Chord Booklet

Alex Clare

10 songs|18 chords used|Medium

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Chords used

F/A

A#add9

A/C

D#sus2

C#7

Tight Rope

Key: GCapo 1Easy

G Life's aD tightrope,

And you'reAm standing on oneEm toe.

G Don't let the feDar take hold of yAmou,

You're bound to fall to the grEmound below.

G Pick yourself up aDgain,

Over the edge aAmgain,

Hold on to your hEmopes and dreams.

G When all seems to be lDost,

Don't start to count the cAmosts,

Just go and beEmgin again.

GTight Drope AmwalEmker, Gtight Drope AmwalEmker.

The Gonly thing I'm Dsure of is, to Amhave no fear at Emall,

Just go, Gkeep oDn goingAm on.Em

And the Gonly thing that'sD certain is someAmtimes you're bound to Emfall,

Just go, Gkeep Don goingAm on.Em

G When all you Dwork for,

Comes Amtumbling to theEm ground.

G Don't let the sadnDess fill your heart,

AmTomorrow may be aEm better day.

GLift your head up again,

DYou know you'll start again,

AmNo matter what may Emcome of it.

GYou know there's more to life,

DI'm sure that you'll survive,

AmYou know what you Emhave to do.

GTight Drope AmwalEmker, Gtight Drope AmwalEmker.

The Gonly thing I'm Dsure of is to Amhave no fear at Emall,

Just go, Gkeep oDn goingAm on.Em

And the Gonly thing that'sD certain is someAmtimes you're bound to Emfall,

Just go kGeep, oDn goingAm on.Em

G Who knows, who Dknows, who Amknows what may come Emtomorrow,

G Who knows, who Dknows, who Amknows, what tomorrow Emmay bring.

G Who knows, who Dknows, who Amknows what may come Emtomorrow,

G Who knows, who Dknows, who Amknows, what tomorrow Emmay bring.

The Gonly thing I'm Dsure of is to Amhave no fear at Emall,

Just go, Gkeep oDn goingAm on,Em

And the Gonly thing that'sD certain is someAmtimes you're bound to Emfall,

Just go, Gkeep Don goingAm on Emx2

*you can add a G strum at the end (it sounds nice)

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The Story

Key: AmCapo 3Easy

AmCGDm

Take the Amclouds a Cwhile Gjust to Dmfall

Change it Amback when CI was Glying on the Dmfloor

Maybe Amthat's a Csacrifice Gcalled Dmforth

Let it Amgive up Ceverything I've ever Gworked Dmfor

You Amthink CI'm GcraDmzy

But the Amstory Cisn't GoverDm

No, Amit's Conly Gjust Dmbegun

You know Amsometimes it's Chard to Gunderstand

The Dmroad we're on, the Groad we're Dmon

Wore my Amfingers Cdown Gto the Dmbone

Gave you Ameverything, Cmy mind, Gmy heart, Dmmy soul

If you Amhad of Cseen the Gheartache in my Dmeyes

You Amknow that CI could Gnever Dmcompromise

You Amthink CI'm GcraDmzy

But the Amstory Cisn't GoverDm

No, Amit's Conly Gjust Dmbegun

You know Amsometimes it's Chard to Gunderstand

The Dmroad we're on, the Groad we're Dmon

The Amstory's Cjust GbeginningDm

I can Amfeel Cthe Grising Dmsun

You know Amsometimes it's Chard to Gcomprehend

The Dmroad we're on, the Groad we're Dmon, yeah

When you're at your endAm

And the road's still onC

You know a broken boneG

Grows back twice as strongDm

Yeah, Amgrows Cback Gtwice as Dmstrong

You know Amsometimes it's Chard to Gunderstand

The Dmroad we're on, the Groad we're Dmon

The AmstoryC's Gjust Dmbeginning

I can Amfeel Cthe Grising Dmsun

You know Amsometimes it's Chard to Gunderstand

The Dmroad we're on, the Groad we're Dmon

AmC

GDm

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I Won't Let You Down

Key: FHard

F/A

A#add9

A/C

D#sus2

C#7

Just anoFther grey auF/Atumn dA#add9ay

You're the sunshiFne trF/Aying toDm get through

DmNo, C IF F/AneverA#add9 imagined that my patFh would lead to yF/Aou C7 G

The looBbk in Cyour eyes wFhen they met mineDm C F

Seems to say we're the Csame in so many ways A/C

Though we're worlds apaDmrt, I will promise you C

I Fwon't leD#sus2t you Bbdown

No, I woFn't let yD#sus2ou doBbwn

There are so manyF reF/Aasons toA#add9 keep us apFart F/A Dm

But it woFn't stopF/A me losing mA#add9y mind or Fmy hearF/At C7 G

BbWhat woCuld I give Fto touch yDmour haCnd? F

Or just feelC your skin

I A/Cbreath you in!

Could this ever bDme?

You'll be next Cto me

No, I wonF't let yD#sus2ou doBbwn

C#7I know myself so well but I've never been here before F

C#7You're just out of my reach, but I will be here

Of that, you can be sure D#sus2

Can be sure! C

It's anoFther grey F/AautumA#add9n day

You're the sunshiFne trF/Aying toDm get through

I can onlFy F/AimagiA#add9ne that I'm walkiFng wF/Aith you C7 G

BbI C rFealize iDmf yoCu were Fmine

We may fall apCart

Though you have my hA/Ceart

There's too many thDmings between you and me C

No, I woFn't let D#sus2you dowBbn

No, I woFn't! I won'tD#sus2 let you down!Bb

No, I woFn't lD#sus2et you doBbwn

No, I woFn't! I won'tD#sus2 let you downBb!

No, I woFn't! I won't let D#sus2 you down Bb

No, I woFn't let D#sus2you dowBbn

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Hummingbird

Key: CMedium

CTake what you needAm and leave the rest E

No I don't mind, No I don't mind

I'll get this off my chCest there's nowhere Amelse I'd rather Ebe

CCome flying iAmn, and then agaEin

I'm not alone enough to pretend that

I've seen the wCorld there's nowhere Amelse you'd rather Ebe

Like a hummingFbird iCn flight you are

EHovering, hovering around meF

When I move nCear you to fly awEay

Like a hummingbFird in fClight you are

EHovering, hovering near meF

When I move nCear you fly awEay

Don't fly awFay C E

CWhat can I sAmay? You have to waEit

I find it hard to say it to articulate

I kCnow that there's nowhere eAmlse you'd rather Ebe

CIt seems so clAmear I know it's Etrue

That all I wanna do is make love to you

I kCnow that there's no where Amelse you'd rather Ebe

Like a hummingFbird iCn flight you are

EHovering, hovering around meF

When I move nCear you to fly awEay

Like a hummingbFird in fClight you are

EHovering, hovering near meF

When I move nCear you fly awEay

Don't fly awFay C E

CBirds in arEound my hCead, things you have dEone

The words you have sCaid, my memorEy after you lFeft

E E (stay on E until chorus)

I try but I can't forget

Like a hummingFbird iCn flight you are

EHovering, hovering around meF

When I move nCear you to fly awEay

Like a hummingbFird in fClight you are

EHovering, hovering near meF

When I move nCear you fly awEay

Don't fly awFay C E

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Just A Man

Key: DmMedium

See, I'm Dmjust a man

I Fgot these troubles, I'm making plans

GmKnow there's really nothing but you C

Keeps me Dmawake and I

FThink of another way we can fuss and fight

GmThere must be somewhere I can get through C

DmI have not slept for days

FI have not slept for days

GmI have not slept for days

CI have not slept for days

DmThere's a war going on in my heart

FI got a battle kicking off in my heart

GmThere's a war going on in my heart C

No, there's Dmreally nothing if IF know I can't have yGmou C

Well, could DmI be forgiven for the Fthings I put you Gmthrough? C

See, I'm Dmjust a man trying to Funderstand what I'll Gmdo, I do to you

DmLying in an empty bed

FAll my mistakes running around my head

GmThere's nothing I can honestly say C

DmDon't think before I speak

My Gmind is strong but my heart is weak

I'm Gmnot the only one who's made this way C

DmI have not slept for days

FI have not slept for days

GmI have not slept for days

CI have not slept for days

No, there's Dmreally nothing if IF know I can't have yGmou C

Well, could DmI be forgiven for the Fthings I put you Gmthrough? C

See, I'm Dmjust a man trying to Funderstand what I'll Gmdo, I do to you

DmThere's a war going on in my heart

FI got a battle kicking off in my heart

GmThere's a war going on in my heart

CI got a battle kicking off in my heart

DmThere's a war going on in my heart

FI got a battle kicking off in my heart

GmThere's a war going on in my heart

CI got a war going on

No, there's Dmreally nothing if IF know I can't have yGmou C

Well, could DmI be forgiven for the Fthings I put you Gmthrough? C

See, I'm Dmjust a man trying to Funderstand what I'll Gmdo, I do to you

See, I'm Dmjust a man trying to Funderstand what I'll Gmdo, do to you C

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Holding On

Key: FMedium

(Chords: F, Em, C, D) Repeat all chords 6 times, slightly softer each time.

You stole my FheartEm

The first time that I Csaw your face D

It was the Fstart

Of a Emnever ending love

I never knew CI was worthy ofD

(Interrupt the chord half way through with a repetition of the same chord, as written.

If you don't understand, listen to the song again)

And FI knew that when I Ftold her

I could Emsee us growing Emolder

From the Cconfusion in my Chead

It was the Dtruest thing I've Dsaid

I keep Fholding onF

EmHolding onEm

CHolding onC

To Dyou

We all have FscarsEm

That tell the Cstory of the worlds

That we have seeDn

You got the Dstuff

The Ctrials that we've been through

You got Fme, girl

And I got Emyou

And when FI feel insecure

You do your Embest to reassure

All my Cworries and my fears

Will be Dgone

I will Fcrawl a million miles for you

It will never Embe enough

To know Cit's just

Just Dtoo strong

FI keep holding onF

EmI keep holding onEm

CI keep holding onC

DTo youD

FHolding onF

EmJust holding onEm

CHolding onC

DTo youD

EmThis love is driving me crazyF

CThis love is driving me crazyD

EmI keep holding onF

CTo youD

FCan't let goEm

CNo, I can't let gDo

FI keep holding onEm

CKeep holding on to yoDu

FCan't let goEm C D

I keep Fholding on

I keep Emholding on

I keep Cholding on

DTo you

FHolding on to you

I keep Emholding on

I keep hColding on

To Dyou

I keep Fholding on

I keep Emholding on

CTo Dyou

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Too Close

Key: BmMedium

Bm You know I'm not Done to break Empromises G F

Bm I don't want to Dhurt you but I need to Embreathe G F

Bm At the end of it aDll, you're still my Embest friend G F

Bm But there's something Dinside that I need to Emrelease G F

BmWhich way is right, which wDay is wrong

EmHow do I say that I Gneed to mFove on

Bm You know we Dhave is separate Emway G F

And it Bmfeels like I am Djust too close to Emlove you G F

Bm There ain't nothing DI can really Emsay G F

Bm I can't lie no more, DI can't hide no Emmore

Got to be true to myGself F

And it Bmfeels like I am Djust too close to Emlove you

G So I'll be Fon my way

BmDEmGF

Bm You've given me Dmore than I can reEmturn G F

Bm Yet there oh so Dmuch that you desEmerve G F

BmNothing to say, Dnothing to do,

EmNothing to give

I must Gleave withFout you

Bm You know we Dhave is separate Emway G F

And it feels like I am just too close to love you

There ain't nothing I can really say

I can't lie no more, I can't hide no more

Got to be true to myself

And it feels like I am just too close to love you

There ain't nothing that I can really say

I can't lie no more, I can't hide no more

Got to be true to myself

And it feels like I am just too close to love you

So I'll be on my way

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Too Close (acoustic)

Key: BmMedium

Bm You know I'm not Done to break Empromises G F

Bm I don't want to Dhurt you but I need to Embreathe G F

Bm At the end of it aDll, you're still my Embest friend G F

Bm But there's something Dinside that I need to Emrelease G F

BmWhich way is right, which wDay is wrong

EmHow do I say that I Gneed to mFove on

Bm You know we Dhave is separate Emway G F

And it Bmfeels like I am Djust too close to Emlove you G F

Bm There ain't nothing DI can really Emsay G F

Bm I can't lie no more, DI can't hide no Emmore

Got to be true to myGself F

And it Bmfeels like I am Djust too close to Emlove you

G So I'll be Fon my way

BmDEmGF

Bm You've given me Dmore than I can reEmturn G F

Bm Yet there oh so Dmuch that you desEmerve G F

BmNothing to say, Dnothing to do,

EmNothing to give

I must Gleave withFout you

Bm You know we Dhave is separate Emway G F

And it feels like I am just too close to love you

There ain't nothing I can really say

I can't lie no more, I can't hide no more

Got to be true to myself

And it feels like I am just too close to love you

There ain't nothing that I can really say

I can't lie no more, I can't hide no more

Got to be true to myself

And it feels like I am just too close to love you

So I'll be on my way

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Tell Me What You Need

Key: AmMedium

AmTell (me) what youE need

From the Gsigns I can not read

AmSomething's wrEong

GHow can we move Fon?

You're not a heartAm breaker

But you're making my Eworld quake

GYou world shaker

GottaAm dig deep

Cause your Emmind is crazy and I cGan't sleep F

FCan not sleep

Open your mEmouth, I can reGad your Ammind

No, you don't have to waGlk away

FSaid you never wAmould

I never hear a woGrd you say F

FDon't speak when youAm should

Speak tEmo me, tell me what you Gneed

Won't you juAmst...

Open yourEm mouth, I can Gread your Fmind

AmYou used to talk all the Etime

GShare your thoughts, ten to the dime Am

Something'sEm changed

GNow you're actinFg strange

I know that you Amcare

When EI speak (to) you,

Gjust sit and starFe

I gotta dig Amdeep

Cause your mEmind's running wild and GI can't sleep F

Can not sleep

Open your Emmouth, I can rGead your miAmnd

No, you don't have to waGlk away F

FSaid you never wAmould

I never hear a woGrd you say F

FDon't speak when you should Am

AmSpeak to mEme, tell me what you neeGd

Won't you juAmst...

AmOpen your mGouth, I can read your Fmind

AmSpeak to mEme, give me a sigFn

Won't you juAmst...

Won't you jGust... F

AmOpen your mGouth, I can read your Fmind,

I can read your Ammind...

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10.

Caroline

Key: EmMedium

EmLeave the back door open for me andB I'll put your keys in under the door on time

EmSeems we've been waiting for a long time.B My delay surely would be a crime

GYou know that we can do anything, AmI know that you can do everything

DYou said we should try many things. BLet's make an hour so we can do everything

EmI can find a way to make yGou love me more than you Amdo... CaroBline

EmI don't want to waste my time unGless I'm loving you, my Amdear... CaroBline

CaroAmline Em

CaroCline Am

EmDC

EmB

We had each other for too short a while. You caught my soul with your gentle smile

I can swim in your eyes, so deep. Rest my lips upon yours, so sweet

You know, just how I feel for you. I know, that my love is true

I'm tired of this feelin' blue. Just let me do all I want to do.

AmI've tried all I can,G there's no getting thBrough

Hope you get all you dCeserve and some happiness tAmoo

I'm sure there's a better Gman somewhere waiting for yBou

But iBf he doesn't come along, you know that I'll be waiting here for you

EmI can find a way to makeG you love me more than you Amdo... CaroBline

EmI don't want to waste my time unlGess I'm loving you, mAmy dear... CaroBline

EmI can find a way to make you lGove me more than yoAmu do... CaroBline (no, I don't)

EmI don't want to waste my time unlGess I'm loving you, myAm dear... CarBoline, Caroline

CarolinAme Em

CaroliCne Em

CarolinCe Em

CarolinCe

EmD

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