Archived Ukulele Tabs

README.md

So, at some point in the past, I played the ukulele and wrote tabs for a few songs. For posterity, here they are.

These days, I mostly play bass, guitar, and banjo and no longer own a uke. I've also grown out of liking Death Cab for Cutie, as well as writing Ruby and using HAML.

Also for posterity, a Ruby ukulele chord image generator is included.

alive_with_the_glory_of_love.txt

This tab is, like some others, under development. It's pretty complete 
at this point, though you should look at the 
"original":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfptieWXEJA to get the semi-tricky rhythm parts. I've played this one live - the chord arrangement goes pretty well with a solo uke + voice.

<code>
<pre>
Verse

A x x x x x x x x x x   5 5 5 x 4 4 4 4 4 4
E 7 7 7 x 7 7 7 7 7 7   2 2 2 x 2 2 2 2 2 2
C 6 6 6 x 6 6 6 6 6 6   2 2 2 x 2 2 2 2 2 2
G 7 7 7 x 6 6 6 6 6 6   2 2 2 x 2 2 2 2 2 2
  d d d d u u u u d u   d d d d u u u u d u

(d: down, u: up)

Chorus
A 0    0 
E 0 -> 0 
C 2 -> x 
G x    6 
.. to E to the verse riff
</pre>
</code>


When I (riff) watch you, wanna do you, right where you're [A] 
standing... [E] yeah.

Right on the (riff) foyer, on this dark day, right in plain [A] 
view...oh, [E] yeah....

Of the whole (riff) ghetto, the boot-stomped meadows, but we ignore [A] 
that, [E] yeah.

You're lovely (riff) baby, this war is crazy, I won't let you [A] 
down...oh, [E] no no....

(chorus riff)

No, I won't let them take you, won't let them take you...Hell, no no...

Oh, no...I won't let them take you, won't let them take you...Hell, no 
no...

No, oh no, no, no....

And when our (riff) city vast and shitty falls to the [A] Axis, [E] 
yeah...

They'll search the (riff) buildings, collect gold fillings, wallets, and 
[A] rings...oh, [E] yeah.

But Miss Black (riff) Eyeliner, you'd look finer with each day in  [A] 
hiding, oh [E] yeah...

Beneath the (riff) wormwood, ooooo, love me so [A] good...

They won't hear us screw away the day.

I'll make you say:

.Alive! Alive! Alive with love, alive with love tonight....

.Alive! Alive! Alive with love, alive with love tonight....

(No, I won't let them take you, won't let them take you...Hell, no no...

Whoa, no...I won't let them take you, won't let them take you...Hell, no 
no...)

Our Treblinka is alive with the glory of love....

Treblinka, alive with the glory of love! Yeah!

(Ok, speed it up....Go!)

Should they (riff) catch us and dispatch us to those separate work [A] camps. [E]

I'll dream (riff) about you, I will not doubt you with the passing of [A] time....Oh, [E] yeah.

Should they (riff) kill me, your love will fill me as warm as the [A] bullets, [E] yeah.

I'll know my (riff) purpose: this war was worth this. I won't let you [A] down... [E]

No, I won.t....

No, I won.t....

No, I won.t....

(Alive! Alive! Alive with love, alive with love tonight...)

Hell no, no...Whoa, no, I won't let them take you, won't let them take 
you....Hell, no, no.

