Biography:
Kevin Devine is an American songwriter and musician from Brooklyn, New York, who is known for alternately introspective and political lyrics and melodic acoustic guitar tunes. He cites his influences as Bob Dylan, Elliott Smith, Guns N' Roses, Brother Paramo and Nirvana, among others. He grew up in Brooklyn and Staten Island, and has spent significant time in Manhattan and Queens as well. Devine graduated Fordham University at Lincoln Center in 2001, majoring in journalism.
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Other songs:
- A Flatline Blur
- Brooklyn Boy
- Like Cursing Kids
- People Are So Fickle
- Splitting Up Christmas
- Tapdance
- The Longer That I'm Out Here
- You Are My Sunshine
- Afterparty
- Alabama Acres
- All Of Everything Erased
- Awake In The Dirt
- Before Youre Here
- Between The Concrete And Clouds
- Bloodhound
- Brothers Blood
- Bubblegum
- Burning City Smoke
- Cotton Crush
- Country Sky Glow
- Fever Moon
- Fingerprints And Photographs
- Go Haunt Someone Else
- Guys With Record Collections
- Haircut
- Heaven Bound Glory Be
- Holland 1945
- I Could Be With Anyone
- I Was Alive Back Then
- If We Meet Today
- Instigator
- Its Only Your Life
- Just Stay
- Kareem Abdul Jabar
- Keep Ringing Your Bell
- Less Yesterday More Today
- Little Bulldozer
- Longer That Im Out Here
- Lord I Know We Dont Talk
- Love Me Im A Liberal
- Luxembourg
- Marie
- Murphys Song
- No History
- No One Elses Problem
- No One Says You Have To
- No Time Flat
- No Why
- Noose Dressed Like A Necklace
- Not Over You Yet
- Now Navigate
- Off
- Part Of The Whole
- Probably
- Redbird
- She Stayed As Steam
- Shift Change Splits The Streets
- Sleepwalking Through My Life
- The Weathers Wonderful
- Tomarrows Just Too Late
- Tomorrows Just Too Late
- Trouble
- Wait Out The Wreck
- You Are The Daybreak
- You Knock Me Out
- Youll Only End Up Joining Them
- Youre My Incentive
- Yr Damned Old Dad
- Yr Husband
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I tabbed this from a live recording (link at the bottom of the page) -- Kevin changes it
every so often and adds little licks here and there, but this tab is an accurate
for sure. Enjoy :) -Courtney
CHORDS:
C#maj7 D#m Fm F#maj A#m G#maj F#maj C#maj Fm* A#m* D#maj
|--4-----6---8-----9-----6----4-----2-----4----1---1-----6---|
|--6-----7---9-----11----6----4-----2-----6----1---2-----8---|
|--5-----8---10----11----6----5-----3-----6----1---3-----8---|
|--6-----8---10----11----8----6-----4-----6----3---3-----8---|
|--4-----6---8-----9-----8----6-----4-----4----3---1-----6---|
|--4-----6---8-----9-----6----4-----2-----4----1---1-----6---|
(note: Kevin uses a lot of bar chords that can be simplified; for the most part, any
with an asterisk [*] after it is the simplified version, when he chooses to specifically
it.)
