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Welcome
To The Working Week
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Miracle Man
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No Dancing
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Blame It On Cain
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Alison
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Sneaky Feelings
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(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
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Less Than Zero
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Mystery Dance
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Pay It Back
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I'm Not Angry
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Waiting For The End Of The
World
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Watching The Detectives
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Radio Sweetheart
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Stranger In The House
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Imagination (Is A Powerful Deceiver)
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Cheap Reward
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Jump Up
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Wave A White Flag
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Poison Moon
Welcome To The Working Week
tabbed by phillip@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Phillip Charles Saunders)
E G#m7
Now that your picture's in the paper bein' rythmic'lly admired
C#m7 F#
And you can have anyone that you have ever desired,
A B
All you gotta tell me now is why, why, why why.
A C#m
Welcome to the working week.
A
Oh, I know it don't thrill you.
E
I hope it don't kill you.
A C#m F#
Welcome to the working week.
A B
You gotta do it till you're through it so you better get to it.
E G#m
All of your fam'ly had to kill to survive,
C#m F#
And they're still waitin' for their big day to arrive.
A B
But if they knew how I felt, they'd bury me alive.
A C#m
Welcome to the working week.
A
Oh, I know it don't thrill you.
E
I hope it don't kill you.
A C#m F#
Welcome to the working week.
A B
You gotta do it till you're through it so you better get to it.
G#m C#m
I hear you sayin', "Hey, the city's all right,"
F#m G#m A B
When you only read about it in books.
G#m C#m
Spend all your money gettin' so convinced
A B
That you never even bother to look
E G#m C#m
Sometimes I wonder if we're livin' in the same land.
F#
Why d'you wanna be my friend
A B
When I feel like a juggler runnin' outta hands?
A C#m
Welcome to the working week,
A E
Oh ah, welcome to the working week.
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From: jstaton@math.lsa.umich.edu (Joseph L Staton)
The first verse hit the chords once each and let's them ring-- the first
chorus and after the chords are struck once on the first downbeat followed
by two half beats (a "one and two" syncopated count if you wasted
years as a high-school band-nazi)
Welcome to the Working Week- Elvis Costello
Verse: (tacit until picture)
E G#m
Now that your pictureÕs in the paper bein' publicly admired
C#m
You can have anyone
F#
That you have ever desired
A B
All you gotta do is tell me why, why, why, why...
Chorus
A E
Welcome to the workin' week
A
Oh, I know it donÕt thrill you
E
I hope it don't kill you
A F#
Welcome to the workin' week
A
You gotta do it 'til you do it
B
So you'd better get to it
Verse 2:
Not like your family had to kill to survive
They're still waitin' for their
Big day to arrive
If they knew how I felt
They'd bury me alive
Chorus
Bridge
G# C#m
I hear you sayin' that the cityÕs all right
F#m G#m A B
But you've only read about it in books
G# C#m
Spent all your money gettin' so convinced
A B
That you never even bothered to learn
Verse 3:
Not like we're even livin' in the same land
Why you want to be my friend
When I'm actin' like a juggler
Runnin' outta hands
A E
Welcome to the workin' week
A E
Well now, welcome to the workin' week
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From: "k.kawamata"
WELCOME TO THE WORKING WEEK
E G#m
Now that your picture's in the paper bein'rhythmically admired
C#m7 F#
And you can have anyone that you have ever desired,
A B
All you gotta tell me now is why, why, why why.
(Chorus)
A C#m
Welcome to the working week.
A
Oh, I know it don't thrill you.
E
I hope it don't kill you.
A C#m F#
Welcome to the working week.
A B
You gotta do it till you're through it so you better get to it.
E G#
All of your fam'ly had to kill to survive,
C#m F#
And they're still waitin' for their big day to arrive.
A B
But if they knew how I felt, they'd bury me alive.
(Chorus)
G#m C#m
I hear you sayin', Hey, the city's all right,
F#m G#m A B
When you only read about it in books.
G#m C#m
Spend all your money gettin' so convinced
A B
That you never even bother to look
E G#m C#m
Sometimes I wonder if we're livin' in the same land.
