A Courios Thing Chords

Capo 3rd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Dm A♯ C F

 TDmell me why this world is a A♯mess

 I Cthought you always tried your Fbest

 TDmell me what I'm ought to A♯do

 MCaybe you should do it Ftoo

 TDmell me why they're sleeping alA♯one

 No Chouse nowhere to call a Fhome

 TDmell me what I'm meant to A♯see

 WCon't you stop preaching at Fme

 AndDm I wanna A♯see what it's Fall abCout

 AndDm I wanna A♯live, wanna Fgive something Cback

 Don't tell me that it's Dmover A♯

 It's only F just begun C

 Don't tell me that it's Dmover A♯

 Or that this Fsong is sungC

 The song is sDmung A♯ F C Dm A♯ F C

 ADmll the money in the A♯world

 Would Cnever slit all the wrongs to Fright

 ADmll the fire in the A♯world

 Would Cnever set my heart alFive

 I Dmdream of a day when it's A♯all gone away

 And the Csun is shining Fbright

 I Dmdream of a day when it's A♯all gone away

 But Cdreams are for Fnight

 AndDm I wanna A♯see what it's Fall abCout

 AndDm I wanna A♯live, wanna Fgive something Cback

 Don't tell me that it's Dmover A♯

 It's only F just begun C

 Don't tell me that it's Dmover A♯

 Or that this Fsong is sungC

 The song is sDmung A♯ F C Dm A♯ F C

Don't tell me that

 It's Dmover please I'm A♯on my knees I'm Fbeggin you to Cstop

 It's Dmover please I'm A♯on my knees I'm Fbeggin you to Cstop

 AndDm I wanna A♯see what it's Fall abCout

 AndDm I wanna A♯live, wanna Fgive something Cback

 Don't tell me that it's Dmover A♯

 It's only F just begun C

 Don't tell me that it's Dmover A♯

 Or that this Fsong is sungC

 The song is sDmung A♯ F C Dm A♯ F C

2. Spark

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Intro

D x4

DDon't wanna see the

DStars don't wanna see the

GMoon don't wanna see the

EmSun it rises too

ASoon

DDon't wanna see the

DDay don't wanna see the

GNight or the

EmAfternoon it feels about

ARight

Chorus

DI am the Spaceman flying

AHigh I am the astronaught in the sky

EmDon't worry I'm okay

GNow

DI am the light in the dark

AI am the match, I am the spark

EmDon't worry I'm okay

GNow after the

Verse 2

DSun always

GComes rain followed by

EmHurt and

APain after the

DLight comes the

GDark after the

EmLove comes the breaking of

AMy heart

Chorus

DI am the Spaceman flying

AHigh I am the astronaught in the sky

EmDon't worry I'm okay

GNow

DI am the light in the dark

AI am the match, I am the spark

EmDon't worry I'm okay

GNow just

DDry your eyes and I'll be

AThere don't live for anger or despair

EmDon't worry I'm okay now

GI'm okay, I'm okay

DNow

3. No Roots

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CSomewhere out there's a Amdream that's not forgotten

 But this F7Mworld is not for Gstopping for Cme

 And CI will try and I will keep on trying,

 I'veAm set my goals there's no denying

F7MNever stop fighting Gfor what I beClieve

F7MMany people will Amcome and go

CMany faces long Glost you know

F7MMany fights, Ammany make ups

CMany kisses, Gtoo many break ups

F7M Am C G

F7MI got no roots they're not set in stone

AmI got no place that I call home

CI'm just a lo-lo-lonely Gsoul

F7MI got no roots they're not set in stone

AmI got no place that I call home

CI'm just a lo-lo-lonely Gsoul

 And theF7M time will come when the day is done

 And the Amfighting's over, the race is run

 I don't Cknow what I'm looking Gfor

 And this F7Mlife I lead it's a curious thing but I Amcan't deny the happiness it brings

 I don't Cknow what I'm looking Gfor

F7MOoh ooh Amooh .C....G.....

