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Hank and Tee Tot
02:40
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Hank & Tee Tot (Rufus Payne)
©E. Patrick Johnson
July 2011
| G7 | D7 | C7 | C#dim7 | G7 E7 | A7 D7 | G7 | Daug |
When Hank was just a boy
Tee tot showed him the blues
He sang that lonely bluenote just like the whippoorwill
The beat would shuffle steady as the midnight train
Pick one note and let it ring
From Bangladesh to Burbon St., From Nashville to the moon
Muddy Waters or Jimmy Rogers
Had only 12 tones to choose
I grew up on the farm
I’m hear to sing the blues
Rhinestones, Bling or Prada – Nudie shirts and biker boots
No matter who you are
There’s only 12 tones to choose
Bridge - | C | G | x3 | Bb | C |
Then Elvis sang like a Blackman
Charlie Pride wore a Stetson
The Stones love their honky tonks
Rednecks love badonkadonk
Every gig I play
My friends come up to me and say
How you like that country beat man
I say “I can make with it all day”
Be it jumpin’ jazz or hillbilly
I’ve only got 12 tones to choose
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2. |
CJ Shuffle
03:40
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3. |
Stumps
02:33
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Stumps
(c) E. Patrick Johnson
August 19, 2015
| E7 | % | A7 | % | E7 | % | B7 | E7 | % |
Living in the land of stumps
Where the slack jawed crickets don’t jump
Was it something I said made you turn your head
I mean even a pig would grunt
Fast food as far as the eye can see
Its like the bank of obesity
Land to mouth, its inevitable drought
without that little Honey bee
All the movies have the same plot
All the tunes have the same thought
bring in the trash, for the rehash
They’re gonna feed it to the flock
Bridge G#7 | C#9 | F#7 | B9 |
Like the poster children for bliss
Graduated from the school of ignorance
Cut our nose to spite our face
Just to keep up the pace
Mandolin Solo
If you want to meet the remunerator
You have to play to the lowest common-denominator
This is the curse, it can always get worse
And the bus driver is a banker.
Seems my perspective is askew
Maybe I’m missing a screw
The devil is in the details, we’ll go of the rails
So you best get me before I get you.
Bridge
(Because the rules say this song is too short)
Whaa Whaa Whaa etc.
Solo
Repeat - Verse 1
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4. |
Radio Head Blues
02:57
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Radio Head Blues
© E. Patrick Johnson, Aug. 13, 2013
There’s a radio in their heads, it’s all they listen to
They got radios in their heads, it’s all they listen to
Never turnin’ the dial,
Drinkin’ the same old brew
All they want hear are the most familiar songs x2
I feel all alone
feel like I don’t belong
Got holes in their souls, the message is perfectly clear x2
When I play my songs
I might as well disappear
Pack up my guitar, Pack it up and go x2
With a pocketful of songs
Won’t be back no more
The powers on the hill will make beggars of us all x2
We’re gonna play to their greed and we’re all bound to crawl
Songs they want to hear, Can play it for themselves x2
Going to pack up this guitar and move it on down the road.
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5. |
Shopper's Blues
02:28
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Shopper’s Blues
© E. Patrick Johnson, Sept. 2012
We buy loads of things
Things to fill a void
our appetite is endless
like the Energizer droid
wants become needs
bought so we can feed - ON
motercycles, homes and cars
TV’s, boats, amps and guitars
iPods, iPads, Macs and phones
on shinny stuff we shop like drones
We can’t resist the urge
The urge to go and splurge
lined up at the cash
bringing home the trash
Like a see-food diet
we just go and buy it
Some of which are impotent tools
Most of them are toys for fools.
coffee machines, whipper snippers,
stereos, laptop computers
Shoppers get the blues,
They can’t seem to choose
So take one of each,
It’s all within your reach
You work to earn it,
Someday they’ll burn it.
