Lifted

[G]The picture is far too big to look at kid. Your eyes won't open wide enough
and you are constantly surrounded by that swirling stream of what is and what was.
Well, we've all [C]made our predictions but the truth still isn't [G]out.
So if yo[D]u want to see the future, go stare into a c[G]loud.
[G]And keep trying to find your way out of that maze of memories.
It all sort of looks familiar, but then you get up close and it's different. clearly.
Each ti[C]me you turn a corner, you are right back to where you [G]were
and your only ho[D]pe is that forgetting might make a door a[G]ppear.
Is it you[G]r fear of being buried that makes you so afraid to speak?
An avalanche of opinions like the one that feel that I am now underneath
It was my[C] voice that moved the first rock and I would do it all[G] again.
So, I mean, it's c[D]ool if you keep quiet, but I like s[G]inging.
So I'll be hol[D]ding my note and stomping and strumming and feeling so very
luc[G]ky.
There is n[D]othing I know except that this lifetime is just one moment
and wishing will just leave me e[G]mpty.

[G]So you can try and live in darkness but you will never shake the light. It will greet
you every morning
and make you more aware with its absence at night,
when you are wr[C]apped up in your blanket baby, that comfortable c[G]ocoon.
But I have seen the da[D]y of your awakening boy and it's coming s[G]oon.
So go ahead an[G]d loose yourself in liquor and you can praise the clouded mind
but it isn't what you are thinking it's the course of history, your position in line.
You are just a pi[C]ece of the puzzle so I think you had better find your [G]place.
And don't go b[D]laming your knowledge on some fruit you a[G]te.
Because there has been a great deal of discussion, yes, about the properties of man.
Animal or angel? You were carved from bone, but your heart it's just sand.
And the [C]wind is going to scatter it and cover everything with [G]love.
So if it makes you h[D]appy, keep kneeling Mama, but I am standing [G]up.
Because thi[G]s veil, it has been lifted yes. My eyes are wet with clarity.
I have been a witness of such wonders. Oh, I have searched for them all across this country
but I t[C]hink I'll be returning now to the town where I was b[G]orn.
And I un[D]derstand you must keep moving friend, but I am heading h[G]ome.
I'm gonna fo[D]llow the road and let the scenery sweeping by easily enter my
b[G]ody.
I'll send you all this m[D]essage in code, under ground, over mountains,
through forests, deserts and [G]cities.  [G]    [G]
All a[C]cross the electric wi[C]re, it's a baited line. T[C]he hook is in deep boys,
there is no more [C]time. So you can struggle in the water and be too stubborn to die,
           [C]                     [C]                  [D]  [D] [D]-cut off
or you could just let go and be lifted to the sky.

Method Acting:

There's n[Em]o beginning to the story, a booksh[B7]elf sinks into the sand
And a[C] language learned and forgot, in turn, is[G] st[Fm7]udied once again
It's a[Em] shocking bit of footage viewed from a[B7] shitty TV screen
You can[C] squint out into snowy static to[G] m[Fm7]ake out the meaning
And keep on[Em] stretching the antenna hoping tha[B7]t it will come clear
We need some[C] reception, a higher message, just[G] t[Fm7]ell us what to fear

'Cause[Am] I don't[D] know what[G] t[D]omorrow [C]brings
It's[Am] alive [D]with such possib[G]il[D]ities [C]
[Am]All I [D]know is I feel [G]better [D]when I[C] sing
Burdens are[D] lifted from me
That's my voice r[Em]ising[B7]   [C]     [G]

[Em] [B7] [C] [G] [Em] [B7] [C] [G]

So, Michael,[Em] please keep the tape rolling, boys keep[B7] strumming those guitars
We need a[C] record of our failures, yes, we must[G] d[Fm7]ocument our love
I've[Em] sat too long in my silence, I've grown[B7] too old in my pain
To[C] shed this skin, be born again, it st[G]ar[Fm7]ts with an ending

So[Am] thank you,[D] friends, for the[G] ti[D]me [C]we shared
My love[An] stays with [D]you like sun[G]lig[D]ht a[C]nd air
And though I[An] truly [D]wish I could keep [G]hanging [D]around [C]here
My joy is[D] covering me
Soon, I will disa[Em]ppea[B7]r  [C]    [G]

