Intro
A# F C F
then
A# F C Dm F
[Verse 1]
A#
Lately see I've been
hung up on nothing
C
And I've been staggering
Dm
trying to make
F
it mean something
[Verse 2]
A#
Lately see I've been
hung up on nothing
C
And I've been staggering
Dm
trying to make
F
it mean something
[Chorus/Outro]
A#
Lately see I've been
hung up on nothing
C
And I've been staggering
Dm
trying to make
F
it mean something
A#
Lately see I've been
hung up on nothing
C
And I've been staggering
Dm
trying to make
F F F
it mean something
2.) For The Wolves
Key: F
[Intro]
Dm
[Verse 1]
Dm A# C
With every thought I had about just leaving it.
Dm A# C F
Well, they all washed ashore in waves of indifference and
Dm A#
I pulled you out but it put me back under.
C
As if I could leave, no longer I wonder.
Dm A#
Broken pieces are mended together,
C F
bonded by fire burning forever.
[Chorus]
A# C A#
I came in here alone and that’s exactly how I’m leaving.
C Dm A# C
I never came for you, just to prove I’m not defeated.
F Dm A# C F
To prove I’m not defeated
[Verse 2]
Dm A# C
My exits are always epic so I’m leaving without goodbye.
Dm A# C F
Know I still feel something but I’m starving your hunger tonight.
[Chorus]
A# C A#
I came in here alone and that’s exactly how I’m leaving.
C A#
I never came for you, just to prove I’m not defeated.
C A#
I came in here alone and that’s exactly how I’m leaving.
C F
I never came for you, just to prove I’m not defeated.
3.) Harbours
Forever Came Calling
Harbours
Contender
2012 Pure Noise Records
Key: F
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
F - x46664
C - 466544
Dm - x13321
A# - 244322
Gm - x68876
Am - 133111
[Verse 1]
Dm
I drove through the midwest
C
and I burned the town that your
A#
father left you in And if you
C
see that old man just know
I still have it out for him
[Refrain 1]
Dm C
We don’t talk anymore but
A#
I’m working on keeping my
promises like those
nights with everlong
Dm C
We don’t talk anymore
A#
but I’m working on
I’m working on and
C
I’m working on
[Chorus 1]
Dm A# C
Of all the places I’ve ever been
F Dm
inside your heart I fear the most
A# C
Of all the places I’ve ever been
Dm
you know You know and I will
A# C
let you breathe Come steal
F Dm
some faith from me I’ll
A# C F
never be those things you need
[Verse 2]
A#
Hope is an address that
F A#
we knew when we were young
F
When I was learning to connect
A#
you with getting numb
F
Your early 20’s left you leaving
A#
like lightening that’s constantly
F
striking I pray in time
you finally break mold
[Refrain 2]
A#
Fuck your secrets
C Dm
don’t ever keep them
A#
Fuck your secrets,
Dm C
don’t ever keep them
[Chorus 2]
Dm A# C
Of all the places I’ve ever been
F Dm
inside your heart I fear the most
A# C
Of all the places I’ve ever been
Dm
you know You know and I will
A# C
let you breathe Come steal
F Dm
some faith from me I’ll
A# C
never be those things you need
[Bridge]
F
He wasted your bright light on
ocean tides you’ll never climb
A#
It’s a secret you learn to keep it
Dm
You failed your sons and daughters
blamed it on maternal harbors
F Gm Am
Fuck the secret I’ll never keep it
[Chorus 3]
Dm A# C
Of all the places I’ve ever been
F Dm
inside your heart I fear the most
A# C
Of all the places I’ve ever been
Dm
you know You know and I will
A# C
let you breathe Come steal
F Dm
some faith from me I’ll
A# C F F
never be those things you need
4.) The Office
Key: F#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
F# - xx0232
C# - x02220
D#m - x24432
B - 320033
C#/F - x476xx
F#/A# - 2x023x
[Intro]
F# C# B F#
[Verse 1]
F#
We were spitting off of fairies
B
and falling so in love. Downtown
with no money but it was enough
D#m C#
and who knew dancing to no music
B F#
was so much fun? No money no
museum but I had the sights
B
No money no museum but you
D#m
by my side. From a third
C#
story window she screamed
B
You're the love of my life
[Chorus 1]
F# C#/F
Dancing on an ocean beats
F# C#/F
spinning on a beach
B
Take a picture for your
F#/A# B G/A B
pocket and burn everything
C#
I'd kill myself to shock my
D#m
friends and let them know
F#
love is never as bad as
B C#
we intended I shine it on
D#m
in spite of this to let them
F#
know my life is half as
F# D#m C# B
good as I pretend.
