David Gray

Accords et partitions

A Century Ends

E7 D E A A2 D2

Cast your eyes into the distance Try to focus on it all Find a spirit of resistance Instead of pride before the fall Forge some opposition

A Million Years

G C Em F# D A

Flat out I’m running Through walls of concrete Let fall from my spirit A lifetime of hate That shown on our faces

A Moment Changes Everything

D C Am G Em

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Come on, come on, come on Come on, come on, come on Come on, come on, come on Come on, come on, come on

A Tight Ship

Eb F Ab Bb Dm

A terrific song released this January (2019). This is based off the Radio Edit. It starts off in the Key of C but it keeps changing. I've tried to line up the lyrics with the chord changes. The suspended chords are optional; to my ear the seconds sound nice as a stepping note, but it also sounds Fine without them. Let me know if I've missed anything and I'll update it

Accumulates

Em D Am G A7 C

[Verse 1] Well, it grips and it grins It cavorts and it gyrates And it whispers from the wings Knowingly insinuates

aint no love

F G C Am F6 G7

-Verse 1 Maybe that it would do me good If I believed there were a god Cut in the starry firmament But as it is that's just a lie

Alibi

F#m E A B E2 B/E

Stone blind alibi i will eat the lie Find the word could break any spell that binds you Prayers like ammonites curl beneath the lites

Alive

C G D Em Am

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TAB (Tuned 1/2 Step Down) Verse is Chorus

All That We Asked For

Bb F Eb Gm Dm Cm

[Verse 1] We're setting our clocks for the summer We're spilled out like foam on the sand And it's all that we asked for and more Well it's all that we asked for and more

As Im Leaving

D Cmaj7 C Em7 Gmaj7 Am

:VERSE 1: |Riff| As I'm leaving |Riff| A change comes on my eyes

As The Crow Flies

A E B C#m F#m F#m7

[Verse 1] A part of me pre A part of me post A part of me present One part of me ghost

Babylon

A D2 G2 G D Em

[Play the above throughout the verse] Friday night I'm going nowhere All the lights are changing green to red Turning over TV stations Situations running through my head

Babylon (ver. 3)

D G A Em

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Friday night I'm going nowhere All the lights are changing green to red Turning over TV stations Situations running through my head Looking back through time

Back In The World

Cadd9 G D Em C

Every day when I open my eyes now It feels like a Saturday Taking down from the shelf All the parts of myself That I packed away

Be Mine

E F#m D A Dm C#m

From the very first moment I saw you - that?s when I knew, All the dreams I held in my heart had suddenly come true, Knock me over stone cold sober, not a thing I could say or do, Cos baby when I?m walking with you now, my eyes are so wide, Like you reached right into my head, and turned on the light inside,

Birds Of The High Arctic

D# Cm Gm F Bb G#

Main: Baby say it isn't true You're never there and It wasn't you It's more than I can do

Birds Without Wings

G A C Em D D2

Wishing that something would happen A change in this place Cause Im tearing off the fancy wrapping Find an empty package Take for a while your trumpet from your lip

Breathe

D Bm G Em A

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Wake, wake and the moments gone Wake, wake and the moments gone Wake, wake and the moments gone Wake, wake and the moments gone Then the door bell rings

Cant Hurt More Than This

D5 G A6 Bm F#7 Em7

[Verse 1] Have you noticed how it grows From a point that barely shows In the harness for the harvest Of a love that doesn’t close

Caroline

D A G Bm F#m B#m

[Verse] D Dsus4 Caroline D Dsus4 Those crazy eyes that shine

Clean Pair Of Eyes

G D E A C Cadd9

Verse 1 Hear me God I'm on the level, Mapping Silence Seeing Things, Crying Laughing like the devil,

Coming Down

G C Em D Cm Bm

[Chorus1] Moon and stars above me mingle with the blood inside my veins. Empty arms that should be holding me close through nights of winter rain. And I'm trying to spell what only the wind can explain. It's colder than ever

Davey Jones Locker

E Emaj13 A G#m F#m E2

E Esus At the edge of consciousness Where the lines they start to fade Esus And the spirit goes undressed

