Biography:
The Hackensaw Boys first began playing their joyful blend of old-time and bluegrass-tinged string-band music on the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia in the autumn of 1999. Far from limiting themselves to the old-time canon, however, the Hackensaws have been first and foremost a band of songwriters. Their music, while drawing upon the spirit of the mountains, is sophisticated and informed by the best elements of punk rock and classic country music.
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[Intro]
D D G D
D D G
[Verse 1]
D
Lately I've been going to
D
A place I don't like going through
C9
Where I'm no good and I'm all wrong
C9
I sing about it in this song
D
Amarillo Shamrock,
D
The road is getting tighter
C9
A story for today
C9
A story for tomorrow
D
After building fires
D
And after burning bridges
C9
The broom is on the doorstep
C9 D
So simple you'll never forget it
[Chorus]
D
Thank God for this pen
G
Brighton, U.S.A
D
Is leaning in
D
This film was shot on memory slides
G
In the Western Hemisphere
D
Alabama's getting near
[Verse 2]
D
Alabama sunrise
D
Oklahoma prairie
C9
And every town's claim to fame
C9
None of this before I came
D
Come back to tribal town
D
Stressing the get down
C9
The many birds I have seen
C9
This song means nothing to me
D
Down in your soul mine
D
Wearing the bible belt
C9
This is all I really know
C9 D
It's the best I've ever felt
[Chorus]
D
Thank God for this pen
G
Brighton, U.S.A
D
Is leaning in
D
This film was shot on memory slides
G
In the Western Hemisphere
D
Alabama's getting near
[Bridge]
D D C9 C9 x2
[Verse 2]
D
Alabama sunrise
D
Oklahoma prairie
C9
And every town's claim to fame
C9
None of this before I came
D
I'm back to tribal town
D
Stressing the get down and
C9
The many birds I have seen
C9
This song means nothing to me
D
Down in your soul mine
D
Wearing the bible belt
C9
This is all I really know
C9 D
It's the best I've ever felt
[Chorus]
D
Thank God for this pen
G
Brighton, U.S.A
D
Is leaning in
D
This film was shot on memory slides
G
In the Western Hemisphere
D
Alabama's getting near
G D
Alabama's getting near x3
D D G D
D D G
[Verse 1]
D
Lately I've been going to
D
A place I don't like going through
C9
Where I'm no good and I'm all wrong
C9
I sing about it in this song
D
Amarillo Shamrock,
D
The road is getting tighter
C9
A story for today
C9
A story for tomorrow
D
After building fires
D
And after burning bridges
C9
The broom is on the doorstep
C9 D
So simple you'll never forget it
[Chorus]
D
Thank God for this pen
G
Brighton, U.S.A
D
Is leaning in
D
This film was shot on memory slides
G
In the Western Hemisphere
D
Alabama's getting near
[Verse 2]
D
Alabama sunrise
D
Oklahoma prairie
C9
And every town's claim to fame
C9
None of this before I came
D
Come back to tribal town
D
Stressing the get down
C9
The many birds I have seen
C9
This song means nothing to me
D
Down in your soul mine
D
Wearing the bible belt
C9
This is all I really know
C9 D
It's the best I've ever felt
[Chorus]
D
Thank God for this pen
G
Brighton, U.S.A
D
Is leaning in
D
This film was shot on memory slides
G
In the Western Hemisphere
D
Alabama's getting near
[Bridge]
D D C9 C9 x2
[Verse 2]
D
Alabama sunrise
D
Oklahoma prairie
C9
And every town's claim to fame
C9
None of this before I came
D
I'm back to tribal town
D
Stressing the get down and
C9
The many birds I have seen
C9
This song means nothing to me
D
Down in your soul mine
D
Wearing the bible belt
C9
This is all I really know
C9 D
It's the best I've ever felt
[Chorus]
D
Thank God for this pen
G
Brighton, U.S.A
D
Is leaning in
D
This film was shot on memory slides
G
In the Western Hemisphere
D
Alabama's getting near
G D
Alabama's getting near x3
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