David Gray – Tablature Book
David Gray
David Gray .......................................................................................................................... 1
White Ladder .................................................................................................................. 2
Can't Get Through ....................................................................................................... 2
Babylon ....................................................................................................................... 4
Babylon 2 .................................................................................................................... 5
Please Forgive Me....................................................................................................... 6
My oh my .................................................................................................................... 8
We’re Not Right .......................................................................................................... 9
Silver Lining ............................................................................................................. 10
White ladder .............................................................................................................. 12
This Years Love ........................................................................................................ 13
Sail Away .................................................................................................................. 15
Say Hello Wave Goodbye ......................................................................................... 17
Say Hello Wave Goodybye 2 .................................................................................... 18
Lost Songs ..................................................................................................................... 20
Flame Turns Blue ...................................................................................................... 20
Twilight ..................................................................................................................... 22
Hold On..................................................................................................................... 23
As I’m Leaving ......................................................................................................... 24
If Your Love Is Real ................................................................................................. 25
Tidal Wave ................................................................................................................ 26
Falling Down The Mountain Side............................................................................. 27
January Rain.............................................................................................................. 29
Red Moon.................................................................................................................. 30
A Clean Pair Of Eyes ................................................................................................ 31
Wurlitzer ................................................................................................................... 32
The Ep’s 92-94 .............................................................................................................. 33
Birds Without Wings ................................................................................................ 33
L’s Song .................................................................................................................... 34
The Light ................................................................................................................... 36
Shine ......................................................................................................................... 39
Wisdom ..................................................................................................................... 41
Coming Down ........................................................................................................... 42
A New Day At Midnight............................................................................................... 44
Dead In The Water .................................................................................................... 44
Caroline ..................................................................................................................... 46
Real Love .................................................................................................................. 52
Kangaroo ................................................................................................................... 54
Last Boat To America ............................................................................................... 56
Knowhere .................................................................................................................. 57
Be Mine ..................................................................................................................... 60
Easy Way To Cry ...................................................................................................... 63
Meet me on the other side ......................................................................................... 66
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White Ladder
Can't Get Through
B
F#
Three tower blocks glinting
B
F# F# E
in the midday sun.
B
F#
Two ice cubes melting
B
F# F# E
in a glass of white rum.
B
F#
Head for the places that
B
F#
I've never gone.
F#
E
B F#
(I can't get through to myself.
F#
E
Just can't get through to myself.)
B
F#
Eight beggers choking
B
F# F# E
on a slice of red pie.
B
F#
Two rivers freezing
B
F# F# E
in a broken goodbye.
B
F#
No hesitation,
B
F#
just a kick in the eye.
F#
E
B F#
(I can't get through to myself.
F#
E
B
A
Just can't get through to myself.)
D
G
And we do alot of learning
A
G
everyday or so it seems
D
A
G
but the road it keeps turning
A
and i'm right back here again.
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B
F#
Blue leather jacket and a helium voice.
F#
E
(I can't get through to myself.)
B
F#
My head is reeling from too much choice.
F#
E
B
(I can't get through to myself.
A
E
B
I can't get through to myself.
A
E
B
Just can't get through to myself...etc)
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Babylon
(Capo 1st)
D
D
D
D
G
G
G
G
D
Friday night I'm going nowhere
G
D
G
All the lights are changing green to red
D
Turning over TV stations
G
D
G
Situations running through my head
D
Looking back through time
G
You know it's clear that I've been blind
D G
I've been a fool
D
To open up my heart
G
D
G
To all that jealousy, that bitterness, that ridicule
D
Saturday I'm running wild
G
D
G
And all the lights are changing red to green
D
Moving through the crowd I'm pushing
G
D G
Chemicals all rushing in my bloodstream
D
Only wish that you were here
G
You know I'm seeing it so clear
D
G
I've been afraid
D
To show you how I really feel
G
D
G
Admit to some of those bad mistakes I've made
D
If you want it
A
A
The love that I was
Em
Giving you was
G
D
Never in doubt
Em
Come and get it
A
Crying out loud
D
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A
Let go of your heart
Em
Let go of your head
A
D
And feel it now
A
Let go of your heart
Em
Let go of your head
G
And feel it now
D
G
D
G
D
G
Babylon,
Babylon,
Babylon
Sunday all the lights of London
Shining sky is fading red to blue
Kicking through the Autumn leaves
And wondering where it is you might be going to
Turning back for home
You know I'm feeling so alone
I can't believe
Climbing on the stair
I turn around to see you smiling there
In front of me
If you want it
Come and get it
Crying out loud
The love that I was
Giving you was
Never in doubt
Let go of your heart
Let go of your head
And feel it now
Let go of your heart
Let go of your head
And feel it now
Let go of your heart
Let go of your head
And feel it now
Let go of your heart
Let go of your head
And feel it now
G
D
G
D
G
D
G
Babylon,
Babylon,
Babylon
Babylon 2
Intro/Verse
D
Babylon,
: G#m - A (with fill 1)
Fill 1 g-4h6-4
d------6-7
Fill which leads in to pause:
E-5-4-2 pause then back to verse
Chorus : E-B-A-B (x6)
Ends with verses then with two bars of G#m
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Please Forgive Me
C
C
Em Am G
Em Am G
C
Em
Please forgive me
Am
G
If I act a little strange
C
Em
Am G
For I know not what I do.
C
Em
Am
G
Feels like lightning running through my veins
F
F
C
G
F
Everytime I look at you
F
C
G
Everytime I look at you
C
Em
Help me out here
Am
G
All my words are falling short
C
Em
Am G
And there's so much I want to say
C
Em
Am
G
Want to tell you just how good it feels
F
F
C
G
F
When you look at me that way
F
C Em Am G
When you look at me that way
C
Em Am G
C
Em
Am
G
Throw a stone and watch the ripples flow
C
Em
Am G
Moving out across the bay
C
Em
Am
G
Like a stone I fall into your eyes
F
F
C
G
F
Deep into that mystery
F
Deep into some mystery
C
Em Am G
C
Em
I got half
C
Em
I got half
C
So I won't
F
Won't ever
Am
G
a mind to scream out loud
Am G
a mind to die
Em
Am
G
ever have to lose you girl
F
C
G
have to say goodbye
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F
F
C
G
I won't ever have to lie
F
F
C
Em Am G
Won't ever have to say goodbye
C
Em
Am
Woh woh woh I
C
Em
Am
Woh woh woh I
G
G
C
Em
Please forgive me
Am
G
If I act alittle strange
C
Em
Am G
For I know not what I do
C
Em
Am
G
Feels like lightning running through my veins
F
F
C
G
F
Everytime I look at you
F
C
G
F
Everytime I look at you
F
C
G
F
Everytime I look at you
F
C
G
F
Everytime I look at you
F C G F
F C G F
C
C
C
C
C
C
Em
Em
Em
Em
Em
Em
Am
Am
Am
Am
Am
Am
G
G
G
G
G
G ......
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My oh my
em9
What on earth is going on in my heart
em9
Has it turned as cold as stone
em9
Seems these days I don't feel anything
em9
Less it cuts me right down to the bone
em9
D9
What on earth is going on in my heart
D9
D9
D9
D9
em9
Gmaj7
My oh my you know it just don't stop
gm
It's in my mind I wanna tear it up
I've tried to fight it, tried to turn it off
But it's not enough
C
It takes a lotta love
Eb
It takes a lotta love, my friend
To keep your heart from freezing
Eb
F
To push on till the end
Bb
Gmaj7
My oh my
em9
D9
........
