Fanfarlo are an indie pop band which formed in 2006 in London, England. The band consists of Simon Balthazar (vocals, guitar, clarinet), Cathy Lucas (vocals, mandolin, violin, keyboards), Leon Beckenham (keyboards, trumpet), Justin Finch (bass, vocals) and Amos Memon (drums). Mark West (guitar, keyboards) left the band in 2008 and formed The Lost Cavalry in 2009. The band's name is a reference to Charles Baudelaire's novella, "La Fanfarlo."
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Verse 1 chords: C/GFC/GF You can't trust that sound C/GFC/GF You're sleeping in all the time C/GFC/GF You'll see me on the screen C/GFAmDAmD Through all the other soul's dark walls with the sun FC/G The mad circus says good night
Verse 2: [use verse 1 chords] The tape machine exposed From all its spinning round the moon I've scratched all my reels I've bitten all my nails to the bone, like a stone You come back and thrown up
Chorus chords: C/GFC/GF Away from the top and away from the drills AmF But kid I'm a pilot C/GFC/GF It's all I believe in, it's all I believe in FmC/G You can ride on my back
Verse 3: [use verse 1 chords] And time on your hands, you spent your money down by the tracks You had the drivers sign your arms My hospitals will welcome you home, like a tomb With gun marks aching
Chorus chords: To look at your grace and believe what you say But kid I'm a pilot It's all I believe in, it's all I believe in You can ride on my back
Outro chorus: AmC/GFC/G If I stay in this room they'll remember me for my youth AmC/GFC/G If I stay in this room they'll remember me for my youth C/GAmC/GAmC/GAm If I give it all up, if I give it all up, if I give it all up AmF But kid I'm a pilot C/GFC/GFC/GF It's all I believe in, it's all I believe in, it's all I believe in FmC/GFC/GFC/G You can ride on my back