Re-recorded downtempo, no drums, acoustic bass guitar, hand-clap and a little harmony.

 Home - John Freeman  - Bar chord shuffle!!!!
(When we) [G] first moved in we had a baby on the floor (and) we weren't sure if we'd have any more
(And now) [G] things seem to be going all just [D] fine. (Now we're) [D] all grown up but not so much
Got no babies anymore just tweens and such, (and this) [D] big pile of mess and people is all [G] mine [G~walk~C]
[Chorus]
It's a [C] zoo, it's a fast food restaurant.    A [G] bike shop with all the bikes piled out front
It's a running track on Monday mornin’ when it's time for [D] school
From the [C] top of the roof to the welcome mat, it's a [G] disco, an all night laundromat...
It's a place to hide it's a double [D] wide, it's our [G] home
[Verse]
[G] Got new sheets don't let the dog on the bed 
(Damn I) [G] woke- up- with- him- sleeping on my head
But it comes in handy when I blame the farts on [D] him.
(And) [D] don't get me started when it comes to the cat, 
(I'd) [D] use her for tamales if she had more fat
I got fur-ball in my my mouth just thinking about [G] them

[Repeat Chorus]

(I gotta get) [G] home from work and put the bar-b-que on 
and [G] leave enough time to mow the lawn
And don't step in what the dog left for [D] me
It's a [D] pillow fight ring in a camping tent, Bak-e-ry, the cookies came and went
It's a dogtrack, muddy paws running [G] free

And the [C] sofa ain't nothing but a big cat tree And [G] I'm not speaking me-ta-phoric-lly
A [C] mechanic shop on Sunday afternoon. When the [G] car won't start an we're choking on fumes
It's a place to [G] hide it's a double [D] wide, it's our [G] home
[Shhhhh]
[G--] Too dark, night light one more pillow fight, Dogs in the backyard barking up a [D] tree
[D] Cats in the backroom throwing up grass, got bills piled up to the crack of my ass 
I don't care ‘cause I got you and you got [G] me

My [C] mother-in-law always ringing on the phone
An I'm [G] using one hand to scoop an ice cream cone
It's [G] homework, TV, [D] bath,   It's our [G]home.

It's [C] mayhem, a love nest, a game arcade
It's a [G] shelter from the world, it's a Broadway stage
(I tell ya folks, I have it made!)
It's a place to [G] hide it's a double [D] wide,  It's our [G] home
It's a place to [G] hide it's a double [D-] wide,  It's our [G] home

Home - Take 2 Down Tempo

quickie recording to get my ideas down.  trying to keep it interesting until the end, try and listen to the whole thing..

By the Time they finish the interstate - John Freeman	 9/3/2003 -3/2020 no pic, finger beg.
[Chorus]
By the [A] time they finish the [D] interstate [E] Maw-Maw will be [A] dead
then there'll [A] be no reason to [D] make this trip [E] that’s what my Mama [A] said
[Verse]
Until [A] Baton Rouge we [D] had good road but [E] that is where you'd [A] find
A [A] 2lanefull'apotholes and [D] 18 wheelers [E] better not cross that center line [E]

We'd [D] pile in the Chevy this is [A] way before seat belts [D] handful of candy better [A] eat it 'fore it melts
[D] Paper for the window keep the [A] sunshine out
[E] Squabbling in the back till the [E] little one shouts…..For [E--] six long hours [A]

[Repeat Chorus]

We'd [D] look out the window and [A] see the men working
[D] they never worked too [A] fast			
(she thought the) [D] longer they took to [A] build the road
the [E] longer Maw-Maw'd last [E]

Thanks[D]giving and Easter, we'd [A] make the trip
we'd [D] watch them pour, we'd [A] watch them strip
[D] not a lot of progress [A] seems to be made
while [E] we’re trapped in a shaker parade-------
Behind a Freightliner full of chicken crates 
[Spoken A la Boy Named Sue from Johnny Cash]
And a Mack truck loaded with pine logs….
Two pick up trucks and a combine….
[Sing] Just blocking our Che-vro-[A]let

[Guitars?]

Now a [A] brand new road as [D] ^smooth as ^ silk
[A] ^ Crosses Louisiana, ^ shines [E] ^white as milk
(Will we) [A] ever drive on it, will we [D] ever go out to the [E] country [E]-------Any[A]more-------
[Guitar interlude]
[A--] Now they finished the [D--] interstate
[A] Maw-maws still alive, hell she's [E] doing great
(We think of) [A] plenty more reasons [D] make this drive
Now that the [E] ^ Chevy's doing [D]8[A]5!

Cuz [A] now they finished the [D] interstate, and [A] Mawmaw’s still kicking she's [E] doing great. She's got a [A] walker and a scooter and a [D] rocking chair
where she's [A] sitting and she's knittin' when [E] we get there.

By the Time They Finish the Interstate

Singalong-friendly daytime barroom patio music.

Demo Reel - Barroom Music

My first solo foray into a real recording studio.  This song started life as 12 bar blues and decided, on its own, that it preferred to be a pop song. With horn section and even a steel drum, it's a song about love, restraint and animal attraction, not in that order.

