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Always Yours
03:57
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NEVER YOURS DADDAD capo 3
Baby when you laid me in the ground (5 4 A)
My heart was hard. I never heard the sound
Of boys above the bedroom, the scratching in the walls
Mayayayaybe I was never yours
Baby boy, you pushed me to the brink
The games, the snow, the need to know, how to be complete
Never stopped believing you could have it all but
Mayayayayabe it was never yours
I built my whole (2 0A 4D 5)
World around you
Do you know, do you know the
Lengths that I would go to
I built my whole
World around you
Would you change your mind
I can’t do it for you
Baby girl, you always find the sun
You sit inside the brightest lines and give away your love
Burning with these questions, always insecure
Mayayayaybe she was never yours
I built my whole (2 0A 4D 5)
World around you
Do you know, do you know the
Lengths that I would go to
I built my whole
World around you
Would you change your mind
I can’t do it for you
You can’t unlearn a lifetime in one year
You can’t take back the shame that slaps in between your ears
But you can learn what you’re worth because you are your own
Mayayayayayayabe you were always yours
She was always yours
He was always yours
They were always yours
I built my whole (2 0A 4D 5)
World around you
Do you know, do you know the
Lengths that I would go to
I built my whole
World around you
Would you change your mind
I can’t do it for you
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Sugar
02:51
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Sugar by Sarah Donner DADDAD capo7 BPM 175
D
Sifting softly
A
Mixed up inside
D
Will I see you
A A/C#
On the horizon
D
Baking, waiting
A
And making a plan
D
Ready for the day
A E
They say you’re not coming back
D D/C# E D/C#
Now sugar doesn’t taste as sweet
I have lost to the sea
And wind has turned away from me
I have lost to the sea
Outside the picket fence
Don’t relent t0 the sea
Kneading, folding
Hands to the sky
Tiers for lovers
That used to be my life
D D/C# E D/C#
But then you walked down to the shore
Your heart pulled into the storm
With the Autumn leaves you were gone
D D/C# E D/C#
Now sugar doesn’t taste as sweet
I have lost to the sea
And wind has turned away from me
I have lost to the sea
Outside the picket fence
Sisters dont relent to the sea
Every letter, every treasure
Everything I hold
Fallen feathers, watch the weather
Watch me hold my own
When you measure, we are better
We are not alone
D D/C# E D/C#
Now sugar doesn’t taste as sweet
I have lost to the sea
And wind has turned away from me
I have lost to the sea
Outside the picket fence
Sisters dont relent to the sea
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Hetty Green
02:38
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Hetty Green DADDAD Capo 7
Look who’s on the scene
Knocking down walls after walls on wall street
Every single cent
Everything I invest
Turns to green, turns to green
Daddy said money don’t grow on trees
I know what you think of me
But you’re outside my century
And women don’t write history
Daddy bought me the finest dress
But that won’t help me progress
Sold ‘em all for finest assets
Look who’s on the scene
Knocking down walls after walls on wall street
Every single cent
Everything I invest
Turns to green, turns to green
Daddy said money don’t grow on trees
Look into my iron gaze
I’m a genius in this gilded age
I’ll take on the men on this stage
Look who’s on the scene
Knocking down walls after walls on wall street
Every single cent
Everything I invest
Turns to green, turns to green
Turns to green, turns to green
Bitch of the century
Tells how it ought to be
In uptight dress
Careful you might get hurt
Guns underneath my skirt
(iriririririririr vocal thing)
Look who’s on the scene
Knocking down walls after walls on wall street
Every single cent
Everything I invest
Turns to green, turns to green
Turns to green, turns to green
Turns to green, turns to green
Daddy said money don’t grow on trees
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Widow
03:01
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Widow by Sarah Donner capo 7
Widows walk up in the sky (0 5 A)
Waiting for someone to write
Looking out on the horizon for ships that are steady
and bringing me life
The ocean keeps calling to me
The islands that I’ve never seen
Give me your maps, give me latitudes,
I’ll steer you through the blue, Josephine
You won’t make a widow of me, no
I’ll go out to the sea
I’ll raise the sails and learn to tell tales
Read the stars as they start to sink
I’ll bend those bones
Under my clothes
I know the words and the signs
That soften the silence inside
The perilous ocean, the motion of waves
That break at the change of the tides
You won’t make a widow of me, no
I’ll go out to the sea
I’ll raise the sails and learn to tell tales
Read the stars as they start to sink
I’ll bend those bones
Under my clothes
(instrumental)
You won’t make a widow of me, no
I’ll go out to the sea
I’ll raise the sails and learn to tell tales
Read the stars as they start to sink (repeat acapella)
I’ll bend those bones
Under my clothes
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5. |
Survive
03:27
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Survive CAPO 3 BPM 100
Em C G D (Gm Eb Bb F)
Keep kicking myself for feeling broke
I know I know I know I know it’s ok-ay
