Biography:
Tony Joe White (Oak Grove, Louisiana, July 23, 1943 - October 24, 2018) was an American swamp rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his 1969 hit "Polk Salad Annie" and for "Rainy Night in Georgia", which he wrote but was first made popular by Brook Benton in 1970. He also wrote "Steamy Windows" and "Undercover Agent for the Blues", both hits for Tina Turner in 1989; those two songs came by way of Turner's producer at the time, Mark Knopfler, who is a friend of White.
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Other songs:
- Aint Going Down This Time
- Always The Song
- As The Crow Flies
- Backside Of Paradise
- Backwoods Preacher Man
- Bayou Woman
- Billy
- Closer To The Truth
- Clovis Green
- Delta Love
- Down By The Border
- Georgia Pines
- Goin Down Rockin
- High Horse
- High Sheriff Of Calhoun Parrish
- I Believe Ive Lost My Way
- I Get Off On It
- I Just Walked Away
- Ice Cream Man
- Lake Placid Blues
- Louisiana Rain
- Polk Salad Annie
- Rainy Night In Georgia
- Red Neck Women
- Robbin My Honeycomb
- Roosevelt And Ira Lee
- Save Your Sugar For Me
- Scratch My Back
- Soul Francisco
- Steamy Windows
- Susie Q
- The Guitar Dont Lie
- Tunica Motel
- Undercover Agent For The Blues
- Who You Ganna Hoodoo Now
- Willie And Laura Mae Jones
- Yo Yo Man
- Youre Gonna Look Good In Blues
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I Believe I’ve Lost My Way - Tony Joe White
(I'm not sure about the lyrics. I think it goes something like this...)
intro F#m C#m7 Bm7 3x Dmaj7 C#7 F#m C#7
F#m C#m7 Bm7
Had to keep on till a line went empty
F#m C#m7 Bm7
Had to keep on till it came on wide
F#m C#m7 Bm7
Keep on burnin’ when the fire was dying
Dmaj7 C#7 F#m C#7
Till I burn it down...
I been a lookin’ on the dark side
I don’t know what I’ve thought I could find
Now there’s a stranger in the mirror
Lookin’ back at me, he says it’s a payback time
F#m Bm E Bm
I could drift away so easy to that old familiar place
E F#m C#7
But it’s a high price to pay
F#m Bm E Bm
I’ve ran out of excuses and it’s hard to face
C#m7 F#m C#m7 Bm7
But I believe I’ve lost my way
solo F#m C#m7 Bm7 2x Dmaj7 C#7 F#m C#7
I wouldn’t cut out to be alone
But I keep findin’ myself alone
I wear the silence like an overcoat
And the nightmare lingers on
I had a dream about a sister who lived alone since gone away
I reached out and touched her face
Then she burr to read in silence and she began to pray
And I knew I’d lost my way
solo
And I knew I’d lost my way
(I'm not sure about the lyrics. I think it goes something like this...)
intro F#m C#m7 Bm7 3x Dmaj7 C#7 F#m C#7
F#m C#m7 Bm7
Had to keep on till a line went empty
F#m C#m7 Bm7
Had to keep on till it came on wide
F#m C#m7 Bm7
Keep on burnin’ when the fire was dying
Dmaj7 C#7 F#m C#7
Till I burn it down...
I been a lookin’ on the dark side
I don’t know what I’ve thought I could find
Now there’s a stranger in the mirror
Lookin’ back at me, he says it’s a payback time
F#m Bm E Bm
I could drift away so easy to that old familiar place
E F#m C#7
But it’s a high price to pay
F#m Bm E Bm
I’ve ran out of excuses and it’s hard to face
C#m7 F#m C#m7 Bm7
But I believe I’ve lost my way
solo F#m C#m7 Bm7 2x Dmaj7 C#7 F#m C#7
I wouldn’t cut out to be alone
But I keep findin’ myself alone
I wear the silence like an overcoat
And the nightmare lingers on
I had a dream about a sister who lived alone since gone away
I reached out and touched her face
Then she burr to read in silence and she began to pray
And I knew I’d lost my way
solo
And I knew I’d lost my way
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