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Acoustic Full Album by Joey Cape
Acoustic Full Album
Capo:no capo
- Tracklist
1. International You Day - Tony Sly
2. Not Your Savior - Tony Sly
3. Exit - Tony Sly
4. Stunt Double - Tony Sly
5. Justified Black Eye - Tony Sly
6. On the Outside - Tony Sly
7. Move the Car - Joey Cape
8. Violins - Joey Cape
9. Tragic Vision - Joey Cape
10. Twenty-Seven - Joey Cape
11. Wind in Your Sails - Joey Cape
12. Violet - - Joey Cape
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1. International You Day
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** Gm (3 5 5 4 x x)
- Intro: Bm
- Verse 1:
Bm A G D
I'm sorry that it took so long to write this song
A
But I gave up
Bm A G D
You see one million words can't describe how it feels
F#
To know your love
- Pre-Chorus:
G
Where did I go wrong?
A
I should have told you from the start
F# Bm A
That I'm closer than you think when we're apart
G Gm
Nothing that I've tried is as simple as this line
- Chorus:
D Bm
Without you my live is incomplete
A G Gm
My days are absolutely gray
D
And so I try
Bm A
to let your heart know for sure that I have so much
G A Bm
To tell you every single day
- Post-Chorus: Bm G D A
- Verse 2:
Bm A G D
I swear I'm giving up my inside to the one
A
That I adore
Bm A G D
I know this world is big enough for you and I
F#
But I'll give you more
- Pre-Chorus:
G
I'm coming home today
A
To wipe the tear drops from your eyes
F# Bm A
I'm totally enamored by your life
G Gm
Nothing that I've done has ever been for one
- Chorus:
D Bm
Without you my live is incomplete
A G Gm
My days are absolutely gray
D
And so I try
Bm A
to let your heart know for sure that I have so much
G A D
To tell you every single day
Chorus :
Bm
My life is incomplete
A G Gm
My rights are absolutely wrong
D
So wake me up
Bm A
Before you leave today something I need to say
G A D
"Cause there will be nothing when you're gone"
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2. Not Your Savior
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** C/B : (x 2 0 0 1 0)
- Intro:
C Em F G
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B|-888-----888-----88----888-----888-----88----666-----666-----66----888-----888-
G|-----555-----555----55-----444-----444----44-----222-----222----22-----444-----
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C Em F G
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B|-888-----888-----88----888-----888-----88----666-----666-----66----888-----888-
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- Verse 1:
Dm C C/B C C/B Am
Unlucky seventeen, already handed plans for the future
G F G C
Glamour obsessed, told how to dress, and shown how to think
Dm C C/B C C/B Am
And I don't have a job, but I can show you how to be a slob
G F G
So many days, wasted and glazed
Am Asus2 F
Sometimes I laugh aloud as I think about,
C D
You asking me "Please can you help?"
F G
Can't help my self
- Chorus:
C G
I'm not your savior, I'm not who you want me to be
F G C
A cowardly mistake I've made so many times before, refusing to break
Em F Fm
Cut my losses ties them with you, like a good boy I'll pretend
Fm
And promise not to do it again
- Post-Chorus: C C/B Am G F G
C C
- Verse 2:
Dm C C/B C C/B Am
Do you remember when, life was so simple and permanent?
