Shitty Bars & Guitars

from Back to Abilene by Strangers Almanac

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Up on a barstool it's 1am
I’m loaded on whiskey and grinning a grin
I'm all alone thinking about what I done did
The hookers that left me and the good times we hid

Yah I'm all alone thinking how it's been too long
Since I put it all down and put it into a song
And then it does hit me like a bolt from above
I ain't outta livin, I'm just all out of love [Hold on D]

I know what it's like to play these shitty bars
I collect em like scars on this beat up guitar
Night after night and day after day
I'm giving it all….. and I'm giving it all away

Now I’m up on this barstool and it's 3am
I’m all out of whiskey and you’re grinning a grin
You’re right here you’re next to me and we could star
In the rights to the movie
Or in the back of my car

But I'm stuck here thinking how it's been too long
Til I put it all down and put it into a song
And then it does hit me like a bolt from above
I ain't out of livin, I’m just all out of love [Hold on D]

Cuz I know what it's like to play these shitty bars
I collect em like scars on this beat up guitar
Night after night and day after day
I'm giving it all….. and I'm giving it away

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And I know what it's like to play these shitty bars
I collect em like scars on this beat up guitar
Night after night and day after day
I'm giving it all….. and I'm giving it all away

credits

from Back to Abilene, released July 19, 2017
Dug Nichols: Vocals, Guitar
Jon Sawyer: Bass, Vocals
Jon Duncan: Piano
Jon Maki: Drums, Vocals
Dustin Kleingartner: Pedal Steel

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Minneapolis-based alt country five piece band featuring pedal steel, three-part harmonies, lonely hearts, pickup trucks, pretty gurls and rodeos.

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