Biography:
The Handsome Family is an alternative country and americana band, formed in Chicago, Illinois, and currently based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The band was formed in 1993 by husband-and-wife duo Brett Sparks (vocals, guitar, keyboards) and Rennie Sparks (bass, banjo, vocals), along with drummer Mike Werner. The band would later revolve around Rennie, who writes the lyrics, and Brett, who writes the music. Guest musicians complete the band line-up for recordings and live work.
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Other songs:
- 24 Hour Store
- Bottomless Hole
- Far From Any Road
- Far From Any Road (true Detective Theme)
- Lizard
- My Sister's Tiny Hands
- So Much Wine
- The Woman Downstairs
- Weightless Again
- 1 Country Song
- 3
- A Beautiful Thing
- A Dark Eye
- A Shadow Underneath
- A Thousand Diamond Rings
- After We Shot The Grizzly
- All The Time In Airports
- All The Tvs In Town
- Amelia Earhart Vs The Dancing Bear
- Arlene
- Back In My Day
- Beautiful William
- Big Bad Wolf
- Birds You Cannot See
- Bowling Alley Bar
- Bury Me Here
- Caterpillars
- Cathedrals
- Claire Said
- Cold Cold Cold
- Darling My Darling
- Dont Be Scared
- Down In The Ground
- Down In The Valley Of Hollow Logs
- Drinking Beer On The Roof
- Drunk By Noon
- Dry Bones
- Eels
- Emily Shore 1819
- Everything That Rises Must Converge
- Fallen Peaches
- Far From Any Road True Detective Theme
- Flies
- Frogs
- Gail With The Golden Hair
- Gentlemen
- Giant Ant
- Giant Of Illinois
- Glow Worm
- Gold
- Grandmother Waits For You
- Gravity
- Green Willow Valley
- Gulls
- Happy Harvest
- Heres Hopin
- Honey Moon
- Hunter Green
- I Fell
- I Know You Are There
- In The Air
- June Bugs
- King Of Dust
- Lake Geneva
- Last Night I Went Out Walking
- Lie Down
- Linger Let Me Linger
- Love Is Like
- Moving Furniture Around
- My Beautiful Bride
- My Friend
- My Ghost
- My Sisters Tiny Hands
- No One Fell Asleep Alone
- Octopus
- One Way Up
- Our Blue Sky
- Owls
- Passenger Pigeons
- Peace In The Valley Once Again
- Pony
- Poor Poor Lenore
- She Awoke With A Jerk
- Sleepy
- Snowball
- Somewhere Else To Be
- Spider
- Stalled
- Teslas Hotel Room
- The Bottomless Hole
- The Dutch Boy
- The Forgotten Lake
- The House Carpenter
- The King Who Wouldnt Smile
- The Last
- The Loneliness Of Magnets
- The Lost Soul
- The Petrified Forest
- The Red Door
- The Red Leaf Forest
- The Sad Milkman
- The Sea Rose
- The Silver Light
- The Snow White Diner
- The Song Of 100 Toads
- The Song Of A Hundred Toads
- The White Dog
- The Winding Corn Maze
- There Is A Sound
- These Golden Jewels
- Tin Foil
- Tiny Tina
- Trail Of Time
- Underneath The Falls
- Unseen
- Up Falling Rock Hill
- Water Into Wine
- When It Rains
- When You Whispered
- Where The Birch Trees Lean
- White Lights
- Whitehaven
- Wild Wood
- Wildebeest
- Winnebago Skeletons
- Woman Downstairs
- Woodpecker
- Your Great Journey
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Arlene
From the album Odessa
[INTRO]
Em G D
e|------------------------------------------2-|
B|------------------------------------------3-|
G|------------------------------------------2-|
D|-------4-7-4-------------4----------------0-|
A|-5-7-5--------7-----5-7----7b5---5-2--------|
E|-------------------------------------5-2----|
[VERSE 1]
D F#m
Arlene, I'm sorry for what I done,
C G D
I wasn't looking for love 'til I saw your red hair in the sun
D F#m
What we had could ne'er be love, that was easy to see,
C G D
But when I saw you in Red's pouring coffee, something took a-hold of me
[CHORUS]
Em G A
Oh-wo-oo-oh, Arlene, you wouldn't even let me hold your hand
Em G D
When I stopped you in the road, you just screamed and ran
[SOLO]
D F#m C G D
e|-2--2--2-0-2h3-2--0-0----------------2-----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------3--3--3-2--2---2----2-2h3p2------------10-------10--8--7-|
