Cole Lloyd

Cole Lloyd - Love Story Album guitar chord

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From: wvaughan@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (William Vaughan)

Subject: CRDs to Lloyd Cole's Love Story (all)

Date: 15 Dec 1995 19:02:09 GMT

Here are all the tracks to Lloyd Coles most recent album, Love Story.  Enjoy

   Trigger Happy by Lloyd Cole

   From Love Story

  This one is really simple as soon as you get the fingerpicking

  pattern down, which isn't too hard.  Sometimes in the verse,

  Lloyd strums the Asus4 (or plucks it with his fingers) instead

  of doing the picking pattern.  Music theory people will notice

  the major in the verse and a turn to the minor in the chorus

  -enjoy.

   Capo on 2nd fret

  *Intro*

  Dsus2  Dsus2/C#  Dsus2/B  Asus4

  *Verse 1*

  Dsus2       Dsus2/C#  Dsus2/B

  i love your head

             Asus4             Dsus2

  i love the way you hold your head

                   Dsus2/C# Dsus2/B   Asus4

   because you're young       and you know it

  Dsus2          Dsus2/C#

   because you're young

  Dsus2/B      Asus4             Dsus2

there ain't nothing you can't do

               Dsus2/C#  Dsus2/B

   because you know

               Asus4             Dsus2

   there ain't nothing you can't do

  Dsus2/C#  Dsus2/B  Asus4

  *Verse 2 (same as 1st)*

   i love your head

   i love the way you hold your head

   because you know

   there is no connection between old

   and what's new                    Dsus2/F  Dsus2/Bb

   and there ain't nothing you can't do

  *Chorus*

  Dsus2/C         Dsus2/G

   oh, nothing at all

          Dsus2/F           Dsus2/C

   and you know that gun is loaded,

  

  Dsus2/G

   sure you do.

         Dsus2/F    Dsus2/Bb

   summertime        blue

  Dsus2/C     Dsus2/G

   summertime blue

          Dsus2/F           Dsus2/C

  yes you know that gun is loaded,

  

  Dsus2/G

   sure you do.

              Dsus2  Dsus2/C#  Dsus2/B  Asus4

   if not for you.

    

  *Verse 3 and Chorus (same as verse 2 and chorus)*

   the way you walk

   i love the way you wear contempt

   for my sort.

   oh, should i give you my money?

   a steady hand,

   a little trigger happy angry? little man?

   oh, pull the trigger take it all.

    

   oh, you take it all

   and you know that gun is loaded,

   sure you do.

   summertime blue

   summertime blue

   and you know that gun is loaded,

   sure you do.

    

  *Verse 4 (same as other verse except where noted)

  

   i love your head

   i love the way you hold your head

   because you're young

   and you know it

   a steady hand,

  

           Dsus2/C (hold)

  a little trigger happy

    

  *repeat verse chords*

   and we'll tell you how to live,

   and we'll take away the reason,

   and we wonder why we wonder

   how you're not the way that we were.

    

   and we'll tell you how to live,

   and we'll take away the reason,

   and we wonder why we wonder

   how you're not the way that we were.

    

   and we'll tell you how to live,

   and we'll take away the reason,

   and we wonder why we wonder

   how you're not the way that we were.

  

  

  Sentimental Fool by Lloyd Cole

  

  A basic strum pattern - listen to the song for when to hold

  chords - especially at the end.

  

  

  Capo on the 2nd fret

  

  

  

  *Intro*

  

  D   C   G

  D           C                G

   the more i learn the less i know

  

  D               C             G

   could you make mine straight absolut?

  

  D           C               G

   the more i fail the less i try

  

  D           C             G

   ask not of me the reason why.

  

  

  *chorus*

  

  A       Em          G  

   oh, my sentimental fool

  

        Em               A

   have i got a tale for you

  

          Em          G     Gmaj7  D

   oh, my sentimental fool

  

  

  

  *verse 2 (same as verse 1)*  

   the woman i love is not content

   the life i made, it ain't what i meant

   the space i'm in is filled with love

   the state i'm in is pitiful.

  

  *chorus (same as first except where noted)*  

   oh, my sentimental fool

   have i got a tale for you

   oh, my sentimental fool

  

   G            Gmaj7    Em

   have i got a tale for you

  

                          D

   but, when she calls my name

  

              G                        C

   i'm almost happy, she's almost like you

  

                           D

   yeah, when she calls my name

  

                G                             A

   we're almost there, man, she's almost like you

   she's almost like you

  

  *chorus chords for solo*

    

  *verse 3 and 4 same as other verses*

   the longer i live the less i believe

   and all i lost is all i need

   the life i made is filled with regret

   and i can't tell the half of it.

