I use my middle names Erling Burgess as my pen and stage name
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BACKGROUND
After starting to learn the piano at eight, I took up the guitar at
sixteen and soon started to write songs.
I began home-recording these in the 80's and was kindly given
a session at a professional studio in 2009 by my brother Nick and
recorded nine songs in a day.
I had the opportunity to do a lunchtime concert at the
Conoco Rooms in Louth, 2015, with friend and
professional fiddle player Bill Benham.
We started off with two of my songs and Bill followed with
a Bach Partita. Between each movement I continued with two
more songs etc..
We finished with a rendition of Tambourine Man.
Playing with a professional musician like Bill, who was in the
LSO by the age of 22, was a great honor and confidence
booster. Many thanks to him.
" Wow Steve and Bill, you were absolutely amazing.
I am so pleased I was able to make your concert...
completely took my breath away with your
spellbinding, beautiful performance " ~ Diane
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BACKGROUND
After starting to learn the piano at eight, I took up the guitar at
sixteen and soon started to write songs.
I began home-recording these in the 80's and was kindly given
a session at a professional studio in 2009 by my brother Nick and
recorded nine songs in a day.
I had the opportunity to do a lunchtime concert at the
Conoco Rooms in Louth, 2015, with friend and
professional fiddle player Bill Benham.
We started off with two of my songs and Bill followed with
a Bach Partita. Between each movement I continued with two
more songs etc..
We finished with a rendition of Tambourine Man.
Playing with a professional musician like Bill, who was in the
LSO by the age of 22, was a great honor and confidence
booster. Many thanks to him.
" Wow Steve and Bill, you were absolutely amazing.
I am so pleased I was able to make your concert...
completely took my breath away with your
spellbinding, beautiful performance " ~ Diane
" I love the gentle folksy mood he creates with his voice
and guitar; some lively Dylanesque harmonica playing
too " ~ Kate
In 2021 I released an album of my songs, SONGBOOK,
on Spotify etc... type Erling Burgess into search....
and my latest album THE HISTORY OF A SONG was
released in June 2024.
" Just got round to listening to your album, it's a
delight, thanks " ~ Pete
I also have an album of piano improvisations
called SLEEPYHEAD, released in 2015... and there is a
playlist of POETRY and the Rookery Rag...
Lastly, I have just released the three tracks below
*CLICK ON THE TRACK/ALBUM COVERS TO LISTEN ...
and guitar; some lively Dylanesque harmonica playing
too " ~ Kate
In 2021 I released an album of my songs, SONGBOOK,
on Spotify etc... type Erling Burgess into search....
and my latest album THE HISTORY OF A SONG was
released in June 2024.
" Just got round to listening to your album, it's a
delight, thanks " ~ Pete
I also have an album of piano improvisations
called SLEEPYHEAD, released in 2015... and there is a
playlist of POETRY and the Rookery Rag...
Lastly, I have just released the three tracks below
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HEY BLUE
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ON THE ROAD FROM ST DAVID'S
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THE INSECT SONG
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THE HISTORY OF A SONG
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SONGBOOK
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SLEEPYHEAD
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POEMS
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HAND-PUBLISHED PICTURE-BOOKS
Life.Time.Love
a volume of pictures and poetry
ISBN 978 1 9996252 0 7
*You can now open this as an audio-visual presentation
on YouTube: youtu.be/89kTvhGdHJg
Drawing With Light
black and white photography, with commentary
ISBN 978 1 9996252 1 4
Life.Time.Love
a volume of pictures and poetry
ISBN 978 1 9996252 0 7
*You can now open this as an audio-visual presentation
on YouTube: youtu.be/89kTvhGdHJg
Drawing With Light
black and white photography, with commentary
ISBN 978 1 9996252 1 4
Life.Time.Love is an A5 sized book of poetry and pictures
made with a bespoke birch ply cover.
The project took shape after I spoke to my friend Guy Weston
who is a bookbinder.
He kindly explained the basics of how to set out the pages
and sections of a book
I then had the opportunity to attend one of Glen Malkin's
excellent weekend bookbinding courses at Hull City Library.
From learning the basics, I went on to develop my
own cover, purposely simple in its design
It contains 42 plates printed on 176 gsm quality paper,
using Epson's latest pigment based inks and printer.
I see and sell it as a limited edition 'art object',
containing a full range of my poetry from 1968 to-date
The flexible wood cover has a beautiful grain pattern and
nice feel to it, along with the leather... the smell right up
there with freshly baked bread and coffee!
Incidentally, Guy requested two copies of the book to bind
himself, which I was very happy to oblige.
The following slides give a taster and brief look
into the book...
" I have now read Life Time Love, I shall return to it
again and again. It sings out with love of the Divine;
truly an inspiring creation " ~ Mark
made with a bespoke birch ply cover.
The project took shape after I spoke to my friend Guy Weston
who is a bookbinder.
He kindly explained the basics of how to set out the pages
and sections of a book
I then had the opportunity to attend one of Glen Malkin's
excellent weekend bookbinding courses at Hull City Library.
From learning the basics, I went on to develop my
own cover, purposely simple in its design
It contains 42 plates printed on 176 gsm quality paper,
using Epson's latest pigment based inks and printer.
I see and sell it as a limited edition 'art object',
containing a full range of my poetry from 1968 to-date
The flexible wood cover has a beautiful grain pattern and
nice feel to it, along with the leather... the smell right up
there with freshly baked bread and coffee!
Incidentally, Guy requested two copies of the book to bind
himself, which I was very happy to oblige.
The following slides give a taster and brief look
into the book...
" I have now read Life Time Love, I shall return to it
again and again. It sings out with love of the Divine;
truly an inspiring creation " ~ Mark
Drawing With Light was born out of my first book and
follows a similar format - picture and text.
I was influenced as a student by Bernard Rudofsky's
wonderful exhibition and book 'Architecture Without Architects'
from the late sixties - black and white photography
accompanied by succinct and interesting texts.
I wanted to express my passion for the subject in an
original format, with the idea of literally holding a
mini exhibition in your hands...
You might be looking at this on your smartphone, which
I am naturally pleased about... what a book gives in addition
is a physical feeling and presence - a tactile experience.
You can put it away and take it out as you please,
without electricity! I hope it has a 'big book' feel to it.
