My Fathers House tab - emmylou harris

Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 05:12:27 +0000 (GMT)
From: rickl1@IX.netcom.com (Rick L)
Subject: CRD:  My Fathers's House    Emmylou Harris     Chords/Lyrics

Emmylou Harris     My Father's House   by Bruce Springsteen   

Frank Reckard     guitar
Steve Fishell     steel guitar
Don Johnson       piano
Mike Bowden       bass
Steve Turner      drums
 

C#                        F#       C#
Last night I dreamed that I was a child 
C#                                G#
Out Where the pines grow wild and tall
      C#        F#                          C#
I was trying to make it home through the forest 
              G#    C#
Before the darkness falls
C#                        F#           C#
I heard the wind rustling through the trees 
C#                               G#
And ghostly voices rose from the fields
                    C#       F#               C# 
I ran with my heart pounding down that broken path
C#             G#             C#
With the devil snappin' at my heels
                                F#          C#
I broke through the trees, and there in the night
C#                                       G#
My father's house stood shining hard and bright 
                 C#       F#                               C#
The branches and brambles tore my clothes and scratched my arms
                       G#             C#
But I ran till I fell, shaking in his arms

SOLO

C#                         F#                         C#
I awoke and I imagined the hard things that pulled us apart
                                                 G#
Will never again, sir, tear us from each other's hearts
      C#                   F#          C#
I got dressed, and to that house I did ride from out on the road, 
             G#                    C#
I could see his windows shining in light
                C#        F#           C#
I walked up the steps and stood on the porch
C#
A woman I didn't recognize 
                                       G#
Came and spoke to me through a chained door
              C#         F#           C#
I told her my story, and who I'd come for
                                           G#                  C#
She said "I'm sorry but but no one by that name lives here anymore

SOLO


C#                       F#       C#
My father's house shines hard and bright 
C#                                        G#
it stands like a beacon calling me in the night
            C#          F#        C# 
Calling and calling, so cold and alone
                                               G#            C#
Shining `cross this dark highway where all our sins lie unatoned


    From Emmylou Harris "Thirteen"
    Warner Brothers Records 1986

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celtic music #2: "the cherry tree carol"
Different versions of the same tune (and different tune of the same lyrics). Diverse versioni della stessa melodia (e diverse melodie per lo stesso testo). Pictures: mothers and children around the world. Immagini: madri e figli dal mondo. "THE CHERRY TREE CAROL" - Judy Collins: album "Come Rejoice!", 1994 - Josè Feliciano: album "Feliz Navidad", 1989 - Faraway Folk: (same lyrics, different tune) album "Seasonal Man", 1975 - Colour Sound Band: album "Colour Sound" - Peter Paul and Mary: album "Holiday Celebration", 1988 - Theatre of Voices: album "Carols from the Old & New World", 1994 - Emmylou Harris: album "Light of the Stable", 1994 - Mary Hopkin: dal 45giri "Mary Had Baby / Cherry Tree Carol", 1972 - Pentangle: (same lyrics, different tune) album: "Solomon's Seal", 1972 - Chad Mitchell Trio: album "Typical American Boys", 1965 - Joan Baez: album "Volume 2", 1961 - (fabio): "Cherry Tree Blues" (soundcheck, registrazione estemporanea) Angelo Branduardi: "Il ciliegio": - live Spoleto 1982 - album "Concerto", live Carovana del Mediterraneo, Arena di Verona 15.09.1978 - album "Confessioni di un malandrino", 1992 - live tv "Rock Cafè", 1993 (judy collins): joseph was an old man, an old man was he when he wedded mary in the land of galilee... (josè feliciano): joseph and mary walked through an orchard green where was berries and cherries as thick as might be seen... (faraway folk): joseph and mary walked through an orchard good where was cherries and berries so red as any blood... (colours sound band): and mary said to joseph so meek and so mild joseph, gather me some cherries for I am with a child... (peter paul & mary): then joseph flew in anger, in anger flew he let the father of the baby gather cherries for thee... (theathre of voices): then joseph flew in angry, in angry he flew let the father of the baby gather cherries for you... (emmylou harris): then joseph flew in anger, in anger flew he let the father of the baby gather cherries for thee... (mary hopkin): and jesus he spoke out from his mother's womb saying "bow down cherry tree that my mother may have some"... (pentangle): then mary plucked a cherry as red as the blood she went home with her heavy load then mary took her babe all on her knee saying my dear son tell me what this world will be... (chad mitchell): then mary gathered cherries, gathered cherries did she and joseph said in sorrow: "lord have mercy on me"... (joan baez): and bend down the tallest branch, it touched mary's hand cried she: "oh look thou joseph, i have cherries by command... (soundcheck): when Joseph was an old man an old man was he when he married virgin mary the queen of galilee... (branduardi): già ero vecchio e stanco per prenderla con me ma il vecchio giardiniere rinunciare come può all'ultimo suo fiore se l'inverno viene già...

