I've started putting together set list's by genre. County, Folk, Rock, Show tune's, jazz and blue's, and original are the current division's. By putting them onto 20 page layout's through my note's, I will have chart's at my beck-and-call, without wifi, so I can play anywhere. I have the country list opened right now, so, we will play and discuss two of them on the podcast. I have yet to come across a country song that has complicated chord's, and country is the single best genre for the 100 series of tutorials.
The nearly absolute simplicity of country music is also found in Irish music, but most other forms of music have a wide range of complexities, from simple two or three chord songs to songs with over twenty major and minor chords throughout. After finishing the 100 level classes with the Country, we will seek out simple song's from the remaining set list categories.
The use of multiple chords is only for show in a majority of cases, but for someone like Billy Holliday, Barbara Streisand, Joni Mitchel, Buffy St Marie and Joan Baez, the subtleties are expressed with exact delivery's. Billy and Bab's depended on other's for their music, but the modern day diva's chose to write most of their own music, therein putting them down with their exact arrangements. Even though their music evolved with more complex composition's almost all the songs can be done with the simplicity of our own vocal skills. This will be the meat of the discussion and lesson today as we look at these two country songs.
A
Busted flat in Baton Rouge and heading for the trains
E
feeling nearly faded as my jeans
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained
A
took us all the way to New Orleans
I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna
D
and was blowing sad while Bobby sang the Blues
with them windshield wipers slapping time
A E A
and Bobby clapping hands we finally sang up every song that driver knew
[Chorus]
D A
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose
E A
Nothing ain't worth nothing but it's free
D A
Feeling good was easy Lord when Bobby sang the Blues
E
Feeling good was good enough for me
A B
good enough for me and Bobby McGee
[Verse]
B
From the coal mines of Kentucky to the California sun
F#
Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
Standing right beside me Lord through everything I done
B
Every night she kept me from the cold
Then somewhere near Salinas Lord I let her slip away
E
searching for the home I hope she'll find
B
And I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday
F# B
holding Bobby's body next to mine
[Chorus]
E B
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose
F# B
Nothing left is all she left for me
E B
Feeling good was easy Lord when Bobby sang the Blues
F#
Buddy that was good enough for me
B
good enough for me and Bobby McGee
(Fade out with)
La de da de da de da da La de da de da
F#
La de da da me and Bobby McGee
La de da de da de da da La de da de da
B
La de da da me and Bobby McGee
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[Chorus]
D
This is the last cowboy song
G
The end of a hundred year waltz
A
Voices sound sad as they're singing along
D
Another piece of America's lost
[Verse 1]
D
He rides a feed lot and clerks in a market
A
On weekends selling tobacco and beer
A
His dreams of tomorrow surrounded by fences
D
But he'll dream tonight of when fences weren't here
D
He blazed the trail with Lewis and Clark
A
And eyeball to eyeball Ol' Wyatt backed down
A
He stood shoulder to shoulder with Travis in Texas
D
And rode with the Seventh when Custer went down
[Chorus]
D
This is the last cowboy song
G
The end of a hundred year waltz
A
Voices sound sad as they're singing along
D
Another piece of America's lost
[Verse 2]
D
Remington showed us how he looked on canvas
A
And Louis L'Amour has told us his tale
A
And Willie and Waylon and me sing about him
D
And wish to God we could have ridden his trail
[Bridge]
D
The Old Chisholm Trail is covered in concrete now
G
And they truck 'em to market in fifty foot rigs
A
They just blow by his market never slowing to reason
D
Like living and dying was all he did
[Chorus]
D
This is the last cowboy song
G
The end of a hundred year waltz
A
Voices sound sad as they're singing along
D
Another piece of America's lost
[Outro]
D G D
This is the last cowboy song
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