The Songs

A Man Can’t Change @B
a. I’m drunk and I’m dirty
b. I’m wild as a river
ref There’s something about you
c. I’m going on back

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All Along Watchtower @Em h!G end :F:
a.There must be someway out of here...
Said the joker to the thief
There's too much confusion... no relief
> Business man they drink my wine

b.There’s no reason to get excited...
The thief he kindly spoke
> But you and I we’ve been thru that

c.All along the watchtower...
Princes kept the view
> Outside in the cold distance

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All I Gotta Do @E K4 [G#] :f:
C#M | E | C#M | F#m
Am | E

a.Whenever I want you around yeh 
All I gotta do 
Is call you on the phone 
And you'll come running home 
Yeh that's all I gotta do

b.And when I, I want to kiss you yeh 
All I gotta do 
Is whisper in your ear 
The words you want to hear 
And I'll be kissing you

refrain
And the same goes for me 
Whenever you want me at all 
I'll be here yes I will 
Whenever you can 
You just gotta call on me, yeh 
You just gotta call on me

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Ballad of Easy Rider @G :Horf: (pick) h!G
a. The river flows, it flows to the sea
Wherever that river goes that's where I want to be

b. All he wanted was to be free
And that's the way it turned out to be

refrain
Flow river flow, past the shady trees
Go river go, go to the sea
Flow to the sea

c. The river flows, it flows to the sea
Wherever it goes that's where I want to be
Flow river flow, let your waters wash down
Take me from this road to some other town

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Black Crow @Bm h!D :H:
a. Red sun rising on the river
b. Dead man and the trouble he'd been brewing
c. Hot light is the only light I'm feeling

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Blackbird @G :f:
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
a. Take these broken wings and learn to fly
b. Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
c. Take these broken wings and learn to fly

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Can't Find My Way Home @D :f:
a. Come down off your throne and leave your body alone.
b. Come down on your own and leave your body alone.

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Copper Kettle @G
a.Get you a copper kettle...
b.Build a fire of hickory...
c.My daddy he made whiskey...

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Cotton Fields @C h!F
a. When I was a little bitty baby
b. It was down in Louisiana,

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Cowgirl In The Sand @Am-K2
a. Hello cowgirl in the sand

> Can I stay here for a while
> Old enough now

b. Hello ruby in the dust

> After all the sin we've had

c. Hello woman of my dreams
> This is not the way it seems
> Purple words on a grey

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Down Beneath Blue @G-K2 h!D :F: [A]
a.Riding on a desert Wind...
> Reminiscing days of old
b. Reaching up I touch the sky
> Reflecting miracles of light
c. Take a glimpse of where we've been
> Innocent up to the end
> Then as leaves fall from the vine
> To be scattered in the wind.

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Down By The River @Em
a.Be on my side, I’ll be...
> No reason you to hide
> Its so hard for me
> Staying here all alone
> taking me for ride
b.You take my hand…
> together get away
> This much sadness
> too much sorrow

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Downstream @G

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Drifter Girl @A7
a. One early white morning
b. I've only forgotten the lies that I've told
ref 1
Just when you thought you were years younger
Somebody spoiled your dream...
c. Love ain't a stranger it’s weak and wide open.
ref 2
Hold on to me girl, we're over the falls,
We were falling fast when the last wind called.

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Find a Reason to Believe @G-K2 [A]
Melody low? starts on ?
a. If I listened long enough to you
> I'd find a way to believe that it's all true
b. If I gave you time to change my mind
> I'd find a way just to leave the past behind

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Fishing Blues @G hG/D
a. Betcha' goin' fishin' all o' da' time
b. I went on down to my favorite fishin' hole
> Baby grab me a pole an' line.
c. Baby brother 'bout to run me outta my mind,
> Say, can I go fishin' wi' chu?

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Friend Of The Devil @G :T:
a. I lit out from Reno, I was trailed by twenty hounds
> Didn’t get to sleep until morning

b. Ran into the devil and he loaned me twenty bills
> Spent nite in Utah in a cave

c. I ran down to the levee but the devil caught me there
> Took my 20 dollars, vanished

d. Got a wife in Chino, babe, and one in Cherokee

refrain
Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night

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Hazel @E :H:
a. Hazel, dirty blonde hair
> Wouldn't be ashamed to be seen with you anywhere

b. Hazel, stardust in your eye
> You're going somewhere and so am I
> I'd give you the sky high above
> Ooh, for a touch of your love.
refrain
Oh no, I don't need any reminder

It's just making me blinder and blinder

c. Hazel, you called and I came
> Now don't make me play this waiting game
> You've got something I want plenty of

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Honey Don't @E
a. Well, how can you say you will, when you won't
b. Well, I love you, baby, and you ought to know
c. Well, sometimes I love you on a Saturday night

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I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight @G-K4

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I Drink Alone @Bm
a. Sailing the ocean...
> Ain’t got no worries,
b. Siping my tonic...
> Ain’t nothing like it,
c. Slowly I’m Glowing
> Feel so important...

