I was a poor little kid in the lungs of New York Just like a motherless son of a bitch Loaded on ephedrine looking for downers and coke Like a sun that just wouldn't set out on the horizon Singing and dancing to them nighttime songs I took a train and came up from Carolina I was looking for something to do Nothing I found could ever quite occupy me With nothing to gain there's always nothing to lose Singing and dancing to them nighttime songs Cry me a river till the morning comes I should've died a hundred thousand times Teetering stoned off the side of buildings Nobody loved me and nobody even tried You can't hang on to something that won't stop moving Singing and dancing to them nighttime songs I got arrested down south for hitting a clerk I spit in his face, the bastard knocked me out He leered at my lady and then he touched her face Thank God she had the money to bail me out Singing and dancing to them nighttime songs Cry me a river till the morning comes Barroom boogie just like in the movies Go on put it to me shake it till the rattles come on Take me where the morning don't come I had a dog named Jet, when I was a kid Until one day he wandered off and died One night I went in the yard and dug him up And he laid in the box just like a pile of bones Singing and dancing to them nighttime songs I used to get loaded and baby I'd drive your car It seemed like there was always a cop Coming behind me and following close as they could Eventually they'd just trail off Loaded and cruising to them nighttime songs Cry me a river till the morning comes Barroom boogie just like in the movies Go on put it to me shake it till the rattles come on Take me where the morning don't come I think I died a hundred thousand times Mixing liquor with mystery pills Mystery pills and heroin mixed into cocaine Face down out on the riverside Most of my friends are married and making them babies To most of them I already died And whatever it is about you I've always hated Is something about myself I just couldn't hide And I'm going going baby I'm gone So cry me a river to the other side of the morning To where the morning don't come To where the morning don't come To where the morning don't come

G

Last night the street collapsed on itself

C

/g

Am

In fact it broke right in two

/g

Em

/f#

G

And I fell in to strawberry vines

C

Am

Into a pool of strawberry wine

G

D/f#

G

D/f#

G

Strawberry wine and clouds

C

/g

Am

Burning in the desert surrounded by flowers

/g

Em

/f#

G

But the stems break the young one and the morning comes

C

Am

Till it's all just the same things again, oh God

D

Am

(

/g

) Don't spend too much time on the other side

D

Am

Let the daylight in

G*

C

Am

Before you get older can't break out of it my old friend

G*

'Cause it's getting winter if you want any flowers

C

/b

Am

(

/g

) You better get your seeds into the ground

D

Am

G

And I worry about you

D

Am

G

C

G

Why? Because you want me to

G

Can you still have any famous last words

C

Am

If you're somebody nobody knows

/g

Em

G

I don't know, somebody go and ask Claire

C

Am

She's been dead 20 years, just look at her hair

G

D/f#

G

D/f#

G

Strawberry blonde with curls

C

Am

She gets her hair done then she gossips with the younger waitress girls

/g

Em

At the bar

/f#

G

The old Irish rose

C

Am

Drinking strawberry wine till it comes out her nose

D

Am

She spent too much time on the other side

D

Am

She forgot to let the daylight in

G*

C

Am

So before you get old you'd better break out of it my old friend

G*

'Cause it's getting winter and if you want any flowers

C

/b

Am

You better get your seeds into the ground

D

Am

And I worry about you

D

Am

G

C

G

Why? Because you want me to

G

This fellow downtown he jumped off a bridge

C

Am

He was angry about a letter he received from his friend

/g

Em

He fell in to the arms of the most beautiful girl

C

Am

That had ever, ever lived in the history of the world

G

D/f#

G

D/f#

G

And with nothing left to lose he got screwed He sold his apartment before they made him move Then he jumped straight into the San Francisco Bay Now he lives on Molly's farm picking berries all day Don't spend too much time on the other side

D

Am

Let the daylight in

G

Marty was a kid when he learned to steal boats

C

Am

His dad was a DJ on the radio

/g

Em

/f#

G

He fell in to a life of river boating crime

C

Am

Now he's the man you see in prison if you want strawberry wine

G

D/f#

G

D/f#

G

Strawberry wine and smokes

C

Am

He sent a letter to his friend explaining one night on coke

/g

Em

/f#

G

He and Claire jumped right into them strawberry vines

C

Am

Lord knows you get lost on that strawberry wine

D

Am

Don't spend too much time on the other side

D

Am

Let the daylight in

G*

C

Am

Now I'm getting old and I gotta break out of it, my old friend

G*

'Cause it's getting winter and if you want any flowers

C

Am

I gotta get my seeds into the ground

D

Am

G

C

G

And if you worry about me

D

Am

Don't bother to ask

C

D

I'll be fine just sitting here laughing

Am

Em7

C

D

Little old me....... and my

Gmaj7

Em

C

Strawberry wine

Gmaj7

Em

C

Strawberry wine

Gmaj7

Em

C

Strawberry wine

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Out under the stars dodging them like cars, baby

A

C

F

'Cause when you gotta move, you gotta move (

G

)

A

C

F

G

Whatever that it was you were thinking of, baby

A

C

F

You certainly not thinking of that now

D

G

D

G

And night birds singing an empty tune

D

G

D

A

In an empty house, in an empty room

D

G

D

G

An empty moment, oh the nightbirds singing

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C

We were supposed to rise above (

F

) But we sink

A

C

F

G

A

C

F

Into the ocean

A

C

F

G

I feel like a body stuffed into a trunk

A

C

F

From the million years of lying and getting drunk (

G

)

A

C

F

G

The people here inside me, they are loud and in the night

A

C

F

They scream and smash the windows when they fight

D

G

D

G

And nightbirds singing an empty tune

D

G

D

A

In an empty house, in an empty room

D

G

D

G

And empty feelings when it comes too soon

A

C

F

We were supposed to rise above

A

C

We were supposed to rise above

F

But we sink

A

C

F

G

Into the ocean Into the ocean Into the ocean Into the ocean

Riff

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C

C/b

Am

C

F

G

Am

C

C/b

Am

Blue sky, when you gonna learn to rain?

C

F

And let yourself go blue for once (

G

)

Am

(

Asus4

) (

G

) And let go of the weight you've been carrying

C

C/b

Am

In this house, no one goes to sleep for days

C

F

It's like were working on a mountainside

Am

(

Asus4

) Trying not to slide into the ocean

Dm

G

G/a

I can take care of you

Dm

G

G/a

But only if you want

Dm

G

G/a

Strong enough to carry you

Bb

Eb

Riff

Across the icy lake

Bb

Eb

Riff

Across the icy lake

Bb

A

But I can't fight your blues

Dm

'Cause I know I'll lose

Cm

G

What's left of my mind (

A

)

Dm

I can't win

Cm

G

But for you I will try

G/a

G/d

C

Oh my baby blue

C

C/b

Am

C

F

G

Am

C

C/b

Am

My mountain is hidden in a pile of trees

C

F

And it's the one I'll have to climb

Am

If I ever wanna see

C

C/b

Am

Blue sky, when you gonna learn to rain

C

F

And let yourself go blue for once

Am

And let go of the pain

Dm

G

G/a

I can take care of you

Dm

G

G/a

The way I'd like to feel

Dm

G

G/a

Underneath the riverbed

Bb

Eb

Riff

Across the icy lake

Bb

Eb

Riff

Across the icy lake

Bb

A

But I can't fight your blues

Dm

'Cause I know I'll lose

Cm

G

What's left of my mind (

A

)

Dm

I can't win

Cm

G

But for you I will try

Dm

Cm

G

For you

Dm

Cm

G

For you

G/a

G/d

C

My baby blue

| . . | ...

Bm

A

E

Rose lived on the south side of town

/f#

G

D

A

A7

Until her landlord showed up with two hundred dollar bills

Bm

A

E

A notice of eviction on the other hand

G

D

A

E

Now she don't live there no more, and everyone thinks she drowned I pulled into Mecklenberg on them trains Into a station that got flooded when they opened up the dams And broke their connection to the railway lines So they could blast into the quarry for every load of granite (We got a ton of worry) One night at the diner over eggs Over easy, she showed me the length of her legs But that gold plated cross on her neck it was real And you don't get that kind of money from pushing the meal (

E

)

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E

I should've told him that you were the one for me

A

G

But I lied but I lied

E

To most any drifter, who's looking for work is

A

G

C

D

Too weird, I met you sister and I married her in July

A

G

C

D

E

But if only to get closer to you, Caroline Percy and I moved down the street Until we lost two pretty girls, one was seven, one was three Alderman and Caroline owned the house right up the hill Where we laid those babies down, so they could still see our house Suspicion got the better of old Alderman Haint He owned an auto-parts store off the interstate But the Lord took him home in July And then Rose spilt the beans on the day that he died (We was in trouble)

E

I should've told him that you were the one for me

A

G

But I lied, but I lied

E

Tied up to concrete at the bottom of the quarry

A

G

C

D

With a tattoo on his heart that spelled out "Caroline"

A

G

C

D

He was silent but his rosary just drifted into custody

A

/g

/f#

E

Of a sheriff that was just deputised

Bm

D

A

And I was down at the banquet hall

G

D

A

Where two guys came up, pretty angry and drunk

Bm

D

G

D

G

D

And I'm still here at the banquet hall, at the banquet hall

A

Where the gun went off

E

G

D

A

In the Carolina rain In the Carolina rain

F

It's midnight, at the Starlite Diner

Dm

You said meet me at a quarter to twelve

C#

And I'm standing in the corner

F

Dm

Wishing you were here in my arms

F

Fare thee well my old friends

Bb

F

Fare thee well

F

Fmaj7

Dm7

C

Is it possible to love someone too much? You bet!

Dm

Bb

The drugs are in safe and the clothes are on the couch, intertwined

F

Dm

But none of them are yours and all of them are mine

F

So cry, cry like a baby

Dm

Into an ocean of wishes

C#

But it don't ever rain

F

Dm

On a street drenched with painted ladies

F

Bb

Fare thee well my old friends

Bb

F

Fare thee well

F

Fmaj7

F

Have you ever slept it off to the bones

C

Dm

Having woken up at night, my love

Bb

And dreamt you called them all

F

Dm

Every person you could never love

F

It's a blow out on a birthday cake

Dm

Bb

And I'm a birthday candle, floating on the lake

F

Dm

Where are you? It's getting late

F

Now it's midnight at the starlite diner

Dm

You said meet 'bout quarter to twelve

Bbm

And I'm standing in the corner

F

Oh there you are

Dm

There you are

Bb

There you are

F

There you are

| | | | | | | | |

E

Stars they sink in the oceans of ink

F

E*

E

Long black ribbons of cars

Am

And in the taxi you ask me how I'm doing

C

E

But you already know Beyond, beyond is not through It's only a reflection of you Something's at the window, it motions with its fingers Calling me beyond

C

Gm

The sadness is mine

C

Gm

The sadness is mine

C

Fm

It's why you're not helping me

C

Fm

Whatever has come for me

Dm

G

Oh I can give you whatever you're wanting

Dm

G

Just take it and spare me, spare me please

Dm

G

Oh tell me this is only a warning

C

Cmaj7

Am

No, please have mercy, let me go

G

F

If only a day to let her know (

G

)

C

(

G

)

F

Without her I am nothing at all

Am

The change is happening and I'm almost gone

E

In her heart is my faith and it wins against the sadness The train it moves through the desert The horses they will challenge its stride And into the boxcar, she leaps and is my hero And penetrates the demons inside The clouds they pass but they're moving so fast I watch them collide Collide and collapse in her arms like a newborn child And I'm at once reborn The sadness is mine The sadness is mine It's why you're not helping me Whatever has come for me Oh I can give you whatever you're wanting Just take it and spare me, spare me please Oh tell me this is only a warning No, please have mercy, let me go If only a day to let her know Without her I was nothing at all The change is happening and I'm almost gone In her heart is my faith and it wins against the sadness

