Last updated: 16 January 1997
Songs:
Ben McCulloch (Steve Earle)
Goodbye (Steve Earle)
I'm Looking Through You (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
Sometimes She Forgets (Steve Earle)
Tom Ames' Prayer (Steve Earle)
Tecumseh Valley (Townes Van Zandt)
Ben McCulloch
(Steve Earle)Am We signed up in Austin G C my brother Paul and Me G To Fight with Ben Mcculloch Am and the Texas infantry Am Well the poster said we'd get a uniform G C and seven bucks a week G The best Rations in the Army Am and a Rifle we could keep when i first laid eyes on the General I knew he was a fightin man he was every inch a soldier every word was his command Well his eyes were cold as the lead and steel forged in to tools of war he took the lives of many and the souls of many more Well they marched us to Missouri and we hardley stopped for rest Then he made this speech and said were comin' to the test Well we've got to take Saint Louie boys before the yankees do If we control the mississppi then the federals are through Well they told us that our enemy would all be dressed in blue They forgot about the winters cold and the cursed fever too My brother died in wilsons creek and lord I seen him fall we fell back to the Boston Mountains in the North of Arkansas G Am G Am G Goddamn you Ben Mcculloch D I hate you more than any other Man Alive Am Em and when you die Am Em you'll be a foot soldier just like me D G In the Devils Infantry And on the way to Fayatteville we cursed Mccullochs name and mourned the dead we'd left behind and we was carrying the lame I killed a boy the other night who'd never even shaved I don't even know what I'm fightin for I ain't ever owned a slave So i snuck out of camp and then i heard the news next night The yankees won the battle and Mcculloch lost his life G Am G Am G Goddamn you Ben Mcculloch D I hate you more than any other Man Alive Am Em and when you die Am Em you'll be a foot soldier just like me D G In the Devils Infantry
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Goodbye
(Steve Earle)Intro is something like C G/B F G C
C G/B I remember holdin' on to you Am F C All them long and lonely nights I put you through C G/B Somewhere in there I'm sure I made you cry F G (G7) C But I can't remember if we said goodbye Bridge: F C But I recall all of them nights down in Mexico G G7 One place I may never go G7 C G (G7) In my life again C G/B Was I just off somewhere just too high F G C But I can't remember if we said goodbye I only miss you every now and then Like a cool breeze blowin up from the Caribbean Most Novembers I break down and cry But I can't remember if we said goodbye Repeat bridge Coda: F G Am But I can't remember if we said goodbye F Goodbye C Goodbye*Note (G7) means maybe throw in a dominant seventh 323001 or 32300x or 3x300x etc the C and G chords use sus 4's etc off and on.
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I'm Looking Through You
(John Lennon, Paul McCartney)G D G C G C G C G C Am7 Em D I'm lookin' through you where did you go G C Am7 Em D I thought I knew you what did I know Em D C G C D You don't look different but you have changed G C Am7 C7 G C G C G C I'm Iooking through you you're not the same G C Am7 Em D Your lips are moving I cannot hear G C Am7 Em D Your voice is soothing but the words aren't clear Em D C G C D You don't sound different I've learned the game G C Am7 C7 G C G C G C G C I'm looking through you, you're not the same BRIDGE C G Why tell me why did you not treat me right C G Dsus4 D Love has a nasty habit of disappearing over night G C Am7 Em D You're thinking of me the same old way G C Am7 Em D You were above me, but not today Em D C G C D The only difference is you're down there G C Am7 C7 G C G C G C G C I'm looking through you and you're nowhere
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Sometimes She Forgets
(Steve Earle)G If you see her out tonight And she tells you it's just the lights C G That bring her here and not her loneliness D7 G That's what she says but sometimes she forgets If she tells you she don't need a man She's had all the comfort she can stand C G You'd best believe every word she says D7 G But don't give up 'cause sometimes she forgets C G C G Sometimes she forgets that not too long ago she swore A D7 She wasn't gonna let her heart be broken anymore G So now she keeps it locked away It grows colder every day C G And it won't warm to any man's caress D7 G That's what she says but sometimes she forgets D7 G Hey now don't give up 'cause sometimes she forgets
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Tom Ames' Prayer
(Steve Earle)(G)Everyone in Nagadoches knew Tom Ames would come to some bad (D)end, Cause the (Em)sheriff had caught him stealing (C)chickens and such from the (G)time that (D)he was (G)ten. (G)One day his daddy took a 10-dollar bill and he tucked it in his (D)hand, He said (Em)I know you're headed for (C)trouble son, your (G)mama wouldn't (D)under(G)stand. (G)So he took his dad's money and his brother's old bay and he left without a word of (D)thanks, Fell (Em)in with this crowd in a (C)border town and he (G)took to (D)robbin' (G)banks. (solo over) Em-C- G- D Em-C- G - D -G (G)Outside the law his luck a-run out fast, a few years came and (D)went; Til he was (Em)trapped up in an alley in (C)Abilene with (G)all but (D)four shells (G)spent. (G)And he realized then that prayin' was the only thing he hadn't ever (D)tried; He (Em)didn't know quite how to (C)do it but he (G)looked up (D)to the (G)sky. (G)He said "You don't owe me nothin and as far as I know, Lord I don't owe nothin' to (D)you (Em)I ain't askin for a (C)miracle Lord a (G)little bit of (D)luck will (G)do. (G)You know I ain't never prayed before cause it always seemed to (D)me that (Em)prayin was just like (C)beggin' and I (G)don't take (D)chari(G)ty. break: Em-C-G-D Em-C G-D-G (G)Lord, I've had some breaks in my life as you already (D)know I've (Em)had some help from the good lord and the (C)devil himself's been (G)strictly (D)touch and (G)go. (G)Right here now with my back to the wall I can't help but re(D)call how they (Em)nearly hung me for (C)stealin' a horse in (G)Ft. (D)Smith, (G)Arkansas (G)Judge Parker said guilty and his gavel came down just like a cannon (D)shot I (Em)went away (C)quietly I beg(G)an to (D)file and (G)plot. (G)They sent that old preacher down to my cell he said, "the lord is your only (D)hope, (Em)he'll be the only friend you (C)have, son when you (G)hit the (D)end of Parker's (G)rope." (G)Well, I guess he could've kept on preachin' til Christmas but he turned his back on (D)me (Em)I put a homemade blade to that (C)golden throat and asked the (G)deputy (D)for the (G)key. (G)Ah, but who in the hell am I talkin to? there ain't no one here but (D)me (single strum each chord) (Em)So he cocked both his pistols, (C)spit in the dirt, and (G)walked in(D)to that (G)street."break and end"
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Tecumseh Valley
(Townes Van Zandt)(G)The Name she gave was (C)Caro(G)line The (C)Daughter of a (G)Miner and her (C)ways were free and it (G)seemed to (Em) me The (D) sunshine walked (C) beside her (G)she came from spencer (C)cross the (G) hill She said (C) her Pa had (G) sent Her Cause the (C)coal was low and soon (G) the (Em)snow would (D) turn the skies to (C) winter well she said she'd come to look for work she was not seeking favors for a dime a day and a place to stay She'd turn those hands to labor The times were hard lord the jobs were few All through Tecumseh Valley But she asked around and a job she found Tending Bar for Gypsy Sally She saved enough to get back home When spring replaced the winter But her dreams were denied her Pa had Died The word came down from Spencer She turned to whorin' out in the streets with all the list inside her It was many a man returned again To lay himself beside her Well they found her down beneath the stairs That led to Gypsy Sally's In her hand when she died was a note that cried Fare thee well Tecumseh Valley
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