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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Safe Here – Craig Cardiff
Capo 4
This is probably my favourite song by Craig. From the album Floods and Fires.
Intro:
C, G, Am, F X2
Verse 1
C G Am F
Our words came out sharp like edges of knives
C G Am F
When all we needed was to talk things through
C G Am F
This is a process of learning that love is
C G Am F
Not what we say but what we do
Pre-chorus
C G
This is my country
Am F
This is your country too
C G Am F
There are so many things we need to change
C G Am F
It’d be too easy to let them overwhelm us
C G Am F
It’d be too easy to let things stay the same
Chorus
C G Am F C G Am F
Am I Safe Here (yes you’re safe here)
C G Am F C G Am F
Am I needed here (yes you’re needed here, yes you are yes you are)
Verse 3
C G Am F
They told us that this was not our problem
C G Am F
How this was none of our concern
C G Am F
And then they chiselled and they chiselled and chiselled
C G Am F C G Am F
until everything we loved and everything we earned was taken away from us
Pre-chorus
C G
This is my country
Am F
This is your country too
C G Am F
There are so many things we need to change
C G Am F
It’d be too easy to let them overwhelm us
C G Am F
It’d be too easy to let things stay the same
Chorus
C G Am F C G Am F
Am I Safe Here (yes you’re safe here)
C G Am F C G Am F
Am I needed here (yes you’re needed here, yes you are yes you are)
Bridge
G
Am F G
While we stood around and talked about it
Am C F G
They took it all away
Am F
While they argued about the cost
G F Am G C
They brought it back and said here you go, pay, pay, pay
F, Am G
Verse 5
C G Am F C G Am F
We won’t remember any of these meetings
C G Am F C G Am F
We won't remember the things you did or did not own
C G Am F C G Am F
This is the part where you throw your hands up in the air
C G Am F C G Am F
You said I thought I could but I can't do it on my own
Pre-chorus
C G
This is my country
Am F
This is your country too
C G Am F
There are so many things we need to change
C G Am F
It’d be too easy to let them overwhelm us
C G Am F
It’d be too easy to let things stay the same
Chorus
C G Am F C G Am F
Am I Safe Here (yes you’re safe here)
C G Am F C G Am F
Am I needed here (yes you’re needed here, yes you are yes you are)
C G Am F C G Am F
Am I Safe Here (yes you’re safe here)
C G Am F C G Am F
Am I needed here (yes you’re needed here, yes you are yes you are)
Capo 4
This is probably my favourite song by Craig. From the album Floods and Fires.
Intro:
C, G, Am, F X2
Verse 1
C G Am F
Our words came out sharp like edges of knives
C G Am F
When all we needed was to talk things through
C G Am F
This is a process of learning that love is
C G Am F
Not what we say but what we do
Pre-chorus
C G
This is my country
Am F
This is your country too
C G Am F
There are so many things we need to change
C G Am F
It’d be too easy to let them overwhelm us
C G Am F
It’d be too easy to let things stay the same
Chorus
C G Am F C G Am F
Am I Safe Here (yes you’re safe here)
C G Am F C G Am F
Am I needed here (yes you’re needed here, yes you are yes you are)
Verse 3
C G Am F
They told us that this was not our problem
C G Am F
How this was none of our concern
C G Am F
And then they chiselled and they chiselled and chiselled
C G Am F C G Am F
until everything we loved and everything we earned was taken away from us
Pre-chorus
C G
This is my country
Am F
This is your country too
C G Am F
There are so many things we need to change
C G Am F
It’d be too easy to let them overwhelm us
C G Am F
It’d be too easy to let things stay the same
Chorus
C G Am F C G Am F
Am I Safe Here (yes you’re safe here)
C G Am F C G Am F
Am I needed here (yes you’re needed here, yes you are yes you are)
Bridge
G
Am F G
While we stood around and talked about it
Am C F G
They took it all away
Am F
While they argued about the cost
G F Am G C
They brought it back and said here you go, pay, pay, pay
F, Am G
Verse 5
C G Am F C G Am F
We won’t remember any of these meetings
C G Am F C G Am F
We won't remember the things you did or did not own
C G Am F C G Am F
This is the part where you throw your hands up in the air
C G Am F C G Am F
You said I thought I could but I can't do it on my own
Pre-chorus
C G
This is my country
Am F
This is your country too
C G Am F
There are so many things we need to change
C G Am F
It’d be too easy to let them overwhelm us
C G Am F
It’d be too easy to let things stay the same
Chorus
C G Am F C G Am F
Am I Safe Here (yes you’re safe here)
C G Am F C G Am F
Am I needed here (yes you’re needed here, yes you are yes you are)
C G Am F C G Am F
Am I Safe Here (yes you’re safe here)
C G Am F C G Am F
Am I needed here (yes you’re needed here, yes you are yes you are)
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