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Fire On The Rails

by Track Dogs

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    Fire on the Rails is Track Dogs’ second LP recorded on the Studer A80 analog tape machine recovered from Abbey Road at Playground Studio in Madrid. Since Kansas City Out Groove (2018) and their compilation of ukulele-based recordings, Uke Songs By Track Dogs (2019), the band has deepened and elaborated its sound explored. Producer Germán Gutiérrez has managed to make Track Dogs pack even more punch and achieve grandeur in the sound that they’ve been cultivating over more than 100 songs in their recording career.

    As on their last album (Kansas City Out Groove), Track Dogs turned to Nashville talent to up the game on their compositions. Eli Bishop (Grand Ole Opry, Wynton Marsalis) provides string arrangements for “Love And War”, “On The Last Night” and “Abi’s Lullaby”. In line with the Nashville connection, Americana star, Ashley Campbell lends her pristine banjo picking to “Don’t Delay”. Track Dogs have extended the reach of their established sound to the realm of world music with “Love And War”. Apart from the strings of Eli Bishop and a cracking doumbek, the album’s lead track pulls together folk legends Phil Beer of Show of Hands, grammy-winning Lisa Gutkin of the Klezmatics and Fergal Scahill of We Banjo 3 to elevate the call for unity and tolerance that “Love And War” shouts for. Danny Erker (The Jones St. Boys) also adds some stellar mandolin to the track "Dragonfly's Castle".

    Track Dogs show off the group’s strength and growth in that lead vocals, mostly Garrett Wall, are also shared out by trumpeter Howard Brown in “And The Piano Sings” - a tribute to Freddy Mercury - and percussionist Robbie K. Jones in “I’ve Needed You” and “Dragonfly’s Castle”.

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1.
Love & War 04:06
Love & War Dm How many souls lose the fight each day? Am How many lives just blown away? Dm Run from your home like you were never there Am Given no choice but running scared F/C Is it true what they say G I don't know anymore F/C Put your hand on your heart and tell me Em G All is fair in love and war Dm Dm Dm Dm – Em Am Dm Come drown your sorrows, let them disappear Am At the end of a bottle, in the dregs of your beer Dm We're all refugees from love or war Am When we plant our feet on some stranger's shore Dm And we'll sing all the songs that we sang with our friends Am And fill our cups with their memories instead F/C Is it true what they say G I don't know anymore F Put your hand on your heart and tell me Em G All is fair in love and war Dm Dm Dm Dm – Em Am C6/G So raise up your glass and drink every drop Choose your poison, and it never stops We all sat silent when we should have screamed And close our eyes to the evil we've seen Is it true what they say I don't now anymore Put your hand on your heart and tell me All is fair in love and war
2.
I’ve Needed You Am Dm E7 Am Dm E7 Long, Long before we’d ever met Am Dm E7 Am Dm E7 And ever since we saw what was to be Am Dm E7 Am Dm E7 You could find it written in the scrolls of the Dead Sea Am Dm E7 Am Dm E7 Or a black box record from a missing jumbo jet Dm F C Dm F C E7 I've needed you, I've needed you Always known what I wanted all along Before I even knew where to look Not gold, nor silver, nor scripture from the Book But the Firewatcher’s Daughter seared it in a song Lite-Brite road signs and CB in my bed Fixing the world without knowing what it was missing Judging everybody before ever first kissing But one thing’s always been clear in my head
3.
Better Off On Your Own (Tenor ukulele chords) Bb F Gm You've never known where you're going Bb F Gm You never cared anyway Bb F Gm You could be miles from nowhere Cm7 Fadd9 But you don’t feel alone You've never lucked out in Vegas Too scared of losing control What is it holding you back? Take a step, and come in out of the cold Dm Am7 Are you better off on your own? Bb F C That way there's no right or wrong road home Dm Am7 Better lost than be found? A Bb C Stay outta trouble and keep your head down Bb F C Just like a stray dog on the outskirts of town There's only pain where you've come from You know there's hell to be paid You won't stop til the end of the road Nowhere to go anyway You still don't know where you're headed I swear I've been there before Right smack in the middle of it But still looking for more Are you better off on your own? That way there's no right or wrong road home Better off on your own Mind what you wish for 'cos you never know
4.
Dragonfly's Castle Am G F FG Am Am Am G F Wanted you to wake up to a song Am G F But you come up and breath and words are gone Am F G Or they pour out - not enough paper to write on C Am G I'm a Dragonfly, a sand castle’s my home C Am Em The world is mine save a wave or a summer storm G C G Love me, O, love me in your golden rosy way G C G Love me as you’ve loved me since those sweet patchouli days G D C G (And I will) Love you, love you more and more G D G Than ever I did that whole lifetime before G D Em How long do we have until the sunlight fades? G D Em ('Til you wake up from your dream to another day) Wanted you to share my castle keep Safe between the wild and the waters deep And after all we had it in our reach
5.
On The Last Night (Capo 5) C D13sus/G Something is going down Am F/C And maybe I'm just the fall guy C D13sus/G Everybody's leaving town Am F/C Cars backed up on the highway It could be the end of the world Who knows, we've got it coming But drop your bag and leave your things We're staying right here 'til morning G Dm And if it all goes tonight C G I've got you by my side G Dm Everything can blow sky high C G We'll do alright Dm F On the last night They've got all the networks down And folks are goin' a little crazy Talking 'bout the end times Praying “let the rapture take me” It could be a sign of the times Who knows, we'll get through somehow So baby I'm just coming home Nowhere I would rather be now If something is going down Well I don't even want to know how So baby I'm just going home Nowhere I would rather be now And if it all goes tonight I want you by my side Everything can blow sky high We'll do alright , on the last night
6.
Don't Delay 03:54
Don't Delay (Capo 2) G C C6/A Come on tell me why you go, now D7sus/A G C G When all things seem right G C C6/A Hold back the rains for a day, stay D7sus/A G C G in this place for a while C If it's too much to say Em G And too late to pray, I'll be gone C Back on my way Em D7sus/A You won't see me wait any longer Bm Why do we hang on the years Am Our collection of fears Bm All weathered and blue Am They're still tethered to you C The sooner we learn D7sus/A We'll stop getting burned G C G So don't delay, don't delay G C G No don't delay, don't delay Don't look for me 'cos I'm sure to be gone, I think I waited enough Standing in line for a better day Hold on to that sweet innocence If it's something I said And it's too late to beg, forgiveness Back on my way You won't see me wait any longer Am7 G/B C Hearts and minds Am7 C G/B Change in time Am7 G/B C G Listen well to your own
7.
And the Piano Sings (Capo 2) E7 Am You gotta give it all you've got E7 Am 'Cos it might be your last shot E7 Am We never know what tomorrow brings E7 Am F My heart turns when Freddie sings E7 Am Da da da da da and the piano sings E7 Am Take a little time to work your glory E7 Am Take a little time you'll see what for E7 Am Take a little time to tell your story F E7 Am C7 D7 C7 Not too long ain't got forever more Am C7 D7 E7 Live a life that's full of love And you'll feel the power of reciprocated energy World won't survive without thee Da da da da da and the piano sings
8.
Abi's Lullaby Emaj7 B11 Midnight, silence Emaj7 B11 Falling, hold tight E13sus/A All your dreams are safe with me Em9 E13sus/A Safe with me, safe with me Em9 Safe with me Em/G B7sus/F# All your dreams are safe with me Morning, soft light Dreaming, hold tight All my love will blanket you Blanket you, blanket you Blanket you All my love will blanket you (Visit our youtube page for a tutorial on how to play this song)
9.
When it Comes (Capo 3 - tune to low D) Let’s get out of here before we start 
Telling each other we won’t break our respective hearts 
I swear to you that we won’t stand a chance 
If we succumb to what we pray will be some blind romance 
All I want is to be clear 
Now is that too much to ask? 
If all I am is not enough
 Then there’s no more to be said

 We might be thankful in a year or two
 Not to have wasted them on what would have been me and you 
I’ll try to save you with some good advice
 Just drive the car and don’t you dare to even look back twice
 Should it be so hard? 
You see that’s the problem we have to solve 

Loves comes along it might come unexpected 
Like a long lost friend you can’t make feel rejected 
It might come too late and it’s so unfair 
 But when it comes to love, who cares? 

Let’s spend the night and see what morning brings
 Just don’t make promises we’re better off without those things
 I’ve seen it all and I’d say I’d been and gone
 But there’s no substitute for learning right by doing wrong
 Will we say, at the end of the day, it wouldn’t have worked?
 Caught in time, prevention is the best medicine you can’t buy 

Love comes along it might come unexpected
 Like a big freight train you sure as hell must respect it 
It won’t wait for you and you must pay the fare 
But when it comes to love who cares 

 Love comes along it might come unexpected
 But you can’t always live knowing where it’s directed
 It’s never up to and however unfair
 When it comes to love, who cares?
 (Visit our youtube page for a tutorial on how to play this song)
10.
All Clapped Out Oh I've been sorely Down on my luck Reaching for glory But I found no such Busted and broken Hostage and bound Thrown by the wayside Kicked while I'm down All clapped out, all clapped out All clapped out, all clapped out At times I've been barely Able to sup A dram from the bottle A crack in the cup Shunned by my equals Scorned by the rest Scraping the barrel Or plumbing the depths With cap in my hand Held out for some It's hard not to shake When they label you scum But each to his own You can't take it back Your words they still sting Like a back handed slap

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Fire on the Rails is Track Dogs’ second LP recorded on the Studer A80 analog tape machine recovered from Abbey Road at Playground Studio in Madrid. Since Kansas City Out Groove (2018) and their compilation of ukulele-based recordings, Uke Songs By Track Dogs (2019), the band has deepened and elaborated its sound explored. Producer Germán Gutiérrez has managed to make Track Dogs pack even more punch and achieve grandeur in the sound that they’ve been cultivating over more than 100 songs in their recording career.

As on their last album (Kansas City Out Groove), Track Dogs turned to Nashville talent to up the game on their compositions. Eli Bishop (Grand Ole Opry, Wynton Marsalis) provides string arrangements for “Love And War”, “On The Last Night” and “Abi’s Lullaby”. In line with the Nashville connection, Americana star, Ashley Campbell lends her pristine banjo picking to “Don’t Delay”. Track Dogs have extended the reach of their established sound to the realm of world music with “Love And War”. Apart from the strings of Eli Bishop and a cracking doumbek, the album’s lead track pulls together folk legends Phil Beer of Show of Hands, grammy-winning Lisa Gutkin of the Klezmatics and Fergal Scahill of We Banjo 3 to elevate the call for unity and tolerance that “Love And War” shouts for. Danny Erker (The Jones St. Boys) also adds some stellar mandolin to the track "Dragonfly's Castle".

Track Dogs show off the group’s strength and growth in that lead vocals, mostly Garrett Wall, are also shared out by trumpeter Howard Brown in “And The Piano Sings” - a tribute to Freddy Mercury - and percussionist Robbie K. Jones in “I’ve Needed You” and “Dragonfly’s Castle”.

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released November 9, 2019

Produced by German Gutierrez & Track Dogs
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered at Playground Studios, Madrid by German Gutiérrez
Music & Lyrics by Track Dogs:
Garrett Wall - Guitar, Ukulele, Piano & Vocals
Robbie k. Jones - Cajón, Banjo, Doumbek, Vibraphone, Percussion & Vocals
Howard Brown - Trumpet, Percussion, Cajón & Vocals
Dave Mooney - Bass & vocals

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Track Dogs Madrid, Spain

Track Dogs are an acoustic four piece based in Spain but hail from Ireland, the US and UK.

Taking their name from the NY subway maintenance teams this closely-knit group of ex-pats have opted for Cajón instead of drums and trumpet in place of electric guitar. Four-part harmonies steal the show.

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