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(Am-G-C-F)
People don't you know
I'm gonna kill myself
tomorrow?
(2)
(Em-C-Dm)
So I'll have to keep singing
so tomorrow never comes.
if I play this song every night
i'll never see the deadline
Yeah, i'll keep movin' the deadline.
People don't ya know
you can see me play tomorrow?
Even if I don't
have a booked show,
somewhere i'll be singin.
I have to sing every day.
Even if no one's listenin I know it's the only way.
Yeah, music makes me have to stay.
People don't you know
if you sing this tomorrow
I'll live forever,
if you keep playin my songs? I know
they're all I can give you
for after i'm gone.
I don't want children so that's all that's left of me when I pass on.
Yeah my songs are all that's left when I pass on
People don't you know
when you sing you're never old?
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(G-
then G down a string-
then that down 2 frets)
I dont wanna (2)
ever stop singin loud
(2)
Em-G-Am-C
The neighbors don't like the noise
but I won't give them any choice
corse
you may not like my set
but I'm not done singing yet
corse
one day i'll be 6 feet in the ground
but until then i'm in love with the sound
corse (barre chords)
we don't wanna ever stop singing loud
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(C-Am-F-G)
When I forget why I haven't died
or I feel nothing inside
or I wonder why I ever tried
don't wait for me to decide
just
gimme a beer
hmm hmm hmm hmhm
gimme a beer
(2)
If I'm not dancing crazy enough
or I'm complaining that life is rough
or I'm afraid to appear tough
don't even ask if I want that stuff
just (chorus)
(solo)
(chorus)
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(power chords:
Am-Em)
Going out to party
I'm gonna dance
and meet somebody
to find romance
(A-G-F)
I'm gonna get somebody (3)
I wore my best outfit
my hair looks great
my moves are perfect
i'll be swamped with dates
(corse)
Everyone will be jealous
all the ladies and fellas
and everyone else
i'm jealous of myself
cuz (corse)
Maybe it won't be that great
and just last the night.
Maybe it'll be perfect
and last the rest of my life
(corse)
(solo)
(corse)
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(G-C-Bb power chords)
The next time you hear this song what will you have accomplished?
Will you have finally become what you always wished?
Will you be smarter and stronger and more able to do
the stuff that makes you happy, too?
(A power chord strum the strings from low to high)
Woohoo (4)
(G-C-Bb power chords)
Your homework assignment before you hear this again
is think about something you wanna change and make it happen
This song'll remind you what to do
No one's gonna babysit you
Woohoo
(Em-up an octave-B7E7-B7E9)
I can't make your decisions
if you don't listen
you'll never get better (repeat)
G
you gotta get better (verse)
The last time you heard this song what did you want to change?
Did you start on it that day how much progress have you really made?
Since I last sang this song I hope i'm in better shape
If not, i'll start today
Woohoo
I can't make your decisions
I can't make you listen
You gotta make it happen (repeat)
You gotta make it happen
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E D C D E
When I rock I rock
and when I dance I dance
and when I talk I talk
I never miss a chance
cuz life is too short (2)
That’s what I used to say
I don’t think I ever lived that way
I’m sorry I lied to you
I never knew that I could live
any better way So you must forgive me cuz
I used to say
When I rock I rock
And when I dance I dance
And when I talk I talk
I never miss a chance
but now it is too late
See the thing is I was lying
I kept lamenting things I never tried
And now I’ve wasted so much time
I spent so many years trying to
run from all the things I needed to do
It was pathetic
I never knew that I needed to
get a job and have something to do
not for itself but because I needed to
I am a young smart man
I’m so capable you understand
But I don’t do anything with that
I spent 23 years sitting alone in my room
Wishing for the perfect thing to do
How bout that
Every day I shirked my responsibility
so I never worked
a day in my life
I never went down to the
volunteer homeless shelter and said
I’ll work for free
But I’m tired of living that way
I think I’ve given up today
I will accept my responsibility
I will no longer waste my life
You see it’s not worth it to wait
Nothing will come that’s perfect
So When I rock I rock
And when I dance I dance
And when I talk I talk
I’ll never miss a chance
cuz now I understand
When I rock I rock
And when I dance I dance
And when I talk I talk
I’ll never miss a chance again
Even tho I’m just a young man
When I rock I rock
And when I dance I dance
And when I talk I talk
I’ll never miss a chance
Cuz My life is too short
Not in that theoretical way
that romantic bullshit can go away
I think I understand life now
I’ve been paralyzed with indecision
I don’t understand why the division
Between what I wanted and what I knew
Was right because I spent my life
running from the things I heard were right
and from what was true
But now I’ll turn my life around
And never get all down
and say I wish that I were dead
I can’t believe I spent so many evenings
sitting in my head
and waiting to die
So When I rock I rock
And when I dance I dance
And when I talk I talk
I’ll never miss a chance
Cuz my life is too short (2)
(Instrumental breakdown)
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F-Dm-Bb-C
How old do you have to get
before you're honest with your parents
and can tell them about the time Kate
broke your heart without getting embarrassed?