F7MMany people will come and go

AmMany faces long lost you know, I'm just a Clo-lo-lonely Gsoul

 And there'll F7Mbe many fights, many make ups

AmMany kisses, too many break ups, a Clo-lo-lonely Gsoul

F7M Am C G

F7MI got no roots they're not set in stone

AmI got no place that I call home

 I'm just a Clo-lo-lonely Gsoul

4. Love Love

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Intro

D G D A D G D A D

DOh love love you tear my world aGpart

 Oh Dlove love you always break my Aheart

 It's been Dtoo long since you left me

 It's been Gtoo long since the start

 Oh lDove love Aplease don't break my Dheart

 Oh lDove love you always bring me Gdown

 Oh Dlove love you turn my life Aaround

 Oh I Ddon't know how to tell you

 Oh I Gdon't know what to say

 But my Dheart is yours love in Aevery single Dway

 And at Gnight I sit and cry it seems

DWondering why love is not like my dreams

AWondering why I am still here all Dalone

 And at Gnight I wish that you were there

DTouching my face and stroking my hair

ATelling me things, telling me stories

ATelling me you love me and all my glories

DLove love you're always in my Gheart

 Oh Dlove love I've known it from the Astart

 Oh I Dwish that I could tell you

 Oh I Gwish that I could say

 That my Dheart is yours inA every single Dway

 Oh lDove love I wish that I could Gsee

DWhat in the world you mean to Ame

 Oh Dlove love you always bring me Gdown down down

 Oh lDove love I Awish you'd stick Daround

5. An Ordinary Life

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C G C G

CWhat makes you different from Ganyone in here

CWhat makes you stand out from the Gcrowd

CWhat makes your mother so Gproud of you

CWhat makes us worship at your Gground G7M

EAt night when you Ggo to bed do these G7Mthoughts run through your Ehead

CWhen you're lying there Gall alone do you G7Mthink of us instEea C

GI don't know G7Mwhere I'll be in Eten years time

CI want to be free

 I don't Gcare about the cameras

 I don't G7Mcare about the lights

 All I Ewanted was an ordinary Clife

CWhat makes you happy, what Gmakes you sad

CDo paparazzi drive you Gmad

CDo you miss your Glife back home

 Were they the G7Mbest days that you had E

GI don't know G7Mwhere I'll be in Eten years time

CI want to be free

 I don't Gcare about the cameras

 I don't G7Mcare about the lights

 All I Ewanted was an ordinary Clife

GI don't know G7Mwhere I'll be in Eten years time

 Where will the Cmusic take me

 I don't Gcare about the spotlight

 I don't G7Mcare about the nights

 All I Ewanted was an ordinary Clife

GI don't know G7Mwhere I'll be in Eten years time

 Where will the Cmusic take me

 I don't Gcare about the spotlight

 Or the G7MHollywood nights

 All I Ewanted was an ordinary Clife

6. Give It All Up

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GI believe in everything I see

D/F♯I believe you do the best for me

 It's not a lotEm

 It's all I've Cgot

GI believe that the day will come

D/F♯When you see that your the only one

 And the Emrain will fall from the sky

 This is goodCbye D

Chorus

CIs there anyone you can Dcall?

 Have you got nobody left at Emall?

 Your back's against the Gwall

CIs there no place else you'd rather Dbe?

 Did you give it all up just for Emme? G

CI'm sorry if you got me wrong

 I forDgive you in a song.

GI wish that i could sore in the sky

D/F♯I wish that i could fly, fly, fly

 say goodEmbye to my mother and bye to my dad

 You're all I Chave D

Chorus

CIs there no place else you'de rather Dbe?

