NEWS
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Dan will be back in NYC this June 3rd for a performance at Joe's Pub. Click here for tickets!
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| Be Free EP | |
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To accompany the release of "Free Life" as a single, DW has created a five-song EP, called "Be Free EP." The download-only record includes Dan's new, unreleased versions of The Dixie Chicks' "Lullaby" and Jimmy Webb's "All I Know." Rounding out the set are "I Can't Hold You," and "Hello Stranger," both tragically cut from the Free Life album. EP available at: iTunes Rhapsody Real Player Music Store Amazon Digital Napster  |
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| A Short Film About 'Free Life' | |
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Click here to watch
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| AT&T Blue Room | |
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Click here to listen to Dan tell the story behind some of the songs from "Free Life" and watch his exclusive performance for AT&T's Blue Room.
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| New Store Launched | |
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Check out Dan's new online store, featuring new T-shirts for the album "Free Life"!
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| MAKING OF "NOT READY TO MAKE NICE" | |
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Click here to watch a clip from the Dixie Chicks about the making of the single "Not Ready To Make Nice" with commentary from Dan.
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| Buy "Free Life" | |
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Get "Free Life" on iTunes or click here to buy the "Free Life" CD from Amazon.com.
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| Electric Fetus EP | |
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The "Electric Fetus EP," recorded live at Dan's October in-store appearance, available in all CIMS stores in February!
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| Top 10 of 2007 | |
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"Free Life" in Boston Globe and NY Daily News lists of top 10 albums of 2007!
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| Interview with City Pages | |
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Read Dan's interview with City Pages.
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| And in case you didn't hear... | |
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Dan won a Grammy for "Song Of The Year" in 2006.
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Friday, April 25, 2008
Sitting
Sitting on my own, all by myself... I spent the morning waiting for the phone company to come repair the line. This particular repair "window" was between 8am and 6pm. Isn't that evil? Strange is the way that I can never do anything useful or constructive while waiting for a repairman. I co-conspire in the killing of the time. Why does waiting for a repairman negate the day this way? I could have written a song during this time. But I was waiting for a repairman.
Luckily, waiting for a repairman does allow for the other time- negating activities of life, including answering e-mail, making medical and dental appointments for the kids, calling other utilities and staying on hold for 30 minutes, and perusing the websites of the world.
Particularly exciting is one called "Strange Maps." You really should look at it if you have any nerd characteristics at all.
Luckily he's now come and gone and my life is my own again.
Unluckily, he couldn't find a problem and there is still no phone service.
This weekend I am going to write songs with James Morrison. Wish me luck. He is a wonderful singer. I heard his song "The Pieces Don't Fit" on K-Rock in Los Angeles and had to pull over to the side of the road. It was like an oasis of mournful beauty on the radio. I am looking forward to meeting him.
My stint opening for Kathleen Edwards ended in sheer glory at Mercy Lounge in Nashville. Kathleen and her band were extremely hospitable and kind to me throughout the tour (remind me to open for Canadian artists more often.) So the last night was a little bittersweet. But making up for that were: great audience, who quieted themselves down to my level very kindly at the top of the set; my parents in the crowd, visiting from Little Rock and glowing with pride (who wouldn't love that?); Ruby Amanfu, whose singing with me on "Sugar" brought tears to many eyes in the room; and Kathleen inviting me to sing "Secret Smile" with her during her encore. She played mournful, beautiful violin and traded verses with me, and made me want to re- record the song with her.
The night was particularly sweet as I usually associate Nashville with ultra-talkative crowds crammed with well-meaning but jaded music executives. Instead, there was a general sense of hush and attention that makes a performer want to do better.
Friday, April 11, 2008
Maude Maggart
On Wednesday in New York I went to the Oak Room to see Maude Maggart sing. He show was a collection of mostly very old songs about dreams and rainbows, show tunes mostly, with a few sixties songs by Judy Collins and Joan Baez, as well as Jim Henson's "Rainbow Connection," thrown in. What a wonderful night! It was like a personal reminder of the reasons I love songs, both listening to them and writing them. I might be biased, because many of the tunes are songs that I play for myself on the piano, just for fun: "Isn't It Romantic," and "Over the Rainbow," for example. So to hear these very familiar numbers rendered in luminous tones by such a master interpreter… it was transporting. I wept several times during the last 10 minutes of the gig.
One of the best things about the show was Maude's willingness to expound on the songs she was about to play, or had just played. So her choices of songs felt like they told a larger story over the course of the night. I should also confess that she's very pretty and gestures angelically with her arms and hands as she sings. (There was a two-piece backup band, piano and cello, and they kicked ass as well.)
Now, strangely wonderful was the additional fact that right next to us at a table was Cornel West, famed Princeton professor, author, and sometime rapper. After the gig as we fans were standing around getting autographs, I chatted briefly with Professor West about Maude and her charms. I love the thought that he was digging the same old tunes that I was.
"Rainbow Connection" was a lovely surprise during the gig, as I have been listening rather obsessively to Sarah McLachlan's version of the song for several weeks, and scheming about creating a way for me to sing it at shows too. Just how much earnestness can people take? Well, I sang "Annie's Song" by John Denver at the Hotel Café gig in Chicago a few weeks ago and the people whooped. So I guess quite a bit. If I did it as well as Maude Maggart I think no one would complain.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Easter Blog in Prog
Minneapolis, being once more covered in snow, overcast and gloomy, is challenging my effort at an Easterish awakening of hope. I know, I know, this holiday is about more than just a sunny day, but I for one have the cabin fever blues.
What a month. With the Hotel Cafe Tour and my opening gig for Kathleen Edwards both coming up, and feeling like I would have little time to write while on the road, I organized a ridiculously frenetic stretch of writing. I might have overdone it. Wrote songs with (in no particular order) Emily Robison & Martie Maguire (Dixie Chicks both), Cory Chisel, Kara DioGuardi & John Fields, Will Anderson of Sparky's Flaw, John Hermanson (go Storyhill!), Carrie Rodriguez, Mitch Allan, Nerina Pallot, Michael Tolcher, plus worked on an unfinished song I started with Aimee Mann (still unfinished.) If I'm forgetting anyone, it's because my brain is now completely emptied of thoughts and ideas. Oh, and I mixed both the Jeremy Messersmith and New Standards albums I've been producing.
Whew. Glad to be heading out on the road (my stretch of the Hotel Cafe Tour begins on Thursday in Pittsburgh), where a form of pacing is at least enforced by daily shows.
Thank you to various e-mailers and commenters regarding "Escher, Godel, Bach." I'm going to take Jodi's advice, among others, and try to get through the Watson "DNA" book; it seems a likely starting point.
Listened to Yes this morning, "Tales from Topographic Oceans." Thrilling! What did they think they were doing? Who told them it was okay to write so many 9 minute songs? My fave is still "Close to the Edge," but "Tales" is outlandish and occasionally heartbreakingly beautiful. Mainly, though, I find the band's willingness to go way over the top very exciting. And track one, "The Revealing Science of God," might have given me the dose of Easter joy that I was lacking.
"Spoon" has a video for their song "The Underdog," which is another excercise in over-the-topness, (although in the usual dry-as-a-bone Spoon manner), and which I recommend that everyone watch on Youtube. I might like it partly because it reminds me of the video for Semisonic's "Closing Time", but I assure you, that's not the only reason.
Finally, I have been listening at least once a day to "Broken Afternoon," by The Helio Sequence - every day for three weeks, sometimes several times. It's the first Dylan-influenced music I've heard in a long time that I've loved as much as new Dylan. I can't figure out why this song holds such mystery for me. But it's a nice feeling.Saturday, February 23, 2008
Hoot
I am reading a book called "Godel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid." Anyone who has read it and understands it, I ask you to point me to some other books that might help me to also understand it better. It's blowing my mind, to put it simply. One of the most amazing sections of the book outlines the structure of DNA and the basics of how cells work. I'm sure someone tried to teach me this stuff when I was a kid, but I expect I wasn't listening! I'd really like to learn more about this.
Last night my friend Jim Walsh asked me to come and play at his Hootenanny at Java Jack's in South Minneapolis. If you haven't been there, the Hoot is a weekly (sorta) round-robin of singers who share the stage and take turns singing songs, and also play and sing along with each other's songs. It's a fun way to try out new songs and also to play whatever you want to. I've done the Hoot a few times, it's always a blast, Jim is a unique master of ceremonies, he doesn't hesitate to yell loudly at his fellow performers if he feels the need to correct their actions or adjust their agenda. I managed to dodge that bullet last night but a few of the other singers got some serious whipcracking from Jim a few times.
