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To Find the Girl from
Perth - An illustrated book with songs
and an audiobook and a companion book, Color Dreams for
To Find the Girl from Perth
December
30, 2022
Homemade
Songs for
To Find the Girl from Perth -
Redux
by David Chadwick
recording credits
Originally Songs for To Find the Girl from Perth, 2009. Recorded at the home barn in Santa Rosa, CA. Was unpublished due to its many flaws. In 2022 most the songs were remixed by Tude Arte Sedana of Kubuku Studio Bali in Sanur with some tracks omitted. He also remastered the album.
Listen to the album on
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Amazon
Songs below and in album are in the order they appear in the book
It Was a Stormy Dark Night - just words - with chords-- - Introduction--George What?
Travelin' Alone - just words - with chords - Ch 1--Lion City
Pocket Song - just words - with chords - Ch 1--Lion City
Who Did I Write To - just words - with chords - Ch5--Firkin' Sexes
John Belushi Butt - just words - with chords - Ch5--Firkin' Sexes
Babe You Got Me - just words - with chords - Ch7--Indian Ocean
Stubbed His Toe - just words - with chords - Ch7--Indian Ocean
Nothin' To Do - just words - with chords - Ch8--Dunsborough
Once Upon a Place - just words - with chords - Ch9--Margaret River
Underneath the Stars - just words - with chords - Ch10--Apollo Roundup
Lap It Up - just words - with chords - Ch11--Rottnest
Nano Tune - just words - with chords - Ch11--Rottnest
Francine - just words - with chords - Ch12--Freo
Every Day's a Good Day - just words - with chords - Ch13--Perth
My Babe - just words - with chords - Ch13--Perth
Free Man - just words - with chords - Ch14--Glitterati
I'm a Slut - just words - with chords - Ch15--Crawlin'
Mama I'm Loosin' You - just words - with chords - Ch20--Seeking
Fools Together - just words - with chords - Ch21--On Anon
Hers and Mine - just words - with chords - Ch23--Dunder
No Hope - just words - with chords - Ch23--Dunder
Good to You - just words - with chords - Ch27--Planning Deportment
Pure of Heart - just words - with chords - Ch33--Party to Crime
Girl from Perth - just words - with chords - Ch33--Party to Crime
Thank You - just words - with chords - Ch33--Party to Crime
Ruined Piano - words, with chords - at end of End Matter
I Dream of You - just words - with chords - Ch34--G'bye
Bloomin' - just words - with chords - Ch34--G'bye
It was a
stormy dark night
My chest
was painin' a might
Turned
left at the blown and blurry light
To give
my drunken friend a necessary ride
It was a
dark and stormy night - chorus
It was
dark and stormy night
It was a
dark and stormy night
It was a
dark and stormy night
The
nurses put me in a dress
The
doctor drilled away the stress
Friends
and family prayed and touched and blessed
Edward
George and Snoopy sent their best
[chorus]
Travelin alone has a kick all its own -
but sometimes round a bend
You happen to find an accomplice,
like-minded mate, co-conspirator, friend
I remember once in Marrakech –
Got involved with a rambunctious princes
Had to save her from a gang of bandits
and cutthroats
Her daddy gave me a bag of silver – said
I'd live to spend it if I took the river
Wavin by to her from the stern of the
royal rowboat
And I don't know where I'm goin
– don't remember where I've been
But whatever way its blowin – my sails are to the wind
Washed up on a Southseas shore –
friendly natives, pungent flora
They crowned me king and festivities
began
I was eeny meeny
mining for a paramour – then the hon I wanted hinted I'ze to be the main course
Took a potty break and zipped off in a
catamaran (Thank you darling!)
What the heck am I thinking – to get
into all these fixes
Maybe shoulda stayed home drinkin – with
my homies down in Dixie
A guru by the Bay of Bengal – hypnotized
me when we mingled
Sent me walkin up along the Ganges to
her source
I was lost and freezing in the snow when
a yeti found me and led me below
To a yak who got me back on course
So where the heck am I at now and what's gonna happen next
When things get cruddy will I have a
buddy who pulls me out of a wreck
Travelin alone has a kick all
its own - but sometimes round a bend
You happen to find an accomplice,
like-minded mate, co-conspirator, friend
You can scramble round with – friend,
you can babble on to – friend
You can climb out of the rubble with – friend, you can hobble on with – friend
A travelin friend
Pocket Song
So short
So true
Now tell
me who did I write to? [chorus]
When I
went and wrote that letter
I addressed it dear to you
And it's the best that I could do
Did I
write it to your head?
Did I
write it to your heart?
To your
memory your bed?
To your
shadow to your star?
Tell me who who who did I write to
[chorus]
Did I
write it to your face?
Did I
write it to your smile?
To your
hidden private place?
To your
thought stream, to your wiles?
Now tell me who who who did I write to
[chorus]
Did I
write it to your fingers?
Did I
write it to your toes?
To your
odyssey your goddess she?
Your
doppelganger soul?
Now tell me who who who did I write to
You're lookin
like a dream tonight
Spread out on
that bearskin rug
Before the
crackling oak log fire
You've got -
John Belushi butt
At first was
your Karl Malden nose
And then that
Marlon Brando gut
Not even now
Depardieu toes - not those
Can vie with -
John Belushi butt
Are you ready
for my Teddy
I'll go steady
if you let me
You are heady,
better 'n Betty
Take machete's
wild confetti
I'll bring to
you your favorite pipe
And latte in a
heated cup
Jojoba oil and
Handy Wipes
For you've got
- John Belushi butt
Let me tell you baby
Plain as
it can be
Bird got
sky
Fish got water
And baby
you got me.
