Category: Coversongs

bookmark_borderTurn The Page

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Coversong originally made famous by Bob Seger
Later mutilated by Metallica
Written by Bob Seger

(Em) On a long and lonely highway east of Omaha
You can (D) listen to the engines, moanin’ out as one long song
You can (A) think about the woman, or the girl you knew the night (Em) before
(Em) Well your thoughts will soon be wandering the way they always do
When you’re (D) riding sixteen hours and there’s nothing much to do
And you (A) don’t feel much like ridin’, you just wish the trip was (Em) through

CHORUS
Here I (D) am, on the (Em) road again
There I (D) am, up on (Em) stage
Here I (D) go, playing the (A) star again
There I (C) go, (D) turn the (Em) page

(Em) When you walk into a restaurant, strung out from the road
And you (D) feel the eyes upon you, as you’re shaking off the cold
You (A) pretend it doesn’t bother you, but you just want to (Em) explode
(Em) Most times you can hear ’em talk’, other times you can’t
All the (D) same old cliches is that a woman or a man
And you (A) always seem outnumbered, you dare not make a (Em) stand

CHORUS

(Em) Out there in the spotlight, you’re a million miles away
(D) Every ounce of energy you try to give away
As the (A) sweat pours out your body like the music that you (Em) play
(Em) Later in the evening, as you lie awake in bed
With the (D) echoes from the amplifiers ringin’ in your head
You (A) smoke the day’s last cigarette, remembering what she (Em) said

Turn The Page.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Recording: digital 6-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Organ

Turn The Page Alternative.mp3
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers (microKorg, Korg N364, Yamaha PSR-740, Kurzweil PC88mx, Korg M1le software and laptop, miniNova, Boss Loop Station, Boss BR-600, DigiTech RP3)

From the album You Are On

bookmark_borderWhole Lotta Love (Reggae)

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Whole Lotta Love Reggae.mp3

THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Reggae Music
Chords: Em7
Rhythm: 66 BPM Piano Ballad and Swing Reggae
Recording: digital 1-track stereo / recorded live

Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers (microKorg, Korg N364, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, Boss Loop Station, Boss BR-600, DigiTech RP3)

From the album The Dread Nots
by Daniel Brouse

More by Narley Marley

bookmark_borderLouie Louie

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“Louie Louie” is an American rhythm and blues song written by Richard Berry in 1955 and best known for the 1963 hit version by the Kingsmen. It has become a standard in pop and rock, with hundreds of versions recorded by different artists. The song was originally written and performed in the style of a Jamaican ballad. It tells, in simple verse–chorus form, the first-person story of a Jamaican sailor returning to the island to see his lady love.

A     D      Em D     A          D  Em  D
Louie Louie, oh baby, we gotta go. 
A     D      Em D     A          D  Em  D
Louie Louie, oh baby, we gotta go. 

  A    D         Em         D                       
A fine girl, who waited for me. 
  A       D     Em        D                       
I catch a ship across the sea. 
  A          D    Em   D                       
I sailed the ship all alone. 
  A        D              Em      D                       
I wondered when I'm gonna make it home. 

Chorus

      A          D      Em         D                           
Three nights and days I sailed the sea. 
  A            D    Em      D                       
I think of the girl constantly. 
A      D       Em        D                       
On the ship, I dream she there. 
  A         D           Em     D                       
I smell the rose that's in her hair. 
Chorus

  A     D      Em    D                       
I see Jamaican moon above. 
A       D        Em       D                       
See the girl I'm thinking of.
  A        D     Em       D                       
I take her in my arms and then 
A        D     Em     D                       
Say I'll never leave again.

Louie Louie.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Reggae Music
Recording: digital 1-track stereo / recorded live

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers (microKorg, Korg N364, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, Boss Loop Station, Boss BR-600, DigiTech RP3)

From the album The Dread Nots
by Daniel Brouse

More by Narley Marley

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“Sloop John B” is a traditional folk song from the Bahamas, “The John B. Sails”, which was included in Carl Sandburg’s 1927 collection of folk songs The American Songbag. It is best known for its folk rock adaptation by the Beach Boys.

