1. |
Another Day In Paradise
04:17
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Another Day in Paradise (Les Smith © 2019 SOCAN) AKA PARADISE
Verse
[E]
Everybody's sleeping
[E]
Except for one lone hound
[E]
He's barking for no reason
[E]
he just likes the sound
[B7]
A trigger flipped his canine switch
He couldn't stop if he tried
[E]
He's got an evolutionary quota
bottled up inside
(B PART)
[A7]
The next door neighbour's barking back
[E] [A7]
She is not amused
[E] [C#m7]
Another day in paradise
[F#7] [B7] [E]
has got me singing the blues
Verse 2
[E]
Hurry up and get in line
The highway is a mess
Everyone is angry
There is no tenderness
[B7]
No one wants to let me in
It's all part of the game
[E]
They don't look me in the eye
They just steal my lane
Part B verse
[A7]
The traffic is a re-run
[E]
There ain't no Good [A] news
[E] [C#m7]
Another day in paradise
[F#7] [B7]
got me singing the blues
Bridge
[A]
BB king can bend them strings
[E]
muddy sure can slide
[A]
Nobody sings like the Howlin Wolf
[F#7] [B7]
Nobody should try
[A7]
stormy weather is coming
[E] [A]
The Sky is Crying too
[E] [C#m7]
Another Day in Paradise
[F#7] [B7]
got me singing the Blues
Verse 3
[E]
All my friends are getting old
Life ain't very long
I don't want to think about it
I'd rather hear another song
[B7]
Sweet home Chicago
Baby don't you wanna go
[E]
ride like mustang Sally
on A Mississippi saxophone
[A]
it's hard as A hammer and it hurts like hell
but
[E] [A]
Every note Rings true
[E] [C#m7]
Another Day in Paradise
[F#7 B7] [E]
has got me singing the Blues
OUTRO:
Stop- time call and response [4 bars?]
END
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2. |
Beat This Thing
03:48
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Beat This Thing (Les Smith (c) SOCAN 2022
Might be something in the water
could be something in the air
hotter than a flame sharper than blade
bigger than a grizzly bear
Sometimes it comes out of nowhere
sometimes it creeps up slow
it might try to take your body
but never let it get your soul
We're gonna beat this thing
We're gonna beat this thing
We're gonna beat this thing right down to the ground
Oh no no no
never gonna let it
never gonna let it
Oh no no no
never gonna let it
never gonna let it win
Make you wanna throw your hands up
make you think it just aint fair
make you wanna lose religion
wonder what a good God's doing up there
maybe there aint no reason
Maybe we'll never know why
In the name of love drop your gloves
get ready for a fight
We're gonna beat this thing
We're gonna beat this thing
We're gonna beat this thing right down to the ground
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3. |
Baby Lets Play
03:43
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4. |
Emily
04:39
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5. |
After Katrina
05:26
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After Katrina (Les Smith © 2019 SOCAN)
Broken plates and twisted gates
Shingles in the sand
Everything plus the kitchen sink
and an upside-down sedan
and no one has insurance
and the clothes lines are all down
all I've got to my name
is a shadow of this town
Chorus
I wanna go home
But there's no place left to go
The Mississippi took my house
To the gulf of Mexico
Verse (2a)
Katrina had a hey day
and left the sun to shine
it all seems so pointless
wish we could just turn back the time
seaweed hanging from the rafters
the high tide left behind
and a bicycle just hanging there
From the Tipatina sign
repeat chorus
the City banks still standing
on the right side of the street
Billy the kid is crying
cuz there's no shoes on his feet
Crystal Angelina
looks pretty much the same
she hid inside her basement
With plywood window panes
dogs are running wild
looking for anyone who cares
The westside Shanghi
looks like it was never there
Repeat chorus
Buried in the wreckage
that no one could out run
is a senorita's baby boy
Trying to find the sun
Dogs and cops and meter maids
Ears pressed to the ground
Skin their knees and cut their hands
Searching for a sound
Everything is spinning
And the city's in lock down
Everybodys lost
in a shadow of this town
repeat Chorus
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6. |
Lets Get Together
04:16
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Let’s Get Together AKA GET TOGETHER
(Les Smith © 2019)
Verse 1
[E] The world is gonna end
That’s what they say
Apocalypse is comin’
Gonna blow us all away
Chorus
[A] Lets get together
[E] Lets get together
[B] The time to get along my friend
[B7] Is right now or never
[B7] Drop your fists and shake a hand and..
