1.Sundrenched World
2.Star Mile
3.Everything'll Be Alright (Will's Lullaby)
4.These Photographs
5.Closer
6.Today
7.Winter
8.Someone Else's Life
9.Amy's Song
10.What If You
11.Only You
1. Sundrenched World
Intro: Bm F# Bm
G A Bm
Verse:
G F# Bm
I Can't Get to bed
G A Bm
But I'm Really Tired
G F# Bm
The things in my head
G A Bm
you used to admire In Your
Em A
Sundrenched World
G F# Bm
It Couldn't Be Worse
G A Bm
Don't bother asking
G F# Bm
and here comes the nurse
G A Bm
while I'm trying to bask in your
Em A
Sundreched World
Chorus:
D A Bm
I'm Talking to you,
G
But You're not listening
D A Bm
I Don't know what to do
G D
My Heart is a blistering
F#
Writing this song
GD A
Tell me I'm not a wrong
Verse:
G F# Bm
I close up my mouth
G A Bm
When you're around, I'm
G F# Bm
Suffocating in doubt
G A Bm
I can't make a sound in your
Em A
Sundrenched world
G F# Bm
I always wanted to be
G A Bm
the one you looked to for the
G F# Bm
answers in me
G A Bm
I'm the one who took you to your
Em A
Sundrenched World
Chorus:
D A Bm
I'm Talking to you,
G
But You're not listening
D A Bm
I Don't know what to do
G D
My Heart is a blistering
F# G
Writing this song
GD A
Tell me I belong
Bridge:
F# G D A
It's all Been Said once before
F# G D A D A Bm
we f****d around on your kitchen floor
Chorus:
D A Bm
I'm Talking to you,
G
But You're not listening
D A Bm
I Don't know what to do
G D
My Hands are a blistering
F# G
Writing this song
GD F# G
Tell me I belong
GD F#
Tell me I Belong
G
Tell me I,
GD F#
Tell me I Belong
Outro : D G A
D G A
D
2. Star Mile
Capo on 2
Intro: D G
D G
D C
G D
Verse:
D G D G
Old Doubt and a Girl By Your side
D G D C
She's feeling your pride, as you go for a ride
G D
Down the star Mile
D G D G
Worlds Rise as she lets you come in
D G D C
Duo Begins to the Hollywood din
G D
Of the lonely
Chorus:
Em C D
And All the Gold Dust in her eyes
G D/F# Em
Won't reform into rain
C D G D/F# Em
You had and lost The One Thing
C D
You Kept in a safe place
G
Remember the Face
D/F# Em C D
The Girl Who Had made you her own
G
And how you left her alone
Verse:
D G D G
All's well at the base of the hill
D G D C
You Might need to fill, a perscription to kill
G D
Off the sirens
D G D G
Look down from your tower on the high
D G D C
And Take in the night, Look her right in the eye
G D
She'll Listen
Chorus:
Em C D
And All the Gold Dust in her eyes
G D/F# Em
Won't reform into rain
C D G D/F# Em
You had and lost The One Thing
C D
You Kept in a safe place
G
Remember the Face
D/F# Em C D
The Girl Who Had made you her own
G
And how you left her alone
Bridge:
Em D C
Life Comes to those that'll choose
Em D C Em C
The regular news over playing the blues
G G D/F# Em
With the light on
Chorus:
Em C D G
And If you burn the road that'll lead you,
D#/F Em
back to her in time
Em C D G
I'll watch you turn to stone,
G D/F# Em
I can't find the sublime
C D G D/F# Em
She's Moving On Without you
C D
The Tide breaks, You watch the star fake,
G D/F# Em
They gather you back to their home
C D G
I guess it's better than being alone
3. Everything'll Be Alright (Will's Lullaby)
Capo On 4
Intro: C G D Em
C G D G
Verse:
C G D Em
Way Down, In New York Town
C G D G
Thinking 'bout the way she loved me
C G D Em
There's a hole in my pocket that's about her size
C G D G
But I Think Everything is Gonna be alright
C G D G
Yes, I Hope Everything Is Gonna Be Alright
C G D Em
C G D G
Verse:
C G D Em
A Smiling Face Is trade in L.A.
