Biography:
J. Roddy Walston and The Business is a Baltimore, Md.-based rock band playing melodic, often upbeat and catchy songs influenced by the Southern rock tradition and featuring accomplished lyrics and musicianship. Their songs are often piano-driven and also feature strong guitar solos. The band moved to Baltimore from Tennessee.
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No Capo
Chords between () are only notes.
[Intro]
(D)
D Dsus2 Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
D Dsus2 Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
[Verse 1]
D Dsus2 Dsus4
Don’t sell the farm
yet, believe in me
D Dsus2 Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
Don’t break the branches off the family tree
D Dsus2 Dsus4
I’m made of good wood,
D Dsus2 D
bend but don’t break
D Dsus2 Dsus4 D Dsus2
There’s only some much middle sons can take
[Pre-Chorus]
G
My mechanics of coping
D
Alcohol, melatonin
G D
Ain’t enough to get you out of my life
G
You can grab, you can hold it
D
But you’re gonna let go when
G A
Everything about it just ain’t right
A7 D5
So we’re just
[Chorus]
G5
Dead fields sown in pain
D5
I’m the last of your name
B5 G5 D5
I can’t do it all but I wouldn’t do it all the same
G5
Hard hearts, soft on the past
D5 G5
Well the hurt came quick, bitterness came to last
F#5 G5
You’re the one thing that I want
A5 D5
And the wanting’s all I’ll have
[Verse 2]
D Dsus2 Dsus4
There are some deeds
D Dsus2 D
that can’t be undid
D Dsus2 Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
There are some moral slopes that can’t be unslid
D Dsus2 Dsus4
Did you do right by us?
D Dsus2 D
Best it could be
D Dsus2 Dsus4 D Dsus2
You’ve done no harm but you’ve been no good to me
[Pre-Chorus]
G
You only think you’re at home when
D
You’re out and making atonement
G D
Someday you got to make up your own mind
G
You’re never gonna get free of
D
The way you left me to need love
G A
I returned the pain you paid us in kind
A7 D5
So we’re just
[Chorus]
G5
Dead fields sown in pain
D5
I’m the last of your name
B5 G5 D5
I can’t do it all but I wouldn’t do it all the same
G5
Hard hearts, soft on the past
D5 G5
Well the hurt came quick, bitterness came to last
F#5 G5
You’re the one thing that I want
A5 D5
And the wanting’s all I’ll have
[Bridge]
G
Upon the mount there was a sermon
D
And then there was a lesson learned
G
If I can only touch in third person
G D
Is this cause to be concerned
A
I want to know if the passing’s complete
G D
And if it was a clean divide
A
Is this your body
A
Is this where you’ll sleep
G
I want to love you
A A7
I want to tell you but I can’t change my mind
[Chorus]
D5 G5
Dead fields sown in pain
D5
I’m the last of your name
B5 G5 D5
I can’t do it all but I wouldn’t do it all the same
G5
Hard hearts, soft on the past
D5 G5
Well the hurt came quick, bitterness came to last
F#5 G5
You’re the one thing that I want
A5 D5
And the wanting’s all I’ll have
[Outro]
F#5 G5
And the wanting’s all I’ll have
A5 D
And the wanting’s all I’ll have
Chords between () are only notes.
[Intro]
(D)
D Dsus2 Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
D Dsus2 Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
[Verse 1]
D Dsus2 Dsus4
Don’t sell the farm
yet, believe in me
D Dsus2 Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
Don’t break the branches off the family tree
D Dsus2 Dsus4
I’m made of good wood,
D Dsus2 D
bend but don’t break
D Dsus2 Dsus4 D Dsus2
There’s only some much middle sons can take
[Pre-Chorus]
G
My mechanics of coping
D
Alcohol, melatonin
G D
Ain’t enough to get you out of my life
G
You can grab, you can hold it
D
But you’re gonna let go when
G A
Everything about it just ain’t right
A7 D5
So we’re just
[Chorus]
G5
Dead fields sown in pain
D5
I’m the last of your name
B5 G5 D5
I can’t do it all but I wouldn’t do it all the same
G5
Hard hearts, soft on the past
D5 G5
Well the hurt came quick, bitterness came to last
F#5 G5
You’re the one thing that I want
A5 D5
And the wanting’s all I’ll have
[Verse 2]
D Dsus2 Dsus4
There are some deeds
D Dsus2 D
that can’t be undid
D Dsus2 Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
There are some moral slopes that can’t be unslid
D Dsus2 Dsus4
Did you do right by us?
D Dsus2 D
Best it could be
D Dsus2 Dsus4 D Dsus2
You’ve done no harm but you’ve been no good to me
[Pre-Chorus]
G
You only think you’re at home when
D
You’re out and making atonement
G D
Someday you got to make up your own mind
G
You’re never gonna get free of
D
The way you left me to need love
G A
I returned the pain you paid us in kind
A7 D5
So we’re just
[Chorus]
G5
Dead fields sown in pain
D5
I’m the last of your name
B5 G5 D5
I can’t do it all but I wouldn’t do it all the same
G5
Hard hearts, soft on the past
D5 G5
Well the hurt came quick, bitterness came to last
F#5 G5
You’re the one thing that I want
A5 D5
And the wanting’s all I’ll have
[Bridge]
G
Upon the mount there was a sermon
D
And then there was a lesson learned
G
If I can only touch in third person
G D
Is this cause to be concerned
A
I want to know if the passing’s complete
G D
And if it was a clean divide
A
Is this your body
A
Is this where you’ll sleep
G
I want to love you
A A7
I want to tell you but I can’t change my mind
[Chorus]
D5 G5
Dead fields sown in pain
D5
I’m the last of your name
B5 G5 D5
I can’t do it all but I wouldn’t do it all the same
G5
Hard hearts, soft on the past
D5 G5
Well the hurt came quick, bitterness came to last
F#5 G5
You’re the one thing that I want
A5 D5
And the wanting’s all I’ll have
[Outro]
F#5 G5
And the wanting’s all I’ll have
A5 D
And the wanting’s all I’ll have
J W Myers
J Walter Hawkes
J Ward
J Williams
J-Ax