Absolutely F'olked
Bad, Boy Leroy Brown* - Jim Croce
D7 G
G
Well the South side of Chicago
A7
Is the baddest part of town
B7 C
And if you go down there you better just beware
D7 G
Of a man named Leroy Brown
G
Now Leroy more than trouble
A7
You see he stand about six foot four
B7 C
All the downtown ladies call him treetop lover
D7 G
All the men just call him sir
G
And he's bad bad Leroy Brown
A7
The baddest man in the whole damned town
B7 C
Badder than old King Kong
D7 G
And meaner than a junkyard dog
G
Now Leroy he a gambler
A7
And he like his fancy clothes
B7 C
And he like to wave his dia--mond rings
D7 G
In front of everybody's nose
G
He got a custom Continental
A7
He got an Eldorado too
B7 C
He got a 32 gun in his pocket for fun
D7 G
He got a razor in his shoe
G
And he's bad bad Leroy Brown
A7
The baddest man in the whole damned town
B7 C
Badder than old King Kong
D7 G
And meaner than a junkyard dog
G
Now Friday 'bout a week ago
A7
Leroy shootin' dice
B7 C
And at the edge of the bar sat a girl name Doris
D7 G
And oo that girl looked nice
G
Well he cast his eyes upon her
A7
And the trouble soon began
B7 C
Cause Leroy Brown learned a lesson 'bout messin'
D7 G
With the wife of a jealous man
G
And he's bad bad Leroy Brown
A7
The baddest man in the whole damned town
B7 C
Badder than old King Kong
D7 G
And meaner than a junkyard dog
G
Well the two men took to fighting
A7
And when they pulled them from the floor
B7 C
Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle
D7 G
With a couple of pieces gone
G
And he's bad bad Leroy Brown
A7
The baddest man in the whole damned town
B7 C
Badder than old King Kong
D7 G
And meaner than a junkyard dog
B7 C
Yeah,you were badder than old King Kong
D7 G
And meaner than a junkyard dog
Belfast Mill - The Furies
C Am G F C
C Am G F C
C Am
At the east end of town, at the foot of the hill
G F C
There's a chimney so tall, it says Bel--fast Mill
C Am
But there's no smoke at all Coming out of the stack
G F C
For the mill has shut down and is never coming back
C Am
And the only tune I hear is the sound of the wind
G F C
As she blows through the town Weave and spin, weave and spin
C Am
There's no children playing now In the dark narrow streets
G F C
And the loom has shut down It's so quiet I can't sleep
C Am
And the only tune I hear is the sound of the wind
G F C
As she blows through the town, Weave and spin, weave and spin
C Am G F C
C Am G F C
C Am
The mill has shut down 'twas the only life I know
G F C
Tell me where will I go Tell me where will I go
C Am
And the only tune I hear is the sound of the wind
G F C
As she blows through the town Weave and spin, weave and spin
C Am
I'm too old to work And I'm too young to die
G F C
Tell me where will I go now My family and I
C Am
And the only tune I hear is the sound of the wind
G F C
As she blows through the town Weave and spin, weave and spin
[Outro]
G F C
As she blows through the town Weave and spin, weave and spin
Black Velvet Band [C]
Traditional
Intro: [Dm] [G] [C] [C]
Verse 1:
In a [C] neat little town they call Belfast, apprenticed to [F] trade I was [G] bound,
[C] Many an hour sweet happiness
Have I [Dm] spent in that [G] neat little [C] town.
'Till a sad misfortune came o'er me, and caused me to [F] stray from the [G] land.
Far a-[C]way from my friends and relations,
Be-[Dm]trayed by the [G] black velvet [C] band.
|Chorus:
|Her [C] eyes they shone like diamonds,
|I thought her the [F] queen of the [G] land,
|And her [C] hair hung over her [Am] shoulder,
|Tied [Dm] up with a [G] black velvet [C] band.
Verse 2:
I [C] took a stroll down Broadway, meaning not [F] long for to [G] stay,
When [C] who should I meet but this pretty fair maid,
Come a [Dm] traipsing a-[G]long the high[C]way.
She was both fair and handsome, her neck it was [F] just like a [G] swan's
And her [C] hair hung over her shoulder,
Tied [Dm] up with a [G] black velvet [C] band.
|Chorus:
|Her [C] eyes they shone like diamonds,
|I thought her the [F] queen of the [G] land,
|And her [C] hair hung over her [Am] shoulder,
|Tied [Dm] up with a [G] black velvet [C] band.
Verse 3:
I [C] took a stroll with this pretty fair maid, and a gentleman [F] passing us [G] by.
Well, I [C] knew she meant the doing of him,
By the [Dm] look in her [G] roguish black [C] eye.
A gold watch she took from his pocket, And placed it [F] right into my [G] hand,
And the [C] very first thing that I said was,
"Bad [Dm] ‘cess to the [G] black velvet [C] band".
|Chorus:
|Her [C] eyes they shone like diamonds,
|I thought her the [F] queen of the [G] land,
|And her [C] hair hung over her [Am] shoulder,
|Tied [Dm] up with a [G] black velvet [C] band.
Verse 4:
Be[C]fore the judge and the jury next morning I [F] had to a-[G]ppear.
The [C] judge he says to me, "Young fellow,
The [Dm] case against [G] you is quite [C] clear.
Seven long years is your sentence, to be spent far a [F] way from this [G] land,
Far a-[C]way from your friends and relations,
Be-[Dm]trayed by the [G] black velvet [C] band.
|Chorus:
|Her [C] eyes they shone like diamonds,
|I thought her the [F] queen of the [G] land,
|And her [C] hair hung over her [Am] shoulder,
|(Slowing)
|Tied [Dm] up with a [G] black velvet [C////////] band.
Brown Eyed Girl
Van Morrison
[Intro]
[G] [C] [G] [D] x2
Verse 1:
[G] Hey, where did [C] we go? [G] Days when the [D] rains came
[G] Down in the [C] hollow [G] playin' a [D] new game
[G] Laughing and a-[C]running, hey hey
[G] Skipping and a-[D]jumping
[G] In the misty [C] morning fog with
[G] Our [D]hearts a-thumping and [C] you
[D] My brown-eyed [G] girl [Em]
[C] You, my [D] brown-eyed girl [G] [D7]
Verse 2:
[G] Whatever [C] happened [G] to Tuesday and [D] so slow
[G] Going down the [C] old mine with a... [G] transistor [D] radio
[G] Standing in the [C] sunlight laughing
[G] Hiding behind a [D] rainbow's wall
[G] Slipping and a-[C] sliding
[G] All along the [D] waterfall with [C] you
[D] My brown-eyed [G] girl [Em]
[C] You, my [D] brown-eyed girl [G] [D7]
|Chorus:
|[D] Do you remember when... we used to [G] sing
|Sha la-la [C] la la la la [G] la la la la te [D] da
|[G] Sha la-la [C] la la la la [G] la la la la te [D] da
|La te [G] da [D]
Verse 3:
[G] So hard to [C] find my way... [G] now that I'm all [D] on my own
[G] I saw you just the [C] other day... [G] my... how [D] you have grown
[G] Cast my memory [C] back there, Lord
[G] Sometimes I'm [D] overcome thinking 'bout
[G] Making love in the [C] green grass
[G] Behind the [D] stadium with you [C]
[D] My brown-eyed [G] girl [Em]
[C] You, my [D] brown-eyed girl [G] [D7]
|Chorus:
|[D] Do you remember when... we used to [G] sing
|Sha la-la [C] la la la la [G] la la la-la te [D] da
|[G] Sha la-la [C] la la la la [G] la la la-la te [D] da
|[G] Sha la-la [C] la la la la [G] la la la-la te [D] da
|[G] Sha la-la [C] la la la la [G] la la la-la te [D] da La te [G] da . . . .
[D*] [G*]
City of Chicago * - Christy Moore
C G Am
In the city of Chicago,
C G Em
As the evening shadows fall,
F G Am
There are people dreaming,
F G Dm Am
Of the hills of Donegal.
[Verse 1]
Dm F
Eighteen forty - seven
G Am
Was the year it all began,
Dm F
Deadly pains of hunger,
G Am
Drove a million from the land.
Dm F
They journeyed not for glory,
G Am
Their motive wasn't greed,
Dm F
A voyage of survival,
G Am F
Across the stormy sea.
[Chorus]
C G Am
In the city of Chicago,
C G Em
As the evening shadows fall,
F G Am
There are people dreaming,
F G Dm Am
Of the hills of Donegal.
[Verse 2]
Dm F
Some of them knew fortune,
G Am
Some of them knew fame,
Dm F
More of them knew hardship,
G Am
And died upon on the plain.
Dm F
They spread throughout the nation,
G Am
They rode the railroad cars,
Dm F
They brought their songs and music,
G Am
To ease their lonely hearts.
[Chorus]
C G Am
In the city of Chicago,
C G Em
As the evening shadows fall,
F G Am
There are people dreaming,
F G Dm
Of the hills of Donegal.
Crawdad Hole Song -Doc Watson
[Chorus]
G
You get a line and I'll get a pole, honey
D7
You get a line and I'll get a pole, babe
G
You get a line and I'll get a pole
C
We'll go fishing in the crawdad hole
G D G
Honey, baby, mine
[Verse 1]
G
Yon--der come a man with a sack on his back, honey
D7
Yonder come a man with a sack on his back, babe
G
Yon--der come a man with a sack on his back
C
Pac--kin all the crawdads he can pack
G D G
(Honey, baby, mine)
[Verse 2]
G
The man fell down and he broke that sack, honey
D7
The man fell down and he broke that sack, babe
G
The man fell down and he broke that sack
C
See those crawdads crawling back
G D G
(Honey, baby, mine.)
[Chorus]
G
You get a line and I'll get a pole, honey
D7
You get a line and I'll get a pole, babe
G
You get a line and I'll get a pole
C
We'll go fishing in the crawdad hole
G D G
Honey, baby, mine
[Verse 3]
G
What you goin' do when the sun goes dry, honey
D7
What you goin' do when the sun goes dry, babe
G
What you goin' do when the sun goes dry
C
Sit on the back and watch the crawdads die
G D G
(Honey, baby, mine)
[Chorus]
G
You get a line and I'll get a pole, honey
D7
You get a line and I'll get a pole, babe
G
You get a line and I'll get a pole
C
We'll go down to the crawdad hole
G D G
(Honey, baby, mine...)
Cuckoo - Stephen Wilson Jnr
[Intro]
E
E
Bank owns the house, bank owns the land
E
Boss owns the truck and the hammer in my hand
E
Ex got the kids and half of my check
E
Other half goes to the IRS, cuckoo
E
My beer's on the hood, car's on the blocks
E
Carburetor parts still sitting in the box
E
Wrenching that wrench, stripping that bolt
E
Busting up a knuckle make a man go cuckoo
[Chorus]
E
This world keeps shaking me, breaking me, taking me
E
Making me damn near crazy as a loon, cuckoo
E
Out here, out there, out pulling my hair out, burn out a little too soon
E
Running from a train, gunning that race, chasing that carrot on a pole
NC E
One more thing in a long line of things I can't control, ha
E
Doc says hi, gives me a pill
E
Shoots me a shot, sends me the bill
E
Life is a road and it's all uphill
E
One don't drive you, then the other one will, cuckoo
[Chorus]
E
This world keeps shaking me, breaking me, taking me
E
Making me damn near crazy as a loon, cuckoo
E
Out here, out there, out pulling my hair out, burn out a little too soon
E
Running from a train, gunning that race, chasing that carrot on a pole
E
One more thing in a long line of the things I can't control
[Pedal Steel Solo]
A E A E
[Bridge]
E
The sun goes up, sun goes down
E
We all wind up six feet in the ground, that's right
E
Sun goes up, sun goes down
E
We all wind up six feet in the ground
E
Sun goes up, sun goes down
E
We all wind up six feet in the ground
E
Sun goes up, sun goes down
E
We all wind up six feet in the ground
E
Don't know much, tell you what I do
E
Sooner or later, we all gonna go cuckoo
[Chorus]
E
This world keeps shaking me, breaking me, taking me
E
Making me damn near crazy as a loon, cuckoo
E
Out here, out there, out pulling my hair out, burn out a little too soon
E
Dead last place, gunning that race, chasing that carrot on a pole
E
One more thing in a long line of things I can't control
NC E
One more thing in a long line of things I can't control (Listen, oh yeah)
[Outro]
E
One more thing in a long line of things I can't control
E
One more thing in a long line of things I can't control, yeah
E
One more thing in a long line of things I can't control
E
One more thing in a long line of things I can't control
X
Depotees - Arlo Gutherie
D G D
The crops are all in and the peaches are rot--ting
D A7 D
The oranges piled in their cre--osote dung
G D
You're flying them back to the Mexico border
D A7 D
To pay all their money, to wade back again
D G D
My Father's own father, he waded that river
A7 D
They took all the money he made in his life
G D
My brothers and sisters come working the fruit trees
A7 D
And they rode the truck till they took down and died
[Chorus]
G D
Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita
A7 D
Ad--ios mis amigos, Sai--sus sey Maria
G D
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane
A7 D
All they will call you will be depor--tees
[Verse 3]
D G D
Some of us are illegal, and others not wan--ted
A7 D
Our work contract's out and we have to move on
G D
Six hundred miles to that Mexi--co border
A7 D
They chase us like outlaws, like rustlers, and thieves
[Verse 4]
D G D
We died in your hills, we died on your deserts
A7 D
We died in your valleys, and died on your plains
G D
We died 'neath your trees, and we died on your bushes
A7 D
Both sides of the river, we died just the same
[Chorus]
G D
Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita
A7 D
Ad--ios mis amigos, Sai--sus sey Maria
G D
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane
A7 D
All they will call you will be depor--tees
[Verse 5]
D G D
The sky plane caught fire over Los Gatos can--yon
A7 D
Like a fireball of lightning, and shook all our hills
G D
And who are all these friends, all scattered like dry leaves?
