Kisses Are Stitches...

Tuesday, 17 May 2011

Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's

INTRO
C, Em, C, Em

VERSE 1
C                                               Em
Hey there Delilah, What’s it like in New York City? 
            C                                                       Em
I’m a thousand miles away, But girl tonight you look so pretty, 
               Am  F                                 G                           Am
Yes you do, Time Square can’t shine as bright as you, 
                      G
I swear it’s true. 
C                                                  Em
Hey there Delilah, Don’t you worry about the distance, 
                  C                                                    Em
I’m right there if you get lonely, Give this song another listen, 
                     Am    F                       G                         Am 
Close your eyes, Listen to my voice it’s my disguise, 
                      G
I’m by your side. 

CHORUS
C                                    Am   C                                    Am
Oh it’s what you do to me, Oh it’s what you do to me, 
C                                    Am   C                                    Am            
Oh it’s what you do to me, Oh it’s what you do to me, 
                             C
What you do to me. 

VERSE 2
C                                            Em
Hey there Delilah, I know times are getting hard, 
                   C                                                            Em
But just believe me girl some day, I'll pay the bills with this guitar, 
                         Am    F                        G                          Am
We'll have it good, We'll have the life we knew we would, 
                       G
My word is good. 
C                                           Em   
Hey there Delilah, I’ve got so much left to say, 
                 C                                                       Em
If every simple song I wrote to you, Would take your breath away, 
                 Am   F                      G                              Am
I’d write it all, Even more in love with me you’d fall, 
                        G
We’d have it all. 

CHORUS
C                                    Am   C                                    Am
Oh it’s what you do to me, Oh it’s what you do to me, 
C                                    Am   C                                    Am            
Oh it’s what you do to me, Oh it’s what you do to me, 
                             C

What you do to me.  

Bridge
             F                                                        G
A thousand miles seems pretty far, But they’ve got planes and trains and cars, 
        C                                             Am  
I’d walk to you if I had no other way 
          F                                                                 G
Our friends would all make fun of us, And we'll just laugh along because, 
   C                                                                    Am
We know that none of them have felt this way, 
F                                                       G            
Delilah I can promise you, That by the time that we get through, 
         Am                                                                                  G
The world will never ever be the same, And you’re to blame. 

VERSE 3
C                                           Em
Hey there Delilah you be good, And don’t you miss me, 
                      C                                                                    Em
Two more years and you’ll be done with school, And I'll be making history, 
          Am   F                       G                        Am
Like I do, You’ll know it's all because of you, 
F                           G                     Am
We can do whatever we want to, 
F                     G                       Am                            C
Hey there Delilah here's to you, This one’s for you. 

FINAL CHORUS
C                                    Am   C                                    Am
Oh it’s what you do to me, Oh it’s what you do to me, 
C                                    Am   C                                    Am            
Oh it’s what you do to me, Oh it’s what you do to me, 
                             C
What you do to me. 
 
Am   C    Am    C    Am   C    Am   C C
Ohhh

King of Carrot Flowers Part 1 by Neutral Milk Hotel

G, C, G, D, C x2

G
When you were young
D              C       G
You were the king of carrot flowers
D                    C     D
And how you built a tower tumbling through the trees
C                   G
In holy rattlesnakes that fell all around your feet

G C G D C

G                                       D            C        G
And your mom would stick a fork right into daddy's shoulder
D              C      D
And dad would throw the garbage all across the floor
C                       G
As we would lay and learn what each other's bodies were for

G, C, G, D, C

G
And this is the room
D                   C        G
One afternoon I knew I could love you
D              C    D
And from above you how I sank into your soul
C              G
Into that secret place where no one dares to go

G, C, G, D, C

G                                      D          C        G
And your mom would drink until she was no longer speaking
D                 C   D
And dad would dream of all the different ways to die
C               G
Each one a little more than he could dare to try

G, C, G, D, G

Monday, 9 May 2011

New York I Love You, But You're Bringing Me Down - LCD Soundsystem

New York, I Love You

Em G6

But you're bringing me down

New York, I Love You

Em G6

But you're bringing me down

Like a rat in a cage

Em G6

Pulling minimum wage

New York, I Love You

Em G6

But you're bringing me down

New York, you're safer

And you're wasting my time

Our records all show

You are filthy but fine

But they shuttered your stores

When you opened the doors

To the cops who were bored

Once they'd run out of crime

New York, you're perfect

Don't please don't change a thing

Your mild billionaire mayor's

Now convinced he's a king

So the boring collect

I mean all disrespect

In the neighborhood bars

I'd once dreamt I would drink

New York, I Love You

But you're freaking me out

There's a ton of the twist

But we're fresh out of shout

Like a death in the hall

That you hear through your wall

New York, I Love You

But you're freaking me out

New York, I Love You

But you're bringing me down

New York, I Love You

But you're bringing me down

Like a death of the heart

Jesus, where do I start?

But you're still the one pool

Where I'd happily drown

And oh.. Take me off your mailing list

For kids that think it still exists

Yes, for those who think it still exists

Maybe I'm wrong

And maybe you're right

Maybe I'm wrong

And maybe you're right

Maybe you're right

Maybe I'm wrong

And just maybe you're right

And Oh..

Maybe mother told you true

And they're always be something there for you

And you'll never be alone

But maybe she's wrong

And maybe I'm right

And just maybe she's wrong

Maybe she's wrong

And maybe I'm right

And if so, is there?

Sunday, 17 April 2011

Some Day My Prince Will Come

Lyrics by Larry Morey
Music by Frank Churchill

F A7       Bb              D7
Someday my prince will come
Gm                C7
Someday I'll find my love, and how
F                Ab               Gm7 C7
Thrilling that moment will be          when the
F                        Ab                      Gm7 C7
prince of my dreams comes to me
F       A7         Bb              D7
He'll whisper, 'I love you'
Gm              C7
And steal a kiss or two. Though he's
F       A7        Bb                         Bdim7
far away, I'll find my love some day
             F                      Gm7    C7    F   C7
Someday when my dreams come true

# Repeat, second time end on F

Saturday, 9 April 2011

Submarine EP - Alex Turner

BBC Review

Songs that woozily sway between all-out romance and magpie-eyed reality.

Fraser McAlpine 2011-03-15

When considering this man's work, and his unrivalled ear for making words fall over themselves into a giddy heap, it’s too easy to just quote the lyrics and sit back, knowing a thing has been stated gloriously, and basking in the glow of a job well done. After all, anyone who can sell a line like "If you’re gonna try and walk on water make sure you wear your comfortable shoes" is someone who needs no puffing up.

What you don’t tend to hear so much about is his voice: that disdainful purr – part disappointed sneer and part tender encouragement. Whether picking holes in scenesters or detailing a perfect day, it’s a most effective vehicle for delivering a story or two.

These songs comprise the soundtrack to a film called Submarine, directed by Richard Ayoade; it’s a dark comedy, about a 15-year-old boy wanting to lose his virginity and keep his parents together, and Alex’s songs woozily sway between all-out romance and magpie-eyed reality in a manner which suggests he remembers the vertically steep learning curve of those years all too well.

Hiding Tonight, just a gently strummed guitar, some drones and twinkles and a wondrous, wistful lyric about a coconut shy, is effectively a fairground cousin to Richard Hawley’s Coles Corner, only this time the boy gets the girl. Glass in the Park is scarcely any more embellished, maybe a harmony or two, and just as swollen with that same first-love glow.

Meanwhile, It’s Hard to Get Around the Wind’s reproachful, flinty lyric is set to a folky fingerpick, and Stuck on the Puzzle carries itself like an early Lennon song, albeit one which replaces post-Beatles angst with a late-night head-scratch about the state of things. Which just leaves Piledriver Waltz, the most musically complex of the five proper songs here – two time signatures, no less – and the most reproachful.

And that’s it, apart from the brief snatch of ...Puzzle that opens proceedings: five swoony songs, sung beautifully, no duffers, and plenty of knotty lyrics to try and unravel. Another job well done.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/v6cg

All tracks composed by Alex Turner for Richard Ayoade's film 'Submarine' (2011).

Property of EMI

Tracks

1. Stuck on the Puzzle (Intro)

2. Hiding Tonight

3. Glass in the Park

4. It's Hard to Get Around the Wind

5. Stuck on the Puzzle

6. Piledriver Waltz

.......................

HIDING TONIGHT

C
Tomorrow I'll be quicker, i'll stare into the strobe light

flickerin' afloat i'll stay
Dm Fm C
But I'm quite alright hiding today
F C
Tomorrow i'll be faster, i'll catch what i've been chasing after

and have time to play

Dm Fm C
But I'm quite alright hiding today

F
And I would play the coconut shy,

And win a prize even if it's rigged
             C7
I won't know when to stop and you can leave off my lid
F
And I won't even lose my fizz
                      Fm C Em Am F
I'll be the polkadots tie, I'll know the way back if you know the way,

G Fm C
But if you are, I am quite alright hiding today

C F Fm C

F C
Tomorrow i'll be stronger, running colourful no longer

just in black and white,
Dm Fm C
I'm quite alright hiding, tonight

F
And I would have a game on the coconut shy

And win a prize even if it's rigged
C7
I won't know when to stop and you can leave off my lid
F
And I won't even lose my fizz
Fm
I'll be the polkadots tie,

      C Em Am
I'll probably swim through a few lagoons
F
I'll have a spring in my step, and I'll get there soon
G G7
to sing you a happy tune

C Fm7
Tomorrow, you better bring a change of clothes
Am F
So we can sail our laughing pianos
C Am
along a beam of light
F G C
But i'm quite alright hiding tonight

.......................

GLASS IN THE PARK

Intro - D

D
There's glass in the park
Em A G
Darling, I can't help but keep making appointments
A D
To sweep beneath the climbing frame
D
If the sun's in your eyes,
Em A
I'll tighten your blindfold, baby
G A
Don't worry your foot won't get cut
D Dmaj7
Strut carelessly

Em A
And when you say that you need me tonight
D Dmaj7 Gmaj7
I can't keep my feelings in disguise
G Gbm Em G Gb Gb7 Bm Em Gb
The white part of my eye-balls il- lu-mi-nates

G D

And I'll wait for you

G D Dmaj7
As if I'm waiting for a stone to stop
Em I've heard them talking
A A7
About how I'm gonna put you off

D
There's glass in the park
Em A
And now that I'm up off my knees
G A
I've picked up the speed
D
To jump your palaces
D
Then I shoot through the night
Em A
And suddenly all those once lost
Em A
concoctions froth
D Dmaj7
And chase the day away

Em A
And when you say that you need me tonight
D Dmaj7 Gmaj7
I can't keep my feelings in disguise
G Gbm Em G Gb Gb7 Bm Em Gb
The white part of my eye-balls il- lu-mi-nates

G D

And I'll wait for you

G D Dmaj7
As if I'm waiting for a stone to stop
Em I've heard them talking
A A7
About how I'm gonna put you off

G Gb7
Tell me, how can I put you off when you're a matter of urgency?
Bm D7
I've got a million things that I need to do, but they're all secondary

G A
Make sure you're not followed
D Bm
Meet me by the Death Balloon
Em A A7
Paraselene woman, I'm your man in the moon
G Gbm Eb G Gb
And like a grain of diamond dust, you float
G A D
And my devotion's outer crust cracks.

.......................

IT'S HARD TO GET AROUND THE WIND

Intro - C Dm G C

C
It's like you're trying to get to heaven in a hurry

and the queue was shorter than you thought it'd be
        Dm G C
and doorman says you need to get a wristband

C
You got a lift between the pitfalls

but you're looking like you're low on energy,
Dm                        G C
Did you get out and walk to insure you'd miss the quicksand?

F C
Looking for a new place to begin
Dm G
Feeling like its hard to understand
C C7
But as long as you still keep peppering the pill
F D7
you'll find a way to spit it out again
C G Am
and even when you know the way it's gonna blow
F G C
it's hard to get around the wind

C Dm G C (x2)

C
Stretching out the neck on your evening

Trying to even out some deficit
Dm G C
But its sabre-toothed multi-ball confusion
C
And you can shriek until you're hollow

Or whisper it the other way
Dm G                         C
Trying to save the youth without putting your shoes on

F C
Looking for a new place to begin
Dm G
Feeling like its hard to understand
C C7
But as long as you still, keep peppering the pill
F D7
You'll find your way to spit it out again
C G Am
and even when you know the way it's gonna blow
       F G C
it's hard, to get around the wind

Bridge - C G Am F G C
         C G Am F E Am
         C F D7 C G Am F G

C
I can hear you through my window

But I'm never quite sure who is who
Dm G C
But they want the world on a dessert spoon
C
It always sounds like they're fighting

or as if that's what they're about to do
Dm G C
It might not hurt now, but it's gonna hurt soon

.......................

STUCK ON THE PUZZLE

        E Ab A
I'm not the kind of fool who's gonna sit and sing to you
Gb
About stars, girl.
     E Ab A Gb
But last night I looked up into the dark half of the blue,
N.C.
And they'd gone backwards.
A                              B
Something in your magnetism
E Ab
Must have pissed them off

A B E Ab
Forcing them to get an early night.
A           B               E Ab
I have been searching from the bottom to the top,
                      A
For such a sight
Am - N.C.
As the one I caught when I saw your

E B Gbm
Fingers dimming the lights
E B Gbm
Like you're used to being told that you're trouble
E B Gbm E B Gbm
And I spent all night stuck on the puzzle

E              Ab
Nobody I asked knew how he came to be the one
A Gbm
To whom you surrendered
E                       Ab A
Any man who wasn't led away into the other room
           Gbm - N.C.
Stood pretending
A B
That something in your magnetism
E Ab
Hadn't just made him drop
A                 B E Ab
Whoever's hand it was that he was holding.
A           B               E Ab
I have been searching from the bottom to the top,
A
For such a sight

Am - N.C.
As the one I caught when I saw your

E B Gbm
Fingers dimming the lights
E B Gbm
Like you're used to being told that you're trouble
E B Gbm E B Gbm
And I spent all night stuck on the puzzle

E B Gbm
I tried to swim to the side
E B Gbm
But my feet got caught in the middle,
E Ab A Gbm
And I thought I'd seen the light
B A
But oh, no
Ab Gbm E B Gbm
I was just stuck on the puzzle.
E B Gbm
Stuck on the puzzle.

E B Gbm, E B Gbm

.......................

PILEDRIVER WALTZ

Intro - C Am E F C

C
I etched the face of a stopwatch
Am
On the back of a raindrop
E F
And did a swap for the sand in an hourglass.
C
I heard the unhappy ending
Am
It sort of sounds like you leaving
E
I heard the piledriver waltz,
F C
It woke me up this morning.

F
You look like you've been for breakfast
Dm Am
At the heartbreak hotel
F
And sat in a back booth by the pamphlets
Dm Am
And the literature on how to lose.
F G Am E
Your waitress was miserable and so was your food.
F
If you’re gonna try and walk on water
G
Make sure you wear your comfortable shoes.

C
Mysteries flashing amber
Am
Go green when you answer
E
But the red on the rest of the questionnaire
F
Never changes.
C
I heard the news that you're planning
Am
To shoot me out of a cannon
E
I heard the piledriver waltz,
F
It woke me up this morning

F
You look like you've been for breakfast
Dm Am
At the heartbreak hotel
F
And sat in a back booth by the pamphlets
Dm Am
And the literature on how to lose.
F G Am E
Your waitress was miserable and so was your food.
F
If you’re gonna try and walk on water
G
Make sure you wear your comfortable shoes.

C Am E F
Oh-oh-oh-oh Piledriver

C Am E F (x4)