What on earth is going on in my head
You know I used to be so sure
You know I used to be so definite
Thought I knew what love was for
I look around these days and I'm not so sure
No, no, no
My oh my you know it just don't stop
It's in my mind I wanna tear it up
I've tried to fight it, tried to turn it off
But it's not enough
It takes a lotta love
It takes a lotta love, my friend
To keep your heart from freezing
To push on till the end
My oh my you know I just can't win
I burn it down it comes right back again
What kind of world is this we're living in
Where you never win
It takes a lotta love
It takes a lotta love these days
To keep your heart from freezing
To keep your spirit free
My
oh my
My oh my you know it just don't stop
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It's in my mind I wanna tear it up
I've tried to fight it, tried to turn it off
But it's not enough
It takes a lotta love
It takes a lotta love, my friend
To keep your heart from freezing
To push on till the end
My oh my, you know it just don't stop
We’re Not Right
E
A
E
Feel The Weight Of This Passing Time
A
E
A
E
All Those Crazy Faces Run Through My Mind
G#(bar)
A(bar)
E
And That Song Has Brought A Teardrop To My Eye
B(bar)
A(bar)
Can't Tell The Bottle From The Mountain Top
G(bar) E
No We're Not Right
VERSE 2
See This World but I Can't Relate
How That Everything Must Accelerate
Betty Ford, Oh Won't You Be My Valentine
Can't Tell The Bottle From The Mountain Top
No We're Not Right
B(bar)
A(bar)
Can't Tell The Bottle From The Mountain Top
B(bar)
A(bar)
Now My Knees Are Shaking But I Just Can't Stop
B(bar)
A(bar)
Can't Tell The Bottle From The Mountain Top
G(bar)
E
No We're Not Right X2
VERSE 3
Now I'm Week And My Head Is Sore
And I Feel Like I Can't Go On No More
I Come In Here Where Normal Rules Do Not Apply
(Same As First Time)
Can't Tell The Bottle From The Mountain top
No We're Not RightX3
Repeat To Fade With:
E
A
E
Yeah, Yeah
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Silver Lining
(Play B on 7th)
B
B
B
B
E
E
E
E
B
Take this silver lining
E
Keep it in your own
B
E
Sweet head
B
And shine it when the night is
E
B E
Burning red
B
Shine it in the twilight
E
B
E
Shine it on the cold, cold ground
B
Shine it till these walls
E
B
E
Come tumbling down
Gb
E
We were born with our eyes wide open
Gb
E
So alive with wild hope now
Gb
Can you tell me why
A
B
Time after time they drag you down
A
B
Down in the darkest deep
A
Ab
Fools in their madness all around
A
E
Know that the light don't sleep
Step into the silence
Take it in your own
Two hands
And scatter it like diamonds
All across these lands
Blaze it in the morning
Wear it like an iron skin
Only things worth living for are
Innocence and magic, amen
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We were born with our eyes wide open
So alive with wild hope now
Can you tell me why
Time after time they drag you down
Down in the darkest deep
Fools in their madness all around
Know that the light don't sleep
We were born with our eyes wide open
So alive with wild hope now
Can you tell me why
Time after time they drag you down
Down in the talk so cheap
Fools in their madness all around
Know that the light don't sleep
Time after time
They drag you down
Down in the darkness deep
Fools in their madness all around
Know that the light don't sleep
Know that the light don't sleep
Time after time
They drag you down
Down in the darkness deep
Fools in their madness all around
Know that the light don't sleep
Know that the light don't sleep
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White ladder
Capo 2. fret
bm
A
C
G
White ladder water and wine
bm
A
C
G
Forever crying oh time
bm
A
C
G
Don't wanna feel tonight
gm
F
There's no rhyme or reason to love this sweet love
em
F
D
White river thunder and war
Forever crying oh no
Don't wanna feel no more
There's no rhyme or reason to love this sweet sweet love
C/D
D
To the night another
C/D
To the night another
C/D
D
To the night another
C/D
To the night another
D
C/D
body to the night another name
D
C/D
valentine a burning flame
D
C/D
body to the night another name
D
valentine a burning flame
D
C/D
D
Tall order tremble and sigh
Forever crying oh my
Don't wanna feel tonight
There's no rhyme or reason to love this sweet sweet love
To
To
To
To
the
the
the
the
night
night
night
night
another
another
another
another
Bb
To the night another
C/D
To the night another
body to the
valentine a
body to the
valentine a
night another name
burning flame
night another name
burning flame
C
body to the night another name
D
C/D
valentine a burning flame
White ladder water and wine
Don't wanna feel tonight
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This Years Love
(capo 1st fret)
Intro: C
D
C
D
C
D
G
Em
C
D
C
This years love had better last
D
C
Heaven knows it's high time
D
G
Em
And I've been waiting on my own too long
C
D
C
But when you hold me like you do
D
It feels so right
C
D
I start to forget
G
How my heart gets torn
Em
When that hurt gets thrown
A
C
Feeling like you can't go on
C
D
C
Turning circles when time again
D
It cuts like a knife oh yeah
C
D
G
Em
If you love me got to know for sure
C
D
C
Cos it takes something more this time
D
Than sweet sweet lies
C
D
G
Before I open up my arms and fall
Em
Losing all control
A
C
Every dream inside my soul
And when you kiss me
G
On that midnight street
Em
Sweep me off my feet
A
C
Singing ain't this life so sweet
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C
D
C
D
This years love had better last
C
D
C
D
C
D
This years love had better last
C
D
'Cause who's to worry
G
If our hearts get torn
Em
When that hurt gets thrown
A
C
Don't you know this life goes on
And won't you kiss me
G
On that midnight street
Em
Sweep me off my feet
A
C
Singing ain't this life so sweet
C
This
C
This
C
This
C
This
D
C
years love had better last
D
C
years love had better last
D
C
years love had better last
G
years love had better last
D
D
D
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Sail Away
Capo on 3rd
Am
Sail away with me honey
Em
I put my heart in your hands
Am
F
Dm
Sail away with me honey now, now, now
Am
C
Sail away with me
F
Dm
What will be will be
F
G
Dm
I wanna hold you now
C
Em
Crazy skies all wild above me now
C
Em
Winter howling at my face
C
Em
And everything I held so dear
Am
G
Disappeared without a trace
C
Em
Oh all the times I've tasted love
C
Em
Never knew quite what I had
C
Em
Little Darling if you hear me now
C
Em
Never needed you so bad
Am
G
Dm
Spinning round inside my head
Am
Sail away with me honey
Em
I put my heart in your hands
Am
F
Dm
Sail away with me honey now, now, now
Am
C
Sail away with me
F
Dm
What will be will be
F
G
Dm
I wanna hold you now
I've been talking drunken gibberish
I've been puching at the bars
Trying to find some explanation here
For the way some people are
How did it ever come so far
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Sail away with me honey
I put my heart in your hands
Sail away with me honey now, now, now
Sail away with me
What will be will be
I wanna hold you now
Sail away with me honey
I put my heart in your hands
Sail away with me honey now, now, now
Sail away with me
What will be will be
I wanna hold you now
Repeat chorus
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Say Hello Wave Goodbye
When playing the G in the chorus, hammer on the index finger (on the A
string 2nd fret) and
then play Gb(not real name)
Capo 2nd fret
Gb - E
B
G
D
A
E
3
0
0
0
0
2
Em2- x
x
x
0
0
2
C- E
B
G
D
A
E
3
0
0
2
3
0
D- E
B
G
D
A
E
5
0
0
4
5
0
G
Gb
C
D
G
Gb
D
Standin at the door of the pink Flamingo crying in the rain
C
G
Gb
C
D
G
Gb
C
D
It was a kind of so-so love and I'm gonna make sure it doesn't happen
again,
G
Gb
C
D
You and I had to be
G
Gb
C
D
the standing joke of the year,
G
Gb
C D
G
Gb
C
You were a runaround, a lost and found and not for me I feel,
-(play normal C and D for the chorus)
Em
G
Bm C D
Take your hands off me, hey,
Em
G
Bm
C D
I don't belong to you, you see,
Em
G
Bm
C D
And take a look in my face, for the last time,
Em
Em2 G
I never knew you, you never knew me,
Bm
C
Say hello goodbye,
D
C
D
G Gb
Say hello and wave goodbye,
G
Gb
C
D
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We tried to make it work, you in a cocktail skirt and me in a suit but
it
just wasn't me,
You're used to wearing less, and now your life's a mess, so insecure
you
see,
I put up with all the scenes, this is one scene that's goin to be
played my
way
(Chorus)
Say hello and wave goodbye
Under the deep red light I can see the make-up slidin down,
Well hey little girl you will always make up so take off that
unbecoming
frown,
As for me, well I'll find someone who's not goin cheap in the sales,
A nice little housewife who'll give me a steady life and not keep going
off the rails,
(Chorus) Say hello and wave goodbye(repeated)
Say Hello Wave Goodybye 2
Chords - Verse
just
A, D.
Chorus - F#m, A, C#m, D for each line
or put a capo on 2nd fret and play
Chords - Verse G(A), C(D)
Chorus -Em (F#m), G (A), Bm (C#m), D (C)
(
) = true chord
Listen to the CD to work out the timing for each individual line.
Standin at the door of the pink Flamingo cryin her name,
It was a kind of so-so love and Im gonna make sure it doesnt happen
again,
You and I had to be the standing joke of the year,
You were a runaround, a lost and found and not for me I feel,
Take your hands off me, hey,
I dont belong to you, you see,
And take a look in my face, for the last time,
I never knew you, you never knew me,
Say hello goodbye,(BACK TO C-F-G on this line)
Say hello and wave goodbye,
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We tried to make it work, you in a cocktail skirt and me in a suit but
it just wasnt me,
Youre used to wearing less, and now your lifes a mess, so insecure you
see,
I put up with all the scenes, this is one scene thats goin to be played
my way
(Chorus)
Say hello and wave goodbye
Under the deep red light I can see the make-up slidin down,
Well hey little girl you will always make up so take off that
unbecoming frown,
As for me, well Ill find someone whos not goin cheap in the sales,
A nice little housewife wholl give me a steady life and not keep going
off the rails,
(Chorus)
Say hello and wave goodbye(repeated)
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Lost Songs
Flame Turns Blue
Guitar is retuned to open E and then a capo placed on fret 3. If you are unsure
of how to do this please click the retuning icon at the top of the page
s - slide
p - just keep on strumming
Main sequence:
the slidey part is barely audible, but play it anyway
--0--2-s-4---------0-----|-2-s-4-----|
--0--0---0---------0-----|-0---0-----|
--0--1-s-3---------1-----|-1-s-3-----|
--0--2-s-4---------0-----|-2-s-4-----|
--0--0---0---------2-----|-0---0-----|
--0-----------------0-----|-0---0-----|
I went looking for someone I left behind
Leaving no one just a stranger did I find
---0--0--------0-------0--0---2-s-4-----0---|-2-s-4-----|
---5--7--------5-------0--0---0---0-----0---|-0---0-----|
---5--7--------5-------3--1---1-s-3-----1---|-1-s-3-----|
---0--0--------0-------0--0---2-s-4-----0---|-2-s-4-----|
---5--7--------5-------4--2---0---0-----2---|-0---0-----|
---5--7--------5-------4--2-------------0---|-0---0-----|
I never noticed, hadn't seen it as it grew, the void between us where the flame
turned blue
then back to the main sequence thing and so on (play sequence 2 twice for the
"if i lost you" bit) until "in the morning i will sing.."
Different places though they all look much the same
Dreams of faces and the streets devoured by names
I'm in collision with every stone I ever threw
Blind ambition where the flame turns blue
Words dismantled in all the books and vows
Conversation though we utter not a sound
I heard a rumor I don't know if it's true
That you'd meet me when the flame turns blue…all right now
Play verse chords once through without vocals
So I ventured underneath the leaden (Lenten?) sky
See the freight train with its one fierce eye
And then I listened as it tears the night in two
With a whistle when the flame turns blue
The Bridge
--4----------5-----------7--|----5--2-s-4-----|
--0----------0-----------0--|----0--0---0-----|
--0----------5-----------7--|----5--1-s-3-----|
--0----------0-----------0--|----0--2-s-4-----|
--4----------5-----------7--|----5--0---0-----|
--4----------5-----------7--|----5--0---0-----
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In the morning I will sing
In the morning I will sing
Through the lemon trees the diamonds of light
Breaking splinters from the pages where I write
But if I lost you, I don't know what I'd do
Burn forever where the flame turns blue
Yeah if I lost ya', I don't know what I'd do
Burn forever where the flame turns blue
In the morning I will sing
In the morning I will sing
In the morning I will sing ….Whoa oh oh
Sing
OUTRO:
let ring(upstrum)
---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---2-s-4---4-2-0-0---0-------------------5--5--3--3--2--2--1--1---0---0---0-0-0-0---0-------------------5--5--3--3--2--2--1--1---1-s-3---3-1-1-1---0-------------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---2-s-4---4-2-0-0---0-------------------5--5--3--3--2--2--1--1---0---0---0-0-0-2---0-------------------5--5--3--3--2--2--1--1---0---0---0-0-0-0---0-----------------
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Twilight
Note: All chords are in the Emaj shape to gain higher notes
Intro: D A Bm G D A D G D
D
A
Wash the twilight from my head
Bm
G
Hanging all bright and red
D
A
D
G
Little darling, 'till I see you once again.
D
D
A
Tell the man to fill my cup
Bm
G
'Cause honey I ain't gonna stop
D
A
G
D
Little darling, 'till I see you once again.
F#
Pinch me if I'm dreaming
Bm
I'm some where I've never been when
G
A
You lead me by my hand into the flame
D
A
Just the rain now, on my hat
Bm
G
And the past, ahhh, what use is that?
D
A
G
D
Little darling, 'till I see you once again.
Keith Crossan (k_crossan@hotmail.com)
Real simple, and you can tune up/down to suit your voice.
Play an "F" form - xx3211...parentheses indicate fret for index finger.
1ast verse:
(10)
(5)
Bm
(3)
...the twilight, from my head, hanging on, a brighter thread
(10)
(5)
(10) slide to (3) slide
to (10)
Little darling, 'til I see you, once again.
2nd verse:
Tell the man to...blah, blah, blah
(3)
(10)
...once again
Middle part:
F#
Bm
Pinch me if I'm dreaming, I'm somewhere beyond belief when
G
A
You lead me by the hand into the flame
Repeat verse 1
"Just the rain now..."
Repeat verse 2
"Na na na na..."
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David Gray – Tablature Book
Hold On
Important! capo 5 lowest strings on 4th fret, leaving high e open the picking
in this song is ad-lib, so this is just the basic chord structures and hand
postions used mess around with it to suit yourself, it sounds better if you
brush 2 or 3 strings together sometimes tab is relative to cap (0 on the high
e-string means play it open)
Chords: C
010233
D* 020455
(C up two frets)
G sequence
fig1
I----------0--------------------------I
I--------0----0-------0---------------I
I------4----2---0---0-------0---------I
I----0------------2-----0--------0----I
I-------------------------2--0h2------I
I--3----------------------------------I
C sequence
fig2
I-----------0-----0-------------------------0-----0----------------I
I---------0-----0-------1------0----------0-----0-------1----------I
I----0--2-----0-------0------0--0----0--2-----0-------0---0---0----I
I-------------------2-----0h2-----------------------2-----0h2-0----I
I--3------------------------------3--------------------------------I
I------------------------------------------------------------------I
fig1
Hold On
fig1
Hold on to me
fig1
Hold on
fig1
Hold on to me
fig2
Sometimes there's no easy way
fig1
Got to cause somebody pain
D*
Watching you
C
you hit so hard on yourself
D*
fig1
Cos you need someone to blame
23/70
David Gray – Tablature Book
As I’m Leaving
IMPORTANT: capo lowest 5 strings on second fret, i.e. leave high e
string open(like for faster sooner now) tab and chords are not relative to capo
CHORDS:
C - 032455
D - 454224
G - 522245
verse:
I---0-0-0--0---------0---0-0--0-0--I---2-2-2--2------2------2-2--2-2--I---2-2-2--2--2h4--------2-2--2-2--I---4-4-4--2-------------4-4--2-2--I---5-5-5--6-------------5-5--4-4--I---5-5-5--4-------------5-5--5-5--chorus:
C
THROUGH THE WATER
D
THROUGH THE RING
C
G
TO THE SOUL OF EVERYTHING
C
THROW MY HEART OUT
D
ON THE STONES
(verse tab with upstrum on last G)
AND I'M ALMOST HOME
24/70
David Gray – Tablature Book
If Your Love Is Real
Capo 2nd fret, but leave the high e-string open.
songs.
David does this on a lot of
If you listen, you can hear that he plays the bass note before strumming the
high
strings in each of these chords.
ALL NOTATIONS ARE NOT RELATIVE TO CAPO!!!
Verse:
---0----0----0----0----0----0----5----5----5----5----5----5-----0----0----0----0----0----4-----0----0----0----0----0----0-----x----x----x----5----0----------5----4----0----x----x--------
-0------5------0------0------x-----5----" . . . Till I know . . . "
---5----0-------4-------h5----------7----5-------5-------------------0----0-------0-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"That
your
love
is real"
and back to verses . . .
until the bridge . . .
" Spent a long time now, persuading myself . . "
Bridge:
---5----5----5----5----0----0------------------------5----5----5----5----3----5------------------------0----0----0----0----4----0------------------------4----0----4----0----4----4------------------------5----4----5----4----0----5----------------------------5---------5----------------------------
25/70
David Gray – Tablature Book
Tidal Wave
capo on second fret
tab and chords are relative to capo
Chords:
F# -
E
B
G
D
A
E
0
0
3
4
4
2
riff: - you'll know when to only play half of this and when to play
the full thing
D
G
D
G
I--------------------------I-------------------------------I
I-----------------3-2-3----I--------------3-2-3------------I
I--2-4-2-0-0-0-0--2-2------I--2-4--0-0----2-2--------------I
I--0-0-0-0-4-2-0--0--------I--0-0--0-4----0----------------I
I-----------------------2--I----------------------2--------I
I-----------------------3--I----------------------3--------I
riff x2
EVER SINCE YOUR FINGERTIPS
EVER SINCE YOUR EYES
TALKING WITH THE LIGHT ON
BLUER SKIES
Bm
G
EVEN IF I WANTED TO
Bm
F#
HOW COULD I EXPLAIN
riff
COMING THROUGH MY HEAD NOW
E
G
riff
THIS TIDAL WAVE
ALL YOUR FAVOURITE EYELASHES
ALL YOUR BLUEST SKIN
BRING THEM AND I'LL MEET YOU IN
THAT ROOM AGAIN
DREAMING OF YOUR HANDS
WANT TO RUN AWAY NOW
FOREIGN LANDS
EVEN AS I LIE WITH YOU
LISTEN TO YOU BREATHE
COMING THROUGH MY HEAD YEAH
EVEN IF I TOLD IT TRUE
WHY SHOULD THEY BELIEVE
COMING THROUGH MY HEAD NOW
THIS TIDAL WAVE
TIDAL WAVE
THIS TIDAL WAVE
TIDAL WAVE
TIDAL WAVE
COMING OVER WATERLOO
26/70
David Gray – Tablature Book
Falling Down The Mountain Side
Spent hours trying to work out the first chord on a rainy Sunday afternoon in
Acton. Think I’ve got it but no idea what its called, so for the purposes of
this tab have called it "Spooky".
