The National Lights - River Bed

Capo II

A........................................
There’s a hole in the river

..............................................E
Where they put your body down

D...................................
It flooded there for weeks

........A.........................E
and wet the cursed ground

I see you waving, I see your ghost around
You look like you’re happy
I’m the one who looks drowned

D........................
It’s not a big thing

E.............................................A
But babe this ain’t a big town

D.......................
It’s no big thing

E....................................A
But this ain’t a big town

I’ll hold in my bones
That sweet, little heart of yours
It’s not big enough to beat for two anymore
I’ll grow for us both
Since you won’t be growing old
I love you like I told you.

It’s not a big thing
But babe this ain’t a big town
It’s no big thing
But this ain’t a big town

Great Lake Swimmers - Your Rocky Spine

Capo III

Em.......................D

I was lost in the lakes

A7.......................................C

and the shapes that your body makes

Em....................................................D

that your body makes that your body makes

A7..........................C

that your body makes

D....C....D....C....

and the mountains said I can find you here
they whispered the snow and the leaves in my ear
I traced my finger along your trails
your body was the map I was lost in it

G.................................D

floating over your rocky spine

A....................................................C

the gray shears made you and now your mine (2x)

I was moving across your frozen veneer
the sky was dark you were clear
could you feel my footsteps
would you shatter would you shatter would you

and your soft fingers between my claws
like purity against resolve
I could tell then there we were falling from a plane
and came from the rocks for the earth to display

they told me to be careful up there
were the wind blows a venomous rage through your hair
they told me to be careful up there
were the wind rages through your hair

Richmond Fontaine - Westward Ho

Intro:

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D................................D6..................Em.............................F#m
The Sandman and Riverhouse, The Horseshoe and the Ho-hum

Em...............................F#m.....Em......................F#m

Just romantic visions of 4 walls, TV, sink and tub

The 777 & Ox-bow and down the street is the Westward Ho
As a kid all I wanted was to disappear inside
Disappear inside to

The Rancho and Sutro, The Time Zone and don't forget
The Everybody's Inn or The Monte Carlo

Motel life ain't much a life and motel ain't much of a home
But I found out years ago, that a house ain't either

D6

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Jason Isbell - Dress Blues

G……………………………Em

What can you see from your window?

G……………………….Em

I can't see anything from mine.

G………………………Em

Flags on the side of the highway

C……………………………..G…….D

and scripture on grocery store signs.

Maybe eighteen was too early.
Maybe thirty or forty is too.
Did you get your chance to make peace with the man
before he sent down his angels for you?

Em………….C…………G

Mamas and grandmamas love you

Em…………………C…………G………D

'cause that's all they know how to do.

Em……………………….Bm

You never planned on the bombs in the sand

C…………..Cm………..G……….D

or sleeping in your dress blues.

Your wife said this all would be funny
when you came back home in a week.
You'd turn twenty-two and we'd celebrate you
in a bar or a tent by the creek.
Your baby would just about be here.
Your very last tour would be up
but you won't be back. They're all dressing in black
drinking sweet tea in styrofoam cups.

Mamas and grandmamas love you.
American boys hate to lose.
You never planned on the bombs in the sand
or sleeping in your dress blues.

Now the high school gymnasium's ready,
full of flowers and old legionnaires.
Nobody showed up to protest,
just sniffle and stare.
But there's red, white, and blue in the rafters
and there's silent old men from the corps.
What did they say when they shipped you away
to fight somebody's Hollywood war?

Nobody here could forget you.
You showed us what we had to lose.
You never planned on the bombs in the sand
or sleeping in your dress blues.

No, no you never planned on the bombs in the sand
or sleeping in your dress blues.

Lucero - Old Sad Songs

Intro: C#m E C#m A E B A E

............C#m................E
Well, I'd stay with you tonight my love

C#m.......................A
stay the whole night long.

..............E..................................B
But these boys keep singing these old sad songs

........................A
and I must sing along.


........C#m..........................E
And I hear the snair drum's slow sad march

........C#m....................A
and I hear those fiddles cry

......E....................B
And I must go with them my dear

....A......................E
or else I'd stay the night.

