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Guitar Chords for Waifs' songs
These chords have been sent in by members of the Waifs discussion list. They're not necessarily totally accurate but good enough to have some fun with. It goes without saying that they are for personal use only. If you have any more chords or improvements on the ones we have here, I'd love to hear from you.
- Since I've Been Around
- Fourth Floor
- Fisherman's Daughter
- Been So Long
- Lighthouse Man
- Crazy Train
- Brain Damage
- Taken
- Lies
- Take it In
- The River
- I Believe
- Gillian
- People Who Think They Can
- Billy Jones
- Intimate
Fourth Floor (V. Simpson)
here's what I make the chords for Fourth Floor. Key of B, play in G with capo on 4. Harmonica is in key of E, played second position. G 320033 D xx0233 or often xx023x Em 022033 (often hammered on , i.e. 000033 to 022033) C x32033 G D Em C On the fourth floor of a building G D C C In a shallow window box G D Em C She's digging in the soil with a silver spoon G C D D Her hands inside rubber gloves G D Em C Planting seed, pulling out weed G D C C The cycle of life is complete G D Em C Who would've thought it in a city of stone G D G Four floors above the sreet The other verses follow the same chord pattern. The Em chord is mostly hammered on with the first and second fingers. Have fun, spinach/
Fisherman's Daughter (D. Simpson)
The song is (can be) played capo 5, in the chord of G but with D shapes. All the chords sound best played as 5s, i.e. no 3rd tones. D xx003x hammering on to xx023x A x022xx G 3550xx The main "riff" is just hammering on the 3rd string of the D shape. have fun with it, Posted by Spinach
Been So Long (J. Cunningham)
Not yet recorded, and we're not even sure if this is the title. Big thanks (and light smack over the knuckles) to Bec* for putting these lyrics together for us!
Walkin' down the main street of the town where I was born Lookin' at these things ive seen so many times before Take a deep breath, smile kick a stone along the ground Been so long, since I been aroundThere's comfort in the way that everything still looks the same People that I bump into they call me by my name It almost feels as though I never even left this town Been so long, since I been around
And my girlfriend she lived on Horton street And man was she a sight sometimes I would sneak into her bedroom late at night Now she's not there Im told her family long since left the town Been so long, since I been around
Yeah many of my friends they found some other place they'd rather be But I still know one good mate she gonna keep me company I think Im gonna call her up We'll go and paint the town Been so long, since I been around
So I stopped on by that place years ago I knew her well I said let's go have a drink for old times at the Adelaide Hotel She said its 20 years now since they shut that old pub down Been so long, since I been around
Yeah but the hospital's still standing down over by the river shore That's the place where I took my first breath so many years before Take a deep breath now feel my chest begin to pound Been so long, Since I been around
Now Im runnin' (lyin?) by the river feelin hazy in the shade Children shout and splash about in water where I played I'm thinkin' I could stay a while or maybe settle down Been so long, since I been around.........
Submitted by Bec*
Lighthouse Man (J. Cunningham)
Not yet recorded.Similar chords to The River... Am G C (I'll have a closer look at Woodford and let y'all know!)
*Introduction* I am a poor wayfaring stranger, Travelling through this land of woe. There's no sickness, no toil, no danger, In that bright land to which I go.
*Verse 1* Lighthouse man, standing on the cold land, Shine your light across the sea Let it save a boy like me. Light house man guide this sailor back to land Steer my ship on through the storm, Back to water safe and calm.
*Bridge* Think I need a lighthouse of my own, Get's so dark I can't see which way I'm goin'.
*Chorus* Lighthouse man I'm all at sea, Shine your lighthouse light on me. Lighthouse man I'm all at sea, Shine your little lighthouse light on me.
*Verse 2* Lighthouse man he can't help us all, Some they save, some they fall. He'll show you where the dangers are but He can't help if you capsize. He'll light your way but that is all You gotta steer your own ship back to shore.
