Possessed By Paul James - Ferris Wheel

Capo III

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

Gary Louris - We'll Get By

Capo II

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

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

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

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

A..A/G

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

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

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

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

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

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

Magnolia Electric Co - Down the Wrong Road Both Ways

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

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

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

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

The National Lights - The Dead Will Walk, Dear

Capo I

C
You’re looking to me in a fight

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

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

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

..C
I buried my love in the fire

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

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

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

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

Murray Hammond - Wreck of the 97

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Old 97s - Here's to the Halcyon

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The National Lights - O, Ohio

Capo I

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wrinkle Neck Mules - Pull the Brake

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

William Elliott Whitmore - Does Me No Good

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

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

A
That's not likely

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

Magnolia Electric Co - North Star

G
You used to say I had what it takes

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

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

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

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

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


C
Darling I’m not giving in

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

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

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

Em..D..Em..D

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

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

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