Biography:
Richard Shindell (born 3 August 1960, Lakehurst, New Jersey) is an American folk singer. While dividing his time between Buenos Aires, Argentina, and New York's Hudson Valley, Shindell is a writer whose songs paint pictures, tell stories, and juxtapose ideas and images.
Shindell's songwriting often involves storytelling from a first-person point of view: for example, from an INS officer and illegal immigrant in "Fishing", to a World War II soldier in "Sparrows Point"
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Other songs:
- A Juggler Out In Traffic
- A Summer Wind A Cotton Dress
- A Tune For Nowhere
- Acadian Driftwood
- Are You Happy Now
- Arrowhead
- Beyond The Iron Gate
- Blue Divide
- By Now
- Castaway
- Darkness Darkness
- Deportee
- Easy Street
- Fishing
- Gethsemani Goodbye
- Gray Green
- I Saw My Youth Today
- Ill Be Here In The Morning
- Last Fare Of The Day
- Lawrence Ks
- May
- Money For Floods
- Northbound 35
- On A Sea Of Fleur
- Parasol Ants
- Reunion Hill
- Sing Me Back Home
- Smiling
- So Says The Whippoorwill
- Sparrows Point
- Spring
- State Of The Union
- Storms Are On The Ocean
- Summer Wind A Cotton Dress
- The Ballad Of Mary Magdalen
- The Courier
- The Kenworth Of My Dreams
- The Last Fare Of The Day
- The Next Best Western
- The Things That I Have Seen
- The Weather
- Transit
- Tv Light
- Waiting For The Storm
- Wisteria
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Capo 4th fret, all chords relative to that.
C 032010
D* 054030 (move your C down so that your 1st finger is on the 3rd fret)
Em 022000
D 000232 (000230 sounds good too)
Intro: C D* Em D (x3) C
C D* Em D C D* Em D
Please have a seat I'm sorry I'm late
C D* Em D C
I know how long you've had to wait
C D* Em D
I did not forget
C D* Em D
your documents
C D* Em D C
No time to waste, why not begin
C D* Em D C D*
Here's how it works, I've got these faces
Em D C
You give them names, I won't deport you
D* Em D C
Make sure you face my tape recorder
C D* Em D C D* Em D
Make no mistake, this fountain pen
C D* Em D C
Could put you on a plane by ten
C D* Em D C D* Em D
And by the way, your next of kin
C D* Em D C
I know which house she's hiding in
C D* Em D C
So now that you know whose skin you're saving
D* Em D C
In this photograph, who's this one waving
D* Em D C
I think you know, so speak up, amigo
G D
It says here by trade you were a fisherman
Em C
Well I'll bet you Indians can really real 'em in
D
And if you get the chance
G D
You should try to get up to Lake Michigan
C D*
Maybe but then again, anyway...
C D* Em D C D Em D
Where were we then, is he your friend
C D* Em D C
I recommend you look again
C D* Em D C D* Em D
Where does he stay, what is his name
C D* Em D C
There is no shame, he'd do the same
C D* Em D C
So what do you say, I don't have all day
D* Em D
It's up to you
C D* Em D C
Which will it be, good citizen or poor campesino?
G D
My dad used to rent us this place in Ontario
Em C
He showed us how to cast the line and tie the flies
D G D
He used to say that God rewards us for letting the small ones go
C D*
Well maybe but I don't know, anyway...
C D* Em D C
It's easy to bite, just take the bait
D* Em D
Don't snap the line, don't fight...
C D* Em D C
The hook hurts less if you don't try to dive
D* Em D C
G D
Senor, as you know, I was a fisherman
Em
How full the nets came in
C
We hauled them up by hand
D G D
But when we fled, I left them just out past the coral reefs
C D*
They're waiting there for me... running deep...
C D* Em D (x3) C
C 032010
D* 054030 (move your C down so that your 1st finger is on the 3rd fret)
Em 022000
D 000232 (000230 sounds good too)
Intro: C D* Em D (x3) C
C D* Em D C D* Em D
Please have a seat I'm sorry I'm late
C D* Em D C
I know how long you've had to wait
C D* Em D
I did not forget
C D* Em D
your documents
C D* Em D C
No time to waste, why not begin
C D* Em D C D*
Here's how it works, I've got these faces
Em D C
You give them names, I won't deport you
D* Em D C
Make sure you face my tape recorder
C D* Em D C D* Em D
Make no mistake, this fountain pen
C D* Em D C
Could put you on a plane by ten
C D* Em D C D* Em D
And by the way, your next of kin
C D* Em D C
I know which house she's hiding in
C D* Em D C
So now that you know whose skin you're saving
D* Em D C
In this photograph, who's this one waving
D* Em D C
I think you know, so speak up, amigo
G D
It says here by trade you were a fisherman
Em C
Well I'll bet you Indians can really real 'em in
D
And if you get the chance
G D
You should try to get up to Lake Michigan
C D*
Maybe but then again, anyway...
C D* Em D C D Em D
Where were we then, is he your friend
C D* Em D C
I recommend you look again
C D* Em D C D* Em D
Where does he stay, what is his name
C D* Em D C
There is no shame, he'd do the same
C D* Em D C
So what do you say, I don't have all day
D* Em D
It's up to you
C D* Em D C
Which will it be, good citizen or poor campesino?
G D
My dad used to rent us this place in Ontario
Em C
He showed us how to cast the line and tie the flies
D G D
He used to say that God rewards us for letting the small ones go
C D*
Well maybe but I don't know, anyway...
C D* Em D C
It's easy to bite, just take the bait
D* Em D
Don't snap the line, don't fight...
C D* Em D C
The hook hurts less if you don't try to dive
D* Em D C
G D
Senor, as you know, I was a fisherman
Em
How full the nets came in
C
We hauled them up by hand
D G D
But when we fled, I left them just out past the coral reefs
C D*
They're waiting there for me... running deep...
C D* Em D (x3) C
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