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
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
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 ]GCG
I loved you for a long long time I know this love is real
GCG
It don't matter how it all went wrong that don't change the way I feel
GB7CG
And I don't believe that time is gonna heal this wound that I'm speaking of
GDCG
There ain't no cure, there ain't no cure, there ain't no cure for love
Verse
Chorus:
EmBCG
There ain't no cure for love, there ain't no cure for love
CD7
No pill no drug, ain't nothin pure enough
EmBCG
I can't get nothin done, I can't be with anyone
GDCG
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)
EmGDCEmG
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
DC
Yeah I've been around and I've seen it all
EmG
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
GD
Tasted kind of lonely
CEm
You're gone and I got to stay high
GDC
All the time to keep you off my mind Ooooo Oooooo
EmGDC
High all the time to keep you off my mind Ooooo Oooooo
EmG
Spend my days locked in a haze
DC
Trying to forget you babe, I fall back down
EmGDC
Gotta stay high all my life to forget I'm missing you Ooooo Oooooo
EmGPick 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
GD
I know I'm way too easy
CEm
You're gone and I got to stay high
GDC
All the time to keep you off my mind Ooooo Oooooo
EmGDC
High all the time to keep you off my mind Ooooo Oooooo
EmG
Spend my days locked in a haze
DC
Trying to forget you babe, I fall back down
EmGDC
Gotta stay high all my life to forget I'm missing you Ooooo Oooooo
Em
Staying in my play pretend
GDC
Where the fun ain't got no end
Em
Can't go home alone again
GDC
Need someone to numb the pain
Em
Standing in my play pretend
GDC
Where the fun ain't got no end
Em
Can't go home alone again
GDC
Need someone to numb the pain
CEm
You're gone and I got to stay high
GDC
All the time to keep you off my mind Ooooo Oooooo
EmGDC
High all the time to keep you off my mind Ooooo Oooooo
EmG
Spend my days locked in a haze
DC
Trying to forget you babe, I fall back down
EmGDC
Gotta stay high all my life to forget I'm missing you Ooooo Oooooo
Artist: Aloe Blacc
Song: I Need a Dollar
Album: Good Things
Intro:
G#mF#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#mF#C#m
I need a dollar dollar, a dollar is what I need, hey hey
G#mF#C#m
Well I need a dollar dollar, a dollar is what I need, hey hey
G#mF#C#m
And I said I need dollar dollar, a dollar is what I need
G#mF#C#mD#5
And if I share with you my story would you share your dollar with me
G#mF#C#m
Bad times are comin and I reap what I don't sow, hey hey
G#mF#C#m
Well let me tell you somethin all that glitters ain't gold, hey hey
G#mF#C#m
It's been a long old trouble, long old troublesome road
G#mF#C#m
And I'm looking for somebody come and help me carry this loadG#mF#C#m
I need a dollar dollar, a dollar is what I need, hey hey
G#mF#C#m
Well I need a dollar dollar, a dollar is what I need
D#mG#mC#m
Well I don't know if I'm walking on solid ground
D#mG#mC#m
Cause everything around me is falling down
D#mG#mC#mD#5
And all I want is for someone to help me
G#mF#C#m
I had a job but the boss man let me go, he said
G#mF#C#m
I'm sorry but I won't be needing your help no more, I said
G#mF#C#m
Please mister boss man I need this job more than you know
G#mF#C#mD#5
But he gave me my last paycheck and he sent me on out the door
Chorus
D#mG#mC#m
Well I don't know if I'm walking on solid ground
D#mG#mC#m
Cause everything around me is falling down
D#mG#mC#mD#5
And all I want is for someone to help me
D#mC#mD#mC#m
What in the world am I gonna to do tomorrow
D#mC#mD#mC#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#mF#C#m
I had some good old buddy, his names is whiskey and wine, hey hey
G#mF#C#m
And for my good old buddy, I spent my last dime, hey hey
G#mF#C#m
My wine is good to me, it helps me pass the time
G#mF#C#m
And my good old buddy whiskey keeps me warmer than the sunshine, hey hey
G#mF#C#m
Your mom of mayhem just a child has got his own, hey hey
G#mF#C#m
If god has plans for me, I hope it ain't written in stone, hey hey
G#mF#C#m
Because I've been working working, myself down to the bone
G#mF#C#m
And I swear on grandpas grave, I'll be paid when I come home, hey hey
Chorus
G#mF#C#m
Come on share your dollar with me, go ahead share your dollar with me
G#mF#C#m
Come on share your dollar give me your dollar, share your dollar with me
G#mF#C#m
Come on share your dollar with me
G#mF#C#mD#5G#m
First Aid Kit - My Silver Lining
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tuning: Standard, CAPO on 2nd fret!
Tab: Eric Lambrecht, 04/2014
Picking Pattern (Capo 2nd fret!):
EmGDEm
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:]
EmEm
[Verse:]
EmG
I don't want to wait anymore I'm tired of looking for answers
DEm
Take me some place where there's music and there's laughter
EmG
I don't know if I'm scared of dying but I'm scared of living too fast, too slow
DEm
Regret, remorse, hold on, oh no I've got to go
EmG
There?s no starting over, no new beginnings, time races on
DEm
And you've just gotta keep on keeping on
EmG
Gotta keep on going, looking straight out on the road - can't worry 'bout
DEm
what's behind you or what's coming for you further up the road
EmG
I try not to hold on to what is gone, I try to do right what is wrong
DEm
I try to keep on keeping on
GDEm
Yeah I just keep on keeping on
[Chorus:]
CGDEm
I hear a voice calling, calling out for me
CGDEm
These shackles I've made in an attempt to be free
CGDEm
Be it for reason, be it for love
CGDCGEm
I won't take the easy road
EmGDEmEmGDEm
[Verse:]
EmG
I've woken up in a hotel room, my worries as big as the moon
DEm
Having no idea who or what or where I am
EmG
Something good comes with the bad, a song's never just sad
DEm
There's hope, there's a silver lining
GDEm
Show me my silver lining
GDEm
Show me my silver lining
[Chorus:]
CGDEm
I hear a voice calling, calling out for me
CGDEm
These shackles I've made in an attempt to be free
CGDEm
Be it for reason, be it for love
CGDCGEm
I won't take the easy road
EmGDEm
I won't take the easy road the easy road, the easy road (oho)
EmGDEm
I won't take the easy road the easy road, the easy road (oho)
EmGDEmEmGDEmGDEm
Show me my silver lining, I try to keep on keeping on
GDEm
Show me my silver lining, I try to keep on keeping on
GDEm
Show me my silver lining, I try to keep on keeping on
GDEm
Show me my silver lining, I try to keep on keeping on