F#
Why d'you wanna be my friend
A B
When I feel like a juggler runnin' outta hands.
A C#m
Welcome to the working week,
A E
Oh ah, welcome to the working week.
Miracle Man
Tabbed by michael@magick.net (michael p mccullough)
E C#m E C#m
E C#m E
You never asked me what I wanted. You only asked me why.
C#m E C#m E B E
I never thought that so much trouble was a restin' on my reply,
A E
I could say it was the nights when I was lonely
A C#m
and you were the only one who'd come.
A E
I could tell you that I like your sensitivity,
F# B
when you know it's the way that you walk.
A E
Why do you have to say that there's always someone
A E
who can do it better than I can?
A E
But don't you think that I know that walking on the water
B n.c. B B B B B
won't make me a miracle man?
E C#m
Baby's gotta have the things she wants.
E C#m
You know she's gotta have the things she loves.
E C#m
She's got a ten-inch bamboo cigarette holder
E B E
and her black patent leather gloves.
A E
And I'm doing everything just tryin' to please her,
A C#m
even crawling around on all fours.
A E
Oh, I thought by now that it was gonna be easy,
F# B
but she still seems to want for more.
(chorus)
E C#m E
Yeah they're givin' you a bad reputation just because you've never
been
C#m E C#m E
denied. You try to say you've done it all before. Baby, you know
that you
B E A E
just get tired. Yet everybody loves you so much, girl.
A C#m A
E
I just don't know how you stand the strain. Oh, but I'm the one who's
here
F# B
tonight, and I don't wanna do it all in vain.
(chorus)
No Dancing
tabbed by zeroy@netcom.com (Roy M. Randall)
D A
Oh, I know that she has made a fool of him,
D
Like girls have done so many nights before,
A
Time and time again.
D A
Life is so strange. I don't know why,
D Gm
But somebody, somebody has to cry.
D A G D
There's gonna be no dancing when they get home.
G A
There's gonna be no dancing, no,
G A
There's gonna be no dancing,
G A Bb D
There's gonna be no dancing when they get home.
Now he's telling her ev'ry little thing he's done.
Once he glanced at the jackets of some paperbacks.
Now he's read ev'ry one.
He's such a drag. He's not insane.
It's just that ev'rybody has to feel his pain.
There's gonna be no dancing when they get home.
Bb
He's getting down on his knees.
Dm Bb Dm
He finds that her brother's not so easy to please, oh, oh.
Bb F
After all, his nights were just a paper striptease.
A7sus4 A7
She's caught it like some disease.
Tacit
If he says no dancing, there's gonna be no dancing,
G A Bb D
There's gonna be no dancing on my own.
She can't even speak to him. He can't face her now.
He says, "Even though I wanna shake your hand,
All I ever do is bow.
So now you see how it can be.
Why can't you give me ev'rything but sympathy?
D A
There's gonna be no dancing,
D A
There's gonna be no dancing,
Bb F
There's gonna be no dancing,
Bb F
There's gonna be no dancing
Bb F
There's gonna be no dancing
Bb F Eb D
There's gonna be no dancing on my own.
Blame It On Cain
tabbed by zeroy@netcom.com (Roy M. Randall)
G
Once upon a time, I had a little money.
Government burglars took it long before I could mail it to you.
C7
Still you are the only one.
G
Now, I can't let it slip away.
D
So if the man with the ticker tape, he tries to take it,
D7 G
Well, this is what I'm gonna say:
Em7 G
Blame it on Cain. Don't blame it on me.
C D C G
Oh, oh, oh, it's nobody's fault, but we need somebody to burn.
Well, if I was a saint with a silver cup
And the money got low, we could always heat it up or trade it in.
But then the radio that heaven will be wired to your purse.
And then you can run down the wave band, coast to coast, hand in hand.
D7 C
Bad to worse, curse for curse, don't be disatisfied.
D G
So, you're not satisfied.
Em7 G
Blame it on Cain. Don't blame it on me.