Both volumes are available to order - contact: erl.burgess@gmail.com
SONG LYRICS * to be updated
WINGBIRD - 1968
Am)Wingbird don't E7)sing bird you Am)fly
Sun is up, E7)shining in your Am)eye
Dm)Lain on silver Gm)blades of Dm)grass
F)Taken to the G)ground at F)last
With C)wings are arced as F)if to Am)dive
Am)Wingbird don't E)sing bird you Am)fly
Chorus:
D)Up above
D)The sky is clear
D)Air is fresh
D)All is A)green D)around
D)Night has A)passed to D)day
D)Wingbird A)fly D7)away ... Fm7
Am)Wingbird you E7)lie so Am)still
Up and fly E7)only if you Am)will
Dm)The ground is damp, Gm)shadow Dm)cold
F)Don't let darkness G)make you F)odld
C)Wait the sun is F)warming Am)you
Am)Wingbird you E)lie so Am)still
Chorus:
D)Up above
D)The sky is clear
D)Air is fresh
D)All is A)green D)around
D)Night has A)passed to D)day
D)Wingbird A)fly D7)away ... Fm7
Am)Wingbird now E7)night has Am)passed
Time has caught on E7)you at Am)last
Dm)Your eyes don't see the Gm)world Dm)around
F)Your ears they hear no G)earthly F)sound
No C)Longer will you F)feel the Am)sky
And Am)roam the breeze E)free to Am)fly
Chorus
BY THE MOON - 1969
Am7 x4
By the Am)moon
I mean your G)face
Will shine on Am)me
In G)darkness
While the Am)night-winds
Sway the G)trees
And D7)turn the leaves
In soft Am7)swirling
Am7 x4
BLACK CROWS FLY - 1969
Black crows fly
Deep clouded sky
Dark wooded green
Cold valley stream
Standing in the wind
Together then we seemed
Strong ploughed earth
Heavy for to tread
Sharp white stones
Broken oxen bones
Legs swing like lead
Heavy in my head
Soft cold rain
Muddy water lain
Soaking in the ground
Brown leaves drowned
Salt tears shed
Lonely eyes bled
Down riverside
Old oak sighs
Weed blowing within
While I'm hiding
Deep down inside
The mill-pool of my mind
Black crows fly
Deep clouded sky
Dark wooded green
Cold valley stream
Standing in the wind
Together then we seemed
WHEN TIME RUNS PAST - 1969
When Em)time runs Bm)past the Am)gentle Em)man
When Bm)time runs them Em)past
C)Let them be al-Bm)one Am7)awhile
To C)think their D)mind all Em)over
And C)if they walk the Bm)wood sometime
Or Am)wander o'er a Em)hill
C)Pick a sweet small Bm)wayside Am7)flower
C)Leave them D)if they Em)will
Instrumental/whistle
Gbar3 D C Am7 Em
Gbar3 D C Am7 C D Em
When Em)time runs Bm)past the Am)gentle Em)man
When Bm)time runs them Em)past
Don't C)try and steal their Bm)priva- Am7)cy
To C)think their D)mind all Em)over
And C)if they walk the Bm)wood sometime
Or Am)wander o'er a Em)hill
C)Pick a sweet small Bm)wayside Am7)flower
C)Leave them D)if they Em)will
Instrumental/whistle
Gbar3 D C Am7 Em
Gbar3 D C Am7 C D Em
When Em)time runs past the Am7)harder Em)man
When Em)time runs them past
Stop C)and lend a hand to them
For Am7)sure they've D)lost their Em)laughter
Don't C)let them walk the woods Em)alone
Be Am)near them by the Em)sea
For C)sure their thoughts would Am7)soon turn Em)sour
And Am7)sight then D)seldom Em)see
For C)sure their thoughts would Am7)soon turn Em)sour
And Am7)sight then D)seldom Em)see
Instrumental/whistle
Gbarre3 D C Em
FIND ME - 1970
C)Find me a Am)field of Dm)summer Em)grass
That F)I might G)lie in- Dm)on the Em)rough
To feel my Am)back and squint at the Am)sun
C)Find me a Am)tree so Dm)cool and tall
That F)I might G)climb up-Dm)on the Em)bough
To feel my Am)feet and gaze at the Am)ground
Chorus:
C)When you find these things for Am)me
I might Am)live so peaceAm)fully
And Dm)shake all Em)dreams Am)away
C)Find me a Am)stream Dm)fresh from the hill
That F)I might G)bathe be-Dm)tween the Em)weed
To feel the Am)flow and follow a Am)fish
C)Find me a Am)life of Dm)innocence
That F)I might G)laugh and Dm)wonder Em)o'er
To feel the Am)love that's in my Am)hands
Chorus:
C)When you find these things for Am)me
C)I might Am)live so peaceAm)fully
And Dm)shake all Em)dreams Am)away
SONG OF LOVE - 1974
Got to balance it out
No good screaming and shouting
Leave no room for doubt
Know when you start dancing
It's all I have you know
To take me where I'm going
All I need to know
To keep me in good keeping
What is it I've been shown..
The secret of love's unlocking
Find it deep within
And always be a-looking
Instrumental:
La la.. na na.. di de dum..
No good screaming and shouting
The music is within
Know when you start dancing
The song of love within
Within, within
The song of live within
Instrumental
BACK WHERE YOU BELONG - 1974
Wherever my thoughts might be
They're always leading me away
But like a puppy chasing its own tail
Thought can never comprehend the soul
He said don't spend your time wasting this precious life
Put your heart right back where it belongs
Have to say goodbye leave all those blues behind
Put your heart right back where it belongs
Here today gone tomorrow
Riding the wheel of joy and sorrow
When the secret of true love lies within
Turn to where real happiness begins
He said don't spend your time wasting this precious life
Put your heart right back where it belongs
Have to say goodbye leave all those blues behind
Put your heart right back where it belongs
RHYTHM INSIDE - 1975
D)There's a rhythm in-A)side
So G)beautiful it can't D)hide
And once it’s been A)shown
You G)will find your way D)home
D)Always one more A)step
To G)keep you D)away
Chasing another A)dream
G)For another D)day
But it's D)one step A)behind
Just G)get into D)gear
Something you can A)find
So G)simple and D)near
D)There's a Master out-A)side
So G)beautiful they can't D)hide
And once they are A)known
You G)will find your way D)home
Repeat
SEE YOUR LOVE - 1976
Am) Em)
Am)Hiding your head in the C)sand
Won't lead you G)anywhere
Am)Crying those tears in your C)hands
Won't bring you G)anyone Em)
Gbar3)Don't you know
Won't you see it from Bm)closer now
Can't you reach it
Stop C)falling down D)playing around
And G)see your love Em)
G)See your love Em)
Am) Em)
Am)So many years of hiding those tears
And Em)walking away
But Am)loneliness nears soon reappears
Em)One fine day
C)Playing for time D)changing your mind
Bm)Falling for something Am) less than fine
G)See your love Em)
G)See your love Em)
Gbar3)See your love C)everywhere
Bm)Feel your love Am)in the air
And Gbar3)give your love C)every care
G)Be your love Em)
G)Be your love Em)
Am) Em) Am) Em)
C) D) Bm) C)
G) Em) G) Em)
Repeat All
FLYING - 1980
Flying
Up on the infinite sky
Feeling so happy and high
Being a part of your sky
Show me
Show me what can be more
Longing
To stay with this feeling inside
Forgetting my foolish pride
Completely stepping aside
Show me
Show me what can be more
Laughing
Your shining radiant face
Catching each heart like a pearl
Reflecting the love in us all
Show me
Show me what can be more
Repeat verses...
WE ALL FALL DOWN - 1985
We all fall down
When time comes round
With slightest sound
And time comes round
Feeling travels far
Reaching for a star
Find out what you are
The truth is plain enough
Seen through the light of love
Who turned the music off
Hear it once again
Pray don't hide love away
It won't keep for one day
Pray don't hide love away
It won't keep for one day
Repeat all
CHASING SHADOWS - 1986
So busy chasing shadows
I don't see the light
The love that's moving everything
Making it alright
See the simple minded
Feeling can't be blinded
I need to be reminded
In the hands of love
Crying now for mercy
Now that time has gone
What is you've forgotten
What is there to be done
Ego without love
I've felt your push and shove
What is it you've forgotten
Ego without love
So busy criticising
I don't see the light
The love that's moving everything
Making it alright
See the simple minded
Feeling can't be blinded
I need to be reminded
In the hands of love
Crying now for mercy..,
MARRIAGE SONG - 1987
How could I be so crazy my love
To ever have doubted you
Something inside me forgot to laugh
Letting fear and anger through
Chorus:
Give me the strength behind the connection
That married me with you
Show me the love beyond contradiction
I know that it is true
You say I love you
And I say I love you
As long as you need me
You know that I need you
How many years since the day my love
I was introduced to you
Your loveliness took my heart in style
With a dream that soon came true
Chorus
Ask me where we go from here
And I really have no clue
Time will tell and I know very well
It's up to me and you
Chorus
SHAKE IT UP - 1989
Shake it up shake it up
Free your love again
Break it up break it up
Be your lover's friend
Repeat
Tying your love down
Is a deadly way
Better let go now
Love will find a way
Instrumental
Talking on into the quiet night-tim
Finding out and feeling for a way
Giving all you have to give to make it
Through the dark into the light of day
Repeat all
LET GO TO LOVE - 1990
Let go to love and you'll know
What it is to be free
Thoughts if they're heavy let them fall
Feelings if they're hateful are so small
And pushing saves no time at all
Let go to love and you'll know
What it is to be free
Thinking that you've found it in this world
Everything gets caught up in a whirl
Emptiness takes the place of fun
What is left when everything's been done..
