Am7 Am7/F#
You turn on a spindle
You are so much looser now
CBut you're not explaining how
F# B7 EYou gained such new repose
Am7 Am7/F#
I touch the clasp of your locket
With its picture held
CSome secret you wouldn't tell
F# B7 EBut let it choke your neck
Am7 Am7/F#
So we imagine a darkness
Where all shapes divide
CSolids changing into light
F# B7 EWith a burst of heat so bright
E
Well fine
Am7 Am7/F# G C
Don't you do what I want you to
Yeah, don't degrade yourself the way that I do
Am7 Am7/F# G C'Cause you don't depend upon all the shit that I use
Am C D7 D7sus4 GTo make my moods immmmmmprove
Am7 Am7/F#
And near a sea of pianos
There were waves of chords
CThat crashed against the shore
F# B7 EIn one huge and pointless roar
Am7 Am7/F#
And there were girls bringing water
Like a dream they came
CTo cool the fever of my brain
F# B7 EAnd soothe my burning throat
Am7 Am7/F#
And they made me a necklace
Hanging beads of sweat
COn a string of my regrets
F# B7 EAnd placed it 'round my neck
E
And they were singing
Am7 Am7/F# G C
Don't you do what you've wanted to
Yeah, don't destroy yourself like those cowards do
Am7 Am7/F# G CAnd maybe the sun keeps coming up 'cause it's gotten used to you
Am C D7 D7sus4 GAnd your constant need forrrr proof
SONG - A Scale, A Mirror And Those Indifferent Clocks
Tablature by B.E. as interpreted by the pantieraider
C Em Am F G
---3--0----0---1--3---
---1--0----1---1--3---
---0--0----2---2--0---
---2--2----2---3--0---
---3--2----0---3--2---
------0--------1--3---
C
Here is a scale, weigh it out and you will find easily
More than sufficient doubt that these colors you see
AmWere picked in advance by some careful hand
F GWith an absolute concept of beauty
They are smeared and these blurs come in random order
EmTo color the eyes of your former lovers
Am FHers were green like July except when she cried
They were red
Now I know a disease that these doctors can't treat
EmYou contract it the day you accept all you see
AmIs a mirror and a mirror is all it can be
A reflection of something we're missing
CAnd language just happened, it was never planned
EmAnd it's inadequate to describe where I am
In the room of my house where the light has never been
F GWaiting for this day to end
F G
And these clocks keep unwinding and completely ignore
Em AmEverything that we hate or adore
Once the page of a calendar is turned it's no more
Em AmSo tell me then, what was it for?
F G COh tell me, what was it for?
- The Calendar Hung Itself
Tablature by B.E. - frantic latin rock interpreted by pantie
F#m C# Bm E A D
--2---4---2---0---0---2---
--2---6---3---0---2---3---
--2---6---4---1---2---2---
--4---6---4---2---2---0---
--4---4---2---2---0-------
--2-----------0-----------
F#m
Does he kiss your eyelids in the morning
when you start to raise your head?
C#And does he sing to you incessantly
from the place between your bed and wall?
F#mDoes he walk around all day at school
with his feet inside your shoes?
C#Looking down every few steps
to pretend he walks with you?
F#mDoes he know that place below your neck
that is your favorite to be touched?
C#And does he cry through broken sentences
like "I love you far too much"?
Bm E A D
Does he lay awake listening to your breath?
Bm E A DWorried that you smoke too many cigarettes?
Is he coughing now on a bathroom floor?
E F#mFor every speck of tile there are a thousand more
EThat you won't ever see
But must hold inside yourself eternally
I drug your ghost across the country
and we plotted out my death
In every city, memories would whisper
"Here is where you rest"
I was determined in Chicago
But I dug my teeth into my knees
And I settled for a telephone
Sang into your machine
"You are my sunshine,
C#My only sunshine.
