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Love & War
04:06
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Love & War
Dm
How many souls lose the fight each day?
Am
How many lives just blown away?
Dm
Run from your home like you were never there
Am
Given no choice but running scared
F/C
Is it true what they say
G
I don't know anymore
F/C
Put your hand on your heart and tell me
Em G
All is fair in love and war
Dm Dm Dm Dm – Em
Am
Dm
Come drown your sorrows, let them disappear
Am
At the end of a bottle, in the dregs of your beer
Dm
We're all refugees from love or war
Am
When we plant our feet on some stranger's shore
Dm
And we'll sing all the songs that we sang with our friends
Am
And fill our cups with their memories instead
F/C
Is it true what they say
G
I don't know anymore
F
Put your hand on your heart and tell me
Em G
All is fair in love and war
Dm Dm Dm Dm – Em
Am C6/G
So raise up your glass and drink every drop
Choose your poison, and it never stops
We all sat silent when we should have screamed
And close our eyes to the evil we've seen
Is it true what they say
I don't now anymore
Put your hand on your heart and tell me
All is fair in love and war
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2. |
I've Needed You
03:17
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I’ve Needed You
Am Dm E7 Am Dm E7
Long, Long before we’d ever met
Am Dm E7 Am Dm E7
And ever since we saw what was to be
Am Dm E7 Am Dm E7
You could find it written in the scrolls of the Dead Sea
Am Dm E7 Am Dm E7
Or a black box record from a missing jumbo jet
Dm F C Dm F C E7
I've needed you, I've needed you
Always known what I wanted all along
Before I even knew where to look
Not gold, nor silver, nor scripture from the Book
But the Firewatcher’s Daughter seared it in a song
Lite-Brite road signs and CB in my bed
Fixing the world without knowing what it was missing
Judging everybody before ever first kissing
But one thing’s always been clear in my head
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3. |
Better Off On Your Own
03:03
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Better Off On Your Own
(Tenor ukulele chords)
Bb F Gm
You've never known where you're going
Bb F Gm
You never cared anyway
Bb F Gm
You could be miles from nowhere
Cm7 Fadd9
But you don’t feel alone
You've never lucked out in Vegas
Too scared of losing control
What is it holding you back?
Take a step, and come in out of the cold
Dm Am7
Are you better off on your own?
Bb F C
That way there's no right or wrong road home
Dm Am7
Better lost than be found?
A Bb C
Stay outta trouble and keep your head down
Bb F C
Just like a stray dog on the outskirts of town
There's only pain where you've come from
You know there's hell to be paid
You won't stop til the end of the road
Nowhere to go anyway
You still don't know where you're headed
I swear I've been there before
Right smack in the middle of it
But still looking for more
Are you better off on your own?
That way there's no right or wrong road home
Better off on your own
Mind what you wish for 'cos you never know
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4. |
Dragonfly's Castle
03:18
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Dragonfly's Castle
Am G F FG Am Am
Am G F
Wanted you to wake up to a song
Am G F
But you come up and breath and words are gone
Am F G
Or they pour out - not enough paper to write on
C Am G
I'm a Dragonfly, a sand castle’s my home
C Am Em
The world is mine save a wave or a summer storm
G C G
Love me, O, love me in your golden rosy way
G C G
Love me as you’ve loved me since those sweet patchouli days
G D C G
(And I will) Love you, love you more and more
G D G
Than ever I did that whole lifetime before
G D Em
How long do we have until the sunlight fades?
G D Em
('Til you wake up from your dream to another day)
Wanted you to share my castle keep
Safe between the wild and the waters deep
And after all we had it in our reach
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5. |
On the Last Night
02:50
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On The Last Night
(Capo 5)
C D13sus/G
Something is going down
Am F/C
And maybe I'm just the fall guy
C D13sus/G
Everybody's leaving town
Am F/C
Cars backed up on the highway
It could be the end of the world
Who knows, we've got it coming
But drop your bag and leave your things
We're staying right here 'til morning
G Dm
And if it all goes tonight
C G
I've got you by my side
G Dm
Everything can blow sky high
C G
We'll do alright
Dm F
On the last night
They've got all the networks down
And folks are goin' a little crazy
Talking 'bout the end times
Praying “let the rapture take me”
It could be a sign of the times
Who knows, we'll get through somehow
So baby I'm just coming home
Nowhere I would rather be now
If something is going down
Well I don't even want to know how
So baby I'm just going home
Nowhere I would rather be now
And if it all goes tonight
I want you by my side
Everything can blow sky high
We'll do alright , on the last night
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6. |
Don't Delay
03:54
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Don't Delay
(Capo 2)
G C C6/A
Come on tell me why you go, now
D7sus/A G C G
When all things seem right
G C C6/A
Hold back the rains for a day, stay
D7sus/A G C G
in this place for a while
C
If it's too much to say
Em G
And too late to pray, I'll be gone
C
Back on my way
Em D7sus/A
You won't see me wait any longer
Bm
Why do we hang on the years
Am
Our collection of fears
Bm
All weathered and blue
Am
They're still tethered to you
C
The sooner we learn
D7sus/A
We'll stop getting burned
G C G
So don't delay, don't delay
G C G
No don't delay, don't delay
Don't look for me 'cos I'm sure to be gone,
I think I waited enough
Standing in line for a better day
Hold on to that sweet innocence
If it's something I said
And it's too late to beg, forgiveness
Back on my way
You won't see me wait any longer
Am7 G/B C
Hearts and minds
Am7 C G/B
Change in time
Am7 G/B C G
Listen well to your own
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7. |
And the Piano Sings
03:07
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And the Piano Sings
(Capo 2)
E7 Am
You gotta give it all you've got
E7 Am
'Cos it might be your last shot
E7 Am
We never know what tomorrow brings
E7 Am F
My heart turns when Freddie sings
E7 Am
Da da da da da and the piano sings
E7 Am
Take a little time to work your glory
E7 Am
Take a little time you'll see what for
E7 Am
Take a little time to tell your story
F E7 Am C7 D7 C7
Not too long ain't got forever more
Am C7 D7 E7
Live a life that's full of love
And you'll feel the power of reciprocated energy
World won't survive without thee
Da da da da da and the piano sings
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8. |
Abi's Lullaby
02:10
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Abi's Lullaby
Emaj7 B11
Midnight, silence
Emaj7 B11
Falling, hold tight
E13sus/A
All your dreams are safe with me
Em9 E13sus/A
Safe with me, safe with me
Em9
Safe with me
Em/G B7sus/F#
All your dreams are safe with me
Morning, soft light
Dreaming, hold tight
All my love will blanket you
Blanket you, blanket you
Blanket you
All my love will blanket you
(Visit our youtube page for a tutorial on how to play this song)
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9. |
When it Comes
05:08
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When it Comes
(Capo 3 - tune to low D)
Let’s get out of here before we start
Telling each other we won’t break our respective hearts
I swear to you that we won’t stand a chance
If we succumb to what we pray will be some blind romance
All I want is to be clear
Now is that too much to ask?
If all I am is not enough
Then there’s no more to be said
We might be thankful in a year or two
Not to have wasted them on what would have been me and you
I’ll try to save you with some good advice
Just drive the car and don’t you dare to even look back twice
Should it be so hard?
You see that’s the problem we have to solve
Loves comes along it might come unexpected
Like a long lost friend you can’t make feel rejected
It might come too late and it’s so unfair
But when it comes to love, who cares?
Let’s spend the night and see what morning brings
Just don’t make promises we’re better off without those things
I’ve seen it all and I’d say I’d been and gone
But there’s no substitute for learning right by doing wrong
Will we say, at the end of the day, it wouldn’t have worked?
Caught in time, prevention is the best medicine you can’t buy
Love comes along it might come unexpected
Like a big freight train you sure as hell must respect it
It won’t wait for you and you must pay the fare
But when it comes to love who cares
Love comes along it might come unexpected
But you can’t always live knowing where it’s directed
It’s never up to and however unfair
When it comes to love, who cares?
(Visit our youtube page for a tutorial on how to play this song)
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10. |
All Clapped Out
02:08
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All Clapped Out
Oh I've been sorely
Down on my luck
Reaching for glory
But I found no such
Busted and broken
Hostage and bound
Thrown by the wayside
Kicked while I'm down
All clapped out, all clapped out
All clapped out, all clapped out
At times I've been barely
Able to sup
A dram from the bottle
A crack in the cup
Shunned by my equals
Scorned by the rest
Scraping the barrel
Or plumbing the depths
With cap in my hand
Held out for some
It's hard not to shake
When they label you scum
But each to his own
You can't take it back
Your words they still sting
Like a back handed slap
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Track Dogs Madrid, Spain
Track Dogs are an acoustic four piece based in Spain but hail from Ireland, the US and UK.
Taking their name from the NY subway maintenance teams this closely-knit group of ex-pats have opted for Cajón instead of drums and trumpet in place of electric guitar. Four-part harmonies steal the show.
"The antidote to a bad day"
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“Never in danger of overstaying their welcome”
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