Intro
F Gm A# F
[Verse]
F Gm
Put your hands on the wheel
A# F Gm A#
Let the golden age begin
F Gm
Let the window down
A# F Gm A#
Feel the moonlight on your skin
F Gm
Let the desert wind
A# F Gm A#
Cool your aching head
F Gm
let the weight of the world
A# F Gm A#
Drift away instead
[Chorus]
D# A# Gm A# F Gm
Oh These days I barely get by
A# F Gm A#
I don't even try
[Verse]
F Gm
It's a treacherous road
A# F Gm A#
With a desolated view
F Gm
There's distant lights
A# F Gm A#
But here they're far and few
F Gm
And the sun don't shine
A# F Gm A#
Even when it's day
F Gm
You gotta drive all night
A# F Gm A#
Just to feel like you're OK
[Chorus]
D# A# Gm A# F Gm
Oh These days I barely get by
A# F Gm
I don't even try
A# F Gm A#
I don't even try
[Outro]
F Gm A# F
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2. Paper Tiger
Play the chords as open power chords (7th position)
E: 079900
E7: 079700
Bm: 799700
[Intro]
F F7 Cm
[Verse]
F F7 Cm
Just like a paper tiger
F F7 Cm
Torn apart by idle hands
F F7 Cm
Through the helter skelter morning
F F7 Cm
Fix yourself while you still can
F F7 Cm
No more ashes to ashes
F F7 Cm
No more cinders from the sky
F F7 Cm
All the laws of creation
F F7 Cm
Tell a dead man how to die
[Chorus]
F C# A#
O deserts down below us
F C# A#
And storms up above
F C# A#
Like a stray dog gone defective
F A# G# D# F
Like a paper tiger in the sun
[Verse]
F F7 Cm
Looking through a broken diamond
F F7 Cm
To make the past what it should be
F F7 Cm
Through the ruins and the weather
F F7 Cm
Capsized boats in the sea
[Chorus]
F C# A#
O deserts down below us
F C# A#
And storms up above
F C# A#
Like a stray dog gone defective
F A# G# D# F
Like a paper tiger in the sun
[Bridge]
F F7 Cm
We're just holding on to nothing
F F7 Cm
To see how long nothing lasts
[Chorus]
F C# A#
O deserts down below us
F C# A#
And storms up above
F C# A#
Like a stray dog gone defective
F A# G# D# F
Like a paper tiger in the sun
[Verse]
F F7 Cm
There's one road to the morning
F F7 Cm
There's one road to the truth
F F7 Cm
There's one road back to civilization
F F7 Cm
But there's no road back to you....
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3. Guess I'm Doing Fine
[Intro]
F Gm Am G# Gm
[Verse]
F A# Am
There's a bluebird at my window
F A# Am
I can't hear the songs he sings
F A# Am
All the jewels in heaven
F A# Am
They don't look the same to me
G# A# G#
I just wade the tides that turn
Gm F
'Til I learn to leave the past behind
[Chorus]
Am A# F
It's only lies that I'm living
Am A# F
It's only tears that I'm crying
Am A# F D#
It's only you that I'm losing
Gm F Gm G# Gm F
Guess I'm doing fine
[Verse]
F A# Am
All the battlements are empty
F A# Am
And the moon is laying low
F A# Am
Yellow roses in the graveyard
F A# Am
Got no time to watch them grow
G# A# G#
Now I bade a friend farewell
Am F
I can do whatever pleases me
[Chorus]
Am A# F
It's only lies that I'm living
Am A# F
It's only tears that I'm crying
Am A# F D# A#
It's only you that I'm losing
Gm F Gm G# Gm F
Guess I'm doing fine
[Bridge]
Gm F
Press my face up to the window
Gm F
To see how warm it is inside
Am A#
See the things that I've been missing
Gm F
Missing all this time
[Chorus]
Am A# F
It's only lies that I'm living
Am A# F
It's only tears that I'm crying
Am A# F D# A#
It's only you that I'm losing
Gm F Gm G#
Guess I'm doing fine
Gm F Gm G# Gm F
Guess I'm doing fine
[Outro]
Gm G# Gm F
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4. Lonesome Tears
[Intro]
Cbm A# D x2
[Verse]
D
Lonesome tears
C G
I can't cry them anymore
A# D
I can't think of what they're for
C Cbm G
Oh they ruin me every time
D
But I'll try
