It Happens All The Time by Megan Hilty
2013
1. It Happens All The Time
2. Be A Man
3. No Cure
4. Walk Away
5. Safe And Sound (original by Taylor Swift)
6. The Blower's Daughter (original by Damien Rice)
7. Hopin'
8. Wise Up (original by Aimée Mann)
9. The Heart Of The Matter (original by Don Henley)
10. Dare You To Move (original by Switchfoot)
1. It Happens All The Time
Standard Tuning
No Capo
Chords:
Am: x02210
G: 320003 or 320033
Dm: xx0231
E: 022100
Em: x22000
Intro: Am
Am
It's there all around and simple enough
G
Two people meet and they fall in love
Dm
They say that you know, it doesn't take long
E
For feelings to grow
Am
I picture the place and even the time
G
The words that he'd say if someone was mine
Dm
But it's all in my head, cause I'm here alone
E
So tell me what I've done wrong
Dm Em Am G F (C)
Everybody always says that it happens all the time
Dm Em Am
And I told myself I'd never be here standing last in line
Dm Em Am G D
But feels like I'm the only one that the world has left behind
F E
So will the next one be mine if it happens all the time?
Am
Somewhere lovers had to meet
G
I'm tired of searching every face I see
Dm
I'm starting to feel that Cupid forgot
E
That I'm waiting here, the dreamers are shy
Am
The clouds in the sky are blocking my view
G
Day after day I'm looking for you
Dm
Maybe I'm fine and it was just fate
E
But we didn't meet and you turned away
Dm Em Am G F (C)
Everybody always says that it happens all the time
Dm Em Am
And I told myself I'd never be here standing last in line
Dm Em Am G D
But feels like I'm the only one that the world has left behind
F E
So will the next one be mine if it happens all the time?
F G Am
Dm G F
Some will win, some will lose
E
Who's to know what to do?
Am
Now that I try
I see that it takes
G
All that I have
Till my heart will break
Dm
If love's on the way
It has to come now
E
Cause I've been so down
And soon I'll be out
Dm Em Am G F (C)
Everybody always says that it happens all the time
Dm Em Am
And I told myself I'd never be here standing last in line
Dm Em Am G D
But feels like I'm the only one that the world has left behind
F E Am
Please let the next one be mine if it happens all the time?
End on Am
2. Be A Man
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 4th fret
Chords:
G: 320003 or 320033
Bm: x24432
Em: x22000
C: x32010
D: xx0232
G Bm Em
The sun dawn light
G Bm Em
And I hear it saying
G Bm Em
That our day is done
G Bm Em
And this love is breaking
C
We both know that you wanna go
D
Your heart's already gone
C
It's gonna hurt but you make it worse
D
When you keep hanging on
G D
Just be a man about it
Em C
Don't try to dance around it
G D
Just have the decency to say to me
Em C
That you got other plans
G D
Say you can live without me
Em C
Go on forget about me
G
Walk out that door boy
D Em C
If you think you can
G Bm Em (C)
Just be a maaaaan
G Bm Em
Just be a man about it
G Bm Em
Why do people change
G Bm Em
Why do hearts break open
G Bm Em
And the truth we know
G Bm Em
Have to go unspoken
C D
Look me in the eye and make me cry a thousand tears
C D
Let me hear it straight from you then you can disappear
G D
Just be a man about it
Em C
Don't try to dance around it
G D
Just have the decency to say to me
Em C
That you got other plans
G D
Say you can live without me
Em C
Go on forget about me
G
Walk out that door boy
D Em C
If you think you can
G Bm Em (C)
Just be a maaaaan
G Bm Em
Just be a man about it
C
Oh goodbye, good luck
D
With your new life, your new love
C
Get it over with
Can't take no more of this
D
Why can't you just be strong and
G D
Just be a man about it
Em C
Don't try to dance around it
G D
Just have the decency to say to me
Em C
That you got other plans
G D
Say you can live without me
Em C
Go on forget about me
G
Walk out that door boy
D Em C
If you think you can
G Bm Em (C)
Just be a maaaaan
G Bm Em
Just be a man about it
G
Just be a man
End on G
3. No Cure
Standard Tuning
No Capo
Chords:
C: x32010
G: 320003 or 320033
Am: x02210
F: x33211 or 133211
E: 022100
Intro: C G Am x 4
C G
I got this fever running through my veins
Am C G
Keep on trying but I just can't shake it
Am C G
All this medicine that I keep taking
Am C G
It ain't working I keep hurting
Am F
It's something more
What if there's no cure
C G Am x 2
C G
Pick me up and take me back to my bed
Am C G
Put a cold towel on my head
Am C G
You said try some of this instead
Am C G
Then you tell me that it's working
Am F
But I'm not sure
What if there's no cure
C G Am x 2
F G
I've been blind since you left
F
I can see no way out
G
I've been deaf since you left
F
To any word of hope now
E
And the scary thing is
F
It ain't getting any better
What if there's no cure
C G Am x 2
C G
I light a candle and I say a prayer
Am C G
I might need a miracle right here
Am C G
Cause I'm fading and I feel so scared
Am C
I'm disappearing
G Am F
I used to feel you so much more
What if there's no cure
C G Am x 2
F G
I've been blind since you left
F
I can see no way out
G
I've been deaf since you left
F
To any word of hope now
E
And the scary thing is
F
It ain't getting any better
What if there's no cure
Am C
I keep trying to pull out
Am
Of this spiral that I'm in
C
But you're burning up my heart
Am
It drums underneath my skin
C
They say when you loose it all
E F
That you can't loose anymoooooooooore
C G Am
What if there's no cure
C G Am
What if there's no cure
C G Am x2
F G
I've been blind since you left
F
I can see no way out
G
I've been deaf since you left
F
To any word of hope now
E
And the scary thing is
F
It ain't getting any better
C G Am
What if there's no cure
C G Am C G Am
What if there's no cure
C G Am C
There's no cure
End on C
4. Walk Away
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 2nd fret
Chords:
C: x32010
Em: x22000
D: xx0232
G: 320003 or 320033
Am: x02210
(To play without a capo replace the chords above by D, F#m, E, A & Bm)
Intro: C Em D x 2
C Em
I don't really wanna hear excuses
D
From you, about why you are late
C Em
And I don't really wanna see that look
D
That you give, when you're tryin' to get your last trade
C Em
And I don't ever wanna smell perfume
D
On your covers that I don't even wear
C Em
And I don't ever wanna feel so stupid
D
For believing that you really care
G
So I'm done with the yelling and screaming
Not taking any calls this evening
D
Won't call you any names, it's a game
C
I don't wanna play
C Em D
This time I'm gonna walk away, yeah
C Em D
I think I'll just walk away yeah yeah
C Em
Don't think you wanna drag this out
Start talking loud
D
Don't wanna make a scene
C
And I don't think I wanna
Em
Give you the satisfaction
D
Knowing that you hurt me
C
So this is all I'm gonna say
Em
Goodbye, I hope you find
D C
Someone who is dumb enough to put up with the stupid stuff
Em
That you do, cause I'm through
D
Fighting for what it isn't there
G
So I'm done with the yelling and screaming
Not taking any calls this evening
D
Won't call you any names, it's a game
C
I don't wanna play
C Em D
This time I'm gonna walk away, yeah
C Em D
I think I'll just walk away yeah yeah
C Em D
I think I'm gonna walk away, yeah
C Em D
This time I'm gonna walk away, yeah yeah
Am
I've done all the crying that I can do
Em
Way past belief that I can change you
C D
I'm gonna walk away with a smile on my face
C Em D
Oh I'm gonna walk away, yeah
C Em D
I think I'll just walk away, yeah yeah
C Em D
This time I'm gonna walk away, yeah
C Em D
I think I'll just walk away, yeah, yeah
C Em D
I think I'm gonna walk away, yeah
C Em D
This time I'm gonna walk away, yeah yeah
C Em D
5. Safe And Sound
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 6th
Chords:
Dm: xx0231
Am: x02210
F: 133211 or x33211
C: x32010
G: 320003 or 320033
Intro: Dm Am F C (G) Dm Am F C
Dm Am
I remember tears streaming down your face
F C (G)
When I said I'll never let you go
Dm Am F C
When all those shadows almost killed your light
Dm Am F C (G)
I remember you said, don't leave me here alone
Dm Am F
But all that's dead and gone and passed tonight
F C
Just close your eyes
G F
The sun is going down
C
You'll be alright
G F
No one can hurt you now
C
Come morning light
G Am G F
You and I'll be safe and sound
Dm Am F C (G) Dm Am F C
Dm Am F
