Gram Parsons - In My Hour of Darkness

F
In my hour of darkness
In my time of need

C
Oh, Lord grant me vision

Bb.........................F
Oh, Lord grant me speed


Once I knew a young man
Went driving through the night
Miles and miles without a word
With just his high-beam lights

Bb...............................F
Who'd have ever thought they'd build such

Bb........................F
a deadly Denver bend

C
To be so strong, to take as long as

Bb....................F
it would till the end


In my hour of darkness
In my time of need
Oh, Lord grant me vision
Oh, Lord grant me speed

Another young man safely strummed his
silver string guitar
And he played to people everywhere
Some say he was a star
But he was just a country boy,
his simple songs confess
And the music he had in him,
so very few possess

In my hour of darkness
In my time of need
Oh, Lord grant me vision
Oh, Lord grant me speed

Then there was an old man
Kind and wise with age
And he read me just like a book and he
never missed a page
And I loved him like my father
And I loved him like my friend
And I knew his time would shortly come
but I did not know just when

In my hour of darkness
In my time of need
Oh, Lord grant me vision
Oh, Lord grant me speed
Oh, Lord grant me vision
Oh, Lord grant me speed

Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle - Officer Down

G
officer down

.........................C
Juliet Echo November

.............G
and the room falls apart but we'll pick it up

.............................C
and put it back together

Em..............................G
wake me up early and get dressed

........................C
and take me to breakfast

.........Em...............................G
and I don't even notice you coughing

.............C
into my coffee

........Em............G.............C
it's a shot in the dark but I don't think that

................Am
I've fallen further

Em.........G..........C
beautiful storms dancing like

...............Am
vodka December

........................C
like vodka December


drunk while you're asleep
I sneak around the bed like a burglar
and you don't even notice when
I knock over your glass of water
it's hard to be a good man listening
to the Drive-By Truckers
but you're so good to me it's weird
I think I'm happy
it's a shot in the dark but I don't think that
I've fallen further
beautiful storms dancing like
vodka December
like vodka December

pick me up from work
Juliet Echo November
how was you're day, I'm ok
what do you want for dinner
tired and kinda of crazy
what would you name the baby
but for everything we've got
and you mean everything to me
it's a shot in the dark but I don't think that
I've fallen further
beautiful storms dancing like
vodka December
like vodka December
like vodka December
like vodka December

Magnolia Electric Co - Shenandoah

Bm................E......................A
Shenandoah how long will I miss you

Bm.................E........................A
tonight you're far away as the Kentucky moon

........F#m..................E...........................Bm
and I know you hold a secret of mine or two

Bm...............E................................A
tonight little darling my heart's with you

Wabash between us
fill the cannonball blues
maybe I really did see the light
halfway to Heaven's fine, but I could not be sure
halfway is all there ever was
and I know that you hold a secret of yours or two
tonight little darling my heart's with you

there's just so much a man can miss
and just no end to what he can regret
and I'm holding on to whatever hope shall get through
and tonight little darling my heart's with you
tonight little darling my heart's with you

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Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle - The 2nd Time

C.....C/B.......Am......F
they thought I was sad

.........................C
cause I was not invited

....................C............C/b
but put your hand to close

.......Am
to my mouth when you feed me

F....................G
I just have to bite it

C......C/B...Am..................F............F.....................F
they all want jobs with good pay, benefits, and perks

C.....C/B........Am....................F
I'm better at doing nothing at all

G..................................C
and making it look like work


C...............................................F
how can the second time be an accident

...................C.............................F
how can the second time be an accident

....................C.........................C/B
didn't you know what would happen

................Am
could you smell that one coming

F
well where was your head at

.....G
oh I work hard

.....F
on something I believe in

G
stolen car

F
shipping and receiving

I wish I was smooth around the edges
with I was able to jump up ledges and catch my balance
wish I could hope for something too big to come true
oh I wish I could wish enough
and maybe hope for you

how can the second time be an accident
how can the second time be an accident
didn't you know what would happen
could you smell that one coming
well where was your head at
oh I work hard
on something I believe in
stolen car
shipping and receiving

how can the second time be an accident
how can the second time be an accident...

Magnolia Electric Co - O! Grace

Capo IV

D......................................Bm
she said I've been the stockyard's pony

.................D.............................Bm............A
she said I've been the mountain engine's roll

........G............................D
from Chicago to West Virginia

...................Bm.......................A...............Em
I've been as lonesome as the world's first ghost

G.......................................D
as lonesome as the world's first ghost

but out here even the prairie doubts the horizon
all I have to do is prove that I'm not pure
oh the right words come but I ain't talking
the devil's mean but he's honest just as sure
oh he is honest just as sure

A..................................G.......D
oh grace when you stop believing

A.......................................G........D
that don't mean that it just goes away

........A..........................G........D
it's a long way between horizons

...............Bm........A.........Em
and it gets farther every day

G....A.....G.....D
oh grace, oh grace

oh grace when you stop believing
that don't mean that it just goes away
it's a long way between horizons
and it gets farther every day
oh grace, oh grace

she says but I know a man who's heart is restless
he's never home and he's never gone
and he had some good things but he lost them
like everything he ever set his heart upon
oh that he set that heart upon

oh boy if you stop believing
that don't mean that I just walk away
it's a long way between horizons
and it gets farther every day
oh grace
oh grace

Austin Lucas - Singing Man

Capo IV

D...A...G...D
D...C...G
D...A...G...D
D...C...G...A

.......D....................A
on a long winding road

...............G...............D
neath the passing of crows

D..........................C.................G
sat a girl speaking soft to the heavens

and though so crowned with locks of gold
she was without companion
but not without hopefuls to walk her home

and as the liberty would be mine
on one night in the autumn
I took care to be more than a dance

for she'd been courted by kings
but the kings were not worthy
and the path unto her heart would elude them

......Em................A
so I followed her home

.......F#m...............G
until breathlessly I said

...............D.........................C.................G
here's my hand won't you take it oh won't you, oh

I may be small in your eyes
compared to the mighty
but won't you love this poor singing man

so like water molds the earth
I was swept up in the current
but I held fast and Lord I saw her turning

like some dark and foreign sky
she was fierce and yet silent
as she held this poor singing man

I had followed her home
until breathlessly she said
here's my hand won't you take oh won't you, oh

you are not weak and not small
in my eyes you are mine
I do love you, oh, singing man
I said I do love you, oh, singing man
I said I do love you, oh, singing man

on a long winding road
neath the passing of crows
sat a girl speaking soft to the heavens

Dexateens - Grandaddy's Mouth

D.....................Am.................C
fanning out the flames

..............G................D
trying to put the fire out

....................Am
driving hard rain

.........C.............................G..............D
won't put those hot coals out

digging deep again
trying to get past a man's skin
forget what lies within
cause we all bleed crimson out

Am............C..........D.............Am
no one can say it's just down south

Am.....C................D...........Am
can't explain grandaddy's mouth

Am......C................D.............Am
if your words ain't no damn good

...............G
you're no good

bury in the shame
trying to find someone to blame
friends that come and change
but spread those fires out

no one can say it's just down south
can't explain grandaddy's mouth
if your words ain't no damn good
you're no good

.......Am......................C
and good for one thing we

...................Am
can't do without

...............C
one thing we

....................Am
can't do without

...............C......................G
one thing we can't do without

no one can say it's just down south
can't explain grandaddy's mouth
if your words ain't no damn good
you're no good

Austin Lucas - Fountain of Youth

D
if I were a little wiser here's what I'd do

............G....................................................................D
well I'd go down south and drink from the fountain of youth

..............A
we could live

..............G..................D
we could live forever there


if I were a little kinder here's what I'd do
well I'd never say another cruel word to you
you would love me
you would love me again

A..................................G......................D
sometimes I live in the country or the town

A................................................G...............D
sometimes I wanna jump in the river and drown

