Harvard Square Breakdown
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: GCapotraste: Sem capotraste
From the album, Get Some (2000)
Music by Earl Scruggs, with words by Robert St. Ours (aka Uncle Blind Bobby Hackensaw)
[Intro]
G Em G Em G D G
[Verse]
G
I was down in Harvard Square station trying to get me out the rain
Em G
Waiting on that rolling, tolling passin’ train
Em G
Waiting on that rolling, tolling passin’ train
D G
Taking me back to from where I came
[Instrumental]
G Em G Em G D G
[Verse]
G
I was down in Harvard Square station and I can feel them cold winds blowin’
Em G
Look up into the sky, Lord it started snowing
Em G
Me I’m just standing there wondering where I’m going
D G
Now take me back to from where I came
[Instrumental]
G Em G Em G D G
[Verse]
G
I was down in Harvard Square station when I was up in Boston town
Em G
I’m pickin’ a banjo and them Yankees gather ‘round
Em G
They want to hear that high lonesome sound
D G
Lord take me back to from where I came
[Instrumental]
G Em G Em G D G
(Come on, boys!)
G Em G Em G D G
[Verse]
G
Lord I’ve been out that prairie, I’ve been out on them plains
Em G
Walked and I’ve crawled up that Rocky Mountain range
Em G
Walked and I’ve crawled up that Rocky Mountain range
D G
Now take me back to from where I came
D G
Lord take me back to from where I came
D G
Taking me back to from where I came
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