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Won't Be With You
03:13
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Fallin’ fast down a country road, in the middle of the night,
and you’re way too stoned to be doing this, but I won’t be with you
You and your pack of bitchin’ wolves, stare snarling at me,
as they back into a hundred-foot hole, but they don’t scare me
Oh no, I won’t
Oh no, I won’t
Oh no, I won’t be with you babe
Are you scared of waking up? Maybe terrified by this thing that you’ve become? I wish that I was sorry
But it’s hard to be; to watch your star burn out and fall so bitterly
But I won’t be with you, no
Oh no, I won’t
Oh no, I won’t
Oh no, I won’t be with you babe
I had such high hopes for you,
but you must have misheard me
You went and lost your mind from all the things you do,
you don’t know how much that hurt me
Oh no, I won’t
Oh no, I won’t
Oh no, I won’t be with you babe
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Little Town
04:25
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Every winters getting worse
This one’s no better than our first
I don’t remember how your voice sounds
You said that you were gonna leave this place
And I believe that you will someday
Lights are growing dark, on this little town
Oh, this little town
Oh, this little town
Oh, never made it out
Oh, of this little town
Drops of sadness fall from your eyes
Roll down the window as I’m driving by
I could look in the mirror, but there’s nothing behind
Oh, this little town
Oh, this little town
Oh, never made it out
Oh, of this little town
You never knew me, you never did
We walked these streets when we were kids
You never knew me, you never did
We knew these streets when we were kids
(I felt that thunder on your lips)
Oh, this little town
Oh, this little town
Oh, never made it out
Oh, of this little town
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Dutchie
03:31
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Dutchie forever, what have you seen?
Lovely forever, have you seen me?
Seen me in your dreams, in your head when we’re apart
Lovely Dutchie lady, maybe now we can start?
Diva darling, I hope that you know
I’ve been thinking bout us lately, for a year or so
Since fate turn round and smiled, Côte d'Azur for a couple miles
In that church on Easter day, babe by then I was praying
Dutchie forever, your feathers of gold
Lovely forever, forever I’d hold
Hold you and your spirit close, what I’ve always needed most
Was just Dutchie forever, forever you know
In these moments of memory, some I try to preserve
Like the moment you met me, which I’ve never deserved
But I’ve learned to love the lows, every night I’ve done alone
Every thought I’d soon replace, with that smile on your face
Dutchie forever, your feathers of gold
Lovely forever, forever I’d hold
Hold you and your spirit close, what I’ve always needed most
Was just Dutchie forever, forever you know
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Fool's Game
04:00
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Dreaming in a place that doesn’t sleep
I only wish your company to keep
But am i wrong to think of you?
Though I cover up my mind, I know I’m on yours too
I cut my age in half and there we stood
Like nothing else could ever be so good
Everything you see is yours to take
So do this for yourself and learn to love mistakes
Lay your flowers bare on my skin
Just let me in, and I’ll let you in
Look at me and then it begins
Every time you turn away from me
I know its your defensibility
So why are we still standing in the storm?
Would you tell me if I’m worth the fighting for
Winter mornings walking in the dark
A lonely search to find some missing part
And with each and every drop of blood I drew
From each and every heart, I stained my dress for you
So lay your flowers bare on my skin,
Just let me in, and I’ll let you in
Look at me and then it begins
So now the only way I go is through
Just like fighting lovers seem to do
The wild in our hearts cannot be tamed
Love likes to be its own and not a fool’s game
Love likes to be its own and not a fool’s game
Love likes to be its own and not a fool’s game
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Sunday, Sunday
03:57
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Amaj7 - Dmaj7 x6 // C#min7 - Bmin7
Bright and early rising, with your peach face in the sun
Sweet talk by the free coffees, get me a text when the service is done
Amaj7 - Dmaj7 x6 // C#min7 - Bmin7
Social supremacist, defending the president
If you’ve been so enlightened, help me understand
How a little girl like you, needs a man
A - Em - Dm x4
Gotta find someone to hide behind, to cover up your eyes
No need for your own thoughts now anyway
Maybe this engagement will last long enough
A couple years to settle in the grave
Amaj7 - Dmaj7 x6 // C#min7 - Bmin7
Decades down the line, and you’re still waiting
For your lawfully wedded bae to start their change
Too young for love, what you said you needed
But you know you’ll burn in hell, if you try to leave it
Gotta find someone to hide behind, to cover up your eyes
No need for your own thoughts now anyway
Maybe this engagement will last long enough
A couple years to settle in the grave
Bmin7 - E x3 // F#m - A7 - D - D/E - A
Just a child, in a wooden pew
Getting poison explanations, that will come back for you
Bmin7 - E x3 // F#m - A7 - D - D/E - A
Now you’re dying, to find somebody too
With your royal expectations, you’ll make quite a lovely noose
Bmin7 - E x2 // Bmin7 - D - D/E
Ooooh
Gotta find someone to hide behind, to cover up your eyes
No need for your own thoughts now anyway
Maybe this engagement will last long enough
A couple years to settle in the grave
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Mayflower
04:48
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A - E - F#sus2 - F#
Just a mayflower, born in the fourth hour
Third in the family, lived off of church street
Raised with the good word, and a quiet heart that don’t hurt
Summer was lazy, lovers say that “love will chase me”
Oh my Lord, how it was before, I wish it were now
Oh my Lord, when it rains it pours, on the Mayflower
Under hellfire, it sure is hard to keep these eyes dry
As vernal memories all seem to fall apart beneath me
So hide this heavy, rotting chain, around my neck I just can’t shake
I guess if I’m lucky, I’ll survive
Oh my Lord, how it was before, I wish it were now
Oh my Lord, when it rains it pours, on the Mayflower
Back on First Street, but headed south to feel the city
Just a Mayflower, love for him, and love for her
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Half-Way Home
05:14
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Out on the walk, just a half-way home
when youre born not to belong, it aint hard to know
just a sleight of hand and the lock falls to the floor
so no heavy chains will hold you anymore
it was sometime in the autumn of our lord
I was blurry eyed, just a kid looking to score
as the crime rate in the town began to soar
we were laughing with each petty theft, we left with from the store
as my baby lungs were painted brown and black
you had skin that looked a little bit like that
we were opposites that found some common ground
on the sidewalk by the corner store downtown
Out on the walk, just a half-way home
when youre born not to belong, it aint hard to know
just a sleight of hand and the lock falls to the floor
so no heavy chains will hold you anymore
now i think about it, man it must have killed,
to be the colour on a canvas left unfilled
imported so that you might find good in life
not to say that Ontario would be the place that you'd die
and I'm guilty as a thief, a thief with his gun, put to death for the killin' that he's done
Yes i watched you draw closer to the edge, and which each year I did nothing,
oh I did nothing
I was saying go ahead
what would Jesus think of that?
