Intro
F
[Verse]
F Am
How does it feel
A# C
standing apart from all of the rest?
F Am
How does it feel
A# C
cutting a line in that low cut dress?
Dm Dm7
When no one really knows you
F G
And no one shares your pain.
[Chorus]
A# F
I'll be there when you break their hearts
C
I'll be there when you play your part
A# F
I'll be there when they reel you in
C A# A
I'll be there when they clip your wings
A# F C
and leave you faithless, faithless
A# F C A#
leave you faithless, faithless
[Verse]
F Am
How does it feel,
A# C
No escape from the crowd as you walk down the street
F Am
How does it feel,
A# C Dm
To no longer belong, to be so far out of reach
Dm7 F G
Just put the names with the faces and learn to play the game
[Chorus]
A# F
I'll be there in my sunday best
C
I'll be there stood with all the rest
A# F
I'll be there when they reel you in
C A# Am
I'll be there when they clip your wings
A# F C
and leave you faithless, faithless
A# F C
leave you faithless, faithless
A# F
I'll be there when you break their hearts
C
I'll be there when you play your part
A# F C
I'll be there to leave you faithless
[Outro]
A# F
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VICTORIA FALLS
Capo: 4
[Intro]
Fm D# Cm A# G# D# Cm A#
[Verse]
Fm D# Cm A# G# D# Cm A#
She floats . . . on forever
Fm D# Cm A# G# D# Cm A#
She keeps you . . . on the phone
Fm D# Cm A# G# D# Cm A#
She breaks . . . on the water
Fm D# Cm A# G# D# Cm A#
She sinks into your sofa like a stone
[Chorus]
Fm D#
When victoria falls
Cm A# G# D# Cm A#
No one knows how low she goes
Fm D#
When victoria falls
Cm A# G# D# Cm A#
No one knows how low she goes
[Verse]
Fm D# Cm A# G# D# Cm A#
She laughs . . . like she means it
Fm D# Cm A# G# D# Cm A#
She sleeps . . . behind closed doors
Fm D# Cm A# G# D# Cm A#
She skims . . . on the surface
Fm D# Cm A# G# D# Cm A#
She pirouettes across your kitchen floor
[Mid Section]
A# A7sus D#sus2
A#
Overflow overflow
A7sus D#sus2
Overflow overflow
A#
Overflow overflow
A7sus D#sus2
Overflow overflow
A#
Overflow overflow
A7sus D#sus2
Overflow
Fm D# Cm A# G# D# Cm A#
[Chorus]
Fm D#
When victoria falls
Cm A# G# D# Cm A#
No one knows how low she goes
Fm D#
When victoria falls
Cm A# G# D# Cm A#
No one knows how low she goes
Fm D#
When victoria falls
Cm A# G# D# Cm A#
No one knows how low she goes
Fm D#
When victoria falls
Cm A# G# D# Cm A# D#
No one knows how low she goes
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CATHY COME HOME
[Verse]
C# F A#m
Maybe you're right
A# D#m
We're holding on too tight
G# C#
It's hard to say there's no right or wrong way
F A#m
To love your child
A# D#m
It's rooted in denial
G#
Entangled wire in codependence
[Chorus]
C# A#m
Cathy come home for supper
C# A#m
Cathy he doesn't love you
D#m
Cathy we know you're a dreamer
G#
Your daddy's bad back, he needs you
C# A#m
Tell us all about that suntan
C# A#m
Tell us all about that bruise on your arm
E D#m C#m B G#
Oh, oh oh Oh oh, Cathy come home
[Verse]
C# F A#m
This boy of yours
A# D#m
Who throws you to the floor
G# C#
His car's outside and he's banging at our door
F A#m
The baby's his
A# D#m
and this time you're gonna keep it
G#
Your life, your choice, your happy ending
[Chorus]
C# A#m
Cathy come home for supper
C# A#m
Cathy he doesn't love you
D#m
Cathy we know you're a dreamer
G#
Your daddy's bad back, he needs you
C# A#m
Tell us all about that suntan
C# A#m
Tell us all about that bruise on your arm
E D#m C#m B 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# A#m
So tell us all about that suntan
C# A#m
Tell us all about that bruise on your arm
E D#m C#m B G#
Oh, oh oh Oh oh, Cathy come home
[Outro]
E D#m C#m B
Oh, oh oh Oh oh, Cathy come ho-
E D#m C#m B
Oh, oh oh Oh oh, Cathy come ho-
E D#m C#m B
Oh, oh oh Oh oh,
E D#m C#m B
Cathy come ho
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ORPHANS OF THE STORM
[Intro]
D# Gm11
[Verse 1]
D# Gm11
Orphans of the storm, watch them sail between the waves
D# Gm11
Orphans of the storm, say a prayer and wish the rain away
Fm7 G#m6
Mother's milk and angel hair, holy books and bones
D# C# D#
The sirens on the shore calling them home
D# Gm11
Breakfast on the lawn in the sweet September sway
D# Gm11
Helpless and forlorn since the pills and powders passed their way
[Pre-Chorus]
Fm7 G#m6
Lost themselves, forever seeking, searching pole to pole
D# C# D#
