1. Square One Intro: Cm-Eb-Ab (2x) Cm Bb Ab You're in control, is there anywhere you wanna go? Cm Bb Ab You're in control, is there anything you wanna know? Cm Bb Ab The future's for discovering Cm Bb The space in which we're travelling Interlude: Cm (Synthesizer plays intro) Refrain: Cm Eb Ab From the top of the first page Cm Eb Ab To the end of the last day Cm Eb Ab From the start in your own way Bb Ab You just want somebody listening to what you say Fm It doesn't matter who you are Verse: Cm Bb Cm-Bb Under the surface trying to break through Cm Bb Cm-Bb Deciphering the codes in you Eb Bb -Cm I need a compass, draw me a map Eb Bb Cm-Eb-Bb I'm on the top, I can't get back Cm -Bb Whoa... Refrain: (play refrain chords) The first line on the first page To the end of the last page From the start in your own way You just want somebody listening to what you say It doesn't matter who you are Cm-Eb-Ab (3X) It doesn't matter who you are You just want Bb Ab Somebody listening to what you say Bb Ab Oh, you just want somebody listening to what you say Fm It doesn't matter who you are It doesn't matter who you are (SYNTHESIZER) Ab Is there anybody out there who Fm Is lost and hurt and lonely too Cm Bb Are they bleeding all your colours into one? Ab and if you come undone Fm As if you've been run through, some catapult it fired you Cm Bb You wonder if your chance will ever come Ab Or if you're stuck in square one... 2. What If Tuning:EADGBe Chords are: F#m A Bm7add4 E7 D Bm7 F#m7 Esus4 E G e|---2------0--------x-------0----2------2------2-----0-----0----3--| B|---2------2--------3-------3----3------3------2-----0-----0----0--| G|---2------2--------2-------1----2------2------2-----2-----1----0--| D|---4------2--------2-------2----0------4------2-----2-----2----0--| A|---4------0--------2-------2----x------2------4-----2-----2----3--| E|---2------x--------x-------0----x------x------2-----0-----0----2--| F#m A Bm7add4 E7 What if there was no light D Nothing wrong, nothing right F#m A Bm7add4 What if there was no time E7 D And no reason or rhyme Bm7 E7 What if you should decide? F#m D E7 That you don?t want be there by your side F#m D E7 That you don?t want me there in your life F#m A Bm7add4 E7 What if I got it wrong? D And no poem or song F#m A Bm7add4 E7 Could put right what I got wrong D Or make you feel I belong? Bm7 E7 And what if you should decide F#m D E7 That you don?t want me there by your side F#m D E7 That you don?t want me there in your life D Bm7 Ooh, that?s right F#m7 Esus4 E Lets take a breath jump over the side D Bm7 Ooh, that?s right F#m7 Esus4 E How can you know it if you don?t even try? D Bm7 Ooh, that?s right F#m A Bm7add4 E7 Every step that you take D Could be your biggest mistake F#m A Bm7add4 E7 It could bend or it could break D That?s the risk that you take Bm7 E7 And what if you should decide F#m D E7 That you don?t want me there in your life F#m D E7 That you don?t want me there by your side D Bm7 Ooh, that?s right F#m7 Esus4 E Lets take a breath jump over the side D Bm7 Ooh, that?s right F#m7 Esus4 E How can you know it when you don?t even try D Bm7 Ooh, that?s right Oooooooooooooo D Bm7 Ooh, that?s right F#m7 Esus4 E Lets take a breath jump over the side D Bm7 Ooh, that?s right F#m7 Esus4 E You know that darkness has turned into light D Bm7 Ooh that?s right 3. White Shadows Chords Used (relative to Acoustic w/capo on 2nd fret, chords in parentheses are actual chords) F#m (G#m) - 244222 A (B) - x02220 Bm (C#m) - x24432 E (F#) - 022100 C#m (Ebm)- x46654 D (E) - x00232 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO/RIFF 1 - Main Elec. Guitar Part w/ lots of delay and reverb (chords above played acoustic guitar w capo 2) F#m C#m e-11-11------11-11------11-11----11------b11--------11-11--------11-11--| B-------9-9--------9-9--------9-9---9--9------11-11--------11-11--------| G-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D-----------------------------------------------------------------------| A-----------------------------------------------------------------------| Eb----------------------------------------------------------------------| F#m C#m