A7 D
The radio says they are just depor--tees
[Verse 6]
D G D
Is this the best way we can grow our big orc--hards?
A7 D
Is this the best way we can grow our good fruit?
G D
To fall like dry leaves, to rot on my topsoil
A7 D
And to be called no name, except depor--tees
[Chorus]
G D
Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita
A7 D
Ad--ios mis amigos, Sai--sus sey Maria
G D
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane
A7 D
All they will call you will be depor--tees
Dirty Old Town [☘️] - Ewan McColl
[C] [C] [C]
[NC] I met my [C] love... by the gas [F] works [C] croft
Dreamed a [F] dream... by the old ca[C]nal
I [F] kissed my [C] girl... by the [F] factory [C] wall
Dirty old [Dm] town... dirty old [Am] town
[NC] Clouds are [C] dri-i-ifting a-[F]-cross the [C] moon
Cats are [F] pro-o-owling on their [C] beat
[F] Springs a [C] girl... from the [F] streets at [C] night
Dirty old [Dm] town... dirty old [Am] town
[NC] I heard a [C] siren... coming [F] from the [C] docks
Saw a [F] train... set the night on [C] fire
I [F] smelled the [C] spring... on the [F] smokey [C] wind
Dirty old [Dm] town... dirty old [Am] town
[NC] I'm gonna [C] make me... a [F] big sharp [C] axe
Shining [F] steel... tempered in a [C] fire
I’ll [F] chop you [C] down... like an [F] old dead [C] tree
Dirty old [Dm] town... dirty old [Am] town
[NC] I met my [C] love... by the gas [F] works [C] croft
Dreamed a [F] dream... by the old ca[C]nal
I [F] kissed my [C] girl... by the [F] factory [C] wall
Dirty old [Dm] town... dirty old [Am] town
Dirty old [Dm] town... dirty old [Am] town
(SLOWING)
Dirty old [Dm] town... dirty old [Am*] town
Feathered Indians Chords - Tyler Childers
[Intro]
(G) (D) (C) x2
[Verse 1]
G D
Well, my buckle makes impressions on the inside of her thigh
C
There are little feathered Indians where we tussled through the night
G D
If I'd known she was religious then I would--n't have came stoned
C
To the house of such an angel too fucked up to get back home
[Interlude]
G D C
[Verse 2]
G D
Lookin' over West Virginia, smoking spirits on the roof
C
She asked ain't anybody told ya that them things are bad for you
G D
I said many folks have warned me, there's been several people try
C
But up till now there ain't been nothing that I couldn't leave behind
[Chorus]
D7 C
Hold me close, my dear
D7 C
Sing your whisperin' song
D7 C
softly in my ear
D7 C
and I will sing along
Em D C
Honey, tell me how your love runs true
Em D C
and how I can always count on you
D
to be there when the bullets fly
C C C G
I'd run across the river just to hold you to--night
[Interlude]
(G) (D) (C) x2
[Verse 3]
G D
Well, my heart is sweatin' bullets from the cir--cles it has raced
C
Like a little feathered Indian calling out the clouds for rain
G D
I go runnin' through the thicket, I go careless through the thorns
C
just to hold her for a minute, though it'd leave me wanting more
[Chorus]
D7 C
Hold me close, my dear
D7 C
Sing your whisperin' song
D7 C
softly in my ear
D7 C
and I will sing along
Em D C
Honey, tell me how your love runs true
Em D C
and how I can always count on you
D
to be there when the bullets fly
C C C G
I'd run across the river just to hold you tonight
[Outro]
(G) (D) (C) x2
Em
X
Flight Of Earls[C] - Paddy Reilly
C G C G C F C G C
C G C
I can hear the bells of Dublin
G C
in this lonely waiting room
F C G
And the paperboys are singin' in the rain
C G C
Not too long before they take us
G C
to the airport and the noise
F C G C
To get on board a trans at--lantic plane
G
We've got nothin' left to stay for,
F C
We had no more left to say
F C G
And there isn't any work for us to do
C G C
So farewell ye boys and girls;
G C
Another bloody Flight of Earls
F C G C
Our best asset is our best export, too....
F C G C
C G C
It's not murder, fear or famine
G C
that makes us leave this time
F C G
We're not going to join Mc--Alpine's Fus--ileers
C G C
We've got brains, and we've got visions;
G C
we've got edu--cation, too!
F C G C
But we just can't throw a--way these precious years
G
So we walk the streets of London,
F C
And the streets of Balti--more
F C G
And we meet at night in several Boston bars
C G C
We're the leaders of the future
G C
But we're far a--way from home
F C G C
And we dream of you be--neath the Irish stars
F C G C
C G C
As we look on El--lis Is--land,
G C
and the Lady in the bay
F C G
And Manhattan turns to face another Sunday
C G C
We just wonder what you're doing
G C
to bring us all back home
F C G C
As we look forward to a--nother Monday
G
Because it's not the work that scares us
F C
We don't mind an honest job
F C G
And we know things will get better once a--gain
C G C G C
So a thousand times adieu, We've got Bono and U2
F C G C
All we're missin' is the Guinness, and the rain
F C G C
C G C
So switch off your new computers
G C
cause the writing's on the wall
F C G
We're leaving as our fathers did be--fore
C G C
Take a look at Dublin airport,
G C
or the boat that leaves North Wall
F C G C
There'll be no Youth Unemp--loyment any more
G
Because we're over here in Queensland,
F C
And in parts of New South Wales
F C G
We're on the seas and airways and the trains
C G C
But if we see better days,
G C
Those big airplanes go both ways
F C G C F C
And we'll all be comin' back to you a--gain!
Folsom Prison Blues
Johnny Cash
Intro:
[G] [G] [G] [G]
Verse 1:
I [G] hear the train a comin’... it's rolling round the bend
And I ain't seen the sunshine since... [G7] I don't know when
I'm [C] stuck in Folsom prison... and time keeps draggin’ [G] on
But that [D7] train keeps a rollin’... on down to San An[G]ton
Verse 2:
When [G] I was just a baby... my mama told me son (son)
Always be a good boy... don't [G7] ever play with guns
But I [C] shot a man in Reno... just to watch him [G] die
When I [D7] hear that whistle blowin’... I hang my head and [G] cry
Verse 3:
I [G] bet there's rich folks eating in a fancy dining car
They're probably drinkin’ coffee... and [G7] smoking big cigars
Well I [C] know I had it coming... I know I can't be [G] free
But those [D7] people keep a-movin’... and that's what tortures [G] me
Verse 4:
Well if they'd [G] free me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine
I bet I'd move it on a little [G7] farther down the line
[C] Far from Folsom prison... that's where I want to [G] stay
And I'd [D7] let that lonesome whistle... blow my blues a[G]way
Galway Girl -*LH*
[intro]
2nd Fret Capo
[C] Well, I took a stroll on the old long walk
On a [C] day-I-ay-I-[F]ay
[Am] I met a little [G]girl and we [F]stopped to [C]talk
on a fine-soft [G]day-I-[C]-ay
And I [F] ask you, [C] friend, what's a [F] fella to [C] do
'Cause her [Am] hair was (G) black and her [F] eyes were [C] blue
And I [F] knew right [C] then, I'd be [F] takin' a [C] whirl
'Round the [Am] Salt-hill (G) Prom with a [F] Galway [C] girl
[Bridge]
[C] / / [F] / (G)*[C]
[Am] [G] [F] [C] [G] / / [F]*[C]*
[C]We were halfway there when the rain came down
On a [C] day-I-ay-I-[F]ay
And she [Am]asked me [G]up to her [F]flat down[C]town
on a [C] fine-soft [G] day-I-[C]-ay
And I [F] ask you, [C] friend, what's a [F] fella to [C] do
'Cause her [Am] hair was (G)black and her [F] eyes were [C] blue
So I [F] took her [C] hand, and I [F] give her a [C] twirl
And I [Am] lost my (G)heart to a [F] Galway [C] girl
[Bridge]
[C] / / [F] / (G)*[C]
[Am] [G] [F] [C] [G] / / [F]*[C]*
[C] / / [F] / (G)*[C]
[Am] [G] [F] [C] [G] / / [F]*[C]*
[F] [G] (C) (Am)*[G]
[Am] [G] [F] [C] [G] / / [F]*[C]*
[C] When I woke up I was all alone... [F]
[Am] With a broken [G]heart and a [F]ticket [C]home ….[G]… [C]
And I [F] ask you [C] now, tell me [F] what would you [C] do
If her [Am] hair was (G)black and her [F] eyes were [C] blue
I've [F] traveled a-[C]-round, I've been all [F] over this [C] world
Boys I ain't (Am) never seen (G)nothin' like a [F] Galway [C] girl
[Bridge]
[C] / / [F] / (G)*[C]
[Am] [G] [F] [C] [G] / / [F]*[C]*
[C] / / [F] / (G)*[C]
[Am] [G] [F] [C] [G] / / [F]*[C]*
Galway Shawl * - Artist
In Oran-[C]-more in the County Gal-[Em]-way,
One pleasant even-[Am]-ing in the [Dm] month of [F] May;
I spied a [C] damsel, she was young and [Em] handsome,
Her beauty [Am] fairly [F] took my [G] breath [C] away.
[Chorus]
|[NC] She wore no [C] jewels, no costly [Em] diamonds,
|No paint no [Am] powder, no [Dm] none at [F] all;
|She wore a [C] bonnet with ribbons on [Em] it,
|And 'round her [Am] shoulder [F] was a [G] Galway [C] shawl.
We kept on [C] walking, she kept on [Em] talking
Till her father's [Am] cottage came [Dm] into [F] view
She said Come [C] in, sir, and meet my [Em] father,
And play to [Am] please him [F] The [G] Foggy [C] Dew.
She sat me [C] down beside the [Em] fire,
I could see her [Am] father, he was [Dm] six feet [F] tall;
And soon her [C] mother had the kettle [Em] singing,
All I could [Am] think of [F] was the[G] Galway [C] shawl.
[Chorus]
|[NC] She wore no [C] jewels, no costly [Em] diamonds,
|No paint no [Am] powder, no [Dm] none at [F] all;
|She wore a [C] bonnet with ribbons on [Em] it,
|And 'round her [Am] shoulder [F] was a [G] Galway [C] shawl.
I played the [C] Blackbird and The Stack Of [Em] Barley,
Rodney's [Am] Glory, and the [Dm] Foggy [F] Dew;
She sang each [C] note like an Irish [Em] linnet,
And the tears they [Am] flowed [F] in her [G] eyes of [C] blue.
'Twas early [C] early, all in the [Em] morning
I hit the [Am] road for [Dm] old Done-[F]-gal
She said Good-[C]-bye, sir, she cried and kissed [Em] me,
And my heart re-[Am]-mained with [F] the [G] Galway [C] shawl.
