Bright Eyes : I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

C

F

C

F

C

F

C

F

C

We must talk in every telephone, get eaten off the web

C

F

G

We must rip out all the epilogues from the books that we have read

C

F

And in the face of every criminal strapped firmly to a chair

C

G

C

We must stare, we must stare, we must stare We must take all of the medicines too expensive now to sell Set fire to the preacher who is promising us hell And in the ear of every anarchist that sleeps but doesn't dream We must sing, we must sing, we must sing "It'll go like this..."

F

G

While my mother waters plants

C

F

My father loads his gun

F

G

He says death will give us back to god

Am

F

G

C

Just like this setting sun is returned to this lonesome ocean

C

F

C

F

C

"And then they splashed into the deep blue sea"

F

G

C

F

C

G

C

"It was a wonderful splash" We must blend into the choir, sing as static with the whole We must memorize nine numbers and deny we have a soul And in this endless race for property and privilege to be won We must run, we must run, we must run We must hang up in the belfry where the bats and moonlight laugh We must stare into a crystal ball and only see the past And in the caverns of tomorrow, with just our flash-lights and our love We must plunge, we must plunge, we must plunge And then we'll get down there to the very bottom of everything And we'll see it, we'll see it, we'll see it! Oh my morning's coming back, the whole world's waking up In the city buses are swimming past, I'm happy just because I found out I am really no one

Capo:

II

G

Bm

Em

D

G

Bm

Em

D

G

Bm

Em

D

If you hate the taste of wine

G

Bm

Em

D

Why do you drink it till you're blind?

G

Bm

C

D

And if you swear that there's no truth and who cares

Em

D

How come you say it like you're right? Why are you scared to dream of God When it's salvation that you want? You see, stars that clear have been dead for years But the idea just lives on In our wheels that roll around As we move over the ground And all day it seems we've been in between A past and future town

Em

D

We are nowhere and it's now

Em

D

We are nowhere and it's now

C

D

In like a ten minute dream in the passenger seat

G

D

Em

While the world was flying by

Em

D

I haven't been gone very long but it seems like a lifetime

G

Em

G

Bm

G

Em

G

Bm

D

Am

D

I been sleeping so strange at night

Am

D

Side effects they don't advertise

Am

D

I been sleeping so strange

Am

D

With a head full of pesticide

G

Bm

Em

D

G

Bm

Em

D

I got no plans and too much time I feel too restless to unwind I'm always lost in thought as I walk the block To my favorite neon sign Where the waitress looks concerned But she never says a word Just turns the jukebox on and we hum along And I smile back at her And my friend comes after work When the features starts to blur She says, "These bars are filled with things that kill By now you probably should have learned"

Em

D

Did you forget that yellow bird?

Em

D

How could you forget your yellow bird?

C

D

And she took a small silver wreath and pinned it on to me

G

D

Em

She said, "This one will bring you luck"

Em

D

And I don't know if it's true, but I keep it for good luck

G

Em

G

Bm

G

Em

G

Bm

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D

Dmaj7

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Bm

|

G

A

|

D

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x2

D

Dmaj7

Bm

Grey light, new day leaks through the window

G

A

D

Some old soul song comes on the alarm clock radio

D

Dmaj7

Bm

We walk the forty blocks to the middle

G

A

D

Of the place we heard where everything would be

G

A

D

And there were barricades to keep us off the street

Bm

G

Em

A

But the crowd kept pushing forward until they swallowed the police

Em

Yeah, they went wild

G

Yeah, they went wild

Em

Yeah, they went wild

Gm

Yeah, they went wild |

D

Dmaj7

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Bm

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G

A

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D

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x2

We left before the dust had time to settle And all the broken glass swept off the avenue And on the way home held your camera like a bible Wishing so bad that it held some kind of truth And I stood nervous next to you in the dark room You dropped the paper in the water and it all begins to bloom Yeah, they went wild Yeah, they went wild Yeah, they went wild Yeah, they went wild |