    

   the woman i love has lost her faith

   and i just watch as she fades away

   the space i'm in is filled with love

   the shape i'm in ain't beautiful.

    

  

  *chorus*

  

  A       Em          G      

   oh, my sentimental fool

  

        Em               A

   have i got a tale for you

  

          Em          G

   oh, my sentimental fool

  

        Em               A

   have i got a tale for you

  

          Em          G

   oh, my sentimental fool

  

   G            Gmaj7     Em

   draining the glass for you

    

  

   do you see my girl?

  

                     D

   she's almost like you

  

  Em

   do you see my girl?

  

                     D

   she's almost like you

  

               Em

   almost like you

                     D    Em  D

   she's almost like you

  

  

   she's almost like you

   I Didn't Know That You Cared by Lloyd Cole

    

  Capo 2nd fret

  

  ---------------

  ---------------

  ------------2--

  -----2-h-4-----     Riff 1

  ---------------

  ---------------

  

  *Intro*

  

  Riff1 Em  Riff1 Em Riff1 D  Riff1 Em

  

  Em                                         Riff 1  

   yes, you're taking it badly, i know, i know

  

  Em               Riff 1

   and you feel so alone  

  

  D                                         Riff1   Em

   and everybody's got to tell you what you already know.  

  

  Em                      E

   it's alright, it's all wrong, it's alright  

  

  

  *chorus*

             D              Em    

   there's a riot going on, maybe i'm going under and  

  

  Bm                     G

   i didn't know that you cared

  

           D                                    Em  

   was it love that you had? she said, well, something like that

          

          Bm                     G

   and i, i didn't know that you cared

  

                   Em  

   i really didn't know that you cared

  

           Riff1   Em                        

   i really didn't know that you cared

  

      Riff1        D  

   i really didn't know.  

  

  Riff1  Em

  

  *verse 2 same as 1*

   i see photographs strewn on the floor  

   amidst your blake and your young.  

   are you looking for something that's already gone?  

   it's alright, it's all wrong, it's alright  

  

  *chorus - same as other except where noted*  

   there's a riot going on, maybe i'm going under and  

   i didn't know that you cared, somebody said  

   "peace is alright. could we give it a try?", well, i,  

  

                          A

   i didn't know that you cared.

    

   A                    Em

   got a letter, it was asking for money, it said  

  

  A               Em

   "give what you can."  

  

                A

   well, i don't know what i got  

  

               Em                       D

   and i don't know if i really want to be  

  

          Em

   so aware  

    

  *verse chords over solo*

  

  *verse 3 - same as others*

   yes, i'm falling apart at the seams and i,  

   i've been waiting for years  

   take a look in my eyes, do you see any tears?  

   it's alright, it's all wrong, it's alright  

    

  *chorus*

            D                    Em

  there's a riot going on, we're lions in slumber and  

  

    Bm                   G

  i didn't know that you cared  

  

           D                               Em

  and if i gave you some petrol, would you make yourself useful?

       Bm                     G

  well, i didn't know that you cared  

  

                   D  

   i really didn't know that you cared  

  

               Em

   didn't even know you were there

  

       Bm                     G

   no, i didn't know that you cared

  

                   Em                  

   i really didn't know that you cared

  

  Riff1            Em  

   i really didn't know that you cared

  

  Riff1            D     Riff1

   i really didn't know  

  

            Em    Repeat Em  Em  D Em pattern 2xs and end on Em

   that you cared.  

  

   Love Ruins Everything

    

  

  Capo 4th fret

  

  This one is a little tricky to get the timing right - if you

  play along with the album it should come quickly.  If tabbed

  out the verse and prechorus as I play it and it sounds pretty

  good.  The Spanish like guitar part in front I haven't tabbed

  out, but if you mess around with it, its not hard.   I like to

  play this one with my fingers and pluck the strings instead of

  using a pick also - allows for greater control over the

  strings.

