AIRPORTMAN Song is a G# Riff throughout song: e --8-6--------------- B ------9--8-6-------- G--------------8------ He moves efficiently Beyond security Great opportunity awaits Airport fluorescent creature of habit Laboured breathing and sallow skin Recycled air Moving sidewalks Great opportunity blinks Great opportunity blinks Discounted LOTUS Main Riff: e|---------------------------------------------------| B|-------------1-0-----------------------------------| G|-----0h2p0--0----0h2p0-----------------------------| D|----------h4----------0-h2-0-0---------------------| A|0------------------------------3-3-2-2-0--------0--| E|-----------------------------------------3^(1/2)---| e|---------------------------------------------------| B|--------1-0-1-3-1-3-3s5-3-3-1-1-0-0----------------| G|0h2p0-------------------------------2-2-0----------| D|-----h4--------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------0--------| E|---------------------------------------------------| Am C G F Hey hey Am C G F Am C G F Am C G F Am C G F I was hell, sarcastic silver swell, that day it rained Am C G F Tough spun, hard won, No, ocean flower aquarium Am C G F Badlands, give a hand, honey dipt, flim flam Am C G F Hey hey, hey hey, that cat can walk like a big bad man, Dm Am Dm Am So happy to show us, I ate the lotus, Dm Am Em Dm Say haven't you noticed? I ate the lotus Am C G F Storefront window, I reflect, just last week I was merely heck Am C G F Tip the scale, I was hell, picked me up, then I fell, Am C G F Who's this stranger? Crowbar spine, dot, dot, dot and I feel fine, Am C G F Let it rain, rain, rain, Bring my happy back again, Dm Am Dm Am So happy to show us, I ate the lotus, Dm Am Em Dm Say haven't you noticed? I ate the lotus Em Dm I ate the lotus Am C G F Am C G F w/riff: e|---------------------------------------------------| B|-------------1-0-----------------------------------| G|-----0h2p0--0----0h2p0-----------------------------| D|----------h4----------0-h2-0-0---------------------| A|0------------------------------3-3-2-2-0--------0--| E|-----------------------------------------3^(1/2)---| e|---------------------------------------------------| B|--------1-0-1-3-1-3-3s5-3-3-1-1-0-0----------------| G|0h2p0-------------------------------2-2-0----------| D|-----h4--------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------0--------| E|---------------------------------------------------|x2 Am C G F Let it rain, rain, rain, save me from myself again Am C G F Wash away my ugly sins, opposing thumb, dorsal fin Am C G F That monkey died for my grin, bring my happy back again Am C G F Let it rain, rain, rain, bring my happy back again Dm Am Dm Am So happy to show us, I ate the lotus, Dm Am Em Dm Say haven't you noticed? I ate the lotus Em Dm I ate the lotus Em Dm I ate the lotus Em Dm I ate the lotus Em Dm SUSPICION G Bb G Bb G Bb G Bb Now my suspicions on the rise G Bb G Bb G Bb G Bb I have known, I have known your kind G Bb G Bb Please don't talk, don't make me think G Bb G Bb Order up another drink G Bb G Bb G Bb G Bb Let me let imagination drive F(xxx565) Can't you see Faug(xxx665) I need Dm/F(xxx765) G Nothing too deep Am D Imagination Am D Come alive Am D Suspicion C D Tonight, I'll dream tonight G Bb G Bb G Bb G Bb Listen to the devils in my ear G Bb G Bb G Bb G Bb Tell me what, what I want to hear G Bb G Bb You're so funny, you're so fine G Bb G Bb You're so perfect, you're so mine G Bb G B That I never had an opportunity G B To hide G B No I never had a chance F(xxx565) Can't you see Faug(xxx665) I need Dm/F(xxx765) G Nothing too deep Am D Imagination Am D Come alive Am D Suspicion C D Tonight, I'll dream tonight Bb Am G Look into my eyes Gm They hypnotise Am The lights, the drinks F G Let the music carry you away Solo: E|----------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------12/10\12---10\12-10--10/5-5--| A|--------------3\8-8---\10-8-------------------------------| E|--3----6\8-6----------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------8-| G|----------------------------------------10-9---7-7-| D|-----------------------------12/10\12--------------| A|--------------3\8-8---\10-8------------------------| E|--3----6\8-6---------------------------------------| G Bb My eyes are blurred