The preachers

THE DAY YOU LEFT PARIS

The day you left Paris

I found myself

alone,

under the rain

You came so suddenly

And all that's left

is this letter

from you to me

I want to lose these tangles

I want to lose it all

but there's nothing like you

and there's no one like you

I'm goin' to California

or Casblanca

I won't be sour

anymore

now, I'm the only cause

I'm interrested in

And I won't lose control

I want to lose thes tangles

I want to lose it all

But there's nothing like you

And there's no one like you

YOU VERSUS ME

It’ s useless and senseless

You versus me

I lie,do you ?

You versus me

No more half-laughter

You versus me

I know it was a tasteless ordinary

It is my specialty

But to stay out of each other’s mind

Is simply unkind

It’s loveless but hateless

You versus me

We are so far

You versus me

No more feeling of being weaker

I know it was a tasteless ordinary

It is my specialty

But to stay out of each other’s mind

Is simply unkind

The strength I’m missing

The words I’m whispering

It all could‘ve been said

with some respect

I know it was a tasteless ordinary

It is my specialty

But to stay out of each other’s mind

Is simply unkind

SLOWBURN

You're breaking all my defences

a mute phone

a thousand footsteps

from the window to the wall

What does this silence mean?

probably nothing

or maybe something

I don't know

I just don't know

I go out and I try to think

of something else but it's useless

I come back

The answering machine's still quiet

Why do I feel so nervous?

Why do I feel so unpatient?

As if everything would happen in a minute

Just when I started to feel secure

Just when I started to feel stronger

I ..I realize

who you are

ANOTHER MISTAKE

I’m in your hands

Wish i could talk

like Leonard Cohen

Haloes ‘round my words

I’m listening

And learning

I don’t want to lose

I don’t want to be like you

Come when you want

I feel the greed

I do feel loneliness too

and so you ?

I Keep my words

frustration

looking for some intimacy

‘Would I give up, would I leave ?

We’re looking for a normal life

Tryin’ hard to remain

in the place that we’ve chosen

We don’t need things especially bright

Tryin’ hard to reach

the modest goal that we’ve chosen

‘cause i’m in your hands

but you let me go

I can’t believe how pure

You look sometimes

and all the things

that aren’t mine

Your dark sides

Your sexual barriers

What am i supposed to take

and yet...

another mistake

We’re looking for a normal life

Tryin’ hard to remain

In the place that we’ve chosen

We don’t need things especially bright

Tryin’ hard to reach the modest goal

That we’ve chosen

‘cause I’m in your hands

but you let me go

Don’t let it linger

Most tongues are hurting

Don’t let it linger

This is a brand new morning

SORRY

Girl, i’m sorry

For the way that I look at you

And I’m sorry

For my playing hands

Your meaningless smiles

And your too small clothes

Don’t be so bright

Don’t stand so close

We’ve got eyes to spy and that’s what I do

You’ve got a mouth to hurt

And that’s what you’ve done

You’ve got a plunging see-through

Used as a weapon

Girl, I’m sorry

But it’s all too long

And i’m sorry

‘cause i know I’m wrong

Girl, i’m sorry

For you and me

With that kind of things

We won’t ever feel worthy

We’ve got eyes to spy and that’s what I do

You’ve got a mouth to hurt

And that’s what you’ve done

You’ve got a plunging see-through

Used as a weapon

The preachers

The preachers came around

And stopped me from thinking

The preachers came around

And they told me not to doubt them

And they said they knew

The truth and everything else

The truth and I believed them

They treat me like a goose

I don’t mind

They see no harm

If I lose

And they told me not to doubt them

And they said I was the one

The one and I believed them

I took the way

they had shown me

A way

they would never try

And I lost my faith, my money

And I lost my trust in you

My trust in me

Down by the sea

I feel down by the sea

One more year with only me

As the waves come and go

I feel numb (why?)