Let go to love let go to love
And you'll know what it is to be free
Repeat all
PLEASE YOUR HEART - 1990
Make what you will of a way in this world
Say what you feel and convey what it's worth
Pray and be still and it's still not enough
If it does not please your heart
If it does not please your heart
CHORUS:
If it does not please your heart
All your dreams will fall apart
You're a loser from the start
Please your heart please your heart
Your heart will be full whatever the hurt
Love cannot stall though your fingers get burnt
The deepest of thoughts can never be learnt
If it does not please your heart
If it does not please your heart
CHORUS
Repeat all
FEELING FREE ME - 1991
Thoughts of love don't bring you near
They're just stealing from my heart
Words of love so sincere
Seldom near you do they fall
Feel my heart gently breaking
To be making for your love
Make believe, thought proceeding
Feeling free me with your love
Repeat all
CHRISTMAS SONG - 1992
Em)Times of war and Bm)strife
Gbar3)Darkness of the Bm)night
C)Messenger of Em)love
D)Shining out so Em)bright
CHORUS:
G)Sing a song for D)Christmas
C)Sing that peace is Em)here
G)Ring the bells for D)Christmas
C)Ring them loud and Em)clear
Instrumental: Em) D) Am7) Em)
Em)Suffer little Bm)child
Gbar3) See your world run Bm)wild
C) In your heart no Em)guile
D) Open is your Em)smile
CHORUS
Intrumental
Em)Peace has made a Bm)start
Gbar3)Find it in your Bm)heart
C)In the face of Em)love
D)Darkness falls Em)apart
REPEAT LAST VERSE
CHORUS
Instrumental
Optional Ending - play into Lord of the Dance
G)Dance Bm)dance wherever you may Em)be
G)I am the Lord of the D)Dance said he
And I'll C)lead you all Bm)wherever you may be
I'll D)lead you all in the C)dance said G)he...
REPEAT AGAIN AND AGAIN
STOPPING ANYWHERE - 1995
Capo 2nd fret
Stopping anywhere
Breath in the air
Let it slow down
Feel all the doubts
Dropping down dead
All around you
Faithful stand awhile
Waiting for that smile
Spit out the lies
Make room for
A real sensation
Time gets away while
Thought delays
Motivation and
Just feeling is fine
Hang on to that line
BRIDGE:
Roobi doobi dum
Diddle i dum di dum doobi
Diddle daddle dum
Diddle i dum di dum day...
Is there any sense in
Sitting on the fence
Much longer
Trying to hold on
While that feeling's
Getting stronger
Just time to let go
It's something you know
Tumbling down
On the run
In heavy weather
Pick up
On your feet
Light as a feather
Never mind the fall
Just make it with that call
BRIDGE:
Roobi doobi dum
Diddle i dum di dum doobi
Diddle daddle dum
Diddle i dum di dum day...
PRETTY SWEET FEELING - 1997
Say you felt something like this before
Say you've been keeping it behind a door
Shut through the years with quiet paranoia
Well you don't have to stop there anymore
Chorus:
Umm pretty sweet, pretty pretty sweet
Pretty feeling pretty sweet sweet
Umm pretty pretty, pretty pretty sweet
Sweet feeling pretty sweet sweet
Step on in there's a party tonight
You can unwind the atmosphere's light
We can get high without getting tight
Pretty sweet feeling making it alright
Chorus
I'm so happy when I'm in this place
With love all around me and face to face
I can see myself without a trace of
Sad bad feeling it's all been replaced
Chorus
Jump around sit back and let it go
With nothing to hide and nothing to show
Pretty sweet feeling starts to flow
Pretty sweet feeling all I need to know
Chorus
PEACE ANTHEM - 1999
G) Em) G)
The Em)greatest gift to C)be received
Is G)being given Em)as we breath
This C)precious life of consciousness
Is G)blessed with love above all else
CHORUS:
Gbar3)Beat out the drum
Bm)War has been C)done
Am)Nobody's D7)won
And Bm)peace has Gbar3)begun
Instrumental - Bm) C) G)
To Em)fight for right from C)either side
An G)endless struggle Em)is supplied
Un-C)til we meet on common ground
The G)simplest truth the sweetest sound
CHORUS
Instrumental - Bm) C) G)
If Em)error is but C)ignorance
G)Knowledge comes with Em)common sense
And C)purpose in simplicity
G)Peace within the way to be free
CHORUS
Instrumental - Bm) C) G)
Em)Meeting a friend C)one who is true
G)Showing a way to Em)make it through
C)Knowing yourself where it is real
G)Gratitude is something to feel
CHORUS
Instrumental - Bm) C) G)
WHERE DOES LOVE BEGIN.. 2003
Capo 2nd fret - Harmonica E
D - D7 Em - A7 Bm - G/3 Em - A
D)Feel that I D7)know you like the Em)back of my A7)hand
Bm)Hope to make a Gbar3)distance, Em)just two grains of A)sand
CHORUS:
D)Dancing in the D7)sunshine, Gbar3)singing by the Gm)moon
Bm)Happening to E/5)pause/happen... where does love be-D)gin
Instrumental: D - D7 Em - A7 Bm - Gbar3 Em - A
Can two people be like peas in a pod...
Day by day existence, timely and well shod
CHORUS
Instrumental
Lying beside you, fresh as a field of grass...
With your beauty face on, irresistible
CHORUS
Feel that I know you like the back of my hand...
Hope to make a distance, just two grains of sand
CHORUS
Instrumental
MEANT FOR THIS FEELING - 2004
Meant for and dreamt for this feeling
Dreamt for and meant for your love
Dreamt for and meant for this feeling
Meant for and dreamt for your love
Instrumental
Longed for and gone for this feeling
Gone for and longed for your love
Gone for and longed for your love
Longed for and gone for your love
Instrumental
Live for and give for this feeling
Give for and live for your love
Give for and live for this feeling
Live for and give for this love
Instrumental
Meant for and dreamt for this feeling
Dreamt for and meant for your love
Dreamt for and meant for this feeling
Meant for and dreamt for your love
Instrumental
ENDLESS LOVE - 2007
CHORUS:
Selfless love fill me up make me free
Find a rhythm so sweet move in me
Endless love fill me up make me free
Feel a rhythm so sweet moving me
Time is tight and the tide turns fast
Grains of sand shifting surely through glass
CHORUS
Things go wrong try to hard driven blind
With illusion pretence human mind
CHORUS
No matter just to reach this place
Turn inside behind time and space
CHORUS
Find the one to show you within
Know yourself your thirst now begin
CHORUS
SUCH A SWEET SONG - 2007
Capo/5
Bm Em Bm
Bm)My love
You are the Em)one
I felt I A7)knew
Long Bm)before
Long G/3)be A)fore
I first G/3)saw Abar5)you
So Bm)close
Softest of Em)touch
Long for so A7)much
Your Bm)presence
Your Em)pres-Bm)ence
Such a G/3)sweet A/5)song
CHORUS:
And I D )love you G)more
And A)more
Oh my Bm)love A)
My sweet Bm)love A)
Oh my G/3)love A/5)
Instrumental: Bm Em A7 Bm
Bm)Those tears
Anger and Em)fears
Still couldn't A7)drown
Your Bm)laughter
Your Em)laugh-Bm)ter
Rising up G/3)strong A/5)
And Bm)now
Sadness has Em)gone
Time to move A7)on
Much Bm)lighter
Much G/3)bright-Bm)er
Such a sweet G/3)song A)
CHORUS:
And I D )love you G)more
And A)more
Oh my Bm)love A)
My sweet Bm)love A)
Oh my G/3)love A/5)
Instrumental: Bm Em A7 D
SUHA - 2008
Harmonica A
Em B7
A7 A7 A7
Em B7
Em)Suha A7)little star
B7)Big heart A7)travel so Em)far
Em)You are the sweetest A7)deepest B7)love
Em)You take me up to the A7)heavens a-Em)bove B7
Em)Suha A7)little star
B7)Now I have found you and A7)know where you Em)are
Em)All of these years I've been A7)seeing your B7)light
Em)In the twinkling of a moment through the A7)deep of the Em)night B7
Instrumental:
A7 A7 A7 Em Em
A7 A7 A7 Em Em B7
Em)How can I thank you and A7)love you Em)more
B7)You give me hope when A7)I'm in the B7)wars
Em)You make me feel so A7)happy B7)inside
Em)With the love that you bring and the A7)warmth in your Em)eyes B7
Em)Suha A7)little star
B7)Big heart A7)travel so Em)far
Em)You are the sweetest A7)deepest B7)love
Em)You take me up to the A7)heavens a-Em)bove B7
Em)You take me up to the A7)heavens a-Em)bove B7
Instrumental:
A7 A7 A7 Em Em
A7 A7 A7 Em Em B7
Repeat and end on Em)
RIVERS RUN - 2012
Harmonica G
Instrumental: G(barre 3) Bm C D x2
G)I Bm)see
C)Leaves Am)green
C)Sun-Am)beams
C)In your D)smile
G)Hidden Bm)now
C)Storm Am)clouds
C)Shadows Am)shroud
C)Standing D)proud pause...
G)My Love
C)My D)Love
G)My Love
C)My D)Love
G(barre 3)No-one touches you
G(barre 3)No-one touches you
G(barre8)Rivers run
Bm(barre7)Rivers Bm)run
C)One and Am)one
C)Simple D)sum
G/3) Bm C D x2
Repeat all
WILL YOU TAKE ME HOME.. 2014
Single strum Em
Soft strumming...
When Em)I read your words through the Bm)magic Em)screen
A)Something inside me D)smiled D7)
To Em)find someone with so Bm)early a Em)throw
Just A)pinch me if this is a D)dream D7)
CHORUS:
Will you Bm)take me home where my D7)heart longs to roam
I've G)travelled alone too A)long
Louder strumming...
On the Bm)banks of the Clyde we'll walk side by G(barre3)side
With the the A)sun on the mountains my bonny Var-Bm)ri -G(barre3)
Em - A7 - Em - A - Gm(barre3) - Soft A(barre5)
Soft strumming...
When Em)I saw your face through the Bm)magic Em)screen
A)Something inside me D)smiled D7)
Be Em) patient I must to Bm)long for and Em)trust
Just A)Pinch me if this is a D)dream D7)
CHORUS
Last Em)night when we talked through the Bm)magic Em)screen
A)Something inside me D)smiled D7)
I Em)woke up this morning and Bm)wrote you a Em)song
Just A)pinch me if this is a D)dream D7)
CHORUS
Em - A7 - Em - A
Em - A7 - Em - A
Gm/3 strum... pause
Will you Bm) take me A/5)home..
FAMILY - 2015
Strum
Bm(barre7) - Em
C - Am7
C - D - Em
She's an Bm(barre7)an-Em)gel
C)Simple clear and bright
Am)Wings of D)love take Em)flight
An Am)ar-Am7)tist
C)Beauty in her hands
Am)Colour D7)form and G)light - pause
CHORUS:
Pick
We are C)fam-Em)ily
C)Several billion souls
Am)Priceless D)treasures Am7)untold
And C)peace will Em)come
C)Its in everyone
Am)One by D)one by G)one - pause
Instrumental/harmonica G
Bm(barre7) - Em
C Am7
C) D) Em)
Repeat
He's an Bm(barre7)an-Em)gel
C)Simple clear and bright
Am)Wings of D)breath take Em)flight
An Am)ar-Am7)tist
C)Beauty in his hands
Am)Colour D7)form and G)light - pause
CHORUS
We are Bm(barre7)an- Em)gels
C)Angels
G)Angels
G(barre3)Wings of D)love take C)flight
We are Bm(barre7)an- Em)gels
C)Angels
G)Angels
G(barre3)Wings of D)breath take C)flight
C D G end on up/strum
LET IT SHINE - 2015
Hey G)girl
You're on my Am)mind
This love of Bm)ours
Was hard to Am7)find
Lets G)go
We'll find a Bm)way
And take our Am7)time
To make this D)day
Bm - Am7
CHORUS:
When you or Bm)I are feeling Am)down
And Bm)sadness pays its Am7)due
We'll give a Bm)hand to understand
Our love is Am7)deep and D)true
Insrumental/harmonica/G
G(barre3) - Em(barre5) - Am7 - G
G)Forever
Is a long Am)word
But never Bm)is
The saddest Am7)heard
Hey G)girl
Lets take our Bm)time
Dance this Am7)dance
And let it D)shine
Bm - Am7
CHORUS
G(barre3) - Em(barre5) - Am7 - G
Hey G)girl
You're on my Am)mind
This love of Bm)ours
Was hard to Am7)find
Lets G)go
We'll find a C)way
And take our Bm)time
To make this D)day
Lets G)go
We'll take our C)time
Dance this Bm)dance
And let it D)shine
G(barre3) - Em(barre5) - Am7 - G
SWEETEST KIDS - 2015
G/pick 1 2 3
Whistle & Pick:
G D G Tap/strum C D
G Em C Tap/strum C D
G)Sweetest kids
D)You came along
G)Light and free
Tap/strum C D
G)Gave me a song
D)To sing out loud
G)You filled my car
Tap/strum C D
C)Best of sticks
C)Prodding me along
G)Joyfully
Tap/strumC D7
C)Sweetest kids
C)My heart's in you
And D7)you in me / pause / finger roll
Strum:
For-G)ever has
A Em)long long ring
C)Together now
The Bm)loveliest thing
C)Sweetest kids
I D7)thank you now
You G)make me sing G Up-strum/Pause
Pick
Em D G/pick 1 2 3
Whistle & Pick:
G D G tap/strum C D
G Em C tap/strum C D7
Repeat all
FINISH:
I thank you now for G)everything strum G
Em)everything strum Em
G)everything strum G
Em D G/pick 1 2 3
SUNNY COME BACK - 2016
D Am7 Em D
Bm Am7 G D strum/stop
Strum
D)Sunny come back to C)me
G)Sunny come back to D)me
The best thing is life its Am7)free
Bm)Sunny come back
Am7)Sunny come back
G)Sunny come back to D)me
Am7 Em D
Pick/D)Look at the Am7)miracle
Em)Water is Bm)walking
D)Laughing, singing Am7)dancing
Strum/Bm)The best thing is life
Am7)Best thing is life
G)The best thing is life its D)free
Bm)The best thing is life
Am7)Best thing is life
G)The best thing is life its D)free
Am7 Em D
Bm Am7 G D strum/stop
Pick/D)Sitting, talking Am7)smiling
Em)Take me on a Bm)journey
To D)where I want to Am7)be
Bm) Sunny come back
Am7) Sunny come back
G)Sunny come back to D)me
Bm) Sunny come back
Am7) Sunny come back
Strum/G)Sunny come back to D)me
Strum/Bm) Sunny come back
Am7) Sunny come back
G)Sunny come back to D)me
Am7 Em D
Bm Am7 G D strum/stop/repeat
UNITY IN YOU - 2016
A) D7) A) D7)
A) D7) A7) pull/hold
A) D7) A7) D7)
A) D7) A) pull/hold
Gbar3)Grace Bm)and A)unity
G)Uni D)ty in A)you
A7)Put your D7)hands tog-A)ether
A)Take it D7)through and A)through
Bm)Turn inside C)realise
G/bar3) See the shifting E/bar5)sands
A7)Grace is given A7/bar5)freedom E/bar5)taken
Time to G/bar3)under-A)stand
A) D7) A) D7)
A) D7) A7) pull/hold
A) D7) A7) D7)
A) D7) A) pull/hold
G)One be- Bm)fore A)zero
G)Plays a D)merry A)tune
A7)Grace D7)and A)unity
A)Now D7)never too A)soon
A)Now is D7)never to A)soon
Bm)Make a move C)keep it cool
Gbar3)Time to play your Ebar5)hand
A7)Gratitude's a A7/bar5)simple E/bar5)dude
Time to G/bar3)under-A)stand
A) D7) A) D7)
A) D7) A7) pull/hold
A) D7) A7) D7)
A) D7) A) pull/hold
Gbar3)Hear a Bm)sweet A)symphony
G)Playing D)in your A)heart
A7)Grace D7)and A)unity
A)Time to D7) make a A)start
G/bar3)Grace Bm)and A)unity
G)Uni D)ty in A)you
A7)Put your D7)hands tog-A7)ether
A)Make it D7)through and A)through
A)Take it D7)through and A)through
A)Make it D7)through and A)through
Repeat
A) D7) A) D7)
A) D7) A7) pull/hold
A) D7) A7) D7)
A) D7) A) pull/hold
Fade off x 4
REGGIE’S SONG - 2016
Slowly...
