because you can't let go

it never got easy for me
every time you enter my mind
the hole in my heart caves in again
echos of love are heard
i suppose it was endearing in my youth...
my mellow dramatic nature but now I have grown old
they tell you it is better to have loved...
but what they don't tell you is that if you can't let go
the current of it will drag you under
it will feel like you can never breathe again
you will be trapped in the moment just before death
the moment just before sweet release your hole life
your chest will feels like it will burst
trapped beneath the surface
the light just above you
never to touch you again

we are our choices. things that we just make up. in space where our minds float.

i realize even though choices feel like things
real things that you can pick like fruit
things that feel as though they can be weighed in the hands of our minds 
"maybe this one is heavier or this one is sweeter?"
"should I follow my dreams or follow the money?"
you think and you weigh and you think and you weigh
but the truth is... you will never know
you cannot weigh choices
cause unlike real fruit
the fruit in your mind is not real
it is just a metaphorical paper mache replica
that you made from a pro and con list you wrote earlier in the day
written with a pencil made out of perceived past experience and rhetoric
because you are NOT a time traveling psychics with a do over button
you can never ever really know
never know if you should have gone left or right
if you should have held on with all your might
or should have let go a lot sooner
you can never really know what truly lies ahead
choices cannot be weighed to make the "right" one
i realize now that i am a super creative person
that can make very interesting lists and exciting educated/blind guesses
so now when i think something "is like this" or "she is like that"
or "it's clear what should be done"
i no longer feel my thoughts are as solid and opaque as they once were
my mind now seem full of translucent possibilities

-anastasia

it never got easier for me
every time i think of you
the hole in my heart caves in again
and i can only hear an echo of love
i suppose it was endearing in my youth
but they don't tell you that if you can't let go
it will drag you under
and it will feel like you can never breathe again
an eternity of not being able surface
with the light hitting the surface but never your skin

- the dieing

Dilate

life used to be life-like
now it's more like show biz
i wake up in the night
and i don't know where the bathroom is
and i don't know what town i'm in
or what sky i am under
and i wake up in the darkness and i 
don't have the will anymore to wonder
everyone has a skeleton
and a closet to keep it in
and you're mine
every song has a you
a you that the singer sings to
and you're it this time
baby, you're it this time

when i need to wipe my face
i use the back of my hand
and i like to take up space
just because i can
and i use my dress
to wipe up my drink
i care less and less
what people think
and you are so lame 
you always disappoint me
it's kinda like our running joke
but it's really not funny
i just want you to live up to
the image of you i create
i see you and i'm so unsatisfied
i see you and i dilate

so i'll walk the plank and i'll jump with a smile
if i'm gonna go down
i'm gonna do it with style
and you won't see me surrender 
you won't hear me confess 
'cuz you've left me with nothing
but i've worked with less
and i learn every room long enough
to make it to the door
and then i hear it click shut behind me
and every key works differently
i forget every time
and the forgetting defines me 
that's what defines me

when i say you sucked my brain out
the english translation 
is i am in love with you 
and it is no fun
but i don't use words like love
'cuz words like that don't matter
but don't look so offended
you know, you should be flattered
i wake up in the night
in some big hotel bed
my hands grope for the light
my hands grope for my head
the world is my oyster
the road is my home
and i know that i'm better 
off alone

" Ain't No Cure For Love " - ( Leonard Cohen )

This version is more loyal to the cover of this song performed by a country

singer on the "Tower of Song" album. There's a chorus section in the original I
can't figure out, and I'm pretty certain it's out of key, but it sounds ok like this.

Verse:
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/l/leonard-cohen/104404.html ]
G                               C                     G
I loved you for a long long time I know this love is real
G                                               C                  G
It don't matter how it all went wrong that don't change the way I feel
G                        B7                        C                     G
And I don't believe that time is gonna heal this wound that I'm speaking of
G                           D                   C                  G
There ain't no cure, there ain't no cure, there ain't no cure for love

Verse

Chorus:
               Em            B               C         G
There ain't no cure for love, there ain't no cure for love
    C                          D7
No pill no drug, ain't nothin pure enough
            Em           B               C        G
I can't get nothin done, I can't be with anyone
G                           D                   C                  G
There ain't no cure, there ain't no cure, there ain't no cure for love

(Bridge 2nd time):
                  (A) 
(I don't want no brother love, I don't want no other love)
       (D)7
(There ain't no cure for love)

Love Be Brave

http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/l/laura_marling/love_be_brave_tab.htm

