INTRO: Abm C#m Abm Abm C#m F# B Bbm6 Abm C#m F# Abm C#m As I walk through the streets of my new city F# B my back feeling much better, I suppose Bbm6 Abm C#m I've reclaimed the use of my imagination F# B for better or for worse, I've yet to know Bbm6 Abm C#m but I always knew you'd be the one to understand me, F# B Bbm6 I guess that's why it took so long to get things right. Abm Suddenly I'm lost C#m On my street On my block F# Oh why, Oh why B E Oh why haven't you been there for me? F# B Bbm6 Can't you see, I'm losing my mind this time? Abm C#m This time it's for real, I can see F# * Abm * Bbm * C#m * All the trees are turning red F# * Abm * Bbm * C#m * F# * The beggars near bodegas grin at me F# * Abm * Bbm * C#m * I think they want something F# * Abm * Bbm * C#m * F# * I close my eyes, I tell myself to breathe B and be calm. Be calm. E B I know you feel like you are breaking down. Abm C#m E Well I know that it gets so hard sometimes. F# Be calm. Abm C#m I'm scared that everyone is out to get me. F# B Bbm6 "These days before you speak to me you pause." Abm C#m "I always see you looking out your window." F# B Bbm6 "After all, you lost your band, you left your mom." Abm C#m Now every single crack, every pain that I pass, F# B Bbm6 says I should either leave or pick it up Abm But with every single buck I've made C#m I'm saddled with bad luck that came F# the moment I was baptized F# * or when I found out one day I'm gonna die Abm * Bbm * C# * F# * Abm * C#m * if only I could find my people or my place in life F# * Abm * Bb * C#m * then when they come to 'carolin' F# * Abm * Bbm * C#m * so loud, so bright, the theremin F# * Abm * Bbm * will lead us to a chorus C#m * F# * Abm * Bbm * C#m * F# where we'll all rejoice and sing a song that goes: B Oh be calm. Be calm. E B I know you feel like you are breaking down. Abm C#m E I know that it gets so hard sometimes, F# Be calm. B Ebm Take it from me, I've been there a thousand times. Abm You hate your pulse because it thinks you're still alive Abm Bbm * B * C#m and e-very--thing's wrong E C#m It just gets so hard sometimes F# Be calm. Abm F# Ebm C#m I don't remember much that night, B F# B F# F# * Ab * B * Just walking, thinking fondly of you Abm F# Ebm C#m B Thinking how the worst is yet to come F# B F# B From that street corner came a song B * C#m * Ebm * E * And I can't remember the man, F# B Bbm6 The panhandler or his melody. Abm F# Ebm C#m F# The words exchanged had far exceeded any change I'd given thee. B Oh be calm. Be calm. E B I know you feel like you are breaking down. Abm C#m E I know that it gets so hard sometimes, F# Be calm. B Ebm Take it from me, I've been there a thousand times. Abm You hate your pulse because it thinks you're still alive Abm Bbm B C#m and e-very--thing's wrong E C#m It just gets so hard sometimes F# Be calm. Abm Be calm. D * G * BENSON HEDGES---------------------------------------------------------------- D A Holy ghosts, D A When do you come out to play? D A 'Cause if the Lord is gonna find me, G A D He'd better start looking today. [riff] e | --------------------------------------- | B | --------------------------------------- | G | -7------------------------------------- | D | ----7--5-----4-4-4-4--5-7-5-4---------- | A | ----------5-------------------5-5-5-5-- | E | --------------------------------------- | e | --------------------------------------- | B | --------------------------------------- | G | -7------------------------------------- | D | ----7--5-----4-4-4-4--5-7-5-4--7------- | A | ----------5--------------------7------- | E | -------------------------------5------- | A D Last week my baby hit the slopes. A I spent the weekend setting traps in the road. I should have been cutting out my eyelids, D [riff] you'll never guess what baby did when she got home. Oh-oh Na na na na na A Now at least the birds are singing to me, but what they're trying to say, G I don't know. (you're beautiful) F#m I think they come from the cold (for all your big mistakes) G I think they come from the cold (you stayed