SOFT OFFERING (FOR THE OFT SUFFERING) Dm Eb

the ^Dmlong k^Ebnife of the s^Dmun ri^Gmsing ^Fup the horiz^Bbon and into o^Fur tire^Bbd eyes ^Eb

the ^Dmspell ^Ebof night is s^Dmtruck^Gm down ^Four second s^Bbight is bleed^Fing out^Bb ^Eb

^Fanna. can i come a^Bbnd walk you h^Ebome? ^Fi‘m not gonna wa^Bbnna be alone ^Eb ^Fbeaten up when the^Bb sunlight com^Ebes ^Fbullied and cut by^Bb the clock on^Eb the wall

^Bbtake the morning and the chlo^Frinous l^Gmight ^Bbyou can have the afternoon. b^Fury the ^Gmevening too ^Bbgive me gathering calm of the^F night ^Gm ^Dmwhen the ^Ebday is done and^Dm the rest is^Eb coming on

^Bbunder the pitch and the pull ^Fof the m^Gmoon ^Bbsweet silver medicine swim in^F my temp^Gmles and ^Bbbring in the shadows to cover^F our fla^Gmws ^Dmwhen the ^Ebpain is gone an^Dmd the rest i^Ebs coming on

Bb F Gm Bb F Gm Bb F Gm Dm Eb Dm Eb Bb

you ^Dmbelong^Eb out of that ^Dmunifo^Gmrm ^Fout in the s^Bbtreets when e^Fveryone^Bb else i^Ebs asleep

s^Dmee the^Eb way the body^Dm sway^Gms ^Fin empty air^Bb when there's no^Fbody there ^Bb and you don??^F?t ev^Bben car^Ebe if there is

^Fanna can i be to y^Bbou like that?^Eb ^Fcover your shame w^Bbith a shield ^Ebof black ^Fcover your body wi^Bbth my trembli^Ebng hands ^Fhave you dancing w^Bbhile i hold t^Ebhem back

^Bbhold back the morning and her^F chlorin^Gmous light ^Bbhave at the afternoon. bury t^Fhe eveni^Gmng too ^Bblet‘s have the gathering ca^Flm of th^Gme night ^Dmwhen the ^Ebday is done and^Dm the rest is^Eb coming on

^Bbunder the pitch and the pull ^Fof the m^Gmoon ^Bbsweet silver medicine swim in^F my temp^Gmles and ^Bbbring in the shadows to cover^F our wou^Gmnds ^Dmwhen the ^Ebpain is gone an^Dmd the rest i^Ebs coming on

Bb F Gm Bb F Gm Bb F Gm Dm Eb Dm Eb Bb GOLD TEETH

^F#m all this h^Aunger and suc^F#mh uncomfortable thirs^At ^Bm ^A ^D ^Bm ^A ^D ^F#m son be suf^Afering -^F#m it's the song^A of your birth ^Bm ^A ^D ^Bm ^A ^D ^F#m sonny sing^Aing now - get^F#ms me thinking ^Ahow ^Bmeverybody's dream i^As ^D just everybody ^Bmleaving ^A ^D and while the mama's set^Bmting guilt trips ^A ^D see all the young ^Bmhearts leaping, ^A ^D

singing

^Ai don't wan^Bmt to go back ^F#mto tha^Dt ( X 4 ) BREAK:

F#m A F#m A F#m A Bm A D Bm A D

^F#m but all this hu^Anger is alway^F#ms followin^Ag us ^Bm ^A ^D ^Bm ^A ^D ^F#m out where we s^Aurvive under ^F#mpoisonous skies ^A ^Bm the^Ay're dreamin^Dg, but nobody's sleepi^Bmng ^A ^D just cok^Bmed hearts^A speedin^Dg, see all their gold teeth gleam^Bming ^A ^D see the young ^Bmhealthy free men jus^At mov^De into nothing ^Bm ^A ^D

