Multi-stem mixer with MIDI on a sixth lane, like Songsterr but for the whole band. All channels synced to one transport, mute, solo, volume per channel. No Ableton.
What is this page? It is a play-along music toy for the band Shiner's album. Pick a song, then turn each instrument on or off to hear it by itself. The boxes lower down show the chords and the words so you can follow along.
Rhythm + bass: F5 (root F, 5th C, plus Db b6 color from rhythm guitar)
With vocal: Fm-with-floating-major-3rd, the song's signature ambiguity
Vocal sits on: A natural (the major 3rd above F), Bb (the 4th, sus color),
C (the 5th), Db (the b6, doubles the rhythm guitar)
[F5]
I'm begging for a favor
in this difficult time
Cut the zip ties from my ankles
we've both got a lot on our mindsRhythm + bass: F5 throughout, with brief Bb sus4 and A natural decorations
in the rhythm guitar as it climbs into the chorus
With vocal: F(no3) with a sus-tinged top
Vocal sits on: A natural (the major 3rd), Bb (the 4th, sus motion),
C (the 5th)
[F5]
I would cook for you
wash your dirty sheets
I would feed you grapes
wave a palm leaf
write a song for you
I would make you a symphonyRhythm + bass: Db5 -> Bb5 -> Ab5 -> F5 (the four-bar chorus loop) With vocal: Db -> Bbm -> Ab -> Fm Vocal sits on: Db chord: vocal lands on F, the major 3rd, completing Dbmaj Bb chord: vocal lands on Db, the b3, completing Bbm Ab chord: vocal lands on C, the major 3rd, completing Abmaj F chord: vocal lands on Ab, the b3, completing Fm [Db] vocal F = 3rd I keep thinking that we're still in love [Bbm] vocal Db = b3 and believe you me, I tried, I tried [Ab] vocal C = 3rd I've guessed our destination [Fm] vocal Ab = b3 from the turns on this gravel road
Rhythm + bass: Bb5 -> Ab5 -> Db5 -> F5 With vocal: Bbm -> Ab -> Db -> Fm Vocal sits on: Bb chord: vocal Db = b3, completing Bbm Ab chord: vocal C = 3rd, completing Abmaj Db chord: vocal F = 3rd, completing Dbmaj F chord: vocal Ab = b3, completing Fm [Bbm] vocal Db = b3 I'm in love with you [Ab] vocal C = 3rd but you're blind to me [Db] vocal F = 3rd when you go to bed [Fm] vocal Ab = b3 you don't dream of me
Rhythm + bass: Bb5 -> C5 -> F5 (chromatic climb, distinct from the standard chorus loop) With vocal: Bbm-ish -> Cm walking to C major -> Fm Vocal sits on: C5 chord: vocal C (root), then Eb (b3, Cm color), briefly to E natural (the major 3rd of C, a chromatic lift just before the bridge) (F5) I know it's the only way on your way to work I'm not anywhere on your mind you'll be rid of me in time
Same rhythm + bass loop as chorus one. The vocal melody now lands on the chord 3rds and b3rds in the same way, so the completed chord names are the same: Db, Bbm, Ab, Fm. [Db] vocal F = 3rd I keep thinking that we're still in love [Bbm] vocal Db = b3 and believe you me, I tried, I tried [Ab] vocal C = 3rd I've been sleeping in the trunk while you drive [Fm] vocal Ab = b3 I have always been your ride or die
Rhythm + bass: F5 with Ab now sitting clearly in the rhythm guitar
With vocal: Fm, unambiguous (the rhythm guitar supplies the b3 itself
on this section, so the vocal does not need to complete it)
Vocal sits on: F (root), no third needed from the vocal
[Fm]
You love the sound
sound that my beating heart is making just for you
You love the sound
