Biography:
Gemma Hayes is a singer-songwriter born August 11, 1977 in Ballyporeen, Tipperary, Ireland.
She signed to Source Records/Virgin in 2001 and issued the folksy 4.35am EP and the more band-orientated Work to a Calm EP before releasing her debut album, Night on my Side, in 2002. The album was subsequently nominated for that year's Mercury Music Prize, now called the Barclaycard Mercury Prize.
After touring for Night on my Side Hayes took 2 years out from the music business; "All I do know is that I didn't want to listen to music at all.
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Gemma Hayes
"Shock to my System"
Let it Break (2011)
[Intro]
Eb Cm Bb
[Verse]
Eb
It’s like getting close to the sun
Cm Bb
I wanna tell you things I just can’t get
Ab Gm Bb
Air in my lungs long enough to explain
Eb
See I was born awake
Cm Bb Ab
Little by little I simply fell asleep
Gm Bb
Then you came and it all changed
[Chorus]
Eb Cm
You were right, I was half alive
Bb Ab
You were a shock to my system
Gm Bb
Tearing up my quiet life
Eb Cm
[Verse]
Eb
Now it’s hard to watch your back
Cm Bb
Move away from me just like that
Ab
In an instant
Gm Bb
All is gone, all is wrong
Eb
I’m caught in the red but I’m fading to grey
Cm Bb Ab
A constant reminder that nothing stays the same
Gm Bb
But nothing ever really changes
[Chorus]
Eb Cm
You were right, I was half alive
Bb Ab
You were a shock to my system
Gm Bb Eb
Tearing up my quiet life
Cm
I felt safe walking straight lines
Bb Ab
You were a shock to my system
Gm Bb Ab
Lighting up a fire so bright
Bb
Now there’s no turning back for me
[Change]
Eb Eb-5 Cm
Ooh.... Ooh....
Ab
I met you in the corner of the day
F
You said I was beautiful
Ab
But only when I’m lost
[Chorus]
Eb Cm
And you were right, I was half alive
Bb Ab
You were a shock to my system
Gm Bb Eb
Tearing up my quiet life
Cm
I felt safe walking straight lines
Bb Ab
You were a shock to my system
Gm Bb Ab
Lighting up a fire so bright
Bb Ab
Now there’s no turning back for me
Bb Eb
Now there’s no turning back for me
"Shock to my System"
Let it Break (2011)
[Intro]
Eb Cm Bb
[Verse]
Eb
It’s like getting close to the sun
Cm Bb
I wanna tell you things I just can’t get
Ab Gm Bb
Air in my lungs long enough to explain
Eb
See I was born awake
Cm Bb Ab
Little by little I simply fell asleep
Gm Bb
Then you came and it all changed
[Chorus]
Eb Cm
You were right, I was half alive
Bb Ab
You were a shock to my system
Gm Bb
Tearing up my quiet life
Eb Cm
[Verse]
Eb
Now it’s hard to watch your back
Cm Bb
Move away from me just like that
Ab
In an instant
Gm Bb
All is gone, all is wrong
Eb
I’m caught in the red but I’m fading to grey
Cm Bb Ab
A constant reminder that nothing stays the same
Gm Bb
But nothing ever really changes
[Chorus]
Eb Cm
You were right, I was half alive
Bb Ab
You were a shock to my system
Gm Bb Eb
Tearing up my quiet life
Cm
I felt safe walking straight lines
Bb Ab
You were a shock to my system
Gm Bb Ab
Lighting up a fire so bright
Bb
Now there’s no turning back for me
[Change]
Eb Eb-5 Cm
Ooh.... Ooh....
Ab
I met you in the corner of the day
F
You said I was beautiful
Ab
But only when I’m lost
[Chorus]
Eb Cm
And you were right, I was half alive
Bb Ab
You were a shock to my system
Gm Bb Eb
Tearing up my quiet life
Cm
I felt safe walking straight lines
Bb Ab
You were a shock to my system
Gm Bb Ab
Lighting up a fire so bright
Bb Ab
Now there’s no turning back for me
Bb Eb
Now there’s no turning back for me
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