Capo 3rd fret
Standard (EADGBE)
budup bup bee duduh bap
budup bup bee duduh bap
Bah dubam ba ba x2
Dear god, I'm trying hard to reach you
Dear god, I see your face in all I do
Sometimes it's so hard to believe in
Good god I know you have your reasons
Dear god I see you move the mountains
Dear god I see you moving trees
Sometimes it's nothing to believe in
Sometimes it's everything I see
Well I've been thinking about,
And I've been breaking it down without an answer
I know I'm thinking aloud but if your loves
Still around why do we suffer? Why do we suffer?
Dear god, I wish that I could touch you
How strange sometimes I feel I almost do
And then I'm back behind the glass again
Oh god what keeps you out it keeps me in
Well I've been thinking about,
And I've been breaking it down without an answer
I know I'm thinking aloud but if your loves
Still around why do we suffer? Why do we suffer?
Verse 1
Everyone grows old on the gold coast
It takes a lot of hope to grieve
Everyone gets dark and the worst part
Is the way those thoughts can please you
Personality like a split screen
See yourself down your knees
Chorus
Hold out your hand
Hold out your hand, darling
Hold out your hand
Say please
Solo
repeat Verse chords x2
Verse 2
Everyone gives up down on hard luck
On hope ain't enough it seems
Everyone gets lost in their own fog
Have to wonder on with lantern dreams
Bridge
Say please, please
Just say something
Speak up, please
If its what youre looking for
Hold out your hand
Hold out your hand, darling
Hold out your hand
Say please
Hold out your hand
Hold out your hand, darling
Hold out your hand
Say please
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Intro
Well...
I got a lot, lord I've got a lot of losin'
Friends and heroes are packin up and movin
One of these days I'll be left with nothin but
Memories and no time
So I better get, yeah I better get accustomed
Cause I got a lot, lord I got a lotta losin
By and by and by and by and
By, well
We never got paid but we had a lotta laughs though
Runnin like thieves through the streets of Chicago
Look at me now, Im leanin out a Portland window, singin
"I still miss someone"
So I better get, yeah, I better get accustomed
Cause, I got a lot lord, I got a lotta losin
By and by and by and by and
By, well
Pickin up speed, I'm pickin up the pieces
Losin leaves in every season
The winter ends right at my feet with
Flowers creepin up through the crack in the concrete, well...
I got a lot, lord I got a lot of losin'
Friends and heroes are packin up and movin
One of these days I'll be left with nothin but
Memories and no time
So I better get, yeah I better get accustomed
Cause I got a lot, lord I got a lotta losin
By and by and by and by and
By, well
Pickin up speed, I'm pickin up the pieces
Losin leaves in every season
The winter ends right at my feet with
Flowers creepin up through the crack in the concrete, well...
I got a lot, lord I got a lot of losin'
Friends and heroes are packin up and movin
One of these days I'll be left with nothin but
Memories and no time
So I better get, yeah I better get accustomed
Cause I got a lot, lord I got a lotta losin
By and by and by and by and
By and by and by and by and
By
putting on my power, righteous as a rose
dynamite the mountain, now I'm walking up the road
the love we made at gunpoint wasn't love at all
the dancing in the valley, the moon's the mirrored ball
blew open my mind, now it's an empty room
swinging in the hammock, dogs are walking across the roof
i watch you braid your hair, you're from another time
when the earth wasn't so angry, and god was on our side
searching west and east
and all points in-between
and underneath the lines of thought
you're there and then you're not
the mayans stole tomorrow, hid it underground
we've combed with heavy magnets but it still hasn't been found
i'm sweating out my secrets in the temazcal
they're screaming in the calle that a star's about to fall
looking through the trees
cities and the seas
things we've seen
ovnis on the lawn
they're there and then they're gone
there and then theyre gone
there and then they're gone
there and then they're gone
there and then they're gone
there and then they're gone
there and then they're gone
there and then they're gone
there and then they're gone
searching west and east
all points in between
and underneath the hand of god
you're there and then you're not
you're there and then you're not
Great song. Great album. One of my new favourite Jim James efforts. Enjoy!