G F G Am
Everyone's changed, "Everyone's cool", Everyone sucks
Asus2 F C D
But I can't seem to complain, Exciting and new is just not there
F G
You're getting scared
- Chorus:
C G
I'm not your savior, never thought I was anyway
F G
I'm a void with empty promises that backs out late
C Em
Never said I'd change, taking back the words that we spoke
F Fm
Like a fuel tank running dry, you'll believe it when I choke
- Ending: C Em F G C Em F G C Em F G (until
you'll believe it when I choke
fades)
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3. Exit
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- Intro:
C# A F#m G#
E:------------------------------------------|
B:------------------------------------------|
G:------------------------------------------|
D:------------------------------------------|
A:---4--4-4--6--7--0--0-------------4--3--3-|
E:-----------------------4--2--2--2---------|
C# A F#m G#
E:--------------------------------------------------|
B:--------------------------------------------------|
G:--------------------------------------------------|
D:--------------------------------------------------|
A:--4--4-4-6--7--0--0--------------4--3--7--6--4--3-|
E:--------------------4--2--2--2--------------------|
- Verse 1:
C# A E B
Yesterday becomes tomorrow leaves you wanting more
F#m A E G#
So intricate becomes the bathroom floor
C# A E B
And even though you're in a ditch you dig a deeper hole
F#m A B A
And I'm a shovel it's out of my control
- Chorus:
E C#
Promised a change didn't hear a word from you don't hold me back
A B
The exit isn't somewhere in my heart
E B A G# C#
A promise of paaaain we're back to the start
- Post-Chorus:
C# A F#m G#
E:------------------------------------------|
B:------------------------------------------|
G:------------------------------------------|
D:------------------------------------------|
A:---4--4-4--6--7--0--0-------------4--3--3-|
E:-----------------------4--2--2--2---------|
C# A F#m G#
E:---------------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------------|
G:---------------------------------------|
D:---------------------------------------|
A:--4--4-4-6--7--0--0--------------4--3--|
E:--------------------4--2--2--2---------|
- Verse 2:
C# A E B
The reason that I still persist it's obvious I care
F#m A E G#
Been waiting by your door with no one there
C# A E B
It seems that you are locked inside my key don't fit no more
F#m A B A
And you're walking on the landmines you laid down before
- Chorus:
E C#
Promised a change didn't hear a word from you don't hold me back
A B
The exit isn't somewhere in my heart
E C#
Didn't hear a word from you don't hold me back
A B
The exit isn't somewhere in my heart
E B A
Promised you Paaaaaaaaain
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4. Stunt Double
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**Capo 1st**
Intro:
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------7--10--9----------|
G|-6----6-9-6-7-----7-9-7--6-----6-9-6--9---9---9--9---------|
D|--7----------7------------7--------------------------------| 2x
A|---9----------9------------7-------------------------------|
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Verse:
Em C
Here's another, drink to cover
G D
Every word you say
Em C
Fine excuses, It wasn't you then
G D
Sorry, my mistake
Chorus:
C Em
So here comes the part
D
Where the stunt double plays
C Em D
You ask somebody else to take the fall and blame
Verse 2:
Em C
Building bridges, Playing with matches
G D
Burning yourself down
Em C
Find the exit, Before they get it
G D
Take the easy way out
Chorus:
C Em
So here comes the part
D
Where your stunt double plays
C Em D
You have somebody else I think we imitate
C Em
So here comes the part
D
Where your stunt double plays
C Em D
You ask somebody else to take the fall and blame
Final:
Em C D C G
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5. Justified Black Eye
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- Intro:
Em C G D Em C G D
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B--5--5h3p5-1--1h3------------5--5h3p5-1--1h3----3---|
G---------------------------------------------0------|
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- Verse 1
Em C
She was confused and
G D
abused in this life
Em C
Emotional and violent moments
G D
Seemed to take the longest time
Em C
Every single knockout dragout
G D
Fight they ever had
Em C
he starts to laugh he starts to lie
G D
with Suddenly psychotic eyes.
- Chorus:
C D
Every night she cried herself
Em Bm
to sleep she didn't recognize
C D Em
Her own face in the mirror black and blue
C D
so afraid Intimidation
Em Bm
like a child she hides away
C D
he would always try to justify
Em C G D
what wasn't true
Em C G D
Justified black eye
- Verse 2:
Em C
Taken for granted
G D
she sleeps by the phone
Em C
waiting for a call from him
G D
but it seems he's never coming home
Em C
14 beers later
G D
He is there without an answer
Em C
Once again she questions his lies
G D
he goes to bed with no reply
- Chorus:
C D
Tomorrow morning different story
Em Bm
and he'll be a different guy
C D Em
he'll justify her black eye with another lie
C D
She packs her bags in great temptation
Em Bm
he´s on his knees again he cries
C D
a hug & a kiss and a don't know why
Em
as a tear drops from her swollen eye
Bm
Apologies until tonight and another
Em C G D
Justified black eye
Em C G D D D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
Justified black eye
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6. On The Outside
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** Capo 1st
- Intro: D#m
- Verse 1:
Em
I'll see you on the outside
C
And we'll never be the same
A
After all that's happened
B
What it is that we've gained?
Em
I've made mistakes before
C
And never lived them down
G D B
After all you've done for me I'm bound
- Chorus:
B
(Don't say another word)
C G
To see you on the outside
D
Where we can both feel shame
D C
(You're speaking for yourself)
G
I am bleeding on the inside
D
A place you might have been
C G B
But now I know I'll never be the same
- Verse 2:
Em
I heard you got a new place
C
And it's far away from here
A
Reality has sunken in now
B
Confirming all my fears
Em
I am not gonna drag you down
C
But it's too late to stop
G D B
Thinking about the time that we have lost
- Chorus:
C
(I am happy without you)
G
I am trying to forget you
D
And everything we've had
C
(We didn't stand a chance)
G
When miserable it is true
D
We haven't learned a thing
C G B
But now I know I'll trust no one else
- Bridge:
C G D
There was a time when we were back and forth
D
It wasn't easy
C G D
I guess we're back where we belong
F D C
One thing is for sure it wasn't strong
- Chorus:
C G
I'll see you on the outside
D
Where we can both feel sane
C
(You've never been more right)
G
I am dying on the inside
D
You're never coming back
C G B
And now I know whatever we go through
Em Em C C A A B B Em
My heart is stuck with you
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7. Move The Car
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- Intro: D
- Verse 1:
D D
The story it grows older, the story is no story here
D D
I never knew what it is, and there`s no sign of it ending
D Bm
As I am it and ought to be, they`re telling me I am
Em
They`re telling me I am
G A
Telling me
- Chorus:
D A G A D
Bowling race car driver, superficial hitman you`re
A G A D
On the list at every door, you don`t bowl or race fast cars
Bm G A
Composition competition you drive
- Intrumental: D
- Verse 2:
D D
Just because I don`t go, to the church where you reside
D D
I might as well forget it, the nineties won`t be back again
Bm
Until i`m forty-eight years old
D D
I can be the hungry, as i eat my words again, appealing yet apalling
D Bm
Rising to my falling, I`m going to extreme ends, I`m gagging on their scene
Em
I`m gagging on their scene
G A
I`m gagging on
- Chorus:
D A G A D
Bowling race car driver, superficial hitman you`re
A G A D
On the list at every door, you don`t bowl or race fast cars
Bm G A
Composition competition you shift
- Bridge:
Bm F# G A Bm F# G
I`m the driver, over time in it`s defense, I move their car
A Bm F# G A
And for a moment it makes sense, but I fail them in the end (I fail them in the
D
end)
- Instrumental : D A G A
D A G A
D
- Verse 3:
D D
In the arms of old age, knowing only one to lose
D D
Feeling nothing more to hide, consider life a forgery
D Bm
As you`re gagging on your scene, admit to fraudulence
Em G A
Driven to this thought, resigned to go that way
- Chorus:
D A G A D
Bowling race car driver, superficial hitman you`re
A G A D
On the list at every door, you don`t bowl or race fast cars
Bm G A
Composition competition you drive
D A G A
competition Competition Im losing
D A G
I fail them in the end
A D
I fail it in the end
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8. Violins
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- Verse 1:
E B C#m A
I am just another fool and I have to keep telling myself that
E B C#m A
I am just a hypocrite and I have to keep calling you on
E B C#m A
Cause I forgot to bite my tongue and my assumption it is the mother of
E
all mistakes.
