Scoundrel Days (album) Chords

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Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 11:26:18 +0100
From: Matteo Rocco 
Subject: CRD: Scoundrel_days-Album.crd by a-ha

ALBUM NAME: Scoundrel days
GROUP: a-ha
WORDS AND MUSIC:
  Scoundrel days - words by Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags and Pal Waaktaar
  The swing of things - words and music by Pal Waaktaar
  I've been losing you - words and music by Pal Waaktaar
  October - words and music by Pal Waaktaar
  Manhattan skyline - words by Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags and
                      Pal Waaktaar
  Cry wolf - words by Mags and Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags
  We're looking for the whales - words by Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags
  The weight of the wind - words and music by Pal Waaktaar
  Maybe maybe - words and music by Mags
  Soft rains of April - words by Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags and
                        Pal Waaktaar

MY NAME: Matteo Rocco
MY E-MAIL: xs@xnet.it


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There may be some hints like these:

Rhthym    |  |.        |:lenght=1 |~=0.5 |~~=0.25 |.=1.5 d=2 d=2 d.=3 o=4
Chords    C  A-/B | D  harmony/bass melody  | here means end of measure
Lyrics  yooohoo!!
Choir  (yeah!!)
Notes    c   a         single notes of the lead singer
Choir    g   e         second voice


ALBUM NAME: Scoundrel days
GROUP: a-ha
WORDS AND MUSIC:
  Scoundrel days - words by Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags and Pal Waaktaar
  Thw swing of things - words and music by Pal Waaktaar
  I've been losing you - words and music by Pal Waaktaar
  October - words and music by Pal Waaktaar
  Manhattan skyline - words by Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags and
                      Pal Waaktaar
  Cry wolf - words by Mags and Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags
  We're looking for the whales - words by Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags
  The weight of the wind - words and music by Pal Waaktaar
  Maybe maybe - words and music by Mags
  Soft rains of April - words by Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags and
                        Pal Waaktaar

MY NAME: Matteo Rocco
MY E-MAIL: xs@xnet.it


  *** USE NOT-PROPORTIONAL (monospaced)
      FONTS TO APPRECIATE MY EFFORTS AND
              PLAY IN TIME !!!           ***


... far to be perfect ... just hope it helps ya ...

SCOUNDREL DAYS
--------------

(B-) | (B-) | (B-)(9) | (B-)(9)

o                       o      o                    o
B-                             E-(9)
   Was that somebody screaming    it wasn't me for sure

                                          o                       o
Bb                                        G-                      G-(7)
    I lift my head up from uneasy pillows    put my feet on the floor

D4                               G-
   cut my wrist on a bad thought   and head for the door

B-                         E-(9)
   outside on the pavement    the dark makes no noise

Bb                                 G-
   I can feel the sweat on my lips    leaking into my mouth

                                       o                       o
D4                                     G-
   I'm heading out for the steep hills    they're leaving me no..

    o---o-o-o      o   o  o
    B-             E-  G  D           a-               C    G    D | a-
cho..ice      and see........ as our lives are in the ma...king

       E-  G  D                  a-         C    G     D
we belie........ve through the lies and the   hating

                      ,---3---,
                 o    D   D   D
      a-         E-   /E  /G  /a
that love goes free

B-9                      E-(9)
   for want of an option    I run the wind 'round

Bb                                            G-
   I dream pictures of houses burning never knowing nothing else to do

o                        o
F                        C      G-
   with death comes the morning    unannounced and new

B-                            E-
   was it too much to ask for    to pull a little weight

Bb                                     G-
   they forgive anything but greatness    these are scoundrel days

                                                                    o--o
D4                                          G-                      B-
   and I'm close to calling out their names    as pride hits my fa..ce

o-----o
                  E-  G  D           a-               C    G
   yeeheehee and see........ as our lives are in the ma...king

D         a-        E-  G  D                 a-          C    G     D
              we belie.......ve through the lies and the   hating
 (uoh no!)

                 o   o   o             o
      a-   /E    G-  /F  /E            /Eb      G-    G-4/F    G-/E
that love goes free........  through scoundrel days.....   yehy.... hm


G-4/Eb | G- | G-4/F | G-/E | G-4/Eb | G-(9) | G-/F | G-/E | G-4/Eb
ah  ah

B-                          E-
   I reach the edge of town    I've got blood in my hair

Bb                             G-
    their hands touch my body     from everywhere

                                 o                    o
D4                               G-                        B- | B- |
    but I know that I've made it    as I run into the air

o          o
B-
   hmeah yeah


     E-  G  D           a-               C    G
and see........ as our lives are in the ma...king

D         a-        E-  G  D                 a-          C    G     D
              we belie.......ve through the lies and the   hating
 (uoh no!)


      a-   /E    E-  | G | D | a-   | C | G | D           a-       G_|
that love goes free........    oh wo            through scoundrel days


