Biography:
Rab Noakes (Born "Robert Noakes", 13th May 1947) is a Scottsh singer / songwriter. He still records and releases albums to this day but was most prominent in the 1970's. His best known single, "Branch" from the album "Red Pump Special" was released in 1974 and although it did not reach a significant position in the UK charts it did receive considerable airplay at the time.
Noakes was also an early member of "Stealers Wheel", though he does not feature on any released recordings by them having left before this period of their success.
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Other songs:
- A Brighter Blue
- A Love Story
- A Question Of Travelling
- Absence
- All Gone Wrong
- All In Down And Out Blues
- As Big As His Size
- Blue Dream
- Branch
- Buttons And Bows
- Bye Bye Blackbird
- Clear Day
- Dance Me To The End Of Love
- Darling Be Home Soon
- Deep Water
- Dishonest
- Do Right Woman
- Do That Again
- Do You See The Lights
- Dont Act Like Your Heart Isnt Hard
- Dont Say Money Doesnt Matter
- Eat Neuk Misfortune
- Fallen Ones
- Gently Does It
- Goodbye Booze
- High And Dry
- I Forget
- I Had A Girlfriend
- I Wont Let You Down
- Im Walkin Here
- Ive Hardly Started Yet
- Lenny Bruce
- Lights
- Lonely Boy Tonight
- Long Dark Night
- Love Is A Gamble
- Love Of My Life
- Mary Skeffington
- Memories
- Moonlight And Gold
- Nancys Minuet
- Nashville Blues
- Niel Gows Apprentice
- November Afternoon
- Only Happy When It Rains
- Open All Night
- Open The Door
- Psycho Killer
- Que Sera Sera
- Radio And Tv
- Restless
- Roll On Saturday
- Same Old Place
- Shes All I See
- Show Me The Way To Go Home
- So How Come
- Somebody Counts On Me
- Somethings Wrong
- Take Me As I Am Or Let Me Go
- Thats The Way The Whole Thing Ends
- The Guernsey Kitchen Porter
- The Same Sky
- The Sketcher And The Last Train
- The Two Sisters
- Together Forever
- Tomorrow Is Another Day
- Too Old To Die
- Turn A Deaf Ear
- Wait Down Here
- Waiting Here For You
- What Are You Doing Here
- Whats The Matter
- When This Bloody War Is Over
- When Youre Not Here
- Without Me Just With You
- Wrong Joke Again
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Rab Noakes - That's the Way The Whole Thing Ends
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[INTRO:] G D/F# G E7 Am D/F# G
[VERSE 1:]
Say you wanna see my garden
And you wanna make it shine
Say you wanna see my blue jeans
G7
Hanging on your old clothesline
[CHORUS:]
C D/F#
Standing in the backdoor crying
G C
Now you wanna be my friend
E7 A Am
That's the way the cornbread crumbles
D/F# G
That's the way the whole thing ends
[VERSE 2:]
Now what's a little baby doing
Dressing up in banker's clothes?
What's a little sweetheart like you
G7
Doing with a bloody nose?
[CHORUS:]
C D/F#
Standing in your bare feet crying
G C
Now you're gonna need a friend
E7 A Am
That's the way the cornbread crumbles
D/F# G
That's the way the whole thing ends
[VERSE 3:]
Now once you had a hook and ladder
Up into the headless night
And once you had a motorcycle
G7
But you couldn't ride it right
[CHORUS:]
C D/F#
Standing in the doorway crying
G C
Now you're gonna need a friend
E7 A Am
That's the way the cornbread crumbles
D/F# G
That's the way the whole thing ends
[VERSE 4:]
Someone said something one time
But Daddy didn't talk too loud
People oughta stick together
G7
That's the way to make a crowd
[CHORUS:]
C D/F#
But here you come alone and crying
G C
Now you wanna be my friend
E7 A Am
That's the way the cornbread crumbles
D/F# G
That's the way the whole thing ends
[INSTRUMENTAL:] G G7 D/F# G E7 Am D/F# G
[VERSE 5:]
Momma's in the beauty parlour
And Daddy's in the baseball pool
Sister's at the drive-in movie
G7
Brother's in the old high school
[CHORUS:]
C D/F#
Now here you come alone and crying
G C
Once, you know, you were my friend
E7 A Am
That's the way the cornbread crumbles
D/F# G
That's the way the whole thing ends
[CHORUS:]
C D/F#
Standing in the doorway crying
G C
Now you wanna be my friend
E7 A Am
That's the way the cornbread crumbles
D/F# G
That's the way the whole thing ends
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[INTRO:] G D/F# G E7 Am D/F# G
[VERSE 1:]
Say you wanna see my garden
And you wanna make it shine
Say you wanna see my blue jeans
G7
Hanging on your old clothesline
[CHORUS:]
C D/F#
Standing in the backdoor crying
G C
Now you wanna be my friend
E7 A Am
That's the way the cornbread crumbles
D/F# G
That's the way the whole thing ends
[VERSE 2:]
Now what's a little baby doing
Dressing up in banker's clothes?
What's a little sweetheart like you
G7
Doing with a bloody nose?
[CHORUS:]
C D/F#
Standing in your bare feet crying
G C
Now you're gonna need a friend
E7 A Am
That's the way the cornbread crumbles
D/F# G
That's the way the whole thing ends
[VERSE 3:]
Now once you had a hook and ladder
Up into the headless night
And once you had a motorcycle
G7
But you couldn't ride it right
[CHORUS:]
C D/F#
Standing in the doorway crying
G C
Now you're gonna need a friend
E7 A Am
That's the way the cornbread crumbles
D/F# G
That's the way the whole thing ends
[VERSE 4:]
Someone said something one time
But Daddy didn't talk too loud
People oughta stick together
G7
That's the way to make a crowd
[CHORUS:]
C D/F#
But here you come alone and crying
G C
Now you wanna be my friend
E7 A Am
That's the way the cornbread crumbles
D/F# G
That's the way the whole thing ends
[INSTRUMENTAL:] G G7 D/F# G E7 Am D/F# G
[VERSE 5:]
Momma's in the beauty parlour
And Daddy's in the baseball pool
Sister's at the drive-in movie
G7
Brother's in the old high school
[CHORUS:]
C D/F#
Now here you come alone and crying
G C
Once, you know, you were my friend
E7 A Am
That's the way the cornbread crumbles
D/F# G
That's the way the whole thing ends
[CHORUS:]
C D/F#
Standing in the doorway crying
G C
Now you wanna be my friend
E7 A Am
That's the way the cornbread crumbles
D/F# G
That's the way the whole thing ends
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