Two of the other singers on the stage were Craig Wright and Peter Lawton, otherwise known in these parts as The Tropicals. Craig and Peter haven't performed together in Minneapolis for years, I think, so it was sweet to hear their amazing songs and sing along. I have listened to their songs so many times, I was able to join in on guitar to almost everything they played. What a gas.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Water
My daughter Coco and I try to go swimming every week. I wish we lived near an ocean, but this is Minneapolis, so the pool will have to do. We don't have much of an agenda: splash around, try to stay in the water as long as she doesn't get cold, have fun. The pool we go to is often nearly empty when we're there, and if we find ourselves alone in the water, then we do a lot of yelling and whooping. The ceilings are extremely high, all that tile and glass make for a very reverberant space. Coco wears hearing aids most of the time, but not in the pool; I've always wondered what our echoing whoops sound like to her.
I'm not sure why this would be, but I have the impression that she is a lot smarter for a day or so after swimming. This effect is way more pronounced when we have the chance to swim in the ocean - it is as if the jostling and pushing-around of the waves stimulates Coco's mind through her muscles. I wonder if I'm smarter after swimming, too, but because it's my own brain, I don't notice it.
Does anyone have anything to tell me about this?
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Happy New Year
I'd say the man in the picture is happy to be singing for you all. Guthrie Theater 12/7/07. Photo Steven Cohen.
Okay, let's get it out of the way - "Free Life" is out! So this New Year's blog entry doesn't have to include any references to "hopefully somehow this year," etc, etc. The CD's out, and I am overjoyed about it.
Now onto 2008. I'm hoping this year's calendar will have a lot of shows on it, so I can get out and play for you all. Lots of shows will also mean chances to unveil some new songs, a scary and exciting prospect. January looks like a good time to do some writing all alone, for the first time in a while.
In February I think the statute of limitations runs out on me casually mentioning my Grammy Award from the stage. Somehow I think I'll figure out other things to talk about.
2008 is a year of round numbers for me - here are some musical ones:
20 years ago this year, Trip Shakespeare released "Are You Shakespearienced?" This was the first LP I'd played on and my first release with Trip.
15 years ago this year, Semisonic played our first show at the 400 Bar as Pleasure - "If I Run," "FNT," "Falling" and several other songs from the Great Divide album already on the setlist.
10 years ago this year, Semisonic released "Feeling Strangely Fine." "Closing Time" came out in February and a lot of things started to happen very fast.
5 years ago this year I was offerred a record deal with American Recordings/Lost Highway, which led (very slowly) to "Free Life" coming out.
What will 2008 bring? Joy? Hope? Something reasonably hard to work on? Maybe even a few things to talk about in 20 years.
Peace and Love
DW
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Peace
Last night at the Fitzgerald I kicked off my own Christmas season for the year. I sang a few songs, holiday and otherwise, with the New Standards and a huge cast of guests. The holiday songs and more specifically the Christmas carols we sang last night filled me with joy and hope, as they always do. Those carols are like the greatest hits of western music: only the very very hookiest and best and most beautiful have passed the test of time, and when I sing them, I often thing of the many, many generations of people who sang them before me.
All of these songs share the same message of peace and joy. On a very long, dark, winter night, all of the people got a glimpse of a great light, which filled them with hope. Peace, heavenly peace, is the refrain.
Last night was also the anniversary of John Lennon's death. Peace was so often the refrain of his songs, and although they may not become Christmas carols, a lot of them are getting passed from generation to generation. I like to think that they will be sung for a long time to come.
Now I have to tell you that I am afraid for the prospects of peace this winter. Our government has stumblingly begun its drumbeat for another war. The signs are the same as they were the last time around: the talk of nuclear holocaust, the marshalling of arguments (false ones and true ones) for preemption, the constant mentions of the new enemy: Iran. Last time around, when they started building up the public's anger towards Iraq, it was a mistake, and not only that, it was timed in the most cynical way as a centerpiece for an election campaign. It's happening again. The election approaches and the administration is obligingly cooking up another setting for shock and awe. Those of you who felt obliged to vote for the war in Iraq to support the troops are going to be held to a similar standard again.
I would like to ask you to think about peace instead of war this time around. At least don't let a needless hurry be your deciding factor. Are there any other options short of launching missiles and bombs? Please think hard about alternatives before you cast your vote for another war.
Peace and Love
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Whew
Whoa, that was a trip... The Sondre Lerche tour is over and I am beat. But it was really good. Sondre was what I can only describe as a wonderful and gracious host. And I loved getting to know his music better. What a talent.
It's funny, after all the travelling I've done over the years, and all the touring and performing, I've never even done a week of solo shows, with just me and my guitar, never mind a month of them. For all of you who came, I thank you for your indulgence - I told a lot of stories, I know, and maybe I could have shut up and sung one more song per night. But it seemed right to shoot the breeze a little more than usual. Meanwhile, I send out thanks and respect to those who sang along when the time came. I was actually amazed how willing you were. (And in tune, too.)
Last show, Maxwell's in Hoboken. The bar-iest of the gigs and most mixed in its outcome. I try not to get into it with hecklers - I tend to say things that are actually evil to them, rather than being able to cleverly one-up them. Kinda blows the mood. It's a little like the times I try to join in with masculine locker-room humor; when I interject my joke into the conversation, even the pirates in the room find it revolting.
But everyone survived the slights pretty well and I managed to have a very fun post-rock party with some very beloved friends from all over the country, who just happened to have converged in Hoboken. What a world.
Now there is a snowstorm in Minneapolis and everyone here is actually excited about it. No one will be going out lightly tonight.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
"The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting" by Jim Walsh
I've been on tour in various ways for most of October and November, the most performances I've done in a long time. The traveling is tiring but the shows are exhilarating. Most nights I've been asking folks to sing along to "All Kinds" at the end of the show, and sometimes the crowd raises up such a churchy harmony that this whole crazy life seems to come into focus.
Austin last night was no exception to the singing, but it was also the talkiest crowd yet - I think I've been spoiled lately.
One of the little untold perks of touring is that you get to read a lot. I've been on so many planes in the past 3 months that I've done about 2 years' worth of reading. The most recent: "No Country for Old Men" by Cormac McCarthy, which scared the heck out of me but I still read it twice; "Bono", an interview biography with you-know-who; "Godel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid"; and the one I've been most deeply affected by, "The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting," by my friend Jim Walsh.
Anyone who paid attention to music in Minneapolis in the 80s and 90s is intimately aware of the rock four-piece The Replacements. I think awareness of the band is actually increasing these days. "I Will Dare," their most widely-known song, is a standard now, I think. And their brilliance, when they were brilliant, shines through on dozens of great tracks on their albums.
I loved their music. I loved listening to it, and I found it so inspiring that a band from Minneapolis could have won so many fans all around the world. But my impression during those years was that the band also made a maddening practice of making sure they didn't become too successful, of turning away from a larger audience whenever it threatened to embrace them. Jacob Slichter once called the group a "heat-avoiding missile." Drug and alcohol addiction and the chaos and confusion they bring were part of this pattern, but that wasn't all. The Replacements weren't a punk band but they made a great punk show of always biting the hand that fed them.
Jim Walsh's fantastic oral history of the Replacements makes that perverse quality intimately clear. In a way, it was already going to be a grueling read - after all, everyone knows that lead guitarist Bob Stinson died at age 35, a few years after being fired from the group. So I knew that was coming.
But also I guess it was kind of exhausting reading the words of so many friends, fans, and colleagues, all confirming my suspicion that the Replacements consciously avoided the success that we all wished for them. They made damned sure to remain our little secret.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Cold in LA
No, it's not cold in LA, I have a cold in LA. So much for the glamour of tinseltown. More like humidifier in your hotel room town.
Somehow the shows manage to be fun through this fog. I hope I get better soon.
Sondre Lerche has been very inspiring to watch and very nice to tour with. He and his sound engineer Atle are from Norway, they look like various Minnesota cousins of mine but their Norwegian accents are stronger.
I'll check in here when my head is clear.
D
Sunday, October 28, 2007
New York was great but the upright bass fell down.
