Biography:
“Some folks might say our music has always been what you call ‘eclectic,’” says John Doe of the Knitters. “Well, OK. As A.P. Carter used to say to me when we’d go song-hunting in the Clinch Mountains, ‘Buddy, it’s all music, y’know.’”
The Knitters — Doe, co-lead vocalist Exene Cervenka, guitarist Dave Alvin, bassist Jonny Ray Bartel, and drummer D.J. Bonebrake — have been rambling a tangled map of American musical highways since way back in the 20th century.
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[Intro]
A
[Verse]
A Bm
Look at me, I'm a picture of happiness
A E
Laughing and wild, always wearing a smile
A Bm
Look at you, you're a vision of loveliness
A E
Sweet kisses so warm, wrapped up in my arms
A Bm
Look at me I'm a picture of willingness
A E A
I'd go anywhere, just to show you I care
[Chorus]
D
But by the way things seem to go
A
You might leave me any day
D
I'm trying to pretend
A
It'll work out in the end
E A
I'm cryin but my tears are far away
Bm E A
I'm cryin but my tears are far away
[Solo]
A D A E A
[Bridge]
D A
You know later I might cry, But I'm smiling today
Bm
You can look at me, but you can't tell
E A
I'm crying but my tears are far away
Bm E A
I'm crying but my tears are far away
[Verse]
A D
Look at me, I'm a picture of loneliness
A E
Singing here on the road, When I know you're alone
A D
Look at me, I'm a picture of emptiness
A E A
In the prime of my life with no kids or a wife
[Chorus]
D
But by the way things seem to go
A
You might leave me any day
D
I'm trying to pretend
A
It'll work out in the end
E A
I'm cryin but my tears are far away
Bm E A
I'm cryin but my tears are far away
Bm E A
I'm cryin but my tears are far away
A
[Verse]
A Bm
Look at me, I'm a picture of happiness
A E
Laughing and wild, always wearing a smile
A Bm
Look at you, you're a vision of loveliness
A E
Sweet kisses so warm, wrapped up in my arms
A Bm
Look at me I'm a picture of willingness
A E A
I'd go anywhere, just to show you I care
[Chorus]
D
But by the way things seem to go
A
You might leave me any day
D
I'm trying to pretend
A
It'll work out in the end
E A
I'm cryin but my tears are far away
Bm E A
I'm cryin but my tears are far away
[Solo]
A D A E A
[Bridge]
D A
You know later I might cry, But I'm smiling today
Bm
You can look at me, but you can't tell
E A
I'm crying but my tears are far away
Bm E A
I'm crying but my tears are far away
[Verse]
A D
Look at me, I'm a picture of loneliness
A E
Singing here on the road, When I know you're alone
A D
Look at me, I'm a picture of emptiness
A E A
In the prime of my life with no kids or a wife
[Chorus]
D
But by the way things seem to go
A
You might leave me any day
D
I'm trying to pretend
A
It'll work out in the end
E A
I'm cryin but my tears are far away
Bm E A
I'm cryin but my tears are far away
Bm E A
I'm cryin but my tears are far away
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