Ry Cooder Bourgeois Blues (Huddie Ledbetter/Alan Lomax) G7 C7 G D7 G7 Me and my wife went all over town And everywhere we went people turned us down C7 Lord, in a bourgeois town G It’s a bourgeois town D7 I got the bourgeois blues G Gonna spread the news all around Home of the brave, land of the free I don’t wanna be mistreated by no bourgeoisie Lord, in a bourgeois town Uhm, the bourgeois town I got the bourgeois blues Gonna spread the news all around Well, me and my wife we were standing upstairs We heard the white man say "I don’t want no niggers up there" Lord, in a bourgeois town Uhm, bourgeois town I got the bourgeois blues Gonna spread the news all around Well, them white folks in Washington they know how To call a colored man a nigger just to see him bow Lord, it’s a bourgeois town Uhm, the bourgeois town I got the bourgeois blues Gonna spread the news all around I tell all the colored folks to listen to me Don't try to find you no home in Washington, DC ‘Cause it’s a bourgeois town Uhm, the bourgeois town I got the bourgeois blues Gonna spread the news all around I got mine (Traditional) C F G Am C And I went down to a big crap game, F C 'Twas certainly against my will. I lost every doggone nickel I had G But a greenback dollar bill. C Forty dollar that laid on the floor F C My buddy's point was nine F Well, the police they come in there Am And caught all of 'em C G C But I got mine. I got mine, let me tell ya F C I got mine. I grabbed that money G Out the back door I went flying C Well, ever since the big crap game F C I've been livin' on chicken and wine. F Am I'm the leader of so ciety C G C Since I got mine. I know a barber shop It's a way cross town Down on Norfolk street It's the only place on a Saturday night That us gamblers gets to meet Some comes for a haircut And others come for a scrap And when you see me and my buddies up there, man We means to shoot some crap Hollering: "Seven, eleven, won't you come, come, come!!! If you don't seven, eleven them You're done, done, done" If I see the police before he sees me I'm gonna run, run, run I'm the leader of society Since I got mine Well, I went down to my best girl's house The hour was just about nine I wasn't dressed up like Henry Ford But I was feeling just as fine I caught her sitting on another man's knee And I didn't like that sign Well, I told them what I thought about it, boys And I got mine I got mine, I got mine I grabbed my hat and through the window I went flying I ran as fast as I could run But I didn't get there in time Because the rascal grabbed a shotgun, Lord And I got mine Always lift him up/Kanaka Wai Wai (Alfred Reed)/(Traditional) G C D G When a fellow has the blues and feels discouraged C G And there’s nothing else but trouble all his life When he’s always grumbled at and never happy D Living with a scolding, aggravating wife G If he’s sick and tired of life and takes to drinking C Do not pass him by, don’t greet him with a frown G Do not fail to lend a hand and try to help him D C G Always lift him up and never knock him down If he stays out late at night because he’s worried And because his home is not what it should be Have a smile for him whenever you should meet him It would help him just the right way, don’t you see If he gambles when he’s in the town or city Tell him what he ought to do to gain the crown Lend a hand and do not fail to show him pity Always lift him up and never knock him down If he cannot pay his debts and feels disgusted If he’s blue and doesn’t have a word to say Let him know you are his friend who can be trusted It would cheer this lonely fellow on his way If he finds it hard for him to keep his family Let a kind word greet his ear when he’s around Don’t say anything at all to make against him Always lift him up and never knock him down If he has no friends and everyone's against him If he’s failed at everything that he has tried Try to lift his load, to help to bear his burden Let him know that you are walking by his side And if he feels that all is lost, and he is falling Try to place that poor man's feet on solid ground Just remember he's some mother's precious darling Always lift him up and never knock him down Always lift him up and never knock him down He'll have to go (Allison/Allison) F Bb Dm C7 F7 F Bb F Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone Dm C7 And let’s pretend that we’re to gether all alone F F7 Bb I’ll tell the man to turn the jukebox way down low F C7 And you can tell your friend there with you F He’ll have to go Whisper to me, tell me do you love me too ? Or is he holding you the way I do ? Though love is blind, make up your mind I’ve got to know Should I hang up or will you tell him He’ll have to go ? F7 Bb You can say the words I wanna hear F When you’re with some other man F7 Bb Do you want to answer yes or no F C7 Darling, I will understand Smack Dab in the middle (Charles E. Calhoun) G G7 C D7 F G Well, pick me a town in any clime People like a rockin' time Stay awake both day and night And everybody's feeling good and right G7 Then throw me C Smack dab in the middle Smack dab in the middle D7 Smack dab in the middle F G Well, let me rock and roll to satisfy my soul I want ten Cadillacs and a diamond mill Ten suits of clothes all dressed to kill Ten room house and-a some barbecue And-a fifty chicks none over twenty-two Then throw me Smack dab in the middle Smack dab in the middle Smack dab in the middle Well, let me rock and roll to satisfy my soul I want a lotta bread and gangs of meat Oodles of butter and something sweet Gallons of coffee to wash it down And bi-carbonated soda by the pound Smack dab in the middle Smack dab in the middle Smack dab in the middle Well, let me rock and roll to satisfy my soul Well, I want a big jazz band, a lotta dancing girls A street that's paved with natural pearl Bring me a wagonload of bonds and stocks And then open up the doors to Fort Knox Then throw me Smack dab in the middle Smack dab in the middle Smack dab in the middle Well, let me rock and roll to satisfy my soul Soul, soul, soul Smack dab, smack dab, smack dab... STAND BY ME (Ben E. King/Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller) G Em C D7 Am G Em When the night is come and the land is dark C D7 G And the moon is the only light we'll see Em I won't be afraid, I won't be afraid C D7 G Just as long as you stand by me G Em Am D7 G Stand by me, stand by me, stand by me G Won't you stand by me Em Am D7 G Oh woo oh, stand by me, stand by me And when the sky that we look upon Should crumble and fall And the mountain should crumble to the sea I won't be afraid, I won't shed a tear Just as long as you stand, stand by me Stand by me, stand by me, stand by me Stand by me Oh woo oh, you oughta stand by me, stand by me Stand by me, stand by me, stand by me Oh woo oh, stand by me Yellow Roses (K. Devine/S. Nichols) C F G Am C F I just received, sweetheart, your yellow roses C G You tell me that they mean that we're all through C F You tell me that tonight your heart is broken C G C But you should know I was never untrue F C I'll place them near your photograph and as the petals fall G F G They'll hide from you my lonely tears that shouldn't fall at all C F Then they will slowly fade away and die C G C But I still love you though yellow roses say good bye Goodnight Irene (Huddie Ledbetter/John Lomax) E E7 A B7 E B7 I asked your mother for you E She told me that you was too young E7 A I wish dear Lord never have seen your face B7 E And I'm sorry that you ever been born. E B7 E Irene good night, Irene good night E7 A Goodnight Irene, good night Irene B7 E I'll get you in my dreams Sometimes I lives in the country Sometimes I lives in town Sometimes I have a great notion To jump into the river and drown I loves Irene, God knows I do Loves her till the sea runs dry If Irene turns her back on me I'm gonna take morphine and die Stop ramblin' and stop gamblin' Quit staying out late at night Come home into your wife and your family Sit down by the fireside bright Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene I'll get you in my dreams