When Strangers Kiss (words & music by Chris Stanley)

Verse 1

Chords: G – Bm – C – D

Another tired evening, another day that lasts too long

I order up a cold one and then it’s gone

I ask about the weekend but the guys have all made plans

Guess I’ll be on the sofa watching the ceiling fan

Chorus

Chords: G – B7 – C – D7

I saw her through the window walking home

I catch her eye and then she’s gone

I wonder if it’s ever worth the risk when strangers kiss

I left the bottle on the bar, left the guys talking about their cars

There must be more to life than this

When strangers kiss

Verse 2

Rain falling on the sidewalk, I left my hat on that barstool

Now I’m tugging on my collar, looking like a fool

And no one ever misses me, no one calls me on the phone

Midnight at the station, I’m going home alone

Chorus 2

And I was only waiting on the train when I saw her standing in the rain

Was it chance that led me here to this?

When strangers kiss

I was going to offer her my coat

She turned around and now I know nothing in this world compares to this

When strangers kiss

Middle

Em – D – C – C

And I don’t even know her name

And I’m not the kind to take a leap of faith

And I’m so scared of what comes next

                B7

Were we waiting on the last train home or searching for a reason not to go?

Instrumental

Em – D – C – C (x2)

Chorus 3

And I was only waiting on the train when I saw her standing in the rain

Was it chance that led me here to this?

When strangers kiss

This might be the only thing we share, we missed the train but I don’t care

Nothing in this world compares to this

When strangers kiss

Em – D – C – C (x2)

Flood Waters Rising (words & music by Chris Stanley)

Verse 1

Chords:   Bm – Bm/A – Bm/G# – Bm/G

Four hours driving cause they cancelled all the trains

Tonight the water’s made a river of these country lanes

Wet tyres slipping, sliding down to the flood plains

Got to make it home to help my wife and kids escape the rain

Bridge

F#                Bm      F#                 G

Honey I’m coming, honey I’m coming

Chorus

Chords:   Bm – A – E/G# - G

Flood waters rising, the road is sinking fast

There’s lakes and rivers where the landscape should be rolling grass

I tried everything to keep you safe from harm

Flood waters rising and I don’t know if I can make it home

Verse 2

I’ve been to church, I’ve been to school, I worked hard every day

I cast my vote while politicians looked the other way

We used to fight each other, fight until the fight was done

But I can’t fight the weather or the river or the urge to run

Chorus

Flood waters rising, the road is sinking fast

There’s lakes and rivers where the landscape should be rolling grass

I tried everything to keep you safe from harm

                                                                            F#

Flood waters rising and I don’t know if I can make it home

Middle

                     G                                 A                                                                F#

Got to keep moving but every step I take I’m pushed back, the current’s much too strong

                   G                                 A

Honey I’m coming, tell the kids to stay safe and stay warm, I’ll make it to you somehow

Instrumental

Verse chords, followed by

Chorus chords, followed by

Bm – C# - D – G – A

And back to verse chords

Verse 3

I see their faces in the window when they call to me

I tried everything and everything and everything

Chorus

Repeat final line of chorus 3 times

Verse 4

I tried everything

I tried everything

James Bond's Brother (words & music by Chris Stanley)

Intro Riff (verse chords x5)

Verse 1

Chords: B – F#m – A – E (rpt)

I have a desk job without job security

Futility is my life

My boss leaves his office just to shout at me

And unaccountably I’m working the night

He says this spreadsheet of yours is no use to me

As I can’t sum the numbers in red

I tell him five plus five plus five plus five equals twenty

Then I staple the spreadsheet to his head

Chorus 1

Chords: B – F#m – B – F#m – A – E (rpt)

‘Cause I could be James Bond’s brother

Licensed to kill me an hour or three

Don’t know if you’ve heard

I like it shaken not stirred

Yes I could have the double O gene

Intro Riff (verse chords x1)

Verse 2

My boss doesn’t suffer fools gladly

And sadly it’s time for reviews

I ask him if I’ve performed badly

And he smiles when he tells me the news

He says I’m first…in line for demotion

Castration, degradation and death

So I hang him up high with my necktie

And listen while he takes his last breath

Chorus 2 & 3

‘Cause I could be James Bond’s brother

And travel the world with the spy who loved me

Who wants Roger Moore when there’s Pussy Galore?

And Ursula fresh from the sea

I could have disposable girlfriends

Hotties who would take a bullet for me

Moneypenny’s right

I’d shag anything in sight

And secretly I’d service the Queen

Intro Riff (verse chords x2)
Followed by James Bond theme x1

Verse 3

It’s meeting day for us in the office

And solace is in short supply

It’s time for me to hand in my notice

But the printer has predictably died

My boss rearranges the seating

When I greet him I mention the thrill

Of meeting him with a view to a kill

Chorus 4, 5 & 6

‘Cause I could be James Bond’s brother

Saving the world one villain at a time

But there should be a law against Shady and Jaws

And Nick Nack’s a nick name too far

It’s a question of parental expectation

Call your kid Oddjob and he’s going to turn to crime

And who’d want to tango with a young Scaramanga?

