Subject: Emmylou Stuff #1 Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 19:45:35 -0600 (CST) From: rickl1@ix.netcom.com To: settler@mailer.uni-marburg.de Emmylou Harris Ashes by Now written by Rodney Crowell G This morning is Monday where are you now D Teasin' my memory teaching me how to lay low C C7 When I don't want to G Well love is elusive this I know now It's making me crazy leaving me out D C G C G In the open when I don't want to G The moments of pleasures Never do last Are gone like a suitcase full of your past D C C7 Long gone and in a hurry Em G Baby, I can't go through this again Em G I don't need to go down more then I've already been Em G Just like a wild fire you're running all over town Em G As much as you burn me baby I should be ashes by now G The second street beggars alone in their life Drunk on a sidewalk to hide from the night D C C7 Like I am They're just like I am Em G Baby, I can't go through this again Em G I don't need to go down more then I've already been Em G Just like a wild fire you're running all over town Em G As much as you burn me baby I should be ashes by now Em G Just like a wild fire You're running all over town Em G As much as you burn me, baby I should be ashes by now Em Ebm Dm G Em Ebm Dm G Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah I should be ashes by now Em Ebm Dm G From Emmylou Harris "Evangeline" LP Warner Brothers Records 1981 Jolly Cheeks Music(BMI) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emmylou Harris A Ways To Go written by Lainie Marsh Al Perkins steel guitar Mike Brignardello bass Chris Leuzinger acoustic guitar Richard Bennett guitar Sam Baco percussion Suzanne Cox background vocals Alison Krauss background vocals B I hear the clock a tickin F# See the sweat upon my brow B I know my destination F# Nothing's gonna stop me now B I'm running on desire F# Baby I've got nerves of steel B Coming down to the wire F# Lord above me guide the wheel F# E B Keep me in your prayers tonight F# E B I'll be weary upon that road F# E B I know the finish line's in sight F# E B F# B F# But I still have a ways to go B There's a junkyard dog a barkin F# In the valley down below B He's wanting me to stop and F# Gather up a heavy load B Ain't gonna heed his call F# Ain't givin him the time of day B You mangy mutt once and for all F# I said I threw that stuff away F# E B Keep me in your prayers tonight F# E B I'll be weary upon that road F# E B I know the finish line's in sight F# E B F# B F# But I still have a ways to go A B I won't have a bit of trouble A B Heading down the straight and true A B I'll fly solo on the double D E B F# B F# Into the yonder blue B I might need some intervention F# Out upon the icy turn B In a foggy situation F# Squealin on a hairpin curve B I'm running on desire F# Baby I've got nerves of steel B Coming down to the wire F# Lord above me guide the wheel F# E B Keep me in your prayers tonight F# E B I'll be weary upon that road F# E B I know the finish line's in sight F# E But I still have a ways F# E B Keep me in your prayers tonight F# E B I'll be weary upon that road F# E B I know the finish line's in sight F# E B F# B F# But I still have a ways to go B F# B F# B F# B Got a ways to go got a ways to go From Emmylou Harris "Cowgirl's Prayer" CD Asylum Records 1993 Gallivanting Girls(ASCAP) ================================================================================== Emmylou Harris Beneath Still Waters written by Dallas Frazier Hank Devito steel guitar James Burton guitar Emory Gordy bass John Ware drums Glen D Hardin piano Albert Lee acoustic guitar Rodney Crowell acoustic guitar Fayssoux Starling vocals D7 G Beneath still waters A D Theres's a strong undertow G The surface won't tell you A D What the deep waters know D7 G Darling I'm saying D I know something's wrong D7 G Beneath still waters A D Your love is gone D7 G Even a fool could see D That you'll soon be leaving me B7 But each and every heart E A Must takes it's turn at misery G And this time it's me A D And I'll cry alone D7 G Beneath still waters A D Your love is gone SOLO D7 G Even a fool could see D That you'll soon be