Adult Child


Contents:

Life Is For The Living
It's Over Now
Everybody Wants To Live
Lines
On Broadway
Games Two Can Play
It's Trying To Say (Baseball)
Still I Dream Of It


Life Is For The Living


(original key: G#)


G....G(#5)...........G6.....G7
Life, is for the living
.....................C.............................G/B
Don't sit around on your ass smokin' grass
A7.................................Am7/D......D7
That stuff went out a long time ago

G.....G(#5)............G6....G7
Life, is for the living
.............................C....................G/B
I thought you wanted to see how it could be
A7....................................................Am7/D.......D7.....G
When you're in shape and your head plugs in to life

Bm7.............Em7...........Ebmaj7.........Cm7
Situps and pushups a-do take energy
.......................Eb...........................Bb
And so you run and you swim at some gym
..........D7
And then you will agree that

G....G(#5)...........G6.....G7
Life, is for the living
..............................C........................G/B
Why don't you get up at eight, feelin' so great
A7..............................................Am7/D...D7................G
Cut out the sweets and start eating three times a day

Chart prepared by Francis Greene


It's Over Now (Brian Wilson)


(original key: F#)


Fmaj7..............F6........................Cm/F
The flame of love we had has finally died
Fmaj7................F6..................Cm/F....Bbmaj7
Can't take this emptiness it left inside
.......Am7.........D7.....................Gm7....................Bbm6
It's over now, and though I played the role I lost my soul
........F/C....C#dim.....Dm7...Dm7/C
It's still within your heart
......G/D.....C#dim....F/C......G7/B
It's over now, it's over now
Bb..............................F#maj7...........Fmaj7....F6....Fmaj7....F6
Shades of blue and purple haunt me

Fmaj7...............F6.........................Cm/F
The noise outside my window carries on
Fmaj7.............F6......................Cm/F....Bbmaj7
Like distant bugles love is very gone
.......Am7.......D7..............Gm7..................Bbm6
It's over now, it took a part of me, the heart of me
........F/C......C#dim...Dm7...Dm7/C
To watch it fade away
......G/D...C#dim.....F/C......G7/B
It's over now, it's over now
Bb.............................F#maj7.............F
Shades of blue and purple haunt me

Fm...........Fm7...........Bb7...Ebmaj7...Eb6
Heaven, Heaven is far away
Ebm7/Ab...Ab7.....Dbmaj9..Db..Gm7/C
Angels no longer play

Fmaj7........F6..........................Cm/F
I need to take this fear and force it down
Fmaj7............F6...........................Cm/F....Bbmaj7
And just pretend that you are not around
.......Am7......D7...............Gm7...............Bbm6
It's over now, I'll put a Frank Sinatra album on
..........F/C......C#dim....Dm7...Dm7/C
And cry my blues away
.......G/D...C#dim...F/C......G7/B
It's over now, it's over now
Bb..............................F#maj7...........Fmaj7....F6....Cm/F
Shades of blue and purple haunt me

Chart prepared by Francis Greene


Everybody Wants To Live


F........Bb........F........Bb

F........................................................................Gm7/F..................../F#
A cigarette butt when you throw it in the water goes "ssst"
Gm7.............................Gm7/C.............................F
But the trick, but the trick is you shouldn't laugh
F.....................................................................Gm7/F....../F#
'Cause if you start laughin' you're just a coward
Gm7.............Gm7/C.............................F........./G../A
If you start laughing you're just a coward

Bb...................C7........................F....../G../A
Everybody wants to live just once
Bb...................C7..........................F.....Am7/E...Dm7...Dm7/C
Everybody's got to see it that way
.................Bb.Dm7/A.Gm7
And see what your life
Bb..Dm7/A..Gm7
What your life
Bb..Dm7/A.Gm7.Gm7/C.F...Bb
What your life can be

F......................................................Gm7/F.../F#
There's been songs about celebration
Gm7..................Gm7/C.................F
But if you ask me I can't see why
F............................................................................Gm7/F........./F#
There's too much pain, too much pain in my heart now
Gm7.......................Gm7/C..........................F......../G../A
Ooh you're gonna have to prove it to me

F.......................................................Gm7/F
Now some people talkin' about ecology
Gm7...............................Gm7/C..........................F....../F#
Why don't somebody do somebody right now
F...................................................................Gm7/F
And we're all chokin' on the end of our grief now
Gm7...................Gm7/C...................F......../G../A
How could we all just let it slide by

Chart prepared by Francis Greene


Lines


Cmaj7..Fmaj7...............................Cmaj7
Lines, lines around the block oh lines
Fmaj7................................Cmaj7
Now the clock is strikin' seven thirty
.........Gm7...C7....................................Gm7
Ooh lines, lines around the block oh lines
C7.....................................Fmaj7
Now the clock is strikin' eight

Fmaj7.Gm7.F/A.Bb
Walk in sit down
Bbm6...............................Fm7(b5)
Previews of the coming shows
G7
Now the movie's starting

C...........Cm7..............................G/D
Oh, the movie's starting kinda slow
........Am7.....D7.....G..Am7..Bbdim..G/B
But it'll get better-er

C.....Cm7...................................G/D
Oh, there's a scene with these two
.......Am7...........D7.........G..Am7..Bbdim..G/B
Oh, he's gonna get her love

.....................C
He's gonna tell her
......................F............G
She's gonna tell him too
........................C...................F.F#.G
Who's gonna tell them baby

Chart prepared by Francis Greene


On Broadway (Mann, Weil, Leiber, Stoller)


