Biography:
Great Big Sea is a Canadian folk-rock band from Newfoundland and Labrador, best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional Newfoundland folk songs. The band also performs original material.
On March 11, 2010, Great Big Sea celebrated their seventeenth birthday as a band. And like almost every one of their many anniversaries spent together, they celebrated it by playing a concert, this one in Omaha, Nebraska. For the players it was an important landmark
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Other songs:
- A Boat Like Gideon Brown
- French Shore
- Harbour Lecou
- Mari Mac
- Old Black Rum
- The River Driver
- When I Am King
- Bad As I Am
- Banks Of Newfoundland
- Barque In The Harbour
- Beat The Drum
- Born To Believe
- Boston And St Johns
- Buying Time
- Cant Stop Falling
- Captain Kidd
- Captain Wedderburn
- Clearest Indication
- Cod Liver Oil
- Come And I Will Sing You The Twelve Apostles
- Company Of Fools
- Concerning Charlie Horse
- Consequence Free
- Dance Dance
- Dear Home Town
- Demasduit Dream
- Dont Wanna Go Home
- Dream To Live
- End Of The World As We Know It
- England
- Everything Shines
- Excursion Around The Bay
- Fast As I Can
- Feel It Turn
- Ferryland Sealer
- Fishermans Lament
- Follow Me Back
- French Perfume
- Goin Up
- Gone By The Board
- Good People
- Graceful And Charming
- Hard Case
- Have A Cuppa Tea
- Heart Of Hearts
- Heart Of Stone
- Helmet Head
- Here And Now
- Hit The Ground And Run
- How Did We Get From Saying I Love You
- I Havent Seen You In A Long Time
- Im A Rover
- Ise The By
- Its The End Of The World As We Know It
- Jack Hinks
- Jakeys Gin
- John Barbour
- Jolly Roving Tar
- Josephine The Baker
- Let It Go
- Let My Love Open The Door
- Live This Life
- Long Lost Love
- Love
- Love Me Tonight
- Lucky Me
- Lukey
- Margarita
- Mari
- Mary Mac
- Mermaid
- My Apology
- Nothing But A Song
- Nothing Out Of Nothing
- Oh Yeah
- Old Polina
- Ordinary Day
- Own True Way
- Penelope
- Protest Song
- Rant And Roar
- Recruiting Sargeant
- Road To Ruin
- Rocks Of Merasheen
- Run Runaway
- Sally Ann
- Scolding Wife
- Sea Of No Cares
- Seagulls
- Shines Right Through Me
- Someday Soon
- Somedays
- Something Beautiful
- Something To It
- Straight To Hell
- Stumblin In
- Summer
- The Chemical Workers Song Process Man
- The Jolly Butcher
- The Mermaid
- The Night Pat Murphy Died
- The Old Black Rum
- Tickle Cove Pond
- Time Brings
- Walk On The Moon
- Wandering Ways
- Wave Over Wave
- What Are Ya At
- When Im Up
- When Im Up I Cant Get Down
- Widow In The Window
- Yankee Sailor
- Yarmouth Town
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!
This is a new song off of Great Big Sea's new album "Fortune's Favour".
It's my favorite from the album and I figured it out by ear.
It sounds better with power chords on an electric guitar, but here are the
acoustic chords. I will try and put up an electric tab in the future.
If you have any suggestions/comments just leave a comment in the comment
section and I'll get back to you.
Note that you can replace the C's with Cadd9, but they both sound the same, depending on
picky you are.
Tuning: Standard
[Intro]
G
Love me now while we're alive
C G
It's the best thing we can do
C G
We'll have no time upon cloud nine
A D
So heaven on earth will have to do
G
I can sing like a bird, and dance like a demon
C G
And I do it all so well
C
'Cause I made a deal with the devil
G Em
And when I die
C D G
I'm goin' straight to hell!
[Verse 1]
G
Standin' at the crossroad
C G
He offered wine, women and song
C G
A riches, fame and fortune
A D
In my hands from that day on
G
I was granted there and then
C G
A life of rock & roll
C G
And it seemed like such a bargain
A D
For just one eternal soul
[Pre-Chorus 1]
C
I know I'll curse this damn decision
G
And I'll regret it 'till the moment I fall
A
But I'll be makin' the most of a bad situation
D
Until my number's called
[Chorus]
G
Love me now while we're alive
C G
It's the best thing we can do
C G
Oh we'll have no time upon cloud nine
A D
Heaven on earth will have to do
G
I can sing like a bird, and dance like a demon
C G
And I do it all so well
C
'Cause I made a deal with the devil
G Em
And when I die
C D G
I'm goin' straight to hell!
G Em
Oh yeah!
C D G
I'm goin' straight to hell!
[Verse 2]
G
There's times I swear I've come out on top
C G
In this ill conceived contract
C G
And there's nights I say it's a small price to pay
A D
For the life and times I've had
G
And I think "Here's to the gents and ladies"
C G
And all the foolish times we spent
C G
They cost me afterlife in paradise
A D
And they were worth every single cent
[Pre-Chorus 2]
C
So have a dance with the walkin' 'dam
G
Before my time is done
A
'Cause a deal is a deal and I don't expect
D
Fire and brimstone'll be much fun!
