Doo-Wops & Hooliagns
1. Grenade
Capo 3rd
Verse 1
Bm
Easy come, easy go
Bm
That's just how you live, oh
F#m
Take, take, take it all
F#m
But you never give
Bm
Should've known you was trouble
Bm
From the first kiss
F#m
Had your eyes wide open
F#
Why were they open?
Pre-chorus
Bm
Gave you all I had and you tossed it in the trash
F#m
You tossed it in the trash, you did
Bm
To give me all your love is all I ever asked, 'cause
G F#
What you don't understand is
Chorus
Bm G D
I'd catch a grenade for ya (yeah, yeah)
A Bm G D
Throw my hand on a blade for ya (yeah, yeah)
A Bm G D
I'd jump in front of a train for ya (yeah, yeah)
A Bm G D A
You know I'd do anything for ya (yeah, yeah)
G A
Oh, oh, I would go through all of this pain
D F# Bm A
Take a bullet straight through my brain
G
Yes, I would die for ya baby
F#
But you won't do the same
Fill
Bm Bm F#m F#m
No, no no
Verse 2
Bm
Black, black, black and blue, beat me 'til I'm numb
F#m
Tell the devil I said "hey" when you get back to where you're from
Bm
Mad woman, bad woman, that's just what you are
F#m
Yeah, you'll smile in my face then rip the brakes out my car
Pre-chorus
Chorus
Bridge
Em
If my body was on fire
Bm
Ooh, you'd watch me burn down in flames
Em
You said you loved me, you're a liar
F#
'cause you never, ever, ever did, baby
Fill
Chorus
Bm G D
But darling I’d still catch a grenade for ya (yeah, yeah)
A Bm G D
Throw my hand on a blade for ya (yeah, yeah)
A Bm G D
I'd jump in front of a train for ya (yeah, yeah)
A Bm G D A
You know I'd do anything for ya (yeah, yeah)
G A
Oh, oh, I would go through all of this pain
D F# Bm A
Take a bullet straight through my brain
G
Yes, I would die for ya baby
F#
But you won't do the same
Outro
Bm F#m
No, you won't do the same
Bm F#m
You wouldn't do the same
Bm F#m
Ooh, you'd never do the same
Bm F#m F# Bm
Ohh, no no no
2. Just the Way You Are
Capo 3rd
Intro
D Bm
Ah, ah ah ah
G D
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah
Verse 1
D
Oh her eyes, her eyes, make the stars look like they're not shining
Bm
Her hair, her hair, falls perfectly without her trying
G D
She's so beautiful, and I tell her every day
D
Yeah, I know, I know when I compliment her she won't believe me
Bm
And it's so, it's so sad to think she don't see what I see
G D
But every time she asks me do I look okay, I say
Chorus
D Bm
When I see your face, there's not a thing that I would change
G D
Cause you're amazing, just the way you are
D Bm
And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for awhile
G D
Cause girl you're amazing, just the way you are, (yeah)
Verse 2
D
Her lips, her lips, I could kiss them all day if she'd let me
Bm
Her laugh, her laugh, she hates but I think it's so sexy
G D
She's so beautiful, and I tell her every day
D
Oh, you know, you know, you know I'd never ask you to change
Bm
If perfect is what you're searching for, then just stay the same
G D
So, don't even bother asking if you look okay, you know I'll say
Chorus
Middle
D Bm
The way you are, the way you are
G D
Girl you're amazing, just the way you are
Chorus
3. Our First Time
No capo
Verse 1
Dm
Girl here we are, in this big old empty room
Em
Staring at ya, who's gonna make the first move
Dm
Been doing our thing for a minute, and now when our hearts are in it
Em
The only place to go, is all the way (ah, hmm)
Break
Dm
Is that alright (alright), is that okay (okay)
Em
You don't need to be nervous (no baby)
Dm
Cause I, got, you, all, night
Em
Don't you worry bout a thing babe
Chorus
Dm
Just go with it, go with it, go with it (I will go real)
Em
Slow with it, slow with it, it's our first time
Dm
Go with it, go with it, go with it (I will go real)
Em
Slow with it, slow with it
It's my first time on you, baby
Dm Em
And I wanna make it right for you
(it's our first time)
Verse 2
Dm
Clothes are not required, for what we got planned
Em
Ooo girl you're my desire, your wish is my demand
Dm
Treat you like a princess, oh girl you're so delicious
Em
Like ice cream on a summer day gonna eat you before you melt away
Break
Chorus
Bridge
Dm
We can go slow (we can go slow)
We can go fast (we can go fast)
Em
All you gotta do is ask me girl (ask me girl)
Dm
The candles are burning (candles are burning)
Our bodies are yearning (bodies are yearning)
Em
I can't wait to love you
I'm so ready baby, I'm so ready baby
Chorus
4. Runaway Baby
Capo 4th
Intro
Bm E
Ah yes
Verse 1
Bm
So look at here look at here
E
Now what do we have?
Bm
Another pretty dame
E
Ready for me to grab
Bm
But little does she know
E
That I’m a wolf in sheep’s clothing
Bm
Cause at the end of the night
E
It’ll be her I be holding
Bridge
Bm
I love you so (hey)
E
That’s what you’ll say (that’s what you’ll say)
Bm E
You’ll tell me baby baby please don’t go away (don’t go away)
Bm
But when I play (when I play)
E
I never stay (I never stay)
Bm
To every girl that I meet yeah
E
This is what I’ll say
Chorus
G
Run, run, runaway
F#
Runaway baby
Bm E
Before I put my spell on you
G
You better get, get, get away
F#
Get away darling
Bm E
Cause everything you heard is true
G
Your poor little heart
F#
Will end up alone
Bm E
Cause everyone knows I’m a rolling stone
G
So you better run, run, runaway
F#
Runaway baby
Fill
Bm E
Ah yeah
Verse 2
Bm
Well, let me think, let me think
E
Ah, what should I do?
Bm
So many eager young bunny's
E
That I'd like to pursue
Bm
Now even now they eating out
E
The palm of my hand
Bm
There's only one carrot
E
And they all gotta share it
Bridge
Chorus
Middle
Bm
See I ain't try to hurt you, baby
E Bm E
No, no, no, I just wanna work you, baby, yup, yup
Bm
See I ain't try to hurt you, baby
E Bm
No, no, no, I just wanna work you, baby
E Bm
If you’re scared you better run
E Bm
You better run, you better run
E
You better, you better, you better
Chorus
5. The Lazy Song
Capo 4th
Intro
Drums
Chorus
G D C
Today I don't feel like doing anything
G D C
I just wanna lay in my bed
G D
Don't feel like picking up my phone
C
So leave a message at the tone
G Bm C
Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything
Verse 1
G D
Uh, I'm gonna kick my feet up and stare at the fan
C
Turn the TV on, Throw my hand in my pants
G Bm C
Nobody's gonna tell me I can't, nah
G D
I'll be lying on the couch just chillin in my snuggie
C
Click to MTV so they can teach me how to dougie
G D C
Cause in my castle I'm the freakin man
Bridge
Am
Oh Oh, yes I said it
Bm
I said it
C D
I said it cause I can
Chorus
Fill
G D
Ooh hoo ooh hoo
C
Hoo ooh ooh, nothing at all
G D
Ooh hoo ooh hoo
C
Hoo ooh ooh
Verse 2
G D
Tomorrow I wake up, do some P90X
C
With a really nice girl have some really nice sex
G D C
And she's gonna scream out, "this is great" (Oh my god this is great)
G D
I might mess around and get my college degree
C
I bet my old man will be so proud of me
G Bm C
I'm sorry pops you just have to wait
Bridge
Chorus
Middle
Am D
No I ain't gonna comb my hair
G D
Cause I ain't going anywhere
C Bm G
No no no no no no no no nooo
Am D
I'll just strut in my birthday suit
G D
And let everything hang loose
C Bm G Em
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeahhh
Chorus
Fill
6. Marry You
Capo 2nd
Intro
D Em G D
Chorus
D
It’s a beautiful night
Em
We’re looking for something dumb to do
G D
Hey baby, I think I want to marry you
D
Is it that look in your eyes?
Em
Or is it this dancing juice?
G D
Who cares baby, I think I wanna marry you
Verse 1
D Em
Well I know this little chapel on the boulevard we can go
G
No one will know
D
Come on girl
D Em
Who cares if we're trashed got a pocket full of cash we can blow,
G D
Shots of patron, and it's on girl.
Bridge
D
Don't say no, no, no, no no
Em
Just say yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah
G
And we'll go, go, go go go
D
If you're ready, like I'm ready
Chorus
Verse 2
D Em
I'll go get a ring let the choir bells sing like oooh
G
So whatcha wanna do?
D
Let's just run girl
D Em
If we wake up and we wanna break up that's cool
G
No, I won't blame you
Dsus4 D
It was fun girl.
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Bridge
Chorus
Middle
D Em
Just say I do
G
Tell me right now baby
D
Tell me right now baby, baby (x2)
Chorus
7. Talking to the Moon
Capo 4th
Intro
C
Verse 1
C
I know you're somewhere out there
E7
Somewhere far away
Am G
I want you back
F
I want you back
C
My neighbours think I'm crazy
E7
But they don't understand
Am G
You're all I have
F
You're all I have
Bridge
Dm
At night when the stars
G
Light up my room
Dm G
I sit by myself
Chorus
F G Am
Talking to the moon
F G Am
Try to get to you
F
In hopes you're on
G
The other side
C E7 Am
Talking to me too
G F
Or am I a fool
G
Who sits alone?
Am G
Talking to the moon
D
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Verse 2
C
I’m feeling like I’m famous
E7
The talk of the town
Am G
They say I’ve gone mad
F
Yeah I’ve gone mad
C
But they don’t know what I now
E7
Cause when the sun goes down
Am G
Someone’s talking back
F
Yeah they’re talking back, ohhh
Bridge
Chorus
Middle
F
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
C
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
F
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
G
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, do you ever hear me callin’
F
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
C
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
F
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
Chorus
G
Cause every night I’m talking to the
F G Am
Moon
F G Am
Still try to get to you
F
In hopes you're on
G
The other side
C E7 Am
Talking to me too
G F
Or am I a fool
G
Who sits alone?
Am G
Talking to the moon
D
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Outro
C
I know you're somewhere out there
E7
Somewhere far away
8. Liquor Store Blues (feat. Damian Marley)
Capo 2nd
Intro
Bm F#m G A
Ooooooooo oooo oooo oooo oooo oooooooo x2
Verse 1 (Bruno Mars)
Bm
Standing at this liquor store
F#m
Whisky coming through my pores
G A
Feeling like I run this whole block
Bm
Lotto tickets and cheap beer
F#m
That's why you can catch me here
G A
Tryna scratch my way up to the top
Bm F#m
Because my job got me going nowhere
G A
So I ain't got a thing to lose
Bm F#m
Take me to a place where I don't care
G A
This is me and my liquor store blues
Chorus (Bruno Mars)
Bm F#m
I'll take one shot for my pain
G A
One drag for my sorrow
Bm F#m
Get messed up today
G A
I'll be ok tomorrow
Bm F#m
One shot for my pain
G A
One drag for my sorrow
Bm F#m
Get messed up today
G A
I'll be ok tomorrow
Verse 2
Bm
Me and my guitar tonight
F#m
Singing to the city lights
G A
Tryna live on more than what I got
Bm
Cause 68 Citrus
F#m
Ain't gonna pay the rent
G A
So I'll be out here til they call the cops
Bm F#m
Because my job got me going nowhere
G A
So I ain't got a thing to lose
Bm F#m
Take me to a place where I don't care
G A
This is me and my liquor store blues
Chorus
Verse 3 (Damian Marley)
Bm
Here comes junior gong
F#m
I'm flying like I'm Superman
G A
I'm thinking that I run the whole block
Bm
I don't know if it's just because
F#m
Pineapple kush between my jaws
G
Has got me feeling that I'm on top
Bm F#m
Feeling like I would have stand up to the cops
G
I saw the puda? dey? Guys
A
A got a hula? de? mas?
Bm
I got a talk and walk talking
F#m
And fly? making shop?
G A
No kind for you and the best kick me drop
Guitar Solo
Bm F#m G A x4
Chorus (Bruno Mars)
Bm F#m
Give me this one shot for my pain
G A
One drag for my sorrow
Bm F#m
Get messed up today
G A
I'll be ok tomorrow
Bm F#m
One shot for my pain
G A
One drag for my sorrow
Bm F#m
Get messed up today
G A
I'll be ok tomorrow
Intro x2
9. Count on Me
No capo
Intro
C
Ahahuh
Verse 1
C Em
If you ever find yourself stuck in the middle of the sea
Am G F
I'll sail the world to find you
C Em
If you ever find yourself lost in the dark and you can't see
Am G F
I'll be the light to guide you
Bridge
Dm Em
Find out what we're made of
F G
When we are called to help our friends in need
Chorus
C Em
You can count on me like one, two, three
Am
I'll be there
G F
And I know when I need it
C Em
I can count on you like four, three, two
Am
And you'll be there
G F
'Cos that's what friends are s'posed to do
C
Ah yeah
Em
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Am G
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
F
Yeah, yeah
Verse 2
C Em
If you're tossin' and you're turnin' and you just can't fall asleep
Am
I'll sing a song
G F
Beside you
C Em
And if you ever forget how much you really mean to me
Am
Every day I will
G F
Remind you, oh
Bridge
Chorus
Middle
Dm Em Am G
You'll always have my shoulder when you cry
Dm Em F G
I'll never let go, never say good-bye, oh...
Chorus
C Em
...you can count on me like one, two, three
Am
I'll be there
G F
And I know when I need it
C Em
I can count on you like four, three, two
Am
And you'll be there
G F
'Cos that's what friends are s'posed to do
C
Ah yeah
Em
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Am G
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
F C
You can count on me cause I can count on you
10. The Other Side (feat. Cee Lo Green and B.o.B)
Capo 1st
Intro
Em D A Em
Ahhhhhh ahhhh ahhhh
Verse 1 (Bruno Mars)
Em D
Truth of the matter is I'm complicated
A Em
You're as straight as they come
D
You go 'bout your day baby
A Em
While I hide from the sun
Bridge (Bruno Mars)
C B7
It's better if you don't understand
Em D C
Cause you won’t know what it's like
B7 A
Til you, try
Chorus (Bruno Mars)
Em D A Em
You know I, I've been waiting on the other side
Em D A Em
And you, all you gotta do is cross the line
Em D
I could wait a whole life time
A Em
But you just gotta decide
Em D A
You know I, I've been waiting on the other
A Em
Waiting on the other side
Verse 2 (Cee Lo Green)
Em D
We would live forever
A Em
Who could ask for more?
Em D
You could die if you wanted
A Em
But baby what for?
Bridge (Bruno Mars/Cee Lo Green)
Chorus (Cee Lo Green)
Verse 3 (B.o.B)
Em
If they say life's a dream
D
Call this insomnia
A
Cause this ain't Wonderland
Em
It damn sure ain't Narnia
Em
And once you cross the line
D
You can't change your mind
A
Yeah I'm a monster
Em
But I'm no Frankenstein
Em
And quite frankly
I've been feeling insane in between my eyes
D
I really can’t explain what I feel inside
A
If you knew what I was you's would run and hide
Em
Many have tried to go into the night
Em
Cross over the line and come back alive
But that's the price we pay when we living on the other side
Chorus (Bruno Mars)
Outro (B.o.B)
Em D A Em
Ahhhhhh ahhhh ahhhh
It’s better if you don’t understand x8
11. Somewhere in Brooklyn*
Capo 3rd
Chorus
G C
She was covered in leather and gold
Am D
Twenty one years old
G C
I lost her in the cold
Am D
It's unfair, she's out there
G C Am D
Somewhere, somewhere, somewhere in Brooklyn
G C Am D
She's somewhere, somewhere, somewhere in Brooklyn
Verse 1
G C
Little miss perfect sitting at the train stop
Am D
Red Nike high tops listening to hip-hop
G C
While we were waiting started conversating
Am D
Before I got her name along came a train
Bridge
G C Am D
(ohhhhh) next stop Brooklyn
G C Am D
(ohhhhh) now I'm lookin'
Chorus
Verse 2
G C
On the street kickin rocks circling the same block
Am D
Green farm flatbush checking every corner shop
G C
Tappin' people's shoulders askin’ if they know her
Am D
Everyday's the same back to the train
Bridge
Chorus
Outro
G C
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Am D
I wonder if we'll ever meet again
G C
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Am D G C
I wonder we we'll ever meet again
Am D G C
Yeah I wonder if we'll ever meet again
Am D G
I hope we do, somewhere in Brooklyn
12. Talking to the Moon (acoustic piano version)*
p. 12-14
Mike Whittle
