Biography:
The Civil Wars were an American musical duo composed of singer-songwriters Joy Williams and John Paul White. After releasing a live-performance album and a four-song EP, their full-length album Barton Hollow was released in 2011. The band won the Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance and Best Folk Album in 2012.
Williams and White met in 2008, during a song-writing session or "writing camp" at a music studio in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Other songs:
- 20 Years
- Barton Hollow
- Between The Bars
- Birds Of A Feather
- Cest La Mort
- Dance Me To The End Of Love
- Devils Backbone
- Disarm
- Dust To Dust
- Falling
- Forget Me Not
- From This Valley
- Girl With The Red Balloon
- I Had Me A Girl
- I've Got This Friend
- If I Didn't Know Better
- Kingdom Come
- Poison And Wine
- Sour Times
- The Girl With The Red Balloon
- Tip Of My Tongue
- To Whom It May Concern
- C’est La Mort
- Devil’s Backbone
- Eavesdrop
- I’ve Got This Friend
- The One That Got Away
- You Are My Sunshine
- Billie Jean
- Go
- Goodbye Girl
- I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
- I Want You Back
- If I Didnt Know Better
- Ive Got This Friend
- Lily Love
- O Come O Come Emmanuel
- Oh Henry
- One That Got Away
- Sacred Heart
- Same Old Same Old
- Tell Mama
- Tracks In The Snow
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Civil Wars – Between the Bars (Elliott Smith Cover)
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Am7: x02213
G6: x20030 (Might be an Em7 or G/B?)
Am7 -------------> F
E|-------------------------------------------|
A|--0------2--3------------------------------|
D|----2-2--------0--2--3--------3------------|
G|----2-2-----------------2--2-----2--2------|
B|----1-1-----------------1--1-----1--1------|
e|-----------------------(3)(3)---(0)(0)-----|
Play bass note on all chords and then play 2-3 of the higher strings in succession. It follows a waltz beat.
Intro: Am7 – Am7
Verse:
Am7
Drink up baby
F
Stay up all night
C
With the things you could do
G6
You won't but you might
Am7
The potential you'll be
F
That you'll never see
C E7 F
The promises you'll only make
Am7
Drink up with me now
F
And forget all about
C
The pressure of days
G6
Do what I say
Am7
And I'll make you okay
F
And drive them away
C E7 F
The images stuck in your head
Chorus:
F G Am7 -----> C
People you've been before
F G Am7
That you don't want around anymore
F G Am7 -----> C
They push and shove and won't bend to your will
F Fm
I'll keep them still
Verse:
Am7
Drink up baby
F
Look at the stars
C
I'll kiss you again
G6
Between the bars
Am7
Where I'm seeing you there
F
With your hands in the air
C E7 F
Waiting to finally be caught
Am7
Drink up one more time
F
And I'll make you mine
C
Keep you apart
G6
Deep in my heart
Am7
Separate from the rest
F
Where I like you the best
C E7 F
And keep the things you forgot
Chorus:
F G Am7 -----> C
People you've been before
F G Am7
That you don't want around anymore
F G Am7 -----> C
They push and shove and won't bend to your will
F Fm
I'll keep them still
Civil Wars – Between the Bars (Elliott Smith Cover)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Am7: x02213
G6: x20030 (Might be an Em7 or G/B?)
Am7 -------------> F
E|-------------------------------------------|
A|--0------2--3------------------------------|
D|----2-2--------0--2--3--------3------------|
G|----2-2-----------------2--2-----2--2------|
B|----1-1-----------------1--1-----1--1------|
e|-----------------------(3)(3)---(0)(0)-----|
Play bass note on all chords and then play 2-3 of the higher strings in succession. It follows a waltz beat.
Intro: Am7 – Am7
Verse:
Am7
Drink up baby
F
Stay up all night
C
With the things you could do
G6
You won't but you might
Am7
The potential you'll be
F
That you'll never see
C E7 F
The promises you'll only make
Am7
Drink up with me now
F
And forget all about
C
The pressure of days
G6
Do what I say
Am7
And I'll make you okay
F
And drive them away
C E7 F
The images stuck in your head
Chorus:
F G Am7 -----> C
People you've been before
F G Am7
That you don't want around anymore
F G Am7 -----> C
They push and shove and won't bend to your will
F Fm
I'll keep them still
Verse:
Am7
Drink up baby
F
Look at the stars
C
I'll kiss you again
G6
Between the bars
Am7
Where I'm seeing you there
F
With your hands in the air
C E7 F
Waiting to finally be caught
Am7
Drink up one more time
F
And I'll make you mine
C
Keep you apart
G6
Deep in my heart
Am7
Separate from the rest
F
Where I like you the best
C E7 F
And keep the things you forgot
Chorus:
F G Am7 -----> C
People you've been before
F G Am7
That you don't want around anymore
F G Am7 -----> C
They push and shove and won't bend to your will
F Fm
I'll keep them still
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