I've been working on these chords for quite some time because I couldn't find a lot of
chords for the songs on the album. So well, here the whole album is! I also submitted the
chords individually.
I didn't made all the tabs in this tabs. I didn't made the tab for the following songs:
- Permanent
- Charlie
- Maybe it's time
- California
- Like A Cloak
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PERMANENT
Intro:
A# F Gm F [ch]D#maj7/A#[/ch] F
[ch]D#maj7/A#[/ch] A# Gm F [ch]D#maj7/A#[/ch] A#
Verse 1:
[ch]D#maj7/A#[/ch] A#
I think i'm going to work construction
F Gm
Just to make something of myself
[ch]D#maj7/A#[/ch] A# F
I can't live off these childhood trophies on my shelf
[ch]D#maj7/A#[/ch] A#
I want to get my hands dirty
F Gm
I want to feel a burning in my legs
[ch]D#maj7/A#[/ch] A# F
I want more than the receipt for what i paid
Chorus:
Gm F
Because everybody loves something new
[ch]D#maj7/A#[/ch] A#
'cause you can open it and plug it in
Gm F
And it feels like a good night's sleep
[ch]D#maj7/A#[/ch] A#
Like the girl you like paid you a compliment
F Gm F [ch]D#maj7/A#[/ch]
They can keep the change and they can keep 'em coming they can talk to
F
who's listening
A# F Gm F [ch]D#maj7/A#[/ch] A#
I'm still looking for something a little more permanent
Verse 2:
[ch]D#maj7/A#[/ch] A#
I am not a poet
F Gm
Show me the easy way and i'll do it
[ch]D#maj7/A#[/ch] A# F
No one could ever say that i've been trying way too hard
[ch]D#maj7/A#[/ch] A#
Everything that i have ever owned
F Gm F
Got dusty and old
[ch]D#maj7/A#[/ch] A# F
So i threw it out just to make myself some room
Chorus:
Gm F
I'm like everybody i love something new
[ch]D#maj7/A#[/ch] A#
'cause you can open it and plug it in
Gm F
And it feels like a good night's sleep
[ch]D#maj7/A#[/ch] A#
Like the girl you like paid you a compliment
F Gm F [ch]D#maj7/A#[/ch]
They can keep the change and they can keep 'em coming they can talk to
F
who's listening
A# F Gm F [ch]D#maj7/A#[/ch] A#
I'm still looking for something that I can die with
Verse 3:
[ch]D#maj7/A#[/ch] A#
If my luck is running out
F Gm
Please don't let it be so with love
F [ch]D#maj7/A#[/ch] A# F
It's been a long year but i'm not ready to give up
[ch]D#maj7/A#[/ch] A#
Even if I lay ten million bricks
F Gm
And they break through the summer haze
F [ch]D#maj7/A#[/ch] A# F
Someone will come around and bulldoze them down some day Ohhhhh
Chorus:
Gm F
Because everybody loves something new
[ch]D#maj7/A#[/ch] A#
You get rid of what came before
Gm F
And it feels like a long hot shower
[ch]D#maj7/A#[/ch] A#
Like getting in your bed when the sheets are warm
F Gm F [ch]D#maj7/A#[/ch]
So they can keep construction and they can keep em coming and I wont be
F
listening
A# F Gm F [ch]D#maj7/A#[/ch] F
Cause I found something a little more permanent
A# F Gm F [ch]D#maj7/A#[/ch] A#
Oh yes, I found someone that I can die with
A# F Gm F [ch]D#maj7/A#[/ch] A#
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LAREDO
Intro:
Dm
Dm F A
We lost the train through old Laredo yesterday
Dm F A
You turned your back on the tracks while I held on to those words you said
Bb F C A Dm
Just let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go whichever way
Dm F A
How dare you run away from all that promise it's apropos
Dm F A
Of all the things that we have left behind us, all we'll ever know
Bb F C A Dm
Just let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go whichever way
Dm F A
Your kisses haven't felt like this is honest, your breath is held at bay
Dm F A
wild as the dream I'll never catch and you would sooner chase
Bb F C A Dm
Just let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go whichever way
Bb F C A Dm
Just let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go whichever way
F Bb
I don't know if it's over
C Dm Bb
Right now, this is all that I can say
Bb F C A Dm
Just let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go whichever way
Dm F A
I'll write the same old song of sorrow the same way
Dm F A
You know the one where this old town can't show them shelter and I can't get away
Bb F C A Dm
Just let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go whichever way
