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Hunting High & Low Album

Talking away I don't know what I'm to say I'll say it anyway today
isn't my day to find you shying away I'll be coming for your love OK
Take on me.... Take me on......
(take on me) (take on me)
I'll be gone in a day or two...
So needless to say at odds and ends but I'm me stumbling away slowly
learning that life is OK say after me it's no better to be safe than
sorry Take on me.... Take me on......
(take on me) (take on me)
I'll be gone in a day or two...

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Oh the things that you say yeh is it life or
just to play my worries away you're all the things
I've got to remember you shying away I'll be coming for you anyway
Take on me... Take me on......
(take on me) (take on me)

I'll be gone in a.. day......
(take on me...) (take me on...)
((Take on me)) ((Take
I'll be gone... in a.. day...
... on me..) (take me on..)
on me)) ((take on me) ((take on me))
(take on me....) (take me on.....) (take on
((take on me)) ((take on me))
me....)
((take on me)) ...
TRAIN OF THOUGHT

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B-/E | C#-/E | D/E | C#-/E
B-/E | C#-/E | D/E | C#-/E
N.C./E D A D/E | D/E
He likes to have the morning paper's crossword solved hey
N.C./E D A D/E | D/E
Words go up words come down forwards backwards twisted 'round hey
N.C./E D A
He grabs a pile of letters From a small suitcase
E- D C#- | C#-
Disappears into an office It's another working day
and his thou.....ghts are full of strangers
corridors of naked lights And his
mind once full of reason Now there's
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mo...re than meets the eye Now a stranger's face he carries with him
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He likes a bit of reading On the subway home ooh oooh ooh
(E-) D A D/E | D/E
A distant radio's whistling tunes That nobody knows hm
At home a house awaits him he unlocks the door
E- D C#- | C#-
Thinking once there was a sea here but there never was a door
And his thou....ghts are full of strangers
And his eyes too numb to see
And nothing that he knows of
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B-7 C#-7 D | D D9/E | F#- D A | A
And no........where where he's been wa..s ever quite like this

yeah!
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he! oh oh oh oh and his
thou.....ghts are full of strangers
corridors of naked lights And his
mind once full of reason Now there's
d. |
B-7 C#-7 D | D D9/E F#- D A
mo...re than meets the eye Now a stranger's face he carries with
| A | B-/E | C#-/E | D/E | C#-/E |
him
B-/E | C#-/E | D/E | C#-/E
and at
hea.....rt he's full of strangers dodging
on his train of thought train of

thought
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B-/E | C#-/E | D/E | C#-/E | ...
HUNTING HIGH AND LOW

d.. |~-d-|~
Here I am and within the reach of
d.. |~ d.. |~-d-|~
my hand she's sound asleep and she's sweeter now
than the wildest dream could have seen her and I watch her slipping away
d d o d d o o
But I know I'll be hunting high and low hi...gh
There's no end to the lengths I'll go to
hunting high and low hi....gh
o o
there's no end to the lenghts I'll go to

find her again upon this my dreams are depending
through the dark I sense the pounding of her heart next
to mine she's the sweetest love I could find
so I guess I'll be hunting high and low hi...gh
There's no end to the lengths I'll go to
high and low hi....gh
o o o d d d d o

do you know what it means to love you
C | C/B | A- | E- | E- | F |

G _| A- G F7+ F
I'm hunting high and low and now she's telling me
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she's got to go away
I'll always be hunting high and low only for you
(and now she's telling
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watch me tea.....ring myself to piec........es hunting
me)
high and low uoh hi....gh there's no end to the lenghts

I'll go to... oohohohoo for you I'll be hunting high
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and low
BLUE SKY

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blue sky blue sky
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blue sky blue sky blue sky
Oh I find it hard to breathe as life just eats away
at the faces that surround me they look tired today
the lady at my table doesn't want me here I just want to talk to her
but would she laugh at my accent and make fun of me
F7+ F/G E- | F | E- | F |
oh it doesn't seem like this blue sky's here for me
There are no girls in here as far as I can see
only pinup posters looking down at me
watching paper cups of coffee growing cold before my eyes
all the things I see that make me realize I'm in this big world
without you nothing to my name oh I never knew that
blue sky meant such pain
(blue sky blue sky)
blue sky blue sky

blue sky blue sky blue sky
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I'm dying to be different in the coffee shop
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I've lived on borrowed strengh now my supplies are cut though
d. |
I'm older than my looks and older than my years
d. |
I'm too young to take on my deepest fears
oh I used to be confused but now I just don't know since you
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left I've been watching blue skies come and go oh
(blue sky...)
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since you left I've been watching blue skies come and go
(blue sky..)
LIVING A BOY'S ADVENTURE TALE

