Sarah Slean – Attention Archers

From Land & Sea (2011)
Transcribed by Kristilyn

Intro: Cm     G      Cm       C        Fm       Bb

.                   Ab              Bb          Eb
Attention archers, a soldier down
.             Eb/G          Ab
He ran off with a dancer
.           Bb       Eb
From out of town
.         Eb/G Ab
Now I’m a widow
.                     Cm       F
But I’m not taken out
.              Ab
It’s the way you dance,
.               Bb
Not the gown

.                   Ab
I came to death’s door
.         Bb               Eb
And turned the key
.        Eb/G      Ab                 Bb            Eb
but over my shoulder, a symphony
.     Eb/G   Ab
do I hear music?
.                   Cm             F
is life not done with me?
.               Ab
back to Earth you go
Bb
One, two, three …

Ab                                  Bb
Dip your feet in the ocean
Eb                                            Ab
Warm your hands by the fire
Fm                        Bb
Do not cry any longer
.         Cm    G        Cm       C      Fm       Bb
I am on … your side

.                        Ab               Bb        Eb
My dear the mission is incomplete
.     Eb/G                    Ab
of course you can cry, but
.         Bb         Eb
you can’t retreat
.             Eb/G    Ab
where is your wisdom?
.                        Cm           F
where is the laugh so sweet?
.              Ab
in this marching band
.                  Bb
you can’t miss a beat, so

Ab                                  Bb
Dip your feet in the ocean
Eb                                            Ab
Warm your hands by the fire
Fm                        Bb
Do not cry any longer
.         Cm    G        Cm       C
I am on … your side
Fm                        Bb
Do not cry any longer
.         Cm    G        Cm       C      Fm       Bb
I am on … your side

Ab         Bb          Eb         Eb/G       Ab        Bb       Eb

—

Song by the lovely and talented Sarah Slean. Visit her website at www.sarahslean.com.

Sarah Slean – Napoleon

From Land & Sea (2011)
Transcribed by Kristilyn

Bbadd2          Dbm     Bbadd2
Under great golden statues
Bbadd2         Dbm     Bbadd2
There is an ancient grey
.       Ab(add6)               Ebm
The emperor’s fort is restless
.              Bbadd2             Fdim7        Bbadd2
There’s something he wants to say

.            Bbadd2     Dbm Bbadd2
To the princes of lazy   science
.            Bbadd2            Dbm Bbadd2
To the merchants of holy   war
Ab                              Ebm
He had but one instruction
.     Bbadd2          Fdim7 Bbadd2
Be careful with metaphor

Bb         Ebm            Bb
.                                      So every nation be warned
Bb         Dbm            Bb                                                      Ab7            Ebm(add2)
.                                      As soon as the last one is mourned
.                                 Bb            Fdim7           Bb
Another tyrant is born

.            Bbadd2        Dbm      Bbadd2
To the pirates that came to follow
.                  Bbadd2               Dbm        Bbadd2
Itching to wrench on the reigns of force
.     Ab                     Ebm
Napoleon sent a message
.                  Bbadd2           Fdim7 Bbadd2
Don’t get high on your only horse

Bb       Ebm         Bb
Bb       Dbm        Bb
Ab7       Ebm
Bb       Fdim7         Bb

Bb         Ebm            Bb
.                                      So every nation be warned
Bb         Dbm            Bb                                                      Ab7            Ebm(add2)
.                                      As soon as the last one is mourned
.                                 Bb            Fdim7           Gbm(dim5)add6           Fdim7
Another tyrant is born

Bbadd2          Dbm   Bbadd2
Whenever I fear of madness
.             Bbadd2        Dbm     Bbadd2
‘Cause I heard him call my name
.  Ab                                  Ebm
I followed his ghostly finger
.        Bbadd  Fdim7         Bbadd2
And I saw a world in flames

—

Song by the lovely and talented Sarah Slean. Visit her website at www.sarahslean.com.

Sarah Slean – Everybody’s On TV

From Land & Sea (2011)
Transcribed by Kristilyn

D       Gm/D        D         (x2)

D        Gm/D    D
Oh divided     young
D              Gm/D   D
Cat has got your tongue
.                           Am               Am7
You don’t say anything
.                                                 G
While all around you the clock is
Bb
Ticking

D                     Gm/D   D
Don’t know what to say?
D         Gm/D   D
Say it any—–way
.                   Am         Am7
It’s all an opera
.                             G            Bb
With your aria not yet written

.         Bm                           G
And now we’re lining up to see
.        Em                    A
The movie of our vanity

D                        A
Everybody
D                        A
Everybody
D                       A     D
Everybody’s on TV

D            Gm/D  D
Doctor doctor please
.       D            Gm/D     D
It’s still the same disease
.                              Am               Am7
But it’s hard to operate
.                                     G                Bb
When the patient’s alive and kickin’
D            Gm/D    D
How to slow us down
.  D           Gm/D     D
Enough to look around
.                              Am                Am7
‘Cause the unexamined life
.                                   G                 Bb
Well it’s certainly not worth living

.         Bm                           G
And now we’re lining up to see
.        Em                    A
The movie of our vanity

D                        A
Everybody
D                        A
Everybody
D                       A     D             G          F#m        G        F#m
Everybody’s on TV

G                        F#m
So beautiful a screen
.                                     G
The sublime to the obscene,
.                          A      B         E      Am/E     E
In the land of T————V

.         C#m                        A
And now we’re lining up to see
.        F#m                 B
The movie of our vanity
C#m                            A
.          Who needs a life to lead
.            F#m                        B
When you can watch it all for free?

E                       B
Everybody
E                       B
Everybody
E                       B   A
Everybody’s on TV
E                       B
Everybody
E                       B
Everybody
E                       B   A
Everybody’s on TV
E                       B
Everybody
E                       B
Everybody
E                       B   A
Everybody’s on TV
E                       B
Everybody
E                       B
Everybody
E                       B   E
Everybody’s on TV

—

Song by the lovely and talented Sarah Slean. Visit her website at www.sarahslean.com.

Sarah Slean – Life

From Land & Sea (2011)
Transcribed by Kristilyn

Abm                                B
Nights, nights, of the ice age
.            Gb                              E
When soft, the land was asleep
.                Abm                  B
Like the ice, ice in our memories
Gb                     Abm           Ebm
Melting finally

.            Gb       B
In the fire of life
.    Ebm
Life!
.                      B
O, a heat divine!
.    Ebm
Life!
.         E                              Abm
This fire that created universes,
Gb        E
Life, life

Abm                            B
Their old world in ruins
.         Gb                                    E
The dreamers fell to their knees,
.       Abm                     B
No common war to arrange them
.           Gb                                Abm
They dreamt of common peace

.                                          B
It’s the end, end of an empire
Gb                                    E
No more lines in the sand,
.                Abm                       B
And the dawn, dawn of a new world
Gb                        Abm           Ebm
Gone imperial man

.            Gb       B
In the fire of life
.    Ebm
Life!
.                      B
O, a heat divine!
.    Ebm
Life!
.         E                              Abm
This fire that created universes,
Gb        E
Life, life

E       Gb      Abm       Eb          E      Gb
Oooh ………

B         Ebm
Life!
.            Gb       B
In the fire of life
.    Ebm
Life!
.                      B
O, a heat divine!
.    Ebm
Life!
.         E                              Abm
This fire that created universes,
Gb        E
Life, life

B               Gb              E
.                                    Life!
B               Eb              Gb          E
.                                                    Ooh, life!

(back to intro bars until end)

—

Song by the lovely and talented Sarah Slean. Visit her website at www.sarahslean.com.

Sarah Slean – Girls Hating Girls

From Land & Sea (2011)
Transcribed by Kristilyn

(Below is what I transcribed of the first 37 seconds … it should help you to figure out how the rest of the song pattern should go. Note: this isn’t an exact transcription – just as much as I wanted to figure out to fill in the gaps.)

Abm
You don’t really wanna know me, do ya?
B
No, you’d rather overthrow me,
It’s alright
Abm                                                             Ebm
I can see it in your mannered lack of manners
Abm
Thirty-something can be one big high school
B                                    Db
I know that before I came here
.                    B  Gb   Abm
but tonight I don’t care

Abm
Line ‘em up, line ‘em up
B
Knock ‘em down, knock ‘em down
.       Db
The words we use to light the fuse
.              Ebm             Gb
Girls hating girls
Abm
Line ‘em up, line ‘em up
B
Knock ‘em down, knock ‘em down
.       Db
I’ve seen your kind a thousand times
.              Ebm             Gb           (Notes: G-Ab)
Girls hating girls

Abm
All the ones who wanna tear you down are
B
Always coulda, woulda, should haves
It’s alright
Abm                                                                         Ebm
I don’t blame you for the mannered lack of manners
Abm
But I’m not in the demolition business
B                                         Dbm
So you take your party elsewhere
.                           B  Gb   Abm
‘Cause tonight I don’t care

Abm
Line ‘em up, line ‘em up
B
Knock ‘em down, knock ‘em down
.       Db
The words we use to light the fuse
.              Ebm             Gb
Girls hating girls
Abm
Line ‘em up, line ‘em up
B
Knock ‘em down, knock ‘em down
.   Db
A game, a crime, a waste of time
.              Ebm             Gb
Girls hating girls

E
When you’ve got lovely friends like these
Gb
I ask you who needs enemies
E                                               Ebm
You shoot to kill, I aim to please

You don’t really wanna know me, do ya?

Abm        B           Db

.              Ebm             Gb
Girls hating girls
Abm
Line ‘em up, line ‘em up
B
Knock ‘em down, knock ‘em down
.       Db
The words we use to light the fuse
.              Ebm             Gb
Girls hating girls

Abm        B           Db

.              Ebm             Gb
Girls hating girls

Abm        B                                        Db
.                Knock ‘em down …

.         Ebm             Gb
Girls hating girls
Abm
Line ‘em up, line ‘em up
B
Knock ‘em down, knock ‘em down
Db
.                Knock ‘em down …
.         Ebm             Gb             (End on Ab)
Girls hating girls

—

Song by the lovely Sarah Slean. Visit her website at www.sarahslean.com.

Sarah Slean – Society Song

From Land & Sea (2011)
Transcribed by Kristilyn

(Above is intro and played during the verses)

(Play first 2 bars)
Please don’t waste your pity votes on me
(Play first 2 bars)
I have ridges you could never see
Db                              B                        Db
So fix your sad eye on someone worthier
(Play last 2 bars)
I’ve got something better up my sleeve

(Play first 2 bars)
Tuesday night down at the Monster’s Ball
(Play first 2 bars)
I’ve got dirty laundry on them all
.        Db                                      B                             Db
And I’d crack the whip and burn down this house of cards
E                                            Eb  (G,Ab,Bb)
But my inner Cinderella calls

Abm                          B
Sing your society song
.                Ebm
It never changes
.                  Db      Eb
I will not sing along
Abm                                 B
How did you get it so wrong
.                        Ebm
In a room of strangers
.                        Db      Eb          (back to top 4 bars)
Oh well, I’m glad I don’t belong

(Play first 2 bars)
I’m not one to rage against the scene
(Play first 2 bars)
A nicer girl there’s surely never been
.       Db
But you take the grand prize
B          Db            E                                    Eb           (G,Ab,Bb)
In egotisti-cat-acrobatic-master-of-conceit
Db                      Eb
Too much for me!

Abm                          B
Sing your society song
.                Ebm
It never changes
.                  Db      Eb
I will not sing along
Abm                                 B
How did you get it so wrong
.                        Ebm
In a room of strangers
.                        Db      Eb
Oh well, I’m glad I don’t belong

E                       Abm/Eb
I take it as it comes
.                                   Dbm
No shaking in my shoes
.                   B                     Gb
That’s for you and the truth of
E                                  Abm/Eb
Just who you have become
.                                   Dbm
The company you keep
.                   B                     Eb   –>   Eb7
Bittersweet on the tongue

Abm                          B
Sing your society song
.                Ebm
It never changes
.                  Db      Eb
I will not sing along
Abm                                 B
How did you get it so wrong
.                        Ebm
In a room of strangers
.                        Db      Eb
Oh well, I’m glad I don’t …
Abm                          B
Sing your society song
.                Ebm
It never changes
.                  Db      Eb
I will not sing along
Abm                                 B
How did you get it so wrong
.                        Ebm
In a room of strangers
.                      Db      Eb          (back to top 3 bars, ending on Ab)
Oh yes, I’m glad I don’t belong

—

Song by the lovely Sarah Slean. Visit her website at www.sarahslean.com.

