R.e.m - King Of The Roadadd

D# Gm Now the radio stutters. snaps to life. Cm A# G# Some sour song that sets it right. D# G# And when London falls D# G# /| He'd like to call/ | D# | But the stars collide.
__|Gm Cm A# G# They're beautiful and much maligned. D# G# D# G# In a universe where you see the worst, A# And it's up to you to fix it.A# G# D# Now you've worked it out A# And you see it all
__ G# D# | | And you've worked it out / A#/ And you see it all |
__| G# D# And you want to shout A# G# Gm D# C How you see it all
It's easy to dismiss the 'what's it all about' crowd.
There is no doubt. it's this, here, now.
And you close your eyes. /|
He's not coming back./ |
So you work it out, overfeed the cat. |
And the plants are dry and they need to drink.
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So you do your best. and you flood the sink.
Sit down in the kitchen and cry.
Now you've worked it out
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And you see it all | |
And you've worked it out /And you see it all/And you want to shout |
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How you see it allFm G#Fm G#Gm D#Now the universe left you for a runners lap.
It feels like home when it comes crashing back.
And it makes you laugh
And it makes you cry, /|
When London falls/ |
And you're still alive. |
The radio stutters,
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It makes you laugh
And the aftermath,
Open up your eyes.
You're so alive.
Now you've worked it out
And you see it all
And you've worked it out
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And you see it all | |
And you want to shout /How you see it all/How you've worked it out |
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And you see it all
How you've worked it out
And you see it all
End on D#G D riff
Postcard stowaway withinG D riff
Pristine indigo withoutG D riff
Banded attoman as suchG D riff
Sofa seated one too muchC D C D C D C D riff
All along the range all along the rangeBm D G/Gsus4Ages of youD BmTrain pulls over hanging bridgeD BmConductor looks up, thinksD Bmout and down hands, stuck to the leftD Bmto the right, you should fall,D Bm riff
the horses just don't gossip anymoreA G BI know you say G BMaybe some day F#I need never be aloneG A G A I know I say G BIt's the right way EBut you'll never be the oneF#mI've been so alone nowB (b)-7-6-4-6--
For a long long, long timeF#mI don't wanna hang out nowF#With the folks that just stopped byA G BWhile you partyA G BYou've been looking EmBut your searching never endsG A G A You've been goingA G BWith the wrong crowdA EmYou've got all the right friendsF#mI've been walking alone nowB (b)-7-6-4-6--
For a long, long timeF#mI don't want to spend nowEmWith the folks...that just aren't mineD E F#m F#m - E - D I don't wanna be with you anymore E F#m F#m - E - D I just don't want you anymore E F#m F#m - E - D I don't wanna be with you anymore E F#m F#m - E - D I just don't want you anymore
Rave on!E F#mFall to...fall to...fall to...fall tooE F#mFall to...fall to...fall to...fall tooD E F#m F#m - E - D I don't wanna be with you anymore E F#m F#m - E - D I just don't want you anymore E F#m F#m - E - D I don't wanna be with you anymore E F#m F#m - E - D I just don't want you anymoreA G BI know you say G BMaybe some day F#I need never be aloneG A G A I know I say G BIt's the right way EBut you'll never be aloneF#mI've been walking alone nowB (b)-7-6-4-6--
For a long, long timeF#mI don't gotta hang outEmWith the folks...that just aren't mineD E F#m F#m - E - D I don't wanna be with you anymore E F#m F#m - E - D I just don't want you anymore E F#m F#m - E - D I don't wanna be with you anymore E F#m F#m - E - D I just don't want you anymoreA# Fm CHumming all the way to Reno Fm CYou?ve dusted the non-believers Fm Riff 1
And challenged the laws of chance A# Fm CNow, Sweet, You were so sugar sweet Fm CYou may as well have had ?kick me? Fm Riff 1
Fastened on your sleeve
Chorus Ab C VIII
You know what you areCm Db FmYou?re gonna be a star Ab A# VIII
