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
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Last Night I Went Out Walking
From the album Through the Trees
Performance note: For all chords, play and hold single root and fifth notes of chords
*Notes in parenthesis refer refer to fifth notes of the chords
G5 (D5) D5 (A5) A5
e|---------|---------|-----|
B|---------|---------|-----|
G|---------|---------|-----|
D|---------|-----7---|-----|
A|-----5---|-5-------|-----|
E|-3-------|---------|-5---|
[Intro]
G5 (D5) G5 (D5)
[Verse 1]
G5 (D5) G5 (D5)
Last night I went out walking
G5 (D5) D5 (A5)
out on the edge of town,
D5 (A5) D5 (A5)
not going no place special,
D5 A5 G5 (D5)
only wandering around.
[Instrumental]
G5 (D5)
[Verse 2]
G5 (D5) G5 (D5)
I came upon a river.
G5 (D5) D5 (A5)
I thought about what you said
D5 (A5) D5 (A5)
and couldn't stop it flowing
D5 A5 G5 (D5)
and running through my head.
[Instrumental]
G5 (D5)
[Verse 3]
G5 (D5) G5 (D5)
You said that I'd been changing
G5 (D5) D5 (A5)
and never seemed to laugh,
D5 (A5) D5 (A5)
but I can't recall the last time you smiled
D5 A5 G5 (D5)
and it's tearing me in half.
[Instrumental]
G5 (D5)
[Solo]
G5 (D5) G5 (D5) G5 (D5) D5 (A) D5 (A) D5 (A) D5 A5 G5 (D5)
e|------------/7------7/87----------------------------------7/8---------------------------|
B|-8---8/10-------------------1087-------7/87/10------/10------------87---75/7/8------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Instrumental]
G5 (D5)
[Verse 4]
G5 (D5) G5 (D5)
I want to run and tell you
G5 (D5) D5 (A5)
the thoughts that are in my head,
D5 (A5) D5 (A5)
but I don't think that you'd believe
D5 A5 G5 (D5)
a single word I said.
[Instrumental]
G5 (D5)
[Verse 5]
G5 (D5) G5 (D5)
The river's water runs so cool
G5 (D5) D5 (A5)
it calms my burning skin.
D5 (A5) D5 (A5)
It takes away my aching thoughts
D5 A5 G5 (D5)
and cleanses all my sin.
[Instrumental]
G5 (D5)
[Verse 6]
G5 (D5) G5 (D5)
So let it flow on, take me down,
G5 (D5) D5 (A5)
to sleep that quiet sleep.
D5 (A5) D5 (A5)
And roll my body back to you
D5 A5 G5 (D5)
my love you may always keep.
[Outro]
G5 (D5) G5
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From the album Through the Trees
Performance note: For all chords, play and hold single root and fifth notes of chords
*Notes in parenthesis refer refer to fifth notes of the chords
G5 (D5) D5 (A5) A5
e|---------|---------|-----|
B|---------|---------|-----|
G|---------|---------|-----|
D|---------|-----7---|-----|
A|-----5---|-5-------|-----|
E|-3-------|---------|-5---|
[Intro]
G5 (D5) G5 (D5)
[Verse 1]
G5 (D5) G5 (D5)
Last night I went out walking
G5 (D5) D5 (A5)
out on the edge of town,
D5 (A5) D5 (A5)
not going no place special,
D5 A5 G5 (D5)
only wandering around.
[Instrumental]
G5 (D5)
[Verse 2]
G5 (D5) G5 (D5)
I came upon a river.
G5 (D5) D5 (A5)
I thought about what you said
D5 (A5) D5 (A5)
and couldn't stop it flowing
D5 A5 G5 (D5)
and running through my head.
[Instrumental]
G5 (D5)
[Verse 3]
G5 (D5) G5 (D5)
You said that I'd been changing
G5 (D5) D5 (A5)
and never seemed to laugh,
D5 (A5) D5 (A5)
but I can't recall the last time you smiled
D5 A5 G5 (D5)
and it's tearing me in half.
[Instrumental]
G5 (D5)
[Solo]
G5 (D5) G5 (D5) G5 (D5) D5 (A) D5 (A) D5 (A) D5 A5 G5 (D5)
e|------------/7------7/87----------------------------------7/8---------------------------|
B|-8---8/10-------------------1087-------7/87/10------/10------------87---75/7/8------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Instrumental]
G5 (D5)
[Verse 4]
G5 (D5) G5 (D5)
I want to run and tell you
G5 (D5) D5 (A5)
the thoughts that are in my head,
D5 (A5) D5 (A5)
but I don't think that you'd believe
D5 A5 G5 (D5)
a single word I said.
[Instrumental]
G5 (D5)
[Verse 5]
G5 (D5) G5 (D5)
The river's water runs so cool
G5 (D5) D5 (A5)
it calms my burning skin.
D5 (A5) D5 (A5)
It takes away my aching thoughts
D5 A5 G5 (D5)
and cleanses all my sin.
[Instrumental]
G5 (D5)
[Verse 6]
G5 (D5) G5 (D5)
So let it flow on, take me down,
G5 (D5) D5 (A5)
to sleep that quiet sleep.
D5 (A5) D5 (A5)
And roll my body back to you
D5 A5 G5 (D5)
my love you may always keep.
[Outro]
G5 (D5) G5
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