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Ukulele Song Sheets

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A FOREST 3

BOYS DON’T CRY 5

CLOSE TO ME 6

FRIDAY I’M IN LOVE 7

IN BETWEEN DAYS 8

JUST LIKE HEAVEN 9

LET’S GO TO BED 11

THE LOVECATS 12

LOVESONG 13

LULLABY 14

PICTURES OF YOU 15

WHY CAN’T I BE YOU? 16

NOTE: All songs and chords assume a GCEA tuned ukulele. These song sheets are my best attempt at transcribing the songs, but may not be totally accurate.

DISCLAIMER: All song sheets in this book are intended for private, educational, and research purposes only and not for financial gain in any form. It is acknowledged that all song copyrights belong to their respective parties.

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A Forest { 1980 }

Intro: [Am] / / / | [C] / / / | [F] / / / | [Dm] / / / | (x4, with riff)

Come [Am] closer and see [C] [F] See into the trees [Dm] [Am] Find the girl [C] While you [F] can [Dm] Come [Am] closer and see [C] [F] See into the dark [Dm] Just [Am] follow your eyes [C] Just [F] follow your .. eyes [Dm] [B] [C] [A] [C] [B] [C] [A] [F] [Am] [C] [F] [Dm] [Am] [C] [F] [Dm] I [Am] hear her voice [C] [F] Calling my name [Dm] The [Am] sound is deep [C] In the [F] dark [Dm] I [Am] hear her voice [C] And [F] start to run [Dm] [Am] Into the trees [C] [F] Into the .. trees [Dm] [B] [C] [A] [C] [B] [C] [A] [F] Into the [Am] trees [C] [F] [Dm] [Am] [C] [F] [Dm] [Am] [C] [F] [Dm] [Am] [C] [F] [Dm] [Am] Suddenly I stop [C] But I [F] know it's too late [Dm] I'm [Am] lost in a forest [C] All a-[F]-lone [Dm] The [Am] girl was never there [C] It's [F] always the same [Dm] I'm [Am] running towards nothing [C] A-[F]-gain and again and a-[Dm]-gain and again And a-[B]-gain and again and a-[C]-gain and again and a-[A]-gain and again and a-[C]-gain and again and a-[B]-gain and again and a-[C]-gain and again and a-[A]-gain and again and a-[F]-gain and again and a-[Am]-gain [C] [F] [Dm] [Am] [C] [F] [Dm] [Am] [C] [F] [Dm] (repeat to end)

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Riff:

xA|---0---------------|---0---------------|---0---------------|

xE|--------1---0---1--|--------1---0---1--|--------1---0---1--|

xC|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

xG|-2----2---2---2----|-2----2---2---2----|-2----2---2---2----|

xA|---0----2--3--0--------------------|

xE|-----------------3--1--0-----------|

xC|--------------------------2--0-----|

xG|-2----2-------------------------2--|

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Boys Don’t Cry { 1979 }

Intro : <A> / / / <Bm> / / / <C#m> / / / <D> / <D-C#m-Bm> [A] / / / [Bm] / / / [C#m] / / / [D] / <D-C#m-Bm> (x3) [A] I would say I'm [Bm] sorry if I [C#m] thought that it would [D] change your mind [A] But I know that [Bm] this time I have [C#m] said too much, been [D] too unkind

[C#m] I tried to [Bm] laugh about it [C#m] Cover it all up with [Bm] lies [C#m] I tried to [Bm] laugh about it [C#m] Hiding the tears in my [Bm] eyes

‘Cos [A] boys [Bm] don't [C#m] cry [D] <D-C#m-Bm> [A] Boys [Bm] don't [C#m] cry [D] <D-C#m-Bm>

[A] I would break down [Bm] at your feet and [C#m] beg forgiveness, [D] plead with you [A] But I know that [Bm] it's too late and [C#m] now there's nothing [D] I can do

[C#m] So I tried to [Bm] laugh about it [C#m] Cover it all up with [Bm] lies [C#m] I tried to [Bm] laugh about it [C#m] Hiding the tears in my [Bm] eyes

‘Cos [A] boys [Bm] don't [C#m] cry [D] <D-C#m-Bm> [A] Boys [Bm] don't [C#m] cry [D] <D-C#m-Bm>

