Biography:
Mark Eitzel (born January 30, 1959) is best known as lead singer of the San Francisco band american music club. He was voted Rolling Stone's Songwriter of the Year in 1991.
Eitzel's first solo album was the (now elusive) cassette-only 'Mean Mark Eitzel Gets Fat' (1982), which pre-dates his AMC work. He released a solo live album, songs of love live in 1991, featuring raw and emotional acoustic versions of his best AMC songs. His first solo album proper was 1996's 60 Watt Silver Lining, a highly personal, jazz-inflected work.
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Mark Eitzel picks this in an open D tunning
which I have tried to replicate. Feel free to
assist with any changes
F#m E D Cb5/F# F#m6no5 F#m7 Esus2/F#
E|-----x--x--x----x--------x---------x------x
A|-----4--2--0----x--------6---------4------2
F#|----3--2--0----5--------3---------0------0
D|-----4--2--0----4--------4---------0------2
A|-----x--x--x----7--------x---------x------x
D|-----4--2--0----4--------4---------4------4
[Verse 1]
F#m
The night falls like a chain
E D
Nothing and everything
F#m
Takes the blood from your vein
E D
Nothing and everything
[Chorus]
Cb5/F#
His lightning bolt hands
Only fill the room with ash
Cb5/F#
Makes impossible demands
Accepts credit cards or cash
F#m6no5
Won’t suffer your confession
Less you bend to his will
F#m7
Relies on your compassion
Esus2/F#
To always get the bill
[Verse 2]
F#m
The chain weighs a ton
E D
Nothing and everything
F#m
Freedom’s a gun
E D
It’s nothing and everything
[Chorus]
Cb5/F#
And because you love him
You’re the punching bag
Cb5/F#
He’s just a big child
It’s just a game of tag
F#m6no5
When he reaches for you
Like a demon from a spell
F#m7
Hopes drown in their blood
Esus2/F#
Wishes die in the well
[Verse 3]
F#m
The chain shakes you out
E D
Nothing and everything
F#m
a coward’s not found out
E D
Nothing and everything
[Chorus]
Cb5/F#
Behind him slow you follow
Dogged, tired and pale
Cb5/F#
Just like history’s shadow
Spun out, cold and frail
F#m6no5
When he beat your face in the taxi
,
And the driver called the cop
F#m7
You said don’t worry, it’s the culture
Esus2/F#
And it’s never going to stop
[Verse 4]
F#m
His smoke takes all the air
E D
It’s nothing and everything
F#m
Don’t let yourself care
E D
Nothing and everything
[Chorus]
Cb5/F#
You forgive and forgive
Cause he puts on a show
Cb5/F#
He needs you to live
So with him you go
F#m7
Where all hearts are frightened
And all hands are weak
F#5addD
To a marching drum
Esus2/F#
You can never speak
[Verse 5]
F#m
The chain pulls your collar
E D
Nothing and everything
F#m
When the cage gets smaller
E D
It’s nothing and everything
which I have tried to replicate. Feel free to
assist with any changes
F#m E D Cb5/F# F#m6no5 F#m7 Esus2/F#
E|-----x--x--x----x--------x---------x------x
A|-----4--2--0----x--------6---------4------2
F#|----3--2--0----5--------3---------0------0
D|-----4--2--0----4--------4---------0------2
A|-----x--x--x----7--------x---------x------x
D|-----4--2--0----4--------4---------4------4
[Verse 1]
F#m
The night falls like a chain
E D
Nothing and everything
F#m
Takes the blood from your vein
E D
Nothing and everything
[Chorus]
Cb5/F#
His lightning bolt hands
Only fill the room with ash
Cb5/F#
Makes impossible demands
Accepts credit cards or cash
F#m6no5
Won’t suffer your confession
Less you bend to his will
F#m7
Relies on your compassion
Esus2/F#
To always get the bill
[Verse 2]
F#m
The chain weighs a ton
E D
Nothing and everything
F#m
Freedom’s a gun
E D
It’s nothing and everything
[Chorus]
Cb5/F#
And because you love him
You’re the punching bag
Cb5/F#
He’s just a big child
It’s just a game of tag
F#m6no5
When he reaches for you
Like a demon from a spell
F#m7
Hopes drown in their blood
Esus2/F#
Wishes die in the well
[Verse 3]
F#m
The chain shakes you out
E D
Nothing and everything
F#m
a coward’s not found out
E D
Nothing and everything
[Chorus]
Cb5/F#
Behind him slow you follow
Dogged, tired and pale
Cb5/F#
Just like history’s shadow
Spun out, cold and frail
F#m6no5
When he beat your face in the taxi
,
And the driver called the cop
F#m7
You said don’t worry, it’s the culture
Esus2/F#
And it’s never going to stop
[Verse 4]
F#m
His smoke takes all the air
E D
It’s nothing and everything
F#m
Don’t let yourself care
E D
Nothing and everything
[Chorus]
Cb5/F#
You forgive and forgive
Cause he puts on a show
Cb5/F#
He needs you to live
So with him you go
F#m7
Where all hearts are frightened
And all hands are weak
F#5addD
To a marching drum
Esus2/F#
You can never speak
[Verse 5]
F#m
The chain pulls your collar
E D
Nothing and everything
F#m
When the cage gets smaller
E D
It’s nothing and everything
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