------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarah Harmer – You Were Here ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release date: August 29, 2000 -- Track listing – 1. Around This Corner 2. Basement Apartment 3. The Hideout 4. Capsized 5. Lodestar 6. Weakened State 7. Don't Get Your Back Up 8. Open Window (The Wedding Song) 9. Uniform Grey 10. Coffee Stain 11. You Were Here 12. Everytime ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 1 – Around This Corner ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse + Pre-Chorus Chorus Bridge ------------------ ---------- ---------- F 13321x Bb x1333x A x0222x A x0222x C x3201x F 13321x Bb x1333x F 13321x Bb x1333x C x3201x C x3201x Intro: F A Bb F A Bb F A Bb F A Bb Verse 1: F A Bb I'll be coming around this corner, I know one day we'll meet F A Bb I'll look in your eyes, and I'll look up the street F A Bb And I'll cover my heart, so you can't see it beat C And I'll struggle Pre-Chorus 1: F A Bb 'Cause how can I say when I don't know F A Bb If I'll feel loving, or if I'll feel low F A Bb C I may wind up, and get into trouble Chorus 1: Bb C Knowing that you've been bad F Bb Is one of the worst feelings I ever had C Knowing that you've been bad F Bb C Did it mean much to you, I thought I knew you, now I wish I had Interlude: F A Bb F A Bb F A Bb F A Bb Verse 2: F A Bb I'll be coming round this corner, one day real slow F A Bb And I'll see myself reflected, in someone I used to know F A Bb And I may look away, and keep going home C And try to forget it before, I get to the door, but Pre-Chorus 2: F A Bb How can I say when I don't know F A Bb If I'll feel loving, or if I'll feel low F A Bb C I may wind up, and cry a big puddle Chorus 2: Bb C Knowing that you've been bad F Bb Is one of the worst feelings I ever had C Knowing that you've been bad F Bb C Did it mean much to you, I thought I knew you, now I wish I had Bridge: A F Bb How can you forgive that fast? A Bb F A And why do they call it the past F Bb C Oh, when nothing has passed? Interlude: F A Bb Doo-doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo-doo F A Bb Doo-doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo-doo F A Bb C Doo-doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo-doo Chorus 3: Bb C Knowing that you've been bad F Bb Is one of the worst feelings I ever had C Knowing that you've been bad F Bb C F Did it mean much to you, I thought I knew you, now I wish I had ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 2 – Basement Apartment ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse + Chorus Bridge --------------- ----------- Cadd9 x3203x D x0023x G 32003x C/G 33201x D xx023x Capo 3rd fret Intro: Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G D Cadd9 e|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------| B|-------3-----3---3----|-------3-----3---3---|-------3-----3---3---|--3---3---3----3----| G|-----0-------0---0----|-----0-------0---0---|-----0-------0---0---|--2---2---0--0---0--| D|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--0---0---2---------| x2 A|-0h3------2-----------|-0h3------2----------|-0h3------2----------|----------3---------| E|----------3----3----3-|----------3----3---3-|----------3----3---3-|--------------------| Verse 1: Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Well you live out, where the street ends Cadd9 G D Cadd9 In a basement apartment with one of your friends Cadd9 G Cadd9 G And the tap drips all night, water torturing the sink Cadd9 G D Cadd9 The furnace is burning but it's still cold I think Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G D Cadd9 Verse 2: Cadd9 G Cadd9 G I can smell the bleach that they use in the hall Cadd9 G D Cadd9 But it can't clean the dirt off of me Cadd9 G Cadd9 G It's seeping under the door, in across the floor Cadd9 G It's starting to hurt Chorus 1: D Cadd9 Cadd9 G Every time I br-----eathe D Cadd9 Cadd9 G Every time I try to l------eave D Cadd9 Cadd9 G Every time I br-----eathe D Cadd9 Verse 3: Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Now the toaster sticks and the empties are piled Cadd9 G D Cadd9 I haven't been up the stairs in awhile now Cadd9 G Cadd9 G I gotta wash the sheets on my bed, gotta watch the things that go unsaid Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G God I wish we'd leave it at th------------is Chorus 2: D Cadd9 Cadd9 G Every time I br-----eathe D Cadd9 Cadd9 G Every time I try to l------eave D Cadd9 Cadd9 G Every time I br-----eathe D Cadd9 Bridge: D C/G And every evening, you open the door, you come down D C/G There's nothing like watching TV all night on the ground D C/G And