Simple Minds

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7 Deadly Sins

Cm Eb F C Gm Fm

[Verse] Ever felt that you've been lied And somehow you just can't provide the proof Ever felt you're cast aside And sheltered from the universal truth

A Life Shot In Black And White

C G Dm Gm F Bb

[Chorus] A life shot in black and white, Lays me down, Takes to me where, Words still fail me, yes!

Act Of Love

Dm Gm F Bb Am C

[Verse 1] Sweet angel, call out Don't wanna speak to no fool Time to get under the spotlight Time to ignore every rule

Alive And Kicking

G F C Em D Cmaj7

You turn me on You lift me up Like the sweetest cup i'd share with you You lift me up Dont'you ever stop. I'm there with you

All The Things She Said

Am7 Bm7 Dm7 Cm7 G Dm

Don't you look back on a big lost world (Crying out tomorrow) Don't you look down like the heroes say (Come tell me all about it) Take me to the streets where the bonfires burn Take me in your arms and I'll fade away when I hear you say what you got to say

Belfast Child

D G C Am7 B C6/9

When my love said to me Meet me down by the gallow tree For it's sad news I bring G7sus4 G D About this old town and all that it's offering

Big Music

G F Dm E A C

[Verse 1] Give me the songs that made me exterdy. Big Music! Give me the tunes that keep me from romantic. Big Music!

Big Sleep

C Dm Bb Am

[Verse 1] So where did you go? Where do you go in the Big Sleep Going out in the Deep Sleep And still you're wandering now

Blindfolded

C Am Em D

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[Verse 1] Somewhere out there, darkened cellar There's game called "Mystery" There is a man, he stands blindfolded, That's his world, you'll never see.

Blood Type O

F Dm C A Bb G

[Verse 1] To the left and to the right, I can't believe that we would fight, It's all so mediocre anyway.

Book Of Brilliant Things

Cm Bb Eb C C7 F

[Chorus] C7 Csus4 Cm7 I open up to take a look into the bright and shiny book Into the open scheme of things Book of brilliant things

Broken Glass Park

A F G Em D Bb

[Verse 1] There was a time we'd go down to Broken Glass Park We'd settle down 'til night fades into dark Do you remember me? Was the last day of the last great century

Come A Long Way

Bm E A Bm7 F#m7 D

[Verse] Bm Esus4 E Swing low, could be the last call for two of us Bm7 Esus4 E I said swing high, reach out and touch the sky

Don't You Forget About Me

D A E C G

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Won't you come see about me? I'll be alone, dancing you know it baby Tell me your troubles and doubts Giving me everything inside and out and Love's strange so real in the dark

Factory

Am Bb C Dm Gm G

Up to the top, to the top. I'm going down to the ground, Going round, till we drown, Going round till we drown again.

First You Jump

D Bm F#m

And if the world stops spinning there'd be no sign No future love, only days behind I'd call on you no matter what you put me through And if the skies above turn to crimson red Hear the memories, all you said

Ghostdancing

D G C D# Dm F

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Glittering Prize

F Dm C Bb Am D5

F Fsus4 F In the light of his love, in the light of reflection Fsus4 F One in all of this world, sometimes, oh, so it seems Fsus4 F

Home

Bm D A E

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God gave me travelling shoes God gave me the wanderer's eye God gave a few gold coins to help me to the other side Looked around and said - be careful how the small things grow God gives me travelling shoes and I knew that it was time to go

Honest Town (acoustic)

Em D C C/G A7sus4add6 A

Wounded, they say you got wounded Say you're still haunted Haunted by all this Deep there, somewhere down deep there It can still overbear

Hypnotised

Em C Am G D Bm

[Verse 1] I can feel the whole world spinnin' around I'm losin' ground, I feel it every day And I can feel you comin' inside out I'm losin' touch with all reality

I Wish You Were Here

G Bm Em A F#m E

[Verse 1] Footsteps, I can hear footsteps in the hall I hear footsteps, seems like I've been through this before Some time has come now, some time has passed But things still look the same

The Kick Inside Of Me

D G C

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[Verse 1] You put the storm out, that's up in my head You put the call out Beside of me, kick up inside of me And you steal the world and live to survive

Kiss The Ground

C#m B A F# E

Verse I'm in a golden temple In a bombed out street Feel the rough and tumble Down where the borders meet

Let It All Come Down

Ab Cm Bb Eb Gm Fm

[Verse] Sweet tears roll like a river from your eyes Get close, let's sleep tonight Mmmmm! Aaaah! When you wake, there's a new day dawning

Let There Be Love

F C G Eb Bb

Secrets of lovers, whisper tonight Broken down angel, got lost in the cold daylight The city is screaming, I look for your eyes Someone to lean on through the night Your music talks to me, hits me tonight

Life In A Day

G D C A

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Life in a day The price that you pay For time that you spent Its such a fatal event Take a look at your watch

Long Black Train

A Bm E C#m F#m D

[Verse 1] When the nightingale sings in the deep of the night And the robin he sleeps on the wing Hear the toll of the bell ringing out all is well And the city's golden lights shining on

Love Song

B E A D

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Untouched by flesh of hand Stay below...Stay below In glory days that come and go Some promised land Love song...Love song..Love song...Love song And on and on and...On alone ooh ooh...On and on and

Mandela Day

A E F#m C#m

It was 25 years they take that man away Now the freedom moves in closer every day Wipe the tears down from your saddened eyes They say Mandela's free so step outside

Midnight Walking

Eb Gm Bb F Cm

[Verse 1] The edge on its confusion I'd come to the conclusion We're going out midnight walking May be the only way to go now