D

Dmaj7

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G

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Bm

|

A

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x2

G

A

D

Just when I get so lonesome I can't speak

Bm

G

Em

A

I see some flowers on a hillside, like a wall of new TVs

Em

Yeah, they went wild

G

Yeah, they went wild

Em

Yeah, they went wild

Gm

Yeah, they went wild

D

Yeah, they went wild

Em

Yeah, they went wild

G

Yeah, they went wild

Gm

Yeah, they went wild

Capo:

VII

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G

|

G

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C/g

Cmaj7/g

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Cmaj7/g

C6/g

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x2

G

C/g

Cmaj7/g

C6/g

I know that it is freezing but I think we have to walk

G

C/g

Cmaj7/g

C6/g

I keep waving to the taxis they keep turning their lights off

Am

D

Dsus2

D

Dsus2

But Julie knows a party at some actor's westside loft

Am

C

Am

D

G

Supplies are endless in the evening, by the morning they'll be gone When everything gets lonely I can be my own best friend I'll get a coffee and the paper, have my own conversations With the sidewalk and the pigeons and my window reflection The mask I polish in the evening, by the morning looks like shit

C/g

G

And I know you have a heavy heart, I can feel it when we kiss

C/g

G

Dsus2

And many men stronger than me have thrown their backs out tryin' to lift it

C/g

Em

G

Gsus2

C/g

But me I'm not a gamble, you can count on me to split

Am

C

Am

D

G

The love I sell you in the evening by the morning won't exist You're looking skinny like a model with your eyes all painted black You just keep going to the bathroom always say you'll be right back Well it takes one to know one, kid, I think you've got it bad But what's so easy in the evening, by the morning is such a drag I've got a flask inside my pocket, we can share it on the train And if you promise to stay conscious I will try and do the same We might die from medication, but we sure killed all the pain But what was normal in the evening, by the morning seems insane And I'm not sure what the trouble was that started all of this The reasons have run away but the feeling never did It's not something I would recommend, but it is one way to live 'Cause what is simple in the moonlight, by the morning never is

Am

C

Am

D

Em

What's so simple in the moonlight, now it's so complicated

Am

C

Am

C

It was so simple in the moonlight, so simple in the moonlight

Am

C

D

G

So simple in the moonlight

Capo:

I

F#dim xx4545

C

G

You were born inside of a raindrop

Fm

C

I watched you falling to your death

C

G

And the sun, well she could not save you

Fm

C

She'd fallen down too, now the streets are wet Body of water, toxic and timeless The Atlantic ocean, New York skyline I always get lost when I leave the village So I couldn't come meet you in Brooklyn last night But I sing glory from the lowest And I will say peace to the people I meet While the world waits for an explosion That instant of life that wipes that slate clean

Am

G

So don't be fooled

Am

G

So don't be lied to

Em

Am

D

G

Love was always cruel

Am

G

Don't act strange

Am

G

Don't be a stranger

Em

Am

D

G

It happened to me, now it's happening to you

F#dim

But if you take that train under water then we could talk it through

C

G

Fm

C

x2

Well if I could tame all of my desires Wait out the weather that howls in my brain Because it seems that it's always changing The wind's indecision, the sorrowful rain I was a postcard, I was a record I was a camera until I went blind Now I'm riding all over this island Looking for something to open my eyes Well we still sing glory from a high-rise And I will say thanks if you're pouring my drinks While the world waits for an explosion That moment in time when we are set free So don't stay mad Just let some time pass And in the morning you'll wake feeling new And if I don't come back I mean, if I get sidetracked It's only 'cause I wanted to Keeping up with the moon on an all night avenue

C

G

Fm

C

Dsus2* xx3230

Fm* 006560 -> 006568

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C

E

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Am

|

F

G

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C

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x2

C

E

Am

This is the first day of my life

F

G

C

Swear I was born right in the doorway

C

E

Am

I went out in the rain, suddenly everything changed

D7

G

They're spreading blankets on the beach Yours is the first face that I saw Think I was blind before I met you Don't know where I am, don't know where I've been But I know where I want to go

