Alcohol
And Now
Caught
Shortcomings
Lucky
Not Alone
Lookin
Bring Out Your Dead
Always
Outer Space
The End
Insatiable Need
Another Life
Right Before Your Very Eyes
History Will Teach Us
Don't Want To Leave It All Behind
Nobody's Saying What To Do
You Give It All Away
Everybody Wants You To Walk Away
Everybody Knows It
Look In The Mirror
Going Home Again
Alcohol - Capo 7th Fret Standard Tuning
Am C Em
You came into her room at 3am.
Am C Em
Why? I'll never understand.
Am C Em
How can you look in the mirror again?
Am C Em
How can you call yourself a man?
D C
Saw what it can do.
D C
Saw what it did to you.
D C Em
Won't go near alcohol
D C
Saw what it can do.
D C
Saw what it did to you.
D C Em
Won't go near alcohol
D C Em
Won't go near alcohol
Em G Em G
Em
You took her happiness.
You took her liveliness.
You took her innocence.
Now there's just loneliness, homeliness.
D C Em
Won't go near alcohol
D C Em
Won't go near alcohol
D C D C D C Em
Am C Em
You came into her room at 3am.
Am C Em
Why? I'll never understand.
And Now - Capo First Fret Standard Tuning
Asus4 Am G
And now that you see me
Em
Was it everything you hoped for?
Asus4 Am G
And now that you fear me
Em
Was it worth the price I paid or more?
Asus4 Am G
Living this life for
Em
you and no other.
Chorus:
D C D
Now I am all alone again
C D
Now that my spirit has fallen when
C D
Now that I've lost my way again
Em
will you still love me?
D C D
Now I am all alone again
C D
Now that my spirit has fallen when
C D
Now that I've lost my way again
Em Asus4 Am G
will you still love me?
Em Asus4 Am G Em
will you still love me?
Asus4 Am G
And now that the time has
Em
Made me all weary
Asus4 Am G
And now that my time has
Em
Drawn to a close
Asus4 Am G
I will be living
Em
Just for a moment
Chorus:
D C D
Now I am all alone again
C D
Now that my spirit has fallen when
C D
Now that I've lost my way again
Em
will you still love me?
D C D
Now I am all alone again
C D
Now that my spirit has fallen when
C D
Now that I've lost my way again
Em Asus4 Am G
will you still love me?
Em Asus4 Am G Em
will you still love me?
Caught - Capo Fourth Fret Standard Tuning
Am D Am D G
Am C G
Billy was a young boy from the street
Am C G
Trying hard but not making ends meet
D C
Stole a car and drove away
D C
Thought he could get away
D C
Never stopped to think
G
He'd get caught
D C
Never stopped to think
G
He'd get caught
D C G
Am C G
Billy was a young boy on the street
Am C G
Now he's in a cell six by eight feet
D C
Now he's doing ten to twenty
D C
Thinking it's not very funny
D C
Wishing he had never
G
been caught
D C
Wishing he had never
G
been caught
C D
Wishing he had never
C D
Wish he had been more clever
C D
Wishing he had never
G
been caught
been caught
been caught
been caught
Am D Am D Am D G
Shortcomings - Capo Fourth Fret Standard Tuning
G riff
C D G riff
Why do you blame the president?
C D G riff
Why do you blame the government?
C D G Em
Why do you blame everyone but yourself?
C D G riff
Why don't you blame somebody else
C D riff
You should blame somebody else
C D riff
somebody else
C D
Blame yourself
G riff
For your shortcomings
C D pause G riff
C pause D pause G riff
C D G riff
Why do you blame the president?
C D G riff
Why do you blame the government?
C D G Em
Why do you think there's this big conspiracy?
C D G riff
Why don't you blame somebody else
C D riff
blame somebody else
C D riff
somebody else
C D
Blame yourself
G riff
For your shortcomings
C D
Blame yourself
G riff
For your shortcomings
C D riff
Blame yourself
C D riff
Blame yourself
C D
Blame yourself
G riff
For your shortcomings
Lucky - Capo First Fret Standard Tuning
G D C riff
We're the luckiest people in the world
G D C
We'll face the world you and me
G D C riff
The luckiest people in the world
G D C
Happy as can be
Em Am
No anger in your mind
D C
No weight of the world
Em Am D
No hate in your depth of your soul
Em Am
Just love in your heart
D C
And free spirit of time
Em Am D
Love will never let us gooooo
G D C riff
We're the luckiest people in the world
G D C
We'll face the world you and me
G D C riff
The luckiest people in the world
G D C
Happy as can be
Em Am
No anger in your mind
D C
No weight of the world
Em Am D
No hate in your depth of your soul
Em Am
Just love in your heart
D C
And free spirit of time
Em Am D
Love will never let us gooooo
Em Am D
Let's face the world together
Em Am D
Let's face the world together
Em Am D
Let's face the world together
Em Am D
We're lucky you and me.
