Biography:
Mark Erelli (born 1975) is an American folk singer/songwriter from Reading, Massachusetts now living in Portland, Maine. His album, Hope & Other Casualties, is a collection of folk and Americana songs with stylistic arrangements, including "The Only Way", written in response to the September 11, 2001 attack and covered by Ellis Paul and Vance Gilbert.
On "Compass & Companion", Mark partnered with Kelly Willis for the title song.
He regularly tours in support of Kris Delmhorst
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Other songs:
- 23Rd Street
- A Bend In The River
- Abraham
- Aint No Time Of Year To Be Alone
- All Behind Me Now
- Almost Home
- Alright For Now
- Analog Hero
- August
- Baltimore
- Basement Days
- Before I Knew Your Name
- Billy Gray
- Birches
- Blue
- Brand New Baby
- Call You Home
- Close Your Eyes
- Coming Home
- Compass And Companion
- Defying Gravity
- Evenings Curtain
- Five Beer Moon
- Ghost
- Hartfordtown 1944
- Hemlock Grove
- Here And Now
- Hope Dies Last
- Ice Fishing
- Ichabod
- Imaginary Wars
- Innocent When You Dream
- Kingdom Come
- Little Sister
- Midnight Train
- My Best Was Just Not Good Enough For You
- My Darling
- Northern Star
- Only Wondering Where You Are
- Passing Through
- Pauline
- Pilgrim Highway
- Pretend
- Snowed In
- The Only Way
- Tired Eyes
- Tom Merritt
- Undone
- Volunteers
- Why Should I Cry
- Wyoming Wind
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Mark Erelli - A Bend In The River
CAPO: 2nd fret
[Intro]
Dm G C
[Chorus]
F
It's just a bend in the river
C Am
Where the water slows down
Dm G
It might not look like much to you
C
But it's my hometown
[Verse 1]
C
It ain't no mystery
F
How this town was born
C
It started with a couple farms
G7
Then the mill and the general store
[Verse 2]
C
Ever since the work went south
F
And those wheels don't run
C
The bars got the churches beat
G7
By at least two to one
[Verse 3]
C
And I've lived 'round here
F
Ever since I was a kid
C
I used to dream of getting out
G7
Just like those college boys did
[Verse 4]
C
But maybe (D)I was born
F
Without a rambling bone
C
You stay in one place long enough
G7 C
And it starts to feel like home
[Chorus]
[Verse 5]
C
I got married here
F
It'll be two years this spring
C
I can see her in her mama's white dress
G7
Every time I hear the church bell ring
[Verse 6]
C
I know some folks say
F
That she could do better than me
C
But she was raising a girl on her own
G7
And she was only nineteen
[Verse 7]
C
Can't get 'dm everything they want
F
So I try to give 'dm what they need
C
Now and then I pull a graveyard shift
G7
Down at the factory
[Verse 8]
C
When I see that little girl smile
F
Playing in our backyard
C
Lord, it makes it all worthwhile
G7 C
It keeps me going when the going gets hard
[Chorus]
[Instrumental]
Dm G C Am Em A7
**Key Change - Up 2 Semitones**
[Verse 9]
D
It's changing every day
G
The signs are all around
D
One more field gone to seed
A7
Another barn falling down
[Verse 10]
D
Main Street's all boarded up
G
And nobody cares, I guess
D
'Cause there's a place on the edge of town
A7
That's selling everything for less
[Verse 11]
D
But sometimes in my dreams
G
I see the waters rise
D
The river jumps its banks
A7
And this town is purified
[Verse 12]
D
Everything is washed away
G
Clear to the county line
D
And we can start all over again
A7 D
Maybe do a little better next time
[Chorus]
G
It's just a bend in the river
D Bm
Where the water slows down
Em A7
It might not look like much to you
D
But it's our hometown
[Chorus]
G
It's just a bend in the river
D Bm
Where the water slows down
Em A7
It might not look like much to you
D
But it's our hometown
[Outro]
Em A7 D
CAPO: 2nd fret
[Intro]
Dm G C
[Chorus]
F
It's just a bend in the river
C Am
Where the water slows down
Dm G
It might not look like much to you
C
But it's my hometown
[Verse 1]
C
It ain't no mystery
F
How this town was born
C
It started with a couple farms
G7
Then the mill and the general store
[Verse 2]
C
Ever since the work went south
F
And those wheels don't run
C
The bars got the churches beat
G7
By at least two to one
[Verse 3]
C
And I've lived 'round here
F
Ever since I was a kid
C
I used to dream of getting out
G7
Just like those college boys did
[Verse 4]
C
But maybe (D)I was born
F
Without a rambling bone
C
You stay in one place long enough
G7 C
And it starts to feel like home
[Chorus]
[Verse 5]
C
I got married here
F
It'll be two years this spring
C
I can see her in her mama's white dress
G7
Every time I hear the church bell ring
[Verse 6]
C
I know some folks say
F
That she could do better than me
C
But she was raising a girl on her own
G7
And she was only nineteen
[Verse 7]
C
Can't get 'dm everything they want
F
So I try to give 'dm what they need
C
Now and then I pull a graveyard shift
G7
Down at the factory
[Verse 8]
C
When I see that little girl smile
F
Playing in our backyard
C
Lord, it makes it all worthwhile
G7 C
It keeps me going when the going gets hard
[Chorus]
[Instrumental]
Dm G C Am Em A7
**Key Change - Up 2 Semitones**
[Verse 9]
D
It's changing every day
G
The signs are all around
D
One more field gone to seed
A7
Another barn falling down
[Verse 10]
D
Main Street's all boarded up
G
And nobody cares, I guess
D
'Cause there's a place on the edge of town
A7
That's selling everything for less
[Verse 11]
D
But sometimes in my dreams
G
I see the waters rise
D
The river jumps its banks
A7
And this town is purified
[Verse 12]
D
Everything is washed away
G
Clear to the county line
D
And we can start all over again
A7 D
Maybe do a little better next time
[Chorus]
G
It's just a bend in the river
D Bm
Where the water slows down
Em A7
It might not look like much to you
D
But it's our hometown
[Chorus]
G
It's just a bend in the river
D Bm
Where the water slows down
Em A7
It might not look like much to you
D
But it's our hometown
[Outro]
Em A7 D
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