Rockferry
DuffyVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}{sot} Chords:e:---2----0----3----1---:B:---3----1----0----1---:G:---2----0----0----2---:D:---0----2----0----3---:A:--------3----2----3---:E:-------------3----1---:{eot}{section: Intro}{section: Verse}VerseVerseVerse, on the last two bars, | D | C |, the guitar solo starts, andthe song continues with repeating | D | C | till fading out.2. __________________/ Duffy // Warwick Avenue //_________________/{section: Intro}1st Verse:{section: Chorus}(all the choruses are similar, expect for their endings){section: Break}(1st Chorus-ending)2/4Intro2nd Verse:{section: Chorus}(2nd Chorus-ending)2/4{section: Bridge}{section: Chorus}(3rd Chorus-ending)Chords{sot} Intro/Verse:e:---6----5----------6-----4----2----1---:B:---6----6----8-----6-----4----2----1---:G:---7----7----8-----6-----5----3----2---:D:---8----7----8-----8-----6----4----3---:A:---8----5----6-----9-----6----4----3---:E:---6---------------------4----2----1---:{eot}{section: Chorus}:---6-----1--------------3----1----4----3----5---::---6-----1----6----8----4----3----4----3----6---::---7-----1----6----8----3----1----5----3----5---::---8-----1----6----8----5----3----6----3----7---::---8-----3----4----6----3----1----6----5----5---::---6-----1------------------------4----3--------:{eot}{section: Bridge}:---3-----3-----1-----------3----1----4----3----2----1---::---4-----3-----1-----4-----3----1----4----3----2----1---::---5-----3-----2-----5-----3----1----5----3----3----2---::---5-----5-----3-----5-----5----3----6----5----4----3---::---3-----x-----0-----6-----5----3----6----5----4----3---::---------6-----------4-----3----1----4----3----2----1---:{eot}3. _____________/ Duffy // Serious //____________/{sot} Chords:e:---9----4--- ---5----4---(7)-- ---7----9----4--------:B:---9----6--- ---5----5----7--- ---7----9----6----7---:G:---9----6--- ---6----6----7--- ---7----9----4----7---:D:---9----6--- ---7----6----7--- ---7----9----6----7---:A:---7----4--- ---7----4----5--- ---9----7----4----5---:E:------------ ---5------------- ---7------------------:{eot}*the top note in bracket 'B' is sometimesstrummed, which makes this chord a D6.{section: Intro}2/4{section: Break}{section: Verse}{section: Pre-chorus}{section: Chorus}VersePre-Chorus{section: Chorus}Chorus{section: Guitar solo outro}4. __________________/ Duffy // Stepping Stone //_________________/{sot} Chords:e:----0-------------0------------------------:B:----6------6------3---------3-----3----5---:G:----7------7------2---------2-----3----5---:D:----7------7------3---------3-----5----5---:A:----5------5------1---------1-----5----3---:E:----------------------------------3--------:{eot}{section: Intro}{section: Verse}{section: Chorus}VerseChorus2x Intro2x Chorus{section: Chorus}instrumental), repeat till fade out5. _________________/ Duffy // Syrup & Honey //________________/Time: 6/8 shuffledTempo: Q=67 bpm*The guitar part is just Bernard Butler improvisating over the chords.1st Verse:{section: Break}9/8 6/83x[N.C.]"Baby" "s[N.C.]pend...2nd Verse:{section: Break}9/8 6/8 3/83x[N.C.]"Baby" "s[N.C.]pend..[N.C.]. m[N.C.]e" [N.C.]{section: Outro}||: D | D :|| repeat till fade out6. _______________________/ Duffy // Hanging on Too Long //______________________/In this song many of the chords don't come on the beat 1. In such a bar I'vesplit it up in its 4 beats like this:1 2 3 4Chords:(acoustic guitar tuned down a whole step)d:---0----0----2----3----2----0--------------0------- ---3----3-----5-----5---:A:---0----1----3----0----0----1----2----0----0------- ---0----0-----5-----7---:F:---0----0----2----0----2----0----2----0----0------- ---1----2-----5-----5---:C:---2----2----4----0----1----2----2----0----2----1-- ---0----0-----5-----7---:G:---2----0----2----2----2----3----4----2----2------- ---2----2-----5-----5---:D:---0--------------3------------------------3------- ---3----3---------------:{eot}{section: Intro}1st Verse:{section: Interlude}2nd Verse:{section: Chorus}The chorus actually has a bit more to it than just chords. Notice the fill inthe bar of Bb leading up to the chorus and the two fills in the chorus.{section: Chorus}:-0--------------|-0---0-0-----0--|-------------|-0---0------0--|--------------|:-1--------------|-1---1-1-0---1--|-------------|-0---0------0--|--------------|:-0---0---0------|-0---0-0-0---0--|---0---0--0--|-0---0-0----0--|---0---0------|{eot}{sot}:-2---0h2-0--0---|-2---2-2-0---2--|---0h2-0--0--|-2---2-2-2--2--|---0h2-0--0---|:-3---3---2--0h2-|-0---0-0-2---3--|---3---2--2--|-2---2-2-2--2--|---2---2--0h2-|:----------------|----------------|----------3--|-0---0-0-3b-0--|--------------|{eot}{section: Interlude}similar to previous3rd Verse:similar to 2nd Verse{section: Chorus}{section: Bridge}{section: Break}Breakdown Chorus:Final Chorus:7. _____________/ Duffy // Mercy //____________/This groovy song is simply a standard blues tune in G, like the chorus,which is just a standard 12-bar blues round.In the intro and chorus the Hammond organ goes | G G6 | G7 G6 | during{sot}the many bars of G. Otherwise it's pretty much up to improvisating.The funny chord in the ending of the breakdown chorus is this:e:-----:{eot}{sot} B:--5--: slightly bendG:--5--: both of the stringsD:-----:A:-----:E:-----:{eot}{section: Intro}{section: Verse}{section: Chorus}VerseChorusBreakdown Chorus (strum the chord in the last bar)ChorusChorus{section: Outro}8. ____________________/ Duffy // Delayed Devotion //___________________/{sot} Chords:e:---------------1----3----4-----------1---------3----1----------3---:B:---6------4----1----4----4-----8-----1----4----4----2-----3----4---:G:---4------5----1----3----5-----8-----1----5----5----1-----4----3---:D:---6------5----3----5----6-----8-----1----5----5----3-----3----5---:A:---5------6----3----6----6-----x-----3----x----3----1-----5----6---:E:---------------1----3----4-----6-----1----3------------------------:{eot}{section: Verse}{section: Bridge}{section: Chorus}2/4VerseBridgeChorus, quit the last bar of EbBridge, break on the last Bbm7 and hold it one bar moreChorus, end on Eb9. ______________/ Duffy // I'm Scared //_____________/{sot} Chords:e:-----------------------------0--- ---5---5--- ---0---0---2---2---:{eot}B:---10---9---7---5----3---2---0--- ---5---6--- ---2---0---2---3---:{sot}G:---11---9---7---6----4---2---1--- ---6---5--- ---2---1---2---2---:D:---11---9---7---7----4---2---2--- ---7---7--- ---2---2---4---0---:A:----9---7---5---4----2---0---2--- ----------- ---0---2---4-------:E:-----------------------------0--- ----------- -------0---2-------:{eot}{section: Intro}{section: Verse}{section: Chorus}VerseVerseChorusFinal Chorus:[fermat]10.___________________/ Duffy // Distant Dreamer //__________________/{sot} Chords:e:---3----3----0----0----2----0----0---:B:---1----0----0----1----3----3----1---:G:---0----0----0----0----2----1----2---:D:---0----0----2----2----0----2----2---:A:---x----x----2----3---------2----0---:E:---3----3----0--------------0--------:{eot}{section: Intro}{section: Verse}{section: Pre-chorus}{section: Chorus}VersePre-Chorus{section: Chorus}repeat as necessary)The album version has:2 rounds of lyrics1 round of Duffy improvising1 round of lyrics1 round of improvising1 round of fullblown strings1 round where the strings subside and end on a Dsus4 chord1. _____________/ Duffy / I think this song is about this girl (Duffy herself?) leaving/ Rockferry / her town and her boyfriend, heading for something new. It's/____________/ about starting over again, beginning on something new.I'd move to Rockferry tomorrowAnd I'd build my house, baby, with sorrowI'll leave my shadow to fall behindAnd I wouldn't write to you, 'cause I'm not that kindThe midnight trains are boarding, all wrap up 8'sI pick my load and filled my truck before it's too lateI leave the stars to judge my every moveI'm not going to think of you or I'll get the bluesTheres no sleep on the journey away from townA bag of songs and a heavy heart won't make me doubtI give it all my strength and my mindI'll make this decision, win all the fightsI'll move to Rockferry tomorrowAnd I'd build my house, baby, with sorrowI'll leave my shadow to fall behindAnd I wouldn't write to you, 'cause I'm not that kindNot that kindRockferry2. __________________/ Duffy / Usually I have a bit of a complex for overexposed radio/ Warwick Avenue / hits like this, but I simply can't deny what a lovely song/_________________/ it is and what a singer Duffy is. I think it's about a girlmeeting her boyfriend for the last time before splitting up.When I get to Warwick AvenueMeet me by the entrance of the tubeWe can talk things over a little timeBut promise me you wont stand by the lightWhen I get to Warwick AvenuePlease drop the past and be trueDon't say we're okay just because I'm hereYou hurt me bad but I wont shed a tearI'm leaving you for the last time babyYou think you're loving, but you don't love meI've been confused outta my mind latelyYou think you're loving, but I want to be freeBaby, you've hurt meWhen I get to Warwick AvenueWe'll spend an hour, but no more than twoOur only chance to speak once moreI showed you answers, now here's the doorWhen I get to Warwick AvenueI'll tell baby, there we're throughI'm leading you for the last time, babyYou think you're loving, but you don't love meI've been confused outta my mind latelyYou think you're loving, but you don't love meI want to be freeBaby, you've hurt meAll the days spent togetherI wish for betterBut I didn't want the train to comeNow it's departedI'm broken heartedSeems like we never startedAll those days spent togetherWhen I wished for betterAnd I didn't want the train to come, noYou think you're loving, but you don't love meI want to be freeBaby, you heard meYou don't love meI want to be freeBaby you've hurt me3. _____________/ Duffy / I think this sweet song is about a girl, whose boyfriend/ Serious / can't seem to figure out how to be properly involved in a/____________/ relationship, which leaves the girl in the middle.[I always wanted to seeThe colours in your destinyI always wanted to knowIf our love will grow]SeriousSeriousI'm a trophy on your armYou wear me like a charm, yes you doAn accessory that suitsYour new suede boots, ohI get a feeling deep down insideSomething just ain't rightI get a feeling that tells me I knowBaby you never showHow you really feel for meTell me, can we ever beSerious?Serious in love?A joke on my expenseIn front of all your friends all the timeA game you like to playLeaves me solo every dayI get a feeling deep down insideSomething just aint rightI get a feeling that tells me I knowBaby you never showHow you really feel for meTell me, can we ever beSerious?Serious in love?Serious?Serious in Love?4. __________________/ Duffy / I think this dark song is about this girl who simply/ Stepping Stone / can't give up on this old boyfriend she should have left/_________________/ long ago. He can't give up on her either, so they both endup holding each other in check.I remember way back, way back whenI said I'd never wanna see your face again'Cause