Biography:
The Bob Carpenter whose picture and album "Silent Passage" are shown here
has nothing to do with the player from Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (whose bio is below). The Canadian Bob Carpenter sang and wrote all the songs on the Silent Passage album (recorded for Warner in L.A. and Toronto and eventually released on Stoney Plain records) and the 1979 - "8 Demos" record also listed here. He was born in Thunder Bay Ontario and lived on Canada's west coast till his death in 1995. His songs have also been recorded by Brent Titcomb and Valdy.
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Silent Passage
By Bob Carpenter
Easy song from Bob Carpenter's mind-blowing 1974 (released in 1984) country-folk album Silent Passage.
Standard tuning EADGBE
No Capo
G / C / D / C / G
[Verse 1]
G Em D
Before the war I had no need for travelling
C G
Indeed I do not know what made it so important to leave
Em D
And after all this time I found that I’m avoiding me
Am C
For nothing more or less than fear
G Em D
Of what I have to gain from staying in the clear
Am C G
Although it’s only coming home that brings you near
[Verse 2]
G Em D
Master come my brother is a sailor
C G
Upon this ship of life we are the master-sails in the wind
Em D
And you can understand we need a hand to guide us in
Am C
So many claim to be the one
G Em
But like a shadow on the sun
D
They fade and spin
Am C G
And we are scattered on the ocean once again
[Verse 3]
G Em D
Before the war I had no need for travelling
C G
Indeed I do not know what made it so important to leave
Em D
And after all this time I found that I’m avoiding me
Am C
For nothing more or less than fear
G Em D
Of what I have to gain from staying in the clear
Am C G
Although it’s only coming home that brings you near
Am C G
Although it’s only coming home that brings a tear
[End)
By Bob Carpenter
Easy song from Bob Carpenter's mind-blowing 1974 (released in 1984) country-folk album Silent Passage.
Standard tuning EADGBE
No Capo
G / C / D / C / G
[Verse 1]
G Em D
Before the war I had no need for travelling
C G
Indeed I do not know what made it so important to leave
Em D
And after all this time I found that I’m avoiding me
Am C
For nothing more or less than fear
G Em D
Of what I have to gain from staying in the clear
Am C G
Although it’s only coming home that brings you near
[Verse 2]
G Em D
Master come my brother is a sailor
C G
Upon this ship of life we are the master-sails in the wind
Em D
And you can understand we need a hand to guide us in
Am C
So many claim to be the one
G Em
But like a shadow on the sun
D
They fade and spin
Am C G
And we are scattered on the ocean once again
[Verse 3]
G Em D
Before the war I had no need for travelling
C G
Indeed I do not know what made it so important to leave
Em D
And after all this time I found that I’m avoiding me
Am C
For nothing more or less than fear
G Em D
Of what I have to gain from staying in the clear
Am C G
Although it’s only coming home that brings you near
Am C G
Although it’s only coming home that brings a tear
[End)
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