Biography:
Drawing on influences from old-time jazz standards, folk balladry and traditional country, Halifax Nova Scotia’s Jill Barber has become one of Canada’s most distinctive young voices. Jill is gaining acclaim and radio play for her new 2008 album " Chances" and her status as a 2008 double-Juno nominee and multiple East Coast Music Award winner for previous releases "For All Time" (2006) and "Oh Heart" (2004).
The breakthrough "For All Time" was
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Here's Jill Barber's website:
http://www.jillbarber.com/
For the picking rhythm for this song, repeat a constant bass note then chord. E.g., there
are 8 bass note then chord reps in this line: "Today I took my love away."
For the last verse, use fingerpicking.
[Verse 1]
A
Today I took my love away
D Bm
I swear I thought I heard
A
My own heart whispering
D Bm
its dying words
[Chorus]
A
Cause it's a hard line that you would take
E Bm
Take a lifetime to make it
A
Don't do it for mine, but for your own sake
D Bm
If you choose to take it
[Verse 2]
A
Today I let our love die
D Bm
I stood by it til its last sigh
A
Then disappeared from the scene of the crime
D Bm
Locked away and served my time
[Instrumental]
A E F#m D (x2)
[Bridge]
A E
Cause in a great divide
F#m D
Where a line is drawn
A E
Oh you must decide
F#m D
which half you're standing on
[Verse 3]
A
Today I met a new love
D Bm
How could I be sure
A
Whether it was ever true love
D Bm
That I had known before
http://www.jillbarber.com/
For the picking rhythm for this song, repeat a constant bass note then chord. E.g., there
are 8 bass note then chord reps in this line: "Today I took my love away."
For the last verse, use fingerpicking.
[Verse 1]
A
Today I took my love away
D Bm
I swear I thought I heard
A
My own heart whispering
D Bm
its dying words
[Chorus]
A
Cause it's a hard line that you would take
E Bm
Take a lifetime to make it
A
Don't do it for mine, but for your own sake
D Bm
If you choose to take it
[Verse 2]
A
Today I let our love die
D Bm
I stood by it til its last sigh
A
Then disappeared from the scene of the crime
D Bm
Locked away and served my time
[Instrumental]
A E F#m D (x2)
[Bridge]
A E
Cause in a great divide
F#m D
Where a line is drawn
A E
Oh you must decide
F#m D
which half you're standing on
[Verse 3]
A
Today I met a new love
D Bm
How could I be sure
A
Whether it was ever true love
D Bm
That I had known before
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