Chord Booklet

Maximo Park

10 songs|32 chords used|Hard

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Chords used

F#m

Bb5

Bbm

Emaj7

Amaj7

C#m

Dmaj7

Em7

Dbm

Bm7

F#m7

G#m

C#m7

Write This Down

Key: AmHard

F#m

AmYou said you wanted someone Gjust like me

you let me read it in your Fdiary

DmI'd like to write this out of history

Git was an awkward patch

FI had an Citch to scratch

F#mWe spent the Asummer kissing

F#min a basement Aroom

learning all the rules

F#myou made them up as you went Aalong

and then your F#mpassion cooled A

you really had me fooled

DmI'm not gonna be Garound

you better Cwrite this Fdown

DmI'm gonna leave without a Gsound

you better Cwrite this Fdown

CAmFC

AmI didn't really need to Ghear the facts

Cbut you know me I couldn't Fhelp but ask

Dmand now you're Ctelling me I Fneed to relax

GI chose the warmest day

Fto rain on your parade

F#mI learned to love the sickly sweet

in order to Ameet

all of my body's needs

F#myou swore to keep me in your nest

how could you tell a Alie

about the birth of a child?

DmI won't always be Garound

You better Cwrite this Fdown

DmI'm gonna leave without a Gsound

You better Cwrite this Fdown (day by day)

Dmwe assemble it Gall

and then we Ctear it Faway (day by day)

Dmwe assemble it Gall

and then we Ctear it Faway

Dmassemble it all

Cassemble it all

Dmassemble it all

Cassemble it all

DmStealiGng Dmpost-punk Gposters

Dmfrom your sGister's Dmroom

GGossamer Cvoices Dmrising from Gspeakers

in a DmprefabriCcated Gplume C

EHere's an entry for your diary:

Dmdictation - are you ready?

I'm not gonna be Garound

you better Cwrite this Fdown

DmI'm gonna leave without a Gsound

you better Cwrite this Gdown (day by day)

Dmwe assemble it Gall

and then we Ctear it Faway (day by day)

Dmwe assemble it Gall

and then we Ctear it Faway (day by day)

DmI won't always be Garound

You better Cwrite this Fdown (day by day)

DmI'm gonna leave you underGground

You better Cwrite this Fdown (day by day)

Dmwe assemble it Gall

and then we Ctear it Faway (day by day)

DmI'm gonna leave without a Csound

You better Fwrite this down

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This Is What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted

Key: BbHard

Bb5

Bbm

Bb5Human nature, is on a loop.

Spare me a moment to regroup.

Bb The biggest mistake of all,

Ab I didn't retCmurn your call.

Bb The biggest misAbtake of all,

Cm My explanEbations stall.Gm

Db And if you wonder why IBbm write these words.

Fm I'm trying to describe how Ebmy heart hurts.Db

EbI never tried to be over-familiar,

Formality strikes when we talk of the future.

I coAbuldn't wait for you. Bb Ab Cm Eb Bb

Bb I wish I could be hAbonest with you,

Cm And now I'veEb already Bbstarted.

Bb Commitment never sAbeemed like a risk,

Cm But tEbhat's the way itBb is.

Bb This could nAbever begin,

Cm And now it's alEbready stBbarted.

Bb This love won't Abgo away,

CmThis is what becomes of the brEboken heBbarted.

Bb Ab Cm The brEboken heBbarted.

Bb Ab CmThis is what becomes of the brEboken hBbearted.

Bb5Human nature, is on a loop.

Spare me a moment to regroup.

Bb The biggest mistake of all,

Ab I didn't retCmurn your call.

Bb The biggest misAbtake of all,

Cm My explanEbations stall.Gm

Db And if you wonder why IBbm write these words.

Fm Im trying to describe how Ebmy heart hurts.Db

EbYou never tried to be over-familiar,

We never talked about plans for the future.

I cAbouldn't wait for you.Bb Ab Cm Eb Bb

Bb I wish I could be hAbonest with you,

Cm And now I've Ebalready sBbtarted.

Bb Commitment never sAbeemed like a risk,

Cm But tEbhat's the way it Bbis.

Bb This could nAbever begin,

Cm And now it's alEbready stBbarted.

Bb This love won't Abgo away,

CmThis is what becomes of the brEboken heBbarted.

Bb Ab Cm The brEboken heBbarted.

Bb Ab CmThis is what becomes of the brEboken hBbearted.