G.......................F/G....G..............F/G.............G.....F/G....G...F/G
They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway
G.............................F/G........G......F/G......G.....F/G....G...F/G
They say there's always magic in the air
C............................Bb/C.........C.............Bb/C
But when you're walking down the street
C......................Bb/C......C...........D
And you ain't had enough to eat
G.................F/G.............G..........F/G................G.....F/G....G...F/G
The glitter rubs right off and you're nowhere

G#....................F#/G#.........G#............F#/G#.......G#...F#/G#....G#....F#/G#
They say the chicks are something else on Broadway
G#.............F#/G#.......G#............F#/G#.......G#...F#/G#....G#....F#/G#
But looking at them just gives me the blues
C#........................B/C#....C#..............B/C#
'Cause how you gonna make some time
C#....................B/C#...C#.............D#
When all you got is one thin dime
G#...................F#/G#...........G#...F#/G#.............G#...F#/G#....G#....F#/G#
And one thin dime won't even shine your shoes

A....................G/A...........A........G/A............A...G/A....A....G/A
They say that I won't last too long on Broadway
A.....................G/A..............A.........G/A.............A...G/A....A....G/A
I'll catch the Greyhound bus for home they say
D.............................C/D........D...............C/D
But they're dead wrong I know they are
D....................C/D..........D.......E
'Cause I can play this here guitar
A...................G/A.....A.....G/A............A...G/A....A....G/A
And I won't quit 'til I'm a star on Broadway

Chart prepared by Francis Greene


Games Two Can Play (Brian Wilson)


D.......................................G
I just looked to see the sun outside
...........A.............................................D
It's shining so bright a sun the clouds can't hide
Bm.................................F#m....................................G
Do you remember the time that you heard me say

...B......................................E...............A
I like to play games that two can play
..................E............Em...........F#m............G.......A......................D
Ah ha ha ha haaa, oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh, whoa oh oh oh oh

........D.........................................G
The juke box daddies been blowin' my mind
...A.........................................D
I ain't goin' nowhere I got lots of time
.......Bm...................................F#m.................G
I'm fat as a cow oh how'd I ever get this way

G..........................D
In the morning people are so happy
G...........................................D
And that's the time when I'm a mister bussinessman
G................F#7...........................B
Later on I really get to goin' yeah
...F#7..............................B
I get my motor runnin'
...F#7...............................G
I get my legs to movin'
........B.................................E..............A...............D
It's just no good unless two can play ah ha haaaa

...........D................................G
I was layin' on my back relaxin' in the night
......A....................................D
I played my radio it was out of sight
Bm....................................F#m.......................G
Joe South was singing "Games People Play"

...........B.......................................E.............A
And I like to play games that two can play
.................D.............Em...........F#m.............G..A.........D
Ah ha ha ha haaa, oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh.....yeah
Em....F#m.....G.....A.......D
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,

Chart prepared by Francis Greene


It's Trying To Say (aka Baseball)


(original key: F#)

..........G........................Em7...........Am7.....................D7
Oh I love that simple way people live from day to day
..................G....................Em7....................Am7..............D7
There's a song inside of you and it gets stronger everyday
...............................G..B7..Em..........................Em..Em7/D..C..C/B.A7
And it's trying to say to you "everything will be alright"
D........Bm7...........Em7.......A7.......D..Am7..D
That's what we're trying to say to you

..............G.........................Em7.............Am7................D7
Oh the baseball season's on get your season tickets now
.................G.........................Em7...................Am7..............................D7
Oh those athletes work so hard there's the pitch and the bat goes pow
..............................G..B7..Em...........................Em..Em7/D..C..C/B.A7
And it's trying to say to you "everything will be alright"
D........Bm7...........Em7........A7.......D..Am7..D
That's what we're trying to say to you

G....................................................................F/C......C
Batter swings and the ball goes sailin' out in the crowd
G..............................................................................F/C.........C
Roundin' third safe at home and the fans start screamin' loud
...................D....................E
Baseball's on, baseball's on
..................F#...................G#
Baseball's on, baseball's on
...................A#..................B
Baseball's on, baseball's on

Chart prepared by Francis Greene


Still I Dream Of It (Brian Wilson)


(original key: Eb)

..................D......................................Dmaj7............................................Dm7........Dm6
Time for supper now, day's been hard and I'm so tired I feel like eating now
...................D...................................Dmaj7.......................................................Dm7..........Dm6
Smell the kitchen now, hear the maid whistle a tune my thoughts are fleeting now

...........A7/G......G.............A7/G.....................G.......................Db/D......D......Db/D..D
Still I dream of it of that happy day when I can say I've fallen in love
.............Bm7............................F#m7...........................................................Em7.........Em7/A
And it haunts me so, like a dream that's somehow linked to all the stars above

.......................D.......................Dmaj7....................................................Dm7.......Dm6
Young and beautiful, like a tree that's just been planted I found life today
....................D............................Dmaj7..........................................Dm7............Dm6
I made mistakes today, will I ever learn the lessons that all come my way

D7..............................................................................D#dim
When I was younger my mother told me Jesus loved the world
Em7..................................................................................Fdim
And if that's true then why hasn't he helped me to find a girl
.........D/F#............D(#5)/F#
And find my world
..........G......................Em7(b5)
'Til then I'm just a dreamer

...............D.............................Dmaj7........................................Dm7.......Dm6
I'm convinced of it, the hypnosis of our minds can take us far away
.............D............................Dmaj7................................................Dm7..........Dm6
It's so easy now, you see someone up there high and heaven's here to stay

....................Dmaj7..Dm7
I'll find my world
....................Dmaj7..Dm7
I'll find my world
.....................................Dmaj7..Dm7
Someday I'll find my world
...........Dmaj7..........Dm7
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh
...................Dmaj7
Yeah yeah yeah

Chart prepared by Francis Greene


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