1. |
To Feel So Young
03:58
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V1
Oh what it must be like
to feel so young
to disregard all sound advice
about what anyone else has done
Oh, what it must be like
to have so much time
To waste and burn and stretch and grind
with your full and thick hairline
Chorus
Oh, to do it all again
and correct all our mistakes
No time machine to show us when
to avoid all our heartaches
Oh to have just one more chance
to course-correct these ships
to steer ourselves around the rocks
and not end up like this.
V2
Oh, when will you learn that
you’ll never figure it all out?
You want to run, your heart it yearns
for stuff you don’t know a thing about
Oh, what could I say
that would be of any use to you?
I’ll shut my mouth and try to find a way
But you should do the things I was too scared to do
Verse
A, F#m, A, F#m, E
Chorus
Bm7, C#m7 (low b), Fmaj7 (no E), E8(?)
Bm7, C‹m7 (low b), C Maj7 (no A), C6
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2. |
Rewind Your Fate
03:36
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Remember back when you were young
Is there anything you wish you had done?
Found the amazon basin, the source of the nile
Or sunrise stoned in Newgrange with dopey smiles
When you recall your teenage dreams
Is there anything you wish you had seen?
The pyramids of Giza, the Eiffel Tower
Or the golden gate bridge in it’s golden hour?
Chorus
Reform the band,
get in the van
and start working on your demo tape.
Rewind your fate
It’s not too late
to get hammered on an island near Spain
Life isn’t short, it’s incredibly long
and you can do whatever you want to do.
Is this the job you were dreaming about?
Where you feel you’ve been turned inside out?
The broken copier and no parking spaces
You’ve got to get away from these sad, sad cases
Mid 8
But let's try to keep within reason
there are some things it’s just too late to do
parkour seems unlikely, you shouldn’t take it lightly
with knees like yours and mine
we could get really royally
fuuuuuckked uuup!
Verse
Emaj7, Esus4 (F#) x 2
Amaj7, F#7,
Amaj7, Fmaj7,
Ab,
Chorus
Am7, Dm7, Fmaj7, E7 x 2
Fadd9. Gadd9, G#dim, Am add9, FmMaj7, Gsus4-G
Mid 8
F, Bb(F), C(F), F
Bb, Am7, Dm7
Em6, F, Gsus4, G
Ab, Bb
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3. |
Over & Over
04:16
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V1
If I wasn’t scared
I’d find a way to say
how I feel
about you.
But the world’s going to end,
they say any day
I should be brave
I’ve got nothing to lose
But that doesn’t really sound much like me.
CH
Last chance now to speak aloud
and the words just won’t come out
Apocalypse is looming over
and I just can’t blurt it out
Over and over the world is exploding
and we go to work every day.
V2
Not long now to go
Until the asteroid is here
What have I to fear
when the end is so near?
I guess I’ll just die
instead of speaking up to you
That’s what I do
This is nothing new
In fact, it’s really, really on-brand for me
Middle 8
What’s the worst that could happen?
Nobody would know.
One last day of embarrassment
I think I could cope
But what if the asteroid changed its course
and everybody found out
that you
said ‘No!’?
Verse
A, D(inv/A), E7, F#m7
Gadd9, Gadd9/F
E7, F, G
Chorus
Am7, D7, Gmaj7, Cmaj7, x 2
G/B, Gm/Bb, G sus2/A, G#dim
Em7, F, G
Mid 8
Cadd9, Bm7, Am7 x 2
Fmaj7, E7, Dm7, Em7, Fadd9, Fmadd9
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4. |
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Pausing here on the stairs
I hold on to the rail.
2 deep breaths and 4 more steps
if gravity won’t fail me
How could I have known
How it would go?