Stay High

Em G D C

  Em                     G
I ate my dinner in my bathtub 
              D
Then I go to sex clubs
                C
Watching freaky people getting it on
   Em           
It doesn't make me nervous
     G       
If anything I'm restless 
D                         C
Yeah I've been around and I've seen it all 

   Em                  G
I get home, I got the munchies
                  D
Binge on all my Twinkies
                 C
Throw up in the tub, then I go to sleep
Em                   
And I drank up all my money 
G                       D
Tasted kind of lonely 

       C                      Em
You're gone and I got to stay high 
         G                       D         C
All the time to keep you off my mind Ooooo Oooooo
Em            G                       D         C
High all the time to keep you off my mind Ooooo Oooooo

Em                   G
Spend my days locked in a haze 
            D                           C
Trying to forget you babe, I fall back down
           Em           G                          D        C
Gotta stay high all my life to forget I'm missing you Ooooo Oooooo

Em                     G
Pick up daddy's at the playground
               D              
How I spend my day time
               C                                        
Loosen up the frown, make them feel alive 
   Em                                              
I make it fast and greasy
G                         D
I know I'm way too easy

       C                      Em
You're gone and I got to stay high 
         G                       D         C
All the time to keep you off my mind Ooooo Oooooo
Em            G                       D         C
High all the time to keep you off my mind Ooooo Oooooo

Em                   G
Spend my days locked in a haze 
            D                           C
Trying to forget you babe, I fall back down
           Em           G                          D        C
Gotta stay high all my life to forget I'm missing you Ooooo Oooooo

Em
Staying in my play pretend
G                           D     C
Where the fun ain't got no end
Em
Can't go home alone again
G                         D       C
Need someone to numb the pain
Em 
Standing in my play pretend
G                           D        C
Where the fun ain't got no end
Em
Can't go home alone again
G                         D         C
Need someone to numb the pain

       C                      Em
You're gone and I got to stay high 
         G                       D         C
All the time to keep you off my mind Ooooo Oooooo
Em            G                       D         C
High all the time to keep you off my mind Ooooo Oooooo

Em                   G
Spend my days locked in a haze 
            D                           C
Trying to forget you babe, I fall back down
           Em           G                          D        C
Gotta stay high all my life to forget I'm missing you Ooooo Oooooo

I Need A Dollar

Artist: Aloe Blacc
Song: I Need a Dollar
Album: Good Things

Intro:
     G#m         F#             C#m
e|---11-11-11-11-9--9--9--9--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---|
B|---12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14---|
G|---13-13-13-13-11-11-11-11-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13---|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:
G#m       F#               C#m
 I need a dollar dollar, a dollar is what I need, hey hey 
G#m            F#               C#m
 Well I need a dollar dollar, a dollar is what I need, hey hey
G#m                F#               C#m
 And I said I need dollar dollar, a dollar is what I need
          G#m               F#              C#m                        D#5
 And if I share with you my story would you share your dollar with me

G#m            F#          C#m
 Bad times are comin and I reap what I don't sow, hey hey
G#m          F#               C#m
 Well let me tell you somethin all that glitters ain't gold, hey hey
G#m          F#                C#m
 It's been a long old trouble, long old troublesome road
         G#m             F#            C#m
 And I'm looking for somebody come and help me carry this load

G#m       F#               C#m 
 I need a dollar dollar, a dollar is what I need, hey hey
G#m           F#                C#m
 Well I need a dollar dollar, a dollar is what I need
D#m           G#m         C#m
 Well I don't know if I'm walking on solid ground
D#m    G#m                C#m
 Cause everything around me is falling down
D#m        G#m         C#m                 D#5
 And all I want is for someone to help me

G#m      F#          C#m
 I had a job but the boss man let me go, he said
G#m        F#             C#m
 I'm sorry but I won't be needing your help no more, I said
G#m            F#                   C#m
 Please mister boss man I need this job more than you know
        G#m             F#              C#m                      D#5
 But he gave me my last paycheck and he sent me on out the door

Chorus

D#m           G#m         C#m
 Well I don't know if I'm walking on solid ground
D#m    G#m                C#m
 Cause everything around me is falling down
D#m        G#m         C#m                 D#5
 And all I want is for someone to help me

D#m          C#m        D#m           C#m
 What in the world am I gonna to do tomorrow
D#m       C#m           D#m               C#m
 Is there someone whose dollar that I can borrow
C#m
 Who can help me take away my sorrow
N.C.                                                       D#5
 Maybe its inside the bottle, maybe its inside the bottle

