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Josh Joplin Group was an American Georgia-based pop music band led by singer-songwriter Josh Joplin. Joplin, a self-proclaimed "dork" who nonetheless dropped out of school in tenth grade to become a folk singer like his hero Phil Ochs, brought the group its trademark combination of introspective lyrics, folk-rock melodies, and lead vocals that, to many, sound identical to those of R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe (to the point that one Joplin song, "Happy at Last," begins, "I sound like Michael Stipe and I dream like Carl Jung").
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Josh Joplin - Earth And Other Things - Album (2013)
1. Best Intention Yet
2. Blue Skies Again
3. The Growing Up Boy
4. Skylines In Winter
5. My Luck
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Track 1 - Best Intention Yet
CAPO: 4th Fret
## NOTE: ~ ~ = Walk-Down from C to G & Em ##
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
Summer sand stuck to my fingers
C
Summer song stuck in my head
G
Sleeping out in half-built houses
C
Fireworks bursting above our bed
D C
I felt like a king on Independence Day
[Chorus]
G
We faced the future, eyes wide open
C
Crossed all our hearts before they were broken
G
Said our goodbyes, nothing was spoken
D
You can't go back
C G D E C ~ ~
You were the best intention I ever had
[Verse 2]
G
In the glow of graduation
C
Took the stage and sat back down
G
And after that we knew so little
C
Posing in your cap and gown
D C
you smiled, no one is immune from change
[Chorus]
G
We faced the future, eyes wide open
C
Crossed all our hearts before they were broken
G
Said our goodbyes, nothing was spoken
D
You can't go back
C G D E C ~ ~
You were the best intention I ever had
G D E C ~ ~
You were the best intention I ever had
[Bridge]
Em G
We came too late
D
Broke down the door and faced the outcome
Em G
And you stayed so still
Am
Took you in and turned their lights on
C
We stood staring from your front lawn
[Chorus]
G
We faced the future, eyes wide open
C
Crossed all our hearts before they were broken
G
Said our goodbyes, but nothing was spoken
D
You can't go back
C
No, you can't go back
D
You can't go back
C
No, you can't go back
[Chorus]
G
We faced the future, eyes wide open
C
Crossed all our hearts before they were broken
G
Said our goodbyes, but nothing was spoken
D
You can't go back
C G D E C ~ ~
You were the best intention I ever had
G D E C ~ ~
You were the best intention I ever had
[Outro]
G D
You were, you were, you were, you were
C ~ ~
You were, you were
G D
You were, you were
Em C G
You were the best intention I ever had
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Track 2 - Blue Skies Again
CAPO: 1st Fret
[Verse 1]
F
Dear winter bird
Bb F
How long can you last
Dm C
Before it gets too cold
Bb F
And the earth asks you back
[Verse 2]
Dear bended bough
Bb F
I'm ready for the sun
Dm C
The old man is leaving
Bb F
And a longer day's begun
[Chorus]
Dm Bb F C
Suddenly I can see blue skies again
Dm
Hear you say, there's nothing less
Bb F C
That our hearts will mend
F C Bb F C
I promise you, they do
[Verse 3]
D
Birch trees are bones
Bb F
Stripped of their leaves
Dm C
Pressed between the pages
Bb F
Of my memories
[Verse 4]
And this heart of mine
Bb F
Is ready for the spring
Dm C
Open up my window
Bb F
Winter bird take wing
[Chorus]
Dm Bb F C
Suddenly I can see blue skies again
Dm
Hear you say, there's nothing less
Bb F C
That our hearts will mend
F C Bb F C
I promise you, they do
F C
And they do
[Instrumental]
F Bb Dm F Dm C Bb Dm F C
[Bridge]
Bb F C
It's not easy to pretend
Bb F C
It's not easy to pretend
Bb G F C
It's not easy to pretend
[Chorus]
Dm Bb F C
Suddenly I can see blue skies again
Dm
Hear you say, there's nothing less
Bb F C
That our hearts will mend
F C Bb
I promise you
==================================================================
Track 3 - The Growing Up Boy
[Intro]
C F C
[Verse 1]
F C
Friends wear the scars of the lessons you learned
F C
And you sit by the embers of the bridges you've burned
G F C
We all have a story and we each take a turn
Dm F C F C
Laughing at all of your shit
[Verse 2]
F C
And everyone is just somebody you knew
F C
And you never mean harm by the things that you do
G F C
