Biography:
David Bromberg (b. September 19, 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American guitarist. Bromberg has an eclectic style, playing bluegrass, blues, folk, country and western, and rock & roll equally well. He is known for his quirky, humorous lyrics. He has played with Jerry Jeff Walker and Bob Dylan, and is the co-writer, with former Beatle George Harrison, of the song The Holdup. He currently lives in Wilmington, Delaware where he owns a violin sales and repair shop. He occasionally performs at Wilmington's Grand Opera House.
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Spanish Johnny written by Paul Siebel based on 1917 poem by Willa Cather
as performed by David Bromberg
In the youtube video recording by David Bromberg the low 'E' string dropped to 'C'
https://youtu.be/vvH8kahSorY
Finger Picking style
[Verse 1]
C
Those other years, the dusty years
D
When we drove the big herds through
C
I tried to forget the miles we rode
D
And Spanish Johnny too
[Verse 2]
C D
He'd sit beside a water ditch when all his herd was in
C G D
And he'd never harm a child but sing to his mandolin
C
He sang the old songs, the old ways,
D
and the dealins' of our game
C D
Spanish Johnny seldom spoke, but sang songs of Spain
[Verse 3]
C
And his talk with men was vicious talk
D
When he was drunk on gin
C G D
Ah, but those were golden things he said to his mandolin
[GUITAR SOLO]
[vERSE 4]
C
We had to stand, we had to judge,
D
We had to stop him then
C D
For the hand so gentle to a child had killed so many men
[vERSE 5]
C D
He died a hard death long ago before the roads came in
C G D
And the night before he swung he sung to his mandolin
C
Well, we carried him out in the mornin' light
D
a man who done no good
C
And we lowered him down in the cold cold clay
D
Stuck in a cross of wood
C
And a letter he wrote to his kinfolk
D
To tell them where he'd been
C
And we shipped it on down to Mexico,
G D C
Along with his mandolin
as performed by David Bromberg
In the youtube video recording by David Bromberg the low 'E' string dropped to 'C'
https://youtu.be/vvH8kahSorY
Finger Picking style
[Verse 1]
C
Those other years, the dusty years
D
When we drove the big herds through
C
I tried to forget the miles we rode
D
And Spanish Johnny too
[Verse 2]
C D
He'd sit beside a water ditch when all his herd was in
C G D
And he'd never harm a child but sing to his mandolin
C
He sang the old songs, the old ways,
D
and the dealins' of our game
C D
Spanish Johnny seldom spoke, but sang songs of Spain
[Verse 3]
C
And his talk with men was vicious talk
D
When he was drunk on gin
C G D
Ah, but those were golden things he said to his mandolin
[GUITAR SOLO]
[vERSE 4]
C
We had to stand, we had to judge,
D
We had to stop him then
C D
For the hand so gentle to a child had killed so many men
[vERSE 5]
C D
He died a hard death long ago before the roads came in
C G D
And the night before he swung he sung to his mandolin
C
Well, we carried him out in the mornin' light
D
a man who done no good
C
And we lowered him down in the cold cold clay
D
Stuck in a cross of wood
C
And a letter he wrote to his kinfolk
D
To tell them where he'd been
C
And we shipped it on down to Mexico,
G D C
Along with his mandolin
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