Biography:
The Waifs (originally styled as The WAiFS) are an Australian folk rock band formed in 1992 in Albany, Western Australia, by Josh Cunningham (guitar, vocals), and sistersVikki Thorn (née Simpson) (harmonica, guitar, vocals) and Donna Simpson (guitar, vocals). Their tour band includes Ben Franz (bass) and David Ross Macdonald (drums).
The band's 2003 album Up All Night reached the top five of the Australian Albums Chart, it achieved double platinum status and won four ARIA Awards in October.
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Other songs:
- 6000 Miles
- Blindly Believing
- Brain Damage
- Bridal Train
- Done And Dusted
- Fishermans Daughter
- Fourth Floor
- Gillian
- Haircut
- Highway One
- How Many Miles
- I Wont Go Down
- Ironbark
- Lest We Forget
- Lighthouse
- London Still
- Nothing New
- Pony
- Sad Sailor Song
- Shiny Apple
- Since Ive Been Around
- Spotlight
- Sundirtwater
- Sweetest Dream
- Vermillion
- When I Die
- Willow Tree
- Without You
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[Intro]
G C G Em C G
[Verse]
G C G
Silver dagger lightning slashed the sky
Em C G
Its Crooked tongue was telling crooked lies
G C Em
Blood flowed down in a bitter driving rain
G C G
As I stand upon the sand I feel the pain
G C G
Savage ocean pounded patient shore
Em C G
Like a jealous lover trying to feel secure
G C Em
But the sand withstands it don't admit defeat
G C G
And on the turning tide the angry waves retreat
[Chorus]
D
I won't go down
Em
I won't go down
D Dsus2 Em
I won't go do..ow...own
[Verse]
G C G
Demon wind was howling threats and hate
Em C G
It's salty spray was spitting in my face
G C Em
Without something firm to stand upon
G C G
I'd be here one minute and the next be gone
[Chorus]
D
I won't go down
Em
I won't go down
D Dsus2 Em
I won't go do..ow...own
[Bridge]
D Em
Storm as big as a mountain range
D Em
Coming down - heavy, strange
C G
I perish Lord you know I will
D
A voice it whispers
Em
"Peace, be still"
[Verse]
G C G
The dying sun was all but laid to rest
Em C G
But for the remnant of some gunfight in the west
G C Em
Goodbye's never easy don't I know
G C G
But these fingernails are finally letting go
D
I won't go down
Em
I won't go down
D Dsus2
I won't go do..own
Em
Without a fight
G C G
Fading distant fireworks display
Em C G
Is growing silent as the fury rolls away
G C Em
Shooting stars are dancing up on high
G C G
They ask me "May I have this dance before we die?"
D
I won't go down
Em
I won't go down
D Dsus2
I won't go do..own
Em
Without a fight
G C G Em C G
[Verse]
G C G
Silver dagger lightning slashed the sky
Em C G
Its Crooked tongue was telling crooked lies
G C Em
Blood flowed down in a bitter driving rain
G C G
As I stand upon the sand I feel the pain
G C G
Savage ocean pounded patient shore
Em C G
Like a jealous lover trying to feel secure
G C Em
But the sand withstands it don't admit defeat
G C G
And on the turning tide the angry waves retreat
[Chorus]
D
I won't go down
Em
I won't go down
D Dsus2 Em
I won't go do..ow...own
[Verse]
G C G
Demon wind was howling threats and hate
Em C G
It's salty spray was spitting in my face
G C Em
Without something firm to stand upon
G C G
I'd be here one minute and the next be gone
[Chorus]
D
I won't go down
Em
I won't go down
D Dsus2 Em
I won't go do..ow...own
[Bridge]
D Em
Storm as big as a mountain range
D Em
Coming down - heavy, strange
C G
I perish Lord you know I will
D
A voice it whispers
Em
"Peace, be still"
[Verse]
G C G
The dying sun was all but laid to rest
Em C G
But for the remnant of some gunfight in the west
G C Em
Goodbye's never easy don't I know
G C G
But these fingernails are finally letting go
D
I won't go down
Em
I won't go down
D Dsus2
I won't go do..own
Em
Without a fight
G C G
Fading distant fireworks display
Em C G
Is growing silent as the fury rolls away
G C Em
Shooting stars are dancing up on high
G C G
They ask me "May I have this dance before we die?"
D
I won't go down
Em
I won't go down
D Dsus2
I won't go do..own
Em
Without a fight
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