooooh-Oo-ooooh-oo-ooooh
Chorus:
C D/F# G Em D/F#
Play the bugle, play the taps and
C Em D/F#
Make your mothers proud
C D/F# G Em D/F#
Raise your rifles to the sky boys
C Em D/F#
Fire that volley loud
Break:
G2 G- G+
C+ G6
C+ G2 Em D/F# G
Verse:
News was bad on Upland Ave, my touch and mourn our loss
Sons rebelled, while fathers yelled, and moth-ers clutched the cross
and moth-ers clutched the cross
Bridge:
Ooooh-Oo-oooooh-Oo-ooooh-oo-ooooh
Ooooh-Oo-oooooh-Oo-ooooh-oo-ooooh
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/lumineers/the_lumineers_acoustic_crd.html ]
Chorus:
Play the bugle, play the taps and
Make your mothers proud
Raise your rifles to the sky boys
Fire that volley loud
Ending:
G2 G- G+
C+ G6
C+ G2 Em D/F# G
10. Flapper Girl (acoustic)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4du5yIhkMLc
Tuning: standard, NO capo
Chords used:
name: E.A.D.G.B.E
C: x.3.2.0.1.0
Fmaj7: x.3.3.2.1.x
Em7: 0.2.2.0.3.x
Am: x.0.2.2.1.0
G6: 3.2.0.0.3.x
G7: 3.2.0.0.1.x
G9: 3.2.0.0.0.x
Em: 0.2.2.0.0.x
fp: finger-pick
st: strum
Intro:
C G6 C
Fmaj7 C G6
C Em7 Am Fmaj7 C
G6 C
Verse:
C G6 C
Cut off all of your hair
Fmaj7 C G6
Did you flinch, did you care
C Em7 Am Fmaj7 C
Did he look, did he stop and stare
G6 C
At your brand new hair
Verse:
C G6 C
Local boy, local news
Fmaj7 C G6
Power lines hanging boots
C Em7 Am Fmaj7 C
Firemen in their trucks cut loose
G6 C
A local boy's shoes
Verse:
C G6 C
Cadillac, cadillac
Fmaj7 C G6 G7 G9 G7
Businessmen dressed in slacks
C Em7 Am Fmaj7 C
Imma buy one for us when I get back
G6 C
A big cadillac
Pre-chorus:
Fmaj7 C G6
And you can wave to all of your friends
Fmaj7 C G6
And I'll never leave you again
Chorus:
C Em Am Fmaj7 C
Would you write, would you call back baby if
G6 C
I wrote you a song
C Em Am Fmaj7 C
I've been gone, but you're still my lady and
G6 C
I need you at home
Break:
C G6 C
Fmaj7 C G6
C Em7 Am Fmaj7 C
G6 C
Verse:
Romeo, Juliet
Balcony in silhouette
Making O's with her ci-ga-rette
Is Juliet
Verse:
Flapper girl, flapper girl
Prohibition in curls
Hair of gold and a neck of pearls
Is flapper girl
Pre-chorus:
And you can wave to all of your friends
And I'll never leave you again
Chorus:
Would you write, would you call back baby if
I wrote you a song
I've been gone, but you're still my lady and
I need you at home
Pre-chorus:
Cause if you ain't behind my door
Then I ain't got a home anymore
Chorus:
Would you write, would you call back baby if
I wrote you a song
I've been gone, but you're still my lady and
I need you at home
Ending:
C Em Am Fmaj7 C
Lovers come, lovers go, lovers leave me alone
G6 C
She'll come back to me
11. Morning Song (acoustic)
Video 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9-BVZvhgrM
Video 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzTBPgcTePg
Tuning: standard, NO capo
Chords used:
C-: x.3.x.0.3.x
C+: x.3.x.0.5.x
G-: 3.x.x.2.3.x
G+: 3.x.x.4.3.x
F: x.3.3.2.1.x
F2: x.3.3.0.1.x
C: x.3.2.0.1.0
C2: x.3.0.0.1.0
G6: 3.2.0.0.3.x
G9: 3.0.0.0.3.x
C/G: 3.3.2.0.1.0
[ch]C2/G[/ch]: 3.3.0.0.1.0
C* = C C2 C (repeat)
G* = G6 G9 G6 (repeat)
F* = F F2 F (repeat)
Intro:
Riff1
C- C+ C- C+ C- C+
Riff1
G- G+ G- G+ G- G+
Riff2
F F2 F F F2 F F2 C2 C G6
Verse:
C*
The carbonation in my drink
G*
The bubbles rise while my heart sinks
F* C G6
And I'll I tend to do is think of you
