1. Sundrenched World
2. Star Mile
3. Everything'll Be Alright (Will's Lullaby)
4. These Photographs
5. Closer
6. Today
7. Winter
8. Someone Else's Life
9. Amy's Song
10. What If You
11. Only You
1. Sundrenched World
Intro: Bm F# Bm
G A Bm
Verse:
G F# Bm
I Can't Get to bed
G A Bm
But I'm Really Tired
G F# Bm
The things in my head
G A Bm
you used to admire In Your
Em A
Sundrenched World
G F# Bm
It Couldn't Be Worse
G A Bm
Don't bother asking
G F# Bm
and here comes the nurse
G A Bm
while I'm trying to bask in your
Em A
Sundreched World
Chorus:
D A Bm
I'm Talking to you,
G
But You're not listening
D A Bm
I Don't know what to do
G D
My Heart is a blistering
F#
Writing this song
G D A
Tell me I'm not a wrong
Verse:
G F# Bm
I close up my mouth
G A Bm
When you're around, I'm
G F# Bm
Suffocating in doubt
G A Bm
I can't make a sound in your
Em A
Sundrenched world
G F# Bm
I always wanted to be
G A Bm
the one you looked to for the
G F# Bm
answers in me
G A Bm
I'm the one who took you to your
Em A
Sundrenched World
Chorus:
D A Bm
I'm Talking to you,
G
But You're not listening
D A Bm
I Don't know what to do
G D
My Heart is a blistering
F# G
Writing this song
G D A
Tell me I belong
Bridge:
F# G D A
It's all Been Said once before
F# G D A D A Bm
we fucked around on your kitchen floor
Chorus:
D A Bm
I'm Talking to you,
G
But You're not listening
D A Bm
I Don't know what to do
G D
My Hands are a blistering
F# G
Writing this song
G D F# G
Tell me I belong
G D F#
Tell me I Belong
G
Tell me I,
G D F#
Tell me I Belong
Outro : D G A
D G A
D
2. Star Mile
Capo on 2
Intro: D G
D G
D C
G D
Verse:
D G D G
Old Doubt and a Girl By Your side
D G D C
She's feeling your pride, as you go for a ride
G D
Down the star Mile
D G D G
Worlds Rise as she lets you come in
D G D C
Duo Begins to the Hollywood din
G D
Of the lonely
Chorus:
Em C D
And All the Gold Dust in her eyes
G D/F# Em
Won't reform into rain
C D G D/F# Em
You had and lost The One Thing
C D
You Kept in a safe place
G
Remember the Face
D/F# Em C D
The Girl Who Had made you her own
G
And how you left her alone
Verse:
D G D G
All's well at the base of the hill
D G D C
You Might need to fill, a perscription to kill
G D
Off the sirens
D G D G
Look down from your tower on the high
D G D C
And Take in the night, Look her right in the eye
G D
She'll Listen
Chorus:
Em C D
And All the Gold Dust in her eyes
G D/F# Em
Won't reform into rain
C D G D/F# Em
You had and lost The One Thing
C D
You Kept in a safe place
G
Remember the Face
D/F# Em C D
The Girl Who Had made you her own
G
And how you left her alone
Bridge:
Em D C
Life Comes to those that'll choose
Em D C Em C
The regular news over playing the blues
G G D/F# Em
With the light on
Chorus:
Em C D G
And If you burn the road that'll lead you,
D#/F Em
back to her in time
Em C D G
I'll watch you turn to stone,
G D/F# Em
I can't find the sublime
C D G D/F# Em
She's Moving On Without you
C D
The Tide breaks, You watch the star fake,
G D/F# Em
They gather you back to their home
C D G
I guess it's better than being alone
3. Everything'll Be Alright (Will's Lullaby)
Capo On 4
Intro: C G D Em
C G D G
Verse:
C G D Em
Way Down, In New York Town
C G D G
Thinking 'bout the way she loved me
C G D Em
There's a hole in my pocket that's about her size
C G D G
But I Think Everything is Gonna be alright
C G D G
Yes, I Hope Everything Is Gonna Be Alright
C G D Em
C G D G
Verse:
C G D Em
A Smiling Face Is trade in L.A.
C G D G
For gifts found at the bar
C G D Em
Well, I wish my car could drive to her Tonight
C G D G
Then I'd Know Everything, Is Gonna Be Alright
C G D G
Yes, Then I'd know, It'd be Alright
C G D Em
C G D G
Verse:
C G D Em
The Rain in New Orleans Forgot to end
C G D G
But the mouths of the people are dry
C G D Em
And We Watch and Wait, and do nothing but sigh
C G D G
And Hope that Everything is gonna Turn Out Right
C G D G
But I Don't know, If It'll be Alright
C G D Em
C G D G
Verse:
C G D Em
But I Look at you, warm in your dream
C G D G
While Your mobile dances above
C G D Em
And I think to myself, It's a beautiful Night
C G D G
And I Know Everything Is Gonna Be Alright
C G D G
Yes, Now I Know, It'll Be Alright
4. These Photographs
Intro: F Bb
F Bb
Verse:
F Bb F Bb
You're Sylvia Plath, As you drift from the bath
F Bb F Bb
I hand you a robe and so it goes, the moment had passed
F Bb F Bb
you're Simone De Bouvoir as you get out the car
F Bb F Bb
The way You read me, no one can see me, it's who you are
Chorus:
Bb F C Bb C D Bb
These Photographs keep me alive
F C D Bb F C D Bb
Babe, here's your song
F C D Bb F C D Bb F C D Bb
Babe, it took too long, to find, in your eyes
F C Bb C
My Best Surprise
Verse:
F Bb F Bb
You're Nina Simone, when you talk on the phone
F Bb F Bb
You sing to me and I'm truly no longer alone
F Bb F Bb
You're Mary Cassat, when people tell you you're not
F Bb F Bb
You're like a child, all the while I need you a lot
Chorus:
Bb F C Bb C D Bb
These Photographs keep me alive
F C D Bb F C D Bb
Babe, here's your song
F C D Bb F C D Bb F C D Bb
Babe, it took too long, to find, in your eyes
F C Bb C
My Best Surprise
Bridge:
Bb F C
And I want to know what you know
Bb C C
And I want to go where you go
Chorus:
Bb C
These things remind me of,
Bb C
These things remind me of,
Bb C D Bb
These things remind me of you
F C D Bb F C D Bb
Babe, here's your song
F C D Bb F C D Bb F C D Bb
Babe, it took too long, to find, in your eyes
F C Bb N.C.
My Best Surprise
5. Closer
Capo on 3
Intro: F G C
F G C
Verse:
F G C
So We're Alone Again
F
I wish it were over
G C
We seem to never end
F G
Only get closer to the point
C G F
Where I can take no more
F G
The Clouds In your eyes
C F G F G
Down your face they Pour, Won't you
Chorus:
Am G C F
Be the new one burned to shine
Am G C F
I take the blue ones every time
Am G C F
walk me down your broken line
Am G C
All you have to do is cry
Am G C
Yes all you have to do is cry
Verse:
F G C
Hush My Baby Now
F
Your Talking is just noise
F G
Only get closer to the point
C G F
Where I can take no more
F G
The Clouds In your eyes
C F G F G
Down your face they Pour, won't you
Chorus:
Am G C F
Be the new one burned to shine
Am G C F
I take the blue ones every time
Am G C F
walk me down your broken line
Am G C
All you have to do is cry
Am G C
Yes all you have to do is cry
Bridge:
Dm Am F C G
Photographs and brightly colored paper
Dm Am F C G
Are your masks you wear in this caper
C G C G
That is a life, we walk right into the strife
Am G C
And a tear from your eye brings me home, won't you
Chorus:
Am G C F
Be the new one burned to shine
Am G C F
I take the blue ones every time
Am G C F
Walk me down your broken line
Am G C
All you have to do is cry
6. Today
Capo on 3
Intro: G C
G C
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/joshua_radin/we_were_here_crd.html ]
Verse:
G C
Shoelaces untied
G C
You can dry your eye
C B/C Am
Perfect shadows lie
D
Behind Us
C G
And this is the day I make you mine
G C
The Way your Hair Lies
G C
Sometimes I'm recognized
C B/C Am
All the way from these today
D
On a train
Chorus:
C G
Nothing to say but there's still time
Em C G C
You Are the one, I've been waiting for today
Em C G C
Here Comes the sun, It's been baiting 'morn today
Verse:
G C
Latlely, I've lost my tongue
G C
Today You've found my song
C C/B Am D
Unknown, our love has grown
Chorus:
C G
I thank God you came along
Em C G C
You Are the one, I've been waiting for today
Em C G C
Here Comes the sun, It's been baiting 'morn today
G C D G
You Looked right through me, there was no one else
G C D G
You sat beside me and there became myself,
G C
Today
G C
Today
Solo:
D C
D C
D C
D C
G C
G C
Chorus:
Em C G C
You Are the one, I've been waiting for today
Em C G C
Here Comes the sun, It's been baiting 'morn today
D C
D C
D C
G
7. Winter
Intro: Dm Bb F C
Verse:
Dm Bb F C
I should know who I am by now
Dm Bb F C
I walk the record stands somehow
Dm Bb F C
Thinking of winter
Dm Bb F C
Your name is the splinter inside me
F Bb Dm C
While I await
Chorus:
Bb C
And I remember the sound
F Bb
Of your November downtown
Bb C
And I remember the truth
F C
The warm December with you
C F E5 Bb
But I Don't have to Make this mistake
C F E5 Bb
And I don't have to stay this way
F
If only I would wait
Verse:
Dm Bb F C
The Walk has all been cleared by now
Dm Bb F C
Your Voice Is All I hear somehow
Dm Bb F C
Calling out winter
Dm Bb F C
Your Voice is the Splinter inside me
F Bb Dm C
While I await
Chorus:
Bb C
And I remember the sound
F Bb
Of your November downtown
Bb C
And I remember the truth
F C
The warm December with you
C F E5 Bb
But I Don't have to Make this mistake
C F E5 Bb
And I don't have to stay this way
F
If only I would wait
Bridge:
Dm C Bb F
I Could've lost myself
Dm C
In rough blue waters
Bb F Dm
In your eyes, and I
F
Miss you still
Chorus:
Bb C
And I remember the sound
F Bb
Of your November downtown
Bb C
And I remember the truth
F C
The warm December with you
C F E5 Bb
But I Don't have to Make this mistake
C F E5 Bb
And I don't have to stay this way
F
If only I would wait
8. Someone Else's Life
Capo on 3
Intro: C F
C F
Verse:
C F C F
Somehow, I'm leading someone else's life
C F C F
I cut her star down, with my knife
C F C F
And Right now, I still see the way the moon
C F C F
Plays this tune, though our night's died
Chorus:
Am F C G
My Hands shake, My knees quake
Am F C G
It's every day, the same way
G C F
'Cause then came you, Then there's you,
G F C
I keep your picture, in my worn through shoes
C F
When there's you, Then came you
G F C
When I'm Lost, I look at my picture of you
Verse:
C F C F
Somehow, I'll make the night our own
F C F C F
Show you every way I've Grown since I met you
C F C F
And Right now, I'll be the boy in your next song
C F C F
I'll learn the parts and play along, If you let me
Chorus:
Am F C G
My Hands shake, My knees quake
Am F C G
It's every day, the same way
G C F
'Cause then came you, Then there's you,
G F C
I keep your picture, in my worn through shoes
C F
When there's you, Then came you
G F C
When I'm Lost, I look at my picture of you
Chorus:
Am F C G
If you let me, I'll Show the world to you
Am F C G
Yes, If you let me, I'll know, just what to do
G C F
'Cause then came you, Then there's you,
G F C
I keep your picture, in my worn through shoes
G F C
When I'm Lost, In your Eyes, I see, the way for me
9. Amy's Song
Capo on 2
Intro: D Dsus2
D D
G G
D D
Verse:
D Am Em
You asked me to write a tune all about
D G D
The things that go wrong and then
Am Em
You asked me to come home soon
D C D
To the place where I belong
D Am Em
But you stand on the other side of the line
D G Am Em
In this place and you can see me reply
D C G
And now this you can't fake
D C G
No, this you can't fake
D Dsus2
D D
G G
D D
Chorus:
C Em D C
Sometimes, Sometimes, I wanna be,
Em D C G
I scream that I want to be anyone but me
D Dsus2
D D
G G
D D
Verse:
D Am
And I don't know if I can write about
Em D G D
Chosen Wars, and the things you fear and
Am Em
I don't know if I can sing aloud
D C D
Closing Doors, show me what's real
D Am Em
But I know that I close my eyes
D G D
Late at Night, there's only one thing
Am Em D
The Night Showign that she can lie
D C G
That you'll fight, show me something
D C G
Can you show me something
D Dsus2
D D
G G
D D
Chorus:
C Em D C
Sometimes, Sometimes, I wanna be,
Em D C G
I scream that I want to be anyone but me
Bridge:
F G
What do you want me to say?
Am G F
All I know is Love, It's okay
Am G
I'll write what I know
Am G
You do the same
F
You tell me I'm sane
D Dsus2
D D
Chorus:
C Em D C
But Sometimes, Sometimes, I wanna be,
Em D C G
I scream that I want to be anyone but me
10. What If you
Capo on 6
Intro: Em C G D
Verse:
Em C G D
What If You could wish me away
Em C G D Em D/F#
And What If You spoke those words today
G Em D/F# G Em D/F#
I wonder if you'd miss me, when I'm gone
G Em D/F# G
It's come to this, release me, I'll leave before the dawn
Chorus:
C D G D/F# Em
But For Tonight I'll stay here with you
C D G, D/F# Em
Yes For Tonight I'll lay here with you
C D G D/F# Em
But when the sun hits your eyes through your window
C D G
There'll be nothing you can do
C D G D/F# Em
Verse:
Em C G D
What If You could hear this song
Em C G D Em D/F#
What If I felt like I belong
G Em D/F# G Em D/F#
I might not be leaving oh, so, soon
G Em D/F# G C
Began the night believing I loved you in the moonlight
Chorus:
C D G D/F# Em
So For Tonight I'll stay here with you
C D G, D/F# Em
Yes For Tonight I'll lay here with you
C D G D/F# Em
But when the sun hits your eyes through your window
C D G
There'll be nothing you can do
Bridge
C D Em D C
I could have treated you better, better than this
C D Em D C D
Well I'm gone, the songs, your letter, Can't stay in one place
Chorus:
C D G D/F# Em
So For Tonight I'll stay here with you
C D G, D/F# Em
Yes For Tonight I'll lay here with you
C D G D/F# Em
But when the sun hits your eyes through your window
C D G
There'll be nothing you can do
Outro:
C D G
11. Only You
Capo on 1
Intro: G D Em D
C C G D
Verse:
G D Em
Looking From the Window above
D C
It's like a story of love
G D
Can You hear me?
G D Em
Came back only yesterday,
D C
Moving further away
G D
I want you near me
Chorus:
C D
All I needed was the love you gave
G C
All I needed for another day
C D G
And All I Ever knew, Only You
Verse:
G D Em
Sometimes when I think of her name
D C
when it's only a game
G D
And I need you
G D Em
Listen to the words that you say,
D C
It's getting harder to say
G D
when I need you
Chorus:
C D
All I needed was the love you gave
G C
All I needed for another day
C D G
And All I Ever knew, Only You
Verse:
G D Em
This is gonna take a long time
D C
and I wonder what's mine
G D
Can't take no more
G D Em
Wonder If you'll understand
D G
It's just the touch of your hand
G D
behind a closed door
Chorus:
C D
All I needed was the love you gave
G C
All I needed for another day
C D G
And All I Ever knew, Only You
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