Emotionalism
The Avett BrothersVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Shes fighting with the sky
She thinks she can
Livin within a lie
She thinks she can
But nobody knows what lies behind
The days before the day we die
Die, die, die, die, die, die, die
Die, die, die, die, die, die, die
Die, die, die
She puts her hands against
The life she had
Living with ignorance
Blissful and sad
But nobody knows what lies behind
The days before the day we die
Die, die, die, die, die, die, die
Die, die, die, die, die, die, die
Die, die, die
You can try to swim the sea
But say goodbye to you and me
You can try to swim the sea
You can try to hold the breeze
You can try to hide the sun
But say goodbye to everyone
Die, die, die, die, die, die, die
Die, die, die, die, die, die, die
Die, die, die
Okay so I was wrong about
My reasons for us fallin out
Of love I want to fall back in
My life is different now I swear
I know now what it means to care
About somebody other than myself
I know the things I said to you
They were untender and untrue
Id like to see those things undo
So if you could find it in your heart
To give a man a second start
I promise things wont end the same
(Chorus)
Shame, boatloads of shame
Day after day, more of the same
Blame, please lift it off
Please take it off, please make it stop
Okay so I have read the mail
The stories people often tell
About us that we never knew
But their existence will float away
And just like every word they say
And we will hold hands as they fade
(Chorus)
Shame, boatloads of shame
Day after day, more of the same
Blame, please lift it off
Please take it off, please make it stop
(Bridge)
I felt so sure of everything
My love to you so well received
And I just strutted around your town
Knowing I didnt let you down
The truth be known, the truth be told
My heart was always fairly cold
Posing to be as warm as yours
My way of getting in your world
But now Im out and Ive had time
To look around and think
And sink into another world
Thats filled with guilt and overwhelming
(Chorus)
Shame, boatloads of shame
Day after day, more of the same
Blame, please lift it off
Please take it off, please make it stop
And everyone they have a heart
And when they break and fall apart
And need somebodys helping hand
I used to say just let em fall
It wouldnt bother me at all
I couldnt help them now I can
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I keep telling myself that itll be fine
You cant make everybody happy all of the time
I find myself in a place that I never been
A place that I thought that I would never be
Theres people looking back at me
(Empty measure or )
I keep having this dream Im at a party
Theres people throwing drinks and screaming
telling me that I dont belong
Lately lifes been the same I find this comfortable place
With all my friends then my friends start telling me that
Ive always been wrong
Im so tired of being wrong
There was a time I could move there was a time I could breathe
Through crowded spaces filled with angry faces
It didnt once cross my mind
With paranoia on my heels will you love me still
when we awake and you find that the sanity has gone from my eyes? Heea!
- yeah!
(Empty measure or G, drum taps)
I got secrets from you, you got secrets from me
Because youre so worried about what Im gonna think,
Baby Im worried too
But if love is a game, girl, then youre gonna win
Ill spend the rest of my life bringing victory in
If you want me to yeah!
- yeah!
La... La.. La.. La..
X2
Disappear from your hometown
Go and find the people that you know
Show them all your good parts
Leave town when bad ones start to show
Go and wed a woman
A pretty girl that youve never met
Make sure she knows you love her well
But dont make any other promises
The weight of lies will bring you down
And follow you to every town
Cause nothing happens here that doesnt happen there
So when you run make sure you run
To something and not away from
Cause lies dont need an aero-plane to chase you anywhere
I once heard the worse thing
A man could do is draw a hungry crowd
Tell everyone his name, pride, and confidence
But leaving out his doubt
Im not sure I bought those words
When I was young I knew most everything
These words have never met as much to anyone
As they now mean to me
The weight of lies will bring you down
And follow you to every town
Cause nothing happens here that doesnt happen there
So when you run make sure you run
To something and not away from
Cause lies dont need an aero-plane to chase you down
Repeat Intro
Repeat Chorus 1
Repeat Chorus 2
(One-two-three-four)
I open my door
And here's what occurs
A pretty little gal
With pretty little curls
leans to the si-i-ide
leans on my mi-i-ind
I dont wanna live
But I sure don't wanna die
I'm stutterin again
And telling her goodbye
Oh m-m-my-y-y good --by-y-ye
Will you come again it's hard to say
I surely hope so
Will you come again it's hard to say
I surely hope so
She walks up to me
With something more to say
Than hello and goodbye
I hope that youre okay
well im doing fi-i-ine
Im doing fi-i-ine
Repeat Chorus
Piano 4 bars
Piano/Banjo 4 bars
I wish youd see yourself as beautiful as I see you
Why cant you see yourself as beautiful as i see you
I open my door
And this is what I see
A hope inside a girl?
