TIGER
Where do I put this fire,
this bright red feeling,
this tiger lily down my mouth?
He wants to grow to twenty feet tall.
A(flat)sus2 E(flat)sus2
I've left Bethlehem
A(flat)sus2 E(flat)sus2
I feel free
A(flat)sus2 E(flat)sus2
I've left the girl I
was supposed to be, and
A(flat)maj7
Someday I'll
Cm Fm/C
be born
Cm
Fm/C
Cm
I'm so tired of being shy, I'm not that girl
anymore I'm not that straight
"A" anymore. Now I want to
sit with my legs wide open and laugh so loud
that the whole damn restaurant will turn and look
at me.
"Look at that tiger jumping out of her mouth."And
A(flat)sus2 E(flat)sus2
I've left Bethlehem
A(flat)sus2 E(flat)sus2
I feel free
A(flat)sus2 E(flat)sus2
I've left the girl I
was supposed to be, and
A(flat)maj7
Someday I'll
Cm Fm/C
be born
Cm
Fm/C
Cm
No more sex-starved teachers trying to touch my ass.
I can finally be a teenager at age twenty-six.
Go to hell, lions tigers and bears.
I'm not afraid
of you anymore. My
fear broke apart like fifty balloons and I'm
throwing it around the room like party confetti now.
A(flat)sus2 E(flat)sus2
I've left Bethlehem
A(flat)sus2 E(flat)sus2
I feel free
A(flat)sus2 E(flat)sus2
I've left the girl I
was supposed to be, and
A(flat)maj7
Someday I'll
Cm Fm/C
be born
Cm
Fm/C
A(flat)sus2 E(flat)sus2
I've left Bethlehem
A(flat)sus2 E(flat)sus2
I feel free
A(flat)sus2 E(flat)sus2
I've left the girl I
was supposed to be, and
A(flat)maj7
Someday I'll
Cm Fm/C
be born
Cm
Fm/C
A(flat maj7)
Someday
someday
someday I'll
Cm
Fm/C
be born
Cm
Fm/C
A(flat)maj7
Someday I'll
Cm Fm/C
be born
Cm
Fm/C
A(flat maj7)
Someday
someday
someday I'll
Cm
Fm/C
be born
Cm
Fm/C
Cm
Hi yow-nown, hi yow-nown,
hi yow-now now now now now nin.
**The vocal part at the end is just the intro played backwards.**
Why don't you stay the evening, kick
back and watch the TV and I'll
fix a little something to eat.
Oh I know your back hurts from
workin' on the tractor. How
do you take your coffee my sweet?
Gmaj7
I will raise the chil-
A
dren if
Bm
you pay all the bills
C#m
F#m
Where is my
C#m
John Wayne?
F#m
Where is my
C#m
prairie sun?
F#m
Where is my
C#m
happy ending?
D(add2)
Where have all the cow-
E(add2)
boys gone?
Bm7
C#m
D(add2)
E(add2)
Gmaj7
I am wear
ing my new dress
tonight but
you don't, but you don't
even notice
C#m
me.
D(add2)
E(add2)
Say our good
Bm7
byes, say our good
C#m
byes, say our
D(add2)
goodbyes
E(add2)
We finn'lly sold the Chevy when we
had another baby and you
took that job in Tennessee.
You made friends at the farm you
join 'em at the bar almost
ev'ry single day of the week
Gmaj7
I will wash the dish-
A
es while
Bm
you go have a beer
C#m
F#m
Where is my
C#m
John Wayne?
F#m
Where is my
C#m
prairie sun?
F#m
Where is my
C#m
happy ending?
D(add2)
Where have all the cow-
E(add2)
boys gone?
F#m
Where is my
C#m
Marlboro Man?
F#m
Where is his
C#m
shiny gun?
F#m
Where is my
C#m
lonely ranger?
D(add2)
Where have all the cow-
E(add2)
boys gone?
