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Stephen Pickering

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  • Chords and Lyrics for The Happiness Waltz by Josh Rouse

    “The Happiness Waltz” by Josh Rouse
    title track from the album “The Happiness Waltz”

    Eb
    Spring, spring, Winter’s sting

    Abmaj7
    Is gone.
    /                       Eb
    Tomorrow I’ll be new.

    Eb
    Salt wind
    /                          Abmaj7
    Blowin’ through the yard.

    /                                           Eb
    God knows, I’ve missed you.
    Bbm7           Abmaj7             Eb
    Happiness waltzed in the room
    Bbm7           Abmaj7             Eb
    Postcards of where she’s been too
    Bbm7           Abmaj7             Eb
    Smiling and singing a tune
    Bbm7
    A swansong
    Bbm7           Abmaj7             Eb
    Happiness waltzed out the room

    (A Musical Interlude over the Verse Chords)

    Bbm     Fm7          Abmaj7
    Let me into your      world
    Bbm7                 Fm7    Abmaj7     Bbsus2
    Show me your magic hear-            -eart!
    Bbm7           Abmaj7             Eb
    Happiness waltzed in the room
    Bbm7           Abmaj7                  Eb
    Postcards of where she’s been to.
    Bbm7           Abmaj7                 Eb
    Smiling with pearls on her shoes.
    /    Bbm7
    A swan song.
    Bbm7           Abmaj7             Eb
    Happiness waltzed out the room.

  • Chords and Lyrics for Julie (Come Out of the Rain) by Josh Rouse

    JulieChordsYou capo the 4th fret to play these chords. Here’s a diagram of the chord voicings in this photo to the right. I included, at the bottom of the page, a video of him playing it live where I was able to catch the chords. For whatever reason, I couldn’t get them right by ear, and you’d almost think the video below wouldn’t help you because 90% of the time either it’s just a shot of Josh’s head or some audience dude’s head’s in the way! And really, now that I watch it again, it’s only towards the end, at about the 2:00 minute mark, after the solo, that you can get a decent look at his left hand, and that’s where I picked it up. Here’s a link to a PDF you can download:

    JulieComeOutoftheRain (1)

    Ebm
    It’s cold in San Francisco
    Ab       Abm
    It’s California gray.
    Ebm
    One night on Telegraph Hill,
    Ab              Abm
    we kept the wolves at bay.
    F#
    I wrote you a long letter
    Abm
    Some things you can’t explain
    B                            Ebm
    Julie, come out of the rain
    Abm
    It’s cold and I can’t wait forever
    B                               Ebm
    Julie, if you want me to stay
    Abm
    Why don’t you show it?
    Ebm
    I called a taxi for ya’.
    Ab                Abm
    Your raincoat it was blue.
    Ebm
    Outside the wind was talkin’
    Ab         Abm
    of how I fell for you.
    F#
    You left your cigarettes and
    Abm
    a dozen other things
    B                            Ebm
    Julie, come out of the rain
    Abm
    It’s cold and I can’t wait forever
    B                               Ebm
    Julie, if you want me to stay
    Abm
    Why don’t you show it?
    F#                       Abm
    Gimme a smile and say,
    A#m            B
    Everything’s ok.    		                  Ebm       Abm
    Oh, oh, it’s California gray
    Ebm         B
    Oh, oh, it’s California gray..
    (Musical interlude over the chords
    of the previous Chorus)
    Ebm
    It’s cold in San Francisco.
    Ab       Abm
    It’s California gray.
    Ebm
    One night on Telegraph Hill,
    Ab              Abm
    we kept the wolves at bay.
    B                             Ebm
    Julie, come out of the rain
    Abm
    It’s cold and I can’t wait forever.
    B                                Ebm
    Julie, if you want me to stay
    Abm
    Why don’t you show it?
    F#                       Abm
    Gimme a smile and say,
    A#m            B
    Everything’s ok.
    F#                         Abm
    Look in my eyes and say
    A#m            B
    Everything’s ok…
    Ebm       Abm
    Oh, oh, it’s California gray
    Ebm          B
    Oh, oh, it’s California gray..

     

    Here’s a cover version I did a couple weeks ago. Maybe I should have just aimed the camera at the fretboard, but I think you can probably see the chords pretty well as it is:

  • Michigan

    I recently made two different covers of the Josh Rouse song, “Michigan.” The first I made on the iPad with Garageband. I played the Spanish guitar and sang into the the little pinhole microphone. Then I added some “smart” instruments, bass, drums. So this one is done basically in “click” time, but I still think it came out sounding pretty good, considering the circumstances.

    The second was done with more Professional mics and into Logic Pro on an iMac. I basically just played a steel acoustic and sang at the same time, no overdubs or click track. So it’s live and more natural.

    So, two different sounds with the same song, but I kind of like them both for different reasons.

    Now, if I could only do some of my own songs!

  • Suburban Sweetheart

    Cover of the Josh Rouse tune “Suburban Sweetheart” I did on logic.

     

    “Suburban Sweeheart” Lyrics by Josh Rouse

    Got a gift, hesitate
    Never make the same mistakes
    If you could only see the person
    If you could only reach the man yeah

    We could move back to the suburbs
    Rent a house, change our name
    If you could only find a purpose
    If you could only stay the same yeah

    Sweetheart
    Sweetheart
    Sweetheart
    I could help you open and unfurl

    Shut up and listen
    Shut up, you talk too much
    You’re my source for inspiration
    You’re my hopes for retire

    I plan a trip, get away
    Never make the same mistakes
    If you could only be a person
    If I could only be a man

    Sweetheart
    Sweetheart
    Sweetheart
    I could help you open and unfurl
    And unfurl
    And unfurl

  • My First New iPad 1080p Video

    Well, except I cut my head off, but I guess you can see the guitar clearly! If you have enough bandwidth you can select the HD option for viewing, although Youtube apparently just supports 720p? I thought it went up to 1080p. Did I really shot this in 1080 or is that something you have to select on the new iPad? I’m performing “Kuzbass” by Josh Rouse. I guess I should print the lyrics because I couldn’t find them anywhere on the internet.

     

    Kuzbass – Josh Rouse – Lyrics

    I got so tired
    didn’t have the heart to say
    Woke up side my skin and
    Couldn’t find the cap to slap back in
    Couldn’t see past
    Pretending that I’m ok
    Cuz I got so tired

    I could walk a thousand miles
    Never see your soul and aim for north
    I could walk a thousand miles
    All that remains is on that track
    Like the cold
    Cold from the Kuzbass…

    I’ve killed memories of people we know
    Got a lot of things I
    Things I would like to show
    But I know that it’s wrong and
    Cuz things seem very cold
    Out here where it’s older

    I could walk a thousand miles
    Never see your soul and aim for north
    I could walk a thousand miles
    Disappear into the black
    I could walk a thousand miles
    Never see a soul and aim for north
    I could walk a thousand miles
    All that remains is on that track
    Like the cold
    Cold from the Kuzbass…
    Cold from the Kuzbass…

  • Music Video – My Love Has Gone