Monsters of Folk is an indie folk supergroup consisting of Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes and several other groups), Mike Mogis (of Bright Eyes and Lullaby For The Working Class), Jim James (of My Morning Jacket) and M. Ward (of She & Him as well as a successful solo musician). All share guitar duties, with Oberst, Ward and James sharing vocals. Ward also plays keyboards and Mogis and James play drums on the album. In 2010, the band's touring drummer, Will Johnson of Centro-matic, became the band's official fifth member.
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Dear God Say Please Whole Lotta Losin' Temazcal The Right Place Baby Boomer Man Named Truth Goodway Ahead of the Curve Slow Down Jo Losin' Yo Head Magic Marker Map of the World Sandman, the Brakeman and Me His Master's Voice
This has been compiled from individual tabs submitted by UG members.
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Dear God tabbed by Unregistered
Capo on the third fret
AmDAm budup bup bee duduh bap DAm budup bup bee duduh bap C Bah dubam ba ba x2
AmGAmG Dear god, I'm trying hard to reach you AmGAmG Dear god, I see your face in all I do GCAmG Sometimes it's so hard to believe in AmGAmG Good god I know you have your reasons
AmGAmG Dear god I see you move the mountains AmGAmG Dear god I see you moving trees GCAmG Sometimes it's nothing to believe in AmGAmG Sometimes it's everything I see
DAm Well I've been thinking about, DAmC And I've been breaking it down without an answer DAmD I know I'm thinking aloud but if your loves AmCD Still around why do we suffer? Why do we suffer?
AmGAmG Dear god, I wish that I could touch you AmGAmG How strange sometimes I feel I almost do GCAmG And then I'm back behind the glass again AmGAmG Oh god what keeps you out it keeps me in
DAm Well I've been thinking about, DAmC And I've been breaking it down without an answer DAmD I know I'm thinking aloud but if your loves AmCDC, Am, G, Am, G Still around why do we suffer? Why do we suffer?
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Say Please tabbed by Ange Stella, aka indie_lover
Verse 1
AF# Everyone grows old on the gold coast BmGm It takes a lot of hope to grieve AF# Everyone gets dark and the worst part BmGm Is the way those thoughts can please you AF# Personality like a split screen BmGm See yourself down your knees
Chorus
DE Hold out your hand DE Hold out your hand, darling DE Hold out your hand EA Say please
Solo-repeat Verse chords x2
Verse 2
AF# Everyone gives up down on hard luck BmGm On hope ain't enough it seems AF# Everyone gets lost in their own fog BmGm Have to wonder on with lantern dreams
Bridge
C#m Say please, please CmBm Just say something C#m Speak up, please CmBmEEE If its what youre looking for
DE Hold out your hand DE Hold out your hand, darling DE Hold out your hand EAAbAb Say please
DA Hold out your hand DA Hold out your hand, darling DE Hold out your hand E Say please
END ON A
this is the solo part of 'Say Please' - a basic interpretation... solo tabbed by Folly March 2010
Intro: C | D Well... E | E I got a lot, lord I've got a lot of losin' A | A Friends and heroes are packin up and movin B | B One of these days I'll be left with nothin but C#m | C#m Memories and no time F#m | F#m So I better get, yeah I better get accustomed B | B Cause I got a lot, lord I got a lotta losin E | A By and by and by and by and E | B By, well
E | E We never got paid but we had a lotta laughs though A | A Runnin like thieves through the streets of Chicago B | B Look at me now, Im leanin out a Portland window, singin C#m |C#m "I still miss someone" F#m | F#m So I better get, yeah, I better get accustomed B | B Cause, I got a lot lord, I got a lotta losin E | A By and by and by and by and E | B By, well
F#m | F#m Pickin up speed, I'm pickin up the pieces B | B Losin leaves in every season F#m | F#m The winter ends right at my feet with B | B | B | B Flowers creepin up through the crack in the concrete, well...
E | E I got a lot, lord I got a lot of losin' A | A Friends and heroes are packin up and movin B | B One of these days I'll be left with nothin but C#m | C#m Memories and no time F#m | F#m So I better get, yeah I better get accustomed B | B Cause I got a lot, lord I got a lotta losin E | A By and by and by and by and E | B By, well
F#m | F#m Pickin up speed, I'm pickin up the pieces B | B Losin leaves in every season F#m | F#m The winter ends right at my feet with B | B | B | B Flowers creepin up through the crack in the concrete, well...
