Biography:
Ben Nichols is American alt country musician, best known for being the frontman for alt.country icons Lucero. His first solo release, The Last Pale Light in the West, was released in January 2009 on Lucero's label Liberty & Lament. On November 17, 2013 the title song from the album featured in the episode "Live Bait" of the AMC series The Walking Dead.
In May 2009, Nichols co-starred in MTV's $5 Cover, a quasi-fictionalized series about the Memphis music scene.
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Other songs:
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!
Ben Nichols - Chambers
Strumming Patterns
Note: Parentheses mark optional chords
Verse:
Born Under A South Kentucky Sky
A E A
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|-----2---2---|-----2---2---|-----2---2----------2---------2----|
|---4-------4-|---2-------2-|---4-----------4--------4----------|
|-5-----------|-0-----------|-5---------------------------------|
He'd come west to Mexi-co to fight
D E A
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|--------3------3-------3----|--0--|-----------------------------------|
|------2---2------2-------2--|--1--|-------2---------2---------2-------|
|----4------ 4-------4------|--2--|-----2---2----------2---------2----|
|--5-------------------------|--2--|---4-----------4--------4----------|
|----------------------------|--0--|-5---------------------------------|
1842 at Mier The Gutters filled with blood and fear
D (A) F#m
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|--------3------3-------3----|--2--|------------------------------------|
|------2---2------2-------2--|--2--|------------------------------------|
|----4--------4-------4------|--2--|-----4---------4-------4------------|
|--5-------------------------|--0--|---4----4--------4-------4----------|
|----------------------------|-----|-2-----------2-------2--------------|
Barely made it back to Texas alive.
A E A
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|-------2-----|-------1-----|-------2---------2---------2-------|
|-----2---2---|-----2---2---|-----2---2----------2---------2----|
|---4-------4-|---2-------2-|---4-----------4--------4----------|
|-5-----------|-0-----------|-5---------------------------------|
Chorus:
OHHH OHHHHHHHHHHH NOV-I-A
D (F#m) A
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|---------3------3------3----|--2--|-----------------------------------|
|-------2---2------2------2--|--2--|-------2---------2---------2-------|
|----4--------4-------4------|--4--|-----2---2----------2---------2----|
|--5-------------------------|--4--|---4-----------4--------4----------|
|----------------------------|--2--|-5---------------------------------|
OHHHHH OHHHHHHHH your man's gone...
Fm E A
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|------------------------------|--0--|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--1--|-2-----2---------2---------2-------|
|--------4--------4-------4----|--2--|-2---2---2----------2---------2----|
|-----4-----4--------4------4--|--2--|-4-4-----------4--------4----------|
|--2-----------2--------2------|--0--|-5---------------------------------|
Maybe he's in Texas but we'll take what god has left us
D A F#m
|----------------------------|--0--|------------------------------------|
|---------3------3------3----|--2--|------------------------------------|
|-------2---2------2------2--|--2--|------------------------------------|
|----4--------4-------4------|--2--|-----4---------4-------4------------|
|--5-------------------------|--0--|---4----4--------4-------4----------|
|----------------------------|-----|-2-----------2-------2--------------|
And we'll leave for California with the dawn.
A E A
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|-------2-----|-------1-----|-------2---------2---------2-------|
|-----2---2---|-----2---2---|-----2---2----------2---------2----|
|---4-------4-|---2-------2-|---4-----------4--------4----------|
|-5-----------|-0-----------|-5---------------------------------|
Chords:
A E A
Born under a south Kentucky sky
D E A
He'd come west to Mexico to fight
D
1842 at Mier
A F#m
The gutters filled with blood and fear
A E A
Barely made it back to Texas alive
A E A
With Missouri Volunteers when the war began
D E A
In '46 they crossed the Rio Grande
D
There he met his dark-eyed love
A F#m
But said good bye when the war was done
A E A
He swore that he'd come back for her again
D F#m A
Oh oh novia
F#m E A
Oh oh your man is gone
D
Maybe he's in Texas
A F#m
But we'll take what God has left us
A E A
And we'll leave for California with the dawn
A E A
Worked his way back to Old Mexico
D E A
To reclaim the love he'd left two years ago
D
Back to those same city walls
A F#m
Where he'd watched copper cannonballs
A E A
Like wayward suns roll down the cobblestones
A E A
They put him in a prison left alone
D E A
With other yankee fools so far from home
D
Parade them through the square in chains
A F#m
'Till in rode Captain Glanton's gang
A E A
Apache scalps for bounties paid in gold
D F#m A
Oh oh novia
F#m E A
Oh oh your man is gone
D
Maybe he's in Texas
A F#m
But we'll take what God has left us
A E A
And we'll leave for California with the dawn
A E A
Glanton's men were killers all by trade
D E A
And through the prison bars a deal was made
D
Glanton needed three new men
A F#m
He hired the lovelorn veteran
A E A
The killers rode out through the governor's gates
A E A
The Veteran left camp 'fore the rising sun
D E A
No killer he'd left all their work undone
D
He was not yet two days out
A F#m
When Glanton's naked native scouts
A E A
Brought back his empty horse and his brand new gun
D F#m A
Oh oh novia
F#m E A
Oh oh your man is gone
D
Maybe he's in Texas
A F#m
But we'll take what God has left us
A E A
And we'll leave for California with the dawn
D F#m A
Oh oh novia
F#m E A
Oh oh your man is gone
D
Maybe he's in Texas
A F#m
But we'll take what God has left us
A E A
And we'll leave for California with the dawn
Strumming Patterns
Note: Parentheses mark optional chords
Verse:
Born Under A South Kentucky Sky
A E A
|-------------|-------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------2-----|-------1-----|-------2---------2---------2-------|
|-----2---2---|-----2---2---|-----2---2----------2---------2----|
|---4-------4-|---2-------2-|---4-----------4--------4----------|
|-5-----------|-0-----------|-5---------------------------------|
He'd come west to Mexi-co to fight
D E A
|----------------------------|--0--|-----------------------------------|
|--------3------3-------3----|--0--|-----------------------------------|
|------2---2------2-------2--|--1--|-------2---------2---------2-------|
|----4------ 4-------4------|--2--|-----2---2----------2---------2----|
|--5-------------------------|--2--|---4-----------4--------4----------|
|----------------------------|--0--|-5---------------------------------|
1842 at Mier The Gutters filled with blood and fear
D (A) F#m
|----------------------------|--0--|------------------------------------|
|--------3------3-------3----|--2--|------------------------------------|
|------2---2------2-------2--|--2--|------------------------------------|
|----4--------4-------4------|--2--|-----4---------4-------4------------|
|--5-------------------------|--0--|---4----4--------4-------4----------|
|----------------------------|-----|-2-----------2-------2--------------|
Barely made it back to Texas alive.
