SOFT OFFERING (FOR THE OFT SUFFERING)
Dm Eb
Dm Eb Dm Gm
the long knife of the sun rising
F Bb F Bb Eb
up the horizon and into our tired eyes
Dm Eb Dm Gm
the spell of night is struck down
F Bb F Bb Eb
our second sight is bleeding out
F Bb Eb
anna. can i come and walk you home?
F Bb Eb
i‘m not gonna wanna be alone
F Bb Eb
beaten up when the sunlight comes
F Bb Eb
bullied and cut by the clock on the wall
Bb F Gm
take the morning and the chlorinous light
Bb F Gm
you can have the afternoon. bury the evening too
Bb F Gm
give me gathering calm of the night
Dm Eb Dm Eb
when the day is done and the rest is coming on
Bb F Gm
under the pitch and the pull of the moon
Bb F Gm
sweet silver medicine swim in my temples and
Bb F Gm
bring in the shadows to cover our flaws
Dm Eb Dm Eb
when the pain is gone and the rest is coming on
Bb F Gm
Bb F Gm
Bb F Gm
Dm Eb Dm Eb
Bb
Dm Eb Dm Gm
you belong out of that uniform
F Bb F Bb Eb
out in the streets when everyone else is asleep
Dm Eb Dm Gm
see the way the body sways
F Bb F Bb
in empty air when there's nobody there
F Bb Eb
and you don‘t even care if there is
F Bb Eb
anna can i be to you like that?
F Bb Eb
cover your shame with a shield of black
F Bb Eb
cover your body with my trembling hands
F Bb Eb
have you dancing while i hold them back
Bb F Gm
hold back the morning and her chlorinous light
Bb F Gm
have at the afternoon. bury the evening too
Bb F Gm
let‘s have the gathering calm of the night
Dm Eb Dm Eb
when the day is done and the rest is coming on
Bb F Gm
under the pitch and the pull of the moon
Bb F Gm
sweet silver medicine swim in my temples and
Bb F Gm
bring in the shadows to cover our wounds
Dm Eb Dm Eb
when the pain is gone and the rest is coming on
Bb F Gm
Bb F Gm
Bb F Gm
Dm Eb Dm Eb
Bb
GOLD TEETH
F#m A F#m A Bm A D Bm A D
all this hunger and such uncomfortable thirst
F#m A F#m A Bm A D Bm A D
son be suffering - it's the song of your birth
F#m A F#m A
sonny singing now - gets me thinking how
Bm A D Bm A D
everybody's dream is just everybody leaving
Bm A D
and while the mama's setting guilt trips
Bm A D
see all the young hearts leaping,
singing
A Bm F#m D
i don't want to go back to that ( X 4 )
BREAK:
F#m A
F#m A
F#m A
Bm A D
Bm A D
F#m A F#m A Bm A D Bm A D
but all this hunger is always following us
F#m A F#m A Bm
out where we survive under poisonous skies
A D Bm A D
they're dreaming, but nobody's sleeping
Bm A D Bm A D
just coked hearts speeding, see all their gold teeth gleaming
Bm A D Bm A D
see the young healthy free men just move into nothing
BRIDGE:
A E Bm F#
A E Bm A
A E Bm F#
put my body on a wagon
A E Bm A
and carry me off to the ocean
A E Bm F#
let me float on into the eastern sun
A E Bm A
out where tomorrow has just begun
A E Bm F#
where i used to be wild, back in my time
A E Bm A
now just fight to sleep at night
A E Bm F#
so render me up unto the elements
A E Bm A
lay me in a light that i can trust
A E Bm A
lay me in the light that i came from
BREAK:
E F#m C#m A
E F#m C#m A
E F#m C#m A
i want to go back to that ( X 6 )
DREAM
A D
A D
come now through all of it, downtown and tenement
A D
through dark clouds. all circling our house, like a tourniquet
A D
the front door splinters in, you come down the hall, unfaltering
A D
your lips licked and shimmering, leaning in and i'm vanishing
A B F#m
i close my eyes
A B F#m
and you arrive
D
but oh it's just a dream, it's just a dream
D
but it's just a dream until you see it happening
A D
A
in the plaza after work
D
i saw you rise up out of your collared shirts
A
on the horizon there was another world
D
we left the phantom hand and we ran for her
A B F#m
i close my eyes
A B F#m
and we're aligned
A B F#m
and that's a blinding light
D
but oh it’s just a dream,
it's just a dream,
it's just a dream,
A Bm D
but it's just a dream until you see it happening
D
and then it changes everything
A
A Bm
couldn't we make, couldn't we make, couldn't we make it?