[A] I would tell you [Bm] that I loved you, [C#m] if I thought that [D] you would stay [A] But I know that [Bm] it's no use and [C#m] you've already [D] gone away [E] Misjudged your [F#m] limits [E] Pushed you too [F#m] far [E] Took you for [F#m] granted [D] Thought that you needed me [E] more, more, more, now [A] I would do most [Bm] anything to [C#m] get you back by my [D] side [A] But I just [Bm] keep on laughing [C#m] hiding my tears in my [D] eyes

‘Cos [A] boys [Bm] don't [C#m] cry [D] <D-C#m-Bm> [A] Boys [Bm] don't [C#m] cry [D] <D-C#m-Bm>

[A] [Bm] .. Boys don’t [C#m] cry [D] <D-C#m-Bm> <A> <Bm> <C#m> <D> <D-C#m-Bm> <A>

xA|-----------|------------|------------|-----------||-----|

xE|-----------|------------|-0--00--2-4-|-5---2-0---||-----|

xC|-1-11--2-4-|-1--11--2-4-|------------|---------2-||-(1)-|

xG|-----------|------------|------------|-----------||-----|

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Close To Me { 1985 }

Intro: [Bb] / / / | / / / / | [Gm] / / / | [F] / / / | (x3) [Bb] .. I've waited hours for this [Bb] .. I've made myself so sick, I [Gm] wish I'd stayed A-[F]-sleep today [Bb] .. I never thought this day would end [Bb] .. I never thought tonight could [Gm] ever be This [F] close to me [Bb] [Bb] [Gm] [F] [Bb] .. Just try to see in the dark [Bb] .. Just try to make it work, to [Gm] feel the fear Be-[F]-fore you're here [Bb] I make the shapes come much too close [Bb] I pull my eyes out, hold my [Gm] breath and wait [F] Until I shake

[Eb] .. But if I had your faith [Eb] .. Then I could make it safe and [Bb] clean [Bb] [Eb] .. If only I was sure [Eb] .. That my head on the door was a [Bb] dream [Bb]

[Bb] [Bb] [Gm] [F] [Bb] [Bb] [Gm] [F] [Bb] .. I've waited hours for this [Bb] .. I've made myself so sick, I [Gm] wish I'd stayed A-[F]-sleep today [Bb] .. I never thought this day would end [Bb] .. I never thought tonight could [Gm] ever be This [F] close to me

[Eb] .. But if I had your faith [Eb] .. Then I could make it safe and [Bb] clean [Bb] [Eb] Oh, if only I was sure [Eb] .. That my head on the door was a [Bb] dream [Bb]

[Bb] [Bb] [Gm] [F] [Bb] [Bb] [Gm] [F] (repeat to end)

xA|-8--6--5-------8--6--5-------13--12--8----12--8-------| (during Bb/Bb/Gm/F) xE|----------6-------------6------------------------8----|

xA|-6--8--10-----6--8--10-----13--15--17----13--15-17----|

(during Eb/EbBb/Bb) xE|------------------------------------------------------|

{Capo 1 - original in B}

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Friday I’m In Love { 1992 }

Intro: [D] [G] [D] [A] [Bm] [G] [D] [A] (x2) [D] I don't care if [G] Monday's blue [D] Tuesday's grey and [A] Wednesday too [Bm] Thursday I don't [G] care-about you It's [D] Friday I'm in [A] love [D] Monday you can [G] fall apart [D] Tuesday, Wednesday, [A] break my heart Oh, [Bm] Thursday doesn't [G] even start It's [D] Friday I'm in [A] love

[G] Saturday [A] wait And [Bm] Sunday always [G] comes too late But [D] Friday never [A] hesitate

[D] I don't care if [G] Monday’s black [D] Tuesday, Wednesday, [A] heart attack [Bm] Thursday never [G] looking back It's [D] Friday I'm in [A] love [D] [G] [D] [A] [Bm] [G] [D] [A] [D] Monday you can [G] hold your head [D] Tuesday, Wednesday, [A] stay in bed Oh, [Bm] Thursday watch the [G] walls instead It's [D] Friday I'm in [A] love

