Austin Lucas - Go West

Capo V

D

.........F#m.

Oh no malice does exist

............G.........................G/F#

in these words I am now writing

................Em

Although one might catch

..................................A

the faintest glance at sorrow

............Bm

I'm but trying hard to grasp

............G

all these fragments as they're passing

...............Em

Piece the puzzle now

...................................A

before the trail grows cold

....................G
And I'm not asking for the answers

...F#m

in mathematical equations

........Em............D/F#

to be culled and calculated

..........G

by unbiased hands

G

For at truth I am so stricken

.........A

And I dare only to forever dance

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

Which proves I am the better broken half

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

Oh and I am but the bitter better half

In my callous speculations
They leave no room for calm or reason
I have placed myself in altars that are hollow
So adept at finding weakness
I smell fear and close my fists
Unaware the stench I'm smelling is my own
So yeah, you left me and I'm bitter
And my pride is shocked and raw
For I believe I will be changing roads no more
I know that life is full of dead ends
But I saw us as a highway
Ever stretching on from coast to golden coast
Oh, but now instead I'm singin'

D.............A
Go west, Emily

.................G........................A

Grab your boots and find yourself somewhere

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

I'll find another lover in the east

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

I said go west, Emily

..............Bm...........................G

Yeah you know you've got my blessing

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

But you can't expect these eyes of mine

...................D

to watch you leave

So with no malice I'll begin just once more to tell our story
Though the ending I may never hope to know
You were a sweet and sound companion
Though our paths led us apart
And I may never sleep so soundly as I did while in your arms
Now all I ask is you remember who you loved and who you lost
Please don't bury me in silence
Or blackest shroud of thought
Don't pretend that what we had was any less than what it was
For I will not soon be forgetting the reasons why we fought so hard to make it work

But go west, Emily
Grab your boots and find yourself somewhere
I'll find another lover in the east
I said go west, Emily
You know you've got my blessing
But you can't expect these eyes of mine to watch you

Go west, Emily
Grab your boots and find yourself somewhere
I'll find another lover in the east
I said go west, Emily
You know you've got my blessing
But you can't expect these eyes of mine to watch you leave

Joe Pug - Not So Sure

Capo IV

C

there was a time when I heard you

C

calling out my name

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

but these days I'm not so sure

............C........................................G

when the room went dark and her voice was gone

...Am

I heard you all the same

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

but these days I'm not so sure

I knew I could remember

your bedroom and your touch

but these days I'm not so sure

"definitely" was a word that I

used far too much

but these days I'm not so sure

..F.............................C

I bummed expensive cigarettes

...F..................................C

I wrote John Steinbeck's books

.......Am.........................G

I undressed someone's daughter

........F.............................C

and complained about her looks

F

stealing was so easy then

............................C

I wish that it still were

..............Am...............G

now as I pick my own pocket

............F................................C

I know these days I'm not so sure

the church was my kitchen

the world was my church

but these days I'm not so sure

the choirs I would listen

the choirs I would search

but these days I'm not so sure

I sacrificed my sister

I prayed my own soul to keep

I told my dying father

that a man should never weep

breathing was so easy then

I wish that it still were

now as the breeze just makes me colder

that these days I'm not so sure

so if you see me tripping

I've forgotten how to walk

and I spend my days wishing after her

my steps are without rhythm

and her name is drawn in chalk

but these days I'm not so sure

I drank my wine for breakfast

every morning I was born

in the black electric winter

my back stays warm

sleeping was so easy then

I wish that it still were

and in my sleepless bedroom

I know that these days I'm not so sure

Elephant Micah - More Exposures

Capo II

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Hungarian sunlight

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showing me to have pretended like

...................G

I didn't even know

..............................Am.......G...F

that I would have to pay for it again

I a lighting on the outskirts

knowing nothing but a nonsense word

every stranger knows

that I'll have to say it in the end

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

walking shocked by the ghost along the river

G................................................F

did the moon reflect me for what I am

American drumming

sounds like going in the great relief

cascading into sleep

fading out of a dream

seeking some reception

before the hand of the holy man

later in the dark

when he departs from living

standing stumped by the stamps of the valley king

did the lions take me for someone strange

staring straight at the dog by the castle

my shadow cast me so untrue

J Tillman - James Blues

Capo IV

Am..G..C

C..E..Am..G..C

Am.........G...............C

James incurred the wrath

C....E.........Am

of a jealous woman

Am.......G.......C

Not long after that

C............E.........Am

spending all his weekends

..G...........C

Trying to relearn

.........G..................Am.........E..........F

How a young man yearns after a nurse

G.............C

Poor poor James

Most nights he has dreams
all his teeth are missing
Wakes up in a sweat
(Simperton?) heart racing
He throws back the sheets
Begins to eat without much feeling
Poor poor James

Desire is what makes
A (pragmamous?) human
Put me out to grace
Give this beast a burden
Because the universe
Makes much more sense without a purpose
Poor poor James

*Thanks to Raving Lunatic for the lyrics*

The Weight - Ships

D

............D
Well the stoplights all run red

..................G

burning the streets up to your house

........D

like a fading little flame

..............G

when the wick is running down

all the sweethearts of the world
are sick from staying out too late
lovers left and lovers who will wait
all the night

and the boys follow white lines anywhere
while the girls all hit the ladies room in pairs
all the bottles of the world
are out running themselves dry
all the after parties burnt by mornings first light
go on cry

........D
cause girl

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

we're just ships that pass in the night

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

we're just wrongs that we can't set right

.......Bm

and that night

.........................A..........................G

it just sucked the doubt right out of me

..................D

so come on please

tell time by the tv
when the late shows rolling by
digging up the hatchets I buried in the yard
all the hours that pass
when the clock is wound too tight
honey I'm worn so thin
I can't even fight
can't even fight

and there's a box that through no one ever leaves

if you want me at home

safe and sound and fast asleep

well all the secrets that you try and keep from me

can't hold up between the blankets or the sheets

cause girl
we're just ships that pass in the night
we're just wrongs that we can't set right
and that night
it just sucked the doubt right out of me
so come on please

we're just ships that pass in the night
we're just wrongs that we can't set right
and that night
it just sucked the doubt right out of me
so come on please

The Star Room Boys - Was There Something In Her Eye

A

........D

long ago

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

I believe it seems a while

..................A

there was a girl

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

Lord she touched me with her style

.................A

oh with her style

............................D

and with a ways to go

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

I guess I'd cross the finish line in the setting sun

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

I made out, she waved goodbye

.................A

she waved goodbye

...........G.......................A

down a dark and lonely highway

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

you can see just straight ahead

.........G..........................A

as it's gone you feel the distance

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

from what was done to what you said

..........G

as you thunder toward the future

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

and you leave it all behind

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

you can wonder was she crying

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

or was there something in her eye

as time flies by

well I've been proud and I've been humbled

and I have run

and I have walked and I have stumbled

and now and then

when I linger for a while

I remember that sweet girl

was there something in her eye

down a dark and lonely highway

you can see just straight ahead

as it's gone you feel the distance

from what was done to what you said

as you thunder toward the future

and you leave it all behind

you can wonder was she crying

or was there something in her eye

oh in her eye

in her eye

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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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