James Dean by Alexz Johnson
Album: The Basement Recordings III
Track 3
2013

Standard Tuning
Capo on the 6th fret

Chords:

C:     x32010
G:     320003 or 320033
F:     x33211 or 133211
Am:    x02210
Em:    x22000

Intro:      C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)F (133211@1)Am (x02210@1)  G (320003@1)  F (133211@1)    (G)  C (x32010@1)   
                                                     Whoaaaaa

C (x32010@1)He couldn't keep you safe if he tried
                                       Am (x02210@1)But when he let you see in his liquid eyes
               G (320003@1)             F (133211@1)It became a crime, take him away

C (x32010@1)Doesn't know how to love

Doesn't know how to win
                                 Am (x02210@1)He only knows he can't be taken in
                   G (320003@1)                 F (133211@1)But he's on the road, he's living in sin
Am (x02210@1)          G (320003@1)                       F (133211@1)    Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1)Just as it seems, he's another James Dean

C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)        F (133211@1)Staying up, he's restless through the night
C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)       F (133211@1)While Santa Monica signs are fading
Am (x02210@1)                          G (320003@1)           F (133211@1)He's got his blood and he's looking for a fight
                             C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)F (133211@1)Am (x02210@1)Another Hollywood hero's baby
                               C (x32010@1)You wouldn't like him if he stayed
                     
 A hero's dying every day

C (x32010@1)Mary Ann wasn't fitting in with his lies
                                                     Am (x02210@1)Learned more from a fool than she learned from the wise
                     G (320003@1)              F (133211@1)Crying out to the skies "take him away"
C (x32010@1)He's been given the hands to destroy the world
                                         Am (x02210@1)He's been given a taste to destroy the girls
                   G (320003@1)                    F (133211@1)Given too many schemes, a threat to be seen
  Am (x02210@1)  G (320003@1)                    F (133211@1)Ooooooooh he's another James Dean

C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)        F (133211@1)Staying up, he's restless through the night
C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)       F (133211@1)While Santa Monica signs are fading
Am (x02210@1)                          G (320003@1)           F (133211@1)He's got his blood and he's looking for a fight
                             
 Another Hollywood hero's baby
C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)       F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1)Riding strong it feels like he belongs
                        G (320003@1)        F (133211@1)While Santa Monica's dreams are sleeping
Am (x02210@1)            G (320003@1)           F (133211@1)Hush now he'll always carry on

He's a Hollywood hero's baby

Am (x02210@1)Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
  F (133211@1)Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
           Am (x02210@1)                     F (133211@1)Only the gentle are ever really strong
            Em (022000@1)Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
  Am (x02210@1)Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
  G (320003@1)Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
  F (133211@1)Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
                         G (320003@1)  F (133211@1)Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)        F (133211@1)Staying up, he's restless through the night
C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)       F (133211@1)While Santa Monica signs are fading
Am (x02210@1)                          G (320003@1)           F (133211@1)He's got his blood and he's looking for a fight
                             
 Another Hollywood hero's baby
C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)       F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1)Riding strong it feels like he belongs
                        G (320003@1)        F (133211@1)While Santa Monica's dreams are sleeping
Am (x02210@1)            G (320003@1)           F (133211@1)Hush now he'll always carry on
                            C (x32010@1)He's a Hollywood hero's baby

End on C