Biography:
Josh Pyke (born 18 December 1977 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian singer-songwriting musician. His albums include Memories & Dust (2007), Chimney's Afire (2008), Only Sparrows (2011).
It didn't take long before Josh's unique voice and song writing style, influenced by the likes of Elliott Smith, Evan Dando, and Sparklehorse, began to find favour amongst music tastemakers, critics and Triple J listeners. The first taste, the assured 'Kids Don't Sell Their Hopes So Fast'
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Other songs:
- Love Lies
- Memories And Dust
- Silver
- The Lighthouse Song
- Beg Your Pardon
- Book Of Revelations
- Buttons
- Candle In Your Window
- Chimneys Afire
- Covers Are Thrown
- Diet Of Worms
- Doing What Youre Told
- Endless Summer
- Fed And Watered
- Fill You In
- Forever Song
- Goldmines
- Good Head Start
- Hollering Hearts
- House At Pooh Corner
- Leeward Side
- Lighthouse Song
- Lines On Palms
- Make You Happy
- Middle Of The Hill
- Momentary Glow
- New Years Song
- Private Education
- Punch In The Heart
- Sew My Name
- Staring Down The Sun
- Still Some Big Deal
- The Beginning And The End Of Everything
- The Best Man At Your First Loves Wedding
- The Doldrums
- The Summer
- Theres A Line
- Vibration In Air
- Vibrations In Air
- When Your Colours Go
- Where Two Oceans Meet
- Wuthering Heights
- You Dont Scare Me
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Josh Pyke - Fed and Watered
Drop-D tuning DADGBE
CHORDS:
A Bm7 F#m E Do5 E7 A* F#m* Dsus2 C#m/D Amaj9 F6 D5 A/D
E|--5----7----9------------0---0-----2------5------0------0----1-----------|
B|--5----7----10---9-------5---5-----2------5------5------0----1---3----5--|
G|--6----7----11---9---7---7---6/7---2------7------6------6----2---2----6--|
D|-------7----11---9---6---6---7-----4------7------6------6----0---0----7--|
A|--7----9----9----7---5---7----------------5------5------0----3---0-------|
D|--7----9-------------0-------7-----4------0------0-----------3---0----0--|
INTRO:
A Bm7 F#m `E `Do5
VERSE:
E7 A*
there was a wait in the water a weight in the air
E7 A*
if I'd waited any longer an additional fare
F#m* A
and they can keep you a-round like a head on a stake
Bm7 E
I guess the industry found a use for my namesake
E7 A*
I built my calluses up from foolin' on the guitar
E7 A*
I keep them hard in the midst of what seems soft and bizarre
F#m* A
and ephemeral notions like a song are a curse
Bm7 E
offering a re-turn but making me feel worse
CHORUS-SHORT:
Dsus2 _C#m/D
if you want to quit you should quit like a winner cut your
Amaj9 _A
losses and extricate your-self from the bidding
Bm7 _F#m
and tell your friends that you coulda if you'd wanted to
E _Bm7
and tell yourself that it's strong to make a hard call
Bm7 _F#m
and when the others are all fed and watered you're
E _Bm7 E.
still bet'n' cheering her on by then I bet you'll be
RE-INTRO:
A Bm7 F#m `E `Do5
gone
VERSE:
E7 A*
so I sit in the meantime and sharpen my teeth
E7 A*
and encode all the bitterness I choose to bequeath
F#m* A
but if one equals C then yeah A equals three
Bm7 E
but the encryption just adds to the mendacity
E7 A*
now I'm on top of the water still suppressed by the air
E7 A*
I earn my wage on a track that's almost totally bare
F#m* A
of the things I ex-pected when I first got the itch
Bm7 E
I'd turn it off if on-ly there existed a switch
CHORUS:
Dsus2 _C#m/D
if you want to quit you should quit like a winner cut your
Amaj9 _A
losses and extricate your-self from the bidding
Bm7 _F#m
and tell your friends that you coulda if you'd wanted to
E _Bm7
and tell yourself that it's strong to make a hard call and
Dsus2 _C#m/D
if you wanna try you should try like a loser who
Amaj9 _A
keeps on betting their life on a slow horse
Bm7 _F#m
and every year well she gets a little more tired you're
E _Bm7 E.
