Category Archives: Dawes

When My Time Comes

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Chords and lyrics for When My Time Comes by Dawes

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There were moments of dreams I was offered to sav
A 
e
E 
I live less like a workhorse, more like a slave
A 
C#m 
I thought that one quick moment  
 
that
 
was noble or brace
 
Would be wo
A 
rth the most of my life.
 
F#m 
And now the only piece of advice that continues to
B 
help:
C#m 
Is anyone that’s making anyth
A 
ing 
 
 
 
new only breaks something e
 
lse.
 
E 
When 
 
m
A 
y time come
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s,

Time Spent In Los Angeles

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Chords and lyrics for Time Spent In Los Angeles by Dawes

D 
these days  
F#m 
my friends don’t seem to know me
 
without my  
C/G 
suitcase in my hand
G 
 
and wh
D 
en I am standing still
F#m 
 
I se
C/G 
em to dis
G 
appear
 
but maybe  
D 
that’s how I found
F#m 
you
 
maybe that’s taught me
C/G 
exactly
G 
what I want
 
maybe meeting you so  
D 
far away fro
F#m 
m 
 
home
 
is what makes it all s
C/G 
o 
 
clear
A 
 
but
G 
you got th
D 
at special  
Am7 
kind of sadness
 
you got that  
G 
tragic set of  
D 
charms
Am7 
 
that onl
Em 
y comes from tim
Bm 
e spent in Los Angeles
 
makes me
A 
w
G 
anna 
 
wra
D 
p you in my arms
 
when people  
D 
ask me wh
F#m 
ere I come from
 
to see what
C/G 
that says about
G 
man
 
I only end up  
D 
giving 
 
ba
F#m 
d 
 
directions
 
that never lead them there at  
C/G 
all
G 
 
it’s something  
D 
written
F#m 
in the head lights
 
it is som
C/G 
ething swimming in my
G 
drink
 
and if I were the  
D 
moon
F#m 
 
it’d be exactly where I  
C/G 
fall
A 
 
you got
G 
that special k
D 
ind of sa
Am7 
dness
 
you got that  
G 
tragic set of  
D 
charms
Am7 
 
that only
Em 
comes from tim
Bm 
e spent in Los Angeles
 
makes me
A 
w
G 
anna 
 
w
D 
rap you in my arms
 
D 
I used to t
F#m 
hink someone would love me
 
for  
C/G 
places I have been
G 
 
and the  
D 
dirt I have been gathering
F#m 
 
deep beneath my  
C/G 
nails
G 
 
but now I  
D 
know what I’ve been missing
F#m 
 
and I’m going  
C/G 
home to make it mine
G 
 
and I’ll be  
D 
battening the hatches  
F#m 
 
and pulling in the  
C/G 
sails.
A 
 
you got
G 
that special k
D 
ind of sa
Am7 
dness
 
you got that  
G 
tragic set of  
D 
charms
Am7 
 
that only
Em 
comes from tim
Bm 
e spent in Los Angeles
 
makes me
A 
w
G 
anna wrap you in my arms

That Western Skyline

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Chords and lyrics for That Western Skyline by Dawes

A 
Oh, Lou- I’d like to  
Bm 
let you know…  
D 
that I do not feel  
A 
welcome
 
And all this is where her hear
Bm 
t resides… we
D 
met in California
A 
 
D 
Well how I curse that western  
A 
skyline
D 
And yet I thanked it for my  
A 
start
D 
Oh Lou, though my  
A 
dreams did  
D 
not come  
Bm 
true… 
 
 
D 
no they only came a
A 
part
 
C#m 
Ohhhh, 
 
 
A 
oh 
 
 
E 
oh 
 
 
A 
oh 
 
 
D 
oh
C#m 
Ohhhh, 
 
 
A 
oh 
 
 
E 
oh 
 
 
A 
oh 
 
 
E 
oh
C#m 
Ohhhh, 
 
 
A 
oh 
 
 
E 
oh 
 
 
A 
oh 
 
 
D 
oh
C#m 
Ohhhh, 
 
 
A 
oh 
 
 
E 
oh 
 
 
A 
oh 
 
 
E 
oh

Take Me Out Of The City

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Chords and lyrics for Take Me Out Of The City by Dawes

 
Intro:  
C 
C*  
C 
 
C 
Take me out of the city,
C 
 
Where my shadow can  
G 
roam
 
Let me breath in the morn
Dm 
ing
F 
 
Let my way be my h
C 
ome
 
C 
I feel my reflec
Am 
tion 
 
s
F 
lide along the  
C 
eyes that march me  
F 
past
F 
I found my direc
Am 
tion 
 
h
F 
igh up close to
C 
sun that I’ve kept to m
F 
y 
 
back.
 
Am 
 
F 
 
C 
 
F 
Am 
 
F 
 
C 
 
F 
 
C 
 
C 
Take me out of the city
C 
 
Where my shadow can roa
G 
m
 
Let me breath in the mornin
Dm 
g
F 
 
Let my way be my home
C 
.

