The Lumineers
1. Flowers in Your Hair
2. Classy Girls
3. Submarines
4. Dead Sea
5. Ho Hey
6. Slow it Down
7. Stubborn Love
8. Big Parade
9. Charlie Boy
10. Flapper Girl
11. Morning Song
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1. Flowers in Your Hair
G
When we were younger
We thought everyone was on our side
Then we grew a little
C
And romanticized the time I saw
G
Flowers in your hair
D
Takes a boy to live
C G
Takes a man to pretend he was there
G
So then we grew a little
Knew a lot
And now we demonstrated it to the cops
C
And all the things we said
G
We were self assured
D
It's a long road to wisdom
C G
It's a short one to being ignored
Em D
Be in my eye
G
Be in my heart
Em D
Be in my eye, eyeyeye
G
Be in my heart
G
So now I think that I could love you back
And I hope its not too late
'Cause you're so attractive
C
And the way you move
G
I won't close my eyes
D
Takes a man to live
C G
Takes a woman to make him compromise
Em D
Be in my eye
G
Be in my heart
Em D
Be in my eye, eyeyeye
G
Be in my heart
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2. Classy Girls
Capo 5
G
Well, she was standing in the bar
C
I said, "Hello, how do you do?"
D C G
She handed me a beer with a kangaroo
G
She spoke of places I had never
C
That she had travelled to
D C G
And we slowed danced along to faster tunes
G C
I made her laugh, I made a pass, I showed her my half dollar ring
She said, "That's pretty cool,
D C G
But classy girls don't kiss in bars, you fool"
G
So later on the crowd calmed down
C
And I believe it was as if
D C G
Something drew me closer to her lips
G
So picture my surprise when
C
I had tried to lean in for a kiss
D C G
And she just smiled and turned her head down
G
I asked her, "Why?" and she replied,
C
"It was nothing I was doing wrong, its just what it is"
D C G
No, classy girls don't kiss in bars like this
C D
No, classy girls don't kiss in bars
C D
Boys will break their backs and hearts
C G D
But its alright, the hardest part is through
D
Oh through
D D
Oh Oh
G
Hardest Part
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3. Submarines
G C G D
I believe submarines
G C G D
Underneath deep blue seas
G C G D
Saw the flags: Japanese
G C G D
No one will believe me
Em D
Ran back to the town bar and
G
I told the people how
Em D
I had seen the submarine and
C
Everyone laughed aloud
G C G D x2
G C G D
I did spy a periscope
G C G D
Dead of night on the eastern coast
G C G D
The police made them jokes
G C G D
Told me I'd seen a ghost
Em D
Everyone thinks I'm a liar
G
No one knows the truth
Em D
If it was a bigger fire
C
I would be on the roof
G C G D x4
G C G D
Ships will rust in Baldwin Bay
G C G D
No one trusts what I say
G C G D
Oh my God, no one paid
G C G D
Overnight my hair turned gray
Em D
In the end it boils down
G
to credibility
Em D
I have none, so I will die
C
with the secrets of the sea
G C G D x2
G C G D
Submarine...
G C G D
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4. Dead Sea
C E
I stood alone, upon the platform in vain
F
Puerto Ricans they were playing me salsa in the rain
C
With open doors and manual locks
F G F C
In fast food parking lots
C E
I headed West, I was a man on the move
New York had lied to me, I needed the truth
F C
Oh, I need somebody, needed someone I could trust
F G F C
I don't gamble, but if I did I would bet on us
C
Like the Dead Sea
F
You told me I was like the Dead Sea
Am
You'll never sink when you are with me
G F C
Oh Lord, like the Dead Sea
C
Whoa, I'm like the Dead Sea
F
The finest words you ever said to me
Am
Honey can't you see,
G F C
I was born to be, be your Dead Sea
C E
You told me you were good at running away
F
Domestic life, it never suited you like a suitcase
C
You left with just the clothes on your back
F G F C
You took the rest when you took the map
C E
Yes, there are times we live for somebody else
Your father died and you decided to live
F C
It for yourself you felt, you just felt it was time
F G F C
And I'm glad, cause you with cats, that's just not right
C
Like the Dead Sea
F
You told me I was like the Dead Sea
Am
You'll never sink when you are with me
G F C
Oh Lord, like the Dead Sea
C
Whoa, I'm like the Dead Sea
F
The nicest words you ever said to me
Am
Honey can't you see,
G F C
I was born to be, be your Dead Sea
I been down, I been defeated
Am G F
You're the message I was heeding
F E D
Would you stay,
G
Would you stay the night?
