Biography:
Robert Michael Nesmith (born December 30, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, perhaps best known as a member of The Monkees. A pioneer of country rock, Nesmith notably composed "Different Drum", a hit for Linda Ronstadt (by way of The Stone Poneys). In 1981, Nesmith won the inaugural Grammy Award for Video of the Year for Elephant Parts, a "video record" consisting of humorous sketches and visual representations of songs, breaking new ground for the concept of music videos
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[intro]
C F G7 x4
[verse]
C Em F G7 C Em
You and I travel to the beat of a different drum
F G7 C Em F G7 C Em F G7
Oh can't you tell by the way I run every time you make eyes at me
C Em F G7 C Em
You cry and moan and say it will work out
F G7 C Em F G7
But honey child I've got my doubts you can't see the forest for the trees
[bridge]
F
Oh don't get me wrong it's not that I knock it
G7 F G7 C
It's just that I am not in the market for a girl who wants to love only me
F G7 C Em Am Am7
And I'm not sayin' you ain't pretty all's I'm sayin' is I'm not ready
D7 Dm Dm7 G7 G7sus G7
For any person place or thing to try and pull the reins in on me
[verse]
C Em F G7
Well I feel pretty sure that you'll find a man
C Em F G7
Who'll take a lot more than I ever could or can
C Em F G7 C Em F G7
And you'll settle down with him and I know that you'll be happy
C Em F G7 C Em F G7
So good-bye I'll be leavin' I see no sense in you cryin' and grievin'
C Em F G7 C Em F G7
We'll both live a lot longer if you live without me babe
[Instrumental]
[verse]
C Em F G7
Well I feel pretty sure that you'll find a man
C Em F G7
Who'll take a lot more than I ever could or can
C Em F G7 C Em F G7
And you'll settle down with him and I know that you'll be happy
C Em F G7 C Em F G7
So good-bye I'll be leavin' I see no sense in you cryin' and grievin'
C Em F G7 C Em F G7
We'll both live a lot longer if you live without me babe
C F G7 x4
[verse]
C Em F G7 C Em
You and I travel to the beat of a different drum
F G7 C Em F G7 C Em F G7
Oh can't you tell by the way I run every time you make eyes at me
C Em F G7 C Em
You cry and moan and say it will work out
F G7 C Em F G7
But honey child I've got my doubts you can't see the forest for the trees
[bridge]
F
Oh don't get me wrong it's not that I knock it
G7 F G7 C
It's just that I am not in the market for a girl who wants to love only me
F G7 C Em Am Am7
And I'm not sayin' you ain't pretty all's I'm sayin' is I'm not ready
D7 Dm Dm7 G7 G7sus G7
For any person place or thing to try and pull the reins in on me
[verse]
C Em F G7
Well I feel pretty sure that you'll find a man
C Em F G7
Who'll take a lot more than I ever could or can
C Em F G7 C Em F G7
And you'll settle down with him and I know that you'll be happy
C Em F G7 C Em F G7
So good-bye I'll be leavin' I see no sense in you cryin' and grievin'
C Em F G7 C Em F G7
We'll both live a lot longer if you live without me babe
[Instrumental]
[verse]
C Em F G7
Well I feel pretty sure that you'll find a man
C Em F G7
Who'll take a lot more than I ever could or can
C Em F G7 C Em F G7
And you'll settle down with him and I know that you'll be happy
C Em F G7 C Em F G7
So good-bye I'll be leavin' I see no sense in you cryin' and grievin'
C Em F G7 C Em F G7
We'll both live a lot longer if you live without me babe
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