1. |
In A State
05:00
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Dane Cobain – In a State
Gm/// Gm//(A)|Bb///| Bb//(A)
I was in a state of empathy, all I cared about was everyone else.
Expensive liquor and therapy, form the grounds of my emotional self.
As I walk along the streets on a cold and windy day,
with my guitar across my back, it seems like everybody’s in my way.
And there's nothing I could do to change the man I am,
If I was someone else, I wouldn't need your help to
Cm///|Cm//(Bb)
stand.
Gm/// | Gm//(A)|Bb///| Bb//(A)
I was in a storm of emotions, a metaphorical rain in my head.
Every day I go through the motions,
knowing one day we will all be dead.
As I walk along the beach, below a star-filled Sunday sky,
I look forward to another week and wonder how the last one passed me by.
And I’ll play it back and forth in my head, since there's nothing else better to do,
am I half alive or am I half dead? And will the morning bring
Cm///|Cm//(Bb)
something new?
Gm/// | Gm//(A)|Bb///| Bb//(A)
I was in a state of clarity,
as I stopped to take a look at the view.
Having seen the state of humanity,
I still give credit where credit is due.
I've seen a bridge in to the stars at the pinnacle of my dreams.
There's never a place too far, or a vision too near, it seems.
And if the only place to go is the one inside my head,
Cm
then let the lyrics start to flow and let the guitar tab run red.
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2. |
Break Your Heart
04:13
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Break Your Heart
G C9 A4+7 D
Each time I see you I know he’s gonna break your heart x2
Bm Em
You think he’s only
C D
Doing what he should
Bm Em
I tell you baby
Am D
He aint doin any good
G C9 A4+7 D
Each time I see you I know he’s gonna break your heart x2
Bm Em C D
I know you love that guy But can’t you see
Bm Em Am D
He’s gonna make you cry I’ll let you cry on me
Am Em
I’m waiting for change
Am Em
I’m waiting for love
Am Em
I’m waiting for you
C D
When he’s had enough
Solo G C A D all major chords or power chords
Bm Em C D
You happily follow where he wants to go
Bm Em C D
But he’s gonna start missing the life he used to know
Bm Em C D
So break the spell baby before he breaks you
Bm Em
And you’ve got a broken heart
Am D
And he’s found someone new Chorus ad nauseum
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3. |
Open Mic Song
04:25
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Open Mic in A
A D E
At the risk of being violently ill
A D E
I would take that Galway girl to the castle on the hill
F#m E
I’d sit down, the way that James told us to
F#m D E
But I would never play Wonderwall, not even for you
I’d forgive Chis Issak his wicked game
I might cross..the desert on a horse with no name
I might just step.. on Elvis Presley’s blue suede shoe....
C#m
First rule of the open mic
Bm
Watch all the acts whoever they are
C#m
Second rule of the open mic
Bm E
Never start to think you are a star.
I might tell you to come over with Valerie
I can tell by the shape of you, you should let it be
It may be all over now baby blue
I’m on fire, I’m free falling just stand by me
I’m chasing cars, I’m a boxer, I’m a space oddity
Through the barricades I know this much is true...
Third rule of open mic
Tune up before you go on
Fourth rule of open mic
Never beg to do just one more song.
There’s a bad moon rising it’s really a mad world
I might even sing about a brown eyed girl
There is no torture you could ever put me through...
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4. |
Yes She Does
05:10
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Yes She Does
G///|////|C9///|////
VERSE ONE:
Up late at night again,
the internet's my only friend,
and I know that she wants to know me, yes she does.
And someone's stealing from my secretive dreams
as decent as they seem,
and she says she knows my name,
and she knows just what that means.
Yes she does. Yes she does.
VERSE TWO:
I'm getting drunk on whiskey and gin,
knocking doors until she lets me in,
and I see that she wants to see me,
yes she does.
She says she's sick of the same old men,
forgot the words on stage again,
and she knows that she's all alone,
and she knows just what that means.
Yes she does. Yes she does.
CHORUS:
G Am
And everything she told me
C D
went through one ear and came out the other
G Am C D
End.. and now I'm waiting to cry my eyes out.
G Am
She had everything she wanted,
C
she's crazy now she's got it,
D G
baby on this you can depend,
Am C D
I'm at my best when I have passed out.
Gtr Solo verse then VERSE THREE:
I'm singing blues because it's raining again, I'm cold and I can't sing.
PAUSE CHORUS x2 OUTRO: Yes she does. x8
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5. |
Nobody Cares
04:16
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Dane Cobain – Nobody Cares
CAPO ON FIVE
INTRO F/ F/E/ Dm/ Bb///////C///////
F F/E Dm C Bb C
Well the sun came out and tied me down until I couldn't breathe.
F F/E Dm C Bb C
So I wrote my name on an envelope and tried to sail across the sea.
F F/E Dm C Bb C
I want to move away somewhere so no one knows my name.
F F/E Dm C Bb C
And I bet if you could see inside my head you'd feel the same.
Bb C
'cause I'm not happy with who I am,
Bb C
I wish I could be a better man,
Bb C
I wish someone would understand
Bb C
nobody cares if you're feeling blue,
like I do.
INTRO
I think that I'm a hypocrite because I'm scared of death and afraid of life.
So I'll light another cigarette until the itch is satisfied.
I read somewhere the things we see are based on subjectivity
and feelings are a lie we try to share with specificity.
CHORUS INTRO
BRIDGE:
Bb C Bb C
So I try not to notice. And I try to focus.
Bb C Bb C
But each time it's hopeless. I'm not the only one to know this. CHORUS INTRO WHISTLED OUTRO
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6. |
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The Same Sun 2020
Intro G F C D E
Am Dm
We all feel a need to belong
G C
We all want the freedom to choose
F Dm
We should never be afraid to be wrong
B E
Cos you win some but some you must lose
Am Em
Everyone in this life must feel pain
Am Em
We feel pleasure and joy we have fun
C# C
Everyone has to walk in the rain
D
Though we aim….
one day to walk in the sun
G G7 C C7
It’s the same sun shines on everyone
G Em C D
Everybody in the world wants to be happy and free
G G7 C C7
Its the same sun lights all the skies
G Em C D
So open your eyes.-Maybe you'll see
G
That you have only one life
Am F
And it won’t last forever
G Em
So never say never
C D
Cos we're all in this together
Same Sun 2020 page 2
Its the same sun shines on everyone
Everybody in the world wants to be happy and free
It’s the same sun shines on everyone
Its the same sun that shines
G F C
On you and me
G G7 C C7
It's the same sun
It's the same sun
Yes it's the same sun
Oh yes it's the same sun
Stop and look around you
Where are you coming from
Where are you going to
Stop and see that man beside you
G
Are you scared cos you think that he's brighter than you
Am F
Are you scared cos he's darker or lighter than you
G Em
Shout it out loud. No need to whisper
C D
We're all one family. Brothers and sisters
The same sun shines on everyone
Everybody in the world wants to be happy and free
It’s the same sun lights all the skies
And if you open your eyes maybe you’ll see
That Its the same sun that shines on everyone
It’s the same sun that shines on you and me
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Twangling Jack Ford High Wycombe, UK
I played jangly power pop in a post punk band called The Chevrons. I co wrote three musicals. One was Silas Marner which has
been performed a number of times and one called Gothpera was done as an Isolation.
I perform in The Ilk and solo as Twangling Jack Ford.
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