Biography:
Karen J. Dalton (born Karen J. Cariker (July 19, 1937 - March 19, 1993) was an American folk blues singer and banjo player associated with the early 1960s Greenwich Village folk music scene, particularly with Fred Neil and The Holy Modal Rounders as well as Bob Dylan.
Dalton, whose heritage was Cherokee, was born Karen J. Cariker in Enid, Oklahoma. Her bluesy, world-weary voice is often compared to that of iconic jazz singer Billie Holiday. She sang blues, folk, country, pop, Motown - making over each song in her own style.
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[Intro]
Vamp on C for five bars.
[Verse]
C Dm F C
Yesterday any way you made it was just fine,
Dm F C
So you turned your days into night-time,
Dm F G Dm
Didn't you know,you can't make it without ever even trying?
C
And something's on your mind, isn't it?
C Dm F C
Let these times show you that you're breaking up the lines,
Dm F C
Leaving all your dreams too far behind
Dm F G Dm
Didn't you see, you can't make it without ever even trying?
C
And something's on your mind.
Dm C
Maybe another day, you'll want to feel another way, you can't stop crying,
Dm F C
You haven't got a thing to say, you feel you want to run away, there's no use trying anyway.
Dm F C
I've seen the writing on the wall
Dm F C
Who cannot maintain will always fall
Dm F G Dm
Well, you know, you can't make it without ever even trying
Dm C
And something's on your mind, isn't it
Dm C
Tell the truth now, isn't it
Dm C
And something's on your mind, isn't it
[Outro]
Dm C
Dm C
Vamp on C for five bars.
[Verse]
C Dm F C
Yesterday any way you made it was just fine,
Dm F C
So you turned your days into night-time,
Dm F G Dm
Didn't you know,you can't make it without ever even trying?
C
And something's on your mind, isn't it?
C Dm F C
Let these times show you that you're breaking up the lines,
Dm F C
Leaving all your dreams too far behind
Dm F G Dm
Didn't you see, you can't make it without ever even trying?
C
And something's on your mind.
Dm C
Maybe another day, you'll want to feel another way, you can't stop crying,
Dm F C
You haven't got a thing to say, you feel you want to run away, there's no use trying anyway.
Dm F C
I've seen the writing on the wall
Dm F C
Who cannot maintain will always fall
Dm F G Dm
Well, you know, you can't make it without ever even trying
Dm C
And something's on your mind, isn't it
Dm C
Tell the truth now, isn't it
Dm C
And something's on your mind, isn't it
[Outro]
Dm C
Dm C
Karen Matheson
Karen Peck And N (...)
Karen Ramirez
Karen Souza
Karen Taylor-Goo (...)