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Crudely Drawn

Crudely Drawn (The Drams)

From: "Jubilee Dive" (2006 - New West)
Posted and transcribed by Bill

G)You’ve got the patrons all lining up to please ya

(Am)I’ve got too much (C)time to kill

(G)I was sitting here thinking by default slowly sinking

In my (Am) sinkhole of choice burning (C) bright

(G)Even my friends drop a line in the drink, I guess

(Am)Courtesy comes and(C) goes with a wink

(G)And now everybody’s fishing, everybody’s wishing

For a (Am)chair at the end of your (C)night

(Am)Nobody (D)needs to tell me

(Am)Nobody’s gonna (D)save my place when I’m (C)gone

Don’t forget that I still (G)love ya (D)

Crudely (C)drawn, like a sketch , but I still (G)care (D)

It’s a (C)con for me to feel you weren’t (G)above me

At least it (D)looked that way from way down (C) there

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t trying
Whispers hung like the smoke at the bar, still
Lord knows what drew you, but of course
I burned right through you
Now the whispers have all turned to shouts, you’ve got a
Face like a magnet and tonight the eyes have it
Baby-haired with a smile born of God
I’m a plastic flower petal in a room full of metal figurines
All trying to figure you out

Chorus

(D)And if you feel I (C)seem to ignore you
(D)What can I do in a (C)room that implores you?
(D)Nobody’s gonna (C)save my place tonight (D)

I’ve shot all good leanings searching for some meaning
Between the tables and stools and the glass
And I’ve found it I pray that I can draw it, tell me
This too shall pass

Fireflies (The Drams)

From: "Jubilee Dive" (2006 - New West)
Posted and transcribed by Bill

(C)Party girl from (F)Pensacola

(C)Frequent flier and your (F)bag weighs a ton

(C)Point your smile with a (F)red crayola

(Dm)Makes me wonder what are (A)you flying from

(C)What wounds are (F)you protecting

(C)From the other who would (F)mock and deride

(C)They don’t see what (F)I’m detecting

(Dm)Brighter lights burning (A)deep inside

(Bb)If you ponder your (F)scene then it’s over

(Bb)See the beauty being (F)where you are

(Bb)Appreciate the fire(F)flies maybe just in (C)case

You never see the (F)stars Bb F

And I know your heart keeps breaking
I can see it while you walk down the street
Your fix ain’t the drugs you’re taking
It’s in the words that you said to me:
“I hear those chords you’re strumming
Feel your words about the ones you love
Just keep that motor humming
With some help from the Lord above

Chorus

(Dm)Wide eyes and (A)half-played tunes
(Dm)Non-smoking ho(A)tel rooms
(Dm)Your gift is a sweet(A)ness wrapped
In tin foil and typhoons

Chorus

There’s good times to be had if you let ‘em
See the beauty being where you are
Appreciate the fireflies maybe just in case
You never see the stars, just in case
You never see the stars.

Holy Moses (The Drams)

From: "Jubilee Dive" (2006 - New West)
Posted and transcribed by Bill

(G)Comfort comes and it’s (Bm)so complete when you’re

(C)Down to nothing (C/B)everything (Am)seems so sweet, but it’s no

(G)Shangri-La and I’m (Bm)no aesthete, cause when

(C)Comfort comes it’s (Am)no mean feat, oh yeah G C G

(G)Time will fly when you’re (Bm)fast asleep

(C)Wait for lightning strikes (C/B)then (Am)count to three

And then eventually some-

(G)One will show who feels (Bm)just like me, utterly

(C)Unattainable,(C/B) just (Am)wait and see, oh yeah

(F) Holy(C)Moses won’t you (G) hear my plea, could you

(F)Send some (C)angels down to (G)earth for me, I need

(F)One be(C)side me when the (G)night grows cold, I need

(F)One a(C)bove me now and (D)one below, oh yeah G C G

(Bm)All I need is a (C)heart less shamed
(Am)Stairs to take me there and not (D) feel the same
(Bm)All I need is some(C)one who knows when I’ve come back around
(D)(G)Cause I don’t (F#m)make no (A)sound (GCG GCG)

So who’s to blame for my sheer amazement
Hunkered down in my glass-roofed basement
To know she glides cross the floor upstairs
To wish that she was down here and me up there, oh yeah

Chorus

All I need is a path unworn
Magnetic north and a map untorn
All I need is someone who knows when I’ve come back around
‘Cause I don’t make no sound
No trace will be found, cause I don’t make no sound

Hummalong (The Drams)

From: "Jubilee Dive" (2006 - New West)
Posted and transcribed by Bill

D Em G

(D)No, don’t let anyone tell you that you’ve (Em)gone too (G)far to just go back
(D)Don’t let anyone tell you that you’ve (Em)used up (G)all remaining slack
(D)Don’t believe them when they say there’s (Em)just one (G)shot before you’re done
(D)They’ll say anything to keep from feeling (Em)lost them(G)selves once you have won

