"This album is a must have. Serious collectors need this gem in their library." - Susan Hastings - radio personality.

"Just wanted to share that I have been listening to and enjoying your "Genuine Heart" CD. You express yourself very well and I think this is a window into your soul... and it is good... very good. (I've got much more to say but will save it)." - Charlene Patterson - Venue Owner.

Dan Frechette - Genuine Heart Lyrics and Chords

1. Just a Drifter 3:12
2. Nikki 3:23
3. After The Hurricane 4:37
4. Story Man 2:50
5. The Edges Of Belfast 4:10
6. Love Is All Mine 2:08
7. Southern Pines 4:11
8. Genuine Heart 4:59
9. Back In The Swing 3:11
10. Pretty Pair Of Glasses 2:47
11. A Twist Of Fate 3:06
12. Someday I'll Be The Boy 2:48
13. Colfax Harbour 3:48

Just A Drifter (capo 5) (key of C harmonica)

Chorus –
(Em) I may (G) leave here (C.) before I’m settled (G) in.
(Em) I ain’t (G) hard to please I’m just a (C.) drifter in dis(D)guise.
And if (C.) I’m still here to(G)morrow I’ll be (B7) around until I’m (Em)bound
‘til It’s (C.) time again to (D) pull on my old (C.) drifters boots for (G) size.

(Em) No one is born a (G) criminal I’m not (C.) escaping from the (D)law
I was (C.)down damnation (G) alley talking to (Em) echoes from the (D) walls
And the (D) nights of wild (G) dancing didn’t (C.) attract my love at (G)all
I’d (C.) been near love one (Am) thousand times and (Em) caught before I (D) fell. (Chorus)

As the (Em) late pioneer I (G) wonder if this (C.) loneliness will (G) last
(Em) I’d fight my reckless (G) way up and be a (Am) man of greater (D) class
But the (D) silver in the (G) rising moon would (C.) lead me once (G) again
To the (C.)windswept trails and (Am) nightingales that (Em) sing me to my (D) bench. (Chorus)

Nikki (Capo 2) D harmonica

C G Dm Am
She left her (Em) footprints in the (C.) sand
She left her childhood on the road
She never needed no one’s hands
She could find her way alone
Every word was like a (Am) puzzle
You could take a(G)part and (F) see
I could imagine all her (C.)life
Past and (G) present and (Dm) future (Am)dreams.

She ran with all the nightmare (C.)gangs
Felt the chills to her bones
Robbed herself of (G) virginity (Dm)
Innocence was never (Am) shown
She spoke in (G) circles and (F) echoes
Her vision crying to be (Am) seen
I could (Em) imagine all her (C.) life
Past and (G) present and (Dm) future (Am) dreams

C G Dm Am C G

She could (C.) try her hand at (G) kinship
Try to (Dm) love life like it (Am) was
(C.) Try to understand life’s (G) hardships
(Dm) What was underneath its (Am)cuts
But Nikki (G) spoke with a wistful (F) vengeance
And Nikki’d grumble when she’d (Am) breathe
I could imagine all her (C.) life
Past and (G) present and (Dm) future (Am) dreams.


After The Hurricane - Capo 2 (A harmonica)

Em G D Em G D
When you get (Em) alone in a (G) crowd and your world grows (D) thin
And the (Em) light doesn’t (G) even trickle (D) in
After the (A) hurricane (G) will you let me (D) live (Em)
The (C.)way you (G)said you (D)wished?

Call me (Em) down and I’ll (G) come and sleep in your (D) arms
And we’ll (Em) talk until the (G) ghosts of midnight are all (D) gone
After the (A) hurricane (G) don’t let me (D) down (Em) the (C.) way you (G) do to (D) some.

Promises you (Em) make and try to (G) keep are going to drive you (D) crazy
To think you’d even (Em) trust a (G) promise still amazes (D) me
After the (A) hurricane (G) please don’t (D) leave the (C.) way you (G) said you (D) dreamed.

