16Th Avenue

Artist: Lacy J. Dalton (English)
User: rlcsinger
Duration: 130 seconds
Delay: 12 seconds
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February 1, 2021, 5:38 PM
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16Th Avenue
Recorded by Lacy J. Dalton
Written by Thom Schuyler

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From the corners of the country from the cities and the farms
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With years and years of living tucked up underneath their arms
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They walked away from everything just to see a dream come true
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So God bless the boys who make the noise on 16th Av-enue

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With a million dollar spirit and an old flat top guitar
      Em                   C                   G                D7 
They drive to town with all they own in a hundred dollar car
       Em                 C                   G                         C 
Cause one time someone told them about a friend of a friend they knew
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Who owns you know a studio on 16th Av-enue

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Now some are born to money they never had to say survive
     Em               C                   G               D7 
And others swing a nine pound hammer just to stay alive
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There's cowboys drunks and Christians mostly white and black and blue
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They've all dialed the phone direct to home from 16th Av-enue

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Ah but then one night in some empty room where no curtains ever hung
        Em                    C            G                  D7 
Like a miracle some golden words roll off of someone's tongue
     Em                     C                     G                  C 
And after years of being nothing they're all looking right at you
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And there for awhile they'll go in style on 16th Av-enue

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Hey it looks so uneventful so quiet and discreet
       Em                  C                  G                     D7 
But a lot of lives were changed there on that little one-way street
       Em                      C                    G                  C 
Cause they walked away from everything just to see a dream come true
    G                        Em                  C      D7    G 
So God bless the boys who make the noise on 16th Av-enue

Comments

March 30, 2025, 9:02 PM
I love the chords for this song, like this but the Thom Schuyler's version has more verses. This is the version that Lacy J. Dalton made famous. Thom Schuyler wrote it and she took only the verses that made sense to her for her recording. Worked for her. It's just a shame we don't get to hear the original version unless we hear Thom play it.
I don't play guitar but I do play baritone ukulele, so it sounds almost the same. I use your app on my phone and tablet. I didn't know I could access the song list on my laptop, until today.
March 31, 2025, 11:23 AM
Dawne-Marie Ellis, hi! Thom Schuyler's version with more verses is here: https://ru.guitarsongs.club/song/113988
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