BOBBY
by Clare Means
Capo Fret 2
Em C G B7 Em C G B7
Em
Bye there Bobby I guess I never knew you
C
Bye there Bobby now things are happening to you
G B7
Bye bye Bobby I guess I’ll never know you at all
Em
Cause the last leaves of autumn are trembling on your vine
C
They're due to drop off in a just few month’s time
G
The last leaves of autumn are trembling on your vine
B7 Em C G B7
And do you have regrets at all
Em
Cause you threw your seeds out into the wind
C
But you never did come to check on them again
G
You threw your seeds out into the wind
B7
But you never did see them grow
Em
And now the time has come for me to forgive
C
Cause you gave me life but you didn't watch me live
G B7 Em C G B7
Bye there Bobby and do you have regrets at all
Em C G B7 Em C G B7
Whistle interlude: (same chord pattern)
Em
Bye there Bobby I guess I never knew you
C
Bye there Bobby now things are happening to you
G B7
Bye bye Bobby I guess I’ll never know you at all
Em
Cause your whole damned life you've been living for yourself
C
Your whole life you never cared about no one else
G
Your whole life you've been living for yourself
B7 Em C G B7
And do you have regrets at all
Em
Bye there Bobby I'll guess I'll never know you
C
Bye there Bobby There's things I would have shown you
G B7 Em
Bye bye Bobby I don't know how to feel at all
DANGER By Clare Means
Barre Chords used Hints at end
Ab minor B E Db Abminor B E Db
Abm B E Db Abm B E Db
I am drowning in the darkness I am looking for the light
Abm B E Db
But it seems everything I thought I knew
Abm B E Db
Has disappeared from sight
Abm B E Db
Cause in the land of fakes and frauds
Abm B E Db Abm B E Db
If you're real you feel real odd Plastic people with plastic hearts
Abm B E Db
They'll play you like a deck of cards
Abm B E Db
Abm B E Db Abm B E Db
You keep calling me insane You knew that when you signed up
Abm B E Db Abm B E Db
But I am not really crazy babe I just fight For what I love
Abm B E Db Abm B E Db
Who wants to ride inside that box And be just like everyone else
Abm B E Db Abm B E Db
Being sane is insane babe It's a danger to your health
Abm B E Db Abm B E Db
It's a D-d-d-d-d-d Danger Danger D-d-d-d-d-d Danger Danger
Abm B E Db Abm B E Db
D-d-d-d-d-d Danger To your health
Abm B E Db Abm B E Db
And everyone’s afraid of the big wigs So no one dares speak against them
Abm B E Db
They got that hammer They will squash you down flat
Abm B E Db
They got their power Don't forget about that
Abm B E Db
But those Pretty puppets will put on their lipstick
Abm B E Db
And say come here baby I'll give you a big kiss
Abm B E Db
I'll do anything you say Just tell me when
Abm B E Db Abm B E
I'll do anything you say just as long as I win
Db Abm B E Db
Just as long as they win
Abm B E Db Abm B E Db
In the land of fakes and frauds If you're real you feel real odd
Abm B E Db Abm B E Db
Plastic people with plastic hearts They'll play you like a deck of cards
F#m Db F#m Db
Don't you play that card game baby Don't you play those cards
F#m Db F#m Db
Don't you play that card game Baby It'll break your heart
Abm B E Db
Abm B E Db Abm B E Db
You keep calling me insane You knew that when you signed up
Abm B E Db Abm B E Fb
But I am not really crazy babe I just fight For what I love
Abm B E Db
And Who wants to ride inside that box
Abm B E Db
And be just like everyone else
Abm B E Db Abm B E Db
Being sane is insane babe It's a danger to your health
Abm B E Db Abm B E Db
It's a D-d-d-d-d-d Danger Danger D-d-d-d-d-d Danger Danger
Abm B E Db Abm B E Db
D-d-d-d-d-d Danger To your health
Abm B E Db Abm B E Db Abm B E Db E Ab
It's a Danger It's a Danger It's a Danger
Chord form and fret to use Ab=4 B=7 E=open Db=9
FIERY ONE
By Clare Means
Both open G and Barre G~ chords used Capo 4
Am C G F
Am C
Maybe I've never loved It could be true
G F
But I swear to God that I cared about you
Am C
Maybe I don't know just what love is
G F
You offer your hand and I give you my fist
Am F
I'm a fiery One Yes it's true
G~ F
But I’m not that devil in your church pew
Am F
I'm a fiery One I know it's true
G~ F E7 F7 E7 F7 G7~
But I'm not that devil dancing with yooou
Am C
And you speak of me like I'm the wicked witch
G F
Like making love is just some scratch to itch
