--- A C U R I O U S T H I N G --- by --- A M Y M A C D O N A L D --- all tunings are standardt all chords relative to capo (if you have to use it) tab by: blackbird88 thanks to: kronkarp, Eliza Vee, MissRadijs, Mikko Kemppainen, moabash; (hope i´ve nobody forgotten =) HAVE FUN ;-) 1. Don't Tell Me That It's Over 2. Spark 3. No Roots 4. Love Love 5. An Ordinary Life 6. Give It All Up 7. My Only One 8. This Pretty Face 9. Troubled Soul 10. Next Big Thing 11. Your Time Will Come 12. What Happiness Means To Me 13. Dancing in the Dark ================================================================================================= 1. Don't Tell Me That It's Over ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dm, Bb, C, F (2x) Dm Bb Tell me why this world is a mess C F I thought you always tried your best Dm Bb Tell me what I'm ought to do C F Maybe you should do it too Dm Bb Tell me why they're sleeping alone C F No house nowhere to call a home Dm Bb Tell me what I'm meant to see C F Won't you stop preaching at me Dm Bb F C And I wanna see what it's all about Dm Bb F C And I wanna live, wanna give something back Dm Bb Don't tell me that it's over F C It's only just begun Dm Bb Don't tell me that it's over F C Or that this song is sung Dm Bb F C Dm Bb F C The song is sung Dm Bb All the money in the world C F Would never slit all the wrongs to right Dm Bb All the fire in the world C F Would never set my heart alive Dm Bb I dream of a day when it's all gone away C F And the sun is shining bright Dm Bb I dream of a day when it's all gone away C F But dreams are for night Dm Bb F C And I wanna see what it's all about Dm Bb F C And I wanna live, wanna give something back Dm Bb Don't tell me that it's over F C It's only just begun Dm Bb Don't tell me that it's over F C Or that this song is sung Dm Bb F C Dm Bb F C The song is sung Don't tell me that Dm Bb F C It's over please I'm on my knees I'm beggin you to stop Dm Bb F C It's over please I'm on my knees I'm beggin you to stop Dm Bb F C And I wanna see what it's all about Dm Bb F C And I wanna live, wanna give something back Dm Bb Don't tell me that it's over F C It's only just begun Dm Bb Don't tell me that it's over F C Or that this song is sung Dm Bb F C Dm Bb F C The song is sung ================================================================================================= 2. Spark ~~~~~~~~ Capo: 3rd fret Intro: D x4 D Don't wanna see the D Stars don't wanna see the G Moon don't wanna see the Em Sun it rises too A Soon D Don't wanna see the D Day don't wanna see the G Night or the Em Afternoon it feels about A Right CHORUS D I am the Spaceman flying A High I am the astronaught in the sky Em Don't worry I'm okay G Now D I am the light in the dark A I am the match, I am the spark Em Don't worry I'm okay G Now after the VERSE 2 D Sun always G Comes rain followed by Em Hurt and A Pain after the D Light comes the G Dark after the Em Love comes the breaking of A My heart CHORUS D I am the Spaceman flying A High I am the astronaught in the sky Em Don't worry I'm okay G Now D I am the light in the dark A I am the match, I am the spark Em Don't worry I'm okay G Now just D Dry your eyes and I'll be A There don't live for anger or despair Em Don't worry I'm okay now G I'm okay, I'm okay D Now ================================================================================================= 3. No Roots ~~~~~~~~~~~ Capo: 3rd Fret (1st verse Finger picked) C Am Somewhere out there's a dream that's not forgotten Fmaj7 G C But this world is not for stopping for me C And I will try and I will keep on trying, Am I've set my goals there's no denying Fmaj7 G C Never stop fighting for what I believe Fmaj7 Am Many people will come and go C G Many faces long lost you know Fmaj7 Am Many fights, many make ups C G Many kisses, too many break ups Fmaj7 Am C G (X 4) Fmaj7 I got no roots they're not set in stone Am I got no place that I call home C G I'm just a lo-lo-lonely soul Fmaj7 I got no roots they're not set in stone Am I got no place that I call home C G I'm just a lo-lo-lonely soul Fmaj7 And the time will come when the day is done Am And the fighting's over, the race is run C G I don't know what I'm looking for Fmaj7 Am And this life I lead it's a curious thing but I can't deny the happiness it brings C G I don't know what I'm looking for Fmaj7 Am C G Ooh ooh ooh .......... Fmaj7 Many people will come and go Am C G Many faces long lost you know, I'm just a lo-lo-lonely soul Fmaj7 And there'll be many fights, many make ups Am C G Many kisses, too many break ups, a lo-lo-lonely soul Fmaj7 Am C G Fmaj7 I got no roots they're not set in stone Am I got no place that I call home C G I'm just a lo-lo-lonely soul ================================================================================================ 4. Love Love ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Capo: 2nd Fret Intro: D G D A D G D A D D G Oh love love you tear my world apart D A Oh love love you always break my heart D It's been too long since you left me G It's been too long since the start D A D Oh love love please don't break my heart D G Oh love love you always bring me down D A Oh love love you turn my life around D Oh I don't know how to tell you G Oh I don't know what to say D A D But my heart is yours love in every single way G And at night I sit and cry it seems D Wondering why love is not like my dreams A D Wondering why I am still here all alone G And at night I wish that you were there D Touching my face and stroking my hair A Telling me things, telling me stories A Telling me you love me and all my glories D G Love love you're always in my heart D A Oh love love I've known it from the start D Oh I wish that I could tell you G Oh I wish that I could say D A D That my heart is yours in every single way D G Oh love love I wish that I could see D A What in the world you mean to me D G Oh love love you always bring me down down down D A D Oh love love I wish you'd stick around ================================================================================================= 5. An Ordinary Life ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Capo: 6th Fret C G C G C G What makes you different from anyone in here C G What makes you stand out from the crowd C G What makes your mother so proud of you C G Gmaj7 What makes us worship at your ground E G Gmaj7 E At night when you go to bed do these thoughts run through your head C G Gmaj7 E C When you're lying there all alone do you think of us instea G Gmaj7 E I don't know where I'll be in ten years time C I want to be free G I don't care about the cameras Gmaj7 I don't care about the lights E C All I wanted was an ordinary life C G What makes you happy, what makes you sad C G Do paparazzi drive you mad C G Do you miss your life back home Gmaj7 E Were they the best days that you had G Gmaj7 E I don't know where I'll be in ten years time C I want to be free G I don't care about the cameras Gmaj7 I don't care about the lights E C All I wanted was an ordinary life G Gmaj7 E I don't know where I'll be in ten years time C Where will the music take me G I don't care about the spotlight Gmaj7 I don't care about the nights E C All I wanted was an ordinary life G Gmaj7 E I don't know where I'll be in ten years time C Where will the music take me G I don't care about the spotlight Gmaj7 Or the Hollywood nights E C All I wanted was an ordinary life ================================================================================================= 6. Give It All Up ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Capo: 2nd fret G I believe in everything I see D/F# I believe you do the best for me Em It's not a lot C It's all I've got G I believe that the day will come D/F# When you see that your the only one Em And the rain will fall from the sky C D This is goodbye Chorus: C D Is there anyone you can call? Em Have you got nobody left at all? G Your back's against the wall C D Is there no place else you'd rather be? Em G Did you give it all up just for me? C I'm sorry if you got me wrong D I forgive you in a song. G I wish that i could sore in the sky D/F# I wish that i could fly, fly, fly Em say goodbye to my mother and bye to my dad C D You're all I have Chorus C D Is there no place else you'de rather be? G Did you give it all up just for me? ================================================================================================= 7. My Only One ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ C Am After all the mistakes have been and gone C Am You're still standing here, standing strong C Am And I forgive all the wrongs that you have ever done F G C Cos' you're still the only one C Am The apple of your mother's eye C Am Your life it passed your father by C Am I bet he whishes that he was there too F G C So much grace and poise yeah you're always right on cue F And there were times G You know it's true C When the whole world G Am Was looking at you F G They changed their minds from day to night C G Am One minute you're wrong then the next thing you're right F God rest your soul G C Keep standing tall my only one C Am There's still a twinkle in your eye C Am Even after we say goodbye C Am You're always there in spirit and in mind F G C I'll be with you until the end of time F And there were times G You know it's true C When the whole world G Am Was looking at you F G They changed their minds from day to night C G Am One minute you're wrong then the next thing you're right F God rest your soul G C Keep standing tall my only one ================================================================================================= 8. This Pretty Face ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Capo: 5th fret Intro: C Em Dm G C I don't care Em Who does her hair or Dm G What clothes she wears C Em Dm G I don't care if it's YSL. I don't care if it's Chanel C Em What matters to me is a strong believe Dm G All this beauty is skin deep C Em Don't care about hair, don't care about eyes Dm G It's about what's inside Chorus: C You'll never know who you'll meet on your way to the top Em you'll prob'ly see them again when your fame starts to drop Dm G Down down, I'll meet you on the ground C It's no good with your hair and your shiny blue eyes Em It's no good when you finally start to realize Dm I need something more G This pretty face don't work no more Instrumental chorus C What happened to achieving Em What happened to believing in your se - eh - elf Dm G Why listen to the musings of someone, somebody else C Em I'm sorry I don't see and I can't quite believe it anymo - oh -oh -ore Dm G What happened to believing that beauty's in the