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Holler & The Bones

by Holler & The Bones

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kenanderson Awesome new Aussie music. Great sound and perfect for listening over a beer with mates around the fireplace! Favorite track: The Moon Hangs Over Darwin.
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1.
Light On 04:44
C#m Left my light on baby F#m C#m And I’m still waiting here for you F#m Left my light on baby C#m And I’m still waiting here for you G#m You’re everything I long for F#m C#m You’re in everything I do V2 C#m Pick up the telephone F#m C#m Say you won’t be long F#m Pick up the telephone C#m Say you won’t be long G#m I’ll have this sweet home ready darlin' F#m C#m And I’ll be waiting here for you Lead C#m F#m C#m F#m G#m F#m C#m C#m Write me a letter baby Tell me all your travels do Write me a letter darlin C#m Tell me all your travels do You can travel all over this sweet wide world F#m C#m And I’ll be waiting here for you Buildup and Lead C#m D# E F# G# A C C C#m F#m C#m F#m G#m F#m C#m C#m Left my light on baby F#m C#m And I’m still waiting here for you F#m Left my light on baby C#m And I’m still waiting here for you G#m You’re everything I long for F#m (STOP) C#m You’re in everything I do
2.
Well come on now baby Come on now baby Well come on now baby I’ve been comin' all night long V2 Well the moon hangs over Darwin Cross the Arafura Sea If I send for my baby, send for my baby An she won’t answer me I’m alone I’m alone V3 Well I gotta find something Gotta find someone Gonna see my nephew He’s an oh so army boy He likes to chase those women He likes to chase those women An all you girls are gonna look around When my nephew comes to town He’s a hoochy coocher Instrumental G F x 8 V4 Well the moon hangs over Maningrida The old man croc by the sea There’s mermaids in the river Ol' men sing their melodies V5 The moon hangs over Darwin The moon hangs over Darwin The moon hangs over Darwin Cross the Arafura sea V6 Well the moon hangs over Jordan I hear my nephew's comin on down And all you girls better watch yourselves When my nephew comes to town He’s a Hoochy Coocher Instrumental G F x 8 (born under the sign of the scales) Instrumental Bb C C#D F V7 I’m gonna buy myself a pistol And shoot that moon from the sky I’m gonna buy myself a gatling gun And shoot that moon on high I shot the moon I shot the moon I’m alive But I’m alone I’m alone But I’m alive
3.
Briar Road 06:35
I went out on the highway Em B7 Where the lost and lonely go Em D C B7 Am A woman cried and I almost died B7 Em When I found her on old Briar Road V2 (band) Em B7 She fell into my window Em B7 As I was cruising down the road Em D C B7 Am My heart jumped for her beauty B7 Em When I found her on old Briar Road V3 Em B7 My heart jumped for her crazy Em B7 Her wild bright shining smile Em D C B7 Am My world fell down and she held the crown B7 Em When I found her on ol' Briar Road V4 Em B7 But no man can own a woman like this Em B7 No man can own that kiss Em D C B7 Am And no man I know could ever let her go B7 Em I found her on Old Briar road V5 Em B7 Baby, baby, baby Em B7 Where you spend last night-tell me please Em D C B7 Am You didn’t come home until the morning light B7 Em Was creeping on through those trees V6 Em B7 I took her to the river out west Em B7 Where the cold wild water flows Em D C B7 Am I held a knife against her breast B7 Em Now she’s going where the river goes Instrumental (low down) x 3 Em B7 Em B7 Em D C B7 Am B7 Em V7 Em B7 But still I hear her laughter Em B7 And see her wild bright smile Em D C B7 Am A jailbird's time will soon be mine B7 Em For the girl from old Briar Road V8 Em B7 If every angel has a shadow Em B7 And every rose a thorn Em D C B7 Am If you find sunshine you will find the storm B7 Em I found her on Ol' Briar Road
4.
