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I DON’T CARE WHAT YOU THINK OF ME
Intro F / F / C / G ] x 2
Verse 1
F C G
I know what you think of me
F C G
But I don’t care ‘bout what you think
E
Think about me all you like …yeh
F C G
Tell me what I want to hear
F C G
You’re just trying to keep me sweet it’s clear
E
Don’t you know I know you’re lying
Chorus
F Am G C G CF
I don’t care what you think of me
F Am G C G C F
You’re entitled to think what you think
F G
But maybe you should be a little more concerned about yourself
Verse 2
Used to make myself so sick
Worrying about what people think
Didn’t stop to think what I thought
Kept my opinions to myself
And agreed with everything you’d say
But being someone else is just not me
Chorus
I don’t care what you think of me
My life is too short to worry about these things
And maybe you should be a little more concerned about yourself
Mid
Am / C / F / Em } x 2
Am / C / G / C / G / C / F
F / F sharp / G
Verse 3
So flattering to be in your thoughts
To be worthy of your higher law
You should hope I feel so honoured
I know what you think of me
But I don’t care ‘bout what you think
Think about me all you like
Chorus
I don’t care what you think of me
My life is too short to worry about these things
I don’t care what you think of me
You’re entitled to think what you think
But then maybe you should be a little more concerned about yourself…
© Dermot O’Leary 2010
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2. |
Never Been Away
02:53
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NEVER BEEN AWAY
Intro
C / Am / C / Am
Verse 1
C Am
Just when you think that things have changed
Em G
You better look again because they’re still the same
C Am
In spite of all the things you’ve done
Em G
You always return to what feels comfortable
Chorus 1
F G
And tho you took a break
C Am
Tried to make a change
F G
It feels like you’ve never been away
Verse 2
You hoped that with a change of scene
Would come a change within and a new perspective
A new frame to hang your suit upon
A sun to wake you up early in the morn
Chorus 2
But no - inside 3 days
All colours change to grey
It feels like you’ve never been away
Mid
Dm / G / Am / F / F / G / C / Am / F / G / Am / F / F / G
Verse 3
Just when you think that things have changed
You better look again because they’re still the same
In spite of all the things you’ve done
You always return to what feels comfortable
Chorus 3
And tho you took a break
Tried to make a change
Inside 3 days
All colours change to grey
You took a break
And tried to make a change
It still feels like you’ve never been away
Outro
C / Am / C / Am / C / Am / C / Am / C
© Dermot O’Leary 2010
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3. |
Good Days Bad Days
02:56
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GOOD DAYS / BAD DAYS
Verse 1
D# Fm
There are good days and there are bad
Bb G#
Yeh I get down some - not up to it
D# Fm
Sometimes I don’t want to be your friend
Bb G#
But don’t take it personal – it’s just the way I am
Gm Cm
Always on the point of erupting
Fm Bb
It’s best to leave me to deal with it
Gm Cm
I’m so sorry for the way I am
Fm G# D#
But I’ll do my best not to make you upset again
Verse 2
There are good days and there are bad
I’ll life my head up in the morning and already know what’s coming
If only it was as simple as
But it can creep up unexpected and my thoughts they get infected
And I can’t pinpoint what triggers it
Maybe it’s not caused by just one thing
But it happens – yeh that’s the way I am
And I’ll do my best not to let it affect us again
Mid
Cm / Gm / Fm / G# / Bb / Gm / Cm / Fm / G#
D#
Verse 3
There are good days and there are bad
There is pressure and there’s headaches
Gm Cm
And there’s a spiral that goes down to hell
Fm G#
But I’ll do my best yeh to stay at the top
Fm G#
I’ll do my best not to let it affect us
Fm G#
I’ll do my best not to make you upset again
Outro
D#
© Dermot O’Leary 2010
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I WAS YOUNG & I NEEDED THE MONEY
Intro
Am
Verse 1
C
The horse grows tired carrying the load
Em
We stop for a time at the side of the road
Take a drink from the well
Dm
But still it follows
Am C
Not on the run but not going back
Em
No wish to relive all the times that were had
Life goes on
Dm
In spite of the past
Chorus 1
G F C Dm
Yeh I was young and I needed the money
G F C Dm
The things you do when you’re hands are tied
G F C D Dmaj7
Yeh I was young and I needed the money