C D
Oh, oh, oh, it's nobody's fault,
C G
But we need somebody to burn.
I think I've lived a little too long on the outskirts of town.
I think I'm goin' insane from talking to myself for so long.
Oh, but I never been accused.
When they step upon your face, you wear that good luck grin.
D7
I gotta break out one weekend if I do somebody in.
But ev'ry single time I feel a little stronger,
C D
They tell me it's a crime. Well how much longer?
Em7 G
Blame it on Cain. Don't blame it on me.
C D
Oh, oh, oh, it's nobody's fault,
C G
But we need somebody to burn.
Em7 G
Blame it on Cain. Don't blame it on me.
C D
Oh, oh, oh, it's nobody's fault.
C G
But it just seems to be his turn.
Alison
[Chords you will need:]
Abm7 Abm B7sus4 B7sus
--4-- --4-- --2-- --2--
--4-- --4-- --5-- --5--
--4-- --4-- --2-- --4--
--4-- --6-- --4-- --4--
--6-- --6-- --2-- --2--
--4-- --4-- ----- -----
[Intro]
Bsus4 B | Abm A C#m B | F#m Abm | Abm B
A E
Oh it's so funny to be seeing you after so long girl
A Abm7 C#m B
And the way you like I understand that you were not impressed
A Abm7 C#m
But I heard you let that little friend of mine
D B7sus4 B7
Take off your party dress
A E C#m B
I'm not going to get too sentimental like those
A Abm7 C#m B
other sticky valentines
A Abm7 C#m
Cause I don't know if you've been loving somebody
D B7sus4 B7
I only know it isn't mine
[CHORUS]
A E A B Abm Ab7 C#m
Alison I know this world is kil-ling you
B A E A B E
Oh Alison My aim is true
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
Repeat and fade on this:
D B E A
My aim is true
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from: Christian Korbanka, Cologne, Germany
e-mail: Christian_Korbanka@msn.com
lyrics and chords of: Alison by Elvis Costello
Suggestions and corrections are always welcome!
date: 95/10/15
Bsus4 B
G#m A C#m B
F#m G#m
B
A E
Oh, it's so funny to be seeing you after so long, girl
A
And with the way you look I understand that
G#m7 C#m B
You are not impressed
A G#m7 C#m
But I heard you let that little friend of mine
D B7sus4 B7
Take off your party dress
A G#m7 C#m
I'm not gonna get too sentimental
B A G#m7 C#m B
Like those other sticky valentines
A G#m7 C#m
`Cos I don't know if you are loving somebody
D B7sus4 B7
I only know it isn't mine
A E A B G#m G#7/D# C#m
Alison - I know this world is killing you
B A E A B E
Oh, Alison - my aim is true
A E
Well I see you gotta husband now
A
Did he leave your pretty fingers lying
G#m7 C#m B
In the wedding cake?
A G#m7 C#m
You used to hold him right in your hand
D B7sus4 B7
I4ll bet he took all he could take
A G#m7 C#m B
Sometimes I wish that I could stop you from talking
A G#m7 C#m B
When I hear the silly things that you say
A G#m7 C#m
I think somebody better put out the big light
D B7sus4 B7
`Cos I can't stand to see you this way
A E A B G#m G#7/D# C#m
Alison - I know this world is killing you
B A E A B E
Oh, Alison - my aim is true
D B E A
My aim is true.
Sneaky Feelings
Tabbed by michael mccullough
G Em7 C F C G Em7 C F C
C G C G
Now everybody's breakin' up somebody else's home,
C G
before somebody else starts breaking up their own.
C G
I get you in my dreams.
C G
You should hear the things you say.
C G
It's not that it's so much fun,
Am7 G F F#
but it's safer that way.
G C G
Sneaky feeling, sneaky feelings,
Am7
you can't let those kind of feeling show.
G C G
I'd like to get right through the way I feel for you,
Am7 G Em7
but I've still got a long way to go.
C G C G
Why don't we call it a day, and we can both confess.
C G
You can force me to use a little tenderness.
