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Man Behind The Drums

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Robert Earl Keen, Jr. (born January 11, 1956 in Houston, Texas) is an American singer-songwriter. Growing up, Keen was interested in music, sports, movies and writing. He attended Texas A&M University, enrolling in the school of journalism. Disappointed in the College Station, Texas music scene, he began playing guitar and learned to read and write music, basing his style on folk, country, blues and roots rock. In 1977 he rented a house from landlord Jack Boyett, where his neighbor was a then-unknown Lyle Lovett.

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Robert Earl Keen
The Man Behind The Drums
CD: The Rose Hotel

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We left New York City, with nothin' but a song,
C G F
she'll be coming' 'round the mountain when she comes.
C G Am F
We wound up in Woodstock, at an old time jamboree,
C G Fss
came to see the man behind the drums.||

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C F C F
Levon digs the doghouse, playing in The Band,
C G C D F
when he locks in to that backbeat it ain't hard to understand.
C F C F
Get your body movin', celebrate your soul,
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Levon digs the doghouse, that's sho-nuff rock and roll.

C G Am F
Son of a plain dirt farmer, from southeast Arkansas,
C G F
he was born in a bare ramblin' shoe.
C G Am F
Up and down the highway, and all around the world,
C G Fss
laying down the rhythm and the blues.

(Chorus)

C G Am F
We were hangin' from the rafters, singing every song,
C G F
that big barn band was hot as it could be.
C G Am F
Up there in the spotlight, the man behind the drums,
C G F
was takin' all the load off for you and me.

(Chorus)
C G C F G C
Yea, Levon digs the doghouse, that's sho-nuff rock and roll.