Biography:
Mischief Brew was an anarchist folk-punk band. A wicked concoction by Erik Petersen – a musical feast falling somewhere between the categories of pirate punk, Celtic folk, gypsy swing, devilish jazz, American olde-tyme and country. It’s good music to stomp, kick, pogo, jitterbug, waltz, drink, twist and shout to – whether the performance is solo acoustic or with a backing band of accordion, drums, and mandolin.
Erik started making music at a young age
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Other songs:
- Coffee God And Cigarettes
- Lowly Carpenter
- A Liquor Never Brewed
- A Peasants Rebellion
- A Rebels Romance
- Aint It The Life
- All Our Comrades
- An Open Letter To The North American Continent
- Banks Of Marble
- Bury Me In Analog
- Buskers Wages
- Carried Away
- Departure Arrival
- Devil Of A Time
- Dirty Pennies
- Every Town Will Celebrate
- Fight Dirty
- Free Radical Radio Fever
- From The Rooftops
- Gratitude And Thanks
- Jobs In Steel Town
- Labor Day Massacre
- Liberty Unmasked
- Nevada City Serenade
- Nomads Revolt
- O Pennsyltucky
- Oh Sweet Misery
- Old Tyme Memry
- On The Sly
- Paris Warlike
- Punx Win
- Ramblers Ghost
- Roll Me Through The Gates Of Hell
- Save A City
- Slow Death Hymn
- Smash Potwatching
- Stuffs Weird
- The Ballad Of The Cloth
- The Barrel
- The Drunk Of Three Nights
- The Midnight Special
- The Reinvention Of The Printing Press
- Watching Scotty Die
- Weapons
- What Reason Have They To Dance
- When It Rains
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
The Barrel
Let me know if I need to change anything.
Rest in Power Erik
e|-2-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3-----------------------------------------------------3-------|
G|-2---2---2h4p2-----2---2---2h4p2-----2-----------------4---2---|
D|-0-0---0-------4p0---0---0-------4p0-2---2h4p2-5-2h4-0-4-5-2-2-|
A|-------------------------------------0-0-------5-------2-5-0-2-|
E|-----------------------------------------------3---------3---0-|
[strumming]
e|-0-------------------2----------------------------------------2-3-2-|
B|-3-0-3---------------3-2p0-3----------------------------3-----3-3-3-|
G|-0---2-2---2h4p2-----2-----2-2h4p2-----2----------------4---2-2-2-2-|
D|-2---0---0-------4p0-0-----0-------4p0-2--2h4p2-5-2h4-0-4-5-2-0-0-0-|
A|-2-------------------------------------0-0------5-------2-5-0-------|
E|-0----------------------------------------------3---------3---------|
[Verse 1]
You really only need to be playing the D, G, B and e strings in the verses.
D G D G
My candy shop's a factory
D A D
left in the woods to die
D Bm
Beneath this settled dust
D A D
a fertile field of treasure lies.
Bm G
We the scavengers are hunting
Bm G
for the beautiful decay,
[The little bass line at "we the scavengers...", ignore the G over "hunting" if using
this and just keep the Bm chord shape]
A|-2-----0-2-----|
E|---2-3-----2-3-|
[Chorus]
D G
towards the bottom of the barrel,
D A
at the market for the fleas,
G Bm
stale boxcars on their railroads
G A Em
won over by the weeds.
D G
Raid the scrapyard like a garden,
D A
wring life from rusty bones.
G Bm
My candy shop is a vacant lot
G A D
where anything may grow.
[Strumming]
e|-2-2-------------------------------------------------2-3-2-|
B|-3-3-------------------------------------------3-----3-3-3-|
G|-2-2-2h4p2-----2-2-2h4p2-----2-----------------4---2-2-2-2-|
D|-0-0-------4p0-0-0-------4p0-2---2h4p2-5-2h4-0-4-5-2-0-0-0-|
A|-----------------------------0-0-------5-------2-5-0-------|
E|---------------------------------------3---------3---------|
[Verse 2]
D G D G
Weeping clowns with cracklin' brows
D A D
piled in the old arcade.
D Bm
Now the children are all workers,
D A D
still dreaming about play.
Bm G
While the freaks stomp through the wasteland
Bm G
pulling flowers from the graves.
[Chorus]
D G
towards the bottom of the barrel,
D A
at the market for the fleas,
G Bm
stale boxcars on their railroads
G A Em
won over by the weeds.
D G
Raid the scrapyard like a garden,
D A
wring life from rusty bones.