[Chorus]
|[NC] She wore no [C] jewels, no costly [Em] diamonds,
|No paint no [Am] powder, no [Dm] none at [F] all;
|She wore a [C] bonnet with ribbons on [Em] it,
|And 'round her [Am] shoulder [F] was a [G] Galway [C] shawl.
[Outro, slowing down]
And round her [Am] shoulder [F] was a [G] Galway [C]
Handsome Molly[G] - Doc Watson
[Intro]
G D C G
G
Well, I wish I were in London,
D
Or some other seaport town
D
I'd put my foot on a steamboat
C G
I'd sail the ocean `round.
G
While sailing round the ocean,
D
While sailing round the sea
D
I'd think of handsome Molly
C G
Wherever she might be.
G D C G
G
Don't you remember, Molly
D
You gave me your right hand?
D
And you said whenever you'd marry
C G
Then I would be the man.
G
But you broke your promise
D
Go with whom you please
D
My poor heart is aching
C G
You are at your ease.
G D C G
G
I went to church last Sunday
D
Molly came ridin' by
D
I could tell her mind is changin'
C G
By the roving of her eye.
G
I go down to the river
D
Though everyones a--sleep
D
I think of handsome Molly
C G
An' I begin to weep
G D C G
G
Well, I wish I were in London,
D
Or some other seaport town
D
I'd put my foot on a steamboat
C G
I'd sail the ocean `round.
G
While sailing round the ocean,
D
While sailing round the sea
D
I'd think of handsome Molly
C G
Wherever she might be.
(Outro)
D
I'd think of handsome Molly
C G
Wherever she might be.
Hot Corn Cold Corn - Dave Rawlings Machine
[Chorus]
G
Hot corn, cold corn, bring along a demijohn
D
Hot corn, cold corn, bring along a demijohn
G
Hot corn, cold corn, bring along a demijohn
D G
Fare thee well, Uncle Bill, see you in the morning, Yes Sir
[Verse 1]
G
Well it's upstairs, downstairs, down in the kitchen
D
Upstairs, downstairs, down in the kitchen
G
Upstairs, downstairs, down in the kitchen
D G
See Uncle Bill, just a raring and pitching, Yes Sir
[Chorus]
G
Hot corn, cold corn, bring along a demijohn
D
Hot corn, cold corn, bring along a demijohn
G
Hot corn, cold corn, bring along a demijohn
D G
Fare thee well, Uncle Bill, see you in the morning, Yes Sir
[Verse 2]
G
Well it's old Aunt Peggy won’t you fill em up again
D
Old Aunt Peggy won’t you fill em up again
G
Old Aunt Peggy won’t you fill em up again
D G
Ain’t had a drink since I don’t know when, Yes Sir
[Chorus]
G
Hot corn, cold corn, bring along a demijohn
D
Hot corn, cold corn, bring along a demijohn
G
Hot corn, cold corn, bring along a demijohn
D G
Fare thee well, Uncle Bill, see you in the morning, Yes Sir
[Verse 3]
G
Well yonder come the preacher and the children are crying
D
Yonder come the preacher and the children are crying
G
Yonder come the preacher and the children are crying
D G
Chickens are a running and the toenails are a flying, Yes Sir
[Chorus]
G
Hot corn, cold corn, bring along a demijohn
D
Hot corn, cold corn, bring along a demijohn
G
Hot corn, cold corn, bring along a demijohn
D G
Fare thee well, Uncle Bill, see you in the morning, Yes Sir
I Saw the Light [G] - Hank Williams
[G] [D] [G]
[G] I wandered so aimless life filled with sin
[C] I wouldnt let my dear savior [G] in
[G] Then Jesus came like a stranger in the night
[G] Praise the Lord [D] I saw the [G] light.
[G] I saw the light I saw the light
[C] No more in darkness no more at [G] night
[G] Now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight
[G] Praise the Lord [D] I saw the [G] light.
[G] [D] [G]
[G] Just like a blind man I wandered along
[C] Worries and fears I claimed for my [G] own
[G] Then like the blind man that God gave back his sight
[G] Praise the Lord [D] I saw the [G] light.
[G] I saw the light I saw the light
[C] No more in darkness no more at [G] night
[G] Now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight
[G] Praise the Lord [D] I saw the [G] light.
[G] [C] [G] [G]
[G] [D] [G]
[G] I was a fool to wander and stray
[C] For straight is the gate and narrow the [G] way
[G] Now I have traded the wrong for the right
[G] Praise the Lord [D] I saw the [G] light.
[G] I saw the light I saw the light
[C] No more in darkness no more at [G] night
[G] Now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight
[G] Praise the Lord [D] I saw the [G] light.
I was born to Die[C] - Bilnd Willie McTell
D D D D G G D D A G D D
(spoken)
oh, Play that thing boy, I know you're blue... "
D
Don't want no woman
D
That run around
D
Stay out in the street
D
act like a badfoot clown
G
You made me love you
D
And you made me cry
A
You should remember,
G D
that you were born to die...
D
The streams are yellow
D
Tossed it black and brown
D
I gotta pretty woman
D
Used to be the woman in town
G
You made me love you
D
And you made me cry
A
You should remember,
G D
that you were born to die...
[Instrumental]
D D D D G G D D A G D D
(Spoken)
"play it now for me..."
D
Oh come here woman
D
Give me your right hand
D
I thought you my woman
D
You go to your man
G
You made me love you
D
And you made me cry
A
You should remember,
G D
that you were born to die...
D
I'm home at morning
D
Face full of frown
D
I know about that baby
D
You been running around
G
You made me love you
D
And you made me cry
A
You should remember,
G D
that you were born to die...
[Outro]
D D D D G G D D A G D D
(repeat verse 1 & chorus)
In The Jailhouse Now - Jimmy Rodgers
[Intro]
C | C G | C G | C F | C
C
I had a friend named Ramblin' Bob
Who used ta steal, gamble and rob
F
He thought he was the smartest guy in town
But I found out last Monday, that Bob got locked up Sunday
D G
They’ve got him in the jailhouse way downtown
[Chorus one]
C
He's in the jailhouse now
F
He's in the jailhouse now
G
I told him once or twice
To quit playin' cards and shootin' dice
C
He's in the jailhouse now
C F
Oh lay-eee, Ee-ee-ee-heee
C
Oh de oh, Ee-ee-ee-heee
G
Ah-eee-oh, lay-ee-heee, yee-de-la-hee
C
Oh-lay-heeee
[Instrumental 1]
C | C | F | F | G | G | G | C |
C
He played a game called poker
Pee-knuckle, whist and Yoh-ker
F
But shootin’ dice was his greatest game
Now he’s downtown in jail, nobody to go his bail
D G
The judge done said that he refused a fine
[repeat Chorus 1]
C F
Ah de yoh, lay-eee-he-heeeeee
C
Ah lee oh, lay ee-he-teeeeee
G
Ah de yoh, lay-eee-he-heeeeee
C
Oh lay-eeeeeeee
[Instrumental]
C | C | F | F | G | G | G | C |
C
I went out last Tuesday
Met a girl named Susie
F
I told her I was the swellest man around
We started t’ spend my money
Then she started to call me honey
D G
We took in every cabaret in town
G C
We're in the jailhouse now
F
We're in the jailhouse now
G
I told that judge right to his face
We did’t like to see this place
C
We're in the jailhouse now
C F
Ah de yoh, lay-eee-he-heeeeee
C
Ah lee oh, lay ee-he-teeeeee
G
Ah de yoh, lay-eee-he-heeeeee
C
Oh lay-eeeeeeee
Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears - Whistling Doneys
[Verse 1]
C G Am
On the first day of January, eighteen ninety-two,
F Dm F G
they opened Ellis Island and they let the people through.
C G Am
And the first to cross the threshold, of that isle of hope and tears,
F Dm F G G7
was Annie Moore from Ireland, who was all of fifteen years.
[Chorus]
F G C Am
Isle of hope, isle of tears, isle of freedom, isle of fears,
F G
but it's not the isle you leave be--hind
F G C Am
That isle of hunger, isle of pain, isle you'll never see a--gain,
F G F C
but the isle of home is always on your mind.
[Verse 2]
C G Am
In a little bag she carried, all her past and history,
F Dm F G
and her dreams for the future, in the land of liber--ty.
C G Am
And courage is the passport, when your old world disappears,
F Dm F G G7
but there's no future in the past, when you're fifteen years.
[Chorus]
F G C Am
Isle of hope, isle of tears, isle of freedom, isle of fears,
F G
but it's not the isle you leave be--hind
F G C Am
That isle of hunger, isle of pain, isle you'll never see a--gain,
F G F C
but the isle of home is always on your mind.
[Instrumental]
C G Am
F Dm F G
C G Am
F Dm F G G7
[Verse 3]
C G Am
When they closed down Ellis Island, in 1943,
F Dm F G
sev--enteen million people had come there for sanct--uary.
C G Am
And in the springtime when I came here, and I stepped onto its piers,
F Dm F G G7
I thought of how it must have been, when you're fifteen years.
[Chorus]
F G C Am
Isle of hope, isle of tears, isle of freedom, isle of fears,
F G
but it's not the isle you leave be--hind
F G C Am
That isle of hunger, isle of pain, isle you'll never see a--gain,
F G F C
but the isle of home is always on your mind.
Jennifer Johnson and MeC] - Robert Earl
C F C
Deep in the pocket, of an old sport coat jacket
C G
I chanced to discover an old memor--y
F C
Three for a quarter, a black and white portrait
C G C
Taken of Jennifer Johnson and me
C F C
I'm in the corner, my shirt collar open
C G
Like some Latin lover, on late night T-V
C F C
Smiling right there with her head on my should--er
C G C
It's Jennifer Johnson,and she's lookin' at me
C F C
It must have been summer, Nin--teen Sixty Seven
C G C
The Beatles were singing "Love Is All You Need"
C F C
I held her hand as we walked through the ar--cade
C G C
Two young believers on a three dollar spree
CHORUS:
F C
Three for a quarter a black and white portrait
C G
Jen, close the curtain so no one can see
F C
Hey kiss me quick, 'cause the red light is flashing
C G C
It's flashing on Jennifer Johnson and Me
F C C G C
C F C
Waiting on that late night train back to homewood
C G C
I felt her warm, in the cool evening breeze
C F C
Told her I'd probably love her forever
C G C
Forever for Jennifer Johnson and Me
CHORUS:
F C
Three for a quarter a black and white portrait
C G
Jen, close the curtain so no one can see
F C
Hey kiss me quick, 'cause the red light is flashing
C G C
It's flashing on Jennifer Johnson and Me
F C
Three for a quarter a black and white portrait
C G
Two young believers on a three dollar spree
F C
I saved your picture in my sport coat pocket
G C
Jennifer Johnson, did you save one of me.
C G F C
Jennifer Johnson, did you save one of me-------------e
John Law Burned Down The Liquor Sto' - Chris Thomas King
[G]
[G] Moonshine Whiskey - Ortta be a [G] crime
When I [C] get's ta drinkin' - I'm [G] about to lose my mind
Oh [D] Brother come and [C] help me through hard [G] times
[G] Well what's that smokin' - over yonder [G] field
Looks [C] like our secret hideaway - we [G] had so many years
John [D] Law done come and [C] burn us out of [G] here
He [G] burned down the liquor store
He [G] burned down the liquor store
John Law [C] burned down the liquor store
John Law [G] burned down the liquor store
Well, that boot-[D]leg whiskey - [C] where we gonna [G] go?
[G] Workin' in the fields - all the long hot day
Just (C) thinking of the nights we used to [G] dance our blues away
And now [D] I feel I'm [C] drinking my own [G] tears
[G] He turned water to whiskey - so the preacher say's
Oh Lord (C) I need a miracle - to (G)get me out of here
Muddy [D] water come and [C] wash my blues -[G]away
He [G] burned down the liquor store
He [G] burned down the liquor store
John Law [C] burned down the liquor store
John Law [G] burned down the liquor store
Well, that boot-[D]leg whiskey - [C] where we gonna [G] go?
[G] Good morning judge - what may be my fine
When the (C) judge drink my whiskey - he [G] didn't give me no time
He said (D) could I have some [C] more of your moon-[G]shine
He [G] burned down the liquor store
He [G] burned down the liquor store
John Law [C] burned down the liquor store
John Law [G] burned down the liquor store
Well, that boot-[D]leg whiskey - [C] where we gonna [G] go?
Well, that boot-[D]leg whiskey - [C] where we gonna [G] go?
