Biography:
Stanley Allison Rogers (November 29, 1949 – June 2, 1983) was a Canadian folk musician and songwriter.
Rogers was noted for his rich, baritone voice and his traditional-sounding songs which were frequently inspired by Canadian history and the daily lives of working people, especially those from the fishing villages of the Maritime provinces and, later, the farms of the Canadian prairies and Great Lakes. Rogers died in a fire aboard Air Canada Flight 797 on the ground at the Greater Cincinnati Airport at the age of 33.
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Other songs:
- 45 Years
- Lies
- Make And Break Harbour
- Witch Of Westmoreland
- A Matter Of Heart
- Acadian Saturday Night
- Barretts Privateers
- Bluenose
- California
- Canol Road
- Cape St Marys
- Cliffs At Baccalieu
- Dark Eyed Molly
- Delivery Delayed
- Down The Road
- Evangeline
- Field Behind The Plow
- First Christmas
- Fishermans Wharf
- Fogartys Cove
- Forty
- Free In The Harbour
- Guysborough Train
- Harris And The Mare
- House Of Orange
- Jeannie C
- Leave Her Johnny Leave Her
- Let Me Fish Off Cape St Marys
- Lock
- Lookout Hill
- Love Letter
- Macdonnell On The Heights
- Mary Ellen Carter
- Northwest Passage
- Pharisee
- Sailors Rest
- Scarborough Settlers Lament
- Second Effort
- Song Of The Cradle
- Strings And Dory Plug
- Take It From Day To Day
- The Bluenose
- The Field Behind The Plow
- The Flowers Of Bermuda
- The House Of Orange
- The Idiot
- The Jeannie C
- The Maid On The Shore
- The Mary Ellen Carter
- The Rawdon Hills
- The White Collar Holler
- The Witch Of The Westmorland
- The Witch Of Westmorland
- Three Fishers
- Tiny Fish For Japan
- Turnaround
- White Squall
- Wreck Of The Athens Queen
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!
From: Barrie McCombs
FORTY-FIVE YEARS Time: 2/2 (sync) Tenor: Bb Bass: Bb
- Stan Rogers, 1976, on: Fogarty's Cove
INTRO: 1, 2m, 5, 1
1 *
Where the earth shows it's bones of wind-broken stone
5 *
And the sea and the sky are one
2m 4
I'm caught out of time, my blood sings with wine
5 *
And I'm running naked in the sun
1 *
There's God in the trees, I'm weak in the knees
5 *
And the sky is a painful blue
2m 4 5 1 ( 4, 1, 5 )
I'd like to look around, but Honey, all I see is you
1 *
The summer city lights will soften the night
5 *
Till you'd think that the air is clear
2m 4
And I'm sitting with friends where forty-five cents
5 *
Will buy another glass of beer
1 *
He's got something to say, but I'm so far away
5 *
That I don't know who I'm talking to
2m 4 5 1
Cause you just walked in the door, and Honey, all I see is you
CHORUS (after verses 2 and 3):
4 *
And I just want to hold you closer
1 4 1
Than I've ever held any-one be-fore
4 1
You say you've been twice a wife and you're through with life
2m 5
Ah but Honey, what the hell's it for
4 *
After twenty-three years you'd think I could find
1 4 1
A way to let you know some-how
2m 2m/1 5 1 (*)
That I want to see your smiling face forty-five years from now
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO
NOTES:
- Strum: clawhammer, 52, 43, B2, 45 or B, 43, B2, 43
FORTY-FIVE YEARS PAGE TWO
1 *
So a-lone in the lights on stage every night
5 *
I've been reaching out to find a friend
2m 4
Who knows all the words, sings so she's heard
5 *
And knows how all the stories end
1 *
Maybe after the show she'll ask me to go
5 *
Home with her for a drink or two
2m 4 5 1
Now her smile lights her eyes, but Honey all I see is you
CHORUS:
4 *
And I just want to hold you closer
1 4 1
Than I've ever held any-one be-fore
4 1
You say you've been twice a wife and you're through with life
2m 5
Ah but Honey, what the hell's it for
4 *
After twenty-three years you'd think I could find
1 4 1
A way to let you know some-how
2m 2m/1 5 1 (*)
That I want to see your smiling face forty-five years from now
ENDING: REPEAT CHORUS
SYMBOLS:
- Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord
- Period (.) = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure
- Underline(_) = sustain note into next measure
CHORDS (Number System):
- Example: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
- Key of C: C D E F G A B
- Detailed description: /pub/guitar/other_stuff/numbering_system.txt
- Submitted by: Barrie McCombs ([email protected])
FORTY-FIVE YEARS Time: 2/2 (sync) Tenor: Bb Bass: Bb
- Stan Rogers, 1976, on: Fogarty's Cove
INTRO: 1, 2m, 5, 1
1 *
Where the earth shows it's bones of wind-broken stone
5 *
And the sea and the sky are one
2m 4
I'm caught out of time, my blood sings with wine
5 *
And I'm running naked in the sun
1 *
There's God in the trees, I'm weak in the knees
5 *
And the sky is a painful blue
2m 4 5 1 ( 4, 1, 5 )
I'd like to look around, but Honey, all I see is you
1 *
The summer city lights will soften the night
5 *
Till you'd think that the air is clear
2m 4
And I'm sitting with friends where forty-five cents
5 *
Will buy another glass of beer
1 *
He's got something to say, but I'm so far away
5 *
That I don't know who I'm talking to
2m 4 5 1
Cause you just walked in the door, and Honey, all I see is you
CHORUS (after verses 2 and 3):
4 *
And I just want to hold you closer
1 4 1
Than I've ever held any-one be-fore
4 1
You say you've been twice a wife and you're through with life
2m 5
Ah but Honey, what the hell's it for
4 *
After twenty-three years you'd think I could find
1 4 1
A way to let you know some-how
2m 2m/1 5 1 (*)
That I want to see your smiling face forty-five years from now
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO
NOTES:
- Strum: clawhammer, 52, 43, B2, 45 or B, 43, B2, 43
FORTY-FIVE YEARS PAGE TWO
1 *
So a-lone in the lights on stage every night
5 *
I've been reaching out to find a friend
2m 4
Who knows all the words, sings so she's heard
5 *
And knows how all the stories end
1 *
Maybe after the show she'll ask me to go
5 *
Home with her for a drink or two
2m 4 5 1
Now her smile lights her eyes, but Honey all I see is you
CHORUS:
4 *
And I just want to hold you closer
1 4 1
Than I've ever held any-one be-fore
4 1
You say you've been twice a wife and you're through with life
2m 5
Ah but Honey, what the hell's it for
4 *
After twenty-three years you'd think I could find
1 4 1
A way to let you know some-how
2m 2m/1 5 1 (*)
That I want to see your smiling face forty-five years from now
ENDING: REPEAT CHORUS
SYMBOLS:
- Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord
- Period (.) = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure
- Underline(_) = sustain note into next measure
CHORDS (Number System):
- Example: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
- Key of C: C D E F G A B
- Detailed description: /pub/guitar/other_stuff/numbering_system.txt
- Submitted by: Barrie McCombs ([email protected])
Star Gazers
Star Vs The Forc (...)
Star Wars
Star Wars Theme
Starbomb
Stars
Stars Go Dim
Starsailor
Starset
Starship