So Well

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Chords and lyrics for So Well by Dawes

Em 
I am an
Asus4 
ol
A 
d old sailor
 
With a  
C 
future much  
G 
shorter than his  
C 
past
 
I live a
Em 
lone, I do no
Asus4 
t 
 
w
A 
ander
 
A world
C 
that just s
G 
lips further from my g
C 
rasp
 
G 
And she does
Em 
it 
 
s
 
o well
 
She  
C 
pulls me out of  
G 
times 
 
crue
Em 
l 
 
sp
 
ell
 
For  
C 
long enough to  
G 
finally 
 
te
Em 
ll
 
C 
That nothing is wrong
G 
C 
G 

Peace In The Valley

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Chords and lyrics for Peace In The Valley by Dawes

C 
I think these walls have a mes
G 
sage or have chan
D 
ged
 
Which it is I can’t deci
C 
de.
C 
So I leave with the
G 
writer that remains
D 
 
And let him tell me what his better days were lik
C 
e.
 
C 
And our actor ends his love son
D 
g
 
A
G 
nd all these lovers sit and st
C 
are.
C 
If I don’t find peace in the vall
G 
e
 
It’s cause there wasn’t any ther
D 
e.
Am 
C 

North Hills

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Chords and lyrics for North Hills by Dawes

C 
 
Em 
 
G 
 
C 
 
A 
 
G 
 
Gsus 
 
G 
(picked)
 
G 
Oh, Lou- I’d like t
A 
o let you know  
C 
that I do not feel welco
G 
me.
C/G 
G 
G 
All the birds, the trees, the falling  
A 
snow
C 
No they were not made for me
G 
.
G 
And all this is where her heart re
A 
sides
C 
; we met in California
G 
G 
She saw cities, promise reaching through my ey
A 
es
C 
And she turned her self awa
G 
y
 
C 
Well how I curse that western skylin
G 
e.
C 
And yet I thanked it for my start
G 
.
C 
Oh 
 
lou
G 
, though my dreams did not come t
C 
rue; 
 
n
A 
o they only came apar
G 
t.
 
D 
Ohhh
Em 
h, 
 
 
D 
oh 
 
oh
Em 
oh
C 
oh
D 
Ohhh
Em 
h, 
 
o
D 
h oh  
C 
oh 
 
 
D 
oh
D 
Ohhh
Em 
h, 
 
 
D 
oh 
 
oh
Em 
oh
C 
oh
D 
Ohhh
Em 
h, 
 
o
D 
h 
 
oh
C 
oh 
 
 
D 
oh

My Way Back Home

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Chords and lyrics for My Way Back Home by Dawes

 
That was  
G 
not there befor
D 
e
 
D 
If I can pla
G 
ce it all tog
D 
ether
D 
Make out the  
G 
nature of the
D 
call
D 
I start to feel the lo
G 
ve and the si
D 
lence
D 
That was always at t
G 
he root of it
D 
all
 
Em/G 
And in my constant quest for
D 
truth
Em/G 
I am condemned to fact
D 
s 
 
alone
G 
And though my dreams all
Em 
lead 
 
m
 
e nowhere
Em/G 
I wont forget
A 
my way back  
D 
home
 
D 
Ooh Oooh Oo
Am 
h Ooh  
G 
Ooh 
 
Ooh..
D 
…
 
G 
I admit that these answers t
D 
hat I seek
C 
Are all to questions Ive neve
D 
r 
 
known
G 
But I pray to keep on loo
Em 
king 
 
 
G 
for as long as I can r
Em 
oam
G 
And when the world finally fu
Em 
lfills 
 
me
 
I will not forg
A 
et my way back  
D 
home

My Girl To Me

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Chords and lyrics for My Girl To Me by Dawes

E 
 
Go ahe
B 
ad and let your  
A 
hands stay entwine
E 
d,
 
I swea
B 
r I could not  
A 
possibly 
 
mind.
E 
B 
And when she lets down her guar
A 
d,
B 
Don’t kiss her too h
A 
ard.
 
S
E 
he’s sure to  
 
repay in ki
 
nd.
 
A 
And I won
E 
‘t cross the  
 
line you dr
 
ew
A 
Cause 
 
I
E 
‘m not her
 
e to compet
 
e
B 
Oh and I don’t know what she tells  
F#m7 
you,
 
But she’s still my girl to me
E 
.

Moon In The Water

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Chords and lyrics for Moon In The Water by Dawes

E 
 
F#m 
 
B 
 
E 
 
E 
When the wind i
F#m 
s with with  
B 
but somehow out of si
E 
ght
 
n
E 
ot knowing where  
A 
it comes from but where i
E 
t 
 
goes
E 
that’s the way yo
F#m 
ur memory sh
B 
apes the middle of my
E 
nights
 
s
E 
ince the last ti
A 
me I saw you and the words you ch
E 
ose
 
F#m 
when I said this m
B 
ust be what love is like I
A 
saw it in a
E 
dream
 
you look
A 
ed into my eyes and said you don’t know what
B 
you 
 
mean
A 
cause love is  
B 
for the fishermen who  
E 
cast his nets too far upstre
A 
am
A 
fishing for the  
B 
moon in the wat
E 
er
 
A 
so I left her with her dreams where I thou
E 
gh that she belonged
A 
now with my secrets which she heard but sheneve
E 
r 
 
knew
 
i hope my loneliness finds p
B7 
eace
 
I hope my numb
C#m 
er had been drawn wh
A 
en all i wanted from her was to rem
B 
ind me of you