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I Need You @A :T: (after Let It Be Me?)
a. You don't realize how much I need you,
> Love you all the time And never leave you
b. Said you had a thing or two to tell me.
Oh Yes You
chorus
D E A
Told me You don't ... anymore. That's when it
D E
hurt me and feeling like this
B7 E
I just can't go on anymore.
c. Please remember how I feel about you,

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Just A Game @G K5 [C] :T:
a. Smoking ‘bout pack a day
b. She might leave tomorrow
c. Well I’m drinking more and I’m thinking less
d. Smoking ‘bout pack a day
>
> Don’t know if I should fold or call

Just Like A Woman @G-K4 [B] :F:

Keep On Rising @A7 :F/TorH:
a.Sitting by my campfire

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Just Like A Woman @G-K4 [B] :F:
a. Nobody feels any pain
b. Queen Mary She’s my friend
R. It was raining from the first
c. I just can’t fit Yes, I believe it’s time for us to quit

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Keep On Rising @A7 :F/TorH:
a.Sitting by my campfire
b.Crusing down the freeway
c.Think I'll go back to the country

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Knockin' on Heaven's Door @G h!G :H:
a.Mama take this badge from me
b.Mama put my guns in the ground

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Laurie Lauraine @G K4 [B] :F:
G G Em Bm Am Am D G
a. L/L, Loves a sad old game
b. L/L, Never change your name
r1 Bm F#m D G / B Em Am D.D7
Late in the night, nothing…
> You went to his house
found him in
> Hugging and kissing
your best friend
c. L/L, Never change your name
d, L/L, I love to call your name
r2 Late in the night, nothing…
> I went to your house but found you gone
> So I stayed at the corner singing sad love songs

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Let It Be Me @G K2 [A] h!A :T:
G D7 Em Bm
C G C G

C Bm C G
C G C B7
a. I bless the day I found you
> So I beg you let it be me
b. Don't take this heaven from one
> Now and forever let it be me
ref Each time we meet love
c. So never leave me lonely
> And that you’ll always let it...

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Love Is A Tower @E :H:
a. Don’t expect me to talk any more
Here’s the key to your door
> Seems to me I should be moving on
No one’s right no one’s wrong

b. Don’t expect me to-friend
Let’s just call it the end
> Ride on a river past your door
Head for the opposite shore

c. I go to parties-sing and shout
I’m not going to talk so loud
> What’s use acting out-scene
It’s just another bad dream
Pull the slate, wipe it clean

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Lulu @G
a.Gotta get my old tuxedo pressed…
> Cause tonight I gotta look my best
b.Gotta get a half a buck somewhere
> Gotta shine my shoes and slick back…
> Gotta get myself a boutonniere
c.You can tell the mailman not to call
> I ain't comin' home until the fall

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Me & Bobby McGee @G K2 h!A [A] :H:
a. Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waiting for a train
> Feeling nearly faded as my jeans
> Bobby thumbed a diesel down
a2 Pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna,

b. From the Kentucky coal mines to the California sun,
b2 One day up near Salinas, Lord, I let her slip away,

Chorus
a. Freedom's just another word for NOTHING left to lose
1x Nothing worth nothing if it ain't free
2x Nothing that's all Booby left me

b. Felling good was easy lord when she sang the blues

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My Street @A7
a. I live on a street
r1 I know I’m alive
> I am a survivor
b. It’s not uncommon
r2 What drives me insane
> A slap in the night
Black eyes in the morning
He'll never take it back
c. There's men at a border
repeat r1
repeat r2
> When the sun hits the sea
And they seek their reflection
They will never get it back
d. At night I lay sleepless
> Alone in my bed
> My dogs get restless
> Their dreams fill their head
d2.There's the sound of a fight
> And a child crying
> It's my neighborhood
> Settling in for night

My Street Extended

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Not a Second Time @G K4 [B] h!B
melody high (starts on B)
G Em G Em
D G D7
G Em G Em
D Am (d ed) D7(d ed)

Am7 Bm7 G Em g
Am7 Bm D7 Em

a. You know you made me cry,
> I see no use in wond'ring why,
I Cried for you
b. And now, you've changed your mind,
> I see no reason to change mine,
I cried, it’s through

refrain
Oh, you're giving me the same old line,
I'm wond'ring why,
You hurt me then, you're back again,
No, no, not a second time.

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One Last Look @C k4 [E] h!B :F:
a. One last look, there you go,
I can see that smile again
> Grains of sand, Fill the cup
Nowhere dreams of, Silent rain
In the lonely dark of dawn

refrain
Lovers dream together
Drifters dream alone
Time is never after
Midnight shrouds the sun

b. There we are, by ourselves
Waiting for, We don’t know
> Rivers run, shadows fall
What we found, Gone again
And the moon cries Venus song

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One Sided Love Affair @G K4 [B] :T:
a. Kindly remove me from your address book
> Take back your picture…
> Tore up inside, Feel I could die
b. Won’t let my heart get in the way anymore,
> Won’t take my calls / Can’t feel at all
> Could be that she never cared.
c. Can’t say for sure whose love is worse off for dead,
> Her futile love is lost on him now instead.
> Now who’s the clown? / On their way down?
> Who said that love’s ever fair?
alt.
Should know by now what makes it end up this way,
> Her love’s for him and mines for her to stay
> Now who’s the clown? / On their way down?