Crying My Heart Out Over You
BCB Band sings "BCB Band sings "Crying My Heart Out Over You" by Ricky Skaggs. Skaggs began playing music at a very early age, being given a mandolin from his father at the age of five. Before his father had the time to teach Ricky how to play, the child had learned the instrument himself, and by the end of 1959, he had performed on-stage during a Bill Monroe concert, playing "Ruby Are You Mad at Your Man" to great acclaim. Two years later, when Skaggs was seven, he appeared on Flatt & Scruggs' television show, again to a positive response. Shortly afterward, he learned how to play both fiddle and guitar and began playing with his parents in a group called the Skaggs Family. In addition to traditional bluegrass, Skaggs began absorbing the honky tonk of George Jones and Ray Price and the British Invasion rock & roll of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. In his adolescence, he briefly played in rock & roll bands, but he never truly abandoned traditional and roots music. During a talent concert in his midteens, he met Keith Whitley, a fellow fiddler. The two adolescents became friends and began playing together, with Whitley's brother Dwight on banjo, at various radio shows. By 1970, they earned a spot opening for Ralph Stanley. Following their performance, Stanley invited the duo to join his supporting band, the Clinch Mountain Boys, and they accepted. Over the next two years, they played many concerts with the bluegrass legend and appeared on his record Cry From the Cross. Skaggs also appeared on Whitley's solo album Second Generation Bluegrass in 1972. Though he had made his way into the bluegrass circuit and was actively recording, Skaggs had grown tired of the hard work and low pay in the Clinch Mountain Boys and left the group at the end of 1972. For a short while, he abandoned music and worked in a boiler room for the Virginia Electric Power Company in Washington, D.C., but he returned to performing when the Country Gentlemen invited him to join in 1973. Skaggs spent the next two years with the group, primarily playing fiddle, before joining the progressive bluegrass band J.D. Crowe & the New South in 1974. The following year, he recorded another duet album with Whitley, That's It, and then formed his own newgrass band, Boone Creek, in 1976. In addition to bluegrass, the outfit played honky tonk and Western swing. Boone Creek earned the attention of Emmylou Harris, who invited Skaggs to join her supporting band. After declining her several times, he finally became a member of her Hot Band once Rodney Crowell left in 1977. Between 1977 and 1980, Skaggs helped push Harris toward traditional country and bluegrass, often to great acclaim. Skaggs also pursued a number of other musical venues while he was with Harris, recording a final album with Boone Creek (1978's One Way Track), two duet albums with Tony Rice (1978's Take Me Home Tonight in a Song, 1980's Skaggs & Rice), and finally, his first solo album, Sweet Temptation, which was released on Sugar Hill. Sweet Temptation was a major bluegrass hit, earning the attention of the major label Epic Records. The label offered him a contract in 1981, releasing Waitin' for the Sun to Shine later that year. The album was a big hit, earning acclaim not only in country circles, but also in rock & roll publications. By the end of the year, Skaggs had become a star and, in the process, brought rootsy traditional country back into the consciousness of the country audience. During 1982 and early 1983, he had five straight number one singles — "Crying My Heart Out Over You," "I Don't Care," "Heartbroke," "I Wouldn't Change You If I Could," "Highway 40 Blues" — as well as earning numerous awards. Later in 1982, he was made the youngest member of the Grand Ole Opry. For the next four years, he was a major artistic and commercial force within country music, raking up a string of Top Ten hits and Grammy Award-winning albums. His success helped spark the entire new traditionalist movement, opening the doors for performers like George Strait and Randy Travis. Toward the end of the decade, Skaggs wasn't charting as frequently as he had in the past, but he had established himself as an icon. Each of his records sold well, and he collaborated with a number of musicians, including Rodney Crowell, the Bellamy Brothers, Johnny Cash, Jesse Winchester, and Dolly Parton.