Well, that boot-[D]leg whiskey - [C] where we gonna [G] go?
Keep It Clean - Willie Watson
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G
Went to the river, couldn’t get across, jumped on your papa ‘cause I thought he
was a horse
C
Ride him over, give him Coca-Cola, lemon soda,
D
Soft serve ice cream, take soap and water
G
Thought I’d keep it clean
[Verse 2]
G
Well up she jump, down she fell, mouth flew open like a muscle shell
C
Ride him over give him Coca-Cola, lemon soda,
D
Soft serve ice cream, take soap and water
G
Thought I’d keep it clean
[Verse 3]
G
If you wanna get to heaven when you D-I-E, put on your collar and your T-I-E
C
Ride him over, give him Coca-Cola, lemon soda,
D
Lemon soda, soft serve ice cream, take soap and water
G
Thought I’d keep it clean
[Verse 4]
G
If you wanna get the rabbit out the L-O-G, put like a stump up under D-O-G
C
Ride him over, give him Coca-Cola,
D
Lemon soda, soft serve ice cream, take soap and water
G
Thought I’d keep it clean
[Verse 5]
G
If you want to hear that old elephant laugh, take him down to the river and wash
his yes yes yes
C
Ride him over, give him Coca-Cola,
D
Lemon Soda, soft serve ice cream, take soap and water
G
Thought I’d keep it clean
[Verse 6]
G
Run here doctor, run here fast, tell him what’s the matter with his yes yes yes
C
Ride him over, give him Coca-Cola,
D
Lemon soda, soft serve ice cream, take soap and water
G
Thought I’d keep it clean
G
Take soap and water, thought I’d keep it clean
Keep On The Sunny Side - The Carter Family
Verse 1]
G C G
There's a dark and a troubled side of life
G D7
There's a bright, and a sunny side, too
D7 G
though you meet with the darkness and strife
D7 G
The sunny side you also may view
[Chorus]
G C G
Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side
G D7
Keep on the sunny side of life
G C G
It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way
G D7 G
If we'll keep on the sunny side of life
[Verse 2]
G C G
Though the storm and its fury's rage today
G D7
Crushing hope that we cherish so dear
G
The Cloud and storm will, in time, pass away
D7 G
The sun again will shine bright and clear
[Chorus]
G C G
Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side
G D7
Keep on the sunny side of life
G C G
It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way
G D7 G
If we'll keep on the sunny side of life
[Verse 3]
G C G
Let us greet with the song of hope each day
G D7
Though the moment be cloudy or fair
G
and let us trust in our Saviour always
D7 G
To keep us everyone in His care
[Chorus] x 2
G C G
Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side
G D7
Keep on the sunny side of life
G C G
It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way
G D7 G
If we'll keep on the sunny side of life
G D7 G
If we'll keep on the sunny side of life
Leaving of Liverpool - The Dubliners
C F C
Fare thee well to you, my own true love,
G
I am sailing far far a--way
C F C
I am bound for Cali--for--nia,
G C
and I know, that I'll re--turn some day.
[Chorus]
G F C
So fare the well, my own true love,
G
and when I return united we will be.
C F C
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that, grieves me,
G C
but my darling when I think of thee.
F C
I will sail, on a yankee sail--ing ship,
G
Davy Crockett is her name.
C F C
And Burgess is the cap--tain of her,
G C
and they say that she's a floating shame.
[Chorus]
G F C
So fare thee well, my own true love,
G
and when I return united we will be.
C F C
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that, grieves me,
G C
but my darling when I think of thee.
F C
I have sailed with Burgess once be--fore,
G
he's a man I know right well,
C F C
If a man's a sailor he will get a--long,
G C
if he's not then he's sure in Hell.
[Chorus]
G F C
So fare thee well, my own true love,
G
and when I return united we will be.
C F C
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that, grieves me,
G C
but my darling when I think of thee.
C F C
Now the sun is on the harbor, love,
G
and I wish I could re--main,
C F C
for I know it will be a long long time
G C
till I see, you a--gain.
[Chorus]
G F C
So fare thee well, my own true love,
G
and when I return united we will be.
C F C
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that, grieves me,
G C
but my darling when I think of thee
G F C
So fare the well, my own true love,
G
and when I return united we will be.
C F C
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that, grieves me,
G C
but my darling when I think of thee.
[Slowing Down]
but my darling when I (G*) think of (C*) thee.
Look'in Out My Back Door * - Credence Clear Water Revival
G Em
Just got home from Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy !
C G D
Got to sit down, take a rest on the porch.
G Em
Imagination sets in, pretty soon I'm singing,
C G D G
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.
[Verse 2]
G Em
There's a giant doing cartwheels, a statue wearin' high heels,
C G D
look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
G Em
A dinosaur Victrola, listening to Buck Owens
C G D G
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.
[Chorus]
D C G
Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band,
Em D
won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon ?
G Em
Wond'rous apparition, provided by magician,
C G D G
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.
[Instrumental]
G Em C G D
G Em C G D G
[Chorus]
D C G
Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band,
Em D
won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon ?
G Em
Bother me tomorrow, today I'll buy no sorrows,
C G D G
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.
[Instrumental]
G Em C G D
G Em C G D G
[Verse 3]
G Em
Forward troubles Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy !
C A Em
Look at all the happpy creatures dancing on the lawn.
[Slow Down]
G Em
Bother me tomorrow, today I'll buy no sorrows
C G D G
doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.
[Instrumental]
G Em C G D
Lost John - Doc Watson
G D G D G D G D G C G D G
C G D G
He long gone, long gone, long gone lost John
[Verse 1]
G
Lost John a'walking along in the rain
G D G
Around the curve come a passenger train
G
John made a grab but he never got aboard
G D G
Left him a'sittin' on the old railroad
C G D G
He long gone, long gone, long gone lost John
[Instrumental]
G D G D G D G D G C G D G
[Verse 2]
G
No hat on his head, no shoes on his feet
G D G
He's a beggin off women for his bread and his meat
G
One woman said well look a'here John
G D G
I'll take my broom I'm gone hurry you along
C G D G
He long gone, long gone, long gone lost John
[Instrumental]
G D G D G D G D G C G D G
[Verse 3]
G
Had an old dog his name was Will
G D G
He run lost John to the top of the hill
G
Last time old lost John was seen
G D G
He was running like a rabbit through a bowling green
C G D G
He long gone, long gone, long gone lost John
[Instrumental]
G D G D G D G D G C G D G
Pilgrim - Steve Earle
[Intro]
| G - - - | - - - - | C - - - | G - - - |
| C - - - | G - - - | D - - - | G - - - |
G
I’m just a pilgrim on this road, boys
C G
I’m just a pilgrim on this road, boys
C G
I’m just a pilgrim on this road, boys
D G
This ain't never been my home
G
Sometimes the road was rocky along the way, boys
C G
Sometimes the road was rocky along the way, boys
C G
Sometimes the road was rocky along the way, boys
D G
But I was never travelin' alone
[Bridge]
D G
We'll meet again on some bright highway
C G D
Songs to sing and tales to tell
G
But I’m just a pilgrim on this road, boys
D G
'Til I see you fare thee well
[Instrumental]
G C G C G D G
C G C G D
G D G
G
Ain't no need to cry for me, boys
C G
Ain't no need to cry for me, boys
C G
Ain't no need to cry for me, boys
D G
Somewhere down the road you'll understand
G
‘Cause I expect to touch his hand, boys
C G
I expect to touch his hand, boys
C G
I expect to touch his hand, boys
D G
I’ll put a word for you if I can
[Bridge]
D G
We'll meet again on some bright highway
C G D
Songs to sing and tales to tell
G
But I’m just a pilgrim on this road, boys
C G
I’m just a pilgrim on this road, boys
C G
I’m just a pilgrim on this road, boys
D G
'Til I see you fare thee well
[Interlude]
G C G
C G D G
G
I’m just a pilgrim on this road, boys
C G
I’m just a pilgrim on this road, boys
C G
I’m just a pilgrim on this road, boys
D G
Until I see you fare thee well
G
I’m just a pilgrim on this road, boys
C G
I’m just a pilgrim on this road, boys
C G
I’m just a pilgrim on this road, boys
D G
'Til I see you fare thee well
Raglan Road[C] - LUKE KELLY
C
C F
On Raglan Road on an autumn day
C F C
I saw her first and knew
F C
That her dark hair would weave a snare,
Am G
that I might one day rue
F C
I saw the danger and I passed,
Am G
along the en--chanted way,
C F
and I said, Let grief, be a fallen leaf
C F C
at the dawning of the day'
C F
On Grafton Street in November,
C F C
we tripped lightly along the ledge
F C
Of a deep ravine, where can be seen,
Am G
the true worth of passion's pledge
F C
The Queen of Hearts, still making tarts,
Am G
and I not making hay
C
Oh, I loved too much and by such,
F C F C
by such, is happiness thrown away
C F
I gave her gifts of the mind I,
C F C
gave her the secret signs
F C
That's known to the artists who have known,
Am G
the true gods of sound and stone
F C
And the word and tint, with--out stint,
Am G
I gave her poems to say
C F
With her own name there, and her own dark hair,
C F C
like clouds over fields of May
C F
On a quiet street, where old ghosts meet,
C F C
I see her walking now
F C
A--way from me so hurriedly,
Am G
my reason must al--low
F C
That I had loved, not as I should,
Am G
a creature made of clay
C F
When the angel woos, the clay he'd lose
C F C
his wings at the dawn of day
(Slowing Down)
C F
When the angel woos, the clay he'd lose
C F C
his wings at the dawn of day
Red River Valley- Misc Trad
[VERSE]
C G C
From this val--ley thay say, You are leaving
C G
We shall miss your bright eyes and sweet smile
C F
For you take with you all of the sunshine
G C
That has brightened our pathway a while
[CHORUS]
C G C
Then come sit by my side if you love me
C G
Do not has--ten to bid me, A--dieu
C F
Just re--member the Red River Val-ley
G C
And the cow--boy thats loved you so true
[VERSE]
C G C
For a long time my darling, I've waited
C G
For the sweet words, You never would say
C F
Now at last, All my fond hopes have vanished
G C
For they say, That you're going away
[CHORUS]
C G C
Then come sit by my side if you love me
C G
Do not has--ten to bid me, A--dieu
C F
Just re--member the Red River Val-ley
G C
And the cow--boy thats loved you so true
Red Rose Café * - The Fury's
Intro: [Am][Am][Am][Am]
[Am] They come from the farms and the factories too,
And they all soon forget who they [E7] are
The cares of today are soon washed away
As they sit on a stool by the [Am] bar.
The girl with green eyes in the rolling stones shirt
Doesn't look like she works on the [Dm] land
The man at the end is a [Am] very good friend
Of a [E7] man who sells cars [A] second hand
[Chorus]
[NC] Down at the [A] red rose cafe in the harbour
There by the port just outside Amster[E7]dam
Everyone [D] shares in the songs and the [A] laughter
Everyone [E7] there is so happy to be [A] there
The [Am] salesmen relax with a few pints of beer,
And they try not to talk about [E7] trade.
The poet won't write any verses tonight
He may sing a sweet seren[Am]ade.
So pull up a chair and forget about life,
It's a good thing to do now and [Dm] then.
And if you like it here, I have an [Am] idea,
[E7] Tomorrow lets all meet [A] again.