- Pre-Chorus:
E G#m A A B E
But I assume the role, open my mouth and clumsy words escape
- Chorus:
E D C#m Cm B E
So why ya, wanna be there, when you could be here, you are slipping away.
- Verse 2:
E B C#m A
I awake to your replacement a bottle in my mouth, in an unfamiliar place.
E B C#m A
Cause you put me out, the butt of a sick joke, Into this ashtray life, as
you come and go.
E B C#m A
Cause I forgot to service you and we broke down and you can't live with
E
my mistakes.
- Pre-Chorus:
E G#m A A B E
But I assume false grace, open my arms, and grasp for something true
- Chorus:
E D C#m A B E
How are you? How have you been? Girl I miss you, wanna see you again
E D C#m A B E
So why ya, wanna be there, when you could be here, you are slipping away.
- Intrumental: E E B B C#m C#m A A
E E B B C#m C#m A B
- Verse 3:
E B C#m A
I bring out the worst in you and you try to let me know.
E B C#m A
You bring out the worst in me, anxiety, anxiety.
E B C#m A E
I'm trying hard to let you go, but you say that I'm giving you the creeps.
- Pre-Chorus:
E G#m A A B E
But I assume the role, open my claws and grasp for your heart.
- Chorus:
E D C#m A B E
How are you? How have you been? Girl I miss you, wanna kill you again.
E D C#m C B E
Into you, like a mortal stake, so vindictive, your love's slipping away
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9. Tragic Visions
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- Intro: F#m A D C#m
F#m A D C#m
- Verse 1:
F#m
In this faltering nation
A
The future belongs
D
To the children in school
C#m
There's something wrong
F#m
Sixth grader on crack
A D
Handgun overflowing in his hands
C#m
Now he is just further demand
F#m D
We search for the source
A C#m
And still that child is left watching
F#m D
Inhumanity, bloodshed
A D
As the tele-violence feeds his head
- Chorus:
F#m G# A
Only if he knew
D C#m
The consequence of greed
F#m G# A
A contious state of mind
D C#m
T.V. is not reality
- Intro: F#m A D C#m
F#m A D C#m
F#m D D C#m
- Verse 2:
F#m A
Never a victim the role model said
D C#m
Bang bang, the bad guy is dead
F#m A
Always a rockstar on empty T.V.
D C#m
The lesson complete, now the child has needs
F#m D
Of competition they bleed
A C#m
Oh beautiful for bills of green
F#m D
Nevermind spacious skies overhead
A C#m
Bleed the earth and butter your bread
- Chorus:
F#m G# A
Only if he knew
D C#m
The consequence of greed
F#m G# A
A contious state of mind
D C#m
What he see's is not reality
F#m A D C#m
T.V. is not reality
F#m A D C#m
T.V. is not reality
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10. Twenty-Seven
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Capo on 2nd Fret
D A Bm A G
I hope you didn't mind when I saw you
G D F#
Turn into nothing less than nothing new
F# Bm A D A G
Before you wait to sleep it off
G D
How little is enough?
D F#
What can you do?
F# Bm A D A
Before you decide to make the last mistake
G D
Withdraw away from us
D F#
And say goodbye
F# Bm A D A
To all but one that takes you
G D
and puts you to rest
D F# Bm G A
D A
On 27th Street nothing will keep you warm
A Em
Everything bring you harm
Em G A
Everything here fails you
D
Now lying at your feet
D A
Everyone nails you
A Em
Everyone worships you
Em G A
Everyone here fails you
D A Bm A G
I can figure it out and it's all about to
G D F#
Turn into lack of wit on sinking ships
F# Bm
I might have jumped
A D A G
But you jumped first
G D
Abandon ties that bind
D F#
There's no salvation here
F# Bm A D A G
I'd surely miss the times when we were so depressed
G D
No, I miss you.
