1. |
Feels Like Yesterday
03:47
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Intro
Fmaj Cmaj |Fmaj Cmaj |Fmaj Cmaj | Fmaj Cmaj ||
Verse 1
Pick it up, put it down
Cmaj9 Bminb13 |
Don’t let it slip through your hands
Dmin11 Cmaj9 |
Fmaj Cmaj |Fmaj Cmaj |
Rest assured we were made
Cmaj9 Bminb13 |
We were shaken but we forgave
Dmin11 Cmaj9|
Fmaj Gmaj | Fmaj Gmaj ||
Chorus 1
We drove back through the hills that we’d known
Dmin | Dmin |
Amin7 | Gmaj |
Where nothing had changed, our faces were all that had grown
Dmin | Dmin |
Amin7 | Gmaj | Gmaj ||
Feels like yesterday
|:Dmin | Dmin |
Amin7 | Gmaj :|
Feels like yesterday
Instrumental
Fmaj Cmaj |Fmaj Cmaj |Fmaj Cmaj | Fmaj Cmaj ||
Verse 2
Once a baby, here was born
Cmaj9 Bminb13 |
A thousand coats we haven’t worn
Dmin11 Cmaj9 |
Fmaj Cmaj |Fmaj Cmaj |
Back in the house where she was 2
Cmaj9 Bminb13 |
She stuck her mum and dad with glue
Dmin11 Cmaj9 |
Fmaj Gmaj | Fmaj Gmaj |
She feels nostalgic in the rain
Cmaj9 Bminb13 |
But looking back she’s still the same
Dmin11 Cmaj9 |
Fmaj Gmaj | Fmaj Gmaj ||
Chorus
We drove out through the hills that we’d known
Dmin | Dmin |
Amin7 | Gmaj |
Where nothing had changed, our faces were all that had grown
Dmin | Dmin |
Amin7 | Gmaj |
We drove out through the hills where we’d lay
Dmin | Dmin |
Amin7 | Gmaj |
Where nothing has changed, It only feels like yesterday
Dmin | Dmin |
Amin7 | Gmaj |
Feels like yesterday
Dmin | Dmin |
Amin7 | Gmaj |
Feels like yesterday
Dmin | Dmin |
Amin7 | Gmaj |
Feels like yesterday
Instrumental
|:Fmaj Cmaj |Fmaj Cmaj |Fmaj Cmaj | Fmaj Cmaj :|
Chorus
We drove out through the hills that we’d known
Dmin | Dmin |
Amin7 | Gmaj |
Where nothing had changed, our faces were all that had grown
Dmin | Dmin |
Amin7 | Gmaj |
We drove out through the hills where we’d lay
Dmin | Dmin |
Amin7 | Gmaj |
Where nothing has changed, It only feels like yesterday
Dmin | Dmin |
Amin7 | Gmaj |
Feels like yesterday
Dmin | Dmin |
Amin7 | Gmaj |
Feels like yesterday
Dmin | Dmin |
Amin7 | Gmaj ||
Feels like yesterday…
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2. |
Mother Tongue
03:27
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Intro
Emaj6 Emaj7 | Emaj Emaj6 |
Emaj6 G#min | Amaj Emaj |
Dmaj | Dmaj |
Verse 1
Watch us adapt in the strangest of ways
Emaj6 Emaj7 | Emaj Emaj6 |
watch us exist with the fears that we made
Emaj6 Emaj7 | Emaj Emaj6 |
Oh I’m packing my bags - I won’t be long
Dmaj | Dmaj |
Emaj6 Emaj7 | Emaj Emaj6 |
Take all, the comfort in me
Emaj6 Emaj7 | Emaj Emaj6 |
Pull me apart and let everyone see
Emaj6 G#min | Emaj Emaj6 |
Oh I’m packing my bags - I won’t be long
Dmaj | Dmaj |
Emaj | Emaj |
Chorus
I tried to speak but I said none
Dmaj |
I tried find my mother tongue
Emaj |
The house I knew was filled with doubt
Dmaj |
The clothes I wore were inside out
Emaj |
Sometimes I ask, is it here where I’m from
Dmaj | Emaj |
Sometimes I ask what it means to belong
Dmaj | Emaj |
Sometimes I think, I’ve been thinking too long
Dmaj | Emaj |
Tryna find my mother tongue
Dmaj | Emaj |
Tryna find my mother tongue
Dmaj | Emaj | Emaj |
Post Chorus
Emaj6 Emaj7 | Emaj Emaj6 |
Emaj6 G#min | Amaj Emaj |
Emaj | Emaj |
Verse 2
Emaj6 Emaj7 | Emaj Emaj6 |
Emaj6 Emaj7 | Emaj Emaj6 |
Dmaj | Dmaj |
Emaj6 Emaj7 | Emaj Emaj6 |
Emaj6 Emaj7 | Emaj Emaj6 |
Emaj6 G#min | Emaj Emaj6 |
Dmaj | Dmaj |
Emaj | Emaj |
Chorus
Dmaj | Emaj |
Dmaj | Emaj |
Dmaj | Emaj |
