Biography:
John Townes Van Zandt (March 7, 1944 – January 1, 1997), better known as Townes Van Zandt, was a critically acclaimed American songwriter and singer. Much of Van Zandt’s musical canon--songs such as "Pancho and Lefty", "For the Sake of the Song", "Tecumseh Valley", "Rex's Blues", and "To Live is to Fly"--are widely considered masterpieces of American folk music. His musical style is often described as melancholy in sound and delivery with rich and poetic lyrics.
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Other songs:
- At My Window
- Be Here To Love Me
- Cocaine Blues
- Colorado Girl
- Dead Flowers
- Pancho And Lefty
- Poncho and Lefty
- To Live Is To Fly
- Upon My Soul
- Waiting Around To Die
- Waiting Round To Die
- A Song For
- Aint Leavin Your Love
- Alone And Forsaken
- Ballad Of Ira Hayes
- Big Country Blues
- Black Crow Blues
- Black Jack Mama
- Blue Wind Blew
- Brand New Companion
- Brother Flower
- Buckskin Stallion Blues
- Columbine
- Come Tomorrow
- Cowboy Junkies Lament
- Delta Momma Blues
- Dollar Bill Blues
- Dont Let The Sunshine Fool Ya
- Dont Take It Too Bad
- Dont You Take It Too Bad
- Fare Thee Well Miss Carousel
- Flyin Shoes
- For The Sake Of The Song
- Fraulein
- Greensboro Woman
- Heavenly Houseboat Blues
- Hey Willie Boy
- High Low And In Between
- Highway Kind
- I Aint Ever Satisfied
- If I Needed You
- Ill Be Here In The Morning
- Indian Cowboy
- Ira Hayes
- Kathleen
- Katie Belle Blue
- Like A Summer Thursday
- Little Willie The Gambler
- Loretta
- Lovers Lullaby
- Lungs
- Many A Fine Lady
- Marie
- Mr Mudd And Mr Gold
- My Proud Mountains
- No Deal
- No Place To Fall
- None But The Rain
- Nothin
- Only Him Or Me
- Our Mother The Mountain
- Pueblo Waltz
- Quicksilver Daydreams Of Maria
- Rake
- Rexs Blues
- Sad Cinderella
- Saint John The Gambler
- Second Lovers Song
- She Came And She Touched Me
- Sixteen Summers Fifteen Falls
- Snake Mountain Blues
- Snake Song
- Snow Dont Fall
- Snowin On Raton
- St John The Gambler
- Still Looking For You
- Tecumseh Valley
- Texas River Song
- The Catfish Song
- The Hole
- The Silver Ships Of Andilar
- Tower Song
- Turnstyled Junkpiled
- Two Girls
- Two Hands
- Waitin Around To Die
- Waiting For The Day
- When He Offers His Hand
- When Shes Acting This Way
- When Your Dream Lovers Die
- White Freight Liner Blues
- White Freightliner Blues
- You Are Not Needed Now
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"Snake Mountain Blues" from Out Mother the Mountain (1969)
by Townes Van Zandt
Em - Am - Am - Em
Em Am
Mr. Ten Dollar man, let me tell where you're bound
Em
Drink your green liquor, Lord, you'll roll to the ground
Em Am
But you come around here, with your money in your hand
Am7 Dm Em Am em
Taste of my woman, you die where you stand
Chorus:
Am Em
Snake Mountain blues, they got me down low
Am Em
I could die in the morning but no one would know
Em Am
My woman come 'round, my body she'd find
Dm Am
Go down to Dundee - have her a time
Em Am
Snake Mountain's gonna crumble, Lord, and fall from the sky
Em
before that woman of mine stops tellin' her lies
Em Am
If I'd die Lord she'd weep, she'd weep and she'd mourn
Em Am Em
Soon as I's buried... Forget I'd been born
Em Am
Well a black-skinned woman, she won't do you no wrong
Em
Slow to start moanin' - she don't moan for long
Em Am
Oh, a yellow-headed woman brings you nothin' but pain
Em Am Em
Take all you give her... she leaves only shame
Em Am
My Daddy, Lord he rides on a long holy train
Em
First winds of winter I'll see him again
Em Am
It's farewell to this yellow-headed misery I've known
Em Am Em
Snake Mountain's calling... Callin' me home
Chorus:
Am Em
Snake Mountain blues, they got me down low
Am Em
I could die in the morning but no one would know
Em Am
My woman come 'round, my body she'd find
Dm Am
Go down to Dundee - have her a time
by Townes Van Zandt
Em - Am - Am - Em
Em Am
Mr. Ten Dollar man, let me tell where you're bound
Em
Drink your green liquor, Lord, you'll roll to the ground
Em Am
But you come around here, with your money in your hand
Am7 Dm Em Am em
Taste of my woman, you die where you stand
Chorus:
Am Em
Snake Mountain blues, they got me down low
Am Em
I could die in the morning but no one would know
Em Am
My woman come 'round, my body she'd find
Dm Am
Go down to Dundee - have her a time
Em Am
Snake Mountain's gonna crumble, Lord, and fall from the sky
Em
before that woman of mine stops tellin' her lies
Em Am
If I'd die Lord she'd weep, she'd weep and she'd mourn
Em Am Em
Soon as I's buried... Forget I'd been born
Em Am
Well a black-skinned woman, she won't do you no wrong
Em
Slow to start moanin' - she don't moan for long
Em Am
Oh, a yellow-headed woman brings you nothin' but pain
Em Am Em
Take all you give her... she leaves only shame
Em Am
My Daddy, Lord he rides on a long holy train
Em
First winds of winter I'll see him again
Em Am
It's farewell to this yellow-headed misery I've known
Em Am Em
Snake Mountain's calling... Callin' me home
Chorus:
Am Em
Snake Mountain blues, they got me down low
Am Em
I could die in the morning but no one would know
Em Am
My woman come 'round, my body she'd find
Dm Am
Go down to Dundee - have her a time
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