(G) 
We come on the sloop John B
My grandfather and me     (D)
Around Nassau town we did roam
             (G)
Drinking all night
           (C)
Got into a fight
        (G)
Well I feel so broke up
(D)          (G)
I want to go home
So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets              (D)
Call for the Captain ashore, let me go home
           (G)            (C)
I wanna go home, let me go home
  (G)                    (D)        (G)
Well, I feel so broke up I wanna go home

The first mate he got drunk
And broke in the Cap'n's trunk
The constable had to come and take him away
Sheriff John Stone
Why don't you leave me alone, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up I wanna go home
Chorus

The poor cook he caught the fits
And threw away all my grits
And then he took and he ate up all of my corn
Let me go home
Why don't they let me go home
This is the worst trip I've ever been on

Sloop John B.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Reggae Music
Recording: digital 1-track stereo / recorded live

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers (microKorg, Korg N364, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, Boss Loop Station, Boss BR-600, DigiTech RP3)

From the album The Dread Nots
by Daniel Brouse

More by Narley Marley

bookmark_borderFashion

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Coversong originally written and made famous by David Bowie

          G     G   F                               G G F  Fadd9
There's a brand new dance but I don't know its name Oh  Bop!
     G    G      F                              G G  F     Fadd9
That people from bad homes do again and again
     G    G       F                             G G  F     Fadd9     
It's big and it's bland full of tension and fear
     G    G     F                               G G  F     Fadd9
They do it over there but we don't do it here

Bb Ab     
Fashion!  Turn to the left
Bb Ab     
Fashion!  Turn to the right
Bb    Bb  Ab
Oooh, fashion!
Bb         Ab                   Bb        Ab
We are the goon squad and we're coming to town
Bb  
Beep-beep Beep-beep
  G G F   Fadd9  (4x) 

Dm
Listen to me - don't listen to me
C
Talk to me - don't talk to me
Dm                                   F
Dance with me - don't dance with me, no
         C   F6
Beep-beep

There's a brand new talk, but it's not very clear Oh   bop
That people from good homes are talking this year Oh   bop, fashion
It's loud and tasteless and I've heard it before  Oh   bop
You shout it while you're dancing on the ole dance floor Oh   bop, fashion
chorus and  G G F   Fadd9  (4x)

Listen to me - don't listen to me etc

  G G F                           
  Oh, bop, do do do do do do do do
  G  G  G  G  G  F           
  Fa-fa-fa-fa-fashion
  G                 G  F               
  La-la la la la la la-la

Fashion.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Recording: digital 1-track stereo / recorded live

Inspired to record this cover after watching Donald Trump and tRump for President supporters.

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers (microKorg, Korg N364, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, Boss Loop Station, Boss BR-600, DigiTech RP3)

From the album Found On Sound

bookmark_borderEasy Livin’

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Coversong originally made famous by Uriah Heep
Written by Ken Hensley

Intro:  | Dm - Dm | Dm – C | (4x)


 Dm                                                   F    Dm
This is a thing I've never known before, it's called easy living
 Dm                                               F        Dm
This is a place I've never seen before, and I've been forgiven
 G    Dm               G       Dm
Easy living, and I've been forgiven
              G          F           Dm
since you've taken your place in my heart


riff  (2x)


Somewhere along the lonely road I had tried to find you
Day after day on that windy road I had walked behind you
Easy living, and I've been forgiven,
since you've taken your place in my heart

riff (2x)


 Am  F    Am  F     Am         G           Am
Waiting, watching, wishing my hard life away
 Bm  G     Bm  G     Am         G         F                  Dm
Dreaming, fainting, ready for love every day, and some easy living


Somewhere along the lonely road I had tried to find you
Day after day on that windy road I had walked, walked behind you
Easy living, and I've been forgiven
since you've taken your place in my heart


Easy living, and I've been forgiven
since you've taken your place in my heart

riff (2x)

Am - G - F - E
Am - Dm

Easy Livin’.mp3

DR0000_6022-Easy-Livin.mp3 (Unplugged Live on the Lake)

DR0000_0248-Another-Brick–Easy-Livin.mp3 (Pink Floyd / Uriah Heep Acoustic Medley)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Recording: digital 1-track stereo / recorded live

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers (microKorg, Korg N364, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, Boss Loop Station, Boss BR-600, DigiTech RP3)

From the album Found On Sound

bookmark_borderLet Love Rule

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Coversong originally made famous by Lenny Kravitz
Written by Lenny Kravitz

E              G 
Love is gentle as a rose 
    E                G       G G# A 
and love can conquer any war 
                          A A# C 
it's time to take a stand 
brothers and sisters join hands 

Chorus: N.C. We've got to let love 
 G   A    C    G 
"Let love rule" 
G
we've got to let love rule 
 G   A    C    G 
"Let love rule"
 
E                   G 
Love transcends all space and time 
           E                            G 
(and baby) love can make a little child smile (yes it will) 
                  E 
oh baby can't you see 
              G       G G# A 
-----------------------------
                               A A# C 
but we, we've got to be strong 
we can't do it alone

230512_2802-Let-Love-Rule.mp3 (2023)

DR0000_6065-Let-Love-Rule.mp3 (Live on the Lake)

Let Love Rule.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Recording: digital 1-track stereo / recorded live

Alternative Version: Let Love Rule.mp3
Recording: digital 5-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers (microKorg, Korg N364, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, DigiTech RP3)

From the album Found On Sound
by Daniel Brouse

More by The Ultimate Coverband

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Coversong made famous by Five Man Electrical Band
Written by Les Emmerson

               C             G                                            D             G
And the sign said long haired, freaky people, need not apply.
         D                         A                                    G                               A
So, I tucked my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why?
      Bm                             G                                     Bm                            G
He said, you look like a fine, upstanding young man, I think you`ll do.
          D                                        A                              G                       A
So, I took off my hat...  I said, imagine that..huh, me, workin for you.

CHORUS:
D               C                                D                
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign, blocking out the scenery,
G
breaking my mind.
D                            A                                      C         D D7sus
Do this, don`t do that..can`t you read the si....gn?

#2.
               C                              G                               D                            G
And the sign said, anybody caught trespassing, would be shot on sight.
         D                                            A                                       G                 A
So, I jumped on the fence and I yelled at the house..hey, what gives   you the right?..
    Bm                        G                              Bm                             G
to put up a fence to keep me out..or to keep mother nature in?
    D                                 A                                  G                                         A
If God was here, He`d tell you to your face, Man, you`re some kinda sinner.
CHORUS --> BRIDGE
          A
Now, hey you, mister, can`t you read?
              G                                     D
You`ve got to have a shirt and tie to get a seat.
A                                                                        Bm                                 D          
You can`t even watch, no, you can`t eat...  you ain`t supposed to be here.
C                     G                                           D                     G
Sign said you got to have a membership card to get inside..unnh!

#3.
D            C              G                                            D                               G
And the sign said, everybody welcome, come in, kneel down and pray.
                          D                                                    A                  G                                        A    
But when they passed around the plate at the end of it all, I didn`t have a penny to pay.
         Bm                            G                  Bm                                 G
So, I got me a pen and a paper and I made up my own little sign.
           D                                 A 
I said, thank you Lord, for thinking about me..
    G                            A
I`m alive and doing fine.

CHORUS / OUTRO:
D                C
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign..

230512_2805-Signs.mp3 (2023)

Signs.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Recording: digital 4-track stereo

Inspired to cover this song on the day the Pope called-out Trump:
So the Pope jumped on the fence and yelled at the Donald,
“Hey! What gives you the right?”
“To put up a fence to keep me out or to keep mother nature in”
“If God was here he’d tell you to your face, Man, you’re some kinda sinner”

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Korg N364, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, Boss BR-600, DigiTech RP3)

From the album MMXVI
by Daniel Brouse

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“Iko Iko” (/ˈaɪkoʊ ˈaɪkoʊ/) is a much-covered New Orleans song that tells of a parade collision between two “tribes” of Mardi Gras Indians and the traditional confrontation. The song, under the original title “Jock-A-Mo”, was written and released as a single in 1953 by Sugar Boy and his Cane Cutters.

In the 60’s, the Dixie Cups’s recorded a version that became a hit. New Orleans singer and pianist Dr. John covered “Iko Iko” in 1972 for his fifth studio album Dr. John’s Gumbo. It has also been covered by the Grateful Dead who made “Iko Iko” a staple in their live shows from 1977 onward.

D
Hey now, Hey now,
           A
Iko Iko ah-nay
A
Joc-a-mo-fee-no-ah-nah-nay
                 D
Joc-a-mo-fee-nah-nay


D
My spy boy to your spy boy,
                            A
They were sittin' along the bayou,
A
My spy boy to your spy boy,
                           D
I'm gonna set your tail on fire.


Hey now, Hey now,
Iko Iko ah-nay
Joc-a-mo-fee-no-ah-nah-nay
Joc-a-mo-fee-nah-nay

My Grandma to your Grandpa
Sittin on' the bayou
My Grandma to your Grandpa
Gonna fix your chicken wire.