C

G

Am

So I thought I'd let you know

F

G

That these things take forever

C

C/b

Am

I especially am slow

Dsus2*

But I realized how I need you

Fm*

C

And I wondered if I could come home |

C

G

|

Am

|

Dsus2*

|

Fm*

| I remember the time you drove all night Just to meet me in the morning I thought it was strange, you said everything changed You felt as if you'd just woke up And you said, "This is the first day of my life I'm glad I didn't die before I met you Now I don't care, I could go anywhere with you And I'd probably be happy" So if you want to be with me With these things there's no telling We'll just have to wait and see But I'd rather be working for a paycheck Than waiting to win the lottery

C

E

Am

Besides, maybe this time it's different I mean I really think you like me |

C

E

|

Am

|

Dsus2*

|

Fm*

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x2

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C

|

B

E

I'm changin' all my strings I'm gonna write another travelin' song

B

F#

About all the million highways and the cities at the break of dawn

B

E

I guess the best that I can do now is pretend that I done nothin' wrong

F#

E

B

And to dream about a train that's gonna take back where I belong The ocean speaks and spits and I can feel it from the interstate And I'm screaming my brother on a cellphone, he is far away I'm saying nothing in the past or the future ever will feel like today I tell him, park it in the alley and just hoping that our shit is safe

E

B

So I go back and forth forever

E

B

All my thoughts they come in pairs

E

Ebm

Oh, I will, I won't, I do, I don't

C#m

E

F#m

B

I'm not surprised, and I never feel quite prepared Now I'm hunched over a typewriter, I guess you'd call it painting in a cave And there's a word I can't remember and a feeling I cannot forsake And now my ashtray's overflowing, I'm still staring at a clean, white page The morning's at my window and she's sending me to bed again Well I dreamed of dark on the horizon, I dreamed of desert where the dead lay down I dreamed a prostituted child touching an old man in a fast food crowd Oh yeah I dreamt the ship was sinking there were people screaming all around And I awoke to my alarm clock, it was a pop song, it was playing loud So I will find my fears and face them Or I will cower like a dog I'll kick and scream or kneel in glee I'll fight like hell to hide that I'm giving up!

Capo:

III

C

G

C

If you walk away, I'll walk away

C

G

C

First tell me which road you will take

Am

G

C

Am

I don't want to risk our paths crossing some day

C

G

C

So you walk that way, I'll walk this way And the future hangs over our heads And it moves with each current event Until it falls all around like a cold steady rain Just stay in when it's looking this way And the moon's laying low in the sky Forcing everything metal to shine And the sidewalk holds diamonds like the jewelry store case They argue walk this way, now walk this way And Laura's asleep in my bed As I'm leaving she wakes up and says "I dreamed you were carried away on the crest of a wave Baby don't go away, come here" And there's kids playing guns in the street And ones pointing his tree branch at me So I put my hands up I say, "Enough is enough If you walk away, I'll walk away"

C7

And he shot me dead

Am

G

C

I found a liquid cure

Am

G

C

For my landlocked blues

F

G

C

Am

It will pass away like a slow parade

C

G

C

It's leaving but I don't know how soon

Instrumental verse

And the world's got me dizzy again You think after 22 years I'd be used to the spin And it only feels worse when I stay in one place So I'm always pacing around or walking away I keep drinking the ink from my pen And I'm balancing history books up on my head But it all boils down to one quotable phrase If you love something, give it away A good woman will pick you apart A box full of suggestions for your possible heart But you may be offended and you may be afraid But don't walk away, don't walk away We made love on the living room floor With the noise in background of a televised war And in the deafening pleasure I thought I heard someone say "If we walk away, they'll walk away" But greed is a bottomless pit And our freedom's a joke, we're just taking a piss And the whole world must watch the sad comic display If you're still free start running away 'Cause we're coming for you!

