Son Volt is an alternative country group which formed in 1994 in St. Louis, Missouri. The band currently consists of Jay Farrar (vocals, guitar), Chris Masterson (guitar), Andrew Duplantis (bass, vocals), Mark Spencer (keyboards) and Dave Bryson (drums). Farrar is the only original member remaining in the band.
Son Volt formed after the breakup of the band Uncle Tupelo, owing to the simmering creative differences between songwriters Farrar and Jeff Tweedy.
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
**Note: All of the chords listed below may at first seem a bit overwhelming, but actually they are all just very slight variations of themselves. In fact, most of the C-chords and F-chords simply involve a 3-1-0 progression on the little e-string.
Chords used (eBGDAE) - names of some may be incorrect:
[C]Love is the pavement With spit in your heart [C2] [Csus4] [Cmaj7] [C] [C]Slow diamonds no laughter Sweep the hell[F]hound trail
[C]Translate the faces Wash off the dust [C2] [Csus4] [Cmaj7] [C] [C]Smoke plume twilight American [F]tears
[F] [F] [F]
[C] [C] [Am] [Am]
[C]Prairie burnt eyes tell the hell and break through the [Am]lens [C]Feed the buildings by the coast a flagrant [Am]dance [F] [Dsus2]Wounded in the world by a single twist of [C]hate And it's all [C/B]over now [F*]You're headed for the atmosphere [F*]You're headed for the atmo[C2]sphere
Intro chords
[C]Pick up the blessings Meet the new sky [C2] [Csus4] [Cmaj7] [C] [C]Summoned to live up to The speculation [F]din
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[F]Getting that old time feeling [C]again [F]Madmen on both sides of the [C]fence [F]Getting that old time feeling [C]again [F]Madmen on both sides of the [C]fence [F]
[F] [F] [F]
[C] [C] [Am] [Am]
[C]Melody of riot in the wilderness of oxy[Am]gen [C]Mercy on the waterfall mist in the middle class [Am]sea [F] [Dsus2]Wounded in the world by a single twist of [C]hate And it's all [C/B]over now [F*]You're headed for the atmosphere [F*]You're headed for the atmo[C2]sphere