[Verse 2]
F#
Hey there tear catcher
I know you don't miss her
D#m C#
Faucets and sinks they're
B F#
like eyes. She's down on
her knees blinded by the
D#m C#
thought of her name in
B D#m
lights I pray that you
C# B
get there in time.
[Chorus 2]
F# C#/F
Dancing on an ocean beats
F# C#/F
spinning on a beach
B
Take a picture for your
F#/A# B G/A B
pocket and burn everything
C#
I'd kill myself to shock my
D#m
friends and let them know
F#
love is never as bad as
B C#
we intended I shine it on
D#m
in spite of this to let them
F#
know my life is half as
B C# D#m F# B C# D#m F# B B
good as I pretend.
[Bridge]
B C#
If I ever make it home
D#m
I swear I gotta make
F#
this work
B C#
If I ever make it home
D#m
I swear I gotta make
F#
this work
B C#
If I ever make it home
D#m
I swear I gotta make
F#
this work
B
If I ever make it home
D#m
I swear I gotta make
F#
this work
[Chorus 3]
B C#
I'd kill myself to shock my
D#m
friends and let them know
F#
love is never as bad as
B C#
we intended I shine it on
D#m
in spite of this to let them
F#
know my life is half as
good as I pretend.
[Chorus 4/Outro]
B C#
You always were my best regret
D#m
signed sincerely the kid
F#
now on top of your bed
B C#
You always were my best regret
D#m
signed sincerely the kid
F# F#
now on top of your bed
D#m C# B
430 Dukes Road at night
D#m C# B F#
We were feeling so alive
5.) Ides
Key: G
[Intro]
G Em D A*
[Verse]
C
I’m not scared, life is a game full of false starts.
D Em
Losing myself inside of its scars, I’m losing myself.
G C
I don’t know what to do, choosing myself, thought I was over you.
C
C# child of March so I was battle born
D
but these ides have kept me that steady course.
Em G
I saw the same view every day, same you every way.
[Chorus]
C D
Just make mistakes ‘cause you’ll never be the same again,
Em G
and I’m not worth your while? But what’s your while worth again?
C D
I did my best to keep all of your fucking secrets in,
Em G
but now they’re bleeding out from every god damn open end.
[Interlude]
[Verse]
C C/B Em D
I did my best to keep my restless head
C C/B Em D
off of your floor and out of your bed.
G D Am Bm Am
Convinced I’ll die alone,
G D Am Bm Am Bm
but I’ll do it with a smile on ‘cause I did it on my own.
[Chorus]
C D
Just make mistakes ‘cause you’ll never be the same again,
Em G
and I’m not worth your while? But what’s your while worth again?
C D
I did my best to keep all of your fucking secrets in,
Em G
but now they’re bleeding out from every god damn open end.
[Bridge]
G G/F# Em D
Feel you draw breath in like I’m part of your past.
Em C G
Let me out of your lungs and into your flask.
G G/F# Em D
Feel you draw breath in like I’m part of your past.
Em C G
Let me out of your lungs and into your flask.
G/F# Em D Em C
I kept it quiet, I held in my grief.
G G/F# Em D Em C
I gave a simple choice, the drugs or me.
[Chorus]
C D
Just make mistakes ‘cause you’ll never be the same again,
Em G
and I’m not worth your while? But what’s your while worth again?
C D
I did my best to keep all of your fucking secrets in,
Em G
but now they’re bleeding out from every god damn open end.
6.) If Bukowski Could See Me Now
If Bukowski Could See Me Now
C# - 5776xx
C#/C - 4776xx
F#5 - x577xx
F#/F - x477xx
F# - xx0232
G#5 - x799xx
A#5 - x9x11xx
G# - 022100
A#m - 244222
[Intro]
C# C#/C C# C#/C
F#5 F#/F F#5 F#/F
C# C#/C C# C#/C
F#5 F#/F F#5
[Verse 1]
C# C#/C C# C#/C
Let’s get reckless like the ocean ‘cause I’m careless like the sea.
F#
I watched you walk inside this crowded room, trying to drink the void in you.
C#
We’re all searching for something intangible,
F#
breaking moons apart to let the ocean know.
[Chorus]
C#
You taught me a lot about confidence, a common place, and settling.
F#
I taught you all about love instead, petty theft, and remembering.
[Interlude]
C# C#/C C# C#/C
F#5 F#/F F#5
[Verse 2]
C# C#/C C# C#/C
Sitting tongue out and spinning, traded true love for a ring.
F#
Walk the shores of Mexico and finally calmed her seas.
[Chorus]
C#
You taught me a lot about confidence, a common place, and settling.
F#
I taught you all about love instead, petty theft, and remembering.