C Am
The things you do to survive
Verse 2
She swore blind to me she wouldn’t tell anyone
When word got out yeh I was gone
Find somewhere to go
Where the stink won’t follow
But the world is much smaller than I thought
Can’t shake the feeling no matter where I go
People know
So I move on
Chorus 2
Yeh I was young and I needed the money
The things you do when your hands are tied
Yeh I was young and I needed the money
The things you do to survive
Mid
Em / Em / Em / G#m / Gm } x 6
Am / C / Em / Dm
Verse 3
If I could I would I’d take it back
But life has become a living hell
And I’d say to you
What I said to them
Chorus 3
Yeh I was young and I needed the money
The things you do when your hands are tied
Yeh I was young and I needed the money
The things you do when you need to survive
Yeh I was young and I needed the money
When you’re young and in need of the money
You leave your conscience behind
© Dermot O’Leary 2010
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5. |
Your Move
03:59
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YOUR MOVE
Intro
C / A / C / A } x 3
Verse 1
C A C A
Yeh I’ve been watching for a month or so
C A C A
I know you know it coz I’ve sent you notes
F#
I’m just waiting for your signal
F
C’mon and let me know that you know
I call your telephone at least once a night
Tho you don’t always answer you know I’m keeping eye
Been making all of my moves
E
C’mon it’s time that you took your go
Chorus 1
Am
It’s your move
F
It’s time we end this stalemate
E Am
Yeh it’s your move
F
I keep giving you keep taking
E Am
I can only allude to
F
What I really want from you
G
I’m hoping that you’ll want to take me on
Verse 2
I’ve been awaiting your response in kind
Just close your curtains or hang up the line
If you don’t like that I am spying
C’mon and put an end to the show
Chorus 2
It’s your move
It’s time we end this stalemate
Yeh it’s your move
I keep giving you keep taking
I can only allude to
What I really want from you
I’m hoping that you’ll want to take me on
Mid
Am Em D C
I’m so lost, so divorced from my time
Am Em D E
I just want to watch yours from mine
Chorus 3
Am etc..
It’s your move
It’s time we end this stalemate
Yeh it’s your move
I keep giving you keep taking
Don’t you know you amuse me
Keep dancing by the window
I’ll keep hoping that you’ll want to take me on
It’s your move
It’s time we end this stalemate
Yeh it’s your move
I keep giving you keep taking
I can only allude to
What I really want from you
I’m hoping that you’ll want to take me on
Outro
C / A etc..
© Dermot O’Leary 2010
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6. |
To Be Seen
04:56
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TO BE SEEN
Intro
D / C / D / C
Verse 1
D C
Jackie bought her ticket from Paddy The Greek
D C
She paid twice as much as those who had queued up for a week
D C
But she has to go to boost her profile on the scene
D C
She needs to be seen
She’s never heard their music doesn’t own a cd
Of anyone not just these ones, not really her thing
But she has to go, she’s in the know, she’s well clued in
She needs to be seen
Chorus 1
Em G D A
Don’t be the one who doesn’t know what’s going on
Em G D
Stay well informed on that which you should have
A
opinions on
Em G D A
Don’t be yourself yeh be one of the clones
C G Em D
You need to be seen
C G Em D
To be someone – to be seen
C G Em D
Justify your life and be seen
C G Em D
Do what they want and be seen
Verse 2
Jack is captaining the local football team
He’s been dating coach’s daughter since they were 16
Tho he doesn’t love her any more he sticks with it
He needs to be seen
Coach never reveals he had a secret affair
With the centre back from ’71 – the one with the red hair
If the locals knew he’d lose his job he’d lose the team
He needs to be seen
Chorus 2
Don’t be yourself yeh be one of the team
Don’t tell a soul what you’re really thinking
Upset no-one and keep playing diplomacy
You need to be seen
To be someone – to be seen
Keep the status quo and be seen
Do what they want and be seen
Mid
Em / Em 7 } x 8
Verse 3
Billy won’t admit that he hates all of their guts
But he goes online to vent his spleen and spit out his thoughts
Coz his blog is called “You Know That I Hate Everyone”
He needs to be seen
His readership’s increasing more and more each day
And they post their comments every time he has his say
Even if they don’t agree they still appease
They need to be seen
Maintain what seems
Not what is
Outro
D / C to fade etc..
