1. |
OK Boomer
03:01
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OK Boomer 2/18/2020
E A G E E A G E
OK Boomer
Never thought that you'd get old
(Talking bout your generation)
OK Boomer
Heading down that Sunset Road
(Talking bout your generation)
OK Boomer
You made us what we are
(Talking bout your generation)
OK Boomer
Didn't think we'd go so far
(Talking bout your generation)
Chorus A E A Bm7 E
We're the Snowflake Generation
Millennial Mind Police
We'll throw it all away
For our twisted view of peace
Global anarchy
Can't agree to disagree
America be damned
ANTIFA's apogee
Guitar Break A E A Bm7 E
OK Boomer
We're here to take your place
(Talking bout your generation)
OK Boomer
You're taking up our space
(Talking bout your generation)
OK Boomer
Time to get with the plan
(Talking bout your generation)
OK Boomer
To the past we you remand
(Talking bout your generation)
Chorus A E A Bm7 E
We're the Snowflake Generation
Millennial Mind Police
We'll throw it all away
For our twisted view of peace
Global anarchy
Can't agree to disagree
America be damned
ANTIFA's apogee
Guitar Break A E A Bm7 E
OK Boomer
Too long you've had your way
(Talking bout your generation)
OK Boomer
Every dog has its day
(Talking bout your generation)
OK Boomer
The end is near at hand
(You're talking bout my generation)
OK Boomer
Now you're making your last stand
(You're talking bout my generation)
Copyright 2020 Michael J McNulty
(Talking bout my generation) from My Generation Copyright 1965 Peter Townshend
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2. |
Milk River Valley Days
03:31
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Milk River Valley Days 1/23/2018
G C G C D C G capo1 Key of Ab Piano Tabs Db Ab Db Ab Eb Db Ab
Got something I need to say
Before its time to go
All the dues I've had to pay
Not much of nothing left to show
Know where I should be going
Great Northern take me home
My mama told me son
Get out of Ohio
Ain't no moment like the present
Time’s a wasting don't you know
Get yourself up to the Hi-Line
Before it's too damn late for you to go
Chorus
C G Em D C Em D G Piano Tabs Db Ab Fm Eb Db Fm Eb Ab
Take me back to the Milk River Valley
Where some people there might still know my name
Gone too long and I know it
Adopted son of the high Montana plains
She come from tough Norwegian stock
Living hard on the Montana plains
Endured the Great Depression
Milk River Valley Days
With her Hi-Line blood
Knew I'd make it my own way
Cold Canadian winter wind
Breathes a living moaning sound
Brutal summer sun won't set
Till it burns you straight down to the ground
No country for fainthearted
Fools who'll never last another round
Chorus
C G Em D C Em D G Piano Tabs Db Ab Fm Eb Db Fm Eb Ab
Take me back to the Milk River Valley
Where some people there might still know my name
Gone too long and I know it
Adopted son of the high Montana plains
Copyright 2018 Michael J McNulty
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3. |
I Went Down To The River
03:03
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I Went Down To The River 2/17/20
D C G D Capo 2
I went down to the river
The cold cold river
Where the damp makes you shiver
And the night is so bitter
Walking down to the river
Hard memories
D C G D
There I tried to forgive her
But I could not deliver
What I still couldn't give her
There down by the river
Down to the river
Just her and me
Chorus Am G D
And forgiveness
Never comes free
It's the cost
That makes it worthy
D C G D
I had thought this was past
That the future was cast
But it seemed not to last
And I could not have grasped
That the time it had passed
For you and me
D C G D
So I tried to make peace
To gain some release
Maybe change my beliefs
Let the pain start to cease
No more life on a lease
For she and me
Chorus Am G D
And forgiveness
Never comes free
It's the cost
That makes it worthy
D C G D
So the time it has come
To quit beating the drum
On feelings so numb
Life lived on the run
Long kept from the sun
Can we both agree
D C G D
I went down to the river
The cold cleansing river
Where the damp makes you shiver
And the night is so bitter
Cast my thoughts to the river
Just memories
D C G guitar 3x and lead guitar
Copyright 2020 Michael J McNulty
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4. |
Down The Road Today
03:07
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Down The Road Today 2/22/2020
Em Am C Em Am C
I went walking down the road today
If I don't come back there'll be hell to pay
My minds made up to do it anyway
Ain't no reason why I should stay
G Am Em G Am Em
Ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh
Em Am C Em Am C
I been sitting on the job today
Ain't gonna work and I'm too tired to play
Don't give a damn what people might say
Spend all my time keeping demons away
Chorus
Em Am C Em Am C
You can be my accuser
Go and sully my name
Casting aspersions
While I take all the blame
You can call me a liar
Judge me a slacker
Brand me a loser
Cause It just doesn't matter
Guitar Break Em Am C Em Am C
Em Am C Em Am C
My body's so heavy I got feet of clay
Don't feel much like jumping back into the fray
They say every dog gonna have his day
But the living's no good when you're always afraid
