John Doe - A Little More Time

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There was a time

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when the sunshine

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played in your soft blond hair

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reflected in your golden eyes

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you leaned back your head and you laughed

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about tomorrow

then it came like a new day
the sun in the sky beamed
water sparkled down the stream
we knew this could all go away
but not today

and when it did
you were better
better than the day you were born
not quite so perfectly formed
the only wish I had that day
that it would stay


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just a little more time

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with you

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with me

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with you

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just a little more time

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with you

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and me

down by the stream
in the mountains
I promised you faithfully
that I would never leave
if and when I went away
I'd still protect you

but now I'm gone
and the loose ends
are strings hanging from my hands
tied to an empty land
stuck on a steering wheel
in Nebraska

but I'm around
so baby call me
just before you go to bed
before you lay down your head
or if you need an old fashion cry
I'm your guy

just a little more time
with you
with me
with you
just a little more time
with you
with me
with you
just a little more time
with you
and me

there was a time...

Phosphorescent - The Waves at Night

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Where are we and where do we

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And where will we finally

Trade our teeth for rays for wheat
To lay and sleep underneath

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O love too eager to cross

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O love we meet and you pause

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O love too eager to cross

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You see what you’ve lost?

The crazy streets, amazing grief
The taste of sweet offerings
The blazing heat, the naked beasts
Great barrier reefs, all for thee

O love too eager to cross
O love we meet and you pause
O love too eager to cross
You see what you’ve lost?

The waves at night all brave and bright
The dance hall lights, o all your life
To lay and weep, to trade our teeth
To aim and achieve grace and peace

Brent Best - Robert Cole

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hey little man she said

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open your eyes lift your sleepy head

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you know tomorrow's your big day

here are your clothes she said
so I put them on and made the bed
and I went outside to play

when a sun so huge it shined
and it baked the blacktop underneath my toes
playing hopscotch on the lines

till she howled my name
and a shriek it came
with a swell of shame of sadness
I just froze
with a pain I simply can't define
yeah and she said

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I am your mother

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I told your sister and baby brother

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your dog Jim and your best friend

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that your name is Robert Cole

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and tomorrow you are nine years old

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but you, you will not walk this road again

now your son's heart is fair
so I took your words and I kept them there
but a young boy's mind is of a different gauge

my father's words returned to me
from some stormy evening with my mother on her knees
my life is mine he swore and raged

and he left her there upon the floor
I can hear him curse and slam the door
yeah and he found me squatting in the dirt

and he spoke to me of family
and sacrifices unforeseen
I'll the change the children worth the work
yeah and he said

please tell your mother
your oldest sister and baby brother
your dog Jim and your best friend
your name is Robert Cole
and tomorrow you are nine years old
but you, you will not walk this road again

I scanned the yard and house
secured no sign of mother's work-worn blouse
but for my heart the world was still

each foot a heavy load
the blacktop baked and burned under my toes
around the curve and below the hill

and this is the blacktop road
that I was not to walk till I was old
if Jeani saw me she would snitch

and these are the tire tracks
that will lead you down and round to where
there is a car off in the ditch

and I heard the fireman yell
this one is smashed and torn to hell
and he could not recognize the face

and I am my mother's son
but now it seems that I've gone off and become
the one to take my daddy's place

please tell your mother
my oldest sister and baby brother
my dog Jim and my best friend
my name is Robert Cole
and tomorrow I am nine years old
but I, I will not walk this road again

please tell your mother
my oldest sister and baby brother
my dog Jim and my best friend
my name is Robert Cole
and tomorrow I am nine years old
but I, I will not walk this road again

William Elliott Whitmore - One Man's Shame (Banjo Tab)

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Don't alter my altar

Cm
don't desecrate my shrine

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My church is the water

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and my home is underneath the shady pines

Cm
Don't underestimate the spine in a poor man's back

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when it's against the wall and his future's black

One man's story is another man's shame
I ain't bound for glory, I'm bound for flames
Take to the woods boy, and cover up your tracks
Go away child and don't look back

Sad is the lullaby from a mother's heart and soul
when she knows her child has strayed from the foal
The parish will perish
by death's cruel hand
and finish the job that fate began
All that static in the attic,
that's just an old drunk ghost
His chains are rattlin' but his end is close
Ain't no hell below and ain't no heaven above
I came for the drinks but I stayed for the love

The Steeldrivers - Blue Side of the Mountain

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Theres a place in a piney hollow

E
that no one but me can find

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some choctaw built it in the hillside

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stone by stone in a simpler time

Its a holy place my daddy showed me
back before this land of mine
on the blue side of the mountain
where the sun don't ever shine

So deep and dark like a hurtin' down in my heart
maybe someday they'll show me some kind of sign
on the blue side of the mountain
where the sun don't ever shine

Im goin' back to a world of shadow
gotta find some peace 'for I lose my mind
on the blue side of the mountain
where the sun don't ever shine

So deep and dark like a hurtin' down in my heart
maybe someday they'll show me some kind of sign
on the blue side of the mountain
where the sun don't ever shine