[Chorus]
G
Love me now while we're alive
C G
It's the best thing we can do
C G
Oh we'll have no time upon cloud nine
A D
Heaven on earth will have to do
G
I can sing like a bird, and dance like a demon
C G
And I do it all so well
C
'Cause I made a deal with the devil
G Em
And when I die
C D G
I'm goin' straight to hell!
G Em
Oh yeah!
C D G
I'm goin' straight to hell!
[Pre-bridge]
G
I said straight to hell
Go to hell!
[Bridge]
(Instrumental, chords are the same as the the chorus)
G C G C G D A
G C G C Em
C D G Em C D G
[Verse 3]
G
I have every expectation
C G
That my final prayer will go unheard
C G
And my veiled deathbed confession
D A
Will not move the mighty Lord
G
And I'm sure that I'll be sorry
C G
When he slams St. Peter's gate
C G
But I'll dive right into damnation
A D
With a smile across my face!
[Chorus]
G
Love me now while we're alive
C G
It's the best thing we can do
C G
Oh we'll have no time upon cloud nine
A D
Heaven on earth will have to do
G
I can sing like a bird, and dance like a demon
C G
And I do it all so well
C
'Cause I made a deal with the devil
G Em
And when I die
C D G
I'm goin' straight to hell!
G Em
Oh yeah!
C D G
I'm goin' straight to hell!
G Em
Oh yeah!
C D G
I'm goin' straight to hell!
It's my favorite from the album and I figured it out by ear.
It sounds better with power chords on an electric guitar, but here are the
acoustic chords. I will try and put up an electric tab in the future.
If you have any suggestions/comments just leave a comment in the comment
section and I'll get back to you.
Note that you can replace the C's with Cadd9, but they both sound the same, depending on
picky you are.
Tuning: Standard
[Intro]
G
Love me now while we're alive
C G
It's the best thing we can do
C G
We'll have no time upon cloud nine
A D
So heaven on earth will have to do
G
I can sing like a bird, and dance like a demon
C G
And I do it all so well
C
'Cause I made a deal with the devil
G Em
And when I die
C D G
I'm goin' straight to hell!
[Verse 1]
G
Standin' at the crossroad
C G
He offered wine, women and song
C G
A riches, fame and fortune
A D
In my hands from that day on
G
I was granted there and then
C G
A life of rock & roll
C G
And it seemed like such a bargain
A D
For just one eternal soul
[Pre-Chorus 1]
C
I know I'll curse this damn decision
G
And I'll regret it 'till the moment I fall
A
But I'll be makin' the most of a bad situation
D
Until my number's called
[Chorus]
G
Love me now while we're alive
C G
It's the best thing we can do
C G
Oh we'll have no time upon cloud nine
A D
Heaven on earth will have to do
G
I can sing like a bird, and dance like a demon
C G
And I do it all so well
C
'Cause I made a deal with the devil
G Em
And when I die
C D G
I'm goin' straight to hell!
G Em
Oh yeah!
C D G
I'm goin' straight to hell!
[Verse 2]
G
There's times I swear I've come out on top
C G
In this ill conceived contract
C G
And there's nights I say it's a small price to pay
A D
For the life and times I've had
G
And I think "Here's to the gents and ladies"
C G
And all the foolish times we spent
C G
They cost me afterlife in paradise
A D
And they were worth every single cent
[Pre-Chorus 2]
C
So have a dance with the walkin' 'dam
G
Before my time is done
A
'Cause a deal is a deal and I don't expect
D
Fire and brimstone'll be much fun!
[Chorus]
G
Love me now while we're alive
C G
It's the best thing we can do
C G
Oh we'll have no time upon cloud nine
A D
Heaven on earth will have to do
G
I can sing like a bird, and dance like a demon
C G
And I do it all so well
C
'Cause I made a deal with the devil
G Em
And when I die
C D G
I'm goin' straight to hell!
G Em
Oh yeah!
C D G
I'm goin' straight to hell!
[Pre-bridge]
G
I said straight to hell
Go to hell!
[Bridge]
(Instrumental, chords are the same as the the chorus)
G C G C G D A
G C G C Em
C D G Em C D G
[Verse 3]
G
I have every expectation
C G
That my final prayer will go unheard
C G
And my veiled deathbed confession
D A
Will not move the mighty Lord
G
And I'm sure that I'll be sorry
C G
When he slams St. Peter's gate
C G
But I'll dive right into damnation
A D
With a smile across my face!
[Chorus]
G
Love me now while we're alive
C G
It's the best thing we can do
C G
Oh we'll have no time upon cloud nine
A D
Heaven on earth will have to do
G
I can sing like a bird, and dance like a demon
C G
And I do it all so well
C
'Cause I made a deal with the devil
G Em
And when I die
C D G
I'm goin' straight to hell!
G Em
Oh yeah!
C D G
I'm goin' straight to hell!
G Em
Oh yeah!
C D G
I'm goin' straight to hell!
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