Intro/Verses: ( C – /B ‘ Am ‘ D/F# – G ‘ Gsus4 ) ‘ ( C – /B ‘ Am ‘ D/F# – G ‘ D/F# – Em )

The darkness has always been
The world was born in to a blanket of sin
And all the faiths been gone
Still we found a reason to carry on

Chorus:

C – /B ‘ Am ‘ D/F# – G ‘ Gsus4
Through the worry, worry, worry
C – /B ‘ Am ‘ D/F# – G
We’re caught in an endless maze
When the lights go out
All that[D/F#] I can think about
C D/F# G ‘ Gsus4 ‘ G
Is how we’ve seen better days

Lover lately I’ve been thinking I might leave you
As you’re surrounded by these fools who do deceive you
Yes our past is wretched true
But I’m still in love with you
(That’s why) I am still refusing to give into

(Repeat Chorus ‘All this’?)

Bridge:
Where do we go from here?
While we’re all so consumed by fear
Well I??m trying not to be suspicious to those
I’m suspicious of
I’m trying to crack
Open this angry heart
D ‘ Dsus4
And find a little love?

(Repeat Chorus ‘Still I’m’?)

When the lights go out
All that I can dream about
Is how we’ve seen better days

use this run of notes played to the E string into the G (used anytime there is a

Em G/F# G progression) E —0—2—3

Whos bold enough to believe
In either love or war
Both just leave you busted, and broken down, and wanting more

Baby Ive seen it all before
You know that Ive seen it all before
You know that Ive seen it all befor[G/F#]e
I aint gonna be your fool any more

I can hear my heart pounding
Oh, but I just cant decide [G/F#]
Stuck between the depths of my fears and the peak[G/F#]s of my pride

Repeat chorus

Ive seen your tricks and your trade offs
Ive seen your evil ways
Ive seen every thing your twisted smile conveys

I aint gonna be your fool, baby
I aint gonna be your fool, baby
I aint gonna be your fool, baby
I aint gonna be your fool baby
Any more

Tabbed by: Timpe Tuyt
Tuning: EADGBe
Capo: 1st fret

Intro:

All my best days are behind me now
Photographs tell of my wedding vows.
And if you want heroes then I’d sail up to the stars
For all I got beneath my skin are tears and scars.

I walked in these shoes ten thousand miles,
Been through all sorts of bleating trials,
So if you want heroes then I’ll tell you where to go
I’ll sell you a map to thank the faces that you know
Oh but for now I’ll just be at this all night show
Oh yes tonight I’ll spend my lonely dollar slow.

Yes I’ve loved and lost again
Happy ever afters never been
And if you want love than I suggest that you not wait
Cause I will know not what I’ve waited at heaven’s gate

All my best days are behind me now
Still I find a way to live somehow.

To make it a little more interesting to play, add these hammer-ons:

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B|–1—-1—-1—–1——————————————————-|
G|–0h2–2—-0—–0——————————————————-|
D|–3—-3—-0h2—2——————————————————-|
A|————3—–3——————————————————-|
E|————————————————————————–|

Easy as that! Enjoy! Timpe

The wedding band that meant so much
Signified our blessed vow
Like coffee spills and unpaid bills and all my pills
It’s in a dusty dresser drawer now

I watched these trees from green to brown
Suddenly this small town has gotten smaller
The arctic breeze it sings to me, and says now look
Any fool can go out and walk on water

I shoulda known that time alone
Would only serve to break you down
Don’t know why I sit and stare at that damn thing sitting there
In a dusty dresser drawer now

Snow has turned to water

To please the trees
And cheer up that late bloomer
While I’m sipping on a beer counting down another year
Couldn’t come a second sooner

I wonder how easily that ring it slid off of your finger
Did you stop for a moment
Let the memory of us linger

Or was it just an afterthought
Like casting water from a bow
I’m past the point of crying

For a love that lies there dying
In a dusty dresser drawer now

It’s such a goddamn shame

Right next to your picture frame
In a dusty dresser drawer now
If anybody asks me what I think, that love is for now, I’ll tell them
Look in a dusty dresser drawer now

D

e|------|

B|–8—|
G|–7—|
D|–5—|
A|–5—|

E|------|

after just about every A or A7 he plays there is a funky little riff that sounds like
more than this:

e|-7–5–|

B|-------|
G|-------|
D|-------|
A|-------|
E|-------|

INTRO : D A (or A7 depending on your mood)

VERSE 1:

D A (2x)

I’ve been waiting a long time
I was just hoping I might find

D G A

Ah, the right kind of lover for me

VERSE 2:

D A (2x)

Well you know I’ve been lonesome
God knows we all been lonesome

D G A

Some people think being lonesome really means being free

CHORUS:

G F# Bm (3x the third time is a little funkier, but same chords)