 Did you give it all up just for me? G

7. My Only One

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CAfter all the mistakes have been and gAmone

 You're Cstill standing here, standing sAmtrong

 And I forgCive all the wrongs that you haveAm ever done

 Cos' you're Fstill the onGly oCne

CThe apple of your mother's Ameye

 Your Clife it passed your father Amby

 I bet he whCishes that he was there Amtoo

 So much grace and Fpoise yeah you're aGlways right on cCue

 And there were Ftimes

 You know it's tGrue

 When the whCole world

 Was loGoking at Amyou

 They changed their mFinds from day to niGght

 One minute you're wCrong then the nGext thing you're riAmght

 God rest your sFoul

 Keep standing tGall my only oCne

CThere's still a twinkle in your Ameye

CEven after we say goodbAmye

 You're always tChere in spirit and in mAmind

 I'll be with yFou until the eGnd of tCime

 And there were tFimes

 You know it's tGrue

 When the whCole world

 Was loGoking at yAmou

 They changed their mFinds from day to nGight

 One minute you're wrCong then the nGext thing you're rAmight

 God rest your sFoul

 Keep standing tGall my only oCne

8. This Pretty Face

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Intro

C Em Dm G

 I don't Ccare

 Who does her Emhair or

DmWhat clothes she Gwears

 I don't Ccare if it's YEmSL. I don't Dmcare if it's ChaGnel

 What matters to Cme is a strong Embelieve

 All this Dmbeauty is skin Gdeep

 Don't care about Chair, don't care about Emeyes

 It's Dmabout what's Ginside

Chorus

CYou'll never know who you'll meet on your way to the top

Emyou'll prob'ly see them again when your fame starts to drop

DmDown down, I'll meet you on the Gground

CIt's no good with your hair and your shiny blue eyes

EmIt's no good when you finally start to realize

DmI need something more

GThis pretty face don't work no more

Instrumental chorus

 What Chappened to achieving

 What happened to believing in yourEm se - eh - elf

DmWhy listen to the musings of someone, somebody Gelse

 I'm Csorry I don't see and I can't quite believe it anyEmmo - oh -oh -ore

 What Dmhappened to believing that beauty's in the eye of the beGholder

2xchorus (2nd time slow at the last line)

End on C

9. Troubled Soul

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Intro

G, Cadd9 2x

Verse

 Oh the Gsun may shine through your window on aCadd9 summer s day

 DoesGn t change your heavy heart skips a Cadd9beat each day

 You get a Gtemporary high as you watch lCadd9ife pass you by

 Every single Gday you want to cry, can we wish those Cadd9tears a fond goodbye

Chorus 2x

 Aching hCeart, troubled souGl

 I wannCa tell you something wanted you to Gknow

 look at these Ceyes, look at this sEmmile

 They re gonna Dstay around herDsus4e, for a Emwhile

Verse

 Oh the Grain may pour and it may fall

 but stiCadd9ll I´ll always hear you call

 I ll be Gwaiting , waiting for Cadd9you

 Oh your Geyes so blue your smile so white

 I thinkCadd9 about you everyday and every night

 I ll be Gwaiting, waiting for Cadd9you

Chorus

Instrumental chorus

Chorus 2x

10. Next Big Thing

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 OhAm everybody said she was the next big thing

FA shining little light on a GSaturday night

 DrAmeaming of the day when she could run away

FShe didn't believe the hype Gwas right

 I Amknew right from the past,it was never gonna last

FThe feeling is over Gfast

AmNow here we go F G

AmNow here we go F G

 Can sFomebody please take me home

 WhereG I can be all alone

 CanF somebody please take me home

 WhereG I can be all alone

AmAnd the tears fall down from your face

 And we know beneath the Csurface

There's a trace a heavy heart thats working

Fthrough the pain

 please stay in the Egame

Am,Am,F,G x2

 OhAm everybody said she was the next big thing

FA shining little light on the GSaturday night

 FiAmnally came the day when she did run away

FShe didn't believe the hype Gwas right

 I Amknew right from the past,it was never gonna last

FThe feeling is over Gfast

AmNow watch her go F G

AmNow watch her go F G

 Can Fsomebody please take me home

 WhereG I can be all alone

 CanF somebody please take me home

 WherGe I can be all alone

AmAnd the tears fall down from your face

 And we know beneath the Csurface

There's a trace a heavy heart that's working

Fthrough the pain

 please stay in the game E

please stay in the game x2

11. Your Time Will Come

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Oh, the

wind is gently blowing as the light begins to fade. I´m

sick and tired of playing it off, sick of this parade. And your

eyes are gently weeping as the sun begins to shine.

