Biography:
Tom T. Hall (born May 25, 1936 in Olive Hill, Kentucky) is an American country balladeer and songwriter. He has written 11 #1 Hits, with 26 more that hit the Top 10. He was the son of a preacher.
As a teen, Hall put together a band called the Kentucky Travelers that performed before movies for a travelling theater. During a stint in the Army, Hall performed over the Armed Forces Radio Network and wrote comic songs about Army experiences. His early career included being a radio announcer at WRON
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Other songs:
- Christmas Tree
- I Flew Over Our House Last Night
- That Song Is Driving Me Crazy
- Sneaky Snake
- A Hero In Harlan
- A Picture Of Your Mother
- A Week In A County Jail
- Aint Got The Time
- Another Town
- Back When Gas Was Thirty Cents A Gallon
- Back When We Were Young
- Ballad Of Forty Dollars
- Bar With No Beer
- Bill Monroe For Breakfast
- Candy In The Window
- Christmas Is
- Country Is
- Dont Forget The Coffee Billy Joe
- Everything From Jesus To Jack Daniels
- Faster Horses
- Forbidden Flowers
- Girls In Saigon City
- Homecoming
- I Cried All The Way To Kentucky
- I Like Beer
- I Love
- I Miss A Lot Of Trains
- I Want My Dog Back
- It Feels Better Now
- It Sure Can Get Cold In Des Moines
- La Blues
- Me And Jesus
- O Christmas Candle
- Old Dogs Children And Watermelon Wine
- Old Five And Dimers Like Me
- Once Upon A Road
- Over And Over Again
- Pay No Attention To Alice
- Ravishing Ruby
- Salute To A Switchblade
- Second Handed Flowers
- Shoe Shine Man
- Spokane Motel Blues
- Thats How I Got To Memphis
- The Monkey That Became President
- The Year Clayton Delaney Died
- The Year That Clayton Delaney Died
- Too Many Do Goods
- Tulsa Telephone Book
- Wash My Hands In The Morning Dew
- Were All In This Thing Alone
- When Nobody Wants Your Body Anymore
- Whos Gonna Feed Them Hogs
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Old Five And Dimers Like Me:Tom T. Hall.
Album - Rhymes And Other Five And Dimers -
#1 on BB Hot Country Albums and #181 on
BB Hot 200 on MERCURY Records in 1973.
INTRO: F C G
#1.
C G
I've spent the lifetime making up my mind to be,
G
more than the measure of what I thought others
C
could see.
C G C C7
Good luck and fast bucks they're too few and too
F
far between.
G
There's Cadillac buyers and old five and dimers
C
like me.
#2.
C G
She stood beside me letting me know she would be,
G C
something to lean on when everything ran out on me.
C
Well, fenced yards ain't hole cards and like as not
F G
never will be..the reason for rhymers and old five
C
and dimers like me.
INTERLUDE: G F C F C G
#3.
C G
Well, it's taken me so long now, that I know I believe,
G C
all that I do or say is all I ever will be.
C C7 F
Too far and too high and too deep ain't too much to see.
G C
Too much ain't enough for old five and dimers like me.
G C F
An old five and dimer is all I intended to be.
OUTRO:
C
You know country people don't shine their boots very
F
often.
C G
And they don't shine other folks' boots either.
C
thank you.
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
Album - Rhymes And Other Five And Dimers -
#1 on BB Hot Country Albums and #181 on
BB Hot 200 on MERCURY Records in 1973.
INTRO: F C G
#1.
C G
I've spent the lifetime making up my mind to be,
G
more than the measure of what I thought others
C
could see.
C G C C7
Good luck and fast bucks they're too few and too
F
far between.
G
There's Cadillac buyers and old five and dimers
C
like me.
#2.
C G
She stood beside me letting me know she would be,
G C
something to lean on when everything ran out on me.
C
Well, fenced yards ain't hole cards and like as not
F G
never will be..the reason for rhymers and old five
C
and dimers like me.
INTERLUDE: G F C F C G
#3.
C G
Well, it's taken me so long now, that I know I believe,
G C
all that I do or say is all I ever will be.
C C7 F
Too far and too high and too deep ain't too much to see.
G C
Too much ain't enough for old five and dimers like me.
G C F
An old five and dimer is all I intended to be.
OUTRO:
C
You know country people don't shine their boots very
F
often.
C G
And they don't shine other folks' boots either.
C
thank you.
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
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