New Gold Dream

B D A E Bm F#

[Verse] New gold dream She's the one in front of me, siren and the ecstasy New gold dream Crashing beats and fantasy, setting sun in front of me

Oh Jungleland

F Am G C B Dm7

[Chorus] Oh Jungleland They call you home sweet home You make me feel so sad, to leave here all alone But there is a kid called Hope

Once Upon A Time

D Em A C G A5

[Verse 1] And you Yes you speak to me tonight And you say so, say so That once upon a time

Promised You A Miracle

Em Asus2 D Em7 Dsus2

Promised you a miracle Belief is a beauty thing Promises promises As golden days break wondering

Real Life

F#m B C#m7 D E A

[Verse 1] Paula came from Washington with long golden hair Twenty eight dollars in a fake silk purse and a leather skirt to wear Shane came from Dublin town from the old world so green Counterfeit ticket in to JFK in the land of his dreams

Rockets

Fmaj7 Am G C D E

[Verse] Your love's like faith Your love's spite in your eyes from those battle days There's still one way Abandoned now, no matter what you say

Sanctify Yourself

A G Am D F F#m

[Verse] Is this the age of the thunder and rage Can you feel the ground move 'round your feet If you take one step closer, it'll lead to another The crossroad above is where we meet

Scar

Bm B5 A D E A5

[Verse] Travelling through Flashback to you Fire I see fire

See The Lights

C Am Fmaj7

[Verse 1] Summer's gone winter's in your eyes I can feel the thunder storms inside I wake every morning and the cold winds cover me All I've got's a ghost of what could be

Seeing Out The Angel

F Am A G Bb Gm

[Verse] Voice leading to voices Last song that the land sings In colorful breathless emotional sea Leaving us in this way

Sense Of Discovery

F Bb Dm Am C A

One last moment The days were closing in The ray of light Was faltering Was no more sequence

Shes A River

D G C Em

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Verse Shadow let go There's something you should know I just found my new direction And I hope you like the key

The Signal And The Noise

Dm G Bb C D5

[Verse 1] Take off those headphones and let this world pour into you Throw off those glasses and then you'll start seeing Forget those battles, those ones that mean nothing to you Know you're alive and just smile, you'll start hearing

Solstice Kiss

D A G C

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This spirit shuts its eyes unhindered by Anything alive or dead This spirit slips inside and moves through time A journey that's inside its head No explanation there's no words that chime

Someone Somewhere In Summertime

F#m D E

[Verse 1] Stay, I'm burning slow With me in the rain, walking in the soft rain Calling out my name See me burning slow

Soul Crying Out

E D F#m A Bm

[Verse 1] Listen to the rhythm, listen to the beat It has a cold wind blowing up through the street Soul crying out, people crying out In through the valleys, in through the streets

Speed Your Love To Me

Bm Em G D A

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[Verse 1] I couldn't sleep a wink last night I'd love to hold on Love to see the fires in motion Love to feel a free world turn tonight

Stars Will Lead The Way

Am D C G F E

Verse 1: I’m the one who broke apart, I’m the one that’s free. I’m the one who fell apart, Yes I’m the one, that’s me. I’m the one who fell away, The one who didn’t care. But there is a long trail, Stretching now from here to there.

Street Fighting Years

D E G F Am A/D

Verse Chased you out of this world, didn't mean to stop I turned around and suddenly you were gone Like some bird from paradise, the fire and ice We turned around and suddenly you were gone, gone, gone

Summer

D C Am F

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Verse: 1 Here comes summer, here comes rain Here comes all those mysteries, make me born again Here comes lightning now, I like the way it shoots Here comes all those mysteries taking me to my roots

This Is It

C F G Dm Am D

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[Verse 1] When the feelings come to me once again I still hear the words they're saying And when I'm wondering if I can step in I'll take comfort in the sounds that's playing

This Is Your Land

Bm G A E Em G9

[Verse] This is your land It's the way it was planned Sky to the sea, something to see Old ancient town, to the old people ground

Underneath The Ice

C Am F Em G Dm

[Verse] Although every building's standing tall I look for you as something that much greater I searched thru my religion, in the hope that something there that could entice I dreamed of crossing bridges, mountain ridges, from the pole to the Equator

Up On The Catwalk

Em Am D C F

[Verse] Up on the catwalk, a big wheel is spinning And dollars to deutchmarks, and pennies from heaven And up on the catwalk, theres one hundred million With letters from thousands that say ``just who are you?

Vision Thing

Bm G Em A E

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The morning of the night before I'm wide awake and thinking of you And no one in this universe could make me do the things that you do Is no rhyme or reason why you'd ever stop believing in me You took me to another room and told me 'bout the things that you see

Walk Between Worlds

F#m D A Bm

[Verse 1] What will you do when there's so much to lose But you won't pay the price to go on? And where will you stand when there's no helping hand Or no road to deter right from wrong

The Walls Came Down

G C D Dm F

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Verse 1: Well they blew the horns And the walls came down They'd all been warned Still the walls came down

Waterfront

D C Em G F Bb

[Verse 1] Get in, get out of the rain I'm goin' to move on up to the Waterfront Step in, step out of the rain I'm goin' to walk on up to the Waterfront

Who Killed Truth

Bm F#m E A a G

People coming together Feeling inside Stop the illusion one that no one can hide People coming together Wonder what you might say

Wonderful In Young Life

Cm Bb E B D A

[Verse 1] Wonderful In Young Life Two weeks in another town Sending shivers along in the spine Of your friends when they call