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Spinvis is a Dutch one-man project centred on Erik de Jong (born 2 February 1961, Spijkenisse). Using experimental, lo-fi music, Spinvis became an instant success in his home country, earning two gold records in the process and performing sold-out tours in both the Netherlands and Belgium.
In 2001, Erik de Jong, or Spinvis, at the age of 40, sent a three song demo to the Dutch indie label, Excelsior Recordings. Within two weeks, a record deal was signed.The label decided to keep the songs that had been recorded by Spinvis on his home computer. With some minor mixing touch-ups these songs comprised Spinvis' first album, released in the Netherlands on 1 April 2002. The music press responded with very positive reviews and the album reached the number one position in Oor magazine’s Moordlijst, an important alternative chart in the Netherlands.
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AD
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Verse
DD/AEm
Het wordt een hele mooie dag vandaag
AD
De stoelen gaan naar buiten en er
GD
hangen nieuwe slingers in de heg
D/AEm
Meneer van Ouwenaar zet alle dingen recht
ADG
Hij fluit heel vals en zwaait naar de portier
Verse
DD/AEm
Er is behoorlijk wat bezoek vandaag
ADG
Wespen op de appeltaart, de koffie komt voorbij
DD/AEm
Ik vind het best, ik zou niet weten wie er jarig is hoera
ADG
Of hoe het nou toch verder moet met mij
Chorus
DD/A
En de dag is kort
Em
En de dag is lang
AD
's Avonds zijn er stemmen
G
En een liedje op de gang
DD/AEm
En ik doe precies wat de dokter zegt
ADA
Goed je groente eten en niet te laat naar bed
Bridge
CBEmD
Niet met die pen, niet op de grond, niet elke keer,
GAGm
Niet in de zon, niet op die toon, niet tegen mij
DD/AEm
En de wolken gaan voorbij... vaarwel vaarwel
ADE
Ik hoop maar dat er roze koeken zijn
GEGCA
Verse
DD/AEm
Het wordt een hele mooie dag vandaag
AD
Ik weet zeker dat ze komt
GD
Want ze was er gisteren ook, in donkerrood
D/AEm
En de zon scheen en toen aten we chinees
ADG
En ik weet zeker dat ze wist dat ik naar haar keek
Verse
DD/A
Ze is hier nieuw
Em
Ze is genoemd naar een prinses
ADGD
Alles is zo anders nu sinds een week en 14 uur precies
D/AEm
Ik weet niet wat ze van me vindt maar ik doe m’n best
ADA
Zachtjes praten, rustig naar de mis
Bridge
CBEm
Ze is zo stil, we drinken thee
DG
Het is al laat ze neemt haar pil
AGm
Die neem haar veilig mee en zacht
DD/A
Naar het einde van de nacht
Em
Slaap wel, slaap wel
ADE
Ik hoop maar dat ze nooit zo droomt als ik
GEGCA
Verse
DD/AEm
Ze zeggen dat het wel iets frisser worden zou,
AD
Ze zeggen vaak hetzelfde
GD
En geregeld dat het goed is voor het gras
D/AEm
Ik weet nog steeds niet wie de jarige nou was
ADG
En ook niet hoe het nou verder moet met mij
Chorus
DD/A
En de dag is kort
Em
En de dag is lang
AD
's Avonds zijn er stemmen
G
En een liedje op de gang
DD/AEm
En ik doe precies wat de dokter zegt
ADGm
Ik vind alles best en meneer van Ouwenaar zet alle dingen recht
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Play the verse chords again for the Nananananana part, until the fade out.
Lucky Fonz III (born in 1981 as Otto Wichers) is a Dutch singer-songwriter from Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Wichers studied at the University of Amsterdam when he recorded his first titleless album in 2005. After winning the Grote Prijs van Nederland in the category singer-songwriter, Lucky Fonz III received more media attention. In 2007 the second album, called Life is short was released. In 2008 he did a serie of monthly live performances at VARA's De Wereld Draait Door, a Dutch talkshow on Nederland 3. In 2009 he did his first US tour including a performance at SxSW. In 2009 A family like yours. The single Ik heb een meisje entered the Dutch charts in May 2010 and is a precursor of the new album Hoe je honing maakt, which was released on 8 October 2010.
GC/GDG (X 4)
GC/G
I bless the day
DG
that you were born
GC/G
The stars came up
DG
and the heavens were torn
GC/G
Apart to make way for your
DG
Ragged little soul
GC/G
Unlike many other thing
DG
You had a purpose and a goal
GC/G
This café is my island
DG
And the city my sea
GC/G
You will be my mermaid
DG
And the castaway that’s me
GC/GDG (X 2)
GC/G
Magic is my sugar
DG
I can put it in your tea
GC/G
I know it sounds insane
DG
But that’s what she said to me
GC/G
Oh I could make a hymnbook
DG
Out of all the things she does
GC/G
From looking like a movie-star
DG
To reading on the bus
GC/G
This café is my island
DG
And the city my sea
GC/G
You will be my mermaid
DG
And the castaway that’s me
GC/GDG \
C/G \
I would like to be cynic
D \ G \
But without you I’d be dead
G \ C/G \
I would set myself on fire
D \ G \
Just to light you cigarette
G \ C/G \
And if you want to hold my hand
D \ G \
Every day and night
G \ C/G \
I would gladly chop it off
D \ G \
You can keep it if you like
GC/G
This café is my island
DG
And the city my sea
GC/G
You will be my mermaid
DG
And the castaway that’s me
GC/G
This café is my island
DG
And the city my sea
GC/G
You will be my mermaid
DG
And the castaway that’s me
GC/GDG
Hey hey mama call a doctor
GC/GDG
Hey hey I think I’m going insane
GC/GDG
Hey hey mama call a doctor
GC/GDG
Hey hey I think I’m going insane
(Everybody now)
GC/GDG
Hey hey mama call a doctor
GC/GDG
Hey hey I think I’m going insane
GC/GDG
Hey hey mama call a doctor
GC/GDG
Hey hey I think I’m going insane
The Mindbenders (originally the backing group for Wayne Fontana) were a 1960s beat group from Manchester, England. The band were one of the UK acts that were successful in the mid-1960s British Invasion of the US charts.