C#
So crack my heart, and let you finish those lines,
F#
‘cause the actors that we play are taking on our lives.
[Verse 3]
C#
Of all the things she swore she ever meant,
C#
still in my head it’s the difference.
F#
I guess you were just smarter than the gate
F#
to drug use and awkward sex.
C#
My best friends will be the death of me,
C#
but I gotta say it’s the only way to be.
F#
Did your best to try and find change,
G#5 A#5 A#m
nickel and dimed but pennies ain’t got nothing to say.
[Bridge]
G# F#
She crashes those waves, she is dead weight.
A#m G# C# F# C#
Did you ever find change?
7.) I'll Be Better I Promise
Key: D
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
D - x13331
A - 133211
Bm - 355333
G - x68886
[Verse 1]
G
Would you hold it against me if
D
I say that I’ve been missing you
G
lately? Do you remember when we
D
sat outside my house watched stars
cascade turning into something else?
G Bm
You said you would travel I said
G
you should. You said you would
Bm
travel I knew you would.
G
It’s not the first
D D
time I felt this way.
[Chorus 1]
G Bm
I will be better for this
A
I will and from our time spent
alone we’ll have stories to
G Bm
tell I will be better for this
A G
I will I will Go talk to your
Bm A
friends like I’m somebody else
like I’m the man that you need
G
when I’m the boy that you shelved
Bm
Go talk to your friends I’m
A
finally somebody else
G D
Complacent on a shelf
[Verse 2]
G
And you held it against me when
D
I said everything about how
fucked up this really is
G
Home by 8 but you wouldn’t
D
notice cause no ones around
G
anymore You moved across the
country said goodbye to your
D
friends and you skipped my
street Nothing but a dead end.
[Chorus 2]
G Bm
I will be better for this
A
I will and from our time spent
alone we’ll have stories to
G Bm
tell I will be better for this
A G
I will I will Go talk to your
Bm A
friends like I’m somebody else
like I’m the man that you need
G
when I’m the boy that you shelved
Bm
Go talk to your friends I’m
A
finally somebody else
Bm A G Bm A G
Complacent on a shelf
[Instrumental]
Bm A G
[Bridge]
Bm
I guess it’s common sense
A
for me to shake like this
I’ve seen weaker men learn
G
how to deal with it I guess
it’s common sense for me to
shake like this I’ve seen
weaker men learn how
to deal with it.
[Outro] 3/4 Time signature
Bm A
Fell asleep to faith on TV
G
it kept belief alive in me.
Bm
You’re the faith healer of my
A
dreams You leave my life so
G
recklessly put the fear of
God in me and hush me back to
Bm
sleep It never was a choice
A
to leave it’s something I must
G
do for me It never was a choice
to leave it’s something
I must do for me
Bm
It never was a choice
A
to leave it’s something I must
G
do for me It never was a choice
to leave it’s something
I must do for me.
8.) Front Porch Sunrise
Key: G#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
G# - 022100
D# - x24442
Fm - x46654
C# - x02220
[Intro]
G# C# G#
then
C# G# D# Fm D# x2
[Verse 1]
C# G#
This isn’t good morning
D#
this is gracious bad news
Fm
I was calling to scar you
D# C#
with what I’m about to do
G#
Cause you burned your sorrows
D#
and I burned mine too but
Fm
you kept the ashes and now
D# C# G#
they’re keeping you.
[Chorus 1]
C#
What’s it like to be
G# D#
honest honestly happy
Fm
and say all the things
D#
that you know that
you’re thinking?
C#
What’s it like to be
G# D#
honest honestly happy
and say all the things
that you know that
C#
you’re thinking? I don’t
G# D# Fm D#
need anyone or anything
C# G#
Between you and me is
D#
a distance that I
C#
bridge with sleep so
[Verse 2]
G#
I’m cutting clearly and
straight to your room
D#
Crawl in your bed to
Fm C#
that windowless view
G#
Cause these blankets
and sheets will bury me
D#
if I let myself go to
Fm C#
your father's beliefs
[Instrumental]
Fm D# C# G#
Fm D# C# D#
[Verse 3]
Fm D# C# G#
You will always be the boy who
Fm D# C# D#
stumbled in too soon she said
Fm D# C# G#
You will always be the boy that
Fm D# C# D#
stumbled in too soon she said
[Chorus 2]
C#
What’s it like to be
G# D#
honest honestly happy
and say all the things
that you know that
you’re thinking?
C#
What’s it like to be
G# D#
honest honestly happy
C#
and I don’t
G# D# Fm D#
need anyone or anything
C# G#
Between you and me is
D#
a distance that I
bridge with sleep so
[Chorus 3]
C#
I want it so badly
G#
but I had to break
D#
that promise I made
Fm
for your front porch
D# C#
that day I spent last
G#
night talking secrets
D#
and graves the place
that my promise has
Fm G#
now wormed its way.
