Big Picture:

^GThe picture is far too big to look at kid. Your eyes won't open wide enough and you are constantly surrounded by that swirling stream of what is and what was. Well, we've all ^Cmade our predictions but the truth still isn't ^Gout. So if yo^Du want to see the future, go stare into a c^Gloud. ^GAnd keep trying to find your way out of that maze of memories. It all sort of looks familiar, but then you get up close and it's different. clearly. Each ti^Cme you turn a corner, you are right back to where you ^Gwere and your only ho^Dpe is that forgetting might make a door a^Gppear. Is it you^Gr fear of being buried that makes you so afraid to speak' An avalanche of opinions like the one that feel that I am now underneath It was my^C voice that moved the first rock and I would do it all^G again. So, I mean, it's c^Dool if you keep quiet, but I like s^Ginging. So I'll be hol^Dding my note and stomping and strumming and feeling so very luc^Gky. There is n^Dothing I know except that this lifetime is just one moment and wishing will just leave me e^Gmpty.

^GSo you can try and live in darkness but you will never shake the light. It will greet you every morning and make you more aware with its absence at night, when you are wr^Capped up in your blanket baby, that comfortable c^Gocoon. But I have seen the da^Dy of your awakening boy and it's coming s^Goon. So go ahead an^Gd loose yourself in liquor and you can praise the clouded mind but it isn't what you are thinking it's the course of history, your position in line. You are just a pi^Cece of the puzzle so I think you had better find your ^Gplace. And don't go b^Dlaming your knowledge on some fruit you a^Gte. Because there has been a great deal of discussion, yes, about the properties of man. Animal or angel' You were carved from bone, but your heart it's just sand. And the ^Cwind is going to scatter it and cover everything with ^Glove. So if it makes you h^Dappy, keep kneeling Mama, but I am standing ^Gup. Because thi^Gs veil, it has been lifted yes. My eyes are wet with clarity. I have been a witness of such wonders. Oh, I have searched for them all across this country but I t^Chink I'll be returning now to the town where I was b^Gorn. And I un^Dderstand you must keep moving friend, but I am heading h^Gome. I'm gonna fo^Dllow the road and let the scenery sweeping by easily enter my b^Gody. I'll send you all this m^Dessage in code, under ground, over mountains, through forests, deserts and ^Gcities. ^G ^G All a^Ccross the electric wi^Cre, it's a baited line. T^Che hook is in deep boys, there is no more ^Ctime. So you can struggle in the water and be too stubborn to die, C C D D D-cut off or you could just let go and be lifted to the sky.

Method Acting:

There's n^Emo beginning to the story, a booksh^B7elf sinks into the sand C G Fm7 (200230) And a language learned and forgot, in turn, is studied once again It's a^Em shocking bit of footage viewed from a^B7 shitty TV screen You can^C squint out into snowy static to^G m^Fm7ake out the meaning And keep on^Em stretching the antenna hoping tha^B7t it will come clear We need some^C reception, a higher message, just^G t^Fm7ell us what to fear

'Cause^Am I don't^D know what^G t^Domorrow ^Cbrings It's^Am alive ^Dwith such possib^Gil^Dities ^C ^AmAll I ^Dknow is I feel ^Gbetter ^Dwhen I^C sing Burdens are^D lifted from me That's my voice r^Emising^B7 ^C ^G

Em B7 C G Em B7 C G

So, Michael,^Em please keep the tape rolling, boys keep^B7 strumming those guitars We need a^C record of our failures, yes, we must^G d^Fm7ocument our love I've^Em sat too long in my silence, I've grown^B7 too old in my pain To^C shed this skin, be born again, it st^Gar^Fm7ts with an ending

So^Am thank you,^D friends, for the^G ti^Dme ^Cwe shared An D G D C My love stays with you like sunlight and air An D G D C And though I truly wish I could keep hanging around here My joy is^D covering me Soon, I will disa^Emppea^B7r ^C ^G