Intro
Chorus
Do you like where you're living,
Do you like what you do
Do you like what youre seeing,
When you're lookin at you
Do you like what youre saying
When you open your face
Do you got the right feeling
Are you in the right place
Verse 1
Stealin a tusk from an elephant must make one feel creepy inside
And although youll boast around the fire at night
That ghost will kick up a fight
Be gone Be gone you scream
Youre just some elephant dream
I needed you like you needed me
People they need piano keys
Chorus
Verse 2
Same chord pattern as Verse 1):
Is this right, is this right, come on God answer tonight
Is there some fee that you'll charge me
For doing what you thought I might
Once you've thought long and hard about it,
Tell me if heads will roll
Once you've thought long and hard about it,
Tell me cause I need to know
Chorus
We gotta stand a little closer to what it is we're leanin' on
Who was it that first said it? Could it be he could be wrong
About the pilgrims and the natives
Having dinner on the lawn?
I think if I was ever king I would buy a censorship
Where the only books upon the shelves Were the ones that I had written
Oh, and put them up in borders, set my photo down the spine
To tell the story of the livin' without forgettin' those who'd died
And I would die a happy man 'Cause I did the best that I could do
To find a better way of leading, Should we leave that up to you?
Who was the one that said it, Yeah the one who said it best?
You got to L-O-V-E your neighbors, at least the ones who are still left
And we gotta stand a little closer
To the lessons that we've learned
Is it just a premonition?
Could we really get ourselves both burned?
I've been sent here on a mission to find what we agree upon
We don't agree about September,
Could we agree on Vietnam?
I think if I was ever publisher I'd buy a pirate ship
Where the mission at each position is to shoot and to click
Clean the photos up a little, censor the ship out of it
So when we put it up in borders, turn a profit on the trip
Charge the public for the overhead of 1492
And if they need a better reason tell them we got livin' proof
And I would die a happy man
'Cause I did the best that I could do
To find a better way of leading,
Should we leave that up to you
Who was it that said it?
Yeah that's what I'm trying to say
You got to L-O-V-E your neighbors, at least the ones that live today
Hey, hey
Dont ever buy nothin' from a man named truth.
Dont ever buy nothin' from a man named truth.
Tell you right now boy it aint no use
Dont ever buy nothin' from a man named truth.
Pain was hunting me down, but I gave him the slip
I left the city through a tunnel and I headed for the sticks
With oregano oil and a morphine drip
Pain was hunting me down, but I gave him the slip
And I fell in love with identical twins
They'd lived 34 summers between the two of them
I gave one my ego, gave one my id
Yeah, I gotta get back to my pretty little twins
Don't ever buy nothing from a man named Truth
Don't ever buy nothing from a man named Truth
I'll tell you right now that it ain't no use
Don't ever buy nothing from a man named Truth
I was lost for a year in those almond trees
The sun was rising in the South and setting in the East
I was half awake, I was half asleep
I thought I would never get out of those almond trees
So don't think too slow in the syrupy sun
You'll get buried alive when the caterpillar come
Tapping your time on a congo drum
Don't think too slow in the syrupy sun
I met a black skinned man with an ice cream grin
And a blond Afghan with that heroin
We moved to the mountains where the highway ends
And I got myself that ice cream grin
So don't search too long for that Aztec gold
Like old Cortez, gonna lose your soul
Turn an honest man into Diablo
Don't trade your soul for no Aztec gold
And never buy nothing from a man named Truth
Never buy nothing from a man named Truth
Look in my eyes and you see the proof
Don't ever buy nothing from a man named Truth
Don't ever buy nothing from a man named Truth
Don't ever buy nothing from a man named Truth
Don't ever buy nothing from a man named Truth
I learned a good way (good way)
I learned a good way (good way)
I learned a good way of saying goodbye
I learned a good way (good way)
I learned a good way (good way)
You taught me everything I know about taking other people for a ride
And I just wanted to take the time to thank you for that gift tonight
I learned a good way (good way)
I learned a good way (good way)
I learned a good way of saying goodbye
I learned a good way (good way)
I learned a good way (good way)
You taught me everything I know about taking other people for a ride
And I just wanted to take the time to thank you for that gift tonight
Yes. We'll drive up to the forest and wait 'til the moon is up above and
we'll smear mud and pomegranate seeds on our faces, build a giant fire and
wait for the sun to put it out. We'll be fed and nurtured back to health by
out surrogate ample parents. You'll eat variants from the bushes. I'll
learn to fly and you'll learn to fish and I'll fly down to the river to join
you...and when we're strong and healthy and ready we'll return to the human
world with new skills and a new perspective. We'll be free. Yours, always.