sound of my beating heart, you hold in front of youRhythm + bass: F5 (with the rhythm guitar still adding Ab) -> Ab5 -> Eb5 -> F5 With vocal: Fm -> Ab -> Eb -> Fm Vocal sits on: Fm chord: vocal A natural (the major 3rd, the same bright-over-dark color from verse one) and the brothers' Bb (sus color) Ab chord: vocal C = 3rd, completing Abmaj Eb chord: vocal Eb (root), Bb (5th), and a passing G (3rd of Eb) Fm chord: vocal F (root) on the held lyric "symphony" [Fm] I would cook for you wash your dirty sheets (you love the sound) I would feed you grapes wave a palm leaf (sound that my beating heart is making just for you) [Ab] vocal C = 3rd write a song for you, no, a symphony [Eb] vocal Eb = root, G passing I'm in love with you, but you're blind to me (you love the sound) [Fm] when you go to bed, you don't dream of me (sound that my beating heart, you hold it from the view) [Db] vocal F = 3rd on your way to work [Bbm] vocal Db = b3 I'm not anywhere on your mind
Rhythm + bass: Db5 -> Bb5 -> Ab5 -> F5, twice through, the second pass sustains the F5 under a held C5 voicing in the rhythm guitar With vocal: Db -> Bbm -> Ab -> Fm, twice Vocal sits on the same 3rds and b3rds as chorus one. [Db] vocal F = 3rd I keep thinking that we're still in love [Bbm] vocal Db = b3 and believe you me, I tried, I tried [Ab] vocal C = 3rd I've been sleeping in the trunk while you drive [Fm] vocal Ab = b3 I have always been your ride or die [Db] vocal F = 3rd I keep thinking that we're still in love [Bbm] vocal Db = b3 and believe you me, I tried, I tried [Ab] vocal C = 3rd I've been sleeping in the trunk while you drive [Fm] vocal Ab = b3, with the rhythm guitar's sustained C5 voicing on top I have always been your ride or die [Fm] End on F minor, held.
Chords + lyrics from the BELIEVEYOUME v2 chart pass (composite chords over vocal-stem lyrics, key per section). Verify fine placement by ear.
Eb The human eye Ddim Cm Eb Can see more shades of green than any other color Ddim The human eye Fm Gm Can see more shades of green than any other color Eb Cm Late at night Ddim Cm I would lie awake and listen to you breathing Every night Eb Cm Ddim I would make us dinner while you were still teaching Cm I won’t wake you Gm Eb I won’t wake you Fm Ddim I won’t wake you up Fm Eb Gm The human eye closes in the light Cm Bb Eb Blind to what it doesn’t want to see Gm Cm We are riding broken satellites Bb Eb Burning brightly upon reentry Summer days Ddim Caught between the sun and the twilight Cm I won’t wake FmEb I won’t wake you Ddim I won’t take you up Eb Gm Cm The human eye closes in the light Bb Eb Gm Blind to what it doesn’t want to see Cm We are riding broken satellites Bb Burning brightly upon reentry Eb Gm Human eye closes in the light Cm Bb In the end we’ll set each other free
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The sun shines on me always The fun never leaves all day And I, I can see forever Ride these ocean waves And drink myself to sleep Tune the radio F Eb On these endless summer days F Eb Pray for rain F Bb We, we don't need no one We don't believe your answers We won't be fooled again, and Ride these ocean waves And drink ourselves to sleep Tune the radio F Eb On these endless summer days F Pray for rain Eb Bb Dance for rain You, you and I tonight Fly on our wings tonight They won't believe their eyes Ride these ocean waves And drink ourselves to sleep Tune the radio F Eb On these needless summer days F Pray for rain Eb Dance for rain
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[Intro/Chorus — Eb major, ♩=144] Gm Bb Ab Why'd you make a mess? Bb Waiting on your prince again Ab Bb Rip up half the yard Ab Bb Searching for your gold Eb Are you left alone? Gm Eb Have you been left alone? Ab Bb Ab If I knew what to say Bb Eb How to make you understand Bb If I could ease your pain Eb Ab And stay at home I would Bb Ab I wonder what you think Bb Eb When I'm far away from you Bb Did you find another love? Ab Bb Eb And chew up all their shoes too? Are you left alone? Have you been left alone? Bb Dm Did you get left alone tonight?