Dmaj | Emaj |
Outro
Dmaj | Cmaj | Amaj | Amaj | x4
Emaj6 G#min | Amaj Emaj | x4
Emaj6 Emaj7 | Emaj Emaj6 ||
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3. |
At Your Prime
04:00
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Intro
|: Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj :|
Verse 1
I’ve seen leaves so green
| Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj |
All the places I have been
| Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj |
It was not a crime
| A/Dmaj | Amaj |
To pave your way to live your life at your prime
| A/Dmaj | Amaj |
Verse 2
I’ll hurt god again
| Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj |
To go back so I don’t pretend to men
| Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj |
It was not a crime
| Dmin | F#min |
To pave your way to live your life at your prime
| Dmin | Amaj |
Verse 3
I’ll count back from 10
| Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj |
To trust myself and do it all again
| Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj |
It was not a crime, no it wasn’t a crime
| A/Dmaj | Amaj |
To pave your way to live your life at your prime
| A/Dmaj | Amaj |
Verse 4
I’ll save more for me
| Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj |
I’ll cut my clothes and give myself to be
| Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj |
It was not a crime, no it wasn’t a crime
| Dmin | F#min |
It was not a crime, no it wasn’t a crime
| Dmin | F#min |
It was not a crime, no it wasn’t a crime
| Dmin | F#min |
To pave your way to live your life at your prime
| Dmin | Amaj |
To pave your way to live your life at your prime
| Dmin ||
| Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj ||
Bridge
Perhaps we’ve been pretending
| Dmaj |
We’ve always said that we were just fine
|5/4 Dmaj Emaj |
We were Just fine
|5/4 Dmaj Emaj | 4/4 Dmaj |
I miss my own embrace
3/4 Dmaj Emaj | 4/4 Dmaj |
A mask on my hands and my hands on my face
3/4 Dmaj Emaj | 4\4 Dmaj |
I miss my own embrace
3/4 Dmaj Emaj | 4/4 Dmaj |
Mask on my hands and my hands on my face
3/4 Dmaj Emaj | 4/4 Dmaj |
Mask on my hands and my hands on my face
3/4 Dmaj Emaj | 4/4 Dmaj |
Instrumental
|: Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj A/Dmaj :|
Verse 5
I’ve seen leaves so green
| Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj |
All the places I have been
| Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj |
It was not a crime
| A/Dmaj | Amaj |
To pave your way to live your life at your prime
| A/Dmaj | Amaj |
Verse 6
I’ll hurt god once again
| Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj |
To go back so I don’t pretend to men
| Amaj A/Dmaj | Amaj |
It was not a crime, no it wasn’t a crime
| Dmin | F#min |
It was not a crime, no it wasn’t a crime
| Dmin | F#min |
It was not a crime, no it wasn’t a crime
| Dmin | F#min |
To pave your way to live your life at your prime
| Dmin | Amaj ||
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4. |
Friend Of Mine
04:01
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Intro
G#min | Emaj | G#min | Emaj |
Verse 1
She spoke words she’d suppressed
G#min | Emaj |
Years gone, she forgotten the rest
G#min | Emaj |
All the Comforting things
G#min Bmaj | Emaj |
All the chaos it brings
G#min Bmaj | Emaj |
Chorus
She crawls back into the sea
C#min |
She swims right next to me
G#min |
She said could learn to be a friend of mine
Bmaj | Emaj |
She moulds back into the sand
C#min |
She said I’m not easy to understand
G#min |
At the most forsaken time
Bmaj |
Could you be a friend of mine
2/4 Emaj |
4/4 C#min | C#min |
Verse 2
She made a storm just for fun
G#min | Emaj |
When it all washed away, well their story begun
G#min | Emaj |
OH this intimate sides
G#min Bmaj | Emaj |
Get to know all the voices that’s hide
G#min Bmaj | Emaj |
Bridge
Learn to talk to your mind,
F#maj |
learn to say your sorry
C#min | G#min |
Bruises pass, but the
F#maj |
symptoms live within your body
C#min | G#min |
Learn to talk to your mind,
F#maj |
don’t you separate it
C#min | G#min |
Bruises pass, but the
F#maj |
symptoms they communicate it
C#min | G#min |
Emaj | Emaj | Emaj | Emaj |
Chorus
She crawls back into the sea
C#min |
She swims right next to me
G#min |
She said could learn to be a friend of mine
Bmaj | Emaj |
She moulds back into the sand
C#min |
She said I’m not easy to understand
G#min |
At the most forsaken time
Bmaj |
Could you be a friend of mine
2/4 Emaj |
Could you be a friend of mine
4/4 C#min |
Could you be a friend of mine
G#min Emaj | C#min |
Could you be a friend of mine
G#min Emaj | C#min |
Instrumental
Emaj | Emaj | Emaj | Emaj |
Chorus
She crawls back into the sea
C#min |
She swims right next to me
G#min |
She said could learn to be a friend of mine
Bmaj | Emaj |
She moulds back into the sand
C#min |
She said I’m not easy to understand
G#min |
At the most forsaken time
Bmaj |
Could you be a friend of mine
2/4 Emaj |
Could you be a friend of mine
4/4 C#min |
Could you be a friend of mine
G#min Emaj | C#min | … repeat till death
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6. |
Share My Heart
03:04
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Intro
Emin11 | Bmin6 | Amin9 | Cmaj | x2
Verse 1
You left your footprints on the wooden chair, the one I wouldn't dare
Emin | Gmaj | Amin | Cmaj |
Three times was more than enough, to get away, from this bitter place
Emin | Gmaj | Amin | Cmaj |
Chorus
Roll around on the floor
Emin |
Your the one I adore
Gmaj |
But share my heart
Amin |
What else is it good for
Cmaj |
You’ll be late, you’ll be timed
Emin |
Running up so devine
Gmaj |
share my heart and
Amin |
I’ll make you mine
Cmaj |
Verse 2
We made a memory of, our family, the ones we didn't see
Emin | Gmaj | Amin | Cmaj |
Too bad I know our love, will never last, surely things will pass
Emin | Gmaj | Amin | Cmaj |
Chorus x 2
Roll around on the floor
Emin |
Your the one I adore
Gmaj |
But share my heart
Amin |
What else is it good for
Cmaj |
You’ll be late, you’ll be timed
Emin |
Running up so devine
Gmaj |
share my heart and
Amin |
I’ll make you mine
Cmaj |
Chorus
Roll around on the floor
Emin |
Your the one I adore
Gmaj |
But share my heart
Amin |
What else is it good for
Cmaj Bmaj |
You’ll be late, you’ll be timed
Emin |
Running up so devine
Gmaj |
share my heart and
Amin |
I’ll make you mine
Cmaj |
Instrumental
Emin | Gmaj | Amin | Cmaj |
Emin | Gmaj | Amin | Cmaj Bmaj |
Outro Chorus
You’ll be late, you’ll be timed
Emin |
Running up so devine
Cmaj Bmin |
share my heart
Amin ||
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7. |
Clay
03:47
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Intro
|: F#min7 | Dmaj9 :|
Verse 1
Hang me up to dry
| F#min7 | Dmaj9 |
That’s me on the outside
| F#min7 | Dmaj9 |
Wear my shoes and walk away
| F#min7 | Dmaj9 |