© Dermot O’Leary 2010
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7. |
Rhino Skin
02:44
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RHINO SKIN
Verse 1
Em
I wish that I had rhino skin
G
Keep out the hurt keep me within
A
Protect all of the nerve endings
C D
Impervious to everything
Em
I wish that I had eagles’ wings
G
I’d flee the nest for days on end
A
Get lost above the vales and glens
C D
Return when we agree again
Change
A
I wish that I could deal with it
C
And not retreat from all conflict
A
Give as good as I get
C D
I wish that I could take the hit
Verse 2
I wish I was an activist
Likes a fight, yeh relishes
The thought of taking on the man
No fear of standing up to him
I wish that I could stand my ground
Instead of always backing down
Allowing those with ‘more to say’
To always get their stupid way
Change
I wish I felt less apathy
But I don’t care what people think
One day I’ll learn that I have been
The man who wished his life away
Mid
Em / Bm / A / C / D
Em / C / G / A / C / Bm
Verse 3
I wish that I had rhino skin
Protecting all the nerve endings
Making me less sensitive
And giving me more confidence
I wish I didn’t wish so much
A man of deed not just of thought
I think I’d have a lot to say
But I’m the man who wished his life away
© Dermot O’Leary 2010
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8. |
Flyspray
03:01
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FLYSPRAY
Verse 1
C G Am Am7
Flies pray that flyspray won’t get them in the end
C G Am Am7
And I pray that I may be spared from a similar death
F G Em Am
On my back, limbs flailing, my world spinning round,
Dm G
Life flashing before my eyes
Verse 2
Life in the window yeh soaking up the sun
Might seem to be wanted all along
But you should be flying out in the open air
And not waiting for the spray to come
Mid
Dm
Look out for the spider’s web
G
You will get caught
Dm
Watch out for the spider’s web
G
It’ll take your soul
C Am Dm
Oh do you want to live at all
G
You will get caught
Dm
Watch out for the spider’s web
G
It’ll take your soul
C Am G / G7
Oh do you want to live at all
Verse 3
Why wait for flyspray to get you in the end
Try take the highway away from the windowsill
Find a big open meadow with grass that’s green and long
And border streams that go on and on
OutroG
On and on and on and on and on and on and on and on
On and on and on and on and on and on and on and on
On and on and on and on and on and on and on and on
On and on and on and on and on and on and on and on
C
….and on.
© Dermot O’Leary 2010
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BACKYARD (WE DON’T NEED EVERYTHING)
Intro
G / C / G / C
Verse 1
G C G C
Take all the things we don’t need anymore to the
G C
backyard
G C G C G
Possessions that we can’t find a use for that just sit
C
there
Em C G
Clothes that won’t fit or have gone out of style
Em C G
We both lost our passion for fashion a while back
Am C G / C etc
And now we don’t need everything
Verse 2
It’s time that we emptied out every drawer and then looked hard
We don’t want, we don’t need all the things that we’ve hoarded for so long
Keep all the things that keep memories alive
But throw out the ones we forgot why we kept them
Oh no we don’t need everything
Mid
D7 Am Bm D
We can sort all of it into what is or isn’t broken
D7 Am
We’ll give what we can to the charity shops
Bm D
And the rest… we’ll dump it or burn it
Verse 3
Watch as the flames rise up into the sky in the backyard
This fire is a farewell, a final goodbye to that which we don’t want
Burn all the letters from lovers of old
Burn any bad memory leaves you feeling cold
Oh you know we don’t need everything
Outro
G / C / G / C / G / C / G / C / G
© Dermot O’Leary 2010
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10. |
Goodbye Cruel World
05:21
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GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD
Intro
F / Am / F / Am
Verse 1
F Am
The waves lap at my feet
Dm
Coming in for me
Bb
To take me out to sea
F Am
But my instinct to survive
Dm
Will keep me well alive
Bb
And make me swim back in
Change
C Dm
Much as I try to
G
I can’t find the right move
C
To do myself in
Dm
Much as I’d like to
G
Say ‘Goodbye Cruel World’
C C7 F
I’m still here
Verse 2
I thought that I’d be gone
When I was twenty-one
But I stuck with it
Some subconscious force of will
Has made me stop and made me feel
That I’m not ready yet
Change
Much as I try I
Can’t find the right time
To do myself in
Much as I’d like to
Say ‘Goodbye Cruel World’
I’m still here
Mid
A Fsharpm
I had a dream once
Bm
It didn’t come true but
E
Maybe it will
A Fsharpm
And maybe this dream is
B E A
The reason I can’t go through with it
Verse 3
A Csharpm
The waves come up to my knees
Fsharpm
To drag me further in
D
And take me out to sea
A Csharpm
I say ‘Do your worst my friends
Fsharpm
And I’ll just float back in again
D
It’s my destiny!’
Change
E Fsharpm
‘Cause much as I’ve tried to
B
It mustn’t be right to
E
Do myself in
Fsharpm
Yeh much as I’d like to
B
Say ‘Goodbye Cruel World’
E A
I’m still here
© Dermot O’Leary 2010
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