F#mYou are my sunshine
My only sunshine"
I kissed a girl with a broken jaw
That her father gave to her
She had eyes bright enough to burn me
They reminded me of yours
And in a story told she was a little girl
In a red-rouge, sun-bruised field
And there were rows of ripe tomatoes
Where a secret was concealed
And it rose like thunder
C#Clapped under our hands
F#mAnd it stretched for centuries
To a diary entry's end where I wrote
F#m"You make me happy (WHAT?)
C#When the skies are gray
You make me happy (WHAT?)
C#When skies are gray and gray and gray"
Bm E A D
Well the clock's heart it hangs inside its open chest
Bm E A DWith hands stretched towards the calendar hanging itself
But I will not weep for those dying days
E F#mFor all the ones who've left there are a few that stayed
E A E DAnd they found me here and pulled me from the grass
Where I was laid
SONG - Something Vague
intro and main progression:
E ----1----------0-------------3-------------0
B ----1--1h3p1---1----1h3p1----0----0h3p0----1
G ----2----------0-------------0-------------2
D -3-------------2-------------0-------------2
A ------------3----------------2----------0---
E --------------------------3-----------------
E ----1----------0-------------3---------3----
B ----1--1h3p1---1----1h3p1----0---------0----
G ----2----------0-------------0---------0----
D -3-------------2-------------0---------0----
A ------------3----------------2---------2----
E --------------------------3--------3-3------
F C G Am
Now and again it seems worse than it is
F C GBut mostly the view is accurate.
You see your breath in the air as you climb up the stairs
F C Gto that coffin you call your apartment.
Am E
And you sink in your chair
C GBrush the snow from your hair
And drink the cold away
You are not really sure
C FWhat you're doing this for
C G FBut you need something to fill up the days
A few more hours
There is a dream in my brain that just won't go away
F C GIt's been stuck there since it came a few nights ago
F C G AmAnd I'm standing on a bridge in the town where I lived
As a kid with my mom and my brothers
And then the bridge disappears
C GAnd I'm standing on air
C G FWith nothing holding me
Am E
And I hang like a star
Fucking glow in the dark
C G FFor all those starving eyes to see
Am ELike the ones we've wished on
C G
But now I'm confused
Is this death really you?
C G AmAnd do these dreams have any meaning?
C G
No, no, I think it is more like a ghost
Am FThat's been following us both
Something vague that we're not seein
F C DSomething more like a feeling
F G C
SONG - The Movement Of A Hand
Tablature by Matt - 03/19/01
F# A E F#
F# A
You follow the footsteps
Echoes leading down a hall
F# ATo a room, there's music playing
E ATiny bells with moving parts
F# A
Here the shadows make things ugly
An effect quite undesirable
F# AThe bold and yellow daylight
E AGrows like ivy across the wall
D E A
And bounces off of the painted porcelain
Tiny dancing doll
D E AHer body spins as she pirouettes again
D E F# A E AThe world suddenly seems small
F# A
On an off-white subtle morning
You stretch your legs in the front seat
F# AThe road has made a vacuum
E AWhere our voices used to be
And you lay your head onto my shoulder
E APour like water over me
D E A
So if I just exist for the next ten minutes of this
D E ADrive that would be fine
And all the trees that line this curb would be
D E F# A E ARejoicing and alive
D E A
Soon all the joy that pours from everything makes
D E AFountains of your eyes
Because you finally understand the movement of a
D E F# A E AHand waving you goodbye
F# A E A
C#m G# E F#m C# B A
E ---4-----4-----7-----2-----9-----7----5---
B ---5-----4-----9-----2-----9-----7----5---
G ---6-----5-----9-----2-----10----8----6---
D ---6-----6-----9-----4-----11----9----7---
A ---4-----6-----7-----4-----11----9----7---
E ---x-----4-----x-----2-----9-----7----5---
The fragile keep secrets gathered in pockets
G#And they will sell them for nothing, a cheap watch or locket
E C#mThat kind of gold washes off
C#m
And the sad act like lepers, they stick to the shadows
They long to ring bells of warning to tell of their coming
E C#mSo that the pure can shut their doors
C#m
And the angry are animals, senseless and savage
G#They act without order in logical lapses