Dm F A
I see that shallow sheltered promise that I proposed
Dm F A
Falling gently passed a trembling crescent right off your nose
Bb F C A Dm
Just let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go whichever way
Bb F C A Dm
Just let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go whichever way
F Bb
I don't know if it's over
C Dm Bb
Right now, this is all that I can say
Bb F C F
Just let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go
Bb F C A Dm
Just let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go whichever way
Dm F A
We lost the train through old Laredo yesterday
Dm F A
You turned your back on the tracks while I held on to those words you said
Bb F C F
Just let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go
Bb F C F
Just let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go
Bb F C A Dm
Just let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go whichever way
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BROKEN HEADLIGHTS
Intro:
Bb | Gm | Eb Dm Cm Bb | F |
Bb | Gm | Eb Dm Cm Bb | F |
Gm F
It hasn't rained hard for the better part of seven months
Eb Gm
Everyones listenin'
Gm F
All I see ahead of me are glistenin' lights
Eb Bb
The city stays up at night
Gm F
Drumming along like a dissonant song
Eb Bb
By an amateur symphony
Gm F
How come I can only tell you I love you
Eb F
When you're sleeping in the passenger seat
Bb Gm
And all the fast cars with their broken head lights
Eb F
Run the red lights in the canyon
Bb Gm
And I can taste it, the rain is coming
Eb F
To clear the air over Los Angeles
Gm F
Maybe it'll bring the hillside down
Eb Bb
Maybe it'll flood the streets
Gm F
Maybe when I tell you that I want you forever
Eb Bb
Im gonna make a fool of me
Gm F
But I've got the windows down, the heater on my feet
Eb Bb
And the skies are opening
Gm F
It's gonna come pourin down, it's gonna come pourin out
Eb F
Im gonna say everything
Bb Gm
And all the fast cars with their broken head lights
Eb F
Run the red lights in the canyon
Bb Gm
And I can taste it, the rain is coming
Eb F
To clear the air over Los Angeles
Eb
The road is winding
Bb
And it's barely lit
Gm Cm
You never know how far you're really gonna get
Eb
But when you live here
Bb F
You just learn to get used to it
Bb Gm
And all the fast cars with their broken head lights
Eb F
Run the red lights in the canyon
Bb Gm
And I can taste it, the rain is coming
Eb F
To clear the air over Los Angeles
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CHARLIE
(Intro)
F C/F
F C/F
F C/F
F C/F
F Dm A# F
Charlie, I'll make a deal with you
C/F F F7
after which you can do anything you want to
A# C/F Dm F
I know I've got the leg up, as you're still only made up
A# C/F F
but baby you know I wrote this song for you
F Dm A# F
Don't go kissing boys, don't make a lot of noise
C/F F F7
let daddy sing his songs, and be real good
A# C/F Dm F
just treat your teachers nice and find a healthy appetite
A# C/F F
for what you really, really want to do
F Dm A# F
And if in fact your married before the day I'm buried
A7 Dm
follow just my one and only rule
A# C/F Dm F
for everything you do just remember through and through
A# C/F F
be my best friend 'cause i'll be one for you
A#
Charlie, you'll be strong
F/C
Charlie, you'll be smart
Dm A#
Charlie, you'll be anything you want to from the start
A#maj7 C/F A7 Dm
Charlie, oh my baby, you'll be every bit the lady
A# C/F F
that'll go on breaking this old lonely heart
F Dm A# F
I know just how you'll be cause you'll be just like me
C/F F F7
charming, so alarming & a little crazy
A# C/F Dm F
the queen of some sand castle, an abrasive, rowdy hassle
A# C/F F
but kind and loving, fresh and bright, I know
F Dm A# F
Come to me with problems, I swear, I won't go try to solve 'em
C/F F F7
I'll only tell you everything I know
A# C/F Dm F
like standing tall was all I had, like boys are bad and love's a fad
A# C/F F
that no one ever learns to just let go
A#
Charlie, you'll be strong
F/C
Charlie, you'll be smart
Dm A#
Charlie, you'll be anything you want to from the start
A#maj7 C/F A7 Dm
Charlie, oh my baby, you'll be every bit the lady
A# C/F F
