Mental Jewelry

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...   |     x         + |     | \   / /~~\ +   |     |  \ /  \~~~   ~~~~~ ~   ~    ~~~ (CRD transcriptions and sad ASCII art: Jeff Terrel - ) Entire album is tuned down 1/2 step:   6() 5() 4() 3() 2() 1() Comments and/or corrections welcome. Pain Lies On The Riverside -------------------------- ]:    :[ 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) ------------------------------------------- Heard a lot of talk about the ocean   Heard a lot of talk about the sea   Heard a lot of talk about a lot of things Never meant that much to me     Heard a lot of talk about my spirit Heard a lot of talk about my soul But I decided that anxiety and pain 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 -------------- ]:    :[ 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    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 ---------------- ]:     :[ 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" -------------     p   p |-----------|  |-----------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" Tired of the water Tired of the wine Tired of the future Tired of time Tired of the madness Tired of the steel Tired of the violence Tired of me Used steel Used steel am I What was pliable in love Is now hard and crystalized The intellect is fine For counting money and recording times That she cried "groundless and free" Tired of the water... |---------------------------| |---------------------------| |-9~7-9~7-9-----------------|   Bridge (4x) I’m so tired of time I’m so tired of the wine  (2x) Hope is a letter that never arrives Delivered by the postman of my fear   Mirror Song ----------- e|-0----0--| B|-0----0--| 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) 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 -------- 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        --------------        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         -----------------    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-| |---4---4---4---4---4-----|---4---4---4---4---4-----|    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 --------- G|-----0-------0---0-----0-------0---0-| A|-0-------3-----3---5-------3-----3---| |-------------------------------------| 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 ------------------------------- Pollution Cain and misery Oceans of golden mystery 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... 10000 Years (Peace is Now) --------------------------- 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 10000 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 ___________________________________________________________________________ _|                                 |_______________________________________ _| \_/~~O\  |__   _| / \___/  |_>|_\/ \/\/ |~ |_>| | |__________________________Jeff Terrel__ _|_________________________________|_______________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ________"If I don’t know who to love I love them all..."  +Live+__________         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~