no one is watching me slide D C/G Below street level, barely alive Instrumental: Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G D Cadd9 Verse 4: Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Now we live out, where the street ends Cadd9 G D Cadd9 In a basement apartment just like our friends Cadd9 G Cadd9 G We always said that we were different, but you know now that we weren't Cadd9 G D Cadd9 'Cause there's holes in all the bottles and my lungs hurt Cadd9 G Chorus 3: D Cadd9 Cadd9 G Every time I br-----eathe D Cadd9 Cadd9 G Every time I try to l------eave D Cadd9 Cadd9 G Every time I br-----eathe D Cadd9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 3 – The Hideout ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse Chorus Bridge --------- ---------- ---------- D xx023x A x02220 Bm x2443x A x0222x Em 022000 G 32003x G 32003x G 320033 A x0222x D xx0232 Verse 1: D A G Look at that green, out through the screen, after a quick rain came D A G So fast that, there wasn't time to roll up the windows and pull the clothes down off the line D A G But I don't care, it was so dry, the grass is happy and I think, so am I D A G Cause I'm through, thinking about you Chorus 1: A Em G And for now I'm out at the hideout A D G Far enough outside of town A D You can come, you can stay Em G If there's something you need A To get away from D A G D A G Verse 2: D A G Look at the day, dropping away, hear the traffic on a distant side road down the way D A G I think that dust, has settled on me D A G But I don't care, it was so calm, I knew I wouldn't stay forever, I knew I'd get some things together D A G And move on Chorus 2: A Em G And for now I'm out at the hideout A D G Far enough outside of town A D You can come, you can stay Em G If there's something you need A To get away from Bridge: Bm G I just thought of you Bm G And what you said Bm G Laid out on the pullout A Did you forget, you said you wouldn't forget Verse 3: D A G Look at that green, out through the screen, after a quick rain came D A G So fast that, there wasn't time to roll up the window and pull the clothes down off the line D A G I don't care, it was so dry, the grass is happy and I think, so am I D A G Cause I'm through, thinking about you Chorus 3: A Em G And for now I'm out at the hideout A D G Far enough outside of town A Em G You can come out, you can come out A D G Out when there is no one around A Em G All out at the hideout A D G Far enough from being found A D You can come, you can stay Em G If there's something you need A To get away from ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 4 – Capsized ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F 13321x C x3201x Am x0221x G 32003x Verse 1: F C Am And when I heard about the coming day F C Am Wish I could wake up from the dream F C Am In it I see a family photograph G F And there you are, tucked in the scene Verse 2: F C Am And there's a jealous net inside my chest F C Am There's a hurt and sadness there F C Am Maybe I'd tell you all about it G I thought you'd care Verse 3: F C Am Heavy heart gets lighter by your side F C Am But there are thoughts I'd wish I'd heard F C Am And if they ask you how I'm holding up G F Say I'm holding out, for the worst Interlude: F C Am F C Em F C Am G Verse 4: F C Am What's the sense in being so sensitive? F C Am Can I trade this thin skin for a shell? F C Am But there are some things I've got no feeling about G F But there are some things, I can't tell Verse 5: F C Am Heavy heart get lighter by yourself F C Am It's been so long since you capsized F C Am And you've been lying out there in the sun G F Has it begun? Has it begun? Outro: F C Am Ahh ahh F C Am F C Am Heavy heart F C Am Have you heard? F C Am That I could use F C Am The words ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 5 – Lodestar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse Chorus Outro ------------- --------- ----------- E 0221xx A x0222x F#m 2442xx B7/F# 22120x B x2444x A x0222x E 02210x E 02210x B x2444x Intro: E B7/F# e|---------------------------|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------|--------------------0------------| G|-----1-----1------1--------|-----2----------------2----------| D|--------2----2-------2-----|-------1------1---------------1--| x2 A|------------------------2--|--2---------2----2---------2-----| E|--0------------0-----------|---------2--------------2--------| Verse 1: E B7/F# Out of the night into the water, we push the boat from shore E B7/F# Breaking the air in the stillness of the bay E B7/F# Intensity of stars reflected in the harbour, silently ignite E B7/F# The oar dips in to