Good way
Good way
Good way
I've listened to it a bunch and I think this is closer to the song on the album.
I am not positive about the Dm11, but I know it's not just a D.
Intro
Another perfect day
They keep piling up
I got happiness
that I can't maintain so beginner's luck
I had shoes to fill
Walkin' barefoot now
Can't tell north from south
but no split hair's gonna get me down now
Chorus
add9
Stayin' 'bove the flat line
I'm ahead of the curve
Take a piece of the sunshine with me
on a red eye flight to another world
add9
It isn't any trouble
if you wanna come with me
I know it's out of the question, honey
but I sure could use the company
and a place to be
Verse
Now the sky is pink
Roof top swimmin' pool
I'm not care free, no
I'm free to care, I just never do
All the bags are checked
and the reasons why
Yesterday lingers on
That's the peace you can keep when you say goodbye
Chorus
add9
You can get what you want now
Knock it out of the park
Bury it by the river
Easy, there's a search party but it's gettin' dark
add9
I won't hold you to nothin'
I wanna make that plain
Probably end up a stranger and crazy
but I'm still hoping there's another way
and a place to stay
Bridge
What a scene has gotcha' sentimental
when the night comes, when the night comes loose
All the things you've put up on the mantle
What a shame, what a shame, it's old news
Chorus
add9
I'm stayin' 'bove the flat line
I'm ahead of the curve
Take a piece of the sunshine with me
on an all night drive to another world
add9
You can get what you want now
Knock it out of the park
Probably end up a drifter and lonely
but I'm still hoping for a change of heart
and a place, a place, a place to start
Slow ... Down ... Jo ...
Anybody ever tell you that you move too fast
Anybody ever tell you how to make a good thing last?
Cuz it ain't like that . . .
First you gotta slow down Jo.
Last night I was talking to some friends of mine.
AJ's afraid you're gonna kill your time or lose your mind
If you don't slow down Jo.
Anybody ever tell you if you lose the knack.
Anybody ever tell you that it's true
You can get it back? But not like that
It ain't by kicking down the walls & pissing off your friends.
Every time the cards don't fall your way.
It ain't by poking out your eyes when you see something you don't like.
Cadd9aug5
Even your mama said she don't want to see you spent at 25
Losin' Yo Head
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The little fill where they say "stop!" is: A("stop!") DDD
Put the fills where necessary and enjoy!
Intro
comin home alone at night i'm so scared!
turn on all the lights, check underneath the stairs
open all the closets, make sure they're no monsters in there!
livin in a small house, it's fairly easy to check.
if i were livin in a mansion, i'd probably just sleep out on the deck.
heaving on the boulder, just trying to move it an inch...
i think i'm gettin closer, i think i'm gettin bolder, but then it starts to slip...
and i keep makin the same old faces again.
partyin with strangers or stickin with close friends instead...
it don't matter what you're doin, as long as you're losin your head.
out ridin the range, or layin with you here in bed...
it don't matter what i'm doin, as long as i'm losing my head.
way back when the smallest trip was the greatest quest.
now sometimes i get bored, even tho i know i'm blessed.
comin and goin like we do it's hard to keep friends I know firsthand...
i'm tired of doing nothin, feel like we should be makin plans.
we need a little thrill i can see it in our faces, yeah, turn off the tv set.
the feeling of adventure, i think we all remember it.
partyin with strangers or stickin with close friends instead...
it don't matter what i'm doin, as long as i'm losing my head.
out ridin the range, or layin with you here in bed...
it don't matter what i'm doin, as long as i'm losing my head.
A until end, fills where appropriate, end on A.
Fill
Verse 1
Just because it's not accepted, doesn't mean it ain't alright.
Just another frozen kid, who's trying to make it through tonight.
