Biography:
Eddi Reader MBE (born 28 August 1959) is a Scottish singer, known both for her work with Fairground Attraction and for an enduring solo career, which in 2003 saw her showcase the works of Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns.
Reader was born in Glasgow, the daughter of a welder, and the eldest of seven children (her brother, Francis, is vocalist with the band The Trash Can Sinatras). She began playing the guitar at the age of ten, and started her musical career busking
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
G Gmaj7 Em G D
D Am D Am G
[Verse]
G GMaj7 Em G
A lost summer's day, a lifetime away
D
What do you find
D Am D Am
Slow turning sun, with somewhere to run
G
On your mind
G
Not the flash that you saw
C
That was gone in the wink of an eye
D G
As soon as we're here, we disappear, like dragonflies. (pause)
[Verse]
G GMaj7 Em G
Their miracle blue can never tell you
D
How it came to be
D Am D Am
Each different kind, accidental designed
G G
Before you and me
G
And we ask the whole of our lives
C
maybe there's no why
D Am D Am G
As soon as we're here, we disappear, like dragonflies.
[Chorus]
C G
How can something so fragile leave us helpless
D G G7
We all feel helpless once in a while
C G
How can something so fragile leave us humble
F#m D Am D
We all need humble once in a while.
[Verse]
G GMaj7 Em G
And now nature can sing such beautiful wings
D
Did you think of this
D Am D Am
That each of us know in our hearts we must go
G
And that's what beauty is
G C
And just as the dream you were in dissolved in the morning sky
D Am D G
As soon as we're here, we disappear, like dragonflies.
[Break]
G GMaj7 Em G D
D Am D Am G
G C
D Am D Am G
[Chorus]
C G
How can something so fragile leave us helpless
D G G7
We all feel helpless once in a while
C G
How can something so fragile leave us humble
Am D Am D
We all need humble once in a while.
[Verse]
G Gmaj7 Em G
And now nature can sing such beautiful wings
D
Did you think of this
Am D Am
That each of us know in our hearts we must go
G
And that's what beauty is
G C
And just as the dream you were in dissolved in the morning sky
D Am Bm D G
As soon as we're here, we disappear, like dragonflies
D Am D Am G
As soon as we're here, we disappear, like dragonflies
D Am Bm D G
As soon as we're here, we disappear, like dragonflies
G Gmaj7 Em G D
D Am D Am G
[Verse]
G GMaj7 Em G
A lost summer's day, a lifetime away
D
What do you find
D Am D Am
Slow turning sun, with somewhere to run
G
On your mind
G
Not the flash that you saw
C
That was gone in the wink of an eye
D G
As soon as we're here, we disappear, like dragonflies. (pause)
[Verse]
G GMaj7 Em G
Their miracle blue can never tell you
D
How it came to be
D Am D Am
Each different kind, accidental designed
G G
Before you and me
G
And we ask the whole of our lives
C
maybe there's no why
D Am D Am G
As soon as we're here, we disappear, like dragonflies.
[Chorus]
C G
How can something so fragile leave us helpless
D G G7
We all feel helpless once in a while
C G
How can something so fragile leave us humble
F#m D Am D
We all need humble once in a while.
[Verse]
G GMaj7 Em G
And now nature can sing such beautiful wings
D
Did you think of this
D Am D Am
That each of us know in our hearts we must go
G
And that's what beauty is
G C
And just as the dream you were in dissolved in the morning sky
D Am D G
As soon as we're here, we disappear, like dragonflies.
[Break]
G GMaj7 Em G D
D Am D Am G
G C
D Am D Am G
[Chorus]
C G
How can something so fragile leave us helpless
D G G7
We all feel helpless once in a while
C G
How can something so fragile leave us humble
Am D Am D
We all need humble once in a while.
[Verse]
G Gmaj7 Em G
And now nature can sing such beautiful wings
D
Did you think of this
Am D Am
That each of us know in our hearts we must go
G
And that's what beauty is
G C
And just as the dream you were in dissolved in the morning sky
D Am Bm D G
As soon as we're here, we disappear, like dragonflies
D Am D Am G
As soon as we're here, we disappear, like dragonflies
D Am Bm D G
As soon as we're here, we disappear, like dragonflies
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