[Chorus]
[NC] Down at the [A] red rose cafe in the harbour
There by the port just outside Amster[E7]dam
Everyone [D] shares in the songs and the [A] laughter
Everyone [E7] there is so happy to be [A] there
[NC] Down at the [A] red rose cafe in the harbour
There by the port just outside Amster[E7]dam
Everyone [D] shares in the songs and the [A] laughter
Everyone [E7] there is so happy to be [A] there
(Slow)
Everyone [E7] there is so happy to be [A] there
OPTIONAL KEY CHANGE ON LAST CHORUS:
[NC] Down at the [B] red rose cafe in the harbour
There by the port just outside Amster[F#]dam
Everyone [E] shares in the songs and the [B] laughter
Everyone [F#] there is so happy to be [B] there
(Slow)
Everyone [F#] there is so happy to be [B] there
Ride me Down Easy - Waylon Jenings
[Verse 1]
G C
The highway she's hotter than nine kinds the hell
D G
The rides, they're as scarce as the rain
G C
When you're down to your last shuck with nothing to sell
D G
And too far away from the train
[Verse 2]
G C
Been a good month of Sundays and a guitar ago
D G
Had a tall drink of yesterday's wine
G C
Left a long string of friends, some sheets in the wind
D G
And some satisfied women be--hind
[Chorus]
G C
Hey, ride me down easy Lord, ride me on down
D G
Leave word in the dust where I lay
G C
Say I'm easy come, easy go
D G
And easy to love when I stay
[Verse 3]
G C
I've put snow on the mountain, raised hell on the hill
D G
I locked horns with the devil himself
G C
Been a rodeo bum, a son of a gun
D G
And a hobo with stars in his crown
[Chorus]
G C
So ride me down easy Lord, ride me on down
D G
Leave word in the dust where I lay
G C
Say I'm easy come, easy go
D G
And easy to love when I stay
G C
Ride me down easy Lord, ride me on down
Ring of fire / Folsom Prison Mash up[G] - Johnny Cash
Intro:
[G]Da da-da da-da [C]dah dah [G]dah
[G]Da da-da da-da [D]dah dah [G]dah x 2
Verse:
[G]Love... is a [C]burning [G]thing
And it [G]makes... a [C]fiery [G]ring
[G]Bound by [C]wild de[G]sire
I fell into a [D]ring of [G]fire
|Chorus:
|[D]I fell in to a [C]burning ring of [G]fire
|I went [D]down, down, down
|And the [C]flames went [G]higher
|And it [G]burns, burns, burns
|The [C]ring of [G]fire
|The [D]ring of [G]fire
[G] Da da-da da-da [C] dah dah [G]dah
[G] Da da-da da-da [D] dah dah [G]dah x 2
Verse:
The [G]taste... of [C]love is [G]sweet
When [G]hearts like [C]ours [G]meet
I [G]fell for you [C]like a [G]child
Oh but the [D]fire went [G]wild
Chorus:
And it [G]burns, burns, burns
The [C]ring of [G]fire
The [D]ring of [G]fire [G]....
I [G]hear the train a comin’... it's rolling round the bend
And I ain't seen the sunshine since... [G7] I don't know when
I'm [C]stuck in Folsom prison... and time keeps draggin’ [G]on
But that [D7]train keeps a rollin’... on down to San An[G]ton
When [G]I was just a baby... my mama told me son (son)
Always be a good boy... don't [G7]ever play with guns
But I [C]shot a man in Reno... just to watch him [G]die
When I [D7]hear that whistle blowin’... I hang my head and [G]cry
I [G]bet there's rich folks eating in a fancy dining car
They're probably drinkin’ coffee... and [G7]smoking big cigars
Well I [C]know I had it coming... I know I can't be [G]free
But those [D7]people keep a-movin’... and that's what tortures [G]me
Well if they'd [G]free me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine
I bet I'd move it on a little [G7]farther down the line
[C]Far from Folsom prison... that's where I want to [G]stay
And I'd [D7]let that lonesome whistle... blow my blues a[G]way
[G] Da da-da da-da [C] dah dah [G]dah
[G] Da da-da da-da [D] dah dah [G]dah x 2
Sea OF Heartbreak * - Jonny Cash
[Intro]
G
G Em C D Dsus4 D
The lights in the harbor don't shine for me
G Em C D
I'm like a lost ship adrift on the sea
[Chorus]
G D
This sea of heartbreak, lost love and loneliness
G C
Memories of your caress, so divine, how I wish
G D
you were mine a-gain my dear, I'm on this sea of tears [stop]
G
[NC] Sea of heartbreak
G Em C D Dsus4 D
Oh, how did I lose you oh, where did I fail
G Em C D
Why did you leave me always to sail
[Chorus]
G D
This sea of heartbreak, lost love and loneliness
G C
Memories of your caress, so divine, how I wish
G D
you were mine a-gain my dear, I'm on this sea of tears [stop]
G
[NC] Sea of heartbreak
[Bridge]
C G
Oh, what I'd give just to sail back to shore
C B
Back to your arms once more
G Em C D Dsus4 D
Come to my rescue oh, come here to me
G Em C D
Take me and keep me away from the sea [stop]
[Final Chorus]
G D
Sea of heartbreak, lost love and loneliness
G C
Memories of your caress, so divine, how I wish
G D
you were mine again my dear, I'm on this sea of tears [stop]
G C D
Sea of heartbreak
G C D
Sea of heartbreak
G C D
Sea of heartbreak
G C D
Sea of heartbreak
Sea of Heartbreak * - Jonny Cash
C
C Am F G Gsus4 G
The lights in the harbor don't shine for me
C Am F G
I'm like a lost ship adrift on the sea [STOP]
[Chorus]
C G
This sea of heartbreak, lost love and loneliness
C F
Memories of your caress, so divine, how I wish
C G
you were mine a--gain my dear, I'm on this sea of tears [STOP]
C
[NC]Sea of heartbreak
[Verse 2]
C Am F G Gsus2 G
Oh, how did I lose you oh, where did I fail
C Am F G
Why did you leave me always to sail
[Chorus]
C G
This sea of heartbreak, lost love and loneliness
C F
Memories of your caress, so divine, how I wish
C G
you were mine a--gain my dear, I'm on this sea of tears [STOP]
C C7
Sea of heart--break
[Bridge]
F C
Oh, what I'd give just to sail back to shore
F E
Back to your arms once more
C Am F G Gsus4 G
Come to my rescue oh, come here to me
C Am F G
Take me and keep me away from the sea [STOP]
[Final Chorus]
C G
Sea of heartbreak, lost love and loneliness
C F
Memories of your caress, so divine, how I wish
C G
you were mine a--gain my dear, I'm on this sea of tears
C F G
Sea of heartbreak
C F G
Sea of heartbreak
C F G
Sea of heartbreak
C F G
Sea of heartbreak
Shady Grove - Driftwood
(intro)
Dm C Dm F C Dm
[Dm] Peaches in the [C] summertime
[Dm] Apples in the fall
[F] If I can't get the [C] girl I love
I don't want none at [Dm] all
[Dm] Shady grove, [C] my little love
[Dm] Shady grove, I know
[F] Shady grove, [C] my little love
I'm bound for shady [Dm] grove
[Dm] Wish I had a [C] Mandolin string
[Dm] Made of golden twine
[F] Every tune [C] I'd play on it
I wish that girl were [Dm] mine
[Dm] Shady grove, [C] my little love
[Dm] Shady grove, I know
[F] Shady grove, [C] my little love
I'm bound for shady [Dm] grove
[Dm] Wish I had a [C] needle and thread
[Dm] Fine as I could sew
[F] I'd sew that pretty [C] girl to my side
And down the road I'd [Dm] go
[Dm] Shady grove, [C] my little love
[Dm] Shady grove, I know
[F] Shady grove, [C] my little love
I'm bound for shady [Dm] grove
[Dm] Some come here to [C] fiddle and dance
[Dm] Some come here to tarry
[F] Some come here to [C] fiddle and dance
I come here to [Dm] marry
[Dm] Shady grove, [C] my little love
[Dm] Shady grove, I know
[F] Shady grove, [C] my little love
I'm bound for shady [Dm] grove
[Dm] Every night when [C] I go home
[Dm] My wife, I try to please her
[F] The more I try, the [C] worse she gets
Damned if I don't leave [Dm] her
[Dm] Shady grove, [C] my little love
[Dm] Shady grove, I know
[F] Shady grove, [C] my little love
I'm bound for shady [Dm] grove
Slow Train Through Georgia[G] - Norman Blake
[Intro]
G G G G G G G G
G G G G G G G G D D D D G G G G
C C C C C C C C C C C C G G G G
C C C C C C C C C C C C G G G G
G G G G G G G G D D D D G G G G
G G G G
G D G
Down by the county bridge the gondolas roll
C G
Hauling down to Birmingham that dirty half-slag coal
C G
I should let her move me on come sunshine, rain or drought
G D G
Its just like the circle says the Southern serves the south
[Chorus]
G D G
Hardships and troubles, don't you know I've have some
C G
I'm getting older every day, I'm a fair weather bum
C G
Let me tell you good people here, it's just about time
G D G
To catch a slow train through Georgia and ease a worried mind
G G G G G G G G D D D D G G G G
C C C C C C C C C C C C G G G G
C C C C C C C C C C C C G G G G
G G G G G G G G D D D D G G G G
G G G G
G D G
Forty miles an hour she's rolling down the line
C G
Greasy rail, red clay trails through the lonely pine
C G
Anywhere that sunshine falls, that's where I want to be
G D G
Sunshine Southern Special won't you roll me to the sea
[Chorus]
G D G
Hardships and troubles, don't you know I've have some
C G
I'm getting older every day, I'm a fair weather bum
C G
Let me tell you good people here, it's just about time
G D G
To catch a slow train through Georgia and ease a worried mind
G G G G G G G G D D D D G G G G
C C C C C C C C C C C C G G G G
C C C C C C C C C C C C G G G G
G G G G G G G G D D D D G G G G
G G G G
G D G
Lord I wish I'sa a living day by day someplace down the tracks
C G
Come on gal my old pal, don't you know we won't look back
C G
I'll take down this old guitar and play it every day
G D G
Let the slow train through Georgia roll my blues away
[Chorus]
G D G
Hardships and troubles, don't you know I've have some
C G
I'm getting older every day, I'm a fair weather bum
C G
Let me tell you good people here, it's just about time
G D G
To catch a slow train through Georgia and ease a worried mind
Slow Train Through Georgia - Norman Blake
[Intro]
C C C C C C C C G G G G C C C C
C G C
Down by the county bridge the gondolas roll
F C
Hauling down to Biringham the dirty half-slag coal
F C
I should let her move me on come sunshine, rain or drought
C G C
'Cause just like the circle says Southern serves the south
[Chorus]
C G C
Hardships and troubles, don't you know I've had some
F C
Getting older every day I'm a fairweather bum
F C
Let me tell you good people here, it's just about time
C G C
To catch a slow train through Georgia and ease a worried mind
C C C C C C C C G G G G C C C C
C G C
Forty miles an hour she's rolling down the line
F C
Greasy rail, red clay trails through the long leaf pines
F C
Anyplace that the sunshine falls is where I long to be
C G C
Sunshine southern special won't you roll me to the sea
[Chorus]
C G C
Hardships and troubles, don't you know I've had some
F C
Getting older every day I'm a fairweather bum
F C
Let me tell you good people here, it's just about time
C G C
To catch a slow train through Georgia and ease a worried mind
C C C C C C C C G G G G C C C C
[Verse 3]
C G C
Lord I wish was living day by day someplace down the track
F C
Come on gal my old pal, Lord you know we'll not look back
F C
I'll down take this old guitar I'll play her every day
C G C
Let the slow train through Georgia roll my blues away
[Chorus]
C G C
Hardships and troubles, don't you know I've had some
F C
Getting older every day I'm a fairweather bum
F C
Let me tell you good people here, it's just about time
C G C
To catch a slow train through Georgia and ease a worried mind
C G C
To catch a slow train through Georgia and ease a worried mind
Sound Of Silence [Am] - Simon & Gurfunkal
Intro:
(Gentle Strums):
Am Am
[Verse 1]
Am G
Hello darkness, my old friend,
Am
I've come to talk with you a--gain,
C F C
Because a vision softly is creep--ing,
F C
Left its seeds while I wa--as sleep--ing,
F C
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Am C G Am
Still re--mains within the sound of silence.
[Verse 2]
(Normal Strumming):
G
In restless dreams I walked a--lone
Am
Narrow streets of cobble--stone,
C F C
'neath the halo of a street lamp,
F C
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
F C
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
Am C G Am
That split the night - and touched the sound of silence.
[Verse 3]
G
And in the naked light I saw
Am
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
C F C
People talking with--out speak--ing,
F C
People hearing with--out liste--ning,
F C
People writing songs that voices never share
Am C G Am
And no one dare,- disturb the sound of silence.
[Verse 4]
Strong Strumming:
G
FOOLS!!! said I, you do not know
Am
Silence like a cancer grows.
C F C
Hear my words that I mi--ight teach you,
F C
Take my arms that I mi--ight reach you.
F C Am
But my words like silent raindrops fell,------
G G G G Am
And echoed in the well-------s of silence
[Verse 5]
G
And the people bowed and prayed
Am
To the neon God they made.
C F C
And the sign flashed out it's warn--ing,
F C
In the words that it was form--ing.
F C
And the sign said, the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
Am G G G G Am
and tenement halls. And whisper'd in the sound-----s of silence.