celtic music #8: "barbara allen"
Different versions of the same tune. Diverse versioni della stessa melodia. BARBARA ALLEN (traditional scottish - child ballad #84) excerpts from: - Alan Stivell: "Piano piano" (album "Cercando l'oro", 1983) - John Travolta: "Barbara Allen" (soundtrack "A love song for Bobby Long" 2004) - Emmylou Harris: "Barbara Allen" (soundtrack "Songcatcher", 2001) - Art Garfunkel: "Barbara Allen" (album "Angel care", 1973) - Dolly Parton: "Barbara Allen" (album: "Heartsongs: Live from home",1994) - Bob Dylan: "Barbara Allen" (album "Gaslight tapes live in 1962") - Mac Wiseman: "Barbara Allen" (album "Mac Wiseman 24 greatest hits", 1987) - Roscoe Holcomb: "Barbara Allen blues" (album: "The high lonesome sound", 1998) - Marie Laforêt: "Barbara Allen" (album "Voyages au long cours", 1998) - Colin Meloy : "Barbara Allen" (album: "Colin Meloy Sings Shirley Collins", 2006) - Joan Baez: "Barbara Allen" (album "Volume 2", 1961) - Everly Brothers: "Barbara Allen" (album "Songs Our Daddy Taught Us", 1958) - Judy Collins: "Barbara Allen" (album: "Both sides now", 1998) - Peter Seeger: "Barbara Allen" (album "Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits", 2002) - Sarah Moore: "Barbara Allen" (album "20 best of celtic ladies", 2006) - Triona Ni Dhomhnaill, Mairead Ni Dhomhnaill: "Barbara Allen" (album "Peace on earth", 1999) - Angelo Branduardi: "Piano piano" (album "Cercando l'oro", 1983) - Angelo Branduardi: "Le duvet" (album "Tout l'or du monde", 1983) - Les Brown & Doris Day: "Barbara Allen" (Doris Day's album "The complete recordings with Les Brown", 2002) (original lyrics) It fell about a Martinmas time, When the green leaves were a-fallin, That Sir John Graeme from the West country Fell in love wi Bawbie Allen. He sent his men down through the town To the place where she was dwallin, "O haste an' come to my master dear, Gin ye be Bawbie Allan." O hooly, hooly rase she up Till she cam where he was lyin, An' when she drew the curtains roun Said, "Young man, I think ye're dyin." "I am sick an' very very sick, An it's a' for Bawbie Allan." "But the better for me ye never shall be Though your heart's blood were a-spillin. "O don't you mind, young man", she said, "When in the tavern callin, Ye made the toasts gang roun an' roun, But ye slighted Bawbie Allan." "A kiss o you would do me good, My bonnie Bawbie Allan." "But o kiss o me ye sanna get, Though your heart's blood were a-spillin". He's turned his face untae the wa', For death was wi him dealin, Said, "Fare ye weel, my kind friends a', But be kind to Bawbie Allan. "Put in your han' at my bedside, An' there ye'll find a warran', A napkin full o my heart's blood, Gie that to Bawbie Allan." Slowly, slowly, rase she up An slowly, slowly, left him, An' sighin said she could not stay Since death o life had reft him. She hadna gane a mile but ane, When she heard the dead bell knellin, An' ilka toll that the dead bell gae Said, Woe to Bawbie Allan. In them cam her father dear, Said, "Bonie Bawbie, tak him." "It's time to bid me tak him noo When ye know his coffin's makin. " In then cam her brother dear, Said, "Bonie Bawbie, tak him." "It's time to bid tak him noo, When his grave-claes is a-makin." Then in cam her sisters dear, Said, "Bonie Bawbie, tak him." "It's time to bid me tak him noo, Whan my heart it is a-brakin." "O mother dear, o mak my bed, An' mak it saft an'' narrow; My love has died for me to-day, I'll die for him to-morrow. O father deir, o mak my bed, An' mak it saft an narrow; My luve has dyed for me to-day, An I will dye o' sorrow." Barb'ry Allen was buried in the old church-yard, Sweet William was buried beside her, Out of Sweet William's heart there grew a rose, Out of Barb'ry Allen's, a briar. They grew an grew in the old church-yard, Till they could grew no higher; At the end they form'd a true-lover's knot And the rose grew 'round the briar.

