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(AM) STARING DOWN THE MOUTH OF A GREY GHOST SKY
(F) TRYING TO SEE IF SHE WILL PICK UP THE LINE
(G) TELEPHONE WIRES HOLDING (AM) HAND TO (F) HAND
(G) PASSING MY VOICE ACROSS (AM) DIVIDED (F) LAND
TRYING TO GET A HEEL ON SOLID GROUND
TAPE DECK PASSING ON A WESTERN SOUND
I SHOOK HANDS WITH TWENTY YEARS GONE
LOST A LOT OF FRIENDS BUT I KEPT THIS SONG...YOU ONLY NEED (G) ONE
YOU GOTTA (C) LOSE YOUR (Am) HEAVY HEART (G) SOMEHOW
BABY I'VE GOT TIME BUT I DON'T GOT TIME NOW
(F) I WANT TO TELL A (G) STORY (C) BUT YOU'RE GONNA HEAR A (AM) LIE
(F) I'M LIVING ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF MY (G) MIND
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THE RAIN FILLED MY SHOES
BUT I WALKED IN 'EM ANYWAY TO DROWN THE BAD NEWS
RATTLESNAKE EARLE IS ON HIS DYING BED
PLAYED HIS LAST CHORD IT WAS MINOR I BET
MAYBE HIS COFFINS ON A TRAIN CAR HEADING WEST
I WANT TO LIE DOWN YEAH I AIN'T GOT NOTHING LEFT
MAYBE WHAT'S LEFT IS A BULLET IN A GUN
YOU ONLY NEED ONE
YOU GOTTA LOSE YOUR HEAVY HEART SOMEHOW
BABY I'VE GOT TIME BUT I DON'T GOT TIME NOW
I WANT TO TELL A STORY BUT YOU'RE GONNA HEAR A LIE
I'M LIVING ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF MY MIND
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Oooooh la la ooooh la la oooh Sentimental Love
Oooooh la la ooooh la la oooh Sentimental Love
Do I make your heart fly, up to the sky?
Do I make your palms sweat, when we’re holding hands?
I am just a teenager for your love
Oooooh la la ooooh la la oooh Sentimental Love
Oooooh la la ooooh la la oooh Sentimental Love
When we start kissing, do you feel the shock?
When I see you smiling, hope you never turn it off
I am just a schoolboy waiting at your bus stop
Do you do you do you get butterflies, when I pick you up?
When we’re together time just flies and I can’t get enough
Put your arms around me and hold on
I can’t believe you found me and it’s on
Oooooh la la ooooh la la oooh Sentimental Love
Oooooh la la ooooh la la oooh Sentimental Love
Oooooh la la ooooh la la oooh Sentimental Love
Oooooh la la ooooh la la oooh Sentimental Love
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What's It Gonna Take?
02:58
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[G] RED LIPS ARE NOTHING NEW
HOW COME THEY LOOK SO GOOD ON YOU?
HOT HIPS CAN REALLY SHAKE
I WANNA KNOW WHAT IT’S GONNA TAKE
[Am] WHAT’S IT GONNA TAKE?
[G] WHAT’S IT GONNA TAKE?
TAN LINES FAKE N BAKE
YOUR BIKINI IN THE LAKE
JET BOATS WATER SKIIS
I WANNA KNOW WHAT IT’S GONNA TAKE?
WHAT’S IT GONNA TAKE?
[D] WHAT’S IT GONNA TAKE?
WHAT’S IT [Am] GONNA TAKE?
SIX PACK SUN BURNT FACE
YOUR FLIP FLOP CAUSED A TIDAL WAVE
ROPE SWING BETWEEN MY LEGS
I WANNA KNOW WHAT IT’S GONNA TAKE?
WHAT’S IT GONNA TAKE?
[D] WHAT’S IT GONNA TAKE?
WHAT’S IT [Am] GONNA TAKE?
[C] IS THIS THE WRONG TIME?
[D] IS THERE A RIGHT WAY?
[G] I WANT YOU TO KNOW
[Em] I LOVE YOU TODAY
COME ON MY LADY
DON’T DRIVE ME CRAZY
LET’S DANCE SOME MORE
LET ME BE YOUR SWAYZE
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Mi Corazon Sangra
03:54
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Waiting for that sunrise to happen again One day you find you’re lonely then you get a new friend I don’t mind getting tossed into my luck mi corazon sangra but I’m on the mend That setting sun gives way to moonlight And when it’s full you know the vampires feel alright I don’t mind getting tossed into my luck Sometimes it takes a sound for the blind to see Soon I love it when I get my hands on you Like you were a big balloon let’s blow it up til it pops Come on baby make me swoon Spinning your tongue around my tongue And up and down my neck I love it I want it I need it taking in the view No one set a limit on how long you have to wait Looking for a fortune on a spinning wheel of fate I don’t mind getting tossed into my luck You can down a chaser or you can drink it strait Soon I love it when I get my hands on you Like you were a big balloon let’s blow it up til it pops Come on baby make me swoon Spinning your tongue around my tongue And up and down my neck When you gonna come around?