Someone stood the rented upright bass against the wall. It was in its soft travel case, a big black pajama useful mostly for the prevention of dings and scratches. The bass didn't stay upright for long. The bass fell down. The neck of the bass broke. This happened at City Hall, where the act of bringing an upright bass up to the WNYC radio studio was perceived as a security threat of some kind. The security staff brought the bass over to the wall while its legitimacy could be checked. Everyone looked in other directions. Nobody saw it fall, but I'm sure they heard it.
The bass remained in its case, the broken neck flopping now loosely down. It had the cringe-inducing vulnerability of a broken bone still within skin. Nobody in our group knew how much it would cost to put a new neck on a bass but we all had our suspicion that it might be around the same amount as putting a nice new cedar deck on your house.
I guess I have to get writing. That broken bass neck ain't going to fix itself.
Joe's Pub, what a great venue. I think it went great, what a great feeling to leave the city on such a high.
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MUSIC
"Free Life" track listing:
1. All Kinds
2. Free Life
3. Breathless
4. Baby Doll
5. Come Home Angel
6. Sugar
7. Cry
8. Golden Girl
9. Against History
10. Honey Please
11. She Can’t Help Me
12. Hand On My Heart
13. Easy Silence
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TABS
Against History
Artist: Dan Wilson
Song: Against History
Album: Free Life
Intro/verse chords:
A: (x07650)
G: (x05430)
D: (x04230)
Other chords:
Bm/A: (x04432)
Asus: (x07750)
INTRO
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8 bars of melody, then 8 bars of strumming.
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|--5---5---5---5-|--5---5---5---5-|--3---3---3---3-|--3---3---3---3-|
G|6-------7-------|6-------7-------|4-------6-------|4-------6-------|
D|----7-------7---|----7-------7---|----5-------5---|----5-------5---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|--3---3---3---3-|--3---3---3---3-|--5---5---5---5-|--5---5---5---5-|
G|2-------4-------|2-------4-------|6-------7-------|6-------7-------|
D|----4-------4---|----4-------4---|----7-------7---|----7-------7---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| A / / / | A / / / | G / / / | G / / / |
| D / / / | D / / / | A / / / | A / / / |
VERSE 1
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| A / / / | A / / / | G / / / | G / / / |
Give in In to the blue sky In to the...
| D / / / | D / / / | A / Asus / | A / Asus / |
...gold eye of what is possible
| A / / / | A / / / | G / / / | G / / / |
Give in One in a million You be the...
| D / / / | D / / / | A / Asus / | A / Asus / |
...engine of what is possible
PRECHORUS
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| E / / / | E / / / | D / / / | A / / / |
When tomorrow comes we'll be there after all
| E / / / | E / / / | D / / / | D / / / |
All the oracles are fading
| E / / / | E / / / | D / / / | A / / / |
When our odysseys are hanging on the wall
| E / / / | E / / / | D / / / | D / / / |
And our yesterdays parading
CHORUS
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| E / / / | E / / / | Bm / / / | Bm / Bm/A / |
It's you and me against history
| G / / / | D / / / | A / / / | A / / / |
It doesn't have to be the way it's always been
| E / / / | E / / / | Bm / / / | Bm / Bm/A / |
It's you and me against history
| G / / / | D / / / | A / Asus / | A / Asus / |
We'll never let it be that way again (w/intro lick)
VERSE 2
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| A / / / | A / / / | G / / / | G / / / |
Sell off all of your old lives all of the...
| D / / / | D / / / | A / Asus / | A / Asus / |
...cold lies and get impossible
| A / / / | A / / / | G / / / | G / / / |
Sell off all of the no ones we'll never...
| D / / / | D / / / | A / Asus / | A / Asus / |
...be dones and get impossible
PRECHORUS
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| E / / / | E / / / | D / / / | A / / / |
When tomorrow comes we'll say it after all
| E / / / | E / / / | D / / / | D / / / |
All the monitors are ringing
| E / / / | E / / / | D / / / | A / / / |
When the cold day dawns we'll be there on the lawn
| E / / / | E / / / | D / / / | D / / / |
Now another world's beginning
CHORUS
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| E / / / | E / / / | Bm / / / | Bm / Bm/A / |
It's you and me against history
| G / / / | D / / / | A / / / | A / / / |
It doesn't have to be the way it's always been
| E / / / | E / / / | Bm / / / | Bm / Bm/A / |
It's you and me against history
| G / / / | D / / / |
We're never gonna be the same as them
BRIDGE
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| Dm / / / | Dm / / / |
And all of the days of my...
| Bb / / / | Bb / / / |
...life unwind like the towers of a...
| F / / / | F / / / |
...telephone line alongside the...
| C / / / | C / / / |
...interstate
| Dm / / / | Dm / / / |
And either direction is...
| Bb / / / | Bb / / / |
...far from home The stars make a line leading...
| F / / / | F / / / |
...from the road And I am an arrow that...
| C / / / | G / / / |
...knows where to go
GUITAR SOLO
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Chords:
| E / / / | E / / / | D / / / | A / / / |
| E / / / | E / / / | D / / / | D / / / |
| E / / / | E / / / | D / / / | A / / / |
| E / / / | E / / / | D / / / | A / / / |
| A / / / |
Solo (with slide):
e|--------12------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|------------12--|-14-----5-------|-------------7--|
G|-13-------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|-9--------------|----------------|-----8---7------|----------------|
G|--------4-------|------------6---|-7----------7---|-9--------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|-2--------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
CHORUS
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| E / / / | E / / / | Bm / / / | Bm / Bm/A / |
It's you and me against history
| G / / / | D / / / | A / / / | A / / / |
It doesn't have to be the way it's always been
| E / / / | E / / / | Bm / / / | Bm / Bm/A / |
It's you and me against history
| G / / / | D / / / |
We're never gonna be the same as them
OUTRO
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| A / / / | A / / / | G / / / | G / / / |
(w/intro melody)
| D / / / | D / / / | A Asus | A Asus |
| A |
All Kinds
Artist: Dan Wilson
Song: All Kinds
Album: Free Life
Capo at 1st fret; all chords relative to capo (song is in Ab).
G/B: (x20003)
C: (X32013)
VERSE 1
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| Am / / / | D / / / | Bm / / / | Em / / / |
You've got the kind of beautiful
| Bm / / / | Em / / / | Am / / / | D / / / |
Makes the boys want to give up running all around
| Am / / / | D / / / | Bm / / / | Em / / / |
You know the kind of magic spell
| Bm / / / | Em / / / | Am / / / | D / / / |
Makes the wild, wild horses lay down on the ground
CHORUS
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| G / / / | D / / / | G / / / | C / / / |
Run- ning all around all around
| Em / / / | D / / / | C / / / | G/B C G/B C |
All kinds of beautiful
| G / / / | D / / / | G / / / | C / / / |
Run- ning all around all around
| Em / / / | D / / / | C / / / | G/B C G/B C |
All kinds of beautiful
VERSE 2
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| Am / / / | D / / / | Bm / / / | Em / / / |
One life is all we ever get
| Bm / / / | Em / / / | Am / / / | D / / / |
And all we ev- er give up for it in return
| Am / / / | D / / / | Bm / / / | Em / / / |
Is all the ones we might have been
| Bm / / / | Em / / / | Am / / / | D / / / |
Just one kind of beautiful each in our turn
INTERLUDE
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| Eb / / / | Bb / / / |
Innocence and consequence
| F / / / | C / / / |
I only hope we never learn
CHORUS
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| G / / / | D / / / | G / / / | C / / / |
Run- ning all around all around
| Em / / / | D / / / | C / / / | G/B C G/B C |
All kinds of beautiful
| G / / / | D / / / | G / / / | C / / / |
Run- ning all around all around
| Em / / / | D / / / | C / / / | G/B C G/B C |
All kinds of beautiful
BRIDGE
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| D / / / | D / / / | Em / / / | Em / / / |
Hey now every little thing you gave to me
| F / / / | F / / / | C / / / | C / / / |
Made the time pass faster than my eyes could even see
| D / / / | D / / / | Em / / / | Em / / / |
You are true improbability
| F / / / | F / / / | C / / / | C / / / |
You're the proof of when they say you never know what's gonna be
CHORUS (double)
======
| G / / / | D / / / | G / / / | C / / / |
Run- ning all around all around
| Em / / / | D / / / | C / / / | G/B C G/B C |
All kinds of beautiful
| G / / / | D / / / | G / / / | C / / / |
Run- ning all around all around
| Em / / / | D / / / | C / / / | G/B C G/B C |
All kinds of beautiful
| G / / / | D / / / | G / / / | C / / / |
Run- ning all around all around
| Em / / / | D / / / | C / / / | G/B C G/B C |
All kinds of beautiful
| G / / / | D / / / | G / / / | C / / / |
Run- ning all around all around
| Em / / / | D / / / | C / / / | G/B C C D |
All kinds of beautiful All
| G / / / |
kinds
Baby Doll
Artist: Dan Wilson
Song: Baby Doll
Album: Free Life
Capo at 3rd fret (song is in Cm).
E/G#: (4x2400)
C/G: (332010)
D/F#: (2x023x)
Bdim7: (x23230)
E7: (022130)
INTRO
=====
| Am / / / | Am / / / | Am / / / | Am / / / |
VERSE 1
=======
| Am / / / | Am / / / |
Baby doll You've been lonely I've been...
| E/G# / / / | E/G# / / / |
...out of town Playing the unintended...
| C/G / / / | C/G / / / |
...circus clown Looking for someone just like...
| D/F# / / / | D/F# / / / |
...you girl
| F / / / | F / E7 / |
But now the stars are going out and old familiar halls are...
| Am / / / | Am / / / |
...falling off the grid
| Bdim7 / / / | Bdim7 / / / |
I wanna get back on your list and resurrect the things we...
| E / / / | E7 / / / |
...did
| Am / / / | Am / / / |
Baby doll I've been circling the...
| E/G# / / / | E/G# / / / |
...whole world 'round Trying to find the ones who...
| C/G / / / | C/G / / / |
...stole my sound So I could bring it back to...
| D/F# / / / | D/F# / / / |
...you girl
| F / / / | F / E7 / |
You'll be sashed in satin I'll be purring like a kitty cat and
| Am / / / | Am / / / |
You won't sit in silence like you do
| Bdim7 / / / | Bdim7 / / / |
Then you can tell me I'm the only one You'll...
| E / / / | E7 / / / |
...make love to me too
CHORUS
======
| F / / / | C / / / |
and I don't want to love no one else, to love
| G / / / | Am / / / |
no one else to love no one else
| F / / / | C / / / |
and I don't want to love no one else, to love
| G / / / | E7 / / / |
No I only want to love my baby doll
| Am / / / | Am / / / |
VERSE 2
=======
| Am / / / | Am / / / |
Baby doll I've been melting candles...
| E/G# / / / | E/G# / / / |
...into wings so I can fly up high and...
| C/G / / / | C/G / / / |
...buy you things diamond rings and pretty...
| D/F# / / / | D/F# / / / |
...hors- es too
| F / / / | F / E7 / |
It's much less than you deserve but if I don't I'm guessing
| Am / / / | Am / / / |
I won't get the chance to make amends
| Bdim7 / / / | Bdim7 / / / |
While I'm paying you'll in the ladies making contact with your...
| E / / / | E7 / / / |
...friends Then you'll disappear again
CHORUS
======
| F / / / | C / / / |
and I don't want to lose no one else, to lose
| G / / / | Am / / / |
no one else to lose no one else
| F / / / | C / / / |
and I don't want to lose no one else, to lose
| G / / / | E7 / / / |
No I only want to lose my baby doll
| Am / / / | Am / / / |
When I saw you...
BRIDGE
======
| Gm / / / | Gm / / / |
...laugh- ing You would shine like the...
| F / / / | F / / / |
...sun And reflected in...
| D7 / / / | D7 / / / |
...your lies I would...
| E7 / / / | E7 / / / |
...shine like no one
CHORUS
======
| F / / / | C / / / |
and I don't want to love no one else, to love
| G / / / | Am / / / |
no one else to love no one else
| F / / / | C / / / |
and I don't want to love no one else, to love
| G / / / | E7 / / / |
No I only want to love my baby...
| F / / / | C / / / |
...doll no one else, to lose
| G / / / | Am / / / |
no one else to lose no one else
| F / / / | C / / / |
and I don't want to lose no one else, to lose
| G / / / | E7 / / / |
No I only want to love my baby doll
| Am / / / | Am / / / |
my baby doll my baby doll
| Am / / / | Am |
Breathless
Artist: Dan Wilson
Song: Breathless
Album: Free Life
Capo at 2nd fret; all chords relative to capo (song is in F# minor).
NC = no chord
VERSE 1
=======
| (NC) |
I'm hunting shadows in the...
| Em / / / | C / / / |
...dark In steaming jungles of the...
| G / / / | D / / / |
...world Either to kill or to be...
| Em / / / | C / / / |
...killed By creatures never named or...
| G / / / | D / / / |
...heard I'm lifting wishes to the...
| Em / / / | C / / / |
...stars The gleaming satellites of...
| G / / / | D / / / |
...time Orbiting circles over-...
| Em / / / | C / / / |
...head To futures when your love is...
| G / / / | D / / / |
...mine But you were always pretty...
CHORUS
======
| Em / / / | C / / / |
...reckless with your love Come with the sun and getting...
| G / / / | D / / / |
...restless when it's gone And when you go you leave me...
| Em / / / | C / / / |
...breathless and alone You leave me breathless when you...
| Em / / / | B7 / / / |
...close the door it feels just like you took the air out of the room with...
| C / / / | Am / / / |
...you Your voice is echoing...
VERSE 2
=======
| Em / / / | C / / / |
...again Through catacombs inside my...
| G / / / | D / / / |
...mind And I've been dreaming of...
| Em / / / | C / / / |
...revenge To make you love me more than...
| G / / / | D / / / |
...even you can try All words converge to where you...
| Em / / / | C / / / |
...are If I follow I will...
| G / / / | D / / / |
...surely find The horse is gone the fire's still...
| Em / / / | C / / / |
...warm You've moved on an hour before, You like to keep me just one...
| G / / / | D / / / |
...step behind But you were always pretty...
CHORUS
======
| Em / / / | C / / / |
...reckless with your love Come with the sun and getting...
| G / / / | D / / / |
...restless when it's gone And when you go you leave me...
| Em / / / | C / / / |
...breathless and alone You leave me breathless when you...
| Em / / / | B7 / / / |
...close the door it feels just like you took the air out of the room with...
| C / / / | Am / / / |
...you Breath-...
INTERLUDE
=========
| Em / / / | C / / / | Em / / / | C / / / |
...less Breath- less Breath-...
| Em / / / | C / / / | Em / / / | B7 / / / |
...less Breath- less
GUITAR SOLO
===========
Solo is over 8 bars of verse chords. Frets relative to nut, not capo.
e|-14------------------------------|---14-16-17---16---14h16p14------|
B|---------------------------------|-----------------------------17--|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-14---------------14h15p14h15p14-|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|-16------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
(Played twice)
CHORUS
======
(Yeah you were always pretty...)
| Em / / / | C / / / |
...reckless with your love Come with the sun and getting...
| G / / / | D / / / |
...restless when it's gone And when you go you leave me...
| Em / / / | C / / / |
...breathless and alone You leave me breathless when you...
| Em / / / | B7 / / / |
...close the door it feels just like you took the air out of the room with...
| C / / / | Am / / / |
...you
| Em / / / | B7 / / / |
Restless when it's gone
| C / / / | Am / / / |
Breathless and alone You leave me breathless when you...
| Em / / / | B7 / / / |
...close the door it feels just like you took the air out of the room with...
| C / / / | Am / / / |
...you Breath-...
OUTRO
=====
| Em / / / | C / / / | Em / / / | C / / / |
...less Breath- less Breath-...
| Em / / / | C / / / | Em |
...less Breath- less
Come Home Angel
Artist: Dan Wilson
Song: Come Home Angel
Album: Free Life
Capo at 3rd fret; all chords relative to capo (song is in Bb).
D9: (x00230)
C/B: (x2x010)
INTRO
=====
| Em / / / | D9 / / / | Em / / / | D9 / / / |
VERSE 1
=======
| Em / / / | D9 / / / | Em / / / | D9 / / / |
Oh love the moment that we live now
| Am / / / | C / / / | Em / / / | D9 / / / |
Will stay with me forever and ever and ever
| Em / / / | D9 / / / | Em / / / | D9 / / / |
Too good you're too perfect for this world
| Am / / / | C / / / | Em / / / | D9 / / / |
A visitor a wanderer from somewhere better
PRECHORUS
=========
| G / / / | D / / / | G / / / | C / / / |
When they're calling all the angels to a great departure place
1 3 +
| Em / / / | D / / / | C / / / | C C F |
Leave us earthly creatures to our fates
| G / / / | D / / / | G / / / | C / / / |
I'll be riding cross the desert trying to find you on your way
3 +
| Em / / / | D / / / | C / / / | C C C/B |
Change your mind before they close the gates And it's...
| Am / / / | Am / / / |
...too late Come home...