lets…get together [E]
Verse 2
When the sky comes falling down
The earth starts to rock n roll
I aint gonna burry my head
Deep down in a hole
Chorus 2
Lets get together 2x
Grab your partner hold on tight
We’re in for stormy weather
Brothers sisters neighbors friends
Chorus B
Lets get together2x
Verse 3
Before the London bridge starts sinking
And the Himalayas slide
Before everyone starts bending down
To kiss their ass goodbye
Chorus 3
Lets get together…2x
Theres’ no time like the present
To share a little pleasure
This could be our last goodtime so…
Chorus B
Lets get together 2x
Verse 4
Christian, Buddhist , Muslim
Yellow, black and white
Lets all dance the night away
Aint no use to fight
Chorus 4
Lets get together 2x
A good god knows we’re all the same
Underneath our feathers
Kick your shoes off shake shake a tail
Lets get together 2x
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7. |
My Hearts In Memphis
04:13
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My Hearts in Memphis (Les Smith © 2019 SOCAN) [E] AKA MEMPHIS
[E]
I came to Music City
with stars in my eyes
made it to the bluebird
for a piece of the pie
[A]
people get famous here
[E]
I’ve seen it on TV
[F#7]
my head’s in Nashville (but my)
[A7]
heart’s in Memphis Tennessee
[No Turnaround]
Verse 2
I got a Paisley Telecaster
Rhinestone Cowboy Boots
every note I play always sounds like the Blues
trying to write a county song
I feel the ghost of Jimmy Reed
my head is in Nashville (but My)
heart's in Memphis Tennessee
[Turnaround and walk up to the A]
Bridge
[A7]
The kids are getting hungry
[E]
little Jimmy needs new shoes
[A]
breaks my heart to say it
[B7]
There ain't no money in the blues
[Guitar riff]
Verse 3
I don't wanna drive a truck
Or Verse be a Wal-Mart clerk
I just need one country hit
And I wont have to work
I can bee jyst like Bob Dylan
my heads in Nashville
my hearts in Memphis Tennessee
[Instrumental:
over the verse
[Turnaround with walk up to the A(bridge 2)]
Bridge 2
I’ve got nothing against country
Hell I’ve learned some country licks
there’s nothing wrong with a country song
that a little blues can’t fix
Verse 4
The Grand old Opry
is really pretty sweet
they got crystal chandeliers
red velvet seats
But BB Kings on Beale Street
That's My cup of tea
my head is in Nashville (but my)
heart's in Memphis Tennessee
[TAG]
my heads in Nashville (but my)
heart's in Memphis Tennessee
my head is in Nashville (but my)
[BREAK]
heart's in Memphis Tennessee
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8. |
Nobody
05:27
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Nobody (Les Smith ©2019)Ballad version AKA NOBODY BUT ME
[E]
Nobody's here to stop me
[A]
If I want to sleep All day
[E]
Nobody's here to ask me
[A]
if I've got nothing left to say
Chorus
F# Abm
Nobody needs to kick my can
F# Abm
Nobody needs to take my stand
F# Abm/A7/B7
Nobody needs to be my fan
[Break] E
Nobody but me
Verse 3
I can pull myself together
Tighten up my belt
Climb the highest mountain
With nobody's help
Nobody needs to plant My seed
Nobody needs too shake my tree
NOBODY needs to hear my plea
Nobody but me
Verse 4
Nobody watches over me
From high above the clouds
Nobody has the answers
And speaks to me out loud
Chorus 2
Nobody needs to hold the Key
Nobody needs to set me free
Nobody needs to rescue me
NOBODY but me
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9. |
Race To The Bottom
06:37
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Race to the bottom AKA RACE (Les Smith (c) SOCAN 2019)
Am G7 //:
I got stuff you got stuff
some people say they ain’t got enough stuff
they want more stuff so that work like a bee
