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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THE DOLDRUMS
Written by Josh Pyke
Arrangement based on the solo performance
broadcast on PulverRadio May 26th 2005
4 beats per chord (cut time) N.B. G-chord in VERSE aligned
` = 4 beats at start of measure but change
' = 2 beats actually occurs on Beat-2
(capo at second fret)
INTRO: (From the re-start)
C G Am `
C G Am `
VERSE:
C G Am `
I couldn't tell you why__ I'm never feeling satis-
C G Am `
fied but every time the sun don't shine__ it makes me wanna run and
Dm/A F
Hide from the songs in my
VERSE-LONG:
C G Am `
Head here comes the rain again__ she's comin' for to break the
C G Am `
Drought but she's such a cloudy friend__ and she's bringing forth the shadow of
Dm/A F Dm/A F
Doubt ain't it funny how when you think that you've got it all figured
BRIDGE-SHORT:
G ` Am C
Out that these things sometimes seem organised well in advance of
F `
Me or the callings of my
LINK-1:
G ` G `
Heart na-na-na na-nah-nah-nah-nah-__nah-nah-ah-naah__
VERSE:
C G Am `
__ so we hit the doldrums now__ sails hanging loose on the
C G Am `
Lines and we couldn't sink or swim__ just praying for a merciful
Dm/A F
Tide with this song around my
VERSE-LONG:
C G Am `
Neck lull of the afternoon__ and we've grown numb to the
C G Am `
Feel so set navi-gation true__ then I rope myself to the
Dm/A F Dm/A F
Wheel on this dried out sea when you go well you go you go you
BRIDGE:
G ` Am C
Go and these things sometimes seem organised well in advance of
F `
Me or the callings of my
G ` Am C
Heart and I do believe that fatalism is complacen-
F `
cy when you float your fears too
G ` Am C
Far but the moment that I take my leave I'm back up out that
F `
Door so I can never rest assured__
LINK-2:
G ` G6 `
_____
RE-INTRO: (harmonica)
C G Am `
C G Am `
BRIDGE-SHORT: (harmonica)
G ` Am C
F `
BRIDGE:
G ` Am C
But these things sometimes seem organised well in advance of
F `
Me or the callings of my
G ` Am C
Heart and I do believe that fatalism is complacen-
F `
cy if you float your fears too
G ` Am C
Far but the moment that I take my leave I'm back up out that
F `
Door so I can never rest assured__
LINK-3:
G 'Am 'C F `
_____________ in the callings of my
G 'Am 'C F `
Heart_________ I can never rest as-
G 'Am 'C F `
sured_________ in the callings of my
G 'Am 'C F 'F 'G
Heart_____________
RE-INTRO: (harmonica)
C G Am `
C G Am `
VERSE: (rubato)
C G Am `
I couldn't tell you why__ I'm never feeling satis-
C G Am `
fied but every time the sun don't shine__ it makes me wanna run and
Dm/A F C
Hide from the songs around my neck
(ritard)
================================================================================
CHORDS:
C G Am Dm/A F G6
E|--0---3---0----1----1---0--|
B|--1---0---1----3----1---3--|
G|--0---0---2----2----2---0--|
D|--2---0---2----0----3---0--|
A|--3-------0----0----3------|
E|------3-------------1---3--|
INTRO:
C G Am
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|-----0-0-----0-0-|---0-----------0-|-----0-------0---|-----------------|
B|-----1-1-----1-1-|---1-0-0---0-0-0-|h1---1-/-----1-/-|-----------1-1-1-|
G|-0---0-0-----0-0-|---0-0-0---0-0-0-|h2---2-------2---|-0h2-----/-0-2-0-|
D|-2-------0h2-----|-----0-0---0-0-0-|h2---2---/-/-2---|-----0h2---0-2-0-|
A|-3---------------|---------------0-|-----0-------0---|-------------0---|
E|-----------------|---------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|
h = hammer on
/ = strum favouring high or low strings as indicated
Waynus Of Uranus
December 2005
