Possessed By Paul James - Ferris Wheel

Capo III

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G.............................C
Oh my lady, oh she tears my eyes

G.................................C
I got no job and I ain't got no ride

G....................................Am..........................C
What's an old man like me, oh mother, to do

And my lady, oh she broke my back
Go get your things, son, and go get packed
Oh, can't she see that you and I are crew

Oh, mother mother, it's a ferris wheel
Oh, sister brother, it's a ferris wheel
And all I seem to do
Is, baby, go round

Well, heaven help us, it's a ferris wheel
Oh lordy lordy! It's a ferris wheel
And all I wanna do
Is get my feet back on the ground, on the ground, on the ground
Yeah!
La-dee-da

I took a chance and I moved back home
My father's there and he's all alone
Say it? Sweet mother done passed in the fall, in the fall, in the fall

And oh my father he feeds me good
I moved back home cause I knew he would
But my, I'm much too old to be polishing that stone, that stone, that stone

Oh, heaven help us, it's a ferris wheel
Oh lordy lordy! It's a ferris wheel
And all I seem to do is, baby, go round, go round, go round, go ground

Well, mother mother, it's a ferris wheel
Oh, sister brother, it's a ferris wheel
And all we wanna do is get our feet back on the ground,
on the ground, on the ground, on the ground
Yeah!

Got me a job, oh it pays my bread
I swing my bones and I shake my head
I'll take your nickles, oh your pennies, and your dimes, your dimes, your dimes

And the old ladies, oh they think I'm sweet
I shake my bones and I stomp my feet
If I could only pay the rent on time, on time

Well, brother brother, it's a ferris wheel
Oh, father mother! It's a ferris wheel
And all we seem to do is baby go round, go round, go round, go round

Well, heaven help us, it's a ferris wheel
Oh lordy lordy! It's a ferris wheel
And all I wanna do is get my feet back on the ground, on the ground, on the ground
Go ahead, yeah yeah!


*Use the rifts where the chords are. If any of this doesn't make since please comment on it and I will try and fix it.

Gary Louris - We'll Get By

Capo II

D.............D/C
everyone said

G...............................Em
take a sip from your tea of tears

D..........D/C
nobody cried

G...............................Em
for the passing of the lonely years
flat on my back
as I heard them calling out my name
lady in black
at the gathering for all who came

A..A/G

G............................Em........................A...A/G
we'll get by but we don't know how

G.............................Em
we'll get by but we don't know how

when I was young
little children how we used to play
chased the blues and the shadow lights away
oh how our laughter filled the air
even to the other fools to care

we'll get by but we don't know how
we'll get by but we don't know how
we'll get by but we don't know how
we'll get by but we don't know how

wallpapered halls
looking back at what it cost
the factory calls
finding days that we thought were lost
our little men
did they really expect to win when
morning it stands
between the piety and truth

we'll get by but we don't know how
we'll get by but we don't know how
we'll get by but we don't know how
we'll get by but we don't know how

Magnolia Electric Co - Down the Wrong Road Both Ways

Bm..........D.................G................D
If I could follow my whole life’s track

Bm................................A
I’d still be here at the crossroads, dear

....................G..........................D
My broken heart has never left
Half the time it took half my life
To have half a right to say
Nothing ever makes it home
That takes the blue star highway
Nothing ever makes it home
That takes the blue star highway

If today you’re left with nothing
Be thankful you’re not left with less
Some of us only lose the dark
To get lost in darkness
Red crescent moon you can lay the lantern down
I’m back where you join hands
With the blue highway now
If I could have my heart come back
And be forgiven for them old days
I’d be headed where I always been
Down the wrong road both ways
I’d be headed where I always been
Down the wrong road both ways

The National Lights - The Dead Will Walk, Dear

Capo I

C
You’re looking to me in a fight

.............................Fmaj7
But I’m not your answer

..........C
I was eating your body and bones

..............Fmaj7
Well, we both were

..C
I buried my love in the fire

............................Fmaj7
And that got me laughing

................................D
And that got me to thinking

....G...............C
Nobody goes home

Saving your love for the pyres
The dead will walk, dear
If you will it hard enough
Then we all will
Then, when your legs were still young
You begged me to have you
Now I’m going to keep you
Nobody goes home

Murray Hammond - Wreck of the 97

C......................F
told her at the funeral

............Bb....................Gm
she was wonder unopposed

..........C.........................F
yeah I told her she was beauty

..............Bb..................Gm
from her ankles to her toes

.....C.......................F
and give all your twenties

............Dm.....................F
give me thirty 'fore you go

......C........................F
and God will be a friend to you

........Bb.......................C
if you get you one of those

cause bad boys know their leaving
bad boys know what hurts
yeah bad boys leave you crying
while their dying on a dirty flirt
I fell in love with my other self
lost my original home
to be you rock to be your only one
to be the one that you call the most

...........Bb....................F
it's the wreck of the 97

............C
it's the wreck of the L & E

...........Bb................................F
it's the call that you make to heaven

.....................C
for to say "what on earth do you think of me"

...............Bb.................................F
when you tell them about your broken heart

.........C
you'll tell them about me

..........Bb
they'll see it

F.......................C
mmmm they'll see it

so roll out your greasy reasons
roll out your wills and wonts
stare down a starry evening
trying to rewrite the dos and don'ts
so you held your face in secret places
dressed up for king
now she comes around you mostly
on your ceilings in your dreams

it's the wreck of the 97
it's the wreck of the L & E
it's the call that you make to heaven
for to say "what on earth do you think of me"
when you tell them about your broken heart
you'll tell them about me
they'll see it
mmmm they'll see it

it's the wreck of the 97
it's the wreck of the L & E
it's the call that you make to heaven
for to say "what on earth do you think of me"
and you come around here broken
and you think that I don't see
but I see it
mmmm I see it

cause bad boys know their leaving
bad boys know what hurts
yeah bad boys leave you crying
while their dying on a dirty flirt
I fell in love with my other self
lost my original home
to be you rock to be your only one
to be the one that you call the most

Old 97s - Here's to the Halcyon

E
Get me through this Lord and I’ll do anything you say

B..................................................A.........................E
Live right, read the good book, I’ll settle down and pray

E
When Gabriel blows his horn I know things might not go my way

B..............................A...............................................E
Get me through this Lord and I’ll do anything you say

Pluck me from this driftwood Lord I’ll be a better man
Raise me from the deep sea in the palm of your great hand
Let me see tomorrow and I’ll try to understand
How the sinking of my little vessel fits into your plan


A.....................................E
Here’s to the Halcyon, forever may she rest

B..............................A...............................................E
At the bottom of the ocean, for the good Lord knows best

A.................................................E
You made her from lumber and you gave her to the sea

B...........................A.............................................E
Now good Lord what do you propose to do with me?

Get me through this Lord and I’ll devote my life to you
Things look pretty bleak right now but I know you’ll come through
I’ve squandered my good fortune and my other fortune too
Get me through this Lord and I’ll devote my life to you


..............A...............................E
I cannot change my past mistakes

...............B........................E
I’ve led a life devoid of virtue

...........A........................E
Either way the man I am

...................B............................A
Is dead and gone although I know the past

A...................................E
Can come around and hurt you

Get me through this lord and I will never drink again
I’ll pore over my Bible and I’ll pour out all my gin
I’ll prove to you a sinning man can turn his back on sin
Give me some fresh water Lord I’ll never drink again

Here’s to the Halcyon, forever may she rest
At the bottom of the ocean, for the good Lord knows best
You made her from lumber and you gave her to the sea
Now good Lord what do you propose to do with me?

Here’s to the Halcyon, forever may she rest
At the bottom of the ocean, for the good Lord knows best
You made her from lumber and you gave her to the sea
Now good Lord what do you propose to do with me?
Good Lord what do you propose to do with me?

