Artist: Tom Russell
[INTRO]
[C] [G] [Am] [F] [G] [C] [F] [C]
[VERSE 1]
[N.C.]Have you ever seen Du[C]luth [G] [F]
When the Great Lake waves were [C]pounding? [G] [F]
There must be some way [Am]out of there
You might end up lost or [G]drowning
And the polkas at the [C]Polish dance hall [G] [F]
And the carnivals of [C]spring [G] [F]
And the rock and roll on that up[Am]right piano
Didn't the kid make the [G]high school rafters ring?
[VERSE 2]
The [Am]kid heard Howlin' Wolf
Every night on the [F]radio
From those [Am]airwaves blasting all the way
Nogales, [Em]Mexico
And the [Am]duck-tail boys in Saint Cloud
Polished [G]up their chords of fame
And the [F]armoury show where Buddy [C]Holly sang
'The [D]Learning of the Game[G]'
[CHORUS]
[N.C.]Some things never [C]change [G] [F]
On the Mesabi Iron [C]Range [G] [F]
Where the north country's [Am]rain screams
"Don't make me do the work my [G]father did"
Bethlehem of the [F]troubadour kid
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[G] [Am] [F] [Am] [G]
[VERSE 2]
Have you heard the desert [C]wind blow [G] [F]
'Cross the City of the [C]Angels? [G] [F]
I was that kid playing [Am]football
In a Catholic school, deep down in [G]Mexican town
Richie Valens sang, 'La [C]Bamba' [G] [F]
It's eighty miles to Tiju[C]ana [G] [F]
I stole my parent's [Am]car one day
Never found the dark-eyed ladies in the [G]cowboy songs
[VERSE 4]
Just a [Am]kid listening
To my Uncle George's [F]record player
Where the [Am]great vinyl wheel spun 'round
Its [Em]holy prayer
And [Am]steel guitars in Telecaster bars
Of [G]San Joaquin towns
And the '[F]Don't Think Twice It's [C]Alright'
Me[D]sabi Holy [G]Ground
[CHORUS]
[N.C.]Some things never [C]change [G] [F]
It's still the learning of the [C]game [G] [F]
You might end up on Fifth and [Am]Main
Please don't make me go out like my [G]father did
I wanna sing like the [F]troubadour kid
[CHORUS]
Some things never [C]change [G] [F]
On the Mesabi Iron [C]Range [G] [F]
Where the north country's [Am]rain screams
"Please don't make me do the work my [G]father did"
Bethlehem of the [F]troubadour kid
[OUTRO]
Some things never [C]change [G] [F]
Some things never [C]change [G] [F]
Yeah, some things [Am]never change
[G] [F] [G] [C] [G] [F] [C] [G] [F] [Am] [G] [F]
[C] [G] [Am] [F] [G] [C] [F] [C]
[VERSE 1]
[N.C.]Have you ever seen Du[C]luth [G] [F]
When the Great Lake waves were [C]pounding? [G] [F]
There must be some way [Am]out of there
You might end up lost or [G]drowning
And the polkas at the [C]Polish dance hall [G] [F]
And the carnivals of [C]spring [G] [F]
And the rock and roll on that up[Am]right piano
Didn't the kid make the [G]high school rafters ring?
[VERSE 2]
The [Am]kid heard Howlin' Wolf
Every night on the [F]radio
From those [Am]airwaves blasting all the way
Nogales, [Em]Mexico
And the [Am]duck-tail boys in Saint Cloud
Polished [G]up their chords of fame
And the [F]armoury show where Buddy [C]Holly sang
'The [D]Learning of the Game[G]'
[CHORUS]
[N.C.]Some things never [C]change [G] [F]
On the Mesabi Iron [C]Range [G] [F]
Where the north country's [Am]rain screams
"Don't make me do the work my [G]father did"
Bethlehem of the [F]troubadour kid
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[G] [Am] [F] [Am] [G]
[VERSE 2]
Have you heard the desert [C]wind blow [G] [F]
'Cross the City of the [C]Angels? [G] [F]
I was that kid playing [Am]football
In a Catholic school, deep down in [G]Mexican town
Richie Valens sang, 'La [C]Bamba' [G] [F]
It's eighty miles to Tiju[C]ana [G] [F]
I stole my parent's [Am]car one day
Never found the dark-eyed ladies in the [G]cowboy songs
[VERSE 4]
Just a [Am]kid listening
To my Uncle George's [F]record player
Where the [Am]great vinyl wheel spun 'round
Its [Em]holy prayer
And [Am]steel guitars in Telecaster bars
Of [G]San Joaquin towns
And the '[F]Don't Think Twice It's [C]Alright'
Me[D]sabi Holy [G]Ground
[CHORUS]
[N.C.]Some things never [C]change [G] [F]
It's still the learning of the [C]game [G] [F]
You might end up on Fifth and [Am]Main
Please don't make me go out like my [G]father did
I wanna sing like the [F]troubadour kid
[CHORUS]
Some things never [C]change [G] [F]
On the Mesabi Iron [C]Range [G] [F]
Where the north country's [Am]rain screams
"Please don't make me do the work my [G]father did"
Bethlehem of the [F]troubadour kid
[OUTRO]
Some things never [C]change [G] [F]
Some things never [C]change [G] [F]
Yeah, some things [Am]never change
[G] [F] [G] [C] [G] [F] [C] [G] [F] [Am] [G] [F]
Used chords
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