They stain their mouths with blood
So take my hand, this barren land is alive tonight
F#m C#mOh, the corn has grown stalks that form a wall to hide
F#m C#mThe wind carries sounds that I can't see from beyond that line
Then the stalks begin to sway
C# B A G#Oh, stay with me, Arienette
C#mUntil the wolves are away
YUP
Well the wicked are vultures, they bake in the canyons
G#They circle in sunlight and wait for their victims
E C#mTo collapse and call to them
C#m
And the desperate are water, they'll run down forever
As they soak into silence and end up together
E C#mIn a dark and distant, dark and distant place
F#m C#m
So don't leave me here with only mirrors watching me
F#m C#mThis house, it holds nothing but the memories
And the moon, it leaves silver but never sleep
B A G#And then the silver turns to gray
C# B A G#So stay with me, Arienette
Until the wolves are away
C G Dm G
C G
Tomorrow when I wake up I'm finding my brother
Dm GAnd making him take me back down to the water
That lake where we sailed and we laughed with our father
Am Am GI will not desert him, I will not desert him
Dm G C Am
No matter how I may wish for a coffin so clean
Dm G C AmOr these trees to undress all their leaves onto me
I put my face in the dirt and then finally I see
C G CThe sky that has been avoiding me
C G
I started this letter, I'm gonna send it to Ruba
Dm GIt will be blessed by her eyes on the gulf coast of Florida
With her feet in the sand and one hand on her swimsuit
Am GShe will recite the prayer of my pen
C G
Saying, time take us forward, relief from this longing
Dm GThey can land that plane on my heart. I don't care
Just give me November, the warmth of a whisper
Am GIn the freezing darkness of my room
Dm G C Am
But no matter what I would do in an attempt to replace
Dm G C AmAll these pills that I take trying to balance my brain
Seen the curious girl with that look on her face
C G CSo surprised she stares out from her display case
F#m - XX4222
F#m Dmaj7 A Bm
F#m Dmaj7 A Bm
The phone slips from a loose grip
F#m Dmaj7 A BmWords were missed, then some apology
F#m Dmaj7
I didn't want to tell you this
No, it's just some guy she's been hanging out with
Dmaj7 A BmI don't know, the past couple weeks, I guess
F#m Dmaj7
Thank you and hang up the phone
A BmLet the funeral start, hear the casket close
Let's pin split-black ribbon to your overcoat
The laughter pours from under doors in this house
Bm F#mI don't understand that sound no more
Dmaj7 A BmSeems artificial like a TV set
Bm
Well Haligh Haligh Haligh Haligh
This weight, it must be satisfied
GYou offer only one reply
AYou know not what you do
But you tear and tear your hair from roots
AFrom that same head you have twice removed
GNow a lock of hair you said would prove
Our love would never die, well hahaha
F#m Dmaj7
I remember everything
A BmThe words we spoke on freezing South Street
And all those mornings watching you get ready for school
You combed your hair inside that mirror
A BmThe one you painted blue and glued with jewelry tears
F#m Dmaj7 A BmSomething about those bright colors would always make you feel better
F#m Dmaj7
But now we speak with ruined tongues
And the words we say aren't meant for anyone
F#m Dmaj7 A BmIt's just a mumbled sentence to a passing acquaintance but there was once you
F#m Dmaj7
You said you hate my suffering
A BmAnd you understood and you'd take care of me
You'd would always be there, well where are you now?
Haligh, Haligh, Haligh, Haligh
AThe plans were never finalized
GBut left to hang like yarn and twine
Dangling before my eyes
As you tear and tear your hair from roots
AFrom that same head that you have twice removed
GNow a lock of hair you said would prove
Our love would never die
And I sing and sing of awful things
AThe pleasure that my sadness brings
GAnd my fingers press onto the strings
Yet another clumsy chord
Haligh, Haligh, an awful lie
AThis weight will now be satisfied
GI'm gonna give you only one reply
I know not who I am
But I talk in the mirror
ATo the stranger that appears
GOur conversations are circles
Always one sided
ANothing is clear
Bm
Except we keep coming back
ATo this meaning that I lack
He says the choices were given
GNow you must live them
AOr just not live
Bm
But do you want that?