C G C G C G
White lies, alibis, anything but say that it's true.
C G c G
Now we could sit like lovers, staring in each other's eyes,
Am7 D G
but the magic of the moment might become too much for you.
G C G
Sneaky feelings, sneaky feelings,
Am7
you can't let those kind of feeling show.
G C G
I'd like to get right through the way I feel for you,
Am7 G Am7 G
But I still got a long way to go, Oh I still got a long way to go . .
Am7 = X02010
(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
From: William Vaughan
Intro E A E Esus4
E
Oh I used to be disgusted
G#m
and now I try to be amused.
E
But since their wings have got rusted,
A B E
you know, the angels wanna wear my red shoes.
e f# g# A E
But when they told me 'bout their side of the bargain,
A E
that's when I knew that I could not refuse.
B A E Esus4 E
And I won't get any older, now the angels wanna wear my red shoes.
A B E
I was watching while you're dancing away.
B A E
Our love got fractured in the echo and sway.
A B E
How come everybody wants to be your friend?
G#m B
You know that it still hurts me just to say it.
E
Oh, I know that she's disgusted (oh why's that)
G#m
Cause she's feeling so abused. (oh that's too bad)
E
She gets tired of the lust, (oh I'm so sad)
B
but it's so hard to refuse.
A
How can you say that I'm too old,
E B A E E Esus4 E
when the angels have stolen my red shoes.
A B E
Oh, I said "I'm so happy, I could die."
B A E
She said "Drop dead," then left with another guy.
A B E
That's what you get if you go chasing after vengeance.
G#m B
Ever since you got me punctured this has been my sentence.
*same as first four lines in first stanza and repeat on the chords for extra
lines*
Oh I used to be disgusted
and now I try to be amused.
But since their wings have got rusted,
you know, the angels wanna wear my red shoes.
Red shoes, the angels wanna wear my red shoes.
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The Angels Want to Wear My Red Shoes by ELVIS COSTELLO
From: michael@magick.net (michael p mccullough)
Intro
E B E B E
E G#m
Oh I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.
E7
But since their wings have got rusted,
A B E
you know, the angels wanna wear my red shoes.
A E
But when they told me 'bout their side of the bargain,
A E
that's when I knew that I could not refuse.
B A B A E
And I won't get any older, now the angels wanna wear my red shoes.
A B E
Oh, I was watching while you're dancing away.
B A E
Our love got fractured in the echo and sway.
A B E
How come everybody wants to be your friend?
G#m B
You know that it still hurts me just to say it.
E
Oh, I know that she's disgusted (oh why's that)
G#m
Cause she's feeling so abused. (oh that's too bad)
A
She gets tired of the lust, (oh I'm so sad)
B
but it's so hard to refuse.
A
How can you say that I'm too old,
E B A E
when the angels have stolen my red shoes.
A B E
Oh, I said "I'm so happy, I could die."
B A E
She said "Drop dead," then left with another guy.
A B E
That's what you get if you go chasing after vengeance.
G#m B
Ever since you got me punctured this has been my sentence.
E G#m
Oh I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.
E7
But since their wings have got rusted,
A B E
you know, the angels wanna wear my red shoes.
A E
But when they told me 'bout their side of the bargain,
A E
that's when I knew that I could not refuse.
B A B A E
And I won't get any older, now the angels wanna wear my red shoes.
A E A E
Red shoes, the angels want to wear my red shoes Red shoes, the angels
want to wear my red (A)shoes (and so on)
Less Than Zero
tabbed by phillip@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Phillip Charles Saunders)
|F Bb C| F C|F Bb C| F C|
F Bb C F
Calling Mister Oswald with the swastika tattoo,
C F Bb C F
There is a vacancy waiting in the English voodoo,
C Bb Gm
Carving "V" for vandal on the guilty boy's head.
Bb Gm
When he's had enough of that, maybe you'll take him to bed
C Dm/F C Dm/F C
To teach him he's alive before he wishes he was dead.
|C FC| - |
Bb F
Turn up the T.V. No one list'ning will suspect.
