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Damaged Goods

by Toby Darling

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1.
My Wildest Dreams 03:12
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My Wildest Dreams Intro: Am7 G F9 x2 Verse 1 C Em C G Am C You come, in the darkest hours of stormy nights G F Through wind and rain C G F Dm Am7 You come, as I sleep at night alone C Em C G Am C You cross, windswept shores and raging fields G F You ride the storm C G F Dm Am7 You cross, the silent rivers of my mind Chorus F C G In the wildest nights F C I've been dreaming about you G Am7 G F9 Em And my wildest dreams are for you Dm C G My dreams are for you Verse 2 C Em C G Am C You go, when the morning comes with splintered light G F And the sun shines C G F Dm Am7 You go, and I wake to face the day C Em C G Am C You take, the storm away to another land G F To another life C G F Dm Am7 You'll come again when the time is right Chorus Am7 G F9 In the Wildest Nights CG F I've been dreaming about you chorus instr Chorus
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The Ghosts Are Out 04:57
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The Ghosts Are Out Intro: D Em G A Bm D G A x2 D Bm F#m G I don’t think I’m gonna sleep D Em G A With this rattling in my brain D F C G Nothing’s gonna get me deep D Bm F#m G When those spectres rise again Bm A D Em Try to think of flying away G A D Em Escape those sins of the past F C Gm Am But my life won’t ever find that day C G D A How it was back at the start D Em G A The ghosts are out tonight Bm D G A And they’re haunting me D Em G A The ghosts are out tonight Bm D G A And they’re killing me Skeleton in my worried mind Clambering to get out There’s no escaping the guilt that shines And the terror that mounts Chorus Chorus instr G A Bm D I’d give anything for oblivion Em A Em A So I can finally rest Em C D A A chance to make it into the sun C G A And undo all the things I’ve done Chorus etc
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I'm Drinking 05:13
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I’m Drinking Intro Em Am x4 Em F C Dm Don’t ask me questions now C Dm Em F God knows what I’ll say C G F Em I might be full of wondrous lies F C G Talking rubbish night and day My face may show a rueful smile Tears of joy or sadness in my eyes Generous, kind or angry words The emotions that cheap wine buys Am G F C But nothing matters in the end while... Em Am Em Am I’m drinking Em F#m G A Trying to drown the guilt and pain Em F#m G A Till the next day when they’re back again and Em Am Em Am I’m drinking Em Am Em Am I’m drinking Happiness and misery I must be addicted to both When that switch falls where will it end Laughing or crying into a hundred proof And this road is mapped out clear when... I’m drinking Cos its the only thing I can do Like tumbleweed blowing along the road I’m drinking I’m drinking Chorus instr
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You Matter to Someone 04:22
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You Matter To Someone Intro: G DΔ7 Am7 Em CΔ7 FΔ7 Em G DΔ7 Am7 Em Lay back in that rocking chair CΔ7 FΔ7 Em Drink a toast to your long years G DΔ7 Am7 Em Ask yourself what you achieved CΔ7 FΔ7 Em Then tell me I want to hear F Am7 Will they say when you are gone F Am7 How your actions set the scene G# Fm I know you’re looking tired now D# C# Your mind’s not what it used to be...but Chorus G# F# C# D#m7 You matter to someone C# F# C# Not just a footprint in a muddy pool G# F# C# D#m7 Nor the ramblings of a forgotten fool C# B A You matter to someone G DΔ7 Am7 Em CΔ7 FΔ7 Em Your body may fall to dust While your family tree winds its way You might leave nothing behind And your photos turn to grey Maybe no-one will say your name Or quote your words in whispered awe Your clothes will go to jumble sales But that won’t change what life is for Chorus Verse instrumental Maybe no-one’ll sing your praise Or hold séances to your lost soul And the world will keep on turning This is how all things go Chorus x2, Chorus instrumental x2
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Lazytown 04:24
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Lazytown Intro Bm/D Dmaj7 Eb Bb, Dm Am7 G People say travel the world Leave the earth reeling in your wake Don’t spend your time regretting Enjoy life for its own sake But what if we all did nothing And hid away in quiet Without that greed there’d be no wars And we’d leave it as we found it Dm Am7 Bb C Dm Am7 Bb C So I’m staying in.... Dm Am7 Bb C Lazytown, where nothing gets done Dm Am7 Bb C Everyone’s asleep, there’s nothing to be won Dm Am7 Bb C Lazytown where the only sound you’ll hear Dm Am7 Bb C Is the gentle sighs and whispers in the sun Man’s ego can know no bounds He’s gotta somehow get a bit more But his monuments are just another man’s junk And all he achieved just flotsam on the shore Chorus Chorus instr Cm Dm Imagine instead leaving nothing behind Gm Am Striving only for an end to desire G Am G Am Not battling with nature to reverse the tide Cm Gm Am Or fighting your neighbour to steal his share Chorus etc