G Bm
My candy shop is a vacant lot
G A D
where anything may grow.
A G
Bm A G G
A Em A Em
[x2] [x2]
e|--------------333-----|-----------------|
B|--------------000-----|-----------------|
G|-4p2-4p2-4p2--000-2p0-|-----------------|
D|-4p2-4p2-4p2--000-----|-2h4p2p0-----2-2-| [Repeat this whole thing 4 times]
A|-2---2---2----222-----|-2-------4p0-2-2-|
E|------------3-333-----|-0-----------0-0-|
e|-2-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3-----------------------------------------------------3-------|
G|-2---2---2h4p2-----2---2---2h4p2-----2-----------------4---2---|
D|-0-0---0-------4p0---0---0-------4p0-2---2h4p2-5-2h4-0-4-5-2-2-|
A|-------------------------------------0-0-------5-------2-5-0-2-|
E|-----------------------------------------------3---------3---0-|
[strumming]
e|-0-------------------2----------------------------------------2-3-2-|
B|-3-0-3---------------3-2p0-3----------------------------3-----3-3-3-|
G|-0---2-2---2h4p2-----2-----2-2h4p2-----2----------------4---2-2-2-2-|
D|-2---0---0-------4p0-0-----0-------4p0-2--2h4p2-5-2h4-0-4-5-2-0-0-0-|
A|-2-------------------------------------0-0------5-------2-5-0-------|
E|-0----------------------------------------------3---------3---------|
[Verse 3]
D G
Like a vessel underwater,
D A
old mills and broken glass.
G Bm
Like a pick-up in the backyard,
G A Em
tree winding through the cab.
e|-----------------|
B|---3-3---2--2--2-|
G|-----------------|
D|-2--2---2--2--2--|
A|-2--2---2--2--2--|
E|-0--0---0--0--0--|
Bm G
This takes me down the backroads,
Bm G
from the mansion to the shack.
[Chorus]
D G
From the bottom of the barrel,
D A
here's something someone saved,
G Bm
and we bring it to the table,
G A Em
wonder what we're gonna make.
D G
Your scrapyard, my garden,
D A
or so the saying goes.
G Bm
You turn water into dead things
G A D
and I'll make the dead things grow
G A D
Make the dead things grow
G A Em
Make the dead things grow
e|-2-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3-----------------------------------------------------3-------|
G|-2---2---2h4p2-----2---2---2h4p2-----2-----------------4---2---|
D|-0-0---0-------4p0---0---0-------4p0-2---2h4p2-5-2h4-0-4-5-2-2-|
A|-------------------------------------0-0-------5-------2-5-0-2-|
E|-----------------------------------------------3---------3---0-|
e|-0-------------------2----------------------------------------2~-|
B|-3-0-3---------------3-2p0-3----------------------------3-----3~-|
G|-0---2-2---2h4p2-----2-----2-2h4p2-----2----------------4---2-2~-|
D|-2---0---0-------4p0-0-----0-------4p0-2--2h4p2-5-2h4-0-4-5-2-0~-|
A|-2-------------------------------------0-0------5-------2-5-0----|
E|-0----------------------------------------------3---------3------|
Let me know if I need to change anything.
Rest in Power Erik
e|-2-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3-----------------------------------------------------3-------|
G|-2---2---2h4p2-----2---2---2h4p2-----2-----------------4---2---|
D|-0-0---0-------4p0---0---0-------4p0-2---2h4p2-5-2h4-0-4-5-2-2-|
A|-------------------------------------0-0-------5-------2-5-0-2-|
E|-----------------------------------------------3---------3---0-|
[strumming]
e|-0-------------------2----------------------------------------2-3-2-|
B|-3-0-3---------------3-2p0-3----------------------------3-----3-3-3-|
G|-0---2-2---2h4p2-----2-----2-2h4p2-----2----------------4---2-2-2-2-|
D|-2---0---0-------4p0-0-----0-------4p0-2--2h4p2-5-2h4-0-4-5-2-0-0-0-|
A|-2-------------------------------------0-0------5-------2-5-0-------|
E|-0----------------------------------------------3---------3---------|
[Verse 1]
You really only need to be playing the D, G, B and e strings in the verses.
D G D G
My candy shop's a factory
D A D
left in the woods to die
D Bm
Beneath this settled dust
D A D
a fertile field of treasure lies.