So many years between
divided by our screens
Verse 2
I see you before you see me and
I walk on through this rain
it feels like a music video from the ’80s
How could I have known…
Chorus
I wanted love to find you where you were hiding
and I wanted you to feel that you did the right thing
It’s a job too big for superman
and you just can’t turn the world around
no matter how fast you fly backwards
You just won’t make it happen
The clockwork universe spins around
as the planet tilts and whirls
The push and pull of our orbits
means asteroids will find us
How could I have known…
Years from now and I don’t know how
to even start to explain
The planet’s cooled, the war’s called off
and everyone rejoices
How far we have come
to make it to today
How much we’ve done
and still feel kind of young
Verse
G add9, Dm7, Cadd9, B7,
Amadd9, Bm7, Cadd9, D7
Em7, Am7 x 2
Bb/D, Cadd9,
Bb/D#, C/D
CH
Bm7, Am7, C/D x 2
G/B, Gm. Gsus2/A, G#dim
G , Gm7
Cmaj7/D
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5. |
The Opposite Of Me
04:16
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Verse 1
There’s an opposite of me somewhere
and I know that he’s having fun
He’s laughing, entertaining, he’s positively draining
and he spends his days out in the sun
Verse 2
He’s not like me in any reasonable way,
I could blame him but it’s not his fault.
He’s a walking inspiration, He’s so smart and fascinating
and he takes life with a pinch of salt
Chorus
But when is...
is it my go
to take a turn in his place?
and when is...
is it his turn
to swap my mask for his face?
Verse 3
He’s a mover and shaker, he catches all the breaks
and he seems at home on any dance floor
Well-adjusted and content, he has a manly scent
and his face can open any door
Middle 8
It’s so unfair to be so jealous of his hair
and the way it falls just right
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6. |
Major To Minor
03:22
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You can say what you like
nothing changes
For us
The air is still and warm
and it rolls around
our heads
Major to minor
and we’re the last to go
Chorus
I know the words
and you know the tune
that we have to sing
Verse 2
The train moves to the future
as we become
the past
The sun is pale and misty
and it looks like
it’s our last
Major to minor
and now we have to go
Chorus 2
I know the words
and you know the tune
that we have to sing
The words spin and loop
and we’re crushed by the truths
that we have to sing
Verse
Esus2, C6, B7sus 4, B7
Cadd9, G(B), Am6 (C), C(D)
Chorus
Cmaj7 (roots climb for next 2 chords), Eb aug,
Em7, (roots descend for next 3 chords,
Cmaj7, Eb
Instrumental break
Csus2, C, Csus4, C
Em (I), Gm6 (I), Am7
Fadd9, Fm add9
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7. |
Life Gets In The Way
03:18
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Verse
I’ve thought about you
From time to time
I heard that you had been fired
I think I heard that from Dave
But you know Dave…
He’s an unbelievable liar.
Chorus
I’m sorry that we were
so bad at staying in touch
But life gets in the way
isn’t that what they say?
I guess that you heard
my business died
I made some shocking investments
Now I’m back on my feet
new wife and kids
after major reassessments
Chorus
I guess at the time we
both needed friends
But life gets in the way
isn’t that what they say?
Middle 8
Bald spots and long shots
are all we’ve got
Hotel bars, company cars and
battle scars
Let's meet up in town
one of those nights
Don’t you have a birthday soon?
Just leave it to me
I’ll get it right
I’ll see if Dave is around
Chorus
He’s way worse than you and me
He could really use a break
Unless life gets in the way
I’ll call him later today.
A, A/F#, A/C#, Bm7, C#m
C add9, G add9, Am7, Fadd9, G/B, E7, Dm7, E7
F/D, F/G, E(I), Am, G/B, A/C# C/D
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8. |
Like Old Friends Do
04:14
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V1
There’s so many things that I can’t remember
Because I never thought I’d need them again
But now they’re gone
I think I could cry
There’s the road where you hid in my coat
The storm beat down as I walked you home
But you don’t live around here
any more
Chorus
Feeling worse than ever before
I don’t know where you live anymore
I wonder if we ever passed in the street
Hoping that we’d possibly meet
and talk like old friends do
V2
There’s the lamp-post where I got the bad news
It’s ok, I could hardly blame you
I’d have done the same in your shoes.
