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Roslyn

by Rackets and Fives

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1.
Dmin F G Amin I know this is all can’t help wanting more the days disappear just as sure as I break the law E G Amin C Dmin Emin F G They’re gonna lock me up and throw away the key the smallest room in the place is guaranteed prison stripes don’t suit me it’s the last time I’ll be shooting Amin F G Amin Dmin F G Amin The band is getting paid their sweeping up the glass I’m asked to finish up but I want to make it last They’re gonna lock me up and throw away the key the smallest room in the place is guaranteed and prison stripes don’t suit me it’s the last time I’ll go shooting C Dmin G I’ll regret everything I’ve done Until the day that I’m gone Until the day I’m hung The long arm of the law grabbed me by the neck threw me against the wall and once you're caught mostly you stay caught And the last meal will be served soon the beam of light shines into the empty room and there’s still an endless time to fill The priest will come and the guard will to not the types to say “I’ll miss you” and the grim faces ain’t the last sight I’d choose Amin Emin I wanna go to where the good folk go F E7 A I want to go where the gates are gold
2.
Peyton Place 03:17
Verse: Bb Gmin Eb D7 Eb Cmin With the sun beating down on an Autumn day I’m loving it The wind blowing in and that’s the way it is I don’t have to do anything, it’s all done the dust on the sill and the dishes in the sink But if you catch my drift, if you catch my drift maybe baby we can have a happy ending yet but if you won’t fall in playing small violins and saying “how sad for you” there is nothing else that I can give Chorus: F Cmin Dmin Gmin Dmin Eb7 F Maybe baby we have had enough darling there’s no way to count on luck but if you see no point in asking well then shut up darling that’s no way to catch up Then the clouds roll in off the ocean fourth season in the day lock all the doors and keep the warm air in your corner talk, questions asked, jabs at my cheekbones break the shaft of Cupid’s arrow
3.
Ellis Island 05:24
Capo 2nd fret G Amin C Emin Amin (A Bmin D F#min) It’s a accident that’s waiting to happen I could get the customs officer booked there’s no question I caught a ride on a White Star Line all leaks, overbooked and I wouldn’t have cared if it went down They let the poor folks in the gorgeous hall It looked like Oliver Twist attending the Plaza’s ball Don’t get me started on the service They must’ve thought my blood was red but it’s as blue as they come I guess they’ve got a different idea of what it means to say the customer is sovereign they just chalked my suit D7 G C Amin C (E7 A D Bmin D) Emin Amin C D (F#min Bmin D E) To Mary, I want to write a postcard so many rode the hudson to Ellis Island D7 G C Amin C (E7 A D Bmin D) I’ve spent some time on the Atlantic Ocean Emin C Amin C D (F#min D Bmin D E) now I’ve hardly landed and I’m already in question I didn’t say much on the way and funnily enough neither did Anna Q Nilsson they were some of the worst conditions I’ve ever seen I’ll make a complaint when we reach our destination C C/B Amin (D D/C Bmin) the bunks are as hard as hell G Fbass E7 (A Gbass F#7) in this crummy hotel C Amin D7 (D Bmin E7) wait till my agent gets a whiff of this C Amin (D Bmin) then I’ll get my upgrade G E7 (A F#7) to a place up on the Palisades C C/B Amin D G (D D/C Bmin E A) a 5-star stay overlooking New York City
4.
London Town 05:45
Amin Emin D Amin I’m a little crazed tonight the full moon is out and everything’s quiet in old London Town I’ll meet you by the bridge the one where the tourists never go and I’ll throw you into the Thames below C G Amin There’s no gold at the end of Isis’ rainbow The gallery is safe away from the crowds the wrought iron gate keeps me from the look-out I’ve made up my mind no funerals will change the sky above Saint Paul’s just the same
5.
Chills 03:53
Verse: C Amin Emin I get chills when everything is ending quick not in the rain not in the wind looking out through glass at it wound round the thing like a tightened string Chorus: Dmin E7 Amin Dmin E7 Amin F E7 Amin Dmin E7 Amin the day ends the day begins in the traffic jam again just once surprise me with a fire on the median strip I get chills like a lightning bolt cracking out of the blue like a blink and each day is a bee sting and a little bit of life is on the wind C G Amin F The breakfast announcer is reading out the weather It’s raining, that’s not hard to see the traffic will free up when never meets forever Dmin E7 Amin and I can drive there in my sleep Dmin E7 Amin they call it bride’s greed Dmin E7 Amin I won’t have to call in sick
