Biography:
Hollerado is an indie rock band which formed in Manotick, Ontario, Canada in 2007. The band consists of Menno Versteeg (vocals, guitar), Nixon Boyd (guitar), Dean Baxter (bass) and Jake Boyd (drums). They self-released their debut album "Record in a Bag" in 2009 as a free download on their website. The album was re-issued by Arts & Crafts in 2010.
Hollerado's members grew up on the same street in a small town in Ontario. There is one bar in the town and on Friday nights the jukebox plays Roy Orbison, and John Prine.
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[Intro]
A D A
Oh won’t you search with me all through the night
E
I've been digging through a junk piles most of my life
A D A
And I never found nothing, but something to do
E A
And I’m doing alright now, I’m digging with you
A D A
Doin' nothing in Fresno but coming down fast
E
I ran out of ways of making it last
A D A
So I paced around the house I was staying that night
E A
And I couldn’t find nothing but a broken flashlight
A D A
My answer drove up in a old pickup truck
E
By the end of the driveway she’s picking through junk
A D A
I stammered, I asked her how much for that light?
E A
She said "it ain’t for sale, ‘cause I need it tonight"
A D A
"Oh this is the time when us scavengers roam"
E
She pointed to junk piles in front of each home
A D A
Said "come with me, search for a light of your own
E A
And we’ll meet my friends and we can get stoned"
[Instrumental]
F#m C#m (x3)
F#m E
[Verse 1]
F#m C#m
I said "nice to meet you" when I looked in her eyes
D F#m A B
She was probably forty, she looked more like sixty-five
F#m C#m
A mother and a daughter with some stories to tell
D F#m A B
20 years searching refuse for used things she could sell
[Verse 2]
F#m C#m
She spoke of the son, she’d left him with her sister when he was only 9
D F#m A B
But she still sends him letters, letters, letters from time to time
F#m
"And he never writes back?", "no he never writes back"
C#m
I said, "I’m sure he’s fine"
D F#m
You say you hope he plays football
A B
I said "maybe that’s what we’ll find"
[Chorus]
C#5 F#5 A5 B5 F#5 A5 B5
Oh won’t you dig with me all through the night
C#5 A5 B5 C#5 A5
I've been digging for something most of my life
C#5 F#5 A5 B5 F#5 A5 B5
And I never found nothing but something to do
C#5 A5 B5
But I’m doin' alright now, digging with you
[Verse 3]
F#m C#m
We drove droned out suburbs, California laid to waste
D F#m A B
The way time stays steady, steady, through the tide of our tastes
F#m
We found a cabbage patch doll, a pack of playing cards
C#m
A torn Superman cape
D F#m A B
And she cut up all her drugs on a desk that had three legs
[Verse 4]
F#m C#m
A circle of trucks like an indian camp
D F#m A B
I eat your amphetamines and everybody danced
F#m C#m
By a fire we're building a totem of trash
D F#m
Stack an old fan on a play-set
A B
And a Halloween mask
N.C.
And a ray gun with a broken trigger
Some dark sun glasses
[Chorus]
C#5 F#5 A5 B5 F#5 A5 B5
Oh won’t you dig with me all through the night
C#5 A5 B5 C#5 A5
I've been digging for something most of my life
C#5 F#5 A5 B5 F#5 A5 B5
And I never found nothing but something to do
C#5 A5 B5
But I’m doin' alright now, digging with you
[Solo] (x2)
F#m C#m F#m C#m A F#m C#m E
[Bridge]
A D A
And I thank you for the story I promised to tell
E
I know it means nothing, but I hope you’re well
A D A
I’m sorry my letter, it hasn’t come still
E A
But I never wrote you and I never will
[Chorus]
C#5 F#5 A5 B5 F#5 A5 B5
Oh won’t you dig with me all through the night
C#5 A5 B5 C#5 A5
I've been digging for something most of my life
C#5 F#5 A5 B5 F#5 A5 B5
And I never found nothing but something to do
C#5 A5 B5
But I’m doin' alright now, digging with you
A D A
Oh won’t you search with me all through the night
E
I've been digging through a junk piles most of my life
A D A
And I never found nothing, but something to do
E A
And I’m doing alright now, I’m digging with you
A D A
Doin' nothing in Fresno but coming down fast
E
I ran out of ways of making it last
A D A
So I paced around the house I was staying that night
E A
And I couldn’t find nothing but a broken flashlight
A D A
My answer drove up in a old pickup truck
E
By the end of the driveway she’s picking through junk
A D A
I stammered, I asked her how much for that light?
E A
She said "it ain’t for sale, ‘cause I need it tonight"
A D A
"Oh this is the time when us scavengers roam"
E
She pointed to junk piles in front of each home
A D A
Said "come with me, search for a light of your own
E A
And we’ll meet my friends and we can get stoned"
[Instrumental]
F#m C#m (x3)
F#m E
[Verse 1]
F#m C#m
I said "nice to meet you" when I looked in her eyes
D F#m A B
She was probably forty, she looked more like sixty-five
F#m C#m
A mother and a daughter with some stories to tell
D F#m A B
20 years searching refuse for used things she could sell
[Verse 2]
F#m C#m
She spoke of the son, she’d left him with her sister when he was only 9
D F#m A B
But she still sends him letters, letters, letters from time to time
F#m
"And he never writes back?", "no he never writes back"
C#m
I said, "I’m sure he’s fine"
D F#m
You say you hope he plays football
A B
I said "maybe that’s what we’ll find"
[Chorus]
C#5 F#5 A5 B5 F#5 A5 B5
Oh won’t you dig with me all through the night
C#5 A5 B5 C#5 A5
I've been digging for something most of my life
C#5 F#5 A5 B5 F#5 A5 B5
And I never found nothing but something to do
C#5 A5 B5
But I’m doin' alright now, digging with you
[Verse 3]
F#m C#m
We drove droned out suburbs, California laid to waste
D F#m A B
The way time stays steady, steady, through the tide of our tastes
F#m
We found a cabbage patch doll, a pack of playing cards
C#m
A torn Superman cape
D F#m A B
And she cut up all her drugs on a desk that had three legs
[Verse 4]
F#m C#m
A circle of trucks like an indian camp
D F#m A B
I eat your amphetamines and everybody danced
F#m C#m
By a fire we're building a totem of trash
D F#m
Stack an old fan on a play-set
A B
And a Halloween mask
N.C.
And a ray gun with a broken trigger
Some dark sun glasses
[Chorus]
C#5 F#5 A5 B5 F#5 A5 B5
Oh won’t you dig with me all through the night
C#5 A5 B5 C#5 A5
I've been digging for something most of my life
C#5 F#5 A5 B5 F#5 A5 B5
And I never found nothing but something to do
C#5 A5 B5
But I’m doin' alright now, digging with you
[Solo] (x2)
F#m C#m F#m C#m A F#m C#m E
[Bridge]
A D A
And I thank you for the story I promised to tell
E
I know it means nothing, but I hope you’re well
A D A
I’m sorry my letter, it hasn’t come still
E A
But I never wrote you and I never will
[Chorus]
C#5 F#5 A5 B5 F#5 A5 B5
Oh won’t you dig with me all through the night
C#5 A5 B5 C#5 A5
I've been digging for something most of my life
C#5 F#5 A5 B5 F#5 A5 B5
And I never found nothing but something to do
C#5 A5 B5
But I’m doin' alright now, digging with you
Hollowick
Holly Abraham
Holly Arrowsmith
Holly Brook
Holly Conlan