Biography:
Declan McKenna is an English singer, songwriter, and musician from Hertfordshire. He won the Glastonbury Festival's Emerging Talent Competition in 2015.
He writes alternative indie-pop music with influences from artists such as David Bowie. He has toured in the UK, Europe and in the US.
Declan is known for his outspoken political views, including in his songs such as 'Brazil' which portrays a social commentary on the corruption within the Fifa organisation.
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Other songs:
- Beautiful Faces
- Brazil
- British Bombs
- Humongous
- Isombard
- Listen To Your Friends
- Make Me Your Queen
- Mind
- Why Do You Feel So Down?
- Kids Don’t Wanna Come Home
- Basic
- Be An Astronaut
- Bethlehem
- Brew
- Crimson Part 2
- Dont Change For The Better
- Excitement
- Fear For Some And What They Become
- Get Right
- Hom Ice Cide
- Howl
- I Am Everyone Else
- Internetfatuation
- Ive Made It Further Than You
- Let Me Be
- Liar
- Malibu
- Medley
- Paracetamol
- Plastic People
- Start From The Start
- The Beginning
- The End
- The Kids Dont Wanna Come Home
- The Seaside
- The Window
- Time
- Tribes
- Valentines Day
- What Do You Think About The Car
- Why Do You Feel So Down
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!
4 really easy chords running through the whole song (the first three ones are barre !)
Watch him play it there : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qd9Y9z9QvY
Main riff :
e------------------------------------|
B-----9-------9--------10------9---9-|
G-9~----9-8~----8--------------------|
D-----------------9/11----11-9---9---|
A------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------|
C#m B A
e----9-----| e----7-----| e----5-----|
B----9-----| B----7-----| B----5-----|
G----9-----| G----8-----| G----6-----|
D----11----| D----9-----| D----7-----|
A----11----| A----9-----| A----7-----|
E----9-----| E----7-----| E----5-----|
[Verse 1]
C#m B A E
I heard you sold the Amazon,
C#m B A E
To show the country that you're from,
C#m B A E C#m B A E C#m B
Is where the world should want to be for find something all people need
A E C#m B A E
I'm faithless now though we win every time and I don't know how,
C#m B A E
'Cause I haven't bought you and I haven't sold me,
C#m B A E
But the people are dying to get on TV
[Chorus]
C#m B A E
I heard he lives down a river somewhere,
C#m B A E
With 6 cars and a grizzly bear,
C#m B A E
He's got eyes, but he can't see,
C#m B A E
Well, he talks like an angel but he looks like me
[Verse 2]
C#m B A E
OH LORD! What have I become?
C#m B A E
I'm the face of God I'm my fathers' son,
C#m B A E
I'm not, what you think you see
C#m B A E
I know you can't eat leather, but you can't stop me,
C#m B A E
Why would you lie, why would you lie about how you feel?
C#m B A E
I've got a mission and my mission is real
C#m B A E
Because you've had your chances, yeah you've had enough
C#m B A E
I'm gonna burn your house down to spread peace and love
C#m B A
And it gets me down,
E C#m B A E
Oh Lord how it gets me down
[Chorus]
C#m B A E
I heard he lives down a river somewhere,
C#m B A E
With 6 cars and a grizzly bear,
C#m B A E
He's got eyes, but he can't see,
C#m B A E
Well, he talks like an angel but he looks like me
[Interlude]
C#m B A E
Oh Lord!
C#m B A E
Oh Lord!
C#m B A E
C#m B A E
[Bridge]
C#m B A E
I wanna play the beautiful game while I'm in Brazil
C#m B A E
'Cause everybody plays the beautiful game out in Brazil
C#m B A E
And it's all you've ever wanted, and it's all that you want still,
C#m B A E
Don't you wanna play the beautiful game out in Brazil?
