Biography:
Janis Ian (b. 1951) is a U.S. songwriter, singer, musician, columnist, and science fiction author. Her singing career was at its height in the 1960s and 1970s, and she has continued recording into the twenty-first century. In 1975 Ian won a Grammy Award for her song, "At Seventeen".
Born Janis Eddy Fink on 7th April 1951 to a Jewish family in New York City, she was primarily raised in New Jersey, initially on a farm, and attended East Orange High School and the New York City High School of Music & Art.
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Watercolors Janis Ian
[Chords]
Fmaj7 = 033210
Cmaj7 = 332000
Am = 002210
G = 320003
G/F = 003033
G/E = 002033
G/D = 000033
Dm = 000211
Dm/C = 030211
B6 = 013030
[Verse 1]
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
I remember photographs, Watercolors of the past
Fmaj7 Am G G/F G/E G/D
He turned and said, "You ask much of me"
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Then when we made our peace, We lay between the sheets
Fmaj7 Am G G/F G/E G/D
He turned and said "I set you free"
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Go on, be a hero Be a photograph Make your own myths Christ, I hope they last
[Chorus 1]
Dm Dm/C G G/F G/E G/D
Longer than mine Wider than the sky We measure time by
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Go on,be a hero I set you free Your stagehand lovers Have conquered me
Dm Dm/C G G/F G/E G/D
They'll send you carnations While smiling faces look on and applaud Go on, go on,
Fmaj7 Cmaj7
go away from me ................................
[Verse 2]
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
I said, "Do you wish me dead?" Lip service to books you've read
Fmaj7 Am7 G G/F G/E G/D
Articles on how to bed a bird in flight
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
You called it love I called it greed
Fmaj7 Am7 G G/F G/E G/D
You said you take what you want I said, "You get what you need"
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Go on, be a hero, be a man Make your own destiny if you can
[Chorus 2]
Dm7 Dm7/C G G/F G/E G/D
Go find a fence Locate a shell And hide yourself, go on, go to hell
Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Go away from me I need no charity
[Bridge]
B6 C
He said, Come unto me I am beauty I am the light
B6 D D/C
Come unto me Hold the darkness and stay the night
G/B G G/F G/E G/D
I am wonder I am the heart's delight Tomorrow we'll fight
[Verse 3]
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Come on,come on,Come on,come near to me Come be my fantasy
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
We'll talk it over again some time I'll send some flowers to change your mind
Dm7 Dm7/C G G/F
But for tonight, turn out the light Hold me, come on, come on And set me free
G/E G/D Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Lend me your charity
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
[Chords]
Fmaj7 = 033210
Cmaj7 = 332000
Am = 002210
G = 320003
G/F = 003033
G/E = 002033
G/D = 000033
Dm = 000211
Dm/C = 030211
B6 = 013030
[Verse 1]
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
I remember photographs, Watercolors of the past
Fmaj7 Am G G/F G/E G/D
He turned and said, "You ask much of me"
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Then when we made our peace, We lay between the sheets
Fmaj7 Am G G/F G/E G/D
He turned and said "I set you free"
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Go on, be a hero Be a photograph Make your own myths Christ, I hope they last
[Chorus 1]
Dm Dm/C G G/F G/E G/D
Longer than mine Wider than the sky We measure time by
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Go on,be a hero I set you free Your stagehand lovers Have conquered me
Dm Dm/C G G/F G/E G/D
They'll send you carnations While smiling faces look on and applaud Go on, go on,
Fmaj7 Cmaj7
go away from me ................................
[Verse 2]
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
I said, "Do you wish me dead?" Lip service to books you've read
Fmaj7 Am7 G G/F G/E G/D
Articles on how to bed a bird in flight
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
You called it love I called it greed
Fmaj7 Am7 G G/F G/E G/D
You said you take what you want I said, "You get what you need"
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Go on, be a hero, be a man Make your own destiny if you can
[Chorus 2]
Dm7 Dm7/C G G/F G/E G/D
Go find a fence Locate a shell And hide yourself, go on, go to hell
Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Go away from me I need no charity
[Bridge]
B6 C
He said, Come unto me I am beauty I am the light
B6 D D/C
Come unto me Hold the darkness and stay the night
G/B G G/F G/E G/D
I am wonder I am the heart's delight Tomorrow we'll fight
[Verse 3]
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Come on,come on,Come on,come near to me Come be my fantasy
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
We'll talk it over again some time I'll send some flowers to change your mind
Dm7 Dm7/C G G/F
But for tonight, turn out the light Hold me, come on, come on And set me free
G/E G/D Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Lend me your charity
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
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