BRIDGE: A E Bm F# A E Bm A

put my body o^An ^E a wagon ^Bm ^F# and carr^Ay me off to t^Ehe ocean ^Bm ^A let me float ^Aon int^Eo the eastern su^Bmn ^F# o^Aut where tomorro^Ew has just begun ^Bm ^A where i used t^Ao be wild, back^E in my ^Bmtime ^F# n^Aow just fight^E to sleep a^Bmt night ^A so ren^Ader me up unto t^Ehe elements ^Bm ^F# l^Aay me in a light t^Ehat i can ^Bmtrust ^A l^Aay me in the light^E that i ca^Bmme fro^Am

BREAK: E F#m C#m A E F#m C#m A

^Ei ^F#m want to go^C#m bac^Ak to that ( X 6 )

DREAM A D

^Acome now through all of^D it, downtown and tenement ^Athrough dark clouds. al^Dl circling our house, like a tourniquet ^Athe front door splinter^Ds in, you come down the hall, unfaltering ^Ayour lips licked and sh^Dimmering, leaning in and i'm vanishing

^Ai cl^Bose my ^F#meyes ^Aand ^Byou arr^F#mive

^Dbut oh it's just a dream, it's just a dream ^Dbut it's just a dream until you see it happening

A D

^Ain the plaza after work ^Di saw you rise up out of your collared shirts ^Aon the horizon there was another world ^Dwe left the phantom hand and we ran for her

^Ai cl^Bose my ^F#meyes ^Aand ^Bwe're a^F#mligned ^Aand ^Bthat's ^F#ma blinding light

^Dbut oh it’s just a dream, it's just a dream, it's just a dream, but it's just a^A drea^Bmm until^D you see it happening ^Dand then it changes everything A

^Acouldn't we make, couldn't we make, couldn't we mak^Bme it? ^F#mjust like we wanted, just like we need it? ^E ^Dwhy can't we, just like a dream?

^Awho says we can't. who says we can't. who says we s^Bmhouldn't? ^F#mwho says we couldn't make it just like we l^Eove it? ^Dwhy can't we. just like a dream?

^Acouldn't we make, couldn't we make, couldn't we mak^Bme it? ^F#mjust like we wanted, just like we need it? ^E ^Dwhy can't we, just like a dream?

^Awho says we can't. who says we can't. who says we s^Bmhouldn't? ^F#mwho says we couldn't make it just like we l^Eove it? ^Dwhy can't we. just like a dream?

^Dbut oh it's just ^Aa ^Ddream D

WHAT ARROWS Bm

^Bmit curves in t^C#mhrough the weather ^F#mit's coming from ^Eabove ^Bm

and it brou^C#mght us together ^F#m ^F#mit guided ^Eus to touch ^Bm ^Dand it moves in^A a rhythm ye^Bmah

what^C#m tender tailor ^Fmcame and push^Eed a thread through each o^Bmf us? C#m F#m then he left us alone to walk our length ^Eoblivio^Bmus ^Dbut our feet f^Aall in a r^Bmhythm yeah

^Dit's there if^A you're^Bm listening ^Di can't believ^Ae it, i think i bel^Bmieve in this ^Di can't believ^Ae it, i think i bel^Bmieve in this ^Di can't believ^Ae it, i think i bel^Bmieve in this

C#m

^Bmwhat arrow? at ^C#mwhat angle? an^F#md what angel? ^Edid he wait ^Bmuntil we met? in th^C#mat holy moment, oh, did he^F#m throw it? ^Eto pin our broken bodies her^Bme?

^Dto see us writh^Ae in a rhythm ^Bmyeah ^Dit's ther^Ae if you're li^Bmstening ^Di can't believ^Ae it, i think i bel^Bmieve in this ^Di can't believ^Ae it, i think i bel^Bmieve in this ^Di can't believ^Ae it, i think i bel^Bmieve in this

Bm C#m Fm E A A Bm D F#m E

^Awe open the door a^Bmnd we're in the river ^D ^F#mbut we're no^Et getting wet ^Arush hour comes an^Bmd we go above their head^Ds ^F#mwe don't eve^En fold our hands ^Aopen the door and ^Bmwe're in the forest ^D ^F#my’know we ^Eain't getting scared ^Abring me the cliff^Bm, i'm going over it ^D ^F#mlet her just^E reel me in

A Bm D F#m E PROMISE B

^Bye lowlives laughing too much never close your eyes til the sun's coming up ^Abmunderslept, o^Everdreamt ^B