C G
To leave behind some days
A# D
These tears just can't erase
C Cbm G
I don’t need them anymore
[Chorus]
Cbm
How could this love ever turning
A# F
Never turn its eye on me
Cbm
How could this love ever changing
A# F
Never change the way I feel
[Bridge]
Am F Am G# C
[Verse]
D
Lazy sun
C G
Your eyes catch the light
A# D C
With promises that might
Cbm G
Come true for awhile
D
Oh I'll ride
C G
Farther than I should
A# D
Harder than I could
C Bm G G# C
Just to meet you there
[Chorus]
Cbm
How could this love ever turning
A# F
Never turn its eye on me
Cbm
How could this love ever changing
A# F
Never change the way I feel
[Outro]
Amin F Am C Bm A# D
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5. Lost Cause
[Intro]
FMaj7 – C# – C#/C – FMaj7 – C# - C#/C x2
[Verse]
F# C# - C#/C F# C# - C#/C
Your sorry eyes Cut through the bone
F# C# – C#/C A#m F7
They make it hard To leave you alone
F# C# – C#/C F# C# – C#/C
Leave you here Wearing your wounds
F# C# – C#/C A#m F7
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#/C F# C# – C#/C
There's too many people You used to know
F# C# – C#/C A#m F7
They see you comin’ They see you go
F# C# – C#/C F# C# – C#/C
They know your secrets You know theirs
F# C# - C#/C A#m F7
This town is crazy Nobody cares
[Chorus]
F# G# F# G# F#
Baby you’re a lost Baby you’re a lost
G# C# A#7
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#/C
You ain’t never been before
A# F# C# - C#/C
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# A#7
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# Fm D# F# C# Fm
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# Fm D# F# C# Fm
Standing there
[Chorus]
C# Fm Cb D#
It's nothing that I haven't seen before
C# Fm Cb D#
But it still kills me like it did before
C# Fm Cb D#
No it's nothing that I haven't seen before
C# Fm Cb 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# Fm D# F# C# Fm
In your mind
[Chorus]
C# Fm Cb D#
It's nothing that I haven't seen before
C# Fm Cb D#
But it still kills me like it did before
C# Fm Cb D#
No it's nothing that I haven't seen before
C# Fm Cb D#
But it still kills me like it did before
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7. It's All in Your Mind
[Intro]
Am - A# 4x
[Verse]
Am A# Am
Well it's all in your mind
Am A# Am
Well it's all in your mind
Am A# Am
Well it's all in your mind
Am A# Am
Well it's all in your mind
[Chorus]
Gm F
And I wanted to be
Gm F
And I wanted to be
Gm F C
And I wanted to be
A#
Your good friend
[Verse]
Am A# Am
Well I cannot believe
Am A# Am
You got a devil up your sleeve
Am A# Am
And he's talking to me
Am A# Am
And I cannot believe
[Chorus]
Gm F
And I wanted to be
Gm F
And I wanted to be
Gm F C
And I wanted to be
A#
Your good friend
[Verse]
Am A# Am
Well you're all scared and stiff
Am A# Am
A# sick stolen gift
Am A# Am
And the people you're with
Am A# Am
They're all scared and stiff
[Chorus]
Gm F
And I wanted to be
Gm F
And I wanted to be
Gm F C
And I wanted to be
A#
Your good friend
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8. Round the Bend
[Intro]
C#m C# C#m C#
[Verse]
C#m C#
We don't have to worry
C#m C#
Life goes where it does
C#m C#
Faster than a bullet
C#m C#
From an empty gun
[Verse]
C#m C#
Turn yourself over
C#m C#
Loose change we could spend
C#m C#
Grinding down diamonds
[Chorus]
C# C#m F# C#
Round, round, round the bend
C# C#m F# C#
Round, round, round the bend
[Verse]
C#m C#
People pushing harder
C#m C#
Up against themselves
C#m C#
Make their daggers sharper
C#m C#
Than their faces tell
C#m C#
Babe, it's your time now
C#m C#
Loose change we could spend
C#m C#
Where we are going?