[Em] [B7] [C] [G]

[C]It's not a movie
[Em]No private screening
[Am]This method acting
Well, I [D]call that living
It[C]'s like a fountain
[Em]A door has opened
[Am]We have a problem
With [D]no solution
But to[C] love and to be[B7] loved

So[Am] I've made[D] peace with the[G] fal[D]ling[C] leaves
I see[Am] their same [D]fate in my [G]own [D]bo[C]dy
But I won't[Am] be frig[D]htened when I'm[G] awoken[D] from this[C] dream
And r[D]eturned to that which
Gave birth to[Em] me[B7]   [C]     [G]

[Em]Gav[B7]e b[C]ir[G]th to me
Gave birth to me
Gave birth to me
And the story goes
And the story goes
And it goes on and on and on and on
It's going on and on and on and on

Make War:

Our love is d[E]ead but without limits
like the s[A]urface of the moon
and the [E]land between you and the [B7]mountains
It is [E]not these hiding places that have [A]kept us innocent
but the way you t[E]aught me to just [B7]let it all go by[E]

Please re[A]turn, return
to the [E]person that you were
An[C#m]d I will do the [B]same
'cause it's too [A]hard to belong
to [E]somenone who is gone
my c[F#m]ompass spins
the wi[A]lderness remains   [E]

False Advertising:

On [D]a string I was[D2] held. The way that [G]I move, can you [F#]tell?
My ac[Em]tions are orc[A7]hestrated from abo[D]ve. So I swing[D] and I sw[D2]ay.
Wave my[G] hand. Kick [F#]my leg. And it is[Em] always ri[A7]ght with the[D] music.

"Until all that swinging starts to make you sick"
Fo[D]r a song I was[D2] bought. Now I lie[G] when I ta[F#]lk with a caref[Em]ul ey[A]e on the[D] cue card.
Onto a [D]stage, I was[D2] pushed with my[G] sorrow well re[F#]hearsed.
S[Em]o give me all your [A7]pity and your m[D]oney. Now.

"We used to think that sound was something pure"

If [Em]I could [A]act like th[F#]is was my real l[Bm]ife and[G] not some [A]cage where I've been
pla[Bm]ced, t[Em]hen, I could [A]tell you t[F#]he truth like [Bm]I used to a[G]nd not be af[A]raid of
 soun[Bm]ding fake.Now a[G]ll that anyone is listening [A]for are the mist[D]akes.

I[D]n a house, b[D2]y myself, I hear[G] the ice start t[F#]o melt and watch ro[Em]oftops w[A7]eep
for the s[D]unlight.
And I[D] know what must ch[D2]ange. Fuck [G]my face. Fuck my [F#]name.
They are[Em] brief and [A7]false adverti[D]sements for a s[D]oul I don't[D2] have.
Something[G] true I have la[F#]cked and spent my [Em]whole life tr[A7]ying to make up f[D]or.
But I fo[D]und in a [D2]song and in the [G]people I[F#] love. They will li[Em]ft me up ou[A7]t of
darknes[D]s.
Now my do[D]or stand[D2]s open. I am [G]inviting every[F#]one in.
We [Em]will laugh we're gonna[A7] drink until the mor[D]ning comes. That is w[D]hat we are going to do.
come on come on

You Will You Will? You? Will?:

[E] [Esus] [E]

You s[E]ay that I treat you like a bo[A]ok on a shelf. I don't tak[E]e you out that
often because I k[B7]now that I c[A]ompleted you and t[A]ha[A2]t is why you a[E]re[Esus] here[E].
That is the reas[A]on [A2]why you sta[E]y [Esus]here.[E] How [B7]awful yo[A]u must[E] f[Esus]eel. [E]
You said [E]you would be my dream. I could hav[A]e you every night and if, by
morn[E]ing, I had forgotten you, well, no bi[B7]g deal, it would b[A]e all right
because you are the re[A]oc[A2]currin[E]g [Esus]kind.[E] You are the [A]re[A2]occurring[E] k[Esus]ind. [E]You
never [B7]leave [A]my [E]mind. are you the [E]love of my lifetime? Because there have
 been ti[A]mes I have had my doubts.
We were just kid[E]s when I first kissed you in the [B7]attic of my [A]parents house,
and I wish we [A]we[A2]re there [E]now. It took so [A]long to figure [E]out what this[B7] book
has [A]been abo[E]ut[Esus].    [E]
Now I wri[E]te when I'm away lett[A]ers that you never read. You said [E]go to
explore those other women,
the geogr[B7]aphy of thei[A]r bodies but there is just [A]on[A2]e map you'll[E] n[Esus]eed. [E]You are
       [A]
 [A] boomerang.
Y[E]ou[Esus] see.[E] You wi[B7]ll ret[A]urn t[E]o me.

