By Chris Moore:
I recorded this one “last night”!
Okay, too cheesy?
Seriously, this is a simple but fun one from the Traveling Wilburys. A little Tom Petty-esque lead and a special guest tribute to Roy Orbison…
“Will It Grow”
Jakob Dylan
Intro: C#m
C#m A E
I made a promise to not let go;
E C#m B A
Our tug of war has only made me want you more.
A B E A
Steeped in hard luck and doomed to roam;
A B C#m
My love is braver than you know.
My forefathers, they worked this land,
And I was schooled in the tyranny of nature’s plans.
Dressed in thunder, a cloud came round;
A B E C#m
In the shape of a lion, a hand came down.
A E A E
Damn this valley, damn this cold.
E B A C#m
Takes so long to let me know…
A E A E
It’s plant and reap and plow and sow,
E C#m
But tell me will it grow?
Dig my ditches in the golden sun;
I’d be robbing these trains if I could catch me one.
Sunday, Monday, now Tuesday’s gone…
Got me stone cold sober in a drought so long.
Boarded mansions and ghost filled yards;
There’s a boy in a water tower counting cars.
Steel traps open and empty stalls;
There’s a well-worn saddle, but the horse is gone.
Damn this valley, damn this cold.
Takes so long to let me know…
It’s plant and reap and plow and sow,
But tell me will it grow?
Jet black starlit midnight rolls;
I am down in the garden where I let you go.
Here on the surface, the earth looks round,
But it’s a Godless city of cold flat ground.
Damn this valley, damn this cold.
Takes so long to let me know…
It’s plant and reap and plow and sow,
But tell me will it grow?
C#m C#m – B – E – B – A
Will it grow?…
A C#m – B – E – B – A
Will it grow?…
A C#m – B – E – B – A
Will it grow?…
Outro: C#m
“The New Year”
Death Cab for Cutie
(Capo 3rd fret)
C
So this is the New Year,
And I don’t feel any different
The clanking of crystal
C F
Explosions off in the distance, off in the distance…
F – G
F – G
C
So this is the New Year,
And I have no resolutions
For self-assigned pennance
For problems with easy solutions
F
So everybody put your best shirt and dress on
G
Let’s make believe that we are wealthy for just this once
F
Lighting firecrackers off on the front lawn
G
As thirty dialogues bleed into one…
I wish the world was flat like the old days,
Then we could travel just by folding the map.
There’d be no airplanes or speed trains or freeways;
There’d be no distance that could hold us back…
F
G
There’d be no distance that could hold us back…
F
G
There’d be no distance that could hold us back…
F – G
F – G
C
So, this is the New Year…
So, this is the New Year…
So, this is the New Year…
So, this is the New Year…
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By Chris Moore:
Here’s a simple but great 70’s Dylan song, off the “Desire” album. I’ve always loved the words to this one.
As a brief sidenote, my essay book was supposed to be released tomorrow, but I’m still trying to figure out how to convert it into an eBook without paying a big fee. I would release it next Tuesday, but I don’t want to overshadow the MoU release (lol…), so I’ll probably just wait until later this month. 
As always, thanks for listening. Keeping with my New Year’s resolution to post at least one new Laptop Session every day this year, Jim and/or I and/or Jeff will see you tomorrow!