The Story Man - G harmonica no capo

(G) When I (C.) walk out on my (G) own please see me (Em) through (C.) these changes (G) too. (D)
(G) Since you’ve (C.) been through hell and (G) back you should (Em) know
Where (C.) lies my (D) path.

Chorus-
I’ll be a (Em) story man I’ll be the (Bm) story man
When there’s (D) stories and not just dreams (C.) to be (G) spoken
And if I (Em) join your band I know you’ll (Bm) understand
I don’t (D) cry I’ll (C.) always be (G) forgiven (Em).

(G) I’ve been (C.) living in this (G) house since I was (Em) two and it’s (C.) time to (G) move.
(Em) I know I’m (C.) not too young to (G) love and I love (Em) you (C.) and these changes (D) too. (Chorus)

The Edges Of Belfast - capo 4

She was (C.) dancing on the oceanside as (G) he started the flames
He’d (C.) met her on the highway and they’d (G) learned each others names
(Am) Only time would tell him if she (Em) ever felt the same
Only (F) love – only (G) love
She (C.) whispered soft dreams to him and she (G) rose to say goodnight
(C.) Crept and found her next door tent lit (G) by the pale moonlight
She (Am) saw the future clearly there were (Em) clouds within his sight
Only (F) love – only (G) love

Chorus – (F) Desir(C.)ee – (G) set him (Am) free – from his (F) chains of (C.) dreams wrought with (G) gallan(Am)try.

The (C.) camped up north in Coolridge and they (G) camped up east in Kent
And they (C.) drank vodka in Rotterdam with (G) money saved for rent
He (Am) felt her drifting spirit as the (Em) mornings came and went
Only (F) love lonely (G) love
He (C.) told her of his mother how (G) remarkable she was
How he’d (C.) never found a woman who could (G) live life like she does
She (Am) said her father never changed she’s (Em) glad he bit the dust
Only (F) love only (G) love (Chorus)

The (C.) next morning by a campfire near a (G) mountain at Dunkirk
She (C.) mentioned she’d be drifting back to (G) Belfast for some work
In(Am)side he cried so softly but out(Em)side he kicked the dirt
Only (F) love only (G) love
So she (C.) left him cold one morning on the (G) edges of Belfast
He (C.) stared at thorny oatmeal flying (G) feelings at half mast
He (Am) wondered at the highway as (Em) she became the past
Only (F) love only (G) love (Chorus)


Love Is All Mine – G harmonica

Chorus
(G) I’ve got to (D) trust that it’s all (Em) going to work (C.) out love is (D) all (E) mine for the (C.) mak(G)ing
(G) I’ve got to (D) trust that there’s no (Em) room for (C.) doubt oh it’s (D) my (Em) life that I’m (C.) mak(G)ing

(B7)Do you remember when(C.)you worried (G) so?
Your (Am) eyes were (Em) sad because you (C.) didn’t (Em) know
(B7) Now you’re happy because love is your goal
And it’s (Am) all (Em) life for the (C.) mak(D)ing (Chorus)

(B7) Thank you thank you for your (C.)wonderful (G)life
Your (Am) wonderful (Em) love and your (C.) beautiful (Em) smile
(B7)Can’t begin to tell you how (C.) many (G) times
You (Am) open the (Em) door and there’s a (C.) world out(D)side. (Chorus)

Southern Pines - Capo 2 A harmonica

Am C G
(G)It’s been so long since I’m back in the city
Birmingham girls always out to get me in this (Am) slow (C.) town I been (G)growing
I took my (G) ’67 Ford out to Emory mountain
In the Mexican foothills where a boy’s always counting
Getting (Am) stoned down a (C.)road I been (D) blowing

Chorus
(D)I found my (C.) way through southern (G) pines
Where the (Am) stars and the (C.) moon shine all the (G) time
(D) Left my (C.) heart in a border (G) town
With a (Am) Mexican princess when the (C.) summer came (G) around

(G) I work all week in a Birmingham factory
Straw boss there acts like he don’t know me and I (Am) can’t (C.) work my way (G) up
I’ve got the (G) three meals a day – clothes on my back
But my Birmingham city hometown shack ain’t (Am) making me (C.) stay home (D) much. (Chorus)

