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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- 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]
G B A D A
[Verse 1]
G B A D A
She waited at the door till all his saddest words were spoken
G B A
Then she threw them with some seasoning in his face
G B A D A
Duke went rambling in his grief, like a vagabond or thief
G B A
Trying to find the love he sought some other place
G B A D A
He walked down the river highway in the melting summer sun
G B A
And shouted out above the cars and trucks
G B A D A
I wish I could become some kind of psychedelic bum
G B A
Or a happy travelling troubadour deluxe
[Chorus]
D Em G
New York - whatcha gonna do about it?
D Em G
New York - climb up on the roof and shout it
D Em G
New York - see there ain't no doubt about it
Em G A
Something in this town I just can't live without
[Verse 2]
G B A D A
She lay across the bed, raven hair piled atop her head
G B A
Re-reading through the poem that she wrote
G B A D A
She had a feeling in her belly like her belly had been screwed
G B A
But luckily she knew the antidote
G B A D A
She stepped out on the street dressed in scarlet head to feet
G B A
Her hat the same precise shade as her lips
G B A D A
She tried to feel the way she had when love was young and gay and glad
G B A
She couldn't... but still she swung her hips
[Chorus]
D Em G
New York - whatcha gonna do about it?
D Em G
New York - climb up on the roof and shout it
D Em G
New York - see there ain't no doubt about it
Em G A
Something in this town I just can't live without
[Verse 3]
G B A D A
He phoned her up and said, honey, it was nothing but a number
G B A
And numbers can mislead you and confuse
G B A D A
To which she said, I've heard, like guns and cash and sex and words
G B A
If the user is a fool they get misused
G B A D A
He almost smashed the phone in rage but it held his database
G B A
So he lit himself a little joint instead
G B A D A
And told himself a lie about the who and when and why
G B A
And kids that's how a man becomes a chowderhead
[Chorus]
D Em G
New York - whatcha gonna do about it?
D Em G
New York - climb up on the roof and shout it
D Em G
New York - see there ain't no doubt about it
Em G A
Something in this town I just can't live without
[Verse 4]
G B A D A
She wrote a bitter novelette and stuck it on the internet
G B A
I believe you still can find it there for free
G B A D A
In the morning she would jog then post updates on her blog
G B A
And one day she upped and moved to Tennessee
G B A D A
The landlord rented her apartment to the NY Police Department
G B A
Who installed a cop named Franklin J.J. Paul
G B A D A
Who was putting up a shelf, humming opera to himself
G B A
When he found her poems nestled in the wall
[Chorus]
D Em G
New York - whatcha gonna do about it?
D Em G
New York - climb up on the roof and shout it
D Em G
New York - see there ain't no doubt about it
Em G A
Something in this town I just can't live without
[Verse 5]
G B A D A
Duke doublechecked the deadlock of his Lower East Side store
G B A
And jumped into a car with yellow fins
G B A D A
He told himself "just tell it like is, man, just nail it on the line
G B A
And be honest with your tongue from here on in"
G B A D A
He was never satisfied with a comfortable ride
G B A
He had to be the crazy cosmonaut in flight
G B A D A
They found his body near a crumbling Hudson River pier
G B A
On a wild and stormy hot midsummer night
[Chorus]
D Em G
New York - whatcha gonna do about it?
D Em G
New York - climb up on the roof and shout it
D Em G
New York - see there ain't no doubt about it
Em G A
Something in this town I just can't live without
[Verse 6]
G B A D A
Me I couldn't sleep, I just lay there in a heap
G B A
The whole city was a swamp of heat and steam
G B A D A
At six a.m. came thunder and eventually I slumbered
G B A
Into a fanciful and curious kind of dream
G B A D A
I was drivin' Hank's Cadillac as he rested in the back
G B A
On the final night of nineteen fifty-two
G B A D A
I offered him a smoke but Hank never woke
G B A
He was too far gone, and he was only passing through
G B A D A
I got up at ten to five, feeling almost seven-eighths alive
G B A
And was sitting in my favourite easy chair
G B A D A
When Duke's immortal soul crowned with a golden aureole
G B A
Flew by my window on its way to who knows where
G B A D A
I took Tylenol for my head and then went out to get some bread
G B A
Like Lou I had twenty six bucks in my hand
G B A D A
By the Sixteen Handles shop I saw an overweight cop
G B A
Stuffing reams of paper in a garbage can
[Chorus]
D Em G
New York - whatcha gonna do about it?
D Em G
New York - climb up on the roof and shout it
D Em G
New York - see there ain't no doubt about it
Em G A
Something in this town I just can't live without
New York, I love you
CM7
New York, New York
CM7
New York, New York
FM7
Meet me in New York, New York, baby
CM7
New York, New York
GM7 FM7 CM7
Even the shittiest old times are still great in New York, New York
CM7
New York, New York
FM7
New York, New York
CM7
New York, New York
G B A D A
[Verse 1]
G B A D A
She waited at the door till all his saddest words were spoken
G B A
Then she threw them with some seasoning in his face
G B A D A
Duke went rambling in his grief, like a vagabond or thief
G B A
Trying to find the love he sought some other place
G B A D A
He walked down the river highway in the melting summer sun
G B A
And shouted out above the cars and trucks
G B A D A
I wish I could become some kind of psychedelic bum
G B A
Or a happy travelling troubadour deluxe
[Chorus]
D Em G
New York - whatcha gonna do about it?
D Em G
New York - climb up on the roof and shout it
D Em G
New York - see there ain't no doubt about it
Em G A
Something in this town I just can't live without
[Verse 2]
G B A D A
She lay across the bed, raven hair piled atop her head
G B A
Re-reading through the poem that she wrote
G B A D A
She had a feeling in her belly like her belly had been screwed
G B A
But luckily she knew the antidote
G B A D A
She stepped out on the street dressed in scarlet head to feet
G B A
Her hat the same precise shade as her lips
G B A D A
She tried to feel the way she had when love was young and gay and glad
G B A
She couldn't... but still she swung her hips
[Chorus]
D Em G
New York - whatcha gonna do about it?
D Em G
New York - climb up on the roof and shout it
D Em G
New York - see there ain't no doubt about it
Em G A
Something in this town I just can't live without
[Verse 3]
G B A D A
He phoned her up and said, honey, it was nothing but a number
G B A
And numbers can mislead you and confuse
G B A D A
To which she said, I've heard, like guns and cash and sex and words
G B A
If the user is a fool they get misused
G B A D A
He almost smashed the phone in rage but it held his database
G B A
So he lit himself a little joint instead
G B A D A
And told himself a lie about the who and when and why
G B A
And kids that's how a man becomes a chowderhead
[Chorus]
D Em G
New York - whatcha gonna do about it?
D Em G
New York - climb up on the roof and shout it
D Em G
New York - see there ain't no doubt about it
Em G A
Something in this town I just can't live without
[Verse 4]
G B A D A
She wrote a bitter novelette and stuck it on the internet
G B A
I believe you still can find it there for free
G B A D A
In the morning she would jog then post updates on her blog
G B A
And one day she upped and moved to Tennessee
G B A D A
The landlord rented her apartment to the NY Police Department
G B A
Who installed a cop named Franklin J.J. Paul
G B A D A
Who was putting up a shelf, humming opera to himself
G B A
When he found her poems nestled in the wall
[Chorus]
D Em G
New York - whatcha gonna do about it?
D Em G
New York - climb up on the roof and shout it
D Em G
New York - see there ain't no doubt about it
Em G A
Something in this town I just can't live without
[Verse 5]
G B A D A
Duke doublechecked the deadlock of his Lower East Side store
G B A
And jumped into a car with yellow fins
G B A D A
He told himself "just tell it like is, man, just nail it on the line
G B A
And be honest with your tongue from here on in"
G B A D A
He was never satisfied with a comfortable ride
G B A
He had to be the crazy cosmonaut in flight
G B A D A
They found his body near a crumbling Hudson River pier
G B A
On a wild and stormy hot midsummer night
[Chorus]
D Em G
New York - whatcha gonna do about it?
D Em G
New York - climb up on the roof and shout it
D Em G
New York - see there ain't no doubt about it
Em G A
Something in this town I just can't live without
[Verse 6]
G B A D A
Me I couldn't sleep, I just lay there in a heap
G B A
The whole city was a swamp of heat and steam
G B A D A
At six a.m. came thunder and eventually I slumbered
G B A
Into a fanciful and curious kind of dream
G B A D A
I was drivin' Hank's Cadillac as he rested in the back
G B A
On the final night of nineteen fifty-two
G B A D A
I offered him a smoke but Hank never woke
G B A
He was too far gone, and he was only passing through
G B A D A
I got up at ten to five, feeling almost seven-eighths alive
G B A
And was sitting in my favourite easy chair
G B A D A
When Duke's immortal soul crowned with a golden aureole
G B A
Flew by my window on its way to who knows where
G B A D A
I took Tylenol for my head and then went out to get some bread
G B A
Like Lou I had twenty six bucks in my hand
G B A D A
By the Sixteen Handles shop I saw an overweight cop
G B A
Stuffing reams of paper in a garbage can
[Chorus]
D Em G
New York - whatcha gonna do about it?
D Em G
New York - climb up on the roof and shout it
D Em G
New York - see there ain't no doubt about it
Em G A
Something in this town I just can't live without
New York, I love you
CM7
New York, New York
CM7
New York, New York
FM7
Meet me in New York, New York, baby
CM7
New York, New York
GM7 FM7 CM7
Even the shittiest old times are still great in New York, New York
CM7
New York, New York
FM7
New York, New York
CM7
New York, New York
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