  

  chords not tabbed

  

  D     xx0232   C   x32010  Dm  xx0231

  Dsus2 xx0230   C/B x22010

  D5    xx023x   Am  x02210

  

  

  Intro and verse riff

  

  

      D                Bm (strum)    Em7 (strum)   D*

  -----2---5---2--------------------0------------2--0----0------

  -----3---3---3-----3--------------3------------3--3--3-3------

  -------------------4--------------0------------0--0--2-0------

  -0--------------------------------2------------0-----0-0------

  -------------------2--------------2---------------------------

  ----------------------------------0---------------------------

  

  *verse 1*

  D         Bm

   hey, hey, hey,

  

             Em7

   look at me now,

  

       D*

   i'm unrecognizable.

  

  D             Bm           Em7

   my trademark frown  has grown

  

            D*

   into the strangest easy smile.

  

  D           Bm

  and oh, my, my,

  

                 Em7

   where did i go wrong?

  

       D*

   ask all my drunken friends...

  

  

  *Prechorus (w/riff)*

  

  Gmaj7

  ---2--2----2----2---2---2---3---5-----------------------------

  ---3--3----3----3---3---3---3---3-----------------------------

  ---0--0----0----0---0---0---0---0-----------------------------

  --------------------------------------------------------------

   --2--2----2--------------------------------------------------

  --------------------------------------------------------------

           "who's going to carry us

   home?   who's going to drink 'til the

  morning? who's going to carry us home?

  

                           G5

  ---2--2---2---0-----0-----3----

  ---3--3---3---3--3--3-----3----

  ---0--0----------0--------0----

  --------------------------0----

  ---2--2-------------------x----

  --------------------------3----

           love ruined      everything."

  

          D  Dsus2  D5   Dsus2   G5  

   as the ladies    line their   eyes

  

           D     Dsus2 D5    Dsus2   G5

   and the gents make  their ex  -  cuses

  

           D    Dsus2  D5      Dsus2   Em7  

   and the talk is     go   -  ing     cheap

  

           C             D (start verse riff)      

   i'll be smiling in my sleep.

  

  

  *verse 2 same as 1*

   hey, hey, hey,

   look at her now

   she's the life of the party

   oh, my, my,

   where did she go wrong?

   ask all my drunken friends...

  

  

   *prechorus - same as before*

   "who's going to carry us home?

   who's going to drink 'til the morning?

   who's going to carry us home?

   love ruined everything."

  

  *Chorus - same as before except where noted*

   as the ladies line their eyes

   and the gents make their excuses

   and the talk is going cheap

           C      C/B    Am

   i'll be smiling in my sleep

  

  C              Am

   smiling in my sleep

  

                 Dm

   smiling in my sleep.

    

  

  *prechorus chords over solo*

  *chorus -same as before except where noted*

   as the ladies line their eyes

   and the gents make their excuses

   and the talk is going cheap

                         G5

   i'll be smiling in my sleep.

  

   *repeat chorus 1 chords*

   as the ladies line their eyes

   and the gents make their excuses

   and the talk is going cheap

   i'll be smiling in my sleep.

  

  *end on verse riff*

   Baby

  

Capo 3rd fret

*Intro*

Am  B  Em   Am

C   Em  Am

*verse 1*

Am               B

   wasting my time

Em                 Am

   a shadow on the riverbank

C                Em             Am  Amsus2 Am

   watching my reflection go to sea

    

*same as first stanza*

   wind in my hair

   i could be most anywhere

   but i do not care to know

   not where i stand

*chorus*

   Am     G             Am           G

   ba  -  by, i've been lost without you

  

          F                             C

  since i don't have a place to call my home

                Am   G          Am       G

   oh, my sweet ba - by, must i empty my heart?

          F               Em                 Am

   must i take what i can get and call it my own?

             Dm     Am         Dm   Em

   long as i love my baby, i'm only lonely.

    

*verse 2 -same as first*

   she said not to call

   said it would be best for all concerned

   if i just all but disappear

    

   but she loves you best

   and i love her nonetheless

   so i just listen to the voice on the machine, singing

  

*chorus - same as other*

   baby, i've been lost without you

   since i don't have a place to call my home

   oh, my sweet baby, must i empty my heart?

   must i take what i can get and call it my own?

   long as i love my baby i'm  only lonely.

  

*bridge*

  F          Em                 Am

   maybe one day she'll call me up and say

                             F

   "god damn you your baby's crying

           Em           Am

   and i'm lonely. come home."

F                       Em                 Am

   maybe i'll find some guts someplace and drive up

                                               F

   and you'll be there playing on the porch and she'll just say

    Em              F

   "baby, where you been?"

                   Dm

   and "ain't your little man growing?"

