Biography:
What the hell is a Wrinkle Neck Mule? A sophomoric phallic reference? Too easy. A pack animal used in the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico to transport opium to America in the early 1900s? History channel worthy, but wrong. A band of five (or four, depending on the wind) from Richmond, Virginia carrying indie-rockish country music about the land? Eureka. Daily double.
Born somewhere on I-64 between Charlottesville and Richmond, Virginia in late 1999
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Other songs:
- 17 Miles Of Bourbon
- 17 Years More
- Apprentice To Ghosts
- Banks Of The James
- Beehive
- Before The Rise And Fall
- Bells And Whistles
- Big Dipper
- Black Skies For The High And Mighty
- Bottomland
- Broken Rider
- Bury My Gold
- Cadillac Limousine
- Catfish And Color Tvs
- Central Daylight Time
- Chemical Dependence
- Cracks And Seams
- Cumberland Sound
- Days Dont End
- Discarded
- Dopamine Dream
- Double Blade
- Dust Of Saturday
- Eyes Down
- Failure Of Liver
- Fortune Fades
- Gold Dust Twin
- Head Of Steam
- Heavens High
- Howard Johnson
- Leaving Chattanooga
- Let The Lead Fly
- Liberty Bell
- Light Of Day
- Liza
- Lowlight
- Mecklenburg County
- Medicine Bow
- Minor Enough
- Mustang Island
- Never Was The Bird
- No Consolation
- Okeechobee
- On Wounded Knee
- One Hand In The Furnace
- Pale Colored Hue
- Parting Of The Clouds
- Patience In The Shadows
- Pleasure Is The Absence Of Pain
- Pull Me From The Wreckage
- Push The Pedal
- Release The Reins
- Ringing In The Days
- San Gabriel
- Stone Above Your Head
- Sugar And Sunshine
- Sugar Bowl
- Sunday Special
- Swagger And Honesty
- The Lines Been Drawn
- The Waters All Run Dry
- The Whistler Knows Best
- The Wicks Have Met
- Token
- Tropical Depression
- Undertakers Song
- Ursa Major
- Wandering Valley Prelude
- Weeps
- When The Wheels Touch Down
- When Things Unravel
- Whiskey Jars
- Whistlers And Sparklers
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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HEAD OF STEAM - Wrinkle Neck Mules
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Tabbed by: A.J. Conner
E-mail: ajconner123@gmail.com
Tuning: Standard, CAPO 3RD FRET (ALL FRET NUMBERS AND CHORDS RELATIVE TO CAPO)
The previous song "Wandering Valley Prelude" goes right into this one.
DON'T FORGET, Capo on the 3rd fret!
CHORDS USED:
Em: 022000
Am: x02210
C: x32010
D: xx0232
Bm: x24432
G: 320033
Lead parts:
e|----------------------------0----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------0----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------0----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------2----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------2----------------------------------------------|
E|--0---3-3/5---7-7h8---7--3--0----------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------12--11--7/9~-----------------------------------|
D|--0h2~---5-5/7~---9-9h10~--------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[INTRO]
Em
Am C Em
[VERSE 1]
Em Am
Spotlight down, wander downtown
C Em
Feelin' weary and mighty weak
Em Am C
Seein' ghosts out on the hills, semaphore
Em
Or just opium's will?
D Am
No explanation makes much sense,
D Am
Newsprint lies and false pretense
Bm C
We'll read about it all in the mornin'
Em
When we arise
[VERSE 2]
Em Am
Blood found by the number 4 mine
C Em
You know she caved in back in '49.
Em Am
At quittin' time only souls would arise
C Em
From that deep, dark anthracite mine.
D Am
The company explanation made no sense
D Am
Just propaganda through a rose colored lense
Bm C
And we'll hear it all on the radio
Em
When we arise
[CHORUS]
G D
With teeth like tombstones and arms like graves
G D
There's no escapin' the tongues sharp blade
C Bm Em
Or a slow ride upon your head of steam
C Bm Em
A slow ride upon your head of steam
[VERSE 3]
Em Am
Paul Sizemore and Eldridge Ray
C Em
dug their own graves and there they lay
Em
But their souls and axes
Am C
wander through my sleep and from this valley,
Em
revenge they seek
[CHORUS]
G D
With teeth like tombstones and arms like graves
G D
There's no escapin' the tongues sharp blade
C Bm Em
Or a slow ride upon your head of steam
C Bm Em
A slow ride upon your head of steam
C Bm Em
A slow ride upon your head of steam
[END]
N.C.
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| x mute note
| / slide
| h hammer-on
| ~ vibrato
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HEAD OF STEAM - Wrinkle Neck Mules
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tabbed by: A.J. Conner
E-mail: ajconner123@gmail.com
Tuning: Standard, CAPO 3RD FRET (ALL FRET NUMBERS AND CHORDS RELATIVE TO CAPO)
The previous song "Wandering Valley Prelude" goes right into this one.
DON'T FORGET, Capo on the 3rd fret!
CHORDS USED:
Em: 022000
Am: x02210
C: x32010
D: xx0232
Bm: x24432
G: 320033
Lead parts:
e|----------------------------0----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------0----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------0----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------2----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------2----------------------------------------------|
E|--0---3-3/5---7-7h8---7--3--0----------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------12--11--7/9~-----------------------------------|
D|--0h2~---5-5/7~---9-9h10~--------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[INTRO]
Em
Am C Em
[VERSE 1]
Em Am
Spotlight down, wander downtown
C Em
Feelin' weary and mighty weak
Em Am C
Seein' ghosts out on the hills, semaphore
Em
Or just opium's will?
D Am
No explanation makes much sense,
D Am
Newsprint lies and false pretense
Bm C
We'll read about it all in the mornin'
Em
When we arise
[VERSE 2]
Em Am
Blood found by the number 4 mine
C Em
You know she caved in back in '49.
Em Am
At quittin' time only souls would arise
C Em
From that deep, dark anthracite mine.
D Am
The company explanation made no sense
D Am
Just propaganda through a rose colored lense
Bm C
And we'll hear it all on the radio
Em
When we arise
[CHORUS]
G D
With teeth like tombstones and arms like graves
G D
There's no escapin' the tongues sharp blade
C Bm Em
Or a slow ride upon your head of steam
C Bm Em
A slow ride upon your head of steam
[VERSE 3]
Em Am
Paul Sizemore and Eldridge Ray
C Em
dug their own graves and there they lay
Em
But their souls and axes
Am C
wander through my sleep and from this valley,
Em
revenge they seek
[CHORUS]
G D
With teeth like tombstones and arms like graves
G D
There's no escapin' the tongues sharp blade
C Bm Em
Or a slow ride upon your head of steam
C Bm Em
A slow ride upon your head of steam
C Bm Em
A slow ride upon your head of steam
[END]
N.C.
************************************
| x mute note
| / slide
| h hammer-on
| ~ vibrato
************************************
