Biography:
The Nightwatchman is the solo project of American musician Tom Morello (guitarist for Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, and Street Sweeper Social Club). Morello began performing as The Nightwatchman in 2003 (with some album covers showing Tom Morello The Nightwatchman or Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman).
Morello has explained, "The Nightwatchman is my political folk alter ego. I've been writing these songs and playing them at open mic nights with friends for some time.
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Other songs:
- Battle Hymns
- Garden Of Gethsemane
- House Gone Up In Flames
- Maximum Firepower
- Midnight In The City Of Destruction
- One Man Revolution
- Solidarity Forever
- Union Song
- Alone Without You
- Black Spartacus Heart Attack Machine
- Branding Iron
- Californias Dark
- Dark Clouds Above
- God Help Us All
- Gone Like Rain
- King Of Hell
- Lazarus On Down
- Let Freedom Ring
- Night Falls
- No One Left
- Rise To Power
- Saint Isabelle
- Save The Hammer For The Man
- Shake My Shit
- The Fabled City
- The Iron Wheel
- The King Of Hell
- The Lights Are On In Spidertown
- Union Town
- Whatever It Takes
- World Wide Rebel Songs
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Artist: The Nightwatchman
Song: Gone Like Rain
Album: The Fabled City
Riff: Am
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|------1------------------------------1-------------|
G|------2--2---------2-------------2---2-------2-----|
D|--2---2--2----0h2-----2----------2---2---0h2-------|
A|--0------0--------------0----0-2-0---0-------------|
E|---------------------------3-----------------------|
Riff x2
Am C G Am
With damn cursed eyes, the multitude sat
C G Am
As the kettle cars pulled along the rusty tracks
C G Am
One raised his hat in the fading light
C C/B G Am
Said excuse me sir,this doesn't seem right
Chorus:
Am G D Am
Now he's gone like whispers, gone like rain
G D Am
Gone like the faithful while the faithless remain
G D C
Gone like the stone the builder refused
C/B Am
Gone and overdue
Riff x2
Am C G Am
There's a river in Texas with a strong undertow
C G Am
No one crosses it to freedom, no one pans for gold
C G Am
Its waters are clear, its waters are cold
C C/B G Am
Its current is swift and no one knows where it goes, it's just
Chorus
C C/B Am
Gone and overdue
Harmonica solo:
Am G F
Am C/B
Am F
C
Riff x2
Am C G Am
In a cold desert corner, don't appear on no map
C G Am
Coyotes scream rips the night in half
C G Am
He hears the devil calling, footsteps on the path
C C/B G Am
So he chews off his own leg, to get out of the trap, and he's
Chorus
C C/B Am
Gone and overdue, hey hey hey
Riff x2
Song: Gone Like Rain
Album: The Fabled City
Riff: Am
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|------1------------------------------1-------------|
G|------2--2---------2-------------2---2-------2-----|
D|--2---2--2----0h2-----2----------2---2---0h2-------|
A|--0------0--------------0----0-2-0---0-------------|
E|---------------------------3-----------------------|
Riff x2
Am C G Am
With damn cursed eyes, the multitude sat
C G Am
As the kettle cars pulled along the rusty tracks
C G Am
One raised his hat in the fading light
C C/B G Am
Said excuse me sir,this doesn't seem right
Chorus:
Am G D Am
Now he's gone like whispers, gone like rain
G D Am
Gone like the faithful while the faithless remain
G D C
Gone like the stone the builder refused
C/B Am
Gone and overdue
Riff x2
Am C G Am
There's a river in Texas with a strong undertow
C G Am
No one crosses it to freedom, no one pans for gold
C G Am
Its waters are clear, its waters are cold
C C/B G Am
Its current is swift and no one knows where it goes, it's just
Chorus
C C/B Am
Gone and overdue
Harmonica solo:
Am G F
Am C/B
Am F
C
Riff x2
Am C G Am
In a cold desert corner, don't appear on no map
C G Am
Coyotes scream rips the night in half
C G Am
He hears the devil calling, footsteps on the path
C C/B G Am
So he chews off his own leg, to get out of the trap, and he's
Chorus
C C/B Am
Gone and overdue, hey hey hey
Riff x2
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