No capo needed and its normal tuning. The chords are:
Am
Am7
A#
C
F
Fmaj7
G
Gm
Spooky
x02210
x02010
688766
x32010
133211
x33210
320003
355333
010310
Intro:
Spooky Am Am7 C Fmaj7
Spooky Am Am7 C Fmaj7
Spooky
Am
Am7 C
Without a word, you set your sights
Fmaj7
into the sun
Spooky
Am
Am7 C
when all the world, you put to rights
Fmaj7
was still is so wrong
Spooky
Am
Pin your heart out on your sleeve
Dm
G
(pull off then hammer on 2nd fret of A string)
spouting all that make believe
Gm
Am
Dm (keep Dm shape and on Dstring play
32022320)
from your lips, it seems they might come true
Gm
A#
F
falling down the mountainside with you
Spooky
Am
Am7 C
The clothes you wore, the people stared
Fmaj7
you looked so strange
Spooky
Am
Am7 C
to see you move, St Vitus dance
Fmaj7
was in your veins
Spooky
Am
Never once afraid to know,
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Dm
G
what it feels like when you go
(pull of hammer on as above)
Gm
Am
Dm (high base bit as above)
out beyond where logic keeps the view
Gm
A#
F
falling down the mountainside with you
…..F
falling down
Unsettling piano bit (Spooky Am Spooky Am Spooky Am Fmaj7) x2
If you were here first thing I'd do is knock you down
you left me cold, to meet your ghost all over town
So grind the stone and spin the wheel
lock the doors, on what you feel
looking back, it's like i always knew
I'd be falling down the mountainside with you
falling down the mountainside with you
falling down the mountainside with you
falling down the mountainside with you
28/70
David Gray – Tablature Book
January Rain
Emaj 7+d#
0
7
9
9
9
11
A
x
0
2
2
2
5
A*
x
0
2
2
2
0
Asus
x
0
2
2
0
0
C#m
4
4
6
6
5
4
A**
5
7
7
6
5
5
E
0
2
2
1
0
0
Badd9
7
9
9
8
0
0
A+g#*
0
0
14
14
14
16
(there are hammerons in the songb where you change 16 to 17 then 19)
always pick 2nd string 7th fret before stumming chord on Emaj7+d#
Emaj7+d#
Emaj7+d#
Emaj7+d#
Emaj7+d#
A
Emaj7+d#
Emaj7+d#
Emaj7+d#
A*
Emaj7+d#
repeat from there as neccesary....
bridge.
C#m
A**
E
Badd9
A*
Asus
Badd9
Emaj7+d#
29/70
A+g#*
Asus
David Gray – Tablature Book
Red Moon
capo 2nd fret, leaving top E string open
weighing
C
Am
that
there in
C
Am
your
in
C
G
hands
G
no position to
Am
got
C
what
Am
you
oh
C
very
Am
nice
but
C
every
Am
im
Am
silver
make
Dm7
wanted
G
G
getting
kiss
must
those
red moon
C Am
have
a
price
Dm7
tired
of
being denied of
Dm7
Dm7*
saying the same old
Am
and
Am
Dm7
demands
tears
things
Dm7 Dm7*
aren't
gonna
mend
these
broken
wings
G
2nd and third verse exactly the same
CHORDS
C
Am
G
Dm7
Dm7*
3
3
2
0
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
3
2
0
0
3
0
x
x
0
2
1
2
x
x
0
2
1
0
there is a hammer on which is described as follows
weighing
C
that
silver
Am
G
(with little finger play the 2nd
string 3rd fret hammer on/off)
then play mostly the bass notes on the string
near the end of the song there is 1 other which is instead of the little finger
2nd string 3rd fret, it is the little finger 5th string 3rd fret.......
its easy enough to get the hang of it
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A Clean Pair Of Eyes
Cappo 2nd Fret
G
G
G
G
G
D
D
D
D
D/F#
Em
E
E
Hear me God I'm
E
Mapping Silence
E
Crying Laughing
A
A
on the level,
A
Seeing Things,
A
like the devil,
G
D
G
And before the might of all that's seen,
D
G
I?ll raise my head and wake to dream,
D/F#
Em
E
A
With a clean pair of ey---es.
E
A
Murdered gold and colours flashing,
E
A
Time like blood, like flowing hair,
E
A
Faces merging, airplanes crashing,
G
D
G
And before the might of all that's true,
D
G
I'll raise my head and dream a new,
D/F#
Em E
A
With a clean pair of ey---es.
D
Cadd9
G
A clean pair of eyes, Don't need no one to blame,
D
Cadd9
G
Don't need no disguise, No sugar to sweet my brain,
D
C
E
A clean pair of ey-----es.
Today I need no commentary,
Today I do not need to speak,
No explanation necessary,
A tambourine of smoking suns,
Love that blind us fear that
crippled,
And before the might of all that's
seen,
I'll raise my head and wake to
dream,
With a clean pair of ey---es.
And before the might of all that's
true,
I'll raise my head and dream a new,
With a clean pair of ey---es.
And before the might of all that's
seen,
I'll raise my head and dream again,
And before the might of all that?s
seen,
I'll raise my head and dream again,
With a clean pair of eyes.
A clean pair of eyes, Don?t need no
right or wrong,
Don't need no disguise, No sugar to
fix my tongue,
A clean pair of eyes.
Liquid air and colours flashing,
With a clean pair of
31/70
David Gray – Tablature Book
Wurlitzer
32/70
David Gray – Tablature Book
The Ep’s 92-94
Birds Without Wings
It's basically C and G with a slight variation on G (G*), and an A
thrown in toward the end.
(note: G* is just G played with your finger taken off the A string)
The chords are C, G, G*, except for one part shown below, where an
A is thrown in when "birds without wings" is repeated
Wishing that something would happen
a change in this place
'cause I'm tearing off the fancy wrapping
find an empty package
Take for a while your trumpet from your lip
loosen your hold, loosen your grip
on your old ways that have fallen out of step
in a changing time
hoist a new flag
hoist a new flag
Angry sun burn down
judging us all
guilty of neglect and disrespect
and thinking small
And death by boredom
and death by greed
if we can't stop taking
more than we need
many with the notion
that to share is to lose
a hollow people bound by a lack
of imagination and too much
looking back
without the courage
to give a new thing a chance
grounded by this ignorance
Across the fractured the
landscape
I see the same things
tired ideas
birds without wings
[Change in chords: D, Am]
When the cat comes
we're just
[A, C, G]
Birds without wings
[Change in chords: A, C, G]
Birds without wings
birds without wings
Birds without wings
Birds without wings
But these are just thoughts
on lackluster times
and I've no interest
in excuses you can find
Like you've had a hard day
now you're too tired to care
now you're too tired to care
you've had a hard day
Well across the fractured
landscape
I see the same things
tired ideas, broken values
33/70
David Gray – Tablature Book
L’s Song
(capo on 4th)
Here is how the verses are plucked out:
Hammer)
(h means
=========================
E |----------------------h1---------1--------|
B |----1------1----1---1-----1----1--------|
G |----------------------h2---2----2--------|
D |----h2----------3---3-----3----3--------|
A |----3------3-------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------------------|
=========================
C
I love your nervous fingers
F
C
Won't you fumble all night long
C
Let the morning air sting us
F
C
To rise and stumble on
C
And down the crooked pavements
F
F
The wind blows my thoughts like a leaf
C
The brittle bell chimes
F
C
And fortune smiles its broken teeth
G
And the many rivered land
F
G
Grateful for the rain
F
F
C
F
Am
Am
I'd be grateful for one morsel
C
Of your lovin' again
F
F
Summer restless summer
Won't let sleeping dogs lie
Your barbed voice
Re-awakens time gone by
Owls face fine boned
Parched land dry stone
Thunders muttered promise
Impatient gull on the scented wind
Your grey eyes startling
Rain nearly upon us
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G
And the many rivered land
F
G
Grateful for the rain
Am
Am
F
I'd be grateful for one morsel
C
Of your lovin' again
Interlude can be improvised by hammering similiarly to
the verses from one chord to another, but the basic
chords are:
C
F
C
F
And the many rivered land
Grateful for the rain
I'd be grateful for one morsel
I'd be grateful for one morsel
I'd be grateful for one morsel
Of your lovin' again
35/70
David Gray – Tablature Book
The Light
Play with a capo 2nd fret for the "Flesh" version and no capo for the EP's version
Chords: (relative to capo)
G
Gsus2
C
D (F# bass)
G6
Em7+5 (G bass)
E (add G)
Intro:
G
G
3
3
3
2
3
3
7
2
0
3
0
2
3
7
0
0
2
0
0
2
6
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
Gsus2
Gsus2
3
3
1
3
3
3
5
3
3
0 (hammer on + off the d and b strings simultaneously)
2
0 (hammer on + off the a string)
0
0
C (hammer on + off)
C (hammer on + off)
G
C
G
You turn out the light and the dark sucks on the embers of the fire
G
C
My heart smoulders in the night
G
C
and these tumbling boulders of desire
G D C
come rolling out the shadows of me
G D C
rolling out the shadows
G D C
rolling out the shadows of me
G
G
Gsus2
Gsus2
C (hammer on + off)
C (hammer on + off)
G
C
You say I thought time was meant to take away the hurtin'
G
C
as your lonely silhouette closes the curtain
G
C
back on the road destination uncertain
G
C
so lets get in this car and drive
G
C
and this feeling I feel so strong
G
C
so powerful it can't be wrong
G
C
now the whole frosted night is just a song
G D C
a song for you
36/70
C
David Gray – Tablature Book
G D C
a song for you
G D C
a song for you
C (with hammer on's etc)
G
G
Gsus2
Gsus2
C (hammer on + off)
C (hammer on + off)
G
C
Now the moon is splashed right over the street
G
C
like my tears on your thighs so pale
G
C
its just you and me in the sheets
G
C
and the whole wide world is just a jail
G D C
when you're away from me
G D C
you're away from me
G D C
you're away from me
C (with hammer on's etc)
G6
G6
G6
Em7+5
Em7+5
Em7+5
I think there ssome more chords here but I haven't
figured them out
G6
Em7+5
G6
You turn out the light and the dark sucks on the embers of the fire
Em7+5
G6
My heart smoulders in the night tumbling boulders of desire
Em7+5
come a rolling
G6
come a rolling
Em7+5
come a rolling
G6
come a rolling
Em7+5
come a rolling
G6
rolling
Em7+5
rolling
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G6
rolling
Em7+5
rolling
G6
rolling
G D C
rolling out the shadows of me
G D C
rolling out the shadows of me
G D C
rolling out the shadows of me
C
E(add G)
C
turn out the light
Feel free to add in more Gsus2's as it sound s better
38/70
G
David Gray – Tablature Book
Shine
(Retune the guitar to a chord of E)
If you are unsure of how to do this follow the link above to learn how to retune to
play open chord songs)
CHORDS USED:
E
E/A
E/G#
E/F#
E*
E/C#
E/C#*
E/Eb
E+
E+
E
E*
-0-12-0-0-12-0-0-10-0-0-10-0-0-9-0-0-9-0-0-7-0-0-7-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-2-0-0-2-1-0-2-0-0-4-0-0-4-0-0-5-0-0-5-0-
E/A E E/A E/G# E/A
E/A E/G# E/F#
E/C# E/C#* E/C# E*
E
I can see it in your eyes
E/A
E/G#
what I know in my heart is true
E/A
E
that our love it has faded
E/A
E* E/C#
like the summer run through
E/C#*
E/C#
E/C#
so we'll walk down the shoreline
E/C#* E/C# E* E
one last time together
E/C#
E/C#*
feel the wind blow our wanderin' hearts
E/C# E* E
like a feather
E/C#
but who knows whats waiting
E/C#* E/C# E* E
in the wings of time
dry your eyes
E/C#
E/Eb
E
we gotta go where we can shine
39/70
E*
E
David Gray – Tablature Book
E
Don't be hiding in sorrow
E/A
E/G#
or clinging to the past
E/A
E
with your beauty so precious
E/A
and the season so fast
E*
E/C#
E/C#*
E/C#
E*
E
E*
E
E/C#
E/C#* E/C# E* E
no matter how cold the horizon appear
E/C#
or how far the first night
E/C#* E/C# E*
when I held you near
E
E/C#
you gotta rise from these ashes
E/C#* E/C# E* E
like a bird of flame
step out of the shadow
E/C#
E/Eb
E
we've gotta go where we can shine (Guitar Break)
E
For all that we struggle
E/A
E/G#
for all we pretend
E/A
E
it don't come down to nothing
E/A
E* E/C# E/C#*
except love in the end
E/C#
and ours is the road
E/C#* E/C# E* E
that is strewn with goodbyes
E/C#
but as it unfolds
E/C#* E/C# E* E
as it all unwinds
E/C#
remember your soul is the one thing
E/C#* E/C# E* E
you can't compromise
take my hand
E/C#
E/Eb
E
we're goona go where we can shine
E/C#
E/Eb
E
we're goona go where we can shine
E/C#
E/Eb
E
E/A
E
we're goona go where we can shine
E
E/A
E
(and look, and look)
E
Through the windows of midnight
E/A
E
moonfoam and silver
40/70
E/C#
E/A
David Gray – Tablature Book
Wisdom
(Basic chords... he plays the Emaj shape to get the higher notes.)
Intro/Chorus
Bmaj Emaj Amaj Emaj
E-|-7777--000--5555--000----|
B-|-7777--000--5555--000----|
G-|-8888--111--6666--111----|
D-|-9-99--222--7-66--222----|
A-|-9-99--222--7-77--222----|
E-|-7-77--000--5-55--000----|
Verse
E-|-5-5-5---7-7-7--|
B-|-5-5-5---7-7-7--|
G-|-6-6-6---8-8-8--|
D-|-7-7-7---9-9-9--|
A-|-7-7-7---9-9-9--|
E-|-5-5-5---7-7-7--|
41/70
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Coming Down
Capo 5th Fret
G
Gb Em Em7 C/G C1 C? Cm Cm7
D Dsus4
Bm
e--3---3---0---0----0----0----0---3--3-----2---3------2------------B--3---3---0---0----1----1----1---4--4-----3---3------3------------G--0---0---0---0----0----0----2---5--3-----2---2------4------------D--0---0---2---0----2----0----0---5--5-----0---0------4------------A--2---2---2---2----3----3----3---3--3----------------2------------E--3---2---0---0----3----3----3------------------------------------G
Gb
Em
Em7
Tears falling slow.
C/G
C1
C?
From the bridge into the river below.
G
Gb
Em
Em7
In your eyes I start to see.
C/G
C1
C?
C/G
A starry veil the ocean of infinity.
C/G
Chorus
Cm
Cm7
D
Dsus4
D
moon and stars above me.
G
Bm
Em
G
C
mingle with the blood inside my veins.
Cm
Cm7
D
Dsus4
D
empty arms that should be
G
Bm
Em
G
C
holding you close through nights of winter rain.
G
Bm
Em
G
C
and I'm trying to spell what only the wind can explain.
Cm
Cm7
D
Dsus4
D
It's colder than ever
G
Gb
Em
Em7
C/G
C1
coming down ............(then the whistling bit)
Verse 2
G
And I'm drowning in shallows
Gb
Em
Em7
Cause It's in so deep
C/G
C1
There's neon melting in the rain
C?
C/G
I took too much powder to sleep
G
When I hold you naked
Gb
Em
Em7
When I hear your laugh
C/G
C1
I got a sword to stem the rivers
C?
C/G
And cut the moon in half..
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C?
