David Dondero is a singer/songwriter whose music has been compared to such American folk music/troubadour greats as Woody Guthrie and Townes Van Zandt. He began in 1993 as a member of the band Sunbrain, and later played in This Bike is a Pipe Bomb and The Flatwheelers. He is currently on the Team Love Records label and has toured with such acts as Bright Eyes, Tilly and The Wall, Spoon, and Willy Mason.
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This is a cool song, very easy to pickup and play. I encourage all of you out there to build on David Dondero's section on this website. But in the meantime, enjoy (The lyrics are 99%, i may have gotten one word wrong possibly,"ecstatic", the chords are garaunteed right.) Any questions, comments, or most preferably, compliments, email me at [email protected]
Capo on the 1st fret, all chords relative to the capo, i hate people that dont do that.
Intro/Verse/Instrumental DGDA e---2-----/--3-----/--2---3-2-0-2p0--/--0---0-0-2-0--/ B---3-----/--0-----/--3---3-3-3-3-3--/--2---2-2-2-2--/ G---2-----/--0-----/--2---2-2-2-2-2--/--2---0-2-2-2--/ D---0-----/--0-----/--0---0-0-0-0-0--/--2---2-2-2-2--/ A---------/--2-----/-----------------/--0---0-0-0-0--/ E---------/--3-----/-----------------/---------------/ D Verse 1: Drive around this country, pretending like were are famous G Wearing our disguises, of people we are not. DA And I know, you’re just letting go, softly fading
D Verse 2: After all this time , you’ll pretend like you don’t me G Treat me like a stranger, like some bum off of the street DA don’t you know, we were once like gold, set in concrete
DG Pre-Chorus: June, you were so confused had much to much to DA lose, Let it put you out now your leaving
GADG Chorus: I, I’ve seen the love that I let slip away GADG And I, I’ve been so lonely, so much, I could not say GAD And are, are you still just okay?
Instrumental: D/G/D/A (same thing as tabbed above)
D Verse 3: Instruments were ornaments, ecstatic with no purpose G Hanging on your wall, out of tune without a song, DA don’t you know, we ain’t got too long, lets start seeing
D Verse 4: Have you lost your passion, well here take some of mine, D you can use my skeleton, but don’t drink all my wine DA You have sung, you sung your voice away, no one listened
DGD Pre-Chorus: No, heaven help a soul, wanted to let it go, stuck inside a A corpse, no heart beating
GADG Chorus: I, I’ve seen the love that I let slip away GADG And I, I’ve been so lonely, so much, I could not say GAD And are, are you still just okay?
Instrumental: D/G/D/A (same thing as tabbed above)