Biography:
Steve Earle (born Stephen Fain Earle on January 17, 1955 in San Antonio, Texas) is a singer-songwriter best known for his country music and rock 'n roll tinged "alt-country." He is also a published writer, a keen political activist (particularly in protesting against the death penalty in the U.S., as in his song "Ellis Unit One" from the movie Dead Man Walking), and has written and directed a play. Earle also had small roles on the HBO television shows "The Wire" and "Treme".
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- Johnny Come Lately
- After Mardi Gras
- Aint Nobodys Daddy Now
- All My Life
- Angel Is A Devil
- Angry Young Man
- Another Town
- Ashes To Ashes
- Babys Just As Mean As Me
- Billy And Bonnie
- Billy Austin
- Blue Yodel 9
- Carrie Brown
- Cckmp
- Christmas In Washington
- City Of Immigrants
- Cocaine Cannot Kill My Pain
- Come Home To Me
- Coming Around
- Copperhead Road
- Creepy Jackalope Eye
- Crying Waiting Hoping
- Darlin Commit Me
- Days Arent Long Enough
- Dead Flowers
- Devils Right Hand
- Dixieland
- Dont Want To Lose You Yet
- Down The Road
- Elijahs Church
- Ellis Unit One
- Even When Im Blue
- F The Cc
- Fearless Heart
- Feel Alright
- Fort Worth Blues
- Ft Worth Blues
- Gettin Tough Good Ol Boy
- Go Amanda
- God Is God
- Good Ol Boy
- Goodbye
- Goodbye Is All We Got Left To Say
- Goodbye Michaelangelo
- Guitar Town
- Gulf Of Mexico
- Halo Round The Moon
- Hard
- Harlan Man
- Here I Am
- High Fashion Queen
- Hillbilly Highway
- I Aint Ever Satisfied
- I Can Wait
- I Cant Wait
- I Dont Wanna Lose You Yet
- I Feel Alright
- I Remember You
- I Still Carry You Around
- I Thought You Should Know
- If You Fall
- Im Still In Love With You
- Its All Up To You
- Jerusalem
- John Walkers Blues
- Last Of The Hardcore Troubadours
- Leroys Dustbowl Blues
- Little Rock And Roller
- Long Lonesome Highway Blues
- Lonlier Than This
- Loretta
- Loves Gonna Blow My Way
- Me And The Eagle
- Mercenary Song
- More Than I Can Do
- My Old Friend The Blues
- My Uncle
- Nothin Without You
- Nothing But A Child
- Nowhere Road
- Once You Love
- Over Yonder Jonathans Song
- Pancho And Lefty
- Pilgrim
- Poison Lovers
- Promise You Anything
- Reconsider Me
- Regular Guy
- Rich Mans War
- Six Days On The Road
- Some Dreams
- Someday
- Sometimes She Forgets
- South Nashville Blues
- Sparkle And Shine
- Stay All Night Stay A Little Longer
- Steves Hammer
- Steves Last Ramble
- Still In Love With You
- Sweet Little 66
- Taneytown
- Telephone Road
- Texas Eagle
- The Gringos Tale
- The Kind
- The Low Highway
- The Mountain
- The Other Side Of Town
- The Rain Came Down
- The Revolution Starts Now
- This City
- Tom Ames Prayer
- Valentines Day
- Waitin On The Sky
- Waitin On The Sky To Fall
- Week Of Living Dangerously
- When I Fall
- You Know The Rest
- Youre Still Standing There
- Yours Forever Blue
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Subject: Steve Earle, Tom Ames Prayer.pro
Tom Ames Prayer, by Steve Earle
appears on Steve Earle, "Train a Comin"
and Robert Earl Keen, "Gringo Honeymoon"
(G)Everyone in Nagadoches knew Tom Ames
would come to some bad (D)end,
Cause the (Em)sheriff had caught him stealing (C)chickens and such from the
(G)time that (D)he was (G)ten.
(G)One day his daddy took a 10-dollar bill
and he tucked it in his (D)hand,
He said (Em)I know you're headed for (C)trouble son,
your (G)mama wouldn't (D)under(G)stand.
(G)So he took his dad's money and his brother's old bay
and he left without a word of (D)thanks,
Fell (Em)in with this crowd in a (C)border town
and he (G)took to (D)robbin' (G)banks.
(solo over)
Em-C- G- D
Em-C- G - D -G
(G)Outside the law his luck a-run out fast,
a few years came and (D)went;
Til he was (Em)trapped up in an alley in (C)Abilene
with (G)all but (D)four shells (G)spent.
