You Were Here

F A Bb F A Bb F A Bb F A Bb F A Bb I'll be coming around this corner, I know one day we'll meet F A Bb I'll look in your eyes, and I'll look up the street F A Bb And I'll cover my heart, so you can't see it beat C And I'll struggle F A Bb 'Cause how can I say when I don't know F A Bb If I'll feel loving, or if I'll feel low F A Bb C I may wind up, and get into trouble Bb C Knowing that you've been bad F Bb Is one of the worst feelings I ever had C Knowing that you've been bad F Bb C Did it mean much to you, I thought I knew you, now I wish I had F A Bb F A Bb F A Bb F A Bb F A Bb I'll be coming round this corner, one day real slow F A Bb And I'll see myself reflected, in someone I used to know F A Bb And I may look away, and keep going home C And try to forget it before, I get to the door, but F A Bb How can I say when I don't know F A Bb If I'll feel loving, or if I'll feel low F A Bb C I may wind up, and cry a big puddle Bb C Knowing that you've been bad F Bb Is one of the worst feelings I ever had C Knowing that you've been bad F Bb C Did it mean much to you, I thought I knew you, now I wish I had A F Bb How can you forgive that fast? A Bb F A And why do they call it the past F Bb C Oh, when nothing has passed? F A Bb Doo-doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo-doo F A Bb Doo-doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo-doo F A Bb C Doo-doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo-doo Bb C Knowing that you've been bad F Bb Is one of the worst feelings I ever had C Knowing that you've been bad F Bb C F Did it mean much to you, I thought I knew you, now I wish I had ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 2 – Basement Apartment ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse + Chorus Bridge --------------- ----------- Cadd9 3x203x D x0023x G 32003x C/G 33201x D xx023x Capo 3rd fret Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G D Cadd9 Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Well you live out, where the street ends Cadd9 G D Cadd9 In a basement apartment with one of your friends Cadd9 G Cadd9 G And the tap drips all night, water torturing the sink Cadd9 G D Cadd9 The furnace is burning but it's still cold I think Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G D Cadd9 Cadd9 G Cadd9 G I can smell the bleach that they use in the hall Cadd9 G D Cadd9 But it can't clean the dirt off of me Cadd9 G Cadd9 G It's seeping under the door, in across the floor Cadd9 G It's starting to hurt D Cadd9 Cadd9 G Every time I br-----eathe D Cadd9 Cadd9 G Every time I try to l------eave D Cadd9 Cadd9 G Every time I br-----eathe D Cadd9 Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Now the toaster sticks and the empties are piled Cadd9 G D Cadd9 I haven't been up the stairs in awhile now Cadd9 G Cadd9 G I gotta wash the sheets on my bed, gotta watch the things that go unsaid Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G God I wish we'd leave it at th------------is D Cadd9 Cadd9 G Every time I br-----eathe D Cadd9 Cadd9 G Every time I try to l------eave D Cadd9 Cadd9 G Every time I br-----eathe D Cadd9 D C/G And every evening, you open the door, you come down D C/G There's nothing like watching TV all night on the ground D C/G And no one is watching me slide D C/G Below street level, barely alive Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G D Cadd9 Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Now we live out, where the street ends Cadd9 G D Cadd9 In a basement apartment just like our friends Cadd9 G Cadd9 G We always said that we were different, but you know now that we weren't Cadd9 G D Cadd9 'Cause there's holes in all the bottles and my lungs hurt Cadd9 G D Cadd9 Cadd9 G Every time I br-----eathe D Cadd9 Cadd9 G Every time I try to l------eave D Cadd9 Cadd9 G Every time I br-----eathe D Cadd9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 3 – The Hideout ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse Chorus Bridge --------- ---------- ---------- D xx023x A x02220 Bm 2x443x A x0222x Em 022000 G 32003x G 32003x G 320033 A x0222x D xx0232 D A G Look at that green, out through the screen, after a quick rain came D A G So fast that, there wasn't time to roll up the windows and pull the clothes down off the line D A G But I don't care, it was so dry, the grass is happy and I think, so am I D A G Cause I'm through, thinking about you A Em G And for now I'm out at the hideout A D G Far enough outside of town A D You can come, you can stay Em G If there's something you need A To get away from D A G D A G D A G Look at the day, dropping away, hear the traffic on a distant side road down the way D A G I think that dust, has settled on me D A G But I don't care, it was so calm, I knew I wouldn't stay forever, I knew I'd get some things together D A G And move on A Em G And for now I'm out at the hideout A D G Far enough outside of town A D You can come, you can stay Em G If there's something you need A To get away from Bm G I just thought of you Bm G And what you said Bm G Laid out on the pullout A Did you forget, you said you wouldn't forget D A G Look at that green, out through the screen, after a quick rain came D A G So fast that, there wasn't time to roll up the window and pull the clothes down off the line D A G I don't care, it was so dry, the grass is happy and I think, so am I D A G Cause I'm through, thinking about you A Em G And for now I'm out at the hideout A D G Far enough outside of town A Em G You can come out, you can come out A D G Out when there is no one around A Em G All out at the hideout A D G Far enough from being found A D You can come, you can stay Em G If there's something you need A To get away from ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 4 – Capsized ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F 13321x C 3x201x Am x0221x G 32003x F C Am And when I heard about the coming day F C Am Wish I could wake up from the dream F C Am In it I see a family photograph G F And there you are, tucked in the scene F C Am And there's a jealous net inside my chest F C Am There's a hurt and sadness there F C Am Maybe I'd tell you all about it G I thought you'd care F C Am Heavy heart gets lighter by your side F C Am But there are thoughts I'd wish I'd heard F C Am And if they ask you how I'm holding up G F Say I'm holding out, for the worst F C Am F C Em F C Am G F C Am What's the sense in being so sensitive? F C Am Can I trade this thin skin for a shell? F C Am But there are some things I've got no feeling about G F But there are some things, I can't tell F C Am Heavy heart get lighter by yourself F C Am It's been so long since you capsized F C Am And you've been lying out there in the sun G F Has it begun? Has it begun? F C Am Ahh ahh F C Am F C Am Heavy heart F C Am Have you heard? F C Am That I could use F C Am The words ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 5 – Lodestar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse Chorus Outro ------------- --------- ----------- E 0221xx A x0222x F#m 2442xx B7/F# 22120x B 2x444x A x0222x E 02210x E 02210x B 2x444x E B7/F# E B7/F# Out of the night into the water, we push the boat from shore E B7/F# Breaking the air in the stillness of the bay E B7/F# Intensity of stars reflected in the harbour, silently ignite E B7/F# The oar dips in to oil-like water and we E B7/F# E B7/F# Are away E B7/F# Your hand won't write, not tonight, but your mind may wander E B7/F# Into those deep lagoons that you know E B7/F# And your boat will go by starlight alone A B E A Da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da, you sang to the moon A B E A B In the great black night with no lodestar, in sight E B7/F# E B7/F# E B7/F# Out in the night, out on the water, we pull the boat back to shore E B7/F# Breathing the air in the stillness of the bay E B7/F# Intensity of stars reflected in the water, silently ignite E B7/F# The oar dips in to oil-like water and we A B E A Are away, under the moon A B E A B In the great black night with no lodestar, in sight F#m A E B F#m A E B F#m A E B F#m A E B And wait for it, there are only two things now F#m A E B F#m A E B This great black night, and the fire glow F#m A E B Listen, the darkness rings, the darkness F#m A E B Listen, the darkness rings F#m A E B F#m A E B And wait for it, there are only two of us now F#m A E B F#m A E B This great black night scooped out, and this fire glow F#m A E B Listen, the darkness rings, the darkness F#m A E B Listen, the darkness rings F#m A E B Take off your things F#m A E And listen, the darkness rings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 6 – Weakened State ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse Chorus Bridge ----------- ----------- ---------- F#5 244xxx A 577655 Bm 2x443x G5 355xxx F#m 244222 G 320033 D5 5x77xx G 355433 D xx0232 Bm 2x443x A x02220 F#5 G5 D5 From the minute you saw it F#5 G5 D5 By the time it left my mouth F#5 G5 D5 I knew you wouldn't want it F#5 G5 D5 But I had to let it out F#5 G5 D5 I saw your smile and I fell F#5 G5 D5 Now I just can't believe F#5 G5 D5 There was no knowing deception F#5 G5 A Underneath A F#m G A F#m G Did it pass while you were looking back A F#m G Waiting F#m G D5 F#5 G5 D5 I asked for the truth F#5 G5 D5 Every time F#5 G5 D5 And now the ugly details F#5 G5 D5 Are stuck in my mind F#5 G5 D5 And there's a premonition, I keep putting off F#5 G5 D5 And the more time passes, the more I get soft F#5 G5 D5 I'm standing up there in a weakened state F#5 G5 And it's not great A F#m G A F#m G Did it pass while you were looking back A F#m G Waiting A F#m G A F#m G O-----ften I'm A F#m G Waiting on the one that maybe won't A F#m G Come, waiting Bm G D A And I'm not saying anything G A D A You think that I forgot G A D A G 'Cos I'm not saying anyth-----ing, but I'm thinking a lot A F#m G A F#m G A F#m G A F#m G A F#m G O-----ften I'm A F#m G Waiting on the one that maybe won't A F#m G Come, waiting Bm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 7 – Don't Get Your Back Up ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse Chorus --------- ---------- B 2x444x B 2x444x E 022100 F# 244322 E 022100 B E Baby, if I could keep it together, don't you think I'd try? B E And maybe if I could make something of this, why wouldn't I? B You say I close a blind eye that I don't put up the time E But what you see as goodbye, I don't see as a crime B I'm tired of the blame being put on my head E B E B E You're breathing fire but you're not bringing back what's dead B F# E Don't get your back up over this B F# E If I'm so wrong and you're so right B F# E You, well you got your mind made up I guess F# B E Won't you let me get some sleep tonight? B E It's late now and there's only four hours 'til I get up again B E You know I'd wait somehow if I thought this was something that a little time would mend B E You, you're dragging this misery on B E B E Let's leave this thing for a while, it's too far gone, too far gone B F# E Don't get your back up over this B F# E If I'm so wrong and you're so right B F# E Well you really got your mind made up I guess F# Won't you let me get some sleep F# Won't you let me get some sleep? F# B Won't you let me get some sleep tonight? B F# E Don't get your back up over this B F# E If I'm so wrong and you're so right B F# E You, well you got your mind made up I guess F# Won't you let me get some sleep F# Won't you let me get some sleep? F# Won't you let me get some sleep tonight? B E Tonight B E Tonight B E B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 8 – Open Window (The Wedding Song) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse Pre-Chorus Chorus ----------- ----------- ----------- E 02210x F#m 24422x B 2x444x E/B 2x210x A x0222x E 02210x A x0222x E 02210x A x0222x B 2x444x F#m 24422x E/B 2x210x E E/B E E/B E E/B E Love, I see you there, adrift on the air E/B A Floating by the open window E E/B E E/B E Ah, the sentiment of love, reflections that speak of E/B A What can enter when our hearts are open F#m A Here, witnesses appear E B And recognize how sacred love can be when stated E E/B E E/B E Shared, shown for all to see, the beauty that can be E/B A When love is cultivated B E A Well, our love is a sacred thing B E A Like the mysteries of the night B E A In the darkness unwavering B E A And still so strong come the light B E A Well, our love is an infinite thing B E A Like the sun's last ray on the sea B E A As it sets low in the west F#m A And the moon rises E E/B E E/B E E/B E E/B E E/B E E/B E Love, I see you there, adrift on the air E/B A Floating by the open window E E/B E E/B E Ah, the sentiment of love, reflections that speak of E/B A What can enter when our hearts are open F#m A Here, witnesses appear E B And recognize how sacred love can be when stated E E/B E E/B E Shared, shown for all to know, the beauty that can grow E/B A When love is cultivated B E A Well, our love is a sacred thing B E A Like the mysteries of the night B E A In the darkness unwavering B E A And still so strong come the light B E A Well, our love is an infinite thing B E A Like the sun's last ray on the sea B E A As it sets low in the west F#m A And the moon rises E E/B E E/B E E/B E E/B E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 9 – Uniform Grey ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse Chorus ---------- ---------- C 3x2010 F 3x321x Am x02210 G 32003x G 320033 Am x0221x Em 02200x Capo 3rd fret C Am G > ↓ ↑ > ↓ ↑ > ↓ ↑ > ↓ ↑ > ↓ ↑ > ↓ ↑ > ↓ ↑ > > h = hammer-on > = accented note ↓ = down-stroke ↑ = up-stroke C Am G It's perfectly suited this uniform grey C Am G There are no bearings to the day C Am G C Am G I came down from the air and I'll leave by boat C Am G Yeah I'm down with your rainy town C Am G Out on the spit with the biggest port around C Am G C Am G My friend is on the way, he's bringing my coat F G Am Oh, you don't do what I want you to F G C Em But I haven't been through what you've been through F G Am And we could use that as an excuse F If that's what you choose G If that's what you choose C Am G C Am G C Am G C Am G C Am G Well it was kinda hard to pull away C Am G He said, "buck up baby, it’s okay C Am G C Am G The sunlight on the floor will always fall" C Am G And I meant to write it on the plane C Am G High above my earthly pain C Am G C Am G But I slept right through the flight and that was all F G Am Oh, you don't do what I want you to F G C Em But I haven't been through what you've been through F G Am And we could use that as an excuse F If that's what you choose G If that's what you choose C Am G C Am G C Am G C Am G C Am G It's perfectly suited this uniform grey C Am G There are no bearings to the day C Am G C Am G I came down from the air and I'll leave by boat C Am G Yeah I'm down in your rainy town C Am G In the spare room with the biggest port around C Am G C My friend is on the way, he's bringing my coat Am G C He's bringing my coat Am G C Am G C Am G C He's bringing my co---------at ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 10 – Coffee Stain ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse Chorus ----------- --------- A x02220 E 022100 D xx0232 A x02220 B 2x444x D xx0232 D/A x00232 B 2x444x A D There's a coffee stain around your eye A D And lines that I don't recognize A D Everything changed from being okay B D/A The night that you came home so late A D And I knew by the time on the stove A D That you were no longer mine alone A D I guess we're all just out on loan B D/A And everybody is only their own E A D E A D Oh I loved you, and I guess I still do E A D B D Everything was going so good, I thought something bad might happen E A D E A D And then it did, if you know the difference between bad and good E A D B D I thought that I'd know, but I cross my toes and that's how it goes A D Maybe I'm a fatalist A D To let it all go at this A D Like some balloon I'll probably miss B D/A Lost in a treetop A D There's a coffee stain around your eye A D And lines that I don't recognize A D Everything changed from being okay B D/A The night that you came home so late E A D E A D Oh I loved you, and I guess I still do E A D B D Everything was going so good, I thought something bad might happen E A D E A D And then it did, if you know the difference between bad and good E A D B D I thought that I'd know, but I cross my toes and that's how it goes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 11 – You Were Here ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse Chorus ------------ --------- C 3x2010 G 320033 D/F# 2x0232 C 3x2010 D xx0232 C D/F# C D/F# C D/F# C D/F# Are there no blinders on lights that blare? C D/F# C D/F# White noise on the eyes C D/F# C D/F# From gas station lots and reflected ice -- glare C D/F# C D/F# So that I can walk home by moonlight -- alone C D/F# C D/F# C D/F# C D/F# Or can we go out to where the wind howls C D/F# C D/F# And stand alee against the trees C D/F# C D/F# They've grown up so tall that you can't see the house C D/F# C D/F# G It's a fortress now but you know how it used to be G C D G C D I can lie to myself and say I like it G C D C D/F# But I would love it if you were here C D/F# C D/F# C D/F# C D/F# C D/F# These words on paper smell like you C D/F# C D/F# Associated in random thought C D/F# C D/F# On my lips the words turn blue C D/F# C D/F# G Evanescent feeling lost G C D G C D I can lie to myself and say I like it G C D G C D But I would love it if you were here G C D G C D I'm just sad for myself because I know you're clear G C D C D/F# But I would love it if you were here C D/F# C D/F# C D/F# C D/F# C D/F# I can just see you show me your gardens C D/F# C D/F# I thought you'd grow roses and grapes on low vines C D/F# C D/F# I wanted to know you when we were both older C D/F# C D/F# G I thought there'd be more of those wonderful times G C D G C D I can lie to myself and say I like it G C D G C D But I would love it if you were here G C D G C D I'm just sad for myself because I know you're clear G C D C D/F# But I would love it if you were here C D/F# You were here C D/F# Yes, you were C D/F# Yes, you were C D/F# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 12 - Everytime ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse and Pre-Chorus Chorus -------------------- ---------- G 320033 D xx0232 G/F# 2x0033 C 3x2010 C 3x2013 Em 022000 G G/F# C G G/F# C G G/F# C I can -- throw away my -- fears G G/F# C G G/F# C Up in -- to the atmo -- sphere G G/F# C G G/F# C They race away at the rate of the smoke G G/F# C And rust G G/F# C G G/F# C Look at all the poor bastards G G/F# C G G/F# C Gotta go to work while I sleep G G/F# C D C Steel town's light keep on glowing D C From smokestacks that keep on blowing Em C In my eyes so I don’t see it Em C Close my heart so I don't feel it G G/F# C Every time G G/F# C G G/F# C G G/F# C I can -- see it in your eyes G G/F# C G G/F# C I can -- feel it on your sides G G/F# C G G/F# C They're not -- like either of us G G/F# C At all G G/F# C G G/F# C Look at all the poor drivers G G/F# C G G/F# C Gotta go to work every time G G/F# C D C Streams of headlights come flashing D C On the hills that we used for crashing Em C In my mind, I don't see it Em C Close my eyes or I believe it D C Streams of headlights come shining D C On wheels that we used for grinding Em C In my mind, I don't see it Em C Close my eyes or I believe it G G/F# C Every time G G/F# C G G/F# C Doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo doo-oo G G/F# C G G/F# C Doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo doo-oo