Pick C) Am) C/drop1) Fbar1) Pause
Put C)one before Am)nothing
Dm)Make a simple Em)sum
F)Everything will Am7)follow
F)surely can be G)done
With a C)smile sent from Am)heaven
Dm)Made to melt your Em)heart
F)Laughter with a Am)thank-you
Dm)Never far G7)apart
CHORUS
Strum
Oh C)Reggie Am)
I Am7/bar7)see it in your Am/bar5)smile
B)Heard your Mama Em)sing a love song
F)Heaven for a-G)while
C)Reggie Am)
I Am7/bar7)see it in your Am/bar5)eyes
B)Heard your Mama Em)sing a love song Am)
C)Heard your Mama C/drop1)sing a love song F)
Dm)Sweetest ...lulla-C)by
Strum Am) Am7/bar7) Am/bar5) Pause
Pick C) Am) C/drop1) Fbar1) Pause
Put C)one before Am)nothing
Dm) Make a simple Em)sum
F)Everything will Am7)follow
F)surely can be G)done
With a C)smile sent from Am)heaven
Dm)Made to melt your Em)heart
F)Laughter and a Am)thank-you
Dm)Never far G7)apart
CHORUS
Strum
Oh C)Reggie Am)
I Am7/bar7)see it in your Am/bar5)smile
B)Heard your Mama Em)sing a love song
F)Heaven for a-G)while
Oh C)Reggie Am)
I Am7/bar7)see it in your Am/bar5)eyes
B)Heard your Mama Em)sing a love song Am
C)Heard your Mama C/drop1)sing a love songF)
Dm)Sweetest ...lulla-C)by
C/drop1) F) repeat
F)Sweetest ...lulla-C)by
Am) Am7/bar7) Am/bar5) C/drop1)
RIDE - 2016
Briskly x 2
D) C) G) D)
D)Nothing D)
Its C)nothing at all C)
Yet G)everything G)
The D)life in us all D)
So D)Simple D)
C)Simplicity C)
Both G)brilliant G)
And D)light as can be D)
D)Riding D)
A C)steadfast steed C)
G)Reliable G)
And D)joyfully D)
D)Riding D)
A C)steadfast steed C)
G)Reliable G)
And D)joyfully D)
C) G) D) repeat
Pick/Bridge:
Ebar5)Take time to Ambar4)stop
Ebar3)While you're Ambar2)awake
F)Life is no Em)dream
G)Be with your D)breath
Ebar5)Surely I Ambar4)find
Ebar3)My real Ambar2)address
F)Just by C)feeling
F)Simply C)feeling C)
G)I'm blessed - Pause
D) C) G) D) D) x 2
D)Grateful D)
Just to C)be alive C)
No G)hesitation G)
Fear D) or pride D)
So D)simple D)
C)Simplicity C)
Both G)brilliant G)
And D)light as can be D)
D)Riding D)
A C)steadfast steed C)
G)Reliable G)
And D)joyfully D)
D)Riding D)
A C)steadfast steed C)
G)Reliable G)
And D)joyfully D)
Am7) Em) D)
C) G) D) repeating/circular
FINISH:
Cbar5)Thank you
Abar3)Thank you
And D)thank you! X2
C) G) D) Up strum
MY GOD'S IN ME - 2020
Em) My God's in Am)me
Bm)Close as can Ambar7)be
Am)Sweet mel- D)ody
G)Tranquilli- Em)ty
C)Heaven made D7)known
Bm)So simply B7)shown
D7)Not on the B7)phone
B7)My God's in Ambar7)me
My God's in me
Close as can be
Same suspects too
Sticking like glue
Time now to choose
Win, draw or lose
Not in the News
My God's in me
My God's in me
Close as can be
One comes along
Offers the key
Simplicity
Offers the key
Gratitude be
My God's in me
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Am)Wingbird don't E7)sing bird you Am)fly
Sun is up, E7)shining in your Am)eye
Dm)Lain on silver Gm)blades of Dm)grass
F)Taken to the G)ground at F)last
With C)wings are arced as F)if to Am)dive
Am)Wingbird don't E)sing bird you Am)fly
Chorus:
D)Up above
D)The sky is clear
D)Air is fresh
D)All is A)green D)around
D)Night has A)passed to D)day
D)Wingbird A)fly D7)away ... Fm7
Am)Wingbird you E7)lie so Am)still
Up and fly E7)only if you Am)will
Dm)The ground is damp, Gm)shadow Dm)cold
F)Don't let darkness G)make you F)odld
C)Wait the sun is F)warming Am)you
Am)Wingbird you E)lie so Am)still
Chorus:
D)Up above
D)The sky is clear
D)Air is fresh
D)All is A)green D)around
D)Night has A)passed to D)day
D)Wingbird A)fly D7)away ... Fm7
Am)Wingbird now E7)night has Am)passed
Time has caught on E7)you at Am)last
Dm)Your eyes don't see the Gm)world Dm)around
F)Your ears they hear no G)earthly F)sound
No C)Longer will you F)feel the Am)sky
And Am)roam the breeze E)free to Am)fly
Chorus
BY THE MOON - 1969
Am7 x4
By the Am)moon
I mean your G)face
Will shine on Am)me
In G)darkness
While the Am)night-winds
Sway the G)trees
And D7)turn the leaves
In soft Am7)swirling
Am7 x4
BLACK CROWS FLY - 1969
Black crows fly
Deep clouded sky
Dark wooded green
Cold valley stream
Standing in the wind
Together then we seemed
Strong ploughed earth
Heavy for to tread
Sharp white stones
Broken oxen bones
Legs swing like lead
Heavy in my head
Soft cold rain
Muddy water lain
Soaking in the ground
Brown leaves drowned
Salt tears shed
Lonely eyes bled
Down riverside
Old oak sighs
Weed blowing within
While I'm hiding
Deep down inside
The mill-pool of my mind
Black crows fly
Deep clouded sky
Dark wooded green
Cold valley stream
Standing in the wind
Together then we seemed
WHEN TIME RUNS PAST - 1969
When Em)time runs Bm)past the Am)gentle Em)man
When Bm)time runs them Em)past
C)Let them be al-Bm)one Am7)awhile
To C)think their D)mind all Em)over
And C)if they walk the Bm)wood sometime
Or Am)wander o'er a Em)hill
C)Pick a sweet small Bm)wayside Am7)flower
C)Leave them D)if they Em)will
Instrumental/whistle
Gbar3 D C Am7 Em
Gbar3 D C Am7 C D Em
When Em)time runs Bm)past the Am)gentle Em)man
When Bm)time runs them Em)past
Don't C)try and steal their Bm)priva- Am7)cy
To C)think their D)mind all Em)over
And C)if they walk the Bm)wood sometime
Or Am)wander o'er a Em)hill
C)Pick a sweet small Bm)wayside Am7)flower
C)Leave them D)if they Em)will
Instrumental/whistle
Gbar3 D C Am7 Em
Gbar3 D C Am7 C D Em
When Em)time runs past the Am7)harder Em)man
When Em)time runs them past
Stop C)and lend a hand to them
For Am7)sure they've D)lost their Em)laughter
Don't C)let them walk the woods Em)alone
Be Am)near them by the Em)sea
For C)sure their thoughts would Am7)soon turn Em)sour
And Am7)sight then D)seldom Em)see
For C)sure their thoughts would Am7)soon turn Em)sour
And Am7)sight then D)seldom Em)see
Instrumental/whistle
Gbarre3 D C Em
FIND ME - 1970
C)Find me a Am)field of Dm)summer Em)grass
That F)I might G)lie in- Dm)on the Em)rough
To feel my Am)back and squint at the Am)sun
C)Find me a Am)tree so Dm)cool and tall
That F)I might G)climb up-Dm)on the Em)bough
To feel my Am)feet and gaze at the Am)ground
Chorus:
C)When you find these things for Am)me
I might Am)live so peaceAm)fully
And Dm)shake all Em)dreams Am)away
C)Find me a Am)stream Dm)fresh from the hill
That F)I might G)bathe be-Dm)tween the Em)weed
To feel the Am)flow and follow a Am)fish
C)Find me a Am)life of Dm)innocence
That F)I might G)laugh and Dm)wonder Em)o'er
To feel the Am)love that's in my Am)hands
Chorus:
C)When you find these things for Am)me
C)I might Am)live so peaceAm)fully
And Dm)shake all Em)dreams Am)away
SONG OF LOVE - 1974
Got to balance it out
No good screaming and shouting
Leave no room for doubt
Know when you start dancing
It's all I have you know
To take me where I'm going
All I need to know
To keep me in good keeping
What is it I've been shown..
The secret of love's unlocking
Find it deep within
And always be a-looking
Instrumental:
La la.. na na.. di de dum..
