Biography:
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The Ark is a glam rock band from Växjö, Sweden. The band was formed in 1991 by Ola Salo, Mikael Jepson, and Lasse Ljungberg. Martin Axén joined the band in 1997, and Sylvester Schlegel in ‘99. Jens Andersson was the last one to officially join, in October 2006. Jens is a familiar face from many The Ark gigs, as he has played the keyboard with the band for several years. Their lyrics are mostly written by singer Ola Salo, and many of them are controversial, especially the earlier ones.
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Other songs:
- A Virgin Like You
- Beauty Is The Beast
- Bottleneck Barbiturate
- Calleth You Cometh I
- Disease
- Echo Chamber
- Hey Modern Days
- It Takes A Fool To Remain Sane Not Finished
- Joy Surrender
- Kolla Kolla
- Let Your Body Decide
- Lord I Will Bow To You
- No End
- One Of Us Is Gonna Die Young
- Opera
- Power To Change
- Tell Me This Night Is Over
- The Glad Yeah
- The Lamb
- The Most Radical Thing To Do
- The Worrying Kind
- Tired Of Being An Object
- Vendelay
Feel free to transpose three half steps down to change the chords to a bit easier ones (Gm7->Em7..)
In this case capo should of course be on the third fret to match the record.
INTRO/VERSE:
Guitar: |Gm7 |F/A |Bb |C | (intro and first verse
Bass: |G |A |Bb |C | *
String: |F | | |G | *
Piano: | | | | D E |F *
* means notes
Chorus:
Bb C Dm7 F (4x)
Gm F/A
Whatever happened to the funky race?
Bb C
A generation lost in pace,
Gm F/A
-Wasn´t life supposed to be more than this?
Bb C
In this kiss I´ll change your bore for my bliss
Gm F/A Bb
But let go of my hand and it will slip out in the sand if you don´t give me the chance
C
to break down the walls of attitude,
Gm F/A
I ask nothing of you
Bb C
not even your gratitude
Bb
And if you think I´m corny
C
then it will not make me sorry
Dm7 F
it´s your right to laugh at me
Bb C
and in turn, that´s my opportunity
Dm7 F
to feel brave
Bb C
Because ridicule is no shame
Dm7 F
Oh, it's just a way to eclipse hate
Bb C
It's just a way to put my back straight
Dm7 F
Oh, it's just a way to remain sane
Gm F/A Bb
Every morning I would see her getting off the bus the picture never drops
C Gm
it´s like a multicoloured snapshot stuck in my brain
F/A Bb
it kept me sane for a couple of years
C
as it drenched my fears
Gm
of becoming like the others
F/A
who become unhappy mothers
Bb C
and fathers of unhappy kids
And why is that?
Bb C
'Cause they´ve forgotten how to play
Dm7 F
maybe they´re afraid to feel ashamed
Bb
to seem strange
C
to seem insane
Dm7
to seem gay
F
to gain weight
- I tell you this:
Bb C
That it takes a fool to remain sane
Dm7 F
It takes a fool to remain sane
Bb C
It takes a fool to remain sane
Dm7 F
In this world all covered up in shame
(-Oh, take it to the stage!)
Gm F/A Bb
So, take it to the stage in a multicoloured jacket take it jackpot, crackpot,
C
strutting like a peacock
Gm
nailvarnish Arkansas
F/A Bb
shimmy-shammy featherboah crackpot haircut
C
dye your hair in glowing red and blue,
Bb C Dm7 F
-Do, Do, Do! What you wanna do, Don´t think twice, do what you have to do,
Bb C Dm7 F
Do, Do, Do, let your heart decide what you have to do that´s all there is to find
Bb C
Cause it takes a fool to remain sane,
Dm7 F
Oh,It takes a fool to remain sane
Bb C
It takes a fool to remain sane
Dm7 F
In this world all covered up in shame
Bb C
It takes a fool to remain sane,
Dm7 F
It takes a fool to remain sane
Bb C
It takes a fool to remain sane
Dm7 F
In this world all covered up in shame
In this case capo should of course be on the third fret to match the record.
INTRO/VERSE:
Guitar: |Gm7 |F/A |Bb |C | (intro and first verse
Bass: |G |A |Bb |C | *
String: |F | | |G | *
Piano: | | | | D E |F *
* means notes
Chorus:
Bb C Dm7 F (4x)
Gm F/A
Whatever happened to the funky race?
Bb C
A generation lost in pace,
Gm F/A
-Wasn´t life supposed to be more than this?
Bb C
In this kiss I´ll change your bore for my bliss
Gm F/A Bb
But let go of my hand and it will slip out in the sand if you don´t give me the chance
C
to break down the walls of attitude,
Gm F/A
I ask nothing of you
Bb C
not even your gratitude
Bb
And if you think I´m corny
C
then it will not make me sorry
Dm7 F
it´s your right to laugh at me
Bb C
and in turn, that´s my opportunity
Dm7 F
to feel brave
Bb C
Because ridicule is no shame
Dm7 F
Oh, it's just a way to eclipse hate
Bb C
It's just a way to put my back straight
Dm7 F
Oh, it's just a way to remain sane
Gm F/A Bb
Every morning I would see her getting off the bus the picture never drops
C Gm
it´s like a multicoloured snapshot stuck in my brain
F/A Bb
it kept me sane for a couple of years
C
as it drenched my fears
Gm
of becoming like the others
F/A
who become unhappy mothers
Bb C
and fathers of unhappy kids
And why is that?
Bb C
'Cause they´ve forgotten how to play
Dm7 F
maybe they´re afraid to feel ashamed
Bb
to seem strange
C
to seem insane
Dm7
to seem gay
F
to gain weight
- I tell you this:
Bb C
That it takes a fool to remain sane
Dm7 F
It takes a fool to remain sane
Bb C
It takes a fool to remain sane
Dm7 F
In this world all covered up in shame
(-Oh, take it to the stage!)
Gm F/A Bb
So, take it to the stage in a multicoloured jacket take it jackpot, crackpot,
C
strutting like a peacock
Gm
nailvarnish Arkansas
F/A Bb
shimmy-shammy featherboah crackpot haircut
C
dye your hair in glowing red and blue,
Bb C Dm7 F
-Do, Do, Do! What you wanna do, Don´t think twice, do what you have to do,
Bb C Dm7 F
Do, Do, Do, let your heart decide what you have to do that´s all there is to find
Bb C
Cause it takes a fool to remain sane,
Dm7 F
Oh,It takes a fool to remain sane
Bb C
It takes a fool to remain sane
Dm7 F
In this world all covered up in shame
Bb C
It takes a fool to remain sane,
Dm7 F
It takes a fool to remain sane
Bb C
It takes a fool to remain sane
Dm7 F
In this world all covered up in shame
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