Friday, September 30, 2016

Wait For It - Hamilton (Leslie Odom Jr.)

One of my favorite songs from the musical!  Continuing the series I started a while back of finding the notes for the Hamilton songs that contained minimal rap verses in them :)

o --> octave jump

FFFF           F       F  F   FF     FF     F
Theodosia writes me a letter every day
FF           F     F      F     F        F     FF        F    FF
Keeping her bed warm while her husband is away
F      F  Eb   FEb      F   Eb   FEb
He's on the British side of Georgia
F       FF      F    F       FFF    Gb  F
He's tryna keep the colonies in line
Db  F   Eb   F     Eb Db  DbDb
But he can keep all of Georgia
DbDbFF    Ab    FEbDb
Theodosia she's mine

F         FF       FFEbEb
Love doesn't discriminate
EbEb     Eb    EbEb   Eb Eb    Eb
Between the sinners and the saints
Ab Eb   Ab Ab Eb     Ab Ab Eb
It takes, and it takes, and it takes
Eb   F    F       FF      FEbEb
But we keep loving anyway
Ab  Eb     Ab Ab  Eb  Ab  Ab  Eb   Ab  Ab  Eb    Ab    AbEb
We laugh and we cry and we break and we make our mistakes
Db  Db  Db  Eb  FAb   F   F    Eb  F       Db  Db DbDb   Eb    F
And if there's a reason I'm by her side when so  many   have tried
Db    F      FF      F    F    Eb Eb
Then I'm willing to wait for it
F     FF       F    F   Eb Eb   F  Eb  Eb
I'm willing to wait for it, wait for it

Db    FFF            F   F   F   F       FF            FF
My grandfather was a fire and brimstone preacher
Db   F     Eb    F         F   F     FFF          F   F           F       F     F
But there are things that the homilies and hymns won't teach ya
Db    FEb    F   Eb   FEb
My mother was a genius
Db   FF          FFF           GbF
My father commanded respect
F         Eb     F      F     F  Eb   DbEbDb
When they died they left no instructions
Db Db  FFF  F    FFEb
Just a legacy to protect

F          FF        FFEbEb
Death doesn't discriminate
EbEb      Eb   EbEb  Eb  Eb    Eb
Between the sinners and the saints
Ab  Eb     Ab Ab Eb    Ab Ab  Eb
It    takes, and it takes, and it takes
Ab   F     F       FF      FEbEb
And we keep living anyway
Ab Eb   Ab Ab  Eb  Ab Ab   Eb    Ab Ab   Eb   Ab   AbEb
We rise and we fall and we break and we make our mistakes
Db  Db  Db   Eb  FAb  Db   Db  EbF
And if there's a reason I'm still alive
Ab       DbDbDb Ab   Db   Db  Eb   F
When everyone who loves me has died
F       FF     F    F    Eb Eb
I'm willing to wait for it
F       FF     F   F     Eb Eb
I'm willing to wait for it

F       Eb Eb  F    Eb Eb  F   Eb  Eb  Bb Ab Ab
(Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it)
Ab Eb Eb  Eb   Eb   Eb Eb  F  Eb   DbF
I    am the one thing in life   I can control
F       Eb Eb  F    Eb Eb  F   Eb  Eb  Bb Ab Ab
(Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it)
Ab Eb  EbEbEbEbEb Eb  Eb Eb FEbDbEbDb
I    am inimitable,        I   am an   original
F       Eb Eb  F    Eb Eb  F   Eb  Eb  Bb Ab Ab
(Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it)
Ab  Eb  EbEb  EbEb   F   EbDb    F
I'm not falling behind or running late
F       Eb Eb  F    Eb Eb  F   Eb  Eb  Bb Ab Ab
(Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it)
Ab  Eb   EbEb     Eb Eb  Eb AbAb oAb  F
I'm not standing still, I   am lying    in    wait

