The Grand Theatre
Em D G x3
Em D Em
Em D G
We meet on the elevator
Em D G
In the Grand Theater
Em D
I look you in the eye and say
G
"I'd like to see you later"
Em D Em
But you don't understand
Em D G
I take you the Tate Museum
Em D G
There's pictures there but I can't see 'em
Em D
If you was there I'd overlook
G
The Roman Colosseum
Em D Em
It would not stand a chance
Em Am
We know where we are
D
We're not very far away
Am D
We're not very far away
Em D G
We kiss on the bus to Soho
Em D G
The motor hummin' a low note
Em D
I tell you that I love you
G
But it's nothin' that you don't know
Em D Em
Would you like to dance?
Em Am
We know where we are
D
We're not very far away
Am D
We're not very far away
Em Am
We know where we are
D
We're not very far away
Am D
We're not very far away
Verse Chords x2
Em Am
We know where we are
D
We're not very far away
Am D
We're not very far away
Em Am
We know where we are
D
We're not very far away
Am D
We're not very far away
Em Am
We know where we are
D
We're not very far away
Am D
We're not very far away
Em Am
We know where we are
D
We're not very far away
Am D
We're not very far away
Em D G x3
Em D Em
Every Night is Friday Night (Without You)
D A Em G A x2
D A
Every night is Friday night
Em G A
Without you
D A
Every night is Friday night
Em G A
Without you
Bm D
When I was young
A Em
I was dumb as a rock
G D
I could not read a clock
A
And nothin' didn't mean nothin' to me
Bm D
Now I'm no saint
A Em
But I ain't such a freak
G D
On the days of the week
A
I work hard, hard
D A
Every night is Friday night
Em G A
Without you
D A
Every night is Friday night
Em G A
Without you
Bm D A Em G D A
Bm D
Kids, clap your hands
A Em
If you can be real
G D
Got to say what you feel
A
If you feel anything, anything, anything, anything
D A
Every night is Friday night
Em G A
Without you
D A
Every night is Friday night
Em G A
Without you
D A
Every night is Friday night
Em G A
Without you
D A
Every night is Friday night
Em G A
Without you
Bm D A Em G D A
D
The Magician
G F C
The magician is tryin' to fool you
G F C
Politician is tryin' to rule you
G F C
I want to talk to the real you
A C
So when you gonna be mine?
G F C
The salesman is tryin' to sell you
G F C
The talkin' head's tryin' to tell you
G F C
Oh, but you know it's always been all you
A C
So when you gonna be mine?
G A
When you gonna close your eyes, call my name
C D
So long, so long lost insane
G A C
Your sun shines, your heart's true, here I come
D C
I'm gonna be the one for you
D G
Yeah, I'm gonna be the one for you
G F C
The pop star is tryin' to play you
G F C
The dancers are tryin' to sway you
G F C
You ask what I want and I say, "You"
A C
So when you gonna be mine?
G A
When you gonna close your eyes, call my name
C D
So long, so long lost insane
G A C
Your sun shines, your heart's true, here I come
D C
I'm gonna be the one for you
D G
Yeah, I'm gonna be the one for you
Solo chords same as chorus
G F C
The teacher is tryin' to school you
G F C
The magician is tryin' to fool you
G F C
Oh, but I wanna be with the real you
A C
So when you gonna be mine?
G A
When you gonna close your eyes, call my name
C D
So long, so long lost insane
G A C
Your sun shines, your heart's true, here I come
G A
When you gonna close your eyes, call my name
C D
So long, so long lost insane
G A C
Your sun shines, your heart's true, here I come
D C
I'm gonna be the one for you
D C
Yeah, I'm gonna be the one for you
D G
Yeah, I'm gonna be the one for you
Outro chords same as chorus
You Were Born to Be in Battle
Bb Gm Eb Bb
Bb
It's the spring of your time
Gm
And the time has come
Eb Bb
The open road will seize you
Bb
Won't you roll to a stop
Gm
Won't you gaze at the drop
Eb Bb
And the awful miles before you?