No good screaming and shouting
The music is within
Know when you start dancing
The song of love within
Within, within
The song of live within
Instrumental
BACK WHERE YOU BELONG - 1974
Wherever my thoughts might be
They're always leading me away
But like a puppy chasing its own tail
Thought can never comprehend the soul
He said don't spend your time wasting this precious life
Put your heart right back where it belongs
Have to say goodbye leave all those blues behind
Put your heart right back where it belongs
Here today gone tomorrow
Riding the wheel of joy and sorrow
When the secret of true love lies within
Turn to where real happiness begins
He said don't spend your time wasting this precious life
Put your heart right back where it belongs
Have to say goodbye leave all those blues behind
Put your heart right back where it belongs
RHYTHM INSIDE - 1975
D)There's a rhythm in-A)side
So G)beautiful it can't D)hide
And once it’s been A)shown
You G)will find your way D)home
D)Always one more A)step
To G)keep you D)away
Chasing another A)dream
G)For another D)day
But it's D)one step A)behind
Just G)get into D)gear
Something you can A)find
So G)simple and D)near
D)There's a Master out-A)side
So G)beautiful they can't D)hide
And once they are A)known
You G)will find your way D)home
Repeat
SEE YOUR LOVE - 1976
Am) Em)
Am)Hiding your head in the C)sand
Won't lead you G)anywhere
Am)Crying those tears in your C)hands
Won't bring you G)anyone Em)
Gbar3)Don't you know
Won't you see it from Bm)closer now
Can't you reach it
Stop C)falling down D)playing around
And G)see your love Em)
G)See your love Em)
Am) Em)
Am)So many years of hiding those tears
And Em)walking away
But Am)loneliness nears soon reappears
Em)One fine day
C)Playing for time D)changing your mind
Bm)Falling for something Am) less than fine
G)See your love Em)
G)See your love Em)
Gbar3)See your love C)everywhere
Bm)Feel your love Am)in the air
And Gbar3)give your love C)every care
G)Be your love Em)
G)Be your love Em)
Am) Em) Am) Em)
C) D) Bm) C)
G) Em) G) Em)
Repeat All
FLYING - 1980
Flying
Up on the infinite sky
Feeling so happy and high
Being a part of your sky
Show me
Show me what can be more
Longing
To stay with this feeling inside
Forgetting my foolish pride
Completely stepping aside
Show me
Show me what can be more
Laughing
Your shining radiant face
Catching each heart like a pearl
Reflecting the love in us all
Show me
Show me what can be more
Repeat verses...
WE ALL FALL DOWN - 1985
We all fall down
When time comes round
With slightest sound
And time comes round
Feeling travels far
Reaching for a star
Find out what you are
The truth is plain enough
Seen through the light of love
Who turned the music off
Hear it once again
Pray don't hide love away
It won't keep for one day
Pray don't hide love away
It won't keep for one day
Repeat all
CHASING SHADOWS - 1986
So busy chasing shadows
I don't see the light
The love that's moving everything
Making it alright
See the simple minded
Feeling can't be blinded
I need to be reminded
In the hands of love
Crying now for mercy
Now that time has gone
What is you've forgotten
What is there to be done
Ego without love
I've felt your push and shove
What is it you've forgotten
Ego without love
So busy criticising
I don't see the light
The love that's moving everything
Making it alright
See the simple minded
Feeling can't be blinded
I need to be reminded
In the hands of love
Crying now for mercy..,
MARRIAGE SONG - 1987
How could I be so crazy my love
To ever have doubted you
Something inside me forgot to laugh
Letting fear and anger through
Chorus:
Give me the strength behind the connection
That married me with you
Show me the love beyond contradiction
I know that it is true
You say I love you
And I say I love you
As long as you need me
You know that I need you
How many years since the day my love
I was introduced to you
Your loveliness took my heart in style
With a dream that soon came true
Chorus
Ask me where we go from here
And I really have no clue
Time will tell and I know very well
It's up to me and you
Chorus
SHAKE IT UP - 1989
Shake it up shake it up
Free your love again
Break it up break it up
Be your lover's friend
Repeat
Tying your love down
Is a deadly way
Better let go now
Love will find a way
Instrumental
Talking on into the quiet night-tim
Finding out and feeling for a way
Giving all you have to give to make it
Through the dark into the light of day
Repeat all
LET GO TO LOVE - 1990
Let go to love and you'll know
What it is to be free
Thoughts if they're heavy let them fall
Feelings if they're hateful are so small
And pushing saves no time at all
Let go to love and you'll know
What it is to be free
Thinking that you've found it in this world
Everything gets caught up in a whirl
Emptiness takes the place of fun
What is left when everything's been done..
Let go to love let go to love
And you'll know what it is to be free
Repeat all
PLEASE YOUR HEART - 1990
Make what you will of a way in this world
Say what you feel and convey what it's worth
Pray and be still and it's still not enough
If it does not please your heart
If it does not please your heart
CHORUS:
If it does not please your heart
All your dreams will fall apart
You're a loser from the start
Please your heart please your heart
Your heart will be full whatever the hurt
Love cannot stall though your fingers get burnt
The deepest of thoughts can never be learnt
If it does not please your heart
If it does not please your heart
CHORUS
Repeat all
FEELING FREE ME - 1991
Thoughts of love don't bring you near
They're just stealing from my heart
Words of love so sincere
Seldom near you do they fall
Feel my heart gently breaking
To be making for your love
Make believe, thought proceeding
Feeling free me with your love
Repeat all
CHRISTMAS SONG - 1992
Em)Times of war and Bm)strife
Gbar3)Darkness of the Bm)night
C)Messenger of Em)love
D)Shining out so Em)bright
CHORUS:
G)Sing a song for D)Christmas
C)Sing that peace is Em)here
G)Ring the bells for D)Christmas
C)Ring them loud and Em)clear
Instrumental: Em) D) Am7) Em)
Em)Suffer little Bm)child
Gbar3) See your world run Bm)wild
C) In your heart no Em)guile
D) Open is your Em)smile
CHORUS
Intrumental
Em)Peace has made a Bm)start
Gbar3)Find it in your Bm)heart
C)In the face of Em)love
D)Darkness falls Em)apart
REPEAT LAST VERSE
CHORUS
Instrumental
Optional Ending - play into Lord of the Dance
G)Dance Bm)dance wherever you may Em)be
G)I am the Lord of the D)Dance said he
And I'll C)lead you all Bm)wherever you may be
I'll D)lead you all in the C)dance said G)he...
REPEAT AGAIN AND AGAIN
STOPPING ANYWHERE - 1995
Capo 2nd fret
Stopping anywhere
Breath in the air
Let it slow down
Feel all the doubts
Dropping down dead
All around you
Faithful stand awhile
Waiting for that smile
Spit out the lies
Make room for
A real sensation
Time gets away while
Thought delays
Motivation and
Just feeling is fine
Hang on to that line
BRIDGE:
Roobi doobi dum
Diddle i dum di dum doobi
Diddle daddle dum
Diddle i dum di dum day...
Is there any sense in
Sitting on the fence
Much longer
Trying to hold on
While that feeling's
Getting stronger
Just time to let go
It's something you know
Tumbling down
On the run
In heavy weather
Pick up
On your feet
Light as a feather
Never mind the fall
Just make it with that call
BRIDGE:
Roobi doobi dum
Diddle i dum di dum doobi
Diddle daddle dum
Diddle i dum di dum day...
