Three Chords & The Truth (Harlan's Song)
By: Mickey Kropf
Duration
2:36
Description
Opining on what country music was, is, and could be, with major credit given to Harlan Howard's succinct description of country music as "three chords and the truth." I recorded this demo track and others in pursuit of a cut by a major artist.
Lyrics
Lyrics & Melody by: Mickey Kropf Music by: Zander Wyatt So many country acts today singing about how they're so country And come from Small Town, Backwoods, Dirt Road, U.S.A. But through the Peavey amps and the production stamps and the multi-layered tracks It's hard to hear what's so country about that. Country music songs reflect a way of life Simple, slow, not Rock n' Roll, good-timin' and full of strife But you can't just sing about it Country is as country do And all I need's three chords and the truth. I'd like to tell the folks who know calling the shots down on Music Row To leave their world and go talk to the Regular Joe They'd find he still prefers Waylon Jennings And of course old Hank Williams To that southern pop rock with the country underpinnings. Country music songs reflect a way of life Simple, slow, not Rock n' Roll, good-timin' and full of strife But you can't just sing about it Country is as country do All I need's three chords and the truth. Throughout the south and the rest of this great land There's real country music and real country fans Who don't just talk about it Country is as country do And all they need's three chords and the truth Yeah all they need's three chords and the truth.