The National Lights - O, Ohio

Capo I

F...............................C
Make your business known

...........F................................Am..................G
There ain't no house with no name on the front porch

.....F.............................C
no more, we've took it down

........G....................F
Just left, life is one alone

You, your mother's born
But a girl can't stay a girl for too long
What would you want with me now?
So far you've done just fine on your own

From Ohio
Oh, we'll pull in 80 East toward the ocean
Now home is long and gone

Am.....................................G..................................Am
Dead to us now, like those bones in the backyard

Wrinkle Neck Mules - Pull the Brake

D...................G
I found my demons

D............................................A
Caught them where they were sleeping

G................................D
Now I know I’ll never be alone
Shaving after drinking
Come downstairs steadily bleeding
And exposing my jawbone


Bm..........................................A
While my engine stammers and shakes

Bm.........................G....................D
Another quart of oil straight in the tank

.............G.....................D
Push the pedal, pull the brake

Seeing is deceiving
And to think you had me believing
In cottonwoods and two-step songs
Got my papers of indenture
So many years living up to my potential
It’s probably time to take about twenty years off

While my engine stammers and shakes
Another quart of oil straight in the tank
Push the pedal, pull the brake

D...........G......A...........D
Push the pedal, pull the brake

Good morning South Carolina
Left a trail of dog bones behind you
Hoping I might follow you inside
Hoping I might follow

While my hands they tremble and shake
Got to calm them down with another round of drinks
Push the pedal, pull the brake
Push the pedal, pull the brake
Push the pedal, push the pedal
Pull the brake

William Elliott Whitmore - Does Me No Good

A.........................D..............A
Can I forgive my past transgressions

.........D.................................A
Can I forgive my own past sins

A
That's not likely

.....D.......A.....................E........A
No I will never feel the same again

Well, it does me no good to say I'm sorry
Although I am, for what it's worth
But you can't hear me for you're resting
Six feet under the cold black dirt


................D.................................A
Oh, them daisies they sure look pretty

...............E......................A
Blooming down by your stone

A..................................D.........A
They remind me that life continues

......................E........A
And I'll never be alone

I'd give my body, I'd give my soul
For one more chance to make amends
But that's not possible for my means could not justify my end
It does me no good to sit and think of
All the things that I done wrong
It took me forever to remember what I should have known all along

Well if you can hear my last confession
If you can hear my final plea
Oh, although I never showed it
Oh, you meant the world to me
It does me no good to recollect on
All that whiskey has done been spilt
And my bow ain't gonna flow all the way down by them bricks of guilt

Magnolia Electric Co - North Star

G
You used to say I had what it takes

.............Bm
I think I did if you meant too little too late

...................C
And by the looks that I’m getting

......................G
I made some big mistakes

G.............................................D
But I thought you said I was great

I shoot straight and give it my best try
I made my heart as hard as nails
And that might be the way you live your life
But it’s almost got me killed


C
Darling I’m not giving in

Em............................C
That happened miles ago

G................D
I heard the North Star saying

C....................................D..........................G
Kid you’re so lost even I can’t bring you home

Em..D..Em..D

Now did you think that we was gonna last
Well honey you know you don’t have to answer that
Half of that was my kind of joke
But I don’t remember which half

I didn’t know how blue I’d get
I didn’t know how I’d get blamed for it
I didn’t chose to go down this road
No one chooses to be sick

I’m saying everything is fine
By the look in my eye
But you know darling
Half of what a man says in a lie
It’s your last chance to forgive me now
It’s done for good
You always said I’d make it out
Somehow darling I knew I never would

Whiskeytown - My Heart is Broken

N.C..............D
My heart is broken

G..............D
My love is gone

..............A
I live without you

G...............D
Your pillow cold

I am forsaken
I can't go on
My heart is broken
My love is gone

A
If I hadn't cheated

..........D
While you were gone

.......A
The well that we'd

A
Been drinkin from

.................G
Wouldn't a dried

...................A
And turned cold

My days are empty
My nights are long
Five cups of coffee
For the years gone wrong

If I hadn't cheated
While you were gone
The well that we'd
Been drinkin from
Wouldn't a dried
And turned cold

My days are empty
My nights are long
My heart is broken
My love is gone
My love is gone

Scud Mountain Boys - Van Drunk

Capo III

G
I wasn't happy

...D
to hear you'd been wasted

G
when you made all those

..........D
tv shows

....G
the whiskey and the mouthwash

.......D.................Bm
and Mary's fine underclothes

.......E
can't hide all the trouble

......A
you knew

each night in my parlor
I leaned on my elbows
the ottoman got you again
but that was a dim light
compared to the way you fell
over and over and over

D...........F#m....................G
who was there when you knew for sure

.....E..................G
the world would disappear

D.....................F#m
yeah you were alive

.........G
those snake-littered ?????

........E............G
somehow you made it mine

to reach me there
from a sattelite hung from a pin and nail
yeah I was alive
those snake-littered ?????
somehow I wheezed it by

Bm...........E.................A...........G
the dumb leading the blind to water

Bm..E............A
will I see you there

would you care
if I told of some of the things
I've seen up there
and hey would you mind
if I turned to you
while the blue went screaming by

the blind leading the dumb to water
will I see you there
the damned leading the damned to water
will I see you there

it's out of the question
I won't even mention it
cause I've got no money to burn
so I scan the late night
the scent of his suicide

.....E...............................G......Gm
his breath on pages for you

....D
to return

The National Lights - Water is Wide

Capo II

E............................F#m
Your heart's in the wrong place

A.......................E
Say it with your mouth

E..................................F#m
I pull my guns from the desert, just in case

A...............................E
you ever came back around

Put your clothes in the water and lay down at your side
You keep real still and quiet
You can make it through the night

C#m..B..A..E

It ain't no sin to shed your skin
Go dancing in your bones
The water's deep and your body's sweet
With lungs, the way to go

Take your face to the river
Down where the water is wide
And if you ask real nice-like
I just might save your life

Drag the River - Until I Say So

Intro: G..D/F#..Em..D..C

G....Am............................F....................C
if I could I would but you know I can't lie to you

G...Am...............F.......................C
if I could I'd say you say so and I'll say yes

G....D
sun burns so bright

Em.................D
I can't see the hurt in your eyes

G.............D..................Em
the moon buries itself behind the clouds

D...................................C
I can't tell what you're thinking about


G.........Bm........................C
will you let me stay for a while

........Cm.................................Am
don't forget me please don't cry

Am
just hold me close

......C..........................D
and don't let go until I say so
will you think of me when you smile
old memories bring tears to your eyes
just hold me close
and don't let go until I say so

if you would then I would be here for you when you need me
if you would then I would not do the things that made you leave me
stars flash and burn out
but I feel your eyes burning through me
the rainbow brightens up the day
leaves me hanging on to the few words you say

will you let me stay for a while
don't forget me please don't cry
just hold me close
and don't let go until I say so
will you think of me when you smile
old memories bring tears to your eyes
just hold me close
and don't let go until I say so

G..........D/F#.........Em..............D....................C
you only cross my mind every second every day
I need to unwind before I fade away

will you let me stay for a while
don't forget me please don't cry
just hold me close
and don't let go until I say so
will you think of me when you smile
old memories bring tears to your eyes
just hold me close
and don't let go until I say so

Kathleen Edwards - Asking for Flowers

Capo VII

D
It's complicated

D
Technically I'm certified

G
A walking declaration

G
Of everything I couldn't get right

D
Time is just an anchor

D
But 7 years I think I'm right

G
Now you've changed your number

G
It's like a noose around my life


Bm
Every pill I took in vain

G
Every meal for you I made

Em..........................G.....A
Every penny I put away

G.....................D
Asking for flowers

.........F#m....................G
Is like asking you to be nice

........Em........................G
Don't tell me you're too tired

Em......................G..............D
10 years I've been working nights

My life is like a picture left
Out too long in the sun
Now I'm trying to remember all
The faces of the names i've loved
And all that's left of me now is
A cigarette burning bright
And a fading memory of all the things
I tried to get right

Every pill I took in vain
Every meal for you I made
Every penny I put away

Asking for flowers
Is like asking you to be nice
Don't tell me you're too tired
10 years I've been working nights

Every pill I took in vain
Every meal for you I made
Every bill I went and paid
Every card I signed my name
Every time I poured my heart out
Every threat you made to move out
Every cruel word you let just slip out
Every cruel word you let just slip out

Jason Isbell - Grown

G..................................F...........................C.........................G
Last night I heard the sirens' song and I followed it in the ditch.
Oh baby, I'm just carrying on. Far be it for me to bitch.
Last night I heard the distant hum of another damn hurricane.
Oh Sunnie tell me where you've gone. Are you still dancing to Purple Rain?

