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]
G7
[Verse 1]
G7 C7
My friend Billy he was actin' kinda silly by the seashore
G7 D7
He started goofin', countin' all the grains of sand
G7
About a thousand and thirty he was gettin' kinda dirty
C7
And he looked at himself and he laughed
G7 D7 G7
He said, "I'll never even finish what I got right here in my hand"
[Chorus]
G7
He had a revelation, had a revelation
D7
He had some kinda knowledge comin' in from somewhere else for free
G7 C7
He had a revelation, special information
G7 D7 G7
And I'm hopin' they'll be catchin' it from sea to shining sea
[Verse 2]
G7 C7
A girl named Nancy started talkin' kinda fancy over dinner
G7 D7
Usin' clever phrases she would always have to stop and explain
G7
As each sentence ended all her guests were more offended
C7
And she looked at herself and she laughed
G7 D7 G7
She said "I'll never ever use those hundred-dollar words again"
[Chorus]
G7
He had a revelation, had a revelation
D7
He had some kinda knowledge comin' in from somewhere else to see
G7 C7
He had a revelation, special situation
G7 D7 G7
And I'm sure they'll be catchin' it from sea to shining sea
[Bridge]
C7 G7
Well, there's a time and a place for everything
C7 G7
A way of standin' up and never tippin' your canoe
C7 G7
Sometimes it's better if you just give in
D7
Never use a hammer on a screw
[Verse 3]
G7
Mister L. da Vinci said he wouldn't budge an inch he
C7
Was convinced that someday humans would fly
G7 D7
He made some little paper aeroplanes to show them what he had on his mind
G7
Even men of learnin' would have rather seen him burnin'
C7
Like the devil or the witch they thought he was
G7 D7 G7
So he kept his big mouth shut and he didn't have to say goodbye
[Chorus]
G7
He had a revelation, he had a revelation
D7
He had some kinda knowledge comin' in from A to Z
G7 C7
He had a revelation, a pile of information
G7 D7 G7
And I'm hopin' they'll be catchin' it from sea to shining sea
[Outro]
G7
G7
[Verse 1]
G7 C7
My friend Billy he was actin' kinda silly by the seashore
G7 D7
He started goofin', countin' all the grains of sand
G7
About a thousand and thirty he was gettin' kinda dirty
C7
And he looked at himself and he laughed
G7 D7 G7
He said, "I'll never even finish what I got right here in my hand"
[Chorus]
G7
He had a revelation, had a revelation
D7
He had some kinda knowledge comin' in from somewhere else for free
G7 C7
He had a revelation, special information
G7 D7 G7
And I'm hopin' they'll be catchin' it from sea to shining sea
[Verse 2]
G7 C7
A girl named Nancy started talkin' kinda fancy over dinner
G7 D7
Usin' clever phrases she would always have to stop and explain
G7
As each sentence ended all her guests were more offended
C7
And she looked at herself and she laughed
G7 D7 G7
She said "I'll never ever use those hundred-dollar words again"
[Chorus]
G7
He had a revelation, had a revelation
D7
He had some kinda knowledge comin' in from somewhere else to see
G7 C7
He had a revelation, special situation
G7 D7 G7
And I'm sure they'll be catchin' it from sea to shining sea
[Bridge]
C7 G7
Well, there's a time and a place for everything
C7 G7
A way of standin' up and never tippin' your canoe
C7 G7
Sometimes it's better if you just give in
D7
Never use a hammer on a screw
[Verse 3]
G7
Mister L. da Vinci said he wouldn't budge an inch he
C7
Was convinced that someday humans would fly
G7 D7
He made some little paper aeroplanes to show them what he had on his mind
G7
Even men of learnin' would have rather seen him burnin'
C7
Like the devil or the witch they thought he was
G7 D7 G7
So he kept his big mouth shut and he didn't have to say goodbye
[Chorus]
G7
He had a revelation, he had a revelation
D7
He had some kinda knowledge comin' in from A to Z
G7 C7
He had a revelation, a pile of information
G7 D7 G7
And I'm hopin' they'll be catchin' it from sea to shining sea
[Outro]
G7
Bushman
Bushwalla
Business
Business Class
Business Socks