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Witch of Woodplumpton
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Paint It By Numbers
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Please Write Responsibly
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Eulerian Circles
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Bee on a String
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Mr Simms’ Olde Sweet Shoppe (rights reserved)
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A Year After The Party Died
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Hometowns
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Bolt From The Blue
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The Slippery Eel of Discontent
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Manfluenza
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Mistakes
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For Someone
I CYCLE
Verse1
G C G C
Love is a series of doctors from one to the next
Life is the quest for a little more respect
Be a class warrior
Be a backseat driver
Be a complicated edcuated member of society
But humans are humans
Wherever you go
And that's important to me
Verse2
G C G C
Fear is a plague of petunias that withers and dies
Hope is the fire of a righteous mind
Shoulder to shoulder with 56 more
I'm standing by the parliament and raising my voice
Shoulder to shoulder me and 56 more
O we want the choice
Chorus1
Am C G D
Though people may talk
I Cycle
Am C
They may want me to walk
But I Cycle
Verse3
G C G C
Sex is the fumbling function of form over shame
Money has no function at all
Gentlemen Only Ladies Forgotten
A vat of acid on the 16th hole should show my dislike
T.E. Yates is burning bungalows
At Rivington Pike
Chorus2
Am C G D
Though people may talk
I Cycle
Am C
They may want me to walk
But I Cycle
How I ride and I ride and I ride
Verse4
G C G C
Age is a reason to know what we're laughing about
Death is the laugh that we haven't had
My sensible locks never lower than my ears
In shirt and pants and boots I'll spend my retirement years
I'll keep my bees company
See what they have to teach me
Chorus3
Am C G D
Though people may talk
I Cycle
Am C
They may want me to walk
But I Cycle
Am C G D
Though city folk stare I cycle
Am C
Through Preston streets fair I cycle
And I ride and I ride
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THE ELEPHANT
A Section1
Bm D F#m A
You can't eat the elephant whole
Em G F#m A
You have to carve it up or else you will choke
Bm D F#m A
You can't drink the lake in one go
Em G F#m A
You have to sip it down or else you will drown
Bm D F#m A
You can't eat the elephant whole
Em G F#m A
You have to carve it up or else you will choke
Bm D F#m A
You can't shift the Pyramid whole
Em G F#m A
You move it brick by brick Lest you make yourself sick
B Section
Em F#m Bm D
I'm choking - pat me on the back
Em F#m Bm D
I'm choking - pat me on the back
Em F#m A
I'm choking - pat me on the back an carve the elephant up
Instrumental
Bm F#m Em A x2
A Section2
Bm D F#m A
You can't eat the elephant whole
Em G F#m A
You have to carve it up or else you will choke
Bm D F#m A
You can't drink the lake in one go
Em G F#m A
You have to sip it down or else you will drown
Bm D F#m A
Man kann sish nicht jeden Schuh anziehen
Em G F#m A
Wer über Wasser geht, der muss Barfuß gehn
Bm D F#m A
You can't shift the Pyramid whole
Em G F#m A
You move it brick by brick Lest you make yourself sick
Bm D F#m A
You can't eat the elephant whole
Em G F#m A
You have to carve it up or else you will choke
Bm D F#m A
You can't drink the lake in one go
Em G F#m A
You have to sip it down or else you will drown
Instrumental
Bm F#m Em A x2
POSITIVE SONGS
THE LUV SONG
Chorus1
A Bm F#m D E
Luv luv luv luv luv luv luv luv luv
Luv luv luv luv luv luv luv luv luv
Verse1
Bm7 F#m7 C# Dmaj7 E
What began as a trickle
Has become tidal wave
Brace your face for impact
A great big splash as the waters come crashing on you
Chorus2
A Bm F#m D E
If You want love then you’ve got to give love
Love’s a thing that you have got to dream of
Verse2
Bm7 F#m7 C# Dmaj7 E
You were facing the sky
And I would face the sea
We are the architects of our own happiness
O boy O boy! This joy begets more joy
Chorus3
A Bm F#m D E
If You want love then you’ve got to give love
Love’s a thing that you have got to dream of
Verse3
Bm7 F#m7 C# Dmaj7 E
We were stuck inside the night time
And we turned it into day
You know how to illuminate don't you?
You put your lips together and glow
Chorus4
A Bm F#m D E
If You want love then you’ve got to give love
Love’s a thing that you have got to dream of
Chorus5
A Bm F#m D E
Luv luv luv luv luv luv luv luv luv
Luv luv luv luv luv luv luv luv luv
THE RIVER KNOWS - chords with capo on 3rd fret
Verse1
Amaj7 G Dmaj7 G
Close your eyes and face the sun
Tell me what you see - is it real?
