The
Songs
of
Richard
Thompson
Transcribed by
Simon Robinson
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July 2006
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
DISCOGRAPHY ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 3
RICHARD THOMPSON ......................................................................................................................................................................... 3
FAIRPORT CONVENTION .................................................................................................................................................................... 3
RICHARD & LINDA THOMPSON .......................................................................................................................................................... 3
FAIRPORT CONVENTION, RICHARD THOMSON, RICHARD & LINDA THOMSON) ......................................................................... 3
RICHARD THOMPSON & DANNY THOMPSON .................................................................................................................................. 3
RICHARD THOMPSON WITH OTHERS ............................................................................................................................................... 4
THE BUNCH .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
FRENCH, FRITH, KAISER & THOMPSON ........................................................................................................................................... 4
PETER FILLEUL & RICHARD THOMPSON ......................................................................................................................................... 4
VARIOUS ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
THE GPs ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4
ACROSS A CROWDED ROOM ................................................................................................................................................................ 5
01 - When The Spell Is Broken .............................................................................................................................................................. 5
02 - You Don't Say ................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
03 - I Ain't Going To Drag My Feet No More .......................................................................................................................................... 7
04 - Shine On Love ................................................................................................................................................................................ 9
05 - Ghosts In The Wind ...................................................................................................................................................................... 10
06 - Fire In The Engine Room .............................................................................................................................................................. 11
07 - Walking Through A Wasted Land ................................................................................................................................................. 12
08 - Little Blue Number ........................................................................................................................................................................ 13
09 - She Twists The Knife Again .......................................................................................................................................................... 14
10 - Love In A Faithless Country .......................................................................................................................................................... 15
AMNESIA ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 17
01 - Turning Of The Tide...................................................................................................................................................................... 17
02 - Gypsy Love Songs........................................................................................................................................................................ 18
03 - Reckless Kind ............................................................................................................................................................................... 19
04 - Jerusalem On The Jukebox .......................................................................................................................................................... 20
05 - I Still Dream .................................................................................................................................................................................. 21
06 - Don't Tempt Me ............................................................................................................................................................................ 22
07 - Yankee Go Home ......................................................................................................................................................................... 23
08 - Can't Win ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 24
09 - Waltzing's For Dreamers .............................................................................................................................................................. 25
10 - Pharaoh ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 26
DARING ADVENTURES ......................................................................................................................................................................... 29
01 - A Bone Through Her Nose ........................................................................................................................................................... 29
02 - Valerie .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 30
03 - Missie How You Let Me Down ...................................................................................................................................................... 31
04 - Dead Man's Handle ...................................................................................................................................................................... 32
05 - Long Dead Love ........................................................................................................................................................................... 33
06 - Lover's Lane ................................................................................................................................................................................. 34
07 - Nearly In Love............................................................................................................................................................................... 35
08 - Jennie ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 36
09 - Baby Talk ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 37
10 - Cash Down Never Never .............................................................................................................................................................. 38
11 - How Will I Ever Be Simple Again .................................................................................................................................................. 39
12 - Al Bowlly's In Heaven ................................................................................................................................................................... 40
HAND OF KINDNESS ............................................................................................................................................................................. 43
01 - Tear Stained Letter ....................................................................................................................................................................... 43
02 - How I Wanted To .......................................................................................................................................................................... 44
03 - Both Ends Burning ........................................................................................................................................................................ 45
04 - A Poisoned Heart And A Twisted Memory .................................................................................................................................... 46
05 - Where The Wind Don’t Whine ...................................................................................................................................................... 47
06 - The Wrong Heartbeat ................................................................................................................................................................... 48
07 - The Hand Of Kindness ................................................................................................................................................................. 49
08 - Devonside ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 50
09 - Two Left Feet ................................................................................................................................................................................ 51
MIRROR BLUE ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 55
01 - For The Sake Of Mary .................................................................................................................................................................. 55
02 - I Can't Wake Up To Save My Life ................................................................................................................................................. 56
03 - MGB-GT ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 57
04 - The Way That It Shows ................................................................................................................................................................ 58
05 - Easy There, Steady Now .............................................................................................................................................................. 59
06 - King Of Bohemia........................................................................................................................................................................... 60
07 - Shane And Dixie ........................................................................................................................................................................... 60
08 - Mingus Eyes ................................................................................................................................................................................. 62
09 - I Ride In Your Slipstream .............................................................................................................................................................. 62
10 - Beeswing ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 63
11 - Fast Food ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 64
12 - Mascara Tears .............................................................................................................................................................................. 65
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13 - Taking My Business Elsewhere .................................................................................................................................................... 66
MOCK TUDOR ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 69
01 - Cooksferry Queen......................................................................................................................................................................... 69
02 - Sibella ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 70
03 - Bathsheba Smiles ......................................................................................................................................................................... 71
04 - Two-Faced Love ........................................................................................................................................................................... 72
05 - Hard On Me .................................................................................................................................................................................. 73
06 - Crawl Back (Under My Stone) ...................................................................................................................................................... 74
07 - Uninhabited Man........................................................................................................................................................................... 76
08 - Dry My Tears And Move On ......................................................................................................................................................... 77
09 - Walking The Long Miles Home ..................................................................................................................................................... 78
10 - Sights And Sounds Of London Town ............................................................................................................................................ 79
11 - That's All, Amen, Close The Door ................................................................................................................................................. 80
12 - Hope You Like The New Me ......................................................................................................................................................... 81
OLD KIT BAG .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 83
01 - Gethsemane ................................................................................................................................................................................. 83
02 - Jealous Words .............................................................................................................................................................................. 84
03 - I’ll Tag Along ................................................................................................................................................................................. 85
04 - A Love You Can't Survive ............................................................................................................................................................. 86
05 - One Door Opens........................................................................................................................................................................... 87
06 - First Breath ................................................................................................................................................................................... 88
07 - She Said It Was Destiny ............................................................................................................................................................... 90
08 - I’ve Got No Right To Have It All .................................................................................................................................................... 91
09 - Pearly Jim ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 92
10 - Word Unspoken, Sight Unseen..................................................................................................................................................... 94
11 - Outside of the Inside ..................................................................................................................................................................... 95
12 - Happy Days and Auld Lang Syne ................................................................................................................................................. 96
RUMOR AND SIGH................................................................................................................................................................................. 99
01 - Read About Love .......................................................................................................................................................................... 99
02 - I Feel So Good............................................................................................................................................................................ 100
03 - I Misunderstood .......................................................................................................................................................................... 101
04 - Grey Walls .................................................................................................................................................................................. 102
05 - You Dream Too Much ................................................................................................................................................................. 103
06 - Why Must I Plead........................................................................................................................................................................ 104
07 - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning...................................................................................................................................................... 105
08 - Backlash Love Affair ................................................................................................................................................................... 106
09 - Mystery Wind .............................................................................................................................................................................. 107
10 - Don't Sit On My Jimmy Shands .................................................................................................................................................. 108
11 - Keep Your Distance .................................................................................................................................................................... 109
12 - Mother Knows Best..................................................................................................................................................................... 110
13 - God Loves A Drunk .................................................................................................................................................................... 111
14 - Psycho Street ............................................................................................................................................................................. 112
YOU ? ME ? US ? NUDE ...................................................................................................................................................................... 113
01 - Baby Don't Know What To Do With Herself ................................................................................................................................ 113
02 - She Cut Off Her Long Silken Hair ............................................................................................................................................... 113
03 - Hide It Away................................................................................................................................................................................ 114
04 - Burns Supper .............................................................................................................................................................................. 115
05 - Train Don't Leave ....................................................................................................................................................................... 115
06 - Cold Kisses ................................................................................................................................................................................. 116
07 - Sam Jones .................................................................................................................................................................................. 118
08 - Razor Dance ............................................................................................................................................................................... 119
09 - Woods Of Darney ....................................................................................................................................................................... 119
YOU ? ME ? US ? VOLTAGE ENHANCED .......................................................................................................................................... 123
01 - She Steers By Lightning ............................................................................................................................................................. 123
02 - Dark Hand Over My Heart .......................................................................................................................................................... 123
03 - Hide It Away................................................................................................................................................................................ 124
04 - Put It There Pal ........................................................................................................................................................................... 125
05 - Business On You ........................................................................................................................................................................ 126
06 - No's Not A Word ......................................................................................................................................................................... 127
07 - Am I Wasting My Love On You? ................................................................................................................................................. 128
08 - Bank Vault In Heaven ................................................................................................................................................................. 129
09 - The Ghost Of You Walks ............................................................................................................................................................ 130
COMPILATION & LIVE ALBUMS .......................................................................................................................................................... 133
ACTION PACKED.............................................................................................................................................................................. 133
CELTSCHMERZ: LIVE UK ’98 .......................................................................................................................................................... 133
DUCKNAPPED (Live) ........................................................................................................................................................................ 133
FAITHLESS (Live) ............................................................................................................................................................................. 133
LIVE AT CRAWLEY 1993 (Live) ........................................................................................................................................................ 134
LIVE FROM AUSTIN TX (Live) .......................................................................................................................................................... 134
LIVE IN PROVIDENCE DVD & EP .................................................................................................................................................... 134
MORE GUITAR (Live) ........................................................................................................................................................................ 134
RT – 1 WALKING THE LONG MILES HOME .................................................................................................................................... 135
RT – 2 FINDING BETTER WORDS................................................................................................................................................... 135
RT – 3 SHINE IN THE DARK ............................................................................................................................................................ 135
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RT – 4 SONGS POUR DOWN LIKE SILVER .................................................................................................................................... 135
RT – 5 REAL RARITIES .................................................................................................................................................................... 136
SEMI-DETACHED MOCK TUDOR (Live) .......................................................................................................................................... 136
SMALL TOWN ROMANCE (Live) ...................................................................................................................................................... 136
THE CHRONO SHOW (Live) ............................................................................................................................................................. 137
TWO LETTER WORDS (Live) ........................................................................................................................................................... 137
WATCHING THE DARK – Disc A ...................................................................................................................................................... 137
WATCHING THE DARK – Disc B ...................................................................................................................................................... 137
WATCHING THE DARK – Disc C ...................................................................................................................................................... 138
A-Z of SONGS ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 139
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INTRODUCTION
Fellow RT enthusiasts,
So far these transcriptions have taken me near on seven months on and off when I have had time to dedicate myself.; can all be very
taxing at times !!
My intention in transcribing these songs has been to achieve something I could just play and improvise along to. My main aim was to
transcribe the recordings of Richard Thompson as a sole artist. I have not as yet attempted recordings with Fairport Convention, Linda
Thompson and other artists. I may undertake to transcribe these at some later stage.
The most obvious omissions are Henry The Human Fly and Front Parlour Ballads. I’ll get round to them eventually.
A number of points are worthy of mention.

I have transcribed what I play when I play along to these songs. These transcriptions suffice for me; they may not do so for
others with a more acutely tuned ear and a better sense of musicality. That is an issue for those individuals to resolve.

I do not use RT’s ‘fancy’ tunings !!! I am not that sort of guitar player, I just cannot do it. Nor do I use a capo. Purists among
you will have to look elsewhere I’m afraid. This may be the reason why some songs may be incorrect and don’t quite sound
correct. You decide. Any views, please let me know.
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These transcriptions are from the original CD recordings. They are not from live concert recordings where RT may use
different keys or change the song in some way.
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Without formal musical notation, at times it has been difficult to represent what is happening in music in a textual format. I
have done my best. I like to think that a little intuition with what is here should work.
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I have not transcribed TAB for twiddly bits and solos in this file. It would simply take too long. It has taken me months to get
this far !!
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I have put on what I believe to be key signatures for those who want to solo and improvise over the songs.
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Where chord sequences repeat from verse to verse or chorus to chorus, I have not written them in. Use your intuition. In all
cases, chords are stated but I do not necessarily state how many times; with a good knowledge of the song it should be
intuitive.

I cannot in any way guarantee that the chords I have tried to transcribe in these songs are correct. They at least allow me to
play along to RT’s songs with some semblance of faithfulness !!

Being accustomed to these songs and their melody, moving between chords I find fairly intuitive. However, linking chords with
lyrics for the purposes of this document I have found difficult in some places. So some chords many not be exactly over the
correct lyric !!
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NB – DO NOT change font or font size in this file as the positioning between chords and lyrics will not match !!
As I transcribe more albums, more especially those with Linda, I shall post updated versions.
I have added a section at the back for cross-referencing live & compilation tracks to original recordings.
I have also added an A-Z of songs to quickly locate the original recording a required song can be found on.
I know some of these chords may be incorrect. I urge anyone to email me with changes they may like to suggest or with what they
might see as outright mistakes or omissions on my part. In the absence of a chord book (or at least until all songs are transcribed and
released by RT from his website that is), transcriptions such as these are the only way we all can all play along. Everyone’s input is
valued and important. Maybe others can build on what I have started here.
Absolutely any views you might have are welcome at the email address below.
Use, play along and enjoy !
Regards,
Simon Robinson (simonitov@yahoo.com)
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DISCOGRAPHY
Transcribed albums shown in bold. Some live albums and compilations are shown as partially transcribed by virtue of original
recording transcriptions.
RICHARD THOMPSON
1972
1981
1983
1984
1985
1986
1988
1991
1991
1993
1994
1994
1995
1996
1998
1999
2002
2001
2003
2003
2003
2003
2004
2004
2004
2005
2005
Henry The Human Fly
Strict Tempo
Hand Of Kindness
Small Town Romance (Live)
Across A Crowded Room
Daring Adventures
Amnesia
Sweet Talker (Film Soundtrack)
Rumor & Sigh
Watching The Dark (Compilation) (PARTIALLY TRANSCRIBED)
Mirror Blue
Two Letter Words (Live) (PARTIALLY TRANSCRIBED)
Live At Crawley 1993 (Live) (PARTIALLY TRANSCRIBED)
you? me? us?
Celtschmerz: Live UK ’98 (PARTIALLY TRANSCRIBED)
Mock Tudor
Semi-detached Mock Tudor (Live) (PARTIALLY TRANSCRIBED)
Action Packed (Compilation) (PARTIALLY TRANSCRIBED)
More Guitar (Live) (PARTIALLY TRANSCRIBED)
Old Kit Bag
1000 Years Of Popular Music
Ducknapped (Live)
The Chrono Show
Faithless (Live) (2004) (PARTIALLY TRANSCRIBED)
Grizzly Man (TV Soundtrack)
Live From Austin Tx (Live) (PARTIALLY TRANSCRIBED)
Front Parlour Ballads
FAIRPORT CONVENTION
1968
1969
1969
1969
1970
1976
1976
1986
Fairport Convention
What We Did On Our Holidays
Unhalfbricking
Liege & Lief
Full House
Heyday (BBC Sessions)
Live At The Troubadour (Live)
House Full (Live)
RICHARD & LINDA THOMPSON
1974
1975
1975
1978
1979
1982
2000
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Hokey Pokey
Pour Down Like Silver
First Light
Sunnyvista
Shoot Out The Lights
The End Of The Rainbow (Compilation)
FAIRPORT CONVENTION, RICHARD THOMSON, RICHARD & LINDA THOMSON)
1976
Guitar, vocal (Compilation)
1997
Industry
RICHARD THOMPSON & DANNY THOMPSON
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RICHARD THOMPSON WITH OTHERS
1972
Morris On
1972
Rock On
1987
1990
Live, Love, Larf & Loaf
Invisible Means
THE BUNCH
FRENCH, FRITH, KAISER & THOMPSON
PETER FILLEUL & RICHARD THOMPSON
1987
The Marksman (TV Soundtrack)
VARIOUS
1990
Hard Cash
THE GPs
1991
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ACROSS A CROWDED ROOM
01 - When The Spell Is Broken
(Across a Crowded Room (1985), Watching The Dark (1993) Disc C, Celtschmerz: Live UK ’98 (1998), Semi-Detached Mock Tudor
(2002), More Guitar (2003))
KEY – Dm
NOTES – Dm on “When the spell …” line is strummed upwards.
<intro>
Dm Gm
Dm
Gm
Dm
When the spell is broken
Dm
Gm
Dm
When the spell is broken
Am
How you ever gonna keep her now
Gm
You can't cry if you don't know how
Dm
When the spell is broken
Gm
Dm
When the spell is broken
Am
All the joy is gone from her face
Gm
Welcome back to the human race
Am
How long can the flame
Bb
Of love remain
C (sus4) Bb (sus4)
When you curse and fight
C (sus4) Bb (sus4)
And never see like
F
C
Or hear like spoken
Dm
When the spell is broken
(Can't cry if you don't know how)
(Can't cry if you don't know how)
Gm
Dm
When the spell is broken
(Can't cry if you don't know how)
Gm
Dm
Oh when the spell is broken
All your magic and your ways and schemes
All your lies come and tear at your dreams
When the spell is broken
(Can't cry if you don't know how)
When the spell is broken
Now you're handing her that same old line
It's just straws in the wind this time
When love has died,
There's none starry-eyed
No kiss, no tears,
No farewell souvenirs
Not even a token, when the spell is broken
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<solo>
Dm Gm (repeat)
Don't swear your heart
From the very start
Love letters you wrote
Are pushed back down you throat
And leave you choking, when the spell is broken
(When the spell, When the spell, When the spell is broken)
When the spell is broken
When the spell is broken
(When the spell, When the spell, When the spell is broken)
When the spell is broken
When the spell is broken
Dm Gm (repeat till fade)
(Can't cry if you don't know how)
(Can't cry if you don't know how)
(Can't cry if you don't know how)
(You can't cry if you don't know how)
(Can't cry if you don't know how)
(Can't cry if you don't know how)
(Can't cry if you don't know how)
(Can't cry if you don't know how)
(Can't cry if you don't know how)
02 - You Don't Say
(Across a Crowded Room (1985), Faithless (2004))
KEY – Em
<intro>
Em
C
G
I saw your old flame
C
G
Walking down the street
C
G
She's back in town again
D
F#m
She's looking out for you
C
G
She says you used her
C
G
And you were indiscreet
C
G
It really wounded her
D
F#m
When you bid adieu
Em
Bm7
Do you mean she still cares
Em
Bm7
Do you mean she still cares
Em
Bm7
Do you mean she still cares
F#m Em
Oh you don't say
Do you mean she still cares (Do you mean she still cares)
Do you mean she still cares (Do you mean she still cares)
Do you mean she still cares
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But you don't say (you don't say)
She keeps half a ring
She says you've kept the other
She says you broke your word
When you pursue another
She says "You're getting love
Mixed up with sympathy
Young man, do your duty
And come on back to me"
Do you mean she still cares (Do you mean she still cares)
Do you mean she still cares (Do you mean she still cares)
Do you mean she still cares
Oh you don't say (you don't say)
Oh do you mean she still cares
Do you mean she still cares
Do you mean she still cares
Oh you don't say
<solo>
F Em F Em
Bb Gm Dm D# Dm D#
Cm G# F
Em F Em
Dm
She says her heart aches
Like you had bought and sold her
She took all her hopes
And pinned them on your shoulder
She sends you rosemary
And by this gift you're given
Remember love heals
And old wrongs forgiven
Do you mean she still cares (Do you mean she still cares)
Do you mean she still cares (Do you mean she still cares)
Do you mean she still cares
Oh you don't say (you don't say)
Do you mean she still cares
Oh do you mean she still cares
Do you mean she still cares
Oh you don't say
(solo till fade)
03 - I Ain't Going To Drag My Feet No More
(Across a Crowded Room (1985), Watching The Dark (1993), Disc C, Faithless (2004))
KEY – A
<intro>
A D G (x4)
A
D
G
A
D
G
I've been gone so long, now ain't it a pity (I ain’t gonna drag my feet no more)
A
D
G
A
D
Bending my back in this hell-hole city (I ain’t gonna drag my feet no more)
E
D
Turning my ear from my friends and betters
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D
Up to my neck in unread letters
B
And unwritten laws
A
D
G
Where I come from feeling is a crime
A
D
G
I thought I could take you in my own good time
A
D
G
Like a jumped-up fool, now down I climb
A
F#m
D
And I ain't going to drag my feet no more
A
F#m
D
I'm running to your side, gonna beat down the door
A
F#m
D
E
A
I ain't going to drag my feet no more, no more
Well I can't live without you but I've been trying
I've got a short-set fuse and two fists of iron
I did everything a man might do
To stop myself from pining after you
But it don't seem to matter no more
Penny's in my hand, now I'm going to spin it
Heads you win, don't you think for one minute
That I care for this bed with nobody in it
And I ain't going to drag my feet no more
I'm running to your side, gonna beat down the door
I ain't going to drag my feet no more, no more
<bridge>
A D G (x2)
Em Bm
Biding my time is driving me senseless
You worked yourself right under my defences
You got me in a grip that I can't shake
All my feelings are about to break
And love never rains, it pours
A
D
G
I worked my hands 'till they couldn't spell your name
A
D
G
I rolled and I roared 'till I couldn't see your face
A
D
G
I leaned on the jukebox 'till I couldn't hear your voice
A
D
G
Put my head in the sand, but that won't do it
A
D
G
I swore I was above you, but that won't do it
A
D
G
And I tried and I tried, but that won't do it
A
F#m
D
And I ain't going to drag my feet no more
A
F#m
D
I'm running to your side, gonna beat down the door
A
F#m
D
E
D
I ain't going to drag my feet no more, no more
A
F#m
D
I ain't going to drag my feet no more
A
F#m
D
I'm running to your side, gonna beat down the door
A
F#m
D
E
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I ain't going to drag my feet no more, no more
A D G (x4)
A F#m D A F#m D A F#m D E D (repeat this till fade)
04 - Shine On Love
(Across a Crowded Room (1985))
KEY - A
<intro>
C G C G C Am (G) F
A
When I was a boy
I was nobody's joy
E
A
I was guilty in love
E
A
F#m
Guilt, guilt, guilty in love
E
More fool me
A
D
I never could see what I was guilty of
Now you steered me right
And I'm standing in the light
So shine on love
Shine, shine, shine on love
Don't slip away
Darkened day
Let it shine on love
D
E
A
Shine, shine, shine on love
E
D E D E
Like a hand in glove
A
D
Now we go together
E
D E
So shine on love
F#m
Ah easing my heart again
D
E
Just let me be a part of you
Now my head's on that block
And I'm standing on that rock
So shine on love
Shine, shine, shine on love
Well don't slip away
O darkened day
Let it shine on love
Shine, shine, shine on love
<solo>
Whole verse & chorus chords
Like a hand in glove
Now we go together
So shine on love
Ah easing my heart again
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Just let me be a part of you
Now you steered me right
And I'm standing in the light
So shine on love
Shine, shine, shine on love
Don't slip away
Darkened day
Let it shine on love
Shine, shine, shine on love
<solo>
D D D C# A B E E D
D D D C# A B E E D
05 - Ghosts In The Wind
(Across a Crowded Room (1985), Live At Crawley 1993 (1995), Two Letter Words: Live 1994 (1996), Live From Austin Tx DVD & CD
(2005), "RT" Disc 3 - Shine in the Dark (2006))
KEY – Dm
NOTES – This song is fairly intuitive chordwise with repeating Dm & Asus4 chords.
I play this around the 5th fret. Throughout the verse the Dm & Asus4 transition is simply a matter of B string fretting.
Dm
E5
B6
G7
D7
AX
EX
Asus4
E5
B5
G7
D7
AX
EX
<<<<<<
<intro>
Dm Asus4 (repeated)
Dm
Asus4
Dm
Asus4
Dm Asus4 Dm Asus4
Did you call my name? Did you call my name in the night?
Dm
Asus4
Dm
Asus4
Dm Asus4 Dm Asus4 G
In the whispers and sighs, in the whispers and sighs of the night
Dm
Asus4 Dm Asus4 G
Ah ghosts in the wind
Dm
Asus4 Dm Asus4
eh ghosts in the wind
Now this old house moves, this old house moves and moans
The tongues of the night, the tongues of the night stir my bones
Dm
Asus4 Dm Asus4 G
Ah ghosts in the wind
Dm
Asus4 Dm Asus4 F
oh ghosts in the wind
Am
G
When will my sore heart ever mend
<solo>
Dm Asus4 (x lots)
G Dm Asus4 Dm Asus4 (x2)
I'm empty and cold, I'm empty and cold like a ruin
The wind tears through me, the wind tears through me like a ruin
Dm
Asus4 Dm Asus4 G
Ah ghosts in the wind
Dm
Asus4 Dm Asus4 F
oh ghosts in the wind
Am
G
When will my sore heart ever mend
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Dm Asus4
G
Dm Asus4
Ghosts in the wind
G Dm Asus4
Dm Asus4
ah ghosts in the wind
G Dm Asus4 Dm Asus4 (repeat till fade)
06 - Fire In The Engine Room
(Across a Crowded Room (1985), Faithless (2004))
KEY – E
<intro>
E Bb (x4)
E
Well Luke told Danny, Danny told Betsy
A
Betsy told me and I'm telling you
E
You'd better stop doing the things you do
There's a fire in the engine room
A
B
B B A G F# E
Fire in the engine room
Damp it down or we're all going under
Run them hoses, it's smouldering again
Better line up in a human chain
There's a fire in the engine room
Fire in the engine room
<intro>
Fire, fire, my heart is busting
You drive me crazy with the things you say
Jealousy's got me and it won't go away
There's a fire in the engine room
Fire in the engine room
E
B
F#
And I don't know how you come to reason
E
B F#
That somehow treason isn't treason
E
B
F#
It must be the head-hunting season
G#m
E
F#
And there's room in the old trophy room
She's making eyes at the fool with the shovel
That son of a grease-gun must be insane
I hose it down and he fans the flames
There's a fire in the engine room
Fire in the engine room
<bridge>
B A (x4)
B B A G F# E
<solo>
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verse chords (x2)
E
B F#
And you know how uncertainty can linger
E B
F#
With a rattlesnake wrapped around your finger
E
B
F#
One day it might wake up and sting you
G#m
E
F#
Here's a toast to the bride and the groom
E
Oh, fire, fire, my heart is busting
A
You drive me crazy with the things you say
E
Jealousy's got me and it won't go away
There's a fire in the engine room
A
Fire in the engine room
G
Fire in the engine room
D
B A B B A G F# E
Fire in the engine room
<intro to fade>
07 - Walking Through A Wasted Land
(Across a Crowded Room (1985), Doom Gloom II (Over My Dead Body) (1991), Watching The Dark (1993) Disc C)
KEY – A
<intro>
A G D A G D BG
A G D A G D
A
G D
I'm walking through a wasted land
A
G D
Of soft sell concrete and rust
A
G D
What ever happened to this country?
F#m
E
D
Where is the hand you can trust?
