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Silent Night All Day Long
- John Prine/Bobby Whitlock
Jose e Maria
Electric Aunt
Jemima-Frank Zappa
Stones in the Road-Mary Chapin Carpenter
All That Heaven Will Allow - Bruce
Jet Airliner - Paul Pena
I Was Born - words: Woody Guthrie (1950) tune: Billy Bragg (1996)
I'm Looking Through You - John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Between The Wars - Billy Bragg
The Book of Love - The Magnetic Fields
I WONDER - ROBERT CRAY
Small Town Saturday Night -- Hal Ketchum
Broke Down - Slaid Cleaves
My Dear Companion - Jean Ritchie
These Days - Jackson Browne
Althea - Hunter/Garcia
Derby Day - Jerry Jeff Walker
Contrary to Ordinary by Jerry Jeff Walker
JIG-SAW PUZZLE - Jagger & Richard
Red Barchetta - Rush
Summer Wages
- Ian Tyson
American Tune - Paul Simon
Wonderful Remark-Van Morrison
Long May You Run - Neil Young
HELPLESS
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Fiddle Tunes/Reels/Instrumentals
St. Anne's Reel (measures)
Part A: D D G D D D GA D
Part B: D Em A D D Em A D
Blackberry Blossom (half measures)
Part A: GDCGCGAD GDCGCGDC 2X
Part B: (6)EmB7 (4)EmCGDG 2X
Cripple Creek/Sugarfoot Rag
CC Part A: A D A E A 2X
CC Part B: A E 2X
SF Part A: A G A E A 2X
SF Part B: A E 2X
Zola
Part A: Em G 2X
Part B: A D F# G D A D
Neptune and the King of the Frogs
Intro: E7 D7 G C G
Part A: (D7 G )3X D7 GCG 2X
Part B: B7 E7 D7 GCG 2X
Oh, Baby It Ain't No Lie
Part A: D G D A D 2X
Part B: A D F# G D A D
Devil's Dream
Part A: D G D A D 2X
Part B: A D F# G D A D
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Silent Night All Day Long - John Prine/Bobby Whitlock
Th[G]ere's a pantry in a window in a house on a h[D]ill
With a tree top angel sitting perfectly st[G]ill
She's watching the shoppers w[G7]alk through the sn[C]ow
With their arms full of tre[G]asures and he[D]arts all ag[G]low
We held ha[C]nds and stared at the lights on the tr[G]ee
As if Christmas was invented just for you and for [D]me.
When the a[G]ngel on the treetop req[G7]uested a s[C]ong.
We sang Silent Ni[G]ght a[D]ll day lo[G]ng
The[G]re is a family that's gathering in some living ro[D]om.
Dinner on the table that's been cooking since n[G]oon.
The stockings on the mantle are ha[G7]nging with c[C]are.
While everyb[G]ody is sa[D]ying their pra[G]yers.
Th[G]ere's a room out there somewhere with a woman in a ch[D]air
With memories of childhood still lingering th[G]ere.
How pretty the paper, the li[G7]ghts and the s[C]now.
How precious those m[G]emories of lo[D]ng long a[G]go.
When the an[C]gel on the treetop requested a so[G]ng.
We sang Silent Night a[D]ll day l[G]ong
Maria pulled the shawl down over her eyes to block the wind and cold
She was a long way from home and didn’t know how she’d survive
The baby in her belly was almost due, it was time to get inside
But every door was locked that night, they all said no room
Hey, It’s Christmas time
Jose came back with a sad look and he reached out his hand
Said there’s a cave out on the edge of town, it’s the best that I can find
Maria smiled and she held his hand as they walked back through the streets
A holy light came to Earth that night for me and for you
Hey, It’s Christmas time
She held the little bitty baby down in her arms she looked down in his face
The joy, the wonder, the hope, the peace, the love and the grace
I guess every single mother has known that joy as she looked down at her child
But the Christ child came to Earth that night to save the human race
Hey, It’s Christmas time
Electric Aunt
Jemima-Frank Zappa
Electric Aunt Jemima
Goddess of Love
Khaki Maple Buckwheats
Frizzle on the stove
Queen of my heart
Please hear my plea
Electric Aunt Jemima
Cook a bunch for me
Tried to find a reason
Not to quit my job
Beat me till I'm hungry
Found a punk to rob
Love me Aunt Jemima
Love me now & ever more
(Love me Aunt Jemima)
Tried to find a raisin
Brownies in the basin
Monza by the street light
Aunt Jemima all night
Holiday & salad days
And days of mouldy mayonnaise
Caress me Aunt Jemima
Mmm, boy, my lips are gettin' heavy
I can't tell when you're telling the truth . . .