F#m E
just like we wanted, just like we need it?
D
why can't we, just like a dream?
A Bm
who says we can't. who says we can't. who says we shouldn't?
F#m E
who says we couldn't make it just like we love it?
D
why can't we. just like a dream?
A Bm
couldn't we make, couldn't we make, couldn't we make it?
F#m E
just like we wanted, just like we need it?
D
why can't we, just like a dream?
A Bm
who says we can't. who says we can't. who says we shouldn't?
F#m E
who says we couldn't make it just like we love it?
D
why can't we. just like a dream?
D A D
but oh it's just a dream
D
WHAT ARROWS
Bm
Bm C#m
it curves in through the weather
F#m E Bm
it's coming from above
Bm
C#m F#m
and it brought us together
F#m E Bm
it guided us to touch
D A Bm
and it moves in a rhythm yeah
C#m Fm
what tender tailor came
E Bm
and pushed a thread through each of us?
C#m F#m
then he left us alone
E Bm
to walk our length oblivious
D A Bm
but our feet fall in a rhythm yeah
D A Bm
it's there if you're listening
D A Bm
i can't believe it, i think i believe in this
D A Bm
i can't believe it, i think i believe in this
D A Bm
i can't believe it, i think i believe in this
C#m
Bm C#m F#m
what arrow? at what angle? and what angel?
E Bm
did he wait until we met?
C#m F#m
in that holy moment, oh, did he throw it?
E Bm
to pin our broken bodies here?
D A Bm
to see us writhe in a rhythm yeah
D A Bm
it's there if you're listening
D A Bm
i can't believe it, i think i believe in this
D A Bm
i can't believe it, i think i believe in this
D A Bm
i can't believe it, i think i believe in this
Bm C#m Fm E
A
A Bm D F#m E
A Bm D
we open the door and we're in the river
F#m E
but we're not getting wet
A Bm D
rush hour comes and we go above their heads
F#m E
we don't even fold our hands
A Bm D
open the door and we're in the forest
F#m E
y’know we ain't getting scared
A Bm D
bring me the cliff, i'm going over it
F#m E
let her just reel me in
A Bm D F#m E
PROMISE
B
B
ye lowlives
laughing too much
never close your eyes
til the sun's coming up
Abm E B
underslept, overdreamt
B
B
my whole life
trying to speak
but silent
with so much beneath it
Abm E
that thick wind under the surface
F# Ebm
you don't know me, or my purpose
E F# B
or my promise, i got promise
B
B
your hands and feet
for all of their grief
turned out to be
Abm
only your elbows and knees
E B
you go farther, you're just starting to see
B
and you see that red pen
hover in judgement
and that census
Abm
get those numbers away from us
E F#
cause honest, we got nothing
Ebm E
in our pockets but thin wrists
F# B
and promise, we got promise
B
B Abm
i'm waking up
B Abm
pull me from my sheets in the dark
B Abm
as if in a dream, lifting off
B Abm
let me feel it shift in my blood
B Abm
let me feel like i'm rising up
B Abm
out of all the ashes and dust
B Abm
out of all the past - that's done
B Abm
i don't need what's long dead and gone, man,
B (Ebm) Abm (E)
i got promise
B (Ebm) Abm (E)
i got promise…
B (Ebm) Abm (E)
KID GLOVES
Cm (Gm) F (Bb)
Bb Cm
when you come to
Gm F
you're kinda floating
Bb Cm
the air is full
Gm F
it's like it's holding you
Bb Cm
isn't it typical?
Gm F
nobody's noticing
Bb Cm
all that they're moving in
Gm F
all that they're breathing
Bb Cm
isn't it beautiful?
Gm F
here in the thick of it?
Bb Cm
to know that when you fall
Gm F
you're just afraid to swim?
Bb Cm
here it is...
Cm (Gm) F (Bb)
Bb Cm
see the arches of paint
Gm F
see the ocean of dust
Bb Cm
see all the colours arranged
Gm F
and hover over us
Bb Cm
like when we were little kids
Gm F
lifted into our beds
Bb Cm
didn't we see it then?
Gm F
before we turned our heads?