Additional Verses:
My grandma and your grandma were
Sit-tin’ by the fire. – My grandma told
Your grandma “I’m gonna set your flag on fire.”

Talk-in’ ’bout, Hey now ! Hey now ! I-KO, I-KO, un-day
Jack-a-mo fee-no ai na-na. – Jock-a-mo fee na-na

My flag boy and your flag boy were
Sit-tin’ by the fire. – My flag boy told
Your flag boy “I’m gonna set your flag on fire.”

Iko Iko.mp3

Iko Iko II.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Recording: digital 1-track stereo

From the album MMXVI

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Coversong
Originally made famous by Paul McCartney and Wings

A                                  D/A	A
Jet! I can almost remember their funny faces
That time you told me that You were going to be marrying soon.	 
 	C#m7	               Bm
And 	Jet, I thought the only
 	D6                   A
Lonely place was on the moon.
A	A
Jet! 	Jet!
A	                             D/A	A
Jet! Was your father as bold as a sergeant major?
How come he told you that You were hardly old enough yet?	 
   C#m7	                  Bm
And Jet, I thought the major
 	D6          A
Was a lady suffragette.
A	A
Jet! 	Jet!
Bm                        E
Ah, mater, want Jet to always love me?
Ah, mater, want Jet to always love me?
Bm	        A
Ah, matter, 	much later.
A                                      D/A	A
Jet! with the wind in your hair of a thousand laces.
Climb on the back and we'll Go for a ride in the sky.	 
        Cmaj7                Bm
And 	Jet, I thought the major
 	D6           A 
Was a lady suffragette.    Jet! 	Jet!

Jet.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Recording: digital 1-track stereo

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album MMXVI
by Daniel Brouse

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Coversong
Made famous and written by David Bowie

           A
1. As they pulled you out of the oxygen tent,
    E
you asked for the latest party,
            D
with your silicone hump and your ten inch stump,
A  dressed like a priest you was,    Todd Browning’s freak you was.
A  Crawling down the alley on your hands and knees,
E  I’m sure you’re not protected, for it’s plain to see,
D  the Diamond Dogs are poachers and they hide behind trees,
A  hurt you to the ground they will, mannequins will kill appeal.
       E
(Will they come?) I’ll keep you a friend serene,
      G
(Will they come?)   oh, baby, come onto me,
      A
(Come on!) well she’s come, been and gone.
D  Come out of the garden, baby,

A  you’ll catch your death in the fog.
      B7          D                    A
Young girl, they call them the Diamond Dogs.
Young girl, they call them the Diamond Dogs.

         A
2. Now, Halloween Jack is a real cool cat,
         E
and he lives on the top of Manhattan Chase,
    D
the elevator’s broke, so he slides down a rope,
A  on the streets below.      Oh, Tarzie go, man, go.
A  Meets his little hussy with his ghost town approach,
E  her face is sans feature, but she wears a Dali brooch.
D  Sweetly reminiscent, something mother used to bake,
A  wrecked up and paralysed, Diamond Dogs are sableized.
      E   D                     A
Hu hu hu, call them the Diamond Dogs.
      E                         D       
Hu hu hu, call them the Diamond Dogs.
 A – C – Bb – F – C        A – C – Bb – F – C    - A ~

A 3. In the year of the scavenger, the season of the bitch,
E  sashay on the boardwalk, scurry to the ditch.
D  Just another future song, lonely little kitsch,
A  there’s gonna be sorrow, try and wake up tomorrow.
      E   D                     A
Hu hu hu, call them the Diamond Dogs. (5x)
      E                         D            
Hu hu hu, call them the Diamond Dogs.
      A – C – Bb – F – C    - A – C – Bb – F – C    - A …..

