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Ryan Adams : Gold
2001


  1. New York, New York
  2. Firecracker
  3. Answering Bell
  4. La Cienga Just Smiled
  5. Rescue Blues
  6. Somehow, Someday

  7. When The Stars Go Blue
  8. Nobody Girl
  9. Sylvia Plath
  10. Enemy Fire
  11. Gonna Make You Love Me

  12. Wild Flowers
  13. Harder Now That It's Over
  14. Touch, Feel And Lose
  15. Tina Toledo's Street Walkin' Blues
  16. Goodnight, Hollywood Blvd

New York, New York

Capo:
II
|
G
C/g
|
C/g
G
| ...
G
C/g
Well I shuffled through the city on the Fourth of July
C/g
G
Had a firecracker waiting to blow
G
C/g
Breaking like a robber who was making his way
C/g
G
To the cities of Mexico
Lived in an apartment out on Avenue A Had a tar-hut on the corner of Tenth Had myself a lover who was finer than gold But I been broke I've been busted up since
D
G
D
G
Love don't play any games with me
C
Anymore like she did before
D
G
D
G
World won't wait so I better shake
C
That thing right out there through the door
D
G
C/g
|
C/g
G
Hell, I still love you New York
Found myself a picture that would fit in the folds Of my wallet and it stayed pretty good Still amazed I didn't lose it out on Lutheran Place When I was drunk and I was thinking of you Every day the children they were singing the tunes Out on the streets and you could hear from the side Used to take the subway out of Houston and Third I would wait for you and not try to hide Love won't play any games with you Anymore if you don't want her to World won't wait I watched you shake But honey I don't blame you Hell, I still love you New York I remember Christmas in the blistering cold In a church on the Upper West Side Babe, you stood there singing I was holding you arm You were holding my trust like a child Found a lot of trouble out on Avenue B But I tried to keep the overhead low Farewell to the city and the love of my life As we left before we had to go Love won't play any games with you Anymore if you don't want her to Sweep and shake this old thing out the door I'll always be thinking of you I'll always love you though New York


Firecracker

Capo:
III
Harp:
C
[or
Eb
with capo] (cross)
|
G
|
G
|
C
|
D
|
G
|
x2
G
Black bird slow and softly
C
D
G
C/g
G
C/g
Breaks a glass of wine
G
Broken bluesy whispers
C
D
G
C/g
G
Sing to me tonight
Em
C
G
Well everybody wants to go forever
Em
C
G
I just wanna burn up hard and bright
Em
C
D
I just wanna be your firecracker
Am
C
Maybe be your baby tonight
Am
C
D
Maybe be your baby tonight
|
G
|
G
|
C
|
D
|
G
|
x2
Radio kicks the silence Off into your room Kiss me slow and softly Make me dream of you Well everybody wants to go forever I just wanna burn up hard and bright I just wanna be your firecracker Maybe be your baby tonight Maybe be your baby tonight |
G
|
G
|
C
|
D
|
G
|
x2
Em
So when does the plane go down?
G
'Cause I'm gonna ride it till it hits the ground
Am
And go out with a fight
/a
/b
C
D
(
G
) 'Cause I just wanna be your baby tonight
|
G
|
G
|
C
|
D
|
G
|
x4


Answering Bell

|
G
/f#
Em
D
|
C
.
/b
Am
|
G
Bm
C
Did I slip? No, I stumbled Did I trip? 'Cause I know I fell
G
Bm
C
Am
All's I know is I'll wake up here in my clothes tomorrow
G
/f#
Em
D
C
Oh girl, I wish I knew you well Oh girl, I wish I knew you well
Am
(
G
) But I'm just saying "Hi" to your answering bell
Did I run thought I was walkin' Through your inexhaustible gale The names are changed, but the constellations are still falling Oh girl if you could only tell Oh girl if you could only tell
Am
But I'm just saying "Hi"
Bm
C
G
Let your tears fall and touch my skin Then your thunderclouds could rage and wail
Bm
C
D
I will collect them all for you in butterfly jars
G
/f#
Em
D
C
Oh girl, I'll build your wishing well Oh girl, I'll build your wishing well
But I'm just saying "Hi" to your answering bell
Instrumental verse
Did I sleep? 'Cause I must have been dreaming Did I weep, 'cause I cried like hell All's I want is your fortress of tears to crumble Oh girl, I'd tear 'em down myself Oh girl, the stories that you tell But I'm just saying "Hi" |
G
/f#
Em
D
|
C
.
/b
Am
|


