Tag: Earthling Country

bookmark_borderDiminishing Returns

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LYRICS
It’s the law of diminishing returns
It’s quite possible to have had too much
The trick-of-the-matter… knowin’ when it burns
Churn evil n’ hatred and the brimstone such

When you’ve had too much water
… they call it drownin’
When you’re too much the doddler
… then you’re the glutton

When you’e had too much food
… they call you fat pig
When you’ve had too much blood
… the fat cat’s where you’re at

Diminishing returns
He get what he earns
We learn…
We get what we earn

Diminishing Returns.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — C C+Bb
D A
C A
E A

Written and recorded with a live siren driving by in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Earthling Country
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderBow Down

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Fiddlin' With The Guitar
Fiddlin’ With The Guitar

INSTRUMENTAL

Bow Down Music Video Guitar with Violin Bow.mp4

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Em E7

Written and recorded in Everhart Park, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Daniel — Guitar and Violin Bow

From the album Earthling Country
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSo Glad

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LYRICS
So glad. So glad.
Can’t you get over being mad
Maybe you’re not lazy
… just can’t get over being crazy
So sad. So sad.

So glad. So glad.
Thank God for the life I’ve had
Suppose if you’re crazy
… better off picking daisies
Get glad. Get glad.
Pluck a daisy
She loves me
She loves me not
She loves me
… loves me a lot

So Glad.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — E7 E
E D
E C D G E

Written and recorded in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Earthling Country
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderAll You

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LYRICS
When it comes to you
You’ll know what to do

When the levee breaks sure won’t be so dry
Still… there is no room upon the hill… still
Can’t just give up and die… we gotta try

To live on up to our fantasy
Turn the dream into reality

Crying won’t help… praying won’t do ya know good
Head explodes with dark forebodings thoughts… you, too?
At your time of action, you could… you should… hoping we would

All You.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Capo 2
Em Em7
C D Em
E C A

Written and recorded with a live siren driving by in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Earthling Country
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderGallows Pole

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“The Maid Freed from the Gallows” is one of many titles of a centuries-old folk song about a condemned maiden pleading for someone to buy her freedom from the executioner. It was recorded in 1939 as “The Gallis Pole” by folk singer Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter, but the most famous version was the 1970 arrangement of the Fred Gerlach version by English rock band Led Zeppelin, which was titled “Gallows Pole” on the album Led Zeppelin III.

 riff :
        B --2-0-2---1-3-
        G --2-0-2---0-0-
        D --2-2-2---2-4-
       Hangman, Hangman, hold it a little while
        I think I see my friends a commin
        G                        D    riff
        ridin a many mile

        Friends you get a little silver, get a little gold
        what did you bring me, my dear friends
             G                                      D       riff
        to keep me from the gallows pole
        what did you bring me
             G                                  D       riff
        to keep me from the gallows pole

        I couldn't get no silver
        couldn't get no gold
        you know the way they took that ball
           G                                    D       riff
        to keep you from the gallows pole

        A         D G D       
        Hangman, Hangman, hold it a little while
        I think I see my brother commin
        G                       D    G A  G A  G A  G A
        ridin a many mile

        Brother you get a little silver, get a little gold
        what did you bring me, my brother
        to keep me from the gallows pole
        brother I brought you some silver
        I brought a little gold
        Brought a little of everything
        to keep you from the gallows pole
        Ya I brought you
        to keep you from the gallows pole

       Hangman, Hangman, turn your head a while
       I think I see my sister commin
        ridin a many mile mile  mile mile

        Sister I emplore you take him by the hand
        take him to some shady pass and
        sit him on the rock of his man
        please take him
        sit him on the rock of main man man

        Hangman, Hangman, on your face a smile
        tell me that I'm free to ride
        ride for many mile
        uh you've got a fine sister
        she want my blood to boil
        she want my blood to boil in her
        to keep you from the gallows pole
        Your brother brought me silver
        and your sister want my sole
        for now I laugh oh so hard
        she's swinging on my gallows pole
        for now I laugh oh so hard
        she's swinging on my gallows pole
        swinging on my gallows pole
        swinging on my gallows pole

Gallows Pole / When The Levee Breaks.mp3

Gallows Pole Alternative.mp3

Gallows Pole.mp3

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Earthling Country
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderWhen The Levee Breaks

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Written and first recorded by husband and wife Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929
Made famous by Led Zeppelin

E7* E E7** E7*  18x
C D
      E7*             E           E7**                E
If it keeps on raining, levee's goin' to break, 2x
                E7*        E               E7**                   E
When the levee breaks I'll have no place to stay.

