Thursday, July 22, 2010

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

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

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

The Fox Hunt - I'll Drink Cheap

G
well I know you like to drink

................................C
and I know you like the best

G
when you go out with your friends

....D
it's anybody's guess

G
girl when you're out with me

..................C..........................G
I'll break the bank you know it's true

G
darlin' I'll drink cheap

...D...........G
so you don't have to


.......C
yeah I'll drink cheap

...............G
so you can have what you like

.....D
you know I don't mind paying

.........G
if you come with me tonight

........C
cause I like seeing you

.................G
under them big old neon lights

A
bray will get me just as drunk

...D........................D7
it just don't taste as nice

....G
it's PBR for me

C........................G
Guiness Draft for you

G
darlin' I'll drink cheap

....D............G
so you don't have to

yeah whenever we go out
her eyes get fixed on the top shelve
it's long island ice teas for her
and real drinks for myself
this guitar don't pay too much
so I must be a fool
darlin' I'll drink cheap
so you don't have to

yeah I'll drink cheap
so you can have what you like
you know I don't mind paying
if you come with me tonight
cause I like seeing you
under them big old neon lights
bray will get me just as drunk
it just don't taste as nice
it's Old Grandad for me
Maker's Mark for you
darlin' I'll drink cheap
so you don't have to

well I know you like to drink
and your gonna get the best
cause I'll make sure that you
don't have to settle for any less
it ain't too much hassle
as long as you're still being true
darlin' I'll drink cheap
so you don't have to

yeah I'll drink cheap
so you can have what you like
you know I don't mind paying
if you come with me tonight
cause I like seeing you
under them big old neon lights
bray will get me just as drunk
it just don't taste as nice
it's two Yuenglings for me
two Jaeger bombs for you
darlin' I'll drink cheap
so you don't have to
yeah I'll drink cheap
so you don't have to

Saturday, July 3, 2010

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

Friday, June 25, 2010

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

Sunday, May 23, 2010

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

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