Archive for September, 2010

I’m Sorry

Posted by admin on 8th September 2010 in Songs and Lyrics

I'm Sorry - The Hard Way I'm Sorry

Words and music by RAW Boswin
Key of G 4/4 time 75 BPM

Lyrics and Chords

 
Intro :  
A 
1-2-3-4-|
D 
1-2-3-4-|
A 
1-2-3-4-|
D 
1-2-3-4-|

A 
I finally got out of bed about a quarter to  
D 
eleven,
A 
And my little bit of sunshine had faded a
D 
way.
A 
I was bangin’ on the door but it’s the wrong desti
D 
nation,
 
But I’ll be  
A 
good Goddamned if I’m  
E 
sleepin’ with the Devil a
F#m 
lone again to
D 
night.

Chorus:
G 
CUZ’ I’M SORRY!  
D/F# 
YES I’M SORRY!!  
C 
I MAY BE WRONG, BUT I’M  
G/B 
STICKIN’ TO MY  
D/F# 
STORY.
G 
I’M SORRY!  
D/F# 
LOOK WHO’S CRYING  
C 
NOW. HEY CAN’T YOU  
D 
HEAR ME BABY.
G 
I’M SORRY!  
D/F# 
YES I’M SORRY!! I  
C 
DID WHAT I DID BUT I  
G/B 
AIN’T GONNA  
D/F# 
WORRY.
G 
I’M SORRY!  
D/F# 
LOOK WHO’S CRYING  
C 
NOW!!

A 
I’ll never get to the top without a strong dedi
D 
cation.
 
And be
A 
lieve me babe, I ain’t gonna let it  
D 
die!
A 
I’ve got to roll them bones!!
D 
 
But I’ll be  
A 
good Goddamned if I’m  
E 
sleepin’ with the Devil a
F#m 
lone again to
D 
night.

Chorus

C 
It’s gonna  
D 
happen to  
G 
you, (Don’t ask me why)
C 
It’s gonna  
D 
happen to  
Em 
me.(I can’t go on like I’m living my life)
C 
It’s gonna  
D 
happen to  
G 
everyone, It’s one of  
C 
life’s little  
D 
guaran
G 
tees.(I’m 
 
Sorry)
C 
It’s stepping  
D 
out of the  
G 
fire (Don’t bring me down)
C 
And landing  
D 
up in the  
Em 
flames, (There’s nothing more I can do for you now)
C 
And its the more things cha-
D 
ange, The  
C 
more they  
D 
stay the  
G 
same.
 
And its the  
C 
more things cha-
D 
ange, The  
C 
more they  
D 
stay the  
G 
same.
 
And its the  
C 
more things cha-
D 
ange, The  
C 
more they  
D 
stay the  
Em 
same.
D 
D 
D 
Hey won’t you listen to me?

 
Lead Break :  
G 
1-2-
D/F 
3-4-|
C 
1-2-
G/B 
3-
D/F# 
4-|
G 
1-2-
D/F# 
3-4-|
C 
1-2-3-
D 
4-|

Chorus 3

It’s jumpin’ out of the fire and landing up in the flames,
And its the more things change, The more they stay the same.


My Indifference

Posted by admin on 8th September 2010 in Songs and Lyrics

My Indifference - The Hard Way My Indifference

Words and music by RAW Boswin
Key of C 4/4 time 140 BPM

Lyrics and Chords

 
Intro :  
C 
1-2-
G/B 
3-4-|
Am 
1-2-
G 
3-4-|
F 
1-2-
C/E 
3-4-|
Dm 
1-2-
G 
3-4-|
C 
1-2-
G/B 
3-4-|
Am 
1-2-
G 
3-4-|
F 
1-2-
C/E 
3-4-|
Dm 
1-2-
G 
3-4-|

C 
Was it  
G/B 
me who told  
Am 
you, that was  
G 
it, we were  
F 
through
 
There’s no  
C/E 
alternative 
 
 
Dm 
we can  
G 
implement?
C 
And got  
G/B 
on with my  
Am 
day, like I’d  
G 
thrown you a
F 
way
 
And said if  
C/E 
I was king, well  
Dm 
things would be  
G 
different?
C 
Do I  
G/B 
leave you a
Am 
lone, when we  
G 
talk on the  
F 
phone?
 
