Standard guitar tuning:EADGBENo capoAm7
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YF♯ou turn on a spindle YGou are so much looser now BCut you're not explaining how YF♯ou gained sucB7h new rEeposeAm7
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IF♯ touch the clasp of your locket WGith its picture held SCome secret you wouldn't tell BF♯ut let iB7t choke yourE neckAm7
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SF♯o we imagine a darkness WGhere all shapes divide SColids changing into light WF♯ith a bursB7t of heatE so bright WEell fineAm7
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DF♯on't yoGu do what CI want you toAm7
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YF♯eah, don't degraGde yourself Cthe way that I doAm7
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'F♯Cause you don't dGepend upon alCl the shit that I use TAmo makeC my D7moods iD7sus4mmmmmmprGoveAm7
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AF♯nd near a sea of pianos TGhere were waves of chords TChat crashed against the shore IF♯n one hugeB7 and pointlEess roarAm7
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AF♯nd there were girls bringing water LGike a dream they came TCo cool the fever of my brain AF♯nd soothe mB7y burningE throatAm7
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AF♯nd they made me a necklace HGanging beads of sweat OCn a string of my regrets AF♯nd placed iB7t 'round myE neck AEnd they were singingAm7
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DF♯on't you do Gwhat youC've wanted toAm7
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YF♯eah, don't destroy youGrself likCe those cowards doAm7
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AF♯nd maybe the sun keeps comGing up 'cCause it's gotten used to you AAmnd yCour conD7stant D7sus4need forGrrr proof SONG - A Scale, A Mirror And Those Indifferent ClocksC Em Am F G ---3--0----0---1--3--- ---1--0----1---1--3--- ---0--0----2---2--0--- ---2--2----2---3--0--- ---3--2----0---3--2--- ------0--------1--3---HCere is a scale, weigh it out and you will find easily MEmore than sufficient doubt that these colors you see WAmere picked in advance by some careful hand WFith an absolute conceGpt of beauty TChey are smeared and these blurs come in random order TEmo color the eyes of your former lovers HAmers were green like July except when she cried F TFheyG were red NCow I know a disease that these doctors can't treat YEmou contract it the day you accept all you see IAms a mirror and a mirror is all it can be AF reflection of something we'rGe missing ACnd language just happened, it was never planned AEmnd it's inadequate to describe where I am IAmn the room of my house where the light has never been WFaiting for this day to enGd AFnd these clocks keep unwindGing and completely ignore EEmverything that we haAmte or adore OFnce the page of a calenGdar is turned it's no more SEmo tell me then, what was itAm for? OFh tell me,G what was it Cfor? - The Calendar Hung ItselfF♯m C♯ Bm E A D --2---4---2---0---0---2--- --2---6---3---0---2---3--- --2---6---4---1---2---2--- --4---6---4---2---2---0--- --4---4---2---2---0------- --2-----------0-----------DF♯moes he kiss your eyelids in the morning when you start to raise your head? AC♯nd does he sing to you incessantly from the place between your bed and wall? DF♯moes he walk around all day at school with his feet inside your shoes? LC♯ooking down every few steps to pretend he walks with you? DF♯moes he know that place below your neck that is your favorite to be touched? AC♯nd does he cry through broken sentences like "I love you far too much"? DBmoes he lay awEake listeninAg to your breaDth? WBmorried that yoEu smoke too manAy cigarettDes? IEs he coughing now oF♯mn a bathroom floor? FEor every speck of tile therF♯me are a thousand more TEhat you won't ever see BAut musEt hold iDnside yoursEelf eterF♯mnallyC♯ F♯ C♯ IF♯m drug your ghost across the country and we plotted out my death IC♯n every city, memories would whisper "Here is where you rest" IF♯m was determined in Chicago But I dug my teeth into my knees AC♯nd I settled for a telephone Sang into your machine "F♯mYou are my sunshine, C♯My only sunshine. F♯mYou are my sunshine C♯My only sunshine"Bm E A D
