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Savin Up

by Hold on Photon

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1.
Savin Up 02:45
B / Eb / C#m / B If you ask me how much I make I might ask you how much it takes I've got no assets so it's easy to see You won't be well off if you end up with me F# / A / B but if you want love i've been savin up if you need love i've been savin up if you want love i've been savin up for you I've put in some time but it's no use i know some people yes but they're broke too we'll just keep goin like we always do let's go out to eat darlin before the bills go through if you want love i've been savin up if you need love i've been savin up if you want love i've been savin up for you SOLO I don't think about money a lot till I'm reminded how little I've got
2.
How to Wait 02:29
(D-A-D-F#-A-D) 5:30 in the morning criminals were all asleep started the car went back inside soak up a little more heat and i'm learning how to wait Lilly's scratchin at the screen door nature doesn't call it pleads here we are against it all just you and that dog and me and we're learning how to wait now you gotta be careful tellin people like it is you may come to find out people don't give a shit when they're learnin how to wait no one tells the same lie one good bottle of wine two red plastic cups gonna make us both feel fine while we're learin' how to wait
3.
For Now 02:45
------------------------------------- ------------------------------------0- --5-4----------------5-4------------- ------5-----------------5------------ --------5-4-3-------------5-4-3------ 3-------------1-2-3-3-----------1-1-3 -------------------------------2-- 3-1-0------3-1-0-----0-3-1-0-1-1-- ------02p0-------0h2-----------2-- --2----------2-----------2---2---- 2----------2-----------2---------- ----3----------3-----------3------ ------------------------------------- -1-------0-----------1-1-1-1-0--0---- -------0---2/4/2p0---------------0-0-- ---0h2-------------------------0--0--- -3-------------------3-2-0-2-------- ---------3-------------------3------3- love was just an old song on a wind-up gramaphone something in a picture from a long time ago if she was any more beautiful she might burst into flames steal the heart of any boy who ever heard her name now we're out here together somehow singin' time won't tear us down Is it true love if i'd ruin myself for you keep a long list in my pocket of the things that I would do to take you out this weekend for the best sandwich in town the whole time I'm hopin' that time won't tear us down C G together with our worries and wishes C G our funny voices and faces C Bm7 our colors summers and mornings C D7 Bm (2 3) our tears and our chance together ----------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- 0h2h4p2p0-0-0-2-0-4-0-5-0-7-0-0h2h4p2p0-0-0-0-0-2/4-0 ---------2-----------------------------2---2-2------- ----------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- light becomes what it touches so here we are Everyone has a story that can break your heart the odds against us are endless But don't it feel right now like time won't tear us down time won't tear us down oh time won't tear us down for now
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-------------------------------- 3210--------------0---0--------- -----2b-0---0-2/3-2/3---2-0---0- ---------0h2---------------0h2-- -------------------------------- -------------------------------- C How can I feel dumb G With these opposable thumbs C G And an endless list of adverbs C the end is coming soon C G But I forget constantly C / G while I count on sweet distraction Bm / Em ooooooh baby Bm / Em let me squeeze your heart Bm A i know wakin' up isn't much C G C/G/C/G/C/C/C/A7 but anything's a start C / G your sister is crazy C / G but who's sister isn't C we're both convinced that our nonsense C / G is the only one that makes it Bm / Em ooooooh baby Bm / Em let me squeeze your heart Bm A i know bein' nice isn't worth much C G C/G/C/G/C/C/C/A7 but anything's a start C / G I'll organize the icebox C / G I'll even clean the remote C C say you've got a small bathtub C / G I'll build you a boat C / G if every life has a color scheme C / G yours is red and mine is green C C put em together like a christmas dream C / G or dirt on the ground Bm / Em ooooooh baby Bm / Em let me squeeze your heart Bm A i know a lot of this won't make sense C G C/G/C/G/C/C/C/A7 but anything's a start
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The Moon 02:57