C G D G
For gifts found at the bar
C G D Em
Well, I wish my car could drive to her Tonight
C G D G
Then I'd Know Everything, Is Gonna Be Alright
C G D G
Yes, Then I'd know, It'd be Alright
C G D Em
C G D G
Verse:
C G D Em
The Rain in New Orleans Forgot to end
C G D G
But the mouths of the people are dry
C G D Em
And We Watch and Wait, and do nothing but sigh
C G D G
And Hope that Everything is gonna Turn Out Right
C G D G
But I Don't know, If It'll be Alright
C G D Em
C G D G
Verse:
C G D Em
But I Look at you, warm in your dream
C G D G
While Your mobile dances above
C G D Em
And I think to myself, It's a beautiful Night
C G D G
And I Know Everything Is Gonna Be Alright
C G D G
Yes, Now I Know, It'll Be Alright
4. These Photographs
Intro: F Bb
F Bb
Verse:
F Bb F Bb
You're Sylvia Plath, As you drift from the bath
F Bb F Bb
I hand you a robe and so it goes, the moment had passed
F Bb F Bb
you're Simone De Bouvoir as you get out the car
F Bb F Bb
The way You read me, no one can see me, it's who you are
Chorus:
Bb F C Bb C D Bb
These Photographs keep me alive
F C D Bb F C D Bb
Babe, here's your song
F C D Bb F C D Bb F C D Bb
Babe, it took too long, to find, in your eyes
F C Bb C
My Best Surprise
Verse:
F Bb F Bb
You're Nina Simone, when you talk on the phone
F Bb F Bb
You sing to me and I'm truly no longer alone
F Bb F Bb
You're Mary Cassat, when people tell you you're not
F Bb F Bb
You're like a child, all the while I need you a lot
Chorus:
Bb F C Bb C D Bb
These Photographs keep me alive
F C D Bb F C D Bb
Babe, here's your song
F C D Bb F C D Bb F C D Bb
Babe, it took too long, to find, in your eyes
F C Bb C
My Best Surprise
Bridge:
Bb F C
And I want to know what you know
Bb C C
And I want to go where you go
Chorus:
Bb C
These things remind me of,
Bb C
These things remind me of,
Bb C D Bb
These things remind me of you
F C D Bb F C D Bb
Babe, here's your song
F C D Bb F C D Bb F C D Bb
Babe, it took too long, to find, in your eyes
F C Bb N.C.
My Best Surprise
5. Closer
Capo on 3
Intro: F G C
F G C
Verse:
F G C
So We're Alone Again
F
I wish it were over
G C
We seem to never end
F G
Only get closer to the point
C G F
Where I can take no more
F G
The Clouds In your eyes
C F G F G
Down your face they Pour, Won't you
Chorus:
Am G C F
Be the new one burned to shine
Am G C F
I take the blue ones every time
Am G C F
walk me down your broken line
Am G C
All you have to do is cry
Am G C
Yes all you have to do is cry
Verse:
F G C
Hush My Baby Now
F
Your Talking is just noise
F G
Only get closer to the point
C G F
Where I can take no more
F G
The Clouds In your eyes
C F G F G
Down your face they Pour, won't you
Chorus:
Am G C F
Be the new one burned to shine
Am G C F
I take the blue ones every time
Am G C F
walk me down your broken line
Am G C
All you have to do is cry
Am G C
Yes all you have to do is cry
Bridge:
Dm Am F C G
Photographs and brightly colored paper
Dm Am F C G
Are your masks you wear in this caper
C G C G
That is a life, we walk right into the strife
Am G C
And a tear from your eye brings me home, won't you
Chorus:
Am G C F
Be the new one burned to shine
Am G C F
I take the blue ones every time
Am G C F
Walk me down your broken line
Am G C
All you have to do is cry
6. Today
Capo on 3
Intro: G C
G C
Verse:
G C
Shoelaces untied
G C
You can dry your eye
C B/C Am
Perfect shadows lie
D
Behind Us
C G
And this is the day I make you mine
G C
The Way your Hair Lies
G C
Sometimes I'm recognized
C B/C Am
All the way from these today
D
On a train
Chorus:
C G
Nothing to say but there's still time
Em C G C
You Are the one, I've been waiting for today
Em C G C
Here Comes the sun, It's been baiting 'morn today
Verse:
G C
Latlely, I've lost my tongue
G C
Today You've found my song
C C/B Am D
Unknown, our love has grown
Chorus:
C G
I thank God you came along
Em C G C
You Are the one, I've been waiting for today
Em C G C
Here Comes the sun, It's been baiting 'morn today