E
D
E
D
E
Walk down, walk down, walk down
I remember when a farmer was ashamed
If he never put his hand to a plough
You can buy a lot of shame with your money
He's riding in a limousine now
Walk down, walk down, walk down, walk down!
<solo>
A G D (x3)
F#m E D
Sweat is the name of this town
It's an ugly old, dirty old disgrace
And now that the steel's shut down
It's fear puts the sweat in a man's face
Walk down, walk down, walk down
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Oh now I should have a break like you
But somebody stacked up the decks
Heads are going to roll some day
If we ever get this yoke off our necks
Walk down, walk down, walk down, oh
<solo>
A G D (x3)
F#m E D
Well I'm walking through a wasted land
I'm walking through a wasted land
Where is the future we planned
I'm walking through a wasted land
Walk down, walk down, walk down, walk down!
A G D (x4)
F#m E D
08 - Little Blue Number
(Across a Crowded Room (1985), Watching The Dark (1993) Disc C, Faithless (2004))
KEY – A
NOTES –
Emaj7sus4 (E7sus4)
EX
B4
G4
D7
A7
EX
<intro>
E A D (x2)
E
E7sus4
A
My oh my, but you do look the killer
E7sus4
A
Never mind the duds just look at that hat
E7sus4
A
All that green chartreuse on the waistcoat
E7sus4
E
How do you come by something like that?
E
A
D
Where did you get that little blue number?
E
A
D
How do you make those rhinestones shine?
E
A
D
Do you go on the prowl while other folks slumber?
E
Did you steal those things right off of the line?
D
Hold your horses, that's something of mine
E
That little blue number, little blue number
Little blue number, little blue number
<bridge>
E7sus4 A (x2)
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Ice blue jacket, vent down the middle
Shark-skin trimmings and all that jazz
Real rabbit's foot on a two-tone tie pin
Lots of good luck and razzamatazz
Where did you get that little blue number?
How do you squeeze into something like that?
Is that the same one I was wearing last summer?
I wish I was glad for you, but I'm sorry
Did the whole thing fall off the back of a lorry?
That little blue number, little blue number
Little blue number, little blue number
<solo>
verse & chorus chords
Tartan shirt with the button-down collar
Velvet hat-band, crocodile shoes
Diamond bracelets, hound’s-tooth pockets
Everybody saying "Here comes good news"
Where did you get that little blue number?
Rings a bell in the back of my mind
You better come clean if you don't want to lumber
I told you three times, you don't seem to get it
That's my idea, you're taking the credit
That little blue number, little blue number
Little blue number, little blue number
<solo>
verse & chorus chords
verse chords ends on A
09 - She Twists The Knife Again
(Across a Crowded Room (1985), Semi-Detached Mock Tudor (2002), Faithless (2004), Live From Austin Tx DVD & CD (2005))
KEY – Em
<intro>
Em
Em
I keep my nose clean, I keep my speech plain
G
Am
Bm
I keep my promises, she twists the knife again
Em
I shut my memory, I close my eyes and then
G
Am
Bm
She takes another bite, she twists the knife again
C
D
C D
She never leaves me my dignity
C
D
G
Am
Makes a dunce of me in mixed company
C D
C
D
No bygone can be a bygone
C
D
G
Am
She throws the spanner in, she puts the screws on
A
A
Dm
G
A
In the middle of a kiss, she twists the knife again
Dm
G
A
When I get up off my knees, she twists the knife again
Dm
G
A
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When I think I'm off the hook she gets me
She twists the knife again, she twists the knife again
<bridge>
Em
I make my moves well, I let her tell me when
I walk a fine line, she twists the knife again
Just when the scar heals, just when the grip unbends
Just when her mind reels, she twists the knife again
She can give it out, she can't take it
She smells something bad, she has to rake it
I bring home my packet, my white-collar money
I'm in a fist fight, she thinks she's Gene Tunney
In the middle of a kiss, she twists the knife again
When I get up off my knees, she twists the knife again
When I think I'm off the hook she gets me
She twists the knife again, she twists the knife again
This is the same sequence which moves down the fret board from Em/D# (9 th fret), Dm/C# (7th fret), Cm/B (5th fret)
E---------------------------------B----8--10--8-----8-------------8-G----9--9---9-----8--10--8--10--8-D-9--9--9---9---8-8--10--8--10----A---------------------------------E---------------------------------Then
E---------------------------------B----2--4--2----------------------G----3--3--3---2--0--2------------D-3--3--3--3---2--0--2---5-—4-—2--A------------------------5--4--2--E---------------------------------<solo>
Em G
A
Bm (x2)
C
D
C D
She never leaves me my dignity
C
D
G
Am
Makes a dunce of me in mixed company
C D
C
D
No bygone can be a bygone
C
D
G
Am
She throws the spanner in, she puts the screws on
A
A
Dm
G
A
In the middle of a kiss, she twists the knife again
Dm
G
A
When I get up off my knees, she twists the knife again
Dm
G
A
When I think I'm off the hook she gets me
She twists the knife again, she twists the knife again
She twists the knife again
10 - Love In A Faithless Country
(Across a Crowded Room (1985), Faithless (2004))
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KEY – F
Bb
Always move in pairs and travel light
A loose friend is an enemy, keep it tight
Always leave a job the way you found it
F
Look for trouble coming and move around it
Dm C F
That's the way we make love
Dm C F
That's the way we make love
Dm C F
That's the way we make love
<solo>
verse & chorus chords
Always make your best moves late at night
Always keep your tools well out of sight
It never pays to work the same town twice
It never hurts to be a little nice
That's the way we make love
That's the way we make love
That's the way we make love
Learn the way to melt into a crowd
Never catch an eye or dress too loud
You've got to be invisible my friend
To find the joy on which we must depend
That's the way we make love
That's the way we make love
That's the way we make love
Love love love love
That's the way we make love
That's the way we make love
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AMNESIA
01 - Turning Of The Tide
(Amnesia (1988), Celtschmerz: Live UK ’98 (1998), Action Packed (2001))
KEY - Dm
<intro>
F
F
How many boys, one night stands,
C
How many lips, how many hands, have held you
Bb
C
Like I'm holding you tonight
F
Too many nights, staying up late,
Too much powder and too much paint
C
Bb
C
No you can't hide from the turning of the tide
Dm
F
Bb
Did they run their fingers up and down your shabby dress
Dm
F
Bb
C
Did they find some tender moment there in your caress
The boys all say "You look so fine"
They don't come back for a second time
Oh you can't hide from the turning of the tide
<solo>
F C Bb C F C Bb C
Poor little sailor boy, never set eyes on a woman before
Did he tell you that he'd love you, darling, for evermore?
Pretty little shoes, cheap perfume,
Creaking bed in a hotel room
Oh you can't hide from the turning of the tide
<solo>
F C Bb C F C Bb C
Did they run their fingers up and down your shabby dress
Did they find some tender moment there in your caress
The boys all say "You look so fine",
They don't come back for a second time
Oh you can't hide from the turning of the tide
<solo>
F C Bb C F C Bb C
F
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02 - Gypsy Love Songs
(Amnesia (1988), More Guitar (2003))
KEY – Dm
NOTES – The riff for the intro & throughout verses is more or less the following E----------B----------G-2-2-0----D-2-2-0-3-0A-------3-0E----------The end bit before the chorus is –
E------B------G-2-5-7D-2-5-7A------E-------
<intro>
Dm
Dm
Tropical night, malaria moon
Dying stars of the silver screen
Oh she danced that famous gypsy dance
With a hole in her tambourine
I was young enough and dumb enough
I swallowed down my Mickey Finn
She'd hijacked a few hearts, all right
I went into a tail spin
Bb
F
Gm7
Don't sing me, don't sing me
Bb
Dm
Don't sing me no more gypsy love songs
Bb
F
Gm7
Don't sing me, don't sing me
Bb
Dm
Don't sing me no more gypsy love songs
Gm
Dm
Don't stir it up again
I put my arm around her waist
Says she "Young man, you're getting warm"
The room was going somewhere without me
And she laughed as she read my palm
Oh, don't sing me, don't sing me
Don't sing me no more gypsy love songs
Don't sing me, don't sing me
Don't sing me no more gypsy love songs
Don't stir it up again
<solo>
Dm
Bb F Gm7 Bb Dm (x2)
Gm Dm
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Am
E
F
C
Dm G
Oh stillborn love, passionate dreams, pitiful greed
Am E
F
C
And the silver tongues of the tinker girls
Dm
Em
Who throw the book of life at you
F
G
But they don't know how to read
She was a third generation Transylvanian
I was the seventh son of a seventh son
I begged the band "Don't play that tune.
Please don't beguine the begun"
When I awoke, she'd cut and run
She stole my blueprints and my change
Just a horseshoe and a note on the bed
And all it read was "Strange"
Bb
F
Gm7
Don't sing me, don't sing me
Bb
Dm
Don't sing me no more gypsy love songs
Bb
F
Gm7
Don't sing me, don't sing me
F
C
Don't sing me, don't sing me
Am
Dm
Don't sing me no more gypsy love songs
Gm
Dm
Don't stir it up again
<solo till fade>
Dm
03 - Reckless Kind
(Amnesia (1988))
KEY – F
<intro>
C
C
F
Here we stand in sheets of rain
Bb
Am
Parting ways, loved in vain
Dm
G#
F
Never knew you'd be the reckless kind
I reached out to catch your fall
Said you needed a place to crawl
Never knew you'd be the reckless kind
Bb D#
F
The reckless kind,
the reckless kind
Bb Gm
Dm
The reckless kind,
the reckless kind
Bb
F
You're his not mine
They say you run with a breakneck crowd
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Live your love scenes right out loud
Break hearts all around, you're the reckless kind
You said you were well satisfied
Proud to see me by your side
Pride's a worthless thing to the reckless kind
Bb D#
F
The reckless kind,
the reckless kind
Bb Gm
Dm
The reckless kind,
the reckless kind
<solo>
C# Bb (x2)
G# F
Love lies shattered on the ground
Jagged pieces all around
Say you'll come back but I know you're the reckless kind
Bb D#
F
Oh the reckless kind,
the reckless kind
Bb Gm
Dm
The reckless kind,
the reckless kind
Bb
F
You're his not mine
Bb
F
His not mine
Bb
F
You're the reckless kind
Bb
F
The reckless kind
Bb
F
The reckless kind
Bb F (repeat till fade)
04 - Jerusalem On The Jukebox
(Amnesia (1988), More Guitar (2003))
KEY – Am
<intro>
G
G
C
G
Jerusalem on the jukebox they talk in tongues on Coronation Street
G
C
G
Heaven help the Pharisee whose halo has slipped down to his feet
Am
C
G
A thousand satellite comedians have died for your sins
G
F
C
D
G
Jerusalem on the jukebox, little angels beat you wings
At poolside picnics they chant for Ferraris and furs
Their muscle tone sharpens but their hold on reality blurs
You can have your cake and eat it and never have to puke up a thing
Jerusalem on the jukebox, little angels beat you wings
<solo>
G C (repeat)
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In the bathroom mirror they try the Joan of Arc look again
Two parts Ingrid Bergman to one part Shirley MacLaine
And the wounds of time kill you but the surgeon's knife only stings
Jerusalem on the jukebox, little angels beat you wings
In video suburbia the blue light flickers and flames
Ecstasy and holy blackmail are the favourite games
And God has the sharpest suits and the cleanest chin
Jerusalem on the jukebox, little angels beat you wings
<solo>
G C (repeat)
Ah the bride checks her hair and makeup, and here comes the groom
What one-eyed monster comes slouching into your front room
Rudolph Valentino or the curse of all two-legged things
Jerusalem on the jukebox, little angels beat you wings
Little angels beat your wings
<solo>
G C (repeat)
05 - I Still Dream
(Amnesia (1988), Watching The Dark (1993) Disc A, More Guitar (2003))
KEY – Dm
<intro over brass>
F Dm C Am (x2)
G
F
It was cruel of you to stand at my door and take my hand
C
E
F
Like a drowning man I clung to my defences
G
F
And ten years is a time but your looks, love, it's a crime
C
E
F
And I lost my tongue in the tangle of my senses
F
G
C
(E)
F
And I never was to know that I'd come to miss you so
C
Dm
C
Dm
D
But time winds down and I turned my back long ago
Am
G
F
C
F C
But I still dream,
oh darling I still dream
Am
G
F
C
F C
Oh I still dream,
oh Lord knows I still dream
On the killing floor I stand with a stun gun in my hand
Like a cowboy shooting bad men on the range
And nothing satisfies and the soul inside me dies
As I duck each punch and never risk the change
And now you look at me with that same old used-to-be
Oh but time winds down and I turned my back long ago
But I still dream, oh darling I still dream
<solo>
verse chords
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Ah but now you look at me with that same old used-to-be
C
Dm
C
Dm
D
But time winds down and I turned my back long ago
But I still dream, oh darling, darling I still dream
I still dream, oh Lord knows, Lord knows I still dream
Oh I still dream, oh darling, darling, darling I still dream
F Dm C Am (x2)
06 - Don't Tempt Me
(Amnesia (1988), More Guitar (2003))
KEY – Bm
NOTES – The riff throughout this song is based on power chords on the G & D strings around the chords A - A B C# B B B B- (all 3 times)
E
Bm
That gorilla you're dancing with
May not have too long to live
He's putting his hands in the wrong places
Time to rearrange his face
He's gonna dance with me instead
And I'm gonna tap dance on his head
(riff from above)
Don't tempt me, don't tempt me, don't tempt me
E
I'm half way out of my seat
He's got the looks, he's got the lolly
Driving me clean off my trolley
Doing the jitterbug, doing the jive
Doing the shimmy, snakes alive
That's not a dance, that's S-E-X
Ban that couple, certificate X
Don't tempt me, don't tempt me, don't tempt me
I'm half way out of my seat
F#m A G# F#m
Oh I'm a patient man
F#m A G# F#
but it's out of hand
F#m A G# C#
If there's one thing that I can't stand
Get your mittens off my gal
Or you'll end up as mincemeat, pal
I've got friends, mean sons
They've got knives, chains, guns
Gas grenades, knuckle-dusters
Lazy Susans, blockbusters
Don't tempt me, don't tempt me, don't tempt me
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I'm half way out of my seat
<solo>
Bm F# G E
I'm sitting here calm as I can
While you polish the floor with another man
I'm not mad, I'm a cuddly toy
Just keep me away from laughing boy
You say he's a relative, some hope
If he's your uncle, I'm the Pope!
Don't tempt me, don't tempt me, don't tempt me
I'm half way out of my seat
Bm (till fade)
07 - Yankee Go Home
(Amnesia (1988))
KEY – G
<intro>
G C (x4)
G
C
D
Oh GI Joe put your gun away
G
C D
The sun is setting on another day
C
D
Why don't you leave us alone?
G
C
Yankee go home!
They're burning effigies out in the street
Man the life boats, sound the retreat
Pentagon's on the 'phone
Yankee go home!
F
C
You can't just kiss and run away
D#
Bb
There ain't enough money on a sergeant's pay
D
Am7
D
When the dancehall girl you banged's in the family way
Oh you turned my sister into a whore
With a pair of silk stockings from the PX store
Why don't you leave us alone?
Yankee go home! Yankee go home! Just go home!
<bridge>
D
My girlfriend still won't talk to me
Since she met with a sailor from the land of the free
I'm tired of being alone
Yankee go home!
I lost count of the chewing gum that I've had
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And coca-cola makes my teeth go bad
We'll handle this on our own
Yankee go home!
Dow Jones going into a stall
Spray paint saying it on every wall
The climb was fine, now it's time to decline and fall
Over-paid, over-sexed and over here
Get smart, gringo, disappear
The Hun's at the gates of Rome
Yankee go home! Yankee go home! Go home!
Go home! Go home!
08 - Can't Win
(Amnesia (1988), Watching The Dark (1993) Disc A, More Guitar (2003), Ducknapped! (2003), Live in Providence DVD & EP (2004))
KEY – Em
E
Bm7
C#m7 Bm7
I started to cry, they put gin in my cup
E
Bm7
C#m7 Bm7
I started to crawl, and they swaddled me up
E
Bm
E
Bm
I got up and run, they said "Easy, son,
E
Play up, play the game"
They told me to think and forget what I'd heard
They told me to lie and they questioned my word
They told me to fail, better sink than sail,
Just play the game
G
A7
G
A7
Oh, towers will tumble and locusts will visit the land
G
A7
G
B
Oh, a curse on your house and your children and the fruit of your hand
Em
G
They said "You can't win. You can't win.
F#m
F
You sweat blood. You give in.
Em
G
You can't win. You can't win.
F#m
F
Turn the cheek. Take it on the chin.
Em
D
Don't you dare do this. Don't you dare do that"
C
A
We shoot down dreams, we stiletto in the back
Em
D
Oh the nerve of some people, the nerve of some people,
C
The nerve of some
A
I don't know who you think you are, who you think you are
<bridge>
Em Bm (x2)
Oh what kind of mother would hamstring her sons?
Throw sand in their eyes and put ice on their tongues
Ah better to leave than stay here and grieve
And play the game
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Don't waken the dead as you sleepwalk around
If you have a dream, brother, hush, not a sound
Just stand there and rust, die if you must
But play the game
Oh, if we can't have it, why should a wretch like you?
Oh, it was drilled in our heads, now we drill it into your head too.
They said "You can't win. You can't win.
You sweat blood. You give in.
You can't win. You can't win.
Turn the cheek. Take it on the chin.
Don't you dare do this. Don't you dare do that"
We shoot down dreams, we stiletto in the back
Oh, the nerve of some people, the nerve of some people,
The nerve of some people
I don't know who you think you are
Em
D
The nerve of some people, the nerve of some people,
C
A
The nerve of some people, the nerve of some people
Em
D
The nerve of some people, the nerve of some people,
C
A
The nerve of some people, the nerve of some people
<solo>
Em D C A
(repeat till fade)
09 - Waltzing's For Dreamers
(Amnesia (1988), Watching The Dark (1993) Disc A, Two Letter Words: Live 1994 (1996), Action Packed (2001), "RT" Disc 2 - Finding
Better Words (2006))
KEY – F
F
Oh play me a blue song and fade down the light
C
F
Bb
F
I'm sad as a proud man can be sad tonight
F
Just let me dream on, oh just let me sway
C
F
Bb
F
While the sweet violins and the saxophones play
C
C/Bb
G
C
And Miss, you don't know me, but can't we pretend
Bb
C
That we care for each other, till the band reach the end
F
Bb
F
Bb
One step for aching, and two steps for breaking
Dm
G
C
F
Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love
F
Bb
F
Bb
One step for sighing and two steps for crying
Dm
G
C
F Dm G C F
Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love
Now they say love's for gamblers, oh the pendulum swings
I bet hard on love and I lost everything
So don't send me home now, put a shot in my arm
And we'll drink out old memories and we'll drink in the dawn
And Mr Bandleader won't you play one more time
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For I've good folding money in this pocket of mine
Oh, one step for aching, two steps for breaking
Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love
One step for sighing, and two steps for crying
Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love
<solo>
F C F Bb F (x2)
Oh Miss, you don't know me, but can't we pretend
That we care for each other, till the band reach the end
Oh, one step for aching, two steps for breaking
Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love
One step for sighing, two steps for crying
Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love
Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love
10 - Pharaoh
(Celtschmerz: Live UK ’98 (1998))
KEY – F#m
F#m
Pharaoh he sits in his tower of steel
The dogs of money all at his heel
Magicians cry "Oh truth! Oh real!"
We're all working for the Pharaoh
F#m
E
A thousand eyes, a thousand ears
F#m
E
He feeds us all, he feeds our fears
F#m
E
Don't stir in your sleep tonight, my dears
D
C#m
E
F#m
We're all working for the Pharaoh
B
It's Egypt land, Egypt land
We're all living in Egypt land
F#m
A
B
D
Tell me, brother, don't you understand
D
C#m
E
F#m
We're all working for the Pharaoh
Hidden from the eye of chance
The men of shadow dance a dance
We're all struck into a trance
We're all working for the Pharaoh
The idols rise into the sky
Pyramids soar, Sphinxes lie
Head of dog, Osiris eye
We're all working for the Pharaoh
And it's Egypt land, Egypt land
We're all living in Egypt land
Tell me, brother, don't you understand
We're all working for the Pharaoh
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I dig a ditch, I shape a stone
Another battlement for his throne
Another day on earth is flown
We're all working for the Pharaoh
Call it England, you call it Spain
Egypt rules with a whip and chain
Moses free my people again
We're all working for the Pharaoh
And it's Egypt land, Egypt land
We're all living in Egypt land
Tell me, brother, don't you understand
We're all working for the Pharaoh
Pharaoh he sits in his tower of steel
Around his feet the princes kneel
Far beneath we shoulder the wheel
We're all working for the Pharaoh
B
F#m B
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DARING ADVENTURES
01 - A Bone Through Her Nose
(Daring Adventures (1986), More Guitar (2003))
KEY – Bm (G) Am in chorus
NOTES – The “D E E+9 E A Bm” bit throughout this song I play using the ‘C shape’ (only way I can describe it) at the 2, 3 and 1 frets,
using the D-G-B strings – suffices for me.
I cannot really decide whether the Bm of the chorus is B or Bm – frankly to my ear, both sound ok !!
<intro>
E E+9 E A Bm
Bm
D E E+9 E A Bm
Oh the drones on the corner don't look her in the eye when she comes out to play
Bm
D E E+9 E A Bm
And three times now at the Club Chi-Chi they've turned her away
Bm
D E E+9 E A Bm
Last week she was the belle of the ball but another week passes
Bm
D E E+9 E A
It's time to cast off crutches, scars and pebble glasses
G
She's got everything a girl might need
E
She's a tribal animal, yes indeed
Am
C
But she hasn't got a bone through her nose, through her nose
Bm
E
Hasn't got a bone through her nose
Am
C
She hasn't got a bone through her nose, through her nose
Bm
E
She hasn't got a bone through her nose
Am
C
Hasn't got a bone through her nose, through her nose
Bm
E
F#
She hasn't got a bone through her nose
Oh she gets her suits from a personal friend, Coco the clown
She got dustman's jacket, inside out, it's a party gown
If it's bouffons, she's got bouffons, if it's tat she got tat
She got hoochie coochie Gucci and a pom-pom hat
She's got everything a girl might need
She's a tribal animal, yes indeed
But she hasn't got a bone through her nose, through her nose
She hasn't got a bone through her nose
She hasn't got a bone through her nose, through her nose
She hasn't got a bone through her nose
She hasn't got a bone through her nose, through her nose
She hasn't got a bone through her nose
No!
<solo>
D
F#
Well, her ma writes cook books, she wrote one once, and it sold one or two
Her pa's in the city, he's so witty, he calls it the zoo
Her boyfriend plays in Scritti Politti, Aunt Sally's brown bread
In a few more years she can marry some fool and knock it on the head
She's got everything a girl might need
She's a tribal animal, yes indeed
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But she hasn't got a bone through her nose, through her nose
She hasn't got a bone through her nose
She hasn't got a bone through her nose, through her nose
She hasn't got a bone through her nose
She hasn't got a bone through her nose, through her nose
She hasn't got a bone through her nose
She hasn't got a, Oh she hasn't got a, Oh
<solo to end>
Am C Bm E
02 - Valerie
(Daring Adventures (1986), Live At Crawley 1993 (1995), Two Letter Words: Live 1994 (1996), Ducknapped! (2003), "RT" Disc 3 Shine in the Dark (2006))
KEY – G
NOTES – Solo#2 where gets a bit ‘trad. Scottish’ is hard to transcribe in this format – I have just written chords that I hear.
G
Oh Valerie! You give me heart attack
Oh Valerie! You put me on the rack
Oh you say that I'm history, you say I'm no good
Then you want to be two babes in the wood
Em
D
C
Em
That's what I call playing to the gallery
Em D
C
G
Well I'm a-wait, wait, waiting for Valerie
Hey Valerie! She got a scar down here
Valerie! She got gold in her ear
A figure like this, lips like that
Red fingernails, teeth like a cat
She never gets home till five or four or three
Well I'm a-wait, wait, waiting for Valerie
Em
Well I'm soft in the head, I give her hard cash
G
She spends all my money on junk and trash
Em
Nylon fur, plastic shoes
A
And fifty-seven things she's never going to use
Never, never, never going to use
G
Oh Valerie! Oh Valerie! Oh Valerie!
<solo #1>
G
Em D C
G
Well Valerie! You're going to choke or drown
Valerie! Why don't you put that down?
If you don't get over this eating jag
They're going to take you home in a body bag
I can't stand to see one more calorie
Well I'm a-wait, wait, waiting for Valerie
Now every time I turn my back
She's 'round the corner, looking for a crack
It's going to be the ruin of me
Well I'm running on nervous energy
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Running on nervous energy
Oh Valerie! She want to move out of town
Valerie! She want the money down
She want leopard-skin this, tiger-skin that
Matching luggage, lipstick, hat
I can't afford her on my salary
Still I'm a-wait, wait, waiting for Valerie
I'm a-wait, wait, waiting for Valerie
Hmm I'm a-wait, wait, waiting for Valerie
<solo #2>
G (x4)
C G (x4)
G (x4)
Em D C Em
Em D C G
G
Valerie! Oh Valerie! Well! Whooo!
