Biography:
J. Roddy Walston and The Business is a Baltimore, Md.-based rock band playing melodic, often upbeat and catchy songs influenced by the Southern rock tradition and featuring accomplished lyrics and musicianship. Their songs are often piano-driven and also feature strong guitar solos. The band moved to Baltimore from Tennessee.
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Take It As It Comes
J Roddy Walston And The Business
VERSE 1
C Am
I I I met a family. I I I called them mine.
F C
Started up- started up the car girl, left them behind.
C Am
I I I made some memories. I I I want some more.
F C
I made some money. I am at your door.
Fill (Used a couple times throughout the song)
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B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----7-b-9-r-7-b-9-r-7------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C Am
And your eyes say there was a choice, but our mouths move for destiny.
F C
I placed my body above yours. I woke up from the dream.
PRE-CHORUS
F G
(Ahhhhhh) Friends, can you feel me vibrate?
F G
(Ahhhhhh) Essential tremors is such a strange way.
F G
I hesitate till it's done.
CHORUS
C Am
You gotta take it as it comes. You gotta take it as it comes.
F C
You gotta make your final run. You gotta take it as it comes.
C Am
Well, I got no place to go. I got no other life I know.
F C
I put the bullet in the gun. You gotta take it as it comes.
POST-CHORUS (Same chords as chorus but with the rhythm of the verse. In other words,
just the verse with
no words)
C Am F C
VERSE 2 - Same Chords as VERSE 1
C Am
I'm just some dirt girl. A bone you traded.
F C
Don't blame the tools dear blame the hands, the hands that made it.
C Am
And I felt some life throb. Blood pressed till the tubes are tight.
F C
Girls feel the creative curse. Men fight to make a life.
PRE-CHORUS
F G
(Ahhhhhh) Friends, can you feel me vibrate?
F G
(Ahhhhhh) Essential tremors is such a strange way.
F G
I hesitate till I'm numb.
CHORUS
C Am
You gotta take it as it comes. You gotta take it as it comes.
F C
You gotta make your final run. You gotta take it as it comes.
C Am
Well, I got no place to go. I got no other life I know.
F C
I put the bullet in the gun. You gotta take it as it comes.
BRIDGE
F G
Tooth losers formed in your bedroom with a secret.
F G
You'll fix it all, you'll fix it all with your mother's milk...no regrets.
F G
Hear now the harmonic hiss of the hearing aids humming.
F G
This is the end of the dawn of the dementia age is coming.
CHORUS - repeat until fade out
C Am F C
--
Legend
~~~~~~
x b y Bend from x to y
y r x Release Bend from y to x
J Roddy Walston And The Business
VERSE 1
C Am
I I I met a family. I I I called them mine.
F C
Started up- started up the car girl, left them behind.
C Am
I I I made some memories. I I I want some more.
F C
I made some money. I am at your door.
Fill (Used a couple times throughout the song)
e|-----------------------8---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----7-b-9-r-7-b-9-r-7------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C Am
And your eyes say there was a choice, but our mouths move for destiny.
F C
I placed my body above yours. I woke up from the dream.
PRE-CHORUS
F G
(Ahhhhhh) Friends, can you feel me vibrate?
F G
(Ahhhhhh) Essential tremors is such a strange way.
F G
I hesitate till it's done.
CHORUS
C Am
You gotta take it as it comes. You gotta take it as it comes.
F C
You gotta make your final run. You gotta take it as it comes.
C Am
Well, I got no place to go. I got no other life I know.
F C
I put the bullet in the gun. You gotta take it as it comes.
POST-CHORUS (Same chords as chorus but with the rhythm of the verse. In other words,
just the verse with
no words)
C Am F C
VERSE 2 - Same Chords as VERSE 1
C Am
I'm just some dirt girl. A bone you traded.
F C
Don't blame the tools dear blame the hands, the hands that made it.
C Am
And I felt some life throb. Blood pressed till the tubes are tight.
F C
Girls feel the creative curse. Men fight to make a life.
PRE-CHORUS
F G
(Ahhhhhh) Friends, can you feel me vibrate?
F G
(Ahhhhhh) Essential tremors is such a strange way.
F G
I hesitate till I'm numb.
CHORUS
C Am
You gotta take it as it comes. You gotta take it as it comes.
F C
You gotta make your final run. You gotta take it as it comes.
C Am
Well, I got no place to go. I got no other life I know.
F C
I put the bullet in the gun. You gotta take it as it comes.
BRIDGE
F G
Tooth losers formed in your bedroom with a secret.
F G
You'll fix it all, you'll fix it all with your mother's milk...no regrets.
F G
Hear now the harmonic hiss of the hearing aids humming.
F G
This is the end of the dawn of the dementia age is coming.
CHORUS - repeat until fade out
C Am F C
--
Legend
~~~~~~
x b y Bend from x to y
y r x Release Bend from y to x
J W Myers
J Walter Hawkes
J Ward
J Williams
J-Ax
J. Bernardt
J. Brothers
J. Frank Wilson (...)
J. Hanz Ives
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