Looking back at me
oh m-m-my-y-y, good b-b-by-y-ye
Repeat Chorus
Love writes a letter and sends it to hate.
My vacations ending. Im coming home late.
The weather was fine and the ocean was great
and I cant wait to see you again.
Hate reads the letter and throws it away.
"No one here cares if you go or you stay.
I barely even noticed that you were a---way.
Ill see you or I wot, whatever."
Love sings a song as she sails through the sky.
The water looks bluer through her pretty eyes.
And everyone knows it whenever she flies,
and also when she comes down.
Hate keeps his head up and walks through the street.
Every stranger and drifter he greets.
And shakes hands with every loner he meets
with a serious look on his face.
Love arrives safely with suitcase in tow.
Carrying with her the good things we know.
A reason to live and a reason to grow.
To trust. To hope. To care.
Hate sits alone on the hood of his car.
Without much regard to the moon or the stars.
Lazily killing the last of a jar
of the strongest stuff you can drink.
Love takes a taxi, a young man drives.
As soon as he sees her, hope fills his eyes.
But tears follow after, at the end of the ride,
cause he might never see her again.
Hate gets home lucky to still be alive.
He screams oer the sidewalk and into the drive.
The clock in the kitchen says two fifty five,
And the clock in the kitchen is slow.
Love has been waiting, patient and kind.
Just wanting a phone call or some kind of sign,
That the one that she cares for, whos out of his mind,
Will make it back safe to her arms.
Hate stumbles forward and leans in the door.
Weary head hung, eyes to the floor.
He says "Love, Im sorry", and she says, "What for?
Im your and thats it, Whatever.
I should not have been gone for so long.
Im yours and thats it, forever."
Youre mine and thats it, forever.
Salina, Im as nowhere as I can be
Could you add some somewhere to me
Ah Kansas Im kneeling, ah Kansas please
Cleveland, I aint never felt nothing so strong
Been believing the words to my songs
Ohio Im leaving, Ohio Im gone
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From town to town and state to state
Theres people everywhere that try to capture us
We stole the cash and left our names
And almost slipped in Indianapolis
The rain it fell, the story went on
The rain it fell, and we got gone
Poughkeepsie, hang up the telephone
Wont answer your phone calls no more
New York quit callin, New York leave me be
Changing the plans that Ive been setting on
Im scared by the way that my life is getting gone
Carolina one day Ill, someday Ill come home
Carolina one day Ill, someday Ill come home
I'm no more than a friend girl
I can see that you need more
my boots are on my feet now
my back is by the door
the love and the attention
that you need and ask me for
are weakened by my absence
and the lies that i have told
Im scared to think that Ive abandoned you
Id like to say that Im a faithful man but
it may not be true
My heart is like a masons
heavy weathered skin
each scar makes it harder
for me to hurt again
Im scared to think that Ive abandoned you
Id like to say that Im a faithful man but
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F#
Gabriella, the things that I tell ya,
are only to help ya, are they working ou---ou--out.
have I gone, have I gone and failed ya,
oh, Gabriella, have I let you down---own...
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Gabriella, the things that I tell ya,
are only to help ya, are they working ou---ou--out.
I have I gone, have I gone and failed ya,
oh, Gabriella, have I let you down---own...
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REPEAT CHORDS WITH ELECTRICITY!
**Intro**
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Shooting off vicious collections of words
The losers make facts by the things they have heard
And I find myself trying hard to defend them
I made decisions some right and some wrong
And I let some love go I wish wasn't gone
These things and more I wish I had not done
But I've done
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But I can't go back
And I don't want to
'Cause all my mistakes
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They brought me to you
I have some "friends" they don't know who I am
So I write quotations around the word friends
But I have a couple that have always been there for me
And I missed some fun cause I worked through the dawn
Expecting your praise when I returned home
But I paid the cost cause I got left alone for the songs
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But I can't go back
And I don't want to
'Cause all my mistakes
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They brought me to you
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For just the chance to find
Love with someone that you love to find
For just the sense to try
To walk ahead and leave the pain behind
If the days arent easy, and the nights are rough
When they ask you what you're thinking of
Say love, say for me love
Say love, say for me love
Your heart says not again
What kind of mess have you got me in?
But when the feelings there
It can lift you up, take you anywhere
With the gravel beneath you and the limbs above
If anybody asks you where you're coming from
Say yes we live uncertainty and disappointments have to be
And everyday we might be facing more
And yes we live in desparate times with faded words and shakey rhymes
Theres only one thing here worth hoping for
With Lucifer beneath you and God above
If anyone of them asks you what youre living of
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3-2-0 on the E string.
I would be sad because you left me all alone.
I would be sad because the lies that you had told.
I would be sad because I got left by a girl that I adore.
I would be sad because the love I had before.
I meant what I said when I said I would settle down with you although I know
its not something that you were asking me to do.
And I know we are young but we wont always be, so marry me; lets not be
that predictable young couple changing, moving on.
But I can tell by watching you that theres no chance of pushing through.
The odds are so against us; you know most young love it ends like this.
I would be sad because you left me all alone.
I would be sad because the lies that you had told.
I would be sad because I got left by a girl that I adore.
I would be sad because the love I had before.
I meant what I said when I said I would rearrange my plans and
change for you.
You know me; Ive always been the kind with easy confidence.
Confident enough to honestly beleive that nothing out there stopping me
especially not someone who's not loving me.
Now listen here I told you I could live on with out loving you.
I was bluffing then, but it seems that just might have been the truth.
Well my dad told me, "One day son, this girl will think of what shes done
and hurting you will be the first of many more regrets to come."
And he said, "If she doesnt call, then it's her fault and its her loss."
I say, "Its not that simple see, but then again it just may be."
Chorus/Ending:
I would be sad because you left me all alone.
I would be sad because the lies that you had told.
I would be sad because I got left by a girl that I adore.
I would be sad because the love I had before.
I would be sad because the love I had before.
Tell her, tell her what Im thinkin
Tell her, tell her what Im dreamin
And, hey, she just might just understand
Baby would you listen to me
Come across the kitchen to me
And I will tell ya best I can
Bout how I know you love me
And how I want to love you back
People, people, people, they make it sound so easy
They say just do what your heart tells you to
But sometimes you cannot feel it
Sometimes you cannot hear it
Sometimes it wont talk back to you
And yeah I know you love me
And yeah I want to love you back
And how I know you love me
And how I want to love you bad
Far away I hear the rhythm of a song
Far away I get the feeling I belong, and so do you
And it goes like this
Oh no, no, dont want to leave you
Oh no, I want to keep you
Oh but I want to let you be
Oh no, I dont want to hear you
Say I dont want to be near you
Oh but Ive got to set you free
And how I know you love me
And how I want to love you back
And yeah I know you love me
And yeah I want to love you bad
Far away I hear the rhythm of a song
Far away I get the feeling I belong, and so do you
And it goes like this
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
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LAY BACK LAY BACK GO TO SLEEP MY MAN
WIPE THE BLOOD FROM YOUR FACE AND YOUR HANDS
FORGIVE YOURSELF IF YOU THINK YOU CAN
GO TO SLEEP GO TO SLEEP MY MAN
21 DAYS LOST AT SEA I TOSSED
FOR TWENTY TWO YEARS NON STOP I FOUGHT
THROUGH THE DESERT PISS DRUNK AND CONFUSED I WALKED
I SPIT A TOOTH IN THE PALM OF MY HAND
LAY BACK LAY BACK GO TO SLEEP MY MAN
WIPE THE BLOOD FROM YOUR FACE AND YOUR HANDS
FORGIVE YOURSELF IF YOU THINK YOU CAN
GO TO SLEEP GO TO SLEEP MY MAN
WELL THE WIND AND THE TREES ARE GANGIN UP ON ME
THEY SING MY FUNERAL SONG IN HARMONY
I KEEP ASKING FOR HELP FROM MY COMPANY BUT
THEY KEEP SINGIN AND SINGIN TO ME (LA LA LA LA LA )
AND SINGING AND SINGING TO ME
I WISH THINGS WE DIFFERENT TRUE INDEED
BUT EVERYTHING IS SO SHALLOW, AS EVERYTHING ABOUT ME
I WISH I COULD JUST TAKE MY MONEY AND LEAVE
I HOPE THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND UNDERSTAND
I HOPE THE PEOPLE OUT THERE WILL UNDERSTAND
LAY BACK LAY BACK GO TO SLEEP MY MAN
WIPE THE BLOOD FROM YOUR FACE AND YOUR HANDS
FORGIVE YOURSELF IF YOU THINK YOU CAN
GO TO SLEEP GO TO SLEEP MY MAN
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I dreamt of a suit a suit so fine I dressed my words in
Sewn and tailor made with song in mind made of melody
Stitched by threads of notes with perfect pitch, perfectly composed
Sound in tune and key, a code of rhythm, and harmony
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But when I awoke my coat was worn and my words were plain
Each song that I sang all the notes were wrong and poorly played
Both my sleeves had holes, my knees were patched, my shoes needed soles
No clever disguise no way to hide my offensive tone
But I, I wish for you more than I can give, than I can do
Yeah you, you deserve the best an anthem not my hand-me-down tune
Yeah you, you deserve the best an anthem not my hand-me-down tune
END!!!
