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g​.​o​.​d. loves you

by chris gerolmo & g.o.d.

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1.
the mockingbird song chris gerolmo tune down 1 whole step effective key of gm momma momma have you heard a (c d) a (d c) daddy’s gonna buy me a mockingbird and if that mockingbird don’t tweet daddy’s gonna buy me a senate seat momma momma have you heard a (c d) a (d c) daddy’s gonna see that i’m chauffeured and if that chauffeured car don’t gleam daddy’s gonna buy me a football team and if that football team don’t score daddy’s gonna buy me a holy war and if that holy war don’t last daddy’s gonna buy me your fat ass yass yass yass yass you’re mine cflat5 you’re mine you’re mine you’re mine you’re mine you’re mine get over here sweetheart you’re mine too (break it) a (c d) a (d c) momma momma have you heard a (c d) a (d c) daddy’s gonna buy me the spoken word then when y’all got somethin’ to say y’all gonna have to pay and pay or else just sit there & watch tv but all you’ll see is pictures of me me and all my famous friends cause that is how this story ends take me home, jr
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love’s a catastrophe chris gerolmo (c)2012 tune down 1 whole step effective key of d love’s a catastrophe e d (in 7) love is insanity love walks into the sea a bm/a love disagrees with me e d (love) and still I think I’m falling b/a a (in 8) (love) i hear the sirens calling (love) i’ve never felt so funny (love) this is gonna cost me money love leads to legal fees e d (in 7) love’s for the bourgeoisie e d (in 7) love needs a referee love’s only guarantee a bm/a is love has no guarantee e d (love) and still I think I’m falling b/a a (in 8) (love) i hear the sirens calling (love) i’ve never felt so funny (love) this is gonna cost me money love in the first degree e d (in 7) (bridge) g a (in 8) love keeps the love lights burning c d (in 8) love keeps the planet turning love starts with just a kiss stop me when I sound like this love is like lsd e d (in 7) flowers and mystery angels and esp a bm/a wake up an amputee e d (love) and still I think I’m falling b/a a (in 8) (love) i hear the sirens calling (love) i’ve never felt so funny (love) this is gonna cost me money love gives a man e.d. e d (in 7) (playout) e d (in 7)
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baby hang on 05:26
baby hang on cg (c) 2012 well my woman wasn’t well e now she gone straight down to hell e i’m coming down to join you a b baby hang on e it may take a week or two e for me to drink my way to you e but i’m coming down to join you a b baby hang on e i’m coming down to join you a b baby hang on e hang on a baby hang on e hang on a baby hang on e i’m coming down to join you a b baby hang on e we may soar above the fire e our love may take us higher & higher e i’m coming down to join you a b baby hang on e i’m coming down to join you a b baby hang on e or we may suffer with the damned e be led to slaughter like the lamb e well i don’t care just take my hand a b baby hang on e i don’t care just take my hand a b baby hang on e my love i’m coming down to join you a b baby hang on e my love i’m coming down to join you a b baby hang on e
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flies are buzzing cg (c) 2012 tune down 1 step effective key of g you used to have a dollar for that dumb junkie on the corner a d you used to save your plastic bottles for the bums behind the store a e you used to give your hand-me-downs to that old hooker & her daughter a d now there’s a fence around your garden they don’t make it to your door a e a flies are buzzing e flies are buzzing e around your heart a once you said you needed me and you’d never need another a d you whispered once that if i died you wouldn’t want to live a d at the time i was your trophy boy your hero and your lover a d in the end i’m just a man whom you forgot how to forgive a d flies are buzzing e flies are buzzing e around your heart a around your heart a flies are buzzing e flies are buzzing e around your heart a you’ll never know how hard it was to leave you bm c#m to watch your beating heart get cold and hard and dry bm c#m i guess love dies d i guess it dies e flies are buzzing e flies are buzzing e around your heart a around your heart a flies are buzzing e flies are buzzing e around your heart a around your heart a flies are buzzing e flies are buzzing e around your heart a
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dope pay me 00:18
dope pay me dope is dear it’s really dear pay is all I ever do me is who my dope is for ha! there’s not enough for you mo’ is all I ever need less is how I am with hope death is where all this will lead and that brings us back to...
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this ain’t the way you do it cg (c) 2012 in 5/4 time this ain’t the way you do it E with your butt up in the air and that silly leather bustier and these mirrors everywhere this ain’t the way you do it with your blindfold and your chains and your chocolate flavored body oil and all that bad cocaine what about love? A what about love? Bb A this ain’t the way you do it E with your dirty dvds and that thing your mother gave you that takes 4 “d” batteries this ain’t the way you do it with your graduated beads you don’t need the kama sutra to satisfy my needs what about love? A what about love? Bb A (lick & guitar break 8 bars A then Bb C end on D) love is not a riddle D where you always get it wrong love is like a jukebox where there’ll always be a song (lick & back up to E) this ain’t the way you do it (repeat) E boom shaka laka boom shaka boom shaka laka boom shaka boom shaka laka boom shaka boom shaka laka boom shaka what about love? what about love? what about love? what about love? what about love?
