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Parakeet
Tom: G
    G       Bm     E
you wake up in the morning 
    G        Bm      E
and fall out of your bed
G        Bm       E
mean cat eat parakeets
    D          C      H
and this one's nearly dead.
    G      Bm       E
you dearly wish the wind shift
    G      Bm      E
and greasy windows slide
G    Bm      E
open for the parakeet
      D       C      H
who's colored bitter lime.
Em       C
open the window
    Am             Bm   D 
and lift into your dreams
Em      C
lately, baby
Am             D       H7
you can barely breathe.
  G      Bm       E
a broken wrist an accident
    G         Bm          E
you know that something's wrong
    G        Bm       E
you fold the leavings of your past
 D     C            H
no one knows you've gone.
    G       Bm            E
the sunspot flares of the early
         G     Bm      E
nineties light up your wings.
    G        Bm        E
and scan the shortwave radio
     D        C     H
it's tracking outer rings.
Em        C           
open your window
    Am          Bm   D
to  lift into a dream
Em    C
baby, baby
Am             D        H7
you can starts to breathe

    G    Bm       E
the tectonic dispatcher shifts
   G          Bm    E
to smooth the ocean floor
    G        Bm     E
and flattens out to warmer winds
   D          C     H
of Brisbane's sunny shore.
      G       Bm      E
where buddhas tend to mending wrists
  G      Bm         E
a tea made from the leaves
   G     Bm   E
of eucalyptus fragrances
    D    C    H
and coriander seeds.
Em       C
open the window
   Am          Bm   D 
to lift into a dream
Em    C
baby, baby
Am                Bm    D
you can starts to breathe.
Em        C           
open your window
    Am          Bm   D
to  lift into a dream
Em    C
baby, baby
Am             D        H7
you can starts to breathe
    G       Bm     E
you wake up in the morning
   G     Bm     E
to warm Pacific breeze
      G         Bm      E
where mean cars chew on licorice
    D      C         G#m
and cannot climb the trees.
Bang and Blame
Tom: Am 
Intro: Amadd2  G6  Amadd2  G6
 
Amadd2
       If you could see yourself now, baby
G6
   It's not my fault
               Amadd2
You used to be        so in control
G6                                      Amadd2
   You're going to roll right over this one
              G6
Just roll me over, let me go
                    Amadd2
You're laying blame
                 G6
Take this as no, no, no, no, no
 
    A                C       
You bang, bang, bang,  bang, 
           A                   G
bang then blame, blame, blame
A                    C             
You bang, bang, bang,  bang, bang. 
     B                  Bb       Amadd2  G6
It's   not my thing so let it go
 
Amadd2                                      
        If you could see yourself now baby, 
G6
   the tables have turned
                   Amadd2
The whole world hinges    on your swings
     G6                             Amadd2
Your secret life of indiscreet discretions
                   G6
I'd turn the screw    and leave the screen
                    Amadd2
Don't point your finger
    G6
You know that's not my thing
 
            A                
You came to bang, bang, bang, 
C                   A                   G
  bang, bang, then blame, blame, blame
A                    C             
You bang, bang, bang,  bang, bang. 
     B                                E  B  A  E  B  A
It's   not my thing so let it go now
 
Amadd2                   G6
You got a little worried,   I know it all too well
Amadd2                       G6
I've got your number, but so    does every kiss-and-tell
    Amadd2                            G6
Who dares to cross your threshold, or happens on your way
                  Amadd2
Stop laying blame
    G6
You know that's not my thing
 
Amadd2  G6  Amadd2
Ooh         Ooh
    G6
You know that's not my thing
 
            A                
You came to bang, bang, bang,
C              A                 G    
  bang, then blame, blame, blame
A                  C             
  Bang, bang, bang,  bang, bang. 
     B                  Bb
It's   not my thing so let it go
    A                
You bang, bang, bang,
C                   A                   G
  bang, bang, then blame, blame, blame
 
A                  C             
  Bang, bang, bang,  bang, bang. 
      B                 Bb          Amadd2  G6
It's   not my thing so let it go
 
    Amadd2                 G6
You kiss on me, tug on me, rub on me, jump on me
    Amadd2                  G6
You bang on me, beat on me, hit on me, let go on me
Amadd2     G6
Ooh,   you    let go on me
Amadd2  G6  Amadd2  G6  Amadd2  G6  Amadd2  G6  Amadd2  G6
Ooh         ooh
 
 
Amadd2: XX7500
G6: XX5430
Half A World Away
Tom: Am
Intro:  Am  G  D  Em
 
Am                 G                 D          Em 
This could be the saddest dusk, I've ever seen 
             Am     G   D
Turn to the miracle I alive
Em          Am    G             D
My mind is racing as it always will
    Em               Am
My hand is tired my heart aches
      G             D
From half a world away
         Em
Hear my head swarm
 
