Ryan Adams : Cardinology

Capo:

III

Am

Em

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Am

G

F

C

For everything that's wrong, there is a worried man

F

C

There is a reason why

G

F

And we just don't understand but, well, you gotta keep the faith

C

G

F

Be patient, oh, the past is just a memory in here

C

G

Heal your mind, you'll heal inside eventually

F

C

G

We were born into a light

F

C

We were born of light

F

C

G

We were born into a light

Repeat intro

For everyone alone, I wish you faith and hope And all the strength to cope To be your own best friend, have confidence and keep the faith Be patient, oh, the past is just a memory in here Heal your mind, you'll heal inside eventually We were born into a light We were born into a light We were born of light We were born into a light We were born into a light

Repeat intro

The lights The lights The lights Not the light

G

C

D

I watch the evening grow old

Am

G

And I watch the sun grow tired

C

Collapsing into the meadowlands

G

C

D

Funny how I still hear that voice

Am

G

Sometimes it's like it's so loud

C

I only hear a ringing sound

C

B

C

If only to say this to you now

D

G

C

I love you still and I always will

C

B

C

If only to say this to myself

D

G

I will always love you

D

G

I will always love you

C

So go easy on yourself

D

G

C

Go easy

D

G

C

Go easy

G

C

D

You would like those flowers on the hills

Am

G

C

And the sunlight in the fall even the coyotes call

G

C

D

Funny how my mind counts each day

Am

G

By the times I've thought of you

C

Funny how the numbers sway

C

B

C

If only to say this to you now

Am

G

C

I love you still and I always will

C

B

C

If only to say this to myself

D

G

I will always love you

D

G

I will always love you

C

So go easy on yourself

D

G

C

Go easy

D

G

C

Go easy

D

G

C

Go easy

D

G

C

Go easy

D

G

C

Gotta go, gotta now

D

G

C

Gotta go, gotta now

D

G

C

Gotta go, gotta now

Dm

Am

Dm

Am

Dm

Am

What makes them walk away after all these years?

Dm

Am

These years are learning in the hard way

G

By the lessons from the tears

Am

I know it's not a game

G

But it feels like losing

F

When someone you love throws you away

C

Am

I'd fix it, I'd fix it

G

F

I'd fix it, I'd fix it if I could

C

Am

And I'd always win, I'd always win (

Am

) I'd always win in the end How easy was it for you making those plans you made? Before I became something for you You know to try to dislocate But, I know it's not a game But if feels like losing when someone You love throws you away I'd fix it, I'd fix it I'd fix it, I'd fix it if I could And I'd always win, I'd always win And you'd always lose Look what I did to you, look what you did to me Fixed it, fix it I'd fix it if I could And I'd always win, I'd always win I'd always win in the end

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Bm

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D

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A

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E

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x2

Bm

You're like a rain cloud

D

If it rained mushroom clouds

A

Everybody hits the ground

E

Arms folded, head down You're like a missile strike Government goes underground Warhead on legs What goes around comes around

B

What goes around comes around

D

What goes around comes around

A

E

Goes around comes around What goes around comes around What goes around comes around Goes around comes around

Bm

G

So turn the radio on

D

So turn the radio up

A

So turn the radio up loud and get down Let your body move Let your body sway Listen the music play It's magic, it's magic You're like a storm tower If it had fire power Everything you touch burns Scorched earth, water tower Burned up to the ground Zombies running all around Eventually we hit the mall Lock it down at nightfall So turn the radio on So turn the radio up So turn the radio up loud and get down Let your body move Let your body sway Listen the music play It's magic

G

I wish I had secret powers

D

A

I'd burn all of the power hungry clowns and I'll shut 'em down

Bm

G

Give them radios and yos and wake 'em up with jams on

D

A

Right after I disappear, then disarm, disarm, disarm

Bm

Don't watch the record go round

G

D

Listen to the magic, magic, magic

A

Bm

Listen to the magic, and watch the record go round

G

D

Listen to the magic, magic, magic

A

(

Bm

) Listen to the magic and watch the record go round

Bm

D

What goes around comes around

A

E

Because what comes around goes around

Capo:

III

C5 535000

G5 355000

F

C

G

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F

C

G

Somewhere impossible light still shines And every smile is if as new Sometimes I feel like the static in the attic Is making me just confused

C5

G5

If I fall will you catch me?

G5

C5

If I'm sorry, sorry enough?

C5

If I fall will you pity me?

F

C

G

F

G

Will you confuse my love for the cobwebs?

F

C

G

Confuse my love for the cobwebs?

F

C

G

I always pause if I can on 5th avenue Look uptown with my head in the stars Somewhere the buildings give way to sunlight Give way to east and west central park If I fall will you catch me? If I'm sorry, sorry enough? If I fall will you pity me? Will you confuse my love for the cobwebs? Will you confuse my love for the cobwebs? For the cobwebs?

