Chords for LEVELLERS -15 YEARS/ RIVERFLOW- PINKPOP 1994
Tempo:
152.65 bpm
Chords used:
G
A
D
Em
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A]
[G]
[A]
[G]
[A]
[G]
[Am]
[G]
[Am]
[G]
[A] I never [Am]
was a father man, [Gm] took a man in the farm with his head in the hands, trying his
best to understand, I couldn't hit the [A] gas.
The engine had broken in, [G] they left him all to where he fitted [A] in.
It's too late now, he turned around [G] to find another [Am] way.
[Dm] Almost in the neck, not knocking, [A] banging away at what [G] he got sent.
[Dm] The girl from 50 [F] years [A] ago, he turned, [Eb] gone away.
[Am]
[G]
[Am]
[D] [G]
[A] That's never how it used to be, [Gm] what happened to all that [A] energy.
He took one [B] too many liberties, and I'm [Gm] tired of being [A] afraid.
Someone's been by, she took flight, [G] hiding swollen eyes, [A] little wounded thighs.
The best years of her life in night, [G] sold for liquid [Am] shit.
And [Dm] the last in the lane, [F] not knocking, [A] banging away [B] at what he got [Dm] sent.
The girl from 50 [F] years ago, [Am] got to, gone away.
And the victims out there [Em] were
Never [C] turned on [G] [Am] pussies, just a beach and a pretty [Em] girl.
[C] They just take it [G] for a show.
Well, [A]
it's another week till the show comes through.
Got [G] five hours left, he's [A] spent on food.
The door to the bar is still open, and [G] he brings another [A] home.
Six-star store that bears his [Dm] name, got a [G] favorite glass of [A] coffee.
Never been kept waiting, cause [G] he pays the [A] landlord's wage.
[Dm] And the last in the lane, [F] not knocking,
[A] banging away at [G] what he got sent.
[Dm]
The girl from 50 years [Am] ago, got to, gone [G] away.
[Dm] And the last in the lane, not knocking,
[Am] banging away at [G] what he got sent.
[Dm]
The girl from 50 years [Am] ago, got to, gone away.
[G]
[Db]
Impossible, I [G] think.
[C]
[Em]
[C] [Em] [D] [G] [Am]
[E] [D] [G]
[Am] [E] [C] I'm a [E] 292nd grade [G] parent, not a few are great.
The kids told me, [Em] too, we're gonna [D] change the world.
[G] We're gonna keep it [E] down, so down the [Bm] streets of Pops,
we're high [G] on ground, dirty, [E] fat, we found, but on the river, [D] we flow.
[Em] She didn't take the grape from the river, [D] Jimmy John's.
[G] You're [C] down the street on [E] the Pops, [D] running low.
[G] Girl, it's [C] like an [E] actuation, that [D] was you, you knew your [G] place.
Running [C] around, getting out for [E] fun, [D] on the river, I flow.
[E] On the river, I flow.
[G] We [D] be on [C] the top.
[E] We're down on the river, I flow.
[G] We [D] be on [C] the top, yeah!
[Em]
[D] [C] [Em]
[Dm] [G] [Am] [Em]
[E] [C] [Em]
Oh, I don't know how you made it through all [G] this,
but you're brilliant, April's sure as hell is [Em] smoking,
yeah, you're still with [D] us today.
Like [G] a [E] son around the ground, words [G] can kill the things I know.
Often it can be deep inside, but [D] on the river, I flow.
[G]
She didn't [C] take the tape [Em] from the bar, the [D] street, it's on the [G] ground.
[C] She's [Em] up with any rising [G] guy.
She's drinking the wine, hop [Em] along, it can be cattle, [D] let it [G] flow.
From [C] the microphone, on the river, [D] I flow.
[E] [Em]
[G] We [D] be on [C] the top.
[Em] We're down on the river, I flow.
[G] We [D] be on [C] the top, yeah!
[Em]
[D] [G] [C] [Em]
[Am] [D]
[G] [C] [Em]
[A] [Dm] [A]
[G] [Em] [A]
Oh,
[G] [A]
I [G] [D]
[A]
[Em] [A]
[G] [A] don't know how you [Bb] made it [N] through all this,
but you're brilliant, April's sure as hell is smoking,
yeah, you're still with us today.
Like a son around the ground, words can kill the things I know.