G Bb G Bb G Bb My sights are limited G Bb G Bb G Bb G Bb Am I sensing a familiar twinge? F(xxx575) Please don't speak Faug(xxx665) Make me think Dm/F(xxx765) G It's all too deep Am D Imagination Am D Come alive Am D Suspicion C D Step Down, I'll dream tonight C D Step down, I'll dream C D You're so naked baby C D Carry me away C D Dream, dream HOPE Riff 1: (Played over C + Em) B|------------8--10---8-------8--| G|------10----------------10-----| D|-------------------------------| A|-------------------------------| E|--8----------------------------| Riff 2: (Played over F) E|-----------------10----8---7---------8---10---| B|---------------------------------10-----------| G|-----10---------------------------------------| D|-10-------------------------------------------| C You want to go out Friday And you want to go forever You know that it sounds childish That you've dreamt of alligators You hope that we are with you And you hope you're recognised You want to go forever You see it in my eyes F I'm lost in the confusion And it doesn't seem to matter C You really can't believe it And you hope it's getting better C You want to trust the doctors Their procedure is the best But the last try was a failure And the intern was a mess And they did the same to Matthew And he bled til Sunday night They're saying don't be frightened But you're weakened by the sight of it F And you lock into a pattern And you know that it's the last ditch C You're trying to see through it And it doesn't make sense F But they're saying don't be frightened And they're killing alligators C And they're hog tied and accepting of the struggle C And you want to trust religion And you know its allegory But the people who are followers Have written their own story So you look up to the heavens And you hope that it's a spaceship And its something from your childhood You're thinking don't be frightened Em You want to climb the ladder You want to see forever C And you want to go out Friday And you want to go forever F And you want to cross you DNA C Cross your DNA with something reptile F And you're questioning the sciences And questioning religion C And you're looking like an idiot And you no longer care F And you want to bridge the schism C A built in mechanism to protect you F And you're looking for salvation And you're looking for deliverance C You're looking like an idiot And you no longer care You want to climb the ladder You want to go forever You want to go out Friday You want to go forever AT MY MOST BEAUTIFUL Chord differences: C (x32013) F Am D D7 G - F A# G - F A# G - F A# - C F Am D D7 G F A# I've found a way to make you G F A# I've found a way G F A# C F A way to make you smile Am A# I read bad poetry G C F Into your machine Am I save your messages A# G Just to hear your voice. C F Am You always listen to carefully A# To awkward rhymes G C F You always say your name Am A# Like I wouldn't know it's you G C At your most beautiful F Am Do do do do do D D7 Do do do do do G F A# I've found a way to make you G F A# I've found a way G F A# C F A way to make you smile Am A# At my most beautiful G C F Am A# I count your eyelashes, secretly G C F Am With everyone, whisper I love you A# I let you sleep G C F Am I know you're closed eye watching me A# Listening G C F I thought I saw a smile Am D D7 G F A# I've found a way to make you G F A# I've found a way G F A# C F A way to make you smile D|--5---5--|--3---3--|--8---8--|--8--8---| A|--5---5--|--3---5--|--8---8--|--8--8---| * 2 E|--3---3--|--5---5--|--6---6--|--6--6---| D|--5---5--|--3---3--|--8---8--|--10--10--|--3--| A|--5---5--|--3---5--|--8---8--|--10--10--|--3--| E|--3---3--|--5---5--|--6---6--|--8---8---|--1--| THE APOLOGIST Riff that plays over 'I live a simple life….': E|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-7\9-7--9-7-10--7--10\12-12--9-10/---5--7\9-7--7-10--7--10\12-12b-| D|------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| INTRO: Am Bm C Bm Am Bm C Bm Am Bm C Bm They call me the apologist Am Bm C Bm And now that I'm at peak Am Bm C Bm You know at first it really hurt Am Bm C Bm We joke about these things Am Bm C Bm I've skirted all my differences Am Bm C Bm But now I'm facing up Am Bm C Bm Am Bm C Bm I wanted to apologise for everything I was C D I'm sorry, so sorry F