La Cienga Just Smiled

Capo:
III
|
F
G
|
C
|
x4
Fmaj7
G
C/e
Oh the night, here it comes again
Fmaj7
G
C/e
It's on with the jeans, the jacket and shirt
Fmaj7
G
C/e
Am
How'd I end up feeling so bad for such a little girl
Fmaj7
G
C/e
And I'll hold you close in the back of my mind
Fmaj7
G
C/e
Feels so good but damn, it makes me hurt
Fmaj7
G
Am
G
Fmaj7
And I'm too scared to know how I feel about you now
G
C/e
Fmaj7
C/e
La Cienga just smiles and see you around
Fmaj7
G
C/e
And I'll hold you close in the back of my mind
Fmaj7
G
C/e
I raise my glass 'cause either way I'm dead
Fmaj7
G
Am
G
Fmaj7
And neither of you really help me to sleep anymore
Am
G
Fmaj7
One breaks my body and the other breaks my soul
Fmaj7
G
C/e
Fmaj7
C/e
Fmaj7
La Cienga just smiles and waves goodbye
|
C/e
. .
G
|
Fmaj7
|
x2
Oh the night here comes again It's off with the jeans, the jacket and shirt How'd I end up feeling so bad for such a little girl? And I'll hold you close in the back of my mind Feels so good but damn, it makes me hurt And I'm too scared to know how I feel about you now
Am
G
Fmaj7
How I feel about you now
G
C/e
Fmaj7
C/e
Fmaj7
La Cienga just smiles and says I'll see you around
|
C/e
. .
G
|
Fmaj7
|
x4


Rescue Blues

Capo:
I
C
F
C
F
C
F
Everybody wants you to be special
C
F
Everybody wants you to be high
F
G
Am
G
They throw down a rope when you're in trouble baby
Am
G
Screaming save me
F
C
F
Then they charge you with the rescue blues
C
F
Rescue blues
Everybody wants to see you suffer They know that you need the pain so much They throw you up a rope when you're too high to cruise baby Lord you lose lady Then they charge you with the rescue blues Rescue Blues
G
F
C
And everybody wants to see you fall
G
F
C
That's why they always love to get you high
G
F
Am
G
And everybody knows you need the pain so much lady
Am
G
Keep in touch baby
F
C
F
Just don't charge me with your rescue blues
C
F
Rescue blues
C
F
...


Somehow, Someday

|
C
/b
Am
/g
|
F
|
G
|
G
|
G
I want to tell you something
C
That I should've, long ago
G
I wish that you and I had those kids
C
Maybe bought us that home
F
I wish that we were stumbling fast
G
C
Down on Irving and 14th Street
F
I wish that we were still in your room
G
In your bed and you were holding me
C
/b
Am
/g
F
'Cause there ain't no way I'll ever stop from lovin' you now There ain't no way I'll ever stop from lovin' you now No there ain't no way and I'm gonna try and show you somehow
G
C/g
G
C
/b
Am
/g
F
Somehow, and I'm gonna someday
C
/b
Am
/g
F
C
Someday... someday...
I dreamt that you and I were still young Laughing like little kids I'll never know just how bad it hurt Or what I did I wish that we were stumbling fast Down on Irving and 6th I wish we were still making plans But now, there's nothing to fix But there ain't no way I'll ever stop from lovin' you now There ain't no way I'll ever stop from lovin' you now No, there ain't no way and I'm gonna try and show you somehow Somehow, and I'm gonna someday... Someday... Someday... Someday... Oh, honey, someday


When The Stars Go Blue

Capo:
III
Am
C
G
D
Dancin' where the stars go blue Dancin' where the evening fell Dancin' in your wooden shoes In a wedding gown
Dancin' out on 7th street Dancin' through the underground Dancin' little marionette Are you happy now?
C
G
D
Where do you go when you're lonely? Where do you go when you're blue? Where do you go when you're lonely?
Am
I'll follow you
G
D
Am
When the stars go blue When the stars go blue When the stars go blue
C
When the stars go blue
|
Am
C
|
G
D
|
x2
Am
C
G
D
Laughing with your pretty mouth Laughing with your broken eyes Laughing with your lovers tongue In a lullaby
Where do you go when you're lonely? Where do you go when you're blue? Where do you go when you're lonely? I'll follow you When the stars go blue When the stars go blue When the stars go blue When the stars go blue |
Am
C
|
G
D
| ...


