Doo-Wops & Hooliagns
1. Grenade
2. Just the Way You Are
3. Our First Time
4. Runaway Baby
5. The Lazy Song
6. Marry You
7. Talking to the Moon
8. Liquor Store Blues (feat. Damian Marley)
9. Count on Me
10. The Other Side (feat. Cee Lo Green and B.o.B)
11. Somewhere in Brooklyn
12. Talking to the Moon (acoustic piano version)
1. Grenade
Capo 3rd
Verse 1
[Bm]
Easy come, easy go
[Bm]
That's just how you live, oh
[F#m]
Take, take, take it all
[F#m]
But you never give
[Bm]
Should've known you was trouble
[Bm]
From the first kiss
[F#m]
Had your eyes wide open
[F#]
Why were they open?
Pre-chorus
[Bm]
Gave you all I had and you tossed it in the trash
[F#m]
You tossed it in the trash, you did
[Bm]
To give me all your love is all I ever asked, 'cause
[G] [F#]
What you don't understand is
Chorus
[Bm] [G] [D]
I'd catch a grenade for ya (yeah, yeah)
[A] [Bm] [G] [D]
Throw my hand on a blade for ya (yeah, yeah)
[A] [Bm] [G] [D]
I'd jump in front of a train for ya (yeah, yeah)
[A] [Bm] [G] [D] [A]
You know I'd do anything for ya (yeah, yeah)
[G] [A]
Oh, oh, I would go through all of this pain
[D] [F#] [Bm] [A]
Take a bullet straight through my brain
[G]
Yes, I would die for ya baby
[F#]
But you won't do the same
Fill
[Bm] [Bm] [F#m] [F#m]
No, no no
Verse 2
[Bm]
Black, black, black and blue, beat me 'til I'm numb
[F#m]
Tell the devil I said "hey" when you get back to where you're from
[Bm]
Mad woman, bad woman, that's just what you are
[F#m]
Yeah, you'll smile in my face then rip the brakes out my car
Pre-chorus
Chorus
Bridge
[Em]
If my body was on fire
[Bm]
Ooh, you'd watch me burn down in flames
[Em]
You said you loved me, you're a liar
[F#]
'cause you never, ever, ever did, baby
Fill
Chorus
[Bm] [G] [D]
But darling I’d still catch a grenade for ya (yeah, yeah)
[A] [Bm] [G] [D]
Throw my hand on a blade for ya (yeah, yeah)
[A] [Bm] [G] [D]
I'd jump in front of a train for ya (yeah, yeah)
[A] [Bm] [G] [D] [A]
You know I'd do anything for ya (yeah, yeah)
[G] [A]
Oh, oh, I would go through all of this pain
[D] [F#] [Bm] [A]
Take a bullet straight through my brain
[G]
Yes, I would die for ya baby
[F#]
But you won't do the same
Outro
[Bm] [F#m]
No, you won't do the same
[Bm] [F#m]
You wouldn't do the same
[Bm] [F#m]
Ooh, you'd never do the same
[Bm] [F#m] [F#] [Bm]
Ohh, no no no
2. Just the Way You Are
Capo 3rd
Intro
[D] [Bm]
Ah, ah ah ah
[G] [D]
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah
Verse 1
[D]
Oh her eyes, her eyes, make the stars look like they're not shining
[Bm]
Her hair, her hair, falls perfectly without her trying
[G] [D]
She's so beautiful, and I tell her every day
[D]
Yeah, I know, I know when I compliment her she won't believe me
[Bm]
And it's so, it's so sad to think she don't see what I see
[G] [D]
But every time she asks me do I look okay, I say
Chorus
[D] [Bm]
When I see your face, there's not a thing that I would change
[G] [D]
Cause you're amazing, just the way you are
[D] [Bm]