Am C
I should be ashamed of my lustful soul
G F
My desires burning out of control
Am F
I'm a fiery One Yes it's true
G~ F
But I’m not that devil in your church pew
Am F
I'm a fiery One I know it's true
G~ F E7 F7 E7 F7 G7~
But I'm not that devil dancing with yooou
Am
And have you ever watched him dance
C G F
All his moves he learned from you
Am C
You gotta take a look deep inside
G F
And see all the demons in you that hide
Am C
I wear mine right on my sleeve
G F
So they don't get the best of me
Am C
But you're always so very stoic
G F
I know you feel it all but don't dare show it
E7 F7
One day it's all gonna overflow inside
E7 F7
All the hurt you feel you won't be able to hide
E7 F7
I'm scared of the day the day you snap
E7 F7 G
Terrified of the day your Lovely mask cracks
Am F
I'm a fiery One I know it's true
G F
But I’m not that devil in your church pew
Am F
I'm a fiery One I admit it's true
G~ F E7 F7 E7 F7 G7~ Am
But I'm not that devil dancing with yooou
MASTER MANIPULATOR MAGNET
Clare Means
Am G Am G Am G Am E Am
Am G Am
I'm a Master Manipulator Magnet
Am G Am
They want what they want and I have it
Am G Am
I'm a Master Manipulator Magnet
Am E Am
And they're hunting me down today
Am G Am
They say we love you girl now let us in
Am G Am
We're gonna take everything
Am G Am
And don't you dare dare complain
Am E
We’ll convince you that it's you to blame
Am G Am
I'm a Master Manipulator Magnet
Am G Am
They want what they want and I have it
Am G Am
I'm a Master Manipulator Magnet
Am E Am
And they're hunting me down today
Am G Am
Bang Bang They're coming for me
Am G Am
Bang Bang with words so sweet
Am G Am
Bang Bang they're coming for me
Am E
Bang Bang they won't let me be
Am G Am
I'm a Master Manipulator Magnet
Am G Am
They want what they want and I have it
Am G Am
I'm a Master Manipulator Magnet
Am E
And they're hunting me down today
Am E
They're hunting me down today
Am G
But I am just a little stepping stone
Am G
Very soon they'll be moving on
Am G
I am just their little stepping stone
Am E Am
Very soon They'll be moving on
G Am G Am G Am E Am
Am G Am
I'm a Master Manipulator Magnet
Am G Am
They want what they want and I have it
Am G Am
I'm a Master Manipulator Magnet
Am E Am
And they're hunting me down today
Am E Am
They're hunting me down today
Am E Am
They're hunting me down today
G Am G Am E Am
SIDEWALK ASTRONOMER
In this Take a regular C up to fret 3 for the D
Other chords are regular except if you want hammers and pull offs
G Em G Em
G Em
He stands on the corner with the scope of it all
G Em
A sidewalk astronomer lanky and tall
C D
Telescope between skyscrapers
C D
It's a moon party Come look at the craters
G Em
See the imperfect beauty of the moon
G Em
Shining in the sky like a dented spoon
C D
See Jupiter and Saturn
C D G Em G Em
From the heavens there's so much to learn
C D
He does a show and they throw him dollars
C D
Come see the secrets of the sky He hollers
C D
He's magnetic in a strange way
C D G Em G Em
He's the moon and I am the waves
G Em
Well He came to my place He doesn't have one of his own Well
G Em
He sort of does but there's only space for one
C D
He lives in a van in my neighborhood
C D
I say he needs a place He says he's all good
G Em
And I tell him it's all friendly there's no chance of romance
G Em
But in my sly smile he knows he has a chance
C D
And deep down I know the way that I feel
C D
But I know this must not be revealed
C D
He does a show and they throw him dollars
C D
Come see the secrets of the sky He hollers
C D
He's magnetic in a strange way
C D G Em G Em
He's the moon and I am the waves
G Em
Well after that Well I fell fast
G Em
But a romance with the astronomer can never last
C D
Cause there’s a whole universe or two out there
C D
And who knows more than he who stares
G Em
At the sky all night through his magic telescope
C D
But I'm a falling star so I hold on to hope
C D
He does a show and they throw him dollars
C D
Come see the secrets of the sky He hollers
C D
He's magnetic in a strange way
C D G Em G Em
He's the moon and I am the waves
G Em
Well it's been a year since he's been gone
G Em
Yeah like that tide he's rollin on
C D
And Lord knows I'm rollin on too
C D G
