Biography:
Gene Watson (born October 11, 1943) is an American country singer. He is most famous for his 1975 hit "Love in the Hot Afternoon" and his 1982 hit "Fourteen Carat Mind."
[edit] Biography
Watson was born in Palestine, Texas, in 1943 and began his music career in the early 1970s, performing in local clubs at night while working in a Houston auto body shop during the day. He only recorded for a few small, regional record labels until 1974, when Capitol Records picked up his album Love in the Hot Afternoon and released it nationally.
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Other songs:
- A Way To Survive
- After The Party
- Aint No Fun To Be Alone In San Antone
- Another Beer Drinking Song
- Baby Me Baby
- Because You Believed In Me
- Between This Time And The Next Time
- Carmen
- Cold Day In July
- Cowboys Dont Get Lucky All The Time
- Desperation
- Dont Look At Me In That Tone Of Voice
- Dont You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me
- Dreams Of A Dreamer Gone Blind
- Drinking My Way Back Home
- Everything I Used To Do
- Farewell Party
- Fourteen Carat Mind
- From Cotton To Satin
- Girl I Used To Run Around On
- Got No Reason Now For Going Home
- Honky Tonk Crazy
- I Dont Know How To Tell Her
- I Dont Need A Thing At All
- I Never Go Around Mirrors
- If I Painted A Picture
- Im A Fool For Leaving
- Love In The Hot Afternoon
- Memories To Burn
- No One Will Ever Know
- Old Loves Never Die
- Paper Rosie
- Pick The Wildwood Flower
- Raisn Cane In Texas
- Should I Go Home Or Should I Go Crazy
- The Jukebox Played Along
- The Old Man And His Horn
- The Truth Is I Lied
- This Dreams On Me
- This Is My Year For Mexico
- Three
- Three Minutes At A Time
- We Robbed Trains
- What She Dont Know Wont Hurt Her
- You Could Know As Much About A Stranger
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[Verse]
G G7 C
The Old man told his story
C G7 C
About the years gone by
C F
How he played his horn down in New Orleans
F
In some old dingy dive
C
"I knew 'em all back then." he said
C C7 F
As he reached out for his horn
F C
He closed his eyes and wet his lips
G7 C
Then the blues were born.
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C G7 C
He played with so much feelin'
C G7 C
Tears came from his eyes
F
He stopped and reminisced a bit
F
And then he gave a sigh!
C
Said, "You know, I almost made it
C C7 F
But that was before your time
F C
Dixieland, Po' Folks Blues
G7 C
Scatman Jack and wine. "
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F C F C
Slapped his knee and gave a grin
C F C
It sure was good back then
C G7
Reaching for his horn on the floor
F C F C
Placed it in an old towsack
C F C
That hung across his back
C F
He said "Goodbye!"
F C G7 C
And shuffled out the door.
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C G7 C
Enthused by what he told me
C G7 C
I never got his name
C F
So, I called the waitress over
F
And started to explain
C
A tired old man - his tarnished horn
C C7 F
Mem'ries of years gone by
F
How he played his horn and reminisced
G7 C
Smiled with tear-dimmed eyes.
[Verse]
C G7 C
She said you are mistaken
C G7 C
There's been no one but you
C F
But I know who you're talkin' 'bout
F
I used to know him, too
C
You'll find him down on Basin Street
C C7 F
In back of an old churchyard
F C
A stone that reads, "Rest in Peace"
C G7 C
I tried but it sure was hard. "
[Verse]
F C F C
Slapped his knee and gave a grin
C F C
It sure was good back then
C G7
Reaching for his horn on the floor
F C F C
Placed it in an old towsack
C F C
That hung across his back
C F
He said "Goodbye!"
F C G7 C
And shuffled out the door
G G7 C
The Old man told his story
C G7 C
About the years gone by
C F
How he played his horn down in New Orleans
F
In some old dingy dive
C
"I knew 'em all back then." he said
C C7 F
As he reached out for his horn
F C
He closed his eyes and wet his lips
G7 C
Then the blues were born.
[Verse]
C G7 C
He played with so much feelin'
C G7 C
Tears came from his eyes
F
He stopped and reminisced a bit
F
And then he gave a sigh!
C
Said, "You know, I almost made it
C C7 F
But that was before your time
F C
Dixieland, Po' Folks Blues
G7 C
Scatman Jack and wine. "
[Verse]
F C F C
Slapped his knee and gave a grin
C F C
It sure was good back then
C G7
Reaching for his horn on the floor
F C F C
Placed it in an old towsack
C F C
That hung across his back
C F
He said "Goodbye!"
F C G7 C
And shuffled out the door.
[Verse]
C G7 C
Enthused by what he told me
C G7 C
I never got his name
C F
So, I called the waitress over
F
And started to explain
C
A tired old man - his tarnished horn
C C7 F
Mem'ries of years gone by
F
How he played his horn and reminisced
G7 C
Smiled with tear-dimmed eyes.
[Verse]
C G7 C
She said you are mistaken
C G7 C
There's been no one but you
C F
But I know who you're talkin' 'bout
F
I used to know him, too
C
You'll find him down on Basin Street
C C7 F
In back of an old churchyard
F C
A stone that reads, "Rest in Peace"
C G7 C
I tried but it sure was hard. "
[Verse]
F C F C
Slapped his knee and gave a grin
C F C
It sure was good back then
C G7
Reaching for his horn on the floor
F C F C
Placed it in an old towsack
C F C
That hung across his back
C F
He said "Goodbye!"
F C G7 C
And shuffled out the door
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