Chord Booklet

Jackson Browne

10 songs|27 chords used|Hard

View artist →

Chords used

Dsus

G/D

Asus

Asus4

D/C

Bm7

C/G

Am7

G/B

G#m

F#m

C/E

Lawless Avenues

Key: DHard

Dsus

G/D

Asus

Asus4

DDsusD5AG/DAD

D Papa hit him, Mama kissed him

G Made him go to ACatechism

D With the sisters in their black and Gwhite A Asus Asus4 E

D And all the time those city streets

G Were teaching him anoAther kind of Dwisdom

When to run and when to Gfight A Asus Asus4 E

D Up at the playground after school

G Listening to Atales of the prison Bmsystem Bm A G

And those Alawless Davenues G D A Asus Asus4 E

D Dawn on a half darkened Gstreet A Asus Asus4 E

D A child's footsteps reGpeat A Asus Asus4 E

D And something there turns them

G Down those Alawless Davenues G A Asus Asus4 E

D Silent Joe went down so bad

G He was the strongest Afighter the avenues Dhad

Stabbed in the chest--he went down Gswinging A Asus Asus4 E

D Someone from some other part of town

G No one even Aseen it coming Ddown

And you don't hear no church bells Gringing A Asus Asus4 E

And in the Gviolent night the police light

Sweeps across the lots and the Bmyards G

Following those Alawless Davenues G A Asus Asus4 E

D Down on a half darkened Gstreet A Asus Asus4 E

D Armies advance and reGtreat A Asus Asus4 E

D And struggle to take control

G From those Alawless Davenues G A Asus Asus4 E

D Manuelito's sister Rosa

G Ran away with a Asurfer from HerDmosa

Manuelito, cuida a Rosa

G Hay mira Acomo estan las Dcosas! G A Asus Asus4 E

D But who could blame her after she saw

G Every boy Adie who could have gotten Dclose to her

Rosa es joven u solo quiere

G Ver la Abelleza del Dmundo

Manuel said-- "You gotta fight for what you want in this Glife"

Just before they Ashipped him overDseas to 'Nam

Otra guerra sin razon

G Otra guerra sin Afin, sin honor

D And she was fighting to understand

G When they shipped AManuelito's body Bmhome

All she heard was- GoneA moreG shot

Echoing down Alawless Davenues

Hoy aGmigo, tal igual Dcomo aGyer

G La lucha en el Abarrio no Dcambia

Nuestros Ghijos son los que Dhan de cGrecer

G Por ley de la calle, viAviendo entre Dabrazos

Y chinAgazos

DGAAsusAsus4E

D Down on a half darkened Gstreet A Asus Asus4 E

D Fathers' and sons' lives reGpeat A Asus Asus4 E

D And something there turns them

G Down those Alawless Davenues G A Asus Asus4 E

D Down on a half darkened Gstreet (En el Acalor de la calle)

D Down on a half darkened Gstreet (Buscan Avalor en la calle)

D Down on a half darkened Gstreet (Hasta Afinal de la calle)

...

View full chord sheet →

Fountain of Sorrow

Key: EmHard

D/C

Bm7

C/G

Am7

G/D

G/B

EmLooking through some D4photoDgraphs I Cfound inside a Gdrawer

I was Emtaken by a D4photoDgraph of Cyou G

There were Emone or two I D4know Dthat you would have Cliked a little moGre

But they Emdidn?t show your D4spiriDt quite as trCue G

You were Bmturning ?round to see who was Gbehind you C G

And I Bmtook your childish laughter by surDprise D/C

Bm7And at the C/Gmoment that my Ccamera Dhappened to Emfind you

There was Am7just a trace of sorrowC in your Geyes C G

Now the Emthings that I D4remembeDr seem so Cdistant and so Gsmall

Though it Emhasn?t really D4been thDat long a Ctime G

What EmI was seeing D4wasn?t Dwhat was haCppening at aGll

Although Emfor a while, our D4path dDid seem to Cclimb G

But when you Bmsee through love?s illusions, there lies the Gdanger C G

And yoBmur perfect lover just looks like a perfect DfoolD/C

Bm7So you go rC/Gunning off in sCearch of a Dperfect sEmtranger

While the Am7loneliness seems to sCpring from your life

Like a Gfountain from a poDol

CFountain of G/Dsorrow,D fountain of EmlightD

CYou?ve known that G/Dhollow soundD of your own steps in fEmlight D

CYou?ve had to G/Dhide sometimes, but Dnow you?re all riEmght D

And it?s Ggood to see your C/Gsmiling face tonightC G/B Am7

GAm7G/BCG/BAm7G

Now for Emyou and me it D4may notD be that Chard to reach our Gdreams

But that Emmagic feeling D4never sDeems to Clast G

And while the Emfuture?s there for D4anyone Dto change, Cstill you know it?s Gseems

It would be Emeasier someD4times tDo change the Cpast G

I?m just Bmone or two years and a couple of changes Gbehind you C G

In my Bmlessons at love?s pain and heartache Dschool D/C

Bm7Where if you C/Gfeel too free and you Cneed someDthing to remiEmnd you

There?s this Am7loneliness springing uCp from your life

Like a Gfountain from a Dpool

CFountain of G/Dsorrow,D fountain of EmlightD

CYou?ve known that G/Dhollow soundD of your own steps in fEmlight D

CYou?ve had to G/Dhide sometimes but nDow you?re all rigEmht D

And it?s Ggood to see your C/Gsmiling face tonightC G/B Am7

GAm7G/BD4D

CFountain of G/Dsorrow,D fountain of EmlightD

CYou?ve known that G/Dhollow soundD of your own steps in Emflight D

CYou?ve had to G/Dstruggle,D you?ve had to Emfight D

CTo keep underG/Dstanding andD compassion in sEmight D

CYou could be G/Dlaughing at me,D you?ve got the Emright D

CBut you go on G/DsmilingD so clear and so Embright D

CG/DDEmD

View full chord sheet →

Everywhere I Go

Key: DMedium

I heaDr your heart beGating everywAhere, when Dwe're apart I Gcan hear yoAu there

D I hear your heGart beating Aeverywhere, everywhere I gDo

People sGay that I must bAe in love,D the way I fGorget what we're spAeaking of

F The way I stand there smiling strBmaight ahead

G And walk away without hDearing a wAord they said

D I hear your heGart beating Aeverywhere

D When we're apGart I can clAose my eyes and hear you there

D I hear your heGart beating Aeverywhere, everywhere I gDo G A

D / G / A / / /

Everywhere I go

D In the middle of a fGootball game,A at the beach in the pouring rain

StDanding on a hillside stGaring at the sun

PeAople hurry by the unfortunate one

With the fDar-away eyes and the mGystery smile

MAoving my body in a ragamuffin style

I caDn't sit down when I hGear it start, I hAear your heart everywhere I gDo

People sGay that I must bAe a fool,D cos when I'm nGear you I cannAot be cool

F I can't quite make sense when I tBmalk to you

G And when you smile I forgDet everythAing I knew

D I hear your heGart beating Aeverywhere

D When we're apGart I can clAose my eyes and hear you there

D I hear your heGart beating Aeverywhere, everywhere I gDo G A

D / G / A / / / D / G / A / / /

Everywhere I go

D / G / A / / / D / G / A / / / D / G / A / / /

StDanding in the market where I bGuy my bread

With a hAunger in my belly and a rhythm in my head

LDooking all around for something gGood to eat

Between the bAutter and the beans and the mops and the meat

CDoffee from the mountain, hGoney from the bee

NAothing tastes as good as you taste to me

RDocking in the aisle to my Ginside song

People stAaring at me think I got a walkman on

D I hear your heGart beating Aeverywhere,D I hear youGr heart A

D I hear your heGart beating Aeverywhere

D I hear youGr heart,A beating everywhere I gDo

I hear your heGart beating Aeverywhere

D I hear youGr heart,A beating everywhere I gDo

I hear your heGart, beatingA everywhereD I go G A D

G A beating everywhere I gDo

G A everywhere I gDo

Written by: Mick Anderson email protected

View full chord sheet →

The Word Justice

Key: AHard

G#m

F#m

ABm

ABmBm

ABm

AA man sBmtands up before his AGod and BmcountBmry

ARaises his Bmright hand and tAakes an BmoathBm

ASwears he has Bmacted in the lAine of Bmduty Bm

AAnd he more tBmhan anyone wants tAo tell thBme truBmth

GBut there is a need to keep soBmmethings a sAecret

GSome weapons shipments, some pBmrivate waArs

GIn the future democracy will bBme defended A

ABehind closeBmd doorBms

ANow the men oBmf Congress who conveAne to deBmtermiBmne

AIf coveBmrt war is a businessA or a crBmime Bm

AAre theBm same men who routinely giAve theirBm permBmission

AFor theBm shedding of blood in AsecurityBm's naBmme

GAnd there is a need to keep soBmme things a sAecret

GThe names of some countries, tBmhe terms of Asome deals

GAnd above all the sound of theBm screams of Athe innocent

ABeneath our BmwheeBmls A Bm Bm

G#mDoes the word justice mean anything to you?

EAre the features of a lie beF#mginning to come through?

ABm

ABmBm

ABm

AIn the streetBms of America the chiAldren arBme burBmied

ACaught in an Bmavalanche of weaponsA and druBmgs Bm

AThey live andBm they die in the bowAels of aBm busiBmness

AThat disguiseBmd as a war between TAhe CripsBm and BmThe Bloods

GAnd there is a need to keep soBmme things a sAecret

GThe C.I.A. deals protectiBmng the sourceA

GAnd the government policies directly coBmnnectAing

AThe drugs anBmd ouBmr warsA Bm Bm

G#mDoes the word justice mean anything to you?

EAs the battlefield comes homF#me and democracy falls through

ABm

ABmBm

DI am waiting fGor the tCime to cDome

DWhen the word will bGe real fCor everyoneD

DAnd not just a word bGut a thing tChat can be Bmdone

GJustAicBme must be won

ABm

ABmBm

AOhBm, oh, oh justice

AJuBmstice

AOhBm, oBmh, oh justice

AJuBmstiBmce

ABm

View full chord sheet →

The Barricades Of Heaven

Key: EmMedium

C/E

Em Running Cdown along the Gtowns along the Dshore

Em When I was Csixteen and on my Gown D

Em No I couldn't Ctell you what the Ghell those breaks were Dfor

Em I was just Ctrying to hear my Gsong D

EmCGD

Em Jimmy found his Cown sweet sound when he Gwon that free Dguitar

Em And we'd all Cget in the van and pGlay D

Em Life became the CParadox, the GBell, the Rouge et Dnoir

Em And the stretch of Croad running to GL.A. D

BRIDGE :Em Pages turninCg

G Pages we were Dyears from learning

Em Straight into the Cnight our hearts were Gflung D

(PLAY REGULAR "C" and "D" for chorus)

CHORUS : Better Cbring your own reGdemtion Dwhen you comCe D

To the Cbarricades of heaGven wDhere I'm fCrom

EmCGD

Em AlCl the world was Gshining from those Dhills

Em With the stars aCbove and the lights bGelow D

Em Among those thCere to test their foGrtune and their Dwill

Em I lost Ctrack of the score long Gago D

Em ChildhoodF comes for C/Eme at night

Em The voices Fof my frC/Eiends

Em Your face bFathing C/Eme in light

Em I hope that Fnever eC/Ends

EmCGD

Em Pages tuCrning

GPages torn and paDges burning

Em Faded pages oCpen in the sGun D

Em C G D \\\|///

| ~ ~ |

(- 0 0 -)

@ | *

# |"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win !

$ Justin J. Simison | glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, ^

% | than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither &

^ Flagstaff, AZ | enjoy much, nor suffer much, because they live in the *

& | grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat." !

* | @

! | - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 #

@#$%^&*email protected#$%^&*email protected#$%^&*email protected#$%^&*email protected#$%^&*email protected#$%^&*email protected#$%^&*email protected#$%^&*email protected#$%^&*email protected#$%^&*

View full chord sheet →

Sky Blue And Black

Key: CMedium

This is as close as I could come with my limited chord knowledge; if it isn't accurate

it works pretty well! Questions, or hopefully corrections are welcome.

CIn the calling out to one another

Of the Amlovers up and down the strand

FIn the sound of the waves and the cries

Of the Gseagulls circling the sand

CIn the fragments of the songs

Carried down the Amwind from some radio

FIn the murmuring of the city in the distance

GOminous and low

CI hear the sound of a Amworld where we played

And the Ffar too simple beauty of the Gpromises we made

AmIf you ever need Fholding

CCall my name, GI'll be there

AmIf you ever needF holding

And no Cholding back, I'll see you Gthrough

CSky Amblue and black

F//musicG w/o lyrics//

CWhere the touch of the lover ends

And the Amsoul of the friend begins

There's a Fneed to be separate and a need to be one

And a Gstruggle neither wins

CWhere you gave me the world I was in

And a Amplace I could make a stand

(And) I could Fnever see how you doubted me

When I'd Glet go of your hand

CYeah, and AmI was much younger then

And I Fmust have thought that I'd have known

If Gthings were going to end

AmAnd the heavens were Frolling

CLike a wheel on a Gtrack

AmAnd our sky was unFfolding

C And it'll never fold Gback

CSky blue and Amblack

F//musicG w/o lyrics//

CAmFG

I'd have Ffought the world for you

(I'd have Cfought the world for Gyou)

If I Fthought that you wantCed me Gto

Or put Faside what was tCrue or Guntrue

If I'd Fknown that's what you Gneeded

GWhat you needed me to Cdo

CBut the moment has Ampassed by me now

To have Fput away my pride

And just come Gthrough for you somehow

AmIf you ever needF holding

CCall my name,G I'll be there

AmIf you ever needF holding

And no Cholding back, I'll see you Gthrough

CYou're the color of the sky

Reflected in each Amstore-front window pane

FYou're the whispering and the sighing

Of my Gtires in the rain

CYou're the hidden cost and the thing that's Amlost in everything I do

FYeah and I'llG never stopC looking for you

Am//mFusGic w/o lyrics//

FIn the sunlight Gand the shadows

And the faces on the Cavenue

Am//muFsic Gw/o lyrics//

CThat's the wAmay love is

FThat's the Gway love isC

AmThat's the wFay love is

GSky blue and Cblack

Chord Transcription: Vincent J. Florio

View full chord sheet →

Song for adam

Key: GMedium

(capo up 2)

Though GAdam Fwas a Emfriend of Dmine, I Cdid not know him well,

He was aGlone inFto his EmdistancDe, he wasC deep into hisD well.

I could Gguess what Fhe was Emlaughing Dat, but I Ccouldn't really tell.

Now the Gstory's Ftold that EmAdam Djumped, but I'm Cthinking that he Emfell.

ToGgether Fwe went EmtravelingD as Cwe received the call.

His GdestiFnation EmIndiDa, andC I had none atD all.

Well, I Gstill reFmember Emlaughing Dwith our Cbacks against the wall.

So Gfree of Ffear we Emnever Dthought that Cone of us might EmfalDl.

CI sit before my only Gcandle, but it's Cso little light to find my Gway.

Now this Cstory unfolds before my Emcandle,

Which is Gshorter every hour as it Dreaches for the day.

But I Cfeel just like a candle in a Dway.

I guess I'll gCet there, but I wouldn't sGayD for sCure.

When we Gparted Fwe were Emlaughing Dstill as Cour goodbyes were said.

And I Gnever Fheard from Emhim aDgain as Ceach our lives were Dled.

ExGcept for Fonce in Emsomeone Delse's Cletter I once read.

UnGtil I Fheard the Emsudden Dword that a Cfriend of mine was EmdeaDd.

CI sit before my only Gcandle, like a Cpilgrim sits beside the Gway.

Now this Cjourney appears before my Emcandle

As a Gsong that's growing fainter, the Dharder I play,

'Til I Cfear before I end will fade aDway.

But I guess I'll Cget there, though I wouldn't GsaDy for Csure.

Though GAdam Fwas a Emfriend of Dmine, I Cdid not know him long.

And when I Gstood myFself beEmside hiDm, I neverC thought I was asD strong.

Still it Gseems he Fstopped his Emsinging in the Cmiddle of his song.

Well I'm Gnot the Fone to Emsay I Dknow, but I'm Choping he was EmwroDng.

CI'm holding out my only Gcandle, though it's Cso little light to find my Gway.

Now this Cstory's been laid beneath my Emcandle,

And it's Gshorter every hour as it Dreaches for the day.

Yes, I Cfeel just like a candle in a Dway.

I hope I Cget there, but I never GprDayC.

View full chord sheet →

Some Bridges

Key: GMedium

GCGD

GEvery day I walk out in this Ctorn up world and I Gfight to surDvive,

I'm Glaughing when I make it to the CSaturday and GI'm aDlive;

carrying your Gsmile with me,C G D

carrying your Gsmile with me.C G D

GEverywhere I look I see this Cworld slippin' down that Glow road, day by Dday,

GI just go on working for the Cthings I need and Gmaking my own Dway;

carrying your Gsmile with me, C oh yea,G D

carrying your Gsmile with me. C G D

C Take a walk on the troubled side of Dthis old Gtown,

C take a walk on the broken streets and the Gbuildings falling down.

C Look at all these kids with nothing but Dtrouble in their Geyes,

Am trouble in their Gfuture, trouble in their Dlives.

G Some bridges are Gfalling down,

G some bridges are Emstill aDround.

GCGD

C Take a walk on the shaded upDtown aveGnue,

C some people are doing well no G matter how they do.

C And I know there's more to life than D what you Gown

but I Amsee so many good Gthings, Dthings I've never known.

G Some bridges are Gfalling down,

G some bridges are Emstill aDround.

GEvery night I listen to the sound C of the street, Glying in my Dbed,

I Glove to see the dreams that are Cdancing there in the Glight above your Dhead.

And Gsometimes I get so Cweary and when Ghope is caving in, D

you Gfill me with your love and your Claughter, baby, until I Gget back up aDgain.

Carrying your Gsmile with me (Take a walk on the streets of this diCvided town)

Carrying your Gsmile with me (Take a walk on the smoking edge of the Dbattleground)

Carrying your Gsmile with me (Take a look at the situation, C the poverty and the desperation)

G (Take the time for the realizationEm) Everyday I'Dm carrying your Outro 2 smile with me.

G Some bridges are Cfalling down, G carrying your Emsmile with Dme.

GCGD

CGEmD

View full chord sheet →

Tender Is The Night

Key: GHard

G/D

Tender is the Night

by Jackson Browne

G5D5E5C5

GDEmCG/D

G5D5

Between the darkness on the street,

and the houses filling up with E5light C5

G5D5

Between the stillness in my heart,

and the roarE5 of the approaching night C5

G5D5

Somebody calling after somebody

somebody turns aE5 corner out of sight

C5Looking for somebody, sG5omewD5here in the night E5

C5D5G5C5D5G5C5D5

GTender isC the night, D G/D D G

when you hold your baby tightC D G/D D

GTender areC the motiDons, tenderG/D is the Dnight G C D

Between the life that we expected,

and the way it's always beEmen C

I can't walk back in agaiGn, D

after the way we fight Em D Em D Em D

When just outside there are people laughing,

living liEmves we used to lead C

Chasing down the love they need,

somewhere in the night Em C D

GTender isC the nightD, G/D D G

and the benediction of the neCon light D G/D D

GTender arCe the huntersD, tenderG/D is thDe night G C D

You're gonna want me tonight,

when your ready to surrender, C

Forget about who's right,

when you're ready to remember, C

It's another world at night,

when you're ready to be tender, D

Tender, tender

G5Tender C5 D5 |

View full chord sheet →

10.

Ill Do Anything

Key: BmMedium

F#m

You Bmhold a life there in youEmr hands, you Bmprobably don't know Em

Bm Somehow your dreams becEmame my plans,G somewhereA long agDo

Bm Think about the things we've done and whGere we've been

Your touch madeA me a kDing

Bm I don't want to live without yourG love again, I'll do Aanything D

Em To make you F#msee what I'm imGagining

Em To know the pF#mleasure your smGile can bring

Em To keep the lF#might from vGanishing, IA'll do anythBming

Bm I fly this airplane Emupside downBm, I walk out on the wEming

Bm To see you watching fEmrom the ground, IG'll do Aanything D

Bm When I see the light upon your Gupturned face, I can hear the Aangels sDing

Bm Don't ever let another tGake my place, I'll do Aanything D

Em To make you F#msee what I'm imGagining

Em To know the pF#mleasure your smGile can bring

Em To keep the lF#might from vGanishing, IA'll do anythBming

BmGBmG

BmGGAD

G I make this woArld a place for yDou and me

G I make your hAappiness my respDonsibility

G To make this woArldD the world you want to see,G I'll do AanytF#mhing

Bm When I see the light upon your Gupturned face, I can hear the Aangels sDing

Bm To see that no-one ever tGakes my place, I'll do Aanything D

Em To make you F#msee what I'm imGagining

Em To know the pF#mleasure your smGile can bring

Em To keep the lF#might from vGanishing, IA'll do anythBming

BmGBmG

Bm Rob a bank,G steal a tankEm, I can hear the F#mangels singG

BmGBmG

Bm Blaze a trail,G find the grailEm F#m G A D

Written by: Mick Anderson email protected

View full chord sheet →