SEA CHANGE
Album
2002
Beck Hansen
Chords
This album is a masterpiece.
If you like it, you should probably get Morning Phase (2014), as it is considered a "companion piece"
to Sea Change.
ALL HAIL THE POWER OF THE ALMIGHTY BECK!!!
Important precisions nicely added by joakimk:
Play all bar chords as open chords: For example, F#m should be played as 244200 and not 244222.
Same for A, where you play 577600 and not the standard 577655.
This goes for the majority of the songs -- it's really what ties this album together and gives it its
distinct sound.
enjoy
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1. The Golden Age
2. Paper Tiger
3. Guess I'm Doing Fine
4. Lonesome Tears
5. Lost Cause
6. End of the Day
7. It's All in Your Mind
8. Round the Bend
9. Already Dead
10. Sunday Sun
11. Little One
12. Side of the Road
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1. The Golden Age
[Intro]
E F#m A E
[Verse]
E F#m
Put your hands on the wheel
A E F#m A
Let the golden age begin
E F#m
Let the window down
A E F#m A
Feel the moonlight on your skin
E F#m
Let the desert wind
A E F#m A
Cool your aching head
E F#m
let the weight of the world
A E F#m A
Drift away instead
[Chorus]
D A F#m A E F#m
Oh These days I barely get by
A E F#m A
I don't even try
[Verse]
E F#m
It's a treacherous road
A E F#m A
With a desolated view
E F#m
There's distant lights
A E F#m A
But here they're far and few
E F#m
And the sun don't shine
A E F#m A
Even when it's day
E F#m
You gotta drive all night
A E F#m A
Just to feel like you're OK
[Chorus]
D A F#m A E F#m
Oh These days I barely get by
A E F#m
I don't even try
A E F#m A
I don't even try
[Outro]
E F#m A E
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2. Paper Tiger
Play the chords as open power chords (7th position)
E: 079900
E7: 079700
Bm: 799700
[Intro]
E E7 Bm
[Verse]
E E7 Bm
Just like a paper tiger
E E7 Bm
Torn apart by idle hands
E E7 Bm
Through the helter skelter morning
E E7 Bm
Fix yourself while you still can
E E7 Bm
No more ashes to ashes
E E7 Bm
No more cinders from the sky
E E7 Bm
All the laws of creation
E E7 Bm
Tell a dead man how to die
[Chorus]
E C A
O deserts down below us
E C A
And storms up above
E C A
Like a stray dog gone defective
E A G D E
Like a paper tiger in the sun
[Verse]
E E7 Bm
Looking through a broken diamond
E E7 Bm
To make the past what it should be
E E7 Bm
Through the ruins and the weather
E E7 Bm
Capsized boats in the sea
[Chorus]
E C A
O deserts down below us
E C A
And storms up above
E C A
Like a stray dog gone defective
E A G D E
Like a paper tiger in the sun
[Bridge]
E E7 Bm
We're just holding on to nothing
E E7 Bm
To see how long nothing lasts
[Chorus]
E C A
O deserts down below us
E C A
And storms up above
E C A
Like a stray dog gone defective
E A G D E
Like a paper tiger in the sun
[Verse]
E E7 Bm
There's one road to the morning
E E7 Bm
There's one road to the truth
E E7 Bm
There's one road back to civilization
E E7 Bm
But there's no road back to you....