that'll go on breaking this old lonely heart
F Dm A# F
Charlie, there's just one little thing before we meet some lovely spring
A7 Dm
I have to go and you find you a nice momma
A# C/F Dm F
she'll be just like me and you, perfect in just what we do
A# C/F Dm
a love as strong as father and his daughter
A#
Charlie, you'll be strong
F/C
Charlie, you'll be smart
Dm A#
Charlie, you'll be anything you want to from the start
A#maj7 C/F A7 Dm
Charlie, oh my baby, you'll be every bit the lady
A# C/F F F7
that'll go on breaking this old lonely heart
A# C/F
Oh, darling, Charlie
F/C C/F
F C/F
F
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MAYBE IT'S TIME
Intro
Bb F x4
Bb F
Did someone hurt you many years ago?
Bb F
Did someone desert you when you needed them the most?
Bb F
And the pain stayed with you everywhere you'd go,
Bb F Dm
And it's been so long now but you just can't seem to let it go,
Bb F Bb F
Maybe it's time, maybe it's time,
Bb F Dm C F
Maybe it's time to tell it you don't need it anymore.
Bb F
Did you lose someone that you loved?
Bb F
Did they move far off or do you picture them above?
Bb F
There's an emptiness inside you and it's worse when you're alone,
Bb F Dm
And it feels so heavy now like you're carrying the weight of a stone,
Bb F Bb F
Maybe it's time, maybe it's time,
Bb F Dm C F
Maybe it's time to tell it you won't carry it anymore.
Dm F Dm F
We ain't got a long time and there's a lot to do
Dm F Dm C
But first you gotta decide to leave some things behind
Bb F Bb F
Maybe it's time, maybe it's time,
Bb F Dm C F
Maybe it's time to leave your chains behind
Bb F
Did you ever love someone so much that you can't explain?
Bb F
When you're with them it's like thunder keeps rolling through your brain.
Bb F
Maybe you've had someone before, but this one is not the same.
Bb
You can feel it in the depths of your soul,
F Dm
but you still can't bring yourself to say it.
Bb F Bb F
Maybe it's time, maybe it's time,
Bb F Dm C7 F Bb F
Maybe it's time for me to tell you I can be without you anymore.
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TROUBLE IN THESE PARTS
The guitars in the song are tuned a halfstep down, wich makes it slightly easier
to play the C/Eb. I can manage to play the song in a standard tuning, so I think
you can do that aswell ;)
Intro:
| C C/E | C C/Eb | C C/E | C C/Eb |
C C/E C C/G
Beauty, i know, lurks here
C C/E C C/G
Right 'round the corner, i fear
C C/G C C/G Bm
Dear, you can't be serious
Am
Judgement is near
F
My mind's always gone there
C C/Eb
There's trouble here
C C/E C C/G
In these parts that I've found on my own
C C/E C C/G
A solemn and safe little home
C C/G C C/G Bm
Slow dance to a lone romance
Am
Out on the road
F
My mind's always gone there
C C/Eb C
There's trouble in these parts here
Em F C C/Eb
You'll learn how to fit & right in you'll slip
Em F
I'll wait up for you
C C/E C C/Eb
Black turns to blue
| C C/E | C C/Eb | C C/E | C C/G|(play A couple of times. And play an awesome
| Am | Am | F | C C/E | F C | solo, just do it like Kenneth if you can)
(Mwahaha I bet you can't)
C C/E C C/G
Beauty, i know, lurks here
C C/E C C/G
Right 'round the corner, i fear
C C/G C C/G Bm
Dear, you can't be serious
Am
Mercy, I hear
F
My mind's always gone there
C C/Eb C
There's trouble here in these parts here
Em F C C/Eb
You'll learn how to fit & right in you'll slip
Em F
I'll wait up for you
C C/E C C/Eb
Black turns to blue
Em F
Between all the lines
C C/Eb
All four of my sides
Em F C C/E
To cover me in time
| C C/Eb | C C/G | C |
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GIRLS GATHER 'ROUND
Intro:
| C G | C | C |
| C | C | G | C |
| F | C | G | C |
C F
"Don't you let the lessons stop, time ain't just hands on a clock"
C G
That's what I'm gonna tell Pop when I leave
C F
A vision on the lonely road, it's something that i gotta know:
C G C
If i can drive this car all on my own
C F
I guess i'll leave my girl behind, I should have done that long ago
C G
Sometime I'm sure the pain will go away
C F
It wasn't working anyhow, the burners on the stove burnt out
C G C
A shame I didn't figure it out before
Am C F C
Girls, gather round and let that long hair down