------------------ 3-3----88---5-5-3------- 2-2----77---6-6-4--------- ------------7-7-5---- 2-2-//-77---------------- ------------------ Bm7 Em7 A G D --------------------------------- Bm7 / Em7 I had a nightmare One of us blew up the moon Testing a new rocket they hit the button too soon The effects were not instant But we all knew with the wind and the size of the waves that would soon ensue Some went to Walmart But it finally closed They broke the doors down anyway Like Kurt said so it goes We got a quick lesson On how we all depend On what we barely notice while the planet spins As for the internet People were confused There was not enough bandwidth to console all of you We comfort our children Tell em dreams come true If they wish upon those stars when it all depends on the moon You can read about the Greeks The Vikings and the moors Teach yourself the causes of those French and Indian wars The latitude and longitude of Timbuktu but none of that means anything if we don't have the moon
6.
C C7 F D7 F C G C G C G C G C F C~ -0--0--0--0------------------------------- --0--0--0---0--0--0--0------------------- 5--4--2--0---0--0--0--0---------------- -----------5--3--2--0------------------- ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Woke up this morning so I win I was lucky before it could happen again Anytime I ever get the blues I take a walk in my runnin shoes I need little love need the stars above need a lot of luck to keep me need a constant stream of cheap caffiene to keep me awake All we know is post production so it is nice to meet a real person If the world was pretty it wouldn't need normal people like you and me who need a little love need the stars above need a lot of luck to see things shoes off and on days come and gone mother nature takes her chance on fate and circumstance if someone you love has mental problems is it all on you to solve them delude ourselves for sanity then fall into despair so easily we need a little love need a lot of luck need the right drugs to keep us shoes off and on days come and gone mother nature takes her chance on fate and circumstance
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Not Much 02:37
DADGAD Tuning V 1 / 2 / C3 / solo over verse / C5 / end x2 ------------------------------------------------ ---0--------------------------------------------- ----0-0------0--------0-0-0-0-0--------------- -----0--4-2-0--------------------------------- -0---------------------------------------------- 0----------------2/55--5-5-5-5-4/2b0~------------ -------------------------------------------- ---0----------------------------------------- ----0---------------------------------------- ------0--0------------------------------------ -5---5---------------------------------------- 2------5--5-4-2-0~-------------------------- -----0--0--0-----0------------------0--0--0--------0----0-------- ------0--0--0-----0-0-0--------------0--0--0---0----0----0------- 2/55---5--5--5/22--2-2--------2/5-5---5--5--5-5-5/77-/99--9/11-11 ------------------------3/5/4------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- -5--7--12--9--2---------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- -5--7--10--9--0---------------- ------------------------- somewhere, behind your eyes all that meat , becomes your mind and no one here knows why we are what we can't define see the gold among the sand if we can't save it or sell it we could give a damn it feels like an empty search we don't ever do much, but it's such hard work gets so cold at times it's lonely reporting live here from the zoo like an old car dealer's catch phrase guess how much you hear is true I'm in park In the passing lane been through changes but i feel the same does any of this make sense if consciousness is a consequence most of life will drive you crazy there is not much you can do keep movin' on or wastin' away what you think , is up to you even that, may not be true
8.
E-A-E-A-C#-E ---------------------- --0--0------------------- ---0---3--2-------------- -0--0---2--3-------------- 0--------------------- ----------------------- ---------------------- -1------1---0------------- --2----------0---------- ---3---2---0--0----------- ------2---0------------ ----------------------- -5-2-0------5-2-0------5-2-0------- ------0h3-3------0-0--------0h3-3---- -----------0--------0------------0--- ------------------------------------- ---------0--------0------------0------ -------------------------------------- ---------------------- ----0------0------------- 3h4--3-2-0--0----------- ---0------0------------- --------------------------------- 5-7-0-5-7-0-5-7-8-5-1-1----0------- 5-7-0-5-7-0-5-7-7-5-2-------0-0--- 5-7-0-5-7-0-5-7-9-5-3-2---0--0------ ----------------------2--0----------- --------------------------------- The future is a landmine don't go throwing stones saying things will happen when you know they really won't No one knows the secret you can blame the moon everyone's indifferent until they sell to you until they sell to you don't want no terminal illness don't need no warranty got a good price on forgiveness punch my card the next one's free punch my card the next one's free watch out for the rednecks in the middle of all this mess I guaranteed my baby that I'd do my very best do my very best don't want no terminal illness don't need no warranty got a good price on forgiveness punch my face the next one's free
