annuler
Change la taille du texte.
Remplace par des accords plus faciles à jouer.
Affiche les acccords français (Do, Ré, Mi…).
Seul le bas du texte défile, vous laissant ainsi les accords de départ visibles.
Certaines partitions n’affichent les accords qu’au début. Cet outil tente de les recopier dans l’ensemble du texte.
Marque le tempo à la vitesse que vous souhaitez.
"In Search of a Song" - Tom T. Hall
Released 1971
# Title
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.) The Year That Clayton Delaney Died *
2.) Who's Gonna Feed Them Hogs
3.) Trip to Hyden
4.) Tulsa Telephone Book **
5.) It Sure Can Get Cold in Des Moines
6.) The Little Lady Preacher
7.) L.A. Blues *
8.) Kentucky February 27 1971
9.) A Million Miles to the City *
10.) Second Handed Flowers *
11.) Ramona's Revenge
* = capo on 1st fret
** = capo on 2nd fret
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.) "The Year That Clayton Delaney Died"
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
[!] Capo on 1st fret [!]
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died
They said for the last two weeks that he suffered and cried
It made a big impression on me although I was a barefoot kid
They said he got religion at the end and I'm glad that he did
[Verse 2]
Clayton was the best guitar picker in our town
I thought he was a hero and I used to follow Clayton around
I often wondered why Clayton who seemed so good to me
Never took his guitar and made it down in Tenn-o-see
[Verse 3]
Well Daddy said he drank a lot but I could never understand
I knew he used to pick up in Ohio with a five-piece band
Clayton used to tell me "Son you better put that old guitar away
There ain't no money in it. It'll lead you to an early grave"
[Verse 4]
I guess if I'd admit it Clayton taught me how to drink booze
I can see him half-stoned a-pickin' out the lovesick blues
When Clayton died I made him a promise I was gonna carry on somehow
I'd give a hundred dollars if he could only see me now
[Verse 5]
I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died
Nobody ever knew it but I went out in the woods and I cried
Well I know there's a lot of big preachers that know a lot more than I do
But it could be that the good Lord likes a little picking too
[Outro]
Yeah I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
2.) "Who's Gonna Feed Them Hogs"
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
I met him in a hospital about a year ago
And why I still remember him I guess I'll never know
He'd lie there and cry out in a medicated fog
"Here I am in this dang bed and who's gonna feed them hogs?"
[Chorus]
"Four hundred hogs they're just standing out there
My wife can't feed 'em and my neighbors don't care
They can't get out and roam around like my old hunting dogs
Here I am in this dang bed and who's gonna feed them hogs?"
[Verse 2]
His face was lean and his hands were rough
His way was hogs and his nature was tough
His doctors tried to tell him that he may not live at all
But all he ever talked about was "Who's gonna feed them hogs?"
[Chorus]
"Four hundred hogs they're just standing out there
My wife can't feed 'em and my neighbors don't care
They can't get out and roam around like my old hunting dogs
Here I am in this dang bed and who's gonna feed them hogs?"
[Interlude]
[Chorus 2]
Four hundred hogs comes to eight hundred hams
And that's a lot of money for a hog-raising man
Four hundred hogs comes to sixteen hundred feet
The market's up and there are people a-waiting on that meat
[Verse 3]
Well the doctors say they do not know what saved the man from death
But in a few days he put on his overalls and he left
That's all there is to this small song but waitress 'fore you leave
Would you bring me some coffee and a hot ham sandwich please?
[Chorus]
Four hundred hogs they're just standing out there
His wife couldn't feed 'em and his neighbors didn't care
They couldn't get out and roam around like his old hunting dogs
There he was in that dang bed and who's gonna feed them hogs?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
3.) "Trip to Hyden"
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Tossed and turned the night before in some old motel
Subconsciously recalling some old sinful thing I'd done
My buddy drove the car and those big coal trucks shook us up
As we drove on into Hyden in the early morning sun
[Verse 2]
Past the hound dogs and some dominique-er chickens
Temporary-looking houses with their lean and bashful kids
Every hundred yards a sign proclaimed that Christ was coming soon
And I thought "Well man He'd sure be disappointed if He did."
[Verse 3]
On the way we talked about the 40 miners
Of the 39 who died and one who lived to tell the tale
We stopped for beans and cornbread at the Ed & Lois Café
Then went to see the sheriff at the Leslie County Jail
[Verse 4]
They took us to the scene of that disaster
I was so surprised to not find any sign of death at all
Just another country hillside with some mudholes and some junk
The mines were deadly silent like a rathole in the wall
[Verse 5]
"It was just like being right inside of a shotgun."
The old man coughed and lit a cigarette that he had rolled
Back in town I bought a heavy jacket from a store
It was sunny down in Hyden but somehow the town was cold
[Verse 6]
The old man introduced the undertaker
Who seemed refreshed despite the kind of work I knew he did
We talked about the pretty lady from the Grand Ole Opry
And we talked about the money she was raising for the kids
[Verse 7]
Well I guess the old man thought we were reporters
He kept reminding me of how his simple name was spelled
Some lady said "They worth more money now than when they's a-living."