Bb F
Even your mother won't detect it, so your father won't know.
Bb F
They think that I've got no respect,
Ebm F
But ev'rything means less than zero.
Bb F C F
Hey, ooh hey,
C F Bb F C
Hey, ooh hey.
Oswald and his sister are doing it again.
They got the finest home movies that you have ever seen.
They got a thousand variations: every service with a smile.
They're gonna take a little break, and they'll be back after a while.
Well, I hear that South America is coming back in style.
A pistol was still smoking, a man lay on the floor.
Mister Oswald said he had an understanding with the law.
He said he heard about a couple living in the U.S.A.
He said they traded in their baby for a Chevrolet.
Let's talk about the future; now we've put the past away.
Jenny takes her clothes off in succession
While her husband rides a bumper in the President's procession
She sees him on the screen as she looks up from giving head
When he's had enough of that, her lover throws her on the bed
To teach her she's alive, and suddenly he's dead.
Calling Mister Oswald, calling anyone at the scene.
If you were there taking home movies, there's a chance you might have
seen him.
They've got a thousand variations: every witness in a file.
Jenny puts on some coffee, and she comes back with a smile.
She says "I hear that South America is coming back into style."
A pistol was still smoking, a man lay on the floor.
Mister Oswald thought he had an understanding with the law.
She's got rubies on her fingers, Jenny turns and walks away.
Her mind upon a basement out of the U.S.A.
She says, "Let's talk about the future, now we've put the past away."
Mystery Dance
G5 F5
Romeo was restless, he was ready to kill.
G5 F5
He jumped out the window 'cause he couldn't sit still.
G5
Juliet was waiting with a safety net.
F5 G5
He said, "Don't bury me, 'cause I'm not dead yet."
C
Why don't you tell me 'bout the mystery dance.
G
I wanna know about the mystery dance.
Why don't you show me,
D C
'Cause I've tried and I've tried and I'm still mystified.
F5
I can't do it anymore, and I'm not satisfied.
Well, I remember when the lights went out
And I was try'n' to make it look like it was never in doubt.
She thought that I knew, and I thought that she knew,
So both of us were willing, but we didn't know how to do it.
Well, I was down under the covers in the middle of the night,
Trying to discover my left foot from my right.
You can see those pictures in any magazine,
But what's the use of looking when you don't know what they mean?
Pay It Back
Tabbed by michael@magick.net (michael p mccullough)
G
Stop thief; you're gonna come to grief
C
if you don't take a little more care.
G Em7 C G
You're gonna get more than the family plan
C G
from this one shoestring affair.
Em A C G F
I may be crazy but I can't contemplate being trapped between the
doctor
C Bm
and the magistrate.
G
One of these days I'm gonna pay it back, pay it back,
C
one of these days.
G
One of these days I'm gonna pay it back, pay it back,
C
one of these days.
G
And then they told me I could be somebody
C
if I didn't let too much get in my way.
G Em7 C G
And I tried so hard just to be myself,
C G
but I keep on fading away.
Em A C G
Until the lights went out, I didn't know what to do.
F C Bm
If I could fool myself, then maybe I'd fool you too.
(chorus)
G
I wouldn't say that I was raised on romance.
C
Let's not get stuck in the past.
G Em7 C G
I love you more than everything in the world.
C G
I don't expect that will last.
Em C G
They told me everything was guaranteed.
F C Bm
Somebody somewhere must've lied to me.
(chorus)
I'm Not Angry
Transcribed by Zach Maggio
spadwick@uclink4.berkeley.edu
Intro: C#m B G# x2
C#m B G#
You're upstairs with the boyfriend while I'm left here to listen
C#m B G
C#m B G#
I hear you calling his name I hear the stutter of ignition
C#m B G
A E
I could hear you whispering as I crept by your door
F#m A B
So you found some other joker who could please you more
C#m B G#
I'm not angry
C#m B G#
I'm not angry anymore
C#m B G#
I'm not angry
C#m C#
I'm not angry anymore
F#m B E
I know what you're doin
F#m B E
I know where you've been
F#m B
I know where
A B
But I don't care
E A B E
Cause there's no such thing
G#m
As an original sin
C#m B G
The remaining verses and choruses pretty much follow exactly the same
way.
