Biography:
The Marshall Tucker Band is a Southern rock band.
Originally from Spartanburg, South Carolina, the band formed in 1972, and soon signed with Capricorn Records. In 1973 they released their first EP, simply titled 'The Marshall Tucker band.
Compared to Southern rock pioneers and label-mates The Allman Brothers Band, Marshall Tucker had a more country and western feel, with the flute being a key lead instrument in their sound. "Can't You See", "Fire on the Mountain"
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Other songs:
- 24 Hours At A Time
- A New Life
- Abs Song
- Am I That Kind Of Man
- Answer To Love
- Asking Too Much Of You
- Blue Ridge Mountain Sky
- Bob Away My Blues
- Cant You See
- Cattle Drive
- Change Is Gonna Come
- Desert Skies
- Dream Lover
- Driving You Out Of My Mind
- Fire On The Mountain
- Fly Eagle Fly
- Foolish Dreaming
- Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
- Good Ole Hurtin Song
- Heard It In A Love Song
- Holding On To You
- I Should Have Never Started Loving You
- If I Could See You One More Time
- In My Own Way
- Keeps Me From All Wrong
- Last Of The Singing Cowboys
- Life In A Song
- Losin You
- Low Down Ways
- Melody Ann
- Never Started Loving You
- Never Trust A Stranger
- Now Shes Gone
- Property Line
- Searchin For A Rainbow
- See You Later Im Gone
- Silverado
- Singing Rhymes
- Special Someone
- Stay In The Country
- Tell It To The Devil
- Texas On My Mind
- The Rain
- This Ol Cowboy
- This Old Cowboy
- Virginia
- Walkin And Talkin
- Walkin The Streets Alone
- Windy City Blues
- You Dont Live Forever
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A E C#7
Well I'm goin' down to the river
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I've got a cane pole in my hand
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I've got my redworms in a Maxwell house coffee can
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I'm gonna sit under a shade tree on a riverbank where it's cool
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I'm gonna close my eyes and dream and let the cork Bob away my blues
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Well I wake up every mornin' I pick peaches all day
E C#7
And on Saturday night we'll have a dance or two
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we might wallow in the hay
E C#7
Now the only thing that ever whipped my pa
A7 D9
Was this bad dude called old age
E C#7
And his last years were his best years
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And this is what he had to say
A D9
He said boy I've worked this dirt all my life
E7 E
but things ain't been good for awhile
F#m7
Why don't you move to the city make a little money
B7 C7 B7
you might be the first one in the family ever to die with a smile
E C#7
Well I took his advice things goin' well
A D9
But my friends are far and few
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But whoever said a city boy can't have them country blues
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Whoever said a city boy can't have them country blues
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Whoever said a city boy can't have them country blues
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Well honey they ain't talked to me and you
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A E C#7
Well I'm goin' down to the river
F#m7 B7 E B7
I've got a cane pole in my hand
E C#7 F#m7 B7
I've got my redworms in a Maxwell house coffee can
E G#7 A D9
I'm gonna sit under a shade tree on a riverbank where it's cool
E C#7 F#m7 B7 E
I'm gonna close my eyes and dream and let the cork Bob away my blues
E C#7 A7 D9
Well I wake up every mornin' I pick peaches all day
E C#7
And on Saturday night we'll have a dance or two
F#m7 B7 C7 B7
we might wallow in the hay
E C#7
Now the only thing that ever whipped my pa
A7 D9
Was this bad dude called old age
E C#7
And his last years were his best years
F#m7 B7 E C7 B7
And this is what he had to say
A D9
He said boy I've worked this dirt all my life
E7 E
but things ain't been good for awhile
F#m7
Why don't you move to the city make a little money
B7 C7 B7
you might be the first one in the family ever to die with a smile
E C#7
Well I took his advice things goin' well
A D9
But my friends are far and few
E C#7 F#m7 B7
But whoever said a city boy can't have them country blues
E C#7 F#m7 B7
Whoever said a city boy can't have them country blues
E C#7 F#m7 B7
Whoever said a city boy can't have them country blues
C7 B7 E
Well honey they ain't talked to me and you
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(The last line is played one strum per chord)
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