Strange Old Game

from Waiting On The Shore by Eclectic Guitar

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(C) Eclectic Guitar - David Halliday

Well it's a strange old game it's anyone's call
One day you're up the next you're down
No rhyme and no reason honesty and treason
Go home a hero wake up a clown
You have to steal from Peter
To pay what you owe to Paul
It's a strange old game

Yeah it's a strange old game gotta be on the ball
Today is a blur but yesterday's clear
It's not all black and white or what you thought was right
Dangerous liaisons and crocodile tears
You have to steal from Peter
To pay what you owe to Paul
It's a strange old game

It's a strange old game too easy to fall
Mess up here screw up there and you're on the floor
It's not all cut and dried but the sharks they eat the fry
You burn the wrong bridges and shut the wrong doors
You have to steal from Peter
To pay what you owe to Paul
It's a strange old game

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from Waiting On The Shore, released April 19, 2013
Lead Guitar - David Halliday
Acoustic Guitar - Tom Kater
Main Vocals - David Halliday
Vocal Harmonies - Tom Kater
Mouth Organ - Tom Kater
Bass - Tom Kater

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Eclectic Guitar UK

David Halliday is a self-taught guitarist and has been playing the electric guitar for over 18 years with a finger-picking style similar to the man who inspired him to learn the instrument, Mark Knopfler.

Tom Kater has many years of musical experience and is a multi-instrumentalist. As well as 12-string acoustic guitar (his main performance instrument), he plays the mouth organ and mandolin. ... more

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