(G)And he realized then that prayin' was the only thing
he hadn't ever (D)tried;
He (Em)didn't know quite how to (C)do it
but he (G)looked up (D)to the (G)sky.
(G)He said "You don't owe me nothin and as far as I know, Lord
I don't owe nothin' to (D)you
(Em)I ain't askin for a (C)miracle Lord
a (G)little bit of (D)luck will (G)do.
(G)You know I ain't never prayed before
cause it always seemed to (D)me
that (Em)prayin was just like (C)beggin'
and I (G)don't take (D)chari(G)ty.
break:
Em-C-G-D
Em-C G-D-G
(G)Lord, I've had some breaks in my life
as you already (D)know
I've (Em)had some help from the good lord and the (C)devil himself's
been (G)strictly (D)touch and (G)go.
(G)Right here now with my back to the wall
I can't help but re(D)call
how they (Em)nearly hung me for (C)stealin' a horse
in (G)Ft. (D)Smith, (G)Arkansas
(G)Judge Parker said guilty and his gavel came down
just like a cannon (D)shot
I (Em)went away (C)quietly
I beg(G)an to (D)file and (G)plot.
(G)They sent that old preacher down to my cell
he said, "the lord is your only (D)hope,
(Em)he'll be the only friend you (C)have, son
when you (G)hit the (D)end of Parker's (G)rope."
(G)Well, I guess he could've kept on preachin' til Christmas
but he turned his back on (D)me
(Em)I put a homemade blade to that (C)golden throat
and asked the (G)deputy (D)for the (G)key.
(G)Ah, but who in the hell am I talkin to?
there ain't no one here but (D)me
(single strum each chord)
(Em)So he cocked both his pistols, (C)spit in the dirt,
and (G)walked in(D)to that (G)street.
(break and end.)
[email protected] (Jud Branam)
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From: [email protected]
Subject: Steve Earle, Tom Ames Prayer.pro
Tom Ames Prayer, by Steve Earle
appears on Steve Earle, "Train a Comin"
and Robert Earl Keen, "Gringo Honeymoon"
(G)Everyone in Nagadoches knew Tom Ames
would come to some bad (D)end,
Cause the (Em)sheriff had caught him stealing (C)chickens and such from the
(G)time that (D)he was (G)ten.
(G)One day his daddy took a 10-dollar bill
and he tucked it in his (D)hand,
He said (Em)I know you're headed for (C)trouble son,
your (G)mama wouldn't (D)under(G)stand.
(G)So he took his dad's money and his brother's old bay
and he left without a word of (D)thanks,
Fell (Em)in with this crowd in a (C)border town
and he (G)took to (D)robbin' (G)banks.
(solo over)
Em-C- G- D
Em-C- G - D -G
(G)Outside the law his luck a-run out fast,
a few years came and (D)went;
Til he was (Em)trapped up in an alley in (C)Abilene
with (G)all but (D)four shells (G)spent.
(G)And he realized then that prayin' was the only thing
he hadn't ever (D)tried;
He (Em)didn't know quite how to (C)do it
but he (G)looked up (D)to the (G)sky.
(G)He said "You don't owe me nothin and as far as I know, Lord
I don't owe nothin' to (D)you
(Em)I ain't askin for a (C)miracle Lord
a (G)little bit of (D)luck will (G)do.
(G)You know I ain't never prayed before
cause it always seemed to (D)me
that (Em)prayin was just like (C)beggin'
and I (G)don't take (D)chari(G)ty.
break:
Em-C-G-D
Em-C G-D-G
(G)Lord, I've had some breaks in my life
as you already (D)know
I've (Em)had some help from the good lord and the (C)devil himself's
been (G)strictly (D)touch and (G)go.
(G)Right here now with my back to the wall
I can't help but re(D)call
how they (Em)nearly hung me for (C)stealin' a horse
in (G)Ft. (D)Smith, (G)Arkansas
(G)Judge Parker said guilty and his gavel came down
just like a cannon (D)shot
I (Em)went away (C)quietly
I beg(G)an to (D)file and (G)plot.
(G)They sent that old preacher down to my cell
he said, "the lord is your only (D)hope,
(Em)he'll be the only friend you (C)have, son
when you (G)hit the (D)end of Parker's (G)rope."
(G)Well, I guess he could've kept on preachin' til Christmas
but he turned his back on (D)me
(Em)I put a homemade blade to that (C)golden throat
and asked the (G)deputy (D)for the (G)key.
(G)Ah, but who in the hell am I talkin to?
there ain't no one here but (D)me
(single strum each chord)
(Em)So he cocked both his pistols, (C)spit in the dirt,
and (G)walked in(D)to that (G)street.
(break and end.)
[email protected] (Jud Branam)
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