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The Airborne Toxic Event

10 songs|13 chords used|Medium

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Chords used

F#m

C/B

Cmaj9

The Way Home

Key: AMedium

F#m

Lying Astill, head aDwake, A

F#meyes closed tight and Ethoughts ablaAze,

It?s cAoursing like a river going Dthrough my mAind,

F#mtaking hits from the hEands of tAime.

ADAF#mEA

ASilence can Dbe so Aodd,

it?s like lF#mooking around for the Eeyes of GAod,

There?s a tAruth somewhere that I jDust can?t fiAnd,

F#mtaking hits from the Ehands of tAime.

ADAF#mEA

And I wAonder if you were hDere right nAow,

would you F#msit with me beneath this dEarkened shAroud?

In this prAison built from bDricks of shaAme,

I want to F#mtear it down Eto the fArame.

ADAF#mEA

If you smAash your life up agaDinst the Awall,

you want to F#mbreak it like a bottle and Ejust letA go,

But I don?t kAnow if there?s a GDod at Aall,

I just F#mknow I can?t live like Ethis no Amore,

I just F#mknow I can?t live like Ethis no Amore.

And the hF#mours go by endlessly, and the dDays were spent breathlessly,

and the nF#mights begging for some sleep. Oh the Aendless time alone.

And the fF#maces of the boys in line, there was fEear in their eyes, and they all,

We just want to find a way Ahome D A F#mhome E A

AhomDe A F#mhome E A

I can hAear the birds, see the lDight outsAide,

stand F#mup like a man and swEallow my Apride,

I can wArite these words down Din a rAhyme.

They?ve been F#mbeaten from me by the Ehands of tAime.

I don?t kAnow why it?s alDways thisA way,

and I hF#mang my head low in the Elight of Aday,

All I knAow is I?m tired of bDeing afrAaid,

I got to F#mwalk this road on these brEicks I?ve lAaid.

All the tF#mrumpets and the marching bands, the tDhunder claps and trembling hands,

all the F#mpeople stood up in the stands, and I Ajust felt so alone,

?Cause the hF#malos looked like rusted chains in the lEight As we screamed in the dark,

I just wanted to find a way Ahome D A F#m E A

AhomDe A F#m E A

ADAF#mEAAA

AThe truth is I?m not bDrave or sAure,

I just F#mknow I can?t live like Ethis no Amore,

I don?t kAnow what I?ve been wDaiting fAor,

I just F#mknow I can?t live like Ethis no Amore.

AThe truth is I?m not bDrave or sAure,

I just F#mknow I can?t live like Ethis no Amore,

I don?t kAnow what I?ve been wDaiting fAor,

I just F#mknow I can?t live like Ethis no Amore.

And I don?t kAnow if this road will end Dat your doAor,

I just F#mknow I can?t live like Ethis no Amore,

I don?t Aeven know what I?m Dheading fAor,

I just F#mknow I can?t live like Ethis no Amore.

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Hell And Back

Key: CMedium

CCBbC

CNa-Na-Na-Na NaNa-NaNaC Naaaa Bb C

CNa-Na-Na-Na NaNa-NaNa C Naaaa Bb C

CCBbC

CI held on as long as I could pFossibly C

CMy blind faith pushing me to my kneeFs C

CI felt the warmth of a touch and it made me believe FI knew it well C Bb C

CI stood at the doorway hoping you might let meBb in C

CMy head spinning 'round, my nerves jumping from my skin Bb C

CI felt the stinging ragged cold of the devil's heart embBbrace C

CAnd I knew it well Bb C

And you took me to Chell and back

How many times can I walk away froBbm you C

CMy mind's like a one way track

And every one is taking me Bbback to you C

CAnd you tell me just one more time

and you'll lie liBbke you always do C

CAnd I know it well Bb C

Instrumental:

CCCFCCCFCCCBbCCCBb

CI must've walked a thousand miles or more tBbryin' to keep you off my mCind

CI've knocked on a thousand doors I'm sure, Bbjust to see what I might Cfind

CI slept in the arms of a fallen angel Bbcryin' next to Cme

CAnd I knew her well

And you took me to Chell and back

How many times can I Bbwalk away from Cyou

CMy mind's like a one way track

And every one is tBbaking me back toC you

CAnd you tell me just one more time

and you'll Bblie like you always Cdo

Cand I needed just one more lie then there's Bbnothing that I can Cdo

Cand I need it just one more time then I Bbswear that I'll be Cthrough

CAnd I know it well Bb C

CCCBb

CNa-Na-Na-Na CNaNa-NaNa BbNaaaa C

CCBbC

And you took me to Chell and back

How many times can I Bbwalk away from Cyou

CMy mind's like a one way track

And every one is tBbaking me back toC you

CAnd you tell me just one more time

and you'll Bblie like you always Cdo

CAnd I know it well Bb C

And you took me to Chell and back

How many times can I Bbwalk away from Cyou

CMy mind's like a one way track

And every one is tBbaking me back toC you

CAnd you tell me just one more time

and you'll Bblie like you always Cdo

Cand I needed just one more lie then there's Bbnothing that I can Cdo

Cand I need it just one more time then I Bbswear that I'll be Cthrough

CAnd I know it well Bb C

CYeah I know it well

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Dublin

Key: CCapo 5Medium

C/B

FYI, play C/B in the following way:

Or alternatively:

You can play the following variations of the chords instead on verses 1 and 2, or

just play the full chords if you like!

CGAmGC

On the Cquiet Gbanks of the AmLiffey and Glakes, FDublin Gwrote her Cname.

On the Cbroad backs of Gmen, we never Ammet with their Gpens and their Fstones,

they Gdid the Csame,

In the Chours Gpassed in the Ampubs, all the Gglasses were Ffull and they were

Gwet to the Csleeve.

And the Ceyes were so Gclear on the Amgirl I met Gthere,I Fswore I?d Gnever Cleave.

And the Fyoung men who longed for these Gshores in a song,

All they Cwanted C/Bwas a Amhome,

And I Fwanted one too with a Ggirl eyes as blue as the Clight C/Bof dAmawn,

FPatiently, she Gwaits there for me to come Chome.

Was a Cbleary-eyed Gnight, Amdrunk from the Glights and the Fsounds of a Gcity

Cawake,

And she Cstood in the Gcrowd, her Amface as a Gshroud, leaving Fnothing for my Geye

to Ctake.

But a Cwarmth was so Gclear, it Ambetrayed her as Gnearly she Fglowed like those

Glights on the Cbridge,

And a Cpain in my Gside, as I was Amdrawn to her Gpride like the Frise of the Gwind

to the Cridge.

And the Fyoung men who longed for these Gshores in a song,

All they Cwanted C/Bwas a Amhome,

And I Fwanted one too with a Ggirl eyes as blue as the Clight C/Bof dAmawn,

FPatiently, she Gwaits there for me to come Chome.

Instrumental - PLAY Chorus CHORDS

These Cwaters have run Gred, these Ambeaches have Gbled from the Fwounds at the

Gdark heart of Cman,

CDaughters grown Gsharp, tongues like Amknives to the Gheart or a Fcharm for the

Gcurse of the Cland,

With Cprayers in their Geyes, how Amwell they've disguGised that it's Flove

they're Ggiving Caway.

But yCou might Gbelieve when your Amhard heart says Gleave but Fthis one imGplores

you to Cstay.

And the Fyoung men who longed for these Ggirls with our songs,

All we Cwanted C/Bwas a Amhome.

FShe wants one too with Gsomeone heart as true as this Cprison C/Bmade of Amstone,

FPatiently, she Gwaits there for me to come Chome,

FPatiently, I Gwait to be free and be Chome.

Thanks guys :) x

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This Is London

Key: GMedium

GGF

This is GLondon, GthFe place where you're a Ggod or a GdiFsgrace

The whole wide Gworld at your GfeFet to see the Glook upon your GfaFce

And you Cwatch the BBGC and you think, "Well, Cwhat if that was Gme?"

Such a pCromising Glife to Cwaste. C

You Gtold me, "GJuFst be brave. Remember Gall the gifts you GgaFve.

And how you Gfelt like you were GsaFved,

Like you were Gsinging from beyond the GgrFave."

And you Csaid you'd wait forG me until the day CI could sing on Gkey

"There's just Csomething Gabout your Cface."

Then you'd Ccall, I could Gfeel your body Dfall down next to Cme,

And I Gwanted us to Dbe fast CasleepG, closer than Canything to Gme,

Like Cwe were Ghome Cagain... C

There was Gjust no way to GknFow what was Greal and what was GshFow

A future uGnfolding before my GeyFes, and a past that GI could not let GgoF

And how the Cfeeling is so Gdeep

when you're running Cdown the London Gstreets

Like there's Cnowhere Gleft to Cgo. C

Among the Gfaceless dizzy GwhFores, the uniGmaginable GboFres,

Evenings Gstumbling from the GpuFb, mornings Gshivering on the GflFoor

Then the Ccareless way you Gsay, "Yeah, we were just Cglad we got to Gplay."

When you're Cempty Gto the Ccore.

Then you'd Ccall, I could Gfeel your Dbody fall down next to Cme,

And I Gwanted us to Dbe fast Casleep,G closer than aCnything to Gme,

Like Cwe were Ghome Cagain. C

I'm so tired of the rain. G

This is GLondon, theG pFlace where you get Glost without a GtrFace

Among the Gbeautiful rGemFains of this Gshattered human GraFce

All the Cwords that go Gunsaid, all the Csacrifices of theG dead,

"We'll fall qCuietly into the Gpast or we'll just Cburn the streets Ginstead"

In the Cclamoring of the Gcrowd, you think, C"I'll just stay quiet, insteaGd."

All the Cfallen dGizzy angels cDrawling through the Cstreet,

The pGleas of people wDeary on their fCeet,

G And you're half a Cworld away fromG me,

As the Cclouds Gdrown the Clight.

I wonder where you are Gtonight.

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Whats In A Name

Key: CMedium

CFAmG

CFCF

AmFAmG

There was Cnothing you could do but turn away F

They told the Cfathers to hide all the girls away F

It's just a Amname, a name, a Fname, a name, what's in a Cname? F

And you were Csleeping by the time I found you there F

I said ?It's a Amshame we got to cut off Gall that hairâ...â?

But it's all Cright, I just Fhope it's nothing Cbad F

You can call me if you're Amsad,F I don't care what you father Csaid F

CFCF

AmFAmG

We were Crunning through the halls of the middle school F

Writing our Cnames on the sides of the public pool F

Like two Amghosts in flight on a Fsleepless night, we were aClive F

And you Ctold me you were scared of suicFide

On the Amnight that your best friend's Gbrother died

But it's all Cright, I just Fhope it's nothing Cbad F

You can call me if you're Amsad,F I don't care what you father Csaid F

CFCF

Am(NoFt sAmureG about the bridge, doesn't sound great with just chords anyway)

And I was Clost in you dancing around in your living room F

You said your Cmother's in the back on Valium F

And she Amsleeps so hard that you Fwonder if she is aClive F

And so I Cparked my bike outside your house F

You said, ?There's Cnothing you could do to make me come outâ?F

Because your Amdaddy said I was the Fworst one yet, it was a Clie, a lie, a Flie, a lie

?Cause I always Cloved the way you looked in the Ffiring line

Just Amdancing around in some old Gsweater of mine

But it's all Cright, I just Fhope it's nothing Cbad F

You can call me if you're Amsad,F I don't care what you father Csaid F

This is not a Cgame. F It would be a crying Cshame F

I mean, honestly, what's in a Amname?F Tell me, what's in a Cname, a name, a name...F

CFCF

Oh we were Amso young,F we were Amso wrong G

CFCF

AmF

AmG

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America

Key: GEasy

GIn America you?re born with a silver spoon

GOr in the back of the bus by the Dlight of the moon

EmAnd when you die they say ?CIt?ll all be changing soon

And you?ll be fGree, you?ll be fDree, you?ll be fGree?

GIt was two hundred years of wCar that lit that freedom torch

GWent from Southhampton fields up to the DWhite House porch

And they?re still shEmooting all the kids for trCying to break that yoke

How can you brGeathe?

How can you brDeathe?

How can you brGeathe?

They gave a fGortune away to some WallC Street bank

Like a treGasure was sunk on a shDip already sank

And they?re still stEmanding on the deck

Trying to get us to wCalk the plank

While they?re lost at sGea, lost at sDea, lost at Gsea

But I ain't Gnever had more than ten dolClars to my name

And I?ve beenG told my whole life, ?BoyD you got to hide your shame?

For being bEmorn like a match set afiCre by the flame

But I will burn frGee, I will burn frDee, I will burn fGree

When I loGok all around me, I wondeCr where they?ve gone

All the pGeople that I loved reduced to meDmories in a song

I can hear Emthem trying to remind me

Just remembCer right from wrong

Because we fought for Gthee, we fought for thDee, we fought for thGee

But I see haGtred in the eyes of all these pCeople running scared

Like the worGld?s been taken by someonDe who finally dared

To just stEmand up and say we?re staying

We?re not gCoing anywhere

And we will be fGree, we will be frDee, we will be frGee

In AmeGrica you?re born with a siClver spoon

Or in the bGack of the bus by the liDght of the moon

And when you dEmie they say, ?It?ll aCll be changing soon

And you?ll be fGree, you?ll be Dfree, you?ll be frGee?

So I wGonder which was the lie

The paCst in it?s glory

or theG promise of a future

you anDd I may never see

?Cause tEmhe reasons I've been given sound like bCullshit to me

We?ll wait and sGee, wait and sDee, wait and sGee

Now AmeGrica, I know I?m not your favCorite son

But I did my Gtime and I?m not huDrting anyone

I?m just tirEmed of living at the pCoint of a gun

When will you sGee?

When will you sDee?

When will you sGee?

When you say we?re frEmee

CN.C.

You don?t mean me

N.C.

You don?t mean me

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Change And Change And Change And Change

Key: DEasy

Verse 1

You?re Gtotally igCnoring me, she Dsaid as she put on her Gshirt

I was Clying on the Dbed, concentrating on her Gskirt

Did you Chear one word I Dsaid? she said

I don?t know, it?s all a Gblur

I Cclose my Deyes

Verse 2

We Gfell in love in a Cgreat big rush

Three Dyears ago this June, I do Grecall

Playing Carcade games with Dher

And wanting nothing at Gall

Just this Csilly skinny Dgirl

Who tended to trip and Gfall C

On her Dlies

But then Csummer came and we Dfelt the strain

Of the Cdamning things we?d Dsaid

All the Csummer rains like Dhurricanes

That Cflew around our Dheads

All the Dendless converGsations, you know

Like the Cthings you could?ve Ddone alone

InEmstead, instead, inCstead, instead, D instead

Verse 3

So I Gfucked it up like I Calways do, I was Dborn to be alone

I don?t Geven know if the Cwords were true that I Dscreamed into the phone

All I Gknow is everyCbody leaves or Dso it seems to me

When I?m Galone, alone, Calone, alone, Dalone

But I was Emyounger then and Dstronger then, someChow I can?t Dexplain

How these Emyears can be so Dhumbling, so Cstrangely full of Dpain

Just how Emeveryone and Deverything must Cchange and change and Dchange and change

And Gchange and Cchange and Dchange

Just like that

G C DOoooooo |X4

Verse 4

SomeGtimes I feel just Dlike a train that?s Crunning off the Dtracks

And someGtimes I think I?ve Csaid too many Dthings I can?t take back

And someGtimes it seems like Ceverything I Ddo is just a waste

In fact, that?s Git, I Cthink oh wait, I?m Dsure

Verse 5

But I?m Gtrying every Cmorning that I Dwake to stand up straight

And to Galways tell the Ctruth and give Dback more than I take

And to be Gkind and Cpure, less Dfucking scared of everything

I Gjust Ccan?t Dtake much more of this, I?m Gsure

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The Secret

Key: AMedium

F#m

The sAound of the engine, the feel of the Dtires

Your Ahands on the wheel, and the smell of the Dfires

F#mStreetlights and headlights on a road that goes Dnowhere

She F#mleft you, she left you

But you Eknow she's still out there

And someAhow it Ealways Dseems

Like you are F#mwaiting Efor someAthing

And Asomewhere they're dancing the night away Dmadly

And the Asweat fills their eyes as they're clutching so Dsadly

So you F#mstruggled for words you could never find Dsomehow

And there's F#mnowhere to hide, 'cause the secret's

EOut Anow (Oh oh oh oo-ooh oh)

Oh oh Dooooh F#moh

It's Eout Anow (Oh oh oh oo-ooh oh)

EOut Anow (Oh oh oh oo-ooh oh)

Oh oh Dooooh F#moh

And someAhow it Ealways Dseems

like you'd F#mwake up Efrom a Adream

She never F#mknew you, she only knew what she Dheard

So just F#monce you'd pull her close and you'd whisper the Dwords

That you Ahated yourself for the things that you Dgave her

That you Astole with your mind, when your heart was Dimpure

So you F#mthink you'd forget, all these nights like a Dsickness

And there's F#mnothing for miles, everywhere in the Edarkness

But Asomewhere they're dancing the night away Dmadly

And the Atears fill your eyes, as you're clutching her Dsadly

And you F#msearched in yourself, but could not find an Danswer

Now the F#mfeeling grows inside of you like a Ecancer

And the Aroar of the engine on a road it's just Dendless

And a Aghost is with you everywhere in the Ddarkness

You F#mstruggled for words, you could never say Dsomehow

But there's F#mnowhere to run, 'cause the secret's

EOut Anow (Oh oh oh oo-ooh oh)

Oh oh Dooooh F#moh

It's Eout Anow (Oh oh oh oo-ooh oh)

EOut Anow (Oh oh oh oo-ooh oh)

Oh oh Dooooh F#moh

SomeAhow she Ealways Dknew.

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All I Ever Wanted

Key: DCapo 5Medium

F#m

DI can only say these Bmthings to you while you're F#msleeping.

I hear the the Dhum from the wires, the Bmsounds of the morning F#mcreeping.

I Dlie awake and Bmpretend you can F#mhear me.

DBmF#m

You Dtell that you're scared, that you're Bmturning into your F#mmother,

I Dfeel myself Bmturn into my F#mfather.

We could Dlie to each other like Bmthey do and say we're still F#mhappy

It's Deasy when you're young and Bmyou still want it so F#mbadly.

And I Bmfeel my Aheart pouGnding

And I Bmthink AI might Gscream

I can Dtell you that you're all I ever Awanted, dear

I can Bmutter every word you'd ever Ghope to hear

I Dshudder when I think that I Amight not be here Bmforever, forever, forever.

DBmF#m

At Dnight you whisper like a Bmghost and you look so F#mshaken

You're so Dquiet and small and you Bmtell me you want to be F#mtaken.

I just Dnever think of you as the Bmkind of girl who would F#msay that.

You Dsuddenly seem like some Bmfaceless thing in my F#mgrasp.

With your Bmeyes so Awide, your face aGglow

Its the Bmface of Asomeone I don't Gknow.

I can Dtell you that you're all I ever Awanted, dear

I can Bmutter every word you'd ever Ghope to hear

I Dshudder when I think that I Amight not be here Bmforever, forever, forever.

DBmF#m

And Bmall I could think is that it Amust be a kind of reGbellion.

To Bmarm your fears like Asoldiers and Gslay them.

I can Dtell you that you're all I ever Awanted, dear

Through the Bmdin of your breathing while you're Gsleeping here.

You Dwake and ask me if I'm Agoing to be here Bmforever, forever, forever.

Your Dface so twisted and your Aeyes alight

I want to Bmtell you I can change it when you Gcry at night

But DI'd Abe Bmlying.

DLove Ais Bmdefying.

End on: D

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It Doesn't Mean A Thing

Key: CCapo 5Medium

Cmaj9

CI never knew my mother

FI can't say it was so bad G

CShe was still a girl of seventeen

FThe night she met my dad G

CHe was just six months out of Chino

AmTryin' his hardest to stay clean G

CWhen they'd sing Cmaj9and they'd sing Amand they'dG sing F

CLike doves Cmaj9sleepin' wiAmth brGoken wings F

CIn a bed Cmaj9fit forAm a kinFg

FIt didn't mean a thing

CIt was a shotgun-forced wedding

FAnd they forgot to bring the guns G

CThey were busy countin' promises

FTo the children not yet born G

CNo one could afford the ride

AmEveryone hitched up the one oh one G

CAnd they'd siCmaj9ng and they'd sAming andG they'd sing F

CLike Cmaj9doves dancinAm' with brokGen wings F

CWitCmaj9h a viewAm fitG forF a king

FIt didn't mean a thing

CIt was a lonliness they would confess

FLike the world had gone bad, I guess

CSo they hold hands lookin' to the eyes of God

FThey say, "Tell me, why'd you hide from us?

CWhy'd you fill the world with wickedness?

FWhy'd you spare us from your grace but not the rod?G"

CNow my dad says, "Fuck the teachers,

FJust keep your head down hide. G

CGotta find yourself alone

Fbefore you'll find the eyes of God" G

CYou may be broke and scared

AmAnd mad and tear at the flesh of your own heart'sG strings

CBut you were borCmaj9n to be aAm peasant nGot a king F

CSo juCmaj9st stop actin' lAmike you're Grunnin' form somethingF

CYou'reCmaj9 gonna leave the way yAmou came withoutG a thing F

CWith yCmaj9ou're heart tiAmed to your miGnd tied to a stringF

CYou juCmaj9st sing and you Amsing and yoGu sing F

It doesn't mean a thing C

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