Biography:
Dave Cousins (born David Joseph Cousins, 7 January 1945, Hounslow, Middlesex, England) has been the leader, singer and most active songwriter of Strawbs since 1967. He has performed frequently as a much-in-demand acoustic duo with Strawbs guitarist Brian Willoughby.
His first solo album, Two Weeks Last Summer, was released in 1972. His next two albums "Old School Songs" (1980) and The Bridge (1994) were by Dave Cousins & Brian Willoughby.
Cousins remains active, regularly touring with Acoustic Strawbs.
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Other songs:
- A Song For Me
- All In Vain
- Beat The Retreat
- Beside The Rio Grande
- Can You Believe
- Forever Ocean Blue
- Going Home
- Grace Darling
- Hanging In The Gallery
- Higher Germanie
- Hummingbird
- I Turned My Face Into The Wind
- Ill Show You Where To Sleep
- Josephine For Better Or For Worse
- Lay Down
- Never Take Sweets From A Stranger
- October To May
- Ringing Down The Years
- Song For Alex
- Song Of A Sad Little Girl
- Stone Cold Is The Womans Heart
- Thats The Way It Ends
- The Battle
- The Hangman And The Papist
- The Shepherds Song
- The Young Pretender
- Ways And Means
- Well Meet Again Sometime
- When You Were A Child
- You Keep Going Your Way
- You Never Needed Water
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Dave Cousins - A Song For Me
[Intro]
F Fmaj7 C F (4x)
C Dm7 C
[Verse 1]
F Fmaj7 C F
Once I was a minstrel boy, I sang just like a bird
Fmaj7 C F
I used to trade in memories, I relived every word
Em F C F
But the galleries are empty now, the crowds have all gone home
Fmaj7 C F
I locked away my songs, I sang them on my own
Em F C
I sang them on my own
[Instrumental]
F C F C F C F C
[Verse 2]
Fmaj7 C F
Now those who walk behind me, have heard it all before
Fmaj7 C F
They knew the many reasons, I screwed them like some whore
Em F C F
Like jumped-up jacks of all trades, they walked with fettered legs
Fmaj7 C F
And wondered where the tent went, when I pulled out all the pegs
Em F C
I pulled out all the pegs
[Instrumental]
F C F C F C F C
[Chorus]
F Fmaj7
This song is sung for me
C F
This song is sung for me
Fmaj7
This song is sung for me
C F
This song is sung for me
C
This song is sung for me
[Instrumental]
F C F C F C F C
[Verse 3]
Fmaj7 C F
The peaceful queen of platitudes sat resting on his throne
Fmaj7 C F
His laurel wreath was slipping while he retrieved his buried bone
Em F C F
Ah, but I had got there sooner, I had chewed away the fat
Fmaj7 C F
While he slept in the gutter, I slept on the mat
Em F C
I slept on the mat
[Instrumental]
F C F C F C F C
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
F Fmaj7
This song is sung for me
C F
This song is sung for me
Fmaj7
This song is sung for me
C F
This song is sung for me
Fmaj7
This song is sung for me
C F
This song is sung for me
C
This song is sung for me
[Intro]
F Fmaj7 C F (4x)
C Dm7 C
[Verse 1]
F Fmaj7 C F
Once I was a minstrel boy, I sang just like a bird
Fmaj7 C F
I used to trade in memories, I relived every word
Em F C F
But the galleries are empty now, the crowds have all gone home
Fmaj7 C F
I locked away my songs, I sang them on my own
Em F C
I sang them on my own
[Instrumental]
F C F C F C F C
[Verse 2]
Fmaj7 C F
Now those who walk behind me, have heard it all before
Fmaj7 C F
They knew the many reasons, I screwed them like some whore
Em F C F
Like jumped-up jacks of all trades, they walked with fettered legs
Fmaj7 C F
And wondered where the tent went, when I pulled out all the pegs
Em F C
I pulled out all the pegs
[Instrumental]
F C F C F C F C
[Chorus]
F Fmaj7
This song is sung for me
C F
This song is sung for me
Fmaj7
This song is sung for me
C F
This song is sung for me
C
This song is sung for me
[Instrumental]
F C F C F C F C
[Verse 3]
Fmaj7 C F
The peaceful queen of platitudes sat resting on his throne
Fmaj7 C F
His laurel wreath was slipping while he retrieved his buried bone
Em F C F
Ah, but I had got there sooner, I had chewed away the fat
Fmaj7 C F
While he slept in the gutter, I slept on the mat
Em F C
I slept on the mat
[Instrumental]
F C F C F C F C
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
F Fmaj7
This song is sung for me
C F
This song is sung for me
Fmaj7
This song is sung for me
C F
This song is sung for me
Fmaj7
This song is sung for me
C F
This song is sung for me
C
This song is sung for me
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