You got
me babe [chorus]
You got
me babe
You got
me babe
Babe,
you got me.
Openin' a door
Who is that I see
Rain got
air
Wind got leaf
An' it's
come to be
[chorus]
Babe,
you got me. [Interlude]
Babe, you got me
Babe, you got meYou got me babe
From the first hello
To the
last goodbye
Sun got
shine
Moon got beam
An' till death do us die
[chorus]
Stubbed his toe
Oh! oh!
I got
nothin' to do but sit around singin' songs for you [chorus]
I got
nothin' to say but gushy stuff and memories.
The
bills pile up, the dishes too
If I
don't sing you a song I'm blue
Cause I
got nothin to do but sit around singin' songs for you
[always followed by [chorus]
The
grass grows high, my shoes ain't tied
Tons of
trash outside, the clock's not right
[followed by prior verse as are all verses]
The fridge is fowl, neighbors
scowl
The dog
she howls, the cat he growls
Clothes
all dirty, house ain't purty
What
ain't got dust got mold or rust
My agent
calls, the auto's stalled
The
toilet's stuck, the bathtub's yuck
Repo man
hauls, child he bawls
Apples
fall, the landlord calls
The
phone's alright but the plants have died
Lectricity's cut, the gas is shut
My
ex-wife calls, nother ex-wife calls
Ex
girlfriend calls, mother n sister call
Nother
ex calls, nother ex calls [include these two lines last time only]
Nother
ex calls, nother ex calls, nother ex calls
Earthquake strikes, tornado skies
Towns on
fire, angry mob outside
Once upon a place
I first saw your lovely face
Oh yes, it's said we met by what they call as chance
And I sighed, sweet lady, may I have this dance
And we
danced and danced and danced and danced and danced
And we
danced and danced and danced and danced and danced
With
your dancing eyes and smile and feet and hands
We
danced and danced and danced and danced
And danced and danced and danced and danced and danced
Love like this of what we're
made
Wouldn't take no stock in trade
So come to me and join our hands
Kindly lady, may I have this dance
And we
danced and danced and danced and danced and danced
And we
danced and danced and danced and danced and danced
With
your dancing hips and breasts and dress and glance
We
danced and danced and danced and danced
And danced and danced and danced and danced and danced
Once upon a place
I first saw your lovely face
Oh yes, it's said we met by what they call as chance
And I sighed, sweet lady, may I have this dance
Hey
diddle lonely one
Stay
till the light is gone
Sit here
in the dark
Underneath the stars
When the
day comes to end
You'll
be beside your friends
Love you
as you are
Underneath the stars
Hm mm mm
mm mm mm
Hm mm mm mm mm mm
Painted
in evening hues
Dimming
with fading views
Leaving
only the heart
Underneath the stars
Underneath the stars
I Lap it
up babe - Lap it up babe -Lap it up [chorus]
I Lap it
up babe - Lap it up babe -Lap it up
Lap it
up babe - Lap it up babe -Lap it up
I Lap it
up babe - Lap it up babe -Lap it up
Oh oh -
- - oh oh - so good
Like a
kitty with her milk
Like my
doggie on my toes
Like the
spider with the silk
Like the
elephant with his nose
[chorus]
Like the
kiddies with their cones
Like a
Shop Vac with a spill
Like
vultures on dem bones
Like a
bee in a daffodil
[chorus]
nano tune
Francine
Oh
Francine, how do you do your do? [chorus]
Oh
Francine, how do you do your do?
Honey you're the best thing I ever knew
Met
Francine about a quarter of five
Ozzie
Queen at a black swan dive
Like
pickin up a wire that is live
Threw
back her head and laughed at my jive
[chorus]
She
stole my keys and ditched me as well
Said she
wouldn't drive and drink no swill
Stopped
for Maybelline at the top of the hill
Now I'm
a runnin after them women still
[chorus]
Sittin' there is who you are
Be you bozo, be you star
On a
cushion chair or fallen tree
Callin'
to the fallin' in thee
Happy to
be just who you are
And as
the mountain man say [chorus]
Every
day is a good day
Every day is a good day
Standin
up is gosh almight
Beyond
the good and wrong the left and right
But any
names like Buddha, Tao, Allah, God, Mind, Holy Cow now
Don't begin to cast light on your light
[chorus]
Lyin' down the run of day is
over
There you are in dreams of streams and clover
Now you
know why they say one way
Like the
the stars up in the sky they
Shine upon the branches and the boulders
[chorus]
My babe
- don't take no sass from me
Instead
- she pours the glass for me
And my
babe – she ain't mine
My babe
– look in her eyes and see
She
maybe – have a surprise for me
For to
play with the shine
She
could dance with hunters or with reindeer [interlude]
She
could charm ole Satan on his knee
She
could paint the moon or moon the painter
She
could hug the sap right from a tree – could she
My babe
– don't give me time of day
She
ain't - got a watch anyway
She say
– it's about that time
My babe
– some sort of crook is she
The way
– my babe she looks at me
Tells me
all I want to find
I'm a free man, a free man baby
A free
man, out of slavery
A free
man, so sublime
A free
man, a free mine I'm
Free,
a free man, a free man baby.
