Arkansas Blues Capo 3 G C Well I hide behind my guitar like a sparrow in the night G D Hopin' I might fly away anew G C Cause they'll love you when you're wrong and then leave you when you're right G D Tell me baby, what's a boy to do G C Well I came to town a stranger not knowin' how to act G D Figured I'd hang out and just get found G C Made me some new friends, they climbed way on up my back G D Been gone so long they ain't comin' down C You can kiss the sky good morning G You can say your prayers at night G C Hide your soul way down in your shoes C But it's the same old scene G G/F# Em Borrowed love and faded dreams C D G And you just can't run from those Arkansas blues Well time is playin' tricks on me, makes me think I'm movin' fast I don't think I'm movin at all And every stranger's face I see reminds me of the past Come on big and leave you feelin' small So I took to drinkin' liquor on the other side of town Way up in those woods, beside the moon Where every graceful dream I had got lost without a sound Tell you what, I can't leave this place too soon Chorus 2: And it don't take no rhyme or reason It don't make no sense at all Just one of those things that you don't choose It's the same old scene Broken hearts and busted strings And you just can't run from those Arkansas blues Well everybody's askin' questions 'out whose side you're on I don't see how it matters much to me And all these midnight celebrations that are ended by the dawn Leave you feelin' low as you can be So I'm leavin' town this morning, gonna lighten up my load See if I can't lose what I have found And it's one drink for the memories and one kiss for the road Aw, look out, I believe I'm Texas bound Chorus 3: California, Oklahoma Arizona, Tennessee I've been all around this land to pay my dues High, low and right behind me Wherever I go they find me And I just can't run from those Arkansas blues -------------------------------------- Barroom Lament Intro - C F C F I'm tired of drinkin' whiskey by myself C I'm tired of drinkin' whiskey by myself F I wish you'd take that bottle Bb And put it right back on the shelf F C F Cause I'm tired of drinkin' whiskey by myself C F I go down to the bar most every night C I go down to the bar most every night F Bb The girls don't even notice and the boys all want to fight F C F But I go down to the bar most every night Break - C F C F The jukebox has not played my song in years C The jukebox has not played my song in years F Bb On this same old barstool just backin' shots with beers F C F And the jukebox has not played my song in years C F All my friends have gone so far away C Said all my friends have gone so far away F Bb They all went down to Austin Lord I miss 'em night and day F C F And all my friends have gone so far away Solo - F C F C F Bb F C F C F I'm really not that funny anymore C I'm really not that funny anymore F Bb I used to be a riot, now I'm just a lonely bore F C F And I'm really not that funny anymore C F Do you think that I could stay in town with you C Do you think that I could stay in town with you F Bb It's thirty miles to my place and I'm feelin' tired and blue F C F Do you think that I could stay in town with you C F Cause I'm tired of drinkin' whiskey by myself C I'm tired of drinkin' whiskey by myself F I wish you'd take that bottle Bb And put it right back on the shelf F C F C F Cause I'm tired of drinkin' whiskey by myself ------------------------- Down The Road Tonight Capo 2 Intro: A Verse 1: A Thrift store cowboys, five and dime junkies A Red dirt plowboys, asphalt monkeys D Holy rollers, signal callers A Truck stop angels, backstreet brawlers A Van Zandt groupies, guitar slingers A Hallelujah gospel singers D Freight-train mamas, pistol shooters A My first girlfriend works at Hooters E Beans and biscuits in my cupboard D Liten to Ray Wylie Hubbard A D A All gone down on the road tonight Verse 2: Drunken angels, blacktop racers Holy rollers, whiskey chasers Lonestar drinkers, midnight ramblers Dirt road divas, highway gamblers Moonshine mamas, panty droppers Dhali Llamas, ol' pill