I'm not.
How do I know anything you've said to me is . . .
You don't.
Stones in the Road-Mary Chapin Carpenter
G When we were D young, we C pledged allegiance
D every morning Am7 of our G lives
The classroom rang with children's voices
under teacher's watchful eye
We learned about the world around us
at our desks and at dinnertime
Reminded of the starving children,
we cleaned our plates with guilty minds
And the C stones in the D road
G shone like C dia G monds D in the dust
Am And then a voice Em called to us
to C make our G way back D home
When I was ten, my father held me
on his shoulders above the crowd
To see a train draped in mourning
pass slowly through our town
His widow kneeled with all their children
at the sacred burial ground
And the TV glowed that long hot summer
with all the cities burning down
And the stones in the road flew out beneath our bicycle tires
Worlds removed from all those fires
as we raced each other home
C And now we drink our coffee on the run,
D we climb that ladder G rung by rung
We C are the daughters and the sons,
and Em here's the C line that's D missing
The starving children have been replaced
by souls out on the street
We give a dollar when we pass,
and hope our eyes don't meet
We pencil in, we cancel out,
we crave the corner suite
We kiss your Bass, we make you hold,
we doctor the receipt
And the stones in the road fly out from beneath our wheels
Another day, another deal, before we get back home
And the stones in the road leave a mark from whence they came
A thousand points of light or shame, baby, I don't know
All That Heaven Will Allow - Bruce
I got a dollar in my (D) pocket
(G)There ain't a cloud up abo(D)ve
(A) I got a picture in a (D) locket
(G)That says, "baby, I (A) love you",
Well if you didn't look (G) then boys
Then fellas don't go lookin' (D) now
Well here she comes a-(G) walkin'
(A) All that heaven will al(D)low
(A) Say Hey there mister (D) bouncer
(G) Now all I wanna do is (D) dance
(A) But I swear I left my (D) wallet
(G) Back home in my workin' (A) pants
C'mon Slim, slip me (G) in man
I'll make it up to you some(D) how
I can't be late, I got a (G) date
(A) With all that heaven will al(D) low
(G) Rain and storm and dark skies
Well now , they don't mean a (Bbm) thing
If you got a girl that (G) loves you
And who (A) wants to wear your (D) ring
So c'mon mister (G) trouble
We'll make it through you (Bbm) somehow
We'll fill this house with all the (G) love
(A) All that heaven will (D) allow
(A) Now some may wanna die (D) young man
(G) Young and glorious(D) ly
(A) Get it (D) straight now mister
(G) Hey buddy that ain't (A) me
'Cause I got something on my (G) mind
That sets me straight and walkin' (D) proud
And I want all the (G) time
(A) that heaven will al(D) low
Jet Airliner - Paul Pena
G Leavin' home, out C on the G road
F I've been C down G before
G Ridin' along in this big ol' jet plane
I've been F thinkin' C about my G home
G But my love light seems so far away
And I F feel like it's C all been G done
G Somebody's tryin' to make me stay
You know F I've got to be C movin' G on
Oh, Oh C big ol' jet airGliner
C Don't carry me too far aGway
Oh, Oh C big ol' jet airGliner
Cause it's C here that I've got to G stay
G Goodbye to all my C friends at G home
F Goodbye to C people I've G trusted
G I've got to go out and make my way
I might get F rich you know I C might get G busted
G But my heart keeps calling me backwards
As I F get on the C 70 G 7
G Ridin' high I got tears in my eyes
You know you F got to go through C hell
Before you G get to heaven
G Touchin' down in New C England G town
F Feel the C heat comin' G down
G I've got to keep on keepin' on
You know the F big wheel C keeps on G spinnin' around
G And I'm goin' with some hesitation
You know that F I can C surely G see
G That I don't want to get caught up in any of that
F Funky C (stuff) goin' G down in the city
I Was Born - words: Woody Guthrie (1950) tune: Billy Bragg (1996)
G I was D born at C Half Past D 12,
C almost D 1 in the G morning;
I was D born at C Half Past D 1,
C almost D 2 in the G morning.
