Biography:
Jens Martin Lekman (born February 6, 1981 in Angered, Sweden) is a Swedish musician. He has released four albums and several EPs since 2003. His music can be described as guitar-based pop with heavy use of samples and strings, with lyrics that are often witty, romantic, and lachrymose. His work is often compared to that of Stephin Merritt of the The Magnetic Fields, Jonathan Richman and Morrissey.
Lekman recorded and released much of his material privately from 2000 to 2003 on CD-R.
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Other songs:
- An Argument With Myself
- Your Arms Around Me
- A Man Walks Into A Bar
- A Postcard To Nina
- And I Remember Every Kiss
- At The Dept Of Forgotten Songs
- Become Someone Elses
- Black Cab
- Erica America
- Evening Prayer
- Every Little Hair Knows Your Name
- Happy Birthday Dear Friend Lisa
- Hotwire The Ferris Wheel
- How Can I Tell Him
- How We Met The Long Version
- I Want A Pair Of Cowboy Boots
- Julie
- La Strada Nel Bosco
- Maple Leaves
- Pocketful Of Money
- Postcard 17
- Rocky Dennis Farewell Song To The Blind Girl
- Shirin
- Sipping On The Sweet Nectar
- The End Of The World Is Bigger Than Love
- The Opposite Of Hallelujah
- To Know Your Mission
- Waiting For Kirsten
- Wedding In Finistere
- When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog
- You Are The Light
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Most of the time it's Bbsus4 in or Bbsus4->Bb in the Verses but I've written Bb for a cleaner more readable
layout.
[Intro]
x2
||Eb |Ab Bbsus4 |Eb |Ab Bbsus4 ||
[Verse]
Eb Ab Bb Eb Ab Bb
I was booked for a wedding on the coast of Finistère
Eb Ab Bb Eb Ab Bb
After the rehearsal I took a walk down to the harbor
Eb Ab Bb
They say, "This is where the world ends"
Eb Ab Bb
Or maybe where it's beginning
Eb Ab Bb Eb Ab Bb
Out on the pier sat the bride on the rail smoking
[Pre-Chorus]
Ab Gm Fm Eb
I wasn't sure if she wanted to talk
Db7 G
But she nodded and waved me in
Ab Gm Fm Eb
Her eyes were on the horizon
Cm Bbsus4 B
I asked how she was feeling
[Chorus]
Eb Bb Ab Bb
She said, "Like a five-year-old watching the ten-year-olds shoplifting
Eb Bb Ab Bb
Ten-year-old watching the fifteen-year-olds French kissing
Eb Bb Ab Bb
Fifteen-year-old watching the twenty-year-olds chain-smoking
Eb Bb Ab N/C
Twenty-year-old watching the thirty-year-olds vanishing"
[Interlude]
||Eb |Ab Bb |Eb |Ab Bb ||
[Verse]
Eb Ab Bb
Is this where the world ends?
Eb Ab Bb
Or is it where it's beginning?
Eb Ab Bb Eb Ab Bb
You open one door to find all the other doors closing
Eb Ab Bb
I said, "Marry and regret it
Eb Ab Bb
Don't marry, regret it too
Eb Ab Bb
Whether you marry or you don't
Eb Ab Bb
Either way you'll wish you hadn't
[Pre-Chorus]
Ab Gm Fm Eb
We laughed and she dried a tear
Db7 G
We walked back to the town front
Ab Gm Fm Eb
And later that night I sang "You Are the Light"
Cm Bsus4 B
We all danced and got drunk
[Chorus]
Eb Bb Ab Bb
She said, "Like a five-year-old watching the ten-year-olds shoplifting
Eb Bb Ab Bb
Ten-year-old watching the fifteen-year-olds French kissing
Eb Bb Ab Bb
Fifteen-year-old watching the twenty-year-olds chain-smoking
Eb Bb Ab Eb
Twenty-year-old watching the thirty-year-olds vanishing"
[Interlude]
||Eb / / |Eb / Bb|Ab / / |Ab / Bb|
|Cm / / |Cm / / |Gm / / |Gm / / ||
[Bridge]
Ab Abmaj7
Oh, please, distract me
Ebmaj7 Fm7
From every life unlived
Ab Fm7
Every path I haven't taken
Cm7 Bbsus4
The heart's still a little kid
N/C
She said, "Like a five-year-old watching the ten-year-olds shoplifting
Ten-year-old watching the fifteen-year-olds French kissing
Fifteen-year-old watching the twenty-year-olds chain-smoking
Twenty-year-old watching the thirty-year-olds vanishing"
Eb Bb Ab Bb
She said, "Like a five-year-old watching the ten-year-olds shoplifting
Eb Bb Ab Bb
Ten-year-old watching the fifteen-year-olds French kissing
Eb Bb Ab Bb
Fifteen-year-old watching the twenty-year-olds chain-smoking
Eb Bb Ab N/C
Twenty-year-old watching the thirty-year-olds vanishing"
layout.