oil-like water and we E B7/F# E B7/F# Are away Verse 2: E B7/F# Your hand won't write, not tonight, but your mind may wander E B7/F# Into those deep lagoons that you know E B7/F# And your boat will go by starlight alone Chorus 1: A B E A Da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da, you sang to the moon A B E A B In the great black night with no lodestar, in sight E B7/F# E B7/F# Verse 3: E B7/F# Out in the night, out on the water, we pull the boat back to shore E B7/F# Breathing the air in the stillness of the bay E B7/F# Intensity of stars reflected in the water, silently ignite E B7/F# The oar dips in to oil-like water and we Chorus 2: A B E A Are away, under the moon A B E A B In the great black night with no lodestar, in sight Outro: F#m A E B F#m A E B F#m A E B F#m A E B And wait for it, there are only two things now F#m A E B F#m A E B This great black night, and the fire glow F#m A E B Listen, the darkness rings, the darkness F#m A E B Listen, the darkness rings F#m A E B F#m A E B And wait for it, there are only two of us now F#m A E B F#m A E B This great black night scooped out, and this fire glow F#m A E B Listen, the darkness rings, the darkness F#m A E B Listen, the darkness rings F#m A E B Take off your things F#m A E And listen, the darkness rings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 6 – Weakened State ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse Chorus Bridge ----------- ----------- ---------- F#5 244xxx A 577655 Bm x2443x G5 355xxx F#m 244222 G 320033 D5 x577xx G 355433 D xx0232 Bm x2443x A x02220 Verse 1: F#5 G5 D5 From the minute you saw it F#5 G5 D5 By the time it left my mouth F#5 G5 D5 I knew you wouldn't want it F#5 G5 D5 But I had to let it out Verse 2: F#5 G5 D5 I saw your smile and I fell F#5 G5 D5 Now I just can't believe F#5 G5 D5 There was no knowing deception F#5 G5 A Underneath Chorus 1: A F#m G A----ll that time A F#m G Did it pass while you were looking back A F#m G Waiting F#m G D5 Verse 3: F#5 G5 D5 I asked for the truth F#5 G5 D5 Every time F#5 G5 D5 And now the ugly details F#5 G5 D5 Are stuck in my mind Verse 4: F#5 G5 D5 And there's a premonition, I keep putting off F#5 G5 D5 And the more time passes, the more I get soft F#5 G5 D5 I'm standing up there in a weakened state F#5 G5 And it's not great Chorus 2: A F#m G A----ll that time A F#m G Did it pass while you were looking back A F#m G Waiting A F#m G A F#m G O-----ften I'm A F#m G Waiting on the one that maybe won't A F#m G Come, waiting Bridge: Bm G D A And I'm not saying anything G A D A You think that I forgot G A D A G 'Cos I'm not saying anyth-----ing, but I'm thinking a lot Solo: A F#m G A F#m G A F#m G A F#m G Chorus 3: A F#m G O-----ften I'm A F#m G Waiting on the one that maybe won't A F#m G Come, waiting Bm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 7 – Don't Get Your Back Up ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse Chorus --------- ---------- B x2444x B x2444x E 022100 F# 244322 E 022100 Verse 1: B E Baby, if I could keep it together, don't you think I'd try? B E And maybe if I could make something of this, why wouldn't I? B You say I close a blind eye that I don't put up the time E But what you see as goodbye, I don't see as a crime B I'm tired of the blame being put on my head E B E B E You're breathing fire but you're not bringing back what's dead Chorus 1: B F# E Don't get your back up over this B F# E If I'm so wrong and you're so right B F# E You, well you got your mind made up I guess F# B E Won't you let me get some sleep tonight? Verse 2: B E It's late now and there's only four hours 'til I get up again B E You know I'd wait somehow if I thought this was something that a little time would mend B E You, you're dragging this misery on B E B E Let's leave this thing for a while, it's too far gone, too far gone Chorus 2: B F# E Don't get your back up over this B F# E If I'm so wrong and you're so right B F# E Well you really got your mind made up I guess F# Won't you let me get some sleep F# Won't you let me get some sleep? F# B Won't you let me get some sleep tonight? Chorus 3: B F# E Don't get your back up over this B F# E If I'm so wrong and you're so right B F# E You, well you got your mind made up I guess F# Won't you let me get some sleep F# Won't you let me get some sleep? F# Won't you let me get some sleep tonight? B E Tonight B E Tonight B E B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 8 – Open Window (The Wedding Song) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse Pre-Chorus Chorus ----------- ----------- ----------- E 02210x F#m 24422x B x2444x E/B x2210x A x0222x E 02210x A x0222x