G C D G
You Looked right through me, there was no one else
G C D G
You sat beside me and there became myself,
G C
Today
G C
Today
Solo:
D C
D C
D C
D C
G C
G C
Chorus:
Em C G C
You Are the one, I've been waiting for today
Em C G C
Here Comes the sun, It's been baiting 'morn today
D C
D C
D C
G
7. Winter
Intro: Dm Bb F C
Verse:
Dm Bb F C
I should know who I am by now
Dm Bb F C
I walk the record stands somehow
Dm Bb F C
Thinking of winter
Dm Bb F C
Your name is the splinter inside me
F Bb Dm C
While I await
Chorus:
Bb C
And I remember the sound
F Bb
Of your November downtown
Bb C
And I remember the truth
F C
The warm December with you
C F E5 Bb
But I Don't have to Make this mistake
C F E5 Bb
And I don't have to stay this way
F
If only I would wait
Verse:
Dm Bb F C
The Walk has all been cleared by now
Dm Bb F C
Your Voice Is All I hear somehow
Dm Bb F C
Calling out winter
Dm Bb F C
Your Voice is the Splinter inside me
F Bb Dm C
While I await
Chorus:
Bb C
And I remember the sound
F Bb
Of your November downtown
Bb C
And I remember the truth
F C
The warm December with you
C F E5 Bb
But I Don't have to Make this mistake
C F E5 Bb
And I don't have to stay this way
F
If only I would wait
Bridge:
Dm C Bb F
I Could've lost myself
Dm C
In rough blue waters
Bb F Dm
In your eyes, and I
F
Miss you still
Chorus:
Bb C
And I remember the sound
F Bb
Of your November downtown
Bb C
And I remember the truth
F C
The warm December with you
C F E5 Bb
But I Don't have to Make this mistake
C F E5 Bb
And I don't have to stay this way
F
If only I would wait
8. Someone Else's Life
Capo on 3
Intro: C F
C F
Verse:
C F C F
Somehow, I'm leading someone else's life
C F C F
I cut her star down, with my knife
C F C F
And Right now, I still see the way the moon
C F C F
Plays this tune, though our night's died
Chorus:
Am F C G
My Hands shake, My knees quake
Am F C G
It's every day, the same way
G C F
'Cause then came you, Then there's you,
G F C
I keep your picture, in my worn through shoes
C F
When there's you, Then came you
G F C
When I'm Lost, I look at my picture of you
Verse:
C F C F
Somehow, I'll make the night our own
F C F C F
Show you every way I've Grown since I met you
C F C F
And Right now, I'll be the boy in your next song
C F C F
I'll learn the parts and play along, If you let me
Chorus:
Am F C G
My Hands shake, My knees quake
Am F C G
It's every day, the same way
G C F
'Cause then came you, Then there's you,
G F C
I keep your picture, in my worn through shoes
C F
When there's you, Then came you
G F C
When I'm Lost, I look at my picture of you
Chorus:
Am F C G
If you let me, I'll Show the world to you
Am F C G
Yes, If you let me, I'll know, just what to do
G C F
'Cause then came you, Then there's you,
G F C
I keep your picture, in my worn through shoes
G F C
When I'm Lost, In your Eyes, I see, the way for me
9. Amy's Song
Capo on 2
Intro: D Dsus2
D D
G G
D D
Verse:
D Am Em
You asked me to write a tune all about
D G D
The things that go wrong and then
Am Em
You asked me to come home soon
D C D
To the place where I belong
D Am Em
But you stand on the other side of the line
D G Am Em
In this place and you can see me reply
D C G
And now this you can't fake
D C G
No, this you can't fake
D Dsus2
D D
G G
D D
Chorus:
C Em D C
Sometimes, Sometimes, I wanna be,
Em D C G
I scream that I want to be anyone but me
D Dsus2
D D
G G
D D
Verse:
D Am
And I don't know if I can write about
Em D G D
Chosen Wars, and the things you fear and
Am Em
I don't know if I can sing aloud
D C D
Closing Doors, show me what's real
D Am Em
But I know that I close my eyes
D G D
Late at Night, there's only one thing
Am Em D
The Night Showign that she can lie
D C G
That you'll fight, show me something
D C G
Can you show me something
D Dsus2
D D
G G
D D
Chorus:
C Em D C
Sometimes, Sometimes, I wanna be,
Em D C G
I scream that I want to be anyone but me
Bridge:
F G
What do you want me to say?