E | E I got a lot, lord I got a lot of losin' A | A Friends and heroes are packin up and movin B | B One of these days I'll be left with nothin but C#m | C#m Memories and no time F#m | F#m So I better get, yeah I better get accustomed B | B Cause I got a lot, lord I got a lotta losin E | A By and by and by and by and E | B By and by and by and by and E By
AbmF# putting on my power, righteous as a rose AbmF# dynamite the mountain, now I'm walking up the road EAbm the love we made at gunpoint wasn't love at all EF# the dancing in the valley, the moon's the mirrored ball AbmF# blew open my mind, now it's an empty room AbmF# swinging in the hammock, dogs are walking across the roof EAbm i watch you braid your hair, you're from another time EF# when the earth wasn't so angry, and god was on our side
EB searching west and east EB and all points in-between B7A and underneath the lines of thought E you're there and then you're not
AbmF#AbmF#
AbmF# the mayans stole tomorrow, hid it underground AbmF# we've combed with heavy magnets but it still hasn't been found EAbm i'm sweating out my secrets in the temazcal EF# they're screaming in the calle that a star's about to fall
EB looking through the trees EB cities and the seas B7 things we've seen A ovnis on the lawn E they're there and then they're gone
AbmAB there and then they’re gone B7A there and then they're gone Abm there and then they're gone F# there and then they're gone B there and then they're gone B7A there and then they're gone Abm there and then they're gone F#F# there and then they're gone
EB searching west and east EB all points in between B7A and underneath the hand of god E you're there and then you're not AE you're there and then you're not
Great song. Great album. One of my new favourite Jim James efforts. Enjoy!
Intro: G Gadd11 G Gadd11 G Gadd11 G Gadd11
Chorus: CD Do you like where you're living, G Do you like what you do CD Do you like what youre seeing, G When you're lookin at you CD Do you like what youre saying G When you open your face CD Do you got the right feeling G Are you in the right place
Verse 1:
GEmCDG Stealin a tusk from an elephant must make one feel creepy inside GEm And although youll boast around the fire at night CDG That ghost will kick up a fight CDG Be gone Be gone you scream CDG Youre just some elephant dream CDEm I needed you like you needed me CDG People they need piano keys
CHORUS
Verse 2 (Same chord pattern as Verse 1):
Is this right, is this right, come on God answer tonight Is there some fee that you'll charge me For doing what you thought I might Once you've thought long and hard about it, Tell me if heads will roll Once you've thought long and hard about it, Tell me cause I need to know
CHORUS
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Baby Boomer tabbed by LonelyHasBrown
D We gotta stand a little closer to what it is we're leanin' on D Who was it that first said it? Could it be he could be wrong A7 About the pilgrims and the natives
Having dinner on the lawn?
D I think if I was ever king I would buy a censorship D Where the only books upon the shelves Were the ones that I had written A7 Oh, and put them up in borders, set my photo down the spine D To tell the story of the livin' without forgettin' those who'd died
A7 And I would die a happy man 'Cause I did the best that I could do D To find a better way of leading, Should we leave that up to you?
D Who was the one that said it, Yeah the one who said it best? A7 You got to L-O-V-E your neighbors, at least the ones who are still left
And we gotta stand a little closer To the lessons that we've learned Is it just a premonition? Could we really get ourselves both burned? I've been sent here on a mission to find what we agree upon We don't agree about September, Could we agree on Vietnam?
I think if I was ever publisher I'd buy a pirate ship Where the mission at each position is to shoot and to click Clean the photos up a little, censor the ship out of it So when we put it up in borders, turn a profit on the trip Charge the public for the overhead of 1492 And if they need a better reason tell them we got livin' proof
And I would die a happy man 'Cause I did the best that I could do To find a better way of leading, Should we leave that up to you
Who was it that said it? Yeah that's what I'm trying to say You got to L-O-V-E your neighbors, at least the ones that live today Hey, hey
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Man Named Truth tabbed by Unregistered
DmAmDm Dont ever buy nothin' from a man named truth.
