Song Book Vol 3 by Vervante

Verse 1:

A C#m Bm E

I get lost in the middle, it always happens so fast

CAPO 2 - KEY OF B

A C#m Bm E

But you know we write our best songs, after the first date and the last

Chorus:

F#m E

Even the perfect wave

F#m E

Ends with you falling off the board

F#m E A

I suppose I am perfecting my fall

Verse 2:

We can only be lovers We could never be friends Friends don’t tear each other's clothes off Friends don’t cry when it ends

Chorus:

I don’t care if we burn up I know the fire will be great And when Mardi Gras is over We’ll spread the ashes on our face

Bridge: D A E

I tried to give you up

D A E

But I gave up every time

D A E D

Man when you’re in love everything’s a goddamn sign

Chorus:

The odds are always 50/50 It either happens or it don’t I got my thumb under the coin

Praying that it won’t

CLIMB UP

Verse 1:

E7 A7

They can’t hear you sing if they’re too far from the speaker E7 A7

Hard not to preach to the choir, the demons run from the preacher G

But I know where they hide A E7

All we gotta do is climb

Chorus:

E7 D A E7

You gotta climb up

E7 D A E7

You gotta climb up

E7 D A E7

woah-oh if you wanna bring ’em down

Verse 2:

Trickle down, trickle down, all you get is a trickle

Told hard to live large, all you get is a little

Leave you stranded in the middle

With nothing left to stand on

Chorus:

You gotta climb up

If you wanna bring em down

Verse 3:

We’re done with karma, ain’t got no time for that Karma take too long, the devil rides first class

But we’ll take it back

Pass it all around

Chorus:

You gotta climb up

If you wanna bring em down

COUNT Me Down

CAPO 1 - KEY OF E b

Verse 1: D Em7

Once upon a time I’d be D Em7

Making babies, planting seeds D Em7

In an empty country full of dreams D Em7

A little sapling of my family tree D Em7

I would’ve been good x2

Verse 2:

My old man’s been hanging on Waiting for another John I suggest that time is gone He suggests I don’t give up I could’ve been good

Chorus:

Somebody count me

Verse 3:

Well there ain’t no meal that’s big enough That won’t leave you hungry tomorrow I keep trying to fill up Won’t someone tell me my last one And I’ll be good

Chorus:

Somebody count me down, ohhhh ohhhhhh

DISTANCE

Verse 1:

I could lose you to the loneliness vast and infinite

To the phones that blink and blink and some nights don’t blink

To your new found freedom, the ever changing seasons

And all the options falling at your feet

Chorus:

I could lose you to your dreams possible now they seem F#m

And somehow don’t fit along my path

But darling please don’t let me lose you to the distance

Verse 2:

I could lose you to the drugs, all the best ones

Where you would no longer crave my embrace

I could lose you to our paranoia, the deep and heavy traumas

And all the crazy thoughts that we might think

Chorus:

I could lose you to another man

Who could be around more than I can

To show up and simply hold his stance

But darling please don’t let me lose you to the distance

Verse 3:

I could lose you to the sea, salty and free

With nothing but the stars above to glisten

I could lose you to the roaring crowd, the tiny little mountain town

Or the desert where all we do is listen

Chorus:

To the mysteries of the heart

Jumping back and forth

To all of these I would understand

But darling please don’t let me lose you to the distance

DON’T Ask

Verse 1: E7

Don’t ask me if I’m lonely, baby, you know I’m lonely A7 E7

If I wasn’t lonely then I wouldn’t be talking to you E7

I’m trying to drink this poison, and see if it’ll kill me

I used to have immunity, but now I don’t know what it’ll do

Chorus:

You don’t know where I’ve been

I was just a canvas back then

But now I’m dripping with paint D A E7

I ain’t old baby, I’m brand new

Verse 2:

Don’t ask if I’ve been writing, baby, you know I ain’t been writing If I’d been writing then I wouldn’t be talking to you

I’m trying to board this trainwreck, I used to have a ticket

All the best shit I’ve ever written, honey, it’s all been coming from you

Chorus:

So don’t shut me up, It ain’t like it was I’ve shed some layers, I ain’t old baby, I’m brand new

Verse 3:

Don’t ask me if I miss my bed, why the hell would I miss my bed

This world has got a lot of beds, and I don’t mind trying them all

Some are full of sadness and some ain’t got no blankets

But some are like heaven, honey, more than I could ever pull

Chorus:

