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Tracy chapman album Tracy Chapman
##song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. ##Subject: Tracy Chapman's first album####Fast Car ihateuw@u.washington.edu (David Wong)#Behind The Wall (a cappella)#Mountains O' Things ihateuw@u.washington.edu (David Wong)#WHY? ihateuw@u.washington.edu (David Wong)#If Not Now...##Talkin' Bout A Revolution ihateuw@u.washington.edu (David Wong)# Simple song really, just four chords. G(320003), C(add9)(x32030), Em##They're talkin' about a revolution#Don't you know#It sounds like a whisper#While they're standing in the welfare lines#Wasting time in the enemployment lines##And get their share#And take what's theirs#Don't you know#Oh I said you better##Talkin' bout a revolution#******************************************************************************# Fast Car:e-----------0----0----------|5------4----4-------- Repeat this over, andB--T------------------------|---------------------over, until the bridge "I re-G--A--6-7-6-----------------|---------------------member we were driving..."D--B--7-----7----------7----|7------7--------7----where the following chordsA---------------------------|---------------------come in:E---------------------------|---------------------
# D, for one measure, A for one measure, F#m(244222) for a measure, Esus#time, followed by a measure of E. Repeat the last two measures, then play one##I want a ticket to anywhere#Maybe together we can get somewhere#Anyplace is better#Maybe we'll make something##And I got a plan to get us out of here#Managed to save just a little bit of money#Just 'cross the border and into the city#And finally see what it means to be living#You see my old man's got a problem#He says his body's too old for working#My mama went off and left him#I said somebody's got to take care of him##But is it fast enough so we can fly away#We leave tonight or live and die this way#I remember we were driving driving in your car#City lights lay out before us#And I had a feeling that I belonged##And we go cruising to entertain ourselves#And I work in a market as a checkout girl#You'll find work and I'll get promoted#Buy a big house and live in the suburbs#You got a fast car#You stay out drinking late at the bar#I'd always hoped for better#I got no plans I ain't going nowhere##But is it fast enough so you can fly away#You leave tonight or live and die this way#******************************************************************************###and D (xx0232). If I recall correctly there's a break that goes between an A#outro I think she's playing G and A.#Across the lines#Under the bridge#That separates whites from blacks#Choose sides#Tonight the riots behin#They kill the dream of America#Little black girl gets assaulted#Newspaper prints the story#Next day it start a riot#Two black boys get killed##Don't no one know her name#She's the one to blame#******************************************************************************##Loud voices behind the wall#It won't do no good to call#Always come late##They say they can't interfere#Between a man and his wife#The tears well up in her eyes#Last night I heard the screaming#I prayed that I was dreaming##"I'm here to keep the peace#I think we all could use some sleep"#******************************************************************************# [D] [A7sus] [A7]
e-----2---2--2-0---2---|0---0---0-------- This is played and repeated twice, B--T--3---3--3-3---3-0-|3---3-0-2--------the second time it's repeated the voc- G--A--2---2--2-2---2---|0---0---0--------als come in: "Sorry- is all that you D--B--0---0--0-0---0---|2---2---2--------can't say." However on "say" an Em A----------------------|0---0---0--------chord is played. Repeat the chord E----------------------|-----------------changes, but go to a D on "still" in
"years go by and still." Repeat once more landing on an Em, then change to a
G, then A each time "sorry" is repeated. Watch for the time signature changes
around the G. This entire sequence is repeated, with the exception of the
opening strums before the singing begins. Of course, substitute the next
verses, i.e. "Forgive me..."
The remaining part of the song goes:
"[Em]baby, can I [G]hold you to[D]night.
[Em]Baby, if I [G]told you the [Bm]right words,
oo- at the righ[A]t time,
D Em F#m G A repeat.
you'd be mine.
Sorry
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like sorry like sorry
Forgive me
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like forgive me forgive me
But you can say baby
Baby can I hold you tonight
Maybe if I told you the right words
At the right time you'd be mine
I love you
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like I love you I love you
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Mountains O' Things
Chords in this one are Am, Dm, F and G.
The life I've always wanted
I guess I'll never have
I'll be working for somebody else
Until I'm in my grave
I'll be dreaming of life of ease
And mountains o' things
To have a big expensive car
Drag my furs on the ground
And have a maid that I can tell
To bring me anything
Everyone will look at me with envy and with greed
I'll revel in their attention
And mountains
Oh mountains o' things
Sweet lazy life
Champagne and caviar
I hope you'll come and find me
Cause you know who we are
Those who deserve the best in life
And know what money's worth
And those whose sole misfortune
Was having mountains o' nothing at birth
Oh they tell me
There's still time to save my soul
They tell me
Renounce all
Renounce all tose material things you gained by
Exploiting other human beings
Consume more than you need
This is the dream
Make you pauper
Or make you queen
I won't die lonely
I'll have it all prearranged
A grave that's deep and wide enough
For me and all my mountains o' things
Mostly I feel lonely
Good good people are
Good people are only
My stepping stones
It's gonna take all my mountains o' things
To surround me
Keep all my enemies away
Keep my sadness and loneliness at bay
I'll be dreaming, dreaming, dreaming..
