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Lived a Man (Original) in A#
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Written/composed 4/06/2014. Played on a 1999 Guild M20 tuned to A#...
indie acoustic folk country americana
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Retired military solo artist; Tex/Americana/Folk singer/songwriter. 'Scratch' is my military handle and TexScratch a stage name just for the purpose of having a stage name, I suppose... Let's Talk Guild (LTG) guitar forum friends inspired many tunes and the inclination to purchase far too many Guild Guitars over the years...
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #53
Peak in subgenre #8
Author
Ken Smith (TexScratch)
Rights
4/06/2014
Uploaded
April 07, 2014
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MP3 4.4 MB • 159 kbps • 3:53
Story behind the song
This is the kind of song that gets written after listening to John Prine for hours on end. He just kind of puts you in a trance with his great stories.
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There Lived a Man Ken Smith 4/06/2014 (Capo to 'A#') There lived a man who didn't look like me. Doesn't look like me at all Made his home somewhere down in Tennessee; Just east of Blytheville, Arkansas Didn't look like me; Doesn't look like me at all Several pounds lighter; but just about as tall Didn't look like me; Doesn't look like me at all. And he won't ever pass this way again There lived a man who didn't act like me. Doesn't act like me at all Spends evenings chasing beer & drinking women; then tops it off with hi-strength Tylenol Didn't act like me; Doesn't act like me at all Don't show up for dinner; its just too far too crawl Didn't act like me; Doesn't act like me at all. And he won't ever pass this way again There lived a man who didn't think like me. Doesn't think like me at all Pretty sure about that thing called Global Warming;sure seemed to rain a lot last fall Didn't think like me; Doesn't think like me at all Though he bears a slight resemblance to the picture on the wall Didn't think like me; Doesn't think like me at all. And he won't ever pass this way again Didn't look like me; doesn't act like me; doesn't think like me...At all...
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