--- A C U R I O U S T H I N G --- by --- A M Y M A C D O N A L D --- all tunings are standardt all chords relative to capo (if you have to use it) tab by: blackbird88 thanks to: kronkarp, Eliza Vee, MissRadijs, Mikko Kemppainen, moabash; (hope i´ve nobody forgotten =) HAVE FUN ;-) 1. Don't Tell Me That It's Over 2. Spark 3. No Roots 4. Love Love 5. An Ordinary Life 6. Give It All Up 7. My Only One 8. This Pretty Face 9. Troubled Soul 10. Next Big Thing 11. Your Time Will Come 12. What Happiness Means To Me 13. Dancing in the Dark ================================================================================================= 1. Don't Tell Me That It's Over ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dm, Bb, C, F (2x)

T^Dmell me why this world is a ^Bbmess I ^Cthought you always tried your ^Fbest T^Dmell me what I'm ought to ^Bbdo M^Caybe you should do it ^Ftoo

T^Dmell me why they're sleeping al^Bbone No ^Chouse nowhere to call a ^Fhome T^Dmell me what I'm meant to ^Bbsee W^Con't you stop preaching at ^Fme

And^Dm I wanna ^Bbsee what it's ^Fall ab^Cout And^Dm I wanna ^Bblive, wanna ^Fgive something ^Cback Don't tell me that it's ^Dmover ^Bb It's only ^F just begun ^C Don't tell me that it's ^Dmover ^Bb Or that this ^Fsong is sung^C The song is s^Dmung ^Bb ^F ^C ^Dm ^Bb ^F ^C

A^Dmll the money in the ^Bbworld Would ^Cnever slit all the wrongs to ^Fright A^Dmll the fire in the ^Bbworld Would ^Cnever set my heart al^Five

I ^Dmdream of a day when it's ^Bball gone away And the ^Csun is shining ^Fbright I ^Dmdream of a day when it's ^Bball gone away But ^Cdreams are for ^Fnight

Don't tell me that

It's ^Dmover please I'm ^Bbon my knees I'm ^Fbeggin you to ^Cstop It's ^Dmover please I'm ^Bbon my knees I'm ^Fbeggin you to ^Cstop

================================================================================================= 2. Spark ~~~~~~~~ Capo: 3rd fret Intro: D x4

^DDon't wanna see the ^DStars don't wanna see the ^GMoon don't wanna see the ^EmSun it rises too ^ASoon

^DDon't wanna see the ^DDay don't wanna see the ^GNight or the ^EmAfternoon it feels about ^ARight

CHORUS

^DI am the Spaceman flying ^AHigh I am the astronaught in the sky ^EmDon't worry I'm okay ^GNow

^DI am the light in the dark ^AI am the match, I am the spark ^EmDon't worry I'm okay ^GNow after the

VERSE 2

^DSun always ^GComes rain followed by ^EmHurt and ^APain after the

^DLight comes the ^GDark after the ^EmLove comes the breaking of ^AMy heart

CHORUS

^DI am the Spaceman flying ^AHigh I am the astronaught in the sky ^EmDon't worry I'm okay ^GNow

^DI am the light in the dark ^AI am the match, I am the spark ^EmDon't worry I'm okay ^GNow just

^DDry your eyes and I'll be ^AThere don't live for anger or despair ^EmDon't worry I'm okay now ^GI'm okay, I'm okay

^DNow

================================================================================================= 3. No Roots ~~~~~~~~~~~ Capo: 3rd Fret (1st verse Finger picked)

^CSomewhere out there's a ^Amdream that's not forgotten But this ^Fmaj7world is not for ^Gstopping for ^Cme And ^CI will try and I will keep on trying, I've^Am set my goals there's no denying ^Fmaj7Never stop fighting ^Gfor what I be^Clieve

^Fmaj7Many people will ^Amcome and go ^CMany faces long ^Glost you know ^Fmaj7Many fights, ^Ammany make ups ^CMany kisses, ^Gtoo many break ups