Verse:
C*
Was it easier to pack your bags
G*
And book that flight to Paris as
F* C G6
The plane began to move that afternoon
Break I:
Riff3
C/G [ch]C2/G[/ch] C/G C/G [ch]C2/G[/ch] C/G C/G [ch]C2/G[/ch] C/G
Riff3
G6 G9 G6 G6 G9 G6 G6 G9 G6
Riff2
F F2 F F F2 F F2 C2 C G6
Verse:
C*
When all the trains have pulled away
G*
From local stations in decay
F* C G6
It's I who waits, it's you who's late again
Verse:
C*
And did you think of me when you made love
G*
To him, was it the same as us
F* C G6
Or was it different, it must have been
Break II:
C/G [ch]C2/G[/ch] C/G C/G [ch]C2/G[/ch] C/G C/G [ch]C2/G[/ch] C/G
Riff1
G- G+ G- G+ G- G+
Riff2
F F2 F F F2 F F2 C2 C G6
Bridge:
C G6 C
And all the pretty dames
F Am G6
They'll hug and kiss you all the same
F C
And when they go, they're gone
Am G6 C F
They're not run-ning late
C G6 C
Oh all, all the pretty dames
Bridge:
C G6 C C2 C C2
And the kids you hold in your arms
F Am G6
With promises to protect them from harm
F C
But they grow, and they go
Am G6 C F
And you're all a-lone
C G6 C
All the kids, all the kids that you hold
Bridge:
C G6 C C2 C C2
And it's a shame that it ends this way
F Am G6
With nothing left to say
F C Am G6 C F
So just sit on your hands, while I walk aw-ay
C G6 C
It's a shame, it's a shame, it's a shame
C G6 C
When my hands begin to shake
F Am G6
When bitterness is all I taste
F C
And may car won't stop
Am G6 C F
Cause I cut the brakes
C G6 C
I hold on to a hope in my fate
Ending:
C G6 C
Oh oh ah ah hey hey
F Am G6
May you return to love one day
F C
Well I hope and I pray
Am G6 C F
You get what you gave
C G6 C
Oh oh ah ah hey hey
Riff1
E-------------------------|
B---------3---------------|
G------5------------------|
D---/5--------------------|
A-------------------------|
E-------------------------|
Riff2
E-------------------------|
B-------------------------|
G---------0---------------|
D---0--2------------------|
A-------------------------|
E-------------------------|
Riff3
E-------------------------|
B-------------------------|
G-------------------------|
D---------0---------------|
A------3------------------|
E---3---------------------|
12. The Gun Song (acoustic)
Video 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o38SziJfvRw
Video 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6LMwaDFEI4
Tuning: standard, NO capo
Chords used:
G6/D: 3.x.0.2.3.x
G6: 3.x.0.0.3.x
G6/A: 3.x.2.0.3.x
G: 3.2.0.0.3.x
G9: 3.0.0.0.3.x
Cadd9: x.3.2.0.3.x
Em7: 0.2.2.0.3.x
Dsus4: x.x.0.2.3.x
D/F#: 2.x.0.2.3.x
G* = [ch]G6/D[/ch] G6 G6/A G6 G G9 G G9 G
Intro:
G*
G
Verse:
G Cadd9 G
I don't own a single gun.
G Cadd9 G
But if I did you'd be the one.
G Em7 Dsus4 G
To hold it, aim it, make all the bad men run.
G D/F# Em7 Dsus4 Cadd9 Dsus4 G
But I don't own a sin- gle gun.
Break:
G* x2
Verse:
And I don't have a sweetheart yet.
But if I did I'd break my neck.
To please her, make her wanna stay, in my arms she'd rest.
But I don't have a sweetheart yet.
Bridge:
G*
I can't believe what I found in daddys sock drawer, sock drawer today.
G*
It was a pistol, a Smith & Wesson, holy holy shit.
G*
La la la la la
G*
La la la la la
Break:
G* x2
Verse:
The things I knew when I was young.
Some were true and some were wrong.
And one day i'll pray i'll be more than my fathers son.
But I don't own a single gun.
