--- A C O U R I O S T H I N G ---
by
--- A M Y M A C D O N A L D ---
all tunings are standardt
all chords relative to capo (if you have to use it)
tab by: blackbird88
thanks to: kronkarp, Eliza Vee, MissRadijs, Mikko Kemppainen, moabash;
(hope iŽve nobody forgotten =)
HAVE FUN ;-)
1. Don't Tell Me That It's Over
2. Spark
3. No Roots
4. Love Love
5. An Ordinary Life
6. Give It All Up
7. My Only One
8. This Pretty Face
9. Troubled Soul
10. Next Big Thing
11. Your Time Will Come
12. What Happiness Means To Me
13. Dancing in the Dark
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1. Don't Tell Me That It's Over
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Intro:
Dm Dm F Am
And I wanna see what it's all about
Dm Dm C F
Dm Bb Am F
Verse 1:
Dm Dm
Tell me why this world is a mess
C F
I thought you always tried your best
Dm Bb
Tell me what I'm ought to do
Am F
Maybe you should do it too
Dm Dm
Tell me why they're sleeping alone
C F
No house nowhere to call a home
Dm Bb
Tell me what I'm meant to see
Am F
Won't you stop preaching at me
Pre-Chorus:
Dm Dm F Am
And I wanna see what it's all about
Dm Bb F Am
And I wanna live, wanna give something back
Chorus:
Dm Dm
Don't tell me that it's over
F Am
It's only just begun
Dm Bb
Don't tell me that it's over
F Am
Or that this song is sung, the song is sung
Verse 2:
All the money in the world
Would never slit all the wrongs to right
All the fire in the world
Would never set my heart alive
I dream of a day when it's all gone away
And the sun is shining bright
I dream of a day when it's all gone away
But dreams are for night
Pre-Chorus:
And I wanna see what it's all about
And I wanna live, wanna give something back
Chorus:
Don't tell me that it's over
It's only just begun
Don't tell me that it's over
Or that this song is sung, the song is sung
Instrumental Break 2:
Dm Bb F Am
Interlude:
Dm Dm F Am
Don't tell me that it's over please I'm on my knees I'm begging you to stop
Dm Dm F Am
It's over please I'm on my knees I'm begging you to stop
Pre-Chorus:
And I wanna see what it's all about
And I wanna live, wanna give something back
Out-Chorus:
Don't tell me that it's over
It's only just begun
Don't tell me that it's over
Or that this song is sung the song is sung Dm~~
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2. Spark
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Capo: 3rd fret
Intro: D x4
D
Don't wanna see the
D
Stars don't wanna see the
G
Moon don't wanna see the
Em
Sun it rises too
A
Soon
D
Don't wanna see the
D
Day don't wanna see the
G
Night or the
Em
Afternoon it feels about
A
Right
CHORUS
D
I am the Spaceman flying
A
High I am the astronaught in the sky
Em
Don't worry I'm okay
G
Now
D
I am the light in the dark
A
I am the match, I am the spark
Em
Don't worry I'm okay
G
Now after the
VERSE 2
D
Sun always
G
Comes rain followed by
Em
Hurt and
A
Pain after the
D
Light comes the
G
Dark after the
Em
Love comes the breaking of
A
My heart
CHORUS
D
I am the Spaceman flying
A
High I am the astronaught in the sky
Em
Don't worry I'm okay
G
Now
D
I am the light in the dark
A
I am the match, I am the spark
Em
Don't worry I'm okay
G
Now just
D
Dry your eyes and I'll be
A
There don't live for anger or despair
Em
Don't worry I'm okay now
G
I'm okay, I'm okay
D
Now
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3. No Roots
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Capo: 3rd Fret (1st verse Finger picked)
C Am
Somewhere out there's a dream that's not forgotten
Fmaj7 G C
But this world is not for stopping for me
C
And I will try and I will keep on trying,
Am
I've set my goals there's no denying
Fmaj7 G C
Never stop fighting for what I believe
Fmaj7 Am
Many people will come and go
C G
Many faces long lost you know
Fmaj7 Am
Many fights, many make ups
C G
Many kisses, too many break ups
Fmaj7 Am C G (X 4)
Fmaj7
I got no roots they're not set in stone
Am
I got no place that I call home
C G
I'm just a lo-lo-lonely soul
Fmaj7
I got no roots they're not set in stone
Am
I got no place that I call home
C G
I'm just a lo-lo-lonely soul
Fmaj7
And the time will come when the day is done
Am
And the fighting's over, the race is run
C G
I don't know what I'm looking for
Fmaj7 Am
And this life I lead it's a curious thing but I can't deny the happiness it brings
C G
I don't know what I'm looking for
Fmaj7 Am C G
Ooh ooh ooh ..........
