Biography:
Nik Kershaw (born Nicholas David Kershaw, 1 March 1958, in Bristol) is an English singer-songwriter. A former jazz-funk guitarist, he was a 1980s teen idol; his 62 weeks on the UK Singles Chart in 1984-5 beat all other solo artists at the time. He appeared at Live Aid in 1985, and has penned a number of hits for other artists, including a UK number one single in 1991 for Chesney Hawkes, "The One and Only".
Kershaw played guitar and sang in a number of underground bands from about 1976 before deciding on a career as a songwriter.
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- Wouldn’t It Be Good
- All About You
- Billy
- Cant Get Arrested
- Dark Glasses
- Die Laughing
- Feels Like Somebody Loves You
- Get Up
- Have A Nice Life
- I Wont Let The Sun Go Down On Me
- Loud Confident And Wrong
- Radio Musicola
- Shame On You
- Shine On
- So Quiet
- Somebody Loves You
- Stuff
- The Riddle
- The Skys The Limit
- These Tears
- Wide Boy
- Wouldnt It Be Good
- Yeah Yeah
- Youre The Best
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(Chords)
Cadd9/E 032030
C2: 034030
[Intro]
Cadd9/E C2 x 4
[Verse]
E
Look at you glowing all shiny and fresh
CMaj7 C Cadd9
Standing alone looking over the edge
D Dsus4 G Cadd9
It's a long way down
D Dsus4 G Cadd9
E
I wish I could give you a bullet proof skin
CMaj7 C Cadd9
I wish I could show you the world that you're in
D Dsus4
But I can't
B
You wouldn't understand
Em E7 A7
So there's not a lot I can say
A7 G Cadd9 Dsus4 (single strum)
Except please come back and see us all one day
[Chorus]
G Cadd9 A7
Have a nice life, have a nice life
D Dsus4 G
Hope you find all you're looking for
G Cadd9 A7 D Dsus4
I hope it goes well, I come it comes right for you
G Cadd9 A7
Have a nice life, have it your way
D Dsus4
Hope you live long and prosper
G Cadd9 A7
I hope you get high, I hope you get lucky
D Cadd9/E - C2
And find the right one
[Interlude]
E (2 measures) - CMaj7 - Dsus4 - G - Cadd9 - D - Dsus2 - Em7 - Cadd9 - Dsus4
Ooooh Ooooh
[Verse]
E E (Single strong strum then kill sound with palm)
I love you my precious, I love you my son
CMaj7 C Cadd9 D
I'm sorry for all the dumb things that I've done in the past
B
But it happened so fast
Em E7 A7 Dsus4
But it didn't quite go as I'd planned
A7 G Cadd9 Dsus4 G
But I hope to God one day you'll understand
Cadd9 G x 2 Cadd9
Have a nice life Yeah Yeah
[Chorus]
G Cadd9 A7
Have a nice life, have a nice life
D - Dsus4 G
Hope you find all you're looking for
G Cadd9 A7 D Dsus4
I hope it goes well, I come it comes right for you
G Cadd9 A7
Have a nice life, have it your way
D - Dsus4 G
Hope you live long and prosper
G Cadd9 A7
I hope you get high, I hope you get lucky
D Cadd9/E
And find the right one
Cadd9/E
The one love
Cadd9/E C2 (single strum)
The right one
Cadd9/E 032030
C2: 034030
[Intro]
Cadd9/E C2 x 4
[Verse]
E
Look at you glowing all shiny and fresh
CMaj7 C Cadd9
Standing alone looking over the edge
D Dsus4 G Cadd9
It's a long way down
D Dsus4 G Cadd9
E
I wish I could give you a bullet proof skin
CMaj7 C Cadd9
I wish I could show you the world that you're in
D Dsus4
But I can't
B
You wouldn't understand
Em E7 A7
So there's not a lot I can say
A7 G Cadd9 Dsus4 (single strum)
Except please come back and see us all one day
[Chorus]
G Cadd9 A7
Have a nice life, have a nice life
D Dsus4 G
Hope you find all you're looking for
G Cadd9 A7 D Dsus4
I hope it goes well, I come it comes right for you
G Cadd9 A7
Have a nice life, have it your way
D Dsus4
Hope you live long and prosper
G Cadd9 A7
I hope you get high, I hope you get lucky
D Cadd9/E - C2
And find the right one
[Interlude]
E (2 measures) - CMaj7 - Dsus4 - G - Cadd9 - D - Dsus2 - Em7 - Cadd9 - Dsus4
Ooooh Ooooh
[Verse]
E E (Single strong strum then kill sound with palm)
I love you my precious, I love you my son
CMaj7 C Cadd9 D
I'm sorry for all the dumb things that I've done in the past
B
But it happened so fast
Em E7 A7 Dsus4
But it didn't quite go as I'd planned
A7 G Cadd9 Dsus4 G
But I hope to God one day you'll understand
Cadd9 G x 2 Cadd9
Have a nice life Yeah Yeah
[Chorus]
G Cadd9 A7
Have a nice life, have a nice life
D - Dsus4 G
Hope you find all you're looking for
G Cadd9 A7 D Dsus4
I hope it goes well, I come it comes right for you
G Cadd9 A7
Have a nice life, have it your way
D - Dsus4 G
Hope you live long and prosper
G Cadd9 A7
I hope you get high, I hope you get lucky
D Cadd9/E
And find the right one
Cadd9/E
The one love
Cadd9/E C2 (single strum)
The right one
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Ooklah The Moc
Orianthi
Parmalee
Reggio
Repvblik
Rick Nelson
Ricky Dillon
Rob Dickinson