I don’t know

I am still wondering

Where I failed, what I’ve missed

I know now what it costs

All these years I have lost

And I ‘m tellin’ you now if it had to be done… again

I would just act the same

It’s not that I want to

It’s just that I dare not to pull myself together

And forever the things that I wanted to feel

All of these things will seem real…

A real understanding, a real smile, a real kiss,

A real complicity…

Blue

City dwellers all around

The snow’s now covered the ground

The wind is cold and so their heart…

Their hand-me down hopes fall apart

I’ve sort of heard it would get worst

With people tryin’ not to burst

into tears, into a cloud

“Hide you fears , don’t scream out loud!”

a silver-tongued man on TV

With superwhite teeth and concrete hair

“the air we breath, he says, is sane”

So, why are we goin’ insane?

Everywhere you look it’s clear

You know, It’s sometimes so near

That no one notices it’s true

Deep down, we all feel blue.

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The preachers

E6 E

The preachers came around

And stopped me from thinking

The preachers came around

F#5 A5 E

And they told me not to doubt them

F#5 A5 E F#5 A5

And they said they knew the truth

E F#5 A5

The truth and everything else

E F#5 A5

The truth and I believed them

They treat me like a goose

I don’t mind

They see no harm

If I lose

F#5 A5 E

And they told me not to doubt them

F#5 A5 E F#5 A5

And they said I was the one

E F#5 A5

The one and I believed them

E F#5 A5

The one and I believed them

I took the way

they had shown me

A way

they would never try

F#5 A5 E

And I lost my faith, my money

F#5 A5 E F#5 A5

And I lost my trust in you

F#5 A5

My trust in me

Another mistake

Am C

I’m in your hands

Wish i could talk

like Leonard Cohen

Am C G

Haloes ‘round my words

I’m listening

And learning

I don’t want to lose

Am C G

I don’t want to be like you

Am C

Come when you want

I feel the greed

I do feel loneliness too

A C G

and so you ?

I Keep my words

frustration

ooking for some intimacy

Am C G

‘Would I give up, would I leave ?

Em Cadd9 D

We’re looking for a normal life

Em Cadd9

Tryin’ hard to remain

Bm Am

in the place that we’ve chosen

Em Cadd9 D

We don’t need things especially bright

Em Cadd9

Tryin’ hard to reach

Bm Am

the modest goal that we’ve chosen
Am C G

‘cause i’m in your hands

Am C G

but you let me go

Am C

I can’t believe how pure

You look sometimes

and all the things

Am G

that aren’t mine

Your dark sides

Your sexual barriers

What am i supposed to take

and yet...

another mistake

Em Cadd9 D

We’re looking for a normal life

Em Cadd9

Tryin’ hard to remain

Bm Am

in the place that we’ve chosen

Em Cadd9 D

We don’t need things especially bright

Em Cadd9

Tryin’ hard to reach

Bm Am

the modest goal that we’ve chosen
Am C G

‘cause i’m in your hands

Am C G

but you let me go

Don’t let it linger

Most tongues are hurting

Don’t let it linger

C G

This is a brand new morning

YOU VERSUS ME

Cm D#

It’ s useless and senseless

G#5 G5

You versus me

Cm D#

I lie,do you ?

G#5 G5

You versus me

Cm D#

No more half-laughter

G#5 G5

You versus me

I know it was a tasteless ordinary

It is my specialty

G#5

But to stay out of each other’s mind

Is simply unkind

Cm D#

It’s loveless but hateless

G#5 G5

You versus me

Cm D#

We are so far

G#5 G5

You versus me

Cm D# G#5 G5

No more feeling of being weaker

I know it was a tasteless ordinary

It is my specialty

G#5

But to stay out of each other’s mind

Is simply unkind

Fm - G# - C#5 - C5 (x4)

Fm G#

The strength I’m missing

C#5 C5

The words I’m whispering

Fm G#

It all could‘ve been said

C#5 C5

with some respect

Fm G#

It’s loveless but hateless

C#5 c5

You versus me

Fm G#

We are so far

C#5 c5

You versus me

I know it was a tasteless ordinary

It is my specialty

C#5

But to stay out of each other’s mind

Is simply unkind

THE DAY YOU LEFT PARIS

Am/F C

The day you left Paris

I found myself

alone,

Am Em

under the rain

Am/F C

You came so suddenly

And all that's left

is this letter

Am Em

from you to me

Fadd9

I want to lose these tangles

Gadd9

I want to lose it all

Em/C Asus2

but there's nothing like you

and there's no one like you

Am/F C

I'm goin' to California

or Casablanca

F Am

I won't be sour

anymore

Am/F C

now, I'm the only cause

I'm interrested in

F Am Em

And I won't lose control

Fadd9

I want to lose these tangles

Gadd9

I want to lose it all

Em/C Asus2

but there's nothing like you

and there's no one like you

(instrumental part repeated endlessly..)

