Ones & the Zeros

Already Had More

What's a Win Worth?

Featuring Oli Buc from The Oli Buc Experience on Guitar and Bass

Standard tuning: 
V: Bm, Amaj, Fm, G, Bm, Amaj, G, G//
CH:Emaj riff, D, A, Emaj riff, D//..A, G

I been through all the proper channels
I been through//
-
Ain’t no port for me//
Or my kind
-
I whispered to the woods
Tell me please what you need
She said I’m wounded and worried
She said aye aye aye
They’re coming from all sides
-
Aint no port for me//
Or my kind
—-
(1x instr)
I whispered to my woman
Tell me please what you need
She said I’m running out time
She said i, i, i,
This is a one-way line
-
Ain’t no port for me //4…
—-
I went to see some people
I walked down their street
But I got no lack of purpose
But I got no lack of use
Those aren’t my blues
-
The ports all use me

Ports

Am,G//…F
crouched in the hay
checking for reflection in cafes
Burning your tongue in circles round the bay
Walking these halls
Climbing those gated walls
Pushing full force against feeling
(F,G)  
Impossibly small <stop>
–
Chase tracks up
The ancient blacktop
Get up to speed and you’re off
But the sky ain’t the end
Your troubles begin again
When finally your feathers extend 
Remember that I
(F,G)
Forecast surprise
-
C, Gm, F
All you gotta / do now
Never let go
–
If the wind dies, 
and if the hail flies
if you lose your grip and slide
You’re holding a guide
Drawn by a choir
You’ll land at last where I lie
(F,G)
Turn to face our sky
Speak what you find
-
CH
-
INSTRU: C, A#,Am,A#/ F

BRIDGE/OUTRO:
(Emaj / F,G// )
Your burnt avatar
Is an m-class star
Patient to control the radar
With a few close friends
Those who comprehend
Moving on up means you spend
Years below ground //

Below Ground

Razor Thin
(standard)\ in 14/4: 3:3:2:2:2:2//
–
Dm: Dm: F: Emaj: F: G
–
D: D: F: G: A#: A#2….(transition to verse, Am: Am:  F…G)
–
Bad News 
don’t threaten my innocence 
And yet
Who can wear the childview every-
where
I can’t not care when we’re missing years
Back there
–
Instru CH; interlude
–
Cries
From glass cages, grieving in stages 
We are
Essential workers, canceled protest
-ors
That campaign grin is razor thin
Out there
– 
CH:
	I
Won’t
keep no fear at work and 
home

BRIDGE: F#m: G…A#
–
Look who
Lied into wars and fed them the
poor
Testing medicine on little old ladies next
Door
Glad-handing supermen, I want you to know…
–
CH:
	
I
Won’t
keep no fear at work and 
home

Razor Thin

Everything Everywhere

standard tuning
Verse: (B, A)
pre-chor: ½ time; B, G#m, A, G#maj
CHORUS: C#m, G#m, A, G#maj
-
I’m sorry, but let’s be honest
The bar would rather hear CCR
One hour from sinking, proverbially
When the countdown’s blinking
Somebody say something
Before the handles melt
off the doors

	And everything is   everywhere

Malibu honey
Full act. Full fusion
-powered pace chasing 
my breath in this race
I had to kill a black widow
I didn’t wanna but she had to go
You know we’re just carving out 
Corners to call home

	<instrumental chorus>

Passed prizes and patio fare
Slipped threats of derailleur
But i promised to mail ya
The keys to our sailboat, Take Leave
I went to see Fatdog
But i only found Samuel
Son begat father
It seemed just as fair

	As anything anywhere…

Everything Everywhere

Top Down

Capo 2

V: Am, Em, G?, Fmaj// Emaj…Fmaj

(piano: Bm, A, Gmaj// F#maj…Gmaj)
-
CH: Cmaj, Gmaj, Fmaj, [Am - Emaj]... riff thing

(piano: Dmaj, Amaj, Gmaj, [Bm - F#maj] … riff thing: B, E, Gmaj…Amaj) 

(When i was a boy)
I was thinking of next year
Now I’m fighting just to get back to here
Tried not to put my faith in disease
& all i want now is to make it back to the beach
-
(There’s always the danger)
Where was I supposed to be?
All these people, depending on me
My god, I’m stinking with fear
Here come winter again & how many next years?
-
I need to put the top down
I gotta let it go
And even as I’ve found out
	How to let the wind blow; i gotta let it blow
-
(The burning forest) 
Contradictory rules
“A representative will be with you soon
Please hold” - and coral’s crying
The work on my plate - is stupefying
-
CH
-
BRIDGE: F#, D, Emaj, F#/Emaj…D…A, Emaj
(piano: G#, E, G#/F#maj…E…B, F#maj)

	My, my universe
	The curse of time & the cosmic traverse
Lies, lies & scent of success
The whimper of slaves & the weight upon my
Chest

INSTR BR….end on D
















Top Down

Election Week

Liminality

Capo 2

CH: bar7+, bar9+, 9m, 5maj
(piano: Db7, Ab7, Ebm, Bmaj)

V: 4m, 2maj ||  Emaj, 2maj, Amaj, Amaj+
(piano: Bb, Ab || Gb, Ab, B, B)

In creatine dreams I’ve seen the puckering seams
Of Artificialand’s dark commandments
But i’m sleeping unsound with these clocks swirling around
And the 3 am angel invaders
Sing ‘better anger than fear' as the decision draws near
The great reversal’s nothing like rehearsals

You’re gonna find your way through that fray
To that great sunset at the end of your day

Your life will be the cost, whichever way you walk
By creating or re-selling things unchanged
Your referent pain points back to a golden mean
Where the hunger persists despite abundances
We are judged by what we give to all that which outlives
While the slanted Earth laughs us into dirt

	But you’re gonna…

Medusa me through the eye of a needle or two
Till sight returns to the blind spot in my mind
With head, heart, and luck, I have mined the veins i’ve struck
Never meant to make it hard on the aging guard
They gave me a fast life and a satisfied demise
No, android prisoners really are not miracles

Liminality


V: B, G, F#m, G
CH: D (Bar on 5th)...F#m, G
*power chords unless otherwise noted
 
(2x intro)

Distracted and unfriendly
In the city streets Afraid
You can’t change them You’re a stranger
And some people won’t rearrange, they’re
Disappearing into the prol feed
All jacked up on dirty fuel

why find the alignment?

(2 x verse instru)


What has been happening
With you my friend?
The things you say The things you don’t
As i’m fumbling for my light
They said don’t read the comments
I read the comments 
And they read just about right

I spy the alignment

(bridge: Amaj, G // Fmaj, Emaj):


	(2 x instru)
Unchain from the pain
relax the   your soul
Release the resentment
	Don’t let it get a hold

Do these trees feel a purpose? 
When will the stars notice their dust?
I got ideas; will you see ‘em?
There’s freckles on the morning sun
Labels lie, but i see you need one
& I’m dying to up and become

	I’ll find some alignment
 (3x,  end on B)


Alignment

Nothing occurs without the collusion of everything.

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