Biography:
Better Than Ezra is an alternative rock trio based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The band was formed in Baton Rouge in 1987 by Kevin Griffin while he and the other original members were attending college at Louisiana State University. By 1988 Better Than Ezra had released a demo cassette tape, Chime Street Studio Demo Tape. In 1989 the band released a cassette-only album, Surprise. They released their first nationally-distributed album Deluxe in 1993 (Swell Records / 1995 Elektra).
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- Circle Of Friends
- Closer
- Crazy Lucky
- Cry In The Sun
- Daylight
- Desperately Wanting
- Devil Girl
- Gonna Get Better
- Heaven
- Hey Love
- I Just Knew
- In The Blood
- Its Only Natural
- Just One Day
- King Of New Orleans
- Live Again
- Our Last Night
- Porcelain
- Rarely Spoken
- Return Of The Postmoderns
- Rosealia
- Teenager
- This Time Of Year
- Turn Up The Bright Lights
- Winter Coats
- Wwoz
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From: "doug kojetin, Ph.D."
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CRD:=A0_crd=5Frarely=5Fspoken.txt_by_Better_Than_Ezra?=
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 18:51:09 -0500
CRD: crd_rarely_spoken.txt by Better Than Ezra
Rarely Spoken - Better Than Ezra
(Written by Kevin Griffin)
(Words Transcribed by Ferlen David III)
(Music Transcribed by Douglas Kojetin - [email protected])
NOTE: the intro and refrain are used in other places of the song
: the song starts with the intro and refrain
To make it sound better, it is good to pick the bass note
of the chord, then strum the strings.
To get the strumming correct, listen to the recording.
(I used the 99x Live X '95)
INTRO: C Em C D
REFRAIN: C G D Em C (x2)
C Em
Turn the phone booth down
C Em D
Feel the candle burn the light that is still burning
C
Let it out
Em
Let it in
D
Try to find the way again
C
Turn it up this time
Em D
Is that just how it ends this time
(REFRAIN) C G D Em C (x2)
C Em
Turn the T.V. down
C Em D
Feel along the light the word is still burning
C
So breathe it out
Em
Breathe it in
D
Try to find the way again
C
Turn it up this time
Em D
Is that just how it ends this time?
C G D Em C
You f - e - a - r are you now
C G D Em C
The lines are barely dry
C G D Em C
And w h e r e are you now
C G
And the line
D Em
And the words
C
And the thoughts are spoken now
(INTRO) C Em C D(x2)
C Em
Kick your cell-phone down
C Em D
Feel alone the light the word is still burning
C
So let it out
Em
Let it in
D
Try to find the way again
C
Turn it on sometime
Em D
Is that just how it ends this time
C G D Em C
You f - e - a - r are you now
C G D Em C
The lines are barely dry
C G D Em C
And w h e r e are you now
C G
And the line
D Em
And the words
C
And the thoughts are spoken now
D C Em Em C (x4)
(like intro but twice as long and a little different)
C Em
C
Long
Em
Will you run...yeah
C
Sad road
Em
To get you down
D
To get you down
(refrain) C G D Em C (x1)
C G D Em C
The lines are barely dry
C G D Em C
And w h e r e are you now
C G
And the line
D Em
And the words
C
And the thoughts are spoken now
C G D Em C
Rarely spoken
C G D Em C
Rarely spoken
C G D
Woo-hoo-hoo
Em C
Woo-hoo-hoo
C G D
Woo-hoo-hoo
Em C
Woo-hoo-hoo
(EX-TRO) C G D Em Bm C D C Bm Em
Rarely Spoken
(Written by Kevin Griffin)
(Words Transcribed by Ferlen David III)
(Music Transcribed by Douglas Kojetin - [email protected])
NOTE: the intro and refrain are used in other places of the song
: the song starts with the intro and refrain
To make it sound better, it is good to pick the bass note
of the chord, then strum the strings.
To get the strumming correct, listen to the recording.
(I used the 99x Live X '95)
INTRO: C Em C D
REFRAIN: C G D Em C (x2)
C Em
Turn the phone booth down
C Em D
Feel the candle burn the light that is still burning
C
Let it out
Em
Let it in
D
Try to find the way again
C
Turn it up this time
Em D
Is that just how it ends this time
(REFRAIN) C G D Em C (x2)
C Em
Turn the T.V. down
C Em D
Feel along the light the word is still burning
C
So breathe it out
Em
Breathe it in
D
Try to find the way again
C
Turn it up this time
Em D
Is that just how it ends this time?
C G D Em C
You f - e - a - r are you now
C G D Em C
The lines are barely dry
C G D Em C
And w h e r e are you now
C G
And the line
D Em
And the words
C
And the thoughts are spoken now
(INTRO) C Em C D(x2)
C Em
Kick your cell-phone down
C Em D
Feel alone the light the word is still burning
C
So let it out
Em
Let it in
D
Try to find the way again
C
Turn it on sometime
Em D
Is that just how it ends this time
C G D Em C
You f - e - a - r are you now
C G D Em C
The lines are barely dry
C G D Em C
And w h e r e are you now
C G
And the line
D Em
And the words
C
And the thoughts are spoken now
D C Em Em C (x4)
(like intro but twice as long and a little different)
C Em
C
Long
Em
Will you run...yeah
C
Sad road
Em
To get you down
D
To get you down
(refrain) C G D Em C (x1)
C G D Em C
The lines are barely dry
C G D Em C
And w h e r e are you now
C G
And the line
D Em
And the words
C
And the thoughts are spoken now
C G D Em C
Rarely spoken
C G D Em C
Rarely spoken
C G D
Woo-hoo-hoo
Em C
Woo-hoo-hoo
C G D
Woo-hoo-hoo
Em C
Woo-hoo-hoo
(EX-TRO) C G D Em Bm C D C Bm Em
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
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From: "doug kojetin, Ph.D."
