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“The Wrestler” by Bruce Springsteen – Chords, Tabs, and How to Play

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“The Wrestler”
Bruce Springsteen

(Capo III)

C                                                                          F
Have you ever seen a one trick pony in the field so happy and free?
C                                                                                              G
If you’ve ever seen a one trick pony, then you’ve seen me.
Have you ever seen a one-legged dog making its way down the street?
If you’ve ever seen a one-legged dog, then you’ve seen me.

F                              C
Then you’ve seen me…  I come and stand at every door.
F                                           C
Then you’ve seen me…  I always leave with less than I had before.
F                                                                      C                         Am7
Then you’ve seen me.  Bet I can make you smile when the blood, it hits the floor…
G                                        F                             Am7
Tell me, friend, can you ask for anything more?
G                            F                           C
Tell me, can you ask for anything more?

Have you ever seen a scarecrow filled with nothing but dust and wheat?
If you’ve ever seen that scarecrow, then you’ve seen me.
Have you ever seen a one-armed man punching at nothing but the breeze?
If you’ve ever seen a one-armed man, then you’ve seen me.

CHORUS

C                                                         F                    C
These things that have comforted me, I drive away.
C                                    F                         C
This place that is my home, I cannot stay.
C                                     F                                C                Am7
My only faith’s in the broken bones and bruises I display…

Have you ever seen a one-legged man trying to dance his way free?
If you’ve ever seen a one-legged man, then you’ve seen me…

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“The Freshmen” (Verve Pipe Cover)

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By Jeff Copperthite:

It’s that time again – thumpin’ Thursday! Today I introduce another band to the sessions. It’s the Verve Pipe with their hit song “The Freshmen” from their album “Villains”.

This album is one of my personal favorites, as it was among the albums I listened to before a cross country meet in high school. I would listen to this album front to back. “Cattle” is my favorite song off this album. The song I bring you today probably ranks 4th or 5th on the album for me. Still, it is among my favorites.

I hope you are continuing to enjoy the Laptop Sessions daily. Every day a new video, and every day a new milestone. I have crossed 25k views, and at some point yesterday the video for “Horse With No Name” became my first video to eclipse 2k views.

Tomorrow, Jim will be back with another hit. See ya then!

Editor’s Note: Unfortunately, Jeff’s acoustic cover song music videos are no longer on YouTube, but we decided to keep his cover song blog posts up.  We figured these music blog entries would be good for posterity’s sake and because Jeff always gave such insightful posts each Session.  We hope to see Jeff’s impressive catalog of acoustic rock songs here on the Laptop Sessions cover songs and original music blog again in the future.  But, for now, please make sure to check-out hundreds of other acoustic cover songs from all of your favorite bands here on the Laptop Sessions music blog!

“Surrender To Me” (McGuinn, Clark, & Hillman Cover)

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By Jim Fusco:

Welcome to your Monday, Monday edition of the Laptop Sessions with me, Jim Fusco!

If you take a look at the last few posts, you’ll notice all the work I’ve been doing over the past 24 hours.  I’ve managed to mix, master, and put online three concerts worth of material.  The last one has 35 songs!  Then, I finally posted my photos from our TNA Wrestling show back in May.  Finally, I went through and backed-up literally 100 gb of data that was clogging up my laptop’s harddrive.  I put all of it on DVDs, which meant that I needed to complete everything before I backed it up and deleted it from my hard drive.

This is the first time in about nine months that the coffee table is clear of five spindles of DVDs.

Today, I bring you a song that Chris, Becky, and I have been playing since the beginning.  Back in late high school, I fell in love with the music of Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, and Chris Hillman.  I mean, I was already a fan of the Byrds, but we had recentely gotten this album called “McGuinn, Clark, and Hillman”.  It was recorded in the mid-seventies, long after the original Byrds broke up and reformed.

A few tracks on this album, including the first track (which Jeff did as a Laptop Session- Click HERE to view it!) meant a lot to me at the time.  I was with my first girlfriend (and so proud that I had a CD player in the car- my 1990 Camaro) and the way we got together was a little weird.  We kinda had a thing going a year or so earlier, but then something happened to make us not talk for a long time.  I’m being vague not because I want to be, but because I honestly don’t remember.  That’s why I wrote in a journal every single day, I guess.  I’ll have to go back and read up on it.  Anyway, when we finally made it happen, I just thought the song “Long Long Time” was perfect for it.  I hope you’ll listen closely to the words in Jeff’s version and you’ll see what I mean.

“Surrender To Me” is a great song for a couple of reasons- mostly because of McGuinn’s incredible guitar work.  I actually based our live version half on the album version and half on the acoustic demo with Hillman and McGuinn.  Having Chris there to play the rhythm guitar (back when we first started playing live, he had a ton of trouble doing harmony parts while playing), Becky singing with me, and me playing a guitar solo I could actually handle, this was a prime choice.  I just wish more people had heard of it.  But, that’s okay- most people probably think it’s an original, which is major points for me!

Actually, this song is a cover itself.  Neither McGuinn, Clark, or Hillman wrote this tune.  But I still think it’s a great one and a standout track on the album.  Coming up on my next Session starts my suite of videos recorded in the great outdoors.  These videos are part of what the Laptop Sessions is all about, coupled with those Jeff did while on vacation- they’re LAPTOP Sessions!  We can record them anywhere and bring them to you from whereever you may be.  Enjoy today’s Session and make sure to come back tomorrow for Chris’ video, Wednesday for Jeff’s Original Wednesday (which I hope he comes through and plays us his new song), and to download all the new concerts!



“Lightning Crashes” (Live Cover)

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By Jeff Copperthite:

Good evening and I hope this past Tuesday has found you well.  Tonight I add another new band to the category page here on our awesome site.

“Live” is our focus this evening, and one of their hit songs “Lightning Crashes” is the video tonight.  I had attempted to record this video last Friday, but my voice was shot from the previous video I had recorded (which some person on Youtube rated 1 star – to my bewilderment).  Therefore, here’s what I was able to get out of me this evening.

The song is off the album “Throwing Copper”, which I happily own.  I do own albums 2 through 5 from this band, and the album tonight’s song is from was the first one I bought.  I remember burning a copy for my car, and writing on the blank CD the letters “Cu” with some trail marks behind it.

…I’ll give some of you a second or two on that one…

This isn’t my best, or worst performance.  I’ve had a tough month, so I apologize if it isn’t my best.  However, it works and it goes to show that I continue to have a penchant for recording 5 minute songs (tends to get frustrating doing retakes for long songs like this).

Tomorrow Jim will show us what he’s got in his library!  I can’t wait!

Editor’s Note: Unfortunately, Jeff’s acoustic cover song music videos are no longer on YouTube, but we decided to keep his cover song blog posts up.  We figured these music blog entries would be good for posterity’s sake and because Jeff always gave such insightful posts each Session.  We hope to see Jeff’s impressive catalog of acoustic rock songs here on the Laptop Sessions cover songs and original music blog again in the future.  But, for now, please make sure to check-out hundreds of other acoustic cover songs from all of your favorite bands here on the Laptop Sessions music blog!