    

*intro chords again*

*verse 3 - same as others*

   pay me no mind

   i'm just a shadow on the riverbank

   watching my reflection go to sea

    

*chorus - same*

   baby, i've been lost without you

   since i don't have a place to call my home

   oh, my sweet baby, must i empty my heart?

   must i take what i can get and make it my home?

   long as i love my baby i'm  only lonely.

    

fade on Am

   Be There

*Intro*

G   Em   Am   C

*verse 1*

   G                      Em

   sign your name without apology

       Am       C

   sign on, sign on

G                       Em

   keep your eye on the economy

        Am        C

   shine on, shine on

*prechorus*    

Bm                                  C

   and everybody knows that this is nowhere

Bm                              Am

   everybody knows that this is nowhere.

     C       D

   nowhere.

    

*chorus*

G                      

   but you've got to be there

C                                G

   yes, you've got to be right there

                                C        G

   yes, you've got to be there, yeah.

  

   G    

   yes, you've got to be there

  

C                                 G            

   man, you've got to be  right there

                            C

   yes, you've got to be there, yeah.

    

*verse 2 - same*

   bide your time

   milk and three sugars please

   sign on, sign on

   you need a line

   you need some poetry

   right on, right on

    

*prechorus and chorus - same*

   and everybody knows that this is nowhere

   nobody knows that this is nowhere.

   oh yeah.

    

   but you've got to be there

   yes, you've got to be right there

   yes you've got to be there, yeah.

   but you've got to be there

   yes, you've got to be right there

   yes, you've got to be there, yeah.

  

*solo over verse chords*

*prechorus and chorus - same*

   and everybody knows that this is nowhere

   everybody knows that this is nowhere.

   nowhere.

    

   but you've got to be there

   yes, you've got to be right there

   yes, you've got to be there, yeah.

   and you've got to be there

   yes, you've got to be right there

   yes, you've got to be there, yeah.

  

*chorus - same*

   you've got to be right there

   you've got to be right there

   you've got to be right there

   right there, yeah

   you've got to be right there

   you've got to be right there.

    

   Unhappy Song

This song is a straight bass note strum pattern after the first

intro - the chords to the chorus are basically the same as the

verse, except played in a different position - I don't know if this

is how Lloyd does it on the record, but it sounds best to me - if

it doesn't to you, try the verse chords over the chorus - both

sound pretty close.

Chords

G     xx5003     G5   3x0033

G/F#  xx4003     D/F# 200232

G/E   xx2003     Em   022000

G/D   xx0003     D    xx0232

C     x32010     Am   x02210

Csus2 x30010     A    x02220

*Intro*

-----------------------------------------

---------3----------5--------------------

-----------0------0----------------------

--4-h-5------5--5-------4-h-5--4--0------

-----------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------

C Csus2  C Csus2

G      G/F#      G/E      G/D     C Csus2  C

la la la la la la la la la la la la

    

*verse 1*

                   G               G/F#

   well, they were married in june

           G/E             G/D              C  Csus2 C

   she was gone before the leaves were even turning

                     G             G/F#          G/E

   she said "well, i knew he was a fool, but somehow i

              G/D               C  Csus2  C

   thought my welfare concerned him."

*prechorus*

            D     G            C

   must the one always have to change

              D           G     Em

   whilst the other must always remain?

            Am

   must the cards all be dealt facing down?

        A                          C             D

   turn away, turn away, turn your blue skies to grey.

*chorus*

                G5          D/F#

   now, when it comes to september

        Em         D       C  Csus2  C

   i've got my own unhappy song,

     G        D/F#      Em

   october, november, december,

       D            C  Csus2  C

   and still she is gone,

           G5

   unhappy song.

    

*verse 2 - same except where noted*

   well, he was turn between the romance and the mundane.

   he was torn every morning.

   he was surprised or was he horrified to find

   the mundane the more rewarding.

           D        G              C

   she was upon him before he even knew it.

    

G  G/F#  G/E   G/D  C  Csus2 C

*prechorus and chorus - same as before*

   and anyone who had a hat would surely know:

   it only rains when you leave it at home,

   and all the umbrellas are broke.

   oh, save yourself a fiver, you're already soaking.

    

   now, come on september

   and sing me that old unhappy song.

   october, november, december,

   and still she is gone,

   unhappy song.

    

  *bridge*

G                 C               G

  well, there was ice beneath the snow

       C          G        Am

   and everywhere else was closed,

           C

   but the locks had been changed

             Em

   sure, the neighbors were the same, they said

  

       Am                            D

  "you never should treat someone so bad."

