Biography:
Ben Sollee (born 28 November 1983) is an American cellist, singer-songwriter, and composer known for his political activism. His music incorporates banjo, guitar, and mandolin along with percussion and unusual cello techniques.
It was the cat-poles around the lake at his grandfather’s farm that inspired Sollee’s debut album Learning To Bend. The frailty of those awkward looking plants standing stoutly against winds that challenged even the strongest of nearby trees is an affecting metaphor for human struggle and perseverance.
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There's a riff he does in this song before he goes back to the F#m, so for all intensive
purposes, this will be called riff.
A F#m
e|----------------------------2----|
B|----------------------------2----|
G|----------------------------2----|
D|--------------------2-------4----|
A|---0---0----2/4-------------4----|
E|------------------------2---2----|
[Verse]
F#m D A Riff
Riding out past all the places
F#m D A [Riff]
That I've a reason to go
F#m D A [Riff]
Kentucky hills and fences
F#m D A [Riff]
Fields cleared of their stones
F#m D A [Riff]
Gonna find me a crossroad
F#m D A [Riff]
Ask a stranger where to go
F#m D A [Riff]
Gotta find a clear view of the sky
F#m D A [Riff]
Out past the open road
[Verse]
F#m D A [Riff]
'Bout half way to Jellico
F#m D A [Riff]
All the lines wore off the road
F#m D A [Riff]
Some old man patching holes with his bare hands
F#m D A [Riff]
Working as hard as I've ever seen
F#m D A [Riff]
He had no taste for the touch screens
F#m D A [Riff]
'Cause they ain't nothing like the real thing
F#m D A [Riff]
He used those simple machines
F#m D
He knew how to make the hammer ring
[Chorus]
A
He said, "I want it as bad as you do.
D A G D
I just ain't willing to take it from somebody else...
Bm C#m D
'Cause on my way to happiness
N.C.
I wound up paving the road."
[Verse]
F#m D A [Riff]
When I came back home,
F#m D A [Riff]
My family was waiting for me.
F#m D A [Riff]
I looked into my son's eyes,
F#m D A [Riff]
and they were wild as the sea.
F#m D A [Riff]
Oh, he asked me a simple question...
F#m D A [Riff]
why do I have to leave.
F#m D A [Riff]
Oh, son because it's a chance to make a living...
F#m D
that don't make other folks bleed.
[Chorus]
A
Yeah...you know I want it as bad as you do.
D A G D
I just ain't willing to take it from somebody else.
Bm C#m D
'Cause on my way to happiness,
I met a poor man paving the road
purposes, this will be called riff.
A F#m
e|----------------------------2----|
B|----------------------------2----|
G|----------------------------2----|
D|--------------------2-------4----|
A|---0---0----2/4-------------4----|
E|------------------------2---2----|
[Verse]
F#m D A Riff
Riding out past all the places
F#m D A [Riff]
That I've a reason to go
F#m D A [Riff]
Kentucky hills and fences
F#m D A [Riff]
Fields cleared of their stones
F#m D A [Riff]
Gonna find me a crossroad
F#m D A [Riff]
Ask a stranger where to go
F#m D A [Riff]
Gotta find a clear view of the sky
F#m D A [Riff]
Out past the open road
[Verse]
F#m D A [Riff]
'Bout half way to Jellico
F#m D A [Riff]
All the lines wore off the road
F#m D A [Riff]
Some old man patching holes with his bare hands
F#m D A [Riff]
Working as hard as I've ever seen
F#m D A [Riff]
He had no taste for the touch screens
F#m D A [Riff]
'Cause they ain't nothing like the real thing
F#m D A [Riff]
He used those simple machines
F#m D
He knew how to make the hammer ring
[Chorus]
A
He said, "I want it as bad as you do.
D A G D
I just ain't willing to take it from somebody else...
Bm C#m D
'Cause on my way to happiness
N.C.
I wound up paving the road."
[Verse]
F#m D A [Riff]
When I came back home,
F#m D A [Riff]
My family was waiting for me.
F#m D A [Riff]
I looked into my son's eyes,
F#m D A [Riff]
and they were wild as the sea.
F#m D A [Riff]
Oh, he asked me a simple question...
F#m D A [Riff]
why do I have to leave.
F#m D A [Riff]
Oh, son because it's a chance to make a living...
F#m D
that don't make other folks bleed.
[Chorus]
A
Yeah...you know I want it as bad as you do.
D A G D
I just ain't willing to take it from somebody else.
Bm C#m D
'Cause on my way to happiness,
I met a poor man paving the road
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