Comments on: John Brown

By: Audrey

Audrey — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:49:05 +0000

I love this song! It shows Garrod’s great great talent of writing lyrics. It has a good melody and meaningful lyrics! This is one of my favorites

By: Harper's Ferry, WV

Harper's Ferry, WV — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:27:49 +0000

Illustration of the final moments of John Brown's stand in the engine house.

By: John Brown enginehouse

John Brown enginehouse — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:15:14 +0000

Here is a Google map of John Brown’s fort, which is a red-brick engine-house in Harper’s Ferry, WV. Visit Google’s link for street-level photography of the site. Read Wikipedia John Brown’s fort and other sites for the full, fascinating story and draw your own connections with Tea Leaf’s lyric.

Tea Leaf Green – John Brown left his red brick engine-house map

Also see this Panoramio link for more about this place where John Brown holed up in the end.

It is a very good song!

By: sexmonkey

sexmonkey — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 22:28:19 +0000

ramos…..those are the slight changes we talked about….plus i think the C in the bridge should be a Bb….see below………nice work

Em Cm G Cm G Cm G Cm

chorus

G D Em C
G D Em D C
G Cm slide up to Em C G

Bridge

Am C F C
Am C F
Am Bb F C Am
Bb C B Bb C
Em D C#m
Em D C#m
G A B C F# B E (all single notes)
AADAADAADAA
AmAmDAmAmDAmAmDAmAmD
AADAADAADAA
AmAmDAmAmDAmAmDAmAmD
Em Cm G Cm G Cm G Cm

By: mramos

mramos — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:02:42 +0000

one of my favorites

Verse

Em Cm G Cm G Cm G Cm

chorus

G D Em C
G D Em D C
G Cm slide up to Em C G

Bridge

Am C F C
Am C F
Am C F C Am
Bb C B Bb C
Em D C#m
Em D C#m
G A B C F# B E (all single notes)
AADAADAADAA
AADAADAADAA
Em Cm G Cm G Cm G Cm

By: madhatter1o6

madhatter1o6 — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:37:20 +0000

This song presents a true gem of Trevor Garrod’s song writing abilities. Through these lyrics, he weaves the story of John Brown, a figure from the period of our country’s history where conflict lay over slavery, in a way that brings its issues to today. It also establishes a bit of a conversation, with the “I’m a reasonable man…” section, showing some sympathy.

By relating the story of a historical figure, Garrod uses one of his gifts – the universality of his music. You can draw so much meaning from these verses, and as a result it will never lose its poignancy.

By: namirshaba

namirshaba — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 18:45:36 +0000

Tabs – help me out, i have most of it, but still working on the “i’m a reasonable man yeah i am” part.

verse: G Cm G Cm
chorus: G Dm Em C
G Dm Em D C
G Dm Em D C
G Cm G Cm

i think it sounds best in barre chords.

namirshaba