and they find out the neighbor Got his stuff for free
but the never neighbor never really got to stuff for free
cuz it cost him his pride and it cost him his dignity
it’s a race to the bottom
some people think the only way to get Justice served
is to take away stuff the neighbor don’t deserve
it might make them feel better
to think they got more
but then they get suspicious of the kids next door
so they lock up their stuff
but it ain’t no use
cuz when kids got nothing they got nothing to lose
Bridge
Bm7
nobody really wins
Bm7-Bbm7-Am7
playing this game
Bm7
Don’t Count Me In
Bm7-Bbm7-Am7
I don’t want to play
Am. D
I don’t want to play
G
I don’t want to play
the problem with serving justice by taking stuff away
somebody Richer going to come along someday
and take and take take everything you got
leave you nothing but piss in a pot
The race to the bottom is fast and rough
but it ain’t going to stop
till the aint no stuff
it’s a race to the bottom
it’s a race to the bottom
it’s a race to the bottom of a hole
REPEAT bridge
Piss in the pot
Hole in the head
Leave you looking for someone better off dead
The race to the bottom is fast and rough
It ain't gonna stop til there ain't no stuff
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10. |
B.B. King
05:31
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B.B. King
(Les Smith © 2019 SOCAN) AKA Blues KING
Verse 1
Am/
A million notes
at the speed of sound
Em
Just don’t float my boat
Am
There was a Blues Boy down
From a Mississippi town
Em
Who could play more with a single note
Am
It came from the bottom of a broken heart
Em
Bled down to his finger tips
Am
Every six string slinger
with a half a heart
Bm7
still learnin’ how to play that shit
Chorus
E
when I die
G
Don’t give me wings
A
I wanna fly
E
On a silver string
I wanna hold Lucille
G
I wanna make her sing
A B7 E
When I die I wanna come back as BB King
Chorus (b part)
G
BB King
E
BB King
A B7 E
When I die I wanna come back as BB King
Verse 2
Buddy Guy knew it like the back of his hand
He could set the stage on fire
Clapton played with a slow slow hand
He made the whole country cry
Stevie Ray Vaughn used to turn it on
Playing strings big as telephone lines
John Mayer brought it to a million more
BBs still blowing everybody’s minds
Repeat chorus
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11. |
Wild Rose
03:55
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Wild Rose (Les Smith ©2020 SOCAN)
Wild rose with a broken stem
Looking sad as you can be
Now you don't stand with your velvet heart
For all the world to see
What kind of wicked wind
Would've knocked you down this way
With all of your Golden Curls
Washed out in the rain
Verse 2
You need a hand to pick you up
And never let you down
Put you where the sun comes in
Above the cold cold ground
Even your thorns can't protect you from
All the dangers you might see
Wild rose with a broken stem
You are still a rose to me
Verse 3
You grew up between the weeds and the tracks
And the rumble of the TH&B
Underneath a steel town sky
And the dust From the factories
Your colours shine in spite of it all
And your beauty never fades
It hurts my heart to see you broken and bent
It's not how you were made
Verse 4
Good days will come
And bad days will go
And the sun will rise and set
Wild rose with a broken stem
You aint lived your whole life yet
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Lester Smith with Trickbag Hamilton, Ontario
Current frontman/Harp player of Canada's iconic 'Crowbar' Lester Smith joins forces with King Biscuit Boy's former band Trickbag to record a fully original album of rocking blues.
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