[D/F#]Oh [D/E]oh [D/F#]oh-oh oh Please forgive me for the things that I must[D/F#] do
[D/F#]Oh [D/E]oh [D/F#]oh-oh oh I have hurt so many people it was never my i[D/F#]ntention to hurt you

INTRO RIFF

Oh the clouds have gathered [C/G]thick and in my stomach I feel sick
And I have all this drive and no idea what I shou[C/G-D-G]ld do with it
But they say there is a [C/G]calm after the passing of the storm
So I can dream of going back outside when the rain [C/G-D-G]and thunder’s done

[D/F#]Oh [D/E]oh [D/F#]oh-oh oh Please forgive me for the things that I must[D/F#] do
[D/F#]Oh [D/E]oh [D/F#]oh-oh oh I have hurt so many people it was never my i[D/F#]ntention to hurt you

And you know the old folks say, they can tell which way the rivers flowing
Tell which way the wind is blow’ing[C/G], by watching careful for the…
Signs among the little things: The barking dogs, the birds on wing
And I am deaf and blind and I can’t say if I can change
the patterns that have caused you pain, [C/G]for I was raised in suburbs
Sheltered from the sun and rain far away from subtle season’s change

INTRO RIFF

(pm)
Oh baby I will [C/G]read about the buzzing of the bees
About the grass and snakes and spawning lakes and the differe[C/G-D-G]nt types of trees
And I will find a [C/G]way that leads from cruel April into May
And someday soon it will be June and you’ll[C/G-D-G] decide to stay

[D/F#]Oh [D/E]oh [D/F#]oh-oh oh please forgive me for the things that I have[D/F#] done
[D/F#]Oh [D/E]oh [D/F#]oh-oh oh I will carry your umbrella in the summer
And I’ll shade you from the [D/F#]sun

INTRO RIFF

-KEY-

. stacatto
(pm) palm-mute
~ ring out

-CHORDS-

EADGBe

Am x02210
A7 x02020
C x32xxx
CMaj7/G 332000
D x54xxx
D/A x0023x
D/F# 2×0232
D/G x55xxx
Dsus4/F# 2×0233
D6/A x0043x
D11/A 554030
E x79xxx (E5)
E/B x22xxx
Em 022000
Em7 022077
Emadd9 024000
Em/B 775000
F# x99xxx (B/F#)
F#m/A x04xxx
G 320033
G x109000 (10th fret)
Gsus4 330033
G/D x55xxx
G6/D 10109000 (10th fret)
G6/E 020000
G6/F# 220000

-RIFFS-

RIFF 1

|----------------------------------------------------|
|---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---|
|---2--2--4--2--2--2--4--2--2--2--4--2--2--2--4--2---|
|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---|
|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---|
|----------------------------------------------------|

Riff 2

e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|---------0------|
D|------2-----2---|
A|---3------------|
E|----------------|

Riff 3

e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|---------0------|
D|------0-----0---|
A|---2------------|
E|----------------|

Riff 4

e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|---------0------|
D|------2-----2---|
A|----------------|
E|---0------------|

Riff 5

e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|---------0------|
D|------0-----0---|
A|----------------|
E|---3------------|

Riff 6

e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|---------3-----------3-----------3-----------3------|
G|------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2---|
D|---0-----------0-----------0-----------0------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

-VERSE-
E(pm) F#(pm)
Man we used to be brothers
G(pm)
Superheroes and warriors
E(pm)
Cowboys and indians
F#(pm)
Train drivers, everything
G(pm)
Rolling through the endless summers

E(pm) F#
But everything changes
G(pm)
You got married, had children
E(pm)
And I don’t have your number
F#(pm)
The one I can remember
G(pm) G(pm).
Is that place you used to live with your parents

-CHORUS-
In the s[CMaj7/G]tillness of the m[G6/F#]oment it t[Em/B]akes for
A p[G6/D]olaroid p[ED11/A]icture to capture our faces forever
The w[CMaj7/G]orld has turned a t[G6/F#]ouch on its a[Em/B]xis
And the o[G6/D]nly thing ce[D11/A]rtain is that everything changes

-VERSE-
E(pm) F#
Man, they closed the Astoria
G(pm)
At the end of last summer
E(pm)
The place we earned our pedigree
F#(pm)
Scene of our victories
G(pm)
Sanctuary in the centre of London