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Readable chord sheet for Emotionalism by The Avett Brothers
[G]Shes fighting with th[Bm]e sky [C]
[G]She thin[Bm]ks she can [Em] [C]
[G]Livin within a l[Bm]ie [C]
[G]She thin[Bm]ks she can [Em] [C]
[G]But no[Bm]body [Em]knows what lie[C]s behind
[G]The day[Bm]s befor[Em]e the day[C] we die
[G]Die, die, die[Em], die, die, [Bm]die, die
Die, die, die, die, die, die, die
Die, die, [C]die
[G]She puts her hands [Bm]against [C]
[G]The life[Bm] she had [Em] [C]
[G]Living with ignora[Bm]nce [C]
[G]Blissful[Bm] and sad [Em] [C]
[G]But no[Bm]body [Em]knows what lies[C] behind
[G]The days[Bm] befor[Em]e the day[C] we die
[G]Die, die, die[Em], die, die, [Bm]die, die
Die, die, die, die, die, die, die
Die, die, [C]die
[G]You can try[Em] to swim t[Am]he sea[D]
[G]But say good[Em]bye to [Am]you and [D]me [C]
[Bm] [Am] [Bm] [Am] [Em] [Bm] [C] [D]
[G]You can [Em]try to [Am]swim the [D]sea
[G]You can try[Em] to hold t[Am]he bre[D]eze
[G]You can [Em]try to [Am]hide the [D]sun
[G]But say good[Em]bye to [Am]every[D]one [C]
[G]Die, die, die[Em], die, die, d[Bm]ie, die
Die, die, die, die, die, die, die
Die, die, [C]die
[G]Okay so I was wrong a[Am]bout
My reasons for us fallin o[D]ut
Of love I want to fall back [G]in
[G]My life is different now I s[Am]wear
I know now what it means to [D]care
About somebody other than [G]myself
[G]I know the things I said to [Am]you
They were untender and [D]untrue
Id like to see those things u[G]ndo
[G]So if you could find it in your [Am]heart
To give a man a second [D]start
I promise things wont end the s[G]ame
(Chorus)
[G]Shame, boatloads of [C]shame
Day after [Am]day, more of the [D]same
[G]Blame, please lift it o[C]ff
Please take it [Am]off, please make it [D]stop
[G]Okay so I have read the [Am]mail
The stories people often [D]tell
About us that we never [G]knew
[G]But their existence will float [Am]away
And just like every word they [D]say
And we will hold hands as they [G]fade
(Chorus)
[G]Shame, boatloads of [C]shame
Day after [Am]day, more of the [D]same
[G]Blame, please lift it [C]off
Please take it [Am]off, please make it [D]stop
(Bridge)
[C]I felt so sure of everyt[Bm]hing
My love to you so well [Em]received
And I just strutted around your [A]town
Knowing I didnt let you do[C]wn
The truth be known, the truth be t[Bm]old
My heart was always fairly c[Em]old
Posing to be as warm as [A]yours
My way of getting in your [C]world
But now Im out and Ive had t[Bm]ime
To look around and think
And sink into another [Am]world
Thats fi[D]lled with guilt and overwhelming
(Chorus)
[G]Shame, boatloads of [C]shame
Day after [Am]day, more of the [D]same
[G]Blame, please lift it [C]off
Please take it [Am]off, please make it [D]stop
[G]And everyone they have a [Am]heart
And when they break and fall [D]apart
And need somebodys helping h[G]and
[G]I used to say just let em f[Am]all
It wouldnt bother me at a[D]ll
I couldnt help them now I ca[G]n
[G] [Gmaj7] [G6] [Am] [D] [Bm]
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[G] [Gmaj7] [G6] [G]
[Am] [D]
[G]I keep telling my[Gmaj7]self that itll be fine[G6]
You cant make everyb[G]ody happy all of the [Am]time [D]
[G]I find myself [Gmaj7]in a place that I never bee[G6]n
A place that I thought that [G]I would never[Am] be
[D]Theres people looking back at m[G]e
(Empty measure or [G])
[G]I keep having this [Gmaj7]dream Im at a party [G6]
Theres people throwing drinks and sc[G]reaming
telling me that I [Am]dont belong [D]
[G]Lately lifes been the sa[Gmaj7]me I find this comfortable place[G6]
With all my friends then my [G]friends start telling me that
[Am]Ive always been wr[D]ong
Im so tired of being wrong [G] [G]
[G] [Gmaj7] [G6] [G]
[G] [Gmaj7] [G6] [G] [G]
[G]There was a time I could [Gmaj7]move there was a time I could bre[G6]athe
Through crowded spaces filled w[G]ith angry faces
It didnt o[Am]nce cross my mind [D]
[G]With paranoia on my heels[Gmaj7] will you love me st[G6]ill
when we awake and [G]you find that the sanity has[Am] gone from m[D]y eyes? Heea!