eye of the beholder 2xchorus (2nd time slow at the last line) End on C ================================================================================================= 9. Troubled Soul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Intro: G, Cadd9 2x Verse: G Cadd9 Oh the sun may shine through your window on a summer s day G Cadd9 Doesn t change your heavy heart skips a beat each day G Cadd9 You get a temporary high as you watch life pass you by G Cadd9 Every single day you want to cry, can we wish those tears a fond goodbye Chorus 2x: C G Aching heart, troubled soul C G I wanna tell you something wanted you to know C Em look at these eyes, look at this smile D Dsus4 Em They re gonna stay around here, for a while Verse: G Oh the rain may pour and it may fall Cadd9 but still I´ll always hear you call G Cadd9 I ll be waiting , waiting for you G Oh your eyes so blue your smile so white Cadd9 I think about you everyday and every night G Cadd9 I ll be waiting, waiting for you Chorus instrumental Chorus Chorus 2x ================================================================================================= 10. Next Big Thing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Am Oh everybody said she was the next big thing F G A shining little light on a Saturday night Am Dreaming of the day when she could run away F G She didn't believe the hype was right Am I knew right from the past,it was never gonna last F G The feeling is over fast Am, F,G Now here we go Am, F,G Now here we go F Can somebody please take me home G Where I can be all alone F Can somebody please take me home G Where I can be all alone Am And the tears fall down from your face C And we know beneath the surface There's a trace a heavy heart thats working F through the pain E please stay in the game Am,Am,F,G x2 Am Oh everybody said she was the next big thing F G A shining little light on the Saturday night Am Finally came the day when she did run away F G She didn't believe the hype was right Am I knew right from the past,it was never gonna last F G The feeling is over fast Am, F,G Now watch her go Am, F,G Now watch her go F Can somebody please take me home G Where I can be all alone F Can somebody please take me home G Where I can be all alone Am And the tears fall down from your face C And we know beneath the surface There's a trace a heavy heart that's working F through the pain E please stay in the game please stay in the game x2 ================================================================================================= 11. Your Time Will Come ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ D Bm E-----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2--| B---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3| G----------------------------------------------------------------| D-0-------0-------0-------0-------4-------4-------4-------4------| A----------------------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------| Em A E-----0-------0-------2-------3----------------------------------| B---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----2-------2-------3-------3--| G-----------------------------------2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2| D-2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2------| A----------------------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------| Oh, the D Bm E-----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2--| B---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3| G----------------------------------------------------------------| D-0-------0-------0-------0-------4-------4-------4-------4------| A----------------------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------| wind is gently blowing as the light begins to fade. I´m Em A E-----0-------0-------0-------0----------------------------------| B---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----2-------2-------3-------3--| G-----------------------------------2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2| D-2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2------| A----------------------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------| sick and tired of playing it off, sick of this parade. And your D Bm E-----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2--| B---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3| G----------------------------------------------------------------| D-0-------0-------0-------0-------4-------4-------4-------4------| A----------------------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------| eyes are gently weeping as the sun begins to shine. Em A E-----0-------0-------0-------0----------------------------------| B---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----2-------2-------3-------3--| G-----------------------------------2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2| D-2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2------| A----------------------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------| The end is coming far too soon, I wish i had more time. So soon your D Bm E-----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2--| B---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3| G----------------------------------------------------------------| D-0-------0-------0-------0-------4-------4-------4-------4------| A----------------------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------| time