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Out of the Darkness!

by The Modlins

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1.
The Hard Times Are Almost Gone 04:55
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Verse: _________E________C#m_________________E It’s been hard for so long you forgot how to speak __________E________C#m____________Abm__F#m When you smile, it is only a showing of teeth now _________E_____________C#m___________________E An' every stroke that you make takes you further to sea ________E_______C#m__________________Abm___A_____E But i’m not gonna let you get pulled underneath, no, I am not Instrumental: E C#m E, E C#m E, C#m A E, C#m A E Verse: [same chords at same intervals as previous, except first line] __________E_______C#m_____________E____C#m When the truth isn’t what you want it to beeeeeeee And your youth it is fading so fast you can feel it sloughing off And it leaves a trail you can see You might think, that you’re done but just take it from me, yeah, You are not Chorus: _________________C#m__A____E The hard times are alllllllllllmost gone [4x, but on the 3rd time, the A and “most” are held 2x as long] Instrumental^: E [bass notes only for 4 measures while transitioning to faster tempo] E C#m A [4x, with riff played over these chords] Outro: _________________E____C#m____A__[4x, with riff playing] The hard times are alllllllllmooost gonnnne E C#m A E ________The hard times are almost gone, _____________C#m__________A So just hang on, it won't be too much longer till dawn [repeat to fade out]
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Long Time Coming 02:45
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Instrumental: B_E_[x4; play the B for 1.5 measures and the E .5 each time] Chorus: __________B_____________________________E_______B It’s been a long time coming but now we are ready to go! [repeat chords at same intervals] It’s been a long time coming but now we are ready to go! It’s been a long time coming but now we are ready to go! It’s been a long time coming but now we are ready to go! Verse: ___________C#m__________________G#m___________________A Heard that you’ve been waiting for us t’ get the show on the road _____________E____________________C#m I’m sorry it’s taken so long but you know ____________G#m That late is better than never ________A So don’t you worry cause now we are ready to go! Instrumental: [same as first] Chorus: [same as first] Verse: ___________C#m______________G#m_____________________A There was so much talking but not very much we could show ____________E____________________________C#m And everyone saw some highs and some lows _______________G#__________________A Took years to get all our ducks in a row But now we’re, now we are ready to go! Instrumental: [same as first]
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Oh, My Friend 04:24
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Instrumental: F# C# Abm, F#, D#m, Abm [repeat all] Verse: F#_________C#_______________Abm Oh, my friend, you know what I always say ___________F#__________C#______________Abm Whenever it comes to love, there’s no telling why F#__________C#________________Abm Oh, my friend, you’re gonna wake up one day __________________F#____C#____________Abm And find that you’re tired of just waiting to die Chorus: Ab____________D#_________Bbm Come what may, yeah, whatever happens till that day Ab____________D#___________Bbm Come what may, I’ll be by your side Ab____________D#____Bbm Come what may, yeah, if the others walk away Ab____________D#____________Bbm Come what may it’s just you and I Verse: [same as previous] Chorus: [same as previous] Bridge: F# C# Abm __________Da-da Da Da Da-da Da-da Da [x4] Chorus: [same as previous] Verse: [same as previous] Bridge^: F#_________B Ohhhhh, my friend [play 4 times before ending on an F#]
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The Coast Is Always Clear 04:19
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Instrumental: F Dm F Dm [8 measures total -- 2 per chord] Verse: ___________F_______________________________Dm Well, I know you’re having trouble finding the light _________F__________________________________Dm At the end of the tunnel -- you’re scared that you lost your sight, ___________F__________________________Dm But, just because you cannot see, doesn’t mean you’re going blind ________Gm_____________Bb_________________Am_____C It’s no malady that’s brought this darkness -- it’s only night Verse: [same as previous; needs lyrics] You suspect your shape is shifting under the strain Of the load that you are lifting, and if you don’t look the same, Will I know you anymore? Will I recognize your face? But, for what it’s worth, to me, baby, well, you haven’t changed Chorus: ____________________Bb And you don’t have to worry bout a thing, _________________F You don’t have to keep it to yourself ____________Bb I will be your shelter till it’s spring, ___________F I will be the one who you can tell _________________Bb When you feel that no one will believe, _______________F Or you feel that no one wants to hear __________________Bb 'Fraid they’re out to get you, but with me, __________________C Oh, you know, the coast is always clear Instrumental: [same as previous] Verse 2: ___________F______________________________Dm You’re afraid that you will stumble down the line _____________F__________________________________Dm Cause you say you’re seeing double -- if you can’t believe you eyes __________F__________________________Dm Then which way do you go? Yeah, it’s hard to make that call _________Gm_____________Bb_____________Am____C Oh, but better you should see too much than not at all Chorus: [same as previous] Bridge: Bb__F_________________Bb_____F _____The coast is always clearrrrrrr Bb___________________F ___The coast is always clear Bb_____C ___The coast is always clear Verse^: __________F_________________________________Dm Well, I know you're having trouble finding the light ______________F_____________________________Dm At the end of the tunnel -- you're scared that you lost your sight _______F______________________________Dm But, because you cannot see, doesn't mean you're going blind ____________F_________________________Dm Just because you cannot see doesn't mean you're going blind ____________F_________________________Dm Just because you cannot see doesn't mean you're going blind _______F Ohh-oh
