Biography:
Dan Mangan (born Daniel Mangan in Vancouver on April 28, 1983) is a Canadian indie folk-rock singer-songwriter. He has done U.S. tours with The Walkmen, Decemberists and Okkervil River. In Europe he has performed twice at the Glastonbury Festival. In 2010 he gained a Polaris Music Prize short list nomination for his sophomore album Nice, Nice Very Nice. At the 2012 Juno Awards, Mangan was awarded New Artist of the Year and Alternative Album of the Year for Oh Fortune
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Other songs:
- Jeopardy
- Road Regrets
- Robots
- Sold
- The Indie Queens Are Waiting
- Basket
- About As Helpful As You Can Be Without Being Any Help At All
- About As Helpful As You Can Get Without Being Any Help At All
- Ash Babe
- Cold In The Summer
- Daffodil
- Et Les Mots Croises
- Et Les Mots Croisses
- Fabulous
- Fair Verona
- Fool For Waiting
- If I Am Dead
- Jude
- Just Fear
- Leaves Trees Forest
- Mouthpiece
- Not What You Think It Is
- Oh Fortune
- Pine For Cedars
- Post War Blues
- Race To The Bottom
- Reason To Think Aloud
- Regarding Death And Dying
- Rows Of Houses
- Set The Sail
- So Much For Everyone
- Some People
- Starts With Them
- There Is No Such Thing As Wasted Love
- Tinas Glorious Comeback
- Troubled Mind
- Whistleblower
- Xvi
- You Silly Git
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Verse Pre-Chorus Chorus
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E 022100
Capo 2nd fret
[Verse 1]
E A E
You would think that keeping up would be easier
E A E
Living large and living straight, bend yourself
E A E
Summertime it always seems to come creeping up
E A E
Keep in mind I wanted to
[Pre-Chorus 1]
F#m
You’re cold and you’re tired
E
You’re hurt and you’re sad
F#m
For all that you’ve given
E
For all that you’ve had
[Chorus 1]
B
It’s not what you think it is
A
It’s not what you think it is
E
It’s not what you think it is
[Verse 2]
E A
You would think that living large and living well
E
Well’ll wear you down and wear you thin and where you gone
And don’t you know that I’m grumpy when the time is right
And time is on my side
E
Baby you could fix me up
A
I could do the same for you and maybe sometime soon
E
We can spend some time alone to talk about the things
We should talk about
E
Tell me about the time when everything’s a mess
A
Tell me about the time, I haven’t heard it yet
E
‘bout the time, tell me ‘bout the time, tell me ‘bout the time
A E
Cause all you need is time
[Pre-Chorus 2]
F#m
You’re cold and you’re tired
E
Things just aren’t well
F#m
You’re frightful of strangers
E
Scared of yourself
[Chorus 2]
B
It’s not what you think it is
A
It’s not what you think it is
E
It’s not what you think it is
[Solo]
E
[Bridge]
E A E
Well you’re strung out when there’s hell to pay
E A E
When you’re holding out for some better day
[Pre-Chorus 3]
F#m
And your feet are inspired
E
When you need some fresh air
F#m
When your finger’s on fire
E
Release it all there
[Chorus 3]
B
It’s not what you think it is
A
It’s not what you think it might be now
E
It’s not what you think it is
[Outro]
E A
E A
E A
It’s not what you think it is {it’s not what you think it is)
E A
It’s not what you think it is {it’s not what you think it is)
E A
It’s not what you think it is {it’s not what you think it is)
E A
It’s not what you think it is, no no no no
E A
It’s not what you think it is {it’s not what you think it is)
E A
It’s not what you think it might be now
E A
It is not what you think it is, no no
E A
No no, no no
E A
No no, no no
E
No no
--------- ----------- ---------
E 02210x F#m 24422x B 79987x
A x0222x E 02210x A 57765x
E 022100
Capo 2nd fret
[Verse 1]
E A E
You would think that keeping up would be easier
E A E
Living large and living straight, bend yourself
E A E
Summertime it always seems to come creeping up
E A E
Keep in mind I wanted to
[Pre-Chorus 1]
F#m
You’re cold and you’re tired
E
You’re hurt and you’re sad
F#m
For all that you’ve given
E
For all that you’ve had
[Chorus 1]
B
It’s not what you think it is
A
It’s not what you think it is
E
It’s not what you think it is
[Verse 2]
E A
You would think that living large and living well
E
Well’ll wear you down and wear you thin and where you gone
And don’t you know that I’m grumpy when the time is right
And time is on my side
E
Baby you could fix me up
A
I could do the same for you and maybe sometime soon
E
We can spend some time alone to talk about the things
We should talk about
E
Tell me about the time when everything’s a mess
A
Tell me about the time, I haven’t heard it yet
E
‘bout the time, tell me ‘bout the time, tell me ‘bout the time
A E
Cause all you need is time
[Pre-Chorus 2]
F#m
You’re cold and you’re tired
E
Things just aren’t well
F#m
You’re frightful of strangers
E
Scared of yourself
[Chorus 2]
B
It’s not what you think it is
A
It’s not what you think it is
E
It’s not what you think it is
[Solo]
E
[Bridge]
E A E
Well you’re strung out when there’s hell to pay
E A E
When you’re holding out for some better day
[Pre-Chorus 3]
F#m
And your feet are inspired
E
When you need some fresh air
F#m
When your finger’s on fire
E
Release it all there
[Chorus 3]
B
It’s not what you think it is
A
It’s not what you think it might be now
E
It’s not what you think it is
[Outro]
E A
E A
E A
It’s not what you think it is {it’s not what you think it is)
E A
It’s not what you think it is {it’s not what you think it is)
E A
It’s not what you think it is {it’s not what you think it is)
E A
It’s not what you think it is, no no no no
E A
It’s not what you think it is {it’s not what you think it is)
E A
It’s not what you think it might be now
E A
It is not what you think it is, no no
E A
No no, no no
E A
No no, no no
E
No no
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