Biography:
Ha Ha Tonka is an American band, originally formed in West Plains, Missouri (and formerly known as Amsterband).
With a "Bible in one hand, broken bottle in the other" (Spin June '09) Ha Ha Tonka return with their sophomore effort on Bloodshot Records, Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South. The album takes listeners on a complex tour of the South—through lynchings and mob violence, sacrifice and reconciliation. It’s dense subject matter for any artist
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INTRO CHORDS
G G C G C G G
FIRST VERSE
G C Bm C
Lonely fortunes fall, down at our bare feet,
Bm G
But there are cracks in the concrete
G C Bm C
Our tired eyes can see, so much more clearly,
Bm G
So-ooo clearly
CHORUS
C Bm
That we're never gonna have much,
C Bm G
Myself, I'd take such as a compliment
C Bm
We can blame it on our circumstances
C Bm G
Oh at least we took the chances we had to
C C G
SECOND VERSE
G C Bm C
I'm so sorry I, I forgot myself
Bm G
I should have asked for help
G C Bm C
You say that's ok and that you know we've got it made
Bm G G
So I know we've got it made
CHORUS x2 (with more intensity the second time)
C G
But we're never gonna have much,
C Bm G
Myself, I'd take such as a compliment
C Bm
We can blame it on our circumstances
C Bm G
Oh at least we took the chances we had to
BRIDGE
C Bm
La la da de da de da
C Bm
Oh de da de da
G
La de da de dum dum
C Bm
La la da de da de da
C Bm
Oh de da de da
G
La de da de dum dum
G
La de da de dum dum
C Bm G G
FINAL CHORUS
C Bm
That we're never gonna have much,
C Bm G
Myself, I'd take such as a compliment
C Bm
We can blame it on our circumstances
C Bm G (once, let ring)
Oh at least we took the chances we had to
G G C G C G G
FIRST VERSE
G C Bm C
Lonely fortunes fall, down at our bare feet,
Bm G
But there are cracks in the concrete
G C Bm C
Our tired eyes can see, so much more clearly,
Bm G
So-ooo clearly
CHORUS
C Bm
That we're never gonna have much,
C Bm G
Myself, I'd take such as a compliment
C Bm
We can blame it on our circumstances
C Bm G
Oh at least we took the chances we had to
C C G
SECOND VERSE
G C Bm C
I'm so sorry I, I forgot myself
Bm G
I should have asked for help
G C Bm C
You say that's ok and that you know we've got it made
Bm G G
So I know we've got it made
CHORUS x2 (with more intensity the second time)
C G
But we're never gonna have much,
C Bm G
Myself, I'd take such as a compliment
C Bm
We can blame it on our circumstances
C Bm G
Oh at least we took the chances we had to
BRIDGE
C Bm
La la da de da de da
C Bm
Oh de da de da
G
La de da de dum dum
C Bm
La la da de da de da
C Bm
Oh de da de da
G
La de da de dum dum
G
La de da de dum dum
C Bm G G
FINAL CHORUS
C Bm
That we're never gonna have much,
C Bm G
Myself, I'd take such as a compliment
C Bm
We can blame it on our circumstances
C Bm G (once, let ring)
Oh at least we took the chances we had to
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