Biography:
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone (CFTPA) was the beats-and-keys solo project of singer, songwriter and Chicago resident, Owen Ashworth. Drawing heavy influence from traditional Americana as well as 80's synth pop and commercial hip hop, the music of CFTPA is a curious mix of austere character studies and playful electronic programming.
Owen Ashworth started to make music on a small casio keyboard back in 1997. His first two albums, "Answering Machine Music" and "Pocket Symphonies for Lonely Subway Cars
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Other songs:
- Beeline
- Blue Corolla
- Bobby Malone Moves Home
- Cold White Christmas
- Dont They Have Payphones Wherever You Were Last Night
- Half Ghost
- Harsh The Herald Angels Sing
- Holly Hobby
- I Love Creedence
- I Should Have Kissed You When I Had The Chance
- It Wasnt The Same Somehow
- Jeane If Youre Ever In Portland
- Killers
- Love Connection
- Man O War
- Nashville Parthenon
- Natural Light
- New Years Kiss
- Northfield Mn
- Optimist Vs The Silent Alarm When The Saints Go Marching In
- Suitcase In Hand
- Toby Take A Bow
- Tonight Was A Disaster
- Traveling Salesmans Young Wife Home Alone On Christmas In Montpelier Vt
- We Have Mice
- White Jetta
- You Were Alone
- Young Shields
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[Intro]
C Am Dm G
[Verse]
C
Here comes the frost that freezes every year
Am
Shuttered windows hang the advent calendar
Dm
What are you doing on your own this frozen year
G
I know you're changing like the trees in Montpelier
C
You took the job that put you on the road
Am
For days and weeks in motels, sleepy TV glow
Dm
With static filtering through payphones in the snow
G
It drowns you at home by Christmases and love-you-so's
[Chorus]
Am
And all our promises come so easy
F
They fill the distances til our next meeting
C G
But you're always off the phone long before I'd prefer to be
C
[Following this C chord, descend down the C scale, hold last note then back into intro]
E|-------------------|
B|--1-0--------------|
G|------2-0----------|
D|----------3-2-0----|
A|----------------3--|
e|-------------------|
[Intro again, feel free to experiment]
C Am Dm G
[Verse]
C
and I know that we should get some money saved
Am
I've felt the kicking growing in me every day
Dm
oh we'll live fat & happy when you get home you will say
G
but I'd eat beans if you'd just stay
[Ending Chorus]
Am
But all our promises come so freely
F
When all I really want is you close to me
C G
But you were already out the door by the time it occurred to me
C
[End with the descent down C chord followed by a slow strum through C chord]
E|-------------------|
B|--1-0--------------|
G|------2-0----------|
D|----------3-2-0----|
A|----------------3--|
e|-------------------|
C
C Am Dm G
[Verse]
C
Here comes the frost that freezes every year
Am
Shuttered windows hang the advent calendar
Dm
What are you doing on your own this frozen year
G
I know you're changing like the trees in Montpelier
C
You took the job that put you on the road
Am
For days and weeks in motels, sleepy TV glow
Dm
With static filtering through payphones in the snow
G
It drowns you at home by Christmases and love-you-so's
[Chorus]
Am
And all our promises come so easy
F
They fill the distances til our next meeting
C G
But you're always off the phone long before I'd prefer to be
C
[Following this C chord, descend down the C scale, hold last note then back into intro]
E|-------------------|
B|--1-0--------------|
G|------2-0----------|
D|----------3-2-0----|
A|----------------3--|
e|-------------------|
[Intro again, feel free to experiment]
C Am Dm G
[Verse]
C
and I know that we should get some money saved
Am
I've felt the kicking growing in me every day
Dm
oh we'll live fat & happy when you get home you will say
G
but I'd eat beans if you'd just stay
[Ending Chorus]
Am
But all our promises come so freely
F
When all I really want is you close to me
C G
But you were already out the door by the time it occurred to me
C
[End with the descent down C chord followed by a slow strum through C chord]
E|-------------------|
B|--1-0--------------|
G|------2-0----------|
D|----------3-2-0----|
A|----------------3--|
e|-------------------|
C
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