Diamond Dogs.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Recording: digital 1-track stereo

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album MMXVI
by Daniel Brouse

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bookmark_borderCat People

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Coversong
Originally made famous by David Bowie
Written by Bowie with producer Giorgio Moroder

Cm                  F 
See these eyes so green
Cm                  Bb 
I can stare for a thousand years
Cm               F 
Colder than the moon
Cm                    Bb Cm 
It`s been so long

Feel my blood enraged
It`s just the fear of losing you
Don`t you know my name
Well, you been so long

Cm 
And I`ve been putting out fire
NC               Cm F Bb 
With gasoline

Cm                 F 
See these eyes so red
Bb                 Cm 
Red like jungle burning bright
Cm                 F 
Those who feel me near
Bb                   Cm 
Pull the blinds and change their minds
Cm                    Bb Cm 
It`s been so long

Still this pulsing night
A plague I call a heartbeat
Just be still with me
Ya wouldn`t believe what I`ve been thru

Cm                   Bb Cm 
You`ve been so long
Cm                      Bb  Cm 
Well it`s been so long
Eb                                                   Bb Eb 
And I`ve been putting out the fire with gasoline
Eb 
Putting out the fire
With gasoline
Instrumental part: Cm F Bb Cm 

See these tears so blue
An ageless heart that can never mend
These tears can never dry
A judgement made can never bend

See these eyes so green
I can stare for a thousand years
Just be still with me
You wouldn`t believe what I`ve been thru

You`ve been so long
Well it`s been so long
And I`ve been putting out fire with gasoline
Putting out fire with gasoline

Cm   Bb  Ab 
Been so long
Bb    Ab  Bb  Cm 
[So long, so long]
Been so long
[So long, so long]
Been putting out fire
[Been so long, so long, so long]
Been putting out fire
[Been so long, so long, so long]
Been so long

Cat People.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Recording: digital 1-track stereo

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers and an Alesis Vortex controller to Albeton software (microKorg, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, and a couple pedals)

From the album MMXVI
by Daniel Brouse

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bookmark_borderOne Of These Days

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Coversong
Originally made famous by Pink Floyd
Written by Waters, Wright, Mason, Gilmour

Bm A

One of these days
I’m going to cut you into little pieces

One Of These Days.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Recording: digital 1-track stereo

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers and an Alesis Vortex controller to Albeton software (microKorg, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, and a couple pedals)

From the album MMXVI
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderIn The Year 2525

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In The Year 2525 (Alt. Version).mp3

In The Year 2525.mp3

Coversong
Originally made famous by Zager & Evans
Written by Rick Evans

Em    In the year 2525
D     If man is still alive
C                              B7
If woman can survive they may find

Em   In the year 3535
D    Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies
C    Everything you think do and say
B7   Is in the pill you took today
Em   In the year 4545
D    You ain't gonna need your teeth won't need your eyes
C    You won't find a thing to chew
B7   Nobody's gonna look at you 
Em   In the year 5555
D    Your arms hangin' limp at your sides
C    Your legs got nothin' to do
B7   Some machine's doing that for you


In the year 6565
You won't need no husband, won't need no wife
You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too
From the bottom of a long glass tube
In the year 7510
If God's a comin' He oughta make it by then
Maybe He'll look around Himself and say
Guess it's time for the judgement day
In the year 8510
God is gonna shake His mighty head
He'll either say I'm pleased where man has been
Or tear it down and start again woh oh  / /  / /

In the year 9595
I'm kinda wonderin' if man is gonna be alive
He's takin' everything this old earth can give

and he ain't put back nothin'  woh oh

(very slowly - strum each chord once)
Now it's been ten thousand years
Man has cried a billion tears
For what he never knew
Now man's reign is through
But through eternal night
The twinkling of starlight
So very far away
Maybe it's only yesterday
(faster)
In the year 2525
If man is still alive
If woman can survive, they may find

ABOUT THE SONG

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album MMXVI
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderRoadhouse Blues

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Coversong
Originally made famous by The Doors
Written by Jim Morrison

(E) Yeah, keep your eyes on the road, your hand upon the wheel
Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel
Yeah, we're goin' to the Roadhouse
We're gonna have a real
Good time

Yeah, back at the Roadhouse they got some bungalows
Yeah, back at the Roadhouse they got some bungalows
And that's for the people
Who like to go down slow

E -->  A
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll
       B7              E
Let it roll, all night long

(E) Do it, Robby, do it

You gotta roll, roll, roll
You gotta thrill my soul, all right
Roll, roll, roll, roll
Thrill my soul
You gotta beep a gunk a chucha Honk konk konk Ya, ride

Ashen lady, Ashen lady
Give up your vows, give up your vows
Save our city, save our city
Right now

Well, I woke up this morning, I got myself a beer
Well, I woke up this morning, and I got myself a beer
The future's uncertain, and the end is always near

Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, all night long

Roadhouse Blues / Alternative.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Recording: digital 1-track stereo

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Metamorphic Rocks
by Daniel Brouse