^Bmy whole life trying to speak but silent with so much beneath it ^Abmthat thick ^Ewind under the surface ^F#you don't know me, or ^Ebmmy purpose ^Eor my promise,^F# i got promise ^B

^Byour hands and feet for all of their grief turned out to be only your elbows and knees ^Abm you go farther, ^Eyou're just starting to se^Be

^Band you see that red pen hover in judgement and that census get those numbers away fro^Abmm us cause hone^Est, we got not^F#hing in our pockets^Ebm but thin wrists ^E and promi^F#se, we got pr^Bomise B

^Bi'm waking up ^Abm pull me from my sheets^B in the dark ^Abm as if in a dream, lift^Bing off ^Abm let me feel it shift i^Bn my blood ^Abm let me feel like i'm r^Bising up ^Abm out of all the ashes a^Bnd dust ^Abm out of all the past - ^Bthat's done ^Abm i don't need what's long dead and^B gone, man, ^Abm B (Ebm) Abm (E) i got promise B (Ebm) Abm (E) i got promise…

B (Ebm) Abm (E) KID GLOVES Cm (Gm) F (Bb)

when you^Bb come to^Cm you're kinda fl^Gmoating^F the air ^Bbis full ^Cm it's like it's ^Gmholdin^Fg you isn't it^Bb typical^Cm? nobody's notici^Gmng ^F all that^Bb they're^Cm moving in all that they'r^Gme brea^Fthing isn't it^Bb beautif^Cmul? here in the thi^Gmck of ^Fit? to know ^Bbthat whe^Cmn you fall you're just afr^Gmaid to^F swim?

here it ^Bbis... ^Cm Cm (Gm) F (Bb)

see the ^Bbarches o^Cmf paint see the ocean o^Gmf dust^F see all ^Bbthe colo^Cmurs arranged and hover over ^Gmus ^F like whe^Bbn we wer^Cme little kids lifted into our^Gm beds ^F didn't w^Bbe see it^Cm then? before we turne^Gmd our ^Fheads?

^Ebhere it is ^Fit's invisible ^Gmthere are no words for it ^Bbi know you feel it thou^Amgh ^Dm ^Ebyou feel it lifting up, you ^Ffeel the weights come off ^Gmand every cell of^Bb blood, they ^Amsud^Dmdenly move as one ^Eb we were denied so much, all^F their religion ^Gmall for a science^Bb that i never^Am un^Dmderstood ^Ebthey took away my trust, may^Fbe i gave it up ^Gmjust an adolescen^Bbt shrug, post^Amure^Dm as i drop the gloves ^Ebyeah but that was years ago.^F i missed so many miracles ^Gmliving with my ey^Bbelids shut, b^Amut ^Dmnow i swear that they're opened up now i swear that they're opened up! ^Bb ^Cm ^Gm ^F

Cm (Gm) F (Bb) NEON BEYOND

baby in ^Ethe basket ^A i saw yo^Eu reaching ou^At your hand you were^E grasping at ^Athe wind i knew e^Exactly what y^Aou meant

i was si^Etting on the ^Alast train it was dragging me home ^Eto all of tha^At mess and pull^Eed over the t^Aracks sitting ^Estill felt mo^Are like falling back

and out ^Ecome the hands^B ^A out come^Es the rug fro^Bm underneat^Ah and ever^Eything seems^B so real ^A til you'r^Ee waking up^B here at the wh^Aeel

after^C#m all y^Aou'v^Be given up every crumb they^C#m took ^Afrom^B your tongue after^C#m all y^Aour ^Bbitter luck you'r^C#me done^A. you're sayi^Eng 'enough^B is enough^A'

E A

i know i^Et's a hard wo^Arld we're gi^Even to cling ^Ato the easier path but this^E is a wrong t^Aurn feeling ^Ethat fear is ^Athe only way past

so do no^Et be hemmed i^An do not b^Ey dollar, nor^A doctrine, nor snow, no don't th^Eink of small ^Athings turn you^Er eye to the ^Aneon beyond

afte^C#mr all ^Ayou'^Bve given up every crumb they^C#m took ^Afrom^B your tongue after^C#m all y^Aour ^Bbitter luck all y^C#mour si^Alently swallo^Ewing's don^Be ^A afte^C#mr all ^Ayou'^Bve given up a C#m A B ll your drowned and your runaway sons now ^C#myou ou^Aght ^Bto be speaking up sayin^C#mg 'eno^Augh is enough^E' but is '^Benough is ^Aenough’ enough?

