Regina Spektor : Begin To Hope

C

/b

C

F

/e

I never loved nobody fully

C

F

/e

Always one foot on the ground

Dm

Bb

And by protecting my heart truly

F

C

I got lost in the sounds

/e

F

Bb

I hear in my mind all of these voices

Dm

C

I hear in my mind all of these words

/e

F

Bb

I hear in my mind all of this music

Dm

And it breaks my heart

C

And it breaks my heart

F

(

Bb

)

C

And it breaks my heart

F

(

Bb

)

C

And it breaks my heart

/d

F

Bb

Suppose I never ever met you

F

C

Suppose we never fell in love

/e

F

Bb

Suppose I never ever let you

Dm

C

Kiss me so sweet and so soft

/e

F

Bb

Suppose I never ever saw you

Dm

C

Suppose we never ever called

/e

F

Bb

Suppose I kept on singing love songs

Dm

C

Just to break my own fall

F

(

Bb

)

C

Just to break my fall

F

(

Bb

)

C

Just to break my fall

F

(

Bb

)

C

Just to break my fall

F

(

Bb

)

C

Break my fall, break my fall

Dm

Dm/c

All my friends say that of course it's

G

G/f

G/e

G/c

Gonna get better, gonna get better

C

C/bb

C/a

C/g

Better better better better better better better I never loved nobody fully Always one foot on the ground And by protecting my heart truly I got lost in the sounds I hear in my mind all of these voices I hear in my mind all of these words I hear in my mind all of this music And it breaks my heart And it breaks my heart I hear in my mind all of these voices I hear in my mind all of these words I hear in my mind all of this music And it breaks my heart And it breaks my heart And it breaks my heart And it breaks my heart And it breaks my heart And it breaks my heart

Capo:

I

E

A

B

E

If I kiss you where it's sore

A

B

E

If I kiss you where it's sore

A

B

E

Will you feel better, better, better

A

B

E

Will you feel anything at all?

A

B

E

Will you feel better, better, better

A

B

E

Will you feel anything at all?

A

B

A

B

E

Born like sisters to this world

A

B

E

In a town where blood ties are only blood

A

B

E

E7

If you never say your name out loud to anyone

A

B

E

They can never ever call you by it If I kiss you where it's sore If I kiss you where it's sore Will you feel better, better, better Will you feel anything at all? Will you feel better, better, better Will you feel anything at all?

Em

You're getting sadder, getting sadder

Em

getting sadder, getting sadder

Em

E

And I don't understand, and I don't understand But if I kiss you where it's sore If I kiss you where it's sore Will you feel better, better, better Will you feel anything at all? Will you feel better, better, better Will you feel anything at all Anything at all Will you feel anything at all Anything at all Will you feel anything at all Anything at all...

Capo:

IV

G

Am

Bm

C

You are my sweetest downfall

C

D

Em

D

C

I loved you first, I loved you first

G

Am

Bm

C

Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth

D

Em

D

C

I have to go, I have to go

Cadd9

C

Cadd9

Your hair was long when we first met

D

Em

G

C

Samson went back to bed, not much hair left on his head

D

Em

G

D

He ate a slice of Wonderbread and went right back to bed

D

Em

G

C

And history books forgot about us and the bible didn't mention us

G

D/f#

Em

Cadd9

C

And the bible didn't mention us, not even once

G

Am

Bm

Cadd9

You are my sweetest downfall

C

D

Em

D

Cadd9

I loved you first, I loved you first

G

Am

Bm

Cadd9

C

Beneath the stars came fallin' on our hats

D

Em

D

C

But they're just old light, they're just old light

Cadd9

C

Cadd9

Your hair was long when we first met

D

Em

G

C

Samson came to my bed, told me that my hair was red

D

Em

G

D

Told me I was beautiful and came into my bed

D

Em

G

C

Oh I cut his hair myself one night, a pair of dull scissors in the yellow light

C

G

And he told me that I'd done alright

G

D/f#

Em

C

And kissed me 'til the mornin' light, the mornin' light

G

D/f#

Em

C

Cadd9

G

D/f#

Em

And he kissed me 'til the mornin' light...

