Updated lyrics When I play this now, I drop the 3rd verse and repeat the chorus twice each time VERSE 1 Em DThey all have a missing partC GA lack of courage or a broken heartAm CMaybe they were told they’re not that smart G DOr there’s no beauty in their art Em DThey are ... not quite wholeC GWith a shattered mind or a battered soulAm CIt all ... takes a toll GThey’re bleeding CHORUS D C G… They all live on the yellow brick roadD C G… Where the dreams glitter like gold VERSE 2 Em DThey try to es-cape their pastC G... the long shadow that it castsAm C... New beginnings never seem to lastG DI guess that’s just too much to ask Em DAnd they all carry that weightC G… its a burden that won’t abateAm C… Like a thirst they cannot sate GIt’s burning CHORUS D C G… They all live on the yellow brick roadD C G… Where the dreams glitter like gold VERSE 3 Em DThey all will join the fightC GFor what they be-lieve is rightAm CWaiting for the morning lightG DTo emerge from this long dark night Em DAnd they're all searching for a homeC GA place where they won't be aloneAm C... Nothing needs to be set in stone GFor-ever CHORUS D C G… They all live on the yellow brick roadD C G… Where the dreams glitter like gold
BRIDGE G D C... Where the winter winds can blow coldG D C... And it's sometimes hard to keep holdG D C... but where the souls are never soldG D C... And where the heroes don’t get old VERSE 4 Em DSome think their success comes from withinC GOther peoples’ failures are an original sinAm C… But the margins are razor thin G DBetween who will lose and who will win Em DAnd they all … could have been greatC GBut for a simple twist of fateAm C… Maybe it’s not too late GFor dreaming CHORUS D C G… They all live on the yellow brick roadD C G… Where the dreams glitter like gold
ENDING D C G… And where the stories are still toldD C G … With imagi-nation that’s still boldD C G… And where no one fits the moldD C G … And where life is not fore-toldD C G… They all live on the yellow brick roadD C G... Dreaming of the love ... that they are owed
A Better Day (Oh Say Can You See)
E A E A B E E AA ray … of hope for a better day E AA sliver … of light to lead the way E AOh say … can you see B EA world … where everyone is free E AA crack … in the wallE ARise up … from the fall E AOh say … can you see B EA world … where everyone is free A E A E B E E AOne voice … can inspireE ATwo and two and fifty … can make a choir E AOh say … can you see B EA world … where everyone is free B EA place … for all of us to be
Truthless
D CIt’s so ruthless nowD CIt’s so truth-less nowG AHard to know what’s right or wrongC DOr what side your on G AThey put us all in our … own echo chambersD GWe've become scared of strangersC D GI guess that’s the real … danger G AWe all think that … we are higherD GOver there well … they are liarsC D GBut we’re just preaching … to the choir C D10,000 tempests in 10,000 teapotsG ASo the winds of change don’t formC D G... in to … a thunder-storm D CIt’s so ruthless nowD CIt’s so truth-less nowG AHard to know what’s right or wrongC DOr what side your on G AThey make the truth … a commodityD GPut a price on honestyC D GAnd we all believe … what we see G ANo one wants to … change their viewsD GPut on someone else’s shoesC D GMaybe we should listen … before we choose C D10,000 tempests in 10,000 teapotsG ASo the winds of change don’t growC D G... in to … a dere-cho D CIt’s so ruthless nowD CIt’s so truth-less nowG AHard to know what’s right or wrongC DOr what side your on G AThey just want to ... divide and conquerD GMake us feel like … we’re the strongerC D GBut this can't keep going … much longer G AEveryone's at the … end of their tetherD GWe can’t even … discuss the weatherC D GBut somehow we’ve got to … come together C D10,000 tempests in 10,000 teapotsG ASo the winds of change don’t gainC D G... the strength … of a hurri-cane D CIt’s so ruthless nowD CIt’s so truth-less nowG
A Song for You
G D C GG D C GI wish you could stay .. another day ... or twoG D C AmSo I could write .. a song .. for youG D C GI wish I knew .. what to say .. to get you to stay D C Am GAnother day .. so I could write …... a song …... for you G D C GI know that soon .. you’ll be long … goneG D C Am‘Cause you’ve gotta keep .. moving .. onG D C Gbut maybe you .. one day … will swing on back this way D C Am GTo say hello .. sing a song … and then say … so long Am C GAm C G... I wish we had a little mo--re timeD C G... To try to get the world to rhymeC D GI guess it wasn’t meant to beC D GWe were dreaming out of key G D C GG D C AmG D C GD C Am G G D C GI always knew .. if the truth .. be toldG D C AmThat you were never .. meant .. to holdG D C GI guess I knew .. from-the start … that you would break my heart D C Am GThat there’d be …nothing given … and nothing ... owed Am C GAm C G... I wish we had a little mo--re timeD C G... To try to get the world to rhymeC D GI guess it wasn’t meant to beC D GWe were dreaming out of key G D C GI wish you could stay .. another day ... or twoG D C Am GSo I could write .. a song .. for you ...