......F.............C.......G
You took my little hand

.......F...........C............G
and took me to your room.

.......F................C...........G
You taught me how to want something

...F...............C..........D
so I learned how to move.


G....F.....C...............................G
Oh, oh, you made me feel so grown.
Oh, oh, you made me feel so grown.

Last year I heard your momma had a little trouble with the thin blue line.
You always knew that you could understand and not undermine.

You took me to your room. I let my eyes adjust.
You taught me how to want something and I learned how to lust.

Oh, oh, you made me feel so grown.
Oh, oh, you made me feel so grown.

All them years ago you took a nervous little kid
and showed me how the slow it down just a little bit…

Adam Hood - Varnado

G..............................D...........................G
the darkest hour is always before the dawn

C...........................D..........................G
it sure is dark out here driving all alone

C.................................................G
I love you baby, I will for all my life

............C..................A7...........................D.........D7
but it's sad to say I can't come home tonight


...................G
because I'm down below the Mississippi line

G
where the clouds are dancing in the full moon light

C
I love you baby but I gotta go

D......................G
to Varnado tonight

on the side of the road underneath the pine
there's a big arrow flashin' my name on the sign
I love you baby but I got a show
in Varnado tonight

I tried to call you up to tell you so
but I can't use my phone of the parish roads
still I love you baby you know I'd never be untrue
sometimes it gets so hard when you're on the move

when you're down below the Mississippi line
where the clouds are dancing in the full moon light
I love you baby but I gotta go
to Varnado tonight

on the side of the road underneath the pine
there's a big arrow flashin' my name on the sign
I love you baby but I got a show
in Varnado tonight

I'm down below the Mississippi line
where the clouds are dancing in the full moon light
I love you baby but I gotta go
to Varnado tonight

on the side of the road underneath the pine
there's a big arrow flashin' my name on the sign
I love you baby but I got a show
in Varnado tonight

J Tillman - Darling Night

Intro: G...Em...A...C


G...............D.....................C.............Em
I can be gracious, I can be kind

G..................D..............................C
you've got a way of making me try

Em
try

C.....A
try

..G
oh


G...............D..........................C...........Em
left some comfort so I could tread quietly

G...............D.......................................C
round the haunts where you might be

Em
be

C...A
be

....G.......Em...A...C
oh darling

.............................G.........Em
it's too good for a lifetime

..............A.................................C.............................G...Em
now the words in my throat are coming too slow

...A.....................................C
I think we both know, I think we both know

D...................Bm............................G.........C
when you look ahead what do you see

.............Em
is it just me

........................C
when we stop trying

you look alright under the burned out night
lets sit awhile and decide, decide
tonight
tonight
tonight
oh darling
it's too good for a lifetime
now the words in my throat are coming too slow
I think we both know, I think we both know
oh
oh darling
I think we both know
I think we both know

Wrinkle Neck Mules - Eyes Down

C...............................G
The bulbs are burned out

............F...................C
You can’t keep up with us

C..............G............F
Light her up, tear it down

C................G............F..................C
Late in the evening crossing that line

C............................G.....................F........Fm
Your eyes down for more, another sunrise


......C...................G...................Am............F
Eyes down and I’ll meet you in the rusted end

C....................G.........F
Push me in the river again

C.....................G................Bb................F
Breath may be cold but its better than alone

C............................G...................F
And you know I’ll be chasing her down

Days have gone by
I still keep up with her
She follows me round like a dog
Throw her a line of that calcium light
Your eyes down in shame, back to the frame

Eyes down and I’ll meet you in the rusted end
Push me in the river again
Breath may be cold but its better than alone
And you know I’ll be chasing her down

Em............................F
To the windows, to the walls

Em...........................................F
‘till the sweats running down my brow

Em..................F
Hold me up ‘till I fall

C
Eyes down

Eyes down and I’ll meet you in the rusted end
I’m burning down a river of sin
Your touch may be cold but its better than alone
And you know I’ll be chasing her
And you know I’ll be chasing her
Eyes down
Eyes down

William Elliott Whitmore - Lord Only Knows

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

G..................................................................C..................G
Well, them loved ones who were paddlin' for that far shore

G.........................................................................D
They're lilies of the field who will bloom never more

G.......................................C.....................G
Well, they have gone over to the next phase

G..........................................D..............G
And brought to an end their earthly days


D.......................................C....................G
And lord only knows how's it's gonna end

D
Who stays and who goes

C..............G
Lord only knows

G.........................................C..................G
And every good chapter it comes to a close

D.................................C..............G
Nothing lasts forever, lord only knows

Them flowers from your funeral are starting to wilt
From cigarette smoke and a room full of guilt
But it was better for them than sticking around
Cause they lost their will to live when ripped from the ground

And lord only knows how it's gonna end
What dies and what goes
Lord only knows
And every good chapter it comes to a close
Nothing lasts forever, lord only knows

Well, you had a heart as big as the sky
And for a good long time it healed me inside
But it was better for you than sticking around
Cause you lost your will to live in this river front town

And lord only knows how's it's gonna end
Who stays and who goes
Lord only knows
And every good chapter it comes to a close
Nothing lasts forever, lord only knows
Enjoy it while you can cause lord only knows

NQ Arbuckle - Marco Polo

F...............................Am
everything I say is a lie

F.......................Am
how do like me now

Gm.........................C
I need you, I don't need you

Gm.....................C
can you figure it out


F...................................Am
and I walk past parked cars

F..............................Am
haven't seen you forever

Gm..................C
or uncrossed stars

Gm................................C
woe is made for stormy weather

Gm....C
say it so

C.......................F
where are you now

F
marco

Am
polo

you grab me in your eyes
and the night fades around
what are you doing later
I'm just thinking outloud
in the drunken to and frough
where are you now
marco
polo
marco
polo
marco
polo

I'm just driftin' round the room
catching you time to time
the way you tie your hair back
to another song I can't write

so I sit alone
with the dark and departed
and it's always last call
just when I'm getting started
don't make me go home
where are you now
marco
polo
marco
polo...

Tift Merritt - Another Country

Capo III

C.......................F
Lost hours and secrets too,

....C..............F
No one will find but you,

G....................F
Falling is like brand new rain,

G....................F
Places I have never been,

Dm............................................G
I thought these things would come to me.

Dm.....................G
Love is another country, and I want to go -

C.............F......G
I want to go too.

C..............F...........G
I want to go with you.

C.............F......G
I want to go too.

C.............F..............G
I want to go with you.

But I’m broke down right here.
My heart won’t come out clear.
I get lost on the inside too.
How could I make sense to you?
And when you walk away from me,
You’re further than another country and I want to go -

I want to go too.
I want to go with you.
I want to go too.
I want to go with you.

If you should lose you place,
This world should hide its face
And go where you can’t follow to,
I will come and look for you,
And you can just hold onto me,
Strangers in another country cause I want to go -

I want to go too.
I want to go with you.
I want to go too.
I want to go with you.

Roy Davis and the Dregs - Deadweight

G............................................Am
City lights, like the things I used to say

...............C.......................................G
And they drift away, so brief and sad.

G.............................................................Am
Memories gone, more to make than a guy can pull

.............C..........................................G
But I'm trying still, you should be glad.

C............................Cm............................G
Because after all, you're still my deadweight.

Battles almost over now, I can let you in.
Mind your step, the lights are dim and it's fresh paint.
Have a drink and talk about the way things are,
And the way we want them to stay.

Because after all, you're still my deadweight.

