Urban Hymns
The Verve
URBAN HYMNS - THE VERVE TRACK LISTING: 1 - Bitter Sweet Symphony 2 - Sonnet 3 - Rolling People 4 - The Drugs Don’t Work 5 - Catching the Butterfly 6 - Neon Wilderness 7 - Space and Time 8 - Weeping Willow 9 - Lucky Man 10- One Day 11- This Time 12- Velvet Morning 13- Come On ---------------------------- BITTER SWEET SYMPHONY [Intro] Asus4 e|--0---------2-----0-------0-------| B|--0---0-----3-----3---3---2---2---| G|--1-1---1---2---2-2-2-----2-2-----| D|--2---------4-4---0-------2-------| x4 A|--2---------2-----0-------0-------| E|--0---------x-----0-------x-------| [Verse] Cos’ it’s a bittersweet symphony that’s life Trying to make ends meet you’re a slave to the money then you die. I’ll take you down the only road I’ve ever been down You know the one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet yeah [Chorus] No change I can change I can change I can change But I’m here in my mould I am here in my mould. But I’m a million different people from one day to the next I can’t change my mould no no no no no no no (have you ever been down?) [Verse] Well I’ve never prayed but tonight I’m on my knees yeah I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me yeah I let the melody shine let it cleanse my mind I feel free now but the airwaves are clean and there’s nobody singing to me now [Chorus] No change I can change I can change I can change But I’m here in my mould I am here in my mould. And I’m a million different people from one day to the next I can’t change my mould no no no no no no no (have you ever been down?) I can’t change it you know I can’t change it... [Verse] Cos’ it’s a bittersweet symphony that’s life Trying to make ends meet trying to find some money then you die. I’ll take you down the only road I’ve ever been down You know the one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet yeah [Chorus] You know I can change I can change I can change I can change But I’m here in my mould I am here in my mould. And I’m a million different people from one day to the next I can’t change my mould no no no no no no no I can’t change my mould no no no no no no no I can’t change my mould no no no no no no no [Outro] It’s just sex and violence melody and silence I’ll take you down the only road I’ve ever been down (Been down) (Ever been down) ---------------------------- SONNET [Chords] C - x32010 or x32013 Em - 022000 or 022003 Am7 - x02213 Fadd9 - xx3213 Fmaj7 - x33210 G - 320033 Note: Verse Chords hold down 3rd fret on the high E string. Am7 - hammer and pull off on 1st fret B string [Intro] Fadd9 x2 [Verse] My friend and me Em Am7 Fadd9 Looking through her red box of memories Faded I’m sure Em Am7 Fadd9 But love seems to stick in her veins you know [Chorus] Yes there’s love if you want it Don’t sound like no sonnet my lord Yes there’s love if you want it Don’t sound like no sonnet my lord My lord [Instrumental] Fadd9 [Verse] Why can’t you see Em Am7 Fadd9 That nature has its way of warning me Eyes open wide Em Am7 Fadd9 Looking at the heavens with a tear in my eye [Chorus] Yes there’s love if you want it Don’t sound like no sonnet my lord Yes there’s love if you want it Don’t sound like no sonnet my lord My lord [Bridge] Sinking faster than a boat without a hull My lord Dreaming about the day when I can see you there My side By my side [Outro] Here we go again and my head is gone my lord I stop to say hello ’Cause I think you should know by now By now By now By now By now By now Oh by now Oh by now Oh by now Oh by now ---------------------------- THE ROLLING PEOPLE *:777777 [Intro] A5 B5 x4 // \\* **bar slide up to then bar and pull off to bar all strings at 7 Big shout [Verse 1] I got one more life E\\D* A//B can you see it wasting away? E\\D* A//B but i got a plan E\\D* A//B E\\D* oh do you understand? [Verse 2] The drugstore wife E\\D* A//B I was dealing soul and other white E\\D* A//B I won’t shake your hands E\\D* A//B E\\D* oh ’Cause death has no plans [Chorus] But here we are the rolling people Can’t stay for long We gotta go So come alive with the