Elephant Micah - Still Life Blue

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

well they say that your paintings

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

are the work of an untrained mind

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

unlike any image

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

in the eyes of the unconfined

so I stare at your still life

as if it were wild

I look for your blues

in the natural light

well I see your collective

and you put up on display

with the people all around you

and the people who those other people pay

to stare at your still life

as if it were wild

to look for your blues

in the natural light

we stare at your still life

as if it were wild

we look for your blues

in the natural light

Glossary - Save Your Money For the Weekend

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A...............................F#m

What's there to go back to

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

If you had nothing to start out with

A....................................F#m

All my daddy left me was a name

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

And a mouth full of bad teeth

But Odelia honey I'll be fine
If you meet me out on Friday night
I know Christian girls know what's wrong
But that doesn't mean they always have to do what's right

.....................................Bm
Save your money for the weekend

.............D...........................Bm.......D

And we'll dance through the fire

..........Bm.................D.................................F#m

You get one chance to make it through this life alive

....Bm.................D

We ain't got far to fall

................Bm...........................D

So lift your glass and we'll bet it all

....................Bm.........................D

Honey there's got to be some hell somewhere

..................E

waiting to be raised

Your family wants to condemn me
For the sins they commit themselves
But let them whisper dirty little secrets
Under those church house bells

And Odelia honey let it be known
I'd never tell you a lie
So if what I want to do is a sin
God better cover his eyes

Save your money for the weekend
And we'll dance through the fire
You get one chance to make it through this life alive
We ain't got far to fall
So lift your glass and we'll bet it all
Honey there's got to be some hell somewhere
waiting to be raised

So scrape together all of your pennies
Put on your favorite dress
And meet me down in the old part of town
For some excess

And Odelia honey I can't say
What's waiting for us up above
All I know is Southern girls are sweeter
'Cause they're full of Jesus' love

Save your money for the weekend
And we'll dance through the fire
You get one chance to make it through this life alive
We ain't got far to fall
So lift your glass and we'll bet it all
Honey there's got to be some hell somewhere
waiting to be raised

Glossary - Lonely Is a Town

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Lonely is a town

.......E...................G#m...A

On a night like this

...............E..........................G#m....A

Where the city moans like a neon sign

.....G#m.............................A

Just flickering to try and stay lit

And the moon looks like a hole
Cut out of the sky
And shining through is a beacon of light
Somewhere from the other side

......E.............G#m
The ghosts are out

........F#m......................A

Their dancing among the living

.........E.................................G#m

If you listen you can hear them howl

.......F#m...........A

And I feel like an orphan

..............F#m

Wanting to know

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

Where is home

I've been drug through the churches
Felt trapped like a dog on a chain
You can run as far as you want to
But something's pulling you back again

Because lonely is a town
When your floating through space on a stone
And nobody knows where we're headed
Maybe back to where we belong

The ghosts are out
Their dancing among the living

If you listen you can hear them howl

And I feel like an orphan

Wanting to know

Where is home

B.........................G#m
The wind only blows

B.................................G#m

'Cause it's got nowhere to go

.............F#m......A

To call its own

You don't need a soothsayer
To tell you how this life's going to go
It starts just like you remember it
And how it ends nobody's going to know

But your momma, she'll always be your momma
No matter what kind of trouble you get in
And your daddy may have never told you that he loves you
But it doesn't mean he never did.

The ghosts are out
Their dancing among the living

If you listen you can hear them howl

And I feel like an orphan

Wanting to know

Where is home

I wanna know

Where is home

Elephant Micah - Free As the Freest

Dm........C...F

Dm........C...F

Dm

well I never thought

Dm.........................C...........F

that a bird could have been so perfect

Dm

no I never thought

Dm.........................C............F

that a bird could have been so perfect

...Bb

in death

..........Am

like the cuckoo

......Gm

who lay

........F

in the dew

.........Bb

was as free

.........Am

as the freest

.........Gm

of the ones

............F

who still flew

C.........Bb........Dm.......C

who still flew

and when every song bird

is singing his song for the sake of pleasure

and every song bird

is singing his song for the sake of pleasure

wasted breath

of the cuckoo

who lay

in the dew

was as free

as the freest

of the ones

who still flew

who still flew

who still flew

Sam Quinn - Suite Motown

.........F.........................................Bb

i only feel like i'm asking when i'm asking

...........F...................................C

i'm only asking 'cause i don't have enough

............Dm

of these things that i want

.............Am

oh these things that i want

.........Bb....................C

i find i always use them up

i only feel like i'm crying when i'm crying
i'm only crying 'cause the tears ain't so much
i can't sit here all alone
i'm so scared when i'm at home
i'll find a world that's right for me

