Band : The Band

G

G/b

C

Standing by your window in pain

G

G/b

C

A pistol in your hand

G

G/b

C

And I beg you, dear Molly, girl

D

Try and understand your man the best you can

G

A7

Across the great divide

C

Em

G

Just grab your hat, and take that ride

G

A7

Get yourself a bride

C

Em

G

And bring your children down to the riverside I had a goal in my younger days I nearly wrote my will But I changed my mind for the better I'm at the still, had my fill and I'm fit to kill Across the great divide Just grab your hat, and take that ride Get yourself a bride And bring your children down to the riverside Pinball machine, and a queen I nearly took a bust Tried to keep my hands to myself You say it's a must, but who can you trust? Harvest moon shining down from the sky A weary sign for all I'm gonna leave this one horse town Had to stall till the fall, now I'm gonna crawl

G

A7

C

Em

G

Across the great divide Now Molly dear, don't you shed a tear Your time will surely come You'll feed your man chicken every Sunday Now tell me, hon, whatcha done with the gun? Across the great divide Just grab your hat, and take that ride Get yourself a bride And bring your children down to the riverside

Capo:

III

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D

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C

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G

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G

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D

G

Rag mama rag, I can't believe it's true

D

Rag mama Rag, what did you do?

D

D7

I crawled up to the railroad track

G

C7

Let the four nineteen scratch my back

D

Sag mama sag, what's come over you?

D

G

Rag mama rag, I'm pulling out your gag

D

D7

Gonna turn you loose, like an old caboose

G

D

Got a tail I need a drag

A7

C

I ask about your turtle and you ask about the weather

G

Well, I can't jump the hurdle and we can't get together

A7

We could be relaxing in my sleeping bag But all you want to do for me, mama, is...

D

G

Rag mama rag, there's nowhere to go

D

Rag mama rag, come on rosin up the bow |

D

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C

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G

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G

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D

G

Rag mama rag, where do you roam?

D

Rag mama rag, bring your skinny little body back home

D

D7

It's dog-eat-dog and cat-eat-mouse

G

C7

You can rag mama rag all over my house |

D

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x8

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D

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G

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D

C

G

Hailstones beatin' on the roof, the bourbon is a hundred proof

D

C

G

It's you and me and the telephone, our destiny is quite well known

D

C

G

D

We don't need to sit and brag, all we gotta do is rag mama rag

D

G

Rag mama rag, where do you roam?

D

Rag mama rag, bring your skinny little body back home |

D

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x4

/c

/d

/e

/f

/g

/g#

(

/a

)

Am

C/g

F

/e

Dm

Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train

Am

C/g

F

/e

Dm

Till Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again

Am/e

F

C/g

Dm

In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive

Am/e

F

By May the tenth, Richmond had fell

C/g

Dm

D

It's a time I remember oh so well

C/g

Fmaj7

C/g

Fmaj7

The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing

C/g

Fmaj7

C/g

Fmaj7

The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin'

C/g

Am

Gsus4

F

C

They went, la la-la la la la, la-la la-la-la la la-la la Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she called to me "Virgil, quick, come see, there goes Robert E. Lee!" Now I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no good You take what you need and you leave the rest But they never should have taken the very best The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin' They went, la la-la la la la... Like my father before me, I will work the land Like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand He was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave I swear by the mud below my feet You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing The night they drove Old Dixie down, and the people were singin' They went, la la-la la la la...

C

G/b

Bb

F/a

/ab

C/g

D/f#

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Repeat chorus to fade

F#m7

E

F#m

B7

A/c#

E

Ollie told me I'm a fool

A

Bm

So I walked on down the road a mile

A/c#

D

Went to the house that brings a smile

F#

Bm

Sat upon my grandpa's knee

E

D/a

B7

What do you think he said to me?

C

/b

Am

C/g

F

When you awake you will remember everything

D7

C

G

You will be hangin' on a string from your...

C

/b

Am

C/g

F

When you believe, you will relieve the only soul

D7

C

G

C

B7

That you were born with to grow old and never know Ollie showed me the fork in the road You can take to the left or go straight to the right Use your days and save your nights Be careful where you step, and watch whatcha eat Sleep with the light on and you got it beat When you awake... Ollie warned me it's a mean old world The street don't greet you, yes, it's true But what am I supposed to do Read the writing on the wall I heard it when I was very small When you awake...

E

F#m

Wash my hand in lye water, I got a date with the captain's daughter

E

F#m

E

F#m

You can go and tell your brother, we sure gonna love one another, oh!

E

F#m

You may be right and you might be wrong, I ain't gonna worry all day long

E

F#m

Snow's gonna come and the frost gonna bite, my old car froze up last night

E

F#m

E

F#m

Ain't no reason to hang your head, I could wake up in the mornin' dead, oh!

E

F#m

And if I thought it would do any good, I'd stand on the rock where Moses stood

A

D

When I get off of this mountain, you know where I wanna go?

A

D

E

Straight down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico

A

D

To Lake Charles, Louisiana, Little Bessie, a girl I once knew

A

D

E

She told me just to come on by if there's anything that she could do

A

Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me

D

If I spring a leak, she mends me

E

I don't have to speak, she defends me

F#m

G

A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one Good luck had just stung me, to the race track I did go She bet on one horse to win and I bet on another to show The odds were in my favor, I had them five to one That nag to win came around the track, sure enough she had won Up on Cripple Creek.... I took up all of my winnings and I gave Little Bessie half She tore it up and threw it in my face just for a laugh There's one thing in the whole wide world I sure would like to see That's when that little love of mine dips her doughnut in my tea Up on Cripple Creek... Me and my mate we were back at the shack, we had Spike Jones on the box She says, "I can't take the way he sings, but I love to hear him talk" Now that just gave my heart a throb to the bottom of my feet And I swore as I took another pull, my Bessie can't be beat Up on Cripple Creek...

