The Style Council

Chordbook
Contents

All Gone Away

All Year Round
Man of Great Promise
Solid Bond in Your Heart
Stone's Throw Away
Woman's Song
Bloodsports
Boy Who Cried Wolf
Speak Like a Child
Long Hot Summer
You're the Best Thing
Whole Point of No Return
Paris Match
My Everchanging Moods
Here's One That Got Away
Headstart for Happiness
Homebreakers
Come to Milton Keynes
Down in the Seine
With Everything to Lose
Walls Come Tumbling Down!
Shout to the Top!
Waiting
Cost of Loving
Confessions 1, 2, & 3
Have You Ever Had It Blue?
Spring, Summer, Autumn
Spin' Drifting
It Just Came to Pieces in My Hands
Whole Point II
Ghosts of Dachau
Sweet Loving Ways
Piccadilly Trail
In Love for the First Time
Big Boss Groove
Changing of the Guard
It's a Very Deep Sea
How She Threw It All Away
Iwasadoledadstoyboy
Story of Someone's Shoe
Why I Went Missing
It Didn't Matter
Promised Land
Heavens Above
Fairy Tales
Walking the Night
(When You) Call Me
Casual Affair
Wanted
Blue Café
Internationalists
Lodgers
Luck
Party Chambers
 All Gone Away

Amaj7, C#m7, F#m7, Bm7, E9, Amaj7

Amaj7
The wind blows whispers down the street
C#m7 F#m7
Having free reign with the town so bleak
Bm7 E9 Amaj7 E9
Like everything else it’s - all gone away

The Town Hall clock gives forth its chime

For no-one there to ask the time
Like everything else they’ve - all gone away

The Grocer’s shop hangs up its sign

The sign says „closed“, it’s the sign of the time
Like everything else they’ve - all gone away
Bm7 E
But somewhere the party never ends
C#m7 F#m7
And greedy hand rub together again
Bm D E
Shipping out the profits that they’ve stolen

But somewhere the party never ends

And greedy hand rub together again
Shipping out the profits that they’ve stolen
An eerie wail comes from the pit
The ghost of the men take the morning shift
Just like clockwork - rusting away
Come take a walk upon these hills
And see how monetarism kills
Bm7 E9
Whole communities
Bm7 E9
Even families
Bm7 E9
There’s nothing left, so -
A Amaj7
They’ve all gone away
 All Year Round

Em A
Our eyes meet across the floor
Em A
We don't have to say much more
Em A
Let’s take a chance on it
Em A
Say you'll be mine till spring

We kiss on crowded streets

We kiss every time we meet
Who knows how it will go?
Stay here till summer comes

I love you more each day God sends

Love you because you are my friend
Oh, don't say our luck has blown
Stay here till autumn goes

Let’s make love in the light

Sleep together every night
With dark days all about
Lets stay together, see the winter out
 A Man Of Great Promise

Em Am Am7
I bought the paper yesterday
D G G/F#
And I saw the obituary
Em Am Am7
And I read of how you died in pain
D G G/F#
Well I just couldn’t understand it

If I could of changed that

The Lord knows I’d do it now
But there is no going back
D Gmaj7 G7
And what’s done is done forever
C
But you were always chained
Bm
And shackled by the dirt
Am
Of every small town institution
B7
And every big town flirt

And I think of what you might have been

A man of such great promise
Oh but, you seem to forget the dream
And the more you saw you hated
But let’s not talk of blame
For what is only natural
Like a moth going to a flame
You had a dangerous passion

But you were always chained

And shackled by the dirt
Of every small town institution
And every big town flirt

All the things that you might have been

But who am I to say?
Still I wonder
If it’s in the cold earth you prefer to lay
Oh, If it’s in the cold earth
You prefer to stay - Em Am D G Em
 A Solid Bond In Your Heart

A C#m /G# Bm
Feel is a word I can't explain
E A
At least not in words that are plain
C#m/G# Bm
Make it easy to express
E A
But I'll try to do my best
C#m/G# F#m E
To hit you where it counts
Bm E
Please let me try to build
A Bm
A solid bond in your heart
A Bm
A solid bond in your heart

I am fuelled by the idea - that this world was made to share

But it never seems to work out - and all we seem to share
Is doubt and misery
Please let me try to build - a solid bond in your heart
A solid bond in your heart

A Bm A Bm
Oh, oh, oh, oh oh, oh, oh, oh
A Bm A C#m/G# F#m E
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Aah, I just want to build up

A solid bond in your heart

It's what's missing from this life

And the trust you need to ignite
Any dream worth holding dear
When that dream is so near
You gotta try and try to get it back
Push it to the limit and build
A solid bond in your heart
A solid bond in your heart
 A Stone’s Throw Away

intro: Em D G Cmaj7 Em

Em D
For liberty there is a cost
Cmaj7 Em
It's broken skulls and leather cosh
D
From the boys in uniform
Cmaj7 Em
Now you know whose side they're on
Am Em Am Em
With backing and blessing from earthly gods not Heaven
Cmaj7 D Cmaj7 Em Cmaj7 Em
a stone's throw away to it all

Whatever pleasure those who get

From stripping skin with rhino whip
Are the kind that must be stopped
Before their kind take all we've got
With loving with caring
They take great pride in working
Fmaj7 Em Am Cmaj7 Fmaj7 D7sus4
the stone's throw away to it all

Wherever honesty persists

You'll hear the snap of broken ribs
From any one who'll take no more
Of the lying bastards roar
In Chile in Poland
Johannesburg South Yorkshire
C6
A stone's throw away now we're there
 A Woman’s Song

Gm7 Ab/Bb
Hush little baby don't you cry
Gm7 Ab/Bb
Momma's gonna buy you a nursery rhyme
Gm7 Ab/Bb
And if that don't send you to sleep
Ebmaj7
Momma's gonna have to find the key

Allof our worries are not our choice

Someone sees to that, I know not why
Things that we've worked for they started to sell
Fm7 Fm6
Now heaven is for angels and death is hell

Hush little baby your time may come

When things as they are now will be undone
Gm7 Bbm
And you as they change if you last that long
Cdim F7
And you as they change if you last that long

Hush oh hush, your Momma's only sad

They've damned nearly taken away all I have
And all I have in the world is you
Ebmaj7
Just you and the future's that sees me through
But hush oh, my child, Momma's only sad
They've damned nearly taken away all I have
And all I have in the world is you
All I have in the world is you
All I have in the world is you
It's you and the future's that sees me through)
 Bloodsports

F Am C
Who takes the heart from a stag
F Am C
Who gets a hard-on with blood on their hands
D7 G
Who strips the wonder of life
Am G
When they don't have the right
Am G
But they say it's fair game
Am C
And they won't feel no pain
Dm D Dsus4 D7 (557575)
As we feel no shame

So let the sun come down

Let our eyes close the blind
Let the rivers run dry
Let the forest life die
But who are they to decide
As if their right is divine
As if their right sublime

Who wins the hooves loses respect

Who kills the Grace treads with intent
Into Heaven's domain
Playing little Christians
Hear their voice soar in church
Giving thanks for this earth -
Then destroying its birth

So let the sun come down

Let our eyes close the blind
Let the rivers run dry
Let the forest life die
But who are they to decide
As if their right is divine
As if their right sublime
 Boy Who Cried Wolf

Em EmMaj7
As the rain comes down, upon this sad sweet earth
Am9 B7
I lie awake at night and - think about me
Em EmMaj7
All those usual things, like what a fool I've been
Am9 B7
I curse the awful way - that I let you slip away.

