D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G
six am, day after christmas, throw some clothes on in the dark.
D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G
smell of cold, car seat is freezing. the world is sleeping. i am
D Dsus2/G
numb.
D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G
up the stairs to her apartment, she is balled up on the couch.
D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G
her mom and dad drove down to charlotte. they're not home to find us out.
Bridge
D/B Dsus2/G D/B Dsus2/G
and we drive now that i have found someone i'm
D Dsus2/G D/B Dsus2/E E7
feeling more alone than i ever have before

Chorus (strum chords or pick similar miscellaneous patterns)
G A D
she's a brick and i'm drowning slowly
G A Bm
off the coast and i'm headed nowhere
G A D G A G D(for piano fill)
she's a brick and i'm drowning slowly

Verse II
D Dsus2/G Dsus2/G
they call her name at seven thirty. i pace around the parking lot
D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G
i walk down to buy her flowers, and sell some gifts that i got.

Bridge II
D/B Dsus2/G D/B Dsus2/G
Can't you see it's not me you're dying for. now she's
D Dsus2/G D/B Dsus2/E E7
feeling more alone than she ever has before

Chorus (strum chords or pick similar miscellaneous patterns)
G A D
she's a brick and i'm drowning slowly
G A Bm
off the coast and i'm headed nowhere G A G D
G A D G A G A F#m G(for piano fill)
she's a brick and i'm drowning slowly

Interlude
D/B Dsus2/G D
as weeks went by it showed that she was not fine
D/B Dsus2/G D
they told me son it's time to tell the truth and
D/B Dsus2/G D D/B Dsus2/E E7
she broke down, and i broke down cause i was tired of lying

Verse III
D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G D Dsus2/G
driving back to her apartment, for the moment we're alone D Dsus2/G D/B Dsus2/E E7
she's alone. i'm alone. now i know it.

Chorus (strum chords or pick similar miscellaneous patterns)
G A D
she's a brick and i'm drowning slowly
G A Bm
off the coast and i'm headed nowhere G A G D
G A D G A G A F#m G(for piano fill)
she's a brick and i'm drowning slowly
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Teddy Bear
Jon MArtin / Master Bluesman 1997

For Michelle Brackley. Last 2 verses and Chorus ommitted at the gig
[A] Can I be your teddy bear
[A7] Will you [D] hold me as you go to sleep
[A] And I’ll protect you [E] through the night
[D] I’m your [A] teddy [E7]bear

Can I be your teddy bear
Will you let me lay by your side
And my eyes’ll never close on your
I’m your teddy bear

[A] And I’ve watched you for a long time
[F#m7] And I’ve woundered if some time
[D]You’ed one day be mine
[E7] We’d stay together as long as the sun shines
[D] I’m your [A] teddy [E] bear

Can I be your faithful pet
Will you feed me through the years
And I’ll love you uncondisonally
I’m your faithful pet

Can I be your faithful pet
Will you shelter me from the cold
And I’ll comfort you when your old
I’m your faithful pet

And I’ve watched you for a long time
And I’ve woundered if some time
You’ed one day be mine
We’d stay together as long as the sun shines
I’m your faithful pet

Can I be your bestest friend
Will our conversations never end
And I’ll always listen to you
I’m your bestest friend

Can I be your bestest friend
Will we go out to have a laugh
And I’ll help you home at night
I’m your bestest friend

And I’ve watched you for a long time
And I’ve woundered if some time
You’ed one day be mine
We’d stay together as long as the sun shines
I’m your bestest friend
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Somethings Wrong
K's Choice / Jon MArtin arng.

When your pubic hair’s on fire 
Something’s Wrong 
When you think you’re the messier 
Something’s Wrong 
When you take the train for Venus 
Something’s Wrong 
When you’re girlfriends got a penis 
Something’s Wrong 
Something’s Wrong 

Ahhh ahhh 
Something’s Wrong 
Ahhh ahhh 
Something’s Wrong 
Something’s Wrong 

When you like music more than life 
Something’s Wrong 
You start sleeping when you drive 
Something’s Wrong 
When your favourite drink is thinner 
Something’s Wrong 
When you’re proud to be a sinner 
Something’s Wrong 
Something’s Wrong 

Ahh ahhh 
Something’s Wrong 
Ahh ahhh 
Something’s Wrong 
Something’s Wrong 

When mother Mary dives a tractor 
Something’s Wrong 
When you’re president’s an actor 
Something’s Wrong 
When you’re collors plagued with dandruff 
Something’s Wrong 
When you think that this song matters 
Something’s Wrong 
Something’s Wrong 

Repeat Chrs till fin

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The Bus Song
Jon MArtin / The Master Bluesman '00

The Travis song "Why Does It Always Rain On Me?" was based on this song.

Not actually played, though was thought about.

I just want my car 
Travelling this distance by bus is too far 
Surrounded by human freaks 
I’m edged to the window trying not to look his way 

Drunken Wreak 
Why don’t you move? 
You’ve got the strangest odour 
From your shoes 

Why do the loonies all sit near me? 
Is it because I smell of Wombat pee? 
Why do the loonies all sit near me? 
Even when the bus is empty, they just want to be near me.. 

I am still alone
Everybody saying I’ll get somebody someday 
I see all the girls 
But they never sit long enough to see me right 

Beautiful legs 
Watch how you glide 
I get the strangest feeling 
Between my thighs 
 

Why do the cute girls not site with me? 
Is it because I don’t shower after I play rugby? 
Why do the cute girls not sit near me? 
What’s the use in trying, every attempt leaves me crying.. 

Oh I want to go home 
Listen to the gramophone 
Want to sleep 

I just want some quiet 
Got some work that I need to get right 
Never going to get this done 
Gonna lose my job, hit the bottle, end of my life 

Young mothers 
So short on years 
Your babies giving me ringing 
In my ears 

Why do babies always cry at me? 
Is it because I steal their dummies? 
Why do babies always cry at me? 
Especially when I’m hungover, they can’t be calmed over 

Oh I want to go home 
Listen to the gramophone 
Want to sleep

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House of the Rising Sun
Arng . Alan Price
/ Jon MArtin

Missed on the Copper Face Jacks Gig

[Am]  [C]  [Dm]  [F]  [Am]  [E]  [Am] 
 

[Am] There is [C]a house in [Dm]New [F]Orleans 
[Am]They call [C]the Risin' Sun[E] 
[Am]And it's been [C]the ruin of [Dm]many poor [F]boy 
[Am]And Lord [E]I know[Am], I'm one[E] 

My mother was a taylor 
She sewed my new blue jeans 
My father was a gambling man 
Down in New Orleans 

Now the only thing a gambler needs 
Is a suitcase and a trunk 
And the only time he's satisfied 
Is when he's all a drunk 

4) 

Oh mother, tell your children 
Not to do as I have done 
And live your life in sin and misery 
In the house of the Risin' Sun 

5)

Well, I've got one foot on the platform 
And the others on the train
I'm goin' back to New Orleans 
To wear that ball and chain 

6)
There is a house in New Orleans 
They call the Risin' Sun 
It's been the ruin of many poor boy 
And lord, I know I'm one

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