From: Blowfish
Subject: updated LIVE`s Mental Jewelry (album)
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 02:25:54 -0800
Here is the updated version (again)... Some chords were omitted before on Waterboy I believe.
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(CRD transcriptions and sad ASCII art: Jeff Terrel - jjt@ecst.csuchico.edu)
Entire album is tuned down 1/2 step:
6(Eb) 5(Ab) 4(Db) 3(Gb) 2(Bb) 1(Eb)
Comments and/or corrections welcome.
Pain Lies On The Riverside
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]: Am Dm :[
Am Dm
I have never taken life
Am Dm
Yet I have often paid the price
Am Dm
And you, you are a victim of this age
Am
And the guilt that hangs around your neck
Dm
Has got me locked up in a cage
F G Am
You`ve got to learn to live until no end
F G E
But first you must learn to swim all over again
Am Dm
Because pain lies on the riverside
Am Dm
And pain will never say goodbye
Am Dm
Pain lies on the riverside
E F G
So put your head in the water
E F G
Put your soul in the water
Am
And join me for a swim tonight
I have forever always tried
To stay clean and constantly baptized
I am aware now that the river`s banks are dry
And to wait for a flood
Is to wait for life
I`ve got to learn...
Operation Spirit (The Tyranny of Tradition)
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Em (D)
Heard a lot of talk about the ocean
Em (D)
Heard a lot of talk about the sea
Em (D)
Heard a lot of talk about a lot of things
Em (D)
Never meant that much to me
Em (D)
Heard a lot of talk about my spirit
Em (D)
Heard a lot of talk about my soul
Em
But I decided that anxiety and pain
(D) Em
Were better friends
D
So I let it go
Em G D
Did you let it go? (3x)
A
Let`s get it back
C D Em
Let`s get it back together
Heard a lot of talk about this Jesus
A man of love, a man of strength
But what a man was two thousand years ago
Means nothing at all to me today
He could have been telling me about my higher self
But he only lives inside my prayer
So what he was may have been beautiful
But the pain is right now and right here
Let it go...
Beauty Of Gray
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]: Bm F :[
Bm F
If I told you he was your brother
Bm F
We could reminisce then you would go about your day
Bm F
If I said you ought to give him some of your water
Bm F
You`d shake your canteen and walk away
G D A
This perception that divides you from him
G D A G
Is a lie -- for some reason you never asked why
D A G
This is not a black and white world
D A C
You can`t afford to believe in your side
Bm Em
This is not a black and white world
Bm F
To be alive I say that the colors must swirl
Bm Em
And I believe that maybe today
D A Bm F
We will all get to appreciate the beauty of gray
If I told you that she was your mother
We could analyze the situation and be gone
If I said you ought to give her some of your water
Your eyes would light up like the dawn
This perception that divides you from her...
We will all get to appreciate...
Bm Em
The beauty of gray
D A
The beauty of gray
G D/F Em G D/F Bm
D|-----0-----0---|------------|
A|---2-----0-----|---------2--|
E|-3-----2-----0-|-3---2------|
(7x) last time
Look into your eyes
No daylight
New day now
This is not...
Brothers Unaware
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]: Dm C :[
Dm C
So many people
Dm C
I know only a few
Dm C
Yes I may say that I love this man and that man
Dm C
But what keeps me from loving you?
Dm C
Date of birth, geography
Dm C
Color of skin, ideology
Dm C
You got ten fingers, two legs, one nose
Dm C
Like me, just like me
Bb A
And it`s as simple as that you see
Dm C
And if I don`t know who to love I love them all
Dm C
And if I don`t know who to trust I trust them all
Dm C A Bb C
And if I don`t know who to kill I kill myself instead
>From the mouth of a baby
Will come the world saving words
That will save us all
And from the lungs of a child
Will come the everlasting breath of God
Increasing peace and honesty
And not carrying on despite of me
Don`t you know, this ain`t about no race, no creed
No race, no creed
And it`s as simple as that you see
And if I don`t know who to love I love them all
And if I don`t know who to trust I trust them all
And if I don`t know who to kill no suicide
I`m already dead
Tired Of Me
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p p
e|-----------| |-----------6-6-9-----------------|
B|-----------| |-----------6-6-9-----------------|
G|-8~6-8~6-8-| |-8~6-8~6-8-------8~6-8~6-8-------|
D|-----------| |---------------------------6-6-8-|
Intro (4x) Under 1st verse (4x)
You say hold on to the reigns
I say let them go tonight
My brain waves
Confused between what is and ain`t
She cries groundless and free
Bbm Ebm
Tired of the water
Bbm Ebm
Tired of the wine
Bbm Ebm
Tired of the future
Bbm Ebm
Tired of time
Bbm Ebm
Tired of the madness
Bbm Ebm
Tired of the steel
Bbm Ebm
Tired of the violence
Bbm Ebm
Tired of me
Bm Em
Used steel
Bm Em
Used steel am I
Bm Em
What was pliable in love
Bm Em
Is now hard and crystalized
Bm Em
The intellect is fine
Bm Em
For counting money and recording times
Bm Em Bm F
That she cried groundless and free
Tired of the water...
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-9~7-9~7-9-----------------|
D|-----------9~7-9~7-9-9~7-9-|
Bridge (4x)
Bm F
I`m so tired of time
F Bm
I`m so tired of the wine (2x)
G
Hope is a letter that never arrives
F Bm
Delivered by the postman of my fear
Mirror Song
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E A/E
e|-0----0--|
B|-0----0--|
G|-13---6--|
D|-14---7--|
A|-14---7--|
E|-0----0--| (repeat throughout verses)
I know that I should think about giving
And think about helping out and think about
Think about living
But I can`t seem to rescue myself (2x)
Cm
What about my bank account?