Amaj7 G Dmaj7 Em7
Orange flashes purple-green
And all the colours in between, it's real
Fmaj7 F#m7 Em7
How you feel, yes it's real
Chorus1
D Fmaj7
Just Waterbabies making plans - we make plans for the rain
D Fmaj7
Waterbabies making plans - we make plans for the rain
F#m7 Fmaj7
The future laughs at your plans, the river laughs at your plans
D Fmaj7
Laugh along with it, let your laughter flow
D Fmaj7
Into the river, the river knows
Verse2
Amaj7 G Dmaj7 G
I know boats get lost in storms
I know your boat has been warned and you have things to do
Amaj7 G Dmaj7 Em7
Hatches to batten, rope to tie
I'll see you again when you're sailing high
Fmaj7 F#m7 Em7
Don't pass me by or leave me behind
Chorus2
D Fmaj7
Just Waterbabies making plans - we make plans for the rain
D Fmaj7
Waterbabies making plans - we make plans for the rain
F#m7 Fmaj7
The future laughs at your plans, the river laughs at your plans
D Fmaj7
Laugh along with it, let your laughter flow
D Fmaj7
Into the river, the river knows
WORKING ON YOUR OWN - chords with capo on the 2nd fret
Verse 1
Cmaj7 Em Dadd6/9
Cock a doodle do, What is wrong with you?
You permanently transmit
It’s the mouth it comes out of, it’s the head it goes in
Listening through la-di-da ears
Bridge 1
G F Bb C (root notes plus third fret on B and hi-E strings)
I tried to bury it in an unmarked grave
I had them salt the earth and the graveyard paved
I chartered a ship and sailed away
I changed my face, I changed my name
Chorus 1
Bb C Dm F
Embrace who you are
You don’t have to run far
Away from yourself
I know it’s fun being someone else
Embrace who you are
G Bb Dm
Embrace who you are
Verse 2
Cmaj7 Em Dadd6/9
It’s meticulous
I’ve been sculpting this
Exquisite chocolate teapot for years and years
Cross my eyes and dot my teeth
Now dressing up and playing make believe
Seems a bit old hat to me
Bridge 2
G F Bb C (root notes plus third fret on B and hi-E strings) hold for 3
I tried to bury it in an unmarked grave
I had them salt the earth and the graveyard paved
I chartered a ship and sailed away
I changed my face, I changed my name
Chorus 2
Bb C Dm F
Embrace who you are
You don’t have to run far
Away from yourself
I know it’s fun being someone else
Embrace who you are
G Bb Dm
Embrace who you are
WORKING ON YOUR OWN - chords with capo on the 3rd fret
Verse1
Fmaj7 Cmaj7
O Molly please spare a smile for me
It’s so dark here in your company
Drifting like a ghost through the badlands that we call home
Chips away at your soul
Chorus1
Am Fmaj7 C Em
When you’re working on your own
On the edge, on the edges of civilisation
Abmaj13(omit5) (4330xx)
Saturday night is the loneliest night of the week
Verse2
Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Shift workers of the world unite
Bathe yourself in Piccadilly's multicoloured lights
When the human touch that means so much
Is a phantom limb on social crutches
Keep a little kind in your heart
Chorus2
Am Fmaj7 C Em
When you’re working on your own
On the edge, on the edges of civilisation
Abmaj13(omit5) (4330xx)
Saturday night is the loneliest night of the week
Outro/Chorus 3
C Dm Am F
What else would you do with your nighttimes?
What else could you do in the sunshine?
What else would you do with your nighttimes?
What else could you do with a lifetime?
C Dm Am F
When you’re working on your own
On the edge, on the edges of civilisation
Abmaj13(omit5) (4330xx)
Saturday night is the loneliest night of the week
CALENDAR VOLUME I
WITCH OF WOODPLUMPTON - in ¾ - chords with capo on 7th fret
Intro
Em Em F# F
Verse1
Em Em F# F
Shape changer, milk stealer
A thief with a jug disguised as a goose
Half skipping, milk dripping
Down from the animal's bill
PreChorus1
Am D7
That farmer cooked your goose
That goose it kicked the bucket
That bucket was no goose
The stories we tell to keep you girls in place
Chorus1
Cmaj7 Asus2 Em Em/Bb
From Lilith of Eden to Joan of Arc
We've been burning and burying you from the start
Cmaj7 Asus2 (002400)
You have to dig your way out of your own grave
Cmaj7 Asus2 (002400)
You have to dig your way out of your own grave
Post1
Em Em F# F
Verse2
Em Em F# F
You hobble down the cobbled
Streets - the children they catcall at you
You're a hag, you're a crone, you're a witch
You're a bit of a rich source of blame to be claimed
PreChorus2
Am D7
You lost your cottage on a bet
From Wesham raced to Catforth
That Black Dog bit your Rabbit's unlucky foot?