THE SWING OF THINGS
-------------------

 |   |  d    |.  |. |------|    |  d    |.  |.------- |
( )  B- B- | D6  E  F#-4 | F#-4 B- B- | D6  E  F#-4-- |

|  |  d    |.  |.    |------|    |  d    |.  |.   ----- |
B- B- B- | D6  E(9)  F#-4 | F#-4 B- B- | D6  E(9)  F#-4 |

F#- | D | a | B- | D | D | F#-

o                         |.         |~--d  o    |.  |~-d
B-                        D          E      B- | D   E    |
   You say the world's an eventful place

B-                           D        E  B- | D E |
   you give me news I don't want to know

 B-  E       F#-           G                 a       B-  | D E | B- | D
you say that I should care   that I should speak my mind

E7      F#-        D           a             B-        D
oh but how can I speak of the world rushing by with a lump in my throat and

 a          D        E7      F#-         D        a          B-
tears in my eyes oh have we come to the point of no turning back or is it
                 D   D    D  c#   c#  c# c#   c#  c# a  B    B   D  D  D
                 F#  g#   a  a    a   a  a    a   a  E  F#   F#  F# F# a

  D                        F#-           B-    D E | B- | D E | B- | D E |
still time to get into the    swing of things
  E    E    E  E  E  D   c#
  c#   c#   c# c# c# B   a

B- | D c#-/E E9 |

B-                           D        E   B- | D E |
   let us walk through this windless city

B-                      D      E       B- | D E |
   I'll go on till the winter gets me

      B-       E           F#-         G         a           B-  | D E |
"Oh sleep..." you wrote "sleep my dear..." in a letter somewhere

o  D D
B- D E7      F#-        D              a           B-         D
     oh but how can I sleep with your voice in my head with an ocean

                a            D     E     F#-          D               a
between us and room in my bed  oh have I come to the point where I'm losing

                                                           o    |. |. |
      B-            D                        F#-           B-   D  E9 B- |
the grip or is it still time to get into the    swing of things

     |. |. |                        |. |. |
B- | D  E9 B- | B- | D E9 B- | B- | D  E  F#- |

D | E               F#-          D            a           B-
      oh when she gloves in the dark and I'm weak by the sight of this

  D                      a          D        E        F#-             D
breathtaking beauty in which I can hide oh there's a world full out there

    a         B-            D                     a            D
of people I fear but given time I'll get into the   swing of things yes

  E7       F#-          D              a           B-       D
when she gloves in the dark and I'm struck by the sight I know that I'll
                                                        a   a    g# a
                                                        D   E    D  E

                                                                    o   o
                   a            D  E7 F#-    D | a | B- | D | D     a   D
need this for the rest of my   li.........fe                    but I know
 g#    F#  F#   F# F#  F#  F#-E E  D c#d c#
 D     D   D    D  c#  c#  D-c# c# B a B a

                                                           D   D
           F#-       D         a          B-   D | D | a | D   E7
that I'll need this... ...the rest of my life              oh but I'll

                                                 o  o
 F#-  D    a        B-            D         a  | D E7 |
nee....d this you know that I'll nee....d this

  F#-         D        a           B-               D
what have I done what lies I have told I've played games with the ones that
                                                    F#    E     E E      c#
                                                    c#    c#    c#c#     a

 a          D       E7      F#-         D               a           B-
rescued my soul oh have  I come to the point where I'm losing the grip or
           (oh     but I'll  neeeee...................d this)
 c# c#   D  D
 a  a    B  F#
            F#      g# a      a

        D                        F#-            B-_|
is it still time to get into the     swing of things

I'VE BEEN LOSING YOU
--------------------

D5 | D5 | D5 | D5 | D5 | D5 | D5 | D5_|

           D-                G/D                D-             a-
it wasn't rain that washed away rinsed out the colours of your eyes

             F               C               D-                G
putting the gun down on the bedside table I must have realized

               D-                G/D                          D-
it wasn't the rain that made no difference and I could have sworn it

        a-              F             C
wasn't me  yet I did it all so coldly almost slowly

                                      o--------d
  D-                 G | a            F                  G
plain for all to see       oh c'mon please now     talk to me
                                             (aaah!)
                             D   D
 C        G                  D4  D  F                C
tell me things I could find helpful      how can I stop now
                                  (aaah!)
                          D  D
          G               D4 D  F               C
is there nothing I can do       I have lost my way

E-                   D5  | D5 | D5 |
   I've been losing you         hm

D5               D-                  G/D                       D-
    I can still hear our screams competing you're hissing your s's

         a-              F             C             D-
like a snake now in the mirror stands half a man I thought no one could

      G                D-                G/D                   D-
break   it wasn't the rain that made no difference nervously drumming on:

       a-                   F                C
"Run away!" but I want the guilt to get me thoughts to wreck me

                        o---------d
  D-           G        F                   G
preying on my mind so please now       talk to me
                                (aaah!)

 C        G                  D4  D  F                C
tell me things I could find helpful      how can I stop now
                                  (aaah!)

