Intro: [Dm] | [Dm] | [Dm] | [Dm] (pick through this chord) [Dm]Smack, crack, bushwhacked [G]Tie another one to the racks, [Dm]baby[Dm] [Dm]Hey kids, Rock and Roll [G]Nobody tells you where to go, [Dm]baby[Dm] [F]What if I ride, what if you walk [Am]What if you rock around the clock [G]Tick, tock, [G]tick, tock [Em]What if you did, what if you walk [Em]What if you tried to get off, [Dm]baby[Dm] [Dm]Hey kids, where are you [G]Nobody tells you what to do, [Dm]baby[Dm] [Dm]Hey kids, shake a leg [G]maybe you're crazy in the head, [Dm]baby[Dm] [F]Maybe you did, maybe you walked [Am]Baby you rocked around the clock [G]Tick, tock, [G]tick, tock [Em]Maybe I ride, maybe you walk [Em]Maybe I drive to get off, [Dm]baby[Dm] [Am]Hey kids, shake a leg [G]maybe you're crazy in the head, [Dm]baby[Dm] [Am]Ollie Ollie Ollie Ollie Ollie [Am]Ollie Ollie in come free, [Dm]baby[Dm] [Am]Hey kids, where are you [G]Nobody tells you what to do, [Dm]baby[Dm][Dm][Dm] [Dm]Smack, crack, shackalack [G]Tie another one to your back, [Dm]baby[Dm] [Dm]Hey kids, Rock and Roll [G]Nobody tells you where to go, [Dm]baby[Dm] [F]Maybe you did, maybe you walked [Am]Maybe you rock around the clock [G]Tick, tock, [G]tick, tock [Em]Maybe I ride, maybe you walk [Em]Maybe I drive to get off, [Dm]baby[Dm] [Am]Hey kids, where are you [Am]Nobody tells you what to do, b[Dm]aby[Dm] [Am]Hey kids, Rock and Roll [Am]Nobody tells you where to go, [Dm]baby, [Dm]baby, [Dm]baby[Dm][Dm] Ending: [Dm] (Strum)
Intro: D G D G D When the day is long,[G] and the [D]night, the night is yours a[G]lone.[D] And you're sure you've had e[G]nough of this [D]life to hang [G]on.[Em] Don't let yourself [A]go,[Em] cause everybody [A]cries,[Em] and everybody [A]hurts. So[D]metimes,[G] sometimes everything is [D]wrong.[G] Now it's time to sing a[D]long hold [G]on, when your day is night alone hold [D]on. hold [G]on.[D] when you feel like let him go. You think you've had too [G]much of this [D]life to hang [G]on.[Em] Cause everybody [A]hurts.[Em] To comfort in your [A]friends[Em] everybody [A]hurts.[F#] Don't throw your [Bm]hand, ho-[F#]old [Bm]on.[F#] Don't throw your [Bm]hand.[C] If you feel like you're a[G]lone. [C]no, no, no, not a[Am]lone.[D] If you're on your [G]own. Of this [D]life, the days and nights a[G]lone.[D] When you think you've had too [G]much of this [D]life, to hang [G]on.[Em] For everybody [A]hurts. For [Em]sometimes everybody [A]cries.[Em] Everybody [A]hurts. So[D]metimes[G] everybody [D]hurts. So[G]metimes, hold [D]on, hold [G]on, hold [D]on, hold [G]on, hold [D]on, hold [G]on (fade out)
{c:intro: Dm Am Dm G} O[G]h, li[Am]fe it's bigger[Em], [Em]it's bigger that you and [Am]you are not me The lengths that I will [Em]go to, the distance in your e[Am]yes [Em]Oh no I've said too [Dm]much, I've said it a[G]ll That's me in the c[Am]orner, that's me in the s[Em]potlight, losing my r[Am]eligion Trying to k[Em]eep up with you and I [Am]don't know if I can do i[Em]t Oh no I've said too [Dm]much, I haven't said en[G]ough I thought that I heard you [F]laughing, I thought that I heard you [Am]sing[Am/B][Am/C][Am/E] I [F]think I thought I [Dm]saw you t[Am]ry Every whisper of every waking hour I'm choosing my confessions Trying to keep an eye on you Like a hurt lost and blinded foal, oh Oh no I've said too much, I said it all Consider this, consider this a hint of the century, Consider this, a slip that brought me to my knees, pale What if all these fantasies come flailing around Now I've said too much I thought that I heard you laughing, I