Biography:
James Keelaghan is a Juno award-winning Canadian folk singer-songwriter born in Calgary, Alberta, now based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Many of his songs, such as "Kiri's Piano", about the interment of Japanese Canadians, "October 70", about the FLQ crisis, are inspired by events and figures in Canadian history. Known for his lilting baritone voice, his driving rhythm guitar, and a keen sense of scene and narrative, Keelaghan’s music bridges traditional folk music with Canadiana.
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Other songs:
- Boom Gone Bust
- Cold Missouri Waters
- Country Faire
- Dance As You Go
- Fires Of Calais
- Get To You
- Gladys Ridge
- Glory Bound
- Harvest Train
- Henrys Downfall
- Hillcrest Mine
- Hold Your Ground
- Hope Princeton Road
- House Of Cards
- I Would I Were
- Jack Haggerty
- Kiris Piano
- Lazarus
- Leave Town
- Lost
- Mcconnvilles
- Mirabeau Bridge
- Misty Mountain
- My Blood
- My Old Man
- My Skies
- Never Gonna Stop This Train
- Next To You
- Nothing
- Number 37
- Orion
- Rebeccas Lament
- Red River Rising
- Red
- Refugee
- Ring
- Safe Home
- Sea For The Shore
- Sinatra And I
- Since You Asked
- Sing My Heart Home
- Small Rebellion
- Snap The Line Tight
- Somewhere Ahead
- Stonecutter
- Sweet Lorraine
- Sweet Thames Flow Softly
- Sweetgrass Moon
- The Boston Burglar
- The Flower Of Magherally
- The Kiss Saskatoon
- The Ones Who Made Home
- Tomorrow Is Another Day
- Turn Of The Wheel
- Whats For You
- Who Dies
- You Know Me
- Your Secret
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James Keelaghan - Misty Mountain
INTRO: F G Am (4x) F
G Am
Off the Misty Mountain
F G Am
Wild flowers bind the ground
F G Am
Down by the rushing river
F G Am
Force will wear those boulders down
F G Am
Me, I'm underneath my covers
F G Am
Me, I'm trapped inside my brain
F G Am
While up above the Misty Mountain
F G Am
Up above the rushing river
F G Am
Up above the bed of longing
F G Am -pause-
The eagle takes the wind
CHORUS:
C G F
The eagle takes the wind, my friend
C
You know, the eagle takes the wind
G F
It makes me think of this my friend
G Am
Where does the eagle live in me?
INSTRUMENTAL: F G Am (4x)
F G Am
I go crawling through this city
F G Am
I say this city will be my home
F G Am
I say, "Woman you are halfway pretty"
F G Am
"May, you never be alone"
F G Am
Be it scorn or be it favour
F G Am
Be it but a moment gone
F G Am
But I stood before the mirror
F G Am
Like an open-ended cavern
F G Am
Like a breath held in, inhaled holding
F G Am -pause-
And I barely knew my name
CHORUS:
C G F
I barely knew my name, my friend
C
I barely knew my name
G F
It makes me think of this my friend
G Am
Where do I live in me?
INSTRUMENTAL: F G Am (4x)
BRIDGE:
F G Am
It's a planet of resistance
F G Am
And a whirling flame of choice
F G Am
Are you my comrades in persistence?
F G Am
I swear to know us by our voice
F G Am
But though we lay down in dusty caverns
F G Am
We are ragged as a scar
F G Am
And when we rest, our eyes stay open
F G Am -pause-
We are always off to war
CHORUS:
C G F
We're always off to war, my friend
C
You know, we're always off to war
G F
It makes me think of this my friend
G Am
Where can the quiet be?
INSTRUMENTAL: F G Am (4x)
F G Am
But is it underneath my covers?
F G Am
Or trapped inside my brain?
F G Am
(Is it at the door?) The Misty Mountain
F G Am
(Is it at the door?) The rushing river
F G Am
Is it at the bar? The bed of roaming?
F G Am
Where the eagle takes the wind
F G Am
The eagle takes the wind
F G Am
The eagle takes the wind
OUTRO: F G Am (4x)
INTRO: F G Am (4x) F
G Am
Off the Misty Mountain
F G Am
Wild flowers bind the ground
F G Am
Down by the rushing river
F G Am
Force will wear those boulders down
F G Am
Me, I'm underneath my covers
F G Am
Me, I'm trapped inside my brain
F G Am
While up above the Misty Mountain
F G Am
Up above the rushing river
F G Am
Up above the bed of longing
F G Am -pause-
The eagle takes the wind
CHORUS:
C G F
The eagle takes the wind, my friend
C
You know, the eagle takes the wind
G F
It makes me think of this my friend
G Am
Where does the eagle live in me?
INSTRUMENTAL: F G Am (4x)
F G Am
I go crawling through this city
F G Am
I say this city will be my home
F G Am
I say, "Woman you are halfway pretty"
F G Am
"May, you never be alone"
F G Am
Be it scorn or be it favour
F G Am
Be it but a moment gone
F G Am
But I stood before the mirror
F G Am
Like an open-ended cavern
F G Am
Like a breath held in, inhaled holding
F G Am -pause-
And I barely knew my name
CHORUS:
C G F
I barely knew my name, my friend
C
I barely knew my name
G F
It makes me think of this my friend
G Am
Where do I live in me?
INSTRUMENTAL: F G Am (4x)
BRIDGE:
F G Am
It's a planet of resistance
F G Am
And a whirling flame of choice
F G Am
Are you my comrades in persistence?
F G Am
I swear to know us by our voice
F G Am
But though we lay down in dusty caverns
F G Am
We are ragged as a scar
F G Am
And when we rest, our eyes stay open
F G Am -pause-
We are always off to war
CHORUS:
C G F
We're always off to war, my friend
C
You know, we're always off to war
G F
It makes me think of this my friend
G Am
Where can the quiet be?
INSTRUMENTAL: F G Am (4x)
F G Am
But is it underneath my covers?
F G Am
Or trapped inside my brain?
F G Am
(Is it at the door?) The Misty Mountain
F G Am
(Is it at the door?) The rushing river
F G Am
Is it at the bar? The bed of roaming?
F G Am
Where the eagle takes the wind
F G Am
The eagle takes the wind
F G Am
The eagle takes the wind
OUTRO: F G Am (4x)
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