Biography:
Arthur Russell (May 21 1951 - April 4, 1992) was a prodigious talent. Classically trained on cello while growing up in Oskaloosa, Iowa, Arthur studied with Ali Akbar Khan in San Francisco in the early 1970's.
During this period he also collaborated with Allen Ginsberg, accompanying him on cello while Ginsberg read or sang. Russell also spent time in a Buddhist commune in California; he left when they decided to collectivize his cello.
By the mid-1970's Russell relocated to New York City, where he studied at The Manhattan School of Music.
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Arthur Russell - Close My Eyes
transcribed by Ben Whitlock
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G C G
I'll close my eyes and listen
G/F# Em C
to you, the corn come out.
Am Em C
Don't you hear the stars, they glisten,
G D C C/B C/A
as we go in and out.
G C G
Down where the trees grow together,
G/F# Em C
and the western path comes to an end
Am Em C
to see the sign it says 'clear weather',
G D C
I'll meet you tonight, my friend.
[Chorus]
G C
Will the corn be growing a little tonight,
G D
as I wait in the fields for you?
C D Em C
Who knows what grows in the morning light
G D G
when we can feel the watery dew?
[Verse 2]
G C G
I just can't be there with no other,
G/F# Em C
I know those hills will be true,
Am Em C
away from my sister and brother,
G D C
and down through the grasses so blue.
G C G
The air is sweet and steady
G/F# Em C
and flowers bloom out of sight,
Am Em C
I know the sky is ready,
G D C
come meet me down here tonight.
[Chorus]
G C
Will the corn be growing a little tonight,
G D
as I wait in the fields for you?
C D Em C
Who knows what grows in the morning light
G D G C G
when we can feel the watery dew?
transcribed by Ben Whitlock
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G C G
I'll close my eyes and listen
G/F# Em C
to you, the corn come out.
Am Em C
Don't you hear the stars, they glisten,
G D C C/B C/A
as we go in and out.
G C G
Down where the trees grow together,
G/F# Em C
and the western path comes to an end
Am Em C
to see the sign it says 'clear weather',
G D C
I'll meet you tonight, my friend.
[Chorus]
G C
Will the corn be growing a little tonight,
G D
as I wait in the fields for you?
C D Em C
Who knows what grows in the morning light
G D G
when we can feel the watery dew?
[Verse 2]
G C G
I just can't be there with no other,
G/F# Em C
I know those hills will be true,
Am Em C
away from my sister and brother,
G D C
and down through the grasses so blue.
G C G
The air is sweet and steady
G/F# Em C
and flowers bloom out of sight,
Am Em C
I know the sky is ready,
G D C
come meet me down here tonight.
[Chorus]
G C
Will the corn be growing a little tonight,
G D
as I wait in the fields for you?
C D Em C
Who knows what grows in the morning light
G D G C G
when we can feel the watery dew?
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