Biography:
Meet The Stanfields, a maelstrom of rock and roll, bluegrass, celtic and blues. Hailing from the gritty post-industrial towns of Nova Scotia, The Stanfields play every show like it's their collective last night on earth. Their kitchen party harmonies, thunderous rhythm section, high octane stage show and genuine chemistry have won over audiences clear across their tiny corner of the world.
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Other songs:
- A Free Country
- Afraid Of The World
- Antics
- Blacktop Blues
- Blow Winds Blow
- Carolina Reaper
- Crocodile Tears
- Dagger Woods
- Death And Taxes
- Desperation
- Dont Make Me Walk Away
- Dunvegans Drums
- Federal Hall
- Fight Song
- Footsteps In Sand
- For King And Country
- Fox In The Heather
- Ghost Of The Eastern Seaboard
- Hard Miles
- How Long Is The Road
- Invisible Hands
- Jack Of All Trades
- Jimmy No More
- Lady Argyle
- Lantern In The Window
- Let It Run
- Light
- Limboland
- Mainline
- Mariners Grave
- Modem Operandi
- Moneychangers
- Mrs Mcgrath
- Run On The Banks
- Ship To Shore
- Son Of A Landless Man
- Streets Of Gold
- Sunday Warships
- The Battle Of Nowhere
- The Bloody Dotted Line
- The Boston States
- The Dirtiest Drunk In The History Of Liquor
- The Marystown Expedition
- The Road To Guysborough
- Theres A Light
- Total Black
- Up The Mountain
- Vanguard Of The Young And Reckless
- Vermilion River
- Whistle And A Grin
- White Juan
- Will The Circuit Be Unbroken
- Your Flag Wont Save You Anymore
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[Intro]
Am Am/E Am Am/E
[Verse]
Am Am/G Am Am/E
Blow Winds Blow
Am Am/E C C/G
Bring a howling rage
C G/B
Bring to me the sanity
D
That I so dearly crave
Am Am/E Am Am/E
Here I sit in the darkness
Am Am/E C C/G
Here I am bound in chains
C G/B
A shadow of my former self
D
‘ere little else remains
C C/B C/A G D Am Am/E Am
My mind is a field fallen fallow
C G D Em
In the morning I shall swing from the gallows
[Whistling]
C Am Em
G D C
G D Em
[Verse]
Am Am/E Am Am/E
Blow Winds Blow
Am Am/E C C/G
Beyond all pale and ken
C G/B
Carry me across the sea
D
Where I’ll be free again
Am Am/E Am Am/E
To live a life of virtue
Am Am/E C C/G
Free from tax and tithe
C G/B
To build upon the shred of hope
D
That’s keeping me alive
C C/B C/A G D Am Am/E Am
My soul’s a dying river black and shallow
C G D Em
In the morning I shall swing from the gallows
[Interlude]
Em G/F# G Am C D
Em G/F# G Am C D
Em G/F# G Am C D
Em G/F# G Am C D
G Am C D
G Am C D
G G/F# Em D
[Verse]
Am Am/E Am Am/E
Blow Winds Blow
Am Am/E C C/G
A bitter northern gale
C G/B
Bring to me the bravery
D
To face my end with hale
Am Am/E Am Am/E
To shed nary a tear
Am Am/E C C/G
As I face down the horde
C G/B
Gathered on the village green
D
To reap a grim reward
C C/B C/A G D Am Am/E Am
With looks upon their faces cold and sallow
C G D Em
In the morning I shall swing from the gallows
[Interlude]
Em G/F# G Am C D
Em G/F# G Am C D
[Bridge]
C Am Em
What once the land that beckoned me home
G D C
Is now but cinder and scheme
C Am Em
What once was domain of pirate and lord
G D Em
Is now the American Dream
C Am Em
What once was a land of promise and hope
G D C
Is now but cinder and scheme
C Am Em
What once was domain of tyrant and crown
G D Em
Is now the American Dream
[Outro]
N.C.
Is now the American Dream
Em
Is now the American Dream
N.C.
Is now the American Dream
Em
Is now the American Dream
Am Am/E Am Am/E
[Verse]
Am Am/G Am Am/E
Blow Winds Blow
Am Am/E C C/G
Bring a howling rage
C G/B
Bring to me the sanity
D
That I so dearly crave
Am Am/E Am Am/E
Here I sit in the darkness
Am Am/E C C/G
Here I am bound in chains
C G/B
A shadow of my former self
D
‘ere little else remains
C C/B C/A G D Am Am/E Am
My mind is a field fallen fallow
C G D Em
In the morning I shall swing from the gallows
[Whistling]
C Am Em
G D C
G D Em
[Verse]
Am Am/E Am Am/E
Blow Winds Blow
Am Am/E C C/G
Beyond all pale and ken
C G/B
Carry me across the sea
D
Where I’ll be free again
Am Am/E Am Am/E
To live a life of virtue
Am Am/E C C/G
Free from tax and tithe
C G/B
To build upon the shred of hope
D
That’s keeping me alive
C C/B C/A G D Am Am/E Am
My soul’s a dying river black and shallow
C G D Em
In the morning I shall swing from the gallows
[Interlude]
Em G/F# G Am C D
Em G/F# G Am C D
Em G/F# G Am C D
Em G/F# G Am C D
G Am C D
G Am C D
G G/F# Em D
[Verse]
Am Am/E Am Am/E
Blow Winds Blow
Am Am/E C C/G
A bitter northern gale
C G/B
Bring to me the bravery
D
To face my end with hale
Am Am/E Am Am/E
To shed nary a tear
Am Am/E C C/G
As I face down the horde
C G/B
Gathered on the village green
D
To reap a grim reward
C C/B C/A G D Am Am/E Am
With looks upon their faces cold and sallow
C G D Em
In the morning I shall swing from the gallows
[Interlude]
Em G/F# G Am C D
Em G/F# G Am C D
[Bridge]
C Am Em
What once the land that beckoned me home
G D C
Is now but cinder and scheme
C Am Em
What once was domain of pirate and lord
G D Em
Is now the American Dream
C Am Em
What once was a land of promise and hope
G D C
Is now but cinder and scheme
C Am Em
What once was domain of tyrant and crown
G D Em
Is now the American Dream
[Outro]
N.C.
Is now the American Dream
Em
Is now the American Dream
N.C.
Is now the American Dream
Em
Is now the American Dream
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