E(pm) F#
Now they’re building a railway
G(pm)
To track the vanquished to Versailles
E(pm)
The sing-a-longs go on
F#(pm)
But they’re singing different songs
G(pm) G(pm).
In rooms that we don’t know on the other side of the city

-CHORUS-
In the s[CMaj7/G]tillness of the m[G6/F#]oment it t[Em/B]akes for
A p[G6/D]olaroid p[D11/A]icture to capture our faces forever
The w[CMaj7/G]orld has turned a t[G6/F#]ouch on its a[Em/B]xis
And the o[G6/D]nly thing ce[D11/A]rtain is that everything changes

-BRIDGE-

So honey
I just need a little time
Emadd9 Em G6/E Riff 1
To take a little time with it today
To savour all our triumphs and tradgedies
Em G6/E Riff 1
Before they slip away
D/G(pm) D/G
Before they slip away

D/G(pm)
Let go of the little distractions
D(pm)
Hold close to the ones that you love
C(pm)
Because we won’t all be here this time next year
E/B(pm) F#m/A(pm)
So while you can take a picture of us

D/G(pm)
Let go of the little distractions
D(pm)
Hold close to the ones that you love
C(pm)
Because we won’t all be here this time next year
E/B(pm) F#m/A(pm)
So while you can take a picture of us

Take a polaroid picture
Take a polaroid p[Dsus/F#]icture
Take a polaroid picture
Please, take a polaroid picture[D/F#]

Take a polaroid picture
Please, take a polaroid p[Dsus4/F#]icture
Take a picture of us to show
We’ve been watching to see where our ti[D/F#]me goes

-OUTRO-

Riff 2 Riff 3 Riff 4
So in the stillness of the moment make sure
Riff 5 Riff 6
You take a polaroid picture, and keep it with you forever
Riff 2 Riff 3 Riff 4
To remind yourself that everything changes
Riff 5 Riff 6 A7~
But there was this one time, yeah, there was this one time, when things were OK

e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|-------0~-------0~-------0~---------------|
A|-----7~-------3~-------3~-----------------|
E|---5~-------3~-------1~-------------------|

RIFF 2

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------0~-------0~-------|
A|-----7~-------3~---------|
E|---5~-------3~-----------|

-INTRO-
Riff 1
Riff 1
Riff 2

-VERSE-
F6(pm)
I heard the name Josephine
Asus4(pm) G5(pm)
It came to me in a dream
F6(pm) Asus4(pm) G5(pm)
And I don’t usually set too much store by the things that these things might mean

F6(pm)
It was spoken with seriousness
Asus4(pm) G5(pm)
More of a whisper than a scream
F6(pm)
Now, I’m waiting on this Josephine
Asus4(pm) G(3) XXX
To show herself to me

-CHORUS-
I could have been anyone
Am(G0h2)
I imagined I could be
I just needed somebody
Am(G0h2)
To show me how to be

I could have been Napoleon
Could have been Beethoven
Could have been anyone but uncomfortable me
C G(2) Am(G0h2)
So come on now Josephine show yourself to me

-VERSE-
F6(pm) Asus4(pm) G5(pm)
So come on now Josephine give me what I need
F6(pm)
I don’t like to be needy but sometimes needs —
Asus4(pm) G5(pm)
I can’t stand being the person that I’ve been

F6(pm)
I’m an impending car crash
Asus4(pm) G5(pm)
And I’m the first one on the scene
F6(pm)
I’m a defeated commander, I’m a tone-deaf composer
Asus4(pm) G(3) XXX
I’m a strange name whispered in a dream

-CHORUS-
I could have been anyone
Am(G0h2)
I imagined I could be
I just needed somebody
Am(G0h2)
To show me how to be

I could have been Napoleon
Could have been Beethoven
Could have been anyone but uncomfortable me
C G(2) Am(G0h2)
So come on now Josephine show me how to be

-BRIDGE-
So come on now Josephine
Let’s pretend it’s Halloween
You come as a car crash
And I’ll go as James Dean

I’m Napoloeon on Elba
And you’re a hundred days in 1815
I wrote all of these letters to my immortal beloved
F F.
You’re the only one who’s ever gonna know what they mean

