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two of a kind
03:17
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TWO OF A KIND
verse: Eb Ab (Bb Cm) Ab
chorus: Bb Cm Ab Ab
bridge: Gm Ab Eb x2 Gm Ab Bb Cm Ab
i remember the hard nights
i remember the streetlights
i remember the time & the place where we kissed
was he in the same place?
the same look on the same face?
the same sense of despair cause i know now what i missed?
[CHORUS]
& what are you looking for & what will you find?
another look to constantly remind
you're holding onto the past or falling behind?
well we're two of a kind
spent the night at the bandshell
woke up to the church bell
now even the trees & the leaves are drifting apart
in the dark of the autumn
when he fell & you caught him
oh the end of a thread looks exactly like the start
[CH]
& how does this compare to our other crimes?
the same heart torn apart at different times
& another one that constantly reminds
oh we're two of a kind
[SOLO over VERSE]
[BRIDGE]
watching you pretend
through a mirror's subtle bend
a brother & a friend, how does it end?
i remember the hard nights
i remember the streetlights
i remember the time & the place where we kissed
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2. |
back to the hard times
04:03
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BACK TO THE HARD TIMES
capo III
verse: G C Em C G C D D
pre-chorus: Am C G B7
chorus: C D C D C D G G
brazen, blue on grey
like secrets tucked away
it doesn't hurt you the same & that makes it worse
there's nothing like a parade
of promises you shouldn't have made
& what if you had stayed to hear the second verse?
[PRE]
& all these declarations leave me cold...i'm not sold
[CHORUS]
i keep on coming back... x2
i keep on coming back to the hard times
there's a broken bike in our backyard
shouldn't have to be so hard
worrying at that scar is gonna leave a mark
cold sand on the beach
& cold stars, out of reach
you're trying out your speech as the days turn dark
[PRE]
& all these declarations leave me cold...i'm not sold
[CH]
[SOLO over VERSE]
this little town by the bay
with secrets tucked away
there's a place where you can pray & get no reply
[PRE]
[CH]
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3. |
don't wait
04:47
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DON'T WAIT
verse: Dm Am (Gm F) Bb
chorus: F Bb
up all night, whispers in my head
the MRI can't tell me what they said
& the stars are out...in their eternal debate
you can catch up to the answers if they'll wait
[CHORUS]
but they don't wait...they don't wait
quick as a scar, turning your head
i was allowed but i never said
& the words they will form a cascade
with the sun in your eyes, the mood of the place
the tick of the clock, the time that we waste
& i know you never felt more betrayed
[CH]
more betrayed...& i don't wait
i don't wait, i don't wait
[SOLO over VERSE]
blue & red lying in bed ashamed
the purple space between them goes unnamed
& you might state it plain – you might be saved
but i'll still lay my losses in your grave
[CH]
but you don't wait...& i don't wait
we don't wait...on our son
we both look...at the other one
& they don't wait; they don't wait.
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4. |
i moved on
03:39
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I MOVED ON
capo III
verse: F C (riff) x2 F Am F C (riff)
pre-chorus: Em F Em F Em E
chorus: F C (riff) x2 F Am D9 F Em F F F
those three long-awaited words
i'm not strong enough to curse
but i won't push it aside like the jealous tide
it's for the best, well that's absurd
just like the rest, well rest assured
i can't close my eyes. i see both sides
[PRE]
& labour at the precipice
i should have told you more or less
it's too late
[CHORUS]
i moved on...i moved on
i have gone away i couldn't stay for long
i moved on
autumn's wounds have laid you low
an oversight...like i would know
& in whom you confide; my guilt, your pride
every word's a private eye
a sharpened knife, a means to pry
& you might pull it apart. at least you'll try
[PRE]
& the hearts you lay bare
well don't just stand there
it's too late
[CH]
i moved on...i moved on
i have gone away i couldn't stay for long
i moved on
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5. |
come round again
02:12
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COME ROUND AGAIN
verse: F F Bb F
pre-chorus: Bb
chorus: F F Bb
if rio is really the city of your dreams
well nothing's better there but it's better than it seems
i can get behind taking a break if you want
when i was young, just to juxtapose
i saw the world through glasses of rose
but now i'm a ghost with no house to haunt
[PRE]
& now i know how much i tend
to break the hearts of all my friends
[CHORUS]
but love is going to come round again
is going to come round again
is going to come round again
well part of me is honest & part of me is false
part of me has trouble returning your calls
cause all of me is scared of what you're going to do
but i am still an optimist
an old romantic, at my best
i hope that you will make this old heart new
[PRE]
cause i won't break if i can bend
a second start is not the end
[CH]
& love is going to come round again
is going to come round again
is going to come round again
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6. |
city & country
04:51
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CITY & COUNTRY
verse: C Em
chorus: G Dm [F C]
stay my hand all arrogant
words we spoke & words we meant
& all the places that change
& we still get there the same way
[CHORUS]
& now...even the cities are calling out
& now...all of the cities are calling out
take these days they'll never last
the best we were has been surpassed
& save all they lost in the fall
& pray that they don't take it all
...in all, they'll take it all
[CH]
& now...even the cities are calling out
now...we live with mistakes we can't live without
now...all of the colours are falling down
now...the people who care have been all strung out
they're all strung out & left to fade away
scrape the skies will they turn blue?
