Biography:
Firewater is a rock group founded by Tod A. in 1995. He describes them as a "wedding band gone wrong".
After Tod left his previous group, Cop Shoot Cop, he quickly regrouped and formed Firewater to explore the styles of music Cop Shoot Cop had only hinted at, including klezmer, cabaret, ska, jazz, and gypsy forms. More than one source described the original Firewater lineup as an "indie rock supergroup", based on members such as Duane Denison of the Jesus Lizard, Yuval Gabay of Soul Coughing, Jennifer Charles of Elysian Fields, and Hahn Rowe.
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Intro Riff (also played quickly as bridge between verses)
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[Verse 1]
Dm
You were thrown into a tin can,
Dm
and you learned how to beg and borrow
Dm
And you grew into a thin man,
Dm
In the land of success, sin and sorrow
C
Now you're sleeping in a suitcase
C
With a pill bottle for a pillow
G
When you're hanging by a shoelace
G
It can get to be hard to swallow
[Verse 2]
Dm
When you're spinning on the subway
Dm
Naked lights dancing on the river
Dm
No you're never gonna leave her
Dm
Though you think someday that you might forgive her
C
Slipping into a slow dive
C
Cold black water makes you follow
G
Swimming into a spiral
F
Still you're singing
[Chorus]
Dm C
Shine, electric city, shine
Am
In the cool of your emptiness
G
Around the curve of your spine
Dm C
Come on and shine, electric city, shine
Am
Like six thousand wings in the sky
G
Over the scene of the crime
[Verse 3]
Dm
When you come to an ending
Dm
Never reaching no conclusion
Dm
And you're sick of bending
Dm
And nursing every fresh contusion
C
When you're lying in the soft arms
C
Of a silent ambulance that's speeding
G
And you're trying to tell the doctor
G
that it's only a broken heart
[Verse 4]
Dm
You don't have to be a soldier to fight
Dm
But you'd better have a killer in you
Dm
You don't have to be a poet to die
Dm
It's the little things that kill you
C
Everybody gets a bad break
C
A little hit of pain and sorrow
G
Just forget about tomorrow
F
Keep on singing
[Chorus]
Dm C
Shine, electric city, shine
Am
From the back of the cold beyond
G
Out to the end of the line
Dm C
Come on and shine, electric city, shine
Am
Like the sun in a hurricane's eye
G
Diamonds drowning in brine
[Outro]
Dm
Come on and shine
Dm
Shine
Dm
Shine
Dm
Shine
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A|-------------|
E|-------------|
[Verse 1]
Dm
You were thrown into a tin can,
Dm
and you learned how to beg and borrow
Dm
And you grew into a thin man,
Dm
In the land of success, sin and sorrow
C
Now you're sleeping in a suitcase
C
With a pill bottle for a pillow
G
When you're hanging by a shoelace
G
It can get to be hard to swallow
[Verse 2]
Dm
When you're spinning on the subway
Dm
Naked lights dancing on the river
Dm
No you're never gonna leave her
Dm
Though you think someday that you might forgive her
C
Slipping into a slow dive
C
Cold black water makes you follow
G
Swimming into a spiral
F
Still you're singing
[Chorus]
Dm C
Shine, electric city, shine
Am
In the cool of your emptiness
G
Around the curve of your spine
Dm C
Come on and shine, electric city, shine
Am
Like six thousand wings in the sky
G
Over the scene of the crime
[Verse 3]
Dm
When you come to an ending
Dm
Never reaching no conclusion
Dm
And you're sick of bending
Dm
And nursing every fresh contusion
C
When you're lying in the soft arms
C
Of a silent ambulance that's speeding
G
And you're trying to tell the doctor
G
that it's only a broken heart
[Verse 4]
Dm
You don't have to be a soldier to fight
Dm
But you'd better have a killer in you
Dm
You don't have to be a poet to die
Dm
It's the little things that kill you
C
Everybody gets a bad break
C
A little hit of pain and sorrow
G
Just forget about tomorrow
F
Keep on singing
[Chorus]
Dm C
Shine, electric city, shine
Am
From the back of the cold beyond
G
Out to the end of the line
Dm C
Come on and shine, electric city, shine
Am
Like the sun in a hurricane's eye
G
Diamonds drowning in brine
[Outro]
Dm
Come on and shine
Dm
Shine
Dm
Shine
Dm
Shine
First Call
First Class
First Cousins
First Date
First Kids