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Rolling Stones : Misc: Early

  1. 19th Nervous Breakdown
  2. As Tears Go By
  3. Get Off My Cloud
  4. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?
  5. Heart Of Stone
  6. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
  7. I'm Free
  8. Jumpin' Jack Flash
  9. The Last Time
  10. Let's Spend The Night Together
  11. Little Red Rooster
  12. Mother's Little Helper
  13. Paint It Black
  14. Play With Fire
  15. Ruby Tuesday
  16. Sad Day
  17. She's A Rainbow
  18. She Said Yeah
  19. Time Is On My Side
  20. Under My Thumb

19th Nervous Breakdown
1966

E
You're the kind of person You meet at certain dismal dull affairs Center of a crowd, talking much too loud Running up and down the stairs
A
Well, it seems to me that you have seen too much in too few years
E
And though you've tried you just can't hide, your eyes are edged with tears
B
A
You better stop, look around
E
Here it comes, here it comes
A
Here it comes, here it comes
E
Here comes your 19th nervous breakdown When you were a child you were treated kind But you were never brought up right You were always spoiled with a thousand toys But still you cried all night Your mother who neglected you owes a million dollars tax And your fathers still perfecting ways of making ceiling wax You better stop, look around Here it comes, here it comes Here it comes, here it comes Here comes your 19th nervous breakdown
B
E
Oh, who's to blame, that girl's just insane
A
Well nothing I do don't seem to work
B
E
It only seems to make matters worse, oh please You were still in school When you had that fool Who really messed your mind And after that you turned your back On treating people kind On our first trip I tried so hard to rearrange your mind But after while I realized you were disarranging mine You better stop, look around Here it comes, here it comes Here it comes, here it comes Here comes your 19th nervous breakdown Here comes your 19th nervous breakdown Here comes your 19th nervous breakdown

As Tears Go By
1965

G
A
C
D
G
A
C
D
It is the evening of the day
G
A
C
D
I sit and watch the children play
C
D
Smiling faces I can see
G
D/f#
Em
But not for me
C
D
I sit and watch as tears go by My riches can't buy everything I want to hear to children sing All I hear is the sound Of rain falling on the ground I sit and watch as tears go by It is the evening of the day I sit and watch the children play Doing things I used to do Thinking of you I sit and watch as tears go by
G
A
C
D
G
Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm

Get Off My Cloud
1965

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E
A
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B
A
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E
A
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B
A
| I live in an apartment on the ninety-ninth floor of my block And I sit at home looking out the window, imagining the world has stopped Then in flies a guy who's all dressed up like a union jack And says, I've won five pounds if I have his kind of detergent pack
E
A
B
I said, hey! you! get off of my cloud
E
A
B
Hey! you! get off of my cloud
E
A
B
Hey! you! get off of my cloud
D
B
E
A
B
A
Don't hang around 'cause two's a crowd, baby The telephone is ringing, I say, "Hi, it's me, who is it there on the line?" A voice says, "Hi, hello, how are you? Well, I guess I'm doing fine" He says, "It's 3 AM, there's too much noise, don't you people ever wanna go to bed?" Just 'cause you feel so good, do you have to drive me out of my head? I said, hey! you! get off of my cloud Hey! you! get off of my cloud Hey! you! get off of my cloud Don't hang around 'cause two's a crowd, baby I was sick and tired, fed up with this and decided to take a drive downtown It was so very quiet and peaceful, there was nobody, not a soul around I laid myself out, I was so tired and I started to dream In the morning the parking tickets were just like a flag stuck on my window screen I said, hey! you! get off of my cloud Hey! you! get off of my cloud Hey! you! get off of my cloud Don't hang around 'cause two's a crowd, baby

Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?
1966

G
D
Have you seen your mother, baby, standing in the shadow?
G
D
Have you had another, baby, standing in the shadow?
Bm
G
I'm glad I opened your eyes
B
D
C
G
D
The have-nots would have tried to freeze you in ice Have you seen your brother, baby, standing in the shadow? Have you had another baby, standing in the shadow? I was just passing the time I'm all alone, won't you give all your sympathy to mine?
G
Tell me a story about how you adore me Live in the shadow, see through the shadow Live through the shadow, tear at the shadow
G
D
Hate in the shadow, and love in your shadowy life Have you seen your lover, baby, standing in the shadow? Has he had another baby, standing in the shadow? Baby, where have you been all your life? Talking about all the people who should try anything twice Have you seen your mother, baby, standing in the shadow? Have you had another baby, standing in the shadow? You take your choice at this time The brave old world or the slide to the depths of decline