.........G...........................D
lately I've been hanging round

.......G....................D
with nothing in my head

............G.....................D
and it's better off than dead

..............G.......................D
ain't that just what Jesus said

...........................A
or something like that

....G.....................D
or something like that

if I were a little faster here's what I'd do
well I'd jump on the highway doing 92
and I'd see
your pretty face again

if I were a little smarter here's what I'd do
well I'd go to a church, I'd say a prayer for you
we could be
we could be together then

sometimes I live in the country or the town
sometimes I wanna jump in the river and drown
lately I've been hanging round
with nothing in my head
and it's better off than dead
ain't that just what someone said
or something like that
or something like that

Grant Campbell - Dead Reckoning

Capo IV

Em..G/F#..G
dry warm summer

.....C..................G
it's colder here today

Em.......G/F#............G
shadows trace behind us

.....C.......................G
it's closer than you think

it's a late time to call them
everything's been done
my heart fails to follow
where it all begun

C................................G
I wanna sleep in your arms

C...........................G
I wanna fall at your feet

Em......................G
I wanna be where you are

G..........................................C
and I wanna dream what you dream

tales arise
laid out on the street
we have come so far
we can barely speak

distance matters
when the tide recedes
and I don't I need no stars above me
to show me where this will lead

I wanna sleep in your arms
I wanna fall at your feet
I wanna be where you are
and I wanna dream what you dream

everything means nothing
if nothing means your wrong
cause no advice will shake this up
bad deal is better than none

don't try and tell me
it will be the same
scrape to get us some pride and solace
show me which one's to blame

and I wanna sleep in your arms
I wanna fall at your feet
I wanna be where you are
and I wanna dream what you dream

I wanna sleep in your arms
I wanna fall at your feet
I wanna be where you are love
and I wanna dream what you dream

Frontier Folk Nebraska - On the Devil's Time (Blackhorse)

Capo IV


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


G.................G/F#...........Em........C
walk into my heart these roads I travel

G................G/F#...........Em.......C
love that I've lost and the sins I commit

G................G/F#.............Em............C
lay down my arms for the days I have lost

G.......C.....Em.....C
riding my black horse

I heard that thunder and I felt that rain
running through depression with the grace of the pope
struggling for attention as we pace the halls
riding my black horse

born to live and I live to die
along with my thoughts and a steady heart
working for the Lord on the devil's time
riding my black horse

The National Lights - Swimming in the Swamp

Capo I


F...Am...F...Am


F
There was dirt in your mouth

...................................Am
On the day we put you down

....................................G
There was blood on your teeth

...........................................Am
Like you were born to the ground


I held your head
As water filled your mouth
When the branches scratched your eyes
When the land began to flood

F...............C......................Am
This is my body dear that I've kept inside you

........................G
And that you'll keep if you want to
Here is what's left of what I have taken from yours
Tonight the bells will cry
This doesn't scare you
It could if you want to
We can run through the yard
We can swim out in the swamp

I cleaned your face
And covered you in stones
There was so much water there
A hundred miles to make your own
A butcher's boy
Can make his song your tomb
The prettiest girls
Should always plan theirs for two

This is my body dear that I've kept inside you
And that you'll keep if you want to
Here is what's left of what I have taken from yours
Tonight the bells will cry
This doesn't scare you
It could if you want to
We can run through the yard
We can swim out in the swamp

Son Volt - Roll On

C
Smoke fills the dreams

...........F
Of the live gone lonely

Am..........................G
Wait in line pay the man you might see

C.......................................F
John Barleycorn make his way

..................G
Among the dirty diamonds

Shared ground and common radar
Honky tonks and biker bars
Finding worth in this world
From inside a rental car

D.......................A
Roll on with the dreamers

C......................................G
Believers in the steel eyed soul

D.....................A
The blessing is counted

C.............................G
When the deal goes down

D....A

C.......................G
So on and on we roll


Left to chance or left undone
Miles to go chasing the sun
The stones we throw always find us on the way down

The pace that changes each breaking of light
This man made destructive might
They say love conquers all and every
Don Quixote must have his day

Roll on with the dreamers
Believers in the steel eyed soul
The blessing is counted
When the deal goes down
So on and on we roll

Dexateens - New Boy

Capo II

G
somebody gonna make a change

Am
sometimes it's hard to change

C......................................................G
changing from something you've always been

well I'm standing out in the rain
you won't hear me complain
nobody said get out from under it

C................................D
I wanna be a new boy but I don't belong

G.....................G/F#.................Em
standing here in Mobile picking someone else's songs

C..............................D....................G
I wanna be a new boy but I can't regret

my body's gonna go that way
but I'm probably gonna stay the same
cause walking the line it ain't that interesting

if I'm standing out in the rain
I won't stand there and complain
we're all gonna get wet and put away

I wanna be a new boy but I don't belong
standing here in Mobile picking someone else's songs
I wanna be a new boy but I can't regret

I wanna be a new boy but I don't belong
standing here in Mobile writing someone else's songs
I wanna be a new boy but I can't regret

I wanna be a new boy but I can't regret

Willie Nelson - Hands on the Wheel

A...E...A...E

.......A..................................................D
At a time when the world seems to be spinnin'

A..........................E
Hopelessly out of control

.............A...................................................D
There's deceivers and believers and old in-betweeners

........A....................E...............A
That seem to have no place to go


E.............................................D..................A
Well it's the same old song, it's right and it's wrong

......F#m............F.........................E
And livin' is just something that I do

..............A...............................................D
And with no place to hide, I looked in your eyes

......A...........E..............A
And I found myself in you

I looked to the stars, tried all of the bars
And I've nearly gone up in smoke
Now my hand's on the wheel of somethin' that's real
And I feel like I'm goin' home

And in the shade of an oak, down by the river
Sat an old man and a boy
Settin' sails, spinnin tales, and fishin' for whales
With a lady that they both enjoy

Well it's the same damn tune, it's the man in the moon
It's the way that I feel about you
And with no place to hide, I looked in your eyes
And I found myself in you

And I looked to the stars, tried all of the bars
And I've nearly gone up in smoke
Now my hand's on the wheel of somethin' that's real
And I feel like I'm goin' home

Peter Bruntnell - N.F.B.

Capo II

D.............................A
no swim in pools or chandeliers

G...............................A...........................D
the kind of thing that we don't get around

A........G........A
round here

in the night I'll slip away
I'll even leave a note to say goodbye
goodnight

N.F.B.
why don't you write it down for me
N.F.B.

N.F.B.
why don't you write it down for me
N.F.B.

I've touched the spring but I love you still
I'm going to where you don't need pills to write
my mind

I don't mean to cause you pain
but I know that it is meant to play
this time

N.F.B.
why don't you write it down for me
N.F.B.

N.F.B.
why don't you write it down for me
N.F.B.

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

no swim in pools or chandeliers
the kind of thing that we don't get around
round here

send the babies in the post
is among the things I don't need
to see

N.F.B.
why don't you write it down for me
N.F.B.

N.F.B.
why don't you write it down for me
N.F.B.

N.F.B.

why don't you write it down for me

Jason Isbell - Seven Mile Island

D........................G................D
Take my body to Seven-Mile Island.

D.....................................G..........Em
Lay my head down where Indians sleep.

D....................................G.....................D
Take your shoes off and walk across the water.

D............................G................Em
It's been so long so I heard a man speak.

Watch the spillways when the water starts rising.
Take your hat off when the sun goes down.
Keep your eyes on that concrete tower.
Maybe one day it will crumble to the ground.

Bm...............................G
Mary's crying 'cause she can't hold water

.............D............................A
and her clothes don't fit her right.

Bm...............................G
She used to say that she wanted a daughter,

.............D................................A
now she only wants a Saturday night.

There were days when that dusty cave was empty,
back before this city made a claim
on that hotel for wanderers and strangers,
back before you could live off of your name.

We all live in an Airstream trailer
about three-hundred yards up the lake.
Call the doctor, Mary's going into labor
and you can't raise a baby on shake.