Rings of Saturn (you are just my muse)
C AmAll these portraits of youF CNone of them are quite trueC AmAll these strands that I stealF CNone of them are quite realAm FPlease don’t get confused C GYou are just my muse ChorusF CYou are like a kaleidoscopeF CEver-changing colours and patternsF CLike the aurora borealisG COr the rings of Saturn Am F C G C AmAll these songs that I hewF CCut from visions of you C AmAll these verses I writeF CThey have you in sightAm FI hope you don’t feel usedC GYou are just my muse ChorusF CYou are like a kaleidoscopeF CEver-changing colours and patternsF CLike the aurora borealisG COr the rings of Saturn Am F C G C AmI need you to admireF CThe creations you inspireC AmI want you to approveF CI’ve got so much to proveAm FBut you don’t have to chooseC GYou are just my muse ChorusF CYou are like a kaleidoscopeF CEver-changing colours and patternsF CLike the aurora borealisG COr the rings of SaturnG COr the rings of Saturn
Maybe the Sun will Shine
D C G x 4 D C GI don't really knowD C GIf I'm going to stay or goD C GMaybe there'll be a reprieve D C GOr maybe I'll pack up and leave G C DG D C G C DMaybe the sun will shineG C DWarm up this heart of mine C D GOr maybe the skies will turn greyC D G.. And I'll slip away D C G x 2 (this is only done once in the recording) D C GMaybe I'll change my spotsD C GLearn to be what I'm notD C GMaybe I'll change my tune D C GOr maybe I'll be gone with the moon G C DG D C G C DMaybe the sun will shineG C DWarm up this heart of mine C D GOr maybe the skies will turn greyC D G.. And I'll slip away D C G x 2 D C GI don't really knowD C GIf I'm going to stay or goD C GMaybe there'll be a reprieve D C GOr maybe I'll pack up and leave D C GI don't really know
Stone by Stone
D G A x 2 VERSE 1D G A … She likes to take it slowD G A.. Doesn’t mind not being in the knowD G A... They always say “if you snooze you lose”D G A... But she doesn’t mind being yesterday’s newsA D G AYesterday’s news A D G AYah, yesterday’s news ew-ew-ew ews D G A.. Every-body seems to talk so fastD G A.. Conversation slips so quickly in-to the pastD G A... Do they have time to think about what they sayD G A... What do they really mean at the end of the dayA D G AAt the end of the dayA D G AAt the end of the day ay-ay-ay ay CHORUSD F#m G DSeems like so long ago, she left this place to roamD F#m G D ATravelling through the wilderness, on her way ho .. meG D G DAnd all her memories, are connected to this landG D AAnd she tries to gather them, in her handsA x 4 VERSE 2D G A... There’s an old family photographD G A... Showing all the children as they smile and laughD G A... They’re all standing in a lineD G A... It almost seems like they were doing fineA D G ADoing fine A D G AYah, doing fine in-in-in ine D G A... She sometimes wonders how they’re doing nowD G A... Are they still standing, and if so howD G A... Do they look back to those summer daysD G A... Or have those memories run awayA D G ARun away A D G AYah, run away a-a-a ay CHORUSD F#m G DSeems like so long ago, she left this place to roamD F#m G D ATravelling through the wilderness, on her way ho .. meG D G DAnd all her memories, are connected to this landG D AAnd she tries to gather them, in her handsA x 4 VERSE 3D G A... She sees all of her youthful