you were loving, yes you're loving somebody elseAnd I knew, oh yes I knew I couldn't control myselfAnd now they bring you back into my life againAnd so I put on a face just like your friend'sBut I think you know, oh yes you know what's going on'Cause the feelings in me, oh yes in me are burning strongBut I will never be your stepping stoneTake it all or leave me aloneI will never be your stepping stoneI'm standing upright on my ownYou used to call me up from time to timeAnd it would be so hard for me not to cross the lineThe words of love lay on our lips just like a curseAnd I knew, oh yes I knew they'd only make it worseAnd now you have the nerve to play alongJust like the maestro beats in your songYou got your kicks, you get your kicks from playing meAnd the less you give the more I want, so foolishlyBut I will never be your stepping stoneTake it all or leave me aloneI will never be your stepping stoneI'm standing upright on my own5. _________________/ Duffy / I think this song is about a girl who wants her husband/ Syrup & Honey / to quit spending his time on all the sweet things in life/________________/ and instead come back home to love her. I love this songfor its simplicity and for displaying Duffy's full vocalpotential.Don't you be wasting all your money on syrup and honeyBecause I'm sweet enoughDon't you be using every minute on making a livingBecause we've got our loveListen to me, 1, 2, 3Baby, baby, baby, spend your time on meDon't you be out all night long leaving me all aloneBecause I, I need your loveDon't spending every day working awayBecause I'm waiting for youListen to me, 1, 2, 3Baby, baby, baby, spend your time on me6. _______________________/ Duffy / I think this song is pretty much straight forward./ Hanging on Too Long / It's about this naive girl looking back at her/______________________/ foolish attempt to get the relationship going againwith some foolish guy she should've left long ago.It was just my mistake, thinking you caredIt was just my mistake, thinking you'd be thereThat you'd be by my sideAnd that you wouldn't lieMy mistakeIt was just my false hope, thinking we'd last, yeahIt was just my false hope, forgot all your pestsAll those girls you deniedSmashed up hearts hung out to dryI know it's wrong hanging on too longI know it's wrong hanging on too longBut I need to move onHanging on too longI was a fool for you, right from the start, yeahI was a fool for you, hoping for a sparkFor some kind of signThat you would be mineI know it's wrong, I do, hanging on too long, oohAnd I know it's wrong, hanging on too longMy heart was clutchingTo one fair rightMy head was pumpingIt could put up a fightI know it's wrong hanging on too longI know it's wrong hanging on too longAnd I need to move onI'm hanging on too longI know it's wrong hanging on too longAnd I know it's wrong hanging on too long7. _____________/ Duffy / This awesome blues tune together with the music video and the/ Mercy / lyrics has really given Duffy her image of this 50ies woman,/____________/ being subjected to a husband, but now fighting her sexualinstinct. I think it's kind of comical to revive these outdatedmorals, but basically pretty senseless.[Hit the beat and take it to the bass now]Yeah Yeah Yeah [4x]I love youBut I gotta stay trueMy morals got me on my kneesI'm begging, please stop playing gamesI don't know what this is, but you got me goodJust like you knew you wouldI don't know what you do, but you do it wellI'm under your spellYou got me begging you for mercyWhy won't you release me?You got me begging you for mercyWhy won't you release me?I said release meNow, you think that IWill be something on the sideBut you got to understandThat I need a manWho can take my hand, yes I doI don't know what this is, but you got me goodJust like you knew you wouldI don't know what you do, but you do it wellI'm under your spellYou got me begging you for mercyWhy won't you release me?You got me begging you for mercyWhy won't you release me?I said you'd better release me, yeah yeah yeahI'm begging you for mercyJust why won't you release meI'm begging you for mercyYou got me beggingYou got me beggingYou got me begging[The rap part]:You look at me and think we're the same kindCause you don't know what I got andI'm gonna get more than I'm asking forBut I just don't want to waste my timeYou know that I'll be the other girlJust like there's nothing in this worldI know that I'm gonna get me someI just don't know where to get it from8. ____________________/ Duffy / I think this song is about a boy who has been taking/ Delayed Devotion / too long to make a pass at the girl and perhaps being/___________________/ too cocky before actually revealing his feelings. Andnow he has wasted his chance.It seems you wanna give me, oh, a life time of securityDown on your dying knees I watch you, babe, I watch you pleadBut your words come much too lateMy love for you has turned to hate'Cause you've taken too much timeTo show me that you're mineWhen I drop you boyYou'll need another toyOne that won't stand up for herselfWhen I knock you downYou'll need another townWhere somebody's gonna talk to youYou just let me waitNow it's too lateFor your delayed, delayed devotionYou try to convince me, oh, about the possibilitiesBut I know that all your poetry just comes from insecurity'Cause your actions speak nothing no moreWhen it's what I've been waiting for'Cause you've taken too much timeTo show me that you're mineWhen I drop you boyYou'll need another toyOne that won't stand