Biography:
John Gorka (born in July 1958) is an American contemporary folk musician. In 1991, Rolling Stone magazine called him "the pre-eminent male singer-songwriter of what has been dubbed the New Folk Movement.
Gorka was born in Edison, New Jersey. He received his first guitar as a Christmas gift, though Gorka alleges that his older brother stole it from him shortly thereafter. He eventually learned, instead, to play the banjo, and began performing in a folk music group at his church.
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John Gorka - Down In The Milltown
CAPO: 2nd Fret
INTRO: C F C
Ah, when my shift is over
F
And I'm headed home
C
I don't listen to the radio
I like to be alone
G F C
I like to be alone
I've had my fill of people
F
And all that factory noise
C
I listen to the engine
It's a sound that I enjoy
G F C
It's a sound that I enjoy
Well, I drive on past the drive-in
F
On past the movie lights
C
Past the fenced in fantasies
That slip into the night
G F C F
I slip into the night
CHORUS:
Em
Down in the milltown
Am G F C
The milltown so low
F Dm
Hang your head over
C F C F
Feel the wind blow
C
I wonder what's for dinner
F
If she'll be waiting there
C
She has to wake up early
She has to do her hair
G F C
She has to do her hair
And if I need a cold one
F
There's a tavern up the street
C
The company of loners
Is still company to me
G F C F
Yes, they're company to me
CHORUS:
Em
Down in the milltown
Am G F C
The milltown so low
F Dm
Hang your head over
C F C F
Feel the wind blow
C
And if my dreams treat me badly
F
And I cry out at night
C
Shake me to my senses
And I will be alright
G F C F
Yes, I will be alright
CHORUS:
Em
Down in the milltown
Am G F C
The milltown so low
F Dm
Hang your head over
C F
Feel the wind blow
CHORUS:
Em
Down in the milltown
Am G F C
The milltown so low
F C
Hang your head over
F C
Hang your head over
F Dm
Hang your head over
C F C F C
Feel the wind blow
CAPO: 2nd Fret
INTRO: C F C
Ah, when my shift is over
F
And I'm headed home
C
I don't listen to the radio
I like to be alone
G F C
I like to be alone
I've had my fill of people
F
And all that factory noise
C
I listen to the engine
It's a sound that I enjoy
G F C
It's a sound that I enjoy
Well, I drive on past the drive-in
F
On past the movie lights
C
Past the fenced in fantasies
That slip into the night
G F C F
I slip into the night
CHORUS:
Em
Down in the milltown
Am G F C
The milltown so low
F Dm
Hang your head over
C F C F
Feel the wind blow
C
I wonder what's for dinner
F
If she'll be waiting there
C
She has to wake up early
She has to do her hair
G F C
She has to do her hair
And if I need a cold one
F
There's a tavern up the street
C
The company of loners
Is still company to me
G F C F
Yes, they're company to me
CHORUS:
Em
Down in the milltown
Am G F C
The milltown so low
F Dm
Hang your head over
C F C F
Feel the wind blow
C
And if my dreams treat me badly
F
And I cry out at night
C
Shake me to my senses
And I will be alright
G F C F
Yes, I will be alright
CHORUS:
Em
Down in the milltown
Am G F C
The milltown so low
F Dm
Hang your head over
C F
Feel the wind blow
CHORUS:
Em
Down in the milltown
Am G F C
The milltown so low
F C
Hang your head over
F C
Hang your head over
F Dm
Hang your head over
C F C F C
Feel the wind blow
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