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bookmark_borderWe’re an American Band

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Coversong originally made famous by Grand Funk Railroad
Written by Don Brewer

D C Bb C D   D D C G DD Bb
D
Out on the road for forty days 
C                          G           D
Last night in Little Rock, put me in a haze 
D
Sweet, sweet Connie was doin' her act 
    C                               D
She had the whole show and that's a natural fact 
G                 D
Up all night with Freddie King 
  C                D
I got to tell you, poker's his thing 
G                 D
Booze and ladies, keep me right 
   F                             G
As long as we can make it to the show tonight 
          D
We're an American band 
          C
We're an American band 
             Bb
We're comin' to your town 
               C
We'll help you party it down 
          D
We're an American band 
D D C G DD Bb
Four young chiquitas in Omaha 
Waitin' for the band to return from the show 
A feelin' good, feelin' right and it's Saturday night 
The hotel detective, he was outta sight 
Now these fine ladies, they had a plan 
They was out to meet the boys in the band 
They said, "Come on dudes, let's get it on!" 
And we proceeded to tear that hotel down 

(chorus) We're an American band -- break --- repeat chorus

DR0000_6338-Were-an-American-Band.mp3 (Unplugged / Live on the Lake)

bookmark_borderShip it to the Future

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LYRICS
For sure
I’m not sure
Ship it to the future
Once you’re there
Do compare
Don’t be insecure
… please share

While we’re still able
Stop the inevitable
We predetermine
Our destiny
… look… and see
What will be
What we’ll be

Chords: Drop D tuning / D E7 / G G7 D / A D
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Written and recorded live at Lake Wynonah, PA

From the album: Booster
Instrumentals: The Silent Killer

bookmark_borderDangling Participle

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LYRICS
I suppose it arose
With dangling participle prose
“Eyeing little girls with bad intent”
Si that what he meant?
Starting to stammer (s,s,s,st,st… ammer)
Over his grammar
Lost in a neighborhood
Of the misunderstood
About to find out
There’s know direction out
Couldn’t get much more absurd
… at a loss for words

Chords: F C Dm / G Dm
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the album: Booster
Instrumentals: The Silent Killer

bookmark_borderI Have a Dream

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LYRICS
I have a dream
You dance to rock n’ roll
I hear you scream
Long live rock n’ roll
Backline keeps time
Playing rock n’ roll
Singing in rhyme
Relayin’ rock n’ roll
Let your spirit stroll
Heart and soul
Commit the body whole
Self-control

I see the scene
You dance to rock n’ roll
You see the seen
Wearing rock n’ roll
Backline keeps time
Playing rock n’ roll
Singing in rhyme
Relayin’ rock n’ roll
Let your spirit stroll
Heart and soul
Commit the body whole
Self-control

Chords: E D C / D G A; 137 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the album: Booster
Instrumentals: The Silent Killer

bookmark_borderResults of a Test

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LYRICS
Don’t you think it might be best
If you lift the burden from your chest
If you left the burden from your chest
It’s hard to get around
When you past holds you down
Give it a rest
Results of a test
Suggest….

Doctor, Doctor
I can not see
Can you tell me the remedy
She said, “Well, obviously
Comes as no / know surprise
You’ve got to open up your eyes
To see more clearly
Dearly,
xxoo”

Chords: E Em7 A E / B7 A E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the album: Booster
Instrumentals: The Silent Killer

bookmark_borderOut of My Head

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LYRICS
Certain things that have been said
I just can’t get them out of my head
Didn’t mean to come off mean
That’s the kind-of thing that I dread

The heart is in the right place
It’s the facts we have to face
Be smart to run a different race
… and space

Chords: D Em / C D / Em Em7
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the album: Booster
Instrumentals: The Silent Killer

bookmark_borderI Want You to Want Me

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Coversong originally made famous by Cheap Trick
Written by Rick Nielsen

Intro    G      |      |F  C   |G      ||
   G                   D/F#
I want you to want me
   Em                  Em7/D
I need you to need me
     C                  G/B
I'd love you to love me
     G                     D/F#
I'm beggin' you to beg me
   Em                 Em7/D
I want you to want me
   C                  G/B
I need you to need me
     G                  D/F#
I'd love you to love me

     Em                     A
I'd shine up my old brown shoes
     F                   G
I'd put on a brand new shirt
    Em                   A
I'd get home early from work
          F  Fm        Em
If you'd say that you love me

 G                                     D
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'
     Em                                    C
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'
 G                                                         D
Feelin' all alone without a friend you know you feel like dyin'
     Em                                    C
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'

I want you to want me

I'd shine up my old brown shoes
I'd put on a brand new shirt

Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'
 G                                                         D
Feelin' all alone without a friend you know you feel like dyin'
     Em                                    C
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'
repeat