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if i only had a brain by Harold Arlen & E. Y. Harburg tune down 1 whole step effective key of c i could while away the hours conferrin' with the flowers d e (no third) consultin' with the rain d e (no third) my head i'd be scratchin' g while my thoughts were busy hatchin' e (no third) if i only had a brain d e (no third) i'd unravel every riddle for any individ'le d e (no third) in trouble or in pain d e (no third) with the thoughts i'll be thinkin' g i could be another lincoln e (no third) if i only had a brain d e (no third) if i only had a brain d e (no third) oh i g could tell you why f#m the ocean's em near the shore d i could think of things i never thunk before f# bm and then i'd sit and think some more e a i would not be just a nothin' my head all full of stuffin' d e (no third) my heart all full of pain. d e (no third) i would dance and be merry g life would be a ding-a-derry e (no third) if i only had a brain... d e (no third) if i only had a brain... d e (no third) if i only had a brain... d e (no third)
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i’m not enough chris gerolmo (c) 2012 tune down 1 step effective key of dm i’m not enough for my dad e f# g f# i’m not enough for my dad i’m not enough he gets mad i’m not enough i’m so bad i’m not enough for my dad i’m not enough for my school e f# g f# i’m not enough for my school i’m not enough all those rules i’m not enough i’m uncool i’m not enough for my school i’m not enough for my girl e f# g f# i’m not enough for my girl i’m not enough it’s her world i’m just a rock she’s a pearl i’m not enough for my girl i’m tired g of trying a you say you love me? c you’re lying d i’m not enough in your eyes e f# g f# i’m not enough in your eyes i’m not enough no more lies i’m not enough f*ck the whys i’m not enough in your eyes i’m not enough for this world e f# g f# i’m not enough for this world i’m not enough i’m not enough i’m not enough for this world i’m tired g of trying a you say you love me? c you’re lying d (bridge 4x lick 2x second lick 4x lick) take me to the gutter e baptize me in the water feed me bread & butter lead me to the slaughter i’m not enough for this world e f# g f# i’m not enough for this world i’m not enough...(repeat)
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i wanna know 04:50
i wanna know chris gerolmo (c) 2012 i wanna know now i wanna know em i wanna know now i wanna know em what is love for now? what is it for? d em what is love for now? what is it for? d em i wanna know now i wanna know em i wanna know now i wanna know em where does love go now? where does it go? d em where does love go now? where does it go? d em i asked my baby this question the other night. you know what she said? just a little bit lower now gotta get real low em just a little bit lower now gotta get real low em get on yo’ knees boy better butter my roll d y’all wanna reap child you gotta sew d i said what? i gotta sew? what’re you takin’ about? you know what she said then? just a little bit deeper now i’m startin’ to glow em just a little bit deeper now i’m startin’ to glow em i got your tiller boy you just row g just paddle my boat boy to that distant sho’ d padlle your boat? i told her honey i’m tryin’ to have a serious conversation here. i asked you an important philosophical question about love l-u-v. you seem to be talkin’ ‘about sex s-e-x. you know what she said then? just a little bit quieter now don’t say no mo’ em just a little bit quieter now don’t say no mo' em i got your arrow baby in my bow d your little arrow baby in my bow d my “little” arrow? well now i’m startin’ to get pissed off, and i tell her so, i tell her you seem to think i’m just some kind of a sex toy here to pleasure yo’ ass, well i got a brain in my head too you know, i can’t just be dismissed. and you know what she said to that? just a little bit faster now i’m ready to blow em just a little bit faster now i’m ready to blow em just a little bit faster now i’m ready to blow em just a little bit faster now i’m ready to blow em (repeat until the meltdown, then…) one mo’ time! (one two three fo’!) em then it hit me! damn! i finally understood what she was gettin’ at. y’all wanna keep your love alive? well don’t be naggin’ at each other! break off a piece! get your hump on! tap that ass! lay some pipe! bump nasties! get a little stink on the ol’ hang down, man! then you know what you do after that? repeat as necessary! that’s right, brother! repeat as necessary! call it relationship therapy & send me a hundred dollars!
10.
i'll be gone 00:33
i’ll be gone chris gerolmo (c) 2012 hit by a car executed at dawn one way or the other baby i’ll be gone buried alive or just movin’ on one way or the other baby i’ll be gone one way or the other baby i’ll be gone one way or the other baby i’ll be gone
11.
make it last 03:31
