August

{capo: 2}
{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{sot} [A]                            [G/A]
E|---------------------------|----------------------------|
B|-0h2-2-2-----0--2--0--2----|-0---0-0-----0-----0-----0--|
G|-0h2-2-2-----0--2--0--2----|-0---0-0-----0-----0-----0--|
D|-0h2-2-2-----0--2--0--2----|-0---0-0-----0-----0-----0--|
A|-0---0-0-----0--0--0--0----|-0---0-0-----0-----0-----0--|
E|---------------------------|----------------------------|{eot}

   Hope that helps)

Intro & verse riff:

{sot}E|-----5--------5------------|
B|-------8--------8------8---|
G|---7--------7--------7-----|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|{eot}

 [C]
S[D]tep out the front door like a ghost

i[Em]nto the fog where no one [G/D]notices the contrast of white on white.

A[C]nd in between the moon and you   t[D]he angels get a better view

o[Em]f the crumbling difference bet[G/D]ween wrong and right

I[C] walk in the air between the r[D]ain, through myself and back again

W[Em]here?  I don't know [G/D]

M[C]aria says she's dying.  Through [D]the door, I hear her crying

W[Em]hy?  I don't k[G/D]now

 [C]   Round [D]here we always st[Em]and up str[G/D]aight

 [C]   Rou[D]nd here somethi[Em]ng rad[G/D]iates

Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand
She said she'd like to meet a boy who looks like Elvis
She walks along the edge of where the ocean meets the land
Just like she's walking on a wire in the circus
She parks her car outside of my house   Takes her clothes off,
Says she's close to understanding Jesus
She knows she's more than just a little misunderstood
She has trouble acting normal when she's nervous

 [C]   Round her[D]e we're carving o[Em]ut our n[G/D]ames

 [C]   Rou[D]nd here we all lo[Em]ok the [G/D]same

 [C]   Round here we talk ju[D]st like lions

 [Em]   But we sacrif[G/D]ice like lambs

 [C]   Round her[D]e she's slipping thro[Em]ugh my han[A]ds  [D]  /  /    [A]Oh...

 [G/A]   Sleeping children got to run like th[A]e wind  [G/A] Out of the lightning [A]dream

 [G/A]   Mama's little baby better get hersel[A]f in  [C] Out of the [D]lightning

She says, "It's only in my head."
She says, "Shhh...I know it's only in my head."
But the girl on the car in the parking lot
says: "Man, you should try to take a shot
Can't you see my walls are crumbling?"
Then she looks up at the building she says she's thinking of jumping
She says she's tired of life; she must be tired of something.

 [C]   Round her[D]e she's always[Em] on my [G/D]mind

 [C]   Rou[D]nd here I got l[Em]ots of [G/D]time

 [C]   Round here we're never sent[D] to bed early

 [Em]   Nobody makes[G/D] us wait

 [C]   Round here we [D]stay up ver[Em]y very very[G/D] very late

 [C]   I can't[D] see nothing, no[Em]thing a[G/D]round here

 [C]   You catch me if I'm falling[D], you catch me if I'm falling

 [Em]   Will you catch me[G/D] 'cause I'm falling down round here

I said I'm under the gun round here
I'm innocent, I'm under the gun round here
I can't see nothing, nothing round here.

CHORDS:


Note the A chord in the verse. At times, if you sing it by yourself, it
will sound like it should be an Am, but I assure you that it should
definitely be an A. If you play it as Asus2, it might make things easier.

{section: Intro}
 [Em]           [D]            [Em]           [C]

 [Em]    Start tearing the ol[Bm]d man down

R[D]un past the heather an[A]d down to the old road [Em]

S[Bm]tart turning the grain [C]into the ground

R[Em]oll a new leaf over

I[Bm]n the middle of the night there'[D]s an old man

T[A]reading around in the gathere[Em]d rain

W[Bm]ell mister if y[D]ou want to walk on water

C[C]ould you drop a [G]line my way

{section: Chorus}
 [D]Omaha     [Em]

S[C]omewhere in middle America

G[G]et right to the he[D]art of matters     [C]

I[G]t's the hea[D]rt that matters more

I[Em] think you'd bette[A]r turn your tic[C]ket in

A[G]nd ge[D/F#]t your [Em]money[Em/D] back a[C]t th[G/B]e door[D/A]

