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!
Green Willow Valley
From the album Unseen
[INTRO]
C
[VERSE 1]
C F C
Like the moon pulls on the water
F C
and the water pulls the sand
Dm Am
Like starlight drifts a billion years
F C
to flicker once above your head
[VERSE 2]
C F C
The cicadas in the oak trees
F C
are singing to the sky
Dm Am
and I am calling out to you
F G C
across this silent night
[CHORUS]
F C
Come back to the valley,
Am F
to the green willow valley
Fm C
In the cool of the evening,
F G C
I'm waiting here for you
[VERSE 3]
C F C
Can you feel the wings of birds
F C
whisper 'cross the sky?
Dm Am
Can you hear the blades of grass
F C
calling to the light?
[VERSE 4]
C F C
There are rivers underground
F C
rushing cold and wild
Dm Am
and I am calling out to you
F G C
across the lonely night
[CHORUS]
F C
Come back to the valley,
Am F
to the green willow valley
Fm C
In the cool of the evening,
F G C
I'm waiting here for you
[INTERLUDE]
C F C F C Dm Am F G C
[BRIDGE]
Am Em
We'll lie under the willows
F C
in a bed of fallen leaves
Am Em
I will bring you apples
F C G G7
and water from the stream
[VERSE 5]
C F C
I will pull the thorns
F C
from your blistered feet
Dm Am
Can't you hear me calling
F G C
in the whisper of the trees?
[CHORUS]
F C
Come back to the valley,
Am F
to the green willow valley
Fm C
In the cool of the evening,
F G C
I'm waiting here for you
Fm C
In the cool of the evening,
F G C
I'm waiting here for you
[OUTRO]
F G C
C
From the album Unseen
[INTRO]
C
[VERSE 1]
C F C
Like the moon pulls on the water
F C
and the water pulls the sand
Dm Am
Like starlight drifts a billion years
F C
to flicker once above your head
[VERSE 2]
C F C
The cicadas in the oak trees
F C
are singing to the sky
Dm Am
and I am calling out to you
F G C
across this silent night
[CHORUS]
F C
Come back to the valley,
Am F
to the green willow valley
Fm C
In the cool of the evening,
F G C
I'm waiting here for you
[VERSE 3]
C F C
Can you feel the wings of birds
F C
whisper 'cross the sky?
Dm Am
Can you hear the blades of grass
F C
calling to the light?
[VERSE 4]
C F C
There are rivers underground
F C
rushing cold and wild
Dm Am
and I am calling out to you
F G C
across the lonely night
[CHORUS]
F C
Come back to the valley,
Am F
to the green willow valley
Fm C
In the cool of the evening,
F G C
I'm waiting here for you
[INTERLUDE]
C F C F C Dm Am F G C
[BRIDGE]
Am Em
We'll lie under the willows
F C
in a bed of fallen leaves
Am Em
I will bring you apples
F C G G7
and water from the stream
[VERSE 5]
C F C
I will pull the thorns
F C
from your blistered feet
Dm Am
Can't you hear me calling
F G C
in the whisper of the trees?
[CHORUS]
F C
Come back to the valley,
Am F
to the green willow valley
Fm C
In the cool of the evening,
F G C
I'm waiting here for you
Fm C
In the cool of the evening,
F G C
I'm waiting here for you
[OUTRO]
F G C
C
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