Four Thieves Gone Chords

Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

G C D

(No Chord)

Well I've been lockin' myself up in my house for sometime now

Readin' and writin' and readin' and thinkin'

and searching for reasons and missing the seasons.

The Autumn, the Spring, the Summer, the snow.

The record will stop and the record will go.

Latches latched the windows down,

the dog coming in and the dog going out.

Up with caffeine and down with a shot.

Constantly worried about what I've got.

Distracting my work but I can't make a stop

and my confidence on and my confidence off.

And I sink to the bottom and rise to the top

and I think to myself that I do this a lot.

World outside just goes it goes it goes it goes it goes it goes...

and witness it all from the blinds of my window.

THREE, FOUR

Chorus

IG'm a little nervous 'Cbout what yDou'll think

When you see me in my swimming trunks

And last night in New York I got raging drunk

Remember one time I got raging drunk with you

Now, I can recall a time when we made the city

Streets our playground, kissing in the fountains

Filled with cigarettes and bottles

Sped through Italian city streets of cobblestone

Because we had to

Because I loved you

Because the damned alcohol

Beacuse what ever at all

(No Chord)

Now I've grown to aware of my mortality

To let go and forget about dying

Long enough to drop the hammer down

And let the indolence go wild and flying through

Because we had to

GSusCannGa, CItaliaGna, wChat do you Gwant to Ddo?

GI Cthought GI had Cfigured it Gout but Cthat was Gbefore Dyou

EmWalking a Cmile into Gtown

EmHoping to Dsee you Garound

EmHoping your Cman is Dnowhere to be Gfound

EmAnd hoping we'lCl go to your Groom

And hoping we'll go to your room

GQuiCetlGy Cact like you Glove me Cuntil I leave GFeltrDe

GAnd wChen you Glearn Cof my Greturn

CWatch what the Gtownspeople Dsay

EmRiding in Cyour cargo Gvan

EmDriving your Dmom's cargo Gvan

If Emyou only Cknew how Dcharming it Gwas

The Emlure of your Cfolks cargo Gvan

The lure of your folks cargo van

GGo Ctell GMax

Be Cclear with the Gfacts

CLeave me a Gletter to Dthere

GI Cstill Ghave the Cone from Gbefore

From Cwhen I turned Gtwenty Dfour

Intro

Am F Am F

Verse1

AmBe Loud, LFet your colors show, Amtry to keep the madness Flow

Amif they hear, aFnd its wrong aAmnd they come with torches Fon

yeah come onAm

Verse 2

AmBe Loud, LFet your colors show, Amtry to keep the madness Flow

AmI tell theFm no, with my hands, Ammake them understand theF plan of it

Bright and gonAme

Chorus

And I'm donCe foAmrever, it'sF you and me foreveGr (x3)

You can just repeat the chord progression for the following lyrics. It shouldn't be that hard

Verse 3

Be loud let the others know, first a whisper then it grows

I tell them Go with my hands, make them understand the last of it

yeah come on, pain and all

Verse 4

Leave out, pack your things and go, leave the baby makers home

theres a time (now), and a place (now), someone built to take the race

when it calls you go, head down, don't you make a sound

keep your plans to yourself, they'll come true, they follow you,

they;re what you're obligated to , don't listen to nobody else

And I'm done forever, it's you and me forever (x7)

[Strum E chord, and hit 12th fret harmonics]

I was in Elove with your Abeauty

From the Eday you walked my Away.

Oh, how I Ewish that was Aenough to

Have Emade me B7want to Estay.

See, I'm as true as I try to be,

And I must say my girl,

I tried the best to give to you

All of the truest in the world.

But, when I left your house that morning

in that ragged Thunderbird,

I tried so hard to fight the voices

From the devils that I heard.

See, there's a highway to the right of us

I took a year ago,

And since a year ago can't drive past

Without turning down that road.

[Strum E chord]

And GI Cknew it, I Gnever should have Cturned the wheel.

And GI Cknew it, the Gvoices calling Cme weren't real.

GI Cknew it, Glisten to the Csong they sing.

GI Cknew I was Gwrong, and GI Cknew I was Gwrong.

[Repeat Intro, strum E chord, and slide down from 12th Fret on low E]

So, give me a try at describing

Just how difficult it is,

When you kind of love two girls

To figure out which one you miss.

Stumble away from your stairway

With your perfume on my clothes.

Well, I kind of loved two girls

But, now I kind of lost them both.

And I knew it, I never should have turned the wheel.

And I knew it, the voices calling me weren't real.

I knew it, listen to the song they sing.

I knew I was wrong, and I knew I was wrong.

And if I could gather up the damage

That I've rendered in my life,

Place it on a scale and weigh against

The damage done that night.