[E]Yo[Esus]u wil[E]l. You? Will. You? Will. You? [A]Will. You? Will. Y[B7]ou? Will. [E]You? Will
[E]Yo[Esus]u? Wi[E]ll. You? Will. You? Will. You?[A] Will. You? Will. [B7]You? Will. [E]You? Will.

'Cause if you don't, then thi[F#]s book's al[E]l lies
If you don't, then my [F#]plans would all [E]be ruined
If you don't, I'll start[F#] drinking like the way I drank [B7]before
Well then I[F#] just wont have a[A] future anymo[E]re

Lover I Dont Have to Love:

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I p[Am]icked you[A] out
Of a[F] crowd to talk[E] to you
S[Am]aid I liked your sh[A]oes
[F]You said thanks c[E]an I follow you?
S[Am]o it's up the s[A]tairs
A[F]nd out of vi[E]ew No prying eyes
I [Am]poured some [A]wine
I [F]asked your name you asked [E]the time
N[Am]ow it's two[A] o'clock,
th[F]e club is closed [E]we're up the block
Y[Am]our hands on [A]me
Pr[F]essing hard ag[E]ainst your jeans
Y[Am]our tongue[A] in my mouth
[F]Trying to keep the [E]words from coming out
[Am]You didn't care[A] to know
Wh[F]o else may have been yo[E]u before
I [Am]want a lover I don't have to [A]love
I wan[F]t a girl who's to sad [E]to give a fuck
W[Am]here's the kid with the ch[A]emicals?
I thought[F] he said to meet me [E]here but I'm not sure
I got th[Am]e money if you g[A]ot the time
You said [F]it feels good I said I'll give it a t[E]ry
Then my mind went dark
We both forgot where your car was parked
Let's just take the train
I'll meet up with the band in the morning
[Am]Bad actors[A] with bad [F]habit[E]s
S[Am]ome sad s[A]ingers
They ju[F]st play tra[E]gic
And the p[Am]hone's [A]ringing
And[F] the van's lea[E]ving
Let's just k[Am]eep touch[A]ing
Let's[F] just keep [F]keep [E]singing
I wan[Am]t a lover I don't have [A]to love
I[F] want a boy who's so[E] drunk he doesn't talk
W[Am]here's the kid wi[A]th the chemicals
I got a hu[F]nger and I ca[E]n't seem to get full
 [Am]                 [A]>
I need some meaning I can memorize
T[F]he kind I have al[F]ways seems to slip my[E] m[E]ind

But you but you

Y[C]ou[C] write such[Am] pre[G]tty w[F]ords
B[C]ut[C] life's no [Am]stor[G]y boo[F]k
L[C]ov[C]e is an exc[Am]use [G]to ge[F]t hurt
And[E] to hurt
"Do you [E]like to hurt?"
"I do! I do!"
[Am]"Th[A]en h[F]urt [E]me."

Bowl of Oranges:

[C]The rain it started tappin'
[G]On the window near my bed
There w[F]as a loophole in my dreamin'
S[G]o I got out of it
[Am]And to my surprise my eyes were wide and [F]already open
Just[D] my nightstand and my dresser
Where th[G]ose nightmares had just been
So [C]I dressed myself and left then
O[G]ut into the gray streets
Bu[F]t everything seemed different
An[G]d completely new to me
[Am]The sky the trees, houses, buildin[F]gs, even my own body
And ea[D]ch person I encountered
I[G] couldn't wait to meet
And I[C] came upon a doctor
Who[G] appeared in quite poor health
I said the[F]re's nothing I can do for you t[G]hat you can't do for yourself
He said[Am] oh yes you can,[F] just hold my h[D]and, so I sat with him awhile
Then I[G] asked him how he felt

