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For Rick Seibold, New York isn’t just the name of his new EP, it’s also the city that represents a pivotal time in the singer-songwriter’s life. His sound has been shaped by struggle, and his passion for his craft permeates through every note.

Raised on the East Coast in Wilmington, NC, Seibold’s creativity began budding by the age of 10 when, at the suggestion of his parents, he began acting in films produced out of Wilmington’s burgeoning film scene, including a part as one of Sir Anthony Hopkins’ children in the 1994 film “The Road To Wellville”. Spending many of his childhood summers on the North Carolina beaches, Seibold took up surfing and the guitar around age 15 where the sights and sounds of beach life quickly settled into his songs.

In winter of 2005, Seibold moved to New York City to take an internship at MTV. Over the course of following three years, he experienced more than his share of the requisite ebbs and flows that quite often characterize the life of a focused and passionate musician living out their dream on the mean streets of New York City. The bright lights and big city that first lured him soon gave way to a nomadic lifestyle that often found him without a place to live. When he was short on cash, you could find him performing in a nearby subway or park, playing and singing until he was hoarse. While his days would be spent working at MTV and BET, his nights were often filled with spot gigs at various bars and clubs, playing until the sun came up.

“Looking back, I’m not even sure how I made it,” says Seibold, reflecting on this time in his life. “A friend of mine once said that the best songs are written from just living life, so that’s what I was trying to do.” And live he did.

Seibold channeled his struggles into a passionate pursuit of his music and, at the insistence of a friend, ultimately released his first collection of songs in EP form in 2007. His debut, That’s The Day, would spend an impressive four months in the iTunes Top Pop Albums chart in 2008. Led by the first single, “Mary”, his music found an audience with both Canadian and UK listeners, garnering him an unexpected fan base north of the border and across the pond.

A 2008 move to Nashville has yielded a second collection of songs that marks not only the next chapter of Seibold’s life, but also a stark stylistic departure from the acoustic simplicity of his previous release. The new project, New York, was written and largely produced by Seibold himself, and finds him settling firmly into a wildly hooky pop music sound. He has been compared sonically to that of One Republic, Chris Brown, and even the Jonas Brothers. When asked about the marked difference between the two discs, Seibold replied "I wanted to make a record that captured my experience of living in the bustling city of New York".

SAVE THE LAST DANCE


I can't even explain it, its a quarter to three and we've been chillin' all summer and I don't want to leave // And its the, last night down in Miami Beach, and this is certainly hurting me babe that I've got to leave // And its the last call, last night, last time, goodbye, and I pray its not forever // But us two, me and you, one thing we can do, and we won't forget this ever

CHORUS // We've got to make it last, don't want to take it fast, girl we've got one chance, if you'll just save me the last dance

I can't even contain so I've just got to say it, when we walk away from this place I pray its not the last time I see your face // Cause girl you leave me wanting more more more, would you come and meet me on the floor // And if I beg you would you stay stay stay, won't you save me, won't you save me


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"Mary"
This song only has 3 chords in it... E A and Fm
(verse 1)
She's got everything she wants,
She's got everything she needs,
Got a four door sports car, house of her dreams
Got white picket fences, give her diamond rings
But she don't need them, she don't need them
Her head's stuck in a pipe dream

She gets everything she sees
Claims shop-a-holic as a disease
Thinks that plastic or paper, both gonna save her
Money can't buy her way out of danger

Mary's gonna find out one day, that all these things will fade away

(Chorus)
Mary, you're very confused
Got a lot of issues you need to go through
Got a one track mind, when you take your time
You'll find everything you need your cash can't buy
You're gonna find, that everything's gonna be alright

(Verse 2)
She's got all her money can buy
But she's got nothing left inside
She tries to find God sipping on a bottle
A little marijuana gets a bit harder
Try to put it down, it'll come back stronger

Mary's gonna find out one day, that all these things are gonna change...

(Chorus)

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"Thrift Store Gypsy"

C D G C G/B D G
Your pockets are fully stocked
With cigarettes and lollipops
Your favorite songs aren't on the radio

You disregard the debutantes
Who scoff at you in nonchalance
About the way you want to wear your clothes

Am G/B C D/F
Don't read the magazines
Filled with rehabbed beauty queens
Cause they don't have a thing to do with you

(Chorus)
C G Em D
Thrift Store Gypsy, Always iffy about everything mainstream
It never was your scene
Thrift Store Gypsy, I wish I could have your bravery inside of me
To go against society

I see you on the L train
Nose buried in Hemingway
And I wonder where you like to spend your time

The Jesus hanging round your neck
Your hair so perfect in such a mess
Suggests there's more to you than meets the eye

You've been told what's really best
Climb corporate ladders with broken steps
But you know that there's more to life than this

(Chorus)
(Bridge)
Em Am D G
(Chorus)

