Biography:
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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Other songs:
- A Bowl Of Red
- A Hard Rains A
- A Land Called Way Out There
- Acres Of Corn
- Aint No More Cane On The Brazos
- Alkali
- All This Way For The Short Ride
- Amelias Railroad Flat
- America The Beautiful
- American Rivers
- Angel Of Lyon
- Beyond The Blues
- Box Of Visions
- Bucking Horse Moon
- Bus Station
- Canadian Whisky
- Carrickfergus
- Claude Dallas
- Criminology
- Cropduster
- Dance Hall Girls
- Down The Rio Grande
- East Of Woodstock West Of Viet Nam
- El Llano Estacado
- En Canadien Errant
- Evangeline Hotel
- Finding You
- Furious Love For Liz
- Gallo Del Cielo
- Guadalupe
- Gulf Coast Highway
- Hallie Lonnigan
- Hills Of Old Juarez
- If I Had A Gun
- Isaac Lewis
- Little Blue Horse
- Love Abides
- Love Makes A Fool Out Of The Wise
- Mandarin Oranges
- Manzanar
- Mineral Wells
- Navajo Rug
- Oil Field Girls
- Old Blue
- Pilgrim Land
- Racehorse Haynes
- Rambler Gambler
- Rider On An Orphan Train
- Rose Of San Joaquin
- Santa Fe At Midnight
- Sitting Bull In Venice
- Somebodys Husband Somebodys Son
- Sonoras Death Row
- Spanish Burgundy
- Stealing Electricity
- The Ballad Of Edward Abbey
- The Dutchman
- The Eyes Of Robert Duran
- The Eyes Of Roberto Duran
- The Greatest Show On Earth
- The John Bull Tin
- The Kid From Spavinaw
- The Man From God Knows Where
- The Next Thing Smokin
- The Old Rugged Cross
- The Railroad Boy
- The Rose Of Roscrae
- The Rose Of The San Joaquin
- The Santa Fe At Midnight
- The Sky Above The Mud Below
- The Water Is Wide
- Throwin Horseshoes At The Moon
- Throwing Horseshoes At The Moon
- Tonight We Ride
- Touch Of Evil
- Veterans Day
- Walkin On The Moon
- Walking On The Moon
- Wayfarin Stranger
- What Work Is
- When Sinatra Played Juarez
- When The Wolves No Longer Sing
- Where The Dream Begins
- Whos Gonna Build Your Wall
- Winnipeg
- Woodrow
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Dance Hall Girls
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by: Tom Russell
written by: Fraser & DeBolt
C G C
These dance hall girls, they'll treat you kind
C F C
They'll give you their bodies, but you'll never touch their minds
F C F Em F
They'll fill you up, with lipstick lies
F C
Then they'll put you down son
G Am D
Don't be surprised
D C G F C G C
Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore?
C G C
I held her mountains, I kissed her plains
C F C
I touched her sunshine, Lord then I drank her rains
F C F Em F
But I went too far, I broke too fast
F C
I thought I had a winner picked
G Am D
But I came in last, again
D C G F C G C
Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore?
Refrain:
Em F C
I must have chosen the wrong season to come down
Em F G
I never realized they call this sacred ground
G C G C
My sense of time, hell I'm a week behind
C F C
I sent a letter home, but this all takes time you know
F C F Em F
I gotta get some money, I wanna go back home
F C
But these dance hall girls
C G Am D
Know how to make a man feel alone
D C G F C G C
Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore?
Solo: Play through one verse
Repeat Refrain
G C G C
My sense of time, hell I'm a week behind
C F C
They'll give you their bodies, but you'll never touch their minds
F C F Em F
They'll fill you up, with lipstick lies
F C
These dance hall girls say
G Am D
They can't stand to see a grown man cry
D C G F
Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore?
F C G F
Is this the way it always is here in Montreal?
F C G F C G
Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore?
F C G F C G C
>From the album Song Of The West - The Cowboy Collection 1997 BMG/Hightone Records
Transcribed by: Greg Yuriy
Feel free to send comments to [email protected]
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
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Dance Hall Girls
================
by: Tom Russell
written by: Fraser & DeBolt
C G C
These dance hall girls, they'll treat you kind
C F C
They'll give you their bodies, but you'll never touch their minds
F C F Em F
They'll fill you up, with lipstick lies
F C
Then they'll put you down son
G Am D
Don't be surprised
D C G F C G C
Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore?
C G C
I held her mountains, I kissed her plains
C F C
I touched her sunshine, Lord then I drank her rains
F C F Em F
But I went too far, I broke too fast
F C
I thought I had a winner picked
G Am D
But I came in last, again
D C G F C G C
Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore?
Refrain:
Em F C
I must have chosen the wrong season to come down
Em F G
I never realized they call this sacred ground
G C G C
My sense of time, hell I'm a week behind
C F C
I sent a letter home, but this all takes time you know
F C F Em F
I gotta get some money, I wanna go back home
F C
But these dance hall girls
C G Am D
Know how to make a man feel alone
D C G F C G C
Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore?
Solo: Play through one verse
Repeat Refrain
G C G C
My sense of time, hell I'm a week behind
C F C
They'll give you their bodies, but you'll never touch their minds
F C F Em F
They'll fill you up, with lipstick lies
F C
These dance hall girls say
G Am D
They can't stand to see a grown man cry
D C G F
Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore?
F C G F
Is this the way it always is here in Montreal?
F C G F C G
Is this the way it always is here in Baltimore?
F C G F C G C
>From the album Song Of The West - The Cowboy Collection 1997 BMG/Hightone Records
Transcribed by: Greg Yuriy
Feel free to send comments to [email protected]
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