A former staff writer for PolyGram Publishing in Nashville, Pettis' musical career was started in 1979 when Joan Baez covered one of his songs, "Song at the End of the Movie", on her album Honest Lullaby. Following that release, Pettis became heavily involved in the "Fast Folk movement" in New York in the 1980s alongside artists such as Shawn Colvin and Suzanne Vega.
In 1984, Pettis released his first independent solo album, Moments, followed by a string of releases for High Street Records; While the Serpent Lies Sleeping
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 15:51:58 -0400
Come Home By Pierce Pettis Transcribed by Joe Higgins This is rough crd file of this song that I figured out for someone who was looking for it. I figured as long as I was e mailing it to him I may as well send a copy to OLGA. Pierce does this song on his fine disc, "While the Serpent Lies Sleeping." He uses a very controllded strum techniqu that centers on the middle strings
Verse: I remember how you loved this holy city in the spring Fresh flowers in the market, Children running in the street But it's changed so much I don't think you would recognize a thing Now it's just a red light district an international disgrace
Refrain: G: 320033 Dsus: XX0233 C add D: X30033
GDsus Come home......come home Cadd D You've been gone so long G Come home
Verse 2: Papers and petitions have been piling at the door nailed to the door Theives break in at night they say you want be back no more Your wife seems so lethargic, so scattered and so frail And the child who's never known you just stands at the wall and wails
Refrain
The following section is done with two guitars. One plays the chords underneath while the second drones on: XXX033 pretty much throughout: C Yellow ribbons 'round the olive trees you planted in the Em park BmG C Only the brave or the foolish ever walk there after dark Am All around the world a table's set and there's an G empty place Bm Still we go through the motions breaking bread CDC and saying grace
But the ones you left to run your business run it right into the ground Each one a law into himself leading followers around And in the babble of the street amid the jostling of the crowd On every side like helpless sheep It makes me want to cry out loud