*verse 3 - same*    

   they were married in june

   she was gone before the leaves were even turning

   she said "well, i knew he was a fool, but somehow i

   thought my welfare concerned him."

  

*prechorus and chorus same*

   must the one always have to change

   whilst the other must always remain?

   must the cards all be dealt facing down?

   turn away, turn away, turn your blue skies to grey.

    

   now, when it comes to september

   i've got my own unhappy song,

   october, november, december,

   and still she is gone,

   unhappy song

G          C

   unhappy song

   G      G/F#      G/E       G/D    C   Csus2  C

   la la la la la la la la la la la la la

   la la la la la la la la la la la la la

           G

   unhappy song.

  

   Like Lovers Do

    

In the verse, play the chords like the intro chords - ie

Bm7 (in the verse) = Bm7  Bm7sus2  Bm7

A  ( "   "   ")    = A  Asus4  A

Chords

Bm7     x24232    D     xx0232   Cadd9 x32033

Bm7sus2 x24252    Dsus2 xx0230

A       x02220    G     320003

Asus4   x02230    Em    022000

*Intro*

Bm7  Bm7sus2  Bm7   A Asus4  A    G

             Bm7   A                G

   living on juice    eating out of tuna cans

          Bm7  A            G

   mobile home      with my dairy queen

             Bm7   A                  G

   tied me a knot    she had to cut me loose

                 Em   A (no sus4)

   i liked her a lot, yeah

    

*chorus*

               D  Dsus2   Asus4 A  

   like lovers do

        G

   like lovers do

  

                 D  Dsus2  Asus4 A

   i liked her a lot

        G

   like lovers do

*verse 2 - same*

    

   julia came eating a tangerine

   friday the third four-thirty

   she tore out a page of my magazine

   then she went away, yeah

*chorus 2 - same*  

   like lovers do

   like lovers do

   she went away

   like lovers do

    

*verse 3 - same*

   saturday girls  keep you warm a while

   sunday sunshine kills all conversation

   you look in her eyes and you see circles

   she lets you get away, yeah

    

*chorus 3 - same*

   like lovers do

   like lovers do

   you get away

   like lovers do

    

*bridge*

D             G

   yeah, everyday

D            G

   you're so sad to see me

  

D             Cadd9            A

   and i'm so glad to take the blame

   it's always going to be that way.

    

*solo over chorus chords*

*verse 4 - same*

   living on juice  eating out of tuna cans

   mobile home yeah, with my dairy queen

   tied me a knot she had to cut me loose

   now i'm looking at you, yeah

    

*chorus 4 - same - keep repeating chorus chords for extra words*

   like lovers do

   like lovers do

   i'm looking at you now

   like lovers do

   and i'm looking right at you now

   just like lovers do

   and i'm looking right at you now, girl

   just like lovers do

   like lovers do (repeat chorus chords w/o words until)

G(from chorus)    D  fade

   like lovers    do

   Happy For You

Capo 3rd fret

Chords

Em7 022030   Am  577555

Am7 x02010   Em  022000

C   x32010   C*  xxx553

G   3x0033   B7  xxx445

*Intro*

Em7  Am7   Em7   Am7   Em7  Am7(hold)

*verse 1*

Am7                        Em7      Am7

   lay your head upon my shoulder    

                           Em7    Am7

   let it rest there for a while

                                   G

   i guess that i'm still good for something

             Am7      Em7   Am7

   once in a while.

                              Em7        Am7

   and if you need someone to talk to

                            Em7       Am7

   just give a call i'll be around

                         G

   and if you want me to avoid you

                Am7

   just say the word.

*chorus*

  

Em7       G                  Am7

   if you love him you should leave me

              C             Em7

   that's the best thing to do

Em7           G                  Am7

   and if you need him you don't need me

            C                Em7

   like you used to

  

                G                    Am7

   and if you believe that you'll be happy

            C         Em7      

   then i'm happy for you.

    

*verse2 - same*

   guess that it's just kind of funny

   ain't it me who never cried?

   i guess that i'll still kind of love you

   for a little while.

    

*chorus 2- same*

   if you love him you should leave me

   that's the best thing to do

   and if you need him you don't need me

   like you used to

   and if you believe that you'll be happy

   then i'm happy for you.

    

             Am

   you silly thing

             Em

   don't you apologize

      C*   B7  

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