Heart Of Stone
1964

G7
C
G7
C
G7
C
C7
F
There have been so many girls that I've known
D
G
I've made so many cry and still I wonder why
Am
Here comes the little girl I see her walking down the street She's all by herself I try and knock her off her feet
F
G
But, she'll never break, never break, never break, never break
Am
This heart of stone
C
G
Oh, no, no, this heart of stone What's different about her? I don't really know No matter how I try, I just can't make her cry Better listen little girl You go on walking down the street I ain't got no love, I ain't the kind to meet 'Cause she'll never break, never break, never break, never break This heart of stone Oh, no, no, no, this heart of stone Don't keep on looking, that some old way If you try acting sad, you'll only make me glad Better listen little girl You go on walking down the street I ain't got no love, I ain't the kind to meet 'Cause she'll never break, never break, never break, never break This heart of stone Oh, no, no, no, this heart of stone darling
C
G
No, no, this heart of stone
C
G
You'll never break it darling
C
G
You won't break this heart of stone
Am
C
G
Oh no no no, you better go, you better go home
C
Am
'Cause you'll, you'll never break this heart of stone

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
1965

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A
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A
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A
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A
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A|-2-2----2-4-|--------4-4-2-|-2-2----2-4-|--------4-4-2-|
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E
A
I can't get no satisfaction
E
A
I can't get no satisfaction
E
B7
E
A
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try
A
A
E
E
E
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A
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D
A
A
E
E
E
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A
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D
I can't get no, I can't get no
A
E
A
D
When I'm drivin' in my car And a man comes on the radio And he's tellin' me more and more About some useless information Supposed to drive my imagination
A
A
E
E
E
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A
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D
A
A
E
I can't get no, oh no no no
E
E
A
D
A
E
Hey hey hey, that's what I say I can't get no satisfaction I can't get no satisfaction 'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try I can't get no, I can't get no When I'm watchin' my TV And a man comes on to tell me How white my shirts can be But he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke The same cigarettes as me I can't get no, oh no no no Hey hey hey, that's what I say I can't get no satisfaction I can't get no girly action 'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try I can't get no, I can't get no When I'm ridin' round the world And I'm doin' this and I'm signing that And I'm tryin' to make some girl Who tells me baby better come back later next week 'cause you see I'm on losing streak I can't get no, oh no no no Hey hey hey, that's what I say
A
A
E
E
E
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A
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D
A
A
E
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A
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I can't get no, I can't get no
A
A
E
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E
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A
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D
I can't get no
E
A
E
A
E
A
No satisfaction, no satisfaction, no satisfaction
E
E
No satisfaction

I'm Free
1965

C
F
C
F
C
F
C
F
C
F
C
F
C
F
C
F
I'm free to do what I want any old time
C
F
C
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C
F
C
F
I'm free to do what I want any old time
C
G
F
C
G
Bb
F
So love me, hold me, love me, hold me
C
F
C
F
C
F
C
F
I'm free any old time to get what I want I'm free to sing my song knowing it's out of trend I'm free to sing my song knowing it's out of trend So love me, hold me, love me, hold me 'Cause I'm free any old time to get what I want So love me, hold me, love me, hold me I'm free any old time to get what I want I'm free to choose who I see any old time I'm free to bring who I choose any old time So love me, hold me, love me, hold me I'm free any old time to get what I want

