Intro
E
[Verse]
E Abm
How does it feel
A B
standing apart from all of the rest?
E Abm
How does it feel
A B
cutting a line in that low cut dress?
Dbm Dbm7
When no one really knows you
E F#
And no one shares your pain.
[Chorus]
A E
I'll be there when you break their hearts
B
I'll be there when you play your part
A E
I'll be there when they reel you in
B A Ab
I'll be there when they clip your wings
A E B
and leave you faithless, faithless
A E B A
leave you faithless, faithless
[Verse]
E Abm
How does it feel,
A B
No escape from the crowd as you walk down the street
E Abm
How does it feel,
A B Dbm
To no longer belong, to be so far out of reach
Dbm7 E F#
Just put the names with the faces and learn to play the game
[Chorus]
A E
I'll be there in my sunday best
B
I'll be there stood with all the rest
A E
I'll be there when they reel you in
B A Abm
I'll be there when they clip your wings
A E B
and leave you faithless, faithless
A E B
leave you faithless, faithless
A E
I'll be there when you break their hearts
B
I'll be there when you play your part
A E B
I'll be there to leave you faithless
[Outro]
A E
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VICTORIA FALLS
Capo: 4
[Intro]
Em D Bm A G D Bm A
[Verse]
Em D Bm A G D Bm A
She floats . . . on forever
Em D Bm A G D Bm A
She keeps you . . . on the phone
Em D Bm A G D Bm A
She breaks . . . on the water
Em D Bm A G D Bm A
She sinks into your sofa like a stone
[Chorus]
Em D
When victoria falls
Bm A G D Bm A
No one knows how low she goes
Em D
When victoria falls
Bm A G D Bm A
No one knows how low she goes
[Verse]
Em D Bm A G D Bm A
She laughs . . . like she means it
Em D Bm A G D Bm A
She sleeps . . . behind closed doors
Em D Bm A G D Bm A
She skims . . . on the surface
Em D Bm A G D Bm A
She pirouettes across your kitchen floor
[Mid Section]
A A7sus Dsus2
A
Overflow overflow
A7sus Dsus2
Overflow overflow
A
Overflow overflow
A7sus Dsus2
Overflow overflow
A
Overflow overflow
A7sus Dsus2
Overflow
Em D Bm A G D Bm A
[Chorus]
Em D
When victoria falls
Bm A G D Bm A
No one knows how low she goes
Em D
When victoria falls
Bm A G D Bm A
No one knows how low she goes
Em D
When victoria falls
Bm A G D Bm A
No one knows how low she goes
Em D
When victoria falls
Bm A G D Bm A D
No one knows how low she goes
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CATHY COME HOME
[Verse]
C E Am
Maybe you're right
A Dm
We're holding on too tight
G C
It's hard to say there's no right or wrong way
E Am
To love your child
A Dm
It's rooted in denial
G
Entangled wire in codependence
[Chorus]
C Am
Cathy come home for supper
C Am
Cathy he doesn't love you
Dm
Cathy we know you're a dreamer
G
Your daddy's bad back, he needs you
C Am
Tell us all about that suntan
C Am
Tell us all about that bruise on your arm
D# Dm Cm A# G
Oh, oh oh Oh oh, Cathy come home
[Verse]
C E Am
This boy of yours
A Dm
Who throws you to the floor
G C
His car's outside and he's banging at our door
E Am
The baby's his
A Dm
and this time you're gonna keep it
G
Your life, your choice, your happy ending
[Chorus]
C Am
Cathy come home for supper
C Am
Cathy he doesn't love you
Dm
Cathy we know you're a dreamer
G
Your daddy's bad back, he needs you
C Am
Tell us all about that suntan
C Am
Tell us all about that bruise on your arm
D# Dm Cm A# G
Oh, oh oh Oh oh, Cathy come home
[Optional instrumental]
[Chorus]
N.C.
Cathy come home for supper
N.C.
Cathy he doesn't love you
G
Cathy we know you're a dreamer
C Am
So tell us all about that suntan
C Am
Tell us all about that bruise on your arm
D# Dm Cm A# G
Oh, oh oh Oh oh, Cathy come home
[Outro]
D# Dm Cm A#
Oh, oh oh Oh oh, Cathy come ho-
D# Dm Cm A#
Oh, oh oh Oh oh, Cathy come ho-
D# Dm Cm A#
Oh, oh oh Oh oh,
D# Dm Cm A#
Cathy come ho
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ORPHANS OF THE STORM
[Intro]
D F#m11
[Verse 1]
D F#m11
Orphans of the storm, watch them sail between the waves
D F#m11
Orphans of the storm, say a prayer and wish the rain away
Em7 Gm6
Mother's milk and angel hair, holy books and bones
D C D
The sirens on the shore calling them home
D F#m11
Breakfast on the lawn in the sweet September sway
D F#m11
Helpless and forlorn since the pills and powders passed their way
[Pre-Chorus]
Em7 Gm6
Lost themselves, forever seeking, searching pole to pole
D C D
While the needle and the thread stitches them whole
[Chorus]
Bm A#
Empty shells, only the shallow know themselves
D Dmaj7 B
Deeper and deeper, day by day, to keep the weary world at bay
Em7 Gm6
No prescription for the pain only a sky of blue and grey
D C D
No one to save them, sailing their sinking ships up and away
[Instrumental with whistling]
D
F#m11
D
F#m11
[Pre-Chorus]
Em7 Gm6
We lost ourselves, forever seeking, searching pole to pole
D C D
While the needle and the thread stitches us whole again
[Chorus]
Bm A#
Empty shells, only the shallow know themselves
D Dmaj7 B
Deeper and deeper, day by day, to keep the weary world at bay
Em7 Gm6
Raise your mast and fly away into a sky of blue and grey
D C D
No one to save us, sailing our sinking ships up and away
D C D
Sailing our sinking ships up and away
D C D
Sailing our sinking ships up and away
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SLIDING DOORS
[Intro]
D Em G G Em x2
[Verse]
D Em G C
If I'd caught that train before it pulled out
D Em D G
Who knows, it really might have worked out
[Pre-Chorus]
Em7
My Beretta held steady
G C
I'm just about ready to blow
Em7
And for one split second
G C
I think about ending it all
A C
From the twenty-fifth floor
[Chorus]
Em G
Behind sliding doors
Em G C
Behind sliding doors
[Verse 2]
D Em G C
And if I'd chosen any other cafe
D Em D G
It would all change in the blinking of a blind eye
[Pre-Chorus]
Em7
My Beretta held steady
G C
I'm just about ready to blow
Em7
And for one split second
G C
I think about ending it all
A C
From the twenty-fifth floor
[Chorus]
Em G
Behind sliding doors
Em G C
Behind sliding doors
[Bridge]
D Em G D Em
The rain on the carpet, your coat on the bed
G D
You say you been here before
Em G D C
And you don't have the patience to stay with me anymore
[Chorus]
Em G
Behind sliding doors
Em G C
Behind sliding doors
[Outro]
D Em G G Em x2
D Em G Bm G Bm G D
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LITTLE WHITE LIES
Capo: 4
[Intro]
E E A D D Dmaj7 D6
[Verse]
E A D Dmaj7 D6
I don't understand that sound on the radio
E A D Dmaj7 D6
Only playing that song cause they told you to
E A D Dmaj7 D6
If man makes God in his own image
E A D Dmaj7 D6
It doesn't mean that it makes it true
[Chorus]
E A
Just a little white lie, little white lie
D
There in all that you do
E A
Little white lies, little white lies
D
Hanging over you
E A
Kills art, kills love
D
And it's killing you
E A D Dmaj7 D6
Just a little white, little white lie
[Verse]
E A D Dmaj7 D6
Wanna make a little money, give your weight and your measure
E A D Dmaj7 D6
Keep your numbers high and the wolves at bay
E A D Dmaj7 D6
You could wind up in the Metro Guilty Pleasures
E A
Once you get your name in that little black book
D Dmaj7 D6
You can sign your life away
[Chorus]
E A
To a little white lie, little white lie
D
There in all that you do
E A
Little white lies, little white lies
D
Hanging over you
E A
Kills art, kills love
D
And it's killing you
E A D Dmaj7 D6
Just a little white lie, little white lie
[Mid Section]
A A/F# D/G
A A/F# D/G Dmaj7
If I don't answer the call, you can't say it's over
A A/F# D/G Dmaj7
If I don't look up, you won't catch my eye
A A/F# D/G Dmaj7
Don't want to know how it feels to wake up sober
A A/F# D/G
And you don't want to hear any sound advice
[Outro]
A A/F# D/G
I want your lies (little white lies little white)
A A/F# D/G
lies (little white lies little white)
A A/F# D/G
lies (little white lies little white)
A A/F# D/G
lie
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ANNIE AND ALISTAIR
Note: Tabs not 100% accurate
Intro:
Dmaj7 D6 F#m
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Verse:
Intro x2
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F#m7 (D) Bm Em A Dmaj7 D
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[Verse]
Dmaj7 D6 F#m
Three pills in weekly compartments
Dmaj7 D6 F#m
How do three fill a one room apartment?
F#m7 (D) Bm
As we cast our vote
Em A D
You light up a roll under your coat
Dmaj7 D6 F#m
Spare time, amateur dramatics
Dmaj7 D6 F#m
From an old script we found in the attic
F#m7 (D) Bm
As we learn our lines
Em A D
We're living it a day at a time
[Chorus]
G F#m Bm
Sundays and Mondays with Annie and Alistair
G F#m Bm
Top of the twelfth step, a cross on the calendar
Em A D Bm G A B
Steady and sober, talking it over, are we all right now?