[Intro]
x2
||Eb |Ab Bbsus4 |Eb |Ab Bbsus4 ||
[Verse]
Eb Ab Bb Eb Ab Bb
I was booked for a wedding on the coast of Finistère
Eb Ab Bb Eb Ab Bb
After the rehearsal I took a walk down to the harbor
Eb Ab Bb
They say, "This is where the world ends"
Eb Ab Bb
Or maybe where it's beginning
Eb Ab Bb Eb Ab Bb
Out on the pier sat the bride on the rail smoking
[Pre-Chorus]
Ab Gm Fm Eb
I wasn't sure if she wanted to talk
Db7 G
But she nodded and waved me in
Ab Gm Fm Eb
Her eyes were on the horizon
Cm Bbsus4 B
I asked how she was feeling
[Chorus]
Eb Bb Ab Bb
She said, "Like a five-year-old watching the ten-year-olds shoplifting
Eb Bb Ab Bb
Ten-year-old watching the fifteen-year-olds French kissing
Eb Bb Ab Bb
Fifteen-year-old watching the twenty-year-olds chain-smoking
Eb Bb Ab N/C
Twenty-year-old watching the thirty-year-olds vanishing"
[Interlude]
||Eb |Ab Bb |Eb |Ab Bb ||
[Verse]
Eb Ab Bb
Is this where the world ends?
Eb Ab Bb
Or is it where it's beginning?
Eb Ab Bb Eb Ab Bb
You open one door to find all the other doors closing
Eb Ab Bb
I said, "Marry and regret it
Eb Ab Bb
Don't marry, regret it too
Eb Ab Bb
Whether you marry or you don't
Eb Ab Bb
Either way you'll wish you hadn't
[Pre-Chorus]
Ab Gm Fm Eb
We laughed and she dried a tear
Db7 G
We walked back to the town front
Ab Gm Fm Eb
And later that night I sang "You Are the Light"
Cm Bsus4 B
We all danced and got drunk
[Chorus]
Eb Bb Ab Bb
She said, "Like a five-year-old watching the ten-year-olds shoplifting
Eb Bb Ab Bb
Ten-year-old watching the fifteen-year-olds French kissing
Eb Bb Ab Bb
Fifteen-year-old watching the twenty-year-olds chain-smoking
Eb Bb Ab Eb
Twenty-year-old watching the thirty-year-olds vanishing"
[Interlude]
||Eb / / |Eb / Bb|Ab / / |Ab / Bb|
|Cm / / |Cm / / |Gm / / |Gm / / ||
[Bridge]
Ab Abmaj7
Oh, please, distract me
Ebmaj7 Fm7
From every life unlived
Ab Fm7
Every path I haven't taken
Cm7 Bbsus4
The heart's still a little kid
N/C
She said, "Like a five-year-old watching the ten-year-olds shoplifting
Ten-year-old watching the fifteen-year-olds French kissing
Fifteen-year-old watching the twenty-year-olds chain-smoking
Twenty-year-old watching the thirty-year-olds vanishing"
Eb Bb Ab Bb
She said, "Like a five-year-old watching the ten-year-olds shoplifting
Eb Bb Ab Bb
Ten-year-old watching the fifteen-year-olds French kissing
Eb Bb Ab Bb
Fifteen-year-old watching the twenty-year-olds chain-smoking
Eb Bb Ab N/C
Twenty-year-old watching the thirty-year-olds vanishing"
Jeremy Fisher
Jeremy Kay
Jeremy Messersmi (...)
Jeremy Passion
Jeremy Riddle