Old 97s - The Grand Theatre Volume 1 Chords & Tabs

 

The Grand Theatre Volume 1 Chords & Tabs

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The Grand Theatre Volume 1 Chords

   
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
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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