1. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
2. Neighborhood #2 (Laika)
3. Une Anne Sans Lumire
4. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
5. Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)
6. Crown of Love
7. Wake Up
8. Haiti
9. Rebellion (Lies)
10.In the Backseat
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1. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
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Riff: F
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Riff x2
FF/EF
And if the snow
F/EDm
Buries my
ABbF
My neighborhood
F/EF
And if my parents are crying
F/EDm
Then I'll dig a tunnel
ABbF
From my window to yours
AmDm
Yeah a tunnel
ABbF
From my window to yours
FF/EF
You climb out the chimney
F/EDm
And meet me in the middle
ABbF
The middle of the town
F/EF
And since there's no one else around
F/EDm
We let our hair grow long
ABbF
And forget all we used to know
AmDm
Then our skin gets thicker
ABbF
From living out in the snow
Chorus:
F
You change all the lead
Sleepin' in my head
Dm
As the day grows dim
CC7
I hear you sing a golden hymn
Riff
FF/EF
Then we tried to name our babies
F/EDm
But we forgot all the names that
ABbF
The names we used to know
F/EF
But sometimes, we remember our bedrooms
F/EDm
And our parent's bedrooms
ABbF
And the bedrooms of our friends
AmDm
Then we think of our parents,
ABbF
Well what ever happened to them
Chorus:
F
You change all the lead
Dm
Sleepin' in my head to gold
As the day grows dim
C
I hear you sing a golden hymn
C7
The song I've been trying to sing
F
Purify the colors, purify my mind
Dm
Purify the colors
C
Purify my mind
C7F
And spread the ashes of the colors, over this heart of mine
F
ooooooooooh, ooooooooooh |
Dm C C7 | x2
ooooooooooh, ooooooooooh |
Riff x2
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2. Neighborhood #2 (Laika)
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Capo 2
Intro: Am Em x4
AmEm
Alexander, our older brother
AmEm
Set out for, a great adventure
AmEm
He tore our images, out of his pictures
AmEm
He scratched our names out, of all his letters
FCAm
Our mother should of
FCAm
Just named you Laika
AmEm
Come on Alex, you can do it
AmEm
Come on Alex, there's nothin' to it
AmEm
If you want somethin', don't ask for nothin'
AmEm
If you want nothin', don't ask for somethin'
FCAm
Our mother should of
FCAm
Just named you Laika
DmGCCAm
It's for your own good
DmGAmEmEm
It's for the neighborhood
AmEm
The neighborhood
AmEm
Our older brother, bit by a vampire
AmEm
For a year we caught his tears in a cup
AmEm
And now we're gonna, make him drink it
AmEm
Come on Alex, don't die or dry up
FCAm
Our mother should of
FCAm
Just named you Laika
DmGCCAm
It's for your own good
DmGG#dimEmDm
It's for the neighborhood
G#dimEmDm
The neighborhood
DmG
When daddy comes home
CC/BAm
you always start a fight
DmG
So the neighbors can dance
AmEmAmEm
In the police, disco lights
AmEmAmEm
The police, disco lights
AmEm
Now the neighbors can dance
Now the neighbors can dance
Now the neighbors can dance
AmEmAm
Now the neighbors can dance, look at 'em dance
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3. Une Annee Sans Lumiere
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Capo 2
C x2
CFG
Hey, the streetlights all burnt out
AmAm/BC
Une annee sans lumieres
FG
Je monte un cheval
CBbAmC
Qui porte des oeilleres
CFG
Hey, my eyes are shooting sparks
AmAm/BC
La nuit, mes yeux t'eclairent
FG
Ne dis pas a ton pere
CBbAmC
Qu'il porte des oeillieres
CBbF
Hey, your old man should know
FmC
If you see a shadow
G#GC
there's something there
CFG
So hey, my eyes are shooting sparks
AmAm/BC
La nuit, mes yeux t'eclairent
FG
Ne dis pas a ton pere
CBbAmC
Qu'il porte des oeillieres
CBbF
Hey, your old man should know
FmC
If you see a shadow
G#GC
There's something there
Solo:
C G# C G# G x3
CGCAG
Fast Tempo:
CCBC#C
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4. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
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Intro: Dm F x2
A5D5
I woke up with the power out, not really somethin' to shout about
A5D5
Ice has covered up my parent's hands, don't have any dreams don't have any plans
BbF
I went out into the night, I went out to find some light
BbF
Kids are swingin' from the power lines, nobody's home so nobody minds
