Biography:
Simon Joyner (born 1971) is an American singer-songwriter. As well as his solo work, he has collaborated with a number of artists including John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats.
Joyner was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, but lived in Omaha, Nebraska most of his life. The geography, mythology, and personal connection to both the South and the Midwest act as shadow characters throughout his large body of work–swallowing some characters, emboldening others, always reminding us that place is much more than mere scenery.
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
He plays F - 033211
Intro : C, F, C, F
C F C
First you burned your own house down
F G C
Then you sold the ashes to the clown
F G C Am
Who painted his brow with thunderclouds
F G
And pulled flowers out of his mouth
C F C
Then you grabbed the bouquet and flew
F G C
From everything that asked to much of you
F G C Am
But the future gives birth to both sorrow and mirth
F G
It don't matter what you say or do
C F C
And now, you pray for a dry canteen
F G C
So you can dare an empty sky to rain
F G C Am
Then you shake your fist, you can't resist
F G
Does anybody feel your pain?
F G C
You're alone and you can't go home again
F G C F
They look for you in the leaves of magazines,
C F C F G
In picaresque stories, in penny arcade portraits of Lauren Bacall
C G C F
While I look for you in the dye of canceled stamps,
C F C F G
In the panic of sirens, in the vanishing kite strings of airplane exhaust
F G C
But nobody can catch the arsonist
Enjoy.
Intro : C, F, C, F
C F C
First you burned your own house down
F G C
Then you sold the ashes to the clown
F G C Am
Who painted his brow with thunderclouds
F G
And pulled flowers out of his mouth
C F C
Then you grabbed the bouquet and flew
F G C
From everything that asked to much of you
F G C Am
But the future gives birth to both sorrow and mirth
F G
It don't matter what you say or do
C F C
And now, you pray for a dry canteen
F G C
So you can dare an empty sky to rain
F G C Am
Then you shake your fist, you can't resist
F G
Does anybody feel your pain?
F G C
You're alone and you can't go home again
F G C F
They look for you in the leaves of magazines,
C F C F G
In picaresque stories, in penny arcade portraits of Lauren Bacall
C G C F
While I look for you in the dye of canceled stamps,
C F C F G
In the panic of sirens, in the vanishing kite strings of airplane exhaust
F G C
But nobody can catch the arsonist
Enjoy.
Simon Matthew
Simon McBride
Simon Nicol
Simon Norrsveden
Simon Parry