CAKE

Accords et partitions

Short Skirt Long Jacket

A D G

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I want a girl with a mind like a diamond I want a girl who knows what's best I want a girl with shoes that cut And eyes that burn like cigarettes

The Distance

Em Bm7 G

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[Intro] Reluctantly crouched at the starting line Engines pumping and thumping in time The green light flashes, the flags go up Churning and burning, they yearn for the cup. They

Comfort Eagle

E A D

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[verse 1] We are building a religion We are building it bigger We are widening the corridors

Frank Sinatra

Dm C Gm A Am G

An old man sits collecting stamps In a room all filled with Chinese lamps He saves what others throw away, he says that he'll be rich someday We know of an ancient radiation that Haunts dismembered constellations A faintly glimmering radio station

I Will Survive

Am Dm G C F B

At first I was afraid I was petrified Kept thinkin'I could never live without you by my side But then I spent so many nights Thinkin'how you did me wrong

Friend Is A Four Letter Word

Am C F D7 Em G

Coming from you Friend is a four letter word End is the only part of the word That I heard Call me morbid or absurd

Sheep Go To Heaven

A D E E7 A7

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Sheep Go to Heaven-Cake This is a bare-bones chord sheet for this song. There are walkdowns & other embellishments they do,that I don't know yet but this should get you started. Starts in A

Meanwhile Rick James

F A# C Gm Dm D#

Disempowered, the scattering flock Dances in a fever at the castle rock Dust-devil cypress and ripening fruit Ascending quick into the author’s bathroom Fawn, Jo, and Tootsie are out on a wire

Long Time

Am Em C C/B G

It's been a long time since I've seen your smiling face It's been a long time since I've seen a sunny day It's been a long time since you wore your pillbox hat

Love You Madly

E A

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[Verse 1] I don't want to wonder if this is a blunder I don't want to worry whether we're gonna stay together till we die I don't want to jump in unless this music's thumping All the dishes rattle in the cupboards when the elephants arrive

Mexico

C F C/B Am G Am/G

I was bright But she was much brighter I was high But she was the sky

Italian Leather Sofa

C G F

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On his italian leather sofa. She's got a serrated edge That she moves back and forth. It's such a simple machine. She doesn't have to use force. When she gets what she wants

Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps

Cm Fm G G# C

You won't admit you love me And so How am I ever To know You only tell me

Daria

C G Em Am F B7

[Verse] When you tried to kiss me I only bit your tongue When you tried to get me together I only came undone

Shadow Stabbing

E B A

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Verse 1: Adjectives on the typewriter He moves his words like a prize fighter The frenzied pace of the mind inside the cell

Let Me Go

A E D B E7

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[Verse] When she walks, she swings her arms Instead of her hips When she talks, she moves her mouth Instead of her lips

Never There

Em Am

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I need to feel your touch I need your understanding, I need your love So much You tell me that you love me so

Commissioning A Symphony In C

C Dm F G Bb Am

[Verse 1] So you'll be an Austrian nobleman Commissioning a symphony in C Which defies all earthly descriptions You'll be commissioning a symphony in C

Satan Is My Motor

A E B

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Primeira parte I've got wheels of polished steel I've got tires that grab the road I've got seats that selflessly hold my friends And a trunk that can carry the heaviest of loads

Long Line Of Cars

C#m B F# Em G C

There's a long line of cars and they're trying to get through There's no single explanation, there's no central destination But this long line of cars is trying to get through And this long line of cars is all because of you

Hem Of Your Garment

Cm G G7(b13)

I'm intrinsically no good I have a heart that's made of wood I am only biding time

Opera Singer

E A B Emaj7 E7

[Verse 1] I am an opera singer I stand on painted tape It tells me where I'm going And where to throw my cape

Sinking Ship

Gm F D Dm Bb Am

Verse We are on a sinking ship We are on a sinking ship You say we are one You say we are having fun

Stickshifts And Safetybelts

E A B

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[Verse] Stickshifts and safetybelts Bucket-seats have all got to go. When we're driving in the car, It makes my baby seem so far.

Open Book

Ebm Db B Gb

She's writing, she's writing She's writing a novel She writing, she's weaving Conceiving a plot It quickens, it thickens

When You Sleep

C D G

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When you sleep where do your fingers go? What do your fingers know What do your fingers show Where do your fingers go

Jolene

Em C G D

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[Verse] Well Jolene unlocked the thick, breezeway door, Like she'd done one hundred times before. Jolene smoothed her dark hair in the mirror. She folded the towel carefully and put it back in place.

I Bombed Korea

E D C G B F#

[Verse 1] I bombed Korea every night My engine sang into the salty sky I didn't know if I would live or die I bombed Korea every night

She'll Come Back To Me

D G C(add9) C

All day I wait and wait To hear her footsteps on my walkway. She never came. She never even called. She'll come back to me.