you needed most what needed you
[CH]
& now...even the cities are calling out
now...all of the cities are calling out
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now's the time
04:13
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NOW'S THE TIME
verse: Am G x3 G C x2
pre-chorus: Bm Em C C
chorus: G Bm C C x2 G B7 C C
don't you decide you won
cause you relied upon the only
people who idolize
until they realize they've drawn
taller lines for you
better times to make it true
the shoulders of giants gone
shows your reliance, all aloof
foreign eyes provide the proof
[PRE]
contemplate the frame to stretch your lies
bold but still ashamed to break your ties
[CHORUS]
but break them all, break them now's the time
you say you're not afraid – another lie?
you face a fall or face another climb
...well now's the time
look at this rivalry
seems to survive on jealousy
weighing the consequence
the light that you shone against
throwing a shadow there
what's the matter? don't you care?
climb the ladder not the stairs
[PRE]
& exercise restraint or canonize
finally find the strength to break your ties
[CH]
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8. |
all alone
04:27
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ALL ALONE
verse: A D
pre-chorus: Bm D A A Bm D A F#m Bm D
chorus: A E D D
keep your faith but keep it away from me
I had my doubts & you had me
all these simple things denied
if you're looking for sin you'd better begin with pride
[PRE]
it's simple if you look at what you're shown
i'm confident there's space for the unknown...if it
comes down to it i'd rather be
[CHORUS]
all alone...
there's evidence hidden from your eyes
& common sense that everyone denies
an innocence that comes as a surprise
& faith where there's no compromise
[PRE]
it's simple if you look at what you're shown
etching your ideas into stone...i know
we all die & we are born
[CH]
all alone... x3
[SOLO on VERSE]
[PRE]
it's simple if you look at what you're shown
& co-exist with things that you don't know...it's not
all you need...it's all you get
[CH]
all alone...
keep your faith but keep it away from me
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9. |
living without a sound
03:36
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LIVING WITHOUT A SOUND
I: F Dm II: Bb F III: Dm F IV: Bb Dm
outro: F Eb Bb Dm Am A
I.
standing here shoulder to shoulder
the tip of your tongue made you bolder
suggesting a confident moment
or facing another opponent
II.
a textbook, cut & dried
temptation undenied
III.
the pressure of a silence keeping
inconvenient passions steeping
be careful cause the others are sleeping
IV.
& we're living without a sound
living without a sound
I.
& take my shape
i would compensate
II.
it's cheaper in a similar vein
except that nothing's ever the same
III.
let me walk you down to the waters
say goodnight to your daughters
they ask you why you even bothered
IV.
we're living without a sound
living without a sound
[OUTRO]
IV.
we're living without a sound
living without a sound
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10. |
it gets a little lonely
05:25
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IT GETS A LITTLE LONELY
verse: C F C F Am G C F
chorus: Dm G C F
make me over & i'll make do
nights like these are precious few
quiet, dark, and beautiful
like a wedding or a funeral
well, we learn our lessons the hard way
the hard way; the hard way
from every question you don't say
you don't say...you don't say
[CHORUS]
growing older means you only
get to find out it gets a little lonely
let me down with one long look
they tell me that you wrote the book
but tell me now what kind of crook
breaks the only thing they took?
& you took it just to give it back
in pieces sharp & black
well we learn our lessons the hard way
the hard way – the hard way
[CH]
...find out it gets a little lonely
find out it gets a little lonely
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