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Longhair Bluegrass

Robbie Fulks

Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: ACapotraste: Sem capotraste
As recorded by Robbie Fulks
(From the 2023 Album BLUEGRASS VACATION)
 
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
N.C.
Well, Daddy packed the van fulla campin' gear
N.C.
Mama filled the ice chest up with beer
D A
And I rode shotgun all the way up Route 15
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It seemed every picker in the USA
A
Had landed in a Culpeper field that day
E D A
Fifty years gone, I'm still groovin' on that scene
 
[Verse 2]
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There was old men doin' the buck and wing
A
Young gals skinny-dippin' in the spring
D A
While the singin' and the fiddlin' and the feedback filled the air
A
While Mom and Daddy were gettin' fried
A
I was sittin there with my eyeballs wide
E
'Cause comin' straight at me offa the stage
E
Just like a demon with a Hypno-ray
E
Stealin' my mind away
 
[Chorus]
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It was that longhair bluegrass
D A
Settin' my young spirit free
D A D
Yeah that longhair bluegrass
A E A
Well, a little rough and shaggy but man it spoke to me
 
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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Hey, what's it matter how a fella looks
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If his song is true and his playin' cooks
D A
I mighta known that, but I was just a dumb old kid
A
Those hippies knew Bob Marley note for note
A
And they didn't shove religion down your throat
E D A
And I was pretty sure they smoked dope like I did
 
[Verse 4]
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There'd'a been police and pepper spray
A
If a few old-timers had had their way
D A
Ole Dr. Ralph Stanley looked a little unamused
A
Oh, but anyone with ears could not deny
A
Blake on the guitar, Tony on the five
E
There was somethin' in the air for sure
E
It wasn't all peace and make-love-not-war
E
No, it was somethin' more
 
[Chorus]
N.C. D A
It was that longhair bluegrass
D A
That was the sound of '73
D A D
Yeah that longhair bluegrass
A E A
Man, it swept the South and it swept over me
 
[Fiddle Solo]
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[Mandolin Solo]
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[Verse 5]
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Clarence White, that's a name I adore
A
And John Hartford, just to drop one more
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And don't forget the Nitty Gritty Band, Earl Scruggs and his sons, Mr. Dave Grisman
A
And you know Monroe is still the King
A
But now his church has a new wing
E D A
Where an outcast like me can feel at home
 
[Chorus]
D A
Singin' that longhair bluegrass
D A
Just like Sam said it should be
D A D
Yeah that longhair bluegrass
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Well it wasn't all the greatest songs
A D
And the solos were a little long
A E D
But it spoke to me strong, and it still speaks to me
 
[Interlude]
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[Outro]
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Longhair bluegrass
A D
I remember it well
A D A D
Longhair bluegrass
A D
Longhair bluegrass
A D
Can't stop now, singing that
A D
Longhair bluegrass
A D A D A
Well I reckon it went away
 
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