While the needle and the thread stitches them whole
[Chorus]
Cm Cb
Empty shells, only the shallow know themselves
D# D#maj7 C
Deeper and deeper, day by day, to keep the weary world at bay
Fm7 G#m6
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#
Gm11
D#
Gm11
[Pre-Chorus]
Fm7 G#m6
We lost ourselves, forever seeking, searching pole to pole
D# C# D#
While the needle and the thread stitches us whole again
[Chorus]
Cm Cb
Empty shells, only the shallow know themselves
D# D#maj7 C
Deeper and deeper, day by day, to keep the weary world at bay
Fm7 G#m6
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# Fm G# G# Fm x2
[Verse]
D# Fm G# C#
If I'd caught that train before it pulled out
D# Fm D# G#
Who knows, it really might have worked out
[Pre-Chorus]
Fm7
My Beretta held steady
G# C#
I'm just about ready to blow
Fm7
And for one split second
G# C#
I think about ending it all
A# C#
From the twenty-fifth floor
[Chorus]
Fm G#
Behind sliding doors
Fm G# C#
Behind sliding doors
[Verse 2]
D# Fm G# C#
And if I'd chosen any other cafe
D# Fm D# G#
It would all change in the blinking of a blind eye
[Pre-Chorus]
Fm7
My Beretta held steady
G# C#
I'm just about ready to blow
Fm7
And for one split second
G# C#
I think about ending it all
A# C#
From the twenty-fifth floor
[Chorus]
Fm G#
Behind sliding doors
Fm G# C#
Behind sliding doors
[Bridge]
D# Fm G# D# Fm
The rain on the carpet, your coat on the bed
G# D#
You say you been here before
Fm G# D# C#
And you don't have the patience to stay with me anymore
[Chorus]
Fm G#
Behind sliding doors
Fm G# C#
Behind sliding doors
[Outro]
D# Fm G# G# Fm x2
D# Fm G# Cm G# Cm G# D#
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LITTLE WHITE LIES
Capo: 4
[Intro]
F F A# D# D# D#maj7 D#6
[Verse]
F A# D# D#maj7 D#6
I don't understand that sound on the radio
F A# D# D#maj7 D#6
Only playing that song cause they told you to
F A# D# D#maj7 D#6
If man makes God in his own image
F A# D# D#maj7 D#6
It doesn't mean that it makes it true
[Chorus]
F A#
Just a little white lie, little white lie
D#
There in all that you do
F A#
Little white lies, little white lies
D#
Hanging over you
F A#
Kills art, kills love
D#
And it's killing you
F A# D# D#maj7 D#6
Just a little white, little white lie
[Verse]
F A# D# D#maj7 D#6
Wanna make a little money, give your weight and your measure
F A# D# D#maj7 D#6
Keep your numbers high and the wolves at bay
F A# D# D#maj7 D#6
You could wind up in the Metro Guilty Pleasures
F A#
Once you get your name in that little black book
D# D#maj7 D#6
You can sign your life away
[Chorus]
F A#
To a little white lie, little white lie
D#
There in all that you do
F A#
Little white lies, little white lies
D#
Hanging over you
F A#
Kills art, kills love
D#
And it's killing you
F A# D# D#maj7 D#6
Just a little white lie, little white lie
[Mid Section]
A# A#/G D#/G#
A# A#/G D#/G# D#maj7
If I don't answer the call, you can't say it's over
A# A#/G D#/G# D#maj7
If I don't look up, you won't catch my eye
A# A#/G D#/G# D#maj7
Don't want to know how it feels to wake up sober
A# A#/G D#/G#
And you don't want to hear any sound advice
[Outro]
A# A#/G D#/G#
I want your lies (little white lies little white)
A# A#/G D#/G#
lies (little white lies little white)
A# A#/G D#/G#
lies (little white lies little white)
A# A#/G D#/G#
lie
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ANNIE AND ALISTAIR
Note: Tabs not 100% accurate
Intro:
D#maj7 D#6 Gm
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B|--0h2-------2-0---------0----------0-----------0-|
G|--------------------------2-----------1----------|
D|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------0---0---0--|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
Verse:
Intro x2
+
Gm7 (D) Cm Fm A# D#maj7 D#
e|------------------------2--------------------------------------2-------2-----|
B|--2------2---2------2-------2-2h3--3-----3---0-----0--2-----2------2------2--|
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D|-----4----------4-------0-----0------4------------------2----2-0-0--0--------|
A|-----------------------------------2------2----2----2-0----------------------|
E|--2-------2--2-------2-----------------------0-------------------------------|
[Verse]
D#maj7 D#6 Gm
Three pills in weekly compartments
D#maj7 D#6 Gm
How do three fill a one room apartment?