rolling poeple Don’t ask why We just know [Verse 3] I’m on a big jet plane With my briefcase and crime in my veins I’ll be the first to toast yeah To my rotten soul [Chorus] But here we are the rolling people Can’t stay for long We gotta go So come alive with the rolling poeple Don’t ask why We just know now Yeah [Mid] Don’t even know which way I’m going to The lights are on and I am feeling blue I hope you know which way I’m going to fly Thank you for my life I said good night good-bye // \\* You see me going [Chorus] But here we are the rolling people Can’t stay for long We gotta go So come alive with the rolling poeple Don’t ask why We just know now Yeah ---------------------------- THE DRUGS DON’T WORK [Intro] [Verse 1] All this talk of getting old It’s getting me down my love Like a cat in a bag waiting to drown This time I’m comin’ down [Verse 2] And I hope you’re thinking of me As you lay down on your side Now the drugs don’t work They just make you worse But I know I’ll see your face again [Chorus] Now the drugs don’t work They just make you worse But I know I’ll see your face again [Verse 3] But I know I’m on a losing streak ’Cause I passed down my old street And if you wanna show then just let me know And I’ll sing in your ear again [Chorus] Now the drugs don’t work They just make you worse But I know I’ll see your face again [Bridge] ’Cause baby ooh if heaven calls I’m coming too Just like you said if you leave my life I’m better off dead [Verse 1] All this talk of getting old It’s getting me down my love Like a cat in a bag waiting to drown This time I’m comin’ down [Chorus] Now the drugs don’t work They just make you worse But I know I’ll see your face again [Bridge] ’Cause baby ooh if heaven calls I’m coming too Just like you said if you leave my life I’m better off dead But if you wanna show(want a show) then just let me know And I’ll sing in your ear again [Chorus] Now the drugs don’t work They just make you worse But I know I’ll see your face again [Outro] Yeah I know I’ll see your face again Yeah I know I’ll see your face again Yeah I know I’ll see your face again Yeah I know I’ll see your face again I’m never coming down no I’m never coming down No more no more no more no more no more never coming down no I’m never going down No more no more no more no more no more C (Arpeggio up(let ring)) ---------------------------- CATCHING THE BUTTERFLY [Intro] A Asus4 A7 Asus2 [Verse 1] A Asus4 A7 Asus2 So you were born and so you saw A Asus4 A7 Asus2 The beauty’s eyes to keep and hold A Asus4 A7 Asus2 Oh child within has healing ways A Asus4 A7 Asus2 It sees me through my darkest days [Chorus] I’m gonna keep catching the butterfly in that dream of mine I’m gonna keep catching the butterfly in that dream of mine ahhh In my lucid dreams ahhh In my lucid dreams [Verse 2] A Asus4 A7 Asus2 Something known through life no fun A Asus4 A7 Asus2 I wanna feel I wanna run [Chorus] I’m gonna keep catching the butterfly in that dream of mine I’m gonna keep catching the butterfly in that dream of mine Ahhh In my lucid dreams ahhh In my lucid dreams [Mid] A Asus4 A7 Asus2 [Chorus] I’m gonna keep catching the butterfly in that dream of mine I’m gonna keep catching the butterfly in that dream of mine I’m gonna keep catching the butterfly in that dream of mine [Outro] A Asus4 A7 Asus2 My darkest dreams My darkest dreams My lucid dreams My forgotten schemes My lucid dreams My forgotten schemes I see through you You see through me... Belive in me.. To be in the light... ---------------------------- NEON WILDERNESS [Intro] [Chorus] In a neon wilderness He was restless Escape loneliness Find a new address [Verse] Stood before I sink (In a neon wilderness) Spill my last drink (Yeah he was restless) Say good-bye to my new friends (Escape from loneliness I found a new address) (Ahhh)In the last room (Ahhh)I hear a boom (Ahhh)Someone else’s distress (Ahhh)In a neon wilderness (Ahhh)Someone else’s distress (Ahhh)In a neon wilderness (Ahhh)And I hear a boom [Chorus] In a neon wilderness He was restless Escape loneliness For a new address In a neon wilderness He was restless Escape loneliness For a new address ---------------------------- SPACE AND TIME [Intro] x2 [Verse 1] There ain’t no space and time to keep our love alive we have existence and it’s all we share There ain’t no real truth there ain’t no real lies keep on pushin ’cause I know it’s there [Pre-Chorus] Oh can you just tell me it’s all right (it’s all right) D Asus let me sleep to_night Oh can you comfort me tonight (it’s all right) D Asus make it all seem fi_ne [Chorus] I just can’t make it alone oh no no x2 [Verse 2] there’ll be no lullabies there’ll be no tears cried we feel numb ’cause we don’t see That if we really care and we really love think of all the joy we’d feel [Pre-Chorus] Oh can you just tell me it’s all right (it’s all right) D Asus let me sleep to_night Oh can you comfort me tonight (it’s all right) D Asus make it all seem fi_ne [Chorus] I just can’t make it alone oh no no (tonight) x4 x2 [Bridge] Ain’t got no lullaby no no x2 There is no space and ti_me Oh lord x2 x2 A A5 Asus Asus* x2 [Outro] A A5 Asus Asus* We have existence and it’s all we share x5 Keep on pushing ’cause I know it’s there Asus Asus* x4 keep on pushing ’cause I know it’s there ---------------------------- WEEPING WILLOW [Intro] [Verse 1] When morning breaks We hide our eyes and our love’s aching Nothing’s strange It was in our hands From six to ten It slipped right out again [Pre-Chorus] There’ll be no better time There’ll be no better way There’ll be no better day to save me Save me Yeah save me Yeah save me [Chorus] I hope you see like I see uh huh I hope you see what I see yeah yeah I hope you feel like I feel [Verse 2] And the world don’t stop There is no time for cracking up Believe me friend ’Cause when freedom comes I’ll be long gone You know it has to end [Pre-Chorus] There’ll be no better time There’ll be no better way There’ll be no better day to save me Save me Yeah save me Yeah save me [Chorus] I hope you see like I see yeah yeah I hope you feel what I feel yeah yeah Someone to stand beside me [Outro] Beside me Beside me Beside me Beside me x4 Weeping willow The pills under my pillow Weeping willow Pills under my pillow Weeping willow The gun under your pillow Weeping willow Weeping willow (’til the end) Beside me Beside me Beside me Beside me x2 ---------------------------- LUCKY MAN [Intro] G D Dsus2 Asus2 x 8 [Verse 1] G D Dsus2 Asus2 Happyness more or less it’s just a change in me something in my liberty D Dsus2 Asus2 o-o-h m-y m-y.. G D Dsus2 Asus2 happyness coming and going I watch you look at me watch my fever growing I know D Dsus2 Asus2 just where I a-m [Chorus] well how many corners do I have to turn how many times do I have to learn D Asus2 all the love I have is in my mind. G D Dsus2 Asus2 G D Dsus2 Asus2 with fire in my h----nds [Verse 2] G D Dsus2 Asus2 happyness something in my own place I’m stood here naked smiling I feel no disgrace D Dsus2 Asus2 with who I a-m G D Dsus2 Asus2 happyness coming and going I watch you look at me watch my fever growing I know D Dsus2 Asus2 just who I a-m [Chorus] well how many corners do I have to turn how many times do I have to learn D Asus2 all the love I have is in my mind. G D Dsus2 Asus2 I hope you underst-A-A-nd G D Dsus2 Asus2 I hope you underst-a-a-nd G D Dsus2 Asus2 o-o-o-o-o-h-h-h-h no no no no no no no no G D Dsus2 Asus2 Gotta love that never d-i-e-s [Verse 3] G D Dsus2 Asus2 Happyness more or less it’s just a change in me something in my liberty G D Dsus2 Asus2 happyness coming and going I watch you look at me watch my fever growing I know G D Dsus2 Asus2 o-o-h my my - X 4 [Outro] G D Dsus2 Asus2 Gotta love that never d-i-e-s X 3 it’s just a change in me something in my liberty X 3 G D Dsus2 Asus2 o-o-h my my - X 2 it’s just a change in me something in my liberty G D Dsus2 Asus2 o-o-h my my - X 2 ---------------------------- ONE DAY [Intro] Asus x2 [Verse 1] One day maybe we will dance again Under firey skies One day maybe you will love again love that never dies Asus [Verse 2] One