Bob Menzies

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Bob MenziesBob Menzies is a Canadian folk-rock, alt-country singer-songwriter originally from Montreal and now living in Sooke, a small oceanside town on Vancouver Island’s south coast. He has recorded 5 albums of original music previously and his newest recording is the 2018 EP IN THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS.Hastings & Main, released 14 April 2022Hastings & Main – Feb 9, 2022Written by Bob Menzies Feb 17, 2021Waltz ¾ time 147.2 bpm Intro ( harmonica & acoustic guitar) D G D A7 DVERSE 1(Drums come in)Have you ever been [D] down / To [G] No Man’s TownWhere you’ll [D] find no-body you [A7] knowBuy a [D] ticket if you can / From the [G] Drop Dead ManHe’ll [D] sell you one for a dollar or [A7] soVERSE 2 (Bass comes in)Then you [D] get to pass through /A[G] place I once knewA [D] pretty rough neighbour [A7] hoodBut [D] don’t use my name/ See [G] my claim to fameIs [D] everything I’ve misunder [A7] stoodCHORUS 1And [G] some might think to [D] revenge on meWhen they [A7] see you on the [D] drainWe’ll[G]see it all go down on the[D]east side of town [A7] Down on Hastings and [D] Main G D A7 D (Harmonica)VERSE 3All the umbrella people / Out by the old steepleThey’re all looking for someplace to goThey’re four blocks from hell / And when the bells knellLike a river they’ll drift and they’ll flowVERSE 4It will all become plain / As the icicle rainTries to drown every woman and manAnd the criminals feast on the downtrodden leastFor no reasons you can understandCHORUS 2Now the Mad Drummer beats on an old wooden drumIt always sounds the sameSo Willie and me head for the street[A7] Down to Hastings and [D] Main G D A7 D (Harmonica)VERSE 5Down on the [D] Low Track Lorraine works [G] her backI [D] remember when she worked the[A7] OvaltineThen she moved to [D] Blood Alley with that girl named [G] SallyThings went [D] down and then they got [A7] leanVERSE 6But now I [D] hear she’s doing good, she’s got a[G]brand new hoodShe [D] got some fit and some [A7] newWhat [D] can we say, things change or they [G] stayIt [D] only got better for a [A7] fewCHORUS 3We’re all for today, cause tomorrow don’t payHand me my guitar for the painAnd we’ll join the parade of the wasted and lame[A7] Down on Hastings and [D] Main G D A7 D (Harmonica)VERSE 7I remember you well in the Patricia HotelWhen the music was fast and sublimeAnd no one was less than the least of the restWe got high on strawberry wineVERSE 8And you know I will never forget youEspecially when I hear the rainJust like a parade, all those plans that we madePass in front of my eyes every dayCHORUS 4So I’m [G] glad I got your message l[D] last nightAnd I [A7] wish I could ease your [D] painBut they [G] don’t allow drain [D] except for Cocaine[A7] Down on Hastings and [D] Main But they [G] don’t allow drain [D] except for Cocaine[A7] Down on Hastings and [D] Main OUTROG D A7 D (Harmonica)

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