6.
Storm Surge 06:05
Capo on 4th G D/F# A/E There’s only the night that comes with surprise white on the peak and spring rain in sheets oh my head feels like a swimming ship there’s a storm surge and the winds whip —-D There’s only the night lost memories hiding underneath so that you can’t see slowly it sets the sun soon forgets until again it shines and burns skin D Bmin C#min D E D Bmin C#min D E D Bmin C#min D E D Bmin C#min D E F#min G A7 D A Bmin G Emin The whitewash swells and crashes my whit knuckles take the lashes holding on to the railing so I don’t go overboard There’s only the night and if not for the starry sky I’d be lost and I’d just drive and wackel Elvis swings hung on a string his hips moving with the suspension’s jerky springs D There’s only the night the rumble strip rattling the tires when I slipped into sleep I grabbed the wheel alert like a thief seconds pass what a relief! Chorus So I don’t go overboard repeat X2 Instrumental C/G D/F# G C/G A7 E riff G/C F#/D G Bridge C Cmaj7 Csus C7 The moment came but I missed my chance G F#/D Emin maybe it wasn’t written I met my match and struck it fast G F#/D C and everything is disappearing B7 cause nothing good ever lasts Emin A X 3 (violin Ab Eb B C# Bb F#) F#7 B7 (B G F#) Emin
7.
Verse: Cmin F Ab Eb Dmin Cmin Chorus: Dmin Eb X2 Dmin Cmin F Gmin Gmin7 Summer’s here, cold drinks in the fridge There’s no harm done except burning skin Please tell me you are joking The slab of metal is getting hot Steaks soak in a styrofoam cot The yellow sticker explodes the “SPECIAL!” Hey it’s the sun Beating down on everyone Bang, Bang, Bang the drum Water at the shore is foamy silk Laps like a cat at a bowl of milk The morning is perfectly still Summer’s here and the days are long something’s bound to go wrong There’s so much time for it to happen
8.
Rust Bucket 03:50
Dmin G The old rust bucket won’t make it the old rust bucket won’t last Amin but if I try F Dmin G by some miracle Dmin G C I just might get close to home The whole place has gone crazy the whole place has lost it if I lie and say I’m doing fine all the hurt may not show F Those same mistakes Amin are what got me here in the first place Dmin Amin Dmin what we’ve got here ain’t anything new Dmin Amin/C G/G F Amin that don’t change too much for my case Dmin G C E7 I guess I better grow up and act my age Instrumental Chorus Dmin G C B7 Emin A x2 Bmin G Emin A Emin A D x2
9.
Hangman 03:31
Intro and chorus: F C G Amin Verse: C F Amin G F Amin C F Amin C G Gsus4 C F Amin G F Dmin Amin C F Amin C G Gsus4 Pre Chorus: Amin G Amin C G x2 You draw cartoons Maybe you don’t like me or maybe you do Well I can’t I can’t even tell These pluses could be positives or they could be tombstone crosses You maybe saying I’m great or I’m better off dead I don’t know what it means the cloud above my head has got me beat I’m a stick figure I’m a couple of lines Just a few more and I’m on the hangman’s line You draw cartoons Accidents and attacks are nothing new How sad There’s nothing we can do These scrapbook scribbles are maps to the end that parades in lines and contrast I’d like to believe its all fine as nothings been said I don’t know how you feel my eyelids are heavy I sleep behind the wheel
10.
Amin Amin/G Dmin C You’re always on my case always trying to take something away C G F Amin Amin/G Amin Amin/E And it’ll all end at the boneyard C G F E7 it’ll all end when we’re breathing hard I want what’s in the grave I guess that you want just the same And it’ll all end at the boneyard It’ll all end when your eyeballs dart Dmin G C E7 Someone’s got a big idea rolling to the bottom someone’s got a big idea they come for the rough and tumble ’round here Amin G X3 Amin Emin Dmin Cnote I know you don’t mean me harm you’ll just do whatever it takes to get what you want It’ll all end at the boneyard it’ll all end when the violence starts outro Amin G (pause) Dmin G Emin G(note) Amin

credits

released June 10, 2011

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Angela Boyce
Breanna Evangelista
Richard Mackenzie
David Owen
J.P. Papineau
Kok-Wah Seet

Special Guest Musicians: Jack Midalia and Matt De La Hunty.

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Lorenzo Sinagra at Lonely Stretch Studios and Brett Potter at Sound Suite.

Thanks to Cleo Papineau for helping with the design and layout.

Front and inside cover artwork by Caitlin Boyce. caitlinboyce.carbonmade.com

All songs written by Rackets and Fives.

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