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 D7 C7 x2
[Verse 1]
G7
She got a red dress
G7
Kickin' up pretty heels
G7
She's playing the money games
G7
Givin' us men a thrill
C7
Spendin' nights in Sin City
C7
Wearin' all the upper class women down
[Chorus]
D7 C7
She cannot or she could not
G7
Change her name to Jezebel
D7
Well, never once did she try
C7 G7
No, no, no, she couldn't change her name to Jezebel
[Instrumental]
D7 C7 G7
[Verse 2]
G7
I got an army then I gave them spears
G7
But then I seize the power
G7
And I went around for a hundred years
C7
I was doin' alright
C7 G7
Takin' what I need and what I wanted to
[Chorus]
D7 C7
I did not and I could not
G7
Change my name to Charlemagne
D7
Well, never once did I try
C7 G7
But no, no, no, I couldn't change my name to Charlemagne
[Guitar Solo]
G7 C7 G7 D7 C7 G7
[Verse 3]
G7
Sailin' up past Jupiter, Venus in my skies
G7
Well, then I'm headin' back for the water
G7
It's comin' as no surprise
C7
And am I doing alright
G7
They even gonna check my fingerprints
[Chorus]
D7 C7
But I was not and I never could be
G7
Never couldn't be no astronaut
D7
But never once did I try
C7 G7
No, no, no, no, I'll never be no astronaut
[Chorus]
D7 C7
And I did not or I could not
G7
Change my name to Charlemagne
G7
No, Charlemagne, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Instrumental]
D7 C7 G7 D7 C7 G7
G7 D7 C7 x2
[Verse 1]
G7
She got a red dress
G7
Kickin' up pretty heels
G7
She's playing the money games
G7
Givin' us men a thrill
C7
Spendin' nights in Sin City
C7
Wearin' all the upper class women down
[Chorus]
D7 C7
She cannot or she could not
G7
Change her name to Jezebel
D7
Well, never once did she try
C7 G7
No, no, no, she couldn't change her name to Jezebel
[Instrumental]
D7 C7 G7
[Verse 2]
G7
I got an army then I gave them spears
G7
But then I seize the power
G7
And I went around for a hundred years
C7
I was doin' alright
C7 G7
Takin' what I need and what I wanted to
[Chorus]
D7 C7
I did not and I could not
G7
Change my name to Charlemagne
D7
Well, never once did I try
C7 G7
But no, no, no, I couldn't change my name to Charlemagne
[Guitar Solo]
G7 C7 G7 D7 C7 G7
[Verse 3]
G7
Sailin' up past Jupiter, Venus in my skies
G7
Well, then I'm headin' back for the water
G7
It's comin' as no surprise
C7
And am I doing alright
G7
They even gonna check my fingerprints
[Chorus]
D7 C7
But I was not and I never could be
G7
Never couldn't be no astronaut
D7
But never once did I try
C7 G7
No, no, no, no, I'll never be no astronaut
[Chorus]
D7 C7
And I did not or I could not
G7
Change my name to Charlemagne
G7
No, Charlemagne, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Instrumental]
D7 C7 G7 D7 C7 G7
Bushman
Bushwalla
Business
Business Class
Business Socks
Busy Signal
Butch Charvet
Butch Hancock
Butcher Babies
Butcher Boy