Biography:
Blackbird Raum formed out of the nucleus of a squatter community living in abandoned buildings and greenbelt treehouses in Santa Cruz, CA, in 2004. Finding themselves living without electricity, they began to learn to play folk instruments from each other and other members of the train hopping, squat culture. The band had played in anarcho-punk, indie, metal, and ska bands and then, learning traditional music from jams, contradances and festivals, made based somewhere right in the middle of punk, metal and folk.
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
Cm
[Verse]
Cm Ab
It was overcast most of the way.
Cm Ab
Clouds thick with rain that couldn’t pour.
Cm Ab
Something was building up in the water
Cm Ab
Something was building up in the rain.
[Piano Intermezzo]
e|-6-8-6---------|----8-6-------|-6-8-6-8-6-------|---8-6-------|
B|--------8-6----|---x----8-6---|-----------8-6---|-------8-6---|
G|------------5--|--x---------5-|---------------5-|-5---------5-|
D|---------------|-x------------|-----------------|-------------|
A|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
E|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
[Chorus]
Bb Ab Bb Cm
We were only holding out for nothing, leaving it on bare ground
Bb Ab Bb Cm
When you’re only looking out for yourself, scarcely much is around
[Piano Intermezzo]
e|-6-8-6---------|----8-6-------|-6-8-6-8-6-------|---8-6-------|
B|--------8-6----|---x----8-6---|-----------8-6---|-------8-6---|
G|------------5--|--x---------5-|---------------5-|-5---------5-|
D|---------------|-x------------|-----------------|-------------|
A|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
E|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
Cm Ab
And it couldn’t last, more of the same.
Cm Ab
Slashing up the walls in a canvas room
Cm Ab
Something was building up in the water
Cm Ab
Something was building up in the rain.
Cm Ab
Something was building up in the water
Cm Ab
Sleeping is a simple gesture on the roof
Ab
That’s a half truth.
[Piano Intermezzo]
e|-6-8-6---------|----8-6-------|-6-8-6-8-6-------|---8-6-------|
B|--------8-6----|---x----8-6---|-----------8-6---|-------8-6---|
G|------------5--|--x---------5-|---------------5-|-5---------5-|
D|---------------|-x------------|-----------------|-------------|
A|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
E|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
[Chorus]
Bb Ab Bb Cm
We were only holding out for nothing, leaving it on bare ground
Bb Ab Bb Cm
When you’re only looking out for yourself, scarcely much is around
Bb Ab Bb Cm
We were only holding out for nothing, leaving it on bare ground
Bb Ab Bb Cm
When you’re only looking out for yourself, scarcely much is around
[Piano Intermezzo]
e|-6-8-6---------|----8-6-------|
B|--------8-6----|---x----8-6---|
G|-------------5-|--x---------5-|
D|---------------|-x------------|
A|---------------|--------------|
E|---------------|--------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
x - dead note
Cm
[Verse]
Cm Ab
It was overcast most of the way.
Cm Ab
Clouds thick with rain that couldn’t pour.
Cm Ab
Something was building up in the water
Cm Ab
Something was building up in the rain.
[Piano Intermezzo]
e|-6-8-6---------|----8-6-------|-6-8-6-8-6-------|---8-6-------|
B|--------8-6----|---x----8-6---|-----------8-6---|-------8-6---|
G|------------5--|--x---------5-|---------------5-|-5---------5-|
D|---------------|-x------------|-----------------|-------------|
A|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
E|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
[Chorus]
Bb Ab Bb Cm
We were only holding out for nothing, leaving it on bare ground
Bb Ab Bb Cm
When you’re only looking out for yourself, scarcely much is around
[Piano Intermezzo]
e|-6-8-6---------|----8-6-------|-6-8-6-8-6-------|---8-6-------|
B|--------8-6----|---x----8-6---|-----------8-6---|-------8-6---|
G|------------5--|--x---------5-|---------------5-|-5---------5-|
D|---------------|-x------------|-----------------|-------------|
A|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
E|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
Cm Ab
And it couldn’t last, more of the same.
Cm Ab
Slashing up the walls in a canvas room
Cm Ab
Something was building up in the water
Cm Ab
Something was building up in the rain.
Cm Ab
Something was building up in the water
Cm Ab
Sleeping is a simple gesture on the roof
Ab
That’s a half truth.
[Piano Intermezzo]
e|-6-8-6---------|----8-6-------|-6-8-6-8-6-------|---8-6-------|
B|--------8-6----|---x----8-6---|-----------8-6---|-------8-6---|
G|------------5--|--x---------5-|---------------5-|-5---------5-|
D|---------------|-x------------|-----------------|-------------|
A|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
E|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
[Chorus]
Bb Ab Bb Cm
We were only holding out for nothing, leaving it on bare ground
Bb Ab Bb Cm
When you’re only looking out for yourself, scarcely much is around
Bb Ab Bb Cm
We were only holding out for nothing, leaving it on bare ground
Bb Ab Bb Cm
When you’re only looking out for yourself, scarcely much is around
[Piano Intermezzo]
e|-6-8-6---------|----8-6-------|
B|--------8-6----|---x----8-6---|
G|-------------5-|--x---------5-|
D|---------------|-x------------|
A|---------------|--------------|
E|---------------|--------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
x - dead note
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Blahalouisiana
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