Time keeps ticking away, the way I float
I wish I had another day
I wish I was stronger
Wish days were getting longer
Wish that I could travel through time
Back to all those stupid questions
And boxes in the basement
The arguments I wasted inside
I’m better by far when you’re around
I know I know I know I know you’ve got plans
Scratched out on the walls, but on the ground
A heart is beating in my hands
I keep getting stronger
As days keep getting longer
Still wish that I could travel through time
To that girl who wrote her feelings
In books upon the ceiling
In churches where she had to survive
Survive
Survive
Survive
Survive
Survive
Survive
C G Em D (Eb Bb Gm F)
Who is pure, who is righteous
Who just wants a chance to fight this
Take up space, raise your voice
Just one breath, You are yours
Em C G D (Gm Eb Bb F)
I’m better by far when you’re around
I know I know I know I know you’ve got plans
I keep getting stronger
As days keep getting longer
Still wish that I could travel through time
C C/B Em G D
To you who wrote your feelings
In books upon the ceiling
In churches where you had to survive
Em C G D
Survive
Survive
Survive
Survive
Survive
Survive
Em C G D (Gm Eb Bb F)
I’m better by far when you’re around
I know I know I know I know you’ve got plans (END ON G)
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Mother of the 54th
03:23
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Mother of the 54th (Martha Bush Gray) by Sarah Donner CAPO 4 DADDAD
My boys were broken in the war
They called me mother, the mother of the 54th
Picked up my skirts and headed south
Left the cobblestones, left my heart at home, and went down
God what were we fighting for
Two hundred years ago, we haven’t come that far
Freedom rings but I’m not sure
If I’ll ever be free from everything I saw
Limitations start when you are born
Because your skin, because your sex, dictate what you’re worth
That won’t stop me following my heart
As long as love is needed and I’m here on this earth
God what were we fighting for
Two hundred years ago, we haven’t come that far
Freedom rings but I’m not sure
If I’ll ever be free from everything I saw
(instrumental)
My boys were broken in the war
They were brothers, cousins, husbands, everyone worth fighting for
God what were we fighting for
Two hundred years ago, we haven’t come that far
Freedom rings but I’m not sure
If I’ll ever be free
If I’ll ever be free
If I’ll ever be free
from everything I saw
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7. |
How I Love You
03:08
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HOW I LOVE YOU CAPO 7 BPM 126
Em Em/G C
I’m gonna get you down easy
I’m gonna turn to the side
I’m gonna ghost the ghostwriter
G G/F#
Under sheets she confides
Em Em/G C
Better break out all the science
Better hold onto your cards
I’m better off than a better half
G G/F#
I feel safer when I’m armed
BPM 85
G C Em D (D G Bm A)
Don’t go - This is how I love you
G C Em D
I know - You’ll understand in time
G C Em D
So don’t look back, cause when you look back
Em D
You’ll see the mess I’m made
BPM 126
Em Em/G C
I am a master of silence
You’re gonna drown in the shh
When you find out where my mind is
G G/F#
Any word can paralyze
BPM 85
G C Em D
Don’t go - I’ll learn how to love you
G C Em D
I know - It made sense in my mind
G C Em C
So don’t look back, cause when you look back
Em D
You’ll see the mess I’m made
C C/B D
You know I’m no good but I try
G C Em D
I’m a shotgun
Aimed at no one - but me
Locked and loaded
For explosions you’ll see
I’m a shotgun
Aimed at no one - but me
Locked and loaded
For explosions you’ll see
G C Em D (D G Bm A)
_________ - This is how I love you
G C Em D
I know - You’ll understand in time
G C Em D
So don’t look back, cause when you look back
Em D
You’ll see the mess I’m made
G C Em D (D G Bm A)
Don’t Go This is how I love you
G C Em D
I know - You’ll understand in time
G C Em D
So don’t look back, cause when you look back
Em D
You’ll see the mess I’m made
I try, I try
C C/B D
End G
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G
Marie Equi quit the mill for anarchy
C G
Chasing love across the whole country
C
She stood so firmly for peace
Em G
That she was clubbed by the police
D G
Ain't it funny how that history repeats?
C G C D
Try to be free from sea to shining sea
Dr. Equi had her name printed in the streets
Saying money is a detestable thing
I'll speak when and where I please, no man will stop me, do instead they called her dangerously insane
Try to be free
From sea to shining sea
Cause a sensational ruckus
Trust your heart to know what love is
Sings the song that tells about Marie Equi
1905 in Portland Oregon
Marie Equi practiced medicine
Providing birth control although it was illegal
We were taught to know our bodies is a sin
Try to be free
From sea to shining sea
Be brave enough to take the lead to make the happiness you seek
Sings the song that tells about Marie Equi
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Sarah Donner Massachusetts
Sarah Donner is an indie folkpop star who has embraced her inner catlady. "The Motherf**cking Pterodactyl Song" which was co- written with The Oatmeal catapulted Sarah into weblebrity status with over two million views on YouTube. After stretching her legs with musical theatre, she picked up a guitar, abandoned her classical roots, and started rocking out (with fantastic breath support). ... more
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