Nobody Girl

Capo:
II
|
E
|
G#m
|
A
|
E
|
x2
E
G#m
Well, the night makes moves
A
E
And she shatters like broken glass
E
G#m
Better play it cool
A
B
Better let it pass
Have you been screening your smokes? And whispers in an all night bar Better off as the fool
A
E
Than the owner of that kind of heart
Bm
G
Dsus2
They don't know you anyway
Bm
G
They don't know you
A
And they don't watch you walk away
Just a nobody girl With a radar to the scene When the emptiness finds you You find all the numbers you need Say you follow your heart Well, honey you're just being lost You can follow your gut But how much would it cost? They don't know you anyway They don't know you And they don't watch you walk away
Cadd9
You're nobody, girl
G
You're nobody, girl
A(v)
You're a nobody, girl
The night plays games And the people they come and go Well, they trade in their pieces For a late-night ride on your rodeo If your horses could talk I wonder if they would complain I know they're rested and ready They've been going nowhere for days They don't know you anyway They don't know you They don't even mind the weight You're nobody, girl You're nobody, girl You're a nobody, girl |
A
|
Cadd9
|
D
|
A
| ...


Sylvia Plath

|
B
F#
|
Emaj7
Eadd9
|
x4
I wish I had a Sylvia Plath Busted tooth and a smile And cigarette ashes in her drink The kind that goes out and then sleeps for a week The kind that goes out on her own To give me a reason, for well, I don't know
A/c#
E
And maybe she'd take me to France
F#sus4
F#7sus4
B
Or maybe to Spain and she'd ask me to dance
A/c#
E
In a mansion on the top of a hill
F#sus4
B
She'd ash on the carpets and slip me a pill
A/c#
E
Then she'd get pretty loaded on gin
C#m7
B
And maybe she'd give me a bath
G#m
C#m7
F#
How I wish I had a Sylvia Plath
And she and I would sleep on a boat And swim in the sea without clothes With rain falling fast on the sea While she was swimming away, she'd be winking at me Telling me it would all be OK Out on the horizon and fading away And I'd swim to the boat and I'd laugh
G#m
C#m7
F#
I gotta get me a Sylvia Plath
And maybe she'd take me to France Or maybe to Spain and she'd ask me to dance In a mansion on the top of a hill She'd ash on the carpets and slip me a pill Then she'd get pretty loaded on gin And maybe she'd give me a bath How I wish I had a Sylvia Plath How I wish I had a Sylvia Plath


Enemy Fire

|
C
G/b
|
Bb
Am
| |
G
G
G
F
. |
F
|
x4
G
F
Enemy fire Enemy blanks Enemy roses Red coloured tanks
C
G/b
Bb
Am
G
F
It's too late baby, baby, it's too late
C
G/b
Bb
Am
(
G
) Learn how to change and maybe I could stay
|
G
G
G
F
. |
F
|
x4
Enemy fire Enemy planes Enemy roses And red coloured chains It's too late baby, baby, it's too late Learn how to change and maybe I could stay |
G
G
G
F
. |
F
|
x4
|
C
G/b
|
Bb
Am
|
x4
|
G
G
G
F
. |
F
|
x8


Gonna Make You Love Me

Capo:
IV
|
E
.
D
. |
x4
|
A
D/a
E/a
. |
x2
A
D/a
A
Riot in the streets, the touch beneath the sheets
D
A
D/a
It's only gonna make you love me more
A
D/a
A
The cops they got the guns, the night destroys the sun
D
A
It's only gonna make you love me more
Bm
E
This here world, well, it was mine to take
Bm
E
Faith can keep you warm, but I'll teach you how to shake
A
/g#
/g
/f#
And I'll come to you like a little girl
Fmaj7
|
A
D/a
E/a
|
x2
It's only gonna make you love me more
Moonlight on the beach, sweet amphetamines It's only gonna make you love me more Bottles and the cans, the idiots go dance It's only gonna make you love me more This here world, well, it was mine to take Faith can keep you warm, but I'll teach you how to shake And I'll come to you like a little girl It's only gonna make you love me more |
E
.
D
. |
x4
|
A
D/a
E/a
. |
x2
They say love is hell, but I've only been laughin' ever since I fell It's only gonna make you love me more The Lord will have his way, but I'm just a call away It's only gonna make you love me more This here world, well, it was mine to take Faith can keep you warm, but I'll teach you how to shake And I'll come to you like a little girl It's only gonna make you love me more


Wild Flowers

D
Dsus2
A
Em7
Gmaj7
|-2-------|-0-------|-------0-|---------|----2----|
|----3----|----3----|-2---23--|-0-------|---3-----|
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|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-----|---------|
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|---------|---------|---------|-----0-2-|-3-3-3-3-|
G6
Gm
D
Dsus2
|-0-------|---------|---------|----2----|-0-------|
|-----3---|-3---3---|------3--|---3-----|----3----|
|---------|-3-------|-------3-|---------|---------|
|---------|-5-------|---------|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|
|---------|-5-------|---------|---------|---------|
|-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-|---------|---------|
D
Dsus2
Poor girl, no Ma
A
D
Nothing much to speak of
/e
/f#
Gmaj7
G6
G
But a rough diamond
Gm
D
Sleep now and your angels will come, dear
Poor Matilda Handcuffed hard to the wheel and Steering wildly Through love's fields, so blindly
Dm
C
G
F#
Forever only takes its toll on some, oh-oh
Bm
A
G
Gmaj7
G6
G
But, tonight you're sleeping alone without him
Bm
A
G
Gmaj7
G6
G
Tonight you're sleeping alone without him
Em
/f#
G
And everything went up in smoke
A
F#m
Gmaj7
Like wild flowers
A
F#m
Gmaj7
Wild flowers, dear
D
D9
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-0h2-2h3-||-------------|-------------||
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Poor girl, lonely Shuffles through the parade Of a sleepless circus promenade Hold on, dear Poor girl, no Ma Sister steals her a coat For the windless breezes Sleep now and Jesus will come, dear Forever only takes its toll on some, oh-oh But, tonight you're sleeping alone without him Tonight you're sleeping alone without him And everything went up in smoke Like wild flowers Wild flowers Wild flowers Wild flowers Oh


Harder Now That It's Over

G
Csus4
G
Csus4
They slapped them on you where that bracelet used to be
G
Csus4
D
You know the one I bought in Phoenix where they sell old jewelry
G
Csus4
G
Csus4
I was trying to make you angry but I didn't feed you to the cops
G
Csus4
D
When I threw that drink in that guy's face it was just to piss you off
Em
D
Csus4
D
'Cause honey it's over now , it's harder now that it's over
Em
D
Csus4
It's harder now that it's over now that the cuffs are off
Em
D
Csus4
D
Honey it's over now , it's harder now that it's over
Em
D
Csus4
It's harder now that it's over now that the cuffs are off
Csus4
D
Em
G
You're free
Csus4
D
You're free
Em
Free with the history
You're free You're free Free with the history I heard your wrist got bruised must've felt just like old times Wish you would have grabbed the gun and shot me 'cause I died And I'm nothing now without you yeah I'm less than nothing now I am the one between the bars and lost forever now 'Cause honey it's over , it's harder now that it's over It's harder now that it's over now that the cuffs are off It's over now , it's harder now that it's over It's harder now that it's over now that the cuffs are off You're free, you're free You're free Free with the history You're free, you're free You're free Free with the history
G
Csus4
I'm sorry
G
Csus4
I'm sorry
G
Csus4
G
Honey, I'm sorry


