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1. |
Old Velvet Nose
03:06
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Old Velvet Nose
R.I.P. Warren Zevon, Sunday September 7, 2003
Verse: | G | Em | C | D |
The excitable boy, he left today
Taking a trip, only goes one way
His back is turned, looking down the path
Lawyers, guns and money, are in his past
A piano fighter, A mutineer
He sang it best, My ride is here
Chorus: | C | D | Em | G | x2
When your ride is here, you’ve got to go
Sing Jesus Mentioned and Mohammed’s Radio
When your ride is hear, you’ve got to go
Sing Werewolves of London and Ourselves to Know
Old Velvet Nose, sits on the shelf
Willie’s on the plate, Warren’s at the gate
He’ll sleep when he’s dead, he used to say
Now Mr. Bad Example, has hit the hay
Chorus
Good night Warren sleep tight sleep tight
Good night Warren we’ll miss you
Hope you enjoyed your sandwich and your Mountain Dew
Good night Warren we’ll miss you.
Vamp on Chorus and fade with
Good night Warren sleep tight sleep tight
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2. |
Another Day
04:08
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Another Day
Verse | G Bm | C |
Face down in the pillow - Alarm clock starts to sing
Its Bob Dylan all - Tangled up in the blues
My baby beside me - Not the least bit interested in getting out of bed
Like every day it’s my turn to - Put the coffee on
Four eggs in the skillet - Bacon on the side
A little fried onion - We should do alright
Chorus: We should do alright
Another day, another dollar – and the sun sets
A little something to eat – and a bottle of red
Drop the needle – let the vinyl spin
I put my feet up – drift away to the sound of the blues
Face back to the pillow – hear the crickets sing
A little shut eye - We should do alright
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3. |
She's Got To Go
03:32
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She’s Got To Go
Intro: | B7 | E7 | A7 | D7 | G7 |
Verse: | G | Em | G | Em |
I’ve got a woman who live downtown
She went out one night and started messing around
She shot up the sheriff way down town
Playing with the sheriff’s gun she shot him down
Chorus: | C | A7 |
Now she’s living a life of sin
Lord knows the trouble she’s been
She should have stayed home I told her so
Now she’s got the sheriff’s gun and she’s got to go
B7 E7 A7 D7 G
She’s got to go… She’s got to go… She’s got to go
She stole her daddy’s Lincoln and left that night
She wants the Manitoba border before day light
On a half a tank of petrol and a bottle of rye
She made that interstate like a tear in my eye
Chorus
Now she’s got her daddy’s Lincoln and she’s got to go
Service station in Hallock the call went out
There’s a lawman on the highway gonna bring her in
By the side of the road the deed was done
He up-ended that Lincoln with six shots of his gun
Chorus
Now my baby ‘s lived her life of sin
Lord knows the trouble she’s been
She should have stayed home I told her so
She’s got a tag on her toes and she’s got to go
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4. |
Baby Surely Do
02:37
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Baby Surely Do
Baby says she loves me – Baby surely do x2
Running around the yard all day long
Wearing the grass out on my lawn
Shovels & rakes, pounding in stakes
Happy home for the garden snakes
Baby says etc..
Bright blue eyes and a smile you can’t beat
I think that woman wants a piece of me
Sound the alarm she’s reached the door
Destination, living room floor
Baby wants to love me – baby surely will x2
Cuke’s & tomatoes on the vine
Sun loving woman most certainly mine
Cloths on the line dance in the breeze
Time of year for the birds & bees.
Baby wants etc..
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5. |
Crime For This Scene
02:56
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Crime For This Scene
Verse: |Bm |A |E |Fm F7|
Always second-guessing
Every move that I make
Getting from here to there
How long will it take?
Chorus: | Bm | A |E | E7 | x2
How long will it take?
How long will it take?
I’m in a dilemma
Can’t get nothing off my chest
I regret that I met you
All I give is second best
I’ll leave in the summer
Be back before fall
To see death come creeping
It comes for us all
Chorus
It comes for us all
It comes for us all
I panic and I struggle
Kick and I scream
I’ve blooded my knuckles
There is no crime for this scene
What’s going on in the kitchen
You simply don’t care
I could be cooking your dinner
I could be cutting my hair
It gets darker and darker
Seems it’s the blues that I know
I’ve opened myself up
Don’t you think it’s time that I go.
