AIRPORT MAN *********** ther posting...the entire song is a droned G#... Tab for the descending synth riff: e --8-6--------------- B ------9--8-6-------- G--------------8------ Lyrics: he moves efficiently beyond security. great opportunity awaits. airport fluorescent creature of habit labored breathing and sallow skin recycled air moving sidewalks great opportunity blinks. great opportunity blinks. discounted. the people mover the people mover discounted. LOTUS ***** | Am | C | G | F | | Am | C | G | F | Hey, hey, Hey, hey | Am | C | G | F | | Am | C | G | F | Am C G F I was hell, sarcastic silver swell, that day it rained Am C G F Tough spun, hard won, No, ocean flower aquarium Am C G F Badlands, give a hand, honey dipt, film flam Am C G F Hey hey, hey hey, that cat can walk like a big bad man, Dm Am Dm Am So happy to show us, I ate the lotus, Dm Am Em Dm Say haven't you noticed? I ate the lotus Am C G F Storefront window, I reflect, just last week I was merely heck Am C G F Tip the scale, I was hell, Picked me up, then I fell, Am C G F Who'sthis stranger? Crowbar spine, dot, dot, dot and I feel fine, Am C G F Let it rain, rain, rain, Bring my happy back again, Dm Am Dm Am So happy to show us, I ate the lotus, Dm Am Em Dm Em Dm Say haven't you noticed? I ate the lotus I ate the lotus | Am | C | G | F | | Am | C | G | F | Am C G F Let it rain, rain, rain, Save me from myself again Am C G F Wash away my ugly sins, Opposing thumb, dorsal fin Am C G F That monkey died for my grin, Bring my happy back again Am C G F Let it rain, rain, rain, Bring my happy back again Dm Am Dm Am So happy to show us, I ate the lotus, Dm Am Em Dm Em Dm Say haven't you noticed? I ate the lotus I ate the lotus Em Dm Em Dm Em Dm I ate the lotus, I ate the lotus, I ate the lotus SUSPICION ********* G Bb G Bb G Bb G Bb now my suspicions on the rise G Bb G Bb G Bb G Bb I have known, I have known your kind. G Bb G Bb Bb G Bb please don't talk, don't make me think order up another drink G Bb G Bb G Bb G let me let imagination drive F Dm G cant you see I need nothing too deep Am D Am D imagination come alive Am D C D suspicion, tonight, I'll dream tonight listen to the devils in my ear. tell me what, what I want to hear youre so funny, youre so fine. youre so perfect, youre so mine. that i never had an opportunity to hide no I never had a chance cant you see I need nothing too deep imagination come alive suspicion, tonight, I'll dream tonight. bridge: Bb Am G look into my eyes. Gm Am hypnotize the lights, the drinks F G let the music carry you away my eyes are blurred, my sights are limited am i sensing a familiar twinge? no I never had a chance please don't speak, make me think, it's all too deep imagination come alive suspicion, step down, I'll dream tonight. step down, I'll dream tonight. youre so naked baby, dream, dream, carry you away HOPE **** C you want to go out friday and you go forever you know that it sounds childish that you've dreamt of aligators you hope that we are with you and you hope you're recognized you want to go forever you see it in my eyes F I'm lost in the confusion and it doesn't seem to matter C you really can't believe it and you hope it's getting better you want to trust the doctors their procedure is the best but the last try was a failure and the intern was a mess and they did the same to Matthew and he bled 'til sunday night they're saying don't be frightened but you're weakened by the sight of it F you lock into a pattern and you know that it's the last ditch C you're trying to see through it and it doesn't make sense F but they're saying don't be frightened and they're killing alligators C and they're hog-tied and accepting of the struggle you want to trust religion and you know it's allegory but the people who are followers have written their own story so you look up to the heavens and you hope to see a spaceship and it's something from your childhood you're thinking don't be frightened Em you want to climb the ladder you want to see forever C you want to go out friday and you want to go forever F and you want to cross your dna C to cross your dna with something reptile F amd you're questioning the sciences and questioning religion C you're looking like an idiot and you no longer care F and you want to bridge the schism, C a built-in mechanism to protect you F and you're looking for salvation and you're looking for deliverance C you're looking like an idiot and you no longer care you want to climb the ladder you want to go forever you want to go out friday you want to go forever riff that pete plays over C and Em chords: B------------8--10---8-------8 G------10----------------10--- D--------------------------------- A--------------------------------- E--8----------------------------- AT MY MOST BEAUTIFUL ******************** F / Am / D / D7 G - F / A# G - F / A# G - F / A# - C F / Am / D / D7 G F A# I've found a way to make you G F A# I've found a way G F A# C F a way to make you smile Am A# I read bad poetry G C F into your machine Am I save your messages A# G just to hear your voice C F Am You always listen carefully A# to awkward rhymes G C F You always say your name, Am A# like I wouldn't know it's you, G C at your most beautiful (do do do do...) I've found a way to make you I've found a way a way to make you smile At my most beautiful I