Aimee Mann was born in Richmond, Virginia, and attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, but dropped out to sing with her first punk rock band, the young snakes; the band released the EP Bark Along with the Young Snakes in 1982, and a compilation album was issued in 2004. In 1983, seeking a return to "sweetness and melody", she co-founded with Berklee classmate and boyfriend Michael Hausman the new wave band 'Til Tuesday, which achieved minor success in 1985 with its first album, Voices Carry. The title song is said to be inspired by Hausman and Mann's breakup; the video became an MTV staple, winning the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist, though Mann's signature spiky hair would lead some to dismiss the group. Mann performed with the rock band Rush on the song "Time Stand Still" (from Hold Your Fire, 1987), singing backup vocals and appearing in the music video. With Mann playing an increasingly important role in songwriting, 'Til Tuesday released two more albums, Welcome Home and Everything's Different Now.
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Aimee Mann
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Capo 1 - ab maps as g
Chords:
G 320033
C2 x32033
*** intro:
G
*** verse 1:
G
One night in iowa, he and I in a borrowed car
Em
Went driving in the summer, promises in every star
C(2)
Out in the distance I could hear some people laughing
Am
I felt my heart beat back a weekends worth of sadness
*** verse 2:
There was a farmhouse that had long since been deserted g
We stopped and carved our hearts into the wooden surface em
We thought just for an instant we could see the future c(2)
We thought for once we knew what really was important am
*** chorus:
G c2
Coming up close
G
Everything sounds like welcome home
C2 g
Come home and oh, by the way
Em
Dont you know that I could make
Am c
A dream thats barely half-awake come true
G
I wanted to say -
Em
But anything I could have said
Am c g
I felt somehow that you already knew
*** verse 3:
We got back in the car and listened to a dylan tape g
We drove around the fields until it started getting late em
And I went back to my hotel room on the highway c(2)
And he just got back in his car and drove away am
*** chorus:
Coming up close g c2
Everything sounds like welcome home g
Come home and oh, by the way c2 g
Dont you know that I could make em
A dream thats barely half-awake come true am c
I wanted to say - but anything I could have said g em
I felt somehow that you already knew am c
*** coda
Coming up close g c2
Everything sounds like welcome home g
Come home c2 g
Coming up close g c2
Everything sounds like welcome home g
Come home come on home c2 g
||: c2 g :||
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