John Doe - Lean Out Yr Window

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E.............................A
the window you lean out of

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as I walk down the stairs

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frames of fragile beauty

E...............A
beyond compare

the slender hand is waiting
the crooked wisp for smile
I guess I won't see you
for ten thousand miles

C#m....................A
will you come and find me

F#m.......................B
I don't wanna fly to you

C#m...........A
wait for me baby

B
I'm coming back

B
coming back to you

E...............A
lean out yr window

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lean out yr window

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lean out yr window

B
I'm coming back to you


lace our hands together
trace your every scar
beg for your forgiveness
saving me tomorrow

will you come and find me
I don't wanna fly to you
wait for me baby
I'm coming back
coming back to you
lean out yr window
lean out yr window
lean out yr window
I'm coming back to you

Gary Louris - True Blue

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rusty wire

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bent to make a fence

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rows and rows of houses

C...........G.............D
cold and still until tomorrow
restless waters
colored by their stones
some ungrateful morning
kick the sand
stir up the powder


Bb.........F
strip me down

C....G................D
to what you can believe in

Bb........F...C..........G
place it on what is right and

D.....Am
true blue

today's the day
my branches bear their fruit
all my labor will be rewarded
then I awake
it's like starting over

riches and their thorns
crumble where they lay
revealing sparking secrets
to hold you would bring happiness
your absence sorrow

strip it down
to what you can rescue
place it on what is right and
true blue

shifting stages and shapes
giving up ground now
take another's place
holding one's own
as if you were just born

find a way
feel without a trace
feel fulfillment in this small corner
and no possessions to create sorrow

strip me down
to what you can believe in
place it on what is right and
true blue
true blue
true blue
true blue

Scud Mountain Boys - Big Hole

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Drag me out from my bits and concentrate

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A song about Johnny and have to sit down amphetamines

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Can anybody see all of the time that I cut you down

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Will the right people listen?

G#m............A
It builds me up to kill things

F#m.....................B
that I love and to chop them down


It feels like a year since I even felt a thing
It's good money after bought just to feed the thing

Can anybody see all of the time that I put you down
Will the right people listen?
It builds me up to let things
that I need and drop them down into a

E.............F#m
Deep hole

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Down in a deep hole

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I'm down in a big hole

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Down in a deep hole


C#m..............F#m
But isn't there someone you can call

C#m........F#m
Isn't there anyone but me

C#m...........F#m
cause I got a needle cutting

G...........................B
find out they don't split you


It feels like a year since I even felt a thing
It's good money after I buy it
just to feed the thing

Can anybody see all of the time that I cut you down
Will the right people listen?
It builds me up to kill things
that I love or drop them down in big hole
Down in a deep hole
Down in a deep hole
I'm down in a deep hole

Justin Townes Earle - Yuma

Capo V

C
Well he woke up that morning
and he called into work
Put on his daddy's old suit
with a second hand shirt

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all untucked, shoes untied

C
The people all snickered as he walked by.

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So he stopped in a bar,

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bought a shot of Stevens and another.

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He bummed a cigarette

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and set talking to a stranger about the weather.

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And then he paid his bill and

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he stepped outside, fell down into the street.

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He cursed, and he cried

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as he climbed back up his feet again.


So up the road he found a payphone and called his mom.
He said, momma I think I'll be coming back home.
I been feeling so bad, and
tired of this city. Ain't been the same since I lost my pretty Angeline.
Momma I miss her so.
It's been over a year and there ain't nothing I fear so much as being alone.
And then he hung up the phone without saying good bye.
Stopped in a store and bought a postcard and signed it, Fair thee well, and sent it back home to Yuma.


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Lookin back I'd say,

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it wasn't so much the girl.

F...................C
As it was the booze and the dope

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and the way he took the weight of the world

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up upon his shoulders.

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And when he washed the blue from his eyes,

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as he grew colder.

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As through all those lonely nights there left alone.


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So he was just 23 when he stepped out on that ledge.
It was his weary heart that pushed him to the edge.
He was tired of living life, looking for love.
A weary heart just needs a little touch.
And is it too much to ask, he cried as he stepped into the wind.
He turned his back onto the world and he fell back to earth again.
So with the wind in his hair, and smile on his face,
he crashed through the hood of an Old's 98,
and he lay there dying on a cold winters day
all alone, all alone.

Lucero - The Prayer

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Bb...F...Bb


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Lord I pray for strength in this moment of darkness

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when I'm forced to fight a fellow man

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may my wits be keen and my aim be true Lord

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to feel the pistol in hand

Lord I may not be alive tomorrow
no second chance to serve thy will
but before I should fall to my killer's fast pistol
that he'll go to if I'm killed

righteousness and truth are both my allies
with you by my side I'm at ease
for if death or life waits tomorrow
I know I'll have honor and peace

so guide my shot to its mark Lord
may your might and wrath be felt
may your strength flow freely through my hands Lord
may your swift justice be dealt

Lord I may not be alive tomorrow
no second chance to serve thy will
but before I should fall to my killer's fast pistol
that he'll go to if I'm killed