Biography:
Grafting literate, character-driven song craft and Mid-American roots with a post-punk DIY attitude, Chicago-based songwriter, performer and instrumentalist Al Scorch charts a new musical topography with a five-string banjo.
In his new full-length CD release, Tired Ghostly Town, Scorch delivers jubilant anthems and poignant reflections in 10 songs populated with a cast of vibrant characters. The protagonist wishing for a pair of gold cuff links
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Verse 1]
E
He raised two flags every morning
A E
Stars and Stripes and the Maple Jack
A E A B
One for him and one for his wife and after the heart attack;
E A E
He still walked out and down the hill and gave that cord a tug
A E B E
Stars and stripes for his country, a maple leaf for the one he loves
[Verse 2]
E A E
And she’s a strong minded woman, Canadian pioneer stock
A E
He was a city boy who loved his toys
E A B C#m
And they spent their summers by the ferry dock in Wisconsin
A E A
And it reminds her of home where Humming Birds feed
E A B
And Blue Jays scree just like On-tari-o
[Verse 3]
E
And the years rolled on, pushed along,
A E
By that cruel old, Master Time.
A E A B
She held him close and loved him dear as he slowly lost his mind
C#m A E
And he passed on in Chicago, Illinois
A E E A B
She was again a nineteen year old country girl in love with a city
boy
[Bridge]
B A E
And he still sleeps beside her, it’s strange but it feels the same,
A E B
When she stops breathing in her sleep, she swears he calls her name
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
E A E
And those two flags still fly every morning, sure as the rising sun
A E B
It’s a maple leaf for her country, stars and stripes for the one she
E
loved.
B E
Stars and stripes for the one she loved.
E
He raised two flags every morning
A E
Stars and Stripes and the Maple Jack
A E A B
One for him and one for his wife and after the heart attack;
E A E
He still walked out and down the hill and gave that cord a tug
A E B E
Stars and stripes for his country, a maple leaf for the one he loves
[Verse 2]
E A E
And she’s a strong minded woman, Canadian pioneer stock
A E
He was a city boy who loved his toys
E A B C#m
And they spent their summers by the ferry dock in Wisconsin
A E A
And it reminds her of home where Humming Birds feed
E A B
And Blue Jays scree just like On-tari-o
[Verse 3]
E
And the years rolled on, pushed along,
A E
By that cruel old, Master Time.
A E A B
She held him close and loved him dear as he slowly lost his mind
C#m A E
And he passed on in Chicago, Illinois
A E E A B
She was again a nineteen year old country girl in love with a city
boy
[Bridge]
B A E
And he still sleeps beside her, it’s strange but it feels the same,
A E B
When she stops breathing in her sleep, she swears he calls her name
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
E A E
And those two flags still fly every morning, sure as the rising sun
A E B
It’s a maple leaf for her country, stars and stripes for the one she
E
loved.
B E
Stars and stripes for the one she loved.
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