Fmaj7
Many people will come and go
Am C G
Many faces long lost you know, I'm just a lo-lo-lonely soul
Fmaj7
And there'll be many fights, many make ups
Am C G
Many kisses, too many break ups, a lo-lo-lonely soul
Fmaj7 Am C G
Fmaj7
I got no roots they're not set in stone
Am
I got no place that I call home
C G
I'm just a lo-lo-lonely soul
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4. Love Love
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Capo: 2nd Fret
Intro: D G D A D G D A D
D G
Oh love love you tear my world apart
D A
Oh love love you always break my heart
D
It's been too long since you left me
G
It's been too long since the start
D A D
Oh love love please don't break my heart
D G
Oh love love you always bring me down
D A
Oh love love you turn my life around
D
Oh I don't know how to tell you
G
Oh I don't know what to say
D A D
But my heart is yours love in every single way
G
And at night I sit and cry it seems
D
Wondering why love is not like my dreams
A D
Wondering why I am still here all alone
G
And at night I wish that you were there
D
Touching my face and stroking my hair
A
Telling me things, telling me stories
A
Telling me you love me and all my glories
D G
Love love you're always in my heart
D A
Oh love love I've known it from the start
D
Oh I wish that I could tell you
G
Oh I wish that I could say
D A D
That my heart is yours in every single way
D G
Oh love love I wish that I could see
D A
What in the world you mean to me
D G
Oh love love you always bring me down down down
D A D
Oh love love I wish you'd stick around
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5. An Ordinary Life
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Capo: 6th Fret
C G C G
C G
What makes you different from anyone in here
C G
What makes you stand out from the crowd
C G
What makes your mother so proud of you
C G Gmaj7
What makes us worship at your ground
E G Gmaj7 E
At night when you go to bed do these thoughts run through your head
C G Gmaj7 E C
When you're lying there all alone do you think of us instea
G Gmaj7 E
I don't know where I'll be in ten years time
C
I want to be free
G
I don't care about the cameras
Gmaj7
I don't care about the lights
E C
All I wanted was an ordinary life
C G
What makes you happy, what makes you sad
C G
Do paparazzi drive you mad
C G
Do you miss your life back home
Gmaj7 E
Were they the best days that you had
G Gmaj7 E
I don't know where I'll be in ten years time
C
I want to be free
G
I don't care about the cameras
Gmaj7
I don't care about the lights
E C
All I wanted was an ordinary life
G Gmaj7 E
I don't know where I'll be in ten years time
C
Where will the music take me
G
I don't care about the spotlight
Gmaj7
I don't care about the nights
E C
All I wanted was an ordinary life
G Gmaj7 E
I don't know where I'll be in ten years time
C
Where will the music take me
G
I don't care about the spotlight
Gmaj7
Or the Hollywood nights
E C
All I wanted was an ordinary life
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6. Give It All Up
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Capo: 2nd fret
G
I believe in everything I see
D/F#
I believe you do the best for me
Em
It's not a lot
C
It's all I've got
G
I believe that the day will come
D/F#
When you see that your the only one
Em
And the rain will fall from the sky
C D
This is goodbye
Chorus:
C D
Is there anyone you can call?
Em
Have you got nobody left at all?
G
Your back's against the wall
C D
Is there no place else you'd rather be?
Em G
Did you give it all up just for me?
C
I'm sorry if you got me wrong
D
I forgive you in a song.
G
I wish that i could sore in the sky
D/F#
I wish that i could fly, fly, fly
Em
say goodbye to my mother and bye to my dad
C D
You're all I have
Chorus
C D
Is there no place else you'de rather be?
G
Did you give it all up just for me?
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7. My Only One
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C Am
After all the mistakes have been and gone
C Am
You're still standing here, standing strong
C Am
And I forgive all the wrongs that you have ever done
F G C
Cos' you're still the only one
C Am
The apple of your mother's eye
C Am
Your life it passed your father by
C Am
I bet he whishes that he was there too
F G C
So much grace and poise yeah you're always right on cue
F
And there were times
G
You know it's true
C
When the whole world
G Am
Was looking at you
F G
They changed their minds from day to night
C G Am
One minute you're wrong then the next thing you're right
F
God rest your soul
G C
Keep standing tall my only one
C Am
There's still a twinkle in your eye
C Am
Even after we say goodbye
C Am
You're always there in spirit and in mind
F G C
I'll be with you until the end of time
F
And there were times
G
You know it's true
C
When the whole world
G Am
Was looking at you
F G
They changed their minds from day to night
C G Am
One minute you're wrong then the next thing you're right
F
God rest your soul
G C
Keep standing tall my only one
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8. This Pretty Face
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Capo: 5th fret
Intro: C Em Dm G
C
I don't care
Em
Who does her hair or
Dm G
What clothes she wears
C Em Dm G
I don't care if it's YSL. I don't care if it's Chanel
C Em
What matters to me is a strong believe
Dm G
All this beauty is skin deep
C Em
Don't care about hair, don't care about eyes
Dm G
It's about what's inside
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Chorus:
C
You'll never know who you'll meet on your way to the top
Em
you'll prob'ly see them again when your fame starts to drop
Dm G
Down down, I'll meet you on the ground
C
It's no good with your hair and your shiny blue eyes
Em
It's no good when you finally start to realize
Dm
I need something more
G
This pretty face don't work no more
Instrumental chorus
C
What happened to achieving
Em
What happened to believing in your se - eh - elf
Dm G
Why listen to the musings of someone, somebody else
C Em
I'm sorry I don't see and I can't quite believe it anymo - oh -oh -ore
Dm G
What happened to believing that beauty's in the eye of the beholder
2xchorus (2nd time slow at the last line)
End on C
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9. Troubled Soul
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Intro: G, Cadd9 2x
Verse:
G Cadd9
Oh the sun may shine through your window on a summer s day
G Cadd9
Doesn t change your heavy heart skips a beat each day
G Cadd9
You get a temporary high as you watch life pass you by
G Cadd9
Every single day you want to cry, can we wish those tears a fond goodbye
Chorus 2x:
C G
Aching heart, troubled soul
C G
I wanna tell you something wanted you to know
C Em
look at these eyes, look at this smile
D Dsus4 Em
They re gonna stay around here, for a while
Verse:
G
Oh the rain may pour and it may fall
Cadd9
but still IŽll always hear you call
G Cadd9
I ll be waiting , waiting for you
G
Oh your eyes so blue your smile so white
Cadd9
I think about you everyday and every night
G Cadd9
I ll be waiting, waiting for you
Chorus
instrumental Chorus
Chorus 2x
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10. Next Big Thing
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Am
Oh everybody said she was the next big thing
F G
A shining little light on a Saturday night
Am
Dreaming of the day when she could run away
F G
She didn't believe the hype was right
Am
I knew right from the past,it was never gonna last
F G
The feeling is over fast
Am, F,G
Now here we go
Am, F,G
Now here we go
F
Can somebody please take me home
G
Where I can be all alone
F
Can somebody please take me home
G
Where I can be all alone
Am
And the tears fall down from your face
C
And we know beneath the surface
There's a trace a heavy heart thats working
F
through the pain
E
please stay in the game
Am,Am,F,G x2
Am
Oh everybody said she was the next big thing
F G
A shining little light on the Saturday night
Am
Finally came the day when she did run away
F G
She didn't believe the hype was right
Am
I knew right from the past,it was never gonna last
F G
The feeling is over fast
Am, F,G
Now watch her go
Am, F,G
Now watch her go
F
Can somebody please take me home
G
Where I can be all alone
F
Can somebody please take me home
G
Where I can be all alone
Am
And the tears fall down from your face
C
And we know beneath the surface
There's a trace a heavy heart that's working
F
through the pain
E
please stay in the game
please stay in the game x2
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11. Your Time Will Come
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D Bm
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A----------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
Em A
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G-----------------------------------2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2|
D-2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
Oh, the
D Bm
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G----------------------------------------------------------------|
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wind is gently blowing as the light begins to fade. IŽm
Em A
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B---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----2-------2-------3-------3--|
G-----------------------------------2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2|
D-2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
sick and tired of playing it off, sick of this parade. And your
D Bm
E-----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2--|
B---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3|
G----------------------------------------------------------------|
D-0-------0-------0-------0-------4-------4-------4-------4------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
eyes are gently weeping as the sun begins to shine.
Em A
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G-----------------------------------2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2|
D-2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
The end is coming far too soon, I wish i had more time. So soon your
D Bm
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B---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3|
G----------------------------------------------------------------|
D-0-------0-------0-------0-------4-------4-------4-------4------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
time will come. Let it out while youŽre still young. May all your
Em A
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G-----------------------------------2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2|
D-2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
dreams come true, for someone like you. So soon your
D Bm
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G----------------------------------------------------------------|
D-0-------0-------0-------0-------4-------4-------4-------4------|
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E----------------------------------------------------------------|
time will come. Let it out while youŽre still young. May all your
Em A
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G-----------------------------------2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2|
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E----------------------------------------------------------------|
dreams come true, so happy for yooooooooouuuuuuuuu.
D Bm Em A [1x]
D Bm
And my eyes are getting tired as the day begins to break.
Em A
I left it oh so far behind, my biggest mistake.
D Bm
And your sign is unlike mine, it disappears from time to time [*]
Em A
And I believe in you and everything youŽll ever do.
D Bm
So soon your time will come. Let it out while youŽre still young.
Em A
May all your dreams come true for someone like you.
D Bm
So soon your time will come. Let it out while youŽre still young.
Em A
May all your dreams come true, so happy for you.
D Bm Em A [2x]
D Bm
So soon your time will come. Let it out while youŽre still young.
Em A
May all your dreams come true, for someone like you.
D Bm
So soon your time will come. Let it out while youŽre still young.
Em A [-> End on D]
May all your dreams come true, so happy for you.
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12. What Happiness Means To Me
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C Am
Maybe in the start we would laugh
C Am
Maybe in the end we would cry
Dm G
But I believe in every book I've ever read
Am
And what you said
Dm Am
And the moon was in the sky
G C
And the tears did fill my eyes
F C
And the memories they all had passed
G C
But in my head they'll always last
Dm Am
And in the end before I could be
G
I'd shown the world
C
What it means to me
F C
Believe it or not, I made them see
G C
This is what happiness means to me
C Am
Will I ever see your face again
C Am
Will I ever touch your skin
Dm G
I'll never stop loving everything you do
But not (Am) me and you
Am
And what you said
Dm Am
And the moon was in the sky
G C
And the tears did fill my eyes
F C
And the memories they all had passed
G C
But in my head they'll always last
Dm Am
And in the end before I could be
G
I'd shown the world
C
What it means to me
F C
Believe it or not, I made them see
G C
This is what happiness means to me
F C
And in the end, I made them see
G C
This is what happiness means to me
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13. Dancing in the Dark
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Capo: 3rd Fret
Intro: G Em G Em
G Em G Em G
I get up in the evening, And I aint got nothing to say
Em G Em C
I come home in the morning, I go to bed feeling the same way
Am C Am G
I ain't nothing but tired, Man I'm just tired and bored with myself
Em G Em D
Hey there baby, I could use just a little help
D C
You can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a spark
Am C Am G Em G Em
This gun's for hire, even if we're just dancing in the dark
G Em G Em G
Messages keep getting clearer, Radio's on and I'm moving 'round the place
Em G Em C
I check my look in the mirror, wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face
Am C Am G
Man I ain't getting nowhere, Well I'm Just living in a dump like this
Em G Em D
There's something happening somewhere, Hey Baby I just know that there is
D C
You can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a spark
Am C Am G Em G Em
This gun's for hire, even if we're just dancing in the dark
Em G
You sit around getting older
C D Em
There's a joke here somewhere and it's on me
G
I'll shake this world off my shoulders
C D
Come on baby the laugh's on me
G Em G Em G
Stay on the streets of this town, And they'll be carving you up all right
Em G Em C
They say you gotta stay hungry, Hey baby, I'm just about starving tonight
Am C Am
I'm dying for some action, I'm sick of sitting 'round here trying to write
G
book
Em G Em D
I need a love reaction,Hey baby gimme just one look
D C
You can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a spark
Am C Am G Em G Em
This gun's for hire, even if we're just dancing in the dark
G Em G Em
even if we're just dancing in the dark
G Em G
even if we're just dancing in the dark