So take my body to Seven-Mile Island
Lay some stones down on top of my grave.
Tell my lady I just couldn't bear to see her
Tell my daughter I just couldn't be saved.

Steve Earle - Lungs

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Magnolia Electric Co - Rock of Ages

C
rock of ages

.........Am
and a carbide lamp

..........F.....................................C..........G
on the bridge that no one would name

.................C
we gave it hours

....Am
of mercy

........F...........C.......G
little darling, amen

and the little hope
you'd thought we'd lost
and then back the way we came

this little lamp
lays her heart
at the feet of the light
the lantern will not stand
oh mercy, amen

me and this old girl
we tried and tried
not looking back again

The Only Sons - Lay Back Down

G.......C............G
Laura lay back down

.............Em.....................D.................G
There’s no where left to drift in this town

G........C.....................G
Laura what’s on your mind?

.....................Em.......................D............G
You’ve been colored blue ever since the state line

..........Em...........D............G
Better quit your messin’ around

..........Em...........D............G
Better quit your messin’ around

................Em.................D...............C.......................G
Well they gave all they could, It’s more than they should

..................Em............D...........G
You better quit your messin’ around

Laura what have you done?
You used to keep up with the best of ‘em
Laura whose got your back?
Your friends all laughed when I asked you that

Better quit your messin’ around
Better quit your messin’ around
Well they gave all they could, It’s more than they should
You better quit your messin’ around

Better quit your messin’ around
Better quit your messin’ around
Well they gave all they could, It’s more than they should
You better quit your messin’ around

Harmonica Line (Key: G)

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Alejandro Escovedo - By Eleven

Intro chords:
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D...............................A
and i hope the castle's clean

D...................................A
your man he'll be home soon

D.............................A
and i hope his life's complete

E....................................D......................A
leave the light on he'll be home by eleven

E....................................D......................A
leave the light on he'll be home by eleven

we'll be there when his ship comes in
he'll bring you pure silk and some sweet perfume
while the man that plays he'll dance you, dance you round the room
leave the light on he'll be home by eleven
leave the light on he'll be home by eleven

repeat intro chords

C#m.............Bm.......A
C#m.............Bm.......A.....E


you'll be there when his ship sets off
well the call to sea, you know, is much to strong
his hands will be against the wind and the sunken light
leave the light on he'll be home by eleven
leave the light on he'll be home by eleven
leave the light on he'll be home by eleven

Magnolia Electric Co - Whip-Poor-Will

C...........G...........................F........................C
i got my window open in the southern cross hotel

C................G............................F..........C
it's been my longest night i can tell

C.........G................F...............C
by the way i'm not surprised

C............G..................F............C
to see the desert come over paradise

now count every rhododendron in this cool mountain light
i've made more mistakes than that just tonight
so all of you folks in heaven not too busy ringing the bell
some of us down hear ain't doing to well
some of us with our windows open in the southern cross hotel

still waiting
still waiting
for you to sing that song again
the one you were singing at the very fall of man
it ain't hallelujah but it might as well have been
sing it brother one more time
sing it brother one more time
sing it sister one more time
sing it sister one more time

once for everybody who got left behind
whip-poor-will
oh whip-poor-will
whip-poor-will

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Justin Townes Earle - Who Am I To Say

Capo IV


G
Well now who am I to say?

C.....................................G
If all I know is what I heard

..............C
With the things some people say

............................G
You can never be to sure

.............Em
But who cares where you find comfort

C
I’m no one to deny

Am.......................................D
Anybody what they need to take them through a night

.............G
Because who am I to say

...........................C..............D...........G
What you should do behind close doors

Well now who am I to say?
I’ve been trouble almost all my life
I took pleasure in such things most wouldn’t entertain not at the darkest of times
So you take your pills and poison
Drink yourself to death
Give yourself away until you ain’t got nothing left
Because who am I to say that there’s anything wrong with that

C...................................Em
Yeah but why do you call at such hours every time

..............C..........C/b............Am................D
Saying I don’t need no money, I’ve just been thinking of you tonight


Oh, but who am I to say?
Maybe you had good intentions at heart
Maybe you took truer aim and it was me who missed my mark
But for every word of anger, left unexplained, for every time that I turned you away
Who am I to say that it wasn’t for the better, girl?

Who am I to say?

Wilco - Wilco (The Song)

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G.........G/F...........D
Are you under the impression

G.....G/F.......D
This isn't your life?

G........G/F..........D
Do you dabble in depression?

A..............................D
Is someone twisting a knife in your back?

A...................D
Are you being attacked?

A...............Em..........................G
Oh this is a fact that you need to know, oh, oh, oh, oh

G.D....G.D.....G.D
Wilco, Wilco, Wilco will love you, baby

Are times getting tough?
Are the roads you travel rough?
Have you had enough of the old?
Tired of being exposed to the cold?
Stare at your stereo
Put on your headphones and pull out your hair, oh, oh, oh, oh

Wilco, Wilco, Wilco will love you, baby

Bm.........................................D..........D/C#
So many wars that just can't be won, oh, oh, oh

Bm..............................D...........D/C#
Even before the battle's begun, oh, oh, oh

Bm.....................................A
This is all of our arms open wide

.......................................G
Sonic shoulder for you to cry, y, y, y, y

Wilco, Wilco will love you, baby

Is someone twisting a knife in your back?
Are you being attacked?
Oh this is a fact that you need to know

Wilco, Wilco, Wilco, Wilco, Wilco will love you, baby

Son Volt - Dynamite

Capo II

...............G
when the levee goes

........D
the heart breaks away

A
mine holds back

......Bm...............................G
this loose dirt and pouring rain

.......................D
the truth is not free

.......................A
everyone must pay the price

...............G
there were diamonds

................D
there was gold in your eyes

.............A
now just silence

......Bm............................G
and broken words on the side

..............................D
the journey's never done

............A.........G
and the way is long


.....D...G...........D.........G
this love is like celebrating

......Bm..........................Em
the Fourth of July with dynamite

......Bm..........................A
the Fourth of July with dynamite

there is no right way
only the way
that keeps your mind free
every moment to count
in the living judgment day

life to live
shall not be a burden
carry it on shoulders
of long-distance trial
dreams leave the dust
no bruise coming down this time

this love is like celebrating
the Fourth of July with dynamite
the Fourth of July with dynamite

this love is like celebrating
the Fourth of July with dynamite
the Fourth of July with dynamite

Richmond Fontaine - Calm

Capo IV


................G........Em.........D
can't calm down

.........G...........Em........D
it's been years

............C
in Nevada

.................................................G.........Em........D
casinos don't hold me like they once did

.............................C
and barely my girlfriend

........................................G........Em........D
with her quiet laugh and strong will

.......................C
it seems like all the bars

............................................D
must be dark and the music must be cold(?)


G........G/F#..............Em..........C
I'm not trying to push anything down

G.........G/F#.......Em.............C
I'm just trying to calm down

.....G...........G/F#..............Em.........C
and I'm not trying to knock anyone down


it's the uncertainty of time
claustrophobic air
surround myself in pills
that wouldn't really be me at all
so sometimes late at night
I will walk around
for a moment I'll have certainty
for a little time I will feel good

..........................Em.......G
but then I'll feel it go

....................Em..............G
and I'll blame everyone

D
that I know

but I'm not trying to put anyone down
I'm just trying to calm down
and I'm not trying to knock anyone around
I'm just trying to calm down

D

.............C............D
it's been years

..................C
and it's been years

and I'm not trying to knock anyone down
I'm just trying to calm down
and I'm not trying to put anyone down
I'm just trying to calm down

Wilco - You and I

Capo III

C...Am...C...Am


C.........Am
you and I

C.................Am
we might be strangers

C............F....................Em
however close we get sometimes

.................C
it's like we never met

F................G
but you and I

F.....................G
I think we can take it

F........Em
all the good with the bad

Am..............................F
make something that no one else has but

C..........F
you and I

C...........F
you and I

me and you
what can we do
when the words we use sometimes
are misconstrued
well I won't guess
what's coming next
I can't ever tell you
the deepest well I've ever fallen into