The race has always been rigged
Chorus2
Cmaj7 Asus2 Em Em/Bb
From Lilith of Eden to Joan of Arc
We've been burning and burying you from the start
Cmaj7 Asus2 (002400)
You have to dig your way out of your own grave
Cmaj7 Asus2 (002400)
You have to dig your way out of your own grave
Instrumental
Em Em F# F x2
Am D7 x4
Chorus3
Cmaj7 Asus2 Em Em/Bb
From Lilith of Eden to Joan of Arc
We've been burning and burying you from the start
Cmaj7 Asus2 (002400)
You have to dig your way out of your own grave
Chorus4
Cmaj7 Asus2 Em Em/Bb
From Lilith of Eden to Joan of Arc
We've been burning and burying you from the start
Cmaj7 Asus2 (002400)
You have to dig your way out of your own grave
Cmaj7 Asus2 (002400)
You have to dig your way out of your own grave
Cmaj7 Asus2 (002400)
You have to dig your way out of your own grave
PAINT IT BY NUMBERS - in 3/4
INTRO
Cm F Ab G Cm
VERSE1
Cm
Shall I compare thee
F Ab G Cm
to the fundamental theorem of algrebaic K-theory?
Cm
Like Pythagorus said something's deeply irrational
F Ab G Cm F G
About the square root of 2 where the 2 are me and U
BRIDGE1
Ab Bb
And words diminish these important things
CHORUS1
Cm
Let me show you the numbers
F
Tell you in numbers
Eb
Lay down the numbers
F G Gaug
Paint it by numbers 4 U
VERSE2
Cm
If my heart doubled in size
F Ab G Cm
If the body round my heart doubled in size
Cm
If the world round my body around my heart doubled in size
F Ab G Cm F G
You wouldn't notice at all - how conventional
BRIDGE2
Ab Bb
And words diminish these important things
CHORUS2
Cm
Let me show you the numbers
F
Tell you in numbers
Eb
Lay down the numbers
F G Gaug
Paint it by numbers 4 U
MIDDLE 8
F Cm F Cm G
It may be a fiction
But these mathematical theories like our love
Like everyone's love
Are a useful fiction indeed
BRIDGE3
Ab Bb
And words diminish these important things
CHORUS3
Cm
Let me show you the numbers
F
Tell you in numbers
Eb
Lay down the numbers
F
Paint it by numbers 4 U
Cm
All things considered
F
When I look at the figures
Eb
It's an elegant solution
F
A foregone conclusion
G
That me and you
Are equal to you and me
Cm
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PLEASE WRITE RESPONSIBLY - chords with capo on the 5th fret
A Section1
Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 D6
Caug6/A Am(maj11) Caug6/A Am(maj11)
One day I wrote a story upon a scrap of paper
And I left it in my kitchen to come back to and finish later
The Anecdote; while I largely based in truth was exaggerated
The lives involved had been enlarged and their neuroses elevated
Well that Narrative it rose right up off the paper right
Off my table Gone as quick as Clark Gable
And made right for my front door as fast as it were able
It whistled through the letterbox and rampaged down the street
Through every bookshop and every library in search of words to eat
B Section1
Gmaj7 Bm7 E7 -
It stopped to pet a Shaggy Dog and the Dog grew 10 feet tall
This tall Tale wagged into office windows and shattered them all
A Section2
Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 D6
Caug6/A Am(maj11) Caug6/A Am(maj11)
The Chronicle stalked the town - it drank and fought through every bar
My Fable went and shot a man and stole off in his car
The Legend climbed a telegraph pole, it slithered through the TV set
It slipped inside the phone lines and escaped into the Internet
B Section2
Gmaj7 Bm7 E7 -
And then the trouble really doubled and the woes, they really started
My Fiction terrorised my enemies, left my friends all broken hearted
A Section3
Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 D6
Caug6/A Am(maj11) Caug6/A Am(maj11)
This Yarn had caused more harm than was ever my intention
I'd only scribbled words on paper I hadn't wanted this destruction
I mean whoever got hurt by a Story? What Song brought a government to its knees?