Aaaahaahaaahahaaaa

Aaaahaahaaahahaa

I've fixed my dwelling for the night lights in pairs come passing by
D7+ | D7+ | D7+ |
where I hide
I need some time now on my own leave my loneliness alone to lick my wounds
D7+ | D7+ | A7+ |
night has found me just in time to help me close my eyes one more time
d d o d d d d
living a boy's adventure tale in so many ways
living a boy's adventure tale for so many days I'm
living a boy's adventure tale can't escape if I wanted to
living a boy's adventure tale I may be dreaming but I feel awake
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I've been lost in so many places seeking love in so many faces
(D7+) | (D7+) |
a change of weather the rain pours down my head in hands pressed to
d. |
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the ground
and where am I supposed to go now
living a boy's adventure tale in so many ways
living a boy's adventure tale haaa haaaa haaha
living a boy's adventure tale a voice I hear
living a boy's adventure tale singing a lullaby for me
o d o d o d o d o d o d o d
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living a boy's adventure tale because of you
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living a boy's adventure tale oh you know it's true I'm
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living a boy's adventure tale in so many ways
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aaaah ahhaaaaaa for so many da.....ys Ilove you I
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love you so many wa.....ys
D E F#- | B- C#- | D E |
aaaaaaahaaahaaa
D E F#- | B- C#- | D E |
aaaaaaahaaahaaa
D E F#- | B- C#- | D E |
aaaaaaahaaahaaa ....
THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON T.V.

E- | A- F | C | G |
E- | A- F | C | G |
Touch me.. how can it be...
g c
believe me..... the sun always shines on t.v.
g g c a
hold me.. close to your hea..rt
d. d d d
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touch me.. and give all your love to me to me..............
Fo | Fo | Fo | Fo | Fo |
..

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uh!
I reached inside myself and found nothing there to ease the
pressure of my ever worrying mind ohooohoh oh
all my powers waste away I fear the crazed and lonely
looks the mirror's sending me these days ohoo oh
touch me.. how can it be...

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believe me.. the sun always shines on t.v.
hold me.. close to your hea..rt
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touch me.. and give all your love to me
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A- | A- D | D- | F /G |
Please don't ask me to defend the shameful lowlands of the way I'm
drifting gloomily through time oohooo
I reached inside myself today thinking there's got to be
(touch me) (keep on your love)
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some way to keep my troubles distant
Touch me.. how can it be

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believe me.. the sun always shines on t.v.
hold me.. close to your hea..rt
touch me.. and give all your love to me
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E- | A- F | C | G | E- | A- F | C | G /G /B /D
hold me.. close to your hea..rt
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touch me.. and give all your love to me hey

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to me.......
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AND YOU TELL ME

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Please don't hurt me I have told you all my love is all I've got
and tomorrow is the day when I for your sake I'm coming back
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and you tell me that I don't love you
I'm trying hard to make you jealous trying harder to make you stay
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days are long and nights are crazy it's so strange when you're away
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and you tell me that I don't love you
| A | A E/G# D E F#- C#- B-7 D-6
because I love I will show you all the faces my love can have
A | E/A | D/A | E/A D E/A D B-7
so plea..............se let me come to you and stay this time
F#- B-7 Fo F#- | E6 D B-7
and you tell me that I don't love you oh you know that it's
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just not true
LOVE IS REASON

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hm!
my breath was coming fast and as I make a start you turned to go oh oh
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I'll do what you want me to I'll cry at the thought of the loss of a
heart love is reason love is reason love is reason lo..ve is..
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reason enough my morals are changing fast I told you it wouldn't last
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you turn and go oh oh
d. |
I'll be what you want me to be I'd die at the thought of the loss of
your heart love is reason love is reason love is reason lo..ve is
d d |~ |~ |~ |~
D-7 /G A- | A- /G | F | N.C./F N.C./F N.C./F N.C./F G G_|
reason enough hm!
E- | F9 G | E- | F9 G | E- | F9 G | C F7+ D-7 /G | C | C
ooh! oh lo..ve is.. reason enough
I'd dye at the thought of the loss of your heart
love is reason love is reason love is reason love love is reason
enough is reason love is reason enough love is reason love is rea....son
A- F9 G | C | F9 G | A- | F9 G | C | F9 G | A- | F9 G | C
enough ah ooh ooh ooh! ah ...
DREAM MYSELF ALIVE

