Josh Joplin - Earth And Other Things - Album (2013)
1. Best Intention Yet
2. Blue Skies Again
3. The Growing Up Boy
4. Skylines In Winter
5. My Luck
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Track 1 - Best Intention Yet
CAPO: 4th Fret
## NOTE: ~ ~ = Walk-Down from C to G & Em ##
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
Summer sand stuck to my fingers
C
Summer song stuck in my head
G
Sleeping out in half-built houses
C
Fireworks bursting above our bed
D C
I felt like a king on Independence Day
[Chorus]
G
We faced the future, eyes wide open
C
Crossed all our hearts before they were broken
G
Said our goodbyes, nothing was spoken
D
You can't go back
C G D E C ~ ~
You were the best intention I ever had
[Verse 2]
G
In the glow of graduation
C
Took the stage and sat back down
G
And after that we knew so little
C
Posing in your cap and gown
D C
you smiled, no one is immune from change
[Chorus]
G
We faced the future, eyes wide open
C
Crossed all our hearts before they were broken
G
Said our goodbyes, nothing was spoken
D
You can't go back
C G D E C ~ ~
You were the best intention I ever had
G D E C ~ ~
You were the best intention I ever had
[Bridge]
Em G
We came too late
D
Broke down the door and faced the outcome
Em G
And you stayed so still
Am
Took you in and turned their lights on
C
We stood staring from your front lawn
[Chorus]
G
We faced the future, eyes wide open
C
Crossed all our hearts before they were broken
G
Said our goodbyes, but nothing was spoken
D
You can't go back
C
No, you can't go back
D
You can't go back
C
No, you can't go back
[Chorus]
G
We faced the future, eyes wide open
C
Crossed all our hearts before they were broken
G
Said our goodbyes, but nothing was spoken
D
You can't go back
C G D E C ~ ~
You were the best intention I ever had
G D E C ~ ~
You were the best intention I ever had
[Outro]
G D
You were, you were, you were, you were
C ~ ~
You were, you were
G D
You were, you were
Em C G
You were the best intention I ever had
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Track 2 - Blue Skies Again
CAPO: 1st Fret
[Verse 1]
F
Dear winter bird
Bb F
How long can you last
Dm C
Before it gets too cold
Bb F
And the earth asks you back
[Verse 2]
Dear bended bough
Bb F
I'm ready for the sun
Dm C
The old man is leaving
Bb F
And a longer day's begun
[Chorus]
Dm Bb F C
Suddenly I can see blue skies again
Dm
Hear you say, there's nothing less
Bb F C
That our hearts will mend
F C Bb F C
I promise you, they do
[Verse 3]
D
Birch trees are bones
Bb F
Stripped of their leaves
Dm C
Pressed between the pages
Bb F
Of my memories
[Verse 4]
And this heart of mine
Bb F
Is ready for the spring
Dm C
Open up my window
Bb F
Winter bird take wing
[Chorus]
Dm Bb F C
Suddenly I can see blue skies again
Dm
Hear you say, there's nothing less
Bb F C
That our hearts will mend
F C Bb F C
I promise you, they do
F C
And they do
[Instrumental]
F Bb Dm F Dm C Bb Dm F C
[Bridge]
Bb F C
It's not easy to pretend
Bb F C
It's not easy to pretend
Bb G F C
It's not easy to pretend
[Chorus]
Dm Bb F C
Suddenly I can see blue skies again
Dm
Hear you say, there's nothing less
Bb F C
That our hearts will mend
F C Bb
I promise you
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Track 3 - The Growing Up Boy
[Intro]
C F C
[Verse 1]
F C
Friends wear the scars of the lessons you learned
F C
And you sit by the embers of the bridges you've burned
G F C
We all have a story and we each take a turn
Dm F C F C
Laughing at all of your shit
[Verse 2]
F C
And everyone is just somebody you knew
F C
And you never mean harm by the things that you do
G F C
But saying it through tears, don't make it true
Dm F C
Just makes it hard to forget it
[Chorus]
G F C
And the growing up boy, he never grows up
G F C
He's taunted by fear and haunted by love
Dm F C
Too late to learn, you've taken enough
F G C
Growing up boy
[Verse 3]
F C
It's heartache, it's heartbreak, it's dark clouds and then
F C
It's a day of self-pity and he's on the mend
G F C
He finds true love for the first time again
Dm F C
When the memory of the last girl lapses
[Verse 4]
F C