G|-------------------------------------2------------5-5/12--12----12----11--9--7-|
D|-------------------------------------4-----------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------4-----------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------2-----------------------------------------|
D F#m C G D
e|------------------------------------------2------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------2------------------------------------|
G|----------------4-------------------------2---------------------2--------------|
D|------------------7-----------------------4-------------------5---5-------2b---|
A|-----5-7-5-7b-------7b--5---5-7-5-5--4-4--4----4--4h5p4--3--5---------2-5----5-|
E|-5-7----------------------------------------------------------------3----------|
[CHORUS]
Em G A
Oh-wo-oo-oh, Arlene, you wouldn't even let me hold your hand
Em G D
When I stopped you in the road, you just screamed and ran
[VERSE 2]
D F#m
That night, I decided that I was gonna marry you
C G D
My knife went through your screen door and I went away with you
D F#m
You were singing, "Please let me go," all the way down to Miller's Cave
C G D
When I picked a stick up off the ground, you cried, "I ain't ready for my grave!"
[CHORUS]
Em G A
But, Arlene, in the dark, your hair's just as red,
Em G D
And this long, dark cave will always be our wedding bed
Em G A
But, Arlene, in the dark, your hair's just as red,
Em G D
And this long, dark cave will always be our wedding bed
From the album Odessa
[INTRO]
Em G D
e|------------------------------------------2-|
B|------------------------------------------3-|
G|------------------------------------------2-|
D|-------4-7-4-------------4----------------0-|
A|-5-7-5--------7-----5-7----7b5---5-2--------|
E|-------------------------------------5-2----|
[VERSE 1]
D F#m
Arlene, I'm sorry for what I done,
C G D
I wasn't looking for love 'til I saw your red hair in the sun
D F#m
What we had could ne'er be love, that was easy to see,
C G D
But when I saw you in Red's pouring coffee, something took a-hold of me
[CHORUS]
Em G A
Oh-wo-oo-oh, Arlene, you wouldn't even let me hold your hand
Em G D
When I stopped you in the road, you just screamed and ran
[SOLO]
D F#m C G D
e|-2--2--2-0-2h3-2--0-0----------------2-----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------3--3--3-2--2---2----2-2h3p2------------10-------10--8--7-|
G|-------------------------------------2------------5-5/12--12----12----11--9--7-|
D|-------------------------------------4-----------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------4-----------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------2-----------------------------------------|
D F#m C G D
e|------------------------------------------2------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------2------------------------------------|
G|----------------4-------------------------2---------------------2--------------|
D|------------------7-----------------------4-------------------5---5-------2b---|
A|-----5-7-5-7b-------7b--5---5-7-5-5--4-4--4----4--4h5p4--3--5---------2-5----5-|
E|-5-7----------------------------------------------------------------3----------|
[CHORUS]
Em G A
Oh-wo-oo-oh, Arlene, you wouldn't even let me hold your hand
Em G D
When I stopped you in the road, you just screamed and ran
[VERSE 2]
D F#m
That night, I decided that I was gonna marry you
C G D
My knife went through your screen door and I went away with you
D F#m
You were singing, "Please let me go," all the way down to Miller's Cave
C G D
When I picked a stick up off the ground, you cried, "I ain't ready for my grave!"
[CHORUS]
Em G A
But, Arlene, in the dark, your hair's just as red,
Em G D
And this long, dark cave will always be our wedding bed
Em G A
But, Arlene, in the dark, your hair's just as red,
Em G D
And this long, dark cave will always be our wedding bed
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