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1.
Unexpectedly 02:51
Unexpectedly Words & Music Kyle Smith Eb Cm Eb Cm ‎ Eb Cm Ab Bb Woke up to find what my heart had done Eb Cm AB Bb He had us in peril, put us on the run Eb Cm Ab Bb Were dodging Cupid's arrows as we try flee Eb Cm Ab Bb Gotta distance your heart from the one in me Chorus ‎ Eb Cm Ab Bb (Eb Cm) x2 ‎Because he unexpectedly fell in love with you Eb Cm Ab Bb (Eb Cm) x2 ‎Ya he unexpectedly fell in love with you Eb Cm Ab Bb (Eb Cm) x2 ‎Now we gotta figure out just what were gonna do Eb Cm Ab Bb (Eb Cm) x2 ‎Because he unexpectedly fell in love with you Eb Cm Ab Bb He said "just stick to thinkin cause you're just the brains" E Cm Ab Bb And I'm the heart, and the one with the reins Eb Cm Ab Bb But he's got us at a gallop, it's a frightening pace Eb Cm Ab Bb Trying to out run your beautiful face
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Seasons 03:55
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Groovy Shoes 03:11
Groovy Shoes Words & Music: Kyle Smith Capo 3rd F Gm Eb Bb She has her own sense of style F Gm Eb Bb You can see it in her smile F Gm Eb Bb Hasn’t a care what’s in Vogue F Gm Bb Eb Don’t you know she’s a fashion rouge Chorus F Eb Bb Here comes the girl with groovy shoes F Eb Bb Flashing her eyes at me and you F Eb Bb But you and I won’t get a dance F Eb Bb So just savor that fleeting glance C [Em Dm] C [Em Dm] Cause she’s the girl, Ya she’s the girl C Bb C F [Gm Eb Bb, F Gm Eb Bb] Oh she’s the girl, with groovy shoes F Gm Eb Bb All the girls put her down F Gm Eb Bb They crack their jokes, make their frowns F Gm Eb Bb But to their antics she’s immune F Gm Bb Eb Cause she knows who’s in tune Chorus F Gm Eb Bb All the guys check her out F Gm Eb Bb They think she’s cool, she’s far out F Gm Eb Bb But they never make a pass F Gm Bb Eb Cause she’s got a guy who’s where she’s at
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Temptation 02:51
Temptation Words & Music: Kyle Smith CHORUS Ab Bb Temptation’s falling at your feet Ab Bb Temptation’s looking mighty sweet Ab Bb Eb Cm Eb Cm Temptation’s better look before you leap Eb Cm There’s a woman giving you the eye Eb Cm And you know just what she has in mind Eb Cm Eb Cm But your baby is waiting for you back home Repeat Chorus Eb Cm There’s a man with a bag of kicks Eb Cm He’s just dying to sell you a fix Eb Cm Eb Cm But your baby is waiting for you back home Repeat Chorus Eb Cm Your buddies shooting the dice Eb Cm But you know you don’t need no snake eyes Eb Cm Eb Cm Cause your babies are waiting for daddy at home
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School Days 03:17
School Days Words: Kyle Smith: Music: Jack & Ernest Allee & Kyle Smith E D A Well I’m up at five o’ clock E D A To pay these bills that never stop E D A My soul’s already been pawned E D A It just keeps going on and on Chorus D5 I want those school days back again E5 A5 With my beat up old car and all my rowdy friends D5 I want those school days back again E5 D5 A5 When nothing really mattered at all D5 We didn’t care if we’d lose or win E5 D5 A5 I want those school days back again E D A Oh the TV’s on the blink E D A I need something so my mind won’t think E D A The wife says the kids need this E E A What happened to those years of bliss Chorus Then Bridge E D A When Friday comes a man’s gotta pay E D A But the Congress (bankers?) takes it all away E D A They all want what I ain’t got E D A I’d rob a bank but I know I’d be shot
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Inside Your Heart Lyrics: Kyle Smith Music: Ernest & Jack Alee & Kyle S. G C Cmaj7 G C Cmaj7 There’s four days of snow lying on the ground G C Cmaj7 G C Cmaj7 We’re completely cut off from everything in town G C Cmaj7 G C Cmaj7 Now ain’t it a pity that all we have to do G C Cmaj7 G C Cmaj7 Is cuddle up and keep each other from turning blue Chorus F C G It’s so warm inside your heart (x2) F C G Mmm mmm so warm F C G [D C, G C Cmaj7] (2x) It’s so warm inside your heart G C Cmaj7 G C Cmaj7 Icicles are hanging from my window sill G C Cmaj7 G C Cmaj7 The wind outside is cold enough to kill G C Cmaj7 G C Cmaj7 Me I’m stayin I’m stayin toasty warm G C Cmaj7 G C Cmaj7 Just lying here wrapped in your charms Chorus, Bridge, Chorus
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Milk & Honey 02:53
