Biography:
Strawbs are an English rock band founded in 1964. Led throughout by talented musician Dave Cousins, they are best-known for their folk-rock and progressive rock albums of the 1970s and for including Sandy Denny as an early member of the band (before she joined Fairport Convention) and Rick Wakeman for two albums (before he moved on to Yes).
Strawbs were originally known as the Strawberry Hill Boys. Their long-time leader and most active songwriter is guitarist and singer Dave Cousins (guitar
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- A Glimpse Of Heaven
- A Mind Of My Own
- Afraid To Let Go
- Alexander The Great
- Alices Song
- All The Little Ladies
- Another Day
- Autumn
- Back In The Old Routine
- Back On The Farm
- Backside
- Barcarole For The Death Of Venice
- Beneath The Angry Sky
- Benedictus
- Beside The Rio Grande
- Burning For Me
- Carry Me Home
- Changes Arrange Us
- Christmas Cheer
- Christmas Cheer Everythings Going To Be Alright
- Close Your Eyes
- Cold Steel
- Cry No More
- Cut Like A Diamond
- Deadly Nightshade
- Deep In The Darkest Night
- Do You Remember
- Dont Try To Change Me
- Everybody Knows
- Face Down In The Well
- Flight
- Flying
- Forever Ocean Blue
- Further Down The Road
- Goodbye Is Not An Easy Word To Say
- Grace Darling
- Hanging In The Gallery
- Heartbreaker
- Heavy Disguise
- Here Today Gone Tomorrow
- Here Todaygone Tomorrow
- Hero And Heroine
- Hey Little Man Thursdays Child
- Hey Little Man Wednesdays Child
- I Dont Want To Talk About It
- I Feel Your Loving Coming On
- I Only Want My Love To Grow In You
- I Turned My Face Into The Wind
- Ill Carry On Beside You
- Ill Show You Where To Sleep
- In Amongst The Roses
- Is It Today Lord
- Ive Been My Own Worst Friend
- Joey And Me
- Josephine For Better Or For Worse
- Keep On Trying
- Keep The Devil Outside
- Lady Fuschia
- Lay A Little Light On Me
- Lay Down
- Lemon Pie
- Little Sleepy
- Midnight Sun
- Might As Well Be On Mars
- Morning Glory
- My Friend Peter
- New Beginnings
- New World
- No Return
- Not All The Flowers Grow
- October To May
- Oh How She Changed
- On A Night Like This
- On Growing Older
- Or Am I Dreaming
- Out In The Cold
- Part Of The Union
- Pieces Of 79 And 15
- Poor Jimmy Wilson
- Revenge Can Be So Sweet
- Rhythm Of The Night
- Ringing Down The Years
- Round And Round
- Russian Front
- Sealed With A Traitors Kiss
- Shadowland
- Shine On Silver Sun
- So Close And Yet So Far Away
- Starshine Angel Wine
- Stone Cold Is The Womans Heart
- Stormy Down
- Strange Day Over The Hill
- Sunday Morning
- Taking A Chance
- Tell Me What You See In Me
- Thank You
- The Battle
- The Flower And The Young Man
- The Hangman And The Papist
- The Journeys End
- The King
- The Last Resort
- The Man Who Called Himself Jesus
- The Man Who Would Never Leave Grimsby
- The Plain
- The Promised Land
- The River
- The Soldiers Tale
- The Weary Song
- The Winter Long
- Thirty Days
- This Barren Land
- Til The Sun Comes Shining Through
- To Be Free
- Too Many Angels
- Under A Cloudless Sky
- Wasting My Time Thinking Of You
- Well Meet Again Sometime
- When The Lights Came On
- Where Am I
- Where Do You Go
- Where Do You Go When You Need A Hole To Crawl In
- Where Silent Shadows Fall
- Will You Go
- Winter And The Summer
- Witchwood
- Words Of Wisdom
- You And I When We Were Young
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[Intro]
Am Em Am G
[Verse]
Am Em
It happened rather suddenly that the Preacher came to town
Am Em
With stories from the testaments of men of great renown
Am Em
With his box of patent medicines, he swore to cure all ills
Am
From the lameness in the horses, to the children's colds and chills
Em
And he had along his Indian wife and a country music band
Am F Am Em Am G
Who sang of peace and brotherhood beside the Rio Grande
[Verse]
Am Em
Now the Preacher quickly gathered sick and poor from miles around
Am Em
Who came to him for comfort and to hear his country sound
Am Em
But the mayor thought he was trouble when he spoke against the law
Am
And he saw the growing power of the crowds that he could draw
Em
And he worried when the Preacher bought himself a plot of land