poppers High-school heroes, back row preachers Pool hall hustlers, tantric teachers Teenage cuties politickin' Harry Krishna feed me chicken All gone down the road tonight Verse 3: Bluejean babies, old heartbreakers Had a party with some Quakers Heartworn highways, country singers Radio's full old right-wingers Session players, duct tape dealers Outlaw country, hubcap stealers Ain't no money in my wallet Broke again is what they call it My Grandmother's name was Spiller Michael Jackson peaked at Thriller All gone down the road tonight Solo: A D A E D A Verse 4: Jukebox gypsies, mustang sally's Don't go walkin' down dark alleys Needle pushers, horn rimmed glasses Rhinestone jumpsuit, backstage passes Blue plate specials, Luanne platters Japanese is all that matters Broken arrows, gulf coast kickers "Who's your daddy?" bumper stickers Dah dah dah dah dah dah dahhh Ha-ah-ah-ah Ah-ah Ah yeah, aw uh duntdunt Outro: A (Spoken: "I'm outta words, people...that's all I got! Americana woman...hip shake with me baby!") -------------------- Easy Come, Easy Go Capo 3 C Jamie was a barmaid at the Underground Longrail Em Seems like every Friday evenin' She'd find herself in jail Am Not a friend this side of Houston With the time to throw her bail F G But she'll be fine, she'll be fine Spent a lifetime walkin' Through the walls of a broken home Not a man round here still standin For the girl to call her own Every time she tried to hold him She just ended up alone But there's still time, there's still time Davey drove a taxi through the streets of Boston town Like the billboards up above him The world just wore him down Only soul he'd ever cared for Was the one he'd never found But he'll be fine, he'll be fine Broken half of winter with a wind chill ten below Davey sittin in is kitchen laughin' 'Bout how the world had done him so Then the postman burst his bubble With a letter from below And now it's time, now it's time F G C C/B Am And there's a lot of people runnin' around F C G Not quite sure which way to go F G C C/B Am But as for me I think I finally found F G C G It's just easy come and easy go Jamie grabbed a bottle threw her apron on the bar Packed her whole world in a suitcase And tossed it in the car Woke up in Texarkana Wonderin' how she got this far And on her own, on her own Stranger at the motel let Jamie stay for free She was gone before the daybreak On her way to Tennessee Lookin' to make the whole world over Into a place she wants to be But not alone, not alone Davey left his taxi in the bottom of a Beantown lake He said this whole world's full of chance And this is one I gotta take So he caught the line to Nashville To finally find his break And make a home, make a home As the train flew out of Boston, his whole world passed him by He said I spent a lifetime runnin' And now's the time to try If I can't find someone to hold me My dreams will surely die And I'll be gone, I'll be gone Chorus Bridge: Am When Davey hit the pavement F the sky was almost grey C He lit a smoke off of the sidewalk G To drive the storm away Am And when Jamie turned the corner F With the world upon her brow C Davey said I must be dreamin' G How could this happen now Am And then she walked right towards him F Looked him right up in the eye C Davey reached out for forever G And Jamie walked on by Chorus ------------------------ Flowers And Liquor Capo 1 D Well you like flowers and I like liquor D7 Your way's nice but my way's quicker G I been watchin' you all night long D And I gotta say somethin, don't care if it's wrong A I'm feelin' outrageous, hope it's contagious A D I want to spend the night with you Well I'm the kind of boy who's slow and lazy Little bit lost and a little bit crazy You're the kind of girl who wakes at dawn Walkin' through the kitchen till the soaps come on Well baby, it's only that I'm feelin' lonely And I want to spend the night with you Well I'm no good at sweet romancing Pillow talk or limbo dancing I'm just a fool hidin' from the rain Sittin with a bottle of the cheap champagne But I'm feelin' funky, drunker than a monkey