Just Waste It On A Song

Intro Em D Em C-G Bm7 C Em D

D Am

Singing’s easy

C G

Hear the feeling in your voice

Bm7 C

Telling the world bout your sad life

Like you can strum it all away

Living’s hard

Learn to do the right thing

Put those words into action

So you can sort it all out

Bm7 C

It’s so simple

Am7 D

To pick up that old guitar. And...

Chorus:

Em D

Just waste it on a song

Em C - G

Like it’ll fix those wrongs

Bm7 C

Cheer you up the whole night long

Em D

Just waste it on a song

Say it to a page

Or a room that doesn’t hear

Nobody’s gonna catch those words

While you’re playing

Don’t catch their eyes

keep your sight on the frets

Like telling your problems to your fingers

Is gonna make it all come right

Its so simple

If words could make you strong

Chorus

Am D

And every bar and every phrase

Am D

That flows from your mind

C G

Aint worth a note in the wind

Am7

If you can’t face yourself

Chorus etc

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Broken Place

Intro: Am D G A Em x2

Am D G A Em

Too lazy, or too stupid to dream

Am D G

What this place could be like

A Em

If you could only make it clean

Bm7 Am7

Wash away the history

Bm7 Am7

And your egotistic pride

D Am

Forget about your pharoahs

And your dhows on the Nile. Cos this is a

C D Em Am

Broken place a face that only stares

C D Em

That wont dare to face the glare

D C

Of the neon lights

There’s no law, no honesty anywhere

Everyone wants to make a buck

But noone knows how to care

Flush away incompetence

Learn to be on time

You gotta keepyour promises

If you want to earn a dime. Cos this is a

Broken place, a face that only cries

That only tries to keep up the lie

That everything’s going fine.

Verse instrumental

Yeh this is a

Broken place, and I dont want to stay

Your changing me your way and I want to get out of here

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A Plague On Your House

Intro: A Bm7 C#m7 Bm7 x4

A Bm7 C#m7 Bm7

I’m not a bad guy

A Bm7 C#m7 Bm7

Hormones out of control

D C#m7 Bm7 C#m7

But I’d help you if I can

A Bm7 C#m7 Bm7

I must see things a different way

You revel in making me feel small

Not even giving me the time of day

Well let me tell you something

You can’t hurt me anyway

A Bm7

I know lifes a pile of shit

D C#m7

And I aint got any further to fall. So

Chorus:

D Bm7

A plague on your house

And your trendy perfect world

Bm7

You can treat me like a louse

D A Bm7

But I’ll crawl away unhurt

Verse instr

So your sight is so shallow

You don’t know what I’m worth

Your brain’s a marshmallow

And you see me as a piece of dirt. Well...

Chorus

I’m not a handsome guy

And I may not be your dream

But I’d look you in the eye

I’m smarter than you’ll ever be

You just don’t know you’re alive

And this is what I’ve got to say

Chorus etc

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The Girl In the Distance

Intro Gm7 Cm7 Dm7 Cm7 x4

Gm7 Cm7

Crossing over hills

Dm7 Gm7

Swimming over seas

Cm7 Dm7 Gm7

Looking hard as I can to find her

I think I see her face

Is that her waving

Seems like she's waiting for me then she's nowhere

Chorus:

Cm7 Dm7 Gm7

The girl in the distance

Cm7 Dm7 Gm7

Always a step away

Cm7 Dm7 Gm7

One day I know I'm going to find her

Cm7 Dm7 Gm7

The girl in the distance

I don't know her name

Don't care where sh'es going

All I know is I got to search

Till I meet her

Chorus

verse instrumental

Fm7 Gm7

Seems like I've spent

Cm7

A life on my own

Dm7 Gm7

I need her now

Dm7 Gm7

Why can't she just stop

Dm7 Cm7 Gm7

She knows I'll be waiting

Chorus etc

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I Don’t Need Love Anymore

Intro: D9 F#m7 Bm7 F#m7, D9 F#m7 Bm7 A

D9 F#m7 Bm7 F#m7

So I played and I lost

D9 F#m7 Bm7 A

Gave it everything I got

Em A

And all for nothing

Em A

Those emotions

Em A Em A

Just left home and died

D9 F#m7 Bm7 F#m7

Never saying goodbye

D9 F#m7 Bm7 A

Or thanks for the memory

Em A

Where am I now

Em A Em A Em A

Just living a life of sighs

D9 F#m7 Bm7 F#m7

Knowing something’s gone inside

D9 F#m7 Bm7 A

And I won’t hear its sound. And

Chorus:

G A Bm7

I don’t need love anymore

C#m7 F#m7

And it don’t need me

C#m7 F#m7

It walked out the door

Bm7 F#m7

And it won’t be back for more

No I don’t need love anymore

I wanted many things

And I nearly got them all

I was almost walking tall

With my pride

Those dreams

Visions of a perfect life

Now they’re like a bitter knife

Always by my side

Chorus

Instrumental: C#m7 F#m7 C#m7 F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 G

Chorus

Intro

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She’s Walking Out Again

Intro: E B A B x2

E B

There she goes

A B C#m7 G#m7 F#m7 G#m7

With a scornful glance and an acid eye

E B

On the move

A B C#m7 G#m7 F#m7 G#m7

And I’m left to find the reason why

Its not the first time

And sure as hell it’ll happen some more

So I pick up my guitar

Sing my sorrows to an open door

Chorus A:

A B C#m7

She’s walking out again

E A B A B

Telling her friends about her pain

C#m7 E A

She thinks my loss will be her gain

B C#m7 G#m7 F#m7 G#m7

So She’s walking out again

She’ll be back

When the darkness hides her shame

She won’t say sorry

We all know its part of her game

Chorus B:

She’s walking out again

Looking at flying all the way to Spain

She thinks she’s the sun and I’m the rain

So She’s walking out again

Am Dm C Gm7

Hey you know one day she’ll find

Am7

It won’t always go her way

Gm7 Am7 Gm7 Am7

The lights will fade, the fire will die

Dm7 F#m7 G#m7

There won’t be noone to say....

Chorus A

Chorus instrumental

Chorus B

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I Can’t Face Myself

Intro: C G/E Fmaj7 G x2

C G/E Fmaj7 G

I cant face another day with me

C G/E Fmaj7 G

Sick of that face in the mirror

C G/E Fmaj7 G

I dont like the sound of my voice

C G/E Fmaj7 G

And anything I’m doing here

Dm7 Am7-G

So you think I’m kind of droll

Dm7 Am7-G

Think too much now I’m getting old. And I

Chorus:

Am – Em Am - Em

Cant face myself

Am – Em Am - Em

Cant look me in th eye

Dm7 – Em – F

What happened to the friend I knew

G Am7

Became a painful guy

Dm7 G

I’m an addict to emotions

C – G Fmaj7

A black hole of introspection

Am7 F

Nobody wants to buy this mess

A exception

Chorus

I cant face another day with me

Sick of hearing the same old lies

Broken promises and resolutions

And hoping noone asks me why

So you think I’m not doing any harm

When all I got is an absence of charm. And I

Chorus etc

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The Girl In My Dreams(new version)

C Em Dm7 G

I can't make it out tonight

C Em F G

Gotta stay home early night

C Em Dm7 G

Get my clothes off into bed

C Em F G

Catch some zee's around my head

Chorus A:

F C Dm7 Am7

Will you wake me from this spell

F C Dm7 Am7

Pull me from your wishing well or

F C Dm7 Am7

Will you stay and always be

Bb Am7 G

The girl in my dreams

The morning light hurts my eyes

I've left your side with no goodbyes

Gotta last another day

Before its time to hit the hay

Chorus B:

Will you switch off my arcade

Drop the mask in my charade

Or will you stay and always be

The Girl in my dreams

Chorus Instrumental (end on D major instead of G)

Bb C G

Will I meet you in the street

Bb C Dm7

Catch your eye say something sweet

Bb C G

Let you move from play to real

Bb C Dm7

Break that wall forever sealed

Chorus A

The Girl in My Dreams

The Girl in My Dreams [ad lib to chorus]

Chorus A

Chorus B

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She’s So Proud

Intro: Dm7 Gm7 x4

Dm7 Gm7

See her walking

C Bb

Like she’s up in the air

F C

Like someone don’t really care

About the life below

She’s not wrong

You’ll never be right

She’s gonna win this fight

And you’re gonna lose

Chorus A:

Dm7 Gm7

She’s so proud

Dm7 Gm7

Yeh she’s so proud

C Gm7

She’s the toughest one around

Dm7 Am7

Yeh she’s so proud

Don’t go crying

She’ll never hear your plea

Cos she’s someone hard to please

However hard you try

She won’t say thanks

Wont tell you you’re the best

Cos you’re no different from the rest

And you’re nothing

Chorus B:

She’s so proud

Yeh she’s so proud

You’ll give in without a sound

Cos she’s so proud

Verse instrumental

Bm7 A

Don’t go asking for forgiveness

Dm7 Gm7

A shoulder for your head to fall

C Bb

She’s wont ever reach out and call

F A

She only wants to walk real tall…Cos

Chorus A

Chorus B

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The Old Highway

Intro: Dm7 Gm7 x4

Dm7 Gm7 etc

This aint no Bates Motel

Ma’s still kicking strong

But the shadows are growing long

On this side of town

Formica turns to grey

The neon’s lost its shine

Noone’s gonna sip no wine

In the Buddy Holly bar

F Dm7

And the old highway

Am7

Is gathering moss

Dm7 Bb

Its been awhile since anyone crossed

F C

The old highway

I’m waiting for that senorita

Who’s car’s spitting steam

Who’ll give me a look that’s lean

And stay the night

I’ll fry up some steaks

Put new candles on the sills

Play music from the hills

And wear my Sunday school smile

And the old highway

Will sing again

Here’s a place to hide from the rain

On the old highway

Verse instrumental

Bb Dm7

There’s a chill in the air

Gm7 Dm7

And the wind’s blowing hard

F Dm7

The till is empty

Am7

Like my backroad heart

And the old highway

Aged another year

There aint no jamboree here

On the old highway

Yeh the old highway

Is closed for the night

And the brushwood sails like a kite

On the old highway

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Cheap Whisky

Intro D* A* x4 (play 10-9-0-0 then 5-4-0-0)

D* A*

This life is a lousy bar

D* A*

I'm sitting in the filth

Em A

Toasting my sorrows with a couple of fifths

D* A*

Listening to cracked guitars

When you came in through the door

And you gave me the eye

It's like all I gotta do is try

To be no tlike this anymore

Cos after you anything else is just...

Chorus

Em7 Am7

Cheap whisky

Em7 Am7

Cheap whisky

Bm7 C

I won't touch another drop

Bm7 C

And you won't see me near the shop buying

Em7 Am7

Cheap whisky yeh that

Em7 Am7

Cheap whisky

I guess I lived life through a haze

With my eyes to the ground

Deaf only to the sound

Of lies and wasted days

Now I'm seeing a new light

Got a taste for the best

You got me frightened lest

I get another sight of that

Chorus

Cheap whisky Cheap whisky

Hey girl lets drink to the stars

verse instrumental

cos after you anything else is just

Chorus

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White Trash

Intro C Em x 4

C Em C Em

Middle aged and never brave

C Em C Em

Noone wants a guy that says

F G Am

Do you want a pleasant time

Em F C

I'm sorry if I acted out of line

But I'm lonely here

No tattoos and no earrings

Kids at school and never had a fling

Maybe built an empire once

But feeling guilty for the world's wants

And made to look a fool

Chorus 1:

F C G

White trash standing in a bar

F C G

White trash driving in his car

Am G

Keeping to the law

F Em

Cos he'll never get any more

Dm C G

Fun in his life

Far away from the stage

Backs aching, stuck in a cage

Sned him off to buy a round

He'll do it without a sound

While other laugh and play

He used to play the guitar

Records piled in his garage

But he'll never be a star

His wife won't let him wander far

And he doesn't want a war

Chorus 2

White trash lying in his bed

White trash wishing it would end

Cos he's footing all the bills

Filling all the tills

For people that says he's a bore

F C G

He feels a waste of space

F C G

Like a rat that lost the race

F C G

But he's what made this country great

F C G

He don't deserve this hate

Am G

Just give him a chance

F Em Dm

A chance to get some love

C G

Not just a slap in the face

Chorus 1

Chorus 2

Intro

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He Bet His Heart

Intro: G Gsus4 x2

G C

On the cruel side of town

G C

sits a man who's looking down

Am D

Muttering bout his sorrows

C D

Talking liek there's no tomorrow

He's got whisky in his hand

His mind's off to a foreign land

He's thinking about what he lost

And what his mistakes cost

Chorus

C G

He bet his heart

C D Em

He staked his most dearest part

C - G - Am - G - D

On a game with chips stacked so high

Am G

He gave so much

C D Em

He dared to try to touch

C - G - Am - G - D

And the sun melted his wax wings of trust

C G

He bet his heart

C D Em

And lost his timeworn shirt

C - G - Am - G - D

On a love that got him a whole lot of hurt

The kids they call him names

And to them its just a game

They don't know

It could be them down the line

As they look into hios eyes

A face that launched a thousand sighs

They don't know suffering

They don't know the mess he's in

Chorus

Am G

You can howl like a wolf

Am G

Cos you know now love is rough

Am Em D

And you better not play if you can't lose

Chorus etc

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When You Look At Me

Intro: Bm7 G Em A x4

Bm7 G Em A

So many faces

Bm7 G Em A

each wanting different things

C G Am Em

Gazing off into space

C G Am

To make their body sing

So many glances

Cant see anyone else

Everyone wants to find that dancer

Makes them feel good about themself

D Em G

Hoping you'll turn this way

D G A

Hoping I won't wait another day

Chorus:

G G Em A

When you look at me

Em A Em A

And you catch my eye

D Em G A

And I see the start of a smile

D G Em A

I know you're with me

So many days

Coffees and plans

Wanting just to say say

That I want to be your man

So many nights

In each other's arms

Seeing you sleeping by my side

And wanting to turn off the alarm

Hoping you'll wake and see

This love thta's burning me

Chorus

verse instrumental (end on F)

Wanting you for all time

Wanting you to stay always mine

Chorus x2

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Just Like In the Movies

Into: Am/Am7/A9

Am Em

We can smile

F C

Sit together mile after mile

Em Am

Hold each other's hands

G Fmaj7

And act it out in impeccable style

We can kiss

Share cigarettes in a state of bliss

Pretend its real

But we know that all of this...Is not

Chorus A:

Am-Em-G-Bb

Like in the movies

Dm-Am-Bb-C

You're no Hepburn I'm no Cary Grant

F Am

We're a couple of extras without a part

G F

This play won't end and it sure didn't start

Am-Em-G-Fmaj7

Just like in the movies

The suit don't fit

And your dress has a hole in it

I've got a cough

And you slouch when you sit. It's not

Chorus B:

Like in the movies

We never would have made the cut

This is muskrat love with a couple of muts

Two wheels stuck in a rut

Just like in the movies

Verse instrumental

Eb Bb

So I'll guess we'll wind up in bed

F C

I'll probably snore and you'll have a sore head

Eb Bb

Hey let's go and and rent a flick

Gm7 F

I'll buy the popcorn and you get some drinks

Chorus A

Chorus B

Like in the movies etc

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The Rustle In The Trees

Intro: F7 E* Em Am7 x4 , Am Em-G x 2 [E* = E G D E]

Am Em-G Am Em-G

Nature doesnt lie

Am Em-G Am Em-G

Like the promises from your lips

F7 E* Am7 Dm7

Sometimes I just want to slip

Am Em-G Am Em-G

Into a winter forest at night

Listen to the wind

Fell it brush against my face

Far away from the human race

And the multitiude of sins

Chorus

G Am7

Hear the rustle of the wind

G Am7

With a full moon shining over me

G Am7

And a memory of a lost peace

F7 E*

In the rustle of the trees

In the depth of the winter

The cold blowing through the night

It won't heat me like how you tried

To take my dreams away

Just let me rest

In the powder snow

Out here where nobody knows

About how you hurt me so

Chorus

verse instrumental

F7 Am7

I could fall asleep here

F7 E*

And be free for a thousand years

F7 Em

This music's all I want for me

G Am7

The only thing I'll ever need

Chorus etc

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Some Things Haunt You

Intro: Bm7 G x4

Bm7 G

Steven was a young boy

Bm7 G

From a broken home sent to play for a day

A Em

I bent his arm and made him cry

C G

I still see his face screwed up in tears to the sky

Dm C

And I can never forgive myself

Staying in a hotel by the sea

Living off the hard work of a poor society

An old lady cleans glass through which we glide

She smiles cos she’s been told to hide her shattered life

Dm C G

And I can’t shake off this pity

Chorus

F C

And some things haunt you

Dm G

Some things cut you like a knife

F C

Yeh some things haunt you

Dm C G<