C Now my birthday D comes again
C I don't know how D old I am;
G Half past D 1 or C 2 or D 3,
C almost D 4 in the G morning.
G I was D born at C Half Past D 4,
C almost D 5 in the G morning;
I was D born at C Half Past D 6,
C almost D 7 in the G morning;
C How old am I, you D ask of me?
C 1 year younger than I D used to be;
G Half Past D 7, C Half Past D 8,
C Half Past D 9 in the G morning.
G I was D born at C Half Past D 9,
C almost D 10 in the G morning;
G I was D born at C half past D 10,
C almost D 11 in the G morning;
C Today my age is D Tweedle and 'twee
C I'm prettier than I D used to be;
G Half Past D 11, C Half Past D 11,
C almost D 12 in the G morning.
I'm Looking Through You - John Lennon and Paul McCartney
(G) I'm (C) looking (Am7) through you, where did you (D) go?
(G) I (C) thought I (Am7) knew you, what did I (D) know?
(Em) You don't look (D) diff(C)erent, but (G)you (C) have (D) changed
(G) I'm (C) looking (Am7) through you, (C) you're not the (G) same
(G) Your (C) lips are (Am7) moving, I cannot (D) hear
(G) Your (C) voice is (Am7) soothing, but the words aren't (D) clear
(Em) You don't sound (D) diff(C)erent, I've (G) learned (C) the (D) game
(G) I'm (C) looking (Am7) through you, (C) you're not the (G) same
(C) Why, tell me why, did you not (G) treat me right?
(C) Love has a nasty habit of (Em) disappearing (D) overnight
(G) You're (C) thinking (Am7) of me, the same old (D) way
(G) You (C) were ab(Am7) ove me, but not to(D)day
(Em) The only (D) diff(C)erence is (G) you're (C) down (D) there
(G) I'm (C) looking (Am7) through you, any (C) other (G) way
Between The Wars - Billy Bragg
D I was a G miner I was a D docker
A I was a D railway man BeGtween the A wars
I raised a D family In G times of ausDterity
With A sweat at the D foundry
BeGtween A the D wars
I paid the G union and as times got D harder
I A looked to the D government to G help the working A man
And they brought D prosperity G down at the D armoury
We're A arming for D peace, me boys
BeGtween A the D wars
I kept the G faith and I kept D voting
Not A for the D iron fist but for the G helping A hand
For theirs is a D land with a G wall all aDround it
And A mine is a D faith in my G felAlow D man
A Theirs is a D land of G hope and D glory
A Mine is the D green field and the facGtory A floor
Theirs are the D skies all G dark with D bombers
And A mine is the D peace we know
BetGween A the D wars
Call up the G craftsmen, Bring me the D draftsmen
A Build me a D path from G cradle to A grave
And I'll give D my consent G To any D government
That A does not D deny a man
a G livAing D wage
A Go find the D young men G never to D fight again
A Bring up the D banners from the days G gone A by
Sweet modeDration, G Heart of this D nation
A Desert us D not, we are
BetGween A the D wars
The Book of Love - The Magnetic Fields
G C D G
The book of love is long and boring
No one can lift the thing
It's full of charts and facts and figures
and instructions for dancing
but I / I love it when you read to me
and you / you can read me anything
The book of love has music in it
In fact that's where music comes from
Some of it is just transcendental
Some of it is just really dumb
but I / I love it when you sing to me
and you / you can sing me anything
The book of love is long and boring
and written very long ago
It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes
and things we're all too young to know
but I / I love it when you give me things
and you / you ought to give me wedding rings
I WONDER - ROBERT CRAY
(Dm) Am I a long ways from your (Gm) heart? I (Dm) wonder (A)
Is this where (Dm) love ends, (Gm) heartache starts? I (Dm) wonder
(F) I wonder if you ever (G) think about me
(F) And how good our (G) lovin' used to be
(Dm) Sometimes, (A) sometimes I (Dm) wonder (A)
When you left with one last curious look I wonder
I tried to call 'ya, you changed your number on me I really wonder
You tell me things to get me where you want me to be
How come I feel you're getting the best of me?
Sometimes I wonder
Small Town Saturday Night -- Hal Ketchum
(G) There's an Elvis movie on the (D) marquee (G) sign
(C) We've all (G) seen at (D) least three (G) times
(G) Everybody's broke, (D) Bobby's got a (G) buck
To (C) put a dollars worth of (G) gas in his (D) pickup (G) truck
We're going' (C) ninety miles an hour down a dead end road
(G) What's the hurry, son... where you (D) gonna (Em) go?
