Biography:
The Music Tapes started life as a creative outlet for the 16 year old Julian Koster (later of Neutral Milk Hotel), who would create tapes of songs and stories as means of escapism, which he would share with his friends, culminating in 'The American Phoam Rubber Co. Symphony Orchestra Proudly Presents the 2nd Silly Putty Symphony for Edison Wax Cylander', which was essentially tape collage. In 1989, Koster formed the band Chocolate USA, a more conventional indie-pop band
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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!
[Verse 1]
C C/B
Oh, here you are
Am G C
And you're all you wished to be
C/B
You're alive and you're
F C
Not alone
F C G
Not alone in this
[Verse 2]
C C/B
So close your eyes
Am
Hear the whole world
G C
Call your name
C/B
And you answer
F C
Please don't go
F C G
Please don't go away
[Chorus]
F G C
All I know is here and now
C/B G
And right away
F G C
Call me here, I will appear
C/B G
Like light of day
[Instrumental]
In the actual song it sound like just a continuous drone of C with the melody playing over it, but if you're
playing acoustic it sounds better like this:
C Am Am G (2x)
[Verse 4]
C C/B
All of the words
Am
Of the songs
G C
We all will sing
C/B
Mean the same thing
F C
And it's not goodbye
F C G
No, it's not "go away"
[Bridge]
C Cadd9
Mom, bye
C Cadd9
Dad, bye
[Chorus]
F G C
Call my name, behold the strength
C/B G
Of my embrace
F G C
All I sing to hear my prayer
C/B G
Don't go away
[Instrumental 2]
Same chords as verse with the vocal melody played over it
[Verse 6]
C C/B
All of your life
Am G
You've been holding on
C
To just one thing
C/B
And it calls you
F C
Please don't go
F C G
Please don't go away
[Instrumental 3]
Same chords as chorus with the vocal melody played over it for two measures, then goes back to the chords of
the first Instrumental for one measure, gradually slows down, then ends on C
C C/B
Oh, here you are
Am G C
And you're all you wished to be
C/B
You're alive and you're
F C
Not alone
F C G
Not alone in this
[Verse 2]
C C/B
So close your eyes
Am
Hear the whole world
G C
Call your name
C/B
And you answer
F C
Please don't go
F C G
Please don't go away
[Chorus]
F G C
All I know is here and now
C/B G
And right away
F G C
Call me here, I will appear
C/B G
Like light of day
[Instrumental]
In the actual song it sound like just a continuous drone of C with the melody playing over it, but if you're
playing acoustic it sounds better like this:
C Am Am G (2x)
[Verse 4]
C C/B
All of the words
Am
Of the songs
G C
We all will sing
C/B
Mean the same thing
F C
And it's not goodbye
F C G
No, it's not "go away"
[Bridge]
C Cadd9
Mom, bye
C Cadd9
Dad, bye
[Chorus]
F G C
Call my name, behold the strength
C/B G
Of my embrace
F G C
All I sing to hear my prayer
C/B G
Don't go away
[Instrumental 2]
Same chords as verse with the vocal melody played over it
[Verse 6]
C C/B
All of your life
Am G
You've been holding on
C
To just one thing
C/B
And it calls you
F C
Please don't go
F C G
Please don't go away
[Instrumental 3]
Same chords as chorus with the vocal melody played over it for two measures, then goes back to the chords of
the first Instrumental for one measure, gradually slows down, then ends on C
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