Si vous voulez acheter l’album, je ne peux que vous recommander le CD physique, la pochette étant tout simplement sublime !

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I’ve been searching all over the world wide web and I haven’t found them, so I thought I’d share them with you on my blog. Here are the chords and the lyrics for the album « Ready for the Flood » by Gary Louris & Mark Olson (The Jayhawks). I hope you enjoy them!

If you want to buy their album, I can only recommend you the physical cd, because the cover is a gem.

Ready for The Flood, Gary Louris & Mark Olson

The Rose Society

(Intro)
G Gsus4 G

(Verse 1)

G C G
The look on your face when you start to remember
Em C D
Were you a member of the rose society?
G C
You’re fishing in a muddy stream
G C
The dirty waters that you brought home
Em C D
There, for everyone to see

(Chorus)

Am C
Where does time take your garden?
G D
The house of love still standing
Am C
Your garden abandoned
G F Em
Ooo
G F Em A
Ooo
C D

(Verse 2)

G C G
You’re good enough now for the rose society
Em C D
You’re already there, there by me
G C
And your secrets buried in the ground
G C
And you wash and wash the muddy waters down
Em C D
By your side I always want to live

(Chorus)

(Last Chorus)

Am C
Where does time take your garden?
G D
The house of love still standing
Am C
Your garden abandoned
G F
The house of love still standing
G F
The house of lov’s there  standing
G F
The house of love still standing
Em A

Bicycle

(Intro)

C F (2x) (play with your index on this intro and you’ll see, it’ll do the trick)

(Verse 1)

C                                                              F
What became of your decision to upset the cart so willing?
Am        F
Hallelujah
C                                                                          F
All the appels fell out on the highway, a little scared, a mighty upstart
Am         F
Hallelujah
C                                                                                 F
Another trip to someone else’s dark side, another come-on false love
Am          F
Hallelujah
G
Oh yeah

(Chorus)

C            F
It’s hard to ride at night
C                         G                             F
On your bicycle with no lights to guide

(F)                         C                  F
Just take a chance and ride
C                  G                          F
On your bicycle, with no lights to guide

F Em Dm G

(verse 2)

C                                                              F
Get to where you want to stay, a puppet tent in another state
Am         F
Hallelujah
C                                                                                                 F
Walk in the apple blossoms up to your shoulder, you and I really did see our side
Am         F
Hallelujah
C                                                                                 F
What to think? Who to know? Who really minds some obscene phone calls?
Am         F
Hallelujah
G
Oh yeah

(Chorus )

Turn Your Pretty Name Around

(Intro)
Fsus2 Bb (2x)
Dm

(Verse 1)

Dm                                                      F
And then came disappointment
Bb                        F
A path for my feet
F                               C
When I was around you
Bb                                        F
What’s found is yours to keep

(Verse 2)

Dm                                                      F
Say that I’m your one and only
Bb                        F
This love I have for you
F                               C
I must have watched from your garden
Bb                                        F
Oh say you’ll come to stay

(Chorus)

Fsus2                                   Bb
You’ve gone and let someone turn your pretty name around
C Bb F

(Verse 3)

Dm                                                      F
Many times that I’ve wondered
Bb                        F
Bout what’s right for me to do
F                               C
Stand out on my corner
Bb                                        F
Hoping my streets will lead to you

(Verse 4)

Dm                                                      F
Just this side of your glory
Bb                        F
Like the time and time before
F                               C
Never meant to beg or borrow
Bb                                        F
Sleep outside your hidden door

(Chorus)

(Bridge)

Bb                                       Fsus2
When we put our arms round each other
Dm        C
It’s not hard to tell
Bb                                                 C
That you’re loving someone else

Saturday Morning on Sunday Street

Capo V (5)

(Intro)

Am Am/G Dsus2 (2x)

(Verse 1)

Am                             Am/G                       Dsus2
Stole my dreams, Stole my dreams, Stole my dreams
Am                         Am/G                  Dsus2
Sold my shoes, Sold my shoes, Sold my shoes,
G                         C                         G
If you’re going to live in Memphis
G                         C                         G
No idea who you’re talking to