Cm
Take care where you step
Gm
Don't you know that it stifled
Eb Bb
The life above you strangle
Cm
Stay right if you can
Gm
Oh, you poor old man
Eb Bb
You were born to be in battle
Bb
In the summer you'll find
Gm
That you rolled us aside
Eb Bb
A tangled man-made thicket
Bb
Take care you don't lean
Gm
With your toes in a string
Eb Bb
That sweeps away the river
Cm
Survey all you see
Gm
'Cause there's still time to leave
Eb Bb
The prior hand of ramble
Cm
Stay right if you can
Gm
Oh, you poor old man
Eb Bb
You were born to be in battle
Bb Gm Eb Bb x2
Bb
In the fall of your time
Gm
You're astounded to find
Eb Bb
So much is now behind you
Bb
With tears of your own
Gm
You'll be scared 'fore you know
Eb Bb
Just walk the dark and [Incomprehensible]
Cm
Tell them what I told you
Gm
In days of your youth
Eb Bb
What's well within the travel
Cm
Stay right if you can
Gm
Oh, you poor old man
Eb Bb
You were born to be in battle
Bb
In the winter of life
Gm
You'll be asked for your life
Eb Bb
Lay down, all forts surrender
Bb
And all that is you
Gm
That is precious and true
Eb Bb
As your full price, you'll tender
Cm
And I will look on
Gm
But I long for you, son
Eb Bb
Don't [Incomprehensible]
Cm
Stay right if you can
Gm
Oh, you poor old man
Eb Bb
You were born to be in battle
Bb Gm Eb Bb
The Dance Class
D C G x3
D C
I'm lookin' out my window
G
Well, all that I can tell is
D C
That's you over there
G
In the dance class
D C
I'm peekin' out a window now
G
It's late, gettin' dark out
D C
That's you right there
G
In the dance class
D C
I'm wishin' I could leave my house
G
But it's been years since I went out
D C
You're so far over there
G
In your dance class
D F G
I am in love with whoever you are
F
Whoever you are
D F G F
I am in love with whoever you are
D C
I gotta sort of problem, see
G
Please come to me
D C
How could you know?
G
You were in the dance class
D C
I am the crazy man
G
Hangin' out his window, wavin' his hands
D C
Tryin' to get you to notice me
G
After your dance class
D F G
I am in love with whoever you are
F
Whoever you are
D F G F
I am in love with whoever you are
Verse Chords D C G
D F G
I am in love with whoever you are
F
Whoever you are
D F G F
I am in love with whoever you are
D C
Hang inside off the window ledge
G
I'm here on edge
D C
Tryin' to make it with a beautiful girl
G D
That I got no chance with in the dance class
C
G D
In the dance class
D C
G
In the dance class
C G D
Yeah, that I got no chance with in the dance class
D C G
Let the Whiskey Take the Reins
D G
D G D G
We had a smoke on the water
D G D G
We laughed for all it was worth
D G
And I called out your name but
D G D G D G
You didn't say what you heard
D G D G
We drove home in silence
D G D G
The reception was not too big
D G
I had a feelin'
D G D G D G
You would be leavin' me
G
And it's so easy
F C D G D G
To be a man in pain
G
Turn off your heart
F C D
And let the whiskey take the reins
D G
D G D G
I had a terrible vision
D G D G
Of a world outside of this bar
D G D G
But she keeps talkin' about walkin'
D G D G
Away from where we are
G
And it's so easy
F C D G D G
To be a man in pain
G
Turn off your heart
F C D
And let the whiskey take the reins
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D G
G
Yeah it's so easy
F C D G D G
To be a man in pain
G
Turn off your heart
F C D
And let the whiskey take the reins
D G
D G D G
We had a smoke on the water
D G D
We laughed for all it was worth
Champaign, Illinois
F Bb F C Bb F
F
The bottom line's been snorted
Bb F
The bottom card's been dealt
C
No one knows like you know right now
Bb F
How truly bad it felt
F
All your life you wasted
Bb F
On dreamin' about the day
C
Worker bees kill off their queen
Bb F
And carry all her eggs away
