Capo 1st fret
Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
Ah________________________________________
Ah________________________________________
V1: How dare the premier ignore my invitations!?
He'll have to go
So too the bunch he luncheons with
It's second on my list of things to do
At the top I'm stopping by your place of work and acting like
I haven't dreamed of you and I and marriage in an orange grove
You are the only thing in any room you're ever in
I'm stubborn, selfish, and too old
Link
Ah________________________________________
V2: I sat you down and told you how the truest love that's ever found
Is for oneself
You pulled apart my theory with a weary and disinterested sigh
So yes i guess i'm asking you to back a horse that's good for glue
And nothing else
But find a man that's truer than
Find a man that needs you more than I
V3: Sit with me a while and let me listen to you talk about
Your dreams and your obsessions I'll be quite and confessional
The violets explode inside me when i meet your eyes
Then I'm spinning and i'm diving like a cloud of starlings.
Darling is this love?
Outro
2) BONES OF YOU
> (slide)
Intro
V1: So I'm there, charging around with a juganaut brow
Over draft speeches and deadlines to make
Cramming commitments like cats in a sack
Telephone burning, purposeful gait
When out of a doorway the tentacles stretch
Of a song that i know, and the world moves in slow - mo
Straight to my head like the first cigarette of the day
C1: And its you, and its me, and we're sleeping through the day
And I'm five years ago and three thousand miles away
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V2: Do i have time? a man of my caliber stood in the street
Like a sleepwalking teenager, no
And i dealt with this years ago
I took a hammer to every momento
But image on image like beads on a rosary
Pull through my head as the music takes hold
And the sickener hits i can work till i break
But i love the bones of you, that i will never escape
C2: And its you, and its me, and we're sleeping through the day
And I'm five years ago and three thousand miles away
And i can't move my arm, through fear that you will wake
And I'm five years ago and three thousand miles away
Solo
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C2: Oh, and I'm five years ago and three thousand miles away
And I'm five years ago and three thousand miles away
And its you, and its me, and we're sleeping through the day
And I'm five years ago and three thousand miles away
(coda)
3) MIRRORBALL
Intro
(This is also played throughout the verses)
V1: I plump the kind of kiss that wouldn't wake a baby
On the self-same face that wouldn't let me sleep
And the street is singing with my feet,
And the dawn gives me a shadow I know to be taller
B1: All down to you, dear____, everything has changed
V2: My sorriness has made it to graffiti
I was looking for someone to complete me
B2: Not anymore, dear____, everything has changed
C1: When we make the moon our mirror ball
The street's an empty stage
The city sirens: violins
Everything has changed
Link
(So)
(So) lift off love
Lift off love
V3: We took the town to town last night
We kissed like we invented it
And now I know what every step is for
To lead me to your door
B3: Know that while you sleep, everything has changed
C2: We made the moon our mirror ball
The street's an empty stage
The city sirens: violins
Everything has changed
Everything has changed
Everything has changed
Outro
(So)
(So) lift off love
Lift off love (Down to)
Lift off love (Down to)
(you dear)
Lift off love (Down to)
(you dear)
Lift off love (Down to)
(you dear)
Lift off love (Down to)
(you dear)
Lift off love (Down to you dear)
4) GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE
I've tried to do this for an acoustic guitar. It looks messy but once
you get the hang of the chord shapes it's really not that bad... honest!
the bass notes below will help with the timing of the verse chords!