Free
like the bubble, floatin light and round
Free
like the Hubble, spaced out without sound
Free
like the hobo, the whacko, or the clown
Free like the paraglider fore they splats the ground
I'm a
free man, a free man baby
A free
man, in the gravy
A free
man, at this time
A free
man, a free man I'm
Free,
a free man, a free man baby
Free
like the fluid, washin in my spine
Free
like the blood that flows inside my veins
Free
like the oxygen I'm drinkin all the time
Free
like the freedom of the saint or the insane
I'm a
free man, a free man baby
A free man, a free man baby
.....
A free man, free
Free man - free man baby
Free man
– don't mean maybe
Free man – freely playin
Free man – I be sayin
Free man
– free man baby
Free man
– free man baby
I'm a I'm a slut - I'm a I'm a slut
There – I like the sound - As I'm
spinning round
La la la la la La la la la la
How I prance and strut - Tell ya tell ya
what
I'm a I'm a slut - I'm a I'm a slut
I'm a I'm a slut - I'm a I'm a slut
Dancing round the street - On my slutty
feet
La la la la la La la la la la
But I'm not for sale - Mine is free love
tail
I'm a I'm a slut - I'm a I'm a slut
I'm a I'm a slut - I'm a I'm a slut
Free from your constructs - Free from
all the shuck
La la la la la La la la la la
Hey there boys! Guess what? You're not the only ones
I'm a I'm a slut - I'm a I'm a slut
La la la la la La la la la la
La la la la la La la la la la
I'm a I'm a slut - I'm a I'm a slut
La la la la la La la la la la
I'm a I'm a slut - I'm a I'm a slut
La la la la la La la la la la
Take this lint and add it to
A basket of the shredded news
Blend with water, flowers and glue
Oh mama – I'm loosin you
Here's a bead that I forgot
To string before I tied the knot
I'll put it in the bauble box
Oh mama – I'm loosin you
Take the kettle – water's hot
Earl Grey's waiting in the pot
Set the cream out, sugar, and cups
Oh Mama – I'm loosin you
Fools
together, fools together
Fools
our whole life through
Fools
together, fools together
Whatever
it is that we do
There
may be times that we are super duper smart
And
others that we sail through
But
usually we're foolishly fools
And
fools together too
Fools
together, fools together
Fools
from head to toe
Fools
together, fools together
Wherever
it is that we go
There
may be heroes, bodhisattvas, good hearts
And
moments of clarity too
But
usually we're foolishly fools
And
fools together too
[repeat first verse repeating last line]
And fools together too.
She's
got her stars, I've got mine
Once was
we were valentines
But now
– we divide the universe
She's on
her side, I'm on another
King and
Queen of something or other
Who have
split the cosmos
There's nothin' else in the ten directions
That's
not either hers or mine
She's
the southern, I'm the north
For
whatever it is worth
Lord and
Lady of all space and time
We've
our poles and we've our spheres
Infinite
and empty dears
Only
Nirvana can join us
There
ain't no answers to no quantum questions
That
don't fall in his or hers
There
it's counter, here it's clock
There
it's glove and here ole sock
Same
dancing sunlight upon us
She's
got her stars, I've got mine
Once was
we were valentines
But now
– we divide the universe
There's no hope for us all
No hope for us all
We try so hard to do what we can
But there's no hope for us all
If you
want to get a girl gotta treat her mean
That's
what they told me back in Abilene
Treat
her mean, treat her mean
I'd rather treat you to a cup o tea
Cause I
just want to be good to you.
If you
want a meltin' mama you gotta be cruel
That's
what they told me back in high school
Gotta be
cruel, gotta be cruel
Honey,
I'd rather be your fool
Cause I just want to be good to you
Can't
keep my cool none [interlude]
Babbling
on these days
Can't
hide my love hon
Let me
count the ways
They'll
beg for more if you act real cold
That's
what I was often told
Act real
cold, act real cold
I'd
rather melt before you on the floor
Cause I
just want to be good to you
[repeat interlude]
If you
want to be the boss use strategy
That's
what the studs all said to me
Strategy, strategy
I'd
rather surrender unconditionally
Cause I
just want to be good to you
[repeat first verse]
Looking
up above tonight - at the spread of brightening stars
Hints of
wonder that recite - how wonderful you are
I love
you for your eyes on me - I loved you from the start
But in
the end I love you friend - for you are pure of heart
Walkin'
down the street alone - dog on leash that's trailin free
Kickin'
long a bouncing stone – where once you walked with me
I love
you for your gentleness - I love you for your warts
But in
the end I love you friend - for you are pure of heart
Pen on
paper light from lamp - stomach's growling goes unheard
Late and
tired dear here I am - a wrappin up these words
I love
you for your mischief - I love you for your art
But why
I still hold to this torch - is you are pure of heart
But why I still hold to this torch - is you are pure of heart
A walkin'
downtown, at a corner I found myself
Talkin' to that girl from Perth
There was a warm breeze, my darn knees
Bout buckled to that girl from Perth
She took
me drivin' in the country, sunny, bumpy
It was
somethin'
Now I'm sittin' alone, hand on the phone
Thinkin' ‘bout that girl from Perth
Those
looks sorta started when our pals parted
Talkin' ‘bout that girl from Perth
In the
woods, on the shore, on the dance floor
I'ze
Stalkin that girl from Perth
Walkin'
down the city street with her yin yang tattoo
An' her bare feet
Then
I'ze sittin here workin on my second beer
Drinkin'
to that girl from Perth.