Do my  
C/E 
lips move, but  
Dm 
nothing gets  
G 
answered?
C 
Do I  
G/B 
string you a
Am 
long, when you  
G 
turned have I  
F 
gone
 
And said I  
C/E 
you 
 
a
Am 
bout My In
Am 
difference?

C 
Down-
G/B 
down-
Am 
down, I don’t  
G 
give a damn…  
F 
Down-
C/E 
down, 
 
 
Dm 
I don’t  
G 
under
C 
stand
 
Down-
G/B 
down-
Am 
down, I don’t  
G 
wanna know…  
F 
Down-
C/E 
down, 
 
 
Dm 
Feels like  
G 
letting 
 
go

C 
Do I  
G/B 
say I be
Am 
lieve, cheat and  
G 
lie and de
F 
ceive?
 
And blame it  
C/E 
all on good  
Dm 
people and  
G 
circumstance?
C 
And run  
G/B 
away with the  
Am 
race, like a  
G 
slap in the  
F 
face
 
And say I  
C/E 
admire you ’cause you  
Dm 
went ahead and  
G 
took a chance.
C 
Do I  
G/B 
go to the  
Am 
wall, no in
G 
tention at  
F 
all?
 
To throw a  
C/E 
line when I  
Dm 
get to the  
G 
other 
 
side?
C 
Kicking 
 
 
G/B 
dirt in your  
Am 
eyes, do I  
G 
fall as I  
F 
rise?
 
And say I  
C/E 
warned you a
Dm 
bout my in
Dm 
difference?

C 
Down-
G/B 
down-
Am 
down, I don’t  
G 
give a damn…  
F 
Down-
C/E 
down, 
 
 
Dm 
I don’t  
G 
under
C 
stand
 
Down-
G/B 
down-
Am 
down, I don’t  
G 
wanna know…  
F 
Down-
C/E 
down, 
 
 
Dm 
Feels like  
G 
letting 
 
go

 
Its  
Am 
12 years in and I think I got it fig
G/B 
ured 
 
 
C 
out
Dm 
Its 12 long years, I think I know what this was a
G 
bout…
F 
C 
Dm 
G 

 
Lead Break :  
C 
G/B 
Am 
G 
F 
C/E 
Dm 
G 
 
C 
G/B 
Am 
G 
F 
C/E 
Dm 
G 

C 
Don’t even  
G/B 
try to ex
Am 
plain, I can’t be
G 
lieve what you’re  
F 
saying
 
You’re telling me  
C/E 
time is gonna  
Dm 
be my de
G 
liverance.
C 
So get your  
G/B 
foot off my  
Am 
head, I heard every
G 
thing that you  
F 
said,
 
You’re holding me  
C/E 
down but don’t in
Dm 
sult my in
G 
telligence.
C 
I want to  
G/B 
look in the  
Am 
mirror, no longer  
G 
living in  
F 
fear,
 
Of a  
C/E 
consequence 
 
 
Dm 
of my  
G 
actions,
C 
And drag a  
G/B 
comb through my  
Am 
hair, singin’  
G 
life wasn’t  
F 
fair
 
Until I  
C/E 
learned myself a  
Dm 
little, Yeah, just a  
Dm 
little… Here we go now

C 
Down-
G/B 
down-
Am 
down, I don’t  
G 
give a damn…
F 
Down-
C/E 
down, 
 
 
Dm 
I don’t  
G 
under
C 
stand
 
Down-
G/B 
down-
Am 
down, I don’t  
G 
wanna know…  
F 
Down-
C/E 
down, 
 
 
Dm 
Feels like  
G 
letting 
 
go
C 
G/B 
Am 
I don’t  
G 
give a damn,
F 
C/E 
 
Dm 
I don’t  
G 
under
C 
stand
G/B 
 
Am 
 
I don’t  
G 
wanna know,  
F 
C/E 
 
Dm 
Feels like  
G 
letting 
 
 
C 
go
G/B 
Am 
G 
F 
C/E 
 
Dm 
Feels like  
G 
letting 
 
 
C 
go…

Rob Oswin – Acoustic, Vocals and Percussion/ Steve Pineo – Acoustic/ Pat McGannon – Trumpets


