Biography:
The Nightwatchman is the solo project of American musician Tom Morello (guitarist for Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, and Street Sweeper Social Club). Morello began performing as The Nightwatchman in 2003 (with some album covers showing Tom Morello The Nightwatchman or Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman).
Morello has explained, "The Nightwatchman is my political folk alter ego. I've been writing these songs and playing them at open mic nights with friends for some time.
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Other songs:
- Battle Hymns
- Garden Of Gethsemane
- House Gone Up In Flames
- Maximum Firepower
- Midnight In The City Of Destruction
- One Man Revolution
- Solidarity Forever
- Union Song
- Alone Without You
- Black Spartacus Heart Attack Machine
- Branding Iron
- Californias Dark
- Dark Clouds Above
- God Help Us All
- Gone Like Rain
- King Of Hell
- Lazarus On Down
- Let Freedom Ring
- Night Falls
- No One Left
- Rise To Power
- Saint Isabelle
- Save The Hammer For The Man
- Shake My Shit
- The Fabled City
- The Iron Wheel
- The King Of Hell
- The Lights Are On In Spidertown
- Union Town
- Whatever It Takes
- World Wide Rebel Songs
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The Nightwatchman: Union Town
Capo 4th fret (In the video it's on the 5th, but Tom keeps his guitar tuned down half a step)
Haven't sorted the solo out yet, maybe at some point I will though!
VERSE 1:
E A E
Good memories last forever Said the dog on the tombstone
E A E
If you're living underneath the bridge, man all roads lead to home
B A
I got a hidden flask, I'm paid in cash got a cross above my bed
E A E
You know I hitch-hiked from Chicago and a man walked up and said
CHORUS:
E A E
This is a union town, a union town all down the line
E A E
This is a union town, a union town all down the line
B A
And if they've come to strip our rights away we'll give them hell every time
E A E
This is a union town, a union town all down the line
VERSE 2:
E A E
Today the policeman a union man, brother firefighter's my friend
E A E
And the kids locked in the Capitol are fighting til the end
B A
And we're not gonna break tonight and we're not gonna bend
E A E
Some say the union's down but I asked around and everybody said
CHORUS:
E A E
This is a union town, a union town all down the line
E A E
This is a union town, a union town all down the line
B A
And if they've come to strip our rights away we'll give them hell every time
E A E
This is a union town, a union town all down the line
SOLO (Verse chords and timing)
VERSE 3:
E A E
For every action, a reaction equal and opposite
E A E
And that's why my friend the blood tastes good every time I'm hit
B A
I got a will to win and a chesire grin yeah the nightwatch man is near
E A E
And you can't get it where you're at but you can sure get it here
E A E
So come rain or sleet or dark of night come wind or fridgid snow
E A E
There's a hundred thousand in the streets and that number's gonna grow
B A
And when we put the governer on trial I'll be in the front row
E A E
Just take a look around, we're a union town 1, 2, 3, 4 let's go!
CHORUS:
E A E
This is a union town, a union town all down the line
E A E
This is a union town, a union town all down the line
B A
And if they've come to strip our rights away we'll give them hell every time
E A E
This is a union town, a union town all down the line
B A E
Allllll dooooown the line
Capo 4th fret (In the video it's on the 5th, but Tom keeps his guitar tuned down half a step)
Haven't sorted the solo out yet, maybe at some point I will though!
VERSE 1:
E A E
Good memories last forever Said the dog on the tombstone
E A E
If you're living underneath the bridge, man all roads lead to home
B A
I got a hidden flask, I'm paid in cash got a cross above my bed
E A E
You know I hitch-hiked from Chicago and a man walked up and said
CHORUS:
E A E
This is a union town, a union town all down the line
E A E
This is a union town, a union town all down the line
B A
And if they've come to strip our rights away we'll give them hell every time
E A E
This is a union town, a union town all down the line
VERSE 2:
E A E
Today the policeman a union man, brother firefighter's my friend
E A E
And the kids locked in the Capitol are fighting til the end
B A
And we're not gonna break tonight and we're not gonna bend
E A E
Some say the union's down but I asked around and everybody said
CHORUS:
E A E
This is a union town, a union town all down the line
E A E
This is a union town, a union town all down the line
B A
And if they've come to strip our rights away we'll give them hell every time
E A E
This is a union town, a union town all down the line
SOLO (Verse chords and timing)
VERSE 3:
E A E
For every action, a reaction equal and opposite
E A E
And that's why my friend the blood tastes good every time I'm hit
B A
I got a will to win and a chesire grin yeah the nightwatch man is near
E A E
And you can't get it where you're at but you can sure get it here
E A E
So come rain or sleet or dark of night come wind or fridgid snow
E A E
There's a hundred thousand in the streets and that number's gonna grow
B A
And when we put the governer on trial I'll be in the front row
E A E
Just take a look around, we're a union town 1, 2, 3, 4 let's go!
CHORUS:
E A E
This is a union town, a union town all down the line
E A E
This is a union town, a union town all down the line
B A
And if they've come to strip our rights away we'll give them hell every time
E A E
This is a union town, a union town all down the line
B A E
Allllll dooooown the line
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