up for herselfWhen I knock you downYou'll need another townWhere somebody's gonna talk to you'Cause you just let me waitNow it's too lateFor your delayed devotionYou played me for a fool for too longBlinded by your lies I never saw your allI'm no longer under your spellHear it in a songYou can go to HellWhen I drop you boyYou'll need another toyOne that won't stand up for herselfWhen I knock you downYou'll need another townWhere somebody's gonna talk to youYou just let me waitAnd now its too lateFor your delayed, delayed emotion9. ______________/ Duffy / I think this song is about this girl who loves her boyfriend/ I'm Scared / deeply, but is now left alone when he suddenly left her. This/_____________/ is about all walking around alone being reminded of all thosesmall thing she loves.The blank pages of my diaryThat I haven't touched since you left meThe closed blinds in my homeSee no light of dayDust gathers on my stereoCause I can't bare to hear the radioThe piano sits in a shaded spaceWith a picture of your faceI'm scared to face another dayCause the fear in me just won't go awayIn an instant you were gone and I'm scaredCoffee stains on your favourite bookRemind me of you so I can't take a lookThe magazines you left on the floorYou won't need them anymoreA towel left hanging on the wallNo sign of wet footsteps in the hallThere's no smell of your sweet cologneI'm lying here aloneI'm scared to face another dayCause the fear in me just won't go awayIn an instant you were gone and now I'm scaredI'm scared to face another dayCause the fear in me just won't go awayIn an instant you were gone, now I'm scaredIn an instant you were goneI'm scared10.___________________/ Duffy / The lyrics pretty much states themselves in this song./ Distant Dreamer / The string arrangement of the final choruses is really/__________________/ impressive, cliché or not, this is really a fine piece ofcraftsmanship!Although you think I copeMy head is filled with hopeOf some place other than hereAlthough you think I smileInside all the whileI'm wondering about my destinyI'm thinking about all the thingsI'd like to in my lifeI'm a dreamerA distant dreamerDreaming for hope from todayEven when you see me frownMy heart won't let me downBecause I know there's better things to come, whoah yeahAnd when life gets toughI feel I've had enoughI hold on to a distant starI'm thinking about all the thingsI'd like to do in my lifeI'm a dreamerA distant dreamerDreaming for hope from today
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Arrangement source for Rockferry by Duffy
{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{sot} Chords:
[D] [C] [G] [F]
e:---2----0----3----1---:
B:---3----1----0----1---:
G:---2----0----0----2---:
D:---0----2----0----3---:
A:--------3----2----3---:
E:-------------3----1---:{eot}
{section: Intro}
[D] [C] [D] [C]
{section: Verse}
[D] [C] [D] [C]
[D] [C] [D] [C]
[G] [F] [G] [F]
[D] [C] [D] [C]
[D] [C]
Verse
Verse
Verse, on the last two bars, | D | C |, the guitar solo starts, and
the song continues with repeating | D | C | till fading out.
2. __________________
/ Duffy /
/ Warwick Avenue /
/_________________/
{section: Intro}
[Bb] [Dm] [Eb] [F#maj7]
1st Verse:
||: [Bb] | [Dm] | [Eb] | [F#maj7] :|| 3x
[Bb] [Dm] [Ab] [F#] [F]
{section: Chorus}
(all the choruses are similar, expect for their endings)
[Bb] [Fm7] [C#] [Eb] [Cm7] [Bb7] [Ab] [Gm7]
{section: Break}
[Cm7] [Gm7] [Fm7] [Eb]
(1st Chorus-ending)
2/4
[Dm7] [Gm7] [Cm7]
Intro
2nd Verse:
||: [Bb] | [Dm] | [Eb] | [F#maj7] :|| 2x
[Bb] [Dm] [Ab] [F#] [F]
{section: Chorus}
(2nd Chorus-ending)
2/4
[Dm7] [Gm7] [Cm7] [Fm7] [Eb] [Bb]
{section: Bridge}
||: [Cm] [Gm]/[Bb] | [F/A] | [Abmaj7] [Gm7] :|| 2x
[Cm] [Fm] [Ab] [Gm] [F#] [F]
{section: Chorus}
(3rd Chorus-ending)
[Dm7] [Gm7] [Cm7] [Fm7] [Eb] [Bb]
[Dm7] [Gm7] [Cm7] [Fm7] [Eb] [Bb]
Chords
{sot} Intro/Verse:
[Bb] [Dm] [Eb] [F#maj7] [Ab] [F#] [F]
e:---6----5----------6-----4----2----1---:
B:---6----6----8-----6-----4----2----1---:
G:---7----7----8-----6-----5----3----2---:
D:---8----7----8-----8-----6----4----3---:
A:---8----5----6-----9-----6----4----3---:
E:---6---------------------4----2----1---:{eot}
{section: Chorus}
{sot} [Bb] [Fm7] [C#] [Eb] [Cm7] [Bb7] [Ab] [Gm7] [Dm7]
:---6-----1--------------3----1----4----3----5---:
:---6-----1----6----8----4----3----4----3----6---:
:---7-----1----6----8----3----1----5----3----5---:
:---8-----1----6----8----5----3----6----3----7---:
:---8-----3----4----6----3----1----6----5----5---:
:---6-----1------------------------4----3--------:{eot}
{section: Bridge}
{sot} [Cm] [Gm] [Bb] [F/A] [Abmaj7] [Gm] [Fm] [Ab] [Gm] [F#] [F]
:---3-----3-----1-----------3----1----4----3----2----1---:
:---4-----3-----1-----4-----3----1----4----3----2----1---:
:---5-----3-----2-----5-----3----1----5----3----3----2---:
:---5-----5-----3-----5-----5----3----6----5----4----3---:
:---3-----x-----0-----6-----5----3----6----5----4----3---:
:---------6-----------4-----3----1----4----3----2----1---:{eot}
3. _____________
/ Duffy /
/ Serious /
/____________/
{sot} Chords:
[E6] [C#] [A] [C#m] [D] [Bm7] [E6] [C#7] [D]
e:---9----4--- ---5----4---(7)-- ---7----9----4--------:
B:---9----6--- ---5----5----7--- ---7----9----6----7---:
G:---9----6--- ---6----6----7--- ---7----9----4----7---:
D:---9----6--- ---7----6----7--- ---7----9----6----7---:
A:---7----4--- ---7----4----5--- ---9----7----4----5---:
E:------------ ---5------------- ---7------------------:{eot}
*the top note in bracket 'B' is sometimes
strummed, which makes this chord a D6.
