Biography:
Dave Cousins (born David Joseph Cousins, 7 January 1945, Hounslow, Middlesex, England) has been the leader, singer and most active songwriter of Strawbs since 1967. He has performed frequently as a much-in-demand acoustic duo with Strawbs guitarist Brian Willoughby.
His first solo album, Two Weeks Last Summer, was released in 1972. His next two albums "Old School Songs" (1980) and The Bridge (1994) were by Dave Cousins & Brian Willoughby.
Cousins remains active, regularly touring with Acoustic Strawbs.
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Other songs:
- A Song For Me
- All In Vain
- Beat The Retreat
- Beside The Rio Grande
- Can You Believe
- Forever Ocean Blue
- Going Home
- Grace Darling
- Hanging In The Gallery
- Higher Germanie
- Hummingbird
- I Turned My Face Into The Wind
- Ill Show You Where To Sleep
- Josephine For Better Or For Worse
- Lay Down
- Never Take Sweets From A Stranger
- October To May
- Ringing Down The Years
- Song For Alex
- Song Of A Sad Little Girl
- Stone Cold Is The Womans Heart
- Thats The Way It Ends
- The Battle
- The Hangman And The Papist
- The Shepherds Song
- The Young Pretender
- Ways And Means
- Well Meet Again Sometime
- When You Were A Child
- You Keep Going Your Way
- You Never Needed Water
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Dave Cousins - Ringing Down The Years
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[Intro]
C Am F C Am F G
C Am F C Am F G C G C
[Verse 1]
Am F
We met when you were still a girl
C Am
In Nineteen Sixty-Eight
F G
You wore a white dress and a hat
C
I touched the hand of fate
Am F
Your sweet voice took my breath away
C Am
Your smile lit up your face
F G
You still had both feet on the ground
C Am
But I was out in space
[Chorus]
G
That certain sadness in your eyes
F C Am
The secret of your smile
C
I've carried all these memories
E7 Am G
Down many's the weary mile
F
And every time I hear your name
Em F C
My eyes moist up with tears
Dm F
As every word you ever sang
G C G C
Comes ringing down the years
[Verse 2]
Am F
We sat and talked the whole night long
C Am
Of all our rights and wrongs
F G
Of mutual acquaintances
We sang each other's song
C Am F
You were with me when the morning broke
C Am
The birds refused to sing
F G
They knew when they were beaten
C Am
They hid beneath their wings
[Chorus]
G
That certain sadness in your eyes
F C Am
The secret of your smile
C
I've carried all these memories
E7 Am G
Down many's the weary mile
F
And every time I hear your name
Em F C
My eyes moist up with tears
Dm F
As every word you ever sang
G C A7
Comes ringing down the years
[Bridge]
Dm7 Em7
I was in a Cleveland hotel room
F C Dm7
When they telephoned the news
Em7 F
I drowned my sorrows all day long
G Am
The Southern Comfort blues
Bb F
The show went on to great applause
Ab C
Choking back the tears
Dm F G
As every word you ever sang
C
Came ringing down the years
[Instrumental]
A7 Dm7 Em7 F C Dm7 Em7 F G Am
Bb F Ab C F G C G C
[Verse 3]
Am F
I reached out for the hourglass
C Am
To turn it face about
F
But who knows where the time goes
G C
When your time is running out
Am F
I know someday we'll meet again
C Am
I know just what I'll find
F
You'll have taught the angels how to sing
G C Am
Georgia, Georgia on my mind
[Chorus]
G
That certain sadness in your eyes
F C Am
The secret of your smile
C
I've carried all these memories
E7 Am G
Down many's the weary mile
F
And every time I hear your name
Em F C
My eyes moist up with tears
Dm F
As every word you ever sang
G C
Comes ringing down the years
[Outro]
Am G F C Am C E7 Am G F Em7 F C
Dm F G
Every word you ever sang
C
Ringing down the years
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[Intro]
C Am F C Am F G
C Am F C Am F G C G C
[Verse 1]
Am F
We met when you were still a girl
C Am
In Nineteen Sixty-Eight
F G
You wore a white dress and a hat
C
I touched the hand of fate
Am F
Your sweet voice took my breath away
C Am
Your smile lit up your face
F G
You still had both feet on the ground
C Am
But I was out in space
[Chorus]
G
That certain sadness in your eyes
F C Am
The secret of your smile
C
I've carried all these memories
E7 Am G
Down many's the weary mile
F
And every time I hear your name
Em F C
My eyes moist up with tears
Dm F
As every word you ever sang
G C G C
Comes ringing down the years
[Verse 2]
Am F
We sat and talked the whole night long
C Am
Of all our rights and wrongs
F G
Of mutual acquaintances
We sang each other's song
C Am F
You were with me when the morning broke
C Am
The birds refused to sing
F G
They knew when they were beaten
C Am
They hid beneath their wings
[Chorus]
G
That certain sadness in your eyes
F C Am
The secret of your smile
C
I've carried all these memories
E7 Am G
Down many's the weary mile
F
And every time I hear your name
Em F C
My eyes moist up with tears
Dm F
As every word you ever sang
G C A7
Comes ringing down the years
[Bridge]
Dm7 Em7
I was in a Cleveland hotel room
F C Dm7
When they telephoned the news
Em7 F
I drowned my sorrows all day long
G Am
The Southern Comfort blues
Bb F
The show went on to great applause
Ab C
Choking back the tears
Dm F G
As every word you ever sang
C
Came ringing down the years
[Instrumental]
A7 Dm7 Em7 F C Dm7 Em7 F G Am
Bb F Ab C F G C G C
[Verse 3]
Am F
I reached out for the hourglass
C Am
To turn it face about
F
But who knows where the time goes
G C
When your time is running out
Am F
I know someday we'll meet again
C Am
I know just what I'll find
F
You'll have taught the angels how to sing
G C Am
Georgia, Georgia on my mind
[Chorus]
G
That certain sadness in your eyes
F C Am
The secret of your smile
C
I've carried all these memories
E7 Am G
Down many's the weary mile
F
And every time I hear your name
Em F C
My eyes moist up with tears
Dm F
As every word you ever sang
G C
Comes ringing down the years
[Outro]
Am G F C Am C E7 Am G F Em7 F C
Dm F G
Every word you ever sang
C
Ringing down the years
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Dave Gerard and (...)
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