Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Dave Rawlings Machine - Ruby

A.......C#m
Ruby, let down your golden hair

................D........................Dm
When I'm standing at the bottom of your stairs

A.......C#m
Ruby, I can see your TV on

............D.............................Dm
But the people there, they flicker and they're gone

....D..................................................A
So let down your golden hair for me tonight

D....................................................E
Let down your golden hair for me to climb

.................A...........................D
Just like an old-time telegraph man

A..............................................E
I came here with a simple job to do

A
'Cause that news coming down the wire

D...................Dm
Says that your head's on fire

.......A..........................E......................D.........A
And I'm trying to get a message through to you

Ruby, you ain't lonely yet
With your crystal and your Russian cigarette
Ruby, haven't you heard before?
Working is the finest tower when it hasn't got a door
So let down your golden hair for me to climb
Let down your golden hair for me tonight
Just like an old-time telegraph man
I came here with a simple job to do
'Cause that news coming down the wire
Says that your bed's on fire
And I'm trying to get a message through to you

Ruby

I'm that old-time telegraph man
And I came here with a simple job to do
'Cause that news coming down the wire
Says that your world's on fire
And I'm trying to get a message through to you

I'm that old-time telegraph man
And I came here with a simple job to do
'Cause that news coming down the wire
Says that your world's on fire
And I'm trying to get a message through to you

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Frontier Folk Nebraska - Rummage Sale

G...........................Em
she sways with the wind

C...............G
curls in her hair

G...................Em
flowers on her dress

......C......................G
that ramble with the light
the sun hits the shadows
she dances to the traffic
noises in the background
floating in thin air

..............Bm..................G
and she's praised in the daylight

.............Bm....................C
and she's honored by the night

.......G
true love

............D
is in her eyes

............C
scripted from

.............G
the neon lights
she's a beauty
in disguise
she's a diamond
in the rough

she bought all her love
at a rummage sale
spent all her money
on a heart that will never fail
cover all the loose ends
dusted off the dirt
lay still in her pocket
that rummaged love

and she's praised in the daylight
and she's honored by the night
true love
is in her eyes
scripted from
the neon lights
she's a beauty
in disguise
she's a diamond
in the rough

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Blue Mountain - Wink

Capo V



Rift:

......D.....................G
e:--2------------------3---
B:--3------------------3---
G:--2---2h4-2-0-----0--
D:--o--------------4--0---
A:---------------------2---
E:-------------------------


.........................D
when I woke up today

G................D...........G
I was feeling ok

............A
but my mind started turning

A
as my breakfast was burning

.....Em
my soul slipped away

.........................D
to a red evening sky

G..........................D
and a lover's sweet sigh

G......................D..........G.......Em
and a wink of an eye

.........................D...........G
and a wink of an eye

just try not to think
cause it will drive you to drink
but I cannot forget
all the things that you said
when we was
flying to high
hung out to dry
and a wink of your eye
and a wink of your eye

what more can I say
why should I even try
after reading your letter
I don't know whether
to laugh or cry
or just say goodbye
just say goodbye
with a wink in my eye
with a wink in my eye

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Austin Lucas - Shoulders

Capo II


Em
someone had stolen me

.......C
and choked the life I crave

.......G
on a pale horse he did ride

.......D
and sing my songs

I touched then and feared
that the dark woods spread indeed
and leave hollow shells of friends
and strangers all

......F.......C................G
but still I bore the gift of life

D
somehow

and you'd asked me if my breast
was filled with embers or with ash
was hope or despair
upon my crown
and mother sweet mother don't you
worry on your son
for my heart contains a fire
that shall burn long

.................C...........D
and I shall lay my head

..........G........G/F#.......Em
in the valley with my friends

.....C...........................D
I'll quit my scheming ways

.............Em
and rest again

....................C...........D
cause I shall lay my head

..........G.............G/F#......Em
on the shoulders of great men

......C.................D.................G.....C......D
and live my life until its honest end

and so brick by brick I tell myself
slowly build a home
anchor now before
the storm rolls on

find a new Jerusalem
and build your willing wall
see not the sea and life
wondering alone

oh yes lay your head
in the valley with your friends
oh quit your scheming ways
and rest again
oh yes lay your head
on the shoulders of great men
and live your life until
its honest end
oh yes lay your head
on the shoulders of great men
and live your life until
its honest end