Patrick Russell chords by Iris DeMent, Tom Russell
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Intro 1
(G major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
My (G major) name is Patrick Russell
Verse 1
(G major)
I (C major) have led a (G major) Christian life
(C major) I (G major) speak of family (C major) history
As it's transcribed by my wife
(D major) I (C major) sit here in New Hampton
The year is 1910
(D major) Looking (G major) back from Iowa (C major) (D major) (C major) (G major)
I was born in Temple Moor
in (C major) 1825 (D major) (G major)
Recall a happy boy (C major) hood un
(G major) til (C major) my mother died (D major)
Starva (C major) tion crept across (G major) the land
Amer (C major) ica's our dream. (D major)
Six (G major) cruel weeks on (C major) stormy seas
aboard the ship (D major) Tyrene. (G major)
American primitive man
(C major) in (D major) an Amer (G major) ican primitive (C major) land.
(D major) I (G major) wash my face in a (E minor) frying pan. (C major)
Amer (G major) ican prim (D major) itive man. (G major)
At last we docked in (C major) old Quebec
(G major) The (C major) English offered farm (D major) and ground (G major)
But we lived too long under (C major) English rule
(G major) To United (C major) States we're bound (D major)
(C major) By train and then by cattle (G major) boat
All the (C major) filth down in that (D major) hole
We (G major) landed in (C major) Milwaukee, (G major)
(C major) trekked two hundred miles (D major) or (G major) more
A (D major) sack of new potatoes
(G major) was (D major) carried by each man (G major)
Four (D major) spades for cultiva (G major) tion
we (D major) brought from Meyer (G major) land
We (A major) worked at splittin' rail (D major) road ties,
bought (A major) one old milkin' (D major) cow
A (A major) quarter section uncleared (D major) land,
two (A major) oxen and a plow (D major)
At (G major) night we heard the (C major) wolves howl
on our newly purchased (D major) farm (G major)
And starving lads from the (C major) Civil War
(G major) took (C major) shelter in our (D major) barn
The (C major) Larsons and the Coonies, (G major)
the (C major) Russells, the Malloys (D major)
We (G major) tilled the soil of Iowa (C major)
and grew a spate of (D major) girls (G major) and boys
American Primitive Man
(C major) In (D major) an Amer (G major) ican Primitive Land (C major)
A (D major) (G major) whiskey still in an oatmeal can (C major)
Amer (G major) ican Prim (D major) itive Man
(G major) I'm an American Prim (D major) itive
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Patrick Russell
Iris DeMent, Tom Russell
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