[G] Saturday [A] wait And [Bm] Sunday always [G] comes too late But [D] Friday never [A] hesitate

[Bm] Dressed up to the [C] eyes, it's a wonderful sur-[D]-prise To see your [A] shoes and your spirits [Bm] rise Throwing out your [C] frown and just smiling at the [D] sound And as sleek as a [A] shriek spinning round and [Bm] round Always take a big [C] bite, it's such a gorgeous [D] sight To see you [A] eat in the middle-of-the [Bm] night You can never get e-[C]-nough, enough of this [D] stuff It's Friday [A] I'm in love [D] I don't care if [G] Monday's blue [D] Tuesday's grey and [A] Wednesday too [Bm] Thursday I don't [G] care-about you It's [D] Friday I'm in [A] love [D] Monday you can [G] fall apart [D] Tuesday, Wednesday, [A] break my heart [Bm] Thursday doesn't [G] even start It's [D] Friday I'm in [A] love [D] [G] [D] [A] [Bm] [G] [D] [A] [D] [G] [D] [A] [Bm] [G] [D] <A>

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In Between Days { 1985 }

Intro: [G] [Cmaj7] [G] [Cmaj7] [G] [Cmaj7] [G] [Cmaj7] [G] [Cmaj7] [G] [Cmaj7] [G] [Cmaj7] [G] [Cmaj7] [Am] [D] [Am] [D] [G] [Cmaj7] [G] [Cmaj7] [G] [Cmaj7] [G] [Cmaj7] (with riff) [G] Yesterday I [Cmaj7] got so old I [G] felt like I could [Cmaj7] die [G] Yesterday I [Cmaj7] got so old it [G] made me want to [Cmaj7] cry Go [G] on, go on, just [Cmaj7] walk away Go [G] on, go on, your [Cmaj7] choice is made Go [G] on, go on, and [Cmaj7] disappear Go [G] on, go on, a-[Cmaj7]-way from here And I [Am] know I was wrong when I [D] said it was true That it [Am] couldn't be me and be [D] her in between Without [G] you [Cmaj7] without [G] you [Cmaj7] (with riff) [G] [Cmaj7] [G] [Cmaj7] (with riff) [G] Yesterday I [Cmaj7] got so scared I [G] shivered like a [Cmaj7] child [G] Yesterday a-[Cmaj7]-way from you, it [G] froze me deep in-[Cmaj7]-side Come [G] back, come back, don't [Cmaj7] walk away Come [G] back, come back, come [Cmaj7] back today Come [G] back, come back, why [Cmaj7] can't you see Come [G] back, come back, come [Cmaj7] back to me And I [Am] know I was wrong when I [D] said it was true That it [Am] couldn't be me and be [D] her in between Without [G] you [Cmaj7] without [G] you [Cmaj7] (with riff) Without [G] you [Cmaj7] without [G] you-ou-ou [Cmaj7] (with riff) [G] [Cmaj7] [G] [Cmaj7] [G] [Cmaj7] [G] [Cmaj7] (with riff) Without [G] you [Cmaj7] without [G] you-ou-ou [Cmaj7] (with riff) Without [G] you [Cmaj7] without [G] you-ou-ou <Cmaj7> (with riff) Main riff: xA|-0-2--0-2--0-2--5-3-|-0-2--0-2--0-2------|

xE|--------------------|----------------3-3-|

{Capo 2 - original in A}

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Just Like Heaven { 1987 }

Intro: [A] [E] [Bm] [D] (x4) [A] [E] [Bm] [D] (x4) (with solo riff 1)