Sarah Slean – The Day We Saved The World

From Land & Sea (2011)
Transcribed by Kristilyn

(Above is played as the intro and for the first, second, fourth, and fifth lines in each verse)

This place
Was in horrible shape
.        Dm       Em             F  (notes, C,D,E x2)
And no one wanted to see
That’s when
Hope rose up again
.     Dm          Em                  F  (notes, C,D,E x2)          G
To shake us all from our sleep
And we woke up singin’

C/G
Get up! Get up!
.                                        Am     (C,D,E,F)
There’s time! There’s time!
C/G
Get up! Get up!
.                           Am       (C,D,E,F)
And fight and fight!
C
Get up! Get up!
.       G            F
And see the light
.                               C
That was on the day,
.             G                              C (intro bars)
On the day we saved the world

One day
You will have to face
.        Dm        Em             F  (notes, C,D,E x2)
The same emergency days
Believe now
But your heart will know how
.      Dm            Em         F  (notes, C,D,E x2)          G
To make the magical change
And we’ll all start singin’

C/G
Get up! Get up!
.                                        Am     (C,D,E,F)
There’s time! There’s time!
C/G
Get up! Get up!
.                           Am       (C,D,E,F)
And fight and fight!
C
Get up! Get up!
.       G            F
And see the light
.                               C
That was on the day,
.             G                              Am
On the day we saved the world

.                             C                                  Am
I remember the waters rising again
.                             C             G     Am
I remember the fields of green
.                             C                                             Dm            E
I remember the windmills turning around

C           F
When blind
.              C            F
What a beast is mankind
.       Dm      Em                     F  (notes, C,D,E x2)          G
But what a card when he sees
When we all start singing’

C/G
Get up! Get up!
.                                        Am     (C,D,E,F)
There’s time! There’s time!
C/G
Get up! Get up!
.                           Am       (C,D,E,F)
And fight and fight!
C
Get up! Get up!
.       G            F
And see the light, oh ….
C/G
Get up! Get up!
.                                        Am     (C,D,E,F)
There’s time! There’s time!
C/G
Get up! Get up!
.                           Am       (C,D,E,F)
And fight and fight!
C
Get up! Get up!
.       G            F
And see the light
.                               C
That was on the day,
.             G                              C
On the day we saved the world
.      Dm             C/E          F           G              C
We saved the world

—

Song by the lovely Sarah Slean. Visit her website at www.sarahslean.com.

Sarah Slean – Set it Free

From Land & Sea (2011)
Transcribed by Kristilyn

G         C           D           G           D

G                                  C    D
Woman in present danger
G                                     C           D
Bankin on some lost puzzle piece
G                         C          D
Somebody rearrange her
G                               C          D
Tell her she’s got all she needs

Em                                    D
What do I do with my sorrow?
C                                       D
Well, if you’re asking me …

.          G         C
Set it free
Em                           D
Throw it into the sea
.                               G          C
Get it under your feet
Em                          D
Oh, let go of the leash
.                            G          C        D
You gotta set it free

G                                          C    D
Running your poor self ragged
G                                          C               D
Trying to outrace these stubborn boots
G                                    C    D
Baby put down that baggage
G                            C    D
Oh, that story’s old news

Em                                    D
What do I do with my sorrow?
C                                       D
Well, if you’re asking me …

.          G         C
Set it free
Em                           D
Throw it into the sea
.                               G          C
Get it under your feet
Em                          D
Oh, let go of the leash
.                            Em
You gotta set it free

.                          D/F#
So what’s the use
.                  G
Untie the noose
.                        Am                   D         Em
And feel that it’s just a moment away
.                       D/F#
Imagine the peace
.                    Am
When you set it free
.     D                     G            C          D           Em          D
So please …

.          G         C
Set it free
Em                           D
Throw it into the sea
.                               G          C
Get it under your feet
Em                          D
Oh, let go of the leash
.                            G          C
You gotta set it free
Em                           D
Throw it into the sea
.                               G          C
Get it under your feet
Em                          D
Oh, let go of the leash
.                            G          C        D         G
You gotta set it free

—

Song by the lovely Sarah Slean. Visit her website at www.sarahslean.com.

Jorane & Sarah Slean – Start Again

Transcribed by Kristilyn. This transcription was from a video of a song Sarah Slean and Jorane wrote for CBC’s Rendez-Vous. I’m not sure if the French is correct … I tried to get it as accurate as possible, but I’m a little rusty.

