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Here, within the time we've spent
Gmaj7 F#m
G6
E
D
A
America
Bm
Gmaj7 F#m G6 F#m Gmaj7 F#m G6 F#m
(Intro)
Gmaj7
F#m
I am thinkin' 'bout the days
G6
We led ourselves astray
F#m
In more than many ways
Gmaj7
F#m
Here, within the time we've spent
G6
Wonderin' what we meant
F#m Gmaj7
By livin' all those years
F#m
By livin' all those years
E F#m E F#m E F#m E F#m
(faster)
E
D
A Bm
We are here with nothing to do today
D
A
E F#m E F#m
It's something we can't explain
E
D
A Bm
And tomorrow, where will we be tomorrow?
D
A E F#m E F#m
What will we see today?
F#m E D E F#m E D E F#m E D E F#m
Gmaj7 F#m G6 F#m Gmaj7 F#m G6 F#m
(slower)
Gmaj7
F#m
I am thinkin' 'bout the days
G6
We led ourselves astray
F#m
In more than many ways
Gmaj7
F#m
Here, within the time we've spent
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Horse with no name America
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( Yes, the entire song is played in the second fret ! )I like to strike the base note on a downstroke on the
first beatfollowed by the bottom four strings. Alternating up and downon Em and Em9, up only on
D6/9 and Dmaj9
Em
D6/9
On the first part of the journey
I was lookin at all the life
There were plants and birds and rocks and things
There were sand and hills and rings
The first thing I met was a fly with a buzzand the sky with no clouds
the heat was hot and the ground was dry
but the air was full of sound
Chorus
Em9
Dmaj9
I've been through the desert on a horse with no name
it felt good to be out of the rain
in the desert you can remember your name'cause
there ain't no one for to give you no pain
la la la la lalala la la la la la
After two days in the desert sun
my skin began to turn red
After three days in the desert fun
I was looking at a river bed
And the story it told of a river that flowed
made me sad to think it was dead
chorus
After nine days I let the horse run free'cause the desert had turned to sea
there were plants and birds and rocks and things
there were sand and hills and rings
The ocean is a desert with it's life underground
and the perfect disguise above
Under the cities lies a heart made of ground
but the humans will give no love
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My Rifle, My Pony And Me
by DON WILLIAMS
A
F#m
The sun is sinking in the west
A
E
The cattle go down to the stream
A
F#m
The redwing settle in their nest
A
D
A
Its time for a cowboy to sing.
A
D
Purple light in the canyon
A
F#m
That’s where I long to be
A
D
With my three good companions
A
D
A
Just my rifle, my pony and me.
A
D
Gonna hang my sombrero
A
F#m
on the limb of a tree
A
D
Coming home sweet my darling
A
D
A
Just my rifle, my pony and me.
A
D
Whippoorwill in the willow
A
F#m
Sings a sweet melody
A
D
Ridin’ to Amarillo
A
D
A
Just my rifle, my pony and me.
--- Instrumental --A
D
No more cows to be ropin’
A
F#m
Nor more strays will I see
A
D
‘Round the bend she’ll be waitin’
A
D
A
For my rifle, my pony and me.
A
D
A
For my rifle, my pony ---- and me...
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City of New Orleans
[C]Ridin' on the [G]City of New [C]Orleans,
[Am]Illinois Central, [F]Monday morning [C]rail. [G]
There's [C]15 cars and [G]15 restless [C]riders,
and [Am]3 conductors, [G]25 sacks of [C]mail.
They're [Am]out on a south-bound odeyssey,
the [Em]train pulls out of Kankakee,
[G]rollin' past the houses, farms, and [D]fields.
And the [Am]passin' trains that have no name,
[Em]freight yards full of old black men,
and the [G]graveyards of [F]rusted automo[C]biles.
{start_of_chorus}
[F]Good morning [G]America. How [C]are you?
Say, [Am]don't you know me? [F]I'm your native [C]son. [G]
I'm the [C]train they call the [G]City of New [Am]Orl[G]eans[F].
I'll be [Am]gone 500 [G]miles when the day is [C]done.
end_of_chorus}
Dealin' [C]card games with the [G]old men in the [C]club car.
[Am]Penny a point ain't [F]no one keepin' [C]score. [G]
Won't you [C]pass the paper [G]bag that holds the [C]bottle?
Yeah, and [Am]feel the wheels a-[G]grumblin' 'neath the [C]floor.
And the [Am]sons of pullmen porters, and the [Em]sons of engineers,
ride their [G]fathers' magic carpet made of [D]steel.
[Am]Mothers with their babes asleep, are [Em]rockin' to the gentle beat,
and the [G]rhythm of the [F]rails is all they [C]feel.
{comment:(Chorus)}
[C]Night time on the [G]City of New [C]Orleans,
[Am]changin' cars in [F]Memphis Tennes[C]see. [G]
[C]Halfway home, [G]we'll be there by [C]mornin',
through the [Am]Mississippi darkness, [G]rollin' down to the [C]sea.
But [Am]all the towns and people seem, to [Em]fade into a bad dream,
and the [G]steel rail, still ain't heard the [D]news.
The con[Am]ductor sings his songs again, the [Em]passengers will please refrain,
this [G]train's got the [F]disappearin' railroad [C]blues.
[F]Good Night [G]America. How [C]are you?
Say, [Am]don't you know me? [F]I'm your native [C]son. [G]
I'm the [C]train they call the [G]City of New [AM]Orl[G]eans[F].
I'll be [Am]gone 500 [G]miles when the day is [C]done.
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Fixing a Hole
by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Bb9
F
C+
Fm7
Fm6
I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in and
Fm7
Fm6
Fm7
Fm6 Fm7 Fm6
stops my mind from wan - dering where it will go______
I'm filling the cracks that ran through the door and
kept my mind from wandering ----where it will go.
F
Gm/C
F
Gm/C
And it really doesn't matter if I'm wrong I'm right where I belong
F
Gm/C
F
I'm right where I belong
C
G
C
G
See the people standing there who disagree and never win and
C
G
C
wonder why they don't get in my door
F
C+
Fm7
Fm6 Fm7
I'm
painting the room in a colorful way and when my mind is wan Fm6
Fm7
Fm6 Fm7
dering there I will go
Oo oo oo ah
F
Gm/C
F
Gm/C
And it really doesn't matter if I'm wrong I'm right where I belong
F
Gm/C
F
I'm right where I belong
Silly people run around who worry me
and never ask me why they don't get past my door
I'm taking the time to do a number of things
that weren't important yesterday and I still go
5
WHEN I M SIXTY FOUR
BEATLES
G
D7
When I get older, losing my hair, many years from now
D7
Will you still be sending me a valentine
D7
G
Birthday greetings, bottle of wine
G
G7
C
If I've been out 'til quarter to three, would you lock the door
C7
G
E7
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
A7
D7 G
When I'm sixty-four
Chorus
Em Hm, hm , - - - D
Em
Hm, hm , - - - B7
You'll be older too
Em
Am
Ah, and if you say the word
C
D7
G
I could stay with you
I could be handy mending a fuse when your lights have gone
You can knit a sweater by the fireside
Sunday mornings go for a ride
Doing the garden, digging the weeds, who could ask for more
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four
Every summer we can rent a cottage
On the Isle of Wight if it's not too dear
We shall scrimp and save
Ah, grandchildren on my knee
Vera, Chuck and Dave
Send me a postcard, drop me a line, stating point of view
Indicate precisely what you mean to say
Yours sincerely wasting away
Give me your answer, fill in a form, mine forever more
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four
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ALL MY LOVING- The Beatles
1.
Em
A7
Close your eyes and I'll kiss you
D
Bm
Tomorrow I'll miss you
G
Em
C A7
Remember I'll always be true
Em
A7
And then while I'm away
D
Bm
I'll write home every day
G
A7
D
And I'll send all my loving to you
2.
Em
A7
I'll pretend that I'm kissing
D
Bm
the lips I am missing
G
Em
C A7
And hope that my dreams will come true
Em
A7
And then while I'm away
D
Bm
I'll write home every day
G
A7
D
And I'll send all my loving to you
CHORUS:
D
Bm Bb+
All my loving I will send to you
Bm Bb+
D
All my loving, darling I'll be true
VERSE ONE, CHORUS
Bm
D
All my loving, all my loving ...
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I'll Follow the Sun Lennon &
McCartney .........................................
A
G7
D
E7
One day, you'll look, to see I've gone
D
Bm
E7 A7
D
For tomorrow may rain, so, I'll follow the sun
A
G7
D
E7
Some day, you'll know, I was the one
D
Bm
E7 A7
D
But tomorrow may rain, so, I'll follow the sun
D D7
G7
Gm
D
-->And now the time has come, and so my love I must go
D7
G7
Gm
D
And though I lose a friend, in the end you will know,
Em7
Oh....oh.....
A
G7
D
E7
One day, you'll find, that I have gone
D
Bm
E7 A7
D
But tomorrow may rain so, I'll follow the sun
D D7
G7
Gm
D
-->And now the time has come, and so my love I must go
D7
G7
Gm
D
And though I lose a friend, in the end you will know,
Em7
Oh....oh.....
A
G7
D
E7
One day, you'll find, that I have gone
D
Bm
E7 A7
D
But tomorrow may rain so, I'll follow the sun
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They're gonna put me in the movies
[D]They're gonna put me in the[G] movies,
[D]they're gonna make a big star out of [A7]me.
We'll [D]make a scene about a man that's sad and [G]lonely,
and [A7]all I gotta do is act nat[D]urally.
We'll [D]make a score about a man that's sad and [G]lonely,
and [D]beggin' down upon his bended [A7]knee.
I'll [D]play the part but I won't need no re[G]hearsin',
'cause [A7]all I have to do is act natu[D]rally.
Well I be[A7]t you I'm gonna be a bi[D]g star,
might [A7]win an Oscar you can't never [D]tell.
The [A7]movies are gonna make me a [D]big star,
'cause [E7]I can play the part so [A7]well.
Well I [D]hope you come and see me in the [G]movies,
then[D] I know that you will plainly[A7] see,
the [D]biggest fool that ever hit the [G]big time,
and [A7]all I gotta do is act natu[D]rally.
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FATHER AND SON
It's not [G]time to make a [D]change, just re[C]lax, take it [Am7]easy
you're still [G]young, that's your [Em]fault, there's so [Am]much you have to [D]know
Find a [G]girl, settle [D]down, if you [C]want, you can [Am7]marry
Look at [G]me, I am [Em]old, but I'm [Am]happy [D]
I was [G]once like you are [D]now, and I [C]know that's it's not [Am7]easy
to be [G]calm when you've [Em]found something [Am]going on [D]
But take your [G]time, think a [D]lot, think of [C]everything you've [Am7]got
for you will [G]still be here to[Em]morrow, but your [D]dreams may [G]not [C]
{comment:Son}
How can [G]I try to ex[D]plain, when I [C]do he turns a[Am7]way again
It's [G]always been the [Em]same, same old [Am]story. [D]
From the [G]moment I could [D]talk, I was [C]ordered to [Am7]listen
now there's a [G]way and I [Em]know that I [D]have to [G]go away. I [D]know I [C]have to
[G]go [C]
{comment:Father}
It's not [G]time to make a [D]change, just sit[C]down, take it [Am7]slowly
you're still [G]young, that's your [Em]fault, there's so [Am]much you have to [D]go through
Find a [G]girl, settle [D]down, if you [C]want, you can [Am7]marry
Look at [G]me, I am [Em]old, but I'm [Am]happy [D]
{comment:Son}
All the [G]times that I've [D]tried keeping [C]all the things I [Am7]knew inside
It's [G]hard but it's [Em]harder to i[Am]gnore it [D]
If they were [G]right, I'd a[D]gree, but it's [C]them they know not [Am7]me
now there's a [G]way and I [Em]know that I [D]have to [G]go away. I [D]know I [C]have to
[G]go
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Morning has broken Cat Stevens
G
Am D
C G
1. Morning has broken like the first morning,
Bm Em A7
D
blackbird has spoken like the first bird.
G
C
G
Em A
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning,
D
G C D7
G
praise for them springing fresh from the world.
GCABED GD
G
Am D
C G
2. Sweet the rains new fall, sunlit from heaven,
Bm Em A7
D
like the first dewfall on the first grass.
G
C
G
Em A
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden,
D
G C D7
G
sprung in completeness where his feet pass.
GCABED GD
G
Am D
C G
3. Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning,
Bm Em A7
D
born of the one light Eden saw play.
G
C
G
Em A
Praise with elation, praise ev`ry morning,
D
G C D7
G
God`s recreation of the new day.
GCABED GD
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Down on the corner
[C]Early in the evenin', [G]just about supper [C]time,
over at the courthouse, they're [G]startin' to u[C]nwind.
[F]Four kids on the corner, [C]tryin' to bring you up,
Willy picks a tune out and he [G]blows it on the [C]harp.
{start_of_chorus}
[F]Down on the [C]corner
[F], [G]out in the [C]street,
Willy and the [F]Poor Boys are [C]playin',
bring a [G]nickel, tap your [C]feet.
{end_of_chorus}
[C]Rooster hits the washboard and [G]people just got to [C]smile.
Blinky thumps the gut-bass and [G]solos for a [C]while.
[F]Poor Boy twangs the rhythm out [C]on his Kalamazoo.
Willy goes into a dance and[G] doubles on [C]Kazoo.
{comment:(Chorus)}
[C]You don't need a penny, [G]just to hang [C]around.
But if you've got a nickel, won't you [G]lay your money [C]down?
[F]Over on the corner, [C]there's a happy noise,
People come from all around to [G]watch the magic [C]boy.
{comment:(Chorus)}
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Wrote A Song For Everyone
Creedence Clearwater Revival
G
D
C
G
Met myself a common county welfare line
G
C
G
D
I was a-feelin' strung out, hung out on the line
G
D Em
C
Saw myself a-goin' down to the war in June
G
D
C C (b-a) G
All I want, all I want is to write myself a tune
CHORUS:
C
G
Wrote a song for everyone
C
G
Wrote a song for truth
C
G (f#)
Em
Wrote a song for everyone-C
G
When I couldn't even talk to you
Verse 2:
G
D
C
G
Got myself arrested, wound me up in jail
G
C
G
D
Richmond 'bout to blow up, communication fails
G
D
Em
C
If you see the answer, now's the time to say
G
D
C
C (b-a) G
All I want, all I want is to get you down to pray
Verse 3:
G
D
C
G
Saw the people standin' a thousand years in chains
G
C
G
D
Somebody said it's a-different now; look, it's just the same
G
D
Em
C
Pharaohs spin the message round and round the truth
G
D
C C (b-a) G
They could have saved a million people, how can I tell you?
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Have You Ever Seen The Rain
Am- F- C
C
1. Someone told me long ago, there's a calm before the storm,
G
C
I know, its been coming for some time.
C
When its over so they say , it'll rain a sunny day,
G
G7
C
I know, shinin' down like water.
F
G
C
Em
Am - G
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain
F
G
C
Em
Am - G
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain,
F
G
C
comin' down on a sunny day .
C
2. Yesterday and days before, sun is cold and rain is hot,
G
C
I know, been that way for all my time.
C
Till forever on it goes, through the circle fast and slow,
G
G7
C
I know, and I can't stop. I wonder.
+ 2 x CHORUS
(Creedence Clearwater Revival)
14
`LODI
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
C
F
C
Just about a year ago I set out on the road
Am
F
G7
Seeking my fame and fortune, looking for a pot of gold
C
Am
Things got bad and things got worse
F
C
I guess you know the tune
Chorus
C C
G
F
Oh Lord, I'm stuck in Lodi again
C
F
C
Rode in on the Greyhound, I'll be walking out if I go
C
Am
F
G7
I was just passing thru, must be seven months or more
C
Am
Ran out of time and money
F
C
Looks like they took my friends
Chorus
C
F
C
The man from the magazine said I was on my way
C
Am
F
G7
Somewhere I lost connections, ran out of songs to play
C
Am
I came into town, a one night stand
F
C
Looks like my plans fell thru
Chorus
C
F
C
If I only had a dollar for every song I've sung
C
Am
F
G7
And every time I've had to play, while people sat there drunk
C
Am
You know I'd catch the next train
F
C
Back to where I live
Chorus x 2
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Lookin' out My Back Door
C
Am
1. Just got home from Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy !
F
C
G
G7
Got to sit down, take a rest on the porch.
C
Am
Imagination sets in, pretty soon I'm singing,
F
C
G
C
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.
C
Am
2. There's a giant doing cartwheels, a statue wearin' high heels,
F
C
G
G7
look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
C
Am
A dinosaur Victrola, listening to Buck Owens
F
C
G
C
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.
G
F
C
3. Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band,
Am
G - G7
won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon ?
C
Am
Wond'rous apparition, provided by magician,
F
C
G
C
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.
C
Am
4. Forward troubles Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy !
F
C
G
G7
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
C
Am
Bother me tomorrow, today I'll buy no sorrows
F
C
G
C
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.
(Creedence Clearwater Revival)
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Midnight Special
[D]Ah, you wake up in the [G]mornin', and you hear the work bell [D]ring.
And you march ya to the [A]table, see the same old [D]thing.
Ain't no food upon the [G]table, there's no fork up in the [D]pan.
But you better not comp[A]lain boy, you get in trouble with the [D]man.
{start_of_chorus}
[D]Let the midnight [G]special, shine a light on [D]me.
Let the midnight [A]special, shine a light on [D]me.
Let the midnight [G]special, shine a light on [D]me.
Let the midnight [A]special, shine a light on [D]me.
{end_of_chorus}
[D]Yonder comes Miss [G]Rosy, how in the world did you [D]know?
By the way she wears her [A]apron, and the clothes she [D]wore.
Umbrella on her [G]shoulder, piece of paper in her [D]hand,
she come to see the [A]gov'ner, she want to free her [D]man.
{comment:(Chorus)}
[D]If you're ever in [G]Houston, boy you better do [D]right.
You better not [A]gamble, you better not [D]fight.
Oh, the sheriff he'll [G]grab ya, and the boys'll bring you [D]down.
The next thing you [A]know boy, you're prison [D]bound.
{comment:(Chorus)}
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Proud Mary
[C]In[A]tro [C] [A]
[C]
[A] [G] [F] [D]
[D]Left a good job in the city,
[D]workin' for the man every night and day.
[D]But I never lost one minute of sleepin'
[D]worryin' 'bout the way things might have been.
chorus
[A]Big wheel keep on turnin'. [G ]Proud Mary keep on burnin'.
[D]Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river.
[C]In[A]tro [C] [A] [C] [A] [G] [F] [D]
[D]Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis,
[D]pumped a lot of pain down in New Orleans,
[D]But I never saw the good side of a city,
[D]'till I hitched a ride on a river boat queen.
{comment:(Chorus)}
[C]In[A]tro [C] [A] [C] [A] [G] [F] [D]
[D]If you come down to the river,
[D]bet you gonna find some people who live.
[D]You don't have to worry, 'cause you have no money,
[D]people on the river are happy to give.
{comment:(Chorus)}
[C]In[A]tro [C] [A] [C] [A] [G] [F] [D]
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Who'll stop the rain
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Intro
[G]
[Em]
[G]
[Em]
[G]Long as I remember, the [C]rain been coming [G]down
[G]Clouds of mystery pourin', con[C]fusion on the [G]ground
[C]Good men through the [G]ages, [C]trying to find the [G]sun
[C]And I wonder, [D]still I wonder, [Em]who'll stop the [G]rain
[G]I went down Virginia, seeking [C]shelter from the [G]storm
[G]Caught up in the fable, I [C]watched the tower [G]grow
[C]Five year plans and [G]new deals, [C]wrapped in golden [G]chains
[C]And I wonder, [D]still I wonder, [Em]who'll stop the [G]rain
[G]Heard the singers playing, [C]how we cheered for [G]more
[G]The crowd had rushed together, [C]tryin' to keep [G]warm
[C]Still the rain kept [G]pourin', [C]falling on my [G]ears
[C]And I wonder, [D]still I wonder, [Em]who'll stop the [G]rain
[G]Long as I remember, the [C]rain been coming [G]down
[G]Clouds of mystery pourin', con[C]fusion on the [G]ground
[C]Good men through the [G]ages, [C]trying to find the [G]sun
[C]And I wonder, [D]still I wonder, [Em]who'll stop the [G]rain
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CENTERFIELD by John Fogerty
Intro: G C D G (3x) C Bm Am D7
G
1. Well beat the drum and hold the phone
C
G
The sun came out today
G
Em
D D7
We're born again there's new grass on the field
G
A-'roundin' third and headed for home
C
G
It's a brown-eyed handsome man
C
D
G
Anyone can understand the way I feel.
chorus
G
C
G
Put me in Coach I'm ready to play today
G
C
G
Put me in Coach I'm ready to play today
Am
D7
G
Look at me
I can be
Centerfield
G
4. Well I spent some time in the Mudville Nine
C
G
Watchin' it from the bench
G
Em
D D7
You know I took some lumps when the Mighty Case struck out
G
So Say Hey Willie tell the Cobb
C
G
C
And Joe DiMaggio Don't say it ain't so
D
G
You know the time is now. chorus
intro
G
3. Got a beat-up glove a homemade bat
C
G
And a brand new pair of shoes
G
You know I think it's time
Em
D D7
To give this game a ride
G
Just to hit the ball and touch 'em all
C
G
A moment in the sun
C
D
G
It's gone and you can tell that one goodbye. chorus
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Dixie
[G]Oh, I wish I was in the land of Cotton--[C]Old times there are not forgotten
Look [G]away! Look [C]away! Look[D] away! Dixie Land
[G] In Dixie Land where I was born in [C]early on one frosty mornin'
Look [G]away! Look [C]away! Look[D] away! Dixie Land(Chorus)
Chorus:
[G]Then I wish I was in [C]Dixie. [A7]Hooray! [D7]Hooray!
In [G]Dixie Land I'll [C]make my stand: [G]To live and die[D7] in Dixie!
A[G]way! A[D]way! A[G]way down south in Dixie.
A[G]way! A[D]way! A[G]way down south in Dixie.
[G]Ole Missus marry "Will the weaver", [C]Willum was a gay deceiver.
Look [G]away! Look [C]away! Look[D] away! Dixie Land
[G]But when he put his arm around’er, [C]He smiled fierce as a forty pounder!
Look [G]away! Look [C]away! Look[D] away! Dixie Land(Chorus)
[G]His face was sharp as a butcher's cleaver, [C]But that did not seem to grieve'er
Look [G]away! Look [C]away! Look[D] away! Dixie Land
[G]Ole Missus acted the foolish part, And [C]died for a man that broke her heart
Look [G]away! Look [C]away! Look[D] away! Dixie Land(Chorus)
Chorus:
[G]Then I wish I was in [C]Dixie. [A7]Hooray! [D7]Hooray!
In [G]Dixie Land I'll [C]make my stand: [G]To live and die[D7] in Dixie!
A[G]way! A[D]way! A[G]way down south in Dixie.
A[G]way! A[D]way! A[G]way down south in Dixie.
