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 - Ghost Towns
INTRO: Em C G Am C D (2x)
Am
Cleveland, Janesville, Camden
C
Or East St. Louis, where they used to make
G D
The things that we would all use every day
Am
Now we've shipped it to Korea
C
China, Indonesia, left like ghost towns
G D Am C G D
The old west, laid to rest and left decayed
Am
They say, "Lets get with the program,
C
There's nothing like the globalisation"
G D
Of our pay-checks, bank accounts and place to stay
Am
Lets give free trade to the masses
C
Americans have assets
G D Em
Like satellite TV's, big cars, iPods and fancy dress
CHORUS:
C G Am
Left you drowning in the street
C D Em
Bills, a rope around your neck
C G Am
And this big old flatscreen TV
C D
Won't mean a thing to me when we're dead
INTERLUDE: Em C G Am C D
Am
We're kept separate by the waters
C
Cut off from one another where we used to play
G D
In fields as kids, at night time with the moon
Am
Now lets get out of the suburbs
C
These modern sprawling deserts
G D Em
And take back all those cities, towns and counties we once knew
CHORUS:
C G Am
Left you drowning in the street
C D Em
Bills, a rope around your neck
C G Am
And this big old flatscreen TV
C D Em
Won't mean a thing to me when you're dead
CHORUS:
C G
Left you drowning in the street
Am C G D Em
Well, bills, a rope around your neck
C G Am
And we'll talk about the hard times
C D
The ones we ain't be leaving yet
OUTRO: Em C G Am C D Em C G Am C D
INTRO: Em C G Am C D (2x)
Am
Cleveland, Janesville, Camden
C
Or East St. Louis, where they used to make
G D
The things that we would all use every day
Am
Now we've shipped it to Korea
C
China, Indonesia, left like ghost towns
G D Am C G D
The old west, laid to rest and left decayed
Am
They say, "Lets get with the program,
C
There's nothing like the globalisation"
G D
Of our pay-checks, bank accounts and place to stay
Am
Lets give free trade to the masses
C
Americans have assets
G D Em
Like satellite TV's, big cars, iPods and fancy dress
CHORUS:
C G Am
Left you drowning in the street
C D Em
Bills, a rope around your neck
C G Am
And this big old flatscreen TV
C D
Won't mean a thing to me when we're dead
INTERLUDE: Em C G Am C D
Am
We're kept separate by the waters
C
Cut off from one another where we used to play
G D
In fields as kids, at night time with the moon
Am
Now lets get out of the suburbs
C
These modern sprawling deserts
G D Em
And take back all those cities, towns and counties we once knew
CHORUS:
C G Am
Left you drowning in the street
C D Em
Bills, a rope around your neck
C G Am
And this big old flatscreen TV
C D Em
Won't mean a thing to me when you're dead
CHORUS:
C G
Left you drowning in the street
Am C G D Em
Well, bills, a rope around your neck
C G Am
And we'll talk about the hard times
C D
The ones we ain't be leaving yet
OUTRO: Em C G Am C D Em C G Am C D
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