Biography:
Sonny Rhodes (born Clarence Edward Smith, November 3, 1940, Smithville, Texas) is an American blues singer and lap steel guitar player. He has recorded over two hundred songs. "I'm what you call a self-proclaimed Disciple of the Blues!" said Rhodes about his years playing and singing for fans of blues around the world. He has been nominated fifteen times for the Blues Music Awards, and won the Instrumentalist-Other category in 2011.
Rhodes was born in Smithville
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Four years of hard work!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
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Title : Ballad of Serenity (Fire Fly theme)
Written by : Joss Whedon
Recorded by : Sonny Rhodes
Tabbed by : Ben Dinsdale
Contact : b.f.dinsdale@eng.hull.ac.uk
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Notes : Capo 3rd fret
: standard tuning
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-- chords used (relative to capo): --
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A G D E C
e|--0----3----2---------0--
b|--2----3----3----0----1--
g|--2----0----2----1----0--
D|--2----0----0----2----2--
A|--0----2---------2----3--
E|-------3---------0----0--
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-- Riffs: --
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[Intro]
e|--------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------2--|
g|-----------------------------2--|
D|-----------------------------2--|
A|---------0----3-p-0-------0-----|
E|--0-h-3--------------3----------|
[Instrumental]
e|----------------0---|
b|----------------1---|
g|----------------0---|
D|----------------2---|
A|---------0-h-2--3---|
E|--0-h-3-------------|
C G NB. these chord's are finger picked.
e|--0--3--|
b|--1--3--|
g|--0--0--|
D|--2--0--|
A|--3--2--|
E|--0--3--|
[Outro]
C A
e|--0----0--|
b|--1----2--|
g|--0----2--|
D|--2----2--|
A|--3----0--|
E|--0-------|
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-- Ballad of Serenity (Fire fly theme) --
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[Intro]
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[Verse]
A G
Take my love, take my land
D A E
Take me where I cannot stand
C G
I don't care, I'm still free
D A E
You can't take the sky from me
[Verse]
A G
Take me out to the black
D A E
Tell them I ain't coming back
C G
Burn the land and boil the sea
D A E
You can't take the sky from me
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[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
A G
There's no place I can be
D A E
Since I found Serenity
C D
But you can't take the sky from me
[Outro]
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Links:
http://www.sonnyrhodes.com -- Sonny Rhodes official website
www.fireflyfans.net
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Title : Ballad of Serenity (Fire Fly theme)
Written by : Joss Whedon
Recorded by : Sonny Rhodes
Tabbed by : Ben Dinsdale
Contact : b.f.dinsdale@eng.hull.ac.uk
-----------------------------------------------------------
Notes : Capo 3rd fret
: standard tuning
-----------------------------------------------------------
-- chords used (relative to capo): --
-----------------------------------------------------------
A G D E C
e|--0----3----2---------0--
b|--2----3----3----0----1--
g|--2----0----2----1----0--
D|--2----0----0----2----2--
A|--0----2---------2----3--
E|-------3---------0----0--
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-- Riffs: --
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[Intro]
e|--------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------2--|
g|-----------------------------2--|
D|-----------------------------2--|
A|---------0----3-p-0-------0-----|
E|--0-h-3--------------3----------|
[Instrumental]
e|----------------0---|
b|----------------1---|
g|----------------0---|
D|----------------2---|
A|---------0-h-2--3---|
E|--0-h-3-------------|
C G NB. these chord's are finger picked.
e|--0--3--|
b|--1--3--|
g|--0--0--|
D|--2--0--|
A|--3--2--|
E|--0--3--|
[Outro]
C A
e|--0----0--|
b|--1----2--|
g|--0----2--|
D|--2----2--|
A|--3----0--|
E|--0-------|
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-- Ballad of Serenity (Fire fly theme) --
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------------------
[Intro]
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[Verse]
A G
Take my love, take my land
D A E
Take me where I cannot stand
C G
I don't care, I'm still free
D A E
You can't take the sky from me
[Verse]
A G
Take me out to the black
D A E
Tell them I ain't coming back
C G
Burn the land and boil the sea
D A E
You can't take the sky from me
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[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
A G
There's no place I can be
D A E
Since I found Serenity
C D
But you can't take the sky from me
[Outro]
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Links:
http://www.sonnyrhodes.com -- Sonny Rhodes official website
www.fireflyfans.net
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