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Chorus
Cm
Cm7 D
Dsus4
D
Frozen stars above me
G
Bm
Em
G
C
Mingle with the blood inside my veins
Cm
Cm7
D
Dsus4
D
Empty arms that should be
G
Bm
Em
G
C
Holding you close through nights of winter rain
G
Bm
Em
G
C
And I'm trying to spell what only the wind can explain
Cm
Cm7
D
Dsus4
D
It's colder than ever
G
coming down
F
coming down
Bb
coming do-- ----wn
D
coming down
Verse 3
we danced wild
kicked off our shoes
not a cloud in the the sky to confuse.
now the sky is cold and the sea is white
and there's nothing to be done except reflecting the sun
and scratching the mountain side
Chorus
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A New Day At Midnight
Dead In The Water
Tuned up one half step F Bb Cb Ab C f (low to high)
-orStandard tuning, capo first fret (probably easier)
chords relative to capo
A Am F#m G Gm
F Fm
C C1
D
-0---0---0---3---3---1---1---0---0---2--2---1---0---3---3---1---1---1---1---3--2---2---2---0---3---2---1---0---0---2--2---2---4---0---5---3---3---2---2---0--0---0---4---2---5---3---3---3---3--------------2---3---3---1---1-------3-----intro:
Am A
Am A
Am
A
People stand in line
Am
A
People stand in line
G
D
People stand in line
A
F#m
G
A premonition of the killers angel eyes
Gm
F
An armageddon sky tell it like it is
Fm
It's like the old man says
C
C1
Fm
We're dead in the water now
Am
Dead in the water
Am
A
They come from miles around
Am
A
They come from miles around
G
D
They come from miles around
A
In avarice and love
F#m
G
To suckle on the blood
Gm
Of some forgotten god
F
Sell it like it is
Fm
It's like the old man says
C
C1
We're dead in the water now
Fm
C
C1
We're dead in the water now
Am A
Am A
Dead in the water
Am
Fm
Fm
A
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A simple act of faith
Am
A
A simple act of faith
G
D
A simple act of faith
A
F#m
G
A celebration of the colour and the creed
Gm
The cancer and its seed
F
Crackles on the mic
Fm
Can call it what you like
C
C1
Fm
We're dead in the water now
C
C1
Fm
We're dead in the water now
F
Am
Dead in the water
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Caroline
tune your guitar to open E ( low to high E B E Ab B e) this can be done by
either tuning to open D and capoing 2nd fret, or by simply tuning up to open
E
The Chord E3 always slides directly up the E4
E E2 E3 E4 E5 C#m A
B G#m F#/A
e---0---0---2---4---5---0---5---7---0---0--B---0---0---0---0---0---0---5---7---0---0--Ab--0---1---1---3---5---8---5---7---3---1--E---0---0---0---0---0---0---7---9---0---0--B---0---2---------------9---5---7---4---2--E---0---0---------------9---5---7---4---2---
main verse riff:
p= pull off the string to let the open string ring
just pull off the E2 chord when going to the E
E2 E
E
E3 E4
E3 E4 E5 E2 E
e---0---0---------------0---------------2/4----------------2/4--5---0---0--B---0---0---------------0---------------0------------------0--------0---0--Ab--1p0-0---1p0-1p0-1p0-0---1p0-1p0-1p0-1/3---1p0-1p0-1p0--1/3--5---1---0--E---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---------0---0---0-------------0---0--B---2p0-0---2p0-2p0-2p0-0---2p0-2p0-2p0-------2p0-2p0-2p0-----------2---0--E---0---0---0---0---0---0-------------------------------------------0---0---
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E2 E
Caroline
E2 E E2 E E2 E
E
Those crazy eyes that shine
E2 E E2 E
E2 E
E
E3/E4
Them days blowing through my mind
E2
E
Like falling leaves
E2 E
It ain't no good
E2 E E2 E E2 E
E
I try hard as I would
E2 E E2 E
E2 E
E3/E4
Yeah but you just wont let
E2
E
My poor heart be
C#m
A
A final war
E
B
A steel-eyed dinosaur
C#m
A
E
Girl I want you more, than I can say
E
E2
But Caroline
E
G#m F#/A
It seems like every time
A
B
Honey all I get
E
Is further away
E2 E
The state I'm in
E2 E E2 E E2 E
E
Got goose bumps on my skin
E2 E E2 E
E2 E
E3/E4
See the water jump right in
E2
E
You're heart's so free
E2 E
I'll face the facts
E2 E E2 E E2 E
It's paper on the cracks
E2 E
E2 E
E2 E
E3/E4
Girl 'till I got you right
E2
E
Back here with me
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C#m
A
A final war
E
B
A steel-eyed dinosaur
C#m
A
E
Girl I want you more, than I can say
B
E
E2
But Caroline
E
G#m F#/A
It seems like every time
A
B
Honey all I get
C#m B
Is further away
A
Baby all I get
F#/A
E
Is further away
(musical interlude is main riff repeated)
C#m
A
A final war
E
B
A steel-eyed dinosaur
C#m
A
E
Girl I want you more, than I can say
B
E
E2
But Caroline
E2 E
G#m F#/A
It seems like every time
A
B
Honey all I get
E
Is further away
A
B
honey all I get
C#m B
Is further away
A
F#/A
Baby all I get Is further Further Further
E E4 E5 E4
C#m
A
A final war
E
B
A steel-eyed dinosaur
C#m
A
E
B
Girl I want you more, than I can say
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E2 E
But Caroline
E2 E E2 E
E2 E
G#m F#/A
It seems like every time
A
B
Honey all I get
C#m B
Is further away
A
Baby all I get
F#/A
E
Is further away
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Long Distance Call
Tune your guitar up one half step to F Bb Cb Ab C f (low to high)
Capo at second fret leaving the low E string open (which is now the low F string)
finger positions are given as relative to the capo at second fret- all strings
obviously, these are not the correct chord namesE1
E2 E3 E4
F
C
G Bm E/A A or
-0----0---0---0---0---0---3---0---0---0---0----------5/7--3---0--10---1---1---0---3---1---2---5----------0----0---9---9---2---0---0---4---0---2---6-------------5/7--4--11--11---3---2---0---4---3---2---7-----------0----0---9---9---3---3---2---2---0---0---7-------------0----0---0---0---1---3---3-------0-------5------------main riff
-0-------0--0-5--5/7--3--3-0--0----0--0-5--5/7--4--4-0--0----0----0-------0---- and repeat
Riff (x4)
E1 E2
If I lean my weight on it
E1 E2
F C
If I fix my heart to the line
F C
Might find a way from it
E2
To some easy time
I'll bring you love but it's all
been sold
E1
My
E1
My
E2
heads all wired with it
E2
F C
tongue gets tied when I speak
F C
The space inside roaring
E2
When that signal break
E2
E1 E2
My skins all white with it
F
C
I'm up so high when I fall
F
C
I fall so far from it
G
E3
Ain't nowhere at all
Interlude
E1 E2 E1 E2 E/A F C
C
G
E3
E3
Early morning sun
Bm
A
Shine it and I'm gone
F
C
To plane out on the lake
G
E3
Hey hey yeah yeah
E3
To glide out on the wing
Bm
A
Turn around and sing
F
C
The fear now taking hold
E3
Early morning sun
Bm
A
Shine it and I'm gone
F
C
To plane out on the lake
G
E3
Hey hey yeah yeah
E3
To glide out on the wing
Bm
A
Turn around and sing
F
C
The fear now taking hold
Hey yea hey hey
F
F
Hey yea hey hey
F
A
I'll bring you love but it's all
been sold
E1 E2 E1 E2 E3x2 E4
A
exit- Main Riff
LYRICS
If I lean my weight on it
If I fix my heart to the line
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Might find a way from it
To some easy time
My skins all white with it
I'm up so high when I fall
I fall so far from it
Ain't nowhere at all
Early morning sun
Shine it and I'm gone
To plane out on the lake
Hey hey yeah yeah
To glide out on the wing
Turn around and sing
The fear now taking hold
I'll bring you love but it's all been sold
My heads all wired with it
My tongue gets tied when I speak
The space inside roaring
When that signal break
Early morning sun
Shine it and I'm gone
To plane out on the lake
Hey hey yeah yeah
To glide out on the wing
Turn around and see
The fire now taking hold
I'll bring you love but it's all been sold
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Real Love
D
F C1
C
C Bb
G Dm D3 F2 Fdim
-2---1---3---0---8---6---3---1---0---0---0-3---1---1---1---8---6---3---3---3---6---1-2---2---0---0---9---7---4---2---0---0---2-0---3---2---2---10--8---5---0---4---7---3-----3---3---3---10--8---5-------5---8---------1-----------8---6---3-----------8----Chorus riff (played as intro and during every chorus)
D
F
Fdim
-2-2-0-2-0-2--1--3--0--3-3-3-3-3-3--1--1--1--2-----2---2--2--2--2--0-----0---0--3--3--3---------------------------------------------The D is just taking off and putting on the finger on the high E string
Intro Riff (chorus) D F Fdim (repeat 4 times)
C
Bb
F
Dm
The dawn and all its majesty is taking me away
C
G
Dm
F
the dawn and all its honesty is turning me to play
C
Bb
through the bars of iron rings
F
G
way beyond the bad things (?)