G Am Em G Am Em
Ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh
Em Am C Em Am C
Too long keeping all my thoughts at bay
Life based on someone's cliches
Sooner or later it'll all give way
So I'm taking myself down that road today
Chorus
Em Am C Em Am C
Be my accuser
Go and sully my name
Casting aspersions
While I take all the blame
You can call me a liar
Judge me a slacker
Brand me a loser
Cause It just doesn't matter
Em Am C Em Am C
I went walking down the road today
If I don't come back there'll be hell to pay
My minds made up to do it anyways
Just give me a reason why I should stay
Copyright 2020 Michael J McNulty
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Just Looking For A Song To Write 2/22/2020
A G D A G D
I been looking for a song to write
Something catchy with a bit of a bite
Not too sad and not too light
A simple tune done up just right
A G D A G D
Maybe the story of a broken heart
Might feel better if I knew where to start
Something pretty and something tight
I'm just looking for a song to write
Chorus
G A G D A G A G D A
Ooh Oh (guitar picking)
Which way should I go
Oh Oh (guitar picking)
Keep on going with flow
Harmonica Break A G D A G D
A G D A G D
I'm still searching for that melody
You''ll want to listen to endlessly
Sung in key that's right for me
And echoes in your mind so pleasantly
A G D A G D
Perhaps a story from an ancient book
Something you're sure to give a second look
Rhythm and rhyme that is sure to cook
A driving beat with hell of a hook
Chorus
G A G D A G A G D A
Ooh Oh (guitar picking)
Which way should I go
Oh Oh (guitar picking)
Keep on going with flow
Harmonica Break A G D A G D
A G D A G D
Writing a tune can be a brand new start
And some songs are children of a lonely heart
They can join you together or set you apart
A little bit craft and a whole lot of art
A G D A G D
I'm always searching for a song to write
A gift from above newly brought to the light
Creating anew can be such a delight
A song in your heart always makes you feel right
Chorus
G A G D A G A G D A
Ooh Oh (guitar picking)
Which way should I go
Oh Oh (guitar picking)
Keep on going with flow
A G D A G D 2x fade
La La La
La La La
La La La
La La La
Copyright 2020 Michael J McNulty
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6. |
We Were Denim & Lace
03:52
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We Were Denim & Lace 2/25 /20
Am F G Dm Am Capo 1
I remember being younger
Full of future memories
The music overflowing
In two part harmony
Took life as it was coming
We were living so free
Am F Am F G Dm Am
Took off in your old pickup
2 of 3 gears still in place
You had a gig booked in Denali
But for me you made a space
Rolling north up on the Alcan
We were Denim and Lace
Chorus
Dm Am Dm Am G Dm Am G
Searching for I don't know what
Alaska music scene
Could have gone to Nashville
Someplace we could be seen
Did we think we couldn't make it
Was it somewhere in between
Am F G Dm Am
Found ourselves in Dawson City
Made us feel so much at home
Klondike Kate's we played for supper
Great kindness we were shown
Got busted at the Downtown
Visa cover it was blown
Am F Am F G Dm Am
They flew us up to Dead Horse
At the edge of Prudhoe Bay
Anchorage and the Kenai
Any place that we could play
Almost two years homeless on the road
We were Denim and Lace
Chorus
Dm Am Dm Am G Dm Am G
Am F G Dm Am
Now the years have passed we're older
Longer than we could have known
And you've set those times behind you
For some reasons all your own
There's good and bad in all our pasts
Shows us how much we've grown
Am F Am F G Dm Am
Looking back upon my youth
Pros and cons on what I've gained
Never one without the other
Something we can never change
But I always will remember when
We were Denim and Lace
G Dm Am
All my days I'll remember when
We were Denim and Lace
Copyright 2020 Michael J McNulty
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Should We Go Or Never Say Goodbye 2/27/2020
G Em G Em Capo 2
You can be apart from me
Or get a head start on me
Reach down into the heart of me
Make a fresh start with me
C D C D C D G
Catch me and I'll never run
Hit yourself a home run
You could be the only one for me
Chorus
C G D G
Yet life still goes on
Into its heart we're drawn
The night precedes the dawn
Then its gone
G Em G Em
Life is hard and then you die
I'm still here don't ask me why
Water's high and then its dry
There's some things you just can't buy
C D C D C D G
Don't try to understand
Sometimes humble sometimes grand
Always overshadowing the plan
Chorus
G Em G Em
Thinking we could give it a go
Navigate the ebb and flow
Start a life and watch it grow
Blending all the highs and lows
C D C D C D G
Is it fate that we should try
Hit it hard and do or die
Should we go or never say goodbye
Chorus
G Em G Em
Was it me or was it you
How it started I've no clue
Needed something else to do
Guess now I'll just see it through
C D C D C D G
Lose it all or seize the day
Black or white or was it gray
Take it all or give it all away
Chorus
C G D G
Yet life still goes on
Into its heart we're drawn
And night precedes the dawn
Then its gone
Copyright 2020 Michael J McNulty
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8. |
STAND!
