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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
*** USE NOT-PROPORTIONAL (monospaced)
FONTS TO APPRECIATE MY EFFORTS AND
PLAY IN TIME !!! ***
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 ...
o o
Bb G- G-(7)
I lift my head up from uneasy ...
D4 G-
cut my wrist on a bad ...
B- E-(9)
outside on the ...
Bb G-
I can feel the sweat on ...
o o
D4 G-
I'm heading out for the steep ...
o---o-o-o o o o
B- E- G D A- C G D | A-
cho..ice and see........ as ...
E- G D A- C G D
we belie........ve through the ...
,---3---,
o d d d
A- E- /E /G /A
that love goes free
B-9 E-(9)
for want of an ...
Bb G-
I dream pictures of houses ...
o o
F C G-
with death comes the ...
B- E-
was it too much to ask ...
Bb G-
they forgive anything but ...
o--o
D4 G- B-
and I'm close to calling out their ...
o-----o
E- G D A- C G
yeeheehee and see........ as our ...
D A- E- G D A- C G D
we belie.......ve through ...
(uoh no!)
o o o o
A- /E G- /F /E /Eb G- G-4/F G-/E
that love goes free........ through scoundrel ...
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 ...
Bb G-
their hands touch ...
o o
D4 G- B- | B- |
but I know that I've made ....
o o
B-
hmeah yeah
E- G D A- C G
and see........ as our lives ....
D A- E- G D A- C G D
we belie.......ve ....
(uoh no!)
A- /E E- | G | D | A- | C | G | D A- G_|
that love goes free........ oh wo ....
THE SWING OF THINGS
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| | 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 ....
B- D E B- | D E |
you give me news I ....
B- E F#- G A B- | D E | B- | D
you say that I should care that I ...
E7 F#- D A B- D
oh but how can I speak of the world rushing ....
A D E7 F#- D A B-
tears in my eyes oh have we come ....
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 ....
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 ...
B- D E B- | D E |
I'll go on till the ...
B- E F#- G A B- | D E |
"Oh sleep..." you wrote "sleep my ...
o d d
B- D E7 F#- D A B- D
oh but how can I sleep with ...
A D E F#- D A
between us and room in my bed oh have I ...
o |. |. |
B- D F#- B- D E9 B- |
the grip or is it still time to ...
|. |. | |. |. |
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 ....
D A D E F#- D
breathtaking beauty in which I ....
A B- D A D
of people I fear but given time ...
E7 F#- D A B- D
when she gloves in the dark and I'm ....
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....
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 ...
o o
F#- D A B- D A | D E7 |
nee....d this you know ....
F#- D A B- D
what have I done what lies I have ....
f# e e e c#
c# c# c#c# a
A D E7 F#- D A B-
rescued my soul oh have I ....
(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 ...
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 ....
F C D- G
putting the gun down on the bedside ...
D- G/D D-
it wasn't the rain that made no ....
A- F C
wasn't me yet I did it all so ...
o--------d
D- G | A F G
plain for all to see oh c'mon ...
(aaah!)
d d
C G D4 D F C
tell me things I could find ...
(aaah!)
d d
G D4 D F C
is there nothing I can ...
E- D5 | D5 | D5 |
I've been losing ...
D5 D- G/D D-
I can still hear our screams ...
A- F C D-
like a snake now in the mirror ....
G D- G/D D-
break it wasn't the rain that made ....
A- F C
"Run away!" but I want the ....
o---------d
D- G F G
preying on my mind so ....
(aaah!)
C G D4 D F C
tell me things I could find ....
(aaah!)
o
G D5 F C
is there nothing I can ....
|. d |~----|.
E- A- | D | A- | D | A- | D | A- /G F7+ | F7+ E-
I've been losing you
D5 F
please now ...
(aaah!)
C G D4 D F C
tell me things I could find ...
(aaah!)
G D4 D F C
is there nothing I can ....
(please now aaah!)
G D4 D F C
oh tell me what to do......... ....
(helpful aaah!)
d d o o o o
G D E F C A- D-
is there nothing I can do I have lost ...
o o o o o o
D-/C G-7 Bb D-_|
you I've been losing ....
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 ...
E- C G C-7
here I roam the streets ...
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 ...
E- C G C-7
wherever you may be right now it ....
E- C G C-7
you're probably asleep ...
d d
F#-7 E F#-7 | E A7+ | D7+ | G | D7+ | G | D7+ | G | D7+ |
down in the city at ...
d d
F#o D | E- C G C-7
don't be lonely so ...