Then it'd be safe to say

The weight of all I did and didn't do

Would surly float against the lightest wrong

I ever did to you.

DWhat was it like for Gyou

DI can tell you in truth what it was Glike for me

DTo be sixteen in July, F♯msixteen in July

GLicense in my hand

AFreedom on my mind

DI was sixteen in July, sF♯mixteen in July

GWith summer to my left

AAnd no one to my right

What did you want to hear on your radio

Even if it did not come in clear

You'd still be sixteen in July, sixteen in July

With license in your hand

and freedom on your mind

If youre sixteen in July, sixteen in July

With summer to your left

And no one to your right

For me it was shortcut road

The girl was new and the car was old

Were you in love like me?

Or at least as in love as you can be?

When youre sixteen in July, sixteen in July

With license in your hand

and freedom on your mind

I was sixteen in July, sixteen in July

With summer to my left, and no one to my right

GNobody knows it but CI am so sad

GNobody knows it but BmI am so sad

CAnd that is the Dsaddest of Gall my girl

C D G$

That is the saddest of all

GWe climbed the ladder Cto the top of my house

GNever letting Bmgo of your hand

CThe sky trades Dthe moon for the Gsun my girl

C D G$

The sky trades the moon for the sun

GAnd I gave to you my Cugly brown coat

GYou made it pretty Bmwhen you put it on

CWarmth in the Dearly morning Gchill my girl

C D G$

Warmth in the early April

GThen you said you’d Ctrade the love of a man

GTears fell soft from Bmyour face to my hands

CSaid you’d Dtrade your heart for Gmine my girl

C D G$

I traded my heart for those days

GAnd you made it clear Cit was strictly a deal

GOf springtime love and Bmthat’s how I should feel

CSo I set the Dclock back an hourG my girl

C D G$

I set the time a just right

GYou see somewhere back there Cwhen I was boy

GFurious I had Bmbecome by the point

CThat men are Djust liars and Gthieves of sorts

C D G$

Men are just liars and thieves

GBut I still believe and CI stand by my words

GI don’t know what you have Bmseen or you’ve heard

CBut somebody’s Dlying to you Gmy girl

C D G$

Somebody’s lying to you

GYou really made me Cbelieve I could stay

GPart with you actions Bmin part what you said

CBut that was Djust foolish pride Gmy girl

C D G$

And those are only feelings inside

GSo I’m going back to Cthe place where we met

GI’m going to find the Bmbeer bottle we left

CWedged in the Dlimbs of the tree Gthat we sat in

C D G$

Wedged in the magnolia tree

GWell we hid for days Clike a proud pair of thieves

GToo sure we were right Bmtoo stubborn too leave

CWasted with Dthe moment we lifted Gmy girl

CStolen forevDer with youG

Do I Gneed to tell you?

I don't Emneed to be untrue

CNot when I have a lover like Gyou.

G (harmonics) x2 D

GNow it don't take that much thought

EmNot with all the love you've got

GAnd you give it to me free

Em 'STOP'

Some might take that for granted but certainly not me

No Cnot when I have a lover likeG you

G (harmonics) x2 D

EmI haven't eyes for Canyone else

EmI'm thinking of you andC nobody else

EmI haven’t eyes for Canyone else but Amyou

CYooouuu....

G (harmonics) x2 D

GShe may be all on my case

Want to Emkiss me on my face

Put my Ghands on her waist

Em 'STOP'

Take me back to her place

I would happily follow

But Cnot when I have a lover like Gyou.

EmI haven't eyes for aCnyone else

EmI'm thinking of you andC nobody else

EmI haven't eyes for aCnyone else but Amyou

But CyooouuuG....

But yooouuu....

But yooouuu....

But yooouuu....

Verse

A7add9Don't be fooled by my DwordsD7

Don't be fooled by my Gsong Gm

If you choose to belive Dthem

You'll plainly be A7wrongA7add9

I have love for my fDamilyD7

I have love for my Gfriends Gm

That's as far as itD goes,

And I Gmust let you Dknow

My love for A7you was pDretend.

Chorus

Pretend loveD7, pretend loveG, Gm

Don't be mistakenD, I've oGnly been Dfakin'

A7Pretend DloveD7

Instrumental Break/Solo (Repeat Chorus Chords)

Don't you know I've a DgiftD7

And I've wraped it in GtrutGmh

Your birthday's Dtomorrow,

But the gift is not forA7 you,A7add9

But if I came with a DpresentD7

I would bring you a cGlue Gm

Hopes you'd finally sDee

That your Gfeelings for Dme

Will A7never be reDturned

Pretend loveD7, pretend lovGe Gm

Don't be mistakeDn, I've oGnly been Dfakin'

A7Pretend Dlove

Pretend loveD7, pretend lovGe Gm

DDon't be mistaken, I've Gonly been faking

A7 D (Walk D C♯ B A) G Gm...