13. Elouise (acoustic)
Video 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeQiTKbDJkQ
Video 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c18If9mWTYw
Tuning: standard, NO capo
Chords used:
name: E.A.D.G.B.E
Csus2: x.3.0.0.1.0
C: x.3.2.0.1.0
Bb7sus2: x.x.3.0.0.x
Bb7: x.x.3.0.3.x
C7: x.x.5.0.5.x
G6: 3.2.0.0.3.x
Fmaj7: x.3.3.2.1.x
Am: x.0.2.2.1.0
Am7/D: x.x.0.0.1.x
C7sus4: x.x.5.0.6.x
Intro:
Csus2 C Bb7sus2 Bb7 C7 C G6 C x2
Verse:
C G6 Fmaj7
If you're down on your luck
C Am
Don't get down on yourself
G6 C
It won't do you no good
Verse:
C G6
Cause I've been there before,
Fmaj7 C
Fought a hundred wars,
Am G6 C
But I'm still fighting for you
Chorus I:
Fmaj7 C G6 C
Elouise, why'd you leave
Fmaj7 Am G6 C
Please confess, confess to me
Fmaj7 C G6 C
Sing my song, patiently
Fmaj7 Am G Am7/D Bb7 C7 C G6 C
And I'll return, my Elouise
C Csus4 C Bb7 C7 C7sus4 C G6 C
Verse:
Let's be Elvis and
Let's be David Bern,
let's all learn how to dance
Verse:
Move your feet in time,
Put your hand in mine,
We will waltz once again
Chorus II:
Fmaj7 C G6 C
Elouise, why'd you leave
Fmaj7 Am G6 C
Please confess, confess to me
Fmaj7 C G6 C
Sing my song, patiently
Fmaj7 Am G C
And I'll return, my Elouise
Chorus II:
Elouise, why'd you leave
Please confess, confess to me
Sing my song, graciously
He will walk Elouise
14. Untitled (Falling In Love)(acoustic)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8EfN6gnrr4
Tuning: standard, NO capo
Chords used:
C: x.3.2.0.1.0
Fmaj7: x.3.3.2.1.x
Am: x.0.2.2.1.0
G: 3.2.0.0.3.x
G6: 3.2.0.0.0.x
G6sus4: 3.2.0.0.1.x
E: 0.2.2.1.0.0
G6* = G6 G6sus4 G6 G6sus4
Intro:
C Am Fmaj G6*
C Am Fmaj G
Verse:
C Am Fmaj7 G6*
I love you and everything about you
C Am Fmaj7 G6* C Am
Won't you stay away so I can get my work done in a day, ok
Fmaj7 G Fmaj7 G6*
And maybe in the meantime you and me will be fine
Verse:
C Am Fmaj7 G6*
If you just relax, and check your eyes for cataracts
C Am
It's plain to see
Fmaj7 G6* C Am
That I was meant for you and you were meant for me
Fmaj7 G Fmaj7 G6*
Darling hold me tightly I think you and me we might be
Chorus:
Am G6* Am
Falling, falling, falling
E Fmaj7 C Am G6* Fmaj7 G6*
I'm falling in looooooooooove looooove
C Am Fmaj7 G6*
C Am Fmaj7 G
Verse:
Drama queen like when you see a fire you grab the gasoline
now honey please calm down yes just don't make a scene
They're asking us to leave now, calling the police
Verse
Yes he's a manly man
Yes you're defending me just like a punching bag
But I can take a punch if you can take a jab
You catch me when I fall, dress your wounds with alcohol
Chorus:
Falling, falling, falling
I'm falling in love, love
Chorus:
Falling, falling, falling
I'm falling in love, love
15. My City Of Ruins (acoustic) (cover of Bruce Springteen's song)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88AUnNWYMS0
Tuning: standard
Capo: 3rd fret
Chords used:
G: 3.2.0.0.3.x
Cadd9: x.3.2.0.3.x
Em7: 0.2.2.0.3.x
D/F#: 2.0.0.2.3.x
Dsus4: x.x.0.2.3.x
C/G: 3.3.2.0.1.x
Intro: G Em7 Cadd9 G x2
Verse:
G Em7 Cadd9 G
There's a blood red circle on the cold dark ground
G D/F# Em7 Dsus4 Cadd9
And the rain is falling down
G Em7 Cadd9 G
The church doors thrown open I can hear the organ's song
G D/F# Em7 Dsus4 Cadd9
But the congregation's gone
Post-verse:
Cadd9 G Em7 Cadd9 G
My city of ruins
G Em7 Cadd9 G
My city of ruins
Verse:
Now the sweet veils of mercy drift through the evening trees
Young men on the corner like scattered leaves
The boarded up windows, the empty streets
While my brother's down on his knees
Post-verse:
My city of ruins
My city of ruins
Chorus:
G Em7 Cadd9 G
Come on rise up! Come on rise up!
G Em7 Cadd9 G
Come on rise up! Come on rise up!
G Em7 Dsus4 Cadd9 G
Come on rise up! Come on rise up!
G D/F# Em7 Dsus4 Cadd9
Come on ri................se up
Break: G Em7 Cadd9 G x2
Verse:
Now there's tears on the pillow darling where we slept
And you took my heart when you leftG
Without your sweet kiss my soul is lost, my friend
Now tell me how do I begin again?
Post-verse:
My city's in ruins
My city's in ruins
Bridge:
G Em7 Cadd9 G
Now with these hands, with these hands
G
(I pray Lord)
Em7 Cadd9 G
With these hands, with these hands
G
(I pray for the strength Lord)
Em7 Cadd9
With these hands, with these
G G
(I pray for Your love Lord)
Em7 Cadd9
With these hands, with these
G G
(I pray for Your lost Lord)
Em7 Cadd9
With these hands, with these
G G
(I pray for the love Lord)
Em7 Cadd9 G
With these hands, with these
G Em7
(I pray for the faith Lord)
Cadd9
With these hands, with these
G G
(I pray for the lost Lord)
Em7
With these hands,
Cadd9 G G Em7
Come on! Come on!
Cadd9 G
Come on! Come on!
Ending:
G Em7 Cadd9 G
Come on rise up! Come on rise up!
G Em7 Cadd9 G
Come on rise up! Come on rise up!
G Em7 Dsus4 Cadd9 G
Come on rise up! Come on rise up!
G Em7 Dsus4 Cadd9 G
Come on rise up! Come on rise up!
G Em7 Dsus4 Cadd9 G
Come on rise up! Come on rise up!
G D/F# Em7 Dsus4 C/G
Come on ri................se up
Note I: Transition from Em7 to Cadd9
Em7 G/B Csus2 Cadd9
e|---x--x-x--x-x--x---------|
B|---3--3-3--3-3--3---------|
G|---0--0-0--0-0--0---------|
D|---2--0-0--0h2--2---------|
A|---2--2h3--3-3--3---------|
E|---0----------------------|
He does this in: intro, post-verse, break, bridge
Doesn't do this in: verse, chorus,
16. Ain't Nobody's Problem (acoustic) (cover of Sawmill Joe's song)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7wizfH2gJI
Tuning: standard
Capo: NO capo
Chords used:
C: 3.3.2.0.1.0
E: 0.2.2.1.0.0
F: x.3.3.2.1.x
F6: x.3.x.2.3.x
Am: x.0.2.2.1.0
Note F*= F F6 (repeat)
Intro:
C E F* x2
Chorus:
C E F*
Well, I ain't nobody's problem but my own
C E F*
Said I, I ain't nobody's problem but my own
C E F C
Said I, ain't nobody's issue, don't you come around babe cause I don't miss
you at all
E F*
I ain't nobody's problem but my own
Break:
C E F* x2
Verse:
C E F C
Well I found myself a place every smile that you waste
E F*
And every other careless look you've ever tossed aside
C E
Well in my heart I know it's true
F C
That I can't go on loving you
E F
And that's the truth It don't feel good, but honey it feels right
Chorus:
Well, I ain't nobody's problem but my own
Said I, I ain't nobody's problem but my own
Said I, ain't nobody's issue, don't you come around babe cause I don't miss
you at all
I ain't nobody's problem but my own
Break:
C E F* x4
Verse:
Well of love I've had my share I've got plenty of people really who care
At times I might get wicked in my pride
But I smoke that mountain air honey I've been here, and I've been there
At times I might get lonely honey I don't cry
Chorus:
Well, I ain't nobody's problem but my own
Said I, I ain't nobody's problem but my own
Said I, ain't nobody's issue, don't you come around babe cause I don't miss
you at all
I ain't nobody's problem but my own
Bridge:
Am (C)
There's times at night when it's cold outside, the moon don't shine,
the winds are crying,
(E) (F)
I wonder if you're at home you might let me back inside
Am C
We can huddle up by the old stove we can kindle up some burned out coals
E
We can love our selves like the days are warm
F
But, No no no no no
Chorus:
Well, I ain't nobody's problem but my own
Said I, I ain't nobody's problem but my own
Said I, ain't nobody's issue, don't you come around babe cause I don't miss
you at all
I ain't nobody's problem but my own
Chorus:
Well, I ain't nobody's problem but my own
Said I, I ain't nobody's problem but my own
Said I, ain't nobody's issue, don't you come around babe cause I don't miss
you at all
I ain't nobody's problem but my own
17. Boots Of Spanish Leather (acoustic) (cover of Bob Dylan's song)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dONB2sYts8E
Tuning: standard
Capo: 4th fret
Note:
You must listen to the song, or
watch the video for hammer ons and pull offs,
and for the timings.
