Jimmy James

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Song for my brother. He was an awesome guitarist. Lovely guy. Will always miss him.
Gangster blues.

lyrics

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

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from Holler & The Bones, released June 6, 2019
Paul Macleod, Andy Czora, Eddie Pollard, Allan Curtis, Gilly Gollan

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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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