J Tillman - James Blues

Capo IV

Am..G..C

C..E..Am..G..C

Am.........G...............C

James incurred the wrath

C....E.........Am

of a jealous woman

Am.......G.......C

Not long after that

C............E.........Am

spending all his weekends

..G...........C

Trying to relearn

.........G..................Am.........E..........F

How a young man yearns after a nurse

G.............C

Poor poor James

Most nights he has dreams
all his teeth are missing
Wakes up in a sweat
(Simperton?) heart racing
He throws back the sheets
Begins to eat without much feeling
Poor poor James

Desire is what makes
A (pragmamous?) human
Put me out to grace
Give this beast a burden
Because the universe
Makes much more sense without a purpose
Poor poor James

*Thanks to Raving Lunatic for the lyrics*

The Weight - Ships

D

............D
Well the stoplights all run red

..................G

burning the streets up to your house

........D

like a fading little flame

..............G

when the wick is running down

all the sweethearts of the world
are sick from staying out too late
lovers left and lovers who will wait
all the night

and the boys follow white lines anywhere
while the girls all hit the ladies room in pairs
all the bottles of the world
are out running themselves dry
all the after parties burnt by mornings first light
go on cry

........D
cause girl

...............A...............G...............D

we're just ships that pass in the night

................A.................G.............D

we're just wrongs that we can't set right

.......Bm

and that night

.........................A..........................G

it just sucked the doubt right out of me

..................D

so come on please

tell time by the tv
when the late shows rolling by
digging up the hatchets I buried in the yard
all the hours that pass
when the clock is wound too tight
honey I'm worn so thin
I can't even fight
can't even fight

and there's a box that through no one ever leaves

if you want me at home

safe and sound and fast asleep

well all the secrets that you try and keep from me

can't hold up between the blankets or the sheets

cause girl
we're just ships that pass in the night
we're just wrongs that we can't set right
and that night
it just sucked the doubt right out of me
so come on please

we're just ships that pass in the night
we're just wrongs that we can't set right
and that night
it just sucked the doubt right out of me
so come on please

The Star Room Boys - Was There Something In Her Eye

A

........D

long ago

.........G....................D

I believe it seems a while

..................A

there was a girl

...............G............................D

Lord she touched me with her style

.................A

oh with her style

............................D

and with a ways to go

..................G....................D..........................A

I guess I'd cross the finish line in the setting sun

............G........................D

I made out, she waved goodbye

.................A

she waved goodbye

...........G.......................A

down a dark and lonely highway

..............G......................D

you can see just straight ahead

.........G..........................A

as it's gone you feel the distance

........................G.........................D

from what was done to what you said

..........G

as you thunder toward the future

.............D...............G

and you leave it all behind

.............D........................G

you can wonder was she crying

....................A........................D

or was there something in her eye

as time flies by

well I've been proud and I've been humbled

and I have run

and I have walked and I have stumbled

and now and then

when I linger for a while

I remember that sweet girl

was there something in her eye

down a dark and lonely highway

you can see just straight ahead

as it's gone you feel the distance

from what was done to what you said

as you thunder toward the future

and you leave it all behind

you can wonder was she crying

or was there something in her eye

oh in her eye

in her eye