Band : Live Album : Mental Jewelry Added By Mikhailo Here is the fixed version of the Mental Jewelry chords as the last one was spliced in half... | x + | | \ / /~~\ + | | \ / \~~~ ~~~~~ ~ ~ ~~~ --->Mental Jewelry<--- -------->1991<-------- (CRD transcriptions and sad ASCII art: Jeff Terrel - jjt@ecst.csuchico.edu) Entire album is tuned down 1/2 step: 6(Eb) 5(Ab) 4(Db) 3(Gb) 2(Bb) 1(Eb) Comments and/or corrections welcome. Pain Lies On The Riverside -------------------------- ]: Am Dm :[ Am Dm I have never taken life Am Dm Yet I have often paid the price Am Dm And you, you are a victim of this age Am And the guilt that hangs around your neck Dm Has got me locked up in a cage F G Am You've got to learn to live until no end F G E But first you must learn to swim all over again Am Dm Because pain lies on the riverside Am Dm And pain will never say goodbye Am Dm Pain lies on the riverside E F G So put your head in the water E F G Put your soul in the water Am And join me for a swim tonight I have forever always tried To stay clean and constantly baptized I am aware now that the river's banks are dry And to wait for a flood Is to wait for life I've got to learn... Operation Spirit (The Tyranny of Tradition) ------------------------------------------- Em (D) Heard a lot of talk about the ocean Em (D) Heard a lot of talk about the sea Em (D) Heard a lot of talk about a lot of things Em (D) Never meant that much to me Em (D) Heard a lot of talk about my spirit Em (D) Heard a lot of talk about my soul Em But I decided that anxiety and pain (D) Em Were better friends D So I let it go Em G D Did you let it go? (3x) A Let's get it back C D Em Let's get it back together Heard a lot of talk about this Jesus A man of love, a man of strength But what a man was two thousand years ago Means nothing at all to me today He could have been telling me about my higher self But he only lives inside my prayer So what he was may have been beautiful But the pain is right now and right here Let it go... Beauty Of Gray -------------- ]: Bm F# :[ Bm F# If I told you he was your brother Bm F# We could reminisce then you would go about your day Bm F# If I said you ought to give him some of your water Bm F# You'd shake your canteen and walk away G D A This perception that divides you from him G D A G Is a lie -- for some reason you never asked why D A G This is not a black and white world D A C You can't afford to believe in your side Bm Em This is not a black and white world Bm F# To be alive I say that the colors must swirl Bm Em And I believe that maybe today D A Bm F# We will all get to appreciate the beauty of gray If I told you that she was your mother We could analyze the situation and be gone If I said you ought to give her some of your water Your eyes would light up like the dawn This perception that divides you from her... We will all get to appreciate... Bm Em The beauty of gray D A The beauty of gray G D/F# Em G D/F# Bm D|-----0-----0---|------------| A|---2-----0-----|---------2--| E|-3-----2-----0-|-3---2------| (7x) last time Look into your eyes No daylight New day now This is not... Brothers Unaware ---------------- ]: Dm C :[ Dm C So many people Dm C I know only a few Dm C Yes I may say that I love this man and that man Dm C But what keeps me from loving you? Dm C Date of birth, geography Dm C Color of skin, ideology Dm C You got ten fingers, two legs, one nose Dm C Like me, just like me Bb A And it's as simple as that you see Dm C And if I don't know who to love I love them all Dm C And if I don't know who to trust I trust them all Dm C A Bb C And if I don't know who to kill I kill myself instead >From the mouth of a baby Will come the world saving words That will save us all And from the lungs of a child Will come the everlasting breath of God Increasing peace and honesty And not carrying on despite of me Don't you know, this ain't about no race, no creed No race, no creed And it's as simple as that you see And if I don't know who to love I love them all And if I don't know who to trust I trust them all And if I don't know who to kill no suicide I'm already dead Tired Of "Me" ------------- p p e|-----------| |-----------6-6-9-----------------| B|-----------| |-----------6-6-9-----------------| G|-8~6-8~6-8-| |-8~6-8~6-8-------8~6-8~6-8-------| D|-----------| |---------------------------6-6-8-| Intro (4x) Under 1st verse (4x) You say "hold on to the reigns" I say "let them go tonight" My brain waves Confused between what is and ain't She cries "groundless and free" Bbm Ebm Tired of the water Bbm Ebm Tired of the wine Bbm Ebm Tired of the future Bbm Ebm Tired of time Bbm Ebm Tired of the madness Bbm Ebm Tired of the steel Bbm Ebm Tired of the violence Bbm Ebm Tired of me Bm Em Used steel Bm Em Used steel am I Bm Em What was pliable in love Bm Em Is now hard and crystalized Bm Em The intellect is fine Bm Em For counting money and recording times Bm Em Bm F# That she cried "groundless and free" Tired of the water... e|---------------------------| B|---------------------------| G|-9~7-9~7-9-----------------| D|-----------9~7-9~7-9-9~7-9-| Bridge (4x) Bm F# I'm so tired of time F# Bm I'm so tired of the wine (2x) G Hope is a letter that never arrives F# Bm Delivered by the postman of my fear Mirror Song ----------- E A/E e|-0----0--| B|-0----0--| G|-13---6--| D|-14---7--| A|-14---7--| E|-0----0--| (repeat throughout verses) I know that I should think about giving And think about helping out and think about Think about living But I can't seem to rescue myself (2x) C#m What about my bank account? A B E And my holy desert shield Ab A That keeps me dry under the arms B E Flags and mental jewelry's all I know Ab F# And