{section: Intro}
2/4
{section: Break}
[E6] [C#] [E6] [C#]
[A] [C#m] [D] [A]
{section: Verse}
||: [A] | [C#m] | [D] | [A] :|| 4x
{section: Pre-chorus}
[Bm7] [E6] [C#7] [D]
{section: Chorus}
[A] [C#m] [D] [A]
Verse
Pre-Chorus
{section: Chorus}
[A] [C#m] [D] [A]
Pre-Chorus + | D |
Chorus
{section: Guitar solo outro}
||: [A] | [C#m] | [D] | [A] :|| repeat till fade out
4. __________________
/ Duffy /
/ Stepping Stone /
/_________________/
{sot} Chords:
[Dm](add9) [Dm] [Bbmaj7]+11 [Bbmaj7] [Gm] [C]
e:----0-------------0------------------------:
B:----6------6------3---------3-----3----5---:
G:----7------7------2---------2-----3----5---:
D:----7------7------3---------3-----5----5---:
A:----5------5------1---------1-----5----3---:
E:----------------------------------3--------:{eot}
{section: Intro}
[Dm] [Dm] [Dm] [Dm]
{section: Verse}
[Dm] [Dm] [Dm] [Dm]
| [Bbmaj7]+11 | [Bbmaj7] | [Gm] | [Gm] :||
{section: Chorus}
[Gm] [Dm] [C] [Gm]
Verse
Chorus
2x Intro
2x Chorus
{section: Chorus}
instrumental), repeat till fade out
5. _________________
/ Duffy /
/ Syrup & Honey /
/________________/
Time: 6/8 shuffled
Tempo: Q=67 bpm
*The guitar part is just Bernard Butler improvisating over the chords.
1st Verse:
[D] [D] [D] [D]
[G] [G] [D] [D]
[D] [D] [D7] [D7]
[G] [G] [D] [D]
{section: Break}
[A7] [A7] [Bm] [G]
9/8 6/8
3x[N.C.]"Baby" "s[N.C.]pend...
"m[D]e" [D] [A7] [A7]
2nd Verse:
[D] [D] [D] [D7]
[G] [G] [D] [D]
[D] [D] [D7] [D7]
[G] [G] [D] [D]
{section: Break}
[A7] [A7] [Bm] [G]
9/8 6/8 3/8
3x[N.C.]"Baby" "s[N.C.]pend..[N.C.]. m[N.C.]e" [N.C.]
{section: Outro}
||: D | D :|| repeat till fade out
6. _______________________
/ Duffy /
/ Hanging on Too Long /
/______________________/
In this song many of the chords don't come on the beat 1. In such a bar I've
split it up in its 4 beats like this:
1 2 3 4
Th[Dm]e dash j[Gm7]ust [Am7]means [Am7]to stay on the chord, of course.
Chords:
(acoustic guitar tuned down a whole step)
{sot} [Dm] [Gm7] [Am7] [F] [A7] [Bb] [G/B] [F/A] [Dm] [F] [C#] [F+5] [F6] [C11sus] [C7]
d:---0----0----2----3----2----0--------------0------- ---3----3-----5-----5---:
A:---0----1----3----0----0----1----2----0----0------- ---0----0-----5-----7---:
F:---0----0----2----0----2----0----2----0----0------- ---1----2-----5-----5---:
C:---2----2----4----0----1----2----2----0----2----1-- ---0----0-----5-----7---:
G:---2----0----2----2----2----3----4----2----2------- ---2----2-----5-----5---:
D:---0--------------3------------------------3------- ---3----3---------------:{eot}
{section: Intro}
||: [Dm] - [Gm7] [Am7] | [Am7] :|| 4x
1st Verse:
||: [Dm] - [Gm7] [Am7] | [Am7] :|| 4x
[F] [F] [Gm7] [Gm7] [A7] [A7] [Bb] [Bb] [G/B]
{section: Interlude}
[Dm] [Gm7] [Am7] [Am7]
2nd Verse:
||: [Dm] - [Gm7] [Am7] | [Am7] :|| 4x
[F] [F] [Gm7] [Gm7] [A7] [A7] [Bb] [Bb]
{section: Chorus}
[Gm7] [F/A] [Bb] [Bb] [Dm] [Dm] [F] [Dm] [Dm]
[Gm7] [F/A] [Bb] [Bb] [C#]
The chorus actually has a bit more to it than just chords. Notice the fill in
the bar of Bb leading up to the chorus and the two fills in the chorus.
