Biography:
Matt Duke is a South Jersey-bred singer/songwriter currently signed to Drexel University’s student-run record label, MAD Dragon Records, and Rykodisc. Duke began playing piano at the age of seven, and by ten he developed a deep love for the arts. Inspired by artists such as Van Morrison, The Band, and Pearl Jam, he taught himself how to play his mother’s vintage guitar. Duke spent his high school years at Philadelphia’s St. Joseph’s Prep, where he was exposed to Ani DiFranco, Ben Harper, Tool, and Damien Rice.
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Tidal Waves
by Matt Duke
Tabbed by Ben Mascioli
Capo on 3rd Fret
G: 320033
C: x32033
D: x00233
Em:022033
Intro:
G C D G
Em C D
(Note: On the transition from the G to the Em, walk the sixth string from 3 to 0)
G C D G
So here's the note I left by the fireplace and ash
Em C D
From all the notes that I had burned not long ago.
G C D G
It's great how severing all these ties can make things right,
Em C D
Or at least less wrong than they ever were before.
G C D G
Those days I'd sit, pensive, by the window and I could taste
Em C D
The awful flavor of nostalgia mixed with hurt.
G C
But now my mouth, my mouth is dry.
D G
I choke on logic and my tongue is tied
Em C D
From reciting inspired bible verses and foolish lies.
Em
They say that this world is a wide open road
G D Em
And we're stuck holding the wheel,
Em C D
But in one hand's a whiskey and the other's too drunk to steer,
G
So where do we go from here?
G C D G
Em C D
G C
I dance and I pray, I dance and pray for rain
D G
To wipe this earth out once again!-
Em C D
And extend those forty days and nights indefinitely.
G C D G
There will be tidal waves as all of our problems wash away,
Em C D
You can here my laughter just before I start to drown.
Em
If everyone here is a child of God,
G D Em
Then the world is a pitiless whore
C D
And He's still playing favorites and behind on His child support.
G
So where do we go from here now?
G C D G
Em C D
Quietly, play each chord only once:
Em
The noose that we wear doesn't matter at all,
G D Em
(Unless we kick out our feet)
C (begin to build back up...) D
Perhaps our salvation is to know that we're incomplete.
Back at regular volume:
G C
So here's the note, the note that counts,
D G
Explaining why I wanted out.
Em
It reads in small print:
C D
"I'm much to tired to think anymore..."
G
So where do we go from here?
Etc.
(Repeat "Where do we go from here now?" with the occasional vocal riffing til end.)
by Matt Duke
Tabbed by Ben Mascioli
Capo on 3rd Fret
G: 320033
C: x32033
D: x00233
Em:022033
Intro:
G C D G
Em C D
(Note: On the transition from the G to the Em, walk the sixth string from 3 to 0)
G C D G
So here's the note I left by the fireplace and ash
Em C D
From all the notes that I had burned not long ago.
G C D G
It's great how severing all these ties can make things right,
Em C D
Or at least less wrong than they ever were before.
G C D G
Those days I'd sit, pensive, by the window and I could taste
Em C D
The awful flavor of nostalgia mixed with hurt.
G C
But now my mouth, my mouth is dry.
D G
I choke on logic and my tongue is tied
Em C D
From reciting inspired bible verses and foolish lies.
Em
They say that this world is a wide open road
G D Em
And we're stuck holding the wheel,
Em C D
But in one hand's a whiskey and the other's too drunk to steer,
G
So where do we go from here?
G C D G
Em C D
G C
I dance and I pray, I dance and pray for rain
D G
To wipe this earth out once again!-
Em C D
And extend those forty days and nights indefinitely.
G C D G
There will be tidal waves as all of our problems wash away,
Em C D
You can here my laughter just before I start to drown.
Em
If everyone here is a child of God,
G D Em
Then the world is a pitiless whore
C D
And He's still playing favorites and behind on His child support.
G
So where do we go from here now?
G C D G
Em C D
Quietly, play each chord only once:
Em
The noose that we wear doesn't matter at all,
G D Em
(Unless we kick out our feet)
C (begin to build back up...) D
Perhaps our salvation is to know that we're incomplete.
Back at regular volume:
G C
So here's the note, the note that counts,
D G
Explaining why I wanted out.
Em
It reads in small print:
C D
"I'm much to tired to think anymore..."
G
So where do we go from here?
Etc.
(Repeat "Where do we go from here now?" with the occasional vocal riffing til end.)
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