The poor kid was doomed from the start

Yes I could be James Bond’s brother

The world’s not enough and neither is my pay

But the meeting is on

And as long as I’m Bond
A

You can live to die another
A
You can live to die another
A                                          E
You can live to die another day

Instrumental - chorus chords

When Strangers Kiss (Words & Music by Chris Stanley)

Verse 1

Chords: G – Bm – C – D

Another tired evening, another day that lasts too long

I order up a cold one and then it’s gone

I ask about the weekend but the guys have all made plans

Guess I’ll be on the sofa watching the ceiling fan

Chorus

Chords: G – B7 – C – D7

I saw her through the window walking home

I catch her eye and then she’s gone

I wonder if it’s ever worth the risk when strangers kiss

I left the bottle on the bar, left the guys talking about their cars

There must be more to life than this

When strangers kiss

Verse 2

Rain falling on the sidewalk, I left my hat on that barstool

Now I’m tugging on my collar, looking like a fool

And no one ever misses me, no one calls me on the phone

Midnight at the station, I’m going home alone

Chorus 2

And I was only waiting on the train when I saw her standing in the rain

Was it chance that led me here to this?

When strangers kiss

I was going to offer her my coat

She turned around and now I know nothing in this world compares to this

When strangers kiss

Middle

Em – D – C – C

And I don’t even know her name

And I’m not the kind to take a leap of faith

And I’m so scared of what comes next

                B7

Were we waiting on the last train home or searching for a reason not to go?

Em – D – C – C (x2)

Chorus 3

And I was only waiting on the train when I saw her standing in the rain

Was it chance that led me here to this?

When strangers kiss

This might be the only thing we share, we missed the train but I don’t care

Nothing in this world compares to this

When strangers kiss

Em – D – C – C (x2)

Damn it all to Hell (words and music by Chris Stanley)

V1 B1 C1 V2 B2 C2 M1 C3

C#m            F#m               G#              There's no reason, no need to be afraid        C#m                       F#m               G# Of the car parked half in light and half in shade         C#m                   F#m                      G# Of the moonlight or the footsteps on the stairs         C#m                           F#m               G# I brought roses and you ain't going anywhere F#m                                                    C#m You know I want to see you but you know you can't be here F#m                                                     G# I'm pressed against the door to feel you near (Chorus – chords as verse) Let me in then let me in I'm not the kind to tell And if word gets out and the world finds out well damn it Damn it all to hell There's no music in a marriage void of love And in the silence I know he's not enough I'll just keep on knocking and whispering your name Let me in I'll take away your pain It's so wrong it can't be right But I need you as well My husband's coming home tonight But damn it Damn it all to hell (Middle – chords as verse) Damn it all to hell [Both] Damn it all to hell [Both] Damn it all to hell [Both] Damn it all to hell [Both] Damn it all to hell Let me in you've made your choice, I know it all too well I pray to God but all I hear's your voice [Both] Damn it all to hell

Moonshine Still (words and music by Chris Stanley)

V1 V2 B1 C1 V3 B2 C2 M1 C3 V4

D                                  G                D                               A The Chevy belonged to the warden, the whisky belonged to my wife         D                           G        D                                          A        D I’s a prison guard at Missouri State, now I’m heading south on I3    -   5 Prison could be pretty ugly and it’s hard not to take your work home From James Earl Ray to Pretty Boy Floyd I’d wonder how they felt about the things that they done          A                                                   G                       D Then I was made redundant when they closed up in the fall                 A Now I’m heading south of nowhere                      G                                           A Gonna be an Oklahoma redneck hillbilly boy (Chorus – chords as verse) Where the days don’t have to pass quickly and the road can go where it will And all of the worry and all of the hurt, I’ll just pour it all into a moonshine still Now I never stole so much as a kiss and nobody stole from me But when they took my job and took away The Walls, I started to see things differently So I borrowed from the warden, found the whisky in the porch Now I’m heading south of nowhere, gonna be an Oklahoma redneck hillbilly boy (Chorus) A                                        D I never was a criminal but all I know is crime A                                                             D Behind those bars and granite walls we all were doing time A                                                                        D Now I’m not saying right is wrong but there’s other ways that’s all A                                                            G         My job was my life sentence, now I’m free and easy, southward bound D                                                       Em                                                          A Avoid the cities, avoid the towns and embrace the country like a redneck, hillbilly boy (Chorus) Now I sit by the lake with a jug full of shine and a cabin I built in the woods And part of me knows I’ll never go back       D                   A              Bm               G                A                 D And part of me thinks that I should, yes part of me thinks that I should