Biography:
Joel Plaskett (born William Joel MacDonald Plaskett on 18 April 1975) is a Canadian rock musician and songwriter based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was a member of alternative rock band Thrush Hermit in the 1990s and then a member of Neuseiland. Subsequently, he has realsed solo albums and recorded as Joel Plaskett Emergency. His music falls into a number of genres, from blues and folk to hard rock, country, and pop
His 2015 album "Joel Plaskett and the Park Avenue Sobriety Test" touches on his solo acoustic side
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Other songs:
- A Million Dollars
- Absentminded Melody
- Deny Deny Deny
- Drunk Teenagers
- Face Of The Earth
- Mystery And Crime
- Nothing More To Say
- Nowhere With You
- Sailor's Eyes
- All The Pretty Faces
- All The Way Down The Line
- Alright Ok
- Before You Leave
- Broke
- Captains Of Industry
- Clueless Wonder
- Cold Blue Light
- Compete With Loneliness
- Credits Roll
- Demons
- Everytime You Leave
- Fashionable People
- Gone Gone Gone
- Hard Times
- Heartless Heartless Heartless
- I Lost It
- Im Yours
- In The Blue Moonlight
- Jesus Christ Its Christmas Again
- Jimmies Still Jimmie
- Light Of The Moon
- Little White Fang
- Natural Disaster
- New Scotland Blues
- News Of Your Son
- Nina And Albert
- North Star
- Old Friends
- On A Dime
- On The Rail
- One Look
- Penny For Your Thoughts
- Pine Pine Pine
- Powerful Lights
- Rollin Rollin Rollin
- Run Run Run
- Safe In Your Arms
- Sailors Eyes
- Shine On Shine On Shine On
- Solidarity
- Soundtrack For The Night
- The Day You Walked Away
- The Last Phone Booth
- The New California
- The Next Blue Sky
- The Park Avenue Sobriety Test
- The Red Light
- Through And Through And Through
- Tough Love
- True Patriot Love
- When I Close My Eyes
- When I Go
- When I Have My Vision
- Wishful Thinking
- Work Out Fine
- You Let Me Down
- Youre Mine
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Joel Plaskett
Aright/Ok
Park Avenue Sobriety Test
Standard tuning
Nice and simple song with just two chord progressions. Listen to the song for the strum pattern and timing
Joel adds some embellishments between chords to keep things interesting.
Verse:
G C G
You could cry wolf or cry me a river
C G
Knock on my door with a message to deliver
C G F
Jameson's whiskey is hard on my liver
Em D G
Tell me somethin' I don't know
G C G
I close my eyes, asleep on a pillow
C G
When someone dies, I weep like a willow
C G F
Blow 'em a kiss and say bye-bye friend
Em D G
You're never coming back again
Chorus:
C
But that's alright that's OK
G
If you're still standing that's the price you pay
Em Bm
When you're gone you don't come back
C D
So you roll like a train on a one way track
Verse:
G C G
I lost my way when I lost my love
C G
Couldn't make sense of the stars above
C G F
She's the little dipper that I've been thinkin' of
Em D G
And she's never comin' back again
G C G
When she said goodbye the words they came quick
C G
She spit 'em out fast and I felt so sick
C G F
Now there ain't nothin' magic in this magic trick
Em D G
Cause she's never comin' back again
Chorus:
C
But that's alright that's OK
G
She never really knew me anyway
Em Bm
She taped two regrets to my microphone stand
C D
Said you cant hold the hand of a rock'n'roll man
Verse:
G C G
For very long its like a blonde in the bleachers
C G
A Joni Mitchell song comin' outta my speakers
C G F
Goin' to the shop for a new pair of sneakers
Em D G
Then Im gonna take a walk.
Let's rock
(Instrumental, same chords as the Verse)
Verse:
G C G
Well my sneakers wore out and my guitar broke
C G
Sometimes life puts a stick in your spokes
C G F
Everybody thinks that I'm makin' a joke
Em D G
But I'm tellin' it like it is
G C G
I'm a hangin' from the branches of my family tree
C G
I know I look like my daddy, daddy looks like me
C G F
Halifax Nova Scotia is the land of the free
Em D G
I don't care what the anthem says
Chorus:
C
Yeah that's alright that's OK
G
You'll be starin' at your phone till your hair goes grey
Em Bm
Once in a while it's bound to ring
C D
Chuck Berry sings my Ding-a-ling-a-lingggg
Verse:
G C G
I lost my map when I lost my phone
C G
Gotta get on the road gotta get gone
C G F
Ain't gotta a clue how to get back home
Em D G
I guess I better ask at the bar
au revoir
Aright/Ok
Park Avenue Sobriety Test
Standard tuning
Nice and simple song with just two chord progressions. Listen to the song for the strum pattern and timing
Joel adds some embellishments between chords to keep things interesting.
Verse:
G C G
You could cry wolf or cry me a river
C G
Knock on my door with a message to deliver
C G F
Jameson's whiskey is hard on my liver
Em D G
Tell me somethin' I don't know
G C G
I close my eyes, asleep on a pillow
C G
When someone dies, I weep like a willow
C G F
Blow 'em a kiss and say bye-bye friend
Em D G
You're never coming back again
Chorus:
C
But that's alright that's OK
G
If you're still standing that's the price you pay
Em Bm
When you're gone you don't come back
C D
So you roll like a train on a one way track
Verse:
G C G
I lost my way when I lost my love
C G
Couldn't make sense of the stars above
C G F
She's the little dipper that I've been thinkin' of
Em D G
And she's never comin' back again
G C G
When she said goodbye the words they came quick
C G
She spit 'em out fast and I felt so sick
C G F
Now there ain't nothin' magic in this magic trick
Em D G
Cause she's never comin' back again
Chorus:
C
But that's alright that's OK
G
She never really knew me anyway
Em Bm
She taped two regrets to my microphone stand
C D
Said you cant hold the hand of a rock'n'roll man
Verse:
G C G
For very long its like a blonde in the bleachers
C G
A Joni Mitchell song comin' outta my speakers
C G F
Goin' to the shop for a new pair of sneakers
Em D G
Then Im gonna take a walk.
Let's rock
(Instrumental, same chords as the Verse)
Verse:
G C G
Well my sneakers wore out and my guitar broke
C G
Sometimes life puts a stick in your spokes
C G F
Everybody thinks that I'm makin' a joke
Em D G
But I'm tellin' it like it is
G C G
I'm a hangin' from the branches of my family tree
C G
I know I look like my daddy, daddy looks like me
C G F
Halifax Nova Scotia is the land of the free
Em D G
I don't care what the anthem says
Chorus:
C
Yeah that's alright that's OK
G
You'll be starin' at your phone till your hair goes grey
Em Bm
Once in a while it's bound to ring
C D
Chuck Berry sings my Ding-a-ling-a-lingggg
Verse:
G C G
I lost my map when I lost my phone
C G
Gotta get on the road gotta get gone
C G F
Ain't gotta a clue how to get back home
Em D G
I guess I better ask at the bar
au revoir
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