e------11-------b11------11-11------11-11----11------b11--------11-11-----| B-11-11---11--11-----9-9-------9-9--------9-9---9--9------11-11--------11-| G-------------------------------------------------------------------------| D-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A-------------------------------------------------------------------------| Eb------------------------------------------------------------------------| e----11-11-------11-------b11---| B-11--------11-11---11--11------| G-------------------------------| D-------------------------------| A-------------------------------| Eb------------------------------| --------------------------------------------- VERSE 1 - Rhythm Acoustic Guitar F#m A C#m Bm When I was a young boy I tried to listen F#m A C#m And I wanna feel like that F#m A C#m Bm Little white shadows blink and miss them F#m A C#m Part of a system, I am ----------------------------------------------- REPEAT INTRO/RIFF 1 1x ----------------------------------------------- VERSE 2&3 - Rhythm Acoustic Guitar plays same chords as above with Elec. Guitar playing 2 (imitates the bass in the song)---> e---------------------------------------------------------------------| B---------------------------------------------------------------------| G---------------------------------------------------------------------| D---------------------------------------------------------------------| A---------------------------------------------------------------------| Eb--5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-0h5--5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-0h5--etc---------------------| VERSE 2 (With RIFF 2) If you ever feel like something's missing Things you'll never understand [INTRO/RIFF 1 reappears here (an octave lower than in the intro)] Little white shadows Sparkle and glisten Part of a system, a plan VERSE 3 (with RIFF 2) When I was a young boy I tried to listen Don't you wanna feel like that? [INTRO/RIFF 1 an octave lower again] You're part of the human race All of the stars and the outer space Part of the system, a plan ------------------------------------------------ PRECHORUS 1&2 - Rhythm Acoustic Guitar D Bm All this noise, I'm waking up D Bm All this space, I'm taking up D Bm I cannot hear you're breaking up D E Ohhhhhhhh PRECHORUS 1&2 - Elec. Guitar RIFF 3 (above chords are once again rhythm acoustic guitar capo 2) D Bm D e-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------| B-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-x2--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-x2--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-x2---| G-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------| D--------------------------------------------------------------| A--------------------------------------------------------------| Eb-------------------------------------------------------------| Bm D Bm e-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------| B-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-x2--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-x2--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-x2---| G-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------| D--------------------------------------------------------------| A--------------------------------------------------------------| Eb-------------------------------------------------------------| D E e-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----| B-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-x2--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-x2--| G-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----| D-----------------------------------------| A-----------------------------------------| Eb----------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------ CHORUS 1&2 - Rhythm Acoustic Guitar F#m D Maybe you'll get what you wanted A C#m maybe you'll stumble upon it F#m D Everything you ever wanted A C#m In a permanent state (Same chords as above) Maybe you'll know when you see it Maybe if you say it, you'll mean it And when you find it you'll keep it In a permanent state, a permanent state CHORUS 1&2 - Elec. Guitar RIFF 4 play throughout whole chorus F#m D A