And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for awhile
[G] [D]
Cause girl you're amazing, just the way you are, (yeah)
Verse 2
[D]
Her lips, her lips, I could kiss them all day if she'd let me
[Bm]
Her laugh, her laugh, she hates but I think it's so sexy
[G] [D]
She's so beautiful, and I tell her every day
[D]
Oh, you know, you know, you know I'd never ask you to change
[Bm]
If perfect is what you're searching for, then just stay the same
[G] [D]
So, don't even bother asking if you look okay, you know I'll say
Chorus
Middle
[D] [Bm]
The way you are, the way you are
[G] [D]
Girl you're amazing, just the way you are
Chorus
3. Our First Time
No capo
Verse 1
[Dm]
Girl here we are, in this big old empty room
[Em]
Staring at ya, who's gonna make the first move
[Dm]
Been doing our thing for a minute, and now when our hearts are in it
[Em]
The only place to go, is all the way (ah, hmm)
Break
[Dm]
Is that alright (alright), is that okay (okay)
[Em]
You don't need to be nervous (no baby)
[Dm]
Cause I, got, you, all, night
[Em]
Don't you worry bout a thing babe
Chorus
[Dm]
Just go with it, go with it, go with it (I will go real)
[Em]
Slow with it, slow with it, it's our first time
[Dm]
Go with it, go with it, go with it (I will go real)
[Em]
Slow with it, slow with it
It's my first time on you, baby
[Dm] [Em]
And I wanna make it right for you
(it's our first time)
Verse 2
[Dm]
Clothes are not required, for what we got planned
[Em]
Ooo girl you're my desire, your wish is my demand
[Dm]
Treat you like a princess, oh girl you're so delicious
[Em]
Like ice cream on a summer day gonna eat you before you melt away
Break
Chorus
Bridge
[Dm]
We can go slow (we can go slow)
We can go fast (we can go fast)
[Em]
All you gotta do is ask me girl (ask me girl)
[Dm]
The candles are burning (candles are burning)
Our bodies are yearning (bodies are yearning)
[Em]
I can't wait to love you
I'm so ready baby, I'm so ready baby
Chorus
4. Runaway Baby
Capo 4th
Intro
[Bm] [E]
Ah yes
Verse 1
[Bm]
So look at here look at here
[E]
Now what do we have?
[Bm]
Another pretty dame
[E]
Ready for me to grab
[Bm]
But little does she know
[E]
That I’m a wolf in sheep’s clothing
[Bm]
Cause at the end of the night
[E]
It’ll be her I be holding
Bridge
[Bm]
I love you so (hey)
[E]
That’s what you’ll say (that’s what you’ll say)
[Bm] [E]
You’ll tell me baby baby please don’t go away (don’t go away)
[Bm]
But when I play (when I play)
[E]
I never stay (I never stay)
[Bm]
To every girl that I meet yeah
[E]
This is what I’ll say
Chorus
[G]
Run, run, runaway
[F#]
Runaway baby
[Bm] [E]
Before I put my spell on you
[G]
You better get, get, get away
[F#]
Get away darling
[Bm] [E]
Cause everything you heard is true
[G]
Your poor little heart
[F#]
Will end up alone
[Bm] [E]
Cause everyone knows I’m a rolling stone
[G]
So you better run, run, runaway
[F#]
Runaway baby
Fill
[Bm] [E]
Ah yeah
Verse 2
[Bm]
Well, let me think, let me think
[E]
Ah, what should I do?