<solo #3 till end>
G
03 - Missie How You Let Me Down
(Daring Adventures (1986), Ducknapped! (2003))
KEY - Em
<intro>
Em G A
Em
D
Hailstones and a sickle moon and the north wind races
Em
D
One more night of running my mind over lost embraces
Em
The steps you made when you walked away
D
G
Still frozen in the ground
G F#m
A
G
Oh missie how you let me down
G F#m
A
G
Oh missie how you let me down
G F#m
D
Bm
Oh missie how you let me down
Em
A
And lies won't break my fall
Em
D
G
Lies won't break my fall
Em
D
Your food's still sitting there at the table where you used to be
Em
D
The shape of you is still in the bed there next to me
Em
D
G
Maybe I could find some trace of you to keep around
G F#m
A
G
Oh missie how you let me down
G F#m
D
Bm
Oh missie how you let me down
A
F#m
For far too long you kept me waiting
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G
A
Reaching out into empty air
F#m
Even now you'd never say it face to face
G
A
That you really don't care
And if you never liked pulling teeth
D
G
Then why, why did you tie me in the dentist's chair
Ah you left your mark on this old place, that you did
I could stew in here like a pressure cooker and screw down the lid
Or maybe I should just take a match
And burn the whole thing to the ground
G F#m
A
G
Oh missie how you let me down
G F#m
A
G
Oh missie how you let me down
G F#m
D
Bm
Oh missie how you let me down
<repeat intro>
Em G A
Em G A
G F#m
A
G
Oh missie how you let me down
G F#m
A
G
Oh missie how you let me down
G F#m
D
Bm
Oh missie how you let me down
Em
A
And lies won't break my fall
Em
D
G
Lies won't break my fall
04 - Dead Man's Handle
(Daring Adventures (1986))
KEY - G
<intro>
G
G
Keep your weight on the Dead Man's Handle
(F#m)
Em
Or the wheels won't hold the rail
G
Keep your weight on the Dead Man's Handle
(F#m)
Em
Or the steam brake's bound to fail
C
D
Woah she'll jump boys and she'll slip
Bm
C
If your hand should lose it's grip
G
C
On the Dead Man's Handle
G
C
The Dead Man's Handle
G
The Dead Man's Handle
F#m
Em
D
G
Keep your mind on the journey's end
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Remember all of your skills and learning,
Gonna need them now
Remember all of your words of warning,
Gonna need them now
There's just one bridge left to cross
Keep her moving or the day is lost
The Dead Man's Handle
The Dead Man's Handle
The Dead Man's Handle
Keep your mind on the journey's end
B
Look down, look down, look down
G
B
The valley is burning, fire without end
Look down, look down, look down
Am
D
And you'll never get back on the tracks again
Keep your weight on the Dead Man's Handle
Till you see that the day is won
Too many's the foolish man who's fallen
'Cause he jumped the gun
See ahead, your brother stands
Ease the brake, stretch out your hand
The Dead Man's Handle
The Dead Man's Handle
The Dead Man's Handle
Keep your mind on the journey's end
<solo>
B G B Am D
<intro>
G
Keep your weight on the Dead Man's Handle
Or the wheels won't hold the rail
Keep your weight on the Dead Man's Handle
Or the steam brake's bound to fail
Oh she'll jump boys and she'll slip
If your hand should lose it's grip
On the Dead Man's Handle
G
C
On the Dead Man's Handle
G
C
The Dead Man's Handle
G
The Dead Man's Handle
F#m
Em
D
C B Am
Ah Keep your mind on the journey's end
G F#m
Em
D
C
Ah Keep your mind on the journey's end
D
05 - Long Dead Love
(Daring Adventures (1986))
KEY - Em
Em
G
Somebody's walking, oh somebody's walking
C
There on the grave of our love
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Em
G
C
And somebody's kicking the dust and the ashes away
D
G
Why don't they just let it die
C
Am
And fade and grow cold again
D
G
Better our footsteps divide
C
Am
And our memory grow old again
Em D
Am
Oh long dead love
Em D
Am C
Long dead love
D
C
How much dirt must you shovel on what's already dead
D
C
Don't send flowers to remember, send thorns instead
D
And who's that polishing the tombstone over our heads
Em
Ohh
Somebody's dancing on our sad misfortune
Oh there on the grave of our love
And somebody's sweeping the splinters of my broken heart away
Why don't they just let it die
And fade and grow cold again
Better our footsteps divide
And our memory grow old again
Oh long dead love
Long dead love
It's been so long it's even hard to find the right place
Was it you who paid for Burke and Hare to come in on the case
You know grave-robbing is a sin and this is a crying disgrace
<solo>
Em D Am (x2)
C D (x3)
Em
Am
Em
Deep in the night, the cruel intention comes stealing
Am
Em
F#m G E Am B C D
Deep in the night, I can't close my eyes for that feeling
Oh long dead love
Long dead love
Long dead love
<solo till fade>
Em D Am
06 - Lover's Lane
(Daring Adventures (1986))
KEY - Bm
Bm
False hand in false hand
G
Em
Bm
Down Lovers' Lane, we walked, we two
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Bm
Love sold for fool's gold
G
Em
Bm
Down Lovers' Lane, we walked, we two
G
E
On your back I'll climb
G
E
Or you climb on mine
A
G# F#m
Deception is the rule
Bm
Down Lovers' Lane
Fine friend, fine friend
I held such dreams in my caress
Fine airs, fine airs
The best of manners and address
On your back I'll climb
Or you climb on mine
Deception is the rule
Down Lovers' Lane
07 - Nearly In Love
(Daring Adventures (1986), Faithless (2004))
KEY - D
<intro>
D G D (x2)
D
Love makes people so blind
That's why I can't make up my mind
Bm
F#m
If you stop me dead in my tracks
G
A
Or you just paper over the cracks
You're the one I've wanted so long
But then again I might be wrong
Now you look just right in the pale moonlight
But let me turn the headlights on
D
'Cause I'm nearly in love
G
F#m
I'm nearly in love
Em
I'm almost aware of walking on air
Bm
A
Yes, I'm nearly in love
I'm nearly in love
I'm nearly in love
I wish I was really, I'd love to dearly
But I'm nearly in love
I don't want to cause you doubt
But I'm really checking you out
You're the closest to my heart bar none
Except for my wallet and my gun
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I never felt like this before
That's why I want to make quite sure
That it's not just a dose of the 'flu
That gives me the chills for you
I'm nearly in love
I'm nearly in love
I'm almost aware of walking on air
Yes I'm nearly in love
I'm nearly in love
I'm nearly in love
I wish I was really, I'd love to dearly
But I'm nearly in love
A
I reserve the right to love you
E
A
E
After all I'm the first in line
Bm
I'm not one for shout and screaming
G
Mine, all mine, all mine, all mine, all mine
D G Em Bm A
<solo>
I'm nearly in love
I'm nearly in love
I'm almost aware of walking on air
Yes I'm nearly in love
I'm nearly in love
I'm nearly in love
I wish I was really, I'd love to dearly
But I'm nearly in love
<repeat intro till fade>
D G D
08 - Jennie
(Daring Adventures (1986), Watching The Dark – Disc C (1993), Semi-Detached Mock Tudor (2002), More Guitar (2003))
KEY – G
<intro>
G (F)
G
(C)Dm
G
Oh trouble becomes you, it cuts you down to my size
G
(C)Dm
G
And you never were less than perfect in my eyes
B
C
But I lost my way somehow
D
G
B C
For three hard winters I held it in, till now
G
F
G
Oh now I can't help it, oh Jennie my love
F
G
Oh Jennie my love
Now you pin up your hair like you did when first we met
How many days of his life can a man regret
And if my tears were a train
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Then I'd cry all the way back into your arms again
Now I can't help it, oh Jennie my love
Oh Jennie my love
<solo>
Em F G D
(B) C D G B C G
F G
F G
G
(C)Dm
G
Now I count the times we spent and the times we missed
(F#m)Em
F
G
Now I stand here, love unsworn and lips unkissed
B
C
And oh how hard I tried
D
G
B
C
To kill the vision of you as another man's bride
G
F
G
Oh now I can't help it, oh Jennie my love
F
G
Oh Jennie my love
F
G
Oh Jennie my love
F
G
Oh Jennie my love
F
G
Oh Jennie my love
09 - Baby Talk
(Daring Adventures (1986))
KEY - A
<intro>
E
A
(G#)
Oh I care for you, honey, at my own expense
G
(G#)
But something's spoiling my sentiments
A
You open your mouth and it makes no sense
E
A
All you ever give me is baby talk
You're a fine grown woman, and that's a fact
But who could tell from the way you act
When I pull up the car and we climb in the back
All you ever give me is baby talk
D
I love sweet nothings, sitting in the dark
A
And I like to bill and coo
B
But it breaks my heart the minute you start
E
On goo goo goo and a-coochee coo
You drive me crazy, where will it end
I feel embarrassed in front of my friends
It's a wonderful thing that you learned how to walk
All you ever give me is baby talk
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<solo>
A (G#) G (G#) A E A
A (G#) G (G#) A E A
Oh well I love sweet nothings, sitting in the dark
And I like to bill and coo
But it breaks my heart the minute you start on
Goo goo goo and a-coochee coo
I'm sending you back to nursery school
When you start talking you sound like a fool
You can't even eat with a knife and a fork
E
A
And all you ever give me is baby talk
E
A
All you ever give me is baby talk
E
D
Well all you ever give me is ....
<solo till fade>
A (G#) G (G#) A E A
10 - Cash Down Never Never
(Daring Adventures (1986))
KEY – hmmm dunno
NOTES – I have found this a hard song to transpose especially the solo and the ending - has a kind of discordant feel to me.
<intro>
C# C G# F#
C# C G# F#
F
F
Young love, I wish you well
F#
Shotgun and wedding bells
G
Semi-semi and the damp is peeling
A
F
Hole in the roof wet the baby's head
Back streets, real scum about
F#
Need a car, a little run-about
G
Some down and a fistful later
A
Sign on the line like the nice man said
Bb
A
Need a Slumberland or a Frigidaire
Bb
A
Or a video, sign right there
Bb
A
D
In over your head, head, cash down.
F
D
Never-never. Cash down.
F
C
Never-never. Cash down.
C# C G# F# C# C G# F# F
Get a job, good overtime
Shop floor, assembly line
Six months and no more company
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No more factory, no more shift
Get a job, you're gonna go far
Hot wire and a crow bar
Nobody's gonna feed the baby
That's if they catch you, if, if, if
Bb
A
Vegetating, frustrating
Bb
A
Repossessions, distressing
Bb
A
D
In over your head, head, cash down.
F
D
Never-never. Cash down.
F
C
Never-never. Cash down.
D#
Never-never.
G
C
Nothing's so hard as living on the easy plan
C# C G# F# C# C G# F# F
Bb A F E
Bb A F E
<solo>
A B A
G# A G#
Need a Slumberland or a Frigidaire
Or a video, sign right there
In over your head, head, cash down.
Never-never. Cash down.
Never-never. Cash down.
Never-never.
Nothing's so hard as living on the easy plan
C# C G# F# C# C G# F# F
Bb A F E
Bb A F E
11 - How Will I Ever Be Simple Again
(Daring Adventures (1986), Celtschmerz: Live UK ’98 (1998))
KEY – E
B
E
B
Oh she danced in the street with the guns all around her
F#
All torn like a rag doll, barefoot in the rain
B
E
B
And she sang like a child, toora-day toora-daddy
F#
B
Oh how will I ever be simple again
She sat by the banks of the dirty grey river
And tried for a fish with a worm on a pin
There was nothing but fever and ghosts in the water
Oh how will I ever be simple again
E
B
War was my love and my friend and companion
E
B
F#
And what did I care for the pretty and plain
B
E
B
But her smile was so clear and my heart was so troubled
F#
B
Oh how will I ever be simple again
<solo>
B E B F# B
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B E B F# B
In her poor burned-out house I sat at her table
The smell of her hair was like cornfields in May
And I wanted to weep and my eyes ached from trying
Oh how will I ever be simple again
So graceful she moved through the dust and the ruin
And happy she was in her dances and games
Oh teach me to see with your innocent eyes, love
F#
B
Oh how will I ever be simple again
F#
B
Oh how will I ever be simple again
12 - Al Bowlly's In Heaven
(Daring Adventures (1986), Watching The Dark - Disc C (1993), Live At Crawley 1993 (1995), Two Letter Words: Live 1994 (1996),
Live in Providence DVD & EP (2004), Live From Austin Tx DVD & CD (2005))
KEY – Dm
NOTES – Hmmm not so sure about this one them being slightly unorthodox sounding chords and all !!
Dm
Well we were heroes then, and the girls were all pretty
F
Bb7
A
And a uniform was a lucky charm, bought you the key to the city
F
We used to dance the whole night through
Bb7
A7
While Al Bowlly sang "The Very Thought Of You"
Dm
A7
Dm
Now Bowlly's in heaven and I'm in limbo now
Dm
Well I gave my youth to king and country
F
Bb7
A
But what's my country done for me but sentenced me to misery
F
I traded my helmet and my parachute
Bb7
A7
For a pair of crutches and a demob suit
Dm
A7
Dm
Al Bowlly's in heaven and I'm in limbo now
F
Gm7 Am7
Gm7
Hard times, hard hard times
F
Gm7
Am7
Gm7
Hostels and missions and dosser's soup lines
F
Gm7
Am7
Gm7
Can't close me eyes on a bench or a bed
Bb7
A7
For the sound of some battle raging in my head
Old friends, you lose so many
You get run around, all over town
The wear and the tear, oh it just drives you down
St Mungo's with its dirty old sheets
Beats standing all day down on Scarborough Street
Al Bowlly's in heaven and I'm in limbo now
<solo>
Dm F Bb7 A F Bb7 A7 Dm A7 Dm
F
Gm7
Am7
Gm7
Can't stay here, you got to foot-slog
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F
Gm7
Am7
Gm7
Once in a blue moon you might find a job
F
Gm7
Am7
Gm7
Sleep in the rain, you sleep in the snow
Bb7
A7
When the beds are all taken you've got nowhere to go
Well I can see me now, I'm back there on the dance floor
Oh with a blonde on me arm, red-head to spare
Spit on my shoes and shine in me hair
And there's Al Bowlly, he's up on a stand
Oh that was a voice and that was a band
Al Bowlly's in heaven and I'm in limbo now
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HAND OF KINDNESS
01 - Tear Stained Letter
(Hand of Kindness (1983), Watching The Dark (1993) Disc B, Two Letter Words: Live 1994 (1996), Celtschmerz: Live UK ’98 (1998),
Faithless (2004), Live in Providence DVD & EP (2004), "RT" Disc 2 - Finding Better Words (2006))
KEY – D
<intro>
E A E A D G
E
It was three in the morning when she took me apart
A
She wrecked the furniture, she wrecked my heart
E
She danced on my head like Arthur Murray
A
The scars ain't never going to mend in a hurry
D
Just when I thought I could learn to forget her
G
Right through the door come a tear-stained letter
B
C
Oh, oh, oh love love
D
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better
G
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter
B
C
Oh, oh, oh love love love
D
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better
G
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter
<bridge>
E A E A
Well my head was beating like a song by the Clash
It was writing cheques that my body couldn't cash
Got to my feet, I was reeling and dizzy
I went for the 'phone but the line was busy
Just when I thought that things would get better
Right through the door come a tear-stained letter
Oh, oh, oh love love
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter
Oh, oh, oh love love love love
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter
<solo>
E A E A D G
B C D G (x2)
Well I like coffee and I like tea
But I just don't like this fiddle-di-dee
It makes me nervous, it gives me the hives
Waiting for a kiss from a bunch of fives
Just when I think I could learn to forget her
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Right through the door come a tear-stained letter
Oh, oh, oh love love love
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter
Oh, oh, oh love love
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter
Oh, oh, oh
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter
<solo>
B C D G (repeat lots till)
B C D G F F# G (last)
02 - How I Wanted To
(Hand of Kindness (1983), Faithless (2004))
KEY – D
D
When we parted just like friends
We never tied loose ends
G
D
Bm
I could never say the words that would make amends
G
Oh how I wanted to
D
Oh how I wanted to
A
To say I loved you
G
To say I loved you
D
Oh how I wanted to
From my blue room did you creep
A love too rare to keep
Well I heard your step and I turned my head to weep
Oh how I wanted to
Oh how I wanted to
Say I loved you
Say I loved you
Oh how I wanted to
<solo>
D G D Bm
Oh how I wanted to
Oh how I wanted to
Say I loved you
Just say I loved you
Oh how I wanted to
Now hearts do what hearts will
And my nights are sleepless still
Well I never was the one to speak my fill
Oh how I wanted to
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Oh how I wanted to
Just say I loved you
Ah just say I loved you
Oh how I wanted to
<much “ah-ing”>
D G D Bm
Oh how I wanted to
Oh how I wanted to
Say I loved you
Just say I loved you
Oh how I wanted to
03 - Both Ends Burning
(Hand of Kindness (1983))
KEY – E
<intro>
E AB E
E
Well I bought me a horse with a broken leg
A
They said that she never could win
E
Only fit for a bullet, they said
A
B
E
She’ll be coming out of a tin
So I took her home, I fed her on hay
I tied her up with a sling
Well, she just kept howling all of the night
And that’s the reason I sing
E
Well, Both Ends Burning, Both Ends Burning
A
That’s how she got her name
E
Both Ends Burning, Both Ends Burning
B
D
A
I never will sleep again
E
Ah, Both Ends Burning, Both Ends Burning
E
A
That’s how she got her name
E
Both Ends Burning, Both Ends Burning
B
D
A
I never will sleep again
I took her to the race-track one fine day
They couldn’t believe their eyes
They said, if that nag even stays on her feet
We’re going to give you first prize
Ah, Both Ends Burning, Both Ends Burning
That’s how she got her name
Both Ends Burning, Both Ends Burning
I never will sleep again
O Both Ends Burning, Both Ends Burning
That’s how she got her name
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Both Ends Burning, Both Ends Burning
I never will sleep again
<solo>
E A E B D A (x2)
She ran so fast that it took my breath
You never did see such a win
But when she crossed that finishing line
I was just too tired to grin
Ah, Both Ends Burning, Both Ends Burning
That’s how she got her name
Both Ends Burning, Both Ends Burning
I never will sleep again
O Both Ends Burning, Both Ends Burning
That’s how she got her name
Both Ends Burning, Both Ends Burning
I never will sleep again
<solo>
E A E B D A (x4)
04 - A Poisoned Heart And A Twisted Memory
(Hand of Kindness (1983))
KEY – E
<intro>
E
B
O you took my word and you took my key
A
You took my pride and you took my dignity
C#
How can I still pretend
F#m
E
To be what a man should be
Well, whatever I say is in a book
Whatever I do there’s someone there to look
You just can’t shake a man
The way that I’ve been shook
B
F#m
Now is this the way it’s supposed to be
B
F#m
Is this the way it’s supposed to be
B
F#m B
E
A poisoned heart and a twisted memory
B
F#m
O is this the way it’s supposed to be
B
F#m
Is this the way it’s supposed to be
B
F#m B
E
A poisoned heart and a twisted memory
O see that lifer doing his time
If I could have his place and he’d have mine
We’d be no better off
On either side of the line
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Well, you took my job and you put me to sleep
You feed me money, you treat me like a creep
Wish I could get away
But I must be in it too deep
Tell me is this the way it’s supposed to be
Is this the way it’s supposed to be
A poisoned heart and a twisted memory
O is this the way it’s supposed to be
Is this the way it’s supposed to be
A poisoned heart and a twisted memory
<solo>
B A C# F#m E (x2)
Well, you tell me you’re going to get in touch
You send me a letter that reads like double-Dutch
You say, you’re bound to lose,
You’re a little such-and-such
You got my number, you got my rank
You drained my head, you drained my petrol tank
And when I die of shame
I won’t even know who to thank
Now, now, is this the way it’s supposed to be
Is this the way it’s supposed to be
A poisoned heart and a twisted memory
O is this the way it’s supposed to be
Is this the way it’s supposed to be
A poisoned heart and a twisted memory
<solo>
B A C# F#m E (x2)
B F#m B F#m B F#m B E (x2)
A E F#m E
05 - Where The Wind Don’t Whine
(Hand of Kindness (1983))
KEY – G
<intro>
G CF (x4)
G
CF
Get in the car she said and drive me into next week
G
CF
I should have turned her down, blame my curious streak
G
CF
I never dreamt that we’d be driving into trouble
G
CF
Until we hit a rock that bent my nose double
D
Am
I’d say we both were on run, run, run
D
Am
She looked too fresh for twenty-one, one, one
D
Em
She slipped her little hand in mine, mine, mine
Am
B C
G
Em
Said I’ll take you where the wind don’t whine, whine
Am
B C
G
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I’ll take you where the wind don’t whine
<bridge>
G CF (x4)
Ah the wheels were moaning, we were heading ninety-five
The rain was beating down, my engine was alive
The roads were empty as the day turned into night
With every street lamp her face shone white
I asked her name and she just smiled, smiled, smiled
We must have clocked a thousand miles, miles, miles
She said we’ll be there in a while, while, while
I’ll take you where the wind don’t whine, whine
I’ll take you where the wind don’t whine
<solo>
G CF (x4)
chorus chords
G CF (x4)
I was feeling weary when the car died on me
I pulled her over and the strength just drained from me
The price of running’s getting dearer and dearer
And nothing ever seems to get nearer and nearer
I suppose I didn’t make the grade, grade, grade
When I looked around she’d slipped away, ‘way, ‘way
Out in the night you’ll see her shine, shine, shine
Am
B C
G
Em
Waiting where the wind don’t whine, whine
Am
B C
G
Em
Waiting where the wind don’t whine, whine
Am
B C
G
Waiting where the wind don’t whine
<solo>
G CF (x4)
chorus chords
G CF (x4)
D
06 - The Wrong Heartbeat
(Hand of Kindness (1983), Watching The Dark (1993), Disc B)
KEY - G
NOTES – It is hard to get the chords in this song exactly over the right words.
<intro>
G GF
G
GF
G
GF
Don’t think my love is something that you can play with
G
GF
G
GF
I’m not the one to spend the time of day with
E
EC
E
E C G GF
G GF
You learn to hide love, you lock it up or find it gone
D
B
C
You think you need me, you think you read me
From the beating of my heart
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G
F
C
But you’re listening to the wrong heartbeat
G
F
C
O you’re listening to the wrong heartbeat
G
D
F
You’re listening to the wrong heartbeat
D
Em F#m Em F#m Em
My love is strong
If you should see a tear, you won’t see many
If you should hear me sigh, it’s not for any
If you should greet me as I am walking along
You only want to see just the shell of me
You don’t know the other part
Well, you’re listening to the wrong heartbeat
Ah, listening to the wrong heartbeat
I said, you’re listening to the wrong heartbeat
My love is strong
<solo>
F# F# E (x4)
D# D# B (x2)
F# F# E
D B C
O you’re listening to the wrong heartbeat
O listening to the wrong heartbeat
O listening to the wrong heartbeat
My love is strong
Don’t throw your secrets where men will steal them
You got to hide them, you got to seal them
No matter what you try, you’ll never take my love from me
And if you might think that you can move me
From the beating of my heart
O you’re listening to the wrong heartbeat
Ah, listening to the wrong heartbeat
You’re listening to the wrong heartbeat
My love is strong
O yes you’re listening to the wrong heartbeat
You’re listening to the wrong heartbeat
You’re listening to the wrong heartbeat
My love is strong
You’re, you’re, you’re listening to the wrong heartbeat
O listening to the wrong heartbeat
O you’re listening to the wrong heartbeat
My love is strong
07 - The Hand Of Kindness
(Hand of Kindness (1983), Watching The Dark (1993), Disc C, The Chrono Show (2004))
KEY - F
<intro>
Am7 Em Dm (x3)
Am7
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Well I wove the rope and I picked the spot
Am7
G F
Well I struck out my neck and I tightened the knot
G F
G F
O stranger, stranger,
I’m near out of time
F
A7
You stretch out your hand, I stretched out mine
Dm
F
Bb
O maybe just the hand of kindness
Dm
F
Bb
Maybe just the hand of kindness
Dm
F
G
A
Maybe just a hand, stranger will you reach me in time
D#
In time
<bridge>
Am7 Em Dm (x2)
Well I scuppered the ship and I bent the rail
Well, I cut the brakes and I ripped the sail
And they called me a Jonah, it’s a sin I survived
Well, you stretched out your hand, I stretched out mine
Maybe just the hand of kindness
Well, maybe just the hand of kindness
O maybe just a hand, stranger will you reach me in time
In time
<solo>
Am7 (D#) Am7
Am7 Em Dm (x2)
O shoot that old horse and break in the new
O the hung are many and the living are few
I see your intention, here’s my neck on the line
You stretch out your hand I stretched out mine
Well, maybe just the hand of kindness
O maybe just the hand of kindness
Well, maybe just a hand, stranger will you reach me in time
In time
O maybe just the hand of kindness
Well, maybe just the hand of kindness
Well, maybe just a hand, stranger will you reach me in time
In time
<solo>
Am7 Em Dm (till fade)
08 - Devonside
(Hand of Kindness (1983), Watching The Dark (1993), Disc C, The Chrono Show (2004))
KEY – D
NOTE – Note that in the first solo, by virtue of the note RT plays in his solo, the penultimate verse chord G seems to switch to Em.
<intro>
G#m A E
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B A E AE
D
A
D
By Devonside she was a-marching
G
D
It was a gang of no great size
F#m
G
D
And surrender was the banner that she carried
A
G
D
Bm A
And hungry was the shiver in her eyes
Bm
AD
A
D
She met a boy, his health was failing
G
D
She dropped the banner and took her prize
F#m
G
D
And the only food she had was bread and morphine
A
G
D
Ah, but he fed on the shiver in her eyes
<solo>
Bm A D A D G D
F#m G D A Em D
Bm A D
A
D
By Devonside his love was drifting
G
D
He looked for comfort otherwise
F#m
G
D
And there never was a rope or chain about him
A
G
D
Ah, she held him with the shiver in her eyes
Bm A
D
A
D
Ah, she said, my John, I’ll be your pillow
G F#m Em
D
I’ll be your lover,
mother, whore and wife
F#m
G
D
And he knew that he loved and never seen her
A
G
D
When the light fell from the shiver in her eyes
<solo>
Bm A D
G D G C G Bm C
G D C G Em D G Em D G
09 - Two Left Feet
(Hand of Kindness (1983), Watching The Dark (1993), Disc C, Live At Crawley 1993 (1995))
KEY – G for the most part
<intro>
G D G (x2)
C G (x2)
G
O two left feet, two left feet
D
G
How can you dance with two left feet
G
Two left feet, two left feet
D
G
How can you dance with two left feet
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C
I love you honey, you’re so sweet
G
Just get rid of them two left feet
C
You got no style, you got no beat
G
All you’ve got is them two left feet
<bridge>
Em D (x4)
G
Well, your hair is pretty and your face is a treat
D
G
But I don’t like your two left feet
G
I’m not one to admit defeat
D
G
But I can’t win with your two left feet
C
I love you honey, you’re so sweet
G
But I can’t stand them two left feet
C
You got no style, you got no beat
G
All you’ve got is them two left feet
<another bridge>
B D (x4)
G
Well, they’re pulling people in off the street
D
G
They all want to look at your two left feet
G
Dance with Jimmy, dance with Pete,
D
G
Don’t dance with me with them two left feet
C
I love you honey, you’re so sweet
G
Just get rid of them two left feet
C
You got no style, you got no beat
G
All you’ve got is them two left feet o
<even more bridge>
Em D (x4)
G
I dance with you and I land on my seat
D
G
That’s ‘cos you dance with two left feet
G
You could make my life complete
D
G
Just get rid of them two left feet
C
I love you honey, you’re so sweet
G
Just get rid of them two left feet
C
You got no style, you got no beat
G
All you’ve got is them two left feet
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<another bridge again>
B D (x4)
G
O two left feet, two left feet
D
G
How can you dance with two left feet
G
Two left feet, two left feet
D
G
How can you dance with two left feet
C
I love you honey, you’re so sweet
G
Just get rid of them two left feet
C
You got no style, you got no beat
G
All you’ve got is them two left feet
<lots more lovely bridgeness ... oh yes>
Em D (x4)
B D (x4)
Em D (x4)
B D (x4)
G D G (x2)
C G (x2)
G
O two left feet, two left feet
D
G
How can you dance with two left feet
G
Two left feet, two left feet
D
G
How can you dance with two left feet
C
I love you honey, you’re so sweet
G
Just get rid of them two left feet
C
You got no style, you got no beat
G
All you’ve got is them two left feet
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MIRROR BLUE
01 - For The Sake Of Mary
(Mirror Blue (1994))
KEY –
NOTES – The intro I play using power chords
<intro>
C-Dm Dm C-B-A-F
Dm
For the sake of Mary I kicked the reds
F
Junked the juice, I drink coffee instead
Dm
Straightened my teeth, bent my back
F
Cut my friends dead from the old rat-pack
Dm
For Mary
She bought me this silk suit, watch and chain
She put the rhythm in my stride again
She showed me the way to make her feel good
If I could do more then I surely would
For Mary. Ah, for Mary.