But saying it through tears, don't make it true
Dm F C
Just makes it hard to forget it
[Chorus]
G F C
And the growing up boy, he never grows up
G F C
He's taunted by fear and haunted by love
Dm F C
Too late to learn, you've taken enough
F G C
Growing up boy
[Verse 3]
F C
It's heartache, it's heartbreak, it's dark clouds and then
F C
It's a day of self-pity and he's on the mend
G F C
He finds true love for the first time again
Dm F C
When the memory of the last girl lapses
[Verse 4]
F C
And he wakes up half-hearted and he looks at his phone
F C
For a message to remind him that he's not alone
G F C
And he always has many, but none are from home
Dm F C F
So he goes back to bed and collapses
[Chorus]
G F C
And the growing up boy, he never grows up
G F C
He's taunted by fear and haunted by love
Dm F C
Too late to learn, you've taken enough
F
Growing up boy
[Instrumental]
C F C
[Verse 5]
F C
'Each day is your birthday', is what I wrote in a card
F C
To say a kind word, I just found it too hard
G F C
I erased what I meant, so just disregard
Dm F C
Make what you want of this form
[Verse 6]
F C F C
Love is not like the songs that you sing
F C
How could you complain when it don't mean a thing
G F C
You can steal every verse and you break every string
Dm F C
And there's no one around when you're done
[Chorus]
G F C
And the growing up boy, he never grows up
G F C
He's taunted by fear and haunted by love
Dm F C
Too late to learn, you've taken enough
F C
Growing up boy, grow up
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Track 4 - Skylines In Winter
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
G
In the tiny little hours before the day begins
Em D A
While banks and busses sleep below
D G
The future whispers words that only you can hear
Em D A
Take comfort in the quiet of snow___
[Chorus]
G F#m
Skylines in winter
Em
Silhouettes emerge and splinter
Bm C A
Remind us of a love that couldn't last
D A
This too shall pass
Em G
This too shall pass
D A
This too shall pass
Em G
This too shall
[Verse 2]
D
Cheery things coming home
G
As she throws her coat back on
Em
Unlocks the door
D A
She's gone and she's sleeping
[Chorus]
G F#m
Skylines in winter
Em
Silhouettes emerge and splinter
Bm C A
Remind us of a love that couldn't last
D A
This too shall pass
Em G
This too shall pass
D A
This too shall pass
Em G
This too shall
[Bridge]
C
When you're missing
G
Presence of small things
C G D
An open tube of toothpaste on the sill
C
And like the birds do
G
Stay behind too
Em A
When you find your way, you lose your will
G D
This too shall pass
Am C
This too shall pass
G D
This too shall pass
Am C
This too shall pass
G D
This too shall pass
Am C E
This too shall
Am E
So much for love
Am E
So much for love
Am E
So much for love
Am
So much for love
==================================================================
Track 5 - My Luck
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[Intro]
G C G C
[Verse 1]
G
Lift your harpoon, the white whale is dead
C G
And everybody wants to go home
The captain is brave or touched in the head
C G
Either way we leave him alone
Em D G
He don't even know my name
[Verse 2]
C G
Hey baby, let's turn this thing around
C G
I'm not the one you thought you found
D
And even if we worked it out
Left ourselves a shred of doubt
C G
It wouldn't be the same
Em D G
You don't even know my name
[Pre-Chorus]
Am
Letters that you sent
C
Addressed to occupant
G
Were thoughtful after all
D
I read 'em in the fall and
[Chorus]
G
My luck
D
My luck is gonna change, yeah
G
My luck
D
My luck is gonna change, well
G
My luck
D
My luck is gonna change
C
Somehow, some day
G
My luck is gonna change me
[Interlude]
G C G C
[Verse 3]
G
With a sleeping heart hung around your neck
C G
I mistook you for a saint
You hit the wall, walked away from the wreck
C G
And didn't even scratch the paint
Em D G
We don't even know your name
[Verse 4]
C G
Hey baby, let's turn this thing around
C G
I'm ready to burn the old barn down
D
And even if the fodder could
There’s nothing here that's made of wood
C G
And I'm the one they'd blame
Em D G
We don't even know your name
[Pre-Chorus]
Am
Teachers that you took
C
It could have filled a book
G
Entitled, 'Everyone,
D
He isn't any fun' and
[Chorus]
G
My luck
D
My luck is gonna change, well
G
My luck
D
My luck is gonna change, well
G