F
oh I don't wanna know

Em
oh I don't wanna know

F
oh I don't need to know

G
everything about you

F
oh I don't wanna know

Am.......Bb...............Am
and you don't need to know

F.........................G
that much about me

you and I
we might be strangers
however close we get sometimes
it's like we never met
but you and I
I think we can take it
all the good with the bad
make something that no one else has
you and I
you and I
you and I
you and I
you and I
you and I
you and I
you and I

Jason Isbell - The Blue

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

E.......A....................B........C#m
Don't roll away that stone, girl

E.A......................B......C#m
Leave it where it lay
You think he's coming home but you know it's not today
I think the road will break me and never fill the holes,
but every time I'm saved I stop beating out a soul

C#m...................A...................E...............B
I'm too scared to ask the right questions
and too tired to fill the right shoes
so I'll take advantage of the blues
I'll take advantage of the blue

There really ain't no difference
in Michigan and Maine
If you ain't here to see this I'm missing just the same
Your skin as soft as water, same temperature as me
I'd never know I touched you if you didn't let me see

I'd crawl to meet you if you'd just stay there,
and finally have a thing I couldn't bear to lose
So I'll take advantage of the blues
I'll take advantage of the blue

Mark me up so they can see the best of me
Hold me down so I can't find a drink
Dance so I don't have to think

Great Lake Swimmers - Three Days at Sea (Three Lost Years)

*Big thanks to Ben on this one*


B................D...............A
First day, I was lost at sea

..........C..............G
I had nothing to eat

........Bb.........................D
But I thought home was near

B..............D
I found myself in an

A................C
Unfamiliar place

..............G
My first night

..........Bb..............D
On an unfamiliar tide


D
Second day I woke up

Dm
Had almost forgotten

Am
I had never thought to

C
Try on different coloured robes

D
And I was face down in the

Dm
In the sand and I was

Am
Lucky to be alive

C
Lucky to have survived



G
And on the third day

Em
I was weak so I

C
Collapsed on the beach

G
And I died of hunger

G
And when they found me

C
They saw how much that

Em
I had changed, I had

C
I had changed, I had

G
I have changed, I have

Em
I have changed, I have

C
I have changed, I have

G
I have changed, I have

Em...C
G...Em...C (until the end)

David Baerwald - Crash

*Request from Blaise*

C.................F
Rachel got into the backseat

C...........................F
cut her knee on the broken glass

C.......................................F
Tore her stockings on the ashtray

C.........................................Am
let the air float through her hands.

Am........F......................Am
We were far, so far from sober

.............F.........................C
we were driving much to fast

C...........................F
Slip slide we were taking a ride

C...........................F
Slip slide we were taking a ride

C...........................F
Slip slide we were taking a ride

C...........................F
Slip slide we were taking a ride

............Am......F.....Am.....F
And we crashed

......C
We crashed

Metal hurts so when it hits you
flesh and blood like hand blown glass
Like a harpy trying to kiss you
protection nothing then you crash
Rachel stop and look me over
she asked me when she knew me last

Slip slide we were taking a ride
Slip slide we were taking a ride
Slip slide we were taking a ride
Slip slide we were taking a ride
And we crashed
We crashed

Am.......F
Oh my baby, are you hurt?

Am.......F
Oh my baby, are you burned?

C.....................................F
Let me kiss and make it better (3X)

Rachel can you quite forgive me
can you make it go away?
Can you get you your sweet smooth skin back
is it much too late for that?
We were far, so far from sober
we were driving much too fast

Slip slide we were taking a ride
Slip slide we were taking a ride
Slip slide we were taking a ride
Slip slide we were taking a ride
And we crashed
We crashed

Blue Mountain - Soul Sister

G.........................D
she used to be my soul sister

Em.....................C
best friend I ever had

..........G.............D..........C
till my mind got twisted all around
now she's gone and I miss her
some nights so bad
I'm hoping that she'll come back around

the first time I saw her
was the summer I turned fourteen
she was sitting on the hood of a car at a drive-in show
I saw a tear roll down her face
as she gazed up at the screen
and her black hair in the wind began to blow

F.......C.......G
shine on soul sister

F...................C............................G
she's my only bright light in this town

F......C........G
she's my soul sister

G..............................D.....................C
and I'm hoping that she'll come back around

the last time I saw her
was through the bottom of a glass
I was struggling to hold my head up off the floor
I called her name out once or twice
but she moved just a little too fast
and she walked out of my life and slammed the door

shine on soul sister
she's my only bright light in this town
she's my soul sister
and I'm hoping that she'll come back around

Great Lake Swimmers - Pulling on a Line

D

A...................G....................D.............A
The line runs through like a train in a book

A................G................D...................A
Or metres underwater, ending with a hook
It sways in the air when there's
wind enough to lift,
The fine ones are boundaries when
There is a rift


D...........................Bm
I'm just pulling on a line, on a line

G...........................D
I'm just pulling on a line

D..........................Bm
I'm just pulling on a line, on a line

G...............................D
Sometimes it pulls on me

The line, it inks across the freshly fallen snow,
Where only those embracing coldness would go
It whistles and it whispers, and sometimes it howls,
It sings to me sweetly from the trees and in vowels

I'm just pulling on a line, on a line
I'm just pulling on a line
I'm just pulling on a line, on a line,
And sometimes it pulls on me

The line, it writes itself across the dark sky,
In the electric flushes ending with a sigh
It weaves itself into a fabric so true
and flows just like the river, graceful and blue

I'm just pulling on a line, on a line,
I'm just pulling on a line
I'm just pulling on a line, on a line
And sometimes it pulls on me

Blue Mountain - Little Mountain Girl

G
does anyone remember

Em
does anybody care

D
the days we danced together

C
with feathers in our hair

rivers ran together
to sing a crystal tune
stones skipped on the water
circles round the moon


Em........Bm
ooh yeah yeah yeah

...............Em.........................................................D
when the full moon shines the mountain pines are swaying

Em........Bm
ooh yeah yeah yeah

Em........................................................D
close your eyes and listen to the guitars playing

built a box together
filled it full of songs
and buried it on the mountain
beneath a pile of bones

then we said goodbye forever
to the hell that was our home
and set out across the flatlands
for forty years to roam

ooh yeah yeah yeah
when the full moon shines the mountain pines are swaying
ooh yeah yeah yeah
close your eyes and listen to the guitars playin

Richmond Fontaine - Give Me Time

C..........G........................C
pass the houselines and the

F...........................C
apartment buildings

G...............C
casino lights

C...............................F.............................C
when I'm looking out thirteen miles outside

........G....................C
don't stop unless you

F........C
have to

.....G................C...F
and keep the line straight

F
and


C
give me boilermakers

F.........C
give me boilermakers

G.........C
give me boilermakers

G.........F
give me time

F.............................................C
this night's so crippled, clouded by you

disappear into the
slender of your back
as we near the industrial line
only twenty miles out
can't wait to get back to
the safeline
where the bright lights never flicker
they just blind

give me boilermakers
give me boilermakers
give me boilermakers
give me time
this night's so crippled, clouded by you

no insurance policy
or license to guard me
it don't matter now
cause were inside the city lines
still I disappear into the
calmness of your voice
and I'm held in your pale light hands
soon the dim lights
will grow bright
and they'll drown me in them

give me boilermakers
give me boilermakers
give me boilermakers
give me time
this night's so crippled, clouded by you

Phosphorescent - Walkin'

F#............................................B........F#
after carefully considering the whole situation

F#..........................C#
I stand with my back to the wall

F#....................B................F#
walkin' is better than running away

F#...................C#..............F#
and crawlin' ain't no good at all

so if guilty is the question then truth is the answer
well I've been lying to me all along
cause there ain't nothing worth saving 'cept one-another
so before you wake up I'll be gone

after carefully considering the whole situation
I stand with my back to the wall
walkin' is better than running away
and crawlin' ain't no good at all

after carefully considering the whole situation
I stand with my back to the wall
walkin' is better than running away
and crawlin' ain't no good at all
and crawlin' ain't no good at all