leaving me B7 But each and every heart E A Must takes it's turn at misery G And this time it's me A D And I'll cry alone D7 G Beneath still waters A D Your love is gone D7 G Beneath still waters A D Your love is gone D7 G Beneath still waters A D G D Your love is gone From Emmylou Harris "Blue Kentucky Girl" LP Warner Brothers Records 1979 Acuff-Rose Publications(BMI) ========================================================================== Emmylou Harris Better Off Without You written by Marshall Chapman Dennis Walker Fontaine Brown C Bb Room 16 the Palms Motel F Now I can rest behind the door C Bb My life with you's become a living hell F Don't wanna live like than no more Dm Bb C And whatever it will take Dm Bb C I will do to make this final break F Bb C Yeah better off without you F Bb C Better off without you F C F Better off without you in my life C So I'll unpack my bags Bb F And kick off these old shoes C Bb This room is as good as anyplace I've ever been F For lookin at the truth Dm Bb C Now it's all so clear to me Dm Bb C What a blind man could plainly see F Bb C Yeah better off without you F Bb C Better off without you F C F Better off without you in my life C Oh God here comes the tears Bb I'm gonna stay right here C I'll cry I've cried away Bb C But I won't go back no more SOLO C Looks like a change in the weather Bb F I can hear it start to rain C Bb I hope it's not too long this time F Before the sun comes out again Dm Bb C But if it rains forever Dm Bb C I will still be better off F Bb C Yeah better off without you F Bb C Better off without you F C F Bb F Bb F Better off without you in my life From Emmylou Harris "Brand New Dance" Reprise Records 1990 Tall Girl Music/Robischon Music/Fontoones(BMI) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emmylou Harris Boulder To Birmingham by Emmylou Harris Bill Danoff Herb Pedersen background vocals/12 string guitar James Burton guitar Ron Tutt drums Bill Payne piano Glen D Hardin electric piano Ben Keith steel guitar Ray Pohlman bass Rick Cunha acoustic guitar Fsus Bb I don't want to hear a love song Gm Eb Bb I got on this airplane just to fly F7 And I know there's life below But all that it can show me Bb Is the prairie and the sky Fsus Bb And I don't want to hear a sad story Gm Eb Bb Full of heartbreak and desire F7 The last time I felt like this Bb It was in the wilderness and the canyon was on fire Gm C7 Eb Bb And I stood on the mountain in the night and I watched it burn F7 Bb I watched it burn, I watched it burn. Eb Bb I would rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham F7 Bb I would hold my life in his saving grace. Eb Bb I would walk all the way from Boulder to Birmingham F7 Bb If I thought I could see, I could see your face. Fsus Bb Well you really got me this time Gm Eb Bb And the hardest part is knowing I'll survive. F7 I have come to listen for the sound Of the trucks as they move down Bb Out on ninety five Gm C7 And pretend that it's the ocean Eb Bb F7 coming down to wash me clean, to wash me clean F7 Bb Baby do you know what I mean Eb Bb I would rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham F7 Bb I would hold my life in his saving grace. Eb Bb I would walk all the way from Boulder to Birmingham F7 Bb If I thought I could see, I could see your face. From Emmylou Harris "Pieces Of The Sky" Reprise Records 1975 Wait and See Music(BMI)/Cherry Lane Music(ASCAP) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gram Parsons Brand New Heartache by Boudleaux Bryant Emmylou Harris Felice Bryant Gram Parsons vocals/acoustic guitar Emmylou Harris vocals/acoustic guitar Bernie Leadon guitar Al Perkins steel guitar Emory Gordy bass Ronnie Tutt drums Glen D Hardin piano James Burton guitar Herb Pederson acoustic guitar/vocals E E7 A guy moved into town I ain't seen you around A B E B I feel a brand new heartache coming on E E7 It happened once before when a guy moved in next door A B E E7 I feel a brand new heartache coming on A B E E7 Why can't I trust in you A B E B Why do you try to make me blue the way you do E E7 Tonight we had a date and you're three hours late A B E B7 I feel a brand new