Biography:
SWEAR AND SHAKE is a New York-based indie-folk-rock quartet that features singer-songwriters Kari Spieler and Adam McHeffey, bassist Shaun Savage and drummer Tom Elefante.
While studying at SUNY Purchase in 2009, Adam and Kari collaborated on a simple one mic demo. Shortly after realizing the potential in their musical chemistry, the duo was joined by Shaun and Tom, adding a colorful new energy to their melodic and catchy songs.
Although Swear and Shake is still a new band
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Capo 1:
VERSE
C
Johnnie all your hundred songs
F
learned them on the guitar
C
played them in the mirror
G
pretended they were mine
C
Johnnie what a knack for words
F
each one cuts me deeper
C
strong enough to make you near
G E7
when you're far away
CHORUS
Am B/G C
Johnnie is your suitcase tight?
F
you say goodbye to no one
C
leave a mess of paper
G E7
and make way for the coast
Am B/G C
Honey all your bridges burned
F
should you find your boots worn
C
I will patch your soles
G
if you swear you'll walk with me
VERSE
C
Johnnie, I could be your queen
F
No more nights of long dreams
C
You could be the stronger man
G
To sleeps between these sheets
C
But never with your lips sewn shut
F
I can only do so much
C
Won't lift a finger
G E7
'Til you show me where it hurts
CHORUS
Am B/G C
Johnnie is your suitcase tight?
F
you say goodbye to no one
C
leave a mess of paper
G E7
and make way for the coast
Am B/G C
Honey all your bridges burned
F
should you find your boots worn
C
I will patch your soles
G
if you swear you'll walk with me
BRIDGE
C F Gaug
It's the way I'm gonna love you
C F E7
It's the way I'm gonna love you
Am
It's the way I'm gonna love you
Am/G#
The only way I know to
G D7
And I'll lay my candid loving on the line
F Gaug C
It's the way I'm gonna love you
VERSE
C
Johnnie all your hundred songs
F
learned them on the guitar
C
played them in the mirror
G
pretended they were mine
C
Johnnie what a knack for words
F
each one cuts me deeper
C
strong enough to make you near
G E7
when you're far away
CHORUS
Am B/G C
Johnnie is your suitcase tight?
F
you say goodbye to no one
C
leave a mess of paper
G E7
and make way for the coast
Am B/G C
Honey all your bridges burned
F
should you find your boots worn
C
I will patch your soles
G
if you swear you'll walk with me
VERSE
C
Johnnie, I could be your queen
F
No more nights of long dreams
C
You could be the stronger man
G
To sleeps between these sheets
C
But never with your lips sewn shut
F
I can only do so much
C
Won't lift a finger
G E7
'Til you show me where it hurts
CHORUS
Am B/G C
Johnnie is your suitcase tight?
F
you say goodbye to no one
C
leave a mess of paper
G E7
and make way for the coast
Am B/G C
Honey all your bridges burned
F
should you find your boots worn
C
I will patch your soles
G
if you swear you'll walk with me
BRIDGE
C F Gaug
It's the way I'm gonna love you
C F E7
It's the way I'm gonna love you
Am
It's the way I'm gonna love you
Am/G#
The only way I know to
G D7
And I'll lay my candid loving on the line
F Gaug C
It's the way I'm gonna love you
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Sweet Alibi
Sweet as Revenge
Sweet Ascent
Sweet Mandy & Th (...)
Sweet My Dream
Sweet Sensation (...)
Sweet September
Sweet Smoke