Something To Write Home About

Key: [E]

Chords used:

E--C

[E]What became of everyone
I [C#m]used to know?
[Abm]Where did our respectable
con[A]victions go?
Your [E]words don't match the
story that your [C#m]actions show
[Abm]   What do I [A]know?

[F#m]   I'm sure you can't
help but r[A]emembering
I [C#m]thought that you'd be one
Not to for[A]get
Re[C#m]membering's not
helping you [A]yet

Say [E]goodnight
Means [C#m]goodbye
I know you [A]think my life
will s[B]top with you a[C#m]way [E]
[A]Maybe I can
[B]see you on
[E]Holidays [C#m]worlds away
[A]I've never for[B]gotten
all our [C#m]yesterdays[E]
I'm [A]lucky if
we're s[B]peaking on
[E]Holidays[C#m]    [Abm]        [A]

The [E]evidence presents itself
Acc[C#m]usingly
You're [Abm]absence speaking everything
You [A]think of me
[E]Now that I am faced with oppor[C#m]tunity
[Abm]   You're not remembe[A]ring[C]

[F#m]   I'm not asking you to [A]anyway
And [C#m]even if you ever could cave [A]in
i [C#m]wouldnt know where to be[A]gin

Say [E]goodnight
Means [C#m]goodbye
I know you [A]think my life
will s[B]top with you a[C#m]way [E]
[A]Maybe I can
[B]see you on
[E]Holidays [C#m]worlds away
[A]I've never for[B]gotten
all our [C#m]yesterdays[E]
I'm [A]lucky if
we're s[B]peaking on
[C#m]Holi[Abm]days [A]Holi[B]days

F

Say [E]goodnight
Means [C#m]goodbye
I know you [A]think my life
will s[B]top with you a[C#m]way [E]
I'm [A]lucky if
we're s[B]peaking on
[C#m]Holi[Abm]days [A]Holi[F#m]days[E]


2.) Action And Action

Key: [E]

Chords used:
[Ab]/[C] - x365xx

C

Organ: Will enter simultaneously with drums at 2nd time
e|-4----4----2-0--2-0--4----4----5----5---
B|---5----5--------------5----5----5----5-
G|----------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------- x2
A|----------------------------------------
E|----------------------------------------

[E]  You really think that you’re bigger than this
[Abm]  To the tune of ten thousand lisps
[A]  Who would have thought we’d represent
[C]  When I can’t take a compliment?
[E]  Overexposure is the key
[Abm]  And any focus on me
[A]  Is appreciated
[C]  As it should be

[C#m]  No [Abm]wonder now
[A]  I [E]finally [Abm]found
The right formula look for[A]

[E]  You taught[Abm] me how
[A]  I play[B] the fool
[E]  Every mis[Abm]take that I make
[A]  I couldn’t have [F#m]made without you
[E]  What’s said[Abm] is done
[A]  And plain[B] to see
[A]  You take it all too serious[B]ly[C]

(Repeat Intro but only twice)

[E]  What better way to make an honest mistake
[Abm]  Than a televised hand of fate
[A]  When the world’s closing in on you
[C]  A decision would be overdue
[E]  Now nothing left is out of hand
[Abm]  A stronger jaded man stands
[A]  If the world is ending
[C]  Then we toast to it

[C#m]  I’m s[Abm]tronger now
[A]  But [E]not without
[Abm]  The right formula look for[A]

[E]  You taught[Abm] me how
[A]  I play[B] the fool
[E]  Every mis[Abm]take that I make
[A]  I couldn’t have [F#m]made without you
[E]  What’s said[Abm] is done
[A]  And plain[B] to see
[A]  Here’s all you get from [B]me
[Ab]  H[C]ere’s all you get from me

Organ: [C#m](hold)-A(hold)-E(hold)-G

[C#m]  I’m down for[A] whatever
[E]  What’s there left to[Abm] wait for?
[C#m]  I’m down for[A] whatever
[E]  What’s there left to[Abm] wait for?
[A]  [B]  wait for[A]  [B] I [Ab]wai[C]t