My friend, my quiet friend i hear you now
inside my breath after the sun goes down
we'll be okay wherever we may go
I'll send a message when I'm halfway home
Out on the walk, just a half-way home
when youre born not to belong, it aint hard to know
just a sleight of hand and the lock falls to the floor
so no heavy chains will hold you anymore
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Evangeline
03:53
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E - G#m7 - Dmaj7 - C#maj7
C - E x3
E G#m7 - Dmaj7 - C#m7 //E - G#m7 - Dmaj7 - A6 - B7
Just like a sister, a soft masterpiece
The words of her mystery are too hard to reach
The day is her prowess, the time that we hold
In our world made a mess, she’ll never unfold
F#m7 - E x3 G#m7 - C#m7
Evangeline, ooh, Evangeline
C - E
Scarflet of red, blue in your eyes
Keeping this long embrace as somewhere to hide
Driving away, fade in the dark
I’m still a stranger here, falling apart
F#m7 - E x3 G#m - C#m
Evangeline, ooh, Evangeline
C - E x3 E - G#m7 - Dmaj7 - C#m7
A/E - F#m7 - C#m7 - E7
Amaj7 - D7 - A - C#m/G# - Gmaj7 - F#m - E - F#m - E
When will it end? Every hour without you I’ve spent
Even tonight, wish I didn’t have to pretend
F#m7 - E x3
Evangeline, ooh, Evangeline
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Silence
04:08
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Bbmaj7 - C#maj7 - F#maj7 - Fm7
Silence don’t bother me, it never has
But it does it’s following
Though it passes through my days
And while I’m sleeping
I can feel it come again
Silence, my friend
Bbmaj7 - C#maj7 - F#maj7 - Fm7
A desolate love just, going nowhere
Bbmaj7 - C#maj7 - F#maj7 - Bbmin7
And the minute it’s done,
You know you’ve done your share
Db/Eb - Bbmaj7 x3
Oh, Silence isn’t loud enough, to hide your crying
And I just can’t, I just face the sound, oh
I know we’ve had enough, of this relying
F#maj7 - Fm7
And we could use some silence now
Bbmaj7 - C#maj7 - F#maj7 - Fm7
Takes a lot to satisfy, the desire that you’ve known
Might grab the last flight, to a place that I call home
Db/Eb - Bbmaj7 x3
Oh, Silence isn’t loud enough, to hide your crying
And I just can’t, I just face the sound, oh
I know we’ve had enough, of this relying
F#maj7 - Fm7
And we could use some silence now
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11. |
Red Wing Blackbird
04:12
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Intro
A - D - D6 - Bm7 - D - A - D/A
V1
A - Asus2/C# - D - Bm7 - D - A - D/A
It's a glory day and I've been found
My hat right around, covering my eyes as the storm was rollin in
A - Asus2/C# - D - Bm7 - E - D/E - A - D/A
Eat my soup and get the car, on the way to somewhere far
Used to be so hard to claim a single win
V2
She is righteous every morning, so lovely in the dark
But my demon-driven-feet are still on fire
They take me dancing, take me fast, take my belt and take my cash
And send me home before the dawn catches my eye
Chorus
A - C#min7/G# - F#min7 - A7/E - D - D/E - A
If i can't save us, then i guess i'll be
Just another victim of honesty
A - C#min7/G# - F#min7 - A7/E - D - D/E - A
When the line gets broader and the field turns green
I'll walk much further than i'll ever need
V3
So we follow what we feel is gonna take us to the field
Everybody's got a pasture in their dreams
Some are wide, and some are bare
And some never took the time to care
Mine's a river cause no grass is good for me
V4
Well we can cry while we are laughing, as the minutes do their passing
You don't miss much when you're kissing all you need
Well we can cry while we are laughing, as the minutes do their passing
You don't miss much when you're kissing all you need
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If I can't save us, then I guess I'll be
Just another victim of honesty
When the line gets broader and the field turns green
I'll walk much further than I'll ever need
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Ben Cottrill Vancouver, British Columbia
Ben Cottrill is a spirited west-coast artist with a gritty Folk-Rock sound, shaped by a decade of performing on streets and stages across Canada.
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