Magazines and makeup cases,
video games and red shoe laces
Christmas is the time, Right this way to hell
Buy, buy, buy, Sell, sell, sell, sell
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6. |
Puddin' Head
02:28
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7. |
Backdoor Light
03:04
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Backdoor Light
© E. Patrick Johnson
July 2011
Cut time feel
| A | C#m | D | A | x2
| D | C#m | Bm | A |
| A | C#m | D | A |
There was a time Billy was a content man
Now things have changed from where he stands
Maggie went and left Billy all alone
It was hard times on Billy, her deceit did unfold
Maggie turned her back on him
For the sound of an old mandolin
She was born to break hearts with a guarantee
Now Maggie’s running Scot-free
Billy bought a house, Maggie got a Humvee
Maggie said domestic living’s not for me
What did Billy expect, Maggie’s out on the town?
Billy got lost, Maggie got found
Bridge | E | F#m | x3
| C#m G#m | A F#m |
Happiness is a selfish pursuit
She stuck to her guns and hauled in the loot
She’s got her cake and eats it too
Solo over Verse
She came home in the morning sun was shining bright
Billy had turned off her backdoor light
Little bit of blue came with the grey
Her hair was messed up what more could he say
Maggie maybe its best if you’re on your way
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8. |
Our Dime
03:58
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Our Dime
Don’t do what they say
Don’t say what they do
I’m work’n for a living people
How about you?
Just a slack bunch of jokers
We’re all workin’ for the man
I think it’s about time people
you take yourself a stand
I’ll cut your throat
You cut mine
We’ll let Boss Hog
run away with our dime, run away
Don’t say what they mean
Don’t mean what they say
Salt of the earth
can’t make a living today
Don’t matter your colour
Don’t matter your creed
We’re all subject to the
limitations of corporate greed
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9. |
Annie Rae Two Step
03:30
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10. |
Drive You Out Of My Mind
02:39
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Drive You Out Of My Mind
Nellie Holmes (c) 2010
Phone Rings and I hear your voice
Can’t hear what you have to say
Don’t think you’re giving me a choice
You Keep on talking but I’m far away
Thoughts go round and round in my head
Feel like I’ve been here before
And suddenly I’m full of dread
I know you’ll hurt me to the core
I gotta hang up the phone
Get in my car
Listen to the engine drone
Drive real fast and far
Try to drive you out of my mind
I think I know it’s time to go
I hang on for old time’s sake
Never thought I’d sink so low
Keep repeating the same mistake
How did things go south so fast
I didn’t really think it through
I was sure this love would last
And in the end I just want you
Chorus
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11. |
Great Reward Blues
05:40
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Great Reward Blues
© E. Patrick Johnson
July 11, 2012
Lord, Oh Lord there’s been some mistake x2
Pray to the Lord my soul to take
Got to mind my way to the Pearly Gates
I have not one good thing to say x2
I feel no joy, no peace of mind
Living is relieved on the day of dying
I do the very best I can x2
The best I can with what I got
Lord, what I got is not a lot
Its a frightful case of misery x2
Up in the morning and down on my knees
Take me know, if you please
Blues as far as the eye can see
Blues as far as the ear can hear
Cry at night Lord, take me away from here
Of the great reward I have no fear
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12. |
Everything Is Free
03:57
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Everything Is Free
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Everything is free now
That's what they say
Everything I ever done
Gonna give it away
Someone hit the big score
They figured it out
That we're gonna do it anyway
Even if it doesn't pay
I can get a tip jar
Gas up the car
Try to make a little change
Down at the bar
Or I can get a straight job
I've done it before
Never minded working hard
It's who I'm working for
Chorus
Every day I wake up
Hummin' a song
But I don't need to run around
I just stay home
And sing a little love song
My love, to myself
If there's something that you want to hear
You can sing it yourself
'Cause everything is free now
That's what I say
No one's got to listen to
The words in my head
Someone hit the big score
And I figured it out
That we're gonna do it anyway
Even if it doesn't pay
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13. |
Chipmunk Rag
02:49
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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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