Brad, from Seattle, Washington, USA, formed officially in 1992 (though the members had been playing together for a long time before that) and in 1993 released their debut album Shame. Brad included 4 friends from the Seattle area who are musicians, including Stone Gossard (of Pearl Jam fame), Regan Hagar (former member of an early grunge band Malfunkshun), Shawn Smith (also a member of Pigeonhed and Satchel) and Jeremy Toback also of ONS. While often considered simply a side-project of Stone's
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...FUNERAL SONG... by Brad ------------------........
*from 'Interiors' (1993)*
Intro:
E7
Verse 1:
E7 This funeral song's for you, this funeral song. A#E7 This funeral song's for you. E7 This funeral song, I sing, this funeral song. A#E7 This funeral song's for you. F#7A7E7 And it's all that I'm gonna do.
Break:
E7
Verse 2:
E7 This parlour where you lay, this place of cold decay, A#E7 Who'll be the one to pay? F#7A7E7 'Cos it's all that I'm gonna do. F#7A7E7 'Cos it's all that I'm gonna do.
Bridge:
EBD Lord knows that I'm, as tired as you, AAG#F#E But who'll be my friend? BDAAG#, F#E And I know that winds are pushing one down, yeah...
Solo:
E7 (x3) A#, E7
Verse 3:
E7 What's in the way we've been that's left my love paper thin? A#E7 Was it there to, be-gin with?
Coda:
E7 This funeral song's for you, this funeral song... BA7 This funeral song's for you...to sing along.