I’ve been rambling long

And I keep on rolling on

That old cocoon is dead and gone

I ain’t old baby, I’m brand new

Don't Deny

Verse 1: G Em

Believe me when I tell you the truth G Em

There’s an asterisk on me and you G Em

But there’s one on the universe too

Chorus:

And I was high when we first made love C G

I was blinded by the light from above C G

You were singing like a drunken dove C G

Flying fast through the pouring rain

Don’t deny what you can’t explain

Verse 2:

Well you want me to meet your dad

But I only wear women’s pants

You’re afraid he’ll know the difference

Chorus:

And I’m sorry about your mom, could’ve sworn she’d like my songs Yeah, cause moms they usually do, it’s just a weird show that she went to Yeah the crowd didn’t give me no love, I played too many songs off the new album But your mama love me anyway, don’t deny what you can’t explain

Bridge:

And you said a gentleman is just a patient wolf

Oh, honey, just tell me when I’ve been patient enough

I see that full moon coming up

Verse 2:

And now ain’t the time for us to go all the way Leave ‘em wanting more, yeah you always say

So I give you a kiss and downstairs DJ

Chorus:

Somebody please get me out of this church, holy water ain’t supposed to burn On my lips and on my tongue, oh, I’m trying not to drink it up

Yeah but Lord have mercy on me, I ain’t never been this thirsty Mouth wide open in the pouring rain, don’t deny what you can’t explain

DROWN ME

Verse 1:

This air is tainted I don’t want another breath

Wrap your legs around me til I’m almost deaf

Drown me baby, drown me baby, I wasn’t using my lungs for any good anyway

Them pretty boys they couldn’t handle your love

They all agree you’re pretty bossy for a sub

D A

Drown me baby, drown me baby, I wasn’t using my lungs for any good anyway

E D

I gave up sugar, babe, I kept the salt

F#m D

Your little anchor ain’t as heavy as you thought

Verse 2:

Step daddy wasn’t a man he was a cigarette

This life smoked him down til there was nothing left

Drain me baby, drain me baby

I wasn’t spending my cash on any good anyway

He smacked your mama up, she came back with a gun

Karma’s a bitch but man it get the job done

Drain me baby, drain me baby

I wasn’t spending my cash on any good anyway

You look stuck girl, don’t let the boat sink

Your little anchor ain’t as heavy as you’re thinking

Verse 3:

The ex cleaned her act up isn’t that nice

She want me back, I’m nice but I ain’t that nice

Break me baby, break me baby

I wasn’t using my heart for any good anyway

First of all child, I never said I was a saint

Second of all, don’t you gotta be dead to be a saint

Break me baby, break me baby

I wasn’t using my heart for any good anyway

Last time I checked girl we’re both still breathing

Your little anchor ain’t as heavy as you’re thinking

FINN

Verse 1: D G D

It’s not as bad as you think, my heart it didn’t skip a beat G D G D

This road just keeps moving on, same instrument different song G D A D

It’s hard not to be with you all, it’s strange out here D G D

But you don’t need to worry about me, I ain’t never been this free G D G D

I’m out with the coyotes and the wolves, raising hell through these woods G D A D

Like you wouldn’t believe that I could, it’s wild out here

Chorus: A Bm F#m

And as long as you run, don’t forget about my love G D G D

It was unconditional, It was unconditional A Bm F#m

And when I howl at the moon, sometimes I hope you hear it too G D G D

Cause now my pain is just fictional, my pain is just fictional

Verse 2:

Don’t think that I don’t miss you, oh babe you know I do I miss your hands behind my ears, I miss knowing that you’re near I’d love to lick away your tears, it’s strange out here

But there ain’t no sense in looking back, I know you wouldn’t want that Out here I smell sweet, I can see and hear everything

And the lizards eat the bugs from my feet, it’s wild out here

Chorus:

And as long as you run, don’t forget about my love

It was unconditional, It was unconditional

And when I howl at the moon, sometimes I hope you hear it too

Cause now my pain is just fictional, my pain is just fictional

FUTURE Tripping

Verse 1:

Don’t say that you’ll pray for me it offends the other gods

Don’t say that you’ll pray for me it offends the other gods B F#m E A

Don’t die with your love, don’t die with your love

B F#m E

Use it all up

Verse 2:

Your shirt will smell like her for only so long

Don’t die with your hands wrapped tight around the dream

Die with your hands empty

Verse 3:

Your body will someday let you down

Don’t die with your eyes closed to the sun

Die with your eyes open

Verse 4:

Don’t die with your love, don’t die with your love

Use it all up

Helena

Verse 1:

