COUNTRY MUSIC LYRICS VOLUME I

 

22 NOVEMBER 2001

(Reformatted 3 December 2002)

(Minor corrections, reformatting 3 May 2004)

Corrected 18 June 2010

ALL IN KEY OF A, UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED

Copyright © 2004 Joseph George Caldwell.  All rights reserved.  Posted at Internet website http://www.foundationwebsite.org.  May be copied or reposted for non-commercial use, with attribution to author and website.


FOREWORD

The songs (words and some chords) presented here are intended to facilitate learning to play the guitar by ear (per the article, How to Play the Guitar by Ear (for Mathematicians and Physicists), at Internet website http://www.foundationwebsite.org.  The songs are mainly popular "country and western" ones, with some rock and roll, folk, and gospel songs included.  (Perhaps "classic" is a better descriptor than "popular," since most of the songs are from the 1950s.)  If a song has no chords indicated, then the student should (if he knows the melody) be able to play such a song in any of the keys that are natural for the guitar, i.e., A, C, D, E, and G (and perhaps F).  Many of these songs involve just three chords (I, IV and V).  If a single chord is indicated somewhere in a song (as an assist to the student), and the key of the song is not specified, it is the chord assuming that the song is being played in the key of A.

For songs that are more difficult, I have indicated suggested chords to be used, in a key that suits my own vocal range.  The student may wish to transpose these songs to a different key.  These are not necessarily the "best" chords for the song -- just the ones that I found easy or natural to use.  For songs that have no chords indicated, practice singing the song in several keys, and select the key that suits your vocal range best.  I play a majority of the songs in this collection in the key of A, many in G, and less in E, D and C.

For each song, the first line specifies the title.  If there is an alternate title, that is specified on the second line.  Next are specified the most well-known singer(s) of the song (in the US) and the author(s).  If a single name appears, either that person is both the principal singer and the author, or I only know one or the other.

I have assembled a fairly large number of songs into this "practice" collection, since in order for you to be able to play a song by ear you must know the melody (none of the songs presented here include the music for the melody), and the number of songs of the collection for which you know the melody may be small.  Most of the songs in this collection were popular in the 1950s, when I used to listen to the radio.

If you do not recognize very many of the songs here, then you should compile your own portfolio of lyrics of songs that you do know.  Listening to the radio is not so good for recording lyrics, since you cannot "replay" the song (unless you tape it).  There are a large number of Internet web sites that contain lyrics, for every kind of music.  Many of the songs contain chords as well.  Another source of lyrics and chords (and music for the melody) are "fake" books, available in local music stores.

When learning to play by ear, it is important to have lyrics for a fairly large number of songs.  If you concentrate on just a few songs, you will memorize the chord sequence.  Eventually, you will memorize it anyway, but in the beginning, when you are learning to play by ear, it is best not to memorize it.  It is important to develop an "ear" (a "feel," an intuition, a sense) for which chord should be used.  To do this, it is important to try playing a song in several different keys.  And it is helpful to have a large selection of songs, so that you do not spend too much time on a single song (and memorize it too soon).  When learning to play by ear, it is a good idea to cycle through the book, rather than selecting just a few songs.  Play each song once or a few times, until you do not make mistakes.  Later, when your skills improve, you will want to settle on a particular key for a song, and learn to sing and play it very well.  You will then be able to perform the song well.

If your voice quality is not very good, don't worry about that.  Some very popular singers have terrible voices.  Each voice, like each flower or sunset, is different, and enjoyed for its own qualities by the listeners.  Your voice and vocal range and ability to sing in tune improve rapidly with practice.  Listeners respond more to your enthusiasm and emotion than to the timbre of your voice.

When singing before a group, it is very helpful to have memorized the lyrics.  The problem with reading the lyrics from a sheet is that you do not have much eye contact with the listeners, and it detracts substantially from the quality/rapport of the performance.  After you have learned to play by ear, memorize a couple of dozen of your favorite songs (and some of the favorites of your friends), so that you are able to perform them without resorting to the hard copy.  Do not, however, try to memorize lyrics when you are first learning to play by ear.  You have enough on your mind at the beginning, trying to play and sing at the same time.  Also, when you first play before others, the natural excitement of performing before someone else may cause you to forget the lyrics, no matter how well you have memorized them.  Finally, if you read from the lyrics, you can, right away, play a large number of songs in an evening with friends -- far more than if you play from memory.

If you are uncomfortable playing before a group, start out by playing before members of your family, and then close friends.  Your ability and your confidence will increase rapidly with practice, and will soon feel at ease playing before strangers. 

Playing with others (in an instrumental group) is very enjoyable.  Making music with friends is as enjoyable as playing by yourself for others -- probably more enjoyable.  Learning to play by ear is something that you must do on your own, but as soon as you master the basic skills, look for others with similar interests, and play together.  The ultimate goal of making music, of course, is for listeners to appreciate it.

Please note that, although a number of the songs presented here are "traditional" (i.e., in the public domain, uncopyrighted), most of them are copyrighted.  This means that copies (hardcopy, electronic, etc.) of the song may not be made for commercial purposes.  It is my understanding that if songs are not used for public paid performances, but just used for personal noncommercial use (e.g., as here, to assist learning to play the guitar by ear), then a single copy may be made of the words and music.  I am strongly in favor of the concept that an artist should reap the rewards of his creative talents, and I respect copyright law.  Please do not make or distribute copies of these songs, except for your own personal use.  The point to presenting this collection of songs is to have available a good-sized set of songs without chords (or with few chords), so that the student may learn to sing and play "easy" songs by ear, in any key.  Commercially published songs indicate the chords on the music, and they often specify chords that are not appropriate for a guitar (e.g., too many chords, difficult chords, chords in keys that are not natural for a guitar).  That type of music does not help the student learn to play by ear.  The point to presenting this collection is not to avoid paying copyright fees -- it is to help you learn to play the guitar by ear.

Thanks, and best of luck!

Joseph George Caldwell

Clearwater, Florida


Contents

COUNTRY MUSIC LYRICS VOLUME I i

FOREWORD.. ii

A DAISY A DAY. 1

A DEAR JOHN LETTER.. 2

ADIOS AMIGO.. 3

AFTER SEVENTEEN DAYS ON THE ROAD.. 4

AIN'T SHE SWEET. 8

ALL FOR THE LOVE OF A GIRL. 9

AMANDA. 10

AMAZING GRACE. 11

AM I LOSING YOU?. 13

AM I THAT EASY TO FORGET?. 14

A SATISFIED MIND.. 16

ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT?. 17

ASHES OF LOVE. 19

A SWEET OLD FASHIONED GIRL. 20

AT THE HOP. 22

A WHITE SPORT COAT. 23

BACK HOME AGAIN.. 24

BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC.. 26

BIG IRON.. 28

BILL BAILEY. 31

B.J. THE D.J. 32

BLUE CHRISTMAS. 34

BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN.. 35

BLUE SKIES (FROM BETSY) 36

BORN TO LOSE. 37

BOTTLE OF WINE. 38

BOUQUET OF ROSES. 39

BROWN-EYED HANDSOME MAN.. 40

BROWN-SKIN GIRL. 42

BUMMING AROUND.. 43

CATTLE CALL. 44

CHARLIE’S SHOES. 45

CHATTANOOGIE SHOE SHINE BOY. 47

CHEATING GAME. 48

CINDY, OH CINDY. 49

CITY LIGHTS. 50

COLD, COLD HEART. 51

COME A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.. 53

COOL WATER.. 54

CRAZY ARMS. 56

CROSS THE BRAZOS AT WACO.. 57

CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS. 59

DARK MOON.. 60

DECK OF CARDS. 61

DELLA AND THE DEALER.. 64

DETOUR.. 66

DEVIL WOMAN.. 67

DID SHE MENTION MY NAME?. 69

DOES MY RING HURT YOUR FINGER?. 71

DON’T BE ANGRY. 72

DON'T DROP IT. 73

DON’T EVER LOVE ME. 74

DON'T WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE WRONG NOW AND THEN?  75

DO WHAT YOU DO, DO WELL. 76

DRAW YOUR BRAKES. 77

DROP KICK ME, JESUS. 78

EL CONDOR PASA (IF I COULD) 79

ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER NINE. 80

Everybody's Somebody's Fool. 81

EVIL ON YOUR MIND.. 82

FADED LOVE. 83

FEET. 84

FOOL NUMBER ONE. 85

FUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAY. 86

FRANKIE AND JOHNNY. 87

FROM A JACK TO A KING.. 89

GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY. 90

GONNA FIND ME A BLUEBIRD.. 92

GOTTA TRAVEL ON.. 93

GOTTA TRAVEL ON.. 94

GRANADA. 95

HAITI CHERIE. 97

HALF AS MUCH.. 98

HANDCUFFED TO LOVE. 99

HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE YOU?. 100

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN LONELY? (HAVE YOU EVER BEEN BLUE?) 101

HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER.. 102

HE’LL HAVE TO GO.. 103

HELLO WALLS. 104

HEY GOOD LOOKIN’ 105

HEY PORTER, HEY PORTER.. 106

HIGH NOON (DO NOT FORSAKE ME) 108

HONEYCOMB. 109

HOW GREAT THOU ART. 111

I BELIEVE IN YOU.. 112

I CAN’T HELP IT (IF I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU) 114

I DON’T HURT ANYMORE. 115

I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE. 116

I DON’T SEE ME IN YOUR EYES ANYMORE. 117

I FALL TO PIECES. 118

IF A WOMAN ANSWERS. 119

IF YOU’VE GOT THE MONEY (I’VE GOT THE TIME) 120

I GOT YOU.. 122

I GUESS THINGS HAPPEN THAT WAY. 123

I HEARD THAT LONESOME WHISTLE. 124

I’LL SAIL MY SHIP ALONE. 125

I LOVE YOU BECAUSE. 126

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH IT HURTS ME. 127

I’M SORRY FOR YOU, MY FRIEND.. 128

IN THE BLUE CANADIAN ROCKIES. 129

I'M DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS. 130

I’M MOVING ON.. 131

I’M TIRED.. 133

I’M IN LOVE AGAIN.. 134

INDIAN LOVE CALL. 135

I NEVER PICKED COTTON.. 136

IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW.. 138

IN THE MISTY MOONLIGHT. 139

I REALLY DON’T WANT TO KNOW.. 140

I REMEMBER YOU.. 141

IS ANYBODY GOIN' TO SAN ANTONE?. 142

IS IT REALLY OVER?. 143

IS IT WRONG FOR LOVING YOU?. 144

ISLAND IN THE SUN.. 145

I STILL MISS SOMEONE. 146

IT DOESN’T MATTER ANYMORE. 147

IT IS NO SECRET. 148

IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A-HURTIN’ 149

IT’S BEEN A BLUE, BLUE DAY. 150

IT'S BEEN A GREAT AFTERNOON.. 151

IT’S FOUR IN THE MORNING.. 152

IT'S NOW OR NEVER.. 154

IT'S SUCH A PRETTY DAY TODAY. 155

IT WASN'T GOD WHO MADE HONKY TONK ANGELS. 156

I’VE BEEN EVERYWHERE. 157

I WALK THE LINE. 159

I WONDER COULD I LIVE THERE ANYMORE. 160

JAMAICA FAREWELL. 161

JAMBALAYA. 162

JIMMIE RODGERS BLUES. 163

JINGLE BELLS. 165

JOHNNY B GOODE. 166

JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME. 167

JUST FOR WHAT I AM.. 168

JUST ONE TIME. 169

JUST OUT OF REACH (OF MY TWO OPEN ARMS) (EMPTY ARMS) 170

KAWLIGA. 171

KINGSTON MARKET. 172

LADY OF SPAIN.. 173

L. A. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 174

LET ME GO, LOVER! 176

LET YOUR LOVE FLOW.. 177

LILI MARLENE. 178

LILLI MARLENE. 179

LIVING NEXT DOOR TO ALICE. 180

LONELY WOMEN MAKE GOOD LOVERS. 182

LONESOME 7-7203. 183

LOST HIGHWAY. 184

LOVE IN THE HOT AFTERNOON.. 185

LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND.. 186

LUCILLE. 187

MAKING BELIEVE. 189

MARY ANN REGRETS. 190

MATAMOROS. 191

ME AND BOBBY MCGEE. 193

MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS. 195

MOCKINGBIRD HILL. 196

MOM AND DAD WALTZ. 197

MORE AND MORE. 198

MORNING HAS BROKEN.. 199

Mountain Of Love. 200

MR RECORD MAN.. 201

MR SANDMAN.. 202

M.T.A. 203

MULE SKINNER BLUES (BLUE YODEL #8) 205

MULE TRAIN.. 207

MUSIC! MUSIC! MUSIC! (PUT ANOTHER NICKEL IN) 209

MY ARMS STAY OPEN LATE. 210

MY FAREWELL PARTY. 211

MY HAPPINESS. 212

MY HEART IS BREAKING(?) 213

MY TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN HOME. 214

NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW.. 215

NORTH CAROLINA (YOU'VE TAKEN ME UNDER YOUR WING) 216

NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT NOW.. 217

NOT UNTIL THE NEXT TIME. 219

NOW AND THEN THERE'S A FOOL SUCH AS I 220

OCCASIONAL WIFE. 221

OH BABY MINE. 222

OH, CAROL. 223

OH LONESOME ME. 225

OH, MY PAPA (OH, MEIN PAPA) 226

OKIE FROM MUSKOGEE. 227

OKLAHOMA HILLS. 228

OLD DOGS, CHILDREN AND WATERMELON WINE. 229

OLD SHEP. 231

ONCE A DAY. 233

ONE DAY AT A TIME. 234

ON THE ROAD AGAIN.. 235

ON THE WINGS OF A DOVE. 236

ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY. 237

ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY. 238

PALOMA BLANCA. 240

PAPER ROSES. 241

PICK ME UP (ON YOUR WAY DOWN) 242

PICK ME UP (ON YOUR WAY DOWN) 243

PLAY BORN TO LOSE AGAIN.. 244

PLEASE HELP ME I’M FALLING (IN LOVE WITH YOU) 245

RELEASE ME. 246

PROMISED LAND.. 247

PRIMROSE LANE. 249

PUT ANOTHER LOG ON THE FIRE. 250

RAINBOWS ARE BACK IN STYLE. 251

RAVISHING RUBY. 252

REMEMBER ME (WHEN THE CANDLELIGHTS ARE GLEAMING) 253

REMEMBER YOU’RE MINE. 254

RIBBON OF DARKNESS. 255

RIVERS OF BABYLON.. 256

RIVERS OF BABYLON.. 257

ROOM FULL OF ROSES. 258

ROSE MARIE. 259

ROSES ARE RED.. 260

SAN ANTONIO ROSE. 261

SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME. 262

SAY YOU’LL STAY UNTIL TOMORROW.. 263

SEARCHING.. 264

SEND ME THE PILLOW THAT YOU DREAM ON.. 265

SEVEN LONELY DAYS. 266

SHE WEARS MY RING.. 267

SHUTTERS AND BOARDS. 268

SILVER BELLS. 269

SINGING THE BLUES. 270

SINK THE BISMARK. 271

SILVER THREADS AND GOLDEN NEEDLES. 273

SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD.. 274

SIXTEEN TONS. 276

SLIPPING AROUND.. 277

SLOWLY. 278

SMOKY MOUNTAIN MEMORIES. 279

SOMEDAY (YOU’LL WANT ME TO WANT YOU) 280

SOUTH OF THE BORDER (DOWN MEXICO WAY) 281

SONNY’S DREAM.. 282

SPANISH EYES. 284

SPANISH HARLEM.. 285

STAND BY ME. 286

STAND BY YOUR MAN.. 287

STEP ASIDE. 288

STORMS NEVER LAST. 289

STOUTHEARTED MEN.. 290

SUMMERTIME. 291

SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN.. 292

SWEET DREAMS OF YOU.. 294

SWEET LIES. 295

SWEET SURRENDER.. 297

TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART. 298

TALK BACK TREMBLING LIPS. 299

T FOR TEXAS (BLUE YODEL NO. 1) 300

THANK GOD AND GREYHOUND.. 302

THAT'LL BE THE DAY. 303

THAT’S WHAT MAKES THE JUKEBOX PLAY. 304

THE AUCTIONEER.. 305

THE BANANA BOAT SONG.. 309

THE BLIZZARD.. 310

THE BLUE SIDE OF LONESOME. 312

THE BOXER.. 313

THE CHRISTMAS POLKA. 315

THE GREAT PRETENDER.. 316

THE GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME. 317

THE HANGING TREE. 318

THE HARDER THEY COME. 320

THE HURTIN'S ALL OVER.. 322

THE LAST CHEATER’S WALTZ. 323

THE LAST THING ON MY MIND.. 324

THE LORD KNOWS I'M DRINKING.. 325

THE MEMORY OF AN OLD CHRISTMAS CARD.. 326

THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN.. 327

THE PARTY’S OVER.. 329

THE PUB WITH NO BEER.. 330

THERE’LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT. 332

THERE SHE GOES. 333

THERE STANDS THE GLASS. 334

THE ROCK ISLAND LINE. 335

THE TENNESSEE WALTZ. 337

THE TIPS OF MY FINGERS. 338

THE WAITING GAME. 339

THE WAYWARD WIND.. 340

THE WILD COLONIAL BOY. 341

THE WILD SIDE OF LIFE. 343

THE WRECK OF THE OLD ‘97. 344

THE WURLITZER PRIZE. 346

THEY CALL THE WIND MARIA. 347

THE YEAR THAT CLAYTON DELANEY DIED.. 349

THE YELLOW BANDANA. 351

THIS OLE HOUSE. 352

TILL I WALTZ AGAIN WITH YOU.. 354

To Daddy. 355

TOGETHER AGAIN.. 357

TOM DOOLEY. 358

TONIGHT CARMEN.. 359

TOO MANY RIVERS. 360

TROUBLE IN MIND.. 361

TRUE LOVE. 362

TUMBLING TUMBLEWEEDS. 363

TURN YOUR RADIO ON.. 365

TURN YOUR RADIO ON.. 366

UNCHAINED MELODY. 367

VAYA CON DIOS (MAY GOD BE WITH YOU) 368

WABASH CANNONBALL. 369

WALKING THE FLOOR OVER YOU.. 371

WALK RIGHT BACK. 372

WALK ON BY. 373

WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS. 374

WASN’T THAT A PARTY. 375

WATERLOO.. 376

WHEN IT’S SPRINGTIME IN ALASKA. 377

WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME. 378

WHEN MY BLUE MOON TURNS TO GOLD AGAIN.. 380

WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE. 381

WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?. 382

WHERE IS MY CASTLE?. 384

WHITE SILVER SANDS. 385

Who’s Sorry Now?. 386

WHY ME?. 387

WONDERING, WONDERING.. 388

YES SIR, THAT'S MY BABY. 389

YOU BELONG TO MY HEART. 390

YOU CAN’T ROLLER SKATE IN A BUFFALO HERD.. 391

YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT. 393

YOU NEVER CAN TELL. 394

YOU NEVER MISS A REAL GOOD THING.. 396

YOUNG LOVE. 397

YOUR CHEATING HEART. 398

YOU’RE THE ONLY GOOD THING (THAT’S HAPPENED TO ME) 399

YOU’RE THE REASON.. 400

YOU’RE THE REASON GOD MADE OKLAHOMA. 402

YOUR TIME’S COMING.. 404

YOU WIN AGAIN.. 406


A DAISY A DAY

JUD STRUNK

HE REMEMBERS THE FIRST TIME HE MET HER

HE REMEMBERS THE FIRST THING SHE SAID

HE REMEMBERS THE FIRST TIME HE HELD HER

AND THE NIGHT THAT SHE CAME TO HIS BED

HE REMEMBERS HER SWEET WAY OF SAYING

HONEY HAS SOMETHING GONE WRONG

HE REMEMBERS THE FUN AND THE TEASING

AND THE REASON HE WROTE HER THIS SONG

(CHORUS) I’LL GIVE YOU A DAISY A DAY DEAR

I’LL GIVE YOU A DAISY A DAY

I’LL LOVE YOU UNTIL THE RIVERS RUN STILL

AND THE FOUR WINDS WE KNOW BLOW AWAY

THEY WOULD WALK DOWN THE STREET IN THE EVENING

AND FOR YEARS I WOULD SEE THEM GO BY

AND THEIR LOVE THAT WAS MORE

THAN THE CLOTHES THAT THEY WORE

COULD BE SEEN IN THE GLEAM IN THEIR EYES

AS A KID THEY WOULD TAKE ME FOR CANDY

AND I’D LOVE TO GO TAGGIN’ ALONG

WE’D HOLD HANDS AS WE’D WALK TO THE CORNER

AND THE OLD MAN WOULD SING HER HIS SONG (CHORUS)

NOW HE WALKS DOWN THE STREET IN THE EVENING

AND HE STOPS AT THE OLD CANDY STORE

AND I SOMEHOW BELIEVE HE’S BELIEVING

HE’S HOLDING HER HAND LIKE BEFORE

FOR HE FEELS ALL HER LOVE WALKING WITH HIM

AND HE SMILES AT THE THINGS SHE MIGHT SAY

THEN THE OLD MAN WALKS UP TO THE HILLTOP

AND HE GIVES HER A DAISY A DAY (CHORUS)


A DEAR JOHN LETTER

SKEETER DAVIS / BOBBY BARE, JEAN SHEPARD / FERLIN HUSKY, PAT BOONE

BILLY BARTON, CHARLES "FUZZY" OWEN, LEWIS A TALLEY, UNKNOWN

(CHORUS) DEAR JOHN, OH HOW I HATE TO WRITE

DEAR JOHN, I MUST LET YOU KNOW TONIGHT

THAT MY LOVE FOR YOU HAS DIED

AWAY LIKE GRASS UPON THE LAWN

(THERE'S NO REASON TO GO ON)

FOR TONIGHT I'LL WED ANOTHER, DEAR JOHN

(MAN SPEAKING, OVER CHORUS) I WAS OVERSEAS IN BATTLE

WHEN THE POSTMAN CAME TO ME

HE HANDED ME A LETTER

AND I WAS JUST AS HAPPY AS I COULD BE

FOR THE FIGHTING WAS ALL OVER, AND THE BATTLES HAD ALL BEEN WON

BUT THEN I OPENED UP THE LETTER, AND IT STARTED, DEAR JOHN (CHORUS)

(WOMAN SPEAKING, OVER CHORUS) DEAR JOHN, WILL YOU PLEASE SEND BACK MY PICTURE

MY HUSBAND WANTS IT NOW

WHEN I TELL YOU WHO I'M WEDDING, YOU WON'T CARE, DEAR, ANYHOW

NOW THE CEREMONY HAS STARTED, AND I'LL WED YOUR BROTHER, DON

WOULD YOU WISH US HAPPINESS FOREVER, DEAR JOHN

(AND IT HURTS ME SO TO TELL YOU, THAT MY LOVE FOR YOU IS GONE

AND TONIGHT I WED YOUR BROTHER, DEAR JOHN

AND TONIGHT I'LL WED ANOTHER, DEAR JOHN)


ADIOS AMIGO

JIM REEVES

ADIOS AMIGO, ADIOS MY FRIEND

THE ROAD WE HAVE TRAVELLED HAS COME TO AN END

WHEN TWO LOVE THE SAME LOVE, ONE LOVE HAS TO LOSE

AND IT'S YOU WHO SHE LONGS FOR, IT'S YOU SHE WILL CHOOSE

ADIOS COMPADRE, WHAT MUST BE WILL BE

REMEMBER TO NAME ONE MUCHACHO FOR ME

I RIDE TO THE RIO, WHERE MY LIFE I WILL SPEND

ADIOS AMIGO, ADIOS MY FRIEND

(WHISTLE LAST LINE)

ADIOS COMPADRE, LET US SHED NO TEARS

MAY ALL YOUR MANANAS BRING JOY THROUGH THE YEARS

AWAY FROM THESE MEMORIES, MY LIFE I MUST SPEND

ADIOS AMIGO, ADIOS MY FRIEND

(WHISTLE)


AFTER SEVENTEEN DAYS ON THE ROAD

© 1976 JOSEPH GEORGE CALDWELL, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  WRITTEN DURING TRIP TO HAITI IN FALL, 1975

(CHORUS) AFTER SEVENTEEN DAYS ON THE ROAD

AFTER SEVENTEEN DAYS WITH NO WOMAN TO HOLD

SO LONG FROM HOME, THIS LIFE SURE GROWS OLD

AFTER SEVENTEEN DAYS ON THE ROAD

WHEN YOU'RE SEVENTEEN DAYS ON THE ROAD

WHEN YOU'RE SEVENTEEN DAYS FROM THE WOMAN AT HOME

FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY THE DAYS PASS JUST FINE

BUT THE NIGHTS AND THE WEEKENDS ARE LONELY AT TIMES

TRAVEL IS FINE WHEN IT'S NEW

WHEN THERE'S PLENTY TO SEE AND THERE'S PLENTY TO DO

BUT IN TIME DAYS PASS SLOWLY, THE NIGHTS BECOME LONELY

AND YOU'RE TOO LONG FROM HOME TO SPEND AN EVENING ALONE

LAST SUNDAY I ROSE ABOUT TEN

HAD SOME COFFEE, THEN I READ THROUGH THE PAPER AGAIN

LOOKED FOR SOMETHING TO DO, FOR AN HOUR OR TWO

ON A BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY ALONE, FAR FROM HOME

TOOK A RIDE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON

TO THE HILLS OVERLOOKING THE CITY BELOW

THE CLEAR AIR WAS COOL, GOT TO THINKING OF YOU

AS THE SHADOWS GREW LONG IN THE SOFT EVENING SUN

DROPPED INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD BAR

SHARED A COUPLE OF DRINKS WITH A MAN NAMED LAMAR

AS I STARTED TO LEAVE, CAUGHT A GLANCE MEANT FOR ME

SHE WAS PRETTY, SHE SMILED, AND SHE STOPPED ME

I ASKED, WAS SHE BUSY TONIGHT

SHE NODDED, AND SAID, "WHY DON'T WE TALK FOR A WHILE?"

THE MUSIC WAS LOW, THE DANCING WAS SLOW

AND I NEEDED SOMEONE TO TALK TO

I ASKED, DID SHE LIVE HERE ALONE

SHE SAID, NO. THERE WAS FOUR-YEAR-OLD MOLLY AT HOME

THEY MOVED HERE LAST MAY, SHE WAS PLANNING TO STAY

THE WORK WASN'T STEADY, BUT THE WEATHER WAS FINE

SHE ASKED ME, WHAT BROUGHT ME THIS WAY

I TALKED FOR A WHILE, THERE WAS PLENTY TO SAY

WHERE I WAS FROM, WHAT I HAD DONE

AND THE PLACES I'D SEEN THROUGH THE YEARS

SHE SAID, HER APARTMENT WAS NEAR

THE NIGHT SKY WAS CLEAR, WE COULD WALK THERE FROM HERE

SHE THOUGHT ABOUT FIXING SOME PIZZA AND BEER

IT SURE BEAT AN EVENING ALONE

NEXT MORNING I LEFT ABOUT NINE

SHE ASKED IF I'D BE BACK TO SEE HER SOMETIME

I SMILED AND I TOLD HER THAT I COULDN'T TELL

MAYBE I'D BE BACK NEXT SPRING FOR A SPELL

AS I HEADED FOR TOWN, PLANNED MY WEEK

I HAD PLACES TO GO, APPOINTMENTS TO KEEP

THE TIME SHOULD PASS QUICKLY, THERE WAS PLENTY TO DO

AND I'D BE BACK HOME BY NEXT SATURDAY NOON

(CHORUS) AFTER SEVENTEEN DAYS ON THE ROAD

AFTER SEVENTEEN DAYS WITH NO WOMAN TO HOLD

SO LONG FROM HOME, THIS LIFE SURE GROWS OLD

AFTER SEVENTEEN DAYS ON THE ROAD

(ALTERNATE VERSES, WRITTEN IN 2000 IN BOTSWANA, FROM A POOR MEMORY…

AFTER 17 DAYS ON THE ROAD (J G CALDWELL, WRITTEN IN HAITI IN 1975)

AFTER 17 DAYS ON THE ROAD

AFTER 17 DAYS WITH NO WOMAN TO HOLD

FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY, THE DAYS PASS JUST FINE

BUT THE NIGHTS AND THE WEEKENDS GROW LONELY AT TIMES

TRAVEL IS FINE WHEN IT’S NEW

WHEN THERE’S PLENTY TO SEE AND THERE’S PLENTY TO DO

BUT IN TIME DAYS PASS SLOWLY

THE NIGHTS BECOME LONELY

AND YOU’RE TOO LONG FROM HOME TO SPEND AN EVENING ALONE

TOOK A RIDE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON

TO THE HILLS OVERLOOKING THE CITY BELOW

WHEN THE SUNSET WAS OVER

AND THE NIGHT AIR GREW COLDER

I RETURNED TO THE WARM LIGHTS BELOW

DROPPED INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD BAR

SHARED A COUPLE OF DRINKS WITH A MAN NAMED LAMARR

AS I STARTED TO LEAVE, THE GIRL LOOKED AT ME

AND SHE SAID, CAN’T WE TALK FOR A WHILE

WE TALKED FOR AN HOUR OR TWO

THE MUSIC WAS LOW, THERE WAS NOTHING TO DO

WHEN I SAID I MUST GO, HER EYES PLEADED NO

SHE SAID, SIR, WON’T YOU PLEASE TAKE ME HOME

(AND MANY OTHER VERSES…)


AIN'T SHE SWEET

LYRICS BY JACK YELLER, MUSIC BY MILTON AGER, A

(A) AIN'T (D) SHE (E) SWEET, SEE HER (A) COMING DOWN THE (E) STREET

NOW I (A) ASK YOU (C7) VERY CONFIDENTIALLY, (B7) AIN'T (E) SHE (A) SWEET

AIN'T SHE NICE, LOOK HER OVER ONCE OR TWICE

NOW I ASK YOU VERY CONFIDENTIALLY, AIN'T SHE NICE

JUST CAST AN (D7) EYE IN HER DIR(A)ECTION

(A) OH ME OH (D7) MY AIN'T SHE PER(A)FECTION

I REPEAT, DON'T YOU THINK SHE'S KIND O' NEAT

AND I ASK YOU VERY CONFIDENTIALLY, AIN'T SHE SWEET


ALL FOR THE LOVE OF A GIRL

JOHNNY HORTON

WELL TODAY I’M SO WEARY

TODAY I’M SO BLUE

SAD AND BROKEN HEARTED

AND IT’S ALL BECAUSE OF YOU

LIFE WAS SO SWEET DEAR

LIFE WAS A SONG

NOW YOU’VE GONE AND LEFT ME

OH, WHERE DO I BELONG

AND IT’S ALL FOR THE LOVE

OF A DEAR LITTLE GIRL

ALL FOR THE LOVE

THAT SETS YOUR HEART IN A WHIRL

I’M A MAN WHO’D GIVE HIS LIFE,

AND THE JOYS OF THIS WORLD

ALL FOR THE LOVE OF A GIRL


AMANDA

DON WILLIAMS, G

BOB MCDILL

I’VE HELD IT ALL INWARD, LORD KNOWS I’VE TRIED

IT’S AN AWFUL AWAKENING IN A COUNTRY BOY’S LIFE

WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR, IN TOTAL SURPRISE

AT THE HAIR ON YOUR SHOULDERS, AND THE AGE IN YOUR EYES

(CHORUS) AMANDA, LIGHT OF MY LIFE

FATE SHOULD HAVE MADE YOU A GENTLEMAN’S WIFE

AMANDA, LIGHT OF MY LIFE

FATE SHOULD HAVE MADE YOU A GENTLEMAN’S WIFE

THERE’S A MEASURE OF PEOPLE (WHO) DON’T UNDERSTAND

THE PLEASURES OF LIFE IN A HILLBILLY BAND

I GOT MY FIRST GUITAR WHEN I WAS FOURTEEN

NOW I’M CROWDIN' THIRTY AND STILL WEARING JEANS


AMAZING GRACE

WORDS BY JOHN NEWTON 1779 (LAST VERSE BY UNKNOWN AUTHOR)

MUSIC BY JAMES P CARRELL AND DAVID S CLAYTON

AMAZING GRACE, HOW SWEET THE SOUND

THAT SAVED A WRETCH LIKE ME

I ONCE WAS LOST, BUT NOW AM FOUND

WAS BLIND, BUT NOW I SEE

‘TWAS GRACE THAT TAUGHT MY HEART TO FEAR

AND GRACE MY FEARS RELIEVED

HOW PRECIOUS DID THAT GRACE APPEAR

THE HOUR I FIRST BELIEVED

THROUGH MANY DANGERS, TOILS AND SNARES

WE HAVE ALREADY COME

‘TWAS GRACE HAS BROUGHT US SAFE THUS FAR

AND GRACE WILL LEAD US HOME

THE LORD HAS PROMISED GOOD TO ME

HIS WORD MY HOPE SECURES

HE WILL MY SHIELD AND PORTION BE

AS LONG AS LIFE ENDURES

YES, WHEN THIS FLESH AND HEART SHALL FAIL

AND MORTAL LIFE SHALL CEASE

I SHALL POSSESS WITHIN THIS VEIL

A LIFE OF JOY AND PEACE

THE EARTH SHALL SOON DISSOLVE LIKE SNOW

THE SUN FORBEAR TO SHINE

BUT GOD, WHO CALLED ME HERE BELOW

SHALL BE FOREVER MINE

WHEN WE’VE BEEN THERE TEN THOUSAND YEARS

BRIGHT SHINING AS THE SUN

WE’VE NO LESS DAYS TO SING GOD'S PRAISE

THAN WHEN WE’D FIRST BEGUN


AM I LOSING YOU?

JIM REEVES, G

JIM REEVES

AM I LOSING YOU, ARE MY FEARS COMING TRUE?

TELL ME WHAT TO DO, AM I LOSING YOU?

IS YOUR LOVE REALLY TRUE, IS THERE SOMEBODY NEW?

ARE WE REALLY THROUGH, AM I LOSING YOU?

AM I TOO BLIND TO SEE, WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING TO ME?

EVERY ROAD HAS A BEND, WILL I BE SWEETHEART OR FRIEND?

WILL THE SWEET THINGS YOU DO, BE FOR SOMEBODY NEW?

HOW I WISH I KNEW, AM I LOSING YOU?


AM I THAT EASY TO FORGET?

JIM REEVES

CARL BELEW, W S STEVENSON

THEY SAY YOU FOUND SOMEBODY NEW

BUT THAT WON’T STOP MY LOVING YOU

I JUST CAN’T LET YOU WALK AWAY

FORGET THE LOVE I HAD FOR YOU

GUESS I COULD FIND SOMEBODY NEW

BUT I DON’T WANT NO ONE BUT YOU

HOW COULD YOU LEAVE WITHOUT REGRET

AM I THAT EASY TO FORGET?

BEFORE YOU LEAVE BE SURE YOU FIND

YOU WANT HIS LOVE MUCH MORE THAN MINE

CAUSE I’LL JUST SAY WE NEVER MET

IF I’M THAT EASY TO FORGET


A POOR MAN’S ROSES (OR A RICH MAN’S GOLD)

PATSY CLINE, A

I MUST MAKE UP MY MIND TODAY, WHAT TO HAVE, WHAT TO HOLD

A POOR MAN’S ROSES, OR A RICH MAN’S GOLD

ONE’S AS WEALTHY AS A KING IN A PALACE, THOUGH HE’S CALLOUS AND COLD

HE MAY LEARN TO GIVE HIS HEART FOR LOVE, INSTEAD OF BUYING IT WITH GOLD

AND THEN THE POOR MAN’S ROSES, OR THE THRILL WHEN WE KISS

WILL BE (B7) MEMORIES OF PARADISE THAT I’LL NEVER MISS

AND YET THE HAND THAT BRINGS THE ROSE TONIGHT, IS THE HAND I WILL HOLD

FOR THE ROSE OF LOVE MEANS MORE TO ME, THAN ANY RICH MAN’S GOLD

(REPEAT LAST VERSE)


A SATISFIED MIND

COWBOY COPAS, C

JOE "RED" HAYES, JACK RHODES

HOW MANY TIMES, HAVE YOU HEARD SOMEONE SAY

IF I HAD HIS MONEY, I WOULD DO THINGS MY WAY

BUT LITTLE THEY KNOW, THAT IT’S SO HARD TO FIND

ONE RICH MAN IN TEN, WITH A SATISFIED MIND

ONCE I WAS WINNING, IN FORTUNE AND FAME

EVERYTHING THAT I DREAMED FOR, TO GET A START IN LIFE’S GAME

BUT SUDDENLY IT HAPPENED, I LOST EVERY DIME

BUT I’M RICHER BY FAR, WITH A SATISFIED MIND

(INSTRUMENTAL)

MONEY CAN’T BUY BACK, YOUR YOUTH WHEN YOU’RE OLD

OR A FRIEND WHEN YOU’RE LONELY

OR A LOVE THAT’S GROWN COLD

THE WEALTHIEST PERSON, IS A PAUPER AT TIMES

COMPARED TO THE MAN, WITH A SATISFIED MIND

WHEN LIFE HAS ENDED, MY TIME HAS RUN OUT

MY FRIENDS AND MY LOVED ONES

I’LL LEAVE THERE’S NO DOUBT

BUT ONE THING'S FOR CERTAIN, WHEN IT COMES MY TIME

I’LL LEAVE THIS OLD WORLD, WITH A SATISFIED MIND


ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT?

ELVIS PRESLEY, C

ROY TURK, LOU HANDMAN

ARE YOU (C) LONESOME TONIGHT?

DO YOU MISS ME TONIGHT?

ARE YOU SORRY WE (A7) DRIFTED A(Dm)PART?

DOES YOUR (G) MEMORY STRAY

TO A (G7) BRIGHT SUMMER DAY

WHEN I (Dm7) KISSED YOU AND CALLED YOU SWEET(C)HEART?

DO THE (C7) CHAIRS IN YOUR PARLOR SEEM (F) EMPTY AND BARE?

DO YOU (D) GAZE AT YOUR DOORSTEP

AND (G7) PICTURE ME THERE?

IS YOUR (C) HEART FILLED WITH PAIN?

SHALL I (D) COME BACK AGAIN?

TELL ME, (G) DEAR, ARE YOU (G7) LONESOME TO(C)NIGHT?

(TALKING) I WONDER IF YOU’RE LONESOME TONIGHT

YOU KNOW, SOMEONE SAID THAT THE WORLD’S A STAGE

AND EACH OF US MUST PLAY A PART

FATE HAD ME PLAYING IN LOVE WITH YOU AS MY SWEETHEART

ACT ONE WAS WHEN WE MET

I LOVED YOU AT FIRST GLANCE

YOU READ YOUR LINES SO CLEVERLY AND NEVER MISSED A CUE

THEN CAME ACT TWO

YOU SEEMED TO CHANGE

YOU ACTED STRANGE AND WHY, I’LL NEVER KNOW

HONEY, YOU LIED WHEN YOU SAID YOU LOVED ME

AND I HAD NO CAUSE TO DOUBT

BUT I’D RATHER GO ON HEARING YOUR LIES

THAN TO GO ON LIVING WITHOUT YOU

NOW THE STAGE IS BARE

AND I’M STANDING THERE

WITH EMPTINESS ALL AROUND

AND IF YOU WON’T COME BACK TO ME

THEN THEY CAN RING THE CURTAIN DOWN

(SINGING) IS YOUR HEART FILLED WITH PAIN, SHALL I COME BACK AGAIN

TELL ME, DEAR, ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT?


ASHES OF LOVE

JOHNNY AND JACK

J ANGLIN, J WRIGHT

(CHORUS) ASHES OF LOVE, COLD AS ICE

YOU MADE THE DEBT, I PAY THE PRICE

OUR LOVE IS GONE, THERE’S NO DOUBT

ASHES OF LOVE, THE FLAME’S BURNED OUT

(INSTRUMENTAL)

THE LOVE LIGHT THAT SHINES, IN YOUR EYES

HAS GONE OUT, TO MY SURPRISE

WE SAID GOODBYE, MY HEART BLED

I REALIZE, OUR LOVE IS DEAD

(I CAN'T REVIVE YOUR LOVE IS DEAD) (CHORUS)

I TRUSTED YOU, YOUR LOVE WAS SAND

YOUR EVERY WISH, WAS MY COMMAND

MY HEART TELLS ME, I MUST FORGET

I LOVED YOU THEN, I LOVE YOU YET (CHORUS)

(ALTERNATE, FROM AMAZING RHYTHM ACES):

THE LOVE LIGHT THAT SHINES, IN YOUR EYES

HAS GONE OUT, TO MY SURPRISE

WE SAID GOODBYE, MY HEART BLED

NOW I LIVE WITHOUT YOUR LOVE INSTEAD (CHORUS)

I TRUSTED YOU, OUR LOVE COULD STAND

YOUR EVERY WISH, WAS MY COMMAND

OUR LOVE WAS WRONG, THERE'S NO DOUBT

ASHES OF LOVE, THE FLAME'S BURNED OUT (CHORUS)


A SWEET OLD FASHIONED GIRL

TERESA BREWER (BREUER)

 BOB MERRILL

SCOOBLEY-DOO-BEE-DOO, BE-DOO-BE-DOO-BE-DOO-BE-DOO

WOULDN'T ANYBODY CARE TO MEET A SWEET OLD FASHIONED GIRL, A-SCOOBLEY-DOO-BEE-DO

WOULDN'T ANYBODY CARE ABOUT A SWEET OLD FASHIONED PEARL, A-SCOOBLEY-DOO-BEE-DUM

WHO'S A FRANTIC LITTLE BOPPER IN SLOPPY SOCKS

JUST A CRAZY ROCKIN' ROLLIN' LITTLE GOLDILOCKS

WOULDN'T ANYBODY CARE ABOUT A SWEET OLD FASHIONED GIRL

DOESN'T ANYBODY CARE TO HEAR SOME SWEET OLD FASHIONED TALK, A-SCOOBLEY-DOO-BEE-DUM

WOULDN'T ANYBOTH LIKE TO TAKE A NICE OLD FASHIONED WALK, A-SCOOBLEY-DOO-BEE-DUM

TAKE A WALK AROUND THE CORNER WHERE THE CATS ALL STOP

WHERE YOU DIG THE JUICY RIBS AND YOU DANCE THE BOP

WOULDN'T ANYBODY LIKE TO TAKE A NICE OLD FASHIONED WALK

A-SCOOBY-DO, A-SCOOBY-DO, WE CAN ROCK ON A BICYCLE BUILD FOR TWO

A-SCOOBY-DIE, A-SCOOBY-DIE, OH, YOU CAN GET ALL YOUR KICKS IF YOU GIVE US A TRY

WOULDN'T ANYBODY WANT TO MEET A SWEET OLD FASHIONED MISS, A-SCOOBLEY-DUM

WOULDN'T ANYBODY WANT TO KISS A SWEET OLD FASHIONED KISS, A-SCOOBLEY-DUM

YOU'LL JUST FLIP YOUR LITTLE WIG 'CAUSE YOU'LL BET YOUR SOCKS

THAT YOU REALLY DIG THE FLAVOR OF OUR BUBBLEGUM

WOULDN'T ANYBODY CARE TO MEET A SWEET OLD FASHIONED GIRL

A-SCOOBY-DO, A-SCOOBY-DO, WE WENT OUT TO THAT HOUSE WHERE THE LIGHTS ARE BLUE

A-SCOOBY-DIE, A-SCOOBY-DIE, THOUGH WE WENT WALTZING IN, WE WENT BOPPING GOODBYE

(REPEAT FIRST VERSE) + SCOOBLEY-DOO-BEE-DOO-BEE-DOO


AT THE HOP

DANNY AND THE JUNIORS

BAH,AH,AH,AH, BAH,AH,AH,AH, BAH,AH,AH,AH, BAH,AH,AH,AH AT THE HOP

WELL YOU CAN ROCK IT, YOU CAN ROLL IT, YOU CAN STOMP AND YOU CAN STROLL IT, AT THE HOP

WHEN THE RECORDS START SPINNING YOUR TWO LIPS ARE WHERE YOU’RE CHICKEN (?)

DO THE DANCE SENSATIONS THAT ARE SWEEPING THE NATION, AT THE HOP

(CHORUS) LET’S GO TO THE HOP, LET’S GO TO THE HOP, LET’S GO TO THE HOP, LET’S GO TO THE HOP

COME ON, LET’S GO TO THE HOP

WELL YOU CAN SCREAM AND YOU CAN GROOVE IT, YOU CAN REALLY START TO MOVE IT, AT THE HOP

WHERE THE JOCKEY IS THE SMOOTHEST, AND THE MUSIC IS THE COOLEST

ALL THE CATS AND THE CHICKS GO TO GET THEIR KICKS, AT THE HOP

(THEN CHORUS, THEN TWO VERSES, THEN CHORUS)


A WHITE SPORT COAT

MARTY ROBBINS, A

(A) A WHITE SPORT COAT, AND A (D) PINK CAR(E)NATION

(D) I’M ALL DRESSED (E) UP FOR THE (A) DANCE

(A) A WHITE SPORT COAT, AND A (D) PINK CAR(E)NATION

(D) I’M ALL A(E)LONE IN RO(A)MANCE

(E) ONCE YOU TOLD ME LONG AGO

(A) TO THE PROM, WITH ME YOU’D GO

(D) NOW YOU’VE CHANGED YOUR MIND IT SEEMS

(E) SOMEONE ELSE WILL HOLD MY DREAMS

(A) A WHITE SPORT COAT, AND A (D) PINK CAR(E)NATION

(D) I’M IN A (E) BLUE, BLUE (A) MOOD


BACK HOME AGAIN

JOHN DENVER

THERE’S A STORM ACROSS THE VALLEY, CLOUDS ARE ROLLING IN

THE AFTERNOON IS HEAVY ON YOUR SHOULDERS

THERE’S A TRUCK OUT ON THE FOUR LANE, A MILE OR MORE AWAY

THE WHINING OF ITS WHEELS JUST MAKES IT COLDER

HE’S AN HOUR AWAY FROM RIDING ON YOUR PRAYERS UP IN THE SKY

AND TEN DAYS ON THE ROAD IS BARELY GONE

THERE’S A FIRE SOFTLY BURNING, SUPPER’S ON THE STOVE

BUT IT’S THE LIGHT IN YOUR EYES THAT MAKES HIM WARM

(CHORUS) HEY, IT’S GOOD TO BE BACK HOME AGAIN

SOMETIMES THIS OLD FARM FEELS LIKE A LONG LOST FRIEND

(YES AND) HEY IT’S GOOD TO BE BACK HOME AGAIN

THERE’S ALL THE NEWS TO TELL HIM, HOW’D YOU SPEND YOUR TIME

WHAT’S THE LATEST THING, THE NEIGHBORS SAY?

AND YOUR MOTHER CALLED LAST FRIDAY, "SUNSHINE" MADE HER CRY

SHE FELT THE BABY MOVE JUST YESTERDAY

AND OH THE TIME THAT I CAN LAY THIS TIRED OLD BODY DOWN

AND FEEL YOUR FINGERS FEATHER SOFT UPON ME

THE KISSES THAT I LIVE FOR, THE LOVE THAT LIGHTS MY WAY

THE HAPPINESS THAT LIVING WITH YOU BRINGS ME

IT’S THE SWEETEST THING I KNOW OF, JUST SPENDING TIME WITH YOU

IT’S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT MAKE A HOUSE A HOME

LIKE A FIRE SOFTLY BURNING, SUPPER’S ON THE STOVE

IT’S THE LIGHT IN YOUR EYES THAT MAKES ME WARM

HEY IT’S GOOD TO BE BACK HOME AGAIN, YES IT IS

SOMETIMES THIS OLD FARM FEELS LIKE A LONG LOST FRIEND

YES AND HEY, IT’S GOOD TO BE BACK HOME AGAIN

(REPEAT THREE PREVIOUS LINES), +

YES AND HEY, IT’S GOOD TO BE BACK HOME AGAIN


BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC

WORDS BY JULIA WARD HOWE, MUSIC BY WILLIAM STEFFE (TUNE OF JOHN BROWN'S BODY), E

(E) MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY OF THE COMING OF THE LORD

HE IS (A) TRAMPLING OUT THE VINTAGE WHERE THE (E) GRAPES OF WRATH ARE (B7) STORED

HE HAS (E) LOOSED THE FATEFUL LIGHTNING OF HIS TERRIBLE SWIFT SWORD

HIS (B7) TRUTH IS MARCHING (E) ON

(CHORUS) GLORY, GLORY! HALLELUJAH!

(A) GLORY, GLORY! HALLE(E)LUJAH!

GLORY, GLORY! HALLELUJAH!

HIS (B7) TRUTH IS MARCHING (E) ON

I HAVE SEEN HIM IN THE WATCH-FIRES OF A HUNDRED CIRCLING CAMPS

THEY HAVE BUILDED HIM AN ALTAR IN THE EVENING DEWS AND DAMPS

I CAN READ HIS RIGHTEOUS SENTENCE BY THE DIM AND FLAMING LAMPS

HIS DAY IS MARCHING ON

I HAVE READ A FIERY GOSPEL, WRIT IN BURNISHED ROWS OF STEEL

"AS YE DEAL WITH MY CONTEMNERS, SO WITH YOU MY GRACE SHALL DEAL

LET THE HERO, BORN OF WOMAN, CRUSH THE SERPENT WITH HIS HEEL

SINCE GOD IS MARCHING ON"

HE HAS SOUNDED FORTH THE TRUMPET THAT SHALL NEVER CALL RETREAT

HE IS SIFTING OUT THE HEARTS OF MEN BEFORE HIS JUDGMENT SEAT

O, BE SWIFT, MY SOUL, TO ANSWER HIM! BE JUBILANT MY FEET

OUR GOD IS MARCHING ON

IN THE BEAUTY OF THE LILIES CHRIST WAS BORN ACROSS THE SEA

WITH A GLORY IN HIS BOSOM THAT TRANSFIGURES YOU AND ME

AS HE DIED TO MAKE MEN HOLY, LET US LIVE TO MAKE MEN FREE

HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING ON

HE IS COMING LIKE THE GLORY OF THE MORNING ON THE WAVE

HE IS WISDOM TO THE MIGHTY, HE HIS HONOR TO THE BRAVE

SO THE WORLD SHALL BE HIS FOOTSTOOL, AND THE SOUL OF WRONG HIS SLAVE

OUR GOD IS MARCHING ON!


BIG IRON

MARTY ROBBINS, C

(INTRO: Am Em Am)

(C) TO THE TOWN OF AGUA FRIA, RODE A (Am) STRANGER ONE FINE DAY

HARDLY (C) SPOKE TO FOLKS AROUND HIM, DIDN’T (Am) HAVE TOO MUCH TO SAY

NO ONE (F) DARED TO ASK HIS BUSINESS, NO ONE (C) DARED TO MAKE A SLIP

THE STRANGER THERE AMONG THEM HAD A (Am) BIG IRON ON HIS HIP

BIG IRON ON HIS (C) HIP

IT WAS EARLY IN THE MORNING WHEN HE RODE INTO THE TOWN

HE CAME RIDING FROM THE SOUTH SIDE, SLOWLY LOOKING ALL AROUND

HE’S AN OUTLAW LOOSE AND RUNNIN’ CAME THE WHISPER FROM EACH LIP

AND HE’S HERE TO DO SOME BUSINESS WITH THE BIG IRON ON HIS HIP

BIG IRON ON HIS HIP

IN THIS TOWN THERE LIVED AN OUTLAW, BY THE NAME OF TEXAS RED

MANY MEN HAD TRIED TO TAKE HIM, AND THAT MANY MEN WERE DEAD

HE WAS VICIOUS AND A KILLER, THOUGH A YOUTH OF TWENTY FOUR

AND THE NOTCHES ON HIS PISTOL NUMBERED ONE AND NINETEEN MORE

ONE AND NINETEEN MORE

NOW THIS STRANGER STARTED TALKING, MADE IT PLAIN TO FOLKS AROUND

WAS AN ARIZONA RANGER, WOULDN’T BE TOO LONG IN TOWN

HE CAME HERE TO TAKE AN OUTLAW BACK ALIVE OR MAYBE DEAD

AND HE SAID IT DIDN’T MATTER HE WAS AFTER TEXAS RED

AFTER TEXAS RED

WASN’T LONG BEFORE THE STORY WAS RELAYED TO TEXAS RED

BUT THE OUTLAW DIDN’T WORRY, MEN THAT TRIED BEFORE WERE DEAD

TWENTY MEN HAD TRIED TO TAKE HIM, TWENTY MEN HAD MADE A SLIP

TWENTY-ONE WOULD BE THE RANGER WITH THE BIG IRON ON HIS HIP

BIG IRON ON HIS HIP

NOW THE MORNING PASSED SO QUICKLY IT WAS TIME FOR THEM TO MEET

IT WAS TWENTY PAST ELEVEN WHEN THEY WALKED OUT IN THE STREET

FOLKS WERE WATCHING FROM THEIR WINDOWS EVERYBODY HELD THEIR BREATH

THEY KNEW THIS HANDSOME RANGER WAS ABOUT TO MEET HIS DEATH

ABOUT TO MEET HIS DEATH

THERE WAS FORTY FEET BETWEEN THEM WHEN THEY STOPPED TO MAKE THEIR PLAY

AND THE SWIFTNESS OF THE RANGER IS STILL TALKED ABOUT TODAY

TEXAS RED HAD NOT CLEARED LEATHER WHEN A BULLET FAIRLY RIPPED

AND THE RANGER'S AIM WAS DEADLY, WITH THE BIG IRON ON HIS HIP

BIG IRON ON HIS HIP

IT WAS OVER IN A MOMENT, AND THE FOLKS HAD GATHERED ROUND

THERE BEFORE THEM LAY THE BODY OF THE OUTLAW ON THE GROUND

OH, HE MIGHT HAVE GONE ON LIVING BUT HE MADE ONE FATAL SLIP

WHEN HE TRIED TO MATCH THE RANGER WITH THE BIG IRON ON HIS HIP

BIG IRON ON HIS HIP, BIG IRON, BIG IRON, WHEN HE TRIED TO MATCH THE RANGER WITH THE BIG IRON ON HIS HIP


BILL BAILEY

HUGHIE CANNON, G

(G) WON'T YOU COME HOME BILL BAILEY

WON'T YOU COME HOME

SHE MOANS THE WHOLE DAY (D7) LONG

I'LL DO THE COOKING, DARLING, I'LL PAY THE RENT

I KNOW I'VE DONE YOU (G) WRONG

(RE)MEMBER THAT RAINY EVE THAT/ I DROVE YOU OUT

WITH NOTHING BUT A FINE (G7) TOOTH (C) COMB

I KNOW I'M TO BLAME, WELL (G) AIN'T THAT A (E7) SHAME

BILL (A) BAILEY WON'T YOU (D7) PLEASE COME (G) HOME

(ORIG LYRICS:

'MEMBER DAT RAINY EVE, DAT DROVE I YOU OUT

WID NOTHIN BU A FINE TOOTH COMB

I KNOWS I'SE TO BLAME, WELL AIN'T DAT A SHAME

BILL BAILEY WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME)


B.J. THE D.J.

STONEWALL JACKSON

HUGH LEWIS

A STORY ‘BOUT A PAL OF MINE

WHO WORKED DOWN NEAR THE GEORGIA LINE

AS D.J. IN A LITTLE COUNTRY STATION

EVERYBODY LOVED HIM DEAR

'CAUSE HE PLAYED WHAT THEY LIKED TO HEAR

HE BUILT HIMSELF UP QUITE A REPUTATION

AT RECORD HOPS HE’D STAYED OUT LATE

AND HIS MOM WOULD ALWAYS WAIT

TO SEE IF HE HAD MADE IT HOME ALIVE

SHE WARNED (HIM) AGAINST HIS LOSS OF SLEEP

AND DRIVING FAST IN THAT OLD HEAP

AND THAT HE HAD TO BE AT WORK BY FIVE

(CHORUS) B.J. THE D.J. YOU’RE LIVING MUCH TOO FAST

AND IF YOU DON’T CHANGE YOUR WAYS

DON’T SEE HOW YOU CAN LAST

EVERY MORNING JUST PAST FOUR

FROM THE DRIVEWAY HE WOULD ROAR

OVERSLEPT AND HE WAS LATE AGAIN

THEN AT BREAK-NECK SPEED HE’D DRIVE

TO SIGN THE STATION ON AT FIVE

HE HAD LOTS OF RECORDS HE MUST SPIN

HIS MOM SAT BY THE RADIO

UNTIL HIS VOICE TOLD HER HELLO

SHE KNEW THEN THAT HE’D MADE IT THERE ALRIGHT

THEN SHE’D SAY A LITTLE PRAYER

HE’D BE SAFE FOR HE WAS THERE

AND SHE’D WAIT UP FOR HIM AGAIN TONIGHT (CHORUS)

THEN ONE COLD AND RAINY MORN

ALL FOUR TIRES WERE BADLY WORN

BUT STILL HE SCRATCHED OFF JUST AS FAST THIS TIME

B.J HAD A LOT OF NERVE BUT HE COMPLETELY MISSED A CURVE

AND HE SIGNED OFF DOWN NEAR THE GEORGIA LINE

MOM SAT BY THE RADIO

THE VOICE SHE HEARD SHE DIDN’T KNOW

B.J.’D NEVER BEEN THIS LATE BEFORE

BUT WITH THE ROADS SO BAD AND ALL

SHE’D WAIT A WHILE BEFORE SHE’D CALL

AND THEN SHE HEARD THE KNOCK UPON THE DOOR

B.J. THE D.J., ONLY TWENTY-FOUR

A WRECK AT NINETY MILES AN HOUR

HE'LL SPIN THE HITS NO MORE


BLUE CHRISTMAS

JIM REEVES

I'LL HAVE A BLUE CHRISTMAS WITHOUT YOU

I'LL BE SO BLUE THINKING ABOUT YOU

DECORATIONS OF RED ON A GREEN CHRISTMAS TREE

WON'T MEAN A THING, DEAR, IF YOU'RE NOT HERE WITH ME

AND WHEN THOSE BLUE SNOWFLAKES START FALLING

THAT'S WHEN THOSE BLUE HEARTACHES START CALLING

YOU'LL BE DOING ALL RIGHT WITH YOUR CHRISTMAS OF WHITE

BUT I'LL HAVE A BLUE, BLUE CHRISTMAS

(REPEAT LAST VERSE)


BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN

WILLIE NELSON, A

FRED ROSE

IN THE TWILIGHT GLOW I SEE HER

BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN

AS WE KISSED GOODBYE AND PARTED

I KNEW WE’D NEVER MEET AGAIN

LOVE IS LIKE A DYING EMBER

ONLY MEMORIES REMAIN

THROUGH THE AGES I’LL REMEMBER

BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN

NOW MY HAIR HAS TURNED TO SILVER

ALL MY LIFE I’VE LIVED IN VAIN

I CAN SEE HER STAR IN HEAVEN

BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN

SOMEDAY WHEN WE MEET UP YONDER

WE’LL STROLL HAND IN HAND AGAIN

IN A LAND THAT KNOWS NO PARTING

BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN


BLUE SKIES (FROM BETSY)

WILLIE NELSON, Em

IRVING BERLIN

(Em) BLUE SKIES SMILING AT (G) ME

NOTHING BUT BLUE SKIES (D) DO I (G) SEE

(Em) BLUEBIRDS SINGING A (G) SONG

NOTHING BUT BLUEBIRDS (D) ALL DAY (G) LONG

NEVER SAW THE SUN (Cm) SHINING SO (G) BRIGHT

NEVER SAW THINGS (Cm) GOING SO (G) RIGHT

NOTICING THE DAYS (Cm) HURRYING (G) BY

(Cm) WHEN YOU'RE IN (G) LOVE, (D7) MY, HOW THEY (G) FLY

(Em) BLUE DAYS ALL OF THEM (G) GONE

NOTHING BUT BLUE SKIES (D) FROM NOW (G) ON

(REPEAT)

(NOTE: PLAY Cm IN 3RD POSITION, BARRED, AND THEN MOVE

TO G IN 3RD POSITION BARRED.)