{section: Verse 2}
Start threading a needle
Brush past the shuttle that slides through the cold room
Start turning the wool across the wire
Roll the new life over
In the middle of the night there's an old man
Threading his toes through a bucket of rain
Hey mister you don't want to walk on water
You're only going to walk all over me

{section: Chorus}
{section: Bridge chords}
x 4

{section: Verse 3}
Start running the banner down
Drop past the color come up through the summer rain
Start turning the girl into the ground
Roll a new love over
In the middle of the day there's a young man
Rolling around in the earth and rain
Hey mister if you're going to walk on water, you know
You're only going to walk all over me

{section: Chorus}
x 2

{section: Bridge chords}
x 2

 [G]

CHORDS:



 [Am]     [F]    [Dm]   sh[G]a la la la la la la[Am]        [F] uh hu[G]h...        [G]

I[Am] was down at the New Am[F]sterdam sta[Dm]ring at this yell[G]ow-haired girl

M[Am]r. Jones strikes up a conv[F]ersation with this[G] black-haired flamenco dancer

S[Am]he dances while his fa[F]ther plays gui[Dm]tar.  She's suddenly beau[G]tiful

W[Am]e all want something[F] beautiful   [G]I wish I was beautiful

S[Am]o come dance this si[F]lence down through the morning

 [Dm]            [G]            [Am]         [F]
 [G]  sha la la la la la la la  yeah         uh huh...

C[Am]ut up, Ma[F]ria!  Sho[Dm]w me some of them Span[G]ish dances

P[Am]ass me a bo[F]ttle, Mr. Jon[G]es

B[Am]elieve in me[F]   Hel[Dm]p me believe in anyt[G]hing

([Am]cause) I want [F]to be someone w[G]ho believes

M[C]r. Jon[F]es and me tel[G]l each other fairy tales

S[C]tare at the beautiful wo[F]men

"[G]She's looking at you.  Ah, no, no, she's looking at me."

S[C]miling in the br[F]ight lights   Com[G]ing through in stereo

W[C]hen everybo[F]dy loves you[G], you can never be lonely

I[Am] will paint my pi[F]cture   Pai[Dm]nt myself in blue[G] and red and black and gray

A[Am]ll of the beautiful co[F]lors are very ver[G]y meaningful

 [Am]                   [F]        [Dm]
([G]you know) Gray is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday

I[Am]f I knew Pica[F]sso I would buy[G] myself a gray guitar and play

M[C]r. Jo[F]nes and me loo[G]k into the future

S[C]tare at the beautiful wo[F]men

"[G]She's looking at you.  Uh, I don't think so.  She's looking at me."

S[C]tanding in the sp[F]otlight I b[G]ought myself a gray guitar

W[C]hen everybo[F]dy loves me[G], I will never be lon[Am]ely

I[Am] will never be lonely

I[G] will never be lonely

I[Am] want to be a lion  Ev[F]erybody wants to pass as cats

W[Am]e all want to be big big stars, but we[G] got different reasons for that.

B[Am]elieve in me because I do[F]n't believe in anything

a[Am]nd I want to be someone to believe[G], to believe, to believe.

M[C]r. Jo[F]nes and me stu[G]mbling through the barrio

Y[C]eah we stare at the beau[F]tiful women

"[G]She's perfect for you, Man, there's got to be somebody for me."

I[C] want to be Bob Dy[F]lan

M[G]r. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky

W[C]hen everybo[F]dy loves you[G], son, that's just about as funky as you can be.

M[C]r. Jon[F]es and me sta[G]ring at the video

W[C]hen I look at the[F] television, I want[G] to see me staring right back at me.

W[C]e all want to be bi[F]g stars, but we don[G]'t know why, and we don't know how.

B[C]ut when every[F]body loves me, I'm goi[G]ng to be just about as happy as I can
be.

M[C]r. Jo[F]nes and me, we'[G]re gonna be big stars.....

CHORDS:


(*) The following fill is used at a couple of points in the song,
    marked with an asterisk.

