CARRYING THE TORCH
"Carrying The Torch" is the 3rd track on the
2013 debut album, RIVERMAN'S DAUGHTER, by
The Grahams, Alyssa & Doug Graham.
PERFORMANCE VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OzIqJruahA
CAP0 3rd FRET
CHORDS:
G - C - Am - D
BASIC STRUM PATTERN:
G C G
D-DU-UDU-D-D-D
[Intro]
G - C - G
G - C - G
[Verse 1]
G C G
She walks the halls in a white lace
G C G
A glass of Daddy's bourbon in her hand
G C G
Daddy's not around to drink it anyway
G C G
He's planted six feet under Alabama land
[Chorus]
G C G
My brother wore the uniform
G C G
My mother waited out on the porch
G C G
My lover played that fluglehorn
G C G
Back when he was carrying the torch
[Verse 2]
G C G
She never listens to the radio
G C G
She listens to the music playing in her head
G C G
When there's a party she doesn't care to go
G C G
She stays at home and looks at pictures instead
[Chorus]
G C G
One of her brother in the uniform
G C G
One of her mother out on the porch
G C G
Photo of her lover playing flugelhorn
G C G
Back when he was carrying the torch
G C G
Back when he was carrying the torch...
[Bridge]
Am
Mama never liked his music anyway
C G
Daddy never liked that St. Louis look
Am
They sent him back by Greyhound way...
C D
With twenty-five bucks... and the holy book...
[Instrumental]
C - Em
C - Em
C - G - D
[Verse 3]
G C G
So now she sits alone and waits for nights
G C G
And sings a melody from days gone by
G C G
After thirty years it feels alright
G C G
No one left even wonders why
[Chorus]
G C G
She lost that old uniform
G C G
She never sits out on the porch
G C G
But she's still got that flugelhorn
G C G
With no one left carrying the torch
G C G
No one left carrying the torch...
G C G
No one left carrying the torch...