Biography:
Patrick Watson (born 1979 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, whose blend of cabaret pop and classical music influences with indie rock has been compared to Rufus Wainwright, Jeff Buckley and Andrew Bird.
Singing in the local church choirs as a boy, studying jazz and classical piano performance, composition, and arrangement, and singing and playing keyboards in the ska band Gangster Politics in high school. Watson left the band after graduating and began to explore other types of music
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Other songs:
- Big Bird In A Small Cage
- Great Escape
- Je Te Laisserai Des Mots
- Lighthouse
- Noisy Sunday
- The Great Escape
- The Storm
- Adventures In Your Own Backyard
- Broken
- Giver
- Good Morning Mr Wolf
- Grace
- Into Giants
- Love Songs For Robots
- Man Like You
- Melody Noir
- Morning Sheets
- Quiet Crowd
- Sit Down Beside Me
- Step Out For A While
- Tracys Waters
- Underneath The Sea
- Words In The Fire
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Patrick Watson - Adventures In Your Own Backyard
Capo 1 (everything relative to the capo)
3/4
Picking pattern:
G Bm C D
|------------| |------------| |------------| |----2-----2-|
|----0-----0-| |----3-----3-| |----1-----1-| |---3--3-----|
|---0--0-----| |---4--4-----| |---0--0-----| |--2---------|
|--0-----0---| |--4---------| |--2---------| |0-----------|
|------------| |2-----------| |3-----------| |--------0---|
|3-----------| |--------2---| |--------3---| |------------|
Here we go:
G
G Bm
Twelve steps in to your backyard
G Bm
Through tall green grass, and into the world
G Bm
Ain't it feel right?
G Bm
Ain't it feel nice?
G (drums come in) Bm
In your own backyard
G Bm
G Bm
Through dirty winding road, around your feet
G Bm
That carries me along and into the beat
G
Didn't need to go so far
Bm
You found what you were thirsting for
G
Didn't need to go so far
Bm
To find what you were looking for
C Bm
Cuz it was always beside
C Bm
Just right behind
C Bm
Right up ahead
C D
You just didn't know it was in
G
Your own backyard
Instrumental (chords written above lead riff):
G
|------------------------------------------------|
|----0-----0-------------------------------------|
|---0--0---------------------------------0---4---|
|--0-----0-------------------0---2---4-----------|
|----------------0---2---3-----------------------|
|3-----------3-----------------------------------|
Em F
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|2-----------0-----------------------------------|
|------------------4-2-0-----------------------0-|
|------------------------3-----------------2-3---|
|------------------------------------------------|
C Em D
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------0-----------------------------------|
|2-----------------------4-----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
D (an extra 2 bars)
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
F#m
|------------------------------------------------|
|2---------------------------------------2---0h2-|
|--------------------------------2---4-----------|
|----------------------------4-------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
Dm
|------------------------------------------------|
|3-----------------------------------------------|
|------------2-----------------------------------|
|------------------------3-----2-----0-----------|
|------------------------------------------4-----|
|------------------------------------------------|
A
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|2---------------------------------------0---2---|
|------------------------------------4-----------|
|------------------------------------------------|
Dm
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------0-----------------------------------|
|------------------------2-----------------------|
|3-------------------------------------------3---|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
A C#m
|--------------------0---------------------------|
|--------2---------------2-----------------------|
|----2h4-----------------------------------------|
|2-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
F#m
|5-----------4-----------0h2---------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
Dm
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------0-----------1-----------3-----------|
|2-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
D
|5-----------7-----------8-----------10----------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
G Bm
Twelve steps in to your backyard
G Bm
Twelve steps in to your backyard
G Bm
Twelve steps in to your backyard
G Bm
Twelve steps in to your backyard
G Bm
Ooohoo ooh ooohoo oh oooooh
G Bm
Ooohoo ooh ooohoo oh oooooh
G Bm
Ooohoo ooh ooohoo oh oooooh
G Bm
Ooohoo ooh ooohoo oh oooooh
G Bm
G Bm
Chords used:
G 3x000x or 355433
Bm x24432
C x32010
D xx0232 or x57775
Em 022000
F 133211
F#m 244222
Dm x57765 or xx0231
A 002220
C#m x46654
transcribed by: robertdanielmaher (at) gmail (dot) com
note: the picking pattern might be a little tricky at first, but it's quite simple
and repetitive once you get it down
Capo 1 (everything relative to the capo)
3/4
Picking pattern:
G Bm C D
|------------| |------------| |------------| |----2-----2-|
|----0-----0-| |----3-----3-| |----1-----1-| |---3--3-----|
|---0--0-----| |---4--4-----| |---0--0-----| |--2---------|
|--0-----0---| |--4---------| |--2---------| |0-----------|
|------------| |2-----------| |3-----------| |--------0---|
|3-----------| |--------2---| |--------3---| |------------|
Here we go:
G
G Bm
Twelve steps in to your backyard
G Bm
Through tall green grass, and into the world
G Bm
Ain't it feel right?