A5
I woke up on the darkest night neighbors all were shouting that they found the light
D5
We found the light
A5D5
Shadows jumpin' all over my walls, some of them big, some of them small
BbF
I went out into the night I went out to pick a fight with anyone
BbFm
Light a candle for the kids, Jesus Christ don't keep it hid
A5D5
Ice has covered up my parents hands, don't have any dreams don't have any plans
A5D5
Growin' up in some strange storm, nobody's cold, nobody's warm
BbF
I went out into the night, I went out to find some light
BbDm
Kids are dyin' out in the snow, look at them go,look at them go
Dm F x4
GmFBbA7Gm
And the power's out, in the heart of man
FBbA7Gm
Take it from your heart, put it in your hand
N.C
What's the plan, what's the plan
BbF
Is it a dream, is it a lie, I think I'll let you decide
BbDm
Just light a candle for the kids, Jesus Christ don't keep it hid
FDm
Cause nothing's hid, from us kids
FDm
You ain't foolin' nobody, with the lights out
Dm F x4
GmFBbA7Gm
And the power's out, in the heart of man
FBbA7Gm
Take it from your heart, put it in your hand
FBbA7Gm
And there's something wrong in the heart of man
FBbA7GmA7
Take it from your heart and put it in your hand
GmFBA7
Hand ha ha hand, where'd you go
Gm F Bb A7 x2
Dm
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5. Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)
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G/B: x20033
A7sus4: x02040
G/BG
I am waitin', 'til I don?t know when
A7sus4G
Cause I?m sure, it's gonna happen then
G/BG
Time keeps creepin', through the neighborhood
A7sus4G
Killing old folks, wakin' up babies just like we knew it would
G/BG
All the neighbors, are startin' up a fire
A7sus4G
Burning all the old folks, the witches and the liars
G/BG
My eyes are covered by the hands of my unborn kids
A7sus4G
But my heart keeps watchin', through the skin of my eyelids
Cmaj7G
They say a watched pot, won?t ever boil
Cmaj7GG/F#
Well I closed my eyes and nothin? changed
EmAG
Just some water, getting hotter, in the flames
G/BG
It's not a lover I want no more
A7sus4G
And it?s not heaven, I?m pining for
G/BG
But there's some spirit I used to know
A7sus4G
That's been drowned out, by the radio
Cmaj7G
They say a watched pot won't ever boil
Cmaj7GG/F#
You can't raise a baby on motor oil
EmAG
Just like a seed down in the soil, you gotta give it time
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6. Crown Of Love
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Capo 3
Gsus4: 330033
E7/G#: 420100
CFmaj7
They say it fades if you let it
Gsus4E7/G#
love was made to forget it
CFmaj7
I carved your name across my eyelids
Gsus4E7/G#
You pray for rain I pray for blindness
AmF
If you still want me, please forgive me
CG
The crown of love has fallen from me
AmF
If you still want me, please forgive me
CG
Because the spark is not within me
CFmaj7C
I snuffed it out before my mom walked in my bedroom
CFmaj7
The only thing that you keep changin'
Gsus4E7/G#
Is your name, my love keeps growin'
CFmaj7
Still the same, just like a cancer
Gsus4E7/G#
And you won?t give me a straight answer
AmF
If you still want me, please forgive me
CGE7/G#
The crown of love has fallen from me
AmF
If you still want me please forgive me
CG
Because your hands are not upon me
CFmaj7C
I shrugged them off before my mom walked in my bedroom
CFmaj7
The pains of love, and they keep growin'
Gsus4E7/G#
In my heart there?s flowers growin'
CFmaj7
On the grave of our old love
Gsus4E7/G#
Since you gave me a straight answer
AmF
If you still want me, please forgive me
CGE7/G#
The crown of love is not upon me
AmF
If you still want me, please forgive me
CC/G#
Cause this crown is not within me
C/GC/F
It?s not within me, it?s not within me
C/G
You gotta be the one, you gotta be the way
C/F
Your name is the only word that I can say
C/G
You gotta be the one, you gotta be the way
C/FC/GC/G#
Your name is the only word, the only word that I can say
C/GC/G#
The only word that I can say
CC/G#
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7. Wake Up
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Intro: C
CC/B
Oh oh, oh oh oh oh
Am
Oh oh, oh oh oh oh
FC
Oh oh, oh oh oh oh
CC/B
Something filled up
Am
My heart with nothin'
FC
Someone told me not to cry
CC/B