She'll be in Queensland, hair
full of sand
Sun on
that girl from Perth
Or in Darwin town, she'll burn it down
Look out for that girl from Perth
I'll jet
through the astral stream
To get to that rascal of my dreams
Now I'm drivin along, high on a song
Singin bout that girl from Perth.
There's a time to grieve, a time to
groan
A time to say I can't make it on my own
But oh, there's a time it is known
To say thank you
There's a place to sigh, a
place to cry
A place to sit and wonder why
But oh, there's a place in this life
To say thank you
Here come the boys
[interlude]
Makin' all their noise
The gals get them to lay down their toys
To rejoice to rejoice to rejoice
There's a mind that is lonely
A mind in pain
A mind that somehow makes it through the day
But oh, there's a mind on the way
That says thank you
[repeat interlude and first verse]
[improvised words]
That piano's ruined
Alright, go man go
Play that, play that ruined piano
Bye bye
Baby bye bye, baby bye bye
Go! Go!
Bye bye
Oh my doll,
I dream of you
And the
garden wall reveals you too
In the
wind that winds the blue
I
remember who was there
Who
took the time the time to care
To one so fair, to one so few
I
declare hon
I love
you
Yes I do
In the clear, in our brew
And as
your wings lift up into
I let
you go to fly off where
There
is no need to have to wear
The
garment or the shoe
And
dear indeed as memory bleeds
I'll
long remember you
Oh yes I will
Into
the veil, beyond the hill
Until I fail here is my heart
It will
disappear but there you are
There's
no accounting for the stars
That
stare at us until
We are
the blinking, slowly sinking
To the
ocean then
To meet again
As the
family, flower, as the friend
As the lion devours the prey
Indra's
dancing net within
The
changing partners, women men
From
children born anew
Such
lands will lead us to
Of all
places, always home
Always touching, always lone
Freed by breath and held by bone
You
lift me and you blow out then
A
daffodil into the wind
I'm
floating out into the light and love
Throughout
Our new faces
Always home
Always touching, always lone
Always
perfect, Always shown
And
going on and on and on and on
And on
and on and on and on
And on
Well all be back together when she's bloomin'
When she's bloomin'
When she blooms
We'll all be back together
When she's bloomin'
When she's bloomin'
When she blooms
Song Words with Chords
F# F E Em13
It was a stormy dark night
F# F E Em13
My chest was painin' a might
F# F E Em13
Turned left at the blown and blurry light
F# F E Em13
To give my drunken friend a necessary ride
A7 F# E B6
It was a dark and stormy night - chorus
A7 F# E B6
It was dark and stormy night
A7 F# E B6
It was a dark and stormy night
A7 F# E B6
It was a dark and stormy night
F# F E Em13
The nurses put me in a dress
F# F E Em13
The doctor drilled away the stress
F# F E Em13
Friends and family prayed and touched and blessed
F# F E Em13
Edward George and Snoopy sent their best
[chorus]
Travelin Alone dc 6-19-08 [Start with Instrumental to E11]
AM7 /A# Bm7 BM7/C AM7 C+ F#7
Travelin alone has a kick all its own - but sometimes round a bend Part A
Bm7 E11 C#m7 F#11 Bm7 E11 AM7
You happen to find an accomplice, like-minded mate, co-conspirator, friend
BbM7 AM7 Ab-dim
Am7 D9 Am7 D9
I remember once in Marrakech – Got involved with a rambunctious princes Part B
Am7 E9 Am7 D9
Had to save her from a gang of bandits and cutthroats
Bm7 E9 Am7 D9
Her daddy gave me a bag of silver – said I'd live to spend it if I took the river
Am7 D9 Am7 D9
Wavin by to her from the stern of the royal rowboat
D7 And I don't know where I'm goin – don't remember where I've been Part C
But whatever way its blowin – my sails are to the wind D7 D#7
Am7 D9 Am7 D9
Washed up on a Southseas shore – friendly natives, pungent flora
Am7 D9 Am7 D9
They crowned me king and festivities began
Bm7 E9 Am7 D9
I was eeny meeny mining for a paramour – then the hon I wanted warned me I'ze to be the main course
Am7 D9 Am7 D9
Took a potty break and zipped off in a catamaran Thank you darling!
D7 What the heck am I thinking – to get into all these fixes
Maybe shoulda stayed home drinkin – with my homies down in Dixie D7 D#7
Am7 D9 Am7 D9
A guru by the Bay of Bengal – hypnotized me when we mingled
Am7 D9 Am7 D9
Sent me walkin up along the Ganges to her source
Bm7 E9 Am7 D9
I was lost and freezing in the snow when a yeti found me and led me below
Am7 D9 Am7 D9
To a yak who got me back on course
D7 So where the heck am I at now and what's gonna happen next
When things get cruddy will I have a buddy who pulls me out of a wreck D7 D#7 E11
AM7 /A# Bm7 BM7/C AM7 C+ F#7
Travelin alone has a kick all its own - but sometimes round a bend
Bm7 E11 C#m7 F#11 Bm7 E11 AM7
You happen to find an accomplice, like-minded mate, co-conspirator, friend
BbM7 AM7 BbM7 AM7
You can scramble round with – friend, you can babble on to – friend
BbM7 AM7
BbM7 AM7 BbM7 AM7
You can climb out of the rubble with – friend, you can hobble on with – friend
A travelin friend
D A D
Pocket Song
G A G A
So short
E A D
So true
E A E A /g
Now tell me who did I write to? Chorus
D A E
When I went and wrote that letter.