But I think of him every time I see that moon
GUTS
By Clare Means
Capo 1 D is regular C chord slid to third Fret
Cm7/B diagram at end of page
Em G Em G
Em G
Well a month passed and you didn't call and you didn't write
Em G
And I was so torn up for those 30 nights
Em G
And then I saw you at the bar down at UBG
Em G
Ahh we tried not to look at each other I could feel the heat
D to be in Clare's Scope you the Am
It came out of my chest and flew straight to you
Cm7/B G C D
I couldn't hold back no I couldn't hold back, No
Em G C D
I couldn't hold back no more
Em G C D
I couldn't hold back no I couldn't hold back, No
Em G C D
I couldn't hold back anymore
D Am
And you always said that I weaken your will
C G
Well you weaken mine but that's the last time
Em G C D
Cause I Loved you like a lover and I loved you like a friend
Em G C D
I'll love you forever but this has got to end
Em G C D
Yeah I loved you like a lover You were my best friend
Em G C D
I'll love you forever but this has got to end
Em G C Em G C
Cause a love never felt so good And a love never hurt so much
Em G C D C G
I'll always love you, Baby. Even when I hate your guts
Em G Em G
Em G
So I won't go around to places where you might be
Em G
Yeah I'll try to never see you I hope you never see me
Em G
I won't drive down I won't drive down your street
D C
To see if your light is on and wonder what's going on
Em G C D
Cause I Loved you like a lover and I loved you like a friend
Em G C D
I'll love you forever but this has got to end
Em G C D
Yeah I loved you like a lover You were my best friend
Em G C D
I'll love you forever but this has got to end
Em G C Em G C
Cause a love never felt so good And a love never hurt so much
Em G C D C G
I'll always love you, Baby. Even when I hate your guts
D C G
Yeah even when I hate your guts
SHEEPOCRISY by Clare Means
Chord diagrams at end
C#m C#m C#m C#m
C#m
Do you ever feel like the world is full of BS
C#m
But we’ve got the wool over our eyes so we can see it
G# C#m
And we’re wearing that wool cause we’re taught to be sheep
C#m
If you’re the same you are praised If you’re different you’re laughed at
C#m
Don’t know why I want it, so hard to win you over
G# C#m
Cause you are just another snobby sheep
A G#
But I am not a sheep I’m a lion who’s been sleeping
A G# C#m
And I’m waking now so you best be running
C#m
Run little sheepies Run Little sheepies
G# G# A G#
Run little sheepies Run, Run, Run
C#m
Run little sheepies Run little sheepies
G# G# A G#
Run little sheepies Run, Run, Run
A G#
Cause you’re biting sheep You don’t scare me
A G#
You only got them nubs for teeth
A G#
You’re biting sheep You don’t scare me
A G# C#m
You’ve only got them nubs So you better run
C#m
Well I know that I’m strange and I’m proud of that
C#m
Born from a strange mama born from a strange dad
G#
So what did they expect when I popped into this world
C#m
I’m no ordinary little sheepie girl
C#m
But your insecurities make you make you pretend
C#m G#
That your better, better, better You’re so much better than me
G# C#m
When you’re just another sheep
C#m
You keep singing that same old sheep song
G# A G# A G#
Going baa, baa, baa All night long Baa, baa, baa All night long
A G#
But I am not a sheep I’m a lion who’s been sleeping
A G# C#m
And I’m waking now so you best be running
A G# A G#
Did you know that your snobbery Is born from your Shee-poc-risy
C#m
So You better run little sheepies Run little sheepies
G# G# A G#
Run little sheepies Run, Run, Run
C#m
Run little sheepies Run little sheepies
G# G# A G#
Run little sheepies Run Run Run
A G#
Cause you’re biting sheep You don’t scare me
A G#
You’ve only got them nubs for teeth
A G#
You’re biting sheep You don’t scare me
A G# C#m
You’ve only got them nubs So you better run
HOLLYWOOD ZOO
by Clare Means
Hints at end of song
All barre chords
C Bb Ab G C Bb Ab G
C Bb Ab G
He told you to wear your leather dress leather dress While you sang to him
C Bb Ab G
He told you to wear your leather dress leather dress While you sang to him
C Bb Ab G
Come here baby Take this here guitar Do What I Say I’ll take you really far
C Bb Ab G
Your wife won’t mind just play this here guitar do what I say I’ll make you a star yeah
C Bb Ab G