Gm7 (D) Cm
As we cast our vote
Fm A# D#
You light up a roll under your coat
D#maj7 D#6 Gm
Spare time, amateur dramatics
D#maj7 D#6 Gm
From an old script we found in the attic
Gm7 (D) Cm
As we learn our lines
Fm A# D#
We're living it a day at a time
[Chorus]
G# Gm Cm
Sundays and Mondays with Annie and Alistair
G# Gm Cm
Top of the twelfth step, a cross on the calendar
Fm A# D# Cm G# A# C
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]
D#maj7 D#6 Gm
Late night, a comedy open mic
D#maj7 D#6 Gm
We head for the glow of the exit light
Gm7 (D) Cm
And miss the joke
Fm A# D#
Downing our Bacardis and Cokes
[Chorus]
G# Gm Cm
Sundays and Mondays with Annie and Alistair
G# Gm Cm
Top of the twelfth step, we fall off the bannister
Fm A# D# Cm G# A# C
Steady and sober, thinking it over, are we all right now?
[Instrumental]
e|-2-----2--0-----0------0---------0---5-----5--3-----3--2-----2--0-----0--9-----9--7-----7--5-----5--3p2-3p2|
B|-----0--------0----3-----3--2------2-----0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0-----------|
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E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Cm
Oo-ooh ahh
[Bridge]
G# Gm Cm A#
And I thought I could help it, I thought I could hold it down
G# Gm Cm A#
No one was closer to making the final round
Fm A# D# Cm G# A# B
Sat in a circle, a note in the journal, are we all right now?
[Interlude]
D#m B
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
F# B
All right now
D#m B
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
[Verse]
D#maj7 D#6 Gm
Cross dress a face in the mirror ball
D#maj7 D#6 Gm
A# hot mess, a rave in the dinner hall
D#maj7 D#6 Gm
We rise up and over the houses
D#maj7 D#6 Gm
And we won't look down
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ECHOES
Capo: 1
[Intro]
Cb C# Cb C#
[Verse]
Cb C#
The curtain blocks the sunshine
Cb 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# Cb
They'll be hearing your echo
[Chorus]
Cb C# Cb C#
They'll be hearing your echo
Cb C# Cb C#
[Verse]
Cb C#
The scene where Donald Sutherland
Cb 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# Cb
They remember the echoes
[Chorus]
Cb C# Cb C#
They'll be hearing your echo
Cb C# Cb 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]
D#add9 D# D# Dmaj7 x3
D#add9 D
D# D#maj7 Cb
They remember the echoes
[Outro]
Cb C# Cb C# Cb
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SPIRAL
Capo:4
[Intro]
A# Fm 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# Fm D#
Whatever I do
A# Fm D#
I spiral down to you
A# Fm D#
Whatever I do
A# Fm D#m
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# Fm G#
A# G# D#
[Chorus]
A# Fm D#
Whatever I do
A# Fm D#
I spiral down to you
A# Fm D#
Whatever I do
A# Fm D#
I spiral down to you
A# Fm D#
Whatever I do
A# Fm D#
I spiral down to you
A# Fm D#
Whatever I do
A# Fm 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# D#m F#
You've expressed explicitly your contempt for matrimony
C# G# D#m F#
You’ve student loans to pay and will not risk the alimony
C# G# D#m F#
We spend our days locked in a room content inside a bubble
C# G# D#m F#
And in the nighttime we go out and scour the streets for trouble
[Chorus]
C# G#
Hey hey
D#m F#
Marry me Archie
C# G#
Hey hey
D#m F#
Marry me Archie
[Verse]
C# G# D#m F#
During the summer take me sailing out on the Atlantic
C# G# D#m F#
I won’t set my sights on other seas there is no need to panic
C# G# D#m F#
So honey take me by the hand and we can sign some papers
C# G# D#m F#
Forget the invitations, floral arrangements and bread makers
[Chorus]
C# G#
Hey hey
D#m F#
Marry me Archie
C# G#
Hey hey
D#m F#
Marry me Archie
[Outro]
D#m
Too late to go out
F#
.....Too young to stay in
D#m
They're talking about
F#
.....Us living in sin
N.C. G#
Hey hey
D#m F#
Marry me Archie
C# G#
Hey hey
D#m F#
Marry me Archie
C# G#
Hey hey
D#m F#
Marry me Archie
C# G#
Hey hey
D#m F# C#
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