9.
Time Talk 02:43
-------------------------------------- 7-7-7-----10--10----8-8-7---------------- 7-7-7-9/11--11--11/9-9--7--/(9/11-9/11)--- -9-9-9-------------------------------- -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- ---------------------------------- 12-13p12-----14p15-----12--11/10--7-7----- 12------12---14---14---12--10/9---7-7----- 12--------12-14-----14-12--12/11---9-9----- ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ ---------------------------- 8-10-8-7--8-10--6-5-7-7------------------- 7--9-7-7--7--9--7-6-7-7--------------- 9-11-9----9-11--8-7----9---------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ See that sunrise wrinkle in the rain anyway's a good way to start another day in this great wink of eternity time time time is the mercy deep in their roots every flower keeps the sunlight safe in the midnight hour we talk to ourselves so we have visions talk talk talk but we don't listen and the days went by as the days will do there's much to learn none of it is true we need a joke we can believe in a place to go when we feel small and deluded infinite coincidence ooooooh no we've made progress yes but we've got a ways to go 10-7-------------------------------------- ----8--10-7-------------7*------------------------- -----9-----7-7h9-7---7--7*------------------------- ------------9-----7h9---------------------- --------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
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D / Dmaj7 / Gmaj7 / Em(7) / Bm / A / G / D -222-22-2220----222-22-222------0-2~-- -333-22-0000-3~-333-22-000------------- -222-22-000-----222-22-000------------- 0---0----------0---0------------------ ------------------------------------- -------3--------------3-------------- D / Dmaj7 / G all these memos and missions D / Dmaj7 / G payin no real attention D Dmaj7 G Em to the light on your face, the wind or the days Bm A as they rotate away D / Dmaj7 / G I can't believe how fast D / Dmaj7 / G a quarter of my time has passed D Dmaj7 G Em Bm so optimistic , I'm roundin off numbers , I know A D I may not live to grow old D / Dmaj7 / G ------------------------- ------------------------- ---2*~~~--2*~~~---------- -4*-----4*---------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- thought I had memories but really they have you the mind hides and files these things away to suggest some perfect truth some perfect truth D / Dmaj7 / G ------------------------- ------------------------- ---2*~~~-2/4--2*~~~---------- -4*--------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- can't say i'll love you forever won't be around that long but Elise I can say for the rest of my days I'll make sure, you're never alone some perfect truth - led me to you some perfect truth - led me to you
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Perspective 01:45
Dm7 1-1--3-1-------------------- 1-1-----3b-1---11------------- 2-2----------2-------0-2-0-- ---------------22-0h2-----2- ---------------33-------- ----------------------- Dm - Dm - Fsus - Fsus - C - C Dm - Dm - Fsus - Fsus - Am - Am - Fsus - Fsus Dm - Dm - Fsus - Fsus - C - C ---3-5-3------------- 3/5-----5-3/1------------ ----------------------- ----------------------- 2-4p23-5p35-7p5-------------------- 2x---3x---5x--------------- ---------------------- -------------------- -------------------- 33-44-55-----5~-------------- 22-33-44---4-------------- 33-44-55--5---------------- 11-22-33-3----------------- --------------------- ----------------- -5--10-------10~-5~------- -5--10-------9~--4~------ -5--10-------10~-5~------- -------------8~--3~-- -5--10--------------- People got problems People got dreams Don't want solutions Unless they're free in the trenches of existence nothing matters as much as you'd think we're too busy justifying our own illusions To see anything an apple a day may keep the doctor away but it won't help much when you fall on your face Simple as it seems it's a complex thing the sun shines in spite of our personal problems Don't let the fact you're not the best at something spoil it Some languish their abilities on days others are glad to make the toilet

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The future is a landmine
don't go throwing stones
saying things will happen when you know
they really won't

No one knows the secret
you can blame the moon
everyone's indifferent
until they sell to you

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released July 1, 2014

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Hold on Photon Helena, Alabama

Sean Glass is a lawnchair balloonist and live action lunatic from Helena, AL. His style draws deeply from blues, folk, science and existentialism. Check out the official site for more info. Or not. It's amazing you even read this.

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