This is the set list page.

These are the songs that we're learning/playing in our Tuesday night jam sessions.


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§ Seashells (by Jason)
§ Maps (by Jason)
§ The First Song (by Band of Horses)
§ Epistemology (by M. Ward)
§ I Found the F (by Broadcast)
§ Voices Inside My Head (by The Police)
§ Almost Cut My Hair (by CSNY)
§ Spring in the Key of Winter (by Mike)
§ She Will Destroy You (by Cocteau Twins)
§ Country Girl (by CSNY)

WORDS

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SEASHELLS (by Jason)

Gathering seashells
in our private hells
while the gulls wheel above
fear the antithesis of love

savage age that we are
we cannot take it too far
uselessness of ice cream
to the emperor of wet dreams

awkwardness
on not giving you a kiss
and thinking about what you might be thinking
x2

the feeling lost in your limbs
your mama bought you horn-rims
priceless telephone call
in the hollowness of the mall

like a boulder it stands
and with a touch from my hand
could avalanche into bliss
but we're not old enough for this

awkwardness
on not giving you a kiss
and thinking about what you might be thinking
x4

now you're five states away
a postcard unsent lays there
you have discovered true bliss
beneath another's longer hair

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MAPS (by Jason)

a shy showing
  done well, can't you tell
a fire glowing
  as well, hickory smell
an ale pouring
  heartfelt words overheard
your eyes boring
  holes in my heart as the next year starts

a plan hatching
  done well, can't you tell
wooden door latching
  as well, hickory smell
secret sharing
  heartfelt words overheard
bickering tearing
  holes in my heart as the next year starts

something
we have something
a game with rules
a box of jewels
something more
we'll have something more
when we go home again
when we count to ten

family feeling
  at last, don't take it too fast
pain healing
  new friends as your wound mends
with toys playing
  we laugh with her other half
up late staying
  like you, but just a bit blue

picture comparing
  at last, don't take it too fast
story sharing
  new friends as your wound mends
music playing
  we laugh with her other half
finally knowing
  like you, but just a bit blue

keep looking
x3
even though you don't know
what thing you're looking for

something
we have something
a game with rules
a box of jewels
something more
we'll have something more
when we go home again
when we count to ten

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THE FIRST SONG (by Band of Horses)

(can somebody find them?)


   Bmaj7    F#
e|--2-------9-----
B|--4-------11-----
G|--3-------11-----
D|--4-------11-----
A|--2-------9-----
E|--x-------x-----

Intro: Bmaj7  F#

I'm shaking awful...
i'm shaking, asshole
and where's the remote?
its gonna fall off.

the snowing in cover,
do you recover from those?

and christmas time coming
and over approaching
we've been drinking, pardon.

as christmas time goes
i'm coming over
coming from
youre already gone

i'm wrapping up
the presents
i bought

(pretty guitar)

an overcoat
will take me anywhere
o,
we've suffered enough.

its scary
to me,
and their leaving from earth.
cutting us off
knowing that
one
calling on
total
way.
do i know anyone
no
i dont know

anyone

(another interp)

i'm shaking awful
i'm shaking ass cold
the weather remote
snow fall
the snowy cover
we recover from both

christmas-time coming
and over approaching
we've been drinking bordeaux
it's christmas-time though
I'm coming over

coming from
no, you're already gone

I'm wrapping up
the presents I bought

an overcoat
will take me anywhere
oh, we've suffered enough

it's scary to leave
and they're leaving from birth
cutting us off
knowing not why
calling on
the telephone

roy?
do I know anyone?
no, I don't know anyone 



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EPISTEMOLOGY (by M. Ward)

I was raised in a Catholic school, learned who to fire with and pray to
I learned how to hold on from a book of old psalms
And if you're trying to sing an old song and you're getting all the words wrong
Well, you're just a-following along too closely in the book

I learned how to keep my head from something Paul said
About keeping the fruit in the spirit from the chorus down to the hook
And sometimes I wonder what in God's name did I do to deserve you
Oh, to deserve you

Cause I just rolled and I tumbled, down a long road, I stumbled
While shooting in the dark as to what's best
And finally, I found you
Without ever learning how to
I put the right foot in front of the leg
And beyond that is anybody's guess

I learned how to keep my head from something Paul said
About keeping the fruit in the spirit from the chorus down to the hook
Oh, and sometimes I wonder what in God's name did I do to deserve you
Oh, to deserve you

Cause I just rolled and I tumbled, down a long road, I stumbled
While shooting in the dark as to what's best
And finally, I found you without ever learning how to
I put the right foot in front of the leg

Cause I just rolled and I tumbled, down a long road, I stumbled
While shooting in the dark as to what's best
Oh, as to what's best, as to what's best
And finally, I found you
Without ever learning how to
I put the right foot in front of the leg
And beyond that is anybody's guess 