CHORUS
======
1 + 3 +
| G / / / | D / / / | Am / / / | Am G/B G/B C |
...angel Angel don't...
| G / / / | D / / / | Am / / / | Am G/B G/B C |
...go Come home...
| G / / / | D / / / | Am / / / | Am / Am/B / |
...angel Angel don't...
INTERLUDE
=========
| Em / / / | D9 / / / | Em / / / | D9 / / / |
...go
VERSE 2
=======
| Em / / / | D9 / / / | Em / / / | D9 / / / |
Some nights I lie up and watch you sleep
| Am / / / | C / / / | Em / / / | D9 / / / |
And wonder what places and planets you dream on
| Em / / / | D9 / / / | Em / / / | D9 / / / |
Some day I'll come to an empty house They'll...
| Am / / / | C / / / | Em / / / | D9 / / / |
...call you back your silent celestial beacon
PRECHORUS
=========
| G / / / | D / / / | G / / / | C / / / |
When they're calling all the angels to a great departure place
| Em / / / | D / / / | C / / / | C / C D |
Leave us earthly creatures to our fates
| G / / / | D / / / | G / / / | C / / / |
I'll be riding cross the desert trying to find you on your way
| Em / / / | D / / / | C / / / | C / C C/B |
Change your mind before they close the gates And it's...
| Am / / / | Am / / / |
...too late Come home...
CHORUS
======
| G / / / | D / / / | Am / / / | Am G/B C D |
...angel Angel don't...
| G / / / | D / / / | Am / / / | Am G/B C D |
...go Come home...
| G / / / | D / / / | Am / / / | Am / Am/B / |
...angel Angel don't...
| E / E7 / |
...go
BRIDGE
======
| Am / / / | D / / / | G / / / | C / / / |
They're imaginary people in a dream of seas and mountains and the
| Am / / / | D / / / | C / / / | C / / / |
Cities and the towns will all be gone when they wake up
GUITAR SOLO
===========
Solo is over first half of prechorus chords. Frets relative to nut,
not capo.
e|--------------|-------------|-------------------|------------------|
B|------3-4-3-4b|6--------4-3-|-4-3---------------|------------------|
G|--------------|-------------|-----3--3h5-3------|--------------3-5b|
D|--------------|-------------|--------------5-3--|-5-3--------------|
A|--------------|-------------|-------------------|-----6------------|
E|--------------|-------------|-------------------|------------------|
e|--------------|-------------|------------|--------------------|-----
B|--------------|-------------|------------|--------------------|-----
G|7--------b7r5-|--------b7r5-|------------|--------------------|-----
D|--------------|-3-----------|-1--------0-|-1-0----0-1-0-------|-----
A|--------------|-------------|------------|----------------3-1-|-1---
E|--------------|-------------|------------|--------------------|-----
PRECHORUS
=========
| G / / / | D / / / | G / / / | C / / / |
I'll be riding cross the desert trying to find you on your way
| Em / / / | D / / / | C / / / | C / C C/B |
Change your mind before they close the gates Before it's...
| Am / / / | Am / / / |
...too late Come home...
CHORUS
======
| G / / / | D / / / | Am / / / | Am G/B C D |
...angel Before it's before it's too...
| G / / / | D / / / | Am / / / | Am G/B C D |
...late Angel don't...
| G / / / | D / / / | Am / / / | Am G/B C D |
...go Come home...
| G / / / | D / / / |Am/C / / / |Am/B / / / |
...angel Angel don't...
OUTRO
=====
| Em / / / | D9 / / / | Em / / / | D9 / / / |
...go
| Em / / / | D9 / / / | E |
Cry
Artist: Dan Wilson
Song: Cry
Album: Free Life
INTRO
=====
| Am / / / | Am / / / | G / / / | F / / / |
VERSE 1
=======
| Am / / / | Am / / / |
One more long and lonely night left here on my own
| G / / / | F / / / |
Do you wanna make me wanna cry?
| Am / / / | Am / / / |
Lost my baby in the fight I don't know where you've gone
| G / / / | F / / / |
Do you wanna make me wanna cry?
CHORUS
======
| C / / / | G / / / |
Don't you wanna make me feel like I'm a thousand stories high?
| Am / / / | F / / / |
Don't you wanna make me feel I'll never fail I'll never die?
| C / / / | G / / / |
Don't you wanna set me free we'll override the history
| Am / / / | F / / / |
Turn to find our destiny and never turn away
INTERLUDE
=========
Chords:
| Am / / / | Am / / / | G / / / | F / / / |
Guitar melody:
e|----------------|--/10-8-10-10b12|8h10--8---------|---/8-10-8-10-8-|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
VERSE 2
=======
| Am / / / | Am / / / |
The devil was an angel once beautiful like you
| G / / / | F / / / |
Do you wanna make me wanna cry?
| Am / / / | Am / / / |
I don't care how far you fall I'll catch you when you do
| G / / / | F / / / |
Do you wanna make me wanna cry?
PRECHORUS
=========
| C / / / | G / / / | C / / / | F / / / |
So I close my eyes try to hold my head up high
| Am / / / | G / / / | F / / / | Dm / / / |
And I pray my soul not to break
CHORUS
======
| C / / / | G / / / |
Don't you wanna make me feel like I'm a thousand stories high?
| Am / / / | F / / / |
Don't you wanna make me feel I'll never fail I'll never die?
| C / / / | G / / / |
Don't you wanna set me free we'll override the history
| Am / / / | F / / / |
Turn to find our destiny and never turn away
| Em / / / | Dm / / / |
Do you really wanna say goodbye?
| Em / Dm / |
Do you wanna make me wanna cry?
GUITAR SOLO
===========
Solo is over 12 bars of verse chords.
bh = bend and hold
e|-0-----0------0------0-----0-----|0-------0-0----0-------0-------0-|
B|/10-------10--10-------10--10/12-|12bh13----13---13br12--10---10---|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
e|-0--------0----0-------0-------0-|-0----0-----0----0-----0------0--|
B|-10bh12---12---12br10--8----8----|/10-----10--10-----10--10--10----|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
e|-0----0------0-----0-----0-----0-|0-------0----0-0-------0---0---0-|
B|-10------10--10------10--10/12---|12bh13----13---13br12--10---10---|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
e|-0-----0-------0-------0------0--|-0----0-----0----0----0---0---0--|
B|-10h12---12----12------10-----8--|/10-----10--10-------/5---5---5--|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
e|-0---0---0---0-----0------0------|-0------0------0-----0-----0-----|
B|-5---5---5---5----\3------3------|-3-----\1------1-----0-----0-----|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----
B|---------------------------------|-0h1p0--0h2p0--0h1p0--0h2p0-0-1-3|-5---
G|-0h2p0--0h2p0-0h2p0-0h2p0-0h2----|---------------------------------|-----
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----
CHORUS
======
| C / / / | G / / / |
Don't you wanna make me feel like I'm a thousand stories high?
| Am / / / | F / / / |
Don't you wanna make me feel I'll never fail no matter why?
| C / / / | G / / / |
Don't you wanna set me free we'll override the history
| Am / / / | F / / / |
Turn to find our destiny and never turn away from me
| C / / / | G / / / |
Don't you wanna make me feel like I'm a thousand stories high?
| Am / / / | F / / / |
Don't you wanna make me feel I'll never fail I'll never die?
| C / / / | G / / / |
Don't you wanna set me free we'll override the history
| Am / / / | F / / / |
Turn to find our destiny and never turn away
| Em / / / | Dm / / / |
Do you really wanna say goodbye?
| Em / Dm / |
Do you wanna make me wanna cry?
OUTRO
=====
Guitar ad lib a la guitar solo.
| Am / / / | Am / / / | G / / / | F / / / |
Do you wanna make wanna...
| Am / / / | Am / / / | G / / / | F / / / |
...cry?
| F / / / | F / / / | F |
Easy Silence
Artist: Dan Wilson
Song: Easy Silence
Written by: Emily Robison, Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Dan Wilson
Album: Free Life
Capo at 2nd fret (song is in B).