No! No!

chord.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'RMagick'

# This script draws ukulele chords for use in
# tabs or elsewhere
#
# Author:: Tom MacWright (mailto:macwright@gmail.com)
# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2008 Tom MacWright
# License:: BSD License



CHORD_LIST = {
  'C'      => [3, 0, 0, 0],
  'Cm'       => [3, 3, 3, 0],
  'C7'       => [1, 0, 0, 0],
  'CM7'      => [2, 0, 0, 0],
  'Cm7'      => [3, 3, 3, 3],
  'Cdim'     => [3, 2, 3, 2],
  'Cm7(b5)'    => [3, 2, 3, 3],
  'Caug'     => [3, 0, 0, 1],
  'Csus4'    => [3, 3, 5, 5],
  'C6'       => [0, 0, 0, 0],
  'C7(9)'    => [1, 0, 2, 0],
  'CM7(9)'     => [2, 0, 2, 0],
  'CmM7'     => [3, 3, 3, 4],
  'Cadd9'    => [3, 0, 2, 0],
  'C#'       => [4, 1, 1, 1],
  'C#m'      => [4, 4, 4, 1],
  'C#7'      => [2, 1, 1, 1],
  'C#M7'     => [3, 1, 1, 1],
  'C#m7'     => [2, 0, 1, 1],
  'C#dim'    => [1, 0, 1, 0],
  'C#m7(b5)'   => [3, 2, 3, 3],
  'C#aug'    => [0, 1, 1, 2],
  'C#sus4'     => [2, 2, 1, 1],
  'C#6'      => [1, 1, 1, 1],
  'C#7(9)'     => [2, 1, 3, 1],
  'C#M7(9)'    => [3, 1, 3, 1],
  'C#mM7'    => [3, 0, 1, 1],
  'C#add9'     => [4, 1, 3, 1],
  'Db'       => [4, 1, 1, 1],
  'Dbm'      => [4, 4, 4, 1],
  'Db7'      => [2, 1, 1, 1],
  'DbM7'     => [3, 1, 1, 1],
  'Dbm7'     => [2, 0, 1, 1],
  'Dbdim'    => [1, 0, 1, 0],
  'Dbm7(b5)'   => [3, 2, 3, 3],
  'Dbaug'    => [0, 1, 1, 2],
  'Dbsus4'     => [2, 2, 1, 1],
  'Db6'      => [1, 1, 1, 1],
  'Db7(9)'     => [2, 1, 3, 1],
  'DbM7(9)'    => [3, 1, 3, 1],
  'DbmM7'    => [3, 0, 1, 1],
  'Dbadd9'     => [4, 1, 3, 1],
  'D'      => [0, 2, 2, 2],
  'Dm'       => [0, 1, 2, 2],
  'D7'       => [3, 2, 2, 2],
  'DM7'      => [4, 2, 2, 2],
  'Dm7'      => [3, 1, 2, 2],
  'Ddim'     => [2, 1, 2, 1],
  'Dm7(b5)'    => [3, 1, 2, 1],
  'Daug'     => [1, 2, 2, 3],
  'Dsus4'    => [0, 3, 2, 2],
  'D6'       => [2, 2, 2, 2],
  'D7(9)'    => [3, 2, 4, 2],
  'DM7(9)'     => [4, 2, 4, 2],
  'DmM7'     => [4, 1, 2, 2],
  'Dadd9'    => [5, 2, 4, 2],
  'D#'       => [1, 3, 3, 0],
  'D#m'      => [1, 2, 3, 3],
  'D#7'      => [4, 3, 3, 3],
  'D#M7'     => [5, 3, 3, 3],
  'D#m7'     => [4, 2, 3, 3],
  'D#dim'    => [3, 2, 3, 2],
  'D#m7(b5)'   => [4, 2, 3, 2],
  'D#aug'    => [2, 3, 3, 0],
  'D#sus4'     => [1, 4, 3, 3],
  'D#6'      => [4, 4, 4, 4],
  'D#7(9)'     => [1, 1, 1, 0],
  'D#M7(9)'    => [1, 1, 2, 0],
  'D#mM7'    => [5, 2, 3, 3],
  'D#add9'     => [1, 1, 3, 0],
  'Eb'       => [1, 3, 3, 0],
  'Ebm'      => [1, 2, 3, 3],
