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Hometown Blues

by MohaviSoul

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1.
Gettie Up 03:33
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Intro (E-Esus Arpeggios x2 Mando/Fiddle/Dobro) Banjo break Verse 1 My Momma’s Momma’s Momma, she used to say Gotta get up every morning and get on your way, Do your chores and you can go and play Ah But don’t let nothin’, stand in your way Chorus Don’t say whoa in a mud hole!…….. Just say, Gettie Up! When you’re down and dirty, just say, Gettie Up! Cross that Valley, climb that Mountain! Hold on tight, and just say, Gettie Up! Break (Fiddle) Verse 2 My Momma’s Momma’s Momma, she came out west Oh the Oregon Trail, was a hell of a test Wagons ho, California’s callin’ Blood, sweat, and fear, won’t stand in her way Chorus Break (Dobro) Verse 3 When I got older and I found you, Oh we had our own way, and our own little crew Got it going, with our shoulder to the plow Got it on down the road, anyway and anyhow….. Chorus +repeat last line Break (mando) & Out on Intro Arpeggios everyone x2
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Hometown Blues 02:37
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Hometown Blues by Mark Miller (MohaviSoul Music – BMI) Verse 1 Smoke stacks and coal mines Living back here had me going blind Down a one lane dirt road I roll Back to my hometown Born and raised where the music sounds Both loud in my ears and in my soul in a little village far east of here Where drank my first beer Had a taste of moonshine now and then After school, as I grew Never missed this place I knew stays the same and that's a comfort to me Chorus My home's always far from here But when u have family, home's always near Dear friends and faces that I love laughing, share a drink or two Folks you know, ring so true Home is deep in my heart Verse 2 head north on route 7 Past yorkville plant where dad made a livin Be in the city so soon Mama born on a farm in east wheeling I'll never forget that home town feeling Growing up there was easy to do Chorus BRIDGE (Dobro/Fiddle) Verse 3 Make a right, Steubenville to Pittsburgh Sing a tune just to be heard Always a good way to pass time brought my music west of Mississippi Could never turn back until I'm 50 There's a ladder ahead I've got to climb Chorus
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On My Way 03:21
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On My Way by Randy Hanson (MohaviSoul Music -- BMI) (Key of D) Intro on Verse  Mando/Fiddle/Banjo (DCGD x 2) Verse 1 I like the push of a good uphill, Ain’t nothin’ like it to bend my will. I like the smile of a stranger on the run, On my way, back home to you. Chorus 1 On my way, all through the night, Lookin’ back, oh you were right, On my way to you or bust, On my way, in a cloud of dust. Verse 2 Endless summer got a hold on me Our next stop is eternity Long hot days and soft summer nights, Crusin’ with my baby, my baby tonight. Chorus 2 On my way, all through the night, Lookin’ back, oh you were right, On my way, On my way, It’s not the journey, it’s the ride…….. Verse 1 Chorus 2 It’s not the journey, it’s the ride……..ride..……ride……. Ride…..ride……ride………x3 Outro Instrumental (verse-Mandolin,Fiddle,Banjo) (DCGD x 2)
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Lay Your Needle Down 04:05
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Lay Your Needle Down By Mark Miller (MohaviSoul Music – BMI) (Key of G) Verse 1 I put that old record on And I laid that needle down And listened As that spindle turned ‘round My thoughts drift away As I recalled my yesterdays Then I remembered That’s the way it always goes Chorus Share my heart break Ease my pain Don’t seem to matter Much, the names I forget the bad times Take none the blame Move on just the same Share my heart break Ease my pain Don’t seem to matter Much, the names I forget the bad times Take none the blame Move on just the same Verse 2 I’d stashed my records away But as another begins to play hiss in my speakers is a Relic of the past The tone & melody Seems sweeter than on CD It paints a picture inside my head Chorus Break Chorus Outro I put that old record on And I laid that needle down And listened As that spindle turned ‘round
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Stay Tuned 03:49
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Stay Tuned By Randy Hanson (MohaviSoul Music – BMI) (Key of D) Intro Verse 1 Heartaches comin’, dead ahead Heartaches comin’, just like you said So if you got to pray for rain, Just to wash away, all your pain. Chorus Stay tuned, give love more Stay tuned, I’m knockin’ at your door Stay tuned, cause love ain’t dead Stay tuned, It’s hangin’ by a thread Verse 2 Don’t keep me waitin’, I’m wantin’ more Passing by, I’m knockin’ at your door Don’t look back, it’s done and gone Tomorrow ain’t, yesterday’s song Chorus Verse 3 Can’t tell you, if it makes any sense Come with me, no sittin’ on the fence Roll me over, and tell me you do Roll me over, and say I love you Chorus -- outro
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Drinker's Lament 02:51
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Drinker’s Lament (Elegy) By Mark Miller (MohaviSoul Music – BMI) (Key of A) Verse 1 Fistful of dollars, can’t Make me change my mind, but a Ounce or two of medicine & I’m feeling fine When you’re feelin’ down & out It’s hard to unwind Bring ale to my side For the rest of my time Chorus 1 There’s tradition when drinking with your peers Can’t see no harm in sharing a few beers Wine’s all good when your keg’s run dry A good stout or porter brings a tear to my eye Verse 2 A round of whiskeys To go with our beers Drinking up my troubles, but Keeping my mind clear Lightning in a bottle, if I get caught I’ll be explaining to the police Why we fought Chorus 2 There’s tradition when drinking with your peers Can’t see no harm in sharing a few beers Wine’s a welcome change at the table for holidays, but I like hops & malt to lift me from my haze Verse 3 Let me tell you a story ‘bout the first time Came home 2 after midnight Feeling fine Muzz said “what’s wrong with you?” “Having too much fun?” But my shirt was inside out and I had nowhere to run Chorus 3 There’s tradition when sharing with your peers Can’t see no harm in drinking a few beers Wine’s all well when you’re wearing a suit & tie, but But me I’ll take an IPA until the day I die
