Longhair Bluegrass
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: ACapotraste: Sem capotraste
As recorded by Robbie Fulks
(From the 2023 Album BLUEGRASS VACATION)
[Intro]
A
[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
A
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]
A
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]
N.C. D A
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]
A D A D
A E A
[Verse 3]
A
Hey, what's it matter how a fella looks
A
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]
A
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]
A B E B
[Mandolin Solo]
B F# E
[Verse 5]
A
Clarence White, that's a name I adore
A
And John Hartford, just to drop one more
E
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
A Bm
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]
A D A D
[Outro]
A D
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
D A D A
D A D A
D A D A
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