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Rhthym | |. |:lenght=1 |~=0.5 |~~=0.25 |.=1.5 d=2 d=2 d.=3 o=4
Chords C A-/B | D harmony/bass melody | here means end of measure
Lyrics yooohoo!!
Choir (yeah!!)
Notes c a single notes of the lead singer
Choir g e second voice
SCOUNDREL DAYS
(B-) (B-) (B-)(9) (B-)(9)
o o o o
B- E-(9)
Was that somebody screaming it wasn't me for sure
o o
Bb G- G-(7)
I lift my head up from uneasy pillows put my feet on the floor
D4 G-
cut my wrist on a bad thought and head for the door
B- E-(9)
outside on the pavement the dark makes no noise
Bb G-
I can feel the sweat on my lips leaking into my mouth
o o
D4 G-
I'm heading out for the steep hills they're leaving me no..
o---o-o-o o o o
B- E- G D A- C G D A-
cho..ice and see........ as our lives are in the ma...king
E- G D A- C G D
we belie........ve through the lies and the hating
,---3---,
o d d d
A- E- /E /G /A
that love goes free
B-9 E-(9)
for want of an option I run the wind 'round
Bb G-
I dream pictures of houses burning never knowing nothing else to do
o o
F C G-
with death comes the morning unannounced and new
B- E-
was it too much to ask for to pull a little weight
Bb G-
they forgive anything but greatness these are scoundrel days
o--o
D4 G- B-
and I'm close to calling out their names as pride hits my fa..ce
o-----o
E- G D A- C G
yeeheehee and see........ as our lives are in the ma...king
D A- E- G D A- C G D
we belie.......ve through the lies and the hating
(uoh no!)
o o o o
A- /E G- /F /E /Eb G- G-4/F G-/E
that love goes free........ through scoundrel days..... yehy.... hm
G-4/Eb | G- | G-4/F | G-/E | G-4/Eb | G-(9) | G-/F | G-/E | G-4/Eb
ah ah
B- E-
I reach the edge of town I've got blood in my hair
Bb G-
their hands touch my body from everywhere
o o
D4 G- B- B-
but I know that I've made it as I run into the air
o o
B-
hmeah yeah
E- G D A- C G
and see........ as our lives are in the ma...king
D A- E- G D A- C G D
we belie.......ve through the lies and the hating
(uoh no!)
A- /E E- G D A- C G D A- G
that love goes free........ oh wo through scoundrel days
THE SWING OF THINGS
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D ------ D
( ) B- B- D6 E F#-4 F#-4 B- B- D6 E F#-4
D ------ D
B- B- B- | D6 E(9) F#-4 | F#-4 B- B- | D6 E(9) F#-4
F#- D A B- D D F#-
o |. |~--d o |. |~-d
B- D E B- D E
You say the world's an eventful place
B- D E B- D E
you give me news I don't want to know
B- E F#- G A B- D E B- D
you say that I should care that I should speak my mind
E7 F#- D A B- D
oh but how can I speak of the world rushing by with a lump in my throat and
A D E7 F#- D A B-
tears in my eyes oh have we come to the point of no turning back or is it
D D D C# C# C# C# C# C# A B B D D D
F# G# A A A A A A A E F# F# F# F# A
D F#- B- D E B- D E B- D E
still time to get into the swing of things
E E E E E D C#
C# C# C# C# C# B A
B- D C#-/E E9
B- D E B- D E
let us walk through this windless city
B- D E B- D E
I'll go on till the winter gets me
B- E F#- G A B- D E
"Oh sleep..." you wrote "sleep my dear..." in a letter somewhere
o d d
B- D E7 F#- D A B- D
oh but how can I sleep with your voice in my head with an ocean
A D E F#- D A
between us and room in my bed oh have I come to the point where I'm losing
o |. |. |
B- D F#- B- D E9 B-
the grip or is it still time to get into the swing of things
B- D E9 B- B- D E9 B- B- D E F#-
D E F#- D A B-
oh when she gloves in the dark and I'm weak by the sight of this
D A D E F#- D
breathtaking beauty in which I can hide oh there's a world full out there
A B- D A D
of people I fear but given time I'll get into the swing of things yes
E7 F#- D A B- D
when she gloves in the dark and I'm struck by the sight I know that I'll
A A G# A
D E D E
o o
A D E7 F#- D A B- D D A D
need this for the rest of my li.........fe but I know
G# F# F# F# F# F# F#-e E D C#d C#
D D D D C# C# D-c# C# B A B A
D D
F#- D A B- D D A D E7
that I'll need this... ...the rest of my life oh but I'll
o o
F#- D A B- D A D E7
nee....d this you know that I'll nee....d this
F#- D A B- D
what have I done what lies I have told I've played games with the ones that
F# E E E C#
C# C# C#c# A
A D E7 F#- D A B-
rescued my soul oh have I come to the point where I'm losing the grip or
(oh but I'll neeeee...................d this)
C# C# D D
A A B F#
F# G# A A
D F#- B-
is it still time to get into the swing of things
I'VE BEEN LOSING YOU
D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5
D- G/D D- A-
it wasn't rain that washed away rinsed out the colours of your eyes
F C D- G
putting the gun down on the bedside table I must have realized
D- G/D D-
it wasn't the rain that made no difference and I could have sworn it
A- F C
wasn't me yet I did it all so coldly almost slowly
o--------d
D- G A F G
plain for all to see oh c'mon please now talk to me
(aaah!)
