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Excuse Me
02:50
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Excuse me, sir, you’re in my way
Could you step aside? I’ve got something I have to say
The time has come to tell it how it is
To let it out, to burn that final bridge
So if you could would you please step out of the way?
You’ve seen my face and you think you know my name
But you’d soon forget if it’s really all the same
You don’t know what I’ve done or what I mean
But I’m best not heard and even better not seen
So if you could would you please step out of the way?
Just so you know this is fine by me
My eyes are open and I can see
The pieces moving, the game at play
And I’ll be gone if you get out of the way
The door is open and the path is clear
So if you don’t mind, I’m walking out of here
It seems to me today’s your big day
As for me, I’ll just be on my way
And thank you, sir, for stepping out of the way
v: A - E - G - D / B7 - C7
b: Bm - G (x3) / G - A
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2. |
Tonight
05:39
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City shimmering
The lights shining in your eyes
The night is here for you
Feeling so alive
All I want is to be with you tonight
I can hear the city as it calls
Let’s go out tonight
Take the city by the hand and light the lights
The streets are ours and I’m with you, so right, tonight
Every dream is coming true for us, tonight
Let’s go out
Hand in hand take to the streets
The lights shining in your eyes
No place you’d rather be
Feeling so alive
It’s true
You can be a star
It’s true
You can go so far
It’s true
Yes, it’s true for you
It’s true
Let’s go out tonight
V/C: C#m - F#m - B - G#
B: E - C#m - B
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Breathe
03:25
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I can’t breathe when you’re around
Try to speak, can’t make a sound
Leave it to me to be the one
To lose the plot and come undone
So I find myself looking for a way to breathe
I need to unfreeze me
Focus in and try to see
Center now and concentrate
Cause I can’t speak to you if I can’t breathe
I can’t breathe when you’re around
Try to speak, can’t make a sound
Somehow I’ll find a way
To say the words I need to say
Cause I can’t speak to you if I can’t breathe
Somehow I’ll find a way
A way to breathe
v: Em - Am
C: Cmaj7 - Bm - Fmaj7 - G - D
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4. |
Hiding In Plain Sight
06:33
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I always figured I’d burn out
Least that’s the way it always seemed
Clash of the Titans, playing out in plain sight
An epic battle scene
Instead I’m just here waiting
Ready at your beck and call
I wonder if you even know I’m still here
And if I matter at all
I’m here hiding in plain sight, right before your eyes
Camouflaged by indifference
I’m here hiding in plain sight, right before your eyes
Hiding in plain sight
It’s strange how things turn out
Different than you planned
You can’t see a new direction
But I’m quite sure I can
I’m here hiding in plain sight, right before your eyes
Camouflaged by indifference
I’m here hiding in plain sight, right before your eyes
Hiding in plain sight
It didn’t have to be like this
There were options to engage
A million things you could’ve said and done
But you couldn’t find a way
You couldn’t find a way
No you couldn’t find a way
Intro: Am - G - Em - F
Walkdown: Am - G - F - Em - Dm - C - Bb - Am
V: Am - Am/G - Am/F# // F - G
F - Am / F - Am - C / F - Am - Am/G - Am/F# / F - G
C: F - G - Am - G (third time add a C)
B: C - Am x2 / F - Am - C x2 / F — G
Outro: Am - F - G
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5. |
Divide
03:09
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Circles turn / and swirl the other way
Depending which way you should go
Choose a side of this divide
Something only you will know
Look to the west, the water flows back home
The other way is to the sea
Four hundred miles across that ground
Watch it flow away from me
Balancing / upon the razor’s edge
Never feeling so alive
Find yourself at the top of the world
Searching for the other side
Look to the west, the water flows back home
The other way is to the sea
Four hundred miles across that ground
Watch it flow away from me
The water knows the way back home
It knows where you should be
Follow the water on its way back home
Follow it back to me
Look to the west, the water flows back home
The other way is to the sea
Four hundred miles across that ground
Watch it flow away from me
Stare down your uncertainty
Turn away from the sea
In half a mile you’ll be back home
Water brings you back to me
Capo 2
V: D - D/C - D-Db - D / G - C - D
C: G - A7- D (x2) / C9 - A7 - D (x2)
B: Em - C9 - D (x2) / C9 - A7 - D (x2)
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Pacific Ocean
03:36
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I’m proud of you, you made it this far, It’s been a challenging year
You’ve stared it down, you’ve faced it head on, A triumph over fear
As if you needed more to think about, In times such as these
Your brain fires up as the lights go out, And leaves you with this decree
Every C in “Pacific Ocean” is pronounced differently
Take some time to roll that around, tell me what it means
Every C in “Pacific Ocean” is pronounced differently
Close your eyes now, go to sleep
You hoped for safety, a blessed respite, From all the trials of the day
You knew you could make it despite the strife, You knew you could find a way
You smile to yourself, you’re satisfied, You let out a contented sigh
How could you know once you closed your eyes, You’d deal with this surprise
Every C in “Pacific Ocean” is pronounced differently
Take some time to roll that around, tell me what it means
Every C in “Pacific Ocean” is pronounced differently
Close your eyes now, go to sleep
You have disease on the news and election results
And politicians who need a muzzle
Yet just when you’re ready to drift off to sleep
Your brain gives you this puzzle
Every C in “Pacific Ocean” is pronounced differently
Take some time to roll that around, tell me what it means
Every C in “Pacific Ocean” is pronounced differently
Close your eyes now, go to sleep
Close your eyes now, go to sleep
Go ahead now, try to sleep
V: G - Bm - C - D (x2) / G - Bm - Em - C / C - D - C - D - G
C: Em - D - C - G - Am - D / Em - D - C - C - D
Em - D - C - G - Am - D/ Am - D - G
B: Am - D - G - Em / Am - D - G
Am - D - G (F#) - Em - C - D
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7. |
In The Eye
02:50
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Worn out days and lonely nights, out there on your own
Wonder what it would be like to feel less alone
When you look me in the eye what do you hope to see?
