Biography:
Robert Earl Keen, Jr. (born January 11, 1956 in Houston, Texas) is an American singer-songwriter. Growing up, Keen was interested in music, sports, movies and writing. He attended Texas A&M University, enrolling in the school of journalism. Disappointed in the College Station, Texas music scene, he began playing guitar and learned to read and write music, basing his style on folk, country, blues and roots rock. In 1977 he rented a house from landlord Jack Boyett, where his neighbor was a then-unknown Lyle Lovett.
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"Twisted Laurel" - Performed by Robert Earl Keen
From the Album The Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions
Written by The Red Clay Ramblers' Tommy Thompson
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Tabbed by: JamesS
E-mail: [email protected]
Tuning: Standard EADGBE Capo 3rd Fret Key of A#
Chords used below indicate form only and not actual notes played
Lyrics taken from REK's version may differ slightly from original version
Capo G C D D7 A Em
3 --------|----3------0-----2---2----0-----0-----|
3 --------|----0------1-----3---1----2-----0------|
3 --------|----0------0-----2---2----2-----0-------|
3 --------|----0------2-----0---0----2-----2--------|
3 --------|----2------3-----x---x----0-----2---------|
3 --------|----3------x-----x---x----x-----0----------|
Intro C D G Em C D G
C D G Em
Just Across the Blue Ridge Where the High Meadows Lay
C D G
And the Galax Spreads Through The New Mown Hay
C D G Em
There's a Rusty Iron Bridge 'Cross a Shady Ravine
A D
Where the Hard Road Ends and Turns to Clay
C G Em
With a Suitcase in His Hand The Lonesome Boy Stands
A D D7
Gazin' at the River Slidin' by Beneath his Feet
C D G Em
But the Dark Water Springs through the Black Rocks and Flows
C D G
Outta' sight Where the Twisted Laurel Grows
C D G Em C D G
C D G Em
Past the Coal-tipple Towns in the Cold December Rain
C D G
Into Charleston Runs the New River Train
C D G Em
Where the Hillsides are Brown, and the Broad Valleys Stained
A D
By a Hundred Thousand Lives of Work and Pain
C G Em
In a Tar-paper Shack out of Town Across the Track
A D D7
Stands an Old Used-up Man Trying to Call Something Back
C D G Em
But his Old Memories Stained Like the City in the Haze
C D G
And his Days have Run Together Like the Rain
C D G Em
And the Dark Water Springs Through the Black Rocks and Flows
C D G
Out of Sight Where the Twisted Laurel Grows
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| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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"Twisted Laurel" - Performed by Robert Earl Keen
From the Album The Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions
Written by The Red Clay Ramblers' Tommy Thompson
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tabbed by: JamesS
E-mail: [email protected]
Tuning: Standard EADGBE Capo 3rd Fret Key of A#
Chords used below indicate form only and not actual notes played
Lyrics taken from REK's version may differ slightly from original version
Capo G C D D7 A Em
3 --------|----3------0-----2---2----0-----0-----|
3 --------|----0------1-----3---1----2-----0------|
3 --------|----0------0-----2---2----2-----0-------|
3 --------|----0------2-----0---0----2-----2--------|
3 --------|----2------3-----x---x----0-----2---------|
3 --------|----3------x-----x---x----x-----0----------|
Intro C D G Em C D G
C D G Em
Just Across the Blue Ridge Where the High Meadows Lay
C D G
And the Galax Spreads Through The New Mown Hay
C D G Em
There's a Rusty Iron Bridge 'Cross a Shady Ravine
A D
Where the Hard Road Ends and Turns to Clay
C G Em
With a Suitcase in His Hand The Lonesome Boy Stands
A D D7
Gazin' at the River Slidin' by Beneath his Feet
C D G Em
But the Dark Water Springs through the Black Rocks and Flows
C D G
Outta' sight Where the Twisted Laurel Grows
C D G Em C D G
C D G Em
Past the Coal-tipple Towns in the Cold December Rain
C D G
Into Charleston Runs the New River Train
C D G Em
Where the Hillsides are Brown, and the Broad Valleys Stained
A D
By a Hundred Thousand Lives of Work and Pain
C G Em
In a Tar-paper Shack out of Town Across the Track
A D D7
Stands an Old Used-up Man Trying to Call Something Back
C D G Em
But his Old Memories Stained Like the City in the Haze
C D G
And his Days have Run Together Like the Rain
C D G Em
And the Dark Water Springs Through the Black Rocks and Flows
C D G
Out of Sight Where the Twisted Laurel Grows
************************************
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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