Yesterday Rules

NOTE: This Is Not My Own Work!! These are the tabs as found on the Mr. T Experience

"Yesterday Rules"... I just thought I'd Upload them for those who don't own the cd...

Track Listing:

1:She's Not A Flower

2:Fucked Up On Life

3:Oh, Just Have Some Faith In Me

4:Big, Strange, Beautiful Hammer

5:Sorry For Freaking Out On The Phone Last Night

6:The Boyfriend Box

7:London

8:Elizabeth Or Fight!

9:Everybody Knows You're Crying

10:Jill

11:Shining

12:Institutionalized Misogyny

13:Take All The Time You Need

SHE'S NOT A FLOWER

She's not a flower

she isn't growing in your garden today

you couldn't cultivate her anyway

you're not a king bee

you like honey and you're packing a sting

but there really isn't such a thing

you're in flight, and she smells all right

but she's not a flower

As intro x4

She's not an o cean

that you're an island in the middle of

and there isn't any prison of love

you're not a freebird

hey you, up on that mountain peak

can't you hear what's coming out of your beak?

you can say you'll fly away

but you're not a freebird

As intro x4

Love's not a poison

you better find a better reason why

you feel like you want to die

a broke heart won't kill you

you might suffer till the end of your days

but that was gonna happen anyways

and even if the love you mourn

is equal to the love you scorn

and fortune mocks the love you gave

and someone lays her on your grave

she's not a flower

Outro = intro x2

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FUCKED UP ON LIFE

This song is in B flat, but most of the guitar was played with a capo on the third fret,

though playing in G. The true chords are indicated below, with the fingered chords in brackets.

I don't have many friends

just some pretty loose and dead ends

even one can be a bit much for me

and they call me but I never end up calling them back

they lose patience as I lose track

I don't care anymore

if I ever did before

but I'm not really paying attention

people say what reflects well on them

and everyone's lying like rugs

and everyone thinks I'm on drugs

but I'm just

fucked up on life

cause it doesn't add up

and I never know what should be done

I know I'm far from the only one

I stay out of the fray

I figure I do less damage that way

I'm outstanding in my field

and all I ever want to do is just get plowed

I always feel outnumbered in a crowd

and if the truth be known

I feel outnumbered when I'm all alone

if you're wondering why there's no affect

when I speak, when you look in my eyes

I couldn't begin to explain

I'm almost perfectly sane

but I'm just

fucked up on life

I'm just fucked up,

fucked up on life

oo oo oo

ah na na na na

dum dum day

I never know what I should do or say

when words fail me

I react reciprocally

I'm just

fucked up on life

I'm just fucked up,

fucked up on life

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OH, JUST HAVE SOME FAITH IN ME

Intro: D D7 C Cmaj7 (2x plus 2x w/D bass)

You didn't make my crucifixion

I know you had a lot on your plate

but from what I read and what everyone said

I handled it just great

I'm even kind of disappointed

cause I really couldn't feel it at all

well I'll come down to you when I get around to you

all you gotta do is crawl

oh, just have some faith in me

smart things come in stupid packages

when all you hear is the crying

you read a lot into each other's sobs

we're going through a spell

but we're aging well

even if we don't have jobs

and we can't even leave the apartment

cause we live on such a scary street

but I don't mind

I'll risk my life just to try to get you something to eat

oh, just have some faith in me

pure love gets sent in mixed messages

oh, just have some faith in me

smart things come in stupid packages

so come on

D Am7 C G w/D bass (x4)

bop bop bop...

oh, just have some faith in me

I'll guide you through the obscure passages

oh, just have some faith in me

smart things come in stupid packages

Intro as outro x2

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This song is in B flat, but most of the guitar was played with a capo on the third fret,

though playing in G. The true chords are indicated below, with the fingered chords in brackets.

Discretion is a must, rising from the dust,

on your feet but just a bit unsteady

you want to close your eyes, be taken by surprise

but not before you're absolutely ready

so lay low, as time permits

and you'll know it when it hits:

it's gonna sound like a big

it's coming down like a big

it's gonna pound like a big, strange, beauti ful

hammer

You're feeling like a saint, powerful but faint

like you want to call for an attendant

heavy in your hand, courage on demand

you feel safe, and strangely independent

once baptized in pain and light

you'd be advised to hold on tight

when you collide with a big

you coincide with a big

filled inside with a big, strange, beauti ful

hammer

it's coming down on you

it's gonna drive you home

hammer, hammer,

big hammer, strange hammer

Discretion is a waste, now you've had a taste

you see yourself as well-maintained and polished

existence is a test, we try to do our best

but we're on a quest to be demolished

it's your right, so don't be shy

day and night you're smitten by

the might of a big

the blinding light of a big

in the night of the big, strange,

beauti ful hammer

hammer, hammer,

big hammer, strange hammer

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SORRY FOR FREAKING OUT ON THE PHONE LAST NIGHT

Intro: D A G flat5 G D

I'm sorry for freaking out on the phone last night

I don't know how it happened but I'm basically all right

even though you never really know

before you start to wonder like I'm pretty sure you do

how a man can be so fragile and so easy to see through

while remaining so inflexible

I've noticed that one, too

D A G flat5 G D

but let's keep the freaking out to a min imum

D A G flat5 G D

I'm sorry for freaking out when you freak out on me

things don't always come out how you wanted them to be anyhow

including now

are we just being normal?

it's so difficult to tell

and love can be so simple and impossible as hell

I've devised a little system you can implement as well:

D A G flat5 G D

let's keep the freaking out to a min imum

D A G flat5 G D

I'm sorry now

I'm always sorry

you're always sorry in return

and I'm with you

I always mean well, too

you can mean well and never learn

but I'm still sorry for freaking out in the car today

I can't always see straight when I don't know what to say

there's still so many questions that the chances could be slim

that we'll lay them all to rest before our lights begin to dim

when you let love move a mountain you endanger life and limb

D A G flat5 G D

but let's keep the freaking out to a min imum

D A G flat5 G D

but let's keep the freaking out to a min imum

oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo

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THE BOYFRIEND BOX

How many times can you read that letter,

and what do you need it for?

Can't you see that the salutation

has no meaning anymore?

And you can't resurrect the body,

and the closing's out of date

and if you stumble upon an answer

it will always be too late--

you better take that letter, put it in the boyfriend box.

Are you still staring at that picture

of someone who doesn't care?

just like you're looking through a window

at a world that isn't there?

If you're trying to reconstruct it,

it will only fall apart

'cause there's really nothing in it

but your late, great, heart--

you better take that picture, put it in the boyfriend box.

ooh la la, ooh la la, ooh la la

There's something dark and dead buried in your head,

and underneath your bed.

You're still tempted to believe the world is true.

You even almost do.

Your little world is a little empty,

but the memories never stop

organizing themselves in layers,

the most recent at the top.

If you need to go any deeper

you can dig them out again,

just in case you need to be reminded

of what a fool you've been--

you're gonna take those memories, put them in the boyfriend box,

ooh la la, ooh la la, ooh la la

Take those letters, put them in the boyfriend box

the boyfriend box, the boyfriend box

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LONDON

This song is in A flat, but most of the guitar was played with a capo on the first fret,

though playing in G. The true chords are indicated below, with the fingered chords in brackets.

You have to hate the world

it's required by your clothes

consistency is everything

as everybody knows

it's so cold, baby

you're losing your hold, baby

and you're gonna fold, baby

before too long

but don't tell me your secret lies in London

I already know

I can see your secret lies in London

everywhere I go

There is a sun somewhere

extremely far away

your tired eyes, reflecting the sky,

a drizzly steel grey

there's no light in there

and there's no sight in there

I get right in there, and it's all

dark

but don't deny your secret lies in London

it's not worth your while

you can lie back and think of England

and miss it by a mile ya na na na na

you can't conceal your secret lies in London

obvi ous ly not

I can feel your secret lies in London

deeper than you thought ya na na na na

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E liz A beth,

don't look to me

you can be yourself or find some other way to be

but time won't wait

and even if it does

it's unlikely to go back to how it was

so my advice is to not think twice:

Elizabeth or fight

stick to your guns

it won't be long before

surrendering won't be an option a ny more

so in the end I recommend:

Elizabeth or fight

Am D G D7 flat 9 Em Em7/D bass

peace whenever justice will allow

peace forever

Elizabeth for now

if that means eternally

fighting for Elizabeth and Li ber ty

or the reverse

you could do much worse:

Elizabeth or fight.