[G]Now here's a health to the next ole Missus, [C]An' all the gals that want to kiss us;
Look [G]away! Look [C]away! Look[D] away! Dixie Land
[G]But if you want to drive 'way sorrow, [C]Come and hear this song tomorrow
Look [G]away! Look [C]away! Look[D] away! Dixie Land(Chorus)
[G]There's buckwheat cakes and Injun batter, [C]Makes you fat or a little fatter;
Look [G]away! Look [C]away! Look[D] away! Dixie Land
[G]Then hoe it down and scratch your gravel, [C]To Dixie's Land I'm bound to travel,
Look [G]away! Look [C]away! Look[D] away! Dixie Land(Chorus)
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AMERICAN PIE
A [G]long [D]long [Em7]time ago
[Am]I can still re[C]member
how that [Em]music used to make me [D]smile
And [G]I knew [D]if I had [Em7]my chance
that [Am]I could make those [C]people dance
and [Em]maybe they'd be [C]happy for a [D]while.
[Em]But February [Am]made me shiver
[Em]With every paper [Am]I'd deliver
[C]Bad news [G]on the [Am]doorstep
I c[C]ouldn't take one [D]more step
I [G]can't re[D]member if I [Em]cried
When I [Am7]read about his [D]widowed bride
But [G]something [D]touched me [Em]deep inside
The [C]day the [D7]Music [G]Died [C] [G] So
[G]bye [C]bye Miss A[G]merican [D]Pie Drove my [G]chevy to the [C]levy But the
[G]levy was [D]dry
And them [G]good old [C]boys were drinking [G]whiskey and [D]rye
Singin' [Em]this'll be the day that I [A7]die [Em]this'll be the day that I [D7]die.
[G]Did you write the [Am]book of love
And do [C]you have faith in [Am]God above?
[Em] If the Bible [D]tells you so.
Do [G]you be[D]lieve in [Em]Rock 'n Roll?
Can [Am7]music save your [C]mortal soul?
And [Em]can you teach me [A7]how to dance [D]real slow?
Well, I [Em]know that you're in [D]love with him 'cause I [Em]saw you dancin' [D]in
the gym
You [C]both kicked [G]off your [A7]shoes
Man, I [C]dig those rythmny [D7]blues
I was a [G]lonely [D]teenage [Em]broncin' buck
With a [Am]pink carnation and a [C]pickup truck.
But [G]I knew [D]I was [Em]out of luck
The [C]day the [D7]music [G]died [C] [G] I started singin'
chorus
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[G]Now for ten years we've been [Am]on our own
And [C]moss grows fat on a [Am]rollin' stone
[Em] But that's not how it [D]used to be
When the [G]jester [D]sang for the [Em]King and Queen
In a [Am7]coat he borrowed [C]from James Dean
And a [Em]voice that [A7]came from [D]you and me
Oh, and [Em]while the King was [D]looking down
The [Em]jester stole his [D]thorny crown
The [C]courtroom [G]was ad[A7]journed
No [C]verdict was re[D7]turned
And while [G]Lennon [D]read a [Em]book of Marx
The [Am]court kept practice [C]in the park
And [G]we sang [D]dirges [Em]in the dark
The [C]day the [D7]Music [G]Died.[C] [G] We were singing
[G]bye [C]bye Miss A[G]merican [D]Pie Drove my [G]chevy to the [C]levy But the
[G]levy was [D]dry
And them [G]good old [C]boys were drinking [G]whiskey and [D]rye
Singin' [Em]this'll be the day that I [A7]die [Em]this'll be the day that I [D7]die.
[G]Helter-Skelter in a [Am]summer swelter
The [C]Byrds flew off with a [Am]fallout shelter
[Em]Eight Miles High and [D]falling fast
It [G]landed [D]foul out [Em]on the grass
The [Am7]players tried [C]for a forward pass
But the [Em]jester's [A7]on the sidelines [D]in a cast
Now the [Em]half-time air was [D]sweet perfume
While the [Em]sargeants played a [D]marching tune
[C]We all [G]got up to [A7]dance
But we [C]never got [D7]the chance
'cause the [G]players [D]tried to [Em]take the field
The [Am]marching band re[C]fused to yield
[G]Do you [D]recall [Em]what was reveiled
the [C]day the [D7]Music [G]Died?[C] [G] We stared singing
chorus
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[G]Oh, and there we were all [Am]in one place
a [C]generation [Am]Lost in Space
[Em]With no time left to [D]start again
So come on, [G]Jack be nimble
[Em]Jack be quick Jack [Am7]Flash sat on a [C]candlestick 'cause [Em]fire is the
[A7]Devil's only [D]friend
Oh, and [Em]as I watched him [D]on the stage
My [Em]hands were clenched in [D]fists of rage
[C]No angel [G]born in [A7]hell
Could [C]break that Satan's [D7]spell
And as the [G]flames climbed [D]high in[Em]to the night
To [Am]light the sacri[C]fical rite
I saw [G]Satan [D]laughing [Em]with delight
The [C]day the [D7]Music [G]Died [C] [G] He was singing
chorus
{slower)
I [G]met a [D] girl who sang the [Em7] blues
And I [Am] asked her for some [C] happy news
But [Em]she just smiled and turned [D]away
I [G]went [D] down to the sacred [Em]store
Where I'd [Am7] heard the music [C] years before
But the [Em]man there said the [A7]music woudn't [D]play
And in the [Em]streets the children [D]screamed
The [Em]lovers cried, and the poets [D]dreamed
[C]But not a [G]word was [A7]spoken
The [C]Church bells all were [D7]broken
And [G]three [D]men I [Em]admire most
The Father, [Am]Son and the [C]Holy Ghost
They [G]caught the [D]last train [Em]for the coast
The [C]Day the [D7]Music [G]Died.[C] [G]
They were singing[G]bye [C]bye Miss A[G]merican [D]Pie Drove my [G]chevy to the
[C]levy But the [G]levy was [D]dry
And them [G]good old [C]boys were drinking [G]whiskey and [D]rye
Singin' [C]this'll be the day that I [D]die this'll be the day that I [G]die.
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Amarillo by mornin' George Strait
[G] Amarillo by mornin'
[C]up from San An[G]tone.
Everything that [Em]I've got, is [C]just what I've got [D]on.
When that [Em]sun is high in that [C]Texas sky,
I'll be [G]buckin' at the [Em]county [C]fair.
[G]Amarillo by [Em]mornin', Ama[C]rillo I'll be [G]there.
[G]They took my saddle in [Em]Houston, broke my [C]leg in Santa [G]Fe.
Lost my wife and a [Em]girlfriend, some[C]where along the [D]way.
I'll be [Em]lookin' for eight when they [C]pull that gate,
And I [G]hope that [Em]judge ain't [C]blind.
[G]Amarillo by [Em]mornin', Amar[C]illo's on my [G]mind.
[G]Amarillo by [Em]mornin', [C]up from San An[G]tone.
Everything that [Em]I've got, is [C]just what I've got [D]on.
I ain't [Em]got a dime, but what I [C]got is mine,
I ain't [G]rich, but [Em]Lord I'm [C]free.
[G]Amarillo by [Em]mornin', Ama[C]rillo's where I'll [G]be
[G]Amarillo by [Em]mornin', Ama[C]rillo's where I'll [G]be.
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Hey, good lookin'
C
1. Say, hey, good lookin', whatcha got cookin',
D
G
C-G
how's about cookin' somethin' up with me?
C
Hey, sweet baby, don't you think maybe
D
G
C - C7
we could find us a brand new recipe?
F
C
I got a hot rod Ford and a two dollar bill,
F
C
and I know a spot right over the hill.
F
C
There's soda pop and the dancin's free,
D
G
so if you wanna have fun, come along with me.
C
Say, hey, good lookin', whatcha got cookin'?
D
G
C-G
how's about cookin' somethin' up with me?
C
2. I'm free and ready, so we can go steady,
D
G
C-G
how's about savin' all your time for me?
C
No more lookin', I know I been tooken,
D
G
C - C7
how's about keepin'n steady company?
F
C
I'm gonna' throw my date book over the fence,
F
C
and find me one for five or ten cents.
F
C
I'll keep it till it's covered with age,
D
G
'cause I'm writin' your name down on ev'ry page.
C
Say, hey, Good Lookin', whatcha got cookin'?
D
G
C
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?
(Hank Williams)
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Your cheatin` heart
G - G7
C
1. Your cheatin` heart
will make you weep,
D7
G
you`ll cry and cry, and try to sleep.
G - G7
C
But sleep won`t come
the whole night through,
D7
G
your cheatin` heart will tell on you.
C
G
When tears come down like fallin` rain,
A7
D7
you`ll toss around any call my name.
G
C
You`ll walk the floor the way I do,
D
G
you`re cheatin` heart will tell on you.
G - G7
C
2. Your cheatin` heart
will pine some day,
D7
G
and crave the love you threw away.
G - G7
C
The time will come when you`ll be blue,
D7
G
your cheatin` heart will tell on you.
+ CHORUS
(Hank Williams)
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I`m so lonesome I could cry
G
G7
1. Hear the lonesome whipperwill, he sounds too blue to fly.
C
G
D7
G
The midnight train is whining low, I`m so lonesome I could cry.
G
G7
2. I`ve never seen a night so long, when time goes crawling by.
C
G
D7
G
The moon just went behind a cloud, to hide its face and cry.
G
G7
3. Did you ever see a robin weep, when leaves begin to die.
C
G
D7
G
That means he`s lost the will to live, I`m so lonesome I could cry.
G
G7
4. The silence of a falling star lights up a purple sky.
C
G
D7
G
And as I wonder where you are, I`m so lonesome I could cry.
(Hank Williams)
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FIRE AND RAIN
JAMES TAYLOR
A
G
D
A
Just yesterday mornin' they let me know you were gone
A
E
Gmaj7
Suzanne, the plans they made put an end to you
A
G
D
A
I woke up this morning and I wrote down this song
A
E
Gmaj7
I just can't remember who to send it to
D
Bm7 E7
A
Whoa, I've seen fire and I've seen rain
D
Bm7
E7 A
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
D
Bm7
E7
A
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
G
Em7
Asus2
But I always thought that I'd see you again
Won't you look down upon me Jesus
You gotta help me make a stand
You just gotta see me through another day
My body's achin' and my time is at hand
And I won't make it any other way
Chorus
I've been walkin' my mind to an easy time
My back turned towards the sun
Lord knows when the cold wind blows
It'll turn your head around
But there's hours of time on the telephone line
To talk about things to come
Sweet dreams and flying machines
In pieces on the ground
Chorus
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YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND
Em
B7
Em
B7 Em
When you're down and troubled and you need a helping hand
Am7
D7sus4
G Gsus4 G
And nothin', no nothin' is goin' right
F#m
B7
Em
B7
Em
Close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be there
Am7
G/D
D7sus4
To brighten up even your darkest night
Chorus
G
Gmaj7
C
Am7
You just call out my name, and you know wherever I am
G6 Gmaj7
D7sus4
I'll come runnin' , to see you again
G
Gmaj7 C
Am7
Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall, all you gotta do is call
Cmaj7 C/D D7sus4
And I'll be there, yes I will,
G
you've got a friend
If the sky above you should turn dark and full of clouds
And that old North wind should begin to blow
Keep your head together and call my name out loud
Soon, I'll be knocking upon your door
Chorus
F
C
Say ain't it good to know that you've got a friend
G
When people can be so cold
C
Fmaj7
They'll hurt you, and desert you,
Em7
A7
And take your soul if you let them
D7sus4
D7
Oh Lord, but don't you let them
Chorus
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Margarita-ville
[C]Nibblin' on sponge cake, watchin' the sun bake
All of those tourist covered with [G]oil
[G]Strummin' my six string, on my front porch swing
Smell those shrimp they're beginnin' to [C]boil
{start_of_chorus}
[F]Wastin' a[G]way again in Marga[C]rita-ville [G]
[F]Searchin' for my [G]lost shaker of [C]salt [G]
[F]Some people [G]claim that there's a [C]wo[G]man to [F]blame
But I [G]know it's nobody's [C]fault
{end_of_chorus}
[C]I don't know the reason, I stayed here all season
Nothin' to show but this brand new [G]tatoo
[G]But it's a real beautie, a Mexican cutie
But how it got here I haven't a [C]clue
{comment:(Chorus)}
[F]Wastin' a[G]way again in Marga[C]rita-ville [G]
[F]Searchin' for my [G]lost shaker of [C]salt [G]
[F]Some people [G]claim that there's a [C]wo[G]man to [F]blame
But I [G]know it's nobody's [C]fault
[C]I blew out my flip-flop, stepped on a pop-top
Cut my heel had to cruise on back [G]home
[G]But there's booze in the blender, and soon it will render
That frozen concotion that helps me hang [C]on
{comment:(Chorus)}
[F]Wastin' a[G]way again in Marga[C]rita-ville [G]
[F]Searchin' for my [G]lost shaker of [C]salt [G]
[F]Some people [G]claim that there's a [C]wo[G]man to [F]blame
But I [G]know it's nobody's [C]fault
[F]Some people [G]say that there's a [C]wo[G]man to [F]blame
But I [G]know it's my own damn [C]fault
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Folsom Prison Blues
C
1. I hear the train a comin`, it`s rollin`, round the bend,
C7
and I ain`t seen the sunshine,
since I don`t know when.
F
C
I`m stuck at Folsom Prison, and time keeps draggin`, on,
G
G7
C
but that train keeps a rollin`, on down to San Antone.
C
2. When I was just a baby, my mother told me : Son,
C7
always be a good boy, don`t ever play with guns!
F
C
But I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die.
G
G7
C
When I hear that whistle blowin`, I hang my head and cry.
C
3. I bet there`s rich folk eatin` in a fancy dining car,
C7
they`re prob`ly drinking coffee, and smokin` big cigars.
F
C
But I know I had it coming, I know I can`t be free,
G
G7
C
but those people keep a movin`, and that`s what tortures me.
C
4. Well, if they freed me from that prison, if that railroad train was mine,
C7
I bet I`d move it over, a little farther down the line.
F
C
Far from Folsom Prison, that`s were I want to stay,
G
G7
C
and I`d let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away.
(Johnny Cash)
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I walk the line
C
G
C
1. I keep a close watch on this heart of mine,
G
C
I keep my eyes wide open all the time.
F
C
I keep the ends out for the tie that binds,
G
C
because you're mine, I walk the line.
G
C
2. I find it very, very easy to be true,
G
\
C
I find myself alone when each day is through.
F
C
Yes, I'll admit I'm a fool for you,
G
C
because you're mine, I walk the line.
G
C
3. As sure as night is dark and day is light,
G
C
I keep you on my mind both day and night.
F
C
And happiness I've known proves that it's right,
G
C
because you're mine, I walk the line.
G
C
4. You've got a way to keep me on your side,
G
C
you give me cause for love that I can't hide.
F
C
For you I know I'd even try to turn the tide,
G
C
because you're mine, I walk the line.
(Johnny Cash)
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Ring Of Fire
G
C
G
D G
1. Love is a burning thing, and it makes a fiery ring,
C
G
D
G
bound by wild desire, I fell into a ring of fire.
D
C
G
I fell into a burning ring of fire,
D
I went down, down, down, down,
C
and the flames went higher,
G
and it burns, burns, burns,
D
G
D
G
the ring of fire, the ring of fire.
+ repeat CHORUS
G
C
G
G
D
G
2. The taste of love is sweet, when hearts like ours meet.
C
G
D
G
I fell for you like a child, oh, but the fire went wild.
+ CHORUS
+ CHORUS
G
D
G
And it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire,
D
G
D
G
D
G
the ring of fire, the ring of fire, the ring of fire.......
(Johnny Cash)
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Whispering pines
----------- D
Huhu. Huhu. Huhu.
D
G
D
1. The snowflakes fall, as winter calls, and time just seems to fly,
G
D -A
D
is it the loneliness in me that makes me wanna cry ?
G
D
My heart is sad like a mourning dove that's lost its mate in flight,
G
D -A
D
hear the cooing of his lonely heart through the stillness of the night.
A
A7
G
D
Whisperin' pines, whisperin' pines, tell me, is it so ?
A
A7 G
D
Whisperin' pine, whisperin' pine, you are the one who knows.
A
A7
G
D
My darlin's gone, oh, she's gone, and I need your sympathy,
A - A7
D
whisperin' pines, send my baby
back to me.
D
G
D
2. See that squirrel up in the tree, his mate there on the ground,
G
D A
D
hear their barking call of love for the happiness they've found.
G
D
Is my love still my love, oh, this I've gotta know,
G
D
-A
D
send a message by the wind, because I love her so.
+ CHORUS
(Johnny Horton)
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North to Alaska
C
G
Way up north (north to Alaska), way up north (north to Alaska).
C
G
C
North to Alaska, we're gong north the rush is on.
G
C
North to Alaska, we're going north the rush is on.
C
G
C
1. Big Sam left Seattle in the years of ninety-two,
F
C
with George Pratt, his partner, and brother Billy, too.
F
C
They crossed the Yukon River and found the bonanza gold,
G
C
below that old White Mountain, just a little south-east of Nome.
C
G
C
2. Sam crossed the Majestic Mountains to the valley far below,
F
C
he talked to his team of huskies, as he mushed on through the snow.
F
C
With the Northern Lights a-runnin' wild in the Land of the Midnight sun,
G
C
yes, Sam McCord was a mighty man in the year of ninety-one.
C
F
Where the river is windin', big nuggets they're findin',
C
G
C
north to Alaska, we're going' north, the rush is on.
C
G
Way up north (north to Alaska), way up north (north to Alaska).
C
G
C
North to Alaska, we're gong north the rush is on.
G
C
North to Alaska, we're going north the rush is on.
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C
G
C
3. Then George turned to Sam with his gold dust in his hand,
F
C
said, "Sam, you're a-lookin' at a lonely, lonely man.
F
C
Well, I'd trade all the gold that's buried in this land,
G
C
for one small band of gold to place on sweet little Jenny's hand.
C
G
C
4. 'Cause a man really needs a woman to love him all the time,
F
C
remember, Sam, a true love is so hard to find.
F
C
Well, I'd build it for my Jenny, a sweet little honeymoon home,
G
C
below that old White Mountain, just a little south-east of Nome.
C
F
Where the river is windin', big nuggets they're findin',
C
G
C
north to Alaska, we're going' north, the rush is on.
G
C
North to Alaska, we're going north the rush is on.
G
Way up north (north to Alaska), way up north (north to Alaska),
C
way up north (north to Alaska),
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Battle of New Orleans
Johnny Horton
In [C]1814 we [F]took a little trip a[G7]long with Col. Jackson down the m[C]ighty Mississip.
We took a little bacon and we [F]took a little beans and we [G7]met the bloody British at the [C]town
of New Orleans.
{start_of_chorus}
We [C]fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
There wasn't nigh as many as there [G7]was a while [C]ago.
[C]Fired once more and they began to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the [G7]Gulf of [C]Mexico.
{end_of_chorus}
We [C]looked down the river and we [F]see'd the British come.There [G7]must've been a hundred of
'em [C]beatin' on the drum.
They stepped so high and they [F]made their bugles ring. We [G7]stood beside our cotton bales and
[C]didn't say a thing.
{comment:(Chorus)}
Old [C]Hickry said we'd [F]take 'em by surprise if we [G7]didn't fire a musket 'till we [C]looked 'em in
the eyes.
We held our fire 'till we [F]see'd their faces well Then we [G7]opened up our squirrel guns and
[C]really gave 'em hell.
{comment:(Chorus)}
{start_of_bridge}
They [C]ran throught the briars and they ran through the brambles.
They ran through the bushes where a [G7]rabbit couldn't [C]go.
They [C]ran so fast the hounds couldn't catch 'em.
On down the Mississippi to the [G7]Gulf of Mexi[C]co.
{end_of_bridge}
We [C]fired our cannon 'till the [F]barrel melted down then we [G7]grabbed an alligator and we
[C]fought another round.
We filled his head with cannon balls and [F]powdered his behind and
[G7]when we set the powder off, the [C]gator lost his mind.
{comment:(Chorus)}
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Jim Bridger
Am
1. Once there was a mountain man who couldn’t write his name,
Dm
yet he deserves a front row seat in history’s hall of fame.
Am
Dm
He forgot more about the Indians than we will ever know,
Am
~~
he spoke the language of the Sioux - E
Am
the Blackfoot and the Crow.
A
E
Let’s drink to old Jim Bridger, yes, lift your glasses high,
E7
A
as long as there’s a USA, don’t let his memory die.
A7
D
That he was making history, never once occurred to him,
E
E7
a
but I doubt if we’d a been here, if it weren’t for men like Jim.
Am
2. He spoke with General Custer and said, “Listen, Yellow Hair,
Dm
the Sioux were a great nation, so treat them fair and square.
Am
Dm
Sit in on their war council, don’t laugh away their pride,
Am
E
Am
but Custer didn’t listen, at Little Big Horn Custer died. + CHORUS
Am
3. There’s poems and there’s legends that tell of Carson’s fame,
Dm
yet compared to Jim Bridger, Kit was civilized and tame.
Am
These words are straight from Carson’s lips,
Dm
if you place such store by him,
Am
~
E
Am
if there’s a man who knows this gun – forsaken land it’s Jim.
+ CHORUS
(Johnny Horton)
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Johnny Reb
E
You fought all the way, Johnny Reb, Johnny Reb.
A
E
You fought all the way, Johnny Reb.
E
A
E
1. Saw you a-marchin' with Robert E. Lee,
B7
you held your head high tryin' to win the victory.
A
E
You fought for your folks, but you didn't die in vain,
A
E
even tho' you lost they speak highly of your name,
'cause…. + CHORUS
E
A
E
2. I heard your teeth chatter from the cold outside,
B7
saw the bullets open up the wounds in your side.
A
E
I saw the young boys as they began to fall,
A
E
you had tears in your eyes 'cause you couldn't help at all,
but…. + CHORUS
E
A
E
3. I saw Gen'ral Lee raise a sabre in his hand,
B7
heard the cannons roar as you made your last stand.
A
E
You marched in the battle of the Grey and the Red,
A
E
when the cannon smoke cleared, took days to count the dead,
'cause… + CHORUS
E
A
E
4. When Honest Abe heard the news about your fall,
B7
the folks thought he'd call a great vict'ry ball.
A
E
But he asked the band to play the song Dixie,
A
E
for you, Johnny Reb, and all that you believe,
‘cause….. + CHORUS
+ CHORUS … (Johnny Horton)
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When it's springtime In Alaska (It's 40 below)
E–A-E
E
B7
E
1. I marched from Point Barrow thru a blizzard of snow,
been out prospectin' for two years or so,
pulled into Fairbanks, the city was a boom,
A
E
so I took a little stroll to the Red Dog Saloon.
E
B7
E
2. As I walked in the door the music was clear,
the purtiest voice I had heard in two years.
The song she was singin' made a man's blood run cold,
A
E
when it's springtime in Alaska, it's forty below.
A
E
(When it's springtime in Alaska, it's forty below)
E
B7
E
3. It was Redheaded Lil who was singin' so sweet,
I reached down and took the snowpacks off my feet,
I reached for the gal who was singin' the tune,
A
E
we did the Eskimo Hop all around the saloon.
E
B7
E
4. With a caribou crawl and the grizzly bear hug,
we did our dance on a kodiak rug.
The song she kept singin' made a man's blood run cold,
A
E
E-A-E
when it's springtime in Alaska, it's forty below.
E
B7
E
5. I was as innocent as I could be,
I didn't know Lil was big Ed's wife to be,
he took out his knife and he gave it a throw,
A
E
when it's springtime in Alaska, I'll be six feet below.
A
E
(When it's springtime in Alaska, he'll be six - feet - below)
(Johnny Horton)
41
SINK THE BISMARCK
D
A
D
1. In May of nineteen forty-one the war had just begun,
G
D
the Germans had the biggest ship that had the biggest guns.
The Bismark was the fastest ship that ever sailed the sea,
A
D
on her decks were guns as big as steers and shells as big as trees.
D
A
D
2. Out of the cold and foggy night came the British ship, the “Hood”,
G
D
and every British seaman he knew and understood,
they had to sink the Bismarck, the terror of the sea,
/
A
D
stop those guns as big as steers and those shells as big as trees.
D
A
D
We'll find that German battleship that's mak'in' such a fuss,
A
D
we gotta sink the Bismark 'cause the world depends on us.
G
D
We’ll hit the decks a-runnin' boys and spin those guns around,
/
A
D
when we find the Bismark we gotta cut 'er down.
D
A
D
3. The Hood found the Bismark, and on that fatal day,
G
D
the Bismark started firin' fifteen miles away.
We gotta sink the Bismark was the battle sound,
A
D
but when the smoke had cleared away the mighty Hood went down.
D
A
D
4. For six long days and weary nights they tried to find her trail,
G
D
Churchill told the people, Put every ship a-sail,
'cause somewhere on that ocean I know she's gotta be,
A
D
we gotta sink the Bismarck to the bottom of the sea !
D
A
D
We'll find that German battleship that's mak'in' such a fuss,
42
A
D
we gotta sink the Bismark 'cause the world depends on us.
G
D
We’ll hit the deck a-runnin' boys and spin those guns around,
/
A
D
when we find the Bismark we gotta cut 'er down.
D
A
D
5. The fog was gone the seventh day and they saw the mornin' sun,
G
D
ten hours away from homeland the Bismark made it's run.
The Admiral of the British fleet said, turn those bows around,
A
D
we found that German Battleship and we gonna cut 'er down !
D
A
D
6. The British guns were aimed and the shells were comin' fast,
G
D
the first shell hit the Bismark they knew she couldn't last.
That mighty German battleship is just a memory,
A
D
Sink the Bismark ! was the battle cry that shook the seven seas.
D
A
D
We found that German battleship a-mak'in' such a fuss,
A
D
we had to sink the Bismark 'cause the world depends on us.
G
D
We hit the deck a-runnin' and we spun those guns around,
/
A
D
yeah, we found that mighty Bismark and then we cut her down.
+ repeat CHORUS
(Johnny Horton)
43
All for the love of a girl. Johnny Horten
C
F
C
Well, today I'm so weary, today I'm so blue,
F
C
G
Sad and broken hearted and it's all because of you.
C
F
C
Life was so sweet dear, life was a song,
F
C
G
C
Now you've gone and left me, oh where do I belong?
Chorus
C
F
C
And it's all for the love of a dear little girl,
C
G
All for the love, that sets your heart in a whirl.
C
F
C
I'm a man who'd give his life and the joys of this world.
C
G
C
All for the love of a girl.
Repeat Chorus
44
One Tin Soldier
By Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter
C
G
Am
1. Listen children to a story that was written long ago
F
C
Dm
G7
'Bout a kingdom on a mountain and the valley folk below.
C
G
Am
On the mountain was a treasure buried deep beneath a stone
F
C
Dm
G C
And the valley people swore they'd have it for their very own.
Chorus:
C
Em
F
C
Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend.
Em
F
C
Do it in the name of heaven, you can justify it in the end.
Em F
C
There won't be any trumpets blowing come the judgement day.
F
Am
G7 C
On the bloody morning after ONE TIN SOLDIER rides away.
C
G
Am
2. So the people of the valley sent a message up the hill
F
C
Dm
G7
Asking for the buried treasure, tons of gold for which they'd kill
C
G
Am
Came an answer from the kingdom "With our brother we will share
F
C
Dm
G C
All the secrets of our mountain, all the riches buried there."
(chorus)
C
G
Am
3. Now the valley cried with anger, MOUNT YOUR HORSES, DRAW YOUR SWORD
F
C
Dm
G7
And they killed the mountain people so they won their just reward.
C
G
Am
Now they stood beside the treasure on the mountain, dark and red
F
C
Dm
G C
Turned the stone and looked beneath it "Peace on Earth" was all it said.
45
DANNY'S SONG
By Henry Rodriguez
Words and Music by: KENNY LOGGINS (1970)
1. D
C
Bm
PEOPLE SMILE AND TELL ME I'M THE LUCKY ONE,
E7
A
AND WE'VE JUST BEGUN, THINK I'M GONNA HAVE A SON.
D
C
Bm
HE WILL BE LIKE SHE AND ME, AS FREE AS A DOVE,
E7
A
CONCEIVED IN LOVE, SUN IS GONNA SHINE ABOVE.
CHORUS:
G
A
D
Bm
AND EVEN THOUGH WE AIN'T GOT MONEY, I'M SO IN LOVE WITH YA HONEY,
G
A
D
Bm
AND EVERYTHING WILL BRING A CHAIN OF LOVE.
G
A
D
C
AND IN THE MORNING WHEN I RISE, YOU BRING A TEAR OF JOY TO MY EYES,
Bm
E7
A
AND TELL ME EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE ALLRIGHT.
2. D
C
Bm
SEEMS AS THOUGH A MONTH AGO I BETA CHI,
E7
A
NEVER GOT HIGH, OH, I WAS A SORRY GUY.
D
C
Bm
AND NOW A SMILE, A FACE, A GIRL THAT SHARES MY NAME,
E7
A
NOW I'M THROUGH WITH THE GAME, THIS BOY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.
(TO CHORUS:)AND EVEN THOUGH WE AIN'T GOT MONEY.............
3. D
C
Bm
PISCES, VIRGO RISING IS A VERY GOOD SIGN,
E7
A
STRONG AND KIND, AND THE LITTLE BOY IS MINE.
D
C
Bm
NOW I SEE A FAMILY WHERE THERE ONCE WAS NONE,
E7
A
NOW WE'VE JUST BEGUN, YEAH, WE'RE GONNA FLY TO THE SUN.
(TO CHORUS:)AND EVEN THOUGH WE AIN'T GOT MONEY.............
4.
D
C
Bm
LOVE THE GIRL WHO HOLDS THE WORLD IN A PAPER CUP,
E7
A
DRINK IT UP, LOVE HER AND SHE'LL BRING YOU LUCK.
D
C
Bm
AND IF YOU FIND SHE HELPS YOUR MIND, BUDDY, TAKE HER HOME,
E7
A
DON'T YOU LIVE ALONE, TRY TO EARN WHAT LOVERS OWN.
(TO CHORUS:) AND EVEN THOUGH WE AIN'T GOT MONEY.............
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Big City
E
E7 A
I’m tired of this dirty old city
E
B
Entirely too much work and never enough play
E
E7
A
and I’m tired of these dirty old sidewalks
E
B7
Think I’ll walk off my steady job today
E
Turn me loose set me free
A
E
Somewhere in the middle of Montana
B
gim-me all I’ve got coming to me
E
A
E
And keep your retirement and your so called social security
B7
E
Big City turn me loose and set me free
E
E7
A
Been Workin’ everyday since I was twenty
E
B
Haven’t got a thing to show for anything I’ve done
E
E7
A
There’s folks who never work and they got plenty
E
B7
think its time some guys like me had some fun
E
Turn me loose set me free
A
E
Somewhere in the middle of Montana
B
gim-me all I’ve got coming to me
E
A
E
And keep your retirement and your so called social security
B7
E
Big City turn me loose and set me free
B7
E
Big City turn me loose and set me free
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Okie From Muskogee
D
1. We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee,
A
we don't take no trips on LSD.
We don't burn no draft cards down on Main Street,
A7
D
we like livin' right, and bein' free.
D
2. And we don't make no party out of lovin',
A
we like holdin' hands and pitchin' woo.
We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy,
A7
D
like the hippies out in San Francisco do.
D
And I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee,
A
a place where even squares can have a ball.
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
A7
D
and White Lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all.
D
3. And leather boots are still in style for manly footwear,
A
beads and Roman sandals won't be seen.
Football's still the roughest thing on campus,
A7
D
and the kids they still respect the college dean.
A
A7
D
+ CHORUS + and white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all,
A
A7
D
in Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA.
(capo 2nd)
(Merle Haggard)
48
NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN
Em
D Em
D
1. Nights in white satin
never reaching the end,
C
G
F
Em
letters I've written
never meaning to send.
D
Em
D
Beauty I'd always missed with these eyes before,
C
G
F
Em
just what the truth is
I can't say anymore.
A
C
Em
- D – Em - D
Cause I love you, yes I love you, ooh, how I love you.
Em
D
Em
D
2. Gazing at people, some hand in hand,
C
G
F
just what I'm going through
Em
they can't understand.
D
Em
D
Some try to tell me
thoughts they cannot defend,
C
G
F
Em
just what you want to be, you'll be in the end.
A
C
Em
- D – Em - D
Cause I love you, yes I love you, ooh, how I love you.
Em
3. = 1 + love you.
(Moody Blues)
49
Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist
In a land called Honah-Lee
Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff
And brought his strings and sealing wax
And other fancy stuff.
Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail.
Jackie kept a lookout perched on Puff's gigantic tail.
Noble kings and princes would bow when 'ere they came.
Pirate ships would low'r their flag when PUFF roared out his name. Oh!
CHORUS
Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist
In a land called Honah-Lee
Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist
In a land called Honah Lee.
VERSE
A dragon lives for-ever but not so little boys.
Painted wings and giants rings make way for other toys
One grey night it happened Jackie Paper came no more
And PUFF that mighty dragon he ceased his fearless roar.
His head was bent in sorrow green scales fell like rain.
PUFF no longer went to play a-long the cherry lane.
With-out his lifelong friend PUFF could not be brave
So PUFF that mighty dragon sadly slipped in-to his cave. Oh!
CHORUS
Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist
In a land called Honah-Lee
Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist
In a land .. called .. Honah .. Lee
50
KING OF THE ROAD
G
C
D
G
Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let, fifty cents,
C
D
No phone, no pool, no pets, I ain't got no cigarettes, ah but
G
C
D
G
Two hours of pushing broom buys a eight by twelve fourbit room,
G
C
D
I'm a man of means by no means, King of the Road
G
C
D
G
Third box car midnight train, destination Bangor, Maine,
C
D
Old worn out suit and shoes, I don't pay no union dues, I smoke
G
C
D
G
Old stogies I have found, short, but not too big around,
G
C
D
I'm a man of means by no means, King of the Road
G
C
I know every engineer on every train,
D
G
All of the children and all of their names
C
And every handout in every town
D
And ev'ry lock that ain't locked when
No one's around I sing ...
G
C
D
G
Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let, fifty cents,
C
D
No phone, no pool, no pets, I ain't got no cigarettes, ah but
G
C
D
G
Two hours of pushing broom buys a eight by twelve fourbit room,
C
D
G
I'm a man of means by no means, King of the Road
repete last verse
51
Li'l red riding hood
G-D-Em - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Owwww!
Who's that I see walkin' in these woods?
G-D-Em - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Why, it's Little Red Riding Hood!
G-D - Em
G
A
1.
Hey there, Little Red Riding Hood, you sure are lookin' good,
C
B7
Em - B7
you're everything a big bad wolf could want.
Listen to me !
Em
G
A
Little Red Riding Hood, I don't think little big girls should
C
B7
Em
B7
go walkin' in these spooky old woods alone. Owwww!
G
Em
What big eyes you have? The kind of eyes that drive wolves mad !
A
So just do see that you don't get chased,
D7
I think I ought to walk with you for always
G
Em
What cool lips you have,
they're sure to lure someone bad,
A
so until you get to Grandma's place,
D7
I think you ought to walk with me and be safe.
Em
G
2.
I'm gonna keep my sheep suit on,
A
until I'm sure that you've been shown
C
B7
Em
B7
that I can be trusted walkin' with you alone. Owwww!
Em
G
A
Little Red Riding Hood, I'd like to hold you if I could,
C
B7
Em
B7
but you might think I'm a big bad wolf, so I won't. Owwww!
G
Em
What a big heart I have, the better to love you with,
A
D7
Little Red Riding Hood, even bad wolves can be good.
G
Em
I'll try to be satisfied, just to walk close by your side,
A
D7
maybe you'll see things my way, before we get to Grandma's place.
Em
G
A
3. Little Red Riding Hood, you sure are lookin' good,
C
B7
Em
you're everything that a big bad wolf could want.
B7
Em - G
A
Owwww - I mean baaaa!
Baaaa! .....
Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
52
Take the Money and Run}{st:Steve Miller}
[G]This here's a [F]story about Billy [C]Joe and Bobby Sue[G],
[G]Two young [F]lovers with [C]nothing better to [G]do,
[G]than sit around the [F]house, get [C]high and watch the tube[G],
[G]And here's what [F]happened when they de[C]cided to cut loose
[Bb] [F] [G]
[G]They headed [F]down to [C]old El Paso
[G]That's where they [F]ran into a [C]great big hassle [G]
[G]Billy [F]Joe shot a man while [C]robbing his castle [G]
[G]Bobby [F]Sue took the money and [C]run
[Bb] [F] [G]
{c:Chorus}
[G]Go on, [F]take the money and [C]run [G][G]Go on,
[F]take the money and [C]run [G][G]Go on, [F]take the money and [C]run
[G]Go on, [F]take the money and [C]run
[Bb] [F] [G]
[G]Billy [F]Mack is de[C]tective down in Texas [G]
[G]You know he [F]knows just [C]exactly what the facts is[G]
[G]He ain't gonna [F]let those [C]two escape justice [G]
[G]He makes his [F]living off of the [C]people's taxes
[Bb] [F] [G]
[G]Bobby [F]Sue, oh [C]oh, she slipped away[G]
[G]Billy [F]Joe caught up to her the [C]very next day [G]
[G]They got the mo[F]ney, hey you know they [C]got away [G]
[G]They headed down [F]south and they're still [C]wanted today[Bb]
[F]singing[G] {c:Chorus}
53
The Weight The Band
Capo on 2nd fret?
[G]I pulled into [Bm]Nazareth, was [C]feelin' 'bout half past [G]dead
[G]I just need some[Bm]place where [C]I can lay my [G]head
[G]"Hey mister, can you [Bm]tell me where a [C]man might find a [G]bed?"
[G]He just grinned and [Bm]shook my hand, "[C]no" was all he [G]said
{c:Chorus}
[G]Take a [Bm]load off [C]Fanny,
[G]take a [Bm]load for [C]free
[G]Take a [Bm]load off [C]Fanny, [C]and... [C]and... and...
[C]You put the load, put the load right on [G]me
[G]
[Bm]
[Em]
[D]
[C]
[G]I picked up my [Bm]bags, I went [C]lookin' for a place to [G]hide
[G]When I saw Car[Bm]men and the [C]Devil walkin' side by [G]side
[G]I said "Hey [Bm]Carmen, come [C]on let's go down[G]town
"[G]She said [Bm]I've got to go, but my [C]friend can stick around"
{c:Chorus}
[G]Go down Miss [Bm]Moses, there's [C]nothin' that you can [G]say
[G]It's just old [Bm]Luke, and Luke's [C]waitin' on the judgement [G]day
[G]"Well, Luke, my [Bm]friend, what [C]about young Anna [G]Lee?"
[G]He said "Do me a [Bm]favor son, won't you [C]stay and keep Anna Lee
[G]company"
{c:Chorus}
[G]Crazy Chester [Bm]followed me, and he [C]caught me in the [G]fog
[G]He said "I'll [Bm]fix your rack if [C]you'll take Jack my [G]dog
"[G]I said "Wait a minute [Bm]Chester, you know [C]I'm a peacful [G]man"
[G]He said "That's [Bm]okay boy, won't you [C]feed him when you [G]can"
{c:Chorus}
[G]Get your [Bm]cannonball now to [C]take me down the [G] line
[G]My bag is [Bm]sinking low, and I [C]do believe it's [G]time
[G]To get back to Miss [Bm]Fanny, you know [C]she's the only [G]one
[G]Who sent me [Bm]here with her re[C]gards for every[G]one
{c:Chorus}
54
MR. BOJANGLES
C
C/B
Am
F
G
I knew a man, Bojangles, and he danced for you, in worn out shoes
C
C/B
Am
F
G
With silver hair a ragged shirt & baggy pants, the old soft shoe
F
C
E7
Am
D7
G7
He jumped so high, jumped so high, then he lightly touched down
C
C/B Am
F
G
I met him in a cell in New Orleans, I was, down and out
C
C/B
Am
F
G
He looked to me-to be- the eyes of age, he spoke right out
F
C
E7
Am D7
G7
He talked of life, talked of life He laughed, and clicked his heels and step
C
C/B
Am
F
G
He said his name 'Bojangles' and he danced a lick Across the cell
C
C/B
Am
F
G
He grabbed his pants, a better stance he jumped up high, then he clicked his heels
F
C
E7
Am
D7
G7
He let go a laugh, let go a laugh, Shook back his clothes all around
Am G
Am
G Am
G
C C/B Am G F
Mr. Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles,
Dance
C
C/B
Am
F
G
He danced for those at minstrel shows & county fairs, - throughout the south
C
C/B
Am
F
G
He spoke with tears of 15 years how his dog and him- traveled about
F
C
E7
Am
D7
G7
The dog up and died,
up and died, after 20 years he still grieves
C
C/B
Am
F
G
He said 'I dance now at every chance in Honky Tonks for drinks and tips'
C
C/B
Am
F
G
But most the time I spend behind these County bar she said 'I drink's a bit'
F
C
E7
Am
D7
G7
He shook his head and as he shook his head I heard someone ask please
Am G Am
G Am
G
C C/B Am G F
Mr. Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles, Dance
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Long Hard Road, The Sharecropper's Dream The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
D
G
D
Way back in my memory there's a scene that I recall
A
D
Of a little run-down cabin in the woods
D
G
D
Where my dad never promised that our blue moon would turn gold
A
D
But he laid awake nights wishin' that it would
D
G
D
When the world was on our radio hard work was on our minds
A
D
We lived our day-to-day in plain dirt fashion
D
G
D
With ol' overalls and cotton balls all strapped across your back
A
D
Man, it's hard to make believe there ain't nothing wrong
Bm
G
But momma kept the Bible read and daddy kept our family fed
D
A
And somewhere in between I must have grown
Bm
G
Cause someday I was dreamin' that a song that I was singin'
D
A
Takes me down the road to where I want to go
Bm A
D
Now I know, it's a long hard road
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D
G
D
Sometimes I remember when I stayed up late at night
A
D
When the sun-up came, we got up and went
D
G
D
In the shadows of a working' day our moonlight hours spent
A
D
Singin' songs along with Gramma's radio
D
G
D
Now I'm beatin' down a ol' blacktop road sleepin' in a sack
A
D
Livin' in my memories all in vain
D
G
D
Cause those city lights ain't all that bright compared to what its like
A
D
To see Lightning Bugs go dancin' in the rain
Bm
G
Momma played the guitar then and daddy made the saw blade bend
D
A
And raindrops played the tin roof like a drum
Bm
G
But I just kept on dreamin' that a song that I was singin'
D
A
Takes me down the road to where my name is known
Bm
A
D
Now I'm gone, and its a long hard road
Bm
A
D
Yes, I know, Its a long hard road.
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My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Willie Nelson
---------------------------------D
1. I grew up dreaming of being a cowboy
G
D
And loving the cowboy ways.
D
Pursuing the life of my high riding heroes
E7
A7
I burned up my childhood days.
D
I learned all the rules of a modern day drifter
G
D
Dont you hold on to nothing too long
G
D
G
Just take what you need from the ladies and leave them
D
A7
D
With the words of a sad country song.
CHORUS
G
D
My heroes have always been cowboys
E7
A7
And they still are it seems
G
D
G
Sadly in search of and one step in back of
D
A7
D
Themselves and their slow moving dreams.
D
2. Cowboys are special with their own brand of misery
G
D
From being alone too long.
D
You could die from the cold in the arms of a nightmare
E7
A7
Knowing well that your best days are gone
D
Picking up hookers instead of my pen
G
D
I let the words of my youth fade away.
G
D
G
Old worn out saddles and old worm out memories
D
A7
D
With no one and no place to stay.
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Railroad Lady
Chorus:
F
C
She's a railroad lady Just a little bit shady
G7
C
F
Spendin' her days on the train She's a semi-good looker
C
G7
F G C
But the fast rails they took her Now she's tryin', just tryin' to get home again
C
C7
F
C
South Station in Boston to the freight yards of Austin
C
G7
From the Florida sunshine to the New Orleans rain
C
C7
F
C
Now that the railpacks Has taken the best tracks
C
G7
C
She's tryin', just tryin' to get home again
Chorus:
F
C
She's a railroad lady Just a little bit shady
G7
C
F
Spendin' her life on a train
She's a semi-good looker
C
G7
F G C
But the fast rails they took her Now she's tryin', just tryin' to get home again
C
C7
F
C
Once a high ballin' loner he thought he could own her
C
G7
Bought her a fur coat and a big diamond ring
C
C7
F
C
She hocked 'em for cold cash Left town on the Wabash
G7
C
Never thinkin', never thinkin' of home way back then
C
C7
F
C
But the rails are now rusty The dinin' car's dusty
C
G7
Gold plated watches have taken their toll
C
C7
F
C
Yeah the railroads are dyin' And the lady she's cryin'
G7
C
On a bus to Kentucky and home that's her goal
F
C
She's a railroad lady Just a little bit shady
G7
C
F
Spendin' her days on the train She's a semi-good looker
C
G7
F G C
But the fast rails they took her Now she's tryin', just tryin' to get home again
59
Red River Valley
Capo 2
(D) From this valley they say you be going,
I will miss your bright eyes and sweet (A) smile,
For they (D) say you’ll be taking the (G) sunshine,
That has (D) brightened our (A) pathway a-(D)-while,
Chorus:
(D) Come and sit by my side er’ you leave me,
Do not hasten to bid me a-(A)-dieu,
Just re-(D)-member the Red River (G) Valley,
And the (D) Cowboy who (A) loved you so (D) true,
I've have waiting along time my darling
For those sweet words you never would (A) say,
now at (D) last all my fond hopes have (G) vanished,
For you (D) say, you’ll be (A) going a-(D)-way,
Chorus
Won't you think of this valley you're leavin',
And how lonely and sad it will (A) be,
And (D) think of the heart you are (G) breakin',
And the (D) grief that you are (A) causing (D) me,
Chorus
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COUNTRY ROADS
John Denver
C
Am
ALMOST HEAVEN, WEST VIRGINIA
G
F
C
BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN, SHENENDOAH RIVER
Am
LIFE IS OLD THERE OLDER THAN THE TREES
G
F
C
YOUNGER THAN THE MOUNTAIN, BLOWIN' LIKE A BREEZE
==========================================================
CHO:
C
G
Am
F
COUNTRY ROADS, TAKE ME HOME, TO THE PLACE, I BELONG
C
G
F
C
WEST VIRGINIA, MOUNTAIN MAMA, TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS
(Instrumental Break)
===========================================================
C
Am
G
ALL MY MEM'RIES, GATHER ROUND HER, MINER'S LADY
F
C
STRANGER TO BLUE WATER
Am
DARK AND DUSTY, PAINTED ON THE SKY
G
F
C
MISTY TASTE OF MOONSHINE, TEARDROP IN MY EYE
(Repeat Chorus)
============================================================
Am
G
C
I HEAR HER VOICE IN THE MORNIN' HOURS SHE CALLS ME
F
C
G
THE RADIO REMINDS ME OF MY HOME FAR AWAY
Am
G
F
AND DRIVIN' DOWN THE ROAD I GET THE FEELIN'
G
G7
THAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN HOME YESTERDAY, YESTERDAY
(Repeat Chorus)
61
For What It's Worth
Buffalo Springfield
There's [E]something happening [A]here
And what it [E]is ain't exactly [A]clear
There's a [E]man with a gun over [A]there
Telling [E]me that I've got to be[A]ware
I think it's time we s[E]top, children, wh[D]at's that sound
[A]Everybody look what [C]goin[(D)]' do[E]wn [E] [A] [E] [A]
There's battle[E] lines being [A]drawn
And nobody's [E]right, if everybody's [A]wrong
Young people [E]speaking their [A]minds
Getting s[E]o much resistance [A]from behind ...