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3. Guess I'm Doing Fine
[Intro]
E F#m Abm G F#m
[Verse]
E A Abm
There's a bluebird at my window
E A Abm
I can't hear the songs he sings
E A Abm
All the jewels in heaven
E A Abm
They don't look the same to me
G A G
I just wade the tides that turn
F#m E
'Til I learn to leave the past behind
[Chorus]
Abm A E
It's only lies that I'm living
Abm A E
It's only tears that I'm crying
Abm A E D
It's only you that I'm losing
F#m E F#m G F#m E
Guess I'm doing fine
[Verse]
E A Abm
All the battlements are empty
E A Abm
And the moon is laying low
E A Abm
Yellow roses in the graveyard
E A Abm
Got no time to watch them grow
G A G
Now I bade a friend farewell
Abm E
I can do whatever pleases me
[Chorus]
Abm A E
It's only lies that I'm living
Abm A E
It's only tears that I'm crying
Abm A E D A
It's only you that I'm losing
F#m E F#m G F#m E
Guess I'm doing fine
[Bridge]
F#m E
Press my face up to the window
F#m E
To see how warm it is inside
Abm A
See the things that I've been missing
F#m E
Missing all this time
[Chorus]
Abm A E
It's only lies that I'm living
Abm A E
It's only tears that I'm crying
Abm A E D A
It's only you that I'm losing
F#m E F#m G
Guess I'm doing fine
F#m E F#m G F#m E
Guess I'm doing fine
[Outro]
F#m G F#m E
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4. Lonesome Tears
[Intro]
Bbm A C# x2
[Verse]
C#
Lonesome tears
B F#
I can't cry them anymore
A C#
I can't think of what they're for
B Bbm F#
Oh they ruin me every time
C#
But I'll try
B F#
To leave behind some days
A C#
These tears just can't erase
B Bbm F#
I don’t need them anymore
[Chorus]
Bbm
How could this love ever turning
A E
Never turn its eye on me
Bbm
How could this love ever changing
A E
Never change the way I feel
[Bridge]
G#m E G#m G B
[Verse]
C#
Lazy sun
B F#
Your eyes catch the light
A C# B
With promises that might
Bbm F#
Come true for awhile
C#
Oh I'll ride
B F#
Farther than I should
A C#
Harder than I could
B A#m F# G B
Just to meet you there
[Chorus]
Bbm
How could this love ever turning
A E
Never turn its eye on me
Bbm
How could this love ever changing
A E
Never change the way I feel
[Outro]
G#min E G#m B A#m A C#
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5. Lost Cause
[Intro]
FMaj7 – C – C/B – FMaj7 – C - C/B x2
[Verse]
F C - C/B F C - C/B
Your sorry eyes Cut through the bone
F C – C/B Am E7
They make it hard To leave you alone
F C – C/B F C – C/B
Leave you here Wearing your wounds
F C – C/B Am E7
Waving your guns At somebody new
[Chorus]
F G F G F
Baby you’re a lost Baby you’re a lost
G C
Baby you’re a lost cause
[Verse]
F C – C/B F C – C/B
There's too many people You used to know
F C – C/B Am E7
They see you comin’ They see you go
F C – C/B F C – C/B
They know your secrets You know theirs
F C - C/B Am E7
This town is crazy Nobody cares
[Chorus]
F G F G F
Baby you’re a lost Baby you’re a lost
G C A7
Baby you’re a lost cause
F G/C F G F
I’m tired of fighting I’m tired of fighting
G C
Fighting for a lost cause
[Bridge]
A F C
There’s a place where you are going
A F C - C/B
You ain’t never been before
A F C - C/B
No-one left to watch your back now
F C
No one standing at your door
F C
Ain’t that’s what you thought love was for
[Chorus]
F G F G F
Baby you’re a lost Baby you’re a lost
G C A7
Baby you’re a lo-st cause
F G/C F G F
I’m tired of fighting I’m tired of fighting
G C
Fighting for a lost cause
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6. End of the Day
[Verse]
G D
I've seen the end of the day come too soon
G D
Not a lot to say, not a lot to do
G D
You played the game, you owe nothing to yourself
G D
Rest today, for tomorrow you can't tell
F C Em D F C Em
You can't tell
[Verse]
G D
I've seen the end of the day come too late
G D
Seen the love you had turning into hate
G D
Had to act like I didn't even care
G D
But I did so I got stranded standing there
F C Em D F C Em
Standing there
[Chorus]
C Em Bb D
It's nothing that I haven't seen before
C Em Bb D
But it still kills me like it did before
C Em Bb D
No it's nothing that I haven't seen before
C Em Bb D
But it still kills me like it did before
[Verse]
G D
I've seen the end of the day come too soon
G D
Like the prison dogs they set out after you
G D
You owe nothing to the past but wasted time
G D
To serve a sentence that was only in your mind
F C Em D F C Em
In your mind
[Chorus]
C Em Bb D
It's nothing that I haven't seen before
C Em Bb D
But it still kills me like it did before
C Em Bb D
No it's nothing that I haven't seen before
C Em Bb D
But it still kills me like it did before
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7. It's All in Your Mind
[Intro]
G#m - A 4x
[Verse]
G#m A G#m
Well it's all in your mind
G#m A G#m
Well it's all in your mind
G#m A G#m
Well it's all in your mind
G#m A G#m
Well it's all in your mind
[Chorus]
F#m E
And I wanted to be
F#m E
And I wanted to be
F#m E B
And I wanted to be
A
Your good friend
[Verse]
G#m A G#m
Well I cannot believe
G#m A G#m
You got a devil up your sleeve
G#m A G#m
And he's talking to me
G#m A G#m
And I cannot believe
[Chorus]
F#m E
And I wanted to be
F#m E
And I wanted to be
F#m E B
And I wanted to be
A
Your good friend
[Verse]
G#m A G#m
Well you're all scared and stiff
G#m A G#m
A sick stolen gift
G#m A G#m
And the people you're with
G#m A G#m
They're all scared and stiff
[Chorus]
F#m E
And I wanted to be
F#m E
And I wanted to be
F#m E B
And I wanted to be
A
Your good friend
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8. Round the Bend
[Intro]
Cm C Cm C
[Verse]
Cm C
We don't have to worry
Cm C
Life goes where it does
Cm C
Faster than a bullet
Cm C
From an empty gun
[Verse]
Cm C
Turn yourself over
Cm C
Loose change we could spend
Cm C
Grinding down diamonds
[Chorus]
C Cm F C
Round, round, round the bend
C Cm F C
Round, round, round the bend
[Verse]
Cm C
People pushing harder
Cm C
Up against themselves
Cm C
Make their daggers sharper
Cm C
Than their faces tell
Cm C
Babe, it's your time now
Cm C
Loose change we could spend
Cm C
Where we are going?
[Chorus]
C Cm F C
Round, round, round the bend
C Cm F C
Round, round, round the bend
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9. Already Dead
[Verse]
G G7 G
Time wears away all the pleasures of the day
Bb F G
All the treasures you could hold
G G7 G
Days turn to sand, losing strength in every hand
Bb F G G7 G
They can't hold you anymore
[Chorus]
G G
Already dead to me now,
G G G7
Already dead to me now
Bb F G
'Cause it feels like I'm watching something dying
[Verse]
G G7 G
Love looks away in the harsh light of the day
Bb F G
On the edge of nothing more
G G7 G
Days fade to black in the light of what they lack
Bb F G G7 G
Nothing's measured by what it needs
[Chorus]
G G
Already dead to me now,
G G G7
Already dead to me now
Bb F G
'Cause it feels like I'm watching something dying
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10. Sunday Sun
[Intro]
B - E
[Verse]
B
Haven't got a lot to learn
E B
And my eyes they stray again
Looking for a satellite
E B
In the rays of heaven again
[Chorus]
A A/G#
There's no other ending
G F#
Sunday sun
A A/G#
Yesterday is ending
G F#
Sunday sun
[Verse]
B
Jealous minds walk in a line
E B
And their faces jade the strain
Stranded in infinity rooms
E B
And they're safe from any harm
[Chorus]
A A/G#
There's no other ending
G F#
Sunday sun
A A/G#
Yesterdays are mending
G F#
Sunday sun
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11. Little One
[Verse]
E Eb C
Go to sleep
Cmaj7 G C#
We're so tired now
C A G
Altogether in a snake pit of souls
E Eb C
New days
Cmaj7 G C#
Throw your chains away
C A G
Try to hang your hopes on the wind
[Chorus]
C A
Little one
F C
Just a little way
D A C G E
Today all our dreams are waking
[Verse]
E Eb C
Night rise
Cmaj7 G C#
Like the evening prize
C A G
In a turnstile backwards we fly
E Eb C
Cold bones
Cmaj7 G C#
Tied together by
C A G
Black ropes we pulled from a swing
[Chorus]
C A
Little one
F C
Just a little way
D A C G E
Today all our dreams are waking
[Bridge]
F D
Can't stand on crooked legs
G A
I'm cross-eyed to the wall
F
Will these harbor lights
E
Satellites
A G
Ohhhhhhhhhh
[Verse]
E Eb C
Drown, drown
Cmaj7 G C#
Sailors run aground
C A G
In a sea change nothing is safe
E Eb C
Strange waves
Cmaj7 G C#
Push us every way
C A G
In a stolen boat we'll float away
[Chorus]
C A
Little one
F C
Just a little way
D A C G E
Today all our dreams are waking
[Chorus]
C A
Little one
F C
Just a little way
D A C G E
Today all our dreams are waking
[Outro]
C A
Little one
F C
Hold on
D A C G E
Hold on, all our dreams are waking
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12. Side of the Road
[Intro]
C Gm C Gm C Gm Am G
[Verse]
C Gm C Gm C
Something better than this, someplace I'd like to go
Gm Am G
To let all I've learned tell me what I know
C Gm C Gm C
About the kind of life I never thought I'd live
Gm Am G
Till the ugly truth showed me what it did
[Chorus]
F Em Gm Dm Am
Let it pass on the side of the road
Gm D
What a friend could tell me now
[Verse]
C Gm C Gm C
A borrowed dime in a different light
Gm Am G
You might see what the other side looks like
C Gm C Gm C
In a random room, an iron door
Gm Am G
Kick an empty can across an empty floor
[Chorus]
F Em Gm Dm Am
Let it pass on the side of the road
Gm D
What a friend could tell me now
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