Cover #1 - Across the Universe

At the band meeting today we decided that the first song we want to learn for covering at gigs is Across the Universe.

Here is the best chord tab I could find.

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/b/beatles/across_the_universe_crd.htm

Here it is on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj-4t9drUlM

This piano version looks pretty cool... I don't think its accurate but it sounds neat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgjfuzM3SP0&feature=related

brown paper bag

I wrote this song in a brown paper bag
so no one else can see just how I feel

I wrote this song on an old piece of trash
so I can stash it somewhere and never reveal

that I can't help but feel that there's something in your eyes
that could ruin my whole life if I don't look away in time

I'll keep this song all to myself
hidden on the inside of
a brown paper bag

crap of the world

edit: now has music! yay! (it's another peppy one)

v.1
we are all slaves to something
i'm not saying it's right or wrong
all i know is sometimes
being a slave takes part of your soul

some people are slaves to their religion
i used to be there myself
others say 'yes sir' to their jobs, to society
entrapped by their own fear

chorus:
they wear their fancy tokens
in a stupid game of vanity
but their souls are vapid
and gone is their identity

i don't want to be like them
i don't want to be the
all-singing, all-dancing
crap of the world

v.2
i've seen a lot of people
enslaved by image and consumerism
it's a sad sight to see
someone afraid to just be

they say that destiny
is not a matter of chance
it's all about choice
i'd rather be in control
than be a blind automaton

are we ever really free?
there are so many things
bidding for control of our souls
and we ignorantly comply

untitled

this one sounds fairly peppy compared to some other ones i've written. i may add to it later... just pulled this one from the archives and came up with a tune to it tonight.

v.1
i feel the strongest
when he wraps me in his arms
his strength surrounds me
and becomes my own

joy is renewed in me
at the sound of his laughter,
the sight of his playful grin,
our silly little inside jokes

chorus:
i love it how he
makes me feel
perfectly safe,
loved and cherished

i love it how our hearts
unite together
in this unseen,
deeply felt dance

v.2
his calmness tames
the wildest anxieties within
his acceptance and confidence
wrap me up, glue me together

G-A-C

C - D - G - C - D - G

g d c g d c d
i'm fallin' in love with a man from Japan
g d c d g d - c - d
at least they tell me he's a man
g d c d g d c d
I saw him kissing other guys on the stage
g d c d g d c d
apparently in japan its all the rage
g d c -------- g d c
man on man action in japan oh japan


g a c
G - A - C
g a c
G - A - C
g a c-------------------------g
I can almost spell your name with
a c
my guitar

(same chords)
G - A- C
G - A- C
I can almost spell your name with
my guitar


f d g
and there are problems in every relationship
f d g
I don't speak Japanese
f d g-----------------------------
and you live thousands of miles away
b f d
you don't even know I exist

(same chorus chords)
G - A - C
G - A - C
I can almost spell your name with
my guitar
G -A -C
G - A - C
I'm fallin in love with a
f d g
Japanese Superstar