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Cm Fm Gb DdimFm Yeah you're high, so high Gm Fm Gb DdimFm The ruler of the earth Gm Eb E Cm Ddim Ab But the hair on your head Gm Bb Gm Has sewed you to the bed Fm Gb Ddim Fm Cm But the best of all Fm Gb DdimFm Gm Is when it opens up Eb DdimCm E Gm Now you sleep in the deep Bb Gm Fm Ab The fishes swimming by Gm Bb Fm Eb Fm Now you hear what they think Gb Ddim Gb Cm They’re planning your demise Fm Gb Ddim Fm Eb But the best of all E Fm DdimCm Fm Is when it opens up Cm I'm old then I'm young AbGm Burn til I freeze Bb Gm Dead and alive Fm Ab Gm Buried at sea Bb Gm Ab Gm Now you dance on your grave Bb Gm Lazarus arise Cm Now you’re high, so high Look down upon the flock Ab Gm Cm But the best of all Is when it opens up Gm I'm old then I'm young Cm Gm Cm Burn til I freeze Gm Dead and alive Cm Gm Buried at sea I'd trade in my pills Cm For one chance to fly
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[Intro] Em [Verse 1] Em Does no one know I've lived a thousand years Without a minute to spare Am I the only one To lose entire years I don't know where Can no one see I'm bleeding out here And it's changed my hair Can no one see I'm slowly dying here Like a worn out chair [Pre-Chorus] (instrumental turn) Em C Em [Chorus] Bm G Am D My mirror hates me today Bm G Am D It lies to me this way Bm G Am D My mirror hates me I know Bm G Am Em I'm losing hours alone [Interlude] (instrumental, chorus loop x4) Em Bm G Am D [Verse 2] Em (with a C flat-VI lean, see note above) I don't recognize The stranger's swollen eyes But I believed his lies [Chorus] Bm G Am D My mirror hates me today Bm G Am D It lies to me this way Bm G Am D My mirror hates me I know Bm G Am Em I'm losing hours alone [Outro] (instrumental) Em
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Bbm Ab It's more than make believe Bbm There's things I can't unsee Ab Through the medicines Bbm And out to the evergreen Ab Past the traffic lights She revealed to me Db Bbm Db Only you see me Bbm Ab We'll find my keys and drive Bbm Out where stars are bright Ab All the battle scenes Bbm Ab Are reruns made for me I'm a cannon ball Shot through the evergreen Db Past the traffic lights Bbm She revealed to me Db Only you see me We'll find my keys and drive Cm Ab Bbm Out where stars are bright Eb Weaving through the cars Cm Ab We're disappearing stars Bbm GdimEb Cm You and I drive away Ab Fly away Bbm Eb Make it go away Db Weaving through the cars We're disappearing stars
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Dm [Verse] I've been saved I've been blamed I got lost I've paid the cost I've been washed 'Cause I been saved And I've been blamed I've been clowned And fooled again Bb I've been washed Dm So far so, [Chorus] Bb But if you leave Dm And if you leave me now Bb Dm Bb The sky won't fall and the Earth won't open But if you lave Dm And if you leave me now The sky won't fall and the Earth won't swallow me whole [Verse] 'Cause I got sold Am For a speck of gold Baptized clean In gasoline Yes I got washed Bb So far so, Bb [Chorus] Bb But if you need Bb If you need something you can run from Then run from me Dm But if you leave Bb And if you leave me now Dm Bb The sky won't fall and the Earth won't open And if you leave Dm Bb And if you leave me now Dm The moon won't crash into the ocean Am Bb And if you leave And if you leave me now Dm The sky won't fall and the Earth won't swallow me whole
Chords + lyrics from the BELIEVEYOUME v2 chart pass (composite chords over vocal-stem lyrics, key per section). Verify fine placement by ear.
Rhythm + bass: G (with B natural and D in rhythm) → Bb → B passing → G With vocal: instrumental, no vocal yet Vocal sits on: silent
Rhythm + bass: G | Bb | B passing | G (repeats) With vocal: G(maj) | Bb | B | G(maj), the vocal anchors the major mode Vocal sits on: B natural (the ♮3 of G) and C natural (the 4 of G), a two-note hook that alternates B and C. The songwriting payoff is that the SAME two vocal notes mean different things over each chord underneath. Over G: B = ♮3, C = sus 4 Over Bb: B = ♯1 (chromatic clash, creates the unease), C = 9th Over B: B = root, C = b9 (briefly atonal, resolves down to Bb) [G] vocal B = ♮3 of G What is that you say? [Bb] vocal C = 9 of Bb What is it you think you have to say? [G] vocal B = ♮3 I know what you need. [Bb] vocal C = 9 I know what you love and where you've been. [B → G] vocal B over B = root, returning to ♮3 over G What is that you say? [G] vocal B = ♮3 I know what you think before you say it.
Rhythm + bass: G | Bb With vocal: Gmaj | Bb, the vocal completes G major on the title line Vocal sits on: B = ♮3 of G, C = 9 of Bb [G] vocal B = ♮3 I'm an alligator. [Bb] vocal C = 9 I'm an alligator.