BORN TO LOSE

HANK SNOW

TED DAFFAN

BORN TO LOSE, I’VE LIVED MY LIFE IN VAIN

EVERY DREAM HAS ONLY BROUGHT ME PAIN

ALL MY LIFE I’VE ALWAYS BEEN SO BLUE

BORN TO LOSE AND NOW I’M LOSING YOU

BORN TO LOSE, IT SEEMS SO HARD TO BEAR

HOW I LONGED TO ALWAYS HAVE YOU NEAR

YOU’VE GROWN TIRED AND NOW YOU SAY WE’RE THROUGH

BORN TO LOSE AND NOW I’M LOSING YOU

BORN TO LOSE AND NOW I’M LOSING YOU


BOTTLE OF WINE

G

BOTTLE OF WINE, FRUIT OF THE VINE

WHEN YOU GONNA LET ME GET SOBER

LEAVE ME ALONE, LET ME GO HOME

LET ME GO HOME AND START OVER

RAMBLIN’ AROUND THIS DIRTY OLD TOWN

SINGIN’ FOR NICKELS AND DIMES

TIMES GETTIN’ ROUGH, I AIN’T GOT ENOUGH

TO GET A LITTLE BOTTLE OF WINE

PAIN IN MY HEAD, BUGS IN MY BED

PANTS ARE SO OLD THAT THEY SHINE

OUT ON THE STREET, TELL THE PEOPLE I MEET

BUY ME A BOTTLE OF WINE

PREACHER WILL PREACH, TEACHER WILL TEACH

THE MINER WILL DIG IN THE MINE

I RIDE THE RODS, TRUSTING IN GOD

HUGGIN’ MY LITTLE BOTTLE OF WINE


BOUQUET OF ROSES

GEORGE MORGAN, A

STEVE NELSON - BOB HILLIARD

I’M SENDING YOU A BIG BOUQUET OF ROSES

ONE FOR EVERY TIME YOU BROKE MY HEART

AND AS THE DOOR OF LOVE BETWEEN US CLOSES

TEARS WILL FALL LIKE PETALS WHEN WE PART

I BEGGED YOU TO BE DIFFERENT

BUT YOU’LL ALWAYS BE UNTRUE

I’M (B7) TIRED OF FORGIVING

NOW THERE’S NOTHING LEFT TO DO

SO I’M SENDING YOU A BIG BOUQUET OF ROSES

ONE FOR EVERY TIME YOU BROKE MY HEART

(INSTRUMENTAL)

YOU MADE OUR LOVERS’ LANE A ROAD OF SORROW

TILL AT LAST WE HAD TO SAY GOODBYE

YOU'RE LEAVING ME TO FACE EACH NEW TOMORROW

WITH A BROKEN HEART YOU TAUGHT TO CRY

I KNOW THAT I SHOULD HATE YOU

AFTER ALL YOU'VE PUT ME THROUGH

BUT HOW CAN I BE BITTER

WHEN I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU

SO I’M SENDING YOU A BIG BOUQUET OF ROSES

ONE FOR EVERY TIME YOU BROKE MY HEART


BROWN-EYED HANDSOME MAN

Waylon Jennings, D

Chuck Berry

 

(D) Flying across the desert in a TWA

I saw a woman walking across the sand

She been a-walkin' thirty miles en (G) route to L.A.

To get a (A) brown-eyed handsome (D) man

Her destination was a (C) brown-eyed handsome (D) man

 

(D) Milo Venus was a beautiful lass

She had the world in the palm of her hand

But she lost both her arms in a (G) wrestling match

To get a (A) brown-eyed handsome (D) man

She fought and won herself a (C) brown-eyed handsome (D) man

 

(Chorus) (G) Way back in history three thousand years

Back (D) ever since the world began

There's been a lot of good women (G) shed a tear

For a (A) brown-eyed handsome (D) man

That's what the trouble was (C) brown-eyed handsome (D) man

 

(a tone higher) (E) Beautiful daughter couldn't make up her mind

Between a doctor and a lawyer man

mother told her daughter go (A) out and find yourself

A (B) brown eyed handsome (E) man

Just like your daddy is a (D) brown-eyed handsome (E) man

 

(E) Arrested on charges of unemployED

He was sitting in the witness stand

The judge's wife called up the (A) district attorney

SET you (B) free that brown-eyed (E) man

You want your job you better (D) free that brown-eyed (E) man

 

(Chorus) (A) Way back in history three thousand years

Back (E) ever since the world began

There's been a lot of good (A) women shed a tear

For a (B) brown-eyed handsome (E) man

That's what the trouble is A (D) brown-eyed handsome (E) man

BROWN-SKIN GIRL

HARRY BELAFONTE

CALYPSO

EVERYTHING TO KEEP ME FROM SLEEPING

A LOT OF SAILOR BOYS THEY WERE LEAVING

AND EVERYBODY THERE THEY WERE JUMPING

TO HEAR THE SAILOR BOYS IN OUR CHORUS SINGING

(CHORUS)THE BROWN-SKIN GIRL, STAY HOME AND MIND BABY

THE BROWN-SKIN GIRL, STAY HOME AND MIND BABY

I’M GOING AWAY IN A SAILING BOAT

AND IF I DON’T COME BACK, STAY HOME AND MIND BABY

NOW THE AMERICANS MADE AN INVASION

WE THOUGHT IT WAS A HELP TO THE ISLAND

UNTIL THEY LEFT FROM HERE ON VACATION

THEY LEFT THE NATIVE BOY HOME TO MIND THEIR CHILDREN, SINGING (CHORUS)

NOW I TELL YOU THE STORY ABOUT MILLIE

MILLIE MADE A NICE BLUE-EYED BABY

THEY SAY SHE FANCIED THE MOTHER

BUT THE BLUE-EYED BABY, HA’E NO SHE FATHER

(INSTRUMENTAL)

NOW THE AMERICANS ALL HAD THEIR PLEASURE

WHILE THE MUSIC PLAYED TO THEIR LEISURE

AND EVERYBODY THERE THEY WERE JUMPING

TO HEAR THE SAILOR BOYS IN OUR CHORUS SINGING

(CHORUS, REPEAT CHORUS AND FADE)


BUMMING AROUND

HANK SNOW, A

PETE GRAVES

GOT AN OLD SLOUCH HAT

GOT MY ROLL ON MY SHOULDER

I'M AS FREE AS THE BREEZE AND I'LL DO AS I PLEASE

JUST A-BUMMIN' AROUND

GOT A MILLION FRIENDS

DON'T FEEL ANY OLDER

I'VE GOT NOTHING TO LOSE, NOT EVEN THE BLUES

JUST A-BUMMIN' AROUND

WHENEVER WORRIES START TO BOTHERING ME

I (B7) GRAB MY COAT, MY OLD SLOUCH HAT

HIT THE ROAD AGAIN, YOU SEE

I AIN'T GOT A DIME

DON'T CARE WHERE I'M GOING

I'M AS FREE AS THE BREEZE AND I'LL DO AS I PLEASE

JUST A-BUMMIN' AROUND

(INSTRUMENTAL)

(REPEAT LAST VERSE)


CATTLE CALL

EDDIE ARNOLD

TEX OWENS

(YODEL IN MELODY, A-E-A-E-A)

THE CATTLE ARE PROWLING, THE COYOTES ARE HOWLING

WAY OUT WHERE THE DOGIES BAWL

WHERE SPURS ARE A JINGLING, A COWBOY IS SINGING

THIS LONESOME CATTLE CALL (YODEL)

HE RIDES IN THE SUN TILL HIS DAY'S WORK IS DONE

AND HE ROUNDS UP THE CATTLE EACH FALL

(YODEL) SINGING THIS CATTLE CALL

FOR HOURS HE COULD RIDE ON THE RANGE FAR AND WIDE

WHEN THE NIGHT WINDS BLOW UP A SQUALL

HIS HEART IS A FEATHER IN ALL KINDS OF WEATHER

HE SINGS HIS CATTLE CALL (YODEL)

HE'S BROWN AS A BERRY FROM RIDING THE PRARIE

AND HE SINGS WITH AN OLD WESTERN DRAWL

(YODEL) SINGING HIS CATTLE CALL (YODEL)


CHARLIE’S SHOES

BILLY WALKER, D

ROY BAHAM

I’D LIKE TO BE IN CHARLIE’S SHOES

THAT’S WHAT I ALWAYS SAID

‘CAUSE HE HAD YOU AND EVERYTHING

TIED WITH A GOLDEN THREAD

THEN CHARLIE LEFT AND WENT AWAY

AND WHEN I GOT THE NEWS

IT WASN’T LONG ‘TILL I WAS WALKING ‘ROUND IN CHARLIE’S SHOES

NOW I’M WEARING OUT THE SHOES THAT CHARLIE WORE

WALKING BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE FLOOR

THE TROUBLES THAT DROVE HIM AWAY, I’VE GOT FOR COMPANY

THESE NIGHTS IN CHARLIE’S SHOES ARE KILLING ME

(WHISTLE)

THE GREENER GRASS THAT TURNED MY HEAD

SO SWIFTLY DID TURN BROWN

‘CAUSE EVERY LITTLE DREAM I BUILD

SHE’S ALWAYS TEARING DOWN

I NEVER KNEW OLD CHARLIE’S SHOES

COULD HAVE SO MANY TACKS

OF DISAPPOINTING SORROWS

AND I WISH HE HAD ‘EM BACK

‘CAUSE I’M WEARING OUT THE SHOES THAT CHARLIE WORE

WALKING BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE FLOOR

THE TROUBLES THAT DROVE HIM AWAY, I’VE GOT FOR COMPANY

THESE NIGHTS IN CHARLIE’S SHOES ARE KILLING ME

(WHISTLE)


CHATTANOOGIE SHOE SHINE BOY

RED FOLEY, JACK STAPP, HARRY STONE

HAVE YOU EVER PASSED THE CORNER OF FOURTH AND GRAND

WHERE A LITTLE BALL OF RHYTHM HAS A SHOE SHINE STAND

PEOPLE GATHER ROUND AND THEY CLAP THEIR HANDS

HE’S A GREAT BIG BUNDLE OF JOY, HE POPS A BOOGIE WOOGIE RAG

THE CHATTANOOGIE SHOE SHINE BOY

HE CHARGES YOU A NICKEL JUST TO SHINE ONE SHOE

HE MAKES THE OLDEST KIND OF LEATHER LOOK LIKE NEW

YOU FEEL AS THOUGH YOU WANT TO DANCE WHEN HE GETS THROUGH

HE’S A GREAT BIG BUNDLE OF JOY, HE POPS A BOOGIE WOOGIE RAG

THE CHATTANOOGIE SHOE SHINE BOY

IT’S A WONDER THAT THE RAG DON’T TEAR, THE WAY HE MAKES IT POP

YOU OUGHT TO SEE HIM FAN THE AIR, WITH HIS

HIPPITY, HIPPITY, HIPPITY, HOPPITY, HIPPITY, HIPPITY, HOP

HE OPENS UP FOR BUSINESS WHEN THE CLOCK STRIKES NINE

HE LIKES TO GET ‘EM EARLY WHEN THEY’RE FEELING FINE

EVERYBODY GETS A LITTLE RISE AND SHINE

HE’S A GREAT BIG BUNDLE OF JOY, HE POPS A BOOGIE WOOGIE RAG

THE CHATTANOOGIE SHOE SHINE BOY


CHEATING GAME

SUSAN RAYE

D KNUTSON, BONNIE GUITAR

BREAK A HEART, THEN LAUGH, THEN WALK AWAY

OF TRUE LOVE YOU'VE MADE A MOCKERY

FREE TO GO, KNOWING NEXT TIME YOU'LL PAY NO PRICE FOR YOUR COMMON VICE

THE CHEATING GAME

LOVE AND LIES GO HAND IN HAND

YOUR LOVE GOES FREE LIKE WINDBLOWN SAND

SEEKING OUT UNWARY PREY, TEACHING THEM THE WAY YOU PLAY

THE CHEATING GAME

(CHORUS) WHO KNOWS THE MIND OF THE CHEATING KIND, WHO'S BLOCKED THE SHADOWS FROM SIGHT

WHO'S GOING TO PAY THE PRICE TO MAKE THE WRONG SEEM RIGHT

YOU'RE GONNA GO SCOT-FREE, TO LIVE A LIFE WITHOUT BLAME

WHILE I REAP THE HARVEST OF HEARTACHES, FROM THE CHEATING GAME

YOU PLANTED THE SEED, NOW I MUST SOW

MY LOVE ALONE TO MAKE IT GROW

CARRYING THE ONLY THING YOU LEFT ME, A LEGACY, FROM THE CHEATING GAME

THE WEB OF DREAMS YOU WEAVED SO WELL

WAS CASTING THE DIE FROM MY PRIVATE CELL

TAKING LOVE, FORSAKING LOVE, MAKING ME, A VICTIM OF, THE CHEATING GAME

(CHORUS)

(HUM CHORUS, FADE)


CINDY, OH CINDY

EDDIE FISHER

(CHORUS) CINDY, OH CINDY

CINDY DON’T LET ME DOWN

WRITE ME A LETTER SOON

AND I’LL BE HOMEWARD BOUND

I JOINED THE NAVY TO SEE THE WORLD

BUT NOWHERE COULD I FIND

A GIRL AS SWEET AS CINDY

THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND

I’VE SAILED THE WIDE WORLD OVER

CAN’T GET HER OUT OF MY MIND (CHORUS)

I SEE HER FACE IN EVERY WAVE

HER LIPS KISS EVERY BREEZE

HER LOVING ARMS REACH OUT TO ME

THROUGH CALM AND STORMY SEAS

AT NIGHT I PACE THE LONELY DECK

CARESSED BY MEMORIES (CHORUS)

I KNOW MY CINDY’S WAITING

AS I WALK THE DECK ALONE

HER LOVING ARMS REACH OUT FOR ME

SOON I’LL BE HEADING HOME

THEN MY SAILING DAYS WILL BE OVER

AND NO MORE WILL I ROAM (CHORUS)


CITY LIGHTS

RAY PRICE, D

A BRIGHT ARRAY OF CITY LIGHTS, AS FAR AS I CAN SEE

THE GREAT WHITE WAY SHINES THROUGH THE NIGHT

FOR LONELY GUYS LIKE ME

A CABARET, A HONKY TONK, THEIR FLASHING LIGHTS INVITE

A BROKEN HEART TO LOSE ITSELF, IN THE GLOW OF CITY LIGHTS

LIGHTS THAT SAY FORGET HER NAME IN A GLASS OF SHERRY WINE

LIGHTS THAT OFFER OTHER GIRLS FOR EMPTY HEARTS LIKE MINE

THEY PAINT A PRETTY PICTURE, OF A WORLD THAT’S GAY AND BRIGHT

BUT IT’S JUST A MASK FOR LONELINESS, BEHIND THOSE CITY LIGHTS

THE WORLD WAS DARK AND GOD MADE STARS TO BRIGHTEN UP THE NIGHT

DID THE GOD THAT MADE THE STARS ABOVE, MAKE THOSE CITY LIGHTS

DID HE MAKE A PLACE FOR MEN TO CRY, WHEN THINGS DON’T TURN OUT RIGHT

ARE WE JUST SUPPOSED TO RUN AND HIDE, BEHIND THOSE CITY LIGHTS

LIGHTS THAT SAY FORGET HER LOVE, IN A DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERE

LIGHTS THAT LURE ARE NOTHING BUT, A MASQUERADE FOR TEARS

THEY PAINT A PRETTY PICTURE, BUT MY ARMS CAN’T HOLD THEM TIGHT

AND I JUST CAN’T SAY I LOVE YOU, TO A STREET OF CITY LIGHTS


COLD, COLD HEART

HANK WILLIAMS, A

I TRIED SO HARD MY DEAR TO SHOW

THAT YOU’RE MY EVERY DREAM

YET YOU’RE AFRAID EACH THING I DO

IS JUST SOME EVIL SCHEME

A MEM’RY FROM YOUR LONESOME PAST

KEEPS US SO FAR APART

WHY CAN’T I FREE YOUR DOUBTFUL MIND

AND MELT YOUR COLD, COLD HEART

ANOTHER LOVE BEFORE MY TIME

MADE YOUR HEART SAD AND BLUE

AND SO MY HEART IS PAYING NOW

FOR THINGS I DIDN’T DO

IN ANGER UNKIND WORDS ARE SAID

THAT MAKE THE TEARDROPS START

WHY CAN’T I FREE YOUR DOUBTFUL MIND

AND MELT YOUR COLD, COLD HEART

YOU’LL NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH IT HURTS

TO SEE YOU SIT AND CRY

YOU KNOW YOU NEED AND WANT MY LOVE

YET YOU’RE AFRAID TO TRY

WHY DO YOU RUN AND HIDE FROM LIFE?

TO TRY IT JUST AIN’T SMART

WHY CAN’T I FREE YOUR DOUBTFUL MIND

AND MELT YOUR COLD, COLD HEART

THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I BELIEVED

THAT YOU BELONGED TO ME

BUT NOW I KNOW YOUR HEART IS SHACKLED

TO A MEMORY

THE MORE I LEARN TO CARE FOR YOU

THE MORE WE DRIFT APART

WHY CAN’T I FREE YOUR DOUBTFUL MIND

AND MELT YOUR COLD, COLD HEART


COME A LITTLE BIT CLOSER

JOHNNY RODRIGUES, BILLY WALKER

IN A LITTLE CAFÉ JUST THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BORDER

SHE WAS SITTING THERE GIVING ME LOOKS, THAT MADE MY MOUTH WATER

SO I STARTED WALKING HER WAY, BUT SHE BELONGED TO BAD MAN JOSE

AND I KNEW, YES I KNEW I SHOULD LEAVE, BUT I HEARD HER SAY, EH, EH

(CHORUS) COME A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, YOU’RE MY KIND OF MAN

SO BIG AND SO STRONG

COME A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, I’M ALL ALONE

AND THE NIGHT IS SO LONG

HMMM, SO WE STARTED TO DANCE, IN MY ARMS SHE FELT SO INVITING

I JUST COULDN’T RESIST JUST ONE LITTLE KISS SO EXCITING

THEN I HEARD THE GUITAR PLAYER SAY, VAMOOSE JOSE’S ON HIS WAY

AND I KNEW I SHOULD RUN BUT, I HEARD HER SAY, EH, EH (CHORUS)

THEN THE MUSIC STOPPED, AND I LOOKED THE CAFÉ WAS EMPTY

AND I HEARD JOSE SAY MAN YOU’RE IN TROUBLE PLENTY

SO I DROPPED THE DRINK FROM MY HAND, AND THROUGH THE WINDOW I RAN

AND AS I RODE AWAY I COULD HEAR HER SAY TO JOSE, EH, EH (CHORUS)


COOL WATER

SONS OF THE PIONEERS, FRANKIE LAINE, EDDIE ARNOLD, A

BOB NOLAN

(A) ALL DAY I'VE FACED A (E) BARREN WASTE

WITH(D)OUT THE TASTE OF (E) WATER

COOL (A) WATER

OLD (D) DAN AND I, WITH (E) THROATS BURNED DRY, AND (D) SOULS THAT CRY, FOR (A) WATER

(E) COOL, CLEAR, (A) WATER

(CHORUS) KEEP A-MOVING DAN, DON'T YOU (E) LISTEN TO HIM, DAN

HE'S A (A) DEVIL, NOT A MAN, AND HE'S (E) SPREAD THE BURNING SAND WITH (A) WATER

(D) DAN, CAN YOU SEE THAT (A) BIG GREEN TREE, WHERE THE (D) WATER'S RUNNING FREE, AND IT'S (E) WAITING THERE FOR ME AND (A) YOU

(E) COOL, CLEAR, (A) WATER

THE NIGHTS ARE COOL, AND (E) I'M A FOOL, EACH (D) STAR'S A POOL OF (E) WATER

COOL (A) WATER

BUT (D) WITH THE DAWN, I'LL (E) WAKE AND YAWN, AND (D) CARRY ON TO (A) WATER

(E) COOL, CLEAR, (A) WATER (CHORUS)

THE SHADOWS SWAY AND (E) SEEM TO SAY TO(D)NIGHT WE PRAY FOR (E) WATER

COOL (A) WATER

AND (D) WAY UP THERE, HE'LL (E) HEAR OUR PRAYER, AND (D) SHOW US WHERE THERE'S (A) WATER

(E) COOL, CLEAR, (A) WATER (CHORUS)

DAN'S FEET ARE SORE, HE'S (E) YEARNING FOR, JUST (D) ONE THING MORE THAN (E) WATER

COOL (A) WATER

LIKE (D) ME I GUESS HE'D (E) LIKE TO REST WHERE (D) THERE'S NO QUEST FOR (A) WATER

(E) COOL, CLEAR, (A) WATER, (D) COOL, CLEAR, (A) WATER


CRAZY ARMS

RAY PRICE, THE CHEROKEE COWBOY

RALPH MOONEY, CHARLES SEALS

NOW BLUE AIN’T THE WORD FOR THE WAY THAT I FEEL

AND THE STORMS BREWING IN THIS HEART OF MINE

THIS AIN’T NO CRAZY DREAM I KNOW THAT IT’S REAL

YOU’RE SOMEONE ELSE’S LOVE NOW YOU’RE NOT MINE

(CHORUS) CRAZY ARMS THAT REACH TO HOLD SOMEBODY NEW

FOR MY YEARNING HEART KEEPS SAYING YOU’RE NOT MINE

MY TROUBLED MIND KNOWS SOON TO ANOTHER YOU’LL BE WED

AND THAT’S WHY I’M LONELY ALL THE TIME

SO PLEASE TAKE THE TREASURED DREAMS I HAD FOR YOU AND ME

AND TAKE ALL THE LOVE I THOUGHT WAS MINE

SOMEDAY MY CRAZY ARMS WILL HOLD SOMEBODY NEW

BUT NOW I’M SO LONELY ALL THE TIME (CHORUS)


CROSS THE BRAZOS AT WACO

BILLY WALKER

ON THE CHISOLM TRAIL IT WAS MIDNIGHT

CARMELLA WAS STRONG ON HIS MIND

BECAUSE OF THE LIFE HE HAD CHOSEN

CARMELLA HAD LEFT HIM BEHIND

TOO LONG HE’D BEEN EL BANDIDO

CARMELLA HAD LEFT HIM ALONE

BUT TODAY SOMEONE BROUGHT A MESSAGE

SHE’D BEEN SEEN IN OLD SAN ANTONE

(CHORUS) CROSS THE BRAZOS AT WACO

RIDE HARD AND I’LL MAKE IT BY DAWN

CROSS THE BRAZOS AT WACO

I’M SAFE WHEN I REACH SAN ANTONE

HE GLANCED BACK OVER HIS SHOULDER

THE POSSE WAS NOWHERE IN SIGHT

HE’D SENT FOR CARMELLA TO MEET HIM

ON THE BANKS OF THE BRAZOS TONIGHT

SHE WAS WAITING AND HE KEPT THE PROMISE

HE’D MADE SUCH A LONG TIME AGO

AS HE DROPPED THE GUNS THAT SHE HATED

IN THE MUDDY BRAZOS BELOW

CROSS THE BRAZOS AT WACO

RIDE HARD AND I’LL MAKE IT BY DAWN

CROSS THE BRAZOS AT WACO

I’LL WALK STRAIGHT IN OLD SAN ANTONE

THEN THE NIGHT CAME ALIVE WITH GUNFIRE

HE KNEW THAT AT LAST HE’D BEEN FOUND

AS THE RANGER’S BADGE SHONE BRIGHTLY

EL BANDIDO LAY ON THE GROUND

CARMELLA KNEW HE WAS DYING

THAT ALL OF HER DREAMS WERE IN VAIN

AS SHE KISSED HIS LIPS FOR THE LAST TIME

SHE HEARD HIM WHISPER AGAIN   (CHORUS)


CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS

CHARLEY PRIDE

(CHORUS) OH THE CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS LIGHT UP THE PAINTINGS ON YOUR WALLS

THE MARBLE STATUETTES ARE STANDING STATELY IN THE

HALL

BUT WILL THE TIMELY CROWD THAT HAD YOU LAUGHING

LOUD HELP YOU DRY YOUR TEARS

WHEN THE NEW WEARS OFF OF YOUR CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS

I NEVER DID FIT IN TOO WELL/ WITH THE FOLKS YOU KNEW

AND IT’S PLAIN TO SEE THAT THE LIKES OF ME DON’T FIT WITH YOU

SO YOU TRADED ME FOR THE GAIETY OF THE WELL-TO-DO

AND YOU TURNED AWAY FROM THE LOVE I OFFERED YOU (CHORUS)

I SEE YOUR PIC/TURE IN THE NEWS/ MOST EVERY DAY

AND YOU’RE THE CHOSEN GIRL OF THE SOCIAL WORLD SO THE STORIES SAY

BUT A PAPER SMILE ONLY LASTS A WHILE THEN IT FADES AWAY

WHEN THE LOVE WE KNEW WILL COME HOME TO YOU SOME DAY (CHORUS)


DARK MOON

GALE STORM, BONNIE GUITAR, A

NED MILLER

DARK MOON, AWAY UP HIGH, UP IN THE SKY

OH TELL ME WHY, OH TELL ME WHY YOU'VE LOST YOUR SPLENDOR

DARK MOON, WHAT IS THE CAUSE YOUR LIGHT WITHDRAWS, IS IT BECAUSE, IS IT BECAUSE, I'VE LOST MY LOVE [CODA]

MORTALS HAVE DREAMS, OF LOVE'S PERFECT SCHEMES

BUT (B7) THEY DON'T REALIZE, THAT LOVE WILL SOMETIMES BRING A

DARK MOON, AWAY …

(REPEAT)

(REPEAT AGAIN, AND THEN END AT [CODA]


DECK OF CARDS

TEX RITTER

WINK MARTINDALE

DURING THE NORTH AFRICA CAMPAIGN, A GROUP OF SOLDIER BOYS HAD BEEN ON A LONG HIKE

THEY CAME TO A LITTLE TOWN CALLED BIZERTA

THE NEXT DAY BEING SUNDAY, SOME OF THE BOYS WENT TO CHURCH

A SERGEANT COMMANDED THE BOYS IN CHURCH

AND AFTER THE CHAPLAIN HAD READ THE PRAYERS, THE TEXT WAS TAKEN UP NEXT

THOSE OF THE BOYS WHO HAD PRAYER BOOKS TOOK THEM OUT

BUT HIS ONE BOY ONLY HAD A DECK OF CARDS, SO HE SPREAD THEM OUT

THE SERGEANT SAW THE CARDS AND SAID, SOLDIER, PUT AWAY THOSE CARDS

AFTER THE SERVICES WERE OVER, THE BOY WAS TAKEN PRISONER, AND BROUGHT BEFORE THE PROVOST MARSHALL

THE MARSHALL SAID, SERGEANT, WHY HAVE YOU BROUGHT THIS MAN HERE

FOR PLAYING CARDS IN CHURCH, SIR

AND WHAT HAVE YOU TO SAY FOR YOURSELF, SON

MUCH SIR, REPLIED THE SOLDIER

THE MARSHALL SAID, I HOPE SO, BECAUSE IF NOT, I SHALL PUNISH YOU MORE THAN ANY MAN WAS EVER PUNISHED

THE BOY SAID, SIR, I HAD BEEN ON A LONG MARCH FOR SIX DAYS

I HAD NEITHER BIBLE NOR PRAYER BOOK

BUT I HOPE TO SATISFY YOU, SIR, WITH THE PURITY OF MY INTENTIONS

AND WITH THAT, THE BOY BEGAN HIS STORY

YOU SEE, SIR, WHEN I LOOK AT THE ACE IN MY DECK OF CARDS, I KNOW THERE IS BUT ONE GOD

THE DEUCE TELLS ME THAT THE BIBLE IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS, THE OLD AND THE NEW TESTAMENTS

THEN WHEN I SEE THE TREY I THINK OF THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY GHOST

AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE FOUR I REMEMBER THE FOUR GREAT EVANGELISTS WHO PREACHED THE GOSPEL, MATHEW, MARK, LUKE AND JOHN

WHEN I SEE THE FIVE, I THINK OF THE FIVE WISE VIRGINS WHO TRIMMED THE LAMPS

THERE WERE TEN OF THEM; FIVE WERE WISE AND WERE SAVED, FIVE WERE FOOLISH AND WERE CAST OUT

WHEN I LOOK AT THE SIX, I KNOW THAT IN SIX DAYS GOD MADE THE GREAT HEAVEN AND EARTH

AND THE SEVEN TEACHES ME THAT ON THE SEVENTH DAY HE RESTED FROM HIS WORK AND CALLED IT HOLY

WHEN I LOOK AT THE EIGHT, I THINK OF THE EIGHT RIGHTEOUS PERSONS GOD SAVED WHEN HE DESTROYED THE EARTH

THEY WERE NOAH, HIS WIFE, THEIR THREE SONS AND THEIR WIVES

AND WHEN I SEE THE NINE, I THINK OF THE LEPERS OUR SAVIOUR CLEANSED

NINE OUT OF THE TEN DIDN'T EVEN THANK HIM

OF COURSE, WHEN I LOOK AT THE TEN, I ALWAYS REMEMBER THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS THAT GOD HANDED DOWN TO MOSES ON THE TABLETS OF STONE

AND WHEN I SEE THE KING, SIR, I KNOW THERE IS BUT ONE KING OF HEAVEN, GOD ALMIGHTY

AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE QUEEN, I THINK OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

THE JACK, OR KNAVE, IS THE DEVIL

WHEN I COUNT THE SPOTS ON MY DECK OF CARDS, I FIND 365, THE NUMBER OF DAYS IN A YEAR

THERE ARE 52 CARDS, THE NUMBER OF WEEKS IN A YEAR

THERE ARE 12 PICTURE CARDS, THE NUMBER OF MONTHS IN A YEAR

THERE ARE FOUR SUITS, THE NUMBER OF WEEKS IN A MONTH

THIRTEEN TRICKS, THE NUMBER OF WEEKS IN A QUARTER

SO YOU SEE, SIR, MY DECK OF CARDS SERVES NOT ONLY AS A BIBLE, ALMANAC, BUT ALSO A PRAYER BOOK

FRIENDS, I KNOW THIS STORY IS TRUE, BECAUSE I KNEW THAT SOLDIER

(BIZERTA IS IN TUNISIA – SITE OF A MAJOR BATTLE IN 1943, WITH GENERAL HAROLD ALEXANDER IN CHARGE OF THE BRITISH FORCES)


DELLA AND THE DEALER

HOYT AXTON

IT WAS DELLA AND THE DEALER AND A DOG NAMED JAKE AND A CAT NAMED KALAMAZOO

LEFT THE CITY IN A PICKUP TRUCK, GONNA MAKE SOME DREAMS COME TRUE

YEAH, THEY ROLLED OUT WEST WHERE THE WILD SUN SETS AND THE COYOTE BAYS AT THE MOON

DELLA AND THE DEALER AND A DOG NAMED JAKE AND A CAT NAMED KALAMAZOO

(CHORUS, REPEAT) IF THAT CAT COULD TALK WHAT TALES HE’D TELL

ABOUT DELLA AND THE DEALER AND THE DOG AS WELL

BUT THE CAT WAS COOL AND HE NEVER SAID A MUMBLING WORD

DOWN TUCSON WAY THERE’S A SMALL CAFÉ WHERE THEY PLAY A LITTLE COWBOY TUNE

AND THE GUITAR PLAYER WAS A FRIEND OF MINE, BY THE NAME OF RANDY BOONE

YEAH, RANDY PLAYED HER A SWEET LOVE SONG, AND DELLA GOT A FIRE IN HER EYE

THE DEALER HAD A KNIFE AND THE DOG HAD A GUN AND THE CAT HAD A SHOT OF RYE (CHORUS)

YEAH, THE DEALER WAS A KILLER, HE WAS EVIL AND MEAN, AND HE WAS JEALOUS OF THE FIRE IN HER EYE

HE SNORTED HIS COKE THROUGH A CENTURY NOTE, AND HE SWORE THAT BOONE WOULD DIE

YEAH, THE STAGE WAS SET WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT, THERE WAS DEATH IN TUCSON TOWN

TWO SHADOWS RAN FROM THE BAR BACK DOOR, AND ONE STAYED ON THE GROUND (CHORUS)(CHORUS)

TWO SHADOWS RAN FROM THE BAR THAT NIGHT, AND A DOG AND A CAT RAN TOO

AND THE TIRES GOT HOT ON THE PICKUP TRUCK AS DOWN THE ROAD THEY FLEW

IT WAS DELLA AND HER LOVER AND A DOG NAMED JAKE AND A CAT NAMED KALAMAZOO

LEFT TUCSON IN A PICKUP TRUCK, GONNA MAKE SOME DREAMS COME TRUE

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH

(CHORUS)(CHORUS)(CHORUS)FADE


DETOUR

Elton Britt, G

Paul Westmoreland

 

(G) Headed down life's (G7) crooked (G) road

Lot of things I )G7) never (G) knowed

And BEcause of mY not (G7) knowin', I now (D) pine

Trouble (G) got in the (G7) trail

Spent the (C) next five years in (C7) jail

Should have (D) read that (D7) DETOUR (G) sign

 

(CHORUS) DE(C)TOUR, there's a (C7) muddy road a(C)head

DE(G)TOUR, paid no (G7) mind to what it (G) said

DE(C)TOUR, oh, these (C7) bitter things I (C) find

Should have (D) read that (D7) DETOUR (G) sign

 

When I got right to the place, where it said "about face"

I thought that all my worries were behind

But the farther I go, the more sorrow I know

Should have read that DETOUR sign (CHORUS)

 

When I got stuck in the mud, all my hopes dropped with a "thud"

I guess that my heart's strings are made of twine

Had no willpower to get, from the hole that I'm in yet

Should have read that DETOUR sign (CHORUS)

DEVIL WOMAN

MARTY ROBBINS, RECORDED IN E, DO IN A

I TOLD MARY ABOUT US, I TOLD HER ABOUT OUR GREAT SIN

MARY CRIED AND FORGAVE ME, AND MARY TOOK ME BACK AGAIN

SAID IF I WANTED MY FREEDOM, I COULD BE FREE EVERMORE

BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE, AND I DON’T WANT TO SEE

MARY CRY ANYMORE, OH…

(CHORUS) DEVIL WOMAN, DEVIL WOMAN LET GO OF ME

DEVIL WOMAN, LET ME BE

AND LEAVE ME ALONE, I WANT TO GO HOME

MARY IS WAITING AND WEEPING, DOWN AT OUR SHACK BY THE SEA

EVEN AFTER I’VE HURT HER, MARY’S STILL IN LOVE WITH ME

DEVIL WOMAN, IT’S OVER, TRAPPED NO MORE BY YOUR CHARMS

‘CAUSE I DON’T WANT TO STAY, I WANT TO GET AWAY

WOMAN LET GO OF MY ARM, OH… (CHORUS)

DEVIL WOMAN, YOU’RE EVIL, LIKE THE DARK CORAL REEF

LIKE THE WINDS THAT BRING HIGH TIDES, YOU BRING SORROW AND GRIEF

YOU MADE ME ASHAMED TO FACE MARY, BARELY HAD THE STRENGTH TO TELL

SKIES ARE NOT SO BLACK, MARY TOOK ME BACK

MARY HAS BROKEN YOUR SPELL, OH… (CHORUS)

RUNNING ALONG BY THE SEASHORE, RUNNING AS FAST AS I CAN

EVEN THE SEAGULLS ARE HAPPY, GLAD I’M COMING HOME AGAIN

NEVER AGAIN WILL I EVER, CAUSE ANOTHER TEAR TO FALL

DOWN THE BEACH I SEE, WHAT BELONGS TO ME

THE ONE I WANT MOST OF ALL, OH…

DEVIL WOMAN, DEVIL WOMAN, DON’T CALL ME

DEVIL WOMAN, LET ME BE

AND LEAVE ME ALONE, I’M GOING BACK HOME


DID SHE MENTION MY NAME?

GORDON LIGHTFOOT, C

IT’S SO NICE TO MEET AN OLD FRIEND AND PASS THE TIME OF DAY

AND TALK ABOUT THE HOME TOWN A MILLION MILES AWAY

IS THE ICE STILL IN THE RIVER, ARE THE OLD FOLKS STILL THE SAME

AND BY THE WAY, DID SHE MENTION MY NAME?

DID SHE MENTION MY NAME JUST IN PASSING

AND WHEN THE MORNING CAME, DO YOU REMEMBER IF SHE DROPPED A NAME OR TWO

IS THE HOME TEAM STILL ON FIRE, DO THEY STILL WIN ALL THE GAMES

AND BY THE WAY, DID SHE MENTION MY NAME?

IS THE LANDLORD STILL A LOSER, DO HIS SIGNS HANG IN THE HALL

ARE THE YOUNG GIRLS STILL AS PRETTY IN THE CITY IN THE FALL

DOES THE LAUGHTER ON THEIR FACES STILL PUT THE SUN TO SHAME

AND BY THE WAY, DID SHE MENTION MY NAME?

DID SHE MENTION MY NAME JUST IN PASSING

AND WHEN THE TALK RAN HIGH DID THE LOOK IN HER EYES LOOK FAR AWAY

IS THE OLD ROOF STILL LEAKING WHEN THE LATE SNOW TURNS TO RAIN

AND BY THE WAY, DID SHE MENTION MY NAME?

DID SHE MENTION MY NAME JUST IN PASSING

AND LOOKING AT THE RAIN DO YOU REMEMBER IF SHE DROPPED A NAME OR TWO

WON’T YOU SAY HELLO FROM SOMEONE, THERE’LL BE NO NEED TO EXPLAIN

AND BY THE WAY, DID SHE MENTION MY NAME?


DOES MY RING HURT YOUR FINGER?

CHARLEY PRIDE, A DOWN TO G OR E DOWN TO D

ROBERTSON, CRUTCHFIELD, CLEMENT

DOES MY RING HURT YOUR FINGER, WHEN YOU GO OUT AT NIGHT?

WHEN I BOUGHT IT FOR YOU DARLING, IT SEEMED TO FIT JUST RIGHT

SHOULD I TAKE IT TO THE JEWELER, SO IT WON’T FIT SO TIGHT?

DOES MY RING HURT YOUR FINGER, WHEN YOU GO OUT AT NIGHT?

DID YOU ENJOY YOURSELF LAST NIGHT DEAR, HOW WAS THE SHOW?

YOU KNOW THAT I DON’T MIND IT WHEN YOU GO

I UNDERSTAND, SOMETIMES WE ALL NEED TIME ALONE

BUT WHY DO YOU ALWAYS LEAVE YOUR RING AT HOME?

DOES MY RING HURT YOUR FINGER, WHEN YOU’RE AWAY FROM ME?

I’M SO PROUD WHEN YOU WEAR IT, FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE

SHOULD I TAKE IT TO THE JEWELER, SO IT WON’T FIT SO TIGHT?

DOES MY RING HURT YOUR FINGER, WHEN YOU GO OUT AT NIGHT?

DOES MY RING HURT YOUR FINGER, WHEN YOU GO OUT AT NIGHT?


DON’T BE ANGRY

STONEWALL JACKSON

DON’T BE ANGRY WITH ME DARLING

SHOULD I FAIL TO UNDERSTAND

ALL YOUR LITTLE WHIMS AND WISHES ALL THE TIME

JUST REMEMBER THAT I’M DUMB I GUESS

LIKE ANY FOOLISH MAN

AND MY HEAD STAYS SORT OF FOGGY ALL THE TIME

WELL I RECALL THE FIRST TIME

THAT I FLIRTED WITH YOU DEAR

WHEN I JOKINGLY SAID COME AND BE MY BRIDE

NOW THAT TIME HAS TURNED THE PAGES

IT’S THE SWEETEST JOKE ON EARTH

THAT I’LL HAVE YOU HERE FOREVER BY MY SIDE

MAYBE SOMEDAY YOU’RE GONNA HURT ME

I’VE BEEN HURT IN LOVE BEFORE

ONLY GOD CAN KNOW, AND TIME ALONE WILL TELL

IN THE MEANTIME I’LL KEEP LOVING YOU

WITH ALL MY HEART AND SOUL

AND PRAY GOD TO LET IT LAST IF IT’S HIS WILL


DON'T DROP IT

FARGO TANNER

(CHORUS) YOU TAKE MY HEART FOR A RIDE AND WHEN YOU LAY IT ASIDE, IT'S BROKEN

YOU DRAG IT AROUND LIKE A SACK, WHEN YOU COME DRAGGING IT BACK, IT'S SMOKING

I'LL SAY IT DON'T MATTER TILL THE DAY THAT I'M WED

BUT EACH TIME I KISS YOU I FORGET WHAT I SAID

I LET YOU KEEP IT TONIGHT, IF YOU WILL HOLD IT SO TIGHT, DON'T DROP IT

YOU BREAK IT UP LIKE A PLATE, BEFORE A QUARTER TO EIGHT, NO JOKING

THEN ALONG ABOUT TEN YOU'RE GONNA BREAK IT AGAIN, HEART-BROKEN

I'LL PUT IT BACK TOGETHER TILL I RUN OUT OF GLUE

BUT HOLDING YOU CLOSE I’LL TELL YOU WHAT I WILL DO

I'LL LET YOU KEEP IT TONIGHT IF YOU'LL HOLD IT SO TIGHT

DON'T DROP IT

(INSTRUMENTAL)

…DON'T DROP IT…DON’T BREAK IT…

THE WAY I LOVE YOU BABY, WELL I GUESS IT'S A SIN, AND EVEN THOUGH I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA BREAK IT AGAIN

I'LL LET YOU KEEP IT TONIGHT IF YOU WILL HOLD IT SO TIGHT, DON'T DROP IT


DON’T EVER LOVE ME

HARRY BELAFONTE, L BURGESS, C

(SAME MUSIC AS "YELLOW BIRD")

(C) WHILE IN THAT GAY TROPIC ISLE

I FIRST SAW THAT MAIDEN’S (G) SMILE

THOUGH I HAD FAILED IN THE PAST

I SAID THIS IS TRUE LOVE AT (C) LAST

BUT (Am) THEN SHE WHISPERED TO ME

THAT (D7) OUR LOVE NEVER COULD (G, G7) BE

(CHORUS) (C)DESTINY, OH (G7) WHEN WILL I SEE THE (C) DAY

HOPELESSLY, I’VE (G7) WANDERED SO LONG THIS (C) WAY

(F) THIS COULD NEVER BE, (C) SHE SAID PLEADINGLY

(G) DON’T EVER LOVE ME, (C) I’M JUST FANCY FREE

(F) THIS COULD NEVER BE, (C) SHE SAID PLEADINGLY

(G) DON’T EVER LOVE (C) ME

OUR LOVE WAS MOTION AND GRACE

THE MOONLIGHT SOFT ON HER FACE

I HELD HER CLOSE IN MY ARMS

MY HEART WAS QUICK TO HER CHARMS

BUT THEN I SAW IN HER GLANCE

IT WAS JUST AN EVENING’S ROMANCE

(CHORUS) + REPEAT LAST LINE


DON'T WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE WRONG NOW AND THEN?

RICKY VAN SHELTON, A

I LAUGHED IT OFF WHEN SHE LEFT, I THOUGHT SHE'D COME BACK AGAIN

DON'T WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE WRONG NOW AND THEN

SHE WON'T COME HOME, SHE SAYS HER LOVE WILL NEVER BE MINE AGAIN

DON'T WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE WRONG NOW AND THEN

GUESS I (B7) WASN'T SO SMART AFTER (E) ALL

I FOR(B7)GOT THAT WITH LOVE, THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO FALL

I LAUGHED IT OFF WHEN SHE LEFT, I THOUGHT SHE'D COME BACK AGAIN

DON'T WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE WRONG NOW AND THEN

(INSTRUMENTAL)

GUESS I WASN'T SO SMART AFTER ALL

I FORGOT THAT WITH LOVE, THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO FALL

SHE WON'T COME HOME, SHE SAYS HER LOVE WILL NEVER BE MINE AGAIN

DON'T WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE WRONG NOW AND THEN

(REPEAT LAST LINE)


DO WHAT YOU DO, DO WELL

NED MILLER

HE COULDN’T MOVE A MOUNTAIN

OR PULL DOWN A BIG OAK TREE

BUT MY DADDY BECAME A MIGHTY BIG MAN

WITH A SIMPLE PHILOSOPHY

(CHORUS) DO WHAT YOU DO, DO WELL BOY

DO WHAT YOU DO, DO WELL

GIVE YOUR LOVE AND ALL OF YOUR HEART

AND DO WHAT YOU DO, DO WELL

SOMETIMES HE’D KISS MY MOTHER

AND HOLD HER TENDERLY

THEN HE’D LOOK ACROSS THE TOP OF HER HEAD

THEN HE’D WINK AND HE’D SAY TO ME (CHORUS)

NOW HE WAS A MAN OF LAUGHTER

BUT IF A TRAGEDY CAME BY

THE TEARS RAN FREE AND HE’D SAY TO ME

“NEVER BE AFRAID TO CRY” (CHORUS)

TODAY I STILL REMEMBER

JUST LIKE YESTERDAY

‘BOUT A MIGHTY BIG MAN WITH A MIGHTY BIG HEART

AND A MIGHTY FEW WORDS TO SAY (CHORUS)


DRAW YOUR BRAKES

JIMMY CLIFF

D HARRIOT - D SCOTT

STOP THAT TRAIN, I WANT TO GET ON

MY BABY, SHE'S LEAVING ME NOW

(DID YOU HEAR THAT, EXPRESS YOURSELF, BROTHER)

STOP THAT TRAIN, I WANT TO GET ON

MY BABY, SHE'S LEAVING ME NOW

(OH…SHE REALLY PREFERS…ON THE TRAIN

AND I REALLY COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT SHE WAS GONE AND SHE WAS TELLING NO LIE

I THOUGHT SHE…

SURPRISE, SURPRISE, WELL, SHE WENT BYE-BYE-BYE

GOOD GRACIOUS)

STOP THAT TRAIN, I WANT TO GET ON

(DRAW YOUR BRAKES, BROTHER, I JUST CAN' TAKE IT

THE GIRL IS REALLY GONE)

STOP THAT TRAIN, I WANT TO GET ON

LA-LA LA-LA-LA LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA

OO-OO

LA-

LA-

OO YEAH OO YES

LA-LA LA-LA-LA LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA

OO-OO

(INSTRUMENTAL)

(…SAID SHE WAS GOING ON MARNIN' TRAIN

AND I KNOW…

AND I JUST CAN'T TAKE IT NO MORE)

STOP THAT TRAIN

(…EXPRESS YOURSELF, DRAW YOUR BRAKES, BROTHER)

STOP THAT TRAIN, I WANT TO GET ON (FADE)


DROP KICK ME, JESUS

BOBBY BARE

PAUL CRAFT

(CHORUS) DROP KICK ME, JESUS, THROUGH THE GOALPOSTS OF LIFE

END OVER END, NEITHER LEFT NOR THE RIGHT

STRAIGHT THROUGH THE HEART OF THOSE RIGHTEOUS UPRIGHTS

DROP KICK ME, JESUS, THROUGH THE GOALPOSTS OF LIFE

MAKE ME, OH, MAKE ME, LORD, MORE THAN I AM

MAKE ME A PIECE IN YOUR MASTER GAME PLAN

FREE FROM THE EARTHLY TEMPESTION BELOW

I’VE GOT THE WILL, LORD, IF YOU’VE GOT THE TOE (CHORUS)

BRING ON THE BROTHERS WHO’VE GONE ON BEFORE

AND ALL OF THE SISTERS WHO’VE KNOCKED AT YOUR DOOR

AND ALL THE DEPARTED DEAR LOVED ONES OF MINE

AND STICK ‘EM UP FRONT IN THE OFFENSIVE LINE (CHORUS)

(CHORUS)(CHORUS)(FADE)


EL CONDOR PASA (IF I COULD)

PAUL SIMON, ART GARFUNKEL

(Am) I'D RATHER BE A SPARROW THAN A (C) SNAIL

YES I WOULD, IF I COULD, I SURELY (Am) WOULD (M-M)

(Am) I'D RATHER BE A HAMMER THAN A (C) NAIL

YES I WOULD, IF I ONLY COULD, I SURELY (Am) WOULD (M-M)

A(F)WAY, I'D RATHER SAIL AWAY

LIKE A (C) SWAN THAT'S HERE AND GONE

A (F) MAN GETS TIED UP TO THE GROUND

HE GIVES THE (C) WORLD ITS SADDEST SOUND

ITS SADDEST (Am) SOUND (M-M M-M)

(Am) I'D RATHER BE A FOREST THAN A (C) STREET

YES I WOULD, IF I COULD, I SURELY (Am) WOULD

(Am) I'D RATHER FEEL THE EARTH BENEATH MY (C) FEET

YES I WOULD, IF I ONLY COULD, I SURELY (Am) WOULD

(INSTRUMENTAL OF VERSE 2)


ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER NINE

ROGER MILLER, G

ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER NINE

COMING DOWN THAT RAILROAD LINE

HOW MUCH FARTHER BACK DID SHE GET OFF?

OH THAT SUITCASE THAT SHE CARRIED

I’VE LOOKED FOR IT EVERYWHERE, IT

JUST AIN’T HERE AMONG THE REST, AND

I’M A LITTLE UPSET, YES, TELL ME

ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER NINE

COMING DOWN THAT RAILROAD LINE

I KNOW SHE GOT ON IN BALTIMORE

A HUNDRED AND TEN MILES AIN’T MUCH DISTANCE

BUT IT SURE DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

I DON’T THINK SHE LOVES ME ANYMORE

(START LOW, RAISE PITCH) I WARNED HER OF THE DANGERS

DON’T SPEAK TO STRANGERS

DID BY CHANCE SHE FIND NEW ROMANCE

WARMER LIPS TO KISS HER

ARMS TO HOLD HER TIGHTER

STIRRING NEW FIRES INSIDE HER

HOW I WISH THAT IT WAS ME

INSTEAD OF HE THAT STANDS BESIDE HER

ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER NINE

COMING DOWN THE RAILROAD LINE

I KNOW SHE GOT ON IN BALTIMORE

A HUNDRED AND TEN MILES AIN’T MUCH DISTANCE

BUT IT SURE DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

I DON’T THINK SHE LOVES ME ANYMORE

NO, I DON’T THINK SHE LOVES ME ANYMORE


Everybody's Somebody's Fool

Connie Francis, G

JACK KELLER, HowARD Greenfield

 

The tears I cried for you could fill an ocean

But you don't care how many tears I cry

And though you only lead me on and hurt me

I couldn't bring myself to say goodbye

 

(CHORUS) 'CAUSE everybody's somebody's fool

Everybody's somebody's plaything

And there are no exceptions to the ru-u-ule

Yes, everybody's somebody's fool

 

I told myself it's best that I forget you

Though I'm a fool at least I know the score

BUT darlin' I'd be twice as blue without you

It hurts but I'd come runnin' back for more (CHORUS)

 

Someday you'll find someone you really care for

And if her love should prove to be untrue

You'll know how much this heart of mine is breakin'

You'll cry for her the way I cry for you

 

Yes, everybody's somebody's fool

Everybody's somebody's plaything

And there are no exceptions to the ru-u-ule

YES, EVERYBODY'S SOMEBODY'S FOOL

 

(peak Billboard position # 1 in 1960)

EVIL ON YOUR MIND

JAN HOWARD, G

YOU SAY I NEED A REST, WHY DON'T I GO AND SEE MY SISTER WAY OUT WEST

WELL, THAT'S VERY THOUGHTFUL OF YOU DEAR AND I'M REALLY TOUCHED WITH ALL THIS TENDERNESS

WELL, WE WOMEN ARE SUSPICIOUS THINGS, WE KNOW THAT MEN AREN'T BORN WITH WINGS, WHAT'S MAKING YOU SO KIND?

NOW I'M NOT SMART, BUT I'M NOT BLIND AND I THINK THAT YOU'VE GOT EVIL ON YOUR MIND

YOU THINK THAT YOU'VE BEEN GOOD ABOUT AS LONG AS MOST RED-BLOODED HE-MEN COULD

WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR SO LONG AND I KNOW ANOTHER PASTURE'S LOOKING GOOD

DON'T THINK THAT OTHER MEN DON'T LOOK AT ME THAT CERTAIN WAY FROM TIME TO TIME

DON'T THINK THAT YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT MUST CONTEND WITH EVIL ON YOUR MIND

YOUR MIND IS IN A HAREM AND SURROUNDED BY EXOTIC DANCING GIRLS

YOU'RE HEARING PRETTY MUSIC AS THEY RUN THEIR SLENDER FINGERS THROUGH YOUR CURLS (AH, DREAM ON, BABY)

I THANK YOU FOR THE FLOWERS AND THE CANDY, HONEY, THAT WAS VERY KIND

FOR THAT'S YOUR WAY OF TELLING ME YOU'RE SORRY FOR THE EVIL ON YOUR MIND


FADED LOVE

PATSY CLINE, D (LOW)

BOB WILLS, JOHNNY WILLS

AS I LOOK AT THE LETTERS, THAT YOU WROTE TO ME

IT’S YOU THAT I AM THINKING OF

AS I READ THE LINES THAT TO ME WERE SO DEAR

I REMEMBER OUR FADED LOVE

(CHORUS) I MISS YOU DARLING, MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY

AS HEAVEN WOULD MISS THE STARS ABOVE

WITH EVERY HEARTBEAT I STILL THINK OF YOU

AND REMEMBER OUR FADED LOVE

AS I THINK OF THE PAST, AND ALL THE PLEASURES WE HAD

AS I WATCH THE MATING OF THE DOVE

IT WAS IN THE SPRINGTIME THAT YOU SAID GOODBYE

I REMEMBER OUR FADED LOVE

(CHORUS) + AND REMEMBER OUR FADED LOVE

AND REMEMBER OUR FADED LOVE


FEET

RAY PRICE, E

FEET, WALK ME DOWN TO MEMORY STREET

BACK TO WHERE WE USED TO MEET

BEFORE SHE SAID GOODBYE

AND EYES, LOOK FOR HER ALONG THE WAY

AND IF YOU SEE HER THERE TODAY

PROMISE ME YOU WON'T CRY

HANDS, TRY TO KEEP FROM REACHING OUT

GIVE HER A CHANCE TO THINK ABOUT

WHEN SHE WAS MINE

O LIPS, PLEASE BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY

WE DON'T WANT TO FRIGHTEN HER AWAY

THIS (A/B7)TIME

O HEART, PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER NOW

AND TRY TO GET HER BACK SOMEHOW

AND HELP ME BACK ON MY FEET

(REPEAT FROM "HANDS")


FOOL NUMBER ONE

BRENDA LEE, C

KATHRYN R FULTON

(C) AM I (G) FOOL NUMBER ONE, OR AM I (C) FOOL NUMBER TWO

(G) HOW/ MANY OTHER GIRLS (FOOLS)/ (C) HAVE BEEN FOOLED BY YOU

I SUP(F)POSE/ THAT THE NUMBER/ IS (C) FAR FROM BEING SMALL

AND I'LL (G) BET/ THAT I'M THE BIGGEST FOOL OF (C) ALL

IF (F) I/ HAD THE CHANCE/ I GUESS I'D (C) DO IT ALL AGAIN

I'D GO (G) DOWN THAT SAME OLD ROAD/ EVEN (C) KNOWING/ AT THE END

YOU'D LEAVE (F) ME/ WHEN YOUR HEART HEARS/ A NEW LOVE (C) CALL

SO I (G) GUESS/ THAT I'M THE BIGGEST FOOL OF (C) ALL

AM I FOOL NUMBER ONE, OR AM I FOOL NUMBER TWO

HOW MANY OTHER GIRLS (FOOLS) HAVE BEEN FOOLED BY YOU

I SUPPOSE THAT THE NUMBER IS FAR FROM BEING SMALL

AND I GUESS THAT I'M THE BIGGEST FOOL OF ALL


FUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAY

WILLIE NELSON, A

WELL, HEL(A)LO THERE, (D) MY IT’S BEEN A LONG, LONG (A) TIME

HOW’M I DOING? (D) OH, I GUESS THAT I’M DOING (A) FINE

IT’S BEEN SO LONG NOW, AND IT (A7) SEEMS THAT IT WAS (D) ONLY YESTER(B7)DAY

GEE, AIN’T IT (E7) FUNNY, HOW TIME SLIPS A(A)WAY

HOW’S YOUR (A) NEW LOVE, (D) I HOPE THAT HE’S DOING (A) FINE

I HEARD YOU TOLD HIM THAT YOU’D (D) LOVE HIM TILL THE END OF (A) TIME

NOW THAT’S THE SAME THING THAT YOU (A7) TOLD ME, IT SEEMS LIKE (D) JUST THE OTHER (B7) DAY

GEE, AIN’T IT (E7) FUNNY, HOW TIME SLIPS A(A)WAY

GOTTA (A) GO NOW, (D) GUESS I’LL SEE YOU A(A)ROUND

DON’T KNOW WHEN THOUGH, NEVER (D) KNOW WHEN I’LL BE BACK IN (A) TOWN

BUT REMEMBER WHAT I (A7) TELL YOU THAT IN (D) TIME YOU’RE GONNA (B7) PAY

AND IT’S SUR(E7)PRISING HOW TIME SLIPS A(A)WAY


FRANKIE AND JOHNNY

JIMMIE RODGERS

FRANKIE AND JOHNNY WERE SWEETHEARTS

OH, LORD, HOW THEY DID LOVE

SWORE TO BE TRUE TO EACH OTHER

TRUE AS THE STARS ABOVE

HE WAS HER MAN, HE WOULDN'T DO HER WRONG

FRANKIE WENT DOWN TO THE CORNER

JUST FOR A BUCKET OF BEER

SHE SAID, MR BARTENDER

HAS MY LOVING JOHNNY BEEN HERE

HE'S MY MAN, HE WOULDN'T DO ME WRONG

I DON'T WANT TO CAUSE YOU NO TROUBLE

I AIN'T GONNA TELL YOU NO LIES

I SAW YOUR LOVER AN HOUR AGO

WITH A GIRL NAMED NELLIE BLY

HE WAS YOUR MAN, BUT HE'S DOING YOU WRONG

FRANKIE LOOKED OVER THE TRANSOM

SHE SAW TO HER SURPRISE

THERE ON A COT SAT JOHNNY

MAKING LOVE TO NELLY BLY

HE'S MY MAN, AND HE'S DOING ME WRONG

FRANKIE DREW BACK HER KIMONO

SHE TOOK OUT A LITTLE FORTY-FOUR

ROOTY-TOOT-TOOT, THREE TIMES SHE SHOT

RIGHT THROUGH THAT HARDWOOD DOOR

SHE SHOT HER MAN, HE WAS DOING HER WRONG

BRING OUT THE RUBBER TOP BUGGY(?)

BRING OUT THE RUBBER TOP HAT(?)