04:35
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Stand! 6/24/2020
Em G Am C G Am C G
They're trying to burn down my country
The children have come out to play
Erasing history, wrecking statues
In the good old USA
Social justice Cancel Culture
Do they really give a damn?
They'll use and disabuse you
Time you Woke up to the sham
Chorus Em G Am C G
Stand!
Oh stand!
Time to show you give a damn
Stand!
Oh Stand!
Cause our future is at hand
Na na na 4x
Anarchy is not freedom
Just another form of tyranny
To be told what to think or say
The worst kind of bigotry
Mind control via smartphone
The hive summoning the drones
To a future unimagined
Worse than anything you could know
Chorus
Stand!
Oh Stand!
Time to show you give a damn
Stand!
Oh Stand!
Cause our future is at hand
Na na na 4x
They're trying to burn down my country
The children have come out to play
You ain't no child this ain't no game
In the end its you who'll have to pay
Think we've had enough of this now
Yes the fires have been fanned
Our country's future depends on us
Time for us to make our stand
Chorus
Stand!
Oh Stand!
Time to show you give a damn
Stand!
Oh Stand!
We hold the future in our hands
La na na 4x
Na na na 4x
Na na na 4x
Na na na 4x fade
Copyright 2020 Michael J McNulty
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9. |
Darkness Meets The Dawn
02:48
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Darkness Meets The Dawn 2/28/20
D G A D G A Capo 3
Lying aching shaking in my bed
The darkness meets the dawn
Thoughts making war inside my head
As the night time tarries on
Chorus G A G A G A D D G A D
Some say that I think too much
Therefore I am too much
Obsessing on such and such
Throwing life away 3x
D G A D G A
Black and white and churning gray
The darkness meets the dawn
Night giving birth to another day
The morning's moving on
Chorus G A G A G A D D G A D
Some say that I think too much
Therefore I am too much
Obsessing on such and such
Throwing life away 3x
D G A D G A
Morning light struggles to be seen
Night refuses to be gone
Our time's renewed and the slate is clean
A new day's coming on
Chorus G A G A G A D D G A D
Some say that I think too much
Therefore I am too much
Obsessing on such and such
Throwing life away 3x
D G A D G A
Morning's panic left me on the brink
Is it ever truly gone
I close my eyes trying not to think
Of the morning's rest foregone
Chorus G A G A G A D
Some say that I think too much
Therefore I am too much
Obsessing on such and such
D G A D
Throwing life away Don't you throw
Throwing life away Your life away
Throwing life away So much to say
Throwing life away You'll be OK
Throwing life away And don't you throw
Throwing life away Your life away
Throwing life away So much to say
A D
Start a brand new day
Copyright 2020 Michael J McNulty
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10. |
Before We Were We
03:43
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Before We Were We 3/4/2020
G Em C G
Never thought it'd be what it would be
Moving up fast coming right back at me
Barking up all the wrong trees
Before we were We
G
G Em C G
Could never dream the things that I have seen
Or all the places I have been
Living life someplace between
Till you intervened
2x G
Chorus
Am C G
Couldn't really be free
Before we were We
G
G Em C G
You've changed my life in ways I can't explain
Through all the joy and yes through all the pain
The sun still shines or sky is full of rain
They're not to blame
G
G Em C G
When the wind blows strong our love it forms a lee
Protects us from the times we can't agree
Assuring both agree to disagree
Just you and me
2x G
Chorus
Am C G
Couldn't really be free
Before we were We
G
G Em C G
Never thought it'd be what it would be
Moving up fast coming right back at me
Barking up all the wrong trees
Before we were We
G Em C G fade
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
Before we were We
G
G
Copyright 2020 Michael J McNulty
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11. |
I Really Miss That Kid
03:37
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I Really Miss That Kid 2/28/2020
D G A Capo 5
Such an innocent boy
Too trusting in this world
Saw the good in everyone
As his life unfurled
Chorus
G A D G A D G A D C G D