G#m         F#                  C#m
 I had some good old buddy, his names is whiskey and wine, hey hey
G#m         F#             C#m
 And for my good old buddy, I spent my last dime, hey hey
G#m         F#             C#m
 My wine is good to me, it helps me pass the time
        G#m            F#               C#m
 And my good old buddy whiskey keeps me warmer than the sunshine, hey hey

G#m          F#            C#m
 Your mom of mayhem just a child has got his own, hey hey
G#m         F#              C#m
 If god has plans for me, I hope it ain't written in stone, hey hey
G#m                F#               C#m
 Because I've been working working, myself down to the bone
       G#m               F#             C#m
 And I swear on grandpas grave, I'll be paid when I come home, hey hey

Chorus

         G#m                    F#           C#m
 Come on share your dollar with me, go ahead share your dollar with me
         G#m               F#                   C#m
 Come on share your dollar give me your dollar, share your dollar with me
         G#m                    F#     C#m
 Come on share your dollar with me

G#m F# C#m  D#5
G#m

First Aid Kit - My Silver Lining

First Aid Kit - My Silver Lining
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tuning: Standard, CAPO on 2nd fret!
Tab: Eric Lambrecht, 04/2014

Picking Pattern (Capo 2nd fret!):
   Em                                G                                 D                                 Em
e:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|...
b:-------0-------0-------0-------0-|-------3-------3-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-------3-------3-|...
G:---0-------0-------0-------0-----|---0-------0-------0-------0-----|---2-------2-------2-------2-----|...
D:-2---2-------2-------2-------2---|-0---0-------0-------0-------0---|-0---0-------0-------0-------0---|...
A:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|...
E:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|...
~~ The example above shows the verse, but it can be applied to every other section of the song!

~~ I would recommend muting the higher e-string if you strum the chords, this fits the song better 
   in my opinion.

~~ Tip: It also sounds nice to play a good old Cadd9 in the chorus ;)


[Intro:]
Em
Em

[Verse:]
Em                                        G                                   
I don't want to wait anymore I'm tired of looking for answers
D                                  Em
   Take me some place where there's music and there's laughter
Em                                                         G
   I don't know if I'm scared of dying but I'm scared of living too fast, too slow
  D                             Em
Regret, remorse, hold on, oh no I've got to go

Em                                    G
   There?s no starting over, no new beginnings, time races on
D                                          Em
   And you've just gotta keep on keeping on
Em                              G
   Gotta keep on going, looking straight out on the road - can't worry 'bout
D                                             Em
   what's behind you or what's coming for you further up the road

Em                                       G
   I try not to hold on to what is gone,   I try to do right what is wrong
D                              Em         
   I try to keep on keeping on    
G              D                  Em
   Yeah I just keep on keeping on


[Chorus:]
C                G        D                 Em   
  I hear a voice calling,   calling out for me
C                     G          D             Em
  These shackles I've made in an attempt to be free
C           G       D           Em 
  Be it for reason,   be it for love
C   G     D          C G  Em   
  I won't take   the easy road

Em  G D Em
Em  G D Em

[Verse:]
Em                               G 
  I've woken up in a hotel room,   my worries as big as the moon
D                                       Em
  Having no idea who or what or where I am
Em                                   G
  Something good comes with the bad,   a song's never just sad
D                                Em
  There's hope, there's a silver lining

G            D        Em
  Show me my   silver lining
G            D        Em
  Show me my   silver lining


[Chorus:]
C                G        D                 Em   
  I hear a voice calling,   calling out for me
C                     G          D             Em
  These shackles I've made in an attempt to be free
C           G       D           Em 
  Be it for reason,   be it for love
C   G     D          C G  Em   
  I won't take   the easy road

  Em             G             D                         Em               
I won't take the easy road the easy road, the easy road      (oho)
  Em             G             D                         Em               
I won't take the easy road the easy road, the easy road      (oho)

Em  G D Em
Em  G D Em

G            D        Em
  Show me my   silver lining, I try to keep on keeping on
G            D        Em
  Show me my   silver lining, I try to keep on keeping on
G            D        Em
  Show me my   silver lining, I try to keep on keeping on
G            D        Em
  Show me my   silver lining, I try to keep on keeping on

The Pierces "Boring"

Saturday Night
We look alright
We're going out
Boring.
Paris, France
London Town
Nyc
Boring.

Nothing thrills us
Anymore
No one kills us
Anymore
Life is such a chore
When it's
Boring

S*** boy
Girl on girl
Mйnage а trois
Boring.
Marijuana
Cocaine
Heroin
Boring.

