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Using Fire
03:31
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Barking at the altar of the king and queen in a house of spare parts with the fools
They were talking, mocking, rambling and deciding with their gambling that the sky has to lose
So, they called up the senior of the green jumpsuit juniors to discuss just the relevant parts
But in a house built for tomorrow and an enemy of morals well, who’s in the dark?
I went to war so I could have a job and mama I’m a-covering ground
I’ve been in nine different states and one city away from the best time I could have
So, I’m polished with a gun and a memory of love but it’s chills headed down my spine
I was dead before I left and so I’ll try to forget that, this might be my time
Saying Water wasn’t working so I’m using Fire
“””””
There’s plastic in the ocean but a cardigan in autumn, so – nothing’s changed that I feel
And if the chief says to the high court that he’s the only mascot then, losers have to yield
Saying water wasn’t working so I’m using fire
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2. |
Something Or Nothing
03:11
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Something or Nothing V 2
Believe or not
You choose the cost
From a spinning coin to tornado dice
When you fight
You pick your side
And that’s all you do
It does no good
Win or lose
An imitator or the Avant Garde
Estranged par,
A life apart
So just change the tune
Don’t just stand square
Balancing on a fence
Or play cowboys on the road
Without a show
And it takes some time to fend the thought
Are we better off alone?
Believe in hope and dreams and every struggle in between
Believe in morals, kings and peasants and monotony
… Struggles, strife and wishes of an idle life
… Abraham Lincoln, he never told a lie
Believe in love and hate and tattoos that define those names
Believe in pride and shame (they’re both) and treat imposters just the same
Believe in Karma, Love or the mind you chose to think them up
Believe in whatever fills your cup
Believe in faith and god and the stubbornness of broken chords
… battles, wars and jungles where the dead are lost
… shackles, chains, circumstance and bad mistakes
… something or nothing
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3. |
Peeping Tom
03:15
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4. |
I Don't Dance
03:49
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Oh please don’t, oh please don’t
Just say “hi” in passing
And don’t go, oh don’t go
Just sit with me a while
I’ll show you my charm if you
Bear this in mind
F#m A
Still it’s taken all this time to remind you that, baby
E
I don’t dance
F#m A
Still it’s taken all this time to remind you that, baby
B E
I don’t dance
oh I swear I’m fine, I swear I’m fine, I just
Like the bar that (where) I’m standing
And when you Swing, oh when you Sway, baby
I’ll be laughing
(Chorus)
Still it’s taken all this time to remind you that, baby
I don’t dance
…
Bridge – C#m – G#m – A – B – E
Oh take my hand, just take my hand
But darling,
I won’t dance
Ah just take my hand, oh take my hand
But darling
I swear I won’t dance
Lo and behold, I’m all alone not even
A glace in the mirror
When I was cool I thought I was cool but baby
I’ll get no thinner
And walking home, yet again alone, without a
Glance in the mirror
I thought I was cool, Oh I was cool, but baby
I’m no thinner
Still it’s taken all this time to remind you that, baby
I don’t dance
…
A E
I don’t dance
B F#m
I don’t dance
A E
I don’t dance
C#m B
I don’t dance
E
Ah -
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5. |
Love Me Honey Love
03:30
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I think I’m gonna set myself to sail – Ah ha
C D G
And leave you for another day or two
G C G Em
It’s just that I’ve been feeling that a-way – Ah ha
C D G
And for you to be with me was more than true
Bridge
D C G
Here I stand a man, who’s apart from a man
Em Am
The lonely soul with so much left to show
C D G
But the princess and the people they’re all gone
Chorus
G
You treat me wrong
C G Em
Then you’ll treat me right – oh wow oh
C D G
But if you love me honey love then that’s alright
G C G Em
I’ll climb down from the mountain you made mine – Ah ha
C D G
But if you love me honey love then that’s alright
Bridge…
Solo for verse chords. Then bridge when singing comes in
Bashful girls, and bashful boys relay – Ah ha
All the private little scores about their day
It’s sweet and it might last a few more days
If you love me honey love, then that’s okay
You say I’m wrong, so baby keep me right
And if you love me honey love then that’s alright
You’ll beat me up, just to keep me down
But if you love me honey love, I’ll be around
You’ll treat me wrong, then you’ll treat me right
But if you love me honey love
Em
If you love me honey love - If you love me honey love then that’s alright
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6. |
Kicking Leaves
05:03
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She speaks for me freely
She dresses neatly
She’s all that I’ve ever cared for
And I don’t want and I don’t want again
I don’t want you to stay
I’d hate for you to leave
Is this the stupid way that everybody feels?
Not tonight, oh please
I just can’t stand your sight
I’m a little different now
And I’d rather be kicking leaves
Your face has changed again
Your beauty just isn’t the same
I’m passing you through these thoughts
In my head that don’t agree
Could never say that I love you
But Jane how could I ever want to?
Your just so delicate
And it’s not too good for me
Confusing tunes
Adopted for me and you
If this is the way that someone thinks
We’re too good to choose
Won’t you paint your lips
Can’t you tan your face
You look so much better when your
Tarted and disgraced
It’s a bit about everything
It’s a bit about reasoning
It’s a bit about the girl
I’ve never ever met before
This ever ending same
Jane is just a codename
For all of you I’ve loved so very, very much
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7. |
All Out Of Sorts
04:48
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Here some come in the early morn – ah ha
We wake up dying so no one’s wrong
Well I hear they built you a pile of rocks
Charged you twice then took their cut
Still you hear their talk, talk, talk, talk, talk
Chorus
But it’s all, all out of sorts
I fell down and could not get back up
And it’s all, all out of sorts
Its good to be alive
Verse 2
Here some come to shoot their guns - ah ha
Buy or steal or build their bombs – ah ha
Starve the kids, spread the news
Tell their friends its theirs to lose
Then you’ll see them changing all the rules
Chorus
But it’s all, all out of sorts
I fell down and could not get back up
And it’s all, all out of sorts
Its good to be alive
Harmonica Part
Verse 3
Better shout or make your stand ah - ah
Dancers sing and singers dance – oh lord
Then they’re here but when they’re gone
Killing thoughts without a cause
Still you’ll hear that talk, talk, talk, talk, talk
Chorus
But it’s all, all out of sorts
I fell down and could not get back up
And it’s all, all out of sorts
Its good to be alive
It’s good to be alive
… Soon to be a lie…
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8. |
Getting Out
04:04
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9. |
John Wants Her More
04:05
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10. |
I Was Out All Night
04:18
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Hide the light
Too close to crying
Bent out of bones
I cant feel my toes
Dm Em F
I was out all night
Dm Em F
Bullied by fights
G
That you sowed
C
I hit the road
The road hit back
Don’t quite know
But I think I can guess
Dm Em F (etc)
I was worse off
Woke up with a cough
And all alone
Chorus:
F C
Hollow of the dirt bag in the corner
F C
All know him too well to take him home
Dm C
The women he has none, but he thinks he has them all
F G
And I wonder if my wife knows that I’m not home
Back to Chorus chords (F) for solo…
Verse 3.
Champagne tastes fine
After a bottle of wine
I pinched my own
When they’d all gone
I was out all night
Could not help my sight
And I was all gone
It was about that time
I remembered that I’ve never been right
My heart did pound
But no love I found
Chorus
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Matt Scott Glasgow, UK
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Matt Scott brings his brand of Rock and Roll with the completely independent
debut album ‘As It Was When It Happened’. All songs were written and performed by Matt Scott to contest the the cliché of the ‘acoustic singer- songwriter’.
‘As It Was When It Happened’ offers a journey through verse and music - THIS is Rock and Roll.
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