NQ Arbuckle - XOK

Capo II


G
take my pulse

..................D
I think it's too fast

.........C................G..........................D
it's so hot in this house I'm going out

............G
to dark backyards

....D
to stay

..........C........................G.......................D
till it's cold enough to sleep the night away


.............C..........................G
and we might be missing everything

D/F#.............Em
for nothing at all

................C....................G................D
but don't worry about that anymore

............C...............G
and if I told that I loved you

............D/F#...................Em
would it give you better dreams

........................C..........................G...................................D
are would you think that I was lying just to get you to sleep

take my hand
and don't loose me
in the crowds of crazy people in this city
cause I get lost
when I'm alone
in the dark eyes of those who never go home

and we might be missing everything
for nothing at all
but don't worry about that anymore
and if I told that I loved you
would it give you better dreams
are would you think that I was lying just to get you to sleep

G
XOK XOK

D
XOK XOK

C
XOK XOK

G
XOK XOK

Blue Mountain - Midnight in Mississippi

Intro: Am.Am.Am7.Am.Am.Am7.Em


Am....................C
it's midnight in mississippi

Am....................Em
all the girls are starting to look pretty

Am..............................C
the boys are getting ready to rumble

Am.............................Em
and the stoners are starting to stumble

Dm......................Am
hanging out in a viper's den

Dm...................................Am
hittin' the pipe with my crazy friends

Dm...................................Am
baby take a drink from another cup

F............................................................Em
maybe me and you could watch the sun come up

red wine and marijuana
you make me feel like I really wanna
you make me feel like a mighty hero
but I can't remember how to count to zero
say, I really like you band
you know my daddy was a guitar man
I got a truck parked right outside
maybe me and you can take a midnight ride

took a ride out to junior kimbrough's
parked the car and steamed up the windows
the place was packed, the food was fried
a sign said no dope smoking inside
bumping uglies(?) with a big ole girl
gold teeth and a jheri curl
turned his eyes to roll back in his head
he's laying down some moves that could wake the dead

well I'm raising hell with a rebel yell
banging on a bell that's an old man's motel
I can't seem to find my room key
I wonder would it be the shroom tea
stumblin' with my brand new friend
as the walls begin to spin
she said, "don't worry honey I'm a nurse
I got some medicine right here in my purse"

we made it on the bed, we made it on the floor
she's sweatin' like a race horse and hollarin' for more
and then came a banging on the motel door
a voice said "open up you lyin' whore"
he kicked the door in and came inside
I was looking for a place to hide
he pulled out a knife and said "that's my wife
and now ?????? you're gonna pay with your life"

midnight in mississippi
midnight in mississippi

Grayson Capps - Slidell

D....................................................................G
I heard they cleaned the wreck outside a Slidell

D.......................G
just before the dawn

D.....................................G
I heard five people got murdered

G.............................................................D
by a drunk woman talking on her cell phone

I got drunk last night in slidell
waiting on the clean up crew
I've been on the road for fifteen days
waiting just to get home to you

C...........G.............D
Just before the dawn

C.....................G.............D
you hear the rooster crow

C...........G..............D
Just before the dawn

.................C...........G...........D
Im gonna rise up rise up slow

Nighttime driving is like a dream
Hallucinations rise up from the road
It's lonesome at five am
and the white line becomes your soul.
Just as the sun begins to rise
the highway is foggy as hell
And all the musicians are sleeping
You ain't got nothin but yourself

Just before the dawn
you hear the rooster crow
Just before the dawn
I'm gonna rise up rise up slow

I heard they cleaned up the wreck outside a Slidell
just before I passed through
I've been sitting for five hours on this barstool
Waiting and thinkin 'bout you

Mark Olson and Gary Louris - Bicylce

Intro: C....F....C....F

C
what became of your decision

F
to upset the cot so willing

Am........F
hallelujah


C
all the apples fell out on the highway

F
little scared of mighty upstart

Am........F
hallelujah


C
another trip to someone else's dark side

F
another "come on false love"

Am.......F......G
hallelujah


G................C..........F
it's hard to ride at night

F............G..................F
on your bicycle with no lights to guide

F................C..................F
just take a chance and ride

F...........G...................F
on your bicycle with no lights to guide

F...Em...Dm...G
oooooooooooohhhh

kept away you wanna stay
pop a tent in another state
hallelujah

walk in apple blossoms up to your shoulders
you and I really did see our side
hallelujah

what thing who knows who really minds
obscene phone calls
hallelujah

it's hard to ride at night
on your bicycle with no lights to guide
just take a chance and ride
on your bicycle with no lights to guide
oooohhhh

it's hard to ride at night
on your bicycle with no lights to guide
just take a chance and ride
on your bicycle with no lights to guide
oooohhhh

Magnolia Electric Co - Don't This Look Like the Dark

G....................Em....................D.......................G..G/F#..Em
Six and a half hours into the West Virginia night

Em.......................D..........................C................................G
Half a mile from home and I was making pretty good time
I thought that I’d gone far enough
I couldn’t lose the trail
then I stepped through the door
And I still found a way to fail

I can’t start to count the things I said I’d never be
And I became them all the night you quit counting on me

........Am..........................................D
And all the hard things that you said to my heart

............G......................................F
Every one of them things rang true

..........................C........................G
But it was that one look at the end

C..................................G
That one look at the end (x2)

.....................F
That ran it through

Now that the big gray owl above me
She starts again to wail
She says that moon has got so low tonight
That it’s polishing the rail
That mountain engine’s running about thirty years too late
Once you hear it coming boy
It will not let you wait
I used to think that tomorrow was just out there waiting for me
But now i wonder where tomorrow
I wonder where tomorrow
I wonder where tomorrow’s going to be

Tonight when i am rolling over the Earth’s most lonesome ground
I will think of all the ways next time
I will try not to let you down
I thought that I’d live long enough
That the light would come shining through
Don’t this look like the dark (x3)

Don’t it look like the dark (x3)

Magnolia Electric Co - What Comes After the Blues

Dm......................F
Now who was I, now who am I

C.............................G
Lord what have I done

Dm..................................F
Whistle blow down the B&O

......................C............................................G
Sounds like maybe someone’s time has come
What comes after the blues (x3)
After the blues

You see I nailed my guilt to the back of my eyes
So I see it now before the sun
Now who was I, now who am I
Lord what have I done
What comes after the blues, after the blues (x2)

Now Noah must have had a lot of room on the ark
For all of them broken hearts
Stay with me now old crimson pal
Pain like this will even outlive the dark
They come after the blues, come after the blues (x2)

Backsliders - Throwin' Rocks at the Moon

G.........................D....................C..................G
Colder than the pennies on a dead man's eyes

G.......................D.............C.............G
meaner than a four-ten side-by-side

G.............D...........................C...........G
she's the stuff that makes worlds collide

G..........D...................C.................Em
she's a angel with a dangerous side


Em..........G........................Em
upstairs, razor glidin' on glass

Em............G.............................................Em
upstairs, some strangers hand on her ass

Em..........................G........................................D
upstairs, there's a door being closed in the dark

well she likes to go riding in her sister's car
hanging out the window wishing on a star
beatin' on the dash when the radio dies
making different boys with the look in her eyes

upstairs, her heart's beatin' too fast
upstairs, she swears this one's her last
upstairs, there's a deal going down in the dark

D
maybe in the middle of the night

C.............................G
she'll think about me

D
something won't hit her quite right

C...............................G
and it won't let her be

D
darkness comes swimmin' all around her

C..............................................G
and sleep never follows too soon

D
I'll be standing out in my front yard

C..................................G..........D
throwin' rocks at the moon

boys like to dance when that accordion plays
spinnin' her wheels down the lost highway
kickin' up dust on a dancehall floor
leavin' em thirsty beggin' for more

upstairs, razor glidin' on glass
upstairs, some strangers hand
on her ass upstairs there's a door being closed in the dark

maybe in the middle of the night
she'll think about me
something won't hit her quite right
and it won't let her be
darkness comes swimmin' all around her
and sleep never follows too soon
I'll be standing out in my front yard
throwin' rocks at the moon

throwin' rocks at the moon
throwin' rocks at the moon
throwin' rocks at the moon

Whiskeytown - Further Down the Road

Intro: A...D......A...D......