{section: Chorus}
{sot} [Bb] [Gm7] [F/A] [Bb] [Bb] [Dm] [Dm] [F] [Dm] [Dm]
:-0--------------|-0---0-0-----0--|-------------|-0---0------0--|--------------|
:-1--------------|-1---1-1-0---1--|-------------|-0---0------0--|--------------|
:-0---0---0------|-0---0-0-0---0--|---0---0--0--|-0---0-0----0--|---0---0------|{eot}
{sot}:-2---0h2-0--0---|-2---2-2-0---2--|---0h2-0--0--|-2---2-2-2--2--|---0h2-0--0---|
:-3---3---2--0h2-|-0---0-0-2---3--|---3---2--2--|-2---2-2-2--2--|---2---2--0h2-|
:----------------|----------------|----------3--|-0---0-0-3b-0--|--------------|{eot}
{section: Interlude}
similar to previous
3rd Verse:
similar to 2nd Verse
{section: Chorus}
[Gm7] [F/A] [Bb] [Bb] [Dm] [Dm] [F] [Dm] [Dm]
{section: Bridge}
[F] [F+5] [F6] [A7]
{section: Break}
[Bb] [G/B] [C11sus] [C7]
Breakdown Chorus:
||: [Gm7] - [F/A] [Bb] | [Bb] | [Dm] - [Dm]/[F] [Dm] | [Dm] :|| 4x
Final Chorus:
[Gm7] [F/A] [Bb] [Bb] [Dm] [Dm] [F] [Dm] [Dm]
[Gm7] [F/A] [Bb] [Bb] [Dm] [Dm] [F] [Dm]
7. _____________
/ Duffy /
/ Mercy /
/____________/
This groovy song is simply a standard blues tune in G, like the chorus,
which is just a standard 12-bar blues round.
In the intro and chorus the Hammond organ goes | G G6 | G7 G6 | during
{sot}the many bars of G. Otherwise it's pretty much up to improvisating.
The funny chord in the ending of the breakdown chorus is this:
e:-----:{eot}
{sot} B:--5--: slightly bend
G:--5--: both of the strings
D:-----:
A:-----:
E:-----:{eot}
{section: Intro}
[G] [G] [G] [G]
[G] [G] [G] [G]
[G] [G] [G] [G]
[D] [C] [G] [G]
{section: Verse}
[G] [G] [G] [G]
[D] [C] [G] [G]
{section: Chorus}
[G] [G] [G] [G]
[C] [C] [G] [G]
[D] [C] [G] [G]
Verse
Chorus
Breakdown Chorus (strum the chord in the last bar)
Chorus
Chorus
{section: Outro}
||: [G] | [G] | [G] | [G] :||, repeat till fade out
8. ____________________
/ Duffy /
/ Delayed Devotion /
/___________________/
{sot} Chords:
Ddim6 [Cm] [Eb] [Fm] [Eb/G] [Ab] [Eb] [Fm7] [Cm] [G] [Cm] [Bbm7] [G7] [D] [Eb]
e:---------------1----3----4-----------1---------3----1----------3---:
B:---6------4----1----4----4-----8-----1----4----4----2-----3----4---:
G:---4------5----1----3----5-----8-----1----5----5----1-----4----3---:
D:---6------5----3----5----6-----8-----1----5----5----3-----3----5---:
A:---5------6----3----6----6-----x-----3----x----3----1-----5----6---:
E:---------------1----3----4-----6-----1----3------------------------:{eot}
{section: Verse}
[Ddim6] [Cm] [Eb] [Fm] [Eb/G] [Ab] [Eb] [Eb]
{section: Bridge}
[Fm7] [Fm7] [Cm] [G] [Fm7] [Fm7] [Cm] [G]
[Cm] [Cm] [Bbm7] [Bbm7]
{section: Chorus}
2/4
[Fm7] [Cm] [Ab] [Eb] [Fm7] [G7] [D] [Cm] [Eb]
[Fm7] [Cm7] [Ab] [Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Eb]
Verse
Bridge
Chorus, quit the last bar of Eb
Bridge, break on the last Bbm7 and hold it one bar more
Chorus, end on Eb
9. ______________
/ Duffy /
/ I'm Scared /
/_____________/
{sot} Chords:
[F#m] [E] [D] [A/C#] [Bm] [A] [E] [A] [F] [A] [E] [F#m] [D]
e:-----------------------------0--- ---5---5--- ---0---0---2---2---:{eot}
B:---10---9---7---5----3---2---0--- ---5---6--- ---2---0---2---3---:
{sot}G:---11---9---7---6----4---2---1--- ---6---5--- ---2---1---2---2---:
D:---11---9---7---7----4---2---2--- ---7---7--- ---2---2---4---0---:
A:----9---7---5---4----2---0---2--- ----------- ---0---2---4-------:
E:-----------------------------0--- ----------- -------0---2-------:{eot}
{section: Intro}
[F#m] [E] [D] [A/C#] [Bm] [A] [E]
[A] [F] [A] [F]
{section: Verse}
[A] [F] [A] [F]
[F#m] [E] [D] [A/C#] [Bm] [A] [E]
Verse + | E |
{section: Chorus}
[A] [E] [F#m] [D]
[A] [E] [A] [E]
Verse
Verse
Chorus
Final Chorus:
[A] [E] [F#m] [D]
[A] [E] [F#m] [D]
[fermat]
[A] [E] [A]
10.___________________
/ Duffy /
/ Distant Dreamer /
/__________________/
{sot} Chords:
[Gsus4] [G] [Em] [C] [D] [E7] [Am]
e:---3----3----0----0----2----0----0---:
B:---1----0----0----1----3----3----1---:
G:---0----0----0----0----2----1----2---:
D:---0----0----2----2----0----2----2---:
A:---x----x----2----3---------2----0---:
E:---3----3----0--------------0--------:{eot}
{section: Intro}
||: [Gsus4] [G] :|| 4x
{section: Verse}
[G] [G] [Em] [Em]
[C] [C] [G] [D]
[G] [G] [Em] [Em]
[C] [C] [D] [D]
{section: Pre-chorus}
[Gsus4] [G] [G] [Em] [Em]
[C] [C] [D] [D]
{section: Chorus}
[Gsus4] [G] [G] [E7] [E7]
[Am] [Am] [D] [D]
Verse
Pre-Chorus
{section: Chorus}
repeat as necessary)
The album version has:
2 rounds of lyrics
1 round of Duffy improvising
1 round of lyrics
1 round of improvising
1 round of fullblown strings
1 round where the strings subside and end on a Dsus4 chord
1. _____________
/ Duffy / I think this song is about this girl (Duffy herself?) leaving
/ Rockferry / her town and her boyfriend, heading for something new. It's
/____________/ about starting over again, beginning on something new.