will come. Let it out while you´re still young. May all your Em A E-----0-------0-------2-------3----------------------------------| B---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----2-------2-------3-------3--| G-----------------------------------2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2| D-2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2------| A----------------------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------| dreams come true, for someone like you. So soon your D Bm E-----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2--| B---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3| G----------------------------------------------------------------| D-0-------0-------0-------0-------4-------4-------4-------4------| A----------------------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------| time will come. Let it out while you´re still young. May all your Em A E-----0-------0-------2-------3----------------------------------| B---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----2-------2-------3-------3--| G-----------------------------------2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2| D-2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2------| A----------------------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------| dreams come true, so happy for yooooooooouuuuuuuuu. D Bm Em A [1x] D Bm And my eyes are getting tired as the day begins to break. Em A I left it oh so far behind, my biggest mistake. D Bm And your sign is unlike mine, it disappears from time to time [*] Em A And I believe in you and everything you´ll ever do. D Bm So soon your time will come. Let it out while you´re still young. Em A May all your dreams come true for someone like you. D Bm So soon your time will come. Let it out while you´re still young. Em A May all your dreams come true, so happy for you. D Bm Em A [2x] D Bm So soon your time will come. Let it out while you´re still young. Em A May all your dreams come true, for someone like you. D Bm So soon your time will come. Let it out while you´re still young. Em A [-> End on D] May all your dreams come true, so happy for you. ================================================================================================= 12. What Happiness Means To Me ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ C Am Maybe in the start we would laugh C Am Maybe in the end we would cry Dm G But I believe in every book I've ever read Am And what you said Dm Am And the moon was in the sky G C And the tears did fill my eyes F C And the memories they all had passed G C But in my head they'll always last Dm Am And in the end before I could be G I'd shown the world C What it means to me F C Believe it or not, I made them see G C This is what happiness means to me C Am Will I ever see your face again C Am Will I ever touch your skin Dm G I'll never stop loving everything you do But not (Am) me and you Am And what you said Dm Am And the moon was in the sky G C And the tears did fill my eyes F C And the memories they all had passed G C But in my head they'll always last Dm Am And in the end before I could be G I'd shown the world C What it means to me F C Believe it or not, I made them see G C This is what happiness means to me F C And in the end, I made them see G C This is what happiness means to me ================================================================================================= 13. Dancing in the Dark ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Capo: 3rd Fret Intro: G Em G Em G Em G Em G I get up in the evening, And I aint got nothing to say Em G Em C I come home in the morning, I go to bed feeling the same way Am C Am G I ain't nothing but tired, Man I'm just tired and bored with myself Em G Em D Hey there baby, I could use just a little help D C You can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a spark Am C Am G Em G Em This gun's for hire, even if we're just dancing in the dark G Em G Em G Messages keep getting clearer, Radio's on and I'm moving 'round the place Em G Em C I check my look in the mirror, wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face Am C Am G Man I ain't getting nowhere, Well I'm Just living in a dump like this Em G Em D There's something happening somewhere, Hey Baby I just know that there is D C You can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a spark Am C Am G Em G Em This gun's for hire, even if we're just dancing in the dark Em G You sit around getting older C D Em There's a joke here somewhere and it's on me G I'll shake this world off my shoulders C D Come on baby the laugh's on me G Em G Em G Stay on the streets of this town, And they'll be carving you up all right Em G Em C They say you gotta stay hungry, Hey baby, I'm just about starving tonight Am C Am I'm dying for some action, I'm sick of sitting 'round here trying to write G book Em G Em D I need a love reaction,Hey baby gimme just one look D C You can't start a fire, you can't start a fire without a spark Am C Am G Em G Em This gun's for hire, even if we're just dancing in the dark G Em G Em even if we're just dancing in the dark G Em G even if we're just dancing in the dark