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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- Back Down The River
- Back To Stay
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- 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
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Capo on 3
Listen to the song for fingerpicking, alternate the bass line between the the bottom 3 strings, depending on
the chord used.
C: 0 3 0 2 1 0
Em/C: 0 2 0 0 1 0
F: 1 0 3 2 1 0 (play bottom string 1 with your thumb
Dmin 0 0 0 2 1 3
Am: 0 0 2 2 1 0
G: 3 2 0 0 2 2
C Em/C F C
Oh Sandy Grey, are you going away?
C Em/C Dmin (Trill 1st finger)
Leave me a message before parting
C Em/C Am
Time has changed you and the things that pain you
F G
Are the things you think of as you're starting
Instrumental Break F G F G
C Em/C F C
Oh Sandy Grey, it's only this I'll pray
C Em/C Dmin (Trill 1st finger)
That you might stay here one more day in laughter
C Em/C Am
Won't you hang around and hold me, repeat all the lies you told me?
F G
Do your rambling after
Instrumental Break F - G - F - G
C Em/C F C
Oh Sandy Grey, what ever made you want to stay?
C Em/C Dmin (Trill 1st finger)
And now what makes you want to be a-leaving?
C Em/C Am
Is it the same thing they found when they laid your father down
F G
Or are your reasons even worth retrieving?
C Em/C F C
Oh Sandy Grey, don't leave me just today
C Em/C Dmin (Trill 1st finger)
Don't think on the road you'll be a-going
C Em/C Am
Think of all the time and the days we've had to mind
F G
Of the future there's no way of knowing
C Em/C F C
Oh Sandy Grey, I thought I heard you say
C Em/C Dmin (Trill 1st finger)
That you ain't heard one word that I've been speaking
C Em/C Am
There's no use in trying you escaping from my mind
F G
And I'll never see the world you're seeking
Listen to the song for fingerpicking, alternate the bass line between the the bottom 3 strings, depending on
the chord used.
C: 0 3 0 2 1 0
Em/C: 0 2 0 0 1 0
F: 1 0 3 2 1 0 (play bottom string 1 with your thumb
Dmin 0 0 0 2 1 3
Am: 0 0 2 2 1 0
G: 3 2 0 0 2 2
C Em/C F C
Oh Sandy Grey, are you going away?
C Em/C Dmin (Trill 1st finger)
Leave me a message before parting
C Em/C Am
Time has changed you and the things that pain you
F G
Are the things you think of as you're starting
Instrumental Break F G F G
C Em/C F C
Oh Sandy Grey, it's only this I'll pray
C Em/C Dmin (Trill 1st finger)
That you might stay here one more day in laughter
C Em/C Am
Won't you hang around and hold me, repeat all the lies you told me?
F G
Do your rambling after
Instrumental Break F - G - F - G
C Em/C F C
Oh Sandy Grey, what ever made you want to stay?
C Em/C Dmin (Trill 1st finger)
And now what makes you want to be a-leaving?
C Em/C Am
Is it the same thing they found when they laid your father down
F G
Or are your reasons even worth retrieving?
C Em/C F C
Oh Sandy Grey, don't leave me just today
C Em/C Dmin (Trill 1st finger)
Don't think on the road you'll be a-going
C Em/C Am
Think of all the time and the days we've had to mind
F G
Of the future there's no way of knowing
C Em/C F C
Oh Sandy Grey, I thought I heard you say
C Em/C Dmin (Trill 1st finger)
That you ain't heard one word that I've been speaking
C Em/C Am
There's no use in trying you escaping from my mind
F G
And I'll never see the world you're seeking
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