First Aid Kit

Accords et partitions

Emmylou

C Am Fmaj7 Em G

Oh the bitter winds are coming in, And I'm already missing the summer. Stockholms cold but I've been told I was born to endure this kind of weather. When it's you I find like a ghost in my mind,

Fireworks

C Em Am G F

Verse 1 I could've sworn I saw fireworks From your house last night As the lights flickered and they failed I had it all figured out

My Silver Lining

F#m A E D

I don't want to wait anymore I'm tired of looking for answers Take me some place where there's music and there's laughter I don't know if I'm scared of dying but I'm scared of living too fast, too slow Regret, remorse, hold on, oh no I've got to go There's no starting over, no new beginnings, time races on

Its A Shame

C F G D7

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Verse 1 Lately, I?ve been thinking about the past How there is no holding back No point in wasting sorrow On things that won?t be here tomorrow

Stay Gold

G F Am C Dm

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The sun shone high those few summer days Left us in a song, wide-eyed haze It shone like gold It shone like gold

Rebel Heart

Am F G Dm C

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Verse 1 You told me once I have a rebel heart I don't know if that's true But I believe you saw something in me that lives inside you too Now all I hear is the wind

The Lion's Roar

Em D G C A

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Now the pale morning sings of forgotten things She plays a tune for those who wish to overlook The fact that they've been blindly deceived By those who preach and pray and teach But she falls short and the night explodes in laughter

You Are The Problem Here

Am F D G C

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Verse I am so sick and tired of this world All these women with their dreams shattered From some man's sweaty desperate touch God damn it, I've had enough

Wolf

Am C G

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Wolf mother, where you been? You look so worn, so thin You're a taker, devil's maker Let me hear you sing, hey ya hey ya Wolf father, at the door

To Live A Life

C Em F G

Verse 1 I wrote you a letter to make myself feel better To redeem some part of me I thought I had lost And we were lost cause long before we fell apart 'Cause honey, I was too eager And you were too smart

Ruins

F C Bb Am

Verse Today, I climbed the highest mountain I have ever climbed And I turn, to look at ruins I had left behind And you, where were you so far removed from any truth I lost you, didn't I?

Postcard

G C Am Em7 D

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Verse 1 Honey, now that your shackles are gone And you're out there on your own Won't you let me know If things get hard

Nothing Has To Be True

F C G Am

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Verse 1 Each and every breath we take A step towards death And the moon is pale And we might have seen something

Hem Of Her Dress

C F G

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Verse 1 So here we go again I know how this one ends It's a phone call from someplace far away You say you found yourself

My Wild Sweet Love

G F C Am

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Verse 1 What comes after this A momentary bliss Oh I need you more than ever now And here we are somehow

I Found A Way

G D Bm A Em

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It's me, it's me, you've come to take My duality awakes By midnight time I could not see, If I were you or you were me

Distant Star

C Em G E F D

Well, a goodbye never seems finished Just like these songs that I write They hang aloft like stars in the night But there's nothing there but the illusion of a light And you, you could've been mine

Master Pretender

G Cadd9 C D Em

(Verse) Never thought that I was weak Always thought I could get hurt pretty bad Standing up on my own two feet I always believed that I was free

King Of The World

G C D

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[Verse 1] At ten in the morning I was laughing at something At the airport terminal At nine in the evening I was sitting crying to you over the phone While passing the border from a state to another

I've Wanted You

Am Em G C F

There's this image of you that I can't shake That day we drove out to the ocean So many things I wanted to say But I knew it was all in vain

Cedar Lane

D G C A Em

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Rows after rows of passenger planes Headed out again running all in vain Motel blues, only bad news I'm never looking for ya, you find me all the same

To A Poet

Am G D Em C F

And you said, "Don't give me nothing You don't want to lose" I said, "Darling, I'll give you everything I got If I want them to choose" Then I got on a plane and flew

Running Up That Hill

G Am F Fmaj7 Em Am7

[Verse 1] It doesn't hurt me, (Yeah, yeah, yoh!) Do you wanna feel how it feels? (Yeah, yeah, yoh!) Do you wanna know, know that it doesn't hurt me? (Yeah, yeah, yoh!) Do you wanna hear about the deal that I'm mak - ing?