You know what you areCm Db FYou?re gonna be a star
Verse 2 A# Fm CWing, is written on your heelFm CYour Achilles heelFm Riff 1
Is a tendency? A# Fm CTo dream but you?ve known that from the beginning Fm CYou didn?t have to go so far Fm Riff 1
You didn?t have to go
Chorus (same as above)
Middle 8 Cm Ab FmYou know who you are Cm Ab FmYou know who you are Cm Ab Fm FYou know who you areG BSo hesitation pulled me back AI'm stronger when I don't attract BIn your eyes I'm a lamb without a rack GAnd I am getting confused A AI'm a cactus trying to be a canoe
As you pan for ore BIn the desert, floored
I say to you E F#mThat I could never imagine a place so beautiful Em BI could never steal your gold away. D A BmYeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeahD B(I try to walk like a big wham bam
I came across like a battering ramD C#I try to float like a telegram sam
I'm trying to divine youE D A F#My book is called "The Ascent Of Man" F#mI marked your chapter with a catamaran
The accent's off Em ABut I am what I am D A BmYeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeahD Bm(I try to walk like a big wham bam
I came across like a battering ramD C#I try to float like a telegram sam
I'm trying to divine you.)EA G C F E DA F#I looked for you, it's my last grandstand F#mA motorscootered goat legged pan Em AFigure eighting in quicksand D A BmYeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeahD Bm(I try to walk like a big wham bam
I try to float like a telegram samD BmI came across like a battering ram
I'm trying to divine you.)D Bm(I try to walk like a big wham bam
I try to float like a telegram samD BmI came across like a battering ram
I'm trying to divine you.)G BSo hesitation pulled me back AI'm so in love I don't attract A GAnd with my hands tied I won't crackA('Cause in my mind I called you back.)G A Gm F If you could see yourself now baby, It's not my fault, you used to be so in control, You're going to roll right over this one, Just roll me over let me go, You're laying blame, Take this as no, no, no, no, no, you: Gm A# Gm F Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang, Blame Blame Blame. Gm A# Bang Bang Bang Bang Blame, A Ab ( back to Gm G again) Its not my thing so let it go. If you could see yourself now baby, Tables are turned, the whole world hinges on your swings(?), Your secret life of indiscrete, discretions(?), I turned the screw, leaved the screen (????), Don't point your finger, you know thats not my thing. You came to : Gm A# Gm F Bang Bang Bang Bang Blame, Blame Blame Blame. Gm A# Bang Bang Bang Bang Blame, A Its not my thing so let it go. instrum: Dm Am Dm Am Dm Am A, then back to Gm G again. You got a little worried, I know it all too well, I've got your number, So has every kiss and tell Who dares to cross your threshold, Happens on your way, Stop laying blame, You know thats not my thing You came to Bang Bang Bang Bang Blame, Bang Bang Blame. Bang Bang Bang Bang Blame, Its not my thing so let it go. Bang Bang Bang Bang Blame, Bang Bang Blame. Bang Bang Bang Bang Blame, Its not my thing so let it go. You kiss on me, tug on me Rub on me, jump on me, bang on me, feed on me, hit on me, let go on me, You let go on me.D# Gthe sun reflected in the back of my eye.D# F I knocked my head against the sky. Ab Cthe dragonflies are busy buzzing me. Ab Ca seahorse as if we were in the sea.D# Ghalf way from coal, half way to diamond.D# Gmy fall knocked a mean chip out of me.Ab Cgathering as far as I can reach.Ab Cperched up on the precipice and this is what I've seen.Fm D# Cthis is all I want, it's all I need.Fm D# Cthis is all I am, it's everything.Fm D# Cthis is all I want, it's all I need.D# Ga bluejay hectors from the felled Catalpa tree.D# Gdoctorate in science and the theologians dream. Ab Cthe dragonflies are trying to lecture me.Ab Ca seahorse as if we were in the sea.Fm D# Cbut this is all I want, it's all I need.Fm D# Cthis is all I am, it's everything.Fm D# Cthis is all I want, it's all I need.