day maybe you will see the land touch skin with sand You`ve been swimming in a lonely sea with no company [Chorus] Ooo don`t you wanna find can`t you hear there`s beauty in life The roads the paths breaking up your mind can`t you hear there`s beauty in life [Verse 3] One day maybe you will cry again just like a child You gotta tie yourself to the mast my friend and the storm will end [Chorus] Ooo don`t you wanna find can`t you hear there`s beauty in life The roads the paths breaking up your mind can`t you hear there`s beauty in life Ooo you`re too afraid to touch too afraid you`ll like it too much The roads the time breaking up your mind can`t you hear there`s beauty in life [Outro] One day maybe I will dance again One day maybe I will love again One day maybe we will dance again You know you gotta tie yourself to the mast my friend and the storm will end tie yourself to the mast my friend and the storm will end *4 ---------------------------- THIS TIME [Intro] |---------------| G|-5h7-----------| D|-----5h7-------| A|---------5h7---| E|---------------| repeat [Verse 1] Looking back on my life you know that all I see are things I could’ve changed I should’ve done Where did the good times go good times are hard to hold this time this time [Chorus] This time I’m gonna find... [Verse 2] Looking back on my life you know that all I see are things I could’ve changed I could’ve done No time for sad laments a wasted life is bitter spend yeah [Chorus] So rise into the light in or out of time gonna rise straight through the light in or out of time [Verse 3] Woke up another day the pain won’t go away I am goin in peculiar way Into the light I pass another dream another trance this time this time [Chorus] This time I’m gonna rise into the light in or out of time gonna find my way in light in or out of time gonna rise straight through the light in or out of time - *all the way to the end* I going to see the light cos i know there is time there is time there is time (repeat) this time (repeat) to the light (repeat) ---------------------------- VELVET MORNING [Intro] [Verse 1] Yes its been long and yes I still feel strong Into the half light another velvet morning for me [Verse 2] Time stands still As you take your last pill Into the half light another velvet morning for me [Pre-Chorus] And now I’m trying to tell ya about my life And my tounge is twisted I’m more dead than alive And my feelings they’ve always been betrayed And I was born a little damaged man look what they’ve made [Chorus] I said don’t you find that its lonley When nobody knows their alone Life is getting you dry Life is getting your time [Verse 3] Tears are coming down Your beauty is a colour surrond Into the half light another velvet morning for me [Pre-Chorus] And now I’m trying to tell ya about my life And my tounge is twisted I’m more dead than alive And my feelings they’ve always been betrayed And I was born a little damaged man look what they’ve made [Chorus] I said don’t you find that its lonley But lord knows you wont be alone Life is getting you dry Life is getting your time [Outro] ---------------------------- COME ON [Intro] [Verse 1] I must be feeling low I talked to god in a phonebox on my way home I told you my answer I left you my dreams on your answering machine [Chorus] Come o--n Let the spirit inside you Don’t wait to be found Come along with my sound Let the spirit move you Let the waves come up they’ll fuse you I never met no one to deny a sound [Verse 2] I must be going insane I called the doctor so he can relieve my pain He’s got a little pill for me Just a little luxury help me through my day [Chorus] Come o--n Let the spirit inside you Don’t wait to be found Come along with my sound Let the spirit move you Let the waves come up they’ll fuse you I never met no one to deny a sound Come on Come on Come on Come on... There’s only one life There’s only one life Let it go Let it go Let it go This is a big Fuck you! This is a big Fuck you! Come on! Just love somebody at the back Just love somebody at the back Come on now
