Biography:
Gregory Alan Isakov (born in 1979 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a South Africa-born American singer-songwriter. He released his first album, Rust Colored Stones, in 2003.
Isakov has been described by Boulder Weekly, "Strong, subtle, a lyrical genius" and has been compared to his influences; Bruce Springsteen, Kelly Joe Phelps, Iron & Wine and Gillian Welch. Isakov's humble presence and his overwhelming voice and guitar style has been treasured by an ever-growing and captivated fan base.
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Other songs:
- All Shades Of Blue
- Big Black Car
- Caves
- If I Go I'm Goin'
- Living Proof
- Suitcase Full Of Sparks
- That Moon Song
- That Sea, The Gambler
- The Stable Song
- Time Will Tell
- 3Am
- All There Is
- Amsterdam
- Astronaut
- Berth
- Black Blue
- Bullet Holes
- Buried In The Waves
- Chelsea Hotel No 2
- Chemicals
- Dandelion Wine
- Dark Dark Dark
- Desdemone
- Drank All The Wine
- Evelyn
- February
- Fire Escape
- Garden
- Girl With The Feather
- Highway 29
- Honey Its Alright
- Idaho
- If I Go Im Goin
- If I Go Im Going
- Ill Feed Your Horses
- In Tall Buildings
- John Browns Body
- Kathys Song
- Liars
- Light Year
- Master And A Hound
- Mercury
- Monsters
- Morning Lady
- O City Lights
- One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong
- Raising Cain
- Red And Gold
- Saint Valentine
- Salt And The Sea
- San Francisco
- San Luis
- Second Chances
- She Always Takes It Black
- Shining Offa You
- Southern Star
- That Sea The Gamber
- That Sea The Gambler
- The Moon Song
- The Moon Was Red And Dangerous
- The Universe
- This Empty Northern Hemisphere
- Too Far Away
- Unwritable Girl
- Virginia May
- Was I Just Another One
- Where You Gonna Go
- Wings In All Black
- Words
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The chord embellishments are open hammer ons embedded in the strum pattern: for
the G chord go open to 2nd fret on the G string,
for the C chord go open to 2nd fret on the D string.
Play the D chords this way (except on bridge):
e--0--
B--3--
G--0--
D--4--
A--5--
E--5--
[Intro]
G C (4x)
[Verse 1]
G Em
I woke you up
D C
With poetry and stones
G Em
The ragged and the bones
D C
Strewn around the room
[Verse 2]
G Em
I recall
D C
Another hazy may
Em G
Take a round in the ring
D C
Gone hungry for the win...
G C (2x)
[Chorus 1]
C G
Here’s the part I just lose everything
C Em G Em C
And I cracked a spark just to hear you sing
Em G C
Sing...
G C (4x)
[Verse 3]
G Em
I took it out
D C
The papers and the trash
G Em
Old among the cans
D C
This golden love gone bad
[Verse 4]
G Em
Shined it up
D C
Aiming at the Sun
Em G
Just a light year from us
D C
Hop a cab ride and we’re off...
G C (2x)
[Chorus 2]
C G
And all the ravens came along to play
C Em G Em C
The simple notes you sang just went astray
Em G C
Astray...
[Bridge]
Am Am D7
Everything was up, it’s coming down
Am Am D7
Everything was up, it’s coming down
Cmaj7 Em Cmaj7
Coming down, coming, coming down, coming...
[Outro]
G C (2x)
G C
Everything we ever wanted,
G C
Is you
the G chord go open to 2nd fret on the G string,
for the C chord go open to 2nd fret on the D string.
Play the D chords this way (except on bridge):
e--0--
B--3--
G--0--
D--4--
A--5--
E--5--
[Intro]
G C (4x)
[Verse 1]
G Em
I woke you up
D C
With poetry and stones
G Em
The ragged and the bones
D C
Strewn around the room
[Verse 2]
G Em
I recall
D C
Another hazy may
Em G
Take a round in the ring
D C
Gone hungry for the win...
G C (2x)
[Chorus 1]
C G
Here’s the part I just lose everything
C Em G Em C
And I cracked a spark just to hear you sing
Em G C
Sing...
G C (4x)
[Verse 3]
G Em
I took it out
D C
The papers and the trash
G Em
Old among the cans
D C
This golden love gone bad
[Verse 4]
G Em
Shined it up
D C
Aiming at the Sun
Em G
Just a light year from us
D C
Hop a cab ride and we’re off...
G C (2x)
[Chorus 2]
C G
And all the ravens came along to play
C Em G Em C
The simple notes you sang just went astray
Em G C
Astray...
[Bridge]
Am Am D7
Everything was up, it’s coming down
Am Am D7
Everything was up, it’s coming down
Cmaj7 Em Cmaj7
Coming down, coming, coming down, coming...
[Outro]
G C (2x)
G C
Everything we ever wanted,
G C
Is you
Greta Isaac
Grey
Grey Larson
Greyson Chance
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