A E A
|-------------|-------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------2-----|-------1-----|-------2---------2---------2-------|
|-----2---2---|-----2---2---|-----2---2----------2---------2----|
|---4-------4-|---2-------2-|---4-----------4--------4----------|
|-5-----------|-0-----------|-5---------------------------------|
Chorus:
OHHH OHHHHHHHHHHH NOV-I-A
D (F#m) A
|----------------------------|--2--|-----------------------------------|
|---------3------3------3----|--2--|-----------------------------------|
|-------2---2------2------2--|--2--|-------2---------2---------2-------|
|----4--------4-------4------|--4--|-----2---2----------2---------2----|
|--5-------------------------|--4--|---4-----------4--------4----------|
|----------------------------|--2--|-5---------------------------------|
OHHHHH OHHHHHHHH your man's gone...
Fm E A
|------------------------------|--0--|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--0--|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--1--|-2-----2---------2---------2-------|
|--------4--------4-------4----|--2--|-2---2---2----------2---------2----|
|-----4-----4--------4------4--|--2--|-4-4-----------4--------4----------|
|--2-----------2--------2------|--0--|-5---------------------------------|
Maybe he's in Texas but we'll take what god has left us
D A F#m
|----------------------------|--0--|------------------------------------|
|---------3------3------3----|--2--|------------------------------------|
|-------2---2------2------2--|--2--|------------------------------------|
|----4--------4-------4------|--2--|-----4---------4-------4------------|
|--5-------------------------|--0--|---4----4--------4-------4----------|
|----------------------------|-----|-2-----------2-------2--------------|
And we'll leave for California with the dawn.
A E A
|-------------|-------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------2-----|-------1-----|-------2---------2---------2-------|
|-----2---2---|-----2---2---|-----2---2----------2---------2----|
|---4-------4-|---2-------2-|---4-----------4--------4----------|
|-5-----------|-0-----------|-5---------------------------------|
Chords:
A E A
Born under a south Kentucky sky
D E A
He'd come west to Mexico to fight
D
1842 at Mier
A F#m
The gutters filled with blood and fear
A E A
Barely made it back to Texas alive
A E A
With Missouri Volunteers when the war began
D E A
In '46 they crossed the Rio Grande
D
There he met his dark-eyed love
A F#m
But said good bye when the war was done
A E A
He swore that he'd come back for her again
D F#m A
Oh oh novia
F#m E A
Oh oh your man is gone
D
Maybe he's in Texas
A F#m
But we'll take what God has left us
A E A
And we'll leave for California with the dawn
A E A
Worked his way back to Old Mexico
D E A
To reclaim the love he'd left two years ago
D
Back to those same city walls
A F#m
Where he'd watched copper cannonballs
A E A
Like wayward suns roll down the cobblestones
A E A
They put him in a prison left alone
D E A
With other yankee fools so far from home
D
Parade them through the square in chains
A F#m
'Till in rode Captain Glanton's gang
A E A
Apache scalps for bounties paid in gold
D F#m A
Oh oh novia
F#m E A
Oh oh your man is gone
D
Maybe he's in Texas
A F#m
But we'll take what God has left us
A E A
And we'll leave for California with the dawn
A E A
Glanton's men were killers all by trade
D E A
And through the prison bars a deal was made
D
Glanton needed three new men
A F#m
He hired the lovelorn veteran
A E A
The killers rode out through the governor's gates
A E A
The Veteran left camp 'fore the rising sun
D E A
No killer he'd left all their work undone
D
He was not yet two days out
A F#m
When Glanton's naked native scouts
A E A
Brought back his empty horse and his brand new gun
D F#m A
Oh oh novia
F#m E A
Oh oh your man is gone
D
Maybe he's in Texas
A F#m
But we'll take what God has left us
A E A
And we'll leave for California with the dawn
D F#m A
Oh oh novia
F#m E A
Oh oh your man is gone
D
Maybe he's in Texas
A F#m
But we'll take what God has left us
A E A
And we'll leave for California with the dawn
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