(Repeat Chorus 2)

End on C


3.) Valentine

Key: [E]

Chords used:

E--B--C

[E]  It's [B]words you forget[C#m] To [A]anniversary songs
[E]  The [B]bottles bite[C#m] back Your [A]tolerance wrong
[E]  Your good in[B]tentions count for[C#m] little any[A]more
[E]  If you're sorry, [B]Why wage war?[C#m]    [A]

[E/G#]  Im not fully con[A]vinced,There's something wrong with [E]this
Could another point of [C#m]view, Biased and un[A]true,
[B]Tear me[A], a[B]way from you?

[E]  Will [B]you [A]be my[C#m]      [B]Va-[A]len[E/G#]tine,[A] If I'm a [B]world away?
[E]  A[B]po[A]logies[C#m] are [B]brea[A]king [E/G#]me    [A]  Constants[B] aren't so[A] constant [B]anymore

[E]       [B]       [C#m]       [A]

[E]  Two days[B] to wait for [C#m]calls to come through[A]
[E]  Tonight for [B]me translates to [C#m]yesterday to [A]you

[E/G#]  You Bend and you [A]wave You're barely a[E]way
Wish i could say to[C#m]night, When you bend and wave good[A]bye
"[B]Take me[A]   [B]with you."

(Repeat Refrain)

[E]  Will [B]you [A]be my[C#m]      [B]Va-[A]len[E/G#]tine,[A] If I'm a [B]world away?
[E]  A[B]po[A]logies[C#m] are [B]brea[A]king [E/G#]me    [A]  Constants[B] aren't so [C#m]constant anymore[E]
Constants aren't so constant anymore (will you be my valentine)
Constants aren't so constant anymore (will you be my valentine)
Constants aren't so constant anymore (will you be my valentine)
until fade out

[A]  Constants[B] aren't so[A] constant[B] anymore[E]


4.) Red Letter Day

Key: [E]

Chords used:

E--Es4--E (x4)

[E]  You’ve got some [A]nerve I never [D]knew
What with the [A]world we gave away in front of [C#m]you
[E]  I see it [D]all Much clearer [A]now
You’re just a phase I’ve gotten [Am]over anyhow

C
  It’s over, I’m not giving in again

[A]  We’re loyal[B] like brothers
[C#m]  Just us versus [E]all the others
A                B                C
  You the one for You the one for me?
[A]  I trusted[B] misleading
[C#m]  Promises [E]worth repeating
[A]  How could you [B]do this to [A]me?[F#m]

[E]  Red letter [A]day that I [D]learned
[A]  I’m sure you’ll get what you de[C#m]serve
[E]  I see it [D]all Much clearer since

[A]  Far past the [Am]point of this.

[C#m]  It’s [B]over

(Repeat Chorus except last line)

[A]  How could you [B]do this
[A]  How could you [B]do this to [A]me?[B]

… And if it’s a [E]lie
I don’t want to be the one who [Abm]signed
I’m not the one who [C#m]falls down
It’s [B]over now[A]
If you want to [E]try…
Try to forget it[F#m]    [Abm]        [A]
I’ll say[C#m] it’s [B]over
C
  I’m gone

(Repeat Chorus last line)

[A]  How could you [B]do this
[A]  How could you [B]do this to [E]me?


5.) Out Of Reach

Key: [B]

Chords used:

[F#]-[F] pluck
e|-----
B|-----
G|-----
D|-----
A|-----
[E]|-2-1-

B-F

[B]  Long [F#]way from [Ebm]home
[Abm]          [E]        [F#]         [Abm]  [B](F
  lost by an echo I'd never have known
[E]  I've [F#]got pic[Ebm]tures to [Abm]prove I was [E]there
but you don't [F#]care
[B]        [F#]     [Ebm] [Abm]          [E]           [F#]    [Abm]  [B]([F#]-[F] pluck)
  Here's me overseas, across the pond by the Dover peaks
[E]  I've [F#]smuggled my[Ebm]self into [Abm]new natio[E]nalities
you think you'd [F#]be proud of me

