Ron Pope

Accords et partitions

A Drop In the Ocean

C F Bb Dm Gm7 Gm

A drop in the ocean A change in the weather I was praying that you and me might end up together It's like wishing for rain as I stand in the desert But I'm holding you closer than most,

A Song For Tommy

G C Em Bm

[Verse 1] The joker rides the subway Stealing glances to his left As the queen of diamonds sashays on In a brand new vintage dress

A Wedding In Connecticut

C Fmaj7 Em Am C/G G6

And the things she hoped to find Beneath him on that August night Was the farthest thing from her As she dressed to leave

About The Rain

F C E A Am G

[Verse 1] I woke up in a sleepy airport bar all by myself And the waitress stared and asked me "may I get you something else?" So I thought for a moment

Aint No Angel

D C F G Bb Dm

I wanna stand on the mountain I wanna know how it feels I wanna see what the world looks like When everybody here can feel just what I say And I'll do it my own way

Atlanta

F C G Em

You have watched the storm clouds roll Past the lighthouse and the shore Beyond the breakers they do go Where they'll end up I don't know And when this weather finally breaks

Baby Brother

C G D Am7 Am/C Em

Verse I was a mess You were a prince We were the sons of a house on fire It's funny I guess

Back Together Again

G C Em D Am7

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[Chorus] And I'd fix breakfast as you laid in bed Sometimes I made you scream but most you'd laugh Since we decided this will never end We're always falling apart then back together again

Bitterness Or Sympathy

F# C# G# A#m

The first night I should?ve left you, Before I shut my eyes, I prayed to God I?d wake up somewhere else. When the mornin? came to find me, You were sleepin? there beside me,

Body Language

E B A C#m Eb

[Verse 1] You've got an accent different than mine But I watch your lips and always find More things in common than could keep us apart 'Cause I know your heart

Bone Structure

G C Em D Am

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Playing scratch offs with the pull tab of a tallboy on your front steps Helicopters dancing over us, retreat inside Then we both got sick from the window of a taxi The driver didn’t mind, so we laughed in the backseat In the morning you asked if I took you to bed

Cinnamon

Ab D# Fm A#

VERSE ONE: Stale sweat and cinnamon I guess she is frightened most of all Loves to fly but she's scared to fall

City In Motion

A E B C#m D#

Verse 1 All of the colours of the quickly setting sun Fill up your sky A city in motion, you set a city in motion You love the darkest part of every quick remark

Come To California

D C Em G Am

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Come to California 'cause I've been lonely for you We can stay up all night just to watch the sunrise Come to California Nothing's right without you and even in the daylight Well I can't see the sky

Comfort Me

G Em D

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[Verse 1] Little church on William Street They head to tear it down My brother calls once in a while But he don't come around

Daylight

D Em C G

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This is not in the original tune of the song. Capo on 3rd freat ? Standard tuning I've seen sad dark times And I have waited for the sun to rise

Do You See Me

B G#m E F#

And do you see me? I'm standin' here along, I'm standin' here alone Do you see me? Where else would I go? Where else would I go?

Drop In The Ocean Ukulele

F C Bb Dm Gm

A drop in the ocean, A change in the weather, I was praying that you and me might end up together. It's like wishing for rain as I stand in the desert, But I'm holding you closer than most,

Everything

G D A Bm Dsus4

In a Mississippi hotel room I was wounded and confused As I watched the 10 o'clock news I was waiting on a late night call That I knew would never come

Figure It Out

C G D

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Verse Real hard living but you figure it out Real hard loving when you're riddled with doubt Real hard flying when you're clutching the ground Real hard living but you figure it out

Fireflies

C Em G Am

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[VERSE 1] (You can either keep repeating the intro it use these chords... vary the Progressions as you want.) When the streetlights come on and the fireflies flicker, I am walking her home making plans. With her shoes in her hands, I am watching her dance,

Flesh Of My Flesh

C Am G F Ab

Flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood Only part of me I've ever loved The ride to get here has been so cold Ii-I-I-I thank God I found my way home

Good Day

Em C G D

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When you're out on you're own And you need some time to decide Whether you're strong enough Whether you should give up or try When you stand on you're own

The Good Old Days

D G C Em F# B

[Chorus] When the babies are grown up, and they’ve moved so far away To live their lives, only call sometimes, we’ll learn to be okay One day we’ll long for the chaos of this crowded, messy house ‘cause the good old days are happening right now.

Goodbye

G C Am Bm D Em

[Verse 1] We've been flirting with disaster now I don't know if we can turn this one around We used to spend our days in laughter but somehow It seems that I can only bring you down

Goodbye Goodnight

C F Am G

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I will wait for you until the light If you do not come I will be fine When the morning rises I will go So I don't care if you don't come home

Habits

D G A Bm

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[Verse] It hasn't rained yet, but it's coming The air is New Orleans in the summer Been told I shouldn't say the places and names But if you leave out all the details isn't everything the same?

