Biography:
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born 22 July 1973) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter.
Wainwright was born in Rhinebeck, New York, USA, to folk singers Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle (they divorced while he was a child). He began to play the piano at age six, and by age thirteen he was touring with his sister Martha Wainwright, mother Kate, and aunt Anna as the McGarrigle Sisters and Family.
His song I'm A-Runnin', which he performed
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Other songs:
- Another Believer
- Capo 3
- Go Or Go Ahead
- Going To A Town
- Hallelujah
- La Complainte De La Butte
- La Complainte de la butte (Moulin rouge)
- Release The Stars
- Sonnet 29
- 1111
- A Bit Of You
- Across The Universe
- April Fools
- As In Happy
- Beautiful Child
- Betweeen My Legs
- California
- Candles
- Chelsea Hotel No 2
- Chelsea Hotel No2
- Cigarettes And Chocolate Milk
- Crumb By Crumb
- Dinner At Eight
- Everybody Knows
- Foolish Love
- Gay Messiah
- Greek Song
- Harvester Of Hearts
- Hometown Waltz
- I Dont Know What It Is
- I Eat Dinner
- In My Arms
- Instant Pleasure
- Jericho
- Last Cup Of Coffee
- Maker Makes
- Me And Liza
- Not Ready To Love
- Oh What A World
- One Man Guy
- Only A Paper Moon
- Out Of The Game
- Peach Trees
- Perfect Man
- Poses
- Pretty Things
- Rebel Prince
- Respectable Dive
- Rules And Regulations
- Sally Ann
- Sanssouci
- Superman
- The Art Teacher
- The Dream
- The One You Love
- The Sword Of Damocles
- This Love Affair
- Tiergarten
- Vibrate
- Want
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/ Rufus Wainwright / I think this song is about Rufus' obvious contempt
/ Going to a Town / for the Bush administration, its tyrannical foreign
/ Release the Stars / policy and the American Christian church with its ill
/____________________/ view on homosexuality. He once stated in an interview
that if Bush was elected, he would emigrate from America,
and he then ended up doing so when Bush was re-elected. He moved to Berlin
instead – expecting to find a "burnt down, disgraced" town. But if you've been
to Berlin, you'll know that it's the exact opposite, and I think that's what
inspired the general adventurous and jolly sound of Release the Stars.
Rufus once said about the song: "I wrote that in about five minutes. I remember
distinctly that I was waiting to go to dinner and I had about twenty minutes to
spare. I offhandedly said: "I think I'll go down and fuck around on the piano"
and all of a sudden that song was finished. It sort of arrived. Those are always
the best ones; they're from some nether region that you have no control over."
Key: Fminor (bbbb)
Time: 4/4
Tempo: 125 bpm
Intro:
| Bbm7 | Bbm7 | Bbm7 | Bbm7 |
Verse:
| Bbm7 | Bbm7 | Eb7 | Eb7 |
| Abmaj7 | Abmaj7 | Dbmaj7 | Dbmaj7 |
| Gm7b5 | Gm7b5 | C7 | C7 |
| Fm | Fm | Fm | Fm |
Verse (Skip the last two bars of Fm and go straight to the Chorus.)
Chorus:
| Bbm | Fm | Bbm | Fm |
| Bbm | G7 | G7 | C | C |
Intro
Verse (add a third bar of Bbm7 before Eb7)
Verse (Again, skip the last two bars of Fm.)
Chorus
Outro:
||: Bbm7 | Bbm7 | Ab | Ab |
| Ab | Ab | Ebm | Ebm |
| Ebm | Ebm | F7 | F7 |
1.
| Gb | C | Fm :||
2.
| F7 | F7 | Gb | G7 | C | Fm ...
LYRICS
*********
I'm going to a town that has already been burnt down
I'm going to a place that has already been disgraced
I'm gonna see some folks who have already been let down
I'm so tired of America
I'm gonna make it up for all of the Sunday Times
I'm gonna make it up for all of the nursery rhymes
They never really seem to want to tell the truth
I'm so tired of you, America
Making my own way home
Ain't gonna be alone
I got a life to lead, America
I got a life to lead
Tell mich
Do you really think you go to hell for having loved?
