Biography:
Richard P. "Richie" Havens (born January 21, 1941; died April 22, 2013) was an American folk singer and guitarist. He is best remembered for his intense, rhythmic guitar style (often in open tunings), soulful covers of pop and folk songs, and his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.
Born in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, Havens moved to Greenwich Village in 1961 in time to get in on the folk boom then taking place. Havens had a distinctive style as a folksinger
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ON THE ROAD TO CALVARY by Richie Havens 6th trac on Wishing Well CD
A Amaj7 Dsus2 A
I saw St.Christopher walking downtown on main,
A Amaj7 Dsus2 E,E4,E7
with Black Madonna fingers holding the flame,
A Amaj7 Dsus2 A
I saw an eagle rise,right out of the blue
A Amaj7 Dsus2 A
I heard a car crash,it reminded me of you.
A Amaj7 Dsus2 A
I saw a baby starve in South Africa,
A Amaj7,Dsus2 E,E4,E7
too weak to cry,her tears rolled down into straw.
A Amaj7 Dsus2 A
I saw an orphan give a vagabond try,
A Amaj7 Dsus2 A
just at that moment I realized.
A C#m,D A
You carry me across the smiling river,
A C#m D E,E4,E7
You lift me up above the raging sea,
A C#m D A
You bring me home this love that you deliver,
A C#m
straight to my back porch
D A
on the road to Calvary.
A Amaj7 Dsus2 A
I seen a rich man with his bracelets of gold.
A Amaj7 Dsus2 E,E4,E7
Four cars and a yacht and a mistress untold.
A Amaj7 Dsus2 A
Somewhere the restless wind blows out to sea,
A Amaj7 Dsus2 A
somewhere there is a place for you and for me.
A C#m,D A
You carry me across the smiling river,
A C#m,D E,E4,E7
you lift me up above the raging sea,
A C#m D A
you bring me home this love that you deliver.
A C#m
Straight to my back porch
D A
on the road to Calvary.
A C#m
Straight to my back porch
D A
on the road to calvary.
A Amaj7 Dsus2 A
So if you wondering where I was last night,
A Amaj7 Dsus2 E,E4,E7
well, Black Madonna, yea, She gave me the light.
A Amaj7 Dsus2 A
I guess it’s not much more that I have to say,
A Amaj7 Dsus2 A
Just tell St.Christopher we’re all on our way,
A Amaj7 Dsus2 A
tell St.Christopher we’re all on our way.
A Em6/C# A
We’re all on our way.
A Amaj7 Dsus2 A
I saw St.Christopher walking downtown on main,
A Amaj7 Dsus2 E,E4,E7
with Black Madonna fingers holding the flame,
A Amaj7 Dsus2 A
I saw an eagle rise,right out of the blue
A Amaj7 Dsus2 A
I heard a car crash,it reminded me of you.
A Amaj7 Dsus2 A
I saw a baby starve in South Africa,
A Amaj7,Dsus2 E,E4,E7
too weak to cry,her tears rolled down into straw.
A Amaj7 Dsus2 A
I saw an orphan give a vagabond try,
A Amaj7 Dsus2 A
just at that moment I realized.
A C#m,D A
You carry me across the smiling river,
A C#m D E,E4,E7
You lift me up above the raging sea,
A C#m D A
You bring me home this love that you deliver,
A C#m
straight to my back porch
D A
on the road to Calvary.
A Amaj7 Dsus2 A
I seen a rich man with his bracelets of gold.
A Amaj7 Dsus2 E,E4,E7
Four cars and a yacht and a mistress untold.
A Amaj7 Dsus2 A
Somewhere the restless wind blows out to sea,
A Amaj7 Dsus2 A
somewhere there is a place for you and for me.
A C#m,D A
You carry me across the smiling river,
A C#m,D E,E4,E7
you lift me up above the raging sea,
A C#m D A
you bring me home this love that you deliver.
A C#m
Straight to my back porch
D A
on the road to Calvary.
A C#m
Straight to my back porch
D A
on the road to calvary.
A Amaj7 Dsus2 A
So if you wondering where I was last night,
A Amaj7 Dsus2 E,E4,E7
well, Black Madonna, yea, She gave me the light.
A Amaj7 Dsus2 A
I guess it’s not much more that I have to say,
A Amaj7 Dsus2 A
Just tell St.Christopher we’re all on our way,
A Amaj7 Dsus2 A
tell St.Christopher we’re all on our way.
A Em6/C# A
We’re all on our way.
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