PRETTY SWEET FEELING - 1997
Say you felt something like this before
Say you've been keeping it behind a door
Shut through the years with quiet paranoia
Well you don't have to stop there anymore
Chorus:
Umm pretty sweet, pretty pretty sweet
Pretty feeling pretty sweet sweet
Umm pretty pretty, pretty pretty sweet
Sweet feeling pretty sweet sweet
Step on in there's a party tonight
You can unwind the atmosphere's light
We can get high without getting tight
Pretty sweet feeling making it alright
Chorus
I'm so happy when I'm in this place
With love all around me and face to face
I can see myself without a trace of
Sad bad feeling it's all been replaced
Chorus
Jump around sit back and let it go
With nothing to hide and nothing to show
Pretty sweet feeling starts to flow
Pretty sweet feeling all I need to know
Chorus
PEACE ANTHEM - 1999
G) Em) G)
The Em)greatest gift to C)be received
Is G)being given Em)as we breath
This C)precious life of consciousness
Is G)blessed with love above all else
CHORUS:
Gbar3)Beat out the drum
Bm)War has been C)done
Am)Nobody's D7)won
And Bm)peace has Gbar3)begun
Instrumental - Bm) C) G)
To Em)fight for right from C)either side
An G)endless struggle Em)is supplied
Un-C)til we meet on common ground
The G)simplest truth the sweetest sound
CHORUS
Instrumental - Bm) C) G)
If Em)error is but C)ignorance
G)Knowledge comes with Em)common sense
And C)purpose in simplicity
G)Peace within the way to be free
CHORUS
Instrumental - Bm) C) G)
Em)Meeting a friend C)one who is true
G)Showing a way to Em)make it through
C)Knowing yourself where it is real
G)Gratitude is something to feel
CHORUS
Instrumental - Bm) C) G)
WHERE DOES LOVE BEGIN.. 2003
Capo 2nd fret - Harmonica E
D - D7 Em - A7 Bm - G/3 Em - A
D)Feel that I D7)know you like the Em)back of my A7)hand
Bm)Hope to make a Gbar3)distance, Em)just two grains of A)sand
CHORUS:
D)Dancing in the D7)sunshine, Gbar3)singing by the Gm)moon
Bm)Happening to E/5)pause/happen... where does love be-D)gin
Instrumental: D - D7 Em - A7 Bm - Gbar3 Em - A
Can two people be like peas in a pod...
Day by day existence, timely and well shod
CHORUS
Instrumental
Lying beside you, fresh as a field of grass...
With your beauty face on, irresistible
CHORUS
Feel that I know you like the back of my hand...
Hope to make a distance, just two grains of sand
CHORUS
Instrumental
MEANT FOR THIS FEELING - 2004
Meant for and dreamt for this feeling
Dreamt for and meant for your love
Dreamt for and meant for this feeling
Meant for and dreamt for your love
Instrumental
Longed for and gone for this feeling
Gone for and longed for your love
Gone for and longed for your love
Longed for and gone for your love
Instrumental
Live for and give for this feeling
Give for and live for your love
Give for and live for this feeling
Live for and give for this love
Instrumental
Meant for and dreamt for this feeling
Dreamt for and meant for your love
Dreamt for and meant for this feeling
Meant for and dreamt for your love
Instrumental
ENDLESS LOVE - 2007
CHORUS:
Selfless love fill me up make me free
Find a rhythm so sweet move in me
Endless love fill me up make me free
Feel a rhythm so sweet moving me
Time is tight and the tide turns fast
Grains of sand shifting surely through glass
CHORUS
Things go wrong try to hard driven blind
With illusion pretence human mind
CHORUS
No matter just to reach this place
Turn inside behind time and space
CHORUS
Find the one to show you within
Know yourself your thirst now begin
CHORUS
SUCH A SWEET SONG - 2007
Capo/5
Bm Em Bm
Bm)My love
You are the Em)one
I felt I A7)knew
Long Bm)before
Long G/3)be A)fore
I first G/3)saw Abar5)you
So Bm)close
Softest of Em)touch
Long for so A7)much
Your Bm)presence
Your Em)pres-Bm)ence
Such a G/3)sweet A/5)song
CHORUS:
And I D )love you G)more
And A)more
Oh my Bm)love A)
My sweet Bm)love A)
Oh my G/3)love A/5)
Instrumental: Bm Em A7 Bm
Bm)Those tears
Anger and Em)fears
Still couldn't A7)drown
Your Bm)laughter
Your Em)laugh-Bm)ter
Rising up G/3)strong A/5)
And Bm)now
Sadness has Em)gone
Time to move A7)on
Much Bm)lighter
Much G/3)bright-Bm)er
Such a sweet G/3)song A)
CHORUS:
And I D )love you G)more
And A)more
Oh my Bm)love A)
My sweet Bm)love A)
Oh my G/3)love A/5)
Instrumental: Bm Em A7 D
SUHA - 2008
Harmonica A
Em B7
A7 A7 A7
Em B7
Em)Suha A7)little star
B7)Big heart A7)travel so Em)far
Em)You are the sweetest A7)deepest B7)love
Em)You take me up to the A7)heavens a-Em)bove B7
Em)Suha A7)little star
B7)Now I have found you and A7)know where you Em)are
Em)All of these years I've been A7)seeing your B7)light
Em)In the twinkling of a moment through the A7)deep of the Em)night B7
Instrumental:
A7 A7 A7 Em Em
A7 A7 A7 Em Em B7
Em)How can I thank you and A7)love you Em)more
B7)You give me hope when A7)I'm in the B7)wars
Em)You make me feel so A7)happy B7)inside
Em)With the love that you bring and the A7)warmth in your Em)eyes B7
Em)Suha A7)little star
B7)Big heart A7)travel so Em)far
Em)You are the sweetest A7)deepest B7)love
Em)You take me up to the A7)heavens a-Em)bove B7
Em)You take me up to the A7)heavens a-Em)bove B7
Instrumental:
A7 A7 A7 Em Em
A7 A7 A7 Em Em B7
Repeat and end on Em)
RIVERS RUN - 2012
Harmonica G
Instrumental: G(barre 3) Bm C D x2
G)I Bm)see
C)Leaves Am)green
C)Sun-Am)beams
C)In your D)smile
G)Hidden Bm)now
C)Storm Am)clouds
C)Shadows Am)shroud
C)Standing D)proud pause...
G)My Love
C)My D)Love
G)My Love
C)My D)Love
G(barre 3)No-one touches you
G(barre 3)No-one touches you
G(barre8)Rivers run
Bm(barre7)Rivers Bm)run
C)One and Am)one
C)Simple D)sum
G/3) Bm C D x2
Repeat all
WILL YOU TAKE ME HOME.. 2014
Single strum Em
Soft strumming...
When Em)I read your words through the Bm)magic Em)screen
A)Something inside me D)smiled D7)
To Em)find someone with so Bm)early a Em)throw
Just A)pinch me if this is a D)dream D7)
CHORUS:
Will you Bm)take me home where my D7)heart longs to roam
I've G)travelled alone too A)long
Louder strumming...
On the Bm)banks of the Clyde we'll walk side by G(barre3)side
With the the A)sun on the mountains my bonny Var-Bm)ri -G(barre3)
Em - A7 - Em - A - Gm(barre3) - Soft A(barre5)
Soft strumming...
When Em)I saw your face through the Bm)magic Em)screen
A)Something inside me D)smiled D7)
Be Em) patient I must to Bm)long for and Em)trust
Just A)Pinch me if this is a D)dream D7)
CHORUS
Last Em)night when we talked through the Bm)magic Em)screen
A)Something inside me D)smiled D7)
I Em)woke up this morning and Bm)wrote you a Em)song
Just A)pinch me if this is a D)dream D7)
CHORUS
Em - A7 - Em - A
Em - A7 - Em - A
Gm/3 strum... pause
Will you Bm) take me A/5)home..