-OUTRO-
Come on now Josephine
Am(G0h2)
Show yourself to me
Could have been anyone
Am(G0h2)
But I ended up being me

Could have been --- ---

Could have been what you need
I wish that I was anyone except for just me

So come on now Josephine
Am(G0h2)
Show yourself to me

Come on now Josephine
Am(G0h2)
Show yourself to me

Come on now Josephine
Am(G0h2)
Show yourself to me

Come on now Josephine
Am~
Show yourself to me

VERSE 1

We had a difficult winter
We had rough few months
When the storms came in off the coast
It felt like they broke everything on us at once

It’s easy enough to talk about blissed spirit
When you’re not holding the roof up and knee deep in it
And the pictures and the papers got ruined by the rain
And we wondered if they’d ever get dry again

CHORUS

But I don’t want spend the whole of my life indoors
Laying low, waiting on the next storm
But I don’t want spend the whole of my life inside
I wanna step out, and face the sunshine

SOLO

VERSE 2
We lost faith in the omens
We lost faith in the gods
We just ended clutching at these empty rituals
Like gamblers clutching long odds

I don’t care what the weatherman is saying
Because the last time that I saw him he was on his needs knees, he was praying
And the preachers and the scientists got soaked just the same
And they wondered if they’d ever get dry again

CHORUS

But I don’t want spend the whole of my life indoors
Laying low, waiting on the next storm
But I don’t want spend the whole of my life inside
I wanna step out, and face the sunshine

BRIDGE

C Dm
So open the shutters, raise up the mast
Rejoice, rebuild, the storm has passed
Cast off the crutches, cut off the cast
Rejoice, rebuild, the storm has passed (x2)

CHORUS

But I don’t want spend the whole of my life indoors
Laying low, waiting on the next storm
But I don’t want spend the whole of my life inside
I wanna step out, and face the sunshine

OUTRO

I’m not gonna live the whole of my life indoors
I’m gonna step out, and face the next storm

G A D x2

G A
Why didn’t you call?
My phone’s always on
G A
Why didn’t you call?
Before you got gone

G A
And I can’t say for certain what I would have said
But now I am helplessly silent instead
G A
There’s a hole in my heart and in my head
Why didn’t you call?

G A D
Why didn’t you say something, on the last time we met?
G A D
Why didn’t you say something? There’s always hope left
G A
And I can’t say for certain what I would have done
But I can’t do anything now that you’re gone
G A D
And it kills me to think that for a second you felt alone

Now you can measure the mark of a man on the day that he died
In the mixture of memory and wreckage that he leaves behind
And I know you were carrying too much [D/F#]weight on the evening when you slipped away
But I loved you like a brother, man, and I never really had a chance to say

G A D
So at half past nine each evening, I’ll think of my friend
G A D
And at half past nine, I’ll remember you were better than your end
G A D G
Cause I too have stood up on that ledge, but I know you’d have pulled me back down from the edge
G A D
And I let you down in your darkness, I wasn’t there

G A Bm
So I’ll remember you making a hole through the kids in the crowd
G A Bm
And I remember you lifting me up, each time I fell down
G A
And I’ll glance at the barrier when I’m watching the band
And I’ll expect to see you there stood on the foot stand

But I guess I will see someone else
That’s when I’ll whisper to myself
Brother I miss you like hell…

when the guitar comes in: G G F C x4

I never had a brother, old friend you had three.
You always said that if you had another one it would be me.
When you come through the flames, not everything will survive;
Forget about family now, we’ve got our old flyers,
Bad tattoos,
The in-jokes and memories,
The misspent youth.
And yeah we ran out of miles,
I guess that’s true,
But I know I’ll see you when I see you.

repeat intro x2

I had a new guitar, you had a drum kit,
And I knew the chords to “Smells Like Teen Spirit”.
Long summer afternoons washed out in the haze
I’ll come round to your place, your folks are away
For a while,
So let’s play
Till we’re tired,
And then hey,
It’s ?Goodbye?,
But I know I’ll see you when I see you.

This isn’t where it ends;
The world will keep on turning,
We’ll all make more mistakes, we’ll all have time to make amends.
We’ll carry different loads,
We’ll all get different blisters,
C Cm F G-once
Even so you know we’ll miss them when we’re finally out of road.