G
For the sake of Mary I played my hand
Dm
She still don't trust me to be her man
G
I say the right thing but my timing's bad
A
G
She thinks I'm like the rest, but I'm the best she's ever had
<repeat intro>
For the sake of Mary
For the sake of Mary
Oh I was cook first class on the Belfast B
But when she sailed she sailed without me
In Needle Pete's I got my last tattoo
In bleeding letters of red and blue
For Mary
Ah, for Mary
For the sake of Mary I changed my drift
I got a good job on the graveyard shift
She set her heart on a pretty little place
I want to see the tears of joy on her face, oh-oh
For the sake of Mary
Bb C Dm (x2)
(repeat intro)
For the sake of Mary I keep the flame
I don't want to be a villain again
She had her bad times and it shook her about
I don't want to take the easy way out, no, no
(repeat intro till fade)
For the sake of Mary
For the sake of Mary
For the sake of Mary
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For the sake of Mary
02 - I Can't Wake Up To Save My Life
(Mirror Blue (1994), Two Letter Words: Live 1994 (1996), Action Packed (2001))
KEY – A
<intro>
E---------B-7-5-----G------6-4D---------A---------E----------
A
D
In my nightmare everything's wrong
C#m
I'm waiting for love, but you come along
A
D
You smile, you wave, you kiss me, Ciao
C#m
D C#m D C#m D C#m C#m D
But you seem too happy to see me somehow
Em
B
Then the sky falls in on my head
Em
B
Your nails grow long, your eyes turn red
C#m
You say "Forever, dear, and a day"
D
You swear that you're never going to go away
E
And my feet won't move to run the other way
A
D
F#m
D
And I can't wake up to save my life
A
D
F#m
D
Oh I can't wake up to save my life
In my nightmare you forgive me
The cruellest gift you could ever give me
You say that you understand me now
But your eyes say "Brother, I'll get you somehow"
And then the lightning streaks across the room
You smell like something fresh from the tomb
You squeeze too hard, you insist on kissing
When it seems like half your face is missing
And you hair's turned into reptiles hissing
And I can't wake up to save my life
Oh I can't wake up to save my life
<solo>
G A
D
Things I done make my dreams go bad
E
Like Borstal boys coming home to dad
F#m
What you reap so shall you sow
E
Now feats don't fail me, go man go
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'Cause I can't wake up to save my life
Oh I can't wake up to save my life
No I can't wake up
No I can't wake up
Oh I can't
03 - MGB-GT
(Mirror Blue (1994), Live At Crawley 1993 (1995), Two Letter Words: Live 1994 (1996))
KEY – Dm
NOTES – The chords over the MGB-GT bit (C C B B A B A G F D, etc) I sound only the D & G strings for all but the F & D chords
where I sound the D & A strings only – almost power chord fashion where the G & D chords are open at the 0 fret. In this way I can
hammer on and pull off fairly fast.
Dm
Oh I've got a little car and she might go far
She's the mistress of my heart now
She's a '65 with an overdrive
And I fixed her in every part now
C
Two in the front and two in the back
Dm
110 on the old Hog's Back
CCB B A B A
GF D
My M G B – G T, she's a runner now
ABCCB B A
MGB–GT
A B CCB B A B A
GF D
Dm
Oh my M G B – G T, she's a runner now
Oh I welded the sills and the old floor pan
Cut the rust with the torch and the hacksaw
Took the Rostyles off, put the spoked wheels on
Got a brand new Salisbury axle
When I come to town the girls all smile
They say "Here's the man with the retro style"
My MGB-GT, she's a runner now
MGB-GT
Oh my MGB-GT, she's a runner now
<bridge>
Em C (x2)
Em D C# C B
Lockheed discs and twin SUs
Original chrome on the grille now
She looks like a dream in her racing green
Competition's standing still now
I sprayed up her body, I strengthened the frame
I stripped her right down and I built her up again
Now an Alpine's fine if you've got the time
And a Healey'll set you back some
And a TR4 costs a little bit more
But it don't have the same attraction
Hard top handy, in case of the weather
I don't care if it rains forever
In my MGB-GT, she's a runner now
MGB-GT
In my MGB-GT, she's a runner now
MGB-GT
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04 - The Way That It Shows
(Mirror Blue (1994), Two Letter Words: Live 1994 (1996))
KEY – Am till chorus where it seems to modulate between the keys of the overlying chords - Dm Bm Gm E
G
Am
G
Am
G
You're going to give yourself away, one of these nights
Am
G
Am
G
Your gaze of compassion, just a little too right
Am
G
Am
G
Your hug of encouragement's a little too tight
Dm Am
And then he'll know.
Bm F#
It's the little things betray
Am
G
Am
G
Going to give yourself away, to some Casanova
Am
G
Am
G
On the spills and stains of the backstage sofa
Am
G
Am, G
He'll catch you yawning with one leg over
Dm Am
And there's the sin.
Bb
Gm
Must be the enemy within
Dm
And that's the way that it shows
Bm
That's the way that it shows
Gm
That's the way that it shows
E
The way that it shows
Dm
That's the way that it shows
Bm
That's the way that it shows
Gm
A slip of the tongue, a squeeze of the hand
E
A G Am
The way that it shows
There's glycerine in the tear, rouge in the blush
You're artful stammer a little too rushed
All passion to the eye, all cold to the touch
And then he'll guess. Your mind has drifted in the kiss
There's a chink in your armour, a crack in your defences
Your iron will gives way to your senses
Your whispered sweet nothings all sound like expenses
And that's enough. He won't believe your words of love
And that's the way that it shows
That's the way that it shows
Yes that's the way that it shows
The way that it shows
That's the way that it shows
That's the, that's the way that it shows
A slip of the tongue, a squeeze of the hand
That's the way that it shows
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Dm Bm Gm
E (repeat till fade)
05 - Easy There, Steady Now
(Mirror Blue (1994), Live At Crawley 1993 (1995), Two Letter Words: Live 1994 (1996), Live From Austin Tx DVD & CD (2005))
KEY – Cm
NOTES – I have found it hard to do this song. I think the verse more or less works around Cm with one finger removed to get Gsus4.
Cm
E3
B4
G5
D5
A3
E3
Gsus4
E3
B3
G5
D5
A3
E3
<<<<<<
<intro>
Cm Fm Cm Fm
Cm Gsus4 (x3)
Cm
Cm
Fm
Jack-knife with a precious load spills its guts all over the road
Gm
Fm
Excuse me, I had to smile, lost my grip, too, for a while
It's easy there, steady now, easy there, steady now
<bridge>
Cm Gsus4 (x2)
She didn't have the decency to sweep away what's left of me
I don't have the presence of mind to walk along on a straight line
Easy there, steady now, easy there, steady now
Dm
I call your name, I call it loud
Am
I see your face in every crowd
<more bridge>
Cm
Cm Gsus4 (x2)
Nosebleed down the bathroom wall leaves a pool down in the stall
I wonder where you are tonight, red dress, skin so white
Easy there, steady now, easy there, steady now
3 am an empty town, Doctor Marten's echo down
Old man heartbreak follows you, corruption's shadow swallows you
I said easy there, steady now, easy there, steady now
I call your name, I call it loud
I see your face in every crowd
Cm
Fm
Jack-knife with a precious load spills its guts all over the road
Gm
Fm
Excuse me, I had to smile, lost my grip, too, for a while
Fm
Easy there, steady now, easy there, steady now
Fm
Easy there, steady now, easy there, steady now
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Cm
Cm
Cm
Cm
Cm
Fm Cm Fm
Gsus4 (x3)
(x lots)
Gsus4 Cm Fm F#m
06 - King Of Bohemia
(Mirror Blue (1994), Action Packed (2001), "RT" Disc 1 - Walking the Long Miles Home (2006))
KEY - Cm
G#
D#
Let me rock you in my arms
G#
D#
I'll hold you safe and small
G#
Bb G#
D#
A refugee
from the seraphim
Fm
D#
In your rich-girl rags and all
Cm
Bb
G#
D#
Did your dreams die young, were they too hard won
Fm
Gm
G#
Did you reach too high and fall
Cm Bb
G#
D#
And there is no rest for the ones God blessed
Fm
Gm G# Bb G# D#
And he blessed you best of all
<bridge>
Fm
Gm G# Bb G# D#
Your eyes seem from a different face
They've seen that much that soon
Your cheek too cold, too pale to shine
Like an old and waning moon
And there is no peace, no true release
No secret place to crawl
And there is no rest for the ones God blessed
And he blessed you best of all
<bridge 2>
Gm G# Gm Dm F Cm D#
If tears unshed could heal your heart
If words unsaid could sway
Then watch you melt into the night
Adieu, and rue the day
Did your dreams die young, were they too hard won
Did you reach too high and fall
And there is no rest for the ones God blessed
And he blessed you best of all
Fm
Gm G# Bb G#(add6) D#
07 - Shane And Dixie
(Mirror Blue (1994))
KEY - D
NOTES – Throughout all the verse, the A chord is played by fretting a G# and sliding up to an A.
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A
Oh Shane and Dixie, they were two-bit crooks
They wanted to be famous like you read in books
E
Shane had the brain and Dixie had the looks for glory
A
As a bank robber Shane really was no use
He'd end up likely at the end of the noose
E
Which was fine by Shane if the papers could use the story
D
A
E
Fame and love, fame and love, fame and love will never die
D
A
E
Fame and love, fame and love, fame and love will never die
A E
A
Never die, never die
Well Shane says to Dixie "We're getting nowhere
I've a fine idea if you love me, swear
We'll be household names if we only dare, forever.
Here's two bullets in my old carbine
One is yours and the other is mine
They'll find us there at the scene of the crime together"
Fame and love, fame and love, fame and love will never die
Fame and love, fame and love, la la la la la will never die
Never die
F#m
A
F#m
A
Well she screams, she swears, she tears her hair
F#m
B
D
E
Saying "Shane, this time you've lost your mind"
Shane took aim with the sixteen bore
Dixie lay dying down there on the floor
Shane was shaken but his purpose was more inspired
Shane says "Lord, what have I done
But this victory is only halfway won"
He put the barrel underneath his tongue and fired
Well fame and love, fame and love, fame and love will never die
Fame and love, fame and love, fame and love will never die
Never die
<solo>
F#m A (x2)
F#m B D E
They found the bodies when the neighbours complained
Shane was all over the walls like paint
Dixie looked bad but her heart beat faint but surely
Well they saved her life, they were just in time
She turned her back on a life of crime
And she married the man who came to type out her story
The News of the Screws most generously gave
The money helped to pay for Shane's new grave
It looked so fine till the vandals sprayed it over
And time took its toll and the weeds grew high
It hid Shane's grave from the curious eye
Or maybe that's why we forget those lines he told us
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He just said
D
A
E
Fame and love, fame and love, fame and love will never die
D
A
E
Fame and love, fame and love, fame and love will never die
D
A
E
Fame and love, fame and love, fame and love will never die
A E
A
Never die, never die
A E
A
G A
Never die, never die
08 - Mingus Eyes
(Mirror Blue (1994), Live At Crawley 1993 (1995), Two Letter Words: Live 1994 (1996), Live From Austin Tx DVD & CD (2005))
KEY – Bm
Bm
D
Bm
What a fool I was. What a thin disguise.
E
G
C
Bm
Brando mumble, Mingus eyes
Was a time she fell, but then she got wise
Brando mumble, Mingus eyes
<solo>
Bm D Bm
E G C Bm
D
B
D
B
I never had the squint of James Dean, or the Stanislavski tears
D
B
G
F#
Or the rebel hunch that kills, or the smile that slowly disappears
Bm
D
Bm
What a fool I was. What a thin disguise.
E
G
C
Bm
Brando mumble, Mingus eyes
E
G
C
Bm
Brando mumble, Mingus eyes
<solo>
E G C Bm (x3)
Bm (till end)
09 - I Ride In Your Slipstream
(Mirror Blue (1994), Two Letter Words: Live 1994 (1996))
KEY – Em
<intro>
Em
C
Em
C
Em
I ride in your slipstream. I wear your reflection
C
Em
F#m Am Em
I echo your heartbeat in the wind
You might say that we're lovers. You might say that we're strangers
You think you don't know me, but you're wearing my ring
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Good dream. Bad dream. Just don't mean a thing
Am
Em
Good road. Bad road. Just don't mean a thing
D
F#m
B
C
D Em
But down in the whine of the wheels you'll hear me sing
<solo>
C Em (x3)
F#m Am Em
I'm like a TV eye in the sky, but I'm right behind you
I'm like your signed confession, but I'm right behind you
I'm like the child you never were, but I'm right behind you
Let's ride
I ride in your slipstream. Don't try to touch me
Just trust me to love you. I love you
G
Em
I ride in your slipstream.
G
Em
I ride in your slipstream.
F#
Em
I ride in your slipstream.
C Em (repeat till fade)
10 - Beeswing
(Mirror Blue (1994), Two Letter Words: Live 1994 (1996), Action Packed (2001), "RT" Disc 2 - Finding Better Words (2006), "RT on FR"
Disc 6 (2006))
KEY – Dm
<intro>
C Bb Gm C Dm
C Bb Gm C Dm Bb
F
Bb
F
Bb
F
I was nineteen when I came to town, they called it the Summer of Love
Bb
F
C
Bb
They were burning babies, burning flags. The hawks against the doves
F
Bb
F
Bb
F
I took a job in the steamie down on Cauldrum Street
Bb
F
C
Bb
And I fell in love with a laundry girl who was working next to me
Dm
C
F
Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
Dm C
Bb
C
Bb
So fine a breath of wind might blow her away
Dm
C
F
She was a lost child, oh she was running wild
Dm
C
Bb
C
Bb Am
She said "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay.
Gm
Am
Bb C
Bb F
And you wouldn't want me any other way"
<bridge>
C Bb Gm C Dm Bb
Brown hair zig-zag around her face and a look of half-surprise
Like a fox caught in the headlights, there was animal in her eyes
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She said "Young man, oh can't you see I'm not the factory kind
If you don't take me out of here I'll surely lose my mind"
Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
So fine that I might crush her where she lay
She was a lost child, she was running wild
She said "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay.
And you wouldn't want me any other way"
<bridge #2>
C Bb Gm C Dm Bb
F Bb F Bb F Bb F C Bb
F Bb F Bb F Bb F C Bb
We busked around the market towns and picked fruit down in Kent
And we could tinker lamps and pots and knives wherever we went
And I said that we might settle down, get a few acres dug
Fire burning in the hearth and babies on the rug
She said "Oh man, you foolish man, it surely sounds like hell.
You might be lord of half the world, you'll not own me as well"
Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
So fine a breath of wind might blow her away
She was a lost child, oh she was running wild
She said "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay.
And you wouldn't want me any other way"
We was camping down the Gower one time, the work was pretty good
She thought we shouldn't wait for the frost and I thought maybe we should
We was drinking more in those days and tempers reached a pitch
And like a fool I let her run with the rambling itch
<bridge #3>
C Bb Gm C Dm Bb
Oh the last I heard she's sleeping rough back on the Derby beat
White Horse in her hip pocket and a wolfhound at her feet
And they say she even married once, a man named Romany Brown
But even a gypsy caravan was too much settling down
And they say her flower is faded now, hard weather and hard booze
But maybe that's just the price you pay for the chains you refuse
Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
And I miss her more than ever words could say
If I could just taste all of her wildness now
If I could hold her in my arms today
Well I wouldn't want her any other way
C Bb Gm C Dm
C Bb Gm C Dm Bb
11 - Fast Food
(Mirror Blue (1994))
KEY - Em
G
Small Mac, Big Mac, burger and fries
Em
Shove `em in boxes all the same size
G
Easy on the mustard, heavy on the sauce
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Em
Double for the fat boy, he eats like a horse
Fry them patties and send 'em right through
Microwave oven gonna fry me too
Can't lose my job by getting in a rage
I've gotta get my hands on a minimum wage
C
Shove it in their faces, give 'em what they want
D
G Em
Gotta make it fast, it's a fast food restaurant.
C
Shove it in their faces, give 'em what they want
C
Gotta make it fast, it's a fast food restaurant.
<bridge>
G Em G Em C D
G Em C D G Em
Shake full of plastic, meat full of worms
Everything's zapped so you won't get germs
Water down the ketchup, easier to pour on
Pictures on the register in case you're a moron
Keep the uniform clean and don't talk back
Blood on the shirt gonna get you the sack
Sugar, grease, fats and starches
Fine to dine at the golden arches
Shove it in their faces, give 'em what they want
Gotta make it fast, it's a fast food restaurant.
Baby throwing up in booth number nine
Wash it down and hose it down, it happens all the time
Cigarettes in the coffee, contact lens in the tea
I'd rather feed pigs than humanity.
Shove it in their faces, give 'em what they want
Gotta make it fast, it's a fast food restaurant.
Shove it in their faces, give 'em what they want
Gotta make it fast, it's a fast food restaurant.
G Em (repeat till fade)
12 - Mascara Tears
(Mirror Blue (1994), Two Letter Words: Live 1994 (1996))
KEY - Em
G
(sus4)
When I said those things I was out of my mind
G
I was trying to be mean and cruel and unkind
DG
DG
Don't take
it to heart
C
There's another man inside me wants to break us apart
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G
(sus4)
You were chic, off the peg, bang up to the minute
G
I had to put my big foot in it
DG
DG
Don't shout
it all about
C
Am
(G#)
There's another man inside me and he wants to get out
Em
Bm
Oh mascara tears, bitter and black
A
Em
Spent bullet drilled a hole in my back
G
D
Salt for the memory, black for the years
Am
Em
Black is forever, mascara tears
<bridge>
G D Am Em
There's hell and hoodoo in your kitchen
You've got to scratch the place you're itching
How long will it take
There's another girl inside you and she never got a break
Oh mascara tears, bitter and black
A spent bullet drilled a hole in my back
Salt for the memory, black for the years
Black is forever, mascara tears
G
You just moan and weep and moan and weep
B
And moan and weep and moan and weep
C
Dirty rivers running down your face
A
Tears all down your party lace
<solo>
Em Bm A Em G D Am Em
Em Bm A Em G D Am Em
Oh mascara tears, bitter and black
Spent bullet drilled a hole in my back
Salt for the memory, black for the years
Black is forever, mascara tears
Em
Bm A Em
Oh mascara tears
G
D
Salt for the memory, black for the years
Am
Em
Black is forever, mascara tears
13 - Taking My Business Elsewhere
(Mirror Blue (1994), Live At Crawley 1993 (1995))
KEY - Dm
<intro>
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Am C Bm E
Am C Bm E
Am
C
Dm
E
If she's not here by now, then I guess she's not coming
Am
C#m D
C
G (add6)
If she's not here by now,
then I guess she don't care
Dm
Oh waiter, I won't waste your time anymore
E
You've already started to sweep down the floor
F
E
And I guess she's not coming, so I'll head for the door
Am G Em Dm
Am
I'll be taking my business elsewhere
<bridge>
Am C Bm E
It wasn't for me, that spark in her eyes
It wasn't for me, that halo in her hair
When she touched me a lump rose up into my throat
But she must act that way with any old soak
And waiter you don't seem to share in the joke
So I'll be taking my business elsewhere
C
She called me her fantasy and boldly she kissed me
E
I'll never get over the sheer surprise
F
B
Of her acting that way and I'm healing OK
E
But for the eyes of her
Oh it's cold in the rain and it's dark and it's sad
And I'll miss her tonight on my lonely back stair
I'm sorry for taking so much of your space
I'll move down the street to some friendlier place
'Cause I guess she's not coming, and you're sick of my face
I'll be taking my business elsewhere
I'll be taking my business elsewhere
Am C Bm E
Am C Bm E
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MOCK TUDOR
01 - Cooksferry Queen
(Mock Tudor (1999), Action Packed (2001), Semi-Detached Mock Tudor (2002), Live From Austin Tx DVD & CD (2005), "RT" Disc 2 Finding Better Words (2006))
KEY – Dm
F
Well there's a house in an alley
In the squats and low-rise
C
Of a town with no future
Dm
Bb
But that's where my future lies
F
It's a secret, but no secret
It's a rule, but no rule
C
Where you find the darkest avenue
Dm
Bb
There you'll find the brightest jewel
Now my name it is Mulvaney
And I'm known quite famously
People speak my name in whispers
What higher praise can there be
But I'd trade my fine mohair
For tied-dyes and faded jeans
If she wanted me some other way
She's my Cooksferry Queen
F
She gave me one pill to get bigger
She gave me one pill to get small
I saw snakes dancing all around her feet
And dead men coming through the wall
Dm
F
Well I'm the prince of this parish
Dm
F
I've been ruthless and I've been mean
Dm
F
But she blew my mind as she opened my eyes
Dm
Bb
She's my Cooksferry Queen
F
Yeaaaaah
<solo>
F
F
Well she's got every rare perfection
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All her looks beyond compare
C
She's got dresses that seem to float in the wind
Dm
Bb
Pre-Raphaelite curls in her hair
F
She could get the lame to walking
She could get the blind to see
She could make wine out of Thames river water
Dm
Bb
She could make a believer out of me
F
Yes I'd trade it all tomorrow
All the wicked things I've been
C
She's my bright jewel of the alley
Dm
Bb
She's my Cooksferry Queen
F
Yes I'd trade it all tomorrow
All the wicked things I've been
C
She's my bright jewel of the alley
Dm
Bb
She's my Cooksferry Queen
F
Oooooh
<solo till end>
F
02 - Sibella
(Mock Tudor (1999), Semi-Detached Mock Tudor (2002), The Chrono Show (2004))
KEY - Dm
Dm
Oh some girls hold the ace, the deuce, the trey
Dm C
Am
G
Bb
X-ray the deck to see what's coming
Dm
Mary Antoinette she smiled that way
Dm C Am
G
Bb
Easy to smile when the luck is running
F
Bb
C
Like a myth you rode in from the west
F
Bb
C
From the go you had my button pressed
Dm
Bb
Did the tea-time of your soul
Dm
Bb
Make you long for wilder days?
Dm
Bb
Did you never let Jack Kerouac
Dm
Bb
Am
Wash over you in waves?
Gm
C
Sibella, we don't make sense together
Gm
C
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But my heart's with you
Gm
C
Sibella, I found myself
Gm
Dm
Strange but true, strange but true
Some say you can learn a lot from books
Thrill right to second-hand living
Life is just as deadly as it looks
But fiction is more forgiving
You took chances well within your means
Salon hair and creases in your jeans
All those lonely winters long
Did you really think it through
Did you really ache for me like I really ached for you
Sibella, we don't make sense together
But my heart's with you
Sibella, I found myself
Strange but true, strange but true
<solo>
Dm Bb (x4)
Sibella, we don't make sense together
But my heart's with you
Sibella, I found myself
Strange but true, strange but true
Strange but true, strange but true
Strange but true
Dm till end
03 - Bathsheba Smiles
(Mock Tudor (1999), Action Packed (2001), Semi-Detached Mock Tudor (2002), Live From Austin Tx DVD & CD (2005))
KEY – F#m
F#m
Bathsheba smiles
Bm
She smiles and veins turn to ice
F#m
Bm
She smiles and heads bow down
F#m
She works the room
Bm
Air-kisses every victim twice
F#m
E B
She spreads her joy around
E
D
Do you close your eyes to see miracles
E
D
Do you raise your face to kiss angels
D
Do you float on air to hear oracles
Bm
E
F#m
Bathsheba smiles, smiles
Bm
E
F#m
Bathsheba smiles, smiles
G
E
D A (sus4)
No doubt can cross her mind
F#m
Cross her mind
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Bathsheba knows
She knows you better than yourself
Confess it on your knees
She shares her love
And sharing love is sharing wealth
Dig in your pockets please
Do you close your eyes to see miracles
Do you raise your face to kiss angels
Do you float on air to hear oracles
Bathsheba smiles, smiles
Bathsheba smiles, smiles
No doubt can cross her mind
B
No pain no gain's a strain
Dm
A
But she never seems to hurt
B
Catwalk pilgrims sing this song
Dm
A
Hello heaven, goodbye dirt
F#m
D
And no hair shirt
Do you close your eyes to see miracles
Do you raise your face to kiss angels
Do you float on air to hear oracles
Bathsheba smiles, smiles
Bathsheba smiles, smiles
No doubt can cross her mind
E
D
Do you close your eyes
E
D
Do you raise your face
E
D
Bathsheba smiles, smiles
E
D
Bathsheba smiles, smiles
D
Bathsheba smiles
04 - Two-Faced Love
(Mock Tudor (1999), Semi-Detached Mock Tudor (2002))
KEY – G
NOTES – Throughout the song, a riff plays in the background by hammering on and off between D and C.