Em B7 C G

^CIt's not a movie ^EmNo private screening ^AmThis method acting Well, I ^Dcall that living It^C's like a fountain ^EmA door has opened ^AmWe have a problem With ^Dno solution But to^C love and to be^B7 loved

So^Am I've made^D peace with the^G fal^Dling^C leaves I see^Am their same ^Dfate in my ^Gown ^Dbo^Cdy But I won't^Am be frig^Dhtened when I'm^G awoken^D from this^C dream And r^Deturned to that which Gave birth to^Em me^B7 ^C ^G

^EmGav^B7e b^Cir^Gth to me Gave birth to me Gave birth to me And the story goes And the story goes And it goes on and on and on and on It's going on and on and on and on

Make War:

Our love is d^Eead but without limits like the s^Aurface of the moon and the ^Eland between you and the ^B7mountains It is ^Enot these hiding places that have ^Akept us innocent but the way you t^Eaught me to just ^B7let it all go by^E

Please re^Aturn, return to the ^Eperson that you were An^C#md I will do the ^Bsame 'cause it's too ^Ahard to belong to ^Esomenone who is gone my c^F#mompass spins the wi^Alderness remains ^E

False Advertising:

On ^Da string I was^D2 held. The way that ^GI move, can you ^F#tell' My ac^Emtions are orc^A7hestrated from abo^Dve. So I swing^D and I sw^D2ay. Wave my^G hand. Kick ^F#my leg. And it is^Em always ri^A7ght with the^D music.

"Until all that swinging starts to make you sick"

Fo^Dr a song I was^D2 bought. Now I lie^G when I ta^F#lk with a caref^Emul ey^Ae on the^D cue card. Onto a ^Dstage, I was^D2 pushed with my^G sorrow well re^F#hearsed. S^Emo give me all your ^A7pity and your m^Doney. Now.

"We used to think that sound was something pure"

If ^EmI could ^Aact like th^F#is was my real l^Bmife and^G not some ^Acage where I've been pla^Bmced, t^Emhen, I could ^Atell you t^F#he truth like ^BmI used to a^Gnd not be af^Araid of soun^Bmding fake.Now a^Gll that anyone is listening ^Afor are the mist^Dakes.

I^Dn a house, b^D2y myself, I hear^G the ice start t^F#o melt and watch ro^Emoftops w^A7eep for the s^Dunlight. And I^D know what must ch^D2ange. Fuck ^Gmy face. Fuck my ^F#name. They are^Em brief and ^A7false adverti^Dsements for a s^Doul I don't^D2 have. Something^G true I have la^F#cked and spent my ^Emwhole life tr^A7ying to make up f^Dor. But I fo^Dund in a ^D2song and in the ^Gpeople I^F# love. They will li^Emft me up ou^A7t of darknes^Ds. Now my do^Dor stand^D2s open. I am ^Ginviting every^F#one in. We ^Emwill laugh we're gonna^A7 drink until the mor^Dning comes. That is w^Dhat we are going to do. come on come on

You Will You Will' You' Will': E Esus E

You s^Eay that I treat you like a bo^Aok on a shelf. I don't tak^Ee you out that B7 A A A2 (002100) E Esus E often because I know that I completed you and that is why you are here. That is the reas^Aon ^A2why you sta^Ey ^Esushere.^E How ^B7awful yo^Au must^E f^Esuseel. ^E You said ^Eyou would be my dream. I could hav^Ae you every night and if, by morn^Eing, I had forgotten you, well, no bi^B7g deal, it would b^Ae all right because you are the re^Aoc^A2currin^Eg ^Esuskind.^E You are the ^Are^A2occurring^E k^Esusind. ^EYou never ^B7leave ^Amy ^Emind. are you the ^Elove of my lifetime' Because there have been ti^Ames I have had my doubts. We were just kid^Es when I first kissed you in the ^B7attic of my ^Aparents house, and I wish we ^Awe^A2re there ^Enow. It took so ^Along to figure ^Eout what this^B7 book has ^Abeen abo^Eut^Esus. ^E Now I wri^Ete when I'm away lett^Aers that you never read. You said ^Ego to explore those other women, the geogr^B7aphy of thei^Ar bodies but there is just ^Aon^A2e map you'll^E n^Esuseed. ^EYou are A A boomerang. Y^Eou^Esus see.^E You wi^B7ll ret^Aurn t^Eo me.