It's time we s[E]top, hey, wh[D]at's that sound
[A]Everybody look what [C]goi[(D)]n' do[E]wn [E] [A] [E] [A]
W[E]hat a field day for the [A]heat [A]oo[G]oo[E]h
A [E]thousand people in the s[A]treet [A]oo[G]oo[E]h
Singin' s[E]ongs, and carryin' s[A]igns [A]oo[G]oo[E]h
Mostly s[E]ay "hooray for our s[A]ide" [A]oo[G]oo[E]h ...
It's time we s[E]top, hey, wh[D]at's that sound
[A]Everybody look what [C]goi[(D)]n' do[E]wn [E] [A] [E] [A]
[E]Paranoia strikes [A]deep
[E]Into your life it will [A]creep
It [E]starts when you're always a[A]fraid
Step outta [E]line, the men come, and take you a[A]way
It's time we s[E]top, hey, wh[D]at's that sound
[A]Everybody look what [C]goi[(D)]n' do[E]wn [E] [A] [E] [A]
{comment:(Repeat last 3 lines several times)}
62
Beatles' Yesterday by Lennon & McCartney
F
F
Em
A7
Yesterday...
all my troubles seemed so
Dm
Dm/C Bb
C
Bb/F F
Far away...
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
G7 Dm7
G7 Bb F
oh I believe in yesterday...
F
Em
A7
Dm
Suddenly....
I'm not half the man I used to be
Dm/C Bb
C
Bb/F F
There's a shadow hanging o--ver me
G7 Dm7
G7
Bb F
oh yesterday came
suddenly
(Chorus)
G/A A7 Dm C Bbmaj7 C Bbmaj7 C
C7
F
Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say...
G/A A7 Dm C Bbmaj7 C Bbmaj7 C C7
F
I said something wrong now I long for yesterday
(end of Chorus)
F
Em
A7
Dm
Yesterday....
Love was such an easy game to play....
C Bb
C
Bb/F F G7
Dm7
G7 Bb F
Now I need a place to hide away.. oh I believe.. in yesterday
(repeat Chorus)
F
Em
A7
Dm
Yesterday....
Love was such an easy game to play.....
C Bb
C
Bb/F F G7
Dm7
G7 Bb F
Now I need a place to hide away... oh I believe.. in yesterday
F
G
Bb F F
Mm mm mm mm mm.......
63
Angel flying too close to the ground
Willie Nelson
A(5)
C#m(4)
If you had not have fallen
D(2)
A
then I would not have found you
D
E
A
Angel flying too close to the ground
A(5)
C#m(4)
D(2)
A(5)
I patched up your broken wing and hung around for a while
B (7fret)
E
trying to keep your spirits up and your fever down
A(5)
C#m(4)
D(2)
I knew someday that you would fly away
B7
E
for loves the greatest healer to be found
A(5)
C#m(4) D(2)
D#dim
So leave me if you need to, I will still remember
A
E
A
Angel flying too close to the ground
A(5)
C#m(4)
D(2)
Fly on fly on past, the speed of sound
B7
E
I’d rather see you up than see you down
A(5)
C#m(4) D(2)
D#dim
So leave me if you need to, I will still remember
A
E
A
Angel flying too close to the ground
A(5)
C#m(4) D(2)
D#dim
So leave me if you need to, I will still remember
A
E
D
A
Angel flying too close to the ground.
The numbers in parenthesis indicate to barre the chord on that fret.For example A(5) means to play an E chord barred on the 5th fret.C#m(4) means to play
an Am chord barred on the 4th fret.D(2) means to play a C chord barred on the 2nd fret.No parenthesis means to play the chord in the typical open string
position.If youUre not comfortable with barre chords, the song sound fine withoutthem.D#dim is played by xx1212.Willie likes to add lots of bass runs like
C# C D (on the A string) between the C#m and D chordsand E F# G# A (on the E string) with a triplet feel on each notebetween the E and A(5) chords or
the A and A(5) chordsIf you want to talk country guitar with me, or if my notation makes nosense
64
Your Song Elton John
[D]It's a little bit [Gmaj7]funny, this[A] feeling in[F#m]side
[Bm]I'm not one of [BmA]those who can [BmAb]easily hi[G]de
[D]I don't much [A]money, but, [F#]boy if I [Bm]did
[D]I'd buy a big [Em7]house where [G]we both could [A]live
[D]If I was a [Gmaj7]sculptor, but[A] then ag[F#m]ain no
[Bm]Or a man who [BmA]makes potions in a [BmAb]travelling [G]show
[D]I know it's not [A]much but it's the [F#]best I can [Bm]do
[D]My gift is my [Em7]song, and [G]this one for [D]you
{start_of_chorus}
[A]And you can tell [Bm]everybody [Em7]this is your [G]song
[A]It may be [Bm]quite simple [Em]but now that it's [G]done
I [Bm]hope you don't mind, I [BmA]hope you don't mind
[BmAb]That I put down in [G]words,
{end_of_chorus}
How [D]wonderful [Em]life is while [G]you're in the [A]world
[D]I sat on the [Gmaj7]roof and [A]kicked off the [F#m]moss
[Bm]Well a few of the [BmA]verses [BmAb]they've got me quite [G]crossed
[D]But the sun's been quite [A]kind, while I [F#]wrote this [Bm]song
[D]It's for people like [Em7]you that they [G]keep it turned [A]on
[D]So excuse me and [Gmaj7]forget but[A] these I [F#m]do
[Bm]You see I've for[BmA]gotten if they're [BmAb]green or they're [G]blue
[D]Anyway, the [A]thing is, [F#]what I reallly [Bm]mean
[D]Yours are the [Em7]sweetest eyes [G]I've ever [D]seen
{c: chorus}
How [D]wonderful [Em]life is while [G]you're [A]in the [D]world
65
FEEL LIKE I'M FIXIN TO DIE RAG
Country Joe & the Fish
D
come on all of you big strong men
G
Uncle Sam needs your help again
D
he's got himself in a terrible jam
G
way down yonder in Viet Nam so
E7
A7
put down your books and pick up a gun
D7
G
we're gonna have a whole lotta fun
CHORUS
A7 A#7 D
D
G
And it's one, two, three, what are we fighting for
D7
G
don't ask me I don't give a damn, next stop is Viet Nam
A7 A#7 D
D
G
And it's five, six, seven, open up the pearly gates
E7
A7
D7
G
Well ain't no time to wonder why, whoopee we're all gonna die
D
come on generals, let's move fast
G
your big chance has come at last
D
Gotta go out and get those reds
G
the only good commie is the one that's dead and
E7
A
you know that peace can only be won
D
G
when we've blown 'em all to kingdom come
66
D
come on wall street don't be slow
G
why man this war is a go-go
D
there's plenty good money to be made by
G
supplying the army with the tools of its trade
E7
A
Just hope and pray that if they drop the bomb,
D
G
they drop it on the Viet Cong
CHORUS
A7 A#7 D
D
G
And it's one, two, three, what are we fighting for
D7
G
don't ask me I don't give a damn, next stop is Viet Nam
A7 A#7 D
D
G
And it's five, six, seven, open up the pearly gates
E7
A7
D7
G
Well ain't no time to wonder why, whoopee we're all gonna die
D
come on mothers throughout the land
G
pack your boys off to Viet Nam
D
come on fathers don't hesitate
G
send your sons off before it's too late
E7
A
you can be the first ones on your block
D
G
to have your boy come home in a box
Chorus
67
The last thing I needed-the first thing this morning
C
G
The postman delivered a past due bill notice
F
F/E
G
The alarm clock rang two hours late
C
G
The garbageman left all the trash on the sidewalk
F
F/E
G
The hinges fell off of the gate
F
F/E
F
F/E
This morning at breakfeast I spilled all the coffee
C
Em
Am Am7
I opened the door on my knee
F
C
Am
The last thing I needed-the first thing this morning
G
C
Was to have you walk out on me
F C Am G C G
C
Last night you came home late
G
And I knew you'd been drinking
F
F/E
G
By that old mellow look on your face
C
But I thought it really don't matter
G
Cause it's the holiday season
F
F/E
G
And you fill such a big empty space
F
F/E
And I layed down beside you
F
F/E
And I wanted your lovin
C
Em Am
Cause your love makes my life complete
F
C
Am
The last thing I needed the first thing this morning
G
C
Was to have you walk out on me
68
F
F/E
F
C
So excuse me for looking - like my world has ended
F
F/E
F
C
Excuse me for looking - like I just lost my best friend
F
F/E
F
Excuse me for living and being forgiving
C
Em
Am
So Just go if you want to be free
F
C
Am
The last thing I needed the first thing this morning
G
C
Was to have you walk out on me
F
C
Am
The last thing I needed the first thing this morning
G
C
Was to have you walk out on me
F C Am G C G
69
Old Man : Neil Young - Harvest
F
D Dsus4 D x2
F
D
Old man look at my life, I'm a lot like you were
D F C G-- D F C F
D
F
Old man look at my life
C
G
Twenty four and there's so much more
D
F
Live alone in a paradise
C
F
That makes me think of two
D
F
Love lost, such a cost,
C
G
Give me things that don't get lost.
D
C
Like a coin that won't get tossed
F
G
Rollin' home to you.
D
Am7 Em7 G D
D
Am7 Em7
G
Old man take a look at my life I'm a lot like you
D
Am7 Em7 G
I need someone to love me the whole day through
D
Am7 Em7 G
Oh, one look in my eyes and you can tell that's true.
D F C G-- D F C F
70
x2
D
F
Lullabies, look in your eyes,
C
G
Run around the same old town.
D
F
Doesn't mean that much to me
C
F
To mean that much to you
D
F
I've been first and last
C
G
Look at how the time goes past.
D
F
But I'm all alone at last.
C
G
Rolling home to you.
D Am7
Em7 G D
D
Am7 Em7
G
Old man take a look at my life I'm a lot like you
D
Am7 Em7 G
I need someone to love me the whole day through
D
Am7 Em7 G
Oh, one look in my eyes and you can tell that's true.
D F C G -- D F C F
D
F
D
Old man look at my life, I'm a lot like you were
DFCG D
71
x2
Big Rock Candy Mountain
traditional, taken from Harry McClintock's version
One [C]evening as the sun went down
And the jungle fire was burning,
Down the track came a hobo hikin',
And he said, "Boys, I'm not [G7]turning.
I'm [F]headed for a [C]land that's [F]far a[C]way,
Be[F]side the crystal [G7]fountains,
So [C]come with me, we'll go and see,
The Big Rock [G7]Candy [C]Mountains."
Verse 1:
"[C]In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
There's a [F]land that's fair and [C]bright,
Where the [F]handouts grow on [C]bushes,
And you [F]sleep out every [G7]night,
Where the [C]boxcars all are empty,
And the [F]sun shines every [C]day,
On the [F]birds and the [C]bees
And the [F]cigarette [C]trees,
The [F]lemonade [C]springs
Where the [F]bluebird [C]sings,
In the [G7]Big Rock Candy [C]Mountains."
Verse 2:
"[C]In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
All the [F]cops have wooden [C]legs,
And the [F]bulldogs all have [C]rubber teeth,
And the [F]hens lay soft boiled [G7]eggs.
The [C]farmers' trees are full of fruit
And the [F]barns are full of [C]hay.
Oh, I'm [F]bound to [C]go
Where there [F]ain't no [C]snow,
Where the [F]rain don't [C]fall
And the [F]wind don't [C]blow,
In the [G7]Big Rock Candy [C]Mountains."
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Verse 3:
"[C]In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
You [F]never change your [C]socks,
And the [F]little streams of [C]alcohol
Come a-[F]tricklin' down the [G7]rocks,
The [C]brakemen have to tip their hats
And the [F]railroad bulls are [C]blind.
There's a [F]lake of [C]stew,
And of [F]whiskey [C]too,
You can [F]paddle all a[C]round 'em
In a [F]big ca[C]noe,
In the [G7]Big Rock Candy [C]Mountains."
Verse 4:
"[C]In the Big Rock Candy Mountains,
The [F]jails are made of [C]tin,
And [F]you can walk right [C]out again,
As [F]soon as you are [G7]in.
There [C]ain't no short-handled shovels,
No [F]axes, saws, or [C]picks,
I'm a-[F]going to [C]stay,
Where you [F]sleep all [C]day,
Where they [F]hung the [C]jerk,
that in[F]vented [C]work,
In the [G7]Big Rock Candy [C]Mountains."
I'll [F]see you [C]all
This [F]coming [C]fall,
In the [G7]Big Rock Candy [C]Mountains."
73
You Just Can't See Him From the Road By: Chris LeDoux (2nd fret)
C
F
C
You don't see him much on the big screen anymore
G
C
The kids don't ride along with Roy or Gene
F
C
And that ain't really him with all those feathers in his hat
G
C
And some frenchman's name embroidered on his jeans
Chorus:
Am
C
But he's still out there ridin' fences
Am
G
Still makes his livin' with his rope
C
F
C
As long as there's a sunset he'll keep ridin' for the brand
G
C
You just can't see him from the road
C
F
C
How'd he ever learn to two-step, he barely learned to walk
G
C
But he's worn a lot of leather off the tree
F
C
He's had one or two good horses that he counts among his friends
G
C
And he never drew a breath that wasn't free
Chorus:
C
F
C
Well, he's tall in the saddle, short on the cash
G
C
The last to quit, the first to buy the beer
F
C
He's a knight in leather armor still livin' by the code
G
C
That's made what he's been for a hundred years
Chorus:
74
I’ll never smoke weed with Willie again
Toby Kieth
I always had heard that his erb was top shelf
I just could not wait to find out for myself
don’t knock it till you tried it Well I’ve tried it it my freind
and I’ll never smoke weed with Willie again
I learned a hard lesson in a small Texas town
He fired up a fat boy and he pass him around
the last words I spoke before they took me in
I’ll never smoke weed with Willie again
Chorus
I’ll never smoke weed with Willie again
my parties all over before it begins
You can pour me some ol’ whiskey river my friend
but I’ll never smoke weed with Willie again
I hopped on his old’ bus the Honeysuckle Rose
the party was Vegas it was after the show
alone in the front lounge just me and him
with one parting puff grim creaper set in
Chorus
Now where passing the guitar telling good jokes
I know one’s a coming cause I’m smelling smoke
no I do not par take I just let it pass by
with a smile on my face, and a great contact high
In the fetal position, with drewl an my chin
I mess up and smoked weed with Willie again
75
Heroes and friends Randy Trvis
A
E
A
1. I ain't live forever but I've lived e-nough
F#m
D
A
E
and I've learned to be gentle and I've learned to be tough
F#m
D
A
D
I've found only two things that last to the end
A
E
A
One is your heroes the
other your friends
D
A
Your heroes will help you find good in yourself
E
D
A
your friends won't forsake you for somebody else.
D
A
F#m
They'll both stand beside you thru thick and thru thin
A
E
A
and that's how it goes with heroes and friends
A
E
A
2. I grew up with cowboys I watched on T-V
F#m
D
A
E
my
friends and I sometimes pre-tended to be
F#m
D
A
D
Years have gone by
but now and again
A
E
A
my heart rides the range with my heroes and friends
Chorus
76
TIME IN A BOTTLE
Dm
Dm(maj7) Dm7 Dm6
If I could save time in a bottle
Gm6
A7
The first thing that I'd like to do
Dm
Dm7
BGm7 Dm
Is to save every day till eternity passes away
Gm
A7
Just to spend them with you.
Dm
Dm(maj7) Dm7 Dm6
If I could make days last forever
Gm6
A7
If words could make wishes come true
Dm
Dm7
BGm7
I'd save every day like a treasure and then
Dm Gm
A7
Again, I would spend them with you.
D
Dmaj7
But there never seems to be enough time
D6
D
G
to do the things you want to do Once you find them
Gmaj7 Em7 A7
D
Dmaj7
I've looked around enough to know
D6
D
G
That you're the one I want to go through time with.
Gmaj7 Em7 A7
Dm
Dm(maj7) Dm7 Dm6
If I had a box just for wishes
Gm6
A7
And dreams that had never come true
Dm
Dm7 BGm7
The box would be empty except for the memory
Dm
Gm
A7
Of how they were answered by you
(CHORUS)
77
I Should Have Known Better
Lennon/McCartney
G D G D
G
D
G D
I - - - - - - should have known better with a girl like you,
G
D
Em
That I would love everything that you do,
C
D
G
D G D
And I do, hey, hey, hey, and I do.
Whoa, ooh
G D G D
G
D
G D
I - - - - - - never realized what a kiss could be,
G D
Em
This could only happen to me,
C
B7
Can't you see, can't you see?
Em
C
G
B7
That when I tell you that I love you, oh,
Em
C
G
G7
You're gonna say you love me too - oo - oo - oo - oo, oho,
C
D
G -Em C
D
G D G
And when I ask you to be mine, you're gonna say you love me too.
D
G D G D
G
D
G D
So - o - o, I - - - - - - should have realized a lot of things before,
G
D
Em
If this is love you've gotta give me more,
C
D
G D G D
Give me more, hey, hey, hey, give me more.
G D G D
G
D
G D
I - - - - - - never realized what a kiss could be,
G
D
Em
This could only happen to me,
C
B7
Can't you see, can't you see?
Em
C
G
B7
That when I tell you that I love you, oh,
Em
C
G
G7
You're gonna say you love me too - oo - oo - oo - oo, oho,
C
D
G-Em
C
D
G D G
And when I ask you to be mine, you're gonna say you love me too.
D G D G
D
G D G
You love me too,
you love me too.
(Guitar solo)
G D G
D
G
D
G D
G D Em C D G
D G D
78
POWDER RIVER HOME by Chris LeDoux
Transcribed by Diron Ahlquist
[D] There's a full moon [A] risin' in the [Bm] prairie sky to[G]night
[D] Lord it's good to be on my way [A] home.
[D] Over that hori[A]zon she keeps the [Bm]home fires burin' [G]bright
I'm goin' [D]back to my [A]Powder River [D]home.
CHORUS
Where the river [Bm}winds from the [G]Big Horn's up a[D]bove
And the clear moon [Bm]shines on the [G]prairie that I [A]love
It's the [D]closest place to [A]heaven this [Bm]cowboy's ever [G]known
I'm goin' [D]back to my [A]Powder River [D]home.
[D]Travelin' round the [A]country for a [Bm]dozen years or [G]more
[D]Funny how your point of view can [A]change
[D]I finally found the [A]rainbow that [Bm]I've been searchin' [G]for
It's right a[D]bove my [A]home out on the [D]range.
CHORUS
I'm goin' [D]back to my [A]Powder River [D]home.
79
RIDING FOR A FALL
Words and Music by Chris LeDOUX
D-A-Bm-A-G-A
D-A- Bm-A-G-A- D
D
A
Bm
A
Last night you told her, you could never hold her
G
A
Cause cowboys just got to be free
D
A
Bm
A
Her heart was breaking, yours was aching
G
A D
but you saddled up to follow your dreams
D
A
Bm
A
Coffee on your campfire, wind through the barbed wire
G
A
You huddle close to the flames
D
A
Bm
A
Though she's far behind you, the night wind reminds you
G
A D
It just keeps on whispering her name
CHORUS:
A
G
D
You can make a run for the border
A
G
D
Try to hide in the hole in the wall
Bm
A
But don't you know your arms are aching to hold her
G
A
But cowboy even though you're riding tall
D
You're riding for a fall
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verse 2:
D-A- Bm-A-G-A- D
D
A
Bm
A
Midnight the moons up, hands around your tin cup
G
A
The frost settles in on the sage
D
A
Bm
A
The night gettin' colder, well man you're gettin' older
G
A D
Tonight you're feeling your age
verse 3
D
A
Bm
A
Why don't you turn back, just saddle up and backtrack
G
A
You know you'll never find a love quite like hers and tell me
D
A
Bm
A
On a cold lonesome evening, What the hell good's your freedom
G
A D
Don't you think it's time you hung up your spurs
CHORUS:
A
G
D
You can make a run for the border
A
G
D
Try to hide in the hole in the wall
Bm
A
But don't you know your arms are aching to hold her
G
A
But cowboy even though you're riding tall
D
You're riding for a fall
D-A- Bm-A-G
A
D
cowboy You're riding for a fall
81
Five Dollar Fine
written by Alex Harvey performed by Chris LeDoux
We’re a [C]fun lovin’ crowd, kinda [F]rowdy and loud,
Our [C]jukebox won’t play no sad [G]songs,
So [C]don’t come in here and [F]cry in your beer,
Cause we [C]don’t care about [G]who done who [C]wrong.
CHORUS
We got a [C]five dollar fine for [F]whinin’,
We’ll [G]tell you before you come [C]in. [G]
And if it [C]ain’t on your mind to [F]have a good [Am]time,
Ya’ll [G]come back and see us a[C]gain.
Well, we [C]don’t really care about your [F]clothes or your hair,
This [C]party’s open to [G]all.
Yah we [C]like a good joke and it’s [F]alright to smoke,
We [C]got just one [G]rule on the [C]wall.