Lucero - Into Your Eyes

D
Well I'm not supposed to see you looking
G
I'm not supposed to stare straight into your eyes
D
Into your eyes
A
Well I'm not supposed to kiss your lips
G
But you smile so sweet
D
I can't resist those eyes

D
Well you say you might have eyes for me
G
I can only wish that you were mine
D
That you were mine
A
Well I'm not supposed to be here with you
G
But how can I leave
D
If you look at me with those eyes
G
Into your eyes


A
Well I'm not supposed to kiss your lips
G
But you smile so sweet
D
I can't resist those eyes

A
And I'm not supposed to kiss your lips
G
But you smile so sweet
D
I can't resist those eyes

Great Lake Swimmers - Moving Pictures, Silent Films

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Patterson Hood - Miss Me Gone

Tune down one whole step

Intro: D C Em C


G................C..................G..............C
We've been good for each other

G.............C......................G..............C
Held each other through so much

G...............C...............Em.......................C
Now you're sittin' there givin' me that little look

D..........C
Have to ask what that means


G............C......................G..............C
Comes a time for countin' losses

G..........C......................G...............C
Time to take this left and go

G........C................G....................C
I'll be gatherin' my belongins

Em......D....................C
I'll be walkin' out that door

Em......D.....................C.C/B.Am.G
I'll be walkin' out that door


D.........C........................Em..........C
Gonna miss me when I'm gone

D.........C........................Em..........C
Gonna miss me when I'm gone

D........C...............Em..............C
I'll be sad, I won't be the only one

Em.......D.........................C
Gonna miss me when I'm gone

No use blamin' one another
Neither one of us to blame
Just picked a crazy time to walk across each other's path
But I'm awful glad we came

Comes a time for countin' losses
Wish that time had not come
Two more things before I walk out that door
You're the best friend I've known
Gonna miss me when I'm gone

Gonna miss me when I'm gone
Gonna miss me when I'm gone
I'll be sad, I won't be the only one
Gonna miss me when I'm gone
Gonna miss me when I'm gone
Gonna miss me when I'm gone

Mountain Goats - Woke Up New

C#..............................F#....................C#...................F#
On the morning when I woke up without you for the first time

........C#.................G#...................C#
I felt free and I felt lonely and I felt scared

C#..................F#.................Bbm................F#
And I began to talk to myself almost immediately

..............C#........G#............F#............C#
Not being used to being the only person there

The first time I made coffee for just myself, I made too much of it
But I drank it all just cause you hate it when I let things go to waste
And I wandered through the house like a little boy lost in the fall
And an astronaut could've seen the hunger in my eyes from space


C#
And I sang

C#................G#..................F#................C#
Oh, What do I do? What do I do? What do I do?

C#..........G#..............C#
What do I do without you?

On the morning when I woke up without you for the first time
I was cold so I put on a sweater and I turned up the heat
And the walls began to close in and I felt so sad and freightened
I practically ran from the living room and into the street

And the wind began to blow and the trees began to pant
And the world in its cold way started coming alive
And I stood there like a buisness man waiting for the train
And I got ready for the future to arrive

And I sang
Oh, What do I do? What do I do? What do I do?
What do I do without you?

Sufjan Stevens - The Mistress Witch from McClure (or, the Mind that Knows Itself)

capo 4


D……………………...................G….Bm
And the winter moves about Illinois

………………………..............A
when my sister picks a fight

……………………….........D
with the Alexander boy

………………………..............G…………..Bm
and my father locks the car by the store

………………..........………A…………….............……………G
still we figure out the keys and follow him once more

………...D...........……………………A
oh my God, we see it on the floor

………………..........….E
the woman on the bed

………………............……G
the ankle brace she wore

…….......……..D
stones and sled,

………………..............…………A
it could have been some other

………………...........…….E
the mind that knows itself

……………….............……….G
has a mind to serve the other

…….......…….D…………..........……………A
but we run back, scratching at the door

if I’m hiding in the sleeves of my coat
when my father runs, undressed
he’s pointing at my throat
and my brother has fit in the snow
and the traffic stops for miles
we take him by the elbow
oh my God, the shuffling and the floor
a mind that knows itself
is a mind that knows much more
so we run back, scrambling for cover
the mind that knows itself
has a mind to kill the other
oh my God, you’ve left us now for dead
(oh my God. no one came to our side
to carry us away from danger)

Lucero - Sing Me No Hymns

E................................................G
The rain'll wash away the piss and blood

............A
But the water's not enough

.............G.....................D
To wash away the things that I've done


So I just keep on moving all the same
The mountains they ain't far
And up there they don't know my name

Sing me no hymns
When I get home
Leave them with God
Leave me alone

I will do as I feel need be done
To pay back what I owe
For all the blood and all the lost ones

Until I feel the proper time has come
Leave me be and let me drink
I need none of your good intentions

Great Lake Swimmers - When It Flows

C..........Fmaj7
When it flows from the fingers

C......Fmaj7
And turns to stone

C......Fmaj7
It shatters with the touch

C................Fmaj7
Feel the air, breathe it in


Turn the corner, take the bend
Give or take the bend
It's a spiralling cork-screw path towards you
It's a sinking, twisted path from me to you


Fmaj7............Em.....................Dm...C
For a second I saw you so clearly (clearly)

Fmaj7............Em.....................Dm...C
For a moment I knew you so dearly (dearly)

Fmaj7............Em.....................Dm...C
I looked into your eyes and into your mind

Fmaj7............Em.....................Dm...C
You were laughing like a statue come to life

The subtle piano raindrops
The creaking of the buildings and their cellos
The wind was our violin
The sky was a symphonic mural of stars
Hiding behind perfectly placed clouds
Because everything is the way it is
And everything is perfect in their imperfections
And everything is placed the best
And it is now, and it is here
And tomorrow is another now
Waiting to happen

The roar of an action silences all the words
The cry of an accomplishment
Drowns the whimper of ten thousand words
And we live in our actions and our reactions
And we live in our actions and our reactions

Akron/Family - We All Will

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A................G.................D
Sad that we have to grow old,

A....................G..................D
With catalogue stuff from the phone,

A.............G.................D.....E.....Bm.....A.....G
Living off songs that we wrote.

D.....D

Sad that imagination it fades,
Because everyone must get paid,
So that catalogue stuff can get made.

Mountain Goats - Wild Sage

G..................................................A
I leave the house as soon as it gets light outside

C....................G
Like a prisoner breaking out of jail

G........................................A
And I steel down to business fifteen-five-oh-one

C..........................G
like I had a bounty hunter on my tail

......................D
and somebody stops to pick me up

..........C
but he drops me off just down the block

....................G.......Em....C............................G
and along the highway where the empty spirits breathe

G............D...................G
wild sage growing in the weeds

Walked down the soft shoulder and I count my steps
Headed vaguely eastward sun in my eyes
And I lose my footing and I skin my hands breaking my fall
And I laugh to myself, and look up at the skies

And then I think I hear angels in my ears
Like marbles being thrown against a mirror
And along the highway where unlucky stray dogs bleed
Wild sage growing in the weeds


F..............C............................G
and some days I don't miss my family

F..............C........G
and some days I do

F................C..................G............Em
some days I think I'd feel better if I tried harder

C..................................D7
most days I know it's not true

I lay down right where I felt cold grass in my face
And I hear the traffic like the rhythm of the tides
And I stare at the scrape on the heel of my hand
'til it doesn't sting so much and until the bloods dried

And when somebody asks if I'm ok
I don't know what to say
And along the highway
From cast-off innumerable seeds
Wild sage growing in the weeds.

Magnolia Electric Co - Lomesome Valley

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.....................Dm.....................C........G
I watched you walk out from the world before

.......Am................C....................G
And nothing asked you to be much more

.................F..............C
Than just a handful of dust

Bb................F........................C
Oh lonesome valley, lonesome valley (x2)


Out here the ghost wears the feathered crown of blues
And the sickle moon to watch over all the lost horizon
All through the lonesome valley, the lonesome valley (x2)

Now I’m not worried about heading back
I will be punished by a civil death
If I’ve done enough but not my best

Bb F C
Bb F C
Bb F C
Bb F Dm Am G

I turn my pain into a simple plan
Harmony onward friend
Dragging myself out again
Oh through the lonesome valley, the lonesome valley (x2)

Now let the wolf judge me as I stand
Harmony onward friend
Until I see that old star again
High over the lonesome valley (x2)

Magnolia Electric Co - Talk To Me Devil

Capo: 1

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Em.......G........D
Roll the moon over my heart

Em.......G.......D
Roll my heart out with the tide

Em.......G........D
I talked to the wolf in the mountain

Em....G.................D
And I talked to the mule in the mine


Devil unwind what’s empty
Devil unwind my heart
Devil make the two ends meet
Devil when I fall

D......................Em
Talk to me devil, again (x3)

Em.....G....D
Baby I still have time


Smell the lightning burning the starry sky
Rhododendron now under the moon
All hearts still in the tide
Devil if I fall hold out no water to me
Devil when I fall, hold out no hand

Devil unwind what’s empty
Devil unbind my heart
Devil make the two ends meet
Devil if I fall apart

Talk to me devil, again (x3)
Baby I still have time

Richmond Fontaine - Barely Losing

D.............................G
Three day vacation

Em.........................C
Three days away


D
The Turf Club race book

G
and I'm barely losing

Em
while you're sitting next to me laughing

C
and I'm barely losing

Souvenirs we are buying
T-shirts and snowglobes
we're gettin' our pictures taken
underneath the sign

Lounge bands we are watching
while playing video poker
and 46 oz. margaritas
we are drinking

We're having dinner at the Santa Fe
we're walking underneath the lights
we're staying on the seventh floor
of The Fitzgerald

And we're walking along the railroad tracks
five in the morning
wishing we could always be like this
that we'd never have to go back

The Turf Club race book
and I'm barely losing
while you're sitting next to me laughing
and I'm barely losing

Lucero - I Don't Wanna Be the One

A............................G................................D
I don't wanna be the one who misses you at night

A..................................G..............................D
And I don't wanna be the one who's always left behind

A...................................G.....................................D
And I don't wanna be the one who's standing in your way

A...................................G............................D
And I don't wanna be the one who loses everything


G......................D
When I wake up I wonder where you are

G...............................D
Late at night I've been taking it way too far

G.....................A........................D
It's too much to take can't be the one

I don't wanna be the one to walk this endless street
And I don't wanna be the one with no where else to be
And I don't wanna be the one who wants you so damn much
And I don't wanna be the one who's running out of luck

(3x)
When I wake up I wonder where you are
Late at night I've been taking it way too far
It's too much to take can't be the one

I don't wanna be the one who misses you at night
And I don't wanna be the one who's always left behind
And I don't wanna be the one who's standing in your way
And I don't wanna be the one who loses everything

Lucero - San Francisco

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First time I saw it half asleep and broken hearted

.....................C
They strapped half stacks to roof racks and drove to the parties

Am
Nothing like home with the cold summer nights

..................F.......................................C
They played songs for the girls and they drank till daylight


GG.........GG..............C
Sunk my heart at the bottom of the bay

GG.......GG.................C
Gonna wash up on the black rocks one day

......GG........GG.............C
Like unlucky sailors just swept out to sea

..D
I think all the girls I've loved walked through your streets

...........C
But the waves and the fog always took 'em from me

The Oakland apartments with the bars underneath 'em
The girlfriends and sweethearts and the bay in between 'em
I buried my heart at the bottom of the hill
If the girlfriends don't get you the sweethearts sure will

Only nineteen, so easy to forget
Do you wake up every morning and thank god for those legs
North to Santa Rosa and south to Santa Cruz
The Humboldt House, The Boardwalk, and the homemade tattoos

Richmond Fontaine - Capsized

C G F C

C............................G....................F.............C
I broke your back so I'll break mine twice the same

C........................G........................F.......................C
ended up in some back room where no one knew my name

..F.................G...............Am............F
i drifted and i drifted and ended up in spokane

F...................G....................Am.................F
in a one room place above a bar called the grand

i never called my parents i called my brother drunk too many times
until he finally wouldnt answer his phone
worried and uncertain i ran myself down
ended up selling most of my things

i drifted and i drifted and ended up in wyoming
i so broke i sold my car

i broke your back so i'll break mine fifty times the same
hope your holding up alright you forgot my name

walo wala(?) to stockton, from yuma to bullhead(?) city
i get by alright

i will cut every tie that gets close to me
ill pay for my mistakes ill pay for them youll see

the only back ill break is mine a hundred ways and a hundred times
for all the nights i was drunk and left you drunk and capsized, capsized

Slobberbone - Lazy Guy

........D......A
I'm a lazy guy

......D.............................................A
I'm amazed at the way some people try and try and try

....D..................................................A
To erect and then perfect some kind of proof that they're alive before they

E
die

.............................D.............A
Well not me, 'cause I'm a lazy guy

And I'm amazed at the way some people holler, fuss and run 'round
Like some chicken with their head cut off or a bullet from a gun
They should all sit back, relax and maybe try and have some fun
I'd help them try, but I'm a lazy guy

And I must defer a life of labor to someone who needs it more
I'd much prefer to be their neighbor, just the guy who lives next door
Sit out on the porch with my crap guitar and my mason jar of tea, and you know why
'Cause I'm a lazy guy

I'm a lazy guy
I'm amazed at the way some people try and try and try
To erect and then perfect some kind of proof that they're alive before they die
Well not me, 'cause I'm a lazy guy

And I'm amazed at the way you count my failings like some clerk
Like you're the saint in this relationship and me I'm just some jerk
'Cause it's love we got between us, and relationships take work so why don't you try?
'Cause I'm a lazy guy

I'm a lazy guy
I'm amazed at the way some people try and try and try
To erect and then perfect some kind of proof that they're alive before they die
Well not me, 'cause I'm a lazy guy


...............D............................................A
Yeah I'm amazed at the way the days just slip on by so fast

............C#m...............................G#
Like ten thousand go-carts racing down the mountain of the past

........A........................................F#
If I had a bead on what I need to make the moment last

......................G#
I just might try

.................B
I just might try

Yeah I'm amazed at the way the days just keep on slipping by
And I got plans and dreams and hopeful schemes, enough to make you cry
I'm just waiting for that single perfect point in time to give 'em all a try
And I'm a lazy guy

Elephant Micah - Minor's Refrain

Capo I

G.........................................................Em...............................C
Young hearts wake up there's no time for you to waste being put down

G.................................Em.............................................C
stay close until we'll old enough to pull ourselves out of this hole

D.......................
a minor's soul should celebrate


G...........................C.............D
break the bottles of champagne before we're poisoned

G.................................C
by somebody else's bad taste


God bless you may your love be strong enough to carry a song
thank well let every age congregate across state line
a minor's sould should celebrate

break the bottles of champagne before we're poisned
by somebody else's bad taste

Slobberbone - Lumberlung

G......................................D
A breath of whiskey on my cotton shirt

Em.....................C
Turn on the fan, take off your skirt

G..........................................D
Lay here beside me on these sheets so stained

C....................................G
For a little while, but it ain't the same


Em.........................................C
And she brings me water and it always tastes so good

G..............................D
She brings me flowers from the woods

Em.................................................C
Stays here in this house with me when I know she'd rather leave

G......................D
Stays with me as I sleep

G......................................D
And she helps me nurse my lumberlung

.............C
But it's no longer fun

......D
For her

Once I dreamed we'd took a roadtrip, just me and her
Through the southern and midwest states
Turned north just south of Arkansas and we headed up
Towards the vast Great Lakes
And I thought I'd sleep through Texas, but I woke up in Illinois
And the car in the lane next to me was driven by a little boy
And he flashed a smile at me then he drove straight off the road
Smacked an overpass, I watched his car explode
And when she wakes me from my delirium
I know I'm no longer fun
For her

And she brings me water and it always tastes so good
She brings me flowers from the woods
Stays here in this house with me when I know she'd rather leave
Stays with me constantly
And she helps me nurse my lumberlung
But it's no longer fun
For her

Scud Mountain Boys - Liquor Store

G.....................................C
the old face you used to dream about

..........D.............................C...............D............D7
with every word, now youve begun to doubt

G.........................................C
three simple words, one so sweet to say

........D
now all the wind wont give breath enough to say


C
even one or two

D
no i never tried

Em
maybe three of four

C
might make something true

D
anyone will do

another day youve gone and fooled again
and all your friends knew but wouldnt say
each step you take towards that liquor store
might dull the pain with the same old refrain

maybe one or two
then in a little while
maybe three or four
help you find the door
anyone will do

Magnolia Electric Co - Memphis Moon

Capo III



Am.......................E..................................Am
Tea for two stars falling from the memphis sky

Dm...........................................................Am
Tea for two stars falling from the memphis sky

C...............................E
I know the night bird called you now

Am.....
Everything is fine

Dm...........................E
I know it’s soon to be fading out

......F...................C
But oh, didn’t we shine

.................G...........riff
Didn’t we shine



Some people say that the memphis blues ain’t bad
Some people say that the memphis blues ain’t bad
Put your little hand in mine darling
I know you’re fading fast
It weren’t the memphis blues you had
But baby you still shine



Goodbye my love, goodbye my love, goodbye
Turn your lamp down low my love, goodbye
I hear the whistle singing now to the lonesome pine
I know that we faded out
But oh, didn’t we shine
Didn’t we shine


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Son Volt - Methamphetamine

Capo II


G............
i took the nightshift another nickel on the dime

D.........
try and play it straight make it different this time

C..................Em......................D
still waiting to meet the next ex-wife


its either watching these cages for montsano
or a bar-back job for the casino
the army wont want me after what this bodys been through


.........................C...................G
wont you take me back north carolina

......................D...................C
wont you take me back arkansas

C...........................................G
blistful days were there to remember

..............D...............................C
methamphetamine was the final straw


i had a cool job in a back-up band
playing guitar in branson
two shows a night brought money to chase down sin

now its another weekend lonely at home
late-night t.v. evangelists drone
im healthy now i really dont know if ill ever be free

chrous (2x)

Son Volt - Highways Cigarettes

E................
got caught up in a breakaway dream

D.................................A
destination: city of new orleans

D...................................A
cheap motels and big rig swells

E..........
crossing bridges for enternity


E.........
headed west for a two week stand

D.........................................A
saw the poets of work-a-day glasses

D.................................A
las crucixs is part of you now

E..................................D.............A
as birds sing songs of laughter


B...........
still out there with the coffee stains

A............................E
and putting miles on shoes

B............
cant escape the smell of cigarettes

A...........................D........................A
still livin out these american late night blues



Solo: E A (repeat)



western clear the mind
with the mexicali radio station
keep an eye out for the border patrol
checking for drugs and so called aliens

highways and dreams forever together
in the minds of the free and the innocents
always a future in the travelers hands
starting fires on the river and madness


chorus (2x)

William Elliott Whitmore - Dry

F

F...........................C.................Bb...........F
Well the song of the blackbird is mighty clear

F.............C..............Bb
On a mornin’ such as this

F................C..............Bb.............F
And all those useless pains & fears

F.............C................Bb
Those things that i won’t miss

And the Morning Glories and Queen Anne’s lace
Baptized by the wind
These inspirations are my saving grace
In these times we’re living in

Dm..C..F....
Dm..C..F....

Make a hard man humble
Make a proud woman hide
Her eyes from the light of day
When all the crops have withered and died
And the soil has blown away

Dm........C..........F
The ground is so dry

Dm..............C................F
The river’s on its hands and knees

Dm..............C............F..............C
And i hear that tune in the breeze

The crow is callin’ and i hear him well
Up in the red bud tree
Any the stories that you’ve lived to tell
Pass ‘em down to me

Whisper the truth
Into your childrens ears
Let them know
Let them understand
Let them hear

The song of the blackbird is mighty loud
Through the evening mist
The moon is up and it looks so proud
Lookin’ down on a night, on a night like this

Whiskeytown - Captain Smith

Intro:

e:------------------------
B:------------------------
G:---------2---0---------
D:-0h2h4---4---4-2-0---
A:-------------------------
E:-------------------------

D

D
My heart is sinking fast just like the titanic

............................................................G
My heart is pumping blood that's turning blue

........A
Well, i just want this cruise to end and i just can't imagine

....................................................D
I'm drowning and it's all because of you


G...........................D
Just as cold as ice ripped into my bough

.................................................A
Drifted off in moonlight while my ship was goin down

D
This cruise alone might be my last

G
And i can't even fathom

A.......................G...............D
Why you left me all alone to drown


Intro again


My heart is sinking fast just like the titanic
Captain would you please go warn the crew
Well, everything is built to last, but it don't last forever
I'm sorry but the end is coming soon

Just as cold as ice ripped into my bough
Drifted off in moonlight while my ship was goin down
This cruise alone might be my last
And i can't even fathom
Why you left me alone to drown

Just as cold as ice ripped into my bough
Drifted off in moonlight while my ship was goin down
This cruise alone might be my last
And i can't even fathom
Why you left me all alone to drown

Why you left me all alone to drown.

Whiskeytown - Pawn Shop Aint No Place For a Wedding Ring

G

C..............................................G
A pawn shop ain’t no place for a wedding ring

C.................................................G
Six months from now what will that money mean?

D.......................................C
You shop around looking for memories, somehow

G......................D.....................C
The satisfaction don’t come that easy

G.......................D..........................C
It’s a shame you weren’t satisfied with me

G........................D...................C
You’re the saddest thing I’ve ever seen

3x

Whiskeytown - Macon, Georgia, County Line

G
Oh where, oh where were you last night?

G
Looked for you at the county fair

.................C
You were nowhere

..................G
You were nowhere

D
And i looked for you on the macon, georgia county line

C
And sheriffs badges flashed behind

Oh where, oh where were you last night?
Looked for you at the county fair
You were nowhere
You were nowhere
And i looked for you on the macon, georgia county line
And sheriffs badges flashed behind

Oh where, oh where were you, my dear
Looked for you almost everywhere
But you were nowhere
You were nowhere
And i looked for you on the macon, georgia county line
And sheriffs badges flashed behind

Whiskeytown - Take Your Guns To Town

Intro: GGCCG

G....C....G....C


G.......................................C
On the eastern highway we ride

..............................G
Windshield wipers disperse the rain from the sky

....................C
What's left is ivy and vine


All the letters i'd sent back home
Never express the idea of how a young man
Can be so far from home


G.....................C.....G
Take your guns to town

G...............................C....G
Don't take your guns to town
Take your guns to town
Don't take your guns to town

Stumble down main street alone
Just gotten home with my hand on the phone
I was drinking alone on the quilted (?????????)

Take your guns to town
Don't take your guns to town
Take your guns to town
Don't take your guns to town

Old 97s - Ray Charles

Intro: G...C...G...C...G...C...G.D.G

G......................................C
We put on Ray Charles and broke up

G......................................................C
You were packed and gone when I woke up

G.......................D
Ray just kept on singing

...............C
He had Georgia on his mind

D
You just keep on leaving

....................................C
You keep leaving all the time


Wonder if the stars will die tonight
Yeah I wonder if the cats are gonna fight
There's no rest for the restless
So I doubt that you'll sleep well
I don't think that I will
My head's ringing like a bell


Em.................................C
Love is blind and I don't blame her

Em...................................................C
Cause lately I ain't been too much to see

Em.............................................................C
I'd bring some girl home but then I'd have to pay her

G.......................................D.............G
Won't you come home with me Rosemary

When I walked in the bar you tried to hide
But I took my old place right by your side
You looked like a raccoon
With those circles round your eyes
If my offer is improper
Please come home with me tonight

Well I'll prick myself and see if blood comes out
I'll play until the whole damn tape runs out
I'll put on that Ray Charles record
If you'll make some drinks
Nothing is the matter
It don't matter what you think

(Chorus)
Love is blind and I don't blame her
Cause we all could use a little sympathy
I'd bring some girl home but then I'd have to pay her
Won't you come home with me Rosemary
(Repeat 1st chorus)

Whiskeytown - Too Drunk To Dream

Intro: E A E A


.............E..............................A
Can you hear that lonesome moanin'

...........E....................A
Is that you or is that me

..................F#m...........................A
My broken heart ain't aching for nothing

..................F#m..................A
That i can't touch or i can't see


And do you hear that lonesome cryin'
Thought I made it stop its singin'
But my hands lay there on the bottle
And I just drank till my heart would be
Too drunk to dream

.....A....................................E
So baby you can leave if you wanna

........................G..................................D
There ain't no drinkin' when the bottle is dry

A............................................E
Sugar, you can leave if you want to

................G........................D
I ain't got no more tears to cry

Do you hear that lonesome shuffle
Of my feet walking out of the bar
And I stumble down the same damn streets
My daddy done stumbled before

So baby you can leave if you wanna
All the flowers in your garden have died
Baby, i'm gonna have to warn you
I ain't got no more tears to cry

Well sugar, you can leave if you want to
There ain't no drinkin' when the bottle is dry
Baby, I'm gonna have to warn you
I ain't got no more tears to cry

Dexateens - Neil Armstrong

...........G...G/F#...Em
Well its cold in July

..................C.............G
when youre up in the sky

....................C................G
and theres no atomosphere

.............C.................D
and you cant hear a thing

Well the view is delightful
but youre air is a cycle
and if you want to call earth
its a six minute delay

So come down, down, down
from the moon Neil Armstrong
youve been up there too long
and its time to come home

Come down, down down,
it will all seem familiar
well be patient till youre
used to gravity again

Well it cant be fun
looking for love in a crater
looking for friend in youre radar
moon rocks must get old

Well it cant be easy
trading infinite for airshows
your eagle for a volvo
but youve got to decide soon

So come down, down, down
from the moon Neil Armstrong
youve been up there too long
and its time to come home

Come down, down down,
it will all seem familiar
well be patient till youre
used to gravity again


Em............................G
The moon wont mind if you go

C...........................Em
twenty-five years pass below

Em.............................G
the moon wont mind if you go

C............................D
twenty-five years pass below

Nobody knows

Stephen Stills - Colorado

G.........D.......C.......G
I am a man I live alone

G..................D..................C..................G
Don't much bother me. It won't be long

G..............D.................C.................G
Come a woman who wants to be near

G...................D.................C....................G..........F#/G.......Em
Me and my mountains, we'll be right here

C..........G
Colorado


Way back east in the dirt and smog
Courted a woman she had a job
Didn't want to leave her adopted home
Guess she was afraid of bein' alone in
Colorado
Way out yonder in tinsel land
Look around hard you might find a real man
Dark-eyed country girl, tears in her eyes
Needs the music of the wind in the pines
Colorado
Many's the time that I've gone astray
The things I'm thinkin' I seldom say
Guess I'm waitin' for that special girl
The one who loves me and loves my world
Colorado
Colorado

Mountain Goats - Southwood Plantation Road

A.........G
I've got you

D......................A
You've got whatever's left of me to get

A.........................G
Our conversations are like minefields

D....................................A
No one's found a safe way through one yet

A................G
I spend a lot of money

D...............A
I buy you white gold

A....................G
We raise up a little roof

D...........E
Against the cold


A.......................D
On Southwood Plantation Road

A....................................D
Where at night the stars blow like milk across the sky

A....................G
Where the high wires drop

A...................D........Dm
Where the fat crows fly

All night long you giggle and scream
Your brown eyes deeper than a dream
I am not going to lose you
We are going to stay married
In this house like a Louisiana graveyard
Where nothing stays buried
On Southwood Plantation Road
Where the dead will walk again
Put on their Sunday best
And go with unsuspecting Christian men
La la la la la

Mark Olson - Clifton Bridge

G........................D
Daylight comes a sound

Em.........................D
We walked across Clifton Bridge

C.............................D
Which way would it be up or down?

C...............................Am.............D
We laid our cards on the table

I woke up before the sun
Which way is the way between the heart and the sould
You spoke with my words
Tangled up inside

C............................D
Some people come here to die

D...................G
We came here to live

G..........................C
Theres a hope in our heart

C.............................D
Theres a future in our souls

We both have tragedy
In our youth I met your brother and sister
They stood by me in the rain
You green eyes in the sun

Mark Olson - My Carol

Capo III


C.......................F.....

...........C
I have come to fetch my Carol

Am.................G..................F
I have wandered in the muck

F..........................................C
Dirty sheets outside of broken windows

F................................................C
Lies that poor folks never tell to rich ones

F..............................G.............C
Louder still is the sound of love

G..................C
The sound of love


Where she falls in the leaves and the road
I know the beauty of her song
The blood of priests runs through her veins
She shakes her fists when taunted so
Stronger still is the light of her soul
The light of her soul


F...................................
I have come to help her now

C....................C/b
Footsteps I follow

Am.........................G
Her black hair in my face

D...............................G
Her arms around her waist


Slink back under the fallen step
Of black rites and crooked sticks
Unforeseen victims of modern sin
I walk the dark rain and then no more
Daylight rings the bells of joy