Dead in the water

Am A Fm G C D

People stand in line People stand in line People stand in line

Debauchery

G C F Am E

Drunken ferry boat woman Swayin' on your sea If I turn on the gasfire by the rain rattled window Won't you sail over to me

Deep Water Swim

D G Bm Em A C

With the weight of the skies Like a word to the wise And the thought that preyed With the road rising up And the fog in my cup

Destoyer

G C F Am D Dm

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More panic than intent More luck than good judgment They're raising your body from the ground

Disappearing World

D A G E Em B

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Verse 1 Slowly the truth is loading I'm weighted down with love Snow lying deep and even G Asus G Asus

The Dotted Line

C G Am D

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Trying to square the circle of my creed, Spread a little around for chicken feed, And every (any) little thing I need baby, oh. Everything that rises, all that flows, And every which way that it goes.

Draw The Line

D E7 Em7 F# e F

Ive been doubting yours baby, Ive been doubting mine Ive been outta circulation where the sun down shine Ive been doubting fame and wealth, charity, even love itself Verse Progression 1 time Draw The Line

Easy Way To Cry

G Bm C Am D Em

The timing for when to play the chords is very awkward to write down although when Playing it feels natural. Gray frequently plays chords inbetween words which is why Some chords look in odd places. Just listen to the song and you'll understand what I Mean.

Everytime

G

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D G Cadd9 I hear the morning bell D G Cadd9 And all the faces cold as stone

Falling Down The Mountainside

Am G Fmaj9 Am7 Gm C

Without a word you set your sights onto the sun When all the world you put to rights was still so wrong Pin your heart out on your sleeve, spouting all that make believe From you lips it seemed it might come true Falling down the mountainside with you

Falling Free

A E F#m B C#m G#m

[Verse] There's no need to nail it to the ground No need to smother it with sense Just listen to the rhythm of your heart that pounds And trust it all to chance

Faster Sooner Now

D G Am C E F

D Dsus Cadd9 Hey now You got me by the tongue D Dsus9 Cadd9 I feel like

First Chance

D F# Em G C Am

[Verse] Like a bird upon release Through the atmosphere Like a honking flock of geese Winter drawing near

Fixative

G C Em A

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David Gray introduces this song with some comments about playing in Manchester And how he wrote this as a tribute to his great friend and musician Bryan Glancy. Bryan had died early 2006. He says he had played this a few times but this was the first in front of an audience.

Flame Turns Blue

E A B7

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I went looking for someone I left behind Yeah but no-one just a stranger did I find I never noticed hadn't seen it as it grew The void between us where the flame turns blue

Forgetting

A E F#m D

Crawling then walking Then running and sweating Forgetting Lying and cheating Aiding and abetting

Freedom

D G Em7 A

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D Dsus2 VERSE 1: take your eyes off me D Dsus2 There's nothing in here to see D Dsus2 D Dsus2

From Here You Can Almost See The Sea

E F#m11 Am9 e G

[Refrain] Bmadd11 Aadd9 E Just another fool in the line, ahhhhhh Bmadd11 Aadd9 E Just another fool in the line, ahhhhhh

Fugitive

D Dsus G C Em Fmaj7

Is the answer none of the above Crouched in a hole like a mud-streaked fugitive And everyday a different version of Pouring it away like a water through a sieve

Full Steam

F#m A Bm G Ab E

Song ~ Full Steam Artist ~ David Gray Album ~ Draw The Line Tabbed by ~ Pilki 02 (Get the Reference)

Furthering

A D F#m Bm E B

[VERSE I] Just keep pouring, I'll say when Walk me further in Lose the weight that's in these bones Fly like skipping stones

Gathering Dust

D C

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Gadd9 Cadd9 I got no reason Gadd9 Cadd9 But that I must Gadd9 Cadd9

Gold In A Brass Age

A D F#m7 G Em G6

[VERSE I] In search of sleep, I close my eyes My head is filled with bugs and flies I don't know if you realize How much it means

Gutters Full Of Rain

B E G#m F C# A#

Were these twenty years a dream Was it ever as it seemed Get to wonder if it really existed Cause the thief who stole my life Has taken to my faith

