Biography:
Richard P. "Richie" Havens (born January 21, 1941; died April 22, 2013) was an American folk singer and guitarist. He is best remembered for his intense, rhythmic guitar style (often in open tunings), soulful covers of pop and folk songs, and his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.
Born in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, Havens moved to Greenwich Village in 1961 in time to get in on the folk boom then taking place. Havens had a distinctive style as a folksinger
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Other songs:
- I Can't Make It Anymore
- Ooh Child
- Paradise
- Alone Together
- Fire And Rain
- Follow
- Freedom
- Gay Cavalier
- God Bless The Child
- Going Back To My Roots
- Handsome Johnny
- Helplessly Hoping
- Here Comes The Sun
- High Flyin Bird
- I Cant Make It Anymore
- Just Like A Woman
- Nobody Left To Crown
- On The Road To Calvary
- One More Day
- Stardust And Passion
- Strawberry Fields Forever
- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
- You'll Never Know
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opening song of Richie's set at Kate Wolf Memorial folk Festival at Laytonville Ca
night June 30 2007....impromptu'
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To those of you seeking perfection
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Oh Lord it's not a long long way to go
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All you need is a bit of reflection
Cm Bb Ab Eb
Just might seem like changing direction right now
Cm Bb Ab Eb
Don't go around taking up no collections
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On your way down
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There's nobody left to crown
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What if politicians were all good guys
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Oh Lord don't we wish they were
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We would not be so dependent
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On courts of law that make us all feel like defendents sometimes
Cm Bb Ab Eb
If we want freedom we've got to amend it
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On our way down
Bb7 Eb
There's nobody left to crown
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Be it ever so humble
Ab Eb
There's no place like home
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Home...home on the range
Ab Bb7 Eb
Where the fear and the antidotes play
Ab Bb7
Where seldom is heard
Ab Bb7
An encouraging word
Ab Bb7 Eb
And our leaders do nothing all day
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What if they gave an election
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And nobody came to vote
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The system it needs a bit of correction
Cm Bb Ab Eb
Just might seem like changing direction right now
Cm Bb Ab Eb
As it stands we don't even make the selections
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And to get into Heaven we even need a connection
Ab
On our way down
Bb7 Eb
There's nobody left to crown
Eb Bb
Nobody left to crown
Eb Bb
Nobody left to crown
Eb Bb
Nobody left to crown
night June 30 2007....impromptu'
Eb
To those of you seeking perfection
Ab Bb7 Eb
Oh Lord it's not a long long way to go
Eb Cm Bb Ab Eb
All you need is a bit of reflection
Cm Bb Ab Eb
Just might seem like changing direction right now
Cm Bb Ab Eb
Don't go around taking up no collections
Ab
On your way down
Bb7 Eb
There's nobody left to crown
Eb
What if politicians were all good guys
Ab Bb7 Eb
Oh Lord don't we wish they were
Eb Cm Bb Ab Eb
We would not be so dependent
Cm Bb Ab Eb
On courts of law that make us all feel like defendents sometimes
Cm Bb Ab Eb
If we want freedom we've got to amend it
Ab
On our way down
Bb7 Eb
There's nobody left to crown
Eb
Be it ever so humble
Ab Eb
There's no place like home
Eb
Home...home on the range
Ab Bb7 Eb
Where the fear and the antidotes play
Ab Bb7
Where seldom is heard
Ab Bb7
An encouraging word
Ab Bb7 Eb
And our leaders do nothing all day
Eb
What if they gave an election
Ab Bb7
And nobody came to vote
Eb Cm Bb7 Ab Eb
The system it needs a bit of correction
Cm Bb Ab Eb
Just might seem like changing direction right now
Cm Bb Ab Eb
As it stands we don't even make the selections
Eb Cm Bb7 Ab Eb
And to get into Heaven we even need a connection
Ab
On our way down
Bb7 Eb
There's nobody left to crown
Eb Bb
Nobody left to crown
Eb Bb
Nobody left to crown
Eb Bb
Nobody left to crown
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