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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[Verse 1]
Dm C F G Bb
It don't get much worse, than winter South Dakota
Dm F A
My pa was as drunk as a bar room rag
Dm C F G Bb
I saw him one more time, in the warmth of a begger's refuge
Dm A Dm
Still sailing on his, dirty raft.
[Verse 2]
Dm C F G Bb
Mama's tears, tasted like sea water
Dm F A
I cried on her shoulders while she sleep
Dm C F G Bb
She got cold, she got idle as a picture
Dm A Dm
She died with the flowers in the fall.
[Solo Harmony]
Dm C F G Bb
Dm F A
Dm C F G Bb
Dm A Dm
[Verse 3]
Dm C F G Bb
The graveyard cold, late November
Dm F A
My brother Cody, he come to help
Dm C F G Bb
Cody never cried, he went riding with Hell's Angels
Dm A Dm
At least he's, found his family there.
[Verse 4]
Dm C F G Bb
Me, I left town, and I took no more than a picture
Dm F A
and a coat of my mama's to keep me warm.
Dm C F G Bb
I ain't ever going back, to Vermillion South Dakota
Dm A Dm
I never could return.
[Solo Harmony]
Dm C F G Bb
Dm F A
Dm C F G Bb
Dm A Dm
[Outro]
Dm C F G Bb
It don't get much worse, than winter South Dakota,
Dm A Dm
My pa was as drunk, as a bar room rag.
Dm C F G Bb
It don't get much worse, than winter South Dakota
Dm F A
My pa was as drunk as a bar room rag
Dm C F G Bb
I saw him one more time, in the warmth of a begger's refuge
Dm A Dm
Still sailing on his, dirty raft.
[Verse 2]
Dm C F G Bb
Mama's tears, tasted like sea water
Dm F A
I cried on her shoulders while she sleep
Dm C F G Bb
She got cold, she got idle as a picture
Dm A Dm
She died with the flowers in the fall.
[Solo Harmony]
Dm C F G Bb
Dm F A
Dm C F G Bb
Dm A Dm
[Verse 3]
Dm C F G Bb
The graveyard cold, late November
Dm F A
My brother Cody, he come to help
Dm C F G Bb
Cody never cried, he went riding with Hell's Angels
Dm A Dm
At least he's, found his family there.
[Verse 4]
Dm C F G Bb
Me, I left town, and I took no more than a picture
Dm F A
and a coat of my mama's to keep me warm.
Dm C F G Bb
I ain't ever going back, to Vermillion South Dakota
Dm A Dm
I never could return.
[Solo Harmony]
Dm C F G Bb
Dm F A
Dm C F G Bb
Dm A Dm
[Outro]
Dm C F G Bb
It don't get much worse, than winter South Dakota,
Dm A Dm
My pa was as drunk, as a bar room rag.
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