[Link - no chords]
N.C.
Ooh ooh ooh ooh aah
N.C.
Ooh ooh ooh ooh aah
[Verse]
Dmaj7 D6 F#m
Late night, a comedy open mic
Dmaj7 D6 F#m
We head for the glow of the exit light
F#m7 (D) Bm
And miss the joke
Em A D
Downing our Bacardis and Cokes
[Chorus]
G F#m Bm
Sundays and Mondays with Annie and Alistair
G F#m Bm
Top of the twelfth step, we fall off the bannister
Em A D Bm G A B
Steady and sober, thinking it over, are we all right now?
[Instrumental]
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Bm
Oo-ooh ahh
[Bridge]
G F#m Bm A
And I thought I could help it, I thought I could hold it down
G F#m Bm A
No one was closer to making the final round
Em A D Bm G A A#
Sat in a circle, a note in the journal, are we all right now?
[Interlude]
Dm A#
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
F A#
All right now
Dm A#
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
[Verse]
Dmaj7 D6 F#m
Cross dress a face in the mirror ball
Dmaj7 D6 F#m
A hot mess, a rave in the dinner hall
Dmaj7 D6 F#m
We rise up and over the houses
Dmaj7 D6 F#m
And we won't look down
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ECHOES
Capo: 1
[Intro]
A# C A# C
[Verse]
A# C
The curtain blocks the sunshine
A# C
As you argue with yourself
D A
Your only frames of reference
D A
Are the books upon your shelf
G D
You've always been a genius
G D
The world just doesn't know it yet
[Pre-Chorus]
F G C
But soon as you're dead and gone
A A#
They'll be hearing your echo
[Chorus]
A# C A# C
They'll be hearing your echo
A# C A# C
[Verse]
A# C
The scene where Donald Sutherland
A# C
Got hot between the sheets
D A
Had really got her going
D A
So you turned away to sleep
G D
And the longer you're together
G D
Seems the less you get along
[Pre-Chorus]
F G C
But no one remembers love
A A#
They remember the echoes
[Chorus]
A# C A# C
They'll be hearing your echo
A# C A# C
[Bridge]
D A
And the crowd it stretches out
D A
As far as you and I can see
G D
As the band, they start to play
G D
For that one moment, we feel free
[Pre-Chorus]
F G C
But nobody hears the song
A D
All they hear are the echoes
[Interlude]
Dadd9 D D Dmaj7 x3
Dadd9 D
D Dmaj7 A#
They remember the echoes
[Outro]
A# C A# C A#
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SPIRAL
Capo:4
[Intro]
A Em D x2
[Verse]
A G
Stretched out, undone
G D
Two Shadows in a setting sun
A G
Slowed up, unwound
G D
Unravelled on the rolling ground
A
We are tumbling
G D
We are churning in eternal paradigm
A G
Our worlds expands
G D
And still no matter where I stand
[Chorus]
A Em D
Whatever I do
A Em D
I spiral down to you
A Em D
Whatever I do
A Em Dm
I spiral down to you
[Post-Chorus]
A C G D
F G G D
[Verse]
A G
We bore our scars
G D
We dove into a lake of stars
A G
Each ring of smoke
G D
Inhaling every word you spoke
A
We spread our ashes
G D
And then someone lit another cigarette
A G D
Some higher power comes calling in the final hour
[Bridge]
A G Em G
A G D
[Chorus]
A Em D
Whatever I do
A Em D
I spiral down to you
A Em D
Whatever I do
A Em D
I spiral down to you
A Em D
Whatever I do
A Em D
I spiral down to you
A Em D
Whatever I do
A Em D
I spiral down to you
[Outro]
A C G D
F G G D
(Repeat outro x5)
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ARCHIE, MARRY ME
[Verse]
C G Dm F
You've expressed explicitly your contempt for matrimony
C G Dm F
You’ve student loans to pay and will not risk the alimony
C G Dm F
We spend our days locked in a room content inside a bubble
C G Dm F
And in the nighttime we go out and scour the streets for trouble
[Chorus]
C G
Hey hey
Dm F
Marry me Archie
C G
Hey hey
Dm F
Marry me Archie
[Verse]
C G Dm F
During the summer take me sailing out on the Atlantic
C G Dm F
I won’t set my sights on other seas there is no need to panic
C G Dm F
So honey take me by the hand and we can sign some papers
C G Dm F
Forget the invitations, floral arrangements and bread makers
[Chorus]
C G
Hey hey
Dm F
Marry me Archie
C G
Hey hey
Dm F
Marry me Archie
[Outro]
Dm
Too late to go out
F
.....Too young to stay in
Dm
They're talking about
F
.....Us living in sin
N.C. G
Hey hey
Dm F
Marry me Archie
C G
Hey hey
Dm F
Marry me Archie
C G
Hey hey
Dm F
Marry me Archie
C G
Hey hey
Dm F C
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