Tuesday, July 29, 2014

put your records on

Verse 
 
A     B 
Three little birds, sat on my window. 
D A 
And they told me I don't need to worry.  
A     B 
Summer came like cinnamon so sweet, 
D A 
Little girls double-dutch on the concrete. 
 
Chorus 
 
F#m       C#/F     A/E            Adim/Eb 
Maybe sometimes, we got it wrong, but it's alright 
Dmaj7 
The more things seem to change,  
Dmaj7  
the more they stay the same, don't you hesitate. 
 
A         B 
Girl put your records on tell me your favourite song 
D A 
You go ahead, let your hair down 
A B 
Sapphire and faded jeans,I hope you get your dreams, 
D B 
Just go ahead, let your hair down 
 
D    Dm Dm5 A 
You're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow. 
 
Verse  
A                B
Blue as the sky, sombre and lonely,
D                                     A 
Sipping tea in a bar by the road side, (just relax, just relax) 
A                         B
Don't you let those other boys fool you,
D               A
Gotta love that afro hairdo. 

F#m       C#/F     A/E            Adim/Eb 
Maybe sometimes, we feel afraid, but it's alright
Dmaj7 
The more you stay the same,  
Dmaj7 the more they seem to change, Don't you think it's strange? Chorus 
 
Bm 
Just more than I can take,  
Bm 
pity for pity's sake 
F#m 
Some nights kept me awake,  
F#m 
I thought that I was stronger 
Bm 
When you gonna realise,  
Bm     D 
that you don't even have to try any longer. 
Dm 
Do what you want to. 
 
Chorus 
 
Chorus 
 
D    Dm Dm5 A 
You're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow. 

Friday, July 19, 2013

You're going miss me when I'm gone

C
I've got my ticket for anywhere but here  
F                               C
 Two bottles of whiskey for the way
      F                     C
And I sure would like some sweet company
                   G              C
and I'm leaving tomorrow, whatdya say?

         Am             G        
When I'm gone, when I'm gone
F                             C
 You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
F
You're gonna miss me by my hair
             C            Am
You're gonna miss me everywhere
      C                 G                C
you know you're gonna miss me when I'm gone
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C
I've got a frieght train with an empty car
F                           C
 The one with the prettiest view
         F                   C
It's got mountains, it's got rivers
         Am
It's got sights to give you shivers
       C              G            C
But it sure would be prettier with you

         Am             G
When I'm gone, when I'm gone
F                              C
 You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
             F
You're gonna miss me by my hair
             C            Am
You're gonna miss me everywhere
   C                G                C
you know you're gonna miss me when I'm gone
C
I've got this backpack and an open road
F                               C
A good map and the month of may 
      F                     C
And I sure would like some sweet company
                   G              C
and I'm leaving tomorrow, whatdya say?
Am G Whatcha say? Whatcha say? F C You're gonna miss me anyway F Other girls don't taste as sweet C Am I'm like no one you'll ever meet C G C you know you're gonna miss me when I'm gone


         Am             G
When I'm gone, when I'm gone
F                              C
 You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
             F
You're gonna miss me by my hair
             C            Am
You're gonna miss me everywhere
   C                G                C
you know you're gonna miss me when I'm gone

Saturday, July 7, 2012

harlem river blues

Bb                             D#               Bb
Lord, I'm goin' uptown to the Harlem River to drown
D#                 Bb                 F7                   Bb
Dirty water gonna cover me over and I'm not gonna make a sound
Bb                                      D#                       Bb
I gotta go,       gotta flow,          I gotta get out while I still can
D#                 Bb                   Bb7                        F7
Troubled days are behind me now and I know I'm gonna let them in

Bb                              Bb7                 Bb7        
When you see me walkin' up the empty yard, just a-singin' and a-clappin' my
D#
hands
D#                                Bb                       F7
Tell my mama I love her, tell my father I tried, give my money to my baby
Bb
to spend

Bb                             D#               Bb
cause Lord, I'm goin' uptown to the Harlem River to drown
D#                 Bb                 F7                   Bb    
Dirty water gonna cover me over and I'm not gonna make a sound

Bb Bb D# Bb D# Bb F7 Bb
   
Bb                            D#                  Bb 
Good times come and they go, even a good man'll break
D#                      Bb                   Bb7                        F7
He'll let his troubles bury him whole even though he knows what's at stake
Bb                         Bb7            Bb7                          D#     
So I'm taking no chances, carrying over while I'm still good in His grace
D#                  Bb                             F7            
I'm no fool, mama, I know the difference between tempting and choosing my
Bb
fate
 
Bb                              Bb7                 Bb7        
When you see me walkin' up the empty yard, just a-singin' and a-clappin' my
D#
hands
D#                                Bb                       F7
Tell my mama I love her, tell my father I tried, give my money to my baby
Bb
to spend
 
 Bb                             D#               Bb
cause Lord, I'm goin' uptown to the Harlem River to drown
D#                 Bb                 F7                   Bb
Dirty water gonna cover me over and I'm not gonna make a sound