heartache coming on SOLO A B E E7 Why can't I trust in you A B E B Why do you try to make me blue the way you do E E7 You said we'd have a ball you never showed at all A B E E7 I feel a brand new heartache coming on A B E I feel a brand new heartache coming on >From The Flying Burrito Brothers "Sleepless Nights" LP A & M Records House Of Bryant Publications (BMI) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Emmylou Harris Crescent City written by Lucinda Williams Sam Bush fiddle Bobby Wray bass Milton Sledge drums Chris Leuzinger guitar Richard Bennett acoustic guitar Dave Hoffner organ Jay Spell accordion Trisha Yearwood harmony Kathy Chiavola harmony Ashley Cleveland harmony B E Everybody's had a few B Now they're talking about who knows who C#m I'm going back to the Crescent City A B Where everything's still the same E This town has said what it has to say B Now I'm after that back highway C#m A B And the longest bridge I've ever crossed over Pontchartrain F#m B Tu le ton temps that's what we say F#m B We used to dance the night away F#m B Me and my sister me and my brother F#m B We used to walk down by the river E Mama lives in Mandeville B I can hardly wait until C#m A B I can hear my Zydeco and laissez le bon ton roulet E And take rides in open cars B My brother knows where the best bars are C#m A B Let's see how these blues'll do in the town where the good times stay F#m B Tu le ton temps that's what we say F#m B We used to dance the night away F#m B Me and my sister me and my brother F#m B We used to walk down by the river SOLO F#m B Tu le ton temps that's what we say F#m B We used to dance the night away F#m B Me and my sister me and my brother F#m B We used to walk down by the river From Emmylou Harris "Cowgirl's Prayer" CD Asylum Records 1993 Lucy Jones Music(BMI) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emmylou Harris Defying Gravity written by Jesse Winchester Albert Lee guitar James Burton guitar Hank Devito steel guitar Glen D Hardin piano Emory Gordy bass John Ware drums Mickey Raphael harmonica Rodney Crowell acoustic guitar Nicolette Larson vocals G D I live on a big blueball D G I never do dream I may fall G D But even the day that I do D G I'll jump off and smile back at you G D I don't even know where we are D G They tell us we're circling a star G D Well, I'll take their word, for I don't know G D But I'm dizzy so it may be that's so G D D G G D D G B E B B E E B B E C# F# C# I'm riding a big blue ball C# F# And never do dream I may fall F# C# But even the high must lay low C# F# So when I do fall I'll be glad to go From Emmylou Harris "Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town" LP Warner Brothers Records 1978 Fourth Floor Music/Hot Kitchen Music(ASCAP) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emmylou Harris Easy From Now On written by Susanna Clark Carlene Carter James Burton electric guitar Albert Lee acoustic guitar John Ware drums Emory Gordy bass Hank DeVito steel guitar Mickey Raphael harmonica Brian Ahern acoustic guitar Eb Ab There he goes gone again Eb Bb Same old story's gotta come to an end Eb Ab Lovin' him was a one way street Eb Bb But i'm gettin' off where the crossroads meet Eb Ab It's a quarter moon in a ten cent town Eb Bb Time for me to lay my heartaches down Eb Ab Saturday night gonna make myself a name Eb Bb Take a month of sundays to try and explain Ab Eb Cm Ab It's gonna be easy to fill the heart of a thirsty woman Eb Bb Harder to kill the ghost of a no good man Ab Eb Cm Ab And I'll be ridin' high in a fandangled sky Ab/G Fm Ab Ab/G Fm Bb7 Eb It's gonna be easy; it's gonna be easy from now on SOLO Eb Ab Raw as a whip but clean as bone Eb Bb Soft to the touch when you take me home Eb Ab When the mornin' comes and it's time for me to leave, Eb Bb Don't worry about me; i got a wildcard up my sleeve Ab Eb Cm Ab It's gonna be easy to fill the heart of a thirsty woman Eb Bb Harder to kill the ghost of a no good man Ab Eb Cm Ab And I'll be ridin' high in a fandangled sky Ab/G Fm Ab Ab/G Fm It's gonna be easy; it's gonna be easy Ab Ab/G Fm Bb7 Eb It's gonna be easy from now on From Emmylou Harris "Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town" Warner Brothers Records 1978 Song Of Cash Inc(ASCAP) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emmylou Harris Evangeline written by Robbie Robertson Eb She stands on the banks of the mighty Mississippi Bb Alone in the pale moonlight Bb Waitin' for a man, a riverboat gambler Eb Said that he'd return tonight They used to waltz on the banks of the mighty Mississippi Bb Lovin' the whole night through Bb He was a riverboat gambler off to make a killin' Eb And bring it on back to you Ab Eb Evangeline Evangeline Bb Eb Curses the soul of the Mississippi Queen Bb Eb That pulled her man away SOLO Eb Bayou Sam from South Louisian' Bb Had gamblin' in his veins Evangeline from the maritime Eb Was slowly goin' insane High on the top of a Hickory Hill Bb She stands in the lightning and thunder Down on the river the boat was a sinkin' Eb She watched that Queen go under Ab Eb Evangeline Evangeline Bb Eb Curses the soul of the Mississippi Queen Bb Eb That pulled her man away Ab Eb Evangeline Evangeline Bb Eb Curses the soul of the Mississippi Queen Bb Eb That pulled her man away Copyright Medicine Hat Music(ASCAP) Warner Brothers Records 1981 From The Emmylou Harris "Evangeline" LP ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emmylou Harris Even Cowgirls Get the Blues written by Rodney Crowell Rodney Crowell acoustic guitar Albert Lee electric guitar Hank Devito steel guitar Glen D Hardin piano Emory Gordy bass John Ware drums Mickey Raphael harmonica Dolly Parton harmony Linda Rondstadt harmony Eb Ab She's a rounder I can tell you that Eb Bb She can sing 'em all night too Eb Ab She'll raise hell about the sleep she lost Eb Bb Eb Even cowgirls get the blues Eb Ab Especially cowgirls they're the gypsy kind Eb Bb And need their reins laid on 'em loose Eb Ab She's lived to see the world turned upside down Eb Bb Eb Hitchin' rides out of the blue Eb Ab Even cowgirls get the blues sometimes Eb Bound to don't know what to do sometimes Ab Get this feeling like she's too far gone Bb Eb The only way she's ever been SOLO Eb Ab Lonely nights are out there on the road Eb Bb Motel ceiling stares you down Eb Ab There must be safer ways to pay your dues Eb Bb Eb Even cowgirls get the blues Eb Ab Even cowgirls get the blues sometimes Eb Bound to don't know what to do sometimes Ab Get this feeling like she's too far gone Bb Eb The only way she's ever been Eb Ab Even cowgirls get the blues sometimes Eb Bound to don't know what to do sometimes Ab Get this feeling like the restless wind Bb Eb The only way she's ever been From Emmylou Harris "Blue Kentucky Girl" LP Warner Brothers Records 1979 Copyright Visa Music(ASCAP) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emmylou Harris Every Grain Of Sand written by Bob Dylan Daniel Lanois acoustic guitar Malcolm Burn organ Larry Mullen Jr drums Tony Hall bass Steve Earle acoustic guitar Db Bbm Db Bbm In the time of my confession, in the hour of my deepest need Db Bbm Ab Absus Ab When the pool of tears beneath my feet flood every newborn seed Db Bbm Db Bbm There's a dyin' voice within me reaching out somewhere, Db Bbm Ab Asusb Ab Toiling in the danger and in the morals of despair. Ab7 Db Ab Don't have the inclination to look back on any mistake, Ab7 Db Ab Like Cain, I now behold this chain of events that I must break. Db Bbm Db Bbm In the fury of the moment I can see the Master's hand Db Bbm Ab Absus Db In every leaf that trembles and, in every grain of sand. Db Bbm Db Bbm Oh, the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yesteryear, Db Bbm Ab Absus Ab Like criminals, they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer. Db Bbm Db Bbm The sun beat down upon the steps of time to light the way Db Bbm Ab Absus Ab To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay. Ab Ab7 Db Ab I gaze into the doorway of temptation's angry flame Ab Ab7 Db Ab And every time I pass that way I always hear my name. Db Bbm Db Bbm Then onward in my journey I come to understand Db Bbm Ab Db That every hair is numbered like every grain of sand. Db Bbm Db Bbm I have gone from rags to riches in the sorrow of the night Db Bbm Ab Absus Ab In the violence of a summer's dream, in the chill of a wintry light, Db Bbm Db Bbm In the bitter dance of loneliness fading into space, Db Bbm Ab Absus Ab In the broken mirror of innocence on each forgotten face. Ab Ab7 Db Ab I hear the ancient footsteps like the motion of the sea Ab Ab7 Db Ab Sometimes I turn, there's someone there, other times it's only me. Db Bbm Db Bbm I am hanging in the balance of a perfect finished plan Db Bbm Ab Db Like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand From Emmylou Harris "Wrecking Ball" Asylum Records 1995 1981 Special Rider Music -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emmylou Harris Everytime You Leave written by Charlie & Ira Louvin Bb Dm Eb F Bb Everytime you leave you tear the soul from me Bb F Bb F I die a little more each time we part Bb Dm Eb F Bb I can't control my dreams my heart can't seem to learn F Bb To run and lock it's door when you return F7 Bb I know that you'll come back again F7 Bb As soon as you get blue F7 Bb And I know what will happen then C7 Cm F One kiss and I'll give in to you Bb Dm Eb F Bb Everytime you leave you tear the soul from me F But I want to live so I'll forgive Bb Everytime you leave SOLO C Em F G C Everytime you leave you tear the soul from me G But I want to live so I'll forgive C Everytime you leave From The Blue Kentucky Girl LP Warner Brothers Records 1979 Acuff-Rose Publications (BMI) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Emmylou Harris For No One written by John Lennon Paul McCartney Herb Pedersen acoustic guitar/vocals Amos Garrett electric guitar Bill Payne piano Brian Ahern bass Byron Berline fiddle Fayssoux Sterling vocals F Am The day breaks your mind aches Dm F Bbmaj7 Eb9 You find that all her words of kindness linger on F She no longer needs you F Am She wakes up she makes up Dm F Bbmaj7 Eb9 She takes her time and doesn't feel she has to hurry F She no longer needs you Gm D7 And in her eyes you see nothing Gm D7 Gm No sign of love behind the tears D7 Cried for no one Gm D7 Gm Csus C A love that should have lasted years F Am You want her you need her Dm F Bbmaj7 Eb9 And yet you don't believe her when she said her love is dead F You think she needs you F Am She goes out you stay home Dm F Bbmaj7 Eb9 She says that long ago she knew someone but now he's gone F She doesn't need him SOLO Gm D7 And in her eyes you see nothing Gm D7 Gm No sign of love behind the tears D7 Cried for no one Gm D7 Gm Csus C A love that should have lasted years F Am Your day breaks your mind aches Dm F Bbmaj7 There will be time when all the things she said Eb9 Will fill your head F You won't forget her From Emmylou Harris "Pieces Of The Sky" Reprise Records 1975 MacLen Music Inc(BMI) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emmylou Harris Goodbye written by Steve Earle Daniel Lanois guitar/mandolin Malcolm Burn piano Larry Mullen Jr drums Tony Hall bass Steve Earle acoustic guitar A Asus A Asus E D E A Asus A A Asus A E Esus E I remember holdin' on to you F#m D A Asus A All them long and lonely nights I put you through A Asus A E Esus E Somewhere in there I'm sure I made you cry D E Esus A Asus A A Asus A But I can't remember if we said goodbye D A Asus A But I recall all of them nights down in Mexico E A Asus A E One place I may never go in my life again A E Esus E E Esus E Was I just off somewhere or just too high D E Esus A Asus A A Asus A But I can't remember if we said goodbye SOLO A Asus A E I only miss you every now and then F#m D A Asus A Like the soft breeze blowin up from the Carribean A Asus A E Esus E Most Novembers I break down and cry D E Esus A Asus A A Asus A Cause I can't remember if we said goodbye D A Asus A But I recall all of them nights down in Mexico E A Asus A E One place I will never go in my life again A Asus A E Esus E E Esus E Was I just off somewhere or just too high D E A Asus A A Asus A But I can't remember if we said goodbye D E F#m No I can't remember if we said goodbye D A Asus A A Asus A Goodbye goodbye From Emmylou Harris "Wrecking Ball" CD Asylum Records 1995 EMI Birgin Music Inc/South Nashville Music(ASCAP)