"Tobacco Road"  (John D. Loudermilk; Cedarwood, 1960) [2:24]

Recorded at IBC Studios, London; May 1964.

Released as Decca F 11930 on 20 June 1964; charts 9 July 1964; UK #6

The Nashville Teens: John Hawkens (piano), Pete Shannon (bass), Arthur Sharp (vocals), Ray Phillips (vocals), John Allen (guitar), and Barry Jenkins (drums).

Produced by Mickie Most.

The Nashville Teens. 1993. The Best of the Nashville Teens, 1964-1969 [1]. London: EMI Records Ltd. [EMI 7777 81424 2 3]

Notes and Quotes

	Section	Time	Meas.	Description	Text
	Intro	0:00	12	Guitar/piano solo against bass & drums. Pause and begin bass driven beat.	—
A	Verse	:	19	Unison vocals on each to 2-part harmony. Verse ends in free-time harmony.	a
A	Verse	:	19	As above.	b
B	Bridge	:	22	2-part harmony. Ends in unison.	c
A	Verse	:	22	Piano solo	—
A	Verse	:	19	Add echo to vocals. Now all harmony.	d
A	Verse	:	19	As above	e
B	Bridge		22	As in bridge above, but with echo.	f
	Outro		12+	Repeat bass riff and fade	—

Text
I was born in a bunk. Momma died and my daddy was a drunk. Left me here to die alone in the middle of Tobacco Road.	a
Grew up in a rusty shack. All I had was hangin' on my back. Only you know how I loathe, this place called Tobacco Road.	b
But it's home. The only life I've every known. Only you know how I loathe, Tobacco Road.	c
Gonna leave, get a job, the help and the grace of above, save some money get rich you know. Bring it back to Tobacco Road.	d
Bring dynamite, and a crane. Blow it up start all over again. Build a town be proud to show. Give the name, Tobacco Road.	e
‘Cause its home, the only life I’ve ever known. I despise it cause it's filthy. But I loves ya, cause you're home.	f

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