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Drinker's Lament (Live)
03:12
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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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More White House Blues (Key of G)
by Randy Hanson, MohaviSoul Copyright 2020, MohaviSoul Music – BMI, 9/17/2019
Intro banjo (Verse melody)
Verse 1 (GG,CG,CG,DG)
G G
I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed
C G
But I don’t go and lose my head
C G
All the way to Washington, you been had
D G
More White House Blues, are comin’ on again.
Chorus (GG,CG,CG,DG) Four-part Harmony (Randy-melody, Mark-3rd,Orion-5th, Jason-melody below)
G G
Unplugged….Unhinged, slippin’ away (Everyone sings)
C G
Take it to the limit, take it to the judge (Randy/Jason first phrase, Mark/Orion-second phrase)
C G
More White House Blues, my jail birds sing (Randy/Jason first phrase, Mark/Orion-second phrase)
D G
You’re bound to lie, you’re gonna lie (Everyone sings)
Break fiddle
Verse 2
The judge said to me, what’s your alibi
Wrong Time, Wrong Place, as I started to cry
But I took it to the limit, with a story beyond
Gotta catch that train, before we all go down.
Break banjo
Verse 3
From McKinley to Nixon, and you know who
Dose doe darlin’, who’s dancin’ with you?
Show up, rise up, get on down,
And dig your soul out, from the underground
Chorus
Break mando
Verse 4
The weatherman promised me a better day
But my karma ran over your dogma today
Shuffle the deck, and throw the dice
There’s a damn good chance, that we’ll be here twice
Chorus
Tag chorus x2 last line
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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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Contrary Lovers
03:02
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Contrary Lovers (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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Dozen Roses (Live)
02:53
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Dozen Roses By Mark Miller (Key of B) (MohaviSoul Music – BMI)
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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Self-Imposed Highs and Lows (Key of B)
By Orion Boucher, Orion Boucher Copyright 2019, (MohaviSoul Music-BMI)
Intro: || B A E F# B|| x 2 - Banjo
Chorus:
B
Those self-imposed highs and lows
A
Sometimes that’s just the way she goes
E F# B
When I’m in some pain, it surely shows
B
Folks say when it rains it pours
A
We’ve all heard that phrase before
E F# B
But it sure hits home when a hangover is close
Verse:
E
Well I ain’t profound but I ain’t no clown
G#m
I ain’t broke but my brains broke down
C#m F# B
Shade of red is the way we paint the town
E
Sittin’ in bed with my head all spun
G#m
Thinkin’ that I might’ve had too much fun
C#m F# B
But I sure smile and I say job well done.
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Blue Diesel (Live)
04:07
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Blue Diesel (Key of G) by Randy Hanson (MohaviSoul Music – BMI)
(MohaviSoul CD – BlueDiesel, 1/13/2014)
INTRO (DC x 4) -- Instrumental mandolin
Verse 1
Em Bm C G
Leavin town on the last Blue Diesel
Leavin’ town, so let that whistle blow
Strawberry Sunset in my window pane
Don’t know if I’ll ever be the same
Chorus
G F D
Throw caution to the wind,
G F D
So I ask you once again
G F D
When I’m gone, gone, gone
Em C G D D
Will you remember me, darlin’?
Break-- Banjo
Verse 2
Sgt Pepper took me for a ride,
Layin low and flyin high
Yonder told me the golden rule
If you’re holding, don’t hold out!
Chorus
Break—Fiddle (mando on demo)
Verse 2
Blues ain’t nothin’, like women on your mind
So Blue Diesel, take me down the line
Smoke rings circle your kiss with every mile
Indica dreamin’ of your Sativa smiles
Chorus (Repeat last line Acapello)
Rotating OUTRO (DC x 4 Fiddle, banjo, mando) , (DC x 2 Fiddle, banjo, mando), (DC x 1 Fiddle, banjo, mando), DCG-mando
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Righteous Path (Live)
03:11
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RIGHTEOUS PATH (Key of F)
By Mark Miller, MohaviSoul, Copyright 2018, (MohaviSoul Music – BMI)
Intro: F, G, F, D, C, Bb, G| 5th C,D,C,A,G,F,D Intro Phrase 8 times as:
1-Markx2, 2-M+Ox2, 3-M+O+Jx2(Mark-gtr adds other notes], 4-M+O+J+R+Dx2 (not on Demo)
Verse 1:
G C F Bb
I’ve been down & I’ve been troubled
G C F G
I been on that path before
G C F Bb
Loneliness in that I’m finding
G C F G
Learns me more than I could have known
Verse 2:
(Repeat above progression)
Beneath the tides of the ocean
As tender as it is cold
The bullet missed my heart
But w/o a doubt, it struck my soul
Chorus:
Bb C
The righteous path ain’t easy
F G
The wages owed are taken
Bb C
But you find yourself in
C G (right into Verse melody)
Much better shape than before
Break Banjo
Verse 3:
Seething with your anger
only leads to more regret
listen to me, my brothers
hate only breeds more day to day
Break on Melody fiddle
Repeat Verse 2
Chorus + tag
Outro-Verse Melody (banjo/fiddle) & repeat intro lick slowly x2 (M alone then M+O+J+R+Dx2)
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Ferguson Fight (Live)
03:26
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Ferguson Fight by Randy Hanson (Key of A, 120BPM)
(MohaviSoul Music – BMI)
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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Lonesome, On’ry and Mean By Steve Young/performed originally by Waylon Jennings (Key of D) (MohaviSoul Music – BMI)
(RCA Victor Records, 1973, Produced by Dave Cobb, Album: Lonesome, Orn’ry and Mean)
Verse 1
On a Greyhound bus Lord I'm travelin' this morning
I'm goin' to Shreveport and down to New Orleans
Been travlin' these highways and doin' things my way
It's been making me lonesome on'ry and mean
Verse 2
Her hair was jet black and her name was Bodine
Thought she was the queen of the Basin Street Queens
She got tired of that smoky-wine dream
She began to feel lonesome on'ry and mean
Verse 3
We got together and we cashed in our sweeps
Gave them to a beggar who was mumblin' through the streets
There's no escaping from his snowy white dream
Making Me lonesome on'ry and mean
Verse 4
I'm down in this valley where the wheels turn so low
At dawn I pray to the Lord of my soul
I say do Lord do right by me
I'm tired of being lonesome on'ry and mean...
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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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