Subject: Chris Knight Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 09:54:22 -0600 (CST) From: rickl1@ix.netcom.com To: settler@mailer.uni-marburg.de Chris Knight Love And A 45 written by Chris Knight Fred Eaglesmith Chris Knight vocals/guitar Kenny Greenberg fuzz guitar Glenn Worf bass Chad Cromwell drums Russ Paul steel guitar Tammy Rogers viola Marilyn Martin background vocals F# G#m E B F# G#m Badge number 301 E B F# Sits in his car and stares at his gun F# He wipes the the blood from his shirt G#m The sweat from his brow E B He got out this time but he don't know how E B Well he'd go on home but nobody's there F# B No one to hold no one to care F# G#m There was a time he had someone E B But one day he came home she was gone G#m E Love and a 45 F# B Are all you need to get thru the night G#m E One'll kill you one'll keep you alive F# B Love and a 45 F# G#m Parole number fourteen two E B F# Stands on the corner like she used to do F# G#m She's been away awhile so she's a little afraid E B And the judge said he didn't want to see her again E B But she's got no money she's got no rent F# B The money she had is already spent F# G#m Cause a couple of weeks ago she learned her lesson E B Went and brought herself a little Smith and Wesson G#m E Love and a 45 F# B Are all you need to get thru the night G#m E One'll kill you one'll keep you alive F# B Love and a 45 G#m E F# B G#m E F# G#m B F# C#m E At 3:15 he got a call somebody heard a scream behind a wall B F# At a little motel down by the bay C#m E But before he got there they got away F# G#m E B F# G#m Well she was all right just a little roughed up E B F# So he took her down to the coffee shop F# G#m The report he filed said victim unknown E B Now she waits up nights for him to come home G#m E Love and a 45 F# B Are all you need to get thru the night G#m E One'll kill you one'll keep you alive F# B Love and a 45 G#m E Love and a 45 F# B Are all you need to get thru the night G#m E One'll kill you one'll keep you alive F# B Love and a 45 >From Chris Knight "Chris Knight" Decca Records 1998 Bash Music) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Knight It Ain't Easy Being Me written by Chris Knight Craig Wiseman Chris Knight vocals/acoustic guitar Richard Bennett bouzouki Kenny Greenberg national guitar David Grissom electric guitar Glenn Worf bass Chad Cromwell drums Tony Harrell accordion Eric Darken percussion Ab There ought to be a town somewhere Fm Eb Db Named for how I feel Ab Yea I could be the Mayor dowm there Fm Eb Db And say welcome to Sorryville Ab It wouldn't be on a map nowhere Fm Eb Db You might say it that it don't exist Bb But if you make enough wrong turns Db Eb It'd be hard to miss Ab There ought to be a bridge somewhere Fm Eb Db They could dedicate to me Ab I'd probably come to the ceremony Fm Eb Db With a can of gasoline Ab Walk on over to the other side Fm Eb Db And there I'd light a match Bb And sit and stare through the smoke and the flames Db Eb Wondering how I'm ever gonna get back Db Ab Why do I do the things I do Bbm Fm Was I born this way am I am a self made fool Db Ab I shoot the lights and curse the dark Bbm Fm I need your love but I break your heart Db Ab And I know the words that'll bring you back Bbm Fm But I don't say nothing as I watch you pack Db Ab Bb I had to work to be the jerk I've come to be Db Eb Ab It ain't easy being me Ab Fm Eb Db Ought to be a side show act for freaks like me Ab Yea I could be the the star of the show Fm Eb Db With my name on the marquee Ab Fm Eb Db In a room witha big red button that says danger do not touch Bb And twice a day I'd mash it down Db Eb And you could watch me self destruct Db Ab Why do I do the things I do Bbm Fm Was I born this way am I am a self made fool Db Ab I shoot the lights and curse the dark Bbm Fm I need your love but I break your heart Db Ab And I know the words that'll bring you back Bbm Fm But I don't say nothing as I watch you pack Db Ab Bb I had to work to be the jerk I've come to be Db Eb Ab It ain't easy being me >From Chris Knight "Chris Knight" Decca Records 1998 Bash Music/Almo Music/Daddy Rabbit Music(ASCAP)