And part of him kept life at bay
Going slowly off the grid
The best of him he put away
AAH I Really miss that kid
D G A
Honest to a fault
Trying to do what he thought right
All life's primal colors
Seldom seen in black and white
Chorus
G A D G A D G A D C G D
And part of him kept life at bay
Going slowly off the grid
The best of him he put away
AAH I Really miss that kid
D G A
Honor steeped in trust
Maybe tried too hard to please
He'll take you at your word
Some might call him naive
Chorus
G A D G A D G A D C G D
And part of him kept life at bay
Going slowly off the grid
The best of him he put away
AAH I Really miss that kid
D G A
Embraced a higher standard
That he couldn't live up to
Forsaking self forgiveness
As life's debts accrued
Chorus
G A D G A D G A D C G D
And part of him kept life at bay
Going slowly off the grid
The best of him he put away
AAH I Really miss that kid
AAH I Really miss that kid
Copyright 2020 Michael J McNulty
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12. |
Bring It On Home
03:52
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Bring It On Home 2/21/2020
D C G
First they say they love me
Then they push and shove me
Wouldn't it be lovely
If they'd bring it on home
Wonder what they stand for
So many hats that they have worn
While thinking no one's keeping score
They don't bring it on home
Chorus C G D
OOH Can't bring it on home
Once their true colors have been shown
They stand for social justice
While lacking any substance
Show nothing but reluctance
To bring it on home
Promising to set us free
They wallow in hypocrisy
Drowning out our desperate pleas
To bring it on home
Chorus C G D
OOH Can't bring it on home
Once their true colors have been shown
Break C G D C G D C G D C G D
They cite the Constitution
While preaching revolution
Then seeking absolution
Don't bring it on home
They're not what they claim to be
It matters not how hard they plea
The ghosts of dead Kennedys
Won't bring it on home
Chorus C G D
OOH Can't bring it on home
Once their true colors have been shown
There seems to be a hunger
Not getting any younger
To tear the lies asunder
And bring it on home
The voices of the people
Demanding an upheaval
Only removal of an evil
Will bring it on home
Chorus C G D
OOH We can bring it on home
Trying to harvest that which we have sown
OOH Look how we've grown
Again to make this country our own
Working hard to bring it on home
Break C G D C G D C G D C G D
Copyright 2020 Michael J McNulty
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13. |
Weathering The Storm
03:59
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Weathering The Storm 4/17/2020
G Am C G Capo 1 Ab
Whispered warnings in the wind
Time to shelter deep within
Ohh
Weathering the storm
The likes of this never seen before
Trouble pounding on our door
Now we're hunkered down
Weathering the storm
Chorus D C G Am C G D C G Am C G
Never will we back down from this fight
We'll come together stronger and make it right
Times like these often show us in our best light
Its in the darkness before the dawn where we often shine so bright
It gathered strength but so did we
Complacency is never key
Rally to the fight
Weathering the storm
Doing what we need to survive
Lost our innocence and some lost their lives
Always fixed upon
Weathering the storm
Chorus D C G Am C G D C G Am C G
Never will we back down from this fight
We'll come together stronger and make it right
Times like these often show us in our best light
Its in the darkness before the dawn where we often shine so bright
Storms will come and and storms will go
They test our courage and make us grow
We'll be stronger then
From weathering the storm
Black and white, east and west
Everyone giving only their best
Nothing will ever keep us from
Weathering the storm
Chorus D C G Am C G D C G Am C G
Never will we back down from this fight
We'll come together stronger and make it right
Times like these often show us in our best light
Its the darkness before the dawn where we often shine so bright
Warnings whispered in the wind
Time to shelter deep within
Ohh
Weathering the storm
Ohh
Weathering the storm
Ohh
Always weather the storm
Copyright 2020 Michael J McNulty
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