Biography:
I Am Kloot are a band formed in Manchester, England in 1999 by John Bramwell (guitar/vocals), Peter Jobson (bass) and Andy Hargreaves (drums), notable for their twisted, witty lyrics.
Their Debut single To You on Ugly Man Records was produced by and featured backing vocals by Guy Garvey, lead singer of ?lbow.
Debut album Natural History was released in the United Kingdom in March 2001 on Wall of Sound offshoot We Love You, followed by I Am Kloot in September 2003 on the Echo label.
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Other songs:
- 86 Tvs
- A Strange Arrangement Of Colour
- Astray
- At The Sea
- Bruised Black And Blue
- Bullets
- Chains
- Darkstar
- Even The Stars
- Ferris Wheels
- Fingerprints
- Forgive Me These Reminders
- From Your Favourite Sky
- Here For The World
- Hold Back The Night
- I Believe
- I Still Do
- In All That And All This
- Its Just The Night
- Junk Culture
- Lately
- Let Them All In
- Mermaids
- Morning Rain
- Mouth On Me
- No Direction Home
- Northern Skies
- Not A Reasonable Man
- Over My Shoulder
- Proof
- Radiation
- Same Deep Water As Me
- Same Shoes
- Shoeless
- Some Better Day
- Someone Like You
- Stars Look Familiar
- Stop
- Stop Taking Photographs
- Storm Warning
- Sunlight Hits The Snow
- The Great Escape
- The Moon Is A Blind Eye
- To The Brink
- To You
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
From John Bramwell's pre-I Am Kloot days.
Released originally in 1989 as Johnny Dangerously, on the EP You, Me And The Alarm Clock.
Re-released on iTunes under the I Am Kloot name in 2012.
Riff1
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E ---0---------------|
B ---1----3----3----0|
G ---1----1----1----1|
D --------2----2----2|
A -------------------|
E 0----0-----0---0---|
Chords
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A x02220
E 022100
Esus 022200
D xx0232
D/F# 2xx232
E/G# 4x2400
Intro
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A E D E D D/F# E/G#
Verse 1
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A E
Stumbling through small life nowhere England
D E
Shaking hands with the big town life idiots
D E Riff1
I was trying to pick up some ordinariness
D D/F# E/G# A
From the shopping bag inspir-ational choir
E D D/F# E/G#
Verse 2
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A E
Sweeping through middle town A-merica
D E
Stepping into fact or fiction trash TV world
D E Riff1
Caught a glimpse of myself scraping and laughing
D D/F# E/G# A
Shuffling about a-mongst the news-paper
E D D/F# E/G# A
Amongst the news-paper a-mongst the news-paper
E D D/F# E/G#
Amongst the news-paper
Verse 3
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A E
Cellophane wrapped processed lumps of meat
D E
Queueing up in the morning town traffic
D E Riff1
Whilst smashing shop front girl a-ssistants into splinters
D D/F# E/G# A
With that new sledge-hammer in-difference
E D D/F# E/G#
Verse 4
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A E
Picking up a detail from a muscle magazine
D E
Whilst talking to someone else's wife
D E Riff1
And wondering do I really care about sheet metal workers
D D/F# E/G# A
Saw you looking though your shop window re-flection
E D D/F# E/G# A
Shop window re-flection shop window re-flection
E D D/F# E/G#
Shop window re-flection
Verse 5
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A E
Some run down amusement arcade humour
D E
Like cheap beer and instant coffee was pouring out
D E Riff1
Over the city's pavements
D D/F# E/G# A
Calling closing time on that cinema queue fervour
E D D/F# E/G#
Verse 6 / Out
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A E
Thursday night on the railway lines
D E
As life and death burnt away in the distance and
D E Riff1
A million TV screens close their weary eyes
D D/F# E/G# A
Don't you know me I know you
E D D/F# E/G# A
I know you I know you
E D D/F# E/G# A
I know you I know you
E D D/F# E/G# A
I know you I know you
E D D/F# E/G# A
I know you I know you (repeat to fade)
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I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
January 2014
[email protected]
Released originally in 1989 as Johnny Dangerously, on the EP You, Me And The Alarm Clock.
Re-released on iTunes under the I Am Kloot name in 2012.
Riff1
=====
E ---0---------------|
B ---1----3----3----0|
G ---1----1----1----1|
D --------2----2----2|
A -------------------|
E 0----0-----0---0---|
Chords
======
A x02220
E 022100
Esus 022200
D xx0232
D/F# 2xx232
E/G# 4x2400
Intro
=====
A E D E D D/F# E/G#
Verse 1
=======
A E
Stumbling through small life nowhere England
D E
Shaking hands with the big town life idiots
D E Riff1
I was trying to pick up some ordinariness
D D/F# E/G# A
From the shopping bag inspir-ational choir
E D D/F# E/G#
Verse 2
=======
A E
Sweeping through middle town A-merica
D E
Stepping into fact or fiction trash TV world
D E Riff1
Caught a glimpse of myself scraping and laughing
D D/F# E/G# A
Shuffling about a-mongst the news-paper
E D D/F# E/G# A
Amongst the news-paper a-mongst the news-paper
E D D/F# E/G#
Amongst the news-paper
Verse 3
=======
A E
Cellophane wrapped processed lumps of meat
D E
Queueing up in the morning town traffic
D E Riff1
Whilst smashing shop front girl a-ssistants into splinters
D D/F# E/G# A
With that new sledge-hammer in-difference
E D D/F# E/G#
Verse 4
=======
A E
Picking up a detail from a muscle magazine
D E
Whilst talking to someone else's wife
D E Riff1
And wondering do I really care about sheet metal workers
D D/F# E/G# A
Saw you looking though your shop window re-flection
E D D/F# E/G# A
Shop window re-flection shop window re-flection
E D D/F# E/G#
Shop window re-flection
Verse 5
=======
A E
Some run down amusement arcade humour
D E
Like cheap beer and instant coffee was pouring out
D E Riff1
Over the city's pavements
D D/F# E/G# A
Calling closing time on that cinema queue fervour
E D D/F# E/G#
Verse 6 / Out
=============
A E
Thursday night on the railway lines
D E
As life and death burnt away in the distance and
D E Riff1
A million TV screens close their weary eyes
D D/F# E/G# A
Don't you know me I know you
E D D/F# E/G# A
I know you I know you
E D D/F# E/G# A
I know you I know you
E D D/F# E/G# A
I know you I know you
E D D/F# E/G# A
I know you I know you (repeat to fade)
-----------------------------------------
I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
January 2014
[email protected]
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