richard fariña
I first heard this song with Ian Matthews from his 1971-album "If You Saw Thro' My Eyes", and picked it up because of it's elegant lines of chords. Already *then* I suspected it for being some kind of nag at Dylan. The label and cover just told me that the author was "Farina" (spelled without tilde), and I played the song with my backyard band "Sticks & Stones" for years without knowing the origin. Twenty years later, as the internet became common, I learned that my suspicion was correct, from an interview with Richard Fariña's widowed wife Mimi.
Both Dylan and the Fariñas belonged to the bohemians of Greenwich Village in the early sixties. Mimi was the younger sister of Joan Baez. I believe Richard got a little bit envious as Dylan rose to fame, leaving the acoustic music. But who knows how far that guy would have come, if not for the fatal motorbike accident 30th of April 1966, two days after his only novel "Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me" was released?
The Fariñas recorded 3 albums, and the third, "Memories" from 1968, was released posthommus to Richard's death; thus the vocal is Mimi singing solo in this song. They have now more or less passed into oblivion, but some folk music die-hards preserve their memories. Click the icon at the bottom of the page to read about them. And join us crooked oldies enjoying unaffected music. If you're not there already.
hello hey buddy • wanna thank you for the ride
don't know how I would have made it without you
had to push when you got busted • had to help you get adjusted
had to pick up pieces after you'd been through
but you had to have assistance in confirming your existance
and establishing resistance to the one or two hard feelings
one or two hard feelings • one or two hard feelings left behind
it's all right brother • have to thank you for the fun
don't know how I'll ever find my way alone
there were all the friends around you • there were some who claimed they found you
and a few you helped construct your favorite role
but you saw the queen embrace her • in the process you amaze her
and if I may paraphrase her there are one or two hard feelings
one or two hard feelings • one or two hard feelings left behind
so sit tight buddy • let me say it's been a groove
don't know how I'll climb this ladder by my self
just because it's kinda broke it doesn't mean you'd overlook it
or expect me up above and giving hand
after all the lights were blinking in the headline of your thinking
while your open eye was winking at the one or two hard feelings
one or two hard feelings • one or two hard feelings left behind
well so long brother • let me say it's been a ball
but as long as you're still climbing I resign
you have been an inspiration to your images creation
so I think I'll step inside and pass the time
you have been at your debuting and you're ready for renewing
and there's no time for undoing just the one or two hard feelings
one or two hard feelings • one or two hard feelings left behind
it's bye bye buddy • have to say it once again
I appreciate your velvet helping hand
even though you never gave it I am sure you had to save it
for the gestures of the friends you understand
now you've gotten even higher and become your own supplier
and the number one denier of the one or two hard feelings
one or two hard feelings • one or two hard feelings left behind
For the following CHORD section, fullscreen/horizontal mobile is recommended.
Chords in brackets may be omitted.
Em A7 C B11 Em A7 C ...B11 hello hey buddy wanna thank you for the ride Em B7 Em6 C Em ...A7 don't know how I would have made it without you Em A7 C B11 Em A7 C ...B11 had to push when you got busted had to help you get adjusted Em B7 Em6 C Em ...A7 had to pick up pieces after you'd been through A Bb B B11 A Bb B ...B11 but you had to have assistance in confirming your existance A Bb B B11 Em A7 C ...B11 and establishing resistance to the one or two hard feelings Em A7 C B11 Em B7 Em6 C Em one or two hard feelings one or two hard feelings left behind