{sot} [G]              [Am]
------------|----------------
----0-1-0---|----------------
----------0-|-2--------------
------------|----------------
------------|----------------
------------|----------------{eot}

-- PERFECT BLUE BUILDINGS --    Counting Crows
From: Ken McLeod

(NB You will notice that some lines in some verses have an Am at the end
   of them, and others don't. A general guide is, if the words stop on
   the Bb chord, then stay on Bb, and don't play Am)

{section: Intro pattern}
repeat 2x)**

{sot} [Dm]
E|--------------------1---------|    **also play at end of first chorus
B|------------------3---3----3--|
G|---------------2---------2----|{eot}
{sot}D|--0-(let ring)----------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|{eot}

J[Dm]ust down the st[C]reet from your hot[Bb]el, baby[Am]

I[Dm] stay at ho[C]me with my disea[Bb]se

A[Dm]nd ain't this po[C]sition famil[Bb]iar, darl[Am]ing

W[Dm]ell, all monkeys do[C] what they see[Bb]

H[Gm]elp me stay awake, I'm fall[Bb]ing...

Down on Virginia and La Loma
Where I got friends who'll care for me
You got an attitude of everything I ever wanted
I got an attitude of need
Help me stay awake, I'm falling...

{section: Chorus}
 [F]   Asleep i[C]n perfect blue[Gm] buildings

 [F]   Beside th[C]e green apple[Gm] sea

 [F]   Gonna get me [C]a little [Gm]oblivion, [Bb]baby

 [F]              [C]
 [Bb]        1.|
 [Dm]**   2.|
 [F]   Try to keep myself away from    | me       | (myself and) me
                                    |          |

It's 4:30 A.M. on a Tuesday
It doesn't get much worse than this
In beds in little rooms in buildings in the middle
of these lives which are completely meaningless
Help me stay awake, I'm falling...

(CHORUS)

{section: Instrumental}
(each chord is held for a bar)

 [F]            [C]            [Gm]            [Bb]

 [F]            [C]            [Gm]            [Bb]

I got bones beneath my skin, and mister...
There's a skeleton in every man's house
Beneath the dust and love and sweat that hangs on everybody
There's a dead man trying to get out
Please help me stay awake, I'm falling...

(CHORUS) x 3

-- ANNA BEGINS --    Counting Crows
From: Ken McLeod
Corrections by Paul Hutchinson.

(verses  Ams2 x02200  -  G 320003)
[Ams2]My friend assures me, "It's all or nothing."

I[G] am not worried, I am not overly concerned
[Ams2]My friend implores me, "For one time only,

m[G]ake an exception." I am not worried
Wrap her up in a package of lies
Send her off to a coconut island
I am not worried, I am not overly concerned
With the status of my emotions
"Oh," she says, you're changing
But we're always changing
It does not bother me to

(bridge
 [Em] 022000  -
 [Cmaj7] x32000  -
 [D13] x54000)

S[Em]ay this isn't love

B[Cmaj7]ecause if you don't want to ta[D13]lk about it then it[Em] isn't love

A[Cmaj7]nd I guess I'm going to have to li[D13]ve with that

B[Em]ut I'm sure there's something in a sha[Cmaj7]de of grey

O[D13]r something in between

A[Em]nd I can always change my na[Cmaj7]me if that's what yo[D13]u mean

[2nd verse]
My friend assures me "It's all or nothing"
But I am not really worried I am not overly concerned
You try to tell yourself the things you try to tell yourself
To make yourself forget, I am not worried
{section: Bridge}
"If it's love," she said, "then we're gonna have to think about the
consequences."
She can't stop shaking, I can't stop touching her and..

(Chorus
 [G] 320033 -
 [Csus2] x32033 - Am7s4 x02233 -
 [D] xx0232 -
 [Em7] xx2033)

 [G]
 [Csus2]               [Am7s4]
 [D]    This time[G] when kindness falls like rain it washes her away

 [Csus2]    And [Em7]Anna begi[Dsus4]ns to change[G] her mind

 [Csus2]            [Am7s4]
 [Dsus4]    "These secon[G]ds whe[Csus2]n I'm shaking leave me shuddering for days"

 [Em7]    And I'm not[Dsus4] ready for this sort of thing

[3rd verse]
But I'm not gonna break
And I'm not going to worry about it anymore
I'm not going to bend, and I'm not going to break and I'm
not going to worry about it anymore
It seems like I should say, 'As long as this is love...'
But it's not all that easy so maybe I should
Snap her up in a butterfly net
Pin her down in a photograph album
I am not worried - I've done this sort of thing before
{section: Bridge}
But then I start to think about the consequences
Because I don't get no sleep in a quiet room and..

{section: Chorus}
     This time when kindness falls like rain it washes me away
     And Anna begins to change my mind
     And every time she sneezes I believe it's love
     and Oh Lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing
     She's talking in her sleep
     It's keeping me awake
     And Anna begins to toss and turn
     And every word is nonsense but I understand and
     Oh lord I'm not ready for this sort of thing
     Her kindness bangs a gong
     It's moving me along
     And Anna begins to fade away
     It's chasing me away  it disappears and
     Oh lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing

TAB:-
{section: Verse figure}
{sot}  +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B----0--------0---|----0--------0---|----0--------0---|----0--------0---|
G-------2-------2-|-------2-------2-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|
D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-0---------0-----|-0---------0-----|-----------------|-----------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-3---------3-----|-3---------3-----|{eot}

This appears in the second verse - the first half of the first verse has
no guitar (the bass carries the accompaniment) and for the second half of
it, the guitar plays only the first 2 notes over the Ams2 chords. Repeat
throughout.

{section: Bridge}
{sot}  +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
E-----------------|----0-------0----|
B----0------------|----0-------0----|
G-----------------|-------0-------0-|
D-2-----2---------|-2-------4-------|
A-----------------|-3-------5-------|
E-0---------------|-----------------|{eot}

Repeat throughout.

{section: Chorus}
{sot}  +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
E----3-------3----|----3------------|----3-------3----|----3------------|
B-------3-------3-|-------3----3----|-------3-------3-|-------3----3----|
G-----------------|---------------0-|-----------------|---------------0-|
D-----------------|---------0-------|-----------------|-2-------0-------|
A---------3-------|-0---------------|---------3-------|-----------------|
E-3---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|{eot}

-- TIME AND TIME AGAIN --    Counting Crows
From: Ken McLeod
Corrections by Paul Hutchinson.

{sot}Intro & verse pattern:
  F/C                               C
E---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-3-|-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-3-|
E-3h5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----|-3-------3-----3-----3-----3-----|{eot}

NB You should play the tab rather than chords over the verse, but if
you do play chords, use these - F/C x33210   C x32010

I[F] wanted [C]so badly   S[F]omebody other[C] than me

S[F]taring bac[C]k at me   But yo[F]u were gone[C], gone, gone

I[F] wanted to see [C]you walking backwards

A[F]nd get the sensation of[C] you coming home

I[F] wanted to see y[C]ou walking away from me

W[F]ithout the sensation of y[C]ou leaving me alone

{section: Chorus}
 [Dm]   Time and [C]time again           [Dm] Time and ti[C]me again

 [Dm]   Time and [C]time again          [F]  I can't please myself

Intro pattern x 2

I[F] wanted the oc[C]ean to cover over me

I[F] wanna sink slowly wit[C]hout getting wet

M[F]aybe someday, I won[C]'t be so lonely

A[F]nd I'll walk on wate[C]r every chance I get

(CHORUS)

 [Gm]            [Bb]           [F]

S[Gm]o whe[Bb]n are you [F]coming home   Sweet angel?

Y[Gm]ou leav[F]ing[Bb] me al[F]one? / [C/E]All alon[Dm]e?

W[Gm]ell if I[C]'m drowning darling, you'l[Bb]l come down this way on your[F] own

Intro pattern x 2

I[F] wish I was tr[C]aveling on a freeway

B[F]eneath this grave[C]yard western sky

I[F]'m gonna set[C] fire to this city

A[F]nd out into the de[C]sert we're gonna ride

(CHORUS)

(SOLO) - Same chords as chorus.

(CHORUS)

{section: There is a second guitar in the song which plays fills and the solo}
at the end. During verse 1, from the first 'I wanted to see' onwards,
{sot}it plays the following over the F/C chords
  +   +   +   +
E-----------------|
B---1-------------|
G--2--------------|
D-----------------|
A-----------------|
E-----------------|{eot}

{sot}During the choruses it connects the Dm and C chords with
             C
E--1p0-----|------------
B------3---|---------1--
G----------|-0----------
D----------|------------
A----------|------------
E----------|------------{eot}

Over the bridges before the 2nd and third verse, and during the third
verse and the second half of the second, it plays the following,
{sot}repeating throughout.
  +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
E-----------------|-----------------|
B---1-------------|---1-------------|
G--2--------------|--0--------------|
D-----------------|-----------------|
A-----------------|-----------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|{eot}