Spancil Hill - Misc Traditional
[Verse 1]
Am G Em Am
Last night as I lay dreaming, of pleasant days gone by,
C G
Me mind being bent on rambling, to Ireland I did fly,
Am C G
I stepped on board a vision, and followed with a will,
Am G Am
Till the first I came to anchor at the cross at Spancil Hill.
[Verse 2]
Am G Em Am
Deligh--ted by the novelty, Enchanted with the scene,
C G
Where in my early boyhood, Where often I had been,
Am C G
I thought I heard a murmur, And I think I hear it still
Am G Am
It's the little stream of wat--er, That flows down by Spancil Hill.
[Verse 3]
Am G Em Am
To am--use a passin' fan--cy, I lay down on the ground,
C G
Where all my school companions, they shortly gathered 'round,
Am C G
When we were home returnin', we danced with right good will,
Am G Am
To Martin Moylan's mus--ic at, the cross of Spancil Hill.
[Verse 4]
Am G Em Am
T--was on the 23rd of June, the day before the fair,
C G
When Irelands sons and daugh--ters and friends assembled there,
Am C G
The young, the old the brave the bold, their duty to ful--fil,
Am G Am
At the par--ish church near Cloo--ney, a mile from Spancil Hill.
[Verse 5]
Am G Em Am
I went to see me neigh--bours, to see what they might say,
C G
The old ones were all dead and gone, they young ones turning grey,
Am C G
I met with tailor Quigley, he's as bold as ever still,
Am G Am
Sure he used to make me britch--es, when I lived in Spancil Hill.
[Verse 6]
Am G Em Am
I paid a flying vis--it, to my first and only love,
C G
She's as fair as any lil--y, and as gentle as a dove,
Am C G
she through her arms a--round me, saying Johnny I love ye still,
Am G Am
She was Meg the farmers daugh--ter, and the pride of Spancil Hill.
[Verse 7]
Am G Em Am
I dreamt I held and kissed her, as in the days of yore,
C G
She said, "Johnny you're only jok--ing, as many's the time be--fore",
Am C G
The cock crew in the morn--ing, he crew both loud and shrill,
Am G Am
And I a--woke in Califor--nia, many miles from Spancil Hill.
[OUTRO-SLOWING DOWN]
Am G Am
And I a--woke in Califor--nia, many miles from Spancil Hill.
Spanish Pipedream - John Prine
[Intro]
G G6/D G G6/D
G G6/D G G6/D
[Verse 1]
D G C
She was a level headed dancer on the road to alcohol.
D7 G
And I was just a soldier on my way to Montreal.
G
Well she pressed her chest against me,
C
About the time the jukebox broke.
D7
Yeah, she gave me a peck on the back of the neck,
G
And these are the words she spoke.
[Chorus 1]
G
Blow up your T.V.. Throw away your paper.
D G
Go to the country. Build you a home.
G
Plant a little garden. Eat a lotta peaches.
D G
Try an find Jesus, on your own.
[Verse 2]
G C
Well, I sat there at the table, and I acted real naive.
D7 G
For I knew that topless lady, had something up her sleeve.
G C
Well, she danced around the bar room, and she did the hoochy-coo.
D7 G
Yeah she sang her song all night long, tellin' me what to do.
[Chorus 2]
G
Blow up your T.V. Throw away your paper.
D G
Go to the country. Build you a home.
G
Plant a little garden. Eat a lot of peaches.
D G
Try an' find Jesus, on your own.
[Solo]
D G D G
C G D G
[Verse 3]
G C
Well, I was young and hungry, and about to leave that place.
D7 G
When just as I was leavin', well she looked me in the face.
G C
I said "You must know the answer". She said "No but I'll give it a try".
D7
And to this very day, we've been livin' our way.
G
And here is the reason why.
[Chorus 3]
G
We blew up our T.V. Threw away our paper.
D G
Went to the country, built us a home.
G
Had a lot of children, fed 'em on peaches.
D G C G D G C G
They all found Jesus, on their own. * * *
Sunday Morning Coming Down *[C] - Kris Krisofferson
[Verse 1]
C
Well I woke up Sunday morning
F C
with no way to hold my head, that didn't hurt
and the beer I had for breakfast
Am G
wasn't bad so I had one more for dessert
C
Then I fumble through my closet for
F C C B Am
my clothes and found my cleanest dirty shirt
F
and I shaved my face and combed my hair
Dm G
and stumbled down the stairs to meet the day
C
I'd smoked my brain the night before
F C
on cigarettes and songs that I've been pickin'
but I lit my first and watched a small kid
Am G
cussin' at a can that he was kicking
C
Then I crossed the empty street and caught
F C C B Am
the Sunday smell of someone fryin' chicken
F Dm
and it took me back to somethin' that
F G C
I'd lost somehow somewhere along the way
[Chorus]
F
On the Sunday mornin' sidewalks
C
wishing Lord that I was stoned
G
'cause there is something in a Sunday
C
that makes a body feel alone
F
And there's nothin' short of dyin'
C
half as lonesome as the sound
G
on the sleepin' city sidewalks
C
Sunday mornin' comin' down
C
In the park I saw a daddy with
F C
a laughing little girl who he was swingin'
and I stopped beside a Sunday school
Am G
and listened to the song that they were singin'
C
Then I headed back for home and
F C C B Am
somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringin'
F Dm
and it echoed thru the canyon like
F G C
the disappearing dreams of yesterday.
[Chorus]
F
On the Sunday mornin' sidewalks
C
wishing Lord that I was stoned
G
'cause there is something in a Sunday
C
that makes a body feel alone
F
And there's nothin' short of dyin'
C
half as lonesome as the sound
G
on the sleepin' city sidewalks
C
Sunday mornin' comin' down
[Outro]
F
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo..
C
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo..
G
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo..
C
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo...
Take Me Home, Country Roads* [C]
John Denver
Verse 1:
[single strums first two lines]
[C*] Almost heaven... [Am*] West Virginia
[G*] Blue ridge mountains [F*] Shenandoah [C] river
[C] Life is old there [Am] older than the trees
[G] Younger than the moun-tains... [F] blowing like a [C] breeze
|Chorus:
|Country [C] roads... take me [G] home
|To the [Am] place... I be[F]long
|West Vir[C]ginia... mountain ma[G]ma
|Take me [F]home... country [C] roads
Verse 2:
[C] All my memories... [Am] gathered round her
[G] Miner’s lady... [F] stranger to blue [C] water
[C] Dark and dusty... [Am] painted on the sky
[G] Misty taste of moonshine [F] teardrops in my [C] eye
|Chorus:
|Country [C] roads... take me [G] home
|To the [Am] place... I be[F]long
|West Vir[C]ginia... mountain ma[G]ma
|Take me [F]home... country [C] roads
Bridge:
[Am] I hear her [G] voice in the [C] mornin’ hour she calls me
The [F] radio re[C]minds me of my [G] home far away
And [Am] drivin’ down the [G] road I get a feel[F]in’ that I
[C] should have been home [G] yesterday... yester[G7]day
Acapella:
Country roads... take me home
To the place... I belong
West Virginia... mountain mama
Take me home... country roads
Outro:
Country [C] roads... take me [G] home
To the [Am] place... I be[F] long
West Vir[C]ginia... mountain ma[G]ma
Take me [F] home... country [C] roads
Take me [G] home... down country [C] roads
Take me [G] home... down country [C] roads [C//]
Tell Me Ma * - Dubliners
D A D
I'll tell me ma when I get home, the boys won't leave the girls alone,
D A D
They pulled me hair, they stole me comb but that's all right till I go home.
G D A
She is handsome, she is pretty she's the Belle of Belfast city,
D G D A D
She is a courtin' a one two three, Please won't you tell me who is she?
D A D
Albert Mooney says he loves her, all the boys are fightin' for her,
D A D
Knock at the door, ring at the bell, and "Oh, me true love, are you well?"
D G D A
Out she comes, white as snow, rings on her fingers, bells on her toes
D G D A D
Old Johny Morrissey says she'll die, if she doesn't get a fella with the roving
eye.
D A D
I'll tell me ma when I get home, the boys won't leave the girls alone,
D A D
They pulled me hair, they stole me comb but that's all right till I go home.
G D A
She is handsome, she is pretty she's the Belle of Belfast city,
D G D A D
She is a courtin' a one two three, Please won't you tell me who is she?
[Instrumental]
D D A D
D D A D
D G D A
D G D A D
D A
Let the wind and the rain and the hail blow high, and the snow comes a travelin'
D
through the sky,
D A D
She's as sweet as an apple pie, she'll get her own lad by and by,
D G D A
When she gets a lad of her own, she won't tell her ma when she gets home.
D G D A D
Let them all come as they will, It's Albert Mooney she loves still.
D A D
I'll tell me ma when I get home, the boys won't leave the girls alone,
D A D
They pulled me hair, they stole me comb but that's all right till I go home.
G D A
She is handsome, she is pretty she's the Belle of Belfast city,
D G D A D
She is a courtin' a one two three, Please won't you tell me who is she?
[Slowing Down)
D G D A D
She is a courtin' a one two three, Please won't you tell me who is she?
