Biography:
Tom Russell (born in Los Angeles in either 1947 or 1948) is an American singer-songwriter from California, currently living in El Paso, Texas. His music incorporates elements of folk, traditional country & western, border and cowboy music of the American West. Russell's songs have been recorded by artists such as Johnny Cash, Ian Tyson, Nanci Griffith, Dave Alvin and others. In addition to his music, he is also an artist and published author.
In the 1980s Russell made four albums credited to the Tom Russell Band.
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Other songs:
- A Bowl Of Red
- A Hard Rains A
- A Land Called Way Out There
- Acres Of Corn
- Aint No More Cane On The Brazos
- Alkali
- All This Way For The Short Ride
- Amelias Railroad Flat
- America The Beautiful
- American Rivers
- Angel Of Lyon
- Beyond The Blues
- Box Of Visions
- Bucking Horse Moon
- Bus Station
- Canadian Whisky
- Carrickfergus
- Claude Dallas
- Criminology
- Cropduster
- Dance Hall Girls
- Down The Rio Grande
- East Of Woodstock West Of Viet Nam
- El Llano Estacado
- En Canadien Errant
- Evangeline Hotel
- Finding You
- Furious Love For Liz
- Gallo Del Cielo
- Guadalupe
- Gulf Coast Highway
- Hallie Lonnigan
- Hills Of Old Juarez
- If I Had A Gun
- Isaac Lewis
- Little Blue Horse
- Love Abides
- Love Makes A Fool Out Of The Wise
- Mandarin Oranges
- Manzanar
- Mineral Wells
- Navajo Rug
- Oil Field Girls
- Old Blue
- Pilgrim Land
- Racehorse Haynes
- Rambler Gambler
- Rider On An Orphan Train
- Rose Of San Joaquin
- Santa Fe At Midnight
- Sitting Bull In Venice
- Somebodys Husband Somebodys Son
- Sonoras Death Row
- Spanish Burgundy
- Stealing Electricity
- The Ballad Of Edward Abbey
- The Dutchman
- The Eyes Of Robert Duran
- The Eyes Of Roberto Duran
- The Greatest Show On Earth
- The John Bull Tin
- The Kid From Spavinaw
- The Man From God Knows Where
- The Next Thing Smokin
- The Old Rugged Cross
- The Railroad Boy
- The Rose Of Roscrae
- The Rose Of The San Joaquin
- The Santa Fe At Midnight
- The Sky Above The Mud Below
- The Water Is Wide
- Throwin Horseshoes At The Moon
- Throwing Horseshoes At The Moon
- Tonight We Ride
- Touch Of Evil
- Veterans Day
- Walkin On The Moon
- Walking On The Moon
- Wayfarin Stranger
- What Work Is
- When Sinatra Played Juarez
- When The Wolves No Longer Sing
- Where The Dream Begins
- Whos Gonna Build Your Wall
- Winnipeg
- Woodrow
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Tom Russell - All This Way For The Short Ride
CAPO: 4th Fret
[Intro]
C F C
[Verse 1]
F C
When the chute gate swings open, here we go again
F C
The desperate dance, the kick and the spin
Am Em
Dust rising from a crossbred bull, fire meets with pride
F C
The man's come a long way, just for the short ride
[Verse 2]
F C
His wife's in the grandstand, trying to swallow the fear
F C
A little baby inside her, who's time's drawing near
Am Em
The bulls flying high now, then he falls to his side
F C
Their love came a long way, just for the short ride
[Chorus]
Am Em
Two hearts in the darkness, sing a blue lullaby
Bb F C Bb F C
Beat the drum slowly, for a cowboy's last ride
[Verse 3]
F C
And when the dust had all settled and the crowd disappeared
F C
The sirens still echo in an unborn child's ear
Am Em
Little boys due in April, he'll have daddy's blue eyes
F C
He'll always remember, his father's last ride
[Chorus]
Am D
They preached at the service, from John 25
Bb F C
How Christ came a long way, just for the short ride
Bb F C Bb F C
Beat the drum slowly, for a cowboy's last ride
[Outro]
F C
Well, the chute gate swings open, here we go again
CAPO: 4th Fret
[Intro]
C F C
[Verse 1]
F C
When the chute gate swings open, here we go again
F C
The desperate dance, the kick and the spin
Am Em
Dust rising from a crossbred bull, fire meets with pride
F C
The man's come a long way, just for the short ride
[Verse 2]
F C
His wife's in the grandstand, trying to swallow the fear
F C
A little baby inside her, who's time's drawing near
Am Em
The bulls flying high now, then he falls to his side
F C
Their love came a long way, just for the short ride
[Chorus]
Am Em
Two hearts in the darkness, sing a blue lullaby
Bb F C Bb F C
Beat the drum slowly, for a cowboy's last ride
[Verse 3]
F C
And when the dust had all settled and the crowd disappeared
F C
The sirens still echo in an unborn child's ear
Am Em
Little boys due in April, he'll have daddy's blue eyes
F C
He'll always remember, his father's last ride
[Chorus]
Am D
They preached at the service, from John 25
Bb F C
How Christ came a long way, just for the short ride
Bb F C Bb F C
Beat the drum slowly, for a cowboy's last ride
[Outro]
F C
Well, the chute gate swings open, here we go again
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