{section: Solo}
{sot}      +    +    +    +      +     +     +    +
E-------------------------|---------------------------|
B-------------------------|---------------------------|{eot}
{sot}G-12b(14)r(12)------9-10--|-9-10----------(9)--9-10p9-|
D-----------------12----12|-----12-------------10-----|
A-------------------------|---------------------------|
E-------------------------|---------------------------|{eot}

{sot}  +     +     +        +       +      +      +              +
E----------------------------|----10--------------10--------10------|
B----------------------------|--------10------13b(15)r13p10-13p10---|
G-10----------10--10---------|--------------------------------------|
D-10----------10--10h12------|-12-----------------------------------|
A---12----------10-----------|--------------------------------------|
E----------------------------|--------------------------------------|{eot}

{sot}  +          +      +          +         +      +       +       +
E--/10-10----10-12---/10-10----10-12---|----------------------------|
B--/10-10-10---------/10-10-10---------|-----13-13----15---13h15----|
G--------------------------------------|---/14------14---14-----14--|
D--------------------------------------|----------------------------|
A--------------------------------------|----------------------------|
E--------------------------------------|----------------------------|{eot}

-- RAIN KING --    Counting Crows

Note:  the timing of the words to the chord changes is approximate,
because the singer uses very elastic phrasing.This is how I do it.

{section: Verse}
W[D]hen I think of heaven   [A]

D[Bm]eliver me in[A] a black-winged bir[D]d

I[A] think of fl[Bm]ying dow[A]n into a sea [D]of pens and feath[A]ers

A[Bm]nd all other in[A]struments of fai[D]th and sex and God [A]

I[Bm]n the belly of[A] a black-winged bird.

D[Bm]on't tr[G]y to feed me

I[Bm]'ve been he[G]re before

A[D]nd I deserve [E]a little more

{section: Chorus}
I[A] be[Bm]long in[D] the serv[E]ice of the Queen[A]

I[A] be[Bm]long an[D]ywher[E]e but in between [A]

S[A]he's been cr[Bm]ying and[D] I've been thinki[E]ng

A[A]nd I am[Bm] the Rai[D]n King     [E]

{section: Verse}
A[E]nd I said ma[D]ma, mama, mam[A]a, why am I so[Bm] alone[A]?

I[D] can't go ou[A]tside

I[Bm]'m scared I might n[A]ot make it home

I[D]'m alive, I'm[A] alive

B[Bm]ut I'm sinking[A] in

I[D]f there's anyone at[A] home at your place, darling

W[Bm]hy don't you invite me in[A]?

D[Bm]on't tr[G]y to bleed me

I[Bm]'ve been th[G]ere before

A[D]nd I deserve [E]a little more

{section: Chorus}
I[A] be[Bm]long in[D] the serv[E]ice of the Queen[A]

I[A] be[Bm]long an[D]ywhere[E] but in between [A]

S[A]he's been ly[Bm]ing and[D] I've been sinki[E]ng

A[A]nd I am[Bm] the Rai[D]n King     [E]

{section: Bridge}
H[Bm]ey, I only wa[D]nt the same as any[A]one

H[Bm]enderson is wa[D]iting[A] for [Bm]the sun

O[D]h, it seems[A] night endlessly begins and ends

A[Bm]fter all the dr[D]eaming I come hom[A]e again

repeat
 [D]  [A]  [Bm]
 [A] 2x here

{section: Verse}
W[D]hen I think of he[A]aven

D[Bm]eliver me in[A] a black-winged bir[D]d

I[A] think of dy[Bm]ing

L[A]ay me down in a fi[D]eld of flame and hea[A]ther

R[Bm]ender up my bo[A]dy into the bur[D]ning heart of God [A]

I[Bm]n the belly of a[A] black-winged bird

D[Bm]on't tr[G]y to bleed me

I[Bm]'ve been he[G]re before

A[D]nd I deserve [E]a little more

{section: Chorus}
I[A] be[Bm]long in[D] the serv[E]ice of the queen[A]

I[A] be[Bm]long an[D]ywhere[E] but in between [A]

S[A]he's been dy[Bm]ing and[D] I've been drin[E]king

A[A]nd I am[Bm] the Rai[D]n King      [E]

{section: Intro}
D  Gmaj7 x 4

Ta[D]ke the way home [Gmaj7]that leads back to Sulliv[D]an Street     [Gmaj7]

Cr[D]oss the water a[Gmaj7]nd home through [D]the town          [Gmaj7]

Pa[D]st the shadows t[Gmaj7]hat fall down wherever w[D]e meet         [Gmaj7]