Don't you dare look out your window darling
C (G)
Everything's on fire
Dm Am F C
The war outside our door keeps raging on
Dm Am F C (G)
Hold on to this lullaby
Dm Am F
Even when the music's gone
F
Gone
F C
Just close your eyes
G F
The sun is going down
C
You'll be alright
G F
No one can hurt you now
C
Come morning light
G Am G F
You and I'll be safe and sound
F C Am G x2
F C
Just close your eyes
G F
The sun is going down
C
You'll be alright
G F
No one can hurt you now
C
Come morning light
G Am G F
You and I'll be safe and sound
F C G x 4
End on G
6. The Blower's Daughter
Standard Tuning
No Capo
Chords:
D: xx0232
G: 320003 or 320033
A: x02220
Bm: x24432
F#m: 244222
Em: x22000
E: 022100
B: x24442
C#m: x46654
G#m: 466444
D G
And so it is, just like you said it would be
A
Life goes easy on me
G D
Most of the time
D G
And so it is, the shorter story
A
No love, no glory
Bm
No hero in her sky
G
I can't take my eyes off you
F#m
I can't take my eyes off you
Em
I can't take my eyes off you
D
I can't take my eyes off you
G A
I can't take my eyes off you
G
I can't take my eyes
D G
And so it is, just like you said it should be
A
We'll both forget the breeze
G D
Most of the time
D G
And so it is, the colder water
A
The blower's daughter
Bm
The pupil in denial
G
I can't take my eyes off you
F#m
I can't take my eyes off you
Em
I can't take my eyes off you
D
I can't take my eyes off you
G A
I can't take my eyes off you
G
I can't take my eyes
E A
Did I say that I loathe you ?
F#m B C#m
Did I say that I want to leave it all behind ?
A
I can't take my mind off you
G#m
I can't take my mind off you
F#m
I can't take my mind off you
E
I can't take my mind off you
A B
I can't take my mind off you
A
I can't take my mind, my mind
To find somebody new
7. Hopin'
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 3rd fret
Chords:
F: x33211 or 133211
C: x32010
Am: x02210
G: 320003 or 320033
Em: x22000
Intro: F C x 2
F C
Another day fades away
F C
As the time keeps passing by I slowly road alone
F C
Until today, I saw your face
F C
All the loneliness inside me drift away
F
I look in your eyes, what do I see?
Am
A vision of you, right here with me
C F
Over the blind, hopin' to find and you'll be mine
F
I'm willing to try, if you let me
Am
Got nothing to hide, it's on my sleep
C F
You're stuck in my mind and I realize you're what I need
C Am
I'm hopin' that you're open
F C
I hear your heart when your words are unspoken
F Am
'cause when you may see and possibly
F C
Be just what I'm looking for
F
I still believe
C
If it's meant to be
F C
Only time will tell the passing up the falling leaves
F C
Maybe we can share a dream
F C
So go behind the stars let's just run away
F
I look in your eyes, what do I see?
Am
A vision of you, right here with me
C F
Over the blind, hopin' to find and you'll be mine
F
I'm willing to try, if you let me
Am
Got nothing to hide, it's on my sleep
C F
You're stuck in my mind and I realize you're what I need
C Am
I'm hopin' that you're open
F C
I hear your heart when your words are unspoken
F Am
'cause when you may see and possibly
F C
Be just what I'm looking for
F
There's no reason why
G
We should not try
Em F
I give it all I got from you
F
As time goes by
Am
You and I
Em F
Let's turn the page and start again
F C F C
And I'm hopin'
C Am
I'm hopin' that you're open
F C
I hear your heart when your words are unspoken
F Am
'cause when you may see and possibly
F C
Be just what I'm looking for
End on C
8. Wise Up
Standard Tuning
No Capo
D: xx0232
Bm: x24432
G: 320003 or 320033
E: 022100
A: x02220
C: x32010
Intro: D
Verse:
D
It's not what you thought
Bm G (D)
When you first began it
D
You got what you want
Bm G
Now you can hardly stand it
E
Though by now you know
Chorus:
G E G E
It's not going to stop
G E G E
It's not going to stop
D A C
It's not going to stop
G D
Till you wise up
Verse:
D
You're sure there's a cure
Bm G (D)
And you have finally found it
D
You think one drink
Bm G
Will shrink you till you're underground
E
And aiming down
Chorus:
G E G E
It's not going to stop
G E G E
It's not going to stop
D A C
It's not going to stop
G D
