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]
Em D C Bm A x2
[Verse 1]
Em D
I used to sit and wish the hours away
C Bm A
And then I'd find it was morning
Em D
I used to sit and be so idle with time
C Bm A
But that was only my warning
[Bridge]
G A Bm A
Who was to say my heart was wrong
G A Bm
Needed just a little more time
D A Bm A
Who was to say that we'd belong
G A
You saw me looking at you
Bm Bm7
And now I'm crying for you
[Chorus]
D A Bm F#m
Heart, hear-t
G A Bm
Help me keep a hold on you now
D A Bm F#m
Heart, hear-t
G A D
Prayin' you'll be showin' me how
[Instrumental]
Em D C Bm A x2
[Verse 2]
Em D
I heard a story from a friend of a friend
C Bm A
That you were wishing it's o--ver
Em D
So many others on the silvery screen
C Bm A
But they were walking in clover
[Bridge]
Em A Bm A
Who was to say my heart was wrong
G A Bm
Needed just a piece of your time
D A Bm A
Who was to tell me we'd belong
G A
You saw me lookin' at it
Bm Bm7
And now I'm singin' for it
[Chorus]
D A Bm F#m
Heart, hear-t
G A Bm
Help me keep a hold on you now
D A Bm F#m
Heart, hear-t
G A D
Prayin' you'll be teachin' me how (Singin' for you)
[Chorus]
D A Bm F#m
Heart, hear-t
G A Bm
Help me keep a hold on you now
D A Bm F#m
Heart, hear-t
G A D
Prayin' you'll be showin' me how
[Fade]
Em D C Bm A
Em D C Bm A x2
[Verse 1]
Em D
I used to sit and wish the hours away
C Bm A
And then I'd find it was morning
Em D
I used to sit and be so idle with time
C Bm A
But that was only my warning
[Bridge]
G A Bm A
Who was to say my heart was wrong
G A Bm
Needed just a little more time
D A Bm A
Who was to say that we'd belong
G A
You saw me looking at you
Bm Bm7
And now I'm crying for you
[Chorus]
D A Bm F#m
Heart, hear-t
G A Bm
Help me keep a hold on you now
D A Bm F#m
Heart, hear-t
G A D
Prayin' you'll be showin' me how
[Instrumental]
Em D C Bm A x2
[Verse 2]
Em D
I heard a story from a friend of a friend
C Bm A
That you were wishing it's o--ver
Em D
So many others on the silvery screen
C Bm A
But they were walking in clover
[Bridge]
Em A Bm A
Who was to say my heart was wrong
G A Bm
Needed just a piece of your time
D A Bm A
Who was to tell me we'd belong
G A
You saw me lookin' at it
Bm Bm7
And now I'm singin' for it
[Chorus]
D A Bm F#m
Heart, hear-t
G A Bm
Help me keep a hold on you now
D A Bm F#m
Heart, hear-t
G A D
Prayin' you'll be teachin' me how (Singin' for you)
[Chorus]
D A Bm F#m
Heart, hear-t
G A Bm
Help me keep a hold on you now
D A Bm F#m
Heart, hear-t
G A D
Prayin' you'll be showin' me how
[Fade]
Em D C Bm A
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Business Class
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