Not Alone - Capo First Fret Standard Tuning
G C
You were driving on some lonesome highway
G C
I was on a greyhound bus
G C
You were lost in a sea of sadness
G C
I wondered what had happened to us
D C
Everybody wants to face the world they're living
D C
Everybody wants to take the long road home
G C
You broke down near Raleigh Durham
G C
Mine on the 95
G C
What else could happen on this lonely evening?
G C
What was I thinking at the time?
D C
Everybody wants to face the world they're living
D C
Everybody wants to take the long road home
G C
But not alone
G C
But not alone
F C G
Are you thinking of me?
F C G
The way I'm thinking of you?
F C G
What are we gonna do?
F C G
C G
When we get home?
C G
When we get home?
D C
Everybody wants to face the world they're living
D C
Everybody wants to take the long road home
G C
But not alone
G C
But not alone
G C
I walked into a bar that evening
G C
Thought that you were long long gone
G C
Then I smelled that sweet perfume you were wearing
G C
Boy was I wrong wrong wrong
D C
Everybody wants to face the world they're living
D C
Everybody wants to take the long road home
G C
But not alone
G C
But not alone
F C G
Are you thinking of me?
F C G
The way I'm thinking of you?
F C G
What are we gonna do?
F C G
C G
When we get home?
C G
When we get home?
D C
Everybody wants to face the world they're living
D C
Everybody wants to take the long road home
D C
Everybody wants to face the world they're living
D C
Everybody wants to take the long road home
G C
But not alone
G C
Not alone.
G C
Not alone.
G C G
Not alone.
Lookin - Capo First Fret Standard Tuning
G
You were looking at me I was looking at you
C
What are we gonna do?
G
What are we gonna do?
You were looking at me I was looking at you
C
What are we gonna do?
G
What are we gonna do?
D C G
Everybody's looking now
D C G
Everybody's looking now
D C G
Everybody's looking now
D C
G
Lookin at me and you
C G
Everybody's sayin
C G
Everybody talks
C G
Everybody's lookin
D G
Lookin at me and you
Repeat All
Bring Out Your Dead - Standard Tuning
G C D
How can you bury your family
G C D
When you're six feet under water?
G C D
How can you eat and be clean
G C D
When the world's been blown asunder
G C D
Bring out
G C D
You gotta bring out
G C D
Bring out
G C D
You gotta bring out
G C D
How can you think of the future
G C D
When the past's been thrown away
G C D
How can you think of tomorrow
G C D
When you'll barely make it through today
G C D
Bring out
G C D
You gotta bring out
G C D
Bring out
G C D
You gotta bring out
Em Am
Bring out your dead
Em Am
Bring out your dead
Em Am
Bring out your dead
G C D
Now
G C D
You gotta bring out
G C D
Bring out
G C D
You gotta bring out
G C D
Bring out
G C D
You gotta bring out
G C D
Bring out
G C D G
You gotta bring out
Always - Capo Second Fret Standard Tuning A D E A D E A D E A D E A D E How long? How long will I be there? A D E How long? As long as you want me A D E A D E A How long? As long as you are there. A D E You didn't want me to go A D E You didn't want me to stay A How long baby D E A D E How long will it be this way? A D E You are the love of my life yeah A D E The love we have is so true A D E A D E Why oh why, why do you say we're through? D A So hold me close now baby D A And let me stay one more night D A It'll only take one more kiss baby E A To know you're mine always mine A D E A D E A D E A D E A D E You didn't want me to know A D E Your love had gone away A How long baby D E A D E How long did you feel this way? A D E You were the love of my life yeah A D E The love we had was so true A D E A D E Why oh why, why did you say we're through? D A So hold me close now baby D A And let me stay one more night D A It'll only take one more kiss baby E A D E To know you're mine always mine A D E How long? How long will I be there? A D E How long? As long as you want me A How long? D E A As long as you are there. D E A As long as you are there. D E A As long as you are there. D E A As long as you are there. D E A D E A D E A D A E A