Jumpin' Jack Flash
1968

Tuning: DGDGBD (Open G)
Capo:
IV
G x0000x F xAAAAx
Bb x3333x C x5555x
Intro tab (and first two lines of verse):
G*
/c
Bb
/c
Bb
/c
G*
/c
Bb
/c
Bb
/c
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|-0-0-(0)-----3-|(3)-----3-(3)-----3-|-0-0-(0)-----3-|(3)-----3-(3)-----3-|
|-0-0-(0)---0-3-|(3)---0-3-(3)---0-3-|-0-0-(0)---0-3-|(3)---0-3-(3)---0-3-|
|-0-0-(0)-5-----|----5---------5-----|-0-0-(0)-5-----|----5---------5-----|
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 Watch it!
G*
G*
I was born in a crossfire hurricane
G*
G*
And I howled at my ma in the driving rain
Bb
F
C
G
But it's all right now, in fact it's a gas
Bb
F
C
G
But it's all right, I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash, it's a gas, gas, gas I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag I was schooled with a strap right across my back But it's all right now, in fact it's a gas But it's all right, I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash, it's a gas, gas, gas I was drowned, I was washed up and left for dead I fell down to my feet and I saw they bled I frowned at the crumbs of a crust of bread, yeah, yeah, yeah I was crowned with a spike right though my head But it's all right now, in fact it's a gas But it's all right, I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash, it's a gas, gas, gas
G
C
Bb
Jumping Jack Flash, it's a gas Jumping Jack Flash, it's a gas Jumping Jack Flash, it's a gas Jumping Jack Flash, it's a gas

The Last Time
1965

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D
A
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E
D
A
E
D
A
Well I told you once and I told you twice
E
D
A
E
D
A
But you never listen to my advice
E
D
A
E
D
A
You don't try very hard to please me
E
D
A
E
D
A
With what you know it should be easy
A
D
A
Well this could be the last time
A
D
A
This could be the last time
D
A
Maybe the last time, I don't know
E
D
A
Oh no, oh no Well, I'm sorry girl but I can't stay Feeling like I do today It's too much pain and too much sorrow Guess I'll feel the same tomorrow Well this could be the last time This could be the last time Maybe the last time, I don't know Oh no, oh no Well I told you once and I told you twice That someone will have to pay the price But here's a chance to change your mind 'Cause I'll be gone a long, long time Well this could be the last time This could be the last time Maybe the last time, I don't know Oh no, oh no
E
D
A
...

Let's Spend The Night Together
1967

D6 xx0202
G
Bm
D
D7
D6
Dsus2
Don't you worry 'bout what's on your mind (ba da da da ba da da da da)
G
Bm
D
D7
D6
Dsus2
I'm in no hurry I can take my time (ba da da da ba da da da da)
C
G
D
I'm going red and my tongue's getting tied (tongue's getting tied)
C
Bm
I'm off my head and my mouth's getting dry (I'm high, but I try, try, try)
D
D7
D6
Dsus2
Let's spend the night together
D
D7
D6
Dsus2
Now I need you more than ever
D
D7
D6
Dsus2
G
Let's spend the night together now I feel so strong that I can't disguise, oh my (Let's spend the night together) But I just can't apologize, oh no (Let's spend the night together) Don't hang me up and let me down (don't let me down) We could have fun just groovin' around (and round and round and oh my my) Let's spend the night together Now I need you more than ever Let's spend the night together
C
Let's spend the night together
G
C
G
Now I need you more than ever
G
You know I'm smiling baby
C
You need some guiding baby
G
D
I'm just deciding baby now I need you more than ever Let's spend the night together Let's spend the night together now This doesn't happen to me everyday, oh my (Let's spend the night together) No excuses offered anyway, oh my (Let's spend the night together) I'll satisfy your every need (every need) And I now know you will satisfy me (oh my, my, my, my, my) Let's spend the night together Now I need you more than ever Let's spend the night together now

Little Red Rooster
1964

<Willie Dixon>
C/g
G
x4
C
I am the little red rooster
G
Too lazy to crow for day
C
I am the little red rooster
G
Too lazy to crow for day
D
Keep everything in the farmyard
C
G
Upset in every way The dogs begin to bark And hounds begin to howl Dogs begin to bark And hounds begin to howl Watch out strange cat people Little red rooster's on the prowl If you see my little red rooster Please drive him home If you see my little red rooster Please drive him home Ain't had no peace in the farm yard Since my little red rooster's been gone

Mother's Little Helper
1966

Am
C
D
Em
What a drag it is getting old!
Em
riff
E|--2-3-3/5-3-2-3--|
B|-----------------| x2
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A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
Em
"Kids are different today," I hear every mother say
F
D
Mother needs something today to calm her down
G
C
Em7
Am
And though she's not really ill, there's a little yellow pill
Am
D7
She goes running for the shelter of a mother's little helper
Em
And it helps her on her way, gets her through her busy day "Things are different today," I hear every mother say Cooking fresh food for a husband's just a drag So she buys an instant cake and she burns her frozen steak And she goes running for the shelter of a mother's little helper And two help her on her way, gets her through her busy day
Em
C
D
Doctor please, some more of these
G
C
Outside the door, she took four more
Am
C
D
Em
What a drag it is getting old
Em
riff
"Men just aren't the same today," I hear every mother say They just don't appreciate that you get tired They're so hard to satisfy, you can tranquilise your mind So go running for the shelter of a mother's little helper And for to help you through the night, help to minimise your plight Doctor please, some more of these Outside the door, she took four more What a drag it is getting old "Life's just much too hard today," I hear every mother say The pursuit of happiness just seems a bore And if you take more of those you will get an overdose No more running to the shelter of a mother's little helper They just helped you on your way through your busy dying day
Em
Em
G
C
G
G
Hey!

Paint It Black
1966

Em
B
Em
B
I see a red door and I want it painted black
Em
B
No colours anymore I want them to turn black
Em
D
G
D
Em
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
Em
D
G
D
A
B
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes I see a line of cars and they're all painted black With flowers and my love both never to come back I see people turn their heads and quickly look away Like a newborn baby it just happens every day I look inside myself and see my heart is black I see my red door and I must have it painted black Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue I could not foresee this thing happening to you If I look hard enough into the setting sun My love will laugh with me before the morning comes I see a red door and I want it painted black No colours anymore I want them to turn black I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
Em
B

Play With Fire
1965

G
D
C
Em
Em
Well, you've got your diamonds and you've got your pretty clothes And the chauffeur drives your car, you let everybody know
G
D
G
C
Em
But don't play with me, 'cause you're playing with fire Your mother she's an heiress, owns a block in Saint John's Wood And your father'd be there with her if he only could But don't play with me, 'cause you're playing with fire Your old man took her diamond's and tiaras by the score Now she gets her kicks in Stepney, not in Knightsbridge anymore So don't play with me, 'cause you're playing with fire Now you've got some diamonds and you will have some others But you'd better watch your step, girl, or start living with your mother So don't play with me, 'cause you're playing with fire So don't play with me, 'cause you're playing with fire

Ruby Tuesday
1967

Am
G
F
G
C
She would never say where she came from
Am
G
F
C
G
Yesterday don't matter if it's gone
Am
D
G
While the sun is bright
Am
D
G
Or in the darkest night
C
G
No one knows, she comes and goes
C
G
F
C
Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
G
C
Who could hang a name on you?
G
Bb
F
When you change with every new day
G
C
G
Still I'm gonna miss you Don't question why she needs to be so free She'll tell you it's the only way to be She just can't be chained To a life where nothing's gained And nothing's lost at such a cost Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday Who could hang a name on you? When you change with every new day Still I'm gonna miss you There's no time to lose, I heard her say Catch your dreams before they slip away Dying all the time Lose your dreams And you may lose your mind, ain't life unkind? Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday Who could hang a name on you? When you change with every new day Still I'm gonna miss you

Sad Day
1966

B-side of 19th Nervous Breakdown
A
D/a
A
D/a
A
D/a
A
D/a
Someone woke me up this mornin'
A
D/a
A
And I lit a cigarette
A
D/a
A
D/a
Found myself when I stopped yawnin'
A
D/a
A
Started getting myself dressed
E
D
Then I felt I had a dream
E
D
I remembered the things I'd seen
A
D/a
A
D/a
I could still hear the things you said
A
D/a
A
D/a
With that bad dream in my head
Asus4
A
Asus4
A
It was a sad day, bad day, sad day, bad day So I called you on the phone And your friend said "she's not home" So I told her where I'd be at And that you should call me back Then I looked at the morning mail I was not even expecting a bill Your letter a-started "Dear" And it left me with these tears It was a sad day, bad day, sad day, bad day Think of the times that we had rows But we patched them up somehow Think of the times I tried to go But you screamed and told me no There is only one thing in this world That I can't understand that's a girl I keep a-readin' the things you said Like a bad dream in my head It was a sad day, bad day, sad day, bad day Oh, what a sad, sad, old day A sad old day it was a sad old day A sad old day, It was a bad old day Sad old day a bad old day If there is one awful thing in this world That I can't understand that's a girl It was a sad, sad old day, sad old day It was a sad old day