still bet'n' cheering her on by then I bet you'll be
RE-INTRO-LONG:
A Bm7 F#m `E `Do5 Do5
gone
BRIDGE: [breakdown]
Do5. Do5
sometimes I get to a point where little problems seem too
Amaj9 _A*
big for me and then I let them un-
F6 F6
ravel like a line in the ocean sinking down into the
D5 D5
density
A/D A/D
and when the pressure be-comes the same amount as what's in-
Amaj9 _A*
side of me I can sink and ex-
F6 F6
plode or hold my breath until I float I gamble on my own bi-
D5 D5
ology the barnacles on the
F6 F6
ladder bleed my feet while they set a good example in ten-
D5 D5
acity
CHORUS-LONG:
Dsus2. _C#m/D.
if you want to quit you should quit like a winner cut your
[tutti]
Amaj9 _A
losses and extricate your-self from the bidding
Bm7 _F#m
and tell your friends that you coulda if you'd wanted to
E _Bm7
and tell yourself that it's strong to make a hard call and
Dsus2 _C#m/D
if you wanna try you should try like a loser who
Amaj9 _A
keeps on betting their life on a slow horse
Bm7 _F#m
and every year well she gets a little more tired you're
E _Bm7
still bet'n' cheering her on
Bm7 _F#m
and when the others are all fed and watered you're
E _Bm7
still bet'n' cheering her on yeah you're
E _Bm7 E.
still bet'n' cheering her on by then I bet you'll be
OUTRO:
A Bm7 F#m `E `Do5
gone by then I bet you'll be
A Bm7 F#m Do5
gone by then I bet you'll be gone
Do5 A
by then I bet you'll be gone
===============================================================================
/ = Asus4 passing chord in VERSE:
E7 A / E7 A //
1 2 3 4 1 2 3+4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3+4
ELECTRIC-GUITAR
INTRO:
Staccato eighths pattern
A Bm7 F#m E Do5
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|---------2-2-----|-----------------|
G|---------2-2-----|---------4-4-----|-----2-2-----2-2-|-1-1-------------|
D|-----2-2-----2-2-|-----4-4-----4-4-|-4-4-------------|-----4-4-2-2-0-0-|
A|-0-0-------------|-2-2-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
VERSE:
Repeated eighths not shown
E7 A (sus4) E7 A F#m A Bm7 E
1+2+3+4+ 1+2+3+4+ 1+2+3+4+ 1+2+3+4+ 1+2+3+4+ 1+2+3+4+
E|---------|---------|-----|-----|---------|---------|---------|---------|
B|-------5-|-------5-|-- O // ---|---------|---------|---------|---------|
G|-----7---|---6-7---|-- // ---|-----6---|-----6---|-7-6-4---|---------|
D|---6-----|-7-------|-- // O ---|-4-7---7-|---7---7-|-------7-|-6-4-----|
A|-7-------|---------|-----|-----|---------|-7-------|---------|-----7-5-|
E|---------|---------|-----|-----|---------|---------|---------|---------|
BRIDGE:
F6 F6 D5
1 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 2 3 4
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-------0-2-0-----|---------2-0-----|-0---2---2-------|
A|-----3-------3-2-|---0-2-3-----3-0-|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Drop-D tuning DADGBE
CHORDS:
A Bm7 F#m E Do5 E7 A* F#m* Dsus2 C#m/D Amaj9 F6 D5 A/D
E|--5----7----9------------0---0-----2------5------0------0----1-----------|
B|--5----7----10---9-------5---5-----2------5------5------0----1---3----5--|
G|--6----7----11---9---7---7---6/7---2------7------6------6----2---2----6--|
D|-------7----11---9---6---6---7-----4------7------6------6----0---0----7--|
A|--7----9----9----7---5---7----------------5------5------0----3---0-------|
D|--7----9-------------0-------7-----4------0------0-----------3---0----0--|
INTRO:
A Bm7 F#m `E `Do5
VERSE:
E7 A*
there was a wait in the water a weight in the air
E7 A*
if I'd waited any longer an additional fare
F#m* A
and they can keep you a-round like a head on a stake
Bm7 E
I guess the industry found a use for my namesake
E7 A*
I built my calluses up from foolin' on the guitar
E7 A*
I keep them hard in the midst of what seems soft and bizarre
F#m* A
and ephemeral notions like a song are a curse
Bm7 E
offering a re-turn but making me feel worse
CHORUS-SHORT:
Dsus2 _C#m/D
if you want to quit you should quit like a winner cut your
Amaj9 _A
losses and extricate your-self from the bidding
Bm7 _F#m
and tell your friends that you coulda if you'd wanted to
E _Bm7
and tell yourself that it's strong to make a hard call
Bm7 _F#m
and when the others are all fed and watered you're
E _Bm7 E.