Waiting For The End Of The World
tabbed by phillip@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Phillip Charles Saunders)
|G CF|G CF|G CF|G CF|
G C F G C
The man from the television crawled into the train.
F G C F G CF
I wonder who he's gonna stick it in this time.
C Bb F C Bb
Ev'ryone was looking for a little entertainment,
F G C F G C
So they'll prob'bly pull his hands off when they find out his name.
F D F C
And then they shut down the power all along the line,
D F C
And we got stuck in the tunnel where no lights shine.
D F C
They got to touching all the girls who were too scared to call out.
D
Nobody was saying anything at all.
G C F G CF
We were waiting for the end of the world.
G C F G CF
Waiting for the end of the world,
G C F G
Waiting for the end of the world.
Em G
Dear Lord, I sincerely hope you're comin',
'Cause you really started something.
|G CF|G CF|G CF|G CF|
G C F G C F
Things got back to normal as the train began to roll again.
G C F G C F|G CF|G CF|
We got to the station about twenty minutes later.
C Bb F C Bb F
The legendary hitchhiker says he knows where it's at.
G C F G C
Now he'd like to go to Spain, or somewhere like that,
F D F C
With his two-tone Bible and his funny cigarettes,
D
His sun tan lotion and his castenets.
G C F G CF
He was waiting for the end of the world,
G C F G CF
Waiting for the end of the world,
G C F G
Waiting for the end of the world.
Em G
Dear Lord, I sincerely hope you're comin',
'Cause you really started something.
|G CF|G CF|G CF|G
C F G C F G
And then the bride, the groom, the congregation and the priest
C F G
All got onto the train when we were three stations east, yeah.
|G CF|G CF|G CF|G CF|
C Bb F C Bb
Hiding from a scandal in the national press,
F G C F G C F
They had been trying to get married since they stole the wedding dress.
D F C
You may see them drowning as you stroll along the beach.
D
But don't throw out the lifeline till they're clean out of reach.
G C F G CF
Waiting for the end of the world.
G C F G CF
Waiting for the end of the world.
(repeat)
Watching The Detectives
Am
Nice girls, not one with a defect
F
Cellophane shrink wrap, so correct
Am F
Red dogs under illegal legs
Am F
She looks so good that he gets down and begs
CH:
C
She is watching the detectives
G
"Ooh, he's so cute"
C
Watching the detectives
G C F D
When they shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot
Am G
They beat him up until the teardrops start
F C G
But he can't be wounded cos he's got no heart
Long shot of that jumping sign
Visible shivers running down my spine
Cut to baby taking off her clothes
Close up of the sign that says, "We never close"
You snatch a tune, you match a cigarette
She pulls the eyes out with a face like a magnet
I don't know how much more of this I can take
She's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake ... (CH)
You think you're alone, until you realize you're in it
Now fear is here to stay, love is here for a visit
They call it instant justice when it's past the legal limit
Someone's scrathing at the door, I wonder who is it?
The detectives come to check if you belong to the parents
Who are ready to hear the worst about their daughter's disappearance
Though it nearly took a miracle to get you to stay
It only took my little fingers to blow you away
C G
Just like watching the detectives,
C
Don't get cute
G
Watching the detectives,
Am G
I get so angry when the teardrops start
F C
But he can't be wounded cos he's got no heart
G C
Watching the detectives,
Watching the detectives
Am F
From: mats@omega.physchem.kth.se (Mats Jansson tel: 790 71 93)
WATCHING THE DETECTIVES
The intro is some drums slamming, then some organs playing Am F Am F, etc.
The guitar part is;
Rhythm: 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
B ----0------------1-0-1------------
G --02------------------------------
D 23---------------------3----------
Am F
Nice girls, not one with a defect,cellophane wrapped so correct.
Am F
Red dogs under illegal legs.
Am F
She looks so good that he gets down and begs.
