Biografía:
Dave Cousins (born David Joseph Cousins, 7 January 1945, Hounslow, Middlesex, England) has been the leader, singer and most active songwriter of Strawbs since 1967. He has performed frequently as a much-in-demand acoustic duo with Strawbs guitarist Brian Willoughby.
His first solo album, Two Weeks Last Summer, was released in 1972. His next two albums "Old School Songs" (1980) and The Bridge (1994) were by Dave Cousins & Brian Willoughby.
Cousins remains active, regularly touring with Acoustic Strawbs.
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Otras canciones:
- A Song For Me
- All In Vain
- Beat The Retreat
- Beside The Rio Grande
- Can You Believe
- Forever Ocean Blue
- Going Home
- Grace Darling
- Hanging In The Gallery
- Higher Germanie
- Hummingbird
- I Turned My Face Into The Wind
- Ill Show You Where To Sleep
- Josephine For Better Or For Worse
- Lay Down
- Never Take Sweets From A Stranger
- October To May
- Ringing Down The Years
- Song For Alex
- Song Of A Sad Little Girl
- Stone Cold Is The Womans Heart
- Thats The Way It Ends
- The Battle
- The Hangman And The Papist
- The Shepherds Song
- The Young Pretender
- Ways And Means
- Well Meet Again Sometime
- When You Were A Child
- You Keep Going Your Way
- You Never Needed Water
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
Dave Cousins - Beside The Rio Grande
CAPO: 5th Fret
[Intro]
D Em Am Em Am C Em (2x)
[Verse 1]
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 Em
From the lameness in the horses, to the children's colds and chills
Am 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 2]
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 Em
And he saw the growing power of the crowds that he could draw
Am 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 3]
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 Em
And how could he associate with cripples, drunks and whores
Am 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 4]
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 Em
That had burned off all the spring grass and had wiped the young herd out
Am Em
The sheriff would not get involved, the law could take no hand
Am F
The Preacher had not harmed a soul
[Verse 5]
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, they stood and pissed around his feet
Am Em
While his tongue swelled up and blackened in the burning desert heat
Am 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 6]
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 Em
About forgiving us for what we had done to bring about his death
Am Em
And as the night began to fall we covered him with sand
Am F Am
And left his weary bones to bleach beside the Rio Grande
CAPO: 5th Fret
[Intro]
D Em Am Em Am C Em (2x)
[Verse 1]
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 Em
From the lameness in the horses, to the children's colds and chills
Am 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 2]
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 Em
And he saw the growing power of the crowds that he could draw
Am 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 3]
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 Em
And how could he associate with cripples, drunks and whores
Am 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 4]
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 Em
That had burned off all the spring grass and had wiped the young herd out
Am Em
The sheriff would not get involved, the law could take no hand
Am F
The Preacher had not harmed a soul
[Verse 5]
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, they stood and pissed around his feet
Am Em
While his tongue swelled up and blackened in the burning desert heat
Am 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 6]
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 Em
About forgiving us for what we had done to bring about his death
Am Em
And as the night began to fall we covered him with sand
Am F Am
And left his weary bones to bleach beside the Rio Grande
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