Bb..........................Gm...........................F

i can feel it when the lights come on in the city from my house

Bb.............................Gm..............................Am....Bb...Am...Bb

and i can feel it when the lights go down on me


i only feel like i'm slipping when i'm slipping
i'm only slipping 'cause it hurts in my blood
i can't change who i am
i don't have another plan
why did i ever try to lie?
i only feel like i'm lying when i'm lying
i'm only lying 'cause the truth hurts so much
i can smile through the pain
but i know it doesn't change
oh god i've torn out my insides
i can feel it when the lights come on in the city from my house
and i can feel it when the lights go down on me


it only feels like i'm asking when i'm asking
i'm only asking because i don't have enough of these things that i want
oh these things that i want
i find i always use them up

Joe Pernice - Prince Valium

Capo II

D...D/C#...G/B...A*

D...................D/C#

once or twice to kill my pain and

G/B................A*

once to bring it back again

......Em....................C.................A

no I never leaned so heavy on a song

it's the losing end that brings you down

so broken and lonesome you won't be found

and you pray someday you go back there again

..............Bm................F#m

cause the cure is long in coming

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

and it never lasts so long

...........F#m................Bm.......................A

guess a little was just a little too much to ask you for

maybe once or twice for the last time try

and once to let my feelings die

and I don't remember if we both survived

it's the losing end that brings you down

so broken and lonesome you won't be found

and you pray someday you go back there again

cause the cure is long in coming

and it never lasts so long

guess a little was just a little too much to ask you for

..........Bm..................F#m

always knew you'd be going

.............Em.......................D

though I did not know just when

...Em...............A.......................D..........D/C#

so help me Lord, get me stoned again

so help me Lord, get me stoned again

Bm..........F#m........................G.........................D

I see your face in the bleeding hearts that go too soon

F#m...............Bm...................A

I see you in the wreckage of the moon

cause the cure is long in coming

and it never lasts so long

guess a little was just a little too much to ask you for

always knew you'd be going

though I did not know just when

so help me Lord, get me stoned again

so help me Lord, get me stoned again

so help me Lord, get me stoned again

A*

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Elephant Micah - The Queen of Rocky Ripple

(Spinning on Air version)

(capo I for The Mayor or Rocky Ripple's First Three Demos version)

F...........................Bb...............F

the great blue heron knows her name

F...............................Bb................C

the seasons change, she stays the same

.....F.................................Bb...............F

she does her whipple and she sings her mind

F.......Bb........C.......F

on the rocky ripple side

the river shows up at her door

the way it did in years before

she marks how high those waters rise

on the rocky ripple side

the morning blows its whistle low

sounding once to pass her slow

she thinks back to another time

on the rocky ripple side

the great blue heron knows her name

the seasons change, she stays the same

she does her whipple and she sings her mind

on the rocky ripple side

The Talking Heads - People Like Us

G...C..D

G....Bm.................C

In 1950 when I was born

G.................Bm................C

Papa couldn't afford to buy us much

F.............Bb..........................F......C

He said be proud of what you are

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There's something special 'bout people like us

Em.............G
People like us

C.............................A........C

(Who will answer the telephone)

Em.............G

People like us

C.............................D

(Growing as big as a house)

Em............G

People like us

C........................D

(Gonna make it because)

.....C................G...............C...G
We don't want freedom

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

We don't want justice

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

We just want someone to love.

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

Someone to love.

I was called upon in the 3rd grade class
I gave my answer and it caused a fuss
I'm not the same as ev'ryone else
And times were hard for people like us

People like us
(Who will answer the telephone)
People like us
(Growing as big as a house)
People like us
(Gonna make it because)

C..................G
What good is freedom?

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

God laughs at people like us

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

I see it coming

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

Like coming down from above

The clouds roll by and the moon comes up
How long must we live in the heat of the sun
Millions of people are waitin' on love
And this is a song about people like us

People like us
(Who answe the telephone)
People like us
(Growing big as a house)
People like us
(Gonna make it because)
We don't want freedom
We don't want justice
We just want someone to love.

Someone to love.
Someone to love.
Someone to love.

Songs: Ohia - Hold On Magnolia

Capo IV

F...C...F...C...Am...Em...G

F.....C....Am....Em...G...........................F..........C

Hold on Magnolia to that great highway moon

F..C.............Am.........Em

No one has to be that strong

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

But if you’re stubborn like me

.............................F............C

I know what you’re trying to be
Hold on Magnolia, I hear that station bell ring
You might be holding the last light I see
Before the dark finally gets a hold of me
Hold on Magnolia, I know what a true friend you’ve been
In my life I have had my doubts
But tonight I think I’ve worked it out with all of them
Hold on Magnolia to the thunder and the rain
To the lightning that has just signed my name to the bottom line
Hold on Magnolia to that great highway moon
No one has to be that strong
But if you’re stubborn like me

Hold on Magnolia, I hear that lonesome whistle whine
Hold on Magnolia
I think its almost time

Hold on Magnolia
I think its almost time