DmAmDm Dont ever buy nothin' from a man named truth.
F Tell you right now boy it aint no use
DmAmDm Dont ever buy nothin' from a man named truth.
Pain was hunting me down, but I gave him the slip I left the city through a tunnel and I headed for the sticks With oregano oil and a morphine drip Pain was hunting me down, but I gave him the slip
And I fell in love with identical twins They'd lived 34 summers between the two of them I gave one my ego, gave one my id Yeah, I gotta get back to my pretty little twins
Don't ever buy nothing from a man named Truth Don't ever buy nothing from a man named Truth I'll tell you right now that it ain't no use Don't ever buy nothing from a man named Truth
I was lost for a year in those almond trees The sun was rising in the South and setting in the East I was half awake, I was half asleep I thought I would never get out of those almond trees
So don't think too slow in the syrupy sun You'll get buried alive when the caterpillar come Tapping your time on a congo drum Don't think too slow in the syrupy sun
I met a black skinned man with an ice cream grin And a blond Afghan with that heroin We moved to the mountains where the highway ends And I got myself that ice cream grin
So don't search too long for that Aztec gold Like old Cortez, gonna lose your soul Turn an honest man into Diablo Don't trade your soul for no Aztec gold
And never buy nothing from a man named Truth Never buy nothing from a man named Truth Look in my eyes and you see the proof Don't ever buy nothing from a man named Truth
Don't ever buy nothing from a man named Truth Don't ever buy nothing from a man named Truth Don't ever buy nothing from a man named Truth
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Goodway tabbed by The Folky
G I learned a good way (good way) D I learned a good way (good way) AD I learned a good way of saying goodbye
G I learned a good way (good way) D I learned a good way (good way) AEmGD You taught me everything I know about taking other people for a ride EmAD And I just wanted to take the time to thank you for that gift tonight
G I learned a good way (good way) D I learned a good way (good way) AD I learned a good way of saying goodbye
G I learned a good way (good way) D I learned a good way (good way) AEmGD You taught me everything I know about taking other people for a ride EmAD And I just wanted to take the time to thank you for that gift tonight
Yes. We'll drive up to the forest and wait 'til the moon is up above and we'll smear mud and pomegranate seeds on our faces, build a giant fire and wait for the sun to put it out. We'll be fed and nurtured back to health by out surrogate ample parents. You'll eat variants from the bushes. I'll learn to fly and you'll learn to fish and I'll fly down to the river to join you...and when we're strong and healthy and ready we'll return to the human world with new skills and a new perspective. We'll be free. Yours, always.
G Good way D Good way A Good way D
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Ahead of the Curve tabbed by rrobison3
I've listened to it a bunch and I think this is closer to the song on the album. I am not positive about the Dm11, but I know it's not just a D.
Capo on 2nd fret
INTRO (this pattern is repeated throughout the verses) GEmGEm e|---3--0------3--0----------| Other chords Em add9 = 033003 B|---0--0------0--0----------| Dm11 = 554030 G|---0--0------0--0----------| D|---0--2-4----0--2-4p2p0----| A|---2--2------2--2----------| E|-3-3--0----3-3--0----------|
GEm Another perfect day GEm They keep piling up GEm I got happiness CD that I can't maintain so beginner's luck
GEm I had shoes to fill GEm Walkin' barefoot now GEm Can't tell north from south CD but no split hair's gonna get me down now
CHORUS CEmEm add9 Stayin' 'bove the flat line CG I'm ahead of the curve CG Take a piece of the sunshine with me CD on a red eye flight to another world
CEmEm add9 It isn't any trouble CG if you wanna come with me CG I know it's out of the question, honey CD but I sure could use the company CGEmGEm and a place to be
VERSE GEm Now the sky is pink GEm Roof top swimmin' pool GEm I'm not care free, no CD I'm free to care, I just never do
GEm All the bags are checked GEm and the reasons why GEm Yesterday lingers on CD That's the peace you can keep when you say goodbye
CHORUS CEmEm add9 You can get what you want now CG Knock it out of the park CG Bury it by the river CD Easy, there's a search party but it's gettin' dark
CEmEm add9 I won't hold you to nothin' CG I wanna make that plain CG Probably end up a stranger and crazy CD but I'm still hoping there's another way CGEmGC Dm11 and a place to stay
BRIDGE EmBmCDG What a scene has gotcha' sentimental EmCG when the night comes, when the night comes loose EmBmCDG All the things you've put up on the mantle CD What a shame, what a shame, it's old news
CHORUS CEmEm add9 I'm stayin' 'bove the flat line CG I'm ahead of the curve CG Take a piece of the sunshine with me CD on an all night drive to another world
CEmEm add9 You can get what you want now CG Knock it out of the park CG Probably end up a drifter and lonely CD but I'm still hoping for a change of heart CGEmGEmGEmGEm and a place, a place, a place to start
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Slow Down Jo tabbed by Unregistered
FFmC/G Slow ... Down ... Jo ... FC/G Anybody ever tell you that you move too fast FAmGF Anybody ever tell you how to make a good thing last? GG7 Cuz it ain't like that . . .