A E F#m
I addressed it dear to you.
E A
And it's the best that I could do.
E A
Did I write it to your head? -- Did I write it to your heart?
E D E
To your memory your bed? -- To your shadow to your star?
A E A E7
Tell me who who who did I write to.
[Chorus]
E A
Did I write it to your face? -- Did I write it to your smile?
E D E
To your hidden private place? -- To your thought stream, to your wiles?
A E A E7
Now tell me who who who did I write to?
[Chorus] [ instrumental verse and chorus]
E A
Did I write it to your fingers? -- Did I write it to your toes?
E D E
To your odyssey your goddess she? -- Your doppelganger soul?
A E A E7
Now tell me who who who did I write to.
[Chorus]
F# B9 E ...
F#m B9 E C#7
You're lookin like a dream tonight
F#m B9 E C#7
Spread out on that bearskin rug
F#m B9 E C#7
Before the crackling oak log fire
F#11? B9 E C#7
You've got - John Belushi butt
F#m B9 E C#7
At first was your Karl Malden nose
F#m B9 E C#7
And then that Marlon Brando gut
F#m B9 E C#7
Not even now Depardieu toes – not those
F#11? B9 E E6
Can vie with - John Belushi butt
E11 E6
Are you ready for my Teddy Interlude
E11 E
I'll go steady if you let me
C#m7 E9 C#m7 E9
You are heady, better 'n Betty
F#7 B7 B9
Take machete's wild confetti
[Instrumental verse and repeat interlude]
F#m B9 E C#7
I'll bring to you your favorite pipe
F#m B9 E C#7
And latte in a heated cup
F#m B9 E C#7
Jojoba oil and Handy Wipes
F#11? B9 E C#7
For you've got - John Belushi butt - yes you do you do
F#11? B9 E
You've got – John Belushi butt
E
Let me tell you baby Plain as it can be
Bird got sky Fish got water
And baby you got me
A E
You got me babe You got me babe
ChorusA E
You got me babe Babe you got me
E
Openin' a door Who is that I see
Rain got air Wind got leaf
An' it's come to be
[Chorus]
A E
Babe you got me Babe, you got me
interludeA E
Babe you got me You got me babe
[Instrumental verse and chorus]
E
From the first hello To the last goodbye
Sun got shine Moon got beam
An' till death do us die
[Chorus]
Db-g
Stubbed his toe
c-d-bb-b
Oh! oh!
C________________G_____________C_________
I got nothin' to do but sit around singin songs for you Chorus
G C [repeat twice at end]
I got nothin to say but gushy stuff and memories
___________________________________________
C
1 The bills pile up, the dishes too
If I don't sing you a song I'm blue
C G C
Cause I got nothin to do but sit around singin songs for you
[to chorus]
C__________________________________________
2 The grass grows high, my shoes ain't tied
Tons of trash outside, the clocks not right
[every verse goes to prior verse]
3 The fridge is fowl, neighbors scowl,
The dog she howls, the cat he growls
4 Clothes all dirty, house ain't purty
What ain't got dust got mold or rust
5 The phone's alright but the plants have died
Lectricity's cut, the gas is shut
6 My agent calls, the auto's stalled
The toilet's stuck, the bathtub's yuck
7 My ex-wife calls, nother ex-wife calls
Ex girlfriend calls, mother sister call
--Nother ex calls, nother ex calls, [include last time]
Nother ex calls, nother ex calls, nother ex calls
8 Repo man hauls, child he bawls
Apples fall, the landlord calls
9 Earthquake strikes, tornado skies
Towns on fire, angry mob outside
C D G
C D G C D G
Once upon a place -- I first saw your lovely face
C D G B7 Em
Oh yes we met by what they call as chance
C D G
And I sighed, sweet lady, may I have this dance
E D C
And we danced and danced and danced and danced and danced Chorus
E D C
And we danced and danced and danced and danced and danced
E D C
With your dancing eyes and smile and feet and hands
E D
We danced and danced and danced and danced
C B
And danced and danced and danced and danced and danced
C D G C D G
Love like this of what we're made -- Wouldn't take no stock in trade.
C D G B7 Em C D G
So come to me and join our hands -- Kindly lady, may I have this dance.