Am F G
Sing along with me before I go
Am C F C
Let us have a drink and by god, don't let us think about the
F G C
Things that we ain't never gonna know
C F
I met a man in San Francisco, he told me he did the same thing
C G
Fifty years ago, he left his girl behind
C F
He sits there in the park one hand is strumming his guitar
C G C
Songs he found inside a bottle of wine
C F
I saw the same things on his face, the ones that made me race away from
C G
everything i'd ever really known
C F
the scare to take responsibility from here -and put her there-
C G C
Where everyone can see the seeds you've sown
Am C F C
Girls, gather round and let that long hair down
Am F G
Sing along with me before I go
Am C F C
Let us have a drink and by god, don't let us think about the
F G C
Things that we ain't never gonna know
| C | F | C | G|
| C | F | C | G C |
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_milk_carton_kids/retrospect_crd.html ]
Am C F C
Girls, gather round and let that long hair down
Am F G
Sing along with me before I go
Am C F C
Let us have a drink and by god, don't let us think about the
F G C
Things that we ain't never gonna know
C
You know my line Joe?
C F
If you think about the Creature that you might have thought would teach you
C G
That our hearts are just the thing right from the start
C F
It would keep us from the worries, safe from sound and safe from fury,
C G C
Safe at home besides the ones we know we loved
C F
If you told me from the start that I could never be apart from her,
C G
I'd tell you, "go to hell, get out of my way"
C F
But i've come back with my tail between my legs I didn't know the way
C G C
A man can't be a man all on his own
Am C F C
Girls, gather round and let that long hair down
Am F G
Sing along with me before I go
Am C F C
Let us have a drink and by god, don't let us think about the
F G C
Things that we ain't never gonna know
Am C F C
The sun is going down on this lonesome town
Am F G
But I got you here to keep my company
Am C F C
You ever had the feeling that we're living for a reason?
F G C
For that reason I won't ever let you go
Am C F C
You ever had the feeling that we're living for a reason?
F G C
For that reason I won't ever let you go
F G C
For that reason I won't ever let you go
F G Am
For that reason I won't ever let you go
C F G C
For that reason I won't ever let you go
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AS IT MUST BE
Bm x2 A A the second time add pick off
E|------------2--------|-------------0---------|-----------0--------------|
B|----3---------3---(3)-----2-----------2---(2)-----2---------2-----------|(2p0)
G|-------4--------(4)-----------2--------(2)----------2---------(2)-------|
D|----4----4---------------2- ----2---------------2-----2-----------------|
A|--2--------------------0---------------------0--------------------------|
E|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
E
E|----------------|
B|-----0--------0-|
G|---------1------|
D|-----2------2---|
A|--2-------------|
E|----------------|
Intro: Bm(x2), A (x2)
Bm
Maybe we'll come out of this
A
Maybe we'll come out of this unscathed
Bm A E
Just like the story said ever after we should be okay, okay
(chorus)
Bm
Yes, and I know that you never
A E
Let me go on my own
Bm A E
And I know I'll never make it alone
Bm
Let it run right over you
A
Let it run like water to the sea
Bm
Nothing lasts forever darling
A
Everything is as it must be
E
It must be
Bm
And I know that you don't know
A E
Where we go, when we go
Bm
I know that it's hard
A E
So we can't go alone
Bm
Look at your reflection
A
Casting your own image in the stream
Bm
And though it rolls right through you
A E
Something of your soul remains within, within
Bm
And I know that you don't know
A E
Where we go, when we go
Bm
I know that it's hard
A E
So we can't go alone
Bm
I know that you never
A E
Let me go on my own
Bm A E
And I know that I'll never make it alone
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MEMOIRS OF AN OWNED DOG
You're going to be changing the bassnotes throughout the whole song. I'll try to get the
bassnotes right, they are pretty important for the sound of the song.