FFmC/G First you gotta slow down Jo. FC/G Last night I was talking to some friends of mine. FAmGFG AJ's afraid you're gonna kill your time or lose your mind
FFmC/G If you don't slow down Jo. FC/G Anybody ever tell you if you lose the knack. FAmG Anybody ever tell you that it's true FGG7 You can get it back? But not like that
C/GG It ain't by kicking down the walls & pissing off your friends. FG Every time the cards don't fall your way. C/GC7 It ain't by poking out your eyes when you see something you don't like. FGC/G Cadd9aug5 G Even your mama said she don't want to see you spent at 25
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Losin' Yo Head rabbed by aflowerandagun
The little fill where they say "stop!" is: A("stop!") DDD Put the fills where necessary and enjoy!
Intro AADDAAEDAAEDAA
A comin home alone at night i'm so scared! DDAA turn on all the lights, check underneath the stairs DDAA open all the closets, make sure they're no monsters in there! EDAA livin in a small house, it's fairly easy to check. EDAA if i were livin in a mansion, i'd probably just sleep out on the deck. EDAA heaving on the boulder, just trying to move it an inch... EDAF#m i think i'm gettin closer, i think i'm gettin bolder, but then it starts to slip... DEAA and i keep makin the same old faces again.
EDAA partyin with strangers or stickin with close friends instead... EDAA it don't matter what you're doin, as long as you're losin your head. EDAA out ridin the range, or layin with you here in bed... EDAA it don't matter what i'm doin, as long as i'm losing my head.
AAAADDAAEDAAEDAA
A way back when the smallest trip was the greatest quest. DDAA now sometimes i get bored, even tho i know i'm blessed. A comin and goin like we do it's hard to keep friends I know firsthand... DDAA i'm tired of doing nothin, feel like we should be makin plans. EDAF#m we need a little thrill i can see it in our faces, yeah, turn off the tv set. DEAA the feeling of adventure, i think we all remember it.
EDAA partyin with strangers or stickin with close friends instead... EDAA it don't matter what i'm doin, as long as i'm losing my head. EDAF#m out ridin the range, or layin with you here in bed... DEAA it don't matter what i'm doin, as long as i'm losing my head.
A until end, fills where appropriate, end on A.
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Magic Marker tabbed by BeccaYemm
CAPO 2
Fill
d |--------4-4-2-2-4-4-----| a |------------------------| E |------------------------|
Verse 1
CC/BAmGFGC Just because it's not accepted, doesn't mean it ain't alright.
CC/BAmGFGC Just another frozen kid, who's trying to make it through tonight.
CC/BAmGFGC Ordinary pens and notebooks, ain't no ordinary life.
CC/BAmGFGC All the freaked out measures I took, trying to make you sickos smile.
Chorus
Fill (At the bottom)
FGFGC Ordinary don't mean nothing no-how, look what's ordinary now.
Fill
FGFGC It's got a magic marker stain on its face and it needs a shower.
Verse 2
CC/BAmGFGC There's something sweet waiting in the center - taste and see.
CC/BAmG There's something sweet waiting in the center.