He sa[F]id [F]I think I'm cure[Am]d
No, in fact[F], I'[F]m sure of[Am] it
Thank[F] you,[F] stran[Am]ger
For your[G] therapeutic smile

So tha[C]t's how I learned the lesson
That[G] everyone's alone
And yo[F]ur eyes must do some raining
If you're[G] ever gonna grow
And when[Am] crying don't help

You can't compose yourself
It's[F] best to compose a poem
An[D] honest verse of longing
Or a[G] simple song of hope
That's why [C]I'm singing baby don't worry
'Caus[G]e now I got your back
And eve[F]ry time you feel like crying
I'm gon[G]na try and make you laugh
And[Am] if I can't

If it just hurts too bad
Then [F]we'll wait for it to pass
And I w[D]ill keep you company for[G] those days so long and black
And we'll k[C]eep working on the problem
We [G]know we'll never solve
Our[F] love's un-even remainders
Our lives [G]are fractions of a whole
But if th[Am]e world could remain within a frame
Like[F] a painting on a wall
Then I[D] think we'd see the beauty then
We'd s[G]tand staring in awe

At [F]our s[F]till live[Am]s posed
Like[F] a bo[F]wl of [Am]oranges
Like [F]a sto[F]ry t[Am]old
By the[G] fault-lines in the soil

Don't Know When But Days Gonna Come

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[G]The future has got me worried, such awful thoughts.       [Am]
My head is a carous&e[D]grave;l of pictures.
The s[G]pinning never s[G]to[F#]ps. [G]
[G]I just want someone to walk in front a[Am]nd I'll follow the      [F]
[G]leader

Continue until chorus
I[Am] know I should be brave bu[D]t I'm just too af[G]rai[G/F#]d      [Em7]
Of all this chan[D]ge

So when i'm lost in a[G] crowd, i hope that you'll pick me out. [Bm]
[Am]Oh, How I long to be found.
The g[D]rass grew high. I lay down.
[G]No[Bm]w, I wait for a hand to lift me up, help me stand.
[Am]I h[D]ave been laying so low. don't want to lay here no more

Waste of Paint"

[C] [F] [Fmaj]          [F]

[C]I have a frie[F]nd[Fmaj], he is made m[F]ostly of paint.  [C]    [F]      [Fmaj]                    [F]
[C]He wakes up[F], [Fmaj]drives to work[F], and then straight back h[C]om[F]e [Fmaj]again.        [F]
He [C]on[F]ce[Fmaj] cut one of my[F] nightmares out of[C] p[F]ap[Fmaj]er.           [F]
[C]I [F]th[Fmaj]ought it was b[F]eautiful, I put it on a record [C]co[F]ve[Fmaj]r.            [F]
And I tr[G]ied to tell him he had a sense of col[C]or[F] a[Fmaj]nd composition[F] so magnificent.
And he said "[F]Thank you, ple[G]ase but your f[F]lattery [G]is tru[F]ly n[G]ot bec[F]omin[G]g me.
Your [F]eyes are [G]poor. You ar[F]e blind.[G] You see, no[F] beauty cou[G]ld have co[F]me from
me. [G]
I [C]am[F] a[Fmaj] waste of brea[F]th, [C]of[F] s[Fmaj]pace, of time.[F]"

etc....

From A Balance Beam:

There is[D] a man holding a megaphone, so he must hav[A]e been the voice of God.
The bystand[D7]ers claimed they saw angels flying u[G]p and down the block.
Well, they must have [Gm]been attached to wires. I saw one laying in
the [Bm]lawn  with a br[A]oken arm,
so I called[A] 911. So that is one l[D]ess founded opinion. One more [A]cause for a dispute.
So the s[D7]treet filled, like a basin, up with c[G]ameras and their crews
and they [Gm]washed away the rumors leaving j[Bm]ust the concrete truth. It was a s[A]pectacle.
No, I mean a [A]miracle. So then I [D]fell like that girl from a b[A]alance beam.
A gym[D7]nasium of eyes were all ho[G]lding on to me. I lifted one foo[Gm]t to cross the other
and I f[Bm]elt myself slipping. It was a s[A]mall mistake. Sometimes that is [A]all it takes.
[Bm]   Now I'm staring at my wr[G]ist, hoping that the timing is r[A]ight. When the
planes w[D]ill align.
There will be no planets to [G]align. Just the carcass of the[Gm] sun
and those little painted m[Gm]arbles spinning endless through an endless black sky.