I’m just an animal in this Hollywood Zoo
C Bb Ab G
Stuck like a corpse in this Hollywood Zoo
C Bb
Dig me up Dig me up Dig me up and take me out
Ab G
Dig me up Dig me up Dig me up and take me out
C Bb
Dig me up Dig me up Dig me up and take me out
Ab G
Dig me up Dig me up Dig me up and take me out
C Bb Ab G
Now Take me out Now
C Bb Ab G
Put on your pretty bow and do a show for me
C Bb Ab G
Put on your pretty bow and do a show for me
C Bb Ab G
Put on your bow and do a show show Put on your bow and do a show show
C Bb Ab G
I’m just an animal in this Hollywood Zoo
C Bb Ab G
Stuck like a corpse in this Hollywood Zoo
C Bb
Dig me up Dig me up Dig me up and take me out
Ab G
Dig me up Dig me up Dig me up and take me out
C Bb
Dig me up Dig me up Dig me up and take me out
Ab G
Dig me up Dig me up Dig me up and take me out
C Bb Ab G
Now Take me out Now
C Bb Ab G
I can’t take it much longer
C Bb Ab G
This feelings only getting This feelings only getting stronger
C Bb Ab G
I’m just an animal in this Hollywood Zoo
C Bb Ab G
Stuck like a corpse in this Hollywood Zoo
C Bb
Dig me up Dig me up Dig me up and take me out
Ab G
Dig me up Dig me up Dig me up and take me out
C Bb
Dig me up Dig me up Dig me up and take me out
Ab G
Dig me up Dig me up Dig me up and take me out
C Bb Ab G
Now Take me out Now
C Bb Ab G C Bb Ab G
C Bb Ab G
He told you to wear your leather dress leather dress While you sang to him
C Bb Ab G
He told you to wear your leather dress leather dress While you sang to him
This is the chord form to use. Walk it down Fret 8 6 4 3 (C Bb Ab G)
Alternate chord patterns Three finger arpeggios on lower three strings
Then full chords with a syncopated rhythm
BURIED IN YOUR DREAMS
Hints at end Capo Fret 2
Dm A Bb A
Dm
You’ll never know how much I loved you
A
How I’d watch you as you as you’d sleep
Bb
How I hoped that I was buried
A
Buried there in your dreams
Dm A Bb A
Dm
And you’d mumble words of no meaning
A
But they seemed to mean the world to you
Bb
And I could only hope that I was the one
A
You were mumbling to
Dm
And your fists would clench and release
A
As you fell deeper in sleep
Bb A Dm
And I could only hope that I was the one you were grabbing
Dm
You’ll never know how much I loved you
A
How I’d watch you as you as you sleep
Bb
How I hoped that I was buried
A
Buried there in your dreams Oh
Dm
You’ll never know how much I loved you
A
How I’d watched you as you as you sleep
Bb
How I hoped that I was buried
A
Buried there in your dreams
Dm A Bb A
Dm
And you’d be sleeping so heavily in the night
A
Reach for you when you do
Bb A
Everything that I wanted you to
Dm
You’ll never know how much I loved you
A
How I’d watch you as you’d sleep
Bb
How I hoped that I was buried
A
Buried there in your dreams Oh
Dm
You’ll never know how much I loved you
A
How I’d watch you as you as you’d sleep
Bb
How I hoped that I was buried
A Dm
Buried there in your dreams
For the Bb just slide A form up one fret and play four upper strings only
ALWAYS WITH ME
by Clare Means
E A E B7
E A E B7
It was August when you left almost September
E A E B7
There are things I try to forget but one I'll always remember
E A
I never knew you You never knew me
E B7
But somehow you're always with me
E A
I never knew you You never knew me
E B7
But somehow you're always with me
E A
And we can can't choose how we come to be
E B7
But we can choose what we take
E A
You might be someone's accident
E B7
Someone else's mistake
E A
And I ain't gonna claim that you're a good man
E B7
That wouldn't be the whole truth
E A
There are things that I've gained
E B7
Lessons I’ve learned from you
E A
I never knew you You never knew me
E B7
But somehow you're always with me
E A
I never knew you You never knew me
E B7
But somehow you're always with me
Am E
And I'm sorry for the hell that you went through
Am E
When you were just a little boy
Am E
I know that you didn't have it good
Am B7
madness you had to endure
Am E
And I'm sorry for the hell that you caused
Am E
When you grew to be a man
Am E
But I hope you're in a better place
Am B7
And I want you to understand
E A
I never knew you You never knew me
E B7
But somehow you're always with me
E A
I never knew you You never knew me
E B7 E
But somehow you're always with me