Tell me
Enough for thinking everything that you've done is good
I really need to know
After soaking the body of Jesus Christ in blood
I'm so tired of America
I really need to know
I may just never see you again or might as well
You took advantage of a world that loved you well
I'm going to a town that has already been burnt down
I'm so tired of you, America
Making my own way home
Ain't gonna be alone
I've got a life to lead, America
I got a life to lead
I got a soul to feed
I got a dream to heed
And that's all I need
Making my own way home
Ain't gonna be alone
I'm going to the town that has already been burnt down
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30th /September /09
Just mail me at [email protected] with questions, comments and corrections!
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Musical regards,
Maitinin
April, 2016 "
/ Rufus Wainwright / I think this song is about Rufus' obvious contempt
/ Going to a Town / for the Bush administration, its tyrannical foreign
/ Release the Stars / policy and the American Christian church with its ill
/____________________/ view on homosexuality. He once stated in an interview
that if Bush was elected, he would emigrate from America,
and he then ended up doing so when Bush was re-elected. He moved to Berlin
instead – expecting to find a "burnt down, disgraced" town. But if you've been
to Berlin, you'll know that it's the exact opposite, and I think that's what
inspired the general adventurous and jolly sound of Release the Stars.
Rufus once said about the song: "I wrote that in about five minutes. I remember
distinctly that I was waiting to go to dinner and I had about twenty minutes to
spare. I offhandedly said: "I think I'll go down and fuck around on the piano"
and all of a sudden that song was finished. It sort of arrived. Those are always
the best ones; they're from some nether region that you have no control over."
Key: Fminor (bbbb)
Time: 4/4
Tempo: 125 bpm
Intro:
| Bbm7 | Bbm7 | Bbm7 | Bbm7 |
Verse:
| Bbm7 | Bbm7 | Eb7 | Eb7 |
| Abmaj7 | Abmaj7 | Dbmaj7 | Dbmaj7 |
| Gm7b5 | Gm7b5 | C7 | C7 |
| Fm | Fm | Fm | Fm |
Verse (Skip the last two bars of Fm and go straight to the Chorus.)
Chorus:
| Bbm | Fm | Bbm | Fm |
| Bbm | G7 | G7 | C | C |
Intro
Verse (add a third bar of Bbm7 before Eb7)
Verse (Again, skip the last two bars of Fm.)
Chorus
Outro:
||: Bbm7 | Bbm7 | Ab | Ab |
| Ab | Ab | Ebm | Ebm |
| Ebm | Ebm | F7 | F7 |
1.
| Gb | C | Fm :||
2.
| F7 | F7 | Gb | G7 | C | Fm ...
LYRICS
*********
I'm going to a town that has already been burnt down
I'm going to a place that has already been disgraced
I'm gonna see some folks who have already been let down
I'm so tired of America
I'm gonna make it up for all of the Sunday Times
I'm gonna make it up for all of the nursery rhymes
They never really seem to want to tell the truth
I'm so tired of you, America
Making my own way home
Ain't gonna be alone
I got a life to lead, America
I got a life to lead
Tell mich
Do you really think you go to hell for having loved?
Tell me
Enough for thinking everything that you've done is good
I really need to know
After soaking the body of Jesus Christ in blood
I'm so tired of America
I really need to know
I may just never see you again or might as well
You took advantage of a world that loved you well
I'm going to a town that has already been burnt down
I'm so tired of you, America
Making my own way home
Ain't gonna be alone
I've got a life to lead, America
I got a life to lead
I got a soul to feed
I got a dream to heed
And that's all I need
Making my own way home
Ain't gonna be alone
I'm going to the town that has already been burnt down
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
30th /September /09
Just mail me at [email protected] with questions, comments and corrections!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
" The past 11 years, I have generated +11 million views and +800 top-rated tabs for this site.
If you want to support a contributor like me, check out the updated sheet on my own site:
www.playlikethegreats.com/pianosheetmusic/going-to-a-town-by-rufus-wainwright
Musical regards,
Maitinin
April, 2016 "
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