G So sorry, so sorry C D I'm sorry, so sorry F F So sorry Am Bm C Bm Did you understand me right Am Bm C Bm The people here are good Am Bm C Bm They tell me what I should have done Am Bm C Bm And offer what I could Am Bm C Bm I'm good, all is good Am Bm C Bm All's well, no complaints Am Bm C Bm When I feel regret Am Bm C Bm I get down on my knees and pray C D I'm sorry, so sorry F G So sorry, so sorry C D I'm sorry, so sorry F F So sorry, so sorry Solo: Am Bm C Bm Am Bm C Bm E|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------| G|--2--4--5---12-11-9/7-9---7-5-5/7-5-4--| D|---------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------| G|--2--4--5---12-11-9/7-9---7-5-7b-7b-7^5-5-| D|------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------| C D I live a simple life F G Unfettered by complex sweets C D F You think this isn't me, don't be weak F There I go Am Bm C Bm Am Bm C Bm I'm so sorry Am Bm C Bm Am Thank you for being there for me Bm C Bm Am Bm C Bm Thank you for listening, goodbye Am Bm C Bm I can forfeit selfishness Am Bm C Bm I hope for you that you apply Am Bm C Bm This happiness Am Bm C Bm This peacefulness Am Bm C Bm This peacefulness C D I'm sorry, so sorry F G So sorry, so sorry C D I'm sorry, so sorry F F So sorry C D I live a simple life F G Unfettered by complex sweets C D F F You think this isn't me, that's so sweet Am Bm C Bm Am Bm C Bm I'm so sorry Am Bm C Bm Am Thank you for being there for me Bm C Bm Thank you for listening, goodbye Repeat Am Bm C Bm till end SAD PROFESSOR Notes: During the chorus and last line of verse, G, A and F chords are barred D G If we're talking about love D A Then I have to tell you D G Dear readers, I'm not sure where I'm headed D A I've gotten lost before G A I've woke up stone drunk F Face down on the floor G A G D Late afternoon, the house is hot G A G D I started, I jumped up G A G D Everyone hates a bore G A G D Everybody hates a drunk D G This may be a lit invention D A Professors muddled in their intent D G To try to rope in followers D A To float their malcontent G A F As for this reader, I'm already spent G A G D Late afternoon, the house is hot G A G D I started, I jumped up G A G D Everyone hates a sad professor G A G D I hate where I wound up D G Dear readers, my apologies D A I'm drifting in and out of sleep D G Long silence presents the tragedies of love D Note the age, get afraid A The surface hazy with attendant thoughts G A F A lazy eye metaphor on the rocks G A G D Late afternoon, the house is hot G A G D I started, I jumped up G A G D Everyone hates a bore G A G D Everybody hates a drunk G A G D Everyone hates a sad professor G A G D I hate where I wound up G A G D I hate where I wound up G A G D YOU'RE IN THE AIR You wanted a challenge That's calling you higher I landed on my feet by crawling I remember standing alone Trying to forget you idling I hate to admit that that's my reference point But there it is you say you want me I'm what you found, I'm upside down, you're in the air In the air and I am breathing Brighten the stars, the weather is lifting The heavens love a love like this It's pulling you higher Twist it, turn this around It lights from within It dribbles your chin, now it brings a smile I'm lost again, I'm lost again I'm what you found, I'm upside down, you're in the air In the air and I am breathing you I want the stars to know they've won If only to beguile The sky has opened up again In heaven reconciled I want you naked, I want you wild I want the stars to know they win Give me that smile, just give it me Just turn it on, I'm lost again I'm what you found, I'm upside down, you're in the air I'm what you found, I'm upside down, you're in the air I'm what you found, I'm upside down, you're everywhere, you're in the air And I am breathing you WALK UNAFRAID Em Am As the sun comes up As the moon goes down F These happy notions creep around Am It makes me think F Long ago I was Am Brought into this life, a little lamb F Am A little lamb, courageous, stumbling F Fearless was my middle name D But somewhere there I lost my way C Everyone walks the same D C Expecting me to step the narrow path they've laid Em G They claim to walk unafraid Em G I'll be clumsy instead Em G D Hold my love me or leave me high Am F Say keep