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Calling My True Friends Home 05:12
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Instrumental: G A D Verse: G_________________A_______D I’ve had some friends i’ve outgrown ___G_______________A_______D Replaced them with others i’ll never know ____G_______________A And meanwhile the true ones ____F#m_____F#m/E__F#m/D, F#m/C#, F#m/D, F#m/E Are scattered coast to coast Bm___________E_____A When will we ever get home? Verse: [chords repeat at same intervals as previous verse] For years kept each other afloat But now each of us has got separate boats W’may drop a line but we never come ashore When will we ever get home? Prechorus: _____________D___E_____A I’m calling my true friends home [x2] Chorus: ____________D__________A_____________D Cause the older that I’ve grown __________D_________________F#m, F#m/E Is the more that I’ve been alone _______D___________E___________A But it doesn’t have to be that way i know Instrumental: same as previous Verse^: ______G_______A____D I guess i’m not totally sold ____G________A__________________Bm On ideas like “Progress” that don’t always hold ________G____________A Cause some things get better ____F#m__F#m/E, F#m/D, F#m/C, F#m/D, F#m/E And others just___erode ______Bm_________E___________A So why can’t the rest be left alone? Prechorus: [same as previous, but play 4x, with descending A scale to end the third time] Chorus: [same as previous] Breakdown: G A D G__________A____________D Calling from London, come home! G_______A_________D Up to Seattle, come home! G_________________A_______D_________D/B Ringing through Phoenix and San Antonio G____________A__________D ‘Cross Sacramento, come home! D______________E__________A ‘Round San Francisco, come home! D___________E_________A All throughout LA, come home! _______D___________E________A_____A/Ab, A/F#, A/E, A/F#, A/E Though we are in New York, as you are Tokyo _____D_________E________A We’ll call San Diego “home!” Chorus: [same as previous, but play twice]
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Before Long, You're Gonna Figure It Out 04:14
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Fade In: [Riff played over root notes of A B A E, repeat several times] Instrumental: E [two measures] Verse: E Someday when you’re well upon the road, ___________A_________________________________E And you can’t decide where you’re supposed to go Stones will stack so high below your feet, _____________A That you won’t remember what was underneath Prechorus: __________F#m________A______________E But the day to day to day will soon get old ____________C#m___________B______________E And the nights will be as black as you were told _____Abm__________A__________E You might not know what I’m on about ______________A, B, A______________________E But before long,______you’re gonna figure it out Chorus: __________A-riff, B-riff, A-riff_______________________E-riff Before long,_______________you’re gonna figure it out [x3, but the third time just end with E chord] Instrumental: [same as previous] Verse: When you think that you’re as low as you can get, ___________A Well, you fall from ledges you’ve not even seen yet ____________E You get wounded so much faster than you heal, _________A_______________________________E It’s a shock to learn just how bad you can feel Prechorus: ___________F#m_____________A______________E And you ask yourself “How long can this go on?” ___________C#m________B_________________E And “Is night really the darkest ‘fore the dawn?” ____Abm___________A______________E You might not know what to think now ______________A, B, A______________________E But before long,______you’re gonna figure it out Chorus: [same as previous] Instrumental: [same as previous] Bridge: ___F#m____________B___E I know it’s not enough to hear ‘you’re not alone’ ___________C#m________B____________A Cause you’re the only one who can bring yourself back home ____Abm________A____________E But that’s exactly why I have no doubt __________A B A________________________Am I know you--______you’re gonna figure it out... _______E A-riff Before loooooooooooooooooong [x2] Chorus^: __________F#m, Abm, F#m_______________________E Before long,______________you’re gonna figure it out __________F#m, Abm, F#m_______________________E Before long,______________you’re gonna figure it out __________F#m, B, A______________________E Before long,________you’re gonna figure it out __________A, B, A_______________________E Before long,______you’re gonna figure it out
7.
Right to Be Forgotten 02:42