CHORDS:
Mi Corazon Sangra by Matt Hopper
G - F - Am - Cm
Waiting for that sunrise to happen again
One day you find you’re lonely then you get a new friend
I don’t mind getting tossed into my luck
Mi corazon sangra but I’m on the mend
That setting sun gives way to moonlight
And when it’s full you know the vampires feel alright
I don’t mind getting tossed into my luck
Sometimes it takes a sound for the blind to see
(Bm) Soon I love it when I get my (Cdim) hands on you
Like you were a big ba (Bm) lloon let’s blow it up til it (Cdim) pops
Come on baby make me (Bm) swoon
Spinning your tongue (Am) around my tongue
And (Bm) up and down my (Cdim) neck
D - Em - C - D x3
I love it
I want it
I need it
(Cm) taking in the view
No one set a limit on how long you have to wait
Looking for a fortune on a spinning wheel of fate
I don’t mind getting tossed into my luck
You can down a chaser or you can drink it strait
(Bm) Soon I love it when I get my (Cdim) hands on you
Like you were a big ba (Bm) lloon let’s blow it up til it (Cdim) pops
Come on baby make me (Bm) swoon
Spinning your tongue (Am) around my tongue
And (Bm) up and down my (Cdim) neck
CHORUS
D - Em - C - D
When you gonna come around? x7
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I don’t know what I’m supposed to be
A firecracker or a character in history
I’m here for the party oh sleeping all day
Dropping out like a vampire in the sun decay
I don’t know what I’m gonna do
Am I part of a hurricane or in the wake of something new
I’m here for the party oh I’m staying all night
Snorting like a warthog running till we’re out of sight
Lighting the fuse no more sitting on the shelf
Counting to two, babe I’m gonna need your help
I don’t know where I’m supposed to go
Come home darling let’s take it nice and slow
I’m here for the party, oh, sleeping sideways
Gonna burn like a mad man in a fiery blaze
Lighting the fuse no more sitting on the shelf
Counting to two, baby gonna need your help…
Who’s got a wave to ride who’s got a garden I can walk in?
Who’s gonna step inside and hear the shit that I’ve been talking?
Give me all your truth and knowledge
Working on my brain just like I went to college
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Sound Of The City
04:39
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Listen to the sound of the city Wondering where you are Blinking like a fading star In a room on the twelfth floor of a building I want to go outside See the world through no lens just my own eyes But this city will kill you If you try to do all the things that you want to I’ve got this feeling that I’m meant for something more Not sitting around waiting for something to come to my door Beatbox, street walks, everybody’s moving To the sound of the city Late night feels right everybody’s grooving To the sound of the city I want to go slumming Window shop happy hour guitar strumming Freestyle at the Bowery diva receptions for the daughter of a queen Ooooooh, she was looking mean Oooooooh, will I ever see your face again? Street walks, big talk, everybody’s moving to the sound Of the city, The city, come on over to my place and rest your head Street walks, big talk, everybody’s moving to the sound Of the city, come on over to my place and rest your head Over to my place and rest your head Over to my place and rest your head
CHORDS
15th fret 3 note drone
[15] I listen to the sounds of the city
Wondering [10] where you are
Blinking like a [8] fading star
In a [D#] room on the [Dm] 12th floor of a [Cm] building...
A# - D# - Dm – A – D# - Dm - Cm
I want to go outside / See the world through no lens just my own eyes
But this city will kill you / If you try to do all the things that you want to
F - A# - Dm
I’ve got this feeling that I’m meant for something more
Not sitting around waiting for something to come to my door
A# - Cm (D# - Dm - Cm)
Beat box, street walks, everybody’s moving
To the sound of the city (la ooooh oh-oh ooooh ooh)
Late night feels right everybody’s grooving
To the sound of the city (la ooooh oh-oh ooooh ooh)
I want to go slumming / Window shop happy hour guitar strumming
Freestyle at the Bowery / diva receptions for the daughter of a queen
Ooooooh, she was looking mean
Oooooooh, will I ever see your face again?
