Turn off your television - Humble Waves
1. Blanket of Shame - Turn off your television
Intro: F#m
F#m A E B
No more speaking without a sound.
F#m A B
Memories smile.
F#m A E B
Paint me a picture of tomorrow,
A E F# nc
Where you and I still remain.
B F# E
I, I tried to comfort you,
B
With a blanket and my shame.
F# E
I, I tried to talk you back,
B
With another played-out tune.
F# B
Rewind. There's nothing left to say.
F#m7
Rewind. I'll make it up some day.
A E
Rewind. This waterfall of lies.
F# B
Rewind. The coal miners are gone.
F#m7
Rewind. It's time to carry on.
A F#
Rewind. This waterfall of lies.
B F# E
I, I tried to comfort you,
B
With a blanket and my shame.
F# E
I, I tried to talk you back,
B
With another played-out tune.
Outtro: F# / / / / / / /
I... I...
F# A B F# / A B F# nc
Ahhh... Ahhh...
2. Planets Will Collide for You - Turn off your television
Intro: Repeat 4 G Gsus4 G
G C G C G
Trembling leaves is what we really are.
C G C G
Waiting for the logs to talk,
D Em C G
And everything is in your mind.
G C G C G
Plastic cars grow heavy six feet under ground.
C G C G
A comic reader laying in the morning sun.
D Em C G
And everything is in your mind.
D Em C G nc
Yeah, everything is on your mind.
G D Em Bm C D G D Em Bm C D
Ahhh... Ahhh...
Em C D
Someday planets will collide for you.
Em C D
I will drain an ocean wild.
Em C D
We can see the future now.
Em C D
Returning to your worried eyes.
Em C D
Returning to your worried eyes.
Em G
There's another time. There's another place.
C G D
Where planets will collide.
Em G
There's another time. There's another place.
C G D C
Where planets will collide for you.
G D C G D G nc
Collide for you. Collide for you.
Outtro: G then repeat and fade G Gsus4 G
3. My Apple Tree (Thank You William Blake) - Turn off your television
Intro: A E Bm7 F#m E A E Bm7 C#m E A
E
I went to the heath and the wild,
Bm7 F#m E A
And I saw what I never had seen.
E
Then I lay me down on a bed of thorns,
Bm7 F#m E
I've got flowers of red in me.
Break: A E Bm7 C#m E A
E
All mountains and trees,
Bm7 F#m E A
Are swallowed by the sea.
E
Then you burn it down,
Bm7 F#m E A
And my beautiful apple tree.
Bm7 A E
I know how you feel,
D Bm
When you're on your own.
Bm7 A E
I know how you feel.
Break: A E Bm7 F#m E A E Bm7 C#m E A
E
Stay with me now,
Bm7 F#m E A
My lonely flower of red,
E
That you buried deep inside of me.
Bm7 F#m E A
And I think of the times and my apple tree.
Bm7 A E
I know how you feel,
D Bm
When you're on your own.
Bm7 A E
I know how you feel.
Bm7 D A E
But you are not alone.
Outtro: A E Bm7 F#m E A E Bm7 C#m E A nc
4. Bottle of Black - Turn off your television
Intro: Gm F Bb Gm F Bb
Gm Bb
Goddamn, your hands are on fire.
Eb Bb
I feel your luck tonight.
Gm Bb
Bring down a bottle of black,
Eb Bb
And start a pillow fight.
Dm Cm F Bb Gm
Your eyes are heavy and your heart's 'a drunk.
Dm Cm F Gm F Bb
You lost a fortune and now you are broke...
Gm F Bb
You are broke...
Gm nc Bb
Drop dead, you wake up in the morning,
Eb Bb
Returning to your grave.
Gm Bb
Forget, your pockets are empty,
Eb Bb
And no-one's left to save.
Dm Cm F Bb Gm
Your wounds are buried and your cramps are gone.
Dm Cm F Bb
You lost a fortune again but you don't mind.
Break: Eb F Bb Gm Eb F nc
Gm F Bb
You don't mind...
Gm F Bb
But you don't mind...
Gm F Bb
That you are broke...
Gm F Bb
That you are broke...
Outtro: Repeat 11 and fade Gm F Bb
5. Shaky Little Hands - Turn off your television
Intro: G C Am7 D G C Am7 D
A C G C Am7 G
Nothing seems to work anymore,
A nc C G C Am7 G A
All the lights you walk out the door.
Am7 Em D C
All you people, (Ahh)
G C G D nc
With shaky little hands, we understand.
Break: G C G / C G
A C G D
Last night all the clowns where doing fine, so fine.
A C G C Am7 G / C Am7 G A
Now, it's time for you to shine.
Am7 Em D C
All you people, (Ahh)
G C G D A
With shaky little hands, we understand.