For what was forged in love, is now cooling down

With only myself to blame for playing that stupid game
I thought I need only call and you would run
But that day you never showed honey - Well I sure learned.
Cmaj7 G
That it seems I need you more each day
Cmaj7 G
Heaven knows why that it goes that way,
Em Am7
Now it's far too late - and I’ve lost this time,
Bm7 Em Bm7 Em
Like a boy who cried wolf, like a boy who cried wolf.
C G
And yes I know it's far too late
C G
To ever win you back
C G
No tale of nightmares at my gate
F Em
Could make you turn, my lost concern.

And now the night falls down, upon my selfish soul

I sit alone and wonder, where did I go wrong?
It always worked before you kept the wolf from my door
But one day you never showed honey, now I'm not so sure

That it seems I need you more each day

Heaven knows why that it goes that way,
Now it's far too late, and I've lost this time
Like a boy who cried wolf, like a boy who cried wolf.
 Speak Like A Child

A F#m
Your hair hangs in golden steps
A F#m
You're a bonafide in every respect
A F#m
You are walking through streets that mean nothing to you
A F#m
You believe you're above it and I don't really blame you
A F#m
Maybe that's why you speak like a child;
A F#m
The things you're saying like "I'm so free and so wild"
Bm F#m
And I believe it when you look in my eyes;
Bm F#m
You offer me a life, and never lies
F E
Least only the kind to make me smile

Your clothes are clean and your mind is productive

It shops in store where only the best buy
You're cool and hard, and if I sound like a lecher
It's probably true, but at least there's no lecture
I really like it when you speak like a child
The crazy sayings like "I'm so free and so wild"

You have to make a bargain with me now

A promise that you won't change somehow
No way, now how

Dmaj7 C#m
Spent all day thinking about you
Dmaj7 C#m
Spent all night coming to terms with it
Dmaj7 C#m
Time and conditions are built to tame
F#m F
Nothing lasts with age, so people say
E A F#m
But I will always try to feel the same

I really like it when you speak like a child

I really like it when you speak like a child
The way you hate the homely rank and the file
The way you're so proud to be oh, so free and so wild
 Long Hot Summer

Dmaj7 Bm7 Em
I play out my role why I've even been out walking
Dmaj7 Bm7 Em
They tell me that it helps but I know when I'm beaten

All those lonely films, and all those lonely parties

But the feeling is off-screen, an' the tears for real not acted
Anymore

I'm all mixed up inside, I want to run but I can't hide

And however much we try, we can't escape the truth and the fact is

Dmaj7 Gmaj7
Don't matter what I do - it don't matter what I do
Dmaj7 Gmaj7
Don't matter what I do - don't matter what I do
Dmaj7 Gmaj7 Dmaj7
Don't matter what I do - 'cause I end up hurting you

One more covered sigh, and one more glance you know means goodbye
Can't you see that's why, we're dashing ourselves against the rocks of a
lifetime

Don't matter what I do - it don't matter what I do

Don't matter what I do - don't matter what I do
Dmaj7 Gmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Don't matter what I do - 'cause I end up hurting you
Fmaj7
In my mind different voices call
Cmaj7
What once was pleasure now's pain for us all
Fmaj7
In my heart only shadows fall
Cmaj7
I once stood proud now I feel so small
Fmaj7
I don't know whether to laugh or cry
Em/A Dmaj7
The long hot summer just passed me by
 You’re The Best Thing

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Amaj7 G#m
I could be discontent and chase the rainbow’s end
F#m A/B
I might win much more but lose all that is mine
Amaj7 G#m
I could be a lot but I know I'm not
F#m A/B
I'm content just with the riches that you bring

I might shoot to win and commit the sin

Of wanting more than I've already got
I could runaway but I'd rather stay
In the warmth of your smile lighting up my day
The one that makes me say, heh

F# D#m7
'Cause you're the best thing that ever happened
F# D#m7
To me or my world
F# D#m7 C#m7 F#
You're the best thing that ever happened So don't go away
I might be a king and steal my peoples things
But I don't go for that power crazy way
All that I could rule but I don't check for fools
All that I need is to be left to live my way
Say listen what I say

'Cause you're the best thing that ever happened

To me or my world
You're the best thing that ever happened
So don't go away

I could chase around for nothing to be found

But why look for something that is never there
I may get it wrong sometimes but I'll come back in style
For I realise your love means more than anything
The song you make me sing - yeah

'Cause you're the best thing that ever happened

To me or my world
You're the best thing that ever happened
So don't go away

'Cause you're the best thing that ever happened

To me or my world
You're the best thing that ever happened
So don't go – don’t go – don’t go away
 The Whole Point Of No Return

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Am7 Bm7
The Lords and Ladies pass a ruling.
Am7 Bm7
The sons and girls go hand in hand,
Am7 Bm7
From good stock and the best breeding,
Am7 E9
Paid for by the servile class,
Cmaj7 C/D
Who have been told, or lie in state
Bm7 Em
To bow down forth and face their fate.
Cmaj7 D
Oh it's so easy. Oh, so easy.

All righteousness they build thy arrow,

To shoot it straight into their lies.
Who would expect the might sparrow
Could rid the world of all their kind?

Rising up and taking back

The property of every man.
It's so easy. Oh, so easy.

Rising up to break this thing.

From family trees the dukes do swing.
Just one blow to scratch the itch.
The law's made for 'em by the rich.

It would be easy. So, so easy.

 The Paris Match

Bbm7 Bm7 Gmaj7 Bm7 Gmaj7

Bm7 Gmaj7
Empty hours spent combing the streets
Bm7 Gmaj7
In daytime showers they've become my beat
Em7 A7 Dmaj7
As I walk from cafe‚ to bar
E9
I wish I knew where you are
Gm C9 Dmaj7
Because you've clouded my mind
Bm7 E7 Amaj7
And now I'm all out of time

Empty skies say try to forget - better advice is to have no regrets

As I tread the boulevard floor - will I see you once more?
Because you've clouded my mind - 'till then I'm biding my time.

Gmaj7 F#m7
I'm only sad in a natural way
Gmaj7 F#m7
And I enjoy sometimes feeling this way
C#m7 F#7 Dmaj7
The gift you gave is desire
Bm7 E7 Amaj7
The match that started my fire

Empty nights with nothing to do

I sit and think, every thought is for you
I get so restless and bored
So I go out once more.
I hate to feel so confined
Feel like I'm wasting my time

I'm only sad in a natural way

And I enjoy sometimes feeling this way
The gift you gave is desire
The match that started my fire
The match that started my fire
The match that started my fire
The match that started my fire
 My Ever Changing Moods

C#m7 Bmaj7 C#m7 Bmaj7

Daylight turns to moonlight - and I'm at my best
C#m7 Bmaj7 C#m7 Bmaj7
Praising the way it all works - gazing upon the rest
Emaj7 Bmaj7
The cool before the warm the calm after the storm
Emaj7 Bmaj7
The cool before the warm the calm after the storm
F#/Bb F#m/A E/G# C#m7 F#7
I wish to stay forever - letting this be my food
C#m7 F#7 D#7 E F#
Oh, but I'm caught up in a whirlwind and my ever changing moods - Yeah

Bitter turns to sugar - some call a passive tune

But the day things turn sweet - for me won't be too soon
The hush before the silence - the winds after the blast
The hush before the silence - the winds after the blast
I wish we'd move together - this time the bosses sued
But we're caught up in the wilderness and an ever changing mood

Teardrops turn to children - who've never had the time

To commit the sins they pay for through - another's evil mind
The love after the hate - the love we leave too late
The love after the hate - the love we leave too late
I wish we'd wake up one day - an' everyone feel moved
But we're caught up in the dailies and an ever changing mood