SOLO

Time it will change us but don’t you forget:
You are the only brother I’ve got. x5

THE LAST TIME:

Time it will change us but don’t you forget:
F-once
You are the only brother I’ve got.

Tuning: DADGAD
Capo 2

Chords:
E: 000200
A: 020020
B: x02202
C#m: xx4454
A5: x05450
Fm: 002020
G#m: 004240
D: x30030

Intro/Verse Riff

d-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
a-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------0---0---0---0---0---0---0------|
g-0h2---2---2---0--------------------0h2---2---2---4---5---4---2---0----|
d-------------------4---2---0-------------------------------------------|
a-------------------------------3---------------------------------------|
d-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
d-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
a-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------0---0---0--------0---0---0-----|
g-0h2---2---2---0-------------------------------------------------------|
d-------------------4---2---0--------0h2---2---2---2--0-----0-------0---|
a-------------------------------3------------------------3------0-------|
d---------------------------------------------------------------------0-|

Mid Verse Fill

d----------------------------------|
a-------------------0---0---0---0--|
g---------------0h2---2---2---2----|
d-3----5----0----------------------|
a-3----5----0----------------------|
d-3----5----0----------------------|

Chorus:

But honey I was lonely on the road, I was all on my own
Hanging outside at the back of a death metal show
I saw you standing there with your hair down low
A kink in your step that made me want to know
If you would like to take me home
Who’d of thought that a French kiss from a Parisian girl could capture an
English boy

Coming out of chorus

d-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
a-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------0---0---0--------0---0---0-----|
g-0h2---2---2---0-------------------------------------------------------|
d-------------------4---2---0--------0h2---2---2---2--0-----0-------0---|
a-------------------------------3------------------------3------0-------|
d---------------------------------------------------------------------0-|

—-

Bridge:
Cos she was a quiet one
She was a shy one
She was the prettier at the show

On the word show, play this. I generally strum all of the strings while playing this
two times.

d------------------------|
a------------------------|
g----55-44-22----------0-|
d-------------33-22-33---|
a------------------------|
d-00---------------------|

She crept up so slowly
She crept up behind me
But still she pretended that she didn’t know

d------------------------|
a------------------------|
g----55-44-22----------0-|
d-------------33-22-33---|
a------------------------|
d-00---------------------|

But all that she thinks of me, and she kissed me
And she’s yet to let me go
though I’m far away
Across of sea
I’m singing for the hope that she would
Ever remember me

Last Chorus:

So honey when you’re lonely on the road, you’re all on your own
Hanging outside at the back of the country show
Picture me there with hat down low
A smile upon my face to let you know
That I would like to take you home
That I would like to take you home, to the hills that I know
I would like to take you home, to the places I go
I would like to take you home
And that’s the way that a French kiss from an English boy can capture a
Parisian girl

-VERSE 1-

Somewhere down the road,

Well there’s a ditch or there’s a hole

That marks the spot where you will l[D/F#]ie when you are cold.

And you can run and you can hide,

And you can bch and you can whine,

But you’ll never [D/F#]save your life.

-CHORUS-

When you meet death, be out of breath,

And say you’re pleased to [D/F#]see him because you’re tired.

Em Am G D/F# C (x2)

-VERSE 2-

Now you can go down with the wreck

Or you can scurry from the deck

But there’s no way to save your [D/F#]skinny little neck,

And you can pray to who you please and you can fall down on your knees,

But your feet will [D/F#]still get wet.

-CHORUS/BRIDGE-

When you meet death, be out of breath,

And say you’re pleased to [D/F#]see him because you’re tired

Of wondering how much time you have left,

Of worrying that you’re no good at chess,

It’s your funeral anyway;

Choose your game, then let’s play.

Em Am G D/F# C (x2)

-CHORUS/OUTRO-

When you meet death, be out of breath,

And say you’re pleased to [D/F#]see him –

In fact you’re waiting for this [D/F#]meeting,

And well frankly his time-[D/F#]keeeping

Leaves a lot to be [D/F#]desired,

So tell that hooded [D/F#]huckster that he’s fired.