Bb                             D#
Lord, I'm goin' uptown to the Harlem River to drown
D#                 Bb                 F7                   Bb
Dirty water gonna cover me over and I'm not gonna make a sound

Bb                             D#               Bb 
Lord, I'm goin' uptown to the Harlem River to drown
D#                 Bb                 F7                   Bb 
Dirty water gonna cover me over and I'm not gonna make a sound 

Monday, April 30, 2012

water johnny flynn and Laura Marling

intro: C G C F
C G Am F
C          G         F
All that I have is a river
    Am                E
The river is always my home
      C         F        Am          F
Lord, take me away for I just cannot stay
        C          G           Am
Or I'll sink in my skin and my bones

    C        G           C         F
The water sustains me without even trying
    C            G            Am
The water can't drown me, I'm done
        F     C
With my dyy...ing

Please help me build a small boat
One that'll ride on the flow
Where the river runs deep, and the larger fish creep
I'm glad of what keeps me afloat

Now deeper the water I sail
And faster the current I'm in
So wide is my river, the horizon a sliver
The artist has run out of paint

Where the blue of the sea meets the sky
And the big yellow sun leads me home
I'm everywhere now, the way is a vow
To the wind of each breath by and by

Travel light

Travel Light w/ Laura Marling

A cover of the song by Jeffrey Lewis and Diane Cluck

Same chords repeated all the way through.

F G C Am

When I was an astronaut I didn't take my boots, 
When I was a coal miner I didn't know the news, 
When I was a record store I didn't have the blues, 
I travel light and that's the life for me. 

He doesn't care where else he goes, 
He's not gonna take any extra clothes 
or extra shoes to hide his feet 
The ground is dirt, the dirt is sweet 

When I go Londontown I'll stand under a rock, 
Until I know all the time it takes to pack a clock, 
Then I'll flip it over, close the key, and swallow the lock. 
I travel light and that's the life for me. 

He doesn't take his spoon or fork, 
He's seen too many eating in New York, 
He'll use his hands to pick and eat, 
The fruit he finds, he'll find it sweet 

When I was a waitress, I gave away my tips 
When I was a call-girl, I gave away my hips 
When I ran the kissing booth, I gave away my lips, 
I travel light and that's the life for me 

She lives a life like abandoned wind 
Elemental wife, fortune is her friend, 
I smile on a planet and a river made of light, 
she's just a pebble on a waterfall tonight 

When i go to Boston I stand around in jeans 
And save the cash for Levi’s by selling black-market baked beans 
Denim's what I like to wear it has durable seams 
I travel light and that's the life for me 

She just a genius without a thinking cap 
She never pays the rent, she's funny like that 
I don't know what she's on, she's here and gone 
Rides a welcome mat on a jungle cat 

Fur's and silver chairs and shiny things are just a fuss 
We'll eat all peanuts that we steal from the circus 
We'll count the all stars and go to sleep under the bus 
We'll travel light and that's the life for us 

We'll travel light and that's the life for us
We'll travel light and that's the life for us

Thursday, April 26, 2012

The dog days are over-florence and the machine

G                                    Am Em D
Happiness, it hurt like a train on a track
G                                          Am Em D
Coming towards her, stuck still no turning back
G
She hid around corners and she hid under beds
                   Am              Em     D
She killed it with kisses and from it she fled
G
With every bubble she sank with a drink
                   Am       Em      D
And washed it away down the kitchen sink

Chorus

G                      
The dog days are over

The dog days are done
                Am       Em         D    
The horses are coming so you better run

G
Run fast for your mother run fast for your father

Run for your children and your sisters and brothers
                             Am
Leave all your love and your loving behind you
      Em                               D
Can't carry it with you if you want to survive

G                    
The dog days are over

The dog days are done
                Am          Em            D    
The can you hear the horses coz here they come 

the pattern of chords stays the same for the whole song so just listen to it to 
perfect the chord changes


And I never wanted anything from you
Except everything you had
And what was left after that too. oh.

Happiness it hurt like a bullet in the mind
Stuck them up drainpipes
By someone who should know better than that

 days are gone
Can you hear the horses
Cuz here they come

Run fast for your mother and fast for your father
Run for your children for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your loving behind you
Can't carry it with you if you want to survive

The dog days are over
The dog days are gone
Can you hear the horses because here they come

The dog days are over
The dog days are gone
Can you hear the horses because here they come

Friday, April 20, 2012

Wild Belle chords Keep you

Cm Fm Cm G7 :
Same song again and again
you wronged me twice and I keep coming back (3X)

Tell me what the matter is -little man
I have a pretty face and I wear a nice dress (2x)

-chorus-
Why can't I keep you, keep you (2x)

Every minute that I spend with you I give you honey
and I give you true

All the other women that you treat so rude
Cry Cry cuz you make them boo

Running all over town like you got no nerve
Sleeping in the shanty of a brand. new. girl.
....
why can't I keep you for myself...

-chorus-
Why can't I keep you, keep you (2x)

Same song again and again
you wronged me twice and I keep coming back (3X)**



***note I add  "but you loved me once so I keep coming back" gives it some flavor.