[G] [Am] [Bm] [C]
[G] [Bm] [Am] - yeah!
[G] [Am] [Bm] [C]
[G]
(Empty measure or G, drum taps)
[G]I got secrets from [Gmaj7]you, you got secrets from me [G6]
Because youre so w[G]orried about what Im gonna thin[Am]k, [D]
Baby Im worried t[G]oo [G]
[G]But if love is a [Gmaj7]game, girl, then youre gonna win [G6]
Ill spend the rest of my l[G]ife bringing victory i[Am]n [D]
If you want me [G]to[G] yeah!
[G] [Am] [Bm] [C]
[G] [Bm] [Am] - yeah!
[G] [Am] [Bm] [C]
La... La.. La.. La..
[G] [Gmaj7] [G6] [G]
[G] [Gmaj7] [G6] [G]
[G] [Gmaj7] [G6] [G]
[G] [Gmaj7] [G6] [D] [G]
[G] [G/f#] [Em7] [Dsus4] [C] [Cmaj7] [Cadd9] [C] X2
[G] [G/f#]
Disappear from your hometown
[Em7]Go and find the [Dsus4]people that you k[C]now [Cmaj7] [Cadd9] [C]
[G] [G/f#]
Show them all your good parts
[Em7]Leave town when [Dsus4]bad ones start to s[C]how [Cmaj7] [Cadd9] [C]
[G] [G/f#]
Go and wed a woman
[Em7]A pretty girl [Dsus4]that youve never me[C]t [Cmaj7] [Cadd9] [C]
[G] [G/f#]
Make sure she knows you love her well
[Em7]But dont make any o[Dsus4]ther pr[C]omises [Cmaj7] [Cadd9] [C]
The [G]weight of lies will bring you [Am]down
And [C]follow you to [D]every town
Cause [G]nothing happens [Am]here that doesnt happen t[D]here [Dsus4] [D]
So [G]when you run make sure you [Am]run
To [C]something and not away [D]from
Cause [G]lies dont need an a[Am]ero-plane to c[D]hase you anywhere
[G] [G/f#] [Em7] [Dsus4] [C] [Cmaj7] [Cadd9] [C]
I once heard the worse thing
A man could do is draw a hungry crowd
Tell everyone his name, pride, and confidence
But leaving out his doubt
Im not sure I bought those words
When I was young I knew most everything
These words have never met as much to anyone
As they now mean to me
The weight of lies will bring you down
And follow you to every town
Cause nothing happens here that doesnt happen there
So when you run make sure you run
To something and not away from
Cause lies dont need an aero-plane to chase you down
Repeat Intro
Repeat Chorus 1
Repeat Chorus 2
(One-two-three-four)
[C]
I open my d[Am]oor
And [F]here's what oc[C]curs
A pretty little [Am]gal
With [F]pretty little [C]curls
leans to the s[Em]i-i-ide
leans on my [F]mi-i-ind [G]
I [C]dont wanna l[Am]ive
But I [F]sure don't wanna [C]die
I'm stutterin a[Am]gain
And [F]telling her good[C]bye
[Em] [F] [G]
Oh m-m-my-y-y good [B]-[B]-by-y-ye
Will you come a[C]gain it's h[F]ard to s[C]ay
[G]I surely [F]hope so
Will you come [C]again it's [F]hard to [C]say
[G]I surely [F]hope so
She walks up to me
With something more to say
Than hello and goodbye
I hope that youre okay
well im doing fi-i-ine
Im doing fi-i-ine
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Piano 4 bars
Piano/Banjo 4 bars
[C]I wish youd s[Em]ee yourself a[F]s beautif[G]ul as I see y[C]ou
Why cant you [Em]see yourself [F]as beautif[G]ul as i see y[C]ou [G] [F] [G] [C]
I open my door
And this is what I see
A hope inside a girl?
Looking back at me
oh m-m-my-y-y, good b-b-by-y-ye
Repeat Chorus
[C]Love writes a letter and [G]sends it to [C]hate.
My [F]vacations ending. Im coming home l[C]ate.
The [F]weather was [G]fine and the [C]ocean [B/C]was [Am]great
and I [C]cant wait to s[G]ee you a[F]gain.
[C]Hate reads the letter and [G]throws it [C]away.
[F]"No one here cares if you go or you [C]stay.
I [F]barely even [G]noticed that [C]you were [B/C]a---[Am]way.
Ill s[C]ee you or I w[G]ot, wha[F]tever."
[C]Love sings a song as she [G]sails through the [C]sky.
The [F]water looks bluer through her pretty [C]eyes.
And [F]everyone [G]knows it when[C]ever [B/C]she [Am]flies,
and [C]also when [G]she comes [F]down.
[C]Hate keeps his head up and [G]walks through the [C]street.
[F]Every stranger and drifter he [C]greets.
And [F]shakes hands with [G]every [C]loner [B/C]he [Am]meets
with a [C]serious [G]look on his [F]face.
[C]Love arrives safely with [G]suitcase in [C]tow.
[F]Carrying with her the good things we [C]know.
A [F]reason to [G]live and a [C]reason [B/C]to [Am]grow.
To [C]trust. To [G]hope. To [F]care.
[C]Hate sits alone on the [G]hood of his [C]car.
With[F]out much regard to the moon or the [C]stars.
[F]Lazily [G]killing the [C]last of [B/C]a [Am]jar
of the [C]strongest [G]stuff you can [F]drink.
[C]Love takes a taxi, a [G]young man [C]drives.
As [F]soon as he sees her, hope fills his [C]eyes.
But [F]tears follow [G]after, at the [C]end of [B/C]the [Am]ride,
cause he [C]might never [G]see her a[F]gain.
[C]Hate gets home lucky to [G]still be a[C]live.
He [F]screams oer the sidewalk and into the d[C]rive.
The [F]clock in the [G]kitchen says [C]two fif[B/C]ty [Am]five,
And the [C]clock in the [G]kitchen is [F]slow.
[C]Love has been waiting, [G]patient and [C]kind.
Just [F]wanting a phone call or some kind of [C]sign,
That the [F]one that she [G]cares for, whos o[C]ut of h[B/C]is m[Am]ind,
Will [C]make it back [G]safe to her [F]arms.
[C]Hate stumbles forward and [G]leans in the [C]door.
[F]Weary head hung, eyes to the [C]floor.
He says "[F]Love, Im s[G]orry", and s[C]he says, "W[B/C]hat f[Am]or?
Im y[C]our and thats i[G]t, W[F]hatever.
I [F]should not have [G]been [C]gone for [B/C]so [Am]long.
Im y[C]ours and thats i[G]t, f[F]orever."
Youre m[C]ine and thats [G]it, [F]forever.
[C]Salina, Im as n[F]owhere as [G]I can [C]be
Could you[F] add some [G]somewhere to[C] me
Ah[Am] Kansas Im kne[F]eling, ah [G]Kansas p[C]lease
[C]Cleveland, I aint ne[F]ver felt not[G]hing so st[C]rong
Been b[F]elieving the [G]words to my [C]songs
[Am]Ohio Im l[F]eaving, O[G]hio Im gon[C]e
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[Am] [C] [Am] [C]
[F]From town to town and state to state
Theres people everywhere that try to c[C]apture us
[F]We stole the cash and left our names
And almost slipped in Indiana[C]polis
The rain it [Am]fell, the story went[C] on
The rain it [Am]fell, and we got [C]gone[G] [F]
[C]Poughkeepsie, [F]hang up the [G]telep[C]hone
Wont a[F]nswer your ph[G]one calls no m[C]ore
[Am]New York quit [F]callin, N[G]ew York leave me [C]be
[C]Changing the p[F]lans that Ive b[G]een setting o[C]n
Im scared by the [F]way that my l[G]ife is getting g[C]one
[Am]Carolina one d[F]ay Ill, someda[G]y Ill come ho[C]me
[Am]Carolina one [F]day Ill, someda[G]y Ill come home[C]
[G]I'm no more than a friend girl
[Em]I can see that you need more
[C]my boots are on my fee[D]t now
my [G]back is [Am]by the [C]door
[G]the love and the attention
[Em]that you need and ask me for
are[C] weakened by my a[D]bsence
an[G]d the lie[Am]s that i have t[C]old
[Am]Im scared to[D] think that Ive ab[G]andoned you
[Am]Id like to say that Im a fai[D]thful man but
[G]it ma[Am]y not be [C]true [G]
[G]My heart is like a masons
[Em]heavy weathered skin
[C]each scar makes it [D]harder
for[G] me to [Am]hurt [C]again
[Am]Im scared to[D] think that Ive ab[G]andoned you
[Am]Id like to say that Im a fai[D]thful man but
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[Bm]Gabriella, the things that I t[Em]ell ya,
are only to [Am]help ya, are they working [G]ou---o[F#]u--o[F#]ut.
have I [Bm]gone, have I gone and f[Em]ailed ya,
oh, [Am]Gabriella, have I let you [G]down[F#]---o[F#]wn...
