August 12, 2013

Excuses

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“Excuses”

Words and music by Donny Douglas

Intro D A G C A x 2

Verse

D                                             A                    G                                       C  A  D

When I met you on that first night, I didn’t know what I’d got,

D                             A                             G                             C  A  D

Whatever it was I knew honey, I hadn’t got a lot,

D                             A                             G                                   C A D

I didn’t think much of you, you looked plain ugly to me,

D                                             A                             G                                                C A D

Then you asked me home with you and I told you that I just wasn’t free

Chorus

D                                               C                 B                                       G

There’s nothing I’d rather do, than spend the night with you,

D                             C                             B                             G

But I’ve got to get back home, Cause the Cat is on it’s own.

C                             G               D                           G

So if it’s all right with you, Maybe I’ll come round another night

C                    G                      D                                   G

If it’s all right with you,  maybe I’ll come round, it’ll be all right

C                    G                      D                                   G

So if it’s all right with you, maybe I’ll come round another night

C                    G                      D                                   B

If it’s all right with you, maybe I’ll come round, it’ll be all right

Second Verse

Then I met you on the second night, you tried to trap me again,

Your size didn’t open my eyes, and I swear you had more than one chin,

That flowery dress, and your hair such a mess, I gave you naught outa three,

Again you asked me home with you, but I told you I just wasn’t free.

Chorus

Repeat Chorus and ad lib to end

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August 11, 2013

Bird

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“Bird”

Words and music by Donny Douglas

Intro

Dm F G, Dm F G, Dm F G, Dm F Em7

Verse

Dm           F                   G

There’s a bird in the sky,

Dm         F                     G

flying straight flying high

Dm               F                                       G

Wings cut through blue crystal sky,

Dm         F                                Em7

turns away from northern lights.

Dm             F                                         G

Southern winds steer southward flight,

Dm                         F                             G

Through breezy days and starry nights,

Dm               F                                       G

See’s land ahead, I’ll take my time,

Dm            F                                          Em7

Morning brings sweet smells, sublime

 

Chorus

Am         F                             G             F                     Am

Bird you see what you need, you take it that’s good,

Am           F                           G             F                  Am

Bird you know what you see and I wish we could

Am           F              G          F                  Am

Lives are given to live, a gift understood,

Am         F                                G                          F                             Am         F             G             F             C

But we take them through greed and starve when there’s food

Second verse

Flying high overhead

The world looks small, all creatures bed,

Rest we will after the flight,

Leave the world for constant night.

Man has come and he will go,

A single act in this show.

Will the house be brought down?

When the man becomes the clown.

Chorus

Solo – over verse

Repeat Chorus

Key – change

Bm         G                             A             G                     Bm

Bird you see what you need, you take it that’s good,

Bm           G                           A             G                  Bm

Bird you know what you see and I wish we could

Bm           G              A          G                  Bm

Lives are given to live, a gift understood,

Bm         G                                A                          G                             Bm         G             A             G             D

But we take them through greed and starve when there’s food

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August 10, 2013

Summer Woman

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“Summer Woman”

Words and music by Donny Douglas

Intro

C Bb F x 2

Verse

C                          Bb          F

I saw this sweet summer woman, walking down the street, I thought to myself, hey

C                                 Bb            F

That’s the kind of lover I just, gotta meet, so I

C                 Bb              F

blew her a love song, to try and turn her head,

C                                    Bb                     F

But when she turned and caught my eye, she just, shot me dead,

 

First chorus

Bb                          F                                             C

Well I, thought I’d try, thought I’d try to catch her eye

Bb                          F                                                      C

I didn’t cry, no, though I thought that I would die

Second verse

She shook back her long hair as she kissed the breeze,

Just a glimpse of her tender face brought me, too my knees,

I loved her from that moment, and wanted so much more

But when I tried to kiss her she showed me the door,

Repeat first chorus

Third verse

With the door open to me and a neon exit sign, I thought to myself,

Do I run for cover or shall I stand and fight?

