Melissa Lou Etheridge nació en Leavenworth Kansas el 29 de Mayo de 1961, es la segunda hija de John y Elisabeth Etheridge. Tras una infancia y adolescencia marcadas por la frialdad de su familia Melissa vuelca todo su ser en la música en la que pronto destaca tocando con grupos locales. Estudia en Leavenworth donde se gradua, se muda a Boston para estudiar música en el colegio Berkley de música, que abandona tras un semestre porque necesita tocar no teoria sobre tocar...
¡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!
VERSE: N.C. Take the road to Tonganoxie, just before Sun Catcher Lake
Go past the cemetery oh child please don’t make me wait CG Cause there’s something wrong with what I’ve done D I haven’t got much time CGD I can’t stay here in Kansas I’ve gotta cross the line
CHORUS: DCGBb So, take me down to the Missouri on the way to Arkansas CD The devil’s in a hurry to see what my mamma saw DCGBb Now I’m on the run I’ve got no other place to go CDDm7 Except down the stranger road
VERSE: N.C. I walked straight out the back door I covered up my tracks Dm7 My poppa thinks it’s criminal so I ain’t coming back CG Cause there’s something wrong with what I’ve done D I haven’t got much time C And what I want and what I need GD Is all I have in mind
CHORUS: DCGBb So, take me down to the Missouri on the way to Arkansas CD The devil’s in a hurry to see what my mamma saw DCGBb Now I’m on the run I’ve got no other place to go CD Except down the stranger road
BREAK: D Come on, come on, come on, Dm7 Come on, come on, come on, come on Dm7C The blood runs hot but the eyes are cold BbG Driving down on stranger road DC Ohhhh The blood runs hot oh but the eyes are cold BbGmDmD Driving down to hell on stranger roooooooad
CHORUS: DCGBb Take me down to the Missouri on the way to Arkansas CD The devil’s in a hurry to see what my mamma saw DCGBb Now I’m on the run I’ve got no other place to go CD Except down the stranger road
OUTRO: CD Except down to stranger road
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on Dm Come on, come on, come on