E- C G C-7 | G | C-7
loneliness can be ignored and ...
F#-7 E F#-7 E A7+ D7+ G D7+ | G | D7+ |
down in the city at nights oh ....*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 ...
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 ...
d. d. d.
F D- Bb7+
I hear myself say "My boat's ....
d. d. d.
C D- F D- F7+ F
now I must wave goodbye wave ....
4/4
o------d d o
Bb G _| D- F Bb
wave goodbye.......... you ...
(wave goodbye)
C G- D- F Bb
don't want to cry again I ...
C G- D- F Bb C G-
don't ever want to cry again I don't want ...
3/4
o d d d. d.
D- F Bb C G- D- F | G-
this pain I'll never see your face ...
d. d. d | d. d. d.
C A D- G- | C A/C# D- F6 G- C
say that I didn't try ...
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 ...
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 ...
d. d. d.
F D- Bb7+
blood's sweet for pain the wind ...
C D- F D- F7+ F
and they say wave goodbye wave ...
4/4
o------d
Bb /F G _| D- F Bb
wave goodbye............ but ...
(wave goodbye)
C G- D- F Bb
I don't want to know this pain ...
C G- D- F Bb C G-
I don't want to try again don't ever want ....
d d d o---d d o
D- F Bb C G- D- F | Bb
you hurt I don't want to cry again ...
3/4
d d d. d. | | |
C G- D- F G- C A/C# D- G- | C A/C#
how can you say that I ...
d. d.
D- F G- C A/C# D- G-
things in the depths of my ...
4/4 3/4
d d d. d. d. d. d.
C G-7 F D- Bb7+
so I read to ....
(I don't wanna cry again!)
d. d. d. d. d. d. d. d.
F D- Bb7+
horizons on the front ...
d.
F_|
skyline
CRY WOLF
--------
(D-) | (D-) |
d |. |~-----o d |. |~-----o
(D-) D-7 G/D | G/D | (D-) D-7 G/D | G/D |
d |. |~-----o d |. |~-----o
(D-) D-7 G/D | G/D | (D-) D-7 G/D | G/D
"you know"
. .
d |. |~-----o d |. |~----d | |
(D-) D-7 G/D | G/D | (D-) D-7 G/D | G/D G G |
"night I left the ....
. .
d | |~ |~--o d | |~ |~--d | |
D-7 G | G | D-7 G | G G G |
ah!
. .
d | |~ |~--o d | |~ |~--d | |
D-7 G G | D-7 G | G G G |
ooh ooooooh!
D-7
he came from where the ...
G/D
and truth is seen through ...
D-7 G/D
strange longins that never sleep oh ...
(no hearts beat)
. .
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | |
D-7 G D-7 G G G
cry time to worry
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
. . 2/4
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | | d
D-7 G D-7 G G G | N.C./G |
time to ..
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
4/4
o d | |
D-7(4+) D-7(4) D-7
ooh! you can start but ...
G/D
you give in but you ...
D-7 G/D
you can tell all your ...
. .
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | |
D-7 G D-7 G G G
love on hold cry ...
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
. .
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | |
D-7 G D-7 G G G
cry wolf ooh oooh! time to ...
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
. .
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | |
D-7 G D-7 G G G
cry wolf ooh oooh! time ...
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
. . 2/4
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | | d
D-7 G D-7 G G G | N.C./G |
cry wolf ooh oooh! time to worry now...
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
4/4
o
D-7/4+ | D-7/4+ | C-9/D | C-9/D | D- | D- | D-7 | D-7
oooh! ooh!
. . . .
| | | | | | | |
D-7/4+ | D-7/4+ | C-9/D | C-9/D | N.C. D- N.C. D- | N.C. D- N.C. D-
. . . . . .
| | | | d | |
D- D- D- D- | N.C. G G
o o o o o o
D-7/4+ C-9/D D-7
"I dreamt of a wolf" "yeah a wolf...
o o o o o o
G D-7 G
and the pain...... in his cries.... ....
(da......rk)
. .
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | |
D-7 G D-7 G G G
time to worry
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
. .
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | |
D-7 G D-7 G G G
cry wolf ooh oooh! time ...
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
. .
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | |
D-7 G D-7 G G G
cry wolf ooh oooh! time to ...
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
. . 2/4
o o d | |~ |~--d | | d
N.C. D-7 G G G | N.C./G |
time to worry now...
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
. .
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | |
D-7 G D-7 G G G
time to worry
(cry wolf ooh oooh!) (now!)
. .
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | |
D-7 G D-7 G G G
cry wolf ooh oooh! time to ...
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
. .
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | |
D-7 G D-7 G G G
oooooooooh! ....
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
. . 2/4
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | | d
D-7 G D-7 G G G | N.C./G |
oooooooooh! time to worry now....
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
. .
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | |
D-7 G D-7 G G G
ooh oooooh oohoooh......
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
. .
d.. |~--o d.. |~--d | |
D-7 G D-7 G G G
oooh ooh oooooh oohoooh
(cry wolf ooh oooh!)
d.. |~--o ....
D-7 G ....
ooh ooh ooh ....
(cry wolf ooh oooh!) ....
WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE WHALES
----------------------------
(D) | (B-) | (D) | (B-)
...oooooohooo
o d d o o
D B- D E- C
One left low left two who left ...
*double speed*
d d d d o
E-/B G /F# G-
three came twice took once ...
o
D-7 G- D-7
we're looking for a little ...
o o d d d d o o
Bb C C G/C C G/C F A5_|
bewildered girl we're looking ...
o o o o o o o o
D B- D E- C
restlessness is in our ....
E-/B G /F# G-
born into this world with ...
(..pen girl!)
D-7 G- D-7
we're looking for a little ...
o o
Bb C G-
bewildered girl we're ...
D-7 G- D-7
we're looking for a little bewildered ...
o o d d d d o o
Bb C C G/C C G/C F A5_|
bewildered girl we're looking for ....
(D) | (D) | (B-) | (B-) | (D) | (D) | (B-) | (B-) |
o o o o o o
D B- D E-
I found angels bea...
o o o o o o o
C G /F# E- | E- | A- | A-
your doors don't you set those ....
o
E- | E- | A- | A- | G | G | A-9/G | A-9/G | E- | E- | C | C G-
ah ah ah aahh ah oh girl
o
D-7 G- D-7
we're looking for a little ...
(...dered girl!)
o o o o o |
G | D-7 | D-7 | G |
bewildered |
(looking for the whales yeah! hm....|
(oh yeah!|
o o o |
D-7 | D-7 | G D-7 |
we're looking ....|
(looking for the whales) |
for the whales) (ohoh!) |
o o o o o |
G D-7 |
bewildered we're looking .....|
(looking for ....(looking for the |
(ah! eh! oooooohooooooooooooohoo |
o o o o o |
G D-7 G |
we're looking for ...|
whales) (looking for the whales) |
oooo!) (hm! hm! oh! ooeh!)|
o o o o |
D-7 G |
we're looking for a ....|
(looking for the whales)|
(ooh! ooh!) |
o o o o |
D-7 G |
we're looking for a ...|
(oooheeh eheh eheh whales)|
(ayaya!) (ooh) |
o o o o |
D-7 G |
we're looking for a ....|
(looking for the whales)|
o o o o |
D-7 G |
we're looking for a ....|
(looking for the whales)|
(for the whales)|
(we're looking for a ....|
o o o o o |
D-7 G |
we're looking for a ....|
(looking for the whales) |
(ooeh! eh eh! hey ah! ooh ooh!) |
(ooh |
o o ... |
D-7 G ... |
|
|
|
ooh! ooh oooh! oh oh oh!) ... |
THE WEIGHT OF THE WIND
----------------------
| | d d d d d d
| G- | G- N.C./F | N.C./G | N.C./G /F | N.C./G | N.C./G /F |
o o
N.C./G | /G
|. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d
G- C | G- F7+ | G- C | G- F7+ | G- C | G- F7+ | G- C/G |
|. |~-d
Ab D- G- Bb C-7 F
Your face looked ...
G- Bb C-7 F
you've come to lose ...
d
G- Bb C-7 Ab
like you I came to ...
d
D- C- F/A G- Ab
you want to lose the weight of ...
(of the wind)
d d
C- F/A F6/A G- Ab
your shoulders....
(oooh! aaah!) (down down!)
|. |~-d |. |~-d
C- F/A G- C | G- F7+ |
the one that you love will ...
(your love!)
|. |~-d |. |~-d
G- C | G- F7+
ha!
G- Bb C-7 F
you speak into ...
G- Bb C-7 F
words you'd lost ...
G- Bb C-7 F
I have seen their ....
G- Bb C-7 F
so clear and cruel in ....
("jealous mind")
C- F/A G- Ab
but you've gotta to lose the ...
(of the wind)
C- F/A G- Ab
hard on your shoulders.... I know ...
(oooh! aaah!) (down down!)
