Biography:
Matt Stillwell's move to Nashville was the ultimate eye-opener.
"I watched friends do showcases and hoped someone would show up," he says. "I watched them being promised record or publishing deals that might or might not happen. So I made the decision that what I needed to do was to eliminate the ‘no’s, and the way to do that was to go build a following."
A man with a work ethic as big as his talent, Matt did just that, and in this age of American Idol and viral videos
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[Intro]
G D Em C x2
[Verse]
G D
Staring out across that mountainside
Em C
Not another soul around.
G D
Just a whisper of a breeze blow-ing by?.
Em C
And my shadow on the ground.
D Em
All I want to do is breathe some air
C D
With a cup of coffee and a rocking chair.
[Chorus]
C G
Oooo, when the world?s flashing by
D Em
Life can disappear before your eyes.
C G
Oooo, when I feel like mine
D Em
Is a runaway train and I?m the one to blame.
C
I wanna lay on mamma?s couch
D
Close my eyes and think about
G G/F# Em C
How it was back then.
Em D
Kick back and take a deep breath,
NC
And take it all in.
G D Em C
G D
Put on my boots, turn that cell phone off
Em C
Get ahold of what I need.
G D
Meet my brothers at the coffee shop.
Em C
Maybe grab a bite to eat.
D Em
Pick up my dad so we can wet those lines
C D
See if Elizabeth is busy tonight.
[Chorus]
C G
Oooo, when the world?s flashing by
D Em
Life can disappear before your eyes.
C G
Oooo, when I feel like mine
D Em
Is a runaway train and I?m the one to blame.
C
Well I wanna take an old dirt road
D
Where the pines and dogwoods grow
G G/F# Em C
And the pave- ment ends.
Em D
Kick back and take a deep breath,
NC
And take it all in.
G D Em C
[Chorus]
C
And I wanna sing in my old church
D
Far away from crowds and work
G G/F# Em C
Where my life began.
Em D
Kick back and take a deep breath,
Em A C
Kick back and take a deep breath,
D G
And take it all in.
D Em
C G
And take it all in??
D Em
C G
Yeah take it all in??..
D Em
C G
Yeah take it all in??..
G D Em C x2
[Verse]
G D
Staring out across that mountainside
Em C
Not another soul around.
G D
Just a whisper of a breeze blow-ing by?.
Em C
And my shadow on the ground.
D Em
All I want to do is breathe some air
C D
With a cup of coffee and a rocking chair.
[Chorus]
C G
Oooo, when the world?s flashing by
D Em
Life can disappear before your eyes.
C G
Oooo, when I feel like mine
D Em
Is a runaway train and I?m the one to blame.
C
I wanna lay on mamma?s couch
D
Close my eyes and think about
G G/F# Em C
How it was back then.
Em D
Kick back and take a deep breath,
NC
And take it all in.
G D Em C
G D
Put on my boots, turn that cell phone off
Em C
Get ahold of what I need.
G D
Meet my brothers at the coffee shop.
Em C
Maybe grab a bite to eat.
D Em
Pick up my dad so we can wet those lines
C D
See if Elizabeth is busy tonight.
[Chorus]
C G
Oooo, when the world?s flashing by
D Em
Life can disappear before your eyes.
C G
Oooo, when I feel like mine
D Em
Is a runaway train and I?m the one to blame.
C
Well I wanna take an old dirt road
D
Where the pines and dogwoods grow
G G/F# Em C
And the pave- ment ends.
Em D
Kick back and take a deep breath,
NC
And take it all in.
G D Em C
[Chorus]
C
And I wanna sing in my old church
D
Far away from crowds and work
G G/F# Em C
Where my life began.
Em D
Kick back and take a deep breath,
Em A C
Kick back and take a deep breath,
D G
And take it all in.
D Em
C G
And take it all in??
D Em
C G
Yeah take it all in??..
D Em
C G
Yeah take it all in??..
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