I'd move to Rockferry tomorrow
And I'd build my house, baby, with sorrow
I'll leave my shadow to fall behind
And I wouldn't write to you, 'cause I'm not that kind
The midnight trains are boarding, all wrap up 8's
I pick my load and filled my truck before it's too late
I leave the stars to judge my every move
I'm not going to think of you or I'll get the blues
Theres no sleep on the journey away from town
A bag of songs and a heavy heart won't make me doubt
I give it all my strength and my mind
I'll make this decision, win all the fights
I'll move to Rockferry tomorrow
And I'd build my house, baby, with sorrow
I'll leave my shadow to fall behind
And I wouldn't write to you, 'cause I'm not that kind
Not that kind
Rockferry
2. __________________
/ Duffy / Usually I have a bit of a complex for overexposed radio
/ Warwick Avenue / hits like this, but I simply can't deny what a lovely song
/_________________/ it is and what a singer Duffy is. I think it's about a girl
meeting her boyfriend for the last time before splitting up.
When I get to Warwick Avenue
Meet me by the entrance of the tube
We can talk things over a little time
But promise me you wont stand by the light
When I get to Warwick Avenue
Please drop the past and be true
Don't say we're okay just because I'm here
You hurt me bad but I wont shed a tear
I'm leaving you for the last time baby
You think you're loving, but you don't love me
I've been confused outta my mind lately
You think you're loving, but I want to be free
Baby, you've hurt me
When I get to Warwick Avenue
We'll spend an hour, but no more than two
Our only chance to speak once more
I showed you answers, now here's the door
When I get to Warwick Avenue
I'll tell baby, there we're through
I'm leading you for the last time, baby
You think you're loving, but you don't love me
I've been confused outta my mind lately
You think you're loving, but you don't love me
I want to be free
Baby, you've hurt me
All the days spent together
I wish for better
But I didn't want the train to come
Now it's departed
I'm broken hearted
Seems like we never started
All those days spent together
When I wished for better
And I didn't want the train to come, no
You think you're loving, but you don't love me
I want to be free
Baby, you heard me
You don't love me
I want to be free
Baby you've hurt me
3. _____________
/ Duffy / I think this sweet song is about a girl, whose boyfriend
/ Serious / can't seem to figure out how to be properly involved in a
/____________/ relationship, which leaves the girl in the middle.
[I always wanted to see
The colours in your destiny
I always wanted to know
If our love will grow]
Serious
Serious
I'm a trophy on your arm
You wear me like a charm, yes you do
An accessory that suits
Your new suede boots, oh
I get a feeling deep down inside
Something just ain't right
I get a feeling that tells me I know
Baby you never show
How you really feel for me
Tell me, can we ever be
Serious?
Serious in love?
A joke on my expense
In front of all your friends all the time
A game you like to play
Leaves me solo every day
I get a feeling deep down inside
Something just aint right
I get a feeling that tells me I know
Baby you never show
How you really feel for me
Tell me, can we ever be
Serious?
Serious in love?
Serious?
Serious in Love?
4. __________________
/ Duffy / I think this dark song is about this girl who simply
/ Stepping Stone / can't give up on this old boyfriend she should have left
/_________________/ long ago. He can't give up on her either, so they both end
up holding each other in check.
I remember way back, way back when
I said I'd never wanna see your face again
'Cause you were loving, yes you're loving somebody else
And I knew, oh yes I knew I couldn't control myself
And now they bring you back into my life again
And so I put on a face just like your friend's
But I think you know, oh yes you know what's going on
'Cause the feelings in me, oh yes in me are burning strong
But I will never be your stepping stone
Take it all or leave me alone
I will never be your stepping stone
I'm standing upright on my own
You used to call me up from time to time
And it would be so hard for me not to cross the line
The words of love lay on our lips just like a curse
And I knew, oh yes I knew they'd only make it worse
And now you have the nerve to play along
Just like the maestro beats in your song
You got your kicks, you get your kicks from playing me
And the less you give the more I want, so foolishly
But I will never be your stepping stone
Take it all or leave me alone
I will never be your stepping stone
I'm standing upright on my own
5. _________________
/ Duffy / I think this song is about a girl who wants her husband
/ Syrup & Honey / to quit spending his time on all the sweet things in life
/________________/ and instead come back home to love her. I love this song
for its simplicity and for displaying Duffy's full vocal
potential.
Don't you be wasting all your money on syrup and honey
Because I'm sweet enough
Don't you be using every minute on making a living
Because we've got our love
Listen to me, 1, 2, 3
Baby, baby, baby, spend your time on me
Don't you be out all night long leaving me all alone
Because I, I need your love
Don't spending every day working away
Because I'm waiting for you
Listen to me, 1, 2, 3
Baby, baby, baby, spend your time on me
6. _______________________
/ Duffy / I think this song is pretty much straight forward.
