Biography:
Burton Cummings; singer, pianist, songwriter was born in the Canadian city of Winnipeg on December 31st, 1947. He played with a band called the Deverons before joining The Guess Who as lead vocalist in 1965. After spending ten years with that band, he decided to pursue a solo career. His first self-titled album was released in 1976. The single, "Stand Tall," sold over a million copies. He has written and co-written many of The Guess Who's tracks, as well as his own singles.
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Other songs:
- A Song For Him
- A Touch Of Morning
- Above The Ground
- Any Minor Miracle
- Back Toward The Middle
- Bad News
- Blossom
- Boring Dreams
- Break It To Them Gently
- Burch Magic
- Cerebral World
- Charlemagne
- Combustion
- Crazy If You Mess With The Gods
- Creepin Peepin Baby Blues
- Dream
- Dream Of A Child
- Face Value
- Feels All Wrong
- Fine State Of Affairs
- Firefly
- Framed
- Free
- Gettin My Daddys Car
- Goodnight Everybody
- Guns Guns Guns
- Had To Be You
- Heal Me Music
- Heard It On The News
- Heart
- Heavenly Blue
- I Will Always Wait For You
- I Will Play A Rhapsody
- Im Scared
- Junior Wont Behave
- Love Dream
- My Own Way To Rock
- Not Too Appealing
- Nothin Wrong With The Road
- One And Only
- One Day Soon
- Permissible To Cry
- Real Good
- Revelation
- Save A Smile
- Shes Your Lover
- Someone To Lean On
- Something Old Something New
- Stand Tall
- Sugartime Flashback Joys
- Take One Away
- The Rocks Steady
- The Workaday
- Timeless Love
- Wakin Up Today
- Will You Show Me
- You Saved My Soul
- Your Backyard
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
D E7 A7 D7 E7
I went to Switzerland and dropped a few names
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Said I knew some people at the top
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Nice little singer took me up in the mountains
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Got her started and she just wouldn't stop
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Got her started and she just wouldn't stop
[Instrumental] (x2)
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[Verse 2]
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I saw my hero in People magazine
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Had a new liver and a walking cane
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Last time I saw him he said I was tryin' too hard
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Then they hauled him off to prison again
A7 D7 E7
Yeah they locked him up in prison again, yeah
[Instrumental] (x2)
D E
[Chorus]
A7 E7
Feelin' like a gambler on the streakiest day
A7 E7
Still got no regard for the odds
A7 E7
Times like that your judgement kinda wanders away
A7 D7 E7
You're crazy if you mess with the gods
A7 D7 E7
Crazy if you mess with the gods
[Instrumental] (x2)
D E
[Verse 3]
E7 A7 D7 E7
I saw my big guy doin' dead man's curve
E7 A7 D7 E7
He could barely keep it on the road
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They got a law now that allows the gendarmes
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To confiscate your humble abode
A7 D7 E7
Well they went in and they took a whole load, yeah yeah
[Instrumental] (x2)
D E
[Verse 4]
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I did some talkin' to a girl in Honolulu
E7 A7 D7 E7
Seems I was less than polite
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Her island warrior showed my face where the ground was
A7 D7 E7
Twenty-seven stitches that night
A7 D7 E7
A lot of second-guessing that night, yeah
[Instrumental] (x2)
D E
[Chorus]
A7 E7
Feelin' like a gambler on the streakiest day
A7 E7
Still got no regard for the odds
A7 E7
Times like that your judgement kinda wanders away
A7 D E7
You're crazy if you mess with the gods
A7 D E7
Crazy if you mess with the gods
[Chorus]
A7 E7
Feelin' like a gambler on the streakiest day
A7 E7
Still got no regard for the odds
A7 E7
Times like that your judgement kinda wanders away
A7 D E7
You're crazy if you mess with the gods
A7 D E7
Crazy if you mess with the gods, yeah yeah
[Outro]
D E
Crazy yeah
D E
[Verse 1]
D E7 A7 D7 E7
I went to Switzerland and dropped a few names
E7 A7 D7 E7
Said I knew some people at the top
E7 A7 D7 E7
Nice little singer took me up in the mountains
A7 D7 E7
Got her started and she just wouldn't stop
A7 D7 E7
Got her started and she just wouldn't stop
[Instrumental] (x2)
D E
[Verse 2]
E7 A7 D7 E7
I saw my hero in People magazine
E7 A7 D7 E7
Had a new liver and a walking cane
E7 A7 D7 E7
Last time I saw him he said I was tryin' too hard
A7 D7 E7
Then they hauled him off to prison again
A7 D7 E7
Yeah they locked him up in prison again, yeah
[Instrumental] (x2)
D E
[Chorus]
A7 E7
Feelin' like a gambler on the streakiest day
A7 E7
Still got no regard for the odds
A7 E7
Times like that your judgement kinda wanders away
A7 D7 E7
You're crazy if you mess with the gods
A7 D7 E7
Crazy if you mess with the gods
[Instrumental] (x2)
D E
[Verse 3]
E7 A7 D7 E7
I saw my big guy doin' dead man's curve
E7 A7 D7 E7
He could barely keep it on the road
E7 A7 D7 E7
They got a law now that allows the gendarmes
A7 D7 E7
To confiscate your humble abode
A7 D7 E7
Well they went in and they took a whole load, yeah yeah
[Instrumental] (x2)
D E
[Verse 4]
E7 A7 D7 E7
I did some talkin' to a girl in Honolulu
E7 A7 D7 E7
Seems I was less than polite
E7 A7 D7 E7
Her island warrior showed my face where the ground was
A7 D7 E7
Twenty-seven stitches that night
A7 D7 E7
A lot of second-guessing that night, yeah
[Instrumental] (x2)
D E
[Chorus]
A7 E7
Feelin' like a gambler on the streakiest day
A7 E7
Still got no regard for the odds
A7 E7
Times like that your judgement kinda wanders away
A7 D E7
You're crazy if you mess with the gods
A7 D E7
Crazy if you mess with the gods
[Chorus]
A7 E7
Feelin' like a gambler on the streakiest day
A7 E7
Still got no regard for the odds
A7 E7
Times like that your judgement kinda wanders away
A7 D E7
You're crazy if you mess with the gods
A7 D E7
Crazy if you mess with the gods, yeah yeah
[Outro]
D E
Crazy yeah
Bushman
Bushwalla
Business
Business Class
Business Socks