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12 Oct 99 - 09:33 PM (#123232) Subject: Lyric add: Drunkard's Son--from Utah Ph From: Art Thieme Here's a fine song I got from Bruce Utah Phillips in 1973. I sang it once to open a show and everyone left the room crying. From then on I hardly ever did it. Mostly I did it one-on-one for someone who wanted to hear it. And afterwards there was usually just total silence... Art ___________________________________________________ THE DRUNKARD'S SON
Through the old dusty attic of a tenement house I happened to wander one day,
"I'm hiding from father and, please sir, don't tell--he beat me because I would not steal,
The chips and the shavings were there on the floor--the little boy lay on the bed,
"I'm hiding with Jesus across the divide,
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12 Oct 99 - 10:01 PM (#123241) Subject: RE: Lyric add: Drunkard's Son--from Utah Ph From: Stoney I learned this from the singing of Hank Snow on the juke box in the fifties. Last month my son wanted me to sing it for his daughter but I couldn't seem to get the chords right - as I remember it somehow shifted between two keys. Would you mind posting the chord progression that you use. Much appreciated. |
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12 Oct 99 - 10:22 PM (#123253) Subject: RE: Lyric add: Drunkard's Son--from Utah Ph From: Art Thieme I did it in "G"---and it does have that shift with an unusual couple of chords---but I can't recall how I did it. And I'm not able to play it these days. Even had to look up the words... Sorry. Art |
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13 Oct 99 - 12:17 AM (#123289) Subject: RE: Lyric add: Drunkard's Son--from Utah Ph From: kendall I also learned this from Hank Snow. If you do it in G, the chords are, g c g a d g c g d g and then the shift.. G7 c G7 c f c a7 d g c. then back to G if you want, you can do a sort of walk down riff from the c to the a7. Good luck |
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13 Oct 99 - 08:07 AM (#123337) Subject: RE: Lyric add: Drunkard's Son--from Utah Ph From: Stoney That's it! Thanks Kendall. Great old song - right up there with "Over the Hills to the Poorhouse" and "Little Bessie." |
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13 Oct 99 - 12:05 PM (#123429) Subject: RE: Lyric add: Drunkard's Son--from Utah Ph From: Art Thieme Just about the way I did it. Thank you Kendall. Sorry I couldn't help you with that... Art |
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13 Oct 99 - 12:37 PM (#123440) Subject: RE: Lyric add: Drunkard's Son--from Utah Ph From: kendall Hey, just being Art Thiem is good enough for me |
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13 Oct 99 - 02:35 PM (#123516) Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: THE DRUNKARD'S SON (Hank Snow) From: Gene Try this, Stoney Via Art, Kendall and me THE DRUNKARD'S SON Recorded by: Hank Snow Writer: Hank Snow CAPO: 4th FRET/KEY: F#/PLAY: D In an [1=D] old dusty attic of a tene-[4=G] ment house I [1=D] happened to [27=E7] wander one [5=A] day And [1=D] there on the rafter, midst [4=G] shaving's and chips A [1=D] drunkard's poor [5=A] little boy [1=D] lay. Oh! [17=D7] "Why are you lie-ing [4=G] up here up in the cold What [17=D7] makes you lie on this hard [4=G] bed?" "My [7=C] father's a drunkard and he [4=G] beat me to-[27=E7] day My [5=A] darling old [1=D] mother is [4=G] dead." ... [back to 1=D] "I'm a-[1=D] hiding from father and, please [4=G] sir, don't tell He [1=D] beat me 'cause [27=E7] I would not [1=D] steal He [1=D] said he would kill me the [4=G] next time I failed And I'm [1=D] so afraid [A] sir, he [1=D] will." "I'm leaving you here, son," I sadly replied "But I will be back right away." But when I returned to the attic I found That Jesus had been there that day. The chips and the shavin's were there as before As the little boy lay on his bed With tears on his cheeks and his hands at his side(s) The poor little fellow was dead. A picture of mother lay close to his heart A faint little note by his head As I opened the paper, my eyes filled with tears And these were the words that I read: "I'm a-hiding with Jesus across the divide With dear mother, forever I'll dwell And thank you, dear mister, for your kindness to me And now it's alright if you tell!" SOURCE: THE ONE AND ONLY/HANK SNOW 1962 RCA CAS/722(e) |
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13 Oct 99 - 02:47 PM (#123520) Subject: RE: Lyric add: Drunkard's Son--from Utah Ph From: Stoney Thank you Gene! I even sing it in D. That song will be back in my repetoire within minutes. |