SHORTHAND:
C#maj7: 446564
D#m: 668876
Fm: 8 8 10 10 9 8
F#maj: 9 9 11 11 11 9
A#m: 688666
G#maj: 466544
F#maj*: 244322
C#maj: 446664
Fm*: 133111
A#m*: 113321
D#maj: 668886
C#maj7 D#m
A quieter boat, dog's dying day
Fm F#maj
A bone in a bowl, a watery grave
D#m C#maj7 A#m
See, I am a sailor, but I'm not so great
D#m G#maj F#maj* C#maj
I keep fishin' for roadkill, passin' out on the waves
(repeat chords above)
A shimmering sea, stretched end to end
A shivering bowl, a flickering friend
See, that's Mr. Murphy, my leathery brave
He's whimpering "Taps" now, for his plank-walk parade
Fm* A#m C#maj G#maj D#maj
I've never been a joiner, no, I've quit every team I've been on
F#maj* A#m* F#maj* A#m*
Now I'm crying in my coffee, that's not sea salt in my eyes
F#maj* A#m* F#maj* G#maj C#maj
Cause me and Murphy, we have been through it, and I hate watching him die
(whistling) (repeat the pattern in the verse)
So I wait for my wisdom, like I wait for my wife
Like I wait for a story, helps me wait out the night
Like when I was an archer, but I couldn't shoot straight
I broke all of ma's windows, I poked holes through her drapes
And I laugh to myself, but I can't tell you why
The hung-over sun sneaks back in the sky
But Murphy went peaceful, he went decent and right
At least better than I will, when it's my turn to die
And I wear his collar on my wrist and I bury him down at the beach
No crying, no coffin, just a body in a hole
No praying, no singing, no saving any souls
The only thing I'm saving, yeah
Is a bone... inside... a bowl
(Note: at the end of the outro, Kevin plays F#maj to F#m before ending on C#maj.)
Tab taken from the following video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoTqaa3mM4w
every so often and adds little licks here and there, but this tab is an accurate
for sure. Enjoy :) -Courtney
CHORDS:
C#maj7 D#m Fm F#maj A#m G#maj F#maj C#maj Fm* A#m* D#maj
|--4-----6---8-----9-----6----4-----2-----4----1---1-----6---|
|--6-----7---9-----11----6----4-----2-----6----1---2-----8---|
|--5-----8---10----11----6----5-----3-----6----1---3-----8---|
|--6-----8---10----11----8----6-----4-----6----3---3-----8---|
|--4-----6---8-----9-----8----6-----4-----4----3---1-----6---|
|--4-----6---8-----9-----6----4-----2-----4----1---1-----6---|
(note: Kevin uses a lot of bar chords that can be simplified; for the most part, any
with an asterisk [*] after it is the simplified version, when he chooses to specifically
it.)
SHORTHAND:
C#maj7: 446564
D#m: 668876
Fm: 8 8 10 10 9 8
F#maj: 9 9 11 11 11 9
A#m: 688666
G#maj: 466544
F#maj*: 244322
C#maj: 446664
Fm*: 133111
A#m*: 113321
D#maj: 668886
C#maj7 D#m
A quieter boat, dog's dying day
Fm F#maj
A bone in a bowl, a watery grave
D#m C#maj7 A#m
See, I am a sailor, but I'm not so great
D#m G#maj F#maj* C#maj
I keep fishin' for roadkill, passin' out on the waves
(repeat chords above)
A shimmering sea, stretched end to end
A shivering bowl, a flickering friend
See, that's Mr. Murphy, my leathery brave
He's whimpering "Taps" now, for his plank-walk parade
Fm* A#m C#maj G#maj D#maj
I've never been a joiner, no, I've quit every team I've been on
F#maj* A#m* F#maj* A#m*
Now I'm crying in my coffee, that's not sea salt in my eyes
F#maj* A#m* F#maj* G#maj C#maj
Cause me and Murphy, we have been through it, and I hate watching him die
(whistling) (repeat the pattern in the verse)
So I wait for my wisdom, like I wait for my wife
Like I wait for a story, helps me wait out the night
Like when I was an archer, but I couldn't shoot straight
I broke all of ma's windows, I poked holes through her drapes
And I laugh to myself, but I can't tell you why
The hung-over sun sneaks back in the sky
But Murphy went peaceful, he went decent and right
At least better than I will, when it's my turn to die
And I wear his collar on my wrist and I bury him down at the beach
No crying, no coffin, just a body in a hole
No praying, no singing, no saving any souls
The only thing I'm saving, yeah
Is a bone... inside... a bowl
(Note: at the end of the outro, Kevin plays F#maj to F#m before ending on C#maj.)
Tab taken from the following video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoTqaa3mM4w
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