Biography:
Nik Kershaw (born Nicholas David Kershaw, 1 March 1958, in Bristol) is an English singer-songwriter. A former jazz-funk guitarist, he was a 1980s teen idol; his 62 weeks on the UK Singles Chart in 1984-5 beat all other solo artists at the time. He appeared at Live Aid in 1985, and has penned a number of hits for other artists, including a UK number one single in 1991 for Chesney Hawkes, "The One and Only".
Kershaw played guitar and sang in a number of underground bands from about 1976 before deciding on a career as a songwriter.
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- Wouldn’t It Be Good
- All About You
- Billy
- Cant Get Arrested
- Dark Glasses
- Die Laughing
- Feels Like Somebody Loves You
- Get Up
- Have A Nice Life
- I Wont Let The Sun Go Down On Me
- Loud Confident And Wrong
- Radio Musicola
- Shame On You
- Shine On
- So Quiet
- Somebody Loves You
- Stuff
- The Riddle
- The Skys The Limit
- These Tears
- Wide Boy
- Wouldnt It Be Good
- Yeah Yeah
- Youre The Best
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F#m D A
Sea of faces Rolling on the big wave
F#m D C#m, F#m [the C#m strum,bass]
Wish that I could dive right in
F#m D A
Shiny faces, Glowing in the light rays
F#m D C#m F#m
Smiling at me, sink or swim
G D
I put my words upon their lips
G D A
I put my body at their finger tips
Chorus:
E B F#m B
And It feels like somebody loves you,
E F#m E F#m
somebody understands
B F#m B
And it gets like you gotta be there
F#m B E F#m E F#m E A C#mF#m
you gotta see those hands (see those hands) (see those hands)
F#m D A
It's my party, I don't have to impress
F#m D C#m F#m
I don't have to try too hard
F#m D A
Yeah it's my party, I don't have to care less
F#m D C#m F#m
I can always play my part
G D D
They know my face and they know my name
G D A B
They know my shamelessness, but not my shame
(Rpt chorus but not 3rd see those hands)
G A Bm
Reaching out, reaching out, for somebody
D G A Bm
And I'm the only one they see
D G A Bm A
Lucky break just as well they don't realize
Bm F#m F#m D A A C#m
That I need them much more than they need me {instrumental}
G DD
What will I do without my wishing well,
G D G
What will I say if I can't talk about myself
D D G
I may be crazy, you can call me mad
EmG A E
I call it simple you call it sad
Rpt chorus:
F#m D A
Hello home boy Welcome to the real world
F#m D C#m F#m
Say what planet have I been on
F#m D A
Time to wake up Time to smell the roses
F#m D C#m F#m
Who's gonna love me when they've gone
Sea of faces Rolling on the big wave
F#m D C#m, F#m [the C#m strum,bass]
Wish that I could dive right in
F#m D A
Shiny faces, Glowing in the light rays
F#m D C#m F#m
Smiling at me, sink or swim
G D
I put my words upon their lips
G D A
I put my body at their finger tips
Chorus:
E B F#m B
And It feels like somebody loves you,
E F#m E F#m
somebody understands
B F#m B
And it gets like you gotta be there
F#m B E F#m E F#m E A C#mF#m
you gotta see those hands (see those hands) (see those hands)
F#m D A
It's my party, I don't have to impress
F#m D C#m F#m
I don't have to try too hard
F#m D A
Yeah it's my party, I don't have to care less
F#m D C#m F#m
I can always play my part
G D D
They know my face and they know my name
G D A B
They know my shamelessness, but not my shame
(Rpt chorus but not 3rd see those hands)
G A Bm
Reaching out, reaching out, for somebody
D G A Bm
And I'm the only one they see
D G A Bm A
Lucky break just as well they don't realize
Bm F#m F#m D A A C#m
That I need them much more than they need me {instrumental}
G DD
What will I do without my wishing well,
G D G
What will I say if I can't talk about myself
D D G
I may be crazy, you can call me mad
EmG A E
I call it simple you call it sad
Rpt chorus:
F#m D A
Hello home boy Welcome to the real world
F#m D C#m F#m
Say what planet have I been on
F#m D A
Time to wake up Time to smell the roses
F#m D C#m F#m
Who's gonna love me when they've gone
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