(2) Dm --> This sequence will refered to as 'Dm-riff'
Intro
*Mondays is for drinking to the seldom seen kid
V1: I've been work-ing on a cocktail called grounds for divorce
Whoah__________
Polishing a compass that I hold in my sleeve
Whoah__________
Down comes him on sticks but then he kicks like a horse
Whoah__________
There's a Chinese cigarette case and the rest you can keep
And the rest you can keep, and the rest you can keep
B1: There's a hole in my neighborhood down which of late I cannot help but fall
There's a hole in my neighborhood down which of late I cannot help but fall____
( )
Solo 1
Mon-days is for drinking to the seldom seen kid
Oooo___________________
Oooo___________________
V2: There's this whispering of jokers doing flesh by the pound
To a chorus of supposes from the little town whores
There'll be twisted karaoke at the Aniseed lounge
And I'll bring you further roses but it does you no good
And it does me no good, and it does you no good
B2: There's a hole in my neighborhood down which of late I cannot help but fall
There's a hole in my neighborhood down which of late I cannot help but fall
There's a hole in my neighborhood down which of late I cannot help but fall____
( )
Solo 2
Outro
Some-day we'll be drinking with the seldom seen kid
Oooo___________________
Oooo___________________
5) AN AUDIENCE WITH THE POPE
Intro
V1: Sweet Jesus I'm on fire, she has the sweetest, darkest eyes
And when it comes into her eyes i know iron and steel couldn't hold me
Good God i'm easy bruised, but so often a moth to her flame
And the things that she's asked me to do
Will see a city of saints forgetting his name
C1: I have an audience with the pope and I'm saving the world at eight
But if she says she needs me, she says she needs me
Everybody's gonna have to wait, uh-huh
Link
V2: (Where could she be?) Was that a minute or an hour?
(Where could she be?) She turns the hours into days
Kill the phone, cover the cage and wait for the doorbell to ring
(Where could she be?) No she won't come running
(Where could she be?) The world is turning at her pace
Gonna kill the phone, cover the cage and wait for the doorbell to ring
C2: I have an audience with the pope and I'm saving the world at eight
But if she says she needs me, she says she needs me
Everybody's gonna have to wait
C3: I have an audience with the pope and I'm saving the world at eight
But if she says she needs me, she says she needs me
Everybody's gonna have to wait, uh-huh
Solo
C4: I have an audience with the pope and I'm saving the world at eight
But if she says she needs me, she says she needs me
Everybody's gonna have to wait
Everybody's gonna have to wait, uh-huh
Outro
6) WEATHER TO FLY
Intro
*Are we having the time of our lives? Are we having the time of our lives?
Are we coming across clear? Are we coming across fine?
Are we part of the plan here? Are we having the time of our lives?
**Are we coming across clear? Are we coming across fine?
Are we having the time of our lives? Are we part of the plan here?
V1: We have the drive and time on our hands
One little room and the biggest of plans
The days were shaping up frosty and bright
Perfect weather to fly, perfect weather to fly
V2: Poundin' the streets where my fathers feet still
Ring from the walls we'd sing in the doorways
Or bicker and row just figuring how
We were wired inside, perfect weather to fly
V3: So in looking to stray from the line
We decided instead we should pull out the thread that was
Stitching us into this tapestry vial
And why wouldn't you try? Perfect weather to fly
V4: (As V1)
V5: (As V2)
V6: (As V3)
Outro
7) The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver
(x32010) or (3x2010)
(x02220) or (00222x)
(x32210) or / (332210)
Intro
V1: Gotta get out of TV
Just pick a point and go
The ticker-tape tangles my feet
As I search for a face that I know
Come on, tower crane driver
There's not so far to go
Link
V2: I must have been working the ropes
When your hand slipped from mine
Now I live off the mirrors and smoke
It's a joke, a fix, a lie
Come on, tower crane driver
Oh so far to fall
Send up a prayer in my na - ame
Just the same, they say I'm on top of my ga - ame
Gentle gentle rose
Send up a prayer in my name
Outro
8) The Fix
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Intro
| Drums | Drums | Drums | Drums |
A|-*3--------6--3--5--6--5--3--5--6--3--5--6--3-| (x2)
V1: The fix is in, there's a nag gonna dance home at Epsom
The fix is in, can't wait to see how it upsets 'em
C1: Too many times we've been postally pipped
We've loaded the saddles, the mickeys are slipped
We're swapping the turf for the sand and the surf and the sin
Cause the fix, the fix is in
Link 1
V2: The fix is in, the odds that I got were delicious
The fix is in, the jockey is cocky and vicious
C2: The redoubtable beast has had pegasus pills
We'll buy him the patch in the Tuscany hills
And the Vino di Vici will flow like a river in spring
Now the fix, the fix is in
Link 2
Solo
V3: The fix is in, the snaps of the steward so candid
The fix is in, yes our pigeons have finally landed
C3: The Donahue sisters will meet us in France
In penguins and pearls, we'll drink and we'll dance
'Til the end of our days, cause it ain't left to chance that we win
Cause the fix, the fix is in
Link 3
Outro
9) SOME RIOT
Intro
V1: A friend of mine grows his very own brambles
They twist all around him till he can't move
Beautiful, quivering, chivalrous shambles
What is my friend trying to prove?
