The common chord progression for Marty Robbins El Paso is D Em A7 D spelling DEAD

Number one with a bullet up the charts in 1960

Edit, photo didn't load and auto incorrect apostrophe

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miraclerandy@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 316d (1 reply)

Thats a pretty big iron on his hip.

Vandals_handle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 316d

Is it pressing his pants?

A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl · 8 pts · 316d (1 reply)

I thought it said "El Pais", a spanish newspaper.

Vandals_handle@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 316d

Well it is country music ...

Blueshift@piefed.world · 7 pts · 316d (2 replies)

It is also a ii-V-I progression, one of the most common in all of music, so I’d bet on this being a coincidence

Vandals_handle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 316d (1 reply)

Probably, that's why it's only mildly amusing

Blueshift@piefed.world · 3 pts · 316d

Fair enough

Supervisor194@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 316d

Such a great song, the lyrics go surprisingly hard.

magnetosphere@fedia.io · 6 pts · 316d

Nice. Good song, too!

psx_crab@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 316d (2 replies)

He got that thing on his hip

Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 316d (1 reply)

The big thing on his hiiiip

Vandals_handle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 316d

Could Gordon Lightfoot's Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald be retitled pig iron on the ship?

unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 316d (1 reply)

Were the fallout 3 graphics that bad? Oof.

chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 316d

It's hard to put a finger on, but he looks like a PS2 era video game character.