I'M TAKING MY MAN TO THE GRAVEYARD

BUT I AIN'T GONNA BRING HIM BACK

LORD, HE WAS MY MAN, BUT HE DONE ME WRONG

BRING OUT A THOUSAND POLICEMEN

BRING 'EM AROUND TODAY

LOCK ME DOWN IN THE DUNGEON CELL

AND THROW THAT KEY AWAY

I SHOT MY MAN, HE WAS DOING ME WRONG

FRANKIE SAID TO THE WARDEN

WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO

THE WARDEN, HE SAID TO FRANKIE

IT'S THE ELECTRIC CHAIR FOR YOU

'CAUSE YOU SHOT YOUR MAN, HE WAS DOING YOU WRONG

THIS STORY HAS NO MORAL

THIS STORY HAS NO END

THIS STORY/ JUST GOES TO SHOW

THAT THERE AIN'T NO GOOD IN MEN

HE WAS HER MAN, AND HE WAS DOING HER WRONG


FROM A JACK TO A KING

NED MILLER, G

FROM A JACK TO A KING

FROM LONELINESS TO A WEDDING RING

I PLAYED AN ACE AND I WON A QUEEN

AND WALKED AWAY WITH YOUR HEART

FROM A JACK TO A KING

WITH NO REGRET I STACKED THE CARDS LAST NIGHT

AND LADY LUCK PLAYED HER HAND JUST RIGHT

TO MAKE ME KING OF YOUR HEART

FOR JUST A LITTLE WHILE

I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD LOSE THE GAME

THEN JUST IN (A) TIME I SAW

THE TWINKLE IN YOUR EYE

FROM A JACK TO A KING

FROM LONELINESS TO A WEDDING RING

I PLAYED AN ACE AND I WON A QUEEN

YOU MADE ME KING OF YOUR HEART


GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY

RIDERS IN THE SKY, Am

SONS OF THE PIONEERS, FRANKIE LAINE, JOHNNY CASH

STAN JONES

(Am) AN OLD COWPOKE WENT RIDING OUT ONE (C) DARK AND WINDY DAY

(Am) UPON A RIDGE HE RESTED AS HE WENT ALONG HIS WAY

WHEN ALL AT ONCE A MIGHTY HERD OF RED-EYED COWS HE SAW

(F) A-PLOUGHIN’ THROUGH THE RAGGED SKIES, AND (Am) UP A CLOUDY DRAW

YI-PI-I-(C)AY, YI-PI-I-(Am)O, (F) GHOST HERD IN THE (Am) SKY

(OR: I-AY, YI-PI-I-O)

THEIR BRANDS WERE STILL ON FIRE AND THEIR HOOVES WERE MADE OF STEEL

THEIR HORNS WERE BLACK AND SHINY AND THEIR HOT BREATH HE COULD FEEL

A BOLT OF FEAR WENT THROUGH HIM AS THEY THUNDERED THROUGH THE SKY

FOR HE SAW THE RIDERS COMING HARD, AND HE HEARD THEIR MOURNFUL CRY

YI-PI-I-AY, YI-PI-I-O, GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY

THEIR FACES GAUNT THEIR EYES WERE BLURRED THEIR SHIRTS ALL SOAKED WITH SWEAT

THEY’RE RIDIN’ HARD TO CATCH THAT HERD BUT THEY AIN’T CAUGHT THEM YET

FOR THEY’VE GOT TO RIDE FOREVER ON THAT RANGE UP IN THE SKY

ON HORSES SNORTIN’ FIRE, AS THEY RIDE ON HEAR THEM CRY, (I-AY…)

AS THE RIDERS LOPED ON BY HIM HE HEARD ONE CALL HIS NAME

"IF YOU WANT TO SAVE YOUR SOUL FROM HELL A-RIDING ON OUR RANGE

THEN COWBOY CHANGE YOUR WAYS TODAY OR WITH US YOU WILL RIDE

A-TRYIN' TO CATCH THE DEVIL'S HERD, ACROSS THESE ENDLESS SKIES" (I-AY…, THE GHOST HERD IN THE SKY, GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY)


GONNA FIND ME A BLUEBIRD

BILLY WALKER

MARVIN RAINWATER

GONNA FIND ME A BLUEBIRD

LET HIM SING ME A SONG

‘CAUSE MY HEART’S BEEN BROKEN

MUCH TOO LONG

GONNA CHASE ME A RAINBOW

THROUGH A HEAVEN OF BLUE

‘CAUSE I’M ALL THROUGH CRYING

OVER YOU

THERE WAS A TIME

MY LOVE WAS NEEDED

MY LIFE COMPLETED

MY DREAMS COME TRUE

THEN CAME THE TIME

MY LIFE WAS HAUNTED

MY LOVE UNWANTED

ALL FOR YOU

(REPEAT FIRST TWO VERSES)


GOTTA TRAVEL ON

THE KINGSTON TRIO, BILLY GRAMMER, E

PAUL CLAYTON, LARRY EHRLICH, DAVE LAZER, FRED HELLERMAN, PETER SEEGER, LEE HAYS, RONNIE GILBERT

(CHORUS) I’VE LAID AROUND AND PLAYED AROUND THIS OLD TOWN TOO LONG

SUMMER’S ALMOST GONE, YES, WINTER’S COMING ON

I’VE LAID AROUND AND PLAYED AROUND THIS OLD TOWN TOO LONG

AND I FEEL LIKE I’VE GOTTA TRAVEL ON

PAPA WRITES TO JOHNNY, BUT JOHNNY CAN’T COME HOME

JOHNNY CAN’T COME HOME, NO JOHNNY CAN’T COME HOME

PAPA WRITES TO JOHNNY, BUT JOHNNY CAN’T COME HOME

‘CAUSE HE’S BEEN ON THAT CHAIN GANG TOO LONG

HIGH SHERIFF AND POLICE, RIDING AFTER ME

RIDING AFTER ME, YES, COMING AFTER ME

HIGH SHERIFF AND POLICE, RIDING AFTER ME

AND I FEEL LIKE I'VE GOTTA TRAVEL ON (CHORUS)

WANT TO SEE MY HONEY, WANT TO SEE HER BAD

WANT TO SEE HER BAD, OH, WANT TO SEE HER BAD

WANT TO SEE MY HONEY, WANT TO SEE HER BAD

SHE’S THE BEST GAL THIS POOR BOY EVER HAD

(CHORUS) + TRAVEL ON, TRAVEL ON


GOTTA TRAVEL ON

HARRY BELAFONTE

CLAYTON, LAZAR, SIX, EHRLICH

(CHORUS) I’VE LAID AROUND AND STAYED AROUND THIS OLD TOWN TOO LONG

SUMMER’S ALMOST GONE, YES, SUMMER'S ALMOST GONE

I’VE LAID AROUND AND STAYED AROUND THIS OLD TOWN TOO LONG

AND I FEEL LIKE I’VE GOT TO TRAVEL ON

THERE'S A LONESOME FREIGHT AT 6:08 COMING THROUGH THE TOWN

COMING THROUGH THE TOWN, YES I'LL BE HOMEWARD BOUND

THERE'S A LONESOME FREIGHT AT 6:08 COMING THROUGH THE TOWN

AND I FEEL LIKE I'VE GOT TO TRAVEL ON (CHORUS)

I'VE WAITED HERE FOR 'MOST A YEAR, WAITING FOR THE SUN TO SHINE

WAITING FOR THE SUN TO SHINE, HOPING YOU'D CHANGE YOUR MIND

I'VE WAITED HERE FOR 'MOST A YEAR, WAITING FOR THE SUN TO SHINE

NOW I FEEL LIKE I'VE GOT TO TRAVEL ON (CHORUS)

JUL' EVENIN' WILL SOON BEGIN, I'LL BE ON MY WAY

GONNA GO SOME DAY, YES, GOING HOME TO STAY

YES, JUL' EVENIN' WILL SOON BEGIN, I'LL BE ON MY WAY

AND I FEEL LIKE I'VE GOT TO TRAVEL ON (CHORUS)


GRANADA

FRANKIE LAINE, BLES BRIDGES

SPANISH WORDS & MUSIC BY AGUSTIN LARA

ENGLISH WORDS BY DOROTHY DODD

<SPANISH "CORRIDA-TYPE" TRUMPET ACCOMPANIMENT>

(Am) GRANADA, I'M FALLING UNDER YOUR SPELL

AND IF YOU COULD SPEAK, WHAT A FASCINATING TALE YOU WOULD TELL

OF AN (E) AGE THE WORLD HAS (F) LONG FOR(E)GOTTEN

OF AN AGE THAT WEAVES A (F) SILENT MAGIC IN GRANADA TO(E)DAY

THE (C) DAWN IN THE SKY GREETS THE DAY WITH A SIGH FOR GRA(G7)NADA

FOR SHE CAN REMEMBER THE SPLENDOR THAT ONCE WAS GRA(C)NADA

IT STILL CAN BE FOUND IN THE HILLS ALL AROUND AS I (Em) WANDER ALONG

(B7) ENTRANCED BY THE BEAUTY BE(Em)FORE ME

ENTRANCED BY A (B7) LAND FULL OF SUNSHINE AND (Em) FLOWERS AND (G7) SONG

AND (C) WHEN DAY IS DONE AND THE SUN STARTS TO SET IN GRA(G7)NADA

I ENVY THE BLUSH OF THE SNOW-CLAD SIERRA NE(C)VADA

FOR (C) SOON IT WILL (C7) WELCOME THE (F) STARS WHILE A (Fm) THOUSAND (C) GUITARS

PLAY A (Fm) SOFT HABA(C)ÑERA

THE (Em) MOONLIT (Ab) GRANADA WILL (C) LIVE AGAIN

THE GLORY OF (G7) YESTERDAY

ROMANTIC AND (C) GAY!!!

GRANADA, TIERRA SONADA POR MI

MI CANTAR SI VUELVE GITANO CUNADO ES PARA TI

MI CANTAR HECHO DE FANTASIA

MI CANTAR FLOR DE MELANCOLI A QUE YOU VENGO A DAR

GRANADA TIERRA ENSANGRENTADA EN TARDES DE TOROS

MUJER QUE CONSERVA EL EMBRUJO DE LOS OJOS MOROS

DE SUENO REBELDE Y GITANA CUBIERTA DE FLORES

Y BESO TU BOCA DE GRANA JUGOSA MANZANA QUE ME HABLA DE AMORES

GRANADA MANOLA CANTADA EN COPLAS PRECIOSAS

NO TENGO OTRA COSA QUE DARTE QU UN RAMO DE ROSAS

DE ROSAS DE SUAVE FRAGRANCIA QUE LE DIERAN MARCO A LA VIRGEN MORENA

GRANADA TU TIERRA ESTA LLENA

DE LINDAS MUJERES

DE SANGRE Y DE SOL


HAITI CHERIE

HARRY BELAFONTE, L BURGESS

(CHORUS) HAITI CHERIE, SAYS HAITI IS MY BELOVED LAND

OH, I NEVER KNEW THAT I’D HAVE TO LEAVE YOU TO UNDERSTAND

JUST HOW MUCH I MISS THE GALLANT CITADEL

WHERE DAYS LONG AGO, BRAVE MEN SERVED THIS COUNTRY WELL

WHERE SUN IS BRIGHT, AND EVENING WITH SOFT MOONLIGHT

A SHADING TREE, CREOLE MAIDEN FOR COMPANY

A GENTLE BREEZE, A WARM CARESS IF YOU PLEASE

WORK, LAUGHTER AND PLAY, YES, WE’LL ALWAYS BE THIS WAY (CHORUS)

(INSTRUMENTAL)

HAITI CHERIE, NOW I’VE RETURNED TO YOUR SOIL SO DEAR

LET ME HEAR AGAIN THE THINGS THAT GIVE MUSIC TO MY EAR

THE SHEPHERD’S HORN THAT WELCOMES THE RISING MORN

WHEN ROADS OVERFLOW AS CROWDS TO IRON MARKET GO

(THEN SECOND VERSE)


HALF AS MUCH

CURLEY WILLIAMS

IF YOU LOVED ME HALF AS MUCH AS I LOVE YOU

YOU WOULDN’T WORRY ME HALF AS MUCH AS YOU DO

YOU’RE NICE TO ME WHEN THERE’S NO ONE ELSE AROUND

YOU ONLY BUILD ME UP TO LET ME DOWN

IF YOU MISSED ME HALF AS MUCH AS I MISS YOU

YOU WOULDN’T STAY AWAY HALF AS MUCH AS YOU DO

I KNOW THAT I WOULD NEVER BE THIS BLUE

IF YOU ONLY LOVED ME HALF AS MUCH AS I LOVE YOU


HANDCUFFED TO LOVE

HANK SNOW

JERRY WILLIAMS - HOPE HARLOW

I'M HANDCUFFED TO THE ONLY LOVE I KNEW

YET I'VE NEVER COMMITTED ANY CRIME

LIKE A PRISONER ALONE IN HIS CELL

I'M HANDCUFFED TO THE LOVE I THOUGHT WAS MINE

THERE'S NO WAY OUT AND NO ONE TO EASE MY PAIN

MY MEMORIES ARE HAUNTING ME IN VAIN

YOU PROMISED TO BE ALWAYS BY MY SIDE

FOREVER UNTIL THE END OF TIME

NOW YOU'RE LAUGHING AT THE TEARS I CANNOT HIDE

I'M HANDCUFFED TO THE LOVE I THOUGHT WAS MINE

I'M HANDCUFFED TO THE ONLY LOVE I KNEW

LIKE A PRISONER I'M SERVING A LIFE TIME

OH, LORD I NEED YOUR HELPING HAND

I'M HANDCUFFED TO THE LOVE I THOUGHT WAS MINE

THERE'S NO WAY OUT AND NO ONE TO EASE MY PAIN

MY MEMORIES ARE HAUNTING ME IN VAIN

I PRAY YOU WILL RETURN TO ME

AND REMAIN UNTIL THE END OF TIME

PLEASE OPEN THE PATHWAY TO YOUR HEART

I'M HANDCUFFED TO THE LOVE I THOUGHT WAS MINE


HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE YOU?

JIM REEVES

SCOTT WISEMAN

HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE YOU?

COULD I TELL YOU ONCE AGAIN SOMEHOW?

HAVE I TOLD WITH ALL MY HEART AND SOUL HOW I ADORE YOU?

WELL DARLING, I’M TELLING YOU NOW

(CHORUS) THIS HEART WOULD BREAK IN TWO IF YOU REFUSED ME

I’M NO GOOD WITHOUT YOU ANYHOW

DEAR, HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE YOU?

WELL DARLING, I’M TELLING YOU NOW

HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY HOW I MISS YOU?

WHEN THE STARS ARE SHINING IN THE SKY

HAVE I TOLD YOU WHY THE NIGHTS ARE LONG, WHEN YOU’RE NOT WITH ME?

WELL DARLING, I’M TELLING YOU NOW (CHORUS)

HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY WHEN I’M SLEEPING?

EVERY DREAM I DREAM IS YOU SOMEHOW

HAVE I TOLD YOU HOW I’D LIKE TO SHARE MY LOVE FOREVER?

WELL DARLING, I’M TELLING YOU NOW (CHORUS)


HAVE YOU EVER BEEN LONELY? (HAVE YOU EVER BEEN BLUE?)

JIM REEVES, PATSY CLINE, C

WORDS BY GEORGE BROWN, MUSIC BY PETER DeROSE

(C) HAVE YOU EVER BEEN (F) LONE(C)LY?

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN (G) BLUE?

HAVE YOU EVER LOVED SOMEONE

JUST AS I LOVE (C) YOU?

CAN’T YOU (C7) SEE I’M (F) SORRY

FOR EACH MISTAKE I’VE (C) MADE?

CAN’T YOU SEE I’VE (G) CHANGED DEAR (D7)

CAN’T YOU SEE I’VE (G) PAID? (G7)

BE A LITTLE FOR(F)GIV(C)ING

TAKE ME BACK IN YOUR (G) HEART

HOW CAN I GO ON LIVING

NOW THAT WE’RE A(E7)PART (A7)

IF YOU (D) KNEW WHAT I’VE BEEN THROUGH

YOU WOULD (C) KNOW WHY (F) I (Fm) ASK (C) YOU

(NC) HAVE YOU EVER BEEN (G7) LONELY?

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN (C) BLUE?


HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER

RAY PRICE, D

HARLAN HOWARD

HEARTACHE NUMBER ONE WAS WHEN YOU LEFT ME

I NEVER KNEW THAT I COULD HURT THIS WAY

AND HEARTACHE NUMBER TWO WAS WHEN YOU CAME BACK AGAIN

YOU CAME BACK BUT NEVER MEANT TO STAY

(CHORUS) NOW I’VE GOT HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER, TROUBLES BY THE SCORE

EVERY DAY YOU LOVE ME LESS, EACH DAY I LOVE YOU MORE

YES I’VE GOT HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER, A LOVE THAT I CAN’T WIN

BUT THE DAY THAT I STOP COUNTING, THAT’S THE DAY MY WORLD WILL END

HEARTACHE NUMBER THREE WAS WHEN YOU CALLED ME

AND SAID THAT YOU WERE COMING BACK TO STAY

WITH HOPEFUL HEART I WAITED FOR YOUR KNOCK ON MY DOOR

I WAITED BUT YOU MUST HAVE LOST YOUR WAY

(REPEAT CHORUS)


HE’LL HAVE TO GO

JIM REEVES

JOE ALLISON, AUDREY ALLISON

PUT YOUR SWEET LIPS A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE PHONE

LET’S PRETEND THAT WE’RE TOGETHER ALL ALONE

I’LL TELL THE MAN TO TURN THE JUKEBOX WAY DOWN LOW

AND YOU CAN TELL YOUR FRIEND THERE WITH YOU

HE’LL HAVE TO GO

WHISPER TO ME, TELL ME DO YOU LOVE ME TRUE

OR IS HE HOLDING YOU, THE WAY I DO

THOUGH LOVE IS BLIND, MAKE UP YOUR MIND

I’VE GOT TO KNOW

SHOULD I HANG UP, OR WILL YOU TELL HIM

HE’LL HAVE TO GO

YOU CAN’T SAY THE WORDS I WANT TO HEAR

WHILE YOU’RE WITH ANOTHER MAN

IF YOU WANT ME ANSWER "YES" OR "NO"

DARLING I WILL UNDERSTAND

PUT YOUR SWEET LIPS A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE PHONE

LET’S PRETEND THAT WE’RE TOGETHER ALL ALONE

I’LL TELL THE MAN TO TURN THE JUKEBOX WAY DOWN LOW

AND YOU CAN TELL YOUR FRIEND THERE WITH YOU

HE’LL HAVE TO GO


HELLO WALLS

FARON YOUNG, WILLIE NELSON, A

WILLIE NELSON (RECORDED IN C, WITH BRIDGE TO D/G)

HELLO WALLS, HOW’D THINGS GO FOR YOU TODAY?

DON’T YOU MISS HER, SINCE SHE UP AND WALKED AWAY

AND I BET YOU DREAD TO SPEND ANOTHER LONELY NIGHT WITH ME

BUT, LONELY WALLS, I’LL KEEP YOU COMPANY

HELLO WINDOW, WELL I SEE THAT YOU’RE STILL HERE

AREN’T YOU LONELY, SINCE OUR DARLING DISAPPEARED

WELL LOOK HERE, IS THAT A TEARDROP IN THE CORNER OF YOUR PANE

NOW DON’T YOU TRY TO TELL ME THAT IT’S RAIN

(B7) SHE WENT AWAY, AND LEFT US ALL A(E)LONE THE WAY SHE PLANNED

GUESS WE’LL HAVE TO LEARN TO GET ALONG WITHOUT HER IF WE CAN

HELLO CEILING, I’M GONNA STARE AT YOU A WHILE

YOU KNOW I CAN’T SLEEP SO WON’T YOU BEAR WITH ME A WHILE

WE MUST ALL PULL TOGETHER OR ELSE I’LL LOSE MY MIND

‘CAUSE I’VE A FEELING/ SHE’LL BE GONE/ A LONG, LONG TIME


HEY GOOD LOOKIN’

HANK WILLIAMS

HEY, HEY, GOOD LOOKIN’, WHAT CHA’ GOT COOKIN’

HOW’S ABOUT COOKIN’ SOMETHING UP WITH ME

HEY, SWEET BABY, DON’T YOU THINK MAYBE

WE COULD FIND US A BRAND NEW RECIPE

I GOT A HOT-ROD FORD AND A TWO-DOLLAR BILL

AND I KNOW A SPOT RIGHT OVER THE HILL

THERE’S SODA POP AND THE DANCIN’S FREE

SO, IF YOU WANNA HAVE FUN COME ALONG WITH ME

I’M FREE AND READY, SO WE CAN GO STEADY

HOW’S ABOUT SAVING ALL YOUR TIME FOR ME

NO MORE LOOKIN’, I KNOW I BEEN TOOKEN

HOW’S ABOUT KEEPIN’ STEADY COMPANY

I’M GONNA THROW MY DATE BOOK OVER THE FENCE

AND FIND ME ONE FOR FIVE OR TEN CENTS

I’LL KEEP IT TILL IT’S COVERED WITH AGE

‘CAUSE I’M WRITIN’ YOUR NAME DOWN ON EVERY PAGE

HEY GOOD LOOKIN’, WHAT CHA’ GOT COOKIN’

HOW’S ABOUT COOKIN’ SOMETHING UP WITH ME


HEY PORTER, HEY PORTER

J R CASH

HEY PORTER, HEY PORTER, WOULD YOU TELL ME THE TIME?

HOW MUCH LONGER WILL IT BE TILL WE CROSS THAT MASON-DIXON LINE?

AT DAYLIGHT WOULD YOU TELL THAT ENGINEER TO SLOW IT DOWN

OR BETTER STILL JUST STOP THE TRAIN ‘CAUSE I WANT TO LOOK AROUND

HEY PORTER, HEY PORTER, WHAT TIME DID YOU SAY?

HOW MUCH LONGER WILL IT BE TILL I CAN SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY?

WHEN WE HIT DIXIE WILL YOU TELL THAT ENGINEER TO RING HIS BELL

AND ASK EVERYBODY THAT AIN’T ASLEEP TO STAND RIGHT UP AND YELL

HEY PORTER, HEY PORTER, IT’S GETTING LIGHT OUTSIDE

THIS OLD TRAIN IS PUFFING SMOKE AND I HAVE TO STRAIN MY EYES

WOULD YOU ASK THAT ENGINEER IF HE WOULD BLOW HIS WHISTLE PLEASE

‘CAUSE I SMELL FROST ON COTTON LEAVES AND I FEEL THAT SOUTHERN BREEZE

HEY PORTER, HEY PORTER, PLEASE GET MY BAGS FOR ME

I NEED NOBODY TO TELL ME NOW THAT WE’RE IN TENNESSEE

GO TELL THAT ENGINEER TO MAKE THAT LONESOME WHISTLE SCREAM

WE’RE NOT SO FAR FROM HOME SO TAKE IT EASY ON THE STEAM

(INSTRUMENTAL)

HEY PORTER, HEY PORTER, PLEASE OPEN UP THE DOOR

WHEN THEY STOP THIS TRAIN I’M GONNA GET OFF FIRST ‘CAUSE I CAN’T WAIT NO MORE

TELL THAT ENGINEER I SAID THANKS A LOT AND I DIDN’T MIND THE FARE

I’M GONNA SET MY FEET ON SOUTHERN SOIL AND BREATHE THAT SOUTHERN AIR


HIGH NOON (DO NOT FORSAKE ME)

SONS OF THE PIONEERS, FRANKIE LAINE, A

WORDS BY NED WASHINGTON, MUSIC BY DIMITRI TIOMKIN

(A) DO NOT FORSAKE ME OH MY DARLING

ON THIS OUR (A7) WEDDING (D) DAY (Bm)

DO NOT FOR(Bm7)SAKE ME (E7) OH MY (A) DAR(Fm)LING

(C) WAIT, WAIT A(E7)LONG

I DO NOT KNOW WHAT FATE AWAITS ME

I ONLY KNOW I MUST BE BRAVE

AND I MUST FACE A MAN WHO HATES ME

(A) OR LIE A COWARD, (D) A CRAVEN (A) COWARD

(A) OR LIE A (E7) COWARD IN MY GRAVE

(D) OH TO BE TORN ‘TWIXT LOVE AND DUTY

(A) SUPPOSIN’ I LOSE MY FAIR-HAIRED BEAUTY

(Dm) LOOK AT THAT BIG HAND MOVE ALONG (A) NEARING (F) HIGH NOON

(D) HE MADE A VOW WHILE IN STATE PRISON

(A) VOWED IT WOULD MY LIFE OR HIS’N

(Dm) I’M NOT AFRAID OF DEATH, BUT OH

(A) WHAT WILL I DO IF YOU (E) LEAVE ME

DO NOT FORSAKE ME OH MY DARLING

YOU MADE THAT PROMISE AS A BRIDE

DO NOT FORSAKE ME OH MY DARLING

ALTHOUGH YOU’RE GRIEVING

DON’T THINK OF LEAVING

NOW THAT I NEED YOU BY MY SIDE

WAIT ALONG, WAIT ALONG, WAIT ALONG, WAIT ALONG


HONEYCOMB

JIMMIE F RODGERS

B MERRILL

WELL IT’S A DARN GOOD LIFE, AND IT’S KINDA FUNNY

HOW THE LORD MADE THE BEE AND THE BEE MADE THE HONEY

AND THE HONEYBEE LOOKING FOR A HOME, AND HE CALLED IT A HONEYCOMB

AND THEY ROAMED THE WORLD AND THEY GATHERED ALL OF THE HONEY INTO ONE SWEET BALL

AND THE HONEYCOMB FROM A MILLION TRIPS

MADE MY BABY’S LIPS

(CHORUS) OH, HONEYCOMB, WON’T YOU BE MY BABY

WELL, HONEYCOMB BE MY OWN

GOT A HANK OF HAIR AND A PIECE OF BONE

THEY MADE A WALKING, TALKING, HONEYCOMB

WELL, HONEYCOMB, WON’T YOU BE MY BABY

WELL, HONEYCOMB, BE MY OWN

WHAT A DARN GOOD LIFE WHEN YOU GOT A WIFE

LIKE A HONEYCOMB

(RAISE KEY) AND THE LORD SAID NOW, THAT I’VE MADE A BEE

I’M GONNA LOOK ALL AROUND FOR A GREEN, GREEN TREE

AND HE MADE A LITTLE TREE AND I GUESS YOU HEARD

OH, THEN, WELL HE MADE A LITTLE BIRD

AND THEY WAITED ALL AROUND, TILL THE END OF SPRING

GETTING EVERY NOTE THAT THE BIRDIES SING

AND THEY PUT ‘EM ALL INTO ONE SWEET TONE

FOR MY HONEYCOMB (CHORUS)

(RAISE KEY) AND THE LORD SAID NOW, THAT I’VE MADE A BIRD

I’M GONNA LOOK ALL AROUND FOR A LITTLE OLD WORD

THAT SOUNDS ABOUT SWEET LIKE A TURTLE DOVE

AND I GUESS I’M GONNA CALL IT LOVE

(THEN 2ND PREVIOUS VERSE, THEN REPEAT CHORUS TWICE)


HOW GREAT THOU ART

CHRISTIE LANE, CONNIE SMITH, G

STUART HINE

OH LORD MY GOD, WHEN I IN AWESOME WONDER

CONSIDER ALL THE WORLDS THY HANDS HAVE MADE

I SEE THE STARS, I HEAR THE ROLLING THUNDER

THY POWER THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE DISPLAYED

(CHORUS) THEN SINGS MY SOUL, MY SAVIOUR GOD TO THEE

HOW GREAT THOU ART, HOW GREAT THOU ART

THEN SINGS MY SOUL, MY SAVIOUR GOD TO THEE

HOW GREAT THOU ART, HOW GREAT THOU ART

WHEN THROUGH THE WOODS AND FOREST GLADES I WANDER

AND HEAR THE BIRDS SING SWEETLY IN THE TREES

WHEN I LOOK DOWN FROM LOFTY MOUNTAIN GRANDEUR

AND HEAR THE BROOK AND FEEL THE GENTLE BREEZE (CHORUS)

AND WHEN I THINK THAT GOD, HIS SON NOT SPARING

SENT HIM TO DIE, I SCARCE CAN TAKE IT IN

THAT ON THE CROSS, MY BURDEN GLADLY BEARING

HE BLED AND DIED TO TAKE AWAY MY SINS (CHORUS)

WHEN CHRIST SHALL COME WITH SHOUTS OF ACCLAMATION

AND TAKE ME HOME, WHAT JOY SHALL FILL MY HEART

THEN I SHALL BOW IN HUMBLE ADORATION

AND THERE PROCLAIM MY GOD HOW GREAT THOU ART (CHORUS)


I BELIEVE IN YOU

DON WILLIAMS, E (RECORDED IN G#)

ROGER COOK, SAM HOGIN

(E) I DON'T BELIEVE IN SUPERSTARS, ORGANIC FOOD AND FOREIGN CARS

I DON'T BELIEVE THE PRICE OF GOLD, THE CERTAINTY OF GROWING OLD

THAT (B7) RIGHT IS RIGHT, AND LEFT IS WRONG, THAT NORTH AND SOUTH CAN'T GET ALONG

THAT (E) EAST IS EAST AND WEST IS WEST, AND BEING FIRST IS ALWAYS BEST

BUT I BELIEVE IN (A) LOVE, I BELIEVE IN (E) BABIES

I BELIEVE IN (B7) MOM AND DAD, AND I BELIEVE IN (E) YOU

WELL, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT HEAVEN WAITS, FOR ONLY THOSE WHO CONGREGATE

I LIKE TO THINK OF GOD AS LOVE, HE'S DOWN BELOW, HE'S UP ABOVE

HE'S WATCHING PEOPLE EVERYWHERE, HE KNOWS WHO DOES AND DOESN'T CARE

AND I'M AN ORDINARY MAN, SOMETIMES I WONDER WHO I AM

BUT I BELIEVE IN LOVE, I BELIEVE IN MUSIC

I BELIEVE IN MAGIC, AND I BELIEVE IN YOU

(A) I KNOW WITH ALMOST CERTAINTY, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOU AND ME, IS A (E) GOOD THING

IT'S (B7) TRUE, I BELIEVE IN (E) YOU

I DON'T BELIEVE VIRGINITY, IS AS COMMON AS IT USED TO BE

IN WORKING DAYS AND SLEEPING NIGHTS, THAT BLACK IS BLACK AND WHITE IS WHITE

THAT SUPERMAN AND ROBIN HOOD ARE STILL ALIVE IN HOLLYWOOD

THAT GASOLINE'S IN SHORT SUPPLY, THE RISING COST OF GETTING BY

BUT I BELIEVE IN LOVE, I BELIEVE IN OLD FOLKS

I BELIEVE IN CHILDREN, I BELIEVE IN YOU

I BELIEVE IN LOVE, I BELIEVE IN BABIES

I BELIEVE IN MOM AND DAD, AND I BELIEVE IN YOU

(INSTRUMENTAL)


I CAN’T HELP IT (IF I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU)

HANK WILLIAMS, A

TODAY I PASSED YOU ON THE STREET

AND MY HEART FELL AT YOUR FEET

I CAN’T HELP IT IF I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU

SOMEBODY ELSE STOOD BY YOUR SIDE

AND HE LOOKED SO SATISFIED

I CAN’T HELP IT IF I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU

A PICTURE FROM THE PAST CAME SLOWLY STEALING

AS I BRUSHED YOUR ARM AND WALKED SO CLOSE TO YOU

AND SUDDENLY I GOT THAT OLD TIME FEELING

I CAN’T HELP IT IF I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU

IT’S HARD TO KNOW ANOTHER’S LIPS WILL KISS YOU

AND HOLD YOU JUST THE WAY I USED TO DO

OH, HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS HOW MUCH I MISS YOU

I CAN’T HELP IT IF I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU


I DON’T HURT ANYMORE

HANK SNOW, NARVEL FELTS, A

JACK ROLLINS, DON ROBERTSON

I DON’T HURT ANYMORE

ALL MY TEARDROPS ARE DRIED

NO MORE WALKING THE FLOOR

WITH THAT BURNING INSIDE

JUST TO THINK IT COULD BE

TIME HAS OPENED THE DOOR

AND AT LAST I AM FREE

I DON’T HURT ANYMORE

NO USE TO DENY, I WANTED TO DIE

THE DAY YOU SAID WE WERE THROUGH

BUT (B7) NOW THAT I FIND YOU’RE OUT OF MY MIND

(E) I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT IT’S (A) TRUE

I’VE FORGOTTEN SOMEHOW

THAT I CARED SO BEFORE

AND IT’S WONDERFUL NOW

I DON’T HURT ANYMORE

(REPEAT FIRST TWO VERSES OR LAST TWO VERSES)


I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE

Connie Smith, D

Bill Anderson

I don't (D) love you (G) any(D)more, not the (G) way I did be(D)fore

And since you've found someone new, I think it's (A) best

I don't (D) cry and (G) walk the (D) floor, I don't love (G) you any(D)more

Trouble is, I don't (A) love you any (D) less

(CHORUS) I don't (G) love you anymore, for I've got (D) no more love to give

You drained my heart of all it's love with (E) every sweet ca(A)ress

I keep (D) saying (G) o'er and (D) o'er, I don't love (G) you any(D)more

Trouble is, I don't (A) love you any (D) less

I held you close to me one time, kissed your lips and called you mine

But another came and thrilled you more, I guess

I cried as you walked out the door, I don't love you anymore

Trouble is, I don't love you any less (CHORUS)

Trouble is, I don't (A) love you any (G) le(D)ss


I DON’T SEE ME IN YOUR EYES ANYMORE

JIM REEVES, CHARLIE RICH

I DON’T SEE ME, IN YOUR EYES ANYMORE

OH WHY CAN’T I, MAKE THEM SHINE AS BEFORE

I DON’T SEE YOU, OR YOUR HEART IN YOUR KISS

WHEN YOU SHOULD SIGH, THAT YOU’RE MINE YOU RESIST

THERE WAS A TIME, LIFE WAS FINE, LOVE WAS ECSTASY

BUT NOW I DOUBT, WHAT THE OUTCOME WILL BE

I PRAY YOU’LL SAY, I’M THE ONE YOU ADORE

THEN I’LL SEE ME, IN YOUR EYES AS BEFORE

(INSTRUMENTAL)

(THEN REPEAT LAST VERSE, OR THE LAST TWO LINES OF THE LAST VERSE)

I PRAY YOU’LL SAY I’M THE ONE YOU ADORE

THEN I’LL SEE ME IN YOUR EYES AS BEFORE


I FALL TO PIECES

PATSY CLINE

HANK COCHRAN, HARLAN HOWARD

I FALL TO PIECES, EACH TIME I SEE YOU AGAIN

I FALL TO PIECES, HOW CAN I BE JUST YOUR FRIEND

YOU WANT ME TO ACT LIKE WE’VE NEVER KISSED

YOU WANT ME TO FORGET, PRETEND WE’VE NEVER MET

BUT I TRY, AND I TRY, BUT I HAVEN’T YET

YOU WALK BY AND I FALL TO PIECES

I FALL TO PIECES, EACH TIME SOMEONE SPEAKS YOUR NAME

I FALL TO PIECES, TIME ONLY ADDS TO THE PAIN

YOU TELL ME TO FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO LOVE

SOMEONE WHO’LL LOVE ME TOO, THE WAY YOU USED TO DO

BUT EACH TIME I GO OUT WITH SOMEONE NEW

YOU WALK BY, AND I FALL TO PIECES

YOU WALK BY, AND I FALL TO PIECES


IF A WOMAN ANSWERS

LEROY VAN DYKE, A

BARRY MANN, CYNTHIA WEIL

HER ARMS ARE COLD BUT STILL SHE HOLDS ON TO THAT VOW

WHAT ONCE WAS LOVE IS NOW A PRISON WALL

AND THOUGH I'D BREAK AWAY TO MEET YOU ANYHOW

I HAVE TO SAY PLEASE REMEMBER WHEN YOU (A) CALL

(CHORUS) IF A WOMAN (D) ANSWERS, (E) HANG UP THE (A) PHONE

DON’T TAKE A CHANCE, PLEASE DON'T ASK FOR ME

IF A WOMAN ANSWERS, HANG UP THE PHONE

I LOVE YOU BUT DARLING I'M NOT FREE

THE CHAINS THAT BIND THIS HEART OF MINE MAY NEVER BREAK

BUT THEY CAN'T STOP MY HEART FROM WANTING YOU

I KNOW THAT I SHOULD SAY DON'T CALL FOR BOTH OUR SAKES

BUT I CAN'T, SO REMEMBER WHEN YOU DO

(CHORUS) + REPEAT LAST LINE


IF YOU’VE GOT THE MONEY (I’VE GOT THE TIME)

LEFTY FRIZZELL, C

LEFTY FRIZZELL, JIM BECK

IF YOU’VE GOT THE MONEY, I’VE GOT THE TIME

WE’LL GO HONKY TONKIN’, AND WE’LL HAVE A TIME

WE’LL MAKE ALL THE NIGHT SPOTS, DANCE, ROMANCE AND DINE

IF YOU’VE GOT THE MONEY, HONEY, I’VE GOT THE TIME

THERE AIN’T NO USE TO TARRY, SO LET’S START OUT TONIGHT

WE’LL SPREAD JOY, OH BOY, OH BOY, AND WE’LL SPREAD IT RIGHT

WE’LL HAVE MORE FUN BABY, ALL THE WAY DOWN THE LINE

IF YOU’VE GOT THE MONEY, HONEY, I’VE GOT THE TIME

(INSTRUMENTAL)

IF YOU’VE GOT THE MONEY, I’VE GOT THE TIME

WE’LL GO HONKY TONKIN’, AND WE’LL HAVE A TIME

BRING ALONG YOUR CADILLAC, LEAVE MY OLD WRECK BEHIND

IF YOU’VE GOT THE MONEY, HONEY, I’VE GOT THE TIME

YES, WE'LL GO HONKY-TONKIN', MAKE EVERY CLUB IN TOWN

WE'LL GO TO THE PARK WHERE IT'S DARK, WE WON'T FOOL AROUND

BUT IF YOU RUN SHORT OF MONEY, I'LL RUN SHORT OF TIME

'CAUSE IF YOU'VE GOT NO MORE MONEY, HONEY, I'VE NO MORE TIME

(INSTRUMENTAL)

(REPEAT FIRST VERSE)

(ALT. FOURTH VERSE)

YES, WE'LL GO HONKY-TONKIN', AND WE'LL BE PLEASURE-BENT

I'LL LOOK LIKE A MILLION, BUT I WON'T HAVE A CENT

BUT IF YOU RUN SHORT OF MONEY, I'LL RUN SHORT OF TIME

'CAUSE YOU WITH NO MORE MONEY, HONEY, I'VE NO MORE TIME


I GOT YOU

WAYLON JENNINGS & ANITA CARTER, E

DON'T GET NO ATTENTION FROM THE PEOPLE ON THE STREET

THEY DON'T EVEN SEE US, THEY JUST STEP RIGHT ON OUR FEET

JUST TWO UNNOTICED PEOPLE IN THIS GREAT BIG WORLD OF OURS

AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT, GUESS THAT'S ALL WE'LL EVER BE

(CHORUS) BUT I GOT YOU, AND YOU GOT ME, AND IF THEY'D LOOK THEY COULD SEE, THAT WE DON'T CARE

I GOT YOU AND YOU GOT ME AND BABY THAT'S ALL WE WILL EVER NEED

LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOW OF A FANCY DIAMOND STORE

GOING WINDOW SHOPPING FOR THE THINGS WE CAN'T AFFORD

PEOPLE ALL AROUND US WITH THEIR NOSES IN THE AIR

THEY WALK RIGHT ON BY US, JUST LIKE WE'RE NOT EVEN THERE (CHORUS)

(REPEAT CHORUS)


I GUESS THINGS HAPPEN THAT WAY

BILLY WALKER

WELL, YOU ASK ME IF I’LL FORGET MY BABY

I GUESS I WILL, SOMEDAY

I DON’T LIKE IT, BUT I GUESS THINGS HAPPEN THAT WAY

YOU ASK ME IF I’LL GET ALONG

I GUESS I WILL, SOME WAY

I DON’T LIKE IT, BUT I GUESS THINGS HAPPEN THAT WAY

(CHORUS) GOD GAVE ME THAT GIRL TO LEAN ON

THEN HE PUT ME ON MY OWN

HEAVEN HELP ME BE A MAN AND

FIND THE STRENGTH TO STAND ALONE

I DON’T LIKE IT, BUT I GUESS THINGS HAPPEN THAT WAY

(INSTRUMENTAL)

YOU ASK ME IF I’LL MISS HER KISSES

I GUESS I WILL, EVERY DAY

I DON’T LIKE IT, BUT I GUESS THINGS HAPPEN THAT WAY

YOU ASK ME IF I’LL FIND ANOTHER

I DON’T KNOW, I CAN’T SAY

I DON’T LIKE IT, BUT I GUESS THINGS HAPPEN THAT WAY (CHORUS)


I HEARD THAT LONESOME WHISTLE

HANK WILLIAMS

I WAS RIDING NUMBER NINE

HEADIN’SOUTH FROM CAROLINE

I HEARD THAT LONESOME WHISTLE BLOW

GOT IN TROUBLE HAD TO ROAM

LEFT MY GAL AND LEFT MY HOME

I HEARD THAT LONESOME WHISTLE BLOW

JUST A KID ACTIN’ SMART

I WENT AND BROKE MY DARLIN’S HEART

GUESS I WAS JUST TOO YOUNG TO KNOW

THEY TOOK ME OFF THAT GEORGIA MAIN

LOCKED ME TO A BALL AND CHAIN

I HEARD THAT LONESOME WHISTLE BLOW

ALL ALONE I BEAR THE SHAME

I’M A NUMBER NOT A NAME

I HEARD THAT LONESOME WHISTLE BLOW

ALL I DO IS SIT AND CRY

WHEN THAT EVENING TRAIN GOES BY

I HEARD THAT LONESOME WHISTLE BLOW

I’LL BE LOCKED HERE IN THIS CELL

‘TILL MY BODY’S JUST A SHELL

AND MY HAIR TURNS WHITER THAN SNOW

I’LL NEVER SEE THAT GAL OF MINE

LORD I’M IN GEORGIA DOING TIME

I HEARD THAT LONESOME WHISTLE BLOW


I’LL SAIL MY SHIP ALONE

ERNEST TUBB, GEORGE MORGAN, MOON MULLICAN, MICKEY GILLEY

MANN - BURNS - BERNARD - THURSTON

WE’VE BEEN SWEETHEARTS FOR SO LONG

BUT NOW YOU SAY WE’RE THROUGH

THE LOVE WE SHARED IS NOW A MEMORY

I HAD BUILT A SHIP OF DREAMS

AND PLANNED THEM ALL FOR YOU

BUT NOW I GUESS WHAT IS TO BE WILL BE

(CHORUS) I’LL SAIL MY SHIP ALONE, WITH ALL THE DREAMS I OWN

DRIFTING OUT ACROSS THE OCEAN BLUE

I’LL SAIL MY SHIP ALONE, THOUGH ALL THE SAILS YOU’VE TORN

AND IF IT STARTS TO SINK THEN I’LL BLAME YOU

(INSTRUMENTAL)

I’M JUST LIKE A SHIP AT SEA

THAT’S LOST WITHOUT A SAIL

THE DARK CLOUDS HIDE THE SUN FROM UP ABOVE

AND EVEN WITH THESE BROKEN DREAMS

MY HEART WILL NEVER FAIL

FOR DEEP INSIDE THERE’S ONLY ONE TRUE LOVE

I GAVE A MESSAGE TO THE WIND

TO TAKE BACK HOME TO YOU

HOPING YOU WOULD HEAR MY S. O. S

MAYBE YOU WOULD COME BACK HOME

MY DARLING IF YOU KNEW

HOW MUCH MY ACHING HEART IS IN DISTRESS

(CHORUS) + REPEAT LAST LINE


I LOVE YOU BECAUSE

AL MARTINO, JIM REEVES, G

LEON PAYNE

I LOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU UNDERSTAND, DEAR

EVERY LITTLE THING I TRY TO DO

YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE TO LEND A HELPING HAND, DEAR

MOST OF ALL I LOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE YOU

NO MATTER WHAT THE WORLD MAY SAY ABOUT ME

I (A7) KNOW YOUR LOVE WILL ALWAYS SEE ME THROUGH

I LOVE YOU FOR THE WAY YOU NEVER DOUBT ME

BUT MOST OF ALL I LOVE YOU 'CAUSE YOU'RE YOU

I LOVE YOU BECAUSE MY HEART IS LIGHTER

EVERY TIME I'M WALKING BY YOUR SIDE

I LOVE YOU BECAUSE THE FUTURE'S BRIGHTER

THE DOOR TO HAPPINESS YOU OPEN WIDE

NO MATTER WHAT MAY BE THE STYLE OR SEASON

I KNOW YOUR HEART WILL ALWAYS BE TRUE

I LOVE YOU FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND REASONS

MOST OF ALL I LOVE YOU 'CAUSE YOU'RE YOU


I LOVE YOU SO MUCH IT HURTS ME

PATSY CLINE, A

FLOYD TILLMAN

(A) I LOVE YOU (A6) SO (A+) MUCH IT (A) HURTS ME

DARLING (B7) THAT’S WHY I’M SO BLUE

I’M SO A(E7)FRAID TO GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT

AFRAID OF LOSING (A) YOU

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH IT HURTS ME

AND THERE’S (B7) NOTHING I CAN DO

I WANT TO (D) HOLD YOU MY (D7) DEAR

FOR(A)EVER AND (F#7) EVER

I LOVE YOU (B7) SO MUCH IT (E7) HURTS ME (A) SO

(REPEAT LAST TWO LINES)


I’M SORRY FOR YOU, MY FRIEND

MOE BANDY

HANK WILLIAMS

YOU’VE KNOWN SO LONG THAT YOU WERE WRONG

BUT STILL YOU HAD YOUR WAY

YOU TOLD HER LIES AND ALIBIS

AND HURT HER MORE EACH DAY

BUT NOW YOUR CONSCIENCE BOTHERS YOU

YOU’VE REACHED YOUR JOURNEY’S END

YOU’RE ASKING ME FOR SYMPATHY

I’M SORRY FOR YOU, MY FRIEND

YOU LAUGHED INSIDE EACH TIME SHE CRIED

YOU TRIED TO MAKE HER BLUE

SHE TAGGED ALONG THROUGH RIGHT AND WRONG

BECAUSE SHE WORSHIPPED YOU

YOU KNOW THAT YOU’RE THE ONE TO BLAME

THERE’S NO USE TO PRETEND

TODAY’S THE DAY YOU START TO PAY

I’M SORRY FOR YOU, MY FRIEND

(INSTRUMENTAL / WHISTLE)

TODAY AS SHE WALKED ARM IN ARM

AT SOMEONE ELSE’S SIDE

IT MADE YOU STOP AND REALIZE

THAT TIME HAD TURNED THE TIDE

YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN YOU’D BE ALONE

‘CAUSE CHEATERS NEVER WIN

YOU TRIED AND LOST, NOW PAY THE COST

I’M SORRY FOR YOU, MY FRIEND


IN THE BLUE CANADIAN ROCKIES

BLUE CANADIAN ROCKIES

WILF CARTER, HANK SNOW

OH, HOW MY LONELY HEART IS ACHING TONIGHT

FOR A HOME I LONG TO SEE

AND OH, WHAT I'D GIVE IF I COULD BE THERE TONIGHT

WITH A SWEETHEART WHO'S WAITING FOR ME

IN THE BLUE CANADIAN ROCKIES

SPRING IS SIGHING THROUGH THE TREES

AND THE GOLDEN POPPIES ARE BLOOMING

‘ROUND THE BANKS OF LAKE LOUISE

ACROSS THE SEA THEY CALL ME

AND I’M LONESOME AND SO BLUE

FOR THOSE BLUE CANADIAN ROCKIES

AND THE GIRL (ONE) I LOVE SO TRUE

ACROSS THE SEA THEY CALL ME

AND I’M LONESOME AND SO BLUE

FOR THE BLUE CANADIAN ROCKIES

AND THE GIRL I LOVE SO TRUE

(REPEAT THE LAST TWO VERSES)


I'M DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS

JIM REEVES

IRVING BERLIN

I'M DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS

JUST LIKE THE ONES I USED TO KNOW

WHERE THE TREE-TOPS GLISTEN AND CHILDREN LISTEN

TO HEAR SLEIGH-BELLS IN THE SNOW

I'M DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS

WITH EVERY CHRISTMAS CARD I WRITE

MAY YOUR DAYS BE MERRY AND BRIGHT

AND MAY ALL YOUR CHRISTMASES BE WHITE

(REPEAT)


I’M MOVING ON

HANK SNOW

FIDDLE INTRO

THAT BIG EIGHT-WHEELER ROLLIN’ DOWN THE TRACK

MEANS YOUR TRUE LOVIN DADDY AIN’T COMIN’ BACK

I’M MOVIN’ ON, I’LL SOON BE GONE

YOU WERE FLYING TOO HIGH FOR MY LITTLE OLD SKY

SO I’M MOVING ON

THAT BIG LOUD WHISTLE IT BLEW AND BLEW

SAID HELLO ALABAMA WE’RE COMING TO YOU

WE’RE MOVIN’ ON, OH HEAR MY SONG

YOU HAD YOUR LAUGH ON ME SO I’M SETTING YOU FREE

AND I’M MOVIN’ ON

FIDDLE BREAK

MISTER FIREMAN, WON'T YOU PLEASE LISTEN TO ME

'CAUSE I'VE GOT A PRETTY MAMMA IN TENNESSEE

KEEP MOVIN' ME ON, KEEP ROLLIN' ON

SO SHOVEL THE COAL, LET THIS RATTLER ROLL

AND KEEP MOVIN' ME ON

MISTER ENGINEER TAKE THAT THROTTLE IN HAND

THIS RATTLER’S THE FASTEST IN THE SOUTHERN LAND

KEEP MOVIN’ ON, KEEP ROLLIN’ ON

YOU’RE GONNA EASE MY MIND SO PUT ME THERE ON TIME

KEEP ROLLIN’ ON

GUITAR BREAK

I WARNED YOU BABY FROM TIME TO TIME

BUT YOU JUST WOULDN’T LISTEN OR PAY NO MIND

I’M MOVING ON, I’M ROLLIN’ ON

YOU HAVE BROKEN YOUR VOW, AND IT’S ALL OVER NOW

SO I’M MOVIN’ ON

YOU'VE SWITCHED YOUR ENGINE, NOW I AIN'T GOT TIME

FOR A TRIFLIN' WOMAN ON MY MAIN LINE

'CAUSE I'M MOVING ON, YOU DONE YOUR DADDY WRONG

I WARNED YOU TWICE, NOW YOU CAN SETTLE THE PRICE

'CAUSE I'M MOVING ON

BUT SOMEDAY BABY WHEN YOU’VE HAD YOUR PLAY

YOU’RE GONNA WANT YOUR DADDY, BUT YOUR DADDY WILL SAY

KEEP MOVIN ON, YOU STAYED AWAY TOO LONG

I’M THROUGH WITH YOU, TOO BAD YOU ARE BLUE

KEEP MOVIN’ ON

FIDDLE FADE


I’M TIRED

WEBB PIERCE, D

MEL TILLIS, RAY PRICE, A R PEDDY

STANDING ON THE CORNER OF A BUSY STREET

LOOKING FOR YOUR FACE IN EVERY CROWD I SEE

CHECKING EVERY HONKY TONK IN THIS OLD TOWN

TRYING TO FIND THE PLACES THAT YOU HANG AROUND

(CHORUS) OH LORD I’M TIRED

TIRED OF LIVING THIS A-WAY

OH LORD, I’M TIRED

TIRED OF LIVING THIS A-WAY

I’VE BEEN WAITING ON YOU BABY, NIGHT AND DAY

I’M WONDERING IF YOUR LOVE WILL EVER COME MY WAY

MY TIME’S A-RUNNING OUT AND I’M SLOWING DOWN

I’M TIRED OF BEING JUST ANOTHER HANG AROUND (CHORUS)

THERE AIN’T NO HAPPINESS IN ANYTHING I DO

I FIND MYSELF SO LONELY WHEN I’M NOT WITH YOU

WHAT MAKES YOU JUST THE KIND OF GIRL A GUY WILL LOVE

YOU GOT SO MANY OTHERS THAT YOU’RE THINKING OF (CHORUS)


I’M IN LOVE AGAIN

GEORGE MORGAN

NOT SO LONG AGO I HAD MY POOR HEART BROKEN

I SAID CRAZY HEART SEE WHAT A FOOL YOU’VE BEEN

NOW I’VE MET YOU AND ALTHOUGH WE’VE BARELY SPOKEN

I HEAR WEDDING BELLS, AND I’M IN LOVE AGAIN

I’M IN LOVE AGAIN AND WEDDING BELLS ARE RINGING

I’M SO HAPPY I’M AFRAID THIS DREAM MIGHT END

LIVE EACH DAY AS THOUGH THE LAST MY HEART KEEPS SAYING

I HEAR WEDDING BELLS AND I’M IN LOVE AGAIN

WHEN SHE LEFT ME I WAS SURE MY WORLD HAD ENDED

AND I COULDN’T EVEN SPEAK TO OUR FRIENDS

AND THEN JUST AS MY POOR HEART WAS GETTING MENDED

I HEAR WEDDING BELLS AND I’M IN LOVE AGAIN

I’M IN LOVE AGAIN AND WEDDING BELLS ARE RINGING

I’M SO HAPPY I’M AFRAID THIS DREAM MIGHT END

LIVE EACH DAY AS THOUGH THE LAST MY HEART KEEPS SAYING

I HEAR WEDDING BELLS AND I’M IN LOVE AGAIN

I HEAR WEDDING BELLS AND I’M IN LOVE AGAIN


INDIAN LOVE CALL

NELSON EDDY / JEANETTE MACDONALD, SLIM WHITMAN

LYRICS BY OTTO HARBACH AND OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II, MUSIC BY RUDOLF FRIML

OOO-OOO

WHEN I’M CALLING YOU  OOO

WILL YOU ANSWER TOO  OOO

THAT MEANS I OFFER MY LOVE TO YOU, TO BE YOUR OWN

IF YOU REFUSE ME I WILL BE BLUE, AND WAITING ALL ALONE

BUT IF WHEN YOU HEAR MY LOVE CALL RINGING CLEAR

AND I HEAR AN ANSWERING ECHO SO DEAR  OOO

THEN I WILL KNOW OUR LOVE WILL COME TRUE  OOO

YOU’LL BELONG TO ME, I’LL BELONG TO YOU

YOU’LL BELONG TO ME, I’LL BELONG TO YOU  OOO


I NEVER PICKED COTTON

ROY CLARK, C

C WILLIAMS, B GEORGE

(CHORUS) (C) I NEVER PICKED COTTON

BUT MY MOTHER DID, AND MY BROTHER DID, AND MY SISTER DID, AND MY DADDY DIED YOUNG

…(G7) WORKING IN A (C) COAL MINE

(D) WHEN I WAS JUST A BABY, TOO LITTLE FOR A COTTON SACK

I PLAYED IN THE DIRT, WHILE THE OTHERS WORKED, TILL THEY COULDN'T STRAIGHTEN OUT THEIR BACKS

AND I MADE MYSELF A PROMISE, WHEN I WAS BIG ENOUGH TO RUN

THAT I'D NEVER STAY A SINGLE DAY

IN THAT OKLAHOMA SUN, AND (CHORUS)

FOLKS SAID I GREW UP EARLY, AND THAT THE FARM COULDN'T HOLD ME THEN

SO I STOLE TEN BUCKS, AND A PICKUP TRUCK, AND I NEVER WENT BACK AGAIN

(E) AND IT WAS FAST CARS AND WHISKEY, LONG-HAIRED GIRLS AND FUN

I HAD EVERYTHING THAT MONEY COULD BRING, AND I TOOK IT ALL WITH A GUN, BUT (CHORUS)

IT WAS SATURDAY NIGHT IN MEMPHIS, WHEN A REDNECK GRABBED MY SHIRT

WHEN HE SAID GO BACK TO YOUR COTTON SACK, I LEFT HIM DYING IN THE DIRT

AND THEY'LL TAKE ME IN THE MORNING TO THE GALLOWS JUST OUTSIDE

AND IN THE TIME I'VE GOT, THERE AIN'T A HELL OF A LOT, THAT I CAN LOOK BACK ON WITH PRIDE

BUT (CHORUS, WITH "AND I'LL NEVER DIE YOUNG" IN PLACE OF "AND MY DADDY DIED YOUNG")

(REPEAT PRECEDING CHORUS)


IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW

HANK SNOW, A

JIMMIE RODGERS

(A) WELL I HAD A FRIEND CALLED RAMBLING BOB

HE USED TO STEAL, GAMBLE AND ROB

HE THOUGHT HE WAS THE SMARTEST GUY IN (D) TOWN

BUT I FOUND OUT LAST MONDAY

THAT BOB GOT LOCKED UP SUNDAY

THEY'VE (B7) GOT HIM IN THE JAILHOUSE WAY DOWN(E)TOWN

(CHORUS) HE'S IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW

HE'S IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW

I TOLD HIM ONCE OR TWICE

TO QUIT PLAYING CARDS AND SHOOTING DICE

HE'S IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW

WELL I WENT OUT LAST TUESDAY

MET A GIRL NAMED SUSIE

TOLD HER I WAS THE SWELLEST MAN AROUND

WE STARTED TO SPEND MY MONEY

SHE STARTED TO CALL ME "HONEY"

WE TOOK IN EVERY CABARET (HONKY TONK) IN TOWN

WE'RE IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW

WE'RE IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW

I TOLD THE JUDGE RIGHT TO HIS FACE

WE DIDN'T LIKE TO SEE THIS PLACE

WE'RE IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW

(ALT. LAST VERSE)

WE'RE IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW

WE'RE IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW

THEY TOLD US ONCE OR TWICE

TO QUIT PLAYIN' CARDS AND SHOOTIN' DICE

WE'RE IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW


IN THE MISTY MOONLIGHT

HANK SNOW, E

CINDY WALKER, JERRY WALLACE

(E) IN THE MISTY (A) MOONLIGHT, BY THE FLICKERING (E) FIRELIGHT

ANYPLACE IS ALL RIGHT, LONG AS I'M WITH YOU

IN A FARAWAY LAND, ON THE TROPIC SEASAND

IF YOUR HAND'S IN MY HAND, I WON'T BE BLUE

(CHORUS) WAY UP ON THE MOUNTAIN, OR WAY DOWN IN THE VALLEY

I KNOW I'LL BE HAPPY, ANYPLACE, ANYWHERE, I DON'T CARE

IN THE MISTY MOONLIGHT, BY THE FLICKERING FIRELIGHT

ANYPLACE IS ALL RIGHT, LONG AS YOU ARE THERE

(SPEAKING) I COULD BE HAPPY IN ONE LITTLE ROOM, WITH ONLY A TABLE AND A CHAIR

AS HAPPY AS I'D BE IN A KINGDOM BY THE SEA, DARLING, IF YOU WERE THERE

AND I COULD BE RICH OR I COULD BE POOR

BUT IF YOU WERE BY MY SIDE

I COULD BE ANYWHERE IN THIS WHOLE WIDE WORLD AND I KNOW I'D BE SATISFIED (CHORUS)


I REALLY DON’T WANT TO KNOW

RAY PRICE

HOW MANY ARMS HAVE HELD YOU

AND HATED TO LET YOU GO

HOW MANY, HOW MANY I WONDER

BUT I REALLY DON’T WANT TO KNOW

HOW MANY LIPS HAVE KISSED YOU

AND SET YOUR SOUL AGLOW

HOW MANY, HOW MANY I WONDER

BUT I REALLY DON’T WANT TO KNOW

SO ALWAYS MAKE ME WONDER

ALWAYS MAKE ME GUESS

EVEN IF I ASK YOU

DARLING DON’T CONFESS

JUST LET IT REMAIN YOUR SECRET

BUT, DARLING I LOVE YOU SO

NO WONDER, NO WONDER, I WONDER

THOUGH I REALLY DON’T WANT TO KNOW


I REMEMBER YOU

ED MENDEL, G

WORDS BY JOHNNY MERCER, MUSIC BY VICTOR SHERTZINGER

(G) I REMEMBER (F#7) YOU, (G) YOU'RE THE ONE WHO MADE MY DREAMS (G7) COME (C) TRUE, A (Cm) FEW KISSES (G) AGO

OH, I REMEMBER (F#7) YOU, (G) YOU'RE THE ONE WHO SAID I LOVE YOU (C) TOO, (YES) I (Cm) DO, DIDN'T YOU (G) KNOW

(C) I REMEMBER (F#m7) TOO, A (A7) DISTANT (E) BELL, AND (B7) STARS THAT (E) FELL, LIKE THE (Fm7) RAIN, OUT OF THE (D7) BLUE

(G) WHEN MY LIFE IS (Fm7) THROUGH, (G) AND THE ANGELS ASK ME TO RE(Am)CALL, THE THRILL OF THEM (G) ALL, (A9) THEN I WILL (G) TELL THEM I RE(Am7)MEM(D7)BER (G) YOU

(REPEAT LAST VERSE) + TELL THEM I REMEMBER YOU, TELL THEM I REMEMBER YOU


IS ANYBODY GOIN' TO SAN ANTONE?

CHARLEY PRIDE

DAVE KIRBY, GLENN MARTIN

RAIN DRIPPIN’ OFF THE BRIM OF MY HAT

SURE IS COLD TODAY

HERE I AM WALKING DOWN SIXTY-SIX

WISH SHE HADN’T DONE ME THAT WAY

SLEEPING UNDER A TABLE IN A ROADSIDE PARK

A MAN COULD WAKE UP DEAD

BUT IT SURE SEEMS WARMER THAN IT DID

SLEEPING IN OUR KING SIZE BED

(CHORUS) IS ANYBODY GOING TO SAN ANTONE

OR PHOENIX, ARIZONA

ANYPLACE IS ALRIGHT AS LONG AS I

CAN FORGET I’VE EVER KNOWN HER

WIND WHIPPIN’ DOWN THE NECK OF MY SHIRT

LIKE I AIN’T GOT NOTHING ON

BUT I’D RATHER FIGHT THE WIND AND THE RAIN

THAN WHAT I’VE BEEN A FIGHTIN’ AT HOME

YONDER COMES A TRUCK WITH THE U.S. MAIL

PEOPLE WRITIN’ LETTERS BACK HOME

TOMORROW SHE’LL PROBABLY WANT ME BACK

BUT I’LL STILL BE JUST AS GONE (CHORUS)


IS IT REALLY OVER?

