Biography:
Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, poet and visual artist who was a highly influential component of the New York punk rock movement, particularly with her 1975 début album 'Horses'. Called the "Godmother of Punk", she integrated the beat poetry performance style with three-chord rock. Smith's most widely known song is "Because the Night", which was co-written with Bruce Springsteen and reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1978.
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Other songs:
- Because The Night
- Pissing In A River
- 1959
- April Fool
- Ask The Angels
- Beneath The Southern Cross
- Blue Poles
- Broken Flag
- Changing Of The Guards
- Dancing Barefoot
- Dead To The World
- Death Singing
- Distant Fingers
- Farewell Reel
- Frederick
- Free Money
- Ghost Dance
- Gloria
- Helpless
- It Takes Time
- Libbies Song
- Mother Rose
- My Blakean Year
- My Madrigal
- People Have The Power
- Redondo Beach
- Revenge
- Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Sometimes Love Just Aint Enough
- Summer Cannibals
- We Three
- When Doves Cry
- White Rabbit
- Wing
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DEAD TO THE WORLD
PATTI SMITH
[Verse 1]
C F
Dead to the world my body was sleeping’
C F
On my mind was nothin’ at all
C F
Come a mist, an air so appealing
C F C F
I’m here a whisperin', you summoned, I called
[Verse 2]
C F
I formed me a presence whose aspect was changing’
C F
Oh, he would shift, he would not shift at all
C F
We sat for a while, he was very engaging’
C F C F
And when he was gone, I was gone on a smile
[Chorus]
Dm
With a strange way of walking’
F
And a strange way of breathing’
Dm F
More lives than a cat that led me astray
Dm F
All in all, he captured my heart
C Dm F C
Dead to the world and I just slipped away
[Verse 3]
C F
I heard me a music that drew me to dancing’
C F
Lo, I turned under his spell
C F
I opened my coat but he never came closer
C F C F
I bolted the door and whispered, oh well
[Chorus]
Dm
With a strange way of walking’
F
And a strange way of breathing’
Dm F
More lives than a cat that led me astray
Dm F
All in all, he captured my heart
C Dm F C
Dead to the world and just slipped away
[Instrumental]
C F x 5
[Verse 4]
C F
I laid in the rushes, the air was upon me
C F
Wondering’, well, I just couldn't discern
C F
Will he come back, come back to me?
C F C F
Oh, I whispered will you ever return?
[Verse 5]
C F
I was feeling’ sensations in no dictionary
C F
He was less than a breath of shimmer and smoke
C F
The life in his fingers unwound my existence
C F C F
Dead to the world alive I awoke
[Chorus]
Dm
With a strange way of walking’
F
And a strange way of breathing’
Dm F
Less than a breath of shimmer and smoke
Dm F
The life in his fingers unwound my existence
C Dm F C
Dead to the world alive I awoke
[Outro]
C F
Alive I awoke
G Am
(Alive)
C F
Alive I awoke
G Am
(Alive I awoke)
C F
Alive
G Am
(I awoke)
C F
I awoke
G Am
(I awoke)
C F
I awoke
G Am
(Alive)
C F
Alive, alive, oh
G Am
(Alive)
G Am
(Alive)
C F
Alive, alive, oh
C F
Alive, alive, oh
PATTI SMITH
[Verse 1]
C F
Dead to the world my body was sleeping’
C F
On my mind was nothin’ at all
C F
Come a mist, an air so appealing
C F C F
I’m here a whisperin', you summoned, I called
[Verse 2]
C F
I formed me a presence whose aspect was changing’
C F
Oh, he would shift, he would not shift at all
C F
We sat for a while, he was very engaging’
C F C F
And when he was gone, I was gone on a smile
[Chorus]
Dm
With a strange way of walking’
F
And a strange way of breathing’
Dm F
More lives than a cat that led me astray
Dm F
All in all, he captured my heart
C Dm F C
Dead to the world and I just slipped away
[Verse 3]
C F
I heard me a music that drew me to dancing’
C F
Lo, I turned under his spell
C F
I opened my coat but he never came closer
C F C F
I bolted the door and whispered, oh well
[Chorus]
Dm
With a strange way of walking’
F
And a strange way of breathing’
Dm F
More lives than a cat that led me astray
Dm F
All in all, he captured my heart
C Dm F C
Dead to the world and just slipped away
[Instrumental]
C F x 5
[Verse 4]
C F
I laid in the rushes, the air was upon me
C F
Wondering’, well, I just couldn't discern
C F
Will he come back, come back to me?
C F C F
Oh, I whispered will you ever return?
[Verse 5]
C F
I was feeling’ sensations in no dictionary
C F
He was less than a breath of shimmer and smoke
C F
The life in his fingers unwound my existence
C F C F
Dead to the world alive I awoke
[Chorus]
Dm
With a strange way of walking’
F
And a strange way of breathing’
Dm F
Less than a breath of shimmer and smoke
Dm F
The life in his fingers unwound my existence
C Dm F C
Dead to the world alive I awoke
[Outro]
C F
Alive I awoke
G Am
(Alive)
C F
Alive I awoke
G Am
(Alive I awoke)
C F
Alive
G Am
(I awoke)
C F
I awoke
G Am
(I awoke)
C F
I awoke
G Am
(Alive)
C F
Alive, alive, oh
G Am
(Alive)
G Am
(Alive)
C F
Alive, alive, oh
C F
Alive, alive, oh
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