the same) A to the city that don't snow. D So I drove until we both broke down. I was stranded in a border town A believing the motel TV would bring me to safety, but between MTV and Mr. O'Reilly D I've come to find, that I can't be defined A so I turned it off, now convinced I would cross Took one last look at the gold D [riff] as it shattered on a mountaintop D A Now I believe the sun, it's like a symphony. But what it's trying to play, G I don't know. (you're beautiful) F#m I think they come from the cold (for all your big mistakes) G I think they come from the cold (you stayed the same) A to the city that don't snow. D G A C'mon, Holy ghosts D G A When do you come out to play? D G A 'Cause if the Lord is gonna find me, G A D He'd better start looking today. G D So I can rise with the river G D We all float before we sink G We pray for satellites, D Pray for courtesy A G I pray that it can climb mountains to me! D G I say goodbye to the canyon. D G I will set sail to the streets D G A where I don't care to be forgiven A G I want to be forgotten. D G I don't care to be forgiven D G When Lord I only want to be forgotten! D G Singing oh oh oh na na na D G Oh oh oh D G I'm Singing oh oh oh na na A G Oh-oh Oh-oh D G I'm Singing oh oh oh na na na D G Singing oh oh oh D G I'm Singing oh oh oh na na A G Oh-oh na na na Oh-oh A Now I receive a call from my family and what they started to say G brought me home. (you're beautiful) F#m They think I'm beautiful (for all your big mistakes) G A They think I'm beautiful (you're beautiful) D [riff] for all my big mistakes. for all my big mistakes. for all my big mistakes. ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS--------------------------------------------------------- [WHEN APPEARS THE "*" IT MEANS THAT ONLY THE NOTE SHOULD BE PLAYED INSTEAD THE CHORD] [INTRO] e | ---------------3----------------------------------------------------------- | B | -0-1---0-0h1-1------------------------------------------------------------- | G | -----0--------------------------------------------------------------------- | D | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | A | -2-3-----2-3--------------------------------------------------------------- | E | -----3-5------------------------------------------------------------------- | [OR PLAY THE CHORD "C"] All the pretty girls on a Saturday night. C G F So I call your name, cross my fingers Am G C uncross the others, hesitate. G Dm G Oh I don't think straight with nothing to prove. F F * A * G * I don't wanna say I'm leaving F * G * C G Am I'll stay until the weekend. F And you can take all the things; F E F the boxes and rings G and get going. 'Cause I've been waiting for... C G Am G All the pretty girls on a Saturday night. C G Am G Let it be, and come to me with the look in your eyes. F C Dm C Will you break and take all the words from my mouth? F C Dm C I wish all the pretty girls were shaking me down. C G So I call you out F Am G C Just to feel a little bit better about myself G Dm G I do, baby I do, I do, I do C Until their lips start to move, G and their friends wanna talk music F Fm I say "I've never heard the tune!" C G But I have, I just hate the band Dm G 'cause they remind me of you. F F * A * G * Every single night ends up the same, F * G * C G Am G I don't say much at all, but I bring up your name. F F E F (Over and over and over) I think it's striking me out. C G Am G All the pretty girls on a Saturday night. C G Am G Let it be, and come to me with the look in your eyes. F C Dm C Will you break and take all the words from my mouth? F C Dm C I wish all the pretty girls were shaking me down. C But not you, G Am G you still wear boots and your hair is too long C G Am G and then this one doesn't want to admit she's fallen in love F C Dm C Oh c'mon, oh c'mon, what's a boy to do F C Dm C When all the pretty girls can't measure to you. [SOLO] e | -----------------------------------------------15---------------------------- | B | -----12/13-12-----12---------------------12-13------------------------------- | G | -12-------------------14--12-------12-14------------------------------------- | D | ------------------------------14-----------------------10--------10-10------- | A | --------------------------------------------------------8--------10-10------- | E | --------------------------------------------------------8----8-8--8--8------- | e | ----------------------------12----12--10------10----------------------------- | B | ------------------------------------------13------13---12-12-10-10----------- | G | -----------------------9/------------------------------------------12-12-10/- | D | ----10-10------10-10--10/---------------------------------------------------- | A | ----10-10------10-10--10/---------------------------------------------------- | E | -8-8-8--8---8-8-8--8---8/---------------------------------------------------- | F F * A * G * I don't understand your reasons F * G * C G Am Please just stay over the weekend F You can't take all those things F E F They define you and me G everything we've become, You're all that I need Please don't make me face my generation alone. C G * A * C * All the pretty girls on a Saturday night. G * A * C * C * B * F * G * Let it be, and come to me with the look in your eyes. F C Dm C Will you break and take all the words from my mouth? F C Dm C I wish all the pretty girls were shaking me down. C But not you, G Am G I feel your faith is destroying the world C G and then this one never even understood Am G F the 80s is over and done C Dm C Oh c'mon, what's a boy to do, F C Dm C when all the pretty girls can't measure to you C G Am G All the pretty girls on a Saturday night. C G Am G All the pretty girls on a Saturday night. F C Dm C All the pretty girls on a Saturday night. C G Am G All the pretty girls on a Saturday night. I WANNA BE THE ONE----------------------------------------------------------- [WHEN APPEARS THE "*" IT MEANS THAT ONLY THE NOTE SHOULD BE PLAYED INSTEAD THE CHORD] C F C e | --------------------------------------------------- | B | --------------------------------------------------- | G | --------------2------------------------------------ | D | -----2--5-5-5---3--------3-3-3-5-2--------2-2-2-3-- | A | -3--------------------3----------------3----------- | E | --------------------------------------------------- | e | --------------------------------------------------- | B | --------------------------------------------------- | G | --------------------------------------------------- | D | -0------0-2--0----2-0-3-2-------------------------- | A | ---3-2---------3----------2-3---------------------- | E | --------------------------------------------------- | C G C G C e | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | B | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | G | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | D | -------------------------------2---------5s7s5-----5------------------ | A | -------3-----------------3--5-----3------------7-5----7---7-5-7------- | E | -3--5-----5--3--------3-----------------------------------------8-5-8- | C G Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa C Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa G Pa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra C Pa-ra Pa C G C G Were you named for the river that surrounds C G C G All my biggest my mistakes or the way that I made it out Am Bm C F Am Bm C Bm All the muscles in my mouth never smiled or said profound things C Am Bm C F G C Until the day she handed you to me now C F C For all the steps you'll take and all you'll overcome F G C I wanna be the one to put in a song F C Take every single tear for all the world to hear F G C I wanna be the one to put it in a song C G Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa C Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa G Pa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra C Pa-ra Pa C G C G Cigarettes are raining hard on the Upper East Side C G C G She brings me a cake we celebrate I have arrived C G C G And