[WHEN APPEARS THE "*"
IT MEANS THAT ONLY THE NOTE SHOULD
BE PLAYED INSTEAD THE CHORD]



INTRO:
Abm C#m Abm
Abm C#m F#
B   Bbm6
Abm C#m F#

  Abm (133111@4)                                  C#mAs (x13321@4)I walk through the streets of my new city
   F# (244322@1)                           Bmy (x2444x@1)back feeling much better, I suppose
Bbm6 (x13023@1)Abm (133111@4)                    C#mI've (x13321@4)reclaimed the use of my imagination
    F# (244322@1)                             Bfor (x2444x@1)better or for worse, I've yet to know
Bbm6 (x13023@1) Abm (133111@4)                            C#mbut (x13321@4)I always knew you'd be the one to understand me,
               F# (244322@1)                              B (x2444x@1)Bbm6I (x13023@1)guess that's why it took so long to get things right.
AbmSuddenly (133111@4)I'm lost
       C#mOn (x13321@4)my street

On my block
   F#Oh (244322@1)why, Oh why
   B (x2444x@1)             EOh (022100@1)why haven't you been there for me?
          F# (244322@1)               B (x2444x@1)       Bbm6Can't (x13023@1)you see, I'm losing my mind this time?
Abm (133111@4)              C#mThis (x13321@4)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

       Band (x2444x@1)be calm.

Be calm.
           E (022100@1)                        BI (x2444x@1)know you feel like you are breaking down.
       Abm (133111@4)        C#m (x13321@4)            E (022100@1)Well I know that it gets so hard sometimes.
   F#Be (244322@1)calm.


  Abm (133111@4)                            C#mI'm (x13321@4)scared that everyone is out to get me.
       F# (244322@1)                           B (x2444x@1)Bbm6 (x13023@1)"These days before you speak to me you pause."
  Abm (133111@4)                           C#m"I (x13321@4)always see you looking out your window."
    F# (244322@1)                                      B (x2444x@1)Bbm6"After (x13023@1)all, you lost your band, you left your mom."
    Abm (133111@4)                     C#mNow (x13321@4)every single crack, every pain that I pass,
     F# (244322@1)                              B (x2444x@1)Bbm6says (x13023@1)I should either leave or pick it up
    AbmBut (133111@4)with every single buck I've made
    C#mI'm (x13321@4)saddled with bad luck that came
    F#the (244322@1)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 (244322@1)we'll all rejoice and sing a song that goes:

      BOh (x2444x@1)be calm.

Be calm.
           E (022100@1)                        BI (x2444x@1)know you feel like you are breaking down.
  Abm (133111@4)        C#m (x13321@4)            EI (022100@1)know that it gets so hard sometimes,
   F#Be (244322@1)calm.
	     B (x2444x@1)                            D#mTake (xx4342@1)it from me, I've been there a thousand times.
              AbmYou (133111@4)hate your pulse because it thinks you're still alive
   AbmA#m* (133111@4)B*       C#m (x13321@4)
and e-very--thing's wrong
        E (022100@1)              C#mIt (x13321@4)just gets so hard sometimes
   F#Be (244322@1)calm.

  Abm (133111@4)    F# (244322@1)  D#m (xx4342@1)     C#mI (x13321@4)don't remember much that night,
     B (x2444x@1)      F# (244322@1)     B (x2444x@1)     F#F#* (244322@1)Ab* B*
Just walking, thinking fondly of you
 Abm (133111@4)   F# (244322@1)    D#m (xx4342@1)    C#m (x13321@4)  BThinking (x2444x@1)how the worst is yet to come
F# (244322@1)             B (x2444x@1)    F# (244322@1)   BFrom (x2444x@1)that street corner came a song
    B* C#m*  D#m* E*
And I can't remember the man,
   F# (244322@1)               B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x13023@1">Bbm6
The panhandler or his melody.
    Abm (133111@4)   F# (244322@1)        D#m (xx4342@1) C#m (x13321@4)  F#The (244322@1)words exchanged had far exceeded any change I'd given thee. 

      BOh (x2444x@1)be calm.

Be calm.
           E (022100@1)                        BI (x2444x@1)know you feel like you are breaking down.
  Abm (133111@4)        C#m (x13321@4)            EI (022100@1)know that it gets so hard sometimes,
   F#Be (244322@1)calm.
	     B (x2444x@1)                            D#mTake (xx4342@1)it from me, I've been there a thousand times.
              AbmYou (133111@4)hate your pulse because it thinks you're still alive
   Abm (133111@4)name="chord_x13321@1">A#m B (x2444x@1)     C#m (x13321@4)
and e-very--thing's wrong
        E (022100@1)              C#mIt (x13321@4)just gets so hard sometimes
   F#Be (244322@1)calm.
   AbmBe (133111@4)calm.


D*  G*



by: Allan Lauzid
allan_lauzid@hotmail.com