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[G, C G, D G, C+1 G] Boys, they dig through rocks, they make up myths and tell us how we live / Boys waste time, they chase lies, they don’t take what they give [Riff] [G, C G, D G, C+1 G] Now I’m on fire, I wanna fill my desires with what’s here right now / Look around, who will see you with me? Am I ashamed or proud? [Riff] [G, C G, D G, C+1 G] Boys live vicariously through me and you, something for them to do [Riff]
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My Many Mansions
01:23
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[Capo 5] [Riff] [Am Em Am G] The chatterbox fisherman is talking 'bout his life / Sharing all he’s learned about having a wife / You see me in a mansion in May / You see me in a mansion in June / We probably should’ve noticed that the leaves are out of focus / Which diverted our attention from the no-affection locusts / [Riff] [Am Em Am G] Play the game the way the “A” does / You see me in a mansion in Spring / You see me in my mansion in Fall / Rehearsing your reaction to our future interactions / When you see me in a mansion in my oh so many mansions [Riff]
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Sing or Freeze
02:02
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[Capo 2] [A G] [Riff] [A A C A G] Johnny and the rest, they were sitting on the fence, they were tense / Put it in the box, where we’ll start and we’ll stop, we will rock / [A G] Time for us to shine towards the door with spots and faulty locks and such / [Riff] [A A C A G] It’s already May, they can say what they say, it’s okay / We’re waiting for the June, we can clean out the room, ‘tember soon / [A G] Sing with us or freeze with us no more / Sing with us or freeze with us no more (with spots and faulty locks) / Sing with us or freeze with us no more (with spots and faulty locks) / Time for us to shine towards the door with spots and faulty locks and such / Sing with us or freeze with us no more (with spots and faulty locks)
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I'm Not A Bird
01:26
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[A E] I’m not a bird / I’m not a bird / I don’t know if you’ve heard, but I’m not a bird / Do I wish that I could fly high up in the sky / Or sing a song that brightens up the day? / Well sure I do but only for a bit / Cuz I wouldn’t want to wish my life away / I’m not a bird / I’m not a bird / I don’t know if you’ve heard, but I’m not a bird / [break] I don’t make fun of their small, small brains / Or how they like to eat just worms / Or the funny way that they hop all around / No I’m not a bird / I’m not a bird / I’m not a bird / I don’t know if you’ve heard, but I’m not a bird
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I Touched The Earth
02:14
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[Capo 3] [Riff] I touched the earth / I took a photo / For what it's worth / I worked it solo / What do you smell / Describe the sounds / What's that behind you / Look around / [Riff C Am] How much of what you know is in your possession? / How much of what you know is merely your perception? / [Riff] I touched the earth / I want to share / I hope you feel / Like you were there / [G Em, C Am Em] You can see only what I have shown you / You can see only what I choose to show / [G Em, C Am G/Riff] You can see only what I have shown you / You can see only what I show
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Light a Candle for Me
01:48
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[Riff] [C C C C F G] Three chord minors / And muted majors / They’re all the same / They’re all in danger / So pray / And light a candle for me / I saw your folks / The other night / They stopped and talked / Pretended not to fight / They say / They’ll light a candle for me / [Riff] [C C F G] Be my golden number one / Be my golden number one / Pray my candles are the sun / To a life that’s just begun / Be my golden number one / Be my golden number one / Pray my candles are the sun / For a life that’s just begun / Be my golden number one / Be my golden number one / Pray my candles are the sun / To a life that’s just begun [Riff]
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Want Out
01:10
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[Riff] [Em G Em] She’s decided to go / The golden nightmare, the golden nightmare / There’s always somewhere to go / “Stick it out, son. You never know.” / [Em G] All the numbers / I won’t trick you / I left my family / I needed someone / I needed someone / I left my family / I won’t trick you / All the numbers / [Em G Em] She’s decided to go / “Stick it out, son. You never know.” [Riff]
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According to the Losers
01:25