Bm G
We the scavengers are hunting
Bm G
for the beautiful decay,
[The little bass line at "we the scavengers...", ignore the G over "hunting" if using
this and just keep the Bm chord shape]
A|-2-----0-2-----|
E|---2-3-----2-3-|
[Chorus]
D G
towards the bottom of the barrel,
D A
at the market for the fleas,
G Bm
stale boxcars on their railroads
G A Em
won over by the weeds.
D G
Raid the scrapyard like a garden,
D A
wring life from rusty bones.
G Bm
My candy shop is a vacant lot
G A D
where anything may grow.
[Strumming]
e|-2-2-------------------------------------------------2-3-2-|
B|-3-3-------------------------------------------3-----3-3-3-|
G|-2-2-2h4p2-----2-2-2h4p2-----2-----------------4---2-2-2-2-|
D|-0-0-------4p0-0-0-------4p0-2---2h4p2-5-2h4-0-4-5-2-0-0-0-|
A|-----------------------------0-0-------5-------2-5-0-------|
E|---------------------------------------3---------3---------|
[Verse 2]
D G D G
Weeping clowns with cracklin' brows
D A D
piled in the old arcade.
D Bm
Now the children are all workers,
D A D
still dreaming about play.
Bm G
While the freaks stomp through the wasteland
Bm G
pulling flowers from the graves.
[Chorus]
D G
towards the bottom of the barrel,
D A
at the market for the fleas,
G Bm
stale boxcars on their railroads
G A Em
won over by the weeds.
D G
Raid the scrapyard like a garden,
D A
wring life from rusty bones.
G Bm
My candy shop is a vacant lot
G A D
where anything may grow.
A G
Bm A G G
A Em A Em
[x2] [x2]
e|--------------333-----|-----------------|
B|--------------000-----|-----------------|
G|-4p2-4p2-4p2--000-2p0-|-----------------|
D|-4p2-4p2-4p2--000-----|-2h4p2p0-----2-2-| [Repeat this whole thing 4 times]
A|-2---2---2----222-----|-2-------4p0-2-2-|
E|------------3-333-----|-0-----------0-0-|
e|-2-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3-----------------------------------------------------3-------|
G|-2---2---2h4p2-----2---2---2h4p2-----2-----------------4---2---|
D|-0-0---0-------4p0---0---0-------4p0-2---2h4p2-5-2h4-0-4-5-2-2-|
A|-------------------------------------0-0-------5-------2-5-0-2-|
E|-----------------------------------------------3---------3---0-|
[strumming]
e|-0-------------------2----------------------------------------2-3-2-|
B|-3-0-3---------------3-2p0-3----------------------------3-----3-3-3-|
G|-0---2-2---2h4p2-----2-----2-2h4p2-----2----------------4---2-2-2-2-|
D|-2---0---0-------4p0-0-----0-------4p0-2--2h4p2-5-2h4-0-4-5-2-0-0-0-|
A|-2-------------------------------------0-0------5-------2-5-0-------|
E|-0----------------------------------------------3---------3---------|
[Verse 3]
D G
Like a vessel underwater,
D A
old mills and broken glass.
G Bm
Like a pick-up in the backyard,
G A Em
tree winding through the cab.
e|-----------------|
B|---3-3---2--2--2-|
G|-----------------|
D|-2--2---2--2--2--|
A|-2--2---2--2--2--|
E|-0--0---0--0--0--|
Bm G
This takes me down the backroads,
Bm G
from the mansion to the shack.
[Chorus]
D G
From the bottom of the barrel,
D A
here's something someone saved,
G Bm
and we bring it to the table,
G A Em
wonder what we're gonna make.
D G
Your scrapyard, my garden,
D A
or so the saying goes.
G Bm
You turn water into dead things
G A D
and I'll make the dead things grow
G A D
Make the dead things grow
G A Em
Make the dead things grow
e|-2-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3-----------------------------------------------------3-------|
G|-2---2---2h4p2-----2---2---2h4p2-----2-----------------4---2---|
D|-0-0---0-------4p0---0---0-------4p0-2---2h4p2-5-2h4-0-4-5-2-2-|
A|-------------------------------------0-0-------5-------2-5-0-2-|
E|-----------------------------------------------3---------3---0-|
e|-0-------------------2----------------------------------------2~-|
B|-3-0-3---------------3-2p0-3----------------------------3-----3~-|
G|-0---2-2---2h4p2-----2-----2-2h4p2-----2----------------4---2-2~-|
D|-2---0---0-------4p0-0-----0-------4p0-2--2h4p2-5-2h4-0-4-5-2-0~-|
A|-2-------------------------------------0-0------5-------2-5-0----|
E|-0----------------------------------------------3---------3------|
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