INSTRUMENTALD# Gbeat a drum for me like a butterfly wing.D# Gtropical storm across the ocean.Ab Cbut don't explain I'm sure I'll want to knowAb Cbut don't forget we're just halfway from home.Fm D# Cthis is all I want, it's all I need.Fm D# Cthis is all I am, it's everything.Fm D# Cthis is all I want, it's all I need.Cm7 A# D#lick F(3) : ------------0-2-0------| C(2) : --0-h-2-h-4-------4-0--| F# chord....}E GBirdie in the hand for life's rich demand D E {lick}
The insurgency began and you missed itE AI looked for it and I found it D E E7Miles Standish proud, congratulate me CA philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoe
{same as before}
Life's rich demand creates supply in the hand
Of the powers, the only vote that matters
Silence means security silence means approval
On Zenith, on the TV, tiger run around the tree
Follow the leader, run and turn into butterDLet's begin again, begin the beginE ALet's begin again like Martin Luther Zen D E {lick}
The mythology begins the beginEAnswer me a question I can't itemize AI can't think clearly, look to me for reason D E E7It's not there, I can't even rhyme in the begin CA philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoeD# F {keys walkdown} BExample: the finest example is you
Birdie in the hand for life's rich demand
The insurgency began and you missed it
I looked for it and I found it
Miles Standish proud, congratulate me CA philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoeD# F D# GLet's begin again begin the beginD# F D# GLet's begin again
Intro: | Dm F | C A# | F C | A#maj7 | Dm F | C A# | F C | Dm |Dm F C A# GThis flower is scorched. This film is on, on a maddening loop. C A#maj7 Dm GThese clothes, these clothes don't fit us right, C A# F C A#maj7and I'm to blame. It's all the same. It's all the same. Dm GYou come to me with a bone in your hand. C CYou come to me with your hair curled tight. F C A#maj7 Dm GYou come to me with positions. You come to me with excuses,C A# F C A#maj7ducked out in a row. You wear me out. You wear me out. Dm F C CWe've been through fake-a-breakdown, self hurt, plastics, collections, F C A#maj7self help, self pain, EST, psychics, fuck all. Dm F C A# F C A#maj7I was central. I had control. I lost my head. I need this. I need this. Dm F C A#A paper weight, a junk garage, winter rain, a honey pot.F C A#maj7 Dm F Crazy, all the lovers have been tagged. Hotline, wanted ad. C A# F C A#maj7It's crazy what you could have had. Dm GIt's crazy what you could have had. C CIt's crazy what you could have had.F C A#maj7I need this. I need this. Dm GIt's crazy what you could have had. C CIt's crazy what you could have had. F C A#maj7I need this. I need this. Dm GIt's crazy what you could have had. C CIt's crazy what you could have had. F C A#maj7 Dm GI need this. I, I need this. C CIt's crazy what you could have had. F C A#maj7I need this. I need this. Dm GIt's crazy what you could have had.C A#Crazy what you could have had. F C A#maj7 | Dm F | C A# | F C | A#maj7 |
I need this. I need this.Dm F | C A# | F C | A#maj7 |
Crazy what you could have had.Dm F | C A# | F C | A#maj7 |
Crazy what you could have had.
4x A# A#maj7VERSE:A# A#maj7 A# A#maj7Receiving department, 3 AMA# A#maj7 A# A#maj7Staff cuts have socked up the overageA# A#maj7 A# A#maj7Directives are posted No call backs, complaintsA# A#maj7 A# A#maj7Everywhere is calm
VERSE TO CHORUS:C# CmHong Kong is present, Taipei wakes upD# GTalk of circadian rhythm
CHORUS:A# Cm Gm DmI see today with a newsprint frameA# Cm GMy night is colored headache-greyA# Cm Gm DmDaysleeper, daysleeperA# Cm Gdaysleeper
{Verse Chords}
The bull and the bear are marking their territories
They're leading the blind with their international glories
{Verse to Chorus Chords}
I('m the) screen, the blinding light
I('m the) screen, I work at night
{Chorus Chords}
I see today with a newsprint frame
My night is colored headache-grey
Don't wake me
(You're) so much
Daysleeper
2x Csus4BRIDGE:A# A#maj7 CI cried the other nightA# A#maj7 CI can't even say whyA# A#maj7 Cflourescent, flat, caffeine lightsA# A#maj7 CIt's furious balancing
{Verse To Chorus Chords}
I('m the) screen, the blinding light
I('m the) screen, I work at night
{Chorus Chords}
I see today with a newsprint frame
My night is colored headache grey
Don't wake me (you're) so much
The ocean machine is set to night
I'll squeeze into heaven and Valentine
My bed is pulling me, gravity, daysleeper
Daysleeper, daysleeper, daysleeper, daysleeper
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{Verse Riff}
Just arrived Singapore, San Sebastian, Spain, 26-hour trip.
Salt Lake City, come in spring.
Over the salt flats a hailstorm brought you back to me.
Salt Lake City, come in spring.
Over the salt flats a hailstorm brought you back to me.G GHere it comes (I'm carried away)G GHere it comes (I'm carried away)G GHere it comes, back, back.
{Verse Riff}
Departure, godspeed, bless his heart, good boy.
What a f*ck-up, what a fighter.
Free-fall, motorcycle, hang-glider,
Hung on the vine like a poison spider.
Win a eulogy with William Greider,
car crash, ptomaine, explosion-provider,
bus plunge, avalanche, poison spider.
Free-fall, motorcycle, hang-glider.G GHere it comes (I'm carried away)G GHere it comes (I'm carried away)G GHere it comes, back, back.A FGo, go, go, yeah.A F GGo, go, go, yeah.
{Verse Riff}
Everybody is young forever.
There's so much to tell you, so little time.
I've come a long way since the whatever,
shit, I still see a word, think of you.
There's so much that I can't do, yeah.
You will be young forever.
There's so much that I can't do.
There isn't so much that I can't do.G GHere it comes (I'm carried away)G GHere it comes (I'm carried away)G GHere it comes, back, back.GmI dragged my feet across the seat
Jumped out the passenger side
The only thing worth looking for
Is what you find insideA# Am GmBut that had not yet appearedGmLost invisible here.
Tel Aviv and Agadir
Toned in for almost
Before I learned to seeA# Am GmThe vanishing point appeared.F C A# Am DmI looked for you everywhere.F C A# Am DmI looked for you everywhere.GmThere is a calm, I haven't come to the end
I spent half my life figuring what comes next
I telescoped in I finally win
I finally win the prize.A# Am GmThat now eyes see comets perfect timing squeezeGmHead first fighting everything
The crushing force of memory
Erasing all i've beenA# Am GmThe vanishing point appeared.F C A# Am DmI looked for you everywhere.F C A# Am DmI looked for you everywhere.F C A# Am DmTell me why you're hereF C A# Am DmI came to disappear.
G, F, Em, CG, F, DmGmLook at this face
Can you believe it?Gm I living in the beautiful vacuum?
Because I can't see itA# Am GmThe vanishing point appears.F C A# Am DmI looked for you everywhere.F C A# Am DmI looked for you everywhere.F C A# Am DmTell me why you're here.F C A# Am DmI came to disappearF C A# Am DmTell me why you're hereF C A# Am DmI came to disappearF C A# Am DmI came to disappear CmD---------1------1------1---1----------1------1------1---1------------A------------3------3-----------3---------3------3-----------3--------F-------2-----------------0----------2-----------------0--------------C----0---------0------0-------3---0---------0------0-------3----------G---------------------------------------------------------------------D---------------------------------------------------------------------D---------1------1------1---1----------1------1-----------------------A------------3------3-----------3---------3------3---3---3---3--------F-------2-----------------0----------2---------------0/2-0---0--------C----0---------0------0-------3---0---------0------0-------3----------G---------------------------------------------------------------------D---------------------------------------------------------------------
versesCm F CmSmack, crack, bushwacked. Tie another one to the racks, baby.Cm F CmHey kids, rock and roll. Nobody tells you where to go, baby.D# GmWhat if I ride? What if you walk? What if you rock around the clock?GTick, tock, tick, tock.Dm Dm F CmWhat if you did? What if you walk? What if you tried to get off, baby?Cm F CmHey kids, where are you? Nobody tells you what to do, baby.Cm F CmHey kids, shake a leg. Maybe you're crazy in the head, baby.D# GmMaybe you did, maybe you walked. Baby, you rocked around the clock.GTick, tock, tick, tock.Dm Dm F CmWhat if you did? What if you walk? What if you tried to get off, baby.