Often it can be deep inside, but on the river, I flow.
We be on the top, yeah!
[G] Oh, I don't know how you made it through all this,
but you're brilliant, April's sure as hell is smoking,
yeah, you're still with [C] us today.
[E] [D] [G] [C] [G]
[A] [Em] [D] [Am]
[D]
[G]
[G]
[A]
[G]
[A]
[G]
[Am]
[G]
[Am]
[G]
[A] I never [Am]
was a father man, [Gm] took a man in the farm with his head in the hands, trying his
best to understand, I couldn't hit the [A] gas.
The engine had broken in, [G] they left him all to where he fitted [A] in.
It's too late now, he turned around [G] to find another [Am] way.
[Dm] Almost in the neck, not knocking, [A] banging away at what [G] he got sent.
[Dm] The girl from 50 [F] years [A] ago, he turned, [Eb] gone away.
[Am]
[G]
[Am]
[D] [G]
[A] That's never how it used to be, [Gm] what happened to all that [A] energy.
He took one [B] too many liberties, and I'm [Gm] tired of being [A] afraid.
Someone's been by, she took flight, [G] hiding swollen eyes, [A] little wounded thighs.
The best years of her life in night, [G] sold for liquid [Am] shit.
And [Dm] the last in the lane, [F] not knocking, [A] banging away [B] at what he got [Dm] sent.
The girl from 50 [F] years ago, [Am] got to, gone away.
And the victims out there [Em] were
Never [C] turned on [G] [Am] pussies, just a beach and a pretty [Em] girl.
[C] They just take it [G] for a show.
Well, [A]
it's another week till the show comes through.
Got [G] five hours left, he's [A] spent on food.
The door to the bar is still open, and [G] he brings another [A] home.
Six-star store that bears his [Dm] name, got a [G] favorite glass of [A] coffee.
Never been kept waiting, cause [G] he pays the [A] landlord's wage.
[Dm] And the last in the lane, [F] not knocking,
[A] banging away at [G] what he got sent.
[Dm]
The girl from 50 years [Am] ago, got to, gone [G] away.
[Dm] And the last in the lane, not knocking,
[Am] banging away at [G] what he got sent.
[Dm]
The girl from 50 years [Am] ago, got to, gone away.
[G]
[Db]
Impossible, I [G] think.
[C]
[Em]
[C] [Em] [D] [G] [Am]
[E] [D] [G]
[Am] [E] [C] I'm a [E] 292nd grade [G] parent, not a few are great.
The kids told me, [Em] too, we're gonna [D] change the world.
[G] We're gonna keep it [E] down, so down the [Bm] streets of Pops,
we're high [G] on ground, dirty, [E] fat, we found, but on the river, [D] we flow.
[Em] She didn't take the grape from the river, [D] Jimmy John's.
[G] You're [C] down the street on [E] the Pops, [D] running low.
[G] Girl, it's [C] like an [E] actuation, that [D] was you, you knew your [G] place.
Running [C] around, getting out for [E] fun, [D] on the river, I flow.
[E] On the river, I flow.
[G] We [D] be on [C] the top.
[E] We're down on the river, I flow.
[G] We [D] be on [C] the top, yeah!
[Em]
[D] [C] [Em]
[Dm] [G] [Am] [Em]
[E] [C] [Em]
Oh, I don't know how you made it through all [G] this,
but you're brilliant, April's sure as hell is [Em] smoking,
yeah, you're still with [D] us today.
Like [G] a [E] son around the ground, words [G] can kill the things I know.
Often it can be deep inside, but [D] on the river, I flow.
[G]
She didn't [C] take the tape [Em] from the bar, the [D] street, it's on the [G] ground.
[C] She's [Em] up with any rising [G] guy.
She's drinking the wine, hop [Em] along, it can be cattle, [D] let it [G] flow.
From [C] the microphone, on the river, [D] I flow.
[E] [Em]
[G] We [D] be on [C] the top.
[Em] We're down on the river, I flow.
[G] We [D] be on [C] the top, yeah!
[Em]
[D] [G] [C] [Em]
[Am] [D]
[G] [C] [Em]
[A] [Dm] [A]
[G] [Em] [A]
Oh,
[G] [A]
I [G] [D]
[A]
[Em] [A]
[G] [A] don't know how you [Bb] made it [N] through all this,
but you're brilliant, April's sure as hell is smoking,
yeah, you're still with us today.