“Show me, Show me, [A] Show me how you [E] do that trick The [Bm] one that makes me [D] scream" she said "The [A] one that makes me [E] laugh" she said And [Bm] threw her arms a-[D]-round my neck [A] "Show me how you [E] do it And I [Bm] promise you, I [D] promise that I'll run a-[A]-way with you [E] I'll run a-[Bm]-way with you" [D] [A] [E] [Bm] [D] (x4) (with solo riff 1) [A] Spinning on that [E] dizzy edge I [Bm] kissed her face and [D] kissed her head And [A] dreamed of all the [E] different ways I [Bm] had to make her [D] glow [A] "Why are you so [E] far away?" She [Bm] said, "Why won't you [D] ever know That I'm in [A] love with you [E] That I'm in [Bm] love with you" [D] [F#m] You, [G] soft and only [F#m] You, [G] lost and lonely [F#m] You, [G] strange as angels [D] Dancing in the deepest oceans [E] Twisting in the water, you're just like a dream [A] [E] [Bm] [D] (x4) (with solo riff 2) [A] Daylight licked me [E] into shape I [Bm] must have been a-[D]-sleep for days And [A] moving lips to [E] breathe her name I [Bm] opened up my [D] eyes And [A] found myself a-[E]-lone, alone A-[Bm]-lone above a [D] raging sea That [A] stole the only [E] girl I loved And [Bm] drowned her deep in-[D]-side of me [F#m] You, [G] soft and only [F#m] You, [G] lost and lonely [F#m] You, [G] just like heaven <D>

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Solo riff 1

xA|4442-200|--------|--------|--------|4442-200|--------|--------|--------|

xE|--------|4442-200|--------|--------|--------|4442-200|--------|--------|

xC|--------|--------|2-221-2-|--------|--------|--------|2-221-2-|--------|

xG|--------|--------|-------4|-4-2-24-|--------|--------|-------4|-4-2-24-|

xA|--------|------00|2224-455|7775-55-|4442-200|--------|--------|--------|

xE|--------|2224-4--|--------|--------|--------|4442-200|--------|--------|

xC|1112-244|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|2-2212--|--------|

xG|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------4|-4-2-24-|

Solo riff 2

xA|-----777|7-4-0--2|-2-02-4-|--------|-----777|7-4-0-02|-2-02-4-|54-5-7-0|

xE|--------|--------|--------|2-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

xC|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

xG|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

xA|-----(12)(12)(12)|(12)-(14)-(16)-(12)|(14)-(12)(14)-(12)(14)-|--------|

xE|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------------|--------|

xC|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------------|--------|

xG|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------------|--------|

xA|-----545|4-00----|-----545|4-00----|--------|

xE|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

xC|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

xG|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

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Let’s Go To Bed { 1982 }

[Cm] .. Do [Eb] do-do [F] do, do [Bb] do-do [Cm] do, do [Eb] do-do [F] do, do [Bb] do-do [Cm] .. Do [Eb] do-do [F] do, do [Bb] do-do [Cm] do, do [Eb] do-do [F] do, do [Bb] do-do [Cm] Let me [Eb] take your [F] hands I'm [Bb] shaking like [Cm] milk [Eb] [F] [Bb] [Cm] Turning, [Eb] turning [F] blue all [Bb] over the [Cm] windows and the [Eb] floors [F] [Bb] [Cm] Fires out-[Eb]-side in the [F] sky look as [Bb] perfect as [Cm] cats [Eb] [F] [Bb] The [Cm] two of [Eb] us to-[F]-gether a-[Bb]-gain, It's [Cm] just the [Eb] same, a [F] stupid [Bb] game

But [F] I don't care if [Gm] you don't, and [Eb] I don't feel if [F] you don't And [Gm] I don't want it if [Ab] you don't, and [Bb] I won't say it if you won't say it first [Cm] .. Do [Eb] do-do [F] do, do [Bb] do-do [Cm] do, do [Eb] do-do [F] do, do [Bb] do-do [Cm] .. Do [Eb] do-do [F] do, do [Bb] do-do [Cm] do, do [Eb] do-do [F] do, do [Bb] do-do

[Cm] You [Eb] think you're [F] ti-red [Bb] now, but [Cm] wait until [Eb] three [F] [Bb] [Cm] Laughing at the [Eb] Christmas lights [F] [Bb] You re-[Cm]-member from De-[Eb]-cember [F] [Bb] [Cm] All of [Eb] this then [F] back a-[Bb]-gain, a-[Cm]-nother [Eb] girl a-[F]-nother [Bb] name [Cm] Stay a-[Eb]-live but [F] stay the [Bb] same It's a [Cm] stupid [Eb] game, [F] stupid [Bb] game

