Biography:
Like many before him, Colin Meloy (The Decemberists) was a frustrated college student before he was an acclaimed songwriter. While majoring in English, with an emphasis on creative writing at the University of Montana, he also played in an alternative-countryish band called Tarkio from 1996 - 1999. Members included Colin Meloy, Gibson Hartwell, Louis Stein, and Brian Collins. In 2006, Kill Rock Stars released a 2-cd discography of Tarkio's material entitled "Omnibus".
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Keeping Me Awake by Tarkio
Standard E Tuning
Capo 2nd Fret
Intro: E Emaj7 A x4
E Emaj7 A
Summer it came, like a light across the highlands
E Emaj7 A
And we laid it down
E Emaj7 A
You wore a dress made of light from the islands
E Emaj7 A
And we sent postcards home
E Emaj7 A x2
In dying light, this was not to be forgotten
As we are chosen few
Into the sea, with a touch as soft as cotton
Beneath this angel moon
Chorus
F#m B
It's been keeping me awake
E Emaj7 A
Leaving this behind was my first mistake
F#m B
And I'm not so strong
E Emaj7 A
To be satisfied by all the things I've done
F#m B
And the things I threw away...
E Emaj7 A x2
You wrote your name as we lay among the heather
Of what you left behind
Following past, that would lead us both together
And let us lose our minds
Chorus
F#m B
It's been keeping me awake
E Emaj7 A
Leaving this behind was my first mistake
F#m B
And I'm not so strong
E Emaj7 A
To be satisfied by all the things I've done
F#m B
Or the things I threw away...
E Emaj7 A x2
Summer it fell, and it coursed across the highlands
And so quickly gone
Your faded dress for years now tied away and silent
And as the nights lay low
Chorus
F#m B
It's been keeping me awake
E Emaj7 A
Leaving this behind was my first mistake
F#m B
And I'm not so strong
E Emaj7 A
To be satisfied by all the things I've done
F#m B
Or the things I threw away...
E Emaj7 A
The things I threw away
E Emaj7 A
The things I threw away
E Emaj7 A
The things I threw away
(end on E)
Chords (relative to capo)
EADGBe
E 022100
Emaj7 022033
A 002220
F#m 244222
B 224442
Standard E Tuning
Capo 2nd Fret
Intro: E Emaj7 A x4
E Emaj7 A
Summer it came, like a light across the highlands
E Emaj7 A
And we laid it down
E Emaj7 A
You wore a dress made of light from the islands
E Emaj7 A
And we sent postcards home
E Emaj7 A x2
In dying light, this was not to be forgotten
As we are chosen few
Into the sea, with a touch as soft as cotton
Beneath this angel moon
Chorus
F#m B
It's been keeping me awake
E Emaj7 A
Leaving this behind was my first mistake
F#m B
And I'm not so strong
E Emaj7 A
To be satisfied by all the things I've done
F#m B
And the things I threw away...
E Emaj7 A x2
You wrote your name as we lay among the heather
Of what you left behind
Following past, that would lead us both together
And let us lose our minds
Chorus
F#m B
It's been keeping me awake
E Emaj7 A
Leaving this behind was my first mistake
F#m B
And I'm not so strong
E Emaj7 A
To be satisfied by all the things I've done
F#m B
Or the things I threw away...
E Emaj7 A x2
Summer it fell, and it coursed across the highlands
And so quickly gone
Your faded dress for years now tied away and silent
And as the nights lay low
Chorus
F#m B
It's been keeping me awake
E Emaj7 A
Leaving this behind was my first mistake
F#m B
And I'm not so strong
E Emaj7 A
To be satisfied by all the things I've done
F#m B
Or the things I threw away...
E Emaj7 A
The things I threw away
E Emaj7 A
The things I threw away
E Emaj7 A
The things I threw away
(end on E)
Chords (relative to capo)
EADGBe
E 022100
Emaj7 022033
A 002220
F#m 244222
B 224442
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