Like a son around the ground, words can kill the things I know.
Often it can be deep inside, but on the river, I flow.
We be on the top, yeah!
[G] Oh, I don't know how you made it through all this,
but you're brilliant, April's sure as hell is smoking,
yeah, you're still with [C] us today.
[E] [D] [G] [C] [G]
[A] [Em] [D] [Am]
[D]
[G]
Key:
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_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ I never [Am]
was a father man, [Gm] took a man in the farm with his head in the hands, trying his
best to _ understand, I couldn't hit the [A] gas.
_ _ The engine _ had broken in, [G] they left him all to where he fitted [A] in.
It's too late now, he turned around [G] to find another [Am] way.
_ [Dm] Almost in the neck, not knocking, _ _ [A] banging away at what [G] he got sent.
[Dm] The girl from 50 [F] years _ [A] ago, he turned, [Eb] gone away.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ That's never how it used to be, [Gm] what happened to all that [A] energy.
He took one [B] too many _ liberties, and I'm [Gm] tired of being [A] afraid.
_ _ Someone's been by, she took flight, [G] hiding swollen eyes, [A] little wounded thighs.
The best years of her life in night, [G] sold for liquid [Am] shit.
_ And [Dm] the last in the lane, [F] not knocking, _ [A] _ banging away [B] at what he got [Dm] sent.
The girl from 50 [F] years ago, [Am] got to, gone away.
_ And the victims out there [Em] were_
Never [C] _ turned on [G] _ [Am] pussies, just a beach and a pretty [Em] _ girl.
_ [C] They just take it [G] for a show.
_ Well, [A]
it's another week till the show comes through.
Got [G] five hours left, he's [A] spent on food.
The door to the bar is still open, and [G] he brings another [A] home. _ _
Six-star store that bears his [Dm] name, got a [G] favorite glass of [A] coffee. _ _
Never been kept waiting, cause [G] he pays the [A] landlord's wage.
[Dm] And the last in the lane, [F] not knocking, _ _
[A] banging away at [G] what he got sent.
[Dm]
The girl from 50 years [Am] ago, got to, gone [G] away. _
[Dm] And the last in the lane, not knocking, _
[Am] banging away at [G] what he got sent.
[Dm]
The girl from 50 years [Am] ago, got to, gone away.
[G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
Impossible, I _ [G] think. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [E] _ [C] _ _ _ I'm a [E] _ 292nd grade [G] parent, not a few are great.
The kids told me, [Em] too, we're gonna [D] change the world.
[G] We're gonna keep it [E] down, so down the [Bm] streets of Pops,
we're high [G] on ground, dirty, [E] fat, we found, but on the river, [D] we flow. _ _ _ _
_ [Em] She didn't take the grape from the river, [D] Jimmy John's.
[G] You're [C] down the street on [E] the Pops, [D] running low.
[G] Girl, it's [C] like an [E] actuation, that [D] was you, you knew your [G] place.
Running [C] around, getting out for [E] fun, [D] on the river, I flow.
_ _ _ _ [E] On the river, I flow.
_ [G] We [D] be on [C] the top.
_ [E] We're down on the river, I flow.
_ _ [G] We [D] be on [C] the top, yeah!
_ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ [Em] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Em] _
_ _ _ Oh, I don't know how you made it through all [G] this,
but you're brilliant, April's sure as hell is [Em] smoking,
yeah, you're still with [D] us today.
Like [G] a [E] son around the ground, words [G] can kill the things I know.
Often it can be deep inside, but [D] on the river, I flow.
_ _ _ _ _ [G]
She didn't [C] take the tape [Em] from the bar, the [D] street, it's on the [G] ground.
_ [C] She's [Em] up with any rising [G] guy.
She's drinking the wine, hop [Em] along, it can be cattle, [D] let it [G] flow.
From [C] the microphone, on the river, [D] I flow. _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] We [D] be on [C] the top.
_ [Em] We're down on the river, I flow.
_ _ [G] We [D] be on [C] the top, yeah!
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ Oh, _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ I _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ don't know how you [Bb] _ _ _ made it [N] through all this,
but you're brilliant, April's sure as hell is smoking,
_ yeah, you're still with us today.
Like a son around the ground, words can kill the things I know.
