Sea Change

SEA CHANGE Album 2002 Beck Hansen Chords This album is a masterpiece. If you like it you should probably get Morning Phase (2014) as it is considered a "companion piece" to Sea Change. ALL HAIL THE POWER OF THE ALMIGHTY BECK!!! Important precisions nicely added by joakimk: Play all bar chords as open chords: For example F#m should be played as 244200 and not 244222. Same for A where you play 577600 and not the standard 577655. This goes for the majority of the songs -- it’s really what ties this album together and gives it its distinct sound. enjoy °*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*° 1.      The Golden Age   2.      Paper Tiger      3.      Guess I’m Doing Fine     4.      Lonesome Tears   5.      Lost Cause       6.      End of the Day 7.      It’s All in Your Mind    8.      Round the Bend   9.      Already Dead     10.     Sunday Sun       11.     Little One       12.     Side of the Road °*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*° 1.      The Golden Age   [Intro]           [Verse] Put your hands on the wheel Let the golden age begin       Let the window down Feel the moonlight on your skin       Let the desert wind Cool your aching head       let the weight of the world Drift away instead       [Chorus] Oh      These days I barely get by   I don’t even try        [Verse] It’s a treacherous road With a desolated view       There’s distant lights But here they’re far and few        And the sun don’t shine Even when it’s day        You gotta drive all night Just to feel like you’re OK         [Chorus] Oh      These days I barely get by   I don’t even try I don’t even try        [Outro]           °*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*° 2.      Paper Tiger      Play the chords as open power chords (7th position) E:  079900                           E7: 079700        Bm: 799700              [Intro]                  [Verse] Just like a paper tiger Torn apart by idle hands Through the helter skelter morning Fix yourself while you still can No more ashes to ashes No more cinders from the sky All the laws of creation Tell a dead man how to die [Chorus] O   deserts down below us And storms up above Like a stray dog gone defective Like a paper tiger in the sun [Verse] Looking through a broken diamond To make the past what it should be Through the ruins and the weather Capsized boats in the sea [Chorus] O   deserts down below us And storms up above Like a stray dog gone defective Like a paper tiger in the sun [Bridge] We’re just holding on to nothing To see how long nothing lasts [Chorus] O   deserts down below us And storms up above Like a stray dog gone defective Like a paper tiger in the sun [Verse] There’s one road to the morning There’s one road to the truth There’s one road back to civilization But there’s no road back to you.... °*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*° 3.      Guess I’m Doing Fine     [Intro]          [Verse] There’s a bluebird at my window I can’t hear the songs he sings All the jewels in heaven They don’t look the same to me I just wade the tides that turn ’Til I learn to leave the past behind [Chorus] It’s only lies that I’m living It’s only tears that I’m crying It’s only you that I’m losing Guess I’m doing fine                 [Verse] All the battlements are empty And the moon is laying low Yellow roses in the graveyard Got no time to watch them grow Now I bade a friend farewell I can do whatever pleases me [Chorus] It’s only lies that I’m living It’s only tears that I’m crying It’s only you that I’m losing     Guess I’m doing fine                 [Bridge] Press my face up to the window To see how warm it is inside See the things that I’ve been missing Missing all this time [Chorus] It’s only lies that I’m living It’s only tears that I’m crying It’s only you that I’m losing      Guess I’m doing fine       Guess I’m doing fine                 [Outro]           °*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*° 4.      Lonesome Tears   [Intro]        x2 [Verse] Lonesome tears   I can’t cry them anymore I can’t think of what they’re for Oh they ruin me every time    But I’ll try To leave behind some days These tears just can’t erase I don’t need them anymore         [Chorus] How could this love ever turning Never turn its eye on me How could this love ever changing Never change the way I feel [Bridge]          [Verse] Lazy sun Your eyes catch the light With promises that might    Come true for awhile     Oh I’ll ride Farther than I should Harder than I could Just to meet you there               [Chorus] How could this love ever turning Never turn its eye on me How could this love ever changing Never change the way I feel [Outro] min              °*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*° 5.      Lost Cause       [Intro] - - / - - - / x2 [Verse]   Your sorry eyes         Cut through the bone     They make it hard       To leave you alone   Leave you here          Wearing your wounds          Waving your guns        At somebody new [Chorus]   Baby you’re a lost    Baby you’re a lost Baby you’re a lost cause [Verse]   There’s too many people      You used to know         They see you comin’          They see you go   They know your secrets       You know theirs       This town is crazy          Nobody cares [Chorus]   Baby you’re a lost     Baby you’re a lost Baby you’re a lost cause     I’m tired of fighting   I’m tired of fighting Fighting for a lost cause [Bridge]   There’s a place where you are going   You ain’t never been before      No-one left to watch your back now        No one standing at your door   Ain’t that’s what you thought love was for [Chorus]   Baby you’re a lost     Baby you’re a lost Baby you’re a lo-st cause   I’m tired of fighting   I’m tired of fighting Fighting for a lost cause °*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*° 6.      