[B]  There's room to be[E]lieve
out of [Abm]sight, out of [F#]mind, out of [B]reach
Start [C#m]over [Abm]   is no [Ebm]way to be[E]gin[F#]

(Repeat Intro, Verse 1 and Chorus Twice)

way to be[E]gin [F#]
way to be[B]gin


6.) 10 Minutes

Key: [B], [E]

chords used:

Drumbeats:

[B] [E] [B] [E] [Abm] [E] [Abm] [F#] [B] [E] [B] [E] [Abm] [E]

Ten [B]minutes to downtown
is ten [E]minutes too far
When my [Abm]friends all say I'm [F#]crazy
[B]maybe I'm being selfish
[E]Maybe I'm just scared
[Abm]Don't be gone when [F#]I get
home I [Abm]need you there[E]  [Abm]

[F#]If I [E]had to explain it[C#m]    [B]      [C#m]
[B]I [E]wouldn't know where to s[C#m]tart[B]  [C#m]
It's [B]like you're [E]falling in
love while [C#m]i just fall a[B]pa[E]rt[B]  [E]    [Abm]        [E]          [Abm]              [F#]                 [B]                   [E]                     [B]                       [E]                         [Abm]                             [E]                               [B]

[F#]Ten [B]minutes to downtown
is ten [E]minutes too far
when my [Abm]heart is saying you're c[F#]razy
[B]Maybe things are getting better
[E]Maybe things aren't so bad
[Abm]Don't be gone when [F#]I get
home you're [Abm]all I have[E]  [Abm]

[F#]If I [E]had to explain it[C#m]    [B]      [C#m]
[B]I [E]wouldn't know where to s[C#m]tart[B]  [C#m]
It's [B]like you're [E]falling in
           C
love while i just fall apart

[E]Pockets [B]empty [E]How can you [B]tell
me that [C#m]everything will [B]work out
a [E]pointless [B]fight
when [E]you're always [B]right and
[A]Everything will [B]work out
[A]  your [C#m]words out

E-B-E-B-C

[E] [C#m] [B] [E] [C#m] [B]

[E]Sometimes [C#m]I miss [B]you more[E]
when[C#m]ever I'm at [B]home[B]
[E]I've been [C#m]home all [B]summer[E]
Now I'm [C#m]leaving you a[B]lone[B]

C

[E]Pockets [B]empty [E]How can you [B]tell
me that [C#m]everything will [B]work out
a [E]pointless [B]fight
when [E]you're always [B]right and
[A]Everything will [B]work out[E]  [B]    [E]      [B]
[C#m]Everything will [B]work out[E]  [B]    [E]      [B]
C
Everything will work out


7.) The Company Dime

Key: [G]

Chords used:
[C] -    x32010 or [C9] - x320033

[D]

[C]  I watched it all come crashing [D]down
On the verge of a [Bm]world pro[C]found
Standing on unstable [D]ground
Adding [D/F#]insult to iro[C]ny
I think it’s really gonna happen this [D]time
Our calls on the [Bm]company [C]dime
Reluctance ties up the [D]line
With irres[D/F#]ponsibility

[G] [D] [C]

Guitar 2:
e|-----------3-2---3-2---3-2-3-2---3-2---3-2-5--3--2----|
B|-----0-1-3-----3-----3---------3-----3--------------3-|
G|-0-2--------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|

[C]  No matter save for a [D]friend
No argument [Bm]can a[C]mend
Irreplaceable but in the [D]end
One star [D/F#]player doesn’t save the [C]team
Now you’re open to at[D]tack
Our burden rests [Bm]on your [C]back
Replace, re-track[D]
Res[D/F#]ponsibility

G-D-C--Am

Guitar 2:
e|-----------3-2---3-2---3-2-3-2---3-2---3-2-5--3--2-----3--2-|
B|-----0-1-3-----3-----3---------3-----3--------------3-------|
G|-0-2--------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

