HOUSE OF BRUNETTES A (Whoish buildup) -rest- D G Dreamed I was lost in the house of brunettes (G to A riff) D G Hadn’t found one that I didn’t like yet (G to A riff) Bm G But they just-kept giving me the brush Bm E Saw in my eyes all that untrained lust G Some boy near fifty A Searching still for those, (rest) Bm E Hard sixties girls G A Is it any wonder why I’m F#m G Lost in your curls? ~ D G You bring dark memories back to me (G to A riff) D G Of Julie Newmar …and Emma Peel (G to A riff) F#m G On friday nights I would watch tv F#m E With my momma right next to me G A (rest) Hot as any Per-ry Ma-son Bm E Murdering skirt G A Is it any wonder why I’m F#m G Stuck on you girl? G F#m E Is it any wonder why I’m struck? By you girl? E They put an icepick in my head A Licked their ruby lips while I bled D Teeth so white I could cry G This dread attraction A Not even my corpse could deny… A (Whoish buildup) -rest- One instr - of the (DG; G-A) D G I’m falling down in the house of Brunettes (G to A riff) D I’m feeling pale but G They aint done with me yet (G to A riff) G Bm God I hope, your not E Done with me yet… Hold E on out Oooooh (mysterioso) …..The House of Brunettes….repeat and fade

WICKED WORLD Capo 2 G- f-g-f (2X) G Em All the wickedness the world Am G Can dish out to you Girl G –Em –Am -G G Em It’s coming down so fast Am G You’re holding up your arms G-Em Am -F To hide your head G Em Your man is beautiful and strange Am G he came down from the sky G Em –Am -G Now the heavens want him back Am -F Without a thought......for you G F Yeah you’ve been loved completely So you’ll lose completely G F Yeah you loved completely So you lose completely C Am F Didn’t you tell me we’re all afraid of our own... Em A Houses, crashing down? D- D (sus)-D - G – Fmaj7 - G And now yours has fallen But you’re stil standing G –Em I wish I could Undo your pain I wish I could Avoid your fate F But isn’t it Everything G-Em We could ever ask Am G From this wicked world? This old wicked world?

UNKNOWN CAUSES D – B (5th string)- E-G-A (6th string bounce - then 5th stirng open) take him home make him beautiful put that cigarette out at long last D – B (hit B on 5th string)- E-G-A (walk:6th string bounce - then 5th string open) make him look like ron like keith, like rod -- like nikki for one last time G – F - Em and we’ll play a little funeral song G- F-Em as they lower another A7 of the foot soldiers down D- G –F Em another one gone from unknown causes maybe a good sleep is all we need A G all we need D – B E-G-A (walk) anybody anywhere a-jonesing for anything is a cousin of mine D – B E-G-A (walk) this time we had the same records (he made me hear em all again) so it hurts a little more when the clock finally chimes G – F - Em and so we’ll raise our glass again G – F - Em as they lower another A7 of the foot soldiers down A don’t you hear the wagons Bm7 circling... A E/G the vultures are limping their way uptown A Bm7 the cannon fire is just my heart pumping D G A this camp just keeps getting more remote A /add D on string 2 Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh D- G –F Em another one gone from unknown causes maybe a good sleep is all we need A G all we need (chords and vocal, 3x) Em –A (3x two measures a piece -- leads over this) G – F Em and we’ll play a little funeral song G- F as they lower another Em A of the foot soldiers down

SEVEN UP AND SEVEN DOWN D- G – Em -- d-walk Seven up And seven down You say it’s hard To get, your head around I aint asking you To load a gun Just thought you’d want to know -- (stay on Em) The people who are bringin you the earthquake that is surely gonna A-open (at fifth fret) come along G-open (at fifth fret) it’s coming on repeat A-open to G-open D- G – Em -- d-walk use your eyes before you lose your head use your head before you lose your heart make a list of things you can’t believe keep it near Em keep it dear because it’s all A-open your gonna have G-open (no lyric) A-open press it to your heart it’s all you’ve G-open ever had F# to E E double time ramp this line in the sand is where you put your head in (3x) A open (double time) G open (double time) Back to: A open slow G-open slow D- G Em – D walk seven up, and seven down your e-mail says someday you’ll get around to all the miles and piles of trouble waiting there D-G (no lyric) Em but for now you’ve got so many A-open other cares G-open A-open Other cares G-open F# open - E

THREE DEMONS Bm D G (2x) Bm G (at neck) F# Three demons came to me in darkness G (3fret) Their own and maybe mine Bm G (at neck) F# Sanguine about my prospects G said my head looked ripe (instrumental) Bm –D –G (2x) Bm G F# I was beset by dreams of Everything G darkness could Offer me Bm G You whispered in my ear F# I felt the heat G the dampness of your breath E F#m I’m gonna cry G F#m E I’m gonna tear us apart E F#m Cause you’ve set my eye G On every little thing That I’ve ever desired Bm D G (2x) Bm G F# Dark deeds must be done with a venegeance G Keep’s conscience from creeping in Bm G F# One must keep the eyes affixed G On the end through the means E F#m you’re gonna cry G F#m E I’m gonna tear you apart E F#m Cause I’ve lost my mind G To every beautiful thing I was ever denied… A G Is that the knife to do the deed? A G Dangling in front of me? A If this all comes apart… F#m F E Will you hold it steady…for me? Bm G (at neck) F# They came again last night In darkness G Said they wanted me Bm G (at neck) F# Each had a black bouquet Of roses G There eyes were like milk… E F#m we’re gonna cry G F#m E Life’s gonna tear us apart E F#m Til it’s Better to die G Than dream every night of those We put to their ease… A G Is that the knife to do the deed? A G Dangling in front of me? A If this all comes apart… F#m F E Will you hold it steady…for me?

NEW WALLET A7 D C/D yesterday i started a new chapter A7 D C/D picked my laminated cards carefully G C F slid in my trusty debit cards and extra key A7 D C/D utilized the see-through window for my best ID G A compared how it folded to the other one D D/C G C D decided the thin profile was all il lu sion A cause once I fill it up with E7 calling cards and storage locker ID codes E7 (add D from second string) debit cards and rent-a-car A7 three crisp twenties and the plastic Saturn key G A7 it becomes my lucky bullet shield D D/C today is the first day today is the first day A7 (add D on 2nd string) to straight D for my new….. wallet! A will this be my very last? A will I make it through this test A G will I fall apart before this one does? verse 2 A7 D D/C when I die will anyone review my wasted life A7 D D/C and sift for gold in my crinkled old receipts? G C F will they call to cancel all three credit cards? A7 D D/C Will someone ride the train downtown for free? G A7 On me?? A7 my father’s wallet and my mother’s purse A7 were all that remained A7 D D/C when I go please bury me with my wallet G My new wallet….. D D/C today is the first day today is the first day smash a G for a measure A But once I fill it up with E7 calling cards and storage locker ID codes E7 (add D from second string) debit cards and rent-a-car A7 three crisp twenties and the plastic Saturn key G A7 it becomes my lucky bullet shield (3X)

AIN'T YOUNG ONCE ENOUGH? G-Bm-E part seems like your head is hammering your soul with all the words that slipped your tongue on their own and now you’re wondering who you hustled and who you hurt cause they all stepped back when the old boy started his dirt A-E-G - A bit all night long you hung in tough with your teeth just toein the ground your expertise is just what they don’t want the scythe that’s swingin in back of your head aint there to shave you now old boy -- aint young once enough? E- Bm-A G-Bm-E they got a neon sign says “sorry we’re open” that means you gotta do… …some of your own hopin C That the fountain of youth G and the bottle of truth Bm is the same one G-Bm-E but you’ve been around the block too many times to fall again for that stuff A-E-G - A bit you tried to get everybody to hear the notes that are smacking your head rattling your cage from the inside twenty two dollars in the jukebox man it’s got a throat so deep you can drown down in it, boys, you can drown bridge B you can drown A in a bathtub C#m wake up feeling like that hubcap honey, that rolled F# E hold E across the nightclub G-Bm –E part again all that sentimental corn has been harvested, again and 57 coffee stands between you and your death C G Bm and your head is hammering your soul G-Bm –E part again with all the words that slipped your tongue on their own A all night long you hung in tough with your feet just touchin the ground D your experience D/F (make a D and grab the F on the D string) hey, keep that for yourself A-E-G-A again the scythe that’s swingin in back of your head aint there to save you now old boy -- aint young once enough? old boy -- ain’t young once enough? coda B you can drown out there A on your own end on E