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Will you confuse my love for the cobwebs? Confuse my love for the cobwebs? Confuse my love for the cobwebs? Confuse my love for the cobwebs? Confuse my love for the cobwebs? Confuse my love for the cobwebs? Confuse my love for the cobwebs? Confuse my love for the cobwebs? For the cobwebs? For the cobwebs? For the cobwebs? For the cobwebs?

E

A

E

In all my life, mercy

A

E

Hasn't known my name this well

A

Like how every sea filters out And leads us gently to a creek

E

We sit around

C#m

Some of us are strong

B

A

But the rest of us are weak

E

A

So let us down if you must

E

A

Let us down easy, Lord

E

A

Let us down easy, Lord

E

Ooh, let us down In patches of pink clouds, thick smoke It comes rising off the hillside slopes Down here this neighbourhood, it's the dumps With cars iced up, perfect for writing on If you're wearing gloves Every season I spend alone Feels like a thousand to my heart and in my soul So let me down if you must But let us down easy, Lord Let us down easy, Lord Ooh, let us down

E

A

(Let us down, let us down, let us down) (Let us down, let us down, let us down) |

E

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A

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Instead of praying I tell God these jokes He must be tired of himself so much He must be more than disappointed Christmas comes, we eat alone A pretty girl surrounds some pretty thought Who takes your order, she yells it And cries alone in the backroom once it stops then she smiles So let her down if you must But let us down easy, Lord Let us down easy, Lord Let us down easy, Lord

E

A

Ooh, let us down (Let us down, let us down, let us down)

E

A

Let us down easy, Lord (Let us down, let us down, let us down)

E

A

Let us down (Let us down, let us down, let us down)

E

A

Let us down easy, Lord (Let us down, let us down, let us down)

E

A

Let us down, let us down, let us down, easy Let us down, let us down, let us down, easy Let us down, let us down, let us down, easy Let us down, let us down, let us down, easy

Capo:

III

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G

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x4

C

G

Am

Orange sky don't go

F

C

Manhattan looks like someplace else

F

C

Cloudy with a low fog shelf Into the crowded streets I go Eventually they lead me back home Where we used to live, I live along and into bed I go

Am

G

F

C

/b

I wish I could tell you just how I felt

Am

G

F

C

/b

I don't pray, I shower and say goodnight to myself

F

C

F

C

And when I close my eyes I feel like a page

C

G

F

With a crossed out name

C

G

F

With a crossed out name I kiss her mouth and I know For everything there is a word For everything but this I like the dresses, the shoes, and the clothes And everything you know that goes With loving a girl I supposed I wish I could tell you just how I'm hurt Pinpoint the location, it's in another universe And when I close my eyes I see a fire so plain

C

G

F

And my crossed out name Crossed-out names I see a crossed out name I see a crossed out name

Am

G

C

D

Well, I was waiting around for somebody to die

Am

G

C

F

Nobody did but a part of me died, I suppose from all that waiting

Am

G

C

D

These things they pass in time, but the moments get real and it's hard sometimes

Am

G

C

I think of someone that I'd like to be, and I hold that in my mind

D

But there's always tonight, tonight

D

C

And you, you make me feel like I'm here when I'm not And it, it makes me feel like I'm not here You, you make me feel like I'm not here

D

But I am, I am, more than you think I am Take a picture of your life for a second now, freeze it, and look at the screen What parts of you were daydreams, illusions and other things? These things they pass in time, but the moments are real and it's hard sometimes Keep the faith, keep moving in time to the music rolling in your mind And when you stay home tonight, it can become your home And you, you make me feel like I'm here when I'm not And it, it makes me feel like I'm not here You, you make me feel like I'm not here And I am, I am, more than you think I am I am, I am, more than you think I am

Am

C

D

You make me feel like a natural ghost You make me feel like a natural ghost You make me feel like a natural ghost

Am

C

You make me feel like a natural ghost |

D

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C

| ...

Capo:

III

D

G

Sunlight falls on your hands

C

G

Bb

C

As you type, just something in my head

D

G

C

Standing in, this empty space, your desk is gone

G

Bb

C

The wall still dark from where it went

Bb

C

G

F

G

F

This position is not open now for applicants

Bb

The application forms got shredded

C

There was faulty wording in the documents

G

F

C

I can still hear you laughin', coming up the rickety stairs

G

F

C

Laughing as the springtime filled your lungs with air

G

F

C

Grey smoke rung out like patches of your hair like violets

Bb

C

G

Like birds inside a bell

D

G

A grey ghost prowls in the back of my mind

C

G

Bb

C

While the sun is out, no it's still up and the light is shining

D

G

Its seasons push and pull enough to get us through

C

G

Bb

C

Well my mind is open now, like a door to an empty room This position is not open now for applicants The application forms got shredded There was faulty wording in the documents I can still hear you laughin', coming up the rickety stairs Laughing as the springtime filled your lungs with air Pink smoke rung out like patches of your hair like violets Like birds inside a bell

C

Am

If somehow I'd have known

C

I'd have rather gone down with the ship

C

Am

Than be without you if only for the chance

C

To hold you hand, to be your friend

C

I never got there last time

Am

I would have rather gone down in this

C

Am

The war is over, the war is over, the war is over

Am

(

D

) And I'm waiting in the sinking ships |

D

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G/b

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C

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G

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Bb

C

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D

)