D D
C G D4 D F C
tell me things I could find helpful how can I stop now
(aaah!)
D D
G D4 D F C
is there nothing I can do I have lost my way
E- D5 D5 D5
I've been losing you hm
D5 D- G/D D-
I can still hear our screams competing you're hissing your s's
A- F C D-
like a snake now in the mirror stands half a man I thought no one could
G D- G/D D-
break it wasn't the rain that made no difference nervously drumming on:
A- F C
"Run away!" but I want the guilt to get me thoughts to wreck me
o---------d
D- G F G
preying on my mind so please now talk to me
(aaah!)
C G D4 D F C
tell me things I could find helpful how can I stop now
(aaah!)
o
G D5 F C
is there nothing I can do.. I have lost my way
|. d |~----|.
E- A- D A- D A- D A- /G F7+ F7+ E-
I've been losing you
D5 F
please now talk to me
(aaah!)
C G D4 D F C
tell me things I could find helpful how can I stop now
(aaah!)
G D4 D F C
is there nothing I can do talk to me tell me
(please now aaah!)
G D4 D F C
oh tell me what to do......... oh how can I stop now
(helpful aaah!)
d d o o o o
G D E F C A- D-
is there nothing I can do I have lost my way I've been losing you
o o o o o o
D-/C G-7 Bb D-
you I've been losing you you I've been losing you...
N.C. | D- | D- | D- | D-
Babe
D- D- D- D-
hm hm
D- D- D- D-
hmmm hm hm
o | | | | | | | |
D- | D- | D- | D- D-7 D-6 D-7 D-6 | D-7 D-6 D-7 D-6 |
hmmm hm run away now
| | | | | | | |~ |~---d.. |~---o
D-7 D-6 D-7 D-6 | D-7 D-6 D-7 D-6 D-7| D-7 D- | D- ...
OCTOBER
effects
D7+ G D7+ G D7+ G D7+ G
E- C G C-7
Dawn awaits a sleepless English town of coloured grey
E- C G C-7
here I roam the streets without you as summer fades away
o d d o o d d
F#-7 E F#-7 E A7+ | D7+ G D7+ | F#o D |
down in the city at nights hmmmmmmm the cold wind blows
E- C G C-7
wherever you may be right now it must be getting late
E- C G C-7
you're probably asleep already I am wide awake
D D
F#-7 E F#-7 E A7+ D7+ G D7+ G D7+ G D7+
down in the city at nights mmmmmmmhh...
D D
F#o D | E- C G C-7
don't be lonely so you've told me but don't you worry now
E- C G C-7 G C-7
loneliness can be ignored and time has shown me how
F#-7 E F#-7 E A7+ D7+ G D7+ G D7+
down in the city at nights oh I'm missing you so much *whistle*
G D7+ G D7+ G D7+ B-
*whistle* *whistle*
F#-7 E F#-7 E7+ F#-7 E F#-7 E7+
down in the city hm down in the city hhm hmm
MANHATTAN SKYLINE
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F F F
D D D D D D D D
F D- Bb7+
We sit and watch umbrellas fly I'm trying to keep my newspaper dry
D D D
F D- Bb7+
I hear myself say "My boat's leaving now" so we shake hands and cry
D D D
C D- F D- F7+ F
now I must wave goodbye wave goodbye wave goodbye wave goodbye
/
o------d d o
Bb G D- F Bb
wave goodbye.......... you know I don't want to cry again
(wave goodbye)
C G- D- F Bb
don't want to cry again I don't want to say goodbye
C G- D- F Bb C G-
don't ever want to cry again I don't want to run away I don't want to race
/
o d d d. d.
