Biography:
Antje Duvekot (born 1976 in Heidelberg, Germany) is a singer-songwriter and guitarist based in Somerville, Massachusetts. She holds three top song-writing awards, including the Kerrville New Folk Competition's Best New Folk Award, Boston Music Award for Outstanding Folk Act and Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. She began her music career in 2000 and since then has released a number of albums, beginning with Little Peppermints (2002).
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Antje Duvekot - Reasonland
INTRO: G C G
C G
In Reasonland, the emperor came down
To the water's edge
D
He said, "I don't know where I'm bound
G Em G C
Well, I've got emeralds and rubies sewn into my gown
G D G
But I am sadder than the diamonds in my crown"
CHORUS:
Em D C G
"So, will you lay me down in a fiddler's cloud
C D
And float me out to sea
G C
Let my aching head be still, let me surrender to your will
G D G C
Float me out and deliver me__"
G C G
The mighty king came down to the sea
D
Said, "I may win any battle that I please
G Em G C
I got a hundred-man battalion, they all fall down at my feet
G D G
But there's a songbird who will not sing for me"
CHORUS:
Em D C G
"So, will you lay me down in a fiddler's cloud
C D
And float me out to sea
G C
Let my aching head be still, let me surrender to your will
G D G
Float me out and deliver me__"
BRIDGE:
Em C
"I wanna fly out to your centre
Em C
I wanna sink down into your gold
G Em
I wanna go down without my dagger
Am G C
I wanna shed these clothes"
INSTRUMENTAL: G C G D G Em G C G D G
C G
The preacher's wife knelt down by the waves
D
And said, "For your love and salvation I have prayed
G Em G C
I am a tired tightrope dancer, I wanna go no more this way
G D G
Just give me something, a penny for my faith"
CHORUS:
Em D C G
"So, will you lay me down in a fiddler's cloud
C D
And float me out to sea
G C
Let my aching head be still, let me surrender to your will
G D G
Float me out and deliver me__"
CHORUS:
Em D C G
Will you lay me down, oh won't you lay me down
C D
And float me out to sea
G C
Let my aching head be still, let me surrender to your will
G D C G
Float me out and deliver me_____"
INTRO: G C G
C G
In Reasonland, the emperor came down
To the water's edge
D
He said, "I don't know where I'm bound
G Em G C
Well, I've got emeralds and rubies sewn into my gown
G D G
But I am sadder than the diamonds in my crown"
CHORUS:
Em D C G
"So, will you lay me down in a fiddler's cloud
C D
And float me out to sea
G C
Let my aching head be still, let me surrender to your will
G D G C
Float me out and deliver me__"
G C G
The mighty king came down to the sea
D
Said, "I may win any battle that I please
G Em G C
I got a hundred-man battalion, they all fall down at my feet
G D G
But there's a songbird who will not sing for me"
CHORUS:
Em D C G
"So, will you lay me down in a fiddler's cloud
C D
And float me out to sea
G C
Let my aching head be still, let me surrender to your will
G D G
Float me out and deliver me__"
BRIDGE:
Em C
"I wanna fly out to your centre
Em C
I wanna sink down into your gold
G Em
I wanna go down without my dagger
Am G C
I wanna shed these clothes"
INSTRUMENTAL: G C G D G Em G C G D G
C G
The preacher's wife knelt down by the waves
D
And said, "For your love and salvation I have prayed
G Em G C
I am a tired tightrope dancer, I wanna go no more this way
G D G
Just give me something, a penny for my faith"
CHORUS:
Em D C G
"So, will you lay me down in a fiddler's cloud
C D
And float me out to sea
G C
Let my aching head be still, let me surrender to your will
G D G
Float me out and deliver me__"
CHORUS:
Em D C G
Will you lay me down, oh won't you lay me down
C D
And float me out to sea
G C
Let my aching head be still, let me surrender to your will
G D C G
Float me out and deliver me_____"
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