Bb
G
I hear the voice of Eden cry
Bb
G
lift me up and walking on high
(chorus riff D F Fdim)
this real love
D F Fdim
real love
C
Bb
F
Dm
this world in all its clarity- it's glorious, it's fake
C
G
Dm
F
this world in all its vanity is more than I can take
C
Bb
down the road, the iron wheels
F
G
chain my heart to how it feels
Bb
G
I hear the voice of Eden cry
Bb
G
lift me up and walking on high
(chorus riff) D F Fdim
This real love
D F Fdim
real love
D F Fdim
real love
D F Fdim
real love
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C
Bb
F
Dm
Something in my heart is telling me its time
C
G
Dm
F
to meet the eye of destiny and leave it all behind
C
Bb
through my bones an iron rage
F
G
pins my soul upon the page
Bb
G
I hear the voice of Eden cry
Bb
G
lift me up and walk on high
Bb
G
it makes me want to lay down and die
(chorus riff) D F Fdim
This real love
D F Fdim
real love
D F Fdim
real love
yeaahhhh
D F Fdim
real love
make it real make it real
Jam- D3
F2
D3
F2 (x2)
D F Fdim
real love
D F Fdim
real love (etc)
C
Bb
F
Dm
The dawn and all this majesty is stealing me away
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Kangaroo
Album version: tuned up a half step- No capo
Acoustic version: Capo 1st fret
e
B
G
D
A
E
Gmaj7 C
G
D
A
C5 C2
Am7
Fmaj7
|--2------0---3---0---0---0---0-----0-----0-------------|
|--0------1---0---3---0---0---0h1---1-----1-------------|
|--0------0---0---0---6---9---0-----0-----2-------------|
|--0------2---0---4---7---10--0h2---2-----3-------------|
|--2------3---2---5---7---10--x-----0-----3-------------|
|--3----------3-------5---8---3-----x-----x-------------|
Intro - Gmaj7
Gmaj7 C Am7 C2
Don't pay no mind to it , Oh let it blow
Gmaj7
Fmaj7 C C2
Break you up inside , If you don't let it go
Gmaj7
Em7 C2
Jeez what are you like honey, I don't know
G
D
C
C2
Recommended by my bank
G
D
Fmaj7
C2
And everybody in the tank
G
D
A
First of all I'd like to thank
Gmaj7
C Am7 C2
This might take a while honey, Hey don't blink
Gmaj7
Fmaj7 C C2
Missing by a mile now we're, Here on the brink
Gmaj7
Em7 C2
Not a day goes by honey,I don't think
G
D
C
C2
I could be your volunteer
G
D
Fmaj7
C2
We'll make the whole thing disappear
G
D
A
C5
Saddle up we're outta here
G
D
C
C2
You could be my olive branch
G
D
Fmaj7
C2
Lift me up above the stench
G
D
A C5
Walk me through the avalanche
[Break] (Verse chords - No vocals)
Gmaj7 C Am7 C2
Gmaj7 Fmaj7 C C2
Gmaj7 Em7 C2
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G
D
C
C2
Honey won't you be my flood
G
D
Fmaj7
C2
Nothing ever comes out good
G
D
A C5
Trouble in the neighbourhood
G
D
C
C2
Conversations gone askew
G
D
Fmaj7
C2
And how do you make it feel like new
G
D
A C5
Kookaburra kangaroo
G
D
C
C2
Will you won't you be my leech
G
D
Fmaj7
C2
Take it all and when I screech
G
D
A C5
Leave it there just outta reach
G
Take
G
Give
G
Lead
D
C
C2
me to that burning bush
D
Fmaj7
C2
me something I can't crush
D
A C5
me out into the hush
G D A C5 (Repeated)
So far behind
So far behind
So far behind
So far behind
End on Gmaj7
Don't pay no mind to it
Oh let it blow
Break you up inside
If you don't let it go
Jeez what are you like honey
I don't know
You could be my olive branch
Lift me up above the stench
Walk me through the avalanche
Honey won't you be my flood
Nothing ever comes out good
Trouble in the neighbourhood
Conversations gone askew
And how do you make it fell like new
Kookaburra kangaroo
Will you won't you be my leach
Take it all and when I screech
Leave it there just outta reach
Take me to that burning bush
Give me something I can't crush
Lead me out into the hush
Recommended by my bank
And everybody in the tank
First of all I'd like to thank
This might take a while honey
Hey don't blink
Missing by a mile now we're
Here on the brink
Not a day goes by honey
I don't think
So
So
So
So
I could be your volunteer
We'll make the whole thing disappear
Saddle up we're outta here
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far
far
far
far
behind
behind
behind
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Last Boat To America
Intro: D
Main:
A
Bm
A
x2
Same as intro
Bridge:
Em
x2,
D
Em
A
Bm
D
Bm
E
Bm
Main
Bridge:
Em
D
Em
A
Bridge 2:
Em
Main:
Bm D
Bm
D
Bm E
x3
C
Bm
G
x2
A
Remainder of the song
Paint me a boat, away I'll float
Into the stillness of a pure blue sky
There's nothing here to hold me now
And I got no more tears to cry
Grant me a wish, just one more kiss
Baby kiss me till the daylight's through
These are days that make you blue
And there ain't nothing more a fool can do
In and out of dreams all day
cos tonight I'll dream about
Baby let's go walk away this time
Sing me the truth sweet bird of youth
I got some trouble trying to understand
Beneath the veils of mystery
are these the movements of an unseen hand
Our arms are filled with sunken treasure
Our heads are filled with perfect sound
Do we truly see it, hey
Till we're placing it in the ground
Take just what you need from me
cos tonight I'll dream about
Baby let's go walk away this time
Want to take you all away this time
Don't matter, lie to me, I'm falling
don't need your light on me, no no
don't need your light on me??¦
Paint me a boat, away I'll float
Into the stillness of a pure blue sky.
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Knowhere
Standard tuning, capo second fret
F
G Am
E
A Cdim Dadd9 Em Em2
-1---3---0---0---0---0-----0----0--------1---3---1---0---2---0-----3----0---3----2---0---2---1---2---0-----0----0---0----3---0---2---2---2---2-----4----2---4----3---2---0---2---0---3-----5----2---2----1---3-------0-------------5----0---0---intro:
F Cdim
Am
E
F
Cdim
Am
E(x2)
F
Cdim
Am
E
Slow voices speaking through a hurricane
F
Cdim
Am
E
Said that I wanted but I lied
F
Cdim
You're looking good
Am
E
Hey man I can't complain
F
Cdim
G
E
Ghost on the road at night
F
Cdim
Am
E
Seen him out walking he's just skin and bone
F
Cdim
Am
E
I don't see nothing in her eyes
F
Cdim
Am
E
Some call it hell felt like a home from home
F
Cdim
G
I'm dreaming different skies
A
I don't know where I
Em2
Dadd9
I don't know what I'm supposed to do now
A
Get it on all night
A
I don't know where I
Em2
I don't know what I
Dadd9
It seems to me boy
A
That you're doing all right
Am
I don't know what I
G
I don't know where I
Em
Long way to go now
Dadd9
Keep it all inside
F
Cdim Am
E
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F
Cdim
Am
E
36 hours but my mind is fresh
F
Cdim
Am
E
Live for the moment then I'm gone
F
Cdim
Am
E
Suck on that sympathy and feel the rush
F
Cdim
G
Go on my blue eyed son
A
I don't know where I
Em2
Dadd9
I don't know what I'm supposed to do now
A
Get it on all night
A
I don't know where I
Em2
I don't know what I
Dadd9
It seems to me boy
A
That you're doing all right
Am
I don't know where I
G
I tell what I
Em
Long way to go now
Dadd9
Keep it all inside
interlude:
F G Am A
F
E
Dadd9
A
I don't know where I
Em2
Dadd9
I don't know what I'm supposed to do now
A
Get it on all night
A
I don't know where I
Em2
I don't know what I
Dadd9
It seems to me boy
A
That you're doing all right
Am
I don't know where I
G
I don't know what I
Em
Long way to go now
Dadd9
Keep it all inside
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Lyrics
Slow voices speaking through a hurricane
Said that I wanted but I lied
Your looking good
Hey man I can't complain
Ghost on the road at night
Seen him out walking he's just skin and bone
I don't see nothing in her eyes
Some call it hell felt like a home from home
I'm dreaming different skies
I don't know where I
I don't know what I'm supposed to do now
Get it on all night
I don't know where I
I don't know what I
It seems to me boy
That you're doing all right
I don't know what I
I don't know where I
Long way to go now
Keep it all inside
36 hours but my mind is fresh
Live for the moment then I'm gone
Suck on that sympathy and feel the rush
Go on my blue eyed son
I don't know where I
I don't know what I'm supposed to do now
Get it on all night
I don't know where I
I don't know what I
It seems to me boy
That you're doing all right
I don't know what I
I don't know where I
Long way to go now
Keep it all inside
(Repeat chorus)
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Be Mine
Standard Tuning, capo on 2nd fret- chords relative to capo
The verse of the song is fingerpicked and backed up on the piano.
