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