Note II:
C* = Cadd9 C Cmaj7
Chords used:
G: 3.2.0.0.0.3
C/G: 3.x.2.0.1.3
Em: 0.2.2.0.0.3
D/F#: 2.x.0.2.3.x
D6: 2.x.0.2.0.x
D6/C: 2.3.0.2.0.x
Bm7/G: 3.x.5.0.3.x
C9: x.3.2.0.0.3
Cadd9: x.3.2.0.3.0
C: x.3.2.0.1.0
Cmaj7: x.3.2.0.0.0
Intro:
G C/G (repeat)
Verse:
G [ch]Bm7/G[/ch] D/F# D6 G C/G G
Oh I'm sailin' away my own true love
Em D6 [ch]D6/C[/ch] G C/G G
I'm sailin' away in the morning
Em D6 [ch]D6/C[/ch] G C/G G
Is there something I can send you from across the sea
Bm7 D/F# D6 G C/G G
From the place that I'll be landing?
Verse:
No, there's nothin' you can send me, my own true love
There's nothin' I wish to be ownin'
Just carry yourself back to me unspoiled
From across that lonesome ocean.
Verse:
Oh, but I just thought you might want something fine
Made of silver or of golden
Either from the mountains of Madrid
Or from the coast of Barcelona ?
Verse:
Oh, but if I had the stars from the darkest night
And the diamonds from the deepest ocean
I'd forsake them all for your sweet kiss
For that's all I'm wishin' to be ownin'.
Break:
Em C9 G C/G G
Verse:
That I might be gone a long time
And it's only that I'm askin'
Is there something I can send you to remember me by
To make your time more easy passin'?
Verse:
Oh, how can, how can you ask me again
It only brings me sorrow
But the same thing I would want from you today
I would want again tomorrow.
Break II:
Em C* G C/G G x2
Verse:
When I got a letter on a lonesome day
It was from her ship a-sailin'
Saying I don't know when I'll be comin' back again
It depends on how I'm a-feelin'.
Verse:
Well, if you, my love, must think that-a-way
I'm sure your mind is roamin'
I'm sure your heart is not with me
But with the country to where you're goin'.
Verse:
So take heed, take heed of the western wind
Take heed of the stormy weather
And yes, there's something you can send back to me
Spanish boots of Spanish leather.
18. The Weight (acoustic) (cover of The Band's song)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMCyu7r77dI
Tuning: standard
Capo: NO capo
Chords used:
G: 3.2.0.0.3.x
Bm: x.2.4.4.3.x
C: 3.3.2.0.1.0
D/F#: 2.x.0.2.3.x
D: x.x.0.2.3.x
Em: 0.2.2.0.3.x
Intro:
G D/F# Em D C
Verse:
G Bm C G
I pulled in to Nazareth, I was feeling about half past dead.
G Bm C G
I just need some place where I can lay my head.
G Bm C G
"Hey, Mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?"
G Bm C G
He just grinned, shook my hand, "No" was all he said.
Chorus:
G D/F# C
Take a load off, Fanny.
G D/F# C
Take a load for free.
G D/F# C
Take a load off, Fanny.
C (stop) G
And... you put the load right on me.
Break:
G D/F# Em D C
Verse:
I picked up my bag. I went looking for a place to hide.
When I saw Carmen and the devil walking side by side.
I said, "Hey, Carmen, come on. Let's go downtown."
She said, "I got to go, but my friend can stick around."
Chorus:
Take a load off, Fanny.
Take a load for free.
Take a load off, Fanny.
And... you put the load right on me.
Verse:
Go down, Miss Moses, there's nothing you can say.
It's just old Luke, and Luke's waiting on the judgement day.
"Well, Luke, my friend, what about young Anna Lee?"
He said, "Do me a favor, son, won't you stay and keep Anna Lee company."
Chorus:
Take a load off, Fanny.
Take a load for free.
Take a load off, Fanny.
And... you put the load right on me.
Verse:
Crazy Chester followed me and he caught me in the fog.
He said, "I will fix your rack, if you'll take Jack my dog."
I said, "Wait a minute, Chester. You know I'm a peaceful man."
He said, "That's okay, boy. Won't you feed him when you can?"
Chorus:
Take a load off, Fanny.
Take a load for free.
Take a load off, Fanny.
And... you put the load right on me.
Verse:
Get your Canonball now, to take me down the line.
My bag is sinking low, and I do believe it's time
To get back to Miss Fanny. You know she's the only one
Who sent me here with her regards for everyone.
Chorus:
Take a load off, Fanny.
Take a load for free.
Take a load off, Fanny.
And... you put the load right on me.
