Betreff: Insurgent Country songs Datum: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 16:05:01 -0400 Von: christopher.gehrz@yale.edu (Christopher Allan Gehrz) An: Hans Settler Hans, I looked at your vast collection of songs, and I think I can add the following Golden Smog and Steve Earle songs. Enjoy, Chris ------------------------------------------ "V" Written by Gary Louris and Kraig Johnson >From Golden Smog's 1995 album, DOWN BY THE OLD MAINSTREAM (Rykodisc) © Warner Tamerlane Publishing Corp. / Pedal Blue Music (BMI) WB Music Corp. / Green Lantern Music / Knee Jerk Music (ASCAP) I previously posted this to OLGA, and I think it's archived somewhere, but I haven't seen it at Harmony-Central (plus I had a few changes to make). INTRO: (Am) F | G | C | C VERSE ONE: When I was [Am]down she was full of ad[Dm]vice Because she'd [G]been there once or [C]twice She had a [F]ring on the side of her [C]nose Wearin' [F]other people's [C]clothes She had her [Am]eyes and she had her [Dm]nose But in be[G]tween she [C]showed When she [F]smiled everything else [C]died [F]V let off a good [G]vibe [G] CHORUS: [ Dm | Am | F | F | G | G ] As if in a [F]dream My [G]one and only [Am]V [Am/G] As if in a [F]dream My [G]one and only [C]V [C] VERSE TWO: Body shots and the breaking of hearts She used to wait on us down at the park Never took as much as she gave She's still givin' to this day Staying up half the night Mood swings if we cry On a cold December day V up and went away repeat CHORUS HARP SOLO: Am | Dm | G | C | F | C | F | C VERSE THREE: Staying up half the night Mood swings if we cry On a cold December day V up and went away repeat CHORUS [resolve to C] ---------------------------------- "Ill Fated" Written by Dan Murphy >From Golden Smog's 1995 album, DOWN BY THE OLD MAINSTREAM (Rykodisc) © WB Music Corp. / Broken Promises Music (ASCAP) NOTE: although you can play this with basic strummed G chords as marked below, one of Dan's guitars plays a riff something like the following on most of those Gs... E - 3 3 3 33 3 B - 0 0 0h11 0 G - 0 0 0 00 0 2 0 D - 0 0 0 0 0 A - 2 2 2 E - 3 3 3 q e. s ss e e e INTRO: G | G | Am - C | G | Am - C | G VERSE ONE: [G]Wasn't much of a union De[G]nial and confusion If it [C]meant so much to you, I bet ya woulda [G]stayed [Am]Stumbled on some good times [Am]Turned 'em into landmines [Am]You know you can turn the [C]other [G]way [G]You say you been meanin' To [G]sort through all your demons If [G]there's some room, you gonna let me [C]in You been [Am]hung right by your close friends Your [Am]inner child and orphan You're [Am]so far down you don't know [C]where you've [G]been CHORUS I: [Am]So many things you don't [D]know You [Am]want me to leave, just say [D]so It's the [G]kind of thing I like [C]Curse cast in the [D]night (?) So ill [Am]fated [D] So ill [G]fated [ Am - C | G | Am - C | G ] VERSE TWO: Get by with preservations Regrets and salutations There's somethin' in there, someone that I didn't slay It's you I think of only Whenever I get lonely We got more than years to keep away I've been dyin' just to start livin' I'm just livin' to be dyin' We can't seem to find no common ground You hate me when I'm lonely I'm lonely when you hate me Mostly I'm just there to kick around CHORUS II: [Am]Soaring high and [D]low [Am]First to leave, last to [D]know It's the [G]kind of thing I like [C]Curse cast in the [D]night So ill [Am]fated [D] So ill [Am]fated It's the [G]kind of thing I like [C]Curse cast in the [D]night So ill [G]fated OUTRO: G | Am - C | G (keep repeating with guitar solo) ---------------------------- "Red-Headed Stepchild" Written by Dan Murphy and Marc Perlman >From Golden Smog's 1995 album, DOWN BY THE OLD MAINSTREAM (Rykodisc) © WB Music Corp. / Broken Promises Music (ASCAP) // Third Wheel Music (BMI) Things get started with an E riff (E* below) like this... E - 0 B - 0h2 2p0 Some other chord definitions: Asus9 Aadd11 Aadd13 Asus6 E - 2 B - 2 3 2 G - 4 2 2 2 D - 2 2 2 4 A - 0 0 0 0 E - INTRO: E* | A - Asus9 | Aadd11 - A - Aadd13 | A - Asus9 | Aadd11 - A - Asus6 VERSE ONE: [A] Hello darkness, come on in [F#m] Let me in on a candle [A] Imagination's running [F#m] Hands start to tremble [A] Knows enough to know not to believe [F#m] What is real and what it seems to be [A] Knows what's keepin' him from bein' free [F#m] Right outside your door CHORUS: [Bm]Don't run a[G]way [D]Red-headed [A]stepchild [Bm] I can only [A]promise You won't [G]find your way back [D]home repeat INTRO VERSE TWO: In another room there's laughing Entertaining strangers Walls in there don't breathe no more But they're keeping out some angels Laughed so much he almost cried Stranger offers him a ride City blocks, they roll on by Never coming back repeat CHORUS SOLO: G | G | C | G | G | G | A | D repeat INTRO VERSE THREE: Tear your picture off my wall I hate to look at strangers Man that's burning, be forewarned Keep me out of danger Knows enough to know not to believe What is real and what it seems to be Knows what's keepin' him from bein' free Right outside your door repeat CHORUS OUTRO: [Bm]Don't run a[G]way [D]Red-headed [A]stepchild [Bm] I can only [G]promise You won't [A]find your way back [D]home [A]Find your way back [D]home ----------------------