Intro
E F#m A E
[Verse]
E F#m
Put your hands on the wheel
A E F#m A
Let the golden age begin
E F#m
Let the window down
A E F#m A
Feel the moonlight on your skin
E F#m
Let the desert wind
A E F#m A
Cool your aching head
E F#m
let the weight of the world
A E F#m A
Drift away instead
[Chorus]
D A F#m A E F#m
Oh These days I barely get by
A E F#m A
I don't even try
[Verse]
E F#m
It's a treacherous road
A E F#m A
With a desolated view
E F#m
There's distant lights
A E F#m A
But here they're far and few
E F#m
And the sun don't shine
A E F#m A
Even when it's day
E F#m
You gotta drive all night
A E F#m A
Just to feel like you're OK
[Chorus]
D A F#m A E F#m
Oh These days I barely get by
A E F#m
I don't even try
A E F#m A
I don't even try
[Outro]
E F#m A E
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2. Paper Tiger
Play the chords as open power chords (7th position)
E: 079900
E7: 079700
Bm: 799700
[Intro]
E E7 Bm
[Verse]
E E7 Bm
Just like a paper tiger
E E7 Bm
Torn apart by idle hands
E E7 Bm
Through the helter skelter morning
E E7 Bm
Fix yourself while you still can
E E7 Bm
No more ashes to ashes
E E7 Bm
No more cinders from the sky
E E7 Bm
All the laws of creation
E E7 Bm
Tell a dead man how to die
[Chorus]
E C A
O deserts down below us
E C A
And storms up above
E C A
Like a stray dog gone defective
E A G D E
Like a paper tiger in the sun
[Verse]
E E7 Bm
Looking through a broken diamond
E E7 Bm
To make the past what it should be
E E7 Bm
Through the ruins and the weather
E E7 Bm
Capsized boats in the sea
[Chorus]
E C A
O deserts down below us
E C A
And storms up above
E C A
Like a stray dog gone defective
E A G D E
Like a paper tiger in the sun
[Bridge]
E E7 Bm
We're just holding on to nothing
E E7 Bm
To see how long nothing lasts
[Chorus]
E C A
O deserts down below us
E C A
And storms up above
E C A
Like a stray dog gone defective
E A G D E
Like a paper tiger in the sun
[Verse]
E E7 Bm
There's one road to the morning
E E7 Bm
There's one road to the truth
E E7 Bm
There's one road back to civilization
E E7 Bm
But there's no road back to you....
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3. Guess I'm Doing Fine
[Intro]
E F#m Abm G F#m
[Verse]
E A Abm
There's a bluebird at my window
E A Abm
I can't hear the songs he sings
E A Abm
All the jewels in heaven
E A Abm
They don't look the same to me
G A G
I just wade the tides that turn
F#m E
'Til I learn to leave the past behind
[Chorus]
Abm A E
It's only lies that I'm living
Abm A E
It's only tears that I'm crying
Abm A E D
It's only you that I'm losing
F#m E F#m G F#m E
Guess I'm doing fine
[Verse]
E A Abm
All the battlements are empty
E A Abm
And the moon is laying low
E A Abm
Yellow roses in the graveyard
E A Abm
Got no time to watch them grow
G A G
Now I bade a friend farewell
Abm E
I can do whatever pleases me
[Chorus]
Abm A E
It's only lies that I'm living
Abm A E
It's only tears that I'm crying
Abm A E D A
It's only you that I'm losing
F#m E F#m G F#m E
Guess I'm doing fine
[Bridge]
F#m E
Press my face up to the window
F#m E
To see how warm it is inside
Abm A
See the things that I've been missing
F#m E
Missing all this time
[Chorus]
Abm A E
It's only lies that I'm living
Abm A E
It's only tears that I'm crying
Abm A E D A
It's only you that I'm losing
F#m E F#m G
Guess I'm doing fine
F#m E F#m G F#m E
Guess I'm doing fine
[Outro]
F#m G F#m E
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4. Lonesome Tears
[Intro]
A#m A C# x2
[Verse]
C#
Lonesome tears
B F#
I can't cry them anymore
A C#
I can't think of what they're for
B A#m F#
Oh they ruin me every time
C#
But I'll try
B F#
To leave behind some days
A C#
These tears just can't erase
B A#m F#
I don’t need them anymore
[Chorus]
A#m
How could this love ever turning
A E
Never turn its eye on me
A#m
How could this love ever changing
A E
Never change the way I feel
[Bridge]
G#m E G#m G B
[Verse]
C#
Lazy sun
B F#
Your eyes catch the light
A C# B
With promises that might
A#m F#
Come true for awhile
C#
Oh I'll ride
B F#
Farther than I should
A C#
Harder than I could