End of the Day [Verse] I’ve seen the end of the day come too soon Not a lot to say not a lot to do You played the game you owe nothing to yourself Rest today for tomorrow you can’t tell You can’t tell            [Verse] I’ve seen the end of the day come too late Seen the love you had turning into hate Had to act like I didn’t even care But I did so I got stranded standing there Standing there             [Chorus] It’s nothing that I haven’t seen before But it still kills me like it did before No it’s nothing that I haven’t seen before But it still kills me like it did before [Verse] I’ve seen the end of the day come too soon Like the prison dogs they set out after you You owe nothing to the past but wasted time To serve a sentence that was only in your mind In your mind             [Chorus] It’s nothing that I haven’t seen before But it still kills me like it did before No it’s nothing that I haven’t seen before But it still kills me like it did before °*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*° 7.      It’s All in Your Mind    [Intro] G#m - A 4x [Verse] Well it’s all in your mind Well it’s all in your mind Well it’s all in your mind Well it’s all in your mind [Chorus] And I wanted to be And I wanted to be And I wanted to be   Your good friend [Verse] Well I cannot believe You got a devil up your sleeve And he’s talking to me And I cannot believe [Chorus] And I wanted to be And I wanted to be And I wanted to be   Your good friend [Verse] Well you’re all scared and stiff A     sick stolen gift And the people you’re with They’re all scared and stiff [Chorus] And I wanted to be And I wanted to be And I wanted to be   Your good friend °*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*° 8.      Round the Bend   [Intro]        [Verse] We don’t have to worry Life goes where it does Faster than a bullet From an empty gun [Verse] Turn yourself over Loose change we could spend Grinding down diamonds [Chorus] Round round round the bend Round round round the bend [Verse] People pushing harder Up against themselves Make their daggers sharper Than their faces tell Babe it’s your time now Loose change we could spend Where we are going? [Chorus] Round round round the bend Round round round the bend °*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*° 9.      Already Dead     [Verse] Time wears away all the pleasures of the day All the treasures you could hold Days turn to sand losing strength in every hand They can’t hold you anymore     [Chorus] Already dead to me now Already dead to me now    ’Cause it feels like I’m watching something dying [Verse] Love looks away in the harsh light of the day On the edge of nothing more Days fade to black in the light of what they lack Nothing’s measured by what it needs         [Chorus] Already dead to me now Already dead to me now    ’Cause it feels like I’m watching something dying °*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*° 10.     Sunday Sun       [Intro]   -   [Verse] Haven’t got a lot to learn And my eyes they stray again Looking for a satellite In the rays of heaven again [Chorus] There’s no other ending Sunday sun Yesterday is ending Sunday sun [Verse] Jealous minds walk in a line And their faces jade the strain Stranded in infinity rooms And they’re safe from any harm [Chorus] There’s no other ending Sunday sun Yesterdays are mending Sunday sun °*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*° 11.     Little One       [Verse] Go to sleep   We’re so tired now Altogether in a snake pit of souls New days      Throw your chains away Try to hang your hopes on the wind [Chorus] Little one Just a little way Today all our dreams are waking [Verse] Night rise Like the evening prize In a turnstile backwards we fly Cold bones Tied together by Black ropes we pulled from a swing [Chorus] Little one Just a little way Today all our dreams are waking [Bridge] Can’t stand on crooked legs I’m cross-eyed to the wall Will these harbor lights Satellites Ohhhhhhhhhh [Verse] Drown drown Sailors run aground In a sea change nothing is safe Strange waves Push us every way In a stolen boat we’ll float away [Chorus] Little one Just a little way Today all our dreams are waking [Chorus] Little one Just a little way Today all our dreams are waking [Outro] Little one Hold on Hold on all our dreams are waking °*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*° 12.     Side of the Road [Intro]                [Verse] Something better than this someplace I’d like to go To let all I’ve learned tell me what I know About the kind of life I never thought I’d live Till the ugly truth showed me what it did [Chorus] Let it pass on the side of the road What a friend could tell me now [Verse] A  borrowed dime in a different light You might see what the other side looks like In a random room an iron door Kick an empty can across an empty floor [Chorus] Let it pass on the side of the road What a friend could tell me now °*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°*°