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IF♯m kissed a girl with a broken jaw That her father gave to her SC♯he had eyes bright enough to burn me They reminded me of yours AF♯mnd in a story told she was a little girl In a red-rouge, sun-bruised field AC♯nd there were rows of ripe tomatoes Where a secret was concealed AF♯mnd it rose like thunder CC♯lapped under our hands AF♯mnd it stretched for centuries TC♯o a diary entry's end where I wrote "F♯mYou make me happy (WHAT?) C♯When the skies are gray F♯mYou make me happy (WHAT?) C♯When skies are gray and gray and gray" WBmell the clock's hEeart it hangs Ainside itsD open chest WBmith hands stretched towEards the cAalendar hanDging itself BEut I will not weep for thF♯mose dying days FEor all the ones who've left thF♯mere are a few that stayed AEnd they found me heAre and pullEed me fromD the grassE F♯m E F♯m
WEhere I was laid SONG - Something Vague intro and main progression:E ----1----------0-------------3-------------0 B ----1--1h3p1---1----1h3p1----0----0h3p0----1 G ----2----------0-------------0-------------2 D -3-------------2-------------0-------------2 A ------------3----------------2----------0--- E --------------------------3-----------------E ----1----------0-------------3---------3---- B ----1--1h3p1---1----1h3p1----0---------0---- G ----2----------0-------------0---------0---- D -3-------------2-------------0---------0---- A ------------3----------------2---------2---- E --------------------------3--------3-3------NFow and agCain it seems worGse than it is Am BFut mostly thCe view isG accurate. YFou see your breCath in the aGir as you climAmb up the stairs tFo that coffiCn you call Gyour apartment. AAmnd you sink inE your chair BCrush the snow frGom your hair ACnd drink thGe coldF away YAmou are not rEeally sure WChat you're dFoing this for BCut you need soGmething to fiFll up the days AAm few more EhoursC G Am
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TFhere is a dreCam in my brain thGat just woAmn't go away IFt's been stuck there sCince it cameG a few nights ago AFnd I'm standingC on a bridge inG the town wherAme I lived AFs a kid with Cmy mom and mGy brothers AAmnd then the Ebridge disappears ACnd I'm standiGng on air WCith nothiGng holdinFg me AAmnd I hang likEe a star FCucking glow iGn the dark FCor all thoGse starviFng eyes to see LAmike the onesE we've wished on BCut now I'm cGonfused IAms this death rFeally you? ACnd do these drGeams have any meaAmning? NCo, no, I thinGk it is more like a ghost TAmhat's been folFlowing us both C Something vaGgue that we're not seeAmin SFomething moCre like a feeDlingF G C
SONG - The Movement Of A HandF♯ A E F♯
YoF♯u follow the Afootsteps EcEhoes leading downA a hall ToF♯ a room, there's musicA playing TiEny bells with movingA parts HeF♯re the shadows make thAings ugly AnE effect quite undesirabAle ThF♯e bold and yellow Adaylight GrEows like ivy acroAss the wall AnDd bounces Eoff of the paAinted porcelain TiDny dancEing doll A HeDr body Espins as she piArouettes again ThDe world suddenEly seems smF♯all A E A OnF♯ an off-white subtlAe morning YoEu stretch your legs in the front Aseat ThF♯e road has made a Avacuum WhEere our voices usAed to be AnF♯d you lay your head ontoA my shoulder PoEur like waterA over me SoD if I jusEt exist for thAe next ten minutes of this DrDive that woulEd be fine A AnDd all the Etrees that liAne this curb would be ReDjoicing anEd alive F♯ A E A SoDon all theE joy that pAours from everything makes FoDuntains of yEour eyes A BeDcause you EfinallyA understand the movement of a HaDnd waving you Egoodbye F♯ A E AF♯ A E A
SONG - ArienetteC♯m G♯ E F♯m C♯ B A E ---4-----4-----7-----2-----9-----7----5--- B ---5-----4-----9-----2-----9-----7----5--- G ---6-----5-----9-----2-----10----8----6--- D ---6-----6-----9-----4-----11----9----7--- A ---4-----6-----7-----4-----11----9----7--- E ---x-----4-----x-----2-----9-----7----5---TheC♯m fragile keep secrets gathered in pockets AndG♯ they will sell them for nothing, a cheap watch or locket ThaEt kind of gold washes off C♯m AndC♯m the sad act like lepers, they stick to the shadows TheG♯y long to ring bells of warning to tell of their coming So Ethat the pure can shut theirC♯m doors AndC♯m the angry are animals, senseless