B A#m F# G B
Just to meet you there
[Chorus]
A#m
How could this love ever turning
A E
Never turn its eye on me
A#m
How could this love ever changing
A E
Never change the way I feel
[Outro]
G#min E G#m B A#m A C#
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5. Lost Cause
[Intro]
FMaj7 – C – C/B – FMaj7 – C - C/B x2
[Verse]
F C - C/B F C - C/B
Your sorry eyes Cut through the bone
F C – C/B Am E7
They make it hard To leave you alone
F C – C/B F C – C/B
Leave you here Wearing your wounds
F C – C/B Am E7
Waving your guns At somebody new
[Chorus]
F G F G F
Baby you’re a lost Baby you’re a lost
G C
Baby you’re a lost cause
[Verse]
F C – C/B F C – C/B
There's too many people You used to know
F C – C/B Am E7
They see you comin’ They see you go
F C – C/B F C – C/B
They know your secrets You know theirs
F C - C/B Am E7
This town is crazy Nobody cares
[Chorus]
F G F G F
Baby you’re a lost Baby you’re a lost
G C A7
Baby you’re a lost cause
F G/C F G F
I’m tired of fighting I’m tired of fighting
G C
Fighting for a lost cause
[Bridge]
A F C
There’s a place where you are going
A F C - C/B
You ain’t never been before
A F C - C/B
No-one left to watch your back now
F C
No one standing at your door
F C
Ain’t that’s what you thought love was for
[Chorus]
F G F G F
Baby you’re a lost Baby you’re a lost
G C A7
Baby you’re a lo-st cause
F G/C F G F
I’m tired of fighting I’m tired of fighting
G C
Fighting for a lost cause
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6. End of the Day
[Verse]
G D
I've seen the end of the day come too soon
G D
Not a lot to say, not a lot to do
G D
You played the game, you owe nothing to yourself
G D
Rest today, for tomorrow you can't tell
F C Em D F C Em
You can't tell
[Verse]
G D
I've seen the end of the day come too late
G D
Seen the love you had turning into hate
G D
Had to act like I didn't even care
G D
But I did so I got stranded standing there
F C Em D F C Em
Standing there
[Chorus]
C Em A# D
It's nothing that I haven't seen before
C Em A# D
But it still kills me like it did before
C Em A# D
No it's nothing that I haven't seen before
C Em A# D
But it still kills me like it did before
[Verse]
G D
I've seen the end of the day come too soon
G D
Like the prison dogs they set out after you
G D
You owe nothing to the past but wasted time
G D
To serve a sentence that was only in your mind
F C Em D F C Em
In your mind
[Chorus]
C Em A# D
It's nothing that I haven't seen before
C Em A# D
But it still kills me like it did before
C Em A# D
No it's nothing that I haven't seen before
C Em A# D
But it still kills me like it did before
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7. It's All in Your Mind
[Intro]
G#m - A 4x
[Verse]
G#m A G#m
Well it's all in your mind
G#m A G#m
Well it's all in your mind
G#m A G#m
Well it's all in your mind
G#m A G#m
Well it's all in your mind
[Chorus]
F#m E
And I wanted to be
F#m E
And I wanted to be
F#m E B
And I wanted to be
A
Your good friend
[Verse]
G#m A G#m
Well I cannot believe
G#m A G#m
You got a devil up your sleeve
G#m A G#m
And he's talking to me
G#m A G#m
And I cannot believe
[Chorus]
F#m E
And I wanted to be
F#m E
And I wanted to be
F#m E B
And I wanted to be
A
Your good friend
[Verse]
G#m A G#m
Well you're all scared and stiff
G#m A G#m
A sick stolen gift
G#m A G#m
And the people you're with
G#m A G#m
They're all scared and stiff
[Chorus]
F#m E
And I wanted to be
F#m E
And I wanted to be
F#m E B
And I wanted to be
A
Your good friend
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8. Round the Bend
[Intro]
Cm C Cm C
[Verse]
Cm C
We don't have to worry
Cm C
Life goes where it does
Cm C
Faster than a bullet
Cm C
From an empty gun
[Verse]
Cm C
Turn yourself over
Cm C
Loose change we could spend
Cm C
Grinding down diamonds
[Chorus]
C Cm F C
Round, round, round the bend
C Cm F C
Round, round, round the bend
[Verse]
Cm C
People pushing harder
Cm C
Up against themselves
Cm C
Make their daggers sharper
Cm C
Than their faces tell
Cm C
Babe, it's your time now
Cm C
Loose change we could spend
Cm C
Where we are going?
