Biography:
Andy Shauf is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Regina, Saskatchewan. He plays several instruments, including clarinet.
Known for honest, self-reflective songs as well as captivating lyrical works of fiction and an intimate live show, Shauf is considered one of the most intriguing emerging songwriters around.
His release, The Bearer of Bad News, explores themes of uncertainty, curiosity and spirituality. “I think spirituality is a part of life whether you are religious or not, even if you’re just superstitious.
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Other songs:
- Lick Your Wounds
- Alexander All Alone
- Begin Again
- Covered In Dust
- Drink My Rivers
- Early To The Party
- Eyes Of Them All
- Hometown Hero
- I Dont Really
- Im Not Falling Asleep
- Jenny Come Home
- Jerry Was A Clerk
- Jesus Shes A Good Girl
- Martha Sways
- My Dear Helen
- Open
- Quite Like You
- Swimming In A Cage
- The Devil
- The Magician
- The Worst In You
- To You
- Twist Your Ankle
- Wendell Walker
- Worst In You
- Youre Out Wasting
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Jerry was a clerk
Andy Shauf
Capo 2
[Verse]
A# F Em
Me and a couple friends, we had a big idea
Em C Am
About getting money and getting out of here
Am Em C
We were wide-eyed dreamers of wealth
A# F Em
We were getting tired of killing time
Em C Am
Filling up our heads with cheap wine
Am Em C
Jerry had a van so we could make our escape
[Chorus]
C Am F
He would say, ‘boys our time has come
F Em
To live among the privileged ones’
[Interlude]
C Am C Am
[Verse]
A# F Em
Now it was Jerry’s plan but we all agreed
Em C Am
Skip town and split the money up evenly
Am Em C
Lay low ’til the winter rolled in
A# F Em
He said ‘I know an old farmer doesn't trust the bank
Em C Am
Keeps his money buried out behind his water tank
Am Em C
He told me once when he was out of his mind’
[Chorus]
C Am F
‘Oh, boys our time has come
F Em
To live among the privileged ones’
[Verse]
A# F Em
Now Jerry had a girl, the only one of us
Em C Am
To ever have one last and so no questions asked
Am Em C
She’d be the fourth one involved
A# F Em
Her name was Mary-Anne and she was nice enough
Em C Am
Always a cashier, only once in love
Am Em C
With Jerry - the dreamer and the clerk
[Chorus]
C Am F
Who said ‘Boys our time has come
F Em
To live among the privileged ones’
[Verse]
A# F Em
So on that Friday night on which we all agreed
Em C Am
We took our shovels and crept out carefully
Am Em C
Through the farmyard darker than sin
A# F Em
The plan went off without a hitch
Em C Am
’Til we passed the chicken coop and Mary tripped
Am Em C
Turned the hens to sirens in the night
[Chorus]
A# Am F
And when the farmhouse lights turned on
F Em
A warning shot rang out into the dawn
[Bridge]
C Am C
And we ran like hell for Jerry’s van
Am C
But when we arrived we were only three
Am C
And while Jerry’s greed fed gas to the engine
Am C
His words showed us a coward we’d never seen
[Chorus]
C Am F
As he said ‘Boys our time has come
F Em
We're gonna save ourselves and live among the privileged ones'
Andy Shauf
Capo 2
[Verse]
A# F Em
Me and a couple friends, we had a big idea
Em C Am
About getting money and getting out of here
Am Em C
We were wide-eyed dreamers of wealth
A# F Em
We were getting tired of killing time
Em C Am
Filling up our heads with cheap wine
Am Em C
Jerry had a van so we could make our escape
[Chorus]
C Am F
He would say, ‘boys our time has come
F Em
To live among the privileged ones’
[Interlude]
C Am C Am
[Verse]
A# F Em
Now it was Jerry’s plan but we all agreed
Em C Am
Skip town and split the money up evenly
Am Em C
Lay low ’til the winter rolled in
A# F Em
He said ‘I know an old farmer doesn't trust the bank
Em C Am
Keeps his money buried out behind his water tank
Am Em C
He told me once when he was out of his mind’
[Chorus]
C Am F
‘Oh, boys our time has come
F Em
To live among the privileged ones’
[Verse]
A# F Em
Now Jerry had a girl, the only one of us
Em C Am
To ever have one last and so no questions asked
Am Em C
She’d be the fourth one involved
A# F Em
Her name was Mary-Anne and she was nice enough
Em C Am
Always a cashier, only once in love
Am Em C
With Jerry - the dreamer and the clerk
[Chorus]
C Am F
Who said ‘Boys our time has come
F Em
To live among the privileged ones’
[Verse]
A# F Em
So on that Friday night on which we all agreed
Em C Am
We took our shovels and crept out carefully
Am Em C
Through the farmyard darker than sin
A# F Em
The plan went off without a hitch
Em C Am
’Til we passed the chicken coop and Mary tripped
Am Em C
Turned the hens to sirens in the night
[Chorus]
A# Am F
And when the farmhouse lights turned on
F Em
A warning shot rang out into the dawn
[Bridge]
C Am C
And we ran like hell for Jerry’s van
Am C
But when we arrived we were only three
Am C
And while Jerry’s greed fed gas to the engine
Am C
His words showed us a coward we’d never seen
[Chorus]
C Am F
As he said ‘Boys our time has come
F Em
We're gonna save ourselves and live among the privileged ones'
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