Biography:
Ian Hunter (born Ian Hunter Patterson on June 3, 1939 in Oswestry, Shropshire, England) was the lead singer of the band Mott the Hoople from 1969 until the band broke up in 1974. He has since worked as a solo artist.
Hunter began his musical career on the bass guitar. An early foray into music was as an entrant in a talent competition at one of Butlin's holiday camps, performing "Blue Moon" as part of a skiffle group with Colen York and Colin Broome.
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- All American Alien Boy
- All Of The Good Ones Are Taken
- American Music
- Apathy 83
- Arms And Legs
- Boy
- Brainwashed
- Central Park N West
- Dead Man Walking East Enders
- God Take 1
- Irene Wilde
- Just Another Night
- Knees Of My Heart
- Letter To Britannia From The Union Jack
- My Revolution
- Now Is The Time
- Restless Youth
- Ships
- Silver Needles
- Something To Believe In
- Standin In My Light
- The Outsider
- Twisted Steel
- Wash Us Away
- Who Do You Love
- Wild East
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[Intro]
Em C Em C A
[Verse 1]
D Am C G
Death be my mistress, guns be my wife, breath is my witness and roads are my life
Bm Em C A
Just give my future's clean as a knife, far on the way from L.A
D Am C G
The sun heats the saddle, sand in my hair, looking for water, and there's sweat everywhere
Bm Em C A
Know that I'm nearer I smell damp air, I ain't tasted coffee for days
[Chorus]
Em C D Em
When the leaves are down, I'll be southward bound, hunters hunt the outsider
Em C D Em
When the wind grows cold, when the sun grows old, nothing holds the outsider
[Instrumental]
C Em C A
[Verse 2]
D Am C G
Just killed a man in a town called nightfall, damned if I can't, remember it all
Bm Em C A
My hand it was shaking, but his talk it was tall, I paid for the funeral crew
D Am C G
And it seems like I never reach Mexico, they're heading me off every place that I go
Bm Em C A
I'm sick of the fact that I've, got to lay low, what else can an outsider do
[Chorus]
Em C D Em
I know they're near to me, I don't have to see, just let me be the outsider
Em C D Em
They ain't far behind, they're always on my mind, they won't find the outsider
C Em C Em
The outsider
[Solo]
C Em C A
D Am C G
Bm Em C A
[Chorus]
Em C D Em
When the leaves are down, I'll be southward bound, hunters haunt the outsider
Em C D Em
When the wind grows cold, when the sun grows old, nothing holds the outsider
[Outro]
C Em C Em C Em
The outsider, the outsider
Em C Em C A
[Verse 1]
D Am C G
Death be my mistress, guns be my wife, breath is my witness and roads are my life
Bm Em C A
Just give my future's clean as a knife, far on the way from L.A
D Am C G
The sun heats the saddle, sand in my hair, looking for water, and there's sweat everywhere
Bm Em C A
Know that I'm nearer I smell damp air, I ain't tasted coffee for days
[Chorus]
Em C D Em
When the leaves are down, I'll be southward bound, hunters hunt the outsider
Em C D Em
When the wind grows cold, when the sun grows old, nothing holds the outsider
[Instrumental]
C Em C A
[Verse 2]
D Am C G
Just killed a man in a town called nightfall, damned if I can't, remember it all
Bm Em C A
My hand it was shaking, but his talk it was tall, I paid for the funeral crew
D Am C G
And it seems like I never reach Mexico, they're heading me off every place that I go
Bm Em C A
I'm sick of the fact that I've, got to lay low, what else can an outsider do
[Chorus]
Em C D Em
I know they're near to me, I don't have to see, just let me be the outsider
Em C D Em
They ain't far behind, they're always on my mind, they won't find the outsider
C Em C Em
The outsider
[Solo]
C Em C A
D Am C G
Bm Em C A
[Chorus]
Em C D Em
When the leaves are down, I'll be southward bound, hunters haunt the outsider
Em C D Em
When the wind grows cold, when the sun grows old, nothing holds the outsider
[Outro]
C Em C Em C Em
The outsider, the outsider
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