...........A...................................D
Just a pretty little girl in an Indian gown

..A......................................D
Following the river 'til it gets to town

..A...................................................D
Going to meet her daddy at the railroad line

..A................................................D
Come from Mississippi to his dying wife

.....G............G/F#.......Em
So further down the road

G.....................G/F#................Em
Following the hard dust and snow

................................A.....D
Her daddy would go

Was bored in Indiana until he moved out west
Working for the Mississippi government
Was going to be a sheriff but he wouldn't use a gun
Didn't want to die on his daughter and his son
So further down the road
Following the hard dirt and the snow
Her daddy would go

Just a pretty little girl in an Indian gown
Following the river 'til it gets to town
Going to meet her daddy at the railroad line
Come from Mississippi to his dying wife
He's was bored in Indiana until he moved out west
Working for the Mississippi government
Was going to be a sheriff but he wouldn't to use a gun
Didn't want to die on his daughter and his son
Further down the road
Traveling the hard dirt and the snow
Her daddy would go
Her daddy would go
Just a pretty little girl in an Indian gown
Just a pretty little girl in an Indian gown
Yeah, just a pretty little girl in an Indian gown
She's just a pretty little girl in an Indian gown
Just a pretty little girl in an Indian gown
Just a pretty little girl in an Indian gown

Wrinkle Neck Mules - Okeechobee

G......................D...........................C
Looks like it’s time to trim the fat

G.................D...................................C
Digging a hole right through the glades

...................G....................D
And by the time we get through

................Em.....................C
Well I’ll have no use for you

G..........................D.................................C
Won’t you be so proud of the mess I made?


................G.....................D.................C.............Am
With my sweet, sweet, sweet Okeechobee

G............................................................D..................................C
Running through the shallows with cottonmouth cypress knees

................G.....................D.....................C.......................G
Yeah my sweet, sweet, sweet Okeechobee’s calling me

............................................D......................................C
With a forearm tan and a bottle that’s where I’ll be

One time I brought a woman friend home with me
For too damn long she couldn’t stand the heat
Nor mosquitoes
She said I had to choose, but she never thought she’d lose
But when it comes to the one I love its plain to see

With my sweet, sweet, sweet Okeechobee
Running through the shallows with cottonmouth cypress knees
Yeah my sweet, sweet, sweet Okeechobee’s calling me
With a forearm tan and a bottle that’s where I’ll be

A four-wheel drive
And a three-gun rack
Two-eyed stove
And a one-room shack
Yeah my paint job’s starting to peel
And there’s a crack in my windshield
But you can bet each time I leave I’ll be looking back

To my sweet, sweet, sweet Okeechobee
Holy black water with sawgrass and citrus trees
Yeah my sweet, sweet, sweet Okeechobee’s calling me
With a forearm tan and a bottle that’s where I’ll be
Yeah you can find me
With a forearm tan and a bottle that’s where I’ll be
Yeah you can find me
With a forearm tan and a bottle that’s where I’ll be

William Elliott Whitmore - Rest His Soul

G........................................F......C....G
We were living proof of a dying dream

G................F.................C..........G
truth is no one saw us coming

G..............................F...............C..................G
and there's always one more song left to sing

G........F......................C...........G
so we hit the ground running

and it was all for the light, the spark, and the moment
for our miracle point
and the needle raised up and the record stopped spinning
but the music kept going

D..........................F..........C..........G
rest his soul and lay him down

......D.......................................F.........................C...........G
the spirit is willing but the flesh can not be found

D.............F............C.............G
bless his soul and lay him down

well honey covered by the tedium of other men's ways
our path was all wrong
and mindless, endless nights and days
the best that I've known

and it was all for the reason, for the pure simple truth
for those that have come and have gone
sometimes I just don't know what to do
but to just keep on

rest his soul and lay him down
the spirit is willing but the flesh can not be found
bless his soul and lay him down
the spirit is willing but the flesh is in the ground
my brother, my brother why won't you go on home
your love ones miss you and we've gone too long
bless his soul and lay him down

Kudzu Kings - Hangover Heart

G...............................................C.........................G
I woke up this morning once again I was the jester

..............................................................................D
I'm paying for last night's drowning memories of you

G.............................................C...........................G
I stumble to the bathroom looking for some asprin

.............................................D...........................G
an empty box of Kotex reminds me we're through

I'm at the breakfast table trying all solutions
putting Baileys in my coffee, vodka in my juice
I'm all out of champagne I guess there's no mimosas
thank you bloody mary for putting me to use

G...................................................C............G..............G.G/F#.Em
now that I've sobered up from the love of a lifetime

Em............C................D..............G
I can't get over this hangover heart

G..............................................C............................G.....G.G/F#.Em
I'm sleeping in my clothes again telling friends I'm fine

Em.............C...............D...............G
I can't get over this hangover heart

Em............................C.................D..............G
I just can't seem to shake this hangover heart

well Kentucky bourbon hardly scratched the surface
there's an empty bottle by my bed just the same
the hair of the dog just turns around and bites me
while my head is ringing the bells sing your name

now that I've sobered up from the love of a lifetime
I can't get over this hangover heart
I'm sleeping in my clothes again telling friends I'm fine
I can't get over this hangover heart
I just can't seem to shake this hangover heart

Great Lake Swimmers - Moving, Shaking

Intro: C...G...Fmaj7...C

............C......................G...............Fmaj7...C
I can’t write, I can’t sing, I can’t play
My insides have been broken
My inspiration has flown away
And it’s hard to see all the little things

There’s a universe in a crack in the wall
Or an ant crawling across a broken tile
But it’s hard to see all the little things
When the big things get in the way

I can’t eat, I can’t sleep, I can’t think straight
I did not know it could be like this
Some things are better off being left alone
There are things that are best left unknown

Oh hands, don’t fail me now
They’re the only things I have left
Oh fingers, don’t let me down now
They’re the only things that I’ve got

Oh world come, come crashing down now
Oh hands don’t fail me now
Oh let me become deaf and mute to this
Oh hands don’t fail me now

Fmaj7...........C................G..........Fmaj7
I’m carrying my life in a cardboard box

...............C..................G
I carry a bag on my back
I’m carrying my life in a cardboard box
I carry a bag on my back

Oh hands, don’t fail me now
They’re the only things that I’ve got
Oh fingers, don’t let me down now
Oh hands don’t fail me now
Oh elbows fall down around me
Oh hands don’t fail me now
Oh fingers don’t let me down now
Oh hands don’t fail me now

Elephant Micah - Circular (a.k.a. Wild Goose Chase)

.........Em........G..........C...........G
well I do not love to ramble around

.........Em
no I don’t

......C........G...........D
I don’t

......Em.......G...................C.....................G
and if that makes me a home-loving man

............Em
then I am

....C.......G...........D
I am

C........D........................G............C
for why enter in on a circular path?

..........D................G.........................C
on a pilgrimage leading straight back

............................................................G
to where I know that I’ll drop my guitar

..........C................G...................D
I’ll abandon my car on the highway

..........C...............G
don’t send me away

...........C.............................G.....................D
don’t set me upon some wild goose chase

......Em............D....................G
for freedom for money for love

from Portland west to Portland east
yes indeed
oh indeed
Albuquerque and Montreal
that’s not all
that’s not all
San Francisco, Chicago
oh no
oh no
Cleveland, Tuscon, Buffalo
oh no
oh no
For why turn in on a circular path?
on a pilgrimage leading straight back
to where I know that I’ll drop my guitar
I’ll abandon my car on the highway
don’t send me away
don’t set me upon some wild goose chase
for freedom
for money
for love
‘cause I do not love to ramble around
no I don’t
I don’t

Elephant Micah - Naive Attraction

.......................G....................................................................C
When you're ready to go row your rowboat away from the action

..................F..................................C........................G
just leave foes in the throws of a naive attraction
to the side of your heart that they know is the hardest to locate
it's an art that is lost on the artist to who we all relate

if the grip of the city pollutes you don't try to slow down
salute them by turning around in the form of a showdown
take a bow to the river if it washes away something that's wrong
take a bow to the crowd to remember your finest song

Blue Mountain - Myrna Lee

D

Well She's the only one I get up for

D

Go down to the station, she's a waiting there.

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

Myrna Lee, I'm alone in this city.

I saw a vision of Myrna Lee,
In a foggy dark window
Myrna Lee, Like it used to be.

Em...............................A...................................Em..........A
Your the only one I've waited for all this time.

Em..............G...................................D

Myrna Lee, we're together, you and me.

Alejandro Escovedo - Broken Bottle

G..............D.....................C............G
If I could reveal what I feel for you

.................D......................C..........D
mark my words with a gentle kiss

G...............D................C.............G
like Saint George I'd slay the dragon

............D...........G
just to find I'd lost

from outside this window there's walls between
outside is outside and that's where I'll be
I'll be wrapped in the morning dew
just to find you gone

pour me a drink from a broken bottle
fill my glass with the dirty water
what I've lost is gone what I've gained has no name
I'll take my leave once more

La chapelle a la mor, la chapelle a la mor
fools for love in any language
sometimes get burned by the heat of beauty
just to find she's gone

love is a scar that I wear for you
like a crown of thorns, like a bad tattoo
I wear sin like a ring of beauty
just to find you've gone

so pour me a drink from a broken bottle
fill my glass with the dirty water
what I've lost is gone what I've gained has no name
I'll take my leave once more

so pour me a drink from a broken bottle
fill my glass with the dirty water
what I've lost is gone what I've gained has no name
I'll take my leave once more

Richmond Fontaine - Winner's Casino

G.............Em
Drop me off

C.......................................G................Em
you can leave me there alone

....G.........................Em...............D
in Winnemucca

G..........Em....C...................G
I don't need anyone else around

Em.......................G..................................Em.............D
and I don't need to know anyone from town

C..................................G...................D
just put my heart in Gasoline

C........................................G................D
and some money in my pocket

Em...............C........................G
leave me at Winner's Casino

Em...............G.....................Em..............D
and let me disappear for awhile

Cause I just need some time to drop below that
line 'cause
it seems like the only place I know
where nothing's in decline 'cause
there's nothing to do but rise
And all I ask is for a little money and some time
and maybe
if I come back I'll be sane for a while

It doesn't have to be that town
I've just always liked it there
at least if I lose myself
it'll be in a place that felt clear
And all I ask is for a little money and some time
and maybe I'll be sane for a while

Old 97s - Color of a Lonely Heart is Blue

Tune down a whole step

...............C..................................G
well the suns done gone dont hand me no light

.......Dm........................................F
the moon and the man will be rollin all night

C......................G..........................Dm
scorpios up a leading ol dan to pasture

and the hours behind are all ways to few
the miles between cant begin to undo
the feeling you will never see another like her

damn the lonesome ways and the young and foolish days
and the kid who made the man who'd leave you
with the sink of the ship, im going to dip into that hue
till i color me like i colored you

the color of a lonely heart, and the color of a lonely heart is blue
the color of a lonely heart is blue,the color of a lonely heart is blue,the color of a lonely heart is blue,the color of a lonely heart is blue...

stars go off like flash pot dots that spark under candle power and stop.
lift up your light cuz you'll never see a night thats blacker
and the weight of it all gets heavier still
time as it crawls a little slower until
scorpios up a leading ol dan to cancer

damn the lonesome ways and the young and foolish days
and the kid who made the man who'd leave you
with the sink of the ship, im going to dip into that hue
till i color me like i colored you

the color of a lonely heart, and the color of a lonely heart is blue
the color of a lonely heart is blue,the color of a lonely heart is blue,the color of a lonely heart is blue,the color of a lonely heart is blue...

Old 97s - My Two Feet

G.......D
Baby trust me

Am.........................C
Your television is empty

Em...............................D
I try to tell you babe you can’t see

You’re turned on
Headstrong
It’s hurting now but it won’t be long
I’ve got a habit of moving on

.................C................................G
It gets so lonesome you don’t know

...................C......................G
It’s such a lonely way to go

.......C.............C/B................Am
I’m going on down the mountain

....................................................G
on my two feet and I’m going slow
I’m going on down the mountain
on my two feet and I’m going slow

Right there, upstairs
I’m dressed and unprepared
For the moment baby you don’t care

You’re so fine, so fine
For the moment baby you were mine
I ain’t saying it was by design

It gets so lonesome you don’t know
It’s such a lonely way to go
I’m going on down the mountain on my two feet and I’m going slow
I’m going on down the mountain on my two feet and I’m going slow

G.........................C......Em......D
Sometimes you’re 17
Sometimes you’re 65
Sometimes you’re giving it your best try
And nothing’s right and nothing’s right
You get a second chance
It’s with you every day
You know it’s always been that way
You make it stay
You make it stay
I bet you said what have I done to deserve this mess
That’s as easy as a question gets
Well, you should have said yes
But you couldn’t care less
It gets so lonesome you don’t know
It’s such a lonely way to go
I’m going on down the mountain on my two feet and I’m going slow
I’m going on down the mountain on my two feet and I’m going slow

Neko Case - I Wish I Was the Moon

C........................C/B
Chimney falls and lovers blaze

Am.......................F
Thought that I was young

.............C.........................C/B
Now i've freezing hands and bloodless veins

Am...................F
As numb as I've become

F
I'm so tired

Fm............................C
I wish I was the moon tonight

Last night I dreamt I had forgotten my name
'Cause I had sold my soul but awoke just the same
I'm so lonely
I wish I was the moon tonight

God blessed me, I'm a free man
With no place free to go
I'm paralyzed and collared-tight
No pills for what I fear

This is crazy
I wish I was the moon tonight

Chimney falls and lovers blaze
Thought that I was young
Now I've freezing hands & bloodless veins
As numb as i've become

I'm so tired,
I wish I was the moon tonight

F.....................................................C
How will you know if you found me at last

C..............................................C/B
'Cause i'll be the one, be the one, be the one

............Am.............F
With my heart in my lap

F..........................Fm
I'm so tired, I'm so tired

Fm............................C
I wish I was the moon tonight

The Thrills - The Midnight Choir (Mandolin Intro)

E:--3--3-3-2-0--2--2-2--0
A:--2--2-2-2-0--0--0-0--0
D:--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0--0
G:--0--0-0-0-0--2--2-2--2 2x


E:--3-3-5-5-
A:--2-2-2-2-
D:----------
G:---------- keep repeating

Levon Helm - The Mountain

G.....................................................Em
I was born on this mountain a long, long time ago

..............C...............................................................D
Before they knocked down the timber and they strip-minded all the coal

G........................................................Em
When you rose up in the morning before it was daylight

.........C...................................................G
To go down the that dark hole and come back up at night


I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home
She holds me and she keeps me from a worry and woe
Well, they took everything she game, she gave me now she's gone
But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home

I was young on this mountain but now I am old
And I know every holler, every cool swimming hole
Till one night I lay down and I woke up to find
That my childhood was over I went back down in the mine

There's a hole in this mountain, it's dark and it's deep
And God only knows all the secrets that it keeps
There's a chill in the air only miners can feel
There's ghost in the tunnels that the company sealed

Drive-By Truckers - Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife

Capo 1


.....G..........A.........Em
e:---3----------3----------3
B:---3----------3----------3
G:---0----------2----------0
D:---0----------2----------2
A:---2----------0----------2
E:---3----------x----------0


When he reached the gates of heaven
He didn’t understand
He knew that folks were coming over
Or was it all a dream?
Was it all a crazy dream?

He saw them playing there before him
What were they doing there?
It felt like home, It must be alright
Or is it just a dream?
Is it just a crazy dream?

Memories replay before him
All the tiny moments of his life
Laying round in bed on a Saturday morning
Two daughters and a wife
Two daughters and a beautiful wife

Meanwhile on Earth his friends came over
Shocked and horrified
Dolls and flowers at the storefront
Everybody cried
Everybody cried and cried

Is there vengeance up in heaven?
Are those things left behind?
Maybe everyday is Saturday morning
Two daughters and a wife
Two daughters and a beautiful wife
Two daughters and a beautiful wife

Magnolia Electric Co - Texas 71

E.............A...................G#m
Now I think twice about every bargain

E.................A................................G#m
Everything I’ve had and what I’ve walked out on

F#m........G#m......A
All the lone star horizon (x2)


The ones I leave and the ones ahead
The chance I had and the choice instead
All the lone star horizons (x2)

Now which one of these can I not outrun
And which one of these can I
All the lone star horizons (x2)

.............E....D...A
Baby down Texas ‘71

........E....D...A
Down Texas ‘71 (x3)
All the lone star horizons (Texas ‘71) (x3)

Magnolia Electric Co - Nashville Moon

A.......................E
How many ghosts will I meet on the road

.......D
That depends

............A
How hard you running

A........
And that depends

.............E.....................D...............................A
Which ones you know and which ones know that you’ll be coming

E........................Bm
How far away is that Nashville moon

.......D
That depends

..............A
Where did she leave you
And how many miles til my mistakes catch up
That depends
Which ones you’re counting
And that depends
What you’re forgetting again
Does it matter whose side I’m on
Or does that depend
Baby on the fight
Does it matter that every star fell from the sky
Or does that depend
Baby on the night
How far away is that Nashville Moon
That depends
Which road you taking
I’ve been on that road and it was darkness end to end
And I just headed for the dark again
How far am I from living my whole life
Only in the dark (x2)
I’d say friend
You know that depends on how close you are

Silver Jews - Suffering Jukebox

G Em D C

G.....................................Em
Cranes on the downtown skyline is a sight to see for some

D.........................................C
it ought to make a few reputations in the cult of number one
all these seconds turns these minutes into hours of the day
all these doubles drive the dollars and the light of day away

G...............................Em
suffering jukebox such a sad machine

G.................................Em
you offer up what other people need

D......................................D7
and they never seem to turn you up loud

C
got a lot of chatterboxes in this croud

suffering jukebox in a happy town
you're over in the corner breaking down
they always seem to keep you way down low
the people in this town don't want to know

well I guess all that mad misery must make it seem true to you
but money lights your world up, you're trapped what can you do?
you've got Tennessee tendencies and chemical dependencies
you make the same old jokes and mallet strokes(?) on cue

suffering jukebox such a sad machine
you offer up what other people need
pollution(?), damnation, and guilt
make you wonder why you were ever built

suffering jukebox in a happy town
you're over in the corner breaking down
they always seem to keep you way down low
the people in this town don't want to know

Mark Olson - Sandy Denny

Capo 5

Intro: C F


C...........Em/B........F
Once Sandy Denny was young

.........Dm........F............G
And she wore a school girl's uniform

F..................................G...............F
Windows of our lives become boarded up in time

G*
Decisions made for spite

F
And we're unprepared for life

......F..............G
The things we dislike in others

C............F
We find in ourselves

C...................F
Summer left us with one
Summer left us with one
Summer left us with one

Acting like a boy with a man
Music halls like belonging
They scatter in the wind
Fruits stands bend and break in the distance

Decisions made for spite
And we're unprepared for life
The things we dislike in others
We find in ourselves

Summer left us with one
Summer left us with one
Summer left us with one

Am........C.........F........Am
And I remember I broke in hello

......C
The way the bottles flew
F..................Am
And so we go on alone

Fruits stands bend and break in the distance

Decisions made for spite
And we're unprepared for life
The things we dislike in others
We find in ourselves

Summer left us with one
Summer left us with one
Summer left us with one

Once Sandy Denny was young
And she wore a school girl's uniform



G*

e: 3
B: 3
G: 4
D: 5
A: x
E: x

Mark Olson - Salvation Blues

Capo III

C........................F
There's such joy and sweet moments

F.....................G
To be found in this world

C...................F
We know they'll come to an end

F.......................G
Just how makes our hearts hurt

C..............................F
Salvation blues and these blues will help us all


Am.................Em
No light like your light

..................F
'Til we do something good

Dm...................Em
In the morning, the things we once did

Am...........G..............F
Overboard, false friends ignored


C...............................F
All these long ends and the gifts we had to give

E....................F..............Em
How did we live? Tuesday is trash day

Am..........G.............F
Leave the clothes outside the door

C.............................F
Salvation blues and these blues will help us all

There's all kinds of death tricks
Roamin' in these hills
There's all kinds of medicine
That will make you ill
Salvation blues and these blues will help us all

No light like your light
'Til we do something good
In the morning, the things we once did
Overboard, false friends ignored

All these long ends and the gifts we had to give
How did we live? Tuesday is trash day
Leave the clothes outside the door
Salvation blues and these blues will help us all

There's such joy and sweet moments
To be found in this world
There's such joy and sweet moments
To be found in this world

Such joy in sweet moments
To be found in this world
There's such joy and sweet moments
To be found in this world

Silver Jews - Strange Victory, Strange Defeat

D
Squirrels imported from Connecticut
Just in time for fall

G
How much fun is a lot more fun
not much fun at all


D
What’s with all the handsome grandsons
In these rock band magazines

G
What have they done with the fat ones
The bald and the goateed


D
Strange victory

D*
Strange victory

Em
Strange victory

G
Strange defeat

Tale is told of a band of squirrels
Who lived in defiance of defeat
They woke up in a nightmare world
Craving mediocrity

They said
We’re coming out of the black patch
We’re coming out of the pocket
We’re calling into question
Such virtue gone to seed

Strange victory, strange defeat

D*

e: 2
B: 2
G: 2
D: 0
A: x
E: x

Richmond Fontaine - Water Wars

Intro: Am Am7 Am Am7

Am...................Em
My roommate was sleeping

F...........G
I took his keys and a hundred bucks

Am........Em...................G
headed out till his car broke down outside of Tuscon

Am..........Em
went on a bender

F.........G
I ended up in the can

Am......Em.........G
no use calling anyone, they gave up on me years ago


F.............C
the west is sprawling

G................Am
from the northwest central valley

F...............C
way I lived in Las Vegas

G................Am
and I made my way through the sunbelt state

F.............C......Am.......G....................F
the west is falling, its falling just as hard as I am


got a job in a warehouse in L.A.
growing faster now grows(?)
I was loading boxes
that no on needs and I can't afford
once again I give up on me before I even begin

the west is falling
the water wars have just begun
and the west is falling
the strip malls and planed estates
and the west is falling
its falling just as fast as I am

I ended up in the back of a truck
with a guy that had two black eyes
he was drunk and laughing at an indian casino
maybe they'll finally get their revenge
he took a drink and he laughed again

the west is sprawling
from the northwest central valley
way I lived in Las Vegas
and I made my way through the sunbelt state
and the west is falling
the water wars have just begun
wait until the aquifers are done
and the west is falling
west is falling
west is falling

Richmond Fontaine - Through

C....................G
You walked with a limp

C........................G
and I was worried about that

Bb..................Am
but it turned out alright

.......G....................F
turned out that you were ok

and they pulled the car up
they helped you to the ground
never met anyone like you
who wasn't always so fucked up, blue


..........C
and I know

......../B............Am
well I know that I can't

G..............F
feel that way too

..Em...........Dm
I won't get so bleak

....G.................C
and I won't feel so blue

......./B..............Am
and I know that I can't

G................F
feel that way too

Em.........................Dm
I'd rather know what its like

G..............F............G
to feel so through


..........F
I feel so through

G
I just got to figure out how not to

Am..G..F


C......................G
can't you just come down

C.......................G
can't you just come down

Am.....G..........F
can't you just come

.......................G
can't you just come down


the three of us left
I was trailing behind
with it all set up like that
I thought I'd never see you again

you can find me in the corner or in the back
under any sort of red light
I can make it outside
you know I can make it there alright

and I know
well I know that I can't
feel that way too
I won't get so bleak
and I won't feel so blue
and I know that I can't
feel that way too
I'd rather know what its like
to feel so through

I feel so through
I just got to figure out how not to

can't you just come down
can't you just come down
can't you just come
can't you just come down
come down

Gary Louris - She Only Calls Me On Sundays

Capo I

e:------0-0---0-0---------0
B:------0-0---0-0---------2
G:------1-1---1-1---------2
D:------2-2---2-2-------2-2
A:------2-2-2-2-2---------0
E:----0-0-0--------0-4-----


E......................A.......E
She only calls me on Sundays

.......................B7
when she's had her fill

...................A.........E
of red wine and cigarettes

....................D......B7
and prescription pills

C#m.......G#
someday soon

.........A....................F#
she'll be going somewhere else

.......E..............B7
she'll reach for the bottle

.........A.........E
and the phone ooh


E.....................B7
the time we spent together

.....A....................E
was how we stayed so strong
I'd give up all my possessions
to hold you in my arms
all the years I've wasted
all the glories won
all the failures tasted
couldn't bring you home

Drag the River - Lost Angel Saloon

G
Left home when you turned 18

C............................G
what'd you expect to find here

G
run around with every boy you meet

D
living on dreams and cheap beer

G
twenty one years are coming quick

C........................G
God I hope it happens soon

G........................D
let me be the first to welcome you

........C...........G
to the lost angel saloon

your pretty young face is aging fast
living this hard life
little sleep and a lot of speed
you'll be looking fine when you're out tonight

hopping box cars to dirty strip bars
don't it make your heart ache
let me be the first to welcome you
to the lost angel saloon

C.....................G.........G/F#.....Em
ain't talked to your mama in over a year

D/F#......G
her worst fears are realized

C...............D
I can tell just how you feel

..........Em....................A
when you show me your sad smile

C
can't cover it up

C................D..................Em
are you gonna die or get tougher

sunrise on new years day
laying on the beach
you clean up and put on your face
in the back of a limousine

your star is shining brighter than most
the memories hurt so you drink till they don't
let be the first to welcome you home
to the lost angel saloon

Old 97s - No Baby I

Tuned down one whole step


G
The lights were low but I was lower

........................................D
The radio was playing somewhere else

G
The room was full of surface tension

.................................D
I was only thinking ‘bout myself

NC.......D
No baby I

..........Em
No baby I

.........Bm...........A
No baby I don’t want to see you hurt

..................D.................Em
You got them tears they fall like pearls

...................G
Blame it on gravity, yeah

.......................D
Blame it on being a girl

The room was full of undertakers
Movers and martini shakers gone
The reaper left at 7:30
Took off in a taxi with a blonde

A
The difference between us

G
Is way down on the inside

A.........................G
It’s very tricky business

No baby I
No baby I
No baby I don’t want to see you hurt
You got them tears
They fall like pearls
Blame it on gravity, yeah
Blame it on being a girl
Blame it on gravity, yeah
Blame it on being a girl
Here’s a toast to no good Friday
I was bound to do it my way wrong
Strum it on a telecaster
Sing it like a train disaster song
The difference between us
Is way down on the inside
And it’s very tricky business
No baby I
No baby I
No baby I don’t want to see you hurt
You got them tears they fall like pearls
Blame it on gravity, yeah
Blame it on being a girl
Blame it on gravity, yeah
Blame it on being a girl

Drag the River - Crocodile

D..............G..A.....D
I know you're not that strong

D.........G...................G/F#......Em........G
but if you were we would've gotten along this time

D...........G
I was only hanging out

D....................Bm
Just waitin' for my wings

D..............G..........A.......D
Just wasting time with you it seems

I know you're not already there
because if you were you wouldn't mind what i said all the time
you were mistaken, i was misunderstood
i'd never hurt you if i could


Bm
The thing that i could never relate

.......F#m.......................F#
is the thing that i never would trade

G
trying not to settle down

.......A..................G
yeah, i'm trying all the time

D.......................D/C#
Hanging on breaking ground

Bm...........................A
sounding like some other sound

.......G......................G/F#
if you hear this anywhere tonight

...Em....G
it's a liar

So late at night on your radio
at the end of the dial but too slow to mind these times

I was only hanging out, waiting for my wings
Just wasting time with you it seems
You were mistaken
Oh and I was misunderstood
I'd never hurt you if I could
No I wouldn't hurt you if I could

Scud Mountain Boys - Scratch Ticket

Capo II


G...............D
How soon it all fades away

G.......Bm.............F..............D
The money and strength of my failing will

G.................D
Down by the shore we're today

G...Bm......F.......D
I lost a ticket of life to feel

Em........F................G
And there's no way I can get it all back again

Em.....F.............D...........D7
Don't know where I am

The three bucks my cold hands and chemicals
The ticket to write and some guy to call
But how soon it all fades away
The money and strength of a failing will
But there's no way I can get it all back again
Don't know where I am


Em..F........G
Oooh Scratch ticket

Dm..Am..G
Oooh

Mark Olson and Gary Louris - Turn Your Pretty Name Around

Intro: F* Bb

Dm......................F
And then came disappointment

Bb..............F
a path for my feet

F.............C
when I was around you

Bb..................F
what's found is yours to keep

say that I'm your one and only
it's love I have for you
must have watched from your garden
oh say you'll come to stay

...........F*...............................Bb
you've gone and let someone turn your pretty name around

..........F*................................Bb
you've gone and let someone turn your pretty name around

..........F*................................Bb
you've gone and let someone turn your pretty name around

C...Bb...F

and in times that I've wondered
what is right for me to do
stand out on my corner
hoping my streets will lead to you

just a side of you glory
like the time and time before
never meant to beg or borrow
sleep outside your little door

you've gone and let someone turn your pretty name around
you've gone and let someone turn your pretty name around
you've gone and let someone turn your pretty name around


Bb.................................F
when we put our arms around each

.........Bb......C
it's not hard to tell

Bb.....................C
that your loving someone else

you've gone and let someone turn your pretty name around
you've gone and let someone turn your pretty name around
you've gone and let someone turn your pretty name around

F*
e:-0
B:-1
G:-2
D:-3
A:-x
E:-x

Mark Olson and Gary Louris - Bloody Hands

Capo II

Em
Was a girl

G
such a pretty girl

Em.....................G
hunched over an old man

Em
she wore a smile

C
such a crooked smile

F................................G
she had blood stains on her hands

C.................................G
she had blood stains on her hands

not so long
not so far away
a woman and her man
took a walk
just a sunday walk
on the outskirts of town
and he knocked that woman down


...........Bb.......F.........Em.......A
what the mind forgets the soul reclaims

C..................G
all my love's in vain

was a man
such a twisted man
he had something on his mind
for a child
and unwanted child
so he swung her round and round
and the river took her down

what the mind forgets the soul reclaims
all my love's in vain

golden curls
like her mothers own
the spirit of a man
all the while
she grew up single mind
to avenge her mother's soul
to avenge her mother's soul

what the mind forgets the soul reclaims
all my love's in vain

what the mind forgets the soul reclaims
all my love's in
all my love's in vain

Justin Townes Earle - The Good Life

G........................C........................G
Well since you’ve left I’ve had no place to be

........D............................G
I’ll spend most everyday doing as I please

G..........................G7...............C................A7
I’ve got pockets full of money; hear a jingle when I walk

.............G..........D..........G
Yeah it’s a good life from now on

Now if I walk down the street everybody knows my name
They all step aside and let me go my way
They all smile and snicker and some won’t talk at all
Yeah it’s a good life from now on

.........C...................................G
Oh and all the fancy restaurants won’t let me wait inside

.......D...........................................G
They serve me out the backdoor and never ask for a dime

G...........................G7...............C.......................A7
So you tell me what I’m missing and I’ll tell you where you’re wrong

.............G..........D...........G
Yeah it’s a good life from now on

Well now I could go anywhere and live this way
I could catch a first class trip on a mountain bound train
Yeah ‘cause I’ve got nothing left here to keep me hanging on
Yeah it’s a good life from now on
Yeah it’s a good life for me from now on

John Doe - Golden State

D.............G...........A
You are the hole in my head

..D........G...........A
I am the pain in your neck

......D.......G...........A
You are the lump in my throat

..D.......G.......A.......G
I am the aching in your heart

.........Em
We are tangled
..........G
We are stolen

.........C.........................A
We are living where things are hidden

You are something in my eye
And I am the shiver down your spine
You are on the lick of my lips
And I am on the tip of your tongue
We are tangled
We are stolen
We are buried up to our necks in sand

........D
We are luck

.........Em
We are fate

...............G.......................A
We are the feeling you get in the golden state

.........D
We are love

.........Em
We are hate

..............G........................A
We are the feeling I get when you walk away….

.......Em......G........A
Walk away

Well you are the dream in my nightmare
I am that falling sensation
You are not needles and pills
I am your hangover morning
We are tangled
We are stolen
We are living where things are hidden

We are luck
We are fate
We are the feeling you get in the golden state
We are love
We are hate
We are the feeling I get when you walk away
Walk away
Walk away

You are the hole in my head
You are the pain in your neck
You are the lump in my throat
I am the aching in your heart