My luck
D
My luck is gonna change
C
Somehow, some day
G
My luck is gonna change me
[Outro]
D
My luck
C
My luck is gonna change
D
My luck
C
My luck is gonna change
D
My luck
C G
My luck is gonna change me
A
My luck
C G
My luck is gonna change me
==================================================================
1. Best Intention Yet
2. Blue Skies Again
3. The Growing Up Boy
4. Skylines In Winter
5. My Luck
==================================================================
Track 1 - Best Intention Yet
CAPO: 4th Fret
## NOTE: ~ ~ = Walk-Down from C to G & Em ##
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
Summer sand stuck to my fingers
C
Summer song stuck in my head
G
Sleeping out in half-built houses
C
Fireworks bursting above our bed
D C
I felt like a king on Independence Day
[Chorus]
G
We faced the future, eyes wide open
C
Crossed all our hearts before they were broken
G
Said our goodbyes, nothing was spoken
D
You can't go back
C G D E C ~ ~
You were the best intention I ever had
[Verse 2]
G
In the glow of graduation
C
Took the stage and sat back down
G
And after that we knew so little
C
Posing in your cap and gown
D C
you smiled, no one is immune from change
[Chorus]
G
We faced the future, eyes wide open
C
Crossed all our hearts before they were broken
G
Said our goodbyes, nothing was spoken
D
You can't go back
C G D E C ~ ~
You were the best intention I ever had
G D E C ~ ~
You were the best intention I ever had
[Bridge]
Em G
We came too late
D
Broke down the door and faced the outcome
Em G
And you stayed so still
Am
Took you in and turned their lights on
C
We stood staring from your front lawn
[Chorus]
G
We faced the future, eyes wide open
C
Crossed all our hearts before they were broken
G
Said our goodbyes, but nothing was spoken
D
You can't go back
C
No, you can't go back
D
You can't go back
C
No, you can't go back
[Chorus]
G
We faced the future, eyes wide open
C
Crossed all our hearts before they were broken
G
Said our goodbyes, but nothing was spoken
D
You can't go back
C G D E C ~ ~
You were the best intention I ever had
G D E C ~ ~
You were the best intention I ever had
[Outro]
G D
You were, you were, you were, you were
C ~ ~
You were, you were
G D
You were, you were
Em C G
You were the best intention I ever had
==================================================================
Track 2 - Blue Skies Again
CAPO: 1st Fret
[Verse 1]
F
Dear winter bird
Bb F
How long can you last
Dm C
Before it gets too cold
Bb F
And the earth asks you back
[Verse 2]
Dear bended bough
Bb F
I'm ready for the sun
Dm C
The old man is leaving
Bb F
And a longer day's begun
[Chorus]
Dm Bb F C
Suddenly I can see blue skies again
Dm
Hear you say, there's nothing less
Bb F C
That our hearts will mend
F C Bb F C
I promise you, they do
[Verse 3]
D
Birch trees are bones
Bb F
Stripped of their leaves
Dm C
Pressed between the pages
Bb F
Of my memories
[Verse 4]
And this heart of mine
Bb F
Is ready for the spring
Dm C
Open up my window
Bb F
Winter bird take wing
[Chorus]
Dm Bb F C
Suddenly I can see blue skies again
Dm
Hear you say, there's nothing less
Bb F C
That our hearts will mend
F C Bb F C
I promise you, they do
F C
And they do
[Instrumental]
F Bb Dm F Dm C Bb Dm F C
[Bridge]
Bb F C
It's not easy to pretend
Bb F C
It's not easy to pretend
Bb G F C
It's not easy to pretend
[Chorus]
Dm Bb F C
Suddenly I can see blue skies again
Dm
Hear you say, there's nothing less
Bb F C
That our hearts will mend
F C Bb
I promise you
==================================================================
Track 3 - The Growing Up Boy
[Intro]
C F C
[Verse 1]
F C
Friends wear the scars of the lessons you learned
F C
And you sit by the embers of the bridges you've burned
G F C
We all have a story and we each take a turn
Dm F C F C
Laughing at all of your shit
[Verse 2]
F C
And everyone is just somebody you knew
F C
And you never mean harm by the things that you do
G F C
But saying it through tears, don't make it true
Dm F C
Just makes it hard to forget it
[Chorus]
G F C
And the growing up boy, he never grows up
G F C
He's taunted by fear and haunted by love
Dm F C
Too late to learn, you've taken enough
F G C
Growing up boy
[Verse 3]
F C
It's heartache, it's heartbreak, it's dark clouds and then
F C
It's a day of self-pity and he's on the mend
G F C