Pr[D]etty soon I won[Gmaj7]'t come aro[D]und           [Gmaj7]

{section: Chorus}
  [G]I'm almost drow[A]ning in her sea   [Em]

  [G]She's nearly fal[D]len to her knees

Ta[Gmaj7]ke the way home  ba, [D]ba, ba, ba[Gmaj7]

Take the way home that leads back to Sullivan Street
Where all the bodies hang in the air
If she remembers, she hides it whenever we meet
Either way now, I don't really care, cause I'm gone from there

{section: Chorus}
Take the way home that leads back to Sullivan Street
I'm just another rider burned to the ground, come tumbling down

{section: Chorus}
  [G]I'm almost drow[A]ning in her sea   [Em]

  [A]She's nearly crawl[Em]ing on her knees

  [G]It's almost eve[D]rything I n[Gmaj7]eed

  [D]   I'[Gmaj7]m down on my knees [D]    I'm[Gmaj7] down on my knees    [D]

  [Gmaj7]   I'm down on my kne[D]es     I[Gmaj7]'m down on my knees  [D]            [Gmaj7]

Do[D]wn on my knees

[Ken sent me an article that was posted a while back: - sv]

Just to expand a little further, while playing the 'D' chord during the
verses, it sounds like he may be occasionally pulling off the 1st string
(2nd fret), then hammering on again for the next strum.

Here's an attempt to tab the the way I'm currently playing it, with bass
notes added for the piano chord part (sounds ok to my ears, although I
haven't worked it out to see if it's correct.) Your mileage may vary.
Feel free to jump in and correct me, show me a different way, etc.

V = pluck bass notes together
/ = strum top three strings, alternating up & down strums

{sot}  [D]                       [Dsus4]
    V   / / /  / / / /  V V   / / /  / / / /  V V
E|----|-2-0h2--2-2-2-2------|-2-0h2--2-2-2-2------|
B|----|-3-3-3--3-3-3-3------|-3-3-3--3-3-3-3------|
G|--2-|-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-0-|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-2-|
D|--0-|-----------------0---|-------------------0-|
A|----|-------------------2-|-----------------2---|
E|----|---------------------|---------------------|{eot}
        Take the way home     that leads back

        to Sullivan Street    ...

In the change from D to D4, your index finger moves from the G string
down to the A string, then back. Of course, this whole sequence isn't
strictly repeated over and over... sometimes there are the little
piano runs in between, and so on.

-- GHOST TRAIN --    Counting Crows
From: Paul Hutchinson

NB The verses of this are a bit harmonically strange in that, like Round
Here and Time and Time Again, the guitar is not playing chords during
the verses, and so the bass carries the song rather a lot. However, I
get the impression that the verses are based on Dm the whole way
through, with the bass guitar playing Ds and Fs (and a G just before
the first verse). This should make the song horribly boring for you if
you're trying to play it by yourself without a bass guitarist, but
them's the breaks.
On the album, the guitar and some other strange instrument are messing
about with the following notes during the verses - listen to the tape
{sot}to get a better idea:
            ======
            ||||||
            ||||||
            ||||||
            ||||||
            |||x|x
            ||x|x|
            |||x||{eot}

{section: Intro}
|
  [Dm]
  [Dm]
  [Dm]
  [F]
  [Dm]
  [Dm]
  [Dm] [G]

I [Dm]took the cannonball down to the ocean
Across the desert from sea to shining sea
I rode a ladder that climbs across the nation      C/G
Fifty million feet of earth between the buried and me

"H[Fmaj9]ow do you[Em7] do?"  [Fmaj9]

Sh[C/G]e said, "He[Fmaj9]y, how do[Em7] you do[Fmaj9]?"

Sh[Dm]e buys a ticket cause it's cold where she comes from
She climbs aboard because she's scared of getting older in the snow
Love is a ghost train rumbling through the darkness   C/G
Hold on to me darling I've got nowhere else to        go

"H[Fmaj9]ow do you[Em7] do?"  [Fmaj9]

Sh[C/G]e said, "He[Fmaj9]y, how do[Em7] you do[Fmaj9]?" hey...

|
  [Fmaj9]
  [C/G]
  [Am]
 Y[Am]eah.
|
  [Fmaj9]
  [C/G]
  [Am]
| [Am]
  [Fmaj9]
  [C/G]
  [Am]
| [Am]
  [Fmaj9]
  [C/G]
  [Am]
  [Am]
  [D]
  [G]

I [Dm]took the cannonball down to the ocean
Watched the diesel disappear beneath the tumbling waves
Love is a ghost train howling on the radio           C/G
"Remember everything." she said, "when only memory remains."