(Verse 2)

Am                             Am/G                       Dsus2
Steal your cars,  Steal your cars, Steal your cars,
Am                          Am/G                  Dsus2
Sell your news,  Sell your news, Sell your news,
G                         C                         G
New friends walk beside the road
G                         C                         G
It’s just the idea of what some people will do

(Chorus)

Am D
I’ve been walking in circles
D Am
A new start and a new place to live
Am Am/B C
Saturday morning on Sunday Street
Em Em6 Em Em6
How I long to be there

(Verse 3)

Am                   Am/G              Dsus2
Making out, Making out, Making out,
Am                      Am/G                Dsus2
Door to door,  Door to door, Door to door,
G                         C                         G
Are we going to find each other?
G                         C                         G
In this great big dark of night

(Chorus)

(Bridge)

Em                             A               Em               A                  C
Where to go you’ve gone, you’ve gone your way
Em            A      Em                   A          C
Slip or trip, you’ll never walk away
D
Never walk away

First part of verse 1
My old friends lie beside the road
Life is a complete part of them

(Chorus)

End on the Em Em6 etc. and Em.

Kick the wood

(Intro)
E G# A F#
E G# F#

(Verse 1)
E          G#           A           F#
Pretty colors, Pretty colors,
E                       G#            F#
On the hillside, the hillside picnic goers
E          G#           A           F#
Kick the wood, kick the wood across the field
E                       G#            F#
And a baseball bat makes a toy

Chorus
A                                 E           B                        F#
There at your wedding, there in your place,
A                                   E                     G#
Mind you start crying, and away you’ll stay
A                                    E            B                             F#
Respect your own heart, don’t let if fall apart
A
Where are the voices that cheer your day?

(Verse 2)
E          G#           A           F#
Matchsticks burn, matchsticks turn
E                       G#            F#
Black to red, a lovely sunset for dreamers
E          G#           A           F#
Colors and patches, coats and patches that were saved
E                       G#            F#
And a harvest made, so come early

(Chorus)

(Bridge)
C#m                               E                                 A
Oh, my judgement, you wander and see
C#m                           E              A
A lost and lonely way to be
B
You will be

(Verse 1)

(Chorus)

Chamberlain, SD

(Intro)
E7 (E6 – E)

Verse 1
E7                 A                          E7
The lifeguards get off sleeping
E7                 A                          E7
The waitress sings of free cold biscuits
E7                 A                          E7
The light in the morning sets you crying
G                  A              E7
Dragging Missouri river
G                  A              E7
Dragging Missouri river

(Verse 2)

Who will be your lover’s stranger?
Who will make your heart afraid?
The boats only found a sunken tree stymp
Dragging Missouri river
Dragging Missouri river

(Chorus)

Bm                A
Are we so cold and distant?
G                                    A
No one swims out to save him in the river
Bm                          A
Everyone saw, no one remembered
E7
How’d we get so tired and helpless?
E7
How’d we get so tired and helpless?

(verse 3)
How long does love live on empty?
When we see only love again
Love of one another sinking
Draggin Missouri river
Draggin Missouri river

(Bridge)
E
Chamberlain wants you (2x)
Nothing has changed
Ther bidge the same

(Solo)
G A E

Black Eyes

Capo V
Intro
Am F (2x)
C F (2x)

Verse 1
Am
Who cares for charity
Am/G
When it comes from black eyes like these?
F                                            C
Deep and dark, always searching
Am
Summer and the breakfast is plenty
Am/G
Table’s set, the supper’s ready
F                                  C
Feast attended by the gypsy

Chorus
Dm                                                    Am                      Am/G              F
Followed you today where the children, they run and play
Dm                                        Am
Kneeling on the street, kneeling by the sea,
F                                      G
First next day, you walked with me

C                                        Bb
Our black eyes, our black eyes
Am                       G
Go out into the world
F                                      Em
No doubt, you are strong
Dm
You came for me
G
I was unharmed

Verse 2
Thread is bare, the buttons worn,
This coat I wear is old and torn
Dirty and need of mending
Not asking for your company
I’ve been with your understudy
In the broken, beaten blocks of the city

Chorus

Doves & Stones

Capo I

Intro
C

Verses
C Am
C Am
Dm G(2x)

Chorus
F G C Fmaj7
C Fmaj7
C G
Am Am/B C (2X)
G C Fmaj7 G/E

Bridge
G C G G (2x)
Am D (X2)

Outro
Fmaj7 G/E
End on Fmaj7

My Gospel Song For You

Intro
G D

Verses
Dmaj7 G (2x)
G/F#
Em A (2x)

Chorus
Bm Bm G D
G D Em A

Bloody Hands

Verses
F#m A (2X)
F#m D G A
D A

Chorus
C G
F#m B
D A

Solo on Verses

Life’s Warm Sheets

Intro
D D/B

Verses
D D/B (3X)
C A

Chorus
Em A
G A D (2X)

Chorus
Em A (4X)

Bridge
Bm
F#m A (2X)

The trap’s been Set

Intro and empty spaces
C Fmaj7

Verses
C Fmaj7

Chorus
Am C F C

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Bonjour à vous,

J’ai appris la semaine dernière sur mon forum préféré du net (celui de mon groupe préféré, The Jayhawks), la disponibilité de 3 morceaux sur la dizaine qui composera le prochain et très attendu album de Mark Olson et Gary Louris, les deux anciens leaders des Jayhawks. Mark Olson avait quitté la formation de Minneapolis en 1995. Gary Louris lui, avait continué à porter haut les couleurs du groupe d’Alt-Country américaine, avec 3 albums plus « pop-folk ». Après quasiment 20 ans de bons et loyaux services auprès de leurs fans, et 9 albums, The Jayhawks a cessé d’exister. Depuis ce jour-là, les différents membres du groupe ont tous sortis leurs albums solos, sauf Perlman, le bassiste (qui avait pourtant composé parmi les plus belles mélodies de la carrière des Jayhawks… dommage!). 

Aujourd’hui, Olson et Louris se retrouvent : finies les querelles de petits enfants. Retours à l’insouciance du début. Avec un brin de nostalgie.

Les 3 titres que vous pourrez retrouver sur ce site en témoignent. Une très très belle empreinte 60s / 70s, beaucoup de Flying Burrito Brothers, Gram Parsons, et surtout beaucoup de consonnances Jayhawks. Finalement ce groupe a marqué un style, le No Depression, grâce à d’autres groupes notables comme Wilco, Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo, et j’en passe (Old 97s, Whiskeytown… ok j’arrête).

Je vous conseille vraiment l’écoute de ces 3 morceaux. N’hésitez pas ensuite à poser une option d’achat en ligne pour le recevoir le jour de la sortie (décalée en PERMANENCE !!) chez vous. Ca vous fera une belle surprise !

A très bientôt…

Marc

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Hi all,

I’ve heard last week on my favorite forum on Earth (yes, it’s the one from my favorite band in the world, The Jayhawks) that 3 tracks were up for a great pre-listening session on a misterious website, that I’m sending right at you when you finish reading those 15 lines to understand a little bit more about the context.

Mark Olson and Gary Louris are the 2 former leaders from the notorious band called the Jayhawks. You don’t know them? Ah, then you don’t know anything about the good American modern Alt-country. Country rock, and as Jeff Tweedy (Wilco’s leader) would say: C-ock. This band was playing country rock in bars in Mineapolis when Prince was wearing ridiculous underwear on the TV (they’re from the same city). OK, the guy in underwears is famous now. But Gary is not an « attractive » guy.

More than 10 years after splitting up, the 2 former leaders come back with an album called « Are you Ready for the Flood ». You have 3 songs on this website for your listening pleasure. Those 3 songs remind me of some 60s and 70s performers. The Flying Burrito Brothers, Gram Parsons,… A great feel of ease and comfort. And the vocals are amazing!

I can only recommend you take a listen to those 3 songs. If you like them, then revert to the Jayhawks if you don’t know them already. You’ll discover an amazing band. And if you want some more, check out the bands that were labelled as being « No Depression »: Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, Son Volt, Whiskeytown,… (I’ll stop here!)

Enjoy!

Marc

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