Chords used
Ab
Bbm
Db
Eb
Fm
Cm
G
D/G
C/G
D/F
Em
D
C
F
Am
B
Dsus
E
C#m
A
Asus4
F#m
Bm
A7
Dsus4
Dsus2
G/F#
Asus
Asus2
G/B
Dm
Dm7
1.
My Secret Life
Key: AbHardAb
Bbm
Db
Eb
Fm
Cm
In theAb shadowBbms of my DbempireEb
AbIn the Bbmdimness Dbof my Ebrealm
AbI am Bbmrolling like the Dbheavy Ebthunder
I am Fmtolling like a bell Eb
AbThis is Bbmhow I live outDbside the Ebbody
AbThis is Bbmfeeling witDbhout Ebheart
AbAnd I am Bbmbound to the Dbvoice who Ebwhispers
Well Fmthis is who you are
So with Ebpencil and Dbknife
I Cmcarve and deDbscribe
The Ebtruth and Dbcrimes Ebof my secret Ablife
AbIn the sBbmhadows wDbhere I lEbinger
AbIn the Bbmkingdom DbI comEbmand
AbThere is Bbmless than Dbyou imaEbgine
But Fmmore than I can stand Eb
AbSaints and Bbmangels Dbrun for Ebcover
AbAnd I am Bbmstanding Dbhere aEblone
AbLike a Bbmnewborn on a Dbrolling Ebfreight train
And a sFmtranger in our home
So with Ebpencil and Dbknife
The Cmtools true and Dbtried
EbI carved and dDbescribe
EbMy secret Ablife
CmNothing else is gonna sDbatisfy me
CmLike the way I dDbisappear
CmSend a messanger to Dbcome and find me
BbmSo I can get to Dbyou from Ebhere
So with Ebpencil and Dbknife
The Cmtools true and Dbtried
EbI carved and dDbescribe
EbMy secret Ablife
AbIn the sBbmhadows Dbof my eEbmpire
AbDown a Bbmpath I Dbcan't dEbefine
AbAre the Bbmsigns to Dbdirect Ebyou
To my secret AblifeBbm Db Eb
My secret AblifeBbm Db Eb
My secret AblifeBbm Db Eb Ab
From Randy Scruggs "Crown Of Jewels"
Reprise Records 1998
Heart Of Hearts Music/Chelcait Music
2.
Runaway Train
Key: DCapo 3HardG
D/G
C/G
D/F
Em
D
C
F
Am
B
Dsus
Each chord is half of a measure.
[In the second and later verses, the D is actually more of a Dsus4 In the
first verse, it's hard to tell.]
G in[C/Gtro] G D/G G C/G G I'm D/Gworried
abGout you, C/G G I'm D/Gworried abGout meC/G; G The D/Gcurves around
G midD/Fnight Em aren't Emeasy to sDee; C D DFlashing
rGed warC/Gnings G unD/Fseen in the rEmain; Em D This Dthing has turned
G inGto C a Drunaway Gtrain.C/G G D/G G C/G G D/G(Long-distance...)
Long-distance phone calls, a voice on the line
Electrical miles that soften the time
The dynamite, too, is hooked on the wire
And so are the rails of American Flyers
Blind boys and gamblers, they invented the blues
Will pay up in blood when this marker comes due
To try to get off now, it's about as insane
As those who wave lanterns at runaway trains
F Steel Frails and Chard lCivesAm are Dalways in Gtwos G
I have Fbeen hFere beCfore thBis, C andC now it's Dwith yoDu Dsus D
G in[C/GstrumGentD/Gal] G C/G G D/G
I'm worried about you, I'm worried about me
We're lighting the fuses and counting to three
And what are the choices for those who remain
The sign of the cross on a runaway train
This thing has turned into a runaway train
This thing has turned into a runaway train
Our love has turned into a runaway train
G Fa[C/Gde onG inD/Gstrumental]
Adam Schneider email protected U.C. Santa Cruz
Your actions will follow you full circle 'round...
3.