D
Two-faced love, will make me doubt my mind
Two-faced love, will keep me paralysed
C G
D
Two-faced love, I pace the room at night
Why can't I get you off my mind
Oh I try to dull my feelings down
In every bar in every town
But your eyes follow me around
Why can't I get you off my mind
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Am
Face the music, face the facts
D
Different sides of different tracks
Am
Had my feet on holy ground
C
Then I helter-skelter down
F
Confused, or being used
D
Two-faced love, two-faced love
It feels so wrong it must be right
Two-faced love, two-faced love
F (first time only)
Why can't I get you off my mind
Oh, I don't like your thin skin
And I don't like the places you've been
I don't like the mood that you're in
Why can't I get you off my mind
If I read the signals right
I might be your slave tonight
Pardon my naive caress
Tender fits with tenderness
Uncouth to tell the truth
Two-faced love, two-faced love
Feels so wrong it must be right
Two-faced love, two-faced love
Why can't I get you off my mind
Oh you don't make my blood run cold
And you don't fit my jelly mould
Don't come up for air when you're digging for gold
Why can't I get you off my mind
Why can't I get you off my mind
It feels so wrong it must be right
Feels so wrong it must be right
05 - Hard On Me
(Mock Tudor (1999), Semi-Detached Mock Tudor (2002))
KEY – Em
<intro>
D Em D G D
Em
D
Hard on me, hard on me
G
D
Why do you grind me small
Em
D
Hard on me, hard on me
G
D
At every fence I fall
Em
Bm
I bite my rage
Em
Bm
I stop my breath
Em
Bm
I shake my cage
Em
Bm
I swim with emptiness
Hard on me, hard on me
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Like they were hard on you
Hard on me, hard on me
So I can stumble too
My circuits seize
My senses jam
I don't know who to please
Trapped inside the Wicker Man
C
D
You're so hard on me
C
A
You're so hard on me
Em
You're so hard on me
<solo>
Em D G D (x2)
Em Bm (x3)
C D
C A
Em
Hard on me, hard on me
Why do you grind me small
Hard on me, hard on me
At every fence I fall
Unzip my heart
Unbraid my veins
Unstitch my wantonness
And loosen up my reins
Before I dare
Go on that hill
In dumb despair
Unfreeze my will
You're so hard on me
You're so hard on me
You're so hard on me
Em Bm (x4)
Em D G (repeat till fade)
06 - Crawl Back (Under My Stone)
(Mock Tudor (1999), Semi-Detached Mock Tudor (2002), Live in Providence DVD & EP (2004), Live From Austin Tx DVD & CD (2005))
KEY – mainly Dm
Am
G
This time you hurt me
Am
G
Am G Am G
You really did it this time you did
Am
G
Am
G
Did you count your fingers after shaking my hand
Am
G Am G
God forbid
Dm
Riff raff crawling from the slums
Right there in front of all your chums
B
I swear by the pricking of my thumbs
E
I'll make your day and melt away
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Am
F
I'll crawl back under my stone
Am
F
I'll crawl back under my stone
Am
F
I'll crawl back under my stone
C
G
F
But you won't have to stand next to me
C
G
F
You won't have to introduce me
C
G
C
G
F
You won't have to think about, talk about, care about, me
Am
I'll crawl back
I've got a nerve just showing my face don't you think
Scruffy little likes ought to know their place don't you think
Old boy, sorry to intrude
Damn shame pretty bloody rude
I should be horsewhipped and sued
Then I'll go quietly my tail between my knees
I'll crawl back under my stone
I'll crawl back under my stone
I'll crawl back under my stone
But you won't have to stand next to me
You won't have to introduce me
You won't have to think about, talk about, care about, me
I'll crawl back
A
D
I want to be middle class
A
D
Floors and ceilings made of glass
A
E
D
I just want to be, I just want to be free
<bridge>
Am
You had me in a second you had it all reckoned, you did
You guessed my game and my name, rank and number, you did
Somehow I gave myself away
Some code, some word I didn't say
I missed one line in the play
And the trap shut tight and you did me all right
Am
F
I'll crawl back under my stone
Am
F
I'll crawl back under my stone
Am
F
I'll crawl back under my stone
C
G
F
But you won't have to stand next to me
C
G
F
You won't have to introduce me
C
G
C
G
You won't have to think about, talk about, care about
C
G
C
G
You won't have to ask about, fuss about, discuss about
C
G
C
G
F
You won't have to mind about, swear about, forget about, me
Am F (till end)
Crawl back
I'll crawl back
I'll crawl back
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Crawl back
I'll crawl back
Crawl back
Crawl back
I'll crawl back
07 - Uninhabited Man
(Mock Tudor (1999), Action Packed (2001), Semi-Detached Mock Tudor (2002), Live From Austin Tx DVD & CD (2005))
KEY - D
<intro>
Over D
E-15-15-12-12-------15-15-12-12------------------------B-------------13-13-------------------13-13------------G-------------------------------14-14-------14-14-12-12D------------------------------------------------------A------------------------------------------------------E-------------------------------------------------------
D
F
Only a misdirected dart
G
D
At an unprotected heart
D
F
G
I'm sure it happens every day
D
F
Just a passing interlude
G
D
A fresh face to change the mood
D
F
G
I'll find my feet again you say
A
What rock I had you rolled
D
What rock I had you rolled away
But I live as best I can
Meet the uninhabited man
Please read the sign and walk away
What an old dry shell I am
The uninhabited man
I'll find my feet again you say
No doubt they'll pull me down
No doubt they'll pull me down someday
Bb
Who's been sleeping in my bed
D
Who's been sleeping in my bed
Bb
Who's been sitting in my chair
Who's been licking in my bowl
Gm
D
Who's been sleeping in my bed
<repeat intro>
A romantic ruin am I
Funny how I catch the eye
The vacuum slowly sucks you in
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I'm left no skill, no art
To meet you heart to heart
You'll find no me beneath the skin
And if there's no me then there's no
And if there's no me then there's no sin
Who's been sleeping in my bed
Who's been sleeping in my bed
And who's been sitting in my chair
Who's been licking in my bowl
Who's been sleeping in my bed
<over chorus chords>
Hmmm
<repeat intro>
08 - Dry My Tears And Move On
(Mock Tudor (1999), Live From Austin Tx DVD & CD (2005))
KEY – A
A
E
A
E
A
E A E
If you don't want me I'll dry my tears and move on
A
E
A
E
A
E A E
If you don't want me I'll dry my tears and move on
D
You treated me just good enough until now
B
But if you're tired of me I'll get over you somehow
A
E
D
E
A
D A E
Oh, if you don't want me I'll dry my tears and move on
If you don't need me there's someone else who needs me out there
She's kind and tender and one day I'll find her I swear
So set me free while I've still got time
Don't try to hide your shame, dear, from my eyes
Oh, if you don't want me I'll dry my tears and move on
A
Faded love
G
D
As if you need a reason
A
Am I out of your dreams
G
D
Or just out of season
A
E
Oh the flame of love
F#m
Oh you wouldn't understand
Bm
You hide it in your heart
E
You don't hold it in your hand
<bridge>
A E (x4)
If you don't want me I'll dry my tears and move on
If you don't want me I'll dry my tears and move on
D
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My suits got creases and my shoes have got shine
B
Let me know soon I'll find a better use for my time
A
E
D E
Oh if you don't want me
A
E
D E
If you don't want me
F#m
B
D
E
A E
Oh, if you don't want me I'll dry my tears and move on
A
E
A E
I'll dry my tears and move on
A
E
D A
I'll dry my tears and move on
09 - Walking The Long Miles Home
(Mock Tudor (1999), Action Packed (2001), Semi-Detached Mock Tudor (2002), Live From Austin Tx DVD & CD (2005), "RT" Disc 1 Walking the Long Miles Home (2006))
KEY – G
G
Oh the last bus has gone
Or maybe I'm wrong
D
It just doesn't exist
G
And the words that flew
Between me and you
D
I must be crossed off your list
C
D
G
So I'm walking the long miles home
C
D
G
I don't mind losing you
C
D
Em
In fact I feel better each step of the way
C
D
Em
In the dark I rehearse all the right things to say
C
D
Em
A
I'll be home, I'll be sober by break of day
C
D
G
Walking the long miles home
<bridge>
C D G
Not a soul is around
As I put more ground
Between me and you
And the whole town's asleep
Or maybe they're deep in the old "voulez vous"
So I'm walking the long miles home
And I don't mind losing you
Got the moon there for company each step of the way
And the rhythm in my shoes keep the blues all away
When you ride Shanks's Pony you don't have to pay
Walking the long miles home
<solo>
G D (x2)
C D G (x2)
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Oh the party was grand
But I hadn't quite planned on staying so long
And while you accused me
The hours confused me and my friends had all gone
So I'm walking the long miles home
And I don't mind losing you
Ah there's nobody out but the cop on the beat
He's snoring so loud I don't hear my feet
I just laugh to myself and move off down the street
Walking the long miles home
I'm walking the long miles home
Oh walking the long miles home
10 - Sights And Sounds Of London Town
(Mock Tudor (1999))
KEY – G
<intro>
G C
G
C
G
C
Oh Gillian she's a Doncaster lass
G
C
G
C
Trains it down on the quarter past
Am
Bm
Friday night leaves the kids at home
C
D
And struts her stuff on the Euston Road
Em
G
Saying "Do you want some company darling?
Em
G
Do you want some company now?
Em
G
My place, your place or no place
C
D
I could use the extra cash anyhow"
G
D
G
D
That's the sights and sounds of London Town
G
D
G
D
The sights and sounds of London Town
Em
D
C D G C
The sights and sounds of London Town
<bridge>
G C
Oh Jean-Paul he came over from Toulouse
They told him that London was the golden goose
He never got his hands on enough to eat
He never did get his arse up off the street
Wanted to be a rap DJ
They took his pulse then they turned him away
Under the radar of your fellow man
With all that charisma it ain't worth a damn
Saying "Lend me your shoes till Monday
Oh brother can you lend me a comb
I can wash dishes all night long
I just need my fare back home"
That's the sights and sounds of London Town
The sights and sounds of London Town
The sights and sounds of London Town
Well Jackie she tried just about everything
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She tried to dance, she tried to sing
Too many doors slammed in your face
It leaves a nasty aftertaste
You scramble around for a little bit of cash
Ease the pain with Mister Flash
Saint Annes Court is the rendezvous
For those who share your point of view
Saying "This is the last time you will see me
Never again no way
One more time I'll never ask you again
I've just got to get through today"
That's the sights and sounds of London Town
The sights and sounds of London Town
The sights and sounds of London Town
Oh Mickey he sleeps every two or three days
Runs through Soho like a rat through a maze
A little blackmail here a sting on the side
Enough to get started on the next enterprise
Dresses expensive but that's just a crutch
Like his word or his handshake it doesn't mean much
Depends on his kickback from the middle man
And whatever he can beat out of Sally Ann
Saying "Lucky I'm the one you ran into
Oh lucky I've taken a shine
Lucky I'm needing a partner
50/50 right down the line"
Oh that's the sights and sounds of London Town
The sights and sounds of London Town
The sight and sounds of London Town
G C (x3)
D G
11 - That's All, Amen, Close The Door
(Mock Tudor (1999))
Key – Am
Am
That's all. That's all there was.
Say Amen. Close the door.
F
F#m
She gave as much as she had to give
C
Please don't ask for more
E
Please don't ask for more
Am
That's all.
The curtain's down.
The lights are up. Go home.
Did I care?
Was I in love?
In love enough to know
In love enough to know
A
F#m
There's precious few that line that road
C#m
D
She welled from deep and overflowed
A
F#m
There's no cup to hold the past
Bm
G#
Too rich to drink, too rich to last
Am
That's all
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Well, you wish
But don't wish for me
As if a wish
Could cheat the fall
Oh just believe
And leave it be
There's beauty in what's brief
There's beauty in what's small
That's all
<solo>
Am F F#m C E
There's some who dare and some who shine
And some who only drag behind
And some who reap what others sow
When memories fail well who's to know
That's all. That's all there was.
Say Amen. Close the door.
She gave as much as she had to give
Oh please don't ask for more
Please don't ask for more
That's all.
<solo>
Am F F#m C E (x2 but fades by final E)
12 - Hope You Like The New Me
(Mock Tudor (1999))
KEY – Em
NOTES – Quite a difficult song as makes use of RT’s more dexterous guitar skills. There are unusual chords all throughout. What a
clever man !!
I believe verses in this song to be different inversions of the chords Esus4 & Am6. I have been able to identify two obvious sets of
frettings. RT uses others.
<intro, 1st verse>
Esus4
Ex
B 10
G9
D9
A7
Ex
Am6
Ex
B7
G5
D7
A7
Ex
<2nd verse>
Esus4
E5
B5
Gx
Dx
A2
E0
Am6
E2
B1
Gx
Dx
A2
E0
I stole your style
Hope you don't mind
I must try to be all I can be
It suits me more
Than it ever suited you
Hope you like the new me
I stole your laugh
So bright and breezy
It stops parties in mid-air
It makes me feel more devil-may-care
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Hope you like the new me
Hope you like the new me
Em?
F#
We all need friends to lean on
Gm
F#
Any time, any place, anywhere
Bm
Em
Feel free to lean on me
C#
F#
But please don't do it right now
Am
Em7
Yes I'm much too busy right now
I stole your walk
The one with purpose
That says there is no mountain I can't climb
It fools people all of the time
Hope you like the new me
I stole your jokes
Just the good ones
How the gang all laughed with glee
I also stole
The way that you tell them
Hope you like the new me
Hope you like the new me
To steal is to flatter
What a compliment to pay
All those things that I stole from you
Well I might give them back someday
Yes I really might someday
I stole your wife
Hope you don't mind
She was looking bored don't you think
I'll soon have her back in the pink
Stop by and see us for tea
I stole your soul
When you weren't looking
I reached inside and cut it free
It suits me more
Than it ever suited you
Hope you like the new me
Hope you like the new me
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OLD KIT BAG
01 - Gethsemane
(The Old Kit Bag (2003), Ducknapped! (2003), Live in Providence DVD & EP (2004), "RT" Disc 2 - Finding Better Words (2006))
KEY – Dm
<intro>
D FC GD FC
GD FC
GD
GD
GD
GD
GD
GD
GD
GD
GD
FC
Among the headstones you played as boys
FC
Crypts and tombs like a roomful of toys
FC
Just up the river from the smoke and the noise
FC
Gethsemane
FC
And there’s war-whoops and secret signs in the trees
FC
Estuary smells coming up on the breeze
FC
O perfect endless days like these
FC
O Gethsemane
FC
Ah Gethsemane
Bb
C
Sailboat on the Cadie, pushbike on the quay
Dm
Bb
In your eyes there’s fire, in your hand destiny
F
Bb
Dm G Dm G Dm G Dm G Dm
‘O be something, be something fine!’
Just down the river, into the noise and the smoke
Being daring with the staring, uncaring folk
Who laugh with you, laugh at you, you’ll never get the joke
Gethsemane
And they broke your spirit there in the marines
Flushed your head down in the latrines
Frozen in your sacrament, derailed in your teens
Never saw the enemy
And those bosses betrayed, soon let you go
The fire in your eyes, how could they know
‘O be something, be something fine!’
Now you’ve got your own boys, hell bent for leather
Dead before they’re 18, or bitter old men forever
They never saw the halo moon rise over the river
Of Gethsemane
Now there’s a pain in your head puts lead in your shoes
Better get it seen to, it’s going to be bad news
How did the perfect world get so confused
O Gethsemane
Who sucked out the freedom, days without end
Under the weight of it all you must bend
F
Bb
Dm G Dm G
‘O be something, be something fine!’
F
Bb
Dm G Dm G Dm G Dm G
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‘O be something, be something fine!’
<solo>
Dm G (repeat till fade)
D
F C G D (x3)
02 - Jealous Words
(The Old Kit Bag (2003), Ducknapped! (2003), Live in Providence DVD & EP (2004))
KEY – F
D
C
O sweet Rosie Lee
D
C
Like a sister to me
D
C
But you thought I was playing you smart
F
Dm
Jealous Words
C
A
Won’t lie still
G
D
G D
In my heart
You saw us there dancing
And you thought us romancing
Suspicion has ripped us apart
<solo>
verse & chorus chords
G
With your interpretation
On my reputation
D
You blinded yourself to the truth
G
To add some more weight
To your ramblings of late
F
Well, dear won’t you bring us some proof
How you cursed and you cried
As you locked me outside
You said I was bad from the start
How your father abused
And your mother accused
They said I was acting a part
<solo>
verse & chorus chords
O I knew when we met
You’d never forget
Each pothole and bump in the road
And if I left your side
What a blow to your pride
You’re that better than me, I suppose
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O the doubt in me’s growing
And it hurts me just knowing
Another night’s sleep will depart
Jealous Words
Won’t lie still
In my heart
Jealous Words
Won’t lie still
In my heart
Jealous Words
Won’t lie still
In my heart
<solo>
verse & chorus chords (repeat till end)
03 - I’ll Tag Along
(The Old Kit Bag (2003), Ducknapped! (2003))
KEY – E
<intro>
B
B
Don’t mind me, friend of a friend
D
Bent the key to my lost weekend
B
Don’t mind me, along for the ride
D
Diz the Gasman says it’s all right
E
I’ll Tag Along
G
And get a taste of things
E
And flap my little wings
B
I’ll Tag Along
You could be my kind of crowd
Little bit edgy, little bit loud
I test the water, I feel the heat
Before I jump in with both feet
I’ll Tag Along
I’ll keep out of your hair
You’ll hardly know I’m there
I’ll Tag Along
A
G
Love those swirly whirly lights
A
G
Love that girl with the rips down her tights
A
G
Might have to hurl when the Molotov bites
E
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I’ll Tag Along
<solo>
B
E
G
B
I didn’t do it, it wasn’t me
I was right at the back, invisible, see?
I’m 100 per cent, and that’s a fact
You can ask Diz , I’ll be right back
I’ll Tag Along
And get a taste of things
And flap my little wings
I’ll Tag Along
Light fantastic, pop a few
My brain’s elastic, appetite too
Cash or plastic? I’d kill for the loo
I’ll Tag Along
<solo>
B
E
G
B
B
I’ll Tag Along
I’ll Tag Along
04 - A Love You Can't Survive
(The Old Kit Bag (2003), Ducknapped! (2003))
KEY – Am
<intro>
Am
Am
F
Now I remember the promise I gave you
C
Dm
The night I shipped out as a peace volunteer
Am
F
As we sat holding hands in the Lamb and Flag tavern
C
Dm
I swore I’d be back for you same time next year
But I killed a man in a Brazzaville street fight
I tried to hold back, but he taunted me so
5 years till they freed me from that Brazzaville prison
Out of boredom or pity, I never will know
F
Now I bear the stain
G
The scar on my name
Dm
F
G E
I never can go back again
Am
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There’s a love
G
A love you can’t survive
Am
Dm
There’s a love
G
A love you can’t survive
F
G
And it tears you up inside
Dm
F
G
E
There’s a love you can’t survive
I sailed my boat into New Orleans harbour
Tied up at the jetty, as bold as you please
With a half-ton of charlie built in to the bulkhead
Right under the noses of all them police
Now here I sit in my house on the mountain
King of the clouds and all I survey
There’s women who are willing, and the law can’t touch me
Yours is the one face that won’t go away
Now I bear the stain
The scar on my name
I never can go back again
Am
Dm
There’s a love
G
A love you can’t survive
Am
Dm
There’s a love
G
A love you can’t survive
F
G
And it tears it tears you up inside
Dm
FG
And it tears you up inside
F
G
There’s a love there’s a love you can’t survive
F
G
There’s a love a love you can’t survive
<solo>
Dm F G (x5)
05 - One Door Opens
(The Old Kit Bag (2003), Ducknapped! (2003), Live in Providence DVD & EP (2004))
KEY – G
A
One door opens, another shuts behind
One sun sets and another sun she rises
Love comes to you in old familiar ways
Love comes to you in shadows and disguises
D
She may quit you, she may forsake you
A
Drift away like a phantom in a fever
D
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Who walks in to your heart of solitude
A
Who walks into the lair of the deceiver
D(m)
They say it was my turn
They say I had it coming
They say that’s what you earn
For living through a lie
If I could have my way
I’d leave it all tomorrow
There’s sorrow if I stay
I’ve other fish to fry
<bridge>
Em G (x2)
One door opens, another shuts behind
One sun sets and another sun she rises
Love comes to you in old familiar ways
Love comes to you in shadows and disguises
When love breaks like a precious string of pearls
A thousand memories, they roll away and scatter
Make believe that there’s ice runs through my veins
Shrug my shoulders, as if it doesn’t matter
They say it was my turn
They say I had it coming
They say that’s what you earn
For living through a lie
If I could have my way
I’d leave it all tomorrow
There’s sorrow if I stay
I’ve other fish to fry
<bridge #2>
Em G (x2)
A
One door opens, another shuts behind
One sun sets and another sun she rises
Love comes to you in old familiar ways
Love comes to you in shadows and disguises
D A (x2)
D(m)
06 - First Breath
(The Old Kit Bag (2003))
KEY – Dm, G at end of solo
<intro>
Dm (C)
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Dm
Let’s love
G
What’s left
F
Last Dance
D
First Breath
New friends
Hard won
Old hearts
Shine on
F
E
The frost is cruel
F
E
And fades the sign
F
E
On that little place
Bb
A
That I call mine
Let’s love
What’s left
Like new born
First breath
<solo>
Dm G F D (x2)
Inch by inch
Word by word
The lock is sprung
That caged the bird
Old stars
New shine
Old cup
New wine
Sun rise
Moon glow
Someday
We’ll know
Inch by inch
Word by word
The lock is sprung
That caged the bird
Let’s love
What’s left
Last dance
First breath
Last dance
First breath
Last dance
First breath
<solo>
Dm G F D (x4)
D
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07 - She Said It Was Destiny
(The Old Kit Bag (2003), Ducknapped! (2003))
KEY – verse F, chorus E
NOTES – Chords plus incidental notes for the intro are shown below. Tab of what I play is
E--4-5-7-2-4-5--------------------B--5-----2-----2-4-5-2-2---2-4-5--G--4-----2-----2-----2-2---2-2-4--D--------------2-----2-2---2-2-6--A---------------------------------E---------------------------------E--4-5-7-2-4-5--------------------B--5-----2-----2-4-5-2-2---2-4-1--G--4-----2-----2-----2-2---2-2-2--D--------------2-----2-2---2-2-3--A---------------------------------E---------------------------------Bridge chords are troublesome. They sound to me like an Am played up at the 8 th fret followed by a Gm-5 at the 9th. Play them down
at the 1st and the 3rd respectively and it doesn’t quite sound right, the Gm-5 simply more like a F#.
FYI – Gm-5 at 9th is
Gm-5
E9
B 11
G 12
D 11
AX
EX
<intro>
E +4 +5
F# +2 +b
A +b5 +5
A A+b5 E
E +4 +5
F# +2 +b
A +b5 +5
A A+b5 F
F
A
G
Is this the togetherness she meant - so rosy
F
A
G
I thought we’d share a continent - so cosy
F
Dm
I thought love’s passions really
B
Would be more touchy-feely
G
F#
Well, well
E C#m
F#m
She said it was Destiny
E C#m
F#m
She said it was written somewhere
D
A
But if it was destiny
F#m
B
Why am I over here and she’s over there
E C#m
F#m
She said it was in the stars
E C#m
F#m
Something that just had to be
D
A
But Venus aligned with Mars
F#m
B
Always really takes it out of me
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O I’m not proud of my deceit - you know that
To come so near and then retreat - you know that
One beat before I fell
Somewhere I heard a bell - ring, ring
She said it was Destiny
She said it was written somewhere
But if it was destiny
Why am I over here and she’s over there
Am
Gm-5
And that soothsayer, said all our sooth,
I hope that we all might collide with truth
<bridge>
<solo>
E C#m F#m E C#m F#m
D A F#m B
There’s clouds across my crystal ball - too misty
Was I too quick to give it all - when she kissed me
She’s thrown a net on me
Razor wire geometry
She said it was Destiny
She said it was written somewhere
But if it was destiny
Why am I over here and she’s over there
She said it was in the stars
Something that just had to be
But Venus aligned with Mars
Always really takes it out of me
intro chords repeated ending on F over ...
She said it was Destiny (She said it was Destiny)
She said it was Destiny (She said it was Destiny)
She said it was Destiny (She said it was Destiny)
Said it was Destiny
08 - I’ve Got No Right To Have It All
(The Old Kit Bag (2003))
KEY – .... awww lots !!
<intro>
Bbm G D C Bb F Bb F E
Dm
I wish you well
And darling keep in touch
Bm
And if he loves you
I hope he loves you as much
F#m
E
It’s just my fantasy
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D
You leaving him for me
A
D
A
E
I’ve Got No Right To Have It All
Life’s little gifts
I know I’ve had my share
And for a while
I know I had you there
Who carries the pain
For me to love again
A
D
A
C#m G#
I’ve Got No Right To Have It All
C#m
If time stopped in it’s tracks
G#
Is that what paradise might be
C#m
I’ll cling like a drowning man
G#
To my driftwood piece of memory
Bm
And where’s the peace of mind
G
F#
Among the debris left behind
Bm
E
F#m7
Among the debris left behind
This is the point
Where we act crazy or sane
We walk away now
Never to embrace again
I’ll say God bless
And wish you happiness
A
D
A
E
I’ve Got No Right To Have It All
<solo>
Dm Bm F#m E
A
D
A
I’ve Got No Right To Have It All
A
D
A
I’ve Got No Right To Have It All
A
D
A
I’ve Got No Right To Have It All
A
D
A
I’ve Got No Right To Have It All
A
D
A
I’ve Got No Right To Have It All
A
D
A
I’ve Got No Right To Have It All
D
D
D
D
D
09 - Pearly Jim
(The Old Kit Bag (2003), Ducknapped! (2003))
KEY – Dm
NOTES – The riff throughout this song is ...
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Dm
My screenplay’s on the block
My Tuscan villa’s in hock
Bb
To Mister Pearly Jim
Dm
My wife and kids have scrammed
They say my phone is jammed
Bb
By Mister Pearly Jim
He dresses up in rags
He’s mister money bags
They call him Pearly Jim
He’ll show you Paradise
At least some place quite nice
They call him Pearly Jim
Dm
C
B
Why did you wait so long?
C
B
Can you help him sing his song?
D
F#m Am
Alms for the poor,
D
F#m Am
Alms for the poor
G
We need ketchup on our bangers and mash
F#
This self-denial brings us out in a rash
I’m rolling dice for gin
I’m getting sliced too thin
By Mister Pearly Jim
I mortgaged my des. res
He needs a boost, he says
Does Mister Pearly Jim
He’s got a compound down
The balmy side of town
The guards’ll give you shits
He’s got a pearly suit
For every new recruit
You’ll feel so thrilled to bits
When he grits that pearly smile
Will you go that extra mile?
Alms for the poor
Alms for the poor
Chairman Mao’s got a whole lot of thoughts
And R.D.Laing’s got me tied up in knots
<solo>
Dm Bb (x4)
Does your conscience ever scream
Between the chaos and the dream
Alms for the poor
Alms for the poor
To save time just pay us here on the street
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The whole universe will be our receipt
<solo>
Dm Bb (x4)
10 - Word Unspoken, Sight Unseen
(The Old Kit Bag (2003), Ducknapped! (2003))
KEY – F
NOTES – FYI Fmb5 is
Fmb5
E4
B6
G4
D6
AX
EX
<intro>
Dm
Dm
Fmb5
A
I must leave this tainted place
C
Bb
Of slow and hidden pain
Dm
A
By all and any means
Dm
Fmb5
A
All the past I shall erase
C
Bb
And never look again
Dm
A
On child’s memories
F
Bb F
If you’ll have me, truly have me
C
F
Bb
C
Word Unspoken, Sight Unseen
F
Bb
F
I’m new-born to be your lover
C
F
Bb
C
Word Unspoken, Sight Unseen
<bridge>
Gm Dm
Take my trophies from the rack.