/ Hanging on Too Long / It's about this naive girl looking back at her
/______________________/ foolish attempt to get the relationship going again
with some foolish guy she should've left long ago.
It was just my mistake, thinking you cared
It was just my mistake, thinking you'd be there
That you'd be by my side
And that you wouldn't lie
My mistake
It was just my false hope, thinking we'd last, yeah
It was just my false hope, forgot all your pests
All those girls you denied
Smashed up hearts hung out to dry
I know it's wrong hanging on too long
I know it's wrong hanging on too long
But I need to move on
Hanging on too long
I was a fool for you, right from the start, yeah
I was a fool for you, hoping for a spark
For some kind of sign
That you would be mine
I know it's wrong, I do, hanging on too long, ooh
And I know it's wrong, hanging on too long
My heart was clutching
To one fair right
My head was pumping
It could put up a fight
I know it's wrong hanging on too long
I know it's wrong hanging on too long
And I need to move on
I'm hanging on too long
I know it's wrong hanging on too long
And I know it's wrong hanging on too long
7. _____________
/ Duffy / This awesome blues tune together with the music video and the
/ Mercy / lyrics has really given Duffy her image of this 50ies woman,
/____________/ being subjected to a husband, but now fighting her sexual
instinct. I think it's kind of comical to revive these outdated
morals, but basically pretty senseless.
[Hit the beat and take it to the bass now]
Yeah Yeah Yeah [4x]
I love you
But I gotta stay true
My morals got me on my knees
I'm begging, please stop playing games
I don't know what this is, but you got me good
Just like you knew you would
I don't know what you do, but you do it well
I'm under your spell
You got me begging you for mercy
Why won't you release me?
You got me begging you for mercy
Why won't you release me?
I said release me
Now, you think that I
Will be something on the side
But you got to understand
That I need a man
Who can take my hand, yes I do
I don't know what this is, but you got me good
Just like you knew you would
I don't know what you do, but you do it well
I'm under your spell
You got me begging you for mercy
Why won't you release me?
You got me begging you for mercy
Why won't you release me?
I said you'd better release me, yeah yeah yeah
I'm begging you for mercy
Just why won't you release me
I'm begging you for mercy
You got me begging
You got me begging
You got me begging
[The rap part]:
You look at me and think we're the same kind
Cause you don't know what I got and
I'm gonna get more than I'm asking for
But I just don't want to waste my time
You know that I'll be the other girl
Just like there's nothing in this world
I know that I'm gonna get me some
I just don't know where to get it from
8. ____________________
/ Duffy / I think this song is about a boy who has been taking
/ Delayed Devotion / too long to make a pass at the girl and perhaps being
/___________________/ too cocky before actually revealing his feelings. And
now he has wasted his chance.
It seems you wanna give me, oh, a life time of security
Down on your dying knees I watch you, babe, I watch you plead
But your words come much too late
My love for you has turned to hate
'Cause you've taken too much time
To show me that you're mine
When I drop you boy
You'll need another toy
One that won't stand up for herself
When I knock you down
You'll need another town
Where somebody's gonna talk to you
You just let me wait
Now it's too late
For your delayed, delayed devotion
You try to convince me, oh, about the possibilities
But I know that all your poetry just comes from insecurity
'Cause your actions speak nothing no more
When it's what I've been waiting for
'Cause you've taken too much time
To show me that you're mine
When I drop you boy
You'll need another toy
One that won't stand up for herself
When I knock you down
You'll need another town
Where somebody's gonna talk to you
'Cause you just let me wait
Now it's too late
For your delayed devotion
You played me for a fool for too long
Blinded by your lies I never saw your all
I'm no longer under your spell
Hear it in a song
You can go to Hell
When I drop you boy
You'll need another toy
One that won't stand up for herself
When I knock you down
You'll need another town
Where somebody's gonna talk to you
You just let me wait
And now its too late
For your delayed, delayed emotion
9. ______________
/ Duffy / I think this song is about this girl who loves her boyfriend
/ I'm Scared / deeply, but is now left alone when he suddenly left her. This
/_____________/ is about all walking around alone being reminded of all those
small thing she loves.
The blank pages of my diary
That I haven't touched since you left me
The closed blinds in my home
See no light of day
Dust gathers on my stereo
Cause I can't bare to hear the radio
The piano sits in a shaded space
With a picture of your face
I'm scared to face another day
Cause the fear in me just won't go away
In an instant you were gone and I'm scared
Coffee stains on your favourite book
Remind me of you so I can't take a look
The magazines you left on the floor
You won't need them anymore
A towel left hanging on the wall
No sign of wet footsteps in the hall
There's no smell of your sweet cologne
I'm lying here alone
I'm scared to face another day
Cause the fear in me just won't go away
In an instant you were gone and now I'm scared
I'm scared to face another day
Cause the fear in me just won't go away
In an instant you were gone, now I'm scared
In an instant you were gone
I'm scared
10.___________________
/ Duffy / The lyrics pretty much states themselves in this song.
/ Distant Dreamer / The string arrangement of the final choruses is really
/__________________/ impressive, cliché or not, this is really a fine piece of
craftsmanship!
Although you think I cope
My head is filled with hope
Of some place other than here
Although you think I smile
Inside all the while
I'm wondering about my destiny
I'm thinking about all the things
I'd like to in my life
I'm a dreamer
A distant dreamer
Dreaming for hope from today
Even when you see me frown
My heart won't let me down
Because I know there's better things to come, whoah yeah
And when life gets tough
I feel I've had enough
I hold on to a distant star
I'm thinking about all the things
I'd like to do in my life
I'm a dreamer
A distant dreamer
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