Yodel over:

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A

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D

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A

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D

| There's a flood out in California and up north it's freezing cold And this living on the road is getting pretty old So I guess I'll call up my big mama, tell her I'll be rolling in But you know, deep down, I'm kind of tempted To go and see my Bessie again Up on Cripple Creek...

Cadd9

Cmaj7

Em7

Am

If you find me in a gloom, or catch me in a dream

/g

F

Bb

G7

Inside my lonely room, there is no in between

Cadd9

Em7

Whispering pines, rising of the tide

Am

/g

If only one star shines

F

Bb

G7b9/d

Bb7/d

That's just enough to get inside

Eb

Eb7

I will wait until it all goes round

Abmaj7

Cm/g

G7

Cmaj7

With you in sight, the lost are found

Cmaj7

Em7

Foghorn through the night, calling out to sea

Am

/g

F

Bb

G7

Protect my only light, 'cause she once belonged to me

Cmaj7

Em7

Let the waves rush in, let the seagulls cry

Am

/g

F

Bb

G7b9/d

Bb7/d

For if I live again, these hopes will never die

Eb

Eb7

I can feel you standing there

Abmaj7

Cm/g

G7

Cmaj7

But I don't see you anywhere (

Cmaj7

) |

Em

Eb

|

Ab6

|

Gsus4

G7

Cmaj7

Em7

Standing by the well, wishing for the rains

Am

/g

F

Bb

G7b9

Reaching for the clouds, for nothing else remains

Cmaj7

Em7

Drifting in a daze, when evening will be done

Am

/g

Try looking through a haze

F

Bb

G7b9/d

Bb7/d

At an empty house, in the cold, cold sun

Eb

Eb7

I will wait until it all goes round

Abmaj7

Cm/g

G7

Cmaj7

With you in sight, the lost are found

Cadd9

Tuning: DADGBE (Drop D)

/f

/f#

/d

/f

/f#

/d

/f

D

/d

/e

/f

/g#

/d

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D

*

E7

Jemima Surrender, I'm gonna give it to you

E

F#

G

A7

Ain't no pretender, gonna ride in my canoe

D

G

(

F

) If I were a barker in a girly show

D

G

(

F

) Tell you what I'd do

D

G

A7

I'd lock the door, tear my shirt and let my river flow

G

Em

Oh, oh, Sweet Jemima won't you come out tonight?

G

A7

D*

The ground is so warm and the moon is so bright! Jemima Surrender, that's all you have to do I'll bring over my Fender and I'll play all night for you There's a bird on my head and his mouth won't talk (Won't talk, he's in charge) You know he laughs just like a goose But looks like a hawk Jemima, you know what I'm tryin' to say Meet me in front and we'll fly away |

D

|

Csus2

|

G/b

|

A7

|

x2

F

G

C

You can change your name, you can find a new walk

E

You can change a lock, it's all the same

F

G

C

You don't have to give out if you'll only give in

A

You can jump and shout but can't you see girl that I'm bound to win? Jemima Surrender, I'm gonna give it to you Ain't no pretender, gonna see my tattoo I hand you my rod and you hand me that line That's what you do, now, we ain't doing much fishin' Or drinkin' any wine Sweet Jemima, if I were king I'd fix you up with a diamond ring

|

Am/c

| % |

C

| % |

F

Dm

/c

Bb

C

/f

/e

/d

/c

Hang around, Willie Boy, don't you raise the sails anymore

F

/e

/d

/c

Dm

Dm/c

G/b

It's for sure, I've spent my whole life at sea

Bb

Dm/a

G

And I'm pushin' age seventy-three

Eb

Eb/d

C

Now there's only one place that was meant for me

/c

/d

/e

F

Dm7

Dm/c

Bb

C

Oh, to be home again, down in old Virginny

F

Dm

F

Bb

F

With my very best friend, they call him Ragtime Willie

Dm

Dm/c

Bb

We're gonna soothe away the rest of our years

F

Dm

Dm/c

Bb

We're gonna put away all of our tears

Dm

G7

C7

That big rockin' chair won't go nowhere Slow down, Willie Boy, your heart's gonna give right out on you It's true, and I believe I know what we should do Turn the stern and point to shore The seven seas won't carry us no more Oh, to be home again, down in old Virginny With my very best friend, they call him Ragtime Willie I can't wait to sniff that air Dippin' snuff, I won't have no care That big rockin' chair won't go nowhere Hear the sound, Willie Boy, the Flyin' Dutchman's on the reef It's my belief, we've used up all our time This hill's to steep to climb And the days that remain ain't worth a dime Oh, to be home again, down in old Virginny With my very best friend, they call him Ragtime Willie Would've been nice just to see the folks Listen once again to the stale jokes That big rockin' chair won't go nowhere

F

Dm

F

Bb

C

I can hear something calling on me, and you know where I wanna be

F

Dm

F

Bb

C

Oh Willie, can't you hear that sound, down In Old Virginny

F

Dