El grupo fue formado en 1996 por Adam Schlesinger y Chris Collingwood, antiguos compañeros de colegio. Previamente, los dos habían participado en otros grupos: Schlesinger había fundado Ivy en Nueva York y Collingwood The Mercy Buckets en Boston. El nombre del grupo se debe a una tienda de utensilios de jardinería de Wayne, Nueva Jersey, llamada Fountains of Wayne.
A ellos se unieron Brian Young, que había sido batería de The Posies, y Jody Porter, anteriormente en The Belltower. Desde entonces la formación no ha cambiado.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
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Sick Day Collingwood/Schlesinger Fountains of Wayne, 1996
Verse I: Start with fade into Am7 - Dsus4-D-Dsus2
Am7Dsus4-D-Dsus2 Check out the girl in the harbor tunnel Am7Dsus4-D-Dsus2 Crawling to work, six feet under CG And the day has barely begun CGD They're all chewing gum and laughing Am7Dsus4-D-Dsus2 At the voice of the cracklin radio station Am7Dsus4-D-Dsus2 Lead us not into Penn Station CG And the best parts just begun CGD We're all becoming one, again Am7EmAm7 [C?] And she's making the scene with her coffee and cream GD And the copy machines not working Am7EmAm7 [C?] She's a hell of a girl, she's alone in the world GD And she likes to say `Hey good lookin' Am7D She's on her way Am7D She's taking a sick day Bb - C [?] Soon..
Am7 - Dsus4-D-Dsus2 [2x]
Verse II:
And here is the man pushing paper past her Thinks of ways to make the day go faster But the day goes on and on He dreams of his lawn and all about The pretty careerist the next cube over The fat secretary the lunch-time lover Till the Path train finally comes The platforms full of bums again
Chorus II [same as I]
Solo over verse chords
Chorus III
And she's taking her time, as she's tossing a dime At the man in the cardboard coffin It doesn't have to be fine, she's ahead of the line And doesn't have to be here too often She's making a play Bb - C - G [let ring, and false end] She's taking a sick day soon
Drum fill and:
Fade out over Am7 - D
OK, there's some mistakes/simplifications in this one, but it ought to get you started.