D

Em

G

C

Samson went back to bed, not much hair left on his head

D

Em

G

D

Ate a slice of Wonderbread and went right back to bed

D

Em

G

C

Oh, we couldn't bring the columns down, we couldn't destroy a single one

C

G

And history books forgot about us

G

D/f#

Em

C

Cadd9

G

D/f#

Em

And the bible didn't mention us, not even once

G

Am

Bm

Cadd9

You are my sweetest downfall

C

D

Em

I loved you first

C

G

Am

F

C

G

This is how it works, it feels a little worse

Am

F

Than when we drove our hearse right through that screaming crowd

C

G

While laughing up a storm until we were just bone

Am

F

Until it got so warm that none of us could sleep

C

G

And all the Styrofoam began to melt away

Am

F

We tried to find some worms to aid in the decay

C

G

But none of them were home inside their catacomb

Am

F

A million ancient bees began to sting our knees

C

G

While we were on our knees, praying that disease

Am

F

Would leave the ones we love and never come again

C

G

And on the radio we heard November Rain

Am

F

That solo's real, long but it's a pretty song

C

G

We listened to it twice 'cause the DJ was asleep

Am

F

C

G

This is how it works, you're young until you're not

Am

F

You love until you don't, you try until you can't

C

G

You laugh until you cry, you cry until you laugh

Am

F

And everyone must breathe, until their dying breath

C

G

No, this is how it works, you peer inside yourself

Am

F

You take the things you like and try to love the things you took

C

G

And then you take that love you made and stick it into some

Am

F

Someone else's heart, pumping someone else's blood

C

G

And walking arm-in-arm, you hope it don't get harmed

Am

F

But even if it does, you'll just do it all again

C

G

And on the radio you'll hear November Rain

Am

F

That solo's awful long, but it's a good refrain

C

G

You'll listen to it twice 'cause the DJ is asleep

Am

On the radio

F

On the radio

C

On the radio (uh-oh)

G

On the radio (uh-oh)

Am

On the radio (uh-oh)

F

On the radio

C

G

Am

F

G

C/g

G

I wish I'd see a field below

G

C/g

G

I wish I'd hear a rooster crow

D

D/c

Bm

Am

But there are none who live downtown

G

C/g

G

And so the day starts out so slow

D

D/c

G

Again the sun was never called

Am

C

D

And darkness spreads over the snow

G

Am

C

/b

Am

Like ancient bruises...

D

D/c

Bm

Am

I'm awake and feel the ache

G

C/g

G

But I wish I'd see a field below

G

C/g

G

I wish I'd see a field below

Instrumental verse

G

C/g

G

I wish I'd see your face below

G

C/g

G

I wish I'd hear you whispering low

D

D/c

Bm

Am

But you don't live downtown no more

Em

D

D/b

Am

C

And everything must come and go

D

D/c

D/b

D

Instrumental verse

D

D/c

G

Again the sun was never called

Am

C

D

And darkness spreads over the snow

D/c

D/b

C

C/b

Am

Like ancient bruises........

D

D/c

Bm

Am

I'm awake and feel the ache

Em

D

D/b

Am

C

D

D/c

D/b

D

I'm awake and feel the ache

G

C/g

G

But I wish I'd see a field below But I wish I'd see a field below I'm awake and feel the ache But I wish I'd see a field below I'm awake and feel the ache But I wish I'd see a field below I wish I'd see a field below I wish I'd see a field below

Capo:

II

G

Come in, come in

G

Em7

Come into my world I've got to show, show, show you

G

Em7

Come into my bed, I've got to know, know, know you

D

C/g

G

D

I have dreams of orca whales and owls, but I wake up in fear

C/g

G

D

You will never be my, you will never be my fool, will never be my fool Floaters in my eyes wake up in a hotel room Cigarettes and lies, I am a child, it's too soon I have dreams of orca whales and owls, but I wake up in fear You will never be my, you will never be my fool, will never be my fool

D

C/g

A little bag of cocaine, a little bag of cocaine

G

D

So who's the girl wearing my dress?

D

C/g

I figured out her number, it's on a paper napkin

G

D

But I don't know her address I wade downstairs, the porter smiles to me, a smile I've bought With a couple of gold coins, a sign that I've been caught I have dreams of orca whales and owls, but I wake up in fear

C/g

G

You will never be my, you will never be my dear

D

(

G

) Will never be my dear, dear friend...

G

C

D

G

Ba-da-da-dum-ma, dear dear friend... Ba-da-da-dum-ma, dear dear friend... Ba-da-da-dum-ma, dear dear friend... Ba-da-da-dum-ma... A little bag of cocaine, a little bag of cocaine So who's the girl wearing my dress? I figured out her number, it's on a paper napkin But I don't know her address Come into my world I've got to show, show, show you Come into my bed, I've got to know, know, know you I have dreams of orca whales and owls, but I wake up in fear You will never be my, you will never be my dear Will never be my dear, dear friend... Ba-da-da-dum-ma-bum, dear dear friend... Ba-da-da-dum-ma-bum, dear dear friend... Ba-da-da-dum-ma-bum, dear dear friend...

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Dm

|

Bb

|

Gm

|

Asus4

A

|

x2

Dm

Bb

I (uh) must go on standing

Gm

A

You can't break that which isn't (isn't) yours

Dm

Bb

I (uh) must go on standing

Gm

A

It's not my own, it's not my choice

Dm

Bb

Dm

Bb

Dm

Bb

Be afraid of the lame, they'll inherit your legs

Gm

A

Be afraid of the old, they'll inherit your soul

Dm

Bb

Be afraid of the cold, they'll inherit your blood

G

A

Apres moi le deluge, after me comes the flood

E

G#m

E

G#m

E

G#m

A

G#m

E

G#m

E

G#m

E

G#m

A

G#m

E

Hey remember that time when I found a human tooth down on Delancey

E

G#m

E

G#m

E

C#m

A

G#m

E

Hey remember that time we decided to kiss anywhere except the mouth

E

G#m

E

G#m

E

G#m

A

G#m

E

Hey remember that time when my favorite colors was pink and green

E

G#m

E

G#m

E

G#m

A

G#m

E

G#m

Hey remember that month when I only ate boxes of tangerines

E

G#m

E

G#m

So cheap and juicy Tangerines

E

G#m

E

G#m

E

G#m

A

G#m

E

Hey remember that time when I would only read Shakespeare

E

G#m

E

G#m

E

G#m

A

G#m

E

Hey remember that other time when I would only read the backs of cereal boxes

E

G#m

E

G#m

E

G#m

A

G#m

E

Hey remember that time I tried to save a pigeon with a broken wing

E

G#m

E

G#m

A street cat got him by morning and I had to bury

E

G#m

A

G#m

E

Pieces of his body in our building's playground

E

G#m

E

G#m

E

G#m

A

G#m

E

G#m

E

G#m

E

G#m

I thought I was going to be sick

A

G#m

E

I thought I was going to be sick

E

G#m

E

G#m

E

G#m

A

G#m

E

Hey remember that time when I would only smoke Parliaments

E

G#m

E

G#m

E

G#m

A

G#m

E

Hey remember that time when I would only smoke Marlboros

E

G#m

E

G#m

E

G#m

A

G#m

E

Hey remember that time when I would only smoke Camels

E

G#m

E

G#m

Hey remember that time when I was broke

E

G#m

A

G#m

E

G#m

E

G#m

I didn't care I just bummed from my friends

A

Bum, bum, bum, bum

A

Bum, bum, bum, bum...

E

G#m

E

G#m

E

G#m

A

G#m

E

Hey remember that time when you OD'ed?

E

G#m

E

G#m

E

G#m

A

G#m

E

Hey remember that other time when you OD'ed for the second time?

E

G#m

E

G#m

Well in the waiting room while waiting for news of you

E

G#m

A

G#m

E

I hallucinated I could read your mind

E

G#m

E

G#m

And I was on a lot of shit too but what I saw

E

A

G#m

E

G#m

E

G#m

E

G#m

Man, I tell you it was freaky

A

G#m

E

Freaky

C x320xx

C+ x321xx

C6 x322xx

Just two chords for the first section:

|

C

|

C+

| ... White lines on your mind Keep it steady you were never ready for the lies White lines on your mind Keep it steady, you were never ready for the lies

Another chord is added for the rest of the song

|

C

|

C+

|

C6

|

C+

| ... You don't have no doctor Robert You don't have no uncle Albert You don't even have good credit You can write but you can't edit You don't have no doctor Robert You don't have no uncle Albert You don't even have good credit You can write but you can't edit Edit, edit, edit, edit, edit, edit... White lines on your mind Keep it steady, you were never ready for the lies You don't have no doctor Robert You don't have no uncle Albert You don't even have good credit You can write but you can't edit Edit, edit, edit, edit, edit, edit...

