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Verse: Am, E, Am, F, C
Pre-chorus: Am, F, E x3, C, E
Chorus: F, C, E, Am, E
[finger pick]
There’s nothin like the sound of rain falling on the window pane
There’s nothing like the shimmer of salt
Lakes and creeks all down your cheeks
I’m just trying my best to be
The best version of me
And if that’s not enough then darling
let the rains drown out the plains
[strum]
There’s nothin like the sound of rain falling on the window pane
There’s nothing like the shimmer of salt
Lakes and creeks all down your cheeks
I’m just trying my best to be
The best version of me
And if that’s not enough then darling
let the rains drown out the plains
[Pre-chorus x2]
Chorus:
Oh, nothing was ever meant to be this way
Rigid chorus will always lead into decay
If we can’t change ourselves, then what’s the fucking point, I’ll tell you what
Make your own, as you go, or else you’ll disappoint
[Picking verse]
Do your best to smell the roses all before they rot away
I can only suggest, I can’t tell you anything
The world is wide and dark and gentle and it’s calling out your name
She rumbles quietly, she’s guiding us, please listen, and take heed
Please listen and take heed x4
[pre-chorus x2]
Chorus:
Oh, nothing was ever meant to be this way
Rigid chorus will always lead into decay
If we can’t change ourselves, then what’s the fucking point, I’ll tell you what
Make your own, as you go, or else you’ll disappoint
[Pre-chorus x1]
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2. |
All
01:57
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A, D, C
All my fucking friends wanna die
They’re drinking every night with bloodthirst in their eyes
And I know it’s not their fault
It’s the world that’s done them wrong
But honestly is this what we’ve become?
A species that hates itself to death
We kill each other off just as quick to draw a breath
Do we subconsciously know
That everything we do’s for show
Or do we really fear
The abstract and the unknown?
I died!
I suggest that you try it
You lied!
But you try to believe it
All my parents know is what they’re told
And honestly this shit is getting fucking old
Cut the shit, kill the act
Kill yourself, cut the crap
Do you even really know who you are for a fact?
You try to describe based on things that you do
But can you describe why you think, how you move
Do you fear death itself
Or a consciousness unfelt
Or are you just scared that the world doesn’t care?
Guess what
This world doesn’t give a fuck
For you
Or the things that you do
That’s fine
We’re all gonna die
Liberate yourself from this lie you call your life
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3. |
Homeless, Not Houseless
02:20
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C, F, C, E
Am, F, C, E
The place that I grew up was on fucking stolen land
And so is the place where I practice with my bands
I'm adopted so there's no way for me to claim a thing
Where the fuck do I belong, where the fuck should I be?
When I was young I saw my last name on a house
And now I'm sleeping in a van or on a person's couch
I got a roof over my head but no foundations here
I'm a homeless, not a houseless youth, the weather I don't fear
They told me that that perpetual motion is a hoax
So why the fuck do I keep moving does anybody know
If I stop my thoughts they too will cease and I become a shell
A stable life it seems to me a stationary hell
Where's the place for a person like me to exist?
I'm Cherokee and Japanese and white as fucking bread
But you cut me up and I bleed red the same color as you
But that blood, it's been so long, it doesn't ring as true
Maybe if I keep on going I will find a place
That takes me in with open arms and makes me want to stay
Maybe I'm just young and dumb and don't want what I seek
Cuz maybe a commitment takes longer than a week
No, I'll just keep on traveling and playing my guitar
And I'll keep seeing crazy things in places near and far
Maybe where I live is in my mind and in my eyes
A homeless, not a houseless kid, I'll live until I die
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4. |
Gender War
03:08
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E, C, A, C
I can finally feel my hair drop below my shoulders
And I can feel the stares of strangers on the street
I can finally hold my chest in my hands
But I can’t hold the respect of my family
The writing on the wall’s too fucking loud
You either die or you try getting out
They told me that I can’t live in spite forever
Fucking watch me, fucking whatever
You say I’ll never be a pretty girl
Well what the fuck makes you think I want to be?
I don’t want to exist in a world that treats me like a specimen, a figure of study
Take a fucking look, take it in, take a fucking sip
I taste like liberation, melted shackles, gender war
Abomination, exultation, and a failure to disclose
What the fuck does it matter if you’re ready to explode
I want the best for my friends
And if that means killing you, then buddy I’m all in
You shouldn’t expect a predictable mess
I’ve been aching for freedom, a tangible jest
The joke’s that you’re serious, you and your coin
With only two sides what the fuck is the point
You box yourselves in then complain you can’t breathe
If it’s chaos you want, then that’s what you’ll receive
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5. |
De-Occupy Hawaii
03:03
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Am, Dm, F, E
F, Am, E
Just cause I was born there doesn't mean that it's my home
Stolen by a coup d'état of white men long ago
Throwing out the natives where the fuck they gonna live?
Waiting for the day when they can take back what they missed
A nation that claims freedom but we'll take your land with ease
Throw you on some homesteads where your poverty's disease
Can only be seen by the homeless camps along the beach
Sweep you under one big rug so tourists won't see
We took your way of life
And blasted it to hell
Cleared way for every businessman
To retire or sell
Land that isn't his
To folks that aren't yours
And we'll pretend not to notice
The blood on your shores
Just because we stole it doesn't mean it's ours to own
No treaty, no agreements, just a rape for us to sow
We certainly know how to get away with it
Make a fake paradise but no one can afford it
Put battleships and army barracks on your bays and fields
Bomb the fuck out of your islands so no one else can steal
We called dibs, we say it's fine, we've improved your life
If you don't like it, you can leave, or you can stay and die
Breakdown (Am, Dm, E x3, F, E) x2
We took your way of life
And blasted it to hell
Cleared way for every businessman
To retire or sell
Land that isn't his
To folks that aren't yours
And we'll pretend not to notice
The blood on your shores
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6. |
Forsaken
02:31
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G, C
Capo 2nd
Incessant opinions precede the divisions
It rumbles and crumbles and cuts through the nerve
the kids are all starving, their bones are discarded
There's nothing to do here but lay in the earth
I didn't mean sick when I got admitted
At least in the sense that you all interpret
The poison's released, and it seeps into dreams
All at once it all stops, and my consciousness leaves
I tried to go back, oh, but God wouldn't let me
She pushed me away, or maybe she left me
A child of church, left to rot in the dirt
When you're a kid, man everything hurts
Concussive percussion recedes into darkness
A ruined idea of collective unconscious
I wish I was there, so I could be repaired
But nothing I do is worth anything here
Abandoned, forsaken, for death has me taken
Her kisses are warm, and they drip with sensation
I'll never go back, you can have what I lack
A heart that stays beating, but prone to attack
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7. |
It's Hard
02:16
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C, G, F
Today, it was hard to get out of bed
Worse, it wasn’t even my bed
Not because I wanted to stay
I honestly wanted to be anywhere else
I’m sorry to say
I’m sorry to say
Today, the words are caught in my mouth
Worse, I know it’s for the best
Not because I want to leave
I honestly just want to be in a place that’s better for us
That’s better for you
Today, I can’t look you in the eye
Worse, I can’t bear to see you cry
Not because it doesn’t hurt
I honestly can’t fucking be the person that you need
The person you want me to be
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8. |
Poison Ivy
01:26
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C, E, Am, F
What’s there to say when words aren’t enough?
Language needs to get off its ass and catch up
There’s nothing I can say to possibly convey the emotions I’ve got cuz it’s such a fucking lot
And I know that you know that I think that you’re perfect for me
And that smile is contagious and you make it hard to breathe
But the closest I can think to describe what I mean is that I think you were made for me
If you believe in that sort of thing
And I wanted this song to be as frantic as you make my heart
I want to feel everything oh make me fall apart
Like the best acid trip, like the burning remains
Of everything that hurts, fuckin nothing’s the same
With you, oh with you, oh everything’s new
I’m excited to live and see what we do
I can tell by your eyes that you’re loving this ride
Let’s never get off, let’s live till we die
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C, F, Am, E, C
F, C, Am, G, C
I'm too young to know this many headstones
I haven't lived enough to warrant this much death
And it won't stop, it never stops
We're only born to meet untimely ends
So take my hand we'll go together
And maybe we can outrun the fear of growing old
At least until it starts to show
Decay and rot all over empty bones
But I
I welcome the light
I don't know if I'll die alone
But at least right now I have you by my side
I was sitting there when Gigi passed
She was sleeping and I don't know when she stopped
I hope she dreamt of Grandpa Reyn
And all her kids she loves so very much
I hope she's watching me from somewhere nice
I don't believe in heaven, but I do the afterlife
I'll haunt this nylon string guitar
And I'll play a song for wherever you are
And I
I love you to death
I hope my parents stay alive
At least until I get to say goodbye
And I
I want to forget
The darkness that engulfs our minds
I'll love you all until the day I die
I wish that you could come with me
I won't ever forget the way you cry
Everything just happens so much
I can't get death out of my life
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10. |
Moonshine
03:42
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Am, F, C, E
Well I've been a moonshiner
For 22 long years
I've spent all my money
on whiskey and beer
And if whiskey don't kill me
Then I don't know what will
Well I drink till I'm sick
And then I drink some more
Till I'm nude or obnoxious
Or flat on the floor
And I'll kiss all my friends
And I make sure they know
They're cared for and loved
Because you never know
When the world takes away
The one thing you have
Whether lovers or family
Friends that you had
So you make sure they know
We'll survive any weather
But We'll drink to the death
So we both die together
Chorus
She said to me
Oh daughter of mine
Why have you got
those tears in your eyes
And I said it's just sadness
Because I don't know
How much longer
This love stays aglow
So I drink every night
So I can forget
And then I can fall love
Yet again
And in the morning
I know she'll be there
I'm not leaving her
I'm staying right here
Chorus
I drink to turn
