Biography:
When singer/songwriter John Statz isn’t at home in Denver, Colorado, he’s out traveling the world, playing shows and writing and recording in places like Budapest, Slovenia, Quebec, and Anchorage. For his new album, Old Fashioned, he is bringing it back home. Whereas the previous album (Ghost Towns) was filled with worldly influences and subject matter, Old Fashioned brings us back to the heartland: Midwestern America.
Recorded in Iowa City with revered producer Bo Ramsey (Lucinda Williams
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John Statz - 1898
## NOTE: For the Intro, Instrumental and Outro ##
## D = xx023x ##
## Cadd9 = x3003x ##
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CAPO: 3rd Fret
INTRO: D Cadd9 Em7 D/A (2x)
Am C G
It was carnival, 1898
D C G
When they blew up the Maine in Havana
D Am C G
The young across the country, they all called for blood
D C G
But the elders they remembered
D Am C G
'Cause they'd fought a Civil War, they'd seen the bodies piled
D C G
They were in no rush to send young men to die
D Am C G
But them yellow journalists, they got the nation riled
D C G
And them war drums kept on beating
CHORUS:
Em G D
The world it never knew what hit
Em G D
The American century begun
Em G D A
And that short little war, that they had themselves with Spain
Em G D
Old Glory never was the same
Em G D
Oh, after 1898
INSTRUMENTAL: D Cadd9 Em7 D/A (2X)
Am C G
They raced the Riders down, was Teddy at the helm
D C G
And they set their sails for Cuba
D Am C G
Was Dewey in the east, with his white, shining fleet
D C G
And they took them Philippines in a day
CHORUS:
Em G D
The world it never knew what hit
Em G D
The American century begun
Em G D A
And that short little war, that they had themselves with Spain
Em G D
Old Glory never was the same
Em G D
Oh, after 1898
Em G D
Oh, after 1898
OUTRO: D Cadd9 Em7 D/A (2x)
## NOTE: For the Intro, Instrumental and Outro ##
## D = xx023x ##
## Cadd9 = x3003x ##
## Em7 = x2000x ##
## D/A = x0023x ##
CAPO: 3rd Fret
INTRO: D Cadd9 Em7 D/A (2x)
Am C G
It was carnival, 1898
D C G
When they blew up the Maine in Havana
D Am C G
The young across the country, they all called for blood
D C G
But the elders they remembered
D Am C G
'Cause they'd fought a Civil War, they'd seen the bodies piled
D C G
They were in no rush to send young men to die
D Am C G
But them yellow journalists, they got the nation riled
D C G
And them war drums kept on beating
CHORUS:
Em G D
The world it never knew what hit
Em G D
The American century begun
Em G D A
And that short little war, that they had themselves with Spain
Em G D
Old Glory never was the same
Em G D
Oh, after 1898
INSTRUMENTAL: D Cadd9 Em7 D/A (2X)
Am C G
They raced the Riders down, was Teddy at the helm
D C G
And they set their sails for Cuba
D Am C G
Was Dewey in the east, with his white, shining fleet
D C G
And they took them Philippines in a day
CHORUS:
Em G D
The world it never knew what hit
Em G D
The American century begun
Em G D A
And that short little war, that they had themselves with Spain
Em G D
Old Glory never was the same
Em G D
Oh, after 1898
Em G D
Oh, after 1898
OUTRO: D Cadd9 Em7 D/A (2x)
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