Biography:
It’s fitting that The Family Crest was born in San Francisco, a city known for its rich history of experimentation, innovation and progressive thinking. In 2009, two young musicians -- Liam McCormick (lead vocals, guitar) and his friend, John Seeterlin (bass) -- settled in San Francisco to record a cycle of songs that McCormick had written. For McCormick, there was explicit intent to include as many people as possible in the music-making, based on his belief that everyone is inherently musical when given the opportunity.
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(SS) - single strum
The Headwinds
______________
[verse]
Em
There was a cold December snow,
D D
On the streets and towns below,
Em Em Em D
You stuck you name into the ground with me.
Em Em
But love, like all frigid things,
G G
We did melt away with ease,
Em Em
Washed away in liquid ease,
Em D
We set out into the sea.
Am Am
Like a wave upon the shore,
Em D C C C C
We rose up and crashed back down upon ourselves.
Am Am
And the words that fill our lips,
Em D
Bitter shrieks and evil quips,
C C D D Em Em G G C C Em D x2
Oh how they stain, oh they stain the ground below.
Em Em
Like the horn that breaks the fog,
G G(SS) C C C C
I beat down here on my chest, love, like a drum.
Em Em
And you'll hear my growling voice,
G G(SS) C C C C
Once so silent, now I've got no goddamn choice.
Am Am
But to sing my favourite song,
Em D C C C C
Like the headwinds; filling soon out of my lungs.
Am Am
Now I'm fighting with the flow,
Em D
Now what's left here? I don't know.
C C
Should I stay, or should I go?
C C
Should I stay, or should I go?
Am Am
Should I stay, or should I go?
Am Am
Should I stay, or should I go?
C C
Should I stay, or should I go?
C C
Should I stay, or should I go?
Am Am
Should I stay, or should I go?
Am D C C C C
Should I stay, or should I go?
Em Em Em Em G G G G C C C C
oh ohhhhhhhhhhhh, oh ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Am Am Am Am
lalala lalala lala la lalala
Em Em D D
lalala lalala lala la lalala
C C C Bm
lalala lalala lala la lalala la
Am Am Bm Bm
laaaaaaaaaaaa
C C
And the luck we had it leaves,
Em D C C C C
But our fate, it was to die away with ease.
Am Am Em D
And my dear, in years to come, will you think of me with hate here, or with
C C C
love.
D D C
And oh this house,
C C
We blew the storm,
D Em
It crumbles back,
Em D
To the earth below,
D C
And I am done,
C C
And you are done,
C Am
And we are gone,
Am D D Em Em G G C C Am
And nothing's left here but this song.
The Headwinds
______________
[verse]
Em
There was a cold December snow,
D D
On the streets and towns below,
Em Em Em D
You stuck you name into the ground with me.
Em Em
But love, like all frigid things,
G G
We did melt away with ease,
Em Em
Washed away in liquid ease,
Em D
We set out into the sea.
Am Am
Like a wave upon the shore,
Em D C C C C
We rose up and crashed back down upon ourselves.
Am Am
And the words that fill our lips,
Em D
Bitter shrieks and evil quips,
C C D D Em Em G G C C Em D x2
Oh how they stain, oh they stain the ground below.
Em Em
Like the horn that breaks the fog,
G G(SS) C C C C
I beat down here on my chest, love, like a drum.
Em Em
And you'll hear my growling voice,
G G(SS) C C C C
Once so silent, now I've got no goddamn choice.
Am Am
But to sing my favourite song,
Em D C C C C
Like the headwinds; filling soon out of my lungs.
Am Am
Now I'm fighting with the flow,
Em D
Now what's left here? I don't know.
C C
Should I stay, or should I go?
C C
Should I stay, or should I go?
Am Am
Should I stay, or should I go?
Am Am
Should I stay, or should I go?
C C
Should I stay, or should I go?
C C
Should I stay, or should I go?
Am Am
Should I stay, or should I go?
Am D C C C C
Should I stay, or should I go?
Em Em Em Em G G G G C C C C
oh ohhhhhhhhhhhh, oh ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Am Am Am Am
lalala lalala lala la lalala
Em Em D D
lalala lalala lala la lalala
C C C Bm
lalala lalala lala la lalala la
Am Am Bm Bm
laaaaaaaaaaaa
C C
And the luck we had it leaves,
Em D C C C C
But our fate, it was to die away with ease.
Am Am Em D
And my dear, in years to come, will you think of me with hate here, or with
C C C
love.
D D C
And oh this house,
C C
We blew the storm,
D Em
It crumbles back,
Em D
To the earth below,
D C
And I am done,
C C
And you are done,
C Am
And we are gone,
Am D D Em Em G G C C Am
And nothing's left here but this song.
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