Brothers and sisters Comrades in arms We are gathered here today to pay homage To pay homage to this thing we call 'the blues' The great bluesmen Muddy Waters and B.B. King The great blueswomen Ella Fitzgerald and Nina Simone We pay our dues We pay our dues and we become the blues It came out of Africa through the Voodoo Caribbean Building the railroads Fields of cotton Leadbelly often shared his culture with us In 1990 I saw the great blues man CLARENCE GATEMOUTH BROWN in Milwaukee Wisconsin A week later I was down in Chicago walking from bar to bar Seeing how our African-American brothers do this thing Yeah I was down Yeah I was down Yeah I was down, down on the scene G G G V1 Gypsy man looked into my eyes Shaman held me by my soul Said 'tell me what you want Boy, in this whole wide world' Is it money? is it girls? If you could have anything in this whole wide world? Well, let me think about it... G G G (What do you want?) V2 A Well I want love and I want life Peace love and happiness for my brothers my sisters and me Air that my children can breathe fish in the sea Justice for my brothers in the Northern Territory CH F G I wanna feel the love (ah ah) Am I wanna feel the groove F G I wanna feel the love (ah ah) Am I wanna feel the groove Lead A____________________F G AM F G AM V3 A I wanna hear the music till people are dancing on the street I wanna hear the music I wanna hear the birdsong in this moment now Justice for the children caught in jails like zoos Justice for my brothers in the Northern Territory F G I wanna feel the love (ah ah) Am I wanna feel the groove F G I wanna feel the love (ah ah) Am I wanna feel the groove F G I wanna feel the love (ah ah) Am I wanna feel the groove F G I wanna feel the love (ah ah) Am I wanna feel the groove G G G G G G
5.
Jimmy James 03:21
E Jimmy James is gone, slipped into the sky A E He was a guitar man, and a hell of guy B A Seems he wasn’t round that long but, now they say E My Jimmy James is gone V2 E He was my little brother, but he always wanted to be in charge A E he didn’t hear the word impossible, and he did nought by halves B A E he could write the meanest song but now they say my Jimmy James is gone V3 E And if you listen closely, to the songbirds in the sky A E You can hear my brother singing, you can hear his guitar cryin’ B A E And I sometimes feel it's wrong to say my Jimmy James is gone V4 E A E But I know, I know I know, I know B A E That this grief I’ve struck upon is cos my Jimmy James is gone LEAD with WALKING BASS x 2 E E A E B A E V5 E He was always running riot, Ask a copper for a cup of tea A E Cut snakes would run a mile, He wouldn’t listen to me B A E He could kill you with a song, and then, they say, my Jimmy James would be gone V6 E We called him Djagamarra, but he was a river man A E We called him Djagamarra, but he was from the Bakindji clan B A E Wilcannia and the Johnsons Now our brother’s gone
6.
Suzanne 04:54
Well I met this dark haired woman C G G And Suzanne was her name C Well I met this dark haired woman G And Suzanne was her name D Her legs were long her body tight C GG BB CC C#C# DDDD C C# D And heartache was her game V2 G I gave her a rose on Monday C G G On Tuesday gave her two C G On Wednesday there was chocolates, Champagne in a flute D C GG BB CC C#C# DDDD C C# D But then came stormy Thursday and she said she don’t want do LEAD GUITAR G C G G C C G G D C GG BB CC C#C# DDDD C C# D LEAD PIANO G C G G C C G G D C GG BB CC C#C# DDDD C C# D V3 G Well I gave her pretty clothes C G G Knelt down with a diamond ring C Well I gave her pretty clothes G Knelt down with a diamond ring D C But she threw it in the water GG BB CC C#C# DDDD C A# G9 Now blues is all I sing
7.
Baby I see you walking down the road Gm Dm Baby I see you walking down the road Bb And the sun lights you up A Dm It turns you into gold V2 Dm When I saw you stepping into the sea Gm Dm When I saw you baby you were stepping into the sea Bb I got to thinkin honey A Dm you’re nothing but magic to me Lead x 2 Dm Dm Gm Dm Bb A Dm V3 Dm You’re hear at the crossroads, which way you gonna go? Gm Dm Now you’re hear at the crossroads, which way you gonna go? Bb A Dm What’s your magic? Girl I gotta know V4 Dm Baby I see you walking down the road Gm Dm Baby I see you walking down the road Bb A Dm And the sun lights you up it turns you into gold Guitar Hammond duel x 2 Dm Dm Gm Dm Bb A Dm V5 Dm When I saw you stepping into the sea Gm Dm When I saw you darlin stepping into the sea Bb A *** I got to thinkin honey you’re nothing Dm ....but magic to me
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Dm I was brooding drums were beating Dm Far away across the ocean coming in GM Dm Electric blues and blacks were climbing up the creepers Bb C Dm And my garden breathed a breath like I’d never beard her breathe before ...and I remember V2 Dm We were young full of rum and so much more Dm We partied on the Sydney harbour shore GM Skies were dark -her name was Storm Dm We kissed-and she was gone Bb C Dm But I remember the girl with the lightning in her eyes Instrumental 1 Dm Dm Gm Dm Bb C Dm Instrumental 2 Dm Dm Gm Dm Bb C Dm V3 Dm Through the night a raging storm Dm Through her lips she lit my soul Gm With the fire of a desire that lit the skies Dm I kissed a girl very first time Bb C Dm The girl with the lightning in her eyes Mmm mm mm x 1 Dm Dm Gm Dm Bb C Dm Dm (Andy and Rainstick out)
9.