Till you wise up
Pre-Chorus:
G
Prepare a list of what you need
E
Before you sign away the deed
Chorus:
G E G E
It's not going to stop
G E G E
It's not going to stop
D A C
It's not going to stop
G
Till you wise up
D A C
It's not going to stop
G
Till you wise up
D A C
It's not going to stop
G D
So just give up
9. The Heart Of The Matter
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 3rd fret
Chords:
C: x32010
Csus2: x30013
Csus4: x33010
G: 320003 or 320033
F: x33211 or 133211
Dm: xx0231
Am: x00210
Bb: x13331
Intro: C C Csus2 C Csus2 Csus4 x 2
Verse:
C G
I got a call today that I didn't wanna hear
F
But I knew that it would come
C G
An old true friend of ours was talking on the phone
F
She said you found someone
Pre-Chorus:
G
And I thought of all the bad luck and struggles we went through
F
How I lost me and you lost you
G
What are all these voices outside love's opened door
F G
Because through off our contentment and beg for something more
Chorus:
C Dm C
I'm learning to live without you now
F
But I miss you sometimes
C Am
The more I know, the less I understand
F
All the things I thought I knew
G
I'm learning again
C
I've been trying to get down
Dm
To the heart of the matter
C F
But my will gets weak and my thoughts seem to scatter
C Am
But I think it's about forgiveness, forgiveness
F G C C Csus2 C Csus2 Csus4
Even if, even if you don't love me anymore
C C Csus2 C Csus2 Csus4
Verse:
C
All these times are so uncertain
G
Though the yearning undefined
F
People filled with rage
C
We all need a little tenderness
G F
How can love survive in such a graceless age
Pre-Chorus:
G
The trust in self-assurance that lead to happiness
F
There the very things we kill I guess
G
Pride and competition cannot fill these empty arms
F G
And the work I put between us, you know it doesn't keep me warm
Chorus:
C Dm C
I'm learning to live without you now
F
But I miss you baby
C Am
The more I know, the less I understand
F
All the things I thought I figured out
G
I have to learn again
C
I've been trying to get down
Dm
To the heart of the matter
C F
But everything changes and my friends seem to scatter
C Am
And I think it's about forgiveness, forgiveness
F G C
Even if, even if you don't love me anymore
Bridge:
Bb F
There are people in your life who've come and go
Am F
They let you down and they hurt your pride
Bb F
Better put it all behind you 'cause life goes on
G
Keep carrying that anger, it will eat you up inside
Chorus:
C Dm C
I'm learning to live without you now
F
But I miss you sometimes
C Am
The more I know, the less I understand
F G C
Even if, even if you don't love me anymore
End on C
10. Dare You To Move
Standard Tuning
No Capo
Chords:
A: x02220
F#m: 244222
D: xx0232
C: x32010
E: 022100
Bm: x24432
(To make it easier put a capo on the 2nd fret and replace the chords above by G, Em, C, Bb, D & Am)
Intro: A
Verse:
A
Welcome to the planet, welcome to existance
F#m D
Everyone's here, everyone's here
A
Everybody's watching you now, everybody waits for you now
C
What happens next
E
What happens next
Chorus:
A
I dare you to move
E
Dare you to move
D
Dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
A
Dare you to move
E
Dare you to move
D
Like today never happened
E A
Today never happened before
Verse:
F#m D
Welcome to the fallout
F#m D
Welcome to resistance
Bm D
Tension is here, tension is here
F#m D
Between who you are and who you could be
Bm D
Between how it is and how it should be
Chorus:
A
I dare you to move
E
Dare you to move
D
Dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
A
Dare you to move
E
Dare you to move
D
Like today never happened
E
Today never happened
Bridge:
A D
Maybe redemption has fallen to the floor
A D
Maybe forgiveness is right where you stand
F#m D
Where can you run to escape from yourself
Bm
Where you're gonna go?
E
Where you're gonna go?
A
Salvation is here
Chorus:
A
I dare you to move
E
Dare you to move
D
Dare you to lift yourself, life yourself up off the floor
A
Dare you to move
E
Dare you to move
D
Like today never happened
F#m
Today never happened before
D E A
Today never happened, today never happened before