Biography:
Jay Farrar (born December 26, 1966 in Belleville, Illinois) is an American songwriter and musician currently based in St. Louis, Missouri. A veteran of two critically acclaimed music groups, Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt, he began his solo music career in 2001. Beyond his established talents as a songwriter, he is a guitarist, harmonicist, and a vocalist.
His musical style ranges from sparse, unaccompanied folk music to full rock and roll band arrangements comparable to Neil Young or Dinosaur Jr.
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Other songs:
- Atom Dance
- Barstow
- Big Sur
- Breathe Our Iodine
- Cahokian
- California Zephyr
- Careless Reckless Love
- Clear Day Thunder
- Dead Promises
- Dent County
- Different Eyes
- Direction
- Hard Is The Fall
- Hoping Machine
- Low Life Kingdom
- No Rolling Back
- Outside The Door
- Rexs Blues
- San Francisco
- Sea Engines
- Voodoo Candle
- Williamine
- Worlds On Fire
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“Atom Dance”
From the New Multitudes record
Music by Jay Farrar
Words by Woody Guthrie
Tabs by Tim Prizer ([email protected])
CHORDS USED:
Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
Dadd9: 2-0-0-2-3-0
For the "interlude" parts, play an [Am], then walk up and down twice on the 5th
string (Am, 2-3 on 5th; Am, 3-2 on 5th; Am, 2-3 on 5th; Am, 3-2 on 5th)
Intro: [Am]
[Am] You go carry heavy [G] water
[Dadd9] And I’ll get my solar [Am] bucket
Mix up with force and [G] gravity
[Dadd9] Dance around my atom [Am] fire
[Am] Fill your sack of fiery [G] forces
[Dadd9] Trot down your neutron [Am] horses
And get down from your atom [G] wagon
[Dadd9] And dance around my atom [Am] fire
Interlude – (Am, 2-3 on 5th; Am, 3-2 on 5th; Am, 2-3 on 5th; Am, 3-2 on 5th)
[Am] Write down your laws and [G] numbers
[Dadd9] Marriage rings and relativi[Am]ty
And I’ll bring my fourth di[G]mension
[Dadd9] We’ll sing by the atom [Am] fire
[Am] Throw on some history [G] pages
[Dadd9] Words of your wits and [Am] sages
Throw on ten million [G] ages
[Dadd9] Warm by the atom [Am] fire
Interlude – (Am, 2-3 on 5th; Am, 3-2 on 5th; Am, 2-3 on 5th; Am, 3-2 on 5th)
[Am] Dance around my sweet ti[G]tanium
[Dadd9] Kiss my lips my pretty [Am] helium
We’ll look at the flames of [G] nations
[Dadd9] And sit here by the atom [Am] fire
Interlude – (Am, 2-3 on 5th; Am, 3-2 on 5th; Am, 2-3 on 5th; Am, 3-2 on 5th)
Close on [Am]
From the New Multitudes record
Music by Jay Farrar
Words by Woody Guthrie
Tabs by Tim Prizer ([email protected])
CHORDS USED:
Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
Dadd9: 2-0-0-2-3-0
For the "interlude" parts, play an [Am], then walk up and down twice on the 5th
string (Am, 2-3 on 5th; Am, 3-2 on 5th; Am, 2-3 on 5th; Am, 3-2 on 5th)
Intro: [Am]
[Am] You go carry heavy [G] water
[Dadd9] And I’ll get my solar [Am] bucket
Mix up with force and [G] gravity
[Dadd9] Dance around my atom [Am] fire
[Am] Fill your sack of fiery [G] forces
[Dadd9] Trot down your neutron [Am] horses
And get down from your atom [G] wagon
[Dadd9] And dance around my atom [Am] fire
Interlude – (Am, 2-3 on 5th; Am, 3-2 on 5th; Am, 2-3 on 5th; Am, 3-2 on 5th)
[Am] Write down your laws and [G] numbers
[Dadd9] Marriage rings and relativi[Am]ty
And I’ll bring my fourth di[G]mension
[Dadd9] We’ll sing by the atom [Am] fire
[Am] Throw on some history [G] pages
[Dadd9] Words of your wits and [Am] sages
Throw on ten million [G] ages
[Dadd9] Warm by the atom [Am] fire
Interlude – (Am, 2-3 on 5th; Am, 3-2 on 5th; Am, 2-3 on 5th; Am, 3-2 on 5th)
[Am] Dance around my sweet ti[G]tanium
[Dadd9] Kiss my lips my pretty [Am] helium
We’ll look at the flames of [G] nations
[Dadd9] And sit here by the atom [Am] fire
Interlude – (Am, 2-3 on 5th; Am, 3-2 on 5th; Am, 2-3 on 5th; Am, 3-2 on 5th)
Close on [Am]
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