JIM REEVES

IS IT REALLY OVER

IS THIS THE END OF THE LINE

DON'T TELL ME I'M LOSING

THE LOVE THAT WAS MINE

IF YOU'RE REALLY LEAVING

TAKE SOME PART OF ME

SO I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER

HOW SWEET LOVE USED TO BE

I WONDER WHO'S STEPPING INTO MY SHOES

WHO CAN HE BE

I CAN TELL BY YOU EYES, OUR LOVE HAS DIED

AND IT'S OVER FOR ME

(REPEAT PRECEDING FOUR LINES)

REALLY OVER FOR ME


IS IT WRONG FOR LOVING YOU?

MARTY ROBBINS

IS IT WRONG, FOR LOVING YOU

IS IT WRONG, FOR BEING TRUE

TELL ME DARLING, TELL ME PLEASE

IS IT WRONG?

HAVE I WAITED FOR TOO LONG

HAS YOUR LOVE FOR ME GONE

IS IT WRONG, IS IT WRONG

FOR LOVING YOU?

WAY DOWN DEEP INSIDE MY HEART

YOU’RE THE ONLY LOVE SWEETHEART

YES, THE ONLY LOVE SWEETHEART

I EVER KNEW

BUT I ASK MYSELF INSIDE

NO NEED TO TELL MYSELF THOSE LIES

IS IT WRONG, IS IT WRONG

FOR LOVING YOU?


ISLAND IN THE SUN

HARRY BELAFONTE, L BURGESS

THIS IS MY ISLAND IN THE SUN

WHERE MY PEOPLE HAVE TOILED SINCE TIME BEGUN

I MAY SAIL ON MANY A SEA

HER SHORES WILL ALWAYS BE HOME TO ME

(CHORUS) OH, ISLAND IN THE SUN

WILLED TO ME BY MY FATHER’S HAND

ALL MY DAYS I WILL SING IN PRAISE

OF YOUR FOREST, WATERS, YOUR SHINING SANDS

AS MORNING BREAKS, THE HEAVEN ON HIGH

I LIFT MY HEAVY LOAD TO THE SKY

SUN COMES DOWN WITH A BURNING GLOW

MINGLES MY SWEAT WITH THE EARTH BELOW (CHORUS)

I SEE WOMAN ON BENDED KNEE

CUTTING CANE FOR HER FAMILY

I SEE MAN AT THE WATER’S SIDE

CASTING NETS AT THE SURGING TIDE (CHORUS)

I HOPE THE DAY WILL NEVER COME

THAT I CAN’T AWAKE TO THE SOUND OF DRUMS

NEVER LET ME MISS CARNIVAL

WITH CALYPSO SONGS PHILOSOPHICAL (CHORUS, HUM CHORUS)


I STILL MISS SOMEONE

JOHNNY CASH, STATLER BROS, JOAN BAEZ

AT MY DOOR THE LEAVES ARE FALLING

A COLD WILD WIND WILL COME

SWEETHEARTS WALK BY TOGETHER

AND I STILL MISS SOMEONE

I GO OUT TO A PARTY

AND LOOK FOR A LITTLE FUN

BUT I FIND A DARKENED CORNER

FOR I STILL MISS SOMEONE

(CHORUS) NO, I NEVER GOT OVER THOSE BLUE EYES

I SEE THEM EVERYWHERE

I MISS THOSE ARMS THAT HELD ME

WHEN ALL THE LOVE WAS THERE

I WONDER IF SHE’S SORRY

FOR LEAVING WHAT WE’D BEGUN

THERE’S SOMEONE FOR ME SOMEWHERE

AND I STILL MISS SOMEONE


IT DOESN’T MATTER ANYMORE

BUDDY HOLLY, C

THERE YOU GO, BABY, HERE AM I

WELL, YOU LEFT ME HERE SO I CAN SIT AND CRY

WELL, GOLLY GEE, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME

WELL, I GUESS IT DOESN’T MATTER ANYMORE

DO YOU REMEMBER BABY, LAST SEPTEMBER

HOW YOU HELD ME TIGHT, EACH AND EVERY NIGHT

WELL WHOOPS-A-DAISY HOW YOU DROVE ME CRAZY

WELL I GUESS IT DOESN’T MATTER ANYMORE

(CHORUS) (Am) THERE’S NO USE IN CRYING

I’VE DONE EVERYTHING AND NOW I’M SICK OF TRYING

(D) I’VE THROWN AWAY MY NIGHTS, WASTED ALL MY DAYS

OVER (G) YOU

WELL, YOU GO YOUR WAY AND I’LL GO MINE

WELL, NOW AND FOREVER, ‘TILL THE END OF TIME

I’LL FIND SOMEBODY NEW, BABY, WE’LL SAY WE’RE THROUGH

YOU WON’T MATTER ANYMORE

(REPEAT LAST VERSE) + NO, YOU WON’T MATTER ANYMORE


IT IS NO SECRET

WILF CARTER, G

STUART HAMBLEN

THE CHIMES OF TIME RING OUT THE NEWS, ANOTHER DAY IS THROUGH

SOMEONE SLIPPED AND FELL, WAS THAT SOMEONE YOU?

YOU MAY HAVE LONGED FOR ADDED STRENGTH, YOUR COURAGE TO RENEW

DO NOT BE DISHEARTENED, FOR (A) I’VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU (I BRING HOPE TO YOU)

(CHORUS) IT IS NO SECRET WHAT GOD CAN DO

WHAT HE’S DONE FOR OTHERS, HE'LL DO FOR YOU

WITH ARMS WIDE OPEN HE’LL PARDON (WELCOME) YOU

IT IS NO SECRET WHAT GOD CAN DO

THERE IS NO NIGHT, FOR IN HIS LIGHT YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE

ALWAYS FEEL AT HOME, WHEREVER YOU MAY ROAM

THERE IS NO POWER CAN CONQUER YOU WHILE GOD IS ON YOUR SIDE

JUST TAKE HIM AT HIS PROMISE, DON’T RUN AWAY AND HIDE (CHORUS)


IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A-HURTIN’

BOBBY VINTON, C

I CRY MYSELF TO SLEEP AT NIGHT

WISHING I COULD HOLD YOU TIGHT

LIFE SEEMS SO EMPTY SINCE YOU WENT AWAY

THE PILLOW WHERE YOU LAY YOUR HEAD

NOW HOLDS MY LONELY TEARS INSTEAD

AND IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A-HURTIN’

SINCE YOU’RE GONE

IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A-HURTIN’

EVERY MINUTE OF THE DAY

EVERY HOUR YOU’RE AWAY, I FEEL SO LONELY

AND I CAN’T HELP IT, I DON’T THINK I CAN GO ON

AND IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A-HURTIN’

SINCE YOU’RE GONE

THEY SAY A MAN SHOULD NEVER CRY

BUT WHEN I SEE YOU PASSING BY

MY HEART BREAKS DOWN AND CRIES A MILLION TEARS

YOU BROKE MY HEART, AND SET ME FREE

BUT YOU FORGOT YOUR MEMORY

AND IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A-HURTIN’

SINCE YOU’RE GONE

IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A-HURTIN’

EVERY MINUTE OF THE DAY

EVERY HOUR OF THE DAY, I FEEL SO LONELY

AND I CAN’T HELP IT, I DON’T THINK I CAN GO ON

AND IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A-HURTIN’, SINCE YOU’RE GONE

IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A-HURTIN’, SINCE YOU’RE GONE


IT’S BEEN A BLUE, BLUE DAY

DON GIBSON

IT’S BEEN A BLUE, BLUE DAY, I FEEL LIKE RUNNING AWAY

I FEEL LIKE RUNNING AWAY FROM IT ALL

MY LOVE HAS BEEN UNTRUE, SHE’S FOUND SOMEBODY NEW

IT’S BEEN A BLUE, BLUE DAY FOR ME

(CHORUS) I FEEL LIKE CRYING, DYING, WHAT CAN I DO

I FEEL LIKE PRAYING, SAYING, “I’M GLAD WE’RE THROUGH”

IT’S BEEN A BLUE, BLUE DAY, I FEEL LIKE RUNNING AWAY

I FEEL LIKE RUNNING AWAY FROM THE BLUES

HOW CAN I MAKE BELIEVE THAT I DON’T SIT AND GRIEVE

IT’S BEEN A BLUE, BLUE DAY FOR ME

I CAN’T PRETEND AND SAY THAT I DON’T LOVE HER ANYWAY

IT’S BEEN A BLUE, BLUE DAY FOR ME

(CHORUS) + I FEEL LIKE RUNNING AWAY FROM THE BLUES


IT'S BEEN A GREAT AFTERNOON

MERLE HAGGARD

LAST NIGHT WE HAD ONE HELL-RAISIN’ TIME

SIPPIN’ ON TEQUILA AND SUCKIN’ ON WINE

SUNRISE CHASED THE GOOD TIMES AWAY

AND GOOD MORNING WOULD HAVE BEEN

THE WRONG THING TO SAY

‘CAUSE THE POUNDING IN THE TOP OF MY HEAD

DIDN’T LEAVE ME ANY TOO SOON

I CAN’T SAY WE HAD A GOOD MORNING

BUT BABE, IT’S BEEN A GREAT AFTERNOON

WELL YOU NURSED ME THROUGH THE MORNING

WHILE I REALLY WAS DOWN

THEN ONE ROWDY AFTERNOON

GOT ME UP AND AROUND

YES, LAST NIGHT WE HAD ONE HELL-RAISIN’ TIME

BUT TODAY WON’T BE FORGOTTEN TOO SOON

I CAN’T SAY WE HAD A GOOD MORNING

BUT BABE IT’S BEEN A GREAT AFTERNOON


IT’S FOUR IN THE MORNING

FARON YOUNG, E, RAISE TO F; RECORDED IN A, RAISE TO A#

IT’S FOUR IN THE MORNING, AND ONCE MORE THE DAWNING

JUST WOKE UP THE WANTING IN ME

WISHING I’D NEVER MET HER, KNOWING IF I’D FORGET HER

HOW MUCH BETTER OFF SHE WOULD BE

THE LONGER I HOLD ON AND THE LONGER THIS GOES ON

THE HARDER THAT IT’S GONNA BE

BUT IT’S FOUR IN THE MORNING, AND ONCE MORE THE DAWNING

JUST WOKE UP THE WANTING IN ME

I NEVER DESERVED HER, GOD KNOWS WHEN I HURT HER

THAT’S THE LAST THING THAT I WANT TO DO

SHE TRIES BUT SHE CAN’T TELL, HOW SHE FEELS BUT I KNOW

TOO WELL WHAT SHE’S GOING THROUGH

IF I LOVE HER SO MUCH, I DON’T KNOW WHY I CAN’T DO

THE RIGHT THING AND JUST LET HER BE

BUT IT’S FOUR IN THE MORNING, AND ONCE MORE THE DAWNING

JUST WOKE UP THE WANTING IN ME

(RAISE KEY ONE “SEMITONE”)

LAST NIGHT I TOLD HER THIS TIME IT’S ALL OVER

MAKING TEN TIMES I’VE TOLD HER GOODBYE

LAST NIGHT WE BROKE UP, THIS MORNING I WOKE UP

AND FOR THE TENTH TIME I’M CHANGING MY MIND

I SAW MORE LOVE IN HER EYES WHEN I LEFT HER

THAN MOST FOOLISH MEN WILL EVER SEE

AND IT’S FOUR IN THE MORNING AND ONCE MORE THE DAWNING

JUST WOKE UP THE WANTING IN ME

IT’S FOUR IN THE MORNING AND ONCE MORE THE DAWNING

JUST WOKE UP THE WANTING IN ME

WISHING I’D NEVER MET HER, KNOWING IF I’D FORGET HER, HOW MUCH BETTER OFF SHE WOULD BE (FADE)


IT'S NOW OR NEVER

ELVIS PRESLEY, E

AARON SCHROEDER, WALLY GOLD (O SOLE MIO)

(CHORUS) (E) IT'S NOW OR NEVER, COME HOLD ME (B7) TIGHT

KISS ME MY DARLING, BE MINE TO(E)NIGHT

TO(Am7)MORROW WILL BE TOO (E) LATE

IT'S NOW OR (B7) NEVER, MY LOVE WON'T (E) WAIT

WHEN I FIRST SAW YOU, WITH YOUR SMILE SO (A) TENDER

MY HEART WAS (B7) CAPTURED, MY SOUL SUR(E)RENDERED

I'VE SPENT A LIFETIME, WAITING FOR THE (A) RIGHT TIME

NOW (Am) THAT YOU'RE (E) HERE, THE TIME IS (B7) NEAR, AT (E) LAST (CHORUS)

JUST LIKE A WILLOW, WE COULD CRY AN OCEAN

IF WE LOST TRUE LOVE, AND SWEET DEVOTION

YOUR LIPS EXCITE ME, LET YOUR ARMS INVITE ME

FOR WHO KNOWS WHEN, WE'LL MEET AGAIN, THIS WAY

(CHORUS + REPEAT LAST LINE)


IT'S SUCH A PRETTY DAY TODAY

WYNN STEWART, DALE NOE, A

(STRUM WITH THUMB)

IT’S SUCH A PRETTY WORLD TODAY

LOOK AT THE SUNSHINE

AND EVERY DAY’S THE SAME SINCE I MET YOU

IT’S SUCH A PRETTY WORLD TODAY

KNOWING THAT YOU’RE MINE

AND HAPPINESS IS BEING CLOSE TO YOU

AND THOUGH THE RAIN MAY FALL

OUR SKIES WILL ALL BE BLUE

IF I LOOK (B7) CLOSE ENOUGH

THE SUN WILL COME SHINING (E) THROUGH

IT’S SUCH A PRETTY WORLD TODAY

LOOK AT THE SUNSHINE

TODAY AND EVERY DAY SINCE I MET YOU,

(INSTRUMENTAL)

(REPEAT ALL VERSES) +

TODAY AND EVERY DAY SINCE I MET YOU


IT WASN'T GOD WHO MADE HONKY TONK ANGELS

KITTY WELLS (WOMAN'S RESPONSE TO THE WILD SIDE OF LIFE)

J D MILLER

AS I SIT HERE TONIGHT, THE JUKE BOX IS PLAYING

THE TUNE ABOUT THE WILD SIDE OF LIFE

AS I LISTEN TO THE WORDS YOU ARE SAYING

IT BRINGS MEMORIES WHEN I WAS A TRUSTING WIFE

(CHORUS) IT WASN'T GOD WHO MADE HONKY TONK ANGELS

AS YOU SAID IN THE WORDS OF YOUR SONG

TOO MANY TIMES MARRIED MEN THINK THEY'RE STILL SINGLE

THAT HAS CAUSED MANY A GOOD GIRL TO GO WRONG

IT'S A SHAME THAT ALL THE BLAME IS ON US WOMEN

IT'S NOT TRUE THAT ONLY YOU MEN FEEL THE SAME

FROM THE START MOST EVERY HEART THAT'S EVER BROKEN

WAS BECAUSE THERE ALWAYS WAS A MAN TO BLAME (CHORUS)


I’VE BEEN EVERYWHERE

HANK SNOW

GEOFF MACK

I WAS TOTING MY PACK ALONG THE DUSTY WINNEMUCCA ROAD

WHEN ALONG CAME A SEMI WITH A HIGH AND CANVAS COVERED LOAD

IF YOU’RE GOING TO WINNEMUCCA MAC, WITH ME YOU CAN RIDE

SO I CLIMBED INTO THE CAB AND THEN I SETTLED DOWN INSIDE

HE ASKED ME IF I’D SEEN A ROAD WITH SO MUCH DUST AND SAND

AND I SAID, LISTEN, BUD, I’VE TRAVELLED EVERY ROAD IN THIS HERE LAND

(CHORUS) I’VE BEEN EVERYWHERE, MAN, I’VE BEEN EVERYWHERE, MAN

CROSSED THE DESERTS BARE, MAN, I’VE BREATHED THE MOUNTAIN AIR, MAN

OF TRAVEL I’VE HAD MY SHARE, MAN, I’VE BEEN EVERYWHERE

I’VE BEEN TO RENO CHICAGO FARGO MINNESOTA

BUFFALO TORONTO WINSLOW SARASOTA

WICHITA TULSA OTTAWA OKLAHOMA

TAMPA PANAMA MATAWA LA PALOMA

BANGOR BALTIMORE SALVADOR AMARILLO

TOCOPILLA BARRANQUILLA AND PADILLA

I’M A KILLER (CHORUS)

BOSTON CHARLESTON DAYTON LOUISIANA

WASHINGTON HOUSTON KINGSTON TEXARKANA

MONTERREY FARADAY SANTA FE TALLAPOOSA

GLEN ROCK, BLACK ROCK, LITTLE ROCK, OSKALOOSA

TENNESSEE, HENNESY, CHICOPEE, SPIRIT LAKE

GRAND LAKE, DEVIL'S LAKE, CRATER LAKE, FOR PETE’S SAKE (CHORUS)

LOUISVILLE NASHVILLE KNOXVILLE OMBABIKA

SHEFFERVILLE JACKSONVILLE WATERVILLE COSTA RICA

PITTSFIELD SPRINGFIELD BAKERSFIELD SHREVEPORT

HACKENSACK CADILLAC FON-DU-LAC DAVENPORT

IDAHO JELLICOE ARGENTINA DIAMONTINA

PASADENA CATALINA, SEE WHAT I MEAN, SIR (CHORUS)

PITTSBURGH PARKERSBURG GRAVELBURG COLORADO

ELLENSBURG REXBURG VICKSBURG ELDORADO

LARRIMORE ATMORE HAVERSTRAW CHATTANIKA

CHASKA NEBRASKA ALASKA OPALIKA

BARABOU WATERLOO KALAMAZOO KANSAS CITY

SIOUX CITY, CEDAR CITY, DODGE CITY, WHAT A PITY (CHORUS)

(ACCOMP.) I KNOW SOMEPLACE YOU HAVEN’T BEEN

I’VE BEEN EVERYWHERE


I WALK THE LINE

JOHNNY CASH, A

I KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THIS HEART OF MINE

I KEEP MY EYES WIDE OPEN ALL THE TIME

I KEEP THE ENDS OUT FOR THE TIE THAT BINDS

BECAUSE YOU’RE MINE, I WALK THE LINE

I FIND IT VERY, VERY EASY TO BE TRUE

I FIND MYSELF ALONE WHEN EACH DAY IS THROUGH

YES, I’LL ADMIT THAT I’M A FOOL FOR YOU

BECAUSE YOU’RE MINE, I WALK THE LINE

AS SURE AS NIGHT IS DARK AND DAY IS LIGHT

I KEEP YOU ON MY MIND BOTH DAY AND NIGHT

AND HAPPINESS THAT I’VE KNOWN PROVES THAT IT’S RIGHT

BECAUSE YOU’RE MINE, I WALK THE LINE

YOU’VE GOT A WAY TO KEEP ME ON YOUR SIDE

YOU GIVE ME CAUSE FOR LOVE THAT I CAN’T HIDE

FOR YOU I KNOW I’D EVEN TRY TO TURN THE TIDE

BECAUSE YOU’RE MINE, I WALK THE LINE


I WONDER COULD I LIVE THERE ANYMORE

CHARLIE PRIDE

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN AWAKENED

BY THE CROWING OF A ROOSTER

WHILE THE NIGHT’S DEW IS STILL HEAVY ON THE GROUND

AND THE VOICE OF UNCLE BEN

SEEMS TO BREAK THE MORNING SILENCE

RINGING LIGHTS THE WINDOWS ALL AROUND

WELL, IT’S TIME TO RISE AND SHINE

AND START ANOTHER HARD WORK DAY

AND GET THE COWS IN AND START THE MILKING CHORES

IT’S TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT

MAYBE EVEN VISIT

BUT I WONDER COULD I LIVE THERE ANYMORE

SOMETHING ‘BOUT THE SMELL OF CORNBREAD

COOKING ON A WOOD STOVE

SEEMS TO BRING A PICTURE TO MY MIND

OF A LITTLE THREE-ROOM HOUSE

WITH MOMMA IN THE KITCHEN

BUT SHE CAN’T STOP TO TALK, AIN’T GOT THE TIME

SHE’S A-FIXIN’ DADDY’S SUPPER

HE’S A-WORKIN’ OVERTIME

TRYING TO PAY OUR BILL AT THE GROCERY STORE

IT’S TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT

MAYBE EVEN VISIT

BUT I WONDER COULD I LIVE THERE ANYMORE

AS I THINK ABOUT MY CHILDHOOD

AND OF MY OLD HOME TOWN

I DON’T REALLY MISS THEM LIKE BEFORE

IT’S TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT

MAYBE EVEN VISIT

BUT I WONDER COULD I LIVE THERE ANYMORE


JAMAICA FAREWELL

HARRY BELAFONTE, IRVING BURGIE (L BURGESS) (BASED ON A TRADITIONAL AIR)

DOWN THE WAY WHERE THE NIGHTS ARE GAY

AND THE SUN SHINES DAILY ON THE MOUNTAIN TOP

I TOOK A TRIP ON A SAILING SHIP

AND WHEN I REACHED JAMAICA I MADE A STOP

(CHORUS) BUT I’M SAD TO SAY, I’M ON MY WAY

WON’T BE BACK FOR MANY A DAY

MY HEART IS DOWN, MY HEAD IS TURNING AROUND

I HAD TO LEAVE A LITTLE GIRL IN KINGSTON TOWN

SOUNDS OF LAUGHTER EVERYWHERE

AND THE DANCING GIRLS SWING TO AND FRO’

I MUST DECLARE MY HEART IS THERE

THOUGH I’VE BEEN FROM MAINE TO MEXICO (CHORUS)

DOWN AT THE MARKET YOU CAN HEAR

LADIES CRY OUT WHILE ON THEIR HEADS THEY BEAR

ACKEE, RICE, SALT FISH ARE NICE

AND THE RUM IS FINE ANY TIME OF YEAR (CHORUS)

SAD TO SAY, I’M ON MY WAY

WON’T BE BACK FOR MANY A DAY

MY HEART IS DOWN, MY HEAD IS TURNING AROUND

I HAD TO LEAVE A LITTLE GIRL IN KINGSTON TOWN


JAMBALAYA

HANK WILLIAMS

GOODBYE JOE, ME GOTTA GO, ME-OH-MY-OH

ME GOTTA GO POLE THE PIROGUE DOWN THE BAYOU

MY YVONNE, THE SWEETEST ONE, ME-OH-MY-OH

SON OF A GUN WE’LL HAVE BIG FUN ON THE BAYOU

(CHORUS) JAMBALAYA, CRAWFISH PIE AND A FILET GUMBO

‘CAUSE TONIGHT I’M GONNA SEE MY MA-CHER-A-MIO

PICK GUITAR FILL FRUIT JAR AND BE GAY-O

SON OF A GUN, WE’LL HAVE BIG FUN ON THE BAYOU

THIBODEAUX, FONTAINEAUX THE PLACE IS BUZZIN’

KINFOLK COME TO SEE YVONNE BY THE DOZEN

DRESSED IN STYLE, GO HOG WILD ME-OH-MY-OH

SON OF A GUN WE’LL HAVE BIG FUN ON THE BAYOU (CHORUS)

SETTLE DOWN FAR FROM TOWN, GET ME A PIROGUE

AND I’LL CATCH ALL THE FISH IN THE BAYOU

SWAP MY MON’ TO BUY YVONNE WHAT SHE NEEDS, OH

SON OF A GUN WE’LL HAVE BIG FUN ON THE BAYOU (CHORUS)


JIMMIE RODGERS BLUES

ELTON BRITT, STONEY EDWARDS

VAUGHN HORTON

YODELAYHE, HAYEE, OLAYEE, THAT'S THE JIMMIE RODGERS BLUES

I CAN SING YOU THE TRUE-LIFE STORY

OF THE GREATEST BLUE YODELING STAR

WITH THE HELP OF THE TITLES OF THE SONGS HE SANG

LIKE YOU AND MY OLD GUITAR

YODELAYHEE, HE HE, HE HE HE HE HE

HE WAS BORN DOWN IN MISSISSIPPI

JIMMIE RODGERS WAS HIS NAME

HE LEFT HIS DADDY AND HOME AND GOT THE TRAVELLING BLUES

WHILE WAITING FOR A TRAIN (YODEL)

HE WAS WORKING ON THE RAILROAD

RIDING ON THAT OLD CHOO CHOO

AWAY OUT ON THE MOUNTAIN

WHEN HE GOT THOSE BRAKEMAN'S BLUES (YODEL)

HE SANG T FOR TEXAS, AND T FOR TENNESSEE

AND PEACHPICKING TIME IN GEORGIA IS GIRL-PICKING TIME FOR ME

MY LITTLE BLUE-EYED JANE HE YODELED

AND MY CAROLINA SUNSHINE GIRL

MY LITTLE LA-A-DY

IS THE SWEETEST GIRL IN THE WORLD (YODEL)

JIMMIE SAID I'M GONNA GET MARRIED

AND LEAVE MY LITTLE OLD HOME DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS

AND BUILD ME A MANSION OUT IN TEXAS

THE LAND OF MY BOYHOOD DREAMS (YODEL)

THEN CAME A LULLABY YODEL

HE HAD TREASURES UNTOLD

BUT HE NEVER COULD LOSE THOSE GAMBLER'S BLUES

FROM RAMBLING DAYS OF OLD (YODEL)

HE'D TAKE A BIG CHIEF BUFFALO NICKEL

AND CALL UP HIS WIFE AND SAY

THIS IS JIMMIE THE KID, I'M IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW

FOR MY ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS (YODEL)

ANY OLD TIME YOU'D SEE HIM

HE'D BE SINGING A BRAND NEW TUNE

HIS TRAIN WHISTLE BLUES STILL HAUNTS ME

WHEN THE CACTUS IS IN BLOOM (YODEL)

THE WHOLE WORLD SHARED HIS SORROW

WHEN HE SANG MY TIME AIN'T LONG

THEN ONE DAY IN NEW YORK CITY

HE SANG HIS FAREWELL SONG (YODEL)

I'VE GOT THE T.B. BLUES

(UP OR DOWN ONE KEY)

GOOD MORNING CAPTAIN, ON EARTH YOU'LL SING NO MORE, NO MORE, NO MORE

BUT JIMMIE RODGERS’ LAST BLUE YODEL, ECHOES ON THE GOLDEN SHORES (YODEL)

(YODEL FANTASTIC)

THAT'S THE JIMMIE RODGERS BLUES


JINGLE BELLS

JIM REEVES

DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW, IN A ONE-HORSE OPEN SLEIGH

O'ER THE FIELDS WE GO, LAUGHING ALL THE WAY

BELLS ON BOBTAILS RING, MAKING SPIRITS BRIGHT

WHAT FUN IT IS TO RIDE AND SING A SLEIGHING SONG TONIGHT

(CHORUS) JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE ALL THE WAY

OH, WHAT FUN IT IS TO RIDE IN A ONE-HORSE OPEN SLEIGH

JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE ALL THE WAY

OH, WHAT FUN IT IS TO RIDE IN A ONE-HORSE OPEN SLEIGH

NOW THE GROUND IS WHITE, SO GO IT WHILE YOU'RE YOUNG

TAKE THE GIRLS TONIGHT, AND SING THIS SLEIGHING SONG

JUST GET A BOBTAIL NAG, TWO-FIFTY FOR HIS SPEED

THEN HITCH HIM TO AN OPEN SLEIGH, AND CRACKLIN' TAKE THE LEAD (CHORUS)


JOHNNY B GOODE

CHUCK BERRY

DEEP DOWN IN LOU’SIANA, CLOSE TO NEW ORLEANS

WAY BACK UP IN THE WOODS AMONG THE EVERGREENS

THERE IN A LITTLE CABIN MADE OF EARTH AND WOOD

LIVED A COUNTRY BOY NAMED JOHNNY B. GOODE

WHO NEVER EVER LEARNED TO READ OR WRITE SO WELL

BUT HE COULD PLAY A GUITAR JUST LIKE RINGING A BELL

GO GO, GO JOHNNY GO, GO GO, GO JOHNNY GO

GO GO, GO JOHNNY GO, GO GO, GO JOHNNY GO

JOHNNY B. GOODE

HE USED TO CARRY HIS GUITAR IN A GUNNY SACK

GO SIT BENEATH A TREE BY THE RAILROAD TRACK

OL’ ENGINEER IN THE TRAIN SITTIN’ IN THE SHADE, STRUMMIN’ WITH THE RHYTHM THAT THE DRIVERS MADE

THE PEOPLE PASSIN’ BY THEY WOULD STOP AND SAY,

OH, MY BUT THAT LITTLE COUNTRY BOY COULD PLAY

HIS MOTHER TOLD HIM, “SOMEDAY YOU WILL BE A MAN

AND YOU WILL BE THE LEADER OF A BIG OL’ BAND

MANY PEOPLE COMIN’ FROM MILES AROUND

TO HEAR YOU PLAY YOUR MUSIC WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN

MAYBE SOME DAY YOUR NAME WILL BE IN LIGHTS, A-SAYIN’ JOHNNY B. GOODE TONIGHT


JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME

CHARLIE PRIDE, C

SO I FEEL SO BLUE SOMETIMES I WANT TO DIE

AND SO I’VE GOT A BROKEN HEART, SO WHAT

THEY SAY THAT TIME WILL HEAL ALL WOUNDS IN MICE AND MEN

AND I KNOW THAT SOMEDAY I’LL FORGET AND LOVE AGAIN

(CHORUS) BUT JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME

I’VE GOT MY DOUBTS ABOUT IT

‘CAUSE JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME

YOU’RE TOO MUCH TO FORGET

SO I LOST THE ONLY GIRL I EVER LOVED

AND SO I’VE NEVER FELT SO LOW, SO WHAT

I’LL JUST TELL MYSELF EACH TIME I WANT TO CRY

THAT SOMEDAY TIME WILL DRY THE TEARDROPS FROM MY EYE

(CHORUS) + REPEAT LAST LINE


JUST FOR WHAT I AM

CONNIE SMITH

DALLAS FRAZIER, A L "DOODLE" OWENS

BLUE, AIN'T JUST A WORD, IT'S A FEELING

A FEELING OF LONELINESS THAT I CAN FEEL RIGHT NOW

LOVE, HAS LOOKED AT ME BUT TRIED TO CHANGE ME

I WISH THAT LOVE WOULD TAKE ME JUST FOR WHAT I AM

(CHORUS) JUST FOR WHAT I AM, I WANT SOMEONE TO LOVE ME

SOMEONE WHO WON'T EXPECT ME, TO BE LIKE THEIR OLD MEMORY

JUST FOR WHAT THEY SEE, JUST FOR BEING ME

I WANT SOMEONE TO LOVE ME, JUST FOR WHAT I AM

CRY, AIN'T JUST A SOUND, IT'S A SADNESS

A SADNESS THAT LIVES WITH ME AND FOLLOWS ME AROUND

LOVE WANTS ME TO BE SOMEONE I CAN'T BE

I WISH THAT LOVE WOULD TAKE ME JUST FOR WHAT I AM

(CHORUS) + LAST TWO LINES


JUST ONE TIME

CONNIE SMITH

DON GIBSON

IF I COULD SEE YOU JUST ONE TIME

OH, HOW I’D EASE MY TROUBLED MIND

IF I COULD HOLD YOU JUST ONE TIME

AND THEN PRETEND THAT YOU’RE STILL MINE

LIPS THAT USED TO THRILL ME SO

THEY NOW THRILL SOMEONE ELSE I KNOW

GONE IS THE LOVE THAT ONCE WAS MINE

WISH I COULD SEE YOU JUST ONE TIME

(CHORUS) OH, OH, OH HOW I MISS YOU SO

OOOH I NEED YOU SO

I-I-I’D GIVE THIS HEART OF MINE

WISH I COULD SEE YOU JUST ONE TIME

(INSTRUMENTAL)

WISH I COULD RELIVE JUST ONE TIME

TURN BACK THE PAGES AND THERE I’D FIND

THAT SAME OLD LOVE THAT ONCE WAS MINE

WISH I COULD SEE YOU JUST ONE TIME

(CHORUS:) OH, OH, OH HOW I MISS YOU SO

OOOH I NEED YOU SO

I-I-I’D GIVE THIS HEART OF MINE

IF I COULD SEE YOU JUST ONE TIME

(REPEAT CHORUS TWO MORE TIMES)

IF I COULD SEE YOU JUST ONE TIME

WISH I COULD SEE YOU ONE MORE TIME


JUST OUT OF REACH (OF MY TWO OPEN ARMS) (EMPTY ARMS)

BRENDA LEE, MARGO SMITH, PATSY CLINE, RECORDED IN Bb

L F STEWART

LOVE THAT RUNS AWAY FROM ME

DREAMS THAT JUST WON’T LET ME BE

BLUES THAT KEEP ON BOTHERIN’ ME

CHAINS THAT JUST WON’T SET ME FREE

TOO FAR AWAY FROM YOU AND ALL YOUR CHARMS

JUST OUT OF REACH OF MY TWO OPEN (EMPTY) ARMS

EACH NIGHT IN DREAMS I SEE YOUR FACE

MEMORIES TIME CANNOT ERASE

THEN I AWAKE AND FIND YOU GONE

I’M SO BLUE AND ALL ALONE

SO FAR AWAY FROM LIPS SO SWEET AND WARM

JUST OUT OF REACH OF MY TWO OPEN ARMS

(INSTRUMENTAL)

THAT LONESOME FEELING ALL THE TIME

KNOWING YOU CANNOT BE MINE

DREAMS THAT HAUNT ME IN MY SLEEP

VOWS THAT WE COULD NEVER KEEP

TOO FAR AWAY FROM LIPS SO SWEET AND WARM

JUST OUT OF REACH OF MY TWO OPEN ARMS

(MARGO SMITH, RISING) I PRAY THE LORD TO KEEP YOU FROM ALL HARM

JUST OUT OF REACH OF MY TWO OPEN ARMS

JUST OUT OF REACH OF MY TWO OPEN ARMS


KAWLIGA

HANK WILLIAMS, E

HANK WILLIAMS, FRED ROSE

(Em) KAWLIGA WAS A WOODEN INDIAN, STANDING BY THE DOOR

HE FELL IN LOVE WITH AN INDIAN MAID OVER IN THE ANTIQUE STORE

KAWLIGA, JUST STOOD THERE AND NEVER LET IT (B7) SHOW

SO SHE COULD NEVER ANSWER YES OR (E) NO

HE ALWAYS WORE HE SUNDAY FEATHERS AND HELD A TOMAHAWK

THE MAIDEN WORE HER BEADS AND BRAIDS AND HOPED SOME DAY HE’D TALK

KAWLIGA, TOO STUBBORN TO EVER SHOW A SIGN

BECAUSE HIS HEART WAS MADE OF KNOTTY PINE

(CHORUS) (E) POOR OL’ KAWLIGA HE NEVER GOT A KISS

(A) POOR OL’ KAWLIGA HE DON’T KNOW WHAT HE MISSED

(E) IS IT ANY WONDER THAT HIS FACE IS (B7) RED

KAWLIGA THAT POOR OLD WOODEN (E) HEAD

KAWLIGA WAS A LONELY INDIAN NEVER WENT NOWHERE

HIS HEART WAS SET ON THE INDIAN MAID WITH THE COAL BLACK HAIR

KAWLIGA, JUST STOOD THERE AND NEVER LET IT SHOW

SO SHE COULD NEVER ANSWER YES OR NO

AND THEN ONE DAY A WEALTHY CUSTOMER BOUGHT THE INDIAN MAID

AND TOOK HER O SO FAR AWAY, BUT OLD KAWLIGA STAYED

KAWLIGA, JUST STANDS THERE LONELY AS CAN BE

AND WISHES HE WAS STILL AN OLD PINE TREE


KINGSTON MARKET

HARRY BELAFONTE, ARR. BY BURGIE, E, RAISE TO G, OR G RAISE TO A

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A RAINBOW

OR A GARDEN BLOOMING BRIGHT

HEARD THE SHUFFLE OF A THOUSAND FEET

DRUMS FROM MORNING ‘TILL NIGHT

(CHORUS) COME, WE GO DOWN, COME, WE GO DOWN

COME, WE GO DOWN TO KINGSTON MARKET

COME, WE GO DOWN, COME, WE GO DOWN

DOWN TO KINGSTON MARKET

GET YOUR TAMARIND AND SOURSOP

MANGOES AND CASSAVA

BREADFRUIT, OKRA, PIGEON PEAS

CURRY GOAT AND GUAVA (CHORUS)

DO YOU KNOW A BROWN-SKIN MAIDEN

WITH SUNSHINE IN HER EYES

HEARD THE SWALLOW AND THE HUMMINGBIRD

SING HAPPY AS SHE GOES BY

(RAISE KEY) HAVE YOU SEEN THE GHOST OF MORGAN

OR HEARD A TALE YOU HADN’T OUGHTTA

HAVE YOU WELCOMED THE COMING DAWN

WITH THE RUM AND COCONUT WATER

(CHORUS, REPEAT CHORUS TWICE, FADE)


LADY OF SPAIN

BLES BRIDGES

ROBERT HARGREAVES, TOLCHARD EVANS, STANLEY DAMERELL, HENRY B TILSLEY

LADY OF SPAIN I ADORE YOU

RIGHT FROM THE NIGHT I FIRST SAW YOU

MY HEART HAS BEEN YEARNING FOR YOU

WHAT ELSE COULD ANY HEART DO?

LADY OF SPAIN I’M APPEALING

WHY SHOULD MY LIPS BE CONCEALING

ALL THAT MY EYES ARE REVEALING?

LADY OF SPAIN I LOVE YOU

(PLUS TWO OTHER VERSES)

WORDS BY ERRELL REAVES, MUSIC BY TOLCHARD EVANS:

(FIRST VERSE) NIGHT IN MADRID, BLUE AND TENDER

SPANISH MOON MAKES SILVER SPLENDOR

MUSIC THROBBING PLAINTIVE SOBBING NOTES OF A GUITAR

WHILE ARDENT CABALLERO SERENADES


L. A. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

SUSAN RAYE

STANDING IN THAT SILENT HALL, WAITING FOR THAT FINAL CALL

SAYS HE DOESN’T LOVE ME ANYMORE

SHAKING HANDS I PACK A BAG, TREMBLING VOICE I CALL A CAB

SLOWLY I START WALKING TO THE DOOR

THE CAB ARRIVES HE BLOWS HIS HORN, I STUMBLE OUT IN THE EARLY MORN

AND TELL HIM OF THE PLACE I’VE GOT TO GO

HIT A HUNDRED SIGNAL LIGHTS, FEEDER BELTS AND A TRAFFIC FINE

GETTING THROUGH THESE DOORS HAS BEEN SO SLOW

(CHORUS) L. A. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WHERE THE BIG JET ENGINES ROAR

L. A. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, I WON’T SEE HIM ANYMORE

STEWARDESS IN A MINISKIRT, HIPPIE IN A LEATHER SHIRT

STARTED ON THE WAY TO NAPLES ROME

WHILE I’M WONDERING WHERE IT’S AT, SEE A PARIS DIPLOMAT

COLLEGE KIDS ARE TRYING TO GET BACK HOME

BAGGAGE CART GOES QUICKLY BY, SEE MY CASE AND I START TO CRY

STUMBLE TO THE LOUNGE TO BE ALONE

WHILE I’M TRYING TO GET SOME REST, I BITE MY LIPS AND TRY MY BEST

TO FIGHT THE PAIN THAT’S MAKING ME LEAVE HOME (CHORUS)

(UP ONE KEY)

WITH SILVER WINGS ACROSS THE SKY, VAPOR TRAILS THAT WAVE GOOD-BYE

TO THOSE BELOW WHO’VE GOT TO STAY AT HOME

I WISH THAT I HAD FLOWN AT NIGHT, SO I COULD TAKE THAT CHAMPAGNE FLIGHT

RID MYSELF OF EVERY TEAR I OWN

SOARING HIGH ABOVE THE HEAVENS, IN A SEVEN-FORTY-SEVEN

FIGHTING BACK THE TEARS THAT CURSE MY EYES

CAPTAIN’S VOICE SO LOUD AND CLEAR, AMPLIFIES INTO MY EAR

ASSURING ME I’M FLYING FRIENDLY SKIES (CHORUS, FADE)


LET ME GO, LOVER!

TERESA BREWER

CARSON, HILL

LET ME GO, LET ME GO, LET ME GO, LOVER

LET ME BE, SET ME FREE, FROM YOUR SPELL

YOU MADE ME WEEP, CUT ME DEEP, OH, I CAN'T SLEEP, LOVER

I WAS CURSED FROM THE FIRST DAY I FELL

YOU DON'T WANT ME, BUT YOU WANT ME, TO GO ON WANTING YOU

HOW I PRAY THAT YOU WILL SAY THAT WE'RE THROUGH

PLEASE TURN ME LOOSE, OH WHAT'S THE USE, LET ME GO, LOVER

LET ME GO, LET ME GO, LET ME GO

(REPEAT)


LET YOUR LOVE FLOW

BELLAMY BROTHERS

THERE’S A REASON, FOR THE SUNSHINE IN THE SKY

AND THERE’S A REASON, WHY I’M FEELING SO HIGH

MUST BE THE SEASON, WHEN THOSE LOVE LIGHTS SHINE

ALL AROUND US

SO LET THAT FEELING, GRAB YOU DEEP INSIDE

AND SEND YOU REELING, WHERE YOUR LOVE CAN’T HIDE

AND THEN GO STEALING, THROUGH THE MOONLIT NIGHTS

WITH A LOVER

(CHORUS) JUST LET YOUR LOVE FLOW, LIKE A MOUNTAIN STREAM

AND LET YOUR LOVE GROW, WITH THE SMALLEST OF DREAMS

AND LET YOUR LOVE SHOW, AND YOU’LL KNOW WHAT I MEAN

IT’S THE SEASON

LET YOUR LOVE FLY, LIKE A BIRD ON THE WING

AND LET YOUR LOVE BIND YOU, TO ALL LIVING THINGS

AND LET YOUR LOVE SHINE, AND YOU’LL KNOW WHAT I MEAN

THAT’S THE REASON

THERE’S A REASON, FOR THE WARM SWEET NIGHTS

AND THERE’S A REASON, FOR THE CANDLELIGHTS

MUST BE THE SEASON, WHEN THOSE LOVE RAYS SHINE

ALL AROUND US

SO LET THAT WONDER, TAKE YOU INTO SPACE

AND LAY YOU UNDER, ITS LOVING EMBRACE

JUST FEEL THE THUNDER, AS IT WARMS YOUR FACE

YOU CAN’T HOLD BACK

CHORUS, THEN START CHORUS AGAIN AND FADE


LILI MARLENE

HANK SNOW

WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR THE STORY

OF A GIRL THAT MANY SOLDIERS KNOW

IT’S A TALE OF LOVE IN ALL ITS GLORY

THEY TELL WHEN THE FIRES ARE SOFT AND LOW

UNDERNEATH THE LAMPPOST BY THE BARRACK GATE

STANDING ALL ALONE EVERY NIGHT YOU’LL SEE HER WAIT

SHE WAITS FOR A BOY WHO MARCHED AWAY

AND THOUGH HE’S GONE SHE’LL HEAR HIM SAY

O PROMISE YOU’LL BE TRUE, FARE THEE WELL, LILI MARLENE

‘TILL I RETURN TO YOU, FARE THEE WELL, LILI MARLENE

WITH A KISS SHE GAVE HER PROMISE

TO BE CONSTANT AS THE STARS UP ABOVE

EVERY SOLDIER KNOWS SHE’S KEPT HER PROMISE

AND SHE HAS BEEN FAITHFUL TO HER LOVE

UNDERNEATH THE LAMPPOST BY THE BARRACK GATE

STANDING ALL ALONE EVERY NIGHT YOU’LL SEE HER WAIT

FOR THIS IS THE PLACE A VOW WAS MADE

AND BREEZES SIGH HER SERENADE

O PROMISE YOU’LL BE TRUE, FARE THEE WELL, LILI MARLENE

‘TILL I RETURN TO YOU, FARE THEE WELL, LILI MARLENE

THOUGH EACH TALE MUST HAVE AN ENDING

NO ONE KNOWS JUST WHAT THE END WILL BE

BUT TONIGHT WHEN TWILIGHT IS DESCENDING

IF YOU COME ALONG HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL SEE

UNDERNEATH THE LAMPPOST BY THE BARRACK GATE

STANDING ALL ALONE EVERY NIGHT YOU’LL SEE HER WAIT

AND AS THEY GO MARCHING TO THE FRAY, THE SOLDIERS ALL SALUTE AND SAY

WE’LL TELL HIM YOU’VE BEEN TRUE, FARE THEE WELL, LILI MARLENE

‘TILL HE RETURNS TO YOU, FARE THEE WELL, LILI MARLENE


LILLI MARLENE

GERMAN LYRIC BY HANS LEIP, ENGLISH LYRIC BY TOMMIE CONNOR, MUSIC BY NORBERT SCHULTZE

(C) UNDERNEATH THE LANTERN (Dm7) BY THE BARRACK (G7) GATE

DARLING I REMEMBER THE WAY YOU USED TO (C) WAIT (C7)

'TWAS (F) THERE THAT YOU WHISPERED (C) TENDERLY

THAT (Dm7) YOU LOVED (G9) ME, YOU'D (C) ALWAYS BE

MY (Dm7) LILLI (G9) OF THE (C) LAMP(A7)LIGHT, MY (Dm7) OWN LIL(G7)LI MAR(C)LENE

TIME WOULD COME FOR ROLL CALL TIME FOR US TO PART

DARLING I'D CARESS YOU AND PRESS YOU TO MY HEART

AND THERE 'NEATH THAT FAR OFF LANTERN LIGHT

I'D HOLD YOU TIGHT, WE'D KISS GOODNIGHT

MY LILLI OF THE LAMPLIGHT, MY OWN LILLI MARLENE

ORDERS CAME FOR SAILING SOMEWHERE OVER THERE

ALL CONFINED TO BARRACKS WAS MORE THAN I COULD BEAR

I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING IN THE STREET

I HEARD YOUR FEET, BUT COULD NOT MEET

MY LILLI OF THE LAMPLIGHT, MY OWN LILLI MARLENE

RESTING IN A BILLET JUST BEHIND THE LINE

EVEN THO' WE'RE PARTED YOUR LIPS ARE CLOSE TO MINE

YOU WAIT WHERE THAT LANTERN SOFTLY GLEAMS

YOUR SWEET FACE SEEMS TO HAUNT MY DREAMS

MY LILLI OF THE LAMPLIGHT, MY OWN LILLI MARLENE


LIVING NEXT DOOR TO ALICE

SMOKIE

N CHINN, M CHAPMAN

SALLY CALLED AND SHE GOT THE WORD

SHE SAID, “I SUPPOSE YOU HEARD

… ABOUT ALICE”

WELL I RUSHED TO THE WINDOW AND I LOOKED OUTSIDE

AND I COULD HARDLY BELIEVE MY EYES

AT THE BIG LIMOUSINE UP IN ALICE’S DRIVE

(CHORUS) (OH) I DON’T KNOW WHY SHE’S LEAVING, OR WHERE SHE’S GONNA GO

I GUESS SHE’S GOT HER REASONS, BUT I JUST DON’T WANT TO KNOW

‘CAUSE FOR 24 YEARS I’VE BEEN LIVING NEXT DOOR TO ALICE

TWENTY-FOUR YEARS JUST WAITING FOR A CHANCE

TO TELL HER HOW I FEEL AND MAYBE GET A SECOND GLANCE

NOW I’VE GOT TO GET USED TO NOT LIVING NEXT DOOR TO ALICE

GREW UP TOGETHER, TWO KIDS IN THE PARK

CARVED OUR INITIALS DEEP IN THE BARK

… ME AND ALICE

NOW SHE WALKS THROUGH THE DOOR WITH HER HEAD HELD HIGH

AND JUST FOR A MOMENT I CAUGHT HER EYE

AS THE BIG LIMOUSINE PULLED SLOWLY OUT OF ALICE’S DRIVE (CHORUS)

SALLY CALLED BACK, ASKED HOW I FELT

SHE SAID, “I KNOW I CAN HELP

…OVER ALICE”

SHE SAID, “NOW ALICE’S GONE, BUT I’M STILL HERE,

AND I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR 24 YEARS”

(SLOW, MONOTONE) AND THE BIG LIMOUSINE DISAPPEARED

(CHORUS, BUT LAST LINE IS:

BUT I’LL NEVER GET USED TO NOT LIVING NEXT DOOR TO ALICE

NO, I’LL NEVER GET USED TO NOT LIVING NEXT DOOR TO ALICE


LONELY WOMEN MAKE GOOD LOVERS

BOB LUMAN, E

F WELLER, S OLDHAM

(CHORUS) LONELY WOMEN MAKE GOOD LOVERS

THEY'RE ALL AT THE MERCY OF A GOOD-LOOKING, SMOOTH-TALKING MAN

LONELY WOMEN MAKE GOOD LOVERS

SO IF YOU'VE GOT A WOMAN BETTER TREAT HER JUST AS GOOD AS YOU CAN

LOTS OF TIMES A LONELY GIRL WILL GO OUT ON THE TOWN

WITH NO THOUGHT OF EVIL ON HER MIND

BUT SHE DON'T TRY TO PLANT THAT SEED, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING EVERY WOMAN NEEDS

AND A FRIENDLY SMILE WILL DO IT EVERY TIME (CHORUS)

(UP ONE KEY) ONCE A WOMAN'S TASTED LOVE, SHE CAN'T DO WITHOUT IT

SHE'LL REACH FOR SOMETHING WARM WHEN SHE GETS COLD

AND IF HER LIPS ARE WET WITH WINE

WHEN IT COMES TO LOVING TIME

SHE'LL TRADE HER PRIDE FOR SOMETHING WARM TO HOLD (CHORUS)

(REPEAT CHORUS, FADE)


LONESOME 7-7203

HANK SNOW, JUSTIN TUBB

HAD OUR NUMBER CHANGED TODAY, ALTHOUGH I HATED TO

BUT EACH TIME THE PHONE WOULD RING, THEY’D WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU

AND IT HURT TO TELL THEM YOU WEREN’T HERE WITH ME

MAYBE NOW OLD TELEPHONE WILL LET ME BE

IT’S NOT IN THE BOOK SO NOW YOU’D BETTER WRITE IT DOWN

JUST IN CASE YOUR LOVE FOR ME SHOULD EVER COME AROUND

YOU MIGHT WANT TO CALL TO BREAK THE NEWS TO ME

JUST CALL LONESOME 7-7203

(INSTRUMENTAL)

OH, I KEEP THE TELEPHONE BESIDE ME ALL THE TIME

HOPING YOU MIGHT CALL AND SAY YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND

IF YOU DO THEN DARLING YOU KNOW WHERE I’LL BE

I’M AT LONESOME 7-7203

YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE I’M GIVING OUR NEW NUMBER TO

SO IF THE TELEPHONE SHOULD RING I’LL KNOW IT’S YOU

IF YOU EVER LONG FOR LOVE THAT USED TO BE

JUST CALL LONESOME 7-7203

JUST CALL LONESOME 7-7203


LOST HIGHWAY

HANK WILLIAMS, G

I’M A ROLLING STONE, ALL ALONE AND LOST

FOR A LIFE OF SIN, I HAVE PAID THE COST

WHEN I PASS BY, ALL THE PEOPLE SAY

JUST ANOTHER GUY, ON THE LOST HIGHWAY

JUST A DECK OF CARDS, AND A JUG OF WINE

AND A WOMAN’S LIES, MAKE A LIFE LIKE MINE

ON THE DAY WE MET, I WENT ASTRAY

I STARTED ROLLING, DOWN THAT LOST HIGHWAY

I WAS JUST A LAD, NEARLY TWENTY TWO

NEITHER GOOD NOR BAD, JUST A KID LIKE YOU

AND NOW I’M LOST, TOO LATE TO PRAY

LORD I PAID THE COST, ON THE LOST HIGHWAY

NOW BOYS DON’T START TO RAMBLIN’ ‘ROUND

ON THE ROAD OF SIN, OR YOU’RE SORROW-BOUND

TAKE MY ADVICE OR YOU’LL CURSE THE DAY

YOU STARTED ROLLING DOWN THAT LOST HIGHWAY.