How old do you have to turn before you see you're no longer a teenager,
take your anger, burn it up, and leave those grudges forever?
How old do you have to grow
before you see your mom's an old lady
who's probably all alone
and definitely misses her baby?
How old do you have to get
before both your parents die
and you're left saying
I wish, I wish, I wish, I...?
How old do you have to get before you see yourself in your family
and start to love them for it
as your closest connection out of all humanity?
How long has to pass by
before you tell your dad and mom
"I'm sorry. I love you. Thanks for the things you did right.
You're forgiven for what you did wrong."
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g-c-g-d
Dun Dun Dun Dun Dun Dun Dun (x5)
I was born knowing nothing everyone around me was teaching stuff some of which was important most of which doesn't matter
then I grew and felt my mom become a stranger and that was fine and I got out of her damn home to make my life my own (dun dun dun etc.)
I screwed around in my 20's I met so many pretty ladies and then one day I found one I said I would like to marry
when that ended I settled down i've got the best deal in the town a friend who really likes me now and maybe will forever (dun dun dun etc.)
but i'll still walk to korn concerts they might be great I might get hurt and come home with lots of blisters and sore muscle smiles
this will continue for a while then i'll see i'm not still a child and we'll say hey that was the best until the end arrives. (dun dun dun etc.)
one day there will be a grave with my name on it and a date and underneath that it will say “help i'm still alive” (dun dun dun etc.)
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(Capo 4
C-Am-G-F)
Why do I do this? (repeat forever)
Is it that I love singin'
more than anythin'?
Or do I just need attention
for reinforcin
the way we were raised
in nineteen eighty eight,
Cuz I was taught
that only losers are not on top?
How much would I give up
just to keep doin this stuff?
Would I sell the integrity I had
and let them put me in an ad
just for more big shows
and can I stop them if the answer's no?
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G-Em-D
We Will Hold You When You Fall Down
(verse lyrics improvised every time)
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11. |
Noah Britton - 43 Cents
03:03
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C
I can't look in the mirror
so i'll just stand here
f
countin' all my change
you know it's so strange
em
that I have
am
43 cents
em
cuz it feels like
am
I already spent
dm
everything
g
I ever had
c
I can't face myself
until you want to as well
f
but you never will again
you said we can't remain friends
em
after i
am
told you i'm sorry
em
so though
am
my pockets are heavy
dm
i've lost
g
everything I had
so i'll just stand here
wishin I could afford a beer
but i've only got 43 cents
cuz I already spent
the night
in the wrong place
starin
at the wrong face
I lost everything I had
c
goodbye
F-C
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(C-G)
I can't draw
(C-G)
I can't paint
(C-G)
I can't write
(C-G)
I'll never be a saint
(F-A)
But I can sing
(D-E)
and I can say
(Asus up an octave)
I love you so much (3)
Em
D
E-D-C
I can't read
your favorite philosophies
I can't sculpt
something beautiful for you to see
(chorus)
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