E D C
And we'll dance and dance and dance and dance and dance Long chorus
E D C
And we'll dance and dance and dance and dance and dance
E D C
With your dancing hips and breasts and dress and glance
E D
We'll dance and dance and dance and dance
C B
And dance and dance and dance and dance and dance
E D C E D C E D C B
Ah ah ah ah ah – ah ah ah ah ah – ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
[instrumental verse] [first verse to long chorus (3rd line “and we danced”]
[end on] C D G
A F#m E A F#m E
A F#m
Hey diddle lonely one
C#m
Stay till the light is gone
D A
Sit here in the dark
F#m E11 E7
Underneath the stars
A F#m
When the day comes to end
C#m
You'll be beside your friends
D A
Love you as you are
F#m E11 E7
Underneath the stars
Dm G7 C F7
Hm mm mm mm mm mm
[interlude]
Dm G7 C F7 E7
Hm mm mm mm mm mm
A F#m
Painted in evening hues
C#m
Dimming with fading views
D A
Leaving only the heart
F#m E11 E7
Underneath the stars
[Instrumental verse and interlude to 1st verse repeat ending with coda]
A
Coda: Underneath the stars
A
I Lap it up babe - Lap it up babe -Lap it up Chorus
A
I Lap it up babe - Lap it up babe -Lap it up
D
Lap it up babe - Lap it up babe -Lap it up
A
I Lap it up babe - Lap it up babe -Lap it up
E D A E
Oh oh - - - oh oh - so good
A
Like a kitty with her milk
A
Like my doggie on my toes
D
Like the spider with its silk
A E
Like an elephant with his nose
[Chorus]
A
Like the chillens with their cones
A
Like a Shop Vac with a spill
D
Like vultures on dem bones
A
Like a bee in a daffodil
[Chorus] [Instrumental chorus] [Chorus]
[improvise]
Nano tune
E
Oh Francine, how do you do your do? Chorus
A E
Oh Francine, how do you do your do?
B13 A13 E D7 C7 B7/e-f-f#
Honey you're the best thing I ever knew.
E
[Last time to] Francine!
E
Met Francine about a quarter of five
E
Ozzie queen at a black swan dive
A
Like pickin up a wire that is live
E
Threw back her head and laughed at my jive
Chorus [instrumental verse and chorus]
E
She stole my keys and ditched me as well
E
Said she wouldn't drive and drink no swill
A
Stopped for Maybelline at the top of the hill
E
Now I'm a runnin after them women still
Chorus
G Em C D7
G Em C D7
Sittin' there is who you are -- Be you bozo, be you star
G G7 C
On a cushion chair or fallen tree -- Callin' to the fallin' in thee
A7 D7
Happy to be just who you are
G C G
And as the mountain man say Chorus
C G
Every day is a good day
Am D7
Every day is a good day [repeat chorus instrumentally]
G Em C D7
Standin up is gosh almight -- Beyond the good and wrong the left and right
G G7 C
But any names like Buddha, Tao -- Allah, God, Mind, Holy Cow now
A7 D7
Don't begin to cast light on your light
[Chorus]
G Em
Lyin' down the run of day is over
C D7
There you are in dreams of streams and clover
G G7
Now you know why they say one way
C
Like the planes upon one runway
A7 D7
Watched on by the curious peepin' gophers [Chorus – sing second time]
C Am C Am C Am C Am
C Am/C C Am
My babe - don't take no sass from me
C Am/C C Am
Instead - she pours the glass for me
G C Am C Am [last time end on] C
And my babe – she ain't mine
C Am/C C Am
My babe – look in her eyes and see
C Am/C C Am
She maybe – have a surprise for me
G C Am C Am
For to play with the shine
G C Am C Am
She could dance with hunters or with reindeer Interlude
G C Am C Am
She could charm ole Satan on his knee
G C Am C Am
She could paint the moon or moon the painter
G C Am C Am C Am C Am
She could hug the sap right from a tree – could she
C Am/C C Am
My babe – don't give me time of day
C Am/C C Am
She ain't - got a watch anyway
G C Am C Am
She say – it's about that time
C Am/C C Am
My babe – some sort of crook is she
C Am/C C Am
The way – my babe she looks at me
G C Am C Am
Tells me all I want to find [Instrumental verse] [interlude and first verse]
D7
I'm a free man, a free man baby - A free man, out of slavery
G7 D7
A free man, so sublime - A free man, a free man I'm
Bb7 G7 D7
Free - a free man, a free man baby
F7
Free like the bubble, floatin light and round
Bb9
Free like the Hubble, spaced out without sound
A7
Free like the hobo, the whacko or the clown
G7 Bb7 A7
Free like the paraglider fore they splats the ground
D7
I'm a free man, a free man baby - A free man, in the gravy
G7 D7
A free man, at this time - A free man, a free man I'm
Bb7 G7 D7
Free - a free man, a free man baby
F7
Free like the fluid washin in my spine
Bb9
Free like the blood that flows inside my veins
A7
Free like the oxygen I'm drinkin all the time
G7 Bb7 A7
Free like the freedom of the saint or the insane.