  'Eb7'      => [4, 3, 3, 3],
  'EbM7'     => [5, 3, 3, 3],
  'Ebm7'     => [4, 2, 3, 3],
  'Ebdim'    => [3, 2, 3, 2],
  'Ebm7(b5)'   => [4, 2, 3, 2],
  'Ebaug'    => [2, 3, 3, 0],
  'Ebsus4'     => [1, 4, 3, 3],
  'Eb6'      => [4, 4, 4, 4],
  'Eb7(9)'     => [1, 1, 1, 0],
  'EbM7(9)'    => [1, 1, 2, 0],
  'EbmM7'    => [5, 2, 3, 3],
  'Ebadd9'     => [1, 1, 3, 0],
  'E'      => [2, 4, 4, 4],
  'Em'       => [2, 3, 4, 0],
  'E7'       => [2, 0, 2, 1],
  'EM7'      => [2, 0, 3, 1],
  'Em7'      => [2, 0, 2, 0],
  'Edim'     => [1, 0, 1, 0],
  'Em7(b5)'    => [1, 0, 2, 0],
  'Eaug'     => [3, 0, 0, 1],
  'Esus4'    => [2, 5, 4, 4],
  'E6'       => [2, 0, 1, 1],
  'E7(9)'    => [2, 2, 2, 1],
  'EM7(9)'     => [2, 2, 3, 1],
  'EmM7'     => [2, 0, 3, 0],
  'Eadd9'    => [2, 2, 4, 1],
  'F'      => [0, 1, 0, 2],
  'Fm'       => [3, 1, 0, 1],
  'F7'       => [3, 1, 3, 2],
  'FM7'      => [0, 0, 5, 5],
  'Fm7'      => [3, 1, 3, 1],
  'Fdim'     => [2, 1, 2, 1],
  'Fm7(b5)'    => [2, 1, 3, 1],
  'Faug'     => [0, 1, 1, 2],
  'Fsus4'    => [1, 1, 0, 3],
  'F6'       => [3, 1, 2, 2],
  'F7(9)'    => [3, 3, 3, 2],
  'FM7(9)'     => [0, 0, 0, 0],
  'FmM7'     => [3, 1, 4, 1],
  'Fadd9'    => [0, 1, 0, 0],
  'F#'       => [1, 2, 1, 3],
  'F#m'      => [0, 2, 1, 2],
  'F#7'      => [4, 2, 4, 3],
  'F#M7'     => [4, 2, 5, 3],
  'F#m7'     => [4, 2, 4, 2],
  'F#dim'    => [3, 2, 3, 2],
  'F#m7(b5)'   => [3, 2, 4, 2],
  'F#aug'    => [1, 2, 2, 3],
  'F#sus4'     => [4, 2, 4, 4],
  'F#6'      => [4, 2, 3, 3],
  'F#7(9)'     => [4, 4, 4, 3],
  'F#M7(9)'    => [1, 1, 1, 1],
  'F#mM7'    => [4, 2, 5, 2],
  'F#add9'     => [1, 2, 1, 1],
  'Gb'       => [1, 2, 1, 3],
  'Gbm'      => [0, 2, 1, 2],
  'Gb7'      => [4, 2, 4, 3],
  'GbM7'     => [4, 2, 5, 3],
  'Gbm7'     => [4, 2, 4, 2],
  'Gbdim'    => [3, 2, 3, 2],
  'Gbm7(b5)'   => [3, 2, 4, 2],
  'Gbaug'    => [1, 2, 2, 3],
  'Gbsus4'     => [4, 2, 4, 4],
  'Gb6'      => [4, 2, 3, 3],
  'Gb7(9)'     => [4, 4, 4, 3],
  'GbM7(9)'    => [1, 1, 1, 1],
  'GbmM7'    => [4, 2, 5, 2],
  'Gbadd9'     => [1, 2, 1, 1],
  'G'      => [2, 3, 2, 0],
  'Gm'       => [1, 3, 2, 0],
  'G7'       => [2, 1, 2, 0],
  'GM7'      => [2, 2, 2, 0],
  'Gm7'      => [1, 1, 2, 0],
  'Gdim'     => [1, 0, 1, 0],
  'Gm7(b5)'    => [1, 1, 1, 0],
  'Gaug'     => [2, 3, 3, 0],
  'Gsus4'    => [3, 3, 2, 0],
  'G6'       => [2, 0, 2, 0],
  'G7(9)'    => [2, 1, 2, 2],
  'GM7(9)'     => [2, 2, 2, 2],
  'GmM7'     => [5, 3, 6, 3],
  'Gadd9'    => [2, 3, 2, 2],
  'G#'       => [3, 4, 3, 5],
  'G#m'      => [2, 4, 3, 1],
  'G#7'      => [3, 2, 3, 1],
  'G#M7'     => [3, 3, 3, 1],
  'G#m7'     => [2, 2, 3, 1],
  'G#dim'    => [2, 1, 2, 1],
  'G#m7(b5)'   => [2, 2, 2, 1],
  'G#aug'    => [3, 0, 0, 1],
  'G#sus4'     => [4, 4, 3, 1],
  'G#6'      => [3, 1, 3, 1],
  'G#7(9)'     => [3, 2, 3, 3],
  'G#M7(9)'    => [3, 3, 3, 3],
  'G#mM7'    => [6, 4, 7, 4],
  'G#add9'     => [3, 4, 3, 3],
  'Ab'       => [3, 4, 3, 5],
  'Abm'      => [2, 4, 3, 1],
  'Ab7'      => [3, 2, 3, 1],
  'AbM7'     => [3, 3, 3, 1],
  'Abm7'     => [2, 2, 3, 1],
  'Abdim'    => [2, 1, 2, 1],
  'Abm7(b5)'   => [2, 2, 2, 1],
  'Abaug'    => [3, 0, 0, 1],
  'Absus4'     => [4, 4, 3, 1],
  'Ab6'      => [3, 1, 3, 1],
  'Ab7(9)'     => [3, 2, 3, 3],
  'AbM7(9)'    => [3, 3, 3, 3],
  'AbmM7'    => [6, 4, 7, 4],
  'Abadd9'     => [3, 4, 3, 3],
  'A'      => [0, 0, 1, 2],
  'Am'       => [0, 0, 0, 2],
  'A7'       => [0, 0, 1, 0],
  'AM7'      => [0, 0, 1, 1],
  'Am7'      => [0, 0, 0, 0],
  'Adim'     => [3, 2, 3, 2],
  'Am7(b5)'    => [3, 3, 3, 2],
  'Aaug'     => [0, 1, 1, 2],
  'Asus4'    => [0, 0, 2, 2],
  'A6'       => [4, 2, 4, 2],
  'A7(9)'    => [2, 3, 1, 2],
  'AM7(9)'     => [2, 4, 1, 2],
  'AmM7'     => [0, 0, 0, 1],
  'Aadd9'    => [2, 0, 1, 2],
  'A#'       => [1, 1, 2, 3],
  'A#m'      => [1, 1, 1, 3],
  'A#7'      => [1, 1, 2, 1],
  'A#M7'     => [0, 1, 2, 3],
  'A#m7'     => [1, 1, 1, 1],
  'A#dim'    => [1, 0, 1, 0],
  'A#m7(b5)'   => [1, 0, 1, 1],
  'A#aug'    => [1, 2, 2, 3],
  'A#sus4'     => [1, 1, 3, 3],
  'A#6'      => [1, 1, 2, 0],
  'A#7(9)'     => [3, 4, 2, 3],
  'A#M7(9)'    => [5, 5, 5, 5],
  'A#mM7'    => [1, 1, 1, 2],
  'A#add9'     => [3, 1, 2, 3],
  'Bb'       => [1, 1, 2, 3],
  'Bbm'      => [1, 1, 1, 3],
  'Bb7'      => [1, 1, 2, 1],
  'BbM7'     => [0, 1, 2, 3],
  'Bbm7'     => [1, 1, 1, 1],
  'Bbdim'    => [1, 0, 1, 0],
  'Bbm7(b5)'   => [1, 0, 1, 1],
  'Bbaug'    => [1, 2, 2, 3],
  'Bbsus4'     => [1, 1, 3, 3],
  'Bb6'      => [1, 1, 2, 0],
  'Bb7(9)'     => [3, 4, 2, 3],
  'BbM7(9)'    => [5, 5, 5, 5],
  'BbmM7'    => [1, 1, 1, 2],
  'Bbadd9'     => [3, 1, 2, 3],
  'B'      => [2, 2, 3, 4],
  'Bm'       => [2, 2, 2, 4],
  'B7'       => [2, 2, 3, 2],
  'BM7'      => [1, 2, 3, 4],
  'Bm7'      => [2, 2, 2, 2],
  'Bdim'     => [2, 1, 2, 1],
  'Bm7(b5)'    => [2, 1, 2, 2],
  'Baug'     => [2, 3, 3, 4],
  'Bsus4'    => [2, 2, 4, 4],
  'B6'       => [2, 2, 3, 1],
  'B7(9)'    => [4, 2, 3, 2],
  'BM7(9)'     => [4, 1, 3, 3],
  'BmM7'     => [2, 2, 2, 3],
  'Badd9'    => [4, 2, 3, 4],
}