All Instruments - John
Recorded at the Lazy Cocoon in Oakland, California.
Recording Engineer - Arno Hachaduryan
Mastered by Chris Porro

Tomcat's Last Stand

Rally Chicken
The Black Magic Voodoo Lounge’s Very Unofficial 2022 New Orleans Saints Comeback Fight Song 
By John Freeman Sept 2022 - For Steve the Bartender

First quarter we- started out strong. The boys from the bayou shouldn't take long
to dispense of these foes, and tell all their hos: To get your ass out the dome and move along
But damn if we didn't stumble, we tried to hold on to that fumble
But we'll come back, that's a fact, Jack -- Got a secret weapon make your big boys crumble
[Chorus 1]
Rally Chicken, from the box it flies, Rally Chicken, spicy wing Popeyes
Rally Chicken, gonna peck your ass, Rally Chicken, when we catch that pass
[Verse]
Yeah we may be behind but we coming back. We don't ever give up on the gold and black
We got a 11 piece combo called the defensive line. We're going to take the ball back and do it one- more- time
[Chorus 1]
Rally Chicken, from the box it flies, Rally Chicken, spicy wing Popeyes
Rally Chicken, gonna peck your ass, Rally Chicken, when we catch that pass
[Verse]
Put me in coach and give me a chance--and in the endzone you can watch me dance
I put points on the board, split the uprights, hear the whole Dome chant, see my name in lights     (And it's going to say-----John)
[Chorus 2]
Rally Chicken, Beat 'em with a thigh bone--Rally Chicken, Eatin' good in the Superdome
‘Chicken, Wash it down with Abita-- Rally Chicken, While we're spinning Big Freedia
[Spoken Word]
And winning football games makes me very, very hungry. They do?
Now don't get me wrong I like me some nachos. You do?
But nothing goes better with Dome foam beer. What?
Is a piece of rally chicken that I got right here!  gimme some… it tastes like Falcon!
[Chorus 2]
Rally Chicken, beat 'em with a thigh bone--Rally Chicken, Eatin' good in the Superdome
‘Chicken, Wash it down with Abita-- Rally Chicken, while we're spinning Big Freedia
And Rebirth Brass Band and Neville brothers, And Ying Yang twins, and Bonerama and all the young cats
[Chorus 1]
Rally Chicken, from the box it flies, Rally Chicken, spicy wing Popeyes
Rally Chicken, gonna peck your ass, Rally Chicken, when we catch that pass

Mixed by Robert Olivier - Miami, FL
Steve Malloy on Electric Guitar and Keys, John on all the other stuff

Rally Chicken-Very Unofficial 2022 Saints Comeback Anthem

Good old New Orleans sad song.  Trying to rework it with a bit of a shuffle beat, the kind you may hear on Royal Street in the summer, but I also like this version.

Not Too Far Gone (Acoustic)

My buddy asked me to record this for his wife and kid who are going to see Her Swiftness in Vegas.  Thought of my wife while I sang it.

Lover Taylor Swift cover - 3 19 23, 4.59 PM

Blur was written in NYC around 1999 after getting my heart broken.  JaneJane68, uh, not sure when that was written, maybe '96.  Refers to one of the earliest email addresses I ever saw, superimposed on another heartbreak occurring about the same time. 
Performed and recorded by my old band Groovus at Hyde Street Studios about 2002.

Groovus-Blur/JaneJane68

Inspired by the The Drive By Truckers with and without Jason Isbell, this is a true song about real life in western Louisiana in the 1970s.  I hope you enjoy it. 
None of the instruments are real except the voice.

Armadillo Hill

Recording notes:  iPad mini, Garageband, Monoprice large diaphram mic, acoustic guitar, electric guitar using Garageband effects.  Canned keyboards, drums, strings, bass.

Song Beneath The Song - Maria Taylor Cover Song - Artwork by Tanya Napier

Death Row - Chris Stapleton cover

Dminus-John Freeman 11/16/2004  [Acoustic Am and Dm and no F#]

[Heartfelt Acapella]  (If I was) [A] givin’ out grades,  you’d get a D [E] minus
as [A] our love fades,  it only gets [E] worse
(she said) [D] you’re the worst [E] boyfriend a [A] girl could ever have
can’t [D] possibly [E] mean the [A] nice things that you say
[D] you -don’t -[E] love me any[A]way
 
[Raucus](If I was) [Full Band][A] givin’ out grades,  you’d get a D [E] minus (…D Minus…)   as [A] our love fades,  it only gets [E] worse (worse, worse)
(I said) [D] what are you [E] saying?!, you [A] are the girl for me I [D] gotta [E] see you on [A] Tuesday niiiiiights [D] other wise [E] what -will -I -[A] do?
 
(If I was) [A] givin’ out grades,  you’d get a D m[E]inus 	as [A] our love fades,  it only gets [E] worse
(she said) [D] that’s it, I’m [E] going, I’ve [A] had enough of you
[D] I do not [E] trust--- [A] things you say or do
[D] You will just [E] dump me-- [F#] when you have a whim
[D] you can’t [E] be the one  when I tell [A] the girls about him
 
[GUITAR SOLO]
 
You’re barely [E] passing (passing)			Just har[A]assing (asssing)
no longer [E] casting					your spell on [A] meeeeeeee
 
(If I was) [A] givin’ out grades,  you’d get a D [E] minus
as [A] our love fades,  it only gets [E] worse
(she said) [D] you’re the worst [E] boyfriend a [A] girl could ever have
can’t [D] possibly [E] mean the [A] nice things that you say
[D] you -don’t -[E] love me any[A]way
 
[ACAPELLA-HAND CLAP]
(If I was) [A] givin’ out grades,  you’d get a D [E] minus   as [A] our love fades,  it only gets [E] worse
[All IN](I said) [D] I cannot [E] breathe cause you [A] mean the world to me
[D] How can I surv[E]ive, I’m [A] down on my knees
Be[D]fore you [E] leave me, please [F#] find another girl
and [D] make sure this one [E] passes me, no [A] matter

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John is a singer/songwriter living and working in San Francisco, CA.  He splits time between playing singalong barroom favorites and composing and recording originals in the Americana Dadcore genre.

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