We're gonna (C) howl at the (G) moon, (D) shoot out the (G) light
It's a (C) small (G) town (D) Saturday (G) night 2X
Bobby told Lucy, "The world ain't round...
Drops off sharp at the edge of town
Lucy, you know the world must be flat
'Cause when people leave town, they never come back"
They go ninety miles an hour to the city limits sign
Put the pedal to the metal 'fore they change their mind
They howl at the moon, shoot out the light
It's a small town Saturday night
Broke Down - Slaid Cleaves
Sherry had a pawn shop band of gold
A sink full of dishes and a love grown cold
Long came a boy, pretty as the devil
She took his hand the whole thing unraveled...
There's no turning 'round, it's broke down
Billy took the ring, jammed it in his pocket
Drove downtown and tried to hawk it
Down at the bottom of Lake Ponchartrain
There's a love note carved inside a wedding ring...
Broke down, cracked up and shattered
left in pieces like it never even mattered
Broke down, torn and frayed
Ain't nothing left you could give away
There's no turning 'round, it's broke down
There ain't no telling where love goes
Baby, down where the black river flows
Won't be coming back round, it's broke down
Baby in the back seat and another on the way
Sherry thinks of Billy at the end of every day
Spends her nights waiting for real life to start
Listening to the sound of her double-crossed heart...
On the other side of town two lovers lie still
Cigarette smoking on a window sill
There's a picture locked up in an old suitcase
Billy closes his eyes but he still sees her face...
My Dear Companion - Jean Ritchie
C F Oh have you seen my dear companion
C G For she was all this world to me
C F I hear she's gone to some far country
C G C And that she cares no more for me
F C I wish I were a swallow flying
C G I'd fly to a high and lonesome place
C F I'd join the wild birds in their crying
C G C Thinking of you and your sweet face
C F Oh have you seen my dear companion
C G For she was all this world to me
C F But now the stars have turned against me
C G C And she cares no more for me
F C Oh when the dark is on the mountain
G And all the world has gone to sleep
C F I will go down to the cold dark waters
C G C And there I'll lay me down and weep
F C Oh have you seen my dear companion
F C Oh have you seen my dear companion
F C Oh have you seen my dear companion
C G C For she was all this world to me
These Days - Jackson Browne
C C/B C/A C/G Fmaj7
Well I've been out walking
C C/B C/A C/G Fmaj7
I don't do that much talking these days
Em G
These days
Fmaj7
These days I seem to think a lot
C C/B C/A C/G F
About the things that I forgot to do
C C/B C/A C/G Fmaj7
And all the times I had the chance to
C C/B C/A C/G Fmaj7 C C/B C/A C/G Fmaj7
C C/B C/A C/G Fmaj7
And I had a lover
C C/B C/A C/G Fmaj7
I don't think I'll risk another these days
Em G
These days
Fmaj7
Now if I seem to be afraid
C C/B C/A C/G F
To live the life that I have made in song
C C/B C/A C/G Fmaj7
Well it's just cause I've been losing so long
C C/B C/A C/G Fmaj7
I quit my scheming
C C/B C/A C/G Fmaj7
I don't do all that dreaming these days
Em G
These days
Fmaj7
These days I sit on corner stones
C C/B C/A C/G F
And count the time in quarter tones to ten
C C/B C/A C/G Fmaj7
Don't confront me with my failures
C C C/B C/A C/G Fmaj7 Em
I have not forgotten them
Althea -- Hunter/Garcia
INTRO: Bm - A - E - A - Bm - A - E - Bm - A - E - A - Bm - A - E
Bm A E A Bm A E
I told Althea I was feeling lost, lacking in some direction.
Bm A E A Bm A E
Althea told me upon scrutiny that my back might need protection.
A C#m D A
I told Althea that treachery was tearing me limb from limb.
C#m E Bm A E
Althea told me better cool down boy, settle back, easy Jim.
Bm A E A Bm A E
You may be Saturday's child, all alone, Moving with a tinge of grace.
Bm A E A Bm A E
You may be a clown in the burying ground, Or just another pretty face.
A C#m D A
You may meet in the fate of Ophelia sleeping and purchance to dream.
C#m E Bm A E
Honest to the point of recklessness, self-centered in the extreme.
Bm A E A Bm A E
Ain't nobody messing with you, but you, Your friends are getting most concerned.
Bm A E A Bm A E
Loose with the truth baby it's your fire but baby don't get burned.
A C#m D A
When the smoke has cleared, she said, that's what she said to me.
C#m E Bm A E
Gonna want a bed to lay your head and a little sympathy.
D E
There are things you can replace, and others you cannot.
D G
The time has come to weigh those things.
E Bm A E
This space is getting hot, you know this space is getting hot.
Bm A E A Bm A E
I told Althea I'm a roving son, and I was born to be a bachelor.
Bm A E A Bm A E
Althea told me, okay, that's fine so now I'm trying to catch her.
A C#m D A
Can't talk to you about talking to me, We're guilty of the same old thing.
C#m E Bm A E
Been talking a lot about less and less And forgetting the love we bring.
Derby Day by the inimitable Jerry Jeff Walker
C Am Yeah Susan you are a jewel
C Am 'Bout the rarest I've ever seen
C C/B Am C/G F And I wish I could polish off all the edges
G C Of my craziest dreams
C Am But you know the way I am
C Am There's nothin' you could do
C C/B Am C/G Cuz anything you don't want me to do
F G C Say go ahead and tell me to
F G C Yeah and it must have been some kind of a starry night
F G Yeah the moon was so bright
C C/B Am C/B Guess it must have knocked out all of your lights
F G I guess that's the night that you fell
C For my silvery line
Hey everything I do is backwards
You know it ain't no lie
You love I love you love ah you know
You know I love your beautiful eyes
Well I can't pay you back, no
Can't make it up in a song
I guess I'm here tryin to tell you
that I missed myself while you were gone
Yeah well you always picked the winner
In every Derby race
I guess you just picked on me
For a little bit of change of pace
So go on, shake your hair, let it loose
Run til you pass the wind
And I'll be runnin' right in front of you
Tryin' to bring myself in
Contrary to Ordinary by Jerry Jeff Walker
INTRO: Cmaj7 - Fmaj7 (2x) NOTE: Each chord = 2 measures
Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Never live a life Thru other people's eyes
Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Guess I've always been Ridin' thru storms Twice my size
G F C I've always been a drifter Looks like I always will
D D7 G Be runnin' toward a sunset Far side of some hill
Cmaj7 - Fmaj7 (2x) G - F - D D7 - G
I'm a one-man band And a one-man gypsy circus
Findin' every piece Of the puzzle has a purpose
Driftin' and dreamin' That must be my fate
Grinnin' down the devils, Lord Raisin' with aces and eights (and I was..
F Cmaj7 Contrary To Ordinary Even as a child
D7 G Fast freights made me wonder Full moon drove me wild
F Cmaj7 And stories do come true Live life in episodes
F F/E Dm7 F F/G Cmaj7 One eye on the ladies now And one eye on the road
INSTRUMENTAL:
Cmaj7 - Fmaj7 Sax - 8 bars + Guitar - 8 bars
So when I die I swear Put no tombstone on my grave
Just have one of my friends Sail my ashes out over the waves
Don't get no preacher down here Just to talk about my past
Just tell 'em all I liked to live And I loved to sing, dance, and to laugh CHORUS:
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Valley Christmas
F C
Am G
(G) I work a 12 hour shift in the (D) cotton mill
(C) I watch the bobbins (D)'til they fill
I (Am) throw 'em in a buggy and roll 'em down to Joe
I've been here for 17 years
Like my daddy before and the rest of his kids
I guess you could say we're a mill family
There's not much to do in a mill town at night
Unless you want to get drunk and fight
Every year at Christmas on the baseball field
They set up a merry-go-round for the kids
It's open 'til 10 and we'll go with the kids
Ride all night long with Alvin and the Chipmunk
Silent Night and the Chipmunk song
Sally put you mittens back on
It's cold and the wind is strong
In the line I see Charley's family
Haven't seen him since he got laid off last year
He joined the guard for something to do
He's been in Afghanistan for a month or two
They're talking 'bout shutting down the mill
Bm A D G
Looking askance at your reason, I check my innocence at the door
G D Bm A
Everything is far removed now, like the dreams I had before
G D Bm A
Dreams of heaven reaching down
Bm A G Bm
I dreamed heaven reached down and put a apple in my hand
Flowing like a sweet river, Sounding like an angel band
But I wouldn't have believed it, wouldn't be able to stand
If it wasn't for the apple that I hold here in my hand
JIG-SAW PUZZLE - Jagger & Richard
(B)There's a tramp sittin' on my (A)doorstep
(F#)Tryin' to waste his (E)time
(B)With his methylated (A)sandwich
(F#)He's a walking (E)clothesline
(B)And here comes the bishop's (A)daughter
(F#)On the other (E)side
(B)And she looks a trifle (A)jealous
(F#)She's been an outcast all (E)her life
Me, I'm waiting so (F#)patiently
(A)Lying on the (B)floor
I'm just trying to do my (Ajig-saw puzzle
Before it rains any(B)more
Oh the gangster looks so fright'ning
With his luger in his hand
But when he gets home to his children
He's a family man
But when it comes to the nitty-gritty
He can shove in his knife
Yes he really looks quite religious
He's been an outlaw all his life
Me, I'm waiting so patiently
Lying on the floor
I'm just trying to do this jig-saw puzzle
Before it rains anymore
Oh, there's twenty-thousand grandmas
Wave their hankies in the air
All burning up their pensions
And shouting, "It's not fair!"