Outer Space - Capo Seventh Fret Standard Tuning
Am C Am C Am C Am C
Am C
I was looking for a place
Am C
Looking for a place to hide
Am C
I went looking for some strength
Am C
But it wasn't there that night
Em Am G
I was lost in outer space
Am
alive
Em Am G
I went looking for a place
Am
of mine
Em Am G
I was lost in outer space
Am
alive
Em Am G
I went looking for a place
Am C Am C
looking for a place to hide
Am C
I was looking for a place
Am C
Looking for a place to hide
Am C
I went looking for some strength
Am C
But it wasn't there that night
Em Am G
I wish I could just find the strength
Am
in time
Em Am G
I wish I could just tell you why
Am
tonight
Em Am G
I wish I could just find the strength
Am
in time
Em Am G
Wish I could just tell you why
Am G
I'm looking for a place to hide
Am G
I'm looking for a place to hide
Am G
I'm looking for a place to hide
Am G
I'm looking for a place to hide
Em Am G
I was lost in outer space
Am
alive
Em Am G
I was lost in outer space
Em Am G
I was lost in outer space
Am
alive
Em Am G
I was lost in outer space
Am C Am
Looking for a place to hide
The End - Standard Tuning old spaghetti Western movie feel
Thank you Stephen King for your great stories!
Intro: Em NC Em NC Em NC Em
Em
I've gone back to the beginning
G NC Em NC Em
even though I've reached the end.
Em
I've done a lot in Mid-world
G NC Em NC Em
but I'll do it all again.
C G
Stand and be true.
D Em
There are other worlds than these.
C G
Stand and be true.
D
There are other worlds
Em NC Em NC Em
other worlds than these.
C G D Em
C G D Em
C G D Em
C G D
Em NC Em NC Em NC Em
Em
Chased the man through the desert,
G NC Em NC Em
dropped my son in a revine.
Em
Loved a woman more than life
G NC Em NC Em
and the future's the Beam.
C G
Stand and be true.
D Em
Hile Gunslingers to me!
C G
Stand and be true.
D
Hile Gunslingers
Em NC Em NC Em
Gunslingers to me!
C G D Em
C G D Em
C G D Em
C G D
Em NC Em NC Em NC Em
Em
There's the Dark Man, the train,
G NC Em NC Em
the walking dude, the evil King,
Em
the wicked witch,
G NC Em NC Em
the Wolves, the robot and 19.
C G
Stand and be true.
D Em
Hile Gunslingers to me!
C G
Stand and be true.
D Em
Hile Gunslingers to me!
C G
Stand and be true.
D Em
There are other worlds than these.
C G
Stand and be true.
D
There are other worlds
Em NC Em NC Em NC Em
other worlds than these.
Em
I've gone back to the beginning
G NC Em NC Em
even though I've reached the end.
Em
I've gone back to the beginning
G NC Em NC Em
even though I've reached the end.
Em
I've gone back to the beginning
G NC Em NC Em
even though I've reached the end.
Em
I've gone back to the beginning
G
even though
Em NC Em NC Em
I've reached the end.
Insatiable Need - Standard Tuning
Em G D C
Em G D G
Em G D C
Em G D G
C G D Em
I don't want what I don't believe in
C G D Em
I don't need my life to be complete
C G D Em
I don't need to keep up with the Joneses
G D C Em
But everyone has an insatiable need
G D C G
Everyone has an insatiable need
Em G D C
I am living.
Em G D G
I have done more than I could believe.
Em G D C
I am living.
Em G D G
But everyone has an insatiable need.
Em G D G
Everyone has an insatiable need.
Em G D C
Em G D G
C G D Em
I don't want my life complcated
C G D Em
I just want my life to be free
C G D Em
I don't need a lot to be happy
G D C Em
But everyone has an insatiable need
G D C G
Everyone has an insatiable need
Em G D C
I am living.
Em G D G
I have done more than I could believe.
Em G D C
I am living.
Em G D G
But everyone has an insatiable need.
Em G D G
Everyone has an insatiable need.
Em G D G
But everyone has an insatiable need.
Em G D G
Everyone has an insatiable need.
