Born in Los Angeles in 1987, Robert Francis grew up surrounded by music. His father is a classical music producer and eccentric owner of one of the largest collections of sheet music in the U.S. One of Francis' earliest memories is his father "blasting music at full volume in his cluttered office under fluorescent lights until 4 a.m. while I was trying to sleep in the room next door." His mother, one of nine sisters, grew up in Mexico in a town so small that "it's just dirt
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Alice" - Robert Francis ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The intro and verse is G with hammer on and off second fret D string. listen to the it's all there. there are some fills here and there too.
G i was destined for greatness it's what my mother once told me but now that i'm older D the future don't see the way she sees
CG whiskey and the blues GG/F#Em tissues i can't use GC they don't dry it up G i don't use 'em no more
AmG alice oh alice (Em) D where have ya been AmG there's light at the window (Em) D and it slowly pinches in AmG alice oh alice (Em) D time and misery AmG it moves rather slowly GEmC it's the only way i see
i was destined for greatness it's the way it shoulda been but now that i'm older i don't know what i wound up in
oh whiskey and the blues a language i can't use it don't dry it up no one listens anymore
alice oh alice where have ya been it's light at the window and it slowly pinches in alice oh alice GEm misery and time it moves rather slowly but at least i know it's mine
alice oh alice where have ya been it's light at the window and it slowly pinches in alice oh alice misery and time it moves so slowly but i know for sure it's mine