Biography:
Luke Doucet (born June 9, 1973) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He writes and performs both as a solo artist and as a member of the folk band Whitehorse with Melissa McClelland
In 2006, Doucet was nominated for a Juno Award in the Adult Alternative Album of the Year category for his album, Broken (And Other Rogue States). Doucet has received plenty of critical acclaim; the Toronto Star referred to him as "the best young guitarist in the country".
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[Intro]
C Fmaj7 Fm C
[Verse]
C C
An early mid-life crisis looms, and for me to survive it
Am Am
I'll find myself a motorbike, and learn how to ride it
C C
I'll stop out where the grass is dry and the hills are tall and black
Am Am
And sleep under the spotted veil, with the dirt against my ba-
F F C
-ai-ai-ack, the dirt against my back
C C
[Verse]
C C
When the eastern sky is blue and the sparrows whisper low
Am Am
I will make my windy way across the desert slow
C C
To the cities and oases that have sin and life and hope
Am Am
And find me a girl who looks like you, and dance and drink and smo-
F F C
-o-oke, dance and drink and smoke
C C
[Chorus]
F C
Dance and drink and smoke with the dirt against my back
Am G
In the din we laugh and hope for the future, present, past
F C
Rolling the dice, you come up sevens or snake eyes
Am Em F C
At the end of the day, we'd have stayed that way if we could
C C
[Solo]
C C
Am Am
C C
Am Am
F G
C C
[Verse]
C C
I wake up close to where I fell, my boots are in the fire
Am Am
I rub my eyes and read the sky. The west is my desired
F G
destination? occupation?
F Fm
situation? I don't know
[Chorus]
F C
Dance and drink and smoke with the dirt against my back
Am G
In the din we laugh and hope for the future, present, past
F C
Rolling the dice, you come up sevens or snake eyes
Am Em F F
At the end of the day, we'd have stayed that way
Am Em F F
At the end of the day, we'd have stayed that way
Fm C
if we could
C C
[Outro]
C G C
[Solo reprise]
C C
Am Am
C C
Am Am
F G
C C
[Outro]
C G C
C Fmaj7 Fm C
[Verse]
C C
An early mid-life crisis looms, and for me to survive it
Am Am
I'll find myself a motorbike, and learn how to ride it
C C
I'll stop out where the grass is dry and the hills are tall and black
Am Am
And sleep under the spotted veil, with the dirt against my ba-
F F C
-ai-ai-ack, the dirt against my back
C C
[Verse]
C C
When the eastern sky is blue and the sparrows whisper low
Am Am
I will make my windy way across the desert slow
C C
To the cities and oases that have sin and life and hope
Am Am
And find me a girl who looks like you, and dance and drink and smo-
F F C
-o-oke, dance and drink and smoke
C C
[Chorus]
F C
Dance and drink and smoke with the dirt against my back
Am G
In the din we laugh and hope for the future, present, past
F C
Rolling the dice, you come up sevens or snake eyes
Am Em F C
At the end of the day, we'd have stayed that way if we could
C C
[Solo]
C C
Am Am
C C
Am Am
F G
C C
[Verse]
C C
I wake up close to where I fell, my boots are in the fire
Am Am
I rub my eyes and read the sky. The west is my desired
F G
destination? occupation?
F Fm
situation? I don't know
[Chorus]
F C
Dance and drink and smoke with the dirt against my back
Am G
In the din we laugh and hope for the future, present, past
F C
Rolling the dice, you come up sevens or snake eyes
Am Em F F
At the end of the day, we'd have stayed that way
Am Em F F
At the end of the day, we'd have stayed that way
Fm C
if we could
C C
[Outro]
C G C
[Solo reprise]
C C
Am Am
C C
Am Am
F G
C C
[Outro]
C G C
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