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

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

Blue Mountain - Wink

Capo V

Rift:

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.........................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

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

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