Evil turns to statues - and masses form a line

But I know which way I'd run to - if the choice was mine
The past is knowledge - the present our mistake
And the future - we always leave to late
I wish we'd come to our senses and see there is no truth
In those who promote the confusion for this ever changing mood.
Piano
intro:
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(notes) G#, F#, Eb (chord) C#EG# (chord) EbF#Bb X 2
(bass) C# B
(chord) C#EG# (ch) EbF#Bb X 4
(b) E B
(ch) EbG#B (ch) EbF#Bb X 2
(b) Bb A G# C# F# C# F#
(ch) C#F#Bb C#F#A BEG# C#EG# C#F#Bb C#EG# C#F#Bb
(b) Eb E F#
(ch)EbGBb EG#B C#F#Bb
 Here’s One That Got Away

A Amaj7
The pub talk, the scandals
D A7 Bm E
Like vandals they try to tear you down
A Amaj7
The whispers, turn rumours
D A7 Bm E
There's no truth but that don't stop those cats
A Amaj7
They need the little bit extra
D A7 Bm E
They don't mind if it's only conjecture, yeah
D C#m
They tried to tell me I wasn't full time
D C#m
I tried to think of an alibi
F#m Bm D E
I felt so awful I spat in their faces and ran for my life

They need that little bit extra,

They don't mind if it's only conjecture, yeah
They tried to tell me their's was the right way,
I tried to shout that was a lie
I felt so sick I spat in their lifestyles with a runaway pride!

Untouched by unhuman hands

'cause only God knows I don't call that a man
Who spends his waking days
Telling others what to think and what to say

They tried to tell me I wasn't normal,

I tried to shout there's no such thing!
I felt so sick I spat on their lifestyles with a runaway pride!

So catch me if you can

'cause I would rather be dead than live like that -
Hey, hey, hey!
 Headstart For Happiness

Dmaj7 Em
When I find you waiting hours; oh,
Dmaj7 Em
You're there to save my life for our obvious goal
Emaj7 A/E
We've got a headstart for happiness
Emaj7 A/E
For our part, guess we must be blessed
Emaj7 A/E
For this feeling to be so strong
C#m G# A
Tell me is that so wrong?

The space between us for days has been so far;

I've spent a lonely week, now I wanna be where you are
We've got a headstart for happiness - for our part, guess we must be
kissed by this force I feel inside - now I'm not gonna hide.

F# Bm
All the roads that lead to struggles bring you back to where you need
F# Bm D D# Em
Some reassurance in your own depth Only you can see, but let others feel
G7 F#7 Bm
Peace in my mind I'm so happy to find
G Dmaj7
As I get on my trek with a headstart back to you.

You'll find it can happen - you'll find you've got the strength
You can move a mountain - you just need the confidence
In yourself and all you've got - to take this world and shake it up
Let no one say they're better than you
You must believe you've got the power

When I find you waiting hours, oh - it

It's my heart, not my head that takes control
And you've got to lead where your heart says go
And then hope that it turns out so - and that's all that you can hope for
Can you expect much more?

Naive and wise with no sense of time

As I set my clock with a heart beat, tick tock
Violent and mild - common sense says I'm wild
With this mixed up fury, crazy beauty
It's healthy to find all these feelings inside
As I get on my trek with a headstart back to truth.
 Homebreakers

Dm Dm6
Good morning day, how do you do
C#+ Dm7
I wonder what will you do for me?
I should be on my way, I should be earning pay,
I should be all the things that I'm not

Bbmaj7 Am9
And I've tried on my own
Gm9 Dm
now there's nothing to keep me at home
Like my brother has too
gotta leave to get out of this view,
You see they, tell you to move around
G Dm A
If you can't find work in your own town

As I rise from my bed I can hear the old man b

Blaming Heaven & Mother for this
30 years with one firm, 13 months redundant,
Yes I'd say that's unlucky for some
Now our tears fall like rain as my Mother walks me to my train
With a kiss & a wave - "Come home weekends" - that's if I can save
I swear I'll take it out on the man - whoever devised this economy plan.

Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7
All the love in the world
Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7
Can't put -dinner on the table
Abmaj7 Ebmaj7 F G
All the hate that I feel no love could put right

Good morning day, how do you do - I wonder - what will you do for me?
I should be on my way, I should be earning pay
I should be all the things that I'm not
And I've tried on my own now there's nothing to keep me at home
All the love and the strength has been taken by this Government
You see they, tell you to move around
If you can't find work in your own town

Father's in the kitchen, counting out coins,

Mother's in the bedroom, looking through pictures of her boys,
One is in London, looking for a job,
The other's in Whitehall - Looking for those responsible!
 Come To Milton Keynes

A Bm A Bm
May I walk you home tonight?
A C#m F#m
on this fine and lovely night tonight?
E7 Bm
We'll walk past the luscious houses
C#m B7
The rolling lawns and lovely flowers
A Bm
Our nice new town where the curtains are drawn,
A B7
where hope is started and dreams can be borne

Let us share our insanity go mad together in community

Boys on the corner looking for their supper
Boys round the green looking for some slaughter
We used to chase dreams now we chase the dragon
Mine is the semi with the Union Jack on

Dmaj7 C#m7 F#m7

In our paradise lost we'll be finding our sanity
Am7 E7
In this paradise found we'll be losing our way
C#m A Bm
for a brave new day

May I slash my wrists tonight?

On this fine conservative night tonight?
I was looking for a job so I came to town
I easily adopt when the chips are down
I read the ad about the private schemes
I liked the idea but now I'm not so Keyne
 Down In The Seine

Em7 Dm7 Em7 Dm7

Emaj7 Dmaj7 Emaj7

Catch me I'm falling so fast and I can't seem to find
Dmaj7 Emaj7
All the reasons I had when the purpose was mine
Dmaj7 Emaj7 Dmaj7
Now I stumble so fast rolling into the night

Em7 Dm7 Em7

Kiss me quick before I land and am broken in two
Dm7 Em7
Keep me on the right track, hold my dreams intact too -
Dm7 Amaj7
I get lost in this place - I get lost, yes its true
Amaj7 Dmaj7 Amaj7
Quand on n'a plus rien en soi - Quand on n'a plus de refuge -
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Quand on ne peut plus fuir - Quand on ne sais on courrir
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Noir comme la nuit - Oui, noir comme mon ame -
Dmaj7 Dm6/E
Noir comme les eaux - Dans lesquels je sombre

Em7 Dm7 Em7 Dm7

Help me I'm sinking so fast into waters unplanned

That I once held onto but have got out of hand
Now the things that I loved are the things I can't stand

Squeeze me slow before I come to that part of the ground

It's a million miles up and a million miles down
I get lost in between and I wait to be found

Quand on n'a plus rien en soi - Quand on n'a plus de refuge -

Quand on ne peut plus fuir - Quand on ne sais on courrir
Noir comme la nuit - Oui, noir comme mon ame -
Noir comme les eaux - Dans lesquels je sombre

And in the waters I sink and in the waters I drink

Until I rise to the top which in truth is not
It's the same as below with a put on as show
To make you feel your alright, to make you feel there's no fight
 With Everything To Lose

C#m Bm x 4
Emaj7
From the playground to the wasteground
F#m
Hope ends at 17
Emaj7
Sweeping floors and filling shelves
F#m
Forced into government schemes
B
11 years spent to dig out ditches,
C#m
Forget your schoolday dreams
Bm7
Guarantees and lie-filled speeches,
F#m
But nothings what it seems -
E7 Dmaj7
Qualified and patronised and with everything to lose.

No choice or chance for the future - the rich enjoy less tax
Dress the girls in pretty pink - the shit goes to the blacks
A generation's heart torn out - and covered up the facts
The only thing they'll understand - is a wall against their backs
The only hope now left for those - with everything to lose.