AbEbEb  EbEb Eb  EbF    EbDb   FEbDb
Hamilton faces an endless uphill climb
Ab Eb   EbEb       Eb  Eb    Ab Eb   EbEb  Db  EbDb
He has something to prove, he has nothing to lose
AbEbEb      Eb  Eb EbEbF     F      Eb   Db  FDb
Hamilton's pace is relentless, he wastes no time
Ab   Ab Ab  Ab  Gb  Gb    F
What is   it   like in    his shoes

BbBbBb  BbBb   BbAbAb
Hamilton doesn't hesitate
Ab  AbAbGb F  GbAb
He exhibits   no restraint
Db  Ab     Db Db  Ab    Db  Db  Ab
He takes, and he takes, and he takes
Db  Bb  Bb      BbBb     BbAbAb
And he keeps winning anyway
AbF        Gb   Ab    Ab    F   Gb  AbF  Gb   Ab
Changes the game, plays and he raises the stakes
F    Bb  Bb   Bb BbBb Bb   Bb   Bb Bb      Bb   Bb Bb   BbBb
And if there's a reason he seems to thrive when so few survive
Bb     Bb    BbBb   Bb  BbBb Bb   Bb Ab Ab
Then God dammit I'm willing to wait for it
Bb  BbBb  Bb F    Db  Ab
I'm willing to wait for it

F        FF       FFEbEb
Life doesn't discriminate
EbEb      Eb   EbEb  Eb  Eb    Eb
Between the sinners and the saints
Ab  Eb     Ab Ab Eb    Ab Ab  Eb
It    takes, and it takes, and it takes
Ab   F     F       FF      FEbEb
And we keep living anyway
Ab Eb   Ab Ab  Eb  Ab Ab   Eb    Ab Ab   Eb   Ab   AbEb
We rise and we fall and we break and we make our mistakes
Ab   Eb                        Ab  Ab   GbFEbDb
(We rise)                     (and we fall)
Db  Db  Db   Eb  FAb  Db   Db  EbF
And if there's a reason I'm still alive
Db      F    FF    Eb     FEb
When so many have died
Db     F       FF     F
Then I'm willing to
F       F   F
Wait for it

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

White Ferrari by Frank Ocean

This track is my personal favorite off of his new album Blonde, but please feel free to request any Frank Ocean song because any one of his masterpieces is worth the work :)

C      E    G   A   A     G    E
Bad luck to talk on these rides
C       E   G    A
Mind on the road
E         AGA  E       C     D      E        C
Your dilated eyes watch the clouds float
E          CDE
White Ferrari
D    C   E       D
Had a good time
CE   C     D   E    CD      E     C       DEC
(16: how was I supposed to know anything?)
C  E    G    A  E    AGE
I   let you out at Central
E DG    E    E    AG A     E
I didn't care to state the plain
C      D       E       C
Kept my mouth closed
EC        C   A   GCA
We're both so familiar
E          CDE
White Ferrari

G      B    A
Stick by me
DE     A   G
Close by me
C     E      D
You will find
C       E    D    E
You will find me
C   C    D   DE   AG
Is this the slow body?
F        F    F   FF    A     C
Left when I forgot to speak
B  B  B   D    BA        BD     BA
So I text the speech, lesser speeds
BD       BA     G
Texas speeds, yes
BD     B     A  BD B   A
Base takes its toll on me
BDBA         BDBA       G
Eventually, eventaully, yes
G BA    BDBA       BDBA     G
I only eventually, eventually, yes

F  F    G    D    C    E   F  G     EED
I care for you still and I will forever
F      G      D    C   E   F    G      ED
That was my part of the deal, honest
E    C    A  GCA
We got so familiar
GG            D    C    E   F    G
Spending each day of the year,
E          CDE
White Ferrari
E         C
Good times
G   C   CA  GE
In this life, life
D   D   DC  AE
In this life, life

E      G    GG    G
One too many years
E         AG        GG      E E     AG
Some tattooed eyelids on a facelift
G        GG   GE    E   AG
Mind over matter is magic
E E   AG
I do magic
D  E     E       ED  C C    ED  C  E     D   C    E     D  
If you think about it it's over in no time the best life

