In a poll of contemporary australian songwriters in october of that year, organised by triple j, shark fin blues, was listed at no. Shark fin blues originally by the drones standing on the deck watching my shadow stretch the sun pours my shadow upon the deck the waters licking round my ankles now there aint no sunshine way way down i see the sharks out in the water like slicks of ink well, theres one there bigger than a submarine. Missy higgins shark fin blues official video youtube. The timing and voicings in the tab are not perfect so you will have to experiment a bit, but its a decent basis. By the way, i really loved reading your comments here many years later during a sleepless australian summer night post knee surgery it kept my head from turning in.
Feeling the loss of his mothers passing, gareth liddiard wrote an ode to depression filled with imagery of hunting sharks and murky seas. The drones shark fin blues all tomorrows parties atp festival. See scene descriptions, listen to their music and download songs. Learn to play guitar by chord tabs using chord diagrams, transpose the key, watch video lessons and much more. Directed by ago soldati, this clip was made from two shoe box collections of mini dv single chip camera live footage of the band playing what is now a classic australian song, shark fin blues. The drones tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including oh my, shark fin blues, sixteen straws, laika, river of tears. Listen to shark fin blues, private execution and more from the drones.
The drones live at the hifi limited edition fulllength live album available with special tour edition of havilah on cd exclusively from store or on digital download. Buy the drones wait long by the river and the bodies of your enemies will float by from swell sounds records, selling vinyl since 1994. The drones performing shark fin blues live at roundhead studios, auckland new zealand 95bfm presents in session, reco. The drones and their leader and principle songwriter gareth liddiard have, over the. The drones are an australian band that consists of vocalistguitarist gareth liddiard, bassist fiona kitschin, guitarist dan luscombe, drummer christian strybosch and keyboardist steve hesketh.
Shark fin blues you really dont care by the drones. The version of this song on which this tab is based is missy higgins cover version from her forthcoming album, oz, a collection of spectacular songs. Shark fin blues the drones sheet music, music books. Standing on the deck watching my shadow stretch the sun pours my shadow upon the deck the waters licking round my ankles now there aint no. Ive wanted to for a while now to put all these together in the same post but havent for some reason. Standing on the deck watching my shadow stretch the sun pours my shadow upon the deck the. The drones is the first recording released by perth band the drones. Shark fin blues is a double aside single taken from australian rockers, the drones second studio album, wait long by the river and the bodies of your enemies will float by april 2005. Download on amazon shark fin blues play on apple music shark fin blues download on itunes. Kate this is a gorgeous song originally done by a truly brilliant australian band, the drones. Shark fin blues the drones from wait long by the river and the bodies of your enemies will float by 2005 tabbed. Shark fin blues chords with lyrics by drones for guitar. Shark fin bluesyou really dont care the drones songs. Shark fin blues you really dont care, a single by the drones.
Complete list of the drones music featured in tv shows and movies. The drones shark fin blues by atp recordings and archive published on 20111102t17. Wait long by the river and the bodies of your enemies will float by tabber. Shark fin blues is a double aside single taken from australian rockers, the drones second. Standing on the deck watching my shadow stretch the sun pours my shadow upon the deck the waters licking round my ankles now there aint no sunshine way way down i see the sharks out in the water like slicks of ink well, theres one there bigger than a. Visit tunefind for music from your favorite tv shows and movies. Standing on the deck watching my shadow stretch the sun pours my shadow upon the deck the waters licking round my ankles now discovered using shazam, the music discovery app. The story behind shark fin blues begins with the drones frontman gareth liddiard bored at home, listening to an old banjo song. Shark fin blues by the drones a brutally honest account of. Gareth liddiard all tomorrows parties atp festival. Standing on the deck watching my shadow stretch the sun pours my shadow upon the deck the waters licking round my ankles now there aint no sunshine way way down i see the sharks out in. Gareth liddiard the drones shark fin blues youtube. Liddiards mother had just passed away and he would later tell.
Standing on the deck watching my shadow stretch the sun pours my shadow upon the deck the waters licking round my ankles now there aint. General commenthi jasper and fellow posters, yes, shark fin blues is indeed about depression written by drones frontman gareth liddiard shortly after the death of his mother. Standing on the deck, i watch my shadow stretch the sun pours my shadow upon the deck the waters licking round. Musically active since 1997, he has also released a solo album titled strange tourist in 2010 liddiard has often been called one of australias greatest songwriters and the the drones song shark fin blues, penned by liddiard. I guess this is a no brainier after yesterdays post. Change, sixteen straws and sharkfin blues named the greatest australian song ever written by a panel. List of all the songs by the drones, heard in movies and tv shows.
Drones single shark fin blues, a fearsome garage rock cut from the australian bands wait long by the river lp, the predecessor to the quite wonderful gala mill. From the drones lp, wait long by the river and the bodies of your enemies will float by. Missy higgins and sarah blasko superbly reinvent and feminise songs which came from incredibly blokes origins. Standing on the deck, i watch my shadow stretch the sun pours my shadow upon the deck the waters licking round my ankles now there aint no sunshine way, way down.
Gareth liddiard performing shark fin blues acoustically for digtv. It is a selftitled demo ep with a limited run of 500. The early history and the first incarnation of the drones was formed in perth in 1998 and included a varied line up over the next few years. Theres an incredible rawness to the groups sound on this one, with gnarled guitars spilling all over the place while the intoxicated vocal slurs and scrawls its way brilliantly through the verses. Boredom boredom man i was born in the cradle of civilisation and i plan on dying in its tomb. Standing on the deck watching my shadow stretch the sun pours my shadow upon the deck the waters licking round. Standing on the deck watching my shadow stretch the sun pours my shadow upon the deck the waters licking round my ankles now there aint no sunshine way way down. At the fourth annual air awards held on 22 november, the drones won two awards, best independent album of the year for havilah and independent artist of the year.
The first four tracks would go on to appear on their debut fulllength album track listing six ways to sunday motherless children blind willie johnson cover dekalb blues lead belly cover the island. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Missy higgins shark fin blues lyrics genius lyrics. The drones performing shark fin blues live at roundhead studios, auckland new zealand 95bfm. I had become inter ested in their music through a song, shark fin blues, that tells of a sea captain going down with his ship. Shark fin blues is a double aside single taken from the drones wait long by the river and the bodies of. Written by the drones, though this particular tab is as performed by missy higgins. Shark fin blues chords by the drones learn to play guitar by chord and tabs and use our crd diagrams, transpose the key and more. Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam. The songs of the drones and gareth liddiard academia. Andrew biles at the bottom of the page i have written out an idea of what the rhythm guitar does during this song. Shark fin blues by missy higgins free listening on.
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