Tom Russell (born in Los Angeles in either 1947 or 1948) is an American singer-songwriter from California, currently living in El Paso, Texas. His music incorporates elements of folk, traditional country & western, border and cowboy music of the American West. Russell's songs have been recorded by artists such as Johnny Cash, Ian Tyson, Nanci Griffith, Dave Alvin and others. In addition to his music, he is also an artist and published author.
In the 1980s Russell made four albums credited to the Tom Russell Band.
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Beyond the Blues Written by: Tom Russell, Peter Case, Bob Neuwirth CD: Tom Russell - The Long Way Around From: [email protected]
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[Verse] EAEEsus4E Old man on the corner, singing my life AEEsus4E And he's playing that guitar with a rusty old knife A And every line that he sings rhymes with the truth EBA And the promise of something beyond the blues E Beyond the blues
EAEEsus4E Me and my darling took the long way around AEEsus4E Through the wide open countries and the heart attack towns A To every fork in the road where we've all got to choose EBA Between darkness and light, beyond the blues
EAEEsus4E Beyond the blues, beyond the shadows, beyond the rain BE Beyond the darkness and all the pain AEEsus4E When you're walking in circles, with holes in your shoes BA Love is the road that leads out beyond the blues E Beyond the blues
EAEEsus4E Old man on the corner has been gone for years AEEsus4E And that guitar in the night bled rusty tears A But there's a song that he left us we'll never lose EBA That love is the road that leads beyond the blues E Beyond the blues
EAE Beyond the blues, beyond the shadows, beyond the rain BE Beyond the darkness and all the pain AE When you're walking in circles, with holes in your shoes BA Love is the road that leads out beyond the blues E Beyond the blues BA Love is the road that leads out beyond the blues