Biography:
Declan McKenna is an English singer, songwriter, and musician from Hertfordshire. He won the Glastonbury Festival's Emerging Talent Competition in 2015.
He writes alternative indie-pop music with influences from artists such as David Bowie. He has toured in the UK, Europe and in the US.
Declan is known for his outspoken political views, including in his songs such as 'Brazil' which portrays a social commentary on the corruption within the Fifa organisation.
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Other songs:
- Beautiful Faces
- Brazil
- British Bombs
- Humongous
- Isombard
- Listen To Your Friends
- Make Me Your Queen
- Mind
- Why Do You Feel So Down?
- Kids Don’t Wanna Come Home
- Basic
- Be An Astronaut
- Bethlehem
- Brew
- Crimson Part 2
- Dont Change For The Better
- Excitement
- Fear For Some And What They Become
- Get Right
- Hom Ice Cide
- Howl
- I Am Everyone Else
- Internetfatuation
- Ive Made It Further Than You
- Let Me Be
- Liar
- Malibu
- Medley
- Paracetamol
- Plastic People
- Start From The Start
- The Beginning
- The End
- The Kids Dont Wanna Come Home
- The Seaside
- The Window
- Time
- Tribes
- Valentines Day
- What Do You Think About The Car
- Why Do You Feel So Down
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For simpler chords, use the tool on the left to transpose this song -1 and put a capo on first fret :)
[Chords used]
Ab 466544
Absus4 466644
Cm x35543
Db x46664
Ab6 466564
Fm 133111
Bbm x13321
Gm 355333
Bb x13331
Dm x57765
[Verse 1]
Ab Absus4 Ab Absus4
I never came to the beach, or stood by the ocean
Cm Db Cm Db
I never sat by the shore, under the sun with my feet in the sand
Ab Ab6
But you brought me here and I'm happy that you did
Ab6
'Cause now I'm as free as birds catching the wind
Ab Absus4 Ab Absus4
I always thought I would sink, so I never swam
Cm Db
I never went boatin', don't get how they're floatin'
Cm Db Fm Bbm
And sometimes I get so scared of what I can't understand
[Chorus]
Ab Cm Fm Bbm
Here I am, next to you
Ab Cm Fm Bbm
The sky's more blue in Malibu
Ab Cm Fm Bbm
Next to you in Malibu
Ab Cm
Next to you
[Verse 2]
Ab Absus4 Ab Absus4
We watched the sun go down as we were walking
Cm Db Ab Absus4
I'd spent the rest of my life standing here talking
Ab Absus4 Ab Absus4
You would explain the current, as I just smile
Cm Db Cm
Hoping that you'll stay the same, and nothing will change
Db Ab
And it will be us, just for a while
Ab6 Ab Ab6
Do we even exist?
Ab6
That's when I make the wish, to swim away with the fish
Absus4 Ab Absus4
Is it supposed to be this hot all summer long?
Cm Db Cm
I would have never believed you if three years ago you told me
Db Fm Bbm
I'd be here writing this song
[Chorus]
Ab Cm Fm Bbm
Here I am, next to you
Ab Cm Fm Bbm
The sky's so blue in Malibu
Ab Cm Fm Bbm
Next to you in Malibu
Ab Cm
Next to you
[Interlude]
Fm Bbm Ab Cm x2
[Outro]
Ab Absus4 Ab Absus4
We are just like the waves that flow back and forth
Ab
Sometimes I feel like I'm drowning
Bbm Ab
And you're there to save me
Bbm Ab6
And I wanna thank you with all of my heart
Ab6
It's a brand new start
Ab6
A dream come true in Malibu
[Solo]
Fm Bbm Ab Cm x2
Gm Cm Bb Dm x2
Gm
[Chords used]
Ab 466544
Absus4 466644
Cm x35543
Db x46664
Ab6 466564
Fm 133111
Bbm x13321
Gm 355333
Bb x13331
Dm x57765
[Verse 1]
Ab Absus4 Ab Absus4
I never came to the beach, or stood by the ocean
Cm Db Cm Db
I never sat by the shore, under the sun with my feet in the sand
Ab Ab6
But you brought me here and I'm happy that you did
Ab6
'Cause now I'm as free as birds catching the wind
Ab Absus4 Ab Absus4
I always thought I would sink, so I never swam
Cm Db
I never went boatin', don't get how they're floatin'
Cm Db Fm Bbm
And sometimes I get so scared of what I can't understand
[Chorus]
Ab Cm Fm Bbm
Here I am, next to you
Ab Cm Fm Bbm
The sky's more blue in Malibu
Ab Cm Fm Bbm
Next to you in Malibu
Ab Cm
Next to you
[Verse 2]
Ab Absus4 Ab Absus4
We watched the sun go down as we were walking
Cm Db Ab Absus4
I'd spent the rest of my life standing here talking
Ab Absus4 Ab Absus4
You would explain the current, as I just smile
Cm Db Cm
Hoping that you'll stay the same, and nothing will change
Db Ab
And it will be us, just for a while
Ab6 Ab Ab6
Do we even exist?
Ab6
That's when I make the wish, to swim away with the fish
Absus4 Ab Absus4
Is it supposed to be this hot all summer long?
Cm Db Cm
I would have never believed you if three years ago you told me
Db Fm Bbm
I'd be here writing this song
[Chorus]
Ab Cm Fm Bbm
Here I am, next to you
Ab Cm Fm Bbm
The sky's so blue in Malibu
Ab Cm Fm Bbm
Next to you in Malibu
Ab Cm
Next to you
[Interlude]
Fm Bbm Ab Cm x2
[Outro]
Ab Absus4 Ab Absus4
We are just like the waves that flow back and forth
Ab
Sometimes I feel like I'm drowning
Bbm Ab
And you're there to save me
Bbm Ab6
And I wanna thank you with all of my heart
Ab6
It's a brand new start
Ab6
A dream come true in Malibu
[Solo]
Fm Bbm Ab Cm x2
Gm Cm Bb Dm x2
Gm
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Deerhunter
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