But [F] I don't care if [Gm] you don't, and [Eb] I don't feel if [F] you don't And [Gm] I don't want it if [Ab] you don't, and [Bb] I won't play it if you won't play it first [Cm] .. Do [Eb] do-do [F] do, do [Bb] do-do [Cm] do, do [Eb] do-do [F] do, do [Bb] do-do [Cm] .. Do [Eb] do-do [F] do, do [Bb] do-do [Cm] do, do [Eb] do-do [F] do, do [Bb] do-do

[Cm] You can't [Eb] even [F] see now [Bb] … so you [Cm] ask me the [Eb] way [F] [Bb] You [Cm] wonder if it's [Eb] real because it [F] couldn't be [Bb] rain [Cm] [Eb] [F] [Bb] [Cm] Through the right [Eb] doorway and [F] into the [Bb] white room [Cm] [Eb] [F] [Bb] It [Cm] used to be the [Eb] dust that would [F] lay here when I [Bb] came here a-[Cm]-lone [Eb] [F] [Bb]

But [F] I don't care if [Gm] you don't, and [Eb] I don't feel if [F] you don't And [Gm] I don't want it if [Ab] you don't, and [Bb] I won't play it if you won't play it first [Cm] Fi-[Eb]-ir-ir-[F]-ir-[Bb]-ir-irst, let’s [Cm] [Eb] go to [F] bed [Bb] [Cm] Oh-[Eb]-oh-oh-[F]-oh-[Bb]-oh, let’s [Cm] [Eb] go to [F] bed [Bb] [Cm] .. Do [Eb] do-do [F] do, do [Bb] do-do [Cm] do, do [Eb] do-do [F] do, do [Bb] do-do [Cm] .. Do [Eb] do-do [F] do, do [Bb] do-do [Cm] Let’s [Eb] go to [F] bed [Bb] <Cm>

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The Lovecats { 1983 }

Intro: [Am] / / / | / / / / | [F] / / / | / / / / | (x4) We [Am] move like cagey tigers, oh we [F] couldn't get closer than this The [Am] way we walk, the way we talk, the [F] way we stalk, the way we kiss We [Am] slip through the streets while everyone sleeps Getting [F] bigger and sleeker and wider and brighter We [Am] bite and scratch and scream all night Let's [F] go and throw all the songs we know

[C] Into the sea you and me, all these [Dm] years and no one heard I'll [C] show you in spring it's a treacherous thing We [Dm] missed you, hissed the [Am] lovecats Ba ba-da ba ba ba ba-da, [F] baa ba ba ba ba ba ba-da [Am] Ba ba-da ba ba ba ba-da, [F] baa ba ba ba ba ba ba-da

We're so [Am] wonderfully, wonderfully, wonderfully, wonderfully [F] pretty Oh you [Am] know that I'd do anything for you [F] We should [Am] have each other to tea, huh? We should [F] have each other with cream Then [Am] curl up by the fire and sleep for awhile It's the [F] grooviest thing, it's the perfect dream

[C] Into the sea you and me, all these [Dm] years and no one heard I'll [C] show you in spring it's a treacherous thing We [Dm] missed you, hissed the [Am] lovecats We [F] missed you hissed the [Am] lovecats We [F] missed you hissed the [Am] lovecats, ba ba-da ba ba ba ba-da, [F] baa ba ba ba ba ba ba-da [Am] [Am] [F] [F]

We're so [Am] wonderfully, wonderfully, wonderfully, wonderfully [F] pretty You [Am] know that I'd do anything for you [F] We should [Am] have each other to dinner We should [F] have each other with cream Then [Am] curl up by the fire, get up for a while It's the [F] grooviest thing, it's the perfect dream

[Em] Hand in hand is the only way to land, and [F] always the right way round Not [Em] broken in pieces like hated little meeces [F] How could we miss someone as dumb as … [Am] this … We [F] missed you hissed the [Am] love cats We [F] missed … [Am] Ba ba-da ba ba ba ba-da, [F] baa ba ba ba ba ba ba-da [Am] Ba ba-da ba ba ba ba-da, [F] baa ba ba, I love you, let’s go [Am] [Am] [F] [F] Oh, solid gone [Am] [Am] [F] Never, never, never, never, [F] never, never, never, never, [Am] [Am] We [F] missed you hissed the [Am] love cats We [F] missed you hissed the [Am] love cats [Am] [F] [F] [Am] [Am] [F] [F] [Em] [F] [Em] [F] [Em] [F] [F] [F] <Am>