Written by Josh Pyke
Arrangement based on the solo performance
broadcast on PulverRadio May 26th 2005
4 beats per chord (cut time) N.B. G-chord in VERSE aligned
` = 4 beats at start of measure but change
' = 2 beats actually occurs on Beat-2
(capo at second fret)
INTRO: (From the re-start)
C G Am `
C G Am `
VERSE:
C G Am `
I couldn't tell you why__ I'm never feeling satis-
C G Am `
fied but every time the sun don't shine__ it makes me wanna run and
Dm/A F
Hide from the songs in my
VERSE-LONG:
C G Am `
Head here comes the rain again__ she's comin' for to break the
C G Am `
Drought but she's such a cloudy friend__ and she's bringing forth the shadow of
Dm/A F Dm/A F
Doubt ain't it funny how when you think that you've got it all figured
BRIDGE-SHORT:
G ` Am C
Out that these things sometimes seem organised well in advance of
F `
Me or the callings of my
LINK-1:
G ` G `
Heart na-na-na na-nah-nah-nah-nah-__nah-nah-ah-naah__
VERSE:
C G Am `
__ so we hit the doldrums now__ sails hanging loose on the
C G Am `
Lines and we couldn't sink or swim__ just praying for a merciful
Dm/A F
Tide with this song around my
VERSE-LONG:
C G Am `
Neck lull of the afternoon__ and we've grown numb to the
C G Am `
Feel so set navi-gation true__ then I rope myself to the
Dm/A F Dm/A F
Wheel on this dried out sea when you go well you go you go you
BRIDGE:
G ` Am C
Go and these things sometimes seem organised well in advance of
F `
Me or the callings of my
G ` Am C
Heart and I do believe that fatalism is complacen-
F `
cy when you float your fears too
G ` Am C
Far but the moment that I take my leave I'm back up out that
F `
Door so I can never rest assured__
LINK-2:
G ` G6 `
_____
RE-INTRO: (harmonica)
C G Am `
C G Am `
BRIDGE-SHORT: (harmonica)
G ` Am C
F `
BRIDGE:
G ` Am C
But these things sometimes seem organised well in advance of
F `
Me or the callings of my
G ` Am C
Heart and I do believe that fatalism is complacen-
F `
cy if you float your fears too
G ` Am C
Far but the moment that I take my leave I'm back up out that
F `
Door so I can never rest assured__
LINK-3:
G 'Am 'C F `
_____________ in the callings of my
G 'Am 'C F `
Heart_________ I can never rest as-
G 'Am 'C F `
sured_________ in the callings of my
G 'Am 'C F 'F 'G
Heart_____________
RE-INTRO: (harmonica)
C G Am `
C G Am `
VERSE: (rubato)
C G Am `
I couldn't tell you why__ I'm never feeling satis-
C G Am `
fied but every time the sun don't shine__ it makes me wanna run and
Dm/A F C
Hide from the songs around my neck
(ritard)
================================================================================
CHORDS:
C G Am Dm/A F G6
E|--0---3---0----1----1---0--|
B|--1---0---1----3----1---3--|
G|--0---0---2----2----2---0--|
D|--2---0---2----0----3---0--|
A|--3-------0----0----3------|
E|------3-------------1---3--|
INTRO:
C G Am
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|-----0-0-----0-0-|---0-----------0-|-----0-------0---|-----------------|
B|-----1-1-----1-1-|---1-0-0---0-0-0-|h1---1-/-----1-/-|-----------1-1-1-|
G|-0---0-0-----0-0-|---0-0-0---0-0-0-|h2---2-------2---|-0h2-----/-0-2-0-|
D|-2-------0h2-----|-----0-0---0-0-0-|h2---2---/-/-2---|-----0h2---0-2-0-|
A|-3---------------|---------------0-|-----0-------0---|-------------0---|
E|-----------------|---------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|
h = hammer on
/ = strum favouring high or low strings as indicated
Waynus Of Uranus
December 2005
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Joshua Dietrich
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