NQ Arbuckle - Ypres 1915

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Dm..............................F.............C
perhaps they were too scared to run

Dm.........................F..............C
perhaps they didn't know any better

..........Dm.........F.................C
that is possible, they were so innocent

.........Dm..........F.....C
those farmboys and mechanics

Dm...................F................Dm...........F...................Dm
you only have to look at old pictures to see how they smile

Dm............................F
perhaps they were too shy

.......Dm.........F..........Dm
don't walk out on anybody

........C
even death

........G
even death

Dm.......................F........................Dm.....................F
perhaps their only motivation was a stubborn disinclination

C......................G
private macnally thinkin'

Dm
you squarehead sons a bitches

Dm............................................................................C
you want this goddamned trench you're gonna have to take it away

...............G
from billy macnally

........F...................C..................G
of the south end of st. johns new brunswick


but that's ridiculous to
and nothing on which to found a country
still it makes me feel good
knowing in some obscure conclusive way
they are connected with me
me to them

they are connected with me
me to them

they are connected with me
me to them

they are connected with me
me to them

they are connected with me
me to them

*Thank you Roy McRoy for the lyrics*

Mark Olson and Gary Louris - Chamberlin, SD

Rift (play with E chord)

B:-3--3-3-2-0



E....................A..........E
The lifeguards get off sleeping

E..................A...........E
The waitress sings of free cold biscuits

E.....................A..........E
The light in the morning sets you crying

G...........A............E
Dragging Missouri River

G...........A............E
Dragging Missouri River

Who will be your lover's stranger?
Who will make your heart afraid?
The boys only found a sunken tree stump
Dragging Missouri River
Dragging Missouri River

B.............A
Are we so cold and distant?

G.............................A
No one swims out to save him in the river

B.....................A
Everyone saw, no one rememberd

E
How'd we get so tired and helpless?

E
How'd we get so tired and helpless?

How long does love live on empty?
When we see only love again
Love of one another sinking
Dragging Missouri River
Dragging Missouri River

Chamberlain wants you
Chamberlain wants you
Nothing has changed
The bridge, the same

*Thank you Jan for the lyrics*

NQ Arbuckle - In Another Time

A
in another time when I quit smoking

A
I don't drink as much

A......................D
and my heart isn't broken

..........A
when I wake up early and I can see clearly

A
with a haircut, clean clothes,

A......................D
newspaper, and coffee

....Bm..............................G
I'll tell you what I'm gonna do

G...............................................................D
I'm gonna write a letter just to say "I hate you"


A


when my old car and shotgun are registered
my room is clean
and my debts are paid at the local bar
when Foggy Mountain Breakdown
isn't my favorite song
and I do all the normal stuff other people do
just to get along
I'll tell you how it's gonna be
I'm gonna write a letter just to say that you miss me

when the sun has turned to ice
and I think that you are nice
and I'm working out instead of drinking all night
and when I don't care
and I don't have no more nightmares
and I'm not the last drunk at the party in the armchair
I'll tell you what I'm gonna say
I'm gonna write a letter just to say "I'm okay"
I'll tell you what I'm gonna do

The Star Room Boys - Why Do Lonely Men and Women Want to Break Each Other's Hearts

E
I'm home again

..........................A
back in my old corner chair

.....................B
if I only didn't care

......................................A..........................................E
I guess it really wouldn't matter where I might have been

E
drunk, wild, and free

...............................A
I've been clear out of line

............................................B
and this one really did it this time

.............E
or was it me

I said I'd love you so
she said, "baby, me too"
maybe I should've seen it through
these crying eyes that should've taught me what I really shouldn't know

E
guess I've figured I've been all around

...............................A....A/G#.........F#m
I know how to be a woman's kind of man

.....................................B
now I'm sitting where I am

...............A.........................B..................A.........B............E
one more broken-hearted lover in this broken-hearted town


E
I'll be right here

...................F#m
same old faces same old crowd

................................B
bartender, one more beer

..............................................A..............................E
I wanna make sure that they hear me when I say, "go out"

E
I'll ask my friends how love and happiness

......A...A/G#..F#m
can get so far apart

............A.......................B........................A.............B..............E
why do lonely men and women want to break each other's hearts

Yeah, I'll be right here
same old faces same old crowd
bartender, one more beer
I wanna make sure that they hear me when I say, "go out"
I'll ask my friends how love and happiness can get so far apart
why do lonely men and women want to break each other's hearts
I'll ask my friends how love and happiness can get so far apart
why do lonely men and women want to break each other's hearts

Iron and Wine - Friends They Are Jewels

C...........................F...............Am.....................G
dreamless sleep will fall like a deep, poisoned well

C...................F......................Am...........G
on the steeple birds and this red-light hotel

F.........................C.................F
so lay your pistol down, granny

F....................................Am.........G
the company men never came to you

F.................................C................F
but don’t un-knit your brow, granny

F.........................................Am..........................G
the mice in the yard ate the potted plants you grew

pour your bitter tea for our sweet, liquored host
perfect polished stones but this breeze beats you both

so lay your pistol down, granny
the duty of men never fell to you
when you un-knit your brow, granny
your friends, they are jewels, twice as beautiful and few

Jason Isbell - Good

E
you better watch yourself this time

B
are you waiting in the wrong line

C#m....................................A
or cooking off a slow crime


E
I guess the devil wouldn't have you

B
but you're used to what you're used to

C#m
you always seemed to somehow

A.........................F#m
make it through I know

.................A
I let myself go again

...................E........................................B
I tried to lay low but it's real hard to be alone

..C#m..........................A
I know I never take my own advice

........................E
chase a couple rolling dice

................................B
somewhere I don't belong

..C#m............A
I can't myself be good

A
I wish I could

E.......................................................B
somewhere my conscience turned to petrified wood

C#m.....................A
I can't make myself do right

A
on Friday night

E....................................B
where all these shadows get bigger

..................C#m.........A
bigger every night

another night another rope burn
Well I guess that it was my turn
to wash a little pain down
maybe you were just a decoy
it doesn't matter much to me boys
covered up the voices that
I don't want to hear
I let myself go again
I tried to lay low but it's real hard to be alone
I know I never take my own advice
I get tired of playing nice
and I cut right to the bone

I can't myself be good
I wish I could
somewhere my conscience turned to petrified wood
I can't make myself do right
on Friday night
where all these shadows get bigger
bigger every night


..D#m............B
I can't myself be good

B
I wish I could

F#.......................................................C#
somewhere my conscience turned to petrified wood

D#m.....................B
I can't make myself do right

B
on Friday night

F#....................................C#
where all these shadows get bigger

..................D#m.........B
bigger every night

Deep Dark Woods - All the Money I Had is Gone

G.............Am....................F
I've been waiting here for days

G...........Am......F
trying to catch a break

G.....................Am
but the way I'm living

...............F........................C
it's gonna cause my heart to ache

G................Am..................F
cause all the money I had is gone

G.......Am..................F
all the money I had is gone

I've been high and I've been low
I've been east and I've been west
but the way it goes
I'll never get any rest
cause all the money I had is gone
all the money I had is gone

the wayward son
he never gets nothing done
if I had some money
I'd be on mine
cause all the money I had is gone
all the money I had is gone

all the green hand
that live around this land
they'll be wiped away
come judgment day
cause all the money I had is gone
all the money I had is gone
all the money I had is gone
all the money I had is gone

I can weep and I can cry
I can wonder why

Drag the River - Amazing G.

