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J. Roddy Walston and The Business is a Baltimore, Md.-based rock band playing melodic, often upbeat and catchy songs influenced by the Southern rock tradition and featuring accomplished lyrics and musicianship. Their songs are often piano-driven and also feature strong guitar solos. The band moved to Baltimore from Tennessee.
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One of the more mellow songs from the Essential Tremors album, this one is pretty easy
to play rhythm with. Minor difficulties with the fingerings if you're a beginner, but the
pattern is pretty much the same throughout the whole song. Enjoy.
Chords used:
Bb F Eb Cm
e-|---1-----1-----3-----3---|
B-|---3-----1-----4-----4---|
G-|---3-----2-----3-----5---|
D-|---3-----3-----1-----5---|
A-|---1-----3-----1-----3---|
E-|---1-----1-----x-----x---|
(strum each chord once and let ring through the first verse and first chorus)
Bb F
Is this temptation on the family land?
Eb F
A slow cessation, of our moral hands
Bb Cm
Physical secrets cleave us in the dark
Eb F
I feel the warmth of sin, and the hardening of hearts
Bb
Nobody knows we're alone
F
Nobody knows we're alone
Eb F
Is it gonna hurt you to take care of your own?
Bb
Nobody knows we're alone
F
Nobody knows we're alone
Cm F
You're gonna have to leave, I can't keep saying no
Bb F
Am I a man born with no blade in my heart?
Eb F
Feel no regret when we're done, and no pause when we start
Bb Cm
And in my mind, I don't wanna have to choose
Eb F
Between the love that we have, and the love that we lose
Bb
Nobody knows we're alone
F
Nobody knows we're alone
Eb F
Is it gonna hurt you to take care of your own?
Bb
Nobody knows we're alone
F
Nobody knows we're alone
Cm F
You're gonna have to leave, I can't keep saying no
Solo - (Since we're playing rhythm along with the piano here, I'll just provide the
chords for that. If anyone knows the guitar solo and would like to tab it out in the
comments, feel free, and I will add it and give you credit.)
Cm - F - Eb - Bb - Cm - F - Eb - Bb - Cm - F (let ring)
Bb
Nobody knows we're alone
F
Nobody knows we're alone
Eb F
Is it gonna hurt you to take care of your own?
Bb
Nobody knows we're alone
F
Nobody knows we're alone
Eb F
You're gonna have to leave, I can't keep saying no
Bb
Nobody knows we're alone
F
Nobody knows we're alone
Eb F
You're gonna have to leave, I can't keep saying no
continue playing the Bb - F - Eb - F over all of the "Ahh, ahhh, ahhhh"'s at the end,
end on Bb and let it ring
to play rhythm with. Minor difficulties with the fingerings if you're a beginner, but the
pattern is pretty much the same throughout the whole song. Enjoy.
Chords used:
Bb F Eb Cm
e-|---1-----1-----3-----3---|
B-|---3-----1-----4-----4---|
G-|---3-----2-----3-----5---|
D-|---3-----3-----1-----5---|
A-|---1-----3-----1-----3---|
E-|---1-----1-----x-----x---|
(strum each chord once and let ring through the first verse and first chorus)
Bb F
Is this temptation on the family land?
Eb F
A slow cessation, of our moral hands
Bb Cm
Physical secrets cleave us in the dark
Eb F
I feel the warmth of sin, and the hardening of hearts
Bb
Nobody knows we're alone
F
Nobody knows we're alone
Eb F
Is it gonna hurt you to take care of your own?
Bb
Nobody knows we're alone
F
Nobody knows we're alone
Cm F
You're gonna have to leave, I can't keep saying no
Bb F
Am I a man born with no blade in my heart?
Eb F
Feel no regret when we're done, and no pause when we start
Bb Cm
And in my mind, I don't wanna have to choose
Eb F
Between the love that we have, and the love that we lose
Bb
Nobody knows we're alone
F
Nobody knows we're alone
Eb F
Is it gonna hurt you to take care of your own?
Bb
Nobody knows we're alone
F
Nobody knows we're alone
Cm F
You're gonna have to leave, I can't keep saying no
Solo - (Since we're playing rhythm along with the piano here, I'll just provide the
chords for that. If anyone knows the guitar solo and would like to tab it out in the
comments, feel free, and I will add it and give you credit.)
Cm - F - Eb - Bb - Cm - F - Eb - Bb - Cm - F (let ring)
Bb
Nobody knows we're alone
F
Nobody knows we're alone
Eb F
Is it gonna hurt you to take care of your own?
Bb
Nobody knows we're alone
F
Nobody knows we're alone
Eb F
You're gonna have to leave, I can't keep saying no
Bb
Nobody knows we're alone
F
Nobody knows we're alone
Eb F
You're gonna have to leave, I can't keep saying no
continue playing the Bb - F - Eb - F over all of the "Ahh, ahhh, ahhhh"'s at the end,
end on Bb and let it ring
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