within the boundaries if you want to play Am F Say contradiction only makes it harder Am F How can I be what I want to be? Am F When all I want to do is strip away these stilled constraints D C And crush this charade, shred this sad masquerade D I don't need no persuading C I'll trip, fall, pick myself up and Em G Em G Walk unafraid, I'll be clumsy instead Em G D Hold my love me or leave me high Em Am F If I have a bag of rocks to carry as I go Am F I just want to hold my head up high Am F I don't care what I have to step over Am F I'm prepared to look you in the eye Look me in the eye D C And if you see familiarity D Then celebrate the contradiction C Help me when I fall to Em G Em G Walk unafraid, I'll be clumsy instead Em G D Hold my love me or leave me high Em G Em G Walk unafraid, I'll be clumsy instead Em G D Hold my love me or leave me high Em G Em G Em G D Em WHY NOT SMILE Notes: Song should be fingerpicked all the way through, although album version has some effects. A6 is (xx2222) D D G A The concrete broke your fall D D G A6 To hear you speak of it D D G A I'd have done anything, D D G A6 I would do anything G A D F#m I'd feel like a cartoon brick wall G A6 D To hear you speak of it G A D D You've been so sad, it makes me worry G A6 D D Why not smile? G A D D You've been sad for a while G A6 G A6 D F#m Why not smile? G A6 D D I would do anything G A D D To hear you speak of it G A6 D D Why not smile? G A D D You've been sad for a while G A G You've been sad for a while A6 D F#m G fade out DAYSLEEPER Main riff: (always accompanies |C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7|) |-------------------!-------------!------------------!--------------| |----------8--------|-----------8-|---------8--------|-----------8--| |-------9--------0--|------0------|------9--------0--|------0-------| |-10---------10-----|-9-----------|-10--------10-----|-9------------| |-------------------|-------------|------------------|--------------| |-------------------|-------------|------------------|--------------| Intro: Main riff x 4 VERSE 1: w/main riff C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 Receiving department, 3 AM C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 Staff cuts have socked up the overage C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 Directives are posted, no call backs, complaints C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 Everywhere is calm D# Dm Hong Kong is present, Taipei wakes up F G Talk of Circadian rhythm CHORUS: C Dm Am Em I see today with the newsprint fray C Dm G My night is coloured headache grey C Dm Am Em Daysleeper C Dm G Daysleeper C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 Daysleeper VERSE 2:w/main riff C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 The bull and the bear are marking their territories C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 They're leading the blind with their international glories D# Dm I'm the screen, the blinding light F G I'm the screen, I work at night CHORUS: C Dm Am Em I see today with the newsprint fray C Dm G My night is coloured headache grey C Dm Am Em C Dm G Don't wake me with so much Daysleeper BRIDGE: C Cmaj7 C I cried the other night C Cmaj7 C I can't even say why C Cmaj7 C flourescent, flat, caffeine lights C Cmaj7 C It's furious balancing D# Dm I'm the screen, the blinding light F G I'm the screen, I work at night CHORUS: C Dm Am Em I see today with the newsprint fray C Dm G My night is coloured headache grey C Dm Am Em C Dm G Don't wake me with so much C Dm Am Em The ocean machine is set to nine C Dm G I'll squeeze into heaven and valentine C Dm My bed is pulling me Am Em C Dm G Gravity, Daysleeper C Dm Am Em Daysleeper C Dm G Daysleeper, C Daysleeper DIMINISHED Bm F#m Bm F#m Bm F#m I watched you fall Bm F#m I think I pushed Bm F#m Maybe I'm crazy, maybe diminished, maybe I'm innocent, maybe I'm finished Bm F#m Maybe I blacked out, how do I, play this? Em D C I will give my best today Em D C I will give myself away Em D C I have never hurt anything D C Is the jury wavering? D C Do they know I sing? Bm F#m Bm F#m Bm F#m Maybe I'm crazy, maybe diminished, how do I, how do I play this? Bm F#m Jealous lover, self defence, protective brother, chemical dependence Bm F#m I'll consult the