                          o
          G               D5  F               C
is there nothing I can do..   I have lost my way

                                                |. d   |~----|.
E-                   a- | D | a- | D | a- | D | a- /G  F7+ | F7+  E-
   I've been losing you

  D5        F
please now         talk to me
           (aaah!)

 C        G                  D4  D   F                 C
tell me things I could find helpful        how can I stop now
                                    (aaah!)

          G                 D4    D   F                C
is there nothing I can do                  talk to me tell me
                         (please now aaah!)

    G                  D4  D    F                    C
oh tell me what to do.........        oh how can I stop now
                     (helpful  aaah!)

                        d  d                  o  o                    o   o
          G             D  E  F               C  a-                   D-
is there nothing I can do     I have lost my way    I've been losing you

 o     o                   o    o   o   o
 D-/C                      G-7      Bb                        D-_|
you      I've been losing you      you      I've been losing you...

N.C. | D- | D- | D- | D-
                         babe

D- | D- | D- | D-
                  hm hm

 D- | D- | D- | D-
hmmm              hm hm

                o       |   |     |   |     |   |   |   |
 D- | D- | D- | D-      D-7 D-6   D-7 D-6 | D-7 D-6 D-7 D-6 |
hmmm  hm          run away    now

|   |   |   |     |   |   |   |~  |~---d..  |~--- |o
D-7 D-6 D-7 D-6 | D-7 D-6 D-7 D-6 D-7| D-7------- |  D- | D- ...


OCTOBER
-------

effects

D7+ | G | D7+ | G | D7+ | G | D7+ | G

 E-             C                G                 C-7
Dawn awaits a sleepless English town of coloured grey

 E-                C                    G             C-7
here I roam the streets without you as summer fades away

                     o     D  D                         o   o     D   D
 F#-7        E       F#-7  E  A7+ | D7+                 G   D7+ | F#o D |
down in the city at nights   hmmmmmmm   the cold wind blows

    E-             C               G               C-7
wherever you may be  right now it must be getting late

         E-        C           G           C-7
you're probably asleep already I am wide awake

                             D D
 F#-7        E       F#-7  | E A7+ | D7+ | G | D7+ | G | D7+ | G | D7+ |
down in the city at nights    mmmmmmmhh...

D   D
F#o D |  E-               C                    G                C-7
        don't be lonely so you've told me but don't you worry now

 E-              C             G                  C-7 | G | C-7
loneliness can be ignored and time has shown me how

 F#-7        E       F#-7  E    A7+         D7+     G  D7+ | G | D7+ |
down in the city at nights  oh I'm missing you so much   *whistle*

 G | D7+  | G | D7+ | G    | D7+ | B-
*whistle*          *whistle*

 F#-7        E      F#-7  E7+   F#-7        E   F#-7  E7+_|
down in the city hm            down in the city hhm   hmm

MANHATTAN SKYLINE
-----------------
3/4

F | F | F |

    D.                       D. D.          D.         D.         D. D. D.
    F                           D-                     Bb7+
We sit and watch umbrellas fly  I'm trying to keep my newspaper dry

                                                  D.              D. D.
   F                   D-                         Bb7+
I hear myself say "My boat's leaving now" so we shake hands and cry

 D.         D.       D.
 C          D-           F            D-           F7+      F
now I must wave goodbye wave goodbye wave goodbye wave goodbye

                                     4/4
                                     o------d              d   o
 Bb            G        _|           D-                    F   Bb
wave goodbye..........      you know     I don't want to cry again
             (wave goodbye)

 C              G-  D-                   F       Bb
don't want to cry again I don't want to say goodbye

      C              G-  D-                   F    Bb     C             G-
don't ever want to cry again I don't want to run away  I don't want to race

                                                     3/4
                                     o      D  D       D.   D.
      D-                       F     Bb     C  G-      D-   F |  G-
this pain I'll never see your face again eh!   oh but how       how can you

                    D.  D.   D      |    D.   D.                    D.
 C       a          D-  G- | C      A/C# D-   F6        G-          C
say that I didn't try          you see things   in the depths of my eyes
                                                a    a  a     G   F E
                                                     C  C     Bb  a G

                     D.         D.   D.        D.
      A/C#           D- | G- |  C_|            F
that my love's run dry         no!       I'll leave
  E   E  E      E    F
  C   c# c#     c#   D

              D.        D.        D.          D.          D.    D. D.
                        D-                    Bb7+
to their goodbyes I've come to depend on the look in their  eyes      my

                                                         D.         D.  D.
  F                         D-                           Bb7+
blood's sweet for pain the wind and the rain bring back words of a song

C             D-           F            D-           F7+      F
and they say wave goodbye wave goodbye wave goodbye wave goodbye

                                         4/4
                                         o------d
 Bb       /F   G        _|               D-                   F     Bb
wave goodbye............    but you know     I don't want to fall again
             (wave goodbye)

   C              G-       D-               F        Bb
I don't want to know this pain don't want another friend

   C              G-  D-                      F       Bb   C            G-
I don't want to try again don't ever want to see you hurt don't let me see

                           d             d              d     o---d  d   o
     D-