Bm7<
C#m
D(add2)
E
ROAD TO DEAD
Am11
Dead, dead
dead, dead, walkin' down the road to
Em9
dead, dead,
dead, dead, walkin' down the road to
>Am11
Dead, dead
dead, dead, walkin' down the road to
G 6/9
dead, dead,
dead, dead, walkin' down the road to
Dsus
dead,dead
dead,dead, walkin' down the road to
Em9
dead, dead,
dead, dead, walkin' down the road to
Em
Welcome to the
Em/D
church of me,
Em/C
where they stand in a line,
Am9
in need of
Em/C
water from my eyes
Em/D
and a
Em/C
song for comfort.
B
Em
You say, "Jesus Christ."
Em/D
Em/C
Well, I feel like him.
Am9
I feel
Em/C
one, two three
Em/D
nails through me, and
Em/C
four through the heart.
Bsus B
Am
You walk the road to
Em9
resurrection,
Am
and I
walk the road to
Em9
dead.
Am9
I've
given you my
G 6/9
devotion
but
Dsus
I walk the road to
Em9
dead.
Em
I held you,
and wrapped you in the heat of my
hand and prayed for us,
but now I
Em/D
watch your back
as you
Em/C
walk away from my life.
B
Em
You need need.
Em/D
Em/C
Strength is
Am9
threatening, so I
Em/C
filled you with faith and I
Em/D
filled me with pain. And what the
Em/C
hell am I doing, falling in love with pain again
Bsus B
and again and again and again
Am
You
walk the road to resurrection
Em9
Em0
and I
Am
walk the road to
Em9
dead.
Am
And I've
given you my
G 6/9
devotion
but
Dsus
I
walk the road to
Em9
dead.
Am
You
walk the road to resurrection
Em9
Em0
and I
Am
walk the road to
Em9
dead.
Am
And I've
given you my
G 6/9
devotion
but
Dsus
I
walk the road to
Em9
dead.
Am
You
walk the road to resurrection
Em9
Em0
and I
Am
walk the road to
Em9
dead.
Am
And I've
given you my
G 6/9
devotion
but
Dsus
I
walk the road to
Em9
dead.
Am
You
walk the road to resurrection
Em9
Em0
and I
Am
walk the road to
Em9
dead.
Am
And I've
given you my
G 6/9
devotion
but
Dsus
I
walk the road to
Em9
dead.
Am
You
walk the road to resurrection
Em9
Em0
and I
Am
walk the road to
Em9
dead.
Am
And I've
given you my
G 6/9
devotion
but
Dsus
I
walk the road to
Em9
dead.
ME
Esus2
Ooh.
Asus2
Ooh.
Esus2
I am not the person who is sing
ing,
Asus2
I am the silent one in
side>Esus2
I am not the one who laughs at
people’s jokes
Asus2
I just pacify their
egos. >Esus2
I am not my house, my car
or my songs,
Asus2
They are only stops along my
way. Esus2
I am like the winter. I’m a
dark cold female with a
Asus2
golden ring of wisdom in my
cave.
Esus2
And it’s me who is my enemy,
Asus2
me who beats me up
>Esus2
me who makes the monsters
Asus2
Me who strips my confidence.
Oh. Esus2
Oh
Asus2
Oh
Esus2
Oh
Asus2
Oh
Esus2
FEELIN’ LOVE
E(flat)
Love,
F7
love, mmm.
E(flat)
G7
You make me G7
feel like a sticky pistil
leaning into
C7
her stamen.
You make me
G7feel like mister
sunshine himself.
C7
You make me
feel like splendor in
the grass where we’re
F7
rolling.
Damn skippy baby, you make me
G7
feel like the Amazon’s
running between my thighs.
E(flat)
F7
G7
You make me feel
love, love, love, love,
love
C7sus
love, love, love, love
C7
love. You make me feel
G7
love, love, love,
love.
E(flat)
Lu-huv,
F7
lu-huv, lu-huv
E(flat)
a luh-huv
G7
You make meG7
feel like a candy apple
all red and
C7
horny.
You make me
G7feel like I wanna be a dumb blonde in a
centerfold, the girl next doorbr>C7
And I would
open the door and I’d be
all wet, with my tits
F7
soaking through this tight little
t-shirt that I’m wearing and you would
G7
open the door and tie
me to the bed
E(flat)
F7
G7
You make me feel
love, love, love, love,
love
C7sus
love, love, love, love
C7
love. You make me feel
G7
love, love, love,
love.
E(flat)
Lu-huv,
F7
lu-huv, lu-huv
E(flat)
a luh-huv
G7
Lover, I don’t
know who I am.
F7
G7Am I Barry
White? Am I
F7
Isis?
>G7
Lover, I’m laced
with your unconscious.
F7
G7I will be your
Desdemona.
E(flat)
F7
Take your time.
G7
You make me feel,
uh-huh,
you make me feel,
C7
woo babe,
you make me feel, G7
uh-huh,
you make me feel,
E(flat)
luh-huv, uh
F7
ow it ow
E(flat)
uh uh uh
G7
uh uh uh ow, ow.
**Repeat these chords at the end to fade, ending on G with a final word “love”.
HUSH HUSH HUSH
I DON’T WANT TO WAIT
Gm7 F/A
B(flat)sus2
Dm Csus
B(flat)sus2
Gm7 F/A
B(flat)sus2
Dm Csus
Dm
Long, white
Arms, losing their
Gm7
strength and
form, sixty year
E(flat)sus2
man on
twenty year old
Dm
skin.
Skeleton
Your eyes have
Gm7
lost their
warmth, and look to your
E(flat)sus2
Father
For some support.
Dm
Gm7 F/A
Hush hush
B(flat)sus2
hush, says your
Dm Csus
Daddy’s
B(flat)sus2
touch.
Gm7 F/A
Sleep sleep
B(flat)sus2
sleep says the
Dm Csus
hundredth sheep
Gm7 F/A
Peace peace
B(flat)sus2
peace may you
Dm Csus
go in
B(flat)add2
peace.
Csus
Dm
Cruel
Joke, you waited so
Gm7
long to
show:the one that you
E(flat)sus2
wanted
wasn’t a
Dm
girl.
All your
Life you kept it
Gm7
hidden inside
Now when you
E(flat)sus2
step, you
tumble, you die.br>
Dm
Gm7 F/A
Hush hush
B(flat)sus2
hush, says your
Dm Csus
Daddy’s
B(flat)sus2
touch.
Gm7 F/A
Sleep sleep
B(flat)sus2
sleep says the
Dm Csus
hundredth sheep
Gm7 F/A
Peace peace
B(flat)sus2
peace may you
Dm Csus
go in
B(flat)add2
peace.
Csus
Oh, maybe
Next time you’ll be
C/E Em
Henry the Eighth
F6
G(add2)
wake up
tomorrow
C/E Em
Alexander the
Am D7
Great.
Open your
Eyes in a
C/E Em
new life
F6
again.
Oh, maybe
Next time you’ll be
C/E Em
given a
Am7(flat)5 D7(flat)9
chance.
Gm7 F/A
Hush, hush
B(flat)sus2
hush.
Dm9
Gm11
Dm/F
Dm/E
Gm7 F/A
Hush, hush
B(flat)sus2
hush.
Dm Csus
B(flat)sus2
G(flat)maj7 D(flat)maj7
Hush, hush
A 6/9 E(flat)6/9
hush. Oh
Gm7 F/A
Hush, hush
A 6/9 E(flat)6/9
hush. Oh
G(flat)maj7 D(flat)maj7
Hush, hush
A 6/9 E(flat)6/9
hush. Oh
G(flat)maj7 D(flat)maj7
Hush, hush
A 6/9 E(flat)6/9
hush. Oh…
So
Gsus2/F
open up your
Gsus2/E
morning light and
Gsus2/D
say a little
Gsus2/C
prayer for I. You know that
Gsus2/F
if we are to
Gsus2/E
stay alive then
Gsus2/D
see the peace in
Gsus2/C
every eye.