[Bm]
So many eager young bunny's
[E]
That I'd like to pursue
[Bm]
Now even now they eating out
[E]
The palm of my hand
[Bm]
There's only one carrot
[E]
And they all gotta share it
Bridge
Chorus
Middle
[Bm]
See I ain't try to hurt you, baby
[E] [Bm] [E]
No, no, no, I just wanna work you, baby, yup, yup
[Bm]
See I ain't try to hurt you, baby
[E] [Bm]
No, no, no, I just wanna work you, baby
[E] [Bm]
If you’re scared you better run
[E] [Bm]
You better run, you better run
[E]
You better, you better, you better
Chorus
5. The Lazy Song
Capo 4th
Intro
Drums
Chorus
[G] [D] [C]
Today I don't feel like doing anything
[G] [D] [C]
I just wanna lay in my bed
[G] [D]
Don't feel like picking up my phone
[C]
So leave a message at the tone
[G] [Bm] [C]
Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything
Verse 1
[G] [D]
Uh, I'm gonna kick my feet up and stare at the fan
[C]
Turn the TV on, Throw my hand in my pants
[G] [Bm] [C]
Nobody's gonna tell me I can't, nah
[G] [D]
I'll be lying on the couch just chillin in my snuggie
[C]
Click to MTV so they can teach me how to dougie
[G] [D] [C]
Cause in my castle I'm the freakin man
Bridge
[Am]
Oh Oh, yes I said it
[Bm]
I said it
[C] [D]
I said it cause I can
Chorus
Fill
[G] [D]
Ooh hoo ooh hoo
[C]
Hoo ooh ooh, nothing at all
[G] [D]
Ooh hoo ooh hoo
[C]
Hoo ooh ooh
Verse 2
[G] [D]
Tomorrow I wake up, do some P90X
[C]
With a really nice girl have some really nice sex
[G] [D] [C]
And she's gonna scream out, "this is great" (Oh my god this is great)
[G] [D]
I might mess around and get my college degree
[C]
I bet my old man will be so proud of me
[G] [Bm] [C]
I'm sorry pops you just have to wait
Bridge
Chorus
Middle
[Am] [D]
No I ain't gonna comb my hair
[G] [D]
Cause I ain't going anywhere
[C] [Bm] [G]
No no no no no no no no nooo
[Am] [D]
I'll just strut in my birthday suit
[G] [D]
And let everything hang loose
[C] [Bm] [G] [Em]
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeahhh
Chorus
Fill
6. Marry You
Capo 3rd
Intro
[D] [Em] [G] [D]
Chorus
[D]
It’s a beautiful night
[Em]
We’re looking for something dumb to do
[G] [D]
Hey baby, I think I want to marry you
[D]
Is it that look in your eyes?
[Em]
Or is it this dancing juice?
[G] [D]
Who cares baby, I think I wanna marry you
Verse 1
[D] [Em]
Well I know this little chapel on the boulevard we can go
[G]
No one will know
[D]
Come on girl
[D] [Em]
Who cares if we're trashed got a pocket full of cash we can blow,
[G] [D]
Shots of patron, and it's on girl.
Bridge
[D]
Don't say no, no, no, no no
[Em]
Just say yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah
[G]
And we'll go, go, go go go
[D]
If you're ready, like I'm ready
Chorus
Verse 2
[D] [Em]
I'll go get a ring let the choir bells sing like oooh
[G]
So whatcha wanna do?
[D]
Let's just run girl
[D] [Em]
If we wake up and we wanna break up that's cool
[G]
No, I won't blame you
[Dsus4] [D]
It was fun girl.
Bridge
Chorus
Middle
[D] [Em]
Just say I do
[G]
Tell me right now baby
[D]
Tell me right now baby, baby (x2)
Chorus
7. Talking to the Moon
Capo 4th
Intro
[C]
Verse 1
[C]
I know you're somewhere out there
[E7]
Somewhere far away
[Am] [G]
I want you back
[F]
I want you back
[C]
My neighbours think I'm crazy
[E7]
But they don't understand
[Am] [G]
You're all I have
[F]
You're all I have
Bridge
[Dm]
At night when the stars
[G]
Light up my room
[Dm] [G]
I sit by myself
Chorus
[F] [G] [Am]
Talking to the moon
[F] [G] [Am]
Try to get to you
[F]
In hopes you're on
[G]
The other side
[C] [E7] [Am]
Talking to me too
[G] [F]
Or am I a fool
[G]
Who sits alone?
[Am] [G]
Talking to the moon
[D]
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Verse 2
[C]
I’m feeling like I’m famous
[E7]
The talk of the town
[Am] [G]
They say I’ve gone mad
[F]
Yeah I’ve gone mad
[C]
But they don’t know what I now
[E7]
Cause when the sun goes down
[Am] [G]
Someone’s talking back
[F]
Yeah they’re talking back, ohhh
Bridge
Chorus
Middle
[F]
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
[C]
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
[F]
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
[G]
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, do you ever hear me callin’
[F]
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
[C]
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
[F]
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
Chorus
[G]
Cause every night I’m talking to the
[F] [G] [Am]
Moon
[F] [G] [Am]
Still try to get to you
[F]
In hopes you're on
[G]
The other side
[C] [E7] [Am]
Talking to me too
[G] [F]
Or am I a fool
[G]
Who sits alone?
[Am] [G]
Talking to the moon
[D]
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Outro
[C]
I know you're somewhere out there
[E7]
Somewhere far away
8. Liquor Store Blues (feat. Damian Marley)
Capo 2nd
Intro
[Bm] [F#m] [G] [A]
Ooooooooo oooo oooo oooo oooo oooooooo x2
Verse 1 (Bruno Mars)
[Bm]
Standing at this liquor store
[F#m]
Whisky coming through my pores
[G] [A]
Feeling like I run this whole block
[Bm]
Lotto tickets and cheap beer
[F#m]
That's why you can catch me here
[G] [A]
Tryna scratch my way up to the top
[Bm] [F#m]
Because my job got me going nowhere
[G] [A]
So I ain't got a thing to lose
[Bm] [F#m]
Take me to a place where I don't care
[G] [A]
This is me and my liquor store blues
Chorus (Bruno Mars)
[Bm] [F#m]
I'll take one shot for my pain
[G] [A]
One drag for my sorrow
[Bm] [F#m]
Get messed up today
[G] [A]
I'll be ok tomorrow
[Bm] [F#m]
One shot for my pain
[G] [A]
One drag for my sorrow
[Bm] [F#m]
Get messed up today
[G] [A]
I'll be ok tomorrow
Verse 2
[Bm]
Me and my guitar tonight
[F#m]
Singing to the city lights
[G] [A]
Tryna live on more than what I got
[Bm]
Cause 68 Citrus
[F#m]
Ain't gonna pay the rent
[G] [A]
So I'll be out here til they call the cops
[Bm] [F#m]
Because my job got me going nowhere
[G] [A]
So I ain't got a thing to lose
[Bm] [F#m]
Take me to a place where I don't care
[G] [A]
This is me and my liquor store blues
Chorus
Verse 3 (Damian Marley)
[Bm]
Here comes junior gong
[F#m]
I'm flying like I'm Superman
[G] [A]
I'm thinking that I run the whole block
[Bm]
I don't know if it's just because
[F#m]
Pineapple kush between my jaws
[G]
Has got me feeling that I'm on top
[Bm] [F#m]
Feeling like I would have stand up to the cops
[G]
I saw the puda? dey? Guys
[A]
A got a hula? de? mas?
[Bm]
I got a talk and walk talking
[F#m]
And fly? making shop?
[G] [A]
No kind for you and the best kick me drop
Guitar Solo
[Bm] [F#m] [G] [A] x4
Chorus (Bruno Mars)
[Bm] [F#m]
Give me this one shot for my pain
[G] [A]
One drag for my sorrow
[Bm] [F#m]
Get messed up today
[G] [A]
I'll be ok tomorrow
[Bm] [F#m]
One shot for my pain
[G] [A]
One drag for my sorrow
[Bm] [F#m]
Get messed up today
[G] [A]
I'll be ok tomorrow
Intro x2
9. Count on Me
No capo
Intro
[C]
Ahahuh
Verse 1
[C] [Em]
If you ever find yourself stuck in the middle of the sea
[Am] [G] [F]
I'll sail the world to find you
[C] [Em]
If you ever find yourself lost in the dark and you can't see
[Am] [G] [F]
I'll be the light to guide you
Bridge
[Dm] [Em]
Find out what we're made of
[F] [G]
When we are called to help our friends in need
Chorus
[C] [Em]
You can count on me like one, two, three
[Am]
I'll be there
[G] [F]
And I know when I need it
[C] [Em]
I can count on you like four, three, two
[Am]
And you'll be there
[G] [F]
'Cos that's what friends are s'posed to do
[C]
Ah yeah
[Em]
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
[Am] [G]
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
[F]
Yeah, yeah
Verse 2
[C] [Em]
If you're tossin' and you're turnin' and you just can't fall asleep
[Am]
I'll sing a song
[G] [F]
Beside you
[C] [Em]
And if you ever forget how much you really mean to me
[Am]
Every day I will
[G] [F]
Remind you, oh
Bridge
Chorus
Middle
[Dm] [Em] [Am] [G]
You'll always have my shoulder when you cry
[Dm] [Em] [F] [G]
I'll never let go, never say good-bye, oh...
