Golden Smog are a loosely connected group of musicians (arguably a supergroup) comprised, at various times, of members of Soul Asylum, The Replacements, Wilco, The Jayhawks, Run Westy Run, The Honeydogsand Big Star. The group took their name from the name of a Flintstones character, which, in turn, was a parody of singer Mel Torm's nickname; the Velvet Fog. The group first came together in the Minneapolis area in 1989 as a country-rockreaction to the punkand hardcoremusic that dominated the Twin Cities' musical scene at the time; eventually Golden Smog became something of a fixture at local clubs, where they would play a handful of shows annually. Golden Smog's lineup has often changed, though Run Westy Runguitarist Kraig Johnsonas well as guitarists Dan Murphy( Soul Asylum) and Gary Louris( The Jayhawks) were relative constants. The definitive beginning of Golden Smog is hard to pinpoint given the mercurial nature of the band's lineup.
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White Shell Road Lyrics

Golden Smog

Verse section - alternate between am ( or a5 or a ) and c until the chorus
Verse 1
The wheels are spinning inside of my head
The wheels are spinning inside of my head
They dont know, they dont know
The leaves listen to what I say
The leaves listen to what I say
They dont know, they dont know
Its a stab in the dark
Chorus
[dm]the light slept on the [c]riverbed
[dm]the light slept on the [c]riverbed
[dm]slipped into the [bb]shadows
And landed like a [c]figurehead
Verse 2
The moral night is the darkest night
The moral night is the darkest night
They dont know, they dont know
I cut my feet on the white shell road
I cut my feet on the white shell road
They dont know, they dont know
Its a stab in the dark
Chorus
[dm]the light slept on the [c]riverbed
[dm]the light slept on the [c]riverbed
[dm]slipped into the [bb]shadows
And landed like a [c]figurehead
Solo over the the am c thingy ( that might be a c )
[a]then I saw her [e]runn[f]ing
[a]down, down in the [e]gard[f]en
[g]her hair was flowing round and brown
[g#m]tumbled and stumbled to the ground and [am]died
The leaves listen to what I say
The leaves listen to what I say
They dont know, they dont know
I cut my feet on the white shell road
I cut my feet on the white shell road
They dont know, they dont know
Its a stab in the dark
The light slept on the riverbed
The light slept on the riverbed
Slipped into the shadows
And landed like a figurehead
They dont know ...
Its a stab in the dark