F#m: (244200)
INTRO
=====
| D / / / | A / / / |
| E / / / | F#m / / / |
| D / / / | A / / / |
| E / / / | F#m / / / |
VERSE 1
=======
| D / / / | A / / / |
When the call and conversations accidents and accusations
| E / / / | F#m / / / |
Messages and misperceptions paralyze my mind
| D / / / | A / / / |
Busses, cars, and airplanes leaving burning fumes of gasoline
| C#m / / / | F#m / / / |
And everyone is running and I come to find a refuge in the...
CHORUS
======
| D / / / | A / / / |
...Eas- y silence that you make for me
| E / / / | D / A / |
It's okay when there's nothing more to say to me
| D / / / | A / / / |
And the peace- ful quiet you create for me
| E / / / | D / A / |
And the way you keep the world at bay from me
| E / / / | D / A / |
The way you keep the world at bay
INTERLUDE
=========
| D / / / | A / / / |
| E / / / | F#m / / / |
VERSE 2
=======
| D / / / | A / / / |
The monkeys on the barricades are warning us to back away
| E / / / | F#m / / / |
They form commission trying to find the next one they can crucify
| D / / / | A / / / |
And anger plays on every station answers only make more questions
| C#m / / / | F#m / / / |
I need something to believe in breathe in sanctuary in the...
CHORUS
======
| D / / / | A / / / |
...Eas- y silence that you make for me
| E / / / | D / A / |
It's okay when there's nothing more to say to me
| D / / / | A / / / |
And the peace- ful quiet you create for me
| E / / / | D / A / |
And the way you keep the world at bay from me
| E / / / | D / A / |
The way you keep the world at bay
INTERLUDE
=========
| D / / / | A / / / |
| E / / / | F#m / / / |
| D / / / | A / / / |
| E / / / | F#m / / / |
VERSE 3
=======
| D / / / | A / / / |
Children lose their youth to soon watching war made us immune
| C#m / / / | F#m / / / |
And I've got all the world to lose but I just want to hold on to the...
CHORUS
======
| D / / / | A / / / |
...Eas- y silence that you make for me
| C#m / / / | F#m / / / |
It's okay when there's nothing more to say to me
| D / / / | A / / / |
And the peace- ful quiet you create for me
| E / / / | D / A / |
And the way you keep the world at bay from me
| D / / / | A / / / |
The eas- y silence that you make for me
| E / / / | D / A / |
It's okay when there's nothing more to say to me
| D / / / | A / / / |
And the peace- ful quiet you create for me
| E / / / | D / A / |
And the way you keep the world at bay from me
| E / / / | D / A / |
The way you keep the world at bay from me
| E / / / | D / / / |
The way you keep the world at bay
OUTRO
=====
| D / / / | A / / / |
| E / / / | F#m / / / |
| D / / / | A / / / |
| E / / / | D / A |
Free Life
Artist: Dan Wilson
Song: Free Life
Album: Free Life
Drop D tuning; capo at 2nd fret. All chords relative to capo (actual song is in
E).
Em: (2x2000)
G: (5x0003)
A: (x03330)
D9: (000230)
D/F#: (4x02x0)
Intro/end of chorus lick (fingers 2 and 3 hold D9 during bars 3 and 4, frets
are relative to capo):
e|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----2-----0---2---0-2---2-0---|-----2-----0---2---0-2---2-0-------|
A|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-2-----------------------------|-2---------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|----(3)------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|----(2)------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----2-----0---2---0-2---2-0---|-----2-----0---2---0-2---2-0-------|
A|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-0-----------------------------|-0---------------------------------|
INTRO
=====
| Em / / / | Em / / / | D9 / / / | D9 / / / |
| Em / / / | Em / / / | D9 / / / | D9 / / / |
VERSE 1
=======
| Bm / / / | G / / / |
Let's take a little trip down where we used to go
| D / / / | G / / / |
It's way beyond the strip a place they call your soul
| Bm / / / | A / / / |
We'll sit down for a while and let the evening roll
| Em / / / | Em / / / |
(w/intro lick)
| Bm / / / | G / / / |
Don't worry about the time we'll find a place to stay
| D / / / | G / / / |
The people 'round here seem familiar in some way
| Bm / / / | A / / / |
Look kind of like we did before we got so cold
| Em / / / | Em / / / |
(intro lick) In the air the...
CHORUS
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| D / A / | G / / / | D / A / | G / / / |
Ques- tions hang, will we get to do some- thing who we gonna...
| D / A / | G / / / | D / A / | G / / / |
...end up being, how we gonna end up feeling, what you gonna...
| Bm / A / | G / D/F# / | Em / / / | Em / / / |
...spend your free life on? (intro lick) Free...
| D9 / / / | D9 / / / |
...life
VERSE 2
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| Bm / / / | G / / / |
Let's fall in love again with music as our guide
| D / / / | G / / / |
We'll raise our ready hands and let go for the ride
| Bm / / / | A / / / |
Down into unknown lands where lovers need and hide
| Em / / / | Em / / / |
(intro lick)
| Bm / / / | G / / / |
We got these lives for free don't know where they've been
| D / / / | G / / / |
Don't know where they'll go when we are through with them
| Bm / / / | A / / / |
Starlight of the sun dark side of the moon
| Em / / / | Em / / / |
(intro lick) In the air the...
CHORUS
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| D / A / | G / / / | D / A / | G / / / |
Ques- tions hang, will we get to do some- thing who we gonna...
| D / A / | G / / / | D / A / | G / / / |
...end up being, how we gonna end up feeling, what you gonna...
| Bm / A / | G / D/F# / | Em / / / | Em / / / |
...spend your free life on? (intro lick) Free...
| D9 / / / | D9 / / / | Em / / / | Em / / / |
...life Free life Free...
| D9 / / / | D9 / / / |
...life
VERSE 3
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| Bm / / / | G / / / |
It seems so long ago those empty afternoons
| D / / / | G / / / |
With nowhere much to go and nothing much to do
| Bm / / / | A / / / |
Just sit up in my room and let the world unfold
| Bm / / / | NC |
In the air the...
CHORUS
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| D / A / | G / / / | D / A / | G / / / |
Ques- tions hang, will we get to do some- thing who we gonna...
| D / A / | G / / / | D / A / | G / / / |
...end up being, how we gonna end up feeling, what you gonna...
| Bm / A / | G / D/F# / | Em / / / | Em / / / |
...spend your free life on? (intro lick) In the air the...
| D / A / | G / / / | D / A / | G / / / |
Ques- tions hang, will we get to do some- thing who we gonna...
| D / A / | G / / / | D / A / | G / / / |
...end up being, how we gonna end up feeling, what you gonna...
| Bm / A / | G / D/F# / | Em / / / | Em / / / |
...spend your free life on? (intro lick) Free...
| D9 / / / | D9 / / / | Em / / / | Em / / / |
...life Free life Free...
| D9 / / / | D9 / / / | Em / / / | Em / / / |
...life Free life Free...
| D |
...life
Golden Girl
Artist: Dan Wilson
Song: Golden Girl
Album: Free Life
Capo at 5th fret (song is in Dm).
Dm6: (10020x)
Bdim7: (x23230)
INTRO
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| Am / / / | E7 / / / |
VERSE 1
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| Am / / / | E7 / / / |
The golden girl golden fire
| Am7 / / / | Dm6 / / / |
golden eyes read my desire
| F / / / | G / / / |
I've wand- ered through the world so long
| F / / / | G / / / |
Looking for the gold- en girl
| Am / / / | E7 / / / |
I watched her walk across the square
| Am7 / / / | Dm6 / / / |
through the gate I lost her there
| F / / / | G / / / |
Gonna see my gold- en girl again
| F / / / | G / / / |
Gonna see my gold- en girl
| Am / / / | E7 / / / | Am / / / | Am / / / |
Some day Some day
CHORUS
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4 e
| C / Bb / | F / F F G |
I've been waiting a long time to find you
| C / Bb / | F / F F G |
Out the windows of all my dreams
| C / Bb / | F / / / |
And I've been hoping there's somebody like you
| Bdim7 / / / | A7 / / / |
In the world for me
VERSE 2
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| Am / / / | E7 / / / |
I'll be the sun burning in space
| Am7 / / / | Dm6 / / / |
all to warn the golden face
| F / / / | G / / / |
I've wand- ered through the world so long
| F / / / | G / / / |
Looking for the gold- en girl
CHORUS
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| C / Bb / | F / F F G |
I've been waiting a long time to find you
| C / Bb / | F / F F G |
Out the windows of all my dreams
| C / Bb / | F / / / |
And I've been hoping there's somebody like you
| Bdim7 / / / | A7 / / / |
In the world for me
VERSE 3
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| Am / / / | E7 / / / |
I think of her all the time
| Am7 / / / | Dm6 / / / |
the rest is a blur but the dream that I'm...