There's a regiment of soldiers
Standing, looking on
And the queen is bravely shouting
"What the hell is going on?"
With a blood-curdling "tally-ho!"
She charged into the ranks
And blessed all those grandmas who
With their dying breaths screamed, "Thanks!"
Me, I'm just waiting so patiently
With my woman on the floor
We're just trying to do this jig-saw puzzle
Before it rains anymore
Red Barchetta - Rush
(D) My uncle has a country place that (Bm) no one knows about.
He (C) says it used to be a farm (G) before the Motor Law.
And on (D) Sundays I elude the Eyes and (Bm) hop the Turbine Freight
To (C) far outside the wire where my (G) white-haired uncle waits.
(D) Jump to the ground as the Turbo slows to cross the borderline. (CGCD)
Run like the wind as excitement shivers up and down my spine. (CGCD)
(F) Down in his (C) barn,
My (F) uncle pre(C)served for me an (F) old mac(C)hine,
For (G) fifty-odd years.
To (F) keep (C) it as (F) new has (C) been his (D) dear(C)est (G) dream.
(D) I strip away the old debris that (Bm) hides a shining car.
A (C) brilliant red Barchetta from a (G) better, vanished time.
I (D) fire up the willing engine, res(Bm)ponding with a roar.
(C) Tires spitting gravel, I com(G)mit my weekly crime...
(G) Wind- In my hair- Shifting and drifting- Mechanical music- Adrenaline surge...
(Bb) Well-weathered (F) leather, Hot (Bb) metal and (F) oil,
(C#) The scented (G#) country air. (C# G#)
(E) Sunlight on (B) chrome, The (E) blur of the (B) landscape,
(E) Every nerve aware.
Guitar Solo
(D) Suddenly ahead of me, (Bm) across the mountainside,
A (C) gleaming alloy air-car shoots to(G)wards me, two lanes wide.
(D) I spin around with shrieking tires, to (Bm) run the deadly race,
Go (C) screaming through the valley as a(G)nother joins the chase.
(G) Drive like the wind, straining the limits of machine and man.
Laughing out loud with fear and hope, I've got a desperate plan.
(Bb) At the one-lane (F) bridge I leave the (Bb) giants (F) stranded at the (Bb) river (F) side.
(Bb) Race back to the (Bb) farm, to (Bb) dream with my (Bb) uncle at the (Bb) fire (F) side.
Summer Wages-Ian Tyson
Never hit 17 when you play against the dealer
For you know that the odds won't ride with you
And never leave your woman alone when your friends are out to steal her
Years are gambled and lost like summer wages.
And we'll keep rollin on'til we get to Vancouver
And the woman that I love who's living there
It's been 6 long months and more since I've seen her
She may be gambled and gone like summer wages.
And all the beer parlors all down along Main Street
The dreams of the seasons are all spilled down on the floor
All the big stands of timber just waiting for falling
And the hustlers sitting watchfully as they wait there by the door.
So I'll work on the towboats In my slippery city shoes
Which I swore I would never do again
Through the worst fogbound straits where the cedars stand watching
I'll be far off and gone like summer wages.
Ah, she's a woman so fine I may never try to find her
For good memories of what we had before
They should never be changed for they're all that I'll take with me
Now I've gambled and lost my summer wages.
