Biography:
When singer/songwriter John Statz isn’t at home in Denver, Colorado, he’s out traveling the world, playing shows and writing and recording in places like Budapest, Slovenia, Quebec, and Anchorage. For his new album, Old Fashioned, he is bringing it back home. Whereas the previous album (Ghost Towns) was filled with worldly influences and subject matter, Old Fashioned brings us back to the heartland: Midwestern America.
Recorded in Iowa City with revered producer Bo Ramsey (Lucinda Williams
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John Statz - Silverton Mines
INTRO: B F# F#-F-E B F#-F-E B
F#
Got out of work
F#-F-E
A quarter past five
B
Head into town, just a little too high
F#
Don't care where we go
F#-F-E
As long as we ride
B F# F#-F-E B
Riding with the boys from the Silverton mines
F#
It was horse drawn
F#-F-E
Over Stony Pass
B
Runs a little funny, but don't you laugh
F#
She's a little too slow
F-E
And a little too fast
B E
Cranking up the engine and putting in the gas
CHORUS:
B
Fill 'er up
Dbm
We're heading on out
F# F#-F-E
Going down to Durango town
B
And if we make it
Dbm
Over the pass
F#
The snowfall's coming and we might not
E
Might not look back
INSTRUMENTAL: B Abm F# F#-F-E B Abm F#
B F# F#-F-E B F# F#-F-E B
F#
I'll tell you straight up
F#-F-E
I ain't gonna lie
B
Been drinking some whiskey and I'm itching to drive
F#
The sooner we crash, then the
F#-F-E
Sooner we die
B E
We won't have to work in those Silverton mines
CHORUS:
B
Fill 'er up
Dbm
We're heading on out
F# F#-F-E
Going down to Durango town
B
And if we make it
Dbm
Over the pass
F#
The snowfall's coming and we might not
E
Might not look back
OUTRO: B Abm F# F#-F-E B Abm F# B
INTRO: B F# F#-F-E B F#-F-E B
F#
Got out of work
F#-F-E
A quarter past five
B
Head into town, just a little too high
F#
Don't care where we go
F#-F-E
As long as we ride
B F# F#-F-E B
Riding with the boys from the Silverton mines
F#
It was horse drawn
F#-F-E
Over Stony Pass
B
Runs a little funny, but don't you laugh
F#
She's a little too slow
F-E
And a little too fast
B E
Cranking up the engine and putting in the gas
CHORUS:
B
Fill 'er up
Dbm
We're heading on out
F# F#-F-E
Going down to Durango town
B
And if we make it
Dbm
Over the pass
F#
The snowfall's coming and we might not
E
Might not look back
INSTRUMENTAL: B Abm F# F#-F-E B Abm F#
B F# F#-F-E B F# F#-F-E B
F#
I'll tell you straight up
F#-F-E
I ain't gonna lie
B
Been drinking some whiskey and I'm itching to drive
F#
The sooner we crash, then the
F#-F-E
Sooner we die
B E
We won't have to work in those Silverton mines
CHORUS:
B
Fill 'er up
Dbm
We're heading on out
F# F#-F-E
Going down to Durango town
B
And if we make it
Dbm
Over the pass
F#
The snowfall's coming and we might not
E
Might not look back
OUTRO: B Abm F# F#-F-E B Abm F# B
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