CHORUS
Now there’s [C]too many fools makin’ [F]too many rules,
That’s [C]one thing you can’t say about [G]us.
Cause we [C]all get along when we [F]sing the same song
There’s just [C]one thing that [G]causes a [C]fuss.
CHORUS x 2
We’ve got a [C]five dollar fine for [F]whinin’
82
Fathers And Sons
Intro D---- D4----D---- Dsus2 (Twice)
D
My father had so much to tell me , things he said I had to know
G
D
dont make my mistakes, rules you cant break but I had to find out on my own
D
G
Now when I look at my own sons, see what my father went through
G
D
is only so much you can do
A
your proud when the walked, scared when they run
A
D
thats how its always has been between Fathers And Sons
D
G
D
It a bridge you cant cross, its a cross you can’t bear
D
A
its the words you can’t say , the things you can’t change
A
D
no matter how much you care
D
G
D
so you do all you can, and you got to let go
D
A
D
just part of the flow of the river that runs between Fathers And Sons
D
Now your mother she’ll try to protect you, she hold you as long as she can
G
D
but the higher you climb, the more you can see, and thats something I understand
D
G
One day you’ll look at your son, there will be so much that you want to say
G
D
but he’ll have to find his own way
A
down the road he must take, the coarse he must run
A
D
that how its always has been among Fathers And Sons
Chorus
D
A
D
we’re just part of the flow of the river that runs between Fathers And Sons
83
One Ride In Vegas Chris LeDoux
G
C
D
G
He's packed up his boots and his saddle
G
C
D
G
Seventeen, headin' out on his own
G
C
D7
Em
And he'll rodeo from Cheyenne to Texas
C
G
D
G
Dreamin' of one ride in Vegas
D
G
C D
One ride in Vegas
G
C
D
G
Lonely nights in rundown motel rooms
G
C
D
G
Aches and pains from yesterday's ride
G
C
D7
Em
It's takin' more than he thought he could give it
C
G
D
G
But he's holdin' on for one ride in Vegas
D
G
One ride in Vegas
C
D
G
C
And he's riskin' it all, driven by a hunger
C
D
G
That never will let him give up
C
D
G
C
And with fire in his eyes, he dances with thunder
C
G
D
Till one day his day finally comes
84
G
C
D
G
His heart beats fast with anticipation
G
C
D
G
Brighter lights than he's ever seen before
G
C
D7
Em
He's waited his whole life for the next eight seconds
C
G
D
G
And he'd do it all again for one ride in Vegas
D
G
One ride in Vegas
CDDGCDD
G
C D
G
He's an old man now, four times' world champion
G
C
D
G
A modern day legend, every cowboy knows his name
G
C
D7
Em
He's settled down on his ranch down in Texas
C
G
D
G
But he'd trade it all today for one ride in Vegas
D
G
One more ride in Vegas
85
Caballo Diablo
Chris LeDoux
Capo 4th Fret
Am
G F
E
Wild as a coastal barranca, swift as the wind blowin free
Am
G
With two eyes like fire brands that glow in the night
F
E
Somewhere up there hes waitin for me
Am
G
F
E
And he knows that I comin for him, And I just cant rest til I find
Am
G
That raven black stallion that wears no mans brand
F
E
with a wild restless spirit like mine
Chorus
Am
G
Am
They call him Caballo Diablo, half horse half devil they say
Am
G
F
G
Am
Caballo Diablo, the outlaw up a top the Sierra Madre
Am
G
F
E
Two men before tried to take him, they had their chance one by one
Am
G
But each met his fate when those flashin black hooves
F
E
brought death Neath the Mexican sun
Am
G
F
E
Still I cant leave, I must find him, You fool of a horse cant you see?
Am
G
F
E
I may be half man, but the other halfs devil, And youre just exactly like me
Chorus
86
Am
G
F
E
Even the breeze has stopped movin all hush now, be still,
Am
G
Dont make a sound stay close to the ground
F
E
Cuz hes waitin just over that hill
Am
G
F
E
Down wind behind him move quickly, do it fast now, hes startin to stir
Am
G
Grab a handful of mane, then up on to his back,
F
E
And start raking him down with my spurs
Am
G
F
E
But try as he will he can’t shake me as over the precipice we go
Am
G
F
E
To spill the life blood of a horse and a man on the rocky sierra below
Chorus
Am
G
Am
They call him Caballo Diablo, half horse half devil they say
Am
G
F
G
Am
Caballo Diablo, the outlaw up a top the Sierra Madre
87
LOOK AT YOU, GIRL
Chris LeDoux
Written by: Lanty Ross
Verse: 1
intro: D A G
D
A
G
D
Just look at you, girl
Standin' here beside me
G
Em
A
Starlight on your hair Lookin' like a dream I dreamed somewhere
D A
G
D
And look at me, girl You got me actin' just like a lover
G
In an old time picture show
Em
A
And how I got the part -- I just don't know
G
D
But it's written all across your face
Plain as it can be
G
You're the one that I was lookin' for
A
Now you're all that I can see
CHORUS:
D A
G
You mean everything to me
D A
G
D
And I'd do anything to have you stay forever
G
I'm an ordinary man
Em
A
But I feel like I could do anything in the world
D
When I look at you, girl
Verse: 2
D
A
G
D
Just look at you, girl
Walkin' here beside me
G
Em
A
Misty morning light I see my own reflection in your eyes
D
A
G
D
And just smile at me, girl With eyes that tell a story
Em
A
That words can never say tellin' me your love is gonna stay
G
A
D
And we're standin' right together now In everything we do
G
A
And if my world should come apart I'll still be lovin' you
CHORUS:
88
Beer, Bait and Ammo
By Kevin Fowler
A
D
Well now early one day I was on my way To my favorite fishin’ hole
E
A
I was thinking I could sure use another bottle of booze My baits a’ runnin a
little low
A
D
Man a box of 12 gauge would be all the rage I’m all liquored up and I’m
feelin’ good
E
A
Well just down the road there was a place called Bubba’s Man, he’s
got the goods
Chorus:
A
D
And the sign said beer, bait, and ammo, yeah They got everything in between
E
A
Yeah they got anything any old beer drinkin’ Hell-raisin, bonified redneck needs
A
They got your fishin’ hooks they got your dirty books
D
They got your rebel flag on the wall
E
A
Sign said beer, bait, and ammo, yeah You ask me they got it all
A
D
Well now when I walked in I can’t even begin To describe just what I smelled
E
Lord was it the catfish bait or something Bubba had ate
A
Was it those pickled eggs on the shelf
A
Yeah, with a toothless grin he said boy step right on in
D
Make yourself right at home, I said no, no, no thank you man
E
With a 12 pack of cans and I’ll be good to go
A
And the sign said
Chorus:
89
This Cowboy's Hat Written by: Jake Brooks (capo 2nd fret)
Verse 1:
Am
Em
G
Am*
Well I was sitting in a coffee shop just having a cup to pass the time
Am
Em
G
Am*
swapping rodeo stories with this old cowboy friend of mine.
Am
C
Dm
When some motorcycle riders started snickering in the back
Am
Em
Am**
started poking fun at my friend's hat.
Verse 2:
Am
Em
G
Am*
One old boy said "hey Tex, where'd you park your horse"
Am
Em
G
Am*
My friend just pulled his hat down low, but they couldn't be ignored.
Am
C
Dm
One husky fella said "I think I'll rip that hat right off your head".
Am
Em
Am**
That's when my friend turned around, and this is what he said...
Chorus:
Am
C
Dm
You'll ride a black tornado across a western sky.
Am
C
Em
Rope an old blue norther and milk it 'till it's dry.
Am
C Dm
Bulldog the Mississippi, pin its ears down flat
Am
Em
Am**
Long before you take this cowboy's hat.
Verse 3:
Am
Em
G
Am*
Now partner, this old hat's better left alone.
Am
Em
G
Am*
You see, it used to be my daddy's, but last year he passed on.
Am
C
Dm
My nephew skinned the rattler that makes up this old hat band.
Am
Em
Am**
But back in '69, he died in Vietnam.
90
Verse 4:
Am
Em
G
Am*
Now the eagle feather was given to me by an Indian friend of mine.
Am
Em
G
Am*
Someone ran him down somewhere around that Arizona line.
Am
C
Dm
And a real special lady give me this hat pin,
Am
Em
Am**
And I don't know if I'll ever see her again.
Chorus:
Verse 5:
Am
Em
G
Am*
Now if your leather jacket means to you what this hat means to me,
Am
Em
G
Am*
then I guess we understand each other, and we'll just let it be.
Am
C
Dm
But if you still think it's funny, Man, you got my back up against the wall,
Am
Em
Am**
And if you touch my hat, you're gonna have to fight us all.
Verse 6:
Am
Em
G
Am*
Well right then I caught a little sadness in that gang leader's eyes.
Am
Em
G
Am*
He turned back to the others and they all just kind of shuffled on outside
Am
C
Dm
But when my friend turned back towards me I noticed his old hat brim
Am
Em
Am**
Well it was turned up in a big old Texas grin!
Chorus:
Fade Out...
91
Old Paint
Chris Ledoux
C
G
Riding back from town tonight
Am
F
I don’t need the trail moon light
C
G
Em7 F
This old horse knows his way home
C
G
I don’t have to touch the reins
Am
F
he just right on track just like a train
C
G
Em7 F
This old horse knows his way home
Capo 4th Fret
(Twice)
C
G
He waits faithfully to save me
Am
F
from poker games an painter ladies
C
G
Em7 F
This old horse knows his way home
C
G
and when my hard works pay is gone
Am
F
I climb up and just hold on
C
G
Em7 F
This old horse knows his way home
(Twice)
C
F
G
Cowboy blues fade to black
Am
Em7
in an old bunkhouse rack
F
Am7
G
and so I whistle back in the saddle again
C
G
Riding back from town tonight
Am
F
I don’t need the trail moon light
C
G
Em7 F
This old horse knows his way home
C
G
Em7 F
This old horse knows his way home
C
G
Em7 F
This old horse knows his way home
92
Small Town John Anderson
C
G
You can talk about the weather Or the mayors sister
F
You can talk about small talk
C
G
You can walk the city limits In a matter of minutes
F
You can talk about taking a walk
G
F
You can count the stars in the clear night sky
G
F
Or sit back and listen while the train rolls by
C
G
F
Hey, it's a small town They roll the sidewalks up
F
C
Come around sundown
C
G
F
Hey, it's a small town The place where we grew up
C
And still Hang around
Verse 2:
C
G
That rich young widow Keeps talking to the preacher
F
Lord help their soul's be saved
C
G
And Mr. Johnsons daughter Flew in from Nevada
F
When they put him in his grave
G
F
Tommy took a summer job at Pontiac
G
F
He's still writin' letters but he's not comin' back
Chorus +
C
G
I'm easy to be found
F
Hey, it's a small town
Play intro twice, fade on second time.
93
Seminole Wind
John Anderson
Em G D A
Em G D A
Em
G
Ever since the days of old
D
A
Men would search for wealth untold
Em
G
They'd dig for silver and for gold
D
A
And leave the empty holes;
Em
G
And way down south in the Everglades
D
A
Where the black water rolls and the saw grass sways
Em
G
The eagles fly and the otters play
D
A
In the land of the Seminole;
Em
G
So blow, blow Seminole wind
D
A
Blow like you're never gonna blow again;
Em
G
I'm callin' to you like a long-lost friend
D
A
But I know who you are;
Em
G
And blow, blow from the Okeechobee (ok-ee-choby)
D
A
All the way up to Micanopy (pronounced: Meh-can-o-pee)
Em
G
across the home of the Seminole
D
A
The aligator and the gar
94
Em G D A
Em
G
D
A
Progress came & took it's toll & in the name of flood control
Em
G
They make thier plans & they drained the land
D
A
Now the glades are going dry
Em
G
D
A
And the last time I walked in the swamp I sat upon a cypress stump
Em
G
D
A
I listened close & I heard the ghost of Awsiola (aw-se-ola) cying
Em
G
So blow, blow Seminole wind
D
A
Blow like you're never gonna blow again;
Em
G
I'm callin' to you like a long-lost friend
D
A
But I know who you are;
Em
G
And blow, blow from the Okeechobee (ok-ee-choby)
D
A
All the way up to Micanopy (pronounced: Meh-can-o-pee)
Em
G
across the home of the Seminole
D
A
The aligator and the gar
{ half time }
Em
G
D
A
95
I wish I coulda been there John Anderson
C
G
Am
F
1. When our baby Kate was born it was the biggest day of my life
C
G
Lying there little bows in her hair in the loving arms of my wife
Am
G
F
I was the proudest papa in the U.S. A.
C
G
Making a living on the road somewhere a thousand miles away
Am
G
F
C
G
It was a happy day, but kinda sad. I wish I coulda been there
Am
F
G
C
I wish I coulda been there, I wish I coulda been there for that.
C
G
Am
F
2. Little Bobby hit his first home run he was the hero of the hometown crowd
C
G
2 to 1 it was the winning run, everybody was cheering loud
Am
G
F
And mama she was smiling saying, he's a chip off of the old block
C
G
But I was on the road somewhere between Memphis and Little Rock
Am
G
F
C
G
It was a happy day, but kinda sad. I wish I coulda been there
Am
F
G
C
I wish I coulda been there, I wish I coulda been there for that.
C
G
Am
F
3. Now Bobby and Kate are all grown up and moved away
C
G
They stay in touch, we're proud of the two good kids we raised
Am
G
F
And it's hard to believe we're celebrating our 25th year today
C
G
This party's nice, but the kids aren't here, at least they called to say
Am
G
F
C
G
Congradulations Mom and Dad . I wish we coulda been there
Am
F
G
C
I wish we coulda been there, I wish we could a been there for that.
Am
G
F
C
G
It was a happy day, but kind a sad. I wish they coulda been there
Am
F
G
C
I wish they coulda been there, I wish they coulda been there for that.
96
He's a real nowhere man
Sitting in his nowhere land
Em
Gm
D
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
D
A
Doesn't have a point of view
G
D
Knows not where he's going to
Em
Gm
D
Isn't he a bit like you and me
F#m
G
Nowhere man please listen
F#m
G
You don't know what you're missing
F#m Em7
A7
Nowhere man the world is at your command
Verse 2:
D
A
He's as blind as he can be
G
D
Just sees what he wants to see
Em
Gm
D
Nowhere man can you see me at all
F#m
G
Nowhere man don't worry
F#m
G
Take your time don't hurry
F#m Em7
A7
Leave it all till somebody else lends you a hand
D
A
He's a real nowhere man
G
D
Sitting in his nowhere land
Em
Gm
D
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody (Repeat & fade)
97
Old Hippie
by The Bellamy Brothers
C
He turned FIFTY-five last Sunday
F
C
And his hair was bouncing gray
C
But he still ain't changed his lifestyle
C
G
He likes it better the old way
F
C
So he grows a little garden in the back yard by the fence
F
C
G
He's consuming what he's growing nowadays in self defense
C
He get's out there in the twilight zone
F
C
sometimes when it just don't make no sense
C
He gets off on country music
F
C
cause disco left him cold
C
He's got young friends into new way
C
G
buts he's just too fricken old
F
And he dreams at night of Woodstock
C
F
and the day John Lennon died how the music made him happy
C
G
and the silence made him cry
C
F
C
Yea he thinks of John sometimes and he has to wonder why
F
C
He's an old hippie and he don't know what to do
G
should hang on to the old
C
should he grab on to the new
F
C
he's an old hippie his new life is just a bust
G
he ain't trying to change nobody
F
G C
he just trying real hard to adjust
98
C
He was sure back in the sixties
F
C
that everyone was hip
C
Then they sent him off to Vietnam
C
G
on his senior trip
F
And they force him to become a man
C
F
while he was still a boy and in each wave of tragedy
C
G
C
he waited for the joy
Now this world may change around him
F
C
but he just can't change no more
Chorus
C
Well he stays away a lot now
F
C
from the parties and the clubs
C
And he's thinking while he's joggin' 'round
C
G
Sure is glad he quit the hard drugs
F
C
Cause him and his kind get more endangered everyday
F
C
G
And pretty soon the species will just up and fade away
C
F
C
Like the smoke from that torpedo just up and fade away
Chorus
G
he ain't trying to change nobody
F
G C
he just trying real hard to adjust
99
Dream a little dream of me
Mama’s and the Papa’s
C
B7
Ao
G7
Stars shining bright above you
C
B7
A7
A7
Night breezes seem to whisper "I love you"
F
Fm
Birds singing in a sycamore tree
C
G+ G7
Dream a little dream of me.
C
B7
Ao G7
Say "Nightie-night" and kiss me
C
B7
A7
A7
Just hold me tight and tell me you'll miss me
F
Fm
While I'm alone and blue as can be
C
G+
C
Dream a little dream of me.
A
A6
E7
A
A6
E7
Stars fading but I linger on, dear, still craving your kiss
A
A6
E7
A
G# G7
I 'm longing to linger till dawn, dear, just saying this:
C
B7
Ao
G7
Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you
C
B7
A7
A7
Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you
F
Fm
But in your dreams whatever they be
C
G+
C
Dream a little dream of me.
100
I've Got To Be A Rodeo Man - Chris LeDoux
D C G
DCG
D
C
Sometimes this old road Get's so damn lonesome away from home
G
D
Ain't no way in sight to get on back Nobody knows the way it feels
C
G
D
Suffer through this living hell Less you been on down that road yourself
CHORUS
D
C
don't ya know I ain't really a bum
G
D
I was once a clean cut mothers son
C
G
D
And you know down deep inside I still am
D
C
But this rodeo life's got it's hold on me
G
D
And there aint no way to set me free
C
G
D
You know I've gotta be a rodeo man
CGD
Verse 2 played same
D
C
Skinny old dog on the rodeo grounds Scroungin', sniffin', lookin around
G
D
In alot of ways I'm just like him Cause I'm eating up scraps off the dinner table
C
G
D
In a greasy cafe' til I'm able Ride those broncs good enough to win
CHORUS
101
I Love This Bar (Toby Keith/Scott Emerich)
D
A
We got winners, We got losers,
G
D
Chain smokers and boozers,
D
A
We got yuppies, We got bikers,
G
A
We got thirsty hitchhikers.
Bm
A
G
And the girls next door dress up like movie stars.
Em F#m G A
D
M-m-mm---mm---mm, I love this bar.
D
A
We got cowboys, We got truckers,
G
D
Broken-hearted fools and suckers,
D
A
We got hustlers, We got fighters,
G
A
Early birds and all-nighters,
Bm
A
G
And the veterans talk about their battle scars.
Em F#m G A
D
M-m-mm---mm---mm, I love this bar.
Chorus
Bm
D
I love this bar.
It's my kind of place.
E7
A
Just walkin' through the front door puts a big smile on my face.
Bm
D
G
It ain't too far. Come as you are.
Em F#m G A
D
M-m-mm---mm---mm, I love this bar.
102
D
A
I've seen short skirts, We got high techs,
G
D
Blue collar boys and rednecks.
D
A
We got lovers, Lotsa lookers,
G
A
I've even seen dancin' girls and hookers.
Bm
A
G
And we like to drink our beer from a Mason jar.
Em F#m G A
D
M-m-mm---mm---mm, I love this bar. Yes, I do.
Instrumental Interlude
Bm
D
Bm
D
A
I like my truck.
D
I like my girl friend.
E7
I like to take her out to dinner.
A
I like a movie now and then.
Bm
D
I love this bar.
It's my kind of place.
E7
A
Just twirlin' around the dance floor puts a big smile on my face.
Bm
No cover charge
D G
Come as you are.
Em F#m G A
D
M-m-mm---mm---mm, I love this bar.
Em F#m G
A
D
M-m-mm---mm---mm, I just love this old bar.
103
Toby Keith (w/ Willie Nelson) -- Beer For My Horses
capo 3rd fret
G
C
G
well a man come on the 6 o'clock news
D
G
saying somebody got shot, somebody's been abused
C
G
somebody blew up a building somebody stole a car
D
G
somebody got away somebody didn't get too far
Em
D
G
yea, they didn't get too far
G
C G
grandpappy told my pappy back in my day son
D
G
that a man had to answer for the wicked he done
C
G
take all the rope in texas, find a tall oak tree
D
G
round up all of them bad boys, hang them high in the streets
Em
D
G
for all the people to see
104
chorus:
D
C G
cause justice is the one thing you should always find
D
G
you gotta saddle up your boys you gotta draw a hard line
D
C
G
when the gun smoke settles we'll sing a victory tune
D
G
and we'll all meet back at the local salloon
C
G
and we'll raise up our glasses against evil forces sayin
F
C
G
whiskey for my men, beer for my horses
(F
C
G )
(whiskey for my men, beer for my horses) --> this is played in the 2nd and 3rd chorus'
only
G
C G
we got too many gansters doing dirty deeds
D
G
too much corruption and crime on the streets
C
G
it's time the long arm of the law put a few more in the ground
D
G
send them all to their maker and he'll settle them down
Em
D
G
you can bet he'll set em down
chorus
D
C G
You know justice is the one thing you should always find
105
To cold at home
Mark Chestnut
D
Well, it sure feels good to come in here
G
And just pull up a seat
D
A7
A frosty mug of a cool one Helps to beat the heat
D
These old dog days of summer
G
Lord, I'll be glad when they're gone
D
It's too hot to fish, too hot for golf
A7
D
And TOO COLD AT HOME.
D
Well, that baseball game on TeeVee
G
Takes me back to when I was a kid
D
A7
We proudly wore those uniforms Just like the Dodgers did
D
Yea!, we won a few and and we lost a few
G
And for me it still goes on
D
Too hot to fish, and too hot for golf
A7
D
And TOO COLD AT HOME.
CHORUS
G
Well, I only planned on one or two
D
I might stay for three
G
If that good-lookin' thing in the corner
A7
Keeps smilin' back at me
D
It's so easy not to care
G
'Bout what's right or what's wrong
D
It's too hot to fish, too hot for golf
A7
D
And TOO COLD AT HOME.
Repeat Chorus
106
He Rides the Wild Horses
Chris LeDoux
PLAY IN ¾ TIME WITH A NICE, STEADY "PLUCK, STRUM, STRUM" PATTERN.
Just a [D]rodeo drifter, he [C]comes and he [D]goes,
Like a wild wind that blows in the [A7]night.
The [D]highways and backroads are [C]all that he [D]knows,
He’ll be gone with the [C]mornin’s grey [D]light.
Like a [D]blue norther howlin’ like the [C]tumbleweeds [D]blow,
There’s no way to settle him [A7]down.
His [D]spirit’s as wild as the [C]horses he [D]rides,
His freedom he [C]wears like a [D]crown.
CHORUS
And he [G]rides the wild [D]horses,
The same blood flows through their [C]veins.
Yes he [G]rides the wild [D]horses,
Like the horses he’ll [C]never be [D]tamed.
C G D
He’ll [D]never be broke, he [C]won’t be tied [D]down,
He’ll never wear no man’s [A7]brand.
[D]He won’t fit in with the [C]nine to five [D]crowd
Cause movin’s all [C]he under[D]stands.
