Biography:
John Gorka (born in July 1958) is an American contemporary folk musician. In 1991, Rolling Stone magazine called him "the pre-eminent male singer-songwriter of what has been dubbed the New Folk Movement.
Gorka was born in Edison, New Jersey. He received his first guitar as a Christmas gift, though Gorka alleges that his older brother stole it from him shortly thereafter. He eventually learned, instead, to play the banjo, and began performing in a folk music group at his church.
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John Gorka - Heart Upon Demand
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CAPO: 4th Fret
INTRO: C/G G* Am C/G F C/G (2x)
Am7 F C/G F
I dreamed of Judy Garland and of her bottled blues
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Resting in her dressing room, shaking stardust from her shoes
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She spoke of her beginnings at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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And of touching millions, with no one really there
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A child of the movies, in a pyrite golden age
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I never knew the price she paid, for a life upon that stage
CHORUS:
G C/G F
Judy had that catch in her voi--oice
G C/G F
That puts your heart into her hand
G C/G
Judy, she had trouble
F
Judy had no choice
G F
But to give her heart upon demand
G C/G G* Am C/G F C/G G* Am C/G F C/G
She had to give her heart upon demand
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She had trouble sleeping and waking for the day
Dm F G C/G
With studio prescriptions, to keep her thin and fey
Am7 F C/G F
They'd work her to exhaustion, propelled by Benzedrine
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Then call her unreliable, if she would miss a scene
Am7 F C/G F
From vaudeville in Grand Rapids, to the walkway of the stars
Dm F G F
Who'd have known a girl so young, could have gone that far?
CHORUS:
G C/G F
Judy had that catch in her voi--oice
G C/G F
That puts your heart into her hand
G C/G
Judy, she had trouble
F
Judy had no choice
G F
But to give her heart upon demand
G C/G G* Am C/G F C/G G* Am C/G F
She had to give her heart upon demand
C/G Am7 F C/G F
The Palladium in London, the Palace in New York
Dm F G C/G
The comeback of a trouper, when god wondered at her work
Am7 F C/G F
She asked me of the movie stars, singers of today
Dm F G C/G
I said, I couldn't think of one, she wouldn't blow away
Am7 F C/G F
She laughed and then she thanked me, said she had to go
Dm F G F
For there were rainbows waiting, down along a golden road
CHORUS:
G C/G F
Judy had that catch in her voi--oice
G C/G F
That puts your heart into her hand
G C/G
Judy, she had trouble
F
Judy had no choice
G F
But to give her heart upon demand
G C/G G* Am C/G F C/G G* Am C/G F
She had to give her heart upon demand
C/G Am7 F C/G F
I dreamed of Judy Garland, all on a summer's night
Dm F G
Resting in a dressing room, packing stardust for her flight
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## This is merely a walk-down from C/G to Am ##
CAPO: 4th Fret
INTRO: C/G G* Am C/G F C/G (2x)
Am7 F C/G F
I dreamed of Judy Garland and of her bottled blues
Dm F G C/G
Resting in her dressing room, shaking stardust from her shoes
Am7 F C/G F
She spoke of her beginnings at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Dm F G C/G
And of touching millions, with no one really there
Am7 F C/G F
A child of the movies, in a pyrite golden age
Dm F G F
I never knew the price she paid, for a life upon that stage
CHORUS:
G C/G F
Judy had that catch in her voi--oice
G C/G F
That puts your heart into her hand
G C/G
Judy, she had trouble
F
Judy had no choice
G F
But to give her heart upon demand
G C/G G* Am C/G F C/G G* Am C/G F C/G
She had to give her heart upon demand
Am7 F C/G F
She had trouble sleeping and waking for the day
Dm F G C/G
With studio prescriptions, to keep her thin and fey
Am7 F C/G F
They'd work her to exhaustion, propelled by Benzedrine
Dm F G C/G
Then call her unreliable, if she would miss a scene
Am7 F C/G F
From vaudeville in Grand Rapids, to the walkway of the stars
Dm F G F
Who'd have known a girl so young, could have gone that far?
CHORUS:
G C/G F
Judy had that catch in her voi--oice
G C/G F
That puts your heart into her hand
G C/G
Judy, she had trouble
F
Judy had no choice
G F
But to give her heart upon demand
G C/G G* Am C/G F C/G G* Am C/G F
She had to give her heart upon demand
C/G Am7 F C/G F
The Palladium in London, the Palace in New York
Dm F G C/G
The comeback of a trouper, when god wondered at her work
Am7 F C/G F
She asked me of the movie stars, singers of today
Dm F G C/G
I said, I couldn't think of one, she wouldn't blow away
Am7 F C/G F
She laughed and then she thanked me, said she had to go
Dm F G F
For there were rainbows waiting, down along a golden road
CHORUS:
G C/G F
Judy had that catch in her voi--oice
G C/G F
That puts your heart into her hand
G C/G
Judy, she had trouble
F
Judy had no choice
G F
But to give her heart upon demand
G C/G G* Am C/G F C/G G* Am C/G F
She had to give her heart upon demand
C/G Am7 F C/G F
I dreamed of Judy Garland, all on a summer's night
Dm F G
Resting in a dressing room, packing stardust for her flight
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