^EYo^Esusu wil^El. You' Will. You' Will. You' ^AWill. You' Will. Y^B7ou' Will. ^EYou' Will ^EYo^Esusu' Wi^Ell. You' Will. You' Will. You'^A Will. You' Will. ^B7You' Will. ^EYou' Will.

'Cause if you don't, then thi^F#s book's al^El lies If you don't, then my ^F#plans would all ^Ebe ruined If you don't, I'll start^F# drinking like the way I drank ^B7before Well then I^F# just wont have a^A future anymo^Ere

Lover I Dont Have to Love: intro/verse E|-------0-------------------------0--------------------| B|----1-----1---0--1--3--1------1-----1--------1--0-----| G|-2----------0--------------2----------0---2-----------| D|----------------------------------------3----------x2-| A|------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------| B|---------------------------| G|----1--2--1--4--1--2--1----| D|-2----------------------x2-| A|---------------------------| E|---------------------------| Am A' (002110) I picked you out

Of a^F crowd to talk^E to you Am A' Said I liked your shoes ^FYou said thanks c^Ean I follow you' Am A' So it's up the stairs A^Fnd out of vi^Eew No prying eyes Am A' I poured some wine I ^Fasked your name you asked ^Ethe time Am A' Now it's two o'clock, th^Fe club is closed ^Ewe're up the block Am A' Your hands on me Pr^Fessing hard ag^Eainst your jeans Am A' Your tongue in my mouth ^FTrying to keep the ^Ewords from coming out Am A' You didn't care to know Wh^Fo else may have been yo^Eu before Am A' I want a lover I don't have to love I wan^Ft a girl who's to sad ^Eto give a fuck Am A' Where's the kid with the chemicals' I thought^F he said to meet me ^Ehere but I'm not sure Am A' I got the money if you got the time You said ^Fit feels good I said I'll give it a t^Ery Then my mind went dark We both forgot where your car was parked Let's just take the train I'll meet up with the band in the morning Am A' F E Bad actors with bad habits Am A' Some sad singers They ju^Fst play tra^Egic Am A' And the phone's ringing And^F the van's lea^Eving Am A' Let's just keep touching Let's^F just keep ^Fkeep ^Esinging Am A' I want a lover I don't have to love I^F want a boy who's so^E drunk he doesn't talk Am A' Where's the kid with the chemicals I got a hu^Fnger and I ca^En't seem to get full Am A> I need some meaning I can memorize T^Fhe kind I have al^Fways seems to slip my^E m^Eind

But you but you C C'(020010) Am G F You write such pretty words C C'(020010) Am G F But life's no story book C C'(020010) Am G F Love is an excuse to get hurt

And^E to hurt "Do^E you like to hurt'" "I do! I do!" Am A' F E "Then hurt me."

