Biography:
James Keelaghan is a Juno award-winning Canadian folk singer-songwriter born in Calgary, Alberta, now based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Many of his songs, such as "Kiri's Piano", about the interment of Japanese Canadians, "October 70", about the FLQ crisis, are inspired by events and figures in Canadian history. Known for his lilting baritone voice, his driving rhythm guitar, and a keen sense of scene and narrative, Keelaghan’s music bridges traditional folk music with Canadiana.
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Other songs:
- Boom Gone Bust
- Cold Missouri Waters
- Country Faire
- Dance As You Go
- Fires Of Calais
- Get To You
- Gladys Ridge
- Glory Bound
- Harvest Train
- Henrys Downfall
- Hillcrest Mine
- Hold Your Ground
- Hope Princeton Road
- House Of Cards
- I Would I Were
- Jack Haggerty
- Kiris Piano
- Lazarus
- Leave Town
- Lost
- Mcconnvilles
- Mirabeau Bridge
- Misty Mountain
- My Blood
- My Old Man
- My Skies
- Never Gonna Stop This Train
- Next To You
- Nothing
- Number 37
- Orion
- Rebeccas Lament
- Red River Rising
- Red
- Refugee
- Ring
- Safe Home
- Sea For The Shore
- Sinatra And I
- Since You Asked
- Sing My Heart Home
- Small Rebellion
- Snap The Line Tight
- Somewhere Ahead
- Stonecutter
- Sweet Lorraine
- Sweet Thames Flow Softly
- Sweetgrass Moon
- The Boston Burglar
- The Flower Of Magherally
- The Kiss Saskatoon
- The Ones Who Made Home
- Tomorrow Is Another Day
- Turn Of The Wheel
- Whats For You
- Who Dies
- You Know Me
- Your Secret
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James Keelaghan - I Would I Were
CAPO: 2nd Fret
INTRO: G Am Bm G C G Am Bm G C
G Am G C
I would I were a robin's song borne upon the wind
G Am G C
Lilting light through morning bright, soaring from the limb
D C D C
And if I were that robin's song, I'd soar without delay
G Am G C
And be the first thing that you hear as you begin your day
INTERLUDE: G Am Bm G C (2x)
G Am G C
I wish the Northern Lights were of a fabric apprehended
G Am G C
That from these earthbound human hands, those lights could be suspended
D C D C
I wish the northern lights were mine to hem and sew and weave
G Am G C
I'd make a cloak for you to wear to keep you from the breeze
BRIDGE:
Em Am
Oh___, all of the questions
D Em
All of the stars in the sky
Am
Oh___, never the answers
D E7
Always the wondering why
## Key Change - Up 2 Semitones ##
A Bm D
I wish my hand could touch the place within your heart that's hidden
A Bm D
And go to you, as if some ghost, that by you had been bidden
E D E D
And though this world is touch and go, I cannot but believe
A Bm D
Of all the things that touch us first, love is the last to leave
A Bm D
Of all the things that touch us first
CAPO: 2nd Fret
INTRO: G Am Bm G C G Am Bm G C
G Am G C
I would I were a robin's song borne upon the wind
G Am G C
Lilting light through morning bright, soaring from the limb
D C D C
And if I were that robin's song, I'd soar without delay
G Am G C
And be the first thing that you hear as you begin your day
INTERLUDE: G Am Bm G C (2x)
G Am G C
I wish the Northern Lights were of a fabric apprehended
G Am G C
That from these earthbound human hands, those lights could be suspended
D C D C
I wish the northern lights were mine to hem and sew and weave
G Am G C
I'd make a cloak for you to wear to keep you from the breeze
BRIDGE:
Em Am
Oh___, all of the questions
D Em
All of the stars in the sky
Am
Oh___, never the answers
D E7
Always the wondering why
## Key Change - Up 2 Semitones ##
A Bm D
I wish my hand could touch the place within your heart that's hidden
A Bm D
And go to you, as if some ghost, that by you had been bidden
E D E D
And though this world is touch and go, I cannot but believe
A Bm D
Of all the things that touch us first, love is the last to leave
A Bm D
Of all the things that touch us first
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