The medals from my chest
The walls wash clean
All my life is on my back
And swiftness suits me best
I’m travelling lean
If you’ll have me, truly have me
Word Unspoken, Sight Unseen
I’m new-born to be your lover
Word Unspoken, Sight Unseen
<solo>
F Bb F C F Bb C Dm
So I come to you a shell
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Make of me what you must
And I shall bend
What you need I cannot tell
But I shall sweep the dust
And patch and mend
F
Bb F
If you’ll have me, truly have me
C
F
Bb
C
Word Unspoken, Sight Unseen
F
Bb
F
I’m new-born to be your lover
C
F
Bb
C
Word Unspoken, Sight Unseen
Gm
Dm
Bb
C
Word Unspoken, Sight Unseen
Gm
Dm
Bb
C
Word Unspoken, Sight Unseen
Dm Fmb5 Gm Dm (x2)
11 - Outside of the Inside
(The Old Kit Bag (2003), Ducknapped! (2003), Live in Providence DVD & EP (2004), "RT" Disc 1 - Walking the Long Miles Home
(2006))
KEY – Bbm
<intro>
Fm
Fm
D#
God never listened to Charlie Parker
Bbm7 C#m7 Bbm7 Fm
Charlie Parker lived in vain
Fm
D#
Blasphemer, womaniser,
Bbm7 C#m7 Bbm7
Fm
Let a needle numb his brain
Fm
D#
Wash away his monkey music
C#
Cm Bb G# Fm
Damn his demons, Damn his pain
And what’s the point of Albert Einstein
What do we need Physics for?
Heresy’s his inspiration
Corrupt and rotten to the core
Curse his devious mathematics
Curse his deadly atom war
Bbm
There’s a message on the wind
Fm
Calling me to glory somewhere
Bbm
There are signs too deep for the dumb
Fm
Like perfume in the air
D#
And when I get to Heaven
C#
Cm G# Fm
I won’t realise I’m there
Shakespeare, Isaac Newton
Small ideas for little boys
Adding to the senseless chatter
Adding to the background noise
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Hard to hear my oratory
Hard to hear my inner voice
Van gogh, Botticelli
Scraping paint onto a board
Colour is the fuel of madness
That’s no way to praise the Lord
Grey’s the colour of the pious
Knelt upon the misericord
There’s a message on the wind
Calling me to glory somewhere
There are signs too deep for the dumb
Like perfume in the air
And when I get to Heaven
I won’t realise I’m there
<bridge>
Fm Bbm Fm
I’m familiar with the cover
I don’t need to read the book
I police the world of action
Inside’s where I never look
Got no time to help the worthless
Lotus-eaters, Mandarins, crooks
There’s a message on the wind
Calling me to glory somewhere
There are signs too deep for the dumb
Like perfume in the air
And when I get to Heaven
I won’t realise I’m there
<solo>
Fm (repeat till fade)
12 - Happy Days and Auld Lang Syne
(The Old Kit Bag (2003))
KEY – C#m
B
He said, Dear, I’m leaving, right there in the hallway
E
As the party roared on all around
B
And her head wouldn’t turn, O she couldn’t look at him
F#
C#m F#
In a whirlpool she quietly drowned
G#m
D#
G#m
D#
And she said to herself, I won’t cry, I won’t grieve
G#m
D#m
E
But I’ll laugh and I’ll flow with the wine
B
With the fast love of strangers we’ll sing Sweet Bye and Bye
F#
B
Happy Days and Auld Lang Syne
B
How I wish I knew
All the old songs they’re singing
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Such comfort they’re bringing
F#
To a heart that’s as empty as mine
C#m
O it lifts you so high
E
Does the Sweet Bye and Bye
F#
B
Happy Days and Auld Lang Syne
<bridge>
B
B
And she said, I’ll be wearing my smile like a mask
E
And I’ll care for each stranger I kiss
B
And no-one will know that I’m wounded and cheated
F#
C#m
F#
So close to my moment of bliss
G#m
D#
G#m
D#
And sometimes you never connect with a song
G#m
D#m
E
Till it’s telling the way that you feel
B
Putting words to your story, all the pain and the glory
F#
C#m
F#
How can it be written so real
B
How I wish I knew
All the old songs they’re singing
Such comfort they’re bringing
F#
To a heart that’s as empty as mine
C#m
O it lifts you so high
E
Does the Sweet Bye and Bye
F#
B
Happy Days and Auld Lang Syne
C#m
O it lifts you so high
E
Does the Sweet Bye and Bye
F#
B
Happy Days and Auld Lang Syne
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RUMOR AND SIGH
01 - Read About Love
(Rumor and Sigh (1991), Two Letter Words: Live 1994 (1996))
KEY – G
NOTES – Verse in this can be played with power chords
F# G G G |F# G G G |F# G G G |F# G G G |F# G G G |G F F# E D | E D D D
G
Asked my daddy when I was thirteen
D
"Daddy, can you tell me what a lover really means?"
G
His eyes went glassy, not a word was said
D
He poured another beer and his face turned red
G
C
Asked my mother, she acted the same
G
D
She never looked up, she seemed so ashamed
G
C
Asked my teacher, he reached for the cane
G
D
He said "Don't mention that subject again"
Em
C
(Read about love) I read it in a magazine
Em
C
(Read about love) Cosmo and Seventeen
Em
C
(Read about love) In the back of Hustler, Hustler, Hustler
G F Em D#
G F Em D#
So I know what makes girls sigh
G F Em D#
G F Em D#
And I know why girls cry
G
Em C
D
So don't tell me I don't understand
G
Em
C
D
What makes a woman and what makes a man
G
Em
I've never been to heaven
C
D
F D
But at least I've read about love
My big brother told me when I was fourteen
It's time I showed you what a lover really means
Girls like kissing and romance too
But a boy's got to know what a man's got to do
He gave me a book, the cover was plain
Written by a doctor with a German name
It had glossy pictures, serious stuff
I read it seven times, then I knew it well enough
(Read about love) And now I've got you
(Read about love) Where I want you
(Read about love) I got you on the test bed, test bed, test bed
So why don't you moan and sigh?
And why do you sit there and cry?
I do everything I'm supposed to do
If something's wrong, then it must be you
I know the ways of a woman
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I've read about love
Well, well, well
G
Em
C
D
When I touch you there it's supposed to feel nice
G
Em
C
D
That's what it said in reader's advice
G
Em
I've never been to heaven
C
D
F D
But at least I've read about love
<solo till fade>
D
02 - I Feel So Good
(Rumor and Sigh (1991), Live At Crawley 1993 (1995), Two Letter Words: Live 1994 (1996), Action Packed (2001), "RT" Disc 2 Finding Better Words (2006))
KEY – Am
<intro>
C Am F C Am F C
C
Em
Am
F
C (add 5, sus 4)
I feel so good I'm going to break somebody's heart tonight
C
Em
Am
F
C (add 5, sus 4)
I feel so good I'm going to take someone apart tonight
Bb
F
They put me in jail for my deviant ways
Bb
F
Two years seven months and sixteen days
Bb
F
Now I'm back on the street in a purple haze
Am
F
Am
F
And I feel so good, and I feel so good
G
Well I feel so good I'm going to break somebody's heart tonight
<repeat intro>
I feel so good I'm going to make somebody's day tonight
I feel so good I'm going to make somebody pay tonight
I'm old enough to sin but I'm too young to vote
Society's been dragging on the tail of my coat
Now I've got a suitcase full of fifty pound notes
And a half-naked woman with her tongue down my throat
Am
F
Am
F
And I feel so good, and I feel so good
G
C
Oh I feel so good I'm going to break somebody's heart tonight
G#
F
They made me pay for the things I've done
G#
F
Now it's my turn to have all the fun
F
G
C
Well I feel so good I'm going to break somebody's heart tonight
<solo>
F
Bb F (x2)
Am
F
Am
F
And I feel so good, I feel so good
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G
Am
Well I feel so good I'm going to break somebody's heart tonight
D
Oh Oh Oh
F
G
I feel so good I'm going to break somebody's heart tonight
<repeat intro till fade>
Hm break somebody's heart
Break somebody's heart
Hm break somebody's heart
Oh break somebody's heart
03 - I Misunderstood
(Rumor and Sigh (1991), Live At Crawley 1993 (1995), Action Packed (2001), Ducknapped! (2003), "RT" Disc 2 - Finding Better Words
(2006))
KEY – Dm
NOTES – When I play the intro to this I only sound the A D G for the Gm & Dsus4, then D G B for the Dm Asus4
Gm
E
B
G3
D5
A5
E
Dsus4
E
B
G2
D5
A5
E
Dm
E
B
G
D
A
E
Asus4
E
B
G
D
A
E
Throughout the verse I sound only D G B
The chorus I play sounding D G B only using Bb (E inversion 6th fret), Gm (C 6th fret), Am (C 8th), Gm (C 6th)
<intro>
Gm Dsus4 Gm Dsus4 Dm Asus4 Dm Asus4
Gm Dsus4 Gm Dsus4 Csus4 C Csus4 C
Dm
Bb
C
She said "Darling I'm in love with your mind.
Dm
Bb
C
The way you care for me, it's so kind.
Dm
Bb
C
Gm (add 7)
Love to see you again, I wish I had more time".
She was laughing as she brushed my cheek
"Why don't you call me, angel, maybe next week
Promise now, cross your heart and hope to die".
Bb Gm Am Am Am Gm Gm
But I misunderstood,
Bb Gm Am Am Am Gm Gm
But I misunderstood,
Bb Gm Am Am Am Gm Gm
But I misunderstood,
Gm
C
Dm Bb
I thought she was saying good luck, she was saying good bye
Bb Gm Am Am Am Gm Gm
But I misunderstood,
Bb Gm Am Am Am Gm Gm
But I misunderstood,
Bb Gm Am Am Am Gm Gm
But I misunderstood,
Gm
C
I thought she was saying good luck, she was saying good bye
<repeat intro>
Things I tried to put shine in her eyes
Wire wheels and shimmering things
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Wild nights when the whole world seemed to fly
She said "The thing that's so unique
When we're together we don't have to speak.
We'll always be such good friends, you and I"
Oh but I misunderstood, but I misunderstood, but I misunderstood
I thought she was saying good luck, she was saying good bye
But I misunderstood, but I misunderstood, but I misunderstood
Gm
C
I thought she was saying good luck, she was saying good
Gm
C
I thought she was saying good luck, she was saying good
Gm
C
Dm Bb
I thought she was saying good luck, she was saying goodbye
Bb Gm Am Am Am Gm Gm (repeat till fade)
Bb Gm Am Am Am Gm Gm
Oh, she was saying goodbye,
Oh, she was saying, saying, saying, saying
04 - Grey Walls
(Rumor and Sigh (1991))
KEY - F#m ??
F#m
E
D
I took my darling down, I took my darling down
Bm
To that big grey house down the lane
F#m
E
D
And then the doctor said, he said "It's in her head
Bm
She's never going to be right again"
Am
D Am
D
I kissed my love goodbye, she didn't blink an eye
Am
D
B
They took her down the hall, she never looked back at all
G
Dm
F
Oh behind grey walls, somewhere there's a soul
G
Dm F
Behind grey walls, she's out of control
Em
C
C#m
She's crying out for help, no-one can hear
Am
B
O Lord have pity on her, O Lord have pity on her
My darling walks the floor, my darling walks the floor
She walks every minute that she can
I heard my darling say, I heard my darling say
That she don't know who I am
Cigarette burns down her arm, said she tried to do herself harm
Tied her arms in the back, trussed her up like a sack
Oh behind grey walls, somewhere there's a soul
Behind grey walls, she's out of control
She's crying out for help, no-one can hear
O Lord have pity on her, O Lord have pity on her
I saw my darling's face, I saw my darling's face
It looked so pale in the distance
She stared out from her room into the dying gloom
And I saw her poor tears glisten
Pills to keep her calm, more punctures than a junkie in her arm
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Strapped her on the bed, seventy volts through her head
Oh behind grey walls, somewhere there's a soul
Behind grey walls, she's out of control
She's crying out for help, no-one can hear
O Lord have pity on her, O Lord have pity on her
G
Dm F
Behind grey walls
G
Dm F
Behind grey walls
<solo fill fade>
F#m E D Bm
05 - You Dream Too Much
(Rumor and Sigh (1991))
KEY – G
F
E
Dm
She came down the stairs in her cocktail dress
F
E
Dm
She fell on her food like a lioness
F
E
Dm
There was ringing in my ears like an SOS
Em C D
She said "You dream too much.
Em C
F
D
If you think I've a thing for you.
Em C D
A
You dream too much. It's going to end bad"
The boom box was sounding sweet
We were dancing to a jungle beat
Just when our lips were about to meet
She said "You dream too much.
Ah who's that girl in your dreams with you?
You dream too much. It's going to end bad"
E
G
You'll stumble going through life the way that you do
E
G
I hope I'm somewhere else the day that you do
A
The way that you do
She had a chassis like an XJS
A skull necklace like a high priestess
I thought maybe just one caress
Em C D
She said "You dream too much.
Em
C
F
D
You're dreaming now while I'm talking to you.
Em C D
A
G
You dream too much. It's going to end bad. Oh it's going to end bad"
<solo>
E G E G A
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All my life I've been like this
I start thinking of the perfect kiss
Velvet dream on an iron fist
Em
C D
She said "You dream too much.
Em C
F
D
Even this isn't really true.
Em
C D
A
G
You dream too much. It's going to end bad. Oh it's going to end bad.
Am Bm
G
Ah it's going to end bad. It's going to end bad"
Em (fill fade)
06 - Why Must I Plead
(Rumor and Sigh (1991), Celtschmerz: Live UK ’98 (1998))
KEY – Dm
F
All your bitterness and lies
Sting like tears in my eyes
And a thousand love-sick tunes
Bb (sus4)
Won't wash away the wounds from my mind
Gm
C
You've been seen around, you're a new sensation
Gm
C
You got a better deal, and you took his invitation
Gm
C
You've been sitting on his lap and taking his dictation
F
Bb C
Oh but mercy,
we used to love all day and drive all night
F
Bb C
Oh mercy,
jealousy used to whet your appetite
F
Bb C
Oh mercy,
we were low as dogs and high as kites
Dm
Bb
C
Why must I plead with you darling
Dm
Bb
C
Why must I plead with you darling
Dm
Bb
C
Why must I plead with you darling
F
For what's already mine
<bridge>
F Bb F Bb
Well my friends are indiscreet
And I sing myself to sleep
I don't mind the red wine
Or the pick-up line as long as it's cheap
Oh I ask you what's what and you say I'm all yours
I ask who your friend is and you say it's Santa Claus
I ask you to come home, you say you're tired of being indoors
F
Bb C
Oh but mercy,
you know you signed on that dotted line
F
Bb C
Oh mercy,
you signed yours and I signed mine
F
Bb C
Oh mercy,
you said forever till the end of time
Dm
C
Bb C
Oh why must I plead with you darling
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Dm
C
Bb C
Why must I plead with you darling
Dm
C
Bb
C
Oh why must I plead with you darling
Dm Bb
For what's already mine
F
Am
Bb
C
I said why must I plead with you darling
F
For what's already mine
F Bb F Bb Gm C Dm Bb C
F Am Bb
{repeat till fade)
07 - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
(Rumor and Sigh (1991), Two Letter Words: Live 1994 (1996), Action Packed (2001), "RT" Disc 2 - Finding Better Words (2006))
KEY – Bb
NOTES – Chords only I’m afraid !!
<intro over twiddly bits !!>
Bb
Bb
D#
Oh says Red Molly to James "That's a fine motorbike.
Bb
A girl could feel special on any such like"
D#
Says James to Red Molly "My hat's off to you
Bb
It's a Vincent Black Lightning, 1952.
F
D#
Bb
And I've seen you at the corners and cafes it seems
F
D#
Bb
Red hair and black leather, my favourite colour scheme"
Cm
D#
Bb
And he pulled her on behind and down to Boxhill they did ride
Oh says James to Red Molly "Here's a ring for your right hand
But I'll tell you in earnest I'm a dangerous man.
For I've fought with the law since I was seventeen,
I robbed many a man to get my Vincent machine.
Now I'm 21 years, I might make 22
And I don't mind dying, but for the love of you.
And if fate should break my stride
Then I'll give you my Vincent to ride"
<solo>
Bb D# Bb
Bb D# Bb
"Come down, come down, Red Molly" called Sergeant McRae
"For they've taken young James Adie for armed robbery.
Shotgun blast hit his chest, left nothing inside.
Oh come down, Red Molly to his dying bedside"
When she came to the hospital, there wasn't much left
He was running out of road, he was running out of breath
But he smiled to see her cry
He said "I'll give you my Vincent to ride"
Says James "In my opinion, there's nothing in this world
Beats a 52 Vincent and a red headed girl.
Now Nortons and Indians and Greeves won't do,
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Ah, they don't have a soul like a Vincent 52"
Oh he reached for her hand and he slipped her the keys
Said "I've got no further use for these.
I see angels on Ariels in leather and chrome,
Swooping down from heaven to carry me home"
And he gave her one last kiss and died
And he gave her his Vincent to ride.
08 - Backlash Love Affair
(Rumor and Sigh (1991))
KEY – Bm
<intro>
Bm G E
Bm
D
A
E
A
E
An iron maiden stole my heart away, O black day
Bm
D
A
E
A
E
Her siren songs seemed to call to me, O destiny
G
D
G
D
She spat her thrash metal lyrics right into my mind
G
D
G
D
The stage thundered and the smoke bombs made me blind
G
D
G
D
E
She sang "Hello liebchen, wollen-sie ein jig-a-jig-a, nein?"
Bm
Bm
A
She said "Left, right, right, left. Come on Joe don't be slow.
Bm
Bm
A
Up, down, down, up. Come on Joe, time to go.
Bm
Bm
A
In, out, out, in. Do it if you love me Joe"
G Bm
D
A
G Bm D
A
I know it's art for art's sake but how much more can I take?
G
Bm
D
A
Bm
What's my share of this backlash love affair?
<bridge>
Bm
Her hair extension's down to her knees, what a tease
She got tattoos everywhere you look, she's a comic book
Why she goes for my type I'll never understand
She's so demure when we promenade hand in hand
And when we get back home she let's me know that she's in command
She said "Left, right, right, left. Come on Joe don't be slow.
Up, down, down, up. Come on Joe, it's time to go.
In, out, out, in. Do it if you love me Joe"
I know it's art for art's sake but how much more can I take?
What's my share of this backlash love affair?
<solo>
Bm (x)
G Bm D A (x3)
Bm
G
D
G
D
Those iron maidens, cool as a marble slab
G
D
G
D
They wrap around you and the cold knives cut and stab
G
D
G
D
E
I can't live my life as someone else's shish kebab
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She said "Left, right, right, left. Come on Joe don't be slow.
Up, down, down, up. Come on Joe, it's time to go.
In, out, out, in. Do it if you love me Joe"
I know it's art for art's sake but how much more can I take?
What's my share of this backlash love affair?
Bm G E
09 - Mystery Wind
(Rumor and Sigh (1991))
KEY – Dm
Dm
Mystery wind, blowing tonight
Driving rain, close up tight
C
Don't leave a crack for the rain to get in
Bb
Dm
Don't leave a hole for the mystery wind
From some other time, and some other place
Mystery wind make a fool say grace
Lord above how great thou art
Mystery wind blowing right through your heart
Ah, whistling down from out of this world
Take an honest man away from his girl
Stir up trouble in a married man's bed
Make you say things better left unsaid
The mystery wind, the mystery wind
Gm
It's a cruel wind, screams and moans
Don't know where from, don't know where it goes
Rustling the leaves around your door
C
Dm
Cold, cold fingers through the cracks in the floor
The mystery wind
<solo>
Dm
Ah can't you smell it? You can almost feel it
Mystery wind, you just can't see it
Foul your water and steal your bread
Wake up things better left for dead
Mystery wind, are you strong enough
To fight for your right when the time get's tough?
Plague and hunger and burning rain
Too many good men blown away by the mystery wind
The mystery wind
It's a cruel wind, screams and moans
Don't know where from, don't know where it goes
Rustling the leaves around your door
Cold, cold fingers through the cracks in the floor
The mystery wind
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<solo>
Dm
Ah mystery wind, blowing tonight
Driving rain, close up tight
Don't leave a crack for the rain to get in
And don't leave a hole for the mystery wind
The mystery wind
<solo till fade>
Gm Dm
10 - Don't Sit On My Jimmy Shands
(Rumor and Sigh (1991), "RT" Disc 1 - Walking the Long Miles Home (2006))
KEY – F
<intro>
F G C
G
When the party hit full swing
C
I saw you come reeling in
G
C
You had that six-pack in a stranglehold
G
Now you stagger, now you sway
C
Why don't you fall the other way
F
G
C
'Cause I've got something here worth more than gold
F
I said "Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands
C
Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands
G
C
They don't mend with sticky tape and glue
F
Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands
C
Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands
F
G
C
And that's my very best advice to you"
Call me precious, I don't mind
78s are hard to find
You just can't get the shellac since the war
This one's the Beltona brand
Finest label in the land
They don't make them like that anymore
I said "Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands
Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands
Unless you want to wind up black and blue
Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands
Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands
And that's my very best advice to you"
<bridge>
G C D G (x4)
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Darling though you're twice my size
I don't mean to patronize
Honey let me lead you by the hand
Find a lap or find a chair
You can park it anywhere
Just don't rest your cheeks against my man
I said "Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands
Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands
They don't mend with sticky tape and glue
Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands
Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands
And that's my very best advice to you"
No shindig is half complete
Without that famous polka beat
That's why they invite me, I suppose
Waltzes, strathspeys, eights, some reels
Now you know how good it feels
Crank that handle babe, away she goes
I said "Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands
Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands
Unless you want to wind up black and blue"
I said "Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands
Don't sit on my Jimmy Shands
That's my very best advice to you"
<merges to Scottish tune>
G C (x4)
<repeat till fade>
G D
11 - Keep Your Distance
(Rumor and Sigh (1991), Watching The Dark (1993), Watching the Dark – Disc B (1993), Celtschmerz: Live UK ’98 (1998), Action
Packed (2001))
KEY – E
<intro>
E B A B E
E
A
If I cross your path again, who knows where, who knows when
E
A
On some morning without number, on some highway without end
E
A
Don't grasp my hand and say "Fate has brought you here today"
E
B
A
B E
Oh fate is only fooling with us, friend
A
E
Keep your distance, oh keep your distance
C#m
B
A
B
When I feel you close to me what can I do but fall
A
E
A
Keep your distance, keep your distance
E
B
A B E
Ah with us it must be all or none at all
<bridge>
E B A B E
It's a desperate game we play, throw our souls, our lives, away
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Wounds that can't be mended and debts that can't be paid
O I played and I got stung now I'm biting back my tongue
I'm sweeping out the footprints where I strayed
Keep your distance, keep your distance
When I feel you close to me what can I do but fall
Keep your distance, oh keep your distance
With us it must be all or none at all
<solo>
E A E A
E A E B A B E
A
E
Keep your distance, oh keep your distance
C#m
B
A
B
When I feel you close to me what can I do but fall
A
E
A
Keep your distance, keep your distance
E
B
A B E A
With us it must be all or none at all
E
B
A B E A
With us it must be all or none at all
E
B
A B A E
With us it must be all or none at all
12 - Mother Knows Best
(Rumor and Sigh (1991))
KEY – F
G
F
So you think you know how to wipe your own nose
G
F
You think you know how to button your clothes
C
F
G
You don't know shit if you hadn't already guessed
C
D
G
You're just a bump on the log of life, 'cause mother knows best
She tells everybody she was born in a ditch
She back-combs her hair 'till she looks like a witch
Wolves in her train, serpents suckle at her breast
Don't forget to wash behind your ears, 'cause mother knows best
<solo>
G F G F C F G C D G
O you lost your job, well ain't that a shame
You got nobody but yourself to blame
You deserve everything you get for such a carelessness
And don't eat your peas off the knife, 'cause mother knows best
So your baby's hungry, so your baby's sick
Don't make babies, that'll do the trick
Put another string of barbed wire in your little love nest
It's better than a cardboard box, 'cause mother knows best
<solo>
G F G F C F G C D G
She got a zombie army to serve her well
She got a thousand bloodhounds from the gates of hell
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She got a hundred black horses with sulphur and coal on their breath
And she rides the unbelievers down, mother knows best
She says "Bring me your first-born, and I'll suck their blood
Bring me your poor, I can trample in the mud
Bring me your missionaries, I can put out their eyes
And bring me your scholars, I'll have them all lobotomised,
'Cause mother knows best
<solo till fade>
G F G F C F G C D G
13 - God Loves A Drunk
(Rumor and Sigh (1991), "RT" Disc 4 - Songs Pour Down Like Silver (2006))
KEY - F#m
F#m A
E
F#m
Will there be any bartenders up there in heaven?
D
C#m
A
B
Will the pubs never close? Will the glass never drain?
F#m
A
E
F#m
No more DTs and no shakes and no horrors
E
D
A
B
The very next morning, you feel right as rain
G#m
D#m G#m
D#m
'Cause God loves a drunk, lowest of men
E
B
C#
D#
Like the dogs in the street and the pigs in the pen
E
F#m
But a drunk's only trying to get free of his body
E
F#m
And soar like an eagle high up there in heaven
E
F#m
His shouts and his curses they are just hymns and praises
G#m
F#’
E
To kick-start his mind now and then
G#m
C#
Em
O God loves a drunk, come raise up your glasses, amen
Does God really care for your life in the suburbs?
Your dull little life full of dull little things
And bring up the babies to be just like daddy
And maybe I'll be there when he gives out the wings
But God loves a drunk, although he's a fool
Oh he wets in his pants and he falls off his stool
And he can't hear the insults, and whispers go by him
As he leans in the doorway and he sings sally racket
He can't feel the cold rain beat down on his body
And soak through his clothes to the skin
O God loves a drunk, come raise up your glasses, amen
Will there be any pen-pushers up there in heaven?
Does crawling and wage-slaving win you God's love?