Intro:
C - C/G - C - C/G
C - C/G - C - C/G
C C/G
the food was as I like it...
G G/D
Cold, wet
F F/C C C/G
And in that wonderful tin can shape
Am Am/E
I had it marked in a paw print
F F/C
on the dog door
C C C/B C/A G
the day that I finally planned my escape
C C/G
the milkman, he tried
G G/D
you can bet I wanted to survive
F F/C C C/G
but the truck it just came far too fast
Am Am/E
So I write on these scraps
F F/C
my remembrances past
C C/G G G/D
so you don't blame yourself that I've died
F F/C
they put horses out to pasture
C C/G
and the birds come home to roost
F F/C
ain't nothin' for a puppy
C C/G
but the backyard on the loose
F F/C
now I know my job was to
C Am
lie idly beside
F G C C/G
the way the sun retreats for the moon
C C/G
i had dreams of walking
G G/D
the world on my own
F F/C
four on the floor
C C/G
every night all alone
Am Am/E
i was ready to work
F F/C
for the scruff on my neck
C C/G
yearning to find something
G G/D
of my own to protect
C C/G
my bark, then, was surely
G G/D
bigger than my bite
F F/C
chewing the cud could've been
C C/G
my biggest dog fight
Am Am/E
and you know how they say
F F/C
we only hear certain things that you say
C C/G
well, it never mattered much to me
G G/D
but for the will of the way
F F/C
they put horses out to pasture
C C/G
and the birds come home to roost
F F/C
ain't nothin' for a puppy
C C/G
but the backyard on the loose
F F/C
now I know my job was to
C Am
lie idly beside
F G C C/G
the way the sun retreats for the moon
Bb F
now I loosen this collar
C C/G
for a dog bone bow tie
Bb F
to go up and meet
C C/G
the big dog in the sky
Bb F
i'll tell him when I get there
C C#dim
I was spoiled in your place
F F/C
with the hopes that my spirit
G
is honored by your grace
C C/G
so after you read this
G G/D
memoir one day
F F/C
or after you hear
C C/G
my lonesome song play
Am Am/E
don't you trouble your mind
F F/C
this old hound's doin' fine
C C/G
you know, goodbyes are just words
G G/D
like a clock is to time
C C/G
so sorry I'm not with you
G G/D
so sorry I can't be
F F/C
please know I was
C C/G
the best friend this old mutt could be
Am Am/E
if you remember that spot
F F/C
where my favorite tree grows
C C/G G
I hung up my leash on a branch
C
now it's yours
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Intro:
Bb | F | Eb | F | Bb | Eb |
F | Bb |
Bb F
It took me 17 days in the pouring rain
Gm F Eb
and 2000 miles alone
Eb F
making my way through your kingdom
Gm F
on the wrong side of the road
Bb F
Eating at the service stations,
Gm F Eb
sleeping in motel rooms
Eb F
When I leave I'll miss some friends I made,
Gm F
but this time I won't miss you
G Bb
No and I won’t miss these gray skies
Gm F Bb
That hang over me like fate
Eb F
Sometimes you think you need something new
Gm C7
then you get it and it's just not the same
Eb F
Goodbye rain,
Bb Eb
Goodbye Queen Jane
F Gm C7
I'm going home to the Golden State to fix all of my mistakes
Eb F
Goodbye rain,
Bb Eb
Goodbye Queen Jane
| Bb | F | Bb |
| Eb | F | Bb |
Bb F
I ventured in to this foreign land
Gm F Eb
relying on the satellite
Eb F
Just when you're lost at the roundabout
Gm F
It tells you to go left or go right
Gm Bb
But now l long for familiar roads
Gm F Bb
when I know how to take the turns
Eb F
I can't wait to get out of this place
Gm C7
with all of my lessons learned
Eb F
Goodbye rain,
Bb Eb
Goodbye Queen Jane
F Gm C7
I'm going home to the Golden State to fix all of my mistakes
Eb F
Goodbye rain,
Bb Eb
Goodbye Queen Janene
Eb F