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CRD:=A0_crd=5Frarely=5Fspoken.txt_by_Better_Than_Ezra?=
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 18:51:09 -0500
CRD: crd_rarely_spoken.txt by Better Than Ezra
Rarely Spoken - Better Than Ezra
(Written by Kevin Griffin)
(Words Transcribed by Ferlen David III)
(Music Transcribed by Douglas Kojetin - [email protected])
NOTE: the intro and refrain are used in other places of the song
: the song starts with the intro and refrain
To make it sound better, it is good to pick the bass note
of the chord, then strum the strings.
To get the strumming correct, listen to the recording.
(I used the 99x Live X '95)
INTRO: C Em C D
REFRAIN: C G D Em C (x2)
C Em
Turn the phone booth down
C Em D
Feel the candle burn the light that is still burning
C
Let it out
Em
Let it in
D
Try to find the way again
C
Turn it up this time
Em D
Is that just how it ends this time
(REFRAIN) C G D Em C (x2)
C Em
Turn the T.V. down
C Em D
Feel along the light the word is still burning
C
So breathe it out
Em
Breathe it in
D
Try to find the way again
C
Turn it up this time
Em D
Is that just how it ends this time?
C G D Em C
You f - e - a - r are you now
C G D Em C
The lines are barely dry
C G D Em C
And w h e r e are you now
C G
And the line
D Em
And the words
C
And the thoughts are spoken now
(INTRO) C Em C D(x2)
C Em
Kick your cell-phone down
C Em D
Feel alone the light the word is still burning
C
So let it out
Em
Let it in
D
Try to find the way again
C
Turn it on sometime
Em D
Is that just how it ends this time
C G D Em C
You f - e - a - r are you now
C G D Em C
The lines are barely dry
C G D Em C
And w h e r e are you now
C G
And the line
D Em
And the words
C
And the thoughts are spoken now
D C Em Em C (x4)
(like intro but twice as long and a little different)
C Em
C
Long
Em
Will you run...yeah
C
Sad road
Em
To get you down
D
To get you down
(refrain) C G D Em C (x1)
C G D Em C
The lines are barely dry
C G D Em C
And w h e r e are you now
C G
And the line
D Em
And the words
C
And the thoughts are spoken now
C G D Em C
Rarely spoken
C G D Em C
Rarely spoken
C G D
Woo-hoo-hoo
Em C
Woo-hoo-hoo
C G D
Woo-hoo-hoo
Em C
Woo-hoo-hoo
(EX-TRO) C G D Em Bm C D C Bm Em
Rarely Spoken
(Written by Kevin Griffin)
(Words Transcribed by Ferlen David III)
(Music Transcribed by Douglas Kojetin - [email protected])
NOTE: the intro and refrain are used in other places of the song
: the song starts with the intro and refrain
To make it sound better, it is good to pick the bass note
of the chord, then strum the strings.
To get the strumming correct, listen to the recording.
(I used the 99x Live X '95)
INTRO: C Em C D
REFRAIN: C G D Em C (x2)
C Em
Turn the phone booth down
C Em D
Feel the candle burn the light that is still burning
C
Let it out
Em
Let it in
D
Try to find the way again
C
Turn it up this time
Em D
Is that just how it ends this time
(REFRAIN) C G D Em C (x2)
C Em
Turn the T.V. down
C Em D
Feel along the light the word is still burning
C
So breathe it out
Em
Breathe it in
D
Try to find the way again
C
Turn it up this time
Em D
Is that just how it ends this time?
C G D Em C
You f - e - a - r are you now
C G D Em C
The lines are barely dry
C G D Em C
And w h e r e are you now
C G
And the line
D Em
And the words
C
And the thoughts are spoken now
(INTRO) C Em C D(x2)
C Em
Kick your cell-phone down
C Em D
Feel alone the light the word is still burning
C
So let it out
Em
Let it in
D
Try to find the way again
C
Turn it on sometime
Em D
Is that just how it ends this time
C G D Em C
You f - e - a - r are you now
C G D Em C
The lines are barely dry
C G D Em C
And w h e r e are you now
C G
And the line
D Em
And the words
C
And the thoughts are spoken now
D C Em Em C (x4)
(like intro but twice as long and a little different)
C Em
C
Long
Em
Will you run...yeah
C
Sad road
Em
To get you down
D
To get you down
(refrain) C G D Em C (x1)
C G D Em C
The lines are barely dry
C G D Em C
And w h e r e are you now
C G
And the line
D Em
And the words
C
And the thoughts are spoken now
C G D Em C
Rarely spoken
C G D Em C
Rarely spoken
C G D
Woo-hoo-hoo
Em C
Woo-hoo-hoo
C G D
Woo-hoo-hoo
Em C
Woo-hoo-hoo
(EX-TRO) C G D Em Bm C D C Bm Em
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