Biography:
Ron Sexsmith is a Canadian from St. Catharines, Ontario, currently based in Toronto. He is known as a songwriter's songwriter, with a gift for melody, insightful and understated lyrics, and an expressive, affecting voice.
Sexsmith started his first band at 14. After moving to Toronto he formed the Uncool and released his cassette Out of the Duff, and a year later, There's a Way. Meanwhile, he worked as a courier, and released Grand Opera Lane in 1991.
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Other songs:
- All In Good Time
- A Kiss For Luck
- All In Good Times
- Almost Always
- Brandy Alexander
- Cant Get My Act Together
- Chased By Love
- Cheap Hotel
- Dandelion Wine
- Dont Ask Why
- Evergreen
- Eye Candy
- Feel For You
- Former Glory
- From Now On
- Get In Line
- Getaway Car
- Gold In Them Hills
- Hands Of Time
- Hard Bargain
- Hard Time
- Heavenly
- Idiot Boy
- Im Alone But Thats Okay
- Imaginary Friends
- Impossible World
- It Wont Last For Long
- Jazz At The Bookstore
- Just My Heart Talkin
- Late Bloomer
- Least That I Can Do
- Lebanon Tennessee
- Lord Knows
- Love Shines
- Lucky Penny
- Maybe This Christmas
- Miracle In Itself
- Never Been Done
- No Help At All
- Nothing Good
- Nowhere To Go
- One Last Round
- One More Colour
- Only Trouble Is
- Radio
- Right About Now
- Riverbed
- Secret Heart
- Seem To Recall
- She Does My Heart Good
- Shoreline
- Sneak Out The Back Door
- Snow Angel
- Still Time
- Strawberry Blonde
- Tears Behind The Shades
- The Reason Why
- Theres A Rhythm
- These Days
- Thinking Out Loud
- This Is How I Know
- This Song
- Tomorrow In Her Eyes
- Too Late
- Traveling Alone
- Tumbling Sky
- Whatever It Takes
- While Youre Waiting
- Who We Are Right Now
- Wishing Wells
- Worried Song
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The song is in D Major. I got it straight from the 1997 record (Other Songs). It's, like
Sexsmith songs, surprisingly plain in its chord progression, but the beauty lies in the
and its simplicity.
D A G D -- repeat a couple of times. Lick on D, with D-D4-D4 that bring you the high note.
D A G D
He sees it coming from a mile away
D A G D
He knows all the rules by heart and so the game is played
Em F#m G
He's trading love for this sordid night of bliss
D A G D
Though nothing good, nothing good could ever come from this
(repeat last line)
Same for second stanza (but don't repeat the last line, instead go into the bridge):
You've seen how people rise in times of need
Forget all their pettiness, forget all their greed
But he can't rise above this warm and reckless kiss
Though nothing good, nothing good could ever come from this
Bridge:
Change from the last D to a G:
G D, D4, D, D4, D
From this only sorrow
Em G
From this no future, only tomorrows
(now, again, same as first stanza)
And when the morning comes tumbling down
No trace of the night before, it's still the same old town
But deep inside now hides a stranger in his midst
And nothing good, nothing good could ever come from this
Nothing good, nothing good could ever come from this
You can play this along to the record. Standard tuning, no capo, no thrills. Experiment
the strumming pattern. I like the stanzas with down strokes on the main beats (1, 2, 3
4), and the chorus with a more varied 1 1/2, 2 1/2 etc... variation).
Good luck! It's a beautiful song.
steffiroo07 #a.t.# yahoo.ca
Vancouver, 9 Oct. 2010
Sexsmith songs, surprisingly plain in its chord progression, but the beauty lies in the
and its simplicity.
D A G D -- repeat a couple of times. Lick on D, with D-D4-D4 that bring you the high note.
D A G D
He sees it coming from a mile away
D A G D
He knows all the rules by heart and so the game is played
Em F#m G
He's trading love for this sordid night of bliss
D A G D
Though nothing good, nothing good could ever come from this
(repeat last line)
Same for second stanza (but don't repeat the last line, instead go into the bridge):
You've seen how people rise in times of need
Forget all their pettiness, forget all their greed
But he can't rise above this warm and reckless kiss
Though nothing good, nothing good could ever come from this
Bridge:
Change from the last D to a G:
G D, D4, D, D4, D
From this only sorrow
Em G
From this no future, only tomorrows
(now, again, same as first stanza)
And when the morning comes tumbling down
No trace of the night before, it's still the same old town
But deep inside now hides a stranger in his midst
And nothing good, nothing good could ever come from this
Nothing good, nothing good could ever come from this
You can play this along to the record. Standard tuning, no capo, no thrills. Experiment
the strumming pattern. I like the stanzas with down strokes on the main beats (1, 2, 3
4), and the chorus with a more varied 1 1/2, 2 1/2 etc... variation).
Good luck! It's a beautiful song.
steffiroo07 #a.t.# yahoo.ca
Vancouver, 9 Oct. 2010
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