C
She is watching the detectives.
G
"Ooh he's so cute!"
C
She is watching the detectives
G C/C F6 D7
when they shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot.
Am
They beat him up until the teardrops start,
G F
but he can't be wounded
C G
'cause he's got no heart.
Alter between Am and F;
Long shot of that jumping sign. Visible shivers running down my spine.
Cut the baby taking off her clothes.
Close-up on sign that says, "We Never Close."
You snatch a tune, you match a cigarette.
She pulls the eyes out with a face like a magnet.
I don't know how much more of this I can take.
She's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake.
She is watching the detectives...
You think you're alone until you realise that you're in it.
Now fear is here to stay. Love is here for a visit.
They call it instant justice when it's past the legal limit.
Someone's scratching at the window. I wonder, who is it?
The detective comes to check if you belong to the parents
who are ready to hear the worst about their daughter's disappearance.
Though it nearly took a miracle to get you to stay,
F C
it only took my little fingers to blow you away.
G
Just like watching the detectives.
C
Don't get cute.
G
It's just like watching the detectives.
Am
I get so angry when the teardrops start,
G F
but he can't be wounded
C
'cause he's got no heart.
G Am
Watching the detectives,
F
it's just like watching the detectives.
Am F
Watching the detectives, watching the detectives.
Am F
Watching the detectives, watching the detectives.
Am F
Watching the detectives, watching the detectives...
Radio Sweetheart
Transcribed by Zach Maggio
spadwick@uclink4.berkeley.edu
Intro: Em
Em
My head is spinning and my legs are weak
Em
Goose step dancing, can't hear myself speak
Em
Hope in the eyes of the ugly girls who
Am
Settle for the lies of the last chancers when
Em
Slow motion drunks pick wallflower dancers
F#m Em
You come here looking for the ride to glory
C D
Go back home with a hard luck story
G Em F#m B7
I can hardly wait around until the weekend comes to town
E C#m
Play one more for my radio sweetheart
F#m7 B7
Hide your love, hide your love
E C#m
Though we are so far apart
F#m7 B7
You've got to hide your love
F#m G#m
Cause that's the way the whole thing started
A F#7 E
I wish we had never parted
B7
G Em
When it's late and the night gets colder
C D
Don't lay your head on any other shoulder
G Em
Some hire themselves out for a good time
F#m B7
But you and I, we have been sold
So I keep on saying:
E
Play one more for my radio sweetheart (repeat indefinitely)
Stranger In The House
Imagination (Is A Powerful Deceiver)
tabbed by yarlas@cognet.ucla.edu (Aaron Yarlas)
Note: This is the way I play the song; his chords might actually be
different, but the basic sound and changes are the same.
Instr. Intro.:
D E
G A
D E
A E
E A
So you're trying to make connection, you heard whispers in the hall
E A
She'll be out again this evening, when you come around to call
E C
So, you dodge the lady-killer, who came creepin' 'cross the floor
E A
Then you caught up in a whirlwind, you got blown right out the door
A
Oh, yes it was a whirlwind, sweet romance was on your side
E A D A
If you wanna dance on my face, you must tell me why you lied
E A E
Imagination is a powerful deceiver
A D A
When you try to believe her just a little too much
E E
Imagination is a powerful deceiver
A D E
I'll go out of my mind, if I'm losing your touch
D E
G A
D E
A E
E A
I see a look of recognition, so well hidden in your eye
E A
And your peepshow regulations, they just don't seem to apply,
E C
Well, did I see you in the circus, in the ring without a hand
E A
Now you think that you can curse us, steal the show and stop the band
E A
Oh, you can follow your dreams, oh but please don't lead me on,
E A D A
If you wanna bleed in my face, you were here and now you're gone
E A D E
Imagination is a powerful deceiver
A D A
When you try to believe her just a little too much
E A D E
Imagination is a powerful deceiver
A D E
I'll go out of my mind, if I'm losing your touch
A D E
I'll go out of my mind, if I'm losing your touch
A D E
I'll go out of my mind, if I'm losing your touch
Note2: Some of the accents on the chords might be a little off; when I
converted
the document, it messed up the format, and I don't have my guitar handy.
