Biography:
Dan McCarthy has remained Omaha's best-kept secret for the past five years-or-so, despite having toured with the likes of Mayday, Neva Dinova, The Good Life, Orenda Fink, Maria Taylor, and Bright Eyes, and despite having recorded with Cursive and Tilly and the Wall (Keys on the former's "Happy Hollow," and accordion! on the latter's "Bottoms of Barrels").
McCarthy Trenching is what Dan does when he is not lending a hand (or both) to his friends, and Trenching's epoymous debut may force McCarthy to finally forfeit his secret status.
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[Intro]
A D A E D E
[Verse 1]
A D A
I was talking with a friend who said
E
The truth ain't always pleasant
D
but sometimes it's simple.
A
Some folks are better off single
E
Because they're always falling in love
D E
Not me, I've given it up.
A E D A
And loneliness ain't half as bad
D A E A
as being with someone who's making you sad.
E D A
No matter how dark it gets at night
D A E A
at least you're the one who turns out the lights.
[Chorus]
E
La de dah
A
La de dah
E D A E
La de dah de dah de dah de dah
A D A
La de dah
[Verse 2]
A D A
My friend is not a bitter man
E
but he will brook no bullshit
D
and he's not chasing stardust.
A
He says when he's working the hardest
E
it looks like he's doing nothing at all.
D
He's boiling the oceans for salt.
E A E D A
And don't we deceive ourselves a little bit
D A E A
when we convince ourselves we deserve to be kissed?
E D A
It's what's left out and the little white lies
D A E A
that make the most attractive disguise.
[Chorus]
E
La de dah
A
La de dah
E D A E
La de dah de dah de dah de dah
A D A
La de dah
A D A E D E
[Verse 1]
A D A
I was talking with a friend who said
E
The truth ain't always pleasant
D
but sometimes it's simple.
A
Some folks are better off single
E
Because they're always falling in love
D E
Not me, I've given it up.
A E D A
And loneliness ain't half as bad
D A E A
as being with someone who's making you sad.
E D A
No matter how dark it gets at night
D A E A
at least you're the one who turns out the lights.
[Chorus]
E
La de dah
A
La de dah
E D A E
La de dah de dah de dah de dah
A D A
La de dah
[Verse 2]
A D A
My friend is not a bitter man
E
but he will brook no bullshit
D
and he's not chasing stardust.
A
He says when he's working the hardest
E
it looks like he's doing nothing at all.
D
He's boiling the oceans for salt.
E A E D A
And don't we deceive ourselves a little bit
D A E A
when we convince ourselves we deserve to be kissed?
E D A
It's what's left out and the little white lies
D A E A
that make the most attractive disguise.
[Chorus]
E
La de dah
A
La de dah
E D A E
La de dah de dah de dah de dah
A D A
La de dah
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