D- F Bb C G- D- F G-
this pain I'll never see your face again eh! oh but how how can you
D D D D D D
C A D- G- C A/C# D- F6 G- C
say that I didn't try you see things in the depths of my eyes
A A A G F E
C C Bb A G
D D D D
A/C# D- G- C F
that my love's run dry no! I'll leave
E E E E F
C C# C# C# D
D D D D D D D
D- Bb7+
to their goodbyes I've come to depend on the look in their eyes my
D D D
F D- Bb7+
blood's sweet for pain the wind and the rain bring back words of a song
C D- F D- F7+ F
and they say wave goodbye wave goodbye wave goodbye wave goodbye
/
o------d
Bb /F G D- F Bb
wave goodbye............ but you know I don't want to fall again
(wave goodbye)
C G- D- F Bb
I don't want to know this pain don't want another friend
C G- D- F Bb C G-
I don't want to try again don't ever want to see you hurt don't let me see
d d d o---d d o
D- F Bb C G- D- F Bb
you hurt I don't want to cry again I'll never see your face again
/
D D D D
C G- D- F G- C A/C# D- G- C A/C#
how can you say that I didn't try you know I did you see
D D
D- F G- C A/C# D- G-
things in the depths of my eyes that my love's run dry
/ /
D D D D D D D
C G-7 F D- Bb7+
so I read to myself: a chance of a lifetime to see new
(I don't wanna cry again!)
D D D D D D D D
F D- Bb7+
horizons on the front page a black and white picture of Manhattan
D
F
skyline
CRY WOLF
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(D-) (D-)
d |. |~-----o d |. |~-----o
(D-) D-7 G/D G/D (D-) D-7 G/D G/D
d |. |~-----o d |. |~-----o
(D-) D-7 G/D G/D (D-) D-7 G/D G/D
"you know"
d |. |~-----o d |. |~----d | |
(D-) D-7 G/D G/D (D-) D-7 G/D G/D G G
"night I left the city I dreamt of a wolf
d | |~ |~--o d | |~ |~--d | |
D-7 G G D-7 G G G G
ah!
d | |~ |~--o d | |~ |~--d | |
D-7 G G D-7 G G G G
ooh ooooooh!
D-7
he came from where the winds are cold
G/D
and truth is seen through keyholes
D-7 G/D
strange longins that never sleep oh now he's come where no hearts beat
(no hearts beat)
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | |
D-7 G D-7 G G G
cry time to worry
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
/
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | | d
D-7 G D-7 G G G | N.C./G |
time to worry now..
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
/
o d | |
D-7(4+) D-7(4) D-7
ooh! you can start but you cannot stop
G/D
you give in but you can't give up
D-7 G/D
you can tell all your desperate jokes to the world that puts your
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | |
D-7 G D-7 G G G
love on hold cry time to worry
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | |
D-7 G D-7 G G G
cry wolf ooh oooh! time to worry now....
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | |
D-7 G D-7 G G G
cry wolf ooh oooh! time to worry now
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
/
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | | d
D-7 G D-7 G G G | N.C./G |
cry wolf ooh oooh! time to worry now...
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
/
o
D-7/4+ | D-7/4+ | C-9/D | C-9/D | D- | D- | D-7 | D-7
oooh! ooh!
D-7/4+ | D-7/4+ | C-9/D | C-9/D | N.C. D- N.C. D- | N.C. D- N.C. D-
D
D- D- D- D- | N.C. G G
o o o o o o
D-7/ C-9/D D-7
"I dreamt of a wolf" "yeah a wolf" hmm the sunken eyes
o o o o o o
G D-7 G
and the pain...... in his cries.... a shape in the da...........rk cry
(da......rk)
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | |
D-7 G D-7 G G G
time to worry
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | |
D-7 G D-7 G G G
cry wolf ooh oooh! time to worry now.... now!
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | |
D-7 G D-7 G G G
cry wolf ooh oooh! time to worry now! cry
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
/
o o d | |~ |~--d | | d
N.C. D-7 G G G | N.C./G |
time to worry now...
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | |
D-7 G D-7 G G G
time to worry
(cry wolf ooh oooh!) (now!)
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | |
D-7 G D-7 G G G
cry wolf ooh oooh! time to worry now! cry
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | |
D-7 G D-7 G G G
oooooooooh! time to worry now...
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
/
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | | d
D-7 G D-7 G G G | N.C./G |
oooooooooh! time to worry now... aaaaaaaaye!
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | |
D-7 G D-7 G G G
ooh oooooh oohoooh......