Never hit 17 when you play against the dealer
For you know that the odds won't ride with you
And never leave your woman alone when your friends are out to steal her
Years are gambled and lost like summer wages.
American Tune - Paul Simon
C | |F C G C G E Many's the time I've been mistaken |Am E7 |Am And many times confused C |F C G C |G C Yes, and I've often felt forsaken Bdim|Am E |Am And certainly misused C9 |F G |F C Oh, but I'm alright, I'm alright |F C G Bdim|Am A7| I'm just weary to my bones D7 |G | Still, you don't expect to be C G D |G Bright and bon vivant C F C|G |E Am Dm|C/G G |C | So far a-way from home, so far away from home
|F C G C G E I don't know a soul who's not been battered |Am E7 |Am I don't have a friend who feels at ease C |F C G C |G C I don't know a dream that's not been shattered Bdim|Am E |Am or driven to its knees C9 |F G |F C Oh, but it's alright, it's alright |F C G G#dim|Am A7| for we lived so well so long D7 |G | Still, when I think of the C G D |G road we're traveling on C F C |G |E Am I wonder what's gone wrong Dm |C/G G |C | I can't help it, I wonder what's gone wrong |
| And I dreamed I was dying |G |Am I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly Ebdim |G/D | And looking back down at me F C G | Smiled reassuringly |C | And I dreamed I was flying |G |Am And high up above my eyes could clearly see Ebdim |G/D | The Statue of Liberty F |C G | Sailing away to sea |C | And I dreamed I was flying
|F C G C |G We come on the ship they call the Mayflower E |Am E7 |Am We come on the ship that sailed the moon C |F C G C|G C We come in the a-ge's most uncertain hours Bdim|Am E |Am and sing an American tune C9 |F G |F C G C Oh, and it's alright, it's alright, it's alright |F C G |Am A7| You can't be forever blessed D7 G |C G D |G Still, tomorrow's going to be another working day C |F C G |E And I'm trying to get some rest Am Dm |C/G G |C |F C|G F|C G|C That's all I'm trying to get some rest
Wonderful Remark-Van Morrison
How can you stand the silence
That pervades when we all cry?
How can you watch the violence
That erupts before your eyes?
How can you tell us something
Just to keep us hangin' on?
Something that just don't mean nothing
When we see it you are gone
Clinging to some other rainbow
While we're standing, waiting in the cold
Telling us the same old story
Knowing time is growing old.
That was a Wonderful Remark
I had my eyes closed in the dark
I sighed a million sighs
I told a million lies - to myself - to myself
How can we listen to you
When we know your talk is cheap?
How can we ever question
Why we give more and you keep?
How can your empty laughter
Fill a room like ours with joy
When you're only playing with us
Like a child does with a toy?
How can we ever feel the freedom
Or the flame lit by the spark
How can we ever come out even
When reality is stark?
That was a Wonderful Remark
I had my eyes closed in the dark - yeah
I sighed a million sighs
I told a million lies - to myself - to myself
Baby to myself
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Long May You Run written by Neil Young
Bb F Eb Bb We've been through some things together
Gm Eb F With trunks of memories still to come
Bb F Eb Bb We found things to do in stormy weather
Gm F Bb Long may you run
Bb F Long may you run
Eb Bb Long may you run
Gm Eb F Although these changes have come
Bb F Eb Bb With your chrome heart shining in the sun
Gm F Bb Long may you run
Bb F Eb Bb Well it was back in Blind River in 1962
Gm Eb F When I last saw you alive
Bb F Eb Bb Rollin' down that empty ocean road
Gm F Bb Gettin' to the surf on time
Bb F Long may you run
Eb Bb Long may you run
Gm Eb F Although these changes have come
Bb F Eb Bb With your chrome heart shining in the sun
Gm F Bb Long may you run
Ab Eb Long may you run.
Db Ab Long may you run.
Fm Db Eb Although these changes have come
Ab Eb Db Ab With your chrome heart shining in the sun
Fm Eb Ab Long may you run
HELPLESS
D A G D A G
D A G There is a town in north Ontario,
D A G With dream comfort memory to spare,
D A G and in my mind I still need a place to go,
D A G All my changes were there,
Blue, blue windows behind the stars,
Yellow moon on the rise,
Big birds flying across the sky,
Throwing shadows on our eyes.
D A G Helpless, helpless, helpless
D A G Baby can you hear me now?
D A G The chains are locked and tied across the door,
D A G Baby, sing with me some how.