Here’s installment #3 in my video series, during which I’ll do my best to produce an album of original music before the end of this school year. This installment is a few days late due to me getting a new video camera, me deciding I had to learn about video editing (a steeper learning curve than I had hoped for), and then me & my whole damn family got the flu (we’re all much better now; thanks very much for asking).

This one’s dedicated to all the freaks & geeks out there.

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(NC)    E
She can hammer a spike right up her nose
       A              E
Decked out in fishnet pantyhose
                            C#m
And my mom would freak if I chose
            F#m    B
To take her home
    E
She sleeps on a bed of rusty nails
A                     E
Rumour has it she was born with a tail
She puts the wind in my sail

    C#m           F#m    B
Wherever I should roam


C#m                 B
She's got eyes like diamonds
      E             A
And a tattoo on her face
      C#m          E
She'd be hard to replace
           B       B7
To say the least


         E                     C#m
She's my Coney Island sideshow freak girl
         E            A
She's my Coney Island freak
   E                     C#m
My Coney Island sideshow freak girl
      E
So to speak

She found her 9 to 5 to be a pain in the a**
           A                  E
So now she jumps for joy upon broken glass
                             C#m
And after the show I help to pick
           F#m     B
The pieces out
     E
Then after a Nathan's Famous meal
          A                    E
We take a spin together on the Wonder Wheel    
And when we reach the top

         C#m            F#m    B
You know what it's all about


C#m                 B
She's got eyes like diamonds
        E               A
And she fills me with desire
         C#m                  E
When she lights her tongue on fire
          B       B7
Don't you know


         E                     C#m
She's my Coney Island sideshow freak girl
         E            A
She's my Coney Island freak
   E                     B
My Coney Island sideshow freak girl
      E
So to speak

C#m   |E   |A B |


C#m                 B
She's got eyes like diamonds
    E                A
And each night after dark
   C#m                  E
We stroll the amusement park
        B      B7
Hand in hand


         E                     C#m
She's my Coney Island sideshow freak girl
         E            A
She's my Coney Island freak
   E                     B
My Coney Island sideshow freak girl
      E
So to speak
                               C#m
She's my Coney Island sideshow freak girl
         E            A
She's my Coney Island freak
   E                     B
My Coney Island sideshow freak girl
      E
So to speak

 
© 2011 Steve Chatterton | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License

Remix Stems: Download Here

One day my son, who was 2 or 3 at the time, and I were watching Sesame Street together. There was a segment on featuring fireflies that captivated his imagination.

He turned to me and said, “Daddy, I like fireflies!”

“I like them, too,” I said. “Their butts glow in the dark!”

Well, those words got stuck in my head, and by the end of the program I had the song fully formed in my head & it was just a matter of sorting out the chords on the guitar.

C          Am
I like fireflies
              F                 Dm
Because their butts glow in the dark
    Em             C
And maybe if yours did that too
     F               Bb
It'd help me to keep up with you
        C              Am
Because you are wicked fast
            F                   Dm
When you're running through the park
    Em               C
And if your butt was lighting up
   F                  Bb
It just might help me to keep up
     C
With you
     
     G
It's true
     Em                 C
With all the things you do
  F                G                 C   Am  F   G
I wouldn't want to miss a trick with you

    C            Am
And I like butterflies
     F                Dm
Some moths are pretty too
    Em             C
But even when they look so good
  F                     Bb
I just don't think that anything could
C               Am
Look as good as you
         F                Dm
Here's a song to say it's true
    Em              C
And here's an extra line to say
F             Bb
Hopefully you feel the way 
  C
I do

     G
It's true
     Em                 G
With all the things you do
  F                G                 C   Am
I wouldn't want to miss a trick with you 
  F                G
I wouldn't want to miss a trick

Em               C              Am
Dragonflies just love to make a mess
    Em              C            Am
And damselflies are always in distress
Em                 C               Am
But you are wise beyond my years I guess
Dm          Dm7      G            G7
And that is why I consider myself blessed

|C   Am  |F   Dm  |Em  C   |F   Bb 

      C
And I do
     G
It's true
    Em              C
I'm so in love with you
  F                G                 C   Am
I wouldn't want to miss a trick with you 
  F                G                 C   Am
I wouldn't want to miss a trick with you 
  F                G                 C9
I wouldn't want to miss a trick with you

 
© 2011 Steve Chatterton | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
 

Remix Stems: Download Here

One evening, a few days after seeing Finding Nemo in the theatre, I found myself in the backyard barbecuing some chicken and pondering the near-homophony of “sea anemone” and “see an enemy.” Johnny Cash might have been playing in the background somewhere. All I know is I had to pick up the guitar the minute dinner was finished.

As irony would have it, the song that champions “the rocket science of chord progression” has the simplest harmonic structure imaginable. Go figure.

       G                 C        G/B
If the rocket science of chord progression
Am              D7
Helps alleviate your depression
G         C     G/B       Am   D7
Then I've got a treat for you
  G               C      G/B
I wrote for you a little ditty
Am               D7
Hoping you might think it pretty
G        C    G/B          Am     D7
It's the best that I could do

C            G/B             
You must not think much about it
    Am           D7         G      C  G/B
But I think very much about you
Am             D7              G      C  G/B   Am   D7
And that's the best that I can do

    G             C   G/B
Now any season or any weather
    Am               D7
The two of us should stick together
   G         C     G/B       Am   D7
We see an enemy in everyone
    G                    C      G/B
But now the beach is now longer fun
Am              D7
Ever since that day you stepped on
  G        C      G/B   Am        D7
A sea anemone and I got stung

C            G/B  
You must not think much about it
    Am           D7
But I think very much
      G              C     G/B
About every word and every glance
    Am           D7 
And every little touch
G                 C     G/B
You may not think much about it
    Am           D7         G      C  G/B
But I think very much about you
Am             D7              G      C  G/B   Am   D7
And that's the best that I can do  [Repeat 8 times]


       G                 C        G/B
If the rocket science of chord progression
Am              D7
Helps alleviate your depression
G         C     G/B       Am   D7     G
Then I've got a treat for you

 
© 2011 Steve Chatterton | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License