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Lovesong { 1989 }

Intro: [Am] / / / | [G6] / / / | [Fmaj7] / / / | [Em7] / / / | (x4)

[Am] .. Whenever [G6] I'm alone with [Fmaj7] you [Em7] [Am] .. You make me [G6] feel like I am [Fmaj7] home again [Em7] [Am] .. Whenever [G6] I'm alone with [Fmaj7] you [Em7] [Am] .. You make me [G6] feel like I am [Fmaj7] whole again [Em7] [Am] [G6] [Fmaj7] [Em7] [Am] [G6] [Fmaj7] [Em7] When-[Am]-ever I'm a-[G6]-lone with [Fmaj7] you [Em7] [Am] .. You make me [G6] feel like I am [Fmaj7] young again [Em7] When-[Am]-ever I'm a-[G6]-lone with [Fmaj7] you [Em7] [Am] .. You make me [G6] feel like I am [Fmaj7] fun again [Em7]

[F] How ever [G] far away, [Am] I will [C] always love you [F] How ever [G] long I stay, [Am] I will [C] always love you [F] What-ever [G] words I say, [Am] I will [C] always love you [F] I will [G] always love you

[Am] [G6] [Fmaj7] [Em7] [Am] [G6] [Fmaj7] [Em7] [Am] [G6] [Fmaj7] [Em7] [Am] [G6] [Fmaj7] [Em7]

When-[Am]-ever I'm alone, [G6] .. with you [Fmaj7] [Em7] [Am] .. You make me [G6] feel like I am [Fmaj7] free again [Em7] When-[Am]-ever I'm alone, [G6] .. with you [Fmaj7] [Em7] [Am] .. You make me [G6] feel like I am [Fmaj7] clean again [Em7]

[F] How ever [G] far away, [Am] I will [C] always love you [F] How ever [G] long I stay, [Am] I will [C] always love you [F] What-ever [G] words I say, [Am] I will [C] always love you [F] I will [G] always love you <Am>

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Lullaby { 1989 }

Intro: [C#m] / / / | / / / / | [A] / / / | / / / / | (x6) (with riff) On [C#m] candystripe legs … spiderman comes, [A] Softly through the shadow of the evening sun [C#m] Stealing past the windows of the blissfully dead, [A] Looking for the victim … shivering in bed [C#m] Searching out fear in the gathering gloom, And [A] suddenly! A movement in the corner of the room! And there is [C#m] nothing I can do … when I realise with fright That the [A] spiderman is having me for dinner tonight! [C#m] [C#m] [A] [A] [C#m] [C#m] [A] [A] (with riffs) [C#m] Quietly he laughs … and shaking his head Creeps [A] closer now, closer to the foot of your bed, And [C#m] softer than shadow, and quicker than flies, His [A] arms are all around me and his tongue in my eyes Be [C#m] still, be calm, be quiet now, my precious boy, Don't [A] struggle like that, or I will only love you more, For it's [C#m] much too late to get away or turn on the light; The [A] spiderman is having you for dinner tonight And I [F#m] feel like I'm being eaten By a thousand million shivering furry [A] holes [A] And I [F#m] know that in the morning I will wake up in the shivering [A] cold [A] … And the spiderman is always [C#m] .. hungry [C#m] [A] [A] [C#m] [C#m] [A] [A] (x5) (with riffs) <C#m> Main riff

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xE|-9---7-9-9-7-9---7-9-9-----|--------9------------9---9-7-|

