Biography:
Fruit Bats is an American rock band formed in 1997 in Chicago, Illinois. The group has had many personnel changes but revolves around songwriter Eric D. Johnson. Their albums include Echolocation (2001), Mouthfuls (2003), Spelled in Bones (2005), The Ruminant Band (2009), Tripper (2011), and Absolute Loser (2016). In 2009 Johnson also joined The Shins.
Originally part of short-lived Chicago group I Rowboat, Johnson and two of his fellow Rowboat members, guitarist Dan Strack and drummer Brian Belval, created Fruit Bats as a side-project.
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Other songs:
- My Unusual Friend
- When U Love Somebody
- Absolute Loser
- Baby Bluebird
- Beautiful Morning Light
- Being On Our Own
- Birthday Drunk
- Blessed Breeze
- Canyon Girl
- Dolly
- Dont You Know That
- Dragonships
- Earthquake Of 73
- Feather Bed
- From A Soon
- Getting In A Van Again
- Good Will Come To You
- Humbug Mountain Song
- It Must Be Love
- Magic Hour
- My Sweet Midwest
- None Of Us
- Rainbow Sign
- Shivering Fawn
- Silent Life
- Singing Joy To The World
- Tangie And Ray
- Tegucigalpa
- The Banishment Song
- The Hobo Girl
- The Little Acorn
- The Rock Doc
- The Ruminant Band
- Tony The Tripper
- Travelers Song
- Union Blanket
- When You Love Somebody
- Wind That Blew My Heart Away
- Youre Too Weird
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CHORUS IS IN 7/4 METER
[Verse 1]
A
Heard you're not feelin' so hot
Bm
You should go and see the Rock Doc
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He'll give you a B12 shot
Bm F#m
Maybe fix you up
[Verse 2]
A
I can still see you're a scared cub
Bm
Want to be loved by everyone
E
Baby it's time that you should slow it up
E7 Bm F#m E
Sick of seeing you bailing and throw it u-u-up
Bm F#m E D A E
U-ua-u-ua-u-ua-u-ua-up
[Verse 3]
A
You got designs on the world I'll see
Bm
Maybe hoping for a dynasty
E
Maybe just good old fashioned beauty and truth
E7
Or just some girls to talk to
[Verse 4]
A
Headlined at the roundhouse
Bm
Big heads from Tokyo to Pittsburgh
E
You had the sampler platter of the world
Gm D A Asus A
And it's not so ba-a-a-a-a-ad
[Chorus]
G G/F# Em A
And I'm feelin' worn and lived in
D Em G/F# G
'Cause I tried so fuckin' hard back when
G G/F# Em A
Blew one too many spark plugs
D Em G/F# G
Trying to love and to be loved
G G/F# Em A
And I tried so hard it broke me
D Em G/F# G
'Til the cigarettes were smoking me
G G/F# Em A
Not even a little bit of mercy
G
No holding back
[Verse 5]
A
I can still see you're a scared cub
Bm
Want to be loved by everyone
E
Baby it's time that you should slow it up
E7 Bm F#m E
Sick of seeing you bailing and throw it u-u-up
Bm F#m E D A E
U-ua-u-ua-u-ua-u-ua-up
[Chorus]
G G/F# Em A
And I'm feelin' worn and lived in
D Em G/F# G
'Cause I tried so fuckin' hard back when
G G/F# Em A
Blew one too many spark plugs
D Em G/F# G
Trying to love and to be loved
G G/F# Em A
And I tried so hard it broke me
D Em G/F# G
'Til the cigarettes were smoking me
G G/F# Em A
Not even a little bit of mercy
G Em
No holding back
G Em
No holding back
[Outro]
A
Just try to love and you'll be loved
Bm
Just try to love and you'll be loved
A
Just try to love and you'll be loved
Bm A
Just try to love and you'll be loved
[Verse 1]
A
Heard you're not feelin' so hot
Bm
You should go and see the Rock Doc
E E7
He'll give you a B12 shot
Bm F#m
Maybe fix you up
[Verse 2]
A
I can still see you're a scared cub
Bm
Want to be loved by everyone
E
Baby it's time that you should slow it up
E7 Bm F#m E
Sick of seeing you bailing and throw it u-u-up
Bm F#m E D A E
U-ua-u-ua-u-ua-u-ua-up
[Verse 3]
A
You got designs on the world I'll see
Bm
Maybe hoping for a dynasty
E
Maybe just good old fashioned beauty and truth
E7
Or just some girls to talk to
[Verse 4]
A
Headlined at the roundhouse
Bm
Big heads from Tokyo to Pittsburgh
E
You had the sampler platter of the world
Gm D A Asus A
And it's not so ba-a-a-a-a-ad
[Chorus]
G G/F# Em A
And I'm feelin' worn and lived in
D Em G/F# G
'Cause I tried so fuckin' hard back when
G G/F# Em A
Blew one too many spark plugs
D Em G/F# G
Trying to love and to be loved
G G/F# Em A
And I tried so hard it broke me
D Em G/F# G
'Til the cigarettes were smoking me
G G/F# Em A
Not even a little bit of mercy
G
No holding back
[Verse 5]
A
I can still see you're a scared cub
Bm
Want to be loved by everyone
E
Baby it's time that you should slow it up
E7 Bm F#m E
Sick of seeing you bailing and throw it u-u-up
Bm F#m E D A E
U-ua-u-ua-u-ua-u-ua-up
[Chorus]
G G/F# Em A
And I'm feelin' worn and lived in
D Em G/F# G
'Cause I tried so fuckin' hard back when
G G/F# Em A
Blew one too many spark plugs
D Em G/F# G
Trying to love and to be loved
G G/F# Em A
And I tried so hard it broke me
D Em G/F# G
'Til the cigarettes were smoking me
G G/F# Em A
Not even a little bit of mercy
G Em
No holding back
G Em
No holding back
[Outro]
A
Just try to love and you'll be loved
Bm
Just try to love and you'll be loved
A
Just try to love and you'll be loved
Bm A
Just try to love and you'll be loved
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