Going up the Country ~ Canned Heat at Woodstock '69

[In_The_Wind]

[Scuba]

1. If any guitarists want to learn to play this great tune, here's an easy lesson ...

Here's the tab ....

Going Up The Country chords
Canned Heat

D
I'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go?
G D
I'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go?
A D
I'm goin' to some place where I've never been before.

D
I'm goin', I'm goin' where the water tastes like wine.
G D
Well, I'm goin' where the water tastes like wine.
A D
You can jump in the water and stay drunk all the time.

D
I'm gonna leave this city, got to get away.
G D
I'm gonna leave this city, got to get away.
A D
All this fussin' and fightin', man you know I sure can't stay.

D
Now baby, packin' up the truck you know I got to leave today.
G D
Just exactly where I'm goin' I can not say, but we might even leave the USA.
A D
It's a brand-new game and I don't wanna play.

G D
No use of you running or screaming and crying
A D
But you got a home man, long as I got mine.

[In_The_Wind]

3. Thanks for your post as many DUers have said ...

they want to learn how to play

[hobbit709]

2. And here's the original that they stole the music from.

[In_The_Wind]

5. It really is a fun song. Thanks for this post!

[Tom Ripley]

8. "Originally "bulldozer" was a term applied to people...

specifically, people who used intimidation, fear, and violence to further their political agenda at the expense of whatever was standing in their way. And by "whatever was standing in their way," we mostly mean "black people."

Forgive us for the controversial statement, but in the post-Civil War Deep South, it may have been advantageous to be a bearded white dude. The Reconstruction era saw scads of the aforementioned beardos who had just lost a war, their slaves, and a lot of their land in one fell swoop. No surprise, then, that the South became solidly Democratic.*

*Important note: "Democrat" didn't always mean "liberal Starbucks-dweller who won't get off their MacBook."

If there was one thing that might prevent the Democrats from staying in power, though, it was the influx of newly freed black citizens who were suddenly able to vote in elections. The key word here being "able." Around 1876, some white dudes in Louisiana figured out a simple way to keep black people from voting. What tool could possibly be so persuasive, you ask? Rallying speeches? Negative campaign ads? Naive presidential promises? None of the above: Armed vigilantes would go out at night and lash potential Republican voters (read: black folks) with a bullwhip. Flogging the ever-loving hell out of someone with a bullwhip was referred to as "giving them a dose of the bull," while the people who administered said lashes were called "bulldozers."

At some point Democrats and Republicans alike began to use the term "bulldozer" to refer to a corrupt politician or anyone "willing to stuff a ballot-box or shoot a n****r, or, for that matter, a white man, in order to get an office." Hey, nobody said a political party is one of those fun ones with dancing and coed Twister. The cops are getting called and somebody is winding up with a scar and a story after this hoedown.
http://www.cracked.com/article_20837_5-innocent-phrases-with-surprisingly-dark-origins_p2.html

[In_The_Wind]

9. And I thought it was only some awesome ukulele playing.

Bull Doze Blues – Henry Thomas, 1928

I’m going away, babe, and it won’t be long
I’m going away and it won’t be long
I’m going away and it won’t be long

Just as sure as that train leaves out of that Mobile yard
Just as sure as that train leaves out of that Mobile yard
Just as sure as that train leaves out of that Mobile yard

Come shake your hand, tell your papa goodbye
Come shake your hand, tell your papa goodbye
Come shake your hand, tell your papa goodbye

I’m going back to Tennessee
I’m going back to Memphis, Tennessee
I’m going back, Memphis, Tennessee

I’m going where I never get bulldozed
I’m going where I never get the bulldoze
I’m going where I never get bulldozed

If you don’t believe I’m sinking, look what a hole I’m in
If you don’t believe I’m sinking, look what a hole I’m in
If you don’t believe I’m sinking, look what a fool I’ve been.

Oh, my babe, take me back. How in the world, Lord, take me back.

[CanSocDem]

4. It's the film footage...

...that does it for me. All the songs sound better in context. Thanks for posting.



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[In_The_Wind]

6. I'm glad you enjoyed this video.

Hope the weekend goes well for you.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

7. They were big fans of John Lee Hooker

I liked their double album collaboration with Hooker, Hooker 'N Heat. Unfortunately, that's what it took for John Lee Hooker to start enjoying wide acclaim and discovery among the young. When that album came out, Hooker started really selling his records.