She's A Rainbow
1967

Capo:
III
D
G
C
G
She comes in colours everywhere, she combs her hair
G7
G
She's like a rainbow
C
G
Coming, colours in the air, oh everywhere
D
G
She comes in colours
D
Have you seen her dressed in blue? See the sky in front of you And her face is like a sail Speck of white so fair and pale
G
Have you seen a lady fairer? She comes in colours everywhere, she combs her hair She's like a rainbow Coming, colours in the air, oh everywhere She comes in colours Have you seen her all in gold? Like a queen in days of old She shoots her colours all around Like a sunset going down Have you seen a lady fairer? She comes in colours everywhere, she combs her hair She's like a rainbow Coming, colours in the air, oh everywhere She comes in colours
D
G
C
G
G7
G
She's like a rainbow
C
G
Coming, colours in the air, oh everywhere
D
G
She comes in colours

She Said Yeah
1965

<Sonny Bono / Roddy Jackson>
E
Dum deedle dee dum dum
D
B
Little girl, where did you come from?
E
A
Try a little bit, make my mouth dribble
F#7
B
E
Come on baby, let's ride away in the rain Baby you drive me crazy Drive my poor heart hazy Just a little bit, a little while with you Come on baby, let's ride away in the rain
E
She said yeah (dum deedle dee dum dum)
D
B
She said yeah (dum deedle dee dum dum)
E
A
She said yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
F#7
B
E
Come on baby I want to make love to you too Well you drive me crazy My love is lazy Little miss I want a kiss Come on baby, won't you do what I wish She said yeah (dum deedle dee dum dum) She said yeah (dum deedle dee dum dum) She said yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Come on baby I want to make love to you Well I got a feeling (dum deedle dee dum dum) In my soul (dum deedle dee dum dum) I'm gonna love you, you know, one night or another Come on baby, just let me love you She said yeah (dum deedle dee dum dum) She said yeah (dum deedle dee dum dum) She said yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Come on baby I want to make love to you too

Time Is On My Side
1964

C
Em
A7
D
G
C
D
Time is on my side, yes it is
G
C
D
Time is on my side, yes it is
Em
D
Now you always say
Em
A
That you want to be free
D
C
But you'll come running back (said you would baby)
D
C
You'll come running back (I said so many times before)
D
C
D
You'll come running back to me Oh, time is on my side, yes it is Time is on my side, yes it is You're searching for good times But just wait and see You'll come running back (I won't have to worry no more) You'll come running back (spend the rest of my life with you, baby) You'll come running back to me
C
G
Go ahead, go ahead and light up the town
C
Em
And baby, do everything your heart desires Remember, I'll always be around
C
And I know, I know
Em
Like I told you so many times before You're gonna come back, baby, 'cause I know
A7
D
You're gonna come back knocking Yeah, knocking right on my door Yes, yes! Time is on my side, yes it is Time is on my side, yes it is 'Cause I got the real love The kind that you need You'll come running back (said you would, baby) You'll come running back (I always said you would) You'll come running back to me
G
C
D
Yes time, time, time is on my side, yes it is Time, time, time is on my side, yes it is Oh, time, time, time is on my side, yes it is I said, time, time, time is on my side, yes it is
G
C
Oh, time, time, time is on my side Yeah, time, time, time is on my side

Under My Thumb
1966

F#m
F#m
E
E
D
D
D
D
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|----------------|----------------|-0--4------0-0---0--4------0-0--|
|----0--2--4-----|-------0--2-----|--------------------------------|
|--2---------2-2-|--0--4------0-0-|--------------------------------|
F#m
E
D
Under my thumb's the girl who once had me down Under my thumb's the girl who once pushed me around
A
D
B
It's down to me, the difference in the clothes she wears
F#m
E
D
A
It's down to me, the change has come, she's under my thumb (Ain't it the truth babe) Under my thumb's a squirming dog who just had her day Under my thumb's girl who has just changed her ways It's down to me, yes it is, the way she does just what she's told Down to me, the change has come, she's under my thumb (It's all right) Under my thumb's a Siamese cat of a girl Under my thumb, she's the sweetest pet in the world It's down to me, the way she talks when she's spoken to Down to me, the change has come, she's under my thumb (Take it easy babe)
F#m
E
D
x2
It's down to me, the way she talks when she's spoken to Down to me, the change has come, she's under my thumb (It's all right) Under my thumb, her eyes are just kept to herself Under my thumb, well, I, I can still look at someone else It's down to me, the way she talks when she's spoken to Down to me, the change has come, she's under my thumb (It's all right, take it easy babe)