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James Blunt - You’re Beautiful

original tuning: capo 3rd fret
      my tuning: capo 2nd fret
  C        G          Am    F     C        G          Am    F
e|------------------------------|------------------------------ 
B|--1-0-1----1-0-1-3--1-0-1-----|---1-0-1----1-0-1-3--1-0-1---- 
G|0--------0--------------------|-0--------0------------------- 
D|--------------------------2-3-|---------------------------2-3 
A|------------------------------|------------------------------ 
E|------------------------------|------------------------------ 


C                     G
My life is brilliant, my love is pure 
  Am             F 
I saw an angel - Of that I'm sure 
    C                                   G
She smiled at me on the subway, she was with another man 
    Am                                   F
But I won't lose no sleep on that 'cause I've got a plan 


             G    C
You're beautiful, You're beautiful 
F            G       C
You're beautiful (Is True ...)
  F        G         C   G   Am 
I saw your face In a crowded place 
      F          G       Am  
And I don't know what to do
            F     G       C 
'Cause I'll never be with you


Yes, she caught my eye, as we walked on by 
She could see from my face that I was fucking high 
And I don't think that I'll see her again 
But we shared a moment that will last to the end 


You're beautiful  You're beautiful 
You're beautiful (Is True ...)
I saw your face  In a crowded place 
And I don't know what to do
'Cause I'll never be with you


F     C      F     C      F     C      G 
La la la la, la la la la, la la la la, la 


F            G    C
You're beautiful, You're beautiful 
F            G       C
You're beautiful (Is True ...)
      F          G            C        G   Am 
There must be an angel with a smile on her face 
         F                        G             C   G   Am 
When she thought up that I should be with you 
         F       G        Am 
But it's time to face the truth 
       F     G       C 
I will never be with you.

James Blunt - Wisemen

original key: Gm
   Am          Em      G         D
e|-8------8----7-------7-----7---5------||
B|---10----------8-------8---------7----||
G|------9----------9-------9---------7--|| x4
D|--------------------------------------||
A|--------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------||


Am              Em
She said to me, go steady on me,
G                      D
Won't you tell me what the wise men said, when they,
Am                     Em
Came down from heaven, smoked nine till seven,
G                 D
All the shit that they could find, but they,


Am                        Em
Couldn't escape from you, couldn't be free of you,
G                         D
And now they know there's no way out, and they're,         
C 
Really sorry now for what they've done,
          D                           
They were three wise men just trying to have some fun.


Dm          F                 C           G     
Look who's alone now, Its not me, Its not me,
Dm               F                 C           G
Those three wise men they've got a semi by the sea,
Dm            Bb                 C             G
Gotta ask yourself the question: Where are you now?
Dm            Bb                 C             G
Gotta ask yourself the question: Where are you now?


Am                     Em
Really sorry now, they weren't to know, they got 
G                 D
caught up in your talent show, with you
Am                                 Em
Pernickety little bastards in your fancy dress, who just
G                D
judge each other and try to impress, but they,


Couldn't escape from you, couldn't be free of you,
And now they know there's no way out, and they're,        
Really sorry now for what they've done,
They were three wise men just trying to have some fun.


Look who's alone now, Its not me, Its not me,
Those three wise men they've got a semi by the sea,
Gotta ask yourself the question: Where are you now?
Gotta ask yourself the question: Where are you now?

James Blunt - Tears and rain

original key: G
my tuning: capo on 2nd fret
C Em Am Am
F C G G


C              Em                 Am        Am
How I wish I could surrender my soul
F                                  
shed the clothes that become my skin
C                                    G       G
see the liar that burns within my needing
C                Em                   Am     Am
How I wish I had chosen darkness from cold
F
how I wish I could scream out load
C                       G                    G
instead I've found no meaning


                    C             G                       Am
I guess its time I run far, far away, find comfort in pain
                     F
all pleasures the same it just keeps me from trouble
C                   Em              Am
hides my true shape, like Dorian Gray
                    F
I heard what they say, but im not here for trouble
     C                G                         C        G
it's more than just words, it's just tears and rain


C                            Em                    Am           Am
How I wish I could walk through the doors of my mind
F                          C                        G           G
hold memory close at hand, help me understand the years
C                               Em                Am            Am
How I wish I could choose between heaven and hell 
F                               C                 G             G
how I wish I could save my sole, im so cold from fear


                    C             G                       Am
I guess its time I run far, far away, find comfort in pain
                     F
all pleasures the same it just keeps me from trouble
C                   Em              Am
hides my true shape, like Dorian Gray
                    F
I heard what they say, but im not here for trouble
C            G                  Am
far, far away, find comfort in pain
                    F 
all pleasures the same it just keeps me from trouble
     C                G                         C       G
it's more than just words, it's just tears and rain


C G Am F
C Em Am F

James Blunt - So long Jimmy

Am,C,F,Em,Bb
Am
I just can't believe that it's over.
C
We were chilling out on the sofa,
        F
Digging how the guitar goes, in a song that no one knows.
Em
Did you lick that line yourself,
                           Bb
Formed in the voodoo magic hell?