Link
V2: He boosters a tall gentle boy to a terrible totem
And the kids gather round trying to see what's inside
I think when he's drinking he's drowning some riot.
What is my friend trying to hide?
V3: Cause it's breaking my heart, it's breaking my heart.
And it's breaking my heart to pull at the reign.
Brother of mine don't run with those fuckers.
When will my friends start singing again?
When will my friends____ start singing again?
Solo
Oooo___________________________
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Oooo__________________________________
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Oooo__________________________________
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Oooo__________________________________
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Outro
(repeat to fade)
10) ONE DAY LIKE THIS
Intro
V1: Drinking in the morning sun, blinking in the morning sun
Shaking off the heavy one, yeah heavy like a loaded gun
What made me behave that way? Using words i never say
I can only think it must be love
Oh anyway, it's looking like a beautiful day_________
V2: Someone tell me how I feel, it's silly wrong but vivid right
Oh, kiss me like a final meal, yeah kiss me like we die tonight
Cause holy cow i love you eyes and only now i see the light
Yeah lying with you half awake
Oh anyway it's looking like a beautiful day_________
(once) (|-2-2-|, |-0-0-|, |-2-2-|, |-0-|)
When my face is chamois creased
* (once) (|-2-2-|, |-0-0-|, |-2-2-|, |-0-|)
If you think i winked I did
* (once) (|-2-2-|, |-4-4-|, |-2-2-|, |-4-|)
laugh politely at repeats
* (once) (|-2-2-|, |-2-2-|, |-2-2-|, |-2-|)
Yeah kiss me when my lips are thin
Cause holy cow i love your eyes and only now i see the light
Yeah lying with you half awake, stumbling over what to say
Well anyway, it's looking like a beautiful day_________
C1: So throw those curtains wide
One day like this a year, it'd see me right
Throw those curtains wide
One day like this a year, it'd see me right
Throw those curtains wide
One day like this a year, it'd see me right, for life
Throw those curtains wide
One day like this a year, it'd see me right, for life
Holy cow i love your eyes____ and only now i see the light____
Holy cow i love your eyes____ and only now i see the light____
Throw those curtains wide
One day like this a year, it'd see me right
Throw those curtains wide
One day like this a year, it'd see me right
Throw____________________
Throw____________________
Throw___________ one day like this a year, it'd see me right
Throw___________ one day like this a year, it'd see me right
Outro
Throw those curtains wide
One day like this a year, it'd see me right
So throw those curtains wide
One day like this a year, it'd see me right
Throw those curtains wide
One day like this a year, it'd see me right
(fade out)
11) FRIENDS OF OURS
Intro
| | (stop) | (the are played quickly)
V1: Before leaving get to the bar
No one round here makes you pay
Never very good at goodbyes
So gentle shoulder charge, love you made
Link
love you made
| | D/ (*)|
C1: Salford skyline blue, always you, could fly 'round any corner
'till you do.
Outro
Love you made.
WE'RE AWAY (UK BONUS TRACK)
Intro
The headlines drip with horror, beware, beware beware
The news says no tomorrow but how can i be scared
V1: in her arms_______? World do your worst
She and I have closed our eyes____
and lifted every curse
C1: We're away_______ in-caving cocrete military light
is merely rain against the glass
Outro
for lovers in the night