[Chorus]
C# C#m F# C#
Round, round, round the bend
C# C#m F# C#
Round, round, round the bend
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9. Already Dead
[Verse]
G# G#7 G#
Time wears away all the pleasures of the day
Cb F# G#
All the treasures you could hold
G# G#7 G#
Days turn to sand, losing strength in every hand
Cb F# G# G#7 G#
They can't hold you anymore
[Chorus]
G# G#
Already dead to me now,
G# G# G#7
Already dead to me now
Cb F# G#
'Cause it feels like I'm watching something dying
[Verse]
G# G#7 G#
Love looks away in the harsh light of the day
Cb F# G#
On the edge of nothing more
G# G#7 G#
Days fade to black in the light of what they lack
Cb F# G# G#7 G#
Nothing's measured by what it needs
[Chorus]
G# G#
Already dead to me now,
G# G# G#7
Already dead to me now
Cb F# G#
'Cause it feels like I'm watching something dying
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10. Sunday Sun
[Intro]
C - F
[Verse]
C
Haven't got a lot to learn
F C
And my eyes they stray again
Looking for a satellite
F C
In the rays of heaven again
[Chorus]
A# A#/A
There's no other ending
G# G
Sunday sun
A# A#/A
Yesterday is ending
G# G
Sunday sun
[Verse]
C
Jealous minds walk in a line
F C
And their faces jade the strain
Stranded in infinity rooms
F C
And they're safe from any harm
[Chorus]
A# A#/A
There's no other ending
G# G
Sunday sun
A# A#/A
Yesterdays are mending
G# G
Sunday sun
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11. Little One
[Verse]
F Fb C#
Go to sleep
C#maj7 G# D
We're so tired now
C# A# G#
Altogether in a snake pit of souls
F Fb C#
New days
C#maj7 G# D
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# F
Today all our dreams are waking
[Verse]
F Fb C#
Night rise
C#maj7 G# D
Like the evening prize
C# A# G#
In a turnstile backwards we fly
F Fb C#
Cold bones
C#maj7 G# D
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# F
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
F
Satellites
A# G#
Ohhhhhhhhhh
[Verse]
F Fb C#
Drown, drown
C#maj7 G# D
Sailors run aground
C# A# G#
In a sea change nothing is safe
F Fb C#
Strange waves
C#maj7 G# D
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# F
Today all our dreams are waking
[Chorus]
C# A#
Little one
F# C#
Just a little way
D# A# C# G# F
Today all our dreams are waking
[Outro]
C# A#
Little one
F# C#
Hold on
D# A# C# G# F
Hold on, all our dreams are waking
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12. Side of the Road
[Intro]
C# G#m C# G#m C# G#m A#m G#
[Verse]
C# G#m C# G#m C#
Something better than this, someplace I'd like to go
G#m A#m G#
To let all I've learned tell me what I know
C# G#m C# G#m C#
About the kind of life I never thought I'd live
G#m A#m G#
Till the ugly truth showed me what it did
[Chorus]
F# Fm G#m D#m A#m
Let it pass on the side of the road
G#m D#
What a friend could tell me now
[Verse]
C# G#m C# G#m C#
A# borrowed dime in a different light
G#m A#m G#
You might see what the other side looks like
C# G#m C# G#m C#
In a random room, an iron door
G#m A#m G#
Kick an empty can across an empty floor
[Chorus]
F# Fm G#m D#m A#m
Let it pass on the side of the road
G#m D#
What a friend could tell me now
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