Milk and Honey Lyrics & Music by: Kyle Smith Circa 2004 D A5 (2X) D5 G5 A5 I drive my old beater through my rundown neighborhood D5 G5 A5 I go to work each day and pay my bills just like I should D5 G5 A5 But when the end of the month comes a rollin’ around D5 G5 A5 There’s never nothing left in this meager bank account CHORUS C D I’m livin’ in a land of milk and honey C D A place they say has wealth and plenty C D But for some the days aren’t that sunny A G D D A5 (2X) “Cause a hand-full of people don’t share the money D5 G5 A5 I make the minimum wage and get burnt for overtime D5 G5 A5 Being under educated seems to be some kind of crime D5 G5 A5 My friend told the boss he could really use a raise D5 A5 G5 Now he knows how much unemployment pays CHORUS C D I’m livin’ in a land of milk and honey C D A place they say has wealth and plenty C D But for some the days aren’t that sunny A G D D A5 (2X) “Cause a hand-full of people don’t share the money BRIDGE E5 B5 A5 I know I’m no big-time CEO E5 B5 A5 But just like them I have a family with needs, you know E5 B5 A5 There are plenty of fruit in this great old American pie E5 B5 A5 B5 All I’m asking is for my fair slice E5 B5 A5 B5
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The Canvas 03:18
The Canvas Words and music by: Kyle Smith D Dsus4 A Asus4 I made no mistake; you’re a work of art E A An artist in your own right at tearing lives apart D Dsus4 A Asus4 Like a master with her brush you paint a world you want to see G E A Those who don’t fit your pallet you leave in misery Chorus D Em C G Now my paint-by-numbers world is melancholy blue D Em C G All the happy colors have been washed away by you D Em C G Yeah, my paint-by-numbers world is melancholy blue D Em G C Everywhere I look see hues of you D Dsus4 A Asus4 You were a portrait, a masterpiece it’s true E A And like some twisted connoisseur, I had to have you D Dsus4 A Asus4 To place upon my mantle, for all my friends to see G E A Now I wish I’d never known your wicked artistry Bridge Am Em 3x Am C G
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Promises 03:24
Promises Words & Music: Kyle Smith G D There is a mom filing divorce papers today C G Says she’s had it with the day-to-day D Think there’s more to this life C G Than being a mom and being a wife D There’s a daddy being hauled away C G Beat his kids one too many days G D Let a bottle rule his life C G Went a shattered all their lives Chorus Am Bm Another family heads for hell Am G All for the sound of the wedding bells Am Bm Vows come easy, wedding cake is sweet Am Em But matrimony ain’t for the weak G D Jack and Jill don’t understand C G Why momma got herself a brand new man D Dick and Jane are so confused C G Why daddy got mean when he got that booze G D They’re the ones that pay the price C G When mommies and daddies don’t play nice D They take their pain and they pack it away C G And carry that baggage ‘till their dying day Chorus Bridge F C Little hearts are at stake G Em They don’t mend once they break F C Compromise is the only game G Em Better damn be willing to make a change
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Mall Monkeys 02:37
Mall Monkeys Words and Music by: Kyle Smith [D A E A (x2) E A E A] A D A They live in a world unknown to me E A Mesmerized by a cable TV D A Ask their opinion they have the same view E A They got it last night on the network news Chorus: E A Monkey see, monkey do D A They follow like sheep: two by two (x2) (Refrain) D A They get their looks at the department store E A Seems like I’ve seen that somewhere before D A You gotta look like this, gotta smell like that E A And if you don’t, baby, you don’t know where it’s at (Chorus & Refrain) Bridge: D A News is being reported, but not all’s being told G C#min Has Wall Street got you in its fold? D A Something’s being bought or someone’s being sold G C#min Has Madison Avenue got you in its hold? (Chorus)
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Mother Nature Lyrics: Kyle Smith Music: Jack & Ernest Allee & Kyle Smith G C G C She’s given birth to all that we see G C G C And every day she plants a new seed G C G C Her and father time sit back to watch it grow G D C C It’s been a busy day but they both know G C G Today is over and a new day has just began G C G But they have a problem with their child man G C G He’s gone astray he’s wandered so far away D C G Now all the other children have to pay Chorus F C G Mother Nature won’t you help your troubled son F C G It’s been so long that he’s been on the run F C G Mother Nature won’t you help your troubled son F C E7 Am Mother Nature I’m your son G C G C All the other children live in harmony G C G C Except for man who’s been overcome by greed G C G C He’s leaving Earth a tomb for what he calls progress D C G Never looking forward to see a future in distress D C Gsus4 He’s damming up the canyons where waters used to flow D C Gsus4 Leveling back country where the forests used to grow D C Gsus4 Turning blue skies into a choking brown D C G Filling quiet meadows with the roar of urban sound Chorus
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released December 4, 2023

Kyle Smith: Vocals, Guitars, Harp
Drums:Orv Gutsman & Ernest Allee Bass: Edward Valle
Guitars: Jack Allee, Marvelous Dan
Engineers: Kyle Smith & Mark Sackett

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