The One on the Left Is on the Right - guitar chords and comments
Lyrics without distraction HERE
One of "Cowboy" Jack Clements' humourous songs. Political incompatibility has ruined quite a lot of bands. Although written 60 years ago, it's still valid. The song was first released in November 1965 by "Homer & Jethro": Henry D. "Homer" Haynes (1920–1971) and Kenneth C. "Jethro" Burns (1920–1989), a humouristic country duo somewhat famous in the fifties and sixties for parodies, but also skilled jazz players, featuring the Django Reinhardt style. In January '66 Johnny Cash included it with the novelty album "Everybody Loves a Nut" together with several other Clement songs, and it was also released as a charting single.G G7 C G there once was a musical troupe a pickin' singin' folk group C G Am Dm7 D7 they sang the mountain ballads and the folk songs of our land G G7 C G they were long on musical ability folks thought they would go far C G D7 G but political incompatibility led to their downfall C G Bm well the one on the right was on the left Am D7 G G7 and the one in the middle was on the right C G Bm and the one on the left was in the middle D7sus4 G and the guy in the rear was a methodist
... and now, chuckle : writing 2024, after playing this for more than fifty years, I've got the clue with "the guy in the rear", a methodist burning his drivers's licence. He intended to burn his draft card, but goofed «oh dear ...!». So in the final line, he's got drafted ...
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