Biography:
Craig Cardiff (born 9 July 1976 in Waterloo, Ontario) is a Canadian folk singer who is known for his soft voice and digital vocal and guitar loops and for the connections he makes with his fans. In 2012, he was nominated for a Juno Award for "Roots and Traditional Album of the Year: Solo" and for a Canadian Folk Music Award as "Contemporary Singer of the Year". His first release was in 1997.
With guitar in hand, Craig can turn any setting into an intimate affair
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Other songs:
- A Prayer For You
- Barney And Miriam
- Boy Inside The Boat
- Dance Me Outside
- Dirty Old Town
- Father Daughter Dance
- Gate
- God Said No
- Grandma
- Heart
- John Wilson
- Love Is Louder Than All This Noise
- Maybe You Should Drive
- Memo
- Not My Monkeys And Not My Circus
- Porchlight
- Radio 9
- Recovering
- Revival Day
- River
- Safe Here
- Smallest Wingless
- Virginia In The Song
- Wait Maybe Love
- When People Go
- Winter
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Craig Cardiff – Porchlight
One of many many many great songs from the Floods and Fires album.
Capo 2
Intro: G, Cadd9 x4
Verse 1:
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
One month down; two more months in
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
I can’t wait to see you again
D
I’m going to hold you so tight
Cadd9 G Cadd9 , G , Cadd9
Until your heart’s unbroken
Verse 2:
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
Some of us got lost; some got found
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
Mortgaged, car’d, kids, on the edge of town
D Cadd9
Tell me what happened to the fireworks and
G Cadd9 , G , Cadd9
Promises spoken?
Chorus: X2
D Cadd9
All my friends are someplace else
G D
I’m out here by myself
Am Cadd9
Leave the porchlight on and
G Cadd9 , G , Cadd9 , G, Cadd9, G Cadd9
Your heart wide open, (second time) Heart wide open
Interlude: G, Cadd9 x4
Verse 3:
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
I went for a walk where I grew up slow
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
Hoping to see a face I used know
D
I walked for hours
Cadd9 G Cadd9 , G , Cadd9
And didn’t meet a soul
Verse 4:
G Cadd9
I’m sick of other people’s bathrooms
G Cadd9
And other people’s beds
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
Some of us stayed; most of us fled
D
From this life
Cadd9 G Cadd9 , G, Cadd9
It can leave you a little bent and broken
Chorus: X2
D Cadd9
All my friends are someplace else
G D
I’m out here by myself
Am Cadd9
Leave the porchlight on and
G Cadd9 , G , Cadd9 , G, Cadd9, G Cadd9
Your heart wide open, (second time) Heart wide open
Interlude: G, Cadd9 x4
Verse 5:
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
I threw myself out into the world
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
And the world she received me
D
And landed me safe in
Cadd9 G Cadd9 , G , Cadd9
Safe into the nest of you
Verse 6: (but really verse 1)
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
One month down; two more months in
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
I can’t wait to see you again
D
I’m going to hold you so tight
Cadd9 G Cadd9 , G , Cadd9
Until your heart’s unbroken
Chorus: X2
D Cadd9
All my friends are someplace else
G D
I’m out here by myself
Am Cadd9
Leave the porchlight on and
G Cadd9 , G , Cadd9 , G, Cadd9, G Cadd9
Your heart wide open, (second time) Heart wide open
One of many many many great songs from the Floods and Fires album.
Capo 2
Intro: G, Cadd9 x4
Verse 1:
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
One month down; two more months in
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
I can’t wait to see you again
D
I’m going to hold you so tight
Cadd9 G Cadd9 , G , Cadd9
Until your heart’s unbroken
Verse 2:
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
Some of us got lost; some got found
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
Mortgaged, car’d, kids, on the edge of town
D Cadd9
Tell me what happened to the fireworks and
G Cadd9 , G , Cadd9
Promises spoken?
Chorus: X2
D Cadd9
All my friends are someplace else
G D
I’m out here by myself
Am Cadd9
Leave the porchlight on and
G Cadd9 , G , Cadd9 , G, Cadd9, G Cadd9
Your heart wide open, (second time) Heart wide open
Interlude: G, Cadd9 x4
Verse 3:
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
I went for a walk where I grew up slow
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
Hoping to see a face I used know
D
I walked for hours
Cadd9 G Cadd9 , G , Cadd9
And didn’t meet a soul
Verse 4:
G Cadd9
I’m sick of other people’s bathrooms
G Cadd9
And other people’s beds
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
Some of us stayed; most of us fled
D
From this life
Cadd9 G Cadd9 , G, Cadd9
It can leave you a little bent and broken
Chorus: X2
D Cadd9
All my friends are someplace else
G D
I’m out here by myself
Am Cadd9
Leave the porchlight on and
G Cadd9 , G , Cadd9 , G, Cadd9, G Cadd9
Your heart wide open, (second time) Heart wide open
Interlude: G, Cadd9 x4
Verse 5:
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
I threw myself out into the world
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
And the world she received me
D
And landed me safe in
Cadd9 G Cadd9 , G , Cadd9
Safe into the nest of you
Verse 6: (but really verse 1)
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
One month down; two more months in
G Cadd9 G Cadd9
I can’t wait to see you again
D
I’m going to hold you so tight
Cadd9 G Cadd9 , G , Cadd9
Until your heart’s unbroken
Chorus: X2
D Cadd9
All my friends are someplace else
G D
I’m out here by myself
Am Cadd9
Leave the porchlight on and
G Cadd9 , G , Cadd9 , G, Cadd9, G Cadd9
Your heart wide open, (second time) Heart wide open
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