Biography:
Matthew Perryman Jones (born 1973) is an American singer and songwriter.
Jones began performing in 1997, debuting at Eddie's Attic in Decatur, GA, but he soon relocated to Nashville. In 2000 he released Nowhere Else But Here followed by an EP, For the Road, in 2003. Released in 2006, Throwing Punches in the Dark was produced by Neilson Hubbard (Glen Phillips, Garrison Star) and met with high critical praise. Jones re-teamed with Hubbard for Swallow the Sea, which was released in 2008.
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Other songs:
- Living In The Shadows
- Amelia
- Breaking Out The Windows
- Cant Get It Right
- Cold Answer
- Feels Like Letting Go Acoustic
- Hole In My Heart
- I Cant Get You Out Of My Mind
- I Cant Go Back Now
- Jesus I Come Out Of Bondage
- Looking For You Again
- O Theo
- One Thing More
- Only You
- Out Of Reach
- Rain Or Shine
- Satellites
- Save You
- Take It With Me
- Until The Dawn Appears
- Until The Last Falling Star
- Wait For Me
- Waiting On The Light To Change
- Waking Up The Dead
- Where The Road Meets The Sun
- Wrestling Tigers
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Matthew Perryman Jones - Waking Up the Dead (acoustic version)
Capo on the 3rd fret
All chords related to capo 3:
G C/G(intro) C/G Dadd9/A
e---3--3-----------0-----0-------|
b---0--1-----------1-----3-------|
g---0--0-----------0-----0-------|
d---0--2-----------2-----4-------|
A---x--x-----------3-----5-------|
E---3--3-----------3-----5-------|
[Intro] G C/G (4x)
C Am7 G
The sun is sinking and I'm still dragging this bag of bones
C Am7 G
Like a homesick beggar with a rockstar swagger and a heart of stone
Em
My feet are on the riverbed
C/G
My hands are far from innocent
Dadd9/A D7
Have mercy on my soul
[chorus]
G C/G G Dadd9/A
Where did I go wrong? I lost my head.
C/G Em Dadd9/A C/G (keep playing the chord for 4 bars)
I want to dance on fire and be born again
G
I can hear the voice that's waking up the dead
[intro] G C/G (2x)
C Am7 G
Well everything changes and the colors start fading and the stars go dim
C Am7 G
And the clock keeps ticking while the rattlesnake's shaking as it sheds its skin
Em
Kill your heart and never take a chance
C/G
Lock it up inside a picket fence
Dadd9/A D7
The illusions of control
[chorus]
G C/G G Dadd9/A
Where did I go wrong? I lost my head.
C/G Em Dadd9/A C/G (keep playing the chord for 4 bars)
I want to dance on fire and be born again
G
I can hear the voice that's waking up the dead
[interlude] Em G Em G Em C/G (do a little whooing over it)
[chorus]
G C/G G Dadd9/A
Where did I go wrong? I lost my head.
C/G Em Dadd9/A C/G
I want to dance on fire and be born again
G C/G G Dadd9/A
Where did I go wrong? I lost my head.
C/G Em Dadd9/A C/G (keep playing the chord for 4 bars)
I want to dance on fire and be born again
G
I can hear the voice that's waking up the dead
[intro] G C/G (2x) G (final chord)
Capo on the 3rd fret
All chords related to capo 3:
G C/G(intro) C/G Dadd9/A
e---3--3-----------0-----0-------|
b---0--1-----------1-----3-------|
g---0--0-----------0-----0-------|
d---0--2-----------2-----4-------|
A---x--x-----------3-----5-------|
E---3--3-----------3-----5-------|
[Intro] G C/G (4x)
C Am7 G
The sun is sinking and I'm still dragging this bag of bones
C Am7 G
Like a homesick beggar with a rockstar swagger and a heart of stone
Em
My feet are on the riverbed
C/G
My hands are far from innocent
Dadd9/A D7
Have mercy on my soul
[chorus]
G C/G G Dadd9/A
Where did I go wrong? I lost my head.
C/G Em Dadd9/A C/G (keep playing the chord for 4 bars)
I want to dance on fire and be born again
G
I can hear the voice that's waking up the dead
[intro] G C/G (2x)
C Am7 G
Well everything changes and the colors start fading and the stars go dim
C Am7 G
And the clock keeps ticking while the rattlesnake's shaking as it sheds its skin
Em
Kill your heart and never take a chance
C/G
Lock it up inside a picket fence
Dadd9/A D7
The illusions of control
[chorus]
G C/G G Dadd9/A
Where did I go wrong? I lost my head.
C/G Em Dadd9/A C/G (keep playing the chord for 4 bars)
I want to dance on fire and be born again
G
I can hear the voice that's waking up the dead
[interlude] Em G Em G Em C/G (do a little whooing over it)
[chorus]
G C/G G Dadd9/A
Where did I go wrong? I lost my head.
C/G Em Dadd9/A C/G
I want to dance on fire and be born again
G C/G G Dadd9/A
Where did I go wrong? I lost my head.
C/G Em Dadd9/A C/G (keep playing the chord for 4 bars)
I want to dance on fire and be born again
G
I can hear the voice that's waking up the dead
[intro] G C/G (2x) G (final chord)
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