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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[Intro]
| F#m E/G# | A B | F#m E/G# | D A |
| F#m E/G# | A B | F#m E/G# | D A | Bm7 A/C# D E | F#m E/G#
[Verse 1]
A B
I got two strong arms
C#m D
Blessings of Babylon
Bm G
Time to carry on
F#m
And try
E/G# A B
For sins and false alarms
C#m D D#m A#m
So to America the brave
Bm A/C# D
Wise men save
[Chorus]
E F#m E/G#
Near a tree by a river
A B
There's a hole in the ground
F#m E/G#
Where an old man of Aran
D A
Goes around and around
F#m E/G#
And his mind is a beacon
A B
In the veil of the night
F#m E/G#
For a strange kind of fashion
D A
There's a wrong and a right
Bm7 A/C# D E F#m E/G#
But he'll never, never fight over you
[Verse 2]
A B
I got plans for us
C#m D
Nights in the scullery
Bm G
And days instead of me
F#m E/G# A B
I only know what to discuss
C#m D D#m A#m
Oh for anything but light
Bm7 A/C# D E F#m E/G#
Wise men fighting over you
[Verse 3]
A B
It's not me you see
C#m D
Pieces of valentine
Bm G
With just a song of mine
F#m E/G# A B
To keep from burning history
C#m D D#m A#m
Seasons of gasoline and gold
Bm A/C# D
Wise men fold
[Chorus]
E F#m E/G#
Near a tree by a river
A B
There's a hole in the ground
F#m E/G#
Where an old man of Aran
D A
Goes around and around
F#m E/G#
And his mind is a beacon
A B
In the veil of the night
F#m E/G#
For a strange kind of fashion
D A
There's a wrong and a right
Bm7 A/C# D E G C
But he'll never, never fight over you
[Bridge]
F Bb A
I got time to kill
D/F#
Sly looks in corridors
G F
Without a plan of yours
Esus4 E Am G/B C
A blackbird sings on Bluebird Hill
D D/C Bb Eb
Thanks to the calling of the wild
Cm Bb/D Eb F
Wise mens' child
[Middle 8]
|Gm F | Bb C |Gm F/A | Eb Bb |
|Gm F | Bb C |Gm F/A | Eb Bb |Cm Bb/D Eb
[Chorus]
F Gm F/A
Near a tree by a river
Bb C
There's a hole in the ground
Gm F/A
Where an old man of Aran
Eb Bb
Goes around and around
Gm F/A
And his mind is a beacon
Bb C
In the veil of the night
Gm F/A
For a strange kind of fashion
Eb Bb
There's a wrong and a right
Cm7 Bb/D Eb
But he'll never, never fight
[Outro]
F Gm F/A
Near a tree by a river
Bb C
There's a hole in the ground
Gm F/A
Where an old man of Aran
Eb Bb
Goes around and around
Gm F/A
And his mind is a beacon
Bb C
In the veil of the night
Gm F/A
For a strange kind of fashion
Eb Bb
There's a wrong and a right
Cm7 Bb/D Eb F Cm7 Bb/D Eb
But he'll never, never fight over you
F Cm7 Bb/D Eb F Gm
No he'll never, never fight over you
| F#m E/G# | A B | F#m E/G# | D A |
| F#m E/G# | A B | F#m E/G# | D A | Bm7 A/C# D E | F#m E/G#
[Verse 1]
A B
I got two strong arms
C#m D
Blessings of Babylon
Bm G
Time to carry on
F#m
And try
E/G# A B
For sins and false alarms
C#m D D#m A#m
So to America the brave
Bm A/C# D
Wise men save
[Chorus]
E F#m E/G#
Near a tree by a river
A B
There's a hole in the ground
F#m E/G#
Where an old man of Aran
D A
Goes around and around
F#m E/G#
And his mind is a beacon
A B
In the veil of the night
F#m E/G#
For a strange kind of fashion
D A
There's a wrong and a right
Bm7 A/C# D E F#m E/G#
But he'll never, never fight over you
[Verse 2]
A B
I got plans for us
C#m D
Nights in the scullery
Bm G
And days instead of me
F#m E/G# A B
I only know what to discuss
C#m D D#m A#m
Oh for anything but light
Bm7 A/C# D E F#m E/G#
Wise men fighting over you
[Verse 3]
A B
It's not me you see
C#m D
Pieces of valentine
Bm G
With just a song of mine
F#m E/G# A B
To keep from burning history
C#m D D#m A#m
Seasons of gasoline and gold
Bm A/C# D
Wise men fold
[Chorus]
E F#m E/G#
Near a tree by a river
A B
There's a hole in the ground
F#m E/G#
Where an old man of Aran
D A
Goes around and around
F#m E/G#
And his mind is a beacon
A B
In the veil of the night
F#m E/G#
For a strange kind of fashion
D A
There's a wrong and a right
Bm7 A/C# D E G C
But he'll never, never fight over you
[Bridge]
F Bb A
I got time to kill
D/F#
Sly looks in corridors
G F
Without a plan of yours
Esus4 E Am G/B C
A blackbird sings on Bluebird Hill
D D/C Bb Eb
Thanks to the calling of the wild
Cm Bb/D Eb F
Wise mens' child
[Middle 8]
|Gm F | Bb C |Gm F/A | Eb Bb |
|Gm F | Bb C |Gm F/A | Eb Bb |Cm Bb/D Eb
[Chorus]
F Gm F/A
Near a tree by a river
Bb C
There's a hole in the ground
Gm F/A
Where an old man of Aran
Eb Bb
Goes around and around
Gm F/A
And his mind is a beacon
Bb C
In the veil of the night
Gm F/A
For a strange kind of fashion
Eb Bb
There's a wrong and a right
Cm7 Bb/D Eb
But he'll never, never fight
[Outro]
F Gm F/A
Near a tree by a river
Bb C
There's a hole in the ground
Gm F/A
Where an old man of Aran
Eb Bb
Goes around and around
Gm F/A
And his mind is a beacon
Bb C
In the veil of the night
Gm F/A
For a strange kind of fashion
Eb Bb
There's a wrong and a right
Cm7 Bb/D Eb F Cm7 Bb/D Eb
But he'll never, never fight over you
F Cm7 Bb/D Eb F Gm
No he'll never, never fight over you
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