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Steve Earle recently released a new album entitled "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" (the title of an old Hank Williams song). I'm particularly infatuated with this album. Mostly for its simplicity. All the songs were recorded live, with little overdubbing. Just reinforcing that music doesn't have to be complicated and layered to be enjoyable and moving. The song that represents this ethos the best is "Every Part Of Me", the following are the lyrics and chords as I interpret them. Here's a video with him performing it and a brief audio clip of me playing the two major themes.
Every Part Of Me Steve Earle I'll Never Leave This World Alive C [C] [G] [Am] [G] [C] [C]I love you with all my heart [G]all my soul [Am]every [G]part of me [C]it's all I can do to mark [G]where you end and [Am]where I [G]start you see [Am]living long in [G/B]my travails I [C]left a trail of [G/B]tears behind me [Am]been in love so [G]many times didn't [F]think this kind would [Am]ever [G]find me [C]I love you with everything [G]all my weakness [Am]all my [G]strength [C]I can't promise anything [G]except that my last [Am]breath will [G]bear your name [Am]and when I'm gone they'll [G/B]sing a song a[C]bout a lonely [G/B]fool who wandered [Am]around the world and [G]back again [F]but in the end he [Am]finally [G]found her [C]I love you with all my heart [G]all my soul and [Am]every [G]part of me [C] [G] [Am] [G] [C] [G] [Am] [G] [Am]cross the univer[G/B]se I'll spin un[C]til the ending and [G/B]then I wonder [Am]if we should get a[G]nother chance could [F]I have that dance for[Am]ever [G]under [C]a double moon and sky lit stars [G]shining down on [Am]where you [G]are [C]and I love you with all my heart [G]all my soul and [Am]every [G]part of me [C] [G] [Am] [G] [C]
I've been in a Muppet mood recently, as such I've found myself playing along with soundtracks. I was quite unsatisfied with the chords I found for Gonzo's lament from The Muppet Movie so here is my transcription, the end of the bridge may not be 100% but it doesn't sound terrible
G C G Em A
This looks familiar, vaguely familiar,
G C G Em A
Almost unreal, yet, it's too soon to feel yet.
Am D Bm E
Close to my soul, and yet so far away.
Am D G
I'm going to go back there someday
G C G Em A
Sun rises, night falls, sometimes the sky calls.
G C G Em A
Is that a song there, and do I belong there?
Am D Bm E
I've never been there, but I know the way.
Am D G
I'm going to go back there someday.
Em A D
Come and go with me, it's more fun to share,
Em A D
We'll both be completely at home in midair.
E C#m F#m F#m/E
We're flyin', not walkin', on featherless wings.
D Am/C Am G/D D
We can hold onto love like invisible strings.
G C G Em A
There's not a word yet for old friends who've just met.
G C G Em A
Part heaven, part space, or have I found my place?
Am D Bm E
You can just visit, but I plan to stay.
Am D G
I'm going to go back there someday.
Am D G
I'm going to go back there someday.
Now for the Act III tension builder where our favorite villain (anti-hero?) gets caught monologuing, these are the tabs for "Slipping"
I don't have much prowess for tabs as it is, and the darker/minor the song the more difficult it is for me to transcribe, lemme know of errors or clarifications you can spot
Gm Cm/G
Look at these people
Gm Cm/G
Amazing how sheep'll
Gm Ddim
Show up for the slaughter
Gm Cm/G
No one condemning you
Gm Cm/G
Lined up like lemmings
Gm Ddim
You led to the water
Gm Cm
Why can’t they see what I see?
Gm Cm
Why can’t they hear the lies?
Gm Cm Gm
Maybe the fees too pricey for them to realize
F#dim Gm Cm/G Gm
Your disguise is slipping
Cm/G Gm Cm
I think you’re slipping!
Gm Cm/G Gm Cm/G
Now that your saviour is still as the grave
Gm Ddim
You’re beginning to fear me!
Gm Cm/G
Like cavemen fear thunder
Gm Cm/G
I still have to wonder
Gm Ddim
Can you really hear me?
Cm/G
I bring you pain
Gm Cm/G Ddim
The kind you can’t suffer quietly
Cm
Fire up your brain
Gm Gm
Remind you inside your rioting
F#dim Gm Cm/G Gm
Society is slipping
Cm/G Gm Cm/G D
Everything’s slipping away…
So…
Gm Bb
Go ahead, run away
Cm D
Say it was horrible!
Gm Bb
Spread the word, tell a friend
Cm D
Tell them the tale
Gm Bb
Get a pic, do a blog
Cm D
Heroes are over with!
Gm Bb
Look at him, not a word
Cm D
Hammer meet Nail!
Gm Bb
Then I win, then I get
Cm D
Everything I ever
Gm Bb
All the cash, all the fame
Cm D
And social change
Gm Bb
Anarchy, that I run
Cm D
It’s Dr. Horrible’s turn
(notes)
D Eb D Eb D Eb F#
You peo - ple all have to learn
D Eb D Eb D Eb
This world is going to
Gm
burn!
Gm
Burn!
[yeah, it’s two r’s- h-o-r-r, right]
Gm
Burn!
(Chords)
Gm Cm/G
No sign of Penny
Gm Cm/G
Good, I would give anything
Gm Ddim
Not to have her see
Gm Cm/G
It’s gonna be bloody
Gm Cm/G
Head up Billy Buddy
Gm Ddim
There’s no time for mercy
Gm Ddim
Here goes no mercy!
The very triumphant second song from Act III "Everyone's A Hero"
G
It may not feel too classy
C G
Begging just to eat
D
But you know who does that?
Am D
Lassie, and she always gets a treat
G
So you wonder what your part is
C G
Cause you’re homeless and depressed
D
But home is where the heart is
Am C D
So your real home’s in your chest
G D C
Everyone’s a hero in their own way
Am C D
Everyone’s got villains they must face
B
They’re not as cool as mine
C
But folks you’ll know it’s fine
D
To know your place
G D C
Everyone’s a hero in their way
Am C D G
In their own, not that heroic way
G
So I thank my girlfriend, Penny
C G
Yeah, we totally had sex
D
She showed me there’s so many
Am D
Different muscles I can flex
G
There’s the deltoids of compassion
C G
There’s the abs of being kind
D
It’s not enough to bash in heads
Am C D
You’ve got to bash in minds
G D C
Everyone’s a hero in their own way
Am C D
Everyone’s got something they can do
B
Get up, go out and fly
C D
Especially that guy, he smells like poo!
G D C
Everyone’s a hero in their own way
Am C D G
You and you and mostly me and you
F
I’m poverty’s new sheriff
C
And I’m bashing in the slums
F C/E
A hero doesn’t care if you’re
F C A/C# D
A bunch of sca-ry al-co-ho-lic bums
Eb
Everybody!
Ab Eb Db
Everyone’s a hero in their own way
Bbm Db Eb
Everyone can blaze a hero’s trail
C
Don’t worry if it’s hard
Db
If you’re not a friggin tard
Eb
You will prevail
Ab Eb Db
Everyone’s a hero in their own way
Bbm Db Eb (Ab)
Everyone’s a hero in their- (way)
Act III the phenomenal finish to Dr Horrible starts off with this catchy ditty "So They Say", thanks again to all the folks at http://whedonesque.org/ for starting me off with the lyrics
Intro
F# G#m B C# F#(chords)
G# A# F# C# G# C# B D# C# F F#(notes)
C# G# C# B D# C# F F#(notes use the same chords)
C#
So they say
F# G#m B
Captain hammer’s become a crusader
C# F# G#m B
Political he’s cleaning up the streets
C#
About time
F# G#m
So they say
B
That it’s real love,
C# F#
so romantic
G#m B C#
He signed this
F#
So they say
G#m B
We’ll have blankets and beds
C# F#
We can open by Monday
G# B
Thanks to you
C#
Thanks to me
B D#m
It’s the perfect story
B F#
So they say
G#m B
A hero leading the way
D#m
Hammer’s call to glory
G#m C# B
Let’s all be our best
F#
Next up: Who’s gay?
G#m B C# F# G#m
So they say he saved her life
B C# F#
They say she works with the homeless
G#m B
And doesn’t eat meat
C#
We have a
F# G#m B
Problem with her!
C#
This is his hair!