D C D C D C D C
D C D C
It's hard not to think about you,
D C D C
To keep you off my mind.
G Bm E
It's hard to live in a world without you,
G
And It's getting harder,
E
It's getting harder,
It's getting harder,
Am E
All the time.
D C D C
it's so hard to walk past the phone now,
D C D C
And not to try your line.
G Bm E
It's hard to try and make it alone now.
G
And It's getting harder,
E
It's getting harder,
It's getting harder,
Am
All the time.
F Am D C
Baby I've got no more foolish pride,
F Am D C
Baby I must have you by my side.
G Am G
Can't stop wishing for what I had,
Am G Am G C
Need your kisses and I need 'em bad.
D C D C
So hard to go on living,
D C D C
And know that you're not mine.
G Bm E
It's hard without all the love you've given
G
And It's getting harder,
E
It's getting harder,
It's getting harder,
Am E
All the time.
D C D C D C D C
G Bm E G
Ah, ah, ah, ah
G Bm D C E Am
F Am D C
Baby I've got no more foolish pride,
F Am D C
Baby I must have you by my side.
G Am G
Can't stop wishing for what I had,
Am G Am G C
Need your kisses and I need 'em bad.
D C D C
So hard to go on living,
D C D C
And know that you're not mine.
G Bm E
It's hard without all the love you've given
"Bad to Me" is a song John Lennon wrote (credited to Lennon/McCartney) for Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas while John was on holiday in Spain in 1963. Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas released their recording of the song in 1963 and it became their first #1 UK hit. Paul McCartney was present during the recording session at Abbey Road Studios. The single would be released in the USA the following year, and become a top-ten hit there, reaching number 9. It became the first Lennon/McCartney composition to reach the US Top 40 for an artist other than the Beatles.Bootlegs exist of Lennon's original demo of the song, which was recorded on 31 May 1963.Billy J. Kramer (born William Howard Ashton, 19 August 1943, Bootle, Liverpool, England) is a British Invasion/Merseybeat singer. In the 1960s he was managed by Brian Epstein, who also managed The Beatles, and he recorded several original Lennon and McCartney compositions.He grew up as the youngest of seven siblings and attended the St George of England Secondary School, Bootle. He then took up an engineering apprenticeship with British Railways and in his spare time played rhythm guitar in a group he had formed himself, before switching to become a vocalist. The performing name Kramer was chosen at random from a telephone directory. It was John Lennon's suggestion that the "J" be added to the name to further distinguish him by adding a 'tougher edge'. Kramer soon came to the attention of Brian Epstein, ever on the look-out for new talent to add to his expanding roster of local artists. Kramer turned professional but his then backing group, the Coasters, were less keen, so Epstein sought out the services of a Manchester-based group, The Dakotas, a combo then backing Pete MacLaine.Even then, The Dakotas would not join Kramer without a recording contract of their own. Once in place, the deal was set and both acts signed to Parlophone under George Martin. Collectively, they were named Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas to keep their own identities within the act. Once the Beatles broke through, the way was paved for a tide of Merseybeat and Kramer was offered the chance to cover "Do You Want to Know a Secret?", first released by the Beatles on their own debut album, Please Please Me. The track had been turned down by Shane Fenton (later known as Alvin Stardust) who was looking for a career-reviving hit.Success came with record producer George Martin, when the Beatles' penned song "Do You Want to Know a Secret?" became a number two UK Singles Chart hit in 1963, and was backed by another tune otherwise unreleased by The Beatles, "I'll Be on My Way". After this impressive breakthrough, Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas enjoyed yet another another hit single:"Bad to Me" c/w "I Call Your Name", with the single reaching #1. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.Billy J Kramer continues to enjoy world wide popularity as a singer, and he tours regularly in both Europe and the United States.
Paul, John and George with Billy J Kramer in Margate, July 1963.
Photo by Leslie Bryce. Scan from Beatles Book Monthy No. 143.
CAm
If you ever leave me, I'll be sad and blue
EmDmD#+
Don't you ever leave me, I'm so in love with you...
CEmAm
The birds in the sky would be sad and lonely
CEmAm
If they knew that I lost my one and only,
FG7CEmG7
They'd be sad if you're bad to me
CEmAm
The leaves on the trees would be softly sighin’
CEmAm
If they heard from the breeze that you left me crying,
FG7C
They'd be sad don’t be bad to me
FG7
But I know you won't leave me 'cause you told me so,
CA7
And I've no intention of letting you go,
FG7DmD#+ Dm G7
Just as long as you let me know, you won't be bad to me
CEmAm
So the birds in the sky won't be sad and lonely
CEmAm
'Cause they know that I got my one and only
FG7GmA7
They'll be glad you're not bad to me
DmG7CEmDmG7
They'll be glad you're not bad to me
CEmDmG7
To me
CEmDmG7 C
To me