Hall Of Mirrors

F# B G#m

[VERSE I] Life in these mirrored halls Rings hollow bright Hearts grown like icicles In dead of night

Harder

Am Fmaj9 G F A C

Can’t recall the moment when the doubt Ripped your face Or put my finger on quite when the fog Took your place Now we’ve been beating on it ‘til we’re black and blue

Heart And Soul

G C D Em

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[Verse 1] For something in nothing A voice in the air A face in the doorway In wordless prayer

Hold On To Nothing

G C Am D

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Hold on to nothing hold on to coldest steel, It chills you down inside when you see just what is real, Paste it up and tear it down move it on along the rushing road, 17 Fahrenheit feel the winter grow, There's nowhere to write it there's nowhere to write it

Holding On

G C Em D

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[Verse 1] Baby, now don't look back Don't let those feelings start Don't let the line go slack, when you're Pulling it all apart.

Hospital food

F C Emaj7 G Am D

Kappo 5 (intro , , play through twice) ( move middle finger on and off string) Just a little something for the pain ( move middle finger on and off string)

Hurricane Season

G A D D6 Bm DM7

[VERSE I] Just how did I get So tired and mean With eyes that flicker Like a movie screen

I Tremble For You

G C D

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Verse 2: same as V.1 And here I return to a backstreet of thrill Back to any warm shoulder till she’s got her fill And then I treat shame like some old friend from home Who I can lean on till the misery is gone

If 8 Were 9

Db Ab Eb F DbM7 Db6

[VERSE I] If skin should touch and words evaporate Trouble clear out of sight with my whole body listening My heart leans out like these old river trees Closer to be where you glide, moving under me, glistening

If Your Love Is Real

A E D Bm F#m Dm

[Verse 1] Three days spent staring at your photograph Read your letter, made me laugh But there's a shadow on the path Till I know if your love is real

In The Morning

G Am C Bm D Am7

This is a cover of a Bee Gees song titled "Morning Of My Life". David Gray changed The title to "In The Morning" and it appears on David Gray's live cover album "A Thousand Miles Behind". The lyrics are not exact to the original Bee Gees version As David Gray alters some of the lyrics.

Inner World

Em C D G B E

DAVID GRAY IN A WORLD Turn the lights off and I shut the door

Its Late

A DM7 Bm7 D E Bm

[CHORUS I] It's late, wake up Baby, wake up, it's late It's late, wake up Baby, wake up, it's late

Its not easy to be me

C G F Am C/B D

I?m only a man in a silly red sheet. Digging for kryptonite on this one way street Only a man in a funny red sheet Looking for special things inside of me

Jackdaw

C D G F Em F#

I'm like a jackdaw Cawing at your backdoor Scratching at your window pane Hey throw your window wide And taste the April night with me again

Kangaroo

G D C C2 A Gmaj7

This might take a while honey Hey don't blink Missing by a mile now we're Here on the brink Not a day goes by honey

Kathleen

F C Am G

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Verse: Lay down my head by the wayside My worn out shoes Quite why she went I can't decide Yeah but I sure could use

Knowhere

G D Gbm Bm A B

Slow voices speaking through a hurricane Said that I wanted but I lied You're looking good Hey man I can't complain Ghost on the road at night

Last boat to america

A D G Em Bm E

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Chords for Verse: (hard to hear as guitar is not prominent so bear with) Make me a boat and away I'll float Into the stillness of a pure blue sky There's nothing here to hold me now And I got no more tears to cry

Last Summer

G C Am B Bb E5

[Verse 2] Want it, not till it’s good and ready Good and ready to break like a diamond wave Diamond wave now, to take me and drag me under So far under, that I can’t hardly breathe

Late Night Radio

Em7 Am Am7 Em G C

Verse 1 Oh Mary Jane She step on a train Fmaj7 Fsus2 G Head for the city lights

Lately

A C#m B E

I can't believe noone has put this tab up yet its a beauty of a song Capo on 1st fret/ Verse: Asus Asus

Lead Me Upstairs

D A G

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****** DAVID |_ GRAY ****** ~~~~~~ LEAD ME |_ UPSTAIRS ~~~~~~ /* ~~~~~~~ Capo on 7th fret chords releative to capo: ~~~~~~~ */

Life in slow motion

C Am D/F# Bm Cadd9 G

Verse While I was watching you did a slow dissolve While I was watching you did a slow dissolve While I was watching you did a slow dissolve

The Light

C G D

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[Verse] Turn out the light and the dark sucks on the embers of the fire My heart smoulders in the night And these tumbling boulders of desire

Living Room

D G A

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Like they did last year Last night‘s just a blur Through a head full of beer My good friends speak Like they did last year

Lorelei

C G E C#m G#m B

At the Lorelei Asus2 F#m* Sing it sweet for me tonight All my dreams to long denied Asus2 E

Ls Song

A E B C#m F#

This is one of David Gray's oldest song and, im my opinnion, one of his most Beautiful. It used to be called Lara's Song but then in 1993-94 he shortened it to Just L's Song. L's Song can be found on The EP's 92-94 record which was released In 2001 by David Gray's old record company.

Made Up My Mind

Em G D A

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Made Up My Mind by David Gray Intro -- D A x3 (Same as chorus) Lightening strikes, silver motorbikes

Mallory

G Bm7 D/F# D D7M/A A

VERSE I Ah, to be lost, however briefly Lost in a place, yeah, such as thi Was to be free of the shackles of the known roads Yeah, to be free of all that is

Mutineers

E D A F#m Bm

SONG: MUTINEERS ARTIST: DAVID GRAY TAB BY: DON CZARSKI EMAIL: [email protected]

My Oh My

C#m7 B11 C E A G6

[Verse 1] What on earth is going on in my heart Has it turned as cold as stone Seems these days I don't feel anything Less it cuts me right down to the bone

Mystery Of Love

A D E7 E C F#m

[Verse] The city gates at twilight And a red ship sinking Behind winter's grey wall

Nemesis

G C Em Am F D

'Neath an avalanche - soft as moss I'm a creeping and - intangible sense of loss I'm the memory you can't get out your head But If I leave you now You'll wish you were somewhere else instead

New horizons

D D6 G A F# Em

Weight on my shoulders But I'm walking so tall Out into the new horizon Wonder in everything No matter how great or small

Nightblindness

A Bm G D Em F#m

Verse: A million to one outsiders Nightblindness Can’t see

Nos Da Caraid

Em A G C F# F

Artist: David Gray Song: Nos Da Caraid Album: Life In Slow Motion Tabbed By: Terrence Barrow

Now And Always

F C Dm Bb Am

You’re in my mind baby Now and always You’re in my mind baby Now and always The road I'm walking

One I Love

C F G Am Dm

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Gonna close my eyes Gonna watch you go Running through this life, darling Like a field of snow

The Other Side

Dm G Dsus4 G7 F C

Riff Meet me on the other side Riff I'll see you on the other side Riff

Place To Be

C#m E D#m B

[Verse 1] When I was young, younger than before I never saw the truth hanging from the door Now I'm older, see it face to face Yeah, now I'm older, gotta get up, clean the place

Please Forgive Me

C G F Em Am

Please forgive me If I act a little strange For I know not what I do. Feels like lightning running through my veins Everytime I look at you

Real Love

F D Bb C G D2

The dawn in all its majesty Is stealing me away The dawn in all its honesty Is turning me to clay And through the bears of iron rain Way beyond and back again I hear the voice of Eden cry Lift me up I'm walking on high

Red Moon

F# D Am D7 A G

Csus2 Am9 Riff1 Riff2 Weighing that silver Csus2 Am9 Riff1 Riff2 There with your hands Csus2 Am9 Riff1 Riff3

The Rice

B7 Em C G D

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VERSE1 The draughts blew cold under the door As we threw our clothes on the kitchen floor The broccoli boils in a pan on the gas stove where we stand Won’t you take this spatula in your hand

Ridiculous Heart

G D A Bm F#m Em7

[REFRAIN] What was there in the first place Like a sun rising Like a sun rising Lifting out of the haze

Sail Away

Em C Am F Dm G

Sail away with me honey I put my heart in your hands Sail away with me honey now, now, now Sail away with me What will be will be

The Sapling

F Bb Dm Am C

[VERSE I] Gonna lay down in the grass And watch that acorn split in two, slowly take root While the clock upon the wall makes idle boasts And my mind's out cruising silent coasts

Say hello and wave goodbye

G G/F# C/G D/A C D

Standin at the door of the pink Flamingo crying in the rain It was a kind of so-so love and I'm gonna make sure it doesn't happen again, You and I had to be the standing joke of the year, You were a runaround, a lost and found and not for me I feel, Take your hands off me, hey,

Say Hello Wave Goodbye

D A E C#m F#m

Say Hello Wave Goodbye – David Gray Standard tuning No Capo

Shine

E E/C# E/A E/G# E/Eb E/F#

Like a bird of flame Step out of the shadow We've gotta go where we can shine (Guitar Break)

Silver Lining

E B A Gb Ab

Take this silver lining Keep it in your own Sweet head And shine it when the night is Burning red

Skellig

Fmaj7 C G Am D

[Verse 1] Were that the song I'm singing Was an ocean wide Let the word I'm breathing Reach us over to the other side

Slow Motion

C Am D Bm F# G

Verse G Gadd9 C Cadd9 While I was watching you did a slow dissolve G Gadd9 C Cadd9 While I was watching you did a slow dissolve

Smile Like You Mean It

G Am Em D/F# Bm C

Save some face, you know you've only got one Change your ways, while you're young Boy, one day you'll be a man Oh girl, he'll help you understand

Snow In Vegas

C G Em D Am F

And just when I was thinking We’d come about as far As this old road could take us Time to pull on over baby Yeah just stop the car

Song To The Siren

Gm Bb Eb F Ab

Long afloat on shipless oceans I did all my best to smile 'Til your singing eyes and fingers Drew me loving to your isle And you sang

Stella The Artist

G D A Bm F# Em

Song: Stella the Artist Artist: David Gray Album: Draw the Line Tabbed by: Ben Wolowski

Tell Me More Lies

G A# C A D F

I'm young but already Cause there's doubt in my eyes And I never learned how to pray So make me feel better Tell me more lies

This Year's Love

C D G Em A

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This years love had better last Heaven knows it's high time And I've been waiting on my own too long But when you hold me like you do It feels so right

Tidal Wave

G D Bm E F#m

[Verse 1] Ever since your fingertips Ever since your eyes Talking with the light oh Bluer skies

To Ramona

C G F

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The pangs of your sadness Will pass as your senses will rise The flowers of the city Though breathlike, get deathlike at times

Transformation

D G Bm A Em

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Oh my hearties bold as brass Roll it out like summer grass Take me back where I come from Transformation has begun

Twilight

D G A Bm F#

Wash the twilight from my head Hanging on a bright thread Little darlin till I see you Once again

Watching The Waves

Cm Eb C Ab6 Bb Ab

[Verse 1] I'm here watching the waves Just how long can it be Till that melody strays Through my mind and I'm cancelled

We Could Fall In Love Again Tonight

A D E Bm a B

Could stay here forever Where echoes return There’s glory to gather There’s money to burn But I just can’t help from thinking

Were Not Right

G Bm A D E F

[Verse 1] D Dsus2 D Feel the weight of this passing time Dsus2 D Dsus2 D All those crazy faces run through my mind

What Am I Doing Wrong

G D2 D A Bm A2

Ghost on the highway, Bird with metal wings, Ghost on the highway, Bird with metal wings, Crowd all around me, Just don't hear a thing, Ghost on the highway, Bird with metal wings

When I Was In Your Heart

Em B Abm Gbm A

[Verse 1] Somebody should have told you I never knew It’s just another letter Returning to

White Ladder

D C/D C Bm A G

White ladder water and wine Forever crying oh time Don't wanna feel tonight There's no rhyme or reason to love this sweet love

Whos Singing Now

G C Am D

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[Verse 1] Blindfold and walking All over town Hearing them talking Up hill and down

Wisdom

B A E G D C

Time no good Wisdom no good Patience no good To me anymore

Youre The World To Me

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David Gray ‘You’re the world to Me’ Capo on 5th fret. Started talking and the line went dead