And he wakes up half-hearted and he looks at his phone
F C
For a message to remind him that he's not alone
G F C
And he always has many, but none are from home
Dm F C F
So he goes back to bed and collapses
[Chorus]
G F C
And the growing up boy, he never grows up
G F C
He's taunted by fear and haunted by love
Dm F C
Too late to learn, you've taken enough
F
Growing up boy
[Instrumental]
C F C
[Verse 5]
F C
'Each day is your birthday', is what I wrote in a card
F C
To say a kind word, I just found it too hard
G F C
I erased what I meant, so just disregard
Dm F C
Make what you want of this form
[Verse 6]
F C F C
Love is not like the songs that you sing
F C
How could you complain when it don't mean a thing
G F C
You can steal every verse and you break every string
Dm F C
And there's no one around when you're done
[Chorus]
G F C
And the growing up boy, he never grows up
G F C
He's taunted by fear and haunted by love
Dm F C
Too late to learn, you've taken enough
F C
Growing up boy, grow up
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Track 4 - Skylines In Winter
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
G
In the tiny little hours before the day begins
Em D A
While banks and busses sleep below
D G
The future whispers words that only you can hear
Em D A
Take comfort in the quiet of snow___
[Chorus]
G F#m
Skylines in winter
Em
Silhouettes emerge and splinter
Bm C A
Remind us of a love that couldn't last
D A
This too shall pass
Em G
This too shall pass
D A
This too shall pass
Em G
This too shall
[Verse 2]
D
Cheery things coming home
G
As she throws her coat back on
Em
Unlocks the door
D A
She's gone and she's sleeping
[Chorus]
G F#m
Skylines in winter
Em
Silhouettes emerge and splinter
Bm C A
Remind us of a love that couldn't last
D A
This too shall pass
Em G
This too shall pass
D A
This too shall pass
Em G
This too shall
[Bridge]
C
When you're missing
G
Presence of small things
C G D
An open tube of toothpaste on the sill
C
And like the birds do
G
Stay behind too
Em A
When you find your way, you lose your will
G D
This too shall pass
Am C
This too shall pass
G D
This too shall pass
Am C
This too shall pass
G D
This too shall pass
Am C E
This too shall
Am E
So much for love
Am E
So much for love
Am E
So much for love
Am
So much for love
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Track 5 - My Luck
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[Intro]
G C G C
[Verse 1]
G
Lift your harpoon, the white whale is dead
C G
And everybody wants to go home
The captain is brave or touched in the head
C G
Either way we leave him alone
Em D G
He don't even know my name
[Verse 2]
C G
Hey baby, let's turn this thing around
C G
I'm not the one you thought you found
D
And even if we worked it out
Left ourselves a shred of doubt
C G
It wouldn't be the same
Em D G
You don't even know my name
[Pre-Chorus]
Am
Letters that you sent
C
Addressed to occupant
G
Were thoughtful after all
D
I read 'em in the fall and
[Chorus]
G
My luck
D
My luck is gonna change, yeah
G
My luck
D
My luck is gonna change, well
G
My luck
D
My luck is gonna change
C
Somehow, some day
G
My luck is gonna change me
[Interlude]
G C G C
[Verse 3]
G
With a sleeping heart hung around your neck
C G
I mistook you for a saint
You hit the wall, walked away from the wreck
C G
And didn't even scratch the paint
Em D G
We don't even know your name
[Verse 4]
C G
Hey baby, let's turn this thing around
C G
I'm ready to burn the old barn down
D
And even if the fodder could
There’s nothing here that's made of wood
C G
And I'm the one they'd blame
Em D G
We don't even know your name
[Pre-Chorus]
Am
Teachers that you took
C
It could have filled a book
G
Entitled, 'Everyone,
D
He isn't any fun' and
[Chorus]
G
My luck
D
My luck is gonna change, well
G
My luck
D
My luck is gonna change, well
G
My luck
D
My luck is gonna change
C
Somehow, some day
G
My luck is gonna change me
[Outro]
D
My luck
C
My luck is gonna change
D
My luck
C
My luck is gonna change
D
My luck
C G
My luck is gonna change me
A
My luck
C G
My luck is gonna change me
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