And I'll leave it there 'cause I suppose she told it pretty well
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.) "Tulsa Telephone Book"
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
[!] Capo on 2nd fret [!]
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Have you read any good telephone books lately?
If you ain't then let me recommend one
I've already read that Tulsa telephone book through thirteen times
If you don't know any last names it ain't much fun
[Chorus]
Reading that Tulsa telephone book can drive a guy insane
Especially if that girl you're looking for has no last name
I gotta find her and tell her I don't want our love to end
So I'm reading that Tulsa telephone book again
[Verse 2]
Well I was in Tulsa and didn't have anything going
She lived in Tulsa and didn't have anything on
She said "My name is Shirley" and I said "My name is T."
I woke up the next morning and she was gone
[Verse 3]
All of the Tulsa operators know my voice now
And they gotta know how long I've been alone
If you meet a girl named Shirley with some ribbons in her hair
Would you tell her that she's wanted on the phone?
[Chorus]
Reading that Tulsa telephone book can drive a guy insane
Especially if that girl you're looking for has no last name
I gotta find her and tell her I don't want our love to end
So I'm reading that Tulsa telephone book again
I'm reading that Tulsa telephone book again
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
5.) "It Sure Can Get Cold in Des Moines"
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
The Iowa weather was thirteen below
I had come to Des Moines for a radio show
I awoke in the evening from a traveler's sleep
With notions of something to eat
The old elevator slipped down past the floors
My head and my eyes said "You should have slept more"
The man at the desk said the restaurant was closed
Outside it was fourteen below
[Verse 2]
The lounge was still open and so I walked in
In place of my food I had two double gins
I looked 'round the room as a tourist would do
That's when I saw the girl in the booth
She sat there and cried in the smoky half-dark
The silent-type crying that tears out your heart
Her clothes were not cut in the new modern way
And her suitcase had seen better days
[Verse 3]
Nobody asked her what caused her such pain
Nobody spoke up yet no one complained
Without even asking I knew why she cried
Life is just like that sometimes
The man at the desk said "It's fifteen below"
The bellhop said "Yeah man. That's cold. That's cold."
I went back to my room and I wrote down this song
Oh it sure can get cold in Des Moines
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
6.) "The Little Lady Preacher"
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Oh the little lady preacher from the limestone church
I'll never forget her I guess
She preached each Sunday morning on the local radio
With a big black Bible and a snow-white dress
She was nineteen years of age and was developed to a fault
But I will admit she knew the Bible well
A little white lace hankie marked the text that she would use
She'd breathe into that microphone and send us all to hell
[Verse 2]
She had a guitar picker by the name of Luther Short
A hairy-legged soul lost out in sin
She would turn and smile at Luther when the program would commence
With a voice as sweet as angels' she would break out in a hymn
I was a-picking for her too with what we called the doghouse bass
I clung to every word that passed her lips
She was down on booze and cigarettes and high on days to come
And she'd punctuate the prophecy with movements of her hips
[Bridge]
[Verse 3]
The Lord knows how I loved her He was there each time she preached
But old Luther took her home each Sunday morn
Looking back I still recall the way it hurt my tender pride
I longed to be a hero but they're made not born
Sometimes old Luther showed up at the studio half tight
And smoking was a thing he liked to do
She never said a word to him but said a prayer for me
I told her in a way that I've been praying for her too
[Verse 4]
One Sunday her old man showed up and said that she was gone
Said she and brother Luther had a call
I can see me standing in that studio that day
I had to face the heartbreak unemployment and all
I don't know where they are 'cause I ain't seen them people since
Lord if I judge 'em let me give 'em lots of room
I know Luther Short and he's a hard old boy to change
And I've often sat and wondered who it was converted whom
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
7.) "L.A. Blues"
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
[!] Capo on 1st fret [!]
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
I got off the airplane 'long about 7:30 in L.A.
What a drag to realize that everything's so different and so same
All my California friends are searching for their minds
And it's been right there in their heads all the time
[Chorus]
L.A. blues L.A. blues
You want me to be like you
Ha ha there ain't no way
[Verse 2]
California Charlie met me at my room when I got in
We toasted country picking and the help of all our good and mutual friends
Before the morning came we put a handle on the world
And decided that we'd give it to the squirrels
[Chorus]
L.A. blues L.A. blues
You want me to be like you
Ha ha there ain't no way
[Verse 3]
Soaking up that sunshine and eating eggs and bacon over light
Sleeping through the daytime and contemplating sin throughout the night
Please hand me my hat and darling give me back my things
Ol' T.'s got a bunch of songs to sing
[Chorus]
L.A. blues L.A. blues
You want me to be like you
Ha ha there ain't no way
[Verse 4]
I like California and I wouldn't want to put it down no way
But I heard what you're thinking and it ain't exactly what I want to say
Someday California I'll come roaring back to you
If you don't fall in the ocean before I do
[Chorus]
L.A. blues L.A. blues
You want me to be like you
Ha ha there ain't no way
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
8.) "Kentucky February 27 1971"
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
There were signs beside the road like "Jesus Saves"
And "Relieve yourself the fast and gentle way"
I was looking for an old man who lived way back in these hills
Who just might have a story I could tell
[Verse 2]
Pretty soon the blacktop disappeared
I felt the car change to a lower gear
I took a drink of liquor just to chase away the chill
I was 27 miles from Olive Hill
[Verse 3]
Ahead I saw the bridge where I turned right
A dirt road led straight up a mountainside
I pulled up to a farmhouse I thought I had seen before
An old man and his dog were at the door
[Verse 4]
They told me this old-timer knew this land
I told him "Sir I just don't understand
Why the kids in this state just grow up and move away
And leave the land where they were born and raised."
