Biography:
Some bands insist on dragging listeners into their world, but Richmond, VA's Carbon Leaf works towards a more admirable and considerably more difficult goal – that of letting perfect strangers feel that the band understands their world. Since 1992, the band has succeeded in doing just that -- and on its third Vanguard release, Nothing Rhymes With Woman, has created a soundtrack suitable for multiple worlds.
“For me, this is an album that’s focused on growth and maturity, but it’s not deadly serious,” says front man Barry Privett.
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Other songs:
- Life Less Ordinary
- What About Everything?
- Block Of Wood
- Blue Ridge Laughing
- Changeless
- Circus
- Comfort
- Desperation Song
- Grey Sky Eyes
- Home
- I Know The Reason
- Lake Of Silver Bells
- Learn To Fly
- Let Your Troubles Roll By
- Mary Mac
- Miss Hollywood
- Oi
- On Any Given Day
- One Prairie Outpost
- Pink
- Raise The Roof
- Sea
- Shine
- Texas Stars
- The Boxer
- The Donnybrook Affair
- The Friendship Song
- Toy Soldiers
- Two Aging Truckers
- Under The Wire
- War Was In Color
- What About Everything
- When Im Alone
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Carbon Leaf - Toy Soldiers
Intro: D (Alternate Strum) Am 2x C 2x G 2x
Verse Pattern (Same for all verses):
Am 2x C 2x G 2x D (Alternate Strum into next phrase)
Give it a listen for the singing/playing cues. Note the F in the chorus could easily be
a C, making this a total novice song. When you progress to bar chords, the F is an
interesting switch.
Intro 2x
Am C G D
Today I strike out on my own
The dog is dead the kids have grown
I fell asleep in my writing chair
I dreamt I found my childhood stare
To family dinner Christmas night
We'd cross the river shipyard lights
Before the heartbreak and unknown
Tonight I strike out on my own
Chorus:
D Am F
Hi-diddley-o didn't ya know?
G D --(Note: All downstrokes)
You fade once you glow
Am C
Didn't ya know child?
G D
After the rhyme high time
D Am F
Diddley-o didn't ya know?
G D --(Note: All downstrokes)
You fade once you glow
Am C
Didn't ya know child?
G D (Back into alt strumming)
After the rhyme high time
Intro 1x
The families gather but we're all
Mere shadows in this banquet hall
I'm begging mom will you understand
I'm begging dad will you hold her hand
To play outside was all I'd known
And Christmas lights on every home
Chorus *Last phrase changes to:
(C) G D Am G
G D (Into alternate strumming)
After the rhyme it's high time
Intro 1x (Gradually play softer)
We find the people of our dreams
We find that they're not what they seem
I've learned that people come and go
I've learned that families break and grow (Get louder!)
Toy soldiers brave away those tears
Toy soldiers hope for better years (Louder!)
Today I strike out on my own
The dog is dead we kids have grown
Chorus *Original end phrase
End phrase 2x
Intro: D (Alternate Strum) Am 2x C 2x G 2x
Verse Pattern (Same for all verses):
Am 2x C 2x G 2x D (Alternate Strum into next phrase)
Give it a listen for the singing/playing cues. Note the F in the chorus could easily be
a C, making this a total novice song. When you progress to bar chords, the F is an
interesting switch.
Intro 2x
Am C G D
Today I strike out on my own
The dog is dead the kids have grown
I fell asleep in my writing chair
I dreamt I found my childhood stare
To family dinner Christmas night
We'd cross the river shipyard lights
Before the heartbreak and unknown
Tonight I strike out on my own
Chorus:
D Am F
Hi-diddley-o didn't ya know?
G D --(Note: All downstrokes)
You fade once you glow
Am C
Didn't ya know child?
G D
After the rhyme high time
D Am F
Diddley-o didn't ya know?
G D --(Note: All downstrokes)
You fade once you glow
Am C
Didn't ya know child?
G D (Back into alt strumming)
After the rhyme high time
Intro 1x
The families gather but we're all
Mere shadows in this banquet hall
I'm begging mom will you understand
I'm begging dad will you hold her hand
To play outside was all I'd known
And Christmas lights on every home
Chorus *Last phrase changes to:
(C) G D Am G
G D (Into alternate strumming)
After the rhyme it's high time
Intro 1x (Gradually play softer)
We find the people of our dreams
We find that they're not what they seem
I've learned that people come and go
I've learned that families break and grow (Get louder!)
Toy soldiers brave away those tears
Toy soldiers hope for better years (Louder!)
Today I strike out on my own
The dog is dead we kids have grown
Chorus *Original end phrase
End phrase 2x
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