The Party Chords - Tom Paxton
The Party Chords
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: wmuhrw@gemini.ldc.lu.se (Hugh R. Williamson, World Maritime University, Malmo, SWEDEN) Subject: TAB: Wasn't that a party by Tom Paxton You might remember this one from the Pop Charts a few years back, done by a group called the (Irish) Rovers. The Party by Tom Paxton (C)Could have been the whisky, Might have been the gin. Could have the three or four six packs I don't know, but (C7)look at the mess I'm in My head is like a (F)football, I think I'm going to die Tell me , (G) me oh me oh my (C)Wasn't that a Party Someone took a grapefruit wore it like a hat I saw someone under my kitchen table talking to an old tomcat They were talking about football the cat was talking back Round about then everything went black. Wasn't that a party BREAK: (F)It might have been my memory Playing tricks on me but I (G7)think I saw my buddy cutting down my neighbours tree. Could have been the whisky, Might have been the gin. Could have the three or four six packs I don't know, but look at the mess I'm in My head is like a football, I think I'm going to die Tell me , me oh me oh my Wasn't that a Party BREAK (Instrumental) Could have been the whisky, Might have been the gin. Could have the three or four six packs I don't know, but look at the mess I'm in My head is like a football, I think I'm going to die Tell me , me oh me oh my Wasn't that a Party BREAK (2): and Bill, and Joe and Tommy well, they went a little far They were sitting in the front yard blowing on the siren of somebody's police car. So you see , your Honour it was all in fun That little bitty track meet down on main street was just to see if the cops could run Well they run us down to see you in an alcoholic haze Sure could use those thirty days to recover from the party Well they run us down to see you in an alcoholic haze Sure could use those thirty days to recover from the party Could have been the whisky, Might have been the gin. Could have the three or four six packs I don't know, but look at the mess I'm in My head is like a football, got to get better to die Tell me , me oh me oh my Wasn't that a Party
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About the artist behind The Party Chords:
His songs have experienced enduring appeal, including modern standards such as "The Last Thing on My Mind", "Bottle of Wine", "Whose Garden Was This?", "The Marvelous Toy", and "Ramblin' Boy". Paxton's songs have been recorded by Pete Seeger and The Weavers, Judy Collins, Joan Baez, Doc Watson, Harry Belafonte, Peter, Paul and Mary, The Kingston Trio, The Chad Mitchell Trio, John Denver, Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner, Willie Nelson, Flatt & Scruggs, The Fireballs, and many others (see covers). He has performed thousands of concerts around the world in such places as Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong, Scandinavia, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Holland, England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, and all over the United States; and his songs have been translated into various languages. Paxton enjoys a strong relationship with fans throughout the world.
Tom Paxton's songs can be emotionally affective and cover a wide range of topics, from the serious and profound to the lighthearted and comical. "What Did You Learn in School Today?" mocks the way children are often taught lies. "Jimmy Newman" is the story of a dying soldier, and "My Son John" is a moving song about a soldier who comes back home and can't even begin to describe what he's been through. "Beau John" is a civil rights era song about taking a stand against racial injustice. "A Thousand Years" tells the chilling tale of Neo-Nazi uprising, and "Train for Auschwitz" is about the Holocaust. "On the Road to Srebrenica" is about Muslims who were killed in a 1995 massacre in Bosnia and Herzegovina. "The Bravest" is a song about the firefighters who gave their lives while trying to save others on September 11, 2001. Then there are Paxton's "short shelf-life songs", which are topical songs about current events and things in the news. These songs can be lighthearted and comical, or serious depending on the situation, and they change all the time as new ones are written and old ones can reappear as things seem to have a way of cycling around in this world. They include: "In Florida", about the 2000 election scandal; "Without DeLay", a song about the former congressman; "Bobbitt", about the John and Lorena Bobbitt fiasco; "Little Bitty Gun", which lampoons Nancy Reagan; "I'm Changing My Name to Chrysler", about the controversial federal loan guarantee to Chrysler in 1979; "The Ballad of Spiro Agnew", and "Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation" (which more recently has become "George W. Told the Nation").
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