1. |
Covert Overture
02:28
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2. |
Colors on the Map
04:23
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[Intro] 2x [ E - F#m - A - E ]
[Verse]
E F#m A E
/ All these lines these colors on the map
E F#m A E
They serve to arbitrarily widen the gap
E F#m A E
/ We’re less different, we’re more the same
E F#m A E
Eliminate the enmity and see what remains
[Interlude on Intro]
[Verse2]
/All these names, categories to use
Subject to subjectivity, as if that were news
/More semantics, gymnastics and turns
Distracting demographics now and nobody learns
[Prechorus]
C#m D
/ But I know it’s not as simple as that
A E
You can’t erase these emotions / with hard cold facts
C#m D A E
/ I know you can’t erase the pain / With a sappy song and cliched refrain
[Interlude on Intro]
[Chorus]
B E
/But maybe we could all feel good for tonight
B
/ Tellin you, I’m pretty sure what’s been ailin you
A E
Will still be ‘round / In the morning
[Verse 3]
/ All these days all these rivers to cross
You can chase what’s been forgotten, You can chase what’s been lost
/ Or instead you can turn ahead
/ And think of happy accidents and where they have lead
I said, all these words motivational prayers
/ They’re about as useful as puttin on airs
/ Just pretend, oh lay it on the line
If you fake it till you make it now you’ll be just fine
[Prechorus]
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
C#m B A E
/ So set your troubles down, / right there on the ground
B A E
And walk away /just for tonight
B A E
/ Oh walk away with me tonight
[Interlude] 4x | C#m - - - | A - - - | E - - - | B - - - |
Coda (same chords as verse but much slower)
/All these lines all these colors on the map
They serve to arbitrarily widen the gap
/We’re less different, we’re more thee same
If you eliminate the enmity its love that remains
Say you eliminate /the enmity it’s love that remains
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3. |
Gulf
03:40
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[Capo 4nd Fret] [Intro] C
[Verse 1]
C Am G F C
The gulf between intentions, actions and outcome brings me down
C Am G F C
the gulf between my intentions, my actions and the outcomes bring me down
G F C
it's not as if I’m unfamiliar with the correlation 'tween the three of them
G
when it’s garbage that I’m puttin in
F C
what comes out should come as no surprise
[Chorus 1]
G F C
oh but here I am // Here I am // Once again
G F C
Here I am // Against my better judgement // Here I am
[Verse 2]
C Am G F C
Here I am, wide awake at 3:05 on a school night
C Am G F C
3:25 and yet I must be up for work in a few
G F C
it's not as if I am unfamiliar with the notion of a solid 8
G F C
yet here I sit, many hours after it had started getting late
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
E7 F C G E7 F C G
Our curse is to always know // The right choice but to often go
E7 F C G E7 F C G Am
To a place where everything else // Seems like a more attractive option
[Verse3]
C Am G F C
That gulf that brings you down is where your humanity resides
C Am G F C
Blemishes and imperfections scars on a leathery hide
G F C
And if you erase the folly and the misteps that have brought you this far
G F C
You would be someone else completely now you would not be who you are
[Chorus out]
G F C
Oh but clearly you are, yes you are, who you are
G F C
Only one road would bring you here
(quiet) G F C (loud)
So embrace, embrace, who who you are
(quiet) G F C (loud)
Yes embrace, embrace, who you are
G F C
And Strive to be
G F C
Yeah just strive to be
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4. |
Nuptial
02:54
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5. |
Turnkey Turkey
03:21
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6. |
04:21
04:27
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Mastering Engineer: Jonathan Kirchner
Drums & Percussion: Cody Rhodes
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7. |
10,787
03:30
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Intro / Interlude
|Am - Em - | D7 - - - | G - - - |
[VERSE]
C D G
I'm thankful for the days / for the time to waste
C D G
for the moments together / longed for while apart
C D Em
for the long quiet mornings / for the endless dance
A7 D7 G G
I believe we are a lucky bunch
[Verse2]
C D G
I'm thankful for the miles / that lie ahead
C D G
the memories behinds us / that tell the stories of where those miles've lead
C D Em
each hour a paragraph / each day a page
A7 D7 G
in the story of an age
[CHORUS]
Am Em D C Am Em D
so many false starts, distractions and illusions. unproductive chapters
Am Em D C Am Em D G
Ten thousand seven hundred eighty seven pages / I wasted / without you
[Jam] [ | G - - - | C - - - | ] Repeat
[Interlude]
|Am - Em - | D7 - - - | G - - - |
[VERSE3]
C D G
I'm even thankful for / when you grimace and say
C D G
"you talk too much in the morning" / but later in the day
C D Em
you'll laugh and say it again with a smile / and I'll act chagrined
A7 D7 G
and our dance continues / ever again
[Verse4]
C D G
thankful doesn't cover / it is a lacking word
C D G
a poor approximation / a stretched metaphor
C D G
but then every word is / when measured against
A7 D7 G
the power and the glory of the moment
[Chorus] Repeat
C G D Am C G D
Ten thousand, seven hundred eighty seven.
