Band : Live
Album : Mental Jewelry
Added By Mikhailo
Here is the fixed version of the Mental Jewelry chords as the last one
was spliced in half...
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(CRD transcriptions and sad ASCII art: Jeff Terrel - [email protected])
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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I have never taken life
Yet I have often paid the price
And you, you are a victim of this age
And the guilt that hangs around your neck
Has got me locked up in a cage
You ve got to learn to live until no end
But first you must learn to swim all over again
Because pain lies on the riverside
And pain will never say goodbye
Pain lies on the riverside
So put your head in the water
Put your soul in the water
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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(D)
Heard a lot of talk about the ocean
(D)
Heard a lot of talk about the sea
(D)
Heard a lot of talk about a lot of things
(D)
Never meant that much to me
(D)
Heard a lot of talk about my spirit
(D)
Heard a lot of talk about my soul
But I decided that anxiety and pain
(D)
Were better friends
So I let it go
Did you let it go? (3x)
Let s get it back
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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If I told you he was your brother
We could reminisce then you would go about your day
If I said you ought to give him some of your water
You d shake your canteen and walk away
This perception that divides you from him
Is a lie -- for some reason you never asked why
This is not a black and white world
You can t afford to believe in your side
This is not a black and white world
To be alive I say that the colors must swirl
And I believe that maybe today
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...
The beauty of gray
The beauty of gray
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(7x) last time
Look into your eyes
No daylight
New day now
This is not...
Brothers Unaware
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So many people
I know only a few
Yes I may say that I love this man and that man
But what keeps me from loving you?
Date of birth, geography
Color of skin, ideology
You got ten fingers, two legs, one nose
Like me, just like me
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 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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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"
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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)
What about my bank account?
And my holy desert shield
That keeps me dry under the arms
Flags and mental jewelry s all I know
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
Said they could
Mama said they would
Do me good
I know that I should...
Waterboy
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What do you say to the child
Whose god is in the TV
And what do you say to the man
Who blames the world on TV
They don t even know how to sing my song
But they won t even try it with me
Who is standing over playing like the teacher
Harnessing the learned
Who try but can t leave her
I want to beg the liars to lay down
Their sirens
That play like the angels
To my deep desire
Free my son
Let him walk right through the rain
Free my son
Make him waterboy
Free my son
There he stands down on the shore
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
Blood in me
Blood overseas
There ain t no difference between
The chills in your spine are oh so sweet
People honor you so high
You ve got to defend the stage at your feet-- No!
Take, take, take my anthem today
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
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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
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
Fighting, mating, warring
You are all this now
Be aware, not scared
Look at me now
Silence
I say you are the world...
Good Pain
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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
I ll never be the same again
I want to walk in the sun
I am alive and well again
No more bitterweet
No more good pain
No more
So many of us stand in the middle
Looking back to the worst
Looking forward to the fall
Making weapons of peace for the defense
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
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
No more good pain
No more good pain
No more good pain good pain
Mother Earth Is a Vicious Crowd
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Pollution, Cain, and misery
Oceans of golden mystery
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Armies boisterous and armies loud
Portraits of a vicious crowd
Talk to me, talk to me now
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...
Leave it all behind...
10,000 Years (Peace is Now)
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The world is burning down
Can t you smell the smoke in the air
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
If all of the ignorance in the world
Passed a second ago
What would you say?
Who would you obey?
I am here to say that
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
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