#FirstWorldProblems
CHORUS 1
Let me tell you about my
G D/F# F D/F#
First world problems
G D/F# F C
Don’t you feel so bad/sad for me
I can’t escape my misery / No matter what you called them / So you’ll feel sorry for me
VERSE 1
G Bb C D7
WIFI wouldn’t connect, Blu ray player won’t eject
Coffeeshops with no drive thru, what do they expect
Amazon order was wrong I could have saved a buck on wish . com
But it would have taken twice as long to get clothes too small from Vietnam
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Amazon order took too long, I could have saved a buck on wish . com
But it would have all been wrong, clothes too small from Vietnam
VERSE 2
Ordered twice from door dash Dropped my phone broke the glass
Tried to Venmo but I was out of cash, gave one-star rating because it wasn’t fast
High gas prices are such a bummer, they always increase in the summer
I can barely afford to drive my Hummer, I guess I’ll to take my Tesla
CHORUS 2
I got a haircut that I hate told the lady I thought it was great
I’ll never go to her again even though she’s best friend
BREAKDOWN
Prime, Plex, Kanopy, and Peacock Disney Hulu Vudu Netflix nothing to watch
went to the web started to shop / and before long loaded up my cart with….
Gucci, Wang, Calvin Kline, Prada, & Dior
Versace, Coco, Garavani, & Michael Kors
Loaded up my cart to checkout of the store
Credit card declined don’t worry I’ve got more!
CHORUS 3
BRIDGE
G. F. D/F#
So let’s just say we got it all wrong, first world problems all in one song
CHORUS 4
Words and music by robb and the gang
3.17.21
15minutes (Daylight Saving time)
and i’ve got daylight saving time
telling me i’ve lost an hour in this 15minute drive
somewhere between your house and mine’
now did i lose myself or leave me far behind?
now did i lose my soul or did i lose my mind?
you said, “you still need something more...”
i said i’d be sure and look for it as i walked past you out the door,
why did you ask, “what is this for?”
i didn’t come to conquer i just came here to explore
1st chorus:
just say it doesn’t mean anything
that everything is still nothing
and all you said is all there is
and that everything vanishes
you said tonight you lost your faith
i said tonight your words feel as empty as a grave
where thing’s get buried but thing’s don’t stay
they grow up as thorns or we go dig them up like slaves.
your trace still stains my fingertips
it’s not the outline it’s the absence of your lips
the heart refrains in fear of this
we claim to want it all [but we’re frightened off at/by a glimpse]
but we’re scared to death if/when we catch a glimpse
2nd chorus:
so say it doesn’t mean anything
that everything is still nothing
and all that’s left is all there is
and everything just vanishes
on the way home i couldn’t beat the train.
a few more minutes to think if i could do it all again
and while i’m choking on what i said
i think of you hangin there with all your insecurites wrapped twice around your neck
so if my clock says one it must be twelve
and/then none of this happened so i’m just talking to myself
in all the confusion i see today is here
the clock struck twelve [again], tomorrow and yesterday just disappeared
come now gabriel, blow your horn
let [the] angels come let heaven pour
take this all into His hands
i don’t want it i never did
take this all away...
come now gabriel, blow your horn
let angels sing let devils mourn
take this all from my hands.
i don’t need it. i never did.
come now michael do your job
clear the way let heaven come
midnight is morning the sea is dry
and the sun doesn’t seem so bright
words and music by robb
4.5.01
and the night before too...
and the day after too...
2 minutes longer
thanks to you i carry a thesaurus in my back pocket
but the words i say they never seem to come out right
some people speak and the words just flow like water
but me i mess it up everytime i try
i'd like to say,"hello, you mean the whole world to me
and the only reason i wake up is to see you smile
i used to practice for hours and hours in the mirror
but i got tired of seeing myself so much evrey night.
and if you don't hear the words i say
then none of this matters anyways..
thanks to you i talk myself to sleep every night
i don't know if i'm boring or just run out of things to say
but i've dreams of you to occupy my night times
i just have to keep working on the times when i'm awake
and if you don't hear the words i say
then none of this matters anyway..
november 4th 1996 2:13 am actually the 5th
in my living room..
it was just a song floating through the air and i was fortunate enough to catch it..