C G D Am C G D
Ten thousand, seven hundred eighty seven. Days to you
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8. |
Come on Home
03:44
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Capo 2nd
Intro: 3x [ D Dmaj7 D7 G Gm6 D A D ]
| C A | Gm6 D |
Verse
Bm G D A Bm G
flash back to a gray volkswagen winding through
D A Bm G
the road up to the mountains. Remember when
D A G A Bm
we could still count the days of our story on one hand?
G D A Bm G
On down to a presidential town where music played
D A G
through nights and sweltering days we played and played
A G A
and we laid the groundwork for our lives, in 4 sweet days
Break 2 or 4x [Bm G D A]
Verse
I was, typically down for solitude
But I found a change in attitude since you've come around
when you backtrack through the hours and the moments I spent alone
you peel back the layers that had hardened and you help me find
a soft place that I remember
a place where alone is together
a place where
Chorus (Intro chords)
even though I don't mind when go
I like it even more when you come home
even though I'm alright on my own
I'm so much more when you come
Break [C A Gm D Gm D A]
Ritard
Intro
Chorus
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9. |
Cabbage
03:57
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10. |
Boss Battle
02:59
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11. |
Deluge
01:47
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12. |
Five Hundred Years
02:55
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It feels like 500 years have passed since I have last
Settled down upon your shore
Laid eyes upon your face in the morning
In the morning light
But may moons and many miles
Many truths, many lies
Are between those days and I
Between your eyes and mine.
But ain't it funny how when you're lookin down
From that higher vantage point
Odds insurmountable seem merely trivial
With the benefit of hindsight
And everything's so very clear
In the morning
In the morning light, my dear
That will always be a part of the shape of things
A part of the way it stings now when I hear your name
And if I thought that I had packed it all away
And thrown it out
Well I was wrong, but that's okay.
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13. |
Caesar's Seizures
03:21
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14. |
Saturnine
02:40
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15. |
Wednesday Evening
02:01
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16. |
Fortunate Few
04:02
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G C
I struggle believe we’ve come this far
G D
Together my friends
G C
I’m in love with this road we’re on
G D
Together my friends
C Cm
And who’s to say what this road will
G D
Bring from here on in
Am C
It’s been a mighty fine ride
G D
Am C
It’s been a mighty fine ride
G D
So far So far
C Cm
we’ve come in our joyous pursuit
G D
That’s what we do
C Bm Am
contribute to
D
The great tradition
G C G C
Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh
Oh monday nights, here on haight street
With you my friends
We’ll write our parts we’ll play our songs
Together my friends
And who can say, what we’ll get up to
From here on in
D C
And so what if it’s just a minor contribution
G Em
So what if sometimes you’re playing to an empty room
D C
If sometimes quiet months slide by without production
G Em F
you fill up with venomous self recrimination
C G
Just pick up and play
F C G (repeat)
Pick up your instruments, raise your voices and play
Make a happy sound and you’ll feel okay
Bm C G D
Oh you know that you you need the music
C
But t he music needs you
Bm Am
To contribute
D
The great tradition
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