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
- Forever Song
Drop-D tuning DADGBE
(capo at second fret - chord names are not transposed)
INTRO:
G#m A C#m Badd2
Eadd4 Esus4 Eadd4 Esus4
VERSE:
G#m A C#m Badd2
we sleep together while all around us
E F#m E A6
peo-ple kill each other where they lie
G#m A C#m Badd2
they lie together till they find someone better
E F#m E A6
try and negotiate that slow de-mise
VERSE:
G#m A C#m Badd2
but I just can't credit that type of effort for a
E F#m E A6
piece of nothing on the edge of a knife
G#m A C#m Badd2
sli-ces you so thin you dry like sheets in the wind
E F#m E A6
hold a candle behind through you see the light
LINK:
'C#m 'Badd2 A6 G#m11 F#m*
Badd2 Bsus2/4 Badd2 `
CHORUS:
C#m Badd2 E `
I want the song I can sing for-ever I don't
F#m C#m F#m C#m
care for structure just to know it's mine
C#m Badd2 E `
I'd hate to see this thing we've developed be-
F#m C#m Badd2
come your burden or my waste of
(2/4 bar)
TAG:
E ` F#m ` G#m ` A `
time my waste of time______
RE-INTRO:
G#m A C#m Badd2
Eadd4 Esus4 Eadd4 Esus4
VERSE:
G#m A C#m Badd2
the afternoon can bring with it shallow moods but
E F#m E A6
I'd jump a harbour wall to clear your mind
G#m A C#m Badd2
I quarter the years you drop the sails till we're clear
E F#m E A6
I'll look for reefs you map the stars in the night
VERSE:
G#m A C#m Badd2
and his-tory tells us of worlds we'll know nothing of
E F#m E A6
then retro-spect becomes a shackle tight on
G#m A C#m Badd2
the ankles of us so in the future we trust
E F#m E A6
we cross our fingers like some kids telling lies
LINK:
'C#m 'Badd2 A6 G#m11 F#m*
Badd2 Bsus2/4 Badd2 `
CHORUS:
C#m Badd2 E `
I want the song I can sing for-ever I don't
F#m C#m F#m C#m
care for structure just to know it's mine
C#m Badd2 E `
I'd hate to see this thing we've developed be-
F#m C#m Badd2 E
come your burden or my waste of time
CHORUS-2:
C#m Badd2 E `
I wan-na know that I know what I'm talking about
F#m C#m F#m C#m
until I do well all the walls seem white
C#m Badd2 E `
but when I'm sure that I know what I'm talking about
F#m C#m Badd2
I'll take your burden if you'll say it's
(2/4 bar)
TAG:
E ` F#m ` G#m ` A `
mine_____ you say it's mine______ say it's
E ` F#m ` G#m ` A `
mine_____ you say it's mine_________
OUTRO:
G#m A C#m Badd2
Eadd4/9
================================================================================
TUNING: 6 5 4 3 2 1
Drop-D D A D G B E
CHORDS: (Notes at Fret-2 are held by the capo)
G#m A C#m Badd2 Eadd4 Esus4 E F#m A6 G#m11 F#m* Bsus2/4 Eadd4/9
E|-----------------2---------------------------2-----2-----2------2--------2---|
B|-12---14---2-----2------9-----10----9---10---2-----2-----2------2--------9---|
G|-13---14---9-----8------2-----2-----9---11---6-----4-----2------9--------7---|
D|-13---14---11----9------9-----9-----9---11---7-----6-----4------9--------9---|
A|-11---12---11----9------7-----7-----7---9----7-----6-----4------9--------7---|
D|-----------11----9------2-----2-----2--------7-----6-----4------9--------2---|
The song can be played in standard tuning without the capo by simply
ignoring the extensions and using familiar chords: E F#m G#m A B C#m
- Forever Song
Drop-D tuning DADGBE
(capo at second fret - chord names are not transposed)
INTRO:
G#m A C#m Badd2
Eadd4 Esus4 Eadd4 Esus4
VERSE:
G#m A C#m Badd2
we sleep together while all around us
E F#m E A6
peo-ple kill each other where they lie
G#m A C#m Badd2
they lie together till they find someone better
E F#m E A6
try and negotiate that slow de-mise
VERSE:
G#m A C#m Badd2
but I just can't credit that type of effort for a
E F#m E A6
piece of nothing on the edge of a knife
G#m A C#m Badd2
sli-ces you so thin you dry like sheets in the wind
E F#m E A6
hold a candle behind through you see the light
LINK:
'C#m 'Badd2 A6 G#m11 F#m*
Badd2 Bsus2/4 Badd2 `
CHORUS:
C#m Badd2 E `
I want the song I can sing for-ever I don't
F#m C#m F#m C#m
care for structure just to know it's mine
C#m Badd2 E `
I'd hate to see this thing we've developed be-
F#m C#m Badd2
come your burden or my waste of
(2/4 bar)
TAG:
E ` F#m ` G#m ` A `
time my waste of time______
RE-INTRO:
G#m A C#m Badd2
Eadd4 Esus4 Eadd4 Esus4
VERSE:
G#m A C#m Badd2
the afternoon can bring with it shallow moods but
E F#m E A6
I'd jump a harbour wall to clear your mind
G#m A C#m Badd2
I quarter the years you drop the sails till we're clear
E F#m E A6
I'll look for reefs you map the stars in the night
VERSE:
G#m A C#m Badd2
and his-tory tells us of worlds we'll know nothing of
E F#m E A6
then retro-spect becomes a shackle tight on
G#m A C#m Badd2
the ankles of us so in the future we trust
E F#m E A6
we cross our fingers like some kids telling lies
LINK:
'C#m 'Badd2 A6 G#m11 F#m*
Badd2 Bsus2/4 Badd2 `
CHORUS:
C#m Badd2 E `
I want the song I can sing for-ever I don't
F#m C#m F#m C#m
care for structure just to know it's mine
C#m Badd2 E `
I'd hate to see this thing we've developed be-
F#m C#m Badd2 E
come your burden or my waste of time
CHORUS-2:
C#m Badd2 E `
I wan-na know that I know what I'm talking about
F#m C#m F#m C#m
until I do well all the walls seem white
C#m Badd2 E `
but when I'm sure that I know what I'm talking about
F#m C#m Badd2
I'll take your burden if you'll say it's
(2/4 bar)
TAG:
E ` F#m ` G#m ` A `
mine_____ you say it's mine______ say it's
E ` F#m ` G#m ` A `
mine_____ you say it's mine_________
OUTRO:
G#m A C#m Badd2
Eadd4/9
================================================================================
TUNING: 6 5 4 3 2 1
Drop-D D A D G B E
CHORDS: (Notes at Fret-2 are held by the capo)
G#m A C#m Badd2 Eadd4 Esus4 E F#m A6 G#m11 F#m* Bsus2/4 Eadd4/9
E|-----------------2---------------------------2-----2-----2------2--------2---|
B|-12---14---2-----2------9-----10----9---10---2-----2-----2------2--------9---|
G|-13---14---9-----8------2-----2-----9---11---6-----4-----2------9--------7---|
D|-13---14---11----9------9-----9-----9---11---7-----6-----4------9--------9---|
A|-11---12---11----9------7-----7-----7---9----7-----6-----4------9--------7---|
D|-----------11----9------2-----2-----2--------7-----6-----4------9--------2---|
The song can be played in standard tuning without the capo by simply
ignoring the extensions and using familiar chords: E F#m G#m A B C#m
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