Biography:
Josh Ritter (born in Moscow, Idaho on October 21, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and author who performs and records with The Royal City Band (as Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band). Ritter is known for his distinctive Americana style and narrative lyrics. In 2006 he was named one of the "100 Greatest Living Songwriters" by Paste magazine.
Born to two neuroscientists, Ritter bought his first guitar from the local K-MART after hearing the Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash classic Girl From The North Country.
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Other songs:
- Empty Hearts
- Getting Ready To Get Down
- Good Man
- Kathleen
- Naked As A Window
- Next To The Last Romantic
- Temptation Of Adam
- To The Dogs Or Whoever
- Wolves
- A Big Enough Sky
- All Some Kind Of Dream
- Angels On Her Shoulders
- Anne
- Another New World
- Baby Thats Not All
- Bandits
- Beautiful Night
- Best For The Best
- Blame It On The Tetons
- Bone Of Song
- Bonfire
- California
- Cant Go To Sleep Without You
- Certain Light
- Change Of Time
- Come And Find Me
- Cry Softly
- Cumberland
- Darlin
- Dreams
- Drive Away
- Evil Eye
- Feels Like Lightning
- Folk Bloodbath
- Friendamine
- Girl In The War
- Golden Age Of Radio
- Ground Dont Want Me
- Harrisburg
- Henrietta Indiana
- Here At The Right Time
- Homecoming
- Hopeful
- Hotel Song
- Idaho
- In The Dark
- In Your Arms Again
- In Your Arms Awhile
- Joy To You Baby
- Labelship Down
- Lantern
- Lark
- Lawrence Ks
- Leaves And Kings
- Leaving
- Letter From Ohmaha
- Lights
- Lillian Egypt
- Little Ole Wine Drinker Me
- Long Shadows
- Loretta
- Love Is Making Its Way Back Home
- Make Me Down
- Man Burning
- Manburning
- Me And Jiggs
- Miles Away
- Minds Eye
- Monster Ballads
- Moon River
- Moons
- Murder On My Mind
- My Man On A Horse Is Here
- Myrna Loy
- New Lover
- Nightmares
- Oh Lord Part 3
- One More Mouth
- Open Doors
- Other Side
- Peter Killed The Dragon
- Rainslicker
- Rattling Locks
- Real Long Distance
- Right Moves
- Roll On
- Rumors
- Seeing Me Round
- Showboat
- Silver Blade
- Since Youve Gone
- Sir Galahad
- Snow Is Gone
- Song For The Fireflies
- Southern Pacifica
- Still Beating
- Strangers
- Stuck To You The Science Song
- The Appleblossom Rag
- The Bad Actress
- The Curse
- The Oak King
- The Stone
- The Temptation Of Adam
- Thin Blue Flame
- Third Arm
- Thunderbolts Goodnight
- Tonight You Belong To Me
- Train Go By
- Wait For Love
- When Will I Be Changed
- Where The Night Goes
- Wildfires
- Wings
- You Dont Make It Easy Babe
- Young Moses
- Youve Got The Moon
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Capo 5
Standard Tuning: EADGBe
[Chords]
EADGBE
Am:002210
C: 032010
Em:022000
G: 320033
[Intro]
C - Am - Em - G (x2)
[Verse 1]
C Am
He opens his eyes, falls in love at first sight
Em G
With the girl in the doorway
C Am
What beautiful lines, how full of life
Em G
After thousands of years what a face to wake up to
C Am
He holds back a sigh as she touches his arm
Em G
She dusts off the bed where till now he's been sleeping
C Am
Under miles of stone, the dried fig of his heart
Em G
Under scarab and bone starts back to its beating
[Interlude 1]
[C - Am - Em - G]
[Verse 2]
(use verse 1 chords)
She carries him home in a beautiful boat
He watches the scene from a porthole in stowage
And he can hear all she says as she sits by his bed
And one day his lips answer her in her own language
The days quickly pass, he loves making her laugh
The first time he moves it's her hair that he touches
She asks 'Are you cursed?', he says 'I think that I'm cured'
Then he talks of the Nile and the girls in Bulrushes
[Interlude 2]
C - Am - Em - G
[Verse3]
(use verse 1 chords)
In New York he is laid in a glass covered case
He pretends he is dead, people crowd 'round to see him
But each night she comes 'round and the two wander down
The halls of the tomb that she calls a museum
Often he stops to rest, but then less and less