FAMILY - 2015
Strum
Bm(barre7) - Em
C - Am7
C - D - Em
She's an Bm(barre7)an-Em)gel
C)Simple clear and bright
Am)Wings of D)love take Em)flight
An Am)ar-Am7)tist
C)Beauty in her hands
Am)Colour D7)form and G)light - pause
CHORUS:
Pick
We are C)fam-Em)ily
C)Several billion souls
Am)Priceless D)treasures Am7)untold
And C)peace will Em)come
C)Its in everyone
Am)One by D)one by G)one - pause
Instrumental/harmonica G
Bm(barre7) - Em
C Am7
C) D) Em)
Repeat
He's an Bm(barre7)an-Em)gel
C)Simple clear and bright
Am)Wings of D)breath take Em)flight
An Am)ar-Am7)tist
C)Beauty in his hands
Am)Colour D7)form and G)light - pause
CHORUS
We are Bm(barre7)an- Em)gels
C)Angels
G)Angels
G(barre3)Wings of D)love take C)flight
We are Bm(barre7)an- Em)gels
C)Angels
G)Angels
G(barre3)Wings of D)breath take C)flight
C D G end on up/strum
LET IT SHINE - 2015
Hey G)girl
You're on my Am)mind
This love of Bm)ours
Was hard to Am7)find
Lets G)go
We'll find a Bm)way
And take our Am7)time
To make this D)day
Bm - Am7
CHORUS:
When you or Bm)I are feeling Am)down
And Bm)sadness pays its Am7)due
We'll give a Bm)hand to understand
Our love is Am7)deep and D)true
Insrumental/harmonica/G
G(barre3) - Em(barre5) - Am7 - G
G)Forever
Is a long Am)word
But never Bm)is
The saddest Am7)heard
Hey G)girl
Lets take our Bm)time
Dance this Am7)dance
And let it D)shine
Bm - Am7
CHORUS
G(barre3) - Em(barre5) - Am7 - G
Hey G)girl
You're on my Am)mind
This love of Bm)ours
Was hard to Am7)find
Lets G)go
We'll find a C)way
And take our Bm)time
To make this D)day
Lets G)go
We'll take our C)time
Dance this Bm)dance
And let it D)shine
G(barre3) - Em(barre5) - Am7 - G
SWEETEST KIDS - 2015
G/pick 1 2 3
Whistle & Pick:
G D G Tap/strum C D
G Em C Tap/strum C D
G)Sweetest kids
D)You came along
G)Light and free
Tap/strum C D
G)Gave me a song
D)To sing out loud
G)You filled my car
Tap/strum C D
C)Best of sticks
C)Prodding me along
G)Joyfully
Tap/strumC D7
C)Sweetest kids
C)My heart's in you
And D7)you in me / pause / finger roll
Strum:
For-G)ever has
A Em)long long ring
C)Together now
The Bm)loveliest thing
C)Sweetest kids
I D7)thank you now
You G)make me sing G Up-strum/Pause
Pick
Em D G/pick 1 2 3
Whistle & Pick:
G D G tap/strum C D
G Em C tap/strum C D7
Repeat all
FINISH:
I thank you now for G)everything strum G
Em)everything strum Em
G)everything strum G
Em D G/pick 1 2 3
SUNNY COME BACK - 2016
D Am7 Em D
Bm Am7 G D strum/stop
Strum
D)Sunny come back to C)me
G)Sunny come back to D)me
The best thing is life its Am7)free
Bm)Sunny come back
Am7)Sunny come back
G)Sunny come back to D)me
Am7 Em D
Pick/D)Look at the Am7)miracle
Em)Water is Bm)walking
D)Laughing, singing Am7)dancing
Strum/Bm)The best thing is life
Am7)Best thing is life
G)The best thing is life its D)free
Bm)The best thing is life
Am7)Best thing is life
G)The best thing is life its D)free
Am7 Em D
Bm Am7 G D strum/stop
Pick/D)Sitting, talking Am7)smiling
Em)Take me on a Bm)journey
To D)where I want to Am7)be
Bm) Sunny come back
Am7) Sunny come back
G)Sunny come back to D)me
Bm) Sunny come back
Am7) Sunny come back
Strum/G)Sunny come back to D)me
Strum/Bm) Sunny come back
Am7) Sunny come back
G)Sunny come back to D)me
Am7 Em D
Bm Am7 G D strum/stop/repeat
UNITY IN YOU - 2016
A) D7) A) D7)
A) D7) A7) pull/hold
A) D7) A7) D7)
A) D7) A) pull/hold
Gbar3)Grace Bm)and A)unity
G)Uni D)ty in A)you
A7)Put your D7)hands tog-A)ether
A)Take it D7)through and A)through
Bm)Turn inside C)realise
G/bar3) See the shifting E/bar5)sands
A7)Grace is given A7/bar5)freedom E/bar5)taken
Time to G/bar3)under-A)stand
A) D7) A) D7)
A) D7) A7) pull/hold
A) D7) A7) D7)
A) D7) A) pull/hold
G)One be- Bm)fore A)zero
G)Plays a D)merry A)tune
A7)Grace D7)and A)unity
A)Now D7)never too A)soon
A)Now is D7)never to A)soon
Bm)Make a move C)keep it cool
Gbar3)Time to play your Ebar5)hand
A7)Gratitude's a A7/bar5)simple E/bar5)dude
Time to G/bar3)under-A)stand
A) D7) A) D7)
A) D7) A7) pull/hold
A) D7) A7) D7)
A) D7) A) pull/hold
Gbar3)Hear a Bm)sweet A)symphony
G)Playing D)in your A)heart
A7)Grace D7)and A)unity
A)Time to D7) make a A)start
G/bar3)Grace Bm)and A)unity
G)Uni D)ty in A)you
A7)Put your D7)hands tog-A7)ether
A)Make it D7)through and A)through
A)Take it D7)through and A)through
A)Make it D7)through and A)through
Repeat
A) D7) A) D7)
A) D7) A7) pull/hold
A) D7) A7) D7)
A) D7) A) pull/hold
Fade off x 4
REGGIE’S SONG - 2016
Slowly...
Pick C) Am) C/drop1) Fbar1) Pause
Put C)one before Am)nothing
Dm)Make a simple Em)sum
F)Everything will Am7)follow
F)surely can be G)done
With a C)smile sent from Am)heaven
Dm)Made to melt your Em)heart
F)Laughter with a Am)thank-you
Dm)Never far G7)apart
CHORUS
Strum
Oh C)Reggie Am)
I Am7/bar7)see it in your Am/bar5)smile
B)Heard your Mama Em)sing a love song
F)Heaven for a-G)while
C)Reggie Am)
I Am7/bar7)see it in your Am/bar5)eyes
B)Heard your Mama Em)sing a love song Am)
C)Heard your Mama C/drop1)sing a love song F)
Dm)Sweetest ...lulla-C)by
Strum Am) Am7/bar7) Am/bar5) Pause
Pick C) Am) C/drop1) Fbar1) Pause
Put C)one before Am)nothing
Dm) Make a simple Em)sum
F)Everything will Am7)follow
F)surely can be G)done
With a C)smile sent from Am)heaven
Dm)Made to melt your Em)heart
F)Laughter and a Am)thank-you
Dm)Never far G7)apart
CHORUS
Strum
Oh C)Reggie Am)
I Am7/bar7)see it in your Am/bar5)smile
B)Heard your Mama Em)sing a love song
F)Heaven for a-G)while
Oh C)Reggie Am)
I Am7/bar7)see it in your Am/bar5)eyes
B)Heard your Mama Em)sing a love song Am
C)Heard your Mama C/drop1)sing a love songF)
Dm)Sweetest ...lulla-C)by
C/drop1) F) repeat
F)Sweetest ...lulla-C)by
Am) Am7/bar7) Am/bar5) C/drop1)
RIDE - 2016
Briskly x 2
D) C) G) D)
D)Nothing D)
Its C)nothing at all C)
Yet G)everything G)
The D)life in us all D)
So D)Simple D)
C)Simplicity C)
Both G)brilliant G)
And D)light as can be D)
D)Riding D)
A C)steadfast steed C)
G)Reliable G)
And D)joyfully D)
D)Riding D)
A C)steadfast steed C)
G)Reliable G)
And D)joyfully D)
C) G) D) repeat
Pick/Bridge:
Ebar5)Take time to Ambar4)stop
Ebar3)While you're Ambar2)awake
F)Life is no Em)dream
G)Be with your D)breath
Ebar5)Surely I Ambar4)find
Ebar3)My real Ambar2)address
F)Just by C)feeling
F)Simply C)feeling C)
G)I'm blessed - Pause
D) C) G) D) D) x 2
D)Grateful D)
Just to C)be alive C)
No G)hesitation G)
Fear D) or pride D)
So D)simple D)
C)Simplicity C)
Both G)brilliant G)
And D)light as can be D)
D)Riding D)
A C)steadfast steed C)
G)Reliable G)
And D)joyfully D)
D)Riding D)
A C)steadfast steed C)
G)Reliable G)
And D)joyfully D)
Am7) Em) D)
C) G) D) repeating/circular
FINISH:
Cbar5)Thank you
Abar3)Thank you
And D)thank you! X2
C) G) D) Up strum
MY GOD'S IN ME - 2020
Em) My God's in Am)me
Bm)Close as can Ambar7)be
Am)Sweet mel- D)ody
G)Tranquilli- Em)ty
C)Heaven made D7)known
Bm)So simply B7)shown
D7)Not on the B7)phone
B7)My God's in Ambar7)me
My God's in me
Close as can be
Same suspects too
Sticking like glue
Time now to choose
Win, draw or lose
Not in the News
My God's in me
My God's in me
Close as can be
One comes along
Offers the key
Simplicity
Offers the key
Gratitude be
My God's in me
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