[Chorus]
C Cm F C
Round, round, round the bend
C Cm F C
Round, round, round the bend
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9. Already Dead
[Verse]
G G7 G
Time wears away all the pleasures of the day
A# F G
All the treasures you could hold
G G7 G
Days turn to sand, losing strength in every hand
A# F G G7 G
They can't hold you anymore
[Chorus]
G G
Already dead to me now,
G G G7
Already dead to me now
A# F G
'Cause it feels like I'm watching something dying
[Verse]
G G7 G
Love looks away in the harsh light of the day
A# F G
On the edge of nothing more
G G7 G
Days fade to black in the light of what they lack
A# F G G7 G
Nothing's measured by what it needs
[Chorus]
G G
Already dead to me now,
G G G7
Already dead to me now
A# F G
'Cause it feels like I'm watching something dying
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10. Sunday Sun
[Intro]
B - E
[Verse]
B
Haven't got a lot to learn
E B
And my eyes they stray again
Looking for a satellite
E B
In the rays of heaven again
[Chorus]
A A/G#
There's no other ending
G F#
Sunday sun
A A/G#
Yesterday is ending
G F#
Sunday sun
[Verse]
B
Jealous minds walk in a line
E B
And their faces jade the strain
Stranded in infinity rooms
E B
And they're safe from any harm
[Chorus]
A A/G#
There's no other ending
G F#
Sunday sun
A A/G#
Yesterdays are mending
G F#
Sunday sun
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11. Little One
[Verse]
E Eb C
Go to sleep
Cmaj7 G C#
We're so tired now
C A G
Altogether in a snake pit of souls
E Eb C
New days
Cmaj7 G C#
Throw your chains away
C A G
Try to hang your hopes on the wind
[Chorus]
C A
Little one
F C
Just a little way
D A C G E
Today all our dreams are waking
[Verse]
E Eb C
Night rise
Cmaj7 G C#
Like the evening prize
C A G
In a turnstile backwards we fly
E Eb C
Cold bones
Cmaj7 G C#
Tied together by
C A G
Black ropes we pulled from a swing
[Chorus]
C A
Little one
F C
Just a little way
D A C G E
Today all our dreams are waking
[Bridge]
F D
Can't stand on crooked legs
G A
I'm cross-eyed to the wall
F
Will these harbor lights
E
Satellites
A G
Ohhhhhhhhhh
[Verse]
E Eb C
Drown, drown
Cmaj7 G C#
Sailors run aground
C A G
In a sea change nothing is safe
E Eb C
Strange waves
Cmaj7 G C#
Push us every way
C A G
In a stolen boat we'll float away
[Chorus]
C A
Little one
F C
Just a little way
D A C G E
Today all our dreams are waking
[Chorus]
C A
Little one
F C
Just a little way
D A C G E
Today all our dreams are waking
[Outro]
C A
Little one
F C
Hold on
D A C G E
Hold on, all our dreams are waking
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12. Side of the Road
[Intro]
C Gm C Gm C Gm Am G
[Verse]
C Gm C Gm C
Something better than this, someplace I'd like to go
Gm Am G
To let all I've learned tell me what I know
C Gm C Gm C
About the kind of life I never thought I'd live
Gm Am G
Till the ugly truth showed me what it did
[Chorus]
F Em Gm Dm Am
Let it pass on the side of the road
Gm D
What a friend could tell me now
[Verse]
C Gm C Gm C
A borrowed dime in a different light
Gm Am G
You might see what the other side looks like
C Gm C Gm C
In a random room, an iron door
Gm Am G
Kick an empty can across an empty floor
[Chorus]
F Em Gm Dm Am
Let it pass on the side of the road
Gm D
What a friend could tell me now
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