FGC Don't nobody look at me,
FGC Don't nobody look at me!
Chorus
Fill (At the bottom)
FGFGC Ordinary don't mean nothing no-how, look what's ordinary now.
Fill
FGFGC It's got a magic marker stain on its face and it needs a shower.
Verse 3
CC/BAmGFGC How many licks does it take to get? Taste and see.
CC/BAmGFG How many licks does it take to get to the center where there's something
C sweet.
FGC To the center where there's something sweet.
Solo
C-G-A-F-G-C
C-G-A-F-G-C
F-G-C-C
Outro
FGFGC Ordinary don't mean nothing no-how, look what's ordinary now x4
FGC Look what's ordinary now
FGC Look what's ordinary now
FGC Look at ordinary now
End on D
Fill
d |--------4-4-2-2-4-4-----| a |------------------------| E |------------------------|
SOLO tabbed by RydeTheTiger
e |---------0h2-3-2-0---------------------0h2-3-2-0---0-2-3-2-0-----3-3-2-| b |-----2-3----------3-3b--------------2-3----------3-----------3-2-------| g |-2-4-------------------2h4-2-----2-4-----------------------------------| d |----------------------------4------------------------------------------| a |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| E |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e |-3-2-0-----0-0---------------------| b |-------3-2-----3-------------------| g |-----------------------------------| d |------------------5-5-4-4-2-2-4-4--| a |-----------------------------------| E |-----------------------------------|
Bm there's a map of the world on a wall in your room EmBm green pins where you wanna go G white pins where you`ve been, there isn't even ten D and you're already feeling old
Bm Pretty faces stare back from a magazine stack EmBm that you read when you're feeling bored G look through a telescope lens, it doesn't make sense D you think you've been there before
CHORUS:
GD some far off feeling, some upclose kind of ache GF#m a widescreen reason to, look the other way
there's a place by the lake that you go when it's late it's summer and the crowds are gone then you sit all alone, with your thoughts getting stoned just waiting for some peace so come
like a thing that you tried, that you thought that you liked for a minute then it all felt wrong so you're changing again, all your clothes all your friends it's the same as it ever was
some far off feeling, some upclose kind of ache some widescreen reason to, look the other way
Its a road that you've paved over indian graves and you wonder why your dreams are crazed so you cling to your wife, your kids and your life theres nothing that you're gunna save
put the razor to your face, hot water for a shave kill the shadow of yesterday clean shirt, clean pants, clean slate, second chance you're going by another name
some far off feeling, some upclose kind of ache that instant comma, it always come too late
C (strum once and hold) C The Brakeman is letting off some steam,
This has to be the slowest train that I have ever seen F and the Sandman's waiting to deliver me my dream, Am7G Guess I'll lay my head against my elbow and the window FGC Watch the wheels go, Watch the wheels go,
Chorus:
FGC Roll on, Roll on oh little train FGC Brakeman blow your whistle, throw your weight upon the chain EmF Make way, for whatever will be, will be GC Between the Sandman, the Brakeman, and me.
Verse 2:
And the Sandman's waiting to deliver me my dream, deliver me my dream, deliver me my dream, F Today Am7G Guess I'll lay my head against my elbow and the window FGC Let my wheels go, let my wheels go
mohammed rolling dice with christ at twilight and they hear their master's voice.. they run to do their chores at master's calling. their job tonite: re-write the bible for a whole new generation of non-believers.
the pastor screams out to the crowd: "there's evil that must be put down!" and it touches the soldier boy.. he heeds his master's voice his life is calling. sweet soldier boy.. the speaker is bleeding he hears his master's voice.. do you hear your master's voice? CALLING.. like the lady siren's call.
sweet soldier quiet- just staring at the ceiling and he hears his master's voice.. he hears the call to war the siren's singing. out on the line- there's something that strikes his side and he sees his inner child.. he hears his mother's voice softly calling. spirit soldiers mother hovers.. she holds up a paper cup and the sound of life and love fills her ear.
you're only gonna hear what you want to hear.. do you hear your master's voice now?
mohammed and christ speak twice as nice but the one that i like best- he sings inside my chest i hear my master's voice now calling out.. calling out.. calling out.. calling out..