Biography:
Ben Howard (born 24 April 1987) is an English singer-songwriter, born in London. He moved to Totnes, Devon, in his teens. Howard's musically-inclined parents exposed him at a young age to their favourite records from singer-songwriter artists such as Bob Dylan, Nina Simone and John Martyn. Howard began writing his own songs and after a short spell studying journalism, he decided in 2009 at the age of 21 to become a full-time musician.
After building up a reputation with his gigs across the UK
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Other songs:
- Black Flies
- Gracious
- I Forget We Were
- Keep Your Head Up
- Oats On The Water
- Old Pine
- Only Love
- Promise
- Soldiers
- The Fear
- Empty Corridors
- The Wolves
- 7 Bottles
- A Boat To An Island On The Wall
- All Is Now Harmed
- Another Friday Night
- Bones
- Burgh Island
- Call Me Maybe
- Conrad
- Depth Over Distance
- Diamonds
- End Of The Affair
- Esmerelda
- Evergreen
- Everything
- Follaton Wood
- Further Away
- Hideaway
- Hot Heavy Summer
- I Forget Where We Were
- In Dreams
- Keiko
- Me And My Friend Time
- Move Like You Want
- Murmurations
- Nica Libres At Dusk
- Oats In The Water
- Rivers In Your Mouth
- She Treats Me Well
- Small Things
- Someone In The Doorway
- The Defeat
- These Waters
- Time Is Dancing
- To Be Alone
- Towing The Line
- Under The Same Sun
- Wolves
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Note: The recording is played tuned 1/2 step low.
There's a video on YouTube of a live version performed in Sydney
that was played 1/2 step higher in standard tuning.
Tuning: DGCFAD
Capo: 1
Riff:
C C C/D C/E C F
e |-----------------|--1-----------|
B |-----------------|--1-----------|
G |-----------------|--2-----------|
D |--------0--2-----|--3-----------|
A |--3--3--------3--|--3-----------|
E |-----------------|--1-----------|
[Intro] (Riff)
| C C C/D C/E C | F | C C C/D C/E C | F | C C/D C/E C | F | C C/D C/E C |
[Verse 1]
|F |C C/D C/E C |
... Baby wants to dance
|F |C C/D C/E C |
.. Past the flat-footed charterhouse boys
|F |C C/D C/E C |
... From towns where the mothers can't stand
|F |C C/D C/E C |
.. Mmm, the sight of each other
[Verse 2]
|F |C C/D C/E C |
... Baby wants to last
|F |C C/D C/E C |
.. In the hearts of the wild and free
|F |C C/D C/E C |
... She knows that time takes all of us
|F |C C/D C/E C | F |
.. Through every long, hot, heavy summer
[Chorus]
|Am G |F
And all of them, they talk of national security
|Am G |F
Over garden fences made to buff the bastard breeze
|C |F | C |
Of chance encounters
[Verse 3]
|F |C C/D C/E C |
... Baby wants to dance
|F |C C/D C/E C |
.. Past the Tuesday morning supermarket crowd
|F |C C/D C/E C
... She knows we'll all sleep through the days
|F |C C/D C/E C |
And be two-step drip fed our laughter
[Verse 4]
|F |C C/D C/E C |
... Says she wants to last
|F |C C/D C/E C |
.. Mmm, last how you want to
|F |C C/D C/E C |
... She's a light in the young boy's eyes
|F |C C/D C/E C | F |
.. Through every long, hot, heavy summer
[Chorus]
|Am G |F
And all of them, they talk of national security
|Am G |F
Over garden fences made to buff the bastard breeze
|Am G |F
Yeah, all of them, shufflin' down that lonely street
|C C/D C/E C |
One last gasp
|F |C C/D C/E C | F |
.. Against a long, hot, heavy summer
Charted by Dexex
For my daughter
There's a video on YouTube of a live version performed in Sydney
that was played 1/2 step higher in standard tuning.
Tuning: DGCFAD
Capo: 1
Riff:
C C C/D C/E C F
e |-----------------|--1-----------|
B |-----------------|--1-----------|
G |-----------------|--2-----------|
D |--------0--2-----|--3-----------|
A |--3--3--------3--|--3-----------|
E |-----------------|--1-----------|
[Intro] (Riff)
| C C C/D C/E C | F | C C C/D C/E C | F | C C/D C/E C | F | C C/D C/E C |
[Verse 1]
|F |C C/D C/E C |
... Baby wants to dance
|F |C C/D C/E C |
.. Past the flat-footed charterhouse boys
|F |C C/D C/E C |
... From towns where the mothers can't stand
|F |C C/D C/E C |
.. Mmm, the sight of each other
[Verse 2]
|F |C C/D C/E C |
... Baby wants to last
|F |C C/D C/E C |
.. In the hearts of the wild and free
|F |C C/D C/E C |
... She knows that time takes all of us
|F |C C/D C/E C | F |
.. Through every long, hot, heavy summer
[Chorus]
|Am G |F
And all of them, they talk of national security
|Am G |F
Over garden fences made to buff the bastard breeze
|C |F | C |
Of chance encounters
[Verse 3]
|F |C C/D C/E C |
... Baby wants to dance
|F |C C/D C/E C |
.. Past the Tuesday morning supermarket crowd
|F |C C/D C/E C
... She knows we'll all sleep through the days
|F |C C/D C/E C |
And be two-step drip fed our laughter
[Verse 4]
|F |C C/D C/E C |
... Says she wants to last
|F |C C/D C/E C |
.. Mmm, last how you want to
|F |C C/D C/E C |
... She's a light in the young boy's eyes
|F |C C/D C/E C | F |
.. Through every long, hot, heavy summer
[Chorus]
|Am G |F
And all of them, they talk of national security
|Am G |F
Over garden fences made to buff the bastard breeze
|Am G |F
Yeah, all of them, shufflin' down that lonely street
|C C/D C/E C |
One last gasp
|F |C C/D C/E C | F |
.. Against a long, hot, heavy summer
Charted by Dexex
For my daughter
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