The Banks Of The Ohio - Doc Watson
[NC] I asked my [G] love to take a [D] walk
To take a [D7] walk just a little [G] walk
Down be[G7]side where the waters [C] flow
Down by the [G] banks [D7] of the Ohi[G]o
[NC] And only [G] say that you'll be [D] mine
In no [D7] others' arms en[G]twine
Down be[D7]side where the waters [C] flow
Down by the [G] banks [D7] of the Ohi[G]o
[NC] I held a [G] knife against his [D] breast
As in[D7]to my arms he [G] pressed
He cried my [D7] love don't you murder [c] me
I'm not pre[G]pared [D7] for eterni[C]ty
[NC] And only [G] say that you'll be [D] mine
In no [D7] others' arms en[G]twine
Down be[D7]side where the waters [C] flow
Down by the [G] banks [D7] of the Ohi[G]o
[NC] I wandered [G] home 'tween twelve and [D] one
I cried my [D7] God what have I [G] done
I've killed the [G7] only man I [C] love
He would not [G] take me [D7] for his [G] bride
[NC] And only [G] say that you'll be [D] mine
In no [D7] others' arms en[G]twine
Down be[G7]side where the waters [C] flow
Down by the [G] banks [D7] of the Ohi[G]o
[C] Down by the [G] banks [D7] of the Ohi[G]o
The Banks of The Ohio [C] - Doc Watson
[NC] I asked my [C] love to take a [G] walk
To take a [G7] walk just a little [C] walk
Down be[C7]side where the waters [F] flow
Down by the [C] banks [G7] of the Ohi[C]o
[NC] And only [C] say that you'll be [G] mine
In no [G7] others' arms en[C]twine
Down be[C7]side where the waters [F] flow
Down by the [C] banks [G7] of the Ohi[C]o
[NC] I held a [C] knife against his [G] breast
As in[G7]to my arms he [C] pressed
He cried my [C7] love don't you murder [F] me
I'm not pre[C]pared [G7] for eterni[C]ty
[NC] And only [C] say that you'll be [G] mine
In no [G7] others' arms en[C]twine
Down be[C7]side where the waters [F] flow
Down by the [C] banks [G7] of the Ohi[C]o
[NC] I wandered [C] home 'tween twelve and [G] one
I cried my [G7] God what have I [C] done
I've killed the [C7] only man I [F] love
He would not [C] take me [G7] for his [C] bride
[NC] And only [C] say that you'll be [G] mine
In no [G7] others' arms en[C]twine
Down be[C7]side where the waters [F] flow
Down by the [C] banks [G7] of the Ohi[C]o
[F] Down by the [C] banks [G7] of the Ohi[C]o
The Boston Rose[C] - Whistling Donkeys
G D G C D G
Now the Autumn leaves are falling and the tourists have all gone
C G D
And the children they have all gone back to school
G D G
And my life is as it was before
C D G C G D
I work eight hours a day but the company's still making all the rules
C D G C D G
There's a girl in Massachusetts south of Boston town she said
C G D
And her lovely face is with me all the day
G D G C D G
Sure I met her down in old Tralee , golden hair up--on her head
D G
And I took her heart and she stole mine a--way
(Chorus)
G D G C D G
Goodbye my Boston beauty fare--well my Bos--ton rose
C G C D
I'll wait for you I'll think of you no threat to you I'll pose
G D G C D G
Good--bye my Boston beauty fare--well my Bos--ton rose
C G D G G C G
I wish that you were here but I know thats the way life goes
G D G C D G
There's a song we sang all summer in the bars of Dublin town
C G D
I can hear it on the factory rad--io
G D G C D G
And the feelings I remem--ber when I hear that simple tune
C G D
Make me wonder if it really happened so
C D G C D G
For we laughed and loved to--gether 'till the summer days were gone
C G D
And she had to fly across the ocean wide
G D G
Well, goodbye my Boston beauty
C D G
Un--til we meet a--gain
D G G C G
And I'll keep the fire burning deep in--side
(Chorus)
G D G C D G
Goodbye my Boston beauty fare--well my Bos--ton rose
C G C D
I'll wait for you I'll think of you no threat to you I'll pose
G D G C D G
Good--bye my Boston beauty fare--well my Bos--ton rose
C G D G G C G
I wish that you were here but I know thats the way life goes
Sad Verse
G D G C D G
And some nights when im drinking and my friends have gathered 'round
C G D
And just for fun some--one brings up your name
G D G C D G
Well I smile there with the rest of them but I cant hear a sound
C G D
I love you but to them it's all the same
C G C D G
At nights when im a--lone my love you come in--to my mind
C G D
And visions flash up--on the Emerald Isle
G D G C D G
Well I watch the moon there up above and I'll leave this earth be--hind
D G G C G
And I'll call to you as I go sailing by
(Chorus)
G D G C D G
Goodbye my Boston beauty fare--well my Bos--ton rose
C G C D
I'll wait for you I'll think of you no threat to you I'll pose
G D G C D G
Good--bye my Boston beauty fare--well my Bos--ton rose
C G D G G C G
I wish that you were here but I know thats the way life goes
C G
I wish that you were here
D G G C G
So farewell my Boston Rose
The Dying Rebel - The Flying Column
[Intro]
(C) (F) (C) x2
[Verse 1]
C F C
The night was dark and the fight was over
F C
The moon shone down O'Connell Street
Am C F C
I stood alone where brave men perished
G F C
They're souls have gone now, Their God to meet
[Verse 2]
C F C
The next I met was a grey haired father
F C
Searching for his only son
Am C F C
I said "Old man, there's no use searching''
G F C
For up to heaven your son has gone
[Chorus]
C F C
My only son was shot in Dublin
F C
Fighting for his country bold
Am C F C
He fought for Ireland and Ireland's glory
C G F C
The harp, the shamrock, green white and gold
[Verse 3]
C F C
The old man cried out broken hearted
F C
Bending o'er i heard him say
Am C F C
I knew my son was too kind hearted
G F C
I knew my son would never leave
[Chorus]
C F C
My only son was shot in Dublin
F C
Fighting for his country bold
Am C F C
He fought for Ireland and Ireland's glory
C G F C
The harp, the shamrock, green white and gold
[Interlude]
C F C
C G F C
[Verse 4]
C F C
The last I met was a dying rebel
F C
Bending o'er i heard him say
Am C F C
God bless my home, in dear cork city
C G F C
God bless this cause for which I die
[Chorus]
C F C
My only son was shot in Dublin
F C
Fighting for his country bold
Am C F C
He fought for Ireland and Ireland's glory
C G F C
The harp, the shamrock, green white and gold
The Ghost of Mississippi - The Steel Drivers
[Intro x 2]
E E G A E E E G A E
E
Late one night behind corn whiskey
E
I fell asleep with a guitar in my hand
E
I dreamed about the ghosts of Mississippi
G A E
And the blues came walking like a man
E
Without a word I passed that guitar over
E
He tuned it up like I'd never seen
E
A crooked smile was his expression
G A E
Then he closed his eyes and he began to sing
[Chorus]
E7
Oh Lord, why have you forsaken me
E7
Got me down in Mississippi
E7
Where I don't wanna be
E7
Oh Lord, why have you forsaken me
E7
Got me down in Mississippi
E7
Where I don't wanna be
[Instrumental]
E D A C E G A C
E
When I woke up I looked into the mirror
E
I saw no reflection for a while
E
But as my eyes came into focus
G A E
I recogn--ized that crooked smile
[Chorus]
E7
Oh Lord, why have you forsaken me
E7
Got me down in Mississippi
E7
Where I don't wanna be
E7
Oh Lord, why have you forsaken me
E7
Got me down in Mississippi
E7
Where I don't wanna be
[VAMP]
E
Late one night behind corn whiskey
E
I fell asleep with a guitar in my hand
E
I dreamed about the ghosts of Mississippi
G A E
And the blues came walking like a man
[Chorus X 2]
E7
Oh Lord, why have you forsaken me
E7
Got me down in Mississippi
E7
Where I don't wanna be
E7
Oh Lord, why have you forsaken me
E7
Got me down in Mississippi
E7
Where I don't wanna be
[Outro x 2]
E E G A E E E G A E
The Irish Rover - The Pogues with the Dubliners
Intro + Kazoo: (same as first 4 lines of verse)
Do do [G] do do do do do do do do [C] do
do do [G] do do do do do do [D] do
do do [G] do do do do do do do do do [C] do
do [G] do do do [D] do do do do [G] do
Verse 1:
On the [G] Fourth of July, eighteen hundred and [C] six,
We set [G] sail from the sweet cove of [D] Cork
We were [G] sailing away with a cargo of [C] bricks
For the [G] grand City [D] Hall in New [G] York
She was a [G] wonderful craft, she was [D] rigged 'fore and aft
And [G] oh how the wild winds [D] drove her
She 'stood [G] several blasts, she had [Em] twenty-seven [C] masts
And they [G] called her the [D] Irish [G] Rover
Verse 2:
We had [G] one million bags of the best Sligo [C] rags
We had [G] two million barrels of [D] stones
We had [G] three million sides of old blind horses' [C] hides
We had [G] four million [D] barrels of [G] bones
We had [G] five million hogs and [D] six million dogs
[G] And seven million barrels of [D] porter
We had [G] eight million bales of old [Em] nanny goats' [C] tails
In the [G] hold of the Irish [D] Ro-[G]ver
Verse 3:
There was [G] Barney McGee from the banks of the [C] Lee
There was [G] Hogan from County Ty-[D]rone
There was [G] Johnny McGurk who was scared stiff of [C] work
And a [G] man from [D] Westmeath called [G] Malone
There was [G] Slugger O'Toole who was [D] drunk as a rule
[G] And fighting Bill Tracy from [D] Dover
And your [G] man Mick McCann, from the [Em] banks of the [C] Bann
Was the [G] skipper of the Irish [D] Ro-[G]ver
Verse 4:
We had [G] sailed seven years when the measles broke [C] out
And our [G] ship lost her way in the [D] fog
And the [G] whole of the crew was reduced down to [C] two
'Twas [G] meself and the [D] captain's old [G] dog
Then the [G] ship struck a rock oh [D] Lord what a shock
[G] The bulkhead was turned right [D*] over [STOP]
We turned [G*] nine times around - then [Em*] the poor old dog was [C*] drowned [SHOUT 1,2,3,4]
Now I'm [G] the last of the Irish [D] Ro-[G]ver
Outro + Kazoo: (same as verse)
Do do [G] do do do do do do do do [C] do
do do [G] do do do do do do [D] do
do do [G] do do do do do do do do do [C] do
do [G] do do do [D] do do do do [G] do
do do [G] do do do do do do [D] do do do
[G] do do do do do do [D] do
(slowing down) do do [G*] do do do do do [Em*] do do do do do [C*] do
Now I'm the [G] last of the Irish [D] Ro-[G]ver
The Old Man *[C] - The Furys's
G C
The tears have all been shed now
D G
We've said our last good--byes
Em
His soul's been blessed
Am
He's laid to rest
A D
And it's now I feel a--lone
G C
He was more than just a father
D G
A teacher, my best friend
Em
He can still be heard
Am
In the tunes we shared
A D
When we play them on our own.
[Chorus]
C G
No I nev--ver will forget him
C G
For he made me what I am
C
Though he may be gone
D Em
Memories linger on
C D G
And I miss him…...the old man
G C
As a boy, he'd take me walk--ing
D G
By mountain field and stream
Em
And he showed me things
Am
Not known to kings
A D
And secret between him and me
G C
Like the colours of the pheas--ant
D G
As he rises in the dawn
Em Am
And how to fish and make a wish
A D
Be--side the holy tree.
[Chorus]
C G
No I nev--ver will forget him
C G
For he made me what I am
C
Though he may be gone
D Em
Memories linger on
C D G
And I miss him…...the old man
G C
I thought he'd live for--ever
D G
He seemed so big and strong
Em
But the minutes fly
Am
And the years roll by
A D
For a father and a son
G C
And sud--denly, when it hap--pened
D G
There was so much left un--said
Em
No second chance
Am
To tell him thanks
A D
For everything he's done.
[Chorus]
C G
No I nev--ver will forget him
C G
For he made me what I am
C
Though he may be gone
D Em
Memories linger on
C D G
And I miss him…...the old man
This Train is Bound for Glory - Munford & Sons Version
G
This train is bound for glory, this train.
G D
This train is bound for glory, this train.
G
This train is bound for glory,
C
Non gonna ride it but the righteous and the holy.
G D G
This train is bound for glory, this train.
This train don't carry no gamblers, this train;
This train don't carry no gamblers, this train;
This train don't carry no gamblers,
No High Flyers, no midnight ramblers,
This train is bound for glory, this train.
[All]
This train is bound for glory, this train.
This train is bound for glory, this train.
This train is bound for glory,
Non gonna ride it but the righteous and the holy.
This train is bound for glory, this train.
***
This train, done carried my mother, this train.
This train, done carried my mother, this train.
This train, done carried my mother,
my mother, my father, my sister and my brother,
This train, done carried my mother, this train.
This train is bound for glory, this train.
[ALL]
This train is bound for glory, this train.
This train is bound for glory, this train.
This train is bound for glory,
Non gonna ride it but the righteous and the holy.
This train is bound for glory, this train.
***
This train don't carry no liars, this train;
This train don't carry no liars, this train;
This train don't carry no liars,
She's streamlined and a midnight flyer,
This train don't carry no liars, this train.
[All]
This train is bound for glory, this train.
This train is bound for glory, this train.
This train is bound for glory,
Non gonna ride it but the righteous and the holy.
This train is bound for glory, this train.
***
This train is leaving in the morning, this train.
This train is leaving in the morning, this train.
This train is leaving in the morning
Great God Almighty, a new day is dawning!
This train is leaving in the morning, this train.
[All] (Repeat and fade)
This train is bound for glory, this train.
This train is bound for glory, this train.
This train is bound for glory,
Non gonna ride it but the righteous and the holy.
This train is bound for glory, this train.
This Train is Bound for Glory - Munford & Sons Version
C
This train is bound for glory, this train.
C G
This train is bound for glory, this train.
C
This train is bound for glory,
F
Non gonna ride it but the righteous and the holy.
C G C
This train is bound for glory, this train.
This train don't carry no gamblers, this train;
This train don't carry no gamblers, this train;
This train don't carry no gamblers,
No High Flyers, no midnight ramblers,
This train is bound for glory, this train.
[All]
This train is bound for glory, this train.
This train is bound for glory, this train.
This train is bound for glory,
Non gonna ride it but the righteous and the holy.
This train is bound for glory, this train.
***
This train, done carried my mother, this train.
This train, done carried my mother, this train.
This train, done carried my mother,
my mother, my father, my sister and my brother,
This train, done carried my mother, this train.
This train is bound for glory, this train.
[ALL]
This train is bound for glory, this train.
This train is bound for glory, this train.
This train is bound for glory,
Non gonna ride it but the righteous and the holy.
This train is bound for glory, this train.
***
This train don't carry no liars, this train;
This train don't carry no liars, this train;
This train don't carry no liars,
She's streamlined and a midnight flyer,
This train don't carry no liars, this train.
[All]
This train is bound for glory, this train.
This train is bound for glory, this train.
This train is bound for glory,
Non gonna ride it but the righteous and the holy.
This train is bound for glory, this train.
***
This train is leaving in the morning, this train.
This train is leaving in the morning, this train.
This train is leaving in the morning
Great God Almighty, a new day is dawning!
This train is leaving in the morning, this train.
[All] (Repeat and fade)
This train is bound for glory, this train.
This train is bound for glory, this train.
This train is bound for glory,
Non gonna ride it but the righteous and the holy.
This train is bound for glory, this train.
