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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The John Bull Tin
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by: Tom Russell
written by: Tom Russell - Frontera Music
G (strum the chord once slowly)
G D C G
He said his pride and joy was that ol' John Bull Tin....
G D
1. He said it saved him from a bullet once
C G
But I did not believe
G D
He's just an old man in the park half drunk on rum
G D C G
As he rolled another smoke and closed the John Bull Tin
G D G
He said, "I've carried that since 1941."
Chorus:
G C
Rubbed and worn a shiny silver
G
Blue letters chipped away
G D
His memories and tabacco fit within
G G7 C G
He had one religious medal that he carried near his heart
G D G
But his pride and joy was that old John Bull Tin
G D
2. He said. "It used to be a tire patch kit
C G
But that was long ago
G D
It's memories and tabacco now my friend
G D
Ya know some folks need a magic lamp
C G
To conjure up their dreams
G D G
But mine are kept inside the John Bull Tin."
Repeat Chorus
Solo: strum through one verse
G D
3. I found it lyin' in the grass
C G
In a park near Shepherd's Bush
G D
I never saw that old man again
G D
I guess he rolled a final smoke
C G
And went to his reward
G D G
Why else would he have dropped the John Bull Tin?
Repeat Chorus
G D C D G
His pride and joy was that old John Bull Tin
>From the album Song Of The West - The Cowboy Collection
1997 BMG/Hightone Records
Transcribed by: Greg Yuriy
Feel free to send comments to [email protected]
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
#
The John Bull Tin
=================
by: Tom Russell
written by: Tom Russell - Frontera Music
G (strum the chord once slowly)
G D C G
He said his pride and joy was that ol' John Bull Tin....
G D
1. He said it saved him from a bullet once
C G
But I did not believe
G D
He's just an old man in the park half drunk on rum
G D C G
As he rolled another smoke and closed the John Bull Tin
G D G
He said, "I've carried that since 1941."
Chorus:
G C
Rubbed and worn a shiny silver
G
Blue letters chipped away
G D
His memories and tabacco fit within
G G7 C G
He had one religious medal that he carried near his heart
G D G
But his pride and joy was that old John Bull Tin
G D
2. He said. "It used to be a tire patch kit
C G
But that was long ago
G D
It's memories and tabacco now my friend
G D
Ya know some folks need a magic lamp
C G
To conjure up their dreams
G D G
But mine are kept inside the John Bull Tin."
Repeat Chorus
Solo: strum through one verse
G D
3. I found it lyin' in the grass
C G
In a park near Shepherd's Bush
G D
I never saw that old man again
G D
I guess he rolled a final smoke
C G
And went to his reward
G D G
Why else would he have dropped the John Bull Tin?
Repeat Chorus
G D C D G
His pride and joy was that old John Bull Tin
>From the album Song Of The West - The Cowboy Collection
1997 BMG/Hightone Records
Transcribed by: Greg Yuriy
Feel free to send comments to [email protected]
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