then they use distortion Cm F Cm Hey kids, shake a leg. Maybe you're crazy in the head, baby.D-5--------------------------------------------------------------5-------A---8-6------------------------------------------------------------8-6---F-------7-5-------------------5p7----5-----------------------------------C---------5--------------------------5-----------------------------------G------------------------------------------------------------------------D------------------------------------------------------------------------D---------------------------------------------------------------5--------A-----------------------------6-----------------------------------8-6----F-------7-------------------------------7-----------------------------7--C-------7-------------------------------7--------------------------------G------------------------------------------------------------------------D------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cm Ollie, ollie, ollie, ollie, ollie, ollie, ollie, in come free,D------------------------------------------------------------------------A------------------------------------------------------------------------F-5---------------------------------5p7------5---------------------------C-5------------------------------------------5---------------------------G------------------------------------------------------------------------D------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cm Cm baby. Hey kids, where are you?D-5------------------------------5---------------------------------------A---8-6-------------6--------------8-6-----------------------------------F-------7------------------7-----------7-5-------------------5p7---------C-------7------------------7-------------5-------------------------------G------------------------------------------------------------------------D------------------------------------------------------------------------ F Cm Nobody tells you what to do, baby.D------------------------------------------------------------------------A------------------------------------------------------------------------F--4--------------------------2-0-----2----------------------------------C--5------------------------5-----3/--0----------------------------------G------------------------------------------------------------------------D------------------------------------------------------------------------Cm F CmSmack, crack, shack a lack. Tie another one to your backs, baby.Cm F CmHey kids, rock and roll. Nobody tells you where to go, baby.D# GmMaybe you did, maybe you walked. Maybe you rock around the clock.GTick, tock, tick, tock.Dm Dm F CmMaybe I ride, maybe you walk, maybe I drive to get off, baby.
(with distortion again) Cm Cm Hey kids, shake a leg. Maybe you're crazy in the head, baby.D-5--------------------------------------------------------------5-------A---8-6------------------------------------------------------------8-6---F-------7-5-------------------5p7----5-----------------------------------C---------5--------------------------5-----------------------------------G------------------------------------------------------------------------D------------------------------------------------------------------------D---------------------------------------------------------------5--------A-----------------------------6-----------------------------------8-6----F-------7-------------------------------7-----------------------------7--C-------7-------------------------------7--------------------------------G------------------------------------------------------------------------D------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cm Ollie, ollie, ollie, ollie, ollie, ollie, ollie, in come free,D------------------------------------------------------------------------A------------------------------------------------------------------------F-5---------------------------------5p7------5---------------------------C-5------------------------------------------5---------------------------G------------------------------------------------------------------------D------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cm Cm baby. Hey kids, where are you?D-5------------------------------5---------------------------------------A---8-6-------------6--------------8-6-----------------------------------F-------7------------------7-----------7-5-------------------5p7---------C-------7------------------7-------------5-------------------------------G------------------------------------------------------------------------D------------------------------------------------------------------------ F Cm Nobody tells you what to do, baby.D------------------------------------------------------------------------A------------------------------------------------------------------------F--4--------------------------2-0-----2----------------------------------C--5------------------------5-----3/--0----------------------------------G------------------------------------------------------------------------D------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dm Dm F Cm Hey kids, where are you? Nobody tells you what to