No More Lonely Nights Together

Posted by admin on 8th September 2010 in Songs and Lyrics

No More Lonely Nights Together - The Hard Way No More Lonely Nights Together

Words and music by RAW Boswin
Key of D 4/4 time 71 BPM

Lyrics and Chords

 
Intro :  
Gm 
1-2-
F 
3-4-|
Bb 
1-2-
Eb 
3-4-|
Gm 
1-2-
F 
3-4-|
Bb 
1-2-3-4-|

Gm 
I thought I  
F 
told you, I’d  
Bb 
love you till the  
Eb 
end of time
 
And I  
Gm 
thought you told me  
F 
you thought you would  
Bb 
too.
 
But  
Gm 
7 nights I  
F 
called you and  
Bb 
7 nights you  
Eb 
weren’t at home
 
And those  
Gm 
nights 
 
 
F 
I spent a
Bb 
lone

Cm7 
Hey, what’s wrong…  
Bb/D 
with what’s right  
Gm 
Is I don’t know what’s going  
F 
on again tonight
F 
Bb 
F 
Cm7 
If you do…  
Bb/D 
Hey won’t you tell me true?
G# 
Cuz’ I won’t  
Eb 
want to spend these  
G# 
lonely nights  
F 
together 
 
any
Gm 
more

 
And if you  
F 
gave me one  
Bb 
reason to  
Eb 
believe its true love
Gm 
Maybe 
 
 
F 
you could gain  
Bb 
control
 
But in
Gm 
stead you call from  
F 
Paris with some  
Bb 
Cabernet 
 
con
Eb 
fusion
 
Told me to  
Gm 
set you free  
F 
to save my  
Bb 
soul?

Cm7 
Hey, what’s wrong…  
Bb/D 
with what’s right  
Gm 
Is I don’t know what’s going  
F 
on again tonight
F 
Bb 
F 
Cm7 
If you do…  
Bb/D 
Hey won’t you tell me true?  
G# 
Cuz’ I won’t  
Eb 
want to spend these  
G# 
lonely nights  
F 
together 
 
any
Gm 
more

 
Cuz’  
Eb 
Internet lovin’ and  
Bb 
US dollars  
F 
Doesn’t make this big old  
Gm 
world get any smaller,
 
When  
Eb 
all I really want is  
Bb 
someone here to  
F 
talk 
 
to
 
A
Eb 
lone in the castle,  
Bb 
locked in the tower, I’m  
F 
waiting for the phone to ring,  
Gm 
I can’t wait another hour
Eb 
All I really want is  
Bb 
someone here to  
F 
hold me  
F 
To hold me…. Yeah

 
Lead Break :  
Gm 
F/A 
Bb 
Eb 
Gm 
F/A 
Bb 
F/A 

Gm 
And as I  
F 
lay here, I’m  
Bb 
desperate for a  
Eb 
message on my screen,
Gm 
I’m 
 
 
F 
praying you know what I  
Bb 
mean…
F 
Gm 
No more  
F 
lonely nights to
Bb 
geth
Eb 
er…. 
 
Any
Gm 
more
 
No more  
F 
lonely nights to
Bb 
geth
Eb 
er…. 
 
Anymore


Victim

Posted by admin on 7th September 2010 in Songs and Lyrics

Victim - The Hard Way Victim

Words and music by RAW Boswin (Apr 2010)
Key of D 4/4 time 72 BPM

Lyrics and Chords

 
Intro :  
D 
1-2-
D/C 
3-4-|
G/B 
1-2-
G/A 
3-4-|
G 
1-2-
D 
3-4-|
D/C 
1-
G/B 
2-
G/A 
3-4-|

D 
guess I musta got  
D/C 
lost, 
 
some
G/B 
where along the way.
 
