Biography:
Regina Spektor (born Regina Ilyinichna Spektor on 18 February 1980 in Moscow) is a Russian-born American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Her music is associated with the anti-folk scene centered on New York City's East Village.
Spektor studied classical piano from the age of six, practising on a Petrof piano given to her mother by her grandfather. She was also exposed to the music of rock and roll bands such as The Beatles, Queen, and The Moody Blues by her father
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Other songs:
- Better
- Bleeding Heart
- Blue Lips
- Don't Leave Me (ne Me Quitte Pas)
- Eet
- Fidelity
- Field Below
- Firewood
- Folding Chair
- Genius Next Door
- Ghost Of Corporate Future
- Hero
- Hotel Song
- How
- Jessica
- Lady
- Laughing With
- Machine
- Man Of A Thousand Faces
- My Man (boardwalk Empire)
- No Surprises
- On The Radio
- One More Time With Feeling
- Open
- Patron Saint
- Raindrops
- Samson
- Somedays
- Summer In The City
- The Calculation
- The Call
- The Party
- Two Birds
- Us
- You've Got Time
- United states
- All The Rowboats
- Call Them Brothers
- 2 99 Cent Blues
- Another Town
- Apres Moi
- Aquarius
- Back Of A Truck
- Ballad Of A Politician
- Baobabs
- Bartender
- Be Like A Cloud
- Black And White
- Bobbing For Apples
- Braille
- Buildings
- Carbon Monoxide
- Chemo Limo
- Consequence Of Sounds
- Dance Anthem Of The 80S
- Dont Leave Me Ne Me Quitte Pas
- Edit
- Flowers
- Grand Hotel
- Human Of The Year
- I Cut Off My Hair
- Just Like The Movies
- Lacrimosa
- Lounge
- Love Affair
- Love Youre A Whore
- Lullaby
- Mermaid
- Musicbox
- My Dear Acquaintance
- My Man
- New Year
- Obsolete
- Ode To Divorce
- Oedipus
- Ohmerica
- Old Jacket Stariy Pedjak
- Older And Taller
- Poor Little Rich Boy
- Prisoners
- Reading Time With Pickle
- Real Love
- Riot Gear
- Sailor Song
- Samon
- Sellers Of Flowers
- Small Bills
- Small Town Moon
- Stay Unreleased
- That Time
- The Light
- The Noise
- The One Who Stayed And The One Who Left
- The Prayer Of Franois Villon Molitva
- The Sword And The Pen
- The Trapper And The Furrier
- The Visit
- The Wallet
- Time Is All Around
- Tornadoland
- Uh
- You
- Youve Got Time
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Capo 4th fret to match the recording.
Transpose +4 for original chords in the key of B
Csus2 x-3-5-5-3-3
Csus2* x-3-5-7-7-x (really Csus2(#11))
[Intro]
G
[Verse]
G Am G/B Cadd9
You are my sweetest downfall
C D Em D C
I loved you first, I loved you first
C G Am G/B Cadd9
Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth
D Em D C
I have to go, I have to go
Csus2* C Csus2
Your hair was long, when we first met
[Chorus]
D Em G
Samson went back to bed
G C
Not much hair left on his head
D Em G G D
He ate a slice of wonder bread and went right back to bed
D Em G C
And history books forgot about us and the bible didn't mention us
G D/F# Em
And the bi-ble didn't mention us, not
Cadd9 C
even once
[Verse]
G Am G/B Cadd9
You are my sweetest downfall
C D Em D Cadd9
I loved you first, I loved you first
C G Am G/B Cadd9 C
Beneath the stars came fallin' on our heads
D Em D C
But they're just old light, they're just old light
Csus2* C Csus2
Your hair was long when we first met
[Chorus]
D Em G
Samson came to my bed
G C
Told me that my hair was red
D Em G G D
Told me I was beautiful and came into my bed
D Em G
Oh I cut his hair myself one night
G C
A pair of dull scissors in the yellow light
C G
And he told me that I'd done alright
G D/F# Em C
and kissed me 'til the mornin' light, the mornin' light
G D Em C Cadd9
and he kissed me 'til the mornin' light
[Instrumental]
G D/F# E
[Chorus]
D Em G
Samson went back to bed
G C
not much hair left on his head
D Em G G D
Ate a slice of wonderbread and went right back to bed
D Em G
Oh, we couldn't bring the columns down
G C
Yeah we couldn't destroy a single one
C G
And history books forgot about us
G D/F# Em C Cadd9
And the bible didn't mention us, not even once
[Outro]
G Am G/B Cadd9
You are my sweetest downfall
C Dsus2 D Em
I loved you first
Transpose +4 for original chords in the key of B
Csus2 x-3-5-5-3-3
Csus2* x-3-5-7-7-x (really Csus2(#11))
[Intro]
G
[Verse]
G Am G/B Cadd9
You are my sweetest downfall
C D Em D C
I loved you first, I loved you first
C G Am G/B Cadd9
Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth
D Em D C
I have to go, I have to go
Csus2* C Csus2
Your hair was long, when we first met
[Chorus]
D Em G
Samson went back to bed
G C
Not much hair left on his head
D Em G G D
He ate a slice of wonder bread and went right back to bed
D Em G C
And history books forgot about us and the bible didn't mention us
G D/F# Em
And the bi-ble didn't mention us, not
Cadd9 C
even once
[Verse]
G Am G/B Cadd9
You are my sweetest downfall
C D Em D Cadd9
I loved you first, I loved you first
C G Am G/B Cadd9 C
Beneath the stars came fallin' on our heads
D Em D C
But they're just old light, they're just old light
Csus2* C Csus2
Your hair was long when we first met
[Chorus]
D Em G
Samson came to my bed
G C
Told me that my hair was red
D Em G G D
Told me I was beautiful and came into my bed
D Em G
Oh I cut his hair myself one night
G C
A pair of dull scissors in the yellow light
C G
And he told me that I'd done alright
G D/F# Em C
and kissed me 'til the mornin' light, the mornin' light
G D Em C Cadd9
and he kissed me 'til the mornin' light
[Instrumental]
G D/F# E
[Chorus]
D Em G
Samson went back to bed
G C
not much hair left on his head
D Em G G D
Ate a slice of wonderbread and went right back to bed
D Em G
Oh, we couldn't bring the columns down
G C
Yeah we couldn't destroy a single one
C G
And history books forgot about us
G D/F# Em C Cadd9
And the bible didn't mention us, not even once
[Outro]
G Am G/B Cadd9
You are my sweetest downfall
C Dsus2 D Em
I loved you first
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Reincidentes
Reindeer Section
Reinhard Mey
Relient K
Renato E Seus Bl (...)
Renato Fechine
Renato Teixeira
Renato Zero
Renaud