Bb Ab Cm Oooo the brEboken hBbearted.

Bb Ab TCmhis is what becomes of the brEboken heartBbed.

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Leave This Island

Key: AmCapo 3Hard

AmHave you ever been compCelled

Under a sGpell

From a protFagonist who knows you far too wAmell

AmHave you ever been undCone

By a slip of the tDongue

and bFetrayed a side of you that felt hard wAmon

So we watch the water sCwell

From a Scottish hDotel

Have you ever fBmell?

Have you ever fell?

CAre you gonna tell me why

There's a bEmackpack by the bedroom window

DIt's a pack of lies

BmEverything has to reach a peak sometime

CTell me why

There's a Emmap lain flat on the bedside table

DIt's a pack of lies

BmIt's not a peak, it's a plateau

EmLet me know

CWhen you wanna leave this island

DLet me know

GWhen you wanna hDear my point of vAmiew

CCGGFFC

AmIn the observation loCunge

Couples ready to poDunce

But there's a rFeticence from treading icy grAmound

AmSo we watch the water swCell

From a Scottish hDotel

Have you ever fBmell?

Have you ever fell?

CAre you gonna tell me why

There's a bEmackpack by the bedroom window

DIt's a pack of lies

BmEverything has to reach a peak sometime

CTell me why

There's a Emmap lain flat on the bedside table

DIt's a pack of lies

BmIt's not a peak, it's a plateau

EmLet me know

CWhen you wanna leave this island

DLet me know

GWhen you wanna hear my pDoint of vAmiew

EmLet me know

CWhen you wanna leave this island

DLet me know

GWhen you wanna hear my pDoint of vAmiew

GI'll stand Dup for yAmou

GDAm

EmI will act as a sCemaphore

DI will guide you to a pBerfect landing

EmI will act as a diCstant shore

DI will aim to be the lBast man standing for yEmou

I will act as a sCemaphore

DI will guide you to a pGerfect lDanding Am

GI'll stand Dup for yAmou

GWhen you wanna lDeave this islAmand

GWhen you wanna hDear my point of vAmiew

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Apply some pressure

Key: DMedium

You know that I would love to see you next year

I hope that I am still alive next year

You magnify the way I think about myself

before you came I rarely thought about myself

EBmG

BmBehind your veil I fDound a body underneAath

Bminside your head werDe things I never thAought about

Bmyou know that I would lDove to see you nAext year

BmI hope that I am stiDll alive next yeAar

(a parte seguinte repete 2 vezes)

EWhBmat'Gs my view?

Dwell how am I supposed to kAnow

EwrBmiteG a review

Dwell how objective can I beA

You know that I would love to see you in that dress

I hope that I will live to see you undress

The every day is part of what consumes me

The hate I feel is part of what fuels me

EBmG

BmI testify to haDving guilty feelAings

BmI must confess,D I'd like to be cAaught stealing

BmYou know that ID would love to seAe you in that dress

BmI hope that I wilDl live to see yAou undress

(a parte seguinte repete 2 vezes)

EWhBmat'Gs my view?

Dwell how am I supposed to kAnow

EwrBmiteG a review

Dwell how objective can I beA

PRÉ-Refrão: 2x

I like to wait to see how things turn out

If you apply some pressure

EWhat happens when you lose everythGing

you just start agaDin

you start all overA again

PRÉ-Refrão: 2x

I like to wait to see how things turn out

If you apply some pressure

WEhaGt DhaAppens when you lose everything

you just start again

you start all over again

EGDA

What happens when you lose everything (apply some pressure, you lose some pressure)

you just start again (apply some pressure, you lose some pressure)

you start all over again (apply some pressure, you lose some pressure)

What happens when you lose some pressure

apply some pressure you lose some pressure

VERSOS FINAIS:

You know that I would love to see you next year

I hope that I am still alive next year

You know that I would love to see you in that dress

i hope that i will live to see you undressed

Beijo Dedéa!

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Karaoke Plays

Key: EHard

Emaj7

Amaj7

C#m

Dmaj7

Em7

EEmaj7

AAmaj7

EYou write a list of things C#mto do Emaj7

ETo occupy the time that you cC#mould usEmaj7e

EBut, in my mind it's never C#mfinal Emaj7

EAnd when you sleep, I try not to C#mwake you aEmaj7s I leave

Dmaj7Oh, I waited up for you

Em7But you didn't come back home

Dmaj7Oh, I waited up for you

Em7Couldn't you come back home?

Dmaj7Em7

Dmaj7G6

FSomeone gets run Amdown

Karaoke Fplays somewhere in the backAmground,

But there is no explanFation

What makes a grown man Amcry?

Karaoke pFlays and someone gets run down

EEmaj7

AAmaj7

EWe never did want the dawn to C#mbreak Emaj7

EBeside the crumpled sheets in whichC#m we layEmaj7

EYou know I've changed my waysC#m foreverEmaj7

EThe North Sea crashes through yourC#m dreams Emaj7as I

leave

Dmaj7Oh, I waited up for you

Em7But you didn't come back home

Dmaj7Oh, I waited up for you

Em7Couldn't you come back home?

Dmaj7Em7

Dmaj7G6

FSomeone gets run Amdown

Karaoke Fplays somewhere in the backAmground,

But there is no explanFation

What makes a grown man Amcry?

Karaoke pFlays and someone gets run dAown

EEmaj7

AAmaj7

Emaj7I came home--there were radio waves

I heard voices through the radio waves

Amaj7I came home--you were nowhere to be found

The lights were on and the radio played

Emaj7I came home--there were radio waves

A children's choir through the radio waves

Amaj7Every night we've got so much to say

I want to hear all the things you did today

Dmaj7Em7

Dmaj7G6

FSomeone gets run Amdown

Karaoke Fplays somewhere in the backAmground,

But there is no explanFation

What makes a grown man Amcry?

Karaoke pFlays and someone gets run dAown

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Nosebleed

Key: DMedium

Dbm

DYou were born in Dbmwinter

But summer came too Dfast

Like a child you can't cBmontrol

Now isn't it Aobvious?D

DBut you still value his Dbmword

GNow that it's Anot Dthere

DA love life down the Bmdrain

Now isn't it Aobvious?D

Some people hide their Dbmemotions

And some people show tooD much

I'm aiming for somewhere Bmcentral

Now isn't it Aobvious?D

DHe changed his look for you

EmBut you changed your life for him

DNow was the verdict worth the Emtrial? D Em

DDid we Emgo too Dfar?

GIs Bmthat why your nose is Ableeding?D

Last Emnight I Ddreamt

We Gkissed on a Bmbench in the Aevening

DWhat went wrong with Dbmyou?

I never took you for Aa Dfool

But all it takes is a Bmrumor

Now isn't it Aobvious? D

DI'd love to clear the Dbmair

But I can't bear to hear your Dvoice

It's tainted with Ahis Bmname

Now isn't it Aobvious? D

DHe changed his look for you

EmBut you changed your life for him

DNow was the verdict worth the Emtrial? D Em

DDid we Emgo too Dfar?

GIs Bmthat why your nose is Ableeding?D

Last Emnight I Ddreamt

We Gkissed on a Bmbench in the Aevening

DDDDDDGD

DDid we Emgo too Dfar?

GIs Bmthat why your nose is Ableeding?D

Last Emnight I Ddreamt

We Gkissed on a Bmbench in the AeveningD

I was the one who followed

And Gyou were the Bmone who was AleadingD

When last Emnight I Ddreamt

We Gkissed on a Bmbench in the Aevening

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Russian Dolls

Key: BmHard

Bm7

F#m7

F#m

G#m

C#m7

Bm7F#m7

EElectrEmic cables

BBeneatBmh the Atlantic

EThere'Ems a radar

BBeneatBmh the black water

ERain fEmlecks the paint

BInevitBmably

EAt theEm end of the telescope

BBy the pier

AmI know you'd rather I didn'tEm say

That I want to look after yoAmu

But I'd expect you to say thEme same

For me someday

DThisA knowledge gives me nBmo pleasure

DYou Acan't kill yourself bBmefore you're born

Bm7Particles like Russian doF#m7lls

Bm7Folding items ever smalleF#m7r

EGrey wEmire fences

BSectioBmn off the wilderness

EA loneEmly cluster oBf woodland stands Bmapart

ELike tEmhe fingers of a hand

BGentlyBm browning

EFlat sEmections of cheap paint

BFloat Bmby like butterflies

AmI know you'd rather I didn'tEm say

That I want to look after yoAmu

But I'd expect you to say thEme same

For me someday

DMy dAemeanour is made tBmo measure

DNothingA stirs beneath thBme farce of daily life

Bm7Particles like Russian doF#m7lls

Bm7Folding items ever smalleF#m7r

Bm7If life never ended we'd F#m7have no urgency

Bm7Connect to boredom and reF#m7petition

F#mG#mC#m7Bm

F#mG#mC#m7

F#mG#mC#m7Bm

F#mG#m

Bm7Particles like Russian doF#m7lls

Bm7Folding items ever smalleF#m7r

Bm7If life never ended we'd F#m7have no urgency

Bm7Connect to boredom and reF#m7petition

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Midnight On The Hill

Key: DMedium

This is the intro and also played during the verse, but here are also the chords:

DA floodlit tBmennis court

We Dplay noctBmurnal sport

And Dwear our Bmskew whiff smiles

We wDear our sBmkew whiff smiles

DA designated Bmdriver vehicle

OuGr voices quick and shrill

I tell myD secrets to a perfectA stranger

It was mGidnight on the hill

A sudden sDilence

Too much iAnformation

We were Gstruggling with our will

What happeneDd next?

I would like toA know

GFunny how the moments come and go

TDhe forest openBms up

We fill anotherD cup

And feel our sBmenses slide

TDhe bubbles of yBmour nose

Spill on your summeAr clothes

You grGab a guiding hand

TDhe bubbles of yBmour nose

Spill on your summAer clothes

You gGrab a guiding hand

DWhat happenedBm next?

I would like Ato know

GFunny how the moments come and go

DWhat happenedA next?

I would like toG know

DThe smell of sunscreen

Smeared on the front seat

You and your bare feet

Tapping on the glove box

It was an empty dream

This is how the summer ends

A bead of sweat drops Gdown

You're misting up my Amind

It's getting so coGnfined

You're misting up my mAind

It's getting so cGonfined

you're turning the screw

You're misting up my Amind

What will I do?

It's getting so cGonfined

you're turning the screw

You're misting up myA mind

What did I do?

All night long

You know I'm not strong

What happened next?

I would like to know

Funny how the moments come and go

Midni-i-i-i-ight

What happenned next?

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Where Were Going

Key: GCapo 2Medium

GI don?t know Bmwhere we?re Cgoing

But Gyou know Bmwhere we?re Cgoing

And if Gyou know Bmwhere we?re Cgoing

Well that?s fine with Gme Bm C

GI looked Bmin your Ceyes

And Gthey both Bmtold me Cnothing

I?m Greading kinBmesic Csigns

And Gnow I?m Bmsensing Csomething

CYou know where Gwe?re goDing

CIt?s such a Gsimple Dthing

AmYou know where Emwe?re goiGng

GWe went Bmto the Cmovies

And Gyou expBmlained the sCubtext

You Gnever sBmhirked your sCtudies

And Gnow I?m aBmsking ?CWhat next?"

CYou know where Gwe?re goDing

CIt?s such a Gsimple Dthing

AmYou know where Emwe?re goiGng

EmWhat?s appropriate Bmin the circumsCtance?

It?s in the subtext

EmThere?s a subtlety Bmin a passing gClance

It's in the subtext

EmWhen to make a move

BmWhen to bide your Ctime

It?s in the subtext

EmWhat's appropriate Bmin the circumsCtance?

CYou know where Gwe?re goDing

CIt?s such a Gsimple Dthing

AmYou know where Emwe?re goiGng

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10.

Drinking Martinis

Key: CMedium

Above a bar called tokyo

We watched the post-work traffic flow

Selective of the drinks that we buy

CWe used to drDmink the river bed drBby

You and i

CWe act as if Dmthe people we were are goBbne

But echoes remain

CWe act as if the wDmay that we were was wrBbong

As if people changed

...that intro-stuff again...

Above the hotel Kyoto

There is a neon scarlet glow

Dancing on the slippery tiles

CWe bathe until the Dmwater runs dry Bb

You and I

CWe act as if the pDmeople we were are gBbone

But echoes remCain Dm

EchoBbes remain

CNow that you're Fgone

I seBbe you so clearly

CYou were drinkingF martinis diffBbering to me

Now that you'reC gone

do you Ffeel anythBbing?

...Duncan uses to play a variation of an A chord...

the solo is something like this, but I'm not completely sure

CNow that you're gFone

I seeBb you so clearly

CYou were dFrinking martinisBb differing to me

Now that you're Cgone

Do you feFel anythinBbg

For one night onCly

You were drFinking martinis diffBbering to me

Now that you'reG gone

Do you fFeel anythiBbng

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