do, baby.D--0--------------------------0--------------------------0----1----------A--0--------------------------0--------------------------0----3----------F--0--------------------------0--------------------------0----2----------C--2--------------------------2--------------------------2----0----------G--2--------------------------2--------------------------2---------------D--0--------------------------0--------------------------0--------------- Dm Dm F Cm Hey kids, rock and roll. Nobody tells you where to go, baby.D--0--------------------------0--------------------------0----1----------A--0--------------------------0--------------------------0----3----------F--0--------------------------0--------------------------0----2----------C--2--------------------------2--------------------------2----0----------G--2--------------------------2--------------------------2---------------D--0--------------------------0--------------------------0---------------Cm Cm CmBaby, baby. A# D# A# D# You're on your ear, the ocean's near, the light has started to fade A# D# A# D# Your high is timed, you found the climb, It's hard to focus on more A# D# A# D# Than what's in front of you, Electron Blue, adventure rings with a page and A# D# c D# When it dawns on you,it sings 'yeux blue', your buzz beginning to wane. Chorus: Cm A# Adventure has laid its claim on you Gm F It's all you want to do. Cm A# Gm You ... you know where to run F You run Electron Blue. And who am I? I'm just a guy I've got a story like everyone But in your eyes you looked surprised and didn't know where to run I looked to her she's found the cure her future's already begun Tomorrow's gaining speed on you it's all you want to do You ... you know where to run You run Electron Blue You ... you know where to run You run electron blue D# So bide your time you'll feel the climb your high it builds like a lightning st
orm It sings like pearls You know that girl and no one is any the wiser So as if on cue ..... Electron Blue Tomorrow's gaining speed on you It's all you want to do You ... you know where to run You run, Electron Blue You ... you know where to run You run, Electron Blue You ... you know where to run You run, Electron Blue A# R.e.m-Endgame A# Cadd4 D7 G {"Chorus":} C Am G D ---------5-3-2--|-2--2--0----------0------| A ---3-3-3-3-3-3--|-3--3--0---2---3-----0---| F ---2-2-2-2-2-2--|-4--4------2-------------| Repeat C -0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|-4--4------2-------------| G ----------------|-2---------0-------------| D ----------------|-------------------------| {coming out of the chorus after the D riff play:} D D7 D-|-0-------0--------------|--------------0-----------| A-|-0-------------0--------|-----------0-----0--------| F-|-1-----------------1----|--------1-----------1-----| C-|-2---2------------------|--0--0--------------------| G-|-2----------------------|-----------------------2--| D-|-0----------------------|--------------------------| {Play intro riff again, follow with the "chorus" riff, and instead of the D/D7 part, play the following:} E7 F5 D-|-----------0----------0-|-----------3--------------| A-|-----2---------2--------|-----3----------3---------| F-|--------3----------3----|--0-----0-----------0-----| C-|--4---------------------|--------------------------| G-|------------------------|--------------------------| D-|------------------------|--------------------------| D C D-|-----------0----------0-|-----------2--------------| A-|-----0----------0-------|-----3----------3---------| F-|------------------------|--------2-----------2-----| C-|--2-----2----------2----|--0-----------------------| G-|------------------------|--------------------------| D-|------------------------|--------------------------| E7 F5 D-|-----------0----------0-|-----------3--------------| A-|-----2---------2--------|-----3----------3---------| F-|--------3----------3----|--0-----0-----------0-----| C-|--4---------------------|--------------------------| G-|------------------------|--------------------------| D-|------------------------|--------------------------| D D7 D-|--------------0-------0-|--0-----------------------| A-|-----0-----------0------|--0-----------------------| F-|--------1---------------|--1-----------------------| C-|--2--------2--------2---|--0-----------------------| G-|------------------------|--------------------------| D-|------------------------|--------------------------|C F C F DWhen the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone F C GWhen you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on
D(low)---3---2---0--Dm G Dm G DmDon't let yourself go, everybody cries G C F C Gand everybody hurts sometimes C F DSometimes everything is wrong, now it's time to sing along F DWhen your day is night alone (hold on, hold on) F DIf you feel like letting go (hold on) F C GWhen you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on
D(low)---3---2---0--Dm G Dm G Dm Everybody hurts, take comfort in your friends GEverybody hurts,
Bridge:E Am E Am E Am Don't throw your hand, oh no, don't throw your handA# F A# Gm when you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not aloneC F C F If you're on your own in this life, the days and nights are longC F C F When you think you've had too much, of this life, to hang on
