Amanda Palmer (Lexington, 30 de Abril de 1976) é uma artista americana que despontou como vocalista e pianista da banda The Dresden Dolls. Desde então, também desenvolveu sua carreira solo, além de ser uma das "metades" da dupla Evelyn Evelyn, criada em parceria com Jason Webley.
Discografia: - Solo: High School Demotape (1997), 5 song Demotape (1998), Who Killed Amanda Palmer (2008), Amanda Palmer Performs the Popular Hits of Radiohead on Her Magical Ukulele (EP) (2010), Theatre Is Evil (2012)
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
INTRO FF7A#sus2C7sus4C7 x2 VERSE 1 FF7 Sid Vicious played a four-string Fender bass guitar and couldn't sing A#sus2C7sus4C7 And everybody hated him except the ones who loved him FF7 A ukulele has four strings but Sid did not play ukulele A#sus2C7sus4C7 He did smack and probably killed his girlfriend Nancy Spungen VERSE 2 FF7 If only Sid had had a ukulele maybe he could have been happy A#sus2C7sus4C7 Maybe he would not have suffered such a sad end FF7 He maybe would have not done all that heroin instead A#sus2C7sus4C7 He maybe would've sat around just singing nice songs to his girlfriend CHORUS FF7 So play your favorite cover song especially if the words are wrong A#sus2C7sus4C7 Cos even if your grades are bad it doesn't mean you're failing FF7 Do your homework with a fork and eat your fruit loops in the dark A#sus2C7sus4C7 And bring your etch-a-sketch to work and play your ukulele
BRIDGE A#sus2C7 Ukulele small and forceful ukulele brave and peaceful FA#sus2 You can play the ukulele too it is painfully simple A#sus2C7 Play your ukulele badly play your ukulele loudly D#6 Ukulele banish evil ukulele save the people Ukulele gleaming golden on the top of every steeple VERSE 3 FF7 Lizzie borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks A#sus2C7sus4C7 Then gave her father forty-one and left a tragic puzzle FF7 If only they had given her an instrument those puritans A#sus2C7sus4C7 Had lost the plot completely see what happens when you muzzle VERSE 4 FF7 A person's creativity and do not let them sing and scream A#sus2C7sus4C7 And nowadays it's worse 'cause kids have automatic handguns FF7 It takes about an hour to teach someone to play the ukulele A#sus2C7sus4C7 About same to teach someone to build a standard pipe bomb you do the math s CHORUS BRIDGE A#sus2C7 Ukulele thing of wonder ukulele wand of thunder FA#sus2 You can play the ukulele too in London and down under A#sus2C7 Play Joan Jett and play Jacques Brel and Eminem and Neutral Milk Ho D#6 Tell the children crush the hatred play your ukulele naked If anybody tries to steal your ukulele let them take it
VERSE 5 FF7 Imagine there's no music imagine there are no songs A#sus2C7sus4C7 Imagine that John Lennon wasn't shot in front of his apartment FF7A#sus2 Now imagine if John Lennon had composed “Imagine” for the ukulele C7sus4C7 Maybe people would have truly got the message VERSE 6 FF7 You may think my approach is simple-minded and naïve A#sus2C7sus4C7 Like if you want to change the world then why not quit and feed the hungry FF7 But people for millennia have needed music to survive A#sus2C7sus4C7 And that's why I've promised John that I will not feel guilty VERSE 7 FF7 So play your favorite Beatles song and make the subway fall in love A#sus2C7sus4C7 They're only 19 9 that isn't lots of money FF7 Play until the sun comes up and play until your fingers suffer A#sus2C7sus4C7 Play LCD Soundsystem songs on your ukulele VERSE 8 FF7 Quit the bitching on your blog and stop pretending art is hard A#sus2C7sus4C7 Just limit yourself to three chords and do not practice daily FF7 You'll minimize some stranger's sadness with a piece of wood and plastic A#sus2C7sus4C7 Holy fuck it's so fantastic playing ukulele
VERSE 9 FF7 Eat your homework with a fork and do your fruit loops in the dark A#sus2 And bring your etch-a-sketch to work your flask of jack your vibrator your fear of heights your nikon lens VERSE 10 FF7 Your mom and dad your disco stick your soundtrack from “Karate Kid” A#sus2C7sus4C7 Your ginsu knives your rosary your new Rebecca Black CD FF7 Your favorite room your bowie knife your stuffed giraffe your new glass eye A#sus2C7sus4C7 Your sousaphone your breakfast tea your Nick Drake tapes your giving tree FF7 Your ice cream truck your missing wife your will to live your urge to cry A#sus2F Remember we're all going to die so play your ukulele