Cause sometimes I'm not who I want to be

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"My Best" Lyrics/Chords

Here are the tabs and chords for 'My Best' -the tab is from memory, so let me know if it isn't right. I ususally tune my guitar down a whole step to play this song, but it may have been in standard tuning or down just a half step. Have fun :0)

F C Am G/B, F C G

The radio's playing our favorite song
The one's we used to along
But your silence is telling me that something's wrong
Not sure what you're gonna say
Doesn't matter anyway
We've been putting off this talk now for days
There were too many stars to align
Took too much to make it right
But you can't say I never tried

F C G (3x), F C Am G/B, F G

I gave you my best
Cause its all that I had
I guess its too much
To ask for that back
I gave you my best
Cause I needed all that you had
I gave you my heart
Now please give it back
Sometime you pray for the skies to clear
But the clouds just need to shed some tears
So pardon me while I take a little time
And I'm not surprised your eyes are dry
While on love's cross I'm crucified
All I wanted was for you to try

(Chorus)

Am C F G (2x) Am Dm G E, Am C G
If you say that you tried, you just lied to yourself...
(Chorus)

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"Take It Slow"
OK, this is probably the simplest song I ever wrote, but hey, simple worked for the Beatles...
Capo 1st Fret
The Verse and Chorus are both:E B A B
The Bridge is:Cm A B

(Verse)
Baby, would you tell me some of those secets you keep locked inside
Cause lately i been that I'd like to share you some of mine
We'll take it slow girl, I want to take all day and lay with you sittin' under the sun
Casue lately I've been thinking of you and me and what we could become

(Chorus)
We'll put it on the line and cut the end of the rope
You know things are always better when you take it slow
We'll say a little prayer that it works out right
And spend a couple hours talking into the night
We'll take it slow girl
We'l take it slow girl
We'll take it slow girl
We'll take it slow girl

(Verse)
Baby, don't you know you're my favorite
I want to take you away and just maybe, spend a couple of nights
Watching as the sunset falls from the sky
Lazy afternoons with a guarentee
That nothing's ever coming inbetween you and me

(Chorus)

(Bridge)
And on & on & on & on & on we go
All along this love will always be enough
On & on & on & on & on we go on, we go on


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"Can't Go On"

Bb BbMaj7 Fm Eb7
Morning time took us away,
Ocean tides bring our escape,
Sands of the hour glass beneath our toes

There's no one here just you and me,
We've set our sails for the open seas,
Hands of the clocks are clapping to and fro

Well you and me we fit like peas
Without a pod that we don't need
There's no place in the world I'd rather be

So cast your nets let your anchor drop,
This place looks good as any spot,
Our playground will be the open seas

Bb Bb7 Ebmaj7 Ebm7
I can't go on without
I can't go on without
I can't go on without You baby
I can't go on without
I can't go on without
I can't go on without
I can't go on without You

Watch the sunset as it waves goodbye bouncing on a big blue plane
The stars walk their way to the sky

When tomorrow comes, we'll do it again
What good is life if it ain't with friends?
Looks like we'll be up all night

In the rocking chairs on the patios, with cold sweet teas we're growing old
Oh Summer time is a state of mind

And beauty is having nothing to do
But sit and look at the art of you
I couldn't think of a better time, cause I know, I know

I can't go on without
I can't go on without
I can't go on without You baby
I can't go on without
I can't go on without
I can't go on without
I can't go on without You


(Bridge) C Ab Bb Bb7
C C7 Eb Eb7
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"New York"
(Verse 1)
The skyline shines like Christmas lights
Like fireworks stuck in the sky
In New York, New York

The street's alive with the passing cars
Underneath all the man made stars
In New York, New York

This I swear if you can make it here
Anywhere becomes austere
Then may I see, if what they say is true...

(Chorus)
So long and farewell
To the land I have dwelled
Tomorrow's song I'll sing in a different place
So long and goodbye
To the city that scrapes the sky
Don't forget my name
When I return again to New York

(Verse 2)
I remember my first nights
In Mark's apartment on the East Side
And our talks of girls and God and all our dreams

The Coronado on the holidays
The Compound and the L train
And 5 nights a week down at 414

This I swear if you can make it here
Anywhere becomes austere
Then may I see, if what they say is true

(Chorus)
(Bridge)
New York (6x)

So long and farewell
To the hands I have held
I'll always hold your heart inside of me
So long and goodbye
Until the next
Don't forget to write
And please dry your eyes
I'll stop in and say hi
The next time I'm in New York...

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“A Good Man”

All alone by the phone waiting on you to call me
All night I cry I ain’t got you beside me

Even though, this hurts deep down inside
I know its for the best I’m not picking up the phone

Chorus
Its too late to turn back now
You said what you said tonight when I was walking out
When tomorrow comes you know I won’t be found

Someday you’re gonna sit down and regret you ever
let the words come out of your mouth
But today, you’re gonna have to think about
How you let a good man walk out

Going on on my own with you gone won’t be easy
But staying here shedding more tears ain’t too appealing

Even though you said this love would not grow
Cold, this bridge we built is up in smoke