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[Bm]Gabriella, the things that I t[Em]ell ya,
are only to help [Am]ya, are they working o[G]u---ou[F#]--o[F#]ut.
I have I [Bm]gone, have I gone and [Em]failed ya,
oh, G[Am]abriella, have I let you [G]down---[F#]own[F#]...
[Bm] [Em] [Am] [G] [F#] [F#] x2
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REPEAT CHORDS WITH ELECTRICITY!
**Intro**
[F], [C], [F], [G] Then, (still in the [G] shape) play
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[C]Shooting off vicious co[F]llections of words
[C]The losers make facts by the [F]things they have heard
And [C]I find myself trying h[F]ard to def[G]end them
[C]I made decisions some r[F]ight and some wrong
And [C]I let some love go I w[F]ish wasn't gone
[C]These things and more I wish [F]I had not done
But [G]I've done
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But I can't go back
And I don't want [C]to
'Cause all my mis[F]takes [G]
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They brought me to you
[C]I have some "friends" they don't [F]know who I am
[C]So I write quotations a[F]round the word friends
[C]But I have a couple that [F]have always been there for [G]me
And [C]I missed some fun cause I wo[F]rked through the dawn
Ex[C]pecting your p[F]raise when I returned home
But [C]I paid the cost cause I go[F]t left alone for the so[G]ngs
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But I can't go back
And I don't want [C]to
'Cause all my mis[F]takes [G]
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They brought me to you
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[Bm]For just the [C]chance to find
[G]Love with someone that you [C]love to find
[Bm]For just the s[C]ense to try
[G]To walk ahead and leave t[C]he pain behind
[Am]If the days arent easy, a[C]nd the nights are rough
[Am]When they ask you what you're [D]thinking of
Say [G]love, say for me [C]love
Say [G]love, say for me [C]love
[Bm]Your heart says [C]not again
[G]What kind of mess have [C]you got me in?
[Bm]But when the fee[C]lings there
[G]It can lift you up, take you[C] anywhere
[Am]With the gravel beneath you [C]and the limbs above
[Am]If anybody asks you where you[D]'re coming from
[F]Say yes we live unce[C]rtainty and [F]disappointments have to[C] be
And every[G]day we might[Am] be facing [C]more
[F]And yes we live in [C]desparate times with [F]faded words and shakey[C] rhymes
Theres o[G]nly one thing h[Am]ere worth hoping f[C]or
[Am]With Lucifer beneath you and [C]God above
[Am]If anyone of them asks you what youre l[D]iving of
There is on small riff between every transition from [G] to [Em]. Simply walk down
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[G]I would be [Em]sad because [C]you left me all alone[G].
[G]I would be [Em]sad because [C]the lies that you had tol[G]d.
[G]I would be [Em]sad because I[C] got left by a [D]girl that I adore.
[G]I would be [Em]sad because t[C]he love I had before[G].
[G]I meant what I said when I said I[Em] would settle down with you [C]although I know
its not something that yo[D]u were asking me to do.
[G]And I know we are young but we wont a[Em]lways be, so marry me; lets not[C] be
that predictable young [D]couple changing, moving on.
[G]But I can tell by watching you that [Em]theres no chance of pushing through.
The [C]odds are so against us; you know [D]most young love it ends like this.
[G]I would be [Em]sad because [C]you left me all alone[G].
[G]I would be [Em]sad because [C]the lies that you had tol[G]d.
[G]I would be [Em]sad because I[C] got left by a [D]girl that I adore.
[G]I would be [Em]sad because t[C]he love I had before[G].
[G]I meant what I said when I said [Bm]I would [C]rearrange my [D]plans and
change for y[G]ou.
[G]You know me; Ive always been the k[Em]ind with easy confidence.
[C]Confident enough to honestl[D]y beleive that nothing out there [G]stopping me
especially not s[Em]omeone who's not loving me.
[C]Now listen here I told you I could [D]live on with out loving you.
[C]I was bluffing then, but it seems [D]that just might have been the truth.
[G]Well my dad told me, "One day son, this [Em]girl will think of what shes done
and [C]hurting you will be the first of [D]many more regrets to come."
[G]And he said, "If she doesnt call, then i[Em]t's her fault and its her loss."
I s[C]ay, "Its not that simple see, but th[D]en again it just may be."
Chorus/Ending:
[G]I would be [Em]sad because [C]you left me all alone[G].
[G]I would be [Em]sad because [C]the lies that you had tol[G]d.
[G]I would be [Em]sad because I[C] got left by a [D]girl that I adore.
[G]I would be [Em]sad because t[C]he love I had before[G].
[G]I would be [Em]sad because t[C]he love I had before[G].
[D]Tell her, tell her [E]what Im thinkin
[A]Tell her, tell her what Im dreamin
[D]And, hey, she just m[E]ight just under[A]stand
[D]Baby would you l[E]isten to me
[A]Come across the kitchen to me
[D]And I will t[E]ell ya best I c[A]an [A] [Ab] [G]
[G]Bout how I know you love me
And how I want to love you b[D]ack [A] [D]
[D]People, p[E]eople, people, t[A]hey make it sound so easy
[D]They say just [E]do what your [A]heart tells you to
[D]But sometimes you [E]cannot feel it
[A]Sometimes you cannot hear it
[D]Sometimes it [E]wont talk back to y[A]ou [A] [Ab] [G]
[G]And yeah I know you love me
And yeah I want to love you b[D]ack [A] [A] [Ab] [G]
[G]And how I know you love me
And how I want to love you [D]bad [A] [D]
[G]Far away I hear the rhythm of a [D]song
[G]Far away I get the feeling I [D]belong, and so do [A]yo[Ab]u [G]
And it goes like [E]this
[D]Oh no, no, dont w[E]ant to leave you
[A]Oh no, I want to keep you
[D]Oh but I wa[E]nt to let you [A]be
[D]Oh no, I dont w[E]ant to hear you
[A]Say I dont want to be near you
[D]Oh but Ive [E]got to set you [A]free [A] [Ab] [G]
[G]And how I know you love me
And how I want to love you [D]back[E] [A] [A] [Ab] [G]
[G]And yeah I know you love me
And yeah I want to love you [D]bad
[G]Far away I hear the rhythm of a [D]song
[G]Far away I get the feeling I [D]belong, and so do [A]yo[Ab]u [G]
And it goes like t[E]his
[A]La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,[G] la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
[A]La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,[G] la, la[E]
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[G]LAY BACK LAY BACK GO TO SLEEP MY MA[C]N
[G]WIPE THE BLOOD FROM YOUR FACE AND YOUR H[C]ANDS
[G]FORGIVE YOURSELF IF YOU THINK YOU [C]CAN
[G]GO TO SLEEP GO T[D]O SLEEP MY M[C]AN
[G]21 DAYS LOST AT SEA I TOSSE[C]D
[G]FOR TWENTY TWO YEARS NON STOP I [C]FOUGHT
[G]THROUGH THE DESERT PISS DRUNK AND CONFUSED I [C]WALKED
[G]I SPIT A TOOTH IN T[D]HE PALM OF MY [C]HAND
LAY BACK LAY BACK GO TO SLEEP MY MAN
WIPE THE BLOOD FROM YOUR FACE AND YOUR HANDS
FORGIVE YOURSELF IF YOU THINK YOU CAN
GO TO SLEEP GO TO SLEEP MY MAN
WELL THE WIND AND THE TREES ARE GANGIN UP ON ME
THEY SING MY FUNERAL SONG IN HARMONY
I KEEP ASKING FOR HELP FROM MY COMPANY BUT
THEY KEEP SINGIN AND SINGIN TO ME (LA LA LA LA LA )
AND SINGING AND SINGING TO ME
I WISH THINGS WE DIFFERENT TRUE INDEED
BUT EVERYTHING IS SO SHALLOW, AS EVERYTHING ABOUT ME
I WISH I COULD JUST TAKE MY MONEY AND LEAVE
I HOPE THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND UNDERSTAND
I HOPE THE PEOPLE OUT THERE WILL UNDERSTAND
LAY BACK LAY BACK GO TO SLEEP MY MAN
WIPE THE BLOOD FROM YOUR FACE AND YOUR HANDS
FORGIVE YOURSELF IF YOU THINK YOU CAN
GO TO SLEEP GO TO SLEEP MY MAN
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[E]I dreamt of a s[B]uit a suit so fine I dressed my words [E]in
[E]Sewn and tailor [B]made with song in mind made of [E]melody
[E]Stitched by threads of [B]notes with perfect pitch, perfectly c[E]omposed
[E]Sound in tune and k[B]ey, a code of rhythm, and h[E]armony
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But when I awoke my coat was worn and my words were plain
Each song that I sang all the notes were wrong and poorly played
Both my sleeves had holes, my knees were patched, my shoes needed soles
No clever disguise no way to hide my offensive tone
But I, I wish for you more than I can give, than I can do
Yeah you, you deserve the best an anthem not my hand-me-down tune
Yeah you, you deserve the best an anthem not my hand-me-down tune
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