and savage TheG♯y act without order in logical lapses TheEy stain their mouths with blood C♯m So F♯mtake my hand, this barren land is alivC♯me tonight Oh,F♯m the corn has grown stalks that form C♯ma wall to hide TheF♯m wind carries sounds that I can't see fromC♯m beyond that line TheBn the stalAks begin to G♯sway Oh,C♯ stay with me, ArBienetAte G♯ UntC♯mil the wolves are away YUPA G♯ C♯m A G♯ WelC♯ml the wicked are vultures, they bake in the canyons TheG♯y circle in sunlight and wait for their victims To Ecollapse and call to themC♯m AndC♯m the desperate are water, they'll run down forever As G♯they soak into silence and end up together In Ea dark and distant, dark and distant pC♯mlace So F♯mdon't leave me here with only mirroC♯mrs watching me ThiF♯ms house, it holds nothing but the mC♯memories AndF♯m the moon, it leaves silver buC♯mt never sleep AndB then the Asilver turnsG♯ to gray So C♯stay with me, AriBenettAe G♯ UntC♯mil the wolves are away SONG - When the Curious Girl Realizes She Is Under GlassC G Dm G
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TomoCrrow when I wake up I'm finGding my brother And Dmmaking him take me back downG to the water ThatC lake where we sailed and we lauGghed with our father I wiAmll not desert him, I will nAmot desert him G No mDmatter how I maGy wish for a coCffin so clean Am Or tDmhese trees to uGndress all their leaCves onto me Am I puDmt my face in theG dirt and then finCally I see Am The Csky that has been avoiGding me C I stCarted this letter, I'm gonna send iGt to Ruba It wDmill be blessed by her eyes on tGhe gulf coast of Florida WithC her feet in the sand and oneG hand on her swimsuit She Amwill recite the prayer of myG pen SayiCng, time take us forward, Grelief from this longing TheyDm can land that plane on myG heart. I don't care JustC give me November, the warGmth of a whisper In tAmhe freezing darkness of my rGoom But Dmno matter what I Gwould do in an Cattempt to replAmace All Dmthese pills that GI take trying to baClance my brain Am SeenDm the curiousG girl with that looCk on her face Am So sCurprised she stares out from her dGisplay case C SONG - Haligh, Haligh, A Lie, HalighF♯m Dmaj7 A Bm
F♯m Dmaj7 A Bm
The pF♯mhone slips Dmaj7from a loose grip A Bm WordsF♯m were missed, thDmaj7en some apology A Bm I didF♯mn't want to tell youDmaj7 this No, iAt's just some guy she's bBmeen hanging out with F♯m I donDmaj7't know, the past couple weAeks, I guess Bm ThankF♯m you and hang up the phoDmaj7ne Let tAhe funeral start, hear the caBmsket close Let'sF♯m pin split-black Dmaj7ribbon to your overcAoat Bm The lF♯maughter pours from under Dmaj7doors in this house A I donBm't understand that sound F♯mno more SeemsDmaj7 artificial like a TV sAet Bm Well BmHaligh Haligh Haligh Haligh This Aweight, it must be satisfied You oGffer only one reply You kAnow not what you do But yBmou tear and tear your hair from roots From Athat same head you have twice removed Now aG lock of hair you said would prove Our lAove would never die, well hahahaBm
I remF♯member everythingDmaj7 The wAords we spoke on freeziBmng South Street And aF♯mll those mornings watchiDmaj7ng you get ready fAor school Bm You cF♯mombed your hair inside tDmaj7hat mirror The oAne you painted blue anBmd glued with jewelry tears SometF♯mhing about those bright colDmaj7ors would always make you feel bAetter Bm But nF♯mow we speak with ruined tonDmaj7gues And tAhe words we say aren't meBmant for anyone It's F♯mjust a mumbled sentence tDmaj7o a passing acquainAtance but there was Bmonce you You sF♯maid you hate my suffering Dmaj7 And yAou understood and yoBmu'd take care of me You'dF♯m would always be there, Dmaj7well where are you nAow? Bm HaligBmh, Haligh, Haligh, Haligh The pAlans were never finalized But lGeft to hang like yarn and twine DanglAing before my eyes As yoBmu tear and tear your hair from roots From Athat same head that you have twice removed Now aG lock of hair you said would prove Our lAove would never die And IBm sing and sing of awful things The pAleasure that my sadness brings And mGy fingers press onto the strings Yet aAnother clumsy chord HaligBmh, Haligh, an awful lie This Aweight will now be satisfied I'm gGonna give you only one reply I knoAw not who I am But IBm talk in the mirror To thAe stranger that appears Our cGonversations are circles AlwayGs one sided NothiAng is clear ExcepBmt we keep coming back To thAis meaning that I lack He saGys the choices were given Now yGou must live them Or juAst not live But dBmo you want that? SONG - The Center Of The WorldG Bm Am C D