Fmaj7 Am C G (X 4)

^Fmaj7I got no roots they're not set in stone ^AmI got no place that I call home ^CI'm just a lo-lo-lonely ^Gsoul

And the^Fmaj7 time will come when the day is done And the ^Amfighting's over, the race is run I don't ^Cknow what I'm looking ^Gfor And this ^Fmaj7life I lead it's a curious thing but I ^Amcan't deny the happiness it brings I don't ^Cknow what I'm looking ^Gfor

^Fmaj7Ooh ooh ^Amooh .^C....^G..... ^Fmaj7Many people will come and go ^AmMany faces long lost you know, I'm just a ^Clo-lo-lonely ^Gsoul

And there'll ^Fmaj7be many fights, many make ups ^AmMany kisses, too many break ups, a ^Clo-lo-lonely ^Gsoul

Fmaj7 Am C G

^Fmaj7I got no roots they're not set in stone ^AmI got no place that I call home I'm just a ^Clo-lo-lonely ^Gsoul

================================================================================================ 4. Love Love ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Capo: 2nd Fret Intro: D G D A D G D A D

^DOh love love you tear my world a^Gpart Oh ^Dlove love you always break my ^Aheart It's been ^Dtoo long since you left me It's been ^Gtoo long since the start Oh l^Dove love ^Aplease don't break my ^Dheart

Oh l^Dove love you always bring me ^Gdown Oh ^Dlove love you turn my life ^Aaround Oh I ^Ddon't know how to tell you Oh I ^Gdon't know what to say But my ^Dheart is yours love in ^Aevery single ^Dway

And at ^Gnight I sit and cry it seems ^DWondering why love is not like my dreams ^AWondering why I am still here all ^Dalone And at ^Gnight I wish that you were there ^DTouching my face and stroking my hair ^ATelling me things, telling me stories ^ATelling me you love me and all my glories

^DLove love you're always in my ^Gheart Oh ^Dlove love I've known it from the ^Astart Oh I ^Dwish that I could tell you Oh I ^Gwish that I could say That my ^Dheart is yours in^A every single ^Dway

Oh l^Dove love I wish that I could ^Gsee ^DWhat in the world you mean to ^Ame Oh ^Dlove love you always bring me ^Gdown down down Oh l^Dove love I ^Awish you'd stick ^Daround

================================================================================================= 5. An Ordinary Life ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Capo: 6th Fret C G C G

^CWhat makes you different from ^Ganyone in here ^CWhat makes you stand out from the c^Growd ^CWhat makes your mother so ^Gproud of you ^CWhat makes us worship at your ^Gground ^Gmaj7

^EAt night when you ^Ggo to bed do these ^Gmaj7thoughts run through your ^Ehead ^CWhen you're lying there ^Gall alone do you ^Gmaj7think of us inst^Eea ^C

^GI don't know ^Gmaj7where I'll be in ^Eten years time ^CI want to be free I don't ^Gcare about the cameras I don't ^Gmaj7care about the lights All I ^Ewanted was an ordinary ^Clife

^CWhat makes you happy, what ^Gmakes you sad ^CDo paparazzi drive you ^Gmad ^CDo you miss your ^Glife back home Were they the ^Gmaj7best days that you had ^E

^GI don't know ^Gmaj7where I'll be in ^Eten years time ^CI want to be free I don't ^Gcare about the cameras I don't ^Gmaj7care about the lights All I ^Ewanted was an ordinary ^Clife

^GI don't know ^Gmaj7where I'll be in ^Eten years time Where will the ^Cmusic take me I don't ^Gcare about the spotlight I don't ^Gmaj7care about the nights All I ^Ewanted was an ordinary ^Clife

^GI don't know ^Gmaj7where I'll be in ^Eten years time Where will the ^Cmusic take me I don't ^Gcare about the spotlight Or the ^Gmaj7Hollywood nights All I ^Ewanted was an ordinary ^Clife

================================================================================================= 6. Give It All Up ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Capo: 2nd fret

^GI believe in everything I see ^D/F#I believe you do the best for me It's not a lot^Em It's all I've ^Cgot

^GI believe that the day will come ^D/F#When you see that your the only one And the ^Emrain will fall from the sky This is good^Cbye ^D

Chorus:

^CIs there anyone you can ^Dcall? Have you got nobody left at ^Emall? Your back's against the ^Gwall ^CIs there no place else you'd rather ^Dbe? Did you give it all up just for ^Emme? ^G ^CI'm sorry if you got me wrong I for^Dgive you in a song.

^GI wish that i could sore in the sky ^D/F#I wish that i could fly, fly, fly say good^Embye to my mother and bye to my dad You're all I ^Chave ^D

Chorus

^CIs there no place else you'de rather ^Dbe? Did you give it all up just for me? ^G

================================================================================================= 7. My Only One ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

^CAfter all the mistakes have been and g^Amone You're ^Cstill standing here, standing s^Amtrong And I forg^Cive all the wrongs that you have^Am ever done Cos' you're ^Fstill the on^Gly o^Cne

^CThe apple of your mother's ^Ameye Your ^Clife it passed your father ^Amby I bet he wh^Cishes that he was there ^Amtoo So much grace and ^Fpoise yeah you're a^Glways right on c^Cue

And there were ^Ftimes You know it's t^Grue When the wh^Cole world Was lo^Goking at ^Amyou They changed their m^Finds from day to ni^Gght One minute you're w^Crong then the n^Gext thing you're ri^Amght God rest your s^Foul Keep standing t^Gall my only o^Cne

^CThere's still a twinkle in your ^Ameye ^CEven after we say goodb^Amye You're always t^Chere in spirit and in m^Amind I'll be with y^Fou until the e^Gnd of t^Cime

And there were t^Fimes You know it's t^Grue When the wh^Cole world Was lo^Goking at y^Amou They changed their m^Finds from day to n^Gight One minute you're wr^Cong then the n^Gext thing you're r^Amight God rest your s^Foul Keep standing t^Gall my only o^Cne

================================================================================================= 8. This Pretty Face ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Capo: 5th fret Intro: C Em Dm G

I don't ^Ccare Who does her ^Emhair or ^DmWhat clothes she ^Gwears I don't ^Ccare if it's Y^EmSL. I don't ^Dmcare if it's Cha^Gnel What matters to ^Cme is a strong ^Embelieve All this ^Dmbeauty is skin ^Gdeep Don't care about ^Chair, don't care about ^Emeyes It's ^Dmabout what's ^Ginside

Chorus:

^CYou'll never know who you'll meet on your way to the top ^Emyou'll prob'ly see them again when your fame starts to drop ^DmDown down, I'll meet you on the ^Gground ^CIt's no good with your hair and your shiny blue eyes ^EmIt's no good when you finally start to realize ^DmI need something more ^GThis pretty face don't work no more

Instrumental chorus

What ^Chappened to achieving What happened to believing in your^Em se - eh - elf ^DmWhy listen to the musings of someone, somebody ^Gelse I'm ^Csorry I don't see and I can't quite believe it any^Emmo - oh -oh -ore What ^Dmhappened to believing that beauty's in the eye of the be^Gholder

2xchorus (2nd time slow at the last line) End on C ================================================================================================= 9. Troubled Soul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Intro: G, Cadd9 2x Verse:

Oh the ^Gsun may shine through your window on a^Cadd9 summer s day Does^Gn t change your heavy heart skips a ^Cadd9beat each day You get a ^Gtemporary high as you watch l^Cadd9ife pass you by Every single ^Gday you want to cry, can we wish those ^Cadd9tears a fond goodbye

Chorus 2x:

Aching h^Ceart, troubled sou^Gl I wann^Ca tell you something wanted you to ^Gknow look at these ^Ceyes, look at this s^Emmile They re gonna ^Dstay around her^Dsus4e, for a ^Emwhile

Verse:

Oh the ^Grain may pour and it may fall but sti^Cadd9ll I´ll always hear you call I ll be ^Gwaiting , waiting for ^Cadd9you Oh your ^Geyes so blue your smile so white I think^Cadd9 about you everyday and every night I ll be ^Gwaiting, waiting for ^Cadd9you

Chorus instrumental Chorus Chorus 2x ================================================================================================= 10. Next Big Thing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Oh^Am everybody said she was the next big thing ^FA shining little light on a ^GSaturday night Dr^Ameaming of the day when she could run away ^FShe didn't believe the hype ^Gwas right

I ^Amknew right from the past,it was never gonna last ^FThe feeling is over ^Gfast Am, F,G Now here we go Am, F,G Now here we go

Can s^Fomebody please take me home Where^G I can be all alone Can^F somebody please take me home Where^G I can be all alone

^AmAnd the tears fall down from your face And we know beneath the ^Csurface

There's a trace a heavy heart thats working

^Fthrough the pain please stay in the ^Egame

Am,Am,F,G x2

Oh^Am everybody said she was the next big thing ^FA shining little light on the ^GSaturday night Fi^Amnally came the day when she did run away ^FShe didn't believe the hype ^Gwas right

I ^Amknew right from the past,it was never gonna last ^FThe feeling is over ^Gfast Am, F,G Now watch her go Am, F,G Now watch her go

Can ^Fsomebody please take me home Where^G I can be all alone Can^F somebody please take me home Wher^Ge I can be all alone

^AmAnd the tears fall down from your face And we know beneath the ^Csurface

There's a trace a heavy heart that's working

^Fthrough the pain please stay in the game ^E

please stay in the game x2 ================================================================================================= 11. Your Time Will Come ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ D Bm E-----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2--| B---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3| G----------------------------------------------------------------| D-0-------0-------0-------0-------4-------4-------4-------4------| A----------------------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------| Em A E-----0-------0-------2-------3----------------------------------| B---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----2-------2-------3-------3--| G-----------------------------------2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2| D-2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2------| A----------------------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------| Oh, the D Bm E-----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2--| B---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3| G----------------------------------------------------------------| D-0-------0-------0-------0-------4-------4-------4-------4------| A----------------------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------| wind is gently blowing as the light begins to fade. I´m Em A E-----0-------0-------0-------0----------------------------------| B---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----2-------2-------3-------3--| G-----------------------------------2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2| D-2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2------| A----------------------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------| sick and tired of playing it off, sick of this parade. And your D Bm E-----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2--| B---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3| G----------------------------------------------------------------| D-0-------0-------0-------0-------4-------4-------4-------4------| A----------------------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------| eyes are gently weeping as the sun begins to shine. Em A E-----0-------0-------0-------0----------------------------------| B---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----2-------2-------3-------3--| G-----------------------------------2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2| D-2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2------| A----------------------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------| The end is coming far too soon, I wish i had more time. So soon your D Bm E-----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2--| B---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3| G----------------------------------------------------------------| D-0-------0-------0-------0-------4-------4-------4-------4------| A----------------------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------| time will come. Let it out while you´re still young. May all your Em A E-----0-------0-------2-------3----------------------------------| B---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----2-------2-------3-------3--| G-----------------------------------2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2| D-2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2------| A----------------------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------| dreams come true, for someone like you. So soon your D Bm E-----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2--| B---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3| G----------------------------------------------------------------| D-0-------0-------0-------0-------4-------4-------4-------4------| A----------------------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------| time will come. Let it out while you´re still young. May all your Em A E-----0-------0-------2-------3----------------------------------| B---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----2-------2-------3-------3--| G-----------------------------------2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2| D-2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2------| A----------------------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------| dreams come true, so happy for yooooooooouuuuuuuuu. D Bm Em A [1x]

And my e^Dyes are getting tired as the ^Bmday begins to break. I l^Emeft it oh so far behind, my^A biggest mistake. And your s^Dign is unlike mine, it disapp^Bmears from time to time [*] And I be^Emlieve in you and everything you´ll ^Aever do.

So soon your t^Dime will come. Let it out while y^Bmou´re still young. May all your dr^Emeams come true for some^Aone like you. So soon your t^Dime will come. Let it out while yo^Bmu´re still young. May all your d^Emreams come true, so happy f^Aor you.

D Bm Em A [2x]

So soon your t^Dime will come. Let it out while y^Bmou´re still young. May all your d^Emreams come true, for some^Aone like you. So soon your t^Dime will come. Let it out while yo^Bmu´re still young. Em A [-> End on D] May all your dreams come true, so happy for you.

================================================================================================= 12. What Happiness Means To Me ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

^CMaybe in the start we would ^Amlaugh ^CMaybe in the end we would ^Amcry ^DmBut I believe in every book I've ^Gever read

And ^Amwhat you said And ^Dmthe moon was in the ^Amsky And the ^Gtears did fill my ^Ceyes And the ^Fmemories they all had ^Cpassed But in my ^Ghead they'll always ^Clast And in the ^Dmend before I ^Amcould be I'd shown the ^Gworld What it means to ^Cme Believe it or ^Fnot, I made them ^Csee This is what ^Ghappiness means to ^Cme

Will I ^Cever see your face ^Amagain Will I ^Cever touch your ^Amskin I'll never ^Dmstop loving everything you ^Gdo

But not (Am) me and you

And in the ^Fend, I made them ^Csee This is what ^Ghappiness means to ^Cme

================================================================================================= 13. Dancing in the Dark ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Capo: 3rd Fret Intro: G Em G Em

^GI get up in the ^Emevening, ^GAnd I ^Emaint got nothing to ^Gsay I come home in the ^Emmorning, I ^Ggo to bed ^Emfeeling the same ^Cway I ain't nothing but ^Amtired, ^CMan I'm just ^Amtired and bored with ^Gmyself Hey there ^Embaby, ^GI could use ^Emjust a little ^Dhelp

^DYou can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a ^Cspark This gun's for ^Amhire, ^Ceven if we're ^Amjust dancing in the ^Gdark ^Em ^G ^Em

^GMessages keep getting ^Emclearer, ^GRadio's on and I'm ^Emmoving 'round the ^Gplace I check my look in the ^Emmirror, ^Gwanna change my ^Emclothes, my hair, my ^Cface Man I ain't getting ^Amnowhere, ^CWell I'm Just ^Amliving in a dump like this^G There's something happening ^Emsomewhere, ^GHey Baby I ^Emjust know that there ^Dis

^DYou can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a ^Cspark This gun's for ^Amhire, ^Ceven if we're ^Amjust dancing in the ^Gdark ^Em ^G ^Em

^EmYou sit around getting ^Golder ^CThere's a joke here some^Dwhere and it's on ^Emme I'll shake this world off my ^Gshoulders ^CCome on baby the ^Dlaugh's on me

^GStay on the streets of ^Emthis town, ^GAnd they'll be ^Emcarving you up all ^Gright They say you gotta stay ^Emhungry, ^GHey baby, I'm ^Emjust about starving ^Ctonight I'm dying for some ^Amaction, ^CI'm sick of sitting '^Amround here trying to write ^Gbook I need a love ^Emreaction,^GHey ^Embaby gimme just one ^Dlook

^DYou can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a ^Cspark This gun's for ^Amhire, ^Ceven if we're ^Amjust dancing in the ^Gdark ^Em ^G ^Em

^Geven if we're ^Emjust dancing in the ^Gdark ^Em ^Geven if we're ^Emjust dancing in the ^Gdark

Amy Macdonald - A courios thing