Biography:
Yorick van Norden is a Dutch singer-songwriter. Between 2004 and 2013 he was in the band The Hype. He made two albums under his own name: Happy Hunting Ground (2015) and The Jester (2018).
2018 also saw the release of Unsung Heroes, an album of cover versions by Anne Soldaat & Yorick van Norden.
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Other songs:
- A Song For You
- Blood Money
- Days
- Divide And Rule
- Gamblin Mama
- Gonna Try For The Sun
- Hard Road Up Free Fall Down
- I Fly A Kite
- Light Up Love
- Loves Taking Over
- Miss Serene
- More Than Words
- Only By Memory
- Stranglehold
- Suite No 1 I Unbelievable
- Suite No 1 Il The Girl In The Window
- Suite No 2 I So Sad
- Suite No 2 Il Drifting
- Suite No 2 Ill Gettin In Over My Head
- Surrender To Love
- Tangier
- The Forest Of The Mind
- Train In The Station
- Who Knows Maybe
- Winter
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[Chords]
D5 x-x-0-2-3-x
F5/D x-x-0-5-6-x
G5/D x-x-0-7-8-x
C5 x-x-0-0-1-x
D x-x-0-2-3-2
F/D x-x-0-5-6-5
G/D x-x-0-7-8-7
[Intro]
D5 G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D G5/D F5/D D5 C5
E|-----| (6 bars) E|--------------------|--------------------------|
B|--3--| B|--8----6----3-3---6-|--8----6----3-3-----------|
G|--2--| G|--7----5----2-2---5-|--7----5----2-2--0--------|
D|--0--| D|--0----0----0-0---0-|--0----0----0-0----3-0----|
A|-----| A|--------------------|-----------------------3--|
E|-----| E|--------------------|--------------------------|
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
E|---------------------|----------------------| (2X)
B|--8----6----3-3---6--|--8----6----3-3----6--|
G|--7----5----2-2---5--|--7----5----2-2----5--|
D|--0----0----0-0---0--|--0----0----0-0----0--|
A|---------------------|----------------------|
E|---------------------|----------------------|
[Verse 1]
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
The vicious air sticks to my skin
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
Apocalypse approaches for to do me in
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
The people swarm the streets like bats from hell
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
The game is called survival and they know it well
[Break]
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D (2x)
[Verse 2]
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
Go for a stroll, now I’m on my own
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
I pass the door of Mohammed’s home
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
Up comes a man with a smile on his face
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
You need me as a guide or you’ll fall from grace
[Chorus]
D5 C5 D5
We do it wrong until we do it right (4x)
[Break]
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D (2x)
[Verse 3]
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
Too bright for nightmares, too dark for dreams
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
In this city nothing is what it seems
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
The snake charmer’s ready for the show
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
He charms the money from your pockets, you can’t say no!
[Break]
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D (2x)
[Verse 4]
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
Old woman sitting in medina’s square
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
She eyes the crowd with a mournful stare
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
It’s the look in her eyes that makes you bet she can tell
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
That’s it’s twenty steps from heaven where the other shoe fell
[Chorus]
D5 C5 D5
We do it wrong until we do it right (4x)
[Break]
D5
[Verse 5]
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
Tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
Sweet revenge and the martyrs die
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
I lift my hat to show my crown of thorns
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
I feel I’m slowly dying from the day I was born
[Chorus]
D5 C5 D5
We do it wrong until we do it right (4x)
[Break]
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D (12x)
[Outro]
D5
D F/D G/D D (6x)
Bismi'llah ir-Rahman ir-Rahiem
D5 x-x-0-2-3-x
F5/D x-x-0-5-6-x
G5/D x-x-0-7-8-x
C5 x-x-0-0-1-x
D x-x-0-2-3-2
F/D x-x-0-5-6-5
G/D x-x-0-7-8-7
[Intro]
D5 G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D G5/D F5/D D5 C5
E|-----| (6 bars) E|--------------------|--------------------------|
B|--3--| B|--8----6----3-3---6-|--8----6----3-3-----------|
G|--2--| G|--7----5----2-2---5-|--7----5----2-2--0--------|
D|--0--| D|--0----0----0-0---0-|--0----0----0-0----3-0----|
A|-----| A|--------------------|-----------------------3--|
E|-----| E|--------------------|--------------------------|
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
E|---------------------|----------------------| (2X)
B|--8----6----3-3---6--|--8----6----3-3----6--|
G|--7----5----2-2---5--|--7----5----2-2----5--|
D|--0----0----0-0---0--|--0----0----0-0----0--|
A|---------------------|----------------------|
E|---------------------|----------------------|
[Verse 1]
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
The vicious air sticks to my skin
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
Apocalypse approaches for to do me in
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
The people swarm the streets like bats from hell
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
The game is called survival and they know it well
[Break]
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D (2x)
[Verse 2]
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
Go for a stroll, now I’m on my own
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
I pass the door of Mohammed’s home
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
Up comes a man with a smile on his face
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
You need me as a guide or you’ll fall from grace
[Chorus]
D5 C5 D5
We do it wrong until we do it right (4x)
[Break]
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D (2x)
[Verse 3]
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
Too bright for nightmares, too dark for dreams
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
In this city nothing is what it seems
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
The snake charmer’s ready for the show
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
He charms the money from your pockets, you can’t say no!
[Break]
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D (2x)
[Verse 4]
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
Old woman sitting in medina’s square
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
She eyes the crowd with a mournful stare
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
It’s the look in her eyes that makes you bet she can tell
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
That’s it’s twenty steps from heaven where the other shoe fell
[Chorus]
D5 C5 D5
We do it wrong until we do it right (4x)
[Break]
D5
[Verse 5]
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
Tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
Sweet revenge and the martyrs die
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
I lift my hat to show my crown of thorns
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D
I feel I’m slowly dying from the day I was born
[Chorus]
D5 C5 D5
We do it wrong until we do it right (4x)
[Break]
G5/D F5/D D5 F5/D (12x)
[Outro]
D5
D F/D G/D D (6x)
Bismi'llah ir-Rahman ir-Rahiem
Yosi Piamenta
Yossi Azulay
Yosui Inoue
Yotam
Yotam Perel
You vs Yesterday
You Wont
You, Me, and Eve (...)
Young and Divine
Young And Sick