Biography:
Fred Eaglesmith (born as Frederick Elgersma on July 9, 1957 in Caistor Centre, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter. Some of his albums have been credited to Fred J. Eaglesmith. Eaglesmith was one of nine children of an immigrant family from the Dutch province Friesland and raised in rural Southern Ontario. As a teenager, he hopped a freight train out to Western Canada, and began writing songs and performing. He is known for writing songs about machines or vehicles
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Other songs:
- 105
- 18 Wheels
- 49 Tons
- Alcohol And Pills
- Bench Seat Baby
- Betty Oshawa
- Big Ass Garage Sale
- Careless
- Carmelita
- Caroline
- Cemetery Road
- Cigarette Machine
- Crashin And Burnin
- Cumberland County
- Dangerous
- Down The Line
- Drinking To Much
- Drinking Too Much
- Freight Train
- Hes A Good Dog
- Hows Ernie
- I Aint Ever Givin In
- I Like Trains
- I Shot Your Dog
- Indian Motorcycles
- Indiana Road
- Jericho
- Kansas
- Katie
- Last 6 Dollars
- Little Buffalo Rock
- Mighty Big Car
- Ninety
- Pretty Good Guy
- Rebecca Street
- Seven Shells
- Small Motors
- Small Town
- Spookin The Horses
- Stars
- Steel Guitar
- Summerlea
- Sunflowers
- The Rocket
- Thirty Years Of Farming
- Time To Get A Gun
- Toggle Switch
- Trucker Speed
- White Ash And Black Ash
- White Rose
- White Trash
- Your Sister Cried
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From the live performance which starts at 1:59 :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPEc7fgJ7bc
(when playing G, Fred plays between the two G positions, listen to the performance to get it)
G1 G2
e|------------|
B|--3--3------|
G|--0--4------|
D|--0--0------|
A|--2--2------|
E|--3--3------|
[Verse]
G C C/G
My toaster oven Its got a couple buttons
C C/G D7 D G
with a picture above them I don't know what they mean
G C C/G
Guess one's for hot Guess ones for cold
C C/G D7 D G
Guess one's for something in between
N.C.
[Chorus]
G C C/G
I like the toggle switch I like the sound of the click
C C/G D7 D G
its just like a hockey stick on a frozen pond
G C C/G
I like the toggle switch ain't no trick to it
C C/G D7 D
you just give it a flick
N.C.
and it turns you on
G
N.C.
[Verse]
G C C/G
Me and the missus we was fresh out of kisses
C C/G D7 D G
we went to a counselor to turn things around
G C C/G
She said now Fred when you get into bed
C C/G D7 D
you wanna make her happy
N.C.
you got to slow things down
G
N.C.
[Chorus]
G C C/G
I like the toggle switch I like the sound of the click
C C/G D7 D G
its just like a hockey stick on a frozen pond
G C C/G
I like the toggle switch ain't no trick to it
C C/G D7 D
you just give it a flick
D G
and it turns you on
N.C.
[Bridge]
Em G
can't work my TV can't work my phone
Em D
can't get in the front door of my own home
[Outro]
G C C/G
I like the toggle switch ain't no trick to it
C C/G D7 D C G
you just give it a flick and it turns you o-o-on
(when playing G, Fred plays between the two G positions, listen to the performance to get it)
G1 G2
e|------------|
B|--3--3------|
G|--0--4------|
D|--0--0------|
A|--2--2------|
E|--3--3------|
[Verse]
G C C/G
My toaster oven Its got a couple buttons
C C/G D7 D G
with a picture above them I don't know what they mean
G C C/G
Guess one's for hot Guess ones for cold
C C/G D7 D G
Guess one's for something in between
N.C.
[Chorus]
G C C/G
I like the toggle switch I like the sound of the click
C C/G D7 D G
its just like a hockey stick on a frozen pond
G C C/G
I like the toggle switch ain't no trick to it
C C/G D7 D
you just give it a flick
N.C.
and it turns you on
G
N.C.
[Verse]
G C C/G
Me and the missus we was fresh out of kisses
C C/G D7 D G
we went to a counselor to turn things around
G C C/G
She said now Fred when you get into bed
C C/G D7 D
you wanna make her happy
N.C.
you got to slow things down
G
N.C.
[Chorus]
G C C/G
I like the toggle switch I like the sound of the click
C C/G D7 D G
its just like a hockey stick on a frozen pond
G C C/G
I like the toggle switch ain't no trick to it
C C/G D7 D
you just give it a flick
D G
and it turns you on
N.C.
[Bridge]
Em G
can't work my TV can't work my phone
Em D
can't get in the front door of my own home
[Outro]
G C C/G
I like the toggle switch ain't no trick to it
C C/G D7 D C G
you just give it a flick and it turns you o-o-on
Fred Pellerin
Fred Penner
Fred Rai
Fred Schneider
Fred Shafer