E7* E E7** E7*  2x

Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan, 2x
Got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home,
E7* E     E7* E     E7* E
Oh, well, oh, well, oh, well.

C D
E7*/E 4x

E7*                    E
Don't it make you feel bad
When you're trying to find your way home,
You don't know which way to go?
If you're goin' down South
They got no work to do,
If you don't know about Chicago.

E7* E E7** E7*  14x
C D

E7*          E         E7**                    E
Cryin' won't help you, praying won't do you no good,
     E7*          E         E7**                    E
Now, cryin' won't help you, praying won't do you no good,
         E7*   E       E7**             E
When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move.

E7* E E7** E7* 2x

E7*      E     E7**                 E
All last night sat on the levee and moaned, 2x
          E7*     E    E7**         E
Thinking about me baby and my happy home.

E7* E  E7* B  E7* A  D  
E 2x
Ah  ha ah  ha ah  ha ha ha

E7* E  E7* B  E7* A D E

Going, going to Chicago... Going to Chicago... sorry but I can't take you...

E7*   E       E7**  E7*  E
Going down... going down now... going down....

230512_2809-When-the-Levee-Breaks.mp3 (2023)

When The Levee Breaks Alternative #2.mp3

When The Levee Breaks.mp3

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Earthling Country
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderGoing To California

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Written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant
Made famous by Led Zeppelin
Part of The Beatless Sense Mongers’ Experiment: The Ultimate Coverband

Going To California / Brain Damage.mp3

Going To California.mp3

G
Spent my days with a woman unkind,
                                   D
Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine.
Made up my mind to make a new start,
Going to California with an aching in my heart.
Someone told me there's a girl out there
With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair.

F   G   D  x 2

G    
Took my chances on a big jet plane,
                                                                              D
Never let them tell you that they're all the same.
The sea was red and the sky was grey,
Wondered how tomorrow could ever follow today.
The mountains and the canyons started to tremble and shake
As the children of the sun began to awake.

Dm
Seems that the wrath of the gods
Got a punch on the nose and it started to flow;
                     A7  A
I think I might be sinking.
Dm
Throw me a line if I reach it in time
Ill meet you up there where the path
                  A7  A
Runs straight and high.

G 
To find a queen without a king;
                                                                             D
They say she plays guitar and cries as she sings.
Ride a white mare in the footsteps of dawn
Tryin' to find a woman who's never, never, never been born.
Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams,
Telling myself its not as hard, hard, hard as it seems.
F   G   D  x 2

Going To California Alternative.mp3

Going To California.mp3

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Earthling Country
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderRelativity

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Relativity Song Writing and Recording
Relativity Song Writing and Recording

LYRICS
Did the sun go up and down
Or are we spinin’ ’round n’ ’round?

Simplicity of relativity
Once in position to see

Am I under the sun
AM I under the gun
Am I over it yet
How could I ever forget?

Relativity Music Video Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.mp4

Relativity.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — E slide up 2 frets
E add Bb
E slide up an octave

Written and recorded on the banks of the Brandywine Creek, Lenape and Chadds Ford, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Earthling Country
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderLowdown

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LYRICS
Hey, well, ya wanted to know
Hey, well, ya wanted to know
So…
Do tell I did
My guts spilled… spilt
Who’ll do your bid
Don’t let it wilt
Put it to bed
From build to built

Hey, well, ya wanted to know
Hey, well, so here I go
So…
Parted my lips
Let the words spill… ’till
Meaning’s more than blips
Who’ll pay your bill
Meaning come to grips
Prophecy fulfill

Lowdown.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — A
A D
A C D A

Written and recorded at the courthouse in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Earthling Country
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderIndigenousness

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Indigenous Songwriting at the Lenape Indian Village
Indigenous Songwriting at the Lenape Indian Village

LYRICS
I guess we’ve gotta go
Against the river’s flow
The settlers have settled on a settlement

Chorus
By settlement I mean they’re mean
From the genocide we must hide
Hide in Her spirit’s hide

Chorus

They’ll cut us down you know
Bullet versus bow
What are they thinkin’ over the color of skin?

Chorus

Since we wouldn’t behave
As their slave
Over our land… their rag… their flag

Chorus

Indigenousness Music Video.mp4

Indigenousness.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Fingered
D G
F C D
C Am D

Written and recorded on the banks of the Brandywine Creek between Lenape and Chadds Ford, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Earthling Country
by Daniel Brouse