Does everyone have a different take?
Do you seem real but I seem fake?
Does everyone get hypnotized by your fire?


C               Em
So long, Jimmy, so long.
           Am            C
Though you only stayed a moment,
       F
We all know that you're the one. Singing,
C               Em
So long, Jimmy, so long.
           Am           C
Sure we're glad for the experience,
D
We miss you now you've gone.
           F
We're just swimming in your soul 'cause,
G
We all wish we wrote this song.
          Am
Life goes on.

James Blunt - Same Mistake

my tuning: capo on 3rd fret


Intro: G C Em D G C D-Dsus4



G                                                           Em
 Saw the world turning in my sheets and once again I cannot sleep
                                                                  C
Walk out the door and up the street; look at the stars beneath my feet
                                            G
Remember rights that I did wrong, so here I go
                                         Em
Hello, hello. There is no place I cannot go.
                                                 C
My mind is muddy but my heart is heavy.  Does it show?
                                          G
I lose the track that loses me, so here I go.
Aah-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-oooh
Em
Aah-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-oooh
C
Aah-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-oooh
G                                                             Em
And so I sent some men to fight, and one came back at dead of night.
                                                  C
Said he'd seen my enemy. Said he looked just like me,
                                      G
So I set out to cut myself and here I go.
Aah-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-oooh
Em
Aah-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-oooh
C                   G   D
Aah-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-oooh


C                     G
I'm not calling for a second chance,
    Hm                         Em
I'm screaming at the top of my voice.
C                  Em
Give me reason but don't give me choice
            C             D              G
'Cause I'll just make the same mistake a-gain.


Aah-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-oooh
G                                                            Em
And maybe someday we will meet, and maybe talk and not just speak
                                                       C
Don't buy the promises 'cause, there are no promises I keep
                                         G
And my reflection troubles me, so here I go
Aah-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-oooh
Em
Aah-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-oooh
C                   G   D
Aah-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-oooh


I'm not calling for a second chance,
I'm screaming at the top of my voice.
Give me reason but don't give me choice
'Cause I'll just make the same mistake
I'm not calling for a second chance,
I'm screaming at the top of my voice.
Give me reason but don't give me choice
'Cause I'll just make the same mistake a-gain.

James Blunt - One Of The Brightest Stars

my tuning: capo on 3rd fret


Em                         C
One day your story will be told,
Am                           C
One of the lucky ones, who s made his name
Em                          C
One day they'll make you glorious,
Am                             C
Beneath the lights of your deserved fame.


       G         Bm    F         E7               Am     Am7  
And it all comes round once in a lifetime like it always does
Cm                               G         G7                        
Everybody loves you cause you've taken a chance 
E                     A         Cm
out on a dance to the moon, too soon
            G            Bm  F           E7               Am       Am7
And they'll say told you so, we were the ones who saw you first of all
Cm                           G          G7        Am
We always knew that you were one of the brightest stars


One day they'll tell you that you've changed
though they're the ones who seemed to stop and stand.
One day I'll hope to make a grave
before the papers choose to send you there

And it all comes round once in a lifetime like it always does
Nobody loves you cause you've taken a chance 
out on a dance to the moon, too soon
And they'll say told you so, we were the ones who saw you first of all
We always knew that you were one of the brightest stars


C G C G C G Bm D
            G            Bm  F           E7               Am       Am7
And they'll say told you so, we were the ones who saw you first of all
Cm                           G          G7        Cm    G
We always knew that you were one of the brightest stars

James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover

original tuning: capo 4th fret
      my tuning: capo 3rd fret
C                     Am 
Did I disappoint you, or let you down?
F                           G 
Should I be feeling guilty, or let the judges frown?
C                   Am 
'Cos I saw the end, before we'd begun
Em                          F            G
Yes I saw you were blinded, and I knew I had won.


So I took what's mine by eternal right.
Took your soul out into the night.
It may be over but it won't stop there,
I am here for you if you'd only care.    