Secondary riff

xA|-4-4--6--4--7--4-7--6--4-|

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Pictures Of You { 1989 }

Intro: [E] / / / | / / / / | [F#m] / / / | / / / / | (x4) I've been [A] looking so long at these [D] pictures of you That I [A] almost believe that they're real [D] I've been [A] living so long with my with my [D] pictures of you That I [A] almost believe .. that the [D] pictures .. are all I can [A] feel [D] [A] [D] Re-[A]-membering you .. standing [D] quiet in the rain As I [A] ran to your heart to be near [D] And we [A] kissed as the sky .. fell in, [D] holding you close How I [A] always held close in your [D] fear Re-[A]-membering you .. running [D] soft through the night You were [A] bigger .. and brighter .. and [D] whiter than snow And [A] screamed .. at the make believe, [D] screamed at the sky And you [A] finally found .. all your [D] courage to let it all go [A] [D] [A] [D] Re-[A]-membering you .. fallen [D] into my arms [A] Crying for the death of your heart [D] You were [A] stone white, so delicate, [D] lost in the cold You were [A] always so lost in the [D] dark Re-[A]-membering you .. how [D] you used to be Slow [A] drowned, you were angels, so [D] much more than everything [A] Hold for the last time .. then [D] slip away .. quietly [A] Open my eyes .. but I [D] never see .. anything

If [E] only I'd thought of the [D] right words I [E] could have held on to your [D] heart If [E] only I'd thought of the [D] right words I [E] wouldn't be breaking a-[D]-part All my pictures of you [A] [D] [A] [D] [A] [D] [A] [D]

[A] Looking so long at these [D] pictures of you But I [A] never hold on to your [D] heart [A] Looking so long for the [D] words to be true But [A] always just breaking a-[D]-part My pictures of you [A] [D] Do do, do do, do do, do do, do do [A] [D] Do do, do do, do do, do do, do do [A] [D] Do do, do do, do do, do do, do do [A] [D] Do do, do do, do do, do do, do do [A] [Bm] [A] [D] [A] [D] [E] [D] There was [A] nothing in the world, that I [Bm] ever wanted more Than to [A] feel you deep in my heart [D] There was [A] nothing in the world that I [D] ever wanted more Than to [E] never feel the breaking a-[D]-part My pictures of [A] you [A] [A] [A] <A>

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Why Can’t I Be You? { 1987 }

Intro: [Dm] / / / | [Bb] / [G] / | (x8)

[Dm] You're so gorgeous, I'll do [Bb] an-y-[G]-thing I'll [Dm] kiss you from your feet to where your [Bb] head be-[G]-gins [Dm] You're so perfect, you're so [Bb] right as [G] rain You [Dm] make me, make me, make me, make me [Bb] hungry a-[G]-gain

[F] Everything you do is irre-[E]-sistible [F] Everything you do is simply [E] kissable [Dm] Why-y-y-y … can't [Bb] I-I-[G]-I be [Dm] you (why can’t I be [Bb] you) [G] [Dm] [Dm] [Bb] [G] [Dm] [Dm] [Bb] [G]

I'll [Dm] run around in circles 'til I [Bb] run out of [G] breath I'll [Dm] eat you all up or I'll just [Bb] hug you to [G] death You're so [Dm] won-der-ful, too [Bb] good to be [G] true You [Dm] make me, make me, make me, make me [Bb] hungry for [G] you

[F] Everything you do is simply [E] delicate [F] Everything you do is quite an-[E]-gelicate [Dm] Why can't I be [Bb] you? [G] [Dm] Why can't I be [Bb] you? [G] [Dm] [Dm] [Bb] [G] [Dm] [Dm] [Bb] [G]

[Dm] You turn my head when you [Bb] turn a-[G]-round [Dm] You turn the whole world [Bb] upside [G] down I'm [Dm] smitten, I'm bitten, I'm hooked, I'm cooked, I'm [Bb] stuck like [G] glue You [Dm] make me, make me, make me, make me [Bb] hungry for [G] you

[F] Everything you do is simply [E] dreamy [F] Everything you do is quite de-[E]-licious So [Dm] why-y-y … can't [Bb] I-I-I-[G]-I be [Dm] you (why can’t I be [Bb] you) [G] [Dm] Why can't I be [Bb] you? [G] [Dm] Why can't I be [Bb] you? [G] [Dm] Why can't I be [Bb] you? [G] [Dm] Why can't I be [Bb] you? [G] [Dm] Why can't I be [Bb] you? [G] [Dm] Why can't I be [Bb] you? [G] You’re simply <Dm> elegant

Trumpet riff

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