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bookmark_borderUnplugged On The Streets

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A song written and recorded at the corners of Gay Street and Church Street ’round midnight in West Chester, Pennsylvania. A battery operated electric / acoustic classical guitar was plugged into a battery enabled chorus foot peddle (to create stereo) that was plugged into a rechargeable M-Audio Microtrack. The setup is a mini mobile recording studio.

C add F#, G, A, E

Unplugged On The Streets .mp3
Unplugged On The Streets 2 .mp3
Unplugged On The Streets 3 mp3
Unplugged On The Streets 4 .mp3

by Daniel

bookmark_borderNot That Far Away

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Not That Far Away .mp3
Not That Far Away AC/DC unplugged version.mp3

Dm / D
C G D

I’d say
It’s not that far away
Long as
I don’t go astray
… not that far away

On our way
Supper’s Ready
Blessed day
Hold n’ steady

It’s not that far away

It’s not that far away
Long as
I don’t go astray
… not that far away

by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderIko Iko

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Traditional Folk Song
Utilized in the writing of Elephants Talk

My grandma and your grandma
Sitting by the fire
My grandma says to your grandma
“I’m gonna set your flag on fire”

Talkin’ ’bout
Hey now
Hey now
Iko iko an nay
Jockomo feena ah na nay
Jockomo feena nay

Look at my king all dressed in red
Iko iko an nay
I bet you five dollars he’ll kill you dead
Jockomo feena nay

CHORUS:
Talkin’ ’bout
Hey now (hey now)
Hey now (hey now)
Iko iko an nay (whoah-oh)
Jockomo feena ah na nay
Jockomo feena nay

My flag boy and your flag boy
Sitting by the fire
[ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/b/belle-stars-lyrics/iko-iko-lyrics.html ]
My flag boy says to your flag boy
“I’m gonna set your flag on fire”

(CHORUS)

(bridge)

(hey now)
(hey now)
(hey now)
(hey now)
Jockomo feena nay
Iko!

See that guy all dressed in green
Iko iko an nay
He’s not a man, he’s a loving machine
Jockomo feena nay

(4x)
Talkin’ ’bout
Hey now (hey now)
Hey now (hey now)
Iko iko an nay (whoah-oh)
Jockomo feena ah na nay
Jockomo feena nay

bookmark_borderHome Sweet Home

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C7 / E / Em / Em7

[start with Morse Code clicking or beeping]
. .- .-. – ….

There’s only one place I know
Where the land is green
And, the sky is blue

There’s only one place I know
With a menagerie scene
And, love for you

Pour the Milky Way
It’s not that far…
Third house from our star

We call Her
Home Sweet Home
Menagerie
Where people roam
Home Sweet Home

Humbleness
Modestly, I gotta say
Er, a…
A beautiful place
To breed our race
Via
Her Graciousness

Home Sweet Home

… — …

Play The S.O.S. Game
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderUp For It Going Down

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The Rollover

C / F / Am
Let’s go!
While tomorrow turns to yesterday

Where will you be
When it turns anti-climatic
Where will you be
For the last act
Where will you be
For the curtain call
Where will you be
When the credits scroll

Do you care to be here at all?

How do you think they will get here
Do you think they will fall from the sky
How do you think they will get here
Do you think they will rise from the dust

Will we try
We must
Will we try
We must

Come on
Join the party
Come on
Join the show
Come on
Let’s go

by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderDe-gluttonized

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Em / Am / G
Who needs plenty
When we’ve got a few
Not me
Not you

Em
Am7 / Am / Am add F
G / Em
G / Em
Not a glutton for punishment
Rather we have enlightenment
Not a glutton for punishment
Nor the punishment for glutton
I’ve got plenty
More than a few
Tryin’ to share this point-of-view

[crazy Em slide guitar jam]
Dream on and on and on and on….

Makin’ the *Dream On* come true
More than fair
Thankful I knew
You’re the much needed fresh air

by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSnooze Alarm

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G walkdown to C

If we want to stop this from happening
We better wake up

Better wake-up

It would appear the edge is near
At the precipice is us

[secret message here]

Stop the slumber
Start to wonder
Gotta wake-up

Does anybody know what time it is?
I’d really like to go to school today

Please do NOT hit the snooze switch!

Daniel

bookmark_borderHoly Water

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C (and variations, thereof)

I had a vision of some fissures… and geysers…

Holy drinks
Water

The fountains
Spout
The water
Out

From the dirt
An alert

Will the rising sea level cause unusual events?
I mean if the water rises in such a fashion that Mother Nature will be fracking the natural gas, wouldn’t that be a bad thing? Should we get the gas out now?

Daniel

bookmark_borderFlower Child Sprouts

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Inspired by the moonflower seeds that sprouted into the sun… growing more tasty than alfalfa, bean or others.

Written sittin’ on the wall at the corners of Market and High streets in downtown West Chester… while sittin’ next to some sprouts… and before ya knew it, they were sprouting everywhere. A beautiful thing — a flower child patch sprouting.

Quarter fairy, barely
The heat is no match for a sprout
No doubt

Ya play it funked up blues
A / A7 / A / A7 REPEATIN
to
G / D / A

bookmark_borderJesters And Minstrels

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subtitled Just Is
by Daniel Brouse

A D
A G D A

A / D
This court just is
Justice is
Somewhere else
True or false?
Jest the jesters

A G D A
Whimscal minstrels whistle
While we manifest best
East and West
Least is Most
an onslaught of justice
The ‘ole fashion way —
Judgement Day

Jesters in an ironic twist
Jest, lest be betwix
“No, all the more! … ’til heavens door

Daniel