Often it can be deep inside, but on the river, I flow. _ _
_ We be on the top, yeah!
[G] Oh, I don't know how you made it through all this,
but you're brilliant, April's sure as hell is smoking,
yeah, you're still with [C] us today.
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ I never [Am]
was a father man, [Gm] took a man in the farm with his head in the hands, trying his
best to _ understand, I couldn't hit the [A] gas.
_ _ The engine _ had broken in, [G] they left him all to where he fitted [A] in.
It's too late now, he turned around [G] to find another [Am] way.
_ [Dm] Almost in the neck, not knocking, _ _ [A] banging away at what [G] he got sent.
[Dm] The girl from 50 [F] years _ [A] ago, he turned, [Eb] gone away.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ That's never how it used to be, [Gm] what happened to all that [A] energy.
He took one [B] too many _ liberties, and I'm [Gm] tired of being [A] afraid.
_ _ Someone's been by, she took flight, [G] hiding swollen eyes, [A] little wounded thighs.
The best years of her life in night, [G] sold for liquid [Am] shit.
_ And [Dm] the last in the lane, [F] not knocking, _ [A] _ banging away [B] at what he got [Dm] sent.
The girl from 50 [F] years ago, [Am] got to, gone away.
_ And the victims out there [Em] were_
Never [C] _ turned on [G] _ [Am] pussies, just a beach and a pretty [Em] _ girl.
_ [C] They just take it [G] for a show.
_ Well, [A]
it's another week till the show comes through.
Got [G] five hours left, he's [A] spent on food.
The door to the bar is still open, and [G] he brings another [A] home. _ _
Six-star store that bears his [Dm] name, got a [G] favorite glass of [A] coffee. _ _
Never been kept waiting, cause [G] he pays the [A] landlord's wage.
[Dm] And the last in the lane, [F] not knocking, _ _
[A] banging away at [G] what he got sent.
[Dm]
The girl from 50 years [Am] ago, got to, gone [G] away. _
[Dm] And the last in the lane, not knocking, _
[Am] banging away at [G] what he got sent.
[Dm]
The girl from 50 years [Am] ago, got to, gone away.
[G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
Impossible, I _ [G] think. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [E] _ [C] _ _ _ I'm a [E] _ 292nd grade [G] parent, not a few are great.
The kids told me, [Em] too, we're gonna [D] change the world.
[G] We're gonna keep it [E] down, so down the [Bm] streets of Pops,
we're high [G] on ground, dirty, [E] fat, we found, but on the river, [D] we flow. _ _ _ _
_ [Em] She didn't take the grape from the river, [D] Jimmy John's.
[G] You're [C] down the street on [E] the Pops, [D] running low.
[G] Girl, it's [C] like an [E] actuation, that [D] was you, you knew your [G] place.
Running [C] around, getting out for [E] fun, [D] on the river, I flow.
_ _ _ _ [E] On the river, I flow.
_ [G] We [D] be on [C] the top.
_ [E] We're down on the river, I flow.
_ _ [G] We [D] be on [C] the top, yeah!
_ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ [Em] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Em] _
_ _ _ Oh, I don't know how you made it through all [G] this,
but you're brilliant, April's sure as hell is [Em] smoking,
yeah, you're still with [D] us today.
Like [G] a [E] son around the ground, words [G] can kill the things I know.
Often it can be deep inside, but [D] on the river, I flow.
_ _ _ _ _ [G]
She didn't [C] take the tape [Em] from the bar, the [D] street, it's on the [G] ground.
_ [C] She's [Em] up with any rising [G] guy.
She's drinking the wine, hop [Em] along, it can be cattle, [D] let it [G] flow.
From [C] the microphone, on the river, [D] I flow. _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] We [D] be on [C] the top.
_ [Em] We're down on the river, I flow.
_ _ [G] We [D] be on [C] the top, yeah!
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ Oh, _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ I _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ don't know how you [Bb] _ _ _ made it [N] through all this,
but you're brilliant, April's sure as hell is smoking,
_ yeah, you're still with us today.
Like a son around the ground, words can kill the things I know.
Often it can be deep inside, but on the river, I flow. _ _
_ We be on the top, yeah!
[G] Oh, I don't know how you made it through all this,
but you're brilliant, April's sure as hell is smoking,
yeah, you're still with [C] us today.
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _