Black Sheep
Martin Sexton

Martin Sexton
Black Sheep
1996

This is the title track from Marty's latest album.  It's a great
song about leaving his home in Syracuse for the "greener musical
pastures of Boston."  I incidentally saw him sing this in Syracuse
and he does a wonderful job.  Marty, you KICK ASS!!!  I think this
song exposes Martin's talents better than Glory Bound (you try
singing it...).  It's in 6/8 time, and I have notated this with
2 beats.

Lyrics
Chords

Capo 1st

INTRO:

         E                        B
             +        +           +        +
e:---------|--------------------|----------------------|
B:-x-----0-|--------------------|----------------------|
G:-x-----1-|-1------------------|-4--------4/6-4p6-----|
D:-x-------|-2------------2-----|-4--4--4--4/6-4p6-----|
A:---------|-2------------2-----|-2--2--2----------4p2-|
E:---7\\\--|-0--------2/4-----4-|----------------------|


   C#m                     A
   +        +              +           +
e:-----------------------|-------------------------|
B:-----------------------|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---|
G:-6---------------------|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---|
D:-6--6--6---------------|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---|
A:-4--4--4--2~h4p2-------|-0-----------0-0-0---0---|
E:-----------------4p2p0-|-------------------------|


   EaddG#         B             C#m           A
   +      +       +     +       +     +       +           +
e:-------^4-----|---------2---|-------------|-------------------------|
B:-------^0-----|---------4---|------^5-----|-----2-2-2-2-2---2---2---|
G:-------^1-----|-4-------4-4-|-6----^6-----|-----2-2-2-2-2---2---2---|
D:-2---2-^2-----|-4-------4-2-|-6----^6-----|-2---2-2-2-2-2---2---2---|
A:-2------------|-2-----------|-4-----------|-0-----------0---0---0---|
E:-0------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|

Here is the transition to the bridge:

   set my soul     yeah set it free       free________
   D                   D#maj7  E
   +     +       +     +       +     +       +     +
e:-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B:-3-----------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
G:-2-----------|-2-2-2-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
D:-0-----------|-0-0-0-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A:-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E:-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

The ending looks like this:

   set my soul                 set it        free___________________ yeah yeah hey yeah
   D7                                D#7     E
   +     +       +     +       +     +       +     +       +     +
e:-------------|-------------|-------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B:-------------|-------------|-------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G:-------2-----|-------------|-------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
D:-----4---4---|-------------|-----4-----5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A:---3-------3-|-------------|---3-----4---|-------------|-------------|
E:-5-----------|-5-----------|-5-----6-----|-------------|-------------|

keep strumming E until end.

LYRICS:

E                  B          C#m                               A
   Sittin' in this lonely town   I wonder when things are gonna change
E           B                   C#m                                  A
   Dreamin' my life away and it seems them dreams they turned into a bunch of dust clouds
E             B               C#m                  A
   Gettin' my nerve up but my past is pullin' me down
E            B                   C#m                   D
   Wonderin' how long this black sheep here can stick around


Somebody told me once before he said that you can never go home again once you leave
It'd take anything just to scare me away from the truth of who I am and what I believe
So I thanked him for his two cents with a shake and some sympathy
And I packed up my blue jeans and I headed for the big prize of my freedom

CHORUS
E         B         C#m          A
   So bye bye black sheep of the family
E      B  C#m                  A                B
   Bye bye black sheep oh that means so much to me
E      B         C#m            A
   Bye bye to my friends and my family
E      B         C#m         D
   Bye bye black sheep gonna set my soul

play transition to bridge
yeah set it free
Free____

BRIDGE
F#                           A
   Times they were a-changin' I did just a little rearrangin'
F#                            A
   And I take a couple chances my progress it advances
B
To that prize of my freedom______________


play two lines of verse chords, then keep playing verse chords over this:

And it's written in the stars that steel bars never will a prison cell make
Once I find that sweet or some place I like to call home
Some people think I'm crazy sing out "Lord" like I do here on the street
When I got a song I'll sing it out loud and if you don't like that my friend
                   D#maj7
Mmm well I'm gonna say

CHORUS
Oh bye bye oh bye bye to the black sheep of the family
Goodbye to my friends mmm and black sheep you know you always mean so much to me
See my friends you been my family
Bye bye black sheep goin' off to set my soul

play ending
Mmm set it free


CHORDS:

EaddG#	022104
D#maj7	xx133x

ending:
D7	5342xx
D#7	6453xx


To learn why these chords are named this way, check out Dansm's Guitar Chord Theory.