What Poem dismantled a tank or started World War 3?
B Section3
Gmaj7 Bm7 E7 -
And As I tracked the trail of carnage caused by my Fantasy
It leapt right out of my computer screen and began to attack me
A Section4
Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 D6
Caug6/A Am(maj11) Caug6/A Am(maj11)
My Story tore me limb from limb all the while screaming with glee:
"Words are more powerful than you ever could conceive so please write responsibly!"
B Section3
Gmaj7 Bm7 E7 -
And as I wrote that final line from the kitchen I was in
I thought I'd save us all the bother screwed up that Story and threw it in the bin
(end on D6 add e?)
EULERIAN CIRCLES - in ¾ - chords with capo on 2nd fret
Verse1
Em Bm(weird) (799000) Am7 Am7(E) Am7 Bm7
Put the people you love over there
Over here are the ones that you hate
In the space in between
This is the space where I will wait
Can you fly? Can you swim?
Can I let you in?
Can you climb? Can you fall?
Can you understand it at all?
Bridge1
C Am7 Em x2
CHORUS1
Dsus2 Cadd9 Em7 A
For those that aren’t precious with your time
They could help you define
C Am7 Em
In Eulerian Circles is where we reside
Verse2
Em Bm(weird) (799000) Am7 Am7(E) Am7 Bm7
Draw a circle around all the thing you would want
And another around what you would leave
In those narrowing strips, in a dripping eclipse
In this ellipse is where you will be
Can you build or destroy
All your favourite toys?
Can they turn into weapons
Whilst in your employ?
CHORUS2
Dsus2 Cadd9 Em7 A
For those that aren’t precious with your time
Could they help draw the line?
C Am7 Em
In Eulerian Circles is where we reside
C Am7 Em
In Eulerian Circles is where we reside
INSTRUMENTAL
Em Bm(weird) (799000) Am7 Am7(E) Am7 Bm7 x2
C Am7 Em x2
CHORUS3
Dsus2 Cadd9 Em7 A
For those that aren’t precious with your time
They could help draw the line
C Am7 Em
In Eulerian Circles is where we reside
C Am7 Em
In Eulerian Circles is where we reside
C Am7
In Eulerian Circles is where we reside
BEE ON A STRING
INTRO
D
VERSE1
D Bm Em A
Buzzing around
Dancing for hours and hours
Life is sweeter than the honey that I'm making for you
Life is sweeter than the honey that you're taking from me
Trapped in a box
You put me into a fridge
I'm getting sleepy, ah my eyes are getting heavy
So I think I'll rest my fuzzy little body on the floor of the
BRIDGE1
G A
Tupperware - on the floor of the tupperware
CHORUS1
Em7 A Em7 A
She keeps bees in a deep freeze
It makes them sleep so she keeps bees
On a string
INTERLUDE
D
VERSE2
D Bm Em A
When I woke up
From an uneasy dream
I found that I'd been tethered to a heavy length of yarn
I tried to sever but my clever captor wrapped it round her arm
BRIDGE2
G A
O - Behind me now - which she held behind me now
CHORUS2
Em7 A Em7 A
She keeps me in a deep freeze
It makes me sleep so she keeps me
On a string
MIDDLE 8
Gmaj7 F#m7
You're only pulling my leg
Em7
Or am I pulling my leg
D
In an attempt to bee free?
Gmaj7 F#m7
I know you're fascinated by me
Em7
But won't you let me be free?
A
Why won't you let me bee free?
O must…
CHORUS3
Em7 A Em7 A x2
You keep me in a deep freeze
To make me sleep so you keep me
And she keeps me in a deep freezer
It makes me sleep so she keep me…
On a string
O JOYCE
INTRO
Fm Fm Fm7 Ab C# C
VERSE1
F C F C
F C Dm C
In 1944
Joyce's mother bought a pet Macaw
And named him Bobby Corwen
The bird sat in the parlour
Whilst Joyce and Mother played a game of
Gin or rummy til Joyce's Mum would say:
CHORUS1
Dm Am7 Dm F
Dm C F Am7
Dm Am7 Dm F
Dm Am7 Gm7 /G# A7
O Joyce - Joy joy Joyce
Make me a cup of tea?
VERSE2
F C F C
F C Dm C
In 1958
Joyce had a Daughter of her own
They would stay up late
Sewing sequins on her shoes
For some ballet/dancing show
Bobby squawking as they sew
Joyce's daughter asks her mum to go:
CHORUS2
Dm Am7 Dm F
Dm C F Am7
Dm Am7 Dm F
Dm Am7 Gm7 /G# A7
O Joyce - Joy joy Joyce
Make me a cup of tea?
VERSE3
F C F C
F C Dm C
In 1985
Joyce's daughter had a daughter of her own
And that Macaw was still alive
20 years go by
Joyce's mother dies
Life fully lived as fully a life can be lived
CHORUS3
Dm Am7 Dm F
Dm C F Am7
Dm Am7 Dm F
Dm Am7 Gm7 /G# A7
O Joyce - Joy joy Joyce
Make me a cup of tea?
MIDDLE 8
Fm Fm Fm7 Ab C# C
VERSE4
F C F C
F C Dm C
O 60-something years have flown
Since Joyce's mother brought him home
Bobby Corwen in the parlour
Squawking down the years
Joyce and daughter's tears
At Joyce's daughter's daughter dancing
To the bird's refrain
CHORUS4
Dm Am7 Dm F
Dm C F Am7
Dm Am7 Dm F
Dm Am7 Gm7 /G# A7
O Joyce - Joy joy joy
MR SIMM'S OLDE SWEET SHOPPE (RIGHTS RESERVED)
VERSE1
Cmaj7 Fmaj7
There there On St Anne's Square
Stands Mr Simm's Olde Sweet Shoppe (rights reserved)
Purveyor of finest confectionery
Everton mints and jelly beans
Liquorice whirls and clotted creams
VERSE2
Cmaj7 Fmaj7
Mr Simm's Olde Sweet Shoppe (rights reserved)
Blackjacks, Fruit Salads and Aniseed Twists
Gargantuan gobstoppers - big as your fist
Jazzles and Fizzers and Raspberry Ruffles
And Iron Brew fudge and Italian Truffles
PRE-CHORUS1
F G F G
Is life some romantic tale
Where mystery and beauty
And the underdogs prevail?
CHORUS1
Am C/B C x3 G
Where we'll be happy together
Happy together
Happy forever
VERSE3
Cmaj7 Fmaj7
At Mr Simm's Olde Sweet Shoppe (rights reserved)
(breathe) I imagine a man with Majeika hair
Mrs Simm and the twins - it's a family affair
She tends the penny sweets - sweet Cherry Lips
He makes his famous Black Death Sour Pips
PRE-CHORUS2
F G F G
Is life some romantic tale
Where mystery and beauty
And the underdogs prevail?
CHORUS2
Am C/B C x3 G
And they'll be happy together
Happy together
Happy forever
VERSE4
Cmaj7 Fmaj7
Mr Simm's Olde Sweet Shoppe (rights reserved)
Rhubarb and custards and Coldsfoot rock
Uncles Joe's Mintballs, cough sweets and pear drops
It all paints a picture, a quaint little scene
Of Olde but colourful and fantastic dreams
BRIDGE3
F G F G
But life isn't some romantic tale
Where mystery and beauty
And the underdogs prevail
CHORUS3
Am C/B C x3 G
Where we'll be happy together
Happy together
Happy forever
VERSE5
Cmaj7 Fmaj7
Mr Simm's Olde Sweet Shoppe (rights reserved)
Mr Simm's was established in 2004
There are 90 locations from Ashford to York
Is it a penny sweet when it costs 50p?