And I want to spend the night with you Instrumental We'll go home and leave the lights on Wear g-strings and see through tights oh We'll make love and we'll have a ball In the kitchen, against the wall I'm getting excited, hope I'm invited I want to spend the night with you Repeat 1st Verse Yeah I'm getting excited Hope I'm invited Cause I want to spend the night with you ----------------------------- GOOD FRIENDS (from Little Rock) C A7 D G WE USED TO RUN AROUND SKIPPIN' SCHOOL AND DRINKIN' BEER C A7 D G ONE DRINK AND THE GOOD LORD WOULD GET US OUT OF HERE C A7 D G BUT NOW THOSE DAYS ARE GONE, AND EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED C A7 D G IT'S ALL BEEN TURNED AROUND, EVERYBODY'S REARRANGED C A7 D G C A HEY, HEY, WHERE DID ALL MY GOOD FRIENDS GO D G C A7 MAYBE SOMEPLACE FAR AWAY D G C A7 D G WHERE DID ALL MY GOOD FRIENDS GO C A7 D G WELL DOUG HE WENT TO PRISON FOR SELLIN' ALL HIS POT C A7 D G AND RICK'S IN CALIFORNIA BEIN' SOMETHIN' THAT HE'S NOT C A7 D G AND ROB HE WENT TO LAW SCHOOL, WE'RE ALL GLAD HE DID C A7 D G BUT EVEYTIME I CALL I END UP TALKING TO HIS KID (AND THINKING) REPEAT CHORUS C A7 D G WELL BO HE JOINED THE NAVY, TO RUN AROUND AND DRINK C A7 D G BUT THEY FINALLY LET HIM GO, AFTER SIX MONTHS IN THE BRINK C A7 D G AND RICH HE WENT TO COLLEGE, HE'S WORKIN' NIGHT AND DAY C A7 D G HE'S BEEN THERE ALMOST 9 YEARS, BUT HE'LL GET OUT SOMEDAY REPEAT CHORUS BRIDGE: C AND I UNDERSTAND, THAT PEOPLE THEY CHANGE GROW UP AND MOVE AWAY C D BUT OH HOW I WISH, OH HOW I WISH, THAT ALL MY GOOD FRIENDS... G COULD BE HERE TODAY REPEAT CHORUS C A7 D G BUT JIMMY GOT A REAL JOB, WORKIN' NINE TO FIVE C A7 D G EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I CALL HIM, MAKE SURE HE'S STILL ALIVE C A7 D G AND MIKEY TOOK SOME TIME, AND FOUND OUT HE WAY GAY C A7 D G I DIDN'T HAVE THE HEART TO TELL HIM THAT WE ALL KNEW ANYWAY REPEAT CHORUS D WHERE DID ALL MY G GOOD FRIENDS C GO ------------------------ Heaven Above Capo 1 Intro: D D7 G D A A7 D Verse 1: D Six pack of somethin' bottle of pills D D7 Got to be a better way to get my thrills G D Lord you know sometime livin' ain't hardly enough A A7 D Not when you're waitin' on a sign from heaven above Verse 2: Lyin' round the house wastin' sleep all day Everything I wanted keeps slippin' away What can I do when my time flies like a dove Won't come back without a sign from heaven above Verse 3: This nine to five work is giving me the blues Wanna get my picture on the six o'clock news Oh pretty baby maybe I ain't got the stuff But I can't can't make a move without a sign from heaven above Verse 4: I found me a lover she's six foot three Everybody says she's better looking than me What can I say I guess I'm only lucky in love Lord it helps pass the time when you're waiting on heaven above Instrumental: D D7 G D A A7 D Verse 5: Bar full of strangers & fifty cent beer God Almighty, what am I doing here Always end up on the floor when push comes to shove Can't pick myself up without a sign from heaven above Verse 6: But I gotta write it down make everything right Goin' to a party on Saturday night Me oh my, what on earth was I thinkin' of? Time rolls by when you're waitin' on heaven above Yeah life rolls by when you're waitin' on heaven above Repeat verse 1 (fade) ----------------- HEY BABY WHERE YOU BEEN CAPO: I G C G D G C G WELL THEY TOOK ALL MY CLOTHES AND THEY TOOK ALL MY MONEY A D TOLD ME DIRTY JOKES, NOT A DAMN ONE FUNNY G C G BEEN ALRIGHT IF THEY'D OF SEEN MY HONEY D G HEY BABY WHERE YOU BEEN C G WELL I WEAR BIG BRITCHES AND I WALK REAL TALL A D I'M EATIN' SWEET POTATOES, IF I'M EATIN' MUCH AT ALL G C G WAKE UP IN THE MORNIN' JUST A TALKIN' TO THE WALL D G HEY BABY WHERE YOU BEEN CHORUS 1: C WLKDOWN D AND ALL MY LIFE I TRIED SO HARD TO FIND C WLKDOWN D BUT YOU JUST KEPT RUNNIN' ROUND AND ROUND MY MIND G C G BUILD ME A RAINBOW, TALL AND HIGH A D SIT ME IN THE CLOUDS EATIN' MOONBEAN PIE G C G WALK ACROSS THE VALLEY JUST TO HEAR YOU SIGH D G HEY BABY WHERE YOU BEEN C G WELL LONG TALL BILLY WITH HIS BLUE SUEDE SHOES A D HE'S WALKIN' ROUND THE CORNER WITH THE FORT