Tom Russell was born in Los Angeles in 1950 and now makes his home, on the border in El Paso, Texas. He has recorded seventeen albums of original material and has written such classics as "Navajo Rug," "Gallo del Cielo," "Blue Wing," "Walking on the Moon," "St. Olav's Gate," and "Outbound Plane." Russell's songs have been recorded by Johnny Cash, Nanci Griffith, Guy Clark, Doug Sahm, Dave Alvin, Joe Ely, Ian Tyson, Suzy Bogguss, Iris DeMent, Peter Case, k.d. lang, Bob Neuwirth, Sylvia Tyson, Katy Moffatt . . . and many others.
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!
Paul Laverty [email protected] - comments or corrections, much appreicated.
check out this version of "the next thing smokin'" by ole Tom Russell. Wat a guy, hes irish ya know.
VERSE 1
well i live out in [G]Southern Ariz[D]ona I [Bm]followed an ab[A]andoned railroad t[D]rack Trains they used r[G]un from [D]Bisby out to Juarez But the [E]copper mines are closed and the [A]trains ain't comin back[D]This heres the of stolen p[D]onies[F] Rattlesnakes and poison water w[Bm]ells Each [G]god-forsaken mile leads right to h[D]eavenBut t[Bm]ryin to please that w[A]oman was h[D]ell
CHORUS
[D]Put me on the [G]next thing sm[D]okin Put me [Bm]on the n[A]ext train out of [D]here This heart ain't m[G]ade for bein br[D]oken Well s[E]he ain't my conductor and she a[A]int my engineer[D] Put me on the n[G]ext thing le[D]avin The n[F]orthern or the southern hemi[Bm]sphere[G] Put me on the next thing s[D]mokin[G] Put me on the n[A]ext train outta h[D]ereI'm bound to [Bm]ride
I got my p[D]ride I'm bound to [Bm]ride I'm bound to [A]ride
(play the chorus chords again but without the words, like a solo)
VERSE 2
I made it to the [G] ghost town of Hac[D]hita I [Bm] got drunk in the[A] Hachita General[D] store I [G]passed the place Geronimo[D] surrendered Well [E]Geronimo he just[A] couldn't take it[D] anymore I'll[G] hitchhike from[D] Columbus to El[F] Paso Where I can catch an Amtrak or a [Bm]freight I've[G] walked 300 miles [D]across these bad-lands(yeah)[Bm] buddy I have[A] made my great[D] escape
Chorus
[D]Put me on the [G]next thing sm[D]okin Put me [Bm]on the n[A]ext train out of [D]here This heart ain't m[G]ade for bein br[D]oken Well s[E]he ain't my conductor and she a[A]int my engineer[D] Put me on the n[G]ext thing le[D]avin The n[F]orthern or the southern hemi[Bm]sphere[G] Put me on the next thing s[D]mokin[G] Put me on the n[A]ext train outta h[D]ereI'm bound to [Bm]ride
I got my p[D]ride I'm bound to [Bm]ride I'm bound to [A]ride