Biography:
David Francey is a Scottish-born Canadian folk singer-songwriter. Born on 17 November 1954 in Ayrshire, Scotland, Francey immigrated to Canada with his family at age 12. After spending much of his life doing labour such as carpentry, he began a career in folk music in 1999, quickly making a name for himself on the folk festival circuit where he continues to perform.
Since leaving construction and recording Torn Screen Door in 1999, Francey has established himself as one of today’s finest singer-songwriters.
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Other songs:
- A Conversation
- A Thousand Miles
- All Lights Burning Bright
- Ankle Tattoo
- Annies House
- Ashtabula
- Badlands
- Ballad Of Bowser Macrae
- Banks Of The Seaway
- Belgrade Train
- Bitterroot
- Blue Heart Of Texas
- Blue Skies
- Broken Glass
- Cheap Motel
- Come Rain Or Come Shine
- Evening News
- February Morning Drive
- Flowers Of Saskatchewan
- Fourth Of July
- Grateful
- Green Fields
- Gypsy Boys
- Hammers
- Hard Steel Mill
- Harm
- Highway
- Highway 95
- Highwire
- Kansas
- Long Long Road
- Long Way Home
- Lucky Man
- Midway
- Mill Towns
- Ordinary Man
- Over You
- Paper Boy
- Pretty Jackals
- Promised Land
- Rain
- Red
- Saints And Sinners
- Satellite
- Saturday Night
- Skating Rink
- So Say We All
- Solitary Wave
- St Johns Train
- Sumach Street
- Sunday Morning
- The Chief Engineer
- The Waking Hour
- Things They Do
- Tonight In My Dreams
- Wanna Be Loved
- Weather Vane
- Wind In The Wires
- Wishing Well
- Wonder
- Working Poor
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David Francey - Things They Do
CAPO: 4th Fret
INTRO: C Am G
C F G C
Two little girls, hand in hand
F Am Am-G
Wait in the winter rain
C F G C
They said their good-byes and they opened their eyes
F Am Am-G
And they stared down a westbound train
C F G C
I read in my paper they were feeling so bad
F Am Am-G
About this and the other thing
C F G C
But all I could think of were the parents back home
F Am Am-G C
Waiting on the phone to ring
G C Am Am-G-C
Why do they do the things they do?
G C Am Am-G
Why do they do the things they do?
C F G C
Billy said, "Take them, I won't need them anymore"
F Am Am-G
And we laughed at what we thought was a joke
C F G C
He went down Monday morning to the hardware store
F Am Am-G
And they found him at the end of his rope
C F G C
For a long while after I was walking around
F Am Am-G
With a terrible case of the blues
C F G C
I couldn't hear laughter, I could just hear the sound
F Am Am-G C
Of my feet in that dead man's shoes
G C Am Am-G-C
Why do they do the things they do?
G C Am Am-G-C
Why do they do the things they do?
INSTRUMENTAL: G C F C F C G C F C G
C F G C
They leave in the morning, leaving no warning
F Am Am-G
Sometimes they spell it all out
C F G C
They leave in the evening, no one believing
F Am Am-G
That this could have come about
C F G C
They dwell on the sadness, anticipating
F Am Am-G
The dream of a dreamless night
C F G C
They live with the darkness, and for all their waiting
F Am Am-G C
They never see the morning light
G C Am Am-G-C
Why do they do the things they do?
G C Am Am-G-C
Why do they do the things they do?
G C Am Am-G-C
Why do they do the things they do?
G C Am Am-G-C
Why do they do the things they do?
G C Am
Why do they do the things they do?
CAPO: 4th Fret
INTRO: C Am G
C F G C
Two little girls, hand in hand
F Am Am-G
Wait in the winter rain
C F G C
They said their good-byes and they opened their eyes
F Am Am-G
And they stared down a westbound train
C F G C
I read in my paper they were feeling so bad
F Am Am-G
About this and the other thing
C F G C
But all I could think of were the parents back home
F Am Am-G C
Waiting on the phone to ring
G C Am Am-G-C
Why do they do the things they do?
G C Am Am-G
Why do they do the things they do?
C F G C
Billy said, "Take them, I won't need them anymore"
F Am Am-G
And we laughed at what we thought was a joke
C F G C
He went down Monday morning to the hardware store
F Am Am-G
And they found him at the end of his rope
C F G C
For a long while after I was walking around
F Am Am-G
With a terrible case of the blues
C F G C
I couldn't hear laughter, I could just hear the sound
F Am Am-G C
Of my feet in that dead man's shoes
G C Am Am-G-C
Why do they do the things they do?
G C Am Am-G-C
Why do they do the things they do?
INSTRUMENTAL: G C F C F C G C F C G
C F G C
They leave in the morning, leaving no warning
F Am Am-G
Sometimes they spell it all out
C F G C
They leave in the evening, no one believing
F Am Am-G
That this could have come about
C F G C
They dwell on the sadness, anticipating
F Am Am-G
The dream of a dreamless night
C F G C
They live with the darkness, and for all their waiting
F Am Am-G C
They never see the morning light
G C Am Am-G-C
Why do they do the things they do?
G C Am Am-G-C
Why do they do the things they do?
G C Am Am-G-C
Why do they do the things they do?
G C Am Am-G-C
Why do they do the things they do?
G C Am
Why do they do the things they do?
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