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

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