NOTES = ['C', 'C#', 'D', 'D#', 'E', 'F', 'F#', 'G', 'G#', 'A', 'A#', 'B']
STRINGS = ['G', 'C', 'E', 'A']

def draw_chord(chord_name)
  # chord_name.gsub!("x", "#")
  if not FileTest.exist? "/home/tom/ukulele/static/chords/"+chord_name+".png"
    chord(chord_name)
  end
end

def chord(chord_name)
  return generate(chord_name, get_flets(chord_name.gsub("x", "#")))
end

def get_flets(chord_name)
  if CHORD_LIST.has_key? chord_name then
    return CHORD_LIST[chord_name].reverse
  else
    chord_name.sub!("maj", "M")
    if CHORD_LIST.has_key? chord_name then
      return CHORD_LIST[chord_name].reverse
    end
  end
end

def generate(chord, flets)
  # Frets are 10px high
  # The strings are 12px apart
  height = (flets.max * 10) + 60
  width = ((STRINGS.length - 1) * 12) + 16
  last_fret = 15 + ((flets.max + 1) * 10)
  last_string = 5 + ((STRINGS.length - 1) * 12)
  canvas = Magick::Image.new(width, height)
  gc = Magick::Draw.new
  gc.stroke('gray25')
  (0..(STRINGS.length - 1)).each do |string|
    gc.line(5 + 12 * string, 15, 5 + 12 * string, last_fret)
  end
  (0..(flets.max + 1)).each do |fret|
    if fret == 0
      gc.stroke_width(3)
    else
      gc.stroke_width(1)
    end 
    gc.line(5, 15 + 10 * fret, last_string, 15 + 10 * fret)
  end
  gc.stroke('transparent')
  i = 0
  flets.each { |f|
    if f > 0 then
      gc.circle(
        5 + 12 * i,
        15 + 10 * f,
        8 + 12 * i,
        18 + 10 * f
        )
    end
    a = NOTES.index(STRINGS[i]) + f
    n = a % NOTES.length
    gc.font_family = "arial"
    gc.pointsize = 6
    gc.text(1 + 13 * i, last_fret + 14, NOTES[n])
    i = i + 1
  }
  gc.font_weight = 100
  gc.pointsize = 11
  gc.text(0, 10, chord.gsub("x", "#"))
  gc.draw(canvas)
  canvas.write('static/chords/'+chord+".png")
end

love_to_a_monster.txt

This ukulele tab is based off of the capo-3 version for acoustic guitar.

