Category: The Beatless Sense Mongers

bookmark_borderSunny Afteroon

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Coversong written by Ray Davies
Originally made famous by the Kinks

Capo fifth fret 
     Am                G
The tax man's taken all  my dough
     C            G
And left me in my statley home.
E7                         Am
Lazing on a sunny afternoon. 
              G
And I can't sail my yacht,
     C          G
He's taken everything I've got,
E7                           Am
All I've got this sunny afternoon. 
A7                                  D7
Save me, Save me, Save me from this squeeze,
         G                            C   E7
I got a big fat mama trying to break me.    
      Am              D7
And I love to live so pleasantly,
Am                D7    G
Live this life of luxury,  
C            E7        Am
Lazing on a sunny afternoon, 
       E7
In the summertime,
       Am                 E7
In the summertime, In the summertime.

    Am                 G
My girlfriends run off with my car
    C                G
And gone back to her ma and pa
E7                               Am
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty.
         G
Now I'm sitting here,
C             G
Sipping on my ice cold beer,
E7                     Am
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
A7                             D7
Help me, Help me, Help me sail away,
              G                             C    E7
Well, give me two good reasons why I oughta stay.
      Am                 D7
'Cause I love to live so pleasantly
Am                D7     G
Live this life of luxury,  
C           E7         Am
Lazing on a sunny afternoon, 
       E7
In the summertime,
       Am                  E7
In the summertime, In the summertime.
[Chorus 1] Save me, Save me, Save me from this squeeze

Sunny-Afternoon.mp4

230512_2798-Sunny-Afternoon.mp3

DR0000_3391-Sunny-Afernoon.mp3

DR0000_6021-Sunny-Afternoon.mp3 (Unplugged Live on the Lake)

From the album Pandemic

bookmark_borderUnder The Freedom Train

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LYRICS
Oooey gooey was a worm
And a mighty worm was he
He sat upon a railroad track
And a train he did not see,
Oooey Gooey!

Under the freedom train
Outside the station
Just a-cross the tracks
Where the matters
Met the facts
A relationship strain
Under the freedom train
Tagged
Bound and gagged
Found
Bound and gagged
Mothers wept for the swept
Tagged. Bound and gagged.
Under the freedom train
Violent base without a brain
Don’t grasp there’s nothing to gain
Under the freedom train
(Time to train the brain)
Outside the freedom train
When I say outside, I mean they ride…
Under the freedom train

Wall Of Mothers
Wall Of Mothers

ABOUT THE SONG
July 20, 2020: “A group of mothers in Portland has been intervening at demonstrations over the weekend to protect protesters from uniformed federal officers who have been sent to the city to impose “law and order”.
We were gassed for chanting ‘Leave The Kids Alone.’
Style: Progressive Protest Rock
Chords: C9 C7; 104 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Pandemic
Surge The Instrumentals

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

bookmark_borderThe Kill (Bury Me)

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Coversong written by Jared Leto originally made famous by 30 Seconds To Mars
Jared Leto described the meaning of the song as, “It’s really about a relationship with yourself. It’s about confronting your fear and confronting the truth about who you are.”

C                     D
What if I wanted to break  
                       Em
Laugh it all off in your face
               Bm
What would you do?
C                     D
What if I fell to the floor
                      Em
Couldn’t take this any…more
               Bm
What would you do?
C              D
Come, Break me down
Bury me, Bury me
Em                 Bm
I am finished With you

C                     D
What if I wanted to fight
                       Em
Beg for the rest of my life
               Bm
What would you do?
C                     D
You say you wanted more
                      Em
What are you waiting for
                Bm
I'm not running from you
C              D
Come, Break me down
Bury me, Bury me
Em                 Bm
I am finished With you
C                D
Look   in   my  eyes   
You’re killing me, killing me
Em               Bm
All I wanted was you