e-16-16-16-14--14-16-14--16-16-16-14--14-16-14--16-16-16-14--14-16-14--| B--0--0--0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0--0---0--0--0--| G----------------------------------------------------------------------| D----------------------------------------------------------------------| A----------------------------------------------------------------------| Eb---------------------------------------------------------------------| C#m e-------------------------------| B-16-16-16---14-14-14---12-12---| G-15-15-15---15-15-15---13-13---| x4 D-------------------------------| A-------------------------------| Eb------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------- OUTRO - Organ transcribed for Rhythm Acoustic Guitar F#m Swam on a sea of faces D A tide of the human races A C#m Oh, an answer now is what I need (same chords as above) See it in a new sun rising See it break on your horizon Oh, come on love, stay with me 4. Fix You For album pitch, use Capo 1. Intro and Vs. 1 & 2: D D/C# D/B D/A e|----(2)-----(2)--|----(2)-----(2)----| B|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3-----| G|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2---| D|-0---------------|-------------------| A|---------4-------|-2-------0---------| E|-----------------|-------------------| (Repeat) Chorus (strum): G D/F# A Lights will guide you home... (x3) Link / Verse 3 (strum): D Fmadd6 Bm7 Asus4 e|-2-----2----|-2-----0----| B|-3-----3----|-3-----3----| G|-2-----2----|-2-----2----| D|-0----(0)---|-4-----2----| A|-x-----4----|-2-----x----| E|-x-----2----|-x-----x----| (Repeat) Chorus: G D/F# A Lights will guide you home... (x3) Solo: |D|D|G|G|D|D|Asus4|A| x4 Trio: D G Tears stream down your face D Asus4 A When you lose something you cannot replace D G Tears stream down your face...and D Asus4 A I-I-I-I-I............ D G Tears stream down your face D Fm7 I promise you I will learn from my mistakes Bm G Tears stream down your face...and D Asus4 A I-I-I-I-I............ Chorus: G D/F# A Lights will guide you home... (x2) G D/F# A D and I will try to fix you. 5. Talk VERSE 1: Eb Bb Gm -F Oh brother I can't, I can't get through Eb Bb Gm F I've been trying hard to meet you 'cause I don't know what to do Eb Bb Gm -F Oh brother I can't believe it's true Eb Bb Gm F I'm so scared about the future and I wanna talk to you Eb F -Gm Oh I wanna talk to you REFRAIN: Eb Gm Bb (adlib) You can take a picture of something you see Eb Gm Bb (adlib) In the future where will I be? Eb Gm Bb (adlib) You can climb a ladder up to the sun Eb Gm Bb Or write a song nobody has sung Eb F Or do something that's never been done VERSE 2: (play verse 1 chords) Are you lost or incomplete? Do you feel like a puzzle, you can't find your missing piece? Tell me how do you feel? Well I feel like they're Talking in a language I don't speak and they're talking it to me REFRAIN: Eb Gm Bb (adlib) So you take a picture of something you see Eb Gm Bb (adlib) In the future where will I be? Eb Gm Bb (adlib) You can climb a ladder up to the sun Eb Gm Bb Or write a song nobody has sung Eb F Or do something that's never been done (Instrumental) REFRAIN 2: (PLAY REFRAIN 1 CHORDS) So you don't know where you're going and you wanna talk And you feel like you're going where you've been before You tell anyone who'll listen but you feel ignored Nothing's really making any sense at all CODA: (play D#-F) Let's talk Let's talk Let's talk Let's talk 6. VERSE: Bm G Trying hard to speak and D F# Fighting with my weak hand Bm G Driven to distraction D F# So part of the plan Bm G When something is broken D F# And you try to fix it Bm G Trying to repair it Em F# Any way you can (Synthesizer) Bm G I'm diving off the deep end D F# You become my best friend Bm G I wanna love you D F# But I don't know if I can Bm G I know something is broken D F# And I'm trying to fix it Bm G Trying to repair it Em F# Any way I can E/G# -G -E/G# -G Ooh ooh ooh ooh... REFRAIN: D C E You and me are floating on a tidal wave together D C E You and me are drifting into outer space and singing G -E/G# -G -E/Ab Ooh ooh ooh ooh... INSTRUMENTAL: (in the tune of the verse) REFRAIN: D C E You and me are floating on a tidal wave together D C E You and me are drifting into outer space D C E You and me are floating on a tidal wave together D C E You and me are drifting into outer space and singing G -E/G# -G -E/Ab G -E/G# -G -E/Ab Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh... 7. Speed of Sound Verse: A G/B How long before I get in D Before it starts, before I begin? A G/B How long before you decide D Before I know what it feels like? A G/B Where to, where do I go? D If you never try, then you'll never know A G/B How long do I have to climb D Up on the side of this mountain of mine? Interlude: (play intro chords) Verse: (play verse chords) Look up, I look up at night Planets are moving at the speed of light Climb up, up in the trees Every chance that you get is a chance you seize How long am I gonna stand With my head stuck under the sand? I?ll start before I can stop Before I see things the right way up Refrain: G9 A Bm All that noise, and all that sound G Gdim Bm All those places that I doth found G Bm And birds go flying at the speed of sound D G To show you how it all began Bm Birds came flying from the underground F#m G If you could see it then you'd understand Interlude: (play intro chords) Verse: (play verse chords) Ideas that you'll never find Or the inventors could never design The buildings that you put up Japan and China all lit up The sign that I couldn't read Or the light that I couldn't see Some things you have to believe But others are puzzles, puzzling me Refrain: G9 A Bm All that noise, and all that sound G Gdim Bm All those places that I doth found G Bm And birds go flying at the speed of sound D G To show you how it all began Bm Birds came flying from the underground F#m G If you could see it then you'd understand F#m G -D If you could see it then you'd understand Bridge: G A Bm All those signs, I knew what they meant Some things you can't invent G A Bm Some get made, and some get sent E Ooh? Refrain: G Bm And birds go flying at the speed of sound D G To show you how it all began Bm Birds came flying from the underground F#m G -A -Bm -C -D If you could see it then you'd understand 8. A Message Standard tuning EADGBE C# Fm Ab My song is love C# Fm Ab Love to the loveless shown C# Fm Ab And it goes up F# C# Ab You don't have to be alone C# Fm Ab Your heavy heart C# Fm Ab F# Is made of stone C# Fm Ab And it's so hard to see you clearly F# C# Ab You don't have to be on your own F# C# Ab You don't have to be on your own F# C# Ab And I'm not gonna take it back F# C# Ab Well I'm not gonna say I don't mean that F# C# Ab You're the target that I'm aiming at F# C# Ab And I get that message home C# Fm Ab My song is love C# Fm Ab F# My song is love, unknown C# Fm Ab I'm on fire for you, clearly F# C# Ab You don't have to be alone F# C# Ab You don't have to be on your own F# C# Ab And I'm not gonna take it back F# C# Ab And, I'm not gonna say I don't mean that F# C# Ab You're the target that I'm aiming at F# C# Ab But I'm nothing on my own F# C# Ab Got to get that message home F C# Ab F C# Ab F# C# Ab And I'm not gonna stand and wait F# C# Ab not gonna leave it until it's much too late F# C# Ab On a platform, I'm gonna stand and say F# C# Ab That I'm nothing on my own F# C# Ab And I love you, please come home F# C# Ab Bbm F# C# Ab Bbm F# C# Ab Bbm My song is love, is love unknown F# C# Ab Bbm And I've got to get that message home 9. Low 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Em Em Em Dsus2 Bm Bm Bm Bm C C Am Am Em Em Em Em Em 022000 Dsus2 xx0230 Bm x24432 C 332010 (which is actually C/G, well I like it) A x02220 G 320003 Intro: C Am Em A C Am Em Dsus2 Bm You see the world in black and white C Am Em No colour or light Em Dsus2 Bm You think you'll never get it right C Am Em But you're wrong you might Em Dsus2 Bm The sky could fall could fall on me C Am Em The parting of the seas Em Dsus2 Bm But you mean more mean more to me C Am Em Than any colour I can see C Am All you ever wanted was love Em But you never looked hard enough A It's never gonna give itself up C Am And all you ever wanted to be Em Living in perfect symmetry A Nothing is as down on Earth as us C as us Em Dsus2 Bm You see the world in black and white C Am Em Not painted right Em Dsus2 Bm You see no meaning to your life C Am Em Yes you try C Am Em Yes you try C Am And all you ever wanted was love Em But you never looked hard enough A It's never gonna give itself up C Am And all you ever wanted to be Em Living in perfect symmetry A Nothing