Biography:
Ha Ha Tonka is an American band, originally formed in West Plains, Missouri (and formerly known as Amsterband).
With a "Bible in one hand, broken bottle in the other" (Spin June '09) Ha Ha Tonka return with their sophomore effort on Bloodshot Records, Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South. The album takes listeners on a complex tour of the South—through lynchings and mob violence, sacrifice and reconciliation. It’s dense subject matter for any artist
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[Intro]
G G C G Am C D G C
G G C G Am C D G C
[Verse]
G
I'm almost to the age where I only do things
C
That I know how to do
Em G
I can make coffee and I can make small talk
Am C D
Cause who wants to try something new?
G C
Oh, who wants to try anything new?
G
I'm old enough to know better
But I'm old enough to know that
C
I could probably get away with it still
Em
It's a dangerous proposition
G
To ask yourself a question
Am C D
When knowing that answers can kill
G C
Oh, and I know that this answer will
[Chorus]
G
Dead to the world
I'm not dead to the world
C
I'm just dead to the world around me
Em
With my eyes closed so tightly
G
To all the possibilities
Am C D
I'm surprised that I could see
G C
Oh, that I was dead to the world around me
D
No I don't want to be
G C
Dead to the world around me
D G C
No I don't want to be dead, dead to the world around me
[Break]
G G C G Am C D G C
G G C G Am C D G
[Chorus]
C D
No I don't want to be
G C
Dead to the world around me
D
No I don't want to be
G C
Dead to the world around me
D G C
No I don't want to be dead, dead to the world around me
D G C
Ohh ohh ohh
D G C
Ohh ohh ohh
D G C
Ohh
D
No I don't want to be
G C
Dead to the world around me
D
No I don't want to be
G C
Dead to the world around me
D G
No I don't want to be dead, dead to the world around me
[Outro]
G G C G
G G C G Am C D G C
G G C G Am C D G C
[Verse]
G
I'm almost to the age where I only do things
C
That I know how to do
Em G
I can make coffee and I can make small talk
Am C D
Cause who wants to try something new?
G C
Oh, who wants to try anything new?
G
I'm old enough to know better
But I'm old enough to know that
C
I could probably get away with it still
Em
It's a dangerous proposition
G
To ask yourself a question
Am C D
When knowing that answers can kill
G C
Oh, and I know that this answer will
[Chorus]
G
Dead to the world
I'm not dead to the world
C
I'm just dead to the world around me
Em
With my eyes closed so tightly
G
To all the possibilities
Am C D
I'm surprised that I could see
G C
Oh, that I was dead to the world around me
D
No I don't want to be
G C
Dead to the world around me
D G C
No I don't want to be dead, dead to the world around me
[Break]
G G C G Am C D G C
G G C G Am C D G
[Chorus]
C D
No I don't want to be
G C
Dead to the world around me
D
No I don't want to be
G C
Dead to the world around me
D G C
No I don't want to be dead, dead to the world around me
D G C
Ohh ohh ohh
D G C
Ohh ohh ohh
D G C
Ohh
D
No I don't want to be
G C
Dead to the world around me
D
No I don't want to be
G C
Dead to the world around me
D G
No I don't want to be dead, dead to the world around me
[Outro]
G G C G
Habib
Habib Koite Bama (...)
Hachazo
Hachiku
Hacienda