Pretend love

Intro

Em G Am Em

EmThings didn't Cwork out Glike they should,

Em G Am Em

EmFarther fromC how you Gthought they would

Em G Am Em

CDo you Dstill Gwant my Emhand? C

CDo you Dthink I'm Gstill yourEm man? C

CI'll change DeveryGthing I Emcan. C

EmMatriB7mony...

Holy plans and holy gifts

Holy shit what did we get

You said you've got plans of your own

You're gonna work and I'll stay home.

Do you still want my hand?

Do you still think I'm your man?

I'll change everything I can.

Matrimony...

My dog is loud and my dog is wild

We're too young to have a child

Can you keep the dog next week?

I'll be gone the next three.

Do you still want my hand?

Do you still think I'm your man?

I'll change everything I can.

Matrimony...

Solo

Em G Em Am Em C Em D Em G Em Am Em C Em D Em (hold last Em for 5 bars)

I ain't through I ain't walking out

Leaving ain't what I'm about,

You may scream and I may shout.

But baby I love you.

GIf I had known, your hBmeart was down

thatC lonely day in DGreenville town,

GThen I would have beenBm more concerned

but Clater on I Dtruly learned

howG it can feel in Bmevery bone

to Creally see you're Dall alone

But EmI ll kCiss your Ghead,

whenEm death Cfinds your Gbed

and you are Cgone

And if I had seen

the way it would be

Id hushed your cries

when you came to me

If I could do what I did to you

the same to me then I would love for you to see

that I sleep with remorse

and regret hangs round my door

for ever more.

If I had known the lowering tide,

was lowering with the way you felt inside

if I had known all hope was gone

a broken heart and a broken home

That pierced, my lovers past

and carved a lonely path...

for her to walk

So if ever someone one says to you,

life isnt fair, get used to it

Then you should say Well it might be

If folks like you won't let it be'

but Ill kiss your head

when death becomes my bed

and I am gone

Intro

G C G C G C D x 3 (With Harmonica Riff)

GGive me something new that I haven't felt before C G

GThe messages of love and directions to you dooDr

GBut we talk slowly, I don’t hear good anymore C

And we all Fall GdownD C

And we all FallG dowDn C

GDon't die on me lady, only good things cCan come G

GTo those who practice reason and recognize good fun D

GYour absence is the bullet and the past is your gun C

And we all fall GdownD C

And we all fall GdownD C

GShe still doesnt answer though she knows shes done wrong C G

GWe buried the memories along with the songs D

GWhen she wakes up, I hope that we are gone C

And we all fall GdownD C

And we all fall GdownD C

GThere's a visitor in black at my neighbors house C

GMy neighbor says tomorrow the visitor says now D

GWhen he comes here please tell him that I'm out C G

And we all fall GdownD C

And we all fall GdownD C

FI've seen the Gway you deal with Cthings

FThe troubles Gthat this life will Cbring

FIf it gets to Gyou then I can Ctell by the way you Amsing

FYou act like it just Gdoesn't mean a Cthing

I see you Fdancin all your, Gdancin all your, Cdancin all your Amdaze

FMaybe you can Gtell me how it Cis you got that Amway

FDancing all your, Gdancing all your, Cdancing all your Amdaze

FCome on, come on there's Ggot to be a Cway

There's all these things that get me down

This dirty world is full of clowns

They'll build you up just so they can knock you down

Laugh at you while your there on the ground

Chorus

Single Strums!!

FI really Glike the way it CfeelsAm

FI look at Gyou and it's CrealAm

I see you Fdancin all your, Gdancin all your,C dancin all your Amdaze

Maybe you can tell me how it is you got that way

Dancing all your, dancing all your, dancing all your daze

Come on, come on that's got to be the way

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play between the G note and D open note while playing intro.

play to which Cmaj7 or C9 chord you prefer

For the G and Cmaj7 during the verses, just fingerpick

between mostly E, D, G, and B string with occasionally

high E. The chords are the same for every verse.