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As You Were 04:59
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As You Were Intro : Em9 Amaj7 x4 Em9 Amaj7 Em9 Am7 So you had some time away F C Dm7 Am7 Bm7 Twenty years is a long time without going insane for a day You had to see how you’d fare If you tried to be like everyone else and stay astride that amber mare G Em D Well you tried Am G And ended up your ass in a ditch Am Em Your face covered in that shame G F Em That only washes off when you get back D C Bm7 Am7 As you were, yeh you’re back as you were G Am7 Bm7 C Em Knowing you can’t ever err from that path of survival Chorus instr Eb F Dm Cm Straight is the gate of the road you set yourself Bb Cm Dm F Things can happen beyond your wildest dreams Em If you give yourself a chance As you were, yeh you’re back as you were Knowing that any way you turn will send you to destruction Now just study to be quiet With decades where you can learn how to do things right You can find that sleep Where you never need to wake in shock, and those emotions stay hidden deep. Chorus etc
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Damaged Goods 04:24
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Damaged Goods Intro : Dm7 F/D (xx7560, xx0560) x4 Dm7 F/D This package’s been beaten around C Bb Only just got here in one piece F C It contains a tortured soul F/D Sign for it and you’ll be stuck with a basket case Held together with some frayed string The wrapping’s ripped at the sides The heart is rattling round within Tears holding the stamps on for the ride. These are... C Bb Damaged Goods F C Some old junk that no one wants Dm Eb Bb Cm Thrown in the mail to see if someone could Gm7 Use them for a while They were shiny new once Filled with joy and bursting with smiles They could make a happy home Be fun to stay with for a while. But these are... Damaged Goods Beaten up by a lifetime of pain Cast away to see if someone could Accept them on trial Chorus instr Am7 Dm7 Take them on there’s no guarantee Am7 Dm7 That you’ll be happy with what you got Cm Dm If they fail to please you can throw them out again Eb Bb Cm These damaged goods that no one wants. These are... Chorus etc
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Safe At Last 03:55
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Safe At Last Intro F C/D Dm7 Am7 Bb x2 Dm7 Am7 Bb Am7 x2 Dm7 Am7 Bb Go to that deep place Dm7 Am7 Gm7 Where you know you are safe from harm Eb Bb A thousand fathoms under the waves Gm7 Am7 Where the frozen water’s always calm Nobody can reach you there You can lie in the dark haze Nothing moves in the still air But your soft breath on the pillowcase. And you’re.... Dm7 Am7 Bb C Safe at last Gm7 Bb Am7 No feeling more hurt Dm7 Am7 Bb C No need to face your crimes Gm7 Bb C Cos you’re safe at last Link: Dm7 Am7 Bb Am7 x3, Gm7 Am7 Bb C You can travel the world in your mind Put right all those wrongs But history is far behind And the days and nights stretch long Nobody can touch you now And you can’t mess up again The only sound’s your sorry heart Beating in the black ocean Chorus Chorus Link x3
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Hide Me in the Yew 04:30
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Hide Me In The Yew Intro: Am Em C G Am C Dm F Am Em I may have been a sinner C G Spent my life on the run Am C The King’s men are hunting me Dm F For all the evil that I’ve done Am E7 But I have a secret place Am E7 Deep within the woods Am E7 When I hear the hounds coming C D I know what I’m gonna do Am F Hide me in the yew C D Deep in its poison arms Am D Am G Where nothing but its fingers grow C D Am F Hide me in the yew Dm E7 To keep me safe from harm Its bark is worse than a bite Or a condemned man’s hope All men are equal in its lethe embrace And it’s roots are stronger than a hangman’s rope And I have a secret place Which takes me far away When hear the justice hue I know where I’m gonna stay Chorus Chorus instr C#maj7 Bmaj7 F# G#m I dare you to follow me here Bbm Ebm Bbm Ebm To brush against its boughs C#maj7 Bmaj7 F# G#m I’ll be gone and never face the law Am E7 C D Knowing nothing can touch me now Chorus etc
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Take it from Me 04:39
