Biography:
Dear Reader (formerly known as Harris Tweed), is an alternative pop band, from Johannesburg, South Africa. The band was formed in 2006 by singer-songwriter-pianist Cherilyn MacNeil and producer/bassist Darryl Torr. In 2010 the two amicably parted ways, and Dear Reader is now the solo project of MacNeil, who currently resides in Berlin.
In August 2006 MacNeil and Torr released their first album The Younger, through South African record label, Just Music), under the band name, Harris Tweed.
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Capo 5th fret
Em... G... Am... G... D
Em G
David, I never expected to see you
Am G D
Face black with soot down and a fire in your eyes
Em G
David, I never intended to grieve you
Am
Meant to disgrace you
G Am Em
Your face black with soot and your eyes
Em... G... Am... G... D
Em G
Mother, my brother is dead in the gutter
Am G D
Dead in the gutter, oh my baby brother
Em G
Mother, my father is down in the ground
Am G Am Em
Down under, mining, fetching the white man his gold
G
Down under, mining
Am
Down under, mining
G Am Em
Fetching the white man his gold
G
Down under, mining
Am
Down under, mining
G Am Em
Fetching the white man his gold
G
Oh Town of Johannes
Am
Your spell is upon us,
Em
Your spell and your lust
C G
The dust chokes above and it chokes down below
Am
But they from near and far come
A7 C
I don’t know what they’re looking for
G D C G
I don’t know what they’re looking for
G Am Em
Fetching the white man his gold
Em
Down under, mining
G
Down under, mining
Am G C Em
The dust chokes above and it chokes down below
Em
Down under, mining
G
Down under, mining
Am G C Em
The dust chokes above and it chokes down below
Em
Down under, mining
G
Down under, mining
Am G C Em
The dust chokes above and it chokes down below
Em... G... Am... G... D
Em G
David, I never expected to see you
Am G D
Face black with soot down and a fire in your eyes
Em G
David, I never intended to grieve you
Am
Meant to disgrace you
G Am Em
Your face black with soot and your eyes
Em... G... Am... G... D
Em G
Mother, my brother is dead in the gutter
Am G D
Dead in the gutter, oh my baby brother
Em G
Mother, my father is down in the ground
Am G Am Em
Down under, mining, fetching the white man his gold
G
Down under, mining
Am
Down under, mining
G Am Em
Fetching the white man his gold
G
Down under, mining
Am
Down under, mining
G Am Em
Fetching the white man his gold
G
Oh Town of Johannes
Am
Your spell is upon us,
Em
Your spell and your lust
C G
The dust chokes above and it chokes down below
Am
But they from near and far come
A7 C
I don’t know what they’re looking for
G D C G
I don’t know what they’re looking for
G Am Em
Fetching the white man his gold
Em
Down under, mining
G
Down under, mining
Am G C Em
The dust chokes above and it chokes down below
Em
Down under, mining
G
Down under, mining
Am G C Em
The dust chokes above and it chokes down below
Em
Down under, mining
G
Down under, mining
Am G C Em
The dust chokes above and it chokes down below
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