[Bridge]
  C            D      Em
I tried to be someone else
    G                 C
But nothing seemed to change
  D          Em            G        C
I know now, this is who I really am inside
        D        Em
Finally found myself
G              C
Fighting for a chance
  D         Em           C
I know now, this is who I really am
C              D
Come, Break me down
Bury me, Bury me
Em                 Bm
I am finished With you
C                D
Look   in   my  eyes   
You’re killing me, killing me
Em               Bm
All I wanted was you
C                     D
What if I wanted to break  
                       Em
Laugh it all off in your face

The-Kill–Bury-Me.mp4

DR0000_3388-The-Kill.mp3

DR0000_6076-The-Kill.mp3 (Live on the Lake)

4-track recording
From the album Pandemic

bookmark_borderSayings

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LYRICS
I’m starting to wonder
What it is I’ll do
When I discover
What you’re saying is true
Will I drop my head
And cry out the eyes
Will I open my mouth
And swallow my price
Have you ever tried?

I’m starting to question
What it is I’ll say
When I realize
The mistakes along the way
Will I drop my head
And cry out the eyes
Will I open my mouth
And swallow my price
Have you ever tried?

I’m pushing for answers
To the questions in you
Can you discover
What I’m saying’s true
Will I drop my head
And cry out the eyes
Will I open my mouth
And swallow my price
Have you ever tried?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Folk Rock
Chords: F# B E A F# / D F# / D C#7 F#
Written and recorded at Lake Wynonah, Pennsylvania
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar and Loop Pedal, Piano

From the album Pandemic
Surge The Instrumentals

bookmark_borderLife To Live

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LYRICS
Glad to say we’re under way
Yesterday into today
Got my life to live
And my heart to give
The path to success
Cleared for all of us
(… is clear, no fear, is near… for all of us)

Here today gone tomorrow
Save the time from wallow and sorrow
Got my life to live
And my heart to give
The path to success
Cleared for all of us
(… is clear, no fear, is near… for all of us)

Passed the past moving fast
Present the present in our grasp
Got my life to live
And my heart to give
The path to success
Cleared for all of us
(… is clear, no fear, is near… for all of us)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: D G E A / D A / D E A
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Pandemic
Surge The Instrumentals

bookmark_borderHeart Bomb

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LYRICS
My heart is going to explode
Now, your heart’s my abode
The way you display your posture
I’m sure of a pure future
Through your eyes
I realize
Adapt our hope
Yes, know no nope
I can see within you
There’s a lot we can do
When I listen to what there is to say
I can see the way to the day
Raise our spirits!
Can you hear it?
Raise our spirits!

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Rock
Chords: C A7 / Em A7
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar and Loop Pedal, Keyboards

From the album Pandemic
Surge The Instrumentals

bookmark_borderOnce In A While

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LYRICS
Once in a while
I learn about
Where I should file
“The bridge is out”
But now I’m on my way again
Whistlin’ while walkin’
On my way again
Hummin’ and strumin’

Every now n’ then
I get deposed
The if’s and when
“This road is closed”
But now I’m on my way again
Whistlin’ while walkin’
On my way again
Hummin’ and strumin’

Imaginable
Impossible
An immovable
Obstacle
But now I’m on my way again
Whistlin’ while walkin’
On my way again
Hummin’ and strumin’

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Rock
Chords: A A7 F#m7 / G Em A
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar and Loop Pedal, Keyboards

From the album The 2nd Wave
Instrumentals

bookmark_borderAutonomous Zone

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LYRICS
So, you’re fighting
’cause you say you want to be free
Sounds silly, quite literally
You’re already an autonomous zone
Thoughts completely on/of your own
Id’s ego is overblown
Time to own

You say you’re fighting
For your dreams to come true
So, you’re going to do
What you’re going to do
You’re already an autonomous zone
Thoughts completely on/of your own
Id’s ego is overblown
Time to own

You say you fight
Out of fear and spite
Step into the light
Of what’s right
Unite

 


 

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Rock
Chords: D C E / C D E / Em7 hammer on Em hammer on E
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar and Loop Pedal, Keyboards

From the album The 2nd Wave
Instrumentals

Autonomous Zone

bookmark_borderAfghanistan

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LYRICS
Did we land in Afghanistan?

