Chords used
F#m
D
C
Em
E
C#m
B
A
Bb
Bm
G
F
G#m
Eb
G5
F#5
A5
B5
G#5
Dsus2
Ab
D#dim
Dm
D/F
Cm
Am
Dmaj7
Amaj7
1.
Routine
Key: F#mHardF#m
D
C
Em
E
C#m
B
A
Bb
Bm
G
F
G#m
Eb
G5
F#5
A5
B5
G#5
Dsus2
F#m What Ddo I doF#m with all the Dchildren's clothesÂ
C such tiny Emthings that Emstill smell of Dthem
F#m And the DfootprintsF#m in the Dhallway
Conto my Emknees Emscrub them Daway
F#mDF#mDCEmEmD
F#m And how to Dbe of useF#m make the tea Dand the soup
CAll of their Emfavorites Emthrow them aDway
F#m And all their DschoolbooksF#m and the Drunning shoes
CWashing and Emcleaning the Emdirty still siDnk
F#mDF#mDCEmD
F#mRoutine Ekeeps me in Dline
F#mHelps me Epass the Dtime
C#mConcentBrate my AmindÂ
BbHelps Cme to Dsleep
F#m And keep Dmaking bedsF#m and keep the Dcat fed
COpen the Emwindows Emlet the air Din
F#m And keep the Dhouse cleanF#m and keep the Droutine
CPaintings they Emmake still Emstuck to the Dfridge
F#m La-la la-Dda F#m la-la la-Dda
CEmEmD
C#mDBmF#mC#mAE
C#mDBmF#mC#mAGFE
G#mEG#mEDF#mF#mE
G#m Keep cEleaning G#mkeep iEroning
DCooking their F#mmeals on the F#mstainless steel Ehob
G#m Keep EwashingG#m keep Escrubbing
DLonC#mg untBil AtheG#m darkF#m comeEs tEbo bruise the sky
C#mDeep Bin AtheG#m debtC toEb night
G#mEG#mD
G#mEG#m
C
Breaks into heavy distortion:
G5F#5A5
B5A5G5F#5A5
B5A5G#5G5F#5
F#mRoutine Ekeeps me in Dline
F#mHelps me Epass the Dtime
C#m(ConcenBtrate my Amind)
BbHelps Cme to Dsleep
F#mRoutine Ekeeps me in Dline
F#mHelps me Epass the Dtime
C#m(ConcenBtrate my Amind)
BbHelps Cme to Dsleep
D
EmADsus2D
Em The most beautiful morAning foDsus2rever D
Em Like the ones from far Aoff, far off Dsus2away D
Em With the hum of the Abees in the jasminDsus2e sway D
Don't ever lEmet go A
Try to let Dsus2go D
Don't ever lEmet go A
Try to let Dsus2go D
Em A Dsus2 D || (slows down towards the end)
Don't ever......
2.
The Day Before You Came
Key: C#mHardC#m
A
Ab
B
E
F#m
F
I C#mmust have left my house at eight, Abecause I always Abdo
My Abtrain i,m certain left the station Abjust when it was C#mdue
I C#mmust have read the morning paper C#mgoing into Btown
BHaving gotten through the editBorial, no Bdoubt i,m I must have Efrowned
I Emust have made my deskE around a Equarter after Bnine
With Bletters to be read, and Bheaps of papers Bwaiting to be Esigned
E I Amust have gone to Alunch at Abhalf past twelve orC#m so
The usual F#mplace, the usual F#mbunch
And Fstill on top of this I'm pretty F#msure it must have Abrained
The day before you C#mcame
I C#mmust have lit my seventh Acigarette at half past Abtwo
And Abat the time I never even noticed I was C#mblue
I C#mmust have kept on dragging through the business of the Bday
BWithout really knowing anything, I hid a part of me Eaway
At Efive I must have left, there's no exception to the Brule
A Bmatter of routine, I've done it ever since I finished Eschool
The Atrain back home again
UnC#mdoubtedly I must have read the F#mevening paper then
Oh F#myes, I'm sure my life was well within its usual Abframe
The day before you C#mcame
C#mOhhhhh ohhh Abohhh
F#mOhhhhhBhhhh C#mhhhhhh
C#mAhhhhh C#mAhhhhh AbAhhhh C#mAhhhhh
I C#mmust have opened my front door at Aeight o'clock or Abso
And Abstopped along the way to buy some Chinese food to C#mgo
I'm C#msure I had my dinner watching something on BTV
There's Bnot, I think, a single episode of Dallas that I didn't Esee
I Emust have gone to bed around a quarter after Bten
I Bneed a lot of sleep, and so I like to be in bed by Ethen
E I Amust have read a while the Ablatest one by EMarilyn French or F#msomething in that style
It's F#mfunny, but I had no sense of living without Abaim
The day before you C#mcame
And Aturning out the light
I C#mmust have yawned and cuddled up for F#myet another night
And F#mrattling on the roof I must have heard the sound Abof rain
The day before you C#mcame
C#mOhhhhh ohhh Abohhh
FOhhhhhhhhh C#mhhhhhh
AAhhhhh C#mAhhhhh C#mAhhhh AbAhhhhh C#mAhhhhh
3.
3 Years Older
Key: AHardA
Em
F#m
B
D
D#dim
F
G
C#m
C
You crAoss the schoolyard with your head hEmeld down
AYou walk the streets under the Embreaking cloud
F#mWith a hundred futures Bcascading Dout
DIt's complicated
AYou think of love as just a Emmemory
AA fog that smothers you, it's Emhard to breathe
F#mBut when you're on your own, Bthat's when you're Dfree
D#dimYou're three years Dolder, and you'll always be now
FI can feel you Gmore than you Areally know
FI will love you Gmore than I'll Aever show
AThere was a time when someone Emseemed to care
AA tourist in your bed, you lEmeft him there
F#mAnd found a simple life with Bno one to Dshare
DIt's not complicated
AYou make a list of all your Embig regrets
AAnd share with people that you've Emnever met
F#mYou slowly move towards the Bmedicine Dchest
D#dimYou're three years Dolder, and you'll always be now
FI can feel you Gmore than you Areally know
FI will love you Gmore than I'll Aever show
FYou only have to Gsay,Em and the world will slip aFway
From Ayou
F#mBF#mBC#mABC#mDCB
F#mShame on you for getting Bolder every day
F#mThis place is not for you, so Bwhy do you still stay?
C#mYou're standing Awith the other Bfuckers in the rain
C#mLife is nDot some silly Ccure for your pain
BYou'll have to pay
FI can feel you Gmore than you Areally know
FI will love you Gmore than I'll Aever show
FYou only have to Gsay,Em and the world will slip aFway
From Ayou
EmA
EmAEmAEmA
4.
Happiness Iii
Key: FCapo 3MediumF
C
D
G
I'm justF borCed D
F Sorry that was cruel I only meant for you to Close your balance in the snow
G Slip on the ice so I can catch you falDl
F Sorry that's not true I didn't think that you would Ctake it all to heart
-verse-
DI'm tired of burning up the time at my PC
I only end up downloading the same old pornography
The same oldF sceCne D
F Sorry that was cruel I only meant for you to Close your balance in the snow
G Slip on the ice so I can catch you fall D
F Sorry that's not true I didn't think that you would Ctake it all to heart
G I just to made it up so I could watch you crawl D
F Sorry if I'm rude I'm getting at your side a Cdarker mood comes over me
-solo (see below and D in the style of the intro is played)-
DAre there any reasons left to get out of bed
Is there anything else I can write that I haven't read
It's all been FsaiCd D
F Sorry that was cruel I only meant for you to Close your balance in the snow
G Slip on the ice so I can catch you Dfall
F Sorry that's not true I didn't think that you would Ctake it all to heart
G I just to made it up so I could watch you craDwl
F Sorry if I'm rude I'm getting at your side a Cdarker mood comes over me
G And it's always worse in the shopping maDll
F Sorry that was cruel I only meant for you to Close your balance in the snow
G Slip on the ice so I can catch you falDl
F Sorry that's not true I didn't think Cthat you would take it all to heart
G I just to made it up so I could watch you crDawl...
5.
Pariah
Key: AHardA
F#m
E
D
Dm
C#m
G
D/F
AI'm tired of weakness
Tired ofF#m my feet of clay
I'm tired ofE days to come
I'm tired ofD yesterday
AAnd all the worn-out
Things that F#mI ever said
Now it's much Etoo late
The words sDtay in my head
Dm
ESo the day will beginF#m again
Take comfortC#m from me
It's up to you Dnow
EYou're still here and
You'll dig inF#m again
That's comfort toC#m you
It's up to you Dnow
ESo Pariah, you'll beF#mgin again
Take comfort fromC#m me
AGnd I will take D/Fcomfort from yoEu
AI'm tired of Facebook
Tired of mF#my failing health
I'm tired of eEveryone
And that incDludes myself
AWell, being alone now
It doesn'F#mt bother me
But not knowing aEnyone
Well that's been DHell, you see
Dm
ESo the day will bF#megin again
Take comfort C#mfrom me
It's up to youD now
EYou're still here and
You'll diF#mg in again
That's comfort toC#m you
It's up to you Dnow
ESo Pariah, you'll bF#megin again
Take comfort from C#mme
DIt will take time
EF#mC#mD
EF#mC#mGF#mE
ADon't you worry
Don't worry about aF#m thing
'cause nothing rEeally dies
Nothing reallDy ends.
6.
To The Bone
Key: FMediumF
A
G
Cm
D
FHold on, down and deeper, down we're Agoing
FWay down through the floor
FOh, don't you wanna see what's at the Acore?
FTruth is the icy clear Gstream we Cmdream about
FDrinking Gfrom
FFut if the Gliquidate liars should they Cmrewire
It's Fsmiling Gbomb
FHold on, down and down and down and down
We're Amelting down their throne
FOh, oh down through every superstition
GVirgin, whore, and crone
FHold on, down through all the fear gods
ATo the very truth alone
FHold on, down and down we're Ggoing to the bone
FTruth is the permanent path we laugh Aabout
FFut then aGvoid
FThinkin' we all know the way we Astrayed behind
FSelf-desGtroyed
FHold on
ADown and down and down and down
We're Fdrilling through their stone
FHo-oh
GDown through every fairy story
FFuilt to keep us prone
FHold on
ADown through every government
With Ggun and guided drone
FHold on
ADown and down we're going to theD bone
CmRain all the truth down
Down on Gme
CmRaining so much
You make a Gsea
You make a Gsea
A Cmsea we can Gsail
Then sink like a Astone
Down to the Atruth
Down to the Abone
Down to the Abone
7.
Well You're Wrong
Key: DCapo 5MediumD
G
Em
Bb
A
F
DDon't wanna Gsee anybody D
Don't wanna Gsee anybody but Gyou
DDon't wanna Emsee anybody D
G
DDon't wanna Gfeel anybodyD
Don't wanna Gfeel anybody butG you
DDon't wanna Emfeel anybodyD
BbTell me how does it Afeel, when you want to be Freal
But there's nothing Ginside?
BbI wish I could expAlain
Why the sound of the Frain
Brings you into my Gmind
BbWhatever you Athink
Well you're Dwrong G
DG
DDon't wanna Gneed anybodyD
Don't wanna Gneed anybody butG you
DDon't wanna Emneed anybodyD
DDon't wanna Gleave anybodDy
Don't wanna Gleave anybody buGt you
DDon't wanna Emleave anybodDy
BbTell me how does it Afeel, when you want to be Freal
But there's nothing Ginside?
BbI wish I could expAlain
Why the sound of the Frain
Brings you into my Gmind
BbWhatever you Athink
Well you're Dwrong G
End
DG
8.
Happy Returns
Key: CEasyC
D
Em
Am
Hey brCother, happy Dreturns
It's been a wEmhile now
I bet you thought thatC I was dead
CBut I'm still here, Dnothing's changed
nothing's cEmhanged
CHey brother, I'd Dlove to tell you
I've been busy
But Emthat would be a lie
C'Cause the truth is
The Dyears just pass like trains
I Emwave but they don't slow dowCn
They don't sloDw down
Ctoo-do-do-Amdo
Do-do Ddo-do-do
Dodododo
Ctoo-do-do-Amdo
Do Ddo-do-do
CHey brother, I see the Dfreaks
Dispossessed on day reEmlease
Avoiding the poClice
CI feel I'm falling once agDain
But now there's no one left to catch mEme
CHey brother, I feel I'm Dliving in parentheses
And I've got Emtrouble with the bills
Do the Ckids remember me?
CWell I got gifts for them
DAnd for you more sorrow
But I'm Emfeeling kind of drowsy now
So I'll Cfinish this tomorrow
play
CDEmC
6 times
Ctoo-do-do-Amdo
Do-do Ddo-do-do
Dodododo
Ctoo-do-do-Amdo
Do Ddo-do-do
several times
9.
Deform To Form A Star
Key: AmHardAm
E
F
G
D
A
Em
AmOh once in a while
EI learn how to smile
FHorses shadGows, and rain on stDone E
AmNo God here I'm sure
EThis must be the cure
For alFl this caGrrion, and aimlesDs drift E
AmRetreat from the begging
EAnd invites to the wedding
FRevelaGtion means nothingD here E
AmIn time we forget our
ENeed to devour
FAll those stoGries, of tortDured souls E
ACrawl into your arms Em
ABecome the night forever Em
FCoiled and closed
GThe moment froze
ADeform to form a star Em
AHere on Earth together Em
FI've got time to shareG and a well usedD stare E
AmEFGDE
AmThis smile isn't pure
ECertain or sure
FCold prGecision, was never tDhere E
AmThe way we uncoil
EAnd return to the soil
FFlaws are everGything, and chaos reiDgns E
End
10.
How Big The Space
Key: EmHardEm
C
Bm
D
A
Dmaj7
Amaj7
G
EmSilver Cstar streams Bmsplinter Ddown out of my Ahead
EmCold and Cvast, I Bmdrift aDlone across our Abed
You Dmaj7won't need to bring your car
I bAmaj7urned all your clothes
Dmaj7Looking up at a star
Amaj7Got pricked by a rose
How Gbig the Cspace insAide an empty Dheart
How Gbrave the fCace when Aorbits pull aDpart
How Gbig the Cspace
EmDust and Cdebris, Bmbroken Dworlds now ring my Ahead
EmDistant Cpoints of Bmfading Dlight, the things you Asaid
You Dmaj7won't need to bring your car
I bAmaj7urned all your clothes
Dmaj7Looking up at a star
Amaj7Got pricked by a rose
How Gbig the Cspace insAide an empty Dheart
How Gbrave the fCace when Aorbits pull aDpart
How Gblack thCe hole whAere universesD fade
How Gvast theC bed wherAe both of us Donce laid
How Gbig the Cspace