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Dam

Biography:

Matthew Ryan (born November 7, 1971) is an American singer-songwriter hailing from Newark, Delaware whose music can be roughly characterized as alternative country. Ryan also collaborated with Neilson Hubbard to form the band Strays Don't Sleep. Ryan's voice has been described as a "hushed rasp, with words catching like vows destined to be broken - one of modern music's most potent whispers."

Perhaps the most underrated singer/songwriter of the past 12 years, Matthew Ryan arrived on the music scene in 1997 with Mayday.

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This is Matthew Ryan's "Dam" from the 1997 recording "May Day". Standard tuning with a
capo on the 3rd.

Intro: C, Em, Dm, F

Verse 1:
C Em
Do you think
Dm
That you've come far
F
Through winds so hard
C Em
And are you as disgruntled
Dm
As you appear
F
Are you wishing that I wasn't here

Chorus:
C G Dm F
Well one day soon that dam is gonna break
C G
And it'll wash you away,
Dm F
It'll wash you away
C G Dm F
Yeah one day soon that dam is gonna break
C G Dm F FMaj7
And it'll wash you away, it'll wash you away
C
From me

Interlude: C, Em, Dm, F

Verse 3:
C Em
Do you know love
Dm
Do you push it below you
F
Or does it own you
C Em
And are you as ungrateful
Dm
As you appear
F
Are you wishing I wasn't here

Chorus:
C G Dm F
Well one day soon that dam is gonna break
C G
And it'll wash you away,
Dm F
It'll wash you away
C G Dm F
Yeah one day soon that dam is gonna break
C G Dm F FMaj7
And it'll wash you away, it'll wash you away
C
From me

Bridge:
C G Dm
And that's the best damn thing
F C G Dm F
That could happen to you
C G Dm
Yes that's the best damn thing
F C G Dm F
That could happen to you

Intro: C, G, Dm, F (x4) FMaj7

Outro:
C Em Dm F
For you