Em ORAt theG center of the world there'Bms a statue of a girl Am She isC standing near a wDell with a bucket bareG and dry I wentBm and looked her in the eyes and shAme turned me into sand This cClumsy form that I despiseD, it scattered easGy in her hand It camBme to rest upon a beach with a millAmion others there We satC and waited for the sea to stretcDh out so that we couGld disappear Into tBmhe endlessness of blue into the hoAmrror of the truth See, wCe are far less than we knDew, yeah, we are far leEmss than we knew But weEm knew what we could taste C Girls Emfound honey to drench our hands The meBn cut marble to mark our graves Said wBe'll need something to remind us of G All thBe sweetness that has passed through us The prEmiests dressed children for a choir But foBund no joy in what was sung The fuBneral had Cbegun D D G In theG middle of the day when youBm drive home to your place Am From tChat job that makes you sDleep back to the thoughts thatG keep you awake Long aBmfter night has come to claim any liAmght that still remains In theC corner of the frame Dthat you put around hGer face Two piBmlls just weren't enough The alAmarm clock's going off but you're not waking up This iCsnt happening happening happening happening haDppening It is G SONG - Sunrise, Sunset G♯? - XX6555Em B
E ---3----2----5----3----5----7------0----2--- B ---3----3----5----5----7----8------0----4--- G ---4----4----5----5----7----9------0----4--- D ---5----4----7----5----7----9------2----4--- A ---5----2----7----3----5----7------2----2--- E ---3----x----5----x----x----x------0----x---Am
SunriseG♯, sunsetAm
SunriseG♯, sunsetAm
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SwiftlyG♯ go the daysAm
SunriseG♯, sunsetAm
You wakG♯e up, then you undressAm
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It alwaG♯ys is the sameAm
A sunriG♯se and the sun setsAm
You areG♯ lying while you confessAm
G♯
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Keep trG♯ying to explainAm
A sunriG♯se and the sun setsAm
You reaG♯lize, then you forgetAm
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What yoG♯u have been trying to retain But eveErybody knows It's alEl about the thingsE E Am
G♯
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That geG♯t stuck inside of your head Like thEe songs your roommate sings Or a viEsion of her body As she Estretches out on your bed AmG♯
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And sheG♯ raised her hands in the airAm
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Asked yG♯ou, when was the last time you looked in the mirror?Am
G♯
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'Cause G♯you have changedAm
G♯
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Yeah, yG♯ou've changedAm
SunriseG♯, the sun setsAm
You areG♯ hopeful and then you regretAm
G♯
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The cirG♯cle never breaksAm
With a G♯sunrise and sunsetAm
There'sG♯ a change of heart or addressAm
G♯
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Is therG♯e nothing that remains?Am
For a sG♯unrise or a sunsetAm
You're G♯manic or you're depressedAm
G♯
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Will yoG♯u ever feel okay?Am
For a sG♯unrise or a sunsetAm
Your loG♯ver is an actressAm
G♯
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Did youG♯ really think she'd stay?Am
For a sG♯unrise or a sunsetAm
You're G♯either coming or you just leftAm
G♯
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But youG♯'re always on the wayAm
TowardsG♯ a sunrise or a sunsetAm
A scribG♯ble or a sonnetAm
They arG♯e really just the sameAm
To the G♯sunrise or a sunsetAm
The masG♯ter and his servantAm
G♯
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Have exG♯actly the same fateAm
It's a G♯sunrise and a sunsetAm
From a G♯cradle to a casketAm
G♯
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There iG♯s no way to escapeAm
The sunG♯rise and the sunsetAm
Hold yoG♯ur sadness like a puppetAm
