Biography:
Darren Hanlon is a singer/songwriter from Gympie in Queensland, Australia.
Before becoming a solo artist in 1999, he was a member of The Simpletons, and contributed backing guitar and keyboards for The Lucksmiths, The Deerhunters, and Mick Thomas.
Darren is known for his engaging and down-to-earth folk-pop storytelling as well as his often charming lyrics.
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Other songs:
- A To Z
- All These Things
- Butterfly Bones
- Cast Of Thousands
- Couch Surfing
- Elbows
- Falling Aeroplanes
- Fire Engine
- Folk Insomnia
- Home
- I Wish That I Was Beautiful For You
- Kickstand Song
- Modern History
- Notes On Leaving
- Ostracism Of Vinny Lalor
- Punks Not Dead
- Record Store
- Scenes From A Separation
- She Cuts Hair
- Spend Christmas Day With Me
- The Guitar
- When You Go
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Darren Hanlon - Butterfly Bones
Tabbed by Kate
Tuning: Standard
Capo on 5th
C F C
When one year ends and another begins and the sky is a shower of sparks
C G
With your skinny girls arms with the hairs on their ends like exclamation marks
C F C
Well I admit I was scared, I felt unprepared if I need you tell me where you'll be
C F C F C G C
You said “It's not surprising, just look to the horizon, it's the circle in the middle is me”
C F C
A week in the hospital, always sick when you were little, you were brittle like butterfly bones
C G
I wish I had been there to run a comb through your hair - it always smelt like smoke and pine cones
C F C
But then the devil shot through, you got stronger as you grew but they treat you like you're never
the same
C F C F C G C
You filled your one good lung and bit down hard on your tongue just to keep yourself from going
insane
(Not sure about this part...)
C Am F
Oh Oh Oh
G
Oh
(Interlude, the verses chords, Darren does much finger picking here in a guitar solo)
C F C
C G
C F C
C F C F C G C
(Middle 8)
G C
And the rides keep on turning
G C
And our lives insist on turning
G C
And my mind it keeps on learning
C F
But I can smell something burning mmm
C F C
Now in a minute or less I tried to confess every single thing I've learnt so far
C G
In a skirt that you'd stolen as the road was unrolling and unreelin' 'neath the wheels of the car
C F C
No I haven't been drinking, I don't know what I was thinking but it really don't mean a thing
C F C F C G C
She said “do me a favour if you wanna be my saviour then you're gonna have to wait 'til the spring”
C F C F C G C
She said “do me a favour if you wanna be my saviour then you're gonna have to learn how to sing”
Thanks, Justin, for getting me hooked on Darren Hanlon!
Enjoy! :)
Tabbed by Kate
Tuning: Standard
Capo on 5th
C F C
When one year ends and another begins and the sky is a shower of sparks
C G
With your skinny girls arms with the hairs on their ends like exclamation marks
C F C
Well I admit I was scared, I felt unprepared if I need you tell me where you'll be
C F C F C G C
You said “It's not surprising, just look to the horizon, it's the circle in the middle is me”
C F C
A week in the hospital, always sick when you were little, you were brittle like butterfly bones
C G
I wish I had been there to run a comb through your hair - it always smelt like smoke and pine cones
C F C
But then the devil shot through, you got stronger as you grew but they treat you like you're never
the same
C F C F C G C
You filled your one good lung and bit down hard on your tongue just to keep yourself from going
insane
(Not sure about this part...)
C Am F
Oh Oh Oh
G
Oh
(Interlude, the verses chords, Darren does much finger picking here in a guitar solo)
C F C
C G
C F C
C F C F C G C
(Middle 8)
G C
And the rides keep on turning
G C
And our lives insist on turning
G C
And my mind it keeps on learning
C F
But I can smell something burning mmm
C F C
Now in a minute or less I tried to confess every single thing I've learnt so far
C G
In a skirt that you'd stolen as the road was unrolling and unreelin' 'neath the wheels of the car
C F C
No I haven't been drinking, I don't know what I was thinking but it really don't mean a thing
C F C F C G C
She said “do me a favour if you wanna be my saviour then you're gonna have to wait 'til the spring”
C F C F C G C
She said “do me a favour if you wanna be my saviour then you're gonna have to learn how to sing”
Thanks, Justin, for getting me hooked on Darren Hanlon!
Enjoy! :)
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