I used to think I could love you
Gm F Bb
But you have proven me wrong
Eb F
The only thing you've been right about
G C7
Is that we don't belong
Eb F
Goodbye rain,
Bb Eb
Goodbye Queen Jane
Eb F
Goodbye rain,
Bb Eb
Goodbye Queen Jane
F | Bb | Eb | F | Bb
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ROCK & ROLL'ER
Intro:
| C | C | Dm | F |
| C | C | Dm | F |
C Dm
Dance her slower, rock then roll her right
F G C
You can whisper what you say but there ain't no better way to start a fight
C Dm
Stand up taller square your shoulders right
F G C
Ain't no better way to listen, oh, then kissing in the middle of the night
Am
It can be hard I know
F C
But our fresh start will show that its right
Am Dm F
Cant you feel it in the beating of your heart
C Dm G C
Whoa whoa whoa whoa
C Dm
An empty chest that beats relentlessly
F
When you taste it in the air, oh
G C
When foul turns to fair youll know youre free
C Dm
Don't you worry I bet I bet youve heard these cries
F
Year to year youll sing, oh,
G C
Like the color that you bring into my eyes
Am
It can be hard I know
F C
But our fresh start will show that its right
Am Dm F
Can't you feel it in the beating of your heart
C Dm G C
Whoa whoa whoa whoa
| Dm | F | C | C |
| Am | F | Dm| G |
| C | D | G | C |
C Dm
Oh and dance her slower, rock then roll her right
F
Can you hear the song thats playing
G C
Its the perfect way to end the perfect night
C Dm
Time is waisting, oh, get up off your feet.
F
Oh the only one to save you
G C
Has the very face you used to capture me
Am
It can be hard I know
F C
But our fresh start will show that its right
Am Dm F
Cant you feel it in the beating of your heart
Am
It can be hard I know
F C
But our fresh start will show that its right
Am Dm Bb F
Cant you feel it in the beating, Beating of your, Beating of your
C
Heart
| C | Dm | G | C |
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LAKE SKANEATELES
Intro:
| Bb | Bb/F | Bb | Ab |
| Eb | Eb/A#| Bb |Bb/F| Well you'll get it, just switch bass notes
| Eb | Eb/A#| between your E snare and A snare
Ab
Hush'd now august
Bb
Heat in the air
Eb
We’re free and now clear
Ab
The Russian's upon us
Bb
To greet without care
Eb
Our innocence
Cm
On the side of the road
Ab
A dandelion mine
Eb
Explodes in a cheer
Ab
Lake Skaneateles
Bb
Deep in the heart
Eb
Of the echoes I hear
Ab Eb
And it's you
Ab Bb
Only you
Eb
Who takes my breath away
| Bb | Eb | Bb | Eb |
Ab
Be still Puget Sound
Bb
The mountains are out
Eb
The wave is in your hair
Ab
I've abandoned my pride
Bb
Cast off with a sigh
Eb
And hardly a care
Cm
I can dance all alone
Ab
To the hush of this song
Eb
And swoon unaware
Ab
For my silence is yours
Bb
My breath is a fort
Eb
And i'm holding it there
Ab Eb
And it's you
Ab Bb
Only you
Eb
Who takes my breath away
Ab Bb
Only you
Eb
Who takes my breath away
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CALIFORNIA
F
California, California
C
Know I love you, California
Am G
When I leave, I know you wait for me
F
Cause in the sun and in the weather
C
No one else has loved me better
Am G C
California you're the place for me
F
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
C
My heart goes out to you and if
Am G
I make it back I'd love to drive around
F
Cause your streets are wide and dirty
C
You'd have raised me in a hurry
Am G C
You’re the city with the angels, yes indeed
F
San Francisco, San Francisco
C
Always busy, you're always pretty
Am G
I can see you just across the bay
F
Your red bridge over the sea
C