C
Like the Dead Sea
F
You told me I was like the Dead Sea
Am
You'll never sink when you are with me
G F C
Oh Lord, I'm your Dead Sea
C
Whoa, I'm like the Dead Sea
F
The nicest words you ever said to me
Am
Honey can't you see,
G F C
I was born to be, be your Dead Sea
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5. Ho Hey
C F C
I've been trying to do it right
C F C
I've been living the lonely life
C F C
I've been sleeping here instead
C F Am
I've been sleeping in my bed
Am G C
I've been sleeping in my bed
C F C
So show me family
C F C
And all the blood that I will bleed
C F C
I don't know where I belong
C F Am
I don't know where I went wrong
Am G C
But I can write a song.
Am G C
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 sweet
C F C
I don't think you're right for him
C F C
Think of what it might've been if you
C F C
Took a bus to Chinatown
C F Am G C
I'd be standing on Canal...and Bowery
Am G C
And she'd be standing next to me
Am G C
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
F G
And love, we need it now
F G
Let's hope for some
F G
Cuz oh, we're bleeding out
Am G C
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 sweet
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6. Slow it Down
Capo 1
C
I feel a filth in my bones
F
Wash off my hands till it's gone
Am
Your walls they're closing in
G C
With velvet curtains
C
Some love was made for the lights
F
Some kiss your cheek and goodnight
Am
Lift up a red high heel
G C
Lock up your doors with steel
C
You're making noise in my street
F
My blinds are drawn, I can't see
Am
Smashed in my car window
G C
Didn't touch the stereo
F Am
Slow it down
G C
And you come back to bed
F Am G C
Rest your arms and rest your legs
C
Act like you've been here before
F
Smile less and dress up some more
Am
Tie up your scarf real tight
G C
These boys are out for blood tonight
F Am
Slow it down
G C
And you come back to bed
F Am G C
Rest your arms and rest your legs
C
And when she stood she stood tall
F
She'll make a fool of you all
Am
Don't ask for cigarettes
G C
She ain't got nothing left for you
C
I never, she never, we never look back
F
That wasn't what we were good at
Am
And when it came to love
G C
We were not good enough for it
F Am
Slow it down
G C
And you come back to bed
F Am G C
Rest your arms and rest your legs
F Am G C
Don't you frown when you're feeling like that
F Am G C
Only love can pick you out of this
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7. Stubborn Love
F Am C
She'll lie and steal and cheat, and beg you from her knees
F Am G C
And make you thinks she means it this time
F Am C
She'll tear a hole in you, the one you can't repair
F Am G C
But I still love her, I don't really care
F C Am G
When we were young, Oh Oh, we did enough
F C Am G
When it got cold, Ooh Ooh, we bundled up
F C Am G C
I cant be told, Ah Ah It cant be done
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F Am F C
It's better to feel pain, than nothing at all
F Am G C
The opposite of love's indifference
F Am F C G C
Pay attention now, I'm standing on your porch screaming out
F Am G C
And I wont leave until you come downstairs
F C G Am
So keep your head up, keep your love
F C G Am
keep your head up, my love
F C G Am
keep your head up, my love
F C G Am
Keep your head up, keep your love
F Am F C G C
I don't blame ya dear for running like you did, all these years
F Am G C
I would do the same, your best believe
F Am F C G C
The highway signs say we're close, but I don't read those things anymore
F Am G C
I never trusted my own eyes
F C Am G
When we were young, Oh Oh, we did enough
F C Am G
When it got cold, Ooh Ooh, we bundled up
F C Am G C
I cant be told, Ah Ah It cant be done
F C G Am
So keep your head up, keep your love
F C G Am
keep your head up, my love
F C G Am
keep your head up, my love
F C G Am
Keep your head up, keep your love
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8. Big Parade
Capo 4
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
C F C F C G C
Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me
C F C F C G C
All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see
C G
Fleet of black, fleet of black limousines
F C
These tinted machines, here comes the cavalcade
G
With the armoured cars, armoured cars like Berettas
F C G
Flags on antennae designed to keep me safe, keep me safe
C G C
And oh my my oh hey hey
F C G C
Here he comes, the candidate
C G C
Blue eyed boy, united states
F C G C
Vote for him, the candidate
C G
Diamonds cut, diamonds cut for the carrots
F C
Plaster of Paris, the floats fill up the street
G
And the beauty queens, beauty queens with the white gloves
F C G
All sick from the night clubs, they wave with pageantry, pageantry
C G C
Oh my my oh hey hey
F C G C
Here it comes, the big parade
C G C
Marching bands and barricades
F C G C
Make way, for the big parade
C G
Canvas covered, canvas covered in resin
F C
The violent men who dance the blood ballet
G
And the bookies say, bookies say it's the 3rd round
F C