Shattered And Hollow

F G Am C Em

I am in love and I am lost But I'd rather be broken than empty Oh, I'd rather be shattered than hollow Oh, I'd rather be by your side

Winter Is All Over You

Am E Fmaj7 Dm F G

[Verse 1] Well you drove off in the summer rain I waved to you like a sleeping dream Told me to stay callous if someone bothered me "The Eiffel Tower, the marching band

When I Grow Up

Dm Bb F C

When I grow up, I want to be a forester Run through the moss on high heels That?s what I'll do, throwing out boomerang Waiting for it to come back to me

Perfect Places

F G Am C Em

Verse 1 Every night, I live and die Feel the party to my bones Watch the wasters blow the speakers, spill my guts beneath the outdoor light It's just another graceless night

Ugly

F C G Am Em E

[Verse 1] I thought that being skinny was the answer to all my problems I thought if you found me pretty then I'll be fine I thought if you love me I'd be your person It's only if you wanted me could I have peace of mind

Strange Beauty

C G F Em

[Verse 1] David died yesterday, today it's raining I know I didn't know you But in my heart I know€ it €…to be true

Waitress Song

Cadd9 Fmaj9 G Dm F C

(Verse) I could move to a small town And become a waitress Say my name was stacy And I was figuring things out

Ghost Town

C F Am G

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All of these ghost towns I keep traveling through All of these traffic signs and lonesome bars blindsiding me to you I swear I can be better I could be more to you But there are things that lie in my path That I just had to do

In The Hearts Of Men

Am G C Fmaj7

In the hearts of men, in the arms of mothers In the parts we play to convince others We know what we're doing, we're doing it right May have written books on the subject, but then you may still be surprised By your tone over the phone, to your sister while waiting in line

A Long Time Ago

C Dm F G Em Am

City of strangers out of danger In your arms I was half awake half asleep Grab a hold to what I got regretting all that I'm not I couldn't be the one who?d stand by your side

Tender Offerings

F G Bb C

[Verse 1] Perhaps I'm bound to be restless Always yearning never satisfied Perhaps I'm aching for nothing That words can ever define

Come Give Me Love

E A D Bm F#m F#m7

I've got a friend who lives a mile down the road And she has promised me we will stay gold, mhm A Asus4 I've got a friend who's wide-eyed like me Oh what will be will be

Blue

D G A Em

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Verse 1 In the morning on the train Sitting and staring at the rain

America

G Em A C D Bm

Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooooooh Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooooooh Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together I've got some real-estate here in my bag ooooo So we bought a pack of cigarettes, and Mrs. Wagner pies And walked off to look for America

All That We Get

C F G Am Em

[Verse 1] If you're going to run then you better run fast Always been told that the good can never last Only sky above me and water below The further from you than ever before

The Bell

G C Em Cmaj7 B7 F

:::Verse::: Don't place your bets on me I'm tired and I'm only With nothing to offer you Nothing to offer you

This Old Routine

G C D Em

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So you come on home, walk through the door. She's in the kitchen searching through the drawers. So you stop and watch her and ask what she's looking for. She says she's not sure.

Brother

Am Fmaj7 C E G

Intro: Brother, you are my guiding star, wherever you roam i won't be far I have so many things to learn from you

New Years Eve

F G C Em Am D7

Well it's a new year, with it comes new hopes and new fears. Met a young man who was in tears, he asked me, "What induces us to stay here?" I said, "I don't know much and I'm not lying, But I think you just have to keep on trying."

Hard Believer

G D C Em A CMaj7

Verse: So you ask for my opinion, Well what is there to say To be honest and just foolish, Won't make you wanna stay You've got to go on and get moving, And I can't do that for you Got so many, plans and, so much you want to do

Dance To Another Tune

Am C G F Gm

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Will you look at me? Take a good look at me And tell me who it is that I am. This old mirror it is broken, There's too much drift in the dam.