My insides to fire
They burn with a passion
For the one I desire
One shot for love
That always will last
And two shots for every
Chance that I had
Three shots for playing music all my life
And four shots for the things that keep me up at night
Five shots for every friend that I've loved
And six for the silence high up above
Seven for the thousand miles I've gone
Eight for the things always go wrong
Nine for the fuck of it, I'm already here
While ten is for death, I'll meet you there
Chorus
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Dm, A#, A
Oh there's something on my mind
This happens all the time
I guess that I'll take another swig of wine
To calm the demons down
While they're dancing all around
I can hear a creaking sound
Oh my god, it's breaking down
Take me away from here
Please, I'm begging you, dear
I don't think I need to be anymore clear
Please it's getting out of hand
I just want to go back
To the days before I cracked
Broke it open, took a stand
I wish that I had the time to move on
I wish that I had the courage to be strong
I wish that I had the bottle to myself
Cuz I don't wish this shit for anyone else
I see the light of day
Maybe things will go my way
Will you join me
What do you say
Aww fuck it, it's a farce
Dealers cheating on the cards
But I can't stop
Fuck I've made it this far
I wish that I had the time to move on
I wish that I had the courage to be strong
I wish that I had the bottle to myself
Cuz I don't wish this shit for anyone else
Now the world's gone to shit and there's nothing we can do
Play the game, it's the same, everything will end in pain
Turn around, watch it go, do you even fucking know
How it ends, well I do, and it's bad for me and you
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12. |
State of Police
01:10
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Capo Second
Am, C, Dm, E
Well I'll quit hating cops when they stop beating up my friends
Pay some fucking reparations, try to make amends
Watch them turn off body cameras trying to pretend
It's not okay they get away with it again and again and again
Fuck every cop who ever did his job
The laws are wrong it's all corrupt the oath is writ in blood
The backs of blacks and Mexicans still carry all the weight
There's a reason all the private prisons make deals with the state
The FBI disbanded all the panthers long ago
The KKK's still on the streets just marching to and fro
Oh what will it take to get you to see
Racism's part of the state of police
Fuck every cop who ever did his job
The laws are wrong it’s all corrupt the oath is writ in blood
What will take to get you to see
Racism’s part of the state of police
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13. |
Boots and Bats
02:10
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Am, C, F, E
A boot for every Nazi and a bat for every fascist
A bullet in the head of every white supremacist
Take your fuckin talk of a free speech shock
And shove it up your ass this is your fucking fault
Take away take away take away the pain
You only hurt yourself if there's no one else to blame
Fuck it all fuck it all fuck it all to hell
Bandaid on the bullet holes that you gave yourself
There's no excuse
You bleed you bruise
We tried to help
But you won't help yourself
A boot for every Nazi and a bat for every fascist
A bullet in the head of every white supremacist
Take your fuckin talk of a free speech shock
And shove it up your ass this is your fucking fault
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PRMLL
01:55
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C, Am, F
C, Am, F
C, Am, F
C, E, C
Chorus:
Am, Am, E, C
F, G, C
Am, Am, E, C
F, G, C
She greets you with the warmest of hugs
And a smile that can be felt for a month
Adopted punk rocker
Adoptee punk mother
She’s the sweetest I’ve ever known
She’ll go out of state just to give you a ride
She’s got housing and food, and a hot tub outside
A couple of shots
And a night of punk rock
Are all that we need to survive
And I’m glad to call her a friend
Her kindness is not something I comprehend
And I hope this night never ends
Cuz fuck it, we’re just starting off
She’ll make you leave your troubles outside
Oh, she’s been workin with the divine
I don’t think I could run and hide
She’d find me every time
A beacon of the brightest light
Oh, she makes Laramie fuckin shine
When she’s around, oh I feel fine
And no, that’s not a lie
And she’s my family
Just like the rest of you dancin with me
Punk rock, Mama Lou Lou
This one goes out to you
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F, Am, C, G
F, Am, G
Capo 2nd
I've driven myself round this nation a bit
And there's something that you carry with it
And that something
Pulls you farther still
And it reaches in
And it digs deep inside
It's a want to move on, it's a will to survive
And takes everything out of you
I'll pack my bags and I'll leave in the morning
And thank you so much for the food and stories
I'll spread them far across the world
I'll listen to music and write up my own
And I'll make something good to tell mom on the phone
And I hope she's doing well and all
Well I'm walking on this road
Looking for something that I call home
And I wish that you could come along
And maybe it's the way you begged me to stay
That made me want to leave again
Leaves of grass are all Kansas has
But you got to get past that for the riverbed
And the Mississippi opens up for you
From St. Louis down to New Orleans
The friends and the family and shows in between
It makes every hour worth it here
And sure you may hit some bumps in the road
Suspension gives out and you got no way home
But you still have your heart beating strong
And you've got friends all over this state
From your travels before, and help's not too late
Your alive, and you want to prove it all
Well I'm walking on this road
Looking for something that I call home
And I wish that you could come along
And maybe it's the way you begged me to stay
That made me want to leave again
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