Rhythm + bass: G | Eb | Cm | Eb | Cm | G With vocal: Gmaj | Eb (with vocal lift to D, the 7th of Eb) | Cm | Eb | Cm | Gmaj Vocal sits on: G chord: B = ♮3 Eb chord: D = ♮7 (a wistful lifted color), Eb = root Cm chord: D = 9 of Cm, Eb = b3 (completes Cm) [G] vocal B = ♮3 I know what you need. [Eb] vocal D = ♮7 of Eb (the lift) I know what you need and where to get it. [Cm] vocal Eb = b3 of Cm I can let you see. [Eb] vocal Eb = root, D leans down a half-step I won't leave you cold in stormy weather. [Cm] vocal Eb = b3 [G] vocal D resolves down to B = ♮3
Rhythm + bass: B (chromatic) → G → B → G With vocal: B (briefly) → Gmaj → B → Gmaj Vocal sits on: B chord: B = root, C = b9 (the chromatic anguish) G chord: B = ♮3, C = 4 [B] vocal B = root, C = b9 (chromatic tension) I can let you know. [B] vocal stays on B/C while the chord lingers I can keep you deep inside a hole. [G] vocal B = ♮3 I know what you need. [B → G] vocal pivots back to ♮3 of G I know what you need and where to get it.
Rhythm + bass: G | Bb | G | Bb | G (the hook extended) With vocal: same two-note hook (B and C) over the alternation Vocal sits on: B and C, exactly as before [G] vocal B = ♮3 I'm an alligator. [Bb] vocal C = 9 I'm an alligator. [G] vocal B = ♮3 I'm an alligator. (I can let you know) (I can let you know) [Bb] vocal C = 9 I'm an alligator. (I can let you know) [G] (I can eat you whole)
Rhythm + bass: G | Bb | G | Eb | G | F | G | Eb | G With vocal: G | Bb | G | Eb | G | F | G | Eb | G Vocal sits on: G chord: A = 9 (the new note, replacing B for the outro lift), G = root Eb chord: Bb = 5th, A = ♮7 (briefly, a pulled-up leading tone), D = 7th F chord: D = 6th of F, A = ♮3 (completes F major) [G] vocal A = 9 of G (new outro color, no longer the B-C hook) I can eat you whole. [Bb] vocal D = ♮3 of Bb I won't let you go. [G] vocal A = 9 I can eat you whole. [Eb] vocal Bb = 5, D = ♮7 lift, Eb = root I won't let you go. [G] vocal A = 9 I can eat you whole. (I am an alligator) [F] vocal A = ♮3 of F I can eat you whole. [G] vocal A = 9 I won't let you go. (I am an alligator) [Eb] vocal D = ♮7, then to A which is the ♯4 (Lydian color, briefly) [G] vocal G = root, A = 9 (the song settles) I can eat you whole. I won't let you go.
Chords + lyrics from the BELIEVEYOUME v2 chart pass (composite chords over vocal-stem lyrics, key per section). Verify fine placement by ear.
Intro : bare B♭5 (lead only, no bass, no vocal); bar 3 adds G♭ as the one-bar mixture tell Verses : pedal G♭ (♭VI), the voice holds B♭ over the moving floor Bridge : pedal A♭ (♭VII) Build : F (V) Body : lands B♭ (I); chorus approaches F → B♭ Band-drop : bars 51 to 53 silent, F5 returns at bar 54 Outro : B♭maj7 (A natural enters), then bare B♭5, final B♭1
Captain I believe we've sprung a leak Captain I believe we're lost at sea All the men are at their stations But now they're at the end of their patience B♭ Captain I believe we've sprung a leak G♭ Portside breach and taking on the sea Now the men abandoned stations A♭ Our destiny has finally found us Soon the men will come to hang us F The dawn will come and they won't find us In the waves Who would think A♭ I'd die with you tonight? Set the sails ablaze and partied F They drank a toast to their mutiny Then they danced And rowed away B♭ And left us in the waves Captain our ship is almost gone Listing badly, waiting for the dawn I can't say I ever really knew G♭ Who you were and why I died with you A♭ B♭ Captain I believe I see it clear The sun is rising as we disappear
Chords + lyrics from the BELIEVEYOUME v2 chart pass (composite chords over vocal-stem lyrics, key per section). Verify fine placement by ear.