Cajun Moon
Stereo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDIwO8fBlSg&fmt=18 Buck Norris sings Cajun Moon by Ricky Skaggs. Skaggs began playing music at a very early age, being given a mandolin from his father at the age of five. Before his father had the time to teach Ricky how to play, the child had learned the instrument himself, and by the end of 1959, he had performed on-stage during a Bill Monroe concert, playing "Ruby Are You Mad at Your Man" to great acclaim. Two years later, when Skaggs was seven, he appeared on Flatt & Scruggs' television show, again to a positive response. Shortly afterward, he learned how to play both fiddle and guitar and began playing with his parents in a group called the Skaggs Family. In addition to traditional bluegrass, Skaggs began absorbing the honky tonk of George Jones and Ray Price and the British Invasion rock & roll of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. In his adolescence, he briefly played in rock & roll bands, but he never truly abandoned traditional and roots music. During a talent concert in his midteens, he met Keith Whitley, a fellow fiddler. The two adolescents became friends and began playing together, with Whitley's brother Dwight on banjo, at various radio shows. By 1970, they earned a spot opening for Ralph Stanley. Following their performance, Stanley invited the duo to join his supporting band, the Clinch Mountain Boys, and they accepted. Over the next two years, they played many concerts with the bluegrass legend and appeared on his record Cry From the Cross. Skaggs also appeared on Whitley's solo album Second Generation Bluegrass in 1972. Though he had made his way into the bluegrass circuit and was actively recording, Skaggs had grown tired of the hard work and low pay in the Clinch Mountain Boys and left the group at the end of 1972. For a short while, he abandoned music and worked in a boiler room for the Virginia Electric Power Company in Washington, D.C., but he returned to performing when the Country Gentlemen invited him to join in 1973. Skaggs spent the next two years with the group, primarily playing fiddle, before joining the progressive bluegrass band J.D. Crowe & the New South in 1974. The following year, he recorded another duet album with Whitley, That's It, and then formed his own newgrass band, Boone Creek, in 1976. In addition to bluegrass, the outfit played honky tonk and Western swing. Boone Creek earned the attention of Emmylou Harris, who invited Skaggs to join her supporting band. After declining her several times, he finally became a member of her Hot Band once Rodney Crowell left in 1977. Between 1977 and 1980, Skaggs helped push Harris toward traditional country and bluegrass, often to great acclaim. Skaggs also pursued a number of other musical venues while he was with Harris, recording a final album with Boone Creek (1978's One Way Track), two duet albums with Tony Rice (1978's Take Me Home Tonight in a Song, 1980's Skaggs & Rice), and finally, his first solo album, Sweet Temptation, which was released on Sugar Hill. Sweet Temptation was a major bluegrass hit, earning the attention of the major label Epic Records. The label offered him a contract in 1981, releasing Waitin' for the Sun to Shine later that year. The album was a big hit, earning acclaim not only in country circles, but also in rock & roll publications. By the end of the year, Skaggs had become a star and, in the process, brought rootsy traditional country back into the consciousness of the country audience. During 1982 and early 1983, he had five straight number one singles — "Crying My Heart Out Over You," "I Don't Care," "Heartbroke," "I Wouldn't Change You If I Could," "Highway 40 Blues" — as well as earning numerous awards. Later in 1982, he was made the youngest member of the Grand Ole Opry. For the next four years, he was a major artistic and commercial force within country music, raking up a string of Top Ten hits and Grammy Award-winning albums. His success helped spark the entire new traditionalist movement, opening the doors for performers like George Strait and Randy Travis. Toward the end of the decade, Skaggs wasn't charting as frequently as he had in the past, but he had established himself as an icon. Each of his records sold well, and he collaborated with a number of musicians, including Rodney Crowell, the Bellamy Brothers, Johnny Cash, Jesse Winchester, and Dolly Parton.