Am F Am Em Am G
To settle with his family beside the Rio Grande
[Verse]
Am Em
The saloon was pretty crowded and the stakes was a-running high
Am Em
And the girls sang sentimental songs that made us cowboys cry
Am Em
We began to criticise the Preacher, marrying a squaw
Am
And how could he associate with cripples, drunks and whores
Em
And in a crazy fit the Preacher scattered chips and winning hands
Am F Am Em Am G
And condemned it as a den of vice beside the Rio Grande
[Verse]
Am Em
Now the boys were drunk and rowdy, and mostly pretty mean
Am Em
And we dragged him to the sidewalk and we whipped his shoulders clean
Am Em
We said he was responsible for bringing on the drought
Am
That had burned off all the spring grass and had wiped the young herd out
Em
The sheriff would not get involved, the law could take no hand
Am F
The Preacher had not harmed a soul
[Verse]
Am Em
We pegged him on the hillside alongside two Apache braves
Am Em
Who'd been given picks and shovels and been made to dig their graves
Am Em
And when he asked for water, stood and pissed around his feet
Am
While his tongue swelled up and blackened in the burning desert heat
Em
And someone said we ought to mark the Preacher with a brand
Am F Am Em Am G
To show that he did not belong beside the Rio Grande
[Verse]
Am Em
Then the sky began to darken and a breeze whipped up the dust
Am Em
And some of us were frightened, while others swore and cursed
Am Em
And the Preacher said a few words with his final dying breath
Am
About forgiving us for what we had done to bring about his death
Em
And as the night began to fall we covered him with sand
Am F
And left his weary bones to bleach
Am Em Am G
[Verse]
Am Em
It happened rather suddenly that the Preacher came to town
Am Em
With stories from the testaments of men of great renown
Am Em
With his box of patent medicines, he swore to cure all ills
Am
From the lameness in the horses, to the children's colds and chills
Em
And he had along his Indian wife and a country music band
Am F Am Em Am G
Who sang of peace and brotherhood beside the Rio Grande
[Verse]
Am Em
Now the Preacher quickly gathered sick and poor from miles around
Am Em
Who came to him for comfort and to hear his country sound
Am Em
But the mayor thought he was trouble when he spoke against the law
Am
And he saw the growing power of the crowds that he could draw
Em
And he worried when the Preacher bought himself a plot of land
Am F Am Em Am G
To settle with his family beside the Rio Grande
[Verse]
Am Em
The saloon was pretty crowded and the stakes was a-running high
Am Em
And the girls sang sentimental songs that made us cowboys cry
Am Em
We began to criticise the Preacher, marrying a squaw
Am
And how could he associate with cripples, drunks and whores
Em
And in a crazy fit the Preacher scattered chips and winning hands
Am F Am Em Am G
And condemned it as a den of vice beside the Rio Grande
[Verse]
Am Em
Now the boys were drunk and rowdy, and mostly pretty mean
Am Em
And we dragged him to the sidewalk and we whipped his shoulders clean
Am Em
We said he was responsible for bringing on the drought
Am
That had burned off all the spring grass and had wiped the young herd out
Em
The sheriff would not get involved, the law could take no hand
Am F
The Preacher had not harmed a soul
[Verse]
Am Em
We pegged him on the hillside alongside two Apache braves
Am Em
Who'd been given picks and shovels and been made to dig their graves
Am Em
And when he asked for water, stood and pissed around his feet
Am
While his tongue swelled up and blackened in the burning desert heat
Em
And someone said we ought to mark the Preacher with a brand
Am F Am Em Am G
To show that he did not belong beside the Rio Grande
[Verse]
Am Em
Then the sky began to darken and a breeze whipped up the dust
Am Em
And some of us were frightened, while others swore and cursed
Am Em
And the Preacher said a few words with his final dying breath
Am
About forgiving us for what we had done to bring about his death
Em
And as the night began to fall we covered him with sand
Am F
And left his weary bones to bleach
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