Biography:
Everything But the Girl (EBTG), was a Hull, Yorkshire, UK, folk-pop / trip-hop duo of Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn. They débuted with a single for a Cole Porter cover, Night And Day (Mar 1982, Cherry Red). Their final album was Temperamental (Sept 1999, Virgin).
Ben met Tracey when they were at Hull University and she was singing in pop girl-band Marine Girls. Ben contributed a photograph, for a forthcoming album cover, after which, the pair became partners (later getting married).
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Other songs:
- Missing
- 25Th Of December
- Dont Let The Teardrops Rust Your Shining Heart
- Downtown Train
- Each And Every One
- Frost And Fire
- Heart Remains A Child
- I Dont Want To Talk About It
- Mirrorball
- Night And Day
- Old Friends
- One Place
- Piece Of My Mind
- Rollercoaster
- Single
- Troubled Mind
- We Walk The Same Line
- When Alls Well
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!
Intro:
E/A Dmaj7/F# E/A Dmaj7/F# (repeat)
E/A Dmaj7/F#
Don't say one thing one day,
E/A Dmaj7/F#
then something else the next day.
E/A Dmaj7/F#
I'm trying to keep up with you
E/A Dmaj7/F# G2
it's hard enough when you speak clearly,
Em2(no5)
but when you're confused,
E/A Dmaj7/F# E/A Dmaj7/F#
it's like a goods train running through these rooms.
E/A Dmaj7/F# E/A Dmaj7/F#
And I'm reading more into your words than you have put into them,
E/A Dmaj7/F# E/A Dmaj7/F#
and that's my problem, but you tied these knots, now you undo them.
G6 Em2(no5)
You undo them.
E/A Dmaj7/F# E/A Dmaj7/F#
Oh and think before you speak my darling.
Fmaj7 Em2(no5)
Cause with your troubled mind,
E/A Dmaj7/F# E/A Dmaj7/F#
you're like a goods train running through my life.
Verse 2:
We all walk through this world alone,
we keep ourselves untouched, unknown.
You look up to the sky above you,
read this there - I love you.
Oh it's written there,
you know I love you, love you, love you.
Fmaj7 Em2(no5)
But with your troubled mind,
E/A Dmaj7/F# E/A Dmaj7/F#
you're like a goods train running through my life.
Bridge:
A
And when you're down,
Em
you bring me down too,
G D
and babe that's something I would not do.
A Em
I know it's hard, yeah I know it's hard,
G D
and baby that's something I don't disregard.
E/A Dmaj7/F# E/A Dmaj7/F# E/A Dmaj7/F#
I don't disregard - - -
G2 Em2(no5)
But with your troubled mind,
E/A Dmaj7/F# E/A Dmaj7/F#
you're like a goods train running through my life.
repeat/ad lib to fade.
E/A Dmaj7/F#
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G2 Em(no5)
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G6 Fmaj7
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A Em
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G D
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Listen to the recording for Ben's timing on this - and for little variations here and there.
A great tune from EBTG!
E/A Dmaj7/F# E/A Dmaj7/F# (repeat)
E/A Dmaj7/F#
Don't say one thing one day,
E/A Dmaj7/F#
then something else the next day.
E/A Dmaj7/F#
I'm trying to keep up with you
E/A Dmaj7/F# G2
it's hard enough when you speak clearly,
Em2(no5)
but when you're confused,
E/A Dmaj7/F# E/A Dmaj7/F#
it's like a goods train running through these rooms.
E/A Dmaj7/F# E/A Dmaj7/F#
And I'm reading more into your words than you have put into them,
E/A Dmaj7/F# E/A Dmaj7/F#
and that's my problem, but you tied these knots, now you undo them.
G6 Em2(no5)
You undo them.
E/A Dmaj7/F# E/A Dmaj7/F#
Oh and think before you speak my darling.
Fmaj7 Em2(no5)
Cause with your troubled mind,
E/A Dmaj7/F# E/A Dmaj7/F#
you're like a goods train running through my life.
Verse 2:
We all walk through this world alone,
we keep ourselves untouched, unknown.
You look up to the sky above you,
read this there - I love you.
Oh it's written there,
you know I love you, love you, love you.
Fmaj7 Em2(no5)
But with your troubled mind,
E/A Dmaj7/F# E/A Dmaj7/F#
you're like a goods train running through my life.
Bridge:
A
And when you're down,
Em
you bring me down too,
G D
and babe that's something I would not do.
A Em
I know it's hard, yeah I know it's hard,
G D
and baby that's something I don't disregard.
E/A Dmaj7/F# E/A Dmaj7/F# E/A Dmaj7/F#
I don't disregard - - -
G2 Em2(no5)
But with your troubled mind,
E/A Dmaj7/F# E/A Dmaj7/F#
you're like a goods train running through my life.
repeat/ad lib to fade.
E/A Dmaj7/F#
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G2 Em(no5)
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G6 Fmaj7
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A Em
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G D
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Listen to the recording for Ben's timing on this - and for little variations here and there.
A great tune from EBTG!
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Exaltasamba
Examining Suns
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Eytan Mirsky
Ezra Band
Ezra Furman
Ezra Vine
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