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Painted From Memory

  1. In The Darkest Place
  2. Toledo
  3. I Still Have That Other Girl
  4. This House Is Empty Now
  5. Tears At The Birthday Party
  6. Such Unlikely Lovers
  7. My Thief
  8. The Long Division
  9. Painted From Memory
  10. The Sweetest Punch
  11. What's Her Name Today?
  12. God Give Me Strength




All songs tabbed by Kevin Brunkhorst <KB305@aol.com>, except God Give Me Strength.

In The Darkest Place

Am      Em
In the darkest place
F
I know
Dm
That is where you'll find me
F               Dm
Even though you didn't have to remind me
Dm9
I shut out the lights
Dm9     G/D 
Your eyes adjust
Dm9                  G/D  Cmaj7 G/B 
They'll never be the same
Dm
You know I love you so
G/D        G/A 
Lets start again
Am        Em 
Since you put me down
F
It seems
Dm
I've been very gloomy
F               Dm
You may laugh, but pretty girls look right through me
        Dm                              G/D
They don't sense the faintest glimmering
Dm              G/D
That is the torch I bear
Dm                              G/D     G/A (f# d f# e d b)
There's light enough for me to find my way
Am                              Am(maj7)
But I only have to tell myself that by now

You could be with someone else
F/A
Is there light beneath your door and
G
Laughter from within?
Dm                   G/B 
Do your friends come around
Dm                      G/D
Saying, "Try to find another lover"?
Dm                      Bm7b5
He won't love you like I do
Bbmaj7#11
....

In the darkest place
I'm lost
I have abandoned every hope

Maybe you'll understand I must
Shut out the light
Your eyes adjust
They'll never be the same

You know I love you so
Lets start again

Do your friends come around
Saying, "Try to find another lover"?

He won't love you like I do
A       E/G#    Dmaj7/F#
In the darkest place
A       E/G#         Dmaj7/F# 
That is where you'll find me

In the darkest place
That is where you'll find me


Toledo

G6      F#m

G6              F#m             Bm 
All through the night you telephoned
          C
I saw the light blinking red
           A 
Beside the cradle
G6              F#m             Bm
But you don't know how far I've gone
           C
Now I must live with the lie
     A
That I made
E   C#m G#m F#m   B/A                 G#m 
But if  I   call, I know I won't have to say it
E      C#m  G#m F#m     B/A                     G#m  G#dim
You'll hear my  voice - something is bound to betray it

A
But do people living in Toledo
F#m
Know that their name hasn't travelled very well?
D
And does anybody in Ohio
Bm
Dream of that Spanish citadel?
A
But it's no use saying that I love you
F#m
And how that girl really didn't mean a thing to me
D
For if anyone should look into your eyes
Bm
It's not forgiveness that they're gonna see

A       F#m             Dm6
You hear her voice - "How could you do that?"
You hear her voice - "How could you do that?"

So I walked outside in the bright
Sunshine and lovers pass by
Smiling and joking
But they don't know the fool I was
Why should they care what was lost
What was broken?

But if I call, I know I won't have to say it
You'll hear my voice - something is bound to betray it

But do people living in Toledo
Know that their name hasn't travelled very well?
And does anybody in Ohio
Dream of that Spanish citadel?
But it's no use saying that I love you
And how that girl really didn't mean a thing to me
For if anyone should look into your eyes
It's not forgiveness that they're gonna see

But do people living in Toledo
Know that their name hasn't travelled very well?
And does anybody in Ohio
Dream of that Spanish citadel?
But we still have Florence, Alabama
We don't have Paris, and we don't have Rome

I Still Have That Other Girl

F       Db
F       Db      Bbm

F                            Dm 
I have to say that we should finish it now
Bb        Am            Gm         Bb/C         F 
Before we weaken 'cause we already know this is wrong
F                            Dm 
I could give in, sometimes I think that I will
Dm          Am           E7             Am
Despite the temptation I try to be very strong
Bbmaj7           Gm7
In my reluctance seems a surprise
Ebmaj7                  C7sus4 C7
It's not 'cause I don't want you
Gm
But I just
Am/G            Gm7
Know I must... hesitate
          Bbmaj7          Am
Because I still have that other girl
      Dm9
In my head
  Gm7             C7sus            F 
I still have that other girl in my head
F       Db
F       Db

Bb 
There may be ugly rumors that
A7          Dm
I have been lying
Bb
There may be angry tears, but
A7                      Dm
They're never worth the crying
Gm
That is why
Am/G           Gm7
Sometimes I... hesitate
          Bmaj7           Bbm
Because I still have that other girl
      Ebm
In my head
Abm7              Db7sus           Gb
I still have that other girl in my head
I still have that other girl in my head

Gb      D       Gb


This House Is Empty Now

Cm7              Eb/F
These rooms play tricks upon you
Dsus4   D/C                                Gm9/Bb
Remember when they were always filled with laughter?
Cm7             Eb/F
But now they're quite deserted
Dsus4       D/C                         Gm9/Bb
They seem to just echo voices raised in anger
                Ebmaj7
Maybe you will see my face
          Cm9   Fsus   F 
Reflected there on the pane
F      E      Ebmaj7
In the window of our poor
                   Cm9
Forlorn and broken home
Eb/F       F        Bbmaj7/D
Still this house is empty now
                      Eb/F
There's nothing I can do
   F        Bbmaj7/D   D7
To make you want    to stay
(b9)
So tell me how
                        Gm9/Bb
Am I supposed to live without you?