WORTH BLUES G C G WOULDA BET A DOLLAR BUT HE MIGHTA HAD TO LOSE D G HEY BABY WHERE YOU BEEN C G AND I CAN'T GO NORTH CAUSE I CAN'T STAND SNOW A D I START DRINKIN' HEAVY WHEN THE COLD WINDS BLOW G C G BETTER STICK AROUND FOR JUST ONE LAST SHOW D G SAYIN' HEY BABY WHERE YOU BEEN CHORUS 2: C WLKDOWN D I WALKED UNTIL MY HEART WAS BLACK AND BLUE C WLKDOWN D SEARCHIN' FOR A TRACE OR SIGHT OF YOU G C G BUILD ME A RAINBOW, TALL AND HIGH A D SIT ME IN THE CLOUDS EATIN' MOONBEAN PIE G C G WALK ACROSS THE VALLEY JUST TO HEAR YOU SIGH D G HEY BABY WHERE YOU BEEN D G HEY BABY WHERE YOU BEEN ---------------------------------- Highway 87 E I said highway 87 is a dangerous place to be E7 When you pissed off all the local boys and your back's against the sea A The cops all know your number, bars all know your name E After six straight months of drinkin' boy, you're never gonna be the same B7 And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't remember when A E I may not know where I'm goin' but I sure know where I've been Aww the sheriff he just watches every move I make And one of those days he's gonna arrest me for all the time I take The local girls all act like I just ain't their kind Paintin' on their precious nails and losin' their sweet minds And I'd give half of Texas if I could find a friend I may not know where I'm goin' but I sure know where I've been Ahh the coast is disappearing as they line up on the beach Doin' all them little things that Sunday school don't teach Jim Beam by the fire, cocaine in the stash Baseball bat on the floorboard, shotgun on the dash And you might lose your mind go walkin' round the bend You may not know where you're goin' but you'll sure know where you been Solo Repeat Verse 1 ------------------- It's A Shame Capo 2 D C The time has come, there is no second chance D C We’ve been drifting on an empty aching sea D C You were the girl I never knew I wanted D C I was the boy you hoped you’d never see Chorus: G C And it’s a shame that we ain’t lovers G C We could have been somethin’ so big and grand G C Just kissin’ for hours underneath that sweet magnolia G C Beggin’ for answers, tryin’ to make a stand Been burnin’ up the hours, talkin’ to the midnight Just dreamin’ of ways I could hold you next to me But maybe it just wasn’t meant, all things have a reason Maybe our hearts were just to careless and free Chorus There was a time, when you would have had me There was a time I could have had you But it’s too late, another path has come and gone again I'm at the back door with a broken window view thinkin’ Chorus I'm tired of writin’ but I can’t put down my pen It’s too late now to talk or turn back So just hold on, cause baby here we go again Headin’ the wrong way down that one way track Chorus ---------------------- LEAVE HERE STANDING CAPO: I C G F G C C G DON'T TAKE ME DOWN THAT ROAD AGAIN F C I BEEN THERE ONCE BEFORE MY FRIEND G IT SEEMS I'VE LOST NEAR EVERYTHING F G C AND I CAN'T LOSE NO MORE G WELL DREAMS ARE MADE FOR RESTLESS HEARTS F C I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT RIGHT FROM THE START G THAT EVERY LOVER PLAYS THEIR PART F G C OR THE WHOLE THING COMES UNDONE CHORUS: C G AND I KNOW I'LL LEAVE HERE STANDING F C THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT'S ALWAYS BEEN G I'M SCARED I'LL CLOSE MY EYES AND THEN F G C I'LL NEVER LOOK ON YOU NO MORE OH SWEET ANGEL IT'S TIME TO GO THE SUMMER RAINS ARE WINTER SNOW AND I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW I MISS YOU WHEN YOU'RE GONE SO TAKE A BREATH AND EASE YOUR MIND GO ON AND LEAVE THE PAST BEHIND SOME THINGS YOU WON'T EVER FIND LOOKING WAY TOO LONG REPEAT CHORUS X 2 ----------------------- Little Rock Capo 2 D C The time has come, there is no second chance D C We've been drifting on an empty aching sea D C You were the girl I never knew I wanted D C I was the boy you hoped you'd never see G C And it's a shame that we ain't lovers G C We could have been somethin' so big and grand G C Just kissin' for hours underneath that sweet magnolia G C Beggin' for answers, tryin' to make a stand Been burnin' up