Am G F
All I know is Love, It's okay
Am G
I'll write what I know
Am G
You do the same
F
You tell me I'm sane
D Dsus2
D D
Chorus:
C Em D C
But Sometimes, Sometimes, I wanna be,
Em D C G
I scream that I want to be anyone but me
10. What If you
Capo on 6
Intro: Em C G D
Verse:
Em C G D
What If You could wish me away
Em C G D Em D/F#
And What If You spoke those words today
G Em D/F# G Em D/F#
I wonder if you'd miss me, when I'm gone
G Em D/F# G
It's come to this, release me, I'll leave before the dawn
Chorus:
C D G D/F# Em
But For Tonight I'll stay here with you
C D G, D/F# Em
Yes For Tonight I'll lay here with you
C D G D/F# Em
But when the sun hits your eyes through your window
C D G
There'll be nothing you can do
C D G D/F# Em
Verse:
Em C G D
What If You could hear this song
Em C G D Em D/F#
What If I felt like I belong
G Em D/F# G Em D/F#
I might not be leaving oh, so, soon
G Em D/F# G C
Began the night believing I loved you in the moonlight
Chorus:
C D G D/F# Em
So For Tonight I'll stay here with you
C D G, D/F# Em
Yes For Tonight I'll lay here with you
C D G D/F# Em
But when the sun hits your eyes through your window
C D G
There'll be nothing you can do
Bridge
C D Em D C
I could have treated you better, better than this
C D Em D C D
Well I'm gone, the songs, your letter, Can't stay in one place
Chorus:
C D G D/F# Em
So For Tonight I'll stay here with you
C D G, D/F# Em
Yes For Tonight I'll lay here with you
C D G D/F# Em
But when the sun hits your eyes through your window
C D G
There'll be nothing you can do
Outro:
C D G
11. Only You
Capo on 1
Intro: G D Em D
C C G D
Verse:
G D Em
Looking From the Window above
D C
It's like a story of love
G D
Can You hear me?
G D Em
Came back only yesterday,
D C
Moving further away
G D
I want you near me
Chorus:
C D
All I needed was the love you gave
G C
All I needed for another day
C D G
And All I Ever knew, Only You
Verse:
G D Em
Sometimes when I think of her name
D C
when it's only a game
G D
And I need you
G D Em
Listen to the words that you say,
D C
It's getting harder to say
G D
when I need you
Chorus:
C D
All I needed was the love you gave
G C
All I needed for another day
C D G
And All I Ever knew, Only You
Verse:
G D Em
This is gonna take a long time
D C
and I wonder what's mine
G D
Can't take no more
G D Em
Wonder If you'll understand
D G
It's just the touch of your hand
G D
behind a closed door
Chorus:
C D
All I needed was the love you gave
G C
All I needed for another day
C D G
And All I Ever knew, Only You
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