Biography:
Frank Black is American singer, songwriter, and guitarist Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV (born April 6, 1965). After releasing three albums with this name, he formed the band Frank Black and the Catholics. He returned to using the name Black Francis, the name he uses as vocalist of the Pixies, in 2007.
Lead songwriter and vocalist of the now reunited Pixies, Frank Black adopted a reversal of his former alias, Black Francis, and embarked on his solo career after the 1992 breakup of Pixies.
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Other songs:
- Kiss The Ring
- Abstract Plain
- All My Ghosts
- Another Velvet Nightmare
- Big Red
- Black Letter Day
- Braekish Boy
- Bullet
- Calistan
- Can I Get A Witness
- Dead Mans Curve
- Deamon Girl
- Down To You
- Elijah
- Fast Man
- Fitzgerald
- Freedom Rock
- Golden Shore
- Hang On To Your Ego
- Headache
- Hermaphroditos
- Highway To Lowdown
- Honeycomb
- I Burn Today
- I Will Run After You
- If It Takes All Night
- Ill Be Blue
- Im Not Dead Im In Pittsburgh
- In The Time Of My Ruin
- Ive Seen Your Picture
- Johnny Barleycorn
- Just A Little
- King And Queen Of Siam
- Kiss My Ring
- Lolita
- Los Angeles
- Modern Age
- My Terrible Ways
- Old Black Dawning
- Raider Man
- Robert Onion
- Selkie Bride
- Seven Days
- Sir
- Six
- Speedy Marie
- St Francis Dam Disaster
- Stupid Me
- Suffering
- Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day
- Superabound
- Thalassocracy
- The End Of Summer
- The Sky Road
- The Swimmer
- The Vanishing Spies
- Two Reelers
- Velvety
- Wanderlust
- When The Paint Goes Darker Still
- You Cant Crucify Yourself
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!
D
[VERSE]
D A E G
Have you been to the fields?
D A E G
Something there made me afraid
D
Like dying younger
A E G
If the ground never yields
E G A
We will feel the hunger
D A E G
Take him out with the seeds
D A E
Roll him on the barren ground
G D
Mix blood and water
A E G
Do not doubt our every need
E G A
She will feed, look what we got her
D A7* (x2)
[CHORUS]
G A Bm G
Clear the way for Johnny Barleycorn
A Bm A G
This is the day that surely he will be reborn
G A D G
Bring down the blade on Johnny
C Bm A G D G D D
He shall be the one that will be torn
[SOLO]
D A E G (x3)
E G A
[VERSE]
D A E G
Ringing out the new year
D A E
Sing out the names of the dead
G D
Like Johnny Barleycorn
A E G
Give him a cheer Hey
E G A
Can you hear the newborn?
D A7* (x2)
[CHORUS]
G A Bm G
Clear the way for Johnny Barleycorn
A Bm A G
This is the day that surely he will be reborn
G A D G
Bring down the blade on Johnny
(repeat above 1x)
C Bm A G D G
He shall be the one that will be torn
C Bm A G D
He shall be the one that will be torn
A (fade out)
_______________________________________________________________
recommended chord formations: (also barre chords sound good, and
you can play the full chords of course)
e---------------3---0----2----0--|
B---3-----------3---2----3----1--|
G---2---2-------0---0----4----0--|
D---0---2---2---0---2----4----2--|
A-------0---2---x---0----2----3--|
E-----------0---3----------------|
D A E G A7 Bm C
* one guitar does this on D A7 part
e------------------------------------------|
B-----------3-------------------2----------|
G-------0--------0---------0---------0-----|
D-----4---4----4---4-----2---2----2-----2--|
A---5------------------0-------------------|
E------------------------------------------|
D A7
This add-on sounds good on the D and A in the verses
e--------------------------------------------------|
B--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--------------------------|
G--2--2--3--2--2--2--3--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
D--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--2--3--2--2--2--3--2--|
A--------------------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
E--------------------------------------------------|
[VERSE]
D A E G
Have you been to the fields?
D A E G
Something there made me afraid
D
Like dying younger
A E G
If the ground never yields
E G A
We will feel the hunger
D A E G
Take him out with the seeds
D A E
Roll him on the barren ground
G D
Mix blood and water
A E G
Do not doubt our every need
E G A
She will feed, look what we got her
D A7* (x2)
[CHORUS]
G A Bm G
Clear the way for Johnny Barleycorn
A Bm A G
This is the day that surely he will be reborn
G A D G
Bring down the blade on Johnny
C Bm A G D G D D
He shall be the one that will be torn
[SOLO]
D A E G (x3)
E G A
[VERSE]
D A E G
Ringing out the new year
D A E
Sing out the names of the dead
G D
Like Johnny Barleycorn
A E G
Give him a cheer Hey
E G A
Can you hear the newborn?
D A7* (x2)
[CHORUS]
G A Bm G
Clear the way for Johnny Barleycorn
A Bm A G
This is the day that surely he will be reborn
G A D G
Bring down the blade on Johnny
(repeat above 1x)
C Bm A G D G
He shall be the one that will be torn
C Bm A G D
He shall be the one that will be torn
A (fade out)
_______________________________________________________________
recommended chord formations: (also barre chords sound good, and
you can play the full chords of course)
e---------------3---0----2----0--|
B---3-----------3---2----3----1--|
G---2---2-------0---0----4----0--|
D---0---2---2---0---2----4----2--|
A-------0---2---x---0----2----3--|
E-----------0---3----------------|
D A E G A7 Bm C
* one guitar does this on D A7 part
e------------------------------------------|
B-----------3-------------------2----------|
G-------0--------0---------0---------0-----|
D-----4---4----4---4-----2---2----2-----2--|
A---5------------------0-------------------|
E------------------------------------------|
D A7
This add-on sounds good on the D and A in the verses
e--------------------------------------------------|
B--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--------------------------|
G--2--2--3--2--2--2--3--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
D--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--2--3--2--2--2--3--2--|
A--------------------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
E--------------------------------------------------|
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