Oh when Louie will go down, if he don't there's hell to pay, and hell to
G
raise
C G C
And oh my my oh hey hey
F C G C
Here he comes, the welterweight
C G C
Take a dive, for goodness sake
F C G C
Or say goodbye to the welterweight
C G
Catholic priest, catholic priest in a crisis
F C
He's torn between romance and Jesus, who will win the civil war
G
And he says I'm in love, I'm in love with a woman
F C G
Yea this is my confession, I'm leaving I can't a priest anymore, anymore
C G C
And oh my my oh hey hey
F C G C
There he goes, the man of faith
C G C
Left the church for a fiancé
F C G C
Let him love, the man of faith
C G
TV. cameras, TV. cameras and stage hands
F C
American bandstand, electric guitars
G
And he's singin songs, singin songs for the lonely
F C G
All the girls with the room keys, they know all his words by heart, by heart
and they all sing
C F C F C G C
Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me
C F C F C G C
All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see
C F C F C G C
Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me
C F C F C G C
All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see
F
Lovely girl won't you stay, oh oh ohoh
C G C
Oh my my oh hey hey
F C G C
Here she comes by saving grace
C G C
Burn the car and save the plates
F C G C
She's arrived, my saving grace
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9. Charlie Boy
G Em C G C Em D C G
Charlie boy, don't go to war, first born in forty-four
G Em C G C Em D C G
Kennedy made him believe we could do much more
G Em C G C Em D C G
Lillian, don't hang your head, love should make you feel good
G Em C G C Em D C G
In uniform you raised a man, who volunteered to stand
Em G C D
Play the bugle, play the taps and
Em G D
Make your mothers proud
Em G C D
Raise your rifles to the sky boys
Em G D
Fire that volley loud
G Em C G C Em D G
News was bad on Upland Ave, my touch and mourn our loss
G Em C G
Sons rebelled, while fathers yelled,
C Em D G
and mothers clutched the cross
Em G C D
Play the bugle, play the taps and
Em G D
Make your mothers proud
Em G C D
Raise your rifles to the sky boys
Em G D
Fire that volley loud
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10. Flapper Girl
C G C
Cut off all of your hair
F C G
Did you flinch, did you care
C G Am F C
Did he look, did he stop and stare
G C
At your brand new hair
C G C
Local boy, local news
F C G
Power lines hanging boots
C G Am F C
Firemen in their trucks cut loose
G C
A local boy's shoes
C G C
Cadillac, Cadillac
F C G
Businessmen dressed in slacks
C G Am F C
Imma buy one for us when I get back
G C
A big Cadillac
F C G
And you can wave to all of your friends
F C G
And I'll never leave you again
C G Am F C
Would you write, would you call back baby if
G C
I wrote you a song
C G Am F C
I've been gone, but you're still my lady and
G C
I need you at home
C G C
Romeo, Juliet
F C G
Balcony in silhouette
C G Am F C
Making O's with her cigarette
G C
Is Juliet
C G C
Flapper girl, flapper girl
F C G
Prohibition in curls
C G Am F C
Hair of gold and a neck of pearls
G C
Is flapper girl
F C G
And you can wave to all of your friends
F C G
And I'll never leave you again
C G Am F C
Would you write, would you call back baby if
G C
I wrote you a song
C G Am F C
I've been gone, but you're still my lady and
G C
I need you at home
F C G
Cause if you ain't behind my door
F C G
Then I ain't got a home anymore
C G Am F C
Would you write, would you call back baby if
G C
I wrote you a song
C G Am F C
I've been gone, but you're still my lady and
G C
I need you at home
C G Am F C
Lovers come, lovers go, lovers leave me alone
G C
She'll come back to me
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11. Morning Song
C
The carbonation in my drink
G
The bubbles rise while my heart sinks
F C G
And I'll I tend to do is think of you
C
Was it easier to pack your bags
G
And book that flight to Paris as
F C G
The plane began to move that afternoon
C
When all the trains have pulled away
G
From local stations in decay
F C G
It's I who waits, it's you who's late again
C
And did you think of me when you made love
G
To him, was it the same as us
F C G
Or was it different, it must have been
C G C
And all the pretty dames
F Am G
They'll hug and kiss you all the same
F C
And when they go, they're gone
Am G C F
They're not running late
C G C
Oh all, all the pretty dames
C G C
And the kids you hold in your arms
F Am G
With promises to protect them from harm
F C
But they grow, and they go
Am G C F
And you're all alone
C G C
All the kids, all the kids that you hold
C G C
And it's a shame that it ends this way
F Am G
With nothing left to say
F C Am G C F
So just sit on your hands, while I walk aw-ay
C G C
It's a shame, it's a shame, it's a shame
C G C
When my hands begin to shake
F Am G
When bitterness is all I taste
F C
And may car won't stop
Am G C F
Cause I cut the brakes
C G C
I hold on to a hope in my fate
C G C
Oh oh ah ah hey hey
F Am G
May you return to love one day
F C
Well I hope and I pray
Am G C F
You get what you gave