Am Em D Am

I was born dead, mama told me, she said the devils they didn’t want me

Am Em D

And they left me behind for her to hold

Am Em D Am

And she said, no one could see me, I was invisible to everybody

Am Em D

And we would have revenge for what they stole

Chorus:

She said fire was how we’d make ‘em pay

As I ran across the fields she would scream

Am Em G D

Light it up son x4

Verse 2:

She would send me in with the matches and I would burn that shit down to ashes

And I would crawl out of the flames back in to her arms

And she was right, no one could see me, I was her ghost, I was her banshee

And in our wake we watched Montana burn

Chorus:

Somehow they figured out that it was her

But it only made us run faster

Light it up son x4

Verse 3:

When she was tired of the chase, she decided that we would make our peace

See I was born dead and she’d been jealous the whole time

So she tied us both to the stairwell, made me light one last farewell

I can still hear her crying through the flames

Chorus:

And when the Helena police arrived at the scene

The fire must have burned away my invisibility

They pulled me out, not a scratch, they couldn’t believe

Just a loose rope wrapped around me not tied to anything

Light it up son x4

CRAIGIE'S Pickle Recipe

INGREDIENTS:

Brine:

• 2 cup white vinegar

• 2 cup water

• 2 tbsp salt

• 1 tbsp dill seed

• 1/2 tsp mustard seed

• 2 sprigs fresh dill

• 2 bay leaves

• 1 tbsp peppercorns

• 7 cloves of garlic

Vegetables:

• 2 Carrots

• 1/2 White Onion

• 3 Cucumbers (kirby cucumbers are the best)

• 1 Zucchini

• 1 Jalapeno

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Chop the vegetables any way you like. For carrots, I like to do thin, vertical strips. For the onion, I cut the half into quarters and then peel off individual slices. For the cucumbers, you can do vertical quarters if you like spears or you can cut small round slices if you like chips. Same for the zucchini. Finally, for the jalapeno, cut it into small slices and add as many as your spice preference desires.

2. In a saucepan boil the water, vinegar and salt. Stir the salt in until it dissolves. Place your dill seed, mustard seed, fresh dill, bay leaves, peppercorns and garlic into a sterilized jar. Add in your chopped vegetables and then pour the brine over the vegetables until jar is full. Set aside to cool until they are room temperature, then put them in the fridge.

3. Can be eaten at anytime but best taste starts after 10 days or so. Keep refrigerated.

Hustlin’

Verse 1:

I always wanted to be a healer and give out medicine. I was too dumb to be a doctor, so I do this. They say your dream job won’t pay your bills

They said change your dream but I just changed my bills, I’m hustlin’, baby G7

Some people bragging about how rich they are C

Some people crying about how poor they are, I do my best to hide from it all

There’s always a little bit of hummus and a couch to sleep on G7

I’ve been sneaking into clubs, singing my shit

I don’t know how I’m still alive but I ain’t dead yet

Chorus: G7

I’m hustlin’, baby x3

G7 C

You and I both know that it’s tough out here

Verse 2:

I get advice from musicians, I get advice from thieves, sometimes it’s totally different, sometimes it’s the same thing. Steal a lot from one person and they call the cops, steal a little from everyone, you rise to the top. I’m hustlin’, baby And the government wants me to give ‘em some cash money, I used to have but I no longer have. Just cause I made it, don’t mean I saved it. I ain’t that smart I ain’t that complacent. And you’re the last people I wanna give it to I don’t trust how you spend it, you don’t spend it like I do. I got a little bit of money for a little bit of thrills, I’m paying my rent in dollar bills

(Chorus)

Verse 3:

I don’t know how I’m gonna find ya, babe it’s hard for me. You’re always 2,000 miles from wherever I play. And you want some kids maybe I want ’em too. Can we get ourselves a old one, maybe 22? Ain’t got no college loans, ain’t got no other debts too. He could smoke with me, he could drink with you. He could be my drummer, David Crosby does that He didn’t raise his kids neither, honey, how ‘bout that (Chorus)

Verse 4:

I always wanted to be a healer and give out medicine I was too dumb to be a doctor so I do this 27

Laurie Rolled Me a J

Verse 1:

I got my wings clipped, I got my Trump check

E7 A G

Supposed to last me through the apocalypse E7

I spent it all on some leftist shit

E7 A G

As a fuck you to him and Mike Pence

Verse 2:

I don’t give a shit about the burning bush, Noah’s Ark or two of every animal

Is this the new flood, is this the new plague, is this the rapture or just the first wave

My lungs are clean at least today.