The end is coming far too soon, I wish i had more time. So soon your

time will come. Let it out while you´re still young. May all your

dreams come true, for someone like you. So soon your

time will come. Let it out while you´re still young. May all your

dreams come true, so happy for yooooooooouuuuuuuuu.

D Bm Em A [1x]

 And my eDyes are getting tired as the Bmday begins to break.

 I lEmeft it oh so far behind, myA biggest mistake.

 And your sDign is unlike mine, it disappBmears from time to time [*]

 And I beEmlieve in you and everything you&acutAe;ll ever do.

 So soon your tDime will come. Let it out while yBmou´re still young.

 May all your drEmeams come true for someAone like you.

 So soon your tDime will come. Let it out while yBmou´re still young.

 May all your dEmreams come true, so happy fAor you.

D Bm Em A [2x]

 So soon your tDime will come. Let it out while yBmou´re still young.

 May all your dEmreams come true, for someAone like you.

 So soon your tDime will come. Let it out while yBmou´re still young.

  Em A [-> End on D]

May all your dreams come true, so happy for you.

12. What Happiness Means To Me

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CMaybe in the start we would Amlaugh

CMaybe in the end we would Amcry

DmBut I believe in every book I've Gever read

 And Amwhat you said

 And Dmthe moon was in the Amsky

 And the Gtears did fill my Ceyes

 And the Fmemories they all had Cpassed

 But in my Ghead they'll always Clast

 And in the Dmend before I Amcould be

 I'd shown the Gworld

 What it means to Cme

 Believe it or Fnot, I made them Csee

 This is what Ghappiness means to Cme

 Will I Cever see your face Amagain

 Will I Cever touch your Amskin

 I'll never Dmstop loving everything you Gdo

But not Am me and you

 And Amwhat you said

 And Dmthe moon was in the Amsky

 And the Gtears did fill my Ceyes

 And the Fmemories they all had Cpassed

 But in my Ghead they'll always Clast

 And in the Dmend before I Amcould be

 I'd shown the Gworld

 What it means to Cme

 Believe it or Fnot, I made them Csee

 This is what Ghappiness means to Cme

 And in the Fend, I made them Csee

 This is what Ghappiness means to Cme

13. Dancing in the Dark

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Intro

G Em G Em

GI get up in the Emevening, GAnd I Emaint got nothing to Gsay

 I come home in the Emmorning, I Ggo to bed Emfeeling the same Cway

 I ain't nothing but Amtired, CMan I'm just Amtired and bored with Gmyself

 Hey there Embaby, GI could use Emjust a little Dhelp

DYou can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a Cspark

 This gun's for Amhire, Ceven if we're Amjust dancing in the Gdark Em G Em

GMessages keep getting Emclearer, GRadio's on and I'm Emmoving 'round the Gplace

 I check my look in the Emmirror, Gwanna change my Emclothes, my hair, my Cface

 Man I ain't getting Amnowhere, CWell I'm Just Amliving in a dump like thisG

 There's something happening Emsomewhere, GHey Baby I Emjust know that there Dis

DYou can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a Cspark

 This gun's for Amhire, Ceven if we're Amjust dancing in the Gdark Em G Em

EmYou sit around getting Golder

CThere's a joke here someDwhere and it's on Emme

 I'll shake this world off my Gshoulders

CCome on baby the Dlaugh's on me

GStay on the streets of Emthis town, GAnd they'll be Emcarving you up all Gright

 They say you gotta stay Emhungry, GHey baby, I'm Emjust about starving Ctonight

 I'm dying for some Amaction, CI'm sick of sitting 'Amround here trying to write

Gbook

 I need a love Emreaction,GHey Embaby gimme just one Dlook

DYou can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a Cspark

 This gun's for Amhire, Ceven if we're Amjust dancing in the Gdark Em G Em

Geven if we're Emjust dancing in the Gdark Em

Geven if we're Emjust dancing in the Gdark