G      EDCB CB  AG
Ooh, oooh, ooh, ooh
D     E      E      GD  D   DDE    EGA
I'm sure we're taller in another dimension
D     E     E       G      D    D    E       E    GA
You say we're small and not worth the mention
D         E     E    GD       D     E      GA
You're tired of movin', your body's achin'
D    E         EG    D        DE   E    G
We could vaca, there's places to go
DE         E   GE  D    E    G    A
Clearly this isn't all that there is
D       D       E        D     GA
Can't take what's been given
D      D    E    EG    D       D      ED    D
But we're so okay here, we're doing fine
DE       D      GD
Primal and naked
D        E     E    G      D    D    E  E    GA
You dream of walls that hold us in prison
D   E    E    G      D     D     E        D    G  D
It's just a skull, least that's what they call it
D       D     E    D    G
And we're free to roam

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

All I Wanted by Paramore

This is my favorite song at the moment, and old Paramore is the best Paramore :)

D       E   F#   D       E       F#
Think of me when you're out
D          E      F#    D
When you're out there
D   D    E     F#   D     E     F#
I'll beg you nice from my knees
D        D     E    F#       D      E   F#   D    C#B
And when the world treats you way too fairly
D      D E    F#    D    E  F#
Well it's a shame I'm a dream

F# F# F#A     D   C#
All I wanted was you
F# F# F#A     D   C#ED
All I wanted was you

D  D     E   F#    D    EF#D    E  F#    D
I think I'll pace my apartment a few times
D      D   EF#    D    E   F#
And fall asleep on the couch
D       E  F#D  E   F#    F#     D      C#B
Wake up early to black and white reruns
D      EF#       D    E     F#
That escape from my mouth

F# F# F#A     D   C#A
All I wanted was you
F# F# F#A     D   C#ED
All I wanted was you
F# F# F#A     D   C#A
All I wanted was you
F# F# F#A     D   C#ED
All I wanted was you

D   E     F#D     E  F#  D    EF#D
I could follow you to the beginning
D   E    F#EF#  A    F#
Just to relive    the start
DE        F#    D     EF#F#     D   C#     B
Maybe then we'd remember to slow down
D  D  E   F#    DE       F#
At all of our favorite parts

F# F# F#A     D   C#ED
All I wanted was you
F# F# F#A     D   C#A
All I wanted was you
F# F# F#A     D   C#ED
All I wanted was you
D  D   DA     F#  F#BA
All I wanted was you
F# F# F#A     D   C#ED
All I wanted was you

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Cold Water (feat. Justin Bieber and MØ) by Major Lazer

C#C#C#C# C#   D         AA          E      E
Everybody gets high sometimes, you know
C#      C#  C#  C# C#     B       A     C#E     C#
What else can we do    when we're feeling low?
A   F#   E  F#    C#     C#  B  A A
So take a deep breath and let it go
A        AB      C#  C#B        B     A     B
You shouldn't be drowning on your own

A    C# E    F#   G#       F#E
And if you feel you're sinking
B A      B     C#    BA F#E  B      C#    BA   E   C#B
I will jump right over into cold, cold water for you
A      C#E        F#   G#    F#  E  C#A  BC#        BA
And although time may take us into different places
F# E    B  C#   BA      E    C#B
I will still be patient with you
A  C#     B    A    B
And I hope you know

C#   B     A  A
I    won't let go
C#  B      A     AB      C#C#
I'll   be your lifeline tonight
C#   B    A    A
I    won't let go
C#   B    A      AB     C#C#
I'll   be your lifeline tonight

C#      C#  C# C#    D       AA          A    ABC#
Cause we all   get lost sometimes, you know?
C#  C#   C#  D      D   D    E     C#
It's how we learn and how we grow
A    F#  EF#  C#    B    A   C# E   C#
And I wanna lay with you 'til I'm old
B        BA       C#   BA    A      E    A
You shouldn't be fighting on your own

A    C# E    F#   G#       F#E
And if you feel you're sinking
B A      B     C#    BA F#E  B      C#    BA   E   C#B
I will jump right over into cold, cold water for you
A      C#E        F#   G#    F#  E  C#A  BC#        BA
And although time may take us into different places
F# E    B  C#   BA      E    C#B
I will still be patient with you
A  C#     B    A    B
And I hope you know