The 'E's in the name were only added last week
VERSE6
Cmaj7 Fmaj7
Retro is fashionable and vintage is 'in'
Repackaged and sold to us as the whimsy
Of Mr Simm's Olde Sweet Shoppe (rights reserved)
It's between a mall and HSBC
And a Starbucks has opened up over the street
BRIDGE4
F G F G
Cos life isn't some romantic tale
Where mystery and beauty
And the underdogs prevail
CHORUS4
Am C/B C x3 G
Where we'll be happy together
Happy together
Happy forever
end on Cmaj7
A YEAR AFTER THE PARTY DIED
Verse1
Bm Bm D F# x3
Goodbye Sailor, your heart's not in it any more
This party died last August as the leaves began to fall
And then the Rich Man he moved in, made his move upon the town
G E
He built this playground pound by pound
CHORUS1
D Em7 G Em7
But we're still clinging on to the party
D Em7 G Em7
Though it ended a year today
D Em7 G F#
We’re still clinging on to each other as the sun comes up
Em7 F#
They've turned this club into a takeaway
Verse2
Bm Bm D F# x3
Ahab's getting married and Peter Pan is dead
Lothario retired to an empty bed
Methusela's in the ground and Saint Pete has locked the doors
G E
Even Old Nick has doused the fire and cast the ashes on the floor
CHORUS2
D Em7 G Em7
But we're still clinging on to the party
D Em7 G Em7
Though it ended a year today
D Em7 G F#
We’re still clinging on to each other as the sun comes up
Em7 F#
They've turned this club into a takeaway
Instrumental
D Em7 G Em7 x2
D Em7 G F#
Em7 F#
Verse3
Bm Bm D F#
Cupid's hitting puberty, his voice it finally broke
G F#
The Heritage expense accounts went up in smoke
Middle8
D Em7 F#m7 Gmaj7
And if you've ever had a dream then you've seen that dream die
F#
I’m caught by my fingertips
They’ve caught them in vice like grips
They caught the sunshine from the sky
And that’s why I cry
CHORUS3
D Em7 G Em7
That we're still holding on to the party
D Em7 G Em7
Though it ended a year today
D Em7 G F#
We're holding on to our breath
We're holding on for grim death
Em7 F#
They’ve turned the club into a takeaway
Em7 F#
They’ve turned the pub into a takeaway
Em7 F#
They've turned our home into a takeaway
CALENDAR CHAPTER II
EMILY'S GARDEN
Intro - D
Verse1
D /C# A /G
I kept a secret
It’s just for me
When the nurses come looking
I’m never where I should be
Chorus1
G
In Emily’s garden I am by myself
Emily’s garden’s where I am myself
Verse2
D /C# A /G
It’s nothing private
But it’s something personal
This place I go and stay to stow away
A little corner of the world
Chorus2
G
In Emily’s garden I am by myself
Emily’s garden’s where I am myself
Once round verse chords then…
Middle Instrumental - D
Verse3
D /C# A /G
Keep it between us
A place for you and me
The nurses can keep looking
We know they'll never see
Chorus3
G
In Emily’s Garden we can be ourselves
Emily’s Garden’s where we are ourselves
Once round verse chords then…
Outro Instrumental - D
G
In Emily’s Garden we can be ourselves
TRAVELLING SONG
Verse1
Amaj7 E
See the telephone wire
Flowing lower and higher
No two days are the same
Why would I complain?
I don’t know where I’m going
I’m with not knowing
Through the country lanes
And motorways
Pre-Chorus1
E E/F# Dadd9
Dropping ballast makes you soar
Untied, untethered, and unmoored
Chorus1
Asus2 Bsus2
To be weightless To be faithless
C#m
To be one without country
A B
Can be one who belongs everywhere
E
And nowhere too
Verse2
Amaj7 E
Past the tower that looms
Rising billowing smoke plumes
Fumes that/Blooms and clouds the sky
Like Sauron’s Eye
A proud robot stands
A mechanical man
Carrying our signal
Across the land
Pre-Chorus2
E E/F# Dadd9
Dropping ballast makes you soar
Untied, untethered, and unmoored
Chorus2
Asus2 Bsus2
To be weightless To be faithless
C#m
To be one without country
A B
Can be one who belongs everywhere
E
And nowhere too
Instrumental
E E/F# Dadd9 x4
Chorus3
Asus2 Bsus2
To be weightless To be faithless
C#m
To be one without country
A B
Can be one who belongs everywhere
E
And nowhere too
Chorus4
Asus2 Bsus2
To be weightless To be faithless
C#m
To be one without country
A B
Can be one who belongs everywhere
E
And nowhere too
END is A then E
WHEN I'M DRUNK - chords with capo on the 5th fret
Verse1
C G D
This concertina walking will never get me home
My feet missing in action
And my legs are two trombones
As I fumble for a lighter, scream:
"I'm a lover not a fighter
Though these days is neither that I'm much cop at."
Bridge1
D
Chorus1
D Am C
And when I'm drunk - You're my best friend, you're my best friend
Everybody in the room - is my best friend, is my best friend
Verse2
C G D
There’s some next level nonsense that I should just ignore
A few drinks in, I feel better than before
It’s not that I’m reliant on the paraffin they pour
I need a little something to grease the wheels
I need a little something to grease the wheels
Bridge2
D
Chorus2
D Am C
And when I'm drunk - You're my best friend, you're my best friend
Everybody in the room - is my best friend, is my best friend
Middle 8
D Am Am/B C
The lights suggest a lock-in at the old motel tonight
You will find me on the pool table - triumphant & supine & singing
Chorus3
D Am C
When I'm drunk - You're my best friend, you're my best friend
Everybody in the room - is my best friend, is my best friend
Coda
A G D
My best friend
CALENDAR PHASE III
HOMETOWNS
Verse1
F#m7 B7
I crumbled into the Estuary
Dmaj7 B7
where my childhood flashed before me
Bm7 E7
The smell of cigarette ash and fish
Bm7 E7
Baked onto the sunny pavement
Chorus1
Dadd9 Eadd6/9 F#m7 Eadd6/9
Let’s reminisce and talk about our Hometowns
Amenoia - a nostalgia for the things that never were
Let’s reminisce, can I adopt you as my Hometown?