In desperation empty eyes - signed up and thrown away

There's drugs replacing dignity, - the short sharp shock repaid
There'll be no money if you dare to question - working the Tory way
The truth is up there carved in stone, - where 21 dead now lay
A family's loss for a few pounds saved - with everything to lose.
 Walls Come Tumbling Down

Em7 A D A/C# Bm7 B Em A D F#m/c# D/C B

Em A
You don't have to take this crap
Em A
You don't have to sit back and relax
D F#m/C# Bm B
You can actually try changing it

I know we've always been taught to rely

Upon those in authority -Em
But you never know until you try
How things just might be -
If we came together so strongly

G A
Are you gonna try to make this work
F# Bm
Or spend your days down in the dirt
Em7
You see things can change -
A D
Yes and walls can come tumbling down!
D F#m/C#
Governments crack and systems fall
F#m7-5/C# B
'cause Unity is powerful -
Em G A D
Lights go out - walls come tumbling down!
D
Yes, they do
F#m/C#
Yes, they do
Yes, they do
F#m7-5/C# B
Yes, they do

The competition is a colour TV - we're on still pause with the video

machine
That keep you slave to the H.P. - until the Unity is threatend by
Those who have and who have not
Those who are with and those who are without
And dangle jobs like a donkey's carrot - until you don't know where you
are
G A F# Bm
Are you gonna realise The class war's real and not mythologised

Em7 A D
And like Jericho - You see walls can come tumbling down!
D F#m/C#
Governments crack and systems fall
F#m7-5/C# B
'cause Unity is powerful -
Em G A D
Lights go out - walls come tumbling down!
D
Yes, they do
F#m/C#
Yes, they do
Yes, they do
F#m7-5/C# B
Yes, they do

Are you gonna be threatened by - the public enemies No. 10

Those who play the power game - they take the profits - you take the
blame -
When they tell you there's no rise in pay

Are you gonna try an' make this work

Or spend your days down in the dirt -
You see things can change -
Yes an' walls can come tumbling down!
Governments crack and systems fall
'cause Unity is powerful -
Lights go out - walls come tumbling down!
Yes, they do
Yes, they do
Yes, they do
Yes, they do
 Shout To The Top

Am7
Gmaj7 G6 G G6 Gmaj7 G6 G Gmaj7
Am7
I was half in mind - I was half in need,
And as the rain came down - I dropped to my knees and prayed
Gmaj7 G6 G G6 Gmaj7 G6 G Gmaj7

I said "oh Heavenly thing - please cleanse my soul,

I've seen all on offer and I'm not impressed at all".

I was halfway home - I was half insane,

And every shop window I looked in just looked the same

I said send me a sign to save my life

'Cause at this moment in time there is nothing certain in these day's of
mine

Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
You see it's a frightening thing when it dawns upon you
Dsus4
That I know as much as the day I was born
Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
And though I wasn't asked I might as well stay
Dsus4
And promise myself each and every day - that -
Am7
When you're knocked on your back - an' your life's a flop
and when you're down on the bottom there's nothing else
Gmaj7 G6 G G6 Gmaj7 G6 G Gmaj7
but to shout to the top!
Gmaj7 G6 G G6 Gmaj7 G6 G Gmaj7
Oh, we gonna shout to the top
Am7
Oh, we gonna shout to the top

You see it's a frightening thing when it dawns upon you

That I know as much as the day I was born
And though I wasn't asked I might as well stay
And promise myself each and every day - that -

When you're knocked on your back - an' your life's a flop

and when you're down on the bottom there's nothing else
but to shout to the top!
Oh, we gonna shout to the top
Oh, we gonna shout to the top
 Waiting

Intro: (x 2)
e ----------------------------------------
b -------0--1--0--------------0--1--0--3--
g ----2--------------------2--------------
d -2--------------2-----2-----------------
a ----------------------------------------
e ----------------------------------------

A Asus4 Fmaj7/E Fmaj7addD A

I don't mind what people say, they always think the worst anyway
A Asus4 Fmaj7/E Fmaj7addD A A7
And if I'm wrong I'll pay the price - it's a cost that I don't count as
sacrifice
Am Em
I'm gonna love you anyway I don't care what people say
Am Em
I'm gonna love you come what may I don't care what people say

An opinion held is such demand - but I'd much sooner hold your hand
It's a question of priority - and I think that you would still be here for me
I'm gonna love you anyway - I don't care what people say
I'm gonna love you come what may - I don't care what people say

Gm Am
I'd be a fool to bow to their advice
Gm F
As if their wish were my command
Gm Am
And I would be a fool to say goodbye
Gm Am7
To the love that lies waiting, now

I don't mind what people say, they always think the worst anyway
And if I'm wrong I'll pay the price - it's a cost that I don't count as
sacrifice
I'm gonna love you anyway - I don't care what people say
I'm gonna love you come what may - I don't care what people say
I'm gonna love you anyway - I don't care what people say
I'm gonna love you come what may - I don't care what people say
 The Cost Of Loving

Bm A (4 x)

G F#m
The cost of loving's on the line again - honey, that just won't do
G A
As we turn another blind eye - oh, they steal it from you.
Bm A
But the feelings coming back Guess it always will
Bm A
And no matter how hurt you've been - love will always find a way

Cost of loving’s on the line - honey that just won't do

Might take a little bit of time - oh, but I've faith in me and you

The black market on the side - oh, we take more than we need
And take it in our stride - starving those who we feed
When the feeling starts again - then we'll do more right than wrong
Waiting for a brighter day - has always been too long

G
The cost of loving’s on the line
F#m
Honey that just won't do
G
The cost of loving’s on the line
F#m
Honey that just won't do

When the feeling starts again

Then we'll do more right than wrong
Waiting for a brighter day
Has always been too long

The cost of loving’s on the line

Honey that just won't do
 Confessions 1, 2 & 3

Amaj7
Confessions 1, 2 & 3
C#m
Count me off, but don't count me down,
Amaj7
Down to what you wanted of me,
C#m
now I know - I could not be,

Confessions of the fool of dreams

As I once - once took the blame
Now I just laugh and sing that it's all - all in the game.

You once my judge - once my jury too - one is too much - once I realised
you.

Confessions of a peeping Tom

Watching life - take its clothes off,
Stripped for all the world to see
At the time - I could not see!

Confessions that I'll now proceed

Written down - for me and you.
So make sure you understand
and don't sign what isn't true.

Take it away - get your lawyer involved

Take it to court in accordance with love!

Amaj7 Dmaj7
Sometimes full - mostly empty within.
Amaj7 B7
But check this out - I won't get there again

Confessions 1, 2 & 3
Count them off, but don't count me in,
In on what you thought it was
and you know - whatever that was,

Confessions that will now proceed

Written down - for me and you,
So tell me that you won't sign
What you know - know is the truth.
You once my judge - once my jury too
One is too much - once I realised you.
 Have You Ever Had It Blue

Emaj7 F#m7 Emaj7 F#m7 G #m7 F#m7 G#m7 F#m7

Emaj7 F#m7
Have you ever chased the night that sailed in front of you
Emaj7 F#m7
On a boat that's bound for hope - but left you in the queue
B C#m7
With your shouting, waving, taunting, flaunting friends as crew
Bm7 F#m7
Telling you that every lie you ever heard was true
Em7
Have you stood upon that deck
D C#
Have you ever had it blue.