[Verse 5]
He said "Son you can't make it on this land
Unless you're happy workin' with your hands
There ain't no kids today that wanna stay and work it out
They wanna see the things they hear about."
[Verse 6]
He said "I cleared this whole farm off myself
And I'd work it now but time has got my health."
Then staring out the window resting in his easy chair
He told me what I'd really come to hear
[Verse 7]
"You know son people used to tell their kids
'Now I don't want you to have to work the way I did.'
They don't and some will tell you that it's a shame
But you have to think before you place the blame."
[Verse 8]
I guess we must have talked for half a day
'til I told him that I'd best be on my way
He shook my hand and said "I'm glad I met you Mr. Hall
But I guess there ain't no song here after all."
[Outro]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
9.) "A Million Miles to the City"
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
[!] Capo on 1st fret [!]
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Yeah I remember it now we were kids back then
Living down on the farm
We were told that the city
Could only bring us harm
"How far is the city?" somebody said
And "Oh that's a great big town"
Barbara said "Why it's a million miles"
And the story got around
[Chorus]
It's a million miles to the city
From the hills and valleys we know
It's a million miles to the city
And someday we all wanna go
[Verse 2]
There was town nearby but town is town
And a city... well that's something else
Our daddy had been to a city
But he never was much help
"Why the buildings are taller than oak trees"
Ah but we knew better than that
Ain't nobody could climb that high
The cities were wide and flat
[Chorus]
It's a million miles to the city
From the hills and valleys we know
It's a million miles to the city
And someday we all wanna go
[Verse 3]
Well now time has passed and we have grown
And travelled far and wide
The cities have changed the kids we were
We see it in each other's eyes
But I'd love to go back to those hills again
To the boy I used to be
Where the leaves and the wind and the whippoorwills
Were part of the land like me
[Chorus]
It's a million miles to the city
From the hills and valleys we know
It's a million miles to the city
And someday we all wanna go
It's a million miles to the city
From the hills and valleys we know
It's a million miles to the city
And someday we all wanna go
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
10.) "Second Handed Flowers"
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
[!] Capo on 1st fret [!]
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
I was working in Miami for a day or two
I decided I'd look up a girl that I once knew
I bought some flowers and went to see the girl I used to know
The lady at her door said she had married long ago
[Verse 2]
Times will change and towns will change and there I was alone
And suddenly I wondered "Would Suzy be at home?"
So with the flowers in my hand I walked toward her gate
Someone touched me on the arm and said "You'll have to wait"
[Verse 3]
Then I noticed there were people standing in a line
Some of them were holding pretty flowers just like mine
They explained that Suzy had been in an awful crash
Doctors said that she had just a little while to last
[Interlude]
[Verse 4]
When I walked into her room I felt a sense of shame
But I heard Suzy whisper "I'm awfully glad you came"
She had been the girl that I had always gone to see
When someone that I cared for had been untrue to me
[Verse 5]
I handed her the flowers and she gently kissed my hand
She said "Don't be embarrassed. You know I understand"
I said goodbye and as I bent to kiss her fevered brow
I heard her whisper "Thank you for the second handed flowers"
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
11.) "Ramona's Revenge"
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Ramona lived just down the hill from us
She kept the house her mother drove the bus (an old yellow school bus)
Ramona had a handicap the neighborhood knew well
Ramona couldn't speak or couldn't spell
(Which put Ramona at a considerable disadvantage among the more fluent)
[Verse 2]
Although she couldn't write and couldn't talk
Ramona really had a pretty walk (a four-letter figure)
Because she couldn't write or speak nobody asked her out
But Bad Eye Thompson hung around the house
(He was what you might say a familiar figure in the neighborhood)
[Verse 3]
I guess their handicaps were common ground
For Bad Eye Thompson always hung around
He could squint that eye and spit tobacco thirty feet
Ramona always grinned and stomped her feet
(Because Ramona considered that to be one of the better local acts)
[Verse 4]
One day Ramona found herself a child
She couldn't speak her mom was going wild
Confusion reigned for half a day as one could understand
The county judge came down to take a hand
(And I think it should be noted here in the interest of justice
that the judge was acting in a strictly unofficial capacity)
[Verse 5]
The neighbors gathered 'round Ramona's porch
The judge said "Understand this is not a court".
Ramona stood as all the breathless neighbors gathered 'round
N.C.
Then she closed one eye and [*pbt*] spat upon the ground
(And it's a familiar old saying that "birds of a feather will flock together"
And justice will be done that's right)