2lovers2late
Capo 3rd
Verse 1
E C#m
Girl when I wake up I don’t know you anymore
E C#m
You aren’t the one I took dancing the woman that I adore
A E
Even when we go out I feel it’s all a show
A E B7
You aren’t the woman that I married or I carried over our front door
Verse 2
Maybe if I kissed you, I’d miss you in my arms
Maybe if you missed me, we could shelter all these storm
Winter weather and social gatherings, stole from us from the calm
Now it’s cold and icy snow and we can’t seem to get warm
Chorus 1
G C Am7
Is it too late? Is it too late to go back?
Is it too late? Is it too late for all of that?
Is it too late? Can we get this train on track?
Verse 3
I said I never leave you oh but darling you left me
Can’t find the kindhearted person I know you used to be
Now we just stare out the windows on our phones or the tv
Is there nothing left of her is there nothing of me?
Chorus 2
G C Am7
Is it too late? Is it too late to go back?
Is it too late? Is it too late for all of that?
Is it too late? Can we get this train on track?
Bridge
Em G Bb A7
And when the raindrops fall you’ll swear you’ve heard it all/had enough
C G B7
I don’t think I understand, what’s that in your hand?
Chorus 2
G C Am7
Now it too late? Now it too late to go back?
Now it too late? Now it too late for all of that?
Now it too late? The train slid off the track?
Words and music by robb
2.16.21
3 stories
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i've been standing on my feet, just ten miles away.
listening to the radio been working here all day
i'm calling late baby, i'll come home late again.
can you tell the kids i'm sorry and put them both to bed.
G Gm
and time doesn't wait for anyone.
E7
time doesn't wait for anyone.
D G
if you're ready, ready, ready, i'll be ready when you are..
and if you're ready, ready, ready, i'll be ready when you are..
sharri's on the corner with her prom dress still on
waiting for mr.right to come and take her home
and if you've got the money man she's got the pout
and if you're short a little she's bound to help you out..
if you're ready, ready, ready, ready when you are..
then she's ready, ready ready, ready when you are.
and time doesn't wait for anyone. and time doesn't wait for love.
instead it just slowly marches on. and then one day it slowly catches up.
(repeat chorus)
as for addison and susie i don't know what to say
you've got the world at your feet but it changes everyday.
i see you want what you've found and you've found what you want
so you better hold on tight, because it only comes round once..
(repeat chorus)
(ending chorus)
all words arrangements and music by robb
three true stories that are all woven into my life
i think of it as three stories of a building and each level holds a different character's story. but all the characters kept their real names for the song.
started 1995 spring
finished 1997 fall
50% of everything (is half of nothing)
I’m casually critical
Cavalierly cruel
I’m constructed on conjecture
I’ve played the king and fool
I’m simple as symposiums
And I’m tragic in tragedies
I’m caught up in the catastrophe
I’m cutout from the crest
I believe the unbelievable but I’m cautious of the rest
50% I believe half of what everyone says
50% you’ve got to prove the rest
I’m confounded by the conundrums
I’m a castaway from the curse
There are 30 drops of silver jingling in your purse
I’m curated by the courtesy
Of those wiser than myself
I’m cast out of the collective
For thinking for myself
I’m a million other voices
I know the price you paid I’ve been bought and I’ve been sold.
50% I believe 50% of everything you say
And those aren’t good odds if you want me to stay
I’m cut out from the cruelty I’m cavalier in my response
I’m caught up in the landslide
And I launched the avalanche
There’s coors in the cooler and there’s country on the code
There’s crazy way of thinking nobody seems to know
I’m caught up in the landslide I’m crushed beneath the weight
Caught up in the curriculums none of us ever chose
50% I believe half of what everyone says
50% you’ve got to prove the rest
6IX AM
capo 4 key of e
c am em g
wise men would know when to say thank you but i've had my fill
you let me push you away and still you're my favourite pill.
that i would take when i'm down, down on my luck, down on my will.
down on my knees, down on the floor, hanging by my window sill.
and so this is today, etched by the hem of your voice.
be careful of what you might say, regret's the benefit of choice.
so let's go back to the days when we could hang with the boys
yeah lover's love, fighters fight, c'mon let's go make some noise.
f f cc ee
if i say i dont' miss you, then know it's a lie.
and if i try not to kiss you. then at least know /believe me, i tried. f
when your hands touch my hands and we leave this whole scene behind.
when will i learn not to say all the thoughts in my mind.
that push me closer into the man i had left behind
the seedless words of my youth [and confusion.] different thoughts, different times.
you were her and i was him and neither of us knew what was right.
