Don't Bring Me Down
Tom: C
Intro: Organ Arr. For Guitar [Chords Implied] W/Bass And Drums:
(C7) (C9)
v v v v v v v v
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(C7) (C7sus4)
v v v v v v v v
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[Bass Tacit 1st Repeat Of Intro]
Fuzz Guitar W/Tremolo:
C5 Bb5 A5 F5 C5
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
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Organ:
(C) (Bb) C Bb
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
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Fuzz Guitar W/Tremolo:
C5 Bb5 A5 F5 C5
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
-/---------------|-/-------/---/---|-/-------|---------
Organ:
(C) (Bb) G7sus4 [/C 2nd time]
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
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(No Guitar; Organ Chords Shown):
C7 F7sus4 F7
[1: Though] you complain and criticize
C7 F7sus4 F7
I feel I'm nothin' in your eyes
C7 F7sus4 F7
It makes me feel like giving up
C7 F7sus4 F7
Because my best just ain't good enough
G7sus4
Girl, I want to provide for you
G7
And do all the things that you want me to, but
Chorus: [Organ Chords Shown; Fuzz Guitar Plays C5, Bb5 (Tacit Last Chord)]
C Bbsus4 Bb C Bbsus4 Bb
Oh, oh no, don't bring me down [1: I'm beggin, you, darling]
[2: Oh no, no, no, no, no]
C Bbsus4 Bb [1: G7 2: 2-bar piano fill (C)]
Oh, oh no, don't bring me down
Fuzz Guitar [First Four Lines]:
(C) (F7sus4) (F7)
v v v v v v v v
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(sacrifices...)
C7 F7sus4 F7
Sacrifices I will make
C7 F7sus4 F7
I'm ready to give as well as take
C7 F7sus4 F7
One thing I need is your respect
C7 F7sus4 F7
One thing I can't take is your neglect
G7sus4 [Guitar Plays D5: xx023x]
More than anything, I need your love
G7
Then troubles are easy to rise above
**Chorus
**Intro
**Verse 1 W/Fuzz Guitar As Per Verse 2
Coda:
C Bb C Bb
Oh, oh no, don't bring me down
C Bb C Bb
I'm beggin' oh, no, don't bring me down, oh no no
C Bb C Bb
Baby, please, oh no, no, don't bring me down
C Bb C Bb
(please, baby, don't bring me down you know I need)
C Bb C Bb
I need your tender loving
C Bb C Bb
(Oh, woman, you can't do that to me)
C Bb C Bb
Oh, please, don't bring me down
C Bb C Bb
(Unintelligible)
C Bb C Bb
Oh, baby, baby, don't hurt me
C Bb C Bb
(Don't hurt me, don't hurt me please) (Fade)
Help Me Girl
Tom: Cm
Intro: Harpsichord, Organ, And Bass [2x; Drums And Piano Enter 2nd]:
Cm Eb/Bb Abmaj7 G
Cm Eb/Bb
Girl, have you ever been hungry
Abmaj7 G
So hungry that you had no pride
Cm Eb/Bb
Well, I got that feeling
Abmaj7 G
That biting, gnawing deep inside
C F/C Bb/C F/C
It's a funny pain
C F/C Bb/C F/C
One I can't explain
Chorus:
Bb Ab
You gotta help me, girl
Bb Ab
Help me, girl
Fsus4 F
'Cause I'm going insane
F G
(insane)
**Intro: Cm Eb/Bb Abmaj7 G
Cm Eb/Bb
I know about all the good things
Abmaj7 G
And what that long green stuff can buy
Cm Eb/Bb
Right or wrong it's a groove, girl
Abmaj7 G
Yet somehow I'm not satisfied
C F/C Bb/C F/C
You gotta show me the way
C F/C Bb/C F/C
Turn my night into day
Chorus:
Bb Ab
You gotta help me, girl
Bb Ab
Help me, girl
Fsus4 F
'Cause I'm going insane
Bridge:
Fm
Oh, I need someone, someone to comfort me
Cm Ab Gm
Be my someone, be my reality, girl
Dm7/G G
**(Repeat Verse 2 W/Organ Solo Over First Four Lines)
Chorus:
Bb Ab
Help me, girl
Bb Ab
Help me, girl
Fsus4 F
'Cause I'm going insane
Coda:
Cm Eb/Bb
Oh, help me, girl
Abmaj7 G
Help me baby
Abmaj7 G
Help me, girl
Abmaj7 G
I need your love, I need your love so bad
Abmaj7 G
Help me, girl help me (Fade)
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Tom: Bm
Intro: Bm Em
Bm A
Baby, do you understand me now
G F#
Sometimes I feel a little mad
Bm A
Well don't you know that no-one alive can always be an angel
G F#
When things go wrong I seem to be bad
Chorus:
D Bm A
I'm just a soul who's intentions are good
G [N.C.] Bm
Oh Lord please don't let me be misunderstood
**Repeat Intro (2x)
Bm A
Baby, sometimes I'm so carefree
G F#
With a joy that's hard to hide
Bm A