^C#mfind the sapling ^Abmsand it smooth ^C#msharpen the stone edge ^AbmFeather the grooves ^Amake it sure, make it^E true. before you let i^Bt lo^Aose

^C#mfeel the moment ^Abmsee the moves ^C#mcalm and focused ^Abmas you notch the wood ^Ayou put everything in^E. then you let go of it^B ^A ^Aall that you did, jus^Et let go of it ^B ^A ^Ayeah that's how it is^E, you let go of it ^B ^A

^Awe were looking bac^Ek ^B ^A ^Awe were looking dow^En ^B ^A ^Abut we're looking u^Ep ^B ^A ^Awe're looking out n^Eow! ^B ^A ^Alook at us! looking^E up! ^B ^A

A E B A KINTSUKUROI CAPO 1 A, D, E, D

^Abring that summer o^Dn your shoulders ^C#mbring that summer whe^Dn i first saw you ^Aand that first kiss coming,^D lets just freeze the frame ^C#myour blue eyes closing ^Das mine were opening

^Don int^Ao the go^Bmld river ^Doh but^A i was alon^Bme come winter

^Doh ^Astand in fro^Dnt of me open your ey^Ees like you know m^De oh^A like you can se^De inside of me lay your ^Ehealer's hands upon m^De and bring that summer ^Asun

D, E, D,

^Asee us stood akimb^Do, ever cavalier and col^C#md raised on pix^Dels - in they come, in th^Aey come, in they pour like poison ^Dall their lies and fanta^C#msy but i want your faults a^Dley, i want the real thing!

^Don i^Anto the gold^Bm river ^Doh w^Ahere the roc^Bmks'll wreck you ^Doh b^Aut then the r^Eocks'll save you^D the ha^Bmnds will help you ^Dup

^Boh stand in fron^Et of me open your ey^F#es like you know me^E ^Boh see insi^Ede of me lay the h^F#eels of your hands upon me^E and let your fingers ^Bfall bless the ^Ebroken bowl make it whol^F#e, make it better than it was bef^Eore make it better than it was^B before! oh stand in ^Efront of me painted gol^F#d, coming on home^E and bring that summer^C sun

CATHEDRAL BELLS G Am G Am

and that's when the shadow came ^G and darkened your china face ^Am the dancers still shook and sway^Ged but i couldn't look away ^Am

they were all in their chemicals ^G a hundred cars up an icy hill ^Am and we were stood under them ^G grim and quietly grimacing^Am

and you spoke with that voice i love ^Bm and love awoke in my boiling blood ^Am where death sat a sec before ^Bm the road is lit and i'm g^Amoing home

there'll be no caving^Bm in no suicide note, no pills an^Amd gin i'll hear your vo^Bmice again and it stirs me like a ^Cpealing bell echoed by everythin^Bmg, everywhere by every fraught fibr^Ce, and every cell hear em telling you:

you're not the o^Gnly one you're no^Cmt the only one you're not t^Ghe only one you're not ^Cmthe only one feeling this s^Amtuff you're one of us ^G ^Am

G Am G Am

and that's when the shad^Gow lifts and the camera rev^Ameals her lips and all the lav^Ga under your skin you gotta alw^Amays remember it

and try not to ^Bmtalk at all and say all of that ^Amcommon stuff no just let the lava ^Bmcome and all the love you'^Amve been holding off

yeah that's w^Bmhen we're rising up feel the elev^Cator pull your guts ^Deach floor is like the medicine drops ^Emthe only fear is the fear it^C'll stop

^Gbut it won't because ^Cmbut it won't because ^Gbut it won't because ^Cmno it never stops ^Emno it never stops ^Cmbut it won't because ^Amcause it's in your blood ^Gyou're one of us