G
Well she paid with silver dollars

.............C............................G
and she danced from bar to bar

G
Then she parked her rusty trailer

..................D
down in the holler

..............G
Well she once believed in Jesus

............C..........................G
but she never believed in love

....................................D.............G
now she worships at the alter of alcohol

She wont falter when you dare her
to get up, dance on the bar
she'll just strip down except highheels
and strut around
She's got a way of giving thanks
make sure you'll never forget her name
Before you pass out you'll say a prayer about Amazing Grace

She never dreamed of finding true love
She never dreamed that day was near
Until she stumbled into the mens room
and found me there
Well now I treat her just like a wonder
I hold her hair back when she throws up
But I still find her down in the gutter
Drinking with the bums

She's out looking for her lover
She will never have to wonder
cuz she'll never spend another night alone

The Star Room Boys - Gastonia

D
I can't believe I ever woke up

G......................D
without her here before

.......A
all I know is that I can't do that right

G................D
alone anymore


D
another late night has become

..G..........................D
a day I never hoped I'd see

.........G..................................D
and I don't know what she's thinking

................................A
but it's surely not of me


D
she was alone the night I met her

..G....................D
alone deep in her eyes

...............A
now she's heading for her hometown

...........G.........................D
with the trucks on eighty five

....G...............D
as clear shiny crystal

.............................G
the hardest kind of blue

..................................D
I'll take a pass on the smoke and the gas

A...............................D
I'm bound to get there too


D
oh my love I've got to find

.......G.....................D
over backroad twenty nine

...G...............D
Gastonia she came from

................................A
back there she's gone I pray

..............D
but if she don't want to be found

...........G...................D
in that little redneck town

.........G.................D
I'll be crying to her momma

..............A......................D
when the sun goes down today


G.........................D
Gastonia wants to forget her

........................A
Gastonia I never will

.....D
Carolina how I love

.................G....................D
your rolling waters by the sea

.............G.................................D
but that inland town drags me down

...............................A
and roves right over me


..D
I followed behind her

.........G..............D
is she up there at all

.....................A
Lord please help me make the border

G....................D
before I hit the wall

............G.....................D
and the flowers that I bought her

................................G
lay beside me getting dry

.........A
I'll be chasing her forever

....G....................D
I'll never find out why

oh my love I've got to find
over backroad twenty nine
Gastonia she came from
back there she's gone I pray
but if she don't want to be found
in that little redneck town
I'll be crying to her momma
when the sun goes down today
I'll be crying to her momma
when the sun goes down
down today

Jason Isbell - Sunstroke

Capo II


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Em.......................................G
they tell me you walk on the water now

Em............................................G
but I know who showed you the stones

Em................................G
pray that I manage my appetite

.............C
lie there alone

I hope that you practiced your instrument
I fear it will take you away
you ain't you the type to be traveling
so why not just stay


Am.........................G
here it is morning for some folks

Am...........................G
twilight for those of us left

Am..................................G
sleep while the soldiers get sunstroke

F.............................Em
make little fools of ourselves
make little fools of ourselves

are we supposed to get good at this
what does it mean to give up
why did I call you
I shouldn't be giving a fuck

answer these questions for everyone
so maybe they'll stop asking me
what really happened
where is your masterpiece

here it is morning for some folks
twilight for those of us left
give up the dangers of sunstroke
make little fools of ourselves
make little fools of ourselves

tell me you walk on the water now
tell me you walk on the water now
tell me you walk on the water now
I know I showed you the stones

tell me you walk on the water now
tell me you walk on the water now
tell me you walk on the water now
I know you go here alone

here it is morning for some folks
twilight for those of us left
sleep while the soldiers get sunstroke
make little fools of ourselves
oh we make little fools of ourselves

I need some thing to look forward to
maybe these colors will fade
I never meant to get bored with you
but I never meant to stay

Doug Burr - Graniteville

Capo III


G
just a boxcar flower used to follow your daddy

Em
another freighter in from Cincinnati

C
you were always watching

..................................G
watching the train roll by

yeah you know baby everything he carried
another red eye: Mobile, Albany
you were always watching
watching the train roll by


G
so tell me what's going on in Graniteville

............D
catch a whole town underneath the sleeping pill

........Am
it's a quiet little city grew up together

...............C
with your picture looking out your grandmother's window

it's a black train running through the middle of the night
finds us here well there's nowhere to hide
if you ever wake up here in Graniteville
ah you know how much I love you and I always will

trying so hard to just get away
some people wanna die in a quiet place
everybody's always watching
watching the trains roll by

yeah if you have a place to go and it's never enough
well hard paying toll and the train's in a rush
that town's always waiting
waiting girl to get back

..............D
yeah but every town's small when it comes to you

......Em
like everyone's asleep when it's passing through

C................................................................G
tonight I heard the screaming of a million tongues

so wake up pretty baby turn the light on
tonight there's something different something gone wrong
we've been sleeping too long
so long

so tell me what's going on in Graniteville
catch a whole town underneath the sleeping pill
it's a quiet little city grew up together
with your picture looking out your grandmother's window

it's a black train running through the middle of the night
finds us here well there's nowhere to hide
if you ever wake up here in Graniteville
ah you know how much I love you and I always will

G
wake up baby

.............D
there's a train a coming

Am
don't you leave me

C
or forsake me

wake up baby
there's a train a coming
don't you know how
much I love you

wake up baby
and hear the screeching
there's a whole town drifting
off to dreaming

wake up baby
there's a train a coming
winter leaving
spring has sprung and

wake up baby
hear the screaming
the whole town dies while
it's still sleeping

wake up baby
there's a train a coming
don't forget you
know I love you

Justin Townes Earle - Black Eyed Suzy

G
Black Eyed Suzy

......Em
she works the corner

......C......................D
out on the block on which she was raised

......G
and I don't how but she

Em
finds some comfort

..........C
up amongst the rubble

............D
and the Queen Ann's Lace

......C.......................D
but nobody seemed to notice

......G.......G/F#....Em
her beauty wither away

....C
oh Black Eyed Suzy girl

D..................................G
how much more can you take

we were lovers back when we were younger but
we all know how that can go
it's like one day it's roses and the next it's over and
nobody asks cause ain't nobody wants to know
as soon as find a place far away
from these dirty heat
oh Black Eyed Suzy she's still losing ground to the heat


C
well now some make it into the wind

.....................................D..............G
they'll take a fly just to forget the pain

C
ah but Suzy she's dug in too deep

C
she knows she's been beat

...................D.......C.................D
but still she stands around and waits

D
ah but

as soon as the seasons change
it will bring the winter wind
Suzy she'll try to fight it
it won't be long
before the cold and rain
and the long November will decide it
what am I to do
ah what am I to say
I just walked from a distance as Suzy withers away

Neko Case - People Got a Lotta Nerve

Capo I


C...........................Am
So the saying says

....................F.......................Dm
An elephant never forgets

........................C...................Am
Standing in the concrete cave

.............F.............Dm
Swaying side and sing

C
They walked over the ocean

F
And their dreams they dreamed awake

C
Until the lights grew dim

F
Until the cop cars came

C........................................F
Everybody tells me this is crazy, yes I know

...............C
But I'm a man man man

Am.........................F.........Dm
man man man man eater

.......................C.......................................Am
But still you're surprised prised prised

...........F.......Dm
when I eat ya

You know they call them killer whales
But you seem suprised
When it pinned you down to the bottom of the tank
Where you can't turn around
It took half your leg and both your lungs
And I craved I ate hearts of sharks, I know you know it

I'm a man man man man, man man man eater
But still you're surprised prised prised when I eat ya

I'm a man man man man, man man man eater
But still you're surprised prised prised when I eat ya

C.........................................F*.....Fmaj7
It will end again in moonlit song
It will end again in moonlit song


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Frontier Folk Nebraska - Restless Heart

Capo IV


G...G/F#...Em...C....G


G................G/F#........Em
Watching the bluebirds fly

C...............................G
keep telling myself it's alright

G...........G/F#...........Em
wishing for my love to come

C.....................................G
as I watch those bluebirds fly

voice in my head never ends
the only fun results through misery
patient it remains in the past
as the wars they never end