I want you to want me

DR0000_6316-I-Want-You-to-Want-Me.mp3

bookmark_borderFind the Wayback

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LYRICS
Find the way back
Way back heart attack
Climb top the stack
Give a start attack
Shedding all strife
From the circle of life
The reason to why:
We’re all going to die
So while we have the chance
Make every day a dance
From the rising
Through the dreaming
Smiles beaming

Find the wayback
Wayback heart attack
Climb top the stack
Give a start attack
Shedding all strife
From the circle of life
The reason to why:
We’re all going to die
So while we have the chance
Make each day a dance
From the rising
Through the dreaming
Smiles beaming

Chords: C E / Am E / C E Am / C D G / G F# C C F# G
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Written and recorded live at Lake Wynonah, PA

From the album: Booster
Instrumentals: The Silent Killer

bookmark_borderBig Moon

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LYRICS
Did you look at the moon?
It’s big
Have you looked at the moon?
Trig big
Under Her fullness
… a jig moon
Supernatural
Naturally upper
The sun’s angular light
Angelic sight
Sun’s light at night

Chords: A Em7(11) / C B7 A Em7(11) A
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the album: Booster
Instrumentals: The Silent Killer

bookmark_borderGive it a Whack

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LYRICS
The boomerang was doing his thing
Going to come back
Going to come back
Sprung it right upon the spring
Going to bounce back
Going to bounce back
Whatever it is you may think you lack
Forget all that and just give it a whack

Sent it out with postage due
Going to come back
Going to come back
Dropped the ball? Don’t let it bother you
Going to bounce back
Going to bounce back
Whatever it is you may think you lack
Forget all that and just give it a whack

Just found out the tide rolled out
Going to come back
Going to come back
Dropped the ball? No need to scream or shout
Going to bounce back
Going to bounce back
Whatever it is you may think you lack
Forget all that and just give it a whack

Chords: B F# E B / A B
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the album: Booster
Instrumentals: The Silent Killer

bookmark_borderMy Gullible Naivety

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LYRICS
Now we’re done with the meet n’ greet
Can we get down to the real meat?
Lost my gullible and naivety
Trust sense creativity
Gained some humble and brevity
Get it on
Got it on
Get it on

We’ve said, “Hello. How are you?”
Are our hypocrisies through?
Lost my gullible and naivety
Trust sense creativity
Gained some humble and brevity
Get it on
Got it on
Get it on

Chords: G9 F#m E / G E; 124 BPM; 232 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the album: Booster
Instrumentals: The Silent Killer

bookmark_borderCause to Do

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LYRICS
Something special just for you
Hope you’ll like it
Hold and nestle dreams come true
Scope your target
Your hopes and dreams are due
If you can see them through

Something special cause to do
Hope you’ll love it
Hold and nestle dreams come true
Scope your target
Your hopes and dreams come due
If you can see them through

Something special through and through
Know we’ll love it
Hold and nestle dreams come true
Scope your target
Your hopes and dreams are due
If you can see them through

Chords: G Em Dm F G / G F C D; 124 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the album: Booster
Instrumentals: The Silent Killer

bookmark_borderMine the Shine

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LYRICS
Obvious lack of matter of fact
Turn around and circle back
With all the might find the light
Opening the “mine” and let it shine
Shine’s so fine
Mine the shine
Shine the mine
Shine

Obvious/oblivious lack of fact to detract
Come unbound and circle back
With all the might find the light
Opening the “mine” and let it shine
Shine’s so fine
Mine the shine
Shine the mine
Shine

Oblivious to fact tend to react
It is found best to circle back
With all the might find the light
Opening the “mine” and let it shine
Shine’s so fine
Mine the shine
Shine the mine
Shine

Chords: AM7 C / F G A; 88 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the album: Booster
Instrumentals: The Silent Killer

bookmark_borderThe End… ing.

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LYRICS
No matter when you start
The most important part
Accomplish the finish
It all comes down to the ending

No matter where you start
The most important part
Accomplish the finish
Are your bridges burning?
It all comes down to the ending

No matter when you start
The most important part
Accomplish the finish
Wounds are done mending?
It all comes down to the ending

No matter when you start
The most important part
Accomplish the finish
It all comes down to the ending
Is your heart yearning?

No matter when you start
The most important part
Accomplish the finish
It all comes down to the ending
Heard your message sending?
It all comes down to the ending

Chords: D C G Em / Em G Em
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the album: Booster
Instrumentals: The Silent Killer

bookmark_borderSplinter of Insight

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LYRICS
After all is beautiful
Glimpse a splinter of insight
Open eyes see
A little more clearly
Open hearts free
A little more dearly

After all is beautiful
The glimpse of Hear delight
Open eyes see
A little more clearly
Open hearts free
A little more dearly

After all is beautiful
Third-eye squinter
Splinter of insight
Open eyes see
A little more clearly
Open hearts free
A little more dearly

Chords: Em7 Em13 / D6 D Dsus2 / C Am Em
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the album: Booster
Instrumentals: The Silent Killer