Bowl of Oranges:

^CThe rain it started tappin' ^GOn the window near my bed There w^Fas a loophole in my dreamin' S^Go I got out of it ^AmAnd to my surprise my eyes were wide and ^Falready open Just^D my nightstand and my dresser Where th^Gose nightmares had just been So ^CI dressed myself and left then O^Gut into the gray streets Bu^Ft everything seemed different An^Gd completely new to me ^AmThe sky the trees, houses, buildin^Fgs, even my own body And ea^Dch person I encountered I^G couldn't wait to meet And I^C came upon a doctor Who^G appeared in quite poor health I said the^Fre's nothing I can do for you t^Ghat you can't do for yourself He said^Am oh yes you can,^F just hold my h^Dand, so I sat with him awhile Then I^G asked him how he felt

F F' (002010) Am He said I think I'm cured F F' Am No, in fact, I'm sure of it F F' Am Thank you, stranger

For your^G therapeutic smile So tha^Ct's how I learned the lesson That^G everyone's alone And yo^Fur eyes must do some raining If you're^G ever gonna grow And when^Am crying don't help

You can't compose yourself

It's^F best to compose a poem An^D honest verse of longing Or a^G simple song of hope That's why ^CI'm singing baby don't worry 'Caus^Ge now I got your back And eve^Fry time you feel like crying I'm gon^Gna try and make you laugh And^Am if I can't

If it just hurts too bad

Then ^Fwe'll wait for it to pass And I w^Dill keep you company for^G those days so long and black And we'll k^Ceep working on the problem We ^Gknow we'll never solve Our^F love's un-even remainders Our lives ^Gare fractions of a whole But if th^Ame world could remain within a frame Like^F a painting on a wall Then I^D think we'd see the beauty then We'd s^Gtand staring in awe

F F' Am At our still lives posed F F' Am Like a bowl of oranges F F' Am Like a story told

By the^G fault-lines in the soil Don't Know When But Days Gonna Come

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^GThe future has got me worried, such awful thoughts. ^Am My head is a carousè^Dl of pictures. G G\F# G The spinning never stops. ^GI just want someone to walk in front a^Amnd I'll follow the ^F ^Gleader

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I^Am know I should be brave bu^Dt I'm just too af^Grai^G/F#d ^Em7 Of all this chan^Dge

So when i'm lost in a^G crowd, i hope that you'll pick me out. ^Bm ^AmOh, How I long to be found. The g^Drass grew high. I lay down. ^GNo^Bmw, I wait for a hand to lift me up, help me stand. ^AmI h^Dave been laying so low. don't want to lay here no more

Waste of Paint" C F Fmaj (003200) F C F Fmaj (003200) F C F Fmaj (003200) F I have a friend, he is made mostly of paint. C F Fmaj (003200) F C F Fmaj (003200) F He wakes up, drives to work, and then straight back home again. C F Fmaj (003200) F C F Fmaj (003200) F He once cut one of my nightmares out of paper. C F Fmaj (003200) F C F Fmaj (003200) F I thought it was beautiful, I put it on a record cover. G C F Fmaj (003200) F And I tried to tell him he had a sense of color and composition so magnificent.

And he said &^Fquot;Thank you^G, please but y^Four flat^Gtery i^Fs tr^Guly no^Ft be^Gcoming me. Your ^Feyes are ^Gpoor. You ar^Fe blind.^G You see, no^F beauty cou^Gld have co^Fme from me. ^G C F Fmaj (003200) F C F Fmaj (003200) F I am a waste of breath, of space, of time."

etc.... From A Balance Beam:

There is^D a man holding a megaphone, so he must hav^Ae been the voice of God. The bystand^D7ers claimed they saw angels flying u^Gp and down the block. Gm(300230) Well, they must have been attached to wires. I saw one laying in the ^Bmlawn with a br^Aoken arm, so I called^A 911. So that is one l^Dess founded opinion. One more ^Acause for a dispute. So the s^D7treet filled, like a basin, up with c^Gameras and their crews and they ^Gmwashed away the rumors leaving j^Bmust the concrete truth. It was a s^Apectacle. No, I mean a ^Amiracle. So then I ^Dfell like that girl from a b^Aalance beam. A gym^D7nasium of eyes were all ho^Glding on to me. I lifted one foo^Gmt to cross the other and I f^Bmelt myself slipping. It was a s^Amall mistake. Sometimes that is ^Aall it takes. ^Bm Now I'm staring at my wr^Gist, hoping that the timing is r^Aight. When the planes w^Dill align. There will be no planets to ^Galign. Just the carcass of the^Gm sun and those little painted m^Gmarbles spinning endless through an endless black sky.