[C]I’m still waiting for
([G/B]I’m still waiting [G]for)
[Am]You to get [G/B]over this
[C]I’m still waiting for
([G/B]I’m still waiting [G]for)
[Am]You to get [G/B]over this
[C]I’m still waiting for
([G/B]I’m still waiting [G]for)
[Am]You to get [G/B]over[C] this

[C]  Anonymous until the [D]ending
Spent a long long [Bm]time pre[C]tending
And a longer day spent ac[D]cepting
What the [D/F#]world ahead would s[C]tore
You only learn but not be[D]lieving
That the industry is [Bm]unfor[C]giving
Everything that you’ve been [D]giving
Isn’t [D/F#]what it was before

(Repeat Interlude 2 and Chorus)

[G] [Am] [C] [D]

Guitar 2:
e|-----------------------
B|-1-0-1-0-1-0-----------
G|-----------------------
D|----------------------- x8
A|-----------------------
E|-----------------------

[G]  Replace[Am], re-track
[C]  Replace[D], re-track
[G]  Replace[Am], re-track[C]  [D]

(Repeat Chorus and Interlude 3 until fade out)


8.) My Apology

Key: [G]

Chords used:
[E/G#] - 4xx45x or 476xxx

You’ll be accepting my a[Em]polo[C]gy
For taking things too [G]serious[C]ly
Sometimes I’m old e[G]nough to keep rou[E/G#]tines
Sometimes I’m [Am]child enough to s[C]cream
For every[Em]thing I broke in [C]two
You’re barely [G]missing me I’m missing [C]you
And everything you [G]do I really [E/G#]do
I really [Am]do Sure I [C]do

[Bm]My once photographic [C]memory
[G]  For recollections’s sake is [Em]failing me
[C]  I can’t remember for the life of me

[G]Sometimes I can [Bm]think to recite
[Em]Words that I [C]read and rewrite
My [Bm]pens paint people that I’ve proven [C]wrong
(repeat)

[Em]  We move [C]on

Get a [Em]job where I [C]tell
All of my ac[G]counts of someone [C]else
I’m quick enough to [G]judge that they were [E/G#]wrong
And that we [Am]knew it all a[C]long
Sing a [Em]long long-winded [C]song
I would be [G]content to hum a[Em]long     [D]Humm    [C]

If I [G]state that my fingers know where to [C]show
What everyone should have [Em]known
I’ll let it [G]go
Hopefully you’ll for[C]get
Any words that I put in [Em]print
My luck, you’ll [C]change
Have strength enough to walk a[C]way

(Repeat Chorus 4 times)

[G]Wrong


9.) I'm A Loner Dottie, A Rebel

Key: [C]

Chords used:

F-G-Am-Em (x4) F--G--C--Am--F--G--C--

[C]  Come tomorrow I’ll be on my way back[F] home
[G]In the [C]morning call from a roadside tele[F]phone
[C]  One night doesn’t [F]mean the rest of my life

[G]  If I [F]go it’s [Am]not im[Em]possi[F]ble
[G]Possi[Am]ble is [C]probably [F]wrong[G]
So, let [Am]go [Em]
cause [F]I’m af[G]raid to [C]try
        F               C--F--G
Keep my hands by my side

[F]  You won’t come [G]back
I [C]hope some day you’ll unders[Am]tand
I wanna [F]try, make it [G]right
Don’t know if I [C]can

Last [F]night[G]  [Am]everything was [Em]right
The rain was[F] gone[G]
One [Am]summer night’s the [Em]only time we’ve[F] known[G]
[Am]  So, shut [Em]your eyes
[F]  When you [G]wake up I’ll be [C]gone
                        F    C--
When you wake up I’ll be gone
[C]  One night doesn’t [F]mean the rest of my [G]life

(Repeat Chorus except last line)


10.) Long Goodnight

Key: [E]

Chords used:

C

[C#m]  Eve[E/G#]ry  a[B]tte[E]mpt to  [B]
[C#m]  is [E/G#]filled [B]with [E]holes[A]
C
  it reads like a polygraph i'm told

