Biography:
Jason Collett is a Canadian singer-songwriter. A member of Broken Social Scene, he also tours and records on his own.
The best songs don’t just tell a story set to music – they capture a moment, encapsulate a feeling and draw in the listener, in a way that’s at once singularly personal and completely universal. When Toronto singer-songwriter Jason Collett was mulling over titles for his new album, the by-turns effervescent and elegiac Here’s To Being Here
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Jason Collett - Song and Dance Man
From the 2016 Album "Song and Dance Man"
Here's the lyrics and chords that Jason Collett plays on the album recording. I recommend listening to the
song to get an idea of the strumming style.
Standard Tuning (No capo)
Chords Used (These are the chords I use. However, the recording sounds like he plays them as barre chords
in higher fretboard positions):
C#m - x46654
G#m - 466444
A - X02220
Amaj7 - X02120 or x02124
E - 022100
D - xx0232
[Intro]
C#m G#m X2
[Verse 1]
C#m G#m C#m G#m
I was a paperboy, back when there was paper boys
C#m G#m A E
Bookstores and record shops, bricks and mortar.
C#m G#m C#m G#m
Now I made the cover but I cant pay the band
C#m G#m A E
What's more important is we’re building a brand
[Chorus 1]
E G#m Amaj7
Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man
E G#m Amaj7
Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man
[Verse 2]
C#m G#m C#m G#m
Pass a hat for pennies, Kickstart some fans
C#m G#m A E
If you can tweet something brilliant, you’ve got a marketing plan.
C#m G#m C#m G#m
Jingling and jangling, living in a van
C#m G#m A E
If we could just sell some t-shirts, we could pay for the gas.
[Chorus 2]
E G#m Amaj7
Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man
E G#m Amaj7
Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man
E D F#m
Everybody clap your hands I'm a song and dance man.
[Instrumental]
E G#m A E
C#m G#m C#m G#m
[Verse 3]
C#m G#m C#m G#m
Now that the future has swallowed the past.
C#m G#m A E
Its one step forward. And two steps back
[Chorus 3]
E G#m Amaj7
Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man
E G#m Amaj7
Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man
E D F#m
Everybody clap your hands I'm a song and dance man.
E G#m Amaj7
Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man
E D F#m
You gotta do what you can when you’re a song and dance man.
[Outro]
E G#m A E (End)
From the 2016 Album "Song and Dance Man"
Here's the lyrics and chords that Jason Collett plays on the album recording. I recommend listening to the
song to get an idea of the strumming style.
Standard Tuning (No capo)
Chords Used (These are the chords I use. However, the recording sounds like he plays them as barre chords
in higher fretboard positions):
C#m - x46654
G#m - 466444
A - X02220
Amaj7 - X02120 or x02124
E - 022100
D - xx0232
[Intro]
C#m G#m X2
[Verse 1]
C#m G#m C#m G#m
I was a paperboy, back when there was paper boys
C#m G#m A E
Bookstores and record shops, bricks and mortar.
C#m G#m C#m G#m
Now I made the cover but I cant pay the band
C#m G#m A E
What's more important is we’re building a brand
[Chorus 1]
E G#m Amaj7
Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man
E G#m Amaj7
Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man
[Verse 2]
C#m G#m C#m G#m
Pass a hat for pennies, Kickstart some fans
C#m G#m A E
If you can tweet something brilliant, you’ve got a marketing plan.
C#m G#m C#m G#m
Jingling and jangling, living in a van
C#m G#m A E
If we could just sell some t-shirts, we could pay for the gas.
[Chorus 2]
E G#m Amaj7
Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man
E G#m Amaj7
Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man
E D F#m
Everybody clap your hands I'm a song and dance man.
[Instrumental]
E G#m A E
C#m G#m C#m G#m
[Verse 3]
C#m G#m C#m G#m
Now that the future has swallowed the past.
C#m G#m A E
Its one step forward. And two steps back
[Chorus 3]
E G#m Amaj7
Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man
E G#m Amaj7
Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man
E D F#m
Everybody clap your hands I'm a song and dance man.
E G#m Amaj7
Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man
E D F#m
You gotta do what you can when you’re a song and dance man.
[Outro]
E G#m A E (End)
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