Biography:
The Band of Heathens are an Americana band from Austin, Texas.
The three principal songwriters - Colin Brooks, Ed Jurdi and Gordy Quist - shared the bill at Momo's, an Austin club. Originally, each singer/songwriter performed his own set. However, they eventually started sharing the stage, and collaborating together with bassist Seth Whitney. The Wednesday night series was billed as "The Good Time Supper Club". A misprint in a local paper billed the act as "The Heathens." In 2007, drummer John Chipman joined the band.
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The Hangin' Tree
[Intro]
G C F C G
[Verse]
G C
Well, I can hear mamma singin' the hangin' tree
F C G
Sound like someone singin' harmony
G C
And me and my brother we don't make a peep
F C G
We go down slow to the hangin' tree
G C
Hangin' tree's down by the river's edge
F C G
We come up stream and peek over the ledge
G C
And mamma's got a rope and a kitchen knife
F C G
And the harmony singer is the preacher's wife
G C
Mamma put a bible in her right hand
F C G
And asked her if she been seein' her man
G C
Well, me and my brother don't hear no more
F C G
Cause right then the rain began to pour
G C
It was an hour past dark when she came back home
F C G
And we never saw papa round here no more
G C
Mamma took to sittin' by the hangin' tree
F C G
But there ain't no body singin' harmony
G C F C G (1x)
[Verse]
G C
The preacher's wife she don't leave his side
F C G
And we ain't got papa to tan no hide
G C
My older brother he took his life
F C G
And I took to peepin' on the preacher's wife
[Solo]
G C F C G (6x)
[Verse]
G C
I left my mamma when I was sixteen
F C G
Strung up in the limbs of the hangin' tree
[Intro]
G C F C G
[Verse]
G C
Well, I can hear mamma singin' the hangin' tree
F C G
Sound like someone singin' harmony
G C
And me and my brother we don't make a peep
F C G
We go down slow to the hangin' tree
G C
Hangin' tree's down by the river's edge
F C G
We come up stream and peek over the ledge
G C
And mamma's got a rope and a kitchen knife
F C G
And the harmony singer is the preacher's wife
G C
Mamma put a bible in her right hand
F C G
And asked her if she been seein' her man
G C
Well, me and my brother don't hear no more
F C G
Cause right then the rain began to pour
G C
It was an hour past dark when she came back home
F C G
And we never saw papa round here no more
G C
Mamma took to sittin' by the hangin' tree
F C G
But there ain't no body singin' harmony
G C F C G (1x)
[Verse]
G C
The preacher's wife she don't leave his side
F C G
And we ain't got papa to tan no hide
G C
My older brother he took his life
F C G
And I took to peepin' on the preacher's wife
[Solo]
G C F C G (6x)
[Verse]
G C
I left my mamma when I was sixteen
F C G
Strung up in the limbs of the hangin' tree
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