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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D G D G
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D G Em A
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D G D G
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D G Em A
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D G D G
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D G Em A
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Bm C Bm C
And the crowd begins to wonder is this an act or is she hurt?
D A Bm Em A D G D G
As the spotlight dims to darkness in the greatest show on earth
D G D G
And now we're in the centre ring, they're lowering the cage
D G Em A
The lion and the tigress acting out their final rage
D G D G
But little children don't be scared when you hear that closing song
D G Em A
The love affair has ended, but the show it must go on
Bm C Bm C
And the circus train moves down the line from Memphis to Fort Worth
D A Bm Em A D G D G
Appearing now in your hometown, the greatest show on earth
[Outro]
D G D
Step up buy a ticket...
D G D G
Step up, buy a ticket - Front row, centre seat
D G Em A
A real live human drama of love and defeat
D G D G
Don't worry 'bout the cost my friend, you'll get your money's worth
D A Bm Em A D G D G
As a man and a woman star in the greatest show on earth
D G D G
May I direct your attention now, to ring number one
D G Em A
A man and a woman, the affair has just begun
D G D G
And they waltz beneath the spotlight to a round of warm applause
D G Em A
Then he puts on his clown mask and she her tiger claws
Bm C Bm C
As the band breaks into a rumba, they're blowing for all their worth
D A Bm Em A D G D G
It's the end of act one, in the greatest show on earth
D G D G
May I direct your attention now, to ring number three
D G Em A
A man is in the spotlight, the clown is on his knees
D G D G
He's kneeling beside a dancer, who has fallen from the wire
D G Em A
Working without a net, was she the victim of desire?
Bm C Bm C
And the crowd begins to wonder is this an act or is she hurt?
D A Bm Em A D G D G
As the spotlight dims to darkness in the greatest show on earth
D G D G
And now we're in the centre ring, they're lowering the cage
D G Em A
The lion and the tigress acting out their final rage
D G D G
But little children don't be scared when you hear that closing song
D G Em A
The love affair has ended, but the show it must go on
Bm C Bm C
And the circus train moves down the line from Memphis to Fort Worth
D A Bm Em A D G D G
Appearing now in your hometown, the greatest show on earth
[Outro]
D G D
Step up buy a ticket...
Tom Speight
Tom Stipe
Tom Taylor
Tom Vanstiphout
Tom Verlaine
Tomas Andersson (...)
Tomas Barfod
Tomas Del Toro
Tomas DiLeva
Tomas Estrada