D

G/b

C

G

If only I had known

Bb

C

G

If only I had known

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D

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C

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x4

Bm

A

G

D

Red shoes go sailing through the trees

G

D

G

D

Leaving no traces at all, not even a scatter in the leaves

A

Reflections are only memories

Em

D/f#

Evergreen, lay down beside me

G

A

Evergreen, Evergreen

Bm

G

Evergreen, make me feel whole again

D

A

Help me undo these chains, my love

G

D

A

Evergreen never says nothing that's mean

G

D

A

Evergreen, Evergreen, my love, my love |

D

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C

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x4

Bm

A

G

D

It might be easy to judge all that kindness

G

D

A

D

(

/d

/c#

/b

) If you had grown accustomed to the darkness in the light

Bm

A

G

D

But certainly any room with a view of other windows

G

Must have doors that you can use

A

So you can be happy for the first time in your live

G

A

Amen, it's your destiny, it can start any time

A

And maybe you'll find someone To lay some roots down next to you More like the trees and less like the clouds Stop moving around so much Evergreen, lay down beside me Evergreen, Evergreen Evergreen, make me feel whole again Help me undo these chains, my love Evergreen, lay down beside me Evergreen, Evergreen Evergreen, make me feel whole again Help me undo these chains, my love Evergreen never says nothing that's mean Evergreen, Evergreen, my love, my love |

D

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C

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x4

A

E

I'm just staring at the moon like it was yesterday

A

G#m

Mmm, see my face reflected in the lights in the window

E

In the window pane

G#m

F#m7

The trees outside are still, I take a sleeping pill

E

A

E

A

And feel a little less pain

A

E

And you're just sitting in the sun watching the boats roll by

A

G#m

Boats chained to the pier, in the window of the boat there's a picture of your family

E

Younger in their years

C#m

Well, I saw our time come

A

E

A

Then I saw our time go like a fog in the light

E

A

And on the blackening ocean side |

E

A

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x4

E

A

And ooh, ooh, it doesn't feel like yesterday Ooh, ooh, it doesn't feel like yesterday Ooh, ooh, it doesn't feel like yesterday Ooh, ooh, it doesn't feel like yesterday But it's yesterday Oh, oh like yesterday, ooh, ooh

Capo:

-I

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C

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F

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x4

C

F

C

F

I know a sickness ancient and cross No crucifix could ever fix enough But in a basement of a church these people they talk There is a line that must be walked

G

F

C

F

If you wanna make it stop, then stop I know a place where the future is denied I know a hand that twitches inside For some of us the glass is filled with lights But if the honey makes you sick honey there is a line that must be walked If you wanna make it stop, then stop, stop

Bm

A

G

A

Bm

Slow down, you don't have to talk, lie down, breathe

A

G

A

Stop, slow down, it's not your fault

Bm

A

G

Look around, there's so many of us, there's so many of us

A

Bm

A

G

And you are not alone, ever, ever, ever, stop |

C

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F

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x4

C

F

C

F

Call in the backup and the backup comes But nobody can help you if you won't Inside your chest, your heart is just hurt Behind your eyes, a need replaced a want

G

A

I know a sickness so ancient and cross No crucifix can ever fix enough I know a past where the future is lost I know a line that must be walked

Bm

A

G

There is a darkness and there is a light, and there is a choice

Bm

A

G

For a balance to be made every night, a weakness must be found

C

F

C

F

C

F

C

F

If you want it to stop, stop, stop

Capo:

III

C

/g

/f

C

I am on a street I walk

C/b

Down to the store, I do not talk

Am

I think of you, I think a lot

G

C

F

Of what you might say

C

G

F

Memory lane

C

The old man at the store still sings

C/b

A funny ancient tune, Chinese

Am

Whistles to himself and sees

G

C

F

That I'm alone again today

G

C

F

He winks as if to say, "It's OK"

C

G

F

Memory lane

C

G

F

Memory lane

C

G

F

Oh, memory lane

C

Sometimes when my memory fails

C/b

I look into my book of spells

Am

G

Cards we wrote and pictures taken by someone else

G

C

F

And I feel pain

C

G

F

Memory lane

C

I sleep by the window sill

C/b

Sounding out a dream for real

Am

G

C

F

Simple times of hands entangled, fingers engaged

C

G

F

Memory lane

C

G

F

Memory lane Memory lane Memory lane

Ryan Adams : Cardinology
2008

Born Into A Light

Go Easy

Fix It

Magick

Cobwebs

Let Us Down Easy

Crossed Out Name

Natural Ghost

Sink Ships

Evergreen

Like Yesterday

Stop

Memory Lane

Ryan Adams : Cardinology 2008

Born Into A Light

Go Easy

Fix It

Magick

Cobwebs

Let Us Down Easy

Crossed Out Name

Natural Ghost

Sink Ships

Evergreen

Like Yesterday

Stop

Memory Lane

Ryan Adams : Cardinology
2008