*Bridge* We all need a light house for our own, Cos this sea is full of misery and woe.
*Chorus* Lighthouse man I'm all at sea, Shine your lighthouse light on me. Lighthouse man I'm all at sea, Shine your little lighthouse light on me.
Submitted by Sarah G.
Crazy Train (D. Simpson)
The whole song is basically a combination of G (320033), C (x32033), and D (xx0232). The intro is played G G C G D C G G G Crazy train, rolling down that crazy track C G Crazy train, rolling down that crazy track D G Going to New Orleans and I ain't coming back That's the basic pattern of the whole song. Between verses, it goes back to the intro pattern. Just play along to figure out the chord changes.Submitted by Melissa Moisey
Brain Damage (J. Cunningham)
Am C I'm going out to damage my brain G G you wont come, you say you're staying at home Am C it's no shame, night and day G G you see each other anyway Am C G D you see me all of the time Am C G D you see me all of the time Am C G D you see me all of the time Am C G D i said hey babe throw us a line and it continues on like this Submitted by Carly. Note Here's another version from another set of ears... Intro riff:A---------------0--E---0--0h3 0 3 --- then Am Am F/C G I'm going out to damage my brain G You won't come, You say you're staying at home Am F/C It's no shame, night and day G We see each other anyway Am F/C We've got to move We've got to get away G It's a long cold night but there's a better day Am F/C Wouldn't you say, correct me if I'm wrong G But we've got all the good reasons for time on our own CHORUSAm F/C C G You see me all of the time (x3) Am F/C C G Hey babe, throw me some line It's him and her, it's this and that I feel my tyre's going flat There's no get up and go for getting it on We got all the good reasons for time on our own MIDDLE INSTRUMENTAL BIT:Am F/C GAm F/C G CHORUS repeats Submitted by Benjamin Day
Taken (V. Simpson)
From Sink or Swim Verses: F C G G Chorus: Am D Walk about - a different kind Am F G Walk about - a very different place and time C G Am G I stand under street lights dreaming of a moon C G Am G it is rising in a desert I life I never knew C G Am G Taken away etc.Submitted by Meeks!!!
Lies (J. Cunningham)
from Sink or Swim Capo on first fretVerses: G G C D
Change: "Yeah it's easier that way" etc
Em Em C D
Submitted by Meeks!!!
Take it in (J. Cunningham)
from The Waifs E 022100 Asus2 x02200 B x24442 B/F# 224442 C#m x46654 C#m7 x46454 Intro: E Asus2 E Asus2 E Asus2 B B/F# Verse: E Asus2 repeated... Now she's thinking of the red soil and the mango trees In her mind she's still splashing round out on cable beach And her eyes are as rich and as far away as the sunset there She's not taking in a word I say B Asus2 E Asus2 B B Well I might as well be talking to myself Chorus: E B Take it in, A B take it all in E A B B Now is a time that will not come again E B Take it in, A B take it all in E Asus2 B B This is a day that is here for the living Verse: E A repeated... So we step outside into this Melbourne weather With a shock it brings her back to where she is Now we've made this place our home Surrounded by unknown Stick it out until it comes together Chorus: Take it in, take it all in Now is a time that will not come again Take it in, take it all in This is a day that is here for the living C#m B C#m C#m7 C#m We're just living for a day to come or days gone by E Asus2 Never taking in each moment C#m Asus2 B B/F# Never knowing what you had until it passed you by Chorus: Take it in, take it all in Now is a time that is here for the livingSubmitted by Benjamin Page
NOTE
Vicki plays Take It In live with a capo on the second fret instead of open. So instead of the chords being E, A and B, they should be D, G, and A. The bridge should be B, A instead of C#m, B. It sounds much better with the capo. Melissa Moisey
The River (J. Cunningham)