.........D....................C
and I wait out these days

..........G...G/F#..Em
with a restless heart

.........C............G
with a restless heart

listen to the wind sing songs
stars they shine so bright
lay awake at night
as I hear those lovely songs

and I wait out these days
with a restless heart

Deep Dark Woods - Now Can I Try

G...D...A...D


G..........D..A.....D
how can I even try

G.............................D..A..........D......................G..........D
when I'm twenty five hundred miles from my home

...A.......D...G........D
I feel so all alone

...A.......D...G........D
I feel so all alone

sixty five years till I am gone
but I can't wait that long
no I can't wait that long
no I can't wait that long

I'm going back to where I was born
so I don't feel so torn
back to where I was born
so I don't feel so torn
back to where I was born

so I don't feel so torn
back to where I was born
so I don't feel so torn
back to where I was born

Jeffrey Foucault - Ghost Repeater

D

All of the drunks

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

Dressed up like Santa Claus

......................A.........D

Ring Salvation Army bells

D

But the town square is quiet

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

The juke joints are empty

D

Everyone’s buying

.........A...............D

What no one can sell

Bm

And the girl I loved once

G

Came to me last night

......D..................................A

In a dream with a secret to tell

.......D

She whispered close

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

Can’t you hear the ocean?

D

As she leaned her ear

..............A............D

Against a shotgun shell

G
Dark was the night

G

Cold was the ground

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

I could barely make out the song

..........D

Of the Ghost Repeaters

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

Singing Hallelujah

..................A...........D

His truth is marching on

Willie Mae’s crying
At the toll booth to heaven
With a bottle of gin
And a gold-toothed smile
Where the dreams pile up
All washed out and broken
As thick as the stars
On the Miracle Mile

But the movie is over
The theater is empty
The credits are starting to roll
The wages of sin
Don't adjust for inflation
It’s a buyer’s market
When you sell your soul

Dark was the night
Cold was the ground
I could barely make out the song
Of the Ghost Repeaters
Singing Hallelujah
His truth is marching on

The plaza is dark
The picadors are dreaming
Of blood in the alleys
And rust on the vines
They sandbag the bulls
And prop up the matadors
It’s a sweetheart contract
They’re taking their time

And all the ghost prisoners
Who aren't in the ghost prisons
Don’t weep at the sound
Of your name
They just stare up at the clouds
Of passenger pigeons
Winging back home
To the cities of the plain

Dark was the night
Cold was the ground
I could barely make out the song
Of the Ghost Repeaters
Singing Hallelujah
His truth is marching on

The star up above
The 5th Avenue Christmas tree
Is shining tonight
Through the cold and the rain
To light all the faces
In the live nativity
Down on the floor
Of the stock exchange

Dark is the night
Cold is the ground
The armies march out to defend
And the Ghost Repeaters
Of the revelators
Are singing "Peace on Earth
And Good Will to all Men"

Cary Hudson - Song in C

C
on a gravel road twenty miles from town

C
live the writer Larry Brown

C..............C7...............F
up into the hills feeling free

Fm...........................................C
red hawk circles high above the trees

....................G
riding on the breeze

talking about a Montana job
who killed Pizza Bob
stopping at the store for more beer and ice
got cigarettes and pizza by the slice
and fuzzy dice

Profit Ridge we made our way
across the county for half a day
and back to Taylor as the sun was sinking low
people on their front porch waving low
take it slow

in front of the old country store in Taylor
a bluegrass band on a flatbed trailer
is laying it down with a sound so bittersweet
I don't know if I should cry or tap my feet
or dance in the street

Jimmy D and Nicky sitting on a bench
surrounded by many a lovely wench
telling a joke, sharing a toke on the slide
I can smell the catfish being fried
hush puppies on the side

Vick laying his widdle on a stick
he moves slow but his wits are quick
takes a sip of whiskey and sighs
says "boys this is paradise"
you know he never lies

band was playing fast and high
the girls were shaking everything they got
hound dogs are howling at the moon
then the singer called out for one last tune
much too soon

so it's time to say goodbye
my oh my how the time does fly
one more round then I'm bound to go
down Campground Cemetery Road
back to my abode

fare you well my good ole friend
until we meet again
I know we will some sunny day
then we'll take out guitars out and play
our blues away

Murray Hammond - Lost at Sea

C

F
I'm gonna take the weekend

F
and reply to all the letters

C
that girl was kind enough to send

C
to my youth for my better

F
I put my foot up on the room

F
that rolls with every boxcar

C
oh, I'm gonna ride that restless one

C
through every hill and holler


G
I'm gonna lay right down

F
my family's all around

G
the restless ones like me

F.......................................................C
I'll comb the ground to find the lost at sea

out among the columbines
and the pickled hills of Coleman
I coughed away from childhood
where a girl and I found true love
but the smokey trap that pulls me now
upsets the sleep I've needed
in a rattled trap of pity
I'm gonna spend my evening

I'm gonna lay right down
my family's all around
the restless ones like me
I'll comb the ground to find the lost at sea

well if I am untimely
and I miss my next engagement
sing peace in the valley
say a word about the pavement
and I cuss with every footfall
on this bent up twisted highway
in rattled trap of free fall
I'm gonna have it my way

I'm gonna lay right down
my family's all around
the restless ones like me
I'll comb the ground to find the lost at sea

Scud Mountain Boys - Holy Ghost

A

A........................D
strung out on the edge of town

E...........................A
I'm trying to bum a ride

...............................F#m
I know you think I'm yellow

D.......................E
for the tears I've cried


.......................D
can I make you love me

E..................A
can I turn the tide

......................D.......................E
I'd tempt the Holy Ghost to Heaven

..........A
by my side

on the day I find you
you nearly let me stay
the emptiness and studders
hit me like a glove

can I make you love me
can I turn the tide
I'd tempt the Holy Ghost to Heaven
by my side


............F#m
there's a light shining on the town

..........A
that's sleeping

.............F#m
there's a light shining on the town

...........E
that's sleeping

strung out on the edge of town
trying to bum a ride
I know you think I'm yellow
for the way I hide

but can I make you love me
can I turn the tide
I'd tempt the Holy Ghost to Heaven
by my side

.....................D........................E
I'd tempt the Holy Ghost to Heaven

..........D.......Dm......A
by my side

Mark Olson and the Creekdrippers - Diamond Davey

D..........D/C#..Bm...................A..............G
diamond dave jumped into the California aqueduct

A.................................G.........A....D
into the river that man made

D..........D/C#..............Bm...............A....................G
diamond dave he had no plan so he floated down stream

A.......................G........A.......D
on the waters of industry

.......................C..............G.............................D
but God had a plan so he saved your diamond dave

.........................C................G...........................D
he threw him a line and he brought him back home

a chain link fence was sent by one who cares and keeps his eyes on things
he landed right smack on twenty thousand acre lettuce patch
he had to walk back all soaking wet

but God had a plan so he saved your diamond dave
he threw him a line and he brought him back home


A....................................G
he wasn't the first and he won't be the last

A.............................................G
there's no time for ladders in a concrete river bed

.........................A
and a man came by

.........G......................A
when he was walking back

......G......................A
but they never did stop

.......................G.........A
they had some other business, oh

diamond dave sang in the choir on a summer's day
I was there to here them say

but God had a plan so he saved our diamond dave
he threw him a line and he brought him back home

oh, diamond dave jumped into the California aqueduct
to the river that man made
to the river that man made

The National Lights - Buried Treasure

Capo IV

D...Em..G

D....................................................A
Somewhere there's a heart in your body

..............................Em............G......................D
You hide it well, but sooner or later, babe, I'll get to it

D.........................................A
Girl, that face just keeps on smiling

.....................Em.................G
No, love don't have to be so lonely

.........D......................A
But it has to hurt this bad


...............D.....................A
And we'll wait til dark to dig a hole outside