Pretty Pink Ribbon

B F# G#m E D#m C#m

Without the pretty pink ribbon You'd end up just like me Without the pretty pink ribbon You'd float down to the sea

End Of The Movie

G D Em C

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People you love Will turn their backs on you You'll lose your hair Your teeth Your knife will fall out of its sheath

Take It All Away

B Em C D A

They're too late 'Cause nobody's going to save us We're a rubbernecker's dream We're burning gasoline

Mr. Mastodon Farm

E A/B

You see birds fall from the window ledge above mine. Then they flap their wings at the last second. {drums} You see birds fall from the window ledge above mine. Then they flap their wings at the last second.

Sick Of You

E A2 D2 Esus4

Bridge: Every shiny toy that at first brings you joy Will always start to coy and annoy Every camera, every phone, all the music that you own Won't change the fact you're all alone (All alone!)

Guitar

G C D Dsus4

I'm sitting by the window of your thirty-second floor apartment Waiting for your phone calls all to end I'm sitting watching wind blow Watching time go Watching cars go by

World Of Two

G Dm C F

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[verse 1] I don't want to Hear you whisper I don't want to orbit Your world of two

Alpha Beta Parking Lot

G C D

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Watching the sun go down Watching the sun (watching the sun) go down Standing in the alpha beta parking lot Watching you leave me Not quite believing Standing in the alpha beta parking lot

Dime

G C D Cmaj7

And I shine I'm a dime I'm fine And I shine

Sad Songs And Waltzes

A E7 D B7

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[Verse 1] I'm writing a song all about you A true song as real as my tears But you've no need to fear it cause no one will hear it Cause sad songs and waltzes aren't selling this year

Where Would I Be

Em G C B D Am

[Verse 1] Ive been waiting, for so long. Ive been hoping, your loves not gone. Houses are sliding, in the mud. Rivers are raging, in your blood.

Palm Of Your Hand

G D C Am B7

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When the house was standing You'd never have believed it When the house was standing You'd never have believed

The Guitar Man

C E D G Em Am

Who draws the crowd? Who plays so loud? Baby it's the guitar man Who's gonna steal the show You know baby it's the guitar man

Aint No Good

G C D Em

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Artist/Band: Cake Song: Ain't No Good Album: Motorcade of Generosity Transcribed by: Robert Fenstermaker Email: [email protected]

Pentagram

G C D

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Your pentagram is down below our floor. Your naked body shimmers in the night. Dancing and chanting in a sacrificial rite. Your feet are dry with the ashes from dead babies, Who have passed the test just like all the rest,

Tougher Than It Is

B F# G#m E C#

Well there is no such thing as you It doesn't matter what you do The more you try to qualify The more it all will pass you by

You Part The Waters

G D C D4

You part the waters, The same ones that I'm drowning in. You lead your casual slaughters, And I'm the one who helps you win. You've got your graaand piiiaaaaanoooo.

Waiting

A Amaj7 A7 D F E

Chorus So you know you'll always be waiting Always be waiting For someone else to call Yeah you know you'll always be waiting

Jesus Wrote A Blank Check

G A C D G7 Am

Jesus wrote a blank check One I haven't cashed quite yet. I hope I've got a little more time. I hope it's not the end of the line. Yeah Jesus wrote a blank check.

Up So Close

Am Dm G C Em F

Up so close, I never get to see your face. Microscope, I might as well be out in space. Up so close, I never get to see the view. Down your throat, I'm never sure if it's still you. Up your nose, down to your toes.

Federal Funding

A G D F

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You'll receive the federal funding, you can pass the simple test You'll receive the federal funding, you can pass the simple test You can access information, make them see that you're the best You can access information, make them see that you're the best Best, best, best

Walk On By

A D G F# Bm

Walk on by the house where you still live Walk on by the place where we would kiss And the room where i held you tight

Ruby Dont Take Your Love To Town

C Dm F G E

You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair  Ruby, are you contemplating going out somewhere?  The shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down 

Got To Move

B E A

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You are mostly in your car, You always seem so far, No matter where you are, You're thinking of your car,

Ruby Sees All

G D G5 D7 D6

Chords used: G5 xxx033 Gsus4 xxx013 G xxx003 (on intro first line)

Bound Away

G C D

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I'm circling, I'm swiveling, I'm waiting just to land I'm trying to come home, but I'm here with the band Traveling, unraveling, I'm staying on track My plastic utensil has broken in half

The Winter

G F D C A

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The winter's chill chilled me to the bone this year And something in my mind just got away Being in the places where we used to be Somehow being there without you's not the same.

Shell Hang The Baskets

G D C Am

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She'll hang the baskets on the walls Don't you know I've seen it all before? She'll hang the baskets on the walls But I've seen it all before heard the slamming of the door Come summer come fall come winter

Italian Guy

C F G

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That Italian guy over there, The one with the polyester, pin-striped suit, The one with the gray hair and mustache, Must be thinking really loud thoughts. Because he's nodding and squinting,