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Ode to Stompin' Tom

by John Closs

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Perhaps a lament or peut être un cri de coeur.

All sales revenue will be donated to the Workers Education Alliance of Northern Ontario.

lyrics

Intro
[G] [C] [D7] [G] 
Verse
[G]Your statue stands[C] alone
[D7]The hockey game has [G]moved away
[C]Does that torn red scarf keep y[D7]ou warm
As [G]diesels roar and [C]strain   
To[D7] haul the [G]tatooed trains 
[C]Through this snow laced [D7]storm
Chorus
[C] Tom Connors where’s a song for t[Bm]his Sudbury night
[Em]What beat would you be stompin’ o[D]ut [Dsus4]
[C]Black boot heel raised th[Bm]e board  just right
[Em]What song would you have u[D7]s shout
Verse
[G]INCO's long forg[C]otten
[D7]The bingos are  [G]shut down
[C]What’s left of  Saturday n[D7]ight?
[G]The taverns have gone qu[C]iet
[D7]And the miner[G]s stay at home
[C]Lost in the TV's empty [D7] light
Verse
People still remember you 
in towns like Tilssonburg
Does your back still ache when you hear the word
Like it did in the morning
When you picked tobacco leaves
Stooped soaked and endured
Chorus
[C]Tom where’s a song for t[Bm]his Saturday night
[Em]What beat would you be stompin’ o[D]ut [Dsus4]
[C]Black boot heel raised th[Bm]e board  just right
[Em]What song would you have u[D7]s shout
Verse
[G]The folks you cele[C]brated
[D]And more deserve [G]a song
Is that Luke’s old guitar you hold?
Tom we need your honest voice
To remind us that this land
Is full of grit and gold 
Bridge
Cause theres[C] so many everyday h[Bm]eroes[G] with their songs
[C] unsung [G]unsung [Bm]unsung  [D]unsung[D7]
Instrumental
[G][C][D][G][C][D]
Chorus
[C]Tom where’s a song for t[Bm]his Saturday night
[Em]What beat would you be stom[Dsus4]pin’ out
[C]Black boot heel raised th[Bm]e board  just right
[Em]What song would you have u[D7]s shout
Outro
G C D7 G

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released June 23, 2021
Ode to Stompin' Tom © John Closs
Produced by John Closs

Recorded in Sudbury, Ontario in the Robinson-Huron Treaty territory on the shared territory of Atikameksheng and Wahnapitae First Nations, as well as the Métis People

Recorded April 2021

Cover Art by Anita Desroches

Thank You
Michael Kelly, Lynn Miles

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From piano lessons to my first chords on a guitar; through high school rock bands to basement jam sessions music has been a constant source of pleasure and challenge for me.

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