Biography:
Fruit Bats is an American rock band formed in 1997 in Chicago, Illinois. The group has had many personnel changes but revolves around songwriter Eric D. Johnson. Their albums include Echolocation (2001), Mouthfuls (2003), Spelled in Bones (2005), The Ruminant Band (2009), Tripper (2011), and Absolute Loser (2016). In 2009 Johnson also joined The Shins.
Originally part of short-lived Chicago group I Rowboat, Johnson and two of his fellow Rowboat members, guitarist Dan Strack and drummer Brian Belval, created Fruit Bats as a side-project.
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Other songs:
- My Unusual Friend
- When U Love Somebody
- Absolute Loser
- Baby Bluebird
- Beautiful Morning Light
- Being On Our Own
- Birthday Drunk
- Blessed Breeze
- Canyon Girl
- Dolly
- Dont You Know That
- Dragonships
- Earthquake Of 73
- Feather Bed
- From A Soon
- Getting In A Van Again
- Good Will Come To You
- Humbug Mountain Song
- It Must Be Love
- Magic Hour
- My Sweet Midwest
- None Of Us
- Rainbow Sign
- Shivering Fawn
- Silent Life
- Singing Joy To The World
- Tangie And Ray
- Tegucigalpa
- The Banishment Song
- The Hobo Girl
- The Little Acorn
- The Rock Doc
- The Ruminant Band
- Tony The Tripper
- Travelers Song
- Union Blanket
- When You Love Somebody
- Wind That Blew My Heart Away
- Youre Too Weird
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Dragonships
Fruit Bats
www.fruitbatsmusic.com
Intro:
D
Woo-hoo, woo-hoo, woo-hoo, hoo
G
Ba-ba ba ba ba-ba baa
Bm A G D (alternate with xx0032)
e:----------2-2-2----------0--0---------3--3------------------------2-|
B:----------3-3-3----------2--2---------0--0------------------------3-|
G:-------0--4-4-4----------2--2---------0--0------------------------2-|
D:-----0----4-4-4---0------2--2---------0--0------------------0-2-0---|
A:-0-2------2-2-2-----4-2--0--0--4-2-0--2--2------------0-2-4---------|
E:--------------------------------------3--3--3-2-3-2-3---------------|
A E
I wish I was a man on a western land
D A
I'd dig my spurs into the western sand
A E
I'd dig on the view across the big red sky
Bm D
Dig my ax into a pine and watch the chips fly
Refrain:
A G D
I'm gonna go, this time I know, city's got me feeling like a motherfuckah!
A G D Bm Bm
This one is it, after I quit, I can't write a love song worth shit!
I wish I was a Viking in 1103
I'd fuck up shit on the high cold sea
Did you know that the Vikings were always ripped?
They kept a lot of drugs on their dragonships
Refrain
A G
I wish I had a tape recorder
D
I'd tape everything I ever said
A E D
Intro
Solo (repeat D and xx0032)
Refrain x5 etc.
Fruit Bats
www.fruitbatsmusic.com
Intro:
D
Woo-hoo, woo-hoo, woo-hoo, hoo
G
Ba-ba ba ba ba-ba baa
Bm A G D (alternate with xx0032)
e:----------2-2-2----------0--0---------3--3------------------------2-|
B:----------3-3-3----------2--2---------0--0------------------------3-|
G:-------0--4-4-4----------2--2---------0--0------------------------2-|
D:-----0----4-4-4---0------2--2---------0--0------------------0-2-0---|
A:-0-2------2-2-2-----4-2--0--0--4-2-0--2--2------------0-2-4---------|
E:--------------------------------------3--3--3-2-3-2-3---------------|
A E
I wish I was a man on a western land
D A
I'd dig my spurs into the western sand
A E
I'd dig on the view across the big red sky
Bm D
Dig my ax into a pine and watch the chips fly
Refrain:
A G D
I'm gonna go, this time I know, city's got me feeling like a motherfuckah!
A G D Bm Bm
This one is it, after I quit, I can't write a love song worth shit!
I wish I was a Viking in 1103
I'd fuck up shit on the high cold sea
Did you know that the Vikings were always ripped?
They kept a lot of drugs on their dragonships
Refrain
A G
I wish I had a tape recorder
D
I'd tape everything I ever said
A E D
Intro
Solo (repeat D and xx0032)
Refrain x5 etc.
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