Have you ever woke to find the morning didn't come

Undelivered with the papers - stolen by someone
Found the milkman bound and gagged and shackles round the sun
And the holder of the keys turns out to be the one
The girl you had your heart set on
D
Have you ever had it blue
Em7
Have you ever had it blue
D C#
Have you ever had it blue

Have you ever watched the day, passing by your door

Powerless to change its course, your feet fixed to the floor
When all the people you thought you knew are changing more and more
Even the girl you thought would see, seems only to ignore
The only love worth fighting for
Have you ever had it blue
Have you ever had it blue
Have you ever had it blue
 Spring, Summer, Autumn

A(add G#) E (add F#)

I will learn, I will grow
A… E
And for my pain, my strength shall show
C#m F#m
For as surely as Spring will come
A C#m
Bringing freshness to order's dance
F A
Until the ices melt away
B A E
Then we will live again

I will try, I will succeed

To train my sights upon the deep
And wait for Summer's bloom to come
Bringing warmth to the frozen hearts
Until the skies are filled with love
Then we will live again

I will search, I will find

And grow again the parts that died
Like the changes that Autumn brings
We need the courage to go ahead
And not cling on to the past
Then we can live again
 Spin Drifting

Dmaj7 G
I was hoping to be found alive
Bm C
in pool of lies and an ocean of tears
Dmaj7 G
I was looking a ship ahoy
Bm C
I was waiting, bottom line, for a miracle

All I hope is that when they find me - I have the good sense to say a prayer
For all that is dear to me - I hope I still find them waiting there

Dm7 G
Knowing that I should be grateful
C Am
Is not enough or a reason at all
Dm7 G
It's only right to mean my feelings
C Fmaj7
And even the best at times get bored

I was waiting for quite a while - with my fingers resting in the deep blue sea
I was watching the spin drift dancing - flowin' away to forever from me

I couldn't sleep forever and Sunday - Waiting for something or even someone
I could've watched the whole world pass me
Just for the sake of being reasonable

EA

I was hoping to be found alive - in a pool of lies and an ocean of tears

I was looking a ship ahoy - I was waiting, bottom line, for a miracle

All I hope is that when they find me - I have the good sense to say a prayer
For all that is dear to me - I hope I still find them waiting there

Knowing that I should be grateful - is not enough or a reason at all

It's only right to mean my feelings - And even the best at times get bored
I couldn't sleep forever and Sunday - waiting for something or even someone
I could've watched the hole world pass me
Just for the sake of being reasonable
 It Just Came To Pieces In My Hands

Bb Cm
I stood as tall as a mountain
Eb Dm Cm
I never really thought about the drop
Bb Cm
I trod over rocks to get there
Eb F7
Just so I could stand on top
Bb Cm
Clumsy and blind I stumbled
Eb Dm Cm
As I crawled through desert sands
Bb Cm
I didn't stop to think about the consequences
Eb F7 Bb
As it came to pieces in my hands

Bb Cm Eb Dm Cm

Bb Cm Eb F7
Doop doo doop..........

I thought I was a maritime marvel - I believed that I ruled the waves

All I could say is time is motion - and every effort others made I would save
I was a shit stained statue - school children would stand in awe
Truly believed I was a ceiling of sky - never thought about having flaws

Doop doo doop..........

I felt as reverent as Jesus - the sanctimony stunk

I thought I was admiral of the missing fleet - I couldn't see that I was sunk
I roared my pride in the darkness - I scratched away at the stars
I thought I was lord of this crappy jungle - I should have been put behind bars

Doop doo doop..........

But now I sit with my head in my hands

And wail to the weeping wall
The avalanche of my emotions
Holds the audience of one enthralled
Like learning the lesson the hard way
Like a fall from command
I thought I as king of the whole wide world
But it just came to pieces in my hands
 The Whole Point II

Am7 Bm7/E
The harbour lights that shine before me
Am7 Bm7/E
The jewels that gleam from a beckoning sea
Am7 Bm7/E
The rising shrieks that come from below me
Am7 Bm7/E
The rushing winds of age and time
C D
To close my eyes and feel the fall
E Bm7/E
To not resist unto the pull
C
Oh it's easy
D
So, so easy

The tiny scent that breezes past me

The promise that all could be mine
Just lose myself and make it easy
But I'm not prepared to live the lie
To shut my mouth and just say yes
To make a vow and then confess
It's too easy
Much too easy

All the power that I possess

My faith alone shall stand the test
To live my life as I see best
Without dark glasses or rosey specs

It's not easy

Not so easy
 The Ghosts Of Dachau

Em7 Bm7 Em7 Bm7 Gmaj7

I close my eyes – I reach out my hand – and there you are
G7 Cmaj7 B7 Em7
Bm7
Beautiful in scabs caressing my scalp under the mouths of the guntowers

I shout your name – I kick out in dreams – and here we are

The searchlight beams – the siren squeals and hopeless shuffle to
certainty

The crab lice bite – the typhoid smells and I’m still here
Handsome in rags a trouserless man waiting helpless for dignity

Em EmMaj7 Em7 EmMaj7

Come to me angel
Em EmMaj7 Em7 EmMaj7
Don’t go to the showers
Em EmMaj7 Em7 Cmaj7 B7 Em7
Bm7
Beg steal or borrow now there’s nothing left to take except eternity

And who will come – to flower our graves that are still here?
Covered with dust remembered by few but forgotten by the majority

Stay will me angel – do get lost in history

Don’t let all we suffered lose its meaning in the dark that we call memory
 Sweet Loving Ways

Cm Fm Gm
Can it be a part of me has changed a lot
Cm Fm Gm
That you have come into my life and brought so much
Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7
With your sweet loving ways - I don't want to change
Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7
Sweet loving ways - let me just say
Bbmaj7 G7
That your sweet loving ways have saved

I remember watching you from far away

Now my love grows stronger near you every day
With your sweet loving ways
I don't want to change - Sweet loving ways
Let me just say - That your sweet loving ways have saved

Cm Fm
Every night in your bed - every day in my head
Bb
How those nerves sound so dear
G7
As I hold you so near
Cm Fm Gm
Gm Cm
You saved me, you saved me
Gm Cm
You saved me, you saved me
Gm Cm
You saved me, you saved me

Sweet loving ways - don't you change

Sweet loving ways - don't you change
Sweet loving ways - don't you change

Every night in your bed

Every day in my head
How those nerves sound so dear
As I hold you so near

Can it be a part of me has changed a lot

That you have come into my life and brought so much
With your sweet loving ways - I don't want to change
Sweet loving ways - Let me just say
That your sweet loving ways…
 The Piccadilly Trail

Dmaj7 G F#m
What you asked for is what I gave
Dmaj7 G Em
No questions stopped at and nothing safe
Bm Em
But my scarcity in presence to my rarely seen bed
Bm Em
I took you in hoping that you'd be a friend
G D A D Dmaj7
Now I'm so scared of the weeks ahead

What I dreamed of I saw in you

I needed someone that I could trust
But you smashed all my faith with your careless lies
From the etching of daybreak to the canvas of moonlight
And now I'm so scared that your review was mine

G F Dmaj7
Betrayal, you let me down
G F Dmaj7
Betrayal, you let me down
G F Dmaj7
Betrayal, I'm so ashamed of you
G D A D Dmaj7
Now I'm so scared of the weeks ahead

From the silence I'm lost here in my lonely room

Tears are what brought you now you won't move
In the fading light of sun in my empty half moon
Can you ever explain the need to cause me pain

I hear the whispers in the solo cafes

The poison gossip of the 10p arcades
Of looks and the stares of those who know
Now their hateful eyes are the ones I close
And I'm so scared of the years ahead

Betrayal, you let me down

Betrayal, you let me down
Betrayal, I'm so ashamed of you
Now I'm so scared of the weeks ahead
 In Love For The First Time

F#maj7 Emaj7 x 2

F#maj7 Abm7 B
Guilty of the old excuse of losing myself to you
Bm7
But I'm only human
F#maj7 Bm7 Bm9
I think in time things can only get more confused

If I make the same mistake - of thinking it's all quite plain

Please excuse my ignorance - but I've never felt this before

F#maj7 Ebm7 Ebm9 F#maj7 Ebm7 Ebm9

In love for the first time - our hearts beat almost in time
Bm7 Bm9
And nothing else seems to matter