i-ching, I'll consult the TV, ouija, oblique strategies. Bm F#m I'll consult the law books for precedents, can I charm the jury? Em D C I will give my best today Em D C I will give myself away Em D C I have never hurt anything D C Is the justice wavering? D C Does she know I sing that Em C G D song sing along Em C G D Sing along sing along Bm F#m Bm F#m I watched you fall Bm F#m I think I pushed Bm F#m Maybe they'll see me, maybe they'll say Bm F#m "I can see the truth in his statement. Smallpox blanket? No way." Bm F#m Can I charm the jury, my defence? Maybe I'm crazy, maybe diminished Bm F#m Maybe I loved you, baby I loved you, baby I loved you, baby I loved you Bm F#m Baby I'm, finished Em D C I will give my best today Em D C I will give myself away Em D C I have never hurt anything D C Is the justice wavering? D C Does she know I sing that Em C G D song sing along Em C G D Sing along sing along Em G C I have given myself away Em G C I have given my best today Em G C I have never hurt anything D C Is the justice wavering? D C Does she know I loved you? D C Does she know I loved you? D C Does she know I sing? I'M NOT OVER YOU G C G C I feel great. I lied to save your feelings G C G C Truth convened, my head smashed through the ceiling G C I lost an arm, no one harmed G C You diplomatically alarmed G C G C I sulked away to lick my thin skin Am D I'm not over you Am D I'm not over you Am G I'm not over you PARAKEET G F#m E You wake up in the morning D C# E And fall out of your bed D C# E Mean cats eat parakeets D C Eb And this one's nearly dead G F#m E You dearly wish the wind would shift D C# E And greasy windows slide D C# E Open for the parakeet D C Eb Who's colored bitter lime Em C Open the window Am Bm D And lift into your dreams Em C Am D Ebm Lately, baby, you can barely breathe. G F#m E A broken wrist, an accident D C# E You know something's wrong D C# E You fold the leavings of your past D C Eb No one knows you've gone G F#m E The sunspot flares of the early nineties D C# E Light up your wings D C# E And scan the short wave radio D C Eb It's tracking outer rings Em C Open the window Am Bm D And lift into your dreams Em C Am D Ebm Lately, baby, you can't stop to breathe G F#m E The tectonic dispatcher shifts D C# E To smooth the ocean floor D C# E And flattens out to warmer winds D C Eb Of Brisbane's sunny shore G F#m E Where Buddha's tend to mending wrists D C# E A tea made from the leaves D C# E Of eucalyptus fragrances D C Eb And coriander seeds Em C Open the window Am Bm D And lift into your dreams Em C Am D Ebm Lately, baby, you can start to breathe Em C Open the window Am Bm D And lift into your dreams Em C Am D Ebm Lately, baby, you can start to breathe G F#m E You wake up in the morning D C# E To warm Pacific breeze D C# E Where mean cats chew on liquorice D C Eb And cannot climb the trees FALLS TO CLIMB G D I'll take the position C Em G5 Assume the missionary part G D You work by committee C Em G5 You had me pegged from the start G D I'll be pounce pony C Phony maroney Em G5 Pony before the cart G D I'll be pounce pony C Em G5 This ceremony, only fills my heart D G C Who cast the final stone? D G C Who threw the crushing blow? D G C Someone has to take the fall Am G Why not me? Am G Why not me? G D A punch toy volunteer C Em G5 A weakling on its knee G D Is all you want to hear C Em G5 And all you want to see G D Romantically, you'd martyr me C Em G5 And miss this story's point G D It is my strength, my destiny C Em G5 This is the role that I have chosen D G C Who cast the final stone? D G C Who threw the crushing blow? D G C Someone has to take the fall Am G Why not me? Am G Why not me? F Am C G F Am C G F Am C G Am G G D Gentlemen mark your opponents C Em G5 Fire into your own ranks G D C Pick the weakest as strategic move Em G5 Square off, to meet your enemy G D For each and every gathering C Em G5 A scapegoat falls to climb G D C As I step forward, silently Em G5 Deliberately mine D G C Who cast the final stone? D G C Who threw the crushing blow? D G C Someone has to take the fall Am G Why not me? Am G Why not me? Am G Had consequence chose differently Am G Had fate it's ugly head Am G My actions make me beautiful Am G And dignify the flesh Am G Me Am G I am free Am G I am free Am G Am G Am G Am G