Solo

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F

E*

E

|

F

E*

E

|

F

G

E

|

E

| |

F

E*

E

|

F

E*

E

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F

G

Am

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Am

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G

|

Dm

|

Am

|

C

|

Gm

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Dm

|

F

|

E

F

G

F

E

| The fog in the moat as it grabs my throat It lifts as she comes She opens her coat And it's the color of the blood And is the sign of what now must come Deny, deny me my destiny I am not ready to go I am no whore that brings us to the morning Where I will have to stand and fight God The sadness is mine The sadness is mine It's why you're not helping me Whatever has come for me Oh I can give you whatever you're wanting Just take it and spare me, spare me please Oh tell me this is only a warning No, please have mercy, let me go If only a day to let her know Without her I was nothing at all The change is happening and I'm almost gone In her heart is my faith and it wins against the sadness | | | | | ...

| | |

F

C

For you, I'd do anything

F

C

Tear myself in two just to hear you breathe

G

Am

F

Calculate the changes that in time

G

Am

F

Turn to nothing and then multiply

C

Yourself by my pain

F

C

Over you is where I stand

F

C

I wish I knew why, but I don't understand

G

Am

F

I'm waiting on someone who just won't show

G

Am

F

Every night it seems, like there's no tomorrow

C

F

C

Not that you will ever know

C

G

Wherever you are I hope you're happy now

Am

I'm caught in a dream and I can't get out

F

I'm caught in a dream, I'm caught in an endless dream

C

G

Wherever you are I hope you're happy now

Am

I'm caught in a dream and I can't get out

F

C

I'm caught in an endless dream and I'm not strong enough to let you go

Eb

F

C

And I've tried everything, but that, oh Elizabeth

Cm

G

You come through the door like a bag of rocks

Bb

F

Wounded all the time

Db

E

I'm inside the room with the TV on mute

B

Gb

Screaming Elijah, Elijah don't you come

Dbm

Abm

Gb

Gm

Oh God don't you come

Cm

Gm

I steal out the window like I'm using the door

Eb

Bb

Fm

Whispering willows outside

Db

E

B

Turn into statues of you, fangs exposed, breathing fire

Gb

Elijah don't you come

Dbm

Abm

Gb

Oh God don't you come

Bbm

Bm

Locate the coffin, procure the ring

Gb

Dbm

Abm

I'll distract Gabriel, it's your destiny after all

Ebm

Just go, and don't you ever look back

Gb

Dbm

Abm

Kiss me again, and don't you listen to the voices in the past

Ebm

They lied

Gb

Db

Oh, they lied

Abm

Gb

Gm

They lied

Cm

Gm

When you see the light, don't you dare go in

Eb

Bb

F

Find your way back to the house

Gm

F

Wind upon the gate, when the gate swings back and forth

B

Gb

That's the sign that we are never coming back

Dbm

Abm

Ebm

Abm

F

Dm

Once the signals been fired

Cm

G

When you're in the room, I am under the bed

Eb

Bb

F

I am inside your soul

Dbm

Abm

I cover your mouth and my hands are just

B

As I scream Elijah

Gb

Oh Elijah come down

Db

Abm

Gb

Come and take your reward, mmm

Bbm

B

Locate the coffin, procure the ring

Gb

Dbm

Abm

I'll distract Gabriel, It's your destiny after all

Ebm

Just go and don't you ever look back

Gb

Dbm

Abm

Kiss me again, and don't you listen to the voices in the past

Ebm

They lied

Bbm

Gb

Gb

Db

Run away from the light

Abm

Ebm

Run away from the light

Fm

Gb

Db

Gb

Little ones...

Abm

Ebm

Dm

Cm

Ab

Cm

Ab

Cm

Little ones...