Biography:
Tom Russell (born in Los Angeles in either 1947 or 1948) is an American singer-songwriter from California, currently living in El Paso, Texas. His music incorporates elements of folk, traditional country & western, border and cowboy music of the American West. Russell's songs have been recorded by artists such as Johnny Cash, Ian Tyson, Nanci Griffith, Dave Alvin and others. In addition to his music, he is also an artist and published author.
In the 1980s Russell made four albums credited to the Tom Russell Band.
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Other songs:
- A Bowl Of Red
- A Hard Rains A
- A Land Called Way Out There
- Acres Of Corn
- Aint No More Cane On The Brazos
- Alkali
- All This Way For The Short Ride
- Amelias Railroad Flat
- America The Beautiful
- American Rivers
- Angel Of Lyon
- Beyond The Blues
- Box Of Visions
- Bucking Horse Moon
- Bus Station
- Canadian Whisky
- Carrickfergus
- Claude Dallas
- Criminology
- Cropduster
- Dance Hall Girls
- Down The Rio Grande
- East Of Woodstock West Of Viet Nam
- El Llano Estacado
- En Canadien Errant
- Evangeline Hotel
- Finding You
- Furious Love For Liz
- Gallo Del Cielo
- Guadalupe
- Gulf Coast Highway
- Hallie Lonnigan
- Hills Of Old Juarez
- If I Had A Gun
- Isaac Lewis
- Little Blue Horse
- Love Abides
- Love Makes A Fool Out Of The Wise
- Mandarin Oranges
- Manzanar
- Mineral Wells
- Navajo Rug
- Oil Field Girls
- Old Blue
- Pilgrim Land
- Racehorse Haynes
- Rambler Gambler
- Rider On An Orphan Train
- Rose Of San Joaquin
- Santa Fe At Midnight
- Sitting Bull In Venice
- Somebodys Husband Somebodys Son
- Sonoras Death Row
- Spanish Burgundy
- Stealing Electricity
- The Ballad Of Edward Abbey
- The Dutchman
- The Eyes Of Robert Duran
- The Eyes Of Roberto Duran
- The Greatest Show On Earth
- The John Bull Tin
- The Kid From Spavinaw
- The Man From God Knows Where
- The Next Thing Smokin
- The Old Rugged Cross
- The Railroad Boy
- The Rose Of Roscrae
- The Rose Of The San Joaquin
- The Santa Fe At Midnight
- The Sky Above The Mud Below
- The Water Is Wide
- Throwin Horseshoes At The Moon
- Throwing Horseshoes At The Moon
- Tonight We Ride
- Touch Of Evil
- Veterans Day
- Walkin On The Moon
- Walking On The Moon
- Wayfarin Stranger
- What Work Is
- When Sinatra Played Juarez
- When The Wolves No Longer Sing
- Where The Dream Begins
- Whos Gonna Build Your Wall
- Winnipeg
- Woodrow
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Tom Russell - Veteran's Day
(Live Version from the album The Long Way Around)
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
D
I used to hang out down at the local VFW hall
G
Lord, I was staring at a photograph up on the wall
D
Of all the boys in the neighbourhood who died back in World War Two
G
And the hand lettered sign said, 'Remember our Jimmy McGrew'
[Verse 2]
D
Well, Jimmy went away back in 1965
G
There's a lot of men here think that Jimmy McGrew's still alive
D
They carved his name on a stone down in Washington, DC
G
But his brother says, "That stone don't mean a damn thing to me"
[Chorus]
C G
It's veteran's day and the skies are grey
Bm Em Am D
Leave your uniforms home, boys, there ain't gonna be a parade
G C
But we'll fill up a glass for the ones that didn't make it through, yeah
G D C G
Hey, leave a light in the window tonight for Jimmy McGrew
[Verse 3]
D
There's a hot rain falling on the back streets of Saigon
G
And there's a white man running down the alley with his mama-san
D
But lord, his eyes are cloudy and his arms are black and blue
G
And he's a-hanging by a thread and he looks like our Jimmy McGrew
[Chorus]
C G
It's veteran's day and the skies are grey
Bm Em Am D
Leave your uniforms home, boys, there ain't gonna be a parade
G C
But we'll fill up a glass for the ones that didn't make it through, yeah
G D C
Hey, leave a light in the window tonight for Jimmy McGrew
G D G
Yeah, leave a light in the window tonight for Jimmy McGrew
(Live Version from the album The Long Way Around)
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
D
I used to hang out down at the local VFW hall
G
Lord, I was staring at a photograph up on the wall
D
Of all the boys in the neighbourhood who died back in World War Two
G
And the hand lettered sign said, 'Remember our Jimmy McGrew'
[Verse 2]
D
Well, Jimmy went away back in 1965
G
There's a lot of men here think that Jimmy McGrew's still alive
D
They carved his name on a stone down in Washington, DC
G
But his brother says, "That stone don't mean a damn thing to me"
[Chorus]
C G
It's veteran's day and the skies are grey
Bm Em Am D
Leave your uniforms home, boys, there ain't gonna be a parade
G C
But we'll fill up a glass for the ones that didn't make it through, yeah
G D C G
Hey, leave a light in the window tonight for Jimmy McGrew
[Verse 3]
D
There's a hot rain falling on the back streets of Saigon
G
And there's a white man running down the alley with his mama-san
D
But lord, his eyes are cloudy and his arms are black and blue
G
And he's a-hanging by a thread and he looks like our Jimmy McGrew
[Chorus]
C G
It's veteran's day and the skies are grey
Bm Em Am D
Leave your uniforms home, boys, there ain't gonna be a parade
G C
But we'll fill up a glass for the ones that didn't make it through, yeah
G D C
Hey, leave a light in the window tonight for Jimmy McGrew
G D G
Yeah, leave a light in the window tonight for Jimmy McGrew
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