Biography:
Jonathan Michael Richman (Natick, Massachusetts, May 16, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1970 he founded The Modern Lovers, an influential proto-punk band. Since the mid-1970s, Richman has worked either solo or with low-key, generally acoustic, backing. He is known for his wide-eyed, unaffected and childlike outlook, and music that, while rooted in rock and roll, often draws on influences from around the world.
Jonathan Richman began playing music and writing his own songs in the mid-1960s.
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- I'm Nature's Mosquito
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- Lydia
- My Love Is A Flower (just Beginning To Bloom)
- Party In The Woods Tonight
- Rockin' Shopping Center
- The Morning Of Our Lives
- There's Something About Mary
- A Higher Power
- City Vs Country
- Corner Store
- Give Paris One More Chance
- Hello From Cupid
- Hospital
- I Have Come Out To Play
- I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar
- Im So Confused
- New England
- Parties In The Usa
- Roadrunner
- Rock
- Since She Started To Ride
- That Summer Feeling
- The Beach
- Theres Something About Mary
- This Love Of Mine
- True Love Is Not Nice
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- When She Kisses Me
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JONATHAN RICHMAN - HOSPITAL
STANDARD TUNING
NO CAPO
[Intro]
C#m B A B
C#m B A B
[Verse 1]
C#m B
When you get out
A A B
Of the hospital
C#m B A
Let me back into your life
A B C#m B
I can't stand what you do
A
I'm in love with your eyes
[Verse 2]
A B C#m B B6 B
And when you get out
A B
Of the dating bar
C#m B A
I'll be here to get back into your life
A B C#m B
I can't stand what you do
A
I'm in love with your eyes
[Chorus]
A B C#m
Oh, I can't stand what you do
C#m
Sometimes I can't stand you
C#m
It makes me think about me
C#m
That I'm involved with you
C#m B A B C#m G#
But I'm in love with this power that shows through in your eyes
[Verse 3]
N.C. C#m B
I go to bakeries
B A B
All day long
C#m B A
There's a lack of sweetness in my life
A B C#m B
And there is pain inside
B A A5 A Asus A
You can see it in my eyes
[Chorus 2]
A B C#m
Oh, there is pain inside
C#m
You can see it in my eyes
C#m
It makes me think about me
C#m
That I've lost my pride
C#m B A B C#m G#
But I'm in love with this power that resides in your eyes
[Verse 4]
C#m B B6
Uh, you ... live in
A B
Modern apartments
C#m B A B
Well I've even got scared once or twice
B C#m B
Last time I walked down your street
A A Amaj7 A
There were tears in my eyes
[Verse 5]
A B C#m B
Well now these streets
A B
We all know
C#m B A
They help us cry when we're alone late at night
B C#m B
Don't you love them too?
A A A5 Asus A
Is that where you got your eyes?
[Chorus]
A B C#m
Oh, I can't stand what you do
C#m
Sometimes I can't stand you
C#m
It makes me think about me
C#m
How I'm involved with you
C#m B A B C#m G#
But I'm in love with this power that shows through in your eyes
[Verse 6]
C#m B B6
Now, your world ...
A
It is beautiful
B A C#m
I'll take the subway
B A B
To your suburb sometimes
B C#m B
I'll seek out the things that must've been
A B C#m C#mb6 B B6 A
Magic to your little girl mind
[Verse 7]
A B C#m B A B
Now as a little girl you must've been magic
B C#m B A
I still get jealous of your old boyfriends in the suburbs sometimes
A B C#m B
And when I walk down your street
A A Asus A5 A
There'll probably be tears in my eyes
Asus A5 A
(I knew it would happen)
[Chorus]
A B C#m
I can't stand what you do
C#m
Sometimes I can't stand you
C#m
It makes me think about me
C#m
That I'm involved with you
C#m B A B C#m G#
But I'm in love with this power that shows through in your eyes
[Outro]
N.C. C#m B B6
So when you get out
B A B
Of the hospital
C#m B A B
Let me back into your life
N.C.
I can't stand what you do
N.C. C#m A B
But I'm in love with your eyes
STANDARD TUNING
NO CAPO
[Intro]
C#m B A B
C#m B A B
[Verse 1]
C#m B
When you get out
A A B
Of the hospital
C#m B A
Let me back into your life
A B C#m B
I can't stand what you do
A
I'm in love with your eyes
[Verse 2]
A B C#m B B6 B
And when you get out
A B
Of the dating bar
C#m B A
I'll be here to get back into your life
A B C#m B
I can't stand what you do
A
I'm in love with your eyes
[Chorus]
A B C#m
Oh, I can't stand what you do
C#m
Sometimes I can't stand you
C#m
It makes me think about me
C#m
That I'm involved with you
C#m B A B C#m G#
But I'm in love with this power that shows through in your eyes
[Verse 3]
N.C. C#m B
I go to bakeries
B A B
All day long
C#m B A
There's a lack of sweetness in my life
A B C#m B
And there is pain inside
B A A5 A Asus A
You can see it in my eyes
[Chorus 2]
A B C#m
Oh, there is pain inside
C#m
You can see it in my eyes
C#m
It makes me think about me
C#m
That I've lost my pride
C#m B A B C#m G#
But I'm in love with this power that resides in your eyes
[Verse 4]
C#m B B6
Uh, you ... live in
A B
Modern apartments
C#m B A B
Well I've even got scared once or twice
B C#m B
Last time I walked down your street
A A Amaj7 A
There were tears in my eyes
[Verse 5]
A B C#m B
Well now these streets
A B
We all know
C#m B A
They help us cry when we're alone late at night
B C#m B
Don't you love them too?
A A A5 Asus A
Is that where you got your eyes?
[Chorus]
A B C#m
Oh, I can't stand what you do
C#m
Sometimes I can't stand you
C#m
It makes me think about me
C#m
How I'm involved with you
C#m B A B C#m G#
But I'm in love with this power that shows through in your eyes
[Verse 6]
C#m B B6
Now, your world ...
A
It is beautiful
B A C#m
I'll take the subway
B A B
To your suburb sometimes
B C#m B
I'll seek out the things that must've been
A B C#m C#mb6 B B6 A
Magic to your little girl mind
[Verse 7]
A B C#m B A B
Now as a little girl you must've been magic
B C#m B A
I still get jealous of your old boyfriends in the suburbs sometimes
A B C#m B
And when I walk down your street
A A Asus A5 A
There'll probably be tears in my eyes
Asus A5 A
(I knew it would happen)
[Chorus]
A B C#m
I can't stand what you do
C#m
Sometimes I can't stand you
C#m
It makes me think about me
C#m
That I'm involved with you
C#m B A B C#m G#
But I'm in love with this power that shows through in your eyes
[Outro]
N.C. C#m B B6
So when you get out
B A B
Of the hospital
C#m B A B
Let me back into your life
N.C.
I can't stand what you do
N.C. C#m A B
But I'm in love with your eyes
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