Headlights On The Highway

G D C Em B7

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Bridge-Eminor , , , Eminor, , And I don't need no secrets I give up on lies (strum once) If it's gonna rain I'd rather know then be caught blind

Heartfelt Lies

C F G

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VERSE: I walk by the rivers edge Skipping smooth wet stones & watching them sink

Hell Or High Water (ver. Acoustic)

B A E Asus4 G D

Verse I've been riding so long don't know where I've been headed Trying to find my way back in the dark Yeah the road has been hard and my feet they feel heavy Think it's time I go back to the start

Home Again

D Bm G A

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A smile that lingers on a Sunday morning, And I can't quite find the words. Lean in to kiss you, and I give no warning, As we both forget the world.

Hotel Room

C F G Am c

[Verse 1] Beautiful hotel room Cold part of the country In the warmer months Complicated woman her needs were all too simple

I Do Not Love You

Eb Ab Gm Bb Cm G

First Verse I do not love you for the way you kiss Though your lips, the ycan put me at ease And I do not love you for your sweet green eyes Though I love them when they're looking at me

I Dont Mind If You Dont Mind

D Em C G

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I'm alright I'm alright I'm alright I don't mind if you don't mind I'm alright

I Gotta Change Or I'm Gonna Die

A G D Bm

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Verse 1: Pain pills started for a backache, doctor dropped me like a lead weight. Now I cop off the interstate, bout 15 miles from here. I?m not the type you would expect, I work harder than a son of a bitch. Trying to raise up these three kids, And keep em clothed and fed.

If Love Was Easy

C F G Am

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[Verse 1] On the floor because the bed was angry Rhapsody in technicolor shades You got a way of making me a liar In spite of my instincts to run away

If You Want Me To

G C D Em

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I don't care if the sun don't shine As long as you will stay the night And though my heart is black and blue I will love you if you want me to

If You Were A Stone

G D Em C

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If you were a stone then I'd be the rain Turn you to sand as the time slips away If you were a tree then I'd be the earth Clutching your roots as you reach skyward

I'm Never Letting You Go

C F Am G

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Three hundred seventeen miles from flagstaff, Losing what's left of my mind. Live like a Junky, Gypsy trade when chasing a ghost I can't find. The Desert is burning and hope, man she whispers at night like a trembling flame. And I am afraid of the demon inside me the monster that runs through my veigns.

Im Yours

C Am F G Dm

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Ron Popes I'm Yours Capo 6 (Chords in relation to Capo) Learn strum pattern by listening to song Please email at [email protected] for any corrections/questions. Thanks and enjoy!

In My Bones

F Eb Bb Gm G

I thought I saw an angel Calling me across the yard She said baby, it's been real Now I'm gone I should've known much better

Keep Me Warm

G B7 Em C F D

[Verse] Central Park, right after dark We are laughing, holding hands there in the grass The summer sun, has just begun To sing a lullabye to us, and it feels so good

The Last

D A G Bm

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I was not the first to love her And I will not be the last She was slippin' through my fingers Just like water through my grasp I can't say that I won't miss her

Last First Kiss

C#m E B A

We might have met as children Maybe it's been a couple weeks I don't even know anymore You have that affect on me

Let Me Go

Am C G F

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Won't you let me go, Won't you let me go, Won't you let me go, Won't you drive me home...

Lick My Wounds Acoustic

C F Am G Dm a

Chorus And if looks could kill she would stop your heart Not just a girl but a work of art. And she cuts me deep by the way she moves Then she pulled me in and she licked my wounds.

Lie Cheat And Steal

C# F# A#m G# D#m F7

[Verse 1] I wanna take us both to Amsterdam Photograph statues in the park, wander the Red Light after dark Laugh like little kids who should've known better Inside voices, timezone lessons

Lies And Cigarettes

D G Asus4 Bm11

It was a warm day, in the middle of a cold winter. She was a good girl, gave her heart to a wandering sinner. I couldn't say if I loved her, or if we were not there yet. We were young and living on lies and cigarettes.

Love Is A Thing You Do

G Am D Em C

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[Verse] By now you'd think I would be better at explaining But the words have always been so slow to come Just 'cause it's this hard to tell you doesn't mean it isn't true 'Cause love is a thing you do

Lullaby

G D C Am

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She left town on a 3 o'clock train, Goin' God knows where...far away, And the last words she spoke to me, Is "I'll be all right."

Master Plan

C F/A Am C/E Dm F

Verse 1 I will hold you In my arms And pull you closer In the dark

Meaning-meaningless

D G A Bm

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In the sweet embrace of twilight Just before the night time came All her children in the front yard There was laughter on the breeze Then a call came from her father

Morphine

A D E a am

[Verse 2] Sometimes I live in fear that you will disappear So I pretend I do not care at all But you call every bluff, do not betray my trust And catch me as I try my best to fall

My Wildest Dreams

G C D Am Em Bm

[Verse] I find that now I'm always listening God knows I used to talk so much The ocean doesn't need the sailor The sky was there before the doves

Nothing

G D C Am Em

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You said "Don't wait up" But I can't help myself You swear "Just friends" But I know better than that

Nothing Left To Lose

Em D C G

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On a highway to nowhere Big city lights in my rearview mirror Adjust my eyes As the sun goes down I speak and I forget The sound of the dark

October Trees

F Gm Eb Bb G

Verse: Wait for the light to come back on, You seem lost. Your back against the wall. It?s cold outside, it is winter in your heart, Your eyes go blind. You are shrouded in a fog.

One Grain Of Sand

F G Am C Em

Oh I used to treat you sweetly I would pull you to my chest As you cried about the ocean slipping quickly through your hands You were searching for one grain of sand along an endless beach As I was building you castle you just refused to see

One Shot Of Whiskey

D G A Bm Em

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Verse At a bar in a town that I sure won't remember. Next time September will show her cruel face I will race to the bottle of every glass And I hope that these drinks have a shot at replacing

One Way Ticket

D A E G Bm Dbm

Blue Ridge Mountains, late September Watch the clouds come and kiss the ground Like an angel, I'm delivered I was lost but now I'm found Bless the waters, bless the forest

Our Song

C Bb F Dm7 Dm

Got up my nerve and asked your old man Said, "Oh, this is love May I have her hand?? He smiled and said, "Son that'll be just fine"

Parts Of You

C G Fmaj7 Am Am7 B

[Verse 1] This one here's for my old man Who taught me to be patient, and want more than I have So many lessons he has shown In life you eat the chicken, and you throw away

Perfect For Me

B A E C#m E7

You sit in the bathroom and you paint your toes I sit on the bed right now and i sing you a song It's not always easy, but somehow our love stays strong If i can make you happy, then this is where i belong

Please Come Home To Me

C G Am F

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I'm not sure why I can't sleep All I know right now, is you're the thing I need I send this prayer up to the same stars you see Baby please, come home to me We spend too much time apart

Porch Light

C Am Fmaj7 G G11 G6

Verse The river that runs through my hometown used to freeze over in the winter We'd go down to the water’s edge with a jug of red wine And the girl I loved most of my life she'd take my hand and with a smile We'd walk across the water to pass the time

The Real Thing

G Am F C

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[Verse 1] I will stop moving my mouth for a second, This wasn’t part of the plan. All I ever wanted was, A remedy that I could trust.

Reason To Hope

E A F#m D

I gave away more than I had In a blinding cold, casket black When the sun went down And never did return. Like a gasoline on an open flame

Reason Why

Cm7 G D Em7

I was waiting on the clouds to break I was praying for a chance to take And every sleepless night that I have known Has brought me here and so I hope That times will change, and I'll feel safe and you won't go away

The Right Way

F G C Am Dm

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1 verse Pretty new dress I just can't take my hands off of you You look so small wrapped up in my arms I'm so in love with you

Save Me

Am G Em C D

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Just like two freight trains in a late night storm Through a blinding rain In the freezing cold On the long way home We're screaming through the dark

Seven English Girls

G C D Em

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Well i'm supposed to be studying for exams right now so i figured this would be The perfect time to dick around and write this out. the piano chords are posted On ron pope's myspace but this is just a really simple way of playing it on Acoustic guitar, in a completely different key. i play it with a capo on the Third fret for my voice.

Shes Good

D G A Bm

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Leather jacket Trip to Colorado, drinking from the bottle Don't wanna waste the glass In the morning, I pray she'll still be with me Like the remnants of this whiskey

Shoot Out The Lights

C G Am F

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[Verse 1] The city lights the water as the Snow forgets the sky and we're Staring at the bridges just like Every other night we've been

Signs

B A E C# G# G

[Chorus:] And we are all searching for signs Whether we look towards the sky Or curse behind our eyes and rationalize Whatever we divine

Silly Notes And Gypsy Clothes

D A F#m E Bm C

[Verse 1] Your silly notes, your gypsy clothes Are all scattered around in my head It's been so long since I had a home You're the only thing that comes to mind

Snow Song

Em G

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-:Verse:- Riff 1 She sat there Riff 2 Eyes open wide

Someday Were All Gonna Die

D G Bm A

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Verse My grandpa was fast As New Jersey lightning Would flash across the summer time sky He was light on his feet

Sometimes

G C F Am

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One day my past will be much longer than my future So while I'm here, I guess I'll make my noise As we are screaming down the highway taking chances I think I'll give just enough then give some more

Southern Cross

G C D Em

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[VERSE 1] She was a hard, hard woman with a pilgrim soul, Had a face all lined from I don’t know Where she has been, But now she’s here with me.

Stick Around

G A Bm D

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[Verse] I wanna kiss you Till' your sun tan ends And the snow falls hard I wanna come to you if I get out of jail

Stranded In Los Angeles

G D Bm A

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She said, "There are things about you I don't really understand." I am drinking in the afternoon, got whiskey on my breath. And as I walk through Greenwich Village, with a suitcase full of clothes, I am blinded by the afternoon and unsure where to go. I am blinded by the afternoon and unsure where to go.

Sweet Redemption

D A F#m E B7

[Verse 1] A Esus4 Your intentions, they don't feel quite right So you shut your eyes and try again A Esus4

Take The Edge Off

Eb Fm Db Ab Bbm

I get home and it's already dark Kick my shoes off, leave them in the hall It's been freezing in this house Since the day that you flew south Now I'm shivering, just tryna switch you out

Tears Of Blood

D Bm G A A/C# A/D

Tuning: I find the best way to play this is with the Capo on the 2nd fret but only Covering the top 5 strings.This means, in the Chorus where it says , play it as A normal A chord in relation to the capo but add the open bottom string. The tab Below shows this: the bracketed 2's represent the capo.

Tell Me So

G C Am F Em D11

Like Lights Flash On Subway Cars She Shines On Something Set In Dark Scream Through Grey And Filthy Space Hurdleing Towards Some Secret Place My High School Sweetheart

Texas Wildflower Honey

G C AM D

It was December last year She took me home to her apartment She made me sleep on the couch At least that first couple hours... Until she figured me out

Three Days After Christmas

G C D Em

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[Verse] Three days after Christmas, three days until it's next year Stand outside your apartment freezing my fresh fallen tears We've been through this before, I can list everything that I'll miss Three days after Christmas

Tightrope

A G Bm D

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I woke up before the sun Chased your ghost across the yard Through the fog and tumbling dark 'til you were gone Virginia I can hardly breathe I've forgotten how to sleep And your face still haunts my dreams when I'm alone

Twins Fall Idaho

F Am C Em G

Flat on my back, halfway through a six pack Hear the neighborhood kids as they play And the fire hydrant sprays, on this mid-August day God I was I was so far away She hitchhiked south down from Kalispell now

Virginia

A G D Em

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Virginia (Ron Pope) Capo 1 Intro: | | | | | | | I grew up in the kind of place you have to pass when travelin' somewhere else.

Wait And See

D G A Bm

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Working girls Chasing teenage marines 'Til the TJ Police Came and broke up the scene

The Weather

C G F Am

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Chorus I know you loved me once Damn it, I still love you now Miss your hands on me Like a drowning man misses the air

Whatever It Takes

D G Cadd9 Em

It is late and I am cold Nothing's changed except for the snow I've been waiting on an answer, Hoping I could call your bluff I've been giving second chances

Wherever You Go

G F Am C

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Dreamt a picture and you don't know how it hurts. And I've been thinking just how to tell you, So here I go. So here I go.

White Lies

Em D G C

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I said, "Everybody's headed out to La, But I hate to see you suffer. You love New York in the summer." So let's gather up the pieces of this broken, wilted thing. It's worth the struggle.

White River Junction

C G F Am

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White river junction, way up north there's someplace cold I could feel your heartbeat Through your dress, i pull you close The sun's coming up real soon and i don't know where we should go White river junction Way up north, somewhere far away from home

Wildflowers

F C G Am Cb

VERSE 1 Love of my life, your father never watched the sky, And your mother cried in bed. So you danced alone, and colored pictures, In a house where no one listened while you spoke.

Work

C F G Am

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Verse Carhart jacket on 5:30 am Feelin' like the ace of spades 15 years old, work till the sun comes Then I'm off to school again

Writing Letters

G D Em C

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I spend my days writing letters I spend my evenings singing songs The last five years have gone so quickly Someday soon my time will be done

Youre Ok

Am C F G

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[Verse] It took me twenty years, a million miles and lots of tears To realize I'm all right the way I am My simple prayer for you is that you learn to see the truth You've got everything you need right where you stand

Youre The Reason I Come Home

G F C Am Gb

[Verse 1] Watching you watching me A fine way to fall asleep The neighbors fight as we both rest our eyes Hands in the fallen snow