C#m B A E
I wanna play the beautiful game while I'm in Brazil
C#m B A E
'Cause everybody plays the beautiful game out in Brazil
C#m B A E
And it's all you've ever wanted, and it's all that you want still,
C#m B A E
Don't you wanna play the beautiful game out in Brazil?
N.C.
Oh yeah!
[Outro Chorus]
C#m B A E
I heard he lives down a river somewhere,
C#m B A E
With 6 cars and a grizzly bear,
C#m B A E
He's got eyes, but he can't see,
C#m B A E
Well, he talks like an angel but he looks like me
C#m B A E
I heard he lives down a river somewhere,
C#m B A E
With 6 cars and a grizzly bear,
C#m B A E
He's got eyes, but he can't see,
C#m B A E
Well, he talks like an angel but he looks like me
Watch him play it there : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qd9Y9z9QvY
Main riff :
e------------------------------------|
B-----9-------9--------10------9---9-|
G-9~----9-8~----8--------------------|
D-----------------9/11----11-9---9---|
A------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------|
C#m B A
e----9-----| e----7-----| e----5-----|
B----9-----| B----7-----| B----5-----|
G----9-----| G----8-----| G----6-----|
D----11----| D----9-----| D----7-----|
A----11----| A----9-----| A----7-----|
E----9-----| E----7-----| E----5-----|
[Verse 1]
C#m B A E
I heard you sold the Amazon,
C#m B A E
To show the country that you're from,
C#m B A E C#m B A E C#m B
Is where the world should want to be for find something all people need
A E C#m B A E
I'm faithless now though we win every time and I don't know how,
C#m B A E
'Cause I haven't bought you and I haven't sold me,
C#m B A E
But the people are dying to get on TV
[Chorus]
C#m B A E
I heard he lives down a river somewhere,
C#m B A E
With 6 cars and a grizzly bear,
C#m B A E
He's got eyes, but he can't see,
C#m B A E
Well, he talks like an angel but he looks like me
[Verse 2]
C#m B A E
OH LORD! What have I become?
C#m B A E
I'm the face of God I'm my fathers' son,
C#m B A E
I'm not, what you think you see
C#m B A E
I know you can't eat leather, but you can't stop me,
C#m B A E
Why would you lie, why would you lie about how you feel?
C#m B A E
I've got a mission and my mission is real
C#m B A E
Because you've had your chances, yeah you've had enough
C#m B A E
I'm gonna burn your house down to spread peace and love
C#m B A
And it gets me down,
E C#m B A E
Oh Lord how it gets me down
[Chorus]
C#m B A E
I heard he lives down a river somewhere,
C#m B A E
With 6 cars and a grizzly bear,
C#m B A E
He's got eyes, but he can't see,
C#m B A E
Well, he talks like an angel but he looks like me
[Interlude]
C#m B A E
Oh Lord!
C#m B A E
Oh Lord!
C#m B A E
C#m B A E
[Bridge]
C#m B A E
I wanna play the beautiful game while I'm in Brazil
C#m B A E
'Cause everybody plays the beautiful game out in Brazil
C#m B A E
And it's all you've ever wanted, and it's all that you want still,
C#m B A E
Don't you wanna play the beautiful game out in Brazil?
C#m B A E
I wanna play the beautiful game while I'm in Brazil
C#m B A E
'Cause everybody plays the beautiful game out in Brazil
C#m B A E
And it's all you've ever wanted, and it's all that you want still,
C#m B A E
Don't you wanna play the beautiful game out in Brazil?
N.C.
Oh yeah!
[Outro Chorus]
C#m B A E
I heard he lives down a river somewhere,
C#m B A E
With 6 cars and a grizzly bear,
C#m B A E
He's got eyes, but he can't see,
C#m B A E
Well, he talks like an angel but he looks like me
C#m B A E
I heard he lives down a river somewhere,
C#m B A E
With 6 cars and a grizzly bear,
C#m B A E
He's got eyes, but he can't see,
C#m B A E
Well, he talks like an angel but he looks like me
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