    F                             D              Dsus4 D
To go it alone and hold it alone go it alone and hold  it
F                          D7
Go it alone, hold it alone oooooooh
    G                D
Oh lonely deeps and hollows
Em            Am      D7sus2   G 
Half a world half the world  away
    D                  Em         Am   D7sus2
My shoes are gone and life spent  
G                  D 
I had too much to drink
   Em              Am     D7sus2   G
I didn't think, I didn't think of you
   D                  Em
I guess that's all I needed
    F                             D               Dsus4 D
To go it alone and hold it alone go it alone and hold   it
F                                       D7
Blackbirds backwards forwards and fall, oooooh
         G               D   
Oh this lonely world is wasted
   Em         Am  D7sus2 G
Pathetic eyes     high   life
     D               Em        Am 
The blinded tide is turned to sea
     G                D
The storm it came up strong
        Em                  Am   D7sus2   G  
And it shook the trees and blew away our fear
   D                Em  
I couldn't need to hear
    F                             D              Dsus4 D 
To go it alone and hold it alone go it alone and hold  it
    F                             D              Dsus4 D
To go it alone and hold it alone go it alone and hold  it
 F                                      D7
Blackbirds backwards forwards and fall, oooooh
 
Am                 G                 D          Em              
This could be the saddest dusk, I've ever seen 
             Am     G   D  
Turn to the miracle I alive
Em          Am     G             D 
My mind is racing, as it always will
    Em               Am
My hand is tired my heart aches
      G             D 
From half a world away...
  
Swan Swan H 
Tom: Am
Intro:  |Am Am|Dm G|Am Am|Dm Dm| (6/8 Takt)
 
Am         Dm         G
Swan swan hummingbird
    Am             Dm 
Hurrah we are all free now
      Am             Dm  G
What noisy cats are we
          Am                   Dm 
Girl and dog he bore his cross
Am         Dm         G  
Swan swan hummingbird
    Am             Dm 
Hurrah we are all free now
   Am       Dm      G
A long low time ago
Am              Dm 
people talk to me
 
Em                     F
Johnny Reb what's the price of pans
Em                F
Forty a piece or three for one dollar
        Em             F
Hey captain don't you want to buy
      Em              C    G
Some bone chains and toothpicks
 
Am                Dm          G 
Night weaves her hair chains
Am                  Dm  
Years you wouldn't bring back sing
Am                Dm              G
Wooden beams and dove tails sweep
   Am                  Dm          G
I struck that picture ninety times
   Am                 Dm
I walked that path a hundred ninety
Am        Dm       G  
Long low time ago
Am              Dm
People talk to me
 
     G          Hm
  A pistol hot cup of rhyme
       C                      D
  The whiskey is water the water is wine
   G                Hm
  Marching feet Johnny Reb
              C               C   
  what's the price of heroes
 
Six and one half dozen the other
Tell that to the captain's mother
Hey captain don't you want to buy
Some bone chains and toothpicks
 
Night weaves her hair chains
Swan swan hummingbird
Hurrah we are all free now
What noisy cats are we
Long low time ago people talk to me
 
A pistol hot cup of rhyme
The whiskey is water the water is wine...
 
end on Am
All the way to Reno 
Tom:
Intro:  C Gm C Gm C Gm C Gm
 
Intro - Riff
E¦—---------------------------¦
B¦----------------------------¦
G¦----------------------------¦
D¦-------0------------- 0-----¦
A¦-----1--3-----------1---3---¦
E¦-3-3------3-3-1-3-3-------3-¦
 
Riff 1
E¦—---------------------¦
B¦----------------------¦
G¦-------0-2-----0-2----¦
D¦--0-3--------3------3-¦
A¦------------3---------¦
E¦----------------------¦
 
 
C
hummin'
Gm              C
all the way to Reno
 Gm               C
dusted the non-believers
      Gm                    Dm   F
and challenge the laws of chance   (Riff 1) 
      C
now sweeter
 Gm               C
you're so sugar sweet
     Gm                   C
you may as well have had Kick Me
 Gm                Dm    F
fastened on your sleeve      (Riff 1)
 
B              C
you know what you are,
Dm           D#     Gm
you're gonna be a star.
B              C
you know what you are,
Dm           D#     F
you're gonna be a star.
 