C#  B      A  A   C# E  E      E   E   E    E   C#  E   C#  E
I    won't let go (No I won't let go, no, no, no, no, no, no)
C#  B      A     AB      C#C#
I'll   be your lifeline tonight
C#   B    A    A
I    won't let go
C#   B    A      AB     C#C#
I'll   be your lifeline tonight

E       F#     E    F#
Come on, come on
F#     E   C#     B   C#E       C#
Save me from my rocking boat
F#  E     C#  B  C#     EC#
I   just want to stay afloat
C#  B    AB
I'm all alone
A    E  F#    E   F#
And I hope, I hope
F#E             C#B  C#     E   C#
Someone's gonna take me home
F#E           C# B   C#   E    C#
Somewhere I can rest my soul
C# B   A  B
I need to know

C#      B    A   A C# E  E      E   E   E    E   C#  E   C#  E
You won't let go (I won't let go, no, no, no, no, no, no)
C#  B      A     AB      C#C#
I'll   be your lifeline tonight
C#   B    A    A
You won't let go
C#  B      A     AB      C#C#
I'll   be your lifeline tonight

C#   B    A    A
I    won't let go
C#   B    A    A
I    won't let go





Bittersweet Tragedy by Melanie Martinez

This was a request :) (but I encourage everyone to try this song; it sounds gorgeous on flute!)

E         G#    F#       F#  F# E   C#E     C#
Sweet boy straight out of the movie screen
ED#      D#    C#     C#B        G#
Candy hearts and chocolate dreams
E G# F#    F#     EF# E    C#E       C#
I met my prince upon a popcorn bowl
C#  E     D#  D#   C#  C# B  G#
He held my heart and let   it go
E     G#    F#F#  E   C#E         C#
Ice cream upon   a summer's day
C# E D#       D#C#    C#B     G#
Beginning sweetness never stays

E G#         F#     E     F#     C#  E    C#
Melting through the cracks in my hands
C#    E   D#   D# C#  C# B   G# B C# E G#
I    guess I    held on for too long 

G#  F#EF#  F#     E      F#EF#           F#EF#    F# E C# E G#
I'm   done   with your bittersweet, bittersweet      tragedy
C# G#  F#EF#   F#     E     F#E   F#  EF#
It's no   fun,      when I'm sitting all alone
E         F#    G# F#   E  C# E G#
You're right in front of     me
E      B     F#    F#     E      F#EF#         F#EF#      F# E C# E G#
And I'm done with your bittersweet, bittersweet      tragedy
C# G#  F#EF#   F#     E     F#E   F#  EF#
It's no   fun,      when I'm sitting all alone
E         F#    G#   F#   E  C#    E        F#  G#  F#  E  C#
You're right  in front of me (you're right in front of me)

E       G#    F#E   F#EC#  E   C#
You speak sour lemonade to me
C#    ED#   D#   C#  C#  B  G#
The bitter taste won't let me be
E      G#  F#    EF#       E  C# E   C#
One kiss was supposed to be so sweet
C# E   D#      D#C#    C#  B     G#
But I found grapefruit in your teeth
E      G#   F#  F#   E     F#E  C# E C#
Old gum   is   all you'll ever be to me
C#  E     D#  D# C#   C#    B    G#   
I     spit you out and brush my teeth

E G#         F#     E     F#     C#  E    C#
Melting through the cracks in my hands
C#    E   D#   D# C#  C# B   G# B C# E G#
I    guess I    held on for too long

G#  F#EF#  F#     E      F#EF#           F#EF#    F# E C# E G#
I'm   done   with your bittersweet, bittersweet      tragedy
C# G#  F#EF#   F#     E     F#E   F#  EF#
It's no   fun,      when I'm sitting all alone
E         F#    G# F#   E  C# E G#
You're right in front of     me
E      B     F#    F#     E      F#EF#         F#EF#      F# E C# E G#
And I'm done with your bittersweet, bittersweet      tragedy
C# G#  F#EF#   F#     E     F#E   F#  EF#
It's no   fun,      when I'm sitting all alone
E         F#    G#   F#   E  C#    E        F#  G#  F#  E  C#
You're right  in front of me (you're right in front of me)

