Biography:
Christine Fellows (born 1968) is a Canadian folk-pop singer-songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Born in Windsor, Ontario and raised in France and Kelowna, British Columbia, Fellows lived in Toronto, Vancouver, Guelph and Montreal before settling in Winnipeg in 1992.
In 1993, she formed her first group, Helen, with Barry Mirochnick, Paul James, and Chang. Helen broke up in 1995, and in 1996 Fellows teamed up with singer-songwriter Keri McTighe, Barry Mirochnick, Keith McLeod and Peggy Messing, to form Special Fancy.
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The Spinster's Almanac by Christine Fellows (www.christinefellows.com)
Chords by Farlen
Em D G C
Em D G C D
C D G
You're never far away from me
F C D G G/F
I've had this lock of your hair now for a half a century or more
Em C D G
I keep it in a matchbox in the pocket of my coat
C D G F
Saturdays I go to town just to make them laugh
C D G G/F Em
I learned to drive when I was 65 years old
C D G
And I sit poker-straight behind the wheel
Em D G C
Mother died of influenza when we kids were small
Em D G C D
Father never smiled again and seemed to shrink with every passing year
Em D G C
Everybody sigh and put your hands on your hips
Em D G
But when I get those old songs in my head
C D
I can’t keep my fingers off the keys
Em D G C
Em D G C D
C D G F
Through my research I have found all it takes to keep the chickens
C D G G/F Em C D G
Laying eggs is opera or Gershwin played at low volumes on dad's old radio
C D G F
One concession for the hens destined for slaughter:
C D G G/F Em
I read them poetry, they like the Yeats the best
C D G
And frankly, so do I
Em D G C
Who wouldn’t like to wake up on the Isle of Innisfree
Em D G C D
To muck about that bee-loud glade like he?
Em D G C
Everybody sigh and put your hands on your hips
Em D G C D
What's good enough for chickens is plenty good enough for you and me
Em D G C
Em D G C D
C D G
You're never far away from me
F C D G G/F
I've had this lock of your hair now for a half a century or more
Em C D G
I keep it in a matchbox in the pocket of my coat
Farlen takes credit for the tabbing of the chords but not the lyrics.
Chords by Farlen
Em D G C
Em D G C D
C D G
You're never far away from me
F C D G G/F
I've had this lock of your hair now for a half a century or more
Em C D G
I keep it in a matchbox in the pocket of my coat
C D G F
Saturdays I go to town just to make them laugh
C D G G/F Em
I learned to drive when I was 65 years old
C D G
And I sit poker-straight behind the wheel
Em D G C
Mother died of influenza when we kids were small
Em D G C D
Father never smiled again and seemed to shrink with every passing year
Em D G C
Everybody sigh and put your hands on your hips
Em D G
But when I get those old songs in my head
C D
I can’t keep my fingers off the keys
Em D G C
Em D G C D
C D G F
Through my research I have found all it takes to keep the chickens
C D G G/F Em C D G
Laying eggs is opera or Gershwin played at low volumes on dad's old radio
C D G F
One concession for the hens destined for slaughter:
C D G G/F Em
I read them poetry, they like the Yeats the best
C D G
And frankly, so do I
Em D G C
Who wouldn’t like to wake up on the Isle of Innisfree
Em D G C D
To muck about that bee-loud glade like he?
Em D G C
Everybody sigh and put your hands on your hips
Em D G C D
What's good enough for chickens is plenty good enough for you and me
Em D G C
Em D G C D
C D G
You're never far away from me
F C D G G/F
I've had this lock of your hair now for a half a century or more
Em C D G
I keep it in a matchbox in the pocket of my coat
Farlen takes credit for the tabbing of the chords but not the lyrics.
Christopher Lark (...)
Christopher Tin
Christopher Tyng
Christy Altomare
Christy Moore