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Anders Osborne (born 1966, Uddevalla, Sweden) is a Swedish-born American singer and songwriter.
Between the potency of his incredibly deep songwriting, his soulful vocals and his subtle, expert guitar work, New Orleans’ Osborne is a true musical treasure. He is among the most original and visionary musicians writing and performing today. OffBeat magazine named Osborne as the Crescent City’s Best Roots Rock Artist and declared him the city’s Best Guitarist for two years straight.
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This song is very loose 2 chord structure throughout the verses. He kind of hits the
bottom D string and then plucks the top strings. Just play with t.
Drop D Tuning
Chords Used:
G D C
e|----7------------------5-----------------3---------------------------------|
B|----8------------------7-----------------5---------------------------------|
G|----7------------------7-----------------5---------------------------------|
D|----0------------------0-----------------0---------------------------------|
A|----X------------------X-----------------X---------------------------------|
D|----0------------------0-----------------0---------------------------------|
VERSE 1
G D G D
He came from Northern California
G D G D
He loved to ride them trains
G D G D
He had a hand made beat up leather bag where he kept all his childhood pains
G D G D
Left his mama and his daddy, When he was barely 16
G D G D
You know he never really followed money, Never really had a dream
CHORUS
C
Loved the thought of drifting
C
to live by no mans plan
C
solitude is freedom, yeah
C G D G D
The road made him a man
VERSE 2
G D G D
From coast to coast across every state, on Pacific Illinois
G D G D
He saw every town he every town dreamt about since he was a little boy
G D G D
He ended up down in New Orleans working on a folsom farm
G D G D
He took LSD and danced all night, you know he met a woman that made him calm
CHORUS
C
Loved the thought of drifting
C
to live by no mans plan
C
solitude is freedom, yeah
C G D G D
The road made him a man
VERSE 3
G D G D
Somewhere deep inside of him changed when he saw her face
G D G D
yeah he felt like she knew him well from another time and place
G D G D
you know they woke up with the sun one day and their travelin' days were done
G D G D
settled down in a shotgun house, down on bayou St. John
CHORUS
C
Loved the thought of drifting
C
To live by no mans land
C
Solitude is freedom, yeah
C
The road made him a man
**Instrumental Break**
OUTRO
G D
Ride that river on to Mississippi soul (X3)
G D
And if you wind that river long enough you get Louisiana gold
G D
you get Louisiana gold (x3)
bottom D string and then plucks the top strings. Just play with t.
Drop D Tuning
Chords Used:
G D C
e|----7------------------5-----------------3---------------------------------|
B|----8------------------7-----------------5---------------------------------|
G|----7------------------7-----------------5---------------------------------|
D|----0------------------0-----------------0---------------------------------|
A|----X------------------X-----------------X---------------------------------|
D|----0------------------0-----------------0---------------------------------|
VERSE 1
G D G D
He came from Northern California
G D G D
He loved to ride them trains
G D G D
He had a hand made beat up leather bag where he kept all his childhood pains
G D G D
Left his mama and his daddy, When he was barely 16
G D G D
You know he never really followed money, Never really had a dream
CHORUS
C
Loved the thought of drifting
C
to live by no mans plan
C
solitude is freedom, yeah
C G D G D
The road made him a man
VERSE 2
G D G D
From coast to coast across every state, on Pacific Illinois
G D G D
He saw every town he every town dreamt about since he was a little boy
G D G D
He ended up down in New Orleans working on a folsom farm
G D G D
He took LSD and danced all night, you know he met a woman that made him calm
CHORUS
C
Loved the thought of drifting
C
to live by no mans plan
C
solitude is freedom, yeah
C G D G D
The road made him a man
VERSE 3
G D G D
Somewhere deep inside of him changed when he saw her face
G D G D
yeah he felt like she knew him well from another time and place
G D G D
you know they woke up with the sun one day and their travelin' days were done
G D G D
settled down in a shotgun house, down on bayou St. John
CHORUS
C
Loved the thought of drifting
C
To live by no mans land
C
Solitude is freedom, yeah
C
The road made him a man
**Instrumental Break**
OUTRO
G D
Ride that river on to Mississippi soul (X3)
G D
And if you wind that river long enough you get Louisiana gold
G D
you get Louisiana gold (x3)
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