Lady sing the blues so well, as if she mean it As if it's hell down here in the smoke filled world Where the jokes are cold They don't laugh at jokes, they laugh at tragedies Corner street societies, they believe her They never leave her while she sings, she makes them feel things

Cm

G

Cm

Fm

She says "I can sing this song so blue

Cm

Fm

G

That you will cry in spite of you

Cm

G

Fm

Little wet tears on your baby's shoulder

Cm

G

Little wet tears on your baby's shoulder

Cm

G

Cm

Fm

And I have walked these streets so long

Cm

Fm

G

There ain't nothin' right, there ain't nothin' wrong

Cm

G

Fm

But the little wet tears on my baby's shoulder

Cm

Fm

G

Little wet tears on my baby's shoulder"

Cm

G

Fm

G

Lady lights a cigarette, puffs away, no regrets

Fm

G

Takes a look around, no regrets no regrets

Cm

G

Fm

G

Stretches out like branches of a poplar tree

Fm

G

Says "I am free", sings so soft as if she'll break

Cm

G

Says "I can sing this song so blue

Fm

G

That you will cry in spite of you

Cm

G

Fm

Little wet tears on your baby's shoulder

Cm

G

Little wet tears on your baby's shoulder

Cm

G

Cm

Fm

And I have walked these streets so long

Cm

Fm

G

There ain't nothin' right, nothin' wrong

Cm

G

Fm

But the little wet tears on my baby's shoulder

Cm

G

Little wet tears on my baby's shoulder

C

C7

But on this stage I've learned to fly

F

D

Learned to sing and learned to cry

Dm

Little wet tears on my baby's shoulder

F

G

Little wet tears on my baby's shoulder

C

C7

But now it's time to say goodbye

F

D

Some might laugh, but I will surely cry

Dm

Little wet tears on my baby's shoulder

F

G

Little wet tears on my baby's shoulder"

Cm

G

Fm

Lady lights a cigarette, puffs away

G

Fm

G

Cm

And winter comes and she forgets

C

F

Summer in the city means cleavage, cleavage, cleavage

C

G

And I start to miss you, baby, sometimes

C

G

C

F

I've been staying up and drinking in a late night establishment

C

G

Telling strangers personal things Summer in the city, I'm so lonely, lonely, lonely So I went to a protest just to rub up against strangers And I did feel like coming but I also felt like crying It doesn't seem so worth it right now

F

Am

And the castrated ones stand in the corner smoking

F

C

G

They want to feel the bulges in their pants start to rise

C

G

C

F

At the sight of a beautiful woman they feel nothing but anger

C

G

Her skin makes them sick in the night (nauseous, nauseous, nauseous) Summer in the city, I'm so lonely, lonely, lonely I've been hallucinating you, babe, at the backs of other women And I tap on their shoulder and they turn around smiling But there's no recognition in their eyes Oh summer in the city means cleavage, cleavage, cleavage And don't get me wrong, dear, in general I'm doing quite fine It's just when it's summer in the city, and you're so long gone from the city

C

G

C

I start to miss you, baby, sometimes |

C

|

G

|

C

|

F

| |

C

|

G

|

C

|

C

G

C

F

When it's summer in the city and you're so long gone from the city

C

G

F

I start to miss you, baby, sometimes

C

G

F

I start to miss you, baby, sometimes

C

G

F

I start to miss you, baby, sometimes

Regina Spektor : Begin To Hope
2006

Fidelity

Better

Samson

On The Radio

Field Below

Hotel Song

Apres Moi

That Time

Edit

Lady

Summer In The City

Regina Spektor : Begin To Hope 2006

Fidelity

Better

Samson

On The Radio

Field Below

Hotel Song

Apres Moi

That Time

Edit

Lady

Summer In The City

Regina Spektor : Begin To Hope
2006