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Ferguson Fight 03:30
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Ferguson Fight by Randy Hanson, MohaviSoul Intro Verse 1 Is the revolution still on tonight? Did we miss out, on the fight? Is the revolution, worth the price? Can we take back, take back the night? Chorus Blacks and whites are fillin’ the streets Bottles and rocks are fallin’ at my feet Hey Ferguson, take on the fight! But don’t you go and steal the night! Break 1 Verse 2 Stolen from the left, and taken by the right Cry your name, and steal the dream So take me down, down to the border Where there ain’t no, law and order! Chorus Break 2 Verse 1 Chorus Verse 1 plus following tag Can we take back, take back the night? Take back, take back, take back the night! (Pause Acapello on last part of 2nd phrase) Instrumental Outro on Verse
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Until I Go 02:22
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Until I Go By Mark Miller (MohaviSoul Music – BMI) (Key of E) Verse 1 Made a modest living In this lonesome town The struggles always turning The wise into clowns So I’m (just) gonna stay drunk until I go Verse 2 Poor man wants for money The rich man wears a frown The lonely look for company, while the silence begs for sound so I’m (just) gonna stay happy til I go Break Bridge Sunsets go down each day The skys cloud to grey Every dawn’s a brand new way So I’m gonna be thankful until I go Verse 3 The road I’ve traveled lately Leads me homeward bound Such sins at my back It’d kill me to turn around I’m just gonna be honest before I go Verse 3 Break Bridge Outro You keep trying To find A Sign I’m just going I’m just going To enjoy My time So I’m just gonna stay happy until I go.
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Same As Loving You 03:20
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Same As Loving You By Mark Miller (MohaviSoul Music – BMI) (Key of A) Verse 1 It’s like standing in a waterfall Jumping off a cliff to fall That’s the same as loving you The same as walking to a hurricane it’s like gambling your spare change that’s what I’d do to love you Chorus I’ll climb to the mountain’s top Walk blindfolded on a 20 ft. drop That feeling I’ll never forget The way I felt when we first met Verse 2 It’s the touch of your hand in mine The thrill I get down my spine That’s the way I love you Close my eyes at the days end Lay my head next to my friend That’s the world I live in That’s the world I live in Chorus Break Chorus Verse 2
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Contrary Lovers 03:13
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Contrary Lovers By Randy Hanson (MohaviSoul Music – BMI) (Key of E) By Randy Hanson, MohaviSoul, Copyright (2017), MohaviSoul Music - BMI Intro (Verse chords instrumental) Verse 1 Where there’s a will, I want to be in it When there’s a way, I want to be on it Can’t go forward, if we’re moving back Can’t find happiness, at the bottom of a glass Chorus Cause you will when you won’t And you do when you don’t Walking away, is so easy to doooo…. But I can’t forget, forget about you Break 1 Verse 2 If I agreed with you, oh we’d both be wrong Let’s find our place, and try to hang on I’ve been indecisive, now I’m not sure If our love, is still the cure Chorus Break 2 Verse 1 Chorus  tag last line of Chorus twice more Outro (Verse chords instrumental)
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Dirty Shame 02:32
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Dirty Shame By Mark Miller (MohaviSoul Music – BMI) (Key of G) CHORUS It’s a dirty shame the way you love me Dirty shame you can’t be true Dirty shame the way ya treat me And I keep on lovin’ you The dirty ways I remember Our love must end Can’t keep this dirty livin’ Until my reaper greets his friend VERSE 1 No more damage done now My hearts cold as stone Angel’s pity my tune Sorrow is it’s sound Orchids crumble down CHORUS VERSE 2 It’s a losing bet you Always win the round The boxman grins at my run Don’t come’ in this town You’ll never win the crown CHORUS Break (Dobro) over Verse chords CHORUS
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Dozen Roses 02:24
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Dozen Roses By Mark Miller (MohaviSoul Music – BMI) (Key of B) VERSE 1 when I'm by myself thinking of you my heart warms inside when I picture your smile The sunshine & scent of summer makes me thankful to be alive CHORUS if I had me a dozen roses I see every one found its way to you of the paths that lie before me I'd pick the road that led straight back to you if I had me a dozen lifetimes I'd live everyone beside you VERSE 2 All my sad days They live behind me my best times are those I spend with you when miles between us I still know down inside my heart you think of me too CHORUS BRIDGE There were times, in my recent past When the hell below me, seemed to never pass Spoken words, cut sharp like glass Lovin everything & livin’ my life fast CHORUS

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released August 17, 2017

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MohaviSoul San Diego, California

MOHAVISOUL, is 5-piece California-style Contemporary Bluegrass-Americana music from our soul, rooted in Folk & Country, reflected in our original music & choice of covers coming from West Virginia roots and 5th-generation California heritage. MohaviSoul has four CD’s, Every Second (1/2013), Blue Diesel (12/2013), Hometown Blues (8/2017), and Live at the 42nd Annual Huck Finn Jubilee (12/2019). ... more

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