And sometimes it seems that all I have to do is worry
G F#
And then you're bound to see my other side
**Chorus
Bridge: Bm A [First 3 Beats As Per Intro]
G A G A
If I seem edgy, I want you to know
G A D Bm/F#
That I never mean to take it out on you
G A G A
Life has it's problems and I get my share
G F#
And that's one thing I never mean to do, 'cause I love you
Bm A
Oh, oh, oh, baby, don't you know I'm human
G F#
Have thoughts like any other one
Bm A
Sometimes I find myself long regretting
G F#
Some foolish thing, some little simple thing I've done
**Repeat Chorus Followed By Intro (1x) To Fade
House Of The Rising Sun
Tom: Am
Intro: Am C D F Am C E E
Am C D F
There is a house in New Orleans,
Am C E
They call the Rising Sun
Am C D F
And It's been the ruin of many a poor boy
Am E Am C D F Am E Am E
And God, I know, I'm one
Am C D F
My mother was a tailor
Am C E
She sewed my new blue jeans
Am C D F
My father was a gambling man
Am E Am C D F Am E Am E
Down in New Orleans
Am C D F
And the only things a gambler needs
Am C E
Is a suitcase and a trunk
Am C D F
And the only time he's satisfied
Am E Am C D F Am E Am E
Is when he's all a-drunk
Am C D F
I've got one foot on the platform
Am C E
The other foot on the train
Am C D F
I'm going back to New Orleans
Am E Am C D F Am E Am E
To wear the ball and chain
Am C D F
So mothers, tell your children
Am C E
Not to do what I have done
Am C D F
Spend your life in sin and misery
Am E Am C D F Am E Am E
In the house of the Rising Sun
Am C D F
There is a house in New Orleans,
Am C E E
They call the Rising Sun
Am C D F
And It's been the ruin of many a poor boy
Am E Am C D F Am E Am E
And God, I know, I'm one
This Is The Picking Pattern Thru-Out With Chords:
Am C D F E
e|-----0-------------0-----------3--3------------1-1----------0--------
b|---1-^-1---------1-^-1--------2---^-2---------1--^-1--------^--0-----
g|--2----^-0------0----^-0-----3------^-0------2-----^-0-----1---^-0---
d|-2-------^-----2-------^----0---------^-----3--------^----2------^---
a|0-------------3------------------------------------------2-----------
e|--------------------------------------------------------0------------
It's My Life
Tom: Dm
Intro:
12-String 2x, Doubled With Bass Second Time
v v v v v v v v
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3-|-5-----3-5-----3-|-5-3-----------3-|
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12-String 2x; Continue Through Verse:
Dm G Dm G
v v v v v v v v
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|---------3---5---|-6---6---5-3-----|--
|-----5-5---------|-------------5-3-|-5
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Bass:
v v v v v v v v
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|-5---5-5---------|-5---5-5---------|--
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Dm G Dm G
It's a hard world to get a break in
Dm G Dm G
All the good things have been taken
Dm C Bb C
v v v v v v v v
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|---------3---5---|-5---5---5-3-----|--
|-5---5-----------|--------------5--|--
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(But girl...)
Dm C Bb
But girl there are ways to make certain things pay
C Dm C Bb
Though I'm dressed in these rags I'll wear sable
C
Some day
D
Hear what I...
G F
v v v v v v v v
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|-------4-5---4---|-------2-3---2---|
|-5---------------|-3---------------|
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(say)
G F G
...say I'm gonna ride the serpent
F G
No more time spent sweatin' rent
F
Hear my command I'm breakin' loose
G
It ain't no use
F
Holdin' me down
G
Stick around
G
But baby (but baby)
G
Remember (remember)
Chorus:
C Dm F G
It's my life and I'll do what I want
C Dm F G
It's my mind and I'll think what I want
F G
Show me I'm wrong
F G
Hurt you sometime
F G F G
But someday I'll treat you real fine
Dm G Dm G
There'll be women and their fortunes
Dm G Dm G
Who just love to mother orphans
Dm C Bb
Are you gonna cry, when I'm squeezin' 'em dry
C Dm C Bb
Takin' all I can get, no regrets
C
When I...
D
Openly lie
G F G
And leave only money
F G
Believe me honey, that money
F
Can you believe, I ain't no saint
G
Who complains
F
So girl cut out
G
Any doubt
G
But baby (but baby)
G
Remember (remember)
**Chorus
Coda:
C Dm F G
(It's my life and I'll do what I want) Don't push me
C Dm F G
(It's my mind and I'll think what I want) It's my life
C Dm F G
(It's my life and I'll do what I want) And I can do what I want
C Dm F G
(It's my mind and I'll think what I want) You can't tell me
C Dm F G
(It's my life and I'll do what I want)
**Fade
San Franciscan Nights
Tom: C
Intro: Guitar W/Snare Drum:
v v v v v v v v v v v v v
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^ doubled w/bass
Repeat 8x W/Narration:
Guitar:
Em
v v v v v v v v
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v v v v v v v v
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(Spoken:)
This following program is dedicated to the city and people of San Francisco
Who may not know it, but they are beautiful - and so is their city
This is a very personal song, so if the viewer cannot understand it -
particularly those of you who are European residents - save up
all your bread and fly Trans-Love Airways to San Francisco, USA
Then maybe you'll understand the song
It will be worth it - if not for the sake of this song
But for the sake of your own peace of mind
Bass:
Em [N.C.] [slower]
v v v v v v v v
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(mind)
C Em/B Am G
C Em/B Am G
Strobe light's beam creates dreams
C Em/B Am G
Walls move minds do too
D F C
On a warm San Franciscan night
C Dm F C
Old child, young child, feel all right
D F C
On a warm San Franciscan night
C Em/B Am G
Angels sing, leather wings
C Em/B Am G
Jeans of blue, Harley-Davidsons too
D F C
On a warm San Franciscan night
C Dm F C
Old angels, young angels feel all right
D F C
On a warm San Franciscan night
Bridge:
Fm
I wasn't born there
Em
Perhaps I'll die there
F G /F /D /B /G [N.C.]
There's noplace left to go
San Francisco...
Instrumental Break:
Guitar 1 [Chords Implied]:
C Em/B
v v v v
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Guitar 2:
v v v v
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Guitar 1:
Am G
v v v v
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Guitar 2:
v v v v
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D F C
C D* F C
Dm* F C
**Note that the D and Dm are swapped from the verse
C Em/B Am G
Cop's face is filled with haight
C Em/B Am G
Heavens above, he's on a street called Love
D F C
When will they ever learn
C Dm F C
Old cop, young cop feel all right
D F C
On a warm San Franciscan Night
Bridge 2:
Fm
The children are cool
Em
They don't raise fools
F G /F /D /B /G [N.C.]
It's an American dream
Includes Indians, too
**Repeat Instrumental Break: Fade
Sky Pilot
Tom: Bb
Intro (acapella):
He blesses the boys as they stand in line
They smell of gun grease and their bayonets they shine
He's there to help them all that he can
To make them feel wanted, he's a good holy man
**Band Enters
Bass:
F
v v v v v v v v
8h10----8h10----8h10----8h10-----|-----8-----------8-------10------
---------------------------------|-8-10--------8-10----------------
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(man)
Chorus:
Bb Eb Bb
Sky... pilot
Bb Eb Bb
Sky... pilot
Cm Bb
How high can you fly
Cm Bb
You'll never (never) (never) reach the sky
Cm Eb
He smiles at the young soldiers, tells them it's all right
Cm Eb
He knows of their fear in the forthcoming flight
Cm Eb
Soon there'll be blood and many will die
Cm F
Mothers and fathers back home they will cry
**Chorus
Cm Eb
He mumbles a prayer and it ends with a smile
Cm Eb
The order is given, they move down the line
Cm Eb
But he stay'll [sic] behind and he'll meditate
But it won't stop the bleeding or ease the hate
Cm Eb
And the young men move out into the battle zone
Cm Eb
He feels good, with God you're never alone
Cm Eb
He feels so tired and he lays on his bed
Hopes the men will find courage in the words that he said
**Chorus
Interlude:
2:49 twin guitar solo over Bb
3:10 sound effects enter
3:56 bagpipes enter, guitars fade
5:01 bagpipes and effects fade; acoustic guitar and bass enter
Eb (4X; strings enter 3rd time)
Cm Eb
You're soldiers of God, you must understand
Cm Eb
The fate of your country is in your young hands
Cm Eb
May God give you strength, do your job real well
If it all was worth it, only time it will tell
Cm Eb
In the morning they returned with tears in their eyes
Cm Eb
The stench of death drifts up to the skies
Cm Eb
A young soldier so ill looks at the Sky Pilot
Remembers the words, "Thou shalt not kill"
**Chorus 2X
Coda: Repeat To Fade:
Cm Eb Bb
You'll never (never) (never) reach the sky
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
Tom: C
Intro: (Bass, 4X; Continue through verse)
v v v v
D ---------3-2-----|
A -----5-------5-3-|
E -3-----3---------|
G -----------------|
C
In this dirty old part of the city
C
Where the sun refuse to shine
C
People tell me there ain't no use in tryin'
C
Now my girl you're so young and pretty
C
And one thing I know is true
C
You'll be dead before your time is due
C
Watch my daddy in bed a-dying
C
See his hair a turning grey
C
He's been working and slavin' his life away
C
(Yeah!) He's been workin' so hard
C
(Yeah!) I've been workin' too, baby
C
(Yeah!) Every night and day
C
He's been work, work, work, work
C
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Chorus:
F Bb C
We gotta get out of this place
F G C
If it's the last thing we ever do
F Bb C
We gotta get out of this place
Dm
Girl, there's a better life for me and you
F Eb Bb C [4X]
1: You know it babe and I know it too
2: Somewhere baby, somehow I know it
C
My little girl you're so young and pretty
C
And one thing I know is true
C
[1: Your gonna die 2: You'll be dead] before your time is due
C
Watch my daddy in bed a-dying
C
See his hair a turning grey
C
He's been working and slavin' his life away
C
(Yeah!) I've been workin' too, baby
C
(Yeah!) Every day baby
C
(Yeah!) Whoa!
C
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!)
**Chorus To Fade
When I Was Young
Tom: Em
Intro: Em
[5X: 1: bass (eighth notes) w/cymbal
2: electric guitar (tune low E down to D and back up)
3: acoustic guitar enters
4: violin enters]
Em D
The rooms were so much colder then
Em D
My father was a soldier then
Em D
And times were very hard
Em
When I was young
Riff 1 [guitar and violin, arranged for two guitars]:
(Em)
v v v v v
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------------10-12-10---8--10-8----7--8---7----|-5--
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(young)
/D Em [Riff 1]
When I was young
Em D
I smoked my first cigarette at ten
Em D
And for girls I had a bad yen
Em D
And I had quite a ball
Em
When I was young [Riff 1]
Em
Bridge:
G Em
When I was young it was more important
D
Pain, more pain, but I laughed so much louder, yeah
Em
When I was young [Riff 1]
(D) Em
When I was young [Riff 1]
Em D
I met my first love at thirteen
Em D
She was brown and I was pretty green
Em D
And I learned quite a lot
Em
When I was young [Riff 1]
D Em [N.C.]
When I was young
Instrumental Break: Gm F Gm F Gm F Gm
Chorus (In Bb):
Bb Gm
When I was young it was more important
F
Pain, more pain, though I laughed so much louder, yeah
Gm
When I was young
Riff 2 (Guitar and violin, arranged for two guitars):
(Gm)
v v v v v
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(young) * * * parts do not always track
in parallel fifths
Gm [N.C.]
When I was young
Gm F
My faith was so much stronger then
Gm F
I believed in fellow men
Gm F
And I was so much older then
Gm [acoustic guitar strums Gm chord; violin enters]
When I was young
Gm
When I was young
Coda:
(Gm)
When I was young (Repeat To Fade)
White Houses
Tom: A
Intro: A G D E (2x)
A G D E
White houses in neat little rows contrasting against the sky
A G D E
Tumbled down black shacks over the tracks children so hungry they could cry
A G D E
The chrome the steel the metal dream leaving the teepee to rot
A G D E
The escapist young mind left behind saving dimes for community pot
A G D
You better get straight
E A G
Better, better get straight
D E A G
I mean you better get straight right now
D E A G D E
Better get it, you better, better get straight babe
A G
They're crying out for love all the time
D E
But they fail to see their neighbours eyes
A G D E
The TV is on 6 o'clock news the channel's in full colored lies
A G D E
The company meets, the President speaks he's young but his bones creak
A G
Young girl dresses for the high school dance
D E
And the guy next door is dyin' for a peek
A G
Get straight
D E A G
You better, yeah, you better get straight babe
D E A G
Oh did you get what I said, I said to you
D E A
That you, you better, you better get angry
G D E
You better, you better get straight
Solo: (32 bars)
A G
They put a bible in the drawer of the motel room
D E
And it's crying out to be read
A G
But it stays right there collecting dust,
D E
No one understands what's being said
A G D E
Lovers make love in comfy boxes, what will tomorrow bring
A G
They've been told that it's wrong but they don't give a damn,
D E
Soon another life it will bring
A G
You better get straight baby
D E A G
Yeah you, you better get straight baby
D E A G
Oh and I think I better get myself to get it babe
D E A G
You know what I mean I been bent so very long
D E
I wanna fly right, I wanna do it alright