I pity you worms with your semis and pensions
If you think that'll get you to the kingdom above
Oh God loves a drunk, although he's a clown
Oh you can't help but laugh as he gags and falls down
But he don't give a curse for what people think of him
He screams at his demons alone in the darkness
He's staying alive for just one more pint bottle
Won't you throw him a few pennies, friend?
Ah God loves a drunk, for ever and ever, amen
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14 - Psycho Street
{Rumor and Sigh (1991))
KEY - ?
NOTES – Help  !!
A man sits down to write a letter, but instead he writes a book
The book begins Dear Sir, I don't if you're interested but you're wife is a whore
A man gets on a train and proceeds to take all his clothes off
He begins to play with himself, and he says
"In my country, this is definitely not offensive"
A man pours petrol through his neighbour's letterbox
And throws in a match
The house is engulfed in flames
As the neighbours jump from the upstairs window
He films the whole thing on video
He plays it back to them later in hospital
"Things have been pretty dull at home without you" he says
A man pushes a lawn mower two hundred miles on his knees
To the tomb of the unknown gardener
"Great one" he cries "I've done my penance. I bring my offering.
Grant me, grant me, grant me, pest-free roses"
Psycho Street, friendly people down on Psycho Street
Good neighbours down on Psycho Street
And if you need a hand, need a friend, we understand
And if you need a pal, we'll be there, anyhow
Psycho Street, Psycho Street, Psycho Street
A man stakes his neighbour's cat to the barbecue and turns on the gas
"Now are you going to talk" he says
"Or am I going to have to get nasty?"
A man has an inflatable doll made
That looks exactly like his wife
He murders his wife, dissolves her body in acid
And marries the doll
Three years later, he leaves her for another doll
A man hands his son a brick and says
"Son, throw this brick through the greenhouse next door"
The boy does
The boy next door throws one back
It hits the man on the head and mortally wounds him
"Ah well" he says, as his life blood trickles away
"Boys will be boys"
A thoughtful woman sends her best friend a parcel
Inside, it says, is a free sample, full body beauty treatment
But really it contains acids and chemicals
When her friend tries it, her hair falls out,
Her face is wrinkled and her body scarred
The thoughtful woman turns to her husband and winks
And says "Pre-emptive strike"
Psycho Street, friendly people down on Psycho Street
Good neighbours down on Psycho Street
If you need a hand, need a friend, we understand
And if you need a pal, we'll be there, anyhow
Oh Psycho Street, Psycho Street, Psycho Street
Psycho Street, Psycho Street, Psycho Street
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YOU ? ME ? US ? NUDE
01 - Baby Don't Know What To Do With Herself
(you? me? us? (1996))
KEY – Em
<intro>
Em Bm Em Am (x2)
Em
D
Em
Oh baby, she don't know what to do with herself
Em
D
Em
Oh baby, she don't know what to do with herself
G
She might wipe her tears on a rusty nail
D
Am
Rest her cheek on a cold steel rail
Em
D
Em
Oh baby, she don't know what to do with herself
<bridge>
Em
Oh baby, she don't know what to do with herself
I said baby, she don't know what to do with herself
When trouble comes down, it comes in threes
Catches her breath and she falls to her knees
Oh baby, she don't know what to do with herself
Em Bm Em Am
And I gaze on, gaze on
Em Bm Em Am
And I gaze on, gaze on
<solo>
Em
Ah baby, she don't know what to do with herself
Oh baby, she don't know what to do with herself
She presses her lips on the window pane
Cries "God in heaven" again and again
Oh baby, she don't know what to do with herself
And I gaze on, gaze on
And I gaze on, gaze on
And I gaze on, gaze on
02 - She Cut Off Her Long Silken Hair
(you? me? us? (1996))
KEY – E
NOTES – This song has lots of bass note incidentals ... which I can’t play !
E
Midnight in her room
E/G#
A
E
There was music and incense and mirrors all round
C#m
By the light of the moon
F#m
B
Her silver dress slipped to the ground
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E
Then she knelt like St Joan
E/G#
A
E
And invisible armies attended her there
C#m
And her knife brightly shone
F#m
B
E
Esus4
As she cut off her long silken hair
E
G#m
C#m
Trapped, I suppose
G#m
D#
F#m
Lied for my sake
G# G#7
Crushed like the rose
C#m
F#m
A
B
That somebody picked by mistake
Oh I knew it would come
I knew she would leave me for some better start
Oh I knew it would come
She was too well rehearsed in her part
And I measured my life
And my heart fairly broke with the sorrow and care
As she took down the knife
And she cut off her long silken hair
G#m C#m
G#m D# F#m G#
C#m F#m A B
<bridge>
Oh there's some who believe
Oh there's some who believe there are reasons to lie
And there's some who deceive
And the truth is right there in their eyes
Oh but I don't see why
In all of my life I've seen nothing so fair
And I don't see why
She cut off her long silken hair
C
E
I don't see why
C
E
I don't see why
03 - Hide It Away
(you? me? us? (1996))
KEY - E
B
D
I sigh when people pass by and I hide it away
B
D
I wipe a tear from my eye and I hide it away
E
When I need you the most
C#
I hold the ghost of you inside
F#m E
F#m E
So I keep the flame, and go on my way
F#m E
F#m E
B
Laugh at the game and I hide it away
F#m E
B
Hi-----de it away
F#m E
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Hi-----de it away
I break down in the street and I hide it away
Can't speak, can't move my feet and I hide it away
I smile through the mask of my face
But deep and wide is the hurt inside
So I live to love some other day
Laugh at the game and I hide it away
Hide it away
Hide it away
<solo>
F#m E B (x4)
B
E
When I need you the most
I hold the ghost of you inside
So I keep the flame, and go on my way
Laugh at the game and I hide it away
Hide it away
Hide it away
Hide it away
04 - Burns Supper
(you? me? us? (1996))
KEY – D
<intro>
D G (x2)
D
G
Oh you speak the words locked in my breast
D
Bm
G
But it's late for me, let an old man rest
D
G
One more black and tan on the barricade
D
A
G
D
To keep me safe from loving
Bm
G
D
G
When I close my eyes, close my eyes
F#m Am
Em
A
To the cold flame of the Northern Lights
Bm
G
D
G
When I close my eyes, close my eyes
F#m
G
E A
D
And I see you still in the shuttered night
What a new-found friend is honesty
To see ourselves as others see
To see the shy boy inside the man
Is that all I am? Just starved of loving
When I close my eyes, I close my eyes
To the cold flame of the Northern Lights
When I close my eyes, close my eyes
And I see you still in the shuttered night
05 - Train Don't Leave
(you? me? us? (1996))
KEY – F
G
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She's sitting on the train, the train's gonna to leave
Bags in her hand, tears on her sleeve
Banging on the window with all of my might
But she won't look to the left or the right
G
F
We had a fight and it wasn't pretty
G
F
Now she's leaving, ain't it a pity
G
F
Going to wait tables, down in the city
Hold that red light one more minute
D
6:18's got my baby in it
G
Train don't leave, heart don't break
Train don't leave, heart don't break
Mister guard, get out of that van
Wave that flag, I'm a lonely man
Mister driver, hand off the throttle
Or I'll shoot my luck, lose my bottle
One more minute, I can talk her right 'round
Get her size sixes back on the ground
Train whistle is a lonely sound
I didn't mean the things I told you
Empty arms waiting to hold you
Train don't leave, heart don't break
Train don't leave, heart don't break
<bridge>
G
She's getting off the train, she'd mad and sore
She pokes at my nose with the old southpaw
Swings and misses, turns right 'round
I catch her in time and we fall to the ground
She's got tears but she's laughing as well
We kiss like fools, you never can tell
How a little minute can cast its spell
We never want to see this station again
It's a sad old place for lonely men
Train, train, get down the track
Hell, you can leave and never come back
06 - Cold Kisses
(you? me? us? (1996), Action Packed (2001))
KEY – Am
<intro>
Am
Am
Here I am in your room going through your stuff
C/B C
G
Am
Said you'd be gone five minutes, that's time enough
Am
Here in your drawer there's lacy things
C/B
C
G
Am
Old credit cards and beads and bangles and rings
Dm
C
Well I think I've found what I'm looking for
Dm
C
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Hidden away at the back of the drawer
C
C/B
Am
Here's the life that you led before
<bridge>
Am
Am
Old photographs of the life you led
C/B
C G
Am
Arm in arm with Mr X Y and Z
Am
Old boyfriends big and small
C/B C
G
Am
Got to see how I measure up to them all
Em
D
C
There is a place we all must start, love
Em
D C
Am
Who were you holding in that fond embrace
Em
D
C
I've found a door into your heart, love
Am G
F
Am
And do you still feel the warmth of cold kisses
Am
Here I am behind enemy lines
C/B C G
Am
Looking for secrets, looking for signs
Am
Old boyfriends big and small
C/B C
G
Am
Got to see how I measure up to them all
Dm
C
This one's handsome, not too bright
Dm
C
This one's clever with his hands alright
C
C/B
Am
Tougher than me if it came to a fight
Dm
C
And this one's a poet, a bit of a wet
Dm
C
Bit of a gypsy, a bit of a threat
C
C/B
Am
I wonder if she's got over him yet
Em
D C
Old passions frozen in the second
Em
D
C Am
Who were you holding in that fond embrace
Em
D C
Hearts have a past that must be reckoned
Am G
F
Am
And do you still feel the warmth of cold kisses
<solo>
Am
Time to put the past away
C/B
C
G Am
That's your footstep in the street I'd say
Am
Tie the ribbon back around it
C/B
G
Am
Everything just the way I found it
Dm
C
And I can hear you turn the key
Dm
C
And my head's buried when you see me
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C
C/B Am
In a Margaret Miller mystery
Am G
F
Am
And do you still feel the warmth of cold kisses
Am G
F
Am
Do you still feel the warmth of cold kisses
Am
07 - Sam Jones
(you? me? us? (1996))
KEY – Bm
<intro>
Bm
Bm
Me name is Sam Jones and it's bones me occupation
D
Chuck your old hocks out for my consideration
Bm
Thirty years a bone man, up and down the nation
D
A
Bm
Sam Jones deliver them bones
I've been among the shamrock and I've been among the thistle
I like it all picked over, clean as a whistle
No sign of meat on, no sign of gristle
Sam Jones deliver them bones
Em
I've seen battlefields white with human ivory
Bm
Noble dukes and princes stripped of flesh and finery
Em
When the crows have done their job, they say that's the time for me
G
F#
Bm
Sam Jones deliver them bones
And I even dream of bones when I'm lying very ill
Roomsfull of skeletons a-dancing the quadrille
Rows and rows of skulls singing Blueberry Hill
Sam Jones deliver them bones
And if you're unburied, the likes of me will find you
You're no good to worms, but you might become the finest glue
We'll grind you up and spread you out as fertiliser, too
Sam Jones deliver them bones
And I've got a lorry, it's me own boneshaker
Where's there old knuckle joints I'll be the undertaker
I'll come calling 'round just like the butcher and the baker
Sam Jones deliver them bones
Me name is Sam Jones and it's bones me occupation
Chuck your old hocks out for my consideration
Thirty years a bone man, up and down the nation
Sam Jones deliver them bones
Oh, Sam Jones deliver them bones
D
A
G
Bm
Sam Jones deliver them bones
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08 - Razor Dance
(you? me? us? (1996), Celtschmerz: Live UK ’98 (1998), Action Packed (2001), Semi-Detached Mock Tudor (2002), Live in Providence
DVD & EP (2004))
KEY – Em
Em
Bm
After the death of a thousand kisses
Em
Bm
Comes the catacomb of tongues
Em
Bm
Who can spit the meanest venom
Em
Bm
From the poison of their lungs
Cruellest dance is the razor dance
Circle in and circle around
He said, she said, she said, he said
Thrill to put the other one down
The razor dance, the razor dance
F# B
F#
B
This time, gone too far
F# B
G#
C#
This time, can't heal the scar
D
E
Bm
I want to break out of this spin
D
E
Bm
But gravity's pulling me in
F# G
F#
The razor dance, the razor dance
What flies straighter than an arrow
What cuts deeper than a lance
Your wit may shine on the withering line
Cruellest dance is the razor dance
The razor dance, the razor dance
F#
B
F# B
Blood boils, tears burn
F#
B
G# C#
Some people never learn
D
E
Bm
If time could crawl back in its shell
D
E
Bm
And mischievous tongues could untell
D
E
G
But that's not the meaning of Hell
D
C#
B
G
Take your partners for the razor dance
D
C#
B
G
Take your partners for the razor dance
D
C#
B
G
Take your partners for the razor dance
F#
The razor dance
Em Bm
Em
Bm
Em
Bm
The razor dance,
the razor dance
Em
09 - Woods Of Darney
(you? me? us? (1996))
KEY – Cm
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Cm
I found your picture in a corporal's pocket
Bb
His cold fingers still pressed it to his chest
Dm
Sniper's bullet took his eyes and his breath away
G#
Cm
Now he lies out in the forest with the rest
You looked shy in your grandmother's wedding dress
Feet set wide like a farm girl stands
Too young to love and too young to lose
In a cracked picture frame in a dead man's hands
Fm
I kept it with me for the luck, for the magic
Cm
Maybe fate wouldn't strike in the same place twice
Dm
But something stirred and I dared to dream of you
C#
Cm
And I knew I'd look for you if I should survive
When we stood down at last it was easy to find you
And mine was the shoulder you cried on that day
Just an old comrade doing his duty
Bringing the news from the woods of Darney
D#
When I showed you the picture, perhaps I felt jealousy
Bb9
As your tears welled up with each reminisce
Fm
And my hands may be rougher and my tongue may be coarser
Cm
But I knew I could give you a love good as his
<violin solo>
G# Bb G# Bb G#
Fm
Now we lie in the darkness together
Often we lie without speaking this way
As you stare in the dark do you see your young corporal
Who never came back from the woods of Darney
Is it him that you see when we make love together?
Is it him that you see when war fills the sky?
Was he there as you stood in your grandmother's wedding dress
As we made our own vows, you and I?
Now the bugle calls, they say this is the big one
A curse on the life of a soldier, you say
But don't you know that's a soldier's small comfort
For the bugle to sound, and to hear, and obey
And I'll carry your picture, the one that he carried
I'll wear your innocence and take my chance
On a frozen field, in a far-flung war
To win back what we lost in a field in France
And it's many a soldier who goes into battle
Your corporal and I, we just hear and obey
Perhaps we'll lie in the darkness together
With your love to bind us, in the woods of Darney
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G# Bb G# Bb G#
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YOU ? ME ? US ? VOLTAGE ENHANCED
01 - She Steers By Lightning
(you? me? us? (1996)
KEY – G(m??)
NOTES – This G major may be a G minor ! In trying to pick out the melody of this song, RT seems to be using both Bb and A (b3 rd &
3rd in G). Maybe someone else can help out here.
<intro>
G
F
She's telling me she don't need headlights
She's telling me the storm is friendly
She says the volts are inviting
She talks in couplets, she steers by lightning
G
She takes a knife to my seatbelt
She says the brakes need mending
She says my mood needs heightening
She talks in couplets, she steers by lightning
Two angels sitting in the back seat
They're pointing at their watches
I feel eternity biting
She talks in couplets, she steers by lightning
<bridge>
E D (repeat lots)
My Maggie, she's got a loose one
She uses Milton as a road map
My Maggie, she is a bright thing
She talks in couplets, she steers by lightning
02 - Dark Hand Over My Heart
(you? me? us? (1996))
KEY - D#m
G
F
E
F
Becky loved me and I let her
G
F
E
F
Wish I could have loved her better
G
F#
E
On the day we pulled apart
D#
F
She primed a time-bomb in my heart
G
F
E
F
Now there's a shadow hiding
G
F
E
F
Now there's a horseman riding
G
F# E
Lover of all broken things
D#
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Standing waiting in the wings
F
G#
F
G#
Sometimes I wonder why I love and let it die
F
G#
G
Can't give, can't live just to hold back, hold back
D#
Dm D#
There's a dark hand, there's a dark hand
There's a dark hand over my heart
There's a dark hand, there's a dark hand
There's a dark hand over my heart
You call me fraud and faker
You call me user, taker
You say I throw you scraps
Prove my strength by holding back
But I shine my honour brightly
Swear my allegiance nightly
But through my hands it slips
The same old demons paint their lips
Sometimes I wonder why I love and let it die
I can't give, I can't live just to hold back, hold back
There's a dark hand, there's a dark hand
There's a dark hand over my heart
There's a dark hand, there's a dark hand
There's a dark hand over my heart
There's a dark hand, there's a dark hand
There's a dark hand over my heart
Oh there's a dark hand, there's a dark hand
There's a dark hand over my heart
03 - Hide It Away
(you? me? us? (1996))
KEY - B
B
Bm7
I sigh when people pass by and I hide it away
B
Bm7
I wipe a tear from my eye and I hide it away
E
When I need you the most
C#7
I hold the ghost of you inside
Bm7 E
Bm7 E
So I keep the flame, and go on my way
Bm7 E
Bm7 E
B
Laugh at the game and I hide it away
Bm7 E
B
Hi----de it away
Bm7 E
B
Hi----de it away
I break down in the street and I hide it away
Can't speak, can't move my feet and I hide it away
I smile through the mask of my face
But deep and wide is the hurt inside
So I live to love some other day
Laugh at the game and I hide it away
Hide it away
Hide it away
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<solo>
Bm7 E B (x4)
When I need you the most
I hold the ghost of you inside
So I keep the flame, and go on my way
Laugh at the game and I hide it away
Bm7 E
B
Hi----de it away
Bm7 E
B
Hi----de it away
Bm7 E
B
Hi----de it away
04 - Put It There Pal
(you? me? us? (1996), Live From Austin Tx DVD & CD (2005), "RT" Disc 3 - Shine in the Dark (2006))
KEY – Em
<intro>
Em C (x4)
G
C D
Old friend, it's been so long, and it's been so real
Em
Am
C
D
And if I helped you once it was no big deal
G
C
B
Too bad I can't be there when they call your name
Em
Am
F#
B
They're going to write you down in the hall of fame
Am
You really got what you wanted, I'm thrilled as pie
Am
It really couldn't happen to a nicer guy
B
Em Am
Em Am
Put it there pal, put it there
G
F#m
Em
C
Now and then just throw me a crumb
Em Am
Em Am
Put it there pal, put it there
G
F#m
Em
C
Thanks for the help when I needed it, chum
D
Am
You saw me drowning, you said I was a fake and laughed
D
B
Then you jumped right in and used me for a raft
Em
Am
Em
Am
You shot me down with friendly fire
Em
Am
Em
Am
You were all dressed up to play Gun For Hire
Em
Am
Em
Am
The rope you threw me was made of barbed wire
C
D
B
But put it there pal, put it there pal
Em
Put it there
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I know you mean well, call me a sentimental fool
I know sometimes you've got to be kind to be cruel
When you pat me on the back, that was quite some slap
That kind of compliment, it could kill a chap
So I'll drink your health, oh this emotion's given me a thirst
But maybe I'll have my food-taster drink it first
Put it there pal, put it there
You deserve everything you got coming
Put it there pal, put it there
Call me up if you want to come slumming
Some say you're a rattlesnake in the grass
But I say the sun shines out of your arse
So it's no hard feelings, live and let live
With a gift like yours, you're born to give
You're so full of love it leaks out like a sieve
So put it there pal, put it there pal
<solo>
Am B (repeat till fade)
Put it there
Put it there
Put it there
Put it there, pal
Put it there, pal
Put it there, pal
05 - Business On You
(you? me? us? (1996))
KEY – Dm, M8 Bm
<intro>
Am
Am
I got sinister things waiting for you in my rattle bag
Egyptian rings, and the dust of kings, and the tooth of a hag
The bones of Keats, the tongues of cheats, and a mad dog's eye
And I'm going to make you love me and you won't know why
C
G
C
G
I've got all the magic I need, all the magic I need
C
F
I've got all the magic I need
Dm
Am
I'm going to do the business on you
Dm
Am
I'm going to do the business on you
Dm
Am
I'm going to do the business on you
F
G
Am
I've got all the magic I need
(power chords)
E E G C C D
C D C G G A
E E G C C D
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I've got a drop of Elvis' sweat from Caesar's Palace
I've got Virginia McKenna's tears from A Town Like Alice
I've got a hair from the underwear of the Empress Josephine
And I'm going to come for you, darling, in the middle of a dream
I've got all the magic I need, I've got all the magic I need
I've got all the magic I need
I'm going to do the business on you
I'm going to do the business on you
I'm going to do the business on you
I've got all the magic I need
<solo>
Bm D (x2)
Bm G E
I've got war paints, the skulls of saints, don't you want to see 'em
The blood of popes, and Tyburn ropes from the Black Museum
I've got Frederick Delius' finger, Wordsworth's tattoo
And I'm going to love you with everything, and I think you're going to love me too
I've got all the magic I need, all the magic I need
I've got all the magic I need
I'm going to do the business on you
I'm going to do the business on you
I'm going to do the business on you
I've got all the magic I need
06 - No's Not A Word
(you? me? us? (1996))
KEY – F#m, Em at end
<intro>
F#m C F#m Em
F#m
C
I'm going to pretend you like me too
F#m
E
All of my messages come from you
F#m
C
F#m
C
If I keep it up it might even drive you crazy
F#m
C
I'm going to pretend you're my squeeze
F#m
E
Arm in arm on the Champs Elysee
F#m
C
F#m
E
If I keep it up it's the only thing might save me
Dm
Bb
F
All of my life is a ritual dance, a ritual dance around you
A
And the worship hurts to pieces
Dm
Bb
Touch me here, touch me here on the precious jewel
F
I wear in my head for you
A
That only your hand releases
D
C
Let me steal your thunder, won't you
D
C
Let me be your boy wonder, won't you
D
C
Let me thrill you, will you, won't you
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And no's not a word we use around here
No's not a word we use around here
No's not a word we use around here
<bridge>
F#m C F#m Em
I'm going to pretend you're head over heels
Sending me flowers, cooking me meals
If I keep it up it might even drive you crazy
I'm going to pretend we don't even sleep
Bending the bedsprings, dogs on heat
If I keep it up it's the only thing that might save me
You don't need me creeping around, creeping around your door
Like a lovesick labrador
You don't need a bird-brain from the bottom of the food chain
At the Rory O'More
But it's what you'll get for sure
Oh let me steal your thunder, won't you
Let me be your boy wonder, won't you
Let me thrill you, will you, won't you
And no's not a word we use around here
No's not a word we use around here
No's not a word we use around here
Oh no's not a word we use around here
No's not a word we use around here
No's not a word we use around here
I said no's not a word
No's not a word
No's not a word
Em
Bm F#m (repeat till fade)
07 - Am I Wasting My Love On You?
(you? me? us? (1996))
KEY – A
A
(power chords A A F# E F#)
Oh I can't get started, and I'm broken hearted
A
(power chords A A F# E F#)
You smile so sweet but you're fast on your feet
A
(power chords A A F# E F#)
Do you want me to catch you, or just get near?
A
Should I chase you forever? I think I got the idea
D
B
Am I wasting my love on you?
D
B
Am I wasting my love on you?
D
B
Am I wasting my love on you?
G
E
Must be better things I can do
Oh I went to a party, you were standing there
You looked so retiring with that fruit in your hair
I said "What gives?" and you said "I do"
And that was the last sense I ever got from you
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Am I wasting my love on you?
Am I wasting my love on you?
Am I wasting my love on you?
Must be better things I can do
A
G
A
G A
G
D
Well I'm wasting my love, wasting my love, wasting my love on you
A
G
A
G A
G
D
Wasting my love, wasting my love, wasting my love on you
<solo>
A
Am I wasting my love on you?
Am I wasting my love on you?
Am I wasting my love on you?
Must be better things I can do
I went to your house, and I drank your tea
We were getting very cosy on Greek philosophy
You chewed on my ear and when I begged for more
You went off to bed, barricaded the door
Am I wasting my love on you?
Am I wasting my love on you?
Am I wasting my love on you?
Must be better things I can do
Than wasting my love, wasting my love, wasting my love on you
Am I wasting my love, wasting my love, wasting my love on you
I'm wasting my love, wasting my love, wasting my love on you
Am I wasting my love, wasting my love, wasting my love on you
A
08 - Bank Vault In Heaven
(you? me? us? (1996), Ducknapped! (2003))
KEY – Dm
Dm
(Am Dm)
Got a bank vault in heaven, got my name on the door
Am Gm
Dm
Every day I get richer,
add a little bit more
Dm
(Am Dm)
Come you tellers and lenders and lend me some more
Am
Gm
Dm
Got a bank vault in heaven
and it's mine for evermore
F C Dm
And the angels sing "Fly, fly, fly"
F C Dm
The angels sing "Fly, fly, fly"
F
C
Gm
Fly from the darkness that covers you all
F
C
Gm
Bb
C Dm
Fly to the sky where the only wall is infinity, infinity
<solo>
Dm (Am Dm) Am Gm Dm
Going to shine down from heaven right into your room
Take the minds of your children right off to the moon
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Every mud hut and igloo, every penthouse and farm
I'll shine down from heaven and I'll do my snake-charm
And the angels say "Sing, sing, sing", "Sing, sing, sing"
Oh the whole world is singing the same happy tune
Something so low even hound dogs can croon to insanity, insanity
<solo>
Dm (Am Dm) Am Gm Dm
Dm (Am Dm) Am Gm Dm
Oh there's a signpost in heaven, in the firmament blue
You can run to the wastelands, but it points straight at you
I've got a bank vault in heaven, what joy will it bring
All you Punchs and Judys, I'll be pulling your strings
<solo>
Dm (Am Dm) Am Gm Dm (repeat till fade)
09 - The Ghost Of You Walks
(you? me? us? 1996), Action Packed (2001))
KEY – verse E, chorus G#
<intro>
E
E
If that was our goodbye kiss
Seems a habit too good to miss
F#m
E
Once more for the memory
Hit the heights too well that time
To leave it there would be a crime
F#m
E
Seems more like beginning to me
G# C#
D# G#
C#
D#
At least we tried, took the biggest bite
G# C#
D#
Least we did it right
G#
C
With all our souls and all our might
Fm C#
Fm
C#
Blue murder on the dance floor
Fm C#
French kisses in the rain
Fm
C#
Blood wedding in the water
G#
Till I see you again
C# D#
G#
Dutch courage is the game
C# D#
G#
C# D#
G#
And the ghost of you walks, the ghost of you walks
C# D#
E
The ghost of you walks
The ghost of you walks right through my head
Sleepwalks at the foot of my bed
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Sends old shivers over my skin
Love like that, won't let go
It's got some kind of a mind of its own
I can't break out and I can't break in
At least we lived, took it all at a rush
At least we loved too much
Felt too much, cared too much
Blue murder on the dance floor
French kisses in the rain
Blood wedding in the water
Till I see you again
Dutch courage is the game
And the ghost of you walks, the ghost of you walks
The ghost of you walks
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COMPILATION & LIVE ALBUMS
These lists are provided as a cross-reference to the original records where they may be transcribed above. Covers are described as
such and if neither a cover nor on an original recording I have stated that the song is unreleased.