Nothing thrills us
Anymore
No one kills us
Anymore
Life is such a chore
When it's...
Boring

Galliano
Donatella
Dolce & Gabbana
Boring.
Caviar
Escargot
Dom Pйrignon
Boring.

Love of my life
Bear your child
Everything I've ever wanted
Boring.

Nothing thrills us
Anymore
No one kills us
Anymore
Life is such a chore
When it's...
Boring
(When it's boring)

Nothing thrills us
Anymore
No one kills us
Anymore
Life is such a chore
When it's...
Boring

http://chordify.net/chords/the-pierces-boring-thepierces

Riptide

Vance Joy — Riptide Tab
~ Riptide - Vance Joy ~

Capo 6

Great song from an unearthed artist :)

The whole song is basically the same chords over and over.

Em Cadd9 G

* = Strum Once 

The intro is just that chord progression repeated twice
and the verse goes the same. I'm really unsure of the lyrics...

Em              Cadd9             G
I was scared of dentists and the dark
Em              Cadd9             G
I was scared of pretty girls and starting conversations
Em         Cadd9                G
Oh all my friends are turning green
       Em              Cadd9             G
You must've [something something] in our dreams
  Em     Cadd9     G
Uh oooh oh oooh oooh
Em         Cadd9           G*
Oh oooh oh oooh and they come unstuck
Em     Cadd9                 G
Lady, runnin' down to the riptide
G                  Em
Taken away to the dark side
Cadd9           G
I wanna be your left hand man
       Em       Cadd9                     G
And I love you when you're singin' that song and
                      Em
I gotta lump in my throat cos
Cadd9                      G
You're gonna sing the words wrong

Em                 Cadd9               G
There's this movie that I think you'll like
     Em             Cadd9            G
This guy decides to quit his job and head to New York City
      Em       Cadd9       G
This cowboy's running from himself
Em                Cadd9          G
She's been living on the highest shelf


  Em     Cadd9     G
Uh oooh oh oooh oooh
Em         Cadd9           G*
Oh oooh oh oooh and they come unstuck
Em     Cadd9                 G
Lady, runnin' down to the riptide
G                  Em
Taken away to the dark side
Cadd9           G
I wanna be your left hand man
       Em       Cadd9                     G
And I love you when you're singin' that song and
                      Em
I gotta lump in my throat cos
Cadd9                      G
You're gonna sing the words wrong

Em           Cadd9           G
I just gotta, I just gotta know
Em             Cadd9            G
If you're gonna, if you're gonna stay
Em          Cadd9          G
I just gotta, I just gotta know
Em              Cadd9             G*
I can't have it, I can't have it any other way

   Em*        Cadd9*          G*
I swear she's destined for the screen
Em*              Cadd9*           G*   
Closest thing to Michelle Phipher that you've ever seen oh



Em     Cadd9                 G
Lady, runnin' down to the riptide
G                  Em
Taken away to the dark side
Cadd9           G
I wanna be your left hand man
       Em       Cadd9                     G
And I love you when you're singin' that song and
                      Em
I gotta lump in my throat cos
Cadd9                      G
You're gonna sing the words wrong



Em     Cadd9                 G
Lady, runnin' down to the riptide
G                  Em
Taken away to the dark side
Cadd9           G
I wanna be your left hand man
       Em       Cadd9                     G
And I love you when you're singin' that song and
                      Em
I gotta lump in my throat cos
Cadd9                      G
You're gonna sing the words wrong
                    Em        Cadd9                       G*
I gotta lump in my throat cos you're gonna sing the words wrong


End on G

0r

Depending on which recording you're listening to, he may or may not be playing a half 
step up. So you
 can either throw a capo on 1 if you want, or just fiddle with the tuning, or (my 
personal fave) just go
for it in open tuning.
The only chords you use in this song are Am, G, C, and very briefly F. (If you're 
feelin' fancy, you can
 play the Fadd9 that he uses, but whatev). Also, I would tab out the fingerpicking, and 
I might do it
later, but I just figured this out on my ukulele and I'm too lazy to go get my guitar 
and figure it out
 right now.



Am           G                   C (x2)

Am                    G                       C
I was scared of dentists and the dark,
Am                    G                       C
I was scared of pretty girls and starting conversations,
Am                    G                       C
Oh all my friends are turning green,
Am                    G                       C
You're the magicians assistant in their dreams.