D(low)---3---2---0--Dm G Dm Well everybody hurts, sometimes G Dm G C FEverybody cries, everybody hurts, sometimes C F C/G F CBut everybody hurts sometimes so hold on, hold on, hold on, F C F C GHold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, C F C FEverybody hurtsC F C F C GYou are not aloneC D# A7su4 F C D# G7sus4C D# G7sus4 GHey now little speedy head the read on the speedometer saysC D# G7sus4you have to go the task in the cityC FWhere people drown and people serveG7sus4 F C D# G7sus4Don't be shy, your just deserve is only just light years to goF G C DmMe my thoughts are flowers strewn, an ocean storm may bury themF G C (Dsus)I have got to leave to find my wayF G C DmWatch the road and memorize this life that passed before my eyes F G Dand nothing is going my wayC D# G7sus4 F C D# G7sus4C D# G7sus4 GThe ocean is the river's goal, the need to leave the water knowsC D# G7sus4We're closer now, but light years to goF G C DmI have got to find the river, Bergamot and bed of roseF G DRun through my head and far awayF G C DmLeave the road and memorize this life that passed before my eyes F G Dand nothing is going my way
REPEAT INTRO RIFD#C D# G7sus4 GThere's no one left to take the lead, but I'll tell you and you can seeC D# G7sus4We're closer now and light years to goC D# G7sus4 GPick up here and chase the ride, river empties to the tideC D# G7sus4Fall into the oceanF G C DmRiver to the ocean goes a fortune for the undertowF G DNone of this is going my wayF G C DmThere is nothing left to grow but ginger, mint, and indigoF G CCoriander stem and rows of hayF G C DmStrength and courage overrides, these privileged and weary eyeF G DRiver poets search naiveteF G C DmPick up here and chase the ride, the river empties to the tideF G CAll of this is coming your way {intro: D A A# F G D A A# F Bb} G C > Sleep delays my life G > Where does the time go...go C > I don't know G > Sleep sleep sleepy head C > Wake it up...up G > You've got all your life C > Way up ahead > D A A# F G > Dreams they complicate my life D A A# F Ab > Dreams they compliment my life > > I've seen you laying pined > I've seen you laying pined > Life is rough...rough > I've seen you laying down...down > With the loving kind > I know life is hard...hard > Well now > Where to turn? {break G C G C w/ 13 alarm clocks going off at once} >Dm A# F Dm Gm A# DVerseDm Gm F CCharades, pop skill water hyacinth, Dm Gm F C A# named by a poet. imitation of lifeDm Gm F C Dmlike a koi in a frozen pond like a goldfish in a bowlGm F C CI dont want to hear you cry F DmThats sugarcane that tasted good Gm A# Dthats cinnamon thats HollywoodF Dm Gm A# Dc'mon c'mon no one can see you try
You want the greatest thing
the greatest thing since bread came sliced.
You've got it all, you've got it sized.
like a friday fashion show teenager
freezing in the corner
trying to look like you dont try
Thats sugarcane that tasted good.
thats cinnamon thats hollywood
c'mon c'mon no one can see you try
Middle 8A# C A# C A#Thats sugarcane that tasted good
thats freezing rain thats what you could
c'mon c'mon no one can see you cry
This sugarcane
this lemonade
this hurricane, i'm not afraid.
c'mon c'mon no one can see me cry
This lightning storm
this tidal wave
this avalanche, i'm not afraid.
c'mon c'mon no one can see me cry
Thats sugarcane that tasted good
thats who you are, thats what you could
c'mon c'mon no one can see you cry
Thats sugarcane that tasted good
thats who you are, thats what you could
c'mon c'mon no F A# That's great it starts with an earthquake F Birds and snakes and aeroplanes A# Lenny Bruce is not afraid F Eye of a hurricane listen to yourself churn A# World serves its own needs dummy serve your own needs F Speed it up a notch speed grunt nose strength A# The ladder starts to clatter with dinner fight down height Ab Wire in a fire room represent the seven gangs G In a government for hire and a combat site F Lefty wasn't coming in a hurry A# With the furies breathing down your neck F Team by team reporters baffled trump tethered crop A# Look at that low plane fine then F Uh oh overflow population coming through A# But it'll do save yourself serve yourself F World serves its own needs listen to your heartbeat A# dummy with the rapture and the rever'nt and the right right? Ab G You vitriolic patriotic slam fight right might feeling pretty psyched Chorus : F C Gm It's the end of the world as we know it It's the end of the world as we know it A# It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine Six o'clock TV hour don't get caught foreign tower Slash and burn return listen to yourself churn lock him in uniform And book-burning blood-letting every motive escalate Automotive incinerate light a candle light a motive Step down step down watching heel crush crush Uh oh this means no beer, Cavalier renegade steer clear A tournament a tournament a tournament of lies Ab G Offer me solutions offer me alternatives and I decline Chorus Bridge | F | A# | F | A# | F | D# | Chorus The other night I drifted nice continental trip to find Mountains stand in a line, Leonard Bernstein Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce, and Lester Bangs Birthday party, cheesecake, jellybean, boom You symbiotic patriotic slam butt neck right? right!D# E F A# D# Trailers for sale or rent F CRooms to let, fifty cents A# FNo cars no pool no pets GI ain't got no cigarettes A# FIt takes four hours of pushin' broom E F CTo buy a four-by-twelve two-bit room A# D# E GI'm a man of means, by no means
King of the road
{ somewhere in the course of the whole song they go up a key and play C F G C ...... }