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[Capo 2] [E A B C E] According to the losers / ‘s no other way to play / It’s hard for them to see cuz the same thing happens every day / Rock, paper, scissors / Like on the Fourth of July / Some things I can’t explain, some things I just don’t understand why / [D A] The breeze happens once / The sleeves hide the way / [B C E] The bad things happen for the bad they happen every day / The bad things happen for the bad they happen every day / [D A] Did you see the signs of the times slowly fade away / Did you know that we were heading for a time and a place where the lies will never fade [B C E]
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They Lined Up Their Guns
01:51
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[Riff] [C D F G] I saw them in each of the lines on your face / They looked back at me, with sincerity and grace / I couldn’t take anything from the lore they’d built back when / They lined up their guns, they lined up their guns, they lined up their guns / [Riff] [C D F G] The one with the scar on his head seemed to offer up his mercy / Was it his to give? Was it really his to give? / Another time another time another time another time another time, I can’t relate / They lined up their guns, they lined up their guns [Riff]
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[Capo 10] [Riff, E G] [C G] It’s creeping up on Monday / It’s creeping up fast / I’m glad we stayed / But glad we didn’t leave last / [E G] [C G] It’s creeping up on Friday / You know it never moves fast / And all the days and all the ways we / try to make it last [E G] [Riff]
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A Drifting
02:10
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[Capo 4] [Em C] / [Em Am G C] Sitting here for another year / The comforts never cease / They look at me, us both they see / Two bodies but one beast / [Am Bm C G] And for some time I did not mind / Shackled too for all your crimes / There’s no denying the vulgar claims / No sense in trying to deflect the blame / [Em Am G C] Dress him up in an angel’s robe / White as white can be / [Am Em C G] And hang the halo square above his nose / So now he’s heavenly / [Am Em] Still the devil’s plain to see / [Am C] Still the devil’s plain to see / [Em C] / [Em Am G C] To stay, to stray, to inch away / To blow this all to bits / To not do a thing would certainly / Cause a world of fits / [Am Bm C G] A step to the left or a step to the right / Either way would be alright / The dark-room judges in their mismatched robes / Will be blinded by the light / [Em Am G C] You can dress me up or leave me be / My love for you is real / [Am Em C G] Blood of friends or family blood / The deal is still the deal / [Am Em] I just need some room to heal / [Am C] I just need some room to feel / [C G]
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Dunes and Waves
02:02
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[Capo 8] [Am G C G] [Am Em C G] Papa’s dunes are your dunes / There’s the valley where he slept when he ran away / Papa’s tunes are your tunes / The more things change the more they stay the same / We’re reinvented nightly / The past is now and the future is the past / [Am Em C] Papa’s dunes are your dunes / But every wave covers up the last / [Am G C G] [Am Em C G] And I can see me clearly / Doing things I can’t believe I do / I can’t describe what steers me / Would I change if I knew you knew / With no big explosion / No big bang, no quake, not a crash / [Am Em C] Papa’s dunes were my dunes / But every wave covers up the last / [Am G C G]
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[Capo 3] [Riff] [G G A7 Em] A penny for your thoughts girl, I’m stuck with the middleman / Can we avoid the tricks and schemes and all the aftermath / [G C C7 C] I played my part / I paved the road / [G C C C] You played your part / It’s time to go / [Riff] [G G A7 Em] The troops arrive in a hastily-formed, beat-up caravan / And at the outset they’re thrown into the midst of the aftermath / [C D Em D] The ones we made feel useless used us up in ways we never dreamt they could / The only lonely way to the top is the way to fall for good / Climb and climb and climb to the top climb climb climb as you should / Hey there sister, hey there brother / Don’t let go of one another [G]
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King Everything Pendleton, New York
Loud & quiet; odd & ordinary; mysterious & straightforward; vague & clear; joyous & angry; fast & slow; messy & organized; simple & complicated; succinct & wordy; energetic & lackadaisical; continuous & disjointed; hopeless & rosy; new & familiar.
King Everything recommends:
So good! Consistent, intelligent songs. Made a new album each month for the first quarter of 2013. Hope he keeps it up!
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