These walls were lined with pictures
Remember the glass we charged in celebration?
But now I fill my life up
With all that I can to deaden this sensation

Do you recognize the face
Fixed in that fine silver frame
Were you really so unhappy then?
You never said

So this house is empty now
There's nothing I can do
To make you want to stay
So tell me how
Am I supposed to live without you?

Cm9                   Eb/F    Bbmaj7/D
Oh, if I could just become forgetful
     D7          Gm7
When night seems endless
                      Gm7/F  Em7b5
Does the extinguished candle care
G/A
About the darkness?


It's funny how my mem'ry
Will bring you so close then make you disappear

Meanwhile all our friends must choose
Who they will favour, who they will lose
Hang the garland high or close the door
And throw away the key

This house is empty now
There's no one living here
You have to care about
This house is empty now
There's nothing I can do
To make you want to stay
So tell me how
Am I supposed to live without you?

This house is empty now
There's no one living here
You have to care about
This house is empty now
There's nothing I can do
To make you want to stay
So tell me how
Am I supposed to live without you?

Tears At The Birthday Party

G       Fmaj7/G         G       Adim7

Am7                         Fmaj7/A
Think back now when we were young
Em7/A
There were always tears at the birthday party
Dm7          Dm6
You know how children can be
C6
So cruel
       G
That's how it starts, but
C       Bb/C
What if we never learn how to behave?
Fmaj7     Em                              Dm
I did something, and you never forgave me
F/G
I never thought that it could be like this
    C       Bb/C
But now I see
          F/C                  Fm6/C
I see you share your cake with him
G                   Fmaj7/G
Unwrapping presents that I should have sent
G
What can I do?
Adim7
Must I watch you?
Bbmaj7                                       Fmaj7
Close the door, dim the lights, blow out the candles
         Dm9 
So Happy Birthday again
G#dim7  Am7                     Fmaj7/A
        And it's the same every year
Em7/A
Seems that I remember it as something more, but
Dm9                       Dm6
You know how children can grow
Cmaj7
So strange
  G/B
I still adore you

What if we never learn from our mistakes?
But then, you'll never know how my heart aches

I never thought that it would be like this
But now I see
I see you share your cake with him
Unwrapping presents that I should have sent
What can I do?
Must I watch you?

Close the door, dim the lights, blow out the candles
So Happy Birthday again
Close the door, dim the lights, blow out the candles
So Happy Birthday again

One day I know he'll forget
To pay you the compliments you're after
You'll hang your sad, aching head
Behind a brittle smile or a shrill of laughter

What if we only get what we deserve?
Somehow I couldn't quite summon the nerve

Upon each anniversary
Then do you ever think of me?
Unwrapping presents that I should have sent
What can I do?
Must I watch you?

Close the door, dim the lights, blow out the candles
So Happy Birthday again
Close the door, dim the lights, blow out the candles
So Happy Birthday again
Close the door, dim the lights, blow out the candles
So Happy Birthday again
Close the door, dim the lights, blow out the candles
So Happy Birthday again

Such Unlikely Lovers

Gsus    G       Fsus    F
Gsus    G       Fsus

     Cm7      F7
On a hot city day
          Cm7                  F#m7
When your white shirt turns to grey
Bm9
That's when she'll arrive
         Cm7          F7
When you look how you feel
        Cm7             F#m7
Someone steps upon your heel
Bm9
That's when she will come
       Gmaj7
Listen now
                                  Em7
I'm not saying that there will be violins
A                              F#m7     D#m7
But don't be surprised if they appear
                Gmaj7
Playing in some doorway
                                   Em7
Still I can't believe that this is happening
      Cmaj7#11      (D/C)
We're such unlikely lovers
Gmaj7                         F#m7sus4
Though no one seems to notice as they hurry by
Gmaj7                     F#m7sus4              D/E
Ask me what I'm thinking, and I won't deny it
C/D                  D/E
Can you believe it's happening?
C/D 
Can you believe it's happening?

