Biography:
Jay Farrar (born December 26, 1966 in Belleville, Illinois) is an American songwriter and musician currently based in St. Louis, Missouri. A veteran of two critically acclaimed music groups, Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt, he began his solo music career in 2001. Beyond his established talents as a songwriter, he is a guitarist, harmonicist, and a vocalist.
His musical style ranges from sparse, unaccompanied folk music to full rock and roll band arrangements comparable to Neil Young or Dinosaur Jr.
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Other songs:
- Atom Dance
- Barstow
- Big Sur
- Breathe Our Iodine
- Cahokian
- California Zephyr
- Careless Reckless Love
- Clear Day Thunder
- Dead Promises
- Dent County
- Different Eyes
- Direction
- Hard Is The Fall
- Hoping Machine
- Low Life Kingdom
- No Rolling Back
- Outside The Door
- Rexs Blues
- San Francisco
- Sea Engines
- Voodoo Candle
- Williamine
- Worlds On Fire
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Words and music by Jay Farrar from the 2001 Album "Sebastopol."
Standard tuning, 3/4 time. Listen to the record for the exact timing
Intro
C G D C G
[G] Anyone caught speaking Esperanto
Is thought crazy or headed for [D] jail
There's peace in the wilds of west Texas
Where the sun and the [C] sky pre[G]vail
[G] Take no notice of the rising waters
Take no notice where the rivers run [D] dry
They'll be diggin through the landfills
To find evidence of [C] our great de[G]mise
[Cadd9] There's a changing pattern before us
And the past tells the story quite [G] well
By the [D] time we make it to Barstow
We'll be more than [C] halfway to [G] hell
[Cadd9][G] [D]
[G] Waves of adverts that promise revival
Trick it where it batters the [D] brain
The devil bought the key to Branson
Drives a backhoe and [C] wears a gold [G] chain
[G] Now we're living in the unnamed time frame
That's in Reno we're on the hu[D]man race
Woke up in another test market
With a new headache [C] filter in [G] place
[Cadd9] There's a changing pattern before us
And the past tells the story quite [G] well
By the [D] time we make it to Barstow
We'll be more than [C] halfway to [G] hell
[Cadd9][G] [D]
By the [D] time we make it to Barstow
We'll be more than [C] halfway to [G] hell
Standard tuning, 3/4 time. Listen to the record for the exact timing
Intro
C G D C G
[G] Anyone caught speaking Esperanto
Is thought crazy or headed for [D] jail
There's peace in the wilds of west Texas
Where the sun and the [C] sky pre[G]vail
[G] Take no notice of the rising waters
Take no notice where the rivers run [D] dry
They'll be diggin through the landfills
To find evidence of [C] our great de[G]mise
[Cadd9] There's a changing pattern before us
And the past tells the story quite [G] well
By the [D] time we make it to Barstow
We'll be more than [C] halfway to [G] hell
[Cadd9][G] [D]
[G] Waves of adverts that promise revival
Trick it where it batters the [D] brain
The devil bought the key to Branson
Drives a backhoe and [C] wears a gold [G] chain
[G] Now we're living in the unnamed time frame
That's in Reno we're on the hu[D]man race
Woke up in another test market
With a new headache [C] filter in [G] place
[Cadd9] There's a changing pattern before us
And the past tells the story quite [G] well
By the [D] time we make it to Barstow
We'll be more than [C] halfway to [G] hell
[Cadd9][G] [D]
By the [D] time we make it to Barstow
We'll be more than [C] halfway to [G] hell
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