 C        Gm             C
wing is written on your feet
 Gm            C
your achilles heel
Gm             Dm    F
is the tendency           (Riff 1)
      C       
to dream
     Gm                        C
but you've know that from the beginning
     Gm             C
you didn't have to go so far
     Gm             Dm   F
you didn't have to go.      (Riff 1)
 
B              C
you know what you are,
Dm           D#     Gm
you're gonna be a star.
B              C
you know what you are,
Dm           D#     F
you're gonna be a star.
Dm               Gm
you know who you are
Dm               Gm
you know who you are
Dm               Gm    F
you know who you are
 
C Gm C Gm C Gm C Gm  (Intro-Riff)
 
C
hummin'
Gm              C
all the way to Reno,
         Gm                C
you've written your own directions.
      Gm                           Dm     F
and whistled the rules have changed.  (Riff 1)
 
B              C
you know what you are,
Dm           D#     Gm
you're gonna be a star.
B              C
you know what you are,
Dm           D#     F
you're gonna be a star.
B              C
you know what you are,
Dm           D#     Gm
you're gonna be a star.
B              C
you know what you are,
Dm           D#     F
you're gonna be a star.
 
C
hummin'
Gm              C
all the way to Reno
Gm              C
all the way to Reno
Gm              C
all the way to Reno
 
 Gm                 C
you're gonna be a star
 Gm                 C
you're gonna be a star
 Gm                 C
you're gonna be a star
 Gm                 C
you're gonna be a star

 

Daysleeper
Tom: C
Intro:
-------------------!------------------!--------------------!--------------
----------8--------|------------8-----|-----------8--------|------------8-
-------9--------0--|-------0----------|--------9--------0--|-------0------
-10---------10-----|--9---------------|--10---------10-----|--9-----------
 
VERSE:
C     Cmaj7      C    Cmaj7
Receiving department, 3 AM
Staff cuts have socked up the overage
Directives are posted No call backs, complaints
Everywhere is calm
 
VERSE TO CHORUS:
D#                    Dm
Hong Kong is present, Taipei wakes up
F                G
Talk of circadian rhythm
 
CHORUS:
C         Dm          Am      Em
I see today with a newsprint frame
C         D          G
My night is colored headache-grey
C         Dm          Am       Em
Daysleeper, daysleeper
C         D           G
daysleeper
 
{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 Dsus4
 
BRIDGE:
C      Cmaj7      C       
I cried the other night
I can't even say why
flourescent, flat, caffeine lights
It'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
 
Ende mit  C
 
Find The River 
Tom: D
Intro riff ( 2 x )
    D              A7sus4
 E|---------2----|--------2----|
 B|-----3---3----|-----3--3----|
 G|---2-----2----|---0----0----|
 D|-0-------0----|-2------2----|
Intro:  A7sus4   D  Dm  Asus4  Dsus4   D  Dm  Asus4   (whistle)
 
D               Dm             Asus4             Dsus4 
Hey now little speedy head the read on the speedometer says
     D              Dm         Asus4
you have to go the task in the city
       D                Dm
Where people drown and people serve
Asus4              Dsus4             D         Dm            Asus4
Don't be shy, your just deserve, is only just light years to go
 
  G                  A                  D               Em
  Me my thoughts are flowers strewn, an ocean storm may bury them
  G             A                D    (Dsus4)
  I have got to leave to find my way
  G                  A             D                  Em
  Watch the road and memorize this life that passed before my eyes
      G          A        D
  and nothing is going my way
 
D  Dm  Asus4  Dsus4  D  Dm  Asus4
 
 D                Dm               Asus4             Dsus4 
The ocean is the river's goal, the need to leave the water knows
       D               Dm            Asus4
We're closer now, but light years to go
 
  G              A               D           Em
  I have got to find the river, Bergamot and bed of rose
  G               A             D    (Dsus4)
  Run through my head and far away
  G                   A             D                 Em
  Leave the road and memorize this life that passed before my eyes
       G          A        D
  and nothing is going my way
 
D  Dm  Asus4  Dsus4  D  Dm  Asus4
 
        D              Dm                 Asus4             Dsus4 
There's no one left to take the lead, but I'll tell you and you can see
       D              Dm            Asus4
We're closer now and light years to go
 D                Dm             Asus4         Dsus4 
Pick up here and chase the ride, river empties to the tide
 D   Dm       Asus4
Fall into the ocean
 
  G            A            D               Em
  River to the ocean goes a fortune for the undertow
  G               A        D
  None of this is going my way
  G                A                D                 Em
  There is nothing left to grow but ginger, mint, and indigo
  G                  A       D 
  Coriander stem and rows of hay
  G                A                   D             Em
  Pick up here and chase the ride, the river empties to the tide
  G              A           D
  All of this is coming your way
 
REPEAT INTRO RIFF
 
Man On The Moon 
Tom: C
Intro:  C  D  C  2x
 
 C                       D             C
Mott the Hoople and the game of Life, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
 C                    D               C
Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
 C              D                  C
Monopoly, 21, checkers and chess, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
 C                        D              C
Mr. Fred Blasy, and the breakfast mess, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
 C                   D                C
Let's play Twister, let's play Risk, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
 C                             D              C
I'll see you in heaven if you make the list, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
 