| F / / / | G / / / |
Gonna see my gold- en girl again
| F / / / | G / / / |
Gonna see my gold- en girl
| F / / / | G / / / |
Gonna see my gold- en girl again
| Am / / / | E7 / / / |
Some day Some...
| Am |
...day
Hand On My Heart
Artist: Dan Wilson
Song: Hand On My Heart
Album: Free Life
C9: (x32033)
INTRO
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| D / / / | C9 / / / | D / / / | G / / / |
| D / / / | C9 / / / | D / / / | G / / / |
VERSE 1
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| D / / / | C9 / / / |
I heard a song come down from a ceiling
| D / / / | C9 / / / |
Got a feeling from a long long time before
| D / / / | C9 / / / |
I hear a voice sing, "Smile on your brother"
| D / / / | C9 / / / |
While my mother and her mother fight about the war
CHORUS
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| G / A / | D / Bm / |
Oh my I feel a hand on my heart
| G / A / | D / Bm / |
Reaching over so many years to me
| G / A / | D / Bm / |
Oh my I hear a voice in my head
| G / A / | G / / / |
inging, "Peace is more than a dream"
INTERLUDE
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| D / / / | C9 / / / | D / / / | G / / / |
Hoo... Hoo...
VERSE 2
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| D / / / | C9 / / / |
I met a girl on a faraway island
| D / / / | C9 / / / |
Just before she had to leave to catch a plane
| D / / / | C9 / / / |
Ten thousand miles from lakes that I played in
| D / / / | C9 / / / |
But I was laughing like a little boy again
CHORUS
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| G / A / | D / Bm / |
Oh my I feel a hand on my heart
| G / A / | D / Bm / |
Reaching over so many miles to me
| G / A / | D / Bm / |
Oh my I hear a voice in my head
| G / A / | G / / / |
Singing, "Love is more than a dream"
INTERLUDE
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| D / / / | C9 / / / | D / / / | G / / / |
Hoo... Hoo... and I'm...
BRIDGE
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| Em / / / | A / / / | Em / / / | A / / / |
...fall- ing but I'm not dreaming yes I'm...
| Em / / / | A / / / | Em / / / | A / / / |
...fall- ing but I'm not dreaming again
GUITAR SOLO
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Solo is over 8 bars of bridge chords. Frets are relative to nut, not capo.
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---10---|
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--------|
--------|
--------|
e|-----------10---|-8--------------|----------------|----------------|
B|-8--------------|-----------10---|-8---6-8--10----|------------10--|
G|----------------|----------------|--------------5/|7\5-------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
e|-----------10---|-8--------------|----------------|-15-------------|
B|-8--------------|------------8---|-11----13--15---|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
VERSE 3
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| D / / / | C9 / / / |
I woke up under blankets and breathing
| D / / / | C9 / / / |
Someone told me I was gonna be okay
CHORUS
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| G / A / | D / Bm / |
Oh my I feel a hand on my heart
| G / A / | D / Bm / |
Reaching over so many years to me
| G / A / | D / Bm / |
Oh my I hear a voice in my head
| G / A / | G / / / |
Singing, "Life is more than a dream"
| G / A / | D / Bm / |
Oh my I feel a hand on my heart
| G / A / | D / Bm / |
Reaching over so many years to me
| G / A / | D / Bm / |
Oh my I hear a voice in my head
| G / A / | G / / / |
Singing, "Life is more than a dream"
| G / A / | D / Bm / |
Singing, "Life is more" Singing, "Life is more"
| G / A / | D |
Singing, "Life is more than a dream"
Honey Please
Song: Honey Please
Artist: Dan Wilson
Album: Free Life
INTRO
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| Gm7 / / | C / / | F / / | Dm / / |
| Gm7 / / | C / / | Bbmaj7 / / | Bbmaj7 / / |
| F / / | Bbm / / | Eb7 / / | F / / |
| F / / | Bbm / / | Eb7 / / | F / / |
VERSE 1
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| F / / | Bbm / / | Eb7 / / | F / / |
Don't tell me so I know
| F / / | Bbm / / | Eb7 / / | F / / |
Don't try to fight hold tight
| F / / | Bb / / | Gb / / | Db / / |
Don't be a- fraid of what we made
| Csus7 / / | Csus7 / / | C7 / / | C7 / / |
Love is al- ways right Oh...
PRECHORUS
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| Gm7 / / | C / / | F / / | Dm / / |
...baby baby baby put me in my place 'Cause...
| Gm7 / / | C / / | F / / | Dm / / |
...if you're gone then I don't wanna see another pretty face, Oh...
| Gm7 / / | C / / | F / / | Dm / / |
...darling darling darling try to get away
| Gm7 / / | C / / | Bbmaj7 / / | Bbmaj7 / / |
Or find a secret place where we can stay Honey...
CHORUS
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| Gm7 / / | C / / | F / / | Dm / / |
...please Honey wait You're the...
| Gm7 / / | C / / | F / / | Dm / / |
...only one who makes me wanna run away Honey...
| Gm7 / / | C / / | F / / | Dm / / |
...please I'll reveal All the...
| Gm7 / / | C / / | Bbmaj7 / / | Bbmaj7 / / |
...love I'm trying so hard to conceal
INTERLUDE
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| Bbm / / | Eb / / | Ab / / | Ab / / |
| Bbm / / | Eb / / | Ab / / | Ab / / |
VERSE 2
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| F / / | Bbm / / | Eb7 / / | F / / |
You're not alone you're gone
| F / / | Bbm / / | Eb7 / / | F / / |
When I get free we'll be
| F / / | Bb / / | Gb / / | Db / / |
Driving away before the day
| Csus7 / / | Csus7 / / | C7 / / | C7 / / |
Breaks the heart in me Oh...
PRECHORUS
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| Gm7 / / | C / / | F / / | Dm / / |
...baby baby baby I'm dying on my own
| Gm7 / / | C / / | F / / | Dm / / |
I wait for you to see me I don't wanna live alone Oh...
| Gm7 / / | C / / | F / / | Dm / / |
...darling darling darling meet me on the street
| Gm7 / / | C / / | Bbmaj7 / / | Bbmaj7 / / |
At the time and place where we agreed Honey...
CHORUS (double)
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| Gm7 / / | C / / | F / / | Dm / / |
...please Honey wait You're the...
| Gm7 / / | C / / | F / / | Dm / / |
...only one who makes me wanna run away Honey...
| Gm7 / / | C / / | F / / | Dm / / |
...please I'll reveal All the...
| Gm7 / / | C / / | Bbmaj7 / / | Bbmaj7 / / |
...love I'm trying so hard to conceal
| Gm7 / / | C / / | F / / | Dm / / |
...please Honey wait You're the...
| Gm7 / / | C / / | F / / | Dm / / |
...only one who makes me wanna run away Honey...
| Gm7 / / | C / / | F / / | Dm / / |
...please I'll reveal All the...
| Gm7 / / | C / / | F / / | Dm / / |
...love I'm trying so hard all the love I'm trying so hard All the...
| Gm7 / / | C / / | Bbmaj7 / / | F |
...love I'm trying so hard to conceal
She Can't Help Me Now
Artist: Dan Wilson
Song: She Can't Help Me Now
Album: Free Life
INTRO
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1 2 + 1 2 +
| Em / / / | C / / / | G / C / | G / C / |
| Em / / / | C / / / | G / C / | G / C / |
VERSE 1
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| Em / / / | C / / / | G / C / | G / C / |
I al- ways counted on my love to carry me
| Em / / / | C / / / | G / C / | G / C / |
Al- ways depended on her love to cover me
PRECHORUS
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| F / / / | C / / / | F / / / | C / / / |
And I always had someone who let me play the lucky one
CHORUS
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| Em / / / | C / / / | G / C / | G / C / |
She can't help me now
| Em / / / | C / / / | G / C / | G / C / |
She can't help me now
VERSE 1
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| Em / / / | C / / / | G / C / | G / C / |
She finds the rooftop door and climbs out to clear her head
| Em / / / | C / / / | G / C / | G / C / |
I've fallen through the floor my line has gone dead
PRECHORUS
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| F / / / | C / / / | F / / / | C / / / |
And I always had someone who let me play the lucky one
CHORUS
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| Em / / / | C / / / | G / C / | G / C / |
She can't help me now (hoo hoo) (hoo hoo)
| Em / / / | C / / / | G / C / | G / C / |
She can't help me now (hoo hoo) (hoo hoo)
BRIDGE
======
Solo is over 8 bars of verse chords.