Touch, Feel And Lose

Capo:
III
|
D
Em
C
D
|
G
|
x4
G
C
Knew I was never gonna talk to you tomorrow
Cm
G
Oh, the birds how they sing
G
C
If you birds could just sing me a song of sorrow
Cm
D
'Cause all I know now from you is grief
D
Em
F
C
But I never wanted to be your rollin' train
D
Em
F
C
I never wanted to be your dancin' shoes
D
Em
C
D
I just wanted you to love me
D
Em
C
I just wanted you to love me
D
G
Touch, feel and lose
G
G
F
C
Cry, cry, cry Cry, cry, cry
Maybe I could be some kind of shelter Oh, your storm how it raged You know your kisses they're like lightning and thunder Your smile is sweet and comes down like rain But I never wanted to be your rollin' train I never wanted to be your dancin' shoes I just wanted you to love me I just wanted you to love me Touch, feel and lose... honey! Cry, cry, cry Cry, cry, cry Cry, cry, cry Cry, cry, cry
D
Em
C
D
I just wanted you to love me
D
Em
C
I just wanted you to love me
D
G
Touch, feel and lose... honey!
Cry, cry, cry Cry, cry, cry Cry, cry, cry Cry, cry, cry
G


Tina Toledo's Street Walkin' Blues

B
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|---7---9----7-------------|
|-9---9----9---9p7---------|
|-------------------h9-7---|
|--------------------------|
B
D
B
Sweet talkin' Johnny push a John quicker than he spit
B
D
B
Street walkin' Tina with a crooked crown waitin' for it
E
There she goes
B
D
B
She born in Boston but the Amtrak took her away
B
D
B
She lives in Brooklyn but she works outta Queens in the
E
Black limousines, money in the bank
E
Black limousines, money in the bank
B
Send it home!
Tina Toledo got a kid that lives with her ma She takes the subway after school makes up her face changes clothes There she goes She feels the rain coming down on Washington Square She gives the cops on the beat a little discount and then then then it's Black limousines, money in the bank Black limousines, money in the bank End it home! Hard on the knees, money in the bag Hard on the knees, money in the bag Send it home for medical school!
F#
Rock her self to sleep with the rhythm of the rain
A
B
Beating like the bed against the window frame of her hotel room
F#
Rock herself to sleep with the tunes on the dash
A
Don't take no credit cards, she takes cash
B
Says, "Money, money, money in the bank" "Money, money, money in the bank" "Money, money, money in the bank"
F#m
A
It ain't no easy life, but it pays pretty good keeps her outta the cold
F#m
A
It ain't no easy life, but it's silver and gold
B
Silver and gold, silver and gold, silver and gold


Goodnight, Hollywood Blvd

G6/B x20000 Bb6 x1003x Abmaj7 xx1113 or xx5544
Bm7b5 x2x231 Bb6/9 6x556x Abmaj9 xx1313 or xBDCBB
G7sus4 3x3010 Eb xx1343 E7+ xx0110 or 0301xx
F#m7b5 2x221x Eb6 xx1313
Fm6 1x3131 Dbmaj7 x4656x
C
G6/b
G7
C
It's happening baby, they're putting up the chairs
Bm7b5
E
Am
Taking the money, and all we can do is pray
G7sus4
Pray for tomorrow
C
G6/b
G7
C
So close your eyes, so close your mouth
Bm7b5
E
Am/c
And do this all in time to the music
Am/e
Am/c
G6
F#m7b5
Fm6
That screams like a child in the back of your mind
C
Abmaj7
G7
In a clown's saloon
C
Bb6
Abmaj7
So goodnight Hollywood Blvd, goodnight
Abmaj9
Bb6/9
See you soon
C
Bb6
Abmaj7
Goodnight Hollywood Blvd, goodnight
Abmaj9
Bb6/9
C
Eb
Abmaj7
See you sometime
Run away baby, back to your lonely house You wanted the honey, but you were only just stinging yourself It's hard to watch So close your eyes, and I close your mouth And do this all in time to the music That dance like fools set on fire Flailing their arms in a room full of whores So goodnight Hollywood Blvd, goodnight See you soon Goodnight Hollywood Blvd, goodnight See you sometime
F7
E7+
Eb6
D7
Dbmaj7
C
See you sometime, yeah, right yeah, right