LOVE IN THE HOT AFTERNOON

GENE WATSON, A OR E

FROM SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE I HEAR THE STREET VENDOR CRY, FILET GUMBO

FROM MY WINDOW I SEE HIM, GOING DOWN THE STREET, AND HE DON'T KNOW

THAT SHE FELL RIGHT TO SLEEP, IN THE DAMP TANGLED SHEETS, SO SOON

AFTER LOVE IN THE HOT AFTERNOON

(CHORUS) NOW THE BOURBON STREET LADY SLEEPS LIKE A BABY, IN THE SHADOWS

SHE WAS NEARER TO ME, FULL OF MYSTERY, BUT NOW I KNOW

THAT SHE'S JUST A GIRL, AND I'M JUST A GUY, IN A ROOM

FOR LOVE, IN THE HOT AFTERNOON

WE GOT HIGH IN THE PARK THIS MORNING, AND WE SAT, WITHOUT TALKING

THEN WE CAME BACK HERE, IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY, TIRED OF WALKING

WHERE UNDER HER BREATH, SHE HUMMED TO HERSELF, A TUNE

OF LOVE, IN THE HOT AFTERNOON

(CHORUS)


LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND

PAT BOONE, G

NICK KENNY, CHARLES KENNY, J FRED COOTS

ON A (G) DAY LIKE TODAY, WE (C) PASSED THE TIME A(A7)WAY

WRITING (D7) LOVE LETTERS (Am7) IN (D7) THE (G) SAND

(D7) HOW YOU (G) LAUGHED AS I CRIED, EACH (C) TIME I SAW THE (A7) TIDE

TAKE OUR (D7) LOVE LETTERS (A7) FROM (D7) THE (G) SAND

YOU MADE A (B7) VOW THAT (A7) YOU WOULD (Em) EVER BE TRUE

BUT SOME(A7)HOW THAT VOW MEANT (Am7) NOTHING TO (D7) YOU

NOW MY (G) BROKEN HEART ACHES, WITH (C) EVERY WAVE THAT (A7) BREAKS

OVER (D7) LOVE LETTERS (A7) IN (D7) THE (G) SAND

(WHISTLE FIRST TWO LINES OF PREVIOUS VERSE, THEN SING LAST TWO LINES)


LUCILLE

KENNY ROGERS, C OR G

ROGER BOWLING, HAL BYNUM

IN A BAR IN TOLEDO, ACROSS FROM THE DEPOT

ON A BARSTOOL SHE TOOK OFF HER RING

I THOUGHT I'D GET CLOSER, SO I WALKED ON OVER

I SAT DOWN AND ASKED HER HER NAME

WHEN THE DRINKS FINALLY HIT HER, SHE SAID I'M NO QUITTER

BUT I FINALLY QUIT LIVING ON DREAMS

I'M HUNGRY FOR LAUGHTER, AND HERE EVER AFTER

I'M AFTER WHATEVER THE OTHER LIFE BRINGS

IN THE MIRROR I SAW HIM, AND I CAREFULLY WATCHED HIM

I THOUGHT HOW HE LOOKED OUT OF PLACE

HE CAME TO THE WOMAN WHO SAT THERE BESIDE ME

HE HAD A STRANGE LOOK ON HIS FACE

HIS BIG HANDS WERE CALLUSSED, HE LOOKED LIKE A MOUNTAIN

AND FOR A MINUTE I THOUGHT I WAS DEAD

BUT HE STARTED SHAKING, HIS BIG HEART WAS BREAKING

HE TURNED TO THE WOMAN AND SAID

(CHORUS) YOU PICKED A FINE TIME TO LEAVE ME, LUCILLE

WITH FOUR HUNGRY CHILDREN AND A CROP IN THE FIELD

I'VE HAD SOME BAD TIMES, LIVED THROUGH SOME SAD TIMES

BUT THIS TIME YOUR HURTIN' WON’T HEAL

YOU PICKED A FINE TIME TO LEAVE ME LUCILLE

AFTER HE LEFT US, I ORDERED MORE WHISKY

I THOUGHT HOW SHE'D MADE HIM LOOK SMALL

FROM THE LIGHTS OF THE BARROOM

TO A RENTED HOTEL ROOM

WE WALKED WITHOUT TALKING AT ALL

SHE WAS A BEAUTY, AND WHEN SHE CAME TO ME

SHE MUST HAVE THOUGHT I'D LOST MY MIND

I COULDN'T HOLD HER, 'CAUSE THE WORDS THAT HE TOLD HER

KEPT COMING BACK TIME AFTER TIME

(CHORUS) (CHORUS, FADE)


MAKING BELIEVE

JIM REEVES

MAKING BELIEVE, THAT YOU STILL LOVE ME

IT'S LEAVING ME, ALONE AND SO BLUE

I'LL ALWAYS DREAM, THOUGH I'LL NEVER OWN YOU

MAKING BELIEVE, THAT'S ALL I CAN DO

I CAN'T HOLD YOU CLOSE

WHEN YOU'RE NOT WITH ME

YOU'RE SOMEBODY'S LOVE

YOU'LL NEVER BE MINE

MAKING BELIEVE, I'LL SPEND MY LIFETIME

LOVING YOU, JUST MAKING BELIEVE

(INSTRUMENTAL)

I'M MAKING BELIEVE, THAT I NEVER LEFT YOU

BUT MY HAPPY HOURS, I FIND ARE SO FEW

MY PLANS FOR THE FUTURE, WILL NEVER COME TRUE NOW

I'M MAKING BELIEVE, WHAT ELSE CAN I DO

I CAN'T HOLD YOU CLOSE

DARLING, WHEN YOU'RE NOT WITH ME

YOU'RE SOMEBODY'S LOVE

YOU'LL NEVER BE MINE

MAKING BELIEVE, I'LL SPEND MY LIFETIME

LOVING YOU, JUST MAKING BELIEVE


MARY ANN REGRETS

HANK SNOW

HARLAN HOWARD

I SAVED UP MY MONEY TO BUY MY SWEETHEART SOME FLOWERS

FOR SATURDAY'S DATE AND I RESTLESSLY COUNTED THE HOURS

THEN TODAY IN THE MAIL I RECEIVED A SHORT LITTLE NOTE

AND I BROKE DOWN AND CRIED AT THE MESSAGE THAT HER MOTHER WROTE

(CHORUS) MARY ANN REGRETS SHE'S UNABLE TO SEE YOU AGAIN

WE'RE LEAVING FOR EUROPE NEXT WEEK, SHE'LL BE BUSY TILL THEN

THEY KNOW THAT SHE LOVES ME, BUT POOR BOYS DON'T FIT IN THEIR PLANS

GOODBYE TRUE LOVE, GOODBYE MY SWEET MARY ANN

THE WEEKS HAVE GONE BY, NOT A WORD HAVE I HEARD SINCE THEN

IN THE PAPERS I READ OF THE FARAWAY PLACES SHE'S BEEN

I CAN'T EAT, I CAN'T SLEEP, FOR OVER AND OVER AGAIN

MY MIND READS THAT LETTER AND I CRY FOR MY MARY ANN

MY MARY ANN DIED, TOO SAD SHE JUST WASTED AWAY

IF I COULD HAVE SEEN HER, I KNOW SHE'D BE LIVING TODAY

FOR WE LOVED EACH OTHER, AND IF THEY'D HAVE LEFT US ALONE

TODAY SHE'D BE WEARING MY RING, NOT A BLANKET OF STONE

(CHORUS)


MATAMOROS

BILLY WALKER, G

IN OLD MEXICO I STAND ON THE SQUARE IN MATAMOROS

‘ROUND THE PLAZA THE COUPLES ARE WALKING TO MUSIC SO SWEET

I FOUND MY LOVE NOT TOO LONG AGO IN MATAMOROS

BUT I’M FEELING LOW AS THE BEGGAR WHO SITS IN THE STREET

OH, THE (C) PROMISES THAT SHE MADE ME WITH EYES BLACK AS MIDNIGHT

(C7) HOW COULD I KNOW HOW FICKLE HER PROMISE COULD BE

NOW I’M BACK TO FIND WHAT I FEEL IS MINE IN MATAMOROS

AND THERE’LL BE BAD TROUBLE IF I CATCH HER CHEATING ON ME

STREETS ARE NARROW AND DARK AND TEQUILA RUNS FREE IN MATAMOROS

I STOP FOR ONE MOMENT OUTSIDE OF MIGUEL’S SWINGING DOOR

MY HEART BREAKS TO HEAR THE SAME HAUNTING SOUNDS OF GRANADA

SHE ONCE CALLED IT OUR SONG AND VOWED SHE’D BE MINE EVERMORE

THEN ACROSS THE SQUARE WITH THIS WILD YOUNG VAQUERO I SEE HER

LAUGHING AND DANCING AND TOSSING HER RAVEN-BLACK HAIR

FATE MAY TAKE A HAND WHEN I FACE THIS MAN FROM MATAMOROS

FOR THE LOVE OF MY WOMAN IS ONE THING THAT I’LL NEVER SHARE

(INSTRUMENTAL)

NOW I WALK IN THE NIGHT FAR AWAY FROM THE LIGHTS OF MATAMOROS

AND RECALL/ THE LAST MOMENTS/ WHEN I KNEW SHE LOVED ME MORE THAN LIFE

I CAN STILL HEAR HER CRY I LOVE YOU AND I’LL PROVE IT MANANA

THEN SEEING MY DANGER SHE JUMPED IN FRONT OF HIS KNIFE

I KNOW OF THE STORIES THEY’LL TELL IN THE DIM-LIT CASINOS

OF THE RAVEN-HAIRED BEAUTY WHO FOR HER LOVE LAY DEAD ON THE FLOOR

THEY’LL SPEAK OF THE FIGHT WITH THE GRINGO THAT NIGHT IN MATAMOROS

AND WONDER WHAT HAPPENED, FOR HE NEVER RETURNED ANYMORE, OH, OH, OH


ME AND BOBBY MCGEE

KRIS KRISTOFFERSON, GORDON LIGHTFOOT, G OR A

KRIS KRISTOFFERSON, FRED FOSTER

BUSTED FLAT IN BATON ROUGE, HEADED FOR THE TRAIN

FEELING NEARLY FADED AS MY JEANS

BOBBY THUMBED A DIESEL DOWN, JUST BEFORE IT RAINED

TOOK US ALL THE WAY TO NEW ORLEANS

I TOOK MY HARPOON OUT OF MY DIRTY RED BANDANA

AND WAS BLOWING SAD WHILE BOBBY SANG THE BLUES

WITH THEM WINDSHIELD WIPERS SLAPPIN’ TIME

AND BOBBY CLAPPING HANDS WE FIN-

‘LY SANG UP EVERY SONG THAT DRIVER KNEW

FREEDOM’S JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE

NOTHING AIN’T WORTH NOTHING BUT IT’S FREE

AW BUT FEELING GOOD WAS EASY LORD

WHEN BOBBY SANG THE BLUES

FEELING GOOD WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME

GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME AND BOBBY MCGEE

FROM THE COAL MINES OF KENTUCKY TO THE CALIFORNIA SUN

BOBBY SHARED THE SECRETS OF MY SOUL

STANDING RIGHT BESIDE ME LORD THROUGH EVERYTHING I DONE

EVERY NIGHT SHE KEPT ME FROM THE COLD

BUT SOMEWHERE NEAR SALINAS LORD, I LET HER SLIP AWAY

SEARCHING FOR THE HOME I HOPE SHE’LL FIND

I’D TRADE ALL OF MY TOMORROWS FOR A SINGLE YESTERDAY

HOLDING BOBBY’S BODY NEXT TO MINE

FREEDOM’S JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE

AND NOTHING LEFT IS ALL SHE LEFT FOR ME

AW BUT FEELING GOOD WAS EASY LORD

WHEN BOBBY SANG THE BLUES

BUDDY THAT WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME

GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME AND BOBBY MCGEE

NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA…


MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS

DEAN MARTIN, E

(ACCOMP. – REPEAT THIS AS BACKGROUND IN EVERY LINE FOR THE 2ND, 3RD, AND 4TH VERSES)

SWEET SWEET, THE MEMORIES YOU GAVE TO ME

YOU CAN’T BEAT THE MEMORIES YOU GAVE TO ME

TAKE ONE FRESH AND TENDER KISS

ADD ONE STOLEN NIGHT OF BLISS

ONE GIRL, ONE BOY, SOME GRIEF, SOME JOY

MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS

DON’T FORGET A SMALL MOONBEAM

FOLD IT LIGHTLY WITH A DREAM

YOUR LIPS, AND MINE, TWO SIPS, OF WINE

MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS

THEN HAVE THE WEDDING VOWS

ONE HOUSE WHERE LOVERS DWELL

THREE LITTLE KIDS FOR THE FLAVOR

STIR CAREFULLY THROUGH THE DAYS

SEE HOW THE FLAVOR STAYS

THESE ARE THE DREAMS WE WILL SAVOR

WITH HIS BLESSINGS FROM ABOVE

SERVE IT GENEROUSLY WITH LOVE

ONE MAN, ONE WIFE, ONE LOVE, THROUGH LIFE

MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS

MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS


MOCKINGBIRD HILL

VAUGHN HORTON, LES PAUL AND MARY FORD, E

WHEN THE SUN IN THE MORNING PEEKS OVER THE HILL

AND KISSES THE ROSES 'ROUND MY WINDOW SILL

THEN MY HEART FILLS WITH GLADNESS WHEN I HEAR THE TRILL

OF THE BIRDS IN THE TREE TOPS ON MOCKINGBIRD HILL

(CHORUS)

TRA LA LA, TWIDDLEE DEE DEE, IT GIVES ME A THRILL

TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING TO THE MOCKINGBIRD’S TRILL

TRA LA LA, TWIDDLEE DEE DEE, THERE’S PEACE AND GOOD WILL

YOU’RE WELCOME AS THE FLOWERS ON MOCKINGBIRD HILL

GOT A THREE-CORNERED PLOW AND AN ACRE TO TILL

AND A MULE THAT I BOUGHT FOR A TEN-DOLLAR BILL

THERE’S A TUMBLE DOWN SHACK AND A RUSTY OLD MILL

BUT IT’S MY HOME SWEET HOME UP ON MOCKINGBIRD HILL

WHEN IT’S LATE IN THE EVENING I CLIMB UP THE HILL

AND SURVEY ALL MY KINGDOM WHILE EVERYTHING’S STILL

ONLY ME AND THE SKY AND AN OLD WHIPPOORWILL

SINGING SONGS IN THE TWILIGHT ON MOCKINGBIRD HILL


MOM AND DAD WALTZ

LEFTY FRIZZELL

I’D WALK FOR MILES, CRY OR SMILE

FOR MY MOMMY AND DADDY

I WANT THEM TO KNOW, I LOVE THEM SO

THAT’S HOW I FEEL, MY LOVE IS REAL

FOR MY MOMMY AND DADDY

I WANT THEM TO KNOW I LOVE THEM SO

(CHORUS) IN MY HEART, JOY TEARS START, ‘CAUSE I’M HAPPY

AND I PRAY EVERY DAY, FOR MOM AND DADDY

AND EACH NIGHT

I’D WALK FOR MILES, CRY OR SMILE

FOR MY MOMMY AND DADDY

‘CAUSE I WANT THEM TO KNOW I LOVE THEM SO

I’D FIGHT IN WARS, DO ALL THE CHORES

FOR MY MOMMY AND DADDY

I WANT THEM TO LIVE UNTIL THEY’RE CALLED

I’D WORK AND SLAVE, AND NEVER LEAVE

MY MOMMY AND DADDY

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I OWE THEM MY ALL (CHORUS)


MORE AND MORE

WEBB PIERCE, A

(A) MORE AND MORE, I’M FORGETTIN’ THE (D) PAST

(E) MORE AND MORE, I’M LIVING AT (A) LAST

DAY BY DAY, I’M LOSING MY (D) BLUES

MORE AND (A) MORE, I’M FOR(E)GETTIN’ ‘BOUT (A) YOU

BUT, OH HOW I (E) TRIED, TO KEEP YOU BY MY (A) SIDE

AND, OH HOW I (E) CRIED, THE DAY YOU SAID GOOD(A)BYE

DAY BY DAY, I’M LOSING MY (D) BLUES

MORE AND (A) MORE, I’M FOR(E)GETTIN’ ‘BOUT (A) YOU


MORNING HAS BROKEN

ROGER WHITTAKER, C

WORDS BY ELEANOR FARJEON, TRADITIONAL GAELIC MELODY

(C) MORNING HAS (Am) BRO(D)KEN, (G) LIKE THE FIRST (F) MORN(C)ING

BLACKBIRD HAS (Em) SPO(F)KEN, (C) LIKE THE FIRST (Dm7) BIRD (G)

(C) PRAISE FOR THE (Am) SING(F)ING, (C) PRAISE FOR THE (Am) MORN(Fm6)ING

(C) PRAISE FOR THEIR (Em) SPRING(F)ING, (G7) FRESH FROM THE (C) WORLD

SWEET THE RAIN’S NEW FALL, SUNKIST FROM HEAVEN

LIKE THE FIRST DEWFALL, ON THE FIRST GRASS

PRAISE FOR THE SWEETNESS, OF THE WET GARDEN

SPRUNG IN COMPLETENESS, WHERE HIS FEET PASS

MINE IS THE SUNLIGHT, MINE IS THE MORNING

BORN OF THE WARM LIGHT, EDEN SOFT LAY

PRAISE WITH ELATION, PRAISE EVERY MORNING

GOD’S RECREATION, OF THE NEW DAY

(REPEAT FIRST VERSE)


Mountain Of Love

Charlie Pride

HAROLD DORMAN

(A) Standing on a mountain looking down on a city

The way I feel is a dog-gone pity

(D9) Teardrops are fallin' down the mountainside

(A) Many times I've been here and many times I cried

We (E7) used to be so happy, (D) when we were in love

(A) High on a (E7) mountain of (A) love

Night after night I been standing here alone

Weeping my heart out till cold grey dawn

Prayin' that you're lonely and you’LL come here too

Hopin' just by chance that I'll get a glimpse of you

Tryin' hard to find you, somewhere ABOVE

High on a mountain of love

(Bridge) (D) Mountain of Love, a (Dfm) Mountain of Love

(D) You should be (E) ashamed

(Bm OR D) You used to be a (Dfm) mountain of love

 But (D) you JUST changeD youR (E) name

Way down below there's a half a million people

Somewhere there's a church and a big tall steeple

Inside the church there's an altAr filled with flowers

Wedding bells are ringing and THEY should have been ours

That's why I’M so lonely, HERE UP ABOVE above

High on a mountain of love


MR RECORD MAN

WILLIE NELSON

MR RECORD MAN, I’M LOOKING FOR A SONG I HEARD TODAY

THERE WAS SOMEONE BLUE SINGING ABOUT SOMEONE WHO WENT AWAY

JUST LIKE ME HIS HEART WAS YEARNING FOR A LOVE THAT USED TO BE

IT’S A LONELY SONG ABOUT A LONELY MAN, LIKE ME

(CHORUS) THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT A (B7) LOVE THAT DIDN’T TREAT HIM RIGHT

AND HE’D WAKE FROM TROUBLED (B7) SLEEP AND CRY HER NAME AT NIGHT

MR RECORD MAN, GET THIS RECORD FOR ME WILL YOU PLEASE

IT’S A LONELY SONG ABOUT A LONELY MAN, LIKE ME

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, WITH THE RADIO TURNED ON

AND THE MAN THAT I HEARD SINGING, SOUNDS SO BLUE AND ALL ALONE

AS I LISTENED TO HIS LONELY SONG, I WONDERED COULD IT BE

COULD THERE SOMEWHERE BY ANOTHER LONELY MAN, LIKE ME

(CHORUS)


MR SANDMAN

THE CHORDETTES, EMMYLOU HARRIS, C

PAT BALLARD

(BUM, BUM, BUM,…, ALSO AFTER EACH VERSE)

MR (C) SANDMAN, (B7) BRING ME A DREAM

(E7) MAKE HIM THE CUTEST THAT (A7) I'VE EVER SEEN

(D7) GIVE HIM TWO LIPS LIKE (G7) ROSES IN CLOVER

(C) AND TELL HIM THAT HIS LONESOME (A) NIGHTS ARE (G) OVER

(C) SANDMAN, (B7) I'M SO ALONE

(E7) DON'T HAVE NOBODY TO (A7) CALL MY OWN

(Dm) PLEASE TURN ON YOUR MAGIC (F) BEAM

MR (C) SANDMAN, (D) BRING ME (G7) A (C) DREAM

MR SANDMAN, BRING ME A DREAM

MAKE HIM THE CUTEST THAT I'VE EVER SEEN

GIVE HIM THE WORD THAT I'M NOT A ROVER

AND TELL HIM THAT HIS LONESOME NIGHTS ARE OVER

SANDMAN, I'M SO ALONE

DON'T HAVE NOBODY TO CALL MY OWN

PLEASE TURN ON YOUR MAGIC BEAM

MR SANDMAN, BRING ME A DREAM

MR SANDMAN, BRING US A DREAM

GIVE HIM A PAIR OF EYES WITH A COME-HITHER GLEAM

GIVE HIM A LONELY HEART LIKE POLIACHI

AND LOTS OF WAVY HAIR LIKE LIBERACE

MR SANDMAN, SOMEONE TO HOLD

WOULD BE SO PEACHY BEFORE WE'RE TOO OLD

SO PLEASE TURN ON YOUR MAGIC BEAM

MR SANDMAN, BRING US, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE

MR SANDMAN, BRING US A DREAM


M.T.A.

KINGSTON TRIO

JACQUELINE STEINER, BESS HAWES

(SPEAKING )THESE ARE THE TIMES THAT TRY MEN'S SOULS

IN THE COURSE OF OUR NATION'S HISTORY, THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON HAVE RALLIED BRAVELY WHENEVER THE RIGHTS OF MEN HAVE BEEN THREATENED

TODAY, A NEW CRISIS HAS ARISEN

THE METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY, BETTER KNOWN AS THE M.T.A., IS ATTEMPTING TO LEVEY A BURDENSOME TAX ON THE POPULATION IN THE FORM OF A SUBWAY FARE INCREASE

CITIZENS, HEAR ME OUT.  THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU.

WELL, LET ME TELL YOU THE STORY OF A MAN NAMED CHARLIE

ON A TRAGIC AND FATEFUL DAY

HE PUT TEN CENTS IN HIS POCKET, KISSED HIS WIFE AND FAMILY, AND WENT TO RIDE ON THE M.T.A.

(CHORUS) WELL DID HE EVER RETURN, NO HE NEVER RETURNED

AND HIS FATE IS STILL UNLEARNED

HE MAY RIDE FOREVER, 'NEATH THE STREETS OF BOSTON

HE'S THE MAN WHO NEVER RETURNED

CHARLIE HANDED IN HIS DIME AT THE KENDALL SQUARE STATION

AND HE CHANGED FOR JAMAICA PLAIN

WHEN HE GOT THERE THE CONDUCTOR TOLD HIM, ONE MORE NICKEL

CHARLIE COULDN'T GET OFFA THAT TRAIN (CHORUS)

NOW ALL NIGHT LONG, CHARLIE RIDES THROUGH THE STATION

CRYING, WHAT WILL BECOME OF ME

HOW CAN I AFFORD TO SEE MY SISTER IN CHELSEA OR MY COUSIN IN ROXBURY (CHORUS)

CHARLIE'S WIFE GOES DOWN TO THE SCULLY SQUARE STATION

EVERY DAY AT QUARTER PAST TWO

AND THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOW SHE HANDS CHARLIE A SANDWICH

AS THE TRAIN COMES RUMBLING THROUGH (CHORUS)

NOW YOU CITIZENS OF BOSTON, DON'T YOU THINK IT'S A SCANDAL HOW THE PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY AND PAY

FIGHT THE FARE INCREASE, VOTE FOR GEORGE O'BRIEN

GET POOR CHARLIE OFF THE M.T.A. (CHORUS)


MULE SKINNER BLUES (BLUE YODEL #8)

JIMMIE RODGERS, GEORGE VAUGHN

WELL, GOOD MORNING CAPTAIN, WELL, GOOD MORNING TO YOU, SIR!

DO YOU NEED ANOTHER MULE SKINNER, DOWN ON YOUR NEW MUD RUN?  HA! HA! YIP! HA!

YODELAYHEE YODELAYEE HEEHEE

WELL, I'M AN OLD MULE SKINNER HA!

FROM DOWN KENTUCKY WAY

AN' I CAN MAKE ANY MULE LISTEN

OR I WON'T ACCEPT YOUR PAY, HA HA HA HA HA!

(YODEL) HA HA HA!

(RECORDED:) I LIKE TO WORK, I'M ROLLING ON A DIME

I CAN PUT MY INITIALS ON A MULE'S BEHIND

YODELAYHEE YODELAYHEE ODELAYHEE ODELAYHEE

WELL, HEY, HEY, (SPOKEN: LITTLE WATER BOY, COME HERE, BOY) BRING THAT WATER BUCKET 'ROUND HA HA HA

IF YOU DON'T LIKE YOUR JOB, WATER BOY

THEN YOU CAN SET THAT BUCKET DOWN HA HA HA

(OR: PUT THAT WATER BUCKET DOWN)

(YODEL) HA HA HA HA HA (YODEL)(YODEL)

(RECORDED:) WORKING ON THE GOOD ROAD IS A DOLLAR AND A HALF A DAY

MY GOOD GAL'S WAITING ON A SATURDAY NIGHT, JUST TO DRAW MY PAY

(INSTRUMENTAL)

(RECORDED:) I'M GOING TO TOWN, HONEY, WHAT'YOU WANT ME TO BRING YOU BACK?

BRING A PINT OF BOOZE AND A JOHN B STETSON HAT (BRING IT TO ME, HONEY)

(YODEL)(YODEL)(YODEL)

I SMELL YOUR BREAD A-BURNING, TURN YOUR DAMPER DOWN

IF YOU AIN'T GOT A DAMPER, GOOD GAL, TURN YOUR BREAD AROUND (YODEL)


MULE TRAIN

FRANKIE LAINE, G (AND C ONLY)

HAH, HAH, MULE TRAIN, HAH, HAH

CLIPPITY CLOPPIN' OVER HILL AND PLAIN

SEEMS AS HOW THEY'LL NEVER STOP, CLIPPITY CLOP, CLIPPITY CLOP, CLIPPITY CLIPPITY CLIPPITY CLIPPITY, CLIPPITY CLOPPIN' ALONG

THERE'S A PLUG OF CHAW'N' TOBACCO FOR A RANCHER IN CORONA

A GUITAR FOR A COWBOY OUT IN ARIZONA

A DRESS OF CALICO FOR A PRETTY NAVAHO

GET ALONG, MULE, GET ALONG

MULE TRAIN, HAH, HAH, MULE TRAIN

CLIPPITY CLOPPIN' ALONG THE MOUNTAIN CHAIN

SOON THEY'RE GONNA REACH THE TOP

CLIPPITY CLOP, CCCC….

THERE'S SOME COTTON THREAD AND NEEDLES FOR THE FOLKS WAY OUT YONDER

A SHOVEL FOR A MINER WHO LEFT HIS HOME TO WANDER

SOME RHEUMATISM PILLS FOR THE SETTLERS IN THE HILLS

GET ALONG, MULE, GET ALONG

MULE TRAIN, HAH, HAH, MULE TRAIN

CLIPPITY CLOPPIN' THROUGH THE WIND AND RAIN

THEY'LL KEEP GOING 'TILL THEY DROP

CLIPPITY CLOP, CCCC…

THERE'S A LETTER FULL OF SADNESS SEAMED WITH BLACK AROUND THE BORDER

A PAIR OF BOOTS FOR SOMEONE WHO HAD THEM MADE TO ORDER

A BIBLE IN THE PACK FOR THE REVEREND MR BLACK

GET ALONG, MULE, GET ALONG

GET ALONG, MULE, GET ALONG, MULE TRAIN, HAH, HAH


MUSIC! MUSIC! MUSIC! (PUT ANOTHER NICKEL IN)

TERESA BREWER, A

STEPHAN WEISS, BERNIE BAUM

PUT ANOTHER NICKEL IN, IN THE NICKELODEON

ALL I WANT IS LOVING YOU AND MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC!

I'D DO ANYTHING FOR YOU, ANYTHING YOU'D WANT ME TO (ALT: ANYTHING THAT LOVE COULD DO)

ALL I WANT IS LOVING YOU AND MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC!

CLOSER, MY DEAR COME CLOSER

THE NICEST PART OF ANY MELODY, IS WHEN YOU'RE DANCING CLOSE TO ME

SO PUT ANOTHER NICKEL IN, IN THE NICKELODEON

ALL I WANT IS LOVING YOU AND MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC!

(INSTRUMENTAL)

(REPEAT)


MY ARMS STAY OPEN LATE

BILLIE JO SPEARS, A TO C, OR E TO G, OR G TO A

THE BABY CRIES, I CAN ALMOST DIE, I’M LONESOME

THE LATE SHOW’S GONE, AND THE COFFEE’S ON, I THINK I’LL READ SOME

SOMEWHERE OUT THERE, MY LOVE IS SHARED, BUT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE FAR FROM HOME

BUT WHEN THE LIGHTS OF BROADWAY GO OFF

AND EVERY HONKY TONK IS CLOSED UP

MY ARMS STAY OPEN LATE, SO YOU’LL COME HOME

WHAT YOU DO IS WRONG, BUT MY LOVE STAYS STRONG FOR YOU

I DON’T THINK I’D CHANGE A THING AT ALL, I MIGHT LOSE YOU

THOUGH IT’S ALMOST DAWN, AND YOU’RE STILL NOT HOME, I WAIT HERE PATIENTLY

FOR THE LIGHTS TO MY LOVE NEVER GO OFF

AND THE DOOR TO MY HEART DON’T CLOSE UP

MY ARMS STAY OPEN LATE SO YOU’LL COME HOME

MY ARMS STAY OPEN LATE SO YOU’LL COME HOME


MY FAREWELL PARTY

GENE WATSON

WHEN THE LAST BREATH OF LIFE, IS GONE FROM MY BODY

AND MY LIPS ARE AS COLD AS THE SEA

WHEN MY FRIENDS GATHER ‘ROUND FOR MY FAREWELL PARTY

WON’T YOU PRETEND YOU LOVED ME

THERE’LL BE FLOWERS FROM THOSE, WHO’LL CRY WHEN I’M GONE

AND LEAVE YOU IN THIS OLD WORLD ALONE

I KNOW YOU’LL HAVE FUN AT MY FAREWELL PARTY

I KNOW YOU’LL BE GLAD WHEN I’M GONE

DON’T BE ANGRY WITH ME, FOR WANTING TO LEAVE YOU

WHEN MY LIFE IN THIS OLD WORLD IS THROUGH

YOU’LL BE FREE AT THE END OF MY FAREWELL PARTY

BUT I’LL GO AWAY, LOVING YOU

THERE’LL BE FLOWERS FROM THOSE, WHO’LL CRY WHEN I’M GONE

AND LEAVE YOU IN THIS OLD WORLD ALONE

I KNOW YOU’LL HAVE FUN AT MY FAREWELL PARTY

I KNOW YOU’LL BE GLAD, WHEN I’M GONE

OH, I KNOW YOU’LL BE GLAD, WHEN I’M GONE


MY HAPPINESS

JIM REEVES, G

EVENING SHADOWS MAKE ME BLUE

WHEN EACH WEARY DAY IS THROUGH

HOW I LONG TO BE WITH YOU

MY HAPPINESS

EVERY DAY I REMINISCE

DREAMING OF YOUR TENDER KISS

ALWAYS THINKING HOW I MISS

MY HAPPINESS

A MILLION YEARS IT SEEMS

HAVE GONE BY SINCE WE SHARED OUR DREAMS

BUT I’LL HOLD YOU AGAIN

THERE’LL BE NO BLUE MEMORIES THEN

WHETHER SKIES ARE GRAY OR BLUE

ANYPLACE ON EARTH WILL DO

JUST AS LONG AS I’M WITH YOU

MY HAPPINESS

(REPEAT LAST TWO VERSES)


MY HEART IS BREAKING(?)

WELL, MY HEART IS BREAKING

WHY’D YOU HAVE TO BE SO BOLD

AND MY SOUL IS ACHING

I NEED SOMEBODY TO HOLD

DON’T KNOW WHERE I’M GOING

BUT I SURE KNOW WHERE I’VE BEEN

SO WITH HEAD BOWED DOWN, I’M A-LEAVING THIS TOWN

AND I AIN’T A-COMING BACK AGAIN


MY TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN HOME

DOLLY PARTON

SITTING ON THE FRON PORCH ON A SUMMER AFTERNOON

IN A STRAIGHT-BACKED CHAIR ON TWO LEGS, LEANED AGAINST THE WALL

WATCH THE KIDS A-PLAYING WITH JUNE BUGS ON A STRING

AND CHASE THE GLOWING FIREFLIES WHEN EVENING SHADOWS FALL

(CHORUS) IN MY TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN HOME

LIFE IS AS PEACEFUL AS A BABY’S SIGH

IN MY TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN HOME

CRICKETS SING IN THE FIELDS NEARBY

HONEYSUCKLE VINE CLINGS TO THE FENCE ALONG THE LANE

THEIR FRAGRANCE MAKES THE SUMMER WIND SO SWEET

AND ON A DISTANT HILLTOP AN EAGLE SPREADS HIS WINGS

AND A SONGBIRD ON A FENCEPOST SINGS A MELODY (CHORUS)

WALKING HOME FROM CHURCH ON SUNDAY WITH THE ONE YOU LOVE

JUST LAUGHING, TALKING, MAKING FUTURE PLANS

AND WHEN THE FOLK’S AIN’T LOOKING YOU MIGHT STEAL A KISS OR TWO

SITTING IN THE PORCH SWING HOLDING HANDS (CHORUS)


NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW

GENE WATSON, A

M FOREE, F ROSE

NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW / MY HEART IS BREAKING

ALTHOUGH A MILLION TEARDROPS START TO FLOW

I'LL CRY MYSELF TO SLEEP / AND WAKE UP SMILING

I'LL MISS YOU BUT NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW

I'LL (B7) TELL THEM WE GREW TIRED OF EACH (E) OTHER

AND (B7) REALIZED OUR DREAMS COULD NEVER (E) BE

I'LL EVEN MAKE BELIEVE / I NEVER LOVED YOU

THEN NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW THE TRUTH BUT ME

NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW HOW MUCH I'M PINING

EACH TIME THE PAST COMES BACK TO HAUNT ME SO

NO ONE WILL EVER SEE THE TEARS I'M HIDING

YOU'VE HURT ME BUT NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW

I'LL TELL THEM I FOUND TRUE LOVE WITH ANOTHER

AND I'M GLAD THE DAY YOU SET ME FREE

I'LL EVEN MAKE BELIEVE I NEVER LOVED YOU

THEN NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW THE TRUTH BUT ME


NORTH CAROLINA (YOU'VE TAKEN ME UNDER YOUR WING)

DALLAS FRASIER

(CHORUS) NORTH CAROLINA, YOU'VE TAKEN ME UNDER YOUR WING

YOUR BIG OLD SMOKY MOUNTAINS AND YOUR PINE TREES ARE WATCHING OVER ME

YOU'VE GIVEN ME A WOMAN WHO LOVES ME AND KEEPS ME FROM CHASING THOSE CALIFORNIA DREAMS

NORTH CAROLINA, YOU'VE TAKEN ME UNDER YOUR WING

YESTERDAY, HOME SWEET HOME WAS JUST ANOTHER SONG

AND I THOUGHT THE DOOR WOULD…

(CHORUS) (CHORUS)


NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT NOW

WILLIE NELSON, RECORDED IN E

I’VE GOT A LONG LIST OF REAL GOOD REASONS

FOR ALL THE THINGS I’VE DONE

I’VE GOT A PICTURE IN THE BACK OF MY MIND

OF WHAT I’VE LOST AND WHAT I’VE WON

I’VE SURVIVED EVERY SITUATION

KNOWING WHEN TO FREEZE AND WHEN TO RUN

AND REGRET IS JUST A MEMORY WRITTEN ON MY BROW

AND THERE’S NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT NOW

I’VE GOT A WILD AND A RESTLESS SPIRIT

I’VE GOT MY PRICE THROUGH EVERY DEAL

I’VE SEEN THE FIRE OF A WOMAN SCORNED

TURN HER HEART OF GOLD TO STEEL

I’VE GOT THE SONG OF THE VOICE INSIDE ME

SET TO THE RHYTHM OF THE WHEELS

AND I’VE BEEN DREAMING LIKE A CHILD

SINCE THE CRADLE BROKE THE BOUGH

AND THERE’S NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT NOW

RUNNING THROUGH THE CHANGES

GOING THROUGH THE STAGES

COMING ‘ROUND THE CORNERS IN MY LIFE

LEAVING IT UP TO FATE

STAYING OUT TOO LATE

WAITING FOR THE MOON TO SAY GOODNIGHT

AND I COULD CRY FOR THE TIME I’VE WASTED

BUT THAT’S A WASTE OF TIME AND TEARS

AND I KNOW JUST WHAT I’D CHANGE

IF I WENT BACK IN TIME AGAIN

BUT THERE’S NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT NOW

(INSTRUMENTAL)

I’VE FORGIVEN EVERYTHING THAT FORGIVENESS WILL ALLOW

AND THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT NOW


NOT UNTIL THE NEXT TIME

JIM REEVES

NOT UNTIL THE NEXT TIME, WILL I CRY ALL NIGHT FOR YOU

YES, I'LL STOP LOVING YOU, UNTIL THE NEXT TIME

HERE I AM THE WAY YOU LEFT ME

WITH A HEART TOO FULL OF PAIN

AS I LOOK INTO THE PAST I SEE

THIS PICTURE ONCE AGAIN

EVERY TIME I LET IT HAPPEN

I KNOW THIS IS THE END

AND I STOP LOVING YOU

UNTIL THE NEXT TIME

(CHORUS) NOT UNTIL THE NEXT TIME

WILL I CRY ALL NIGHT FOR YOU

AND LISTEN WHEN YOU BEG ME

FOR A CHANCE WHEN YOU'RE UNTRUE

NOT UNTIL THE NEXT TIME

WILL MY HEART LET ME FORGIVE

YES, I'LL STOP LOVING YOU

UNTIL THE NEXT TIME

ONCE AGAIN I TAKE YOUR PICTURE

AND PLACE IT OUT OF SIGHT

AND I PUT AWAY THE RECORDS

WE LISTENED TO EACH NIGHT

I REARRANGE EACH LITTLE THING

AS I'VE DONE SO MANY TIMES

AND I WON'T PUT THEM BACK

UNTIL THE NEXT TIME (CHORUS)


NOW AND THEN THERE'S A FOOL SUCH AS I

(A FOOL SUCH AS I)

HANK SNOW, ELVIS PRESLEY, BOB DYLAN

BILL TRADER

(G) PARDON ME IF I’M (B7) SENTIMENTAL (C) WHEN WE SAY GOOD(G)BYE

DON’T BE ANGRY WITH (A) ME (A7) SHOULD I (D) CRY (D7)

WHEN YOU’RE (G) GONE YET I'LL (B7) DREAM A LITTLE (C) DREAM AS YEARS GO (G) BY

(C) NOW AND (G) THEN THERE’S A (D) FOOL (D7) SUCH AS (G) I (G7)

(CHORUS) NOW AND (C) THEN THERE’S A FOOL SUCH AS I (G) AM (C) OVER (G) YOU

YOU (D) TAUGHT ME HOW TO (A7) LOVE AND NOW

YOU (D) SAY THAT WE ARE (D7) THROUGH

I’M A (G) FOOL BUT I’LL (B7) LOVE YOU DEAR UN(C)TIL THE DAY I (G) DIE

(C) NOW AND (G) THEN THERE’S A (D) FOOL (D7) SUCH AS (G) I

(INSTRUMENTAL)

(CHORUS) + REPEAT LAST LINE, FADE


OCCASIONAL WIFE

FARON YOUNG, D OR E OR G

(CHORUS) IF OUR LIFE’S WORTH LIVING TOGETHER THEN WHY LET IT GO

IF OUR LOVE’S WORTH SAVING, IT NEEDS SOME ATTENTION TO GROW

IT NEEDS MORE THAN JUST AN OCCASIONAL PIECE OF YOUR LIFE

A HOME JUST CAN’T STAND WHEN IT HAS AN OCCASIONAL WIFE

THE NAME OF THE GAME YOU’RE PLAYING MUST BE

SEE JUST HOW FAR YOU CAN GO

BUT CAN’T YOU SEE WHAT IT’S DOING TO ME

AND THE WORLD WE BOTH USED TO KNOW

(CHORUS), PLUS

A HOME JUST CAN’T STAND WHEN IT HAS AN OCCASIONAL WIFE


OH BABY MINE

PAT BALLARD

OH BABY MINE

I GET SO LONELY WHEN I DREAM ABOUT YOU

CAN’T DO WITHOUT YOU, THAT’S WHY I DREAM ABOUT YOU

IF I COULD ONLY PUT MY ARMS AROUND YOU

LIFE WOULD BE SO FAIR

IF YOU WERE THERE

WE COULD HUG AND KISS AND NEVER TIRE

I’M ON FIRE, YOU ARE MY ONE DESIRE

I GET SO LONELY WHEN I DREAM ABOUT YOU

WHY CAN’T YOU BE THERE

(CHORUS) TOSSING AND TURNING IN MY SLUMBER, HOLDING YOU IT SEEMS

I GIVE YOU KISSES WITHOUT NUMBER, BUT ONLY IN MY DREAMS

OH BABY MINE

I GET SO LONELY WHEN I DREAM ABOUT YOU

CAN’T DO WITHOUT YOU, THAT’S WHY I DREAM ABOUT YOU

IF I COULD ONLY PUT MY ARMS AROUND YOU

LIFE WOULD BE SO FAIR


OH, CAROL

SMOKIE, E

I was out cruisin’, it was late and I was losin’

When I saw you walkin’ my way

So nonchalant, I bet you get what you want

BUT So do I and I ain’t losin’ today

Well, your hips were swingin’ and your jeans were clingin’

You were drivin’ me outta my mind

On a hot afternoon, when there’s nothing to do

You’re not the sort of thing a fellow should find

So I pulled on over, YOU TOSSED THE your hair off your shoulder

As you turned and you looked my way

OH, YOU WOULD’VE DIED, you’da skinned me alive

If I’da said what I wanted to say

So bein’ polite, said whatcha doin’ tonight

Y’ said it just so happens I’m free

You got all the right curves and all the right words

And that’s all right by me

Oh, Carol, you got me eatin’ my heart away

You got me countin’ my nights and days

Oh I’m floatin’ on the Milky Way

Oh, Carol, nobody’s done it before

Oh, Baby you’ve opened the door

Oh, Carol you can do it some more

Well, IF YOU’RE READY FOR THIS, when we started to kiss

She said, “Well, hold on a minute or two”

Well, naturally, I knew it couldn’t be me

I said, “Baby what’s troublin’ you”

She said, “I’m not sixteen, if you know what I mean”

So we sat and we talked for a while

AND When we finally kissed, you know she didn’t resist

And I must say she did it in style

Oh, Carol, you got me eating my heart away

You’ve got me countin’ my nights and days

Oh, I’m floating on the Milky Way

Oh, Carol, nobody’s done it before

Oh, Baby you’ve opened the door

Oh, Carol you can do it some more

Then 1st verse

Then last verse twice


OH LONESOME ME

DON GIBSON

EVERYBODY’S GOING OUT AND HAVING FUN

I’M JUST A FOOL, FOR STAYING HOME AND HAVING NONE

I CAN’T GET OVER HOW SHE SET ME FREE

OH, LONESOME ME

A BAD MISTAKE I’M MAKING BY JUST HANGING’ ‘ROUND

I KNOW THAT I SHOULD HAVE SOME FUN AND PAINT THE TOWN

A LOVESICK FOOL THAT’S BLIND AND JUST CAN’T SEE

OH, LONESOME ME

I’LL BET SHE’S NOT LIKE ME, SHE’S OUT AND FANCY FREE

FLIRTIN’ WITH THE BOYS WITH ALL HER CHARMS

BUT I STILL LOVE HER SO, AND BROTHER DON’T YOU KNOW

I’D WELCOME HER RIGHT BACK HERE IN MY ARMS

WELL THERE MUST BE SOME WAY I CAN LOSE THESE LONESOME BLUES

FORGET ABOUT THE PAST AND FIND SOMEBODY NEW

I’VE THOUGHT OF EVERYTHING FROM A TO Z

OH, LONESOME ME

OH, LONESOME ME

DON GIBSON DIED IN 2003, AT AGE 75, IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.   HE WROTE TWO OF HIS MOST FAMOUS SONGS, OH, LONESOME ME, AND I CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU, A RAY CHARLES HIT IN 1962, ON THE DAY HIS TELEVISION AND VACUUM CLEANER WERE REPOSESSED.  “WHEN I WROTE THOSE SONGS, I COULDN’T HAVE BEEN ANY CLOSER TO BOTTOM,” HE SAID.  (OBITUARY IN TIME, DECEMBER 1, 2003)


OH, MY PAPA (OH, MEIN PAPA)

ENGLISH WORDS BY JOHN TURNER AND GEOFFREY PARSONS

MUSIC AND ORIGINAL LYRIC BY PAUL BURKHARD, G

(G) OH, MY PAPA, TO ME HE WAS SO (D7) WONDERFUL

OH, MY PAPA, TO ME HE WAS SO (G) GOOD

(G) NO ONE COULD BE SO GENTLE AND SO (D7) LOVABLE

OH, MY PAPA, HE ALWAYS UNDER(G)STOOD

GONE ARE THE DAYS

WHEN HE WOULD TAKE ME (D) ON HIS KNEE

(G) AND WITH A SMILE

HE’D (F#7) CHANGE MY TEARS TO (Bm) LAUGH(D7)TER

(G) OH, MY PAPA, SO FUNNY, SO (D7) ADORABLE

ALWAYS THE CLOWN, SO FUNNY ON HIS (G) WAY

(G) OH, MY PAPA, TO ME HE WAS SO (D7) WONDERFUL

DEEP IN MY HEART, I MISS HIM SO TO(G) DAY

(REPEAT ALL VERSES, OR JUST VERSE 2)

OH, MY PAPA, OH, MY PAPA, OH, MY PAPA


OKIE FROM MUSKOGEE

MERLE HAGGARD

MERLE HAGGARD, ROY EDWARD BURRIS

WE DON’T SMOKE MARIJUANA IN MUSKOGEE

WE DON’T TAKE OUR TRIPS ON LSD

WE DON’T BURN OUR DRAFT CARDS DOWN ON MAIN STREET

‘CAUSE WE LIKE LIVING RIGHT, AND BEING FREE

WE DON’T MAKE A PARTY OUT OF LOVING

WE LIKE HOLDING HANDS AND PITCHING WOO

WE DON’T LET OUR HAIR GROW LONG AND SHAGGY

LIKE THE HIPPIES OUT IN SAN FRANCISCO DO

(CHORUS) I’M PROUD TO BE AN OKIE FROM MUSKOGEE

A PLACE WHERE EVEN SQUARES CAN HAVE A BALL

WE STILL WAVE OLD GLORY DOWN AT THE COURTHOUSE

AND WHITE LIGHTNING’S STILL THE BIGGEST THRILL OF ALL

LEATHER BOOTS ARE STILL IN STYLE FOR MANLY FOOTWEAR

BEADS AND ROMAN SANDALS WON’T BE SEEN

FOOTBALL’S STILL THE ROUGHEST THING ON CAMPUS

AND THE KIDS HERE STILL RESPECT THE COLLEGE DEAN

(CHORUS), THEN:

IN MUSKOGEE OKLAHOMA USA


OKLAHOMA HILLS

JACK GUTHRIE, J GUTHRIE, W GUTHRIE

MANY MONTHS HAVE COME AND GONE

SINCE I WANDERED FROM MY HOME

IN THOSE OKLAHOMA HILLS WHERE I WAS BORN

MANY A PAGE OF LIFE HAS TURNED

MANY A LESSON I HAVE LEARNED

BUT I FEEL LIKE IN THOSE HILLS I STILL BELONG

(CHORUS) WAY DOWN YONDER IN THE INDIAN NATION

I RIDE MY PONY ON THE RESERVATION

IN THE OKLAHOMA HILLS WHERE I WAS BORN

NOW, WAY DOWN YONDER IN THE INDIAN NATION

A COWBOY'S LIFE IS MY OCCUPATION

IN THOSE OKLAHOMA HILLS WHERE I WAS BORN

(INSTRUMENTAL)

BUT AS I SIT HERE TODAY

MANY MILES I AM AWAY

FROM THE PLACE I RODE MY PONY THROUGH A DRAW

WHILE THE OAK AND BLACKJACK TREES

KISS THE PLAYFUL PRARIE BREEZE

IN THOSE OKLAHOMA HILLS WHERE I WAS BORN (CHORUS)

NOW AS I TURN LIFE A PAGE

TO THE LAND OF THE GREAT OSAGE

IN THOSE OKLAHOMA HILLS WHERE I WAS BORN

WHILE THE BLACK OIL BLOWS AND FLOWS

AND THE SNOW-WHITE COTTON GROWS

IN THOSE OKLAHOMA HILLS WHERE I WAS BORN (CHORUS)


OLD DOGS, CHILDREN AND WATERMELON WINE

TOM T HALL

HOW OLD DO YOU THINK I AM HE SAID, I SAID, WELL I DIDN’T KNOW

HE SAID, I TURNED SIXTY-FIVE, ABOUT ELEVEN MONTHS AGO

I WAS SITTIN’ IN MIAMI POURIN’ BLENDED WHISKY DOWN

WHEN THIS OLD GREY, BLACK GENTLEMAN, WAS CLEANIN’ UP THE LOUNGE

THERE WASN’T ANYONE AROUND ‘CEPT THIS OLD MAN AND ME

THE GUY WHO RAN THE BAR, WAS WATCHING IRONSIDES ON T.V

UNINVITED HE SAT DOWN, AND OPENED UP HIS MIND

ON OLD DOGS AND CHILDREN, AND WATERMELON WINE

EVER HAD A DRINK OF WATERMELON WINE? HE ASKED

HE TOLD ME ALL ABOUT IT THOUGH I DIDN’T ANSWER BACK

AIN’T BUT THREE THINGS IN THIS WORLD, THAT’S WORTH A SOLITARY DIME

THAT’S OLD DOGS AND CHILDREN AND WATERMELON WINE

HE SAID, WOMEN THEY THINK ABOUT THEYSELVES WHEN MENFOLK AIN’T AROUND

AND FRIENDS ARE HARD TO FIND WHEN THEY DISCOVER THAT YOU’RE DOWN

HE SAID I TRIED IT ALL WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND IN MY NATURAL PRIME

NOW IT’S OLD DOGS AND CHILDREN AND WATERMELON WINE

OLD DOGS CARE ABOUT YOU EVEN WHEN YOU MAKE MISTAKES

GOD BLESS LITTLE CHILDREN WHILE THEY’RE STILL TOO YOUNG TO HATE

WHEN HE MOVED AWAY I FOUND MY PEN AND COPIED DOWN THAT LINE

‘BOUT OLD DOGS AND CHILDREN, AND WATERMELON WINE

I HAD TO CATCH A PLANE UP TO ATLANTA THAT NEXT DAY

AS I LEFT FOR MY ROOM I SAW HIM PICKIN’ UP MY CHANGE

THAT NIGHT I DREAMED IN PEACEFUL SLEEP OF SHADY SUMMERTIME

OF OLD DOGS AND CHILDREN AND WATERMELON WINE


OLD SHEP

ELVIS PRESLEY, WILF CARTER, G

CLYDE "RED" FOLEY

WHEN (G) I WAS A (E7) LAD, AND OLD (A7) SHEP WAS A PUP

OVER (D7) HILL AND MEADOW WE’D (G) ROAM (STRAY)

JUST A BOY AND HIS (E7) DOG WE WERE (A7) BOTH FULL OF FUN (LOVE)

WE (D) GREW UP TO(D7)GETHER THAT (G) WAY (G7)

I RE(C)MEMBER THE TIME AT THE (G) OLD SWIMMING HOLE

WHEN I WOULD HAVE DROWNED BEYOND (D7) DOUBT

BUT OLD (G) SHEP WAS RIGHT (E7) THERE, TO THE (A7) RESCUE HE CAME

HE (D7) JUMPED IN AND HELPED PULL ME (G) OUT

AS THE YEARS FAST DID ROLL, OLD SHEP HE GREW OLD

HIS EYESIGHT WAS FAST GROWING DIM

AND ONE DAY THE DOCTOR LOOKED AT ME AND SAID

I CAN DO NO MORE FOR HIM, JIM

WITH HANDS THAT WERE TREMBLING I PICKED UP MY GUN

AND AIMED IT AT SHEP’S FAITHFUL HEAD

BUT I JUST COULDN’T DO IT, I WANTED TO RUN

I WISHED THEY WOULD SHOOT ME INSTEAD

I WENT TO HIS SIDE, AND SAT ON THE GROUND

AND LAID HIS OLD HEAD ON MY KNEE

I STROKED THE BEST FRIEND, THAT A MAN EVER FOUND

I CRIED SO I SCARCELY COULD SEE

OLD SHEP HE KNEW HE WAS GOING TO GO

FOR HE REACHED OUT AND LICKED AT MY HAND

HE LOOKED UP AT ME JUST AS MUCH AS TO SAY

WE'RE PARTING, BUT YOU UNDERSTAND

OLD SHEP HE IS GONE WHERE THE GOOD DOGGIES GO

AND NO MORE WITH OLD SHEP WILL I ROAM

BUT IF DOGS HAVE A HEAVEN, THERE’S ONE THING I KNOW

OLD SHEP HAS A WONDERFUL HOME


ONCE A DAY

CONNIE SMITH, E

BILL ANDERSON

WHEN YOU FOUND SOMEBODY NEW, I THOUGHT I NEVER WOULD

FORGET YOU, FOR I THOUGHT THEN, I NEVER COULD

BUT TIME HAS TAKEN ALL THE PAIN AWAY

UNTIL NOW, I'M DOWN TO HURTIN' ONCE A DAY

(CHORUS) ONCE A DAY, ALL DAY LONG

AND ONCE A NIGHT, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN

THE ONLY TIME, I WISH YOU WEREN'T GONE

IS ONCE A DAY, EVERY DAY, ALL DAY LONG

I'M SO GLAD THAT I'M NOT LIKE A GIRL I KNEW ONE TIME

SHE LOST THE ONE SHE LOVED, THEN SLOWLY LOST HER MIND

SHE SAT AROUND AND CRIED HER LIFE AWAY

LUCKY ME, I'M ONLY CRYING ONCE A DAY

(CHORUS) + REPEAT LAST LINE


ONE DAY AT A TIME

CHRISTY LANE, MARIE GIBSON & richard loring

WILKIN / KRIS KRISTOFFERSON - DAVID GRESHAM

I'M ONLY HUMAN, I'M JUST A WOMAN

HELP ME BELIEVE IN WHAT I CAN BE AND ALL THAT I AM

SHOW ME THE STAIRWAY, I HAVE TO CLIMB

LORD FOR MY SAKE, TEACH ME TO TAKE, ONE DAY AT A TIME

(CHORUS) ONE DAY AT A TIME, SWEET JESUS, THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING OF YOU

JUST GIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO DO EVERY DAY, WHAT I HAVE TO DO

YESTERDAY'S GONE, SWEET JESUS, AND TOMORROW MAY NEVER BE MINE

LORD HELP ME TODAY, SHOW ME THE WAY, ONE DAY AT A TIME

DO YOU REMEMBER, WHEN YOU WALKED AMONG MEN

WELL, JESUS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE LOOKING BELOW, IT'S WORSE NOW THAN THEN

PUSHING AND SHOVING, VIOLENCE AND CRIME

SO FOR MY SAKE, TEACH ME TO TAKE, ONE DAY AT A TIME

(CHORUS)


ON THE ROAD AGAIN

WILLIE NELSON

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

I JUST CAN’T WAIT TO GET ON THE ROAD AGAIN

THE LIFE I LOVE IS MAKING MUSIC WITH MY FRIENDS

AND I CAN’T WAIT TO GET ON THE ROAD AGAIN

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

GOIN’ PLACES THAT I’VE NEVER BEEN

SEE’N THINGS THAT I MAY NEVER SEE AGAIN

I CAN’T WAIT TO GET ON THE ROAD AGAIN

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

LIKE BAND OF GYPSIES WE GO DOWN THE HIGHWAY

WE’RE THE BEST OF FRIENDS

INSISTING THAT THE WORLD KEEP TURNING OUR WAY

AND OUR WAY

IS ON THE ROAD AGAIN

I JUST CAN’T WAIT TO GET ON THE ROAD AGAIN

THE LIFE I LOVE IS MAKING MUSIC WITH MY FRIENDS

AND I CAN’T WAIT TO GET ON THE ROAD AGAIN


ON THE WINGS OF A DOVE

WINGS OF A DOVE

FERLIN HUSKY, SIMON CRUMB, G OR A

BOB FERGUSON

WHEN TROUBLES SURROUND US, WHEN EVILS COME

THE BODY GROWS WEAK, THE SPIRIT GROWS NUMB

WHEN THESE THINGS BESET US, HE DOESN’T FORGET US

HE SENDS DOWN HIS LOVE, ON THE WINGS OF A DOVE

(CHORUS) ON THE WINGS OF A SNOW WHITE DOVE

HE SENDS HIS PURE SWEET LOVE

A SIGN FROM ABOVE

ON THE WINGS OF A DOVE

WHEN NOAH HAD DRIFTED, ON THE FLOOD MANY DAYS

HE SEARCHED FOR LAND, IN VARIOUS WAYS

TROUBLES HE HAD SOME, BUT HE WASN’T FORGOTTEN

HE SENT HIM HIS LOVE, ON THE WINGS OF A DOVE (CHORUS)

WHEN JESUS WENT DOWN, TO THE WATERS THAT DAY

HE WAS BAPTISED, IN THE USUAL WAY

WHEN IT WAS DONE, GOD BLESSED HIS SON

HE SENT HIM HIS LOVE, ON THE WINGS OF A DOVE (CHORUS)


ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY

KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN FOLKSONG

ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY, ALL COVERED WITH SNOW

I LOST MY TRUE LOVER, BY A-COURTING TOO SLOW

WELL, COURTING'S A PLEASURE, AND PARTING IS GRIEF

BUT A FALSE-HEARTED LOVER, IS WORSE THAN A THIEF

A THIEF HE WILL ROB YOU, AND TAKE ALL YOU HAVE

BUT A FALSE-HEARTED LOVER, WILL SEND YOU TO THE GRAVE

THE GRAVE WILL DECAY YOU, AND TURN YOU TO DUST

AND WHERE IS THE YOUNG MAN, A POOR GIRL CAN TRUST?

(NOT ONE GIRL IN A HUNDRED, A POOR BOY CAN TRUST)

THEY'LL HUG YOU AND KISS YOU, AND TELL YOU MORE LIES

THAN THE CROSSTIES ON THE RAILROAD, OR THE STARS IN THE SKIES

THEY'LL TELL YOU THEY LOVE YOU, JUST TO GIVE YOUR HEART EASE

BUT THE MINUTE YOUR BACK'S TURNED, THEY'LL COURT WHOM THEY PLEASE

SO COME ALL YOU YOUNG MAIDENS, AND LISTEN TO ME

NEVER PLACE YOUR AFFECTION, ON A GREEN WILLOW TREE

FOR THE LEAVES THEY WILL WITHER, AND THE ROOTS THEY WILL DIE

AND YOUR TRUE LOVE WILL LEAVE YOU, AND YOU'LL NEVER KNOW WHY


ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY

ARR. H. BELAFONTE

ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY, ALL COVERED WITH SNOW

I LOST MY TRUE LOVER, FOR COURTING TOO SLOW

YES, COURTING'S A PLEASURE, PARTING IS GRIEF

AND A FALSE-HEARTED LOVER, IS WORSE THAN A THIEF

SHE'LL KISS YOU, SHE'LL HUG YOU, AND TELL YOU MORE LIES

THAN CROSSTIES ON A RAILROAD, OR STARS IN THE SKIES

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY BABY, SHE'S LIKE BAD BRANDY WINE

THE FIRST TIME I KISSED HER, SHE DROVE ME OUT OF HER MIND

SHE'S A BALTIMORE SPECIAL, GOT A FINE BROWN FRAME

WHEN YOU SEE HER IN MOTION, EVIL WOMAN IS HER NAME

DID I TELL YOU ABOUT EASTMORE? LORD, WHAT A SHAME

HE RUN OFF WITH MY BABY, AND SCANDALIZED MY NAME

WELL I WENT TO THE MOUNTAINTOP, TO CLAIM MY BABY BACK

SHE WAS GONE WITH THAT EASTMORE, DOWN THAT LONESOME RAILROAD TRACK

IF I EVER SEE THAT EASTMORE, I'LL SHOOT HIM WITH MY GUN

I'LL CUT HIM WITH MY LONG GILES(?), AND TELL THAT PIMP TO RUN

LITTLE LIZA, LITTLE LIZA, I COULDN'T SLEEP LAST NIGHT

COME ON BACK HOME BABY, EVERYTHING WILL BE ALL RIGHT

LET ME TELL YOU, LET ME TELL YOU, I DIDN'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY

IF MY WOMAN EVER COMES BACK, I'LL GIVE MY LIFE AWAY

IF YOU EVER SEE A DARK CLOUD, ROLLING IN THE SKY

IT'S MY WOMAN GONE TO HEAVEN, WITH A TEARDROP IN HER EYE

ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY, ALL COVERED WITH SNOW

I LOST MY TRUE LOVER, FOR COURTING TOO SLOW


PALOMA BLANCA

GEORGE BAKER

HANS BOUWENS

WHEN THE SUN SHINES ON THE MOUNTAINS

AND THE NIGHT IS ON THE RUN

IT’S A NEW DAY, IT’S A NEW WAY

AND I FLY UP TO THE SUN

I CAN FEEL THE MORNING SUNLIGHT

I CAN SMELL THE NEWBORN HAY

I CAN HEAR GOD’S VOICES CALLING

FROM MY GOLDEN SKYLIGHT WAY

UNA PALOMA BLANCA, I’M JUST A BIRD IN THE SKY

UNA PALOMA BLANCA, OVER THE MOUNTAINS I FLY

NO ONE CAN TAKE MY FREEDOM AWAY

ONCE I HAD MY SHARE OF LOSING

ONCE THEY LOCKED ME ON A CHAIN

YES, THEY TRIED TO BREAK MY POWER

OH I STILL CAN FEEL THE PAIN

UNA PALOMA BLANCA, I’M JUST A BIRD IN THE SKY

UNA PALOMA BLANCA, OVER THE MOUNTAINS I FLY

NO ONE CAN TAKE MY FREEDOM AWAY

NO ONE CAN TAKE MY FREEDOM AWAY


PAPER ROSES

MARIE OSMOND, G

WORDS BY JANICE TORRE, MUSIC BY FRED SPIELMAN

(G) I REALIZE THE WAY YOUR EYES DE(D7)CEIVED ME

WITH TENDER LOOKS THAT I MISTOOK FOR (G) LOVE

SO TAKE AWAY THE FLOWERS (G7) THAT YOU (C) GAVE ME

AND (D7) SEND THE KIND THAT YOU REMIND ME (G) OF

(CHORUS) PAPER (C) ROSES, (D7) PAPER (G) ROSES

OH, HOW (Am) REAL THOSE ROSES (D7) SEEMED TO (G) BE

BUT THEY’RE (C) ONLY (D7) IMI(G)TATION

LIKE YOUR (Am) IMITATION (D7) LOVE FOR (G) ME

I THOUGHT THAT YOU WOULD BE THE PERFECT LOVER

YOU SEEMED SO FULL OF SWEETNESS AT THE START

BUT LIKE A BIG RED ROSE THAT’S MADE OF PAPER

THERE ISN’T ANY SWEETNESS IN YOUR HEART


PICK ME UP (ON YOUR WAY DOWN)

PATSY CLINE

ONCE MY LOVE WAS GOOD ENOUGH

TRUE HAPPINESS WE KNEW

THEN FAME AND FORTUNE CAME YOUR WAY

AND MADE A CHANGE IN YOU

YOU'LL FIND YOUR LADDER OF SUCCESS, IS NOT ON SOLID GROUND

AND WHEN IT STARTS TO TREMBLE, PICK ME UP ON YOUR WAY DOWN

(CHORUS) PICK ME UP WHEN DREAMS ARE SHATTERED, WHEN FALSE FRIENDS CANNOT BE FOUND

FOR YOU KNOW I'LL STILL BE WAITING, PICK ME UP ON YOUR WAY DOWN

(INSTRUMENTAL)

YOU'VE HIT THE TOP, BUT IT WON'T LAST

THERE'S JUST ONE WAY TO GO

THE WORLD YOU'VE CHOSEN IS NOT REAL

THESE THINGS YOU'LL COME TO KNOW

WHEN FOLKS SAY THEY DON'T KNOW YOU

AND YOU'VE LOST YOUR FINAL ROUND

WHEN YOU FIND THAT YOU ARE LONELY

PICK ME UP ON YOUR WAY DOWN (CHORUS)


PICK ME UP (ON YOUR WAY DOWN)

CHARLIE WALKER

HARLAN HOWARD

YOU WERE MINE FOR JUST A WHILE

NOW YOU'RE PUTTING ON THE STYLE

AND YOU'VE NEVER ONCE LOOKED BACK

AT YOUR HOME ACROSS THE TRACK

YOU'RE THE GOSSIP OF THE TOWN

BUT MY HEART CAN STILL BE FOUND

WHERE YOU TOSSED IT ON THE GROUND

PICK ME UP ON YOUR WAY DOWN

(CHORUS) PICK ME UP ON YOUR WAY DOWN

WHEN YOU'RE BLUE AND ALL ALONE

WHEN THEIR GLAMOR STARTS TO BORE YOU

COME ON BACK WHERE YOU BELONG

YOU MAY BE THEIR PRIDE AND JOY

BUT THEY'LL FIND ANOTHER TOY

THEN THEY'LL TAKE AWAY YOUR CROWN

PICK ME UP ON YOUR WAY DOWN

(INSTRUMENTAL)

THEY HAVE CHANGED YOUR ATTITUDE

MADE YOU HAUGHTY AND SO RUDE

YOUR NEW FRIENDS CAN TAKE THE BLAME

UNDERNEATH YOU'RE STILL THE SAME

WHEN YOU LEARN THESE THINGS ARE TRUE

I'LL BE WAITING HERE FOR YOU

AS YOU TUMBLE TO THE GROUND

PICK ME UP ON YOUR WAY DOWN (CHORUS)


PLAY BORN TO LOSE AGAIN

AFTER SWEET MEMORIES, PLAY BORN TO LOSE AGAIN

DOTTSY

KENT ROBBINS

AFTER SWEET MEMORIES, PLAY BORN TO LOSE AGAIN

PARDON ME… I'M JUST ANOTHER LONELY FOOL

AND I KNOW THE BAND IS TIRED, IT'S HALF-PAST TWO

BUT WOULD YOU PLAY ONE LAST REQUEST FOR AN OLD FRIEND

AFTER SWEET MEMORIES, PLAY BORN TO LOSE AGAIN

(CHORUS) AFTER SWEET MEMORIES, WOULD YOU PLAY BORN TO LOSE AGAIN

I'M HERE 'MOST EVERY NIGHT, 'TILL/ THE MUSIC ENDS

I KNOW YOU KNOW MY STORY, I HEAR IT NOW AND THEN

SO AFTER SWEET MEMORIES, PLAY BORN TO LOSE AGAIN

I KNOW THE WAITRESS HERE, SHE SEATS ME NEAR THE BAND

SHE BRINGS ME SCOTCH AND SODA, AND HER EYES UNDERSTAND

OH, YOUR HARD DAY'S NIGHT IS ENDING, BUT MINE WILL SOON BEGIN

SO AFTER SWEET MEMORIES, PLAY BORN TO LOSE AGAIN

(CHORUS) + YES, AFTER SWEET MEMORIES, PLAY BORN TO LOSE AGAIN


PLEASE HELP ME I’M FALLING (IN LOVE WITH YOU)