G# F#    E    E      D# E C#
Enough of your bittersweet
 G#    F#E   D#   E    F#
Your sugar rots my teeth
G#     F#   E   D# E C#
Clogs up my arteries
G#     D# D# E    C# C# C#  G#F#G#F#G#
Your bittersweet shit is   a    tragedy

G#  F#EF#  F#     E      F#EF#           F#EF#    F# E C# E G#
I'm   done   with your bittersweet, bittersweet      tragedy
C# G#  F#EF#   F#     E     F#E   F#  EF#
It's no   fun,      when I'm sitting all alone
E         F#    G# F#   E  C# E G#
You're right in front of     me
E      B     F#    F#     E      F#EF#         F#EF#      F# E C# E G#
And I'm done with your bittersweet, bittersweet      tragedy
C# G#  F#EF#   F#     E     F#E   F#  EF#
It's no   fun,      when I'm sitting all alone
E         F#    G#   F#   E  C#    E        F#  G#  F#  E  C#      E      F#  G# F#    E  C#
You're right  in front of me (you're right in front of me, you're right in front of me)


Sunday, August 28, 2016

Heathens by Twenty One Pilots

B    C     B        G     BC        B    G   E
All my friends are heathens take it slow
B      C    B      G  B   C     B     G       E
Wait for them to ask you who you know
E         D       C       ED   CE    EB
Please don't make any sudden moves
E      D       C      E    D   C  C     EEB
You don't know the half of the abuse

B    C     B        G     BC        B    G   E
All my friends are heathens take it slow
B      C    B      G  B   C     B     G       E
Wait for them to ask you who you know
E         D       C       ED   CE    EB
Please don't make any sudden moves
E      D       C      E    D   C  C     EEB
You don't know the half of the abuse

BB         B   B    A     A    AA
Welcome to the room of people
A       A       A      A   AA     A     A     A       G    E  
Who have rooms of people that they loved one day
A            GE
Docked away
B       BA       A    A         A     A    A  A     A
Just because we checked our guns at the door
AA         A     A       A      G      E         E    A        GE
Doesn't mean our brains will change from hand grenades

B         BB      B     B      BBA          AA    A    G  G
You'll never know the psychopath sitting next to you
B         BB      B     B       BBA     AA      A   G   G
You'll never know the murderer sitting next to you
B          B          B    B D    B         BB   A   G   F#
You'll think "How'd I get here, sitting next to you?"
B      BB  A   G    F#
But after all I've said
B          A       GF#
Please don't forget

B    C     B        G     BC        B    G   E
All my friends are heathens take it slow
B      C    B      G  B   C     B     G       E
Wait for them to ask you who you know
E         D       C       ED   CE    EB
Please don't make any sudden moves
E      D       C      E    D   C  C     EEB
You don't know the half of the abuse

A      G      A   A      GGF#     GF#   G
We don't deal with outsiders very well
A       G      AGG        G    F#  GF#    G
They say newcomers have a certain smell
A      B      A     BA     B  A     BE  
You have trust issues not to mention
B       A    B     B     A      A      BBE
They say they can smell your intentions

B         BB    B      B        BA          AA     A   G   G
You'll never know the freakshow sitting next to you
B         B       B       B       BA     AA      A   G   G
You'll have some weird people sitting next to you
B        B          B      B  D    B       BB     A   G   F#
You'll think, "How'd I get here, sitting next to you?"
B      BB  A   G    F#
But after all I've said
B          A       GF#
Please don't forget
E         E       E   E
(Watch it, watch it)

B    C     B        G     BC        B    G   E
All my friends are heathens take it slow
B      C    B      G  B   C     B     G       E
Wait for them to ask you who you know
E         D       C       ED   CE    EB
Please don't make any sudden moves
E      D       C      E    D   C  C     EEB
You don't know the half of the abuse

