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  • The Laptop Sessions: “Scare Easy” (Mudcrutch Acoustic Rock Cover Song)

    Sunday, April 13th, 2008

    **CHORDS / TABS BELOW!!**

    By Chris Moore:

    I was on the Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Message Board yesterday, and I came across a newly released song from Mudcrutch. For those who haven’t heard, Tom Petty has reassembled his high school band, Mudcrutch, and they’re releasing a new album on April 29th. I knew this was coming, but I had no idea one of the songs was out yet! I listened to it, and I knew immediately it would be a lot of fun to record!

    So, I proudly bring you “Scare Easy,” off the not-yet-released Mudcrutch album. I hope you enjoy my version of it. Since I was warmed up from last night’s four hour (8:30-12:30) “Laptop Sessions Live” show at Testa’s Bar, I threw in some harmonica to make up for the missing guitar solo. Speaking of the show last night, I want to thank everyone who came out for your support. I’m sure Jim and Jeff will be mentioning it in their posts over the next couple days, but I, for one, hope this isn’t the last show we do. I can’t wait to master new songs (and to brush up on old ones that I wish I had remembered easier…).

    Finally, I am really excited to announce two milestones today — I just found out about my 150th subscriber and I am 6 video views away from 10,000 total views on YouTube! I realize these are just numbers, but it really gives me hope that the Laptop Sessions will become even more successful and that people will hear the good things that are happening at http://Fusco-Moore.com !

    Thank you again to those on the Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Message Board who posted the chords and lyrics for this song. See you next session!

     



    “Scare Easy”
Mudcrutch

CHORDS!

Am           G          Em         D
My love’s an ocean, you better not cross it
I’ve been the distance and I need some rest
Yeah, I had somebody once, and damn if I lost her
I’ve been running like a man possessed

        C      G          D
I don’t scare easy
Don’t fall apart when I’m under the gun
You can break my heart and I ain’t gonna run

        Am                D
I don’t scare easy for no one

Yeah, I’m a loser at the top of my game
I should have known to keep an eye on you
I got a sky that ain’t never the same
Yeah, I got a dream that don’t ever come true

CHORUS

SOLO to verse chords

Sun going down on a canyon wall
I’ve got a soul that ain’t never been blessed
Yeah, I’m a shadow at the back of the hall
Yeah, I got a sin I ain’t never confessed…

CHORUS 

CHORUS

Mudcrutch Acoustic Cover Songs

When Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers hit it big, they left behind their early origins as the high school band Mudcrutch, but then never completely forgot the band in which they learned how to write a song or how to really make good new rock music. Thus, in 2008, the band reformed – Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, and Benmont Tench from the successful group and Tom Leadon and Randall Marsh from the disbanded high school group. These songwriters pooled their efforts, as seen in the video blog entry available as one of a series of Mudcrutch YouTube videos, and wrote a series of songs for their first ever new music recording. They also drew on the songwriting talents of others, choosing some of the best cover songs for the style of their album, such as “Lover of the Bayou,” a Roger McGuinn/Jacque Levy songwriting creation. These originals and cover songs may not have flown to the top of the charts, but the album hit number eight on the Billboard Hot 200 in its first week. Petty fans hungry to listen to new music were especially excited about this release, and songwriter Chris Moore contributed an acoustic cover song version of the single “Scare Easy” to the Laptop Sessions weeks before that new music track was released for sale.