Biography:
Shawn Colvin (born January 10, 1956 in Vermillion, South Dakota) is an American musician. Best known for her hit single "Sunny Came Home" from the album "A Few Small Repairs".
Colvin's formative years were spent in the town of Carbondale, Illinois, where she attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She learned to play guitar at the age of 10. Her first public concert was at age 15 at the University of Illinois campus. Colvin cites Joni Mitchell as a primary influence on her music
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Other songs:
- A Whole New You
- Cry Like An Angel
- Diamond In The Rough
- Even Here We Are
- Fill Me Up
- Get Out Of This House
- Heart On Ice
- Hold On
- I Dont Know Why
- I Dont Need Anything This Christmas
- I Used To Be A King
- If I Were Brave
- If These Walls Could Speak
- Ill Say Im Sorry Now
- Killing The Blues
- Knowing What I Know
- Let It Slide
- Never Saw Blue Like That
- New Thing Now
- Object Of My Affection
- One Cool Remove
- Polaroids
- Ricochet In Time
- Round Of Blues
- Satin Sheets
- Shotgun Down The Avalanche
- Someday
- Suicide Alley
- Summer Dress
- Sunny Came Home
- Talk Around Town
- Texas Blues
- The Bird
- The Facts About Jimmy
- These Four Walls
- Trouble
- Twilight
- When You Know
- Wild Country
- Witchita Skyline
- You And The Mona Lisa
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From [email protected] Sun Apr 27 11:19:26 1997
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 13:23:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: Michael Smith
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: witchita skyline by shawn colvin
this is in way of thanks for all those who uploaded in the
past that helped me out so much! thanks.
witchita skyline
by: shawn colvin & john leventhal
CD: a few small repairs
note: play (Dm Dsus2 Dm Dsus2) at the * symbol
intro: F Bb (play several times)
F Bb F Bb *
down at the train they go to independence every day
F Bb F Bb *
but everyone else now seems a like a million miles away
F Dm F G
and i must have been high to beleive that i would ever leave
Bb F C F Bb F Bb
now i'm just a flat fine line like the witchita skyline
F Bb F Bb *
i rode the airstream across the great lonesome afternoon
F Bb F Bb *
and i wished hard enough, drove fast enough to catch the moon
F Dm
but i must've been dreaming again
F G
cause there's nothing around the bend
Bb F C F Bb F Bb
except for that fine flat line the witchita skyline
F Bb (3x) solo play chords (G# G#-A#-G#)
F Bb F Bb *
as far as salina i can get that fine station from larue
F Bb
i'm searching the dial
F Bb *
while i'm scanning the sky for a patch of blue
F Dm F G
and i watch the black clouds rool in chasing me back again
Bb F C F Bb
back to the flat fine line the witchita skyline
F Bb
the witchita skyline
F Bb (slide to) C# C Bb Ab F____ (to end)
the witchita skyline
__ )
___/___________
/ / | _ | /
| /__|/_ /_/ | |
___/ _/ ___/
a tired mind become a shape-shifter | Michael Smith
everybody need a mood lifter | '[email protected]' OR
everybody need reverse polarity. | '[email protected]'
-neil peart |
#This 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. #
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From [email protected] Sun Apr 27 11:19:26 1997
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 13:23:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: Michael Smith
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: witchita skyline by shawn colvin
this is in way of thanks for all those who uploaded in the
past that helped me out so much! thanks.
witchita skyline
by: shawn colvin & john leventhal
CD: a few small repairs
note: play (Dm Dsus2 Dm Dsus2) at the * symbol
intro: F Bb (play several times)
F Bb F Bb *
down at the train they go to independence every day
F Bb F Bb *
but everyone else now seems a like a million miles away
F Dm F G
and i must have been high to beleive that i would ever leave
Bb F C F Bb F Bb
now i'm just a flat fine line like the witchita skyline
F Bb F Bb *
i rode the airstream across the great lonesome afternoon
F Bb F Bb *
and i wished hard enough, drove fast enough to catch the moon
F Dm
but i must've been dreaming again
F G
cause there's nothing around the bend
Bb F C F Bb F Bb
except for that fine flat line the witchita skyline
F Bb (3x) solo play chords (G# G#-A#-G#)
F Bb F Bb *
as far as salina i can get that fine station from larue
F Bb
i'm searching the dial
F Bb *
while i'm scanning the sky for a patch of blue
F Dm F G
and i watch the black clouds rool in chasing me back again
Bb F C F Bb
back to the flat fine line the witchita skyline
F Bb
the witchita skyline
F Bb (slide to) C# C Bb Ab F____ (to end)
the witchita skyline
__ )
___/___________
/ / | _ | /
| /__|/_ /_/ | |
___/ _/ ___/
a tired mind become a shape-shifter | Michael Smith
everybody need a mood lifter | '[email protected]' OR
everybody need reverse polarity. | '[email protected]'
-neil peart |
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