Lloydy 01:53
D Now Lloydy was a singer G playin up and down the Birdsville Track When Lloydy took the guitar A D nobody would ask it back V2 D In the thick of the scrub of the Mai Mai G by the banks of the old river Barcoo When Lloydy sang his song A D It’s like that he was singin' to you V3 D He sang the songs of stockmen G Drovin' up and down the Birdsville track When Lloydy took the guitar A D Nobody would ask it back (Instrumental x 2) D G A D V4 D He was workin on the railroad G The Ol' Ghan by the Oodnadatta Track He liked to have a lager A D And sing the songs that took him back V5 D With the soul of Robert Johnson G Like the blind boys of Alabama he was black But he came from up round Birdsville A D In the heart of the Australian outback (Instrumental x 2) D G A D V1 rpt D Now Lloydy was a singer G playin up and down the Birdsville Track When Lloydy took the guitar A D nobody would ask it back
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11.
The Ol' Ghan 04:21
Em It was raining in the desert Am Em Em My car went for a slide Am It was raining in the desert Em My car went for a slide B7 C B7 Em I rolled her now I wish this Ol' Ghan could take us for a ride CH Em Hear the ghost train comin' Am Em Em Down by the Oodnadatta Track Am Hear the ghost train comin' Em Down by the Oodnadatta Track B7 It's the Ol Ghan comin' C B7 Em All the ghosts are bringing her back V2 Em Now Andy pulls his guitar Am Em Em Out from his gunny sack Am Now Andy pulls his guitar Em Out from his gunny sack He's playing to the songbird and the songbird's singing back CH Em Hear the ghost train comin' Am Em Em Down by the Oodnadatta Track Am Hear the ghost train comin' Em Down by the Oodnadatta Track B7 It's the Ol Ghan comin' C B7 Em All the ghosts are bringing her back V3 Em And you can hear the silence Am Em Em In between the dingos' cries Am And you can hear the silence Em In between the dingos' cries And the sleepers make a fine fire underneath these desert skies CH Em Hear the ghost train comin' Am Em Em Down by the Oodnadatta Track Am Hear the ghost train comin' Em Down by the Oodnadatta Track It's the Ol Ghan comin' All the ghosts are bringing her back Instrumental Em Am Em Em Am Am Em Em B7 C B7 Em Em Am Em Em Am Am Em Em B7 C B7 Em V4 Em We were goin' for Oodnadatta, Am Em Em Headin' on towards the rock Am We were goin' for Oodnadatta, Em Headin' on towards the rock Sometimes you get dealt a hand that tells you where to stop V5 Em Still the Ol' Ghan rolls on Am Em Em Up and down the track Am Still the Ol' Ghan rolls on Em Up and down the track B7 C B7 Em I left my heart there and and it ain’t ever comin' back V6 Em And everything I once knew Am Em Em Everything I thought was mine Am And everything I once knew Em Everything I thought was mine B7 C B7 Em Out here in this big space I gotta leave it all behind CH Em Hear the ghost train comin' Am Em Em Down by the Oodnadatta Track Am Hear the ghost train comin' Em Down by the Oodnadatta Track B7 C B7 Em It’s the Ol' Ghan comin' all the ghosts are bringin' her back B7 C B7 Em It’s the Ol' Ghan comin' all the ghosts are bringin' her back B7 C ## B7 Em It’s the Ol' Ghan comin' all the ghosts are bringin' her back
12.
Hoochy Cooch 04:16
E It’s Friday lights city I’m here on the street A brother he calls me 'You got a dollar for me? You got a dollar for me? You got a dollar for me? (only Drums) E I walk through the dresses And into the night The well to do doin' They're doin' alright They're doin' alright They're doin' alright (Drums) CH A Well a man starts a playin'his Gibson guitar E He’s standing on the corner rockin the blues so hard A Come on you fancy dancers find your dancin' shoes E I got the Hoochy Coochy Whatchamecall it Jingle Jangle Blues E x 4 I walk through the dresses And into the night The well to do doin' They're doin' alright They're doin' alright They're doin' alright (Drums) CH A Well a man starts a playin'his Gibson guitar E He’s standing on the corner rockin the blues so hard A Come on you fancy dancers find your dancin' shoes E I got the Hoochy Coochy Whatchamecall it Jingle Jangle Blues LEAD E x 8 A x 4 E x 4 A x 4 F# B CH A Well a man starts a playin'his Gibson guitar E He’s standing on the corner rockin the blues so hard A Come on you fancy dancers find your dancin' shoes E I got the Hoochy Coochy Whatchamecall it Jingle Jangle Blues E x 4 F# B CH A Well a man starts a playin' his Gibson guitar E He’s standing on the corner rockin the blues so hard A Come on you fancy dancers find your dancin' shoes E I got the Hoochy Coochy Whatchamecall it Jingle Jangle Blues E x 1 STOP
13.
Jamestown 03:04
C Was a time I thought I knew love Everything in love seemed to work out right Thought that I could really do love I thought that love was really on my side But right now, I’m nearly through love Looks like there's nothin' gonna turn out right Tell me what you're gonna do love Are you gonna stay with me here tonight Oh baby do me right Oh honey do me right Oh baby do me right Oh honey do me right CH Ab Well you’re talkin' to me funny G And you’re talking to me fake Ab Well you think your some game master G But you’re making a big mistake Ab G Won’t you open up your lovin' and drop this whole charade? Ab Bb B Cos baby you know together we’ve really got it made Riff x 1 Lead C V2 There's a place where we can go love Down by the trees underneath the moon And there’s a place where we can know love And drink sweet nectar underneath the moon Oh baby do me right Oh honey do me right Oh baby do me right Oh honey do me right CH Ab Well you’re talkin' to me funny G And you’re talking to me fake Ab Well you think your some game master G But you’re making a big mistake Ab G Won’t you open up your lovin' and drop this whole charade? Ab Bb B C Cos baby you know together we’ve really got it made Riff x 3
14.
Open your mind you've gotta leave that man behind D A Open your mind you've gotta leave that man behind E7 D7 A You know that he's no good come on and let me love you like he should V2 A One of these nights youre gonna get into a fight D A One of these nights youre gonna get into a fight E7 D7 A You're gonna tell him you want more and you'll up and walk right out that door Drums BREAKDOWN A A D A E D A Guitar LEAD A A D A E D A V3 A One of these days you're gonna walk my way D A One of these days you're gonna walk my way E7 D7 A I've heard it on the grapevine that you gonna be mine all mine V4 A You know it's true you could have somebody new D A You know it's true you could have somebody new E7 D7 A And the novelty is nice come on and kiss me baby don't think twice Drums BREAKDOWN A A D A E D A Guitar LEAD A A D A E D A V1 A Open your mind you've gotta leave that man behind D A Open your mind you've gotta leave that man behind E7 D7 A You know that he's no good come on and let me love you like he should V2 A One of these nights youre gonna get into a fight D A One of these nights youre gonna get into a fight E7 D7 A You're gonna tell him you want more and you'll up and walk right out that door A G E D C B Bb A
15.
Take 02:42
I said take Anything you want A7 I said take E7 Anything you want C7 B7 I may not have a lot to give C7 B7 B7 EEE BB But what I’ve got it’s yours, it’s free V2 E7 I said give me Give me anything A7 I said give me E7 Give me anything C7 B7 If you see a need in me C7 B7 you can give it to me free EEE BB You can give me what you want babe V3 E7 I said take me Take me out of here A7 I said take me E7 Away from all my fears C7 B7 C7 B7 I may not have a lot to give but I want to share it with you Take me out of here CCCCC CCCCC F#F#F#F#F# BB EEE BB Lead E A E C B C B E B V4 E7 I’ll be yours and you’ll be mine A7 E7 You’ll be mine and I’ll be yours C7 B7 I’ll be your man you my cherry pie C7 B7 I'll be yours and you yeah you’ll be mine E7 I’ll be yours and you’ll be mine A7 E7 You’ll be mine and I’ll be yours C7 B7 I may not have a lot to give C7 B7 CCCCC CCCCC F#F#F#F#F# BB EEE BB * But I wanna share it with you Take me out of
16.
