Thursday, April 29, 2010

Phosphorescent - Los Angeles

Dm..........Am
the road is alive

Gm................F...........C
everybody's all here

Dm.........Am
I'm closing my eyes

Gm............F.............C
till the colors appear

Dm.............Am
throw me your line

Gm................F...........C
ain't it funny up here

Dm..............Am
to stand in the light

Gm........................................F............C
say I ain't came to Los Angeles just to die


Bb


...........F...................................C............Bb
are you getting a lot of attention baby

............F................................C............Bb
are they coming in every direction baby

............F................................C............Bb
are they covering you up with affection baby

............F................................C............Bb
are they giving you a lot of attention baby

they told me my eyes
would never be clearer
to hold on to mine
make good money out here
they told me those lies
just a grinning from ear to ear
they showed me a lie
they said "here is our offer, ain't it fine"

are you getting a lot of attention baby
are they coming in every direction baby
are they covering you up with affection baby
are they giving you a lot of attention baby

the road is alive
with the trouble and fear
frozen and blind
that's how they couple out here
oh me oh my
they call me colored up here
I looked in their eyes
say I ain't came to Los Angeles just to die

are you getting a lot of attention there
aw your bleeding from every direction ain't you
are they covering you up with affection
are you getting a lot of attention now

Monday, April 26, 2010

Magnolia Electric Co - Song For Willie

Capo IV

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

Bm........G............A...........C
as long as there are sundowns

...............D..........A........D
there will always be the west

........F#m.......Bm............................A...........D
in the hopeless times what hope have I hung to

..............................A...................G
for one the western skies and the rest

...................D
you're baby blue


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


Bm......................G.................A...............D
till your tears just mirrored my rambler's heart

...........................A..............G
and it was goodbye tried and true

Bm........A......D
goodbye baby blue

Bm...........................G...........A..............D
I need a home for any road to guide me home

........Em...................A....................G
and a rambler carries always all his sins

............Bm..............G.......................A...............D
but what weighs him down are all the questions now

............Em......A.....G
that the Lord's quit asking

Bm........G............A...........C
as long as there are sundowns

...............D..........A........G
there will always be the west

...............D..........A........D
there will always be the west

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Cory Branan - Walk Around

Capo II


G..G..G..G


.............C.........D......Em.......G
I want a girl to walk around with

..............C.................D.................G
I want a girl to walk around with me


......G..............C......G
and sure, why not, amnesia

G...................C.........G
stranger things have happened

.....D..............................................C..........................G
it's probably just amnesia that has kept him gone so long

......D.................................................C....................G
and any Friday night now while you're sitting here alone

...................C
you'll hear a knock

...................G................D
and you will open up the door

.........C............................G
to the man you're waiting for

..........................D
just like that I'm sure

...........................................................C.........G
and he'll be holding magic flowers on a golden unicorn

A7
but if you get bored with this

.....C...............................................................................G
I'm going for a walk, you're more than welcome to come with

........C
order out

.......G
stay in

.....D
tonight

.G
again

Em
dear God hear

....C........G
my plea


.............C.........D......Em.......G
I want a girl to walk around with

..............C.................D.................G
I want a girl to walk around with me


...............G..................................C........G
and these city girls blow by like a cold cyclone

G........................................C........G
ain't no way to wait till you're both alone

.....D............................................C............G
hell I didn't even wait till she got off her phone

........D
I just caught up and asked her

............C..........................G
you can't interrupt a multi-tasker

..........C..............G.........C.........G
I said, "dinner?", "sure", "8?", "great"

......................D7
and then she said, after

.............G
we could catch the express line
to the upper west side
barcab party
or maybe we could catch a ride
to clubcab subway
barcab home

C
sounds great yo

G
call ya? no

D
text ya later
alligator

C
chow baby love you

.......G
gotta run gotta go

C......G
XOXOXOXO

.....C
my God

G
whoa

D
go
slow

Em
catch our and breath

.....C..........G
and breathe


.............C.........D......Em.......G
I want a girl to walk around with

..............C.................D.................G
I want a girl to walk around with me

G
when I was 4, 5, 6, years old

C..........................G
Soul Train was my favorite show

G
act like you know
sho nuff for sure
Soul Train dancers on the floor
so I jumped up to get on down
but wailing flailing all around
my dancing skills though unrestrained

.....C
are best described as inhumane

........D
and I never got to catch that train
I just watched it blow by Detroit bound

.........C.............................G
then I cursed the tracks to crackertown

.......C..................................D
and I sat my cracker ass back down
cept every time I hear that sound

N.C.
make me wanna jump up and do the walkaround

G
walkaround
walkaround
do the walkaround
walkaround
then you walk it down

......D
and baby if you're free


.............C.........D......Em.......G
I want a girl to walk around with

..............C.................D
I want a girl to walk around

..C...............D
a girl to walk around

..C...............D................G
a girl to walk around with me

Sunday, April 4, 2010

The Old 97s - Streets of Where I'm From

C...E...F...Fm

...............C
I've been down

................E
I've been down too far to care

..........F
I keep gettin' in my car

................Fm
but I'm not going anywhere


and I've been had
well at least that's how it looks
and it's not funny like on tv
and it's not smart like it is in books

and I wonder, yeah I wonder
how the world keeps spinnin' round
where's a boy with bad intentions
gonna settle down


.................C..........Fm
and I don't know

...........................C...........Fm
what you've been told

.....D....................................F
the streets of the where I'm from

.................................................C
are paved with hearts instead of gold

.............D....................................F
yeah the streets of the where I'm from

..................................................C
are paved with hearts instead of gold


I recall
when I was twenty three
wondering how anyone could
fall in love with me

now I'm old
and I'm well past twenty five
and I can't seem to fall in love
no matter how hard I try

and I wonder where I'll wind up
but I'm heading west I know
wind my way through Texas
and into New Mexico

and I don't know
what you've been told
the streets of the where I'm from
are paved with hearts instead of gold
yeah the streets of the where I'm from
are paved with hearts instead of gold

and I don't know
what you've been told
the streets of the where I'm from
are paved with hearts instead of gold
yeah the streets of the where I'm from
are paved with hearts instead of gold
yeah the streets of the where I'm from
are paved with hearts instead of gold