[Instrumental]
C# D# Fm G#
[Bridge]
C#
And your parents were on
your front lawn screaming
D#
I’m the kid that’s keeping
Fm
you lost and I could never
G#
be what you want I could
never I could never
C#
And your parents were on
your front lawn screaming
D#
I’m the kid that’s keeping
Fm
you lost and I could never
G#
be what you want I could
never I could never
[Outro]
C#
And your parents were on
your front lawn screaming
D#
I’m the kid that’s keeping
Fm
you lost and I could never
G#
be what you want I could
never I could never
9.) Contender
Key: A#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
A# - 244322
F - x46664
Gm - x68876
D# - x24442
Cm - 466444
Dm - x13321
[Intro]
D# A# F Gm F x2
D# F
[Verse 1]
A#
Half the man I thought I’d be double
his size and constantly drinking
D#
What? When your sip becomes your
substance? You learn control
or you learn how to crutch it
A#
C# mother and father who care so
much southern comfort and her
D#
northern touch What? When your
sip becomes your substance?
You lost control and you
learned how to love it
[Chorus 1]
D# A# F
Contender for everything from
Gm F D#
choir boys to thick as thieves
A#
If you don’t let me in you won’t
F Gm F D#
lose your belief I lost
A# F
it all in a hospital How did
Gm F D# A#
I get so low? How did I get
F Gm F
so low? Hey mom I’m coming home
[Post Chorus]
D# F
Gm A# Cm D# Dm A#
Gm A# Gm
D# F
Gm A# Cm D# Dm A#
Gm A# Gm
[Verse 2]
A#
Half a man that’s content
with sinking Patching up holes
D#
while steadily streaming liquid
into his bow and his gut
Has he lost all hope? That
ship never showed up
[Chorus 2]
D# A# F
Contender for everything from
Gm F D#
choir boys to thick as thieves
A#
If you don’t let me in you won’t
F Gm F D#
lose your belief I lost
A# F
it all in a hospital How did
Gm F D# A#
I get so low? How did I get
F Gm F
so low? Hey mom I’m coming home
[Instrumental]
A# D#
[Bridge]
A#
Stop by the bar around Eight
your smile verse my 5th drink
D#
You’ll tell me how much you
miss those things that
I used to be
[Outro]
A# D# x2
A#
10.) Dead Poets Honor
Key: D
D - x32010
A - 320010
G - x33210
Bm - x02210
D/C# - x20010
[Intro]
G A Bm D
[Verse]
G A Bm D
I wish that I could say, I’m giving you my best.
G A Bm D
To the people that I’m closest to this is my first collapse.
G A Bm D
I spent the last few years trying to figure it out.
G A Bm D
It left me hung up with lines like love first times, I hate the sound.
[Interlude]
G A Bm D
[Verse]
G
C# sunny California has quaked to the rain,
Bm A G
sun is sleeping in the ocean with a novelty tee that reads,
Bm
Fuck the stars. You know who you are.
A
You know who you are.
[Chorus]
D D/C# D G
I keep my head low but you mistook that for my eyes closed.
Bm A G
Eyes closed, and I can’t stand this place that we’re from.
Bm A G
Take a shot and I can’t stand these things that I’ve done.
G A
(It’s all I’ve got.)
[Verse]
Bm A G
The lonely writer writes himself to sleep tonight
D A
and if he can’t stay the same maybe you’re the one to blame.
G A Bm A G
I’ve seen everything I want inside of everything I’m not,
D A
inside a small northern town where she’s too often found.
[Chorus]
D D/C# D G
I keep my head low but you mistook that for my eyes closed.
D D/C# D
Eyes closed, and I’m not pulling my punches it’s just some nights I can’t win.
G
I’m now writing for closure and slowly learning to live
Bm A G
and I can’t stand this place that we’re from.
Bm A G
Take a shot and I can’t stand these things that I’ve done. It’s all I’ve got.
[Interlude]
G A Bm D
[Bridge]
G A Bm D
Fall asleep on the streets of the cities you love.
G A Bm D
Fall asleep on the streets of the cities you love.
G A Bm D G A Bm D
Fall asleep on the streets of the cities you love.
[Chorus]
D G
I keep my head low but you mistook that for my eyes closed.
D D/C# D
Eyes closed, and I’m not pulling my punches it’s just some nights I can’t win.
G
I’m now writing for closure and slowly learning to live
Bm A G
and I can’t stand this place that we’re from.
Bm A G
Take a shot and I can’t stand these things that I’ve done.
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