I know that it's been sang before but you're my human holiday C G C G I put my hands to the table and dare say the love of my life Am Bm C F And your brother with his best friend Am Bm C F Shares a name I'm gonna need Really couldn't bring me down C F C For everything you lost and all you overcome F G C I wanna be the one to put in a song F C Take every single tear for all the world to hear F G C Dm I wanna be the one to put it in a song and make it last forever C G C Dm Clever comes in truth when truth begets the past C G Its sends its call out to the moon G * A * B * C * D * E * C G C G And the moon can see the beauty that surrounds your heart as it pounds C B * A * C * Dm C * B * D * E * F * G * B * C It starts the beat inspiring me until I make the sound F C F C C F C F G C I wanna be the one, I wanna be one, I wanna be the one, no-no no-no C F C For everything you lost and all you overcome F G C I wanna be the one to put in a song F C Take every single tear for all the world to hear F G C I wanna be the one to put it in a song C G Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa C Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa G Pa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra C Pa-ra Pa AT LEAST I'M NOT AS SAD (AS I USED TO BE)------------------------------------ [WHEN APPEARS THE "*" IT MEANS THAT ONLY THE NOTE SHOULD BE PLAYED INSTEAD THE CHORD] D Em Bm D Em A D C#m D Have you ever wondered about our old nu-metal friends and what became of them? D Em A Turns out I saw them a couple of days ago, Em Bm Em A They were laughing and drinking and smoking and singing. D C?mon, can you count all the notches in your belt? Em A A/B A/C# D I'd rather not, let's just say I'm starving myself. D Baby, put your name down on a piece of paper Em A A/B A/C# D I don?t want no savior baby, I just wanna have a good time D Em A D D * D * F# * A * Oh-oh oh, Oh-uh oh D Em A D At least I?m not as sad as I used to be D And they said, C#m D Em "Hey Nate, yeah it?s been a while, A Are you gonna sing?" D I began to smile and I said, D Em A "You should?ve seen me a couple of years ago, Em Bm Em A I was laughing and drinking and smoking and singing." D C?mon can you count all the loves that didn?t last? Em D D * D * F# * A * It?s such a gas when you bring up the past. D Em Baby, put your name down on a piece of paper. Em I don?t want no savior baby A A/B A/C# D I just wanna get it out. D Em A D D * D * F# * A * Oh-oh oh, Oh-uh oh D Em A D At least I?m not as sad as I used to be D Em A D D * D * F# * A * Oh-oh oh, (get it out) Oh-uh oh D Em A D At least I?m not as sad as I used to be D Em A D (Just get it out) D Em A D D Em A D D Em A D D Em A D D Em A D At least I?m not as sad as I used to be D Em And they say we would?ve seen you two years ago A A * Bm * C# * D Had you stuck around or come out to a show, Bm D Em But youth?s taken over by rock and roll, A G F#m E While we were laughing and drinking and smoking and singing.... D Em A D4 D So I left, That is it. That?s my life, Nothing is sacred. Bm Em I don?t keep friends,I keep acquainted, A I?m not a prophet, But I?m here to profit. D Em A D4 D That?s all, I?m gone! That?s my life, Nothing is sacred. Bm Em I don?t fall in love, I just fake it. A A/B A/C# D I don?t fall in love. I don?t fall in love. LIGHT A ROMAN CANDLE WITH ME------------------------------------------------- [WHEN APPEARS THE "*" IT MEANS THAT ONLY THE NOTE SHOULD BE PLAYED INSTEAD THE CHORD] E Abm C#m Abm E Abm C#m Abm E Abm C#m Abm E Abm C#m Abm E Abm C#m Abm Light a roman candle with me E Abm C#m Abm Just a roman candle, you can wear your sandals A Abm F#m Abm and I'll pour you just one cup of tea. A Abm Then you can go and rest F#m Abm you haven't seen my best, so... E Abm C#m Abm Just spend an evening with me E Abm C#m Abm Just a lazy evening, then you could be leaving A Abm F#m Abm or we could stay and talk until three. A Abm F#m Abm I will think it's magic and I'll hope you'll agree, so... E Abm C#m Abm Light a roman candle with me E Abm Just a roman candle