Acoustic Picks

You’ll see a chord in here without a name, just its tab. I don’t know a short name for this (Fmaj7/D with no F?) Anyway, at least it’s easy to play.

I lose some sales and my boss won’t be happy
But I can’t stop listening to the sound
Of two soft voices blended in perfection
From the reels of this record that I found
C G/B Am G / F G C / F Am7/E Dm Am /- G F

Every day there’s a boy in the mirror
Asking me what are you doing here
Finding all my previous motives
Growing increasingly unclear

I traveled far and I burned all the bridges
I believed as soon as I hit land
All the other options held before me
Will wither in the light of my plan

So I lose some sales and my boss won’t be happy
But there’s only one thing on my mind
Searching boxes underneath the counter
On a chance that on a tape I’d find

A song for
Someone who needs somewhere
To long for
xx0210 / Am G F / C G/B Am G F G C

Homesick
‘Cause I no longer know
Where home is

This is one of those songs that you can’t seem to get out of your head.

[Intro]
Dm F Bb F / Dm F C / Dm F A Dm C Bb Bbm

Love of mine, someday you will die
But I’ll be close behind
I’ll follow you into the dark
No blinding light, or tunnels to gates of white
Just our hands clasped so tight
Waiting for the hint of a spark
F Dm / Bb / F C / F Dm / Bb / F C

[Chorus]
If heaven and hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the “No”s on their vacancy signs
If there’s no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I will follow you into the dark
Dm F / Bb F / Dm F C / Dm F / A Dm C / Bb Bbm F

Catholic school as vicious as Roman rule
I got my knuckles bruised
By a lady in black
And I held my tongue as she told me, “Son
Fear is the heart of love”
So I never went back

[Chorus]

You and me have seen everything to see
From Bangkok to Calgary
And the soles of your shoes
Are all worn down, the time for sleep is now
But it’s nothing to cry about
Because we’ll hold each other soon

In the blackest of rooms…
Dm Bb

[Chorus]

[Chorus]
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
C F / – C / ::

This old engine makes it on time
Leaves Hazard Station ’bout quarter to nine
Hits Trouble Junction at seventeen to
At a quarter to ten you know it’s drivin’ again
C D / F G / C D / F E7 Am G7

[Chorus]

Trouble ahead, the lady in read
Take my advice, you’d be better off dead
Switchman sleeping, train hundred and two is
On the wrong tack and headed for you
C C# D / F G / C D / F E7 Am G7

[Chorus]

Trouble with you is the trouble with me
You got two good eyes but you still don’t see
Come round the bend, you know it’s the end
The fireman screams and the engine just gleams

[Chorus x2]

And you know that notion just crossed my mind
A7 D7 G7 C

I think this song has a cool chord progression (the beginning sounds a lot like Hotel California, especially when played kind of brokenly with minimal skill).

Angie, Angie when will those clouds all disappear
Angie, Angie where will it lead us from here
With no loving in our souls
And no money in our coats
You can’t say we’re satisfied, but
Angie, Angie you can’t say we never tried
Am E7 G Bb F C / : / C G / Dm Am / C F G / Am E7 G Bb F C

Angie, you’re beautiful, but ain’t it time we said goodbye
Angie, I still you love you, remember all those nights we cried
All the dreams we held so close
Seemed to all go up in smoke
Let me whisper in your ear
Angie, Angie, where will it lead us from here

Oh, Angie don’t stop to weep
All your kisses still taste sweet
I hate the sadness in your eyes, but
Angie, Angie ain’t it time we said goodbye
G / Dm Am / C F G / Am E7 G Bb F C

With no loving in our souls
And no money in our coats
You can’t say we’re satisfied, but
Angie, Angie you can’t say we never tried
G / Dm Am / C F G / Am E7 G Bb F C

Waking up dead inside of my head
Will never never do there is no med
No medicine to take
I’ve had a chance to be insane
Asylum from the falling rain
I’ve had a chance to break
Em G / A2 C / Em G A2 C

It’s so bad it’s got to be good
Mysterious girl misunderstood
Dressed like a wedding cake
Any other day and I might play
A funeral march for Bonnie Brae
Why try and run away

[Chorus]
Slow Cheetah come before my forest
Looks like it’s on today
Slow Cheetah come it’s so euphoric
No matter what they say
C G A2 / : / : / : / :

I knew a girl she worked in a store
She knew not what her life was for
She barely knew her name
They tried to tell her she would never be
As happy as the girl in the magazine
She bought it with her pay

[Chorus]

Everyone has so much to say
They talk talk talk their lives away
Don’t even hesitate
Walking on down to the burial ground
It’s a very old dance with a merry old sound
Looks like it’s on today

[Chorus x2]