make it last chris gerolmo (c) 2012 i always found it easy enough to fall in love c f and just about as easy falling out one was about as tough as slipping on a glove the other as waking up and crawling out well this time it was a harder fall c f and yet it happened just as fast and this time the trick’s not getting out at all this time the trick’s to make it last now i’m just another storm-tossed traveler g f who’s tied himself to the mast c f i shout my prayer into the howling wind g f make it last c f make it last c f i always thought i’d die before i settled down c f from drugs or drink or just from living hard my gravestone some old street-sign down in whiskeytown or a leaky water fountain on the prison yard now i feel like i could live a hundred years c f and all my window-bars are in the past and some great hand has come to calm my angry fears and all i gotta do is make it last and all i gotta do is make it last and all i gotta do is make it last and all i gotta do is make it last and all i gotta do is make it last c f (when vocals rise an octave, change to...) a m g c f and all i gotta do is make it last c f and all i gotta do is make it last and all i gotta do is make it last and all i gotta do is make it last and all i gotta do is make it last (repeat until vocals change, then...) am g am f cause i’m just another storm-tossed traveler g f who’s tied himself to the mast c f i shout my prayer into the howling wind g f make it last c f make it last make it last make it last c
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when in rome 05:06
when in rome chris gerolmo (c) 2012 when in rome am lie like a bastard dm smile at your master f steal from his home em when in rome am swindle your brothers dm con all the others f when in rome am when in rome am send the children to war dm but send only the poor f and never your own em when in rome am you can lie about why dm cause we’re willing to die f when in rome am when in rome dm no one’s a sinner am when in rome dm it’s conscience that’s blind am when in rome dm there’s just losers and winners am when in rome f there’s no soul left behind em (break verse chords) when in rome dm no one’s a sinner am when in rome dm it’s conscience that’s blind am when in rome dm there’s just losers and winners am when in rome f there’s no soul left behind em when in rome am and the world is on fire dm let’s just add to the pyre f and go off to get stoned em when in rome am it’s too late for learning dm when everything’s burning f when in rome am (playout verse chords)
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there are songs chris gerolmo (c) 2012 in 11/4 there are songs in the sky there are songs in the sea C/E Fadd9 there are songs in the mountains there are songs in the trees there are songs in the fields there are songs in the streams there are songs in the rivers that cascade through my dreams there are songs in the world C/E Fadd9 there are songs in the world there are songs in the world listen there are songs in the world they’re just harder to hear C/E Fadd9 than the songs in your head about anger and fear i don’t know what i am i don’t know what to do but they’re singing to me so i’m singing to you there are songs in the world C/E Fadd9 there are songs in the world there are songs in the world listen new rhythm there are songs in the world they’re just harder to hear C/E Fadd9 than the songs in your head about anger and fear i don’t know what i am i don’t know what to do but they’re singing to me so i’m singing to you there are songs in the world C/E Fadd9 there are songs in the world there are songs in the world listen all together now G F C F all together now all together now sing me your song sing me your song about power and love sing me your song about ancient dreams sing me your song about anger and pain sing me your song full of terrified screams sing me your song of incomprehension sing me your song of the vastness of space sing me your song of the hatred of brothers sing me the song of your beautiful face (4x)
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goodbye joan 00:44
goodbye joan chris gerolmo (c) 2012 goodbye joan goodbye joan i haven’t seen your face in years i know you left this place in tears you ran away to face your fears goodbye joan goodbye joan

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chris gerolmo says, "this is the best record i've ever made, in part because it's the best band i've ever been involved with. but also in part because after two albums and two eps and a lot of live shows i was finally ready to make a real record; the honest and powerful rock and roll record i always knew i had in me."

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released December 10, 2012

chris gerolmo on vocals and 12 string guitar
doane perry on drums
chance wilder onody on bass
paul jr. garrison on electric guitar
dr. david baron on keyboards and background vocals

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chris gerolmo Los Angeles, California

chris gerolmo is the emmy-nominated singer-songwriter of "over there", the title song for the fx series about the war in iraq. he's made 3 albums and 2 eps of original songs that he describes as "increasingly alternative". by day he's a screenwriter (mississippi burning), writer-director (citizen x) and writer-director-executive producer (over there). ... more

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