C- F/A G-_| | N.C. | /G |
the one that you ...ha!
(your love!)
(will never be found!)
|. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d
N.C. | G- C | G- F7+ | G- C | G- F7+ | G- C | G- F7+ |
ooh!
|. |~-d |. |~-d
G- C/G | Ab(7+) D-(4)
|. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d
G- C | G- F7+ | G- C | G- F7+ | G- C | G- F7+ | G- C/G |
ayayaya!
|. |~-d
Ab(7+) D-(4) C- F/A G- Ab
the weight of the wind...
(ooh aah!)
(of the wind
C- F/A G- Ab
is hard on your ....
(your aah!) (down down!)
C- F/A G- Ab
the one that you love....
(the one that you love...) (found)
(your aah!) (found)
d d
C- F/A F6/A G- Bb
you lost that forever down down
(lost that forever)
C- F/A G- Ab
the weight of the wind ...
(aah aah!)
(the weight of the wind...
d d
C- F/A F6/A G- Ab
it's hard on your ....
(aah aah!)
(down down)
C- F/A G- Ab
the one that you love...... will ....
(aahha aaah!)
(noo..oo will never be found) (ayyy you lost
d d
C- F/A F6/A G- ...
that forever aah! yay down ...
(aah aah) ...
that forever) ...
MAYBE MAYBE
-----------
d d
G | G | G | A/B B
E F#-7 G#-7 A C#-
Maybe you were joking when you ....
G#- F#- | F#-/G#
maybe maybe
E F#-7(4) G#-7 A(9) C#-(7)
maybe I was joking when I said that ...
G#- F#- | F#-/G# C#-7 G#-7 F#-4/7 | A9 |
maybe maybe I ....
C#-7 G#-7 F#-4/7 | A9 | C#-7 G#-7 | G | G | G |
I could be wrong so ...
d d
| A9/B B6 | E F#-7 G#-7 A
I don't know but it's been ....
C#- G#- F#- | F#-
to head maybe maybe
E F#-7(4) G#-7 A(9) C#-(7)
maybe it was over when you ...
o o
G#- F#- C#-7 G#-7 F#-4/7 | A9 |
maybe maybe oh babe I could be ...
C#-7 G#-7 F#-4/7 | A9 | C#-7 G#-7 F#-4/7 | A9 |
I could be wrong so wrong I ....
d d d | |
C#-7 G#-7 G | G | G | A9/B B6 | (B) (B4) (B) |
I could be wrong so wro......ng
| (B) | (B) | F# | D#- | F# | D#- | F# | D#- | F# | D#- |
yyyyyyyyah! trrr! h! t! trr h!h! h!
F# | D#- | F# | D#- | F# | D#- | A | B
C#-7 G#-7 F#-4/7 | A9 C#-7 G#-7 F#-4/7 A9
I could be wrong so wrong oh...
(oooooh!) (hmmm maybe
C#-7 G#-7 F#-4/7 | A9 C#-7 G#-7
I could be wrong so ....
maybe) (so! wrong walking out on me!)
F#-4/7 A9 C#-7 G#-7 F#-4/7 A9
wrong I.... could ....
(was running I...) (maybe maybe)
C#-7 G#-7 F#-4/7 | A9 | G | G | G | G_|
I could be wrong so wrong
SOFT RAINS OF APRIL
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*crescendo*
4/4 3/4
/B | /B | /B | /B | E- | A | G | F# | E- | A | G |
F# E- A G F#
the soft rains of ...
E- A G F#
the soft rains of ...
4/4 3/4
D F#-7 B E- A
anybody home now I am on the phone ...
4/4
G F# E- A G F# D
over the ferry 'cross the waters ...
3/4 (free time..
F#-7 B-7 C E-
home now I am on the phone and I'd ....
........................) 4/4
E-9 G G7+ D F#-
back home I'm so alone just ....
3/4
B E- | A | C | F#- | E- | A | C | F#- E- A
with you oh ah ah! oohoohoo oohoohoooh
C | F#- E- | A | C | F#- E- A C F#-
hmmmm hmm oooh! hm ooohoohoohoohoohooh oooh aah hmm
E- | A | C | F#- | E- | A | C | F#- | E- | A | C | F#- |
oooh hmmmm!
*crescendo*
4/4 3/4
d | |
/B | /B | /B E- A G F#
well they gave me four ...
E- A G F# E- | A | G F#
keep writing letters time's passing so...
E- | A | G | A E- A G F#
slow so the soft ...
E- A E/G# | E-/G | E-/F#_|
the soft rains of April are ...