Biography:
Labi Siffre (born June 25, 1945) is an English poet, songwriter and singer.
Born the fourth of five children, at Queen Charlotte's Hospital Hammersmith, London to a Barbadian / Belgian mother and a Nigerian father, Siffre was brought up in Bayswater and Hampstead and educated at a Catholic monastery school, St Benedict's School, in Ealing.
Jazz and Blues records provided his musical education: Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis and Charlie Mingus among many.
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Standard tuning
The chords are very simple.
However this one's all about keeping the right-hand rhythm.
Note in particular the roll on and off the E on the G chord.
G 320003
G(2) 3x2003
Am x02210
D xx0232
All the time on the G chord, play this pattern each bar
e|-----------------------------------|
B|----------0-------------0---0------|
G|--------0---0----------0-0-0-0-0---|
D|------0-------0-------2---2---2----|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|---3-----------------3-------------|
Verse 1
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G
Crying
Crying never did nobody no good no how
Am D G
That's why I I don't cry
Am D G
That's why I I don't cry
Verse 2
=======
G
Laughing
Laughing sometimes does somebody some good somehow
Am D G
That's why I I'm laughing now
Am D G
That's why I I'm laughing now
Verse 3
=======
G
Loving
Loving never did me no good no how no how
Am D G
That's why I can't love you now
Am D G
That's why I can't love you now
Verse 4
=======
G
Lying
Lying never did nobody no good no how no how
Am D G
So why am I lying now
Am D G
So why am I lying now
Am D G
So why am I lying now
-----------------------------------------
I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
March 2013
[email protected]
The chords are very simple.
However this one's all about keeping the right-hand rhythm.
Note in particular the roll on and off the E on the G chord.
G 320003
G(2) 3x2003
Am x02210
D xx0232
All the time on the G chord, play this pattern each bar
e|-----------------------------------|
B|----------0-------------0---0------|
G|--------0---0----------0-0-0-0-0---|
D|------0-------0-------2---2---2----|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|---3-----------------3-------------|
Verse 1
=======
G
Crying
Crying never did nobody no good no how
Am D G
That's why I I don't cry
Am D G
That's why I I don't cry
Verse 2
=======
G
Laughing
Laughing sometimes does somebody some good somehow
Am D G
That's why I I'm laughing now
Am D G
That's why I I'm laughing now
Verse 3
=======
G
Loving
Loving never did me no good no how no how
Am D G
That's why I can't love you now
Am D G
That's why I can't love you now
Verse 4
=======
G
Lying
Lying never did nobody no good no how no how
Am D G
So why am I lying now
Am D G
So why am I lying now
Am D G
So why am I lying now
-----------------------------------------
I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
March 2013
[email protected]
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