Biography:
Fair to Midland were a progressive rock band formed in Sulphur Springs, Texas in 1998. They dissolved without any official statement.
Anyone who thinks the phrase “it’s all been done before” carries real weight clearly has yet to encounter Fair to Midland. Dark, heavy, moving, cryptic, progressive art rock collides with flourishes of old-school country, Americana and Delta Blues in their sound. These Lonestar boys' genre-defying and boundary
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Fair to Midland
Dance of the Manatee
Capo 1st fret! (or transpose these chords up half step)
Intro
Em A D G x 2
(Em) D
Take a little dive into the shallow or spy what do you see?
A
I see the tortoise and the hare in a rat-race and it fits like a glove under
G A
my sleeve, just wait till then.
Em D
Their heads are the heaviest in operation,
A
he has still not lost imagination.
G
I can hear him mouth the whole ending -
A
just wait till then.
Bridge
Em D A
We marys had ourselves a ball.
G A
Oh, yes we did.
Em D A
We marys had ourselves a ball,
G A
I must admit--
Chorus
Em Am C D
Hang us those limbs hold no virtue.
Em Am C D
Those told to hold: project on my cue.
Em A D G x2 (intro)
Em D
Whether a he or a she, put your mouth where your money is.
A
Are the birds of a feather that clever?
G A
If I knew I'd keep locks, that's a given, just wait till then.
Em D
Their heads cast shadows like skyscrapers.
A G
Small enough to feed off the lesses to put it all into perspective with
A
definition.
Bridge
Em D A
We marys had ourselves a ball.
G A
Oh, yes we did.
Em D A
We marys had ourselves a ball,
G A
I must admit--
Chorus
Em Am C D
Hang us those limbs hold no virtue.
Em Am C D
Those told to hold: project on my cue.
G/B G D (something like this)
Oh, take a gander the bigger they are the harder they fall.
Not needy you'll see, not needy
and I come with open arms over trees.
Not needy you'll see.
and I come with open arms over trees.
Em A C D
Em A C
Listen to my proven guarantees while you're rolling up your sleeves,
D
beatin' on the chest.
Em A C D
But we can keep it in a jar when it's comin' cats and dogs for days.
Em D A
We marys had ourselves a ball.
G A
And, I guarantee.
Em A
And what they've done for you
C D
they've done for me, they've done for me.
Chorus x2
Em Am C D
Hang us those limbs hold no virtue.
Em Am C D
Those told to hold: project on my cue.
Dance of the Manatee
Capo 1st fret! (or transpose these chords up half step)
Intro
Em A D G x 2
(Em) D
Take a little dive into the shallow or spy what do you see?
A
I see the tortoise and the hare in a rat-race and it fits like a glove under
G A
my sleeve, just wait till then.
Em D
Their heads are the heaviest in operation,
A
he has still not lost imagination.
G
I can hear him mouth the whole ending -
A
just wait till then.
Bridge
Em D A
We marys had ourselves a ball.
G A
Oh, yes we did.
Em D A
We marys had ourselves a ball,
G A
I must admit--
Chorus
Em Am C D
Hang us those limbs hold no virtue.
Em Am C D
Those told to hold: project on my cue.
Em A D G x2 (intro)
Em D
Whether a he or a she, put your mouth where your money is.
A
Are the birds of a feather that clever?
G A
If I knew I'd keep locks, that's a given, just wait till then.
Em D
Their heads cast shadows like skyscrapers.
A G
Small enough to feed off the lesses to put it all into perspective with
A
definition.
Bridge
Em D A
We marys had ourselves a ball.
G A
Oh, yes we did.
Em D A
We marys had ourselves a ball,
G A
I must admit--
Chorus
Em Am C D
Hang us those limbs hold no virtue.
Em Am C D
Those told to hold: project on my cue.
G/B G D (something like this)
Oh, take a gander the bigger they are the harder they fall.
Not needy you'll see, not needy
and I come with open arms over trees.
Not needy you'll see.
and I come with open arms over trees.
Em A C D
Em A C
Listen to my proven guarantees while you're rolling up your sleeves,
D
beatin' on the chest.
Em A C D
But we can keep it in a jar when it's comin' cats and dogs for days.
Em D A
We marys had ourselves a ball.
G A
And, I guarantee.
Em A
And what they've done for you
C D
they've done for me, they've done for me.
Chorus x2
Em Am C D
Hang us those limbs hold no virtue.
Em Am C D
Those told to hold: project on my cue.
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