The Fox Hunt - Screw Me Up

G....Am..C

..G

I left her sleeping in her bed

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

now I'm not sure how

.....C

but stationed in the morning

......G

the Saturday night crowds

G

forget about the things I said

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

I'm always telling lies

...D

I told you I'd forget you

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

now you're all that's on my mind

there's a train that keeps me up at night

if I don't take my pills

and I'd quit but now just ain't the time

and I don't have the will

tired of feeling beaten down

lonesome and wrong

now nights I wished would never end

they all seem so damn long

...C

so screw me up and leave me

...G

a tattoo of your name

......D

and tell all of your friends

............G...............G7

that I'm no good anyway

.....C

it's no use looking around

.....................G.....G/F#......Em

I know you're on my mind to stay

......D

just screw me up and leave me

...G

a tattoo of your name

Em

I got a car but it's out of fuel

.......C

and me I'm out of cash

.......G

I'm almost out of cigarettes

..........D

these days they all go fast

and I've messed up one too many times

I'm just a bastard in your eyes

come on girl I need a place to stay

tonight

so screw me up and leave me

a tattoo of your name

and tell all of your friends

that I'm no good anyway

it's no use looking around

I know you're on my mind to stay

just screw me up and leave me

a tattoo of your name

just screw me up and leave me

a tattoo of your name

and tell all of your friends

that I'm no good anyway

it's no use looking around

I know you're on my mind to stay

just screw me up and leave me

a tattoo of your name

The Weight - Ohio

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

Bm

Ohio

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

well I won't write no letters

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

I won't send no cards

......A

anymore

well I've been waiting

for your sweetest daughter

but she's never coming

coming home

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

and I got lost outside of Cleveland

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

when the storm is coming down

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

just a shout at Indiana

................Bm................A

supposed to be Chicago bound

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

well all this wandering

..............Bm........................A

has got me feeling tired and restless

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

I've been wondering

...Bm..........A

if anyone will miss us

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

there's no sweethearts waiting for me

..........A

back at home

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

and there's no one sitting

.........Bm.................A

no one's waiting by a phone

Ohio

well I won't write no letters

I won't send no cards

anymore

well I've been waiting

for your sweetest daughter

but she's never coming

coming home

in the alleys filled with dreams

sleepy charlatans who roll

up and down these streets all night

spinning the thread back into gold

don't come far

well you'll find me back in Athens

but I got nothing

left to dream or chase after

all my friends are pulling onto

another town

and I'm spinning wheels

but I'm feeling too broke down

and all my life

well I've waited for

a girl like you

to come around

but I left my heart

down in Ohio highway

and I can't be anywhere

till it's found

Ohio

well I won't write no letters

I won't send no cards

anymore

well I've been waiting

for your sweetest daughter

but she's never coming

coming home

Sons of Bill - Lost Love and Indie Rockers

Capo II

G

yeah I've always had a complex

of inferiority

but I never thought I'd lose you girl

to pure androgyny

........C

up on stage singing

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

with a fake British accent

G

yeah he plays the synthesizer

and he drives a one speed Schwinn

with an apartment in the ghetto

that his momma bought for him

..................C

he thinks he's different

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

I guess different is what is in

............Am.......................................C

and I'm holding back an urge to throw a bottle

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

but you can't take your eyes off of him

......................C

he's so fucking cool

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

so much for me

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

my sad country songs

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

couldn't make you stay

..........................C

and baby I can't change

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

nothing I can do

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

he's gonna steal you away

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

he's so fucking cool

yeah well I still chew tobacco

and you think it's gross as hell

but he smokes Lucky Strikes

and you were hanging on every exhale

as he lights up another song

yeah well he thinks my flannel shirt

is just a throw-back to Nirvana

and he says he don't like Country

but he likes Americana

Twang-Rock, Post-Punk

Atmospheric, Indie Rock and Roll

I tried to tell you girl that all those words don't mean a thing

if your songs ain't got no soul

but he's fucking cool

so much for me

my sad country songs

couldn't make you stay

and baby I can't change

nothing I can do

he's gonna steal you away

he's so fucking cool

..............C

yeah well honey would you love me more

.....G

if I wore women's jeans

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

or would you still be a victim

...G

of Post-Modernity

...................C

because you used to love Hank Williams

........G

now Sonic Youth's your band

.........Am

oh but honey I still love you

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

so I guess you win again

he's so fucking

he's so fucking cool

so much for me

my sad country songs

couldn't make you stay

and baby I can't change

nothing I can do

he's gonna steal you away

he's so fucking cool

