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Colin James Hay is a Scottish-born Australian musician and actor who made his mark during the 1980s as lead vocalist of the band Men at Work and subsequently as a solo artist.
Singer/Songwriter Colin Hay is the former front-man of the classic Australian band Men at Work. Since the group disbanded he has released several solo albums, including Man at Work, which featured re-recordings of classic Men at Work songs in an acoustic environment.
Hay has also been involved with the NBC TV series Scrubs
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- Are You Looking At Me
- Back In My Loving Arms
- Beautiful World
- Don't Believe You Anymore
- Go Ask An Old Man
- Going Somewhere
- I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You
- I Wish I Was Still Drinking
- Into My Life
- Into The Cornfields
- Maggie
- My Brilliant Feat
- Overkill
- She Keeps Me Dreaming
- Small Town Big Hell
- Waiting For My Real Life To Begin
- Wayfaring Sons
- A Thousand Million Reasons
- And If You Only Knew
- Are We There Yet
- Children On Parade
- Come Tumblin Down
- Company Of Strangers
- Conversation
- Dear Father
- Did You Just Take The Long Way Home
- Dont Believe You Anymore
- Dont Wait Up
- Down Under
- Dreamtime In Glasgow
- Fishermans Friend
- Freedom Calling
- Frozen Fields Of Snow
- Gathering Mercury
- Goodbye My Red Rose
- Help Me
- Here In My Hometown
- Hold The Line
- I Came Into Your Store
- I Can See It In Your Eyes
- I Dont Miss You Now
- I Just Dont Think Ill Ever Get Over You
- I Want You Back
- If I Had Been A Better Man
- Ill Leave The Light On
- Im Doing Fine
- Lifeline
- Looking For Jack
- Lose To Win
- Lost Generation
- Love Is Innocent
- Next Year People
- Next Year People Live
- No One Knows
- Norwegian Wood
- Not So Lonely
- Oh California
- Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Baby
- Pleased To Almost Meet You
- Pure Love
- Road To Mandalay
- Scattered In The Sand
- Send Somebody
- She Put The Blame On You
- Shes My Best Friend
- Simple Song
- Sometimes I Wish
- The Flying Song
- Theres Water Over You
- These Are Our Finest Days
- This Time I Got You
- To Have And To Hold
- Trying To Get To You
- Up In Smoke
- Waiting In The Rain
- Wash It All Away
- Water Song
- What Would Bob Do
- Who Can It Be Now
- Womans Face
- You Saved Me From Myself
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From the Peaks and valleys album. This may be very wrong, as far as I can tell the song
in Open G tuning,
which I'm not overly familiar with in terms of chord shapes etc.
Still, I thought it better to put up my approximation which others might be able to improve,
so please comment with corrections. I think the album version is also done on a 12 string.
Tuning: Open G
D (Low E down 1 step)
G (A down 1 step)
D
G
B
D (E down 1 step.
Chords used:
G: 000000
C: X02012
Bm: X40404
Am7 X22012
I haven't put the strumming pattern in these, but you can hear how many times to do each one.
Intro:
(After first time)
e|---0----0----0----0----0----0---0-----0----0---------0----|
B|---0----0----0----0----0----0---0-----0----0---------0----|
G|---2--2p0--2s4--4p0--0h2--2p0---2s4-4s5--5s7---x2----7s2--|
D|---0----0----0----0----0----0---0-----0----0---------0----|
A|---0----0----0----0----0----0---0-----0----0---------0----|
E|---0----0----0----0----0----0---0-----0----0---------0----|
After second time:
e|---0----0----0---0------0----0--------0------0---0--0-----|
B|--15----12--15---12----12----8--------0------0---0--0-----|
G|---0----0----0---0------0----0--------11--11s12--9--7-x4--|
D|---0----0----0---0------0----0--x 2---0------0---0--0-----|
A|---0----0----0---0------0----0--------0------0---0--0-----|
E|---0----0----0---0------0----0--------0------0---0--0-----|
Verse riff (referred to as G riff):
e|---0----0----0----0-----------------------0-----0-|
B|---0----0----0----0-----------------------0-----0-|
G|-0h2--2p0--2s4--4p0---sometimes with----4s5---5s7-|
D|---0----0----0----0-----------------------0-----0-|
A|---0----0----0----0-----------------------0-----0-|
E|---0----0----0----0-----------------------0-----0-|
G riff
Sometimes I wish I was born in another time
G riff
A long long time ago
G riff
Things were much harder then
G riff
But I like the clothes they wore
C
And the way they did their hair
Bm C
At least it took some care
Bm C
Then they all went off to war
Bm G riff
You can never have it all
Same chord pattern:
Sometimes I wish I was born in another time
Say 1924
People didn't have much money then
In fact, most folks were poor
But what about those cars
And the sound of those guitars
And the voice of Old King Cole
Soothed me to my soul
e|--0----0-----0----0----0--0----0---|
B|--0----0-----0----0----0--0----0---|
G|--12---9---9s11---7--7s9--4--4s7---|
D|--0----0-----0----0----0--0----0---|
A|--0----0-----0----0----0--0----0---|
E|--0----0-----0----0----0--0----0---|
Then the chords: C Bm Am7
Then back to the verse pattern.