the hours, talkin' to the midnight Just dreamin' of ways I could hold you next to me But maybe it just wasn't meant, all things have a reason Maybe our hearts were just to careless and free Chorus There was a time, when you would have had me There was a time I could have had you But it's too late, another path has come and gone again I'm at the back door with a broken window view thinkin' Chorus I'm tired of writin' but I can't put down my pen It's too late now to talk or turn back So just hold on, cause baby here we go again Headin' the wrong way down that one way track Chorus --------------------- Live Free Or Die D D7 G Well I'm doin' ten to twenty in the frozen granite state D A And every day I go to work to stamp our license plates D D7 G Everyday I go to work and every night I cry D A D D7 Cause every license plate I make tells me to live free or die G D Live free or die, oh lord tell me why A Can't they say seatbelts fastened or Oklahoma is OK G D Vacation land sounds mighty great, I wouldn't mind stampin out the garden state A D It's enough to make me cry, Live free or die Well I didn't mean to shoot that man, why the gun just went off in my hand I caught him with my wife and it cost that man his life I'd just got home from the factory and that man was sittin' where I'm supposed to be Now he's up there in the sky and I'm stuck with live free or die Chorus So let this be a lesson to all you married men out there That patience is a virtue so make your plans with care So if you catch your wife with another man, it's best to hold off as long as you can Then shoot him in another state where they go a different license plate Chorus ---------------- Lost And Lonely D G A D It's hard to write a song when your three-fourths gone D G A And Crazy Legs keeps pickin' on my guitar G A D Bm I try to clear my head and reflect on what she said G D G A But the only thing reflectin' seems to be the bar A shot of bourbon never hurt no one So I reckon two couldn't do no harm Well I know my eyes are red and I'm a little bit underfed But baby please believe me that ain't cause for no alarm G A D Bm I'm pleased to meet you, my name is lost and lonely G D A That's spelled with one L not two G A D Bm And don't you think you could be my one and only G D G A Baby just long enough for me to make love to you So tell me what do you see standin' in front of thee Oh yes I get poetic when I've had a few But lord I swear it's hard when you've been dealt all your cards And the only thing you've ever known you done forgotten how to do So let's pour another round for dreams we never found And laugh until the tears fall from our face And when they finally send me home, I can't make that walk alone There's just too many memories another time, another place Chorus ------------------- Naked Checkers B You told your mama, you told your pa B7 Mama called the preacher, Daddy called the law E9 But it's alright, it's alright, E9 B everything gonna be OK F#9 E9 B We just won't come on Christmas or any other holiday You say behave yourself, I'll say I'll try You say don't go out tonight And I say why but it's okay, it's okay Everything's gonna be just fine You can fall asleep in your bed honey, I'll just lost and turn in mine You makin' money honey, gonna be a star I lie around all day and play guitar But it's okay, it's okay Everything's gonna be alright I'll make breakfast every mornin' sugar sing you lullabies at night Well you like checkers, and I like chess I like you naked, you like to dress But it's okay, it's okay Everything's gonna be just fine Every Friday, naked checkers, honey, I bet you beat me every time Repeats 1st Verse ------------------ Perfect Lover Intro: G F C G F C G F C F C G Verse 1: G F C G I could be the perfect lover if you let me G F C G I could be the only thing you've ever known G F C G I could scream out all your lonely heart's desires G F C G I could hold all your life's pain inside my own Verse 2: I could bring the clouds for you to walk among them I could raise the seas for them to know your grace I could teach the Gods of