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dream my...self a...live
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b c# g g f#
d d d d o d d
I dream my...self a...live
but you can't deny there's something dark 'gainst the light
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all I can say it doesn't have to be this way we'll be
chasing our tails madly see days pass like wild fire
right from the start I knew this world would break my heart I
d d d d o d d
dream my...self a...live
d d d d o d d
I dream my...self a...live
d d d d o d d
I dream my...self a...live break my heart and
what can it mean I'm drawing pictures of the sea
(dream my...self a...live)
B- F#- G(7+) C B- | F#-(4+/9-)
right from the start I knew this girl would break my heart
(voices)
G(7+) | C(7) | B- | F#-(4+) | G(7+/9-) | C
d d d d o d d
dream my...self a...live
d d d d o d d
dream my...self a...live
d d d d o d d
I dream my...self a...live
d d d d o d d
dream my...self a...live
(a-ha a-ha)
d d d d o d d
dream my...self a...live
d d d d o d d
I dream my...self a...live
d d d d o d d
dream my...self a...live
d d d d o d d
dream my...self a...live ...
HERE I STAND AND FACE THE RAIN

F#-9 F#- D4+ D E | E E4 F#-9 F#- D4+ | D4+ D E E4

F#-9 F#- D4+ D E | E E4 F#-9 F#- D4+ | D4+ D E E4

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B- G A | A B- G | G A | B- G A | A B- G | G A |

E- C D | D E- C | C D | E- C D | D E- C | C B |
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o o d d
Help me I need your love don't walk away the dark scares me so we're
nothing apart let's stay friend forever forever
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here I stand and face the rain I know that nothing's gonna be the same
|. |~-|. d-|~ o o o o d d
B- G F#- C#7 E- B- | C#- | D E |
again I fear for what to..mo..rrow brings
trust me for whom I am place all your faith into these hands I got nothing
to say but let's stay friends forever forever
here I stand and face the rain I know that nothing's gonna be the same
again I fear for what tomo..rrow
here I stand and face the pain of knowing nothing's gonna be the same again

I fear for what tomo..rrow brings
F#- D E F#- | D E | F#- D
here I stand and face the rain knowing nothing's
(here I stand and face the rain

E F#- D E F#- D E | E F#- D | D E | B- G A | A B-
gonna be the same again

G | G A | F#- D E | E F#- D | D E | B- G A | A B- G | G

A | F#- D E | E F#- D | D E | B- G A | A
aaah ah ahahah ahahaaah.......... aaah ah ahahah
(aah ah ahahah ahahaaah..........)
|. |~---|. d-|~ |
B- G | G A |
ahahaaah |
(aah ah ahahah) |

F#- D E | E F#- D | D E | B- G A | A
aaah ah ahahah ahahaaah.......... aaah ah ahahah
ahahaah.........) (aah ah ahahah ahahaaah..........)
|. |~---|. d-|~ |
B- G | G A |
ahahaaah |
ah ahahah) |

F#- D E | E F#- D | D E | B- G A | A
here I stand and face the rain
(aaah ah ahahah ahahaaah..........) (aaah ah ahahah
ahahaah............) (aah ah ahahah ahahaaah..........)
|. |~---|. d-|~ |
B- G | G A |
ahahaaah |
ah ahahah) |

F#- D E | E F#- D | D E | B- G A |
knowing nothing's gonna be the same a.. gain
(aaah ah ahahah ahahaaah.............) (aaah ah ahahah
ahahaah............) (aah ah ahahah ahahaaah..........)

A B- G | G A |
ahahaaah) |
ah ahahah) |

F#- D E | E F#- D | D E | B- G A | A B-
aaah ah ahahah ahahaaah.......... aaah ah ahahah ahahaaah
(aah ah ahahah ahahaaah..........) (aah
|~---|. d-|~ |
G | G A |
|
ah ahahah) |

F#- D E | E F#- D | D E | B- G A | A B- G | G A

F#- D E | E F#- D | D E | B- G A | A B- G | G A ...