Name: Powerchord
Channel: David Jackson
Description: "Powerchord" is a song by David Jackson. For people with money there therapists. For the rest of us there is music.

Powerchord

David Jackson

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For people with money there therapists. For the rest of us there is music.

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David Jackson

Take the energy of Judas Priest and Metallica Mix in the harmonies of early Def Leppard and Queen and some blazing Guitar and you have David Jackson

Dave Jackson has been playing guitar for over 20 years. He was the only kid in the first grade who knew who Hendrix was when he died. Dave's passion for guitar has lead him to try many areas including Metal, Pop, Country, and Blues (with Blues and Hard Rock being his favorites). Dave takes "recess" from his blues band to return to his "roots" of Hard Rock. In addition to being a performaing musician, Dave also moderates the Musician's Cyber Cooler." A resource for independant musicians. We focus on Music, Marketing, and Mentoring musicians. He is even authored a book "Get Your Band Out of the Basement (and keep them out of the asylum).

Song Info

Genre

Metal • Heavy Metal

Charts

Peak #592

Peak in subgenre #237

Author

David Jackson

Rights

2002

Uploaded

June 24, 2002

Track Files

MP3

MP3 5.6 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00

Story behind the song

Discusses my high school years, and how music pulled me through the tough times, even today.

Lyrics

I was the kid that always talked to strangers
I had to sip the sin, I had to taste the danger.
I didn't get along with the kids at school.
They said my hair was too long, said I looked like a fool.
Well they overlooked me. They left me ignored.
They sat me in the owner all alone and bored.
But their approval I wasn't lookin' for,
Cause I was tuned in* 
*To My Power chord
Give me my power chord

Now the day had come, and I began to play
I got strung out on string, you know I HAD to play
I had to bang my head, I had to wake the dead.
Yeah, I could'a been a jock, but I rocked instead.
Then the day came, and I got to play
It was my turn to laugh and I blew them all away.
I showed them something they'd never seen before.
And I owe it all*

And now I'm older. I find life's a mother….
Every bill I pay gets replaced by another.
The checks I write bounce like a ball.
When I think I'm gonna lose it, I hear the call.
I start to sweat. I need to feel. 
My fingers pressing tight on strings of steel.
It's pure anesthesia just like before.
I'll never outgrow the sound 
Of a powerchord.

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