they keep me happy and warm inside So I said unto this man who are you And where do you come from And he proceeded to tell me many things But I said nothing at all For the flower in the corner by the room In the window and the sun Said it all But what about... A (arpeggiate chords here) At least they said they would Ab Said they could A Mama said they would Ab A Do me good I know that I should... Waterboy -------- C#m A What do you say to the child C#m A Whose god is in the TV C#m A And what do you say to the man C#m A Who blames the world on TV C#m A C#m A They don't even know how to sing my song C#m A C#m A But they won't even try it with me Who is standing over playing like the teacher Harnessing the learned Who try but can't leave her I want to beg the liars to lay down Their sirens That play like the angels To my deep desire Free my son Let him walk right through the rain Free my son Make him waterboy Free my son There he stands down on the shore Free my son What do you say to the man Who treats her like a mother And what do you say to the man Who treats him like a father Come and see my heart Come inside and learn Come and see my soul, it's like yours I say it's just like yours Who is making over Idolizing princes Banishing the dreamers With barbed wire fences And telling all the children who run to her feet That they have no vision and love's all diseased Free my son Take My Anthem -------------- War in me War overseas There ain't no difference between Am C Am C Blood in me Am C Am C Blood overseas Am C Am C Am C Am C There ain't no difference between Dm Am The chills in your spine are oh so sweet Dm People honor you so high E You've got to defend the stage at your feet-- No! Am C Am C Am C Dm Take, take, take my anthem today Am Take it away Hands on me Hands overseas There ain't no difference between Heart in me Heart overseas There ain't no difference between You Are The World ----------------- If you've ever known love If you've ever known peace If you've ever known joy Make sure that you are on time D|-----4---3---3---3---3-3-|-----4---2---2---2---2-2-| A|---4---4---4---4---4-----|---4---4---4---4---4-----| E|-2-----------------------|-2-----------------------| repeat last time If you've ever known war If you've ever known pain If you've ever said no Make sure that you are on time You are on time You are on time We are on time F# E A F# For you are the world (4x) If you've ever known love If you've ever known peace If you've ever known joy Make sure that you are on time If you've ever known war If you've ever known pain If you've ever said no Make sure that you are on time A Fighting, mating, warring F# You are all this now A Be aware, not scared Look at me now Silence F# I say you are the world... Good Pain --------- G|-----0-------0---0-----0-------0---0-| D|---2---2---2---------4---4---2-------| A|-0-------3-----3---5-------3-----3---| E|-------------------------------------| He said, he said, he said There was nothing to fear boy He said, he said, he said Worthless are your tears boy Just realize your senses And realize your earth Just realize your essence first Am G Am I'll never be the same again Am G Am I want to walk in the sun Am G Am I am alive and well again F No more bitterweet G No more good pain No more Am C D C So many of us stand in the middle Am C Looking back to the worst D C Looking forward to the fall Am C D C Making weapons of peace for the defense Am C D C Of the bloodstains on our peaceful sidewalks You say the buildings are too tall They're going to fry your brother Well I say you'd better walk away And find your mother F No more bitterweet No more good pain If I can't sing this song And tell you all about it Then I'll just pack it up right now and walk away Don't even doubt it So when our sherry glass is full And the day is way too young You'd better sip today before it's gone No more bitterweet No more good pain Am No more good pain G No more good pain D No more good pain good pain Mother Earth Is a Vicious Crowd ------------------------------- ]: F#m E/F#m :[ Pollution, Cain, and misery E Oceans of golden mystery ]: F#m E/F#m :[ Armies boisterous and armies loud E Portraits of a vicious crowd D A E Talk to me, talk to me now D A E Hey man you're all that I have Me, Myself, Myself and I Were born to work and born to die I have chosen my anthems of these I am proud Portraits of a divided crowd Talk to me now... Could you leave it behind... D A E Leave it all behind... 10,000 Years (Peace is Now) --------------------------- A C The world is burning down D A C D Can't you smell the smoke in the air A C D A C D War, disease and famine this demon she is everywhere Poets and preachers and politicians They've all had their say And we got 10,000 years devoted To nothing but tomorrow and yesterday F If all of the ignorance in the world A Passed a second ago C D A What would you say? C D A Who would you obey? C I am here to say that A C D Peace is now Mr. President I hereby pardon you for your crimes For they are just as much mine Selfishness and seperation have led me to believe That the world is not my problem The world is not my problem I am the world And you are the world ___________________________________________________________________________ _| |_______________________________________ _| \_/~~O\ |~>| /\\ /|~~|<~|_| |________________jjt@ecst.csuchico.edu__ _| / \___/ |_>|_\/ \/\/ |~ |_>| | |__________________________Jeff Terrel__ _|_________________________________|_______________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ________"If I don't know who to love, I love them all..." +Live+__________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~