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Goodbye and Hello
No Man Can Find The War
**************************** *** by Dann Butterfield **** *** comments/corrections *** ***** are welcome at ******* *** drumbo@geocities.com *** **************************** No Man Can Find The War (like much of this album, capoed at the first fret) Intro: Dm / / / F / / / G / / / Bb / / / Dm (Dm) Photographs of guns and flame F G Scarlet skull and distant game Bb Dm Bayonet and jungle grin (Dm) Nightmares dreamed by bleeding men F G Lookouts tremble on the shore Bb Dm But no man can find the war Tape recorders echo scream Orders fly like bullets stream Drums and cannons laugh aloud Whistles come from ashen shroud Leaders damn the world and roar But no man can find the war G F Is the war across the sea? Bb G Is the war behind the sky? E G F Have you each and all gone blind? Bb Dm Is the war inside your mind? Humans weep at human death All the talkers lose their breath Movies paint a choas tale Singers see and poets wail All the world knows the score But no man can find the war Carnival Song Intro:
{Ab / / / / / Gb/Ab / / / / /}
Ab Gb/Ab
The singer cries for people's lies
Ab Gb/Ab Ab / / / / / Gb/Ab / / / / /
He will sing for the day to bring him night
Ab Gb/Ab
The circus burns in carnival flame
Ab Gb/Ab Ab / / / / / Gb/Ab / / / / /
And for awhile you won't know my name at all
Db B Gb E Ab / / / / / Gb/Ab / / / / /
But sing and dance and love for pennies and gold
The juggling clown smiles to me
And every frown we agree is glad
The nighttime comes to bring the bums
From Bowery heat to crimson streets of wine
But magic lands will never touch our sands
Your children smile in single file
They learn mistakes that others make
They see although they cannot know
The needs they'll need to have their greed grow wild
But dance and sing for others bring the shame
Db B Gb E Ab / / / / / Gb/Ab / / / / /
And for awhile you won't know my name
{Ab / / / / / Gb/Ab / / / / /} (to fade)
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No guitar on this song that I could hear, but this arrangement
is sufficient for guitar. It's in 3/4 time, and it sounds all right
if pluck the bass string on the first beat and strum the chord on beats
2 and 3. Enjoy (hopefully)...
Pleasant Street Verse 1:
Em Em/D
You don't remember what to say
Cmaj7 Em
You don't remember what to do
(Em) Em/D
You don't remember where to go
Cmaj7 Em D
You don't remember what to choose
Em Em/D Cmaj7 Em D Em
You wheel, you steal, you feel, you kneel down
Em/D Cmaj7 Em
Down, down, down
(Em) Em/D Cmaj7 Em
Down, down, down, down
Chorus:
G
All the stony people
B
Walking 'round in Christian licorice clothes
A
I can't hesitate
G
And I can't wait
Em / / /
For Pleasant Street
Em/D / / / Cmaj7 / / / Em / / /
Verse 2:
The sunshine reminds you of concreted skies
You thought you were flying but you opened your eyes
And you found yourself falling back to yesterday's lies
Hello, Pleasant Street, you know she's back again
You wheel, you steal, you feel, you kneel down
Down, down, down
(chorus)
Verse 3:
At twilight your lover comes to room
He'll spin you, he'll weave you, 'round his emerald loom
And softly, you'll whisper all around his ear
"Sweet lover, I love Pleasant Street
I wheel, I steal, I feel, my way down to kneel"
Down, down, down
(chorus)
You don't remember what to say
You don't remember what to do
You don't remember which way to go
You don't remember what to choose
You wheel, you steal, you feel, you kneel down
Down, down, down
Down, down, down, down (repeat to fade)
Hallucinations This is not a complete transcription, but it covers the verses.
Verse 1:
Gm
I saw you walking
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Only yes - ter - day - ay-ay - ay
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When I ran to catch you
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You disappeared and the street was gray-ay-ay-ay-ay
(Gm) F
The candle died, now you are gone
Bb C
For the flame was too bright
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Now you are go-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-one
Verse 2:
I heard you laughing
With your laugh of gold
When I called out to you
Silence returned and the air was cold
The castle fell, now you are gone
And no more rings the bell
Now you are gone
Verse 3:
I found your letter
On the day it rained
When I tore it open
There in my hands only ash remained
The castle fell, now you are gone
And no more rings the bell
Now you are gone
Verse 4:
I felt you breathing
As I fell asleep
When I reached to touch you
No one was there and the night was deep
The candle died, now you are gone
For the flame was too bright
Now you are gone
(repeat verse 1:)
Verse 1:
I saw you walking
Only yesterday
When I ran to catch you
You disappeared and the street was gray
The castle fell, now you are gone
And no more rings the bell
Now you are gone
I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain The recording is capoed at the first fret:
actual is: D# C# G# F#
Listen to the song for the rhythm, because the chord changes
aren't precise. It's fairly simple, you'll be able figure most
of it out.
