Ill Be Your Girl

G Cmaj7 C Csus2 D Main/Verse Progression (loosely driving): G 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Cmaj7 C Csus2 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Verses G Oh, for once in my Cmaj7 C Csus2 Oh, for once in my life G Could just something go Cmaj7 C Csus2 Could just something go right? G Oh, for once in my Cmaj7 C Csus2 Oh, for once in my life G Could just something go Cmaj7 C Csus2 Could just something go right? Choruses D C I've been waiting all my life D C I've been waiting all my life G All my life (back to verse progression) Final Verses G Cmaj7 C Csus2 I could wait for hours G Cmaj7 C Csus2 I could wait and never fall down G Cmaj7 C Csus2 Never fall down, Never fall down G Lay us down Cmaj7 C Csus2 Beside the river G Face down Cmaj7 C Csus2 Beside the river End on G ---------------------------------------- Cutting Stone Standard Tuning CAPO 2 All Chords Relative to Capo Single Strums Em D Dreamed I had a cutting stone D Em Dreamed I held it all my own Em D It cut through wire, wood, and bone D Em (Continuous Strumming from here) I'll cut you down, my cutting stone G D Cutting stone oh fear me none D Em Whether wild or whether won G D Though I travel far from home D Em I'll always have my cutting stone Em D Wandering, I chanced upon D Em A wayward child lost anon Em D And when he laid across my chest D Em My cutting stone it did the rest G D Cutting stone oh fear me none D Em Whether wild or whether won G D Though I travel far from home D Em I'll always have my cutting stone Em D In a valley green and wide D Em A suitor wept for a dying bride Em D And when he turned his eyes on me D Em A cutting stone did set him free G D Cutting stone oh fear me none D Em Whether wild or whether won G D Though I travel far from home D Em I'll always have my cutting stone Em D Em D G D Cutting stone oh fear me none D Em Whether wild or whether won G D Though I travel far from home D Em I'll always have my cutting stone __Single Strums Em D There upon a mountaintop D Em I looked down on to what I'd wrought Em D And when I saw my labors through D Em Back to regular strumming I cut my cutting stone in two G D Cutting stone oh fear me none D Em Whether wild or whether won G D Though I travel far from home D Em I'll always have my cutting stone D Em I'll always have my cutting stone __Single Strums D Em I'll cut you down, my cutting stone ---------------------------------------- Severed Em 02200x D5 xx023x Am x0221x C 3x2010 Em D5 Am Em Em D5 Am Em Em D5 I alight like a whisper Am Em I alight with the lights out Em D5 And it won't take me long just to find you Am Em And it won't take me long just to find you C Em I'm allied to the winter D5 Am But don't you get clever, don't you get clever C Em I'm allied to the landslide D5 N.C. Em Gonna leave you all severed, gonna leave you all severed Em D5 I alone am the answer Am Em I alone will make wrongs right Em D5 But in order to root out the cancer Am Em It's got to be kept from the sun line C Em I'm allied to the winter D5 Am But don't you get clever, don't you get clever C Em I'm allied to the landslide D5 N.C. Em Gonna leave you all severed, gonna leave you all severed G Am Em G Am Em Em D5 I was born to a jackal Am Em I was born in a whiteout Em D5 Gonna smother you all till I choke you Am Em Gonna smother you all till you kick out C Em I'm allied to the winter D5 Am But don't you get clever, don't you get clever C Em I'm allied to the landslide D5 N.C. Em Gonna leave you all severed, gonna leave you all severed G Am Em G Am Em ---------------------------------------- Starwatcher Em G Em G Starwatcher, starwatcher in the night Em G Em G Starwatcher, starwatcher bend the light C Am There's a rider on the road C Am There's calamity awaiting to unfold C Am There is poison in the well C Am There's the augur of a distant ringing bell Em G Em G Em G Em G It's says: hold, hold, hold your ground Em G Em G Skywatcher, skywatcher rules the day Em G Em G Skywatcher, skywatcher cruel and fey C Am There are figures on the shore C Am At the laundromat, they're whispering of war C Am There a lady on the stairs C Am All a-shambling with thistles in her hair Em G Em G Em G Em G Singing: hold, hold, hold your ground Em G Em G Em G Em G Hold, hold, hold your ground Em G Em G Em Starwatcher, starwatcher in the night ---------------------------------------- Tripping Along D We were tripping tripping tripping tripping tripping along G While you're orbiting, might I? D While you're orbiting, might I? D Lick you sticky sticky sticky sticky sticky and sweep G They're all turning a blind eye D They're all turning a blind eye F D But oh what I'd do just to lie with you die in your arms F D What wouldn't I give just to live with that sense of alarm? G Bm But your relatives gathered all clamber about for your mind A D And they're tearing and swearing to leave you all naked and blind D So we keep a-ripping ripping ripping ripping rips in the sheets G 'Till it's all coming undone D 'Till it's all coming undone D And we're drippy drippy drippy drippy, what messes are we? G And I'm due for a line out D And I'm due for a light out F D But just as I'm cusping on slumber and dumbing my eyes F D What spin-twisting vision comes listing and gently aligns? G Bm And bothering toddles all over this beautiful light A D This fickle young sister's away in the dimming of night F La de da de da de da da da G Da de da de da de da da da F Da de da de da de da da da G Da de da de da de da da da F Da de da de da de da da da G Da de da de da de da da da F G Da de da de da de da da da da ---------------------------------------- Your Ghost Dm A Along the old sea wall Gm A Inside the banquet hall Dm A Below the cellar's stair Gm A Maybe you'll find me there F A Your ghost F Oh your ghost A Your ghost Dm Dsus2 (2x) Dm A And when you take your rest Gm A My weight upon your breast Dm A And should you close your eyes Gm A I'll still materialize F A Your ghost F Oh your ghost A Your ghost Dm Dsus2 Na na na na na Dm Dsus2 Na na na na na Dm A Gm A Dm A Gm A F A F A Dm Dsus2 Dm Dsus2 Dm A And at your final end Gm A When you are free again Dm A No longer long to be Gm A You will be belong to me F A Your ghost F A Oh your ghost F A Oh your ghost Dm Your ghost Dm Dsus2 Na na na na na Dm Dsus2 Na na na na na Dm A Gm A Dm A Gm A F A F A Dm Dsus2 Na na na na na Dm Dsus2 Na na na na na Dm A Na na na na na na Gm A Na na na na na na Dm A Na na na na na na Gm A Na na na na na na F A Your ghost F Oh your ghost A Ghost Dm Dsus2 Na na na na na Dm Dsus2 Na na na na na Dm Dsus2 Na na na na na Dm Dsus2 Na na na na na ---------------------------------------- Everything Is Awful A A A A/E Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, thing, A Everything, everything, everything, E everything, everything is awful! A A/E Oh, everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, thing A Everything, everything, everything, E everything, everything is awful! D Everything is awful, everything is... F#m Bm What's that crashing sound D That follows us around? E That's the sound of all things good breaking. F#m D Put your fears to rest, Bm You know it's for the best, E As a choir of angels sings: (La la la la la la la laa) A A/E Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, thing A Everything, everything, everything, E everything, everything is awful A A/E Oh, everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, thing A Everything, everything, everything, E everything, everything is awful D Everything is awful, everything is... F#m Bm I know you've worked so hard, D To hoist your own petard, E Must be so nice, the point caught in your side. F#m D Lay down your heavy head, Bm It's safer hid in bed, E And let those voice ring: (La la la la la la la la) A A/E Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, thing A Everything, everything, everything, E everything, everything is awful! A A/E Oh everything, everything, everything, everything, every little thing, A Everything, everything, everything, E everything, everything is awful! D Everything is awful, everything is... A E La la la la la D La la la la aw-ful, Everything is... A E La la la la la D La la la la aw-ful, Would you kindly keep it A E down La la la la la D La la la la aw-ful, Just tryin’ to get some A E sleep La la la la la D La la la la aw-ful F#m Everything is... ---------------------------------------- Sucker's Prayer A D A Bm I was not ready for the road D A D A I was so discontent to wear that heavy load Bm And so I got down on my knees E I made a sucker's prayer E A A grim bode of Baudelaire before Bm And when nobody did respond D A D A I took my glasses off and went to find a pond Bm Stuffing rocks into the pockets of my pants E And when I waded in E A Those currents carried them away D I wanna love somebody but I don't know how E Bm A D A I've been so long lonely and it's getting me down D I wanna throw my body in the river and drown E A#m E A D A I wanna love somebody but I don't know how Bm So if you're lost along the way D A D A And if you're thinking that will always be the case Bm Won't you listen to my plea? E You'll make a sucker's prayer E A Just go and leave it that-a-way D I wanna love somebody but I don't know how E Bm A D A I've been so long lonely and it's getting me down D I wanna throw my body in the river and drown E A#m E A D A I wanna love somebody but I don't know how I wanna love somebody but I don't know how ---------------------------------------- We All Die Young G G It was late one night, I was counting out my stitches D G Laying by the side of the road G I was a long time gone, slipping off my britches D G Feeling like it's time to go home D G Yeah, feeling like it's time to go home G And in this dream, Bill Tecumseh Sherman D G Glowered at the foot of my bed G He was long and lean, he spoke in perfect German D G And I recorded all that he said D G Yeah, I recorded all that he said D And he said: G "We all die young C We all die young G We all die young D G D We all die young" G When I woke next day, layered in the lashings D G Feeling for the hole in my head G I was thinking 'bout my dad, thinking 'bout the nashings D G Of all the bitter things that he said D G Yeah, all the worrying things that he had said D And he said: G "We all die young C We all die young G We all die young D G D We all die young" Son, he said: G "We all die young (We all die young!) C We all die young (We all die young!) G We all die young (We all die) D G D We all die young" (We all die young!) G G D G G G D G D G D G Well it came to pass that everything had ended D G The world was just a grubby balloon G And I spoke up, said "Sorry if I've offended" D G This voice came from the back of the room D G Oh, screaming from the back of the room D It said: G "We all die young (We all die young!) C We all die young (We all die young!) G We all die young (We all die) D G D We all die young" One more time! (We all die young!) G "We all die young, Bill Tecumseh Sherman (We all die young!) C We all die young, Sorry if I've offended (We all die young!) G We all die young (We all die) D G D We all die young" One more time! (We all die young!) G (We all die young!) C (We all die young!) G (We all die) D G D (We all die young!) G (We all die young!) C (We all die young!) G (We all die) D G D G (We all die young!) ---------------------------------------- Rusalka, Rusalka / Wild Rushes (Drop D Tuning) D Dm Bbm C9 G G* F E A (Chord shapes are open to interpretation during Rusalka, Rusalka, it's a piano after all) Rusalka, Rusalka Dm | Bbm | C9 | G Dm | Bbm | C9 | G F E Dm Bbm Rusalka, Rusalka your arms out of water C9 G Your hair like an alien bloom Dm Bbm Dark-eyed Rusalka, your brow tressed in flowers C9 G Pale in a liminal moon Dm Bbm C9 G G F E And all that you are is a star on the water Dm | Bbm | C9 | G F E Dm Bbm When first I went swimming, I heeded no warning C9 G And dared breach your rippling pool Dm Bbm As I lulled and lingered, the ring slipped my finger C9 G And drifted down the deepening cool Dm Bbm C9 G G F E And all that I want is to fall in your shallows Dm | Bbm | C9 | G F E Dm Bbm And now we are wed, the water our bed C9 G And bank to bank property lake Dm Bbm And you are my wild-eyed rusalka, my river bride C9 G Drag me down, take me away Dm Bbm C9 G Dm And here we will lie, you and I, 'neath the cold, dark sky Dm | Bbm | C9 | G F E Wild Rushes - triplet feel throughout Transition D 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . Verse Progression D C9 D 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . Beware the wild rushes, my mother told me that D C9 D 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . grow on the banks side along the salt sea but C9 D 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . I being young I C9 D 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . headed her none So D C9 D 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . to the wild rushes the wind carried me D 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . The summer... Verse 2 - Add in open A and high E strings to Verse Progression, fuller, more freely D C9 D The summer was here and the sun it was high D C9 D And to the wild rushes I came by and by C9 D C9 D And there took my seat and dipped in my feet D C9 D And through the wild rushes, a voice sweetly cried: G D Ahhh D C9 D Come down, my little darling, come closer to me D C9 D The water is warm; it is salty and free C9 D C9 D I long for your touch but I won't ask too much D C9 D And I, being foolish, walked in to my knees D C9 D Come down, little darling, and lay at my breast D C9 D Oh come a little closer and I'll do the rest C9 D C9 D I waited so long for a lover to come D C9 D And I, being foolish, walked in to my chest G D Ahhh G D Ahhh D C9 D Come down, my little darling, oh farther come in D C9 D For deeper the water, the sweeter the sin C9 D C9 D My lily lies here, if you'd only draw near D C9 D And I, being foolish, went in to my chin D C9 D Oh come, my little darling, do you feel my cool breath? D C9 D Do you feel my arms around you so warm and so wet? C9 D C9 D Swept from my feet, she pulled me beneath D C G And in the wild rushes, I went to my death Instr Bridge Bbm C9 D 1 . . 2 . . 1 . . 2 . . 1 . . 2 . . ^1 . . 2 . . Bbm C9 F/D F G* A 1 . . 2 . . 1 . . 2 . . 1 . . 2 . . 1 . . 2 . . 1 . . 2 . . 1 . . 2 . . Bbm | C9 | D | D Bbm | C9 | F/D | F/D | F/D | F G A Bbm | C9 | D | D Bbm | C9 | F/D | F/D | F/D | F G A Bbm | C9 | D | D Bbm | C9 | F/D | F/D | F/D | F/D | F/D | F/D D *********************************** | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off | ^ Arpeggiated/Broken Chord *********************************** ---------------------------------------- I'll Be Your Girl G G C When the summer days live to bore you, D G And the river lies long before you, G C And the one that you love ignores you, D7 G I'll be your girl. G C Like a senator works a full room, D G Like a lover undone by full moon, G C Like a lily alive in full bloom, D7 G I'll be your girl. Em C And when the tempests rage, G G And all the oceans roar, at your door; Em C I could be your man, D D7 But I'd be that much more, and more. G C So when everything soft abrades you, D G When fortune has long betrayed you, G C And you're longing for an arm to stay you, D7 G I'll be your girl. G C D G G C D G Em C And when the tempests rage, G G And all the oceans roar, at your door; Em C I could be your man, D D7 But I'd be that much more, and more. G C So if you're ever feeling less your time due, D G Like someone bereft and lied to, G C And you never need a guy to guide you, D7 G I'll be your girl. D7 G I'll be your girl. D7 G I'll be your girl.