"H[Fmaj9]ow do you[Em7] do?"  [Fmaj9]

Sh[C/G]e said, "He[Fmaj9]y, how do[Em7] you do[Fmaj9]?"       [C/G]

"H[Fmaj9]ow do you[Em7] do?"  [Fmaj9]

Sh[C/G]e said, "He[Fmaj9]y, how do[Em7] you do[Fmaj9]?"

Chords used:


-- RAINING IN BALTIMORE --    Counting Crows

From: Ken McLeod
Corrections by Paul Hutchinson

Th[Dm]is circus is[Bb] falling d[C]own on its kne[F]es

Th[Dm]e big top is [Bb]crumbling do[C]wn

It[Dm]'s raining in[Bb] Baltimore f[C]ifty miles eas[F]t

Wh[Dm]ere you shoul[Bb]d be, no one[C]'s around

  [Bb]  I need a ph[F]one call

  [Bb]  I need a ra[F]incoat

  [Bb]  I need a bi[F]g love

  [Bb]  I need a ph[F]one call

These train conversations are passing me by
And I don't have nothing to say
You get what you pay for
But I just had no intention of living this way

    I need a phone call
    I need a plane ride
    I need a sunburn
    I need a raincoat

  [C]  And I get no ans[Bb]wers

  [C]  And I don't get no cha[Bb]nge

  [C]  It's raining in Bal[Bb]timore, baby [F]

  [Bb]  But everyth[F]ing else is th[C]e same

There's things I remember and things I forget
I miss you, I guess that I should
Three thousand five hundred miles away
But what would you change if you could?

I need a phone call; Maybe I should buy a new car;
I can always hear a freight train; If I listen real hard
And I wish it was a small world
Because I'm lonely for the big towns
I'd like to hear a little guitar
I think it's time to put the top down
I need a phone call
I need a raincoat
I really need a raincoat
I really, really need a raincoat
I really, really, really need a raincoat
I really need a raincoat

-- MURDER OF ONE --     Counting Crows
From: Steve Vetter
Corrected by Paul Hutchinson
lyrics from cs.uwp.edu







{section: Intro}
|
  [D]
  [Dsus2]
  [G]

Bl[A]ue morning  Blue morning

Wr[G]apped in strands of fist and bone

Cu[A]riosity, Kitten,

Do[G]esn't have to mean you're on your own

Yo[A]u can look outside your window

He[G] doesn't have to know

We[A] can talk awhile, baby

We[G] can take it nice and slow

Al[D]l your life is su[Dsus2]ch a shame, sham[G]e, shame    [Gmaj7]

Al[D]l your love is ju[Dsus2]st a dream, drea[G]m, dream    [Gmaj7]

Are you happy when you're sleeping?
Does he keep you safe and warm?
Does he tell you when you're sorry?
Does he tell you when you're wrong?
I've been watching you for hours
It's been years since we were born
We were perfect when we started
I've been wondering where we've gone

All your life is such a shame
All your love is just a dream

I dreamt I saw you walking up a hillside in the snow
Casting shadows on the winter sky as you stood there counting crows

On[A]e for sorrow Two for joy, Three [G/B]for girls and four for boys

Fi[A/C#]ve for silver Six for gold and Seven f[G/D]or a secret never to be told
There's a bird that nests inside you
Sleeping underneath your skin
When you open up your wings to speak
I wish you'd let me in

All your life is such a shame
All your love is just a dream
Open up your eyes
You can see the flames of your wasted life
You should be ashamed
You don't want to waste your life

I [D]walk along these hillsides In the summer 'neath the sunshine

I [G]am feathered by the moonlight falling down on me

Ch[D]ange, change, change   [G]

NB This figure appears and is played constantly from
'I walk these hillsides' onwards.