If you look me in the eye, what will it be?
When you look me in the eye what do you think you’ll see?
When you look me in the eye what do I want to see?
Summer breeze, a cocktail dress, memories rushing in
Searching for a way that you can bring them back again
When you look me in the eye what do you hope to see?
If you look me in the eye, what will it be?
When you look me in the eye what do you think you’ll see?
When you look me in the eye what do I want to see?
I’m standing here if you know where to look, arms open wide
Waiting here for you to be back, have you by my side
When you look me in the eye what do you hope to see?
If you look me in the eye, what will it be?
When you look me in the eye what do you think you’ll see?
When you look me in the eye what do I want to see?
Your eyes looking back at me
V: D - G - D - Em - G
C: Bm - G - Bm - Em -G
O: Em - G - D
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8. |
Person
03:16
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Congratulations on your test results
You really slayed that quiz
I see you went and showed everyone
You’re a memory whiz
You even found the elephant
In the middle of the page
And if I have to tell the truth
I’m really quite amazed
(prechorus)
It’s extra credit if the order’s right
It’s extra credit if the order’s right!
Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.
Tell me now, can you connect these dots?
Can you draw me a tree?
Can you tell me where you were born?
What’s the sum of 9 and 3?
I don’t mean to annoy you
I’m really on your side
I just need to be sure it’s safe
For you to go outside
I: E - B - D - E
V: A - E - D - E
PC: C#m - D - C#m -E
C: A - Bm - C#m - Bm - C#m - Bm - A
B: F#m - A - F#m - B
O: A - Am9/G - Am9/F# - F - G
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9. |
Waiting
02:32
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I’m waiting, waiting for you to talk to me
Hope you’ll show me things already seen
You believe you’re doing the best for me
But I know and I’m waiting for you
You’ll try to show me a better way
I wonder just what I will say
When you say what you need to say to me
‘Cause I know and I’m waiting for you
And when the moment comes
I’ll be wanting more
But will you think to ask
What I do this for?
So I’ll wait, wait for you to talk to me
And I hope that I can make you see
You didn’t need to wait to talk to me
‘Cause I know and I’ve been waiting for you
V: Eb - B - Ab / Eb - B - Db
Eb - B - Ab / Ab - Bb - Eb
C: Gb - Eb x2 B - Db
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10. |
Escape Route
03:21
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Best of plans can go astray / So I’ve been told
And when take my cards / Been Dealt a hand that I should fold
I’m in a corner, my back to a wall /Nowhere for me to turn
Looks like I’ve been trapped / But now it’s time that you learned
(You didn’t count on)
An escape route, my own way out / A secret pathway my friend
An escape route, my own way out / Looks like this time I win
(c’mon and say it again)
An escape route, my own way out / A secret pathway my friend
An escape route, my own way out / Looks like this time I win
You’re so tricky, always get your way / It’s not often you lose
But this time I think you’ll have to / Accept what you are due
Your plans have worked so well before / Left you the champion of the day
But now you have that look on your face / And not a word to say
Surprise, surprise / There’s a shocked look in your eyes
Something new for you to see
But ask yourself / Did you really expect
Any less from me?
(You didn’t count on)
An escape route, my own way out / A secret pathway my friend
An escape route, my own way out / Looks like this time I win
(c’mon and say it again)
An escape route, my own way out / A secret pathway my friend
An escape route, my own way out / Looks like this time I win
(one more time)
An escape route, my own way out / A secret pathway my friend
An escape route, my own way out / Looks like this time I win
And you will never win again / No, you will never win again!
V: D - Bm - G - A / D - Bm - G - A - D (x2)
C: D - Bm - G - A / D - G - A D - Bm - G - A / G - A - D
B: Em - C - Em - G / Em - C - Em - D
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11. |
Stealing From Ed
02:26
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I signed up for your assignment by accident it seems
When your song popped up on my computer screen
Your metal riff got turned to indie pop
Once I started playing it I could not stop
I think I’m stealing from Ed
This one came from his head
He wrote the chords that I read
That’s right, I’m stealing from Ed
He said it’s okay, if that makes it right
That’ll help avoid any copyright fight
And, to be honest, I changed a thing or three
At least that’s what I’ll say if the judge asks me
I think I’m stealing from Ed
This one came from his head
He wrote the chords I read
That’s right, I’m stealing from Ed
When it came time to turn to the bridge
I used precisely what he assigned to the kids
I wonder if he’ll expect a co-write
I probably should, it seems only right
I think I’m stealing from Ed
This one came from his head
He wrote the chords that I read
That’s right, I’m stealing from Ed
V: C - Am - G# - G
C: G# - A# - C
B: Am - G - F - Dm - Em
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Letter Seventeen Norcross
Whimsical indie pop from a one-man band. Except when other people help. Which is quite often. So it's not like a one-man band at all.
Oh. And there are songs about donkeys.
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