C#m Abm E Just a perfect apple F# A Abm E e | ------------------------------------------------------ | B | ------------------------------------------------------ | G | ------------------------------------------------------ | D | -------------2-1-------------------------------------- | A | -2--------2-------4----------------2--3---2---0--2---- | E | ---0---0---------------2/5---4--5------------------0-- | E Abm C#m Abm Light a roman candle with me E Abm Just a roman candle C#m Abm E * F#m * Abm * Just a perfect apple A Abm F#m Abm A If we were honest and both wrote a sonnet together Abm F#m Abm a sandwich with everything on it, E Abm C#m Abm at least we would know that the sparks didn't glow E Abm C#m but we owe it to ourselves to try, Abm A so we aim and ignite! Abm F#m Abm So often I call and I plead with you: A Abm "Give me a chance!" F#m Abm E It's not often that I understand Abm C#m Abm E the ins and the outs of what's wrong and what's right Abm C#m Abm E * F#m * Abm * So don't think of tomorrow tonight. A Abm F#m Abm Oh, I know, it goes on, it gets old A Abm F#m Abm But for now we're young, we smell good, we're alone, so alive E Abm C#m Abm E Abm C#m Abm A Abm You look for a legend, F#m Abm I'm looking for common ground. A Abm Your heart isn't breaking, F#m Abm and mine isn't making a sound. E Abm C#m Abm E Abm C#m Abm E * F#m * Abm * A Abm F#m Abm Oh I know, it goes on, it gets old A Abm F#m Abm Oh I know, it goes on, it gets old E Abm C#m Abm Light a roman candle with me E Abm Just a roman candle C#m Abm E Just a perfect apple WALKING THE DOG-------------------------------------------------------------- [WHEN APPEARS THE "*" IT MEANS THAT ONLY THE NOTE SHOULD BE PLAYED INSTEAD THE CHORD] [THE SONG IS MAIN PLAYED ON THE 12TH FRET] SO YOU CAN MAKE: D > X X X 14 15 14 G > X X X 12 15 15 Em >X X X 12 12 12 D G D Em D Em D G D Em D D G D Em Walking alone 'cause the night is dead. Em D Em D G D Em Crossed my mind when I crossed the bridge. Em D Em How you lost your mind, F#m and your wrist got bruised, G and you wanted better love A Em when it was sleeping in your bedroom. Em Hold on, F#m Stay on my side, G A Don't go-oh-oh-oh ( D * A *) D G D Em If you could see me Em D Em D Whoever I am. D G D Em It's not like the movies, Em D Em D it's not all skin and bones. D G D Em So come on love Em D (come on, come one, come all and go) D G D Em Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah I will not let you go D G D Em D Em D G D D G D Em Now I'm walking alone 'cause the night is dead. Em D D G D Em My feet don't glide like they did back then, Em D D G D Em when I would call you up so we could shoot the moon. Em D Em D G D Em These days I'm left to howl in tune. Em D Em Hearts do break F#m and I must admit G I gotta better set a chorus A so I might have been faking it. Em F#m Think I really have only cried just once. G A Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ( D * A *) D G D Em If you could see me Em D Em D Whoever I am. D G D Em It's not like the movies, Em D Em D it's not all skin and bones. D G D Em So come on love Em D (come on, come one, come all and go) D G D Em Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah Em D Em I will not let you go D G D Em Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah D I will not let you go D D/C# After all the shows, D/C D9/B D9/F# after all the boys of summer gone, G6 amid all the confusion D9/F# D9/B this friends I've been losing Em D * I always thought from the start E * F# * C# * D * I'd be the one moving on. D D/C# I guess I'll never know D/C D9/B D9/F# Where all the boys of summer go G6 but I'll miss what we made D9/F# D9/B and the days were not wasted. Em D G D There are some things I may never know. Em How you lost your mind F#m and your wrists got bruised G and you wanted better love A well it's sleeping in your bedroom. Em Hold on, F#m Stay on my side, G A D Don't go-oh-oh-oh G D Em If you could see me D Em D Whoever I am. G D Em It's not like a movie, D Em D it's not all skin and bones. G D Em So come