This is the Life - Amy McDonald
[Intro]`(whole song is 2 bars for each chord)
Am F C Em
Oh, the [Am] wind whistles down
The [F]cold dark street tonight
And the [C] people they were dancing[Em] to the music vibe
And the [Am] boys chase the girls with the curls in their hair
While the [F]shy tormented youth sit way over there
And the [C]songs they get louder
Each one better than be[Em]fore
|[Chorus]
|And you're singing the [Am]songs, thinking this is the life
|And you wake up in the [F]morning and your head feels twice the size
|Where you gonna go?
|[C]Where you gonna go? Where you gonna sleep to[Em]night
|And you're singing the [Am]songs, thinking this is the life
|And you wake up in the [F]morning and your head feels twice the size
|Where you gonna go? [C]Where you gonna go? Where you gonna sleep to[Em]night
|Where you gonna sleep to[Am]night
[Instrumental] (wee riff here)
Am F C Em
So you're [Am]heading down the road in your taxi for four
And you're [F]waiting outside Jimmy's front door
But [C]nobody's in and nobody's home 'til[Em] four
So you're [Am]sitting there with nothing to do
Talking a[F]bout Robert Riger and his motley crew
And [C]where you're gonna go and where you're gonna sleep to[Em]night
|[Chorus]
|And you're singing the [Am]songs, thinking this is the life
|And you wake up in the [F]morning and your head feels twice the size
|Where you gonna go? [C]Where you gonna go? Where you gonna sleep to[Em]night?
|And you're singing the [Am]songs, thinking this is the life
|And you wake up in the [F]morning and your head feels twice the size
|Where you gonna go? [C]Where you gonna go? \Where you gonna sleep ton[Em]ight?
|Where you gonna sleep ton[Am]ight?
[Instrumental] (wee riff here)
Am F C Em
Am F C Em
|[Chorus] (SLOW AND SOFT FIRST PART OF CHORUS)
|And you're singing the [Am]songs, thinking this is the life
|And you wake up in the [F]morning and your head feels twice the size
|Where you gonna go? [C]Where you gonna go? Where you gonna sleep to[Em]night?
|And you're singing the [Am]songs, thinking this is the life
|And you wake up in the [F]morning and your head feels twice the size
|Where you gonna go? [C]Where you gonna go? \Where you gonna sleep ton[Em]ight?
|Where you gonna sleep ton[Am]ight?......
[Instrumental] (wee riff here)
Am F C Em
Am F C Em
[Slow ACAPELLA]
Where you gonna sleep tonight! [Am]///////
Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show
(Capro 2nd Fret)
G D Em C G D C
G D Em C G D C
G D
Headed down south to the land of the pines
Em C
And I'm thumbin' my way into North Carolina
G
Starin' up the road
D C
And prayin to God I see headlights
G D
I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
Em C
Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
G
And I'm a hopin' for Raleigh
D C
I can see my baby tonight
G D
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Em C
Rock me mama anyway you feel
G D C
Hey, mama rock me
G D
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Em C
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
G D C
Hey, mama rock me
[Instrumental]
G D Em C G D C
G D
Runnin' from the cold up in New England
Em C
I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time string band
G
My baby plays the guitar
D C
I pick a banjo now
G D
Oh, the North country winters keep a gettin' me down
Em C
Lost my money playin' poker so I had to up and leave
G
But I ain't a turnin' back
D C
To livin' that old life no more
G D
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Em C
Rock me mama anyway you feel
G D C
Hey, mama rock me
G D
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Em C
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
G D C
Hey, mama rock me
[Instrumental]
G D Em C G D C
G D Em C G D C
G D
Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke
Em
I caught a trucker out of Philly
C
Had a nice long toke
G D
But he's a headed west from the Cumberland Gap
C
To Johnson City, Tennessee
G D
And I gotta get a move on before the sun
Em
I hear my baby callin' my name
C
And I know that she's the only one
G
And if I die in Raleigh
D C
At least I will die free
G D
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Em C
Rock me mama anyway you feel
G D C
Hey, mama rock me
G D
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Em C
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
G D C G
Hey, mama rock me
Whiskey For Breakfast - Artist
[INTRO]
(D) (G) (D) (A) (D) (G) (D) (A) (D) X2
(D) (Em) (Em) (D) (A) (G) (A) (G) (D) (A) (D) X 2
D
Well, early one morning ‘fore the sun could shine
G D A
I was walkin’ down the street not feelin’ so fine
D
I saw two old men with a bottle between ‘em
G D A D
And this is the song that I heard them singin’
[Chorus]
D
Lord, preserve us. Saints, protect us.
A
We been drinkin’ whiskey ‘fore breakfast.
D A G A G D A D
D
Well, I passed by the steps where they were a’sittin’
G D A
I couldn’t believe how drunk they were gettin’
D
I said “Old men, have you been drinkin’ long?”
G D A D
They said “Just long enough to be singin’ this song.”
[Chorus]
D
Lord, preserve us. Saints, protect us.
A
We been drinkin’ whiskey ‘fore breakfa-ast.
D A G A G D A D
D
Well, they handed me a bottle, said, "Take a little sip."
G D A
And it felt so good, I just couldn't quit
D
So I took a little more, next thing I knew
G D A D
There were three of us sittin' there singin' this tune
D
Lord, preserve us. Saints, protect us.
A
‘Been drinkin’ whiskey ‘fore breakfast.
D A G A G D A D
D
Well, one by one everybody in town
G D A
Heard our ruckus and they all came down
D
Pretty soon all the streets were a-ringin’
G D A D
With the sound of the whole town laughin’ and singin’
D
Lord, preserve us. Saints, protect us.
A
‘Been drinkin’ whiskey ‘fore breakfast.
D A G A G D A D
D
Lord, preserve us. Saints, protect us.
A
‘Been drinkin’ whiskey ‘fore breakfa-ast.
D A G A G D A D
[Outro]
(D) (G) (D) (A) (D) (G) (D) (A) (D) X2
(D) (Em) (Em) (D) (A) (G) (A) (G) (D) (A) (D) X 2
Whiskey In The Jar - Thin Lizzy
Intro:
C C C C
Verse 1:
As [C] I was a goin' over the [Am] far famed Kerry mountains
I [F] met with Captain Farrell and his [C] money he was counting
I [C] first produced my pistol and I [Am] then produced my rapier
Said [F] "Stand and deliver" for you [C] are my bold deceiver
|Chorus:
|With me [G] ring dum-a doo dum-a da
|[C] Whack for the daddy-o [F] whack for the daddy-o
|There's [C] whiskey [G7] in the [C] jar.
Verse 2:
I [C] counted out his money and it [Am] made a pretty penny
I [F] put it in me pocket and I [C] brought it home to Jenny
She [C] said and she swore that she [Am] never would deceive me
But the [F] devil take the women for they [C] never can be easy
Chorus:
Verse 3:
I [C] went into my chamber, all [Am] for to take a slumber
I [F] dreamt of gold and jewels and for [C] sure it was no wonder
But [C] Jenny drew me charges and she [Am] filled them up with water
Then [F] sent for captain Farrell to be [C] ready for the slaughter.
Chorus:
Verse 4:
It was [C] early in the morning, just be[Am]fore I rose to travel
The [F] guards were all around me and [C] likewise Captain Farrell
I [C] first produced me pistol for she [Am] stole away me rapier
But I [F] couldn't shoot the water, so a [C] prisoner I was taken.
Chorus:
Verse 5:
If [C] anyone can aid me, it's my [Am] brother in the army,
If [F] I can find his station in [C] Cork or in Killarney.
And [C] if he'll come and save me, we'll go [Am] roving near Kilkenny,
and I [F] swear he'll treat me better than me [C] darling sportling Jenny.
Chorus:
Verse 6:
Now [C] some men take delight in the [Am] drinking and the roving,
But [F] others take delight in the [C] gambling and the smoking.
But [C] I take delight in the [Am] juice of the barley,
and [F] courting pretty Jenny in the [C] morning bright and early.
|Chorus:
|With me [G] ring dum-a doo dum-a da
|[C] Whack for the daddy-o [F] whack for the daddy-o
|There's [C] whiskey [G7] in the [C] jar.
[REPEAT CHORUS] (Slow up On The Last Line)
Wild Mountain Thyme - Misc Traditional
D G D
Oh the summertime is coming
G Bm D
And the trees are sweetly blooming
G F#m Em
And the wild mountain thyme
G Bm Em
Grows around the blooming heather
D G D
Will ye go, Lassie go?
[Chorus]
G Bm D
And we'll all go together
G F#m Em
To pick wild mountain thyme
G Bm Em
All around the blooming heather
D G D
Will ye go, Lassie go?
[Verse 2]
D G D
I will build my love a bower
G Bm D
Near yon' pure crystal fountain
G F#m Em
And on it will I pile
G Bm Em
All the flowers of the mountain
D G D
Will ye go, Lassie go?
[Verse 3]
D G D
And if I should lose my love
G Bm D
I would surely find another
G F#m Em
Where wild mountain thyme
G Bm Em
Grows around the blooming heather
D G D
Will ye go, Lassie go?
[Verse 4]
D G D
Oh the summertime is coming
G Bm D
And the trees are sweetly blooming
G F#m Em
And the wild mountain thyme
G Bm Em
Grows around the blooming heather
D G D
Will ye go, Lassie go?
[Outro]
G Bm D
And we'll all go together
G F#m Em
To pick wild mountain thyme
G Bm Em
All around the blooming heather
D G D
Will ye go, Lassie go?
Wild Rover
The Dubliners
[Intro]
[C] [G7] [C] [C]
[Verse 1]
I've [C] been a wild rover for many a [F] year
And I [C] spent all me [G7] money on whiskey and [C] beer
But [C] now I'm returning with gold in great [F] store,
And I [C] promise to [G7] play the wild rover no [C] more
|[Chorus]
|And it's [G7] no, nay, never
|[C] No, nay, never, no [F] more,
|Will I [C] play the wild [F] rover,
|No [G7] never, no [C] more [C]
[Verse 2]
I [C] went to an ale house I used to fre-[F]quent,
And I [C] told the land[G7]lady me money’s all [C] spent,
I [C] asked her for credit, she answered me [F] "Nay...
Sure a [C] custom like [G7] yours I could get any [C] day."
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
I [C] took from my pocket 10 sovereigns [F] bright,
And the [C] landlady's [G7] eyes opened up with de-[C]light,
She [C] said, "I have whiskeys and wines of the [F] best,
And the [C] words that I [G7] told you were only in [C] jest.
[Chorus]
[Verse 4]
I'll go [C] home to my parents, confess what I've [F] done,
And I'll [C] ask them to [G7] pardon their prodigal [C] son,
And [C] if they forgive me as oft times be-[F]fore,
Then I [C] never will [G7] play the wild rover no [C] more!
|[Chorus]
|And it's [G7] no, nay, never
|[C] No, nay, never, no [F] more,
|Will I [C] play the wild [F] rover,
|No [G7] never, no [C] more [C]
|
|And it's [G7] no, nay, never
|[C] No, nay, never, no [F] more,
|[Slowing]
|Will I [C///] plaaaay the wild [F///] rover,
|No [G7///] never, no [C//////] more.
Will the circle be unbroken - Nitty Gritty Band
G
I was standing by my window
C G
On a cold and cloudy day
When I saw that hearse come rolling
D G
For to carry my mother away.
[Chorus]
G
Will the circle be unbroken
C G
Bye and bye Lord, bye and bye,
There's a better world home a-waiting
D G
In the sky Lord, in the sky.
G
I said to the undertaker,
C G
Under--taker please drive slow
For that body that you are carrying
D G
Lord, I hate to see her go.
[Chorus]
G
Will the circle be unbroken
C G
Bye and bye Lord, bye and bye,
There's a better world home a-waiting
D G
In the sky Lord, in the sky.
G
Well I followed close behind her
C G
Tried to hold up and be brave
But I could not hide my sorrow
D G
When they laid her in that grave.
[Chorus]
G
Will the circle be unbroken
C G
Bye and bye Lord, bye and bye,
There's a better world home a-waiting
D G
In the sky Lord, in the sky.
G
I went back home, lord that home was lonesome
C G
Since my mother, she was gone
All my brothers, and sisters crying
D G
What a home so sad and a--lone
[Chorus]
G
Will the circle be unbroken
C G
Bye and bye Lord, bye and bye,
There's a better world home a-waiting
D G
In the sky Lord, in the sky.