Sometimes I wish I was born in another time
In 1754
I'd go drinking with old Robbie Burns
Whose words are made of gold
Oh Christ we need him now
Said a talking Ayrshire cow
But now he's drifted up to heaven
He was only, he was only 37
G riff
Just a young man really
Cut down in his prime
Sometimes I wish I was born in another time
A long long time ago
Things were much harder then
But I like the clothes they wore
And the way they did their hair
At least they showed some flair
Then they all went off to war
Am7 Bm
You can never have it all
C G
You can never have it all
Am7 Bm
You can it some of the time
C G
You can have most things nearly all the time
C
But you can't have it
Bm Am7
All of the time
Repeat intro to finish.
Thats my approximation of it. Like I said, any input is appreciated.
in Open G tuning,
which I'm not overly familiar with in terms of chord shapes etc.
Still, I thought it better to put up my approximation which others might be able to improve,
so please comment with corrections. I think the album version is also done on a 12 string.
Tuning: Open G
D (Low E down 1 step)
G (A down 1 step)
D
G
B
D (E down 1 step.
Chords used:
G: 000000
C: X02012
Bm: X40404
Am7 X22012
I haven't put the strumming pattern in these, but you can hear how many times to do each one.
Intro:
(After first time)
e|---0----0----0----0----0----0---0-----0----0---------0----|
B|---0----0----0----0----0----0---0-----0----0---------0----|
G|---2--2p0--2s4--4p0--0h2--2p0---2s4-4s5--5s7---x2----7s2--|
D|---0----0----0----0----0----0---0-----0----0---------0----|
A|---0----0----0----0----0----0---0-----0----0---------0----|
E|---0----0----0----0----0----0---0-----0----0---------0----|
After second time:
e|---0----0----0---0------0----0--------0------0---0--0-----|
B|--15----12--15---12----12----8--------0------0---0--0-----|
G|---0----0----0---0------0----0--------11--11s12--9--7-x4--|
D|---0----0----0---0------0----0--x 2---0------0---0--0-----|
A|---0----0----0---0------0----0--------0------0---0--0-----|
E|---0----0----0---0------0----0--------0------0---0--0-----|
Verse riff (referred to as G riff):
e|---0----0----0----0-----------------------0-----0-|
B|---0----0----0----0-----------------------0-----0-|
G|-0h2--2p0--2s4--4p0---sometimes with----4s5---5s7-|
D|---0----0----0----0-----------------------0-----0-|
A|---0----0----0----0-----------------------0-----0-|
E|---0----0----0----0-----------------------0-----0-|
G riff
Sometimes I wish I was born in another time
G riff
A long long time ago
G riff
Things were much harder then
G riff
But I like the clothes they wore
C
And the way they did their hair
Bm C
At least it took some care
Bm C
Then they all went off to war
Bm G riff
You can never have it all
Same chord pattern:
Sometimes I wish I was born in another time
Say 1924
People didn't have much money then
In fact, most folks were poor
But what about those cars
And the sound of those guitars
And the voice of Old King Cole
Soothed me to my soul
e|--0----0-----0----0----0--0----0---|
B|--0----0-----0----0----0--0----0---|
G|--12---9---9s11---7--7s9--4--4s7---|
D|--0----0-----0----0----0--0----0---|
A|--0----0-----0----0----0--0----0---|
E|--0----0-----0----0----0--0----0---|
Then the chords: C Bm Am7
Then back to the verse pattern.
Sometimes I wish I was born in another time
In 1754
I'd go drinking with old Robbie Burns
Whose words are made of gold
Oh Christ we need him now
Said a talking Ayrshire cow
But now he's drifted up to heaven
He was only, he was only 37
G riff
Just a young man really
Cut down in his prime
Sometimes I wish I was born in another time
A long long time ago
Things were much harder then
But I like the clothes they wore
And the way they did their hair
At least they showed some flair
Then they all went off to war
Am7 Bm
You can never have it all
C G
You can never have it all
Am7 Bm
You can it some of the time
C G
You can have most things nearly all the time
C
But you can't have it
Bm Am7
All of the time
Repeat intro to finish.
Thats my approximation of it. Like I said, any input is appreciated.
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