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I FOUND THE F (by Broadcast)

I found the fragrance separate from the flower
In all the logic I was lost
I found the fair light blossom to be sour
And beneath the soil the real cost
You came to me carelessly
I am iris and the lense
The bridge adjusting to the water water water water
The level inside will rise
A fallen monument lies

A prism is only walls
My arms will not be bars
The well now is your support
In autosuggested pathways you are caught
You came to me carelessly
I am iris and the lense
The bridge adjusting to the water water water water
The level inside will rise
A fallen monument lies 

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VOICES INSIDE MY HEAD (by The Police)

(obvious)

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ALMOST CUT MY HAIR (by CSNY)

Almost cut my hair
It happened just the other day
It was getting kind of long
I could have said it was in my way

But I didn't and I wonder why
I feel like letting my freak flag fly
And I feel like I owe it to someone

Must be because I had the flu for Christmas
And I'm not feeling up to par
It increases my paranoia
Like looking into a mirror and seeing a police car

But I'm not giving in an inch to fear
Cos I promised myself this year
I feel like I owe it to someone

When I finally get myself together
I'm gonna get down in some of that sweet summer weather
I'm going to find a space inside to laugh
Separate the wheat from the chaff

Cos I feel like I owe it, yeah
Said I feel like I owe it, yeah
You know I feel---- like I owe it yeah to someone 

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SPRING IN THE KEY OF WINTER (by Mike)

A     Cmb7
If you go, go on. 
D     D7    
Guess I'm not that strong. 
A    E7
If you stay, stay on. 
A    D7
Tell me nothing is wrong. 

A
It's a story I wrote.
E7                A
About a heart that's broke into two.
E7                A    A7
And a dream of the cold color blue. 

F#m
Not gonna wait for the winter
D         D7
To pass off it's chill
E        D            A
The freeze makes the springtime stand still.

A        Cmb7
With hard eyes your soft. 
D        D7
Your silence gets lost   

A
It's a story I wrote.
E7                A
About a heart that's broke into two.
E7                A    A7
And a dream of the cold color blue. 

F#m
Not gonna wait for the winter
D         D7
To pass off it's chill
E        D            A
The freeze makes the springtime stand still.

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SHE WILL DESTROY YOU (by Cocteau Twins)

(can someone find them?)


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COUNTRY GIRL (by Neil Young)

Am D Am7 D  Am D Am7 D

Am                                                      Amaj7
Winding paths through tables and glass, First fall was new

Bm7                                   Cmaj7  Bm  Em
Now watch the summer pass so close to you
 A                                      Cmaj7
Too late to keep the change too late to pay
 F                     Esus4            E Am D Am7 D  Am D Am7 D

No time to stay the same too young to leave

Am           Bm           C            Dm
No pass out sign on the door set me thinking
        Am        Bm        C       
Are waitresses paying the price of their winking

        Am          G         Am                  G
While stars sit at bars and decide what they're drinking
      Am          G               C            E
They drop by to die 'cause it's faster than sinking

 A                                        Cmaj7
Too late to keep the change, too late to pay
F
No time to stay the same
 A                                        Cmaj7
Too late to keep the change, too late to pay

 F                        Esus4          E Am D Am7 D  Am D Am7 D
No time to stay the same, too young to leave

Am             Bm           C          Bm         C         D
Find out that now was the answer to answers that you gave later

 Am           Bm             C        Bm
She did the things that we both did before now
     C       D
But who forgave her?
   Am                D             F                 Am
If I could stand to see her crying I would tell her not to care

                     D     
When she learns of all your lying
F                   A   A/G D/F#   A  A/G D/F#
Will she join you there?

A        A/G      D/F#                A      A/G           D/F#
Country girl I think you're pretty, got to make you understand

 A        A/G    D/F#          A     A/G       D/F#     A A/G D/F#
Have no lovers in the city, let me be your country man
A        A/G       D/F#      A A/G D/F#
Got to make you understand
A        A/G       D/F#      A A/G D/F#

Got to make you understand
A       A/G     D/F#   A
Country girl ...

Amaj7: x 0 2 1 2 0   Cmaj7: x 3 2 0 0 0
Esus4: 0 2 2 2 0 0   Am7:   x 0 2 0 1 3
Bm7:   2 2 4 2 3 2   A/G:   3 0 2 2 2 0
D/F#:  2 0 0 2 3 2


"Seashells" is © 2008 Jason Scherer, "Maps" is © 2009 Jason Scherer, "Spring in the Key of Winter" is © 2009 by Mike Leibowitz. All other materials are copyrighted by their respective copyright owners and are archived here for scholarship purposes (see Fair Use). Last modified on Tuesday, 09-Jun-2009 14:36:07 MST