Biography:
Ricky Skaggs (born July 18, 1954 in Lawrence County, Kentucky) is a 14 time Grammy Winner and a country and bluegrass star, singer, musician, producer, and composer.
Skaggs's music career began in 1970 when he joined Ralph Stanley's bluegrass band, the Clinch Mountain Boys. He plays mandolin, fiddle, guitar and banjo. For a few years, Skaggs was a member of Emmylou Harris's "Hot Band". He wrote the arrangements for Harris's bluegrass-roots album, Roses in the Snow.
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Other songs:
- A Mansion For Me
- A Vision Of Mother
- Are You Afraid To Die
- Bluest Heartache
- Cajun Moon
- Carolina Mountain Home
- Come On Out
- Country Boy
- Crown Of Jewels
- Cryin My Heart Out Over You
- Crying My Heart Out Over You
- Daniel Prayed
- Dont Cheat In Our Home Town
- Dont Get Above Your Raisin
- Gone Home
- Halfway Home Cafe
- Hallelujah Im Ready
- He Was On To Somethin So He Made You
- Heartbroke
- Highway 40 Blues
- Highway Forty Blues
- Honey Open That Door
- I Dont Care
- I Dont Remember Forgetting
- I Hear A Voice Calling
- I Wouldnt Change You If I Could
- If I Lose
- If Thats The Way You Feel
- Im Tired
- Jesus Hold My Hand
- Let It Be You
- Lets Put Love Back To Work
- Little Mountain Church House
- Lonesome Dove
- Lost To A Stranger
- Love Cant Ever Get Better Than This
- Lovin Only Me
- Mansion For Me
- My Fathers Son
- New Star Shining
- Old Kentucky Shore
- Rank Strangers
- Same Ol Love
- Seven Hillsides
- Soldier Of The Cross
- Somebodys Prayin
- Somebodys Praying
- Thats Why Im Walking Angel On My Mind
- The Darkest Hour
- The Drunken Driver
- The Old Crossroads
- The Peace Song
- Today I Burned Your Old Love Letters
- Two Soldiers
- Waitin For The Sun To Shine
- Waiting For Sun To Shine
- When Im Good And Gone
- Your Old Love Letters
- Youve Got A Lover
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[Verse]
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My history is no secret, it's written in the stones
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In the hill beside this river, rest my mother gentle bones
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And daddy there beside her home a- mong his next of kin
G C G
And their legacy passed down to me, the sons of mountain men
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Raised to be a miner by a miners callused hands
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Passed my youth between these mountains where I grew to under- stand
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That family was the word of God and faith was its de- mand
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And life and death, the same came from the coal beneath this land
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Well, a rich man writes the book of laws a poor man must de- fend
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But the highest laws are written on the hearts of honest men
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If that cup is passed to me to do what must be done
G C G
When they lay me down remind them I was just my father's son
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I've walked among these people, heard the stories that they tell
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I've crawled beside them in the mines and touched the walls of hell
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I've shared their sacred secrets, known their triumph and their pain
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And right or wrong I'll stand with them on the final judgment day
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They say God gives his comfort when the time of trouble comes
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They say we'll own no share of peace till we lay down our guns
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But will my boy have the chance to do the things I've never done
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Or will he, like me, be told that he must be his father's son?
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D G D G
Well, a rich man writes the book of laws a poor man must de- fend
C G Em
But the highest laws are written on the hearts of honest men
G C D
When that cup is passed to me to do what must be done
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On a chunk of coal just carve these words, ''I was just my father's son...''
[Intro] (x4)
(G)
[Verse]
G C D
My history is no secret, it's written in the stones
G C G
In the hill beside this river, rest my mother gentle bones
G C D
And daddy there beside her home a- mong his next of kin
G C G
And their legacy passed down to me, the sons of mountain men
G C D
Raised to be a miner by a miners callused hands
G C G
Passed my youth between these mountains where I grew to under- stand
G C D
That family was the word of God and faith was its de- mand
G C G
And life and death, the same came from the coal beneath this land
[Chorus]
D G D G
Well, a rich man writes the book of laws a poor man must de- fend
C G Em
But the highest laws are written on the hearts of honest men
G C D
If that cup is passed to me to do what must be done
G C G
When they lay me down remind them I was just my father's son
[Instrumental]
(G) | (G) | (C) | (D) | (G) | (G) | (C) | (G)
[Verse]
G C D
I've walked among these people, heard the stories that they tell
G C G
I've crawled beside them in the mines and touched the walls of hell
G C D
I've shared their sacred secrets, known their triumph and their pain
G C G
And right or wrong I'll stand with them on the final judgment day
G C D
They say God gives his comfort when the time of trouble comes
G C G
They say we'll own no share of peace till we lay down our guns
G C D
But will my boy have the chance to do the things I've never done
G C G
Or will he, like me, be told that he must be his father's son?
[Chorus]
D G D G
Well, a rich man writes the book of laws a poor man must de- fend
C G Em
But the highest laws are written on the hearts of honest men
G C D
When that cup is passed to me to do what must be done
G
On a chunk of coal just carve these words, ''I was just my father's son...''
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