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北車英文 | 衝浪歌手Jack Johnson 夏日搖滾聖經"Better Together"

[Verse 1:]
There's no combination of words
I could put on the back of a postcard,
No song that I could sing
But I can try for your heart,
Our dreams, and they are made out of real things,
Like a shoebox of photographs,
With sepiatone loving,
Love is the answer
At least for most of the questions in my heart ,
Like why are we here? And where do we go?
And how come it's so hard?
It's not always easy,
And sometimes life can be deceiving,
I'll tell you one thing, its always better when we're together

[Chorus:]
MMM, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, we'll look at the stars when we're together
Well, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, it's always better when we're together

[Verse 2:]
And all of these moments
Just might find their way into my dreams tonight
But I know that they'll be gone,
When the morning light sings
And brings new things,
But tomorrow night you see
That they'll be gone too,
Too many things I have to do,
But if all of these dreams might find their way
Into my day to day scene
I'll be under the impression,
I was somewhere in-between
With only two,
Just me and you
Not so many things we got to do,
Or places we got to be
We'll sit beneath the mango tree now

Yeah, it's always better when we're together
MMM, We're somewhere in-between together
Well, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, it's always better when we're together

MmMMmm MmMMm MmMMm
I believe in memories
They look so, so pretty when I sleep
Hey now, and when, I wake up,
You look so pretty sleeping next to me
But there is not enough time,
And there is no, no song I could sing
And there is no combination of words I could say
But I will still tell you one thing,
We're better together

Better Together is the first track off Jack Johnsons third album; In Between Dreams, which was released in 1995.

This was in my To Do pile, as I was having trouble with the rhythmic strumming. Then a few nights ago while working on a NOFX tune the chunking just came to me!

So I picked this one up again & it started to come together.

Here is a link to the chords. They are just a little bit different than when I first learned it. Instead of the F/E I use Am & instead of Bb/A I use an F chord.

Check out this video that has all the lyrics in it, Star Wars style

Jack Johnson 會走路的時候也會衝浪，17歲的時候他已經是衝浪界的天才，以最年輕的年紀揚名於世界級衝浪大賽（ Pipeline Masters ），正當體壇將他鎖定成海灘明日之星，比賽後一個月， Jack Johnson 在衝浪時發生嚴重意外，臉上縫了 150針（但不影響他俊俏的外貌），讓他整整三個月無法出門，卻也給了他三個月抱著吉他、創作音樂的時光。

但是Jack Johnson 並沒有一股作氣成為創作歌手，18歲的他選擇到加州大學唸電影，99年導演並且擔任電影配樂完成了衝浪電影「 Thicker Than Water 」，初執導演筒的他，贏得各影展最佳導演等大獎，眼見著 Jack Johnson 就要加入電影界，新的一波浪潮卻迎面來襲；Jack 自彈自唱的歌曲，早期就被衝浪巨星們作成卡帶複製流傳，命運的浪潮意外的把卡帶輾轉流傳到唱片公司老闆的手上…2005年的今天， Jack Johnson ，這個海灘男孩，不只是衝浪天才、不只是得獎導演、他是全球銷量300萬張的創作才子。

「 Jack Johnson 擅長創作氣氛好、感覺對的音樂，簡單的空心吉他搭配他溫煦柔和的嗓音，讓人感覺輕鬆而舒適…」權威音樂網站 AMG 這樣推崇他的音樂風格。往返夏威夷與洛杉磯兩地， Jack Johnson 於2005年錄製完成最新專輯【仲夏夜之夢】，有著大海般的歌聲加上純熟的吉他彈奏，創作出一首接一首輕鬆愜意、混融民謠、藍調、雷鬼和 Bossa Nova 的清新作品。簡單卻完美的專輯創作，在沒有商業廣告的加持下，【仲夏夜之夢】卻在美國發行首週，以23萬張的驚人銷售空降全美告示牌專輯榜第2名，在樂評、樂迷、以及電台 DJ 的熱情支持下，【仲夏夜之夢】在不到2個月的發行後在全球默默賣出200萬張。

電台司令 Radiohead 的主唱曾對 Jack Johnson 說：「你真是天生的人型節奏組（human drum set），嘴巴就像鈸，打開了就有切分音」；美國權威雜誌評論 Jack 的歌詞創作：是「 21世紀的 Bob Dylan 」。Jack Johnson 特殊的魅力，讓世界上任何浪高於4呎的地方，就有衝浪客聚集著聆聽他的專輯；他的音樂會出現在倫敦頂級的時尚 bar 裡，也會出現在曼谷的盜版攤上。但對 Jack Johnson 來說，他只是個衝浪家、喜歡電影、跟會唱歌的人，他不叫 Magic Johnson，他是 Jack Johnson 。

資料參考：
http://artists.letssingit.com/jack-johnson-lyrics-better-together-dw72xkp#ixzz1yZUsppt0
http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/manwith-rules/article?mid=2485
http://www.jackjohnsonmusic.com
http://angelmini.pixnet.net/blog/post/1471137-%
http://sharp21.wordpress.com/2010/06/20/better-together-by-jack-johnson/

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