Chords for Ray Wylie Hubbard Ballad of Crimson Kings at the Kessler Theater 3/19/2011

_ You think you would think that asked me about you know they come up that's about songwriting you think they would ask me about
[Bb] Inspiration and craft and you know [C] meter and metaphor and stuff like that
But usually they come up and what they want to know about [Bb] songwriting is like [Ab] why are you still doing [E] this?
_ And I guess the only way I [C] can really describe it [Bb] is
About three years ago.
I played this festival out in San Francisco called a strictly [N] hardly bluegrass festival.
It's a wonderful festival
Yeah, it's awesome.
Golden Gate Park is just incredible.
So they put me out [Ab] there and I did the gig and everything
It was just wonderful time and after I finished, [Em] you know, fish my set this young man came [Eb] up at all 28 29 years
He said mr.
Herrick.
Can I talk to you for a minute?
I said, well, I'm kind of busy
I'm packing up my stuff here.
He said well, can I tell you how inspiring [Bb] you are?
I'm like, well, yeah, go [N] ahead _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] He said well, he said please don't take this the wrong way, but he said I was watching your set
I was just so impressed with the [Gb] commitment that you have [Ab] to your music [Eb] into your art and everything
He said he said please don't take this wrong
But here you are you're an old guy and you're still [Ab] you're still writing these songs and traveling around all over the world
Playing them and [G] putting out these records and doing all this [Eb] stuff like this
I was just really impressed with the [Ab] commitment that you have to your to your music and [Eb] he said I played
Mandolin in this band over here.
He said I too someday hope to have that commitment and I said well
Just [C] never learn to do anything [N] else _ _
_ _ I love you and cheers _ to you all _ _ _ _ _
You too, have this commitment Laughter
[E] _ _ _ Remember
When your parents [B] said go to college and [C] get a degree so if the [Bb] music thing doesn't work [C] out you'll have something to [Gb] fall back on
[C] _ Don't do that _ _ _ [Bb] Laughter
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Have this commitment
_ [C] This is how I explain [Cm] a little bit of it Laughter
_ Cheers _ _ _
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_ Well _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
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_ I'm in this band
_ [Eb] All the [Bb] crimson kings
_ Come from the Carolinas and [Cm] Tennessee
_ Couldn't make our stand
[Bb] With bronze wound stripes Old gridlocks
Drop [Cm] down knees
Our roots run deep
We're [Bb] all in this band
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[Cm] Pruitt said
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_ _ _ As the tree of life [Bb] sent a lady To mandolins
_ We don't switch
[Cm] We don't belong
_ Our hearts have been [Bb] blessed
Cry I'll give it over to you
_ There are some
[Cm] Whose eyes are full of blind faith Others eyes
That [Bb] just can't break
_ _ _ Then [Cm] there's those
Contemned by the sky
Just to rise
I'll give [Bb] it over _ to you
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_ _ _ [Gm] _ are some
[Cm] Whose eyes are full of blind [Gm] faith Others eyes
That just [Cm]
can't break
[Gm] Then there's those
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Contemned by the sky
Just to [Ab] rise
[Bb] I'll give it over [Cm] to _ _ you
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_ [Gm] _ _ There are some
Whose [Cm] eyes are full of blind [Gm] faith Others eyes Others eyes
That just can't break _
[Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ Then there's [F] those
Contemned by the sky
[Gm] Just to [Ab] rise
[Bb] They sparkle [G] and [Cm] they fade [Ab] away
[Bb] They sparkle and they [Cm] fade away _ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] They sparkle
[D] And [Cm] they fade [Ab] away
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