on love D Em D (come on, come one, come all and go) D G D Em Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah I will not let you go ( D * A *) G D Em If you could see me D Em D Whoever I am. G D Em It's not like a movie, D Em D it's not all skin and bones. G D Em So come on love D Em D (come on, come one, come all and go) D G D Em Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah Em D Em I will not let you go D G D Em Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah I will not let you go BARLIGHTS-------------------------------------------------------------------- [WHEN APPEARS THE "*" IT MEANS THAT ONLY THE NOTE SHOULD BE PLAYED INSTEAD THE CHORD] INTRO: D D E Never in all of my life A D Have I seen eyes as empty as these streets of my city D on a Saturday night, E A Abm D all the green of your eyes says "Go, leave it all behind." D E But I don't need to be reminded a change is gonna come. D E I can feel it on the tip of your tongue. A D A And I feel alive, feel alive, feel alive. D E We met up once we'd settled the sun A Abm Between the heat and the work week D The fear is we could use some sleep D E but sleep to a superfluous man means better use for beds A Abm D and I'll bet I'm coming home alone tonight. D E I don't need to be reminded this is how it was. D E I moved on, I passed a billboard down my block D E that asks if I've had enough, and aloud I say "I've had too much" D E when the truth is, I'm just getting started. A Now all the barlights are blinking in time D D * E * F# * E * D * to Mexican music, it's taunting the pavement A D And I feel alive, feel alive, feel alive. D E One of us sings, and one of us drinks, A and one of us has nothing at all. D So he calls us all sheep E A I'm the Little Bo Peep of the bunch. (I take their tales and I'm ready to go) D E Then he swears he's gotta take this call A Abm D Man, I'm scared he's gonna leave us too soon. D We were the get rich quick kids, E We never got it right D E So we settled for the center in town D E Where all the rich white kids is out looking for a fight D E got the blond one staring me down. D E and I really wanna take a swing A Abm D I can't help but remember James Dean D E See we are part of the few who agree D that hey, he lived life fast E but he died. he died. he died. A Me, I'm gonna live forever. A D A (And I feel alive, feel alive, feel alive) A Now all the barlights are blinking in time D A to Mexican music, it's taunting the pavement and for the first time, D in a long time, A I feel alive. THE GAMBLER------------------------------------------------------------------ Bb Bb/A Gm F Eb F Bb Bb/A Bb Bb Bb/A Gm F Eb F Bb Bb/A Bb Bb Bb/A Gm Slow down, F Eb F we've got time left to be lazy Bb Bb/A Gm F Eb F All the kids have bloomed from babies into flowers in our eyes. Bb Bb/A Gm F Eb F We've got fifty good years left to spend out in the garden Eb Dm I don't care to beg your pardon, Cm F We should live Bb Bb/A Gm F Eb F Bb Bb/A Bb until we die. Bb Bb/A Gm Dm Eb F We were barely eighteen when we'd crossed collective hearts. Eb Dm Cm F It was cold, but it got warm when you'd barely crossed my eye. Bb Bb/A Gm and then you turned, put out your hand, F Eb F and you asked me to dance. Eb Dm Cm F I knew nothing of romance, but it was love at second sight. Eb F Bb Bb/A Gm F I swear when I grow up, I won't just buy you a rose. Eb F Bb Bb/A Gm F I will buy the flower shop, and you will never be lonely. Eb F Even if the sun stops waking up over the fields Bb Bb/A Gm I will not leave, I will not leave 'till it's our time. Eb F Bb Bb/A Gm F Eb F Bb Bb/A Bb So just take my hand, you know that I will never leave your side. Bb Bb/A Gm F Eb F Bb Bb/A Bb Bb Bb/A Gm Dm Eb F It was the winter of '86, and all the fields had frozen over. Eb Dm Cm F So we moved to Arizona to save our only son Bb Bb/A Gm F and now he's turning to a man, Eb F although he thinks just like his mother, Eb Dm Cm F he believes we're all just lovers he sees hope in everyone. Bb Bb/A Gm And even though she moved away, F Eb F we always get