Biography:
The Waterboys is a British celtic band formed in 1983 by Scottish musician Mike Scott. Their songs, largely written by Scott, often contain literary references and are frequently concerned with spirituality. Both the group and its members' solo careers have received much praise from both rock and folk music critics, but The Waterboys as a band has never received the commercial success that some of its members (such as Ian McNabb, leader of The Icicle Works; Trevor Hutchinson, a founding member of Lúnasa; etc) have had independently.
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Other songs:
- Fisherman's Blues
- Fishermans Blues
- The Whole Of The Moon
- A Girl Called Johnny
- A Man Is In Love
- A Pagan Place
- And A Bang On The Ear
- Destinies Entwined
- Didnt We Walk On Water
- Do We Choose Who We Love
- Dont Bang The Drum
- Epiphany On Mott Street
- Everybody Takes A Tumble
- Glastonbury Song
- Has Anybody Here Seen Hank
- Higher In Time
- How Long Will I Love You
- I Can See Elvis
- If I Was Your Boyfriend
- If The Answer Is Yeah
- Kinkys History Lesson
- Long Strange Golden Road
- Love Walks In
- Mad As The Mist And Snow
- Man What A Woman
- Medicine Bow
- Mister Charisma
- Morning Came Too Soon
- Nashville Tennessee
- Nearest Thing To Hip
- New York I Love You
- November Tale
- Payo Payo Chin
- Peace Of Iona
- Politics
- Raggle Taggle Gypsy
- Rags
- Rare Precious And Gone
- Rosalind You Married The Wrong Guy
- Sante Fe
- September 1913
- She Is So Beautiful
- She Tried To Hold Me
- Spring Comes To Spiddal
- Still A Freak
- Strange Boat
- Suffer
- Sweet Dancer
- The Big Music
- The Connemara Fox
- The Crash Of Angels Wings
- The Girl In The Window Chair
- The Hammerhead Bar
- The Lake Isle Of Innisfree
- The Pan Within
- The Return Of Pan
- Too Close To Heaven
- What Do You Want Me To Do
- When Will We Be Married?
- When Ye Go Away
- White Birds
- Whole Of The Moon
- You In The Sky
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]
C Fm C
[Verse 1]
C Fm C
Dear Kinky Friedman, I read what you wrote
G
Neville Chamberlain surrender monkeys - yup, that was your quote
Fm C
Well, we all say stupid things sometimes, so here with my blessing
Fm C G C
Kinky Friedman this is your history lesson
C C Fm C
Chamberlain declared war, on the 3rd of September
C G
The US wasn't involved, as I remember
Fm C
And after Poland fell, then Belgium and France
Fm C G C
Britain stood alone with barely a chance
E Am
We faced Hitler down; he unleashed the blitz
E Am
A hundred nine elevens that left London in bits
F C
But we never caved in, Britain never surrendered
G C
No petition for peace, Kinky, was ever fuckin' tendered
[Chorus]
F
Oh Kinky Friedman
C
Dude quit your messin'
G
And listen up good
C
This is your history lesson
[Verse 2]
C Fm C
Roosevelt helped us, with armaments and food
C G
His vision was sure, and his policy good
Fm C
He'd have brought the USA, into the war on our side
Fm C G C
But the isolationists, had both his hands tied
E Am
Stay out, Stay Out was your public's demand
E Am
Till the Japs hit Pearl Harbour, and that forced your hand
F C
Then your boys fought like lions but so the hell did ours
Fm C G C
Only an asshole, Kinky, could call the British cowards
[Chorus]
F
Oh Kinky Friedman
C
Take some quiet time processing
G
These words of mine
C
Your history lesson
[Verse 3]
Fm C
And here's a casualty count for you to muse upon, man
G
Military personnel and civilians killed in the theatre of world war two
C Fm
USA: four hundred and nineteen thousand and four hundred
C
Great Britain: four hundred and fifty thousand and nine hundred
G
And just to keep perspective
C Fm
USSR: twenty-seven million... or thereabouts
C
Yeah war is no joke
G
And my friend you misspoke
C
Or so I'm guessin'
F
But take this well, Buddy
C
And may it ease your soul
G
Kinky Friedman this has been
C
Your history lesson
C Fm C
[Verse 1]
C Fm C
Dear Kinky Friedman, I read what you wrote
G
Neville Chamberlain surrender monkeys - yup, that was your quote
Fm C
Well, we all say stupid things sometimes, so here with my blessing
Fm C G C
Kinky Friedman this is your history lesson
C C Fm C
Chamberlain declared war, on the 3rd of September
C G
The US wasn't involved, as I remember
Fm C
And after Poland fell, then Belgium and France
Fm C G C
Britain stood alone with barely a chance
E Am
We faced Hitler down; he unleashed the blitz
E Am
A hundred nine elevens that left London in bits
F C
But we never caved in, Britain never surrendered
G C
No petition for peace, Kinky, was ever fuckin' tendered
[Chorus]
F
Oh Kinky Friedman
C
Dude quit your messin'
G
And listen up good
C
This is your history lesson
[Verse 2]
C Fm C
Roosevelt helped us, with armaments and food
C G
His vision was sure, and his policy good
Fm C
He'd have brought the USA, into the war on our side
Fm C G C
But the isolationists, had both his hands tied
E Am
Stay out, Stay Out was your public's demand
E Am
Till the Japs hit Pearl Harbour, and that forced your hand
F C
Then your boys fought like lions but so the hell did ours
Fm C G C
Only an asshole, Kinky, could call the British cowards
[Chorus]
F
Oh Kinky Friedman
C
Take some quiet time processing
G
These words of mine
C
Your history lesson
[Verse 3]
Fm C
And here's a casualty count for you to muse upon, man
G
Military personnel and civilians killed in the theatre of world war two
C Fm
USA: four hundred and nineteen thousand and four hundred
C
Great Britain: four hundred and fifty thousand and nine hundred
G
And just to keep perspective
C Fm
USSR: twenty-seven million... or thereabouts
C
Yeah war is no joke
G
And my friend you misspoke
C
Or so I'm guessin'
F
But take this well, Buddy
C
And may it ease your soul
G
Kinky Friedman this has been
C
Your history lesson
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