count your eyelashes, secretly with everyone, whisper I love you I let you sleep I know your closed eye watching me, listening I thought I saw a smile (do do do do...) I've found a way to make you I've found a way a way to make you smile D+--5---5--+--3---3--+--8---8--+--8--8---+ A+--5---5--+--3---5--+--8---8--+--8--8---+ * 2 E+--3---3--+--5---5--+--6---6--+--6--6---+ D+--5---5--+--3---3--+--8---8--+--10--10--+--3--+ A+--5---5--+--3---5--+--8---8--+--10--10--+--3--+ E+--3---3--+--5---5--+--6---6--+--8---8---+--1--+ THE APOLOGIST ************* Little Riffs: e|--7-8b-7-5----5---- or e|--7-8-/11-- perhaps e|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--- b|-----------8-(5)--- maybe b|----------- this b|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--- Am riff: (this is the odd organ backing) g|--6-8--6/8/6-- d|--7-9--7/9/7-- End riff: (this is the riff that gets played in the final 'bridge') g|------4--4-5 d|--7--7------ Am They call me the apologist, and now that I'm at peak, You know at first it really hurt, we joke about these things, I've skirted all my differences, but now I'm facing up, I wanted to apologise for everything I was, so, C D F G I'm sorry, So sorry, So sorry, So sorry, C D F I'm sorry, So sorry, So sorry, Am (+Am riff) Did you understand me right? The people here are good. They tell me what I should have done, and offer what I could, [break] I'm good, all is good, All's well, no complaints, Am (+Am riff) When I feel regret, I get down on my knees and pray, C D I'm sorry (So sorry), So sorry (So sorry), F G So sorry (So sorry), So sorry (So sorry), C D I'm sorry (So sorry), So sorry (So sorry), F So sorry (So sorry), Solo: e|---------------------------|---------------5----------------- b|-------8-7-5---5-----------|-------8-7-5---5----------------- g|---4-5-------7---7-5-7-5-4-|---4-5-------7---7-5-7b-7b-7p5-5- d|-7-------------------------|-7------------------------------- this part is played under the "I live a simple life") b|-----------------------------------|----------------------------- g|-7/9-7--9-7-10--7--10/12-12--9-10/-|-5--7/9-7--7-10--7-10/12-12b- d|-----------------------------------|----------------------------- C D F G I live a simple life, unfettered by complex sweets, C D F You think this isn't me? Don't be weak, there I go. Am(V) I'm so sorry, Thank you for being there for me, thank you for listening, goodbye, [with little riffs] I can forfeit selfishness, I hope for you that you apply this happiness, this peacefulness, this peacefulness. C D I'm sorry (So sorry), So sorry (So sorry), F G So sorry (So sorry), So sorry (So sorry), C D I'm sorry (So sorry), So sorry (So sorry), F So sorry (So sorry), C D F G I live a simple life, unfettered by complex sweets, C D F You think this isn't me? That's so sweet, there I go. Am(V) (with little riffs and End riffs) I'm so sorry, Thank you for being there for me, thank you for listening, goodbye. SAD PROFESSOR ************* Only 4 chords: D (open) A(barre) G(barre) F(barre) )(E-shaped barres) The transitions from A-G and G-A and A-F are usually slides. In the chorus the song skips two beats (after 'i started a chapter' and 'everybody hates a drunk') so be careful. If anything's wrong, correct it and curse me for being incompetent. YOU'RE IN THE AIR ***************** you wanted a challenge that's calling you higher I landed on my feet by crawling I remember standing alone trying to forget you idling I hate to admit that that's my reference point but there it is you say you want me I'm what you found I'm upside sown you're in the air you're in the air and I am breathing brighten the staars the weather is lifting the heavens love a love like this it's pulling you higher twist it and turn this around it lights from within it dribbles your chin now brings a smile I'm lost again I'm lost again I'm what you found I'm upside sown you're in the air you're in the air and I am breathing you I want the stars to know they've won if only to beguile the sky has opened up again in heaven reconciled I want you naked I want you wild I want the stars to know they win give me that smile just give it me just turn it on I'm lost again I'm what you found I'm upside down you're in the air I'm what you found I'm upside down you're in the air I'm what you found I'm upside down you're everywhere you're in the air and I am breathing you WALK UNAFRAID ************* Em Am As the sun comes up, as the moon goes down F these heavy notions creep around Am it makes me think F Am long ago I was brought into this life a little lamb F a little lamb Am courageous, stumbling F fearless was my middle name D but somewhere there I lost my name C everyone walks the same D expecting me to step C the narrow path they've laid they claim to Em G walk unafraid Em G I'll be clumsy instead Em G D hold my love me or leave me high Say "keep within the boundaries if you want to play" Say "contradiction only makes it harder" how can I be what I want to be? when all I want to do is strip away these stilled constraints and crush this charade shred this sad masquerade I don't need no persuading I'll trip, fall, pick myself up and walk unafraid I'll be clumsy instead hold my love me or leave me high If I have a bag of rocks to carry as I go I just want to hold my head up high I don't care what I have to step over I'm