D
O I never asked to be your mountain
C
I never asked to fly
D
Remember when you came to me
C
And told me of his lies
D
You didn't understand my love
C
You don't know why I try
D
And the rain was falling on that day
C
And damn the reason why
D
The Flying Pisces sails for time
C
And tells me of my child
D
Wrapped in bitter tales and heartache
C
He begs for just a smile
D
O he never asked to be her mountain
C
He never asked to fly
D
And through his eye he comes his love
C
And tells her not to cry
D
She says, "Your scoundrel father flies
C
With a dancer called a queen
D
And with her stolen cards he plays
C
And laughs, but never wins
D
O the child dreams to be his hands
C
In the counting of the rain
D
But only barren breasts he feels
C
For her milk will never drain
G F
As I die I can't remember
G F
Where I saw the rain
G
Could it be that her laughter
F
Drove me down again?
G
Charming dancer will you stop,
F
Stop and talk to me?
G
Is there someone else you feel
F
In your dreams? you will, you see:
G
In midnight gazes
F
I've found you far from me
G
If you lead me on
F
Please leave me down
G
O Flying Flying Fish
F
Please flutter by my door
G
Yes you can drink my lies
F
If first you read my eyes:
G
Each one is titled
F
"I'm drowning back to you";
G
I can't swim your waters
F
And you can't walk my lands:
G
I'm sailing all my sins
F
And I'm climbing all my fears
D C D C
And soon now I'll fly
D
O I never asked to be your mountain
C
I never asked to fly
D
Remember when you came to me
C
And told me of his lies
D
You didn't understand my love
C
You don't know why I try
D
And the rain was falling on that day
C
And that's the reason why
D
Sweet lover, will you come back
C
And love me for a while?
D
Please take my hand
C
Leave all your fears behind
D
I've been gone too long
C
Now I'm home to stay
D
Please don't leave me
C
Again this way
D C
Don't leave me again this way...
D C D
Sweet lover....O please...
C D C D
O please....O please...please.... please come home...
C
Please come home...
etc., etc...
Once I Was (capoed at first fret) Verse 1: C Fmaj7 Once I was a soldier C Fmaj7 And I fought on foreign sands for you C Fmaj7 Once I was a hunter C Fmaj7 And I brought home fresh meat for you C Fmaj7 Once I was a lover C Fmaj7 And I searched behind your eyes for you C Fmaj7 And soon there'll be another C Fmaj7 To tell you I was just a lie Chorus: Am F G And sometimes I wonder just for a while Am G Will you ever remember me? Verse 2: And though you have forgotten All of our rubbish dreams I find myself searching Through the ashes of our ruins For the days when we smiled And the hours that ran wild With the magic of our eyes And the silence of our words Chorus: Am F G And sometimes I wonder just for a while Am G Am Will you ever remember me? G Am C Will you ever remember me? Phantasmagoria In Two Verse 1:
Bm A G Bm
If a fiddler played you a song, my love
(Bm) A G Bm
And if I gave you a wheel
G A D Em
Would you spin for my heart and loneliness
Bm A G
Would you spin for my love
Verse 2:
If I gave up all of my pride for you
And only loved you for now
Would you hide my fears and never say
Tomorrow I must go
Chorus:
G A Bm
And everywhere there's rain, my love
G A Bm
Everywhere there's fear
Verse 3:
If you tell me a lie, I'll cry for you
Tell me of sin and I'll laugh
If you tell me of all the pain you've had
I'll never smile again
(chorus)
Verse 4:
I can plainly see that our parts have changed
Our sands our shifting around
Need I beg to you for one more day
To find our lonely love
Knight-Errant Chorus:
D C G D
O whither has my lady wandered?
F A G F G
I'll search until I know I've found her
Verse 1:
A D C
One green day she left her wings
G A G
And cut away her childhood strings
D C D
But dropping smiles along the trail
C Bm G
She left a trace I will not fail
(Chorus)
Verse 2:
When I catch my sudden maid
I'll deck her out in lace and jade
I will take her to her room
C Bm G D
I will take her to her room
A F
I love her upstairs
A G
I love her downstairs
F F/E F/D G
But I love my lady's chamber
(Chorus, ends on a D)
Goodbye And Hello Okay, here goes...This is played capoed at the first fret.
The chords for the 'O the new children' parts are all the same.
Listen to the song to find out how it goes.