F# G#m B C#
This is so nice
F# G#m B C#
I just might sleep with the same girl twice
F# G#m
They say it’s better the second time
B C# F# G#m
They say you get to do the weird stuff
B C#
We do the weird stuff!
B D#m
This is perfect for me
B F#
So they say
G#m
I guess he’s pretty ok
B D#m
After years of stormy
G#m C# B F#
Sailing have I finally found the bay?
F# G#m B C#
F# G#m B C#
B D#m B F#
There’s no happy ending - So they say
G#m B
Not for me anyway
D#m
Should I stop pretending?
Stop pretending
G#m C# B F#
Or is this a brand new day?
take the chance to build a brand new day!
G#m B C#
F# G#m
This is his dry cleaning bill
B C# F#
Four sweater vests
F# G#m B C#
To finish off Act II here is "Brand New Day" from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Not the best I've done in the series, would probably sound better if I played guitar. Everything is mostly in fifths and not full chords I don't know if that equates to power chords or not. The slow section talking about Penny needs some more attention as well.
Fm Db Fm
This appeared as a moral dilemma, 'cause at first
Db Bbm
it was weird how I swore to eliminate the worst
Db Bbm
of the plague that devoured humanity. It's true
Eb Db
I was vague on the how, so how can it be that you
Ab
have shown me the light?
Fm Fm/E
It's a brand new day, and the sun is high.
Db Bbm Eb
All the birds are singing that you're gonna die.
Fm Bbm
How I hesitated, now I wonder why.
Gb
It's a brand new day.
(Notes only)
Gb F Eb C Eb Bb Ab F
Fm Db Fm
All the times that you beat me unconscious, I forgive.
Db Bbm
All the crimes, incomplete, listen, and honestly, I'll live.
Db Bbm
Mister Cool, Mister Right, Mister Know-It-All, is through,
Eb Db
now the future's so bright and I owe it all to you,
Ab
who showed me the light.
Fm Fm/E
It's a brand new me, I've got no remorse.
Db Bbm Eb
Now the water's rising, but I know the course.
Fm Bbm
I'm gonna shock the world, gonna show bad horse
Gb
it's a brand new day.
(Aside from the Fsus these are just the bass notes)
Db C
And Penny will see the evil me.
Eb Fsus F
Not a joke, not a dork, not a fail-ure.
Db C
And she may cry, but her tears will dry
F C
when I hand her the keys to a shiny new Australia.
Fm Fm/E
It's a brand new day. Yeah, the sun is high.
Db Bbm Eb
All the angels sing, because you're gonna die!
Fm Bbm Fm
Go ahead and laugh! Yeah, I'm a funny guy.
Bbm Fm Bbm
Tell every one goodbye!
Gb Fm
It's a brand new day.
Act II's sentimental sexual-tension building Penny's Song has now been transcribed, it has a nice and easy "Seasons of Love"(Rent)/"What's going to happen"(Scrubs) feel to it. The opening chords are the same to "Will You Lend a Hand" sung by Penny in Act I, it wasn't long enough song for me to transcribe, but I was glad the theme was reprised in Act II there are certainly good elements of musical theater in this show.
C F Em7 Am
Here's a story of a girl who grew up lost and lonely,
C F Em7 Am F
thinking love was fairytale and trouble was made only for me.
C FM7 C F
Even in the darkness, every color can be found,
C FM7 C
and every day of rain brings water flowing
Am G F
to things growing in the ground.
C F Em7 Am
Grief replaced with pity for a city barely copin'.
C F Em7 Am F
Dreams are easy to achieve if hope is all I'm hopin' to be.
C FM7 C F
Anytime you're hurt there's one who has it worse around,
C FM7 C
and every drop of rain will keep you growing
Am F
seeds you're sowing in the ground.
C F
So keep your head up, Billy buddy.
The Bad Horse Theme Phonecall/Reprise, same chords as in Act I, different lyrics
D
He saw the operation
G D
You tried to pull today
D
But your humiliation means
D E A
He still votes nay/neigh
D
And now assassination
G C
Is just the only way
C
There will be blood
It might be yours
A
So go kill someone
D
Signed: Bad Horse
Continuing our series of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog lyrics and chords/tabs I present the first song from Act II: On The Rise. I found some other like minded folks transcribing the lyrics at http://whedonesque.org/viewtopic.php?t=1725 they make getting the words right the first time easy. I've also decided to try the more inline approach of the dueling lyrics, hopefully this will make changes clearer.
(Dr. Horrible)
Bm intro
Bm
Any dolt with half a brain
Can see that human kind has gone insane
To the point where i don't know
If I'll upset the status quo
If I throw poison in the water main.
G Bm
Listen close to everybody's heart
G Bm
And hear that breaking sound
G Bm
Hopes and dreams are shattering apart
F#m A
And crashing to the ground.
Bm G
I cannot believe my eyes
Bm A G
How the world's filled with filth and lies
Bm A
But it's plain to see
E/G# G Bm
Evil inside of me is on the rise.
(Penny)
D
Look around
We're living with the lost and found.
Just when you feel you've almost drowned
You find yourself on solid ground
Em Bm
And you believe there's good in everybody's heart
Em Bm
Keep it safe and sound.
Em Bm
With hope you can do your part
A
To turn a life around
D G
I cannot believe my eyes
D A G
Is the world finally growing wise?
Bm A
Cause it seems to me
E/G# G Bm
Some kind of harmony is on the rise.
(Both: Dr Horrible first line, Penny second)
D
Anyone with half a brain
Take it slow
D
Could spend their whole life howling in pain
He looks at me and seems to know
D
Cause the dark is everywhere And Penny doesn't seem to care
The things that I'm afraid to show And suddenly
D
That soon the dark in me is all that will remain
I feel this glow
Em Bm
Listen close to everybody's heart
And I believe there's good in everybody's heart
Em Bm
And hear that breaking sound
Keep it safe and sound
Em Bm
Hopes and dreams are shattering apart
With hope you can do your part
F# A
And crashing to the ground.
To turn a life around.
D G
I cannot believe my eyes
I cannot believe my eyes
D A G
How the world's filled with filth and lies
How the world's finally growing wise
Bm A
But it's plain to see
And it's plain to see
E/G# G
Evil inside of me
Rapture inside of me
Bm
is on the rise...
is on the rise...
Bm outro
And the Pièce de résistance in the series of Dr. Horrible Act I lyrics and chords/tabs: A Man's Gotta Do, What a Man's Gotta Do. (wikipedia suggests that this page is related)
(Dr. Horrible)
Ebm Ab Bbm
A man's gotta do, what a man's gotta do
Ebm Ab Bbm
Don't plan the plan if you can't follow through
Gb Ab Bbm
All that matters taking matters into your own hands
Ebm Fm
Soon I'll control everything,
Gb Ab
my wish is your comm...
(Captain Hammerman)
Eb
Stand back everyone
Fm
Nothing here to see
Ab
Just imminent danger
Ab Bb
And in the middle of it me
Eb
Yes, Captain Hammer's here
Fm
hair blowing in the breeze
Ab Bb
the day needs my saving expertise
Fm Bb Cm
A man's gotta do, what a man's gotta do
Fm Bb Cm
It seems destiny, ends with me saving you
Fm Bb Cm
The only doom that's looming is you loving me to death
Bb Ab Bb Eb
So I'll give you a sec to catch your breath
Thank You Hammerman:
(Penny)
Eb
Thank you Hammerman
Fm
I don't think I can
Bb
Explain how important it was
Ab Bb
that you stopped the van
Eb
I would be splattered
Fm
I'd be crushed into debris
Bb Bb7
Thank sir for saving me
Reprise:
Captain Hammerman
Penny
Dr. Horrible
Fm Bb Cm
A man's gotta do, what a man's gotta do
You came from above
Are you kidding?
Fm Bb Cm
It seems destiny, ends with me saving you
I wonder what you're captain of
What heist were you watching? Stop looking at her like that!
Fm Bb Cm
When you're the best, you can't rest, what's the use
My heart is beating like a drum
Did you notice that he threw you in the garbage?
Fm Bb Cm
There's ass needs kicking, some ticking bomb to defuse
(I Must be in shock)?
I stopped the van! The remote control was in my hand
Fm Bb Cm
The only doom that's looming is you loving me to death
Assuming I'm not loving you to death
Whatever
Ab Bb Eb
So please give me a sec to catch my breath
So please give me a sec to catch my breath
Balls.