Biography:
Fred Eaglesmith (born as Frederick Elgersma on July 9, 1957 in Caistor Centre, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter. Some of his albums have been credited to Fred J. Eaglesmith. Eaglesmith was one of nine children of an immigrant family from the Dutch province Friesland and raised in rural Southern Ontario. As a teenager, he hopped a freight train out to Western Canada, and began writing songs and performing. He is known for writing songs about machines or vehicles
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Other songs:
- 105
- 18 Wheels
- 49 Tons
- Alcohol And Pills
- Bench Seat Baby
- Betty Oshawa
- Big Ass Garage Sale
- Careless
- Carmelita
- Caroline
- Cemetery Road
- Cigarette Machine
- Crashin And Burnin
- Cumberland County
- Dangerous
- Down The Line
- Drinking To Much
- Drinking Too Much
- Freight Train
- Hes A Good Dog
- Hows Ernie
- I Aint Ever Givin In
- I Like Trains
- I Shot Your Dog
- Indian Motorcycles
- Indiana Road
- Jericho
- Kansas
- Katie
- Last 6 Dollars
- Little Buffalo Rock
- Mighty Big Car
- Ninety
- Pretty Good Guy
- Rebecca Street
- Seven Shells
- Small Motors
- Small Town
- Spookin The Horses
- Stars
- Steel Guitar
- Summerlea
- Sunflowers
- The Rocket
- Thirty Years Of Farming
- Time To Get A Gun
- Toggle Switch
- Trucker Speed
- White Ash And Black Ash
- White Rose
- White Trash
- Your Sister Cried
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Alcohol and Pills by Fred Eaglesmith
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capo on 3rd fret
chords used:
Am
F
G
C
Am F G
Hank Williams, he came up from Montgommery with his heart full of broken
Am
country songs.
(chords same throuhout the couplets)
Nashville and Tennessee didn't really understand him, because he did things
differently from the way that they were done.
When he finaly made it to the Grand ol' Ophry, he made it all stand still, he
ended up on alcohol and pills.
Elvis Presley, he came up from Jackson with that brandnew way of singin' and a
brand new way of dancin.
even from the waist up, lord, he gave the world a thrill because he enden up on alcohol and pills.
reffrain:
C G G
alcohol and pills, its a cryin shame, you think they might have been happy
Am
with the glory and the fame,
C G G
but fame doesn't take away the pain, it just pays the bills so they wind up
Am
on alcohol and pills.
Janis Joplin, she was wild and reckless and then there was Graham Parson, lord,
and there was Jimi Hendrix.
the story just goes on and on and I guess it allways will, they all wind up on alcohol and pills
rep. refr.
C G
sometimes somebody dont wake up one day, sometimes it's a heartatack
Am Am
sometimes they just don't say. but they found poor old Hank williams dead
F G Am
in his Caddilack Coupe Deville, he wound up on alcohol and pills.
rep refr.
enjoy yourselfs!!
Alcohol and Pills by Fred Eaglesmith
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capo on 3rd fret
chords used:
Am
F
G
C
Am F G
Hank Williams, he came up from Montgommery with his heart full of broken
Am
country songs.
(chords same throuhout the couplets)
Nashville and Tennessee didn't really understand him, because he did things
differently from the way that they were done.
When he finaly made it to the Grand ol' Ophry, he made it all stand still, he
ended up on alcohol and pills.
Elvis Presley, he came up from Jackson with that brandnew way of singin' and a
brand new way of dancin.
even from the waist up, lord, he gave the world a thrill because he enden up on alcohol and pills.
reffrain:
C G G
alcohol and pills, its a cryin shame, you think they might have been happy
Am
with the glory and the fame,
C G G
but fame doesn't take away the pain, it just pays the bills so they wind up
Am
on alcohol and pills.
Janis Joplin, she was wild and reckless and then there was Graham Parson, lord,
and there was Jimi Hendrix.
the story just goes on and on and I guess it allways will, they all wind up on alcohol and pills
rep. refr.
C G
sometimes somebody dont wake up one day, sometimes it's a heartatack
Am Am
sometimes they just don't say. but they found poor old Hank williams dead
F G Am
in his Caddilack Coupe Deville, he wound up on alcohol and pills.
rep refr.
enjoy yourselfs!!
Fred Pellerin
Fred Penner
Fred Rai
Fred Schneider
Fred Shafer