So I dropped a line like Brando would and headed for the door,

And when I turned to say goodnight, she just dragged me to the floor

Final chorus

Bb                          F                                             C

Well I, thought I’d try, thought I’d try to say good bye

Bb                                 F                           C

I didn’t lie, no, but I wanted her to cry

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August 9, 2013

Kissing her goodbye

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“Kissing her goodbye”

Words and music by Donny Douglas

Intro G A7 C F G x 2
Verse
G                         A7
Kissing her goodbye now, the evenings gone
C            F                G
You tried to save it went her love was gone
G                A7
Lying all alone, the sheets so cold
C             F                  G
You’re waking up to how you were bought and sold

Pre-chorus
G       F                      C                      G
And it, seemed so right to you, seemed so right to you…….
F                    C                       G
You would never see, couldn’t ever see the truth
1st Chorus
          D                            Am                 G
While you dreamed of the future she was tormented by the past,
D                                   Am                 G
She never really left her lover and never love would last
Am                                          G                 D
So while you sat there asking her “did she feel the same as you?”
Am                               C                    G
All you did was make her mind up, to what she had to do

Second Verse 
Trying to make a contact, through some old friend,
It seems the only way to make amends
Lying all alone, tears in your eyes
You remember telling her there would be no ties
Pre-chorus
G       F                     C                      G
But it, was so right for you, seemed so right for you…….
F                    C                    G
She could never see, e-ven-tu-ally she’d love

2nd Chorus
     D                           Am               G
You saw a bright horizon but the clouds were overhead,
D                     Am               G
Hoped she'd feel the same way but her love’s already dead
Am                  G           D
So now you’re lying all alone, tears in your eyes
Am                        G                        D
Staring at the telephone, constructing worthless lies
 
1st Chorus repeats to end
 D                                         Am              G
While you dreamed of the future she was tormented by the past,
D                                    Am                G
She never really left her lover and never love would last
Am                                         G                  D
So while you sat there asking her “did she feel the same as you?”
Am                                C                  G
All you did was make her mind up, to what she had to do

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August 8, 2013

When night comes

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“When night comes”

Words and music by Donny Douglas

Intro, starts slow

A                     F                                     C                             G

When night comes, falling like a star, dying in space

A                     F                                        C                                          G

When night comes looking like the ice melting from your face

A                     F                              C                   G

When night comes being all alone feels so strange

A                     F                                     C                                      G

When night comes I can’t understand what made you change

 

Verse

C                                                                             E

I got to hand it to you, you got me scared, got me thinking that our love is dead

F                                                          Bb                                                             F

Well I got news for you baby and it ain’t good for you baby, I’m telling you straight

C

It’s been a long road that we’ve travelled, every step unknown,

E

We trod the line between right and wrong,

F                                                                        Bb

But it ain’t dead when you falter, and love goes on it won’t alter

F                                             G

The way I feel just being with you

F                                                             D

So don’t cry cos you think that love can’t live

F                                             C             G             A

Just think about this evening and all that I can give

Chorus

C                      G         C                       G

When night comes, when night comes

D             A                             B7                           E

I’ll be kissing you baby, when night comes,

C                       G         C                       G

When night comes, when night comes

D             A                             B7                           E

I’ll be kissing you baby, when night comes,

B7                           E

When night comes

2nd verse

So think about it baby, we’ve come too far, we can’t just give in now

Remember the joy and the laughter, and think about the times we spent after, just lying alone

In each other’s arms we shelter, from the world outside, from ever-present, watching eyes

But we are stronger together, and safe from harm here forever

You just have to believe, in us

So don’t cry cos you think our love won’t live

Just think about this evening and all that I can give

Chorus

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August 7, 2013

Small Town

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Intro: E A B B x 4

Verse

A                                E

I saw you last night,

A                                                                E

such a long time baby just ain’t right,

B                                                                  E                                           A

I thought I’d talk to you, but the words just didn’t sound right,

E A B B x 2

A                                              E

Can I say that you look fine?

A                                                                  E

I could try all night but that’s my only line,

B                                                                                E                              A

Still got that look in your eyes but your eyes are not for me,

E A B B x 2

Chorus

D                                      A

I could cry all night, but what use are tears?