G Bm Am C D Em OR Em B
E ---3----2----5----3----5----7------0----2---
B ---3----3----5----5----7----8------0----4---
G ---4----4----5----5----7----9------0----4---
D ---5----4----7----5----7----9------2----4---
A ---5----2----7----3----5----7------2----2---
E ---3----x----5----x----x----x------0----x---
G Bm Am
At the center of the world there's a statue of a girl
She is standing near a well with a bucket bare and dry
Bm AmI went and looked her in the eyes and she turned me into sand
C D GThis clumsy form that I despise, it scattered easy in her hand
Bm Am
It came to rest upon a beach with a million others there
We sat and waited for the sea to stretch out so that we could disappear
Bm AmInto the endlessness of blue into the horror of the truth
C D EmSee, we are far less than we knew, yeah, we are far less than we knew
Em C
But we knew what we could taste
Girls found honey to drench our hands
BThe men cut marble to mark our graves
B G
Said we'll need something to remind us of
BAll the sweetness that has passed through us
The priests dressed children for a choir
BBut found no joy in what was sung
B C D D GThe funeral had begun
G Bm Am
In the middle of the day when you drive home to your place
From that job that makes you sleep back to the thoughts that keep you awake
Bm AmLong after night has come to claim any light that still remains
C D GIn the corner of the frame that you put around her face
Bm
Two pills just weren't enough
The alarm clock's going off but you're not waking up
C DThis isnt happening happening happening happening happening
GIt is
Am - XX7555
G#? - XX6555
Am G#?
Sunrise, sunset
Am G#?
Sunrise, sunset
Am G#? Am G#?
Swiftly go the days
Am G#?
Sunrise, sunset
Am G#?
You wake up, then you undress
Am G#? Am G#?
It always is the same
Am G#?
A sunrise and the sun sets
Am G#?
You are lying while you confess
Am G#? Am G#?
Keep trying to explain
Am G#?
A sunrise and the sun sets
Am G#?
You realize, then you forget
Am G#? Am G#?
What you have been trying to retain
But everybody knows
EIt's all about the things
E E Am G#? Am G#?
That get stuck inside of your head
E
Like the songs your roommate sings
Or a vision of her body
E AmAs she stretches out on your bed
G#? Am G#?
And she raised her hands in the air
Am G#? Am G#?
Asked you, when was the last time you looked in the mirror?
Am G#? Am G#?
'Cause you have changed
Am G#? Am G#?
Yeah, you've changed
Am G#?
Sunrise, the sun sets
Am G#?
You are hopeful and then you regret
Am G#? Am G#?
The circle never breaks
Am G#?
With a sunrise and sunset
Am G#?
There's a change of heart or address
Am G#? Am G#?
Is there nothing that remains?
Am G#?
For a sunrise or a sunset
Am G#?
You're manic or you're depressed
Am G#? Am G#?
Will you ever feel okay?
Am G#?
For a sunrise or a sunset
Am G#?
Your lover is an actress
Am G#? Am G#?
Did you really think she'd stay?
Am G#?
For a sunrise or a sunset
Am G#?
You're either coming or you just left
Am G#? Am G#?
But you're always on the way
Am G#?
Towards a sunrise or a sunset
Am G#?
A scribble or a sonnet
Am G#?
They are really just the same
Am G#?
To the sunrise or a sunset
Am G#?
The master and his servant
Am G#? Am G#?
Have exactly the same fate
Am G#?
It's a sunrise and a sunset
Am G#?
From a cradle to a casket
Am G#? Am G#?
There is no way to escape
Am G#?
The sunrise and the sunset
Am G#?
Hold your sadness like a puppet
Am G#? Am G#?