[F] Lover, now that you've [Am] left me, I'm glad you're [Dm] unlovely.

Becuase if you could [A#] take all the heat in your [F] heart and just hang it from [C] you,

[F] I wouldn't be able to [Am] bear the way you cannot [Dm] love me.

It's much [A#] easier of me [C] to make a monster out of [F] you.

[F] And so here I go, substi[Am]tuting the glow from your [Dm] temples,

all our sighs and our [A#] trembles, [F] and each last letter [C] sent you

from the [F] cheap little pen of this [Am] weak little man

- the one [Dm] singing - out his jangling, [A#] ringing and hopefully [C] stinging attack upon [F] you.

[F] Yeah, so here I go, just [Am] exploding the hope we'll be [Dm] speaking

some day, years from now, [A#] seeking [F] friendship and [C] understanding.

Yeah, I [F] hope you get angry, and [Am] hurt, and have the hardest of [Dm] landings.

And i hope your new [A#] man thinks of me when he [C] sees what a number I did on [F] you.

[F] I grow tired of this song. Turn my [Am] eyes to the blonde in the [Dm] bleachers.

She's a lovely young [A#] creature. I [F] think she's seeking [C] adventure.

I [F] think she's ready to [Am] see that the world isn't so sweet or so [Dm] tender.

I won't break her, just [A#] bend her, and make her into my [C] new ringer for [F] you.

I stay in the [F] same comfy town, write the [Am] same old songs down, drive the [Dm] same streets,

seek the same sense of [A#] dull peace, [F] whisper the same sweet words to the [C] chippies.

The same [F] walk by the road and where the [Am] same muddy snow's finally [Dm] leaving,

But I'll fight off the [A#] spring; I don't want lovely [C] things, I don't want the earth new. [F]

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oh_sister.txt

_Oh Sister_ was written by Bob Dylan and "Jacques Levy":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Levy in 
1975 and release in 1976 on "Desire":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desire_%28album%29, with guest 
vocals by Emmylou Harris.

The song is in the key of G (moving to the IV chord, C), but shifts to F in the chorus.

h3. Verse 1

[G] Oh sister [Bm] when I come, to [C] ly in your [G] arms.

[G] You should not [Bm] treat me like a [C] stranger. [G]

[G] Our father [Bm] would not like the [C] way that you [G] act,

[G] And you [Bm] must realize the [C] danger. [G]

h3. Verse 2

[G] Oh sister [Bm] am I not a [C] brother to [G] you.

[G] And one de[Bm]serving of [C] affection. [G]

[G] And is our [Bm] purpose not the [C] same on this [G] earth,

[G] To love and [Bm] follow his [C] direction. [G]

h3. Chorus

[F] We grew up to[C]gether from the [G] cradle to the grave.

[F] We died and [C] were reborn and left [G] mysteriously [D] saved [G]

h3. Verse 3

[G] Oh sister [Bm] when I come to [C] knock on your [G] door

[G] Don't turn [Bm] away, you'll create [C] sorrow. [G]

[G] Time is an [Bm] ocean, but it [C] ends at the [G] shore.

[G] You may not [Bm] see me [C] tomorrow. [G]

sweet_summers_night.txt

This tab is becoming more complete by the day, and is almost there. It's all based off of the "ukulele version of Sweet Summer's Night on Musicbyran":http://youtube.com/watch?v=-uxIvUb7cPs

Riff:

<pre>
<code>
x x x x
0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1
0 0 1 0
d u d u (d:down, u:up)
</code>
</pre>

 


[Gm] Oh!, I still remember [C] 'Regulate' with (riff) Warren G

[Gm] could I be back in the [C] sweet summer of [0010] 199-[A#]-3

it was a [Gm] sweet summers [C] night on Hammer [F] Hill

[Gm] Oh! The sound of distant [C] cannibal drums [0010]
           
the Spanish [A#] guitar someone strums


it's a [Gm] sweet summers [C] night on Hammer [F] Hill.