CHORUS x 2
C G D
107
SILENCE ON THE LINE
CHRIS LEDUOX
Into D G A G (Twice)
D
G
A
G
Took my last fall in San Diego
D
G
C
A
Bus headed north one headed south
G
A
D
I call a farm in Colorado
E7
A
And I lift a dusty pay phone to my mouth
D
G
A
G
She says hello I say it's me honey
D
G
C
A
Sorry I stayed away so long
G
A
D
Tell the kids thier old man's through with playin' rodeo
E7
A
Cause if it's alright with you I'm comin' home
D
Well there's silence on the line
D
She says you sure did take your time
A
But I still need a man for the things a man is good for
Em
C
You know how it is raisin' crops and raisin' kids
G
A
D
Demands a man at least as fit as you are
D
So come on git on home there's hay that needs a mowin'
A
A boy that needs a whippin' and a hundred things to do
Em
I hope you've finally found your mind
C
To leave that rodeo behind
G
A
D
I've spent half my life just waitin' here for you
108
D
G
A
G
I guess that nows the time I'd better tell her
D
G
C
A
Hon I've got this old friend that's here with me
G
A
D
He used to be a cowboy and a good one so they say
E7
A
But now his legs are crippled he can't walk you see
D
G
A
G
But hon you ought to hear him tell his stories
D
G
C
A
Sing the old songs play the guitar too
G
A
D
I'd really like to show him Colorado
E7
A
But I thought I'd better leave it up to you
D
Well there's silence on the line
D
And now I hear her sayin'
A
Babe I only need a man for the things a man is good for
Em
C
And you know how it is a place just half this big
G
A
D
Demands a man at least as fit as you are
D
Put yourself in his place it'd awful hard to face
D
A
All the chores and work and nothing he could do
Em
C
If you want to know my mind
leave that rodeo bum behind
G
A
D
Don't waste our time I'm waitin' here for you
D
G
A
G
Well cryin's just for kids I put down the phone
D
G
C
A
Fumble with my crutches movin' slow
G
A
D
I wish that I was on the bus that's Colorado bound
E7
A
D
And I hope the weather's nice in Mexico
109
I'm Country Chris LeDoux Intro:
C
F
Well, there's a little word that fits me to a tea.
G
C
I don't know how you spell it, but it's “country.”
C
F
Well, I laugh when I'm happy and I cry when I'm blue,
G
C
cuss when I'm mad like I'm supposed to do.
C
F
On a Saturday night I'll have a drink or two
G
C
and howl at the moon I'm country.
C
F
Well, I chew tobacco and I spit it on the ground.
G
C
I talk to the cows when no one ain't around.
C
F
Trapped on the mountain when the snow is falling down,
G
C
yes sir, boys, I'm country.
CHORUS:
F
I'm as country as a bronc on the western plain,
C
just as wild and twice as hard to tame.
F
As high on living as the noonday sun.
C
G
C
Well, I'll be country ‘til the day I'm done.
C
F
City folks think I'm crude I guess.
G
C
You can tell I'm a hick by the way that I dress.
C
F
But that don't matter, I'm happy as can be
G
C
and proud as heck that I'm country.
110
C
F
There's nothing wrong with city, if you like it that's fine
G
C
driving them freeways and race against time,
C
F
But I'll bet you folks in the back of your minds
G
C
kinda wished you was country, don't ya?
CHORUS
*spoken over C*
C'mon, Boys, keep singing those country songs. Who knows? Maybe we'll convert all these
city folks into country folks and they'll all move out to the country. Then the country
won't be country anymore.
Hold on.
Wait a minute.
WOAH!!
I just gave you one side of the whole picture, because...
C
F
Country is heat and dust and snow,
G
C
where the winters get down to forty below
C
F
And the work is hard and the pay's sure low
G
C
and it ain't all roses being country.
*spoken over C*
Hang in there, Folks. Don't do nothing foolish now.
You got yourself a nice high paying
job, air conditioned offices, got a movie theater right down the street,
[RETURN TO VERSE RHYTHM]
an great places to eat. You got yourself a city park, too. Now that's country!
And there you don't have to worry about no rattlesnake
biting ya on the leg or no grizzly
bear comin down, tearin' yer head off ‘er nothin' like that.
Hey, Mr. Program Director, or should I say Music
Conglomerated Homogenated Syndicated
Network, if you get a copy of this thing you can
just throw it in the garbage can and forget
I ever sent the dang thing to ya.
Thank you very much. And they will !
111
I like beer
Tom T. Hall
E
A
E
In some of my songs I have casually mentioned
E
B
The fact that I like to drink beer
E
A
E
But this little song is more to the point
F#
B
so roll out the barrel and lend me your ear
A
E
I like beer It makes me a jolly good fellow
A
F#
B
I like beer It helps me unwind and sometime it makes me feel mellow
(makes him feel mellow)
E
A
E
Whiskeys too rough Champaign cost too much
A
vodka puts my mouth in gear
E
This little refrain should help me explain
F#
B
E
as a matter of fact I like beer
2. E
A
E
My wife often frowns when we're out on the town
E
B
I'm wearing a suit and a tie
E
A
E
She's sipping vermouth and she thinks I'm uncouth
F#
B
When I yell when the waiter walks by
(chorus)
3.E
A
E
Last night I dreamed that I passed from the scene
E
B
and I went to a place so sublime
E
A
E
the water was clear and it tasted like beer
F#
B
then they turned it all into wine (ahhhh)
(chorus)
112
Song Of Wyoming
Kent Lewis
[F] -[Fm]- [C]
Well Im [C] weary and [C7] tired, Ive [F] done my days [Fm] ridin
[C] Nightime is rolling my [Dm7] way [G7]
The [C] skys all on [C7] fire and the [F] lights slowly [Fm] fading
[C] Peaceful and [F] still ends the [C] day
[Em] Out on the [Am] trail [Em] night birds are [C] callin
[F] Singin their [Fm] wild melody [C]
[Em] Down in the can [Am ] yon, [Em] cottonwood [C] whispers
A [F] song of [Fm] Wyoming for [C] me [F] - [Fm] - [C]
Well I [C] wandered a [C7] round the [F] town and the [Fm] city
Tried to [C] figure the how and the [Dm7] why [G7]
Well I [C] stopped all my [C7] schemin, Im just [F] driftin and [Fm] dreamin
[C] Watching the [F] river roll [C] by
[Em] Here comes that [Am] big ole [Em] prarie moon [C] risin
[F] Shinin down [Fm] bright as can [C] be
[Em] Up on the [Am] hill theres a [Em] coyote [C] singin
A [F] song of [Fm] Wyoming for [C] me [F] -[Fm] -[C]
Now its [C] whiskey and to [C7] bacco and [F] bitter black [Fm]coffee
A [C] lonesome old dogie am [Dm7] I [G7]
But wakin [C] upon the [C7] range, Lord I [F] feel like an [Fm] angel
[C] Free like I [F] almost could [C] fly
[Em] Drift like a [Am] cloud out [Em] over the [C] badlands
[F] Sing like a [Fm] bird in the [C] tree
The [Em] wind in the [Am] sage [Em] sounds like heaven [C] singin
A [F] song of [Fm] Wyoming for [C] me
A [F] song of [Fm] Wyoming for [C] me [F] - [Fm] - [C]
113
Pancho and Lefty
D
Livin' on the road, my friend
A
Was gonna keep us free and clean
G
But now you wear your skin like iron
D
A
And your breath's as hard as kerosene
G
You weren't your mama's only boy
D
G
But her favorite one, it seems
Bm
G
A
She began to cry When you said good bye
G
Bm
And sank into your dreams
-----------------------------------------------D
Pancho was a bandit, boys
A
Rode a horse fast as polished steel
G
Wore his guns outside his pants
D
A
For all the honest world to feel
G
Pancho met his match, you know
D
G
On the deserts down in Mexico
Bm
G
A
No one heard his dyin' words
G
Bm
But that's the way it goes
-----------------------------------------------G
And all the federales say
D
G
They could have had him any day
Bm
G A
They only let him slip away
G
Bm
Out of kindness, I suppose
114
D
Now Lefty he can't sing the blues
A
All night long like he used to
G
The dust that Pancho bit down South
D
A
It ended up in Lefty's mouth
G
The day they laid old Pancho low
D
G
Lefty split for Ohio
Bm
G
A
Where he got the bread to go
G
Bm
Well there ain't nobody 'knows
Chorus
D
Now poets tell how Pancho fell
A
Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel
G
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold
D
A
And so the story ends, we're told
G
Pancho needs your prayers, it's true
D
G
But save a few for Lefty, too
Bm
G A
He only did what he had to do
G
Bm
And now he's growin' old
Chorus
G
a few old gray federales still say
D
G
They could have had him any day
Bm
G A
They only let him go so wrong
G
Bm
Out of kindness, I suppose
115
Uncloudy Day
By Willie Nelson
Capo 3
D
G
D
Oh, they tell me of a home far beyond the skies
A7
And they tell me of a home far away
D
G
D
Oh, they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise
A7
D
Oh, they tell me of an unclouded day
D
G
D
2. Oh, they tell me of a home where my friends have gone
A7
And they tell me of that land far away
D
G
D
Where the tree of Life in eternal bloom
A7
D
Sheds it’s fragrance through the unclouded day
Chorus
Chorus:
D
Oh, the land of cloudless days
A7
Oh, the land of an unclouded sky
D
G
D
Oh, they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise
A7
D
Oh, they tell me of an unclouded day
116
D
G
D
3. Oh, they tell me of the king in his beauty there
A7
And they tell me that mine eyes shall behold
D
G
D
Where he sits on a throne that is whiter than snow
A7
D
In the city that is made of gold
Chorus:
D
Oh, the land of cloudless days
A7
Oh, the land of an unclouded sky
D
G
D
Oh, they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise
A7
D
Oh, they tell me of an unclouded day
D
G
D
4. Oh they tell me that he smiles on his children there
A7
And his smile drives their sorrows away
D
G
D
And they tell me that no tears ever come again
A7
D
In that lovely land of unclouded day
Chorus
117
Her Majesty
D.......................................................E7..................A7.....D...
Her majesty's a pretty nice girl but she doesn't have a lot to say
D.......................................................E7.............................A7.
Her majesty's a pretty nice girl but she changes from day to day
Bm......................................................D7..............................G...
I wanna tell her that i love her alot but I gotta get a belly full of wine
Gm..................D...............B7.........Em7...............A............D.....
Her majesty's a pretty nice girl someday I'm gonna make her mine
.....B7...
.........Em7...............A7...........D.....
Oh yes!
Someday I'm gonna make her mine!
118
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain by Willie Nelson
(E) In the twilight glow I see her
(B7) Blue Eyes Crying in the (E)Rain
When we kissed goodbye and parted
(B7) I knew we'd never meet a(E)gain
(A) Love is like a dying ember
(E) Only memories Re(B7)main
(E) And through the ages I remember
(B7) Blue Eyes Crying in the (E) Rain
(Run1: 5A-0-1-2)
(Run1: 5A-0-1-2)
(Run2: 5A--06E-0-1-2-4-)
(Run4: 6E-4-2-0)
(Run3: 5A-0h2-2-0--6E--4-2-0)
(Run1: 5A-0-1-2)
(A) Someday when we meet up yonder
(Run4: 6E-4-2-0)
(E) We'll stroll hand in hand a(B7)again
(Run3: 5A-0h2-2-0--6E--4-2-0)
(E) And in the land that knows no parting (Run1: 5A-0-1-2)
(B7) Blue Eyes crying in the (E)rain
119
Johnson County War
By Chris Ledoux
Am
G Am
Headed for Wyoming, in 1882
Am
G
Am
A woman, a team, and a wagon, gonna make our dreams come true
F
C
G
Am
Settled in the foothills of the big horn mountain slope
Am
G
Am
Life is sweet we lived on the meat, of the deer and the antelope
Am
G
Am
We cut house logs on the moutain, with the team we hauled 'em down
Am
G
Am
Peeled 'em and we stacked 'em up, for a house and bought some ground
F
C
G
Am
Traded for some cattle, and turned 'em out on the open range
Am
G
Am
The skies were blue and we never knew how things were gonna change
F
C
G
Am
Ole powder river, you're muddy and wide
F
C
E7
how many men have died upon your shores.
F
C
G
Am
When you brand a man a rustler, he's gotta take a side.
Am
G
Am
There's no middle ground in this Johnson Country War.
Am
G
Am
Well, the neighbors stopped by yesterday, while I was outside choppin' some wood
Am
G
Am
And they filled me in on the local news, ain't none of it sounded good
F
C
G
Am
Said, they'd been some cattle stealin', by some no count outlaw bands
Am
G
Am
We'd all been branded rustler's by the big ranchers of this land
Am
G
Am
Well it was us against the cattlemen, and the years just made it worse
Am
G
Am
First the drought, then the tough winter, Johnson County had been dealt a curse
F
C
G
Am
Then their came the story about the two dry golgia tax
Am
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Ranger Jones and John Tisdale both been shot in the back
Chorus
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Am
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Am
Then last night at supper time, riders stopped by chance.
Am
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Am
They said cattleman and hired guns, just burned the Kaycee Ranch,
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Two men had died this mornin', shot down in the snow.
Am
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Now the vigilante army was marchin' for Buffalo.
Am
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Well the county was in an uproar, an every man saddled up to ride.
Am
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Caught the cattlemen at the TA Ranch, and surrounded all four sides.
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We hailed the house with bullets and swore we'd make 'em pay.
Am
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Am
But the calvery came across the plains, and once again saved the day.
Am
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Well, they marched 'em off to Cheyenne, and no one went to jail.
Am
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Am
The cattlemen we're all turned loose, and the hired guns hit the trail.
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C
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Am
And I guess the only justice, wasn't much to say the least.
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Last winter me and mine ate mighty fine on the cattle baron's beef.
Chorus
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Ole powder river, you're muddy and wide
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C
E7
how many men have died upon your shores.
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When you brand a man a rustler, he's gotta take a side.
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There's no middle ground in this Johnson Country War.
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Lonely People;Written by Dan Peek and Catherine L. Peek, ©1974 Performed by America
1.G
Em
Bm
This is for all the lonely people
G
Em
Bm
D
Thinking that life has passed them by
C
D
G D Em
Don't give up until you drink from the silver cup
C
D
G
D
And ride that highway in the sky
2.G
Em
Bm
This is for all the single people
G
Em
Bm D
Thinking that love has left them dry
C
D
G D Em
Don't give up until you drink from the silver cup
C
D
G
You never know until you try
C C/B Am
Well, I'm on my way
C C/B Am
Yes, I'm back to stay
C C/B Am D G
D
Well, I'm on my way back home
("Hit it")[Instrumental using verse chords]
3.G
Em
Bm
This is for all the lonely people
G
Em
Bm D
Thinking that life has passed them by
C
D
G D Em
Don't give up until you drink from the silver cup
C
D
G D Em
never take you down or never give you up
C
D
Em.
You'll never know until you try.
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OUR FIRST YEARS, by Chris LeDoux
Play it with a simple "pluck, strum, pluck, strum".
[D]The winter wind was blowin' when we [G]loaded that old truck
With a [D]few things that we had and all our [A7]dreams.
With my [D]new bride there beside me we [G]headed down the road
[D]I would show her places and [A7]things she'd never [D]seen
[D]First we went to Denver, Fort [G]Worth, then San Antone
She [D]cheered me on at every rodeo [A7] ,
But [D]Houston finally ended and then [G]San Angelo
I [D]didn't want to tell her but she [A7]knew that we were [D]broke.
CHORUS
But she [G]never com[A7]plained when the [D]winnin's didn't come
[G]She just [A7]took it all in [D]stride,
And if [G]I rode good or [A7]bit the dust, [D]she was just as proud
[G]She was happy [A7]bein' by my [D]side
[D]Then in California the [G]baby started showin'
And [D]]all her clothes were gettin' way too [A7]small
We [D]couldn't spare the money to [G]buy her any new ones
[D]She just wore my shirt and jeans and [A7]didn't mind at [D]all.
And [D]early in the mornin' we'd [G]wake up by the roadside
[D] I'd build a fire and she'd get out the [A7]eggs
She'd [D]cook us up some breakfast then we'd [G[sit down there on the grass
[D]]Lord, those were the best meals I [A7]guess I ever [D]ate.
CHORUS
Well [D]now those days are over, and [G]somehow we got ahead
That [D]]little gal I married's still here with [A7] me
We [D]finally got the house we planned [G]down there beside the stream
And [D]all those old hard times are just [A7] cherished memor[D]ies.
CHORUS
[G]She was happy [A7]bein' by my [D]side.
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G
You can't rollerskate in a buffalo herd,
D
You can't rollerskate in a buffalo herd,
G
You can't rollerskate in a buffalo herd,
D/
But you can be happy if you've a mind to.
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G
You can't take a shower in a parakeet cage,
D
You can't take a shower in a parakeet cage,
G
You can't take a shower in a parakeet cage,
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But you can be happy if you've a mind to.
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C
G
All you've got to do, is put your mind to it,
A
D/
Knuckle down, buckle down, do it do it do it.
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G
Well, you can't go swimmin' in a baseball pool,
D
You can't go swimmin' in a baseball pool,
G
You can't go swimmin' in a baseball pool,
D/
But you can be happy if you've a mind to.
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G
Da loo dup diddle diddle doo dum dum
D
Doo dup doo dup doo dup diddle diddle diddle
G
Doo dup diddle diddle doo dum dum
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G
Doo dup doo dup doo dup dup dum dum dum da doo dum
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G
You can't change film with a kid on your back,
D
You can't change film with a kid on your back,
G
You can't change film with a kid on your back,
D/
But you can be happy if you've a mind to.
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G
You can't drive around with a tiger in your car,
D
You can't drive around with a tiger in your car,
G
You can't drive around with a tiger in your car,
D/
But you can be happy if you've a mind to.
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C
G
All you've got to do, is put your mind to it,
A
D/
Knuckle down, buckle down, do it do it do it,
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G
Well, you can't rollerskate in buffalo herd,
D
You can't rollerskate in a buffalo herd,
G
You can't rollerskate in a buffalo herd,
D/
But you can happy if you've a mind to.
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G
Well, you can't go fishin' in a watermelon patch,
D
You can't go fishin' in a watermelon patch,
G
You can't go fishin' in a watermelon patch,
D/
But you can be happy if you've a mind to.
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G
Well, you can't rollerskate in buffalo herd,
D
You can't rollerskate in a buffalo herd,
G
You can't rollerskate in a buffalo herd,
D/
But you can happy if you've a mind to.
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Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
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A
The red headed stranger from Blue Rock, Montana, Rode into town one day.
D
G
D
E
A
And under his knees, was a raging black stallion, Walking behind was a bay.
D
A
The red headed stranger had eyes like thunder, And his lips they were sad and tired
D
G
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A
D
His little lost love lay asleep on the hillside, And his heart was as heavy as night.
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G
D
Don't cross him, don't boss him, He's wild in his sorrow,
A7
G
Ridin' and hidin' his pain. Don't fight him, don't spite him,
D
A7
D
Just wait 'til tomorrow, Maybe he'll ride on again.
G D/F# D G D/F#
D
A
Yellow haired lady leaned out of her window, Watched as he passed her way.
D
G
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E
A
She drew back in fear at the sight of the stallion, But cast greedy eyes on the bay.
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A
How could she know that the statson bay pony Meant more to him than life?
D
G
D
A7
D
This was the horse that his little lost darlin' Had ridden when she was his wife.
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D
A
Yellow haired lady came down to the tavern, And looked up the stranger there.
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E
A
He bought her a drink and gave her some money, He just didn't seem to care.
D
A
She followed him out as he saddled the stallion, And laughed as she grabbed at the bay.
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D
A
D
He shot her so quick they had no time to warn her, She never heard anyone say:
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D
Don't cross him, don't boss him, He's wild in his sorrow,
A7
G
Ridin' and hidin' his pain. Don't fight him, don't spite him,
D
A7
D
Just wait 'til tomorrow, Maybe he'll ride on again.
G D/F# D G D/F#
D
A
The yellow haired lady was buried at sunset, The stranger went free of course.
D
G
D
E
A
For you can't hang a man for killing a woman, Who's trying to steal your horse.
D
A
This is the tale of the red headed stranger, And if he should pass your way,
D
G
D
A7
D
Stay out of path of the ragin' black stallion, And don't lay a hand on the bay.
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LITTLE JOE THE WRANGLER
[C] Little Joe, The Wrangler, will [F] wrangle nevermore
His [C] days with the roundup, they are [G7] o'er
Was a [C] year ago last April, when he [F] rode into our camp
a [C] little Texas [G7] stray and all [C] alone.
Was late in the ev'nin', when he [F] rode up to the Herd
On a [C] little low brown pony, he called [G7] Chaw
With his [C] brogan shoes and overalls, a [F] tougher lookin' kid
You [C] never in your [G7] life , had ever [C] saw.
His [F] saddle was a southern 'kack' of [C] many years ago
An O.K. spur on one foot, lightly [G7] hung
With his [C] pack rolled in a cotton sack, so [F] loosely tied behind
And a [C] canteen from his [G7] saddle horn, was [C] slung.
He said he had to leave his home, his [F] pa had married twice
and His [C] new ma whipped him every day or [G7] two
So he [C] saddled up old Chaw one night and [F] "lit a shuck" this way
He [C] said he'd try to [G7] paddle his own can-[C7] oe.
He'd [F] said if we would give him work, he'd [C] do the best he could
Tho' he didn't know straight up, about a [G7] cow
So the [C] Boss, he cut him out a mount and [F] kindly put him on
for He [C] sorta liked this [G7] little kid, some-[C] how.
Well he learned to wrangle horses and [F] learned to know them all
And [C] get them in at daybreak, if he [G7] could
And to [C] follow the old chuck wagon and [F] always hitch the team
And [C] help the cosanero[G7] rustle [C] wood.
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We had [F] drivin to Red River, the [C] weather being fine
We were camped down on the south side, in a [G7] bend
When a [C] 'Norther' commenced blowin' and we [F] doubled up our guard
For it took [C] ev'ryone of [G7] us, to hold the cattle [C] in.
Now Little Joe, The Wrangler, was [F] called out with the rest
and though [C] had scarcely reached the [G7] herd
When the [C] cattle, they stampeded, like a [F] hail storm on, they fled
And [C] ev'ryone was [G7] ridin' for the [C] lead.
A-[F] midst the streaks of lightnin', there was [C] one horse up ahead
He was tryin' to stop the leader in their [G7] speed
It was [C] Little Joe, The Wrangler, with a [F] slicker o'er his head
He was [C] ridin' old Blue [G7] Rocket in the [C] lead.
now we finely got em millin' and [F] kinda quieted down
And the [C] extra guards, back to the wagon, [G7] rode
But [C] there was one a-missin', and we [F] new it, at a glance
Was our [C] little Texas [G7] stray, poor wrangler [C] Joe.