E 02210x A x0222x B x2444x F#m 24422x E/B x2210x Intro: E E/B e|----------------| B|------0-----0---| G|------1-----1---| D|------2-----2---| x4 A|---------2------| E|---0------------| Verse 1: E E/B E E/B E Love, I see you there, adrift on the air E/B A Floating by the open window E E/B E E/B E Ah, the sentiment of love, reflections that speak of E/B A What can enter when our hearts are open Pre-Chorus 1: F#m A Here, witnesses appear E B And recognize how sacred love can be when stated E E/B E E/B E Shared, shown for all to see, the beauty that can be E/B A When love is cultivated Chorus 1: B E A Well, our love is a sacred thing B E A Like the mysteries of the night B E A In the darkness unwavering B E A And still so strong come the light B E A Well, our love is an infinite thing B E A Like the sun's last ray on the sea B E A As it sets low in the west F#m A And the moon rises E E/B E E/B E E/B E E/B Verse 2: E E/B E E/B E Love, I see you there, adrift on the air E/B A Floating by the open window E E/B E E/B E Ah, the sentiment of love, reflections that speak of E/B A What can enter when our hearts are open Pre-Chorus 2: F#m A Here, witnesses appear E B And recognize how sacred love can be when stated E E/B E E/B E Shared, shown for all to know, the beauty that can grow E/B A When love is cultivated Chorus 2: B E A Well, our love is a sacred thing B E A Like the mysteries of the night B E A In the darkness unwavering B E A And still so strong come the light B E A Well, our love is an infinite thing B E A Like the sun's last ray on the sea B E A As it sets low in the west F#m A And the moon rises E E/B E E/B E E/B E E/B E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 9 – Uniform Grey ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse Chorus ---------- ---------- C x32010 F x3321x Am x02210 G 32003x G 320033 Am x0221x Em 02200x Capo 3rd fret Intro: C Am G > ? ? > ? ? > ? ? > ? ? > ? ? > ? ? > ? ? > > e|----------------------------------|------------------|-----------------| B|-----1-1-----1-1-----1-1-----1-1--|-----1-1-----1-1--|-----3-3---------| G|-----0-0--0--0-0-----0-0-----0-0--|-----2-2--2--2-2--|-----0-0---------| D|------------------2---------------|------------------|--------------0--| x4 A|--3-----------------------3-------|--0---------------|----------0h2----| E|----------------------------------|------------------|--3--------------| h = hammer-on > = accented note ? = down-stroke ? = up-stroke Verse 1: C Am G It's perfectly suited this uniform grey C Am G There are no bearings to the day C Am G C Am G I came down from the air and I'll leave by boat C Am G Yeah I'm down with your rainy town C Am G Out on the spit with the biggest port around C Am G C Am G My friend is on the way, he's bringing my coat Chorus 1: F G Am Oh, you don't do what I want you to F G C Em But I haven't been through what you've been through F G Am And we could use that as an excuse F If that's what you choose G If that's what you choose Interlude: C Am G C Am G C Am G C Am G Verse 2: C Am G Well it was kinda hard to pull away C Am G He said, "buck up baby, it’s okay C Am G C Am G The sunlight on the floor will always fall" C Am G And I meant to write it on the plane C Am G High above my earthly pain C Am G C Am G But I slept right through the flight and that was all Chorus 2: F G Am Oh, you don't do what I want you to F G C Em But I haven't been through what you've been through F G Am And we could use that as an excuse F If that's what you choose G If that's what you choose Interlude: C Am G C Am G C Am G C Am G Verse 3: C Am G It's perfectly suited this uniform grey C Am G There are no bearings to the day C Am G C Am G I came down from the air and I'll leave by boat C Am G Yeah I'm down in your rainy town C Am G In the spare room with the biggest port around C Am G C My friend is on the way, he's bringing my coat Am G C He's bringing my coat Am G C Am G C Am G C He's bringing my co---------at ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 10 – Coffee Stain ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse Chorus ----------- --------- A x02220 E 022100 D xx0232 A x02220 B x2444x D xx0232 D/A x00232 B x2444x Verse 1: A D There's a coffee stain around your eye A D And lines that I don't recognize A D Everything changed from being okay B D/A The night that you came home so late Verse 2: A D And I knew by the time on the stove A D That you were no longer mine alone A D I guess we're all just out on loan B D/A And everybody is only their own Chorus 1: E A D E A D Oh I loved you, and I guess I still do E A D B D Everything was going so good, I thought something bad might happen E