(A)Don’t pave your path after (Bm)anyone
(G)Where’ve they been be(A)fore?
You’ll play your song and they’ll (Bm)hum along
(G)Straight-faces, straightfaced (Em)sore
(G)Face down on their (D) floors

There’s a rancorous art to the exchange of faith for safety’s drone
And cantankerous hearts presume to know the content of your own
There’ll be plenty of traps no matter where or when you choose to roam
There’s a treason in reasoning with those who deem to build their own

Don’t pave your path after anyone
Where’ve they been before?
You’ll play your song and they’ll hum along
Straight-faces, straightfaced sore
Face down on their floors
Don’t pave your path after anyone
Where’ve they been before?
You’ll play your song and they’ll hum along

Make a Book (The Drams)

From: "Jubilee Dive" (2006 - New West)
Posted and transcribed by Bill

C G x 5

(G)Shaky Jay puts his headphones on C G

(G)Collects his box from off the lawn C G

(G)Policemen say he must move along C G

(G)Shakes their hands, hums a song

Then (C)he sings, “ When I’m (D)gone, I’m still at (G)home” C G

(G) Blueface Billy says “Listen Jay, C G

(G)Shouldn’t let them treat you like some crook!” C G

(G)Jay says, “Billy, hey it’s okay. C G

Everyday, I read a little bit more from my (C)book

What’s it (D)say? It says it’s (G)okay”

When you (Am)need it most you’ll (C)find it least

(Em)Make a little book for when (D)good times cease

When you (Am)need it, you can (C)read it then you’ll (Em)find

When you’re (D)gone you’re still at (G)home

“When I was a boy my mama would say
‘You’ll be a great author one day
Count your blessings and write them down,
Keep them close, you won’t never lose your way’”
And then she’d say:

“When you need it most you’ll find it least
Make a little book for when good times cease
When the world seems wrong and you need a song
Don’t waste your time waitin’ for the words to come along
When you need it, you can read it then you’ll find
When you’re gone you’re still at home.”

All the love, every friend, every gift, every hardship that you’ve lacked
An open heart is an open book, when you need it read it back
It’s hard to believe what they’re showing you
It’s hard to agree with what they say
You can hardly conceive what they’ll hold you to
Save it for your most cynical of days
Tear it out and throw it all away

Chorus

September's High (The Drams)

From: "Jubilee Dive" (2006 - New West)
Posted and transcribed by Bill

(Bm)There’s a pale moon softly (G)shining

Through your (D)dining room wind(A)ow

(Bm)Lift you head from where you’re (G)lying

Softly (D)crying, where’d you (A)go?

(Bm)So your heart is pained and (G)swollen

Maimed and (D)stolen, stained and (A)stuck

(Bm)As if you life before was (G)golden be em(D)boldened, no such (A)luck

(G)If you could just find a (A)way, you would (D)start anew (G)again

‘Cause you’re (D)tired, (A)tired, (G)tired of (A)giving in

Wishful thinking turns to dreaming
Silent scheming, silent stares
Dreadful days turn to evenings
He’s not leaving, ‘cause he’s not there
And you would just grab a hold, if your path were only clear
But you’re scared, scared, scared of losing years

(A)Coming off September’s (G)high, you (F#m)know it’s (Em)over

(A)Now you can’t remember (G)why, but you (F#m)know it’s (Em)over

(A)No such luck left to (G)defy, you (F#m)know it’s (Em)over (A)

You keep saying you’ve been trying
No denying, you’ve been wronged
But there’s a million people crying
Stop your lying, just come home
If you’d know these things then, you might hold the world in hand
But you were tired, tired, tired
You were scared, scared, scared
But you’re strong, strong, so strong
Please understand

Shortsighted (The Drams)

From: "Jubilee Dive" (2006 - New West)
Posted and transcribed by Bill

(C)I am so (C/B) sorry,(Am) I cannot (Am7)be

The (F)thing that (G)was once expected of me

(C)Let’s (C/B)buckle under,(Am) to the (Am7)pressure

(F)Let’s fail (G)miserably

(F)Let’s play the shit joints

(G)Let’s just make up the (F) songs, as we go (G)along

(F)Let’s do the right thing, (G)just because it (Dm)feels wrong

I am so stupid, I could not tell
A low-rent heaven is the equal of hell
It’s all or nothing, and nothing’s good
Only when you’ve come to have more than you should
Started out as an excuse
Then became something to believe
And believing’s good
But nowadays an excuse is exactly what I need

