Biography:
Too Much Joy were an alternative band which formed in Scarsdale, New York, United States in 1987. The band's original members were Tim Quirk (vocals), Jay Blumenfield (guitar, vocals), Sandy Smallens (bass, vocals) and Tommy Vinton (drums). Smallens departed on amicable terms in 1994; William Wittman provided bass and vocals after Smallens's retirement.
The band released five albums before they disbanded in 1997: "Green Eggs and Crack" (1987), "Son of Sam I Am" (1988), "Cereal Killers" (1991), "Mutiny" (1992) and ".
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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!
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!
[Intro]
C#m
D A
He called me William Holden Caulfield
F#m
It was no compliment
C#m
D A F#m
What's wrong with William Holden Caulfield? Oh yeah
[Verse 1]
A D
All that stuff that bummed me out ten years ago
A C#m Bm
Still bugs me today, and boy, I wanna know
A D
Who died and made you my mom and me some stupid kid?
A C#m Bm A
How can you forget all those things we did? {chorus starts overlapping 'did')
[Chrous]
A
So keep on sleeping on
F#m D
'Til your hair is grey
E
When I turn eighty
C#m A
I better feel this way
[Verse 2]
A D
I'm afraid of people who like Catcher in the Rye
A C#m Bm
Yeah, I like it too, but someone tell me why
A D
People he'd despise say: I feel like that guy
A C#m Bm A
I don't wanna grow up, cause I don't wanna die
[Bridge 1]
D
When I'm thirty-one
F#m
Then keep living on
E
For fifty more years, so
[Bridge 2]
C#m
D A
Call me William Holden Caulfield
F#m C#m
It was no compliment
D A F#m
What's wrong with William Holden Caufield?
[Chrous]
A
So keep on sleeping on
F#m D
'Til your hair is grey
E
When I turn eighty
C#m A
I better feel this way
[Verse 3]
A D
I respect the man in Sunset Boulevard
A C#m Bm
Got a heart somewhere, just won't let down his guard
A D
Doesn't trust happiness or the bad luck that it brings
A C#m Bm A
He's lonely and he's cold and he's proud of these things
[Bridge 1]
D
I said I'm cold
F#m
And I'm lonely
D
I said I'm cold
D
And I'm lonely
[Bridge 3]
A
La la la la la la la lonely
D
La la la la la la la lonely
A
La la la la la la la lonely
D
La la la la la la la lonely
C#m
La la la la la la la lonely (so call me)
D
La la la la la la la lonely
A
La la la la la la la lonely (don't be)
F#m
William Holden
A F#m D
I say
E C#m A
[Chrous]
A
So keep on sleeping on
F#m D
'Til your hair is grey
E
When I turn eighty
C#m
I better feel
C#m
I better feel
C#m
I better feel
A
C#m
D A
He called me William Holden Caulfield
F#m
It was no compliment
C#m
D A F#m
What's wrong with William Holden Caulfield? Oh yeah
[Verse 1]
A D
All that stuff that bummed me out ten years ago
A C#m Bm
Still bugs me today, and boy, I wanna know
A D
Who died and made you my mom and me some stupid kid?
A C#m Bm A
How can you forget all those things we did? {chorus starts overlapping 'did')
[Chrous]
A
So keep on sleeping on
F#m D
'Til your hair is grey
E
When I turn eighty
C#m A
I better feel this way
[Verse 2]
A D
I'm afraid of people who like Catcher in the Rye
A C#m Bm
Yeah, I like it too, but someone tell me why
A D
People he'd despise say: I feel like that guy
A C#m Bm A
I don't wanna grow up, cause I don't wanna die
[Bridge 1]
D
When I'm thirty-one
F#m
Then keep living on
E
For fifty more years, so
[Bridge 2]
C#m
D A
Call me William Holden Caulfield
F#m C#m
It was no compliment
D A F#m
What's wrong with William Holden Caufield?
[Chrous]
A
So keep on sleeping on
F#m D
'Til your hair is grey
E
When I turn eighty
C#m A
I better feel this way
[Verse 3]
A D
I respect the man in Sunset Boulevard
A C#m Bm
Got a heart somewhere, just won't let down his guard
A D
Doesn't trust happiness or the bad luck that it brings
A C#m Bm A
He's lonely and he's cold and he's proud of these things
[Bridge 1]
D
I said I'm cold
F#m
And I'm lonely
D
I said I'm cold
D
And I'm lonely
[Bridge 3]
A
La la la la la la la lonely
D
La la la la la la la lonely
A
La la la la la la la lonely
D
La la la la la la la lonely
C#m
La la la la la la la lonely (so call me)
D
La la la la la la la lonely
A
La la la la la la la lonely (don't be)
F#m
William Holden
A F#m D
I say
E C#m A
[Chrous]
A
So keep on sleeping on
F#m D
'Til your hair is grey
E
When I turn eighty
C#m
I better feel
C#m
I better feel
C#m
I better feel
A
