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I grabbed a piece of paper and wrote this in about two minutes. It's about someone obsessed with playing
folk surreal satire
I've always considered myself folk, but I play an electric guitar, so you figure it out. I'm just a guy with some cheesy equipment. Sheet music really helps me
I'm just an old man recording in a basement. The band is an AdrenaLinn effects and drum machine, some amps and some guitars
Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #283
Peak in subgenre #31
Author
Slick
Rights
Slick
Uploaded
April 12, 2014
Track Files
MP3
MP3 1.8 MB • 128 kbps • 1:55
Story behind the song
Ryan got down the 12 string and started going Am, F, C, G and I sang along
Lyrics
Strummin' (am)There (f)comes a (c)time (g)when (am)Your (f)fingertips (c)get like (g)shells. (am) And (f)strummin' (c)all the (g) time (am) Doesn’t (f)do yer (c)family (g)well (am)So you (f) lose your (c)dream (g) (am) And go (f)back to (c) work(g) (am)Put (f)on a (c)clean (g)shirt (am)Like (f) any other (c) jerk.(g) (am)And soon your (f)hands are (c)soft and (g)white, (am)Which makes(f)those old strings (c) bite(g) (am)And makes it (f)so damned (c)pain(g)ful (am) When (f)you (c)find your(g)self – (am)strumming (f)thru (c)the nig(g)--iht.—(am)strumming (f)thru (c)the nig(g)--iht. (am)Your(f) friends think (c)work and (g)age (am) Have (f)torn up (c)your (g)brain (am)They don’t (f)know that (c)when you hit b-(g)flat (am) Every (f)time it (c)rai(g)ains.. (am)It seems to your (f)home, and (c)fami(g)ly (am)You (f)are now (c)blind (g) (am)And once(f) again you've (c)fallen (g) to (am)Strummin'(f) all the (c)ti(g)ime
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