Instrumental verse

I've grown tired of holding this post I feel more like a stranger each time I come home So I'm making a deal with the devils of faith Saying, "Let me walk away, please" You'll be free, child, once you have died From the shackles of language and measurable time And then we can trade places, play musical grace

C7

Till then, walk away, walk away

Am

G

C

So I'm up at dawn

Am

G

C

Putting on my shoes

F

G

C

Am

I just want to make a clean escape

C

G

C

I'm leaving but I don't know where to

C

G

C

I know I'm leaving but I don't know where to

A

Dsus2

A

Dsus2

A

Dsus2

Poison oak some boyhood bravery

A

Dsus2

When a telephone was a tin can on a string

A/f#

E

And I fell asleep with you still talking to me

A

Dsus2

A

Dsus2

You said you weren't afraid to die

A

Dsus2

In polaroids you were dressed in womens' clothes

A

Dsus2

Were you made ashamed? Why'd you lock them in a drawer?

A/f#

E

Well I don't think that I ever loved you more

A

Dsus2

Than when you turned away, when you slammed the door

Dsus2/f#

Em7

When you stole the car and drove towards Mexico

A

Dsus2

And you wrote bad checks just to fill your arm

Dsus2/f#

Em7

I was young enough, I still believed in war

A

Dsus2/f#

A

Dsus2/f#

E

Dsus2/f#

But let the poets cry themselves to sleep

E

Dsus2/f#

And all their tearful words will turn back into steam

A

Dsus2

Me, I'm a single cell on the serpent's tongue

Dsus2/f#

Em7

There's a muddy field where the garden was

A

Dsus2

And I'm glad you got away, but I'm still stuck out here

Dsus2/f#

Em7

My clothes are soaking wet from your brother's tears

A

Dsus2/f#

A

Dsus2/f#

E

Dsus2/f#

And I never thought this life was possible

E

Dsus2/f#

You're the yellow bird that I've been waiting for

A

D

The end of paralysis, I was a statuette

Dsus2/f#

Em7

Now I'm drunk as hell on a piano bench

A

D

And when I press the keys it all gets reversed

Dsus2/f#

Em7

The sound of loneliness makes me happier

A

Dsus2/f#

A

Dsus2/f#

Capo:

I

C

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The sun came up with no conclusions Flowers sleeping in their beds The cities cemetery's humming I'm wide-awake, it's morning I have my drugs, I have my woman They keep away my loneliness My parents have they have their religion But sleep in separate houses

Em

Am

I read the body count out of the paper

F

G

C

And now it's written all over my face

Em

Am

No one ever plans to sleep out in the gutter

F

G

C

Sometimes that's just the most comfortable place So I'm drinking, breathing, writing, singing Everyday up on the clock My mind races with all my longings But can't keep up with what I got So I hope I don't sound too ungrateful What history gave modern man The telephone to talk to strangers Machine guns and the camera lens

Em

Am

So when you're asked to fight a war that's over nothing

F

G

C

It's best to join the side that's gonna win

Em

Am

And no one's sure how all of this got started

F

G

C

But we're gonna make them goddamn certain how it's gonna end Oh ya we will, oh ya we will! Well I could have been a famous singer If I had someone else's voice But failure's always sounded better Let's fuck it up boys, make some noise! The sun came up with no conclusions Flowers sleeping in their beds The cities cemetery's humming I'm wide-awake, it's morning

C

Bright Eyes : I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
2005

At The Bottom Of Everything

We Are Nowhere And It's Now

Old Soul Song (For The New World)

Lua

Train Under Water

First Day Of My Life

Another Travelin' Song

Land Locked Blues

Poison Oak

Road To Joy

Bright Eyes : I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning 2005

At The Bottom Of Everything

We Are Nowhere And It's Now

Old Soul Song (For The New World)

Lua

Train Under Water

First Day Of My Life

Another Travelin' Song

Land Locked Blues

Poison Oak

Road To Joy

Bright Eyes : I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
2005