D                                                              G                           A

I guess the time was right but we just ran out of years,

A                                            D  C  A

You take it as it comes

A                                                          D C A

Yeah, you take it as it comes,

G

You gotta give a little love, take a little too,

A

when it all works out that’s all that lovers do

E A B B x 2

Second Verse

I gotta find a way to get someone new

cause that’s the only way to release my mind from you

if it takes all night, if it takes all year,

I’m gonna find a way to get me out of here,

E                    B                                              A

Cos in this small town, there ain’t room for the both of us,

E                     B                                             A

Cos in this small town, there ain’t room for the both of us,

E                     B                                              A

Cos in this small town, there ain’t room for the both of us,

E                    B                                              A

Cos in this small town, there ain’t room for the both of us,

Solo

Chorus

D                                      A

I could cry all night, but what use are tears?

D                                                              G                          A

I guess the time was right but we just ran out of years,

A                                            D  C   A

You take it as it comes

A                                                          D C  A

Yeah, you take it as it comes,

G

You gotta give a little love, take a little too,

A

when it all works out that’s all that lovers do

Solo on E A B

E                     B                                              A

Cos in this small town, there ain’t room for the both of us,

E                     B                                              A

Cos in this small town, there ain’t room for the both of us,

E                     B                                              A

Cos in this small town, there ain’t room for the both of us,

E                     B                                              A

Cos in this small town, there ain’t room for the both of us,

to end

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August 6, 2013

Nine lives

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“Nine lives”

Words and music by Donny Douglas

Intro: A x 16 bars

Verse

A                                             D

She’s a cat,          she’s a viper,

F                                                       G

but when I look at her pretty face I don’t know what’s inside her

A             D

I look, I can’t see

F                             G

What’s that following me

A                   D

Is it a face? Or not?

F                G

What on earth has she got?

A                    D

I try to run, I try to hide,

F                                             G

There’s no out when you’re on the inside

quieter

Am             Gm

Don’t get off

Am             Gm

Don’t get off

Am            Gm      G

Don’t get off        No……

Chorus

B                             G

She’s got nine lives, she needs only one,

D                                             A

Mine is all over when hers just begun

B                             G

She’s got bright eyes, and sure as I’m done

D                                             A

I’ll be all over……….… before she’s begun

Verse

She knows when it’s right,

She sleeps in the daytime and prowls in the night

You come, when she calls

Can’t help it got to live by her rules

Her breath, like fire, one kiss is the funeral pyre

She could kill, with a glace,

But she won’t have to you’re caught in a trance

Don’t get off

Don’t get off

Don’t get off No

 

Chorus x2

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August 5, 2013

Change your mind

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“Change your mind”

Words and music by Donny Douglas

Intro: E7 x 16 bars

Verse

E7

Who do, you think you are?

E7

You don’t walk into my life, you travel by car

C9

You act, like, you own a piece of my time

G                                             A                             E7

Well you just better think about, changing your mind

E7

You said, some things, that others shouldn’t hear

E7

You move like you advertise your wares

C9

You don’t, seem, to understand my kind,

G                                             A                             E7

So you just better think about, changing your mind

Middle eight

F7           C7                           F7                           C7

I’ve been looking,             for some kind of break

F7           C7                           G7

I’ve been thinking, this whole damn thing is just a big mistake,

Spoken                                    E7

What do you think about that?

2nd Verse

E7

I try to talk but you’re stood in my place

E7

I take a walk and you get into my face

C9

I don’t know what you expect to find

G                                                      A

But you just better think about, changing

Chorus

C                             G

Your mind…….. or I’m gonna change it for you

C                             G

Your mind…….. or I’m gonna find it for you

D                             A

You’ll find………. You’ve got a lot more time

D                                                                                  E7

You’ll find, that…. if you don’t change your mind

2nd Verse

You walk round town like Jesus loves your face

You treat my friends like they don’t know their place

You think my whole chequebooks undersigned

But you just better think about, changing your mind

I know now what I have got to do

To live I must put a hold on you

I can’t go through life acting like I’m blind

So I just got to bring about, a change in my

Chorus

C                             G

mind…….. or I’m gonna change it for you

C                             G

Your mind…….. or I’m gonna find it for you

D                             A

You’ll find………. You’ve got a lot more time

D                                                                                  E7

You’ll find, that…. if you don’t change your mind

Don’t change your mind…

Don’t change your mind..

Don’t change your mind…

Repeat to fade

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August 4, 2013

Under the sky

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“Under the sky”

Words and music by Donny Douglas

Intro: Am G Dm G C G C G C

Verse

Am         G                                   Dm                              G                                  C G C G C G C

Sitting, watch the world go, wondering if I got caught under the sky

Am            G                                Dm                              G                                  C G C G C G C

Knowing you are kinda shy, wondering if we got caught under the sky

Am                                                         G

The days go on the nights are long

Am                                                         G

My will is weak your love is strong

Dm             G                               C G C

Did I get caught under the sky?

G

Under the sky

Dm              Am                    G                             C

Is it just a dream of are we, under the sky?

Verse

C                             Am                         G                 Dm

Looking above, see your sweet love stare at me

C                                             G                                      Am                                G

Did I picture this moment a thousand times, did you read my thoughts between the lines

Dm                            G                                 C

Or did it come your way by hiding under the sky?

C                                     Am                 G                 Dm

You know the way I look at you when we’re alone?

C                             G

Do you want me now, a thousand times

Am                         G                             C

Do I want you girl, I want you under the sky

Am      Dm           Am

Under the sky, is it just a dream?

Dm                         Am

Do you know what I mean?

Dm                                         G

Can you see it in my eyes?

Chorus

Am         G                                   Dm                              G                                  C G C G C G C

Sitting, watch the world go, wondering if I got caught under the sky

Am            G                                Dm                              G                                  C G C G C G C

Knowing you are kinda shy, wondering if we got caught under the sky

Am                                                         G

The days go on the nights are long

Am                                                         G

My will is weak your love is strong

Dm             G                               C G C G C G C G C

Did I get caught under the sky?

2nd Verse

C                             Am                         G                 Dm

You look on me, and I’m lost in wonder and awe

C                                             G                                      Am                                G

Do I feel your compassion in everything, do you hear my song of love and sing

Dm                            G                                 C

Can it be that we’re now standing under the sky?

C                                     Am                 G                 Dm

You know the way I look at you when we’re alone?

C                             G

You have me now, for all time

Am                         G                             C

I have you girl, I have you under the sky

Am      Dm           Am

Under the sky, I believe in you

Dm                         Am

Do you believe in me too?

Dm                                         G

Yes, I can see it in your eyes?

Chorus

Am         G                                   Dm                              G                                  C G C G C G C

Sitting, watch the world go, knowing that I got caught under the sky

Am            G                                Dm                              G                                  C G C G C G C

Knowing you are kinda shy, seeing that we got caught under the sky

Am                                                         G

The days go on the nights are long

Am                                                         G

My will is weak your love is strong

Dm             G                               C G C G C G C G C

Yes I get caught under the sky

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August 3, 2013

Is it possible

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“Is it possible?”

Words and music by Donny Douglas

Intro: D DD CG x 4

Verse

A

Well I’ve been looking at my own reflection

G

And it’s been staring at me

A

And I’ve been thinking about a new direction

G

And what it might mean to me

Em

You want the world well you got it you’ll see

C

It doesn’t matter to me, but tell me

Chorus

D             CG

Is it possible

D             CG

Is it possible

D             CG

Is it possible

D             CG

Is it possible

 

 

2nd Verse

A

So I see you now and you’re feeling the same way

G

You know your mind is the key

A

If you believe it you just reach out and grab it

G

But don’t just take it from me

Em

Try yourself all you need is a feeling

C

That just won’t let you be, so tell me

Chorus

D             CG

Is it possible

D             CG

Is it possible

D             CG

Is it possible

D             CG

Is it possible

F                                             C                             G

You don’t know what you can do if you want to

C/F                                         C                             A

You don’t know what you can do until you try

Instrumental break

D  CG

D  CG

D  CG

D  CG

3rd Verse

A

So listen up and I’ll tell you a secret

G

It’s just between you and me

A

This old world gives you only one chance

G

If you can take it you’re free

Em

The road is long and the journey is hard

C

But it is worth it you’ll see, because

Chorus

D             CG

It is possible

D             CG

It is possible

D             CG

It is possible

D             CG

It is possible

D             CG

It is possible

D             CG

It is possible

D             CG

It is possible

D             CG

It is possible

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