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Oh Susanna @C h!F
a. I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee,
> I'm going to Louisiana, my true love for to see.
b. I had a dream the other night, when everything was still;
c. I soon will be in New Orleans, and then I'll look around,
> And when I find Susanna, I'll fall upon the ground.
> But if I do not find her, then I will surely die,
> And when I'm dead and buried, Oh, Susanna, don't you cry

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Oklahoma Hills @C hF
a. Many a month has come and gone…
> Many a page of life has turned,
b. But as I sit here today…
> While the oak and blackjack trees
c. Now as I turn life a page
> While the black oil it rolls and flows

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Rocky Raccoon @ Am7

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She’s A Woman @E

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Something's Never Change @G :H: a. You say you love me, you say you'll still care
b. Climb up a big mountain, touch the stars
R1. Blue river flowing to the ocean side
R2. Big redwoods tower up into the sky
R3. I still recall the way you looked at me
c. Climb back a big mountain, touch the stars

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Spoonful (wahwah)
END B7 A7 E7

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Sweet Baby James @G-K4 h!B :F: [B]
a.There is a young cowboy...
b.Now the first of December...
> There’s a song that they sing

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Tell Me Why @G-K4 [B]
a.Sailing heart ships thru...
b.Tell me lies later…

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Tender Girl @G h!G
a. Secretly arrested, SHE mildly intended
> To give HER heart away
b. Sweet virgin angle, heart’s can be so tender
c. Blindly prophesying, HE’D NEVER be denying
> She’d have it all her way
> Hearts can be so tender, leave nothing to surrender
> When love fades away.

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The Night They Drove Dixie Down @Am-K4 [Cm] Palm 1st Verse - :T:
intro (palmed) Ccbag. Ccbag.
verse |Am.c.F.Dm:| |Am.F.c.F. :| D
chours |c.F.c.F.:| Am.c.G.F-Dm
a. Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train
b. Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she called to me
c. Like my father before me, I will work the land

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The Weight @G
a.Pulled into Nazerath...
> Say mister can you tell me
b.Picked up my bags...
> Hey hey Carmen what about
c.Go down Miss Moses...
> Nothing you can say
> Just old Luke
> Well Luke my friend - about
> Do me a favor
d.Crazy Chester followed...
e.Catch the cannon ball...

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This Old Town @G-K4 h!B [B] :T:
c1. SHN…Feel it all around
Somethn’ dreamy/kinda strange
a. Met a woman I knew before
When we were young / adore
Can’t believe now liking me too
Girl so sweet/eyes of blue
c2. SHN…Something’s changing
And I’m almost gone
b. Her home in the country too
Another state / 2 driving days
How I miss her / I’m sad & blue,
Makes me feel / missing me too
c. Wanna be there with my lover
Miles away / texting email blues
Even thou I’m all alone tonight
She makes me feel happy, every
c3 SHN…It’s kinda scary
And it’s kinda cool/jewel
d. She’s a woman who’s in love
Kind of woman / set you free
She’s a woman her love is true
Kind hearted woman/lov her too

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Throw My Ticket Out @G h4

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Tracks Of My Tears @G-K4 (B) :T:
G. C. D. D.
a. People say I'm the life of the party
b. Since you left me if you see me with another gal
ref Outside I'm masquerading, Inside hope is fading

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You Ain't Going Nowhere @G h!G :H:
a.Clouds so swift, and rain’s pourin’ in
> Gonna see a movie
> Pack up yer money
b.Genghis Khan and his brother Don
> Could not keep from
> Will cross that bridge
c.Diamonds and rings and a gun that sings
> A flute that toots and a bee that stings
> A sky that cried and a bird that flies
> A fish that walks and a dog that talks

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You've Got to Hide Your Love Away @G (Not K4 [B])
a. Here I stand head in hand
b. Everywhere people stare
c. How can I even try? I can never win
d. How could she say to me

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Wooden Ships @Em (wahwah) :H:

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My Street (ext)

a. I live on a street
> Got a view of 2 trees
> I got me 3 dogs

r1 I know I’m alive
I am a survivor
What keeps me alive
Is the cold cold truth
When the sun hits the sea
And I start my new journey
I ain't never looking back

b. It’s not uncommon
> To hear a great commotion
> You can almost feel
> The earth begin vibrating

r2 What drives me insane
Are fools on the corner
Tearing apart
Their kids with pain
A slap in the night
Black eyes in the morning
He'll never take it back

c. There's men at a border
> In a great conflagration
> Dying wish
> Yet my neighbors kids
> Lay low in consternation

repeat r1
repeat r2 When the sun hits the sea
And they seek their reflection
They will never get it back

d. At night I lay sleepless
> Alone in my bed
> My dogs get restless
> Their dreams fill their head
d2.There's the sound of a fight
> And a child crying
> It's my neighborhood
> Settling in for night

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