D D D D

It was in a f^Doreign hotel's bathtub I bapt^Aized myself in change. And ^D7one by one I drowned all of the p^Geople I had been. I em^Gmerged to find the parallels were ^Bmfewer. I was cleansed. I looked ^Ain the mirror and someone ^Anew was there. Still, I was as h^Delpless as a chess piece when I was lifted^A up by someone's hand and de^D7livered from the corner my enemi^Ges had got me in. But in ^Gmall of my salvation I still ^Bmfelt imprisoned inside that ho^Alding cell that is ^Amyself. So I w^Dait for the day when I'll h^Aear the key as it ^D7turns in the lock and the ^Gguard will say to me, "Oh my patient prisoner you have waited for this day ^Bm and finally you are f^Aree! You are free! You are^A freezing." ^Bm Now I'm staring at the su^Gn, waiting for it to ex^Aplode. Because a day is gonna c^Dome, don't know when but it will ^Gcome and then we will finally know the^Gm way out of here.

^GmAnd I will throw away this wrinkled map and my chart of stars and compass, cracked. And I'll climb out that tree all wet with sap to avoid the hungry beasts below. I'll cut out my love's tongue and sing of a graveyard gray and a garden green and then we won't have to worry no more. No we won't ever worry again abouthow this song or story ends about how this song and story will end.

D D D Laura Laurent:

^GLaura are you still ^Amlivin' ther^De on your estate of sor^Grows' ^GYou used to leave it oc^Amcasionally^D but now you don't even b^Gother ^Gto ride the com^Ammuter train^D west to Chic^Gago ^Gto stroll through the ^Amgreene^Dry in the park past ^Gthe statues

^Bmhow her eyes seemed to ^Emfollow you^C, like a hated a^Dddiction ^Bmtheir beauty carved out of ^Emabsolutes you could never claim ^C or even en^Dvision

^GLaura you were the^Am saddest song in^D the shape of a wom^Gan ^Gyeah I thought you were^Am beautifu^Dl but I wept with your ^Gmovements ^Gbut I hope that you're ^Amlaughing no^Dw from that place on the ^Gcarpet ^Gwhere we shared a ^Amsleeping bag^D in your sister's ap^Gartment ^Goh how she would w^Amorry so, yo^Du know I was just a stra^Gnger but sh^Ge asked me to ^Amcare for you, yes she ^Gdid ^Dand I went and betrayed her

^BmBut do you know we're i^Emn high demand, Laura,^C us, people who suffe^Dr' ^Bmbecause we don't take to a^Emrguing an^Cd we're quick to surr^Dender.

^GWell I think I would^Am call toni^Dght if I still had your^G number ^Gyour thoughts have always laid ^Amclose to mine,^D and we're both skipping su^Gpper. ^GBut you should never be e^Ammbarrassed by y^Dour trouble with li^Gving ^G'Cause it's the ones with the ^Amsorest throats, Laura, ^Dwho have done the most singing ^G

LAlalalalalalLalalALalAlala Lets Not Shit Ourselves (To love and too be loved) C E Am F C E Am F G C E Am F C G C

Th^Ce animals laugh from the dar^Ek of the wilderness. A ba^Amby cried hard in an a^Fpartment c^Gomplex, as I pas^Cs a car buried u^Ender the influence. The city i^Ams driving me out of my m^Find. I have seen a^C child is caught in the sad ^Etrap of gravity. He ^Amfalls from the lowest b^Franch of t^Ghe apple tree and l^Cands in the grass and weeps for ^Ehis dignity. Next t^Amime he will not aim ^Fso high. Yeah, ^Cnext time, n^Geither w^Cill I.

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