There were no magic spells
You can keep the flowers and bells
They just don't seem right
Can it actually be?
Me and you and you and me
Though we're like day and night

Listen now
I'm not saying that there will be violins
But don't be surprised if they appear
Playing in some doorway

Still I can't believe that this is happening
We're such unlikely lovers
Though no one seems to notice as they hurry by
Ask me what I'm feeling, and I won't deny it

Can you believe it's happening?
I am bewildered
Can you believe it's happening?
Somebody help me
Can you believe it's happening?

My Thief

Em9                 Am9
When I go to sleep, you become my thief
Dsus                     G
Why don't you steal what you can keep?
    Bm7
But you won't let me be
    Am7
You break into my dreams
    Dsus
And every day seems different
Em9                 Am9
Sometimes I pretend you'll come back again
Dsus                   G
And you'll console the heart you stole
     Bm7
Have pity on the man
    Am7
Who knows that you have gone
    Dsus  D      Dsus
And has begun to break down
E      C#m9
I feel almost possessed
   G#m7                      Am7
So long as I don't lose this glorious distress then
E                C#m7
You can take all I have left
G#m7
I know it's over
F#m7
If you can't be my lover
NC
Be my thief

I'm so drowsy now, I'll unlock the door
What fades in time will hurt much more
So here's that happy scene
Where you come back to me
It's only found in fiction

I feel almost possessed
So long as I don't lose this glorious distress then
You can take all I have left
I know it's over
If you can't be my lover
Be my thief

Em9
"I didn't lead you on,
Am9
But there will always be
Dsus             G
A little larceny in everyone
Em9
So hush and don't you cry
Am9
I'm trying to be kind
Dsus
Because I have a perfect alibi"

The Long Division

Fm7
Did somebody try to catch your eye
    Ab/Bb  Eb/G            Db/Eb
And almost change your sad expression?
Fm7
Did somebody's hand linger too long?
Ab/Bb  Eb/G     Db/Eb
Must I now make my confession?
Abmaj7
But you'll never know
Eb/G
What suspicion is
Gsus4     G7  Cm7
Until you lie awake
                            Gm7
And every night you ask yourself
Cm7             Gm7 G7
"What am I to do?"
Cm7                        Gm7
Can it be so hard to calculate?
     Cm7                 Gm7
When three goes into two
                     Bb/C   C7
There's nothing left over
 
How's it gonna feel? This time it's real
It's not a temporary fracture
This is what you get, the stage is set
For you and your attempted rapture

Is he gonna smile
That indulgent smile
When you come running home?
And every night you ask yourself,
"What am I to do?"
Can it be so hard to calculate?
When three goes into two
There's nothing left over

What am I gonna say? You turn away
And you leave me here despairing
What am I going to do? I look at you
You seem to be so long past caring

Did somebody say,
"Can we still be friends?"
Only to find out now that it's a joke

So ask yourself,
"What am I to do?"
Can it be so hard to calculate?
When three goes into two
There's nothing left over

Abmaj7
Did somebody say,
        Eb/G
"Can we still be friends?"
Abmaj7
Did somebody say,
        Eb/G                    Gsus4  G7
"Can we still be friends?"

Did somebody say,
"Can we still be friends?"
Did somebody say,
"Can we still be friends?"

Did somebody say,
"Can we still be friends?"
Did somebody say,
"Can we still be friends?"

Painted From Memory

Fm7     Bbm7    Ebm7    Gb/Ab
Fm7     Bbm7    Gm7b5   Ab/Gb Gbdim7

Db                Cbmaj7
Such a picture of loveliness
Gb/Bb      Ab           Db
Didn't you notice the resemblance?
Db                             Eb/G     Adim7
Doesn't it look like she could speak?
Db    Db9/F           Ebdim7
Those eyes I tried to capture
         Gm7b5 Cdim7 Db/Ab
They are lost  to me now forever
Gb/Bb          Cb9     Fm7      Bbm7    Ebm7    Gb/Ab
They smile for someone else
Fm7        Bbm7            Gm7b5 Gbdim7
Funny, how looks can be decei    ving
Fm7           Bbm7
But she's not easily
Ebm7         Gb/Ab Ab
Painted from mem   ory

You'd think that I would know by now
Those eyes I tried to capture
They are lost to me now forever
They smile for someone else

And so this had to be
Painted from memory

She is gone, and I must accept it
She is lost to me now
But I can't look away just yet though
She smiles for someone else

And so this had to be
Painted from memory

Funny, now I can see
How looks can be deceiving

And so this had to be
Painted from memory

Funny, now I can see
How looks can be deceiving


The Sweetest Punch

G       Bbmaj9
G       Bbmaj9

G   Bm7      Em9
You only saw red
        Am7            Am7/G D/F#
After I said, "How can we continue?"
            G    Bm7
Hidden from your view
       Em9              Am7       Am7/G  F#m7b5 B7
In the blue corner that I painted myself into
        Em         G
Then we started to fight
       C            D/E
And it changed everything