Things are never as good, never as bad as you remember
Verse2
F#m7 B7
Amusements arcades and the longest pier
Dmaj7 B7
You burnt down and they rebuilt you at least once a year
Bm7 E7
I turned my back on the seafront
Bm7 E7
I was searching for something but I don’t know what
Chorus2
Dadd9 Eadd6/9 F#m7 Eadd6/9
Let’s reminisce and talk about our Hometowns
Amenoia - a nostalgia for the things that never were
Let’s reminisce, can I adopt you as my Hometown?
Things are never as good, never as bad as you remember
Instrumental
Dadd9 Eadd6/9 F#m9 Dadd9
Verse3
F#m7 B7
Nothing from that old land exists
Dmaj7 B7
A new home is just somewhere to make our myth
Bm7 E7
I found you when I found this
Bm7 E7
Place where we can be together, where we…
Chorus3
Dadd9 Eadd6/9 F#m7 Eadd6/9
Let’s reminisce and talk about our Hometowns
Amenoia - a nostalgia for the things that never were
Let’s reminisce, can I adopt you as my Hometown?
Things are never as good, never as bad
But they're never as good, never as bad as you remember
BOLT FROM THE BLUE - chords with capo on 3rd fret
Intro -
E E Cmaj7 D6/11 x3
E E D6(no3) Cmaj13sus2
Verse1
E E Cmaj7 D6/11 x3
E E D6(no3) Cmaj13sus2
I didn’t ask for this
Nothing here is on my list
The words for this do not exist
I couldn’t ask for this
Verse2
E E Cmaj7 D6/11 x3
E E D6(no3) Cmaj13sus2
You had the key
To what was locked inside of me
You opened doors to rooms I couldn’t see
That was the key
Chorus1
C G Dadd69 A Emaj7
I wasn’t searching for you
Verse3
E E Cmaj7 D6/11 x3
E E D6(no3) Cmaj13sus2
Could I have known
That the garden that was overgrown
Was stopping something new from being sown?
How could I have known?
Chorus2
C G Dadd69 A Emaj7 x2
I wasn’t searching for you
You were a bolt from the blue
Interlude
Cmaj7 F#m G/D Cmaj7/E
Cmaj7 Am Cmaj7 Am Emaj7
Instrumental
E E Cmaj7 D6/11 x3
E E D6(no3) Cmaj13sus2
Verse4
E E Cmaj7 D6/11 x3
E E D6(no3) Cmaj13sus2
And I can’t wait
What new inventions you’ll create
The way you leave me so amazed
Believe me when I say
Chorus3
C G Dadd69 A Emaj7 x2
I wasn’t searching for you
You were a bolt from the blue
Chorus4
C G Dadd69 A Emaj7 x2
I wasn’t searching for you
You were a bolt from the blue
Outro
Cmaj7 Am Cmaj7 Am Emaj7
THE SLIPPERY EEL OF DISCONTENT
Intro
Dm7
There's nothing to it
Dm G x3 Fmaj7
Verse1
C /B /Bb /Am
You will feel weird
At this time of year. Here
Real feels like an eel
As it disappears
Between the fingers that clutch
At the disparity
In the expectation
And the reality
You will feel weird at this time of year
Bridge1
Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7 Em7
You make hundred of plans
You draw them out by hand
But You’ll do em later
You’ll do em later
You build houses And streets
And whole cities Out of reach bricks/dream/plans/hopes/thoughts
But they are paper
They are Paper
Chorus1
Fmaj7 Em Am7 Dm
You can take your finger
Poke a hole right through it
Tear it down the middle
See there’s nothing to it
Verse2
C /B /Bb /Am
Take a photograph
Write it in a book
Capture the sound of it
And how it looks
Bridge1
Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7 Em7
You make hundred of plans
You draw them out by hand
But You’ll do em later
You’ll do em later
You build houses And streets
And whole cities Out of reach bricks
But they are paper
They are Paper
Chorus1
Fmaj7 Em Am7 Dm
You can take your finger
Poke a hole right through it
Tear it down the middle
See there’s nothing to it
Bridge
Dm G7 x8
Do do-do doo
Chorus1
Fmaj7 Em Am7 Dm
You can take your finger
Poke a hole right through it
Tear it down the middle
See there’s nothing to it
MANFLUENZA - chords with capo on 3rd fret
Verse1
E E/G A/Bb A
Something's not right inside of me
I must be riddled with disease
I may be overstating or furiously painting
A melodrama of the truth, a phallusophical spoof
But this is the worst anyone has ever felt
In the history of forever. Ever.