from Shelter Me Am x02210 F/C x3321x G 32000x Em 022000 Verse Am F/C G I stood and watched my daddy die Am F/C G No one could help his plight Am F/C G He was trying to save our home Am F/C Em On the day that the river rose Am F/C G "It came alive" I heard them say Am F/C Em Am "There was nothing we could do as he washed away" Am Em G Am Chorus Am F/CG Running from the heart of it Am F/C G Right into the cause of it Am F/C G Running from the heart of it Am F/C G Right into the core of it Am F/C G Running from the heart ... Am Em G AmSubmitted by Benjamin Page
I Believe (V. Simpson)
from The Waifs C/G 332010 C X32010 F X3321X G 355433 Gm7 353333 G#m7 464444 Dm7 X57565 Bbm7 X13121 C#m7 X46454 Cm7 X35343 C/G GF F/E F Seems like only yesterday I thought I had my life together C/G Gm7 F Ain't that funny how some things they do change C/G G F For it is today I feel uncertain about my whole world C/G Gm7 F Oh once familiar is now so strange C/G G F Bbm7 C#m7 Cm7 And I've become so dependent on all those things that I once rejected Bbm7 C Am I rejecting all I believe? C/G G F Bbm7 C#m7 Cm7 I'm so open minded that it leaves me undecided Bbm7 C Now I'm forever caught between two extremes Dm7 G#m7 C I Believe Dm7 G#m7 C I Believe I found some time to get away on my own I came to a place where nobody knows my name I had to hope it was gonna help me to see things clearer And it has for now I realise it was nothing but a planned escape I Believe I Believe And it seems like only yesterday I thought I had my life together Ain't that funny ... For it is today I feel uncertain about my whole world Oh once familiar, Oh once familiar is now strange I Believe I come home to find out, come home to find out what's going on in my life What's going on? I Believe I do believe
Gillian (J. Cunningham)
from The Waifs C x32010 F 133211 G 320003 C/B x20010 Am x02210 Intro: (Use hammer-ons throughout whole song for an authentic sound) F C G C F C G C C C/B Am F G C C C/B Am F G C Oh Gillian, you're up with the sun C/B Am F G C And you've done one hundred things before half past nine C/B Am F G C By the time most folk are up and gone C/B Am F G C You'll be starting on one hundred and one F C G C There's not enough hours in the day F C G C To do all the things that she's got to do F G When the daylight fades C C/B Am And the night invades F G C She's only just begun Weary as you lay at night waiting for the sun Planning out tomorrow now before this day is done Gillian you work too hard But don't try and slow her down She'll tell you idleness is good for none, work's how I get my fun iIdleness is good for none, work's how I get things done Gillian, you're the one, you're the one Shining in my life, you're my eternal sun I'm trying to thank you now For what I've become But I've only just begun Your influence has been profound and I'm proud to be your son Your blood is my blood We are forever bound You're the inspiration to the way I live my life Gillian, if you weren't my mother I'd make you my wife Submitted by Benjamin Page
People who think they can (V. Simpson)
from Shelter Me C 032010 F 133211 G 320033 Bm 446654 Cm 335543 None G Bm People who think they can C D G Bm I want to be just like those who think they can C D I want to be not so G Bm C D far away from where I'd planned to G Bm C D be by now time has a bad habit of G Bm C D flying - I was sleeping when it passed me by Cminor Bminor F I was dreaming of what I would wear when I got there G Bm C D It's not easy being green in a world where you have to G Bm C D tread on other people just to find a place to put your wares on G Bm C D show it's not required that you sing, write or G Bm C D play just wear the tightest one and smile in that certain way and G Bm C D think you can Guitar solo then Cminor Bm F I wanna be not so far away from where I planned to be G Bm C D Good things come to those who wait I'm going to G Bm C D Iift my head and keep my back up straight and when it G Bm C D matters most and I can't be found I'll just G Bm C D climb to the top and you will find me hanging around with people who G Bm C D think they can Cm Bm Submitted by Sarah Groube