Biography:
Jane Siberry (born in Toronto on 12 October 1955) is a Canadian singer-songwriter best known for her early 1980s new wave hits such as 'Mimi on the Beach', 'I Muse Aloud' and 'One More Colour'. Internationally, she is known for her 1993 album 'When I Was a Boy'. Between 2006 and 2009, she released material under the name Issa.
While at university, Siberry began performing in folk clubs in Guelph, Ontario, linking up first with singer Wendy Davis and then with bass guitarist John Switzer in a group called Java Jive.
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Intro: Bb F Bb F
Verse 1
Bb F
Maybe it was to learn how to love
Bb G
Maybe it was to learn how to leave
Bb Am B
Maybe it was for the games we played
Bb F
Maybe it was to learn how to choose
Bb G
Maybe it was to learn how to lose
Bb F G
Maybe it was for the love we made
Chorus
C F C F G
Love is everything they said it would be
C F G
And love made sweet and sad the same
C F C F
But love forgot to make me too blind to see
Dm C
You're chickening out aren't you?
Dm C
You're bangin' on the beach like an old tin drum
Dm C
I can't wait 'til you make the whole kingdom come
G C
So I'm leaving
Verse 2
Bb F
Maybe it was to learn how to fight
Bb G
Maybe it was for the lesson in pride
Bb Am B
Maybe it was the cowboys' ways
Bb F
Maybe it was to learn not to lie
Bb G
Maybe it was to learn how to cry
Bb F G
Maybe it was for the love we made
Chorus
C F C F G
Love is everything they said it would be
C F G
Love did not hold back the reins
C F C F
But love forgot to make me too blind to see
Dm C
You're chickening out aren't you?
Dm C
You're bangin' on the beach like an old tin drum
Dm C
I can't wait 'til you make the whole kingdom come
G F
So I'm leaving
Bridge
F C
First he turns to you
Dm
Then he turns to her
C
So you try to hurt him back
F
But it breaks your body down
C
So you try to love bigger
Dm
Bigger still
G G
But it...it's too late
Verse 3
C F C F G
So take a lesson from the strangeness you feel
C F G
And know you'll never be the same
C F C F
And find it in your heart to kneel down and say
Dm C
I gave my love didn't I?
Dm C
And I gave it big...sometimes
Dm C
And I gave it in my own sweet time
G C
I'm just leaving
F G C
I'm just leaving
Outro
C F
Love is everything...
Love is everything...
Love is everything...
Love is everything...
Verse 1
Bb F
Maybe it was to learn how to love
Bb G
Maybe it was to learn how to leave
Bb Am B
Maybe it was for the games we played
Bb F
Maybe it was to learn how to choose
Bb G
Maybe it was to learn how to lose
Bb F G
Maybe it was for the love we made
Chorus
C F C F G
Love is everything they said it would be
C F G
And love made sweet and sad the same
C F C F
But love forgot to make me too blind to see
Dm C
You're chickening out aren't you?
Dm C
You're bangin' on the beach like an old tin drum
Dm C
I can't wait 'til you make the whole kingdom come
G C
So I'm leaving
Verse 2
Bb F
Maybe it was to learn how to fight
Bb G
Maybe it was for the lesson in pride
Bb Am B
Maybe it was the cowboys' ways
Bb F
Maybe it was to learn not to lie
Bb G
Maybe it was to learn how to cry
Bb F G
Maybe it was for the love we made
Chorus
C F C F G
Love is everything they said it would be
C F G
Love did not hold back the reins
C F C F
But love forgot to make me too blind to see
Dm C
You're chickening out aren't you?
Dm C
You're bangin' on the beach like an old tin drum
Dm C
I can't wait 'til you make the whole kingdom come
G F
So I'm leaving
Bridge
F C
First he turns to you
Dm
Then he turns to her
C
So you try to hurt him back
F
But it breaks your body down
C
So you try to love bigger
Dm
Bigger still
G G
But it...it's too late
Verse 3
C F C F G
So take a lesson from the strangeness you feel
C F G
And know you'll never be the same
C F C F
And find it in your heart to kneel down and say
Dm C
I gave my love didn't I?
Dm C
And I gave it big...sometimes
Dm C
And I gave it in my own sweet time
G C
I'm just leaving
F G C
I'm just leaving
Outro
C F
Love is everything...
Love is everything...
Love is everything...
Love is everything...
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Janette Chao
Janice Huse
Janick Thibault
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Janieck
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