Keep putting on the play
E
But everything you do
EIs leading to the point
E Am G#? Am G#?
Where you just won't know what to do
And at that moment you may laugh
EBut there is someone there
E AmWho will be laughing louder than you
G#?
So it's true
Am G#?
The trick is complete
Am G#? Am G#?
You've become everything you said you never would be
Am G#? Am G#?
You're a fool
Am G#? Am G#?
You're a fool
Am G#?
Sunrise, sunset
Am G#?
Sunrise, sunset
Am G#? Am G#?
The sunrise and the sun sets
Am G#?
Sunrise, sunset
Am G#?
Sunrise, the sun sets
Am G#? Am G#?
The sunrise, the sun sets
Am G#?
Sunrise, sunset
Am G#?
Go home to your apartment
Am G#? Am G#?
Put the cassette in the tape deck
Am G#? Am G#? Am G#? Am G#?
And let that fever play
Am G#?
Sunrise, sunset
Am G#?
Where are you Arienette?
Am G#?
Am G#?
Am G#?
Am G#?
Am G#?
Where are you Arienette?
D F#m G A
Did you expect it all to stop at the wave of your hand?
D F#m G ALike the sun is just gonna drop if it's night you demand?
Well, in the dark we are just air so the house might dissolve
D F#m G AOnce we're gone, who's gonna care if we were ever here at all?
G A F#m
Well, summer's gonna come, it's gonna cloud our eyes again
G ANo need to focus when there's nothing that's worth seeing
D F#m G A
So we trade liquor for blood in an attempt to tip the scales
I think you lost what you loved in that mess of details
F#m GThey seemed so important at the time but now you can't even recall
F#m G AAny of the names, faces, or lines, it's more the feeling of it all
G A
Well, winter's gonna end, it's gonna clean these veins again
So close to dying that I finally can start living
D F#m G A (repeat) end on F#m
E - 022100
Start with fingerpicking E
E F#m
There is a middle-aged woman, she's dragging her feet
She carries baskets of clothes to a laundromat
E F#mWhile the Mexican children kick rocks into the street
G#m F#mAnd they laugh in a language I don't understand
But I love them... why do I love them?
So the neighborhood's dimming, I smoke on the porch
G#m F#mWatch the people as they pass enclosed inside their cars
E F#mAnd on their faces just anger or disappointment
I start wishing there was something I could offer them
A EA consolation... what could I offer them?
E F#m
And they are sad in their suburbs, robots water the lawn
G#m F#mAnd everything they touch gets dusted spotless
And so they start to believe they've not touched anything at all
G#m F#mAnd the cars in the driveway only multiply
E F#m
They are lost in their houses, I've heard them sing in the shower
G#m F#mMaking speeches to their sister on the telephone
Saying you come home, you come here, don't stay so far away from me
G#m F#mThis weather has me wanting love more tangible
A ESomething I can hold... it's getting cold
F#m E B A
I say hold up our fists to a flame in the sky
To block out the light that's reaching for our eyes
E A E'Cause it... 'cause it would blind us, yeah it will blind us
E F#m
Well I've locked my actions in the grooves of routine
G#m F#mSo I may never be free of this apathy
But I wait for a letter that's coming to me
G#m F#mShe sends me pictures of the ocean in an envelope
E
So there still is hope, yes, I can be healed
F#mThere is someone looking for what I've concealed
In my secret drawer, in my pockets deep
F#mYou will find the reasons that I can't sleep
A EAnd you will still want me... but will you still want me?
Will you still want me?
Well, I say come for the week, you can sleep in my bed
F#m E B AAnd pass through my life like a dream through my head
E A EIt will... it will be easy, I'll make it easy
E F#m
But all I have for the moment is a song to pass the time
A melody to keep me from worrying
E F#mSome simple progression to keep my fingers busy
G#m F#mAnd words that are sure to come back to me
And they'll be laughing... and they'll be laughing
A EMy mediocrity
A EMy mediocrity
A E A E
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