(w/slide)
e|----------------|-----------3----|-7--------------|----------------|
B|-----------3----|-5--------------|----------------|----------------|
G|/4--------------|----------------|----------------|-----------2----|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
e|----------------|-----------3----|-10-------------|----------------|
B|------------3---|-5--------------|----------------|----------------|
G| 4--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
VERSE 3
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| Em / / / | C / / / | G / C / | G / C / |
I al- ways counted on my love to carry me
PRECHORUS
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| F / / / | C / / / | F / / / | C / / / |
But now I can't turn the page standing all alone on the stage
CHORUS (double)
======
| Em / / / | C / / / | G / C / | G / C / |
She can't help me now (hoo hoo) (hoo hoo)
| Em / / / | C / / / | G / C / | G / C / |
She can't help me now (hoo hoo) (hoo hoo)
| Em / / / | C / / / | G / C / | G / C / |
She can't help me now (hoo hoo) (hoo hoo)
| Em / / / | C / / / | G / C / | G / C / |
She can't help me now (hoo hoo) (hoo hoo)
| G / C / | G / C / |
(hoo hoo)
Sugar
Artist: Dan Wilson
Song: Sugar
Album: Free Life
Intro/interlude melody:
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|-----0----------|----------------|
D|-----0---2---0--|-0--------------|-------------2--|-0--------------|
A|-3--------------|----------------|-3--------------|----3-----------|
E|-3--------------|-3--------------|-1--------------|----3-----------|
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|-----0----------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|-------------2--|-0--------------|-----0---2---0--|-0--------------|
A|-3--------------|----3-----------|-3--------------|----------------|
E|-1--------------|----3-----------|-3--------------|-3--------------|
INTRO (w/melody)
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| C / / | G / / | F / / | C / / |
| F / / | C / / | C / / | G / / |
| C / / | G / / | F / / | C / / |
| F / / | C / / | C / / | G / / |
VERSE 1
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| C / / | C / / | G / / | G / / |
You got all the sugar you'll ev- er need
| F / / | F / / | Dm7 / / | C / / |
You're gonna give some of your sugar to me
| C / / | C / / | G / / | G / / |
You got all your demons held at bay
| F / / | F / / | Dm7 / / | C / / |
You're gonna drive some of my demons away
CHORUS
======
| Am / / | G / / | C / / | F / / |
Sweet sweet sugar to me
| Am / / | G / / | F / / | F / / |
Please let me know when your kisses are free
| Am / / | G / / | C / / | F / / |
Red red light in the wine
| Am / / | G / / | F / / | F / / |
Please let me know when you're gonna be mine
INTERLUDE (w/melody)
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| C / / | G / / | F / / | C / / |
| F / / | C / / | C / / | G / / |
| C / / | G / / | F / / | C / / |
| F / / | C / / | C / / | G / / |
CHORUS
======
| Am / / | G / / | C / / | F / / |
Sweet sweet sugar to me
| Am / / | G / / | F / / | F / / |
Please let me know when your kisses are free
| Am / / | G / / | C / / | F / / |
Red red light in the wine
| Am / / | G / / | F / / | F / / |
Please let me know when you're gonna be mine
VERSE 2
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| C / / | C / / | G / / | G / / |
You got all your glory to find some day
| F / / | F / / | Dm7 / / | C / / |
Sit down with me and let the time pass away
| C / / | C / / | G / / | G / / |
When you're gone tomorrow ver- y far
| F / / | F / / | Dm7 / / | C / / |
You can remember me here where we are
CHORUS
======
| Am / / | G / / | C / / | F / / |
Sweet sweet sugar to me
| Am / / | G / / | F / / | F / / |
Please let me know when your kisses are free
| Am / / | G / / | C / / | F / / |
Red red light in the wine
| Am / / | G / / | F / / | F / / |
Please let me know when you're gonna be mine
INTERLUDE 2 (w/melody)
===========
| C / / | G / / | F / / | C / / |
| F / / | C / / | C / / | G / / |
BRIDGE (w/vocal ad lib)
======
| Am / / | G / / | C / / | F / / |
| Am / / | G / / | F / / | F / / |
| Am / / | G / / | C / / | F / / |
| Am / / | G / / | F / / | F / / |
VERSE 3
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| C / / | C / / | G / / | G / / |
You got all the sugar you'll ev- er need
| F / / | F / / | Dm7 / / | C / / |
You're gonna give some of your sugar to me
| C / / | C / / | G / / | G / / |
You got all your demons held at bay
| F / / | F / / | Dm7 / / | C / / |
You're gonna drive some of my demons away
CHORUS (half)
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| Am / / | G / / | C / / | F / / |
Sweet sweet sugar to me
| Am / / | G / / | F / / | F / / |
Please let me know when your kisses are free
LYRICS
All Kinds
You've got the kind of beautifulMakes the boys want to give up running all around
You know the kind of magic spell
Makes the wild, wild horses lay down on the ground
Running all around all around
All kinds of beautiful
Running all around all around
All kinds of beautiful
One life is all we ever get
And all we ever give up for it in return
Is all of the ones we might have been
Just one kind of beautiful each in our turn
Innocence and consequence
I only hope we never learn
Running all around all around
All kinds of beautiful
Running all around all around
All kinds of beautiful
Hey now, every little thing you gave to me
Made the time pass faster than my eyes could even see
You are true improbability
You're the proof of when they say
You never know what's gonna be
Running all around all around
All kinds of beautiful
Running all around all around
All kinds of beautiful
Running all around all around
All kinds of beautiful
Running all around all around
All kinds of beautiful
All kinds
guitar, piano, vocal: Dan
acoustic guitar, harmony vocal: Bleu
bass, percussion: Ken Chastain
drums, harmony vocal: Eric Fawcett
string machine: Craig Wright
Free Life
Let's take a little trip down where we used to goIt's way beyond the strip a place they call your soul
We'll sit down for a while and let the evening roll
Don't worry 'bout the time we'll find a place to stay
The people 'round here seem familiar in some way
Look kinda like we did before we got so cold
And in the air the questions hang
Will we get to do something
Who we gonna end up being
How we gonna end up feeling
What you gonna spend your free life on?
Free life
Let's fall in love again with music as our guide
We'll raise our ready hands and let go for the ride
Down into unknown lands where lovers needn't hide
We got these lives for free we don't know where they've been
We don't know where they'll go when we are through with them
The starlight of the sun the dark side of the moon
And in the air the questions hang
Will we get to do something
Who we gonna end up being
How we gonna end up feeling
What you gonna spend your free life on?
Free life
Free life
Free life
It seems so long ago those empty afternoons
With nowhere much to go and nothing much to do
But sit up in my room and let the world unfold
In the air the questions hang
Will we get to do something
Who we gonna end up being
How we gonna end up feeling
What you gonna spend your free life on?
In the air the questions hang
Will we get to do something
Who we gonna end up being
How we gonna end up feeling
What you gonna spend your free life on?
Free life
Free life
Free life
Free life
Breathless
I'm hunting shadows in the darkIn steaming jungles of the world
Either to kill or to be killed
By creatures never named or heard
I'm lifting wishes to the stars
Their gleaming satellites of time
Orbiting circles overhead
To futures when your love is mine
But you were always pretty reckless with your love
Come with the sun and getting restless when it's gone
And when you go you leave me breathless and alone
You leave me breathless when you close the door
It feels just like you took the air out of the room with you
Your voice is echoing again
Through catacombs inside my mind
And I've been dreaming of revenge
To make you love me more than even you can try
All words converge to where you are
And if I follow I will surely find
The horses gone the fire still warm
And you've moved on an hour before
You like to keep me just one step behind
You were always pretty reckless with your love
Come with the sun and getting restless when it's gone
And when you go you leave me breathless and alone
You leave me breathless when you close the door
It feels just like you took the air out of the room with you
Breathless
Breathless
Breathless
Breathless
Yeah you were always pretty reckless with your love
Come with the sun and getting restless when it's gone
And when you go you leave me breathless and alone
You leave me breathless when you close the door
It feels just like you took the air out of the room with you
Restless when it's gone
Breathless and alone
You leave me breathle