HANK LOCKLIN, BOBBY HELMS

DON ROBERTSON, HAL BLAIR

PLEASE HELP ME I’M FALLING, IN LOVE WITH YOU

CLOSE THE DOOR TO TEMPTATION, DON’T LET ME WALK THROUGH

TURN AWAY FROM ME DARLING, I’M BEGGING YOU TO

PLEASE HELP ME I’M FALLING, IN LOVE WITH YOU

I BELONG TO ANOTHER, WHOSE ARMS HAVE GROWN COLD

BUT I PROMISED FOREVER, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD

I CAN NEVER BE FREE DEAR, BUT WHEN I’M WITH YOU

I KNOW THAT I’M LOSING, THE WILL TO BE TRUE

PLEASE HELP ME I’M FALLING, AND THAT WOULD BE SIN

CLOSE THE DOOR TO TEMPTATION, DON’T LET ME WALK IN

FOR I MUSTN’T WANT YOU, BUT DARLING I DO

PLEASE HELP ME I’M FALLING, IN LOVE WITH YOU


RELEASE ME

PLEASE RELEASE ME (A, RISING TO D IN THIRD VERSE)

RAY PRICE, ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINK

EDDIE MILLER, ROBERT YOUNT, DUB WILLIAMS

PLEASE RELEASE ME LET ME GO

FOR I DON’T LOVE YOU ANYMORE

TO WASTE OUR LIVES WOULD BE A SIN

RELEASE ME AND LET ME LOVE AGAIN

I HAVE FOUND A NEW LOVE DEAR

AND I WILL ALWAYS WANT HER NEAR

HER LIPS ARE WARM WHILE YOURS ARE COLD

RELEASE ME, MY DARLING, LET ME GO

PLEASE RELEASE ME, CAN’T YOU SEE

YOU’D BE A FOOL TO CLING TO ME

TO LIVE A LIE WOULD BRING US PAIN

SO RELEASE ME, LET ME LOVE AGAIN


PROMISED LAND

FREDDY WELLER, ELVIS PRESLEY, D

CHUCK BERRY

I LEFT MY HOME IN NORFOLK VIRGINIA, CALIFORNIA ON MY MIND

I STRADDLED THAT GREYHOUND, RODE HIM INTO RALEIGH, AND ON ACROSS CAROLINE

STOPPED IN CHARLOTTE, BYPASSED GREENVILLE, NEVER WAS A MINUTE LATE

WE WERE NINETY MILES OUT OF ATLANTA BY SUNDOWN, ROLLING OUT OF GEORGIA STATE

HAD MOTOR TROUBLE, IT TURNED INTO A STRUGGLE, HALF WAY ACROSS ALABAM

AND THE HOUND BROKE DOWN AND LEFT US ALL STRANDED IN DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM

RIGHT AWAY I BOUGHT ME A THROUGH-TRAIN TICKET, RIDING 'CROSS MISSISSIPPI CLEAN

AND I WAS ON THAT MIDNIGHT FLYER OUT OF BIRMINGHAM, SMOKING INTO NEW ORLEANS

SOMEBODY HELP ME GET OUT OF LOUISIANA, JUST HELP ME GET TO HOUSTON TOWN

THERE ARE PEOPLE THERE WHO CARE A LITTLE 'BOUT ME, AND THEY WON'T A-LET THE POOR BOY DOWN

(INSTRUMENTAL)

SURE AS YOU'RE BORN, THEY BOUGHT ME A SILK SUIT, PUT LUGGAGE IN MY HAND

AND I WOKE UP HIGH OVER ALBUQUERQUE ON A JET TO THE PROMISED LAND

WORKING ON A T-BONE STEAK A LA CARTE, FLYING OVER TO THE GOLDEN STATE

WHEN THE PILOT TOLD US THAT IN TEN MORE MINUTES HE WOULD SET US AT THE TERMINAL GATE

SWING LOW CHARIOT, COME DOWN EASY, TAXI TO THE TERMINAL DOME

CUT YOUR ENGINES AND COOL YOUR WINGS AND LET ME MAKE IT TO THE TELEPHONE

LOS ANGELES, GIVE ME NORFOLK VIRGINIA, TIDEWATER FOUR TEN OH NINE

TELL THE FOLKS BACK HOME THIS IS THE PROMISED LAND CALLING AND THE POOR BOY'S ON THE LINE

(INSTRUMENTAL) + REPEAT LAST SIX LINES


PRIMROSE LANE

JERRY WALLACE, G

WAYNE SHANKLIN, GEORGE CALENDER

(G) PRIMROSE LANE, LIFE'S A HOLIDAY ON PRIMROSE LANE

JUST A HOLIDAY ON (Am7) PRIMROSE LANE, WITH (G) YOU

CAN'T EXPLAIN, WHEN WE'RE WALKING DOWN THE PRIMROSE LANE

EVEN ROSES BLOOMING (Am7) IN THE RAIN, WITH (G) YOU

(C) SWEET PERFUME, (G7) THOSE LITTLE OLD (C) ROSES BLOOM

(G7) AND I WANT TO WALK WITH (Am) YOU (Am7), MY WHOLE LIFE THROUGH (D7)

PRIMROSE LANE, LIFE'S A HOLIDAY ON PRIMROSE LANE

JUST A HOLIDAY ON PRIMROSE LANE, WITH YOU

(INSTRUMENTAL)

(REPEAT LAST TWO VERSES)


PUT ANOTHER LOG ON THE FIRE

 (MALE CHAUVENIST PIG’S THEME SONG)

PUT ANOTHER LOG ON THE FIRE

COOK ME UP SOME BACON AND SOME BEANS

GO OUT TO THE CAR AND CHANGE THE TIRE

WASH MY SOCKS AND SEW MY OLD BLUE JEANS

COME ON BABY, YOU CAN FILL MY PIPE AND THEN GO FETCH MY SLIPPERS

AND BOIL ME UP ANOTHER POT OF TEA

NOW PUT ANOTHER LOG ON THE FIRE

AND COME AND TELL ME WHY YOU’RE LEAVING ME

NOW DON’T I LET YOU WASH THE CAR ON SUNDAY

DON’T I WARN YOU WHEN YOU’RE GETTING’ FAT

AIN’T I GONNA TAKE YOU FISHIN’ WITH ME SOMEDAY

WELL A MAN CAN’T LOVE A WOMAN MORE THAN THAT

AIN’T I ALWAYS NICE TO YOUR KID SISTER

DON’T I TAKE HER DRIVIN’ EVERY NIGHT

NOW SIT HERE AT MY FEET ‘CAUSE I LIKE YOU WHEN YOU’RE SWEET

AND YOU KNOW THAT IT AIN’T FEMININE TO FIGHT

SO PUT ANOTHER LOG ON THE FIRE

COOK ME UP SOME BACON AND SOME BEANS

GO OUT TO THE CAR, LIFT IT UP AND CHANGE THE TIRE

WASH MY SOCKS AND SEW MY OLD BLUE JEANS

COME ON BABY, YOU CAN FILL MY PIPE AND THEN GO FETCH MY SLIPPERS

AND BOIL ME UP ANOTHER POT OF TEA

NOW PUT ANOTHER LOG ON THE FIRE

AND COME AND TELL ME WHY YOU’RE LEAVING ME


RAINBOWS ARE BACK IN STYLE

SLIM WHITMAN

D BURGESS

(CHORUS) RAINBOWS ARE GETTING BACK IN STYLE

THERE'S SUNSHINE EVERYWHERE AND I'M LEARNING HOW TO SMILE

THE ONLY TIME IT RAINS IS TO COOL THINGS FOR A WHILE

SINCE I MET YOU, I CAN'T FORGET YOU, AND RAINBOWS ARE BACK IN STYLE

THERE'S NOT A THING IN THIS WORLD THAT I'D RATHER DO THAN JUST SIT AND STARE AT YOUR FACE

YOU'RE SO PRETTY THAT YOU'VE MADE THE WORLD A WHOLE LOT HAPPIER PLACE

WELL LIFE'S WORTH LIVING AND THE LOVE YOU'RE GIVING HAS MADE ME FEEL THIS WAY

AND RAINBOWS HAVE CHASED THE CLOUDS AWAY (CHORUS)

WELL YOUR NAME IS LIKE MUSIC AND I CAN'T HELP SINGING IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN

THIS HAPPY FEELING HAS GOT ME THINKING IT'S HEAVEN I'M LIVING IN

WELL THE LOVE WE SHARE PUTS MAGIC IN THE AIR AND EVERY DREAM COMES TRUE

AND RAINBOWS HAVE TURNED MY SKIES TO BLUE (CHORUS)


RAVISHING RUBY

TOM T HALL, E

RAVISHING RUBY, SHE’S BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE

RAVISHING RUBY, SHE WAS A TRUCK-STOP CHILD

BORN IN THE (E7) BACK OF A RIG, SOMEWHERE NEAR L A

RAVISHING RUBY, YOU POURED A LOTTA HOT COFFEE IN YOUR DAY

RAVISHING RUBY, BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU SAY

JUST LIKE HER DADDY SAID, SAID HE’D BE BACK SOME DAY

SHE WAS JUST FOURTEEN, SHE GREW UP WILD AND FREE

AND ALL THE TIME SHE’S BEEN WAITING ON HIM SHE’S BEEN WAITING ON YOU AND ME

(CHORUS) RAVISHING RUBY, SHE SLEEPS IN A BUNK OUT BACK

HER DAYS AND NIGHTS ARE FILLED WITH DREAMS OF A MAN NAMED SMILIN’ JACK

THAT WAS HER DADDY’S NAME, AND THAT’S ALL SHE EVER KNEW

RAVISHING RUBY AIN’T GOT TIME FOR GUYS LIKE ME AND YOU

RAVISHING RUBY, A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL NOW

RAVISHING RUBY, SHE MADE A SOLEMN VOW

WAITING ON SMILING JACK, HE’LL COME ROLLING BY

AND SHE WANTS TO SEE HIM, SHE WANTS TO TOUCH HIM EITHER WAY, DEAD OR ALIVE (CHORUS)


REMEMBER ME (WHEN THE CANDLELIGHTS ARE GLEAMING)

WILLIE NELSON

SCOTT WISEMAN

YOU TOLD ME ONCE THAT YOU WERE MINE ALONE FOREVER

AND I WAS YOURS ‘TILL THE END OF ETERNITY

BUT ALL THOSE VOWS ARE BROKEN NOW AND I WILL NEVER

BE THE SAME EXCEPT IN MEMORY

(CHORUS) REMEMBER ME, WHEN THE CANDLELIGHTS ARE GLEAMING

REMEMBER ME, AT THE CLOSE OF A LONG, LONG DAY

AND IT WOULD BE SO SWEET, WHEN ALL ALONE I’M DREAMING

JUST TO KNOW YOU STILL REMEMBER ME

(INSTRUMENTAL)

A BRIGHTER FACE MAY TAKE MY PLACE WHEN WE’RE APART, DEAR

ANOTHER LOVE WITH A HEART MORE BOLD AND FREE

BUT IN THE END FAIR-WEATHER FRIENDS MAY BREAK YOUR HEART, DEAR

AND IF THEY DO, SWEETHEART, REMEMBER ME

(CHORUS) + REPEAT LAST LINE


REMEMBER YOU’RE MINE

PAT BOONE, A

MANN - LOWE

BE FAITHFUL, DARLING, WHILE YOU’RE AWAY

FOR WHEN IT’S SUMMER, A HEART CAN STRAY

AND THOUGH I’LL MISS YOU, HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME

JUST REMEMBER DARLING, REMEMBER YOU’RE MINE

IF YOU GO DANCING, AND HE HOLDS YOU TIGHT

AND LIPS ARE TEMPTING, ON A SUMMER NIGHT

YOUR HEART BEATS FASTER, WHEN THE STARS START TO SHINE

JUST REMEMBER DARLING, REMEMBER YOU’RE MINE

I’LL BE LONELY, I’LL BE BLUE

BUT I (B7) PROMISE, I’LL BE TRUE

AND THOUGH I’LL MISS YOU, HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME

JUST REMEMBER DARLING, REMEMBER YOU'RE MINE


RIBBON OF DARKNESS

MARTY ROBBINS, CONNIE SMITH

GORDON LIGHTFOOT

RIBBON OF DARKNESS OVER ME

SINCE MY TRUE LOVE WALKED OUT THE DOOR

TEARS I NEVER HAD BEFORE

RIBBON OF DARKNESS OVER ME

CLOUDS ARE GATHERING O’ER MY HEAD

THEY CHILL THE DAY AND HIDE THE SUN

THAT SHROUD THE NIGHT WHEN DAY IS DONE

RIBBON OF DARKNESS OVER ME

RAIN IS FALLING ON THE MEADOW

WHERE ONCE MY LOVE AND I DID LIE

NOW SHE IS GONE FROM THE MEADOW

MY LOVE GOODBYE

RIBBON OF DARKNESS OVER ME

WHERE ONCE THE WORLD WAS YOUNG AS SPRING

WHERE FLOWERS DID BLOOM AND BIRDS DID SING

RIBBON OF DARKNESS OVER ME

IN THIS COLD ROOM A-LYING

DON’T WANT TO SEE NO ONE BUT YOU

LORD I WISH I COULD BE DYING

TO FORGET YOU

HOW I WISH YOUR HEART COULD SEE

HOW MINE JUST ACHES AND BREAKS ALL DAY

COME ON BACK AND TAKE AWAY

THIS RIBBON OF DARKNESS OVER ME


RIVERS OF BABYLON

JIMMY CLIFF, BONEY M

JAMAICAN; BRENT DOWE, JAMES A MCNAUGHTON, GEORGE REYAM, FRANK FARIAN

BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON

THERE WE SAT DOWN

AND THERE WE WEPT

WHEN WE REMEMBERED ZION (REPEAT VERSE)

'CAUSE THE WICKED CARRIED US AWAY CAPTIVITY

REQUIRED FROM US A SONG

HOW CAN WE SING THE LORD'S SONG IN A STRANGE LAND

(REPEAT)

(CALLING OUT) SING IT OUT LOUD

SING A SONG OF FREEDOM BROTHER

SING A SONG OF FREEDOM SISTER

LAH-LAH LAH-LAH-LAH LAH-LAH

(CALLING OUT) WE GOTTA WALK AND TALK IT

WE GOTTA SING AND SHOUT, YEAH-YEAH-YEAH

OH-OH-OH-OH LAH-DAH MM-MM-MM-MM

MAY (SO LET) THE WORDS OF OUR MOUTHS

AND THE MEDITATIONS OF OUR HEARTS

BE ACCEPTABLE IN THY SIGHT, HERE TONIGHT (OFARAY?)

(REPEAT)

SING IT, SING IT, SING IT, YEAH

WE GOT TO SING IT TOGETHER

EVERY ONE OF US

LAH-LAH LAH-LAH-LAH LAH-LAH OH-OH-OH

(REPEAT FIRST VERSE), (REPEAT SECOND VERSE),

(REPEAT SECOND VERSE, FADE)


RIVERS OF BABYLON

BRENT DOWE, JAMES A MCNAUGHTON, GEORGE REYAM, AND FRANK FARIAN

BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON, THERE WE SAT DOWN

AND THERE WE WEPT WHEN WE REMEMBERED ZION

(REPEAT)

FOR THE WICKED CARRIED US AWAY IN CAPTIVITY

REQUIRED OF US A SONG

HOW SHALL WE SING THE LORD'S SONG IN A STRANGE LAND?

(REPEAT)

(GROUP "AH" FIRST VERSE)

SO LET THE WORDS OF OUR MOUTHS

AND THE MEDITATIONS OF OUR HEARTS

BE ACCEPTABLE IN THY SIGHT HERE TONIGHT

(REPEAT)

BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON, THERE WE SAT DOWN

AND THERE WE WEPT WHEN WE REMEMBERED ZION

(REPEAT)

(GROUP "AH" FIRST VERSE)


ROOM FULL OF ROSES

SONS OF THE PIONEERS, GEORGE MORGAN, MICKEY GILLEY, A

TIM SPENCER

IF I SENT A ROSE TO YOU

FOR EVERY TIME, YOU MADE ME BLUE

YOU’D HAVE A ROOM FULL OF ROSES

AND IF I SENT A ROSE OF WHITE

FOR EVERY TIME I CRIED ALL NIGHT

YOU’D HAVE A ROOM FULL OF ROSES

AND IF YOU TOOK THE PETALS

AND YOU TORE THEM ALL APART

YOU’D BE (B7) TEARING AT THE ROSES

THE WAY YOU TORE MY HEART

SO IF SOMEDAY YOU’RE FEELING BLUE

YOU COULD SEND SOME ROSES TOO

WELL I DON’T WANT A ROOM FULL OF ROSES

I JUST WANT MY ARMS FULL OF YOU

(REPEAT LAST TWO VERSES)


ROSE MARIE

NELSON EDDY, SLIM WHITMAN, D

HORBACK - HAMMERSTEIN II - FREML

(OH ROSE, MY ROSE MARIE)

OH ROSE MARIE I LOVE YOU

I’M ALWAYS DREAMING OF YOU

NO MATTER WHAT I DO I CAN’T FORGET YOU

SOMETIMES I WISH THAT I HAD NEVER MET YOU

AND YET IF I SHOULD LOSE YOU

(F#) 'TWOULD MEAN MY VERY LIFE TO (Bm) ME

OF ALL THE QUEENS THAT EVER LIVED I CHOOSE YOU

TO RULE ME, MY ROSE MARIE

(INSTRUMENTAL)

OF ALL THE QUEENS THAT EVER LIVED I’D CHOOSE YOU

TO RULE ME, MY ROSE MARIE

OF ALL THE QUEENS THAT EVER LIVED, I’D CHOOSE YOU

YES I’D CHOOSE YOU

TO RULE ME, MY ROSE MARIE


ROSES ARE RED

JIM REEVES, D OR C

A LONG, LONG TIME AGO, ON GRADUATION DAY

YOU HANDED ME YOUR BOOK, I SIGNED THIS WAY

(CHORUS) ROSES ARE RED, MY LOVE

VIOLETS ARE BLUE

SUGAR IS SWEET, MY LOVE

BUT NOT AS SWEET AS YOU

WE DATED THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL

AND WHEN THE BIG DAY CAME

I WROTE INTO YOUR BOOK

NEXT TO MY NAME (CHORUS)

IS THAT YOUR LITTLE GIRL

SHE LOOKS SO MUCH LIKE YOU

SOME DAY SOME BOY WILL WRITE

IN HER BOOK, TOO (CHORUS)

THEN I WENT FAR AWAY

AND YOU FOUND SOMEONE NEW

I READ YOUR LETTER, DEAR

AND I WROTE BACK TO YOU

(CHORUS, BUT LAST LINE IS: GOOD LUCK, MAY GOD BLESS YOU)


SAN ANTONIO ROSE

BOB WILLS, SONS OF THE PIONEERS, D, CHORUS A

DEEP WITHIN MY HEART LIES A MELODY

A SONG OF OLD SAN ANTONE

WHERE IN DREAMS I LIVE WITH A MEMORY

BENEATH THE STARS ALL ALONE

IT WAS THERE I FOUND BESIDE THE ALAMO

ENCHANTMENT STRANGE AS THE BLUE UP ABOVE

A MOONLIT PASS THAT ONLY SHE WOULD KNOW

STILL HEARS MY BROKEN SONG OF LOVE

MOON IN ALL YOUR SPLENDOR, KNOW ONLY MY HEART

CALL BACK MY ROSE, ROSE OF SAN ANTONE

LIPS SO SWEET AND TENDER, LIKE PETALS FALLING APART

SPEAK ONCE AGAIN OF MY LOVE, MY OWN

BROKEN SONG, EMPTY WORDS I KNOW

STILL LIVE IN MY HEART ALL ALONE

FOR THAT MOONLIT PASS BY THE ALAMO

AND ROSE, MY ROSE OF SAN ANTONE

(REPEAT LAST TWO VERSES)


SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME

EMMYLOU HARRIS, LINDA RONSTADT

DOC POMUS - MORT SHUMAN

YOU CAN DANCE, EVERY DANCE WITH THE GUY, WHO GIVES YOU THE EYE, LET HIM HOLD YOU TIGHT

YOU CAN SMILE, EVERY SMILE FOR THE MAN WHO'D LIKE TO TREAT YOU RIGHT ‘NEATH THE PALE MOONLIGHT

BUT DON’T FORGET WHO’S TAKING YOU HOME

AND IN WHOSE ARMS YOU’RE GONNA BE

SO DARLING SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME

OH I KNOW, THAT THE MUSIC’S FINE, LIKE SPARKLING WINE

GO AND HAVE YOUR FUN

DANCE AND SING, BUT WHILE WE’RE APART DON’T GIVE YOUR HEART TO ANYONE

AND DON’T FORGET WHO’S TAKING YOU HOME

AND IN WHOSE ARMS YOU’RE GONNA BE

OH DARLING SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME

BABY DON’T YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU SO, CAN’T YOU FEEL IT WHEN WE TOUCH

I WILL NEVER, NEVER LET YOU GO, I LOVE YOU OH, SO MUCH

YOU CAN DANCE, GO AND CARRY ON, ‘TILL THE NIGHT IS GONE, AND IT’S TIME TO GO

IF HE ASKS, IF YOU’RE ALL ALONE CAN HE TAKE YOU HOME, YOU MUST TELL HIM NO

AND DON’T FORGET WHO’S TAKING YOU HOME

AND IN WHOSE ARMS YOU’RE GONNA BE

OH DARLING, SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME

OH DARLING, SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME


SAY YOU’LL STAY UNTIL TOMORROW

TOM JONES, A

(CHORUS)       (A) SAY YOU’LL STAY UNTIL TO(D)MORROW

(E) I CAN’T FACE THE NIGHT A(A)LONE (E)

(A) THOUGH I KNOW IT’S OVER (D) AND I KNOW WE’RE (B7) THROUGH

SAY YOU’LL (A) STAY UNTIL TO(E)MORROW, I NEED (A) YOU

(A) THE WORDS HAVE ALL BEEN SAID, YOUR (D) MIND’S MADE UP TO GO

YOU’RE (E) STANDING BY THE BED, LIKE (A) SOMEONE I DON’T KNOW

(D) YOUR LOVE HAS DIED, AND THERE'S (A) NOTHING I CAN DO

THOUGH YOU (B7) TRIED, YES YOU TRIED, I CAN’T (E) LIVE WITH A LIE

BUT (CHORUS)

I’VE KNOWN FOR SOME TIME NOW, THAT THINGS JUST AIN’T BEEN RIGHT

‘CAUSE WHEN WE TRY TO TALK, WE BOTH GET SO UPTIGHT

BUT NOW YOU’VE TOLD THE TRUTH, AND I KNOW WHERE I STAND

OH, IT HURTS, DEEP INSIDE, GIVE ME TIME, I’LL GET BY, BUT (CHORUS)


SEARCHING

KITTY WELLS

SEARCHING, I’VE SPENT A LIFETIME DARLING, SEARCHING

LOOKING, FOR SOMEONE JUST LIKE YOU

DREAMING, IN ALL MY DREAMS I DREAM THAT SOMEDAY

I’LL FIND SOMEONE LIKE YOU

OTHER LOVES HAVE COME MY WAY

BUT THEY WERE NOT FOR ME

TELL ME THAT YOU’RE HERE TO STAY

DON’T EVER SET ME FREE

‘CAUSE I’VE BEEN SEARCHING

I’VE SPENT A LIFETIME DARLING, SEARCHING

LOOKING, FOR SOMEONE JUST LIKE YOU


SEND ME THE PILLOW THAT YOU DREAM ON

HANK LOCKLIN, DEAN MARTIN

SEND ME THE PILLOW THAT YOU DREAM ON

DON’T YOU KNOW THAT I STILL CARE FOR YOU

SEND ME THE PILLOW THAT YOU DREAM ON

SO DARLING I CAN DREAM ON IT TOO

EACH NIGHT WHILE I’M SLEEPING, OH SO LONELY

I SHARE YOUR LOVE IN DREAMS THAT ONCE WERE TRUE

SEND ME THE PILLOW THAT YOU DREAM ON

SO DARLING I CAN DREAM ON IT TOO

(INSTRUMENTAL)

SEND ME THE PILLOW THAT YOU DREAM ON

MAYBE TIME WILL LET OUR DREAMS COME TRUE

SEND ME THE PILLOW THAT YOU DREAM ON

SO DARLING I CAN DREAM ON IT TOO

I’VE WAITED SO LONG FOR YOU TO WRITE ME

BUT JUST A MEMORY'S ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU

SEND ME THE PILLOW THAT YOU DREAM ON

SO DARLING I CAN DREAM ON IT TOO


SEVEN LONELY DAYS

EARL SCHUMAN, ALDEN SCHUMAN, MARSHALL BROWN

SEVEN LONELY DAYS, MAKE ONE LONELY WEEK

SEVEN LONELY NIGHTS MAKE ONE LONELY ME

EVER SINCE THE TIME YOU TOLD ME WE WERE THROUGH

SEVEN LONELY DAYS I CRIED AND CRIED FOR YOU

OH, MY DARLING I’M CRYING, BOO HOO, HOO, HOO

THERE’S NO USE IN DENYING, I CRIED FOR YOU

IT WAS YOUR FAVORITE PASTIME MAKING ME BLUE

LAST WEEK WAS THE LAST TIME, I CRIED FOR YOU

SEVEN HANKIES BLUE I FILLED WITH MY TEARS

SEVEN LETTERS TOO I FILLED WITH MY FEARS

GUESS IT NEVER PAYS TO MAKE YOUR LOVER BLUE

SEVEN LONELY DAYS I CRIED AND CRIED FOR YOU


SHE WEARS MY RING

HANK SNOW

BOUDLEAUX & FELICE BRYANT

SHE WEARS MY RING, TO SHOW THE WORLD THAT SHE BELONGS TO ME

SHE WEARS MY RING, TO SHOW THE WORLD SHE'S MINE ETERNALLY

WITH LOVING CARE, I PLACED IT ON HER FINGER

TO SHOW MY LOVE, FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE

THIS TINY RING, IS A TOKEN OF TENDER DEVOTION

AN ENDLESS POOL OF LOVE, THAT'S AS DEEP AS THE OCEAN

SHE SWEARS TO WEAR IT, WITH ETERNAL DEVOTION

THAT'S WHY I SING, BECAUSE SHE WEARS MY RING

(INSTRUMENTAL)

(REPEAT LAST TWO LINES)


SHUTTERS AND BOARDS

JERRY WALLACE, DEAN MARTIN

AUDIE MURPHY, SCOTT TURNER

(CHORUS) SHUTTERS AND BOARDS, COVER THE WINDOWS

OF THE HOUSE WHERE WE USED TO LIVE

ALL I HAVE LEFT, IS A HEART FULL OF SORROW

SINCE SHE SAID SHE’D NEVER FORGIVE

THE HOUSE THAT WE BUILT, WAS ONCE FILLED WITH LAUGHTER

BUT I CHANGED THAT LAUGHTER TO TEARS

AND NOW I LIVE IN A WORLD, WITHOUT SUNSHINE

OH, HOW I WISH YOU WERE HERE (CHORUS)

LAST NIGHT I DREAMED THAT YOU CAME TO OUR HOUSE

TO TAKE AN OLD BOOK FROM THE SHELF

IF YOU’LL OPEN THE SHUTTERS, I’LL TEAR DOWN THE BOARDS

‘CAUSE I DROVE EVERY NAIL BY MYSELF

(CHORUS)


SILVER BELLS

JIM REEVES

CITY SIDEWALKS, BUSY SIDEWALKS, DRESSED IN HOLIDAY STYLE

IN THE AIR THERE'S A FEELING OF CHRISTMAS

CHILDREN LAUGHING, PEOPLE PASSING, MEETING SMILE AFTER SMILE

AND ON EVERY STREET CORNER YOU HEAR

(CHORUS) SILVER BELLS, SILVER BELLS

IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME IN THE CITY

DING-A-LING, HEAR THEM SING

SOON IT WILL BE CHRISTMAS DAY

STREAMS OF STREET LIGHTS, SEE THE STOP LIGHTS, BLINK A BRIGHT RED AND GREEN

AS THE SHOPPERS RUSH HOME WITH THEIR TREASURES

HEAR THE SNOW CRUNCH, SEE THE KID'S BUNCH, THIS IS SANTA'S BIG SCENE

AND ABOVE ALL THIS BUSTLE YOU HEAR

(CHORUS)


SINGING THE BLUES

MARTY ROBBINS

MELVIN ENDSLEY

WELL I NEVER FELT MORE LIKE SINGING THE BLUES

‘CAUSE I NEVER THOUGHT, THAT I’D EVER LOSE

YOUR LOVE DEAR

WHY’D YOU DO ME THIS WAY

WELL I NEVER FELT MORE LIKE CRYING ALL NIGHT

‘CAUSE EVERYTHING’S WRONG AND NOTHING AIN’T RIGHT

WITHOUT YOU

YOU GOT ME SINGING THE BLUES

THE MOON AND STARS NO LONGER SHINE

THE DREAM IS GONE I THOUGHT WAS MINE

THERE’S NOTHING LEFT FOR ME TO DO

BUT CRY-Y-Y-Y, OVER YOU

WELL I NEVER FELT MORE LIKE RUNNING AWAY

BUT WHY SHOULD I GO, ‘CAUSE I COULDN’T STAY

WITHOUT YOU

YOU GOT ME SINGING THE BLUES


SINK THE BISMARK

JOHNNY HORTON

IN MAY OF 1941 THE WAR HAD JUST BEGUN

THE GERMANS HAD THE BIGGEST SHIPS, THEY HAD THE BIGGEST GUNS

THE BISMARK WAS THE FASTEST SHIP THAT EVER SAILED THE SEA

ON HER DECKS WERE GUNS AS BIG AS SPEARS AND SHELLS AS BIG AS TREES

OUT OF THE COLD AND FOGGY NIGHT CAME THE BRITISH SHIP THE HOOD

AND EVERY BRITISH SEAMAN, HE KNEW AND UNDERSTOOD

THEY HAD TO SINK THE BISMARK, THE TERROR OF THE SEA

STOP THOSE GUNS AS BIG AS SPEARS AND THOSE SHELLS AS BIG AS TREES

(CHORUS) WE’LL FIND THAT GERMAN BATTLESHIP THAT’S MAKING SUCH A FUSS

WE’VE GOT TO SINK THE BISMARK ‘CAUSE THE WORLD DEPENDS ON US

YAH-HIT THE DECK A RUNNIN’ BOYS AND SPIN THOSE GUNS AROUND

FOR WHEN WE FIND THE BISMARK WE GOT TO CUT HER DOWN

THE HOOD FOUND THE BISMARK AND ON THAT FATAL DAY

THE BISMARK STARTED FIRING FIFTEEN MILES AWAY

WE’VE GOT TO SINK THE BISMARK WAS THE BATTLE SOUND

BUT WHEN THE SMOKE HAD CLEARED AWAY THE MIGHTY HOOD WENT DOWN

FOR SIX LONG DAYS AND WEARY NIGHTS THEY TRIED TO FIND HER TRAIL

CHURCHILL TOLD THE PEOPLE PUT EVERY SHIP ASAIL

‘CAUSE SOMEWHERE ON THAT OCEAN I KNOW SHE’S GOT TO BE

WE’VE GOT TO SINK THE BISMARK TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA

THE FOG WAS GONE THE SEVENTH DAY AND THEY SAW THE MORNING SUN

TEN HOURS AWAY FROM HOMELAND THE BISMARK MADE HER RUN

THE ADMIRAL OF BRITISH FLEET SAID TURN THOSE BOWS AROUND

WE’VE FOUND THAT GERMAN BATTLESHIP AND WE’RE GONNA CUT HER DOWN

THE BRITISH GUNS WERE AIMED AND THE SHELLS WERE COMING FAST

THE FIRST SHELL HIT THE BISMARK THEY KNEW SHE COULDN’T LAST

THAT MIGHTY GERMAN BATTLESHIP IS JUST A MEMORY

SINK THE BISMARK WAS THE BATTLE CRY THAT SHOOK THE SEVEN SEAS


SILVER THREADS AND GOLDEN NEEDLES

LINDA RONSTADT

DICK REYNOLDS, JACK RHODES

I DON’T WANT YOUR LONELY MANSION

WITH A TEAR IN EVERY ROOM

ALL I WANT’S THE LOVE YOU PROMISED

BENEATH THE HALOED MOON

BUT YOU THINK I SHOULD BE HAPPY

WITH YOUR MONEY AND YOUR NAME

AND HIDE MYSELF IN SORROW

WHILE YOU PLAY YOUR CHEATING GAME

SILVER THREADS AND GOLDEN NEEDLES

CANNOT MEND THIS HEART OF MINE

AND I DARE NOT DROWN MY SORROW

IN THE WARM GLOW OF YOUR WINE

BUT YOU THINK I SHOULD BE HAPPY

WITH YOUR MONEY AND YOUR NAME

AND HIDE MYSELF IN SORROW

WHILE YOU PLAY YOUR CHEATING GAME

YOU CAN’T BUY MY LOVE WITH MONEY

FOR I NEVER WAS THAT KIND

SILVER THREADS AND GOLDEN NEEDLES

CANNOT MEND THIS HEART OF MINE


SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD

DAVE DUDLEY

WELL I PULLED OUT OF PITTSBURGH, ROLLING DOWN THAT EASTERN SEABOARD

I GOT MY DIESEL WOUND UP AND SHE’S RUNNING LIKE NEVER BEFORE

NOW THE SPEED ZONES I KNOW ALRIGHT, WELL I DON’T SEE A COP IN SIGHT

SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD AND I’M GONNA MAKE IT HOME TONIGHT

I GOT TEN FORWARD GEARS AND A GEORGIA OVERDRIVE

I’M TAKING LITTLE WHITE PILLS AND MY EYES ARE OPEN WIDE

I JUST PASSED A JIMMY AND A WHITE, BEEN PASSING EVERYTHING IN SIGHT

SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD AND I’M GONNA MAKE IT HOME TONIGHT

WELL IT SEEMS LIKE A MONTH SINCE I KISSED MY BABY GOODBYE

I COULD HAVE A LOT OF WOMEN BUT I’M NOT LIKE SOME OTHER GUYS

I COULD FIND ONE TO HOLD ME TIGHT, BUT I COULD NEVER MAKE BELIEVE IT’S ALRIGHT

SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD AND I’M GONNA MAKE IT HOME TONIGHT

WELL THE ICC IS A-CHECKING ON DOWN THE LINE

I’M A LITTLE OVERWEIGHT AND MY LOG BOOKS WAY BEHIND

OH THERE’S NOTHING BOTHERS ME TONIGHT, I CAN DODGE ALL THE SCALES ALRIGHT

SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD AND I’M GONNA MAKE IT HOME TONIGHT

YOU KNOW MY RIG’S A LITTLE OLD BUT THAT SURE DON’T MEAN SHE’S SLOW

THERE’S A FLAME FROM HER STACK AND THAT SMOKE’S BLOWIN’ BLACK AS COAL

WELL MY HOME TOWN’S COMING IN SIGHT, IF YOU THINK I’M HAPPY YOU’RE RIGHT

SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD AND I’M GONNA MAKE IT HOME TONIGHT


SIXTEEN TONS

TENNESSE ERNIE FORD

SOME PEOPLE SAY A MAN IS MADE OUT OF MUD

A POOR MAN IS MADE OUT OF MUSCLE AND BLOOD

MUSCLE AND BLOOD AND SKIN AND BONES

A MIND THAT’S WEAK AND A BACK THAT’S STRONG

(CHORUS) YOU LOAD SIXTEEN TONS, AND WHAT DO YOU GET

ANOTHER DAY OLDER AND DEEPER IN DEBT

SAINT PETER DON’T YOU CALL ME ‘CAUSE I CAN’T GO

I OWE MY SOUL TO THE COMPANY STORE

I WAS BORN ONE MORNING, WHEN THE SUN DIDN’T SHINE

I PICKED UP MY SHOVEL AND WALKED TO THE MINE

LOADED SIXTEEN TONS OF NUMBER NINE COAL

AND THE STRAWBOSS SAID, “WELL-A-BLESS MY SOUL”

I WAS BORN ONE MORNING, IT WAS DRIZZLING RAIN

FIGHTIN’ AND TROUBLE ARE MY MIDDLE NAME

I WAS RAISED IN A CANE BREAK BY AN OLD MAMA LION

AIN’T NO HIGH TONED WOMAN GONNA MAKE ME WALK THE LINE

IF YOU SEE ME COMING BETTER STEP ASIDE

A LOT OF MEN DIDN’T AND A LOT OF MEN DIED

ONE FIST OF IRON, AND THE OTHER OF STEEL

IF THE RIGHT ONE DON’T GET YOU, THEN THE LEFT ONE WILL


SLIPPING AROUND

MARGARET WHITING & JIMMY WAKELY, GEORGE MORGAN & MARION WORTH, C

FLOYD TILLMAN

SEEMS WE ALWAYS HAVE TO SLIP AROUND TO BE TOGETHER DEAR

SLIPPING AROUND, AFRAID WE MIGHT BE FOUND

I KNOW I CAN'T FORGET YOU, AND I'VE GOTTA HAVE YOU NEAR

BUT WE JUST HAVE TO SLIP AROUND AND LIVE IN CONSTANT FEAR

THOUGH YOU'RE (G) TIED UP WITH SOMEONE ELSE, AND (C) I'M ALL TIED UP TOO

OH, I (D) KNOW I'VE MADE MISTAKES DEAR, BUT I'M (G) SO IN LOVE WITH (G7) YOU

I (C) KNOW SOMEDAY I'LL FIND A WAY TO BRING YOU BACK TO ME

AND I WON'T HAVE TO SLIP AROUND TO HAVE YOUR COMPANY

(INSTRUMENTAL)

(REPEAT LAST VERSE)


SLOWLY

WEBB PIERCE, A

WEBB PIERCE, TOMMY HALL

SLOWLY I’M FALLING MORE IN LOVE WITH YOU

SLOWLY YOU’RE WINNING, A HEART THAT CAN BE TRUE

NOW I CAN’T HIDE MY FEELINGS FOR SOMEONE LIKE YOU

FOR SLOWLY I’M FALLING, MORE IN LOVE WITH YOU

MORE AND MORE I NEED YOU, AND WANT YOU BY MY SIDE

MORE AND MORE I LOVE YOU AS EACH DAY PASSES BY

MY HEART I KNOW YOU’RE STEALING, I HOPE THAT YOU’LL BE TRUE

FOR SLOWLY I’M FALLING, MORE IN LOVE WITH YOU


SMOKY MOUNTAIN MEMORIES

MEL STREET

(CHORUS) SMOKY MOUNTAIN MEMORIES, ABOUT MY HOME IN TENNESSEE

YESTERDAY KEEPS CALLING ME, CALLING ME HOME

MOUNTAINS RISING IN MY SOUL

HIGHER THAN IN THE DREAMS I'VE KNOWN

MISTY-EYED THEY CLING TO ME

MY SMOKY MOUNTAIN MEMORIES

AN OLD GREY MAN WITH A DOG, ASLEEP AT HIS FEET

PLAYS A WORN-OUT FIDDLE FULL OF MELODIES

HE SMILES WITH HIS EYES, BUT THE LINES IN HIS FACE

TOLD ME AS MUCH AS THE TUNES HE PLAYS (CHORUS)

TALKING ABOUT MY SMOKY MOUNTAIN MEMORIES

PRETTY GIRL IN TENNESSEE

I WAS SUCH A FOOL TO LEAVE, LEAVE HER ALL ALONE

THINK ABOUT HER IN MY DREAMS

I WONDER IF SHE THINKS OF ME

I ALWAYS WANT HER CLOSE TO ME

IN MY SMOKY MOUNTAIN MEMORIES

(INSTRUMENTAL)

SO MISTER PLAY YOUR FIDDLE, PLEASE

PLAY SOME MOUNTAIN MEMORIES

I'VE BEEN DOWN A LONELY ROAD, SO FAR FROM HOME

NOTHING LEFT TO HOLD ONTO, I MADE SOME PLANS BUT THEY FELL THROUGH

NOW THERE'S NOTHING LEFT FOR ME

BUT MY SMOKY MOUNTAIN MEMORIES

(CHORUS, FADE)


SOMEDAY (YOU’LL WANT ME TO WANT YOU)

JIM REEVES, ELTON BRITT (HIS RCA RECORDING WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST COUNTRY HITS OF 1946), D

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JIMMIE HODGES

I KNOW THAT (D) SOMEDAY YOU'LL WANT ME TO (A7) WANT YOU

WHEN I'M IN (D) LOVE WITH (D7) SOMEBODY (G) ELSE (Em)

YOU EX(A7)PECT ME TO BE TRUE, AND (D) KEEP ON LOVING YOU

THOUGH (E7) I AM FEELING BLUE, YOU (A7) THINK I CAN'T FORGET YOU

UNTIL (D) SOMEDAY YOU'LL WANT ME TO (A7) WANT YOU

WHEN I AM (D) STRONG FOR (D7) SOMEBODY (G) NEW (Em)

AND THOUGH YOU DON'T WANT ME NOW

(D) I'LL GET ALONG SOME(B7)HOW

AND THEN I (E7) WON'T (A7) WANT (D) YOU (D6)


SOUTH OF THE BORDER (DOWN MEXICO WAY)

BOB WILLS, PATSY CLINE, A

JIMMY KENNEDY, MICHAEL CARR

SOUTH OF THE (A) BORDER, DOWN (E) MEXICO (A) WAY

THAT’S WHERE I FELL IN LOVE, WHEN (E) STARS ABOVE CAME OUT TO PLAY

AND NOW AS I (A) WANDER, MY THOUGHTS EVER (D) STRAY

SOUTH OF THE (A) BORDER, DOWN (E) MEXICO (A) WAY

SHE WAS A PICTURE, IN OLD SPANISH LACE

JUST FOR A TENDER WHILE I KISSED THE SMILE UPON HER FACE

FOR IT WAS FIESTA, AND WE WERE SO GAY

SOUTH OF THE BORDER, DOWN MEXICO WAY

THEN SHE SIGHED AS SHE WHISPERED MA(Bm7)NANA

NEVER DREAMING THAT WE WERE (A) PARTING

AND I LIED AS I WHISPERED MA(Bm7)NANA

FOR THAT TO(A)MORROW (E) NEVER (A) CAME

SOUTH OF THE BORDER, I RODE BACK ONE DAY

THERE IN A VEIL OF WHITE BY CANDLELIGHT SHE KNELT TO PRAY

THE MISSION BELLS TOLD ME THAT I MUSTN’T STAY

SOUTH OF THE BORDER, DOWN MEXICO WAY

AY AY AY AY, AY AY AY AY, AY AY AY AY, AY AY AY AY


SONNY’S DREAM

PAUL HINES, WONDERFUL GRAND BAND

SONNY LIVES ON A FARM, ON A WIDE OPEN SPACE

WHERE YOU TAKE OFF YOUR SNEAKERS AND GIVE UP THE RACE

AND LAY YOUR HEAD DOWN BY A SWEET RIVER BED

BUT SONNY ALWAYS REMEMBERS JUST WHAT HIS MOMMA SAID

(CHORUS) SONNY DON’T GO AWAY I AM HERE ALL ALONE

AND YOUR DADDY’S A SAILOR, WHO NEVER COMES HOME

AND THE NIGHTS GET SO LONG, STILL I LINGER ON

SONNY DON’T GO AWAY, I AM NOT ALL THAT STRONG

SONNY CARRIES A LOAD, THOUGH HE’S BARELY A MAN

HE DON’T DO ALL THAT MUCH, BUT HE DOES ALL HE CAN

AND HE WATCHES THE SEA, FROM HIS ROOM BY THE STAIRS

AND THE WAVES COME CRASHING IN, LIKE THEY’VE DONE FOR YEARS

IT’S A HUNDRED MILES TO TOWN, SONNY’S NEVER BEEN THERE

BUT HE GOES TO THE HIGHWAY AND STANDS THERE AND STARES

AND THE MAIL COMES AT FOUR, AND THE MAILMAN IS OLD

BUT HE STILL DREAMS HIS DREAMS FILLED WITH SILVER AND GOLD

SONNY’S DREAMS CAN’T BE REAL, THEY’RE JUST STORIES HE’S READ

AND THE STARS IN HIS EYES ARE JUST DREAMS IN HIS HEAD

AND HE HUNGERS INSIDE FOR THE WILD WORLD OUTSIDE

AND I TRY TO HOLD HIM HERE, YES I’VE TRIED AND I’VE TRIED

SONNY DON’T GO AWAY

SONNY DON’T GO AWAY

SONNY DON'T GO AWAY


SPANISH EYES

AL MARTINO, BLES BRIDGES, E PLUS Am

WORDS BY CHARLES SINGLETON, EDDIE SNYDER, MUSIC BY BERT KAEMPFERT

BLUE SPANISH EYES, TEARDROPS ARE FALLING FROM YOUR SPANISH EYES

PLEASE, PLEASE DON’T CRY, THIS IS JUST ADIOS AND NOT GOODBYE

SOON I’LL RETURN, BRINGING YOU ALL THE LOVE YOUR HEART CAN HOLD

PLEASE SAY SI SI, SAY YOU AND YOUR SPANISH EYES WILL WAIT FOR ME

BLUE SPANISH EYES, PRETTIEST EYES IN ALL OF MEXICO

TRUE SPANISH EYES, PLEASE SMILE FOR ME ONCE MORE BEFORE I GO

SOON I'LL RETURN, BRINGING YOU ALL THE LOVE YOUR HEART CAN HOLD

PLEASE SAY SI SI, SAY YOU AND YOUR SPANISH EYES WILL WAIT FOR ME

YOU AND YOUR SPANISH EYES WILL WAIT FOR ME


SPANISH HARLEM

TOM JONES

BEN E KING

THERE IS A ROSE IN SPANISH HARLEM

A RED ROSE UP IN SPANISH HARLEM

IT IS A SPECIAL ONE, IT’S NEVER SEEN THE SUN

IT ONLY COMES OUT WHEN THE MOON IS ON THE RUN

AND ALL THE STARS ARE GLEAMING

IT’S GROWING IN THE STREETS, RIGHT UP THROUGH THE CONCRETE

AND SOFT AND SWEET AND DREAMING

THERE IS A ROSE IN SPANISH HARLEM

A RED ROSE UP IN SPANISH HARLEM

WITH EYES AS BLACK AS COAL, THAT LOOK DOWN IN MY SOUL

IT STARTS A FIRE THERE, AND THEN I LOSE CONTROL

AND HAVE TO BEG YOUR PARDON

I’M GOING TO PICK THAT ROSE, AND WATCH HER AS SHE GROWS

IN MY GARDEN

(INSTRUMENTAL)

WITH EYES AS BLACK AS COAL, THAT LOOK DOWN IN MY SOUL

IT STARTS A FIRE THERE, AND THEN I LOSE CONTROL, AND HAVE TO BEG YOUR PARDON

I’M GONNA TO PICK THAT ROSE, AND WATCH HER AS SHE GROWS IN MY GARDEN

THERE IS A ROSE IN SPANISH HARLEM

LA-LA-LA, LA-LA-LA, LA-LA-LA-LA

THERE IS A ROSE IN SPANISH HARLEM

LA-LA-LA, LA-LA-LA, LA-LA-LA-LA

THERE IS A ROSE IN SPANISH HARLEM

LA-LA-LA, LA-LA-LA, LA-LA-LA-LA (FADE)


STAND BY ME

BEN E KING, JERRY LIEBER, MIKE STOLLER

WHEN THE NIGHT HAS COME AND THE LAND IS DARK

AND THE MOON IS THE ONLY LIGHT TO SEE

NO I WON'T BE AFRAID, NO I…I WON'T BE AFRAID

JUST AS LONG AS YOU STAND BY ME, STAND BY ME

DARLING, DARLING, STAND BY ME

OH, NOW, NOW, STAND BY ME

STAND BY ME, STAND BY ME

IF THE SKY THAT WE LOOK UPON SHOULD TUMBLE AND FALL

AND THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD CRUMBLE TO THE SEA

I WON'T CRY I WON'T CRY NO I…I WON'T SHED A TEAR

JUST AS LONG AS YOU STAND BY ME, STAND BY ME

DARLING, DARLING, STAND BY ME

OH STAND BY ME

STAND BY ME, STAND BY ME

WHENEVER YOU'RE IN TROUBLE WON'T YOU STAND BY ME

OH NOW, NOW, STAND BY ME, OH STAND BY ME, STAND BY ME

DARLING, DARLING, STAND BY ME

OH STAND BY ME

STAND BY ME, STAND BY ME


STAND BY YOUR MAN

TAMMY WYNETTE

SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO BE A WOMAN

GIVING ALL YOUR LOVE TO JUST ONE MAN

YOU'LL HAVE BAD TIMES

AND HE'LL HAVE GOOD TIMES

DOING THINGS THAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND

BUT IF YOU LOVE HIM, YOU'LL FORGIVE HIM

EVEN THOUGH HE'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND

AND IF YOU LOVE HIM, BE PROUD OF HIM

'CAUSE AFTER ALL, HE'S JUST A MAN

(CHORUS) STAND BY YOUR MAN

GIVE HIM TWO ARMS TO CLING TO

AND SOMETHING WARM TO COME TO

WHEN NIGHTS ARE COLD AND LONELY

STAND BY YOUR MAN

AND SHOW THE WORLD YOU LOVE HIM

KEEP GIVING ALL THE LOVE YOU CAN

STAND BY YOUR MAN

(REPEAT)


STEP ASIDE

FARON YOUNG, RECORDED IN E, A BETTER

ANGRY WORDS WERE SPOKEN AND I LEFT MY BABY IN A CLOUD OF BLUE

GOT INTO MY CAR AND DROVE AROUND UNTIL I SPOTTED THIS SALOON

CAME INSIDE AND BOUGHT A DRINK, THEN I SAW YOU AND FELT THE BURNING GLOW

GOT THE URGE TO HOLD YOU TIGHT, BUT IF I TRY, REFUSE ME, TELL ME NO

(CHORUS) STEP ASIDE IF I TRY TO GET NEAR YOU

LOCK YOUR HEART IF I START MAKING TIME

WALK AWAY IF I SAY THAT I NEED YOU

STEP ASIDE IF I STEP OUT OF LINE

BITTER IS MY FEELING FOR MY BABY AND THE THINGS SHE SAID SO CRUEL

HALF OF ME SAYS CHEAT ON HER, BUT PART OF ME SAYS STOP DON’T BE A FOOL

DON’T LET ME GET CLOSE TO YOU, ‘CAUSE IF I DO I WON’T BE VERY STRONG

SAVE ME FROM MY CONSCIENCE AND KEEP ME FROM BEING SORRY LATER ON

(CHORUS), PLUS

STEP ASIDE IF I STEP OUT OF LINE


STORMS NEVER LAST

DOTTSY, E

JESSI COLTER

(CHORUS) STORMS NEVER LAST, DO THEY BABY

BAD TIMES ALL PASS WITH THE WIND

YOUR HAND IN MINE STILLS THE THUNDER

AND YOUR LOVE MAKES THE SUN WANT TO SHINE

I'VE FOLLOWED YOU, DOWN SO MANY ROADS, BABY

I'VE PICKED WILD FLOWERS, SUNG YOU SOFT SWEET SONGS

AND EVERY ROAD YOU TOOK, I KNOW, THE SEARCH WAS FOR THE TRUTH

AND THE CLOUDS BREWING NOW, WON'T BE THE LAST

(CHORUS)

(INSTRUMENTAL)

(CHORUS)

(CHORUS, FADE)


STOUTHEARTED MEN

NELSON EDDY (FROM THE NEW MOON), G

OSCAN HAMMERSTEIN II, SIGMUND ROMBERG

(CHORUS) (G) GIVE ME SOME MEN WHO ARE STOUTHEARTED MEN

WHO WILL FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT THEY A(D)DORE

START ME WITH TEN, WHO ARE STOUTHEARTED MEN, AND I'LL SOON GIVE YOU TEN THOUSAND (G) MORE

OH, (G) SHOULDER TO SHOULDER, AND BOLDER AND BOLDER

THEY GROW AS THEY (E7) GO TO THE (Am) FORE

(D7, double time) THEN THERE'S NOTHING (G) IN THE WORLD CAN (D7) HALT A MORAL (G) PLAN

(D7) WHEN STOUTHEARTED (G) MEN CAN (E7) STAND TO(Am)GETHER (D7) MAN TO (G) MAN

YOU WHO HAVE DREAMS, IF YOU ACT, THEY WILL COME TRUE

TO TURN YOUR DREAMS TO A FACT, IT'S UP TO YOU

IF YOU HAVE THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT, NEVER FEAR IT, YOU'LL SEE IT THROUGH

THOUGHTS CAN INSPIRE OTHER HEARTS WITH THEIR FIRE

FOR THE STRONG OBEY WHEN A STRONG MAN SHOWS THEM THE WAY (CHORUS)

THEN THERE'S NOTHING IN THE WORLD CAN HALT A MORAL PLAN

WHEN STOUTHEARTED MEN CAN STAND TOGETHER MAN TO MAN


SUMMERTIME

SARAH VAUGHN

GEORGE GERSHWIN, D HEYWOOD

(Am) SUMMERTIME, AND THE (E) LIVING IS (Am) EASY

THE FISH ARE (Dm) JUMPING, AND THE (Am) COTTON IS (E) HIGH

YOUR DADDY'S (Am) RICH, AND YOUR (E) MOMMA'S GOOD-(Am)LOOKING

SO (C) HUSH LITTLE (Am) BABY, (E) DON'T YOU (Am) CRY

ONE OF THESE DAYS, YOU'RE GONNA RISE UP AND SMILE

AND SPREAD YOUR WINGS AND TAKE TO THE SKY

TILL THAT TIME, THERE AIN'T NOTHING GONNA HARM YOU

SO HUSH, LITTLE BABY, DON'T YOU CRY

HUSH, LITTLE BABY, DON'T YOU CRY


SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN

JOHNNY CASH

KRIS KRISTOFFERSON

WELL I WOKE UP SUNDAY MORNING, WITH NO WAY TO HOLD MY HEAD THAT DIDN’T HURT

AND THE BEER I HAD FOR BREAKFAST WASN’T BAD, SO I HAD ONE MORE FOR DESSERT

THEN I FUMBLED THROUGH MY CLOSET, THROUGH MY CLOTHES AND FOUND MY CLEANEST DIRTY SHIRT

AND I SHAVED MY FACE AND COMBED MY HAIR AND STUMBLED DOWN THE STAIRS TO MEET THE DAY

WELL I SMOKED MY MIND THE NIGHT BEFORE

WITH CIGARETTES AND SONGS I’D BEEN PICKIN’

BUT I LIT MY FIRST AND WATCHED A SMALL KID

CUSSIN’ AT A CAN THAT HE WAS KICKIN’

THEN I CROSSED THE EMPTY STREET, AND CAUGHT THE SUNDAY SMELL OF SOMEONE FRYIN’ CHICKEN

THEN IT TOOK ME BACK TO SOMETHING

THAT I’D LOST SOMEHOW, SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY

(CHORUS) ON A SUNDAY MORNING SIDEWALK, I’M WISHING LORD THAT I WAS STONED

‘CAUSE THERE’S SOMETHING IN A SUNDAY, THAT MAKES A BODY FEEL ALONE

AND THERE’S NOTHING SHORT OF DYING, HALF AS LONELY AS THE SOUND

OF A SLEEPING CITY SIDEWALK, SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN

IN A PARK I SAW A DADDY, WITH A LAUGHING LITTLE GIRL, THAT HE WAS SWINGING

AND I STOPPED BESIDE A SUNDAY SCHOOL, AND LISTENED TO THE SONG THAT THEY WERE SINGING

THEN I HEADED BACK FOR HOME AND SOMEWHERE FAR AWAY A LONELY BELL WAS RINGING

AND IT ECHOED THROUGH THE CANYONS

LIKE THE DISAPPEARING DREAMS OF YESTERDAY


SWEET DREAMS OF YOU

FARON YOUNG, PATSY CLINE

SWEET DREAMS OF YOU

EVERY NIGHT I GO THROUGH

WHY CAN’T I FORGET YOU AND START MY LIFE ANEW

INSTEAD OF HAVING SWEET DREAMS OVER YOU

YOU DON’T LOVE ME IT’S PLAIN

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN YOU’D NEVER WEAR MY NAME

I SHOULD HATE YOU THE WHOLE NIGHT THROUGH

INSTEAD OF HAVING SWEET DREAMS OVER YOU

SWEET DREAMS OF YOU

DREAMS I KNOW CAN’T COME TRUE

WHY CAN’T I FORGET YOU AND START MY LIFE ANEW

INSTEAD OF HAVING SWEET DREAMS OVER YOU


SWEET LIES

HANK SNOW, G

MARTY ROBBINS

(G) I WATCHED AS HE HELD HER AND KISSED HER GOODNIGHT

(C) HEARD EVERY WORD AS I STOOD OUT OF SIGHT

(D) JUST LIKE A FOOL EVERY WORD HE BELIEVED

NOTHING BUT SWEET LIES SHE ONCE TOLD TO (G) ME

(C) FOOL-HEARTED BOY SHOULD I TELL WHAT I KNOW

(D) JUST HOW SHE'D WIN LOVE AND THEN LET IT GO

(C) TOO MUCH IN LOVE AND TOO FAR GONE TO SEE

(G) IT'S ONLY SWEET LIES SHE ONCE TOLD TO (D) ME

(G) ONCE HE STARTS FALLING HE WON'T WANT TO STOP

SHE'LL BUILD HIM UP HIGH AND THEN LET HIM DROP

DOWN WITH THE OTHERS WHO NEVER COULD SEE

IT'S ONLY SWEET LIES SHE ONCE TOLD TO ME

SHE'LL WHISPER SWEET WORDS AND MAKE HIS HEAD SPIN

HE'LL NEVER KNOW ALL THE TROUBLE THAT HE'S IN

TILL IT'S ALL OVER AND HE'LL SURELY SEE

IT'S ONLY SWEET LIES SHE ONCE TOLD TO ME

OH, WHAT I'D GIVE JUST TO HEAR HER ONCE MORE

WHISPER THE SAME THING SHE WHISPERED BEFORE

I'M STILL IN LOVE ANY BLIND MAN CAN SEE

I LOVE THOSE SWEET LIES SHE ONCE TOLD TO ME

HE THINKS HE'LL WIN HER 'CAUSE SHE SAYS SHE CARES

THAT'S JUST HER GAME AND SHE WON'T PLAY IT FAIR

SHE'LL LEAVE HIM SAD FULL OF DEEP MISERY

WITH ALL THOSE SWEET LIES SHE ONCE TOLD TO ME

SHE COULDN'T BE TRUE IT'S SAD BUT IT'S SO

HOW CAN SHE LOVE WITH A HEART THAT'S COLD AS STONE

HE'S DOOMED TO HEARTACHES BUT TOO BLIND TO SEE

NOTHING BUT SWEET LIES SHE ONCE TOLD TO ME

SHE'LL WHISPER SWEET WORDS AND MAKE HIS HEAD SPIN

HE'LL NEVER KNOW ALL THE TROUBLE THAT HE'S IN

TILL IT'S ALL OVER AND HE'LL SURELY SEE

IT'S ONLY SWEET LIES SHE ONCE TOLD TO ME


SWEET SURRENDER

JOHN DENVER, C

LOST AND ALONE ON SOME FORGOTTEN HIGHWAY

TRAVELLED BY MANY, REMEMBERED BY FEW

LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT I CAN BELIEVE IN

LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT I’D LIKE TO DO

WITH MY LIFE

THERE’S NOTHING BEHIND ME AND NOTHING THAT TIES ME

TO SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TRUE YESTERDAY

TOMORROW IS OPEN, AND RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS

TO BE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO JUST BE HERE TODAY

AND I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE IS HOLDING IN STORE

I DON’T KNOW WHERE I’M GOING, I’M NOT SURE WHERE I’VE BEEN

THERE’S A SPIRIT THAT GUIDES ME, A LIGHT THAT SHINES FOR ME

MY LIFE IS WORTH THE LIVING, I DON’T NEED TO SEE THE END

(CHORUS) SWEET, SWEET SURRENDER, LIVE, LIVE WITHOUT CARE

LIKE A FISH IN THE WATER, LIKE A BIRD IN THE AIR (REPEAT)

(THEN REPEAT THE ENTIRE SONG, AND REPEAT THE CHORUS SEVERAL TIMES, FADING AT THE END)


TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART

HANK WILLIAMS

TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART AND SET ME FREE

YOU’VE GROWN COLD AND NO LONGER CARE FOR ME

ALL MY FAITH IN YOU IS GONE

BUT THE HEARTACHES LINGER ON

TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART AND SET ME FREE

GIVE MY HEART JUST A WORD OF SYMPATHY

BE AS FAIR TO MY HEART AS YOU CAN BE

THEN IF YOU NO LONGER CARE

FOR THE LOVE THAT’S BEATING THERE

TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART AND SET ME FREE

TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART AND SET ME FREE

YOU’VE GROWN COLD AND NO LONGER CARE FOR ME

ALL MY FAITH IN YOU IS GONE

BUT THE HEARTACHES LINGER ON

TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART AND SET ME FREE


TALK BACK TREMBLING LIPS

JOHN D LOUDERMILK

EVERYDAY OUR LOVE’S A BATTLE ROYAL

DEAR, IT SEEMS THAT FIGHTING IS ALL WE DO

BUT IF I LET YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU

YOU’LL DO THINGS TO ME YOU SHOULDN’T DO

(CHORUS) SO, TALK BACK TREMBLING LIPS

SHAKY LEGS DON’T JUST STAND THERE

DON’T LET HER KNOW SHE’S GETTING

THROUGH TO YOU

TALK BACK TREMBLING LIPS

BURNING EYES DON’T START CRYING

HEART, DON’T LET HER KNOW

THAT YOU’RE BREAKING IN TWO

EVERY TIME YOU UP AND HURT MY FEELINGS

I PRETEND IT COULDN’T MATTER LESS

I’M JUST HIDING ALL OF MY EMOTIONS

BEHIND MY BROKEN HEART I GUESS


T FOR TEXAS (BLUE YODEL NO. 1)

GRANDPA JONES, G

JIMMIE RODGERS

T FOR TEXAS, T FOR TENNESSEE

T FOR TEXAS, T FOR TENNESSEE

T FOR THELMA, THAT GAL THAT’S MADE A WRECK OUT OF ME

ODELAYHE OODELAYHE AY ODELAYHE (AFTER EVERY VERSE)

JR: ODELAYHE AY AYHE O AYHE

IF YOU DON’T WANT ME MOMMA, YOU SURE DON’T HAVE TO STALL

IF YOU DON’T WANT ME MOMMA, YOU SURE DON’T HAVE TO STALL

‘CAUSE I CAN GET MORE WOMEN

THAN A PASSENGER TRAIN CAN HAUL

I'M GONNA BUY ME A PISTOL, JUST AS LONG AS I’M TALL (YEAH, YEAH)

I'M GONNA BUY ME A PISTOL, JUST AS LONG AS I’M TALL

I’M GONNA SHOOT POOR THELMA, JUST TO SEE HER JUMP AND FALL

I'M GOING WHERE THE WATER TASTES LIKE SHERRY WINE

I'M GOING WHERE THE WATER TASTES LIKE SHERRY WINE

'CAUSE THE GEORGIA WATER TASTES LIKE TURPENTINE

I'M GONNA BUY ME A SHOTGUN, WITH A GREAT LONG SHINY BARREL

I'M GONNA BUY ME A SHOTGUN, WITH A GREAT LONG SHINY BARREL

GONNA SHOOT THAT ROUNDER THAT STOLE AWAY MY GAL

I'D RATHER DRINK THE MUDDY WATER, AND SLEEP IN A HOLLOW LOG

I'D RATHER DRINK THE MUDDY WATER, AND SLEEP IN A HOLLOW LOG

THAN TO BE IN ATLANTA, TREATED LIKE A DIRTY DOG


THANK GOD AND GREYHOUND

ROY CLARK, E

EARL NIX - LARRY KINGSTON

(E) I’VE MADE A SMALL FORTUNE, AND YOU’VE SQUANDERED IT (A) ALL

YOU SHAMED ME ‘TILL (E) I FEEL, ABOUT ONE INCH (B7) TALL

BUT (E) I THOUGHT I LOVED YOU, AND I HOPED YOU WOULD (A) CHANGE

SO I GRITTED MY (E) TEETH AND (B7) DIDN’T COM(E)PLAIN

(E) NOW YOU’VE COME TO ME WITH A SIMPLE GOOD(A)BYE

YOU TELL ME YOU’RE LEAVING, BUT YOU DON’T TELL ME (B7) WHY

NOW WE’RE (E) HERE AT THE STATION, AND YOU’RE GETTING (A) ON

AND ALL I CAN (E) THINK OF IS…

THANK GOD AND (B7) GREYHOUND YOU’RE (E) GONE

(A) THANK GOD AND GREYHOUND YOU’RE GONE

I DIDN’T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER, I COULD GO (B7) ON

(E) WATCHING YOU TAKE THE RESPECT OUT OF ME

(A) WATCHING YOU MAKE A TOTAL WRECK OF (B7) ME

THAT (E) BIG DIESEL MOTOR IS A-(A)PLAYING MY (E) SONG

THANK GOD AND (B7) GREYHOUND YOU’RE (E) GONE

THANK GOD AND GREYHOUND YOU’RE GONE

THAT LOAD ON MY MIND GOT LIGHTER WHEN YOU GOT ON

THAT SHINEY OLD BUS IS A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT

WITH THE BLACK SMOKE A-ROLLIN’ UP AROUND THE TAIL LIGHTS

IT MAY SOUND KINDA CRUEL, BUT I’VE BEEN SILENT TOO LONG

THANK GOD AND GREYHOUND YOU’RE GONE


THAT'LL BE THE DAY

BUDDY HOLLY, A

(CHORUS) WELL, (D) THAT'LL BE THE DAY, WHEN YOU SAY GOODBYE

YES, (A) THAT'LL BE THE DAY, WHEN YOU MAKE ME CRY

YOU (D) SAID YOU GONNA LEAVE, YOU KNOW IT'S A LIE

'CAUSE (A) THAT'LL BE THE DAY (E) WHEN I (A) DIE

YOU (D) GIVE ME ALL YOUR LOVING AND YOUR TURTLE-DOVING

AND (A) ALL YOUR HUGS AND KISSES AND YOUR (E) MONEY (A) TOO

WELL, (D) YOU KNOW YOU LOVE ME BABY, UNTIL YOU TELL ME MAYBE

(E) THAT SOME DAY, WELL, I'LL BE THROUGH (CHORUS)

(INSTRUMENTAL)

(CHORUS)

WHEN CUPID SHOT HIS DART, HE SHOT IT AT YOUR HEART

SO IF WE EVER PART AND I LEAVE YOU

WELL, YOU SAY YOU TOLD ME, AND YOU TELL ME BOLDLY

THAT SOME DAY, WELL, I'LL BE THROUGH (CHORUS)

WELL, THAT'LL BE THE DAY,  , OO-OO

WELL, THAT'LL BE THE DAY,  , OO-OO

WELL, THAT'LL BE THE DAY,  , OO-OO

WELL, THAT'LL BE THE DAY, BUMP-BUMP-BUMP-BUMP


THAT’S WHAT MAKES THE JUKEBOX PLAY

MOE BANDY

I JUST SPENT MY LAST NICKEL, TRYING TO DRIVE MY TEARS AWAY

TRYING TO MEND A BROKEN HEART, THAT YOU ONCE LED ASTRAY

I KNOW LIFE IS FUNNY, THIS OLD WORLD IS BUILT THAT WAY

SO MANY DISAPPOINTMENTS, THAT’S WHAT MAKES THE JUKEBOX PLAY

EVERY TIME I SEE A NEW LOVE, I BOW MY HEAD AND PRAY

THAT THEY’LL ALWAYS TALK THINGS OVER, AND UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER’S WAY

BUT SOMETIMES IT DOESN’T HAPPEN, IT’S A FOOL LIKE ME WHO PAYS

TO BE ALONE IN THIS OLD WORLD, THAT’S WHAT MAKES THE JUKEBOX PLAY

(INSTRUMENTAL)

SOME PEOPLE SEEM SO HAPPY, THEY’RE LAUGHING AND GAY

LOVE TO THEM IS JUST A WORD, TOMORROW’S ANOTHER DAY

MY LIFE WOULD BE SO EMPTY, FOR MY HEART WON’T LIVE THAT WAY

ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE MAKE THIS WORLD, THAT’S WHAT MAKES THE JUKEBOX PLAY

ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE MAKE THIS WORLD, THAT’S WHAT MAKES THE JUKEBOX PLAY


THE AUCTIONEER

LEROY VAN DYKE, D

LEROY VAN DYKE, BUDDY BLACK

(SPOKEN, AS RECORDED) HEY WELL ALL RIGHT SIR, HERE WE GO THERE

AND WHAT'RE YOU GONNA GIMME FOR 'EM

I'M BID 25, WILL YOU GIMME 30 DOLLAR, 30, MAKE IT 30

BID IT AT 30, 35, AND NOW THEN 40 MAKE IT A 40

BID IT AT 40 NOW 5 5 5 MAKE IT A 45 AND NOW 50

MAKE IT A 50 I GOT A BUYER THERE (FADE)

(SPOKEN, FROM BOOK) HEY, WELL ALL RIGHT SIR, HERE WE GO THERE

AND WHAT'RE YOU GONNA GIVE ME FOR 'EM

I'M BID 25, WILL YA GIMME 30, MAKE IT 30

BID IT TO BUY 'EM AT 30 DOLLARS ON 'ER WILL YA GIMME 30

NOW 5, WHO WOULDDA BID IT AT 5, MAKE IT 5, 5 BID

AND NOW FORTY DOLLARS ON 'ER TO BUY 'EM THERE

THERE WAS A BOY IN ARKANSAS

WHO WOULDN’T LISTEN TO HIS MA

WHEN SHE TOLD HIM THAT HE SHOULD GO TO SCHOOL

HE’D SNEAK AWAY IN THE AFTERNOON

TAKE A LITTLE WALK AND PRETTY SOON

YOU’D FIND HIM AT THE LOCAL AUCTION BARN

(C) HE’D STAND AND LISTEN CAREFULLY

THEN (G) PRETTY SOON HE BEGAN TO SEE

HOW THE (A) AUCTIONEER COULD TALK SO RAPID(D)LY

HE SAID "OH MY, IT’S DO OR DIE

I’VE GOT TO LEARN THAT AUCTION CRY

GOTTA MAKE MY MARK AND BE AN AUCTIONEER"

25 DOLLAR BID AN' NOW 30 DOLLAR 30

WILL YOU GIMME 30? MAKE IT 30

BI-DI-DI-BOM A 30 DOLLAR

WILL YOU GIMME 30?

WHO-DA-DA BI-DI-DA 30 DOLLAR BID?

30 DOLLAR BID AN' NOW, 35

WILL YOU GIMME 35

TO MAKE IT A 35, TO BI-DI-DA 35?

WHO WOULDA BID IT AT A 35 DOLLAR BID?

AS TIME WENT ON HE DID HIS BEST

AND ALL COULD SEE HE DIDN’T JEST

HE PRACTICED CALLING BIDS BOTH NIGHT AND DAY

HIS PAP WOULD FIND HIM BEHIND THE BARN

JUST WORKING UP AN AWFUL STORM

AS HE TRIED TO IMITATE THE AUCTIONEER

THEN HIS PAP SAID, “SON, WE JUST CAN’T STAND

TO HAVE A MEDIOCRE MAN

SELLING THINGS AT AUCTION USING OUR GOOD NAME

I’LL SEND YOU OFF TO AUCTION SCHOOL

THEN YOU’LL BE NOBODY’S FOOL

YOU CAN TAKE YOUR PLACE AMONG THE BEST”

35 DOLLAR BID AN' NOW 40 DOLLAR 40

WILL YOU GIMME 40? MAKE IT 40

BI-DI-DI-BOM A 40 DOLLAR

WILL YOU GIMME 30?

WHO-DA-DA BI-DI-DA 40 DOLLAR BID?

40 DOLLAR BID AN' NOW, 45

WILL YOU GIMME 45

TO MAKE IT A 45, TO BI-DI-DA 45?

WHO WOULDA BID IT AT A 45 DOLLAR BID?

SO FROM THAT BOY WHO WENT TO SCHOOL

THERE GREW A MAN WHO PLAYED IT COOL

HE CAME BACK HOME A FULL-FLEDGED AUCTIONEER

THEN THE PEOPLE CAME FROM MILES AROUND

JUST TO HEAR HIM MAKE THAT RHYTHMIC SOUND

THAT FILLED THEIR HEARTS WITH SUCH A HAPPY CHEER

THEN HIS FAME SPREAD OUT FROM SHORE TO SHORE

HE HAD ALL HE COULD DO AND MORE

HAD TO BUY A PLANE TO GET AROUND

NOW HE'S THE TOPS IN ALL THE LAND

LET'S PAUSE AND GIVE THAT MAN A HAND

HE'S THE BEST HILLBILLY AUCTIONEER

(or: HE'S THE BEST OF ALL THE AUCTIONEERS)

45 DOLLAR BID AN' NOW 50 DOLLAR 50

WILL YOU GIMME 50? MAKE IT 50

BI-DI-DI-BOM A 50 DOLLAR

WILL YOU GIMME 50?

WHO-DA-DA BI-DI-DA 50 DOLLAR BID?

50 DOLLAR BID AN' NOW, 55

WILL YOU GIMME 55

TO MAKE IT A 55, TO BI-DI-DA 55?

SOLD THAT HOG FOR A 50 DOLLAR BILL

(SPOKEN, AS RECORDED) HEY WELL ALL RIGHT SIR

OPEN THE GATE AND LET 'EM OUT AND WALK 'EM BOYS

HERE WE COME A LOT OF NUMBER 29 AND WHAT'RE WE GONNA GIVE FOR 'EM

I'M BID 25, WILL YOU GIVE ME 30 DOLLAR, 30, MAKE IT 30

BID IT AT 30, AND NOW 5 AND NOW 40 DOLLAR 45

AND NOW 50 DOLLAR 50 DOLLAR MAKE IT A 50 (FADE)

(SPOKEN, FROM BOOK) HEY, WELL ALL RIGHT, SIR

OPEN THE GATE AN' LET 'EM OUT AND WALK 'EM BOYS

HERE WE COME WITH LOT NUMBER 29 IN

WHAT'RE YOU GONNA GIVE FOR 'EM

I'M BID 25, WIL YA GIMME 30, MAKE IT 30

BIT IT TO BUY 'EM AT 30 DOLLARS ON 'ER

WILL YOU GIMME 30 DOLLARS ON 'ER

NOW FIVE, 35 AN' NOW THE 40 DOLLARS ON 'ER

WILL YOU GIMME 40, MAKE IT 40

NOW 5, 45 AN' NOW THE 50 DOLLARS ON 'ER

WILL YOU GIMME 50, NOW 5, 55

AN' NOW THE 60 DOLLARS ON 'ER

WILL YOU GIMME 60, MAKE IT 60

NOW 5, WHO'D A BID IT AT 60 DOLLARS ON 'ER TO BUY 'EM THERE


THE BANANA BOAT SONG

HARRY BELAFONTE

DAY-O, DAY-O, DAYLIGHT AND ME WAN GO HOME

DAY-O, DAY-O, DAYLIGHT AND ME WAN GO HOME

HE SAID LOADIN’ DE BANANA BOATS ALL NIGHT LONG

DAYLIGHT AND I WANNA GO HOME

HEY, ALL DE WORKMEN SING DIS SONG

DAYLIGHT AND ME WAN GO HOME

SLEEP BY SUN AND WORK BY MOON

DAYLIGHT AND ME WAN GO HOME

WHEN I GET SOME MONEY GONNA QUIT REAL SOON

DAYLIGHT AND ME WAN GO HOME

HILL AND GULLY RIDER, HILL AND GULLY

HILL AND GULLY RIDER, HILL AND GULLY

PACK UP ALL MY THINGS AND GO TO SEA

DAYLIGHT AND ME WAN GO HOME

DEN DE BANANAS SEE THE LAST OF ME

DAYLIGHT AND ME WAN GO HOME


THE BLIZZARD

JIM REEVES, BILLY WALKER, A

THERE’S A BLIZZARD COMING ON, HOW I’M WISHING I WERE HOME

FOR MY PONY’S LAME AND HE CAN’T HARDLY STAND

LISTEN TO THAT NORTHER SIGH, IF WE DON’T GET HOME WE’LL DIE

BUT IT’S ONLY SEVEN MILES TO MARY (F#m) ANNE

YES, IT’S ONLY SEVEN MILES TO MARY ANNE

YOU CAN BET WE’RE ON HER MIND, FOR IT’S NEARLY SUPPERTIME

AND I’LL BET THERE’S HOT BISCUITS IN THE PAN

LORD, MY HANDS FEEL LIKE THEY’RE FROZE, AND THERE’S A NUMBNESS IN MY TOES

BUT IT’S ONLY FIVE MORE MILES TO MARY ANNE

YES, IT’S ONLY FIVE MORE MILES TO MARY ANNE

THAT WIND’S HOWLING AND IT SEEMS, MIGHTY LIKE A WOMAN’S SCREAMS

AND WE’D BEST BE MOVING FASTER IF WE CAN

DAN, JUST THINK ABOUT THAT BARN, WITH THAT HAY SO SOFT AND WARM

FOR IT’S ONLY THREE MILES TO MARY ANNE

YES, IT’S ONLY THREE MILES TO MARY ANNE

(SPEAKING) DAN, GET UP, YOU ORNERY CUSS, OR YOU’LL BE THE DEATH OF US

I’M SO WEARY, BUT I’LL HELP YOU IF I CAN

ALL RIGHT, DAN, PERHAPS IT’S BEST THAT STOP A WHILE AND REST

FOR IT’S STILL A HUNDRED YARDS TO MARY ANNE

YES, IT’S STILL A HUNDRED YARDS TO MARY ANNE

(SPEAKING) LATE THAT NIGHT THE STORM WAS GONE, AND THEY FOUND HIM THERE AT DAWN

HE’D HAVE MADE IT, BUT HE JUST COULDN’T LEAVE OLD DAN

YES, THEY FOUND HIM THERE ON THE PLAINS, WITH HIS HANDS FROZE TO THE REINS

HE WAS JUST A HUNDRED YARDS FROM MARY ANNE

HE WAS JUST A HUNDRED YARDS FROM MARY ANNE


THE BLUE SIDE OF LONESOME

JIM REEVES

LEON PAYNE

I'M CALLING TO TELL YOU IT'S OVER

YES, DARLING, YOU'RE NOW FREE TO GO

YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE SORRY YOU HURT ME

BUT YOU'VE HURT ME MUCH MORE THAN YOU KNOW

YOU'RE ASKING ME WHERE THIS CALL COMES FROM

OH, I HOPE THAT YOU DON'T END UP HERE

IF YOUR NEW ROMANCE TURNS OUT A FAILURE

HERE'S WHERE TO FIND ME, MY DEAR

(CHORUS) I'M JUST ON THE BLUE SIDE OF LONESOME

RIGHT NEXT TO THE HEARTBREAK HOTEL

IN A TAVERN THAT'S KNOWN AS THREE TEARDROPS

ON A BARSTOOL NOT DOING SO WELL

THE HANDS ON THE CLOCK NEVER ALTER

FOR THINGS NEVER CHANGE IN THIS PLACE

THERE'S NO PRESENT, NO PAST, NO FUTURE

WE'RE THE ONES WHO HAVE LOST IN LOVE'S RACE (CHORUS)


THE BOXER

SIMON AND GARFUNKEL

I AM JUST A POOR BOY THOUGH MY STORY'S SELDOM TOLD

I HAVE SQUANDERED MY RESISTANCE

FOR A POCKETFUL OF MUMBLES, SUCH ARE PROMISES

ALL LIES AND JEST, STILL A MAN HEARS WHAT HE WANTS TO HEAR

AND DISREGARDS THE REST

WHEN I LEFT MY HOME AND MY FAMILY I WAS NO MORE THAN A BOY IN THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS

IN THE QUIET OF THE RAILWAY STATION RUNNING SCARED

LAYING LOW, SEEKING OUT THE POORER QUARTERS

WHERE THE RAGGED PEOPLE GO

LOOKING FOR THE PLACES ONLY THEY WOULD KNOW

LAI LAI LAI, LAI LAI LAI LAI LAI LAI LAI LAI LAI, LIA LAI LAI, LAI LAI LAI LAI LAI LAI LAI LIA LAI LAI LAI LAI

ASKING ONLY WORKMAN’S WAGES, I COME LOOKING FOR A JOB

BUT I GET NO OFFERS

JUST A COME-ON FROM THE WHORES ON SECOND AVENUE

I DO DECLARE, THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I WAS SO LONESOME

I TOOK SOME COMFORT THERE

(INSTRUMENTAL)

LAI LAI LAI…

AND I AM LAYING OUT WINTER CLOTHES AND WISHING I WAS GONE

GOING HOME

WHERE THE NEW YORK CITY WINTERS AREN'T BLEEDING ME

LEADING ME, GOING HOME

IN THE CLEARING STANDS A BOXER AND A FIGHTER BY HIS TRADE

AND HE CARRIES THE REMINDERS

OF EVERY GLOVE THAT LAID HIM DOWN OR CUT HIM TILL HE CRIED OUT

IN HIS ANGER AND HIS SHAME, I AM LEAVING, I AM LEAVING BUT THE FIGHTER STILL REMAINS LAI LAI LAI…


THE CHRISTMAS POLKA

JIM REEVES

THIS IS CHRISTMAS SEASON, SO THERE ISN'T ANY REASON

WE CAN'T DANCE THE CHRISTMAS POLKA

HEAR SLEIGH BELLS RINGING, EVERYBODY'S SINGING

DANCING THE CHRISTMAS POLKA

CHRISTMAS TREES AND HOLLY MAKE EVERYONE SO JOLLY

AND LOVE JUST FILLS THE AIR

IT'S A WONDERFUL WORLD FOR A BOY AND A GIRL

WHILE DANCING THE CHRISTMAS POLKA

THE MERRY CHRISTMAS POLKA

LET'S DANCE, LET'S DANCE, LET'S DANCE

EVERYONE'S SO HAPPY, THE AIR IS FILLED WITH ROMANCE

WITH THE SWEETHEARTS KISSING AS THEY DANCE 'NEATH THE MISTLETOE

IT'S A SIGHT TO BEHOLD FOR THE YOUNG AND THE OLD

THE MERRY CHRISTMAS POLKA

(REPEAT FIRST VERSE)


THE GREAT PRETENDER

THE PLATTERS

BUCK RAM

OH YES, I’M THE GREAT PRETENDER

PRETENDING THAT I’M DOING WELL

MY NEED IS SUCH, I PRETEND TOO MUCH

I’M LONELY BUT NO ONE CAN TELL

OH YES, I’M THE GREAT PRETENDER

ADRIFT IN A WORLD OF MY OWN

I PLAY THE GAME BUT TO MY REAL SHAME

YOU’VE LEFT ME TO DREAM ALL ALONE

TOO REAL IS THIS FEELING OF MAKE BELIEVE

TOO REAL WHEN I FEEL, WHAT MY HEART CAN’T CONCEAL

OH YES, I’M THE GREAT PRETENDER

JUST LAUGHING AND GAY LIKE A CLOWN

I SEEM TO BE WHAT I’M NOT YOU SEE

I’M WEARING MY HEART LIKE A CLOWN

PRETENDING THAT YOU’RE STILL AROUND


THE GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME

TOM JONES, E

CURLY PUTNAM

THE OLD HOME TOWN LOOKS THE SAME

AS I STEP DOWN FROM THE TRAIN

AND THERE TO MEET ME, IS MY MOMMA AND MY PAPA

AND DOWN THE ROAD I LOOK AND THERE RUNS MARY

HAIR OF GOLD AND LIPS LIKE CHERRIES

IT’S GOOD TO TOUCH THE GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME

(CHORUS) YES THEY’LL ALL COME TO MEET ME

ARMS A-REACHING, SMILING SWEETLY

IT’S GOOD TO TOUCH THE GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME

THE OLD HOUSE IS STILL STANDING

THOUGH THE PAINT IS CRACKED AND DRY

AND THERE’S THAT OLD OAK TREE THAT I USED TO PLAY ON

DOWN THE LANE I WALK WITH MY SWEET MARY

HAIR OF GOLD AND LIPS LIKE CHERRIES

IT’S GOOD TO TOUCH THE GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME

THEN I AWAKE AND LOOK AROUND ME

AT THOSE FOUR GREY WALLS THAT SURROUND ME

AND I REALIZE THAT I WAS ONLY DREAMING

FOR THERE’S A GUARD AND THERE’S A SAD OLD PADRE

ARM IN ARM WE’LL WALK AT DAYBREAK

AGAIN I’LL TOUCH THE GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME

YES, THEY’LL ALL COME TO SEE ME

IN THE SHADE OF THAT OLD OAK TREE

AS THEY LAY ME, ‘NEATH

THE GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME


THE HANGING TREE

FRANKIE LAINE, MARTY ROBBINS

M DAVID - J LIVINGSTON

I CAME TO TOWN TO SEARCH FOR GOLD

AND I BROUGHT WITH ME A MEMORY

AND I SEEMED TO HEAR THE NIGHT WIND CRY

GO HANG YOUR DREAMS ON THE HANGING TREE

YOUR DREAMS OF LOVE THAT WOULD NEVER BE

HANG YOUR FADED DREAMS ON THE HANGING TREE

I SEARCHED FOR GOLD AND I FOUND MY GOLD

AND I FOUND A GIRL WHO LOVED JUST ME

AND I WISHED THAT I COULD LOVE HER TOO

BUT I'D LEFT MY HEART ON THE HANGING TREE

I'D LEFT MY HEART WITH A MEMORY

AND A FADED DREAM ON THE HANGING TREE

NOW THERE WERE MEN WHO CRAVED MY GOLD

AND THEY MEANT TO TAKE MY GOLD FROM ME

WHEN A MAN IS GONE, HE NEEDS NO GOLD

SO THEY CARRIED ME TO THE HANGING TREE

TO JOIN MY DREAMS TO A MEMORY

YES, THEY CARRIED ME TO THE HANGING TREE

TO REALLY LIVE YOU MUST ALMOST DIE

IT HAPPENED JUST THAT WAY WITH ME

THEY TOOK THE GOLD AND THEY SET ME FREE

AND I WALKED AWAY FROM THE HANGING TREE

I WALKED AWAY FROM THE HANGING TREE

AND MY OWN TRUE LOVE, OH YES

SHE WALKED WITH ME

THAT'S WHEN I KNEW THAT THE HANGING TREE

WAS A TREE OF LIFE, NEW LIFE FOR ME

A TREE OF HOPE, NEW HOPE FOR ME

A TREE OF LOVE, NEW LOVE FOR ME

THE HANGING TREE, THE HANGING TREE, THE HANGING TREE


THE HARDER THEY COME

JIMMY CLIFF

OH YEAH, WELL, OH YEAH, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT

WELL THEY TELL ME OF A PIE UP IN THE SKY

WAITING FOR ME WHEN I DIE

BUT BETWEEN THE DAY YOU'RE BORN AND WHEN YOU DIE

YOU NEVER SEEM TO HEAR EVEN YOUR CRY

SO AS SURE AS THE SUN WILL SHINE

I'M GONNA GET MY SHARE NOW OF WHAT'S MINE

AND THEN THE HARDER THEY COME, THE HARDER THEY'LL FALL, ONE AND ALL

OO, THE HARDER THEY COME, THE HARDER THEY'LL FALL, ONE AND ALL

THE OPPRESSORS ARE TRYING TO KEEP ME DOWN

TRYING TO DRIVE ME UNDERGROUND

AND THEY THINK THAT THEY HAVE GOT THE BATTLE WON

I SAY FORGIVE THEM LORD THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY'VE DONE

FOR AS SURE AS THE SUN WILL SHINE

I'M GONNA GET MY SHARE NOW OF WHAT'S MINE

AND THEN THE HARDER THEY COME, THE HARDER THEY'LL FALL, ONE AND ALL

OO, THE HARDER THEY COME, THE HARDER THEY'LL FALL, ONE AND ALL

OH YEAH, WELL OH YEAH, OH YEAH, OH YEAH

AND I'LL KEEP FIGHTING FOR THE THINGS I WANT

THOUGH I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU'RE DEAD YOU CAN'T

BUT I'D RATHER BE A FREE MAN IN MY GRAVE

THAN LIVING AS A PUPPET OR A SLAVE

SO AS SURE AS THE SUN WILL SHINE

I'M GOING TO GET MY SHARE RIGHT NOW OF WHAT'S MINE

AND THEN THE HARDER THEY COME, THE HARDER THEY'LL FALL, ONE AND ALL

OO, THE HARDER THEY COME, THE HARDER THEY'LL FALL, ONE AND ALL

YEAH, THE HARDER THEY COME, THE HARDER THEY'LL FALL, ONE AND ALL

YEAH, THE HARDER THEY COME, THE HARDER THEY'LL FALL, ONE AND ALL (FADE)


THE HURTIN'S ALL OVER

CONNIE SMITH

HARLAN HOWARD

NOW THE HURTIN'S ALL OVER, ALL OVER ME

A YEAR AGO TODAY I THOUGHT LIKE DYING

AS UNLOVED AND UNWANTED AS A HEART COULD BE

BUT TIME HAS A WAY OF CHANGING YESTERDAY

NOW THE HURTIN'S ALL OVER, ALL OVER ME

(CHORUS) YES, THE HURTIN'S ALL OVER, ALL OVER MY BODY

IT STARTED IN MY HEART AND IT SPREAD ALL OVER ME

FATHER TIME DID HIS PART, TOOK THE HURT OUT OF MY HEART

NOW THE HURTIN'S ALL OVER, ALL OVER ME

NOW MY ARMS ACHE TO HOLD YOU LIKE THEY USED TO DO

AND MY EYES ACHE FOR THE LOVE LIGHT THEY NO LONGER SEE

HOW I MISS YOUR CARESS, HOW MY LIPS ACHE TO BE KISSED

YES, THE HURTIN'S ALL OVER, ALL OVER ME

(CHORUS) + LAST LINE


THE LAST CHEATER’S WALTZ

T G SHEPPARD, A (OR G)

SONNY THROCKMORTON

SHE WAS GOING TO PIECES HE WALKED IN THE DOOR

SHE JUST HAD TO SEE HIM SHE CAN’T WAIT NO MORE

TONIGHT HE’LL BE WITH HER NO MATTER THE COST

AS THE BAND / PLAYS THE LAST / CHEATER’S WALTZ

HE TELLS HER HE LOVES HER AND THE MUSIC PLAYS ON

HE TELLS HER HE NEEDS HER BUT SOMEONE’S AT HOME

THE BALL GAME’S ALL OVER AND SHE KNOWS SHE’S LOST

AS THE BAND / PLAYS THE LAST / CHEATER’S WALTZ

(CHORUS AEDED / EDEDA) AND OOO DON’T THEY SOUND LONELY

AND OOO DON’T THEY PLAY SAD

AND OOO THREE-QUARTER ONLY

WATCH HOW HE HOLDS HER / AS THEY DANCE / TO THE LAST / CHEATER’S WALTZ

(INSTRUMENTAL (A WALTZ))

AND OOO DON’T THEY SOUND LONELY

AND OOO DON’T THEY PLAY SAD

AND OOO THREE-QUARTER ONLY

WATCH HOW HE HOLDS HER AS THEY DANCE TO THE LAST CHEATER’S WALTZ

(INSTRUMENTAL (A WALTZ), FADE)


THE LAST THING ON MY MIND

(A)

A LESSON TOO LATE FOR THE LEARNING

MADE OF SAND, MADE OF SAND

IN THE WINK OF AN EYE MY SOUL WAS TURNING

IN YOUR HAND, IN YOUR HAND

(CHORUS) ARE YOU (E) GOING AWAY WITH NO (D) WORD OF (A) FAREWELL

WILL THERE (D) BE NOT A (A) TRACE LEFT (E) BEHIND

I (A) COULD HAVE LOVED YOU (D) BETTER

DIDN’T (A) MEAN TO BE UNKIND

YOU (E) KNOW THAT WAS THE LAST THING ON MY (A) MIND

AS I WALK ALONG MY THOUGHTS ARE SLOWLY TUMBLING

ROUND AND ROUND, ROUND AND ROUND

UNDERNEATH MY FEET A SUBWAY IS RUMBLING,

UNDERGROUND, UNDERGROUND (CHORUS)

YOU’VE GOT REASONS A-PLENTY FOR GOIN’

THIS I KNOW, THIS I KNOW

THE WEEDS HAVE BEEN STEADILY GROWING

PLEASE DON’T GO, PLEASE DON’T GO (CHORUS)


THE LORD KNOWS I'M DRINKING

CAL SMITH

BILL ANDERSON

WELL HELLO, MRS JOHNSON, YOU SELF-RIGHTEOUS WOMAN

SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER, WHAT BRINGS YOU OUT SLUMMING

DO YOU RECKON THE PREACHER WOULD APPROVE WHERE YOU ARE

STANDING HERE VIS'TIN' WITH A BACKSLIDING CHRISTIAN IN A NEIGHBORHOOD BAR

WELL, YES, THAT'S MY BOTTLE, AND YES, THAT'S MY GLASS

AND I SEE YOU'RE EYEBALLING, THIS PRETTY YOUNG LASS

IT AIN'T NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS, BUT YES, SHE'S WITH ME

AND WE DON'T NEED NO SERMON, YOU SELF-RIGHTEOUS WOMAN, JUST LET US BE

(CHORUS) THE LORD KNOWS I'M DRINKING, AND RUNNING AROUND

AND HE DON'T NEED YOUR LOUD MOUTH, INFORMING THE TOWN

THE LORD KNOWS I'M SINNING, AND SINNING AIN'T RIGHT

BUT ME AND THE GOOD LORD, GONNA HAVE US A GOOD TALK, LATER TONIGHT

(INSTRUMENTAL)

GOODBYE, MRS JOHNSON, YOU SELF-RIGHTEOUS BITTY

I DON'T NEED YOUR PREACHING, AND I DON'T NEED YOUR PITY

SO GO BACK TO WHATEVER YOU HIPPOCRITES DO

AND WHEN I TALK TO HEAVEN, BE NICE, AND I'LL PUT IN A GOOD WORD FOR YOU

(CHORUS)


THE MEMORY OF AN OLD CHRISTMAS CARD

JIM REEVES

THERE'S AN OLD CHRISTMAS CARD, IN AN OLD DUSTY TRUNK

AND IT BRINGS BACK SWEET MEMORIES DEAR TO ME

THOUGH IT'S FADED AND WORN, IT'S AS PRECIOUS AS THE MORN

WHEN I FOUND IT 'NEATH OUR FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE

(CHORUS) I THRILL WITH EVERY WORD, EVERY LINE

GUESS I'M ALWAYS SENTIMENTAL 'ROUND THIS TIME

PARDON ME, IF A TEAR FALLS UPON MY CHRISTMAS CHEER

IT'S THE MEMORY OF AN OLD CHRISTMAS CARD

(SPEAKING) YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHY I GET TO FEELING SENTIMENTAL ABOUT THIS TIME OF YEAR

BUT EVERY TIME I SEE A CHRISTMAS CARD I SOMEHOW CAN'T HELP REMEMBERING

ABOUT THE VERY FIRST CHRISTMAS THAT YOU AND I SPENT TOGETHER

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS CARD YOU GAVE ME THAT YEAR

WHY, I KNOW YOU MUST HAVE LOOKED THROUGH THOUSANDS OF CARDS

TO FIND THAT WONDERFUL POEM THAT STILL BRINGS A TEAR TO MY EYE (CHORUS)


THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN

JOAN BAEZ, C (Am)

J. R. ROBERSTON, ROBBIE

(Am) VIRGIL CAINE IS MY NAME, AND I (F) DROVE ON THE DANVILLE (Am) TRAIN

TILL STONEMAN’S CAVALRY CAME AND (F) TORE UP THE TRACKS A(Am)GAIN

IN THE WINTER OF (C) ’65, WE WERE (Am) HUNGRY, JUST (C) BARELY ALIVE

(Am) BY MAY THE TENTH (C) RICHMOND IT FELL, IT WAS A (Am) TIME, I REMEMBER, OH, SO (G) WELL

(CHORUS) THE (Am) NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE (C) DOWN, AND ALL THE BELLS WERE RINGING

THE (Am) NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE (C) DOWN, AND ALL THE PEOPLE WERE SINGING

THEY WENT (Am) NA NA-NA NA-NA-NA, (Dm) NA-NA NA-NA-NA NA-NA-NA-(F) NA

BACK WITH MY WIFE IN TENNESSEE, AND ONE DAY SHE SAID TO ME

VIRGIL, QUICK COME SEE, THERE GOES THE ROBERT E LEE

NOW I DON’T MIND ‘EM CHOPPING WOOD, AND I DON’T CARE IF THE MONEY’S NO GOOD

JUST TAKE WHAT YOU NEED AND LEAVE THE REST

BUT THEY SHOULD NEVER HAVE TAKEN THE VERY BEST (CHORUS)

LIKE MY FATHER BEFORE ME, I’M A WORKING MAN

AND LIKE MY BROTHER BEFORE ME, I TOOK THE REBEL STAND

WELL HE WAS JUST 18, PROUD AND BRAVE, WHEN A YANKEE LAID HIM IN HIS GRAVE

I SWEAR BY THE BLOOD BELOW MY FEET

YOU CAN’T RAISE A CAINE BACK UP, WHEN HE’S IN DEFEAT (CHORUS)


THE PARTY’S OVER

WILLIE NELSON

(CHORUS) TURN OUT THE LIGHTS, THE PARTY’S OVER

THEY SAY THAT ALL GOOD THINGS MUST END

CALL IT A NIGHT, THE PARTY’S OVER

AND TOMORROW STARTS THE SAME OLD THING AGAIN

WHAT A CRAZY, CRAZY PARTY

NEVER SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE

LAUGHING, DANCING, LOOK AT YOU, YOU’RE HAVING FUN

BUT LOOK AT ME, I’M ALMOST CRYING

BUT THAT DON’T KEEP HER LOVE FROM DYING

MISERY, ‘CAUSE FOR ME, THE PARTY’S OVER (CHORUS)

ONCE I HAD A LOVE UNDYING

I DIDN’T KEEP IT, WASN’T TRYING

LIFE FOR ME WAS JUST ONE PARTY, AND THEN ANOTHER

I BROKE HER HEART SO MANY TIMES

HAD TO HAVE MY PARTY WINE

THEN ONE DAY SHE SAID, SWEETHEART, THE PARTY’S OVER

(CHORUS) + AND TOMORROW STARTS THE SAME OLD THING AGAIN


THE PUB WITH NO BEER

WILF CARTER

AUSTRALIAN BALLAD

NOW IT’S LONESOME AWAY FROM YOUR KINDRED AND ALL

BY THE CAMPFIRE AT NIGHT, WHERE THE WILD DINGOES CALL

BUT THERE’S NOTHING SO LONESOME, MORBID OR DREAR

AS TO STAND AT THE BAR, OF A PUB WITH NO BEER

NOW THE PUBLICAN'S ANXIOUS FOR THE QUOTA TO COME

THERE’S A FARAWAY LOOK ON THE FACE OF THE BUM

THE MAID’S GONE ALL CRANKY AND THE COOK’S ACTING QUEER

WHAT A TERRIBLE PLACE IS A PUB WITH NO BEER

THEN THE STOCKMAN RIDES UP WITH HIS DRY DUSTY THROAT

HE PRESS('S) UP TO THE BAR, PULLS A WAD FROM HIS COAT

BUT THE SMILE ON HIS FACE QUICKLY TURNS TO A SNEER

AS THE BARMAN SAYS SADLY, THE PUB'S GOT NO BEER

THEN THE SWAGGIE COMES IN SMOTHERED IN DUST AND FLIES

HE THROWS DOWN HIS ROLL RUGS, THE SWEAT FROM HIS EYES

BUT WHEN HE IS TOLD HE SAYS WHAT'S THIS I HEAR

I DROVE FIFTY FLAMING MILES TO A PUB WITH NO BEER

THERE'S A DOG ON THE VERANDA, FOR HIS MASTER HE WAITS

BUT THE BOSS IS INSIDE DRINKING WINE WITH HIS MATES

HE HURRIES FOR COVER AND HE CRINGES IN FEAR

IT'S NO PLACE FOR A DOG 'ROUND A PUB WITH NO BEER

OLD BILLY THE BLACKSMITH, FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE

HAS GONE HOME COLD SOBER TO HIS DARLING WIFE

HE WALKS IN THE KITCHEN, SHE SAYS “YOU'RE EARLY MY DEAR”

BUT THEN HE BREAKS DOWN AND TELLS HER, “THE PUB’S GOT NO BEER”

SO IT’S LONESOME AWAY FROM YOUR KINDRED AND ALL

BY THE CAMPFIRE AT NIGHT, WHERE THE WILD DINGOES CALL

BUT THERE’S NOTHING SO LONESOME, MORBID OR DREAR

AS TO STAND AT THE BAR, OF A PUB WITH NO BEER

(REPEAT LAST TWO LINES)


THERE’LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT

HANK WILLIAMS

I’LL PRETEND I’M FREE FROM SORROW

MAKE BELIEVE THAT WRONG IS RIGHT

YOUR WEDDING DAY WILL BE TOMORROW

AND THERE’LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT

WHY, OH, WHY SHOULD YOU DESERT ME

ARE YOU DOING THIS FOR SPITE

IF YOU ONLY WANT TO HURT ME

THEN THERE’LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT

I BELIEVE THAT YOU STILL LOVE ME,

WHEN YOU WEAR YOUR VEIL OF WHITE

BUT YOU THINK THAT YOU’RE ABOVE ME

BUT THERE’LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT

SHAME OH SHAME FOR WHAT YOU’RE DOING

OTHER ARMS WILL HOLD YOU TIGHT

YOU DON’T CARE WHOSE LIFE YOU RUIN

BUT THERE’LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT


THERE SHE GOES

JERRY WALLACE

MILLER, HADDOCK, STEVENSON

THERE SHE GOES, SHE’S WALKING AWAY

AND EACH STEP SHE TAKES, BRINGS HEARTACHES MY WAY

HE’S WON HER HEART, I LOST HER SOME WAY

THERE SHE GOES, SHE’S WALKING AWAY

OH, IF I HADN’T CHEATED, AND IF I HADN’T LIED

I’D BE THE ONE, WALKING BY HER SIDE

I LOVE HER STILL, AND I GUESS THAT IT SHOWS

THE WAY THAT I FEEL, AS THERE SHE GOES

(SPEAKING) THERE SHE GOES, SHE'S WALKING AWAY

AND EACH STEP SHE TAKES, BRINGS HEARTACHES MY WAY

IF I HADN'T CHEATED, IF I HADN'T LIED

I'D BE THE ONE, WALKING BY HER SIDE

I LOVE HER STILL, AND I GUESS THAT IT SHOWS

SHE'S WALKING AWAY, THERE SHE GOES

THERE SHE GOES, THERE SHE GOES


THERE STANDS THE GLASS

WEBB PIERCE, BILLY WALKER

RUSS HULL, MARY JEAN SHURTZ, WEBB PIERCE

THERE STANDS THE GLASS

THAT WILL EASE ALL MY PAIN

THAT WILL SETTLE MY BRAIN

IT’S MY FIRST ONE TODAY

THERE STANDS THE GLASS

THAT WILL HIDE ALL MY TEARS

THAT WILL DROWN ALL MY FEARS

BROTHER I’M ON MY WAY

I’M WONDERING WHERE YOU ARE TONIGHT

I’M WONDERING IF YOU ARE ALRIGHT

I’M WONDERING IF YOU THINK OF ME

IN MY MISERY

THERE STANDS THE GLASS

FILL IT UP TO THE BRIM

‘TILL MY TROUBLES GROW DIM

IT’S MY FIRST ONE TODAY


THE ROCK ISLAND LINE

JIMMIE RODGERS, JOHNNY CASH, HARRY BELAFONTE

L DONEGAN

NOW THIS HERE’S THE STORY ABOUT THE ROCK ISLAND LINE

WELL, THE ROCK ISLAND LINE SHE RUNS DOWN INTO NEW ORLEANS

THERE’S A BIG TOLL GATE DOWN THERE AND YOU KNOW IF YOU GOT CERTAIN THINGS ON BOARD, WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE TOLL GATE, WELL YOU DON’T HAVE TO PAY THE MAN NO TOLL

WELL THE TRAIN DRIVER HE PULLED UP TO THE TOLL GATE AND THE MAN HOLLERED AND ASKED HIM WHAT ALL HE HAD ON BOARD, AND HE SAID

I GOT LIVESTOCK, I GOT LIVESTOCK, I GOT COWS, I GOT PIGS, I GOT SHEEP, I GOT MULES, I GOT ALL LIVESTOCK

WELL, HE SAID, YOU ALL RIGHT BOY, YOU DON’T HAVE TO PAY NO TOLL, YOU CAN JUST GO RIGHT ON THROUGH, SO

HE WENT ON THROUGH THE TOLL GATE

AND AS HE WENT THROUGH HE STARTED PICKING UP A LITTLE BIT OF SPEED, PICKING UP A LITTLE BIT OF STEAM

(STRUM, GRADUALLY INCREASING THE TEMPO)

HE GOT ON THROUGH, AND HE TURNED AND LOOKED BACK AT THE MAN, AND HE SAID

WELL I FOOLED YOU, I FOOLED YOU, I GOT THE PIG IRON, I GOT THE PIG IRON, I GOT ALL PIG IRON

(CHORUS) NOW THE ROCK ISLAND LINE SHE’S A MIGHTY GOOD ROAD

THE ROCK ISLAND LINE IT’S THE ROAD TO RIDE

THE ROCK ISLAND LINE IT’S A MIGHTY GOOD ROAD

WELL IF YOU RIDE, YOU GET TO RIDE IT LIKE YOU FIND IT

GET YOUR TICKET AT THE STATION FOR THE ROCK ISLAND LINE

OH IT’S CLOUDY IN THE WEST AND IT LOOKED LIKE RAIN

‘ROUND THE CURVE COME A PASSENGER TRAIN

A NORTHBOUND TRAIN ON A SOUTHBOUND TRACK

HE DON’T MIND LEAVING BUT HE WON’T BE BACK (CHORUS)

WELL, I MAY BE RIGHT AND I MAY BE WRONG, BUT YOU(’RE) GONNA MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE

WELL THE ENGINEER SAID BEFORE HE DIED, THAT THERE WERE TWO MORE DRINKS THAT HE’D LIKE TO TRY

CONDUCTOR SAID, WHAT COULD THEY BE, A HOT CUP OF COFFEE AND A COLD GLASS OF TEA (CHORUS)


THE TENNESSEE WALTZ

PATTI PAGE

REDD STEWART, PEE WEE KING

I WAS DANCING WITH MY DARLING TO THE TENNESSEE WALTZ

WHEN AN OLD FRIEND I HAPPENED TO SEE

I INTRODUCED HER TO MY LOVED ONE, AND WHILE THEY WERE DANCING

MY FRIEND STOLE MY SWEETHEART FROM ME

I REMEMBER THE NIGHT AND THE TENNESSEE WALTZ

NOW I KNOW JUST HOW MUCH I HAVE LOST

YES I LOST MY LITTLE DARLING, THE NIGHT THEY WERE PLAYING

THE BEAUTIFUL TENNESSEE WALTZ

(INSTRUMENTAL)

(REPEAT)


THE TIPS OF MY FINGERS

ROY CLARK

BILL ANDERSON

I HAD YOU RIGHT ON THE TIPS OF MY FINGERS…

I REACHED OUT MY ARMS AND I TOUCHED YOU

WITH SOFT WORDS I WHISPERED YOUR NAME

I HAD YOU RIGHT ON THE TIPS OF MY FINGERS

AH, BUT THAT WAS A CLOSE AS I CAME

MY EYES HAD A VISION OF SWEETNESS

YIELDING BENEATH MY COMMAND

I HAD YOUR LOVE ON THE TIPS OF MY FINGERS

BUT I LET IT SLIP RIGHT THOUGH MY HANDS

BUT I LET IT SLIP RIGHT THOUGH MY HANDS

SOMEBODY TOOK YOU WHEN I WASN'T LOOKING

AND I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN FROM THE START

THAT IT'S A LONG, LONG WAY FROM THE TIPS OF MY FINGERS

TO THE LOVE HIDDEN DEEP IN YOUR HEART

TO THE LOVE HIDDEN DEEP IN YOUR HEART

I HAD YOU RIGHT ON THE TIPS OF MY FINGERS

BUT I LET YOU SLIP RIGHT THROUGH MY HAND

YES, I LET YOU SLIP RIGHT THROUGH MY HAND


THE WAITING GAME

HARRY BELAFONTE

BOB HILLIARD, ROBERT ALLEN

HER EYES WERE THE LOVELIEST CORNFLOWER BLUE

SO BRIGHT AND SO KIND AND SO HONEST AND TRUE

BUT I LIKE A FOOL DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO

WHEN SHE SAID SHE WANTED MY LOVE

(CHORUS) WHY DID I PLAY THE WAITING GAME, THE WAITING GAME, I LOST THE ONE I ADORED

THOUGH SHE MADE MY HEART SING, SOMEHOW WE NEVER MARRIED

IN SPRING, OH, WHAT WAS I WAITING FOR

NOW SINCE WE'VE BEEN PARTED, THE OTHERS I MEET

WOULD STILL ASK FOR MORE WITH THE WORLD AT THEIR FEET

BUT SHE WAS SO KIND AND SO GENTLE AND SWEET

AND ALL THAT SHE WANTED WAS LOVE

(UP ONE KEY) WHENEVER I'M RESTLESS WITH SOMEBODY NEW

I RUN FOR A MILE AND THEN HERE'S WHAT I DO

I DREAM OF THOSE EYES THAT WERE CORNFLOWER BLUE

AND HOW SHE JUST WANTED MY LOVE

(LIKE CHORUS) WHY DID I PLAY THE WAITING GAME, THE WAITING GAME, I LOST THE ONE I ADORED

THOUGH SHE MADE MY HEART SING, SOMEHOW WE NEVER MARRIED

IN SPRING, OH, WHAT WAS I WAITING FOR


THE WAYWARD WIND

GOGI GRANT, SLIM WHITMAN

HERB NEWMAN, STAN LEBOWSKY

(CHORUS) OH, THE WAYWARD WIND, IS A RESTLESS WIND

A RESTLESS WIND, THAT YEARNS TO WANDER

AND I WAS BORN, THE NEXT OF KIN

THE NEXT OF KIN, TO THE WAYWARD WIND

IN A LONELY SHACK BY A RAILROAD TRACK

I SPENT MY YOUNGER DAYS

AND I GUESS THE SOUND OF THE OUTWARD BOUND

MADE ME A SLAVE, TO MY WANDERING WAYS

AND (CHORUS)

OH, I MET HER THERE IN A BORDER TOWN

I VOWED WE’D NEVER PART

THOUGH I TRIED MY BEST TO SETTLE DOWN

SHE’S NOW ALONE, WITH A BROKEN HEART

AND (CHORUS) + REPEAT LAST LINE


THE WILD COLONIAL BOY

BILLY WALKER

AUSTRALIAN BALLAD

THERE WAS A WILD COLONIAL BOY, JACK DUGGAN WAS HIS NAME

HE WAS BORN AND BRED IN IRELAND, IN A PLACE CALLED CASTLEMAINE

HE WAS HIS MOTHER’S ONLY SON, HIS FATHER’S PRIDE AND JOY

AND DEARLY DID HIS PARENTS LOVE THE WILD COLONIAL BOY

AT THE EARLY AGE OF SIXTEEN YEARS HE LEFT HIS NATIVE HOME

AND TO AUSTRALIA’S SUNNY SHORES HE WAS INCLINED TO ROAM

HE ROBBED THE RICH TO HELP THE POOR HE STABBED JAMES MCAVOY

A TERROR TO AUSTRALIA WAS THE WILD COLONIAL BOY

ONE MORNING ON THE PRAIRIE WHILE JACK DUGGAN RODE ALONG

WHILE LISTENING TO THE MOCKINGBIRD HE SANG A CHEERFUL SONG

UP JUMPED THREE TROOPERS ARMED WITH GUNS, DAVIS, KELLY AND FITZROY

THEY’D ALL SET OUT TO CAPTURE HIM, THE WILD COLONIAL BOY

SURRENDER NOW JACK DUGGAN, YOU SEE WE’RE THREE TO ONE

SURRENDER IN THE QUEEN'S HIGH NAME, YOU ARE A PLUNDERING SON

JACK PULLED TWO PISTOLS FROM HIS BELT AND PROUDLY HELD THEM HIGH

“I’LL FIGHT BUT NO SURRENDER”, CRIED THE WILD COLONIAL BOY

HE FIRED AT SHOT AT KELLY, THAT BROUGHT HIM TO THE GROUND

AND TURNING 'ROUND TO DAVIS, HE RECEIVED A FATAL WOUND

A BULLET PIERCED HIS PROUD YOUNG HEART FROM THE PISTOL OF FITZROY

AND THAT WAS HOW THEY CAPTURED HIM THE WILD COLONIAL BOY


THE WILD SIDE OF LIFE

HANK THOMPSON, RAY PRICE (RESPONSE, "IT WASN'T GOD WHO MADE HONKY TONK ANGELS," IS BY KITTY WELLS)

YOU WOULDN’T READ MY LETTER IF I WROTE YOU

YOU ASKED ME NOT TO CALL YOU ON THE PHONE

BUT THERE’S SOMETHING I’M WANTING TO TELL YOU

SO I WROTE IT IN THE WORDS OF THIS SONG

(CHORUS) I DIDN’T KNOW GOD MADE HONKY TONK ANGELS

I MIGHT HAVE KNOWN YOU’D NEVER MAKE A WIFE

YOU GAVE UP THE ONLY ONE WHO EVER LOVED YOU

AND WENT BACK TO THE WILD SIDE OF LIFE

(HANK THOMPSON) THE GLAMOR OF THE GAY NIGHT LIFE HAS LURED YOU

TO THE PLACES WHERE THE WINE AND LIQUOR FLOW

WHERE YOU WAIT TO BE ANYBODY'S BABY

AND FORGET THE TRUEST LOVE YOU'LL EVER KNOW

YES IT HURT ME TO KNOW THAT YOU DON’T LOVE ME

THOUGH I KNOW THAT YOU’RE FOREVER GONE

AND IT KILLED THE HEART AND PRIDE DEAR INSIDE ME

WHEN I SAW YOU IN THAT STRANGER’S ARMS SO LONG

I’LL JUST LIVE MY LIFE ALONE WITH MEM’RIES OF YOU

AND DREAM OF KISSES YOU TRADED FOR MY TEARS

AND NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU

AND I PRAY THAT YOU’LL BE HAPPY THROUGH THE YEARS


THE WRECK OF THE OLD ‘97

J R CASH, JOHNSON BLAKE, HANK SNOW

CHARLES NOELL, FRED LEWEY, WHITTER/WORK

WELL, THEY GAVE HIM HIS ORDERS AT MONROE, VIRGINIA

SAYING, STEVE, YOU’RE WAY BEHIND TIME

THIS IS NOT ‘38, IT'S OLD ‘97

YOU MUST PUT HER INTO SPENCER ON TIME

SO HE TURNED AROUND AND SAID TO HIS BLACK, GREASY FIREMAN

HEY, SHOVEL ON A LITTLE MORE COAL

AND WHEN WE CROSS THAT WHITE OAK MOUNTAIN

WATCH OLD ‘97 ROLL

(INSTRUMENTAL)

IT’S A MIGHTY ROUGH ROAD FROM LYNCHBURG TO DANVILLE

WITH A LINE ON A THREE-MILE GRADE

IT WAS ON THAT GRADE THAT HE LOST HIS AIR BRAKES

OH, WHAT A JUMP HE MADE

HE WAS GOING DOWN THE GRADE DOIN’ 90 MILES AN HOUR

HIS WHISTLE BROKE INTO A SCREAM

HE WAS FOUND IN THE WRECK WITH HIS HAND ON THE THROTTLE

SCALDED TO DEATH BY THE STEAM

(INSTRUMENTAL)

THEN A TELEGRAM CAME FROM WASHINGTON STATION

AND THIS IS HOW IT READ

OH, THAT BRAVE ENGINEER WHO RAN OLD '97

IS A-LYING IN OLD DANVILLE DEAD

SO, NOW, ALL YOU LADIES, YOU’D BETTER TAKE A WARNING

FROM THIS TIME ON AND LEARN

NEVER SPEAK HARSH WORDS TO YOUR TRUE, LOVING HUSBAND

HE MAY LEAVE YOU AND NEVER RETURN


THE WURLITZER PRIZE

I DON'T WANT TO GET OVER YOU

WAYLON JENNINGS, D

BOBBY EMMONS, CHIPS MOMAN

I’M NOT HERE TO FORGET YOU, I’M HERE TO RECALL

THE THINGS WE USED TO SAY AND DO

I DON’T WANT TO GET OVER YOU

I DON’T WANT TO GET OVER YOU

I HAUNT THE SAME PLACES WE USED TO GO

ALONE AT A TABLE FOR TWO

I DON’T WANT TO GET OVER YOU

I DON’T WANT TO GET OVER YOU

(CHORUS) THEY OUGHT TO GIVE ME THE WURLITZER (D7) PRIZE

FOR (G) ALL THE SILVER I LET SLIDE DOWN THE (A) SLOT

PLAYING THOSE (D) SONGS SUNG BLUE

HELP ME (A) REMEMBER YOU

I DON’T WANT TO GET (D) OVER YOU

A FRESH ROLL OF QUARTERS, SAME OLD SONG

MISSING YOU THROUGH AND THROUGH

I DON’T WANT TO GET OVER YOU

I DON’T WANT TO GET OVER YOU

(CHORUS) + I DON'T WANT TO GET OVER YOU

I DON'T WANT TO GET OVER YOU


THEY CALL THE WIND MARIA

THE BROWNS, JIM EDWARD BROWN

WORDS BY ALAN JAY LERNER, MUSIC BY FREDERICK LOEWE

AWAY OUT WEST (HERE) THEY'VE GOT A NAME

FOR WIND AND RAIN AND FIRE

THE RAIN IS JESS, THE FIRE IS JOE

AND THEY CALL THE WIND MARIA

MARIA BLOWS THE STARS AROUND

AND SENDS THE CLOUDS A-FLYING

MARIA MAKES THE MOUNTAINS SOUND

LIKE FOLKS ARE UP THERE DYING

MARIA, MARIA, THEY CALL THE WIND MARIA

BEFORE I KNEW MARIA'S NAME

AND HEARD HER WAILS AND WHINING

I HAD A GIRL AND SHE HAD ME

AND THE SUN WAS ALWAYS SHINING

AND THEN ONE DAY I LEFT MY GIRL

LEFT HER FAR BEHIND ME

NOW I'M SO LOST, SO DOGGONE LOST

NOT EVEN GOD CAN FIND ME

MARIA, MARIA, THEY CALL THE WIND MARIA

OUT HERE THEY'VE GOT A NAME FOR RAIN

FOR WIND AND FIRE ONLY

BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOST AND ALL ALONE

THERE AIN'T NO NAME FOR LONELY

NOW I'M A LOST AND LONELY MAN

WITHOUT A STAR TO GUIDE ME

MARIA, BLOW HER LOVE TO ME

I NEED HER HERE BESIDE ME

MARIA, MARIA, THEY CALL THE WIND MARIA


THE YEAR THAT CLAYTON DELANEY DIED

TOM T HALL

I REMEMBER THE YEAR THAT CLAYTON DELANEY DIED

THEY SAID FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS THAT HE SUFFERED AND CRIED

IT MADE A BIG IMPRESSION ON ME, ALTHOUGH I WAS A BAREFOOT KID

THEY SAY HE GOT RELIGION AT THE END, AND I’M GLAD THAT HE DID

CLAYTON WAS THE BEST GUITAR PICKER IN OUR TOWN

I THOUGHT HE WAS A HERO AND I USED TO FOLLOW CLAYTON AROUND

I OFTEN WONDERED WHY CLAYTON, WHO SEEMED SO GOOD TO ME

NEVER TOOK HIS GUITAR AND MADE IT DOWN IN TENNESSEE

WELL, DADDY SAID HE DRANK A LOT, BUT I COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND

I KNEW HE USED TO PICK UP IN OHIO WITH A FIVE-PIECE BAND

AND CLAYTON USED TO TELL ME, SON, YOU BETTER PUT THAT OLD GUITAR AWAY

THERE AIN’T NO MONEY IN IT, IT’LL LEAD YOU TO AN EARLY GRAVE

I GUESS IF I’D ADMIT IT, CLAYTON TAUGHT ME HOW TO DRINK BOOZE

I CAN SEE HIM HALF-STONED, PICKING OUT THE LOVESICK BLUES

WHEN CLAYTON DIED I MADE HIM A PROMISE, I WAS GONNA CARRY ON SOMEHOW

I’D GIVE A MILLION DOLLARS, IF HE COULD ONLY SEE ME NOW

I REMEMBER THE YEAR THAT CLAYTON DELANEY DIED

NOBODY EVER KNEW IT, BUT I WENT OUT IN THE WOODS AND I CRIED

WELL I KNOW THERE’S A LOT OF BIG PREACHERS, WHO KNOW A LOT MORE THAN I DO

BUT IT COULD BE THAT THE GOOD LORD LIKES A LITTLE PICKING, TOO

YEAH, I REMEMBER THE YEAR THAT CLAYTON DELANEY DIED


THE YELLOW BANDANA

FARON YOUNG, A, 3/4

(A) THIS IS THE STORY OF A (E) YELLOW BANDANA, A (D) HANDSOME YOUNG SOLDIER, AND A (E) GIRL NAMED ROS(A)ANNA

AWAY OUT WEST IN THE WILDS OF NEW MEXICO

THERE LIVED A GIRL AND A SOLDIER WHO LOVED HER SO

AND EVERY NIGHT ‘NEATH THE FULL CRIMSON MOON ABOVE

THIS BRAVE YOUNG SOLDIER WOULD PLEDGE HER HIS LOVE

(CHORUS) AND HE GAVE ROSANNA HIS YELLOW BANDANA

TO WEAR IN HER HAIR ‘TILL HE’S WITH HER ONCE MORE

HE GAVE ROSANNA HIS YELLOW BANDANA

MOUNTED HIS PONY AND RODE OFF TO WAR

HIS ORDERS CAME AND HE HAD TO RIDE WEST AGAIN

SEEMS THAT APACHES WERE CAUSING UNREST AGAIN

HE KISSED ROSANNA GOODBYE AS HE RODE AWAY

PROMISING THIS TIME HE’D COME BACK TO STAY (CHORUS)

THE WAR WAS OVER AND HE CAME BACK HOME AND FOUND

THAT THE APACHES HAD BURNED THE WHOLE VILLAGE DOWN

AND ‘NEATH THE TREE WHERE HE LAST KISSED ROSANNA

DRAPED ON A CROSS WAS HIS YELLOW BANDANA (CHORUS)

(CHORUS, FADE)


THIS OLE HOUSE

STUART HAMBLEN

THIS OLD HOUSE ONCE KNEW MY CHILDREN

THIS OLD HOUSE ONCE KNEW MY WIFE

THIS OLD HOUSE WAS HOME AND COMFORT

AS WE FOUGHT THE STORMS OF LIFE

THIS OLD HOUSE ONCE RANG WITH LAUGHTER

THIS HOUSE ONCE HEARD MANY SHOUTS

NOW SHE TREMBLES IN THE DARKNESS

WHEN THE LIGHTNING WALKS ABOUT

(CHORUS) AIN’T GONNA NEED THIS HOUSE NO LONGER

AIN’T GONNA NEED THIS HOUSE NO MORE

AIN’T GOT TIME TO FIX THE SHINGLES

AIN’T GOT TIME TO FIX THE FLOOR

AIN’T GOT TIME TO OIL THE HINGES

NOR TO MEND THE WINDOW PANE

AIN’T GONNA NEED THIS HOUSE NO LONGER

I’M A-GETTIN’ READY TO MEET THE SAINTS

(INSTRUMENTAL)

THIS OLD HOUSE IS A-GETTING’ SHAKY

THIS OLD HOUSE IS A-GETTING’ OLD

THIS OLD HOUSE LETS IN THE RAIN

THIS OLD HOUSE LETS IN THE COLD

ON MY KNEES I'M A-GETTIN' CHILLY

BUT I FEEL NO FEAR OR PAIN

‘CAUSE I SEE AN ANGEL PEEKIN’ THROUGH

A BROKEN WINDOW PANE (CHORUS)

(INSTRUMENTAL)

NOW THIS OLD HOUSE IS AFRAID OF THUNDER

THIS OLD HOUSE IS AFRAID OF STORMS

THIS OLD HOUSE JUST GROANS AND TREMBLES

WHEN THE NIGHT WIND FLINGS ITS ARMS

THIS OLD HOUSE IS A-GETTIN’ FEEBLE

THIS OLD HOUSE IS A-NEEDIN’ PAINT

JUST LIKE ME IT'S TUCKERED OUT

BUT I’M GETTING’ READY TO MEET THE SAINTS (CHORUS)

NOW, MY OLD HOUND-DOG LIES A-SLEEPIN’

HE DON’T KNOW I’M GONNA LEAVE

ELSE HE’D WAKE UP BY THE FIREPLACE

AND HE’D SIT THERE AND HOWL AND GRIEVE

BUT MY HUNTIN’ DAYS ARE OVER

AIN’T GONNA HUNT THE COON NO MORE

GABRIEL DONE BROUGHT IN THE CHARIOT

WHEN THE WIND BLEW DOWN THE DOOR (CHORUS)


TILL I WALTZ AGAIN WITH YOU

TERESA BREWER, ROSEMARY CLOONEY

PROSEN

(CHORUS) TILL I WALTZ AGAIN WITH YOU

LET NO OTHER HOLD YOUR CHARMS

IF MY DREAMS SHOULD ALL COME TRUE

YOU'LL BE WAITING FOR MY ARMS

TILL I KISS YOU ONCE AGAIN

KEEP MY LOVE LOCKED IN YOUR HEART

DARLING, I'LL RETURN AND THEN

WE WILL NEVER HAVE TO PART

THOUGH IT MAY BREAK YOUR HEART AND MINE

THE MINUTE WHEN IT'S TIME TO GO

REMEMBER, DEAR, EACH WORD DIVINE

THAT MEANS I LOVE YOU SO

TILL I WALTZ AGAIN WITH YOU

JUST THE WAY WE ARE TONIGHT

I WILL KEEP MY PROMISE TRUE

FOR YOU ARE MY GUIDING LIGHT

(REPEAT LAST THREE VERSES)


To Daddy

Emmylou Harris

Dolly Parton

(G) Mama never seemed To miss the finer things of life

If she did she never did say so to (d) daddy

She never wanted to be more Than mother and a wife

If she did she never did say so to (g) daddy

The only thing that seemed To be important in her life

Was to make our house a (g7) home and make us (C) happy

Mama never wanted Any (g) more that what she had

If she (d) did she never did say so to (g) daddy

He often left her all alone, She didn't mind the staying home

If she did she never did say so to (d) daddy

And she never missed the flowers And the cards he never sent her

If she did she never did say so to (g) daddy

Being took for granted Was a thing that she accepted

And she didn't need those things to make her (c) happy

And she didn't seem to notice That (g) he didn't kiss and hold her

If she (d) did she never did say so to (g) daddy

One (c) morning we awoke, Just to find a note

That mama carefully wrote and left to (d) daddy

 And (c) as He began to read it, Our ears could not believe it

The words that she had written there to (d) daddy

she (g) said the kids are older now, They don't need me very much

And I've gone in search of (g7) love I need so (c) badly

I have needed you so long But (g) I just can't keep holding on

She never meant to come back home

if She (D) did she never did say so to (c) daddy

Goodbye to (g) daddy


TOGETHER AGAIN

BUCK OWENS

TOGETHER AGAIN

MY TEARS HAVE STOPPED FALLING

THE LONG LONELY NIGHTS

ARE NOW AT AN END

THE KEY TO MY HEART

YOU HOLD IN YOUR HAND

AND NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

WE’RE TOGETHER AGAIN

TOGETHER AGAIN

THE GREY SKIES ARE GONE NOW

YOU’RE BACK IN MY ARMS

NOW WHERE YOU BELONG

THE LOVE THAT I KNEW

IS LIVING AGAIN

AND NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

WE’RE TOGETHER AGAIN


TOM DOOLEY

KINGSTON TRIO

THROUGHOUT HISTORY THERE HAVE BEEN MANY SONGS WRITTEN ABOUT THE ETERNAL TRIANGLE

THIS ONE TELLS THE STORY, OF A MISTER GRAYSON, A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, AND A CONDEMNED MAN NAMED TOM DOOLEY

WHEN THE SUN RISES TOMORROW, TOM DOOLEY MUST HANG

(CHORUS) HANG DOWN YOUR HEAD TOM DOOLEY, HANG DOWN YOUR HEAD AND CRY

HANG DOWN YOUR HEAD TOM DOOLEY, POOR BOY YOU’RE BOUND TO DIE

I MET HER ON THE MOUNTAIN, THERE I TOOK HER LIFE

MET HER ON THE MOUNTAIN, STABBED HER WITH MY KNIFE

THIS TIME TOMORROW RECKON WHERE I’D BEEN

HADN’T A BEEN FOR GRAYSON, I’D A BEEN IN TENNESSEE

THIS TIME TOMORROW, RECKON WHERE I’LL BE

DOWN IN SOME LONESOME VALLEY

HANGIN’ FROM A WHITE OAK TREE


TONIGHT CARMEN

MARTY ROBBINS, E UP TO G

CARMEN, CARMEN, CARMEN

TONIGHT I AM ACHING, MY BODY IS SHAKING, TONIGHT CARMEN'S COMING BACK HOME

TONIGHT THERE'LL BE NO ROOM FOR TEARS IN MY BEDROOM

TONIGHT CARMEN'S COMING BACK HOME

TONIGHT AS I STAND HERE, I NOTICE MY HAND HERE, IS TREMBLING AS NEVER BEFORE

MY FEELINGS I CAN'T HIDE, RESISTANCE HAS ALL DIED, MY PRIDE WILL RUSH OUTSIDE

THE MOMENT SHE WALKS THROUGH THE DOOR

THE LIPS THAT HAVE KISSED HER, THAT'S LOVED HER AND MISSED HER, ARE LIPS THAT HAVE CURSED HER AT NIGHT

IN ANGUISH AND TORMENT I'VE CURSED AS THE NIGHT WENT FROM DARKNESS TO DAWN'S GOLDEN LIGHT

I'VE THOUGHT OF JUST TAKING THESE TWO HANDS AND BREAKING THE BODY I'M WAITING TO TOUCH

I FIND WHILE I'M WAITING THERE'S NO TIME FOR HATING WHILE ANTICIPATING THE WOMAN I'VE WANTED SO MUCH

(RAISE KEY)

I'VE PLACED PRETTY FLOWERS TO BRIGHTEN THE HOURS, I'VE PUT BRAND NEW SHEETS ON THE BED

I'M NERVOUS, I'M TREMBLING, RECALLING, REMEMBERING, THE WAY THAT SHE TOSSES HER HEAD

I'VE GIVEN MUCH THOUGHT TO THE FACT THAT I OUGHT TO HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER MY LIFE

HOW CAN I FIGHT IT, HOW CAN I DENY IT, THERE'S NO WAY TO HIDE IT, THE LOVE THAT I HAVE FOR MY WIFE

CARMEN, CARMEN, CARMEN


TOO MANY RIVERS

BRENDA LEE

HARLAN HOWARD

I WISH I COULD COME BACK TO YOU, DEAR

'CAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU WANT ME TO

BUT TOO MUCH WATER'S RUN UNDER THAT OLD BRIDGE

THERE'S TOO MANY RIVERS BETWEEN ME AND YOU

(CHORUS) THERE'S TOO MANY RIVERS TO CROSS, DEAR

TOO MANY DREAMS HAVE BEEN LOST

AND THERE'S TOO MANY LONG NIGHTS THAT I'VE TURNED AND I’VE TOSSED

THERE'S TOO MANY RIVERS TO CROSS

NOW DON'T THINK FOR A MOMENT I BLAME ONLY YOU

WE BOTH KILLED THE FRUIT ON THE VINE

AND WHEN YOU TRY TO PUT LOVE BACK TOGETHER AGAIN

THERE'S ALWAYS A FEW LITTLE PIECES YOU CAN'T FIND

(CHORUS, SLIGHTLY MODIFIED)

YES, THERE'S TOO MANY RIVERS TO CROSS, DEAR

AND THERE'S TOO MANY DREAMS THAT HAVE BEEN LOST

AH THERE'S TOO MANY LONG NIGHTS THAT I'VE TURNED AND I'VE TOSSED

THERE'S TOO MANY RIVERS TO CROSS


TROUBLE IN MIND

HANK SNOW, JOHNNY CASH, C

RICHARD M JONES

(C) TROUBLE IN MIND, I'M (G7) BLUE

BUT I (C7) WON'T BE BLUE AL(F)WAYS

'CAUSE THE (C) SUN'S GONNA SHINE

IN (G7) MY BACK DOOR SOME(C)DAY

(MY VERSE) MY BEST GAL, SHE DONE LEFT ME

I’M SO SAD THAT I COULD CRY (I DON’T KNOW THE REASON WHY)

MY LIFE IS HOLLOW (MY LIFE’S SO EMPTY)

I HAVE LOST THE WILL TO TRY (I’M SO SAD THAT I COULD CRY)

TROUBLE IN MIND, THAT'S TRUE

I HAVE ALMOST LOST MY MIND

LIFE AIN'T WORTH LIVING

I FEEL LIKE I COULD DIE

TROUBLE IN MIND, I'M BLUE

MY POOR HEART IS HEALIN' SLOW

NEVER HAD SO MUCH TROUBLE

IN MY LIFE BEFORE

I'M GOING DOWN TO THE RIVER

GONNA TAKE ME A ROCKING CHAIR

AND IF THESE BLUES DON'T LEAVE ME

I’LL ROCK ON AWAY FROM HERE

I'M GONNA LAY MY HEAD

ON THAT LONESOME RAILROAD LINE

AND LET THE 2:19 SPECIAL

EASE MY TROUBLED MIND


TRUE LOVE

PATSY CLINE, E

WHILE I GIVE TO YOU AND YOU GIVE TO ME

TRUE LOVE, TRUE LOVE

SO ON AND ON IT WILL ALWAYS BE

TRUE LOVE, TRUE LOVE

FOR YOU AND I HAVE A GUARDIAN ANGEL

ON HIGH WITH NOTHING TO DO

BUT TO GIVE TO YOU AND TO GIVE TO ME

LOVE FOREVER TRUE


TUMBLING TUMBLEWEEDS

SONS OF THE PIONEERS, EDDIE ARNOLD, JIMMIE RODGERS, G (STARTS IN C)

BOB NOLAN

(C) SEE THEM TUMBLING DOWN

(B) PLEDGING THEIR LOVE TO THE GROUND

(C) LONELY BUT FREE I’LL BE (G) FOUND

(D) DRIFTING ALONG WITH THE TUMBLING (G) TUMBLEWEEDS

CARES OF THE PAST ARE BEHIND

NOWHERE TO GO BUT I’LL FIND

JUST WHERE THE TRAIL WILL WIND

DRIFTING ALONG WITH THE TUMBLING TUMBLEWEEDS

(D) I KNOW WHEN NIGHT IS (G) GONE

THAT A (A) NEW WORLD’S BORN AT (D) DAWN

I’LL KEEP ROLLING ALONG

DEEP IN MY HEART IS A SONG

HERE ON THE RANGE I BELONG

DRIFTING ALONG WITH THE TUMBLING TUMBLEWEEDS

(EDDIE ARNOLD) (G) I'M A ROVING COWBOY

(C) RIDING ALL DAY (G) LONG

(D) TUMBLEWEEDS AROUND ME

(G) SING THEIR LONELY SONG

(C) NIGHTS UNDERNEATH THE PRARIE (G) MOON

(A) I RIDE ALONG AND SING THIS (D) TUNE

I’LL KEEP ROLLING ALONG

DEEP IN MY HEART IS A SONG

HERE ON THE RANGE I BELONG

DRIFTING ALONG WITH THE TUMBLING TUMBLEWEEDS

(WHISTLE)

(REPEAT LAST VERSE, REPEAT LAST LINE)


TURN YOUR RADIO ON

RAY STEVENS

ALBERT E BRUMLEY

WELL, COME AND LISTEN IN TO A RADIO STATION

WHERE THE MIGHTY VOICE OF HEAVEN SINGS

TURN YOUR RADIO ON, TURN YOUR RADIO ON

YOU BET YOU'RE GONNA FEEL THOSE GOOD VIBRATIONS

COMING FROM THE JOY THAT HIS LOVE CAN BRING

TURN YOUR RADIO ON, TURN YOUR RADIO ON

(CHORUS) TURN YOUR RADIO ON, AND LISTEN TO THE MUSIC IN THE AIR

TURN YOUR RADIO ON, AND GOD IS THERE

TURN THE LIGHTS DOWN LOW, AND LISTEN TO THE MASTER’S RADIO

GET IN TOUCH WITH GOD, TURN YOUR RADIO ON

DON’T YOU KNOW THAT EVERYBODY HAS A RADIO RECEIVER

ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS LISTEN FOR THE CALL

TURN YOUR RADIO ON, TURN YOUR RADIO ON

IF YOU LISTEN IN YOU WILL BE A BELIEVER

LEANING ON THE TRUTH THAT’LL NEVER FALL

GET IN TOUCH WITH GOD, TURN YOUR RADIO ON (CHORUS)


TURN YOUR RADIO ON

ALBERT E BRUMLEY

COME AND LISTEN IN TO A RADIO STATION

WHERE THE MIGHTY HOSTS OF HEAVEN SING

TURN YOUR RADIO ON, TURN YOUR RADIO ON

IF YOU WANT TO HEAR THE SONGS OF ZION

COMING FROM THE LAND OF ENDLESS SPRING

GET IN TOUCH WITH GOD, TURN YOUR RADIO ON

(CHORUS) TURN YOUR RADIO ON, AND LISTEN TO THE MUSIC IN THE AIR

TURN YOUR RADIO ON, HEAVEN'S GLORY SHARE

TURN THE LIGHTS DOWN LOW, AND LISTEN TO THE MASTER'S RADIO

GET IN TOUCH WITH GOD, TURN YOUR RADIO ON

BROTHER, LISTEN IN TO A GLORYLAND CHORUS

LISTEN TO THE GLAD HOSANNAS ROLL

TURN YOUR RADIO ON, TURN YOUR RADIO ON

GET A LITTLE TASTE OF JOY AWAITING

GET A LITTLE HEAVEN IN YOUR SOUL

GET IN TOUCH WITH GOD, TURN YOUR RADIO ON (CHORUS)

LISTEN TO THE SONGS OF THE FATHERS AND MOTHERS

AND THE MANY FRIENDS GONE ON BEFORE

TURN YOUR RADIO ON, TURN YOUR RADIO ON

SOME ETERNAL MORNING WE SHALL MEET THEM OVER ON THE HALLELUJA SHORE

GET IN TOUCH WITH GOD, TURN YOUR RADIO ON (CHORUS)


UNCHAINED MELODY

RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS

(CHORUS) OH, MY LOVE, MY DARLING

I’VE HUNGERED FOR YOUR TOUCH

A LONG, LONELY TIME

TIME GOES BY SO SLOWLY, AND TIME CAN DO SO MUCH

ARE YOU STILL MINE

I NEED YOUR LOVE, I NEED YOUR LOVE, GOD SPEED YOUR LOVE

TO ME

LONELY RIVERS FLOW, TO THE SEA, TO THE SEA

TO THE OPEN ARMS OF THE SEA

LONELY RIVERS SIGH, WAIT FOR ME, WAIT FOR ME

I’LL BE HEADING HOME, WAIT FOR ME

LONELY MOUNTAINS GAZE, AT THE STARS, AT THE STARS

WAITING FOR THE DAWN OF THE DAY

ALL ALONE I GAZE, AT THE STARS, AT THE STARS

I’LL BE HEADING HOME, WAIT FOR ME


VAYA CON DIOS (MAY GOD BE WITH YOU)

GALE STORM. LES PAUL AND MARY FORD, GENE AUTRY

LARRY RUSSELL, INEZ JAMES, BUDDY PEPPER

NOW THE HACIENDA’S DARK, THE TOWN IS SLEEPING,
NOW THE TIME HAS COME TO PART, THE TIME FOR WEEPING

VAYA CON DIOS, MY DARLING

MAY GOD BE WITH YOU MY LOVE

NOW THE VILLAGE MISSION BELLS, ARE SOFTLY RINGING

IF YOU LISTEN WITH YOUR HEART, YOU’LL HEAR THEM SINGING

VAYA CON DIOS, MY DARLING

MAY GOD BE WITH YOU MY LOVE

WHEREVER YOU MAY BE, I’LL BE BESIDE YOU

ALTHOUGH YOU’RE MANY MILLION DREAMS AWAY

EACH NIGHT I’LL SAY A PRAYER, A PRAYER TO GUIDE YOU

TO HASTEN EVERY LONELY HOUR OF EVERY LONELY DAY

NOW THE DAWN IS BREAKING THROUGH A GRAY TOMORROW

BUT THE MEMORIES WE SHARE ARE THERE TO BORROW

VAYA CON DIOS, MY DARLING

MAY GOD BE WITH YOU MY LOVE


WABASH CANNONBALL

ROY ACUFF, JIMMIE RODGERS, D

A P CARTER

FROM THE GREAT ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE WIDE PACIFIC SHORE

FROM THE GREEN OLD FLOWING MOUNTAINS TO THE SOUTH BELT'S WIDEST SHORES

SHE'S MIGHTY TALL AND HANDSOME, AND KNOWN QUITE WELL BY ALL

SHE’S A COMBINATION ON THE WABASH CANNONBALL

SHE CAME DOWN FROM BIRMINGHAM ONE COLD DECEMBER DAY

AS SHE ROLLED INTO THE STATION YOU COULD HEAR ALL THE PEOPLE SAY

THERE’S A GAL FROM TENNESSEE SHE’S LONG AND SHE’S TALL

SHE CAME DOWN FROM BIRMINGHAM ON THE WABASH CANNONBALL

OUR EASTERN STATES ARE DANDY, SO THE PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY

FROM NEW YORK TO ST LOUIS AND CHICAGO BY THE WAY

FROM THE HILLS OF MINNESOTA, WHERE THE RIPPLING WATERS FALL

NO CHANGES CAN BE TAKEN ON THAT WABASH CANNONBALL

(INSTRUMENTAL)

HERE’S TO DADDY CLAXTON MAY HIS NAME FOREVER STAND

AND ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED 'ROUND THE COURTS OF ALABAM

HIS EARTHLY RACE IS OVER AND THE CURTAINS ‘ROUND HIM FALL

WE’LL CARRY HIM HOME TO DIXIE ON THE WABASH CANNONBALL

LISTEN TO THE JINGLE, THE RUMBLE AND THE ROAR

AS SHE GLIDES ALONG THE WOODLAND THROUGH THE HILLS AND BY THE SHORE

HEAR THE MIGHTY RUSH OF THE ENGINE, HEAR THAT LONESOME HOBO’S CALL

YOU'RE TRAVELING THROUGH THE JUNGLES ON THE WABASH CANNONBALL


WALKING THE FLOOR OVER YOU

ERNEST TUBB

YOU LEFT ME AND YOU WENT AWAY

YOU SAID THAT YOU’D BE BACK IN JUST A DAY

YOU’VE BROKEN YOUR PROMISE, AND YOU LEFT ME HERE ALONE

I DON’T KNOW WHY YOU DID, DEAR, BUT I DO KNOW THAT YOU’RE GONE

(CHORUS) I’M WALKING THE FLOOR OVER YOU

I CAN’T SLEEP A WINK THAT IS TRUE

I’M HOPING AND I’M PRAYING, AS MY HEART BREAKS RIGHT IN TWO

WALKING THE FLOOR OVER YOU

NOW DARLING YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU WELL

I LOVE YOU MORE THAN I CAN EVER TELL

I THOUGHT THAT YOU WANTED ME, AND ALWAYS WOULD BE MINE

BUT YOU WENT AND LEFT ME HERE, WITH TROUBLES ON MY MIND (CHORUS)

NOW SOME DAY YOU MAY BE LONESOME TOO

WALKING THE FLOOR IS GOOD FOR YOU

JUST KEEP RIGHT ON WALKING, AND IT WON’T HURT YOU TO CRY

REMEMBER THAT I LOVE YOU AND I WILL THE DAY I DIE (CHORUS)

 
WALK RIGHT BACK

THE EVERLY BROTHERS, ANNE MURRAY

SONNY CURTIS

I WANT YOU TO TELL ME WHY YOU WALKED OUT ON ME

I'M SO LONESOME EVERY DAY

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT SINCE YOU WALKED OUT ON ME

NOTHING SEEMS TO BE THE SAME OLD WAY

THINK ABOUT THE LOVE THAT BURNS WITHIN MY HEART FOR YOU

GOOD TIMES WE HAD BEFORE YOU WENT AWAY AWAY

WALK RIGHT BACK TO ME THIS MINUTE

BRING YOUR HEART TO ME DON'T SEND IT

I'M SO LONESOME EVERY DAY

(REPEAT, UP ONE KEY + REPEAT LAST LINE, FADE)

(END OF THEIR RENDITION…WHAT THEY DIDN'T SING…)

THESE EYES OF MINE THAT GAVE YOU LOVING GLANCES ONCE BEFORE

CHANGE TO SHADES OF CLOUDY GREY

I WANT SO MUCH TO SEE YOU, JUST AS BEFORE

I'VE GOT TO KNOW YOU'RE COMING BACK TO STAY

PLEASE BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY IT'S GREAT TO HEAR FROM YOU

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS A LETTER JUST CAN'T SAY, OH ME

WALK RIGHT BACK TO ME THIS MINUTE

BRING YOUR LOVE TO ME, DON'T SEND IT

I'M SO LONESOME EVERY DAY


WALK ON BY

LEROY VAN DYKE, G

KENDALL HAYES

IF I SEE YOU TOMORROW, ON SOME STREET IN TOWN

PARDON ME IF I DON’T SAY HELLO

I BELONG TO ANOTHER, IT WOULDN’T LOOK SO GOOD

TO KNOW SOMEONE I’M NOT SUPPOSED TO KNOW

(CHORUS) JUST WALK ON BY, WAIT ON THE CORNER

I LOVE YOU BUT WE’RE STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET

JUST WALK ON BY, WAIT ON THE CORNER

I LOVE YOU BUT WE’RE STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET

IN A DIMLY LIT CORNER, AT A PLACE OUTSIDE OF TOWN

TONIGHT WE’LL TRY TO SAY GOODBYE AGAIN

BUT I KNOW IT’S NOT OVER, I’LL CALL TOMORROW NIGHT

I CAN'T LET YOU GO SO WHY PRETEND (CHORUS)


WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS

WILLIE NELSON

WHEN WE DANCE TOGETHER, MY WORLD’S IN DISGUISE

IT’S A FAIRYLAND TALE THAT’S COME TRUE

AND WHEN YOU/ LOOK AT ME/ WITH THOSE STARS/ IN YOUR EYES

I COULD WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS WITH YOU

(CHORUS) WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS WITH YOU IN MY ARMS

WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS WITH YOU

LIKE A STORYBOOK ENDING, I’M LOST IN YOUR CHARMS

AND I COULD WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS WITH YOU

(INSTRUMENTAL)

MY HEARTACHES AND TROUBLES WERE JUST UP AND GONE

THE MOMENT THAT YOU CAME IN VIEW

AND WITH YOUR HAND IN MINE, DEAR, I COULD DANCE ALL NIGHT LONG

I COULD WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS WITH YOU

(CHORUS)


WASN’T THAT A PARTY

IRISH ROVERS

COULD HAVE BEEN THE WHISKEY, MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE GIN

COULD HAVE BEEN THE THREE OR FOUR SIX PACKS

I DON’T KNOW, BUT LOOK AT THE MESS I’M IN

MY HEAD IS LIKE A FOOTBALL, I THINK I’M GONNA DIE

TELL ME, ME OH, ME OH MY, WASN’T THAT A PARTY

SOMEONE TOOK A GRAPEFRUIT, WORE IT LIKE A HAT

I SAW SOMEONE UNDER MY KITCHEN TABLE, TALKIN’ TO MY OLD TOM CAT

THEY WERE TALKIN’ ABOUT HOCKEY, THE CAT WAS TALKIN’ BACK

‘LONG ABOUT THEN EVERYTHING WENT BLACK, WASN’T THAT A PARTY

I’M SURE IT’S JUST MY MEMORY, PLAYING TRICKS ON ME

BUT I THINK I SAW MY BUDDY, CUTTIN’ DOWN MY NEIGHBOR’S TREE

BILLY JOE AND TOMMY WELL THEY WENT A LITTLE FAR

THEY WERE SITTIN’ IN THE BACK SEAT BLOWIN’ ON A SIREN FROM SOMEBODY’S POLICE CAR

WELL YOU SEE YOUR HONOUR, IT WAS ALL IN FUN

WE HAD THAT LITTLE BIT OF TRACK MEET DOWN ON MAIN STREET

TO SEE IF THE COPS COULD RUN, THEY RAN US IN TO SEE YOU, IN AN ALCOHOLIC HAZE

SURE COULD USE THOSE THIRTY DAYS, TO RECOVER FROM THE PARTY

WASN’T THAT A PARTY, WASN’T THAT A PARTY


WATERLOO

STONEWALL JACKSON

MARIJOHN WILKIN, JOHN LOUDERMILK

(CHORUS) WATERLOO, WATERLOO WHERE WILL YOU MEET YOUR WATERLOO

EVERY PUPPY HAS ITS DAY, EVERYBODY HAS TO PAY

EVERYBODY HAS TO MEET HIS WATERLOO

NOW OLD AD/AM/ WAS THE FIRST IN HISTORY

WITH AN /AP/PLE/ HE/ WAS TEMPTED AND DECEIVED

JUST FOR SPITE, THE DEVIL, MADE HIM TAKE A BITE

AND THAT’S WHERE OLD ADAM MET HIS WATERLOO (CHORUS)

LITTLE /GE/NE/RAL, NAPOLEON OF FRANCE

TRIED TO /CON/QUER THE WORLD BUT LOST HIS PANTS

MET DEFEAT/, KNOWN AS BONAPARTE’S RETREAT

AND THAT’S WHEN NAPOLEON MET HIS WATERLOO (CHORUS)

NOW A FEL/LER, WHOSE DARLING PROVED UNTRUE

TOOK/ HER/ LIFE/, BUT HE LOST HIS TOO

NOW HE SWINGS, WHERE THE LITTLE BIRDIES SING

AND THAT’S WHERE TOM DOOLEY MET HIS WATERLOO (CHORUS)


WHEN IT’S SPRINGTIME IN ALASKA

JOHNNY HORTON

I MUSHED FROM FORT BARROW THROUGH BLIZZARDS OF SNOW

BEEN OUT PROSPECTING, FOR TWO YEARS OR SO

PULLED INTO FAIRBANKS, THE CITY WAS A-BOOM

AND I TOOK A LITTLE STROLL TO THE RED DOG SALOON

AS I WALKED IN THE DOOR THE MUSIC WAS CLEAR

THE PURTIEST VOICE I HAD HEARD IN TWO YEARS

THE SONG SHE WAS SINGING MADE A MAN’S BLOOD RUN COLD

WHEN IT’S SPRINGTIME IN ALASKA, IT’S FORTY BELOW

IT WAS RED-HEADED LIL WHO WAS SINGING SO SWEET

I REACHED DOWN AND TOOK THE SNOW-PACS OFF MY FEET

I REACHED FOR THE GAL WHO WAS SINGING THE TUNE

WE DID THE ESKIMO HOP ALL AROUND THE SALOON

WITH THE CARIBOU CRAWL AND THE GRIZZLY BEAR HUG

WE DID OUR DANCE ON A KODIAC RUG

THE SONG SHE KEPT SINGING MADE A MAN’S BLOOD RUN COLD

WHEN IT’S SPRINGTIME IN ALASKA IT’S FORTY BELOW

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

WHEN IT’S SPRINGTIME IN ALASKA, I’LL BE SIX FEET BELOW


WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME

RONNIE GILBERT

LOUIS LAMBERT (1863) MELODY ADAPTED FROM AN IRISH FOLK SONG

(Am) WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME AGAIN, (C) HURRAH! HURRAH!

(Am) WE'LL GIVE HIM A HEARTY WELCOME THEN, (C) HURRAH! HURRAH!

THE MEN WILL CHEER, THE (E) BOYS WILL SHOUT, THE (F) LADIES THEY WILL (E) ALL TURN OUT

AND WE'LL (C) ALL FEEL GAY WHEN (Am) JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME

GET READY FOR THE JUBILEE, HURRAH! HURRAH!

WE'LL GIVE THE HERO THREE TIMES THREE, HURRAH! HURRAH!

THE LAUREL WREATH IS READY NOW, TO PLACE UPON HIS LOYAL BROW

AND WE'LL ALL FEEL GAY WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME

THE OLD CHURCH BELL WILL PEAL WITH JOY, HURRAH! HURRAH!

TO WELCOME HOME OUR DARLING BOY, HURRAH! HURRAH!

THE VILLAGE LADS AND LASSIES, SAY, WITH ROSES THEY WILL STREW THE WAY

AND WE'LL ALL FEEL GAY WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME

LET LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP ON THAT DAY, HURRAH! HURRAH!

THEIR CHOICEST TREASURES THEN DISPLAY, HURRAH! HURRAH!

AND LET EACH ONE PERFORM SOME PART TO FILL WITH JOY THE WARRIOR'S HEART

AND WE'LL ALL FEEL GAY WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME

…WE'LL ALL FEEL GAY WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME


WHEN MY BLUE MOON TURNS TO GOLD AGAIN

SONS OF THE PIONEERS, ELVIS PRESLEY

WILEY WALKER, GENE SULLIVAN, D

MEMORIES THAT LINGER IN MY HEART

MEMORIES THAT MAKE MY HEART GROW COLD

BUT SOMEDAY THEY'LL LIVE AGAIN SWEETHEART

AND MY BLUE MOON AGAIN WILL TURN TO GOLD

(CHORUS) WHEN MY BLUE MOON TURNS TO GOLD AGAIN

WHEN THE RAINBOW TURNS THE CLOUDS AWAY

WHEN MY BLUE MOON TURNS TO GOLD AGAIN

YOU'LL BE BACK WITHIN MY ARMS TO STAY

(INSTRUMENTAL)

THE LIPS THAT USED TO THRILL ME SO

YOUR KISSES WERE MEANT FOR ONLY ME

IN MY DREAMS THEY LIVE AGAIN SWEETHEART

BUT MY GOLDEN MOON IS JUST A MEMORY (CHORUS)

THE CASTLES WE BUILT OF DREAMS TOGETHER

WERE THE SWEETEST STORIES EVER TOLD

MAYBE WE WILL LIVE THEM ALL AGAIN

AND MY BLUE MOON AGAIN WILL TURN TO GOLD

(CHORUS) + REPEAT LAST LINE, FADE


WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE

JIM REEVES

ROGER MILLER, BILL ANDERSON

YOUR WORLD WAS SO DIFFERENT FROM MINE, DON'T YOU SEE

WE JUST COULDN'T BE CLOSE THOUGH WE TRIED

WE BOTH REACHED FOR HEAVENS, BUT OURS WEREN'T THE SAME

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE

(CHORUS) YOUR WORLD WAS MADE UP OF THINGS SWEET AND GOOD

MY WORLD COULD NEVER FIT IN, WISH IT COULD

TWO HEARTS LIE IN SHAMBLES, AND, OH, HOW THEY CRIED

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE

(REPEAT CHORUS)


WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?

PETER, PAUL AND MARY

PETE SEEGER

WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE, LONG TIME PASSING?

WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE, LONG TIME AGO?

WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?

YOUNG GIRLS PICKED THEM EVERY ONE

WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN, WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN?

WHERE HAVE ALL THE YOUNG GIRLS GONE, LONG TIME PASSING?

WHERE HAVE ALL THE YOUNG GIRLS GONE, LONG TIME AGO?

WHERE HAVE ALL THE YOUNG GIRLS GONE?

GONE TO YOUNG MEN, EVERY ONE

WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN, WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN?

WHERE HAVE ALL THE YOUNG MEN GONE, LONG TIME PASSING?

WHERE HAVE ALL THE YOUNG MEN GONE, LONG TIME AGO?

WHERE HAVE ALL THE YOUNG MEN GONE?

GONE TO SOLDIERS EVERY ONE

WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN, WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN?

WHERE HAVE ALL THE SOLDIERS GONE, LONG TIME PASSING?

WHERE HAVE ALL THE SOLDIERS GONE, LONG TIME AGO?

WHERE HAVE ALL THE SOLDIERS GONE?

GONE TO GRAVEYARDS EVERY ONE

WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN, WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN?

WHERE HAVE ALL THE GRAVEYARDS GONE, LONG TIME PASSING?

WHERE HAVE ALL THE GRAVEYARDS GONE, LONG TIME AGO?

WHERE HAVE ALL THE GRAVEYARDS GONE?

GONE TO FLOWERS EVERY ONE

WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN, WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN?


WHERE IS MY CASTLE?

CONNIE SMITH

DALLAS FRAZIER

MORE THAN ONCE I CRIED BECAUSE IMPATIENCE LET ME DOWN

I COULD SEE THE GOLD BEFORE THE GOLD WAS FOUND

AND EVERY TIME I TRUSTED LOVE TO LEAD ME BY THE HAND

IT CIRCLED BACK AND LEFT ME WHERE I STAND

(CHORUS) WHERE IS MY CASTLE

WHERE IS MY DESTINY

HOW MUCH LONGER WILL I HAVE TO DREAM

WHERE IS MY SUNSHINE

WHERE IS MY VALLEY

WHERE IS THE LOVE THAT'S MEANT FOR ME

(INSTRUMENTAL)

THE NEXT TIME I CROSS OVER THAT OLD BRIDGE I'M GONNA STAY

I DON'T CARE IF THE RIVER WASHES IT AWAY

'CAUSE I'M NOT GONNA TAKE ONE STEP UNTIL THE DAY I FIND

A MAN WITH A FAITHFUL HEART AND A MADE-UP MIND

(CHORUS)


WHITE SILVER SANDS

SONNY JAMES

(CHORUS) WHERE THE DEEP BLUE PEARLY WATERS

WASH UPON WHITE SILVER SANDS

THERE ON THE BRINK OF LOVE I KISSED HER

AND OBEYED OUR HEARTS’ COMMAND

WHERE THE DEEP BLUE PEARLY WATERS

WASH UPON WHITE SILVER SANDS

WE WATCHED THE SUN SET IN THE EVENING

IN A FAR AND DISTANT LAND

OH, THERE BENEATH GOD’S BLUE HEAVEN

THERE’S A PLACE I MUST GO

WATCH THE SUN SET IN THE EVENING

WITH THE ONLY LOVE I KNOW (CHORUS)

WE WATCHED THE SUN SET IN THE EVENING

THROUGH THE MOON YELLOW AND PALE

WATCHED THE GAUCHO RIDE HIS PINTO

OUT ACROSS THE PAMPAS TRAIL

(CHORUS)


Who’s Sorry Now?

Connie Francis

Bert Kalmar, Ted Snyder, and Harry Ruby

 

(peak Billboard position # 4 in 1958)

 

Who’s sorry now, who’s sorry now?

Whose heart is achin’ for breakin’ each vow?

Who’s sad and blue, who’s cryin’ too?

Just like I cried over you

 

Right to the end just like a friend

I tried to warn you somehow

You had your way, now you must pay

I’m glad that you’re sorry now

 

Right to the end just like a friend

I tried to warn you somehow

You had your way, now you must pay

I’m glad that you’re sorry now

WHY ME?

(WHY ME, LORD?)

KRIS KRISTOFFERSON, E, 3/4

WHY ME, LORD

WHAT HAVE I EVER DONE

TO DESERVE EVEN ONE

OF THE PLEASURES I’VE KNOWN

TELL ME, LORD

WHAT DID I EVER DO

THAT WAS WORTH LOVING YOU

OR THE KINDNESS YOU’VE SHOWN

(CHORUS) LORD HELP ME, JESUS, I’VE WASTED IT SO HELP ME

JESUS, I KNOW WHAT I AM

BUT NOW THAT I KNOW, THAT I’VE NEEDED YOU SO HELP ME

JESUS, MY SOUL’S IN YOUR HANDS

TRY ME, LORD

IF YOU THINK THERE’S A WAY

I CAN TRY TO REPAY

ALL I’VE TAKEN FROM YOU

MAYBE, LORD

I CAN SHOW SOMEONE ELSE

WHAT I’VE BEEN THROUGH MYSELF

ON MY WAY BACK TO YOU

(CHORUS)(CHORUS) PLUS

JESUS, MY SOUL’S IN YOUR HANDS


WONDERING, WONDERING

WEBB PIERCE, D

JOE WERNER

(D) WONDERING, WONDERING WHO’S KISSING (A) YOU

WONDERING, WONDERING IF YOU’RE WONDERING (D) TOO

EVERY (G) HOUR OF THE DAY, SINCE YOU'VE BEEN (A) AWAY

I KEEP WONDERING, YES WONDERING

IF YOU’RE WONDERING (D) TOO

(D) I PRAY EVERY NIGHT TO THE (A) GOOD LORD ABOVE

TO SEND BACK TO ME, THE ONE I REALLY (D) LOVE

WONDERING, WONDERING WHO’S KISSING YOU

WONDERING, WONDERING IF YOU’RE WONDERING TOO

EVERY HOUR OF THE DAY, SINCE YOU'VE BEEN AWAY

I KEEP WONDERING, YES WONDERING

IF YOU’RE WONDERING TOO

(REPEAT LAST TWO VERSES)

(ALT. VERSION ...SINCE YOU WENT AWAY...)


YES SIR, THAT'S MY BABY

LYRICS BY GUS KAHN, MUSIC BY WALTER DONALDSON, A

YES SIR, THAT'S MY BABY, NO SIR, DON'T MEAN MAYBE

YES SIR, THAT'S MY BABY NOW

YES MA'AM, WE'VE DECIDED, NO MA'AM, WE WON'T HIDE IT

YES MA'AM, YOU'RE INVITED NOW

BY THE WAY, BY THE (D) WAY, WHEN WE (B7) REACH THE PREACHER WE'LL SAY

YES SIR, THAT'S MY BABY, NO SIR, DON'T MEAN MAYBE

YES SIR, THAT'S MY BABY NOW


YOU BELONG TO MY HEART

BLES BRIDGES

YOU BELONG TO MY HEART

NOW AND FOREVER

AND OUR LOVE HAD ITS START

NOT LONG AGO

WE WERE GATHERING STARS, WHILE A MILLION GUITARS, PLAYED OUR LOVE SONG

WHEN I SAID I LOVE YOU EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART SAID IT TOO

WAS A MOMENT LIKE THIS, DO YOU REMEMBER?

AND YOUR EYES THREW A KISS WHEN THEY MET MINE

NOW WE OWN THOSE STARS AND THE MILLION GUITARS ARE STILL PLAYING

DARLING YOU ARE THE SUN AND YOU’LL ALWAYS BELONG TO MY HEART

(REPEAT THIS VERSE, AND REPEAT LAST LINE ON REPEAT)


YOU CAN’T ROLLER SKATE IN A BUFFALO HERD

ROGER MILLER, E

YOU CAN’T ROLLER SKATE IN A BUFFALO HERD

YOU CAN’T ROLLER SKATE IN A BUFFALO HERD

YOU CAN’T ROLLER SKATE IN A BUFFALO HERD

BUT YOU CAN BE HAPPY IF YOU’VE A MIND TO

YOU CAN’T TAKE A SHOWER IN A PARAKEET CAGE

YOU CAN’T TAKE A SHOWER IN A PARAKEET CAGE

YOU CAN’T TAKE A SHOWER IN A PARAKEET CAGE

BUT YOU CAN BE HAPPY IF YOU’VE A MIND TO

ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS PUT YOUR MIND TO IT

KNUCKLE DOWN, BUCKLE DOWN, DO IT, DO IT, DO IT

WELL, YOU CAN’T GO SWIMMING IN A BASEBALL POOL

YOU CAN’T GO SWIMMING IN A BASEBALL POOL

YOU CAN’T GO SWIMMING IN A BASEBALL POOL

BUT YOU CAN BE HAPPY IF YOU’VE A MIND TO

DO-DO, DO-DO, DO-DO-DO-DO-DO-DO-DO

YOU CAN’T CHANGE FILM WITH A KID ON YOUR BACK

YOU CAN’T CHANGE FILM WITH A KID ON YOUR BACK

YOU CAN’T CHANGE FILM WITH A KID ON YOUR BACK

BUT YOU CAN BE HAPPY IF YOU’VE A MIND TO

YOU CAN’T DRIVE AROUND WITH A TIGER IN YOUR CAR

YOU CAN’T DRIVE AROUND WITH A TIGER IN YOUR CAR

YOU CAN’T DRIVE AROUND WITH A TIGER IN YOUR CAR

BUT YOU CAN BE HAPPY IF YOU’VE A MIND TO

ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS PUT YOUR MIND TO IT

KNUCKLE DOWN, BUCKLE DOWN, DO IT, DO IT, DO IT

WELL, YOU CAN’T ROLLER SKATE IN A BUFFALO HERD...

WELL, YOU CAN’T GO FISHING IN A WATERMELLON PATCH...

WELL, YOU CAN’T ROLLER SKATE IN A BUFFALO HERD...


YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT

JIMMY CLIFF

(CHORUS) YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT

YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT

YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT

BUT YOU MUST TRY, TRY AND TRY, TRY AND TRY

YOU'LL SUCCEED AT LAST

M-M-M, (OH YEAH)

PERSECUTION YOU MUST BEAR

WIN OR LOSE YOU GOT TO GET YOUR SHARE

GOT YOUR MIND SET ON A DREAM

YOU CAN GET IT, THE HARDER THEY SEEM NOW (CHORUS)

YOU'LL SUCCEED AT LAST

I KNOW IT, (YES, SIR)

ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY

A POSITION WILL COME YOUR WAY

BUT THE HARDER THE BATTLE YOU SEE

IT'S THE SWEETER THE VICTORY (CHORUS)

YOU'LL SUCCEED AT LAST

(INSTRUMENTAL)

(CHORUS)

YOU'LL SUCCEED AT LAST

I KNOW IT

DON'T I SHOW IT

DON'T GIVE UP NOW

KEEP ON TRYING (FADE)


YOU NEVER CAN TELL

C'EST LA VIE

EMMYLOU HARRIS, BOBBY ANGEL, BILLIE JOE SPEARS

CHUCK BERRY

IT WAS A TEENAGE WEDDING AND THE OLD FOLKS WISHED THEM WELL

YOU COULD SEE THAT PIERRE DID TRULY LOVE THE MADEMOISELLE

AND NOW THE YOUNG MONSIEUR AND MADAME HAVE RUNG THE CHAPEL BELL

C'EST LA VIE SAY THE OLD FOLKS, IT GOES TO SHOW YOU NEVER CAN TELL

THEY FURNISHED OFF AN APARTMENT, WITH A TWO-ROOM ROEBUCK SALE

THE COOLERATOR WAS CRAMMED WITH TV DINNERS AND GINGER ALE

WHEN PIERRE FOUND WORK, THE LITTLE MONEY COMING WORKED OUT WELL

C'EST LA VIE SAY THE OLD FOLKS, IT GOES TO SHOW YOU NEVER CAN TELL

THEY HAD A HI-FI PHONO, BOY, DID THEY LET IT BLAST

SEVEN HUNDRED LITTLE RECORDS, ALL ROCK, RHYTHM AND JAZZ

WHEN THE SUN WENT DOWN THE RAPID TEMPO OF THE MUSIC FELL

C'EST LA VIE SAY THE OLD FOLKS, IT GOES TO SHOW YOU NEVER CAN TELL

IT WAS A SOUPED-UP ENGINE, IT WAS A CHERRY-RED FIFTY-THREE

THEY DROVE IT DOWN TO NEW ORLEANS TO CELEBRATE THE ANNIVERSARY

IT WAS THERE THAT PIERRE WAS WEDDED TO THE LOVELY MADEMOISELLE

C'EST LA VIE SAY THE OLD FOLKS, IT GOES TO SHOW YOU NEVER CAN TELL

(REPEAT FIRST VERSE) +

C'EST LA VIE SAY THE OLD FOLKS, IT GOES TO SHOW YOU NEVER CAN TELL


YOU NEVER MISS A REAL GOOD THING

CRYSTAL GAYLE, E (FOR HIGHER CHORUS)

SITTIN’ ON THE BED A THINKIN’

THINKIN’ THAT MY HEART IS SINKIN’

EVERY DAY THE WORLD GOES BY, WITH YOU GONE

ALL I DO IS DREAM ABOUT YOU

LIVIN’ AIN’T A LIFE WITHOUT YOU

HONEY CAN YOU FIND IT IN YOU, TO COME BACK HOME

(CHORUS) YOU NEVER MISS A REAL GOOD THING, OR KNOW WHAT IT MEANS

YOU NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY, ‘TILL IT GOES AWAY

YOU NEVER WANT A DRINK OF WATER, ‘TILL THE WELL RUNS DRY

YOU NEVER MISS A REAL GOOD THING, ‘TILL SHE SAYS GOODBYE

I GUESS YOU MUST HAVE HAD YOUR REASONS

MAYBE YOU WERE RIGHT IN LEAVIN’

I KNOW YOU NEVER FOUND YOURSELF, IN WHAT I HAD

AND HONEY YOU WERE RIGHT TO BLAME ME

MAYBE EVEN TIME WOULD CHANGE ME

BUT CAN’T YOU SEE THE GOOD THAT’S IN ME, AND OVERLOOK THE BAD


YOUNG LOVE

SONNY JAMES

CAROL JOYNER, RICK CARTEY

THEY SAY FOR EVERY BOY AND GIRL

THERE’S JUST ONE LOVE IN THIS OLD WORLD

AND I KNOW, I’VE FOUND MINE

THE HEAVENLY TOUCH OF YOUR EMBRACE

TELLS ME NO ONE CAN TAKE YOUR PLACE

EVER IN MY ARMS

YOUNG LOVE, FIRST LOVE

FILLED WITH TRUE DEVOTION

YOUNG LOVE, OUR LOVE

WE SHARED WITH DEEP EMOTION

JUST ONE KISS FROM YOUR SWEET LIPS

CAN TELL ME THAT YOUR LOVE IS REAL

AND I CAN FEEL THAT IT’S TRUE

WE WILL VOW TO ONE ANOTHER

THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER

LOVE FOR ME, OR FOR YOU


YOUR CHEATING HEART

HANK WILLIAMS

YOUR CHEATING HEART, WILL MAKE YOU WEEP

YOU’LL CRY AND CRY, AND TRY TO SLEEP

BUT SLEEP WON’T COME, THE WHOLE NIGHT THROUGH

YOUR CHEATING HEART, WILL TELL ON YOU

WHEN TEARS COME DOWN, LIKE FALLING RAIN

YOU’LL TOSS AROUND, AND CALL MY NAME

YOU’LL WALK THE FLOOR, THE WHOLE NIGHT THROUGH

YOUR CHEATING HEART, WILL TELL ON YOU

YOUR CHEATING HEART WILL PINE SOME DAY

AND CRAVE THE LOVE YOU THREW AWAY

THE TIME WILL COME, WHEN YOU’LL BE BLUE

YOUR CHEATING HEART, WILL TELL ON YOU

WHEN TEARS COME DOWN, LIKE FALLING RAIN

YOU’LL TOSS AROUND, AND CALL MY NAME

YOU’LL WALK THE FLOOR, THE WAY I DO

YOUR CHEATING HEART, WILL TELL ON YOU


YOU’RE THE ONLY GOOD THING (THAT’S HAPPENED TO ME)

GENE AUTRY, BILLY WALKER, RAY PRICE, GEORGE MORGAN

ARE YOU THINKING THAT I DON’T CARE FOR YOU

COULD IT BE YOU BELIEVE THAT I’VE BEEN UNTRUE

WELL LISTEN SWEETHEART, THIS JUST CANNOT BE

'CAUSE YOU’RE THE ONLY GOOD THING THAT’S HAPPENED TO ME

(CHORUS) WE HAVE OUR UPS AND DOWNS, AS ALL LOVERS DO

BUT YOU KNOW IN YOUR HEART, THAT I WORSHIP YOU

SO DON’T EVER THINK OF SETTING ME FREE

‘CAUSE YOU’RE THE ONLY GOOD THING THAT’S HAPPENED TO ME

(INSTRUMENTAL)

IF YOU EVER SHOULD THINK THAT I DON’T LOVE YOU

THAT I’M NOT SATISFIED WITH THINGS THAT YOU DO

I WANT YOU TO KNOW, AND PLEASE UNDERSTAND

THERE’S NOTHING IN THIS WORLD WORTH THE TOUCH OF YOUR HAND

(CHORUS)


YOU’RE THE REASON

HANK SNOW

(ACCOMP.) WALKING THE FLOOR, FEELING SO BLUE, LOSING SLEEP OVER YOU…

WELL, I LIE HERE AT NIGHT, I TOSS AND I TURN, LOVING YOU SO, HOW MY HEART YEARNS

HONEY, YOU’RE THE REASON I DON’T SLEEP AT NIGHT

JUST WALKING THE FLOOR, FEELING SO BLUE, SMOKE CIGARETTES, DRINK COFFEE TOO

HONEY, YOU’RE THE REASON I DON’T SLEEP AT NIGHT

(CHORUS) I’M BETTING YOU’RE NOT LOSING, SLEEP OVER ME

BUT IF I’M WRONG, DON’T FAIL TO CALL, COME OVER AND KEEP ME COMPANY

SOMETIMES I GO FOR A WALK, TAKE A LOOK AT THE MOON

STRUM MY GUITAR TO SOME OLD LONESOME TUNE

HONEY, YOU’RE THE REASON I CAN’T SLEEP AT NIGHT

(ACCOMP.) JUST WALKING THE FLOOR, FEELING SO BLUE, SMOKE CIGARETTES, DRINK COFFEE TOO

STRUM MY GUITAR, LOOK AT THE MOON

LOSING SLEEP OVER YOU

LIKE A BRIGHT SHOOTING STAR, I’VE TRAVELLED AFAR

TRYING TO FORGET, BUT I HAVEN’T YET

IN THIS OLD WORLD, I’VE WANDERED FAR AND WIDE

FROM THE COLD ARCTIC SEAS, TO THE TROPICAL BREEZE

DOWN TO OLD MEXICO, THERE’S NO PLACE I DON’T KNOW

HONEY, YOU’RE THE REASON I DON’T SLEEP AT NIGHT (CHORUS)

(ACCOMP.) WALKING THE FLOOR, FEELING SO BLUE, SMOKE CIGARETTES, DRINK COFFEE TOO

STRUM MY GUITAR, LOOK AT THE MOON, LOSING SLEEP OVER YOU


YOU’RE THE REASON GOD MADE OKLAHOMA

DAVID FRIZZELL / SHELLEY WEST

SANDY PINKARD, LARRY COLLINS, BOUDLEAUX BRYANT, FELICE BRYANT

(D) THERE’S A FULL MOON (G)OVER (D)TULSA

I HOPE THAT IT’S (A) SHINING ON (D) YOU

THE NIGHT’S ARE GETTING’ COLDER IN (G) CHEROKEE (D) COUNTY

THERE’S A BLUE NORTHER (A) PASSIN’ (D)THROUGH

I REMEMBER GREEN EYES AND A (G) RANCHER’S (D) DAUGHTER

BUT REMEMBER IS (A) ALL THAT I (D) DO

LOSING YOU LEFT A (G) PRETTY GOOD (D)COWBOY

WITH NOTHING TO (A) HOLD ON (D) TO

(G) SUNDOWN CAME AND I DROVE TO TOWN, TO DRINK A DRINK OR TWO

(BRIDGE) (D) YOU’RE THE REASON GOD MADE (G) OKLAHOMA

(D) YOU’RE THE REASON GOD MADE (G) OKLAHOMA

AND I’M SURE (A) MISSING (D) YOU, I’M SURE (A) MISSING (D) YOU

HERE THE CITY LIGHTS OUTSHINE THE MOON

I WAS JUST NOW THINKING OF YOU

SOMETIMES WHEN THE WIND BLOWS YOU CAN SEE THE MOUNTAINS

AND ALL THE WAY TO MALIBU

EVERYONE’S A STAR HERE IN L.A.COUNTY

YOU OUGHT TO SEE THE THINGS THAT THEY DO

ALL THE COWBOYS DOWN ON THE SUNSET STRIP

WISH THEY COULD BE LIKE YOU

THE SANTA MONICA FREEWAY

SOMETIMES MAKES A COUNTRY GIRL BLUE (TO BRIDGE)

I WORKED TEN HOURS ON A JOHN DEERE TRACTOR

JUST THINKING OF YOU ALL DAY

I’VE GOT A CALICO CAT AND A TWO-ROOM FLAT

ON A STREET IN WEST L. A.  (TO BRIDGE)


YOUR TIME’S COMING

FARON YOUNG, A OR E, REC. IN D

WELL, I KNEW SHE BELONGED TO SOMEONE ELSE AT THE TIME

BUT LONELY LOOKING WOMEN ARE A WEAKNESS OF MINE

SO I THOUGHT ALL SHE SAID ABOUT THE LOVE HE NEVER GAVE HER

FIGURED I’D JUST LOVE HER SOME AND DO US BOTH A FAVOR

JUST AS I GOT UP TO LEAVE, HE WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR

AND I GUESS I THOUGHT HE’D BE SURPRISED

BUT HE LOOKED AT ME AS IF TO SAY HE’D BEEN THERE BEFORE

AND HE OFFERED ME THIS WORD TO THE WISE…HE SAID,

(CHORUS) YOU KNOW SHE’S A CHEATER, SON

BUT YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU’RE THE ONE

WHO’S GOT A LOT OF WHAT IT TAKES TO CHANGE HER

AND I’VE NO DOUBT THAT YOU CAN’T GET HER

YOU AIN’T MUCH BUT THAT DON’T MATTER

NOTHING SUITS HER BETTER THAN A STRANGER

AND THE STRANGER MAN THE BETTER

AND THE CHANCES ARE SHE’LL SET HER EYES ON YOU

THE NEXT TIME SHE GOES SLUMMING

SO JUST SIT BACK AND WAIT YOUR TURN, BOY

YOU’VE GOT LOTS OF TIME TO LEARN, BOY

COOL IT WHILE YOU CAN, ‘CAUSE YOUR TIME’S COMING

WELL, IT HAPPENS THAT IN TIME IT HAPPENED JUST LIKE HE SAID

AND SOON ANOTHER’S SHOES WERE SITTING UNDER MY BED

AND I CONFESS I DID MY BEST TO PROVE THAT MAN HAD LIED

BUT NOTHING SHORT OF SUICIDE COULD KEEP HER SATISFIED, SO BUDDY

LOSING HER TO YOU WAS JUST A MATTER OF TIME

AND IT’S HER TIME FOR FINDING SOMETHING NEW

NOTHING I CAN SAY IS GONNA MAKE YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND

SO I'LL JUST GIVE THE SAME ADVICE TO YOU… (CHORUS)


YOU WIN AGAIN

HANK WILLIAMS

THE NEWS IS OUT, ALL OVER TOWN

THAT YOU’VE BEEN SEEN, OUT RUNNIN’ ‘ROUND

I KNOW THAT I SHOULD LEAVE, BUT THEN

I JUST CAN’T GO, YOU WIN AGAIN

THIS HEART OF MINE, COULD NEVER SEE

WHAT EVERYBODY KNEW BUT ME

JUST TRUSTING YOU, WAS MY GREAT SIN

WHAT CAN I DO, YOU WIN AGAIN

I’M SORRY FOR YOUR VICTIM NOW

‘CAUSE SOON HIS HEAD LIKE MINE WILL BOW

HE’LL GIVE HIS HEART, BUT ALL IN VAIN

AND SOMEDAY SAY, YOU WIN AGAIN

YOU HAVE NO HEART, YOU HAVE NO SHAME

YOU TAKE TRUE LOVE AND GIVE THE BLAME

I GUESS THAT I SHOULD NOT COMPLAIN

I LOVE YOU STILL, YOU WIN AGAIN

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FndTitle(Country Music Lyrics Volume 1)

FndDescription(The songs (words and some chords) presented here are intended to facilitate learning to play the guitar by ear (per the article, How to Play the Guitar by Ear (for Mathematicians and Physicists), at Internet website http://www.foundationwebsite.org.)

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