still bet'n' cheering her on by then I bet you'll be
RE-INTRO:
A Bm7 F#m `E `Do5
gone
VERSE:
E7 A*
so I sit in the meantime and sharpen my teeth
E7 A*
and encode all the bitterness I choose to bequeath
F#m* A
but if one equals C then yeah A equals three
Bm7 E
but the encryption just adds to the mendacity
E7 A*
now I'm on top of the water still suppressed by the air
E7 A*
I earn my wage on a track that's almost totally bare
F#m* A
of the things I ex-pected when I first got the itch
Bm7 E
I'd turn it off if on-ly there existed a switch
CHORUS:
Dsus2 _C#m/D
if you want to quit you should quit like a winner cut your
Amaj9 _A
losses and extricate your-self from the bidding
Bm7 _F#m
and tell your friends that you coulda if you'd wanted to
E _Bm7
and tell yourself that it's strong to make a hard call and
Dsus2 _C#m/D
if you wanna try you should try like a loser who
Amaj9 _A
keeps on betting their life on a slow horse
Bm7 _F#m
and every year well she gets a little more tired you're
E _Bm7 E.
still bet'n' cheering her on by then I bet you'll be
RE-INTRO-LONG:
A Bm7 F#m `E `Do5 Do5
gone
BRIDGE: [breakdown]
Do5. Do5
sometimes I get to a point where little problems seem too
Amaj9 _A*
big for me and then I let them un-
F6 F6
ravel like a line in the ocean sinking down into the
D5 D5
density
A/D A/D
and when the pressure be-comes the same amount as what's in-
Amaj9 _A*
side of me I can sink and ex-
F6 F6
plode or hold my breath until I float I gamble on my own bi-
D5 D5
ology the barnacles on the
F6 F6
ladder bleed my feet while they set a good example in ten-
D5 D5
acity
CHORUS-LONG:
Dsus2. _C#m/D.
if you want to quit you should quit like a winner cut your
[tutti]
Amaj9 _A
losses and extricate your-self from the bidding
Bm7 _F#m
and tell your friends that you coulda if you'd wanted to
E _Bm7
and tell yourself that it's strong to make a hard call and
Dsus2 _C#m/D
if you wanna try you should try like a loser who
Amaj9 _A
keeps on betting their life on a slow horse
Bm7 _F#m
and every year well she gets a little more tired you're
E _Bm7
still bet'n' cheering her on
Bm7 _F#m
and when the others are all fed and watered you're
E _Bm7
still bet'n' cheering her on yeah you're
E _Bm7 E.
still bet'n' cheering her on by then I bet you'll be
OUTRO:
A Bm7 F#m `E `Do5
gone by then I bet you'll be
A Bm7 F#m Do5
gone by then I bet you'll be gone
Do5 A
by then I bet you'll be gone
===============================================================================
/ = Asus4 passing chord in VERSE:
E7 A / E7 A //
1 2 3 4 1 2 3+4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3+4
ELECTRIC-GUITAR
INTRO:
Staccato eighths pattern
A Bm7 F#m E Do5
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|---------2-2-----|-----------------|
G|---------2-2-----|---------4-4-----|-----2-2-----2-2-|-1-1-------------|
D|-----2-2-----2-2-|-----4-4-----4-4-|-4-4-------------|-----4-4-2-2-0-0-|
A|-0-0-------------|-2-2-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
VERSE:
Repeated eighths not shown
E7 A (sus4) E7 A F#m A Bm7 E
1+2+3+4+ 1+2+3+4+ 1+2+3+4+ 1+2+3+4+ 1+2+3+4+ 1+2+3+4+
E|---------|---------|-----|-----|---------|---------|---------|---------|
B|-------5-|-------5-|-- O // ---|---------|---------|---------|---------|
G|-----7---|---6-7---|-- // ---|-----6---|-----6---|-7-6-4---|---------|
D|---6-----|-7-------|-- // O ---|-4-7---7-|---7---7-|-------7-|-6-4-----|
A|-7-------|---------|-----|-----|---------|-7-------|---------|-----7-5-|
E|---------|---------|-----|-----|---------|---------|---------|---------|
BRIDGE:
F6 F6 D5
1 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 2 3 4
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-------0-2-0-----|---------2-0-----|-0---2---2-------|
A|-----3-------3-2-|---0-2-3-----3-0-|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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