I turned my  
D 
back on the sun while it  
D/C 
settled for another day.
G/B 
G/A 
G 
D 
I don’t know what it  
D/C 
cost, and I don’t  
G/B 
know the price I’ll pay…
 
But it just  
D 
keeps on gettin’ stiffer,  
D/C 
each and every day!
G/B 
G/A 
G 
D/F# 

 
And  
Em 
I don’t know why,  
D/F# 
But I feel like a  
G 
VICTIM,
G/A 
G/B 
 
Of my  
Em 
own inability to  
D/F# 
separate the right from the  
G 
wrong…
G/A 
G/B 
 
And though it  
Em 
feels like the right thing…  
D/F# 
It ain’t  
G 
workin’.
G/A 
G/B 
 
 
A 
I take a little  
A/G 
good advice and  
A/F# 
never make the  
A/E 
same mistake tw-
D 
ice.

 
AND MAYBE IF I  
C 
LEARN THAT ON MY  
G 
OWN, I COULD FIND MY  
G 
WAY BACK HO-
D 
OME.
 
AND MAYBE IF I  
C 
FIND MY WAY BACK  
G 
HOME, I’LL FIND AN EXPLA
G 
NATION.

D 
Never knew when I  
D/C 
left, I’d never  
G/B 
find a place to  
G 
hide.
 
I took a  
D 
run for the money the  
D/C 
day I learned the rabbit  
G/B 
died.
G 
 
And from the  
D 
outside lookin’  
D/C 
in, I’m like a  
G/B 
Christian soldier in a  
G 
field of sin… And it just  
D 
keeps on getting  
D/C 
thicker each and every  
G/B 
day!
G 

PreChorus

Chorus 2
AND MAYBE IF I LEARN THAT ON MY OWN, I COULD FIND MY WAY BACK HOME.
AND MAYBE IF I FIND MY WAY BACK HOME, I’LL HAVE AN EXPLANATION.
AND MAYBE IF I LEARN THAT ON MY OWN, I COULD FIND MY WAY BACK HOME.
AND MAYBE IF I FIND MY WAY BACK HOME, I’LL FIND MY DESTINATION,

Bridge:
 
 
C 
Aaaa-
G 
aaah…  
D 
HEY DON’T YOU KNOW?  
D 
I’M COMING HOME YEAH!
C 
Aaaaa-
G 
aah…  
D 
HEY DON’T YOU KNOW…  
D 
I’M COMING HOME YEAH!
 
 
C 
BABY I WILL  
Em 
BE THERE,  
F 
MAYBE I’M AMAZED AT THE WAY YOU  
Em 
LOVED ME ALL THE  
A 
TIME!

D 
I guess I musta got  
D/C 
lost, 
 
some
G/B 
where along the  
G 
way.
 
And now its  
D 
ten years after, I  
D/C 
don’t know what I gotta say.
G/B 
G/A 
G 
D 
I wasn’t sailing to  
D/C 
sea, I turned my  
G/B 
back to the wind that got the  
G 
better of me! And it just  
D 
keeps on gettin’  
D/C 
stiffer, each and every  
G/B 
day!
G 
 
Yeah it just  
D 
keeps on gettin’  
D/C 
stiffer, each and every  
G/B 
day!
G/A 
G 
D/F# 

PreChorus

Chorus 2


Northern Lights

Posted by admin on 7th September 2010 in Songs and Lyrics

Northern Lights - The Hard Way Northern Lights

Words and music by RAW Boswin (Apr 2010)
Key of D 6/8 time 190 BPM

Lyrics and Chords

 
Intro (Refrain) :  
C 
1-2-3-
F 
4-5-6-|
Am7 
1-2-3-
G 
4-5-6-|
C 
1-2-3-
F 
4-5-6-|
Am7 
1-2-3-
G 
4-5-6-|
 