What happened to the land of the free
If you ask me
We need to save
The home of the brave
I do not understand…
Did we land in Afghanistan?

Is anybody really sure
Definitely not in Kansas anymore
That includes Toto, too
Not to mention me and you
Did we land in Afghanistan?

Ruled by a one man Taliban
Out to rape every man
Time to ban the President
Since he doesn’t represent
Did we land in Afghanistan?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Rock
Chords: B A G D E / Em Em7(11) Em7; 156 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album The 2nd Wave
Instrumentals

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

Afghanistan

bookmark_borderYour Revolution

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LYRICS
Establishment
Embezzlement
Our movement
Has become circumvent
Slight what we fight
Embody what we resent
Greed, envy, jealousy
Just won’t relent
Two-faced hypocrisy
We’ve come to represent
Can’t trust your president
Nor your revolution
What’s the solution?

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Hard Rock
Chords: F#m G Em / Em7; 136 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album The 2nd Wave
Instrumentals

Your Revolution

bookmark_borderMalfeasance

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LYRICS
All the malfeasance
Humanitarian treasons
Decadence residence
Resonates in hate
Dredge the pledge
… of allegiance
All the wrong doing
Humanity travesty
To hell we’re going
A political catastrophe
From sea to declining see
See?!?!?!

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Hard Rock
Chords: F# G A B / C A B; 130 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album COVID-EO

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

bookmark_borderWhat Do We Have Here?

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LYRICS
Look here
Look what we’ve got
Sounds queer
Haves and have nots
Lawn mowers and helicopters
Blend the sounds of co-opters

Hear that?
That’s what I mean
Ball bat
Eliciting screams
Lawn mowers and helicopters
Blend the sounds of co-opters

Look there
That’s what we get
Not fair
No not there yet
Lawn mowers and helicopters
Blend the sounds of co-opters

ABOUT THE SONG
I had to check to see if I heard a lawn mower or a black hawk helicopter during the pandemic, riots and looting.
Style: Protest Rock
Chords: Eb Db Gb Eb / Ab Gb Eb; 150 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards

From the album COVID-EO

bookmark_borderThere’s No Going Back

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LYRICS
I’m just a creature of circumstance
Come here as human observance
As a matter of fact
I don’t want to go back
Off to explore some more

I’m just a creature of circumstance
Cast here as human observance
Imagine what we can do with new
Knowing now what we knew
As a matter of fact
I don’t want to go back
Off to explore some more

I’m just a creature of circumstance
Last here as human observance
Imagine what we can do with new
Knowing now what we knew
I’m starting to see what can be
Quarantined me knows “to be free”
As a matter of fact
There’s no need to go back
Off to explore for more

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Progressive Rock
Chords: E C A / A G A / C E A
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar and Loop Pedal, Keyboards

From the album COVID-EO

bookmark_borderIs It Just Me?

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LYRICS
1, 2, 3
It it me…
Or is it easy as 1, 2, 3
Oh, pretty please
Don’t be a tease

So I plead
Give a read
My brain needs to feed
So pretty please
I’m begging on my knees

Come to know
Where to go
To satisfy my soul
Your soul is the goal
What a pity
If only to save me

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Rock
Chords: C Am Em / Am E
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar and Loop Pedal, Keyboards

From the album Ticking Away

bookmark_borderLast Man underSTANDING

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LYRICS
All of civilized history
Flashed before my eyes
The rhetoric of irony
Comes as no surprise
The alarm of instant karma
For harm without concern
Same mistake… lesson learned
Too late to cry “mama”
As man threw $hit upon the fan
I shouted,
“Doesn’t anybody understand?!?!?”
All alone in a crowded home

The ref calls foul
“They’re not deaf”
But the mob rule rules
Am I the only one left
Overshadowed by fools
Last man understanding
Leaves me wondering
… leaves me wandering

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Rock
Chords: Em7 / G F Em / C Em; 128 BPM
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Ticking Away