A B E
And my holy desert shield
G A
That keeps me dry under the arms
B E
Flags and mental jewelry`s all I know
G F
And they keep me happy and warm inside
So I said unto this man who are you
And where do you come from
And he proceeded to tell me many things
But I said nothing at all
For the flower in the corner by the room
In the window and the sun
Said it all
But what about...
A (arpeggiate chords here)
At least they said they would
G
Said they could
A
Mama said they would
G A
Do me good
I know that I should...
Waterboy
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Cm A B
Cm A
What do you say to the child
Cm A
Whose god is in the TV
Cm A
And what do you say to the man
Cm A
Who blames the world on TV
Cm A Cm A
They don`t even know how to sing my song
Cm A Cm A
But they won`t even try it with me
Fm G
Who is standing over playing like the teacher
Fm
Harnessing the learned
G
Who try but can`t leave her
Fm
I want to beg the liars
G
To lay down their sirens
Fm
That play like the angels
G
To my deep desire
Cm
Free my son
Fm
Let him walk right through the rain
Cm
Free my son
Fm
Make him waterboy
Cm
Free my son
Fm
There he stands down on the shore
A B
Free my son
What do you say to the man
Who treats her like a mother
And what do you say to the man
Who treats him like a father
Come and see my heart
Come inside and learn
Come and see my soul, it`s like yours
I say it`s just like yours
Who is making over
Idolizing princes
Banishing the dreamers
With barbed wire fences
And telling all the children who run to her feet
That they have no vision and love`s all diseased
Free my son
Take My Anthem
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War in me
War overseas
There ain`t no difference between
Am C Am C
Blood in me
Am C Am C
Blood overseas
Am C Am C Am C Am C
There ain`t no difference between
Dm Am
The chills in your spine are oh so sweet
Dm
People honor you so high
E
You`ve got to defend the stage at your feet-- No!
Am C Am C Am C Dm
Take, take, take my anthem today
Am
Take it away
Hands on me
Hands overseas
There ain`t no difference between
Heart in me
Heart overseas
There ain`t no difference between
You Are The World
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If you`ve ever known love
If you`ve ever known peace
If you`ve ever known joy
Make sure that you are on time
D|-----4---3---3---3---3-3-|-----4---2---2---2---2-2-|
A|---4---4---4---4---4-----|---4---4---4---4---4-----|
E|-2-----------------------|-2-----------------------|
repeat last time
If you`ve ever known war
If you`ve ever known pain
If you`ve ever said no
Make sure that you are on time
You are on time
You are on time
We are on time
F E A F
For you are the world (4x)
If you`ve ever known love
If you`ve ever known peace
If you`ve ever known joy
Make sure that you are on time
If you`ve ever known war
If you`ve ever known pain
If you`ve ever said no
Make sure that you are on time
A
Fighting, mating, warring
F
You are all this now
A
Be aware, not scared
Look at me now
Silence
F
I say you are the world...
Good Pain
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G|-----0-------0---0-----0-------0---0-|
D|---2---2---2---------4---4---2-------|
A|-0-------3-----3---5-------3-----3---|
E|-------------------------------------|
He said, he said, he said
There was nothing to fear boy
He said, he said, he said
Worthless are your tears boy
Just realize your senses
And realize your earth
Just realize your essence first
Am G Am
I`ll never be the same again
Am G Am
I want to walk in the sun
Am G Am
I am alive and well again
F
No more bitterweet
G
No more good pain
No more
Am C D C
So many of us stand in the middle
Am C
Looking back to the worst
D C
Looking forward to the fall
Am C D C
Making weapons of peace for the defense
Am C D C
Of the bloodstains on our peaceful sidewalks
You say the buildings are too tall
They`re going to fry your brother
Well I say you`d better walk away
And find your mother
F
No more bitterweet
No more good pain
If I can`t sing this song
And tell you all about it
Then I`ll just pack it up right now and walk away
Don`t even doubt it
So when our sherry glass is full
And the day is way too young
You`d better sip today before it`s gone
No more bitterweet
No more good pain
Am
No more good pain
G
No more good pain
D
No more good pain good pain
Mother Earth Is a Vicious Crowd
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]: Fm E/Fm :[
Pollution, Cain, and misery
E
Oceans of golden mystery
]: Fm E/Fm :[
Armies boisterous and armies loud
E
Portraits of a vicious crowd
D A E
Talk to me, talk to me now
D A E
Hey man you`re all that I have
Me, Myself, Myself and I
Were born to work and born to die
I have chosen my anthems of these I am proud
Portraits of a divided crowd
Talk to me now...
Could you leave it behind...
D A E
Leave it all behind...
10,000 Years (Peace is Now)
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A C
The world is burning down
D A C D
Can`t you smell the smoke in the air
A C D A C D
War, disease and famine this demon she is everywhere
Poets and preachers and politicians
They`ve all had their say
And we got 10,000 years devoted
To nothing but tomorrow and yesterday
F
If all of the ignorance in the world
A
Passed a second ago
C D A
What would you say?
C D A
Who would you obey?
C
I am here to say that
A C D
Peace is now
Mr. President I hereby pardon you for your crimes
For they are just as much mine
Selfishness and seperation have led me to believe
That the world is not my problem
The world is not my problem
I am the world
And you are the world