They say a  
C 
coal miner’s  
G 
daughter is a  
F 
good friend in
C 
deed, Cuz’  
G/B 
her 
 
 
Am 
papa might  
F 
land you the  
C 
job that you  
G 
need. If you  
Am 
pass his in
F 
spection, your  
C 
ticket he’ll  
G 
read, Cuz’ every  
Am 
coal mine is  
Am 
measured by the  
G 
lips that it  
C 
feeds.
F 
Am7 
G 

 
Now I  
C 
work in the  
G 
shop at  
F 
Wabamum 
 
 
C 
Lake. I’m  
G/B 
a
Am 
nother 
 
Elec
F 
trician with  
C 
Coal-Miners 
 
 
G 
pay. After  
Am 
fixin’ 
 
e
F 
quipment for the  
C 
men in the  
G 
pit, We’ll head  
Am 
out to the Gainford and we’ll  
G 
all drink a  
C 
bit.
F 
Am7 

G 
LET’S DRINK TO  
Am 
WIDE OPEN SPACES AND  
F 
FAMILIAR FACES AND  
C 
FISHING THROUGH HOLES IN THE  
G 
ICE.
 
TOWARDS THE  
Am 
LAC ST. ANNE MISSION, IT’S THE  
F 
WHITEWOOD WE’RE FISHING,
 
TURNING  
C 
COAL INTO DIAMONDS AND  
G 
NORTHERN 
 
 
C 
LIGHTS!
F 
Am7 
G 
C 
F 
Am7 
G 

 
Well my  
C 
father 
 
be
G 
fore me and  
F 
his before  
C 
he, 
 
Stand
G/B 
ing 
 
 
Am 
deep in the  
F 
hole before  
C 
turning 
 
fif
G 
teen, They were  
Am 
working for  
F 
peanuts, and  
C 
breaking their  
G 
backs, ’til a
Am 
long came the  
Am 
Sundance and  
G 
Wabamum’s 
 
 
C 
Stacks.
C 
 
So the  
C 
next 
 
gener
G 
ation 
 
 
F 
new to the  
C 
game, Built  
G/B 
these 
 
 
Am 
Generator 
 
 
F 
stations a  
C 
stones throw a
G 
way. And the  
Am 
drag-lines made  
F 
mountains of  
C 
coal 
 
disap
G 
pear, We move  
Am 
more in a week than they  
G 
could in a year. And the  
C 
miners keep  
G 
diggin’, we  
F 
tend to the  
C 
riggin’, We  
G/B 
work 
 
 
Am 
hard but we  
F 
won’t work for  
C 
free.
G 
We make  
Am 
Union 
 
de
F 
cisions and  
C 
constant 
 
re
G 
visions, So the  
Am 
Steelworkers deep in the  
G 
seam, can keep  
F 
chasing the coalminer’s  
C 
dream.

CHORUS

 
With com
C 
puters 
 
com
G 
passion the  
F 
schedulers 
 
 
C 
forms, Have  
G/B 
the 
 
 
Am7 
Laser’s 
 
sur
F 
veying the  
C 
prospectors 
 
 
G 
dorms, And the  
Am7 
Coal Miners  
F 
Daughter is  
C 
pregnant 
 
a
G 
gain, While the  
Am7 
Whitewood’s exhausted in  
G 
20
C 
10.
F 
Am7 
G 
If we’ve  
C 
learned from the  
G 
past, no  
F 
coal mine out
C 
lasts, 
 
 
G/B 
The 
 
 
Am 
son of a  
F 
coalminer’s 
 
 
C 
daughter, 
 
 
G 
Since’ the  
Am 
Genesee’s 
 
 
F 
breached , guess we’ll  
C 
leave Seba  
G 
Beach… Cuz’ we’ll  
Am 
never make blood out of  
G 
water… And we’ll  
F 
never make coal out of  
C 
stone.
G/B 
And I  
Am 
married that Coalminer’s  
G 
Daughter, guess we’re  
F 
leaving our Wabamum  
C 
loam.

CHORUS