Chorus
It’s time that I go
It’s time that I go
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6. |
Broken Tooth
03:32
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Broken Tooth
Spent the day on the horn
Just trying to get your attention
You finally picked up
Makes my skin crawl with frustration
It’s just a state of mind they tell me
Between success and starvation
Sitting behind the wheel
Gonna make up for it on the road
Shifting gears
Gonna make up for it on the road
It’s a bad time
When you’re in business for yourself
I feel like five pounds of shit
In a three pound bag
I’ve got more nerve
Than an broken tooth
Gonna get up in front of you
Gonna cut it loose
I’m making friends
And kissing ass
Shaking hands
This just won’t last
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7. |
Pitchin' Day
02:40
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Pitchin’ Day
You know it’s a goodtime with seldom seen friends
Just pass away the day on a long weekend
No better time, No better place
In my back yard, there is a space
Gonna work out my blues
Over a game of horseshoes
A double ringer is what you want but a leaner is what you’ll get
A lot more practice is what we need nobodies placing bets
Wind up for the toss keep your eye on the stake
It’s all in the delivery, man
Lets end this game with a handshake
It’s alright, It’s okay come over man it’s a pitchin’ day
You can have your golf
You can play base, foot or basket ball
I don’t really give a damn
Just get the shoes off the wall
40 feet from peg to peg
That shoe weighs 2 lbs 8 oz, and you cleared the hedge
It’s alright, It’s okay come over man it’s a pitchin’ day
A little practice you can throw that thing
A little more you might hear it ring
Across the street, across the hood
Don’t you know you really should
Work out your blues
Over a game of horseshoes
And maybe a couple of brews
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8. |
PC Blues
02:33
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PC Blues
The silicon chip has wrecked my life
That glorified abacus just causes me strife
It’s been way too long
Since I wrote a song
Maybe I should just get on
How I spend my time just don’t seem right
I’ve been tapping on the keyboard day and night
In one door and
out the next
My future is surely vexed
Chorus:
Weak willed and easily lead
That’s life on the internet
Email and ICQ
Gives me the WWW dot blues
I used to write songs all day long
Now all I can manage to do is log on
When I pass that screen
With my cup of caffeine
It’s a low down dirty scene
Solo over verse
Chorus
I used to surf the strings and all the frets
Now all I surf is the World Wide Web
You can google my name
I’ll be playin’ some game
It’s a low down dirty shame
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9. |
Big Box Store
03:08
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Big Box Store
Intro | A | E/G# | Em/G | F#m/B |
Verse | E | % | C#m | % | A | F#m | E | % |
Wal-mart moved into town
We all went down
Loaded up the carts
And it all fell apart
There’s a greeter at the door
When you come back for more
Like a bottomless pit
Where you can buy all your shit
Chorus | C#m | B | A | B | C#m | B | A | E |
You can buy all your crap in a Big Box Store
It’s so cheap it doesn’t matter what you’re buying it for
Work all you life asking yourself what for
Just to horde all the junk from the warehouse floor
Mom & Pop are leaving
The townsfolk should be grieving
They’re to busy buying junk
To fill up their trunks
Now my town’s just like your town
Cause we all went down
Loaded up the carts
Until it all fell apart
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10. |
Bloody Tears
03:52
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Four Realizations (Bloody Tears) – Revised lyric
Words: Brett Todd
Music: E. Patrick Johnson
Verse: |D | D | Bm | Bm | G | G | D | F#7 |x2
Chorus: |G | G | Em | Em | C | C | G | B7 |
The clown and the apostle
were my best friends.
I kept them riding at my side
’til the eighth came to an end.
Today the thin man’s winning
and the grey man’s bought his fear.
I tried to walk off laughing,
but now cry bloody tears.
Bloody tears, bloody tears.
What became of our old school
when the green ink ran dry?
When the bald man dropped the sword
cursing his wayward eye?
When the disciples abandoned reading
for drowning in their beer?
Is the concrete campus crying
or shedding bloody tears?
Bloody tears, bloody tears.
My brittle little girl, she stole off
with the rings,
She vanished in false panic
thanks to her underlings.
Now I’m knee-deep in the river,
wading through dead years.
It’s way past midnight and
I’m crying bloody tears.
Bloody tears, bloody tears.
I’m still greeting each dawn
as a groom with no bride.
Breathing through my conscience
with my heart cast aside.
But my long night will end when
I burn her souvenirs;
My eyes will run dry
of these bloody tears.
Bloody tears, bloody tears.
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11. |
Mr. C's Blues
04:12
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12. |
Why Are You So Mean?
03:31
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Why Are You So Mean?
Chorus | E7 | A7 |
Why are you so mean?
Verse | C#m | A add9 |
I know your children, I know your spouse
How’d you turn out to be such a louse?
You’re uncivilized and uncouth
Lacking guidance in your youth
I see you’re sly as a fox
Your barbarous etiquette‘s outside of the box
You’re self absorbed, not observed
The way you treat others is absurd.
Bridge | C9 B9 | E7 |
One thing I’ve learned about your demeanor
Is it gets meaner & meaner & meaner
Meaner & meaner & meaner & meaner
I’m surprised your skin isn’t getting greener
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Pat Johnson Athens, Ontario
For two decades Pat Johnson has made his living solely from music as a performer, songwriter, instructor, author, recording
artist, record producer etc. He has released four full length albums of original songs and participated in various other recording projects. His most recent release “Stumps” (2018) is a commentary on popular culture regionally, globally, in the cosmos.
www.patjohnson.ca
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