calls from our daughter. Eb Dm She has eyes just like her father's Cm F they are blue when skies are grey Bb Bb/A Gm F And just like him , she never stops, Eb F Never takes the day for granted, Eb Dm works for everything that's handed to her, Cm F Never once complains. Eb F Bb Bb/A Gm F You think that I nearly lost you Eb F Bb Bb/A Gm F When the doctors tried to take you away. Eb F Bb Bb/A Gm F But like the night you took my hand beside the fire Eb F thirty years ago Bb to this day Eb F You swore you'd be here 'til we decide that it's our time Bb Bb/A Gm Well it's not time, you've never quit in all your life. Eb F Bb Bb/A Gm So just take my hand, you know that I'll never leave your side. Eb F Bb Bb/A Gm F Eb F Bb Bb/A Bb You're the love of my life, you know that I'll never leave your side. Bb Bb/A Gm F Eb F Bb Bb/A Bb Bb Bb/A Gm F Eb F Bb Bb/A Bb Bb Bb/A Gm F Eb F Bb Bb/A Bb Eb Dm Cm Dm Eb F Eb Dm Cm F Bb Bb/A Gm F You come home from work Eb F and you kiss me on the eye Eb Dm Cm F You curse the dog you say that I should never feed them what is ours Bb Bb/A Gm F and so we move all to the garden Eb F look at everything we've owned Eb Dm now the kids are coming home Cm Dm Eb F so I set the table Bb You can make the fire. TAKE YOUR TIME (COMING HOME)------------------------------------------------- [WHEN APPEARS THE "*" IT MEANS THAT ONLY THE NOTE SHOULD BE PLAYED INSTEAD THE CHORD] D G A G G * G * F#m * E * D G A G G * G * F#m * E * D G A G G * G * F#m * E * D G A * A * C#m * C#m * E * E * C#m * C#m * A * A * C#m * C#m * E * E * C#m * C#m * A * A * C# * C# * E * E * C# * C# * A * G D Take your time coming home. G A A/Bb Hear the wheels as they roll. G D Let your lungs fill up with smoke. A * A * C#m * C#m * E * E * C#m * C#m * Forgive everyone. A * A * C#m * C#m * E * E * C#m * C#m * G * F#m * E * D * C#m * D * E * She is here and now she is... A * A * C#m * C#m * E * E * C#m * C#m * A * A * C#m * C#m * E * E * C#m * C#m * ...home G * F#m * E * D * C#m * D * E * We had plans, we can't help but make... A * A * C#m * C#m * E * E * C#m * C#m * A * A * C#m * C#m * E * E * C#m * C#m * ...love. G D It's a beautiful thing when you love somebody, A (when you love somebody) A/Bb Bm And I love somebody. G D A Yeah I love somebody, home G D Take your time coming home. G A A/Bb Hear the wheels as they roll. G D Let your lungs fill up with smoke. A * A * C#m * C#m * E * E * C#m * C#m * A * A * C#m * C#m * E * E * C#m * Forgive everyone. G D I don't think I'd been misled, G it was a rock'n'roll band, A A/Bb I'm still standing, G D Take your time coming home. A A * A * C#m * C#m * E * E * C#m * C#m * Home G D See, of everyone who called, F#m A G E D Very few said "We believe in you." G D The overwhelming choice said E D F#m A G I'm just a boy inside a voice G G F#m E D and if it's true, if it's true, if it's true, D A F#m A G then what the fuck have I been doing the last six years? D A How did I end up here? F#m A G And I find love and conquer all my fears? D See, I made it out. F#m A G Out from under the sun. D F#m A G And the truth is that I feel better because I've forgiven everyone. G Now I'm not scared D of a song F#m or the states, G or the stages. G I'm not scared. D I've got friends, F#m A took my call, G came courageous. Now I feel like I am home. D G A G G * G * F#m * E * D G A G G D One more think, I keep having this dream F#m A G E D where I'm standing on a mountain G D Looking out, on the street F#m A G E D I can hear kids in low-income housing singing G F#m E D "We're through with causing a scene" I don't know F#m I don't know A I don't know G I don't know what it means G D G F#m E D But I too, I'm through with causing a scene. D G A G G * G * F#m * E * D G A G G * G * F#m * E * D G A G D G A * A * C#m * C#m * E * E * C#m * C#m * A * A * C#m * C#m * E * E * C#m * C#m * A * A * C# * C# * E * E * C# * C# * A * G * F#m * E * D * C#m * D * E * She is here and now I think she's ready to go. A * A * C#m * C#m * E * E * C#m * C#m * A * A * C#m * C#m * E * G * F#m * E * D * C#m * D * E * A