Em..................G
Big enough for you to fit inside

D..............................A
All those hearts you broke, still beating

Em...................G
This is helping, honey, this is healing

There was a time when your body kept on beating
Oh, you're good for now
I point to buried treasure in the shoreline
Girl, we'll make the most of what you've got
Until the day when we can find me some more

We'll wait til dark to dig that hole outside
Big enough for you to fit inside
All those hearts you broke, still beating
This is helping, honey, this is feeling

Deep Dark Woods - Nancy

C....F
C...G..C
C....F
C...G..C



G..........C
farewell Nancy

..........F...............................C
to the heavens I'm bound to go

...........F................................C
let my absence be no trouble to you

...................G................C
for I will see you soon I know


..............F.............................C
can't you hear the willows the weeping

..............F..........................G
can't you hear them as they moan

..........C...........F.......C
they're taking away my body

....................G.......................C
in the spring when the rivers flow

don't let the devil take a hold
don't let your well run dry
when your time on earth is over
I will meet you in the by and by

can't you hear the willows the weeping
can't you hear them as they moan
they're taking away my body
in the spring when the rivers flow

farewell Nancy
to the heavens I'm bound to go
let my absence be no trouble to you
for I will see you soon I know

can't you hear the willows the weeping
can't you hear them as they moan
they're taking away my body
in the spring when the rivers flow
they're taking away my body
in the spring when the rivers flow

Strand of Oaks - Two Kids

Capo V


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D.......................Em...................G
and I will sneak into your front window

.......................A.....................................D
and I won't complain when you kick me out

...............................Em....................G
and I will leave your bed just like I found it

.......................A....................................D
and I won't complain when you lay me down

and I don't even care if you have two kids
and I won't complain when they keep me up
and I've heard all the things your ex-husband did
and I won't complain when he beats me up


.........Em
cause men my age

.....G
it's hard for us to say

...........D.........................Em
all the places we've gone wrong

Em
I hope someday

....G
to whisper and say

.................A.............D
you're the one I rely on

and I wanna have long days
and I won't complain when the crickets get loud

International Submarine Band - Blue Eyes

G
Sometimes I get upset

..........D
When people treat me bad

D
I don't have time to think

.......C.................G
And so I get real mad

G
I pull my hair

G
And find somewhere

........C
That I can be alone

.......D
But when I do I think of you

............................G
And then I hurry home


....................C.........................D
Where I got chores to keep me busy

...G
A clock to keep my time

...C..................D
A pretty girl to love me

..............G...........................D
With the same last name as mine

....................C
And when the flowers wilt

..........................G
A big, old quilt to keep us warm

..................D
I've got the sun to see your blue eyes

......................................G
And tonight you're in my arms


Sometimes I get unwound
When fancy cars drive past
Money don't get me down
But I can't make it last

I bite my nails and if that fails
I go get myself stoned
But when I do I think of you
And head myself back home

Where I got chores to keep me busy
A clock to keep my time
A pretty girl to love me
With the same last name as mine
And when the flowers wilt
A big, old quilt to keep us warm
I've got the sun to see your blue eyes
And tonight you're in my arms

Sometimes I get unwound
When fancy cars drive past
Money don't get me down
But I can't make it last

I bite my nails and if that fails
I go get myself stoned
But when I do I think of you
And head myself back home

Where I got chores to keep me busy
A clock to keep my time
A pretty girl to love me
With the same last name as mine
And when the flowers wilt
A big, old quilt to keep us warm
I've got the sun to see your blue eyes
And tonight you're in my arms

Caroline Herring - Song for Fay

E
sun comes up in the morning

E
see that sunrise forming

A
all the pretty colors

E
shining down on the water

B
I don't know about Heaven

A
but I put in my dollar

B
lets see what it buys me

A
rest and a little dinner

walking down the highway
thirsty for some water
men keep looking my why
wonder what they're wanting
I don't know about Heaven
but I put in my dollar
mister would you show me
don't think I'm not learning

maybe it's my brother
always tried to save
maybe it's my daddy
he ain't good for nothing
I don't know about Heaven
but I put in my dollar
don't you try to stop
till I get where I'm going

watching all the women
making sense of living
all their little babies
aren't we supposed to have them
I don't know about Heaven
but I put in my dollar
answers for the taking
now that I'm a woman

sun comes up in the morning
see that sunrise forming
all the pretty colors
shining down on the water
I don't know about Heaven
but I put in my dollar
I don't know about Heaven
my purse is on my shoulder

I don't know about Heaven
but my purse is on my shoulder

Grayson Capps - Get Back Up

D...........................A................E
yesterday was a very fine day indeed

D.................................A.......................................E
I got up outta bed went outside and brushed my teeth
put on dirty clothes and go back to work
I gotta get the money to give the money away
at the rich man's store

I live on a place they call south front street
it ain't on a map you couldn't find me if you tried
we got a horse, and a train, and a garden in the backyard
it's a rotten paradise, at times I think I'm gonna die

they try to drag me down
they try to drag me down
I get back up, I get back up again
I get back up, I get back up again

here come the powerman with the waterman by his side
looks like the telephoneman gave them a ride
they killed my house and left me this way
I bought a kerosene lamp and baby you know I don't bathe

they try to drag me down
they try to drag me down
I get back up, I get back up again
I get back up, I get back up again

Jason Isbell - Cigarettes and Wine

D

..................A
saw her in Roosevelt spring

.....................D
time doesn't touch anything

.......................A
she never did say she could sing

........................D
but I figured it so

I needed some company then
not sisters or children again
that's a hell of a spot to be in
but she put me in tow

money and liquor and lust
have taken my heart and my trust
I could see ashes of dust
headed my way

she tended bar in town
her alto settled me down
so I started hanging around
didn't need much to say

D7


...........................G
she smelled like cigarettes and wine

....................D
she kept me happy all the time

...........................A.....................A7
I know that ain't much of a line

....................................D.......D7
but it's the God's own truth

........................G
she lives down inside of me still

........................D
rolled up like a twenty dollar bill

...................A.............................A7
she left me alone with these pills

..............................D
and the last of my youth

wings on her shoulders and feat
bar on gasseminey street
I took time to plan retreat
backed out the door

must be attracted to those
witnessed a man in throws
life it ain't grindstone nose
pedal on the floor

she smelled like cigarettes and wine
she kept me happy all the time
I know that ain't much of a line
but it's the God's own truth

she lives down inside of me still
rolled up like a twenty dollar bill
she left me alone with these pills
and the last of my youth

lost on the dry side of town
my memories slowing me down
she shook me and I came around
came back alive

nary a mother or dad
she showed me what I never had
princess believe she got sad
cause I won't take a wife

she smelled like cigarettes and wine
she kept me happy all the time
I know that ain't much of a line
but it's the God's own truth

she lives down inside of me still
rolled up like a twenty dollar bill
she left me alone with these pills
and the last of my youth
she left me alone with these pills
and the last of my youth

Great Lake Swimmers - Bodies and Minds

Bm..A..G..D


Bm..............A........G.............D
O hold me O holy O golden O grace

Bm.....................................A
Down here in fear, down where none can hear

........G..................D
Any whisper, any word

Don’t wanna, you wanna
Don’t wanna, you wanna
Don’t wanna, you wanna
Don’t wanna, you wanna
Don’t wanna, you wanna
No sudden moves
Don’t wanna, you wanna
Don’t wanna, you wanna
Don’t wanna, you wanna
Don’t wanna, you wanna
Don’t wanna, you wanna
No sudden moves

Singing sorry to you, and sorry to you
Sleep won’t come till I’m sorry to you
For my body and my mind
Singing sorry to you, and sorry to you
Sleep won’t come till I’m sorry to you
From my body and my mind

Don’t wanna, you wanna
Don’t wanna, you wanna
Don’t wanna, you wanna
Don’t wanna, you wanna
Don’t wanna, you wanna
No sudden moves
Don’t wanna, you wanna
Don’t wanna, you wanna
Don’t wanna, you wanna
Don’t wanna, you wanna
Don’t wanna, you wanna
You wanna see it through

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah