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Bright Eyes
Album : Fevers & Mirrors
SONG - A Spindle, A Darkness, A Fever, And A Necklace
Tablature by Matt <dumbjaw@home.com> - 03/19/01
Am7 - X02010
Am7/F# - 202010
G - 320033
C - X30210
F# - 224432
B7 - X21201
E - 022100
D7 - XX0212
D7sus4 - XX0213
Am7 Am7/F#
You turn on a spindle
You are so much Glooser now
But you're Cnot explaining how
You F#gained such B7new reEpose
Am7 Am7/F#
I touch the clasp of your locket
With its Gpicture held
Some Csecret you wouldn't tell
But F#let it B7choke your Eneck
Am7 Am7/F#
So we imagine a darkness
Where all Gshapes divide
Solids Cchanging into light
With a F#burst of B7heat so Ebright
EWell fine
Am7 Am7/F# G C
Don't you do what I want you to
Am7 Am7/F# G C
Yeah, don't degrade yourself the way that I do
Am7 Am7/F# G C
'Cause you don't depend upon all the shit that I use
To Ammake Cmy D7moods D7sus4immmmmmGprove
Am7 Am7/F#
And near a sea of pianos
There were Gwaves of chords
That Ccrashed against the shore
In one F#huge and B7pointless Eroar
Am7 Am7/F#
And there were girls bringing water
Like a Gdream they came
To cool the Cfever of my brain
And F#soothe my B7burning Ethroat
Am7 Am7/F#
And they made me a necklace
Hanging Gbeads of sweat
On a Cstring of my regrets
And F#placed it B7'round my Eneck
EAnd they were singing
Am7 Am7/F# G C
Don't you do what you've wanted to
Am7 Am7/F# G C
Yeah, don't destroy yourself like those cowards do
Am7 Am7/F# G C
And maybe the sun keeps coming up 'cause it's gotten used to you
And your AmconCstant D7need D7sus4forrrr Gproof
SONG - A Scale, A Mirror And Those Indifferent Clocks
Tablature by B.E. as interpreted by the pantieraider
---C3--Em0---Am-0---F1--G3---
---1--0----1---1--3---
---0--0----2---2--0---
---2--2----2---3--0---
---3--2----0---3--2---
------0--------1--3---
Here is a Cscale, weigh it out and you will find easily
More than Emsufficient doubt that these colors you see
Were Ampicked in advance by some careful hand
With an Fabsolute concept of Gbeauty
They are Csmeared and these blurs come in random order
To Emcolor the eyes of your former lovers
Hers were Amgreen like July except when she cried F
They were FreGd
Now I Cknow a disease that these doctors can't treat
You Emcontract it the day you accept all you see
Is a Ammirror and a mirror is all it can be
A reFflection of something we're Gmissing
And Clanguage just happened, it was never planned
And it's Eminadequate to describe where I am
In the Amroom of my house where the light has never been
FWaiting for this day to Gend
And these Fclocks keep unwinding and Gcompletely ignore
EmEverything that we Amhate or adore
Once the Fpage of a calendar is Gturned it's no more
So Emtell me then, what was it Amfor?
Oh Ftell me, Gwhat was it Cfor?
- The Calendar Hung Itself
Tablature by B.E. - frantic latin rock interpreted by pantie
-F#m-2--C#-4--Bm-2---E0---A0---D2---
--2---6---3---0---2---3---
--2---6---4---1---2---2---
--4---6---4---2---2---0---
--4---4---2---2---0-------
--2-----------0-----------
Does he kiss your F#meyelids in the morning
when you start to raise your head?
And does he C#sing to you incessantly
from the place between your bed and wall?
Does he F#mwalk around all day at school
with his feet inside your shoes?
Looking C#down every few steps
to pretend he walks with you?
Does he F#mknow that place below your neck
that is your favorite to be touched?
And does he C#cry through broken sentences
like "I love you far too much"?
BmDoes he lay Eawake listeAning to your Dbreath?
BmWorried that Eyou smoke too Amany cigaDrettes?
Is he Ecoughing now on a F#mbathroom floor?
For every Especk of tile there are a F#mthousand more
That you won't Eever see
But must Ahold Einside Dyourself eEternallF#my C# F# C#
I drug your F#mghost across the country
and we plotted out my death
In every C#city, memories would whisper
"Here is where you rest"
I was deF#mtermined in Chicago
But I dug my teeth into my knees
And I C#settled for a telephone
Sang into your machine
&F#mquot;You are my sunshine,
My only C#sunshine.
F#mYou are my sunshine
My only C#sunshine"
Bm E A D
Bm E A D
E F#
E F#
E A E D E
I F#mkissed a girl with a broken jaw
That her father gave to her
She had eyes C#bright enough to burn me
They reminded me of yours
And in a F#mstory told she was a little girl
In a red-rouge, sun-bruised field
And there were C#rows of ripe tomatoes
Where a secret was concealed
And it F#mrose like thunder
Clapped under our C#hands
And it F#mstretched for centuries
To a diary entry's C#end where I wrote
&F#mquot;You make me happy (WHAT?)
When the skies are C#gray
F#mYou make me happy (WHAT?)
When skies are C#gray and gray and gray"
Well the cBmlock's heart it Ehangs inside Aits open Dchest
With hands Bmstretched towards the Ecalendar Ahanging itDself
But I Ewill not weep for those F#mdying days
For all the Eones who've left there are a F#mfew that stayed
And they Efound me here and Apulled me Efrom the Dgrass
E F#m E F#m E...
Where I was laid
SONG - Something Vague
Tablature by Clark Vogeler (clark@thisonegoestoeleven.com)
intro and main progression:
E ----1----------0-------------3-------------0
B ----1--1h3p1---1----1h3p1----0----0h3p0----1
G ----2----------0-------------0-------------2
D -3-------------2-------------0-------------2
A ------------3----------------2----------0---
E --------------------------3-----------------
E ----1----------0-------------3---------3----
B ----1--1h3p1---1----1h3p1----0---------0----
G ----2----------0-------------0---------0----
D -3-------------2-------------0---------0----
A ------------3----------------2---------2----
E --------------------------3--------3-3------
FNow and Cagain it seems Gworse than it Amis
But Fmostly the Cview is Gaccurate.
You see your Fbreath in the Cair as you Gclimb up the Amstairs
to that Fcoffin you Ccall your Gapartment.
And you Amsink in your Echair
Brush the Csnow from your Ghair
And Cdrink the Gcold Faway
You are Amnot really Esure
What you're Cdoing this Ffor
But you need Csomething to Gfill up the Fdays
A Amfew more Ehours
C G Am
C G Am
There is a Fdream in my Cbrain that just Gwon't go Amaway
It's been Fstuck there since it Ccame a few Gnights ago
And I'm Fstanding on a Cbridge in the Gtown where I Amlived
As a Fkid with my Cmom and my Gbrothers
And then the Ambridge disaEppears
And I'm Cstanding on Gair
With Cnothing Gholding Fme
And I Amhang like a Estar
Fucking Cglow in the Gdark
For all those Cstarving Geyes to Fsee
Like the Amones we've Ewished on
But Cnow I'm conGfused
Is this Amdeath really Fyou?
CAnd do these Gdreams have any Ammeaning?
No, no, I think it is mCore like a gGhost
That's been Amfollowing us Fboth
C Something Gvague that we're not Amseein
FSomething Cmore like a Dfeeling
F G C
SONG - The Movement Of A Hand
Tablature by Matt <dumbjaw@home.com> - 03/19/01
F# - 244322
A - X02220
E - 022100
D - XX0232
F# A E F#
You F#follow the Afootsteps
Echoes Eleading down a Ahall
To a F#room, there's music Aplaying
Tiny Ebells with moving Aparts
Here the F#shadows make things Augly
An Eeffect quite undesiraAble
The F#bold and yellow Adaylight
Grows like Eivy across the Awall
And Dbounces Eoff of the Apainted porcelain
DTiny Edancing Adoll
Her Dbody Espins as she Apirouettes again
The Dworld suddenEly seems F#small A E A
On an F#off-white subtle Amorning
You Estretch your legs in the front Aseat
The F#road has made a Avacuum
Where our Evoices used to Abe
And you F#lay your head onto my Ashoulder
Pour like Ewater over Ame
So if I Djust exEist for the Anext ten minutes of this
DDrive that Ewould be Afine
And Dall the Etrees that Aline this curb would be
ReDjoicing Eand alF#ive A E A
Soon Dall the Ejoy that Apours from everything makes
DFountains Eof your Aeyes
Because you Dfinally EunderAstand the movement of a
DHand waving Eyou goodF#bye A E A
F# A E A
SONG - Arienette
Tablature by Laura Sharp <marmorealuna@hotmail.com>
E --C#m-4-----G#4-----E7----F#m-2-----C#9-----B7----A5---
B ---5-----4-----9-----2-----9-----7----5---
G ---6-----5-----9-----2-----10----8----6---
D ---6-----6-----9-----4-----11----9----7---
A ---4-----6-----7-----4-----11----9----7---
E ---x-----4-----x-----2-----9-----7----5---
C#mThe fragile keep secrets gathered in pockets
And they will G#sell them for nothing, a cheap watch or locket
That Ekind of gold washes offC#m
And the C#msad act like lepers, they stick to the shadows
They long to G#ring bells of warning to tell of their coming
So that the Epure can shut their doorsC#m
And the C#mangry are animals, senseless and savage
They G#act without order in logical lapses
They Estain their mouths with bloodC#m
So F#mtake my hand, this barren land is aC#mlive tonight
Oh, the F#mcorn has grown stalks that form a C#mwall to hide
The wind F#mcarries sounds that I can't see from beC#myond that line
Then the Bstalks Abegin to G#sway
Oh, C#stay with me, BArAieG#nette
Until the wolves are aC#mway
YUP A G# C#m A G#
Well the C#mwicked are vultures, they bake in the canyons
They G#circle in sunlight and wait for their victims
To coEllapse and call to theC#mm
And the C#mdesperate are water, they'll run down forever
As they G#soak into silence and end up together
In a Edark and distant, dark and distant C#mplace
So don't F#mleave me here with only mirrors C#mwatching me
This F#mhouse, it holds nothing but the C#mmemories
And the F#mmoon, it leaves silver but C#mnever sleep
And then the Bsilver Aturns to G#gray
So C#stay with me, BArAieG#nette
Until the wolves are C#maway
SONG - When the Curious Girl Realizes She Is Under Glass
Tablature by Matt <dumbjaw@home.com> - 03/19/01
C - x30210
G - 320033
Dm - XX0231
Am - X02210
C G Dm G
C G Am Am G G
TomorCrow when I wake up I'm Gfinding my brother
And Dmmaking him take me back Gdown to the water
That Clake where we sailed and we Glaughed with our father
I Amwill not desert him, I Amwill not desert him G
No matter Dmhow I may Gwish for a Ccoffin so Amclean
Or these Dmtrees to unGdress all their Cleaves onto Amme
I put my Dmface in the Gdirt and then Cfinally I Amsee
The Csky that has been GavoidingC me
I Cstarted this letter, I'm gonna Gsend it to Ruba
It will be Dmblessed by her eyes on the Ggulf coast of Florida
With her Cfeet in the sand and one Ghand on her swimsuit
She will Amrecite the prayer of my Gpen
Saying, Ctime take us forward, Grelief from this longing
They can Dmland that plane on my Gheart. I don't care
Just Cgive me November, the Gwarmth of a whisper
In the Amfreezing darkness of my Groom
But no matter Dmwhat I would Gdo in an atCtempt to reAmplace
All these Dmpills that I Gtake trying to Cbalance my Ambrain
Seen the Dmcurious Ggirl with that Clook on her Amface
So Csurprised she stares out from Gher display Ccase
SONG - Haligh, Haligh, A Lie, Haligh
Tablature by Matt <dumbjaw@home.com> - 03/19/01
F#m - XX4222
Dmaj7 - XX0222
A - X02220
Bm - X24432
G - 320033
F#m Dmaj7 A Bm
F#m Dmaj7 A Bm
The F#mphone Dmaj7slips from a Aloose Bmgrip
F#mWords were Dmaj7missed, then some AapoloBmgy
I F#mdidn't want to Dmaj7tell you this
No, it's Ajust some guy she's Bmbeen hanging out F#mwith
I don't Dmaj7know, the past couple Aweeks, I gueBmss
F#mThank you and hang Dmaj7up the phone
Let the Afuneral start, hear the Bmcasket close
Let's pin F#msplit-black Dmaj7ribbon to your Aovercoat Bm
The F#mlaughter pours from Dmaj7under doors in this Ahouse
I don't underBmstand that sound no F#mmore
Seems Dmaj7artificial like a ATV seBmt
Well HaBmligh Haligh Haligh Haligh
This Aweight, it must be satisfied
You Goffer only one reply
You Aknow not what you do
But you Bmtear and tear your hair from roots
From Athat same head you have twice removed
Now a Glock of hair you said would prove
Our Alove would never die, well hahaha
Bm
F#mI remember Dmaj7everything
The Awords we spoke on Bmfreezing South Street
And F#mall those mornings Dmaj7watching you Aget ready for Bmschool
You F#mcombed your hair inDmaj7side that mirror
The one you Apainted blue and Bmglued with jewelry tears
F#mSomething about those Dmaj7bright colors would always Amake you feel betBmter
F#mBut now we speak with Dmaj7ruined tongues
And the Awords we say aren't Bmmeant for anyone
F#mIt's just a mumbled Dmaj7sentence to a Apassing acquainBmtance but there was once you
F#mYou said you hate my Dmaj7suffering
And you Aunderstood and Bmyou'd take care of me
F#mYou'd would always Dmaj7be there, well Awhere are you now? Bm
BmHaligh, Haligh, Haligh, Haligh
The Aplans were never finalized
But Gleft to hang like yarn and twine
DangAling before my eyes
As you Bmtear and tear your hair from roots
From Athat same head that you have twice removed
Now a Glock of hair you said would prove
Our Alove would never die
And I Bmsing and sing of awful things
The Apleasure that my sadness brings
And my Gfingers press onto the strings
Yet Aanother clumsy chord
BmHaligh, Haligh, an awful lie
This Aweight will now be satisfied
I'm gonna Ggive you only one reply
I Aknow not who I am
But I Bmtalk in the mirror
To the Astranger that appears
Our conversations are Gcircles
Always one Gsided
Nothing is Aclear
Except we Bmkeep coming back
To this Ameaning that I lack
He says the choices were Ggiven
Now you must Glive them
Or just not Alive
But do you want Bmthat?
SONG - The Center Of The World
Tablature by Laura Sharp <marmorealuna@hotmail.com>
G Bm Am C D Em OR Em B
E ---3----2----5----3----5----7------0----2---
B ---3----3----5----5----7----8------0----4---
G ---4----4----5----5----7----9------0----4---
D ---5----4----7----5----7----9------2----4---
A ---5----2----7----3----5----7------2----2---
E ---3----x----5----x----x----x------0----x---
GAt the center of the Bmworld there's a statue of a Amgirl
She is standing near a Cwell with a Dbucket bare and Gdry
I went and looked her in the Bmeyes and she turned me into Amsand
This clumsy form that I desCpise, it scattered Deasy in her Ghand
It came to rest upon a Bmbeach with a million others Amthere
We sat and waited for the Csea to stretch out so that Dwe could disapGpear
Into the endlessness of Bmblue into the horror of the Amtruth
See, we are far less than we Cknew, yeah, we are Dfar less than we Emknew
EmBut we knew what we could Ctaste
EmGirls found honey to drench our hands
The men cut marble to mark our Bgraves
BSaid we'll need something to reGmind us of
All the sweetness that has Bpassed through us
The priests dressed children for a Emchoir
But found no joy in what was Bsung
BThe Cfuneral Dhad DbeGgun
GIn the middle of the Bmday when you drive home to your Amplace
From that job that makes you Csleep back to the Dthoughts that keep you aGwake
Long after night has come to Bmclaim any light that still reAmmains
In the corner of the Cframe that you Dput around her Gface
Two Bmpills just weren't enough
The Amalarm clock's going off but you're not waking up
This isnt Chappening happening happening happening Dhappening
It is G
SONG - Sunrise, Sunset
Tablature by Matt <dumbjaw@home.com> - 03/19/01
Am - XX7555
G#? - XX6555
E - 022100
Am G#?
Sunrise, sunset
Am G#?
Sunrise, sunset
Am G#? Am G#?
Swiftly go the days
Am G#?
Sunrise, sunset
Am G#?
You wake up, then you undress
Am G#? Am G#?
It always is the same
Am G#?
A sunrise and the sun sets
Am G#?
You are lying while you confess
Am G#? Am G#?
Keep trying to explain
Am G#?
A sunrise and the sun sets
Am G#?
You realize, then you forget
Am G#? Am G#?
What you have been trying to retain
But Eeverybody knows
It's Eall about the things
E E Am G#? Am G#?
That get stuck inside of your head
Like the Esongs your roommate sings
Or a Evision of her body
As she Estretches out on your Ambed
G#? Am G#?
And she raised her hands in the air
Am G#? Am G#?
Asked you, when was the last time you looked in the mirror?
Am G#? Am G#?
'Cause you have changed
Am G#? Am G#?
Yeah, you've changed
Am G#?
Sunrise, the sun sets
Am G#?
You are hopeful and then you regret
Am G#? Am G#?
The circle never breaks
Am G#?
With a sunrise and sunset
Am G#?
There's a change of heart or address
Am G#? Am G#?
Is there nothing that remains?
Am G#?
For a sunrise or a sunset
Am G#?
You're manic or you're depressed
Am G#? Am G#?
Will you ever feel okay?
Am G#?
For a sunrise or a sunset
Am G#?
Your lover is an actress
Am G#? Am G#?
Did you really think she'd stay?
Am G#?
For a sunrise or a sunset
Am G#?
You're either coming or you just left
Am G#? Am G#?
But you're always on the way
Am G#?
Towards a sunrise or a sunset
Am G#?
A scribble or a sonnet
Am G#?
They are really just the same
Am G#?
To the sunrise or a sunset
Am G#?
The master and his servant
Am G#? Am G#?
Have exactly the same fate
Am G#?
It's a sunrise and a sunset
Am G#?
From a cradle to a casket
Am G#? Am G#?
There is no way to escape
Am G#?
The sunrise and the sunset
Am G#?
Hold your sadness like a puppet
Am G#? Am G#?
Keep putting on the play
But Eeverything you do
Is Eleading to the point
E Am G#? Am G#?
Where you just won't know what to do
And Eat that moment you may laugh
But Ethere is someone there
Who will be laughing Elouder than Amyou
G#?
So it's true
Am G#?
The trick is complete
Am G#? Am G#?
You've become everything you said you never would be
Am G#? Am G#?
You're a fool
Am G#? Am G#?
You're a fool
Am G#?
Sunrise, sunset
Am G#?
Sunrise, sunset
Am G#? Am G#?
The sunrise and the sun sets
Am G#?
Sunrise, sunset
Am G#?
Sunrise, the sun sets
Am G#? Am G#?
The sunrise, the sun sets
Am G#?
Sunrise, sunset
Am G#?
Go home to your apartment
Am G#? Am G#?
Put the cassette in the tape deck
Am G#? Am G#? Am G#? Am G#?
And let that fever play
Am G#?
Sunrise, sunset
Am G#?
Where are you Arienette?
Am G#?
Am G#?
Am G#?
Am G#?
Am G#?
Where are you Arienette?
SONG - An Attempt To Tip The Scales
Tablature by Clark Vogeler <clark@thisonegoestoeleven.com> - 03/19/01
intro: D F#m G A
Did you Dexpect it all to F#mstop at the Gwave of your Ahand?
Like the Dsun is just gonna F#mdrop if it's Gnight you deAmand?
Well, in the Ddark we are just F#mair so the Ghouse might disAsolve
Once we're Dgone, who's gonna F#mcare if we were Gever here at Aall?
Well, Gsummer's gonna come, it's gonna cAloud our eyes aF#mgain
No need to focus when there's Gnothing that's worth Aseeing
So we trade Dliquor for F#mblood in an atGtempt to tip the Ascales
I think you Dlost what you F#mloved in that Gmess of deAtails
They seemed so imF#mportant at the time but Gnow you can't even recall
F#mAny of the names, faces, or lines, it's more the Gfeeling of it Aall
Well, Gwinter's gonna end, it's gonna Aclean these veins again
F#mSo close to dying that I Gfinally can start Aliving
D F#m G A (repeat) end on F#m
SONG - A Song To Pass The Time
Tablature by Matt <dumbjaw@home.com> - 03/19/01
E - 022100
F#m - XX4222
G#m - xx6444
A - X02220
B - X24442
Start with fingerpicking E
There is a Emiddle-aged woman, she's F#mdragging her feet
She carries G#mbaskets of clothes to a F#mlaundromat
While the EMexican children kick F#mrocks into the street
And they G#mlaugh in a language I don't F#munderstand
But I love Athem... why do I love Ethem?
So the Eneighborhood's dimming, I F#msmoke on the porch
Watch the G#mpeople as they pass enclosed inF#mside their cars
And on their Efaces just anger or F#mdisappointment
I start G#mwishing there was something I could F#moffer them
A Aconsolation... what could I offer Ethem?
And they are Esad in their suburbs, robots F#mwater the lawn
And G#meverything they touch gets dusted F#mspotless
And so they Estart to believe they've not touched F#manything at all
And the G#mcars in the driveway only F#mmultiply
They are Elost in their houses, I've heard them F#msing in the shower
Making G#mspeeches to their sister on the F#mtelephone
Saying you come Ehome, you come here, don't stay so F#mfar away from me
This G#mweather has me wanting love more F#mtangible
Something I can Ahold... it's getting Ecold
I say F#mhold up our Efists to a Bflame in the Asky
To F#mblock out the Elight that's reachBing for our Aeyes
'Cause it... 'cause it would Eblind us,A yeah it will Eblind us
Well I've Elocked my actions in the F#mgrooves of routine
So I may G#mnever be free of this F#mapathy
But I Ewait for a letter that's F#mcoming to me
She sends me G#mpictures of the ocean in an F#menvelope
So there still is Ehope, yes, I can be healed
There is someone F#mlooking for what I've concealed
In my secret G#mdrawer, in my pockets deep
You will find the F#mreasons that I can't sleep
And you will still want Ame... but will you still want Eme?
AWill you still want Eme?
Well, I say F#mcome for the Eweek, you can Bsleep in my Abed
And F#mpass through my Elife like a Bdream through my Ahead
It will... it will be Eeasy,A I'll make it Eeasy
But all I Ehave for the moment is a F#msong to pass the time
A G#mmelody to keep me from F#mworrying
Some Esimple progression to keep my F#mfingers busy
And G#mwords that are sure to come F#mback to me
And they'll be laughAing... and they'll be laughEing
AMy mediocriEty
AMy mediocriEty
A E A E...