Here's the ring
F#/E
You dropped the band, I can't understand it
                    Bm/D
Not after all we've been through
F#/E
Words start to fly, my glass jaw and I
                            Bm/D
Will find one to walk right into
C
You knocked me out
Am7
It was the sweetest punch
                 G
The bell goes...
G                            Cmaj7
I can hear it ringing, but I didn't see it coming
Em7
We all say things we don't mean
Am7               Dsus
You can't take it back
G                                 Cmaj7
Now the room is spinning, but was I the last to notice?
Em7
I can see I'll never win
Am7          Dsus
So if you're going

Then you better go to him
                           G
Then you better go to him

I only saw stars
I dropped my guard, and that's how it ended
What was I to do
In the blue corner where I seemed to hang suspended?

Then with seconds to go
You delivered the blow
Here I go

You dropped the band, I can't understand it
Not after all we've been through
Words start to fly, my glass jaw and I
Will find one to walk right into

You knocked me out
It was the sweetest punch
The bell goes...

I can hear it ringing, but I didn't see it coming
We all say things we don't mean
You can't take it back

Now the room is spinning, but was I the last to notice?
I can see I'll never win
So if you're going
Then you better go to him
Then you better go to him

What's Her Name Today?

                Dm7
What's her name today?
                Fmaj9/6
What's her name today?
             Em7
She could be anyone
                   Gm7/C
I might have known you'd leave her crying
                Dm7
What's her name again?
              Fmaj9/6
You should be ashamed
              Em7 
How could you treat her so unspeakably?
Gm7/C                      Am7
Or did you think she was a different girl?
Bbmaj7                         C
For as the radio played in the bedroom wall
              Dm7
What was that name you called her?
Ab           Fm7                   Gb
Was she the one who took away your pride
         Ebm7
And your reason?
    Ab  Fm7 
Oh, why did you decide that
Cm7          Fm7
You'd punish any girl you meet
   Cm7                     Csus4  C7
To try and make that feeling go away?

What's her name today?
What's her name today?
Is her hair hanging down?
Or maybe it's fixed with a ribbon
Are her eyes still blue?
Should she trust in you?

Because it's a lonely world
She wants to believe for a while in all the things you say
But as the radio played in the bedroom wall
What was that name you called her?

Isn't her smile reminiscent of someone else?
Well, is it or isn't it?
Oh, why did you decide that
You'd punish any girl you meet
To try and make that feeling go away?

What's her name today?
Is she going to stay
So you can ruin her?
And soon she'll be twisted in chiffon

Dress her like a doll
String her like a pearl
She hears peals of bells, but it's hard to tell
Now that she's hung up like a chandelier

Fm
What's her name?

What's her name?
                Ab     Db
What's her name today?


God Give Me Strength

Tabbed by John Lewitt <emplex@istar.ca>

Notes: This song is ideally suited to the piano, but a 
strong voice can carry it on the guitar.  The 'Asus' chords
in the bridge are more of a counter point, they are used
in the song but not as the base of the song.


Intro:   Gm9   D  (4x)

Bm                 G                     D
Now I have nothing, so God give me strength
C#m7            C#m             F#m7
'Cause I'm weak in her [his] wake
C#m                           F#m   F#7
And if I'm strong I might still break
Bm                 A            G                       
And I don't have anything to share
Bm           E                      A   
That I won't throw away into the air


G                 A
That song is sung out
G                A      
This bell is rung out
Em              F#m             A   
[He] She was the light that I'd bless
Em              F#m                   A
[He] She took my last chance at happiness
Gm7                  Bm       Gm9  Em      D    G   Em   A      
So God give me strength, God give me strength

(second verse same as first)

I can't hold onto [him] her, God give me strength
When the phone doesn't ring
And I'm lost in imagining
Everything that kind of love is worth
As I tumble back down to the earth
That song is sung out
This bell is rung out
[He] She was the light that I'd bless
[He] She took my last chance at happiness
So God give me strength,

Gm9     Em      D               G               Em
God if [he'd] she'd grant me [his] her indulgence and decline
(e, f#, g#)  Asus4    A                 Asus2
I might as well wipe [him] her from my memory
(e, f#, g#)  Asus4    A                 Asus2
Fracture the spell as [he] she becomes my enemy
Bm              E               A
Maybe I was washed out like a lip-print on his shirt
Bm              E       A       
See, I'm only human, I want him to hurt
Asus4  A       A7
I want him, I want him to hurt


[instrumental - repeat structure of first verse, these last two lines are 
picked up as you reach the end of the verse)]

Since I lost the power to pretend
That there could ever be a happy ending

That song is sung out
This bell is rung out
[He] She was the light that I'd bless
[He] She took my last chance at happiness
So God give me strength, God give me strength

Gm    D

Wipe her from my life...
I might as well...
God give me strength...
God give me strength...
I might as well