[B]  i'm not better [A]anyway
[B]  let it go

[C#m]  i [E/G#]never[B] s[E]leep still[B]
[C#m]  less [E/G#]i    [B]for[E]get[A]
C
  tied down by handicaps instead

[B]  i'm not better [A]anyway
[B]  but i didn't want it to turn [A]out this way

sing a [C#m]long good[B]night, for[A]get any [E]fight
re[A]fuse to [E]rest as[Abm]sured
it comes with [C#m]no rep[B]ly hold [A]on too [E]tight
i [A]hang on [E]every [Abm]word

A--F

[E]  if it all ended to[A]night, you know that i wouldn't [F#m]mind
it'd be back to the good [Abm]old times before it [A]won
(repeat)

(Repeat Chorus twice)

A--E


11.) Close To Home

Key: [D]

Chords used:
[A/C#] - x476xx or x4222x

[D]  Summer swallowed us [G]whole
Waited for [Bm]you to come around
[D/F#]  Every [G]word you wrote
[D]Down, we read it over to [G]know
Would they be[Bm]lieve in us now?
[D/F#]  There’s no [G]shame like no
[D]Sound from sources hits close to [G]home
Every[Bm]thing that we’ve found
Says [D/F#]make your own [G]destiny But

[Bm]  You’re [A]una[G]ware [A]that [D]you
Should be s[G]cared
[Bm]Maybe you’ll learn from
[A]mis[G]takes that we make
[D/F#]  We’re not [G]waiting for[A]ever[Bm]
We [D/F#]know [G]you’ll never [A]be there[Bm]
[D/F#]        [G]          [A]   [Bm]
  We’re not waiting forever
       D           Bm       G-----
If you get out See you there

D--G--Bm--D/F

Guitar 2:
e|--------0----------0---2----------0------2-0-----------0---|
B|----3-----3----3-----3----------3---3--------3-2-3-2-3---3-|
G|------2----------2----------2----------2-------------------|
D|-0-----------0------------0---0----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

[D]  Summer swallowed us [G]whole
Waited for [Bm]you to come around
[D/F#]  There’s no [G]shame like no
[D]Sound from sources hits close to [G]home
Every[Bm]thing that we’ve found
Says [D/F#]make your own [G]destiny But

(Repeat Chorus except last line)

If you get[D] out See you [A]there
You’re not [Bm]awake As I’m aware[G]
Woo

D--A--Bm--G

[Bm]Maybe we [A]had [G]all you
Figured [Em]absolutely [D]wrong[A/C#]
[Bm]There’s been a [A]mis[G]understanding
[Em]We’ve had all a[D]long[A/C#]
[Bm]Maybe we [A]had [G]all you
Figured [Em]absolutely [D]wrong[A/C#]
(Maybe we had all you
Figured absolutely wrong)
[Bm]You can read [A]about[G]
(You can read)
 Em                 D--F
About it when we’re gone


12.) I'll Catch You

Key: [A]

Chords used:

A--D/F

Can you s[A]leep as the sound
hits your ears one at a [D/F#]time?
an unspoken balance here
[A]  unabridged for so many years[D/F#]
that [A]i should stare at re[D/F#]ceivers
to re[A]ceive her isn't [D/F#]fair [E]

[D]  don't worry
i'll[A] catch you
[D]  don't worry
i'll[A] catch you
[D]  don't ever [C#m]worry     [Bm]

[A]    your arms in mine
[D/F#]    anytime
[A]    i wouldn't trade anything
[D/F#]    you're still my everything
[A]    to my surprise[D/F#]    before
my eyes[A] you ar[D/F#]rive [E]

(Repeat Chorus)

[F#m]   i'm still [E]breaking old[D] habits habits
when [F#m]you pulled the [E]wool over [A]me
[A]   i can see [D/F#]everything every[A]thing
[F#m]   re[E]-membe[D]ring
[F#m]   jinx[E] remo[A]ving[D/F#]     [A]       [D/F#]

(Repeat Chorus)

[F#m]   no [E]need for re[D]minding you're
s[F#m]till all that [E]matters to [A]me