[D]              [D]             [D]            [D]

It was in a f[D]oreign hotel's bathtub I bapt[A]ized myself in change.
And [D7]one by one I drowned all of the p[G]eople I had been.
I em[Gm]erged to find the parallels were [Bm]fewer. I was cleansed. I looked [A]in the mirror
and someone [A]new was there. Still, I was as h[D]elpless as a chess piece
when I was lifted[A] up by someone's hand and de[D7]livered from the corner my
enemi[G]es had got me in.
But in [Gm]all of my salvation I still [Bm]felt imprisoned inside that ho[A]lding cell
that is [A]myself.
So I w[D]ait for the day when I'll h[A]ear the key as it [D7]turns in the lock
and the [G]guard will say to me, "Oh my patient prisoner you have waited for
this day       [Bm]
and finally you are f[A]ree! You are free! You are[A] freezing."
[Bm]  Now I'm staring at the su[G]n, waiting for it to ex[A]plode. Because a day is
gonna c[D]ome,
don't know when but it will [G]come and then we will finally know the[Gm] way out of here.

[Gm]And I will throw away this wrinkled map and my chart of stars and compass, cracked.
And I'll climb out that tree all wet with sap to avoid the hungry beasts below.
I'll cut out my love's tongue and sing of a graveyard gray and a garden green and
then we won't have to worry no more. No we won't ever worry again abouthow this song
or story ends about how this song and story will end.

[D] [D] [D]

Laura Laurent:

[G]Laura are you still [Am]livin' ther[D]e on your estate of sor[G]rows?
[G]You used to leave it oc[Am]casionally[D] but now you don't even b[G]other
[G]to ride the com[Am]muter train[D] west to Chic[G]ago
[G]to stroll through the [Am]greene[D]ry in the park past [G]the statues

[Bm]how her eyes seemed to [Em]follow you[C], like a hated a[D]ddiction
[Bm]their beauty carved out of [Em]absolutes you could never claim  [C]
or even en[D]vision

[G]Laura you were the[Am] saddest song in[D] the shape of a wom[G]an
[G]yeah I thought you were[Am] beautifu[D]l but I wept with your [G]movements
[G]but I hope that you're [Am]laughing no[D]w from that place on the [G]carpet
[G]where we shared a [Am]sleeping bag[D] in your sister's ap[G]artment
[G]oh how she would w[Am]orry so, yo[D]u know I was just a stra[G]nger
but sh[G]e asked me to [Am]care for you, yes she [G]did
[D]and I went and betrayed her

[Bm]But do you know we're i[Em]n high demand, Laura,[C] us, people who suffe[D]r?
[Bm]because we don't take to a[Em]rguing an[C]d we're quick to surr[D]ender.

[G]Well I think I would[Am] call toni[D]ght if I still had your[G] number
[G]your thoughts have always laid [Am]close to mine,[D] and we're both skipping su[G]pper.
[G]But you should never be e[Am]mbarrassed by y[D]our trouble with li[G]ving
[G]'Cause it's the ones with the [Am]sorest throats, Laura,
[D]who have done the most singing        [G]

LAlalalalalalLalalALalAlala

Lets Not Shit Ourselves (To love and too be loved)

[C] [E] [Am] [F] [C] [E] [Am] [F] [G] [C] [E] [Am] [F] [C] [G] [C]

Th[C]e animals laugh from the dar[E]k of the wilderness. A ba[Am]by cried hard in an
a[F]partment c[G]omplex,
as I pas[C]s a car buried u[E]nder the influence. The city i[Am]s driving me out  of my
 m[F]ind.
I have seen a[C] child is caught in the sad [E]trap of gravity.
He [Am]falls from the lowest b[F]ranch of t[G]he apple tree and l[C]ands in the grass and
 weeps for [E]his dignity.
Next t[Am]ime he will not aim [F]so high. Yeah, [C]next time, n[G]either w[C]ill I.