Biography:
Jonathan David "JD" McPherson, born April 14, 1977, is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. He is known for a retro sound rooted in the rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and rockabilly music of the 1950s.
McPherson grew up in rural southeastern Oklahoma, on a cattle ranch near the town of Talihina. His father was a farmer and ex-army while his mother was a church minister. He took up the guitar at age 13. In high school he played in a number of local punk rock bands and began writing his own songs.
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Shy Boy
by: J.D. McPherson
[Verse 1]
B
This thing trips on the shortest of lips
B
And when the winter wind is blowing cold
B
I got a big old heart
B
One malicious remark just might hit me like a lightning bolt
[Chorus]
D B
They said I was shaky from the day that I started to walk
D B
I carry such a heavy load
D B F#
You know, you do a lot of damage when you talk that talk 'cause don't you know I'm a shy boy
[Verse 2]
B
I'm headed to the wall
B
At the top of the steps feeling like a smoking gun
B
Talking to the voices that don't talk back
B
It's you and me that I'm running from
[Chorus]
D B
They said I was shaky from the day that I started to walk
D B
I carry such a heavy load
D B F#
You know, you do a lot of damage when you talk that talk 'cause don't you know I'm a shy boy
[Verse 3]
B
A little baby cries out when he meets the world
B
The new day fears a setting sun
B
Talking to strangers always scared me to death and now here I am talking to one
[Chorus]
D B
They said I was shaky from the day that I started to walk
D B
I carry such a heavy load
D B F#
You know, you do a lot of damage when you talk that talk 'cause don't you know I'm a shy boy
[Verse 4]
B
Can you truly take this fear away?
I keep it under lock and key
B
What if I make a mistake? I might not know what to say
B
Why do you put this burden on me?
[Chorus]
D B
They said I was shaky from the day that I started to walk
D B
I carry such a heavy load
D B F# B
You know, you do a lot of damage when you talk that talk 'cause don't you know I'm a shy boy
by: J.D. McPherson
[Verse 1]
B
This thing trips on the shortest of lips
B
And when the winter wind is blowing cold
B
I got a big old heart
B
One malicious remark just might hit me like a lightning bolt
[Chorus]
D B
They said I was shaky from the day that I started to walk
D B
I carry such a heavy load
D B F#
You know, you do a lot of damage when you talk that talk 'cause don't you know I'm a shy boy
[Verse 2]
B
I'm headed to the wall
B
At the top of the steps feeling like a smoking gun
B
Talking to the voices that don't talk back
B
It's you and me that I'm running from
[Chorus]
D B
They said I was shaky from the day that I started to walk
D B
I carry such a heavy load
D B F#
You know, you do a lot of damage when you talk that talk 'cause don't you know I'm a shy boy
[Verse 3]
B
A little baby cries out when he meets the world
B
The new day fears a setting sun
B
Talking to strangers always scared me to death and now here I am talking to one
[Chorus]
D B
They said I was shaky from the day that I started to walk
D B
I carry such a heavy load
D B F#
You know, you do a lot of damage when you talk that talk 'cause don't you know I'm a shy boy
[Verse 4]
B
Can you truly take this fear away?
I keep it under lock and key
B
What if I make a mistake? I might not know what to say
B
Why do you put this burden on me?
[Chorus]
D B
They said I was shaky from the day that I started to walk
D B
I carry such a heavy load
D B F# B
You know, you do a lot of damage when you talk that talk 'cause don't you know I'm a shy boy
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