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 - Absentee
INTRO: D C G (2x) D
C G D C
Let's get married this Friday afternoon
G D C
With only the judge and me and you
G D C G D C
In this tiny hospital room
G D C
Just five years ago I was
G D C
In service to the lord up above
G D C
One look at her and I was done
G D C G Em
I don't regret the path I've come
CHORUS 1:
C G D Em
Just let me cast absentee
C G D Em
'Cause I won't be here next week___
C G D Em
Yea, sure, I'm going to South Chicago___
C G D C
That for me, is easier to swallow, than this
CHORUS 2:
G
I'm going now
D
I'm saying bye
C
No one knows
D G
What happens when
D
Love leaves your eyes
INSTRUMENTAL: C G D C (3x)
G D C
Sunday came too soon
G D C
And I left you, what to do
G D C
Just put me down in the morning dew
G D C G Em
Just the ground and me and you
CHORUS 1:
C G D Em
Let me cast absentee
C G D Em
'Cause I won't be here next week___
C G D Em
Sure, I'm going to South Chicago___
C G D C
That for me, is easier to swallow, than this
CHORUS 2:
G
I'm going now
D
I'm saying bye
C
No one knows
D G
What happens when
D
Love leaves your eyes
CHORUS 3:
C
I'm going now
D G
I'm gonna try
D
To find you in
C
Another life
G D
'Cause no one knows____
OUTRO: C G D C G D
INTRO: D C G (2x) D
C G D C
Let's get married this Friday afternoon
G D C
With only the judge and me and you
G D C G D C
In this tiny hospital room
G D C
Just five years ago I was
G D C
In service to the lord up above
G D C
One look at her and I was done
G D C G Em
I don't regret the path I've come
CHORUS 1:
C G D Em
Just let me cast absentee
C G D Em
'Cause I won't be here next week___
C G D Em
Yea, sure, I'm going to South Chicago___
C G D C
That for me, is easier to swallow, than this
CHORUS 2:
G
I'm going now
D
I'm saying bye
C
No one knows
D G
What happens when
D
Love leaves your eyes
INSTRUMENTAL: C G D C (3x)
G D C
Sunday came too soon
G D C
And I left you, what to do
G D C
Just put me down in the morning dew
G D C G Em
Just the ground and me and you
CHORUS 1:
C G D Em
Let me cast absentee
C G D Em
'Cause I won't be here next week___
C G D Em
Sure, I'm going to South Chicago___
C G D C
That for me, is easier to swallow, than this
CHORUS 2:
G
I'm going now
D
I'm saying bye
C
No one knows
D G
What happens when
D
Love leaves your eyes
CHORUS 3:
C
I'm going now
D G
I'm gonna try
D
To find you in
C
Another life
G D
'Cause no one knows____
OUTRO: C G D C G D
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