GAnd I found a flower in a field

GA field of cars and people; rows of concrete, paint, and steel

C7MManhattan is where it grew

GAnd I thought to cut it from it's stem

GAnd take it from the cracks between bricks that it lay in

C7MAnd save it from city strife G

Away from the city life

Then someone they whispered in my ear

A county girl cant be made out of anybody here

Dont touch it, it loves you not

Dont touch it, it loves you not

Cause blue birds dont fly without their wings

And when we put them in a cage the world can't hear them sing

So selfish when greed sets in

Possession, the king of sin

And people dont ever let you down

Forever find a way to kill whatever life they've found

A heart beat and I want it too

Manhattan is where she grew

So I left and I let the flower be

And yesterday saw the flower on cable TV

Much prettier than here with me

For all of the world to see

Much prettier than here with me

GSleep Bmdarling rCest your mind

GI'll drive all Bmnight to get toC you

GPlease moan Bmsoftly if you Cmust moan at all

GI'm moving Bmthrough the Cnight toward you

AmSleep dGarling, Amsleep Gdarling

GI'm D7/F♯on my way toC you

GI'm D7/F♯on my way toC you

REPEAT INTRO

Rest my angel, not one word,

Between you and I on the telephone line

You are weary and need your sleep

So leave the hard thinking and the driving to me

Sleep darling, sleep darling

I'm on my way to you

I'm on my way to you

Let go

Intro

C B Am G F G G B C

Verse 1

C/GGimme a dance, gimme a chance, gimme your hands

Give me just a little bit of your sweet roFmance

GGive me your C/Ghands

C/GI know what they say about me

C/GHell, I started most of them rumors myself you Fsee

G C/G *STOP*

So give 'em to me

Chorus

GIt wont take long for me to Ftell you who I C/Gam

GYou hear my voice right now well that’s Fpretty much what I C/Gam

Verse 2

C/GSo gimme a smile, gimme a while, gimme a mile

Give me just a little bit of your sweet deFvine

Just Ggive me a C/Gsmile

C/GI know what you said about me

I think maybe if I had a preachin' judge then I'd forgive you Fsee

G C/G *STOP*

So give 'em to me

Chorus

GIt wont take long for me to Ftell you who I C/Gam

GYou hear my voice right now well that’s Fpretty much what I C/Gam

Bridge

I'm Fbailin on my Clife

Cause I'm Fwailing on my Clife

G *STOP*

So please just gimme a kiss

Well I know you're waiting for a ring F

C/GEase up little lady, see, I'm not Gpromising C/Ganything

Verse 3

C/GSo gimme a chance, gimme a dance, gimme your hands

Give me just a little bit of your sweet roFmance

Just Ggive me your C/Ghands

I know what they say about me

Hell, I started most of them rumors myself you Fsee

So Ggive 'em to C/Gme

Chorus

GIt wont take long for me to Ftell you who I C/Gam

GYou hear my voice right now well that’s Fpretty much what I C/Gam

Bridge

I'm Fbailin on my Clife

Cause I'm Fwailing on my Clife

G *STOP*

So please just gimme a kiss

Outro

C B Am G F G B C

Intro

G C D G

GNovember came and went,

Like a Csummer that I spent,

With a nDo name girl that walked in jelly Gshoes.

GI returned to my home,

With a Cheart part made of stone,

And I Dcried all night for a girl I never Gknew.

GFrom the east it comes,

Her love aCnd the rising sun,

And I Dpray each time they come, it's not the Glast.

GYou see I've got strong,

I made iCt through what came along,

But I Dcan't move on for the beauty of the Gpast.

Came across a pretty girl,

For about a month she was my world,

And I held her hand, and swore we'd never part.

I moved on, she stayed behind,

I said I'd call, she said she'd write,

We lost touch the moment I drove off.

I left town like a gambler with,

The sense of cashin' all the chips,

Before I lost them all on a bad deal.

I made believe I was in a race,

Drove ten thousand miles in seven days,

While writing a book called "Being A Free Man".

Met more people than the president,

The good times came and the good times went,

And I learned how to ignore my hunger pains.

I looked ahead to the open road, thought about the people and what they know,

And wrote a book called "People Don't Know Nothin".

(no matter what they tell ya, man)

Once I spent my last dime,

And counted the ratio of miles to time,

I looked up to my disdain and my surprise.

I had driven my car around the world,

Ended back in the town with the girl,

So I wrote a book called "Life in Prison".

(Volume. 1)

I see that girl every now and then,

And we drink to having such good friends,

And apologize for the way it did not last.

Funny thing that it's all true,

And I'll always love November Blue,

But I turned her down for the beauty of the past.

November came and went,

Like a summer that I spent,

With a no name girl that walked in jelly shoes.

I returned to my home,

With a heart part made of stone,

And I cried all night for a girl I never knew.

Intro Four thieves gone; one woke up Said we cant use the songs

we wrote Swear Ive heard that very line

I cant claim this music mine Three thieves left, one got smart

I saw him leaving in his car From the road

I heard him scream It lacks originality

Three thieves left

One got smart

I saw him leaving in his car

From the road

I heard him scream

It lacks originality

Two thieves left

They both agree

They live and die off melody

One just fell dead

On his back

When we listen to the track

One thief left

He went to jail

He left a mile on paper trail

Hes in for life

He doesn't care

Its worth the songs that put him there

Four thieves gone

Four thieves gone

Four thieves gone

Four thieves gone

END!!!