Bb
Oh, then if you die fearin' God
F C
And painfully employed
F C
No, you will not go to Heaven
Bb F
You'll go to Champaign, Illinois
F
Up north in Chicago
Bb F
Where booze makes no one blush
C
Memories come back to you
Bb F
In a double Bourbon rush
F
Memories that aren't all bad
Bb F
And neither, my friend, are you
C
There is an argument there must be some Heaven meant
Bb F
For hearts that are half true
Bb
Oh, and if you spend your whole life
F C
Rollin' horses into Troy
F C
No, you will not go to heaven
Bb F
You'll go to Champaign, Illinois
F C
No, you will not go to heaven
Bb F
You'll go to Champaign, Illinois
F Bb F C Bb F x2
F
Roll on blacktop highway
Bb F
Circles towards the sun
C
Springfield's in the distance
Bb F
And that's the last big one
F
After that comes judgment
Bb F
Oh, and judgment will be swift
C
You will be eliminated
Bb F
But here's a parting gift
Bb
Oh, then if you die fearin' God
F C
And painfully employed
F C
No, you will not go to Heaven
Bb F
You'll go to Champaign, Illinois
F C
No, you will not go to Heaven
Bb F
You'll go to Champaign, Illinois
F C
No, you will not go to Heaven
Bb F
You'll go to Champaign, Illinois
F C Bb F
A State of Texas
G D A D
D
When the day breaks on Cedar Creek Lake
A
Or my life rolls into Rome
A
When the sun goes down on Austin town,
D
That's when I'll know I'm home
D
What a time we'll have on Greenville Ave
G
With the big shots in Big D
G D A D
I'm livin' in a state of Texas and Texas lives in me
D A
For the girls I've known in San Anton and out El Paso way
A D
My love grows like a yellow rose and will not fade away
D
When you hold tight on a summer night
G
I'm gone yeah I am free
G D A D
I'm livin' in a state of Texas and Texas lives in me
G D A D
I'm livin' in a state of Texas and Texas lives in me
G
Like a mystery train or a magic trick
D
Or a map of the world on a guitar pick
A
I can't explain, I got to let it be
G D A D
The eyes of Texas are smiling on me
G D A D
Yeah the eyes of Texas are smiling on me
G D A D
D
Where the bluebonnets thrive on I-35
A
And the Guadalupe River flows
A
Where the stars at night are a hell of a sight
D
And the honkey-tonks never close
D
When the mornin' sun rise and I open my eyes
G
Yeah that's all I wanna see
G D A D
I'm livin' in a state of Texas and Texas lives in me
G D A D
I'm livin' in a state of Texas and Texas lives in me
G D A D
I'm livin' in a state of Texas and Texas lives in me
G D A D
You Smoke Too Much
Cm Eb Bb F
Cm Eb Bb
Hey, you smoke too much of what it was
F
To be in a pocket all padded up
Cm Eb
The time you loved and long from now
Gm Bb
Oh, how a year can turn around
Gm Eb
Oh, how a year can turn around
Cm Eb Bb
Hey, you drink too much with your old friends
F
Prisoner on their suicide binge
Cm Eb Bb
To see them here as they were then
Gm Bb
All went to bag years, none have been
Gm Eb
All went to bag years, none have been
Cm Eb Bb
I hung you up in my little place
F
When 21 was on your face
Cm Eb Bb
Carried you 'round for all to see
F
I sung you for all who would listen to me
Cm Eb Bb
Now they ask, "Hey, what's in the shell?"
Gm Bb
I tell them, "No human tongue can tell"
Gm Eb
I tell them, "No human tongue can tell"
Verse Chords
Cm Eb Bb
Hey, you said too much of what went down
F
Ain't no word's gonna shut it up now
Cm Eb Bb
You follow smiles and pretty things
F
On to the California dream
Cm Eb Bb
You held it down but now it's free
Gm Bb
You're holdin' it now where none can see
Gm Eb
You're holdin' it now where none can see
Cm Eb Bb
I hung you up in my little place
F
When 21 was on your face
Cm Eb Bb
I carried you 'round for all to see
F
I sang you for all who would listen to me
Cm Eb Bb
And now they ask, "Hey, what's in the shell?"
Gm Bb
I tell them, "No human tongue can tell"
Gm Eb
I tell them, "No human tongue can tell"
Cm
Hey, you smoke too much of what it was
Oh, how a year can turn around
Love is What You Are
G
She picks up a pen
D
Writes down a word
A
It doesn't feel right
G
The novelty's gone
D
The novel rolls on
A
Until it's goodnight
G
Will anyone read
D
Much less understand
A
This thing she has made?
G
Will anyone see
D
The truth of this thing
A
When it sees the light?
A G
Love is what you are
D A
Not what you do
G
I know what you are
D A
And I love you
G
The dream of her man
D
Propels her along
A
Into her demise
G
The hollowed out laugh
D
At the back of her throat
A
The film of her eyes
G
She hardly puts down
D
This thing she has bound
A
Before she forgets
G
She writes the end
D A
But there is no surprise
A G
Love is what you are
D A
Not what you do
G
I know what you are
D A
And I love you
Verse Chords G D A
A G
Love is what you are
D A
Not what you do
G
I know what you are
D A
And I love you
D A
And I love you
D A
And I love you
G A
Please Hold On While the Train is Moving
A
A
Please hold on while the train is moving
A
Oh well, you better hold tight 'cause it's really moving
D A
And though it's night, it's hot
E
And the fingertips know what the brain does not
D A
Please hold on while the train is moving
A
Please hold on 'cause the train is slowing
A
Picking up souls who don't know they're going
D A
We are one mind
E
You know we cannot help but it's the way we decide
D A
You don't wanna let go when the train is moving
A
A
Yeah, you tell me that you don't but I know that you love me
A
I'm coming down fast so you better believe me
D A
And I stink then I sweat
D A
And you'll find out if you have not yet
D A
We have now, we are one
E
Set the controls with a higher sun
D A
Yeah, you never going home once the train is moving
A
A
I been dead on my bed since Sunday
A
I been rolling around on the runway
D A
And I'm wondering if this thing is gonna fly
A
I'm gonna take it to the United Nations
A
Or to a rock'n'roll radio station
D A
And I know you're never gonna leave me for another guy
E D
I'm on my way
A
I'm on my way
E
I'm on my way
A
You know I'm flying out over the ocean
A
You know a body's gotta stay in motion
D A
But I'm holding you now and I'm never gonna let you go
A
I been dead on my bed since Sunday
A
I been rolling around on the runway
D A
And I want you now and I wanted to let you know
E D
I'm on my way
A
I'm on my way
E D
I'm on my way
A
A
Yeah, I'm a little bit afraid that we're out of control now
A
There's a turn ahead and I think we might roll now
D A
Is it time, it may be
D A
Though it seems a little early to me
D A
Say a prayer to your god
E
And it's gonna even out to the weak in the heart
D A
Please hold on while the train is moving
E
I said please hold on while the train is moving
D A
Please hold on while the train is moving
A
I'm on my way
I'm on my way
I'm on my way
A
The Beauty Marks
Abm
Dbm
The beauty marks
Abm
The famous names
Eb
The pub fills up
Abm
Outside, it rains
Dbm
The knee-high boots
Abm
The smoky eyes
Eb
Nobody knows
Abm
They're none the wise
Dbm
The city's a sea
Abm
So full of sharks
Eb Abm
The beauty marks
Abm
Dbm
The cigarettes fall
Abm
The glass, so red
Eb
The night closes in
Abm
Still nothing is said
Dbm
But if they would kiss
Abm
There would be sparks
Eb
The beauty marks
Dbm Abm Eb Abm
I love the very idea of you
Dbm Abm Eb Abm
I love the very idea of you
Dbm Abm Eb Abm
I love the very idea of you
Abm
Dbm
The beauty marks
Abm
The famous names
Eb
The pub fills up
Abm
Outside, it rains
Dbm
And if they should kiss
Abm
There would be sparks
Eb
The beauty marks
Abm