But now that I'm older
Am
My heart's colder
FC
And I can see that it's a lie
CCAFCCC/B
Children, wake up
Am
Hold your mistake up
FC
Before they turn the summer into dust
CC/B
If the children don't grow up
Am
Our bodies get bigger but our hearts get torn up
F
We're just a million little gods causing rain storms
C
Turning every good thing to rust
CCmB
I guess we'll just have to adjust
D#C
With my lightning bolts a glowin'
D#F
I can see where I am going to be when
C
The reaper he reaches and touches my hand
C C/B Am F C x2
CC/BAm
With my lightning bolts a glowin'
FC
I can see where I am going
CC/BAm
With my lightning bolts a glowin'
FC
I can see where I am going
Better look out below
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8. Haiti
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Intro:
GEGEm
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EmGEm
Haiti, mon pays
GEm
Wounded mother I?ll never see
GEm
Ma famille set me free
GEm
Throw my ashes into the sea
G Em x4
GEm
Mes cousins jamais nes
GEm
Hantent les nuits de Duvalier
GEm
Rien n?arrete nos espirits
GEm
Guns can?t kill what soldiers can?t see
GEm
In the forest we are hiding
GEm
Unmarked graves where flowers grow
GEm
Hear the soldiers angry yelling
GEm
In the river we will go
GEmGEm
Tous les morts-nes forment une armee
GEm
Soon we will reclaim the earth
GEm
All the tears and all the bodies
GEm
Bring about our second birth
GEm
Haiti, never free
GEm
n?aie pas peur de sonner l?alarme
GEm
Tes enfants sont partis
GEm
In those days their blood was still warm
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9. Rebellion (Lies)
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Capo 1
Intro: A D A F#m x4
AD
Sleeping is giving in
AF#m
No matter what the time is
AD
Sleeping is giving in
AF#m
So lift those heavy eyelids
AD
People say that you'll die
AF#m
Faster than without water
AD
But we know it's just a lie
AF#m
Scare your son, scare your daughter
A D A F#m x2
AD
People say that your dreams
AF#m
Are the only things that save ya
AD
Come on baby in our dreams
AF#m
We can live our misbehavior
Chorus:
AD
Every time you close your eyes, lies, lies
Every time you close your eyes, lies, lies
Every time you close your eyes, lies, lies
Every time you close your eyes, lies, lies
AmF
Every time you close your eyes, lies, lies
CG
Every time you close your eyes, lies, lies
AmF
Every time you close your eyes, lies, lies
CG
Every time you close your eyes, lies, lies
ADAF#mAD
People try and hide the night
AF#m
Underneath the covers
AD
People try and hide the light
AF#m
Underneath the covers
AD
Come on hide your lovers, underneath the covers
AF#m
Come on hide your lovers, underneath the covers
AD
Hidin' from your brothers, underneath the covers
AF#m
Come on hide your lovers, underneath the covers
A D A F#m x2
AD
People say that you'll die
AF#m
Faster than without water
AD
But we know it's just a lie
AF#m
Scare your son, scare your daughter
AD
Scare your son, scare your daughter
AF#m
Scare your son, scare your daughter
AD
Now here's the sun, it's alright, lies, lies
AF#m
Now here's the moon, it's alright, lies, lies
AD
Now here's the sun, it's alright, lies, lies
AF#m
Now here's the moon, it's alright, lies, lies
AmF
But every time you close your eyes, lies, lies
CG
Every time you close your eyes, lies, lies
AmF
But every time you close your eyes, lies, lies
CG
Every time you close your eyes, lies, lies
Solo: Am F C G x8
AFCGAm
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10. In The Backseat
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AmG
I like the peace, in the backseat
GmD
I don?t have to drive, I don?t have to speak
EG
I can watch the country side, and I can fall asleep
AmG
My family tree's, loosing all it?s leaves
GmD
Crashing towards the driver's seat, the lightning bolt made enough heat
EG
To melt the street beneath your feet
Chorus:
DDmaj7
Alice died
Bm
In the night
F#mDDmaj7
I?ve been learning to drive
Bm
My whole life
F#m
I?ve been learning
AGGDEGAmG
I like the peace, in the backseat
GmD
I don?t have to drive, I don?t have to speak
EG
I can watch the country side
Chorus:
DDmaj7
Alice died
Bm
In the night
F#mDDmaj7
I?ve been learning to drive
Bm
My whole life
F#mDDmaj7Bm
I?ve been learning Oh ooooooooooh
F#mDF#mj7
My Whole life
DDBF#m