Foy Vance is a songsmith born in Bangor, County Down, who is now living in London. He released his first single "Gabriel and the vagabond" c/w with "Indiscriminate Act of kindness" on December 18th, 2006 on Wurdamouth Records. The songs "Gabriel and the Vagabond" and "Homebird" was featured in the second season of the US TV drama Grey's Anatomy and received an incredible response and demand to release the track as a single.
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D D THERES A MAN IN THE CORNER AND HIS CLOTHES ARE ALL WORN AND BmA/C#D HES HOLDING OUT HIS HAND GD BmA YOU CAN SEE IN HIS EYE, AS THE PEOPLE WALK BY GD/F#Em (VARIATION) HE KNOWS THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND GA7 BmA SEE THEY JUST THINK HES GONNA TAKE THEIR MONEY AND GO AND SPEND IT GD F#BmA ON DOPE AND A MAN STOPPED BY AND I SAW A SMILE INSIDE HIM AS HE GA7D GENTLY WHISPERED HOPE
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WELL THE TRAMP STARTED TO CRY AND KEPT SAYING WHY WHY WHY CANT YOU SEE IM A DOWN AND OUT IM 32 AND I GOT THIS ONE PAIR OF SHOES AND A BAD TASTE IN MY MOUTH I THINK ITS CLEAR TO SEE THAT EVEN GOD DON’T LOVE ME OR ELSE WHY WOULD HE LEAVE ME THIS WAY THEN GABRIEL JUST SMILED AND SAID BE PEACE MY CHILD SALVATION IS HERE TODAY
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D DD/F# GD HE GOT UP TO HIS FEET AND HE SANG HALLELUJAH PEOPLE WERE TURNING A7DG DA7 AROUND IN THE STREET HE LOOKED THEM IN THE EYES AND HE SANG DBm AD HALLEYUYAH THERES SOMEONE HERE YOU GOTTA MEET, GA7D SOMEONE YOU GOTTA MEET
WHEN THE VAGABOND TURNED AROUND BUT WITHOUT A SOUND GABRIEL JUST SMILED AND DISSAPPEARED WHEN HE LOOKED TO THE CROWD THEY WERE LAUGHING OUTLOUD BUT HE COULD NOT SEE THEM FOR TEARS WHEN HIS VISION CAME ROUND THEY WAS A YOUNG GIRL ON THE GROUND AND I KNEW SHE WAS FINDING IT HARD TO COPE SHE NEVER WAS A FIGHTER UNTIL HE LAYBESIDE HER AND GENTLY WHISPERED HOPE
THEY GOT UP TO THEIR FEET AND THEY SANG HALLELUJAH PEOPLE IN THE STREET WERE TURNING AROUND, THEY LOOKED THEM IN THE EYES AND THEY SANG HALLELUJAH OH THERES SOMEONE HERE THAT WE HAVE FOUND THEY SANG HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH WE ARE THE VOICES CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH THE PEOPLE IN THE STREETS STARTED SINS TO CONFESS AND A CHORUS OF HALLELUJAH HALLEHYUA WE WITH A BOW AND EVERY TURN CONFESSED AND THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS CRYING THERE HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH
Hi Just thought id post a chord structure of the song. Brad Taylors original tab was spot so a big thanks to him because to be honest I was struggling to work this out myself. the plucking around these chords can be improvised.
Foy i hope this does your beautiful song justice!
Cheers to Brad Taylor, for letting me be able to play such an amazing song!!