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | |
D-7 G D-7 G G G
oooh ooh oooooh oohoooh
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
d.. |~--o ....
D-7 G
ooh ooh ooh ....
(cry wolf ooh oooh!) ....
WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE WHALES
(D) (B-) (D) (B-)
...oooooohooo
o d d o o
D B- D E- C
One left low left two who left high they seem so hard to find
*double speed*
d d d d o
E-/B G /F# G-
three came twice took once the time to search
o
D-7 G- D-7
we're looking for a little bewildered girl we're looking for a little
o o d d d d o o
Bb C C G/C C G/C F A5
bewildered girl we're looking for the whales haaaaaaaahaaahaaahaaaa
o o o o o o o o
D B- D E- C
restlessness is in our genes time won't wear it off
E-/B G /F# G-
born into this world with our eyes wide open girl
(..pen girl!)
D-7 G- D-7
we're looking for a little bewildered girl we're looking for a little
o o
Bb C G-
bewildered girl we're looking for the whales oh girl
D-7 G- D-7
we're looking for a little bewildered girl we're looking for a little
o o d d d d o o
Bb C C G/C C G/C F A5
bewildered girl we're looking for the whales haaaaaaaahaaahaaahaaaa
(D) (D) (B-) (B-) (D) (D) (B-) (B-)
o o o o o o
D B- D E-
I found angels bea.......ched outside
o o o o o o o
C G /F# E- E- A- A-
your doors don't you set those lonely e...yes on me ah
o
E- | E- | A- | A- | G | G | A-9/G | A-9/G | E- | E- | C | C G-
ah ah ah aahh ah oh girl
o
D-7 G- D-7
we're looking for a little bewildered girl we're looking for a little
(...dered girl!)
o o o o o |
G D-7 D-7 G
bewildered |
(looking for the whales yeah! hm!) (looking for the whales) |
(oh yeah!|
o o o |
D-7 D-7 G D-7
we're looking for a little |
(looking for the whales) |
for the whales) (ohoh!) |
o o o o o |
G D-7
bewildered we're looking for a little bewildered |
(looking for the whales) (looking for the |
(ah! eh! oooooohooooooooooooohoo |
o o o o o |
G D-7 G
we're looking for a little bewildered |
whales) (looking for the whales) |
oooo!) (hm! hm! oh! ooeh!)|
o o o o |
D-7 G
we're looking for a little bewildered |
(looking for the whales)|
(ooh! ooh!) |
o o o o |
D-7 G
we're looking for a little bewildered |
(oooheeh eheh eheh whales)|
(ayaya!) (ooh) |
o o o o |
D-7 G
we're looking for a little bewildered |
(looking for the whales)|
o o o o |
D-7 G
we're looking for a little bewildered |
(looking for the whales)|
(for the whales)|
(we're looking for a little bewildered) |
o o o o o |
D-7 G
we're looking for a little bewildered |
(looking for the whales) |
(ooeh! eh eh! hey ah! ooh ooh!) |
(ooh |
o o ... |
D-7 G
ooh! ooh oooh! oh oh oh!) ... |
THE WEIGHT OF THE WIND
D D D D D D
| G- | G- N.C./F | N.C./G | N.C./G /F | N.C./G | N.C./G /F |
o o
N.C./G | /G
|. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d
G- C G- F7+ G- C G- F7+ G- C G- F7+ G- C/G
|. |~-d
G# D- G- Bb C-7 F
Your face looked new against the town
G- Bb C-7 F
you've come to lose some memories
D
G- Bb C-7 G#
like you I came to touch new grounds but
D
D- C- F/A G- G#
you want to lose the weight of the wind rests hard on
(of the wind)
D D
C- F/A F6/A G- G#
your shoulders.... bringing you down
(oooh! aaah!) (down down!)
|. |~-d |. |~-d
C- F/A G- C G- F7+
the one that you love will never be found
(your love!)
|. |~-d |. |~-d
G- C G- F7+
ha!
G- Bb C-7 F
you speak into the falling rain
G- Bb C-7 F
words you'd lost but found again
G- Bb C-7 F
I have seen their snakey arms entwined
G- Bb C-7 F
so clear and cruel in your jealous mind
("jealous mind")
C- F/A G- G#
but you've gotta to lose the weight of the wind rests
(of the wind)
C- F/A G- G#
hard on your shoulders.... I know what that means
(oooh! aaah!) (down down!)
C- F/A G-_| | N.C. | /G |
the one that you love will never be found ha!
(your love!)
(will never be found!)
|. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d
N.C. | G- C | G- F7+ | G- C | G- F7+ | G- C | G- F7+ |
ooh!
|. |~-d |. |~-d
G- C/G G#(7+) D-(4)
|. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d
G- C G- F7+ G- C G- F7+ G- C G- F7+ G- C/G
ayayaya!
|. |~-d
G#(7+) D-(4) C- F/A G- G#
the weight of the wind..... the weight of the wind
(ooh aah!)
(of the wind
C- F/A G- G#
is hard on your shoulders is driving you down
(your aah!) (down down!)
C- F/A G- G#
the one that you love.... will never be found
(the one that you love...) (found)
(your aah!) (found)
D D
C- F/A F6/A G- Bb
you lost that forever down down
(lost that forever)
C- F/A G- G#
the weight of the wind the weight of the wind
(aah aah!)
(the weight of the wind) (the weight of the wind)
D D
C- F/A F6/A G- G#
it's hard on your shoulders 's driving you down
(aah aah!)
(down down)
C- F/A G- G#
the one that you love...... will never be found you lost
(aahha aaah!)
(noo..oo will never be found) (ayyy you lost
D D
C- F/A F6/A G-
that forever aah! yay down ...
(aah aah) ...
that forever) ...
MAYBE MAYBE
D D
G G G A/B B
E F#-7 G#-7 A C#-
Maybe you were joking when you said tath you were walking out on me
G#- F#- F#-/G#
maybe maybe
E F#-7(4) G#-7 A(9) C#-(7)
maybe I was joking when I said that I was running out on you h!
G#- F#- F#-/G# C#-7 G#-7 F#-4/ A9
maybe maybe I could be wrong so wrong
C#-7 G#-7 F#-4/ A9 C#-7 G#-7 G G G
I could be wrong so wrong oh! I could be wrong
D D
A9/B B6 E F#-7 G#-7 A
I don't know but it's been said decisions travel far from heart
C#- G#- F#- F#-
to head maybe maybe
E F#-7(4) G#-7 A(9) C#-(7)
maybe it was over when you chuked me out the Rover at full speed
o o
G#- F#- C#-7 G#-7 F#-4/ A9
maybe maybe oh babe I could be wrong so wrong yooh!
C#-7 G#-7 F#-4/ A9 C#-7 G#-7 F#-4/ A9
I could be wrong so wrong I could be wrong so wrong oh!
D D D
C#-7 G#-7 G G G A9/B B6 (B) (B4) (B)
I could be wrong so wro......ng
(B) (B) F# Eb- F# Eb- F# Eb- F# Eb-
yyyyyyyyah! trrr! h! t! trr h!h! h!
F# Eb- F# Eb- F# Eb- A B
C#-7 G#-7 F#-4/ A9 C#-7 G#-7 F#-4/ A9
I could be wrong so wrong oh! I could be wrong so wrong
(oooooh!) (hmmm maybe
C#-7 G#-7 F#-4/ A9 C#-7 G#-7
I could be wrong so wrong I could be wrong so
maybe) (so! wrong walking out on me!)
F#-4/ A9 C#-7 G#-7 F#-4/ A9
wrong I.... could be wrong so wrong
(was running I...) (maybe maybe)
C#-7 G#-7 F#-4/ A9 G G G G
I could be wrong so wrong
SOFT RAINS OF APRIL
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*crescendo*
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/B /B /B /B E- A G F# E- A G
F# E- A G F#
the soft rains of April are over
E- A G F#
the soft rains of April are over over
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D F#-7 B E- A
anybody home now I am on the phone now please the soft rains of April are
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G F# E- A G F# D
over the ferry 'cross the waters to Dover over anybody
3/4 (free time..
F#-7 B-7 C E-
home now I am on the phone and I'd like to come back is it raining
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E-9 G G7+ D F#-
back home I'm so alone just got up today and my thoughts are miles away
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B E- A C F#- E- A C F#- E- A
with you oh ah ah! oohoohoo oohoohoooh
C F#- E- A C F#- E- A C F#-
hmmmm hmm oooh! hm ooohoohoohoohoohooh oooh aah hmm
E- A C F#- E- A C F#- E- A C F#-
oooh hmmmm!
*crescendo*
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D
/B /B /B E- A G F#
well they gave me four years three more to go
E- A G F# E- A G F#
keep writing letters time's passing so.. slow..... time's passing so..
E- A G A E- A G F#
slow so the soft rains of April are over
E- A E/G# E-/G E-/F#
the soft rains of April are over ove....r
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