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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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 23:26:34 -0400
From: Greg Yuriy
To: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: CRD: Mineral Wells by Tom Russell
Mineral Wells
=============
by: Tom Russell
written by: Tom Russell - Frontera Music
(capo 3rd fret)
Intro:
G (alternate between |320003| and |302003| intro only)
G
She was livin' in a cadillac
G
Bedded down in the back seat
G D
On a back street of the Hollywood hills
D
With a shoebox museum of memories
D G
Old photos and medical bills
G
She'd been a great actress in two dozen movies
G G7 C
Played Shakespeare on the great London stage
C G
Before the three husbands, six kids and bad breaks
G D G
Of fifty-eight odd years of age
G
Him they called fat boy wore grey overalls
G D
And he clocked in at four hundred pounds
D
With a passion for food and film magazines
D G
He'd been a great critic downtown
G
He'd seen all her movies, worshipped her face
G G7 C
Heard her story and took her on in
C G
Though she bore no resemblance to the star he adored
G D G G7
The film's over before real life begins
Chorus:
G7 C
She told him of a fountain of youth
C D
In the hot Texas earth
D C
It'll heal and renew us
C D
It's somewhere west of Fort Worth
D C
And she met Errol Flynn there
C G C
In the Crazy Water Hotel
C Am
And they danced down the street
Am D C
In the moonlight of old Mineral Wells
G (alternate between |320003| and |302003|)
G
So they boarded a greyhound in search of the fountain
G D
Fat boy and the aging film queen
D
Through the Great Painted Desert and all across Texas
D G
Amarillo plain to Abilene
G
They got off in Fort Worth for a fresh cup of coffee
G G7 C
Caught the local to old Mineral Wells
C G
And it dropped them in front of that boarded up palace
G D G
Called the Crazy Water Hotel
G
Disillusioned they found a cheap room off the highway
G D
Drank vodka from a styrofoam cup
D
There'd be no healing return to the past
D G
The fountain of youth had dried up
G
So the critic and the film star held hands and drank vodka
G G7 C
As the great Texas sun rose and fell
C G
And drunk but still dreaming they waltzed down the street
G D G G7
In the moonlight of old Mineral Wells
Repeat Chorus
C Am
They danced down the street
Am D G C G D G
In the moonlight of old Mineral Wells
>From the album The Long Way Around 1997 Hightone Records
Live duet with Katy Moffatt
Transcribed by Greg Yuriy
Feel free to send comments to [email protected]
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 23:26:34 -0400
From: Greg Yuriy
To: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: CRD: Mineral Wells by Tom Russell
Mineral Wells
=============
by: Tom Russell
written by: Tom Russell - Frontera Music
(capo 3rd fret)
Intro:
G (alternate between |320003| and |302003| intro only)
G
She was livin' in a cadillac
G
Bedded down in the back seat
G D
On a back street of the Hollywood hills
D
With a shoebox museum of memories
D G
Old photos and medical bills
G
She'd been a great actress in two dozen movies
G G7 C
Played Shakespeare on the great London stage
C G
Before the three husbands, six kids and bad breaks
G D G
Of fifty-eight odd years of age
G
Him they called fat boy wore grey overalls
G D
And he clocked in at four hundred pounds
D
With a passion for food and film magazines
D G
He'd been a great critic downtown
G
He'd seen all her movies, worshipped her face
G G7 C
Heard her story and took her on in
C G
Though she bore no resemblance to the star he adored
G D G G7
The film's over before real life begins
Chorus:
G7 C
She told him of a fountain of youth
C D
In the hot Texas earth
D C
It'll heal and renew us
C D
It's somewhere west of Fort Worth
D C
And she met Errol Flynn there
C G C
In the Crazy Water Hotel
C Am
And they danced down the street
Am D C
In the moonlight of old Mineral Wells
G (alternate between |320003| and |302003|)
G
So they boarded a greyhound in search of the fountain
G D
Fat boy and the aging film queen
D
Through the Great Painted Desert and all across Texas
D G
Amarillo plain to Abilene
G
They got off in Fort Worth for a fresh cup of coffee
G G7 C
Caught the local to old Mineral Wells
C G
And it dropped them in front of that boarded up palace
G D G
Called the Crazy Water Hotel
G
Disillusioned they found a cheap room off the highway
G D
Drank vodka from a styrofoam cup
D
There'd be no healing return to the past
D G
The fountain of youth had dried up
G
So the critic and the film star held hands and drank vodka
G G7 C
As the great Texas sun rose and fell
C G
And drunk but still dreaming they waltzed down the street
G D G G7
In the moonlight of old Mineral Wells
Repeat Chorus
C Am
They danced down the street
Am D G C G D G
In the moonlight of old Mineral Wells
>From the album The Long Way Around 1997 Hightone Records
Live duet with Katy Moffatt
Transcribed by Greg Yuriy
Feel free to send comments to [email protected]
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