Beautiful Day
G
Looked out the window And the sun was shining
G 
Went outside And the world was blinding
Em 
Spent my life Hiding from the sun 
Am                       C                     D
I looked up and a New day has begun

CHORUS
C               G        C        G      C           G
You’re not here -I don’t care that will not
Em       D         G            C                 G
Darken up my day -The clouds rolled out 
C                  G               C                G
Brought me down- But since they cleared
         C             D            G             C
I can honestly say -It’s a beautiful day 
                 C               G
Yeah it’s a beautiful day 

G
Walked to the mailbox With my head held high 
G
Waved at the neighbors As they drove by  
Em                   
I’ll pull some weeds Maybe plant some flowers
Am                  C                          D 
So much to do in this brand new hour
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
Em                                     C
Your umbrella may Have stopped the rain 
          G                                         D
But it kept the sun From shining on my face
Em                               C
Now I wonder why It took so long
                 G                            D      G
Now I’m standing here Sunglasses on 
(Chorus out)

Written by Jodi Ann (BMI)
  
 

Beautiful Day

Black Tears  (Capo 1) 


          G                   D                      C         G
She’s the last one out of bed  She’s the first to shine
           G                          D                                  C          G   
She’ll tell him ’bout her dreams But not what’s on her mind
                  D                                      G                     
He should know her by now But he doesn’t even try
              C                   G          D
Or he’d hear how she cries at night

CHORUS
           G        D                  C                          D
Crying black tears  On the pillow where she lay
             G                   C          G             D
All the make-up  Her cryin’s washed away
            C                                        G                
But he doesn’t really see  And he doesn’t ever hear
           Am                D                G                F                    C                G        
So he doesn’t understand black tears No he doesn’t understand black tears
        G                       D                  C           G
She waits for him to sleep Before one tear falls
        G                    D                      C           G
If he ever knew he wouldn’t Understand at all
        D                             C                            
Is it needing his love  Or missing his touch
      C                          G           D
All she knows is she cries too much
-chorus-
       G              D                       C                    G
She has to be strong That’s the way it’s gotta be
            G                   D           C              G  
If he'd only take the time  To watch her sleep
       D                                  G                            
She hides all the pain And smiles through her tears
        C                     G            D
And that’s how it’s been for years
-chorus-
            F                  C                  G
No he doesn’t understand black tears


Black Tears

Dumb Girl
(spoken)
We don’t know why she married him
She was always such a smart girl
Her bright future grew dim
When she got caught up in his world
He would leave her full of doubt 
And wanted things his way
He kept her down and shut her out
And every chances he got he’d say….

You’re such a dumb girl nobody like you
If it weren’t foe me you’d fall flat on your face
Your mama doesn’t care and your daddy don’t know you
You’re such a disgrace

CHORUS
Dumb dumb girl
Dumb dumb girl
Dumb dumb girl
You’re such a dumb girl

You’re such a dumb girl everybody wonders
Why do you let him walk on you
He isn’t what he seems with his hand me down dreams
Yeah you’re such a dumb girl
-chorus-

She’s finally had enough she’s taking her life back in her own hands
No more getting pushed around by any man

She has a lot of plans and she knows when to act 
And she’s really pretty smart for such a dumb girl
-chorus-

Smashed the windows in his car
Threw his stuff out in the yard
Cleaned out the back accounts
Overcharged the credit cards
Loaded up the Cadillac 
She aint coming back ……No

She aint such a dumb girl
Chorus out

Dumb Girl

Wheels

All my bridges have been burned
and i've got nowhere to turn
so i drive the straight and narrow
out of town
I do my driving late at night
so no one can see me cry 
and i listen to the rhythm 
of my own wheels going 'round
they say

(chorus)
Where you gonna find
another one like him
You've been out here 
flying blind and the
road will never end
It's another nowhere town
as another sun goes down
and I listen to the Wheels
Goin' 'round

I see houses full of light
showing all the warmth inside
and i wonder just where everything
went wrong
And I realize it now
but it's too late to turn around
His arms were just the place
where i really do belong
Oh 
(go to chorus)

Somewhere South of Tennessee
I'm into old memories
and i wonder when the running
all will end
Should I stop and make that call
But would he answer it at all
or do I keep on moving
like a leaf caught in the wind
oh oh

Written by Jodi Ann (BMI) 

Wheels

Second Chances

Jodi Ann is a singer/songwriter who was born and raised in Michigan. She started to write at the age of 10, channeling life's emotions through music leading her down the road of singer/songwriter.

Jodi Ann was a well-known Karaoke DJ in Michigan and was a pre-opening act for Diamond Rio at the 1997 Michigan State fair.

Jodi Ann moved to Nashville in October 1998, with her first professional public performance at the famous Tootsies where was was introduced by country legend Dell Reeves. Other performances at the Bluebird Café and around Nashville rounded out a modest start to a potential career.

In 2007, Jodi Ann met a man in Nashville who jump started her music career. His name was Rick. He took her from her waitressing job to recording an album of her original work. He became her c0-writer, producer and best friend. They recorded her first CD, Jodi Ann ~The Beginning, and they had many high hopes! One of their songs was recorded by a country artist and performed on the Late Show with David Letterman.

They began work on the second album titled, A Brief Moment in Time. I am very sad to say that Rick passed away shortly after production. Jodi Ann took a little bit of time off to mourn the loss of her friend. She realized that he would have wanted her to get back in the swing of things.

The second album is still in the process of getting finished and is due to be released later in 2011.

Jodi Ann has seen radio airplay in Sydney, Australia with dj Dukerider, in the England area on the Monday mix with Emma Cherry and a few various stations across the US. In Northern Ireland, on aiiradio.net with dj Yorkie, She has had three songs go to the top forty and her song 'Wheels' was awarded admittance to the hall of fame for staying in the top forty for eighteen weeks straight! She was the Featured artist on the Outer Post and on Indie Charts, on Jan. 24th 2008, she won the Battle on the bands contest competing against bands from all genres of music!