Em~

e|---------------------------| e|---------------------------|
B|----------------------2-2--| B|---------------------------|
G|--9---11--13--4---4---2-2--| G|--9--11-13-4--5--6-4 6 4 6-|
D|--x---x---x---x---2---2-2--| D|--x--x--x--x--x--x---------|
A|--7---9---11--2---0---0-0--| A|--7--9--11-2--3--4---------|
E|--0---0---0---0---0--------| E|---------------------------|

On the 28th of January 198[A5/F#]6 Christa McAuliffe
Gazed in horror as the O-rings failed,
And she died, and she died,[A5/F#] and she died.
For the next agonizing two minutes and forty-five long [A5/F#]seconds
She called out the truth on a broken radio:
”I’m alive, I’m aliv[A5/F#]e, I’m alive”

It came as some [B5/A]surprise to realize that
As she lost everything
The world was revealed in a [B5/A]transmission so real
That she understood everything:

You’re still alive.
(Intro Riff)
You’re still alive.
(Intro Riff)

Four thousand nautical miles as the crow flies away
A [A5/F#]home-made ham radio in the loft of a Hampshire family home
Came alive, came alive, [A5/F#]came alive.
And so the four year old amateur operator thus became
The [A5/F#]only person to hear Christa’s last desperate communique:
”We’re alive, we’re aliv[A5/F#]e, we’re alive”

It came as some [B5/A]surprise to realize
That he didn’t catch anything

The world was revealed in a transmission so real
That he understood everything:

You’re still alive.

And Christa said:

Acoustic
[D7/A#] [B/A]

e|------5---5------|--4--------------||--0---0---0---0--|--0---0---0---0--|
B|------5---7------|--5---0---4---4--||--0---0---0---0--|--0---0---0---0--|
G|--1---5---5---1--|--6---0---4---4--||--1---4---4---1--|--6---5---4---4--|
D|--2---7---7---2--|--6---2---4---4--||--2---2---4---2--|--6---5---4---4--|
A|--2-------6---2--|--4---3---2---0--||--2---4---0---2--|--4---3---2---0--|
E|--0-------0---0--|-----------------||--0---0---x---0--|-----------------|

Electric Arpeggio

e|------------------|-----------------|
B|--9---10---7---9--|--5---5---4---4--|
G|--9---9----8---9--|--6---2---4---2--|
D|--9---10---7---9--|--6---5---4---4--|
A|------------------|-----------------|
E|------------------|-----------------|

The darkness up above
Led [D7/A#]me on like unrequited love,
While all the things I need
Were down here in the [B/A]deep blue sea

At four [E6/3]years [B5/A]old I heard the truth on my radio,
So now I keep a moment’s silence for [B5/A]my Silent Key.

My silent key x 3

(Intro riff)

V1
I bought my soul back from the devil, and now I’m keeping it all to myself.

v2
I’m checking myself out of the program, because I know what’s best for my health.

So why live the dream like you’re running out of sleep?
I’m not playing to pass time, I’m playing for keeps.
We only just started and you’re throwing the fight.
You’d rather burn out than fade away?
Well why not both, I plan to stay.
So let’s do this once and let’s do it right.

V3
I used to act like none of this mattered; I used to say that I didn’t care,

V4
That we wouldn’t be doing this forever, but the truth is that I was just scared.

So you put up a front to protect yourself,
but if we’re down on the floor, why get back on the shelf?
You can’t change your outfit now the night has begun.
But we’ve still got the fuel, we still have the fire, so me and you, Jay,
let’s never retire, let’s keep on making mistakes till we’re done.

MIDDLE 8
It wont last, so be bold

BRIDGE
I’m going to live fast and I’m going to die old,
I’m going to end my days in a house with high windows on the quiet shores
in the South-West.

So you sort the tunes and I’ll bring the beers,
on my seventieth birthday I’ll see you right here, and together we’ll watch the sun set.

Bada bada ba ,Bada bada ba ,Bada bada ba ,Bada bada ba x2

There’s no one in my coffin, there’s nothing in my grave,
I’m tired of being damned, I’d rather be saved,
and we can never sell out because we never bought in,
and if they build it back up,
then we’ll swing through town and burn the whole thing down again.

I’m going to live fast and I’m going to die old,
I’m going to end my days in a house with high windows on the quiet shores
in the South-West.

So you sort the tunes and I’ll bring the beers,
on my seventieth birthday I’ll see you right here, and together we’ll watch the sun set.

OUTRO
D G D A x2

It won’t last, so be bold. Live fast die old. Choose your path. Your Soul.
Live Fast Die Old