D F#
I know I miss you
F# Bm A D A G
And you are missing something
A D F#
G A F#
You take a rip and then you find sedation
Bm G A D
Some salvation, masochistic, it's only point of view
D C
Nothing is left to you
C Em
Everyone speaks the truths
Em G A
Everyone here fails me
D A Em G A
D A Bm C D
Hope you didn't mind when I saw you
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11. Wind in Your Sails
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** G6 (3 2 0 0 0 x)
** G6* (3 0 0 0 0 x)
- Verse 1:
Am F C G6 G6* G6 Am F
It's negative I wish you the worst dear,
C G6 G6* G6 Am F
to feel the greatest pain a positive
C G6 G6* G6 Am F
you say it's all in vain I know I felt,
C G6 G6* G6 F
and I won't feel again I know you
- Chorus:
F C
Hours of madness
Am G
Years of dysfunction
F C
The deepest embitterment
Am G
No will to strive or achieve
F C
Finally in breakdown
Am G F
Perpetual fall on your knees
F E
As you crawl back to me
- Post-Chorus: Am F C G6
- Verse 2:
Am F
It ends like this
C G6 G6* G6 Am F
I can hope for bliss,
C G6 G6* G6 Am F
If you fail again, 'cause I'm right here
C G6 G6* G6 Am F
to witness every step and when you trip
C G6
I will cherish it
- Chorus:
F C
Hours of madness
Am G
Years of dysfunction
F C
The deepest embitterment
Am G
No will to strive or achieve
F C
Finally in breakdown
Am G F
Perpetual fall on your knees
F E
As you crawl back to me
- Instrumental :
Am Am Am Am Am
Am Am Am Am E E
Am Am Am E F F
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performance to try take the right timing
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Am Am Am E F F
F F C C C E E
Am Am Am E F F
F F C C C E E Am Am
- Bridge:
Am G
I live to watch you fail
F G
I live to watch you fail
Am G
I live to watch you fail
F E Am F
I am the wind in your sail
- Verse 3:
C G6 G6* G6 Am F
I wish you the worst dear
C G6
to feel the greatest pain
G6* G6 Am F
'cause I'm right here
C G6 G6* G6 Am F
to retrieve all you stole, every tear
C G6
and everything you own
G6* G6 F
I wish you...
- Chorus:
F C
Hours of madness
Am G
Years of dysfunction
F C
The deepest embitterment
Am G
no will to trust anyone
F C
this is how I lived
Am G F
this is how you left me blue
E Am
and I'd crawl back to you
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12. Violet
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F G
Tonight the drunks are infected
A# C F
We're on our way
G
As if they drop by to see me
A# C F
Un-invit-ed
A# C F
And I am a wallflower
G
Maybe a better father
A# C
This is a job
F G
For seconds I miss the Bentleys
A# C F
Today, maybe they'll call
F G
You describe every prison
A# C F
You pass through them all
A# C F
Then he asked you for your head
A7 Dm
And I vowed to burn your bed
G A#
Try to pretend but this is your life
C
Somehow it feels right
F
I'm calling this evolution
C
I'm falling for institution
Dm C A#
Warm submission enveloping you
F
Tomorrow I'll survive the questions
C
Knives buried with cold indifference
Dm C A#
My world is true. Rendered by you.
A7 A#
Here they come again
A# C F
I could never find the words
A7 A#
So I disguised them in verse
C F
Until it comes out dumb and wrong
A7
The simplest song
A# C
If you sing along
F A# G C
Marry me Kristen, marry me Kristen; I want to be the only one
F
I'm painting a revolution
C
I'm falling for institution
Dm C A#
Warm colours enveloping blue
F
Shot of comfort in a warm convention
C
Medicinal injection
Dm C A#
Thirty-six years ended by you
F G
Tonight the drunks are infected
A# C F
We're on our way
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