prepared to look you in the eye look me in the eye and if you see familiarity then celebrate the contradiction help me when I fall to walk unafraid I'll be clumsy instead hold my love me or leave me high walk unafraid I'll be clumsy instead hold my love me or leave me high WHY NOT SMILE ************* D D G A The concrete broke your fall D D G A6 To hear you speak of it D D G A I'd have done anything D D G A6 I would do anything G A D F#m I'd feel like a cartoon brick wall G A6 D To hear you speak of it G A D D You've been so sad, it makes me worry G A6 D D Why not smile? G A D D You've been sad for a while G A6 G A6 D F#m Why not smile? G A6 D D I would do anything G A D D To hear you speak of it G A6 D D Why not smile? G A D D You've been sad for a while G A G You've been sad for a while DAYSLEEPER ********** {--------------------!------------------!--------------------!------------------!} |-----------8--------|------------8-----|-----------8--------|------------8-----|| |--------9--------0--|-------0----------|--------9--------0--|-------0----------|| |--10---------10-----|--9---------------|--10---------10-----|--9---------------|| |--------------------|------------------|--------------------|------------------|| [--------------------@------------------@--------------------@------------------@] Intro: 4x C Cmaj7 VERSE: C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 Receiving department, 3 AM C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 Staff cuts have socked up the overage C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 Directives are posted No call backs, complaints C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 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 C Cmaj7 C I can't even say why C Cmaj7 C flourescent, flat, caffeine lights C Cmaj7 C 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 End on C DIMINISHED ********** / Bm / F#m / (x2) Bm F#m I watched you fall Bm F#m I think I pushed Bm F#m Maybe I'm crazy, maybe diminished, maybe I'm innocent, maybe I'm finished Bm F#m Maybe I blacked out, how do I, play this? Em D C I will give my best today Em D C I will give myself away Em D C I have never hurt anything D C Is the jury wavering? D C Do they know I sing? / Bm / F#m / (x2) Bm F#m Maybe I'm crazy, maybe diminished, how do I, how do I play this? Bm F#m Jealous lover, self defense, protective brother, chemical dependance Bm F#m I'll consult the i-ching, I'll consult the TV, ouija, oblique strategies. Bm F#m I'll consult the law books for precedents, can I charm the jury? Em D C I will give my best today Em D C I will give myself away Em D C I have never hurt anything D C Is the justice wavering? D C Does she know I sing that ... Em C G D ... Song sing along Em C G D Sing along sing along / Bm / F#m / Bm F#m I watched you fall Bm F#m I think I pushed Bm F#m Maybe they'll see me, maybe they'll say Bm F#m "I can see the truth in his statement. Smallpox blanket? No way." Bm F#m Can I charm the jury, my defense? Maybe I'm crazy, maybe diminished Bm F#m Maybe I loved you, baby I loved you, baby I loved you, baby I loved you Bm F#m Baby I'm, finished Em D C I will give my best today Em D C I will give myself away Em D C I have never hurt anything D C Is the justice wavering? D C Does she know I sing that ... Em C G D ... Song sing along Em C G D Sing along sing along Em G C I have given myself away Em G C I have given my best today Em G C I have never hurt anything D C Is the justice wavering? D C Does she know I loved you? D C Does she know I loved you? D C Does she know I sing? I'M NOT OVER YOU **************** G I feel great. C G C I lied to save your feelings. G Truth convened, C G C my head smashed through the ceiling. G I lost an arm, C no one harmed, G C you diplomatically alarmed. G C G C I sulked away to lick my thin skin. Am D I'm not over you. Am D I'm not over you. Am G I'm not over you. PARAKEET ******** 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. FALLS TO CLIMB ************** G D I'll take the position C Em G assume the missionary part G D you work by committee, C Em G you had me pegged from the start. G D I'll be pounce pony, C phony maroney, Em G pony before the cart. G D I'll be pounce pony. C this ceremony Em G only fills my heart. D G C who cast the final stone? D G C who threw the crushing blow? D G C someone has to take the fall Am G why not me? G D a punch toy volunteer C Em G a weakling on its knee. G D is all you want to hear C Em G and all you want to see. G D romantically, you'd martyr me C Em G and miss this story's point G D it is my strength, my destiny C Em G this is the role that I have chosen. D G C who cast the final stone? D G C who threw the crushing blow? D G C someone has to take the fall Am G why not me? G D gentlemen mark your opponents C Em G fire into your own ranks. G D pick the weakest as strategic C move. square off. to Em G meet your enemy. G D C for each and every gathering Em G a scapegoat falls to climb. G D C as I step forward, silently. Em G deliberately mine D G C who cast the final stone? D G C who threw the crushing blow? D G C someone has to take the fall Am G Am G why not me? why not me. Am G had consequence chose differently Am G had fate its ugly head Am G my actions make me beautiful Am G and dignify the flesh Am G Am G me. I am free. free.