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Sin City by Graham Parsons ~Flying Burrito Brothers

Posted by Uncle John on October 8, 2011 at 12:59pm
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on 4 string cigar box guitar (Old Lowe Cone) tuned open G~ DGBD~ Capoed 5 to play key of CSin City Gram Parsons, Chris Hillman (Flying Burrito Brothers) 3/4 timeG D G CThis old town is filled with sin, it’ll swallow you inG DIf you've got some money to burn.G D G CTake it home right away, You've got three years to pay,G D GBut Satan is waiting his turn.Chourus:C D GThis old earthquake's gonna leave me in the poor house.C G DIt seems like this whole town's insaneC D G COn the thirty-first floor your gold plated doorG D GWon't keep out the Lord's burning rain.G D G CThe scientists say it'll all wash away,G DBut we don't believe any moreG D G CCause we've got our recruits And our green mohair suitsG D GSo please show you I.D. At the door.G D G CA friend came around. Tried to clean up this town;G DHis ideas made some people mad.G D G CBut he trusted his crowd, So he spoke out loudG D GAnd they lost the best friend they had.

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  • Uncle John October 10, 2011 at 3:08pm
    Kindly said, Wes.  Thanks!  I wish I could have hung out with Gram and Emmy Lou.
  • Uncle John October 10, 2011 at 11:05am
    Thanks ED.  Are you healed up?
  • Bad Finger (Eric) October 10, 2011 at 8:25am
    Sounds great Uncle John!
  • Uncle John October 10, 2011 at 7:50am

    Thanks Jon, Brick and Mark Bliss. 

     

    Glad to put a smile on you Dust. 

     

    You are welcome Mark.   I like lyrcis and chords too.  To bad the chords seem to hop out of position in the text.

  • Mark Bliss October 10, 2011 at 6:48am
    I just wanted to add a note of appreciation for the additional effort to include the lyrics and chord progression to your video notes. Much appreciated.
  • Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw October 9, 2011 at 1:04pm
    Really wonderful. I love everything about this. Great work Uncle John.
  • Uncle John October 9, 2011 at 12:25pm

    Thanks guys.  It's funny how I got away from playing the 4 string.  The 3s are so easy....   But for the right songs that reso 4 needs to be used more often. 

     

    @ Mark: you know, 'Dirty Steve and the thunder chief sounds correct to me.' 

    @ Vinyl: Gram was jewel. 

     

  • Vinylhed October 9, 2011 at 11:52am
    What a lovely chiming sound that guitar has. Great song as well, I love Gram Parsons (he died the same day I was born!)
  • MrRandomWritings (Backwater Bri) October 9, 2011 at 10:47am
    Nice one John - that guitar is amazing
  • Mark Bliss October 9, 2011 at 10:44am

    LOL! Dirty deeds done dirt cheap=Dirty Steve and the Thunder Chief.....

     

    Nice one Unk, I am a fan of Grahams song writing, so I espectially enjoyed that.

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