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]
G Am7 Bm7 C D x2
[Verse 1]
G
I got the Hey Down Hoe Down, spin your love around
C Am7 Gsus4/A G Am7 Bm7 C D
Jump up and get 'em mama, sugartime flashback joys
G
The Hey Down Hoe Down spin your life around
C Am7 Gsus4/A G Am7 Bm7 C D
The jump up and get 'em, mama, sugartime flashback joys
[Verse 2]
G
We'll go drinkin' baby, maybe carousin'
C Am7 Gsus4/A G Am7 Bm7 C D
They'll let you in with blue jeans, I know my name was on the microphone
G
Pick me off the floor now, I seem to be fallin'
C Am7 Gsus4/A G Am7 Bm7 C D
For jump up and get 'em sugartime flashback joys
G Am7 Bm7 C D
[Chorus]
C Em7 C7 Em F#m G Am7 Bm7
I was flyin' high again, I been down for too damn long
G Am7 Gsus4/A G
And I took a yellow cab to Rochester
G Am7 Gsus4/A G
Hey you know I took a yellow cab to Rochester now (here we go)
[Instrumental]
G Am7 Bm7 C D x2
[Verse 3]
G
Late night radio creeping back to haunt me
C
Where you gonna listen now?
Am7 Gsus4/A G Am7 Bm7 C D
I guess dependin' where you turn your dial
G
Sweet, sweet memory, baby don't you leave me
C Am7 Gsus4/A G Am7 Bm7 C D
Come on my lover darlin', I know you're helpin' me to work it out
[Instrumental]
G Am7 Gsus4/A G Am7 Bm7 C D x2
[Chorus Fade]
C Em7 C7 Em F#m G Am7 Bm7
I was flyin' high again, I been down for too damn long
G Am7 Gsus4/A G
And I took a yellow cab to Rochester
G Am7 Gsus4/A G
Leavin' in the morning yeah I'm takin' that cab to Rochester
G Am7 Gsus4/A G
Packin' my bag I'm goin' movin' down the road to Rochester
G Am7 Gsus4/A G
So long my lover darlin' movin' down the road to Rochester
G Am7 Gsus4/A G
Packin' up my bag movin' down the road to Rochester
G Am7 Bm7 C D x2
[Verse 1]
G
I got the Hey Down Hoe Down, spin your love around
C Am7 Gsus4/A G Am7 Bm7 C D
Jump up and get 'em mama, sugartime flashback joys
G
The Hey Down Hoe Down spin your life around
C Am7 Gsus4/A G Am7 Bm7 C D
The jump up and get 'em, mama, sugartime flashback joys
[Verse 2]
G
We'll go drinkin' baby, maybe carousin'
C Am7 Gsus4/A G Am7 Bm7 C D
They'll let you in with blue jeans, I know my name was on the microphone
G
Pick me off the floor now, I seem to be fallin'
C Am7 Gsus4/A G Am7 Bm7 C D
For jump up and get 'em sugartime flashback joys
G Am7 Bm7 C D
[Chorus]
C Em7 C7 Em F#m G Am7 Bm7
I was flyin' high again, I been down for too damn long
G Am7 Gsus4/A G
And I took a yellow cab to Rochester
G Am7 Gsus4/A G
Hey you know I took a yellow cab to Rochester now (here we go)
[Instrumental]
G Am7 Bm7 C D x2
[Verse 3]
G
Late night radio creeping back to haunt me
C
Where you gonna listen now?
Am7 Gsus4/A G Am7 Bm7 C D
I guess dependin' where you turn your dial
G
Sweet, sweet memory, baby don't you leave me
C Am7 Gsus4/A G Am7 Bm7 C D
Come on my lover darlin', I know you're helpin' me to work it out
[Instrumental]
G Am7 Gsus4/A G Am7 Bm7 C D x2
[Chorus Fade]
C Em7 C7 Em F#m G Am7 Bm7
I was flyin' high again, I been down for too damn long
G Am7 Gsus4/A G
And I took a yellow cab to Rochester
G Am7 Gsus4/A G
Leavin' in the morning yeah I'm takin' that cab to Rochester
G Am7 Gsus4/A G
Packin' my bag I'm goin' movin' down the road to Rochester
G Am7 Gsus4/A G
So long my lover darlin' movin' down the road to Rochester
G Am7 Gsus4/A G
Packin' up my bag movin' down the road to Rochester
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