Biography:
Slaid Cleaves (born Richard Slaid Cleaves on June 9, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter. He was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in South Berwick, Maine and Round Pond, Maine.
Slaid Cleaves’ music is marked by both the quirky blend of isolated eccentricity and steely resilience of his Yankee upbringing and the weathered soul of Texas, the state he has called home for over a decade now. First registering on the national folk scene by winning the Kerrville Folk Festival’s New Folk competition in 1992
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Other songs:
- Broken Down
- Drinkin' Days
- One Good Year
- Another Kind Of Blue
- Beautiful Thing
- Below
- Beyond Love
- Black T
- Borderline
- Breakfast In Hell
- Bring It On
- Broke Down
- Call It Sleep
- Cold And Lonely
- Cry
- Dance Around The Fire
- Dreams
- Drinkin Days
- Fairest Of Them All
- Flowered Dresses
- Getaway Car
- Go For The Gold
- Gods Own Yodeler
- Gone
- Green Mountains And Me
- Hard To Believe
- Hickory
- Hometown Usa
- Horses
- Horshoe Lounge
- I Bet She Does
- If I Had A Heart
- In The Rain
- Junkyard
- Key Chain
- Lydia
- Millionaire
- New Years Day
- No Angel Knows
- Not Going Down
- November Skies
- Oh Roberta
- Primer Gray
- Quick As Dreams
- Rust Belt Fields
- Sinners Prayer
- Song For June
- Still Fighting The War
- Temporary
- Texas Love Song
- This Morning I Was Born Again
- Tiger Tom Dixons Blues
- Tumbleweed Stew
- Twistin
- Voice Of Midnight
- Whim Of Iron
- Wishbone
- Without Her
- Working Stiff
- You Dont Have To Tell Me
- Youre A Mean One Mr Grinch
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Capo 1
In the verses, I like to do a [D] to [D/F#] to [G] walkup but it isn't necessary –
I just think it sounds a lot better.
Intro Chords: D G D G
D D/F# G D
It's New Years day, just like the day before
D D/F# G A
Same old sky of gray same empty bottles on the floor
Bm G D A
Another year gone by and I'm thinkin once again
D A G
How can I take this losin' hand, and somehow win
[Chorus 1]
D G
Just give me one good year
D
To get my feet back on the ground
D D/C# Bm A G
I've been chasin grace, but grace ain't so easily found
G D
One bad hand can devil a man
G D
Chase him and carry him down
G A D G
I gotta get out of here, just give me one good year
D D/F# G D
I'm burnin oil, engines runnin rough
D D/F# G A
I drive from job to job but it's never enough
Bm G D A
I cant find the will to just up and get away
D A G
Some kind of chain's holdin' me down and makes me stay
[Chorus 2]
D G
Just give me one good year
D
To get my feet back on the ground
D D/C# Bm A G
I've been chasin grace, but grace ain't so easily found
G D
One bad hand can devil a man
G D
Chase him and carry him down
G A D G
I gotta get out of here, just give me one good year
[Bridge]
G A
Its a bitter wind
Bm
In your face everyday
F#m
Its the little sins
D
That wear your soul away
G A
When you start givin in
Bm
Where do the promises all go
F#m A
Will your darkest hour write a blank check on your soul
[Solo]
[Chorus 3]
D G
Just give me one good year
D
To get my feet back on the ground
D D/C# Bm A G
I've been chasin' grace but grace ain't so easily found
G D
One bad hand can devil a man
G D
A good one can turn him around
G A
I gotta get out of here
Bm A
Just give me one good year
G A D G D G
I gotta get out of here, just give me one good year
In the verses, I like to do a [D] to [D/F#] to [G] walkup but it isn't necessary –
I just think it sounds a lot better.
Intro Chords: D G D G
D D/F# G D
It's New Years day, just like the day before
D D/F# G A
Same old sky of gray same empty bottles on the floor
Bm G D A
Another year gone by and I'm thinkin once again
D A G
How can I take this losin' hand, and somehow win
[Chorus 1]
D G
Just give me one good year
D
To get my feet back on the ground
D D/C# Bm A G
I've been chasin grace, but grace ain't so easily found
G D
One bad hand can devil a man
G D
Chase him and carry him down
G A D G
I gotta get out of here, just give me one good year
D D/F# G D
I'm burnin oil, engines runnin rough
D D/F# G A
I drive from job to job but it's never enough
Bm G D A
I cant find the will to just up and get away
D A G
Some kind of chain's holdin' me down and makes me stay
[Chorus 2]
D G
Just give me one good year
D
To get my feet back on the ground
D D/C# Bm A G
I've been chasin grace, but grace ain't so easily found
G D
One bad hand can devil a man
G D
Chase him and carry him down
G A D G
I gotta get out of here, just give me one good year
[Bridge]
G A
Its a bitter wind
Bm
In your face everyday
F#m
Its the little sins
D
That wear your soul away
G A
When you start givin in
Bm
Where do the promises all go
F#m A
Will your darkest hour write a blank check on your soul
[Solo]
[Chorus 3]
D G
Just give me one good year
D
To get my feet back on the ground
D D/C# Bm A G
I've been chasin' grace but grace ain't so easily found
G D
One bad hand can devil a man
G D
A good one can turn him around
G A
I gotta get out of here
Bm A
Just give me one good year
G A D G D G
I gotta get out of here, just give me one good year
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