Biography:
The Handsome Family is an alternative country and americana band, formed in Chicago, Illinois, and currently based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The band was formed in 1993 by husband-and-wife duo Brett Sparks (vocals, guitar, keyboards) and Rennie Sparks (bass, banjo, vocals), along with drummer Mike Werner. The band would later revolve around Rennie, who writes the lyrics, and Brett, who writes the music. Guest musicians complete the band line-up for recordings and live work.
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Other songs:
- 24 Hour Store
- Bottomless Hole
- Far From Any Road
- Far From Any Road (true Detective Theme)
- Lizard
- My Sister's Tiny Hands
- So Much Wine
- The Woman Downstairs
- Weightless Again
- 1 Country Song
- 3
- A Beautiful Thing
- A Dark Eye
- A Shadow Underneath
- A Thousand Diamond Rings
- After We Shot The Grizzly
- All The Time In Airports
- All The Tvs In Town
- Amelia Earhart Vs The Dancing Bear
- Arlene
- Back In My Day
- Beautiful William
- Big Bad Wolf
- Birds You Cannot See
- Bowling Alley Bar
- Bury Me Here
- Caterpillars
- Cathedrals
- Claire Said
- Cold Cold Cold
- Darling My Darling
- Dont Be Scared
- Down In The Ground
- Down In The Valley Of Hollow Logs
- Drinking Beer On The Roof
- Drunk By Noon
- Dry Bones
- Eels
- Emily Shore 1819
- Everything That Rises Must Converge
- Fallen Peaches
- Far From Any Road True Detective Theme
- Flies
- Frogs
- Gail With The Golden Hair
- Gentlemen
- Giant Ant
- Giant Of Illinois
- Glow Worm
- Gold
- Grandmother Waits For You
- Gravity
- Green Willow Valley
- Gulls
- Happy Harvest
- Heres Hopin
- Honey Moon
- Hunter Green
- I Fell
- I Know You Are There
- In The Air
- June Bugs
- King Of Dust
- Lake Geneva
- Last Night I Went Out Walking
- Lie Down
- Linger Let Me Linger
- Love Is Like
- Moving Furniture Around
- My Beautiful Bride
- My Friend
- My Ghost
- My Sisters Tiny Hands
- No One Fell Asleep Alone
- Octopus
- One Way Up
- Our Blue Sky
- Owls
- Passenger Pigeons
- Peace In The Valley Once Again
- Pony
- Poor Poor Lenore
- She Awoke With A Jerk
- Sleepy
- Snowball
- Somewhere Else To Be
- Spider
- Stalled
- Teslas Hotel Room
- The Bottomless Hole
- The Dutch Boy
- The Forgotten Lake
- The House Carpenter
- The King Who Wouldnt Smile
- The Last
- The Loneliness Of Magnets
- The Lost Soul
- The Petrified Forest
- The Red Door
- The Red Leaf Forest
- The Sad Milkman
- The Sea Rose
- The Silver Light
- The Snow White Diner
- The Song Of 100 Toads
- The Song Of A Hundred Toads
- The White Dog
- The Winding Corn Maze
- There Is A Sound
- These Golden Jewels
- Tin Foil
- Tiny Tina
- Trail Of Time
- Underneath The Falls
- Unseen
- Up Falling Rock Hill
- Water Into Wine
- When It Rains
- When You Whispered
- Where The Birch Trees Lean
- White Lights
- Whitehaven
- Wild Wood
- Wildebeest
- Winnebago Skeletons
- Woman Downstairs
- Woodpecker
- Your Great Journey
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!
Where the Birch Trees Lean
From the album Through the Trees
[Intro]
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[Interlude]
E A C D E G F# B
[Verse]
E A C D E
Now that there are green sprouts pushing through dead leaves,
A E B
and fat yellow jackets float on the breeze,
E A C D E
the waves kiss the shore and the air is warm,
A E A E
but birch trees are falling now that you are gone.
[Chorus]
A C D E
Once we walked the crumbling cliffs
A C D E
where the birch trees lean;
A C D E
Once I kissed your apple lips
A E B
high above the sea.
[Interlude]
E A C D E G F# B
[Verse]
E A C D E
A year ago it was when the last clover grew.
A E B
Under creaking birch trees I would wait for you.
E A C D E
We kissed in the salt air between the leaning trees,
A E A E
white slender branches bent to the sea.
[Chorus]
A C D E
Once we walked the crumbling cliffs
A C D E
where the birch trees lean;
A C D E
now who will kiss your apple lips
A E B
under the salty sea
[Outro]
E F#m G#m F#m
E F#m G#m F#m G#m F#m E
From the album Through the Trees
[Intro]
E F#m G#m F#m G#m F#m E
e|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-4-|-4-2-2-2-|-0-|
B|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-4-|-4-2-2-2-|-0-|
G|-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-4-|-4-2-2-2-|-1-|
D|-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-6-|-6-4-4-4-|-2-|
A|-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-6-|-6-4-4-4-|-2-|
E|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-4-|-4-2-2-2-|-0-|
[Interlude]
E A C D E G F# B
[Verse]
E A C D E
Now that there are green sprouts pushing through dead leaves,
A E B
and fat yellow jackets float on the breeze,
E A C D E
the waves kiss the shore and the air is warm,
A E A E
but birch trees are falling now that you are gone.
[Chorus]
A C D E
Once we walked the crumbling cliffs
A C D E
where the birch trees lean;
A C D E
Once I kissed your apple lips
A E B
high above the sea.
[Interlude]
E A C D E G F# B
[Verse]
E A C D E
A year ago it was when the last clover grew.
A E B
Under creaking birch trees I would wait for you.
E A C D E
We kissed in the salt air between the leaning trees,
A E A E
white slender branches bent to the sea.
[Chorus]
A C D E
Once we walked the crumbling cliffs
A C D E
where the birch trees lean;
A C D E
now who will kiss your apple lips
A E B
under the salty sea
[Outro]
E F#m G#m F#m
E F#m G#m F#m G#m F#m E
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