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When you think you’ve found your match Someone who Can hang with you through growing pains Growing gains and talking trains Taking planes is not the same After they are all packed up and moving to Ohio You’ll still plan the weekend trips Get kids together, building ships We’ve been through this one once before When guitars ran out the door But now we’re back in time while they are moving to Ohio You got the right to be forgotten You got the right to be forgotten We could pack it up and hit the road on out Left past the southern states and stop when we see red Because we’d be moving to Ohio You got the right to be forgotten You got the right to be forgotten
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Never Too Late 05:17
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Instrumental: Bb Eb Gm Eb [play two times] Verse: ___________Bb_______________Eb Half as young but twice as good ______Gm___________________EB By now you’ve laid your doubts to rest ______________Bb__________________Gm Cause the things you never understood ____________C________________Eb Have become the ones you know the best __________Bb______________________Gm But they say that you no longer should, ________C_______Eb You’re on the outs ________Bb____________Eb___________Gm In the spirit of brotherhood you take it all, _______________Eb It makes me want to shout Instrumental: [Same as previous] Verse: [Play over same chords at same intervals as previous] As a kid, heard it was wrong, Resigned to live under a cloud Cause you felt you never would belong, ‘N all you wanted was to make them proud Well I know you’ve had to be so strong, To not be found But you’ve kept to yourself for long enough And now it’s time to say out loud Chorus: ____Bb________Gm_____C_____________Eb It’s never too late to admit that you’re right ____Bb________Eb______Gm___________Eb It’s never too late to admit that you’re right ____Bb________Eb______Gm___________Eb It’s never too late to admit that you’re right ____Bb________Gm_____C______________Eb It’s never too late to admit that you’re right Instrumental^: Bb Eb Gm Eb, Bb Gm C Eb Verse: [same chords at same intervals as previous] Held your tongue, when you were asked, To name the thing that you most want Cause you’d rather never take a chance, Anyway, you figured it might dawn On its own someday, yet here you are, 'N it’s been so long Oh, But just cause you’ve let it go so far, Well that don’t mean you can’t still grab on Chorus: [same as previous] Bridge: ______C_____________Eb It’s not that you are always right, ____Bb____________________Gm But you know that all too well ________C_______________Gm It’s good to keep your faults in mind, __________Eb_______________C But you’re beating up yourself Verse^: ___________Gm_______________C Half as young but twice as good _________Gm_______________C You’ve laid your doubts to rest ______________Gm__________________Bb Cause the things you never understood ___________Eb___________________C Are the ones you now know the best __________Bb______________________Eb Yet they say that you no longer should, _________Gm_________________Eb They’re trying to raise unreasonable doubts _________Bb____________Gm_________C In the spirit of brotherhood you take it all, _______________Eb It makes me want to shout Chorus: [same as previous] Instrumental^: Bb Gm C Eb / Bb Eb Gm Eb / Bb Gm C Eb / Bb Eb Gm Eb / Bb
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Without Trace 03:54
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Verse: ____E_______________Abm “I’ll move out west,” I told myself, ____D#m_________________C#m “Because I’ll need the space ____A___________________________Abm___B I’ll chase the sun, and keep it shined on my face” Verse: [same chords as previous, until the last two] But I’d stay inside and watch TV, Hide, and make no mistakes ______________________________C#m_____B Cause if I did, they’d come and go Without Trace Verse: [same chords as previous, until the last two] I’d find my friends, reform the band, And get us back on that stage _________________________Abm_____B Then realize that we are way past the age Verse^: [same chords as previous, until the last five] Cause the other boys are all grown up, Got wives or kids on the way ___________________________C#m____B But all I have, would disappear Without Trace ____A_____________________F#m_____E___E7 I’m telling you, I’d vanish, too, Without Trace Chorus: _______A_________F#m Oh, I’d disappear, I would disappear _________E________B Yeah, I’d disappear, I would disappear ________F#m_____A_______________________E And I’d disappear, I would disappear Without Trace Instrumental: E A B F#m [play 6 times, then] A Verse: [same chords as previous, until the last two] So I sold some things, I packed a few, And gave the rest away ___________________________Abm____B And taught myself, how to live Without Trace Verse: [same chords as previous, until the last two] And once I did, you might have guessed We did a full about face ___________________________________C#m Cause sometimes love’s not really dead -- ______B It just needs… a little space Verse: [same chords as previous, until the last three] So this time next year, we’ll be out west Where the sun can shine in our place ____________________F#m_____E____E7 And not again will I live Without Trace Chorus^: __________A___________F#m Cause it’s disappeared, it has disappeared _________E____________B Yeah, it’s disappeared, it has disappeared ________F#m________A Oh, it’s disappeared, it has disappeared _________E______________B Yeah, it’s disappeared, oh it has disappeared _________F#m_________A Yeah, it’s disappeared, it has disappeared _______E____________B Oh, it’s disappeared, it has disappeared _________F#m___________A Yeah, it’s disappeared, it’s disappeared -- _______B_______E That life without trace
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Old & New Are Bound 04:26