E    E       E       E      EE         E   E    E
All my friends are heathens take it slow
E          E
(Watch it)
E       E     E    E   E   E      E     E      E
Wait for them to ask you who you know
E          E
(Watch it)
E          E    E        E    G      AA       A    G   E
Please, all my friends are heathens take it slow
E          E
(Watch it)
E       E     E    E   E   E     E     E       E
Wait for them to ask you who you know

B          C       B      G   B        C      B        G      E
Why'd you come, you knew you should have stayed
(It's blasphemy)
G B    C   B      G    B    C  B    GE
I tried to warn you just to stay away
E       D    C            ED      CC   B    B
And now they're outside ready to bust
E   D      C      E    D     C   C   B   B
It looks like you might be one of us


Saturday, April 30, 2016

This Is What You Came For by Calvin Harris feat. Rihanna

EA      A  A  A      A       A    G
Baby, this is what you came for...
EA               A        AA   A      G     G
(Lightning strikes every time she moves)
D       EDED           EG        E
And everybody's watching her
C     C       CC      D GA  CA  D
But she's looking at you, oh, oh...
GA   CA CDE    GA  CA  D
You, oh,   oh,      you, oh, oh
GA   CA  CDE  GA CD  D
You, oh, oh,      you, oh, oh
GA    CA CDED CDED
(You, oh,    oh,       oh)

EA      A  A     A    A      A     G
Baby, this is what you came for
EA            A        AA   A     G     G
Lighting strikes every time she moves
A       BABA            BA      C
And everybody's watching her
C     C       CC      D GA  CA  D
But she's looking at you, oh, oh...
GA   CA CDE    GA  CA  D
You, oh,   oh,      you, oh, oh
GA   CA  CDE  GA CD  D
You, oh, oh,      you, oh, oh
GA    CA CDED CDED
(You, oh,    oh,       oh)

GA    CA D   GA CA  CDE
(You, oh, oh, you, oh, oh)
GA    CA D   GA CA  CDE
(You, oh, oh, you, oh, oh)
GA    CA  D   GA CA CDED  CDED
(You, oh, oh, you,  oh,    oh,     oh)

E     A   A   A   A     A      GG
We go fast 'til they can't replay
E         A       A    A   AA  A    G    G
Who knows why it's gotta be this way
F     E     DD       D     D      C    D
We say nothing more than we need
E A      A     A         A     G     G
I say "your place" when we leave

EA      A  A     A    A      A     G
Lightning, this is what you came for
EA            A        AA   A     G     G
Lightning strikes every time she moves
A       BABA            BA      C
And everybody's watching her
C     C       CC      D GA  CA  D
But she's looking at you, oh, oh...
GA   CA CDE    GA  CA  D
You, oh,   oh,      you, oh, oh
GA   CA  CDE  GA CD  D
You, oh, oh,      you, oh, oh
GA    CA CDED CDED
(You, oh,    oh,       oh)

GA    CA D   GA CA  CDE
(You, oh, oh, you, oh, oh)
GA    CA D   GA CA  CDE
(You, oh, oh, you, oh, oh)
GA    CA  D   GA CA CDED  CDED
(You, oh, oh, you,  oh,    oh,     oh)

EA      A  A  A      A       A    G
Baby, this is what you came for...
EA               A        AA   A      G     G
(Lightning strikes every time she moves)
BABC
Yeah

EA      A  A     A    A      A     G
Lightning, this is what you came for
EA            A        AA   A     G     G
Lightning strikes every time she moves
A       BABA            BA      C
And everybody's watching her
C     C       CC      D GA  CA  D
But she's looking at you, oh, oh...
GA   CA CDE    GA  CA  D
You, oh,   oh,      you, oh, oh
GA   CA  CDE  GA CD  D
You, oh, oh,      you, oh, oh
GA    CA CDED CDED
(You, oh,    oh,       oh)

GA    CA D   GA CA  CDE
(You, oh, oh, you, oh, oh)
GA    CA D   GA CA  CDE
(You, oh, oh, you, oh, oh)
GA    CA  D   GA CA CDED  CDED
(You, oh, oh, you,  oh,    oh,     oh)