Halfway House
Key: EMediumE
C#m
A
B
SummerE was a killerC#m
EBetween our heart and C#mminds
EEveryday a C#mdrama
Dragging Ain quarter Btime
ESummer it was C#mover
EI couldn't see it C#mthru
ETrying not to C#mlose my mind
While AI was leaving Byou
Our C#mfriends are in the Ahalfway house
C#mYour still on the Amend
C#mDont know if I've Achanged at all
But I'm in Blove with you again
C#mWe're all in the Ahalfway house
C#mSo it sometimes Aseems
C#mTrying to find the tAruth inside
Instead of Bgetting by on dreams E C#m E C#m
ESummer we were C#mblinded
EThought it couldn't C#mlast
ECrying about the C#mfuture
AFighting about the Bpast
ESummer was no C#mbargin
ELook at us tC#moday
ERunning from the C#mmemomry of the Aprice we had to Bpay
Our C#mfriends are in the Ahalfway house
C#mYour still on the Amend
C#mDont know if I've Achanged at all
But I'm in Blove with you again
C#mWe're all in the Ahalfway house
C#mSo it sometimes Aseems
C#mTrying to find the tAruth inside
Instead of Bgetting by on dreams
C#mWe're all in the Ahalfway house
C#mSo it sometimes Aseems
C#mTrying to find the tAruth inside
Instead of Bgetting by on dreams
C#mWe're all in the Ahalfway house
C#mGuess I always Aknew
C#mYou could give up Aon yourself
But I could Bnot give up on you E C#m E
C#mLiving in the Ahalfway house
C#mLiving in the Ahalfway house
C#mLiving in the Ahalfway house E
From Roseanne Cash "Rhythm & Romance"
Columbia Records 1985
4.
Blue Moon With Heartache
Key: AHardA
Asus4
F#m
Bm
E
D
A7
ABlue moon out my Asus4windowA, F#mguess this means goodnight
BmAnd you come in and start right in not AtreAsus4ating me rAight
AMisery's a Asus4ball and aAll its F#mcompany
BmI'll play the victim for you honey, Ebut not for free
AI run into that Asus4heartache jusAt F#mlike a wall
BmAnd act like nothing happened to me, nAothAsus4ing at aAll
ALately I'm Asus4amazed Aat how F#mblind we can be
BmLately even dreaming feels like Eold reality
DWhat would I Egive to be a Adiamond in your Asus4eyes aAgain
DWhat would I Egive to Abring back those old A7times
DWhat did I Esay to make your Acold heart bleed thisF#m way
DMaybe I'll just Ego away toAday
AI don't care whoAsus4's waiting Aat F#mmy front door
BmYou know that life don't hold no glamour AanAsus4ymore A
AOh how can it all Asus4look so right Aand F#mfeel so wrong
BmI'll play the victim for you honey Ebut not for long
DWhat would I Egive to be a Adiamond in your Asus4eyes aAgain
DWhat would I Egive to Abring back those old A7times
DWhat did I Esay to make your Apast turn up this F#mway
DMaybe I'll just Ego away toAday
AMaybe I'll just Asus4go awaAy
F#mMaybe I'll just go away
DMaybe I'll just Ego away to Astay
AMaybe I'll just Asus4go awaAy
F#mMaybe I'll just go away
AMaybe I'll just Asus4go awaAy
~~~~~~~~~
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5.
I Don't Know Why You Dont Want Me
Key: DMediumD
Em
G
A
E
DDDD
EmGDD
EmG
A It's the right Dtime you know I feel fine toEmnight G(I don't why you don't want me)
It's the Dright place I've got my new face toEmnight (GI don't why you don't want me)
I'm in the Dright mind I've got my new shoes tonEmight (GI don't why you don't want me)
I've got a Dnew dress I couldn't care less toEmnight (GI don't why you don't want mAe)
DSomebody told me I was so cold and Dmean (who was that talking)
DSomebody wants you and don't want me in Dbetween (she better start walkin)
DSomebody hurt you but baby she wasn't Ame
We'll find a Dnew name for such a old game tonEmight (GI don't why you don't want me)
I'll show you Dhow long that I can go on toEmnight GI don't why you don't want me
DI don't know why you don't Awant me
EmJust when I think that I can make it without you
DYou come round and say you want me now
EmYou tell me don't leave and I want to believe you
GWhy can't you see just Dhow much I nAeed you
Instrumental
DDEmGE
DDEmG
GSomebody told me I was so cold and Dmean (who was that talking)
GSomebody wants you and don't want me in betDween (she better start walkin)
GSomebody hurt you but Embaby she wasn't Dme
It's the Dlast chance for a romance tonEmight (IG don't why you don't want me)
There'll be no Dnext time if you won't be mine tonEmight (IG don't why you don't want me)
DI don't know why you don't love me(GI don't why you don't want me)
DI don't know why you don't love me(GI don't why you don't want me)
DI don't know why you don't love me(GI don't why you don't want mDe)
6.
Summer I Read Colette
Key: DHardD
Dsus4
Dsus2
G
G/F#
Em
A
Bm
E
Asus4
B
C
The other chords are as you would expect.
DThat was the Dsus4summer that folloDwed the Dsus2spring,
DSad anniveDsus4rsary of a Dthousand old Dsus2things,
DI was letting them Ggo. G/F# Em
The words of Colette amd a strange new perfume,
Were drenching my senses and filling the room,
The heat in our bodies, the light in our eyes,
First the surrender, and then we could fly,
We were letting it go.
chorus
We'Are blinded to the beauBmty in our own Elives,
But I was Gtaking all that I could Aget,
For five or six Bmhours in the month of EJuly,
Asus4......The summer I read ColDette.
(Repeat intro, then into verse two)
The time was a line and we learned how to crawl,
Our bones were a prison and our memory involved,
If it weren't for the past I'd feel nothing at all,
Now I'm letting it go.
It's more than survival, the lesson in hand,
For I found salvation was quite a surprise,
That was the summer that followed the spring,
A new way of feeling a million old things.
chorus
GABm
And I found Paris one hundred years lGatAe,B C D
A/C#bass G/Dbass
Colette is sleeping in Pere Lachaise,
My ear to the Astone,
(**BaGss note run down G FG/F## E)
I could hear her saying 'Nous nous reveillons'
Em....then back to intro....Instrumental...
I sold my silver to get myself there,
To a room with a candle up three flights of stairs.
That was the summer I let it all go,
To fill up my body with my heart and my soul.
chorus
Notes.
Pere Lachaise is the big cemetary in Paris, and 'nous
nous reveillons' means 'we will wake up'.
I could have misheard some of the words. They aren't
printed on the cd cover, so be careful.
If this seems confusing, listen to the cd a couple of
times and the chords and bass runs should make sense.
7.
Modern Blue
Key: EmCapo 4MediumEm
C
G
D
Am
B
EmI went to Barcelona on theC midnight GtrainC G
EmI walked the streets of PaCris in theG pouCringG rain
EmI flew across an island in Cthe northerGn seCa G
EmAnd I ended up in Memphis, TCennessee G
I keep my Chead down
I keep my Deyes on you
Its a bEmig wide world
With a mCillion shades of modern blue D
EmEverybody around heCre movesG tooC fasGt
EmAnd it feels so gooCd but iGts nCeverG gonna last
EmEverything I had is Ctwice wGhat IC kneGw
EmBut I dont have nothin iCf I dont have yGou
I keep my Chead down
I keep my eDyes on you
Its a bigEm wide world
With a miCllion shades of modern Dblue
AmGD
AmGD
AmB
EmWill you stillC be there whGen IC rouGnd the curve?
EmWill you hold myC hand whenG I lCose Gmy nerve?
EmI went to BarcelCona and my mGind Cgot Gchanged
EmAnd I headed bacCk to Memphis oGn the midnight train
I keep myC head down
I keep my Deyes on you
Its a biEmg wide world
I keep my hCead down
I keep my eDyes on you
Da da da dEma daaa da
I keep my hCead down
I keep my eDyes on you
Its a biEmg wide world
With a milClion shades of modern Dblue G
8.
Change Partners
Key: AHardA
Dsus
D
Bm
Asus
F#m
Em
E
G
ADsusDBmAsusADsusDBmAsusA
DIn the middle of my Bmlife
When my fate was F#msealed and tied A
DThe heavens rain down Bmfire
The earth and moon F#mconsApire
EmTo open up my BmeyesA
EmMake me face my BmlieAs
DI crawl through an Bmabyss
I struggle and F#mresiAst
DSomehow I break Bmfree
Someone becomes F#mme A
EmAnd when I stand upBmrigAht
EmI'm filled with a new BmlighAt
EmI'm given one more Achance
So I change Epartners
In this new Gdance Dsus D Bm Asus A Dsus D Bm Asus A
DThe moon stays on a Bmcourse
No mortal will fF#morceA
DThe courage to go Bmdeep
Is gathered while we F#msleeAp
EmI'm purified by BmfirAe
EmRenewed by my dBmesirAe
EmNothings left to Achance
So I change Epartners
In this new Gdance Dsus D Bm
I change Epartners
In this new Gdance D Dsus Bm
I'll change Epartners G Dsus D Bm Dsus D Bm D
From Roseanne Cash "The Wheel"
Columbia Records 1993
Chelcait Music
9.
The Walking Wounded
Key: C#mMediumC#m
Asus2
B
A
We're in the cC#mhurch house kneeling down
We're in the Asus2subways underground
We're in the bBars and on the street
We drive a tC#mruck we walk a beat
We're in the mC#mills and factories
We make the sAsus2teel we cut the trees
A thousand-yBard stare, eyes of glass
But we will sC#mee you when you pass
C#mAsus2BC#m
We lost our hC#momes, we lost our dreams
All our gAsus2oals have turned into schemes
We hurt each Bother and ourselves
So after lC#mong, traumatic spells
We are the C#mwalking
We are the wAalking
We are the wBalking wounded C#m
We cried out C#mfrom the deepest pit
But rise back Aup each time we're hit
We fell from pBower and from grace
But resurreC#mction's in our face
We're just like lC#mittle girls and boys
We plAay with grown up toys
We never thBought of sink or swim
My brother hC#murts me so I hurt him
We are the wC#malking
We are the wAalking
We are the wBalking wounded C#m
C#mABC#m
Like a cC#mircle, round and round
We go Asus2up so we come down
We don't expBlain or apologize
We pull the vC#meil across our eyes
We C#msee through your fake refrain
But we won't Asus2let you see our pain
You may not kBnow us but you'll see
There are mC#more than you'd believe
We are the wC#malking
We are the wAalking
We are the wBalking
We are the wC#malking
We are the wC#malking
We are the waAlking
We are the waBlking wounded C#m
10.
Seven Year Ache
Key: GHardG/B
Am
G
F
Dm
Em
D
Dm7
C
intro
G/BintroAmGFGDmEmDDm7Dm7GG
CYou act like you were Cjust born tonight
Face dAmown in a memory but Amfeeling all right
So Gwho does your past belGong to today?
Baby, Amyou don't say nothing when you're Gfeeling this way
The girls in the bars thinking, "who is this guy?"
But they don't think nothing when they're telling you lies
You look so careless when they're shooting that bull
Don't you know heartaches are heroes when their pockets are full
FTell me you're trying to cure a Emseven-year ache
AmSee what else your old Fheart can take
The Fboys say, "when is he gonna Emgive us some room"
The Amgirls say, "god I hope he Gcomes back soon"
repeat intro
instrumental, same chords as chorus
Everybody's talking but you don't hear a thing
You're still uptown on your downhill swing
Boulevard's empty, why don't you come around?
Baby, what is so great about sleeping downtown?
Splitting your dice to be someone you're not
You say you're looking for something you might've forgot
Don't bother calling to say you're leaving alone
'Cause there's a fool on every corner when you're trying to get home
Just tell 'em you're trying to cure a seven-year ache
See what else your old heart can take
The boys say, "when is he gonna give us some room"
The girls say, "god I hope he comes back soon"
Tell me you're trying to cure a seven-year ache
See what else your old heart can take
The boys say, "when is he gonna give us some room"
The girls say, "god I hope he comes back soon"
repeat intro till fade
email protected (Adam Schneider)