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Instrumental: D# [4 measures] Verse: ____D# The hard times are over now The clink of the glass has drowned out the sad sound And we’re coming back around To all of our friends, the old and the new are... Verse^: D# Bound to the setting sun, Bound to the waves, to all and to none We’re not even close to done, ___________________________________________G# We’re gonna dance till we’ve danced with everyone Chorus: _________________G#__________________D# Danced with everyone, danced with everyone Verse^: D# And everything’s glowing now The love in our hearts, the words from our mouths They all just keep flowing out, _____________________________________________G# And there is no stoppin ‘em -- there’s no stopping us Chorus^: __________________G#___________________D# There’s no stopping us, there’s no stopping us Bridge: _________Bb_______________G# If you want it to stop, you can go home, __________________D# Cause we’re stayin’ out Solo: D# [another 8 measures] G#, D# [4 measures each] Bridge^: _________Bb___________________G# If you want it to stop, or you’re better on your own __________Bb_________________________G# Or you took what you needed and you left the rest alone _____________Bb___________________________G# Or don’t know why you came here, then I guess you can go home ___________________D# Cause we’re staying out Instrumental^: D# [another 8 measures, probably with a riff]
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Out of the Darkness! 03:47
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E I, I have found, I have found when I wake __________A_______B_____________E I just can’t seem to shake out of the darkness ____E________________________________A But you, you are there too, you are there next to me, ________________F#______________A____________E And you can’t see, so you’re calling out, out of the darkness F#m_____________A__________________E Ohhhhhhhhh, Oh, Ohhhhhhh Out of the darkness A_______________F#m________________E Ohhhhhhhhh, Oh, Ohhhhhhh Out of the darkness ______A(3 beats) E(5 beats)____________B(4 beats)__E (4 beats) But if we are____here, well there must be others too _______A(3beats)___E(5 beats)_________B(4 beats)__E(4 beats) So let’s sing to__them like you did to me and I to you, _______A(3 beats)__E (5 beats)_____B(4 beats)_______E(4 beats) Till our voices blend from two to one, and we get through _________A, A/E, A, A/E______A_____A/E, A And then everyone that we’re singing to... _________F#m (2 measures) Is calling out of the, out of the, out of the, out of the…. A (2 measures) Out of the, out of the, out of the, out of the….. B (four measures) Out of the, out of the, out of the, out of theeeeeeeeeee… ______________E (4 measures) Out of the darkness! (Instrumental) E (four measures), A (four measures), F#m (two measures), B (two measures) E (four measures) E We, we are not, we are not going back _______________A_______B_____________________E To days that are long and black -- we’re out of the darkness _______________________________A Cause that, that is not, that is not where we belong _______________F#m______________A______________E No matter where, where we are from, we’re out of the darkness ______A(3 beats), E(5 beats)____________B(4 beats), E(4 beats) And if we are____here, then there must be others too _______A(3beats), E(5 beats)_________B(4 beats)__E(4 beats) So let’s sing to them like you did to me and I to you, ____________A(3 beats), E(5 beats), B(4 beats) _____E(4 beats) Cause when voices blend into one, well they get through _____A, A/E, A,A/E______A______A/E, A Until everyone that we’re singing to... _________F#m (3 beats)_______A (4 beats)_________E Is calling out of the, out of the, out of the, out of the darkness F#m (3 beats)________A (4 beats)_________________E Out of the, out of the, out of the, out of the darkness ______________F#m (2 measures) We’re crawling out of the, out of the, out of the, out of the, out of the… A (2 measures) Out of the, out of the, out of the, out of the, out of the… B (4 measures) Out of the, out of the, out of the, out of the, out of theeeeeeeeeee ______________E (1 beat, cold stop) Out of the darkness!

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The seventh album -- recorded concurrently with the sixth -- continues the band's exploration of effects, atonality and arrhythmic elements, but this time the lyrics are about looking ahead to a better future, despite past or even present traumas.

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released December 22, 2018

Mastered by Deborah Reeves.

Songs by Killian/Sheridan, except:
"Right to Be Forgotten" by Chousmith.
Produced, Arranged, and Mixed by The Modlins.
Artwork by Matt Sheridan and Alex Chousmith.

Additional Instrumentation by Billy Edwall (trumpet, flugelhorn), Meghan Powers (violin), and Traci Bertuldo (cello).

Recorded in various homes -- including a couple in New York and one in Sacramento -- as well as at Superior Sound in San Diego, CA.

Published by The Racket Rack (ASCAP) 2018.

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The Modlins San Diego, California

Alex Chousmith (nee Smith): Bass

Eric Killian: Right-handed Guitar

Stoph Rhanor: Drums

Matt Sheridan: Left-handed Guitar




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Elliott Smith
Chuck Berry
Blur
The Kinks
Belle & Sebastian
Bob Dylan
The Shins
Motown
Convoy
The Strokes
Sam Cooke
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The Walkmen
Wilco
The Arcade Fire ... more

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