Biography:
Fruit Bats is an American rock band formed in 1997 in Chicago, Illinois. The group has had many personnel changes but revolves around songwriter Eric D. Johnson. Their albums include Echolocation (2001), Mouthfuls (2003), Spelled in Bones (2005), The Ruminant Band (2009), Tripper (2011), and Absolute Loser (2016). In 2009 Johnson also joined The Shins.
Originally part of short-lived Chicago group I Rowboat, Johnson and two of his fellow Rowboat members, guitarist Dan Strack and drummer Brian Belval, created Fruit Bats as a side-project.
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Other songs:
- My Unusual Friend
- When U Love Somebody
- Absolute Loser
- Baby Bluebird
- Beautiful Morning Light
- Being On Our Own
- Birthday Drunk
- Blessed Breeze
- Canyon Girl
- Dolly
- Dont You Know That
- Dragonships
- Earthquake Of 73
- Feather Bed
- From A Soon
- Getting In A Van Again
- Good Will Come To You
- Humbug Mountain Song
- It Must Be Love
- Magic Hour
- My Sweet Midwest
- None Of Us
- Rainbow Sign
- Shivering Fawn
- Silent Life
- Singing Joy To The World
- Tangie And Ray
- Tegucigalpa
- The Banishment Song
- The Hobo Girl
- The Little Acorn
- The Rock Doc
- The Ruminant Band
- Tony The Tripper
- Travelers Song
- Union Blanket
- When You Love Somebody
- Wind That Blew My Heart Away
- Youre Too Weird
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Tuning: Drop D
Capo: 3
[Chords]
D/F#: 004232
D/A: 002x32
D7: xx0212
Em: x22000
Em7: 220000
Am: 000555
Gm: 000333
[Intro]
(slow strum)
D/F# D/A D/F# D/A
E|-2--2--2--2--2---2--2--2--2--2--2---2-|
B|-3--3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3--3--3---3-|
G|-2--2--2--x--x---2--2--2--2--x--x---2-| (x2)
D|-4--4--4--2--2-h-4--4--4--4--2--2-h-4-|
A|-0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0---0-|
D|-0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0---0-|
[Verse]
D/F# D/A
To be young
D/F# D/A
And birthday drunk
D7 Em
So drunk
D/F# D/A
And a new love
Am Gm D/F# D/A
And with the watershed ahead of you
[Verse]
D/F# D/A
To be alone
D/F# D/A
And Christmas stoned
Em7 D/F#
True ways no longer
Am Gm D/F# D/A
All roads, no longer lead to here
Am Gm Em7 D A
All roads no longer lead to here
[Instrumental]
Em7 D A
[Verse]
Em7 D A
To give away all you've ever owned
Em7 D A
And forget all you've ever known
Em D A
Forget all you've ever known
Em7 D A
Forget it all
[Verse]
D/F# D/A
To be a sweet
D/F# D/A
Young punk
D/F# D/A
Birthday drunk
D/F# D/A
Birthday drunk
Capo: 3
[Chords]
D/F#: 004232
D/A: 002x32
D7: xx0212
Em: x22000
Em7: 220000
Am: 000555
Gm: 000333
[Intro]
(slow strum)
D/F# D/A D/F# D/A
E|-2--2--2--2--2---2--2--2--2--2--2---2-|
B|-3--3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3--3--3---3-|
G|-2--2--2--x--x---2--2--2--2--x--x---2-| (x2)
D|-4--4--4--2--2-h-4--4--4--4--2--2-h-4-|
A|-0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0---0-|
D|-0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0---0-|
[Verse]
D/F# D/A
To be young
D/F# D/A
And birthday drunk
D7 Em
So drunk
D/F# D/A
And a new love
Am Gm D/F# D/A
And with the watershed ahead of you
[Verse]
D/F# D/A
To be alone
D/F# D/A
And Christmas stoned
Em7 D/F#
True ways no longer
Am Gm D/F# D/A
All roads, no longer lead to here
Am Gm Em7 D A
All roads no longer lead to here
[Instrumental]
Em7 D A
[Verse]
Em7 D A
To give away all you've ever owned
Em7 D A
And forget all you've ever known
Em D A
Forget all you've ever known
Em7 D A
Forget it all
[Verse]
D/F# D/A
To be a sweet
D/F# D/A
Young punk
D/F# D/A
Birthday drunk
D/F# D/A
Birthday drunk
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