Chorus
[C] [Em]
...you can count on me like one, two, three
[Am]
I'll be there
[G] [F]
And I know when I need it
[C] [Em]
I can count on you like four, three, two
[Am]
And you'll be there
[G] [F]
'Cos that's what friends are s'posed to do
[C]
Ah yeah
[Em]
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
[Am] [G]
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
[F] [C]
You can count on me cause I can count on you
10. The Other Side (feat. Cee Lo Green and B.o.B)
Capo 1st
Intro
[Em] [D] [A] [Em]
Ahhhhhh ahhhh ahhhh
Verse 1 (Bruno Mars)
[Em] [D]
Truth of the matter is I'm complicated
[A] [Em]
You're as straight as they come
[D]
You go 'bout your day baby
[A] [Em]
While I hide from the sun
Bridge (Bruno Mars)
[C] [B7]
It's better if you don't understand
[Em] [D] [C]
Cause you won’t know what it's like
[B7] [A]
Til you, try
Chorus (Bruno Mars)
[Em] [D] [A] [Em]
You know I, I've been waiting on the other side
[Em] [D] [A] [Em]
And you, all you gotta do is cross the line
[Em] [D]
I could wait a whole life time
[A] [Em]
But you just gotta decide
[Em] [D] [A]
You know I, I've been waiting on the other
[A] [Em]
Waiting on the other side
Verse 2 (Cee Lo Green)
[Em] [D]
We would live forever
[A] [Em]
Who could ask for more?
[Em] [D]
You could die if you wanted
[A] [Em]
But baby what for?
Bridge (Bruno Mars/Cee Lo Green)
Chorus (Cee Lo Green)
Verse 3 (B.o.B)
[Em]
If they say life's a dream
[D]
Call this insomnia
[A]
Cause this ain't Wonderland
[Em]
It damn sure ain't Narnia
[Em]
And once you cross the line
[D]
You can't change your mind
[A]
Yeah I'm a monster
[Em]
But I'm no Frankenstein
[Em]
And quite frankly
I've been feeling insane in between my eyes
[D]
I really can’t explain what I feel inside
[A]
If you knew what I was you's would run and hide
[Em]
Many have tried to go into the night
[Em]
Cross over the line and come back alive
But that's the price we pay when we living on the other side
Chorus (Bruno Mars)
Outro (B.o.B)
[Em] [D] [A] [Em]
Ahhhhhh ahhhh ahhhh
It’s better if you don’t understand x8
11. Somewhere in Brooklyn*
Capo 3rd
Chorus
[G] [C]
She was covered in leather and gold
[Am] [D]
Twenty one years old
[G] [C]
I lost her in the cold
[Am] [D]
It's unfair, she's out there
[G] [C] [Am] [D]
Somewhere, somewhere, somewhere in Brooklyn
[G] [C] [Am] [D]
She's somewhere, somewhere, somewhere in Brooklyn
Verse 1
[G] [C]
Little miss perfect sitting at the train stop
[Am] [D]
Red Nike high tops listening to hip-hop
[G] [C]
While we were waiting started conversating
[Am] [D]
Before I got her name along came a train
Bridge
[G] [C] [Am] [D]
(ohhhhh) next stop Brooklyn
[G] [C] [Am] [D]
(ohhhhh) now I'm lookin'
Chorus
Verse 2
[G] [C]
On the street kickin rocks circling the same block
[Am] [D]
Green farm flatbush checking every corner shop
[G] [C]
Tappin' people's shoulders askin’ if they know her
[Am] [D]
Everyday's the same back to the train
Bridge
Chorus
Outro
[G] [C]
Oh-oh-oh-oh
[Am] [D]
I wonder if we'll ever meet again
[G] [C]
Oh-oh-oh-oh
[Am] [D] [G] [C]
I wonder we we'll ever meet again
[Am] [D] [G] [C]
Yeah I wonder if we'll ever meet again
[Am] [D] [G]
I hope we do, somewhere in Brooklyn
12. Talking to the Moon (acoustic piano version)*
p. 12-14
Mike Whittle
