Biography:
Suzanne Vega (born Suzanne Nadine Vega on 11 July 1959 in Santa Monica, California) is an American singer-songwriter noted for her eclectic folk-inspired music. Two of Vega's songs (both from her second album Solitude Standing, 1987) reached the top 10 of various international chart listings: " Luka" and "Tom's Diner".
Though born in California, Vega has lived most of her life in New York City. There, she attended the High School of the Performing Arts (the school seen in the feature film musical Fame), where she studied modern dance.
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Other songs:
- Marlene On The Wall
- Tom's Diner
- Angels Doorway
- Bad Wisdom
- Caramel
- Fools Complaint
- Frank Ava
- Frank Eva
- Freeze Tag
- Gypsy
- I Never Wear White
- In Liverpool
- Ironboundfancy Poultry
- Knight Moves
- Language
- Left Of Center
- Luka
- New York Is A Woman
- Night Vision
- Ny Is A Woman
- Penitent
- Pornographers Dream
- Queen And The Soldier
- Rock In This Pocket
- Rosemary
- Small Blue Thing
- Solitude Standing
- Songs In Red And Gray
- Straight Lines
- The Man Who Played God
- Toms Diner
- Undertow
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SUZANNE VEGA- BAD WISDOM
Chords used:
E G A and Asus4
[Intro]
E G A Asus4 A
E G A E x2
[Verse 1]
E G A E
Mother the doctor knows something is wrong
G A E
Cause my body has strange information
E G A E
He's looked in my eyes and knows I'm not a child
G A E
But he doesn't dare ask the right question
[Verse 2]
E G A E
Mother my friends are no longer my friends
G A E
And the games we once played have no meaning
E G A E
I've gone serious and shy and they can't figure why
G A E
So they've left me to my own daydreaming
[Chorus]
G A
What price to pay
E
For bad wisdom
G A
What price to pay
E
For bad wisdom
G
Too young to know
A
Too much, too soon
E
Bad wisdom,
E
Bad wisdom.
[Verse 3]
E G A E
Mother you've taught me the laws are so fine-
G A E
If I'm good that I will be protected,
E G A E
I've fallen through the crack and there's no getting back
G A E
And I'll never trust whoever gets elected
[Verse 4]
E G A E
Mother your eyes have gone suddenly cold
G A E
And it wasn't what I was expecting
E G A E
Once I did think that I'd find comfort there
G A E
And instead you've gone hard and suspecting
[Chorus]
G A
What price to pay
E
For bad wisdom
G A
What price to pay
E
For bad wisdom
G
Too young to know
A
Too much, too soon
E
Bad wisdom,
E
Bad wisdom.
[Instrumental]
E G A Asus4 A
E G A E G E x2
[Bridge]
E G A E
Mother I'm cut at the root like a weed
E D A A
Cause there's no one to hear my small story
E G A E
Just like a woman who walks in the street,
D
I will pay for my life with my body
[Chorus]
G A
What price to pay
E
For bad wisdom
G A
What price to pay
E
For bad wisdom
G
Too young to know
A
Too much too soon
E
Bad wisdom,
E
Bad wisdom
[Outro]
E G A E
G A E
Chords used:
E G A and Asus4
[Intro]
E G A Asus4 A
E G A E x2
[Verse 1]
E G A E
Mother the doctor knows something is wrong
G A E
Cause my body has strange information
E G A E
He's looked in my eyes and knows I'm not a child
G A E
But he doesn't dare ask the right question
[Verse 2]
E G A E
Mother my friends are no longer my friends
G A E
And the games we once played have no meaning
E G A E
I've gone serious and shy and they can't figure why
G A E
So they've left me to my own daydreaming
[Chorus]
G A
What price to pay
E
For bad wisdom
G A
What price to pay
E
For bad wisdom
G
Too young to know
A
Too much, too soon
E
Bad wisdom,
E
Bad wisdom.
[Verse 3]
E G A E
Mother you've taught me the laws are so fine-
G A E
If I'm good that I will be protected,
E G A E
I've fallen through the crack and there's no getting back
G A E
And I'll never trust whoever gets elected
[Verse 4]
E G A E
Mother your eyes have gone suddenly cold
G A E
And it wasn't what I was expecting
E G A E
Once I did think that I'd find comfort there
G A E
And instead you've gone hard and suspecting
[Chorus]
G A
What price to pay
E
For bad wisdom
G A
What price to pay
E
For bad wisdom
G
Too young to know
A
Too much, too soon
E
Bad wisdom,
E
Bad wisdom.
[Instrumental]
E G A Asus4 A
E G A E G E x2
[Bridge]
E G A E
Mother I'm cut at the root like a weed
E D A A
Cause there's no one to hear my small story
E G A E
Just like a woman who walks in the street,
D
I will pay for my life with my body
[Chorus]
G A
What price to pay
E
For bad wisdom
G A
What price to pay
E
For bad wisdom
G
Too young to know
A
Too much too soon
E
Bad wisdom,
E
Bad wisdom
[Outro]
E G A E
G A E
Swedish House Ma (...)
Sweet
Sweet Thing
Swiss Army Man
Switchfoot