Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle - Officer Down

G
officer down

.........................C
Juliet Echo November

.............G
and the room falls apart but we'll pick it up

.............................C
and put it back together

Em..............................G
wake me up early and get dressed

........................C
and take me to breakfast

.........Em...............................G
and I don't even notice you coughing

.............C
into my coffee

........Em............G.............C
it's a shot in the dark but I don't think that

................Am
I've fallen further

Em.........G..........C
beautiful storms dancing like

...............Am
vodka December

........................C
like vodka December


drunk while you're asleep
I sneak around the bed like a burglar
and you don't even notice when
I knock over your glass of water
it's hard to be a good man listening
to the Drive-By Truckers
but you're so good to me it's weird
I think I'm happy
it's a shot in the dark but I don't think that
I've fallen further
beautiful storms dancing like
vodka December
like vodka December

pick me up from work
Juliet Echo November
how was you're day, I'm ok
what do you want for dinner
tired and kinda of crazy
what would you name the baby
but for everything we've got
and you mean everything to me
it's a shot in the dark but I don't think that
I've fallen further
beautiful storms dancing like
vodka December
like vodka December
like vodka December
like vodka December

Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle - The 2nd Time

C.....C/B.......Am......F
they thought I was sad

.........................C
cause I was not invited

....................C............C/b
but put your hand to close

.......Am
to my mouth when you feed me

F....................G
I just have to bite it

C......C/B...Am..................F............F.....................F
they all want jobs with good pay, benefits, and perks

C.....C/B........Am....................F
I'm better at doing nothing at all

G..................................C
and making it look like work


C...............................................F
how can the second time be an accident

...................C.............................F
how can the second time be an accident

....................C.........................C/B
didn't you know what would happen

................Am
could you smell that one coming

F
well where was your head at

.....G
oh I work hard

.....F
on something I believe in

G
stolen car

F
shipping and receiving

I wish I was smooth around the edges
with I was able to jump up ledges and catch my balance
wish I could hope for something too big to come true
oh I wish I could wish enough
and maybe hope for you

how can the second time be an accident
how can the second time be an accident
didn't you know what would happen
could you smell that one coming
well where was your head at
oh I work hard
on something I believe in
stolen car
shipping and receiving

how can the second time be an accident
how can the second time be an accident...

NQ Arbuckle - Ypres 1915

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B:-5-5-5-5-3-1----1----------
G:-5-5-5-5-----2-------------
D:-----------------------------
A:-----------------------------
E:-----------------------------

Dm..............................F.............C
perhaps they were too scared to run

Dm.........................F..............C
perhaps they didn't know any better

..........Dm.........F.................C
that is possible, they were so innocent

.........Dm..........F.....C
those farmboys and mechanics

Dm...................F................Dm...........F...................Dm
you only have to look at old pictures to see how they smile

Dm............................F
perhaps they were too shy

.......Dm.........F..........Dm
don't walk out on anybody

........C
even death

........G
even death

Dm.......................F........................Dm.....................F
perhaps their only motivation was a stubborn disinclination

C......................G
private macnally thinkin'

Dm
you squarehead sons a bitches

Dm............................................................................C
you want this goddamned trench you're gonna have to take it away

...............G
from billy macnally

........F...................C..................G
of the south end of st. johns new brunswick


but that's ridiculous to
and nothing on which to found a country
still it makes me feel good
knowing in some obscure conclusive way
they are connected with me
me to them

they are connected with me
me to them

they are connected with me
me to them

they are connected with me
me to them

they are connected with me
me to them

*Thank you Roy McRoy for the lyrics*

NQ Arbuckle - In Another Time

A
in another time when I quit smoking

A
I don't drink as much

A......................D
and my heart isn't broken

..........A
when I wake up early and I can see clearly

A
with a haircut, clean clothes,

A......................D
newspaper, and coffee

....Bm..............................G
I'll tell you what I'm gonna do

G...............................................................D
I'm gonna write a letter just to say "I hate you"


A


when my old car and shotgun are registered
my room is clean
and my debts are paid at the local bar
when Foggy Mountain Breakdown
isn't my favorite song
and I do all the normal stuff other people do
just to get along
I'll tell you how it's gonna be
I'm gonna write a letter just to say that you miss me

when the sun has turned to ice
and I think that you are nice
and I'm working out instead of drinking all night
and when I don't care
and I don't have no more nightmares
and I'm not the last drunk at the party in the armchair
I'll tell you what I'm gonna say
I'm gonna write a letter just to say "I'm okay"
I'll tell you what I'm gonna do

NQ Arbuckle - Marco Polo

F...............................Am
everything I say is a lie

F.......................Am
how do like me now

Gm.........................C
I need you, I don't need you

Gm.....................C
can you figure it out


F...................................Am
and I walk past parked cars

F..............................Am
haven't seen you forever

Gm..................C
or uncrossed stars

Gm................................C
woe is made for stormy weather

Gm....C
say it so

C.......................F
where are you now

F
marco

Am
polo

you grab me in your eyes
and the night fades around
what are you doing later
I'm just thinking outloud
in the drunken to and frough
where are you now
marco
polo
marco
polo
marco
polo

I'm just driftin' round the room
catching you time to time
the way you tie your hair back
to another song I can't write

so I sit alone
with the dark and departed
and it's always last call
just when I'm getting started
don't make me go home
where are you now
marco
polo
marco
polo...

NQ Arbuckle - XOK

Capo II


G
take my pulse

..................D
I think it's too fast

.........C................G..........................D
it's so hot in this house I'm going out

............G
to dark backyards

....D
to stay

..........C........................G.......................D
till it's cold enough to sleep the night away


.............C..........................G
and we might be missing everything

D/F#.............Em
for nothing at all

................C....................G................D
but don't worry about that anymore

............C...............G
and if I told that I loved you

............D/F#...................Em
would it give you better dreams

........................C..........................G...................................D
are would you think that I was lying just to get you to sleep

take my hand
and don't loose me
in the crowds of crazy people in this city
cause I get lost
when I'm alone
in the dark eyes of those who never go home

and we might be missing everything
for nothing at all
but don't worry about that anymore
and if I told that I loved you
would it give you better dreams
are would you think that I was lying just to get you to sleep

G
XOK XOK

D
XOK XOK

C
XOK XOK

G
XOK XOK