Chorus1
C9 E A
Manfluenza - What a way to go
C9
Manfluenza - What a way to go
Verse2
E E/G A/Bb A
Puke out the evil, let this mewling black form come writhing from my mouth
If the world doesn't want me around - that's too bad for the world
It's no exaggeration to assume panic stations
A plague of whooping contortions, of biblical proportions
And this is the worst anyone has ever felt
In the history of forever. Ever
Chorus2
C9 E A
Manfluenza - What a way to go
C9 E A E A E
Manfluenza - What a way to go
Middle 8
A Em x3
This is my doctors note
My last Will & Testament, a Murder she wrote
And the deathbed recant of Ulysses S Grant
C9 B7 Em/Bb A
All rolled into one Big Ball Of Self Pity And song
E E/G A/Bb A
Chorus3
C9 E A
Manfluenza - What a way to go
C9 E A E A E
Manfluenza - What a way to go
MISTAKES
Verse1
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Dm Am (E on the 2nd time)
If indeed there’s such a thing as one true path
It’s over analysed and misconstrued
The mistake I think I made was you
Hindsight’s always less than 20/20
There’s no destiny for you and me
And we are free to make…
Chorus1
Am
Mistakes - if to err is human
Dm7
Mistakes - I'm as human as they get
G
Mistakes - the more I make
C C/B
Mistakes - the more I make
Fmaj7
Mistakes - the more I fail
Bm7 E
Mistakes - the more I learn from my...
Verse2
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Dm Am (E on the 2nd time)
You put your trust in the wong people once again
Broken promises that they made you
Won’t be mended with a cosmic glue
If you second guess every No, every Yes
Yeah that's no way to forgive
No way to live with your
Chorus2
Am
Mistakes - if to err is human
Dm7
Mistakes - I'm as human as they get
G
Mistakes - the more I make
C C/B
Mistakes - the more I make
Fmaj7
Mistakes - the more I fail
Bm7 E
Mistakes - the more I learn from my...
Instrumental
A D Dm F x2
Bm7 E
Chorus3
Am
Mistakes - if to err is human
Dm7
Mistakes - I'm as human as they get
G
Mistakes - the more I make
C C/B
Mistakes - the more I make
Fmaj7
Mistakes - the more I fail
Bm7 E
Mistakes - the more I learn from my...
Chorus4
Am
Mistakes - if to err is human
Dm7
Mistakes - I'm as human as they get
G
Mistakes - the more I make
C C/B
Mistakes - the more I make
Fmaj7
Mistakes - the more I fail
Bm7 E
Mistakes - the more I learn from my...
FOR SOMEONE - chords with capo on 3rd fret
Verse1
G Bm Em Em
Bb Gadd69 D D
My day breaks My minds aches
I find that all the songs
You taught me linger on
Now that you're gone
G Bm Em Em
Bb Gadd69 D D
Memories and eulogies
Can they be Meaningful enough
To me?
Chorus1
Fadd9 C x2
Am D
When everyone you looked up to is gone
Everyone you looked up to is gone
It’s sad but the world moves on
Verse2
G Bm Em Em
Bb Gadd69 D D
Damn this need for grief to feel like
Something you can grip and grapple
Hold and battle and triumph over
G Bm Em Em
Bb Gadd69 D D
And Words they cheapen how I’m feeling
Do do do
Chorus2
Fadd9 C x2
Am D
When everyone you looked up to is gone
Everyone you looked up to is gone
It’s sad but the world moves on
Bridge
G /F /E Dsus4 D
Sad but the world moves on
Instrumental
G Bm Em Em
Bb Gadd69 D D
Chorus3
Fadd9 C x2
Am D
When everyone you looked up to is gone
Everyone you looked up to is gone
It’s sad but the world moves on
Bridge
G /F /E Dsus4 D
Sad but the world moves on
Outro
G /F /E Dsus4 D
