Biography:
The Flatlanders is an American country band from Lubbock, Texas, founded in 1972 by Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock.
The fact that all that these Texas music titans, on their first go-round as The Flatlanders in 1972, were completely rejected by the country music establishment is surprising in retrospect but, ultimately, poetic. That each went on to have formidable solo careers is a testament to their talent and determination. Add to this their diverse yet complimentary styles - Joe the street-wise rocker
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Other songs:
- Bhagavan Decreed
- Dallas
- Go To Sleep Alone
- I Think Too Much Of You
- Keeper Of The Mountain
- My Wildest Dreams Grow Wilder Every Day
- One Day At A Time
- One Road More
- Rose From The Mountain
- South Wind Of Summer
- Tonight I Think Im Gonna Go Downtown
- Wavin My Heart Goodbye
- Wishing For A Rainbow
- Youve Never Seen Me Cry
(Track B9 from the album "One road more" by the Flatlanders, released in 1980)
Intro
(The intro is 2 bars: the B7 chord is played for only one beat at the end of bar 1.)
(Bar 2 is a 1 strum cut. Variations of this pattern are repeated throughout the song.)
E B7 E
Verse 1
E A E C#m
I remember you? a-telling me?
G#m A B B
Don't clutch a rose?, don't mourn the sunset?.
E A E
And I suppose if I hear? the river moaning?
A E
It's just the way I'm feeling,?
A E A E E
The river's not complaining oh no, oh no no no?
Verse 2
E A
And the very next day
E C#m
we woke before the dawn?.
G#m A
We found our way?
B B
By the rambling river?.
E A
And we had no dream?
E
We just lived one?
A E
I the keeper of the mountain?
A E A E (A) E
you the morning flower, uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh?
Chorus
F#m B7
There was no reason to go?
E A
And I never claimed to know?
E A
And these (and these)?
E A
these ain't teardrops (these ain't teardrops)?
E A
That ain't the river (ain't the river)?
E
Just a moaning (just a moaning)?
A E A E (A) E
The river's not complaining oh no, oh no oh no.?
Verse 3
E A
When I spoke big words,?
E C#m
you just let them fly away,?
G#m A B B
blue paper birds? on a summer's day?.
E
And I took you by the hand,?
A E
Knew that you would understand,?
A E
I the keeper of the mountain,?
A E A E E
You the mornin' flower, uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh.?
Chorus
F#m B7
There was no reason to go?
E A
And I never claimed to know?
E A
And these (and these)?
E A
these ain't teardrops (these ain't teardrops)?
E A
That ain't the river (ain't the river)?
E
Just a moaning (it's a moaning)?
A E A E (A) E
The river's not complaining oh no, oh no oh no.?
Intro
(The intro is 2 bars: the B7 chord is played for only one beat at the end of bar 1.)
(Bar 2 is a 1 strum cut. Variations of this pattern are repeated throughout the song.)
E B7 E
Verse 1
E A E C#m
I remember you? a-telling me?
G#m A B B
Don't clutch a rose?, don't mourn the sunset?.
E A E
And I suppose if I hear? the river moaning?
A E
It's just the way I'm feeling,?
A E A E E
The river's not complaining oh no, oh no no no?
Verse 2
E A
And the very next day
E C#m
we woke before the dawn?.
G#m A
We found our way?
B B
By the rambling river?.
E A
And we had no dream?
E
We just lived one?
A E
I the keeper of the mountain?
A E A E (A) E
you the morning flower, uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh?
Chorus
F#m B7
There was no reason to go?
E A
And I never claimed to know?
E A
And these (and these)?
E A
these ain't teardrops (these ain't teardrops)?
E A
That ain't the river (ain't the river)?
E
Just a moaning (just a moaning)?
A E A E (A) E
The river's not complaining oh no, oh no oh no.?
Verse 3
E A
When I spoke big words,?
E C#m
you just let them fly away,?
G#m A B B
blue paper birds? on a summer's day?.
E
And I took you by the hand,?
A E
Knew that you would understand,?
A E
I the keeper of the mountain,?
A E A E E
You the mornin' flower, uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh.?
Chorus
F#m B7
There was no reason to go?
E A
And I never claimed to know?
E A
And these (and these)?
E A
these ain't teardrops (these ain't teardrops)?
E A
That ain't the river (ain't the river)?
E
Just a moaning (it's a moaning)?
A E A E (A) E
The river's not complaining oh no, oh no oh no.?
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