[instrumental verse]
D7
Free man - don't mean maybe - Free man - for today be
Free man – Freely playin - Free man - I be sayin
Free man - free man baby - Free man - free man baby [repeat last line at will]
A - I'm a I'm a slut - I'm a I'm a slut
B -
There – I like the sound - As I'm spinning round
A - La la la la la La la la la la
B - How I prance and strut - Tell ya tell ya what
A - I'm a I'm a slut - I'm a I'm a slut
G - F#-
A - I'm a I'm a slut - I'm a I'm a slut
B - Dancing round the street - On my slutty feet
A - La la la la la La la la la la
B - But I'm not for sale - Mine is free love tail
A - I'm a I'm a slut - I'm a I'm a slut
G - F# -
A - I'm a I'm a slut - I'm a I'm a slut
B - Free from your constructs - Free from all the shuck
A - La la la la la La la la la la
B - Hey there boys! Guess what? You're not the only ones
A - I'm a I'm a slut - I'm a I'm a slut
A - La la la la la La la la la la
B - La la la la la La la la la la
A - I'm a I'm a slut - I'm a I'm a slut
B - La la la la la La la la la la
A - I'm a I'm a slut - I'm a I'm a slut
A - La la la la la La la la la la
C E Am C
Take this lint and add it to
D Dm7 C G6
A basket of the shredded news
C E Am D Dm7
Blend with water, flowers and glue
C Am D Dm7 C E Am C D Dm7 G6
Oh mama – I'm loosin you
C E Am C
Here's a bead that I forgot
D Dm7 C G6
To string before I tied the knot
C E Am D Dm7
I'll put it in the bauble box
C Am D Dm7 C E Am C D Dm7 G6
Oh Mama – I'm loosin you
C E Am C
Take the kettle – water's hot
D Dm7 C G6
Earl Grey's waiting in the pot
C E Am D Dm7
Set the cream out, sugar, and cups
C Am D Dm7 C E Am C D Dm7
Oh Mama – I'm loosin you
C Am D Dm7 C E Am C D Dm7 C
Oh Mama – I'm loosin you
[Start with instrumental verse]
F D
Fools together, fools together
Bb C7
Fools our whole life through
F D
Fools together, fools together
Bb C
Whatever it is that we do
F FM7 F7
There may be times that we are super duper smart
Bb G7
And others that we sail through
F A7 D
But usually we're foolishly fools
Bb C F C7 Bb D G C F C F
And fools together too [last time] And fools together too.
F D
Fools together, fools together
Bb C7
Fools from head to toe
F D
Fools together, fools together
Bb C
Wherever it is that we go
F FM7 F7
There may be heroes, bodhisattvas, good hearts
Bb G7
And moments of clarity too
F A7 D
But usually we're foolishly fools
Bb C D
And fools together too
[Instrumental verse then repeat first verse]
D
She's got her stars, I've got mine -- Once was we were valentines
A G D
But now – we divide the universe
D
She's on her side, I'm on another -- King and Queen of something or other
A G D
Who have split the cosmos
G D G A
There's nothin' else in the ten directions -- That's not either hers or mine Interlude
D
She's the southern, I'm the north -- For whatever it is worth
A G D
Lord and Lady of all space and time
D
We've our poles and we've our spheres -- Infinite and empty dears
A G D
Only Nirvana can join us
G D
G A
There ain't no answers to no quantum
questions -- That don't fall in his or hers
D
There it's counter, here it's clock -- There it's glove and here ole sock
A G D
Same dancing sunlight upon us [instrumental verse and interlude]
D
She's got her stars, I've got mine -- Once was we were valentines
A G D
But now – we divide the universe
D E D E
There's no hope for us all
D E D E
No hope for us all
G A D E
We try so hard to do what we can
G D G E D
But there's no hope for us all
G Em Am C7 Em
Em Am
If you want to get a girl you gotta treat her mean
Em
That's what they told me back in Abilene
Am Em
Treat her mean, treat her mean -- I'd rather treat you to a cup a tea
G Em Am C7 Em
Cause I - I just want to be good to you [last time repeat last line]
Em Am
If you want a meltin mama you gotta be cruel
Em
That's what they told me back in high school
Am Em
Gotta be cruel, gotta be cruel -- Honey, I'd rather be your fool
G Em Am C7 Em
Cause I - I just want to be good to you
C Em
Can't keep my cool none -- Babbling on these days Interlude
C Am D6
Can't hide my love hon -- Let me count the ways
Em Am Em
They'll beg for more if you act real cold -- That's what I was often told
Am Em
Act real cold, act real cold -- I'd rather melt before you on the floor
G Em Am C7 Em
Cause I - I just want to be good to you
[instrumental verse and vocal interlude]
Em Am Em
If you want to be the boss use strategy -- That's what the studs all said to me
Am Em
Strategy, strategy -- I'd rather surrender unconditionally
G Em Am C7 Em
Cause I I just want to be good to you
[back to first verse]
Dm7 G Dm7 G C F C Dm7
C F C F
Looking up above tonight - at the spread of brightening stars
C F C F
Hints of wonder that recite - how wonderful you are
Dm7 G Dm7 G
I love you for your eyes on me - I loved you from the start
C/C Am/B Am/A Am/G Dm7 G11 C Dm7 C F
But in the end I love you friend - for you are pure of heart
Dm7 G Dm7 G C F C Dm7
C F
C F
Walkin' down the street alone - dog on leash that's trailin' free
C F C F
Kickin' long a bouncing stone – where once you walked with me
Dm7 G Dm7 G
I love you for your gentleness - I love you for your warts
C/C Am/B Am/A Am/G Dm7 G11 C Dm7 C F
But in the end I love you friend - for you are pure of heart
Dm7 G Dm7 G C Dm7 C F
C F
C F
Pen on paper light from lamp - stomach's growling goes unheard
C F C F
Late and tired dear here I am - a wrappin' up these words
Dm7 G Dm7 G
I love you for your mischief - I love you for your art
C/C Am/B Am/A Am/G Dm7 G11 C Dm7 C F
But why I still hold to this torch - is you are pure of heart
Dm7 G Dm7 G
C Em Am Am/G Dm7 G11 Am Dm7 Am AmM7
But why I still hold to this torch - is you are pure of heart
E E A E
A walkin' downtown, at a corner I found myself -- Talkin' to that girl from Perth
E A E
There was a warm breeze, my darn knees -- About buckled to that girl from Perth
E A F#
She took me drivin' in the country -- Sunny, bumpy, it was somethin
E A E11? E
Then I's sittin' alone, hand on the phone -- Thinkin bout that girl from Perth
E A E
Those looks sorta started when our pals parted -- Talkin' ‘bout that girl from Perth
E A E
In the woods, on the shore, on the dance floor I's -- Stalkin' that girl from Perth
E A F#
Walkin' down the city street -- with her yin yang tattoo an' her bare feet
E A E11? E
Then I'ze sittin' here workin' on my second beer -- Drinkin' to that girl from Perth.