G♯
Am
Keep puG♯tting on the play But eveErything you do Is leadEing to the pointE Am
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Where yG♯ou just won't know what to do And at Ethat moment you may laugh But theEre is someone there Who wilEl be laughing loudeAmr than you So it'sG♯ trueAm
The triG♯ck is completeAm
G♯
Am
You've G♯become everything you said you never would beAm
G♯
Am
You're G♯a foolAm
G♯
Am
You're G♯a foolAm
SunriseG♯, sunsetAm
SunriseG♯, sunsetAm
G♯
Am
The sunG♯rise and the sun setsAm
SunriseG♯, sunsetAm
SunriseG♯, the sun setsAm
G♯
Am
The sunG♯rise, the sun setsAm
SunriseG♯, sunsetAm
Go homeG♯ to your apartmentAm
G♯
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Put theG♯ cassette in the tape deckAm
G♯
Am
G♯
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G♯
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And letG♯ that fever playAm
SunriseG♯, sunsetAm
Where aG♯re you Arienette?Am
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Where aG♯re you Arienette? SONG - An Attempt To Tip The ScalesIntro
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Did you Dexpect it all to stop at F♯mthe wave of your hanGd? A Like theD sun is just gonna drop ifF♯m it's night you demanGd? A Well, inD the dark we are just airF♯m so the house mightG dissolve A Once we'Dre gone, who's gonna care F♯mif we were ever here at Gall? A Well, suGmmer's gonna come, it's gonna cloud our eAyes again F♯m No need Gto focus when there's nothingA that's worth seeing So we trDade liquor for blooF♯md in an attempt to tipG the scales A I think Dyou lost what you loveF♯md in that mess of detaGils A They seeF♯mmed so important at the time butG now you can't even recall Any of tF♯mhe names, faces, or lines, it's more the feeling of it alGl A Well, wiGnter's gonna end, it's gonna clean thesAe veins again So closeF♯m to dying that I finally can starGt living AD F♯m G
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SONG - A Song To Pass The Time Start with fingerpicking E There is Ea middle-aged woman, she's dragginF♯mg her feet She carriG♯mes baskets of clothes to a laundrF♯momat While theE Mexican children kick rocks inF♯mto the street And they G♯mlaugh in a language I don't understanF♯md But I lovAe them... why do I love them? E So the neEighborhood's dimming, I smoke on thF♯me porch Watch theG♯m people as they pass enclosed inside theF♯mir cars And on thEeir faces just anger or disapF♯mpointment I start wG♯mishing there was something I could offer themF♯m A consolaAtion... what could I offer them? E And they Eare sad in their suburbs, robots waterF♯m the lawn And everyG♯mthing they touch gets dusted spotless F♯m And so thEey start to believe they've not touched anythiF♯mng at all And the cG♯mars in the driveway only multiply F♯m They are Elost in their houses, I've heard them sing in tF♯mhe shower Making spG♯meeches to their sister on the telephone F♯m Saying yoEu come home, you come here, don't stay so faF♯mr away from me This weatG♯mher has me wanting love more tangible F♯m SomethingA I can hold... it's getting coEld I say holF♯md up our fists to a fElame in the sky B A To block F♯mout the light that's reEaching for our eyes B A 'Cause itE... 'cause it woulAd blind us, yeah it wilEl blind us Well I'veE locked my actions in the grooves F♯mof routine So I may G♯mnever be free of this apathy F♯m But I waiEt for a letter that's coming to meF♯m She sendsG♯m me pictures of the ocean in an envelF♯mope So there Estill is hope, yes, I can be healed There is F♯msomeone looking for what I've concealed In my secG♯mret drawer, in my pockets deep You will F♯mfind the reasons that I can't sleep And you wAill still want me... but will you stillE want me? Will you Astill want me? E Well, I sF♯may come for the week, Eyou can sleep in my bedB A And pass F♯mthrough my life like a drEeam through my head B A It will..E. it will be eAasy, I'll make it easy E But all IE have for the moment is a song to F♯mpass the time A melody G♯mto keep me from worrying F♯m Some simpEle progression to keep my fingers busy F♯m And wordsG♯m that are sure to come back to me F♯m And they'All be laughing... and they'll be lauEghing My mediocArity E My mediocArity E
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