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Old 97s - The Grand Theatre Volume 1 chords
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The Grand Theatre Em D G x3 Em D Em Em D G We meet on the elevator Em D G In the Grand Theater Em D I look you in the eye and say G "I'd like to see you later" Em D Em But you don't understand Em D G I take you the Tate Museum Em D G There's pictures there but I can't see 'em Em D If you was there I'd overlook G The Roman Colosseum Em D Em It would not stand a chance Em Am We know where we are D We're not very far away Am D We're not very far away Em D G We kiss on the bus to Soho Em D G The motor hummin' a low note Em D I tell you that I love you G But it's nothin' that you don't know Em D Em Would you like to dance? Em Am We know where we are D We're not very far away Am D We're not very far away Em Am We know where we are D We're not very far away Am D We're not very far away Verse Chords x2 Em Am We know where we are D We're not very far away Am D We're not very far away Em Am We know where we are D We're not very far away Am D We're not very far away Em Am We know where we are D We're not very far away Am D We're not very far away Em Am We know where we are D We're not very far away Am D We're not very far away Em D G x3 Em D Em Every Night is Friday Night (Without You) D A Em G A x2 D A Every night is Friday night Em G A Without you D A Every night is Friday night Em G A Without you Bm D When I was young A Em I was dumb as a rock G D I could not read a clock A And nothin' didn't mean nothin' to me Bm D Now I'm no saint A Em But I ain't such a freak G D On the days of the week A I work hard, hard D A Every night is Friday night Em G A Without you D A Every night is Friday night Em G A Without you Bm D A Em G D A Bm D Kids, clap your hands A Em If you can be real G D Got to say what you feel A If you feel anything, anything, anything, anything D A Every night is Friday night Em G A Without you D A Every night is Friday night Em G A Without you D A Every night is Friday night Em G A Without you D A Every night is Friday night Em G A Without you Bm D A Em G D A D The Magician G F C The magician is tryin' to fool you G F C Politician is tryin' to rule you G F C I want to talk to the real you A C So when you gonna be mine? G F C The salesman is tryin' to sell you G F C The talkin' head's tryin' to tell you G F C Oh, but you know it's always been all you A C So when you gonna be mine? G A When you gonna close your eyes, call my name C D So long, so long lost insane G A C Your sun shines, your heart's true, here I come D C I'm gonna be the one for you D G Yeah, I'm gonna be the one for you G F C The pop star is tryin' to play you G F C The dancers are tryin' to sway you G F C You ask what I want and I say, "You" A C So when you gonna be mine? G A When you gonna close your eyes, call my name C D So long, so long lost insane G A C Your sun shines, your heart's true, here I come D C I'm gonna be the one for you D G Yeah, I'm gonna be the one for you Solo chords same as chorus G F C The teacher is tryin' to school you G F C The magician is tryin' to fool you G F C Oh, but I wanna be with the real you A C So when you gonna be mine? G A When you gonna close your eyes, call my name C D So long, so long lost insane G A C Your sun shines, your heart's true, here I come G A When you gonna close your eyes, call my name C D So long, so long lost insane G A C Your sun shines, your heart's true, here I come D C I'm gonna be the one for you D C Yeah, I'm gonna be the one for you D G Yeah, I'm gonna be the one for you Outro chords same as chorus You Were Born to Be in Battle Bb Gm Eb Bb Bb It's the spring of your time Gm And the time has come Eb Bb The open road will seize you Bb Won't you roll to a stop Gm Won't you gaze at the drop Eb Bb And the awful miles before you? Cm Take care where you step Gm Don't you know that it stifled Eb Bb The life above you strangle Cm Stay right if you can Gm Oh, you poor old man Eb Bb You were born to be in battle Bb In the summer you'll find Gm That you rolled us aside Eb Bb A tangled man-made thicket Bb Take care you don't lean Gm With your toes in a string Eb Bb That sweeps away the river Cm Survey all you see Gm 'Cause there's still time to leave Eb Bb The prior hand of ramble Cm Stay right if you can Gm Oh, you poor old man Eb Bb You were born to be in battle Bb Gm Eb Bb x2 Bb In the fall of your time Gm You're astounded to find Eb Bb So much is now behind you Bb With tears of your own Gm You'll be scared 'fore you know Eb Bb Just walk the dark and [Incomprehensible] Cm Tell them what I told you Gm In days of your youth Eb Bb What's well within the travel Cm Stay right if you can Gm Oh, you poor old man Eb Bb You were born to be in battle Bb In the winter of life Gm You'll be asked for your life Eb Bb Lay down, all forts surrender Bb And all that is you Gm That is precious and true Eb Bb As your full price, you'll tender Cm And I will look on Gm But I long for you, son Eb Bb Don't [Incomprehensible] Cm Stay right if you can Gm Oh, you poor old man Eb Bb You were born to be in battle Bb Gm Eb Bb The Dance Class D C G x3 D C I'm lookin' out my window G Well, all that I can tell is D C That's you over there G In the dance class D C I'm peekin' out a window now G It's late, gettin' dark out D C That's you right there G In the dance class D C I'm wishin' I could leave my house G But it's been years since I went out D C You're so far over there G In your dance class D F G I am in love with whoever you are F Whoever you are D F G F I am in love with whoever you are D C I gotta sort of problem, see G Please come to me D C How could you know? G You were in the dance class D C I am the crazy man G Hangin' out his window, wavin' his hands D C Tryin' to get you to notice me G After your dance class D F G I am in love with whoever you are F Whoever you are D F G F I am in love with whoever you are Verse Chords D C G D F G I am in love with whoever you are F Whoever you are D F G F I am in love with whoever you are D C Hang inside off the window ledge G I'm here on edge D C Tryin' to make it with a beautiful girl G D That I got no chance with in the dance class C G D In the dance class D C G In the dance class C G D Yeah, that I got no chance with in the dance class D C G Let the Whiskey Take the Reins D G D G D G We had a smoke on the water D G D G We laughed for all it was worth D G And I called out your name but D G D G D G You didn't say what you heard D G D G We drove home in silence D G D G The reception was not too big D G I had a feelin' D G D G D G You would be leavin' me G And it's so easy F C D G D G To be a man in pain G Turn off your heart F C D And let the whiskey take the reins D G D G D G I had a terrible vision D G D G Of a world outside of this bar D G D G But she keeps talkin' about walkin' D G D G Away from where we are G And it's so easy F C D G D G To be a man in pain G Turn off your heart F C D And let the whiskey take the reins [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/o/old-97s/286585.html ] D G G Yeah it's so easy F C D G D G To be a man in pain G Turn off your heart F C D And let the whiskey take the reins D G D G D G We had a smoke on the water D G D We laughed for all it was worth Champaign, Illinois F Bb F C Bb F F The bottom line's been snorted Bb F The bottom card's been dealt C No one knows like you know right now Bb F How truly bad it felt F All your life you wasted Bb F On dreamin' about the day C Worker bees kill off their queen Bb F And carry all her eggs away Bb Oh, then if you die fearin' God F C And painfully employed F C No, you will not go to Heaven Bb F You'll go to Champaign, Illinois F Up north in Chicago Bb F Where booze makes no one blush C Memories come back to you Bb F In a double Bourbon rush F Memories that aren't all bad Bb F And neither, my friend, are you C There is an argument there must be some Heaven meant Bb F For hearts that are half true Bb Oh, and if you spend your whole life F C Rollin' horses into Troy F C No, you will not go to heaven Bb F You'll go to Champaign, Illinois F C No, you will not go to heaven Bb F You'll go to Champaign, Illinois F Bb F C Bb F x2 F Roll on blacktop highway Bb F Circles towards the sun C Springfield's in the distance Bb F And that's the last big one F After that comes judgment Bb F Oh, and judgment will be swift C You will be eliminated Bb F But here's a parting gift Bb Oh, then if you die fearin' God F C And painfully employed F C No, you will not go to Heaven Bb F You'll go to Champaign, Illinois F C No, you will not go to Heaven Bb F You'll go to Champaign, Illinois F C No, you will not go to Heaven Bb F You'll go to Champaign, Illinois F C Bb F A State of Texas G D A D D When the day breaks on Cedar Creek Lake A Or my life rolls into Rome A When the sun goes down on Austin town, D That's when I'll know I'm home D What a time we'll have on Greenville Ave G With the big shots in Big D G D A D I'm livin' in a state of Texas and Texas lives in me D A For the girls I've known in San Anton and out El Paso way A D My love grows like a yellow rose and will not fade away D When you hold tight on a summer night G I'm gone yeah I am free G D A D I'm livin' in a state of Texas and Texas lives in me G D A D I'm livin' in a state of Texas and Texas lives in me G Like a mystery train or a magic trick D Or a map of the world on a guitar pick A I can't explain, I got to let it be G D A D The eyes of Texas are smiling on me G D A D Yeah the eyes of Texas are smiling on me G D A D D Where the bluebonnets thrive on I-35 A And the Guadalupe River flows A Where the stars at night are a hell of a sight D And the honkey-tonks never close D When the mornin' sun rise and I open my eyes G Yeah that's all I wanna see G D A D I'm livin' in a state of Texas and Texas lives in me G D A D I'm livin' in a state of Texas and Texas lives in me G D A D I'm livin' in a state of Texas and Texas lives in me G D A D You Smoke Too Much Cm Eb Bb F Cm Eb Bb Hey, you smoke too much of what it was F To be in a pocket all padded up Cm Eb The time you loved and long from now Gm Bb Oh, how a year can turn around Gm Eb Oh, how a year can turn around Cm Eb Bb Hey, you drink too much with your old friends F Prisoner on their suicide binge Cm Eb Bb To see them here as they were then Gm Bb All went to bag years, none have been Gm Eb All went to bag years, none have been Cm Eb Bb I hung you up in my little place F When 21 was on your face Cm Eb Bb Carried you 'round for all to see F I sung you for all who would listen to me Cm Eb Bb Now they ask, "Hey, what's in the shell?" Gm Bb I tell them, "No human tongue can tell" Gm Eb I tell them, "No human tongue can tell" Verse Chords Cm Eb Bb Hey, you said too much of what went down F Ain't no word's gonna shut it up now Cm Eb Bb You follow smiles and pretty things F On to the California dream Cm Eb Bb You held it down but now it's free Gm Bb You're holdin' it now where none can see Gm Eb You're holdin' it now where none can see Cm Eb Bb I hung you up in my little place F When 21 was on your face Cm Eb Bb I carried you 'round for all to see F I sang you for all who would listen to me Cm Eb Bb And now they ask, "Hey, what's in the shell?" Gm Bb I tell them, "No human tongue can tell" Gm Eb I tell them, "No human tongue can tell" Cm Hey, you smoke too much of what it was Oh, how a year can turn around Love is What You Are G She picks up a pen D Writes down a word A It doesn't feel right G The novelty's gone D The novel rolls on A Until it's goodnight G Will anyone read D Much less understand A This thing she has made? G Will anyone see D The truth of this thing A When it sees the light? A G Love is what you are D A Not what you do G I know what you are D A And I love you G The dream of her man D Propels her along A Into her demise G The hollowed out laugh D At the back of her throat A The film of her eyes G She hardly puts down D This thing she has bound A Before she forgets G She writes the end D A But there is no surprise A G Love is what you are D A Not what you do G I know what you are D A And I love you Verse Chords G D A A G Love is what you are D A Not what you do G I know what you are D A And I love you D A And I love you D A And I love you G A Please Hold On While the Train is Moving A A Please hold on while the train is moving A Oh well, you better hold tight 'cause it's really moving D A And though it's night, it's hot E And the fingertips know what the brain does not D A Please hold on while the train is moving A Please hold on 'cause the train is slowing A Picking up souls who don't know they're going D A We are one mind E You know we cannot help but it's the way we decide D A You don't wanna let go when the train is moving A A Yeah, you tell me that you don't but I know that you love me A I'm coming down fast so you better believe me D A And I stink then I sweat D A And you'll find out if you have not yet D A We have now, we are one E Set the controls with a higher sun D A Yeah, you never going home once the train is moving A A I been dead on my bed since Sunday A I been rolling around on the runway D A And I'm wondering if this thing is gonna fly A I'm gonna take it to the United Nations A Or to a rock'n'roll radio station D A And I know you're never gonna leave me for another guy E D I'm on my way A I'm on my way E I'm on my way A You know I'm flying out over the ocean A You know a body's gotta stay in motion D A But I'm holding you now and I'm never gonna let you go A I been dead on my bed since Sunday A I been rolling around on the runway D A And I want you now and I wanted to let you know E D I'm on my way A I'm on my way E D I'm on my way A A Yeah, I'm a little bit afraid that we're out of control now A There's a turn ahead and I think we might roll now D A Is it time, it may be D A Though it seems a little early to me D A Say a prayer to your god E And it's gonna even out to the weak in the heart D A Please hold on while the train is moving E I said please hold on while the train is moving D A Please hold on while the train is moving A I'm on my way I'm on my way I'm on my way A The Beauty Marks Abm Dbm The beauty marks Abm The famous names Eb The pub fills up Abm Outside, it rains Dbm The knee-high boots Abm The smoky eyes Eb Nobody knows Abm They're none the wise Dbm The city's a sea Abm So full of sharks Eb Abm The beauty marks Abm Dbm The cigarettes fall Abm The glass, so red Eb The night closes in Abm Still nothing is said Dbm But if they would kiss Abm There would be sparks Eb The beauty marks Dbm Abm Eb Abm I love the very idea of you Dbm Abm Eb Abm I love the very idea of you Dbm Abm Eb Abm I love the very idea of you Abm Dbm The beauty marks Abm The famous names Eb The pub fills up Abm Outside, it rains Dbm And if they should kiss Abm There would be sparks Eb The beauty marks Abm  |