This song is a line of groove that goes back to the man, BOBBY BLUE BLAND Turn your love light on Turn your light on me (turn your light on me) Turn your light on me (turn your light on me) Turn your light on me (turn your light on me) Turn your light on me (turn your light on me) V2 An next the Blues Brothers came along and reminded with this same song that Everybody (say what?) I said everybody (everybody?) Needs somebody Someone to love (someone to love) Someone to love (someone to love) Someone to love (someone to love) Someone to love (someone to love) V3 Ok I got a workin woman she been workin hard for that pay She been hustling and a fighting with the grindstone to her nose all day Oh pretty woman won’t you slip me off an step inside I’ve been cookin and a cleaning just to keep you satisfied I’ll make you feel alright (make you feel alright) make you feel alright (make you feel alright) make you feel alright (make you feel alright) make you feel alright (make you feel alright) make you feel alright now (make you feel alright) V4 Oh I’ve been workin out woman cos I know you like my body tight Yeah I got your breakfast all a steaming cos you gotta start your working day right Oh pretty woman I’ll be waitin when you come on home If there's anything you need we’ll you can call me up in the phone I’ll make you feel alright (make you feel alright) make you feel alright (make you feel alright) make you feel alright (make you feel alright) make you feel alright (make you feel alright) make you feel alright now (make you feel al
17.
There’s a Cuban squatting squinting in the sun He aint got no home he’s skin and bone A And there’s a woman right behind him smoking a cigarette E And her hide turns to leather in the morning sun B And there’s places in their eyes that you can almost see A E B In the lonely lonely heart of Hindley V2 E Now Shannon’s going crazy at horse (what about me?) He thinks the bouncer should let him in, of course A And Cy used to work at that bar over there E And the barman says ‘he was always a little strange’ (strange?) strange B And the people let their hair down and everyone goes nuts A E B In the lonely crazy heart of Hindley Instrumental E E A E B A E V3 E All the pimps and spivs in their suits and bling Cars goin slow so the girls can sing ‘hi sexy’ A And the boys are a sight in their silly mock fights E Across from Grandmaster Leung’s Wing Chun B There’s a bloke in an afro goin sideways A He’s hangin with the homeless prams E B E On Hindley
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Where I come from there's hills up and down D G Every street that you want to go C G There's buildings so high that they pierce the sky D G And lots of people that I used to know CH C But I left that home G To wander and roam D G Across this wide green, red and brown country C And it’s ringed with blue G Just like me too D G I got an East Coast family Instrumental x 2 C G D G C G D G x 2 V2 G I came to the land with the red, red sand D G I was hungry and all out of love then C But they gave me food and they gave me a name D G And they put me on my feet again CH C But I left that home G To wander and roam D G Across this wide green, red and brown country C And it’s ringed with blue G Just like me too D G I got an East Coast family Instrumental x 2 C G D G C G D G x 2 V3 now in Adelaide both my children are here D G I got most everything a man could want C But my sister and brothers and all of the others D G Well they're in a place where I'm not CH x 2 C But I left that home G To wander and roam D G Across this wide green, red and brown country C And it’s ringed with blue G Just like me too D G I got an East Coast family (2nd time) D G I got an East Coast family D G I got an East Coast family 1x short instrumental out D G

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Original Aussie Blues. Songs from the Outback, songs from the city, songs from the heart. Fun mix of blues, rock, funk and jazz. 18 original songs.

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released June 6, 2019

Paul Macleod-vocals, keyboards, telecaster, jew harp
Andy Czora-guitars-les paul, National tricone
Allan Curtis-bass and vocals
Eddie Pollard-drums
Gilly Gollan- percussion

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Holler & The Bones Adelaide, Australia

Original Aussie Blues.
Blues from the bush.
Dog n' beer n' blues.

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