
Performed by JC Van Luyn (Cover #19) Download YT mp3 here rapidshare.com This is actually my 2nd cover of a cover. Originally written by Wayne Cochran who unfortunately did not have any success with the song, until other bands made covers, namely Pearl Jam. Viewers have mentioned how my voice resembled Eddie Vedder. So I'll give it a shot as well, and I love this song anyways. Searching that there were no ukulele covers of this song, figured I'd try it out; hope you enjoy it. A melancholy song transposed on to an ironically happy instrument. Learn about the Song: en.wikipedia.org Play the Song: (very simple G Em CD) www.ultimate-guitar.com Wayne Cochran was initially inspired to write the song after having lived near a dangerous highway where several accidents had occurred yearly. Cochran began writing the song in 1956. He came up with the song's chord progression, first verse, and chorus, although five years would pass before Cochran finished the song. Lyrical inspiration Cochran based the rest of the song on an incident in which several teens were killed and two seriously injured when their car struck a flatbed logging truck.[2] Sixteen-year-old Jeanette Clark was out on a date in Barnesville, Georgia on December 22, 1962, the Saturday before Christmas. She was with a group of friends in a 1954 Chevrolet. JL Hancock, also sixteen, was driving the car in heavy traffic and while traveling on Highway 341, collided with a trailer truck. Clark, Hancock, and another teenager <b>...</b>
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