dreamsD G A.., In the fields and in the streamsD G A… All her childhood memoriesD G A… They are blowing in the breezeA D G ABlowing in the breeze A D G AYah, blowing in the breeze ee-ee-ee eeze D G A... They say that once you leave you can’t returnD G A... That the place you knew, takes a turnD G A... But she’s de-termined to re-make a homeD G A... Building slowly, stone by stoneA D G AStone by stone A D G AStone by stone oo-oo-oo oneA D G AStone by stone oo-oo-oo oneA D G AYa stone by stoneA D G AYa stone by stoneA DYa stone by stone
Flowered Dress
VERSE 1E C#m F#m BI remember the first time, I really looked at youE C#m F#m. BYou were wearing your flowered dress, your Doc Martin shoesA E A BYou were standing on the beach, at Beaven’s LakeE C#m F#m BI think that we both knew, that this could take VERSE 2E C#m F#m. BAnd later on that night, we walked home from the barE C#m F#m BFive miles on the country roads, it didn’t seem that farA E A BAnd the sky was on fire that night, like a silver flameE C#m F#m BBut the sparkle in your eye, put the stars to shame CHORUSE C#m A B... That was then, ... this is now, ... so much is newE C#m F#m E... But some things, ... never change, ... and I love you … tonight A B E A F#m B E VERSE 3E C#m F#m BWe stayed up talking, into the wee hoursE C#m F#m BBy the shores of Beaven’s Lake, it felt like the night was just oursA E A BYour beauty it shimmered, in the warm summer airE C#m F#m BYour spirit un-tamable, like your long brown hair VERSE 4E C#m F#m. BYou were so full of questions, what, when, why and howE C#m F#m. BLife filled you with wonderment, you’re still like that nowA E A BI didn’t have any answers, but the one thing I knewE C#m F#m. BIs I needed to reach out, and hold onto you CHORUSE C#m A B... That was then, ... this is now, ... so much is newE C#m F#m E... But some things, ... never change, ... and I love you … tonight A B E A F#m B E FINISHE C#m F#m BI remember the first time, I really ... looked at youE C#m F#m B EYou were wearing your flowered dress, and I … fell in love … with you
Long Way Home
D A Bm GD A G D A Bm G… It amazes me, … that you have stood by meD A G.. ‘Cause I’ve been taking the long way homeD A Bm G... Ya when I've gone wrong, … you've kept the porch light on**D A G… I’m taking the long way homeD A Bm G... You’ve kept it burning bright, ... shining through the nightD A G... Ya I’m taking the long way homeD A Bm G... When it get too dark to see, ... your light is guiding meD. A G... I’m taking the long way home D A G... I’m taking the long way homeD A G G... I’m taking the long … wayD A GHome, I’m taking the long way homeD A G... I’m taking the long way home D A Bm GD A G D A Bm G... I’ve been turned and tossed, … and I’d still be lostD A G... But for the grace of youD A Bm G... I was knocked right down, ... never to be foundD A G... But for the grace of youD A Bm G... I almost lost my mind, ... and I’d still be blindD A G... But for the grace of youD A Bm G… I wandered far from home, ... and I’d still be alone D A G... But for the grace of youD A G G… But for the grace … ofD A GYou, but for the grace of youD A G... But for the grace of you D A Bm GD A G D A G ... Ya I’m taking the long way homeD A G G D ... Ya I’m taking the long .. way ... home **Updated since the recording