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EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU'RE CRYING

Everybody says you shouldn't cry

everybody's standing by

and everybody's gonna roll their eyes

if you ever do

everybody says it's not too late

and you can still participate

you take everybody's bait

and everybody laughs at you

they'll leave you crying all alone

they'll say they wouldn't have if they had only known

but you see the reality behind their indulgent stares--

everybody knows you're crying

no one ever really cares

everybody thinks you're a little slow

everyone wants you to know

they went through the same thing long ago

and it wasn't that hard to do

everybody says they sympathize

you stand by while they describe

someone you don't even recognize

that's supposed to look like you

but they never can explain

how to live with such spectacular pain

and when you're at your weakest

they advise you to be strong

everybody says they've been there

everybody must be wrong

ooh ooh ooh ooh everybody knows you're crying

they send their love

and love is loud

they feel it's greatly to their credit

and they're proud

of their compassion,

and it's true

but it doesn't have a lot to do with you

and you can't escape the conclusion

though you don't like what it was:

everybody says they love you,

no one ever really does.

ooh ooh ooh ooh everybody knows you're crying

everybody knows you're crying

everybody knows you're crying

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JILL

I was here when the call came through, Jill

and I screened it like I always do, Jill

and they hung up on the machine

just like you, Jill

well, that sounds like one of your stunts, Jill

and I'm only gonna say this once, Jill

you haven't left a message for me

in a couple of months, Jill

I'm not blaming you, Jill

this is hard to do, Jill

but I still don't know why I always feel like crying, crying, crying

I'm still having some trouble tying up your loose ends, Jill

and I still see life through the same distorted lens, Jill

and I think I may have said some things about you

in front of some of your friends, Jill

well, I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings, Jill

but these are not normally people with whom I have dealings, Jill

I still spend most of my time in silence alone

staring at ceilings, Jill

but you know all that, Jill

what I'm getting at, Jill

is I can't stop not knowing

why I never don't feel like crying, crying, crying

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SHINING

She, shining like a star, like a sun, like a moon

and all that other stuff you know

I wanted everything, she gave me everything

but everything is never enough

what I mean is, she, my kind of fluff.

Like a star or a sun or a moon

like the surface of a still lagoon

like a stainless steel spoon she's shining

reach out to turn her on

she fills the room and hijinks ensue

in dark nights of the soul

I don't mind saying that I think I've had one or two

tried to tell her, she already knew

like an incandescent wish

like a silverplate chaffing dish

like a Siamese fighting fish she's shining

like a blinding brilliant thing

like a turned on electric ring

like a novel by Stephen King she's shining

ooh ah, ooh ooh ooh ah

glowing in her jar

just like a little piece of star

Guitar solo, as verse

ooh ooh ooh ooh ah

like a blue electric shock

like a radioactive rock

like the hands of a digital clock she's shining

like the Thames or the Rhine or the Nile

like a luminescent radio dial

like a brand new ceramic tile she's shining

ooh she's shining, ooh she's shining

in this endless night

she's my little misguiding light

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INSTITUTIONALIZED MISOGYNY

This song is in C#, but some of the guitar was played as though in G with a capo on the

fret (if you can believe that) while some was played as though in C with the capo on the

fret. The true chords are below, with the fingered chords (in G) in brackets.

I'm not complaining, I'm just figuring out

how everything left us behind

I got my problems, I'm aware of them

I'll take care of them, never you mind

you're still repeating pre-recorded things

they used to say in universities

and books on left wing politics and law

about underlying structures

that so far as they mean anything

still won't support the personal

connections that you draw

In sti tutional ized

mis o gy ny

that's all that stands between

my baby and me

now science tells us I'm hard-wired to, I'm required to

do it with you

'cause I'm a man, and you're a woman

and that's what those kind of people do

I stole that line from Woody Allen

isn't it amusing

I wish I could make you understand

what Woody Allen meant.

If there's no such thing as objective reality

why can't we quit our jobs and just imagine

we won't have to pay the rent?

In sti tutional ized

mis o gy ny

that's why they're charging rent

to my baby and me

Michelle, ma belle:

ton beau, Michel Foucault

a Foucault dependent is always ready to go

I think we're alone

I might have known

she's got Chomsky on the phone

In sti tutional ized

mis o gy ny

that's all that stands between

my baby and me

my baby and me my baby and me

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TAKE ALL THE TIME YOU NEED

If you had wanted to see me today

I assume you could have found a way

but that's not how today went

God only knows what today meant

Take all the time you need

I'm not going anywhere

we're unsafe at any speed

take all the time you need

If I had the chance to say how I feel I would

even though it wouldn't make me look good

that's ammu ni tion you lost

while you were try ing to exhaust

each possibility

until you've exhausted me

the last of a dying breed

take all the time you need

and I will love you still

but you're hardly even needed now

as a lesson to us all

and I want you back again

but I don't know what I'd do then

Take all the time you need

I haven't prepared my case

I wouldn't know how to plead

so take all the time you need

take all the time you need

take all the time you need

F C G etc.

and I'll follow your lead

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