Next [F] mornin', just at daybreak, we [C] found where Rocket fell
Down in a washout, twenty feet be-[G7] low
Be-[C] neath his horse, his life was gone, his [F] spur had rung its knell
Was our [C] little Texas [G7] stray, poor wrangler [C] Joe
[C] Now Little Joe, The Wrangler, he’ll [F] wrangle nevermore
His [C] days with the roundup, they are [G7] o'er
Was a [C] year ago last April, when he [F] rode into our camp
Just a [C] little Texas [G7] stray and nothin' [C] more.
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Patonio pride of plains Don Edwards 3/4 time
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C
C
I'll tell you a story that will thrill you I know
Of a horse I once owned a long time ago
You will gaze at his picture with wondering eyes
And then at the arrow, that hangs by its side
He was swift as an antelope and black as a crow
With a star on his forehead as white as the snow
His arched neck was covered with a dark flowing mane
And I called him Patonio the pride of the plains
The country was new and the settlers were scarce
The Indians on the warpath were savage and fierce
Though the scouts were sent out everyday from the fort
Yet they never returned and we knew they were lost
One day the captian says someone must go
Across the dark borders of New Mexico
A dozen young fellows straightaway answered here
But the captain spied me I was standing right near
Patonio was by me his nose in my hand
Said the captain your horse is the best in the land
You're good for the ride your the lightest man here
On the back of that mustang you have nothing to fear
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Then proud of my pony I answered you know
Patonio and I are both willing to go
For speed and endurance I'll trust in my black
Then they all shook my hand and I mounted his back
Turned down the dark pathway turned his head to the right
The black struck a trot and he kept it all night
When far back behind me I hear a shrill wail
I knew that the Indians were hot on my trail
I jingled the bells at the end of his rein
Spoke his name softly and stroked his dark mane
Patonio he answered with a nod of his head
His dark body lengthened as faster we sped
We were leaving the Indians the story was plain
The arrows fell round us like torents of rain
Patonio he stumbled I knew he was hurt
But still he raced onward and into the fort
I delivered the message then tried to dismount
But the pain in my foot was so bad I could not
The arrow you see hanging there on the wall
Had passed through my foot -saddle- stirrup and all
With good care and patients Pat and I were soon well
Of his death many years later I will not try to tell
Of all the fine horses I rode o'er the range
The was none like Patonio the pride of the plains
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Are The Good Times Really Over For Good
by Merle Haggard
D
I WISH A BUCK WAS STILL SILVER,
G
AND IT WAS BACK WHEN THE COUNTRY WAS STRONG
A7
BACK BEFORE ELVIS,
D
AND BEFORE THE VIETNAM WAR CAME ALONG
D
BEFORE THE BEATLES AND YESTERDAY,
G
WHEN A MAN COULD STILL WORK AND STILL WOULD
A7
IS THE BEST OF THE FREE LIFE BEHIND US NOW,
D
AND ARE THE GOOD TIMES REALLY OVER FOR GOOD
G
ARE WE ROLLIN DOWNHILL LIKE A SNOWBALL HEADED FOR HELL
A
D
WITH NO KIND OF CHANCE FOR THE FLAG OR THE LIBERTY BELL
G
I WISH AND A FORD AND A CHEVY, WOULD STILL LAST TEN YEARS LIKE THEY SHOULD
A7
IS THE BEST OF THE FREE LIFE BEHIND US NOW,
D
AND ARE THE GOOD TIMES REALLY OVER FOR GOOD
A7 D A7
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D
I WISH COKE WAS STILL COLA
G
AND JOINT WAS A BAD PLACE TO BE
A7
IT WAS BACK BEFORE NIXON
D
LIED TO US ALL ON T.V.
D
BEFORE MICROWAVE OVENS,
G
WHEN A GIRL COULD STILL COOK, AND STILL WOULD
A7
IS THE BEST OF THE FREE LIFE BEHIND US NOW,
D
AND ARE THE GOOD TIMES REALLY OVER FOR GOOD
D
G
STOP ROLLIN DOWNHILL LIKE A SNOWBALL HEADED FOR HELL
A
D
STANDUP FOR THE FLAG AND LET'S ALL RING THE LIBERTY BELL
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LETS MAKE FORD AND A CHEVY, THAT'LL LAST TEN YEARS LIKE THEY SHOULD
A7
THE BEST OF THE FREE LIFE BEHIND US NOW,
D
AND ARE THE GOOD TIMES REALLY OVER FOR GOOD
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The Buffalo Grass
Chris Ledoux Capo 1st Fret
A
E
A
Its been forty-five days since the snows have begun
A
E
I stare at the fire and long for the sun
D
A
D
As the bitter winds blow through the mouth of the pass
A
E
D
A
I sit here and dream of the Buffalo grass
A
E
A
The ponies are shaggy; their coats have grown long
A
E
With heads down, they huddle together as one
D
A
D
At the window my breath forms a mist on the glass
A
E
D
As I patiently wait for the Buffalo grass
D
A
D
The Seasons still turn And the prairies still yearn
A
E
For those who were here long ago
D
A
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The Sioux have all gone and the Bison moved on
A
E
Soon, I will follow them home
A
E
A
Mollie passed in September and left me alone
A
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Now my heart is as heavy and round as a stone
D
A
D
Too many years have gone by too fast
A
E
D
And I long for the feel of the Buffalo grass
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A
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A
The animals sleep while the world holds it’s breath
A
E
The woods are as still and as silent as death
D
A
D
When the mountain streams flow, spring will follow at last
A
E
D
And the wind will blow free through the Buffalo grass
D
A
D
The Seasons still turn And the prairies still yearn
A
E
For those who were here long ago
D
A
D
The Sioux have all gone and the Bison moved on
A
E
Soon, I will follow them home
A
E
A
The geese will return, a symbol of change
A
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The elk will be foraging out on the range
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A
D
Once again nature’s palette will color the pass
A
E
D
And I will find peace in the Buffalo grass
A
E
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A
Yes, I will find peace in the Buffalo grass
135
Doney gal
Don Edwards Capo 2nd fret
This is how I do it. You can use the C7 as much or as little as
you like.
(C)We're alone doney (G) gal, in the (F) rain and (C) hail
We’re Drivin them (G) doggies (F) out along the (C) trail
Rain or shine, (C7) (F) sleet or (C) snow
(F) Me and (C) my doney gal (F) are bound to (C) go
We ride the (G) range from (F) sun to (C) sun
For A cowboys (G) work is (F) ne-ver (C) done
Rain or shine, (C7) (F) sleet or (C) snow
(F) Me and (C) my doney gal (F) are bound to (C) go
Where Swimin (G) rivers (F) long the (C) way
and pushin for the (G) north star (F) day by (C) day
Rain or shine, (C7) (F) sleet or (C) snow
(F) Me and (C) my doney gal (F) are bound to (C) go
Well a cowboy (G) life is a (F) dreary (C) thing
For it rope and (G) brand and (F) ride and (C) he’d sing
Rain or shine, (C7) (F) sleet or (C) snow
(F) Me and (C) my doney gal (F) are bound to (C) go
The steers are (G) asleep on the (F) new bed (C) ground
I’m Driftin my (G) doney (F) round and (C) round
Rain or shine, (C7) (F) sleet or (C) snow
(F) Me and (C) my doney gal (F) are bound to (C) go
Round the (G) campfires (F) flickering (C) glow
We sing the (G) songs from (F) long long (C) ago
Rain or shine, (C7) (F) sleet or (C) snow
(F) Me and (C) my doney gal (F) are bound to (C) go
(F) Me and (C) my doney gal (F) are bound to (C) go
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GOD MUST BE A COWBOY
CAPO: 1st FRET
[D] --------[D7]------- [G]
[A] ------- [A7] -------[D] -----[A7]
[D] Campfires,
[G] coffee
From a [D] tin cup in my [D7] hand
[G] Sure warms the fingers when it's [D] cold
[D]picken this [G] old guitar
A [D] friend I under-[D7] stand
[E7] Sure smoothes the wrinkles in my [A] soul
A-[D] sleepin' in the [G] moonlight
with A [D] blanket for A [D7] bed
[G] Leaves such a peaceful feelin' in my [D] mind
[D] Wakin' in the [G] mornin'
with an [D] eagle over-[Bm] head
Makes me [D] long to fly a-[A] way be-[A7] fore my [D] time
CHORUS
And I think [D] God must be a cow-[D7] boy at [G] heart
He made [A] wide open [A7] spaces from the [D] start ...[A7]
He made [D] grass and trees and moun-[D7] tains
And a [G] horse to be a friend
And [A] trails to lead old cow-[A7] boys home a-[D] gain
[G]The Night life and big cities
Is al-[D] right for awhile [D7]
[G] Sure makes you feel good when you're [D]there
But the [G] country's so pretty
It goes [D] on and on for [Bm] miles
[E7] takes away my troubles and my [A] cares
CHORUS
And I think [D] God must be a cow-[D7] boy at [G] heart
He made [A] wide open [A7] spaces from the [D] start ...[A7]
He made [D] grass and trees and moun-[D7] tains
And a [G] horse to be a friend
And [A] trails to lead old cow-[A7] boys home a-[D] gain
And [A] trails to lead old cow-[A7] boys home a-[D] gain.
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The Ride
Horsepower
C
I was six years old, my brother was ten
G
One July day came running in,
F
seen a ferris wheel at the edge of town
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C
So, of course, we headed on down
C
Well it took us an hour to walk that far
G
Carrying our fortune in a Mason jar
F
It was all pretty sad, a cheap county fair
F
C
With a few old rides but there was ponies there
C
Well, the ponies stunk and the air was still
G
In that dusty circle behind the ferris wheel
F
This old guy smelling of smoke and rum
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C
Swung me up and sat me down on one
C
Well I'd never rode a horse but I'd seen it done
G
Cowboy movies made it look like fun
F
This old man whispered a few soft words
F
C
It was the best advice I've ever heard
Chorus:
F
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He said "Sit tall in the saddle, Hold your head up high
C
G
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Keep your eyes fixed where the trail meets the sky
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And live like you ain't afraid to die
G
C
And don't be scared, just enjoy your ride"
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C
I went up a kid with shaking hands
G
And I came down a full grown man
F
It was like he'd cast some Voodoo spell
F
C
Things were different for me now, I could tell
C
'Cos whenever troubles come wandering in
G
His rhyme would pop in my heard again
F
And somehow I rode through the needles and nails
F
C
Brambles and thorns that life entails
CHORUS
C
Well I know some day farther down the road
G
I'll come to the edge of the great unknown
F
There'll stand a black horse riderless
F
C
And I wonder if I'm ready for this
C
So I'll saddle him up and he'll switch his tail
G
And I'll tip my hat and bid fairwell
F
And lift my song into the air
F
C
That I learned at that dusty fair
F
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"Sit tall in the saddle, Hold your head up high
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G
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Keep your eyes fixed where the trail meets the sky
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G
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And live like you ain't afraid to die
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And don't be scared, just enjoy your ride
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And don't be scared, just enjoy your ride
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Ole Slew Foot
Chris Ledoux
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Well High on the mountain boys, tell you what I see
G
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Bear tracks, bear tracks lookin' back at me
D
Better get your rifle’s, 'fore it's too late
D
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D
'Cause a bear's got a little pig and headed thru the gate.
CHORUS
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He's big around the middle and he's broad across the rump
A
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Runnin' ninety miles an hour takin' thirty feet a jump
D
Ain't never been caught, he ain't never been tree'd
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Some folks say he looks a lot like me.
D
I saved up my money and I bought me some bees
G
D
And they started makin' honey way up in the trees
D
Chop down the tree but my honey's all gone
D
G
D
Ole Slew-Foot's done made himself at home.
CHORUS
D
Winter's comin' on and it's twenty below
G
D
And the river's froze over so where can he go
D
We'll chase him up the gulley and we'll run him in the well
D
G
D
We'll shoot him in the bottom just to listen to him yell.
CHORUS+ D
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Some folks say he looks a lot like me. (2 Times)
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Hard Times
Chris LeDoux
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The ole man stand by the loadin chute, he sold his calves' t'day.
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He spits in the dust between his boots, as the semi pulls away.
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The slick blue check in his grimy hands, shoves down in his coat.
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It won't make the payment on the land, or pay the interest on the note.
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Oh...it's hard, hard times...
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f
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He's a young man with a loving wife, 2 children and a home.
D
C
G
f
D
Plans to build a better life, and put a mortgage on his own.
D
C
G
f
D
He lost his job when the boom went bust, still got bills to pay.
D
C
G
f
D
Now he's pickin' up cans in the roadside dust, she's at the Feed-Rack
cafe.
Oh....it's hard, hard times...
D
C
G
f
D
Now the ole grey banker sits behind his desk, beneath a worried frown.
D
C
G
f
D
Of the tangled mess of some good folks goin' down.
D
C
G
f
D
He's known some of 'em for 30 years, and some point the finger of blame.
D
C
G
f
D
An' no one sees his tears, except the one who shares his name.
Oh...it's hard, hard times...
Oh...it's hard, hard times...
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Ridin
Don Edwards
written by Badger Clark
(D) There’s some like the city Grass
thats (Em)curried smooth and green
Theaters (A7) and stranglin collars
Wagons(D) run by gasolene
But for me its horse and saddle
Everyday (Em) without a change
And the (A7) dessert sun a blazin
On a (D) hundred miles of range
Just a (G) ridin, a (A7) ridin
Dessert (D) riplin in the (Bm) sun.................
Mountains (G) blue along the (Em)skyline
I (G) don't envey (A7) anyone when I'm (D) riden
When my feet is in my stirrups
And my (Em) horse is on the bust
With his (A7) hooves a flashin lightnin
In a (D) cloud of golden dust
And the bawl-in of the cattle
Is a (Em) com-in down the wind
Then a (A7) finer life than riden
Would be (D) mighty hard to find
Just a (G) ridin, a (A7) ridin
Spittin (D) long cracks thru the (Bm) air.............
Stirrin (G) up a baby (Em) cyclone
Rippin (G) up the (A7) prickly pear when I'm (D) ridin
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(D) I don't need no art exhibits
When the (Em) sunset does her best
Painting (A7) ever-lasting glory
On the (D) moun-tains to the west
And your opry looks so foolish
When the (Em) night-bird starts his tune
And the (A7) desserts silver mounted
By the (D) touches of the moon
Just a (G) ridin, a (A7) ridin
Who (D) can envy kings and (Bm) czars..............
When (G) the coyotes down (Em) the valley
Are a (G) singin to the stars (A7) when i'm (D) ridin
When my earthly trail is ended
And my (Em) final bacons curled
And the (A7) last great roundups finished
At the (D) home ranch of the world
I don't want no harps nor halos
Robes nor (Em) other dressed up things
Just let (A7) me ride the starry ranges
On a (G) Pinto horse with (D) wings
Just a (G) ridin, a (A7) ridin
Nothin (D) I'd like half so (Bm) well..............
As a (G) roundin up the (Em) sinners
That have (G) wondered out of (A7) hell and a (D) ridin,
Just a (G) ridin, a (A7) ridin
Dessert (D) riplin in the (Bm) sun.................
Mountains (G) blue along the (Em)skyline
I don't (G) envey any(A7) one when I'm (D) riden
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Between the Rainbows and the rain
F Am7 G Am7
F Am7 G
C
C
G
It's good to hear your voice After all this time
Am7
Em7
F
I've been told I'm hard to find It's raining here
C
F
G
but I'm keeping dry And for me that's doing good
C
G
To tell the truth There ain't much to know
Am7
Em7
I've dealt some cards And I've rodeo'd
F
C
G
But I haven't found That pot of gold Like I said I would
Chorus
Am
Em
Between the high lines and the fence posts
F
C
The interstate and the dirt roads
Am
Em
No matter how the wind blows
F
G
I hear your name
Am
Em
F
Out of all the things I've done that I regret
C
F
There's only one I'd like to change
G
C
Out here, between the rainbows and the rain
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C
G
Am7
Em7
I spent last month in Santa Fe I heard your daddy passed away
F
C
F
G
And I should've called your momma To say how sorry that I am
C
G
Well I don't think
I'll be coming back
Am7
Em7
Spent too long so I guess that's that
F
C
It's nice to know that you still ask about me
G
now and then
Chorus
Am
Em
Between the high lines and the fence posts
F
C
The interstate and the dirt roads
Am
Em
No matter how the wind blows
F
G
I hear your name
Am
Em
F
Out of all the things I've done that I regret
C
F
There's only one I'd like to change
G
C
Out here, between the rainbows and the rain
G
C
Out here, between the rainbows and the rain
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Someday Soon
Chris Ledoux
Written by Ian Tyson
(intro) Am7 D7 G
F
Dm
Bb
F
There's a young man that I know, just turned twenty-one.
Am
Bb C7
Come's from down in southern Colorado.
F
Dm Bb
F
Just out of the service lookin for his fun,
F
Gm7
C7
F
Someday soon, going winning someday soon.
F
Dm
Bb
F
Her parents cannot stand him, cause he rides the rodeo,
Am
Bb C7
They say he's not her kind he'll leave her crying .
F
Dm
Bb
F
If he asks she'll follow him down the toughest row to hoe.
F
Gm7
C7
F
Someday soon, going winning someday soon.
C7
Bb
F
Oh , when he visits her, her pa aint got one good thing to say.
Am
Bb C7
got a hunch he was just as wild in his younger days.
F
Dm
Bb
F
Oh blow you ole blue northern, blow him back to her.
Am
Bb C7
He's likely driving back from California.
F
Dm
Bb
F
He loves his damned ole rodeo as much as he loves her.
F
Gm7
C7
F
Someday soon, going winning someday soon.
F
Dm
Bb
F
Oh blow you ole blue northern, blow him back to her,
F
Gm7
C7
F
Some day soon going with him someday soon.
F
Gm7
C7
F
Someday soon, going winning someday soon.
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Blue Bonnet Blues Chris LeDoux
C
G
Am
F
C
G
There's a full moon t'night, on the prarie, a memory just rode into view.
C
G
Am
F
G
A boy, a buckskin, and an ole spaniel dog, in the hills where the blue bonnets grew.
C
G
Am
F
C
G
Well I was deep in the heart of Texas, just a kid 'bout 13 at the time.
C
G
Am
Runnin' wild through the mesquite, the cedars and cactus.
F
G
C
It's been years, but your still on my mind.
Chorus
F
G
C
F
G
C
No matter where I might wander, there's a memory that I'll never lose.
F
G
C
Am
The Lonestar shines bright, in my heart tonight...
F
G
C
I've got the blue bonnet blues...
C
G
Am
F
C
G
Well I remember those warm summer evenin's, playin' out under the stars.
C
G
Am
Back then I never dreamed we'd be leavin',
F
G
but I guess things just don't stay as they are.
C
G
Am
F
C
G
Well the years and the miles came between us, but t'night as I'm dreamin' of you.
C
G
Am
Once again, I'm a kid, in the sweet arms of Texas...
F
G
C
And I've got the blue bonnet blues.
Chorus
F
G
C
F
G
C
No matter where I might wander, there's a memory that I'll never lose.
F
G
C
Am
The Lonestar shines bright, in my heart tonight...
F
G
C
I've got the blue bonnet blues...
F
G
C
Am
The Lonestar shines bright in my heart t'night...
F
G
C
I've got the blue bonnet blues
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Rodeo Moon
G D Em G D Em
G
D
Em
I took her daddy's old two horse trailer
C
D
Patched a place in the floor that was bad
G
D
Em
and Then we loaded up her barrel pony
A
D
And a riggin bag was that I had
C
G
Well we left with our suitcases filled with desire
C
D
Four hundred dollars and two good spare tires
Chorus
G
D
Em
C
Now our windshield's a painting that hangs in our room
G
D
Em C
Changes with each mile like the radio tune
C
D
G
C Am
D G
With God up above, we'll make on love under the rodeo moon
G D Em
G D Em
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G
D
Em
Sometimes we’d sleep in a motel
C
D
When were riding that hot hand of luck
G
D
Em
Sometimes we’d stay at a friends house
A
D
Whoe-- But most times we'll just sleep in the truck
C
G
Night times you’d find us--- out in the fast lane
C
D
staying one step ahead of the snow and the rain
Chorus
G
D
Em
C
Now our windshield's a painting that hangs in our room
G
D
Em C
Changes with each mile like the radio tune
C
D
G
C Am
D G
With God up above, we'll make on love under the rodeo moon
C
G
Well we left with our suitcases filled with desire
C
D
Four hundred dollars and two good spare tires
Chorus
Am
D G
under the rodeo moon
G D Em Fades Out
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Melodies And Memories
Chris LeDoux
A
E
F#m
D
Ain't it funny how an ole song can take you back in time,
A
D
E
Bring back the memories you thought you left behind.
A
E
F#m
D
The melodies they never change...just get better with time.
CHORUS
A
D
E
A
Old melodies and memories, keep runnin' through my mind.
E
D
A
We'd listen to the radio to hear our favorite song,
F#m
D
E
A
Drivin' down a country road, we'd laugh and sing along.
E
D
When our dreams climbed as high, as any eagle dared to fly...
A
D
E
A
Old melodies and memories, keep runnin' through my mind.
A
E
F#m
D
That summer moon never shone so bright, as it did for us back then.
A
D
E
Soda pop and swimmin' holes, walkin' hand in hand.
A
E
F#m
D
You nearly drove me crazy when you looked into my eyes.
CHORUS
A
D
E
A
Old melodies and memories, keep runnin' through my mind.
E
D
A
We'd listen to the radio to hear our favorite song,
F#m
D
E
A
Drivin' down a country road, we'd laugh and sing along.
E
D
When our dreams climbed as high, as any eagle dared to fly...
A
D
E
A
Those old melodies and memories, keep runnin' through my mind.
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Scatter the ashes
Chris Ledoux
[D] He got busted up bad down in [Bm]Lubbock
He was [G]takin' the [A] Greyhound back [D] home
Though the [Bm] fire in his [A] eye never [G] flickered
He knew the [Bm] best of his [A] good days were [G] gone
He said I'm [D]thinkin' a lot about [Bm]retiring,
But the [G]rodeo [A] life's all I've [D]known
And I [Bm]don't know [A] what to [G]do with the rest
I'm [Bm]too burned [A] out to go [G]on
CHORUS
He said [D]scatter the ashes [A]over the road,
then [Bm] let a strong wind [G]blow
Well I [D]can't walk away, [A] til-it's my time to [Bm]go. [G]
He said [D]son my road back to [Bm]heaven
Sometimes [G]leads me [A] out of the [D]way
Through those [Bm] rodeo [A] towns and those [G]drunken old sundowns
[Bm]Someday to [A] an early [G]grave.
He pulled his [D]saddle up over his [Bm]shoulder
Said be[G]fore you throw [A] dirt on my [D]bones
Hey tell me [Bm]what do you [A] do - with a [G] broken old cowboy
Who [Bm]spent his whole [A] life being [G]thrown.
CHORUS
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The Feeling Comes Back Chris LeDoux
Melodies And Memories
D
G
A
I hung it all up 'Cause I'd had enough of that highway
D
G
A
So I settled down and quit runnin' around like my wild days
G
A
D
G
Most of the time I do just fine cause I'm where I want to be
D
A
But I know it ain't over The smell of sweet clover
G
A
D
Still works it's magic on me.
CHORUS
D
G
D
And the feelin' comes back On a brite summer morning
E7
A
Lord it strikes without warning And it takes me away
D
G
D
Oh the feeling comes back I'd like to be rodeoen
G
A
D
Just packed up and goin' Wish I was leaving today.
D
G
A
In my memories haze I think of the days when I was crazy
D
G
A
Now I'm slowin' down just draggin around getting lazy
G
A
D
G
But deep down inside in the back of my mind There's a wild buckaroo running free
D
A
I guess I'll never get over the way the sweet clover
G
A
D
Still works it's magic on me.
CHORUS
D
G
I'd like to be rodeoen
A
D
I like to be on my way.
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Something In The Wind (Billy Shane)Melodies And Memories
A
E
D
E
There's something in the wind
That's blowin' through my soul
A
E
D
E
And it's calling out to me
Saying boy its time to go
D
E
A
D
There's a restless feeling in my heart That just wont let me be
D
E
D
E
A
And a rustlin' in the leaves That says it will soon be time to leave
A
E
D
E
You know I'm tryin' hard To try and settle down
A
E
D
E
But sometimes late at night That old feeling comes around
D
E
A
D
And I know I should be happy With my woman by my side
D
E
D
E
A
Cause she loves me and she needs me
But I've got the urge to ride
CHORUS
E
D
A
And I know my woman loves me I love her just the same
E
D
E
I love it when she holds me
And softly speaks my name
A
E
D
A
But this feeling still keeps callin' me That I just can't explain
A
D
E
A
So I'll hold her in my arms
'Til the feeling goes away
A
E
D
E
I spent half my life a driftin' I guess it's in my blood
A
E
D
E
Since I found a dream worth while Lord you think I'd had enough
D
E
A
D
But this akin deep inside me
Says boy lets move along
D
E
D
E
A
Gotta keep myself from leavin'
I can't do my woman wrong
CHORUS
A
So I'll hold her in my arms
D
E
A
'Til the feeling goes away
153
Even Cowboys Like A Little Bit Of Rock N Roll
Chris LeDoux
D\
Cowboys love the ladies
G\
They like beans and sourdough
D\
Good horses and hot black coffee
A\
A\
And campfires burnin' low
D\
Ya know we love that cowboy music
G\
But I'll bet you didn't know
D\
A
That even cowboys like just a little
D
Rock N Roll
F G D
Chorus
D
G
D
Even cowboys like a little bit of rock n roll
D
A
Ya we all got some boogie woogie in our soul
D
Well theres alittle bit of Buddy Holly
G
In every cowboy that I know
D
A
D
And even cowboys like a little bit of rock n roll
Verse 2
D
When your camped out on the prairie
G
And the moon is shinin' bright
D
A
You can hear those cattle ballin' soft n low
D
G
Well theres nothing like a cowboys song to make it all feel just right
D
A
D
But even cowboys like a little bit rock n roll
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Chorus
D
G
D
Even cowboys like a little bit of rock n roll
D
A
Ya we all got some boogie woogie in our soul
D
Well theres alittle bit of ol’ Chuck Berry
G
In every cowboy that I know
D
A
D
And even cowboys like a little bit of rock n roll
D
Now those old buckaroos are set in their ways
G
And they'll even tell you so
D
A
Say they don't like nothin but those old time cowboy songs
D
But I've seen the green grass growin
G
Underneath that winter snow
D
A
D
I'll bet them old cowboys even like a little rock n roll
Chorus
D
G
D
Even cowboys like a little bit of rock n roll
D
A
Ya we all got some boogie woogie in our soul
D
Well theres alittle bit of Elvis Presley
G
In every cowboy that I know
D
A
D
And even cowboys like a little bit of rock n roll
D
Ya there's a little long hair
D
G
A#
In every single cowboy that I know
D
A
D
And even cowboys like a little bit of rock n roll
F G DDD
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Both Sides Now
Joni Mitchell
(capo 2)
[G] [Am]
[G] [D]
[G]Bows and [Am]flows of [C]angel [G]hair, and ice-cream [Bm]castles [C]in the [G]air,
And feather c[C]anyons [Am]everywhere; I've looked at clouds that [D]way.
But [G]now they [Am]only [C]block the [G]sun, they rain and [Bm]snow on [C]every[G]one,
So many th[C]ings I [Am]would have done, but clouds got in my [D]way.
I've l[G]ooked at [Am]clouds from [C]both sides [G]now, from [C]up and d[G]own,
And s[C]till some[G]how it's [Bm]cloud ill[C]usions [G]I recall;
I r[C]eally don't know [D]clo[Dsus]uds [D]at [G]all. [Am]
[G] [D]
[G]Moons and [Am]Junes and [C]Ferris [G]wheels, the dizzy [Bm]dancing [C]way you [G]feel
As every [C]fairy [Am]tale comes real; I've looked at love that [D]way.
But [G]now it's [Am]just an[C]other [G]show, you leave them [Bm]laughing [C]when you
[G]go,
And if you [C]care don't [Am]let them know, don't give yourself [D]away.
I've l[G]ooked at [Am]love from [C]both sides [G]now, from [C]give and [G]take,
And s[C]till some[G]how it's [Bm]love's ill[C]usions [G]I recall;
I r[C]eally don't know [D]lo[Dsus]ve [D]at [G]all. [Am]
[G] [D]
[G]Tears and [Am]fears and [C]feeling [G]proud, to say "I [Bm]love you" [C]right out
[G]loud;
Dreams and [C]schemes and [Am]circus crowds; I've looked at life that [D]way.
But [G]now old [Am]friends are [C]acting [G]strange, they shake their [Bm]heads, they [C]say
I've [G]changed.
Well somethings [C]lost but [Am]something's gained in living every [D]day.
I've l[G]ooked at [Am]life from [C]both sides [G]now, from [C]win and [G]lose,
And s[C]till some[G]how it's [Bm]life's ill[C]usions [G]I recall;
I r[C]eally don't know [D]lif[Dsus]e
[D]at [G]all. [Am]
[C] [D] [G]
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Some things never change
Chris Ledoux
[D]Risin' time's at [A]five, the [G]red sun is still [D]sleepin'
My [G]pillow is my [D]saddle, the [A]stars are my ceilin'
My [D] ole body's [A]achin', I got a [G]young colt needin' [D]breakin'
But ya [G]know I can't com[D]plain,
[G]thank God [A]some things never [D]change [A] [D] [A]
[D]There's a storm somewhere that's [A]brewin' as [G]these old bones are [D]creakin'
The [G]cows will soon be [D]down and [G]that old roof a [A]leakin'
Got a [D]truck that needs some [A]tendin' and some [G]fences needin' [D]mendin'
And I [G]know it must sound [D]strange, but
[G]thank God [A]some things never [D]change
CHORUS
They [Bm] fenced in all the [G]free land and oil [A]wells run the [D]range
[Bm]Long gone are the cattle[G] drives, since they [Bm]brought in the [A]trains
[C]But the hard work and the [C/B]friendships still [A]remain
[G]Thank God [A]some things never [D]change. [A] [D] [A]
[D]Out here where [A]nature rules each [G]day's a different [D]battle
And [G]it still takes a [D]man [A]workin' in the saddle
No mach[D]ine can break a [A]bay or [G]bring in a lonely [D]stray
So I [G]guess I will re[D]main,
[G]thank God [A]some things never [D]change.
CHORUS
Yeah it [G]looks like this old cowboy will re[A]main
[G]Thank God [A]some things never [D]change.
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House On Pooh Corner Kenny Loggins
F
C
F
Christopher Robin and Owl walked along
Bflat
C
F
C
under branches lit up by the moon
F
C
F
Buzzing out questions to Owl and Eeyore
Bflat
C
F
as our days disa-ppear all too soon
Dm
Am
Well I've wandered much further to-day then I should
Bflat
C
And I can't seem to find my way back to the wood,
F
C
Bflat F
C
Help me if you can I gotta get
F
C
Bflat
C
back to the house - Pooh corner by one
F
C
Bflat
C
Bflat
You'd be sur-prised there's so much to be done
Am
F
Count all the bees in the hive,
Am
F
chase all the clouds from the sky
Bflat
C
F
C
Dm
Back to the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh
F
C
F
Winnie the Pooh doesn't know what to do,
Bflat
C
F
C
got a honey jar stuck on his nose
F
C
F
He came to me asking help and advise,
Bflat
C
F
from here no one knows where he goes
Dm
Am
So I sent him to ask of the Owl if he's there,
Bflat
C
How to loosen a jar from the nose of a bear,
158
F
C
Bflat F
C
Help me if you can I gotta get
F
C
Bflat
C
back to the house - Pooh corner by one
F
C
Bflat
C
Bflat
You'd be sur-prised there's so much to be done
Am
F
Count all the bees in the hive,
Am
F
chase all the clouds from the sky
Bflat
C
F
C
Dm
Back to the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh
(slowly)
F
C
F
It's hard to ex-plain how a few precious things
Bflat
C
F
C
seem to follow through out all---our lives
F
C
F
After all's said and done I was watching my son,
Bflat
C
F
sleeping there with my bear at his side
Dm
Am
So I tucked him in, I kissed him,
Bflat
and as I was goin' I swear that ole bear whispered,
C
?Boy, welcome home?
G
D
C
G
D
Believe me if you can I Finally get
G
D
C
D
back to the house on Pooh corner by one
G
D
C
D
C
What do you know there's so much to be done
Bm
G
Count all the bees in the hive,
Bm
G
chase all the clouds from the sky
C
D
G
D
Back to the days of Christopher Robin
C
D
G
D
Back to the ways of Christopher Robin
C
D
Em
Back to the days of Pooh
C
D
Em
C
D
G
Ooo,
Ooo
Ooo, Ooo
Ooo, Ooo
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Filthy Rich
Big Kenny John Rich
D
B7
E7
A7
D
Everybody's trying to get filthy rich off of somebody else's money
D
Grandma worked her whole life sewing at a shirt factory
D
E7
A7
She was saving for retirement, she had 'em take a little out every week
D
E7(+B3)
But then a big man up in a high rise, he cashed in his options and run
D
B7
Well, took all her money and buddy that ain't funny
E7
A7
D
Now Granny's work will never be done
D
B7
E7
A7
D
'Cause everybody's trying to get filthy rich off of somebody else's money
D
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Hey, me and my friends we were talking 'bout that, old Freddy, Bill and Sonny
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How with all my brains and all your cash, we could make a million, you can bet your ass
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Everybody's trying to get filthy rich off of somebody else's money
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I saw a preacher on the TV with big diamond rings on his hand
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He was begging for some money, he said to send us every penny you can
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I guess the good Lord's got a mortgage and a payment on a yacht in the Keys
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So we better keep sending our hard earned living to those God fearing folks on TV
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How with all my brains and all your cash, we could make a million, you can bet your ass
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Everybody's trying to get filthy rich off of somebody else's money
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Everybody's trying to get “Big and Rich” off of somebody else's money
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Id have to be crazy
Willie Nelson
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I'd have to be crazy, to stop all my singing, and never play music again,
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You'd call me a fool if I grabbed up a top hat and
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ran out to flag down the wind,
And I'd have to be weird to
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grow me a beard, just to see what the rednecks would do, and
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I'd have to be crazy, plumb out of my mind, to fall out of love with you.
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Now I know I've done weird things,
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told people I heard things, when silence was all that abound,
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been days when it pleased me, to be on my knees
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following ants, as they crawled cross the ground,
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I been insane on a train, but I'm still me again, the place that I hold you is true,
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I know I'm alright, cause I'd have to be crazy, to fall out of love with you.
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I sure would be dingy, to live in an envelope, just a waiting alone for a stamp,
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you'd say I was loco, If I rubbed for a genie, while burning my handon the lamp,
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I may not me normal, but nobody is, I'd like to say 'fore I'm through,
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I'd have to be crazy, plumb out of my mind, to fall out of love with you.
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Till i gain control again
Willie Nelson
[C]Just like the [G7]sun over the m[C]ountain top,
[F] you know I'll always come a[C]gain.
[F] You know I love to spend my m[C]orning time,
[G] like sunlight [G7]dancing on your s[C]kin.
Verse 2:
[C]I have never gone so [G7]wrong as for telling [C]lies to you.
[F] What you've seen is what I've [C]been.
[F] There is nothing that I can [C]hide from you.
[G] You see me b[G7]etter than I [C]can.
Chorus:
[F]Out on the road that lies be[C]fore me now,
[F] there are some turns where I will [C]spin.[C7]
[F] I only hope that you will [C]hold me now,
[G7] til I can gain control a[C]gain.
Verse 3:
[C]Just like a li[G7]ghthouse, you must [C]stand alone;
[F] landmark a sailor's journey's [C]end.
[F] No matter what sea I've been s[C]ailing on,
[G] I'll always [G7]roll this way a[C]gain.
Chorus:
[F]Out on the road that lies be[C]fore me now,
[F] there are some turns where I will [C]spin.[C7]
[F] I only hope that you will [C]hold me now,
[G7] til I can gain control a[C]gain.
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Its my lazy day
Gene Autry
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Well, I might-a gone fishin' - I been thinkin' it over
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the road to the river - is a mighty long way
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It must be the season - no rhyme or no reason
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Just takin' it easy ... it's my lazy day.
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Well, never mind callin' - 'cause I ain't a-comin'
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Just pass on by me - stay out of my way
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'Cause a little deep thinkin' - might drive me to drinkin'
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Just takin' it easy - it's my lazy day.
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I'm findin' it easy - to mind my own business
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I'm keepin' my nose out - of ev'ryone's way
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I'm takin' no orders - ain't hirin' no people
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Just takin' it easy - it's my lazy day.
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Just takin' it easy - it's my lazy day.
From old movie: Riders Of The Whistling Pines
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Don't touch my Willie By Kevin Fowler
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She showed up at my house at half past nine
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In a low-cut dress with a bottle of wine
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She said this will be a night you won't forget
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She poured us some drinks to get us into the mood
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I reached for the lights, she reached for my tunes
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She pulled out that Red Headed Stranger, I stood up and said
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Don't touch my Willie
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I don't know you that well
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Help yourself to some Haggard or some Jones
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Hell, or anybody else
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I don't know what you heard
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I ain't that kind of guy
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Yeah so don't touch my Willie,
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We'll get a long just fine
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She said she never met a man like me in her life
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Who wouldn't share his Willie on the very first night
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I said it's nothing personal, don't take it so hard
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I don't pull out my Willie for just anyone
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There's a lot of other records that you can choose from
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So let me make myself clear before you go too far
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Don't touch my Willie
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I don't know you that well
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Help yourself to some Haggard or some Jones
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Hell, or anybody else
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I don't know what you heard
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I ain't that kind of guy
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Yeah so don't touch my Willie,
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We'll get a long just fine
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Keep your hands off my Willie,
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We'll get along just fine
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Murder on Music Row
(I ntro)
(D) (A) (E) (A) (A)
George Strait & Allan Jackson
(GS Verse)
(A) Nobody saw them running
From 16th Ave-(D)-nue
They never found the (A) fingerprints
Or the weapon that was (E) used
But some-(A)-one killed country music
Cut out its heart and (D) soul
They got away with (A) murder
(E) Down on music (A) row
(AJ Verse)
(A) The almight dollar
And the lust for worldwide (D) fame
Slowly killed tra-(A)-dition
And for that, someone should (E) hang ("Ahh, you tell 'em Alan")
(A) They all say "Not Guilty!"
But the evidence will (D) show
That murder was com-(A)-mitted
(E) Down on music (A) row
(Chorus (Walking bassline first 8 bars, 2/4 beat last 9 bars))
For the (D) steel guitars no longer cry
And the (A) fiddles barely play
But (B) drums and rock 'n' roll guitars
Are (E) mixed up in your face
(A) Ol' Hank wouldn't have a chance
On today's (D) radio
Since they committed (A) murder
(E) Down on music (A) row
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(Turnaround)
(D) (A) (E) (A) (A)
(Split Verse)
GS: They (A) thought no one would miss it
Once it was dead and (D) gone
They said no one would (A) buy them ol'
Drinkin' and cheatin' (E) songs ("Oh, but I still buy 'em")
AJ: Well there (A) ain't no justice in it
And the hard facts are (D) cold
Murder's been com-(A)-mitted
(E) Down on music (A) row
(Chorus (Walking bassline first 8 bars, 2/4 beat last 9 bars))
For the (D) steel guitars no longer cry
And you (A) can't hear fiddles play
With (B) drums and rock 'n' roll guitars
Mixed (E) right up in your face
Why the (A) Hag wouldn't have a chance
On today's (D) radio
Since they committed (A) murder
(E) Down on music (A) row
(Tag (Walking bassline))
Why they (A) even tell the Possum
To pack up and go back (D) home
There's been an awful (A) murder
(E) Down on music (A) row
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Annie’s Song By John Denver
D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2
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You fill up my senses
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Like a night in a forest
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G F#m Em
Like the mountains in springtime
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Like a walk in the rain
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Like a storm in the desert
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Like a sleepy blue ocean
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You fill up my senses
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Come fill me again
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Come let me love you
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Let me give my life to you
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G F#m Em
Let me drown in your laughter
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Let me die in your arms
G A Bm
Let me lay down beside you
G (2finger) D D/C# D/B
Let me always be with you
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G F#m Em
Come let me love you>
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Come love me again
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LET GO OF THE STONE
John Anderson
You shouldn't [C]wade out in deep water
when you [G]don't know how to swim
He [G7]told you it was over
and like a [C]fool you followed him
into a whirlpool [C/B]of emoti[Am]on[G]
[F]spinnin' out [C]of control[Dm]
It's [G7]killin' you, but you won't let him [C]go
Chorus:
Let go of the stone[F]
if you don't wanna drown[C]
in the sea of [G]heartache
that's [G7]draggin' you [C]down
It's pulling you [F]under
and you keep hangin' [C]on
If I'm ever gonna [G]save you
Let go of the [C]stone
Verse 2
:Oh don't [C] you realize the danger
and the [G] hurt you're headed for
Put [G7] your arms around me
and swim [C] with me to shore
Just let go of [C/B] that ol' [Am] mem'ry [G]
[F]I know [C]it's hard to [Dm]do
But[G7]l be here holding on to [C[ you
Chorus
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Horse with no name
My Rifle, My Pony And Me
City of New Orleans
Fixing a Hole
When I'm Sixty Four
All My Lovin
I'll Follow the Sun
They're gonna put me in the movies
Father and son
Morning has broken
Down on the corner
Wrote A Song For Everyone
Have You Ever Seen The Rain
Lodi
Lookin' out My Back Door
Midnight Special
Proud Mary
Who'll Stop The Rain
Centerfield
Dixie
American pie
Amarillo by mornin'
Hey, good lookin'
Your cheatin` heart
I`m so lonesome I could cry
Fire and Rain
You've got a Friend
Margarita-ville
Folsom Prison Blues
I walk the line
Ring Of Fire
Whispering pines
North to Alaska
Battle of New Orleans
Jim Bridger
Johnny Reb
When it's springtime In Alaska
Sink The Bismark
All For The Love Of A Girl
One Tin Soldier
Dannys Song
Big City
Okie From Muskogee
Nights In White Satin
America
America
Don Williams
Willie Nelson
Beatles
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Cat Stevens
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CCR
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CCR by John Fogerty
Dan Emmett
Don McLean
George Stait
Hank Williams
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Jimmy Buffet
Johnny Cash
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Johnny Horton
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Joni Mtchell
KENNY LOGGINS
Merle Haggard
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Moody Blues
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Puff The Magic Dragon
Peter.Paul ans Mary
King Of The Road
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Li'l red riding hood
Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
Take the Money and Run
Steve Miller
The Weight
The Band
Mr Bojangles
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Long Hard Road
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys Willie Nelson
Railroad Lady
Willie Nelson
Red River Valley
George Strait
Country Roads
John Denver
For What It's Worth
Buffalo Springfield
Yesterday
Beatles
Angel flying too close to the gnd
Willie Nelson
Your Song
Elton John
Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die
Country Joe & the Fish
The Last Thing I Needed
Willie Nelson
Old Man
Niel Young
Big Rock Candy Mountain
You just cant See 'em From the road Chris Ledoux
I'll Never Smoke weed with Willie agian
Heroes And Friends
Randy Travis
Time In A Bottle
Jim Crose
I Should Have Known Better
Beatles
Powder River home
Chris Ledoux
Riding for the fall
Chris Ledoux
Five Dollar Fine
Chris Ledoux
Fathers And Sons
Chris Ledoux
One Ride In Vegas
Chris Ledoux
Caballo Diablo
Chris Ledoux
Look At you Girl
Chris Ledoux
Beer Bait and Ammo
Kevin Fowler
This Cowboys Hat
Chris Ledoux
Old Paint
Chris Ledoux
Small Town
John Anderson
Seminole Wind
John Anderson
I Wish I could Have Been There
John Anderson
Nowhere man
Beatles
Old Hippie
Belamy Brothers
Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Mamas & Thse Papa's
I got To Be A Rodeo Man
Chris Ledoux
I love This Bar
Toby Kieth
Too Cold At Home
Mark Chestnut
Beer For My Horses
Toby Kieth
He Rides the Wild Horses
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Silence On the Line
Chris Ledoux
I'm country
Chris Ledoux
I like beer
Tom T Hall
Song Of Wyoming
Chris Ledoux
Poncho and Lefty
Willie Nelson
Uncloudy Day
Willie Nelson
Her Majesty
Beatles
Blue eyes Crying in the rain
Willie Nelson
Johnson County wars
Chris Ledoux
Lonely People
America
Our First Years
Chris Ledoux
You can't roller skate in a Buffalo Herd Roger Miller
Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
Little Joe The Wrangler
Don Edwards
Patonio
Don Edwards
Are The Good Times Really Over for Good
Merle Haggard
The Buffalo Grass
Chris Ledoux
Doney gal
Don Edwards
God Must Be A Cowboy
Chris Ledoux
The Ride
Chris Ledoux
Ole Slew Foot
Chris Ledoux
Hard Times
Chris Ledoux
Ridin
Badger Clark
Between the Rainbows and the rain Chris Ledoux
Someday Soon
Chris Ledoux
Blue Bonnet Blues
Chris Ledoux
Rodeo Moon
Chris Ledoux
Melodies And Memories
Chris Ledoux
Scatter the ashes
Chris Ledoux
The Feeling Comes Back
Chris Ledoux
Something in the Wind
Chris Ledoux
Even Cowboys Like a Little Bit Of Rock and Roll
Both Sides Now
Joni Mitchell
Some things never change
Chris Ledoux
House On Pooh Corner
Kenny Loggins
Filthy Rich
Big & Rich
Id have to be crazy
Willie Nelson
Till i gain control again
Willie Nelson
Its my lazy day
Willie Nelson
Don't touch my Willie
Kevin Fowler
Murder on Music Row
George Strait & Allan Jackson
Annie’s Song
John Denver
Let Go Of The Stone
John Anderson
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