Like you’re the only one that’s ever felt this way
| Emaj9 | Dmaj9 |
Like you’re the only one that’s ever felt this way
| Emaj9 | Dmaj9 |
Verse 2
Watch the shells collide
| F#min7 | Dmaj9 |
That’s me on the inside
| F#min7 | Dmaj9 |
Chased by the tide you’ll I’ll sink to the bay
| F#min7 | Dmaj9 |
Like you’re the only one that’s ever felt this way
| Emaj9 | Dmaj9 |
Like you’re the only one that’s ever felt this way
| Emaj9 | Dmaj9 |
Chorus/bridge
Some days, I hate the mistakes that I’ve made
Bmin Dmaj | Amaj Emaj9|
I’ll keep them close, so nobody will ever be afraid
Bmin Dmaj | Amaj Emaj9|
Some days I think I’m made out of clay
F#min7 Amaj | Dmaj |
Like I’m the only one that’s ever felt this way
| Emaj9 | Dmaj9 |
Like I’m the only one that’s ever felt this way
| Emaj9 | Dmaj9 |
Instrumental
|: F#min7 | Dmaj9 :|
Verse 3
Swallowed my tears, I liked the taste
| F#min7 | Dmaj9 |
All the things I could have faced
| F#min7 | Dmaj9 |
Smile at the sky when it turns to grey
| F#min7 | Dmaj9 |
Like you’re the only one that’s ever felt this way
| Emaj9 | Dmaj9 |
Like you’re the only one that’s ever felt this way
| Emaj9 | Dmaj9 |
Verse 4
Found a creature, it lives in my chest
| F#min7 | Dmaj9 |
Maybe it needs a little rest
| F#min7 Gmaj6 | Dmaj9 |
Wear my shoes and walk away
| F#min7 | Dmaj9 |
Like you’re the only one that’s ever felt this way
| Emaj9 | Dmaj9 |
Like you’re the only one that’s ever felt this way
| Emaj9 | Dmaj9 |
Chorus/bridge
Some days, I hate the mistakes that I’ve made
Bmin Dmaj | Amaj Emaj9|
I’ll keep them close, so nobody will ever be afraid
Bmin Dmaj | Amaj Emaj9|
Some days I think I’m made out of clay
F#min7 Amaj | Dmaj |
Like you’re the only one that’s ever felt this way
| Emaj9 | Dmaj9 |
Like you’re the only one that’s ever felt this way
| Emaj9 | Dmaj9 |
Like you’re the only one that’s ever felt this way
| Emaj9 | Dmaj9 |
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8. |
Where She Started From
02:19
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Amin9 | D7/A
Verse 1
Many things could change
Amin9 | D7/A |
Many times she thought she’d re arrange
Amin9 | D7/A |
Oh the madness of time, makes her uncomfortable
Fmaj Amin |3/4 Gmaj |
6/8 Amin | Amin |
Verse 2
Many things had stayed,
Amin9 | D7/A |
Many times she thought they would just fade
Amin9 | D7/A |
Days gone, back to where she started from
Amin9 Gmaj6 |3/4 F#min7b5 | 6/8 Fmaj7 | Fmaj7 |
Verse 4
Many times she tried,
Amin9 | D7/A |
Getting closer to the Faith she put aside
Amin9 | D7/A |
Days gone, back to where she started from
Fmaj Amin | Gmaj | Gmaj |
Bridge/Chorus
She didn’t fight, She didn’t sing, She tossed all night, She burnt her things
Dmin | Dmin | Amin | Gmaj |
She filled her pockets with the most that she could bare
Dmin E7 |3/4 Fmaj |6/8 Gmaj | Gmaj |
Days gone, back to where she started from
Fmaj Amin |3/4 Gmaj |
6/8 Amin | Amin |
Many times she’d rest
Amin9 | D7/A |
She felt the lifting of that coffin in her chest…
Amin9 | D7/A |
Instrumental
Amin9 Gmaj6 | F#min7b5 Fmaj7 | x 4
Fmaj7 ||
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9. |
Bedroom
02:48
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Verse 1
She noticed how he spoke
Amin |
He noticed how he moved
Gmaj |
They moved with no incentive
Fmaj |
So attentive
F#Min7b5 |
Verse 2
As they danced across the room
Amin |
There thoughts were fading
Gmaj |
Oh they danced between the doubts