thought that I heard you sing I think I thought I saw you try But [Am]That was just a dream [C]That was just a [G]dream That's me in the corner, that's me in the spotlight, losing my religion Trying to keep up with you and I don't know if I can do it Oh no I've said too much, I haven't said enough I thought that I heard you laughing, I thought that I heard you sing I think I thought I saw you try But That was just a dream Try, cry, fly, and try That was just a dream Just a dream Just a dream Dream Version 2: [E]Oh, l[F#m]ife is bigger, [C#m]is bigger than you and you are n[F#m]ot me. The length that I will g[C#m]o to, the distance in your [F#m]eyes. [C#m]Oh, no I've said too m[Bm]uch, I set it [E]up. That's me in the c[F#m]orner, that's me in the sp[C#m]otlight, losing my rel[F#m]igion, trying to k[C#m]eep up with you. And I d[F#m]on't know if I can do it, [C#m]oh, no I've said too m[Bm]uch, I haven't said en[E]ough {soc} I thought that I heard you l[D]aughing I th[Bm]ought that I h[E]eard you s[F#m]ing. [E] [A] [Bm] I th[D]ink I thought I s[Bm]aw y[E]ou tr[F#m]y. [E] {eoc} Every wh[F#m]isper of every waking h[C#m]our I'm chosing my conf[F#m]essions. Trying to k[C#m]eep an eye on you like a h[F#m]urt lost and blinded fool, fool [C#m]oh, no, I've said too m[Bm]uch, I set it [E]up Consider th[F#m]is, consider this, the h[C#m]int of the century. consider th[F#m]is, the slip that br[C#m]ought me to my knees failed Wh[F#m]at if all these fantasies come [C#m]flailing around. Now I've s[Bm]aid too m[Em]uch. {c:chorus} But th[A]at was just a dr[Hm]eam, th[A]at was just a dr[Hm]eam. That's me in the c[F#m]orner [E] [A] [Bm] [A]
[Dm]There's a problem [Am]feathers iron [Dm]Bargain buildings [Am]weights and pullies [Dm]Feathers hit the [Am]ground before the [Dm]weight can leave the [Am]air [Dm]Buy the [G]sky and [C]sell the [Am]sky and [Dm]tell the sky and [G7]tell the sky {C:Chorus:} {soc} Don't [C]Fall [Dm] On [F]Me [G] (What is it up in the air for?) Don't [C]Fall [Dm] On [F]Me [G] (If it's there for) Don't [C]Fall [Dm] On [F]Me [G] [F] ((Assume that it's over me) {eoc} [Dm]There's the progress [Am]we have found A [Dm]way to talk a[Am]round the problem [Dm]Building towered [Am]foresight isn't [Dm]anything at [Am]all [Dm]Buy the [G]sky and [C]sell the [Am]sky and [Dm]bleed the sky and [G7]tell the sky {c:Chorus} [Am]Well I would [F]keep it above [Am]But then it [G]wouldn't be sky anymore [Am] So if I [F]send it to you you've got to [Dm]promise to keep it [G]home [Dm]Buy the [G]sky and [C]sell the [Am]sky and [Dm]lift your [G]arms up [C]to the [Am]sky and [Dm]ask the sky and [G]ask the sky {c:Chorus 3x, end on Am}
{opening riff} #har denotes harmonics on that fret (E)---7--------7--------0--------------------------5har-- (B)-----7--------7----0---0----------7har----------5har-- (G)-------10-------10----------------7har----------5har-- (D)----------------------------------7har----------5har-- (A)-------------------------9-9999-9-7har-9-9999-9------- (E)-------------------------7-7777-7------7-7777-7------- {play the riff but start with the stuff on the 7th fret of the low E string} I fell asleep and read just about every paragraph. Read the scene where gravity is pulling me around Peel back the mountains peel back the sky Stomp gravity into the floor It's a Man Ray kind of sky Let me show you what I can do with it Time and distance are out of place here {The riff is like this: (B) ------0------0------0------0---- (G) ----0------0------0------0------ (D) -------------------------------- (A) -----------------------0-------- (E) -0------2-------3--------------- Step up, step up, step up the sky is open-armed {start the riff again} When the light is mine, I felt gravity pull Somewhere near the end it said "You can't do this", I said "I can too" Shift sway rivers shift, oceans fall and mountains drift It's a Man Ray kind of sky Let me show you what I can do with it Step up, step up, step up the sky is open-armed C D When the light is mine, I felt gravity pull onto my eyes, C D holding my head straight (looking down). C B This is the easiest task I've ever had to do... I fell asleep and read just about every paragraph Read the scene where gravity is pulling me around Shift the swaying river's shift Oceans fall and mountains drift It's a Man Ray kind of sky Let me show you what I can do with it Time and distance are out of place here Step up, step up, step up the sky is open-armed When the light is mine, I felt gravity pull onto my eyes, holding my head straight (looking down). This is the easiest task I've ever had to do... Reason had harnessed the tame Holding the sky in their arms {The end follows these chords: B C B C B C B C D B} Gravity pulls me down
C Am Dm7 G7 When I Want You In My Arms C Am Dm G7 When I Want You And All Your Charms C Am Whenever I Want You F G7 C Am F G7 All I Have To Do Is Dream, Dream, Dream, Dream. C Am Dm G7 When I Feel Blue In The Night C Am Dm G7 And I Need You To Hold Me Tight C Am Whenever I Want You F G7 C F C C7 All I Have To Do Is Dream. F Em I Can Make You Mine Taste Your Lips Of Wine Dm G7 C C7 Anytime Night Or Day. F Em Only Trouble Is Gee Whiz, D7 G7 I'm Dreaming My Life Away. C Am Dm G7 I Need You So That I Could Die. C Am Dm G7 I Love You So And That Is Why. C Am F G7 C F C Whenever I Want You All I Have To Do Is Dream. Version 2: E//C#m//A//B) 4x A////G#m////F#m////E////) 2x
Intro: Am Am the rain came down F the rain came down Am G F the rain came down on me Am the wind blew strong F and summer's song Am G F it fades to memory. Am I knew you when F I loved you then Am G F in summer's yawn, now hopeless Am you laid me bare F and marked me there Am G F the promises we made Chorus: C Am Em I used to think, as birds take wing, F C they sing through life, so why can't we? Am Em we cling to this, and claim the best F C if this is what you're offering Am Em F I'll take the rain, I'll take the rain, Am F the nighttime creases Am summer schemes G F and stretches out to stay Am the sun shines down F you came around Am G F you loved the easy days Am but now the sun, F the winter's come Am G F I wanted just to say Am that if I hold F I'd hope you'd fold Am G F and open up inside, inside of me Chorus: C Am Em I used to think, as birds take wing, F C they sing through life, so why can't we? Am Em we cling to this, and claim the best F C if this is what you're offering Am Em F I'll take the rain, C Am Em F I'll take the rain, I'll take the rain. Solo chords: G Bm G Bm G Bm G F G F Am this winter's song F I'll sing along Am G F I've searched its still refrain. Am I'll walk alone F if given this Am G F take wing, and celebrate the rain. Chorus: C Am Em I used to think, as birds take wing, F C they sing through life, so why can't we? Am Em we cling to this, and claim the best F C if this is what you're offering Am Em F I'll take the rain, C Am Em F I'll take the rain, C Am Em F I'll take the rain, C Am I'll take the rain, I'll take the rain, Em F I'll take the rain, C Am Em F I'll take the rain, C Am Em F I'll take the rain...