I’m (G) leaving today for my Emory beauty
To her sombrero father I’ll stage my duty
When I’m (Am) leaving this (C.)city for (G) good
I’ll (G) count all the grapes for the wine I’ll be counting
Drinking the (G)wine in the sunshine love from her fountain
Just (Am) like a (C.) poor boy (D)should (Chorus)

Genuine Heart – G Harmonica no capo

Chorus
(Bm7)Times to (B7)win
(Em)Times to (G7)fall
(C) Sometimes we’re (Am) nowhere
Some(G)times we’ve got it all
But It’s (Bm7)ok to (B7) be you
(Em) To grow in your own (G7) way
(C) We’ll meet your (Am) genuine heart some(G)day

(G) I know a man
(C) Who’d wondered if he’d broken (G) down
(Em) If anyone would help him
So (A) instead he came a(C)round
(G) And he made himself a hero
(B7) The champion of the (Em) pained (G7)
(C) We’ll meet his (Am) genuine heart some(G)day.

Chorus

(G) I know a woman
(C) Who never chained her(G)self
(Em) There was no shame or no (A) truth she wouldn’t (C) tell.
(G) So the people gathered around her
And (B7) they helped her find her (Em) way (G7)
(C) We’ll meet her (Am) genuine heart some(G)day.

Chorus

(G) I know a child
Who’d (C) stopped pretending to (G) laugh
(Em) and funny people came around him
Even (A) one dressed as a (C) giraffe
(G) And he laughed so hard
That his (B7) heart was out to (Em)play (G7)
(C) We’ll meet his (Am) genuine heart some(G) day

Chorus

Back In The Swing - Capo 5

(C.)You don’t know why you’re losing (G) faith
(F) You better bail (Am) out before the coming of the (G) storm
(C.) Everyone knows why you’ve (G) grown
(F) You’ve been swept (Am) away and on your (G) own
(F)Alo(Am)ne(G). A(F)lo(Am)ne(G).

Chorus –
You’re (F)back in the swing now
(Am)Wondering where (G)you’re going to go
(F) Back in the swing now
(C.)Making up your (G)mind alone(F)
(F)Back in the swing
(Am)Praying the sun don’t (G)set on (Em)you a(F)gain
(Am)Trying to find your (G) way

(C.) Maybe life to you is a (G) trick
(F)Tables going to (Am) turn whenever you (G)smile
(C.)A seeker will find her way in (G) time
(F) After (Am)searching like she’s (G) blind
(F)Alo(Am)ne(G). A(F)lo(Am)ne(G) (Chorus)

(Am)You ain’t (D) ever coming (F) home
(Am) Because it’s (D) time the bird has (F) flown
(Am) There’s nothing a(D)round to call your (F) own
But your (C.) soul F C F (Chorus)

(Am)Trying to find your (G) way D F
(Am)Trying to find your (G) way D F
Trying to find your (Am) way G D F
Am G D F Am

Pretty Pair Of Glasses – G Harmonica
G C G C G C G
We were (D) wild at heart – (C.) escape the breeze run like the (G) wind G C G C
But in the (D) land of the dark we were (Em) set apart and (C.) forced to give (D) in
(Am) Even though I haven’t seen you (D) for many days
The (Am) painted picture in my mind will (D) never chip away

Chorus
You’ve got (G) long hair, (C.)nice eyes, a (G)great smile and that (C.)pretty pair of (G) glasses
(C.)Whoo whoo (G)whoo whoo(C.) x2

Those (D)heartbreaking people who (C.) faint at the sight of (G)blood C G C
(D)Don’t know much about (Em) living a (C.) life of (D)love
(Am)I know better days are (D) yet to come around
(Am)The next time I see you on (D) old fashioned ground (you’ve got!) (Chorus)

(Em) Times get tough when (D) you’re in love
(Em) Sister used to (D) call love a (Am) dumb thing
But (Em) I can’t say I (D) know it much
(Em) I just call it (D) too much of (Am/C) something (D)