Am/F - Fadd9 - Gadd9 - F/5- - F(2)
- Fadd9 - Em/C - C - Em/C

Capo on 4^th fret

Sorry

Am C

Girl, i’m sorry

For the way that I look at you

Am C

And I’m sorry

For my playing hands

Am C

Your meaningless smiles

And your too small clothes

Am C

Don’t be so bright

Don’t stand so close

Am C

We’ve got eyes to spy and that’s what I do

You’ve got a mouth to hurt

And that’s what you’ve done

You’ve got a plunging see-through

C G

Used as a weapon

Am C

We’ve got eyes to spy and that’s what I do

You’ve got a mouth to hurt

And that’s what you’ve done

You’ve got a plunging see-through

C G

Used as a weapon

A C G

As a weapon

Am C

Girl, I’m sorry

But it’s all too long

Am C

And i’m sorry

‘cause i know I’m wrong

Am C

Girl, i’m sorry

For you and me

Am C

With that kind of things

We won’t feel worthy

Am C

We’ve got eyes to spy and that’s what I do

You’ve got a mouth to hurt

And that’s what you’ve done

You’ve got a plunging see-through

C G

Used as a weapon

Am C

We’ve got eyes to spy and that’s what I do

You’ve got a mouth to hurt

And that’s what you’ve done

You’ve got a plunging see-through

C G

Used as a weapon

A C G

As a weapon

For the chorus part, use the second “C”.

Slowburn

Em D

You're breaking all my defences

a mute phone

a thousand footsteps

A C

from the window to the wall

Em D

What does this silence mean?

Em D

probably nothing

or maybe something

I don't know

I just don't know

Em D

I go out and I try to think

Em D

of something else but it's useless

I come back

C Em

The answering machine's still quiet

Em D

Why do I feel so nervous?

Em D

Why do I feel so unpatient?

A C Em

As if everything would happen in a minute

Em D

Just when I started to feel secure

Em D

Just when I started to feel stronger

I ..I realize

C Em

who you are

Em - Em - A’ - Esus2 - E5

Read Em as a slide between Esus2 and Em, back and forth.

Down by the sea

Bsus4 Bsus4/G

I feel down by the sea

F#5 Bsus4

One more year with only me

Bsus4 Bsus4/G

As the waves come and go

F#5

I feel numb (why?)

Bsus4

I don’t know

Bsus4 Bsus4/G

I am still wondering

F#5 Bsus4

Where I failed, what I’ve missed

Bsus4 Bsus4/G

I know now what it costs

F#5 Bsus4

All those years I have lost

D5 E5 F#5 D5

And I ‘m tellin’ you now if it had to be done… again

E5 F#5

I would just act the same

D5 E5

It’s not that I want to

F#5 D5 E5 F#5

It’s just that I dare not to pull myself together

D5 E5 F#5

And forever the things that I wanted to feel

D5 E5 F#5

All of these things will seem real…

D5 E5 F#5

A real understanding, a real smile, a real kiss,

D5 E5 F#5 D5 E5 F#5

A real complicity…

Blue

F E Am

City dwellers all around

F E Am C

The snow’s now covered the ground

F E Am

The wind is cold and so their heart…

F E Am C

Their hand-me down hopes fall apart

F E Am

I’ve sort of heard it would get worst

F E Am C

With people tryin’ not to burst

F E Am

into tears, into a cloud

F E Am C

“Hide you fears , don’t scream out loud!”

F E Am

a silver-tongued man on TV

F E Am C

With superwhite teeth and concrete hair

F E Am

“the air we breath, he says, is sane”

F E Am C

So, why are we goin’ insane?

F E Am

Everywhere you look it’s clear

F E Am C

You know, It’s sometimes so near

F E Am

That no one notices it’s true

F E Am C

Deep down, we all feel blue.