Am                                Dm
And every morning I walk past
Em                                          Am
The same table with the same glass
.                                   Dm
You are there but somehow gone
Em                                                    Am        Dm     Em
How much longer can this go on?
Am                 Dm
All I have is paper and pen
Em                  Am
And a bit of broken French
.                                Dm
In this letter I’m scared to give
.       Em                                              Am     Dm     Em
I’m praying you will choose to live

Dm                             G
Excusez-moi monsieur
Bb                           Am
Lissez-moi monsieur
.                        Dm
Je suis votre ange gardien
.       Em                                   Am              Dm
I’m here to tell you start again
.           Em           Am          Dm          Em
Start again

Am         Dm
How to scale this wall
Em                           Am
That divides and hides us all
.                       Dm
In my letter and my nerve
Em
Is the kindness you deserve
Am                            Dm
My heart beating wildly now
.  Em                         Am
I turn to you and humbly bow
.                             Dm
Just a message if you please
Em                                        Am        Dm         Em
L’amour qui vous ecrit a fini
Dm                             G

Excusez-moi monsieur
Bb                           Am
Lissez-moi monsieur
.                        Dm
Je suis votre ange gardien
.       Em                                  Am              Dm
I’m here to tell you start again
.           Em
Start again
.            Am      Dm
Start again
.           Em
Start again
.            Am      Dm
Start again
.           Em        Am       Dm        Em       Am
Start again

—

Song written by the lovely and talented Sarah Slean and Jorane. Visit their websites here and here.

Charlotte Martin – So Schizo Chords

From Something Like a B-Side (From Something Like a DVD) (2007)
Transcribed by Kristilyn

Notes:   E       C      E       C        (play just the notes until 3rd line)

E                                                     C
What’ll I do if I never fight my way out
E                                                     C
What’ll I do on a pavement with no lines
G              D/F#     Em
What’ll I do if my voice lights up
.        C                              D
The blackout I’ve been having for some time

(At “time” play an octave of: E-G-F#-B-E-G-F#-G-A-G-F#  C-G-F#-B-C …. at the lowest part of the piano. Play twice.)

N/C
E     G F#   B      E
May I take this moment to tell you
.               C      G     F#   B      C
That my ship just left your shore
E   G  F#  B    E                                                  C     G   F#   B     C      G-F#-G-A-G-F#
Only wanted two sets of mountains and a sure escape
E           G          F#      B E
March march march a few sunken paces
.                    C       G     F#     B   C      G-F#-G-A-G-F#
There’s my footprint from before

.       C/A (no C)
And I will
G/B   C
I’ll be whole again
.       C/A (no C)
And I will
G/B   C
I’ll be whole

E-G-F#-B-E-G-F#-G-A-G-F#  C-G-F#-B-C

N/C
E    G        F#   B    E                                      C  G      F#        B     C
No more time for ugly collapses and possessing what’s not there
.       E G        F#   B   E                                                  C  G    F#  B  C
Well I must free myself from the snatches of the womanly impaired
.         E        G   F#    B    E
And don’t pretend I’m worthy of worthiness
.          C  G      F# B  C           G-F#-G-A-G-F#
Your actions never cared

.       C/A (no C)
And I will
G/B   C                    (add A)
I’ll be whole again
.       C/A (no C)
And I will
G/B   C              (add A)
I’ll be whole

.      C/A (no C)
I’m no one you know
.            G/B
It’s so schizo
.                    C
No one you know
Let me introduce myself

.      C/A (no C)
I’m no one you know
.            G/B
It’s so schizo
.                    C
No one you know
Here’s where you meet my other self

.      C/A (no C)
I’m no one you know
.            G/B
It’s so schizo
.                    C
No one you know
Let me introduce myself

.      C/A (no C)
I’m no one you know
.            G/B
It’s so schizo
.                    C
No one you know
Here’s where you meet my other self

.      Am
I’m no one you know
.      Bm
I’m no one you know
.      C
I’m no one you know
Let me introduce myself
.      Am
I’m no one you know
.      Bm
I’m no one you know
.      C
I’m no one you know
.                 C7
Oh oh oh oh

—

Song by the lovely Charlotte Martin. Visit her website at www.charlottemartin.com.