Dreaming...
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She's Got Her Ticket
Chords are C, G and Am.
She's got her ticket
I think she gonna use it
I think she going to fly away
No one should try and stop her
Persuade her with their power
She says that her mind is made
Up
Why not leave why not
Go away
Too much hatred
Corruption and greed
Give your life
And invariably they leave you with
Nothing
Young girl ain't got no chances
No roots to keep her strong
She's shed all pretenses
That someday she'll belong
Some folks call her a runaway
A failure in the race
But she knows where her ticket takes her
She will find her place in the sun
And she'll fly, fly, fly...
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WHY?
The chords used in this are Bm (x24432), G (320003), A (x02220),
D(add9) (xx0230), and A(add9) (x02420). The intro is merely alternating
between Bm and G, and adding hammers-on. In the case of the Bm hammer-on the
three fingers other than the one barring at the second fret. With the G hammer
on the pointer finger. After that:
[Bm]Why do the babies starve, there's enough food to feed the world?
[G]Why, when there's so many of us are there [A]people still alone?
[Bm]Why are the missiles called peacekeepers, when they're aimed to kill?
[G]Why is a woman still not safe [A]when she's in her home?
[D(add9] Love is hate
[Aadd9] war is peace,
[Bm] no is yes,-
[G]
we're all free.---- But, some-
[Bm]body's gonna have to answer, the time is coming soon. Amidst
[G]all these questions and contradictions there're
[A]some who seek the truth.
Tell me...
But somebody's gonna have to answer
The time is coming soon
When the blind remove their blinders
And the speechless speak the truth
Tell me...
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For My Lover ihateuw@u.washington.edu (David Wong)
For My Lover:
I use "^" for hammer-on, and the "d" and "u" to indicate downaward and
upward strums. Here's the intro:
[Em] [G] [D] [Cmaj7] [d] [u] [d] [u] [d] [u] [d] [u]
e-----0---0-----------3---3-----------|2---2---2---0---------| B--T--0---0-----------0---0-----------|3---3---3---0---------| G--A--0---0-----------0---0-----------|2---2---2---0---------| D--B--2---2-------0---0---0-------0---|0---0---0---2---------| A-----2---2---0^2-----2---2---0^2-----|------------3---------| E-----0---0-----------3---3-----------|----------------------|
The intro is repeated, and then:
[Em]Two weeks in a Vir[G]ginia jail
[D]For my lover, f[A]or my lover.
[Em]Twenty thousand [G]dollar bail
[D] [A]
For my lover, for my lover.---
[C]And everybody thinks
A(add9) (x02420)
I'm the fool.
[D]
They don't get---any
[C]love from you.
[Em]
Things we won't do for love---
[Aadd9] [Em]I'd climb a mountain if I had to,
[G]
risk my life so I could have you---
[D]
you- you- you- you...
Cmaj7 (x32000)
you- you -you -you -you.
Repeat this progression with these lyrics:
Everyday I'm psychoanalyzed
for my lover, for my lover.
Dope me up and I tell them lies
for my lover, for my lover.---
And everybody thinks... etc.
Stay on the Cmaj7 the second time through an extra measure, for:
[Cmaj7] I follow my heart
[Em] and leave my head to ponder
[D]
deep in this love--- no
[Cmaj7]man can shake.
Keep with these chord changes for the rmaining lyrics:
I follow my heart
and leave my mind to wonder,
is this love worth- the sacri-
fices I make?
Two weeks in a Virginia jail...
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If Not Now...
If not now then when
If not today then
Why make your promises
A love declared for days to come
Is as good as none
You can wait 'til morning comes
You can wait for the new day
You can wait and lose this heart
You can wait and soon be sorry
Now love's the only thing that's free
We must take it where it's found
Pretty soon it may be costly
If not now what then
We all must live out lives
Always feeling
Always thinking
The moment has arrived
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For You
There's no words to say
No words to convey
This feeling inside I have for you
Deep in my heart
Safe from the guards
Of intellect and reason
Leaving me at a loss
For words to express my feelings
Deep in my heart
Look at me losing control
Thinking I have a hold
But with feelings this strong
I'm no longer the master
Of my emotions
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[--] Sergio Lucero Vera "But I still haven't found
Alumno Ingenieria Civil Matematica the .sig I'm looking for..."
Universidad de Chile
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