Eb
here it is
F
it's invisible
Gm
there are no words for it
Bb Am Dm
i know you feel it though
Eb F
you feel it lifting up, you feel the weights come off
Gm Bb Am Dm
and every cell of blood, they suddenly move as one
Eb F
we were denied so much, all their religion
Gm Bb Am Dm
all for a science that i never understood
Eb F
they took away my trust, maybe i gave it up
Gm Bb Am Dm
just an adolescent shrug, posture as i drop the gloves
Eb F
yeah but that was years ago. i missed so many miracles
Gm Bb Am Dm
living with my eyelids shut, but now i swear that they're opened up
Bb Cm Gm F
now i swear that they're opened up!
Cm (Gm) F (Bb)
NEON BEYOND
E A
baby in the basket
E A
i saw you reaching out your hand
E A
you were grasping at the wind
E A
i knew exactly what you meant
E A
i was sitting on the last train it was dragging
E A
me home to all of that mess
E A
and pulled over the tracks
E A
sitting still felt more like falling back
E B A
and out come the hands
E B A
out comes the rug from underneath
E B A
and everything seems so real
E B A
til you're waking up here at the wheel
C#m A B
after all you've given up
C#m A B
every crumb they took from your tongue
C#m A B
after all your bitter luck
C#m A E B A
you're done. you're saying 'enough is enough'
E A
E A
i know it's a hard world
E A
we're given to cling to the easier path
E A
but this is a wrong turn
E A
feeling that fear is the only way past
E A
so do not be hemmed in
E A
do not by dollar, nor doctrine, nor snow, no
E A
don't think of small things
E A
turn your eye to the neon beyond
C#m A B
after all you've given up
C#m A B
every crumb they took from your tongue
C#m A B
after all your bitter luck
C#m A E B A
all your silently swallowing's done
C#m A B
after all you've given up
a C#m A B
ll your drowned and your runaway sons
C#m A B
now you ought to be speaking up
C#m A E B A
saying 'enough is enough' but is 'enough is enough’ enough?
C#m
find the sapling
Abm
sand it smooth
C#m
sharpen the stone edge
Abm
Feather the grooves
A E B A
make it sure, make it true. before you let it loose
C#m
feel the moment
Abm
see the moves
C#m
calm and focused
Abm
as you notch the wood
A E B A
you put everything in. then you let go of it
A E B A
all that you did, just let go of it
A E B A
yeah that's how it is, you let go of it
A E B A
we were looking back
A E B A
we were looking down
A E B A
but we're looking up
A E B A
we're looking out now!
A E B A
look at us! looking up!
A E B A
KINTSUKUROI
CAPO 1
A, D, E, D
A D
bring that summer on your shoulders
C#m D
bring that summer when i first saw you
A D
and that first kiss coming, lets just freeze the frame
C#m D
your blue eyes closing as mine were opening
D A Bm
on into the gold river
D A Bm
oh but i was alone come winter
D A D
oh stand in front of me
E D
open your eyes like you know me
A D
oh like you can see inside of me
E D
lay your healer's hands upon me
A
and bring that summer sun
D, E, D,
A D C#m
see us stood akimbo, ever cavalier and cold
D A
raised on pixels - in they come, in they come, in they pour like poison
D C#m
all their lies and fantasy
D
but i want your faults aley, i want the real thing!
D A Bm
on into the gold river
D A Bm
oh where the rocks'll wreck you
D A E D
oh but then the rocks'll save you
Bm D
the hands will help you up
B
B E
oh stand in front of me
F# E
open your eyes like you know me
B E
oh see inside of me
F# E
lay the heels of your hands upon me
B
and let your fingers fall
E
bless the broken bowl
F# E
make it whole, make it better than it was before
B
make it better than it was before!
E
oh stand in front of me
F# E
painted gold, coming on home
C
and bring that summer sun
CATHEDRAL BELLS
G Am
G Am
G
and that's when the shadow came
Am
and darkened your china face
G
the dancers still shook and swayed
Am
but i couldn't look away
G
they were all in their chemicals
Am
a hundred cars up an icy hill
G
and we were stood under them
Am
grim and quietly grimacing
Bm
and you spoke with that voice i love
Am
and love awoke in my boiling blood
Bm
where death sat a sec before
Am
the road is lit and i'm going home
Bm
there'll be no caving in
Am
no suicide note, no pills and gin
Bm
i'll hear your voice again
C
and it stirs me like a pealing bell
Bm
echoed by everything, everywhere
C
by every fraught fibre, and every cell
hear em telling you:
G
you're not the only one
Cm
you're not the only one
G
you're not the only one
Cm
you're not the only one
Am
feeling this stuff
G Am
you're one of us
G Am
G Am
G
and that's when the shadow lifts
Am
and the camera reveals her lips
G
and all the lava under your skin
Am
you gotta always remember it
Bm
and try not to talk at all
Am
and say all of that common stuff
Bm
no just let the lava come
Am
and all the love you've been holding off
Bm
yeah that's when we're rising up
C
feel the elevator pull your guts
D
each floor is like the medicine drops
Em C
the only fear is the fear it'll stop
G
but it won't because
Cm
but it won't because
G
but it won't because
Cm
no it never stops
Em
no it never stops
Cm
but it won't because
Am
cause it's in your blood
G
you're one of us
G Am
G
yeah that's when we're rising up
Am
out of the ashes and plastic cups
G
arm in arm on a dirty rug
Am
where they're all dancing to jungle love
G
i don't care if a shadow comes
Am
and covers us like a shovel of rocks
G
the party's still going on
Am
and i heard cathedral bells
ALCATRAZ
C
C G
i stood helpless to the threat
Em F C
of a heavy lid i'll never lift
C G
and when the gavel hit the desk
Em
metal shut around me
F C
marshals at my wrist
C G
led me down the longest hall
Em
down the darkest throat
F C
of the hardest animal
C G
and just listen to the wind
Em
wailing like the wounded
F C
over the lincoln highway bridge
C G
down in the valley or in the street
Em
don’t let the ad men fool you
F C
you got everything you need
C G
out in your sheets beside your love
Em
recognize the instant
F C
memorize the pose
Am C G F Em D
Am C G F Em D
Am C G F Em D
Am C
C
despite all the hatred i held for you
C
despite all the violence i could do
G Em F C
just beyond, there is love
C
and when i'm alone with only my thoughts
C
and as you might know, i'm alone a lot
G Em F C
it's the love i'm thinking of
C G
out in that city like a dream
Em
see the breezes go around you
F C
see the long grasses yield
C G
be out there exiting the bars
Em
at the finest hour of morning
F C
nearly lost, but not
C G
be warm and steady in the wind
Em
and your soft, imperfect body
F C
do not cover it
C
HARRIET
G Am Em
C
G Am Em
through the hem of evening
G Am Em
into the flesh of the night
G Am Em
you step out to receive them
C
in the bruising light
G Am Em
you leave your bed of novels
G Am Em
you leave your hovering crown
G Am Em
you leave your wit and your mettle
C
and you come down
D
C Em D
but it's only a minute then
C Em D
til the hole in the canvas spreads
C Em G Am Em
and it grows til there's nothing left
G Am Em
C
G Am Em
so if you even remember
G Am Em
me after all that will come
G Am Em
think of all i intended
C
not what i've done
G Am Em
see me like an arrow
G Am Em
still upon the bow
G Am Em
set to the heart of the target
C
hanging bright above
D
C Em D
but it's only a minute then
C Em D
til the shot is released and sent
C Em G Am Em
and lost to the shifting wind
G Am D
(key change!)
D G Bm A
oh they don't know you, not like i do, not like us, harriet
D G Bm A
but they would love you, just like i do, if they could, harriet
D G Bm A
cause what you are, and what you want, are so far apart, and they're travelling on
D G Bm A
oh what you are is staggering drunk, but i'll pick you up and i'll carry you off
(key change!)
E A C#m B
oh they don't know you, not like i know you, not like us, harriet
E A C#m B
but they would love you, just like i love you, if they could, harriet
E A C#m B
E
TRISH'S SONG
F F C Em F
F F C Em F
F
take your hands
C Em
your mother's hands
F
and fold them in your dress
F C
all the time i've known you've had them out
Em
flashed about
F
and helping where you can
F C Em
oh you give and give and give and give and it's
F
time to rest
F C Em
now you need to breathe it in
Em F C Em
i want you to receive
F
and go to sleep
F C
i will watch over you
Em
nothing will go wrong
F
i won't sit until you're strong
F C
i've got lots to give
Em F
i've got all you've given to me
F C
all you've given to me
Em
breathe it in
F
mama go to sleep.
F C Em F