Fmaj |
Now it’s there lips they’re tasting
F#Min7b5 |
Chorus
She went back
Amin |
To her bedroom
Gmaj |
That’s when she told him
Fmaj |
That’s when she told him
F#Min7b5 |
Dust and tracks
Amin |
As she had tried to not intrude
Gmaj |
But this was a start to a conversation
Fmaj |
It was her courage to change the mood
F#Min7b5 |
Verse 3
He noticed how she paused
Amin |
As she moved away from touch
Gmaj |
She apologised for expressing
Fmaj |
Did I speak too much? He said
F#Min7b5 |
Verse 4
Whys your fascination not worth telling
Amin |
Why is holding back so tempting
Gmaj |
If you could speak for yourself
Fmaj |
You’d expose who you are, you could take it apart
F#Min7b5 |
Instrumental
Fmaj | F#Min7b5 | Fmaj | F#Min7b5 | Fmaj | F#Min7b5 |
Chorus
She went back
Amin |
To her bedroom
Gmaj |
That’s when she told him
Fmaj |
That’s when she told him
F#Min7b5 |
Dust and tracks
Amin |
As she had tried to not intrude
Gmaj |
But this was a start to a conversation
Fmaj |
It was her courage to change the mood
F#Min7b5 |
It was a start to a conversation
Fmaj |
It was her courage to change the mood
F#Min7b5 |
It was a start to a conversation
Fmaj ||
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10. |
Part Of Me
03:52
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G#m7 Gmaj7 | Bmin7 Emin9 | x2
Verse 1
Days gone, can you find out what they know
G#m7 Gmaj7 | Bmin7 Emin9 |
Well they’ve got faces but they never really show
G#m7 Gmaj7 | Bmin7 Emin9 |
Tears tears running down I was feeling kind of sad
G#m7 Gmaj7 | Bmin7 Emin9 |
So many feelings well they’re making me feel mad
G#m7 Gmaj7 | Bmin7 Emin9 |
When I get lonely well I spend time with myself
G#m7 Gmaj7 | Bmin7 Emin9 |
Its then I know, I can’t feel this love with no one else
G#m7 Gmaj7 | Bmin7 |
Chorus
Part of me fades when you go, when you’re gone, part of me
Emaj9 | Bmin7 | F#min7 | Emaj9 |
Part of me fades when you go, when you’re gone, part of me
Emaj9 | Bmin7 | F#min7 | Emaj9 |
Part of me goes insane, when you go, when you’re gone
Emaj9 | Bmin7 | F#min7 | Emaj9 |
Part of me fades when you go, when you’re gone, part of me
Emaj9 | Bmin7 | F#min7 | Emaj9 |
Emaj9 | Cmaj7 Gmaj7 | Amin9 |
Verse 2
Our precious time, those layers on our skin
G#m7 Gmaj7 | Bmin7 Emin9 |
I’m baffled by this culture, don’t you keep your feelings deep within
G#m7 Gmaj7 | Bmin7 Emin9 |
You should know, well you taught me how to love
G#m7 Gmaj7 | Bmin7 Emin9 |
When we’re apart I start to see that maybe that’s enough
G#m7 Gmaj7 | Bmin7 |
Chorus
Part of me fades when you go, when you’re gone, part of me
Emaj9 | Bmin7 | F#min7 | Emaj9 |
Part of me fades when you go, when you’re gone, part of me
Emaj9 | Bmin7 | F#min7 | Emaj9 |
Part of me goes insane, when you go, when you’re gone
Emaj9 | Bmin7 | F#min7 | Emaj9 |
Part of me goes insane, when you go, when you’re gone
Emaj9 | Bmin7 | F#min7 | Emaj9 | x infinity
Mother Tongue 6/8
Intro
Emaj6 Emaj7 | Emaj Emaj6 |
Emaj6 G#min | Amaj Emaj |
Dmaj | Dmaj |
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Flo Perlin UK
Flo Perlin is a contemporary singer-songwriter from London, UK with Iraqi and Belarusian heritage. She has been hailed as a ‘true storyteller’ by BBC Radio 6 with a style that blends contemporary folk, jazz and soul. The songs explore themes such as family history, human nature and being good to yourself. ... more
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