Biography:
John Cale, OBE (born 9 March 1942) is a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He was a founding member of the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground in early 1965. Though best known for his work in rock music, Cale has worked in various genres including drone and classical. Since departing from the Velvet Underground in 1968 he has released over thirty albums. Of his solo work, he is perhaps best known for his 1973 album 'Paris 1919' and the song of the same name
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Other songs:
- All I Want Is You
- Amsterdam
- Andalucia
- Antarctica Starts Here
- Bamboo Floor
- Barracuda
- Big White Cloud
- Bring It On Up
- Buffalo Ballet
- Cable Hogue
- Changes Made
- Charlemagne
- Childs Christmas In Wales
- China Sea
- Chinese Envoy
- Coral Moon
- Dancing Undercover
- Dying On The Vine
- Fear Is A Mans Best Friend
- Gideons Bible
- Graham Greene
- Half Past France
- Hallelujah
- Hanky Panky Nohow
- Hedda Gabler
- Helen Of Troy
- I Keep A Close Watch
- Im Not The Loving Kind
- Macbeth
- Magic And Lies
- Mr Wilson
- My Maria
- Paris 1919
- Perfect
- Please
- Set Me Free
- Ski Patrol
- So What
- Sylvia Said
- Taking It All Away
- Taking Your Life In Your Hands
- The Endless Plain Of Fortune
- The Man Who Couldnt Afford To Orgy
- You Know More Than I Know
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[Verse 1]
D G/D D G/D
Standing, waiting for a man to show
D G/D D G/D
Wide eyed, one eye fixed on the door
G
This waiting's killing me
D G/D D G/D
It's wearing me down
G
Day in, day out
D G/D D G/D
My feet are burning holes in the ground
Em G D Em G D D G/D D G/D
[Verse 2]
D G/D D G/D
Darkness, warmer than a bedroom floor
D G/D D G/D
Want someone to hold me close forever more
G
I'm a sleeping dog
D G/D
But you can't tell
G
When I'm on the prowl
D G/D
You better run like hell
A G
You know it makes sense
D
Don't even think about it
G D
Life and death
Em A
Are things you just do when you're born
[Chorus]
A G D
Say fear's a man's best friend
A G D
Say fear's a man's best friend
A G D
Say fear's a man's best friend
Em A
You add it up, it brings you down
Em A
You add it up, it brings you down
D G/D D G/D
[Verse 3]
D G/D D G/D
Home is leaving like a man on the run
D G/D D G/D
Trails leading nowhere, where to my son?
G
We're already dead
D G/D
But not yet in the ground
G D G/D
Come on, shake my helping hand I'll show you around
A G
You know it makes sense
D
Don't even think about it
G D
Life and death
Em A
Are things you just do when you're born
[Chorus]
A G D
Say fear's a man's best friend
D G/D D G/D
Standing, waiting for a man to show
D G/D D G/D
Wide eyed, one eye fixed on the door
G
This waiting's killing me
D G/D D G/D
It's wearing me down
G
Day in, day out
D G/D D G/D
My feet are burning holes in the ground
Em G D Em G D D G/D D G/D
[Verse 2]
D G/D D G/D
Darkness, warmer than a bedroom floor
D G/D D G/D
Want someone to hold me close forever more
G
I'm a sleeping dog
D G/D
But you can't tell
G
When I'm on the prowl
D G/D
You better run like hell
A G
You know it makes sense
D
Don't even think about it
G D
Life and death
Em A
Are things you just do when you're born
[Chorus]
A G D
Say fear's a man's best friend
A G D
Say fear's a man's best friend
A G D
Say fear's a man's best friend
Em A
You add it up, it brings you down
Em A
You add it up, it brings you down
D G/D D G/D
[Verse 3]
D G/D D G/D
Home is leaving like a man on the run
D G/D D G/D
Trails leading nowhere, where to my son?
G
We're already dead
D G/D
But not yet in the ground
G D G/D
Come on, shake my helping hand I'll show you around
A G
You know it makes sense
D
Don't even think about it
G D
Life and death
Em A
Are things you just do when you're born
[Chorus]
A G D
Say fear's a man's best friend
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