Ordinary pens and notebooks, ain't no ordinary life.
All the freaked out measures I took, trying to make you sickos smile.
Chorus
Fill (At the bottom)
Ordinary don't mean nothing no-how, look what's ordinary now.
Fill
It's got a magic marker stain on its face and it needs a shower.
Verse 2
There's something sweet waiting in the center - taste and see.
There's something sweet waiting in the center.
Don't nobody look at me,
Don't nobody look at me!
Chorus
Fill (At the bottom)
Ordinary don't mean nothing no-how, look what's ordinary now.
Fill
It's got a magic marker stain on its face and it needs a shower.
Verse 3
How many licks does it take to get? Taste and see.
How many licks does it take to get to the center where there's something
sweet.
To the center where there's something sweet.
Solo
Outro
Ordinary don't mean nothing no-how, look what's ordinary now x4
Look what's ordinary now
Look what's ordinary now
Look at ordinary now
End on D
Fill
there's a map of the world on a wall in your room
green pins where you wanna go
white pins where you`ve been, there isn't even ten
and you're already feeling old
Pretty faces stare back from a magazine stack
that you read when you're feeling bored
look through a telescope lens, it doesn't make sense
you think you've been there before
Chorus
some far off feeling, some upclose kind of ache
a widescreen reason to, look the other way
there's a place by the lake that you go when it's late
it's summer and the crowds are gone
then you sit all alone, with your thoughts getting stoned
just waiting for some peace so come
like a thing that you tried, that you thought that you liked
for a minute then it all felt wrong
so you're changing again, all your clothes all your friends
it's the same as it ever was
some far off feeling, some upclose kind of ache
some widescreen reason to, look the other way
ayyyyyyyyyyaya ooooo ooo ooo
ayyyyyyyyyyaya ladum, ladum
Its a road that you've paved over indian graves
and you wonder why your dreams are crazed
so you cling to your wife, your kids and your life
theres nothing that you're gunna save
put the razor to your face, hot water for a shave
kill the shadow of yesterday
clean shirt, clean pants, clean slate, second chance
you're going by another name
some far off feeling, some upclose kind of ache
that instant comma, it always come too late
ayyyyyyyyyyaya oooooooooo
ayyyyyyyyyyaya ladum, ladum
Alternate bass picking on chords as follows:
etc.
Intro
For the first line of verse 2 the latter part of the intro is repeated with the melody, i.e.
Verse 1
The Brakeman is letting off some steam,
This has to be the slowest train that I have ever seen
and the Sandman's waiting to deliver me my dream,
Guess I'll lay my head against my elbow and the window
Watch the wheels go, Watch the wheels go,
Chorus
Roll on, Roll on oh little train
Brakeman blow your whistle, throw your weight upon the chain
Make way, for whatever will be, will be
Between the Sandman, the Brakeman, and me.
Verse 2
And the Sandman's waiting to deliver me my dream, deliver me my dream, deliver me my dream,
Today
Guess I'll lay my head against my elbow and the window
Let my wheels go, let my wheels go
Main Riff ...He hears his master's voice...
...Calling...like the lady...
This is basically the whole song...just keep picking and it should sound good even if you
just pick the chords themselves the whole time...
mohammed rolling dice with christ at twilight
and they hear their master's voice.. they run to do their chores
at master's calling.
their job tonite: re-write the bible
for a whole new generation of non-believers.
the pastor screams out to the crowd:
"there's evil that must be put down!"
and it touches the soldier boy.. he heeds his master's voice
his life is calling.
sweet soldier boy.. the speaker is bleeding
he hears his master's voice.. do you hear your master's voice?
CALLING.. like the lady siren's call.
sweet soldier quiet- just staring at the ceiling
and he hears his master's voice.. he hears the call to war
the siren's singing.
out on the line- there's something that strikes his side
and he sees his inner child.. he hears his mother's voice
softly calling.
spirit soldiers mother hovers.. she holds up a paper cup
and the sound of life and love fills her ear.
you're only gonna hear what you want to hear..
do you hear your master's voice now?
mohammed and christ speak twice as nice
but the one that i like best- he sings inside my chest
i hear my master's voice now
calling out.. calling out.. calling out.. calling out..
END.