Biography:
Paul Joseph Brady (born May 19, 1947 in Strabane, County Tyrone, Ireland) is an Irish singer/songwriter whose work straddles folk and pop. He was into a wide variety of music from an early age. During his career he has passed through several major bands (including The Johnstons, Planxty, Andy Irvine & Paul Brady) and on to a successful solo phase.
Brady began performing as a hotel piano player in Donegal at the age of sixteen and graduated to being guitarist, during the 1960s, in two rhythm and blues bands: Rockhouse and the Cult.
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Other songs:
- Arthur Mcbride
- Arthur Mcbride And The Sergeant
- Busted Loose
- Crazy Dreams
- Hard Station
- Island
- Lakes Of Ponchartrain
- Lakes Of Pontchartrain
- Luck Of The Draw
- Marriage Made In Hollywood
- Mary And The Soldier
- Nobody Knows
- Nothing But The Same Old Story
- Oh What A World
- Paddys Green Shamrock Shore
- Smile
- The Homes Of Donegal
- The Island
- The Jolly Soldier
- The Lakes Of Ponchartrain
- Wearin The Britches
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Subject: b/brady_paul/nothing_but_the_same_old_story.crd
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 11:48:15 -0400
From: Dave Carroll
"Nothing But The Same Old Story" by Paul Brady
Em C G
I was just about nineteen
C D G
When I landed on their shore
D Bm7
With my eyes big as headlights
C D C
Like the thousands and thousands who came before
G
I was going to be something
Bm7 C D G
I smiled at the man scrutinising my face
D Em A Em A
As I stepped down off the gangway
Came down to their city
Where I worked for many's the year
Built a hundred houses
Must've pulled half a million pints of beer
Living under suspicion
Putting up with the hatred and fear in their eyes
You can see that your nothing but a murderer
In their eyes, we're nothing but a bunch of murderers
Chorus
Em C G C D G
Hey Johnny, can't wait 'til Saturday night
D Bm7
Got a thirst that's raging
C D C
Know a place where we can put that right
G Bm7
Wash away the confusion
C D
Hose down this fire inside
G
But look out!
D Em
I'll tear you into pieces if you cross me
I'm sick of watching them break up
Every time some bird brain puts us down
Making jokes on the radio
Guess it helps them all drown out the sound
Of the crumbling foundations
Any fool can see the writing on the wall
But they just don't believe that it's happening
There's a crowd says I'm alright
Say they like my turn of phrase
Take me round to their parties
Like some dressed up monkey in a cage
And I play my accordian
Oh, but when the wine seeps through the facade
It's nothing but the same old story
Nothing but the same old story
Chorus
Got a brother in Boston
Says he'll send me on the fare
Just wrote me a letter
Making out that he's cleaning up out there
Two cars in the driveway
Summer house way down on the Cape
And I know that he's fix me up in the morning
I've been thinking about it
But it seems so far to go
People say in the winter
You'd get lost underneath the snow
And there's this girl from my home place
We've been planning to move back and give it a try
So I never got around to going
That's why I never got around to going
Chorus
Wow! Now there are TWO Paul Brady songs out there! From the 1981 album
"Hard Station" (Mercury #834 696-2. sell your car, fly to Dublin, buy it!)
but also on the US-available 1992 compilation "Songs and Crazy Dreams"
(Fontana #314 512 397-2). This song is about the Irish experience in
England.I play it as described, although playing with the record requires a
capo on the 2nd fret.
#This OLGA file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation #
#of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or #
#research. Remember to view this file in Courier, or other monospaced font. #
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Subject: b/brady_paul/nothing_but_the_same_old_story.crd
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 11:48:15 -0400
From: Dave Carroll
"Nothing But The Same Old Story" by Paul Brady
Em C G
I was just about nineteen
C D G
When I landed on their shore
D Bm7
With my eyes big as headlights
C D C
Like the thousands and thousands who came before
G
I was going to be something
Bm7 C D G
I smiled at the man scrutinising my face
D Em A Em A
As I stepped down off the gangway
Came down to their city
Where I worked for many's the year
Built a hundred houses
Must've pulled half a million pints of beer
Living under suspicion
Putting up with the hatred and fear in their eyes
You can see that your nothing but a murderer
In their eyes, we're nothing but a bunch of murderers
Chorus
Em C G C D G
Hey Johnny, can't wait 'til Saturday night
D Bm7
Got a thirst that's raging
C D C
Know a place where we can put that right
G Bm7
Wash away the confusion
C D
Hose down this fire inside
G
But look out!
D Em
I'll tear you into pieces if you cross me
I'm sick of watching them break up
Every time some bird brain puts us down
Making jokes on the radio
Guess it helps them all drown out the sound
Of the crumbling foundations
Any fool can see the writing on the wall
But they just don't believe that it's happening
There's a crowd says I'm alright
Say they like my turn of phrase
Take me round to their parties
Like some dressed up monkey in a cage
And I play my accordian
Oh, but when the wine seeps through the facade
It's nothing but the same old story
Nothing but the same old story
Chorus
Got a brother in Boston
Says he'll send me on the fare
Just wrote me a letter
Making out that he's cleaning up out there
Two cars in the driveway
Summer house way down on the Cape
And I know that he's fix me up in the morning
I've been thinking about it
But it seems so far to go
People say in the winter
You'd get lost underneath the snow
And there's this girl from my home place
We've been planning to move back and give it a try
So I never got around to going
That's why I never got around to going
Chorus
Wow! Now there are TWO Paul Brady songs out there! From the 1981 album
"Hard Station" (Mercury #834 696-2. sell your car, fly to Dublin, buy it!)
but also on the US-available 1992 compilation "Songs and Crazy Dreams"
(Fontana #314 512 397-2). This song is about the Irish experience in
England.I play it as described, although playing with the record requires a
capo on the 2nd fret.
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