Biography:
Damien Dempsey (born 1975 in Donaghmede, Dublin) is an Irish singer and songwriter who mixes traditional Irish folk with contemporary lyrics to deliver social commentary on the positive and negative aspects arising from Ireland's Celtic Tiger society. He sings in English, and to a lesser extent in Irish.
Dempsey's earliest musical influences were the post-pub singsongs that his parents used to have at their home when he was a toddler. Good, bad or indifferent, everyone had to sing.
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Other songs:
- Your Pretty Smile
- Sing All Our Cares Away
- Apple Of My Eye
- Bad Time Garda
- Bottle Talk
- Bustin Outta Here
- Canadian Geese Live
- Cardboard City
- Chase The Light
- Colony
- Factories
- Ghosts Of Overdoses
- Go To Sea No More
- Hold Me
- Industrial School
- Its All Good
- Jar Song
- Kelly From Killane
- Negative Vibes
- Not On Your Own Tonight
- Party On
- Patience
- Sam Jenkins
- Schooldays Over
- Seize The Day
- Sing All Your Cares Away
- Spraypaint Backalley
- St Patricks Day
- We Need Community
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Artist: Damien Dempsey
Title: Bottle Talk
Album: Chilin' Single/Contender EP
Transcribed by: Dave Anderson
Email: [email protected]
Comments and suggestions feel free to email me. (hope you enjoy eoin)
Tuning: EADGBE
CHORDS:
Am7 – X03010
Am7ii – X02213
Em/9 – 02200(0/2) – uses a pull-off sometimes
Am/B – X20010
C - 332010
G - 320033
Bm – X24432
D - XX0232
Fill
Damo does this at the end of most lines. Uses third finger vibrato to pronounce the G
Em
E|--0----------------|
B|--0----------------|
G|--0---0------------|
D|--2---2------------|
A|--2---2-2---~------|
E|--0-0---0---3--0-0-|
Intro: (Chilin Version)
Am Am7(ii) Am/B C G
Bm Em
C G Bm Em
C G D Am Em
Verse:
Yeah,
Am7 G D Am7 Em
Living in my rented room, I sharply had a fall
Am7 G D Am7 Em
I fell into a bottle, and no-one heard my call
And my father said,
Am7 G D Am7 Em
"Why do you think that you stumbled into this bottle that you fell?",
And I says
Am7 G D Am7 Em
"Father I think I lost my balance throwing pennies in the holy well".
Chorus:
C G Bm Em
Into the bottle you can fall and there be no one there at all
C G Bm Em
Well you can whine and you can pray, but its up to you to say no way
Verse:
Am7 G D Am7 Em
I came across a friend of mine who had, plunged and sank deep down
Am7 G D Am7 Em
And I wondered if I knew him, because his mind had turned around
Am7 G D Am7 Em
So I sat for a while with this stranger, he was a shell of what he'd once been
Am7 G D Am7 Em
And I thought of all the alcohol and all the pain and greed that i've seen
Chorus:
C G Bm Em
Into the bottle you can fall and there be no one there at all
C G Bm Em
Well you can whine and you can pray, but its up to you to say no way
Am7 G D Dsus4 Am7 Em
No way,
Verse:
Am7 G D Am7 Em
Mothers all around the world try to teach your children to stay
Am7 G D Am7 Em
To stay well away from the bottle, if you dont want to watch decay
Am7 G D Am7 Em
Decay of the mind and the soul aswell, theres no need to go through that pain
Am7 G D Am7 Em
Mothers you wanted your children not to drown in the acid rain
Chorus:
C G Bm Em
Into the bottle you can fall and there be no one there at all
C G Bm Em
Well you can whine and you can pray, but its up to You, yes it is
Bm Em
Its up to you, oooh yes it is,
Bm Em
Its up to you yes it is,
Bm Em
Its up to you's, to say no way
C G Bm Em
No waaay...
C G Bm Em
No waaay...Nah nah nah
Am7 G D Dsus4 Am7 Em
Am7 G D Dsus4 Am7 Em9
Title: Bottle Talk
Album: Chilin' Single/Contender EP
Transcribed by: Dave Anderson
Email: [email protected]
Comments and suggestions feel free to email me. (hope you enjoy eoin)
Tuning: EADGBE
CHORDS:
Am7 – X03010
Am7ii – X02213
Em/9 – 02200(0/2) – uses a pull-off sometimes
Am/B – X20010
C - 332010
G - 320033
Bm – X24432
D - XX0232
Fill
Damo does this at the end of most lines. Uses third finger vibrato to pronounce the G
Em
E|--0----------------|
B|--0----------------|
G|--0---0------------|
D|--2---2------------|
A|--2---2-2---~------|
E|--0-0---0---3--0-0-|
Intro: (Chilin Version)
Am Am7(ii) Am/B C G
Bm Em
C G Bm Em
C G D Am Em
Verse:
Yeah,
Am7 G D Am7 Em
Living in my rented room, I sharply had a fall
Am7 G D Am7 Em
I fell into a bottle, and no-one heard my call
And my father said,
Am7 G D Am7 Em
"Why do you think that you stumbled into this bottle that you fell?",
And I says
Am7 G D Am7 Em
"Father I think I lost my balance throwing pennies in the holy well".
Chorus:
C G Bm Em
Into the bottle you can fall and there be no one there at all
C G Bm Em
Well you can whine and you can pray, but its up to you to say no way
Verse:
Am7 G D Am7 Em
I came across a friend of mine who had, plunged and sank deep down
Am7 G D Am7 Em
And I wondered if I knew him, because his mind had turned around
Am7 G D Am7 Em
So I sat for a while with this stranger, he was a shell of what he'd once been
Am7 G D Am7 Em
And I thought of all the alcohol and all the pain and greed that i've seen
Chorus:
C G Bm Em
Into the bottle you can fall and there be no one there at all
C G Bm Em
Well you can whine and you can pray, but its up to you to say no way
Am7 G D Dsus4 Am7 Em
No way,
Verse:
Am7 G D Am7 Em
Mothers all around the world try to teach your children to stay
Am7 G D Am7 Em
To stay well away from the bottle, if you dont want to watch decay
Am7 G D Am7 Em
Decay of the mind and the soul aswell, theres no need to go through that pain
Am7 G D Am7 Em
Mothers you wanted your children not to drown in the acid rain
Chorus:
C G Bm Em
Into the bottle you can fall and there be no one there at all
C G Bm Em
Well you can whine and you can pray, but its up to You, yes it is
Bm Em
Its up to you, oooh yes it is,
Bm Em
Its up to you yes it is,
Bm Em
Its up to you's, to say no way
C G Bm Em
No waaay...
C G Bm Em
No waaay...Nah nah nah
Am7 G D Dsus4 Am7 Em
Am7 G D Dsus4 Am7 Em9
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