Biography:
Anthony John Clarke was born in Ireland, he began writing songs at the age of nine. He is a talented singer/songwriter and is often described as one of the folk scenes nicest guys.
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- As Good As It Gets
- Banjo Antarctica
- Between Midnight And Blue
- Blue
- Come Upstairs
- Danni And Mr Adams 1967
- Darling
- Day Too Long
- Easy Piano
- If Id Only Learned To Dance
- If Theres A Next Time
- Im My Own Grandpa
- Irish Eyes
- It Was All Rock And Roll Then
- Julie Brown
- May
- My Good Old Days
- My My Juliet
- No Use Us Arguing Now
- Of Course I Will
- One Night Stand
- Short Weekend
- Sing A Chorus With Me
- Smooth Old Talk
- The Broken Years
- The Great Southside Twins
- The High Road
- The Only Life Gloria Knows
- The Wrong Way Round
- Tomorrow The Sorrow Begins
- Tuesday Night Is Always Karaoke
- Twelve Verses
- Walking On Sunday
- Waltz Me Away
- Will You Sing A Chorus With Me
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*****DO NOT ADD STRUMMING PATTERNS TO MY TABS*****
Anthony John Clarke - Smooth Old Talk
[Intro]
D7 G C G D7 G
[Verse 1]
D7
I write songs about politicians
G C
Corruption and sedition
G D7
My songs they tiptoe over the line
G D7
My lecture in aptness
G C
My political incorrectness
G D7 G
Mea culpa, all these songs, they are mine
[Verse 2]
B7
I may reach a crescendo
Em
With a touch of innuendo
A D
I throw in an item of news
G D7
There'll be songs of deep depression
G C
Like a karaoke session
G D7 G
And I might do a song about you
[Interlude]
C G D7 G
[Verse 3]
D7
There'll be one for my friend, Lorna
G C
She lives just 'round the corner
G D7
Now Lorna only ever listens to the blues
G D7
I have one for a friend in Chester
G C
Whose particular friend, Lester
G D7 G
Has just left him to go back on the booze
[Verse 4]
B7
This over way inquisition
Em
I'm an incompetent magician
A D
I fail to saw my woman in two
G D7
While acting arty-tarty
G D7
At some late-night tinker's party
G D7 G
So I might do this song about you
[Chorus 1]
D7 G
But I want to know what brings you here tonight
D7
I want to know what brings you here tonight
G
You see, I'm up here, you're over there
C
Well, you could be home in your easy-chair
G D7 G
I want to know what brings you here tonight
[Chorus 2]
C
Was it some smooth old talk?
G
Or did you just take the dog for a big long walk?
C D7
Or did you just sneak out behind your wife?
N.C.
Oh no, you would not do that
G
I want to know, I want to know
C
I want to know, I want to know
G D7 G
I want to know what brings you here tonight
[Instrumental]
C G D7 G (3x)
[Verse 5]
D7
Singing on right, for nada
G C
Being seven years old in Ireland
G D7
And I won the great big kish and romance
G D7
That time in the café on the coast road
G C
When delicious Sister Mary Joseph
G D7 G B7
Sidled up to me and begged me for a dance (there ye are)
[Verse 6]
There was the pretty little acrobat
Em
She gave me peppermint tea and a pretty little hat
A D
She did fifteen cartwheels on my floor
G D7
That's a topic not too cosy
G D7
For a big jack-queen called Rosy
G D7 G
Who's never heard or cried, "Collect them all!"
[Chorus 1]
D7 G
But I want to know what brings you here tonight
D7
I want to know what brings you here tonight
G
You see, I'm up here, you're over there
C
Well, you could be home in your easy-chair
G D7 G
I want to know what brings you here tonight
[Chorus 2]
C
Was it some smooth old talk?
G
Hey, take the dog for a walk
C D7
Or did you just sneak out behind your wife?
N.C.
For the fifth time this week, baby
G
I want to know, I want to know
C
I want to know for sure
G D7 G C G D7
I want to know what brings you here tonight
Anthony John Clarke - Smooth Old Talk
[Intro]
D7 G C G D7 G
[Verse 1]
D7
I write songs about politicians
G C
Corruption and sedition
G D7
My songs they tiptoe over the line
G D7
My lecture in aptness
G C
My political incorrectness
G D7 G
Mea culpa, all these songs, they are mine
[Verse 2]
B7
I may reach a crescendo
Em
With a touch of innuendo
A D
I throw in an item of news
G D7
There'll be songs of deep depression
G C
Like a karaoke session
G D7 G
And I might do a song about you
[Interlude]
C G D7 G
[Verse 3]
D7
There'll be one for my friend, Lorna
G C
She lives just 'round the corner
G D7
Now Lorna only ever listens to the blues
G D7
I have one for a friend in Chester
G C
Whose particular friend, Lester
G D7 G
Has just left him to go back on the booze
[Verse 4]
B7
This over way inquisition
Em
I'm an incompetent magician
A D
I fail to saw my woman in two
G D7
While acting arty-tarty
G D7
At some late-night tinker's party
G D7 G
So I might do this song about you
[Chorus 1]
D7 G
But I want to know what brings you here tonight
D7
I want to know what brings you here tonight
G
You see, I'm up here, you're over there
C
Well, you could be home in your easy-chair
G D7 G
I want to know what brings you here tonight
[Chorus 2]
C
Was it some smooth old talk?
G
Or did you just take the dog for a big long walk?
C D7
Or did you just sneak out behind your wife?
N.C.
Oh no, you would not do that
G
I want to know, I want to know
C
I want to know, I want to know
G D7 G
I want to know what brings you here tonight
[Instrumental]
C G D7 G (3x)
[Verse 5]
D7
Singing on right, for nada
G C
Being seven years old in Ireland
G D7
And I won the great big kish and romance
G D7
That time in the café on the coast road
G C
When delicious Sister Mary Joseph
G D7 G B7
Sidled up to me and begged me for a dance (there ye are)
[Verse 6]
There was the pretty little acrobat
Em
She gave me peppermint tea and a pretty little hat
A D
She did fifteen cartwheels on my floor
G D7
That's a topic not too cosy
G D7
For a big jack-queen called Rosy
G D7 G
Who's never heard or cried, "Collect them all!"
[Chorus 1]
D7 G
But I want to know what brings you here tonight
D7
I want to know what brings you here tonight
G
You see, I'm up here, you're over there
C
Well, you could be home in your easy-chair
G D7 G
I want to know what brings you here tonight
[Chorus 2]
C
Was it some smooth old talk?
G
Hey, take the dog for a walk
C D7
Or did you just sneak out behind your wife?
N.C.
For the fifth time this week, baby
G
I want to know, I want to know
C
I want to know for sure
G D7 G C G D7
I want to know what brings you here tonight
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