so much for me

my sad country songs

couldn't make you stay

and baby I can't change

nothing I can do

he's gonna steal you away

he's so fucking cool

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

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

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

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

Austin Lucas - Go West

Capo V

D

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

Oh no malice does exist

............G.........................G/F#

in these words I am now writing

................Em

Although one might catch

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

the faintest glance at sorrow

............Bm

I'm but trying hard to grasp

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

all these fragments as they're passing

...............Em

Piece the puzzle now

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

before the trail grows cold

....................G
And I'm not asking for the answers

...F#m

in mathematical equations

........Em............D/F#

to be culled and calculated

..........G

by unbiased hands

G

For at truth I am so stricken

.........A

And I dare only to forever dance

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

Which proves I am the better broken half

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

Oh and I am but the bitter better half

In my callous speculations
They leave no room for calm or reason
I have placed myself in altars that are hollow
So adept at finding weakness
I smell fear and close my fists
Unaware the stench I'm smelling is my own
So yeah, you left me and I'm bitter
And my pride is shocked and raw
For I believe I will be changing roads no more
I know that life is full of dead ends
But I saw us as a highway
Ever stretching on from coast to golden coast
Oh, but now instead I'm singin'

D.............A
Go west, Emily

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

Grab your boots and find yourself somewhere

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

I'll find another lover in the east

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

I said go west, Emily

..............Bm...........................G

Yeah you know you've got my blessing

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

But you can't expect these eyes of mine

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

to watch you leave

So with no malice I'll begin just once more to tell our story
Though the ending I may never hope to know
You were a sweet and sound companion
Though our paths led us apart
And I may never sleep so soundly as I did while in your arms
Now all I ask is you remember who you loved and who you lost
Please don't bury me in silence
Or blackest shroud of thought
Don't pretend that what we had was any less than what it was
For I will not soon be forgetting the reasons why we fought so hard to make it work

But go west, Emily
Grab your boots and find yourself somewhere
I'll find another lover in the east
I said go west, Emily
You know you've got my blessing
But you can't expect these eyes of mine to watch you

Go west, Emily
Grab your boots and find yourself somewhere
I'll find another lover in the east
I said go west, Emily
You know you've got my blessing
But you can't expect these eyes of mine to watch you leave

Joe Pug - Not So Sure

Capo IV

C

there was a time when I heard you

C

calling out my name

......F..............................C.........G

but these days I'm not so sure

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

when the room went dark and her voice was gone

...Am

I heard you all the same

......F................................C..........G

but these days I'm not so sure

I knew I could remember

your bedroom and your touch

but these days I'm not so sure

"definitely" was a word that I

used far too much

but these days I'm not so sure

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

I bummed expensive cigarettes

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

I wrote John Steinbeck's books

.......Am.........................G

I undressed someone's daughter

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

and complained about her looks

F

stealing was so easy then

............................C

I wish that it still were

..............Am...............G

now as I pick my own pocket

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

I know these days I'm not so sure

the church was my kitchen

the world was my church

but these days I'm not so sure

the choirs I would listen

the choirs I would search

but these days I'm not so sure

I sacrificed my sister

I prayed my own soul to keep

I told my dying father

that a man should never weep

breathing was so easy then

I wish that it still were

now as the breeze just makes me colder

that these days I'm not so sure

so if you see me tripping

I've forgotten how to walk

and I spend my days wishing after her

my steps are without rhythm

and her name is drawn in chalk

but these days I'm not so sure

I drank my wine for breakfast

every morning I was born

in the black electric winter

my back stays warm

sleeping was so easy then

I wish that it still were

and in my sleepless bedroom

I know that these days I'm not so sure

Elephant Micah - More Exposures

Capo II

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

Hungarian sunlight

................................C

showing me to have pretended like

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

I didn't even know

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

that I would have to pay for it again

I a lighting on the outskirts

knowing nothing but a nonsense word

every stranger knows

that I'll have to say it in the end

G..................................C.....................F

walking shocked by the ghost along the river

G................................................F

did the moon reflect me for what I am

American drumming

sounds like going in the great relief

cascading into sleep

fading out of a dream

seeking some reception

before the hand of the holy man

later in the dark

when he departs from living

standing stumped by the stamps of the valley king

did the lions take me for someone strange

staring straight at the dog by the castle

my shadow cast me so untrue