is as down on this Earth G Em Don't you want to see it come soon G Floating in a big white balloon C A Or given on your own silver spoon G Em Don't you want to see it come down G Careful throwing your arms around C A Saying not a moment too soon G Em Cause I feel low G Em Cause I feel low G Em Oh, yeah I feel low A Oh no G Oh 10. The Hardest Part Intro: Eb-Bb-F-Eb-F Gm Eb And the hardest part Bb Dm Was letting go, not taking part Gm Eb Bb Dm It's the hardest part Gm Eb And the strangest thing Bb Dm Was waiting for that bell to ring Gm Eb Bb Dm It was the strangest start Eb Bb Dm I could feel it go down Eb Bb F Bittersweet I could taste in my mouth Eb Bb Dm Silver lining the cloud Gm-F-Eb-Dm-Cm Oh and I... I wish that I could work it out (Interlude: Gm-Eb-Bb-Dm-Gm-Eb-Bb-Dm) Gm Eb And the hardest part Bb Dm Was letting go, not taking part Gm Eb Bb Dm You really broke my heart...oh Gm Eb And I tried to sing Bb Dm But I couldn?t think of anything Gm Eb Bb And that was the hardest part Eb Bb Dm I could feel it go down Eb Bb F You left the sweetest taste in my mouth Eb Bb Dm Silver lining the clouds Gm-F-Eb-Dm-Cm Oh and I Gm-F-Eb-Dm-Cm Oh and I I wonder what it?s all about (Interlude: Eb-Bb-F-Eb-Bb-F) I wonder what it?s all about (Instrumental: Eb-Bb-F-Eb-F) Eb Bb F Everything I know is wrong Eb Bb F Everything I do, it just comes undone Eb Bb-F And everything is torn a part Eb Oh and it?s the hardest part F That?s the hardest part Eb Yeah that?s the hardest part F (Outtro) That?s the hardest part 11. Swallowed in the sea B F# You cut me down a tree E B And brought it back to me Abm F# And that's what made me see E B Where I was going wrong F# You put me on a shelf E B And kept me for yourself Abm F# I can only blame myself E B You can only blame me E B And I could write a song Abm F# A hundred miles long E B Well, that's where I belong Abm F# And you belong to me E B And I could write it down Abm F# Or spread it all around E B Get lost and then get found Abm F# B Or swallowed in the sea B F# You put me on a line E B And hung me out to dry Abm F# And darling that's when I E B Decided to go to see you F# You cut me down to size E B And opened up my eyes Abm F# Made me realize E B What I could not see E B And I could write a book Abm F# The one they'll say that shook E B The world, and then it took Abm F# It took it back from me E B And I could write it down Abm F# Or spread it all around E B Get lost and then get found Abm F# And you'll come back to me E B Not swallowed in the sea (Instrumental: C#m-E-B-F# (4X) ) E B And I could write a song Abm F# A hundred miles long E B Well, that's where I belong Abm F# And you belong with me E B The streets you're walking on Abm F# A thousand houses long E B Well, that's where I belong Abm F# And you belong with me E B Oh what good is it to live Abm F# With nothing left to give E B Forget but not forgive Abm F# Not loving all you see E B Oh the streets you're walking on Abm F# A thousand houses long E B Well that's where I belong Abm F# And you belong with me E B Not swallowed in the sea Abm F# You belong with me E B Not swallowed in the sea Abm B Yeah, you belong with me E B Not swallowed in the sea 12. Twisted Logic Eb Abm Sunlight, opened up my eyes Eb To see for the first time Abm You'll open them up Eb Abm And tonight, rivers will run dry Eb And not for the first time Abm Rivers will run (Interlude: Fm-F#-B-C#-Fm-F#-B-C#) Eb Abm Hundreds of years in the future Eb It could be computers Abm Abm7 Eb Looking for life on earth Abm Don't fight for the wrong side Eb Say what you feel like Abm Say how you feel (Interlude: B-C#-Eb-Abm-B-C#-Eb) B C# You'll go backwards, but then Eb Abm You'll go forwards again B C# You'll go backwards, but then Eb You'll go (Interlude: Eb-Abm-Abm7-Eb-Abm-Abm7) Eb Abm Created, then drilled and invaded Eb If somebody made it Abm Abm7 Eb Someone will mess it up Abm And you are not wrong to Eb Ask who does this belong to Abm Abm7 It belongs to all of us B C# You'll go backwards, but then Eb Abm You'll go forwards again B C# You'll go backwards, but then Eb you'll go forwards B C# You'll go backwards, but then Eb Abm you'll go forwards again B C# You'll go backwards, but then Eb You'll go forwards (Outtro: B-C#-Eb-Abm-B-C#-Eb) enjoyeth