Heaven Knows

A D E F#m C#m Bm

(Verse) You've spent a year staring into a mirror Another one trying to figure out what you saw Paid so much attention to what you're not You had no idea who you are

Fleeting One

C G Em Am Dm F

Intro: Verse: Now I see winter's dawn

Home Again

C F G C7

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[Verse 1] Pale morning, and warm evenings They always linger on my mind There's a light that shines throughout the valley It always brings me back to that time

Heavy Storm

C Am F G Em

He used to play an untuned guitar While he sang about me and he sung about the stars I used to dream about another time And now its all clear that's the only time I wish would come back

I Met Up With The King

G C Em

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I met up with the king He confessed his body was burning I met up with the king His body had begun to rot And he said don't think less of me

I Just Needed A Friend

C G D Em

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Verse So, I could just sit here, listening to the breeze Say we're all gonna die that curable disease So I'm ready to be taken wherever it takes me to But I'd rather just sit here, waiting for you

Sailor Song

D A G Em Dm

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With the first light and the little Fragile moon I was out on the porch now I'm ready for doom And it's funny how it all came to be

Youre Not Coming Home Tonight

G D Em C EM A7

Yeah you cooked his dinners You raised his children and still He's not satisfied He says I rather switch with you You don't now hard it is

Waltz For Richard

G D C Am

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[Verse 1] On our last trip to the coast We watched the boats sail the sea "How effortlessly they float" You turned and said to me

Random Rules

F Bb Am Gm

Verse 1: In 1984, I was hospitalized for approaching perfection Slowly screwing my way across Europe, they had to make a correction Broken and smokin' where the infrared deer plunge in the digital snake I tell you, they make it so you can't shake hands when they make your hands shake

Our Own Pretty Ways

C E Am Fmaj7

[Verse 1] Let's not spill the truth It's easier being alone You're a shadow of the old And I want something new

Mariannes Son

C D G Em B a

* = strum once She's about to change from a C chord So just stick them in where it feels right. I'm not sure about the 'But you have to believe when they say' line because the Timing/phrasing changes completely

Tangerine

Fmaj7 C Am

[Intro] Another business trip Another reason to stay away You're coming home on Monday, smelling Tangerine

Josefin

G5 C D5/A Cadd9 D/A

BRIDGE (not sure about this part): And if you struggle hard, rest on your brother's weary shoulder And if you shall ever wonder, listen to your wise mother Mother

Little Moon

D Bm A

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There's a city, on the top of the mountains I used to go there as a child And there's a forgotten forest there Full of those drunken trees They look like they're falling apart you know

Pervigilo

C G Em D A7

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[Verse 1] Is it your fear of losing That makes you go further What makes me wonder friend Is how you get away with your lies

In The Morning

D Am G

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You crossed the pasture land And threw your wedding band Into the great deep Where you'd rest to sleep My dear

A Window Opens

Am Em A G

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(*=single strum) Capo 3 Picking for the intro & inbetween verses:

Tiger Mountain Peasant Song

G C D7 Fmaj7 Am Em

Wanderers this morning came by Where did they go, graceful in the morning light To banner fair To follow you softly in the cold mountain air

Wills Of The River

G C Am

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Where the wind it is yielding And the light it is clear To rest upon forever Or to live for one more day No I won't restrain the morning

Some Distant Memory

A E D F#m Bm B

[VERSE ONE] There's some kind of freedom I am searching for Sometimes I think it'll turn up If I just run out the door

Cross Oceans

Em E C Am D

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There's something about you That I'm never going to find out I want to live that life again I want to live that life again

Universal Soldier

C G Am F a e

He's five foot-two, and he's six feet-four He fights with missiles and with spears He's all of thirty-one, and he's only seventeen Been a soldier for a thousand years

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

G Am D B Bm Em

Have yourself a merry little Christmas Let your heart be light Next year all our troubles Will be out of sight

On The Road Again

C F G7 E7 Dm G

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[Verse 1] On the road again Just can't wait to get on the road again The life I love is makin' music with my friends And I can't wait to get on the road again

Frozen Lake

C Em G D

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[Verse] Sometimes I recall the motion Of a hand waving good-bye I try so hard to find the feeling That still lingers on inside