Sunday, August 24, 2014

Tiger In The Rain by Michael Franks

"Tiger in the Rain"
               (M.Franks)

Verse 1:
 Amaj7             Emaj7
 Most of the time he's the lord of the jungle
 Gmaj7              Dmaj7
 Everyone grins while he gripes,
 Fmaj7   Cmaj7 
 Usuually he's found just loungin around
            Bsus
 In his Stripes.

Verse 2:
 Amaj7    Emaj7
 His tiger lady's a super fine feline
  Gmaj7              Dmaj7
 Just What his Highness deserves,
 Fmaj7   7
 Sweet purring  pussycat
 Cmaj    Bsus
 Proud of her pussycat curves.

Chorus:   Amaj7     Emaj7
 He's a Tiger in the Rain,
  Amaj7     Emaj7
 It's the thunder and Lightning he can't explain
    Fmaj7     Dmaj7  Bsus
 The tiger in the Rain, that's frightened.

Verse 3:
 Amaj7     Emaj7
 Caught in the storm, He came searching for shelter,
  Gmaj7              Dmaj7
 Right up to me and my spouse
 Fmaj7        Cmaj7
 We both stroked his chin and invited him
      Bsus
 in to our house.

Repeat chorus,solo here,  solo there, - and take it on outta here.

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Tears by The Chameleons

Intro: Eb (6th fret)
       Abm (4th fret)
       Dbm (4th fret)

          E
It's just coincidence
              Am
Well you can talk that way
      Dm
But I have to say
          E
I don't believe in it
             Am
And with the chill of chance
     Dm               E
I decided to dance the days away
     E                  Am
And I wasn't worried at all
Dm                          E
Sneaking through the backdoor
   E                   Am
No I wasn't worried at all
Dm 
Dreams are what you live for

D                             E   AB
Waiting for the light to turn green
E        D
Carry me home
       D                           E  A
To the kindest eyes that I've ever seen
E        D
Carry me home
D                           E   A
Can you tell me how will it be now
E          D
How will it be?

E           Am
Well we were younger then
         Dm                 E
And the days were long and slow
             Am
But were we wiser then
  Dm 
I couldn't say
   E
I wouldn't know
    E                  Am
But I wasn't worried at all
     Dm                E
I had someone to run to
                        Am
No I wasn't worried at all
   Dm
I knew which way the wind blew

D                        E  A
Kicking out the chaos and gloom
E        D
Carry me home
     D                               E   A
I'll watch the ceiling spin round the room
E        D
Carry me home
D                          E   A 
Can you tell me how will it be now?
E          D
How will it be?

       Bm      Am G6 F#              F#7*
In the real world...    how will it be?

       Bm      Am G6 F#              F#7
In a cold world...      how will it be?
     Bm         Am G6 
In a lonely world
(Beg and crawl)
F#              F#7
How will it be?
         Bm           G6
Will the ghosts just stop!
F#           F#7 
Following me
             E       D      E     D
Now drawn into the sun
             E       D      E     D
He was the only one
                E      D      E      D
He cries out to everyone
        E      D       E      D      
For his only son

D                     E    A   E    D  
From the window of my room now
D                     E    A   E    D
I can see the colour blue now
    D                     E    A  
You can't even look in my eyes now
E             D 
What would you see
D                        E    A 
If you could look into my eyes now
E             D ...(Dmaj7)
What would you see
               E             Am    Dm 
What would you see
         E                  
It's a coincidence
         Am          Dm 
You can talk that way
           E      
I don't believe in it