Biography:
John Martyn OBE, born Iain David McGeachy (11 September 1948 – 29 January 2009), was a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. Over a forty-year career he released twenty studio albums.
He grew up in Glasgow and attended Shawlands Academy. John Martyn moved to London from Glasgow in the mid 1960s. He made his initial recorded impact in 1967, at the age of 19, with his debut album London Conversation. He then quickly became an integral part of the British music scene, incorporating Folk, Blues, and Jazz into his unique sound.
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Other songs:
- Fairytale Lullaby
- Over The Hill
- Sweet Little Mystery
- An Hour Behind
- Baby Please Come Home
- Back Down The River
- Back To Stay
- Bless The Weather
- Cocaine
- Couldnt Love You More
- Cry Me A River
- Fishermans Dream
- Glory Box
- Head And Heart
- Hurt In Your Heart
- I Dont Wanna Know
- John The Baptist
- Just Now
- Make No Mistake
- May You Never
- May You Never Accompaniment
- Sandy Grey
- Small Hours
- Solid Air
- Spencer The Rover
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Song: Glory box
Artist: John Martyn
Album: The church with one bell
Composers: Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons,
Adrian Utley & Isaac Hayes
Tabbed by: DJ
5th Oct 2014
John Martyn's bluesy cover of the Portishead hit
Dm = xx0231
Dm/C = x30231
Bm7-5 = x20231
Bbmaj7 = x13231
Please select a star rating for this tab, many thanks
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[Intro]
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
e |------1---------1------|------1---------1------| [x4]
B |------3---------3------|------3---------3------|
G |------2---------2------|------2---------2------|
D |---0------0------------|------0---------3------|
A |-------------3------3--|---2------2--1------1--|
E |-----------------------|-----------------------|
[Verse 1]
Dm Dm/C
I'm so tired of playing...
Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Playing with this bow, and this arrow,
Dm
Yeah, I'm gonna give my heart away,
Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
And leave it to the other boys out there to play,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Been ...tempted----------- ...too long!
[Chorus]
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Go on, ...give me a reason to love you,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Give me a reason to wanna be your man,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Give me a reason ...to love you,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Give me a reason ...if you can!
[Verse 2]
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5
From this time, unchained,
Bbmaj7 Dm
We're all looking at a different picture,
Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Through a different ...frame------ of mind,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5
A thousand flowers may bloom,
Bbmaj7
Could it be time to move over?
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Move over, and give me some room, oh, ah-ahh!
[Chorus]
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Give me a reason to love you,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Ummm, give me a reason to wanna be your man----,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Give me a reason--- ...to love---- you,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Please------, one reason ...if you can!
[Break]
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
||: / / / / | / / / / :|| [x4]
[Verse 3]
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Don't you start looking like--- some woman,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5
Take a little look from the outside, ...if you can,
Bbmaj7 Dm
Move over me now, try a little tenderness,
Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Little shabby dress, I wouldn't care,
Dm Dm/C
Only cry----- for you, cry for you,
Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Might ...die for you too!
[Chorus]
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Give me a reason-------- to love you,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
And give me a reason to want to be your man,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Give me a reason--- ...to love---- you,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Oh, please, ...give me a reason ...if you can!
[Break]
Dm Dm/C
This is the be - ginning of forever,
Bm7-5 Bbmaj7 Dm
...For - ever, and ever, and ever, and ever,
Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
...You gotta move over now!
[Verse 4]
Dm Dm/C
I'm so tired----- of playing...
Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
A -playing with this bow, and this arrow,
Dm
I'm gonna give my heart away,
Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Gonna leave it to the other boys to play,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5
And I've been tempted to long, ...too long,
Bbmaj7
I've been tempted every day,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Tempted ...a -too long----!
[Chorus]
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Oh, please, give me a reason ...to love---- you,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Give me a reason to want to be your man,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Give me a reason to love you, to love you,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5
Give me a reason, if you can,
Bbmaj7 Dm
...A reason ...if you ...can--------!
Artist: John Martyn
Album: The church with one bell
Composers: Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons,
Adrian Utley & Isaac Hayes
Tabbed by: DJ
5th Oct 2014
John Martyn's bluesy cover of the Portishead hit
Dm = xx0231
Dm/C = x30231
Bm7-5 = x20231
Bbmaj7 = x13231
Please select a star rating for this tab, many thanks
=======================================================
[Intro]
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
e |------1---------1------|------1---------1------| [x4]
B |------3---------3------|------3---------3------|
G |------2---------2------|------2---------2------|
D |---0------0------------|------0---------3------|
A |-------------3------3--|---2------2--1------1--|
E |-----------------------|-----------------------|
[Verse 1]
Dm Dm/C
I'm so tired of playing...
Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Playing with this bow, and this arrow,
Dm
Yeah, I'm gonna give my heart away,
Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
And leave it to the other boys out there to play,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Been ...tempted----------- ...too long!
[Chorus]
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Go on, ...give me a reason to love you,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Give me a reason to wanna be your man,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Give me a reason ...to love you,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Give me a reason ...if you can!
[Verse 2]
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5
From this time, unchained,
Bbmaj7 Dm
We're all looking at a different picture,
Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Through a different ...frame------ of mind,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5
A thousand flowers may bloom,
Bbmaj7
Could it be time to move over?
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Move over, and give me some room, oh, ah-ahh!
[Chorus]
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Give me a reason to love you,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Ummm, give me a reason to wanna be your man----,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Give me a reason--- ...to love---- you,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Please------, one reason ...if you can!
[Break]
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
||: / / / / | / / / / :|| [x4]
[Verse 3]
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Don't you start looking like--- some woman,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5
Take a little look from the outside, ...if you can,
Bbmaj7 Dm
Move over me now, try a little tenderness,
Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Little shabby dress, I wouldn't care,
Dm Dm/C
Only cry----- for you, cry for you,
Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Might ...die for you too!
[Chorus]
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Give me a reason-------- to love you,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
And give me a reason to want to be your man,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Give me a reason--- ...to love---- you,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Oh, please, ...give me a reason ...if you can!
[Break]
Dm Dm/C
This is the be - ginning of forever,
Bm7-5 Bbmaj7 Dm
...For - ever, and ever, and ever, and ever,
Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
...You gotta move over now!
[Verse 4]
Dm Dm/C
I'm so tired----- of playing...
Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
A -playing with this bow, and this arrow,
Dm
I'm gonna give my heart away,
Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Gonna leave it to the other boys to play,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5
And I've been tempted to long, ...too long,
Bbmaj7
I've been tempted every day,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Tempted ...a -too long----!
[Chorus]
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Oh, please, give me a reason ...to love---- you,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Give me a reason to want to be your man,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Bbmaj7
Give me a reason to love you, to love you,
Dm Dm/C Bm7-5
Give me a reason, if you can,
Bbmaj7 Dm
...A reason ...if you ...can--------!
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