Biography:
David Ramirez is an American singer-songwriter from Houston, TX, currently based in Austin, TX.
By breaking through heartache, Ramirez has gone on a search for understanding. The Austin, TX, resident and frequent traveler to clubs, theaters and listening rooms all over the country, has come to a phase in his creative life where the tears have dried and moving on looks like the best option.
That change in perspective hasn’t erased the weary searching that has characterized Ramirez’s sparse Americana songwriting for more than a decade.
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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They love me for being honest they love me for being myself
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But the minute I mention Jesus they want me to go to hell
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And its hard to find the balance when I don't believe in one
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When you mix art with business you're just shooting an empty gun
[Chorus]
Am F C
You're just a songwriter you ain't a preacher
F C G
we came to mourn you not to look in the mirror
Am F C
Sing about those hard times sing about those women
F C G
We love the broken not the forgiven
[Instrumental]
C/G C/G Am G C/G C/G
[Verse 2]
C/G Fm C/G Am G C/G
And these songs will only take me as far as the people will go
C/G Fm C/G Am G F
If I can't make them happy well then they won't come to my shows
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Maybe thats what killed all the great voices in the world
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Always bleeding for every line but no one was bleeding in return oh
[Chorus]
Am F C
You're just a songwriter you ain't a preacher
F C G
we came to mourn you not to look in the mirror
Am F C
Sing about those hard times sing about those women
F C G
We love the broken not the forgiven
[Instrumental 2]
Am F C F C G
[Coda]
Am F C
Sing about hard times sing about those women
F C G
We love the broken not the forgiven
[Outro]
C/G C/G Am G C/G
C/G C/G Am G C/G C/G
[Verse 1]
C/G Fm C/G Am G C/G
They love me for being honest they love me for being myself
C/G Fm C/G Am G F
But the minute I mention Jesus they want me to go to hell
C/G Fm C/G Am G C/G
And its hard to find the balance when I don't believe in one
C/G Fm C/G Am G F
When you mix art with business you're just shooting an empty gun
[Chorus]
Am F C
You're just a songwriter you ain't a preacher
F C G
we came to mourn you not to look in the mirror
Am F C
Sing about those hard times sing about those women
F C G
We love the broken not the forgiven
[Instrumental]
C/G C/G Am G C/G C/G
[Verse 2]
C/G Fm C/G Am G C/G
And these songs will only take me as far as the people will go
C/G Fm C/G Am G F
If I can't make them happy well then they won't come to my shows
C/G Fm C/G Am G C/G
Maybe thats what killed all the great voices in the world
C/G Fm C/G Am G F
Always bleeding for every line but no one was bleeding in return oh
[Chorus]
Am F C
You're just a songwriter you ain't a preacher
F C G
we came to mourn you not to look in the mirror
Am F C
Sing about those hard times sing about those women
F C G
We love the broken not the forgiven
[Instrumental 2]
Am F C F C G
[Coda]
Am F C
Sing about hard times sing about those women
F C G
We love the broken not the forgiven
[Outro]
C/G C/G Am G C/G
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