Em G D C
Em G D G
Another Life - Standard Tuning
G D Am G
Yeah I was the one you led around like a puppy on a string
D Am G
You took me for a long walk off a short pier for nothing
D Am G
But now looking back you were the thorn in everyone's blistered side
D Am G
And yet somehow I wish I could go back and make everything all right
D Am C
I need another life
G D Am C
I need more time to make things right
G D Am C
I need another life
G D Am C
I need more time to make things right
G D Am
This time
Repeat All
G D C
I need it
G D C
It wasn't right the first time
G D C
Yeah I need it
D
More time more time more time more time
G D Am C
I need another life
G D Am C
I need more time to make things right
G D Am C
I need another life
G D Am C
I need more time to make things right
G D Am
This time
G D Am C
I need
G D Am C
I need
G D Am C
I need
G
More time.
Right Before Your Very Eyes
C D C
You were looking to God for answers
D c
I was looking the other way
D C
You were looking for an adventure
D C
The past is all that makes you okay
D C
But now life a cruel world
D C
Sucks you down and melts you away
D C
Fear's not the answer
D C
Come and take me, take me today
D C G C
G
Cause I'm here....
F C
Right before your very eyes
G
I'm here....
F C
You and me it's no surprise
F C
In your eyes I'm lost tonight
F C
In your arms I'll be all right
F C
Right before your very eyes
F C
Right before your very eyes.
F C
Right before your very eyes.
History Will Teach Us - Capo Fourth Fret
Notes: This song was written 8/23/2009 at 9:52 AM. I was starting to play guitar again after a long break.
When I came up with what sounded like a song I used my iPhone's Voice Memos feature and started recording.
What resulted is the following eight songs. They're short, not very complicated but some are quite revealing.
All contain a part of me and mean more to me than anyone will know. The first one is a song filled with
hope. By the end of the eighth song I'd like to think that the songs come full circle.
G
History will teach us
History will teach us
C
Not to give up
G
Not to give up
History will show us
History will show us
C
Not to give up
G
It'll be alright
D C
But you look at me tonight
D C
you look at me tonight
D C
you look at me tonight
G
It's alright.
Don't Want To Leave It All Behind
Notes: This song was written 8/23/2009 at 2:11 PM. I think we all have our internal struggles. Some of us more than others.
D
I don't want to leave it all
I don't want to leave it all
C G D
But part of me just wants to go
I don't want to leave my home
But I don't know where else go
C G D
Part of me just wants to go
C G
But I don't, don't, don't want to leave it all
C G
Don't, don't, don't want to leave it all
C G
Don't, don't, don't want to leave it all
D
Behind
C G
But I don't, don't, don't want to leave it all
C G
Don't, don't, don't want to leave it all
C G
Don't, don't, don't want to leave it all
D
Behind
D
I don't want to say you're wrong
But I'm afraid to say I'm right
C G D
Either way I can't sleep at night
All I want is to rock and roll
But I don't know which way to go
C G D
I don't know which way to go
C G
But I don't, don't, don't want to leave it all
C G
Don't, don't, don't want to leave it all
C G
I don't, don't, don't want to leave it all
D
Behind
C G
Cause I don't, don't, don't want to leave it all
C G
Don't, don't, don't want to leave it all
C G
Don't, don't, don't want to leave it all
D
Behind
Nobody's Saying What To Do
Notes: This song was written 8/31/2009 at 9:54 PM. This was a very difficult song for me. I recorded it but when I went back to it I couldn't figure out what chords I
had used so I re-wrote it. It's close but not quite what was recorded. In a way, this version is slightly better.
C
Everybody's got an opinion
Everybody's saying it is true
Everybody's got all the answers
Everyone that is except you
Am G C Am
Everybody's saying it is so wrong oh oh
G C
Nobody's saying what to do
Am G C Am
Everybody's saying it is so wrong oh oh
G C
Nobody's saying what to do
You Give It All Away
Notes: This song was written 9/12/2009 10:08 PM. During this time I was listening to two very different artists: Tyrone Wells and Linkin Park.
Everyone knows Linkin Park. Tyrone Wells is a soulful singer and is just on the cusp of something really big. Some of his music has been
featured in Grey's Anatomy ads on television. He was on tour with Better Than Ezra and I got to see him live. I liked what I heard so I went out
and purchased two of his records. A couple of his songs really struck a chord - literally. I learned how to play a few of his songs and really
like the song More. I recorded a version of that song during this time and would consider that song number nine in this group of eight songs.
