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Another Day In Paradise

by Lester Smith with Trickbag

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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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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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Baby Lets Play 03:43
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Emily 04:39
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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released April 6, 2022

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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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