Biography:
Mark Erelli (born 1975) is an American folk singer/songwriter from Reading, Massachusetts now living in Portland, Maine. His album, Hope & Other Casualties, is a collection of folk and Americana songs with stylistic arrangements, including "The Only Way", written in response to the September 11, 2001 attack and covered by Ellis Paul and Vance Gilbert.
On "Compass & Companion", Mark partnered with Kelly Willis for the title song.
He regularly tours in support of Kris Delmhorst
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Other songs:
- 23Rd Street
- A Bend In The River
- Abraham
- Aint No Time Of Year To Be Alone
- All Behind Me Now
- Almost Home
- Alright For Now
- Analog Hero
- August
- Baltimore
- Basement Days
- Before I Knew Your Name
- Billy Gray
- Birches
- Blue
- Brand New Baby
- Call You Home
- Close Your Eyes
- Coming Home
- Compass And Companion
- Defying Gravity
- Evenings Curtain
- Five Beer Moon
- Ghost
- Hartfordtown 1944
- Hemlock Grove
- Here And Now
- Hope Dies Last
- Ice Fishing
- Ichabod
- Imaginary Wars
- Innocent When You Dream
- Kingdom Come
- Little Sister
- Midnight Train
- My Best Was Just Not Good Enough For You
- My Darling
- Northern Star
- Only Wondering Where You Are
- Passing Through
- Pauline
- Pilgrim Highway
- Pretend
- Snowed In
- The Only Way
- Tired Eyes
- Tom Merritt
- Undone
- Volunteers
- Why Should I Cry
- Wyoming Wind
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Basement Days
Written by Mark Erelli
From the album, "Little Vigils" (2010)
INTRO: G,D,G,D,G,D,A 2X
VERSE:1
D A G D
Timmy played bass and his brother had a Mexican Strat
D A G D
I was on drums and couldn't find the one but I only sang a little flat
G A
Fake wood paneling, linoleum floor
F#m B
Pillow stuffed under the upstairs door
Em C A
Trying to learn a few chords and start a band
(Chorus)
G A
Take me back to those basement days
D C# Bm
"Stairway To Heaven" and "Purple Haze"
G A
"Pinball Wizard" and "Born To Run"
D G
"I Can't Get No Satisfaction"
G A
We were lost in the music down in that room
D C# Bm
It might as well have been the dark side of the moon
G A
You can burn out or fade away
Em A G
But you can't go back to those basement days
VERSE:2
D A G D
We learned enough songs and we thought that it sounded alright
D A G D
So we rented out a local church basement on a Saturday night
G A
All our friends were there we were living the dream
F#m B
'Til the fire marshal arrived on sceneA
And pulled the plug 'cause we set off the alarm with our dry ice machine
CHORUS
G A
Take me back to those basement days
D C# Bm
"Stairway To Heaven" and "Purple Haze"
G A
"Whipping Post" and "Aqualung"
D G
"I Can't Get No Satisfaction"
G A
We were lost in the music down in that room
D C# Bm
It might as well have been the dark side of the moon
G A
You can burn out or fade away
Em A G
But you can't go back to those basement days
BRIDGE
G D
Give me one more shot at 16 years old
G D
Back when I still believed that rock n' roll
A
Could save my soul
VERSE:3
D A G D
Now Timmy's in computers and his brother is a lawyer I hear
D A G D
Who'd have guessed I'd be the one still crazy after all these years
G A
But it only comes in flashes every now and again
F#m B
I get a little taste of how it was back then
Em C A
And it keeps me going every time I feel like packing it in
(Chorus)
G A
Take me back to those basement days
D C# Bm
"Stairway To Heaven" and "Purple Haze"
G A
"Sugar Magnolia" "Here Comes the Sun"
D G
I still know every word to "Comfortably Numb"
G A
We were lost in the music down in that room
D C# Bm
It might as well have been the dark side of the moon
G A
You can burn out or fade away
Em A G
But you can't go back to those basement days
Written by Mark Erelli
From the album, "Little Vigils" (2010)
INTRO: G,D,G,D,G,D,A 2X
VERSE:1
D A G D
Timmy played bass and his brother had a Mexican Strat
D A G D
I was on drums and couldn't find the one but I only sang a little flat
G A
Fake wood paneling, linoleum floor
F#m B
Pillow stuffed under the upstairs door
Em C A
Trying to learn a few chords and start a band
(Chorus)
G A
Take me back to those basement days
D C# Bm
"Stairway To Heaven" and "Purple Haze"
G A
"Pinball Wizard" and "Born To Run"
D G
"I Can't Get No Satisfaction"
G A
We were lost in the music down in that room
D C# Bm
It might as well have been the dark side of the moon
G A
You can burn out or fade away
Em A G
But you can't go back to those basement days
VERSE:2
D A G D
We learned enough songs and we thought that it sounded alright
D A G D
So we rented out a local church basement on a Saturday night
G A
All our friends were there we were living the dream
F#m B
'Til the fire marshal arrived on sceneA
And pulled the plug 'cause we set off the alarm with our dry ice machine
CHORUS
G A
Take me back to those basement days
D C# Bm
"Stairway To Heaven" and "Purple Haze"
G A
"Whipping Post" and "Aqualung"
D G
"I Can't Get No Satisfaction"
G A
We were lost in the music down in that room
D C# Bm
It might as well have been the dark side of the moon
G A
You can burn out or fade away
Em A G
But you can't go back to those basement days
BRIDGE
G D
Give me one more shot at 16 years old
G D
Back when I still believed that rock n' roll
A
Could save my soul
VERSE:3
D A G D
Now Timmy's in computers and his brother is a lawyer I hear
D A G D
Who'd have guessed I'd be the one still crazy after all these years
G A
But it only comes in flashes every now and again
F#m B
I get a little taste of how it was back then
Em C A
And it keeps me going every time I feel like packing it in
(Chorus)
G A
Take me back to those basement days
D C# Bm
"Stairway To Heaven" and "Purple Haze"
G A
"Sugar Magnolia" "Here Comes the Sun"
D G
I still know every word to "Comfortably Numb"
G A
We were lost in the music down in that room
D C# Bm
It might as well have been the dark side of the moon
G A
You can burn out or fade away
Em A G
But you can't go back to those basement days
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