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Take It From Me Intro Em9 Amaj7 Em7 Amaj7 x2 Em9 Amaj7 Em7 Amaj7 Some are born to give, and others born to take C Bm7 Em7 A Only you can decide, and live with the choice you make Do you want a free ride now, and pay for it in the next Or spend your days as another man’s slave, will you keep your self-respect Fmaj7 Em7 Am7 F#m I guess I know how I want to seem C G Dm7 Am7 My ego aint what you’d call the American dream. You can... Bb F Bb F Take it from me Dm7 Am7 Dm7 Am7 Fill your boots with my stuff Bb F G Dm7 Take it from me Bb F C I know all I got ain’t enough You can dine with fine wines, while I’ll cook and clean the dregs You’ll be wearing silken clothes while I’m patching up my rags I guess I know I can’t complain How you chose the sun while I stay in the rain. You can... Chorus + instr Bb F Am7 I won’t spend my life regretting Bb F Am7 And your karma aint my concern Bb F G Dm7 Take the path of kindness and not revenge Bb F C It’s not me will judge if you fly or burn Chorus etc
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What Do I Care 04:55
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What Do I Care Verse instrumental Fmaj7 Am7 Em7 When is a banquet not a feast? G F Am7 When you’re sitting all alone Am7 G Dm7 Am7 And the greatest sunset you ever saw G F Am7 Is just a messy sky when you’re on your own Em7 Dm7 For me there’s nothing to enjoy F#m7 Em7 If i can’t see it through another’s eyes G#m7 C#m7 There’s nothing that can make me smile B F#m7 Nothing’ll make my senses rise. So D F#m7 G A What do I care if something’s good or bad Em7 A Em7 A What do I care, it’s neither here nor there D C G F Am If I’m happy or if I’m sad yeh what do I care When is a joke just some empty words? When you can’t share it with a friend And a walk along the sun-drenched sand Makes you weary if you’re not holding someone’s hand For me there’s no reason to cry If i can’t feel another’s tears A song sounds like a passing car If I can’t listen through another’s ears Chorus Verse Instrumental Em7 Am7 Life is just a pointless game F#m7 Bm7 When you’re only in it to put others down G#m7 C#m7 And you can’t love only yourself B F#m7 When what goes around comes around Chorus Chorus Chorus instrumental
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Breaking Out of the Asylum 04:13
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Breaking Out of the Asylum Intro: F Dm7 Em Am C G Dm7 F Dm7 Em Am Is this a castle in the air C G Dm7 Or a prison in my mind F Dm7 Em Am Feeling that anger rise C G Dm7 And my fears like a full-moon tide Like a hamster on a wheel These thoughts spin round and round The panic flying in the night That won’t ever come to ground Eb Dm7 C I don’t need to live like this Eb Bb Eb Bb It’s me who made these walls Eb Dm7 C I can climb out of the abyss Eb F Gm Bb Breaking out of the asylum Eb F Eb F Heading east where the air is warm Eb F Gm Bb Leave behind that world of harm Eb Dm7 C Breaking out of the asylum Only mad dogs and Englishmen Would punish themselves like this Build a life where guilt fights desire Take all this pain on the chin Leave the cold and the things people say Put me back On the road to Mandalay Chorus Chorus inst Eb Bb I need a place to sleep all day long Cm Gm Lying in the shade without feeling I done wrong Eb Bb “If you’ve heard the east calling you need nothing else Cm Dm7 But sunshine and palm-trees and tinkly temple bells” [taken from Kipling] Chorus etc
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I've Seen Too Much 06:02
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I’ve Seen Too Much Intro Em A F#m Bm, Em A D G Em A F#m Bm, Em A D G Ignorance is bliss and experience brings fear C D G Em Am D Em I guess I’ve been too many places,Know all the dangers that are near I used not to think too much, about all the horror stories I know Now I’m waking up in a cold sweat, imagining all th evil that men do C D Em I’ve seen too much D C D Em D Of the troubles in the world C D Em They make me want to hide myself away G C D Em Am Not go out never dare to stray G D Am I’ve seen too much Knowledge is power, but what I know ties my feet I can’t leave anything to chance, Have no strength to take the heat I know there’s no guarantees, so I’m suffering in doubt But if nothing’s ventured nothing’s gained, and I’m never gonna make it out Chorus Chorus instrumental Bm A G A Bm A G A I wish I could accept that life’s a game Bm A Em A Bm A G A And its better to try than to fester in shame Bm A G A Bm A G A If it happens it happens and you can say ‘well I tried’ Bm A Em G Bm There’s no point living if you’ve already died inside Chorus etc

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This is a collection of songs I wrote in 2012 which have never been released

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released August 7, 2021

All songs composed and produced by Toby Darling

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Toby Darling Penang, Malaysia

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