G Am

^Gyeah that's when we're rising up ^Amout of the ashes and plastic cups ^Garm in arm on a dirty rug ^Amwhere they're all dancing to jungle love

^Gi don't care if a shadow comes ^Amand covers us like a shovel of rocks ^Gthe party's still going on ^Amand i heard cathedral bells

ALCATRAZ C

^Ci stood helpless to^G the threat of ^Ema heavy lid^F i'll ne^Cver lift

^Cand when the gavel ^Ghit the desk ^Emmetal shut around me ^Fmarshals at m^Cy wrist

^Cled me down the lon^Ggest hall ^Emdown the darkest throat of ^Fthe hardest ^Canimal

^Cand just listen to ^Gthe wind wailing lik^Eme the wounded over the^F lincoln h^Cighway bridge

^Cdown in the valley ^Gor in the street don’t let ^Emthe ad men fool you you g^Fot everything ^Cyou need

^Cout in your sheets ^Gbeside your love ^Emrecognize the instant memor^Fize the ^Cpose

Am C G F Em D Am C G F Em D Am C G F Em D Am C

^Cdespite all the hatred i held for you ^Cdespite all the violence i could do ^Gjust beyond,^Em there ^Fis love^C

^Cand when i'm alone with only my thoughts ^Cand as you might know, i'm alone a lot ^Git's th^Eme love i'm^F thinkin^Cg of

^Cout in that city^G like a dream see the breezes g^Emo around you see t^Fhe long gra^Csses yield

^Cbe out there exitin^Gg the bars at the finest hour^Em of morning near^Fly lost, but n^Cot

^Cbe warm and steady ^Gin the wind and your soft, i^Emmperfect body ^Fdo not c^Cover it

C HARRIET G Am Em C

^Gthrough the hem ^Amof evening ^Em ^Ginto the flesh o^Amf the night^Em ^Gyou step out to ^Amreceive the^Emm in the bruisin^Cg light

^Gyou leave your b^Amed of novel^Ems ^Gyou leave your h^Amovering cro^Emwn ^Gyou leave your w^Amit and your^Em mettle and you co^Cme down

but it's^C only a mi^Emnute th^Den til the ^Chole in th^Eme canva^Ds spreads and it g^Crows til t^Emhere's nothing left ^G ^Am ^Em

G Am Em C

^Gso if you even r^Amemember ^Em ^Gme after all tha^Amt will come^Em ^Gthink of all i i^Amntended ^Em not what i^C've done

^Gsee me like an a^Amrrow ^Em ^Gstill upon the b^Amow ^Em ^Gset to the heart^Am of the tar^Emget hanging bright a^Cbove

but it's^C only a mi^Emnute th^Den til the ^Cshot is re^Emleased ^Dand sent and lost^C to the sh^Emifting wind ^G ^Am ^Em

G Am D (key change!)

^Doh they don't kn^Gow you, not lik^Bme i do, not like^A us, harriet ^Dbut they would l^Gove you, just l^Bmike i do, if the^Ay could, harriet ^Dcause what you a^Gre, and what yo^Bmu want, are so f^Aar apart, and they're travelling on ^Doh what you are ^Gis staggering d^Bmrunk, but i'll p^Aick you up and i'll carry you off

(key change!)

^Eoh they don't kn^Aow you, not lik^C#me i know you, not^B like us, harriet ^Ebut they would l^Aove you, just l^C#mike i love you, i^Bf they could, harriet

E A C#m B E TRISH'S SONG F F C Em F F F C Em F

^Ftake your hands your mother's hands ^C ^Em and fold them in your dress ^F ^Fall the time i've known you've had them o^Cut ^Emflashed about and helping where you^F can

^Foh you give^C and give and give and give and it^Em's time to re^Fst

^Fnow you need to bre^Cathe it ^Emin ^Em i want you t^Fo recei^Cve^Em and go to sleep ^F

^Fi will watch ove^Cr you nothing will^Em go wrong i won't sit until you're^F strong

^Fi've got lots^C to give i've got ^Emall you've given to ^Fme

all you've g^Fiven to me ^C ^Embreathe it in mama go to sleep. ^F F C Em F

Hey Rosetta! - Second sight