ACTION PACKED
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
Turning Of The Tide..................................................Amnesia 1
Waltzing's For Dreamers ..........................................Amnesia 9
1952 Vincent Black Lightning....................................Rumor & Sigh 7
I Misunderstood ........................................................Rumor & Sigh 3
I Feel So Good..........................................................Rumor & Sigh 2
Keep Your Distance ..................................................Rumor & Sigh 11
King Of Bohemia.......................................................Mirror Blue 6
I Can't Wake Up To Save My Life .............................Mirror Blue 2
Beeswing ..................................................................Mirror Blue 10
The Ghost Of You Walks ..........................................You ? Me ? Us ? Voltage Enhance 10
Razor Dance .............................................................You ? Me ? Us ? Nude 8
Cold Kisses ............................................................... You ? Me ? Us ? Nude 6
Bathsheba Smiles .....................................................Mock Tudor 3
Cooksferry Queen.....................................................Mock Tudor 1
Uninhabited Man.......................................................Mock Tudor 7
Walking The Long Miles Home .................................Mock Tudor 9
Persuasion (vocal) ....................................................Sweet Talker 2
Mr Rebound .............................................................. Mock Tudor 14
Fully Qualified To Be Your Man ................................ Mock Tudor 13
CELTSCHMERZ: LIVE UK ’98
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Turning Of The Tide..................................................Amnesia 1
How Will I Ever Be Simple Again .............................. Daring Adventures 11
Why Must I Plead......................................................Rumor & Sigh 6
The Poor Ditching Boy ..............................................Henry The Human Fly 3
When The Spell Is Broken ........................................Across A Crowded Room 1
Last Shift ...................................................................Industry 11
Pharaoh ....................................................................Amnesia 10
Keep Your Distance ..................................................Rumor & Sigh 11
Walking On A Wire ...................................................Shoot Out The Lights 2
A Heart Needs A Home ............................................Hokey Pokey 9
She May Call You Up Tonight...................................(Steve Martin-Caro/Michael Brown song)
Persuasion (vocal) ....................................................Sweet Talker 2
Razor Dance .............................................................You ? Me ? Us ? Nude 8
Beat the Retreat........................................................Pour Down Like Silver 6
Wall Of Death ...........................................................Shoot Out The Lights 8
Tear Stained Letter ...................................................Hand Of Kindness 1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Gethsemane .............................................................Old Kit Bag 1
Pearly Jim .................................................................Old Kit Bag 9
Outside of the Inside .................................................Old Kit Bag 11
Missie How You Let Me Down ..................................Daring Adventures 3
A Love You Can't Survive .........................................Old Kit Bag 4
One Door Opens.......................................................Old Kit Bag 5
I’ll Tag Along .............................................................Old Kit Bag 3
Bank Vault In Heaven ...............................................You ? Me ? Us ? Voltage Enhanced 9
She Said It Was Destiny ...........................................Old Kit Bag 7
I Misunderstood ........................................................Rumor & Sigh 3
Valerie ......................................................................Daring Adventures 2
Can't Win ..................................................................Amnesia 8
Jealous Words ..........................................................Old Kit Bag 2
Word Unspoken, Sight Unseen.................................Old Kit Bag 10
DUCKNAPPED (Live)
FAITHLESS (Live)
1
2
3
Fire In The Engine Room ..........................................Across A Crowded Room 6
Nearly In Love...........................................................Daring Adventures 7
Did She Jump Or Was She Pushed..........................Shoot Out The Lights 7
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5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
You Don't Say ...........................................................Across A Crowded Room 2
For Shame Of Doing Wrong .....................................Pour Down Like Silver 2
Little Blue Number ....................................................Across A Crowded Room 8
How I Wanted To ......................................................Hand Of Kindness 2
I Ain't Going To Drag My Feet No More ....................Across A Crowded Room 3
Shoot Out The Lights ................................................Shoot Out The Lights 5
She Twists The Knife Again ......................................Across A Crowded Room 9
Love In A Faithless Country ......................................Across A Crowded Room 10
Wall Of Death ...........................................................Shoot Out The Lights 8
Tear Stained Letter ...................................................Hand Of Kindness 1
Withered And Died....................................................I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight 3
Skull and Cross Bones .............................................(Barbara Morgan song)
LIVE AT CRAWLEY 1993 (Live)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Easy There, Steady Now ..........................................Mirror Blue 5
Mingus Eyes .............................................................Mirror Blue 8
Two Left Feet ............................................................Hand Of Kindness 9
Ghosts In The Wind ..................................................Across A Crowded Room 5
I Feel So Good..........................................................Rumor & Sigh 2
Taking My Business Elsewhere ................................ Mirror Blue 13
Valerie ......................................................................Daring Adventures 2
Al Bowlly's In Heaven ...............................................Daring Adventures 12
MGB-GT ...................................................................Mirror Blue 3
I Misunderstood ........................................................Rumor & Sigh 3
Don't Roll Those Bloodshot Eyes At Me ...................(Ruth Hall/Hank Penny song)
LIVE FROM AUSTIN TX (Live)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
16
Cooksferry Queen.....................................................Mock Tudor 1
Uninhabited Man.......................................................Mock Tudor 7
Walking The Long Miles Home .................................Mock Tudor 9
Al Bowlly's In Heaven ...............................................Daring Adventures 12
Mingus Eyes .............................................................Mirror Blue 8
Dry My Tears And Move On .....................................Mock Tudor 8
Easy There, Steady Now ..........................................Mirror Blue 5
Persuasion (vocal) ....................................................Sweet Talker 2
Bathsheba Smiles .....................................................Mock Tudor 3
Mr Rebound .............................................................. Mock Tudor 14
Ghosts In The Wind ..................................................Across A Crowded Room 5
She Twists The Knife Again ......................................Across A Crowded Room 9
Shoot Out The Lights ................................................Shoot Out The Lights 5
Crawl Back (Under My Stone) ..................................Mock Tudor 6
Put It There Pal .........................................................Rumor & Sigh 7
LIVE IN PROVIDENCE DVD & EP
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
11
12
13
Tear Stained Letter ...................................................Hand Of Kindness 1
Gethsemane .............................................................Old Kit Bag 1
Outside of the Inside .................................................Old Kit Bag 11
Razor Dance .............................................................You ? Me ? Us ? Nude 8
Al Bowlly's In Heaven ...............................................Daring Adventures 12
One Door Opens.......................................................Old Kit Bag 5
Walking On A Wire ...................................................Shoot Out The Lights 2
Shoot Out The Lights ................................................Shoot Out The Lights 5
Can't Win ..................................................................Amnesia 8
Crawl Back (Under My Stone) ..................................Mock Tudor 6
A Man In Need ..........................................................Shoot Out The Lights 3
Jealous Words ..........................................................Old Kit Bag 2
MORE GUITAR (Live)
1
Don't Tempt Me ........................................................Amnesia 6
2
Can't Win ..................................................................Amnesia 8
3
Jennie .......................................................................Daring Adventures 8
4
Gypsy Love Songs....................................................Amnesia 2
5
The Angels Took My Racehorse Away .....................Henry The Human Fly 5
6
When The Spell Is Broken ........................................Across A Crowded Room 1
7
Shoot Out The Lights ................................................Shoot Out The Lights 5
8
I Still Dream .............................................................. Amnesia 5
9
Here Without You .....................................................(Jean Clark song)
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11
12
A Bone Through Her Nose .......................................Daring Adventures 1
We Got To Get Out Of This Place ............................(Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil song)
Jerusalem On The Jukebox ......................................Amnesia 4
RT – 1 WALKING THE LONG MILES HOME
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Now That I Am Dead ................................................Invisible Means 15
Genesis Hall .............................................................Unhalfbricking 1
Josef Locke............................................................... (unreleased)
Willy O' Winsbury ......................................................(unreleased)
Don't Sit On My Jimmy Shands ................................ Rumor & Sigh 10
Nobody’s Wedding....................................................Henry The Human Fly 2
Madonna's Wedding .................................................(unreleased)
Walking The Long Miles Home .................................Mock Tudor 9
Withered And Died....................................................I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight 3
Beat the Retreat........................................................Pour Down Like Silver 6
The Great Valerio .....................................................I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight 10
Walking On A Wire ...................................................Shoot Out The Lights 2
Never Again .............................................................. Hokey Pokey 5
The End of the Rainbow ...........................................I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight 9
King Of Bohemia.......................................................Mirror Blue 6
Killerman Gold Posse ...............................................Live, Love, Larf & Loaf 2
Lotteryland ................................................................ Industry 4
Now Be Thankful ......................................................Full House 9
Shoot Out The Lights ................................................Shoot Out The Lights 5
Outside of the Inside .................................................Old Kit Bag 11
RT – 2 FINDING BETTER WORDS
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
I Feel So Good..........................................................Rumor & Sigh 2
Push and Shove .......................................................(unreleased)
Time To Ring Some Changes...................................(unreleased)
Cooksferry Queen.....................................................Mock Tudor 1
Waltzing's For Dreamers ..........................................Amnesia 9
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight ..................I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight 4
I Misunderstood ........................................................Rumor & Sigh 3
Meet On The Ledge ..................................................What We Did On Our Holidays 11
Down Where The Drunkards Roll .............................I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight 5
Gethsemane .............................................................Old Kit Bag 1
Tear Stained Letter ...................................................Hand of Kindness 1
Wall Of Death ...........................................................Shoot Out The Lights 8
1952 Vincent Black Lightning....................................Rumor & Sigh 7
From Galway To Graceland ......................................(unreleased)
Crazy Man Michael ...................................................Liege & Lief 8
Dimming Of The Day ................................................Pour Down Like Silver 8
Beeswing ..................................................................Mirror Blue 10
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Valerie ......................................................................Daring Adventures 2
Don't Let a Thief Steal Into Your Heart .....................First Light 3
Ghosts In The Wind ..................................................Across A Crowded Room 5
Crash The Party........................................................(unreleased)
For Shame Of Doing Wrong .....................................Pour Down Like Silver 2
The Calvary Cross ....................................................I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight 2
Sloth .........................................................................Full House 4
Night Comes In .........................................................Pour Down Like Silver 4
Drowned Dog Black Night .........................................Live, Love, Larf & Loaf 5
Put It There Pal .........................................................You?Me?Us? Voltage Enhanced 4
Morris Medley/Flying Saucers (live) ..........................(unreleased)
RT – 3 SHINE IN THE DARK
RT – 4 SONGS POUR DOWN LIKE SILVER
1
Substitute ..................................................................(Who song)
2
Tempted ...................................................................(Squeeze song)
3
Hamlet (Dog Eat Dog in Denmark) ...........................(Betty Hutton song)
4
Oops! I Did It Again ...................................................(Britney Spears song)
5
Ça Plane pour Moi ....................................................(Plastic Bertand song)
6
Why Don't Women Like Me? ....................................(George Formby song)
7
Time Has Told Me ....................................................(Nick Drake song)
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9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
20
21
22
Shenandoah .............................................................(traditional)
Danny Boy ................................................................ (traditional)
Move It ......................................................................(Cliff Richard song)
Willie & Hand Jive/Not Fade Away ...........................(Johnny Otis & The Crickets song)
Loch Lomond ............................................................(traditional)
Job of Journeywork ...................................................(unreleased)
Napoleon's Dream ....................................................(traditional)
Little Sally Rackett ....................................................(traditional)
God Loves A Drunk ..................................................Rumor & Sigh 13
The Angels Took My Racehorse Away .....................Henry The Human Fly 5
Poseidon ...................................................................(Judith Owen song)
You'll Never Walk Alone ...........................................(Rogers & Hammerstein song)
I Ain't Marching Anymore ..........................................(Phil Ochs song)
The Who Medley (live) ..............................................(Who song)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Albion Sunrise...........................................................(unreleased)
How Many Times ......................................................(unreleased)
Bad News Is All The Wind Can Carry .......................(unreleased)
Mrs Rita ....................................................................(unreleased)
Shady Lies ................................................................ (unreleased)
Lucky in Love ............................................................(unreleased)
Dragging the River ....................................................(unreleased)
Alexander Graham Bell .............................................(unreleased)
Someone Else's Fancy .............................................(unreleased)
Modern Woman ........................................................(unreleased)
Woman Or A Man? ...................................................(unreleased)
My Daddy is a Mummy .............................................(unreleased)
You Got What You Wanted ......................................(unreleased)
In Over Your Head ....................................................(unreleased)
Dear Janet Jackson ..................................................(unreleased)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Cooksferry Queen.....................................................Mock Tudor 1
Sibella .......................................................................Mock Tudor 2
Bathsheba Smiles .....................................................Mock Tudor 3
Two-Faced Love .......................................................Mock Tudor 4
Hard On Me .............................................................. Mock Tudor 5
Jennie .......................................................................Daring Adventures 8
She Twists The Knife Again ......................................Across A Crowded Room 9
Uninhabited Man.......................................................Mock Tudor 7
Walking The Long Miles Home .................................Mock Tudor 9
When The Spell Is Broken ........................................Across A Crowded Room 1
Crawl Back (Under My Stone) ..................................Mock Tudor 6
A Man In Need ..........................................................Shoot Out The Lights 3
Razor Dance .............................................................You ? Me ? Us ? Nude 8
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Time To Ring Some Changes...................................(unreleased)
Beat the Retreat........................................................Pour Down Like Silver 6
Woman Or A Man? ...................................................(unreleased)
A Heart Needs A Home ............................................Hokey Pokey 9
For Shame Of Doing Wrong .....................................Pour Down Like Silver 2
Genesis Hall .............................................................Unhalfbricking 1
Honky Tonk Blues.....................................................(Hank Williams cover)
Small Town Romance...............................................(unreleased)
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight ..................I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight 4
Down Where The Drunkards Roll .............................I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight 5
Love Is Bad For Business .........................................(unreleased)
The Great Valerio .....................................................I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight 10
Don't Let a Thief Steal Into Your Heart .....................First Light 3
Never Again .............................................................. Hokey Pokey 5
How Many Times ......................................................(unreleased)
Roll Over Vaughan Williams (instrumental) ..............Henry The Human Fly 1
Meet On The Ledge ..................................................What We Did On Our Holidays 11
RT – 5 REAL RARITIES
SEMI-DETACHED MOCK TUDOR (Live)
SMALL TOWN ROMANCE (Live)
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Watch Me Go ............................................................(unreleased)
Jack O’Diamonds......................................................Fairport Convention 5
Meet On The Ledge ..................................................What We Did On Our Holidays 11
The Poor Ditching Boy ..............................................Henry The Human Fly 3
Nobody’s Wedding....................................................Henry The Human Fly 2
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight ..................I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight 4
The Great Valerio .....................................................I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight 10
I’ll Regret It All In The Morning..................................Hokey Pokey 2
Hokey Pokey (revised version 2004) ........................Hokey Pokey 1
For Shame Of Doing Wrong .....................................Pour Down Like Silver 2
Banish Misfortune .....................................................Strict Tempo 4
Did She Jump Or Was She Pushed..........................Shoot Out The Lights 7
The Hand Of Kindness .............................................Hand Of Kindness 7
Devonside .................................................................Hand Of Kindness 8
Sibella .......................................................................Mock Tudor 2
She May Call You Up Tonight...................................(Steve Martin-Caro/Michael Brown song)
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I Ride In Your Slipstream ..........................................Mirror Blue 9
From Galway To Graceland ......................................(unreleased)
Easy There, Steady Now ..........................................Mirror Blue 5
Waltzing's For Dreamers ..........................................Amnesia 9
I Can't Wake Up To Save My Life .............................Mirror Blue 2
MGB-GT ...................................................................Mirror Blue 3
The Way That It Shows ............................................Mirror Blue 4
Al Bowlly's In Heaven ...............................................Daring Adventures 12
Now Be Thankful ......................................................Full House 9
Mascara Tears ..........................................................Mirror Blue 12
Tear Stained Letter ...................................................Hand of Kindness 1
Dimming Of The Day ................................................Pour Down Like Silver 8
1952 Vincent Black Lightning....................................Rumor & Sigh 7
Beeswing ..................................................................Mirror Blue 10
Mingus Eyes .............................................................Mirror Blue 8
Killerman Gold Posse ...............................................Live, Love, Larf & Loaf 2
Shoot Out The Lights ................................................Shoot Out The Lights 5
Valerie ......................................................................Daring Adventures 2
Wall Of Death ...........................................................Shoot Out The Lights 8
I Feel So Good..........................................................Rumor & Sigh 2
Hokey Pokey (The Ice Cream Song) ........................Hokey Pokey 1
Ghosts In The Wind ..................................................Across A Crowded Room 5
Back Street Slide ......................................................Shoot Out The Lights 6
Read About Love ......................................................Rumor & Sigh 1
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A Man In Need ..........................................................Shoot Out The Lights 3
Can't Win ..................................................................Amnesia 8
Waltzing's For Dreamers ..........................................Amnesia 9
Crash The Party........................................................(unreleased)
I Still Dream .............................................................. Amnesia 5
Bird In God's Garden/Lost and Found ......................Live, Love, Larf & Loaf 12
Now Be Thankful ......................................................Full House 9
A Sailor's Life ............................................................Unhalfbricking 4
Genesis Hall .............................................................Unhalfbricking 1
The Knife-Edge .........................................................Strict Tempo 12
Walking On A Wire ...................................................Shoot Out The Lights 2
Small Town Romance ..............................................(unreleased)
The Shepherd's March/Maggie Cameron .................(unreleased)
Wall Of Death ...........................................................Shoot Out The Lights 8
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Back Street Slide ......................................................Shoot Out The Lights 6
Strange Affair ............................................................First Light 10
The Wrong Heartbeat ...............................................Hand Of Kindness 6
Borrowed Time .........................................................Sunnyvista 2
From Galway To Graceland ......................................(unreleased)
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Tear Stained Letter ...................................................Hand Of Kindness 1
Keep Your Distance ..................................................Rumor & Sigh 11
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Poor Wee Jockey Clark ............................................(unreleased)
Jet Plane In A Rocking Chair ....................................Pour Down Like Silver 5
Dimming Of The Day ................................................Pour Down Like Silver 8
Old Man Inside A Young Man ...................................Hokey Pokey 7
Never Again .............................................................. Hokey Pokey 5
Hokey Pokey (The Ice Cream Song) ........................Hokey Pokey 1
A Heart Needs A Home ............................................Hokey Pokey 9
Beat the Retreat........................................................Pour Down Like Silver6
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Al Bowlly's In Heaven ...............................................Daring Adventures 12
Walking Through A Wasted Land .............................Across A Crowded Room 7
When The Spell Is Broken ........................................Across A Crowded Room 1
Devonside .................................................................Hand Of Kindness 8
Little Blue Number ....................................................Across A Crowded Room 8
I Ain't Going To Drag My Feet No More ....................Across A Crowded Room 3
Withered And Died....................................................I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight 3
Nobody’s Wedding....................................................Henry The Human Fly 2
The Poor Ditching Boy ..............................................Henry The Human Fly 3
The Great Valerio .....................................................I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight 10
Twisted .....................................................................Henry The Human Fly 12
The Calvary Cross ....................................................I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight 2
Jennie .......................................................................Daring Adventures 8
The Hand Of Kindness .............................................Hand Of Kindness 7
Two Left Feet ............................................................Hand Of Kindness 9
Shoot Out The Lights ................................................Shoot Out The Lights 5
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1952 Vincent Black Lightning ..............................................Rumor & Sigh 7
A Bone Through Her Nose ..................................................Daring Adventures 1
A Love You Can't Survive ....................................................Old Kit Bag 4
A Poisoned Heart And A Twisted Memory ..........................Hand Of Kindness 4
Al Bowlly's In Heaven ..........................................................Daring Adventures 12
Am I Wasting My Love On You? .........................................You?Me?Us? Voltage Enhanced
Baby Don't Know What To Do With Herself.........................You?Me?Us? Nude 1
Baby Talk ............................................................................Daring Adventures 9
Backlash Love Affair ............................................................Rumor & Sigh 8
Bank Vault In Heaven ..........................................................You?Me?Us? Voltage Enhanced
Bathsheba Smiles ............................................................... Mock Tudor 3
Beeswing .............................................................................Mirror Blue 10
Big Chimney ........................................................................Industry 2
Both Ends Burning............................................................... Hand Of Kindness 3
Burns Supper ......................................................................You?Me?Us? Nude 4
Business On You .................................................................You?Me?Us? Voltage Enhanced
Can't Win .............................................................................Amnesia 8
Cash Down Never Never .....................................................Daring Adventures 10
Cold Kisses .........................................................................You?Me?Us? Nude 6
Cooksferry Queen ............................................................... Mock Tudor 1
Crawl Back (Under My Stone) .............................................Mock Tudor 6
Dark Hand Over My Heart ...................................................You?Me?Us? Voltage Enhanced
Dead Man's Handle .............................................................Daring Adventures 4
Devonside ...........................................................................Hand Of Kindness 8
Don't Sit On My Jimmy Shands ...........................................Rumor & Sigh 10
Don't Tempt Me ...................................................................Amnesia 6
Drifting Through The Days ..................................................Industry 3
Dry My Tears And Move On ................................................Mock Tudor 8
Easy There, Steady Now .....................................................Mirror Blue 5
Fast Food ............................................................................Mirror Blue 11
Fire In The Engine Room ....................................................Across A Crowded Room 6
First Breath ..........................................................................Old Kit Bag 6
For The Sake Of Mary .........................................................Mirror Blue 1
Gethsemane ........................................................................Old Kit Bag 1
Ghosts In The Wind .............................................................Across A Crowded Room 5
God Loves A Drunk .............................................................Rumor & Sigh 13
Grey Walls ...........................................................................Rumor & Sigh 4
Gypsy Love Songs .............................................................. Amnesia 2
Happy Days and Auld Lang Syne (3:58) ............................Old Kit Bag 12
Hard On Me .........................................................................Mock Tudor 5
Hide It Away ........................................................................You?Me?Us? Nude 3
Hide It Away ........................................................................You?Me?Us? Voltage Enhanced
Hope You Like The New Me ................................................Mock Tudor 12
How I Wanted To .................................................................Hand Of Kindness 2
How Will I Ever Be Simple Again .........................................Daring Adventures 11
I Ain't Going To Drag My Feet No More .............................. Across A Crowded Room 3
I Can't Wake Up To Save My Life........................................Mirror Blue 2
I Feel So Good ....................................................................Rumor & Sigh 2
I Misunderstood ...................................................................Rumor & Sigh 3
I Ride In Your Slipstream.....................................................Mirror Blue 9
I Still Dream .........................................................................Amnesia 5
I'll Tag Along ........................................................................Old Kit Bag 3
I've Got No Right To Have It All ...........................................Old Kit Bag 8
Jealous Words .....................................................................Old Kit Bag 2
Jennie ..................................................................................Daring Adventures 8
Jerusalem On The Jukebox.................................................Amnesia 4
Keep Your Distance.............................................................Rumor & Sigh 11
King Of Bohemia .................................................................Mirror Blue 6
Little Blue Number ............................................................... Across A Crowded Room 8
Long Dead Love ..................................................................Daring Adventures 5
Lotteryland...........................................................................Industry 4
Love In A Faithless Country ................................................Across A Crowded Room 10
Lover's Lane ........................................................................Daring Adventures 6
Mascara Tears ....................................................................Mirror Blue 12
MGB-GT ..............................................................................Mirror Blue 3
Mingus Eyes ........................................................................Mirror Blue 8
Missie How You Let Me Down .............................................Daring Adventures 3
Mother Knows Best .............................................................Rumor & Sigh 12
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Nearly In Love .....................................................................Daring Adventures 7
No's Not A Word ..................................................................You?Me?Us? Voltage Enhanced
One Door Opens .................................................................Old Kit Bag 5
Outside of the Inside............................................................Old Kit Bag 11
Pearly Jim............................................................................Old Kit Bag 9
Pharaoh ...............................................................................Amnesia 10
Psycho Street ......................................................................Rumor & Sigh 14
Put It There Pal ...................................................................You?Me?Us? Voltage Enhanced
Razor Dance .......................................................................You?Me?Us? Nude 8
Read About Love .................................................................Rumor & Sigh 1
Reckless Kind ......................................................................Amnesia 3
Saboteur ..............................................................................Industry 5
Sam Jones ..........................................................................You?Me?Us? Nude 7
Shane And Dixie ..................................................................Mirror Blue 7
She Cut Off Her Long Silken Hair ........................................You?Me?Us? Nude 2
She Said It Was Destiny ......................................................Old Kit Bag 7
She Steers By Lightning ......................................................You?Me?Us? Voltage Enhanced
She Twists The Knife Again ................................................Across A Crowded Room 9
Shine On Love .....................................................................Across A Crowded Room 4
Sibella..................................................................................Mock Tudor 2
Sights And Sounds Of London Town...................................Mock Tudor 10
Sweetheart On The Barricade .............................................Industry 1
Taking My Business Elsewhere ...........................................Mirror Blue 13
Tear Stained Letter .............................................................. Hand Of Kindness 1
That's All, Amen, Close The Door .......................................Mock Tudor 11
The Ghost Of You Walks .....................................................You?Me?Us? Voltage Enhanced
The Hand Of Kindness ........................................................Hand Of Kindness 7
The Way That It Shows .......................................................Mirror Blue 4
The Wrong Heartbeat ..........................................................Hand Of Kindness 6
Train Don't Leave ................................................................ You?Me?Us? Nude 5
Turning Of The Tide ............................................................Amnesia 1
Two Left Feet ......................................................................Hand Of Kindness 9
Two-Faced Love ..................................................................Mock Tudor 4
Uninhabited Man .................................................................Mock Tudor 7
Valerie .................................................................................Daring Adventures 2
Walking The Long Miles Home ............................................Mock Tudor 9
Walking Through A Wasted Land ........................................Across A Crowded Room 7
Waltzing's For Dreamers .....................................................Amnesia 9
When The Spell Is Broken ...................................................Across A Crowded Room 1
Where The Wind Don't Whine .............................................Hand Of Kindness 5
Why Must I Plead ................................................................ Rumor & Sigh 6
Woods Of Darney ................................................................ You?Me?Us? Nude 9
Word Unspoken, Sight Unseen ...........................................Old Kit Bag 10
Yankee Go Home ................................................................ Amnesia 7
You Don't Say......................................................................Across A Crowded Room 2
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