Am     G    C
Ooh, ooh ooh
Am    G           C (hold)
Ooh, and they come unstuck

Am   G                        C
Lady, running down to the riptide,
C                      Am
taken away to the dark side,
G                    C
I wanna be your left hand man.
Am           G                             C
I love you when you're singing that song and,
C                        Am
I got a lump in my throat 'cause
G                            C
you're gonna sing the words wrong

Am                         G                       C
There's this movie that I think you'll like,
Am                         G                       C
this guy decides to quit his job and heads to New York City,
Am                 G                       C
this cowboy's running from himself.
Am                             G                       C
And she's been living on the highest shelf

Am     G    C
Ooh, ooh ooh
Am G           C (hold)
Ooh, and they come unstuck

Am     G                              C
Lady, running down to the riptide,
C                           Am
taken away to the dark side,
G                       C
I wanna be your left hand man.
Am             G                                  C
I love you when you're singing that song and,
C                           Am
I got a lump in my throat 'cause
G                                C
you're gonna sing the words wrong

Fingerpicking

Am                                   G
I just wanna, I just wanna know,
C                                                 F
If you're gonna, if you're gonna stay,
Am                                   G
I just gotta, I just gotta know,
C                                                F (strum and hold)
I can't have it, I can't have it any other way

Strum once and hold:
Am                  G                     C
I swear she's destined for the screen,
Am                      G                           C
Closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer that you've ever seen, oh


Am     G                              C
Lady, running down to the riptide,
C                           Am
taken away to the dark side,
G                       C
I wanna be your left hand man.
Am             G                                  C
I love you when you're singing that song and,
C                           Am
I got a lump in my throat 'cause
G                                C
you're gonna sing the words wrong

Am     G                              C
Lady, running down to the riptide,
C                           Am
taken away to the dark side,
G                       C
I wanna be your left hand man.
Am             G                                  C
I love you when you're singing that song and,
C                           Am
I got a lump in my throat 'cause
G                                C
you're gonna sing the words wrong

Am     G                              C
Lady, running down to the riptide,
C                           Am
taken away to the dark side,
G                       C
I wanna be your left hand man.
Am             G                                  C
I love you when you're singing that song and,
C                           Am
I got a lump in my throat 'cause
G                                C
you're gonna sing the words wrong
C                           Am                G                                C

Milky Chance ~ Stolen Dance

CAPO IV.

VERSE:
Em        D      C 
I want you by my side
G                    B7
So that I never feel alone again
Em            D      C 
They've always been so kind
G                           B7
But now they've brought you away from here
Em          D             C 
I hope they didn't get your mind
G                        B7  
Your heart is too strong anyway
Em        D             C 
We need to fetch back the time
G                     B7
They have stolen from us

CHORUS:
C 
And I want you
G
We can bring it on the floor
             B7              Em
You've never danced like this before
             D
But we don't talk about it
C                  G
Dancin on doin the boogie all night long
B7          Em
Stoned in paradise
D
Shouldn't talk about it

C 
And I want you
G
We can bring it on the floor
             B7              Em
You've never danced like this before
             D
But we don't talk about it
C                  G
Dancin on doin the boogie all night long
B7          Em
Stoned in paradise
Shouldn't talk about it
Shouldn't talk about it

BRIDGE:
Em D
Em D C G B7
Em D C G B7

VERSE:
Em        D      C 
Coldest winter for me
G                 B7  
No sun is shining anymore
Em        D      C  
The only thing I feel is pain
G                 B7  
Caused by absence of you
Em        D      C  
Suspence is controlling my mind 
G                 B7 
I cannot find the way out of here
Em        D      C  
I want you by my side 
G                    B7 
So that i never feel alone again


CHORUS:
C 
And I want you
G
We can bring it on the floor
             B7              Em
You've never danced like this before
             D
But we don't talk about it
C                  G
Dancin on doin the boogie all night long
B7          Em
Stoned in paradise
D
Shouldn't talk about it

C 
And I want you
G
We can bring it on the floor
             B7              Em
You've never danced like this before
             D
But we don't talk about it
C                  G
Dancin on doin the boogie all night long
B7          Em
Stoned in paradise
Shouldn't talk about it
Shouldn't talk about it

BRIDGE:
Em D
Em D C G B7
Em D C G B7

CHORUS:
C 
And I want you
G
We can bring it on the floor
             B7              Em
You've never danced like this before
             D
But we don't talk about it
C                  G
Dancin on doin the boogie all night long
B7          Em
Stoned in paradise
D
Shouldn't talk about it

C 
And I want you
G
We can bring it on the floor
             B7              Em
You've never danced like this before
             D
But we don't talk about it
C                  G
Dancin on doin the boogie all night long
B7          Em
Stoned in paradise
Shouldn't talk about it