{sot}---2-3-----2-3-----2-3---
-2-------2-------2------- etc{eot}

 (Intro)

   [E]     [A]     [E]     [B]

(1st Verse)
[Bouncy
   [E]    [A]    [E]
   [B]]
Albert's always sincere, he's a sensivitive type
His intentions are clear, he wanna be well-liked
Better think of nothing, all are we anything (???)
Better to be better than to be anything

And[A] Albert's vision is blooming uncontrolled  [E]        [A]              [E]                    [B]

All[A] his wings are slowly sinking

(Chorus)

And[C#m] the world [B]begins to d[A]isappear     [E]

The[C#m] worst things co[B]me from insid[A]e here     [E]

And[C#m] all the ki[B]ng's men reapp[A]ear        [E]

For[F#m] an eggman, on and off the[A] wall

Wil[A]l never be together again

   [E]    [A]    [E]    [B]

(2nd Verse)
Einstein down on the beach staring into the sand
It's everything he believes in has been shattered
What you fear in the night in the day comes to call anyway-ay
We all get burned as:

(Bridge)

One[A] more sun comes sliding down the sky           [E]                [A]                     [E]                          [B]

One[A] more shadow leans against the wall

(Chorus)

Alb[Abm]ert's waitin[A]g in the sun      [Abm]

On [A]a field (?) American

  F[Abm]or the cause [A]of some inflated [B]form of hit and run

(Solo)
(Bridge)
(Chorus)

  A[Abm]lbert's fallen[A] on the sun      [Abm]

Cra[A]cked his head wide open

(Chorus x 2)

(Ad lib outtro)

   [E]    [A]    [E]
   [B] etc
No never be together again

No no never never never again, uh huh

What you fear in the night etc..


   [B]?    x22442

{section: Intro riff}
{sot}-0--0----0--0--------
-0----0--0----0------
-1-------1-----------
-2-------2-----------
-2-------2-----------
-0-------0-----------{eot}

In [E]the still water she lies down

Sha[D]king in the press of sunlight

We [A]rolled into Lexington

She[E] shakes off the drop of daylight

Wat[E]er beading up her chest

Ble[D]eding down between her knees

Riv[A]ers in Kentucky flow

Bet[E]ween the bluegrass wavy seas

But[D] oh, Marjor[E]ie

Twi[D]sts the knife once m[A]ore inside of me       [E]

Breathless with anticipation
Baited breathers set their hooks
Tuck their heads beneath the high grass
And lie and wait beside the brooks

For infants pushing slowly through
Frustration leading back along
The alleys of a childhood
Will not release us willingly

But oh, Marjorie
Sticks the knife in while I heard the sea

{section: Solo}
   [F#m]
   [B]?  [repeat]

Dust me off and shut me down
And dream of where I haven't been
Close the door inside my heart
Stuck in the south Atlantic wind

I have hollow eyes
Haunting only to myself
Even so, I can't stop calling
This great big hollows in my self

I took the train form California
To the far side of the continent
Woke up in Kentucky
Where a wedding was about to end

I looked up at Anna
She turned back to look at me
It's best to kill the ones that matter
Render blind the ones who see

But oh, Marjorie
Takes the blade and walks away from me
Oh, Marjorie
Love like blood is pouring out of me
Oh, Marjorie
My heart won't stop bleeding over me baby

[solo over F#m and B?]

Oh, I can't shut it in
It's got far too many doors to block the wind
Oh, I can't shut it in
It's got far too many doors to block the wind

   [A]: x02220   -

   [E]: 022100   -

   [G]: 320003   -

   [D]: xx0323-

The - chords are barre chords.

Intro.: -
   [A]
   [E]
   [G]
   [D]

Was[A]ted in the aftern[E]oon

Wai[G]ting on a train [D]

I w[A]oke up in pieces[E] and Elizabeth

Had[G] disappeared again [D]

I wish you were inside of me
Hope that you're OK
I hope that you're resting quietly
I just wanted to say

{section: Chorus}
Good, Goodnight, Elizabeth
Goodnight Elizabeth, Goodnight
Good, Goodnight, Elizabeth
Goodnight, Elizabeth, Goodnight

We couldn't all be cowboys
So some of us are clowns
Some of us are dancers on the midway
Roam from town to town

Well I hope that everybody
Can find a little flame
I say my prayers and I set myself one fire
And I walk out on the wire, once again

I said
{section: Chorus}
Well I wait for you in Baton Rouge
I miss you down in New Orleans
I wait for you while she slips in something comfortable
And I miss you when I'm slipping in between

If you wrap yourself in daffodils
I will wrap myself in pain
And If you're the Queen of California
Baby, I am the King of the Rain

And I said:
{section: Chorus}