A D E A D And then it did, if you know the difference between bad and good E A D B D I thought that I'd know, but I cross my toes and that's how it goes Verse 3: A D Maybe I'm a fatalist A D To let it all go at this A D Like some balloon I'll probably miss B D/A Lost in a treetop Verse 4: A D There's a coffee stain around your eye A D And lines that I don't recognize A D Everything changed from being okay B D/A The night that you came home so late Chorus 2: E A D E A D Oh I loved you, and I guess I still do E A D B D Everything was going so good, I thought something bad might happen E A D E A D And then it did, if you know the difference between bad and good E A D B D I thought that I'd know, but I cross my toes and that's how it goes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 11 – You Were Here ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse Chorus ------------ --------- C x32010 G 320033 D/F# 2x0232 C x32010 D xx0232 Intro: C D/F# C D/F# e|--------------|-----------------| B|--------------|-----------------| G|--------------|--------0--------| D|-----0--------|-----------------| x2 A|--3-----------|--0--3-----------| E|--------3--2--|-----------3--2--| Verse 1: C D/F# C D/F# Are there no blinders on lights that blare? C D/F# C D/F# White noise on the eyes C D/F# C D/F# From gas station lots and reflected ice -- glare C D/F# C D/F# So that I can walk home by moonlight -- alone C D/F# C D/F# Verse 2: C D/F# C D/F# Or can we go out to where the wind howls C D/F# C D/F# And stand alee against the trees C D/F# C D/F# They've grown up so tall that you can't see the house C D/F# C D/F# G It's a fortress now but you know how it used to be Chorus 1: G C D G C D I can lie to myself and say I like it G C D C D/F# But I would love it if you were here C D/F# C D/F# C D/F# Verse 3: C D/F# C D/F# These words on paper smell like you C D/F# C D/F# Associated in random thought C D/F# C D/F# On my lips the words turn blue C D/F# C D/F# G Evanescent feeling lost Chorus 2: G C D G C D I can lie to myself and say I like it G C D G C D But I would love it if you were here G C D G C D I'm just sad for myself because I know you're clear G C D C D/F# But I would love it if you were here C D/F# C D/F# C D/F# Verse 4: C D/F C D/F# I can just see you show me your gardens C D/F# C D/F# I thought you'd grow roses and grapes on low vines C D/F# C D/F# I wanted to know you when we were both older C D/F# C D/F# G I thought there'd be more of those wonderful times Chorus 3: G C D G C D I can lie to myself and say I like it G C D G C D But I would love it if you were here G C D G C D I'm just sad for myself because I know you're clear G C D C D/F# But I would love it if you were here Outro: C D/F# You were here C D/F# Yes, you were C D/F# Yes, you were C D/F# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track 12 - Everytime ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse and Pre-Chorus Chorus -------------------- ---------- G 320033 D xx0232 G/F# 2x0033 C x32010 C x32013 Em 022000 Intro: G G/F# C e|------3--3------3--3------3--3---3-3-3---| B|------3--3------3--3------1--1---1-1-1---| G|------0--0------0--0------0--0---0-0-0---| D|------0--0------0--0---2--2--2---2-2-2---| x2 A|---2---------x---------3-----------------| E|---3---------2---------------------------| Verse 1: G G/F# C G G/F# C I can -- throw away my -- fears G G/F# C G G/F# C Up in -- to the atmo -- sphere G G/F# C G G/F# C They race away at the rate of the smoke G G/F# C And rust G G/F# C Pre-Chorus 1: G G/F# C Look at all the poor bastards G G/F# C G G/F# C Gotta go to work while I sleep G G/F# C Chorus 1: D C Steel town's light keep on glowing D C From smokestacks that keep on blowing Em C In my eyes so I don’t see it Em C Close my heart so I don't feel it G G/F# C Every time G G/F# C Verse 2: G G/F# C G G/F# C I can -- see it in your eyes G G/F# C G G/F# C I can -- feel it on your sides G G/F# C G G/F# C They're not -- like either of us G G/F# C At all G G/F# C Pre-Chorus 2: G G/F# C Look at all the poor drivers G G/F# C G G/F# C Gotta go to work every time G G/F# C Chorus 2: D C Streams of headlights come flashing D C On the hills that we used for crashing Em C In my mind, I don't see it Em C Close my eyes or I believe it Chorus 3: D C Streams of headlights come shining D C On wheels that we used for grinding Em C In my mind, I don't see it Em C Close my eyes or I believe it G G/F# C Every time Outro: G G/F# C G G/F# C Doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo doo-oo G G/F# C G G/F# C Doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo doo-oo
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