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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Damien Dempsey
Not on your own tonight
Acoustic
Em7 Asus2 E7sus4 G C Cmaj7
E|------0---------0---------0---------3---------0---------0|
B|------3---------0---------0---------3---------1---------0|
G|------0---------2---------2---------0---------0---------0|
D|------2---------2---------0---------0---------2---------2|
A|------2---------0---------2---------2---------3---------3|
E|------0---------x---------x---------3---------3---------3|
Intro :
Em7(with a finger on B the 3rd fret) then lift off after few strums - - Asus2
Verse I :
Em7
Walkin' through the city
Em7 (lift finger off B string 3rd fret)
Was as lonely as could be
Asus2
I'm wanderin' in the night-time out in search of company
Em7
I feel real isolation
Em7 (lift finger off B string 3rd fret)
When all around me life
Asus2
Familiar but unfriendly
Unfriendly with no choice
Em7
And, I can see the evil
Em7 (lift finger off B string 3rd fret)
But I can feel the good
Asus2
Shining out to greet me
From within bone and blood
Em7
I'm throwin' off this loneliness
Em7 (lift finger off B string 3rd fret)
I can't stick it anymore
Asus
Only need myself tonight to open up that door
Pre-Chorus :
Em Asus2 E7sus4 - - Asus2 - - E7sus4
And I know that sometimes it gets so baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad
Em Asus2 E7sus4 - - Asus2 - - E7sus4
But you're not on your own so don't be saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad
Chorus :
Em G Cmaj7 - - - - E7sus4
'Cos if you feel real bad then you're not on your own tonight
Em G C - - - - E7sus4
Please don't be so sad 'cos you're not on your own tonight
Em7
Oh yeah yeah yeah,
Asus2
You see I know the feelin'
Em
Don't have to tell me nothin'
Asus2
'Cos you know I know the feeling
Verse II :
(Repeat like I)
Everybody seems to think it's they who bear the pain
They who bear the biggest cross
The loneliness and the shame
Day to day you suffer when you're livin' in your past
If you started livin' for the now you could free yourself at last
If you started living for the now, for yourself and those around,
Experience and celebrate the freedom that you've found
You could free yourself forever, and live life as you should
The choice is yours to take now 'cos I've said all that I could.
Pre-Chorus :
(Repeat like Pre-Chorus I)
But I know that sometimes it gets so bad
But you're not on your own so don't be sad
Chorus :
'Cos if you feel real bad then you're not on your own tonight
Please don't be so sad 'cos you're not on your own tonight
Well if you feel real bad then you're not on your own tonight
Please don't be so sad 'cos you're not on your own tonight
Oh yeah yeah yeah,
You see I know the feelin'
Don't have to tell me nothin'
You know I know the feeling
Well if you feel real bad then you're not on your own
Please don't be so sad 'cos you're not on your own
Tonight...
Damien Dempsey
Not on your own tonight
Acoustic
Em7 Asus2 E7sus4 G C Cmaj7
E|------0---------0---------0---------3---------0---------0|
B|------3---------0---------0---------3---------1---------0|
G|------0---------2---------2---------0---------0---------0|
D|------2---------2---------0---------0---------2---------2|
A|------2---------0---------2---------2---------3---------3|
E|------0---------x---------x---------3---------3---------3|
Intro :
Em7(with a finger on B the 3rd fret) then lift off after few strums - - Asus2
Verse I :
Em7
Walkin' through the city
Em7 (lift finger off B string 3rd fret)
Was as lonely as could be
Asus2
I'm wanderin' in the night-time out in search of company
Em7
I feel real isolation
Em7 (lift finger off B string 3rd fret)
When all around me life
Asus2
Familiar but unfriendly
Unfriendly with no choice
Em7
And, I can see the evil
Em7 (lift finger off B string 3rd fret)
But I can feel the good
Asus2
Shining out to greet me
From within bone and blood
Em7
I'm throwin' off this loneliness
Em7 (lift finger off B string 3rd fret)
I can't stick it anymore
Asus
Only need myself tonight to open up that door
Pre-Chorus :
Em Asus2 E7sus4 - - Asus2 - - E7sus4
And I know that sometimes it gets so baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad
Em Asus2 E7sus4 - - Asus2 - - E7sus4
But you're not on your own so don't be saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad
Chorus :
Em G Cmaj7 - - - - E7sus4
'Cos if you feel real bad then you're not on your own tonight
Em G C - - - - E7sus4
Please don't be so sad 'cos you're not on your own tonight
Em7
Oh yeah yeah yeah,
Asus2
You see I know the feelin'
Em
Don't have to tell me nothin'
Asus2
'Cos you know I know the feeling
Verse II :
(Repeat like I)
Everybody seems to think it's they who bear the pain
They who bear the biggest cross
The loneliness and the shame
Day to day you suffer when you're livin' in your past
If you started livin' for the now you could free yourself at last
If you started living for the now, for yourself and those around,
Experience and celebrate the freedom that you've found
You could free yourself forever, and live life as you should
The choice is yours to take now 'cos I've said all that I could.
Pre-Chorus :
(Repeat like Pre-Chorus I)
But I know that sometimes it gets so bad
But you're not on your own so don't be sad
Chorus :
'Cos if you feel real bad then you're not on your own tonight
Please don't be so sad 'cos you're not on your own tonight
Well if you feel real bad then you're not on your own tonight
Please don't be so sad 'cos you're not on your own tonight
Oh yeah yeah yeah,
You see I know the feelin'
Don't have to tell me nothin'
You know I know the feeling
Well if you feel real bad then you're not on your own
Please don't be so sad 'cos you're not on your own
Tonight...
Damso
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