F6, Fadd9/G, Em7, Abaug
Cadd9, Cm, Dm7, G, C(I)
Fadd9/D, F, Cadd9, Bb x2
F6, Gadd9
Bb, F6, Gadd9
Bb, F6, Gadd9, G#Dim, Am, Am/G, F6
Gadd9, Cm, Bm7, E7, Am, Cadd9 x2
Bb
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9. |
Something To Do
04:16
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I read all the books I was supposed to read
they didn’t lead to the places they said they’d lead to
I’m the kind of man who skips to the last page
I want all your praise but none of your outrage
don’t dream much anymore but when I do I dream about you
Chorus
There’s no worries
Said all my sorries
except the ones that I owe to you
You said that I
Didn’t need to
What would it mean now?
I don’t know but it’s something to do
I was a mindless mess about mindfulness
I didn’t know what it was trying to do
I kicked and I punched at what was inside me
All I knew was that I wouldn’t let it define me
I didn’t care about much but I always cared about you
Mid 8
What am I going to do
with all this time without you?
I guess I’ll just figure it out as I go.
What do other guys do?
Do they learn something new?
Like DIY, homebrew and fighting online
How do I fill all this time?
Maybe I’ll start work on that novel.
F, Am, Dm, Bb
Gm, Cadd9, Am7, D7
Gm, Bb, Fmaj7
Gm7, Am7, Dadd9
Gm7, Am7, Dadd9, B7
Am, G(B), Cadd9, Em7, Dsus4
Am7, Bm7, Cadd9, Gadd9, F6, E7
Dm7
I
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10. |
Stay
03:44
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The day is almost over as the evening comes down
around us
I tried to slow the time down but it burns on and on around us
Stay here, don’t go
please stay here
with me.
The sun falls through the skyline and the evening turns gold
around you
And our coffee turns cold as the second hand revolves around us
Stay with me, don’t go
Stay with me, don’t go.
Verse
Fadd9, Fmadd9, C(I), Dm7, Cadd9, G/B x 2
G#dim
Chorus
Am7/F, Dm7, Em7, FmMaj7, G6 x 2
Am7, B7, Cmaj7
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11. |
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Verse1
The brass ring is coming around again
and maybe for the very last time
Get yourself ready to jump again
You’re almost at the front of the line
Verse2
1, 2, 3 and you’ll make a leap
and hold onto the ring with both hands
the wind is loud and the angle’s steep
and it’s hard to remember what was your plan
Verse 3
If you hit the ground you’ll get right up
and you’ll meet me at the back of the line
We’ll dust you off and patch you up
and get you ready for another try
Keep looking up, it’s a long way down
You’re just about due a full turnaround
Chorus
You’re better off without me
Is what I really, really believe
The third act is just within reach
But please just don’t take it from me
There’s nothing to do
There’s nowhere to go
Unless you’ve heard of a road
I don’t know about
The way ahead is so hard to see
and the blackest ice is sliding our wheels
This lesson isn’t going to be cheap
But I think we got a pretty good deal
There’s nothing to do
There’s nowhere to go
Unless you’ve heard of a road
I don’t know about
Verse
G(C), Gsus2(D), Em7, G(I) x 2
G(B), Am(C), Cadd9 (D
Chorus
Bm7, Em7 Gadd9, D add9
C6, C, Cm6, C6
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12. |
When It All Plays Out
05:23
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V1
For all I know the burnout is here
pressing on my shoulders
and pushing through my inner ears
For all my talk I know one thing is clear
I've waited far too long
and what I need just isn’t here
Chorus
I don’t know where I’ll end up
when it all plays out.
V2
Is this the way it’s supposed to feel?
Like I ground down all my teeth
in a dream that turned out to be real
Can a person's hair really go white overnight
I feel it’s on its way
though I know it is an unreal fear.
Chorus 2
I don’t know where I’ll end up
when it all plays out
The pieces are out of order and
they’re scattered all about
No glimpses of the future
that aren’t full of doubt
Mid 8
I can’t see where the future goes
I’ve asked around and nobody knows
If you’ve got a clue won’t you clue me in
Before this bridge comes to an end?
Or maybe it’s a middle 8.
Verse
A, A /F#, Am/F, CInv /G, Ab Aug, A
Chorus
Bm7, A/F#, F/G, F6/G
Mid 8
F/D, F/G, E Inv /G#, Am x2
Ab, G, F#, F
Instrumental break
F#, Db x 2
Bm7, C#m7, F#m7, C/F
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