G(add2)
Du du du du du,
Du du du du du,
C 6/9
du du du du du du du
G(add2)
Du du du du du,
Du du du du du,
C 6/9
du du du du du du du
G(add2)
She had two babies
C 6/9
one was six months, one was three,
in the war of forty-four
G(add2)
Ev’ry telephone ring
Ev’ry heartbeat stinging when she
Em7
thought it was
D
God calling her.
Cmaj9
Oh, would
Em
her son
D6
grow to know his
C(add9)
father?
G(add2)
I don’t want to wait
D(add4)/F#
for our
Em11
lives to be
Dsus
over, I want
C6
to know right now,
G(add9)/B
what will it be?
Dsus/A
Dsus
sorry?
G(add2)
Du du du du du
Du du du du du
C 6/9
du du du du du du
G(add2)
He showed up all wet
C 6/9
on the rainy front step
wearing shrapnel in his skin
G(add2)
And the war he saw
Lives inside him still, it’s so
Em7
hard to be
D
generous and warm
Cmaj9
The years
Em
pass by, and
D6
now he has
C(add9)
granddaughters
G(add2)
I don’t want to wait
D(add4)/F#
for our
Em11
lives to be
Dsus
over, I want
C6
to know right now,
G(add9)/B
what will it be?
Dsus/A
Dsus
G(add2)
I don’t want to wait
D(add4)/F#
for our lives
Em11
to be over
Dsus
Will it
C6
be yes, or will
G(add9)/B
it be
Dsus/A
Oh
G7(add4)
so you look at me from across
the room. You’re
Am9(flat)13
wearing your anguish again.
Believe
B(flat)add2
me I know the feeling; it sucks
Fsus
you into the haws of anger
C(add9)
Oh,
G7(add4)
so breathe a little more deeply, my love,
All we
Am9(flat)13
have is this very moment.
and
B(flat)(add2)
I don’t want to do what his father and his father and
Fsus
his father did. I want to be here now.
Gsus2
So
So
Gsus2/F
open up your
Gsus2/E
morning light and
Gsus2/D
say a little
Gsus2/C
prayer for I. You know that
Gsus2/F
if we are to
Gsus2/E
stay alive then
Gsus2/D
see the peace in
Gsus2/C
every eye.
G(add2)
I don’t want to wait
D(add4)/F#
for our
Em11
lives to be
Dsus
over, I want
C6
to know right now,
G(add9)/B
what will it be?
Dsus/A
Dsus
G(add2)
Dsus
G(add2)
I don’t want to wait
D(add4)/F#
for our lives
Em11
to be over
Dsus
Will it
C6
be yes, or will
G(add9)/B
it be
G(add2)
I don’t want to wait
D(add4)/F#
for our
Em11
lives to be
Dsus
over, I want
C6
to know right now,
G(add9)/B
what will it be?
Dsus/A
Dsus
G(add2)
I don’t want to wait
D(add4)/F#
for our lives
Em11
to be over
Dsus
Will it
C6
be yes, or will
G(add9)/B
it be
Dsus/A
sorry?
G(add2)
Du du du du du
Du du du du du
C 6/9
du du du du du du
G(add2)
Du du du du du
Du du du du du
C 6/9
du du du du du du
So
Gsus2/F
open up your
Gsus2/E
morning light and
Gsus2/D
say a little
Gsus2/C
prayer for I. You know that
Gsus2/F
if we are to
Gsus2/E
stay alive then
Gsus2/D
see the peace in
Gsus2/C
every eye.
F(add2)
**One interesting note is at the end, it is indeed the theme of “Me” being played again.**