(Em)Let’s devise some dese(Am)cration to all we could’ve (F)been

You and me, my (C)friend

(Em)Embrace the lack of appreci(Am)ation, and we’ll keep it in our (F)hearts

To savor deep (G)within

Let’s play the shit joints
Let’s just make up the songs, as we go along
Let’s do the right thing, just because it feels wrong

I am shortsighted, I could not see
The plan of attack was flawed the best it could be
Let’s buckle under, let’s buckle down
Let’s find some new place where we won’t never be found

The Truth Lies Low (The Drams)

From: "Jubilee Dive" (2006 - New West)
Posted and transcribed by Bill

(E)Trumpet blasts blare with ferocity of flame

Is it mourning Taps or Revelry? The email never came

(A)Surely a light will (B)glow

(E)Commonplace come-ons you’d think would never play

Somehow trump the thoughtful things we used to do and say

(A)Sadly these seeds do (B)grow

(A)Pick-up game pundits play (B)perilous pursuits

(Fax the new dream, wax the new sheen

(A)Color-code the obvious, (B)reduce the rest to green

(A)All pretending not to know,

That the (B)truth lies low, (E)The truth lies low, (B)the truth lies low,

(A) the truth lies low

Figureheads will lie still a populace will try
To take them at their words in the hopes of getting by
Surely the dumb shall speak
Some will go willingly, while others kick and scream
Some will sleep a drunken sleep in hopes of happy dreams
Even the strong grow weak
Photoshop phenoms with nothing real to hide
They soak the new light, the pictures of right
Protool the proletarian, remove the need for flight
Yet regardless how things go,
Still the truth lies low
The truth lies low, the truth lies low.

Carry on careful now, be watchful what you say
Willful, this world, rags to unfurl
In a carrion culture for the vultures to get paid
Only one thing must stay so
A world away from confident, a world away from sure
All things in time, buy the new line
A world away from providence, a world away from pure
If there’s one thing that I know, it’s that the truth lies low
The truth lies low

Unhinged (The Drams)

From: "Jubilee Dive" (2006 - New West)
Posted and transcribed by Bill

(B)Monday, the reset’s hard to (E)hit

Too late, you’re caught up in the (G#m)shit

Just wait, (F#)you haven’t seen the(E) worst of it

(B)Wednesday, pretend to under(E)stand

The reason for doing what you (G#m)can

So what,(F#) no one gets the things they (E)plan

(E)Well there’s one to(B)night, and guess who

(E)There’s one to(B)night, it’s true

(E)There’s one to(B)night

(G#m)I’ll show you pictures of some(F#)one I know who (E)disappeared

The week’s done, you five day monkey dance
Oh well, it’ money in your pants
You’d trade it for anything given half a chance
But that’s another story to be told
Why worry, it just makes you more old
Relax, think you might go and see a show

Well there’s one tonight, if you care
There’s one tonight, I’ll be there
There’s one tonight, and
I’ll do anything to help you understand
There’s one tonight, guess who
There’s one tonight, it’s true
There’s one tonight and
I’ll do anything to help you feel unhinged again

(A)Every (E)day you close the (B)door again
(A)A perfect (E)purge but honey, (B)where’s the binge?
(A)What would you (E)give to taste the (B)floor again?
(A)What would you (E)give to come (F#)unhinged?

Back home, the messages all came
Each one somehow all the same
Rewind, check again, then erase the names
A boyfriend who gives you just enough
So what, it’s never been that tough
A clean shirt, pressed but nothing off the cuff

Chorus

You Won't Forget (The Drams)

From: "Jubilee Dive" (2006 - New West)
Posted and transcribed by Bill

(C)Look (F)around what kind of (C)friends are these? (Can you (F)see?)

(C)So es(F)sential like the (C)sun and sea (And the (F)trees)

(C)Drive (F)around until you’re (C)on your knees ( If you (F)please)

(C)Until you (F)find exactly (C)what you need (What you (F)need)

(Dm)This could be the (F)way to go now (C)if you’re (C/B)going (Am)down

(Dm)With (F)friends in every (C)town

When I was young I dreamed of wealth and fame ( What a shame)
Now that I’m old my dreams are not the same ( Is that lame?)
‘Cause it’s the practice that becomes the pay (Would you say?)
That makes you happy, makes you wanna say (It’s the way)

(Dm)This could be the (F)way to go (C)if you’re (C/B)going (Am)down
(Dm)Good music (F)every night, (C)friends (C/B)in every (Am)town
(Dm)No matter (F)where it leads you, (C)no matter(C/B) what you (Am)get
(Dm)I’m willing, (F)I’m willing to bet now
(C)I bet you won’t forget

Look around, what kind of life is this (That you’ve had)
It’s the life that others somehow miss (Kinda sad)
Drive around, remember people you’ve met (On your way)
And when you’re old I bet you don’t forget ( Would you say?)
You won’t forget
You don’t forget
I bet you don’t forget
You won’t forget