Biografía:
Sammy Walker (7 de julio de 1952) es un cantautor estadounidense de música folk.
Influenciado por figuras señeras como Woody Guthrie y Bob Dylan, Walker emergió en la escena folk a mediados de los 70 con cuatro álbumes, dos publicados en el sello Folkways y dos en Warner Brothers.
En 1975, tras aparecer en el programa radial de Bob Fass, capta la atención de Phil Ochs, quien, impresionado por el talento del joven cantautor, acuerda producir su primer álbum a través de Folkways.
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Sammy uses some odd timings in the song, like throwing in an extra 2/4 measure between alternate verses,
but it works perfectly well in 4/4 signature.
Capo on 2 for the original on the"Song For Patty" album (it will still be off with the original if you
try to play along due to a change in tape speed during mastering).
Capo on 3 for the version on "Sammy Walker"
Intro: G D C D x 2
G
I'm gonna catch me a ride on the subway car
D
That's heading for the Old North Star
C G D
And leave my troubles stranded on the mainland
G
I'm gonna crown the god of night with light
D
And pull myself clean outta sight
C D
And turn the phony world I live to sand
G
I would gladly sail away
D
And never mind a word you say
C G D
They're just the figments of your imagination
G
Cast your riddles at my head
D
About the way I must be fed
C D
Upon your rules and schools of institutions
Chorus:
G
Why Lord why
C
Were the mountains built so high?
D C
And the shoals of the Sea
G D
Sometimes get lonely?
G
Why Lord why
C
Must I learn to testify?
D
When all I want to be
C G
Is just a catcher in the rye?
G
It's hard to dream within a scheme
D
That says your soul can't be redeemed
C G D
And Silent Night is heard outside my window
G
Days are long and ways are short
D
And nights are left with no resort
C D
Except to listen to the lonesome wind blow
Chorus:
G
Why Lord why
C
Were the mountains built so high?
D C
And the shoals of the Sea
G D
Sometimes get lonely?
G
Why Lord why
C
Must I learn to testify?
D
When all I want to be
C G
Is just a catcher in the rye?
G
If you can't seem to find the aim
D
Of the rules set for the game
C G D
They'll throw you in a school of restitution
G
They'll look you in the eye and grin
D
And say "I'd like to be your friend"
C D
And wear a sign reads "Long Live Execution"
Chorus:
G
Why Lord why
C
Were the mountains built so high?
D C
And the shoals of the Sea
G D
Sometimes get lonely?
G
Why Lord why
C
Must I learn to testify?
D
When all I want to be
C G
Is just a catcher in the rye?
but it works perfectly well in 4/4 signature.
Capo on 2 for the original on the"Song For Patty" album (it will still be off with the original if you
try to play along due to a change in tape speed during mastering).
Capo on 3 for the version on "Sammy Walker"
Intro: G D C D x 2
G
I'm gonna catch me a ride on the subway car
D
That's heading for the Old North Star
C G D
And leave my troubles stranded on the mainland
G
I'm gonna crown the god of night with light
D
And pull myself clean outta sight
C D
And turn the phony world I live to sand
G
I would gladly sail away
D
And never mind a word you say
C G D
They're just the figments of your imagination
G
Cast your riddles at my head
D
About the way I must be fed
C D
Upon your rules and schools of institutions
Chorus:
G
Why Lord why
C
Were the mountains built so high?
D C
And the shoals of the Sea
G D
Sometimes get lonely?
G
Why Lord why
C
Must I learn to testify?
D
When all I want to be
C G
Is just a catcher in the rye?
G
It's hard to dream within a scheme
D
That says your soul can't be redeemed
C G D
And Silent Night is heard outside my window
G
Days are long and ways are short
D
And nights are left with no resort
C D
Except to listen to the lonesome wind blow
Chorus:
G
Why Lord why
C
Were the mountains built so high?
D C
And the shoals of the Sea
G D
Sometimes get lonely?
G
Why Lord why
C
Must I learn to testify?
D
When all I want to be
C G
Is just a catcher in the rye?
G
If you can't seem to find the aim
D
Of the rules set for the game
C G D
They'll throw you in a school of restitution
G
They'll look you in the eye and grin
D
And say "I'd like to be your friend"
C D
And wear a sign reads "Long Live Execution"
Chorus:
G
Why Lord why
C
Were the mountains built so high?
D C
And the shoals of the Sea
G D
Sometimes get lonely?
G
Why Lord why
C
Must I learn to testify?
D
When all I want to be
C G
Is just a catcher in the rye?
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