Highway 40 Blues
Stereo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WZakhQGDWk&fmt=18 Buck Norris sings "Highway 40 Blues" by Ricky Skaggs. Though he had made his way into the bluegrass circuit and was actively recording, Skaggs had grown tired of the hard work and low pay in the Clinch Mountain Boys and left the group at the end of 1972. For a short while, he abandoned music and worked in a boiler room for the Virginia Electric Power Company in Washington, D.C., but he returned to performing when the Country Gentlemen invited him to join in 1973. Skaggs spent the next two years with the group, primarily playing fiddle, before joining the progressive bluegrass band J.D. Crowe & the New South in 1974. The following year, he recorded another duet album with Whitley, That's It, and then formed his own newgrass band, Boone Creek, in 1976. In addition to bluegrass, the outfit played honky tonk and Western swing. Boone Creek earned the attention of Emmylou Harris, who invited Skaggs to join her supporting band. After declining her several times, he finally became a member of her Hot Band once Rodney Crowell left in 1977. Between 1977 and 1980, Skaggs helped push Harris toward traditional country and bluegrass, often to great acclaim. Skaggs also pursued a number of other musical venues while he was with Harris, recording a final album with Boone Creek (1978's One Way Track), two duet albums with Tony Rice (1978's Take Me Home Tonight in a Song, 1980's Skaggs & Rice), and finally, his first solo album, Sweet Temptation, which was released on Sugar Hill. Sweet Temptation was a major bluegrass hit, earning the attention of the major label Epic Records. The label offered him a contract in 1981, releasing Waitin' for the Sun to Shine later that year. The album was a big hit, earning acclaim not only in country circles, but also in rock & roll publications. By the end of the year, Skaggs had become a star and, in the process, brought rootsy traditional country back into the consciousness of the country audience. During 1982 and early 1983, he had five straight number one singles — "Crying My Heart Out Over You," "I Don't Care," "Heartbroke," "I Wouldn't Change You If I Could," "Highway 40 Blues" — as well as earning numerous awards. Later in 1982, he was made the youngest member of the Grand Ole Opry. For the next four years, he was a major artistic and commercial force within country music, raking up a string of Top Ten hits and Grammy Award-winning albums. His success helped spark the entire new traditionalist movement, opening the doors for performers like George Strait and Randy Travis. Toward the end of the decade, Skaggs wasn't charting as frequently as he had in the past, but he had established himself as an icon. Each of his records sold well, and he collaborated with a number of musicians, including Rodney Crowell, the Bellamy Brothers, Johnny Cash, Jesse Winchester, and Dolly Parton. During the early '90s, Skaggs and his traditional music were hit hard by the slick sounds of contemporary country, and consequently, his records ceased to sell as consistently as they had ten years earlier. Columbia Records dropped the musician from their label in 1992 due to poor sales. However, Skaggs continued to perform concerts and festivals frequently, as well as host his own syndicated radio program, The Simple Life, which hit the airwaves in 1994. The following year, Skaggs returned to recording with Solid Ground, his first album for Atlantic Records. Life Is a Journey followed in 1997, and two years later he released Soldier of the Cross. Big Mon: The Songs of Bill Monroe followed in 2000 and was re-released in 2002 on the Lyric Street label as Ricky Skaggs and Friends Sing the Songs of Bill Monroe. In 2003, Skaggs released Live at the Charleston Music Hall on his own Skaggs Family label, followed by Brand New Strings in 2004 and Instrumentals in 2006. He joined forces with the Whites for 2007's Salt of the Earth. 2008's Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass paid homage to Bill Monroe's classic mid-1940s lineup of the Bluegrass Boys and featured the only surviving member of that band, Earl Scruggs, as a guest player