all your Autumn's glory I could bring the summer stars to know your face, say Chorus: G F C Hey, yeah yeah G F C Hey, yeah yeah G F C F C G Hey, yeah yeah oh oh ohhh Bridge: Bb G Bb G But if I come again and only as a friend Bb G F C G Would you still know the way my heart is pourin' out Bb G Bb G Or would you laugh aloud, an angel all too proud Bb G F C G To ever be lonely ag-a-in? Repeat Intro Verse 3: There's a mirror in my room with no reflection There's a table where your friends have gathered round There's a doorway that my heart could never walk through There's a graveyard full of times I let you down Repeat: Chorus, Bridge, Intro, Verse 1, then Chorus (3x) ---------------------- Richey Lee Capo 3 A C#m Richey Lee was his father's boy D Big, loud, hard drinkin bundle of joy A C#m A walkin laugh, wrapped up in corduroy D A Richey couldn't do no wrong Grew up with a fast runnin' crowd Good bunch of boys, just a little too loud Can't fault a man for being proud Richey kept rollin' on Spent his days in a rock and roll band Tellin jokes a guitar in his hand Tryin hard to meet every demand Of all those late night shows Whiskey drunk on a Saturday night She caught his eye comin' out of the light Half way there he had to get in a fight Back home, that's just the way it goes D E A Strange days they leave you in wonder D E A And good times, they don't always stay D E A F#m And true love it will shake you like thunder D E F#m D A E A But old friends just fade away, old friends just fade away Summertime on the river again Fishin poles and a two dollar grin Ain't ever gonna laugh like that again Fallin' right to the ground Count the miles down to New Orleans Borrowed cash and dirty blue jeans Couple of boys lookin' for Cajun queens Thinkin' they own the town But we all left to find work out of town Even wild ones they slow down Richey felt like he was comin unwound Got tired of playin' the game Liquor bottles pilin' up before noon Richey said he just needed some room We all saw the end comin' way too soon And man that's an awful shame Chorus ------------------ Rivertown Capo 3 Am C G Am Take me to a rivertown where you can't tell night from day Am C G Am Everythings forgiven that did not wash away Am C G Am Where dreaming comes too easy, livings twice as hard Am C G Am And everything is burried, beneath the water and the stars Yeah I am from Corsican', wayward on the storm I've been rolling empty sevens since the day that I was born I've got no rings upon my fingers, no ink beneath my skin I'll be as clean going out as I was coming in CHORUS F C G Am I'm gonna wash my sins in the Angilina river F C Em When all that she can take from me, is all that I can give her F C G Am And time will bring you down, and time will make you cold Am C G Am I've turned my back some time ago, and now I'm going home Well I wondered through the pine trees like an outlaw in the rain I rambled through big thicket with a pistol and my name Run away restless angels, don't waste your love on me Just lay me down in a river town, and home is where I'll be CHORUS INSTRUMENTAL BREAK Well take me to the rivertown where you can't tell night from day Everythings forgiven that did not wash away ---------------- SHE LEFT ME FOR JESUS A D WE''VE BEEN DATIN SINCE HIGH SCHOOL WE NEVER ONCE LEFT THIS TOWN A D D7 WE USE TO GO OUT ON THE WEEKENDS AND WE''D DRINK TIL WE DROWNED G Bm BUT NOW SHES ACTING FUNNY AND I DONT UNDERSTAND A D I THINK THAT SHES FOUND HER SOME OTHER MAN CHORUS: G D SHE LEFT ME FOR JESUS AND THAT JUST AINT FAIR A D SHE SAYS THAT HES PERFECT HOW COULD I COMPARE G Bm SHE SAYS I SHOULD FIND HIM AND ILL KNOW PEACE AT LAST A D IF I EVER FIND JESUS IM KICKIN HIS ASS SHE SHOWED ME A PICTURE ALL I COULD DO WAS STARE AT THAT FREAK IN HIS SANDALS WITH HIS LONG PRETTY HAIR THEY MUST THINK THAT IM STUPID OR I DONT HAVE A CLUE ILL BET HES A COMMIE OR EVER WORSE YET A JEW REPEAT CHORUS SOLO SHES GIVEN UP WHISKEY AND AH TAKIN UP WINE WHILE SHE PRAYS FOR HIS TROUBLES SHES FORGOT ABOUT MINE IM A GONNA GET EVEN I CANT HANDLE THE SHAME WHY LAST TIME WE MADE LOVE SHE