/and they were out of our minds.
six o'clock in the morning and will you listen again
cause it's been 10 years and counting and i'm still counting my friend.
when you think back to the day do you still think of "the bends"?
i know i do and then i smile and (yeah) i still put it in.
f f cc ee
if i say i dont' miss you, then know it's a lie.
and if i try not to kiss you. then at least know /believe me, i tried. f
when your lips touch my lips and we leave this whole scene behind.
words music robb
feb 17 2003
7 days of creation
easy chords are (G6 Am7 D)
once upon a time long ago as they would say
God sat upon his throne in a sad faced kinda way.
you see, He was alone in the universe He created
so He said "I know what I'll do. I'll make myself some friends,
people who will Love me as much as I love them."
so he set to work to build them a place they would call earth.
in the beginning it was dark. so He said let there be light.
as He said it so it was and we had day from night\
he separated the waters and gave us a bright blue sky (1st day)
the waters were beautiful but there gonna need a place to stand
as He said it so it was out came dry land
and the waters receded and the land came out and it was good. (2nd day)
you know i'm gonna give 'em tummy's, they're gonna need something to eat.
let there be trees, seeds & plants veggies and green green leaves.(3rd day)
and as He said it so it was, and it was good.
now He thought how will they know the difference between the day & night
so He said, "let there be stars in the distance and a sun burning bright. a moon for the night time to shine on them it's light. and as He said it so it was and it was good. (4th day
the waters just seemed empty so He made fish so they could swim.
the land seemed barren too so He made animals that pleased Him.
every bug every slug every beetle and cat every creepy insect every bird and every bat. all the cows and ox and sheep and lamb and turkey and geese and pigs and spam ("hey spam isn't an animal!" - kid's voice.) (mine: oh, "i wasnt' sure...")He made them all because He loves all kinds of different things.
and to this day on the earth the creatures that He made still teem. (5th day)
and God said to Jesus let us make man in our image.
let him rule over the fish in the sea and the birds and over every living creature.
and God made them both man and the woman.
and He Loved them both and set them in charge of everything under the heavens.
and God saw what He had made and it was good. (& 6th day)
on the 7th day 'he rested. not necessarily because He was tired.
but even God knows you've got to time some time to unwind.
so He blessed the 7th day and He called it Holy.
some people want to tell you these things just happened for no reason.
the sun the moon the stars and all the planets and the seasons
but with God anything is possible, even the impossible
but that makes as much sense as a television wishing it could go for a swim.
if you don't believe me then ask Him.
words and music sunday morning before church!
8.7.05 robb
8 is for Happy, 7 for Sad
1973
Hey girl you were born in the 70’s
Hey girl you were born just for me
Hey girl you were born in 1973
Hey girl you were born right at the right time for me!
Hey girl you were born on an island
Her girl you were born
Hey girl don’t you want to come down
Hey girl don’t you want to come around
Hey girl you were born in the 70’s just for me
Hey girl, what did you do with your time?
Hey girl, what did you do with your time?
Hey girl, what did you do with your time?
Hey girl, could you make it mine?!
Hey girl you were born in the 70’s
Hey girl you were born in 1973
Hey girl you were born just for me
Hey girl you were born right at the right time for me!
Put on your ol’ fur coat, it’s 1973
Put on your ol’ fur coat, you were meant just for me
Words and music by robb
4.26.22
1992
A E F#m
In your eyes I saw the oceans, in your tears the ocean’s bled
D E A
The shore the diamond of your skin, my kiss a wanderer on the sand
Words and music by robb 1992
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