E A E
She'll be in Queensland, hair full of sand -- Sun on that girl from Perth
E A E
Or in Darwin town, she'll burn it down -- Look out for that girl from Perth
E A F#
I'll jet through the astral stream -- To get to that rascal of my dreams
E A E11? E
Now I'm drivin' along, high on a song -- Singin' ‘bout that girl from Perth.
[Repeat instrumental verse then last verse and repeat last line]
E E7 E6 E7
There's a time to grieve, a time to groan
A F#7
A time to say I can't make it on my own,
E/e /a♭ C#7
But oh, there's a time it is known
F#7 A7
To say thank you
E E7 E6 E7
There's a place to sigh, a place to cry,
A F#7
A place to sit and wonder why,
E/e /a♭ C #7
But oh, there's a place in this life
F#7 F7 E E7
To say thank you
A/a /a# E/e /c#
Here come the boys Interlude
A/a /a# E/e /c#
Makin all their noise
A/a / a# E/e C#
The gals get them to lay down their toys
F#7 B9
To rejoice to rejoice to rejoice.
E E7 E6 E7
There's a mind that is lonely, a mind in pain
A F#7
A mind that somehow makes it through the day,
E/e /a♭ C #7
But oh, there's a mind on the way
F#7 A7
That says thank you.
[wing it]
G7 C E7
Oh my doll, I dream of you,
Am C7
And the
garden wall reveals you too
F B♭
7
In the wind that winds the blue
C
I remember who was there
Am
Who took the time the time to care
D7
To one so fair,
G7 G7+
to one so few, I declare hon
C E7
I love you, Yes I do
Am C7
In the clear, in our brew,
F B♭ 7
And as your wings lift up into
C
I let you go to fly off where
Am
There is no need to have to wear
D7
The garment or the shoe
G7 G7+a
and dear indeed as memory bleeds
C E7
I'll long remember you, oh yes I will
Am C7
Into
the veil, beyond the hill
F B♭
7
Until I fail here is my heart,
C
It will disappear but there you are
Am
There's no accounting for the stars
D7
That stare at us until
G7 G7+
we are the blinking slowly sinking
C E7
To the ocean then, to meet again
Am C7
As the family, flower, as the friend
F B♭ 7
As the lion devours the prey,
C
Indra's dancing net within
Am
The changing partners, women men
D7
From children born anew
G7 G7+
such lands will lead us to
C E7
of all places always home
Am C7
Always touching, always lone,
F B♭ 7
Freed by breath and held by bone,
C
You lift me and you blow out then
Am
A daffodil into the wind
D7
I'm floating out into
G7 G7+
the light and love throughout
C E7
Our new faces, always home
Am C7
Always touching, always lone,
F B♭ 7
Always perfect, Always shown
C
And going on and on and on and on
And on and on and on
A A/G Bm7
Well all be back together when she's bloomin
D
When she's bloomin
A E7
When she blooms
A A/G
We'll all be back together
Bm7
When she's bloomin
D
When she's bloomin
Dm A
When she blooms
[instrumental 2nd verse to interlude, 1st verse, last 2 lines of first verse to coda]
F7 E C#7 C7 B7 E6
coda: Thank you
Credits for the recordings of
Songs for To Find the Girl from Perth
The cast of Homemade ♪
Bill Seidel—harmonica
Ethan Okamura—lead guitar—6,14,27
Ryan Madden—bass—4,9,10,13,15,16,20,22,25
Clay Chadwick—all drums except 19, car + car horn—17,26
Katrinka McKay—car horn—17,26, voice—8,26
Lisa Clark—violin—9, voice—8
Mario Warren—additional drum—2, background vocal—24
David Chadwick (DC)—guitar, vocal, and all else on all songs
Written, produced, funk-mastered at Second Take Studio
by DC
who mixed some of them unskillfully
All others mixed by Mario Warren (Skorp the Engineer)
Thanks to: Randy Rand & Ricky Sanchez for much audio assistance, Barbara Nicholson for Martin guitar, People's Music, Sebastopol, CA, for kazoo, Gregg Rodgers-Martin for ruined piano, Edward Jenkins for the tip
cover art by David Chadwick
cover design by Paul Michael Speer
all songs from To Find the Girl from
Perth, a novel set in Western Australia by David Chadwick, brought to you by
Speir Publishing
© 2009 by David Chadwick
The
original CD cover
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