EVEN CALLED OUT HIS NAME REPEAT CHORUS IT COULDA BEEN CARLOS OR EVEN BILLY ORTEZ BUT IF I EVER FIND JESUS HES GONNA WISH HE WAS DEAD AMEN ---------------- Sit In With The Band G I been drinking all day for a livin' C G been dreaming bout movin' on Seems like every little thing I A D do they been putting in a country song G C G And I saw you on the TV man is that some kind of joke C G You been making a killing off the shoes I'm filling D G while I'm sitting here gone broke C G So as long as we're trading favors C G a little pleasure for my pain C G Let me stand up there just one time A D and here 'em call my name G My friends all think I'm crazy C and my mamma wouldn't understand G But just one time before I die D G I want to sit in with the band C G D G G Well I know it must be something C G your talent or your style Your hundred dollar blue jeans A D or your million dollar smile G But I don't need me no gold records C G I don't need no limousines C G I don't need to tear up my dressing room D G with no Beaumont beauty queens C G And I don't care if its backwoods country C G I don't care if its rock and roll C G I don't care if it's humming through my old tin roof A D or playin' on the radio G My friends all think I'm crazy c and my mama wouldn't understand G But just one time before I die D G I want to sit in with the band C G C G C G A D G C G D G REPEAT VERSE 3 ----------------- Take Me Away Intro: G D G (2x) Verse 1: G Rain beatin' down on a midnight moon C Oh baby, I'll be leavin' soon G Take me away G The winds are howlin' like an old freight train C Oh babe these are the winds of change G Take me away Chorus: C 'Cause I've been sittin' on the front porch G Watchin' the world go 'round C Em Through the eyes of a fool, head like a rock G D D/C D/B D/A My whole world tumbling down G Rain beatin' down on a midnight moon C (slide) D7/9 Oh baby, I'll be leaving soon G Take me away Solo (play intro) Verse 2: Grass around your ankles in the field before the flood You're a rough-cut diamond in the Mississippi mud Take me away I'm a two-time loser with my guitar and my gun You're a mover and a shaker and a lover in the sun Take me away Chorus Tag: C (slide) D7/9 G Mmm, mmm hmm ... take me away -------------------- Wish I Hadn't Stayed So Long Intro: A Asus A Asus A D A Shooting stars and whiskey bottles all scattered across the yard D A E I'd have stayed back home in Houston if I'd known it'd be this hard A D A Ah but as it is I'm busted broke down across the bay D A E And I might not make December if we keep carrying on this way A D A Pretty girls and deep depressions keep falling from the sky D A E I got all the time in heaven but no sense to wonder why A D A And the nights have all gone crazy and the bars have all shut down D A E One day I swear I'll blow it all, pack up, and leave this town D A D A And sometimes I get so tired of telling right from wrong A E D A Hey, I'm glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long A Asus A Asus A D A Here I am in Music City, long nights and neon signs D A E And I can't seem to remember what I came so far to find A D A Police cars and paper money motel rooms and cigarettes D A E Yeah, they tell you, you ain't nothin' just in case you might forget A D A I can hear the country music in the window up above D A E Do they do it for the money, do they do it for the love? A D A Bourbon eyes and stolen pistols seems all that comes my way D A E I'm gonna burn down all my bridges, grab a car, and drive away D A D A And sometimes I can't believe I did all that for a song A E D A (solo) Hey, I'm glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long Solo: A E D E D A D A We could make Louisiana in two hours' time D A E We could pull off of the highway by the big casino sign A D A We could take up all our wishes and bet 'em all on black D A E Hit the lights of Mississippi with the south wind at our back D A D A And it's always been the same down every road I've gone A E D A Hey, I'm glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long A Asus A Asus A Asus A -------------------