He finds true love for the first time again
Dm F C
When the memory of the last girl lapses
[Verse 4]
F C
And he wakes up half-hearted and he looks at his phone
F C
For a message to remind him that he's not alone
G F C
And he always has many, but none are from home
Dm F C F
So he goes back to bed and collapses
[Chorus]
G F C
And the growing up boy, he never grows up
G F C
He's taunted by fear and haunted by love
Dm F C
Too late to learn, you've taken enough
F
Growing up boy
[Instrumental]
C F C
[Verse 5]
F C
'Each day is your birthday', is what I wrote in a card
F C
To say a kind word, I just found it too hard
G F C
I erased what I meant, so just disregard
Dm F C
Make what you want of this form
[Verse 6]
F C F C
Love is not like the songs that you sing
F C
How could you complain when it don't mean a thing
G F C
You can steal every verse and you break every string
Dm F C
And there's no one around when you're done
[Chorus]
G F C
And the growing up boy, he never grows up
G F C
He's taunted by fear and haunted by love
Dm F C
Too late to learn, you've taken enough
F C
Growing up boy, grow up
==================================================================
Track 4 - Skylines In Winter
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
G
In the tiny little hours before the day begins
Em D A
While banks and busses sleep below
D G
The future whispers words that only you can hear
Em D A
Take comfort in the quiet of snow___
[Chorus]
G F#m
Skylines in winter
Em
Silhouettes emerge and splinter
Bm C A
Remind us of a love that couldn't last
D A
This too shall pass
Em G
This too shall pass
D A
This too shall pass
Em G
This too shall
[Verse 2]
D
Cheery things coming home
G
As she throws her coat back on
Em
Unlocks the door
D A
She's gone and she's sleeping
[Chorus]
G F#m
Skylines in winter
Em
Silhouettes emerge and splinter
Bm C A
Remind us of a love that couldn't last
D A
This too shall pass
Em G
This too shall pass
D A
This too shall pass
Em G
This too shall
[Bridge]
C
When you're missing
G
Presence of small things
C G D
An open tube of toothpaste on the sill
C
And like the birds do
G
Stay behind too
Em A
When you find your way, you lose your will
G D
This too shall pass
Am C
This too shall pass
G D
This too shall pass
Am C
This too shall pass
G D
This too shall pass
Am C E
This too shall
Am E
So much for love
Am E
So much for love
Am E
So much for love
Am
So much for love
==================================================================
Track 5 - My Luck
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[Intro]
G C G C
[Verse 1]
G
Lift your harpoon, the white whale is dead
C G
And everybody wants to go home
The captain is brave or touched in the head
C G
Either way we leave him alone
Em D G
He don't even know my name
[Verse 2]
C G
Hey baby, let's turn this thing around
C G
I'm not the one you thought you found
D
And even if we worked it out
Left ourselves a shred of doubt
C G
It wouldn't be the same
Em D G
You don't even know my name
[Pre-Chorus]
Am
Letters that you sent
C
Addressed to occupant
G
Were thoughtful after all
D
I read 'em in the fall and
[Chorus]
G
My luck
D
My luck is gonna change, yeah
G
My luck
D
My luck is gonna change, well
G
My luck
D
My luck is gonna change
C
Somehow, some day
G
My luck is gonna change me
[Interlude]
G C G C
[Verse 3]
G
With a sleeping heart hung around your neck
C G
I mistook you for a saint
You hit the wall, walked away from the wreck
C G
And didn't even scratch the paint
Em D G
We don't even know your name
[Verse 4]
C G
Hey baby, let's turn this thing around
C G
I'm ready to burn the old barn down
D
And even if the fodder could
There’s nothing here that's made of wood
C G
And I'm the one they'd blame
Em D G
We don't even know your name
[Pre-Chorus]
Am
Teachers that you took
C
It could have filled a book
G
Entitled, 'Everyone,
D
He isn't any fun' and
[Chorus]
G
My luck
D
My luck is gonna change, well
G
My luck
D
My luck is gonna change, well
G
My luck
D
My luck is gonna change
C
Somehow, some day
G
My luck is gonna change me
[Outro]
D
My luck
C
My luck is gonna change
D
My luck
C
My luck is gonna change
D
My luck
C G
My luck is gonna change me
A
My luck
C G
My luck is gonna change me
==================================================================
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