Biography:
Beginning his musical career in the 1960's, Michael Yonkers is most well known as an early purveyor of the musical style called "skronk-rock". Skronk-rock is a nearly atonal form, but the genre is given grace through Yonkers' subtle manipulations of the sonic palette.
1969's Microminiature Love (1969 - Destijl, 2002 - Subpop, 2003), the culmination of his artistic peak, ran the gamut of the era's styles, from Jefferson Airplane-ish acid-rock (Jasontown) to voodoo-blues (Boy In The Sandbox, Smile Awhile).
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Play the chords in the beginning slowly one string at a time
Intro: C Em G Bm
C D G Bm
I own a sandcastle right by the sea
G Bm
My lover and I built it for to stay
C D G Bm
we had the first castle there on the sand
Am D C G Bm
I ruled for years as the king of my land
D
One day an army of sand crabs approached
G
from the west
D
high in our sand castle turret
G
we looked out and laughed
D C
for we saw more sand crabs
G Bm
approach from the east
D G D
my lover and I looked down
G Bm
at our feet
D C G C
we asked should we use them
G Bm
to run and hide
G
no we said let's watch them up
Bm
here from up high
G
before we knew it the
D
sand and rocks
G
flew through the air
D G D G
we didn't know what was going on
D G
though we were there
D G C
now our sand castle
G Bm
sunk in the sea
G C
and all the sand crabs
G Bm
returned while standing
D Am G
They didn't really think much
Bm
of our land
D C G Bm
my lover and I lie dead in the sand
D C G B
Intro: C Em G Bm
C D G Bm
I own a sandcastle right by the sea
G Bm
My lover and I built it for to stay
C D G Bm
we had the first castle there on the sand
Am D C G Bm
I ruled for years as the king of my land
D
One day an army of sand crabs approached
G
from the west
D
high in our sand castle turret
G
we looked out and laughed
D C
for we saw more sand crabs
G Bm
approach from the east
D G D
my lover and I looked down
G Bm
at our feet
D C G C
we asked should we use them
G Bm
to run and hide
G
no we said let's watch them up
Bm
here from up high
G
before we knew it the
D
sand and rocks
G
flew through the air
D G D G
we didn't know what was going on
D G
though we were there
D G C
now our sand castle
G Bm
sunk in the sea
G C
and all the sand crabs
G Bm
returned while standing
D Am G
They didn't really think much
Bm
of our land
D C G Bm
my lover and I lie dead in the sand
D C G B
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