THE UNICORN (capo 2nd fret) D F G When the world was a younger place D F G Before the age Of the lighted sign D F C G A man walked And he lost his shoes Cmaj7 A He knew me G He knew you D F G There was a young, upstart Unicorn D F C G Saw the man, was the special one D F G He bought tickets for the speeches Bridge 2 x Em oooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh A Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh D F G When the Unicorn killed Jesus Christ D F C - B They bore his body to the stone Am Em G/d the unicorn just ran and ran and ran C A G sad, jealous unicorn D F G (interlude 2x) D F G he had memorized all the speeches D F C - G knew them down to the marrow C A G sad, sad, jealous unicorn C A they say good, sweet whiskey G put him down

INNER MINNESOTA MAN Fmaj7 – C - G – F -G I’m hatching a plan In fifty some years to feed my inner Minnesota man Fmaj7 – C - G – F –G He needs to hear the gooning of the loons See yellow perch finning in water that glimmers in the morning moon Fmaj7 – C - G – F -G To go bowling, eat thousand island dressing and go back for seconds a second time A# G To hunt and fish and shit ...cook stuff over a pit G# In the trees....Over rocks G F G The bottle opener is screwed on the tackle box Fmaj7 – C - G – F -G I’m hatching a plan In sixty some years to meet my inner Minnesota man Fmaj7 – C - G – F -G Take an eight hour day at the joke-apus Buy all the Twin tone records I can get my fingers on F G You can tell from the chords, just how much, fun it was… C7 –G jam Fmaj7 – C - G – F -G I’m hatching a plan In Seventy years to see my inner Minnesota man Put me on the bridges high over Duluth A view of Gitche Gumi, bluer than the sky, bigger than the truth F G And when I start to stumble and fall Take me down to the Zumbro F A# Where my father was Where my mother was G When the wind hit them hard and shook all the leaves from their trees F G On the way back that last time I saw a wondrland F G Diving down the Missisipi Fmaj7 C G F Every branch, covered in ice It was beautiful, it was really nice

THE LIBERTY YEARS ( a song for Del Shannon) Am When your moment finally comes G You see it clear and true Am The love you’ve hunted all your life G Was also hunting you D Am All you wanted from the world Was in your hands G to give, or take D Am It’s strange to think it’s all the same G D For the good and great Am G Ahhhh ahhh ahhh ahhhhhhh ahhhh Am The world was spinning on your string G But strings are known to break Am You tried to find your place in time G But time’s a lie they tell D Am G It’s trite but its’ truer than hell D Am There’s nowhere to run, G D to or from Am G Ahhhhhh ahhhh ahhh ahhhh ahhh (2x) (Chorus // bridge) Em D Am You can’t keep all of your love --- locked away Em D Am Losing the liberty years Em D Am My own hands are stiff and so sore I could cry Em A D G I know we’ve tasted the same sorts of tears (bring it down) Am G I’ve lived in that house, where no one lives Am Afraid of my own voice G Afraid to give D Am G It’s hard to believe when I hear you sing D Am G That you ended up their yourself Am G Ahhhhhhh ahhhhh ahhh ahhhh ahhhh (2x) (Chorus // bridge) Em D Am You can’t keep all of your love --- locked away Em D Am Losing the liberty years Em D Am Every note from your heart and your mind Em A D G Will light a thousand eyes in the world you left behind Am But when your moment finally comes G You see it clear and true Am The love you’ve hunted all your life G Was also hunting you Am G (repeat to fade) Ahhhhhhhhh ahhhh ahh ahh