These are chords for the verse
a 'p' indicates a "pull off"- pulling your finger off the string
Em F#m D
#
C
G Cm
-------------------------------8--10---7--1p0---5---3---4-------------------------------------------------------------7---9---5--------3---2---3------------------------------Standard Chords used in the chorus:
G
D Em
A
C Cm
-3---2---0---0---0---3-----3---3---0---2---1---4-----0---2---0---2---0---5-----0---0---2---2---2---5-----2-------2---0---3---3-----3-------0----------------Verse Chords
Em
F#m
D
#
From the very first moment I saw you that?s when I knew
Em
F#m
D
#
all the dreams I held in my heart had suddenly come true
Em
F#m
D
#
Knocked me over stone cold sober not a thing I could say or do
Em
D
C
#
Baby when I?m walking with you now my eyes are so wide
Em
D
C
I can reach right into my head and turn on the light inside
G
C
Cm
Turn on the light inside my mind yeah
Standard chords- strummed!
G
Come on baby it?s alright
D
winter summer day or night
Em
red or blue or white it?s plain to see
C
be mine be mine
G
raining shining night or day
D
what’s the difference anyway
A
Cm
baby till your heart belongs to me
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Verse Chords
Em
F#m
D
#
If I had some influence girl with the powers that be
Em
F#m
D
#
I’d have them fire that arrow at you like they fired it right at me
Em
F#m
D
#
maybe when your heart and soul are burning you might see
Em
D
C
#
that every time I’m talking to you it’s always over too soon
Em
D
C
And every day feels so incomplete 'till you walk into the room
G
C
Cm
Say the word and I’ll bloom- I’ll jump that moon yeah
Standard chords- strummed!
G
Come on baby it’s ok
D
raining shining night or day
Em
there’s nothing in the way now can’t you see
C
be mine be mine
G
winter summer day or night
D
Centigrade or Fahrenheit
A
C
baby till your heart belongs to me
C
be mine be mine
G
Tuesday Wednesday short or long
D
when you got a love so strong
Em
how can it be wrong now mercy me
C
be mine mine
G
Jumping Jesus Holy Cow
D
what’s the difference anyhow
A
Cm
baby till your heart belongs to me
Verse Chords
Em
F#m
D
C
Em7 (exit- see below)
last chord strummed throughout on the live version is
Em7
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Lyrics:
From the very first moment I saw you
That's when I knew
All the dreams I held in my heart
Had suddenly come true
Knock me over stone cold sober
Not a thing I could say or do
'Cos baby when I'm walking with you now
My eyes are so wide
Like you reached right into my head
And turned on the light inside
Turning on the light
Inside my mind hey
Come on baby it's all right
Sunday Monday day or night
Written blue on white it's plain to see
That rainy shiny night or day
What's the difference anyway
Baby till your heart belongs to me
If I had some influence girl
With the powers that be
I'd have them fire that arrow at you
Like they fired it right at me
And maybe when your heart and soul are burning
You might see
That everytime I'm talking with you
It's always over too soon
That everyday feels so incomplete
Till you walk into the room
Say the word now girl I'll jump that moon hey
Come on baby it's ok
Rainy shiny night or day
There's nothing in the way now
Don't you see
Winter summer day or night
Centigrade or fahrenheit
Baby till your heart belongs to me
Thursday Friday short or long
When you got a love so strong
How can it be wrong now mercy me
Jumpin' Jesus holy cow !
What's the difference anyhow
Baby till your heart belongs to me
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David Gray – Tablature Book
Easy Way To Cry
Standard tuning, Capo 5th fret
D F#m Em Bm Bm7 G Gdim A/D A
C
-2---0----0---2---2---3---0----0---0---0----3---0----0---3---3---3---2----2---2---1----2---2----0---4---2---0---0----2---2---0----0---4----2---4---4---0---0----0---2---2--------4----2---2---2---2---2--------0---3--------2----0-----------3---3------------3---D
F#m
Smoke curls through my hands
Bm
Bm7
These one night stands
G
D
Are making me crazy I know
A
Morning I'll go
Em
Gdim
Crowds in the rain all passing by
D
F#m
Faith gone from your eyes
Bm
Bm7
Each word that flies
G
D
Taking you further away
A
And come that day
Em
There ain't no easy way to cry
G
And as I watch you leave I stand
D
A/D
Inside my house of straw
G
F#m
And everywhere I go I find
D
C
Things recollecting to my mind
Em
A
How right it all could be
D
F#m
Faith gone from your eyes
Bm
Bm7
Each word it flies
G
D
straight to the heart and I know
A
Watching you go
Em
G
There ain't no easy way to cry
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David Gray – Tablature Book
D
So right now
Bm
So right now
D
So right now
Em
so right
F#m
Bm7
G
A
G
And as I watch you leave I stand
D
A/D
Inside my house of straw
G
F#m
And everywhere I go I find
D
C
Things recollecting to my mind
Em
A
How right it all could be
G
Could be
interlude:
D A/D Bm Bm7
G
D
A
Em
G
D
So right now
Fm7
So right now
Bm
Bm7
So right now
Em
So right now
G
So right now
D
So right now
A
So right now
Em
So right
Gdim
So right
D
Yeah ah yeah ah
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David Gray – Tablature Book
LYRICS:
Smoke curls through my hands
These one night stands
Are making me crazy I know
Morning I'll go
Crowds in the rain all passing by
Faith gone from your eyes
Each word it flies
Taking you further away
And come that day
There ain't no easy way to cry
And as I watch you leave I stand
Inside my house of straw
And everywhere I go I find
Things recollecting to my mind
How right it all could be
Faith gone from your eyes
Each word it flies
Straight to the heart and I know
Watching you go
There ain't no easy way to cry
So right now
So right now
So right
And as I watch you leave I stand
Inside my house of straw
And everywhere I go I find
Things recollecting to my mind
How right it all could be
Could be
So
So
So
So
So
right
right
right
right
right
now
now
now
so right
65/70
David Gray – Tablature Book
Meet me on the other side
Standard Tuning
Dm Dsus4 G G7 F C A7 Bb D
--1--3-----3--1---1--0--0---1---2--3--3-----0--0---1--1--2---3---3--2--2-----0--0---2--2--0---3---2--0--0-----0--0---3--0--2---3---0--x--x-----2--2---3--3--0---1---x--x--x-----3--3---1--x--x---1---xIntro:
Dm
Dsus4
G G7 x2
Dm
Dsus4
G G7
Meet me on the other side
Dm
Dsus4
G G7
Meet me on the other side
Dm
Dsus4
G G7
I'll see you on the other side
Dm
Dsus4
G G7
See you on the other side
F C
Honey now if I'm honest
Dm
I still don't know what love is
G
A7
Another mirage folds into the haze of time recalled
Dm
And now the floodgates cannot hold
C Bb
All my sorrow all my rage
Am
G
A tear that falls on every page
Dm
Meet
Dm
Meet
Dsus4
G G7
me on the other side
Dsus4
G G7
me on the other side
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David Gray – Tablature Book
F
C
Maybe I oughta mention
Dm
Was never my intention
G
To harm you or your kin
A7
Are you so scared to look within
Dm
The ghosts are crawling on our skin
c Bb
We may race and we may run
Am G
We'll not undo what has been done
D A7 Dm
Or change the moment when it's gone
Dm Dsus4
G G7
Meet me on the other side
Dm Dsus4
G G7
Meet me on the other side
Dm Dsus4
G G7
I'll see you on the other side
Dm Dsus4
G G7
I'll see you on the other side
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David Gray – Tablature Book
F
C
I know it would be outrageous
Dm
To come on all courageous
G
And offer you my hand
A7
To pull you up on to dry land
Dm
When all I got is sinking sand
C
Bb
That trick ain't worth the time it buys
Am
G
I'm sick of hearing my own lies
D A7
Dm
And love's a raven when it flies
Dm Dsus4
G G7
Meet me on the other side
Dm Dsus4
G G7
Meet me on the other side
Dm Dsus4
G G7
I'll see you on the other side
Dm Dsus4
G G7
See you on the other side
F C
Honey now if I'm honest
Dm
I still don't know what love is
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David Gray – Tablature Book
Lyrics
Meet me on the other side
Meet me on the other side
I'll see you on the other side
See you on the other side
Honey now if I'm honest
I still don't know what love is
Another mirage folds into the haze of time recalled
And now the floodgates cannot hold
All my sorrow all my rage
A tear that falls on every page
Meet me on the other side
Meet me on the other side
Maybe I oughta mention
Was never my intention
To harm you or your kin
Are you so scared to look within
The ghosts are crawling on our skin
We may race and we may run
We'll not undo what has been done
Or change the moment when it's gone
Meet me on the other side
Meet me on the other side
I'll see you on the other side
I'll see you on the other side
I know it would be outrageous
To come on all courageous
And offer you my hand
To pull you up on to dry land
When all I got is sinking sand
That trick ain't worth the time it buys
I'm sick of hearing my own lies
And love's a raven when it flies
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David Gray – Tablature Book
Meet me on the other side
Meet me on the other side
I'll see you on the other side
See you on the other side
Honey now if I'm honest
I still don't know what love is
70/70