Number ten would be the Bill Withers classic Ain't No Sunshine.
Cadd9
You give it all away
F
then you want it back.
Cadd9
Every single day
F
there's no going back.
Cadd9
You give it all away
F
and then you want it back.
Cadd9
You give it all away
F
but there's no going back.
G D
Everybody wants it all
C G
but you're saving a piece of your soul for yourself.
Cadd9 F Cadd9 F
Tonight.
Everybody Wants You To Walk Away Notes: This song was written 9/24/2009 at 9:46 PM. There's a lot of Neil Young in this song. Em Am Em Am Em Am Em Am Em Am Em Am Em Am Em Am Everybody's looking now, everybody's saying how, everybody's talking now, everybody's looking down Em Am Em Am Em Am Em Am Everybody's screaming now, everybody's yelling how, everybody's shoutin' now, everybody's throwing down G D C Everybody wants you to walk away G D C Everybody wants you to walk away G D C Everybody wants you to walk away G D C Em Am Em Am Em Am Em Am Everybody wants you to walk away now. Em Am Em Am Em Am Em Am Everybody's hopin' now, everybody's wondrin' how, everybody's dreamin' now, everybody's leaving town Em Am Em Am Em Am Em Am Everybody's screaming now, everybody's yelling now, everybody's shoutin' now, everybody's throwing down G D C Everybody wants you to walk away G D C Everybody wants you to walk away G D C Everybody wants you to walk away G D C Em Am Em Am Em Am Em Am Everybody wants you to walk away now. Em Am Em Am Em Am Em Am Now. G D C Everybody wants you to walk away G D C Everybody wants you to walk away G D C Everybody wants you to walk away G D C Everybody wants you to walk away Em Am Em Am Em Am Em Am Everybody's looking now, everybody's saying how, everybody's talking now, everybody's looking down Em Am Em Am Em Am Em Am Everybody's hopin' now, everybody's wondrin' how, everybody's dreamin' now, everybody's leaving town Em Am Em Am Em Am Em Am Everybody's screaming now, everybody's yelling now, everybody's shoutin' now, everybody's throwing down.
Everybody Knows It - Capo Fourth Fret
Notes: This song was written 10/16/2009 at 10:53 PM.
D
Everybody knows it, everybody knows it
C G D
But they don't want to say it to your face
D
Everybody knows it, everybody knows it
C G D
But they don't want to say it to your face
C G C
Don't want to say it to you
G C
No they don't want to say it to you
G D
No they don't want to say it to your face
C G D
No they don't want to say it to your face
Everybody knows it, everybody knows it
C G D
But they don't want to say it to your face
C G D
They don't want to say it to your face.
Look In The Mirror
Notes: This song was written 10/19/2009 at 9:54 PM. Like most of the songs during this stretch
this one was written later in the evening. I'm not much of a morning person.
C
Everybody's looks in the mirror
Am
They don't like what they see
C
Everybody's looking into the distance
Am
But it's too far away to see
C
Everybody's looking in the mirror
Am
But they don't like what they see
C
Everybody's looking into the distance
Am
But it's still far away to see
G C
Oh you, you, you, you gotta look in the mirror
G C
Yeah, yeah, yeah, you, you, you, you gotta make life clearer, yeah clearer
G C
Oh you, you, you, you gotta make life clearer
G
When you look into the mirror
C
Gotta look in the mirror
G
Gotta look in the mirror
C
Gotta look in the mirror
Gotta look in
G
You, you, you, you
c
You, you, you, you
G
Yeah, yeah, you, you, you, you
C
Gotta look in the mirror.
Going Home Again - Capo Fourth Fret Notes: This song was written 10/21/2009 at 8:54 PM. I was trying to write something a bit upbeat compared to what I had been writing. It's the perfect way to end this group of songs. There are only four words and four chords in this song and it's more of a chorus than a song but I like its simplicity. There's an awkward change in the middle that I like as well. C Am F G C Am F G Going home, going home again C Am F G C Am Going home, going home again F G C Am Going home again F G C Am F G Going home again C Am F G C Am Go, go going home again F G C Am Going home again F G C Am F G Going home again Pick - C Am F G C F G C Am F G C Am F G C Am Go home F G C Am Going home again F G C Am Going home again F G C Am F G Going home again Pick - C Am F G C Am F G C Am F G C