Keeps me safe and warm and free
Am G C
On a clear day, there's no place I'd rather be
F
In the mountains, in the mountains
C
No one knows you like I do
Am G
And summer streams are knee deep in the snow
F C
Just like the giving tree you have made a man of me
Am G C
Cause everyone needs someplace beautiful
Am G C
I think everyone needs someplace beautiful
F
California, California
C
Know I love you, California
Am G
When I leave I know you wait for me
F
Cause in the sun and in the weather
C
No one else has loved me better
Am G C
California you're the place for me
F
In the valley, in the valley
C
Give me life and cradle me
Am G
The sun is setting as I drive ahead
F
So keep us and sustain us
C
Give us food and love and I trust
Am G C
That without you we'd all soon be dead
F
In the forest, all the trees
C
You make a little child of me
Am G
How I long to know what you have seen
F
All the people who are gone
C
And all the ones who once were strong
Am G C
Oh won't you keep their fate from claiming me
F
In the oceans, in the sea
C
We have seen eternity
Am G
How can I tell when you really end
F C
I imagine that you lead to other worlds entirely
Am G C
Where we can save ourselves and start again
Am/F G C
Yes we need to save ourselves and start again
F
California, California
Am
Know I love you, California
Am G
When I leave I know you wait for me
F
Cause in the sun and in the weather
C
No one else has loved me better
Am G C
California you're the place for me
F
So nurse me like a mother
C
Raise me strong just like my father
Am G
Let me wander off, discover who I am
F
I'll have learned your deepest lessons
C
Gathered up your finest blessings
Am G C
Return to California once again
Am/F G C
Yes, I'll come home to California once again
F
California, California
C
Know I love you, California
Am G
When I leave I know you wait for me
F
Cause in the sun and in the weather
C
No one else has loved me better
Am G C
California you're the place for me
Am G C
Yes California you're the place for me
Am/F G C
California won't you save a place for me?
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LIKE A CLOAK
Intro
| C | G | C |
Verse 1
C
Since you been around honey
E7
It feels just like a cloak
F
Has been wrapped around me
Fm C G
And nothing can ever go wrong
C
Since you been around honey
E7
It feels like a thousand stones
F
Have been lifted off me
Fm C G
I’ve never felt so strong
C
Nobody knows what they should believe
E7
It could be lies but when I come back home to you
F Fm C
G
I realize and know the only truth and I’ve got to let you know
C
Since you come along the troubles in my mind have gone
E7 F Fm
C G
And I insist on being everything you’ve wanted for so long
C
Since you been around honey
E7
It feels just like a cloak
F
Has been wrapped around me
Fm C G
And nothing can ever go wrong
C
Since you been around honey
E7
It feels like a thousand stones
F
Have been lifted off me
Fm C G
I’ve never felt so strong
C
Nobody knows what they should believe
E7
It could be lies but when I come back home to you
F Fm C
G
I realize and know the only truth and I’ve got to let you know
C
Since you come along the troubles in my mind have gone
E7 F Fm C
G
And I insist on being everything you’ve wanted for so long
Solo
C
Since you been around honey
E7
It feels just like a cloak
F
Has been wrapped around me
Fm C G
And nothing can ever go wrong
C
Since you been around honey
E7
It feels like a thousand stones
F
Have been lifted off me
Fm C
I’ve never felt so strong