There's nothing else that's on my mind

I have no sense of time - only necking, mating
I think you'll know when we're apart the time goes so slow

In love for the first time - our hearts beat almost in time
And nothing else seems to matter

C# Ebm7 Ebm9
And where to start I do not know
B C# D
These things take time - and time to grow

Gmaj7 C Cm7 Gmaj7 Cm7 Cm9

Gmaj7 Am7
Now nothing else is on my mind
C Cm7
I have no sense of time - only necking, mating
Gmaj7 Eb Cm9
I think you'll know when we're apart the time goes so slow

Gmaj7 Em7 Em9

In love for the first time
Gmaj7 Em7 Em9
Our hearts beat almost in time
Cm7 Cm9
And nothing else seems to matter
 The Big Boss Groove

Em A
Hold on is what they say
Em A
To get any back to you will have to pay
Em A
Don't shout or get upset
Em A
It's the same message from the holy Tory government

Don't rock the sinking ship - and don't fly in the face of it
Work for your heaven's way
It's the same bullshit from the pulpit and the president
C G
Hear keys getting in my way
C G
It drives me crazy when I hear them say
B7 Em
"Let us pray" 'cause I want my heaven here on earth

Get up is what we say - don't wait for judgement day

There's too much going on
You might think you're weak but together we can be so strong
This world is no man's land - our lives are in our hands
Our will is our command
You put it together and together we can make a stand

Our faith is the key to it

The unifying for some reason to be
You will see if you stand outside the big boss groove

Get on up! Get on up! Get on up! Get on up!

Our faith is the key to it

The unifying for some reason to be
You will see if you stand outside the big boss groove

Get up is what we say

Don't wait for judgement day
There's too much going on
You might think you're weak but together we can be so strong
This world is no man's land
Our lives are in our hands
Our will is our command
You put it together and together we can make a stand
 Changing of the Guard

Bbmaj7 Bb7 Ebmaj9 Absus Ab

Bbmaj7 Bb7
Changes of clothes and summer showers,
Ebmaj7 Absus Ab
Like changing the guard: it only lasts for hours.
Bbmaj7 Gm7
Wondering what and where did it go,
Cm7 B7
Crying over nothing worth crying for . . .

Bbmaj7 Bb7
Once in awhile I still think about
Ebmaj7 Absus Ab
The smile on your face girl the first time around.
Bbmaj7 Gm7
I'm wondering what and who you're doing it with
Cm7 Abm7
Crying over nothing worth crying for. Still . . .

Eb Ebmaj7
Just now and then, I still get it:
Abmaj7 Eb Bb
That same old feeling, I can't forget it.
Eb Cm7
Wondering why and where did it go,
Fm7 Abm6
Trying not to let myself need you so . . .

Bbmaj7 Bb7
Changes of mind: I have my doubts.
Ebmaj7 Absus Ab
I'm sure I was right but I'm not sure now.
Bbmaj7 Gm7
Wondering why and where did I go;
Cm7 B7
Trying not to let them get to me so . . .

Gm7 Cm7 Gm7 Cm7 Ebmaj7 Abmaj7 Ebmaj7 Abm6

Eb Ebmaj7
Once in awhile, I just can't help it,
Abmaj7 Eb Bb
It's that same old feeling and how I regret it.
Eb Cm7
Wondering why I miss you so,
Fm7 Abm7
Crying over nothing worth it all

Bbmaj7 Bb7
Baby please, if there's a chance,
Ebmaj7 Absus Ab
Let's throw out the past and get something back.
Bbmaj7 Gm7
I'm wondering why did we part at all?
Cm7 B7
Crying over nothing worth crying for . . .
Cm7 B7
Crying over nothing worth crying for . . .
Cm7 B7
Crying over nothing worth crying for . . .
Bmaj7
Mmmm . . .
 It's A Very Deep Sea

Cm7-5/F

Ebmaj7 Dm7 Ebmaj7 Dm7 Cm9

Ebmaj7 Dm7
I'll keep on diving til I reach the ends,
Ebmaj7 Dm7 Cm9 Cm7/Cm9
Dredging up the past to drive me round the bends.
Bbmaj9 Cm9
What is it in me that I can't forget?
Bmaj7 Cm9
I keep finding so much that I now regret.

But no, on I go down into the depths,

Turning things over that are better left;
Dredging up the past that has gone for good,
Trying to polish up what is rotting wood

Dm7 Cm7
Whoa diving, I'm diving
Dm7 Cm7
Oh, diving, I'm diving
Cm7-5/F
Diving . . .

Ebmaj7 Dm7 Ebmaj7 Dm7 Cm9

Something inside takes me down again,

Diving not for goblets but for tin cans,
Dredging up the past for reasons so rife,
Passing bits of wrecks that once passed for life . . .

But I'll keep on diving till I drown the sea

Of things not worth even mentioning.
Perhaps I'll come to the surface and come to my senses --
But it's a very deep sea around my own devices . . .

Whoa diving, I'm diving

Oh, diving, I'm diving
Diving . . .

Bbmaj7 Cm7
Perhaps I'll come to the surface and come to my senses, p'raps I'll
Bbmaj7 Cm7
Come to the surface and come to my senses, perhaps I'll…
 How She Threw It All Away

E G#m7 C#m7 B6
E G#m7 B7sus B7

C#m7 B6
Of all the things that money can buy,
Am E
Freedom's never cheap.
C#m7 B6
But all the things she needed in life,
Am E
She had no need to keep.

Of all the things she asked of me - none were ever fun,

And I'm no good at acting while - the camera's on the run

C#m7 G#m7
Don't you know she threw it all away?
C#m7 B6
I wonder how she feels today . . .
C#m7 G#m7
She threw it all away,
B7sus B7
I wonder if she's there to stay.

I tried a bit to change into

Something that I'm not
But trying to mould with dynamite
Is like giving the lion spots.

Guess you know, she threw it all away

Don't shed a tear, there's no need to cry.
She threw it all away,
I played both parts in "The Fool and I"

G F#
Yes, I know you're hurting inside,
G F#+
But I can't stop those tears in your eyes
Bm F#+ Bm7
Falling from your face.
E9 Gm7
Everytime you fall apart
Am7 Gm7
I knew at the start, when it happened again
 Am7 B7sus B7
It was the start of the end for us.

Guess you know, she threw it all away

Don't shed a tear, there's no need to cry.
She threw it all away,
I played both parts in "The Fool and I"

Yes, I know you're hurting inside,

But I can't stop those tears in your eyes
Falling from your face.
Everytime you fall apart
I knew at the start, when it happened again
It was the start of the end for us.

With all the things that money can buy

You'll never be alone.
But thankfully you remembered the words
To I "Can't Buy Me Love."

Don't you know, she threw it all away

Don't shed a tear, there's no need to cry.
She threw it all away,
I played both parts in "The Fool and I"

Don't you know she threw it all away?

I wonder how she feels today
She threw it all away,
I wonder if she's there to stay.
 Iwasadoledadstoyboy

C#m
There's better ways of making cash
Than waiting in parks and selling your arse.
But I'm on the move and about to stay,
Always old in a very young way.

I'm a fool to myself when I think now,

I believed in the why but didn't know how.
And now I don't fit with no place to go,
Only down in a comical show.

B/F# C#m
All of the promises and all the dreams,
F# E
Couldn't put Humpty back on his feet.
B/F# C#m
All the queens horses and all the queens guards,
D#m F#
Couldn't put money back in the yards.

C#m
I'm on the move about to stay, always old in a very young way. (x4)

F#m C#m (x2)

C#m
All of the promises and all the dreams,
Couldn't put Humpty back on his feet,
All the Queen's horses and all the Queen's guards,
Couldn't put money back in the yards.

There's better ways of losing your pride,

Than waiting in queues for a cheque at a time.
But I've been taught that it's me whose the ponce,
And I can only act as I've been taught to respond.

But there's better ways to make ends meet,

Than shuffling through life dead on your feet.
But here we are and there they stay,
With their very small handouts in a very big way.

I'm on the move, about to stay, always old in a very young way. (x10)
 The Story of Someone's Shoe

Ebadd9 Cm9
It's either something in their eyes or something in the drink
Abmaj7 Bbsus Bb
But whatever it is, they both stop and think.
Ebadd9 Cm9
There's no going back and nothing above,
Abmaj7 Bb
It's lust and loneliness but never love.
Abmaj7 Ebmaj7
She takes a breath as he takes his keys:
Gm7-5 Abmaj7
First-name terms is the extent of it.
Fm9 Eb6
There's no getting out as they're going in,
Abmaj7 Bb
But by tomorrow they both will begin
Cm Cm/Bb
To regret and renege on a bond they have struck,
Abmaj7 Bb
A small price to pay for casual luck
Cm Cm/Bb
Some lose nothing, some lose a lot:
Abmaj7 Cm Cm/Bb Bb6
But whatever we have is all we have got.

He takes her hand and leads to the room,

In half light and silence for their clothes to remove.
There's doubt in her mind but hope in her heart
That this last one of many may be the start.
So they wriggle and writhe for an hour or two:
But time has no place when two are consumed.
They moan and they grasp, but they don't really speak,
As no conversation could fit this scene. . . .

And tomorrow, as always, always comes as she slips away, he still dumb
He felt the urge just as she felt the need
Now the need's to get out still carrying his seed
Which trickles down her leg and onto her shoe
Onto the pavement, and then out of view.
Into the gutter and down into a drain - joining a river, and there to remain
There's no going back and there's nothing above
It's lust or loneliness that drives us alone

Abm6 Bb6 Eb
It's lust and loneliness, but it's seldom love.
 Why I Went Missing

Cmaj7 Dm/C
Oh, I don't know why, why I went missing:
F
It could have been the call of night,
Gsus G
It could have been a change of mind . . .

I don't know why, why I went missing:

And, though lost, I found myself
Where I had been all the time.

When the clock chimes I shall be gone,

But judge not the action but what went wrong.
I'm no saint, but I'm no sinner --
That's one of the reasons why I went missing.

Cm9 Dm7 Gsus

Took me off to somewhere nice;
Cm9 Dm/C Gsus G
A night half bored in paradise.

There's plenty more that I could have kissed,

And those who wanted it, I could have resisted.
But I blamed myself for the out-of-town kissing;
I made up an excuse of why I went missing.

I'm no saint, but I'm no sinner

That's one of the reasons why I went missing

Fm9 Bb Fm9 Bb B

But truth, as in fiction, is sometimes strained,

And love and contradiction have a part to play;
I once blamed myself, but now I blame you:
Why I went missing is a fictional truth.

Oh, I don't know why, why I went missing:

It could have been the call of night,
It could have been a change of mind . . .

I don't know why, why I went missing:

And, though lost, I found myself
Where I had been all the time.
 It Didn’t Matter

Bm
I remember all the early days
D F#m
Trying to think of the right things to say
Bm
I didn’t want you to think I was like the rest
D F#m
Who think they own you just because you’ve laid with them
Bm
It didn’t matter - really didn’t matter
D/E E/F# F/G
It didn’t matter now we are together

There are crystal hearts just waiting to be smashed

And out to break them are the ones who never last
To soon today and gone tomorrow
And taking with them just another little piece of you

A E
There are those who think it’s smart
A A/C# E
Thinking that they’ve stole your love and broke your heart
A E
Too much too soon and gone tomorrow
A A/C# D/E Bm
Well my love doesn’t need to lend or steal or borrow
 Promised Land

Cm F
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Ab Cm Fm7 Ab
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Cm Abmaj7
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

Cm F Ab
Brothers, sisters, one day we’ll all be free
Cm F Ab Cm
From fighting; violence; people crying in the street

Fm7 Ab
When the angels from above
Cm Ab
Fall down and spread their wings like doves
Fm7 Ab
We’ll walk hand in hand
Cm Abmaj7 Eb
Sisters, brothers, we’ll make it to the promised land

You and I
We’ll walk the land
And as one, and as one
We’ll take our stand

When the angels from above

Fall down and spread their wings like doves
We’ll walk hand in hand
Sisters, brothers, we’ll make it to the promised land
 Heavens Above

Em9 Am7
Heavens above what have we done
Em9 Am7
Oh, we've killed off the thing we had so little of
Em9 Am7
True, love has no truth without a price
A9 G/D Bm C
But the cost of loving has been blown sky high

Spend on the hope the call The Peacemaker

And pray to their God - the Heavy Rainmaker
Pagans of wealth they dance so freely
G/D G Gm Bb/C
As they give away the life that comes so cheaply

Fmaj7 Dm7
Don't you see - there's a better way for us to be
Fmaj7 Dm7
And in the back of your mind - you know its just a matter of time

Bbmaj7
Heavens above

Time here today is life tomorrow

Oh but life means less now the time is borrowed
Paid for in blood, the donors seem keen
As they realise too late they've been so cheated

Surely by now we've paid the price

What is there left to sacrifice
You take the power - you take the pay
You steal the will and have the say
I'm sure by now there's not much left
One hand on heart - one on a breast
You steal the milk - you milk the land
But your time is up - your time is sand!
 Fairy Tales

Intro: Em7 Am7 C Bm, Em7 Am7 C/D

G Am7
The giant towers over all
G Am7
But from close distance he don't seem that big at all
Bbmaj7 Am7b5
In fact he's no more than you or I
G C/D B7sus4
Though we give him far more power than his size

Could such a land ever exist

Where those so many could be rendered oh so weak
And still be listening by the phone
To buy shares in things that we already own

Em7 Am7 C Bm
Em7 Am7 C/D

The giant towers over all

But from close distance she don't seem that big at all
In fact she's no more than you or I
Though we give her far more power than her size

Now as we lay me down to sleep

Hold firm the idea that the truth shall always keep
For history will prove in time
That their laws today will be tomorrows crime
 Walking The Night

Bm9 Bm6
I feel like walking, because my poor hearts breaking
Bm9 Bm6
You told me once I know, but loves a thing that can go
Dm9 Dm6
Vanish in the night, its gone by morning's light
Dm9 Dm6
It drifted in one day - but I'm hoping it will
Bm9 Bm6
Stay - in my arms always, never go away
Bm9 Bm6
I'll make this moment last and put time in the past
F/G G7
Where time alone can stop - stop me thinking

D/E Amaj7 D/E A Bm C9

Walking the night - I'm wondering if I'm gonna see you again

You left me standing by wracked with wondering

Why I feel so insecure, yes a mad thing I know
but I can't help myself, shake this feeling off
Lets start getting back - to where we started

From the difference that I felt - I thought I knew myself

I thought I knew so well - now time alone will tell
If we can make time stop - and keep this feeling
 Call Me

G Am/G G Am/G G
I know that you have time, but believe me that it will fly by
Em/G D/G Bm/G G Am/G G
If it don't treat you right, I want you to know that you can call me

G Am/G G Am/G G
Into each life – some rain must fall – but when the storm becomes too
much for you - oh
Em/G D/G Bm/G G Am/G G
Don’t be afraid to enter my life – I will be there if you call me

C/G G Am/G G C/G G Am/G G

Call me, call me, call me, call me

G, Am, Bm,

Cmaj7
Don't let your pride get in the way of your veiw
Bm7 E
Of how we used to be
Amaj7 F#m/D
For you it's long ago but to me yesterday
Amaj7 F#m/D
The passing of time like the crashing of waves
Amaj7 F#m/D
It weighs down on your memory and you can forget
Amaj7 F#m/D
When it all gets to much I will always be there
A7 Dsus4 D
For you to call me, for you to call me

G Am/G G Am/G G
Into each life – some rain must fall – but when the storm becomes too
much for you - oh
Em/G D/G Bm/G G Am/G G
Don’t be ashamed to enter my life – I will be there if you call me
 A Casual Affair

G Em
It's funny how time seems to soften the blow
Am D
And only with time do I see at all
G Em
That the promises made were the start of the fall
Am D
The biggest mistake was to promise at all

Cmaj7
Shout the odds
B ( Bm ) Em (Cmaj7)
And what does it matter now?
B (Bm) Em
That dreams are a passing cloud
Am
Their place is taken
D
With many more fools like us
G Em
The time that we had we now have to repay
Am D
The sweet things we ate now leave a bitter taste
G Em
Can you ever remember a night or a day
Am D
You ever regretted eating that way

Say I'm wrong

But inside you know I'm right
And useless to try and fight
They say it was worth it
But you know it never was
Emaj7 F#m9 ( A )
The hurt inside
Emaj7 F#m9 (A)
And all the wasted tears we've cried
Dmaj7 Em9 (G)
Oh, the fun we had
Dmaj7 Em9 (G)
All the good things just turned bad
Gmaj7 ( Cmaj7 ) Am9 ( F )
Oh, the memories
Gmaj7 (Cmaj7) (F) D
Rearrange themselves to misery for me
Say I'm wrong
But inside you know I'm right
And useless to try and fight
They say it was worth it
But you know it never was
The hurt inside
And all the wasted tears we've cried
Oh, the fun we had
All the good things just turned bad
Oh, the memories
Rearrange themselves to misery for me

G Em
A casual affair in a casual way
Am D
We don't go far living from day to day
G Em
It just is a laugh that we left unnamed
Am D
You came here with pride but they told you was changed

Shout the odds

And what does it matter now?
That dreams are a passing cloud
Their place is taken
With many more fools like us
 Wanted

C#m7
There's a girl in my office - she keeps on stopping
E/F# B Bmaj7
Right in front of my eyes
C#m7
Though I try and try - I can't hide anymore
E/F# B Bmaj7
Letting my feelings speak for me
C#m7
But when I try to speak - my tongue gets weak
E/F# B Bmaj7
I stay the lonely man I am

D#m7 G#m7 E E/F#

Why should it be - that my heart's under lock and I can't find the key
D#m7 G#m7 E E/F#
F#/G#
Tell me, why should it seem - that I'm diving inside without making a try

B/C#
Why oh, well I only want to be wanted

There's a girl in my dreams - working nights on my scenes

Till she has me in little bits
There's a time and a place - but it moves at a pace
And I can't seem to keep in time
There's a word for the way - but no words can I say
So a lonely man I stay

Why should it be - I confess that it's hard

turning hopes into dreams but -
Why let off steam - you can cool yourself nice
Throwing soup in your flies

Oh, I only to be wanted

Why should it be
That my heart's under lock
And I can't find the key
Tell me, why should it seem
That I'm diving inside without making a try

Why oh, well I only want to be wanted

 Blue Café

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 Internationalists

C#m F#
If you believe you have an equal share
C#m E F’#
In the whole wide world and all it bears
C#m F#
An' that your share is no less or more than
C#m E F#
Your fellow sisters and brother man
C#m F# G#7+
Then take this knowledge and with it insist
C#m F# G#7+
Declare yourself - an internationalist!

If you lay no blame at the feet of next door

An' realise this struggle is also yours
An' that without the strength of us altogether
The world as it stands will remain forever
Then take this challenge and make it exist!
Rise up as - an internationalist!

If your eyes see deeper than the colour of skin

Then you must also see we are the same within
An' the rights you expect are the rights of all
Now it's up to you to lead the call
That liberty must come at the top of the list
Stand proud as - an internationalist!

If you see the mistake in having bosses at all

You will also see how they all must fall
For under this system there is no such thing
As the Democracy our leaders would have us sing
No time for lies now as only truth must persist
Rise up now and declare yourself - an internationalist!
 The Lodgers

Gm7 Bbmaj7 Am7 C

Don't get settled in this place,
Gm7 Bbmaj7 Am7 C
The Lodger's terms are in disgrace.

Gm7 Bbmaj7 Am7 C

No peace for the wicked - only war on the poor
Gm7 Bbmaj7 D7
They're batting on pickets - trying to even the score
Gm7 Bbmaj7 Am7 C
It's all inclusive - and the dirt comes free
Gm7 Bbmaj7 D7
And you can be all that you want to be

Oh an equal chance and an equal pay

But equally there's no equal pay
There's room on top - if you tow the line
And if you believe all this you must be out of your mind

There's only room for those the same

Those who play the leeches game
Don't get settled in this place
The lodger's terms are in disgrace

Getcha brains blown out - in a captain's mess

Stand for the Queen if you can stand the test
It's all thrown in and the lies come free
And you can be all that they want you to be

There's only room for those the same - those who play the leeches game
Don't get settled in this place - the lodger's terms are in disgrace

Oh if you work hard you can be the boss

But if you don't work at all then that's nobody's loss
There's room on top - if you dig in low
And the idea is what they reap you sow

With an old school tie and a reference

You can cover up crimes in their defence
It's all thrown in and the lies come free
And you can be all that they want you to be

There's only room for those the same - those who play the leeches game
Don't get settled in this place - the Lodger's terms are in disgrace
 Luck

Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7
Luck fell in the right place for me
Bbmaj7 Eb/F
The day you happened to come by
Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7
You caught me feeling all was useless
Bbmaj7 Eb/F
And left me feeling ten feet high

Dbmaj7 Cm7
Now nothing again can be quite the same
Dbmaj7 Fm7 Eb/F
You gather my fears, and threw them away

Luck dropped in, just at the right time - the time when I felt most alone
All my dreams had seemed to vanish
Now my nightmares have upped and gone

I'm not scared of farewells. Nothing's the same twice

I stride through the day, and float through the night

Ebmaj7 Dm7 Gm7 Ab/Bb

How much choice do we have in this?
Ebmaj7 Dmaj7 Gm7 Ab/Bb
Like some almighty hand, smashing your life into pieces,
Cm7 Dm7
One day you're washed and drowned
Ebmaj7 Eb/F
And the next day you're put back on the land

Now nothing again can be quite the same

I gather my fears and I throw them away

Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7
Luck, when you hold me closely
Bbmaj7 Eb
Ooh, feels like summertime
Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7
Luck, when you hold my hand
Bbmaj7 Eb/F
I want it all the time

Luck, in your country kisses - ooh, I love your outlook

Luck, in your hills and valleys - go on talking, my babbling brook
 Party Chambers

D Am E
Back in the party chambers - laughter echos loud.
D Am
I guess my guests are alright,
Fmaj7
They won't miss me for awhile.
E Am
Cos I need to be alone.

Fmaj7 Am
Let me sink in sadness.
Fmaj7 Am
Cos I can't forget her,
Fmaj7 F
She weighs on my mind and try as I might
G E
I spend all my time - thinking about her.

Ab Bb
Now I walk to the waters edge of the lake
C
And I gaze at my reflection and for a moment
Db D E
I think I see her but the wind blows her away (and meanwhile)

D Am E
Back in the party chambers - restless guests they get
D Am
And so I entertain them
Fmaj7
But it's not my self
E Am
I can't wait until they go.
Fmaj7 Am
Let me sink in sadness
Fmaj7 Am
Cos I can't forget her
Fmaj7 F
She weighs on my mind and try as I might
G E
I spend all my time - thinking about her