Biography:
Paul Dempsey (born 1976 in Melbourne) is the lead singer, guitarist and principal songwriter of Australian rock group Something for Kate. Paul was a founding member of the band, and in August 2009 is to release his first solo album whilst continuing his work with Something for Kate. A multi-instrumentalist, Paul has also produced and co-written records for other artists.
Paul Dempsey formed Something For Kate just after leaving high school in 1994 with school friend, drummer Clint Hyndman.
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Bird in a Basement - Paul Dempsey
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Tabbed by: Ledski
Tuning: Standard
Intro
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-1-1-1-1---1-1----1-1------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-3-2---2-2p0--0-0h2----------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3---3-3--0-3-3------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Fill/Outro
e|-1--3-----0----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3--3--1--0--1p0--1--------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2--2--2--0-------2--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------2--0-------3--------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------2-------3--------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------3-------1--------------------------------------------------------|
Intro
C
Hey living thing, buy me a drink
F Am G
and drive me out to the airport
C
give me two hundred dollars and say
F Am G
the best thing anyone's ever said
C
if you steal every word, from your grandmother's purse
F Am G
and lay them out on the dashboard
C F C F Am G
we'll be fine...
C G C F Em F
we'll be fine.
C
Hey living thing, if you're turning in
F Am G
I'll wake you when something changes
C
then I'll ring all the bells again
F Am G
and you'll spill champagne in my shoes
C
We'll make rose-coloured smoke
F Am G
from bad horoscopes, confetti from news pages
C F C F Am G
and you'll be mine...
F
you'll be mine.
C G C F
and the same heart attack
Em F G F C
will keep feeding back
G C F
right under the street
Em F G F G
skipping every other beat
Fill/Outro
(Hey living thing, let me in to the world you live in)
C F Am G x2
C
Hey living thing, you've waited for it
F Am G
for billions counting backwards
C
like a dog on a fire escape,
F Am G
like a bird in a basement
Am
Now release your breath from its paper bag
Em
and no matter what you hear
F
if green lights should rain down tonight
Dm G
it means tomorrow's another year
C G C F
The same heart attack
Em F G F C
will keep feeding back
G C F
right under the street
Em F G F G
skipping every other beat
Dm Am
Hey living thing, you're breathing again
G F C
you're breathing again
End on:
Fill/Outro
Bird in a Basement - Paul Dempsey
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Tabbed by: Ledski
Tuning: Standard
Intro
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-1-1-1-1---1-1----1-1------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-3-2---2-2p0--0-0h2----------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3---3-3--0-3-3------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Fill/Outro
e|-1--3-----0----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3--3--1--0--1p0--1--------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2--2--2--0-------2--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------2--0-------3--------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------2-------3--------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------3-------1--------------------------------------------------------|
Intro
C
Hey living thing, buy me a drink
F Am G
and drive me out to the airport
C
give me two hundred dollars and say
F Am G
the best thing anyone's ever said
C
if you steal every word, from your grandmother's purse
F Am G
and lay them out on the dashboard
C F C F Am G
we'll be fine...
C G C F Em F
we'll be fine.
C
Hey living thing, if you're turning in
F Am G
I'll wake you when something changes
C
then I'll ring all the bells again
F Am G
and you'll spill champagne in my shoes
C
We'll make rose-coloured smoke
F Am G
from bad horoscopes, confetti from news pages
C F C F Am G
and you'll be mine...
F
you'll be mine.
C G C F
and the same heart attack
Em F G F C
will keep feeding back
G C F
right under the street
Em F G F G
skipping every other beat
Fill/Outro
(Hey living thing, let me in to the world you live in)
C F Am G x2
C
Hey living thing, you've waited for it
F Am G
for billions counting backwards
C
like a dog on a fire escape,
F Am G
like a bird in a basement
Am
Now release your breath from its paper bag
Em
and no matter what you hear
F
if green lights should rain down tonight
Dm G
it means tomorrow's another year
C G C F
The same heart attack
Em F G F C
will keep feeding back
G C F
right under the street
Em F G F G
skipping every other beat
Dm Am
Hey living thing, you're breathing again
G F C
you're breathing again
End on:
Fill/Outro
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