       Am                      G
  Now Andy did you hear about this one, 
   Am                            G
  tell me are you locked in the punch
   Am                     G           C     D
  Andy are you goofing on Elvis, hey baby, are we loosin' touch
   G        Am    C          D          G     Am         D
  If you believe they put a man on the moon, man on the moon
   G        Am    C                         Am
  If you believe there's nothing up their sleeve and nothing is cruel
 
 C                         D              C
Moses went walking with a staff of wood, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
 C                        D           C
Newton got beaned by the apple good, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
 C                         D             C
Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
C                           D            C
Mr. Charles Darwin had the gall to ask, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
 
       Am                      G
  Now Andy did you hear about this one, 
   Am                            G
  tell me are you locked in the punch
   Am                     G           C     D
  Andy are you goofing on Elvis, hey baby, are we havin' fun?
   G        Am    C          D          G     Am         D
  If you believe they put a man on the moon, man on the moon
   G        Am    C                         Am
  If you believe there's nothing up their sleeve and nothing is cruel
 
 C                            D               C
Here's a little agit for the never believer, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
 C                            D          C
Here's a little ghost for the offering, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
 C                     D                     C
Here's a truck stop instead of St. Peter's, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
 C                        D         C
Mr. Andy Kaufman's gone wrestling, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
 
       Am                      G
  Now Andy did you hear about this one, 
   Am                            G
  tell me are you locked in the punch
   Am                     G           C     D
  Andy are you goofing on Elvis, hey baby, are we loosin' touch
   G        Am    C          D          G     Am         D
  If you believe they put a man on the moon, man on the moon
   G        Am    C                         Am
  If you believe there's nothing up their sleeve and nothing is cruel
 

 

 

Carnival of Sorts(Box Cars)
Tom: Bm
{Opening riff:}
                                     (B) --------0-----
(G) ------0---0----                  (G) -------0--0---
(D) -----4---4--4--  X 3    then..   (D) -----4------4-
(A) -7-7-----------                  (A) -7-7-----------
{Chorus riff}:
(B) --2-2-3-2-0---
(G) ------------2-
----
{Intro}:  Opening riff
Bm /  A  D  G   A*    (x 2)
{Bm  A  D  G  A*  progression}
There's a secret stigma, reaping wheel.
Diminish, a carnival of sorts.
Chronic town, poster torn, reaping wheel.
Stranger, stranger to these parts.
 G         A                 Bm          A
 Gentlemen don't get caught, cages under cage
 G         A
 Gentlemen don't get caught
 Bm   G       A/Asus4  {chorus riff}
 Boxcars (are pulling) out of town
 Bm   G       A/Asus4  {chorus riff}
 Boxcars (are pulling) out of town
 Bm   G       A/Asus4  {chorus riff}
 Boxcars (are pulling) out of town

{Bm  A  D  G  A*  progression}
There's a secret stigma, reaping wheel.
Diminish, a carnival of sorts.
Chronic town, poster torn, reaping wheel.
Stranger, stranger to these parts.
 G         A                 Bm          A
 Gentlemen don't get caught, cages under cage
 G         A
 Gentlemen don't get caught
 Bm       G       A/Asus4  {chorus riff}
 Boxcars (are pulling) out of town
 Bm       G       A/Asus4  {chorus riff}
 Boxcars (are pulling) out of town
 Bm       G       A/Asus4  {chorus riff}
 Boxcars (are pulling) out of town
{opening riff}
Cages under, cages under, cages under cage
Cages under, cages under, cages under cage
 G         A                 Bm          A
 Gentlemen don't get caught, cages under cage
 G         A
 Gentlemen don't get caught
 Bm       G       A/Asus4  {chorus riff}
 Boxcars (are pulling) out of town
 Bm       G       A/Asus4  {chorus riff}
 Boxcars (are pulling) out of town
 Bm       G       A/Asus4  {chorus riff}
 Boxcars (are pulling) out of town
{Bm  A  D  G  A*  progression}
There's a secret stigma, reaping wheel.
Stranger, stranger to these parts.
Chronic town, poster torn, reaping wheel.
Diminish, stranger.
 G         A                 Bm          A
 Gentlemen don't get caught, cages under cage
 G         A
 Gentlemen don't get caught
 Bm       G       A/Asus4  {chorus riff}
 Boxcars (are pulling) out of town
 Bm       G       A/Asus4  {chorus riff}
 Boxcars (are pulling) out of town
 Bm       G       A/Asus4  {chorus riff}
 Boxcars (are pulling)
 Bm       G       A/Asus4  {chorus riff}
 out of town.....
 Bm       G       A/Asus4  {chorus riff}
 Boxcars (are pulling)
 Bm       G       A/Asus4  {chorus riff}
 Carnival of sorts
 Bm       G       A/Asus4  {chorus riff}
 out of town.....
 Bm       G       A/Asus4  {chorus riff}
 out of town.....


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