But, I would give it all up for you
Yes I would give it all up for you
Yes I would give it up
Settle down
Stop looking around

I finally found something true

VERSE 3:

D A (2x)

We live in a world full of confusion
A culture based in illusion

D G A

Ah, some people think it’s amusing
But its really just fantasy

CHORUS

OUTRO: D A until end

I would give it all
I would give it all up for you now baby
I would give it all
I would give it all
It would give it all up for you now baby

G-320003
Em-022000
C-032010
D-xx0232
Dsus4-xx0233
Am-x02210
A-x02220

Yesterday I got lost in the circus
Feelling like such a mess
Now I’m down I’m just hanging on the corner
I can’t help but reminisce

When you're go----------ne all the colors fade

When you're go----------ne no New Year's Day parade

You're go-------ne

Colors seem to fade

Your mama called she said that you’re down stairs crying
Feeling like such a mess
Yeah I hear you you’re in the background bawling
What happened to your sweet summertime dress

I know we all, we all got our faults
We get locked in our vaults and we stay

But when you're go----------ne all the colors fade

When you're go----------ne no New Year's Day parade

You're go----------ne

Colors seem to fade
Colors seem to fade Yeah

Capo on second fret.

Most add9’s are optional but I think they sound best

Farewell my sweet
Well the time that was coming
The road has begun to move beneath my feet
(Same)
Good things come to an end
Well I hope through the pain
The heartache and strain we can still remain friends

Something about a southern girl
Make me feel right
In a Mississippi morning
She’s an angel in flight
In a blink of an eye
She’ll be out of your sight
Something about a southern girl

(Same as first verse)
You’re a soft melody
Well I swear that I heard
We got a lot going on
Even though I’m not here
Please don’t shed any tears for me day when I’m gone

(Same as first Chorus)
Something about a southern girl
Make me feel right
In a Mississippi morning
She’s an angel in flight
In a blink of an eye
She’ll be out of your sight
Something about a southern girl

I never meant to leave you lonely
It was only in your mind
Girl, I never meant to leave you lonely
It was only a matter of time

Something about a southern girl
Make me feel right
In a Mississippi morning
She’s an angel in flight
In a blink of an eye
She’ll be out of your sight
Something about a southern
Something about a southern girl

A thousand empty windows
D G D G,D,G
and only half the lights are out
I wonder what these peoples lives
D G D G,D,G
what they might be all about

D GD G D G,D,G
Do they got a lover? Could they have a family ?
Could they be just as lonesome
D G D G,D,G
as you and me ?

(chorus) I wanna shout out,
Shout out loud
Why don’t you all
Just come on out
(X2)
We can, Tear it all down, yeah

White lights burn’in,
D G D G,D,G
Down an empty avenue
I wonder if their driver
(X2)
found someone he can go on home to.

(Chorus)

(Bridge)Cause everybodys got a part in the game,
and everybodys got a cross they can claim,
and everybodys gots somebody to blame
A D,G (X4)
but we all must find our own way (yeah, yeah)

D G…. you get the picture just continue with D,G until
song is over!
I wanna shout out

Shout out loud

I wanna shout out

Shout out loud

I wanna shout out

Shout out loud

Shout out loud, yeah, yeah

shout out loud, yeah, yeah

Shout out loud

Shout out loud

Shout out loud

But nothing could be further from the truth, my love
Did you even listen
When they told you to change your name

Now nobody wants honesty when looking at a perfect frame
Play the game

But nothing could be further from the truth, my love
And nothing is more powerful than beauty in a wicked world

Play it girl
Play it girl
Play it girl

Does it make you feel good
When they tell you what you want to hear
And after they suck all your soul
Well that’s when they disappear
Disappear
Disappear for ever, and ever

Like a prince in your little fairy tale
And you will find it
When they put your soul on sale

But nothing could be further from the truth, my love
And nothing is more powerful than beauty in a wicked world

LoLita, you’re a cheater
I don’t wanna see you again
You had the guts to tell me
You were my best friend
Aww but best friends
They don’t do me like ya done
You broke my heart to have a little fun

You call me up crying
Saying it was just a fling
I think you’re just trying to feel better
about doing a shitty thing
Aw but save them tears
I hope you feel ashamed
Cuz deep inside I’m gonna take the blame

Every man has his pride
Even though he keeps it locked up
Deep down inside
And I know just little kids
D . . .
Can swap out the lights

G–D–C–G

Of what you did

LoLita, you’re a cheater
I don’t wanna see you no more
You showed up again cryin’
Outside of my front door
Aw but save them tears
I hope you feel ashamed
Cuz deep inside I’m gonna take the blame

And it’s time you go downtown to fuck that asshole
Do one last thang for me
Don’t park your car down on Charles St.
That’s how I get out 83

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