Enjoy!
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From: Napoleon Dynamite
Subject: "Imagination" chords
I hate to say this, and I don't want to sound ungrateful for someone's
efforts, but the chords listed for the song "Imagination..." are way, WAY
oversimplified. If you had to play this song with just E, A, D, G, and C
chords, I suppose these versions would do...but the progressions are far more
involved than that.
***Example, posted version:
E C
Well, did I see you in the circus, in the ring without a hand
E A
Now you think that you can curse us, steal the show and stop the band
***The way I hear it:
A E C
Well, did I see you in the circus, in the ring without a hand
G#m C#m Bm E7 A
Now you think that you can curse us, steal the show and stop the band
***Posted version:
E A D E
Imagination is a powerful deceiver
A D A
When you try to believe her just a little too much
E A D E
Imagination is a powerful deceiver
A D E
I'll go out of my mind, if I'm losing your touch
***The way I hear it:
E B C#m E/B A E
Imagination is a powerful deceiver
G#m C#m D A
When you try to believe her just a little too much
G#m C#m A E
Imagination is a powerful deceiver
A E A E
I'll go out of my mind, if I'm losing your touch
There are far too many D chords in the posted version -- the only
time there's actually a D chord is in the chorus ("...a little too much"),
and I can't find a G chord in the whole song to save me.
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To: *Emotional Toothpaste*
Subject: "real" chords to Imagination
After seeing a couple of posting regarding the chords to Imagination
I decided to try my hand at figuring them out because neither of the
versions I saw worked. I don't know if the writers guitars were out
of tune or what, but they definately are not the chords that EC is
playing on the recording. So at the risk of being severly flamed I
will post my version of the chords. I don't think they are perfect
by any means, but if you play these chords along with the recording
at least it will sound like the same song.
D G
So you're trying to make connection, you heard whispers in the hall
D F#m Bm D Dm G
She'll be out again this evening, when you come around to call
D F#m Bm D A#
So, you dodge the lady-killer, who came creepin' 'cross the floor
D F#m Bm D Dm G
The you caught up in a whirlwind, you got blown right out the door
D A#
Oh, yes it was a whirlwind, sweet romance was on your side
D G
If you wanna dance on my face, you must tell me why you lied
D F#m Bm G D
Imagination is a powerful deceiver
F#m Bm C G
When you try to believe her just a little too much
D F#m Bm G D
Imagination is a powerful deceiver
G D G D
I'll go out of my mind, if I'm losing your touch
Then the second part is the same as the first, except for the ending.
The weird thing about this song is that while it sounds like it doesn't
flow right on the recording, when you are playing and singing the tune
it sounds perfect, and it's tons of fun to play. If these chords work
for you, experiment with adding in the bass line, you will find that
much of the bass line can be played without having to use alternate
fingerings for the chords.
Enjoy
Paul Andersen
Cheap Reward
From: Adam Levine
The guitar is capoed at the first fret, therefore the chord names I have
given are in fact the shapes. The real key is Ab.
G C
oh well i feel so loose tonight i might fall to pieces,
D G D
so be prepared to sweep me out the door,
G C
and i might be horizontal by the time the evening ceases,
D G
so i think i'll get acquainted with the floor.
B C
but i was trying to get away from the things i usually do,
D G D
"hello floorboards, once again, how are you?"
Chorus
------
G C
lip service, well that's all you'll ever get from me.
D G D
how could you believe i'd take you seriously?
G C
with your cheap rewards, your blackmail and your comical rage,
D G
just remember that you'll only be the boss as long you pay my wage.
Well all the signposts on this road they all point one way,
don't act like you're above me, just look at your shoes.
i'll turn the light out now 'cause there's nothing left to say,
and it's all been lost before so there's nothing left to lose.
B C
oh but you could say that you loved me very painlessly
D G D
i would have done the same for you but you said to me.....
Chorus
Jump Up
Wave A White Flag
Poison Moon