I fill 'em up Laurie rolled me a J

Verse 3:

I can’t sleep with Emma anymore

She got too many chickens in her backyard

Took the urban farming thing a little too far

They wake me up each and every hour

She’ll kiss her housemate it’s more convenient

What with the lock down what with the Covid

It’s too much drama for me to play

I stay at home Laurie rolled me a J

Verse 4:

Went to the protest shit got crazy

You lost your mask running away

Your friends got paranoid come join my scene

Make love for two weeks we’ll say it’s quarantine

Don’t call me sugar if you won't taste it

This summer heat has got us sweating opiates

We watch the sunset from our cage

Front row seats Laurie rolled us a J

Verse 5:

This girl name Cedar I had to get away

She was fine as hell but she was too New Age

She do that Wim Hof don’t take no hot showers

But I’m a bad boy I need them hot showers

She got a crystal for every disease

Said "cure the Covid" she said "it’s 5G"

Won’t get the vaccine cause of the tracking chip

Hell they can track me I ain't doing shit

Track me on my couch, track me in my bed

Track me texting you, track me left on read

Track me in my yard puffing my life away

Gone like smoke Laurie rolled me a J 29

MICRODOSE

Verse 1:

D G D

Into the sunrise off you drove

D G D

To show this was just the beginning

D G D

I micro-dosed for months and months

D G D

Dissolve my ego in the acid

Verse 2:

Seven lovers, seven moons

Seven days without speaking How long could I keep it up Before I started disbelieving

Chorus:

A G D

Ohhhhh x2

Verse 3:

I write you postcards everyday

To remind us both that time is fleeting I’m all alone here in many ways

Deserted island, middle of the city

Chorus:

A G D

Somebody up there must really like me

A G D

Somebody else up there must truly hate me

Verse 4:

It’s a war of the gods, baby I don’t know I never picked a side, I never started praying They’ll fight it out as we make love

And every now and then, look up, and see who’s winning

Nomads

Verse 1:

C Am F C

We clawed through brambles and we swam through mud

C Am F C

Climbed over fences and kicked up some dust

C Am F C

Waded through trash, waded through the weeds

C Am F C

Wild dogs nipping at our feet

Verse 2:

We slept in ditches and we slept in the fog

Slept in your beds while you were gone

Watched our lives get scattered and torn

Hid underground and came out reborn

Chorus:

C Am F C C Am F C

Ohhhhhhh, Christopher, please bless these nomads x2

Verse 3:

We bled some blood, we bled some oil too

Bled on the liars so everyone knew Fake musicians fell and we just let ’em

Singing if your lyrics were true, you probably wouldn’t forget ’em

Chorus:

Oh, Christopher, please bless these nomads x2

Verse 4:

I met my enemies, I met my foes

Taught ‘em my songs and I just made ’em join

Ate all the drugs that we were able to eat

Saw the infinite and made our peace

Chorus:

Oh, Christopher, please bless these nomads x2

Verse 5:

We lost some lovers and we lost some friends

Some by accident, some by our own hands

But I ain’t your mama, I won’t take you home

We’re moving forward, children, from now on

Chorus:

Oh, Christopher, please bless these nomads

Part WOLF

CAPO 2 - KEY OF Bm

Verse 1:

I got that American meanness

Sweet mama was a Los Angelina

Sweet daddy told me all about my weakness

How deep it would go

You ask me if I have any regrets

What kind of life you living having no regrets

You tell your story but you ain’t got no climax

You best get back in the ring, and learn how to bleed

Chorus:

Cause it’s part wolf , it’s part island and it’s part cult, it’s part violence

I got my heaven inches from me wherever I go

It’s part love, it’s part demon, it’s part roots, it’s part leaving Am

You don’t know the hell of having your heaven so close

Verse 2:

I got that American meanness

Sweet mama was a Los Angelina

Sweet daddy told me all about my weakness how deep it would go

This is the year that we’ll be kicking his ass out

Maybe you been sleeping maybe you been passed out

I’m here to shake ya, here to wake your ass up now

You didn’t suffer so long just to keep on suffering on

Chorus:

Cause it’s part wolf, it’s part island and it’s part cult, it’s part violence

You give me your hand, I do my best not to let it go

It’s part love, it’s part demon, it’s part roots, it’s part leaving

You don’t know the hell of having your heaven so close

Perseids

Verse 1: G C G C

You could say there’s been a ton of darkness

Em C G

You could say just a little bit of light G C G C

You could say the same thing, I guess Em C G

About the universe tonight

Chorus:

This whole storm began with the flap of a butterfly’s wing B7 C G

I was hoping I could make it end just by doing the same thing Am D

I’m a good one if compared to a bad one Am C G

Maybe a good one is enough

Verse 2:

Take this time to get yourself free

Take this time to reset

I’m done with poetry

I wanna be obvious

Chorus:

Man it’s a slow burn when you come in out of the rain

And I’m somewhere between pretty and plain

It’s a good day if compared to a bad day

Maybe a good day is enough

Verse 3:

Ain’t no prairie, ain’t no jungle

Ain’t no ocean, I don’t want to travel

Ain’t no endings, ain’t no trophies

Ain’t no good love that hasn’t broke me

Chorus:

I ain’t much for holding onto the pieces

I am more for letting them blow with the breezes

There’s always a new heart after the old heart

Maybe a new heart is enough

CAPO 6 - KEY OF C#

Son OFA Man

Verse 1:

D G D

When I met you I was tired and drained

D G D

Festival still in my system

D G

I couldn’t even hear your name, didn’t need to

D G D

I didn’t know you had been with him

D G D

And that he was still tripping

D G

Makes sense that he’s still tripping, oh I’d be tripping too

Chorus:

G G/F# Em7

It’s a drag doing the right thing

G G/F# Em7

But I’m too old to do the wrong thing

I can’t claim ignorance

D A D

Like some son of a man

Verse 2:

I wanted you, maybe you wanted me

Sometimes it’s hard for me to believe I got issues with how I’m seen, you wouldn’t understand

Chorus:

I suppose they’ll be another one

You’ll forget me it’s easily done I’ll slip through your hands

Like some son of a man

Verse 3:

I’m sure I would’ve blown it anyway

Or gotten restless when the seasons changed It’s a pattern for me these days, my weird love

Chorus:

On back to the beginning

So many goddamn beginnings

Reborn into the wasteland

Like some son of a man

STREET Mermaid

Verse 1: Dm

I’m whispering cause I’m wasted G

It’s so real I can taste it

I still think I can save us, for whatever that means Dm

I’ve stumbled past a thousand flames G

I ain’t a player cause this ain’t no game

You were born in a tidal wave and thrown out of the sea

Chorus: Dm Bb

But your heaven is so far away Dm

The gutters flow with champagne

I watch you crawl away, my street mermaid

Verse 2: Dm

Puddles come down from above G

You mix them up into your blood

You’re praying for these streets to flood so you can swim on back to sea Dm C

And I know the sun baked your scales away

You’re far beyond walking babe, you’ll float or you’ll fall

(Chorus)

USED IT ALL UP

C B G

I’ve been taking it, but it don’t hit like it used to

C B G

I’ve been hitting it, but it don’t stick like it used to

C Cm

Maybe I lost it, maybe I tossed it

B7 Em

Maybe it just faded to dust

C D G

Maybe, darling, I just used it all up C D G

Maybe, darling, I just used it all up

(transcribed by Erin Chapin)

VALLECITO

CAPO 3 - KEY OF Cm

Verse 1:

Am G D Am

Don’t you know there is snow in the hills all around us

Am G D Am

Don’t you think it won’t be til spring til they find us

Am G D Am G D

I sold my soul to the devil for real, but I got myself a bad deal

Am G D Am

And I feel there is one path left to reclaim it

Verse 2:

See I went back to the crossroads but I stood alone

If you ain’t got nothing to give up he won’t ever come

This golden voice I traded for left the audiences tired and bored

All the talent in the world ain’t worth nothing without a little soul

Verse 3:

There’s enough of this stuff to keep just one of us alive

Normally, without any remorse, I would kill for my life

But I feel that my time has come and my master can no longer run

I will meet that thief out there in the blinding snow x2

Song Book Vol 3

CAPO 2 - KEY OF B

CLIMB UP

COUNT Me Down

CAPO 1 - KEY OF E b

DISTANCE

DON’T Ask

Don't Deny

DROWN ME

FINN

FUTURE Tripping

Helena

CRAIGIE'S Pickle Recipe

INGREDIENTS:

INSTRUCTIONS:

Hustlin’

Laurie Rolled Me a J

MICRODOSE

Nomads

Part WOLF

CAPO 2 - KEY OF Bm

Perseids

Son OFA Man

STREET Mermaid

USED IT ALL UP

VALLECITO

CAPO 3 - KEY OF Cm

Notes