I`m a believer
Tom: D
D A G D
1. I thought love was only true in fairy tales,
A G D
and for someone else but not for me.
G D G D G
Love was out to get me, aha. that`s the way it seemed, aha,
D A
disappointment haunted all my dreams.
DGD G DGD
Then I saw her face, now I`m a believer,
G DGD G DGD
not a trace of doubt in my mind.
G D G D
I`m in love, uhu, I`m a believer,
C A
I couldn`t leave her if I tried
D A G D
2. I thought love was more or less a giving thing.
A G D
Seemed the more I gave the less I got.
G D G D G
What`s the use in trying`, aha, all you get is pain, aha,
D A
when I needed sunshine I got rain. + Refrain
3. = verse 1 + Refrain
DGD G DGD
Then I saw her face, now I´m a believer.......
Star Collector
Tom: D
D
Think I'll let her keep on going
C D
Wherever it is she's going to,
Give her my autograph and tell her,
C D
"It's been nice knowing you."
CHOURS:
G
Ha, she's the star collector, (Collector of stars)
C D
She only aims to please young celebrities,
G
Yes, she's the star collector, (Collector of stars)
C A7
How can I love her when I just don't respect her?
D
When everything is going my way,
C D
She wants to be close at hand,
She moves to some other doorway,
C D
When things don't go the way she planned.
CHOURS:
G
Ha, she's the star collector, (Collector of stars)
C D
She only aims to please young celebrities,
G
Yes, she's the star collector, (Collector of stars)
C A7
Whoa, it won't take much time before I get her off my mind.
SOLO - D C D
CHOURS:
G
Ha, she's the star collector, (Collector of stars)
C D
She only aims to please young celebrities,
G
Yes, she's the star collector, (Collector of stars)
C A7
Whoa, it won't take much time before I get her off my mind.
SOLO
Bye-bye...
Bye-bye...
D. W. Washburn
Tom :A
Intro: A
A F#7
D. W. Washburn
B7 E7
I heard a sweet voice say
A F#7
D. W. Washburn
B7 E7
This is your lucky day
D A
A hot bowl of soup is waiting
D A/C# B7 E7
A hot bowl of soup and a shave
A F#7
D. W. Washburn
B7 E7 A
We picked you to save
Bridge A:
E7
Can't you hear the fluegelhorn,
A
Can't you hear the bell?
E7
Even you can be reborn
A A7
You naughty neer-do-well
D A
If you don't get outta that gutter
D A/C# B7 E7
Before the next big rain
A F#7
D. W. Washburn
B7 E7 A
You're gonna wash right down the drain
Bridge B:
C#7 (N.C.)
Up! Up! C'mon, get up!
F#m
Get up off your street
B7
If you can only make it from your hands to your knees
E7 E+
I know you can make it to your feet
A F#7
D. W. Washburn
B7 E7
I said to myself
A F#7
D. W. Washburn
B7 E7
Why don't you go save somebody else?
D A
Well, I got no job to go to
D A/C# B7 E7
I don't work and I don't get paid
Coda:
A A7/C# D D#dim (N.C.)
I got a bottle of wine, I'm feelin' fine
B7 E7 A
And I believe I got it made
D A
I'd like to thank alla you good people
D A/C# B7 E7
For coming to my aid
A F#7
But I'm D. W. Washburn
B7 E7 A F#7
I do believe I've got it made (D. W. Washburn)
B7 E7 A F#7
I do believe I've got it made, don't need nobody
(D. W. Washburn)
B7 E7 A F#7
I do believe I've got it made (D. W. Washburn)
Daydream Believer
Tom: G
Intro: G Am7/D (2X)
G Am7
Oh, I could hide 'neath the wings
Bm CaddD
Of the bluebird as she sings
G Em7 Aadd2 D
The six o'clock alarm would never ring
G Am7
But it rings and I rise
Bm CaddD
Wipe the sleep out of my eyes
G Em7 Am11 D7 G
My shaving razor's cold and it stings
Strings And Horns Arr. For Guitar:
(G)
v v v v v v v v
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-----4---2---4---|-5---4---2---0---
-----5---4---5---|-7---5---4---2---
-----------------|-----------------
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Bass:
v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------
-5---5---4---5---|-7---5---4---2---
-----------------|-----------------
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Chorus:
C D Bm
Cheer up sleepy Jean
C D Em C
Oh what can it mean to a
G C
Daydream believer and a
G Em A7 D7
Homecoming queen
G Am7
You once thought of me
Bm CaddD
As a white knight on his steed
G Em7 Aadd2 D
Now you know how happy I can be
G Am7
Oh, and our good times start and end
Bm CaddD
Without dollar one to spend
G Em7 Am11 D7 G
But how much, baby, do we really need
**Chorus
**Intro (W/Strings And Horns)
**Chorus 2x - Fade
The Girl I Knew Somewhere
Tom: C
Intro:
C Csus4 C Csus2 C Csus4 C Csus2
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------
-5---|-------6-----5---|-------3-----5---|-------6-----5---|-----------3---
-5---|-------5-----5---|-------5-----5---|-------5-----5---|-----------5---
-5---|-------5-----5---|-------5-----5---|-------5-----5---|-----------5---
-3---|-------3-----3---|-------3-----3---|-------3-----3---|-----------3---
-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------
Bass Fill (4th Bar):
10h12-h12-h12-----
|-----------10h12
|----------------
|----------------
C
You tell me that you've never been this way before
C7
You tell me things I know that I've heard somewhere
F
You're standing in the places
Fm
And you're staring down through faces
C Dm
That bring to mind traces of a girl
G C
A girl that I knew somewhere
C
I just can't put my finger on what it is
C7
That says to me watch out, don't believe her
F
I can't give any reasons, girl
Fm
My thoughts are bound down in a whirl
C Dm
I just can't think who in the world was that girl
G C
I know I met her somewhere
Bridge:
Ebm Bb
Some way somehow the same thing was done
Ab G
Someone somewhere did me the same wrong
**Instrumental Break
**Harpsichord Solo Over Verse Chords
**Intro
C
Well goodbye dear, I just can't take this chance again
C7
My fingers are still burning from the last time
F
And if your love was not a game
F
I only have myself to blame
C Dm
That's as may be, I can't explain
G C
Just ask the girl that I knew somewhere
F
And if your love was not a game
Fm
I only have myself to blame
C Dm
That's as may be, I can't explain
G C
Just ask the girl that I knew somewhere
Coda:
**Fade Out On C Chord
Pleasant Valley Sunday
Tom: A
Intro: A G/A
A
The local rock group down the street
G/A (W/Intro Riff)
Is trying hard to learn their song
A
They serenade the weekend squire
G/A (W/Intro Riff)
Who just came out to mow his lawn
Chorus 1:
C FaddG C FaddG
Another Pleasant Valley Sunday (Sunday)
C FaddG C D
Charcoal burning everywhere
E7 A D A E7
Rows of houses that are all the same
Bm F#m D A E7
And no-one seems to care
A
See Mrs. Gray, she's proud today
G/A (W/Intro Riff)
Because her roses are in bloom
A
And Mr. Green, he's so serene
G/A (W/Intro Riff)
He's got a TV in every room
Chorus 2:
C FaddG C FaddG
Another Pleasant Valley Sunday (Sunday)
C FaddG C D
Here in status symbol land
E7 A D A E7
Mothers complain about how hard life is
Bm F#m D A E7
And the kids just don't understand
Bridge:
E7
Creature comfort goals
E7
They only numb my soul
E7
And make it hard for me to see
E7
My thoughts all seem to stray
E7
To places far away
(A)
I need a change of scenery
**Intro Riff W/Bass, 2x
**Verse W/Wordless Vocal)
Chorus 3:
C FaddG C FaddG
Another Pleasant Valley Sunday (Sunday)
C FaddG C
Charcoal burning everywhere
F Bb F Bb
Another Pleasant Valley Sunday
F Bb F (A)
Here in status symbol land
**Intro Riff W/Bass, 2x
Coda (Repeat 7x (Until Swamped In Echo)):
A (W/Intro Riff)
Another Pleasant Valley Sunday (another Pleasant Valley Sunday)
The Porpoise Song
Tom :E
Intro: E E7/D A/C# G A F# B Bmaj7 (Hold 4 Bars)
**Piano; Acoustic Gtr. Enters 2nd Bar: E
E C D A
My, my the clock in the sky is pounding away
E (Organ Fill: E A/E E7(No3) A/E)
There's so much to say
E C D A
A face, a voice, an overdub has no choice
E
And it cannot rejoice
A /G D/F# Esus4
Wanting to be, to hear and to see
A /G D/F#
Crying to the sky
E E7/D A/C# D
But the porpoise is laughing goodbye, goodbye
G D (Vocals Imply Dsus2)
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Break: Bass, Doubled W/Strings
D
v v v v
-9-7---4-2-------
-----------4-2-0-
-----------------
-----------------
E C D A
Clicks, clacks, riding the backs of giraffes for laughs
E (Organ Fill: E A/E E7(No3) A/E)
Is all right for a while
E C D A
The ego sings of castles and kings and things
E
That go with a life of style
A /G D/F# Esus4
Wanting to feel, to know what is real
A /G D/F#
Living is a lie
E E7/D A/C# D
The porpoise is waiting, goodbye, goodbye
G D (Vocals Imply Dsus2)
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Coda:
G D
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
G Bm (45 Ends Cold)
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Someday Man
Tom: A
Intro: Bass W/Acoustic Guitar (6x; Horns And Band Enter 3rd Time)
(A) (B)
v v v v v
-----|-----9--98-------
-2s--|-7---------9---79
-----|-------------7---
-----|-----------------
A B A B A B
Some people always complain that their life is too short
A B
So they hurry it along
A B A B
Their worries drive them insane
A B A B
But they still go along for the ride
G#m7 C#m9 F#9-5
As for me, I have all the time in the world
Chorus:
G# G#maj7 C#maj7 D#7
I was born a someday man, I'm a maybe child
G# G#maj7 C#maj7 D#7
I was born a someday man, I was always wild
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7
Tomorrow's a new day, baby
Gmaj7 Cmaj7
Anything can happen
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 (1: E7 2: Eadd9 Bm7/E)
Anything can happen at all
**Repeat Intro 4x; Bass Tacet 1,2
A B A B A B
Some folks are working for reasons and waiting for answers
A B
They're never gonna find
A B A B
They keep on searching for pleasures
A B A B
And working so hard they can't see
G#m7 C#m9 F#9-5
But for me, life can be a sweet holiday
**Chorus
Coda (Repeat To Fade):
A Amaj7 Dmaj7 E7
I was born a someday man, I'm a maybe child
A Amaj7 Dmaj7 E7
I was born a someday man, I was always wild
Tapioca Tundra
Tom :A
Intro (Slow):
A A+ F#m Adim
One two three four five
Bm E Bm E
Four three two one zero
Bm F Dm A
**Speed Up; 2-Bar Drum Fill: A
A A+ (1,5: A+/C#)
Reasoned verse, some prose or rhymes
F#m Adim
Lose themselves in other times
Bm E
And waiting hopes cast silent spells
Bm E
That speak in crowded clues
Bm F
It cannot be a part of me
Dm A
For now it's part of you
A A+ (1,5: A+/C#)
Careful plays on fields that seem to
F#m Adim
Vanish when they're in between
Bm E
And softly as I walk away
Bm E
In freshly tattered shoes
Bm F
It cannot be a part of me
Dm A
For now it's part of you
Bridge:
C#
(2: Well) Sunshine, ragtime
F#m
Blowing in the breeze
B
Midnight, looks right
E7 E+
Standing more at ease
A A+ (1,5: A+/C#)
Silhouettes and figures stay
F#m Adim
Close to what we had to say
Bm E
And one more time a faded dream
Bm E
Is saddened by the news
Bm F
It cannot be a part of me
Dm A
For now it's part of you
**Chorus
**Repeat Verse W/Wordless Echoed Vocal
**Chorus
A A+ (1,5: A+/C#)
Silhouettes and figures stay
F#m Adim
Close to what we had to say
Bm E
And one more time a faded dream
Bm E
Is saddened by the news
Bm F
It cannot be a part of me
Dm A
For now it's part of you
Coda: Bm F Dm A
Tear Drop City
Tom: Ab7
Intro:
(Ab) (N.C.)
v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------
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-----------------|-----------------
---6-46-46-46----|---6-46-6--------
----6-----6------|----6--6---------
-4-----4-----4---|-4-------4-------
Ab7
About as low as I felt in a long time
Ab7
And I know that I did a-wrong at the wrong time
Db Eb
It's plain to see, she's down on me
Ab7
And I know she'll feel that way for a long time
**Repeat Last Bar Of Intro
Ab7
I was high on top but I didn't know it (tear drop city)
Ab7
Tell me, why did I have to go and blow it (tear drop city)
Db Eb
I used my lines too many times
Ab7
And now I've got a badly hurt heart to show it (tear drop city)
Bridge:
E
Took me too long to discover
How much I really love her
Gb
How'd I ever end up in this bag
(1: Eb 2: (Gb)) (N.C.)
What a drag
Ab7
There she goes looking for greener clover (tear drop city)
Ab7
No one knows what it's like 'til it's over (tear drop city)
Db Eb
Without a doubt, I just found out
Ab7
And I suppose I never did get to know her (tear drop city)
Db (N.C.)
Tear drop city, tear drop city
**Intro
**Bridge
Coda (Repeat To Fade):
B7
About as low as I felt in a long time (tear drop city)
Valleri
Tom: C
Intro (Pseudo-Flamenco Nylon-String Guitar): Fm Eb Db C
Chorus: Fuzz Guitar (2x):
(C) F Eb Ab Bb C
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---
-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---
-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---
-----------|-------------3-1-|-----------------|-----------------|---
-----------|-----------3-----|-------3-3---1---|-------------1-3-|---
-4-4---3---|-1---1-----------|-----------------|-4---4-----4-----|---
Va... a... a... a... al... leri
(C)
I love her
F Eb Ab Bb C
Va...a...a...a...al...leri
F Eb Ab C
There's a girl I know who makes me feel so good
F Eb Ab C
And I wouldn't live without her even if I could
C
They call her
**Chorus
Bridge:
F Dm
Oh yeah come on
F Dm (N.C.)
**Repeat Fuzz Guitar, W/Different Chords: F/C Eb Ab/F C/G (2X)
F Eb Ab C
She's the same little girl who used to hang around my door
F Eb Ab C
But she sure looks different than the way she looked before
C
I call her
**Chorus
**Intro 2x
**Chorus
**Intro 1x
Coda:
F Eb Db C
I love her, Va..a..al..leri
F Eb Db C (Fade)
I need her, Va-a-al-leri
Words
Tom: C#m
Intro: Bass (W/Tremolo Gtr And Bell Tree) (4x; Continue Into Verse):
C#m
v v v v
-------6---------
---------7-6-----
-4-----------7-6-
-----------------
C#m
Girl, don't you know every time I see you smiling
C#m
Hurts so bad 'cause when I see you I start crying
C#m
Try everything to stop but there's no denying
C#m
Falling in love with you, girl, is just like dying
D C#
Ahh... don't walk away
D B
How... how can I make you stay
D C#
Don't turn away
D B
I can still hear you saying those
Chorus:
E A E
Words that never were true
A E A C#
Spoken to help nobody but you
F# B F#
Words with lies inside
B F# B D#
But small enough to hide 'til your playing was through
**Intro Riff 1x
C#m
Girl don't you know we can work it out with talking
C#m
You won't turn around nor slow down your walking
C#m
I've given you everything with a kiss to seal it
C#m
You have to get your kicks out of tryin' to steal it
D C#
Now... I'm standing
D B
Strange... strange voices in my ears
D C#
I feel the tears
D B
But all I can hear are those
**Chorus
**Intro Riff 2x
**Instrumental Break:
**Organ Solo Over Intro Riff (6x): (Note Descending Inner Voice In Organ Chord: C# B A# A G#)
D C#
Now... I'm standing here
D B
Strange... strange voices in my ears
D C#
I feel the tears
D B
But all I can hear are those
**Chorus 3x
**Fade 3rd Time