Biography:
Hal Michael Ketchum (born in Greenwich, New York on 9 April 1953; died 23 November 2020) was an American country musician, songwriter, and performer.
Though Ketchum first began recording in the mid-1980s, not until his 1991 record deal with Curb Records did he have a major hit with the album Past The Point Of Rescue. The title cut to the album was a Top 3 single, and other singles that met similar success included "Small Town Saturday Night" and "Sure Love".
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Other songs:
- Another Day Gone
- Continental Farewell
- Daddys Oldsmobile
- Dont Strike A Match
- Dreams Of Martina
- Fall In Love Again
- Hang In There Superman
- Hearts Are Gonna Roll
- I Know Where Love Lives
- I Miss My Mary
- In Front Of The Alamo
- Just This Side Of Heaven
- Long Day Comin
- Long Way Down
- Loving You Makes Me A Better Man
- Mama Knows The Highway
- No Easy Road
- One More Midnight
- Past The Point Of Rescue
- Satisfied Mind
- She Is
- Small Town Saturday Night
- Softer Than A Whisper
- Someplace Far Away
- Stay Forever
- Strangest Dreams
- Thats What I Get
- Trail Of Tears
- Veil Of Tears
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For some reason all the chords I found of this song are in the key of G, but the song is actually in A.
Likewise, I couldn't find any that tabbed out the picking, so I did my best. The chords are all correct,
and the picking is as close as I could get, but play around with it.
CHORDS USED:
A: x02220
Dadd9: xx0230
E: 022100
F#m: 244222
D: xx0232
INTRO - A
VERSE 1:
Dadd9
A threadbare alibi,
A
A lifetime full of promise
Fell from my Mary's eyes
E
As she watched the screen door swing
Dadd9 A
The baby never woke,
F#m Dadd9 A
He lay cradled in her trembling
Dadd9
He lay safe never knowing
E A
What my leaving would bring
VERSE 2:
Dadd9
I draw my pay down on the docks
A
Send it off to Mary
Might hold back a dollar
E
And wash this pain out of my back
Dadd9 A
But the pain keeps gettin' clearer
F#m Dadd9 A
And Mary your face just keeps on fading
D
Now the light shines through this bottle
E A
Memories all fade to black
CHORUS:
Dadd9
Well I'll see you out on the streets tonight
A. A.
I'm a lover of a drink, lover of a fight
Dadd9 A
Hold my own on the dark side of this town
Dadd9
Yes I'm tough as nails, got a heart of steel
A F#m
I will never fear 'cause I will never feel
Dadd9 E
And one more round will surely set me right
A
I miss my Mary tonight
INTERLUDE:
Dadd9 - E - A
VERSE 3:
Dadd9
The call me the old man in this bar
A
Sleeves rolled up and showin'
E
Faint blue souvenirs of love and places I have been
Dadd9 A
One says "US Navy"
F#m Dadd9 A
And this one says "Darling Mary"
D
My Mary's turned to ashes
E A
And the ocean's turned to gin
CHORUS:
Dadd9
Well I'll see you out on the streets tonight
A. A.
I'm a lover of a drink, lover of a fight
Dadd9 A
Hold my own on the dark side of this town
Dadd9
Yes I'm tough as nails, got a heart of steel
A F#m
I will never fear 'cause I will never feel
Dadd9 E
And one more round will surely set me right
A
I miss my Mary tonight
INTRO:
Stave 1:
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------2-------------------2-------------------2-----2-----
G|--------2----------2--------2----------2--------2----------------
D|-----2----------2--------2----------2--------2----------2--------
A|--0-------------------0-------------------0-------------------0--
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
Verse 1:
E|--------------------------------------------------
B|-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3--
G|-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2--------
D|--------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----
A|--0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------
E|--------------------------------------------------
Stave 3:
E|--------------------------------------------------
B|-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2--
G|-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2--------
D|--------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----
A|--0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------
E|--------------------------------------------------
Stave 4:
E|--------------------------------------------------
B|-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2--
G|-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2--------
D|--------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----
A|--0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------
E|--------------------------------------------------
Stave 5:
E|-----------------------------4-----
B|--------------0--------------------
G|--------1-----------1--------------
D|-----2-----2-----2--------2-----2--
A|--2--------------------2-----------
E|-----------------------------------
Stave 6:
E|----------------------------------------------
B|-----------3----------------2-----------------
G|--------2-----2-----2-------------2--------2--
D|-----0-----------0-------------2--------2-----
A|--0----------------------0-----------0--------
E|----------------------------------------------
Stave 7:
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------2--------------------3-----------2-------------------2--------
G|--------2-----2-----2--------2-----------2--------2----------2--------2--
D|-----4-----------4--------0-----------2--------2----------2--------2-----
A|--4--------------------0-----------0-------------------0-----------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stave 8:
E|-----------------------------------------------4-----------------------------------
B|-----------3-----------------2--------------------------------------2--------------
G|--------2--------2--------2--------2--------1--------------------2-----2-----2-----
D|-----0--------0--------2--------2--------2--------2-----2-----2-----------2--------
A|--0-----------------0-----------------2--------------2-----0--------------------0--
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Likewise, I couldn't find any that tabbed out the picking, so I did my best. The chords are all correct,
and the picking is as close as I could get, but play around with it.
CHORDS USED:
A: x02220
Dadd9: xx0230
E: 022100
F#m: 244222
D: xx0232
INTRO - A
VERSE 1:
Dadd9
A threadbare alibi,
A
A lifetime full of promise
Fell from my Mary's eyes
E
As she watched the screen door swing
Dadd9 A
The baby never woke,
F#m Dadd9 A
He lay cradled in her trembling
Dadd9
He lay safe never knowing
E A
What my leaving would bring
VERSE 2:
Dadd9
I draw my pay down on the docks
A
Send it off to Mary
Might hold back a dollar
E
And wash this pain out of my back
Dadd9 A
But the pain keeps gettin' clearer
F#m Dadd9 A
And Mary your face just keeps on fading
D
Now the light shines through this bottle
E A
Memories all fade to black
CHORUS:
Dadd9
Well I'll see you out on the streets tonight
A. A.
I'm a lover of a drink, lover of a fight
Dadd9 A
Hold my own on the dark side of this town
Dadd9
Yes I'm tough as nails, got a heart of steel
A F#m
I will never fear 'cause I will never feel
Dadd9 E
And one more round will surely set me right
A
I miss my Mary tonight
INTERLUDE:
Dadd9 - E - A
VERSE 3:
Dadd9
The call me the old man in this bar
A
Sleeves rolled up and showin'
E
Faint blue souvenirs of love and places I have been
Dadd9 A
One says "US Navy"
F#m Dadd9 A
And this one says "Darling Mary"
D
My Mary's turned to ashes
E A
And the ocean's turned to gin
CHORUS:
Dadd9
Well I'll see you out on the streets tonight
A. A.
I'm a lover of a drink, lover of a fight
Dadd9 A
Hold my own on the dark side of this town
Dadd9
Yes I'm tough as nails, got a heart of steel
A F#m
I will never fear 'cause I will never feel
Dadd9 E
And one more round will surely set me right
A
I miss my Mary tonight
INTRO:
Stave 1:
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------2-------------------2-------------------2-----2-----
G|--------2----------2--------2----------2--------2----------------
D|-----2----------2--------2----------2--------2----------2--------
A|--0-------------------0-------------------0-------------------0--
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
Verse 1:
E|--------------------------------------------------
B|-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3--
G|-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2--------
D|--------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----
A|--0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------
E|--------------------------------------------------
Stave 3:
E|--------------------------------------------------
B|-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2--
G|-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2--------
D|--------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----
A|--0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------
E|--------------------------------------------------
Stave 4:
E|--------------------------------------------------
B|-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2--
G|-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2--------
D|--------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----
A|--0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------
E|--------------------------------------------------
Stave 5:
E|-----------------------------4-----
B|--------------0--------------------
G|--------1-----------1--------------
D|-----2-----2-----2--------2-----2--
A|--2--------------------2-----------
E|-----------------------------------
Stave 6:
E|----------------------------------------------
B|-----------3----------------2-----------------
G|--------2-----2-----2-------------2--------2--
D|-----0-----------0-------------2--------2-----
A|--0----------------------0-----------0--------
E|----------------------------------------------
Stave 7:
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------2--------------------3-----------2-------------------2--------
G|--------2-----2-----2--------2-----------2--------2----------2--------2--
D|-----4-----------4--------0-----------2--------2----------2--------2-----
A|--4--------------------0-----------0-------------------0-----------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stave 8:
E|-----------------------------------------------4-----------------------------------
B|-----------3-----------------2--------------------------------------2--------------
G|--------2--------2--------2--------2--------1--------------------2-----2-----2-----
D|-----0--------0--------2--------2--------2--------2-----2-----2-----------2--------
A|--0-----------------0-----------------2--------------2-----0--------------------0--
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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