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Am D
The antique people are down in the dungeons
Am D
Run by machines and afraid of the tax
Am D
Their heads in the grave and their hands on their eyes
Am G
Hauling their hearts around circular tracks
F C
Pretending forever their masquerade towers
G Gsus4
Are not really riddled with widening cracks
G
And I wave goodbye to iron
F Gm
And smile hello to the air
Gm F Eb
O the new children dance I am young
D Gm F
All around the balloons I will live
Eb D Gm
Swaying by chance I am strong
F Eb D
To the breeze from the moon I can give
Gm F Eb
Painting the sky You the strange
D Gm F
With the colors of sun Seed of day
Eb D Gm
Freely they fly Feel the change
F Eb D Gm / F / E D G
As all become one Know the Way, know the Way
G / / / (x2)
G C
The velocity addicts explode on the highway
G C
Ignoring the journey and moving so fast
G C
Their nerves fall apart and they gasp but can't breathe
G C
They run from the cops of the skeleton past
F C
Petrified by tradition in a nightmare they stagger
G Bb Am F G
Into nowhere at all and then look up aghast
G
And I wave goodbye to speed
F Gm
And smile hello to a rose
O the new children play I am young
Under juniper trees I will live
Sky blue or grey I am strong
They continue at ease I can give
Moving so slow You the strange
That serenely they can Seed of day
Gracefully grow Feel the change
And yes still understand Know the Way
G Bb Am Gm F
The king and the queen in their castle of billboards
G Bb Am Gm F
Sleepwalk down the hallways dragging behind
Gm Bb Am Gm F
All their possessions and transient treasures
Gm Bb Am Gm F
As they go to worship the electronic shrine
C Eb
On which is playing the late late commercial
F C G
In that hollowest house of the opulent blind
G
And I wave goodbye to Mammon
F Gm
And smile hello to a stream
O the new children buy I am young
All the world for a song I will live
Without a dime I am strong
To which they belong I can give
Nobody owns You the strange
Anything anywhere Seed of day
Everyone's grown Feel the change
Up so big they can share Know the Way
C Bb C
The vaudeville generals cavort on the stage
Bb C
And shatter their audience with submachine guns
Bb C
And Freedom and Violence the acrobat clowns
Bb C
Do a balancing act on the graves of our sons
(single notes mostly matching melody - suggested tab -->)
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While the tapdancing Emperor sings "War is peace"
(N.C.)
And Love the Magician disappears in the fun
G
And I wave goodbye to murder
F Gm
And smile hello to the rain
O the new children can't I am young
Tell a foe from a friend I will live
Quick to enchant I am strong
And so glad to extend I can give
Handfuls of dawn You the strange
To kaleidoscope men Seed of day
Come from beyond Feel the change
The Great Wall of Skin Know the Way
D C
The bloodless husbands are jesters who listen
D C
Like sheep to the shrieks and commands of their wives
D C
And the men who aren't men leave the women alone
D G F
See them all faking love on a bed made of knives
D C
Afraid to discover or trust in their bodies
D G F
And in secret divorce they will never survive
G
And I wave goodbye to ashes
F Gm
And smile hello to a girl
O the new children kiss I am young
They are so proud to learn I will live
Womanwood bliss I am strong
And the manfire that burns I can give
Knowing no fear You the strange
They take off their clothes Seed of day
Honest and clear Feel the change
As a river that flows Know the Way
Am D
The antique people are fading out slowly
Am D
Like newspapers flaming in mind's suicide
Am D
Godless and sexless directionless loons
Am G
Their sham sandcastles dissolve in the tide
F C
They put on their deathmasks and compromise daily
G Bb Am F G
The new children will live for the elders have died
G
And I wave goodbye to America
F Gm
And smile hello to the world
Morning Glory (capoed at the first fret) G Cmaj7 I lit my purest candle close to my G Cmaj7 Window, hoping it would catch the eye G Cmaj7 Of any vagabond who passed it by Am C G And I waited in my fleeting house Before he came I felt him drawing near As he neared I felt the ancient fear That he had come to wound my door, and jeer And I waited in my fleeting house D C Em Cmaj7 "Tell me stories," I called to the Hobo; D C Em Cmaj7 "Stories of cold," I smiled at the Hobo; D C Em Cmaj7 "Stories of old," I knelt to the Hobo; Am C G And he stood before me in my fleeting house "No," said the Hobo, "No more tales of time; Don't ask me now to wash away the grime; I can't come in 'cause it's too high a climb," And he walked away from my fleeting house "Then you be damned!" I screamed to the Hobo; "Leave me alone," I wept to the Hobo; "Turn into stone," I knelt to the Hobo; And he walked away from my fleeting house Outro: D / / / C / Em / Cmaj7 Back to Top
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