Biography:
Tom Russell (born in Los Angeles in either 1947 or 1948) is an American singer-songwriter from California, currently living in El Paso, Texas. His music incorporates elements of folk, traditional country & western, border and cowboy music of the American West. Russell's songs have been recorded by artists such as Johnny Cash, Ian Tyson, Nanci Griffith, Dave Alvin and others. In addition to his music, he is also an artist and published author.
In the 1980s Russell made four albums credited to the Tom Russell Band.
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Other songs:
- A Bowl Of Red
- A Hard Rains A
- A Land Called Way Out There
- Acres Of Corn
- Aint No More Cane On The Brazos
- Alkali
- All This Way For The Short Ride
- Amelias Railroad Flat
- America The Beautiful
- American Rivers
- Angel Of Lyon
- Beyond The Blues
- Box Of Visions
- Bucking Horse Moon
- Bus Station
- Canadian Whisky
- Carrickfergus
- Claude Dallas
- Criminology
- Cropduster
- Dance Hall Girls
- Down The Rio Grande
- East Of Woodstock West Of Viet Nam
- El Llano Estacado
- En Canadien Errant
- Evangeline Hotel
- Finding You
- Furious Love For Liz
- Gallo Del Cielo
- Guadalupe
- Gulf Coast Highway
- Hallie Lonnigan
- Hills Of Old Juarez
- If I Had A Gun
- Isaac Lewis
- Little Blue Horse
- Love Abides
- Love Makes A Fool Out Of The Wise
- Mandarin Oranges
- Manzanar
- Mineral Wells
- Navajo Rug
- Oil Field Girls
- Old Blue
- Pilgrim Land
- Racehorse Haynes
- Rambler Gambler
- Rider On An Orphan Train
- Rose Of San Joaquin
- Santa Fe At Midnight
- Sitting Bull In Venice
- Somebodys Husband Somebodys Son
- Sonoras Death Row
- Spanish Burgundy
- Stealing Electricity
- The Ballad Of Edward Abbey
- The Dutchman
- The Eyes Of Robert Duran
- The Eyes Of Roberto Duran
- The Greatest Show On Earth
- The John Bull Tin
- The Kid From Spavinaw
- The Man From God Knows Where
- The Next Thing Smokin
- The Old Rugged Cross
- The Railroad Boy
- The Rose Of Roscrae
- The Rose Of The San Joaquin
- The Santa Fe At Midnight
- The Sky Above The Mud Below
- The Water Is Wide
- Throwin Horseshoes At The Moon
- Throwing Horseshoes At The Moon
- Tonight We Ride
- Touch Of Evil
- Veterans Day
- Walkin On The Moon
- Walking On The Moon
- Wayfarin Stranger
- What Work Is
- When Sinatra Played Juarez
- When The Wolves No Longer Sing
- Where The Dream Begins
- Whos Gonna Build Your Wall
- Winnipeg
- Woodrow
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[Verse]
C F
My name is Hallie Lonnigan, I married Walter Jones
C Am
For better or for worse, so said the Reverend Doctor Stone
F C G
But the better times are all used up and the worst times took con- -trol
Am F Bb F
Then drinkin took my Walter, may the Lord protect his soul
C F
A- -lone with two young kids to raise out on the western plain
C Am
My children harmonized with wolves and sang just like the rain
F C G
But haulin hay and water were the desperate daily facts
Am F Bb F G
And the years have carved their memories in the muscles of my back, yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
Am G F
Hallie Lonnigan will tell these truths to you
C G
Hard times the only times I ever knew
E E7 Am
Hard lucks the only horse I ever drew
F G C
Hard works the only way I made it through
[Verse]
C F
Then I married for convenience sake a trader from in town
C Am
A blacksmith name of Charlie Hawk whod court me on his rounds
F C G
But hed paw me like a wolverine and theres cheatin in his blood
Am F Bb F
He fell upon my butcher knife and crawled off through the mud
C F
Well no one was the wiser when old Charlie disap- -peared
C Am
And me and them poor children never shed one single tear
F C G
We can run this place on our own, dont need no drunks or cheats
Am F Bb F G
And the men they step a- -side now when I walk down Market Street, yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
Am G F
Hallie Lonnigan will tell these truths to you
C G
Hard times the only times I ever knew
E E7 Am
Hard lucks the only horse I ever drew
F G C
Hard works the only way I made it through
C F
This land was conquered by brave men, your history books will say
C Am
Proud men upon fast horses drove the Indian a- -way
F C G
My name is Hallie Lonnigan; Ill have you all to know
Am F Bb F G
That the secret of your historys in a workin womans soul, yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
Am G F
Hallie Lonnigan will tell these truths to you
C G
Hard times the only times I ever knew
E E7 Am
Hard lucks the only horse I ever drew
F G C
Hard works the only way I made it through
C F
My name is Hallie Lonnigan, I married Walter Jones
C Am
For better or for worse, so said the Reverend Doctor Stone
F C G
But the better times are all used up and the worst times took con- -trol
Am F Bb F
Then drinkin took my Walter, may the Lord protect his soul
C F
A- -lone with two young kids to raise out on the western plain
C Am
My children harmonized with wolves and sang just like the rain
F C G
But haulin hay and water were the desperate daily facts
Am F Bb F G
And the years have carved their memories in the muscles of my back, yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
Am G F
Hallie Lonnigan will tell these truths to you
C G
Hard times the only times I ever knew
E E7 Am
Hard lucks the only horse I ever drew
F G C
Hard works the only way I made it through
[Verse]
C F
Then I married for convenience sake a trader from in town
C Am
A blacksmith name of Charlie Hawk whod court me on his rounds
F C G
But hed paw me like a wolverine and theres cheatin in his blood
Am F Bb F
He fell upon my butcher knife and crawled off through the mud
C F
Well no one was the wiser when old Charlie disap- -peared
C Am
And me and them poor children never shed one single tear
F C G
We can run this place on our own, dont need no drunks or cheats
Am F Bb F G
And the men they step a- -side now when I walk down Market Street, yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
Am G F
Hallie Lonnigan will tell these truths to you
C G
Hard times the only times I ever knew
E E7 Am
Hard lucks the only horse I ever drew
F G C
Hard works the only way I made it through
C F
This land was conquered by brave men, your history books will say
C Am
Proud men upon fast horses drove the Indian a- -way
F C G
My name is Hallie Lonnigan; Ill have you all to know
Am F Bb F G
That the secret of your historys in a workin womans soul, yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
Am G F
Hallie Lonnigan will tell these truths to you
C G
Hard times the only times I ever knew
E E7 Am
Hard lucks the only horse I ever drew
F G C
Hard works the only way I made it through
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