Biography:
John Gorka (born in July 1958) is an American contemporary folk musician. In 1991, Rolling Stone magazine called him "the pre-eminent male singer-songwriter of what has been dubbed the New Folk Movement.
Gorka was born in Edison, New Jersey. He received his first guitar as a Christmas gift, though Gorka alleges that his older brother stole it from him shortly thereafter. He eventually learned, instead, to play the banjo, and began performing in a folk music group at his church.
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John Gorka - Oh Abraham
CAPO: 4th Fret
INTRO: C F C F Am G F G Am G F G C
F C
I see a penny and I pick it up
F G
If not the money, I could use the luck
F G
And if it's face down then I turn it over
F G C
Head for Wood Avenue, between Inman and New Dover
F C F C
Back in my home town
F C
Gas is cheaper where I'm from, but the
F C
Driving's not so good
F
People go and stay where they should not
C F G
And they don't do it like I would
PRE-CHORUS:
F G
Work is not the same as before
F G C F
More software hands in the hardware store__
C F Am
Yeah, yeah, hmmm, hmmm
CHORUS:
G F
Oh, Abraham look at all the money now
G F
Oh, Abraham goodnight
G F
It's your party, but I'll cry if I want to
I wouldn't care how much they have
C F C F C
If they would only do what's right
F C
I was born by a Kerouac stream
F C
Under Eisenhower skies
F C
They saw freedom as a big idea
F G
Now it was right before my eyes
PRE-CHORUS:
F G
They say Jack helped to build the Pentagon
F G C F
And Ike built the interstate that we are off and on___
C F Am
Off and on, hmmm, hmmm
CHORUS:
G F
Oh, Abraham was it all about the money then
G F
Oh, Abraham goodnight
G F
It's your party, but I'll cry if I want to
All moneyed up and charmed with might
C F
So we are right, we're always right
BRIDGE:
C
We're right, they're wrong
F
Let them get their own song
C
We're right, they're wrong
F C F C
Let them get their own song
F C
I see a penny and I pick it up
F C
Ninety-nine more and I have a buck
G
Abe, you were born in old Kentuck'
F C F C
But we still miss you here
CAPO: 4th Fret
INTRO: C F C F Am G F G Am G F G C
F C
I see a penny and I pick it up
F G
If not the money, I could use the luck
F G
And if it's face down then I turn it over
F G C
Head for Wood Avenue, between Inman and New Dover
F C F C
Back in my home town
F C
Gas is cheaper where I'm from, but the
F C
Driving's not so good
F
People go and stay where they should not
C F G
And they don't do it like I would
PRE-CHORUS:
F G
Work is not the same as before
F G C F
More software hands in the hardware store__
C F Am
Yeah, yeah, hmmm, hmmm
CHORUS:
G F
Oh, Abraham look at all the money now
G F
Oh, Abraham goodnight
G F
It's your party, but I'll cry if I want to
I wouldn't care how much they have
C F C F C
If they would only do what's right
F C
I was born by a Kerouac stream
F C
Under Eisenhower skies
F C
They saw freedom as a big idea
F G
Now it was right before my eyes
PRE-CHORUS:
F G
They say Jack helped to build the Pentagon
F G C F
And Ike built the interstate that we are off and on___
C F Am
Off and on, hmmm, hmmm
CHORUS:
G F
Oh, Abraham was it all about the money then
G F
Oh, Abraham goodnight
G F
It's your party, but I'll cry if I want to
All moneyed up and charmed with might
C F
So we are right, we're always right
BRIDGE:
C
We're right, they're wrong
F
Let them get their own song
C
We're right, they're wrong
F C F C
Let them get their own song
F C
I see a penny and I pick it up
F C
Ninety-nine more and I have a buck
G
Abe, you were born in old Kentuck'
F C F C
But we still miss you here
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