Biography:
Gregory Alan Isakov (born in 1979 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a South Africa-born American singer-songwriter. He released his first album, Rust Colored Stones, in 2003.
Isakov has been described by Boulder Weekly, "Strong, subtle, a lyrical genius" and has been compared to his influences; Bruce Springsteen, Kelly Joe Phelps, Iron & Wine and Gillian Welch. Isakov's humble presence and his overwhelming voice and guitar style has been treasured by an ever-growing and captivated fan base.
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Other songs:
- All Shades Of Blue
- Big Black Car
- Caves
- If I Go I'm Goin'
- Living Proof
- Suitcase Full Of Sparks
- That Moon Song
- That Sea, The Gambler
- The Stable Song
- Time Will Tell
- 3Am
- All There Is
- Amsterdam
- Astronaut
- Berth
- Black Blue
- Bullet Holes
- Buried In The Waves
- Chelsea Hotel No 2
- Chemicals
- Dandelion Wine
- Dark Dark Dark
- Desdemone
- Drank All The Wine
- Evelyn
- February
- Fire Escape
- Garden
- Girl With The Feather
- Highway 29
- Honey Its Alright
- Idaho
- If I Go Im Goin
- If I Go Im Going
- Ill Feed Your Horses
- In Tall Buildings
- John Browns Body
- Kathys Song
- Liars
- Light Year
- Master And A Hound
- Mercury
- Monsters
- Morning Lady
- O City Lights
- One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong
- Raising Cain
- Red And Gold
- Saint Valentine
- Salt And The Sea
- San Francisco
- San Luis
- Second Chances
- She Always Takes It Black
- Shining Offa You
- Southern Star
- That Sea The Gamber
- That Sea The Gambler
- The Moon Song
- The Moon Was Red And Dangerous
- The Universe
- This Empty Northern Hemisphere
- Too Far Away
- Unwritable Girl
- Virginia May
- Was I Just Another One
- Where You Gonna Go
- Wings In All Black
- Words
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Artist: Gregory Alan Isakov
Song: Raisin' Cain
Album: That Sea, The Gambler
Tabbed by: recebedou
email: [email protected]
Chords used:
EASGBe
Am:002210
C: 032010
F: 133211
G: 320033
--------------------------------------------------------
Standard tuning: CAPO II [all chords relative to capo]
Intro Guitar riff:
C F
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------1------------1------------1------------1----|
G|----0h2-----0----0h2-----0----0h2-----0------0-----0--| x4
D|-------------------------------------------3----------|
A|--3-----3------3-----3------3-----3-------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------1-----1------|
Verse 1 chords:
C F C
Last night I dreamed I was Brooklyn on my own
C F C
Last night I dreamed I was Brooklyn on my own
F Am C F
Lord I couldn't see the shadows all in me,
C F C
I dreamed I was in Brooklyn on my own
Instrumental Break: [play Intro Guitar riff x2]
Verse 2: [use verse 1 chords]
C F C
Now them demons had there face bright as gold
C F C
All those demons had their faces bright as gold
F Am C F
They came and shook my hand, fingers crossed behind their back
C F C
Those demons had their faces bright as gold
Instrumental Break: [play Intro Guitar riff x2]
Verse 3: [use verse 1 chords]
C F C
So I'm sittin' by my lonesome in the light
C F C
I'm sittin' by my lonesome in the light
F Am C F
I don't know what I see, that light plays tricks on me
C F C
I'm sittin' by my lonesome in the light
Chorus 1 chords:
Am F C
And I don't know what's ahead up comin' next
Am F C
The wind shakes my feet, rattles my head
F Am C F
There's no tellin' home, just a sign up all alone
C F C
Sayin' oh, oh Elizabeth
Instrumental Break: [play Intro Guitar riff x2]
Verse 4: [use verse 1 chords]
C F C
And that season came in quiet with the rain
C F C
And loving you was just like raising Cain
F Am C F
It was strong and bound for glory, and cursed with a thousand stories
C F C
Oh that season came in quiet with the rain
Instrumental interlude: [play Intro Guitar riff x4]
Verse 4: [use verse 1 chords]
C F C
Now I'm pickin' up the pieces where I went wrong,
C F C
I'm pickin' up the pieces where I went wrong,
F Am C F
And there's somethin' so familiar, like an old bedtime song
C F C
I'm pickin' up the pieces where I went wrong
Chorus 2: [use Chorus 1 chords]
Am F C
And I don't know what's ahead up comin' next
Am F C
The wind shakes my feet, rattles my head
F Am C F
There's no tellin' home, just a sign up all alone
C F C
Sayin' oh, oh Elizabeth
Outro: [use Chorus chords]
Song: Raisin' Cain
Album: That Sea, The Gambler
Tabbed by: recebedou
email: [email protected]
Chords used:
EASGBe
Am:002210
C: 032010
F: 133211
G: 320033
--------------------------------------------------------
Standard tuning: CAPO II [all chords relative to capo]
Intro Guitar riff:
C F
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------1------------1------------1------------1----|
G|----0h2-----0----0h2-----0----0h2-----0------0-----0--| x4
D|-------------------------------------------3----------|
A|--3-----3------3-----3------3-----3-------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------1-----1------|
Verse 1 chords:
C F C
Last night I dreamed I was Brooklyn on my own
C F C
Last night I dreamed I was Brooklyn on my own
F Am C F
Lord I couldn't see the shadows all in me,
C F C
I dreamed I was in Brooklyn on my own
Instrumental Break: [play Intro Guitar riff x2]
Verse 2: [use verse 1 chords]
C F C
Now them demons had there face bright as gold
C F C
All those demons had their faces bright as gold
F Am C F
They came and shook my hand, fingers crossed behind their back
C F C
Those demons had their faces bright as gold
Instrumental Break: [play Intro Guitar riff x2]
Verse 3: [use verse 1 chords]
C F C
So I'm sittin' by my lonesome in the light
C F C
I'm sittin' by my lonesome in the light
F Am C F
I don't know what I see, that light plays tricks on me
C F C
I'm sittin' by my lonesome in the light
Chorus 1 chords:
Am F C
And I don't know what's ahead up comin' next
Am F C
The wind shakes my feet, rattles my head
F Am C F
There's no tellin' home, just a sign up all alone
C F C
Sayin' oh, oh Elizabeth
Instrumental Break: [play Intro Guitar riff x2]
Verse 4: [use verse 1 chords]
C F C
And that season came in quiet with the rain
C F C
And loving you was just like raising Cain
F Am C F
It was strong and bound for glory, and cursed with a thousand stories
C F C
Oh that season came in quiet with the rain
Instrumental interlude: [play Intro Guitar riff x4]
Verse 4: [use verse 1 chords]
C F C
Now I'm pickin' up the pieces where I went wrong,
C F C
I'm pickin' up the pieces where I went wrong,
F Am C F
And there's somethin' so familiar, like an old bedtime song
C F C
I'm pickin' up the pieces where I went wrong
Chorus 2: [use Chorus 1 chords]
Am F C
And I don't know what's ahead up comin' next
Am F C
The wind shakes my feet, rattles my head
F Am C F
There's no tellin' home, just a sign up all alone
C F C
Sayin' oh, oh Elizabeth
Outro: [use Chorus chords]
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