My heart goes like...

[C] Bom, [C] bom, [C] bom, [C] bom, bom....

[F] Can you hear the [A#] beat of my heart?

[C] Bom, [C] bom, [C] bom, [C] bom, bom...

[F] Can you hear the [A#] beat of my heart?
C

Bom, bom, bom,bom, bom...


[Gm] Oh! The memories, they come a-streaming

When I`m walking round here dreaming

it`s a sweet summers night on Hammer Hill

Oh! The memories, they come a-streaming

When I`m walking round here dreaming

it`s a sweet summers night on Hammer Hill

My heart goes like...

[C] Bom, [C] bom, [C] bom, [C] bom, bom....

[F] Can you hear the [A#] beat of my heart?

[C] Bom, [C] bom, [C] bom, [C] bom, bom...

[F] Can you hear the [A#] beat of my heart?

(Normal verse chords)
Oh no!, Oh no!, Oh no, no, no, no, no, no

Oh no!, Oh no!, Oh no, no, no, no, no, no

Oh no!, Oh no!, Oh no, no, no, no, no, no

Oh no, no, no Is coming back to me

Oh no!, Oh no!, Is coming back to me

Oh no!, Oh no!, Is coming back to me

It`s a sweet summers night on Hammer Hill

My heart goes like...

[C] Bom, [C] bom, [C] bom, [C] bom, bom....

[F] Can you hear the [A#] beat of my heart?

[C] Bom, [C] bom, [C] bom, [C] bom, bom...

[F] Can you hear the [A#] beat of my heart?

the_knife.txt

_The Knife_ was released on Yellow House by Grizzly Bear and as a single. The first half seems to 
be in the key of F#, and then the song transitions to the key of E after the instrumental break. You can check out the 
"original on YouTube":http://youtube.com/watch?v=xuYZbYtAl9A - along with one trippy music video.

I want you to know [B]

When I look in your eyes [G#m]

With every blow [B]

Comes another lie [G#m]

You think it's all [C#] right

You think it's all [B] right

You think it's all [C#] right

You think it's all [B] right

(Instrumental/Sung portion)

[B] [G#m] [B] [G#m] [C#] [B] [C#] [B]

[E] Can't you feel the [B]knife[A] [E] ohh

[E] Can't you feel the [B]knife[A] [E] ohh

[E] Can't you feel the [B]knife[A] [E] ohh

[E] Can't you feel the [B]knife[A] [G#m] [A] [F#]

your_heart_is_an_empty_room.txt

h3. Verse 1

[C] Burn it [Em] down till the [Am] embers smoke [Em]on the [Fmaj7] ground 

[C] And start [Em] new when your [Am] heart is an [Em] empty [Fmaj7] room 

With [Am] walls of the [Em] deepest [Fmaj7] blue 

[C] Home's [Em] face: how it [Am] ages when [Em] you're [Fmaj7] away 

[C] Spring [Em] blooms and you [Am] find the [Em] love that's [Fmaj7] true 

But you [Am] don't know what [Em] now to [Fmaj7] do 

Cause the [Am] chase is [Em]  all you [Fmaj7] know

And she [Am] stopped running [Em]  months [Fmaj7] ago


h3. Chorus:

[C] And [Fmaj7] all you see [C] is [Fmaj7] where else you could [Am] be when [Em] you're at [Fmaj7] home

[C] Out [Fmaj7] on the street [C] are so [Fmaj7] many possibil[Am]ities to [Em] not be [Fmaj7] alone


h3. Verse 2:

[C] The flames and [Em] smoke [Am] climbed out of [Em]  every [Fmaj7]  window 

[C] And disap[Em]peared with [Am] everything that [Em] you held [Fmaj7] dear

And you [Am]  shed not a [Em] single [Fmaj7] tear

for the [Am] things that you [Em] didn't [Fmaj7] need

Cause you [Am] knew you were [Em] finally [Fmaj7] free