Then it's her that looks tired, staying up asking questions
He learns how to read from the papers that she
Is writing about him and he makes corrections
It's his face on her book, more and more come to look
Families from Iowa, upper Westsider's
Then one day it's too much, he decides to get up
And as chaos ensues he walks outside to find her
She's using a cane and her face looks too pale
But she's happy to see him, as they walk he supports her
She asks 'Are you cursed?', but his answers obscured
In a sandstorm of flash bulbs and rowdy reporters
[Interlude 3]
C - Am - Em - G (x5)
[Verse 4]
(use verse 1 chords)
Such reanimation, the two tour the nation
He gets out of limos, he meets other women
He speaks of her fondly, their nights in the museum
But she's just one more rag now he's dragging behind him
She stops going out, she just lies there in bed
In hotels in whatever towns they are speaking
Then her face starts to set, her hands start to fold
Then one day the dried fig of her heart stops it's beating
[Interlude 4]
C - Am - Em - G (x2)
[Verse 5]
(use verse 1 chords)
Long ago on the ship, she asked 'Why pyramids?'
He said think of them as an immense invitation
She asked 'Are you cursed?', he says 'I think that I'm cured'
Then he kissed her and hoped that she'd forget that question
Standard Tuning: EADGBe
[Chords]
EADGBE
Am:002210
C: 032010
Em:022000
G: 320033
[Intro]
C - Am - Em - G (x2)
[Verse 1]
C Am
He opens his eyes, falls in love at first sight
Em G
With the girl in the doorway
C Am
What beautiful lines, how full of life
Em G
After thousands of years what a face to wake up to
C Am
He holds back a sigh as she touches his arm
Em G
She dusts off the bed where till now he's been sleeping
C Am
Under miles of stone, the dried fig of his heart
Em G
Under scarab and bone starts back to its beating
[Interlude 1]
[C - Am - Em - G]
[Verse 2]
(use verse 1 chords)
She carries him home in a beautiful boat
He watches the scene from a porthole in stowage
And he can hear all she says as she sits by his bed
And one day his lips answer her in her own language
The days quickly pass, he loves making her laugh
The first time he moves it's her hair that he touches
She asks 'Are you cursed?', he says 'I think that I'm cured'
Then he talks of the Nile and the girls in Bulrushes
[Interlude 2]
C - Am - Em - G
[Verse3]
(use verse 1 chords)
In New York he is laid in a glass covered case
He pretends he is dead, people crowd 'round to see him
But each night she comes 'round and the two wander down
The halls of the tomb that she calls a museum
Often he stops to rest, but then less and less
Then it's her that looks tired, staying up asking questions
He learns how to read from the papers that she
Is writing about him and he makes corrections
It's his face on her book, more and more come to look
Families from Iowa, upper Westsider's
Then one day it's too much, he decides to get up
And as chaos ensues he walks outside to find her
She's using a cane and her face looks too pale
But she's happy to see him, as they walk he supports her
She asks 'Are you cursed?', but his answers obscured
In a sandstorm of flash bulbs and rowdy reporters
[Interlude 3]
C - Am - Em - G (x5)
[Verse 4]
(use verse 1 chords)
Such reanimation, the two tour the nation
He gets out of limos, he meets other women
He speaks of her fondly, their nights in the museum
But she's just one more rag now he's dragging behind him
She stops going out, she just lies there in bed
In hotels in whatever towns they are speaking
Then her face starts to set, her hands start to fold
Then one day the dried fig of her heart stops it's beating
[Interlude 4]
C - Am - Em - G (x2)
[Verse 5]
(use verse 1 chords)
Long ago on the ship, she asked 'Why pyramids?'
He said think of them as an immense invitation
She asked 'Are you cursed?', he says 'I think that I'm cured'
Then he kissed her and hoped that she'd forget that question
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