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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Racehorse Haynes
By Tom Russell
(Chorus)
Am Am7 Am F G
Somebody better call Racehorse Haynes
Somebody better call Racehorse Haynes
(Verse)
Am Am7 Am
I didn’t kill nobody, I never seen her before
Am Am7 Am
A man of my means, A Chinese whore
Am Am7 Am
I got a lawyer in Houston, with the juice and the brains
Am Am7 Am
Let the big horse run Racehorse Haynes
(Chorus)
Somebody better call Racehorse Haynes
Somebody better call Racehorse Haynes
(Verse)
He's a thoroughbred lawyer, he ain't no hack
He's a Man 'O War on any of your fairground tracks
He can run on the grass, on the mud when it rains
'Ya put your money on Racehorse Haynes
(Chorus)
Somebody better call Racehorse Haynes
Somebody better call Racehorse Haynes
(Bridge)
F C
Down here in Texas you see money still talks
E Am
You murder your wife, you're still gonna walk
F C
Your blacks and Chicanos, whoa ain't it a shame
E E7
You're goin' up to Huntsville if you can't afford him
(Chorus)
Somebody better call Racehorse Haynes
Somebody better call Racehorse Haynes
(Verse)
Show me the phone, lend the dime
I ain't rollin over, ain't doin' no time
Ain't coppin' no plea, I'm hip to your game
I ain't talkin' to no one 'cept Racehorse Haynes
(Chorus)
Somebody better call Racehorse Haynes
Somebody better call Racehorse Haynes
By Tom Russell
(Chorus)
Am Am7 Am F G
Somebody better call Racehorse Haynes
Somebody better call Racehorse Haynes
(Verse)
Am Am7 Am
I didn’t kill nobody, I never seen her before
Am Am7 Am
A man of my means, A Chinese whore
Am Am7 Am
I got a lawyer in Houston, with the juice and the brains
Am Am7 Am
Let the big horse run Racehorse Haynes
(Chorus)
Somebody better call Racehorse Haynes
Somebody better call Racehorse Haynes
(Verse)
He's a thoroughbred lawyer, he ain't no hack
He's a Man 'O War on any of your fairground tracks
He can run on the grass, on the mud when it rains
'Ya put your money on Racehorse Haynes
(Chorus)
Somebody better call Racehorse Haynes
Somebody better call Racehorse Haynes
(Bridge)
F C
Down here in Texas you see money still talks
E Am
You murder your wife, you're still gonna walk
F C
Your blacks and Chicanos, whoa ain't it a shame
E E7
You're goin' up to Huntsville if you can't afford him
(Chorus)
Somebody better call Racehorse Haynes
Somebody better call Racehorse Haynes
(Verse)
Show me the phone, lend the dime
I ain't rollin over, ain't doin' no time
Ain't coppin' no plea, I'm hip to your game
I ain't talkin' to no one 'cept Racehorse Haynes
(Chorus)
Somebody better call Racehorse Haynes
Somebody better call Racehorse Haynes
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