G Bm
Ain't it feel nice?
G (drums come in) Bm
In your own backyard
G Bm
G Bm
Through dirty winding road, around your feet
G Bm
That carries me along and into the beat
G
Didn't need to go so far
Bm
You found what you were thirsting for
G
Didn't need to go so far
Bm
To find what you were looking for
C Bm
Cuz it was always beside
C Bm
Just right behind
C Bm
Right up ahead
C D
You just didn't know it was in
G
Your own backyard
Instrumental (chords written above lead riff):
G
|------------------------------------------------|
|----0-----0-------------------------------------|
|---0--0---------------------------------0---4---|
|--0-----0-------------------0---2---4-----------|
|----------------0---2---3-----------------------|
|3-----------3-----------------------------------|
Em F
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|2-----------0-----------------------------------|
|------------------4-2-0-----------------------0-|
|------------------------3-----------------2-3---|
|------------------------------------------------|
C Em D
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------0-----------------------------------|
|2-----------------------4-----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
D (an extra 2 bars)
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
F#m
|------------------------------------------------|
|2---------------------------------------2---0h2-|
|--------------------------------2---4-----------|
|----------------------------4-------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
Dm
|------------------------------------------------|
|3-----------------------------------------------|
|------------2-----------------------------------|
|------------------------3-----2-----0-----------|
|------------------------------------------4-----|
|------------------------------------------------|
A
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|2---------------------------------------0---2---|
|------------------------------------4-----------|
|------------------------------------------------|
Dm
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------0-----------------------------------|
|------------------------2-----------------------|
|3-------------------------------------------3---|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
A C#m
|--------------------0---------------------------|
|--------2---------------2-----------------------|
|----2h4-----------------------------------------|
|2-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
F#m
|5-----------4-----------0h2---------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
Dm
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------0-----------1-----------3-----------|
|2-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
D
|5-----------7-----------8-----------10----------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
G Bm
Twelve steps in to your backyard
G Bm
Twelve steps in to your backyard
G Bm
Twelve steps in to your backyard
G Bm
Twelve steps in to your backyard
G Bm
Ooohoo ooh ooohoo oh oooooh
G Bm
Ooohoo ooh ooohoo oh oooooh
G Bm
Ooohoo ooh ooohoo oh oooooh
G Bm
Ooohoo ooh ooohoo oh oooooh
G Bm
G Bm
Chords used:
G 3x000x or 355433
Bm x24432
C x32010
D xx0232 or x57775
Em 022000
F 133211
F#m 244222
Dm x57765 or xx0231
A 002220
C#m x46654
transcribed by: robertdanielmaher (at) gmail (dot) com
note: the picking pattern might be a little tricky at first, but it's quite simple
and repetitive once you get it down
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