Am7 Em D C
All you people, (Ahh)
G C G D
You've come a long way, why don't you stay?
C G D nc
Why don't you stay?
6. Humble Waves - Turn off your television
Intro: Em7
D F#m7 Em G
Follow the fiery lane.
D F#m7 Em G
Bleary-eyed expressions are on the run.
D G A7 D
Waiting for some consultation.
G A7 D
Washed up like drifting time on the shore.
D F#m7 G D G A7
Ohhh, o, ohh, o, ohh, o, oh, o, o, ohh, o, ohh, ohh.
D F#m7 Em G
Walk down that fiery lane unsuspected.
D F#m7 Em G
Eyes like a burning sun blinding cruel.
D G A7 D
Waiting for an explanation.
G A7 D nc
Crushed-in to humble waves on the shore.
7. The Forest - Turn off your television
Intro: Em7 C D Am7 G D Em7 C D Am7 G D
Em G D
I cannot see the forest,
Em G D
'Cause of all the trees.
Em G D
And I cannot see you smiling,
Em G D
You're a mystery.
Am Em D G C Em D
No, I won't let you hide away the sun.
Am Em D G C D
No, I won't let you hide away the sun. Please let me hide away.
Break: Em7 C D Am7 G D Em7 C D Am7 G D
Em G D
A dog that has been buried,
Em G D
Somewhere underground.
Em G D
And the owls behind the moss knows.
Em G D
But they are not around.
Am Em D G C Em D
No, I won't let you hide away the sun.
Am Em D G C D
No, I won't let you hide away the sun. Please let me hide away.
Outtro: Em7 C D Am7 G D Em7 C D Am7 G D
Em7 C D Am7 G D Em7 C D Am7 / G nc
8. Cradle Song - Turn off your television
Intro: Em
Em Am C D7 Em Am C D7
All your hard work, will finally come to an end.
Em Am C D7
Nameless strangers, talking to you.
Em Am C D7
Feeling heavy, to the end.
Break: Em Am C D7
Em Am C D7 /
C G C G D Em nc
Inside the cradle song, you are trapped.
Em Am C D7 Em Am C D7
Wonderful things will happen, to you I know, I know.
Em Am C D7
Nameless strangers, still talking to you.
Em Am C D7 C D7
Feeling so heavy, to the end.
Break: Em Am C D7
Em Am C D7 /
C G C G D
Inside the cradle song, you are trapped.
C G C G D Em nc
Inside the cradle song, you are trapped.
Outtro: Em C G. Em
Em C G. Em
Em C Em. D. Em nc
9. Wake Up All the Dogs - Turn off your television
Intro: Repeat 2 Bb nc F nc C nc / F nc C nc Dm nc /
Bb F C Dm Bb F C Dm
So different, than most people know. Like jewellery, you hide in the snow.
Bb F C Dm
So different, kind of hard to explain.
Bb F C Dm
You are bitter-sweet, like new summer rain.
Break: Bb nc F nc C nc / F nc C nc Dm nc /
C Dm F Bb F
Wake up all the dogs in the middle of the night,
C F Bb
Just to see that you're alright.
C Dm F Bb F
Wake up all the dogs in the middle of the night,
C F Bb C
Just to see that you're alright.
Break: Repeat 2 Bb nc F nc C nc / F nc C nc Dm nc /
Ahhh... Ahhh...
Bb F C Dm Bb F C Dm
So different, than most people know. Like jewellery, you hide in the snow.
Bb F C Dm
So different, in your own special way.
Bb F C Dm
How, I wonder, will you return some day?
C Dm F Bb F
Wake up all the dogs in the middle of the night,
C F Bb
Just to see that you're alright.
C Dm F Bb F
Wake up all the dogs in the middle of the night,
C F Bb C
Just to see that you're alright.
Break: Dm Fmaj7 Dm Fmaj7 Dm Fmaj7 Bb C
Woah... Woah... Woah...
Dm F Bb F
Wake up all the dogs in the middle of the night,
C F Bb
Just to see that you're alright.
C Dm F Bb F
Wake up all the dogs in the middle of the night,
C F Bb C
Just to see that you're alright.
Outtro: Bb nc F nc C nc / F nc C nc Dm nc /
Ahhh... Ahhh...
Bb nc F nc C nc / F nc C nc Dm nc
Ahhh... Ahhh...
10. Coal Miners - Turn off your television
Intro: G C
G
The taste of your hand in your mouth.
C
Sitting around the dinner table,
G
And someone cries for things,
C
You couldn't care less about.
D Am G D
And I wonder why do you look so sad?
Am
She said: I'm, I'm waiting for the coal miners,
G C
To come back home again.
D Am
She said: I'm, I'm waiting for the coal miners,
G C G nc
To come back home again.