C 
You touched my heart, you touched my soul,
Am 
You changed my life and all my goals,
Em 
And love is blind and that I knew when,
F            G          C   
My heart was blinded by you.
C 
I've kissed your lips and held your head,
Am 
Shared your dreams and shared your bed,
Em 
I know you well, I know your smell,
F          G           C 
I've been, addicted to you.
    
C                 Am 
Goodbye my lover, goodbye my friend,
F                      G                         C 
You have been the one, you have been the one for me.
                  Am 
Goodbye my lover, goodbye my friend,
F                      G                         C 
You have been the one, you have been the one for me.


I am a dreamer, but when I wake,
You can't break my spirit, its my dreams you take,
And as I move on, remember me,
Remember us and all we, used to be.


I've seen you cry, I've seen you smile,
I've watched you sleeping for a while,
I'd be the father of your child,
I'd spend, a lifetime with you.
I know your fears and you know mine,
We've had our doubts but now we're fine,
And I love you, I swear that's true,
I cannot live, without you.          C   G 


F            G              Am       Em         
And I still, hold your hand in mine, in mine when I'm asleep
F           Am           Em                F                G
And I will, bear my soul in time, when I'm kneeling at your feet.


Goodbye my lover ...

James Blunt - Carry you home

original tuning: capo 2nd fret
      my tuning: capo 4th fret
 
C C Am F
C              Am   F               C         Am   F
Trouble is her only friend and he's back again
C              Am    F       C                Am   F
Makes her body older than it really is
C                               Am          
And she says it's high time she went away
            F           C                     Am   F
No ones got much to say in this time
C              Am   F      C           G
Trouble is the only way is down, down, down

                 C                Am  
As strong as you were, tender you got
                 Em                     F
I'm watching you breathing for the last time
                C                     Am
A song for your heart, but when it is quiet
               Em                        F
I know what it means, and I'll carry you home
               C                              Am   F
I'll carry you home

C                          Am          
If she had wings she would fly away
    F                    C                    Am   F
And another day god will give her some
C              Am   F      C           G
Trouble is the only way is down, down, down

As strong as you were, tender you got
I'm watching you breathing for the last time
A song for your heart But when it is quiet
I know what it means, and I'll carry you home
I'll carry you home

F                        C             G
And they all want pretty New York City lights
F                       C                             G
And summers little girl has been taken from the world tonight
        F     C   G
But the stars and stripes

As strong as you were, tender you got
I'm watching you breathing for the last time
A song for your heart But when it is quiet
I know what it means, and I'll carry you home
I'll carry you home

James Blunt - Annie

Standard tuning (original from E#m)
Am-C-G-F (2x)


Am                          C
Annie, you had your name in bright lights
                          G
I thought I saw your photograph
                         F
having such a laugh in a magazine - Did it all come tumbling




Am                       C
Annie, you were made for the big time
                     G
They said you were a star to be in the NME
        F                   Am    G                 C       F
But the walls came tumbling down, down, will you go down on me? 




F
'Cause Annie you're a star
                C
You're just not going very far
    G                            Am
And all the world will know your name
                            F                 G
And you'll be famous as you are - 'cause I'll sing for you




Am                                C        
Annie, would it be nice to be recognized?
                          G
Did you practice your autograph? But then no one's asked
                F
And it's such a shame - The dreams are crumbling




Am                               C
Annie, why aren't you big in limelight?
                          G
'Cause I thought that you said you'd be
                    F
A celebrity several years ago
                         Am    G                 C       F
Did it all came tumbling down, down, will you go down on me




F
Annie you're a star
                C
You're just not going very far
    G                            Am
And all the world will know your name
                            F
And you'll be famous as you are
            G
'Cause I'll sing for you

James Blunt - 1973

original key: F#m
      my key: Am


Am                   Am7
Simona, your getting older
               F
your journey's been
               C    G
etched on your skin
Am                 Am7
Simona, wish i had known that
              F
what seems so strong
             G  Em
has been and gone


   Am
I would call you up everyday Saturday night
         Am7
And we'd both stayed out 'til the morning light
         F               C     G
And we sang, "Here we go again"
            Am
And though time goes by I will always be
     Am7
In a club with you
      F                      C     G
In 1973, singing "Here we go again"


  Am               Am7
Simona, wish I was sober
                  F
So I could see clearly now
             C   G
The rain has gone
Am                   Am7
Simona, I guess it's over
            F
My memory plays our tune
             G   Em
The same old song


I would call you up everyday Saturday night
And we'd both stayed out 'til the morning light
And we sang, "Here we go again"
And though time goes by I will always be
In a club with you
In 1973, singing "Here we go again"


F Am C G F Am G
Ah, Ah, ...


I would call you up everyday Saturday night...
       F  G C
... In 19-7-3