Street walks, big talk, everybody’s moving to the sound
Of the city, (la ooooh oh-oh ooooh ooh)
The city, come on over to my place and rest your head
(INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE) A# - F - D# - - G - F - A# - Cm
(just vocals outtro)
Street walks, big talk, everybody’s moving to the sound
Of the city, come on over to my place and rest your head
Over to my place and rest your head
Over to my place and rest your head
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It’s hard to find this place in the dark Bring your light to a quiet park Lay down underneath the stars The night is young, the night is ours This grave is marked with a cross A little sign to prove your loss Maybe he’s up there in heaven You lost him when you were seven Passing through time to a new day Pushing through rhyme for a new way She never wanted for him to leave Now she’s looking at an effigy But our love will never die Late at night you can hear her crying Sometimes she feels so alone He’ll never get to see his daughter grown She leaves a prayer and 7 stones May peace be with your weary bones Passing through time to a new day Pushing through rhyme for a new way I can feel your spirit moving over me No one really knows when death is planned We can make a new life in the morning Reincarnate this man Reincarnate this man
CHORDS
The Night Is Ours by Matt Hopper
Capo 7 (chords are written in standard tuning)
[Bm] It’s hard to find this place in the dark
[Bm] Bring your light to a quiet park
[Em] Lay down underneath the stars
[Bm] The night is young, the night is ours
This grave is marked with a cross
A little sign to prove your loss
Maybe he’s up there in heaven
You lost him when you were seven
[F#7] Passing through time to a [Em] new day [Bm]
Pushing through rhyme for a new way
She never wanted for him to leave
Now she’s looking at an effigy
But our love will never die
Late at night you can hear her crying
Sometimes she feels so alone
He’ll never get to see his daughter grown
She leaves a prayer and 7 stones
May peace be with your weary bones
Passing through time to a new day
Pushing through rhyme for a new way
[D] I can feel your spirit moving [Em] over me
No one really knows when death is planned
We can make a new life in the morning
[F#7] Reincarnate this [Em] man
Reincarnate this man …ohhhhhhh [Bm]
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Time On The Weekend
09:46
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Working my way up the ladder again
Turning that seven into a ten
And I’m trying to be happy doing what I do
Lady in red welcome to my blue world
I’ve got time on the weekend to hang out
Let’s climb higher than a fiery flame
I love kicking my feet up on my bed
Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em
Relax slow down when it’s sunny
The time trap is working for the money but
where I sleep costs a lotta dollar bills
I keep on meeting beautiful girls
But they are so wrapped up in their own worlds
I can’t pin a tail on a donkey today
can’t find a way to make myself stay
I’ve got time on a weekend to hang out?
Align romance for an aching head
I love rollin’ back to your place
To put a smile onto your face
I need some of your attention
Come on give a little mention
Of me to your family and your closet crew
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There’s no place that I have to be
I’m picking out a song from the melody tree
In the sunshine, awaken my heart
Floating through life like a hummingbird
Just blowing up smoke to the sky
Trying to make love in so many words
Between the hellos and goodbyes
It’s another midnight moonride
Hitch a ride on the sun, take me away
I’m never gonna take it slowly
I’m never gonna waste my time
You and me are just a little bit lonely...
If I am here then I can’t be there
My reality could be anywhere that the wind blows
Just playing my part
Spending my winter in the desert sun
And summer in the last frontier
Felt my day had just begun
but now it’s the end of the year
It’s another midnight moonride
Hitch a ride on the sun, take me away
I’m never gonna take it slowly
I’m never gonna waste my time
You and me are just a little bit lonely
I’m never gonna take it slowly
I’m never gonna waste my time
You and me are just a little bit lonely
I’m never gonna take it slowly
I’m never gonna waste my time
You and me are just a little bit lonely
I’m just a little bit lonely
I’m just a little bit lonely
I’m just a little bit lonely
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An athlete smoking up a pack
Outside in the cold in the corner
Waiting for her number one man to get into her bed
She’s got to get outside of it before the sun rise
He’s working when the sun goes down
Do your thing, baby, see you around
You got a fixation on your prize
That is why I love you
That is what i see your eyes
All the love, all the love, all the love
The musician getting loud, getting wilder
Dance party til there’s blood in my face
You’re gonna need it down in your corner
Before it’s dark and colder
Until you’re free and bolder
You got a fixation on your prize
That is why I love you
That is what i see your eyes
All the love, all the love, all the love
You could be the very best if you want to
You could be the very best do you want to?
Do you want to?
Do you want to?
Come on on baby let’s get out of town
Lace up them booties with a howl and a growl
Come on on baby let’s get out of town
Lace up them booties with a howl and a growl
Growl
Growl
Growl
Growl
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11. |
Wild One (demo)
03:32
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When you look at me you don’t see nothing Except a vessel to hold your roses That you pluck with wild abandon From random gardens in the city Down the rabbit hole I turn my back and there you go You were a wild one Always chasing your own tail You’re scaring me and you’re Going off the rail Always taking pictures when you’re angry You’re like a fire that surrounds me This riff is good when it’s alone that’s the only thing that brings you home Down the rabbit hole I turn my back and there you go You were a wild one Always chasing your own tail You’re scaring me and you’re Going off the rail Calm down and hold onto me You couldn’t be more cynical I am not your enemy Now it’s getting cold And you can’t fight growing old
CHORDS
WILD ONE
(M. Hopper)
D-A-G
When you look at me you don’t see nothing
Except a vessel to hold your roses
That you pluck with wild abandon
From random gardens in the city
F#m-G-F#m-G-A
Down the rabbit hole
I turn my back and there you go...
D-A-G
You were a wild one
Always chasing your own tail
You’re scaring me and you’re
F#m - G
Going off the rail
Always taking pictures when you’re angry
You’re like a fire that surrounds me
This riff is good when it’s alone
that’s the only thing that brings you home
F#m-G-F#m-A
Down the rabbit hole
I turn my back and there you go...
D-A-G
You were a wild one
Always chasing your own tail
You’re scaring me and you’re
F#m - G
Going off the rail
A-Bm-A-D-Bm-A-Bm-F#m-G-F#m-A
Calm down and hold onto me
You couldn’t be more cynical
I am not your enemy
Now it’s getting cold
And you can’t fight growing old
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