(D) Lonely times have got me now re(C.)membering the words we used to (G)say C G C
But I’ve been in the (D) past too long I’m (Em) starting to for(C.)get about to(D)day
(Am)I’m not trying to forget (D)memories that taunt as (Am) much as the memories that (D) come back to haunt (you’ve got!) (Chorus)

A Twist Of Fate - G Harmonica
G C D C G C D C
As the (G) summer (C.)breeze grows (D) colder (C.) I can’t (G)help but (C.)think of the (D)times (C.)
There were (G) lots of (C.) things to con(D)sider (C.) about (G) living my (C.) days with nothing to (D)live by

Chorus
I was (Em) hoping you’d come with me (C.) no time for goodbyes
And I’d (G-Bm-Em)wait (D) by my (C.)window
(D)Something told me that maybe you’d (Am)realize (C.)
It’s this (G)twist (Bm)of (Em)fate why (D)we’re to(C.)gether
But maybe not any(G)more. C D C G C D C

(G) One day (C.) back through the (D) summer (C.) you’d (G)asked if I (C.)needed a (D)ride (C.)
I (G)had no place to (C.)go that I remember but I thank God I didn’t (D) lie (Chorus)

I (G)wish that (C.) I were (D)poorer (C.)(G)memories (C.)bring me so much (D)wealth (C.)
I (G)never thought that (C.)it would be all (D) over (C.)before I (G)left this place to (C.)make something of my(D)self. (Chorus)

Someday I’ll Be The Boy – G harmonica (cross harp)

D C G D C G D C G D

(D)She came and took him from his (A)heart (Em) and made him (G)see him with his (D) soul
Took him far away from (A)hurt (Em) and taught the (G) boy to rock and (A)roll
Maybe someday she will (G) see she should have done those things for (D) me
And someday I’ll be the (A) boy (Em) who will (G) fill her days with (D) joy CGD

He mistreats her and (A) dislikes her (Em) deep down (G)inside he isn’t (D)sure
He knows not what he (A)wants but he takes what he’s (Em) got
As a sign that there’s no (A)more
But what he doesn’t know won’t (G)hurt him but it will hurt her just the (D) same
Hanging onto something (Em) tarnished (G)as long as he can get his (D)way CGD

It’s time they see where things are (A) going
(Em)They’ve never (G)seen where it’s (D)been
Happy couples strolling (A) by (Em) have never (G) taught her dreams to (A) swim
She’ll watch him have his cup of (G) coffee and wonder deep down why she (D) hides
The man is sinister she (A) worries
(Em) Deep (G) alone at night she (D) cries CGD

(D)She came and took him from his (A)heart (Em) and made him (G)see him with his (D) soul
Took him far away from (A)hurt (Em) and taught the (G) boy to rock and (A)roll
Maybe someday she will (G) see she should have done those things for (D) me
And someday I’ll be the (A) boy (Em) who will (G) fill her days with (D) joy CGD

Colfax Harbour – G Harmonica

G D C G
(G)In the ruins of Colfax (D)Harbour (C.)sits a girl who is waiting for her (C.)ship (Em)to (Am)come (G)in
(G)Standing down by cool (D)water (C.)dedicating her day to her (C.) long (Em) lost (Am) (G)friend

Chorus
(Em)It was bound to happen soon a (Bm) sweet kiss embraced by the moon
(D) Further up the lonesome trials of (Am) time
(Em)She could find nobody there the (Bm) fog was thick her wet eyes stare through (D) dreams
Of a (C.)most (Em)nat(Am)ural (G)crime

(G)Echoing words of a (D)promise (C.)that he told her so (C.) ma(Em)ny (Am)nights be(G)fore.
(G)I will meet you in the (D) harbour (C.)and I will line your heart with (C.) sil(Em)ver (Am)and (G) gold. (Chorus)

(G)The telegram came the next (D)morning (C.)a solemn man with a (C.) mess(Em)age (Am)of (G) pain
(G)The ship it sank off Colfax (D) Harbour (C.) ten miles from where his (C.) gol(Em)den (Am)heart (G)lain.