Biography:
Christy Moore, a native of Co. Kildare, Ireland, found fame as a member of the legendary tradition folk band Planxty. Since then he has carved out his own career as a consummate solo performer. In the 1980s Christy teamed up with Donal Lunny to form the innovative Moving Hearts.
Christy Moore started in the music business in the mid-sixties, when his life as a bank clerk was interrupted by a bank strike, and he moved to England. There he became involved in the folk music scene at the time
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- Arthur Macbride
- As I Roved Out
- Back Home In Derry
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- Biko Drum
- Black Is The Colour
- Black Jack County Chain
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- Casey
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- Cliffs Of Dooneen
- Continental Ceili
- Cry Like A Man
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- Irish Ways And Irish Laws
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- Joxer Goes To Stuttgart
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- Missing You
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- No Time For Love
- North And South Of The River
- On Morecambe Bay
- One Last Cold Kiss
- Only Our Rivers Run Free
- Ordinary Man
- Quiet Desperation
- Reel In The Flickering Light
- Ride On
- Scapegoats
- Smoke And Strong Whiskey
- So Do I
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- The Boy From Tamlaghduff
- The Contender
- The Craic Was Ninety In The Isle Of Man
- The Curragh Of Kildare
- The Dying Soldier
- The Mad Lady And Me
- The Night Visit
- The Time Has Come
- The Two Conneeleys
- The Voyage
- They Never Came Home
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- Veronica
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Hi All, another great song put up by someone where I've made some minor
corrections. When you're feeling confident the lead slide guitar is not to hard to
work out starting with Am and sus4 bending the second string up a note on the
third fret to start. Have a go it's a great tune.
(1)
Am G Am
I was sittin' beside the road in Black Jack County.
C E E7
not knowing that that the Sheriff paid a bounty,
Am G F E E7
for men like me that didn't have a penny to their name.
Am F G Am
So he locked my leg to 35 pounds of Black Jack County Chains.
(2)
Am G Am
And all we had to eat was bread and water,
C E E7
and each day we built the road a mile and a quarter,
Am G F E E7
a Black Snake Whip, would cut the back, of any man who complained,
Am F G Am
but we couldn't fight back wearing 35 pounds of Black Jack County Chains.
(3)
G Am
One night while the Sheriff was gently sleeping,
C E E7
we all gathered round him slowly creeping,
Am G F E E7
Heaven help me to forget that night in the cold cold rain,
Am F G Am
when we beat him to death with 35 pounds of Black Jack County Chains.
(Lead slide if you're feeling brave)
Am G Am, C E E7, Am G F E E7, Am F G Am
(4)
Am G Am
now the whip marks are all healed and I'm thankful,
C E E7
there's nothing but the scar around my ankle.
Am G F E E7
but most of all I'm glad no man will be a slave again,
Am F G Am
to a Black Snake Whip, and 35 pounds of Black Jack County Chain.
Am F G Am
to a Black Snake Whip, and 35 pounds of Black Jack County Chain.
corrections. When you're feeling confident the lead slide guitar is not to hard to
work out starting with Am and sus4 bending the second string up a note on the
third fret to start. Have a go it's a great tune.
(1)
Am G Am
I was sittin' beside the road in Black Jack County.
C E E7
not knowing that that the Sheriff paid a bounty,
Am G F E E7
for men like me that didn't have a penny to their name.
Am F G Am
So he locked my leg to 35 pounds of Black Jack County Chains.
(2)
Am G Am
And all we had to eat was bread and water,
C E E7
and each day we built the road a mile and a quarter,
Am G F E E7
a Black Snake Whip, would cut the back, of any man who complained,
Am F G Am
but we couldn't fight back wearing 35 pounds of Black Jack County Chains.
(3)
G Am
One night while the Sheriff was gently sleeping,
C E E7
we all gathered round him slowly creeping,
Am G F E E7
Heaven help me to forget that night in the cold cold rain,
Am F G Am
when we beat him to death with 35 pounds of Black Jack County Chains.
(Lead slide if you're feeling brave)
Am G Am, C E E7, Am G F E E7, Am F G Am
(4)
Am G Am
now the whip marks are all healed and I'm thankful,
C E E7
there's nothing but the scar around my ankle.
Am G F E E7
but most of all I'm glad no man will be a slave again,
Am F G Am
to a Black Snake Whip, and 35 pounds of Black Jack County Chain.
Am F G Am
to a Black Snake Whip, and 35 pounds of Black Jack County Chain.
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