Originally released as a single on 12/22/2015
I've been to Nashville one time, on a cross country trip to play music and visit friends. This was written after spending the morning on lower Broadway being a tourist. The buskers were already out, claiming their spot for the day and it was just about to pour. So I ran for my car and headed to Florida. Battling I-65 traffic and heavy rain, somehow I wrote most of this tune straight off. I love what John Shipe does here with the nylon string guitar and how he catches the imagery of the lyrics AND how it weaves with Gary's pedal steel. Tyler kept calling it Nashville City Blues, which ain't a bad title but I decided to keep the imagery of the song in the title.
lyrics
C G
Pulling In from out of town I'm just a stranger here
G C
Looking for a place to play and trying to forget those tears
F
So I find myself a corner And open up my case
C G C
Strap this guitar on again Sing my songs to this place songs like
PRECHORUS
Am Em F
She won't hear me She doesn't wanna know me now
C G C
What do I have left? Is this my final bow?
CHORUS
F C
Nashville Rain Paying them capital city dues tell me
Dm G C
What's so strange about Playing them Nashville city blues
SOLO OVER CHORUS
VERSE
C G
The sky opens up Everybody runs inside
G C
I just keep on playing my songs I got nowhere to hide
C F
When she left me hanging I had nowhere else to go
C G C
So I sing my songs out of doors Songs she'll never know
CHORUS (2)
credits
from Prairie Road,
released July 21, 2018
Written by Sean Edward McGowan.
2015 Sean McGowan Music (ASCAP)
Produced by Tyler Fortier
This album version mastered by Liquid Mastering
John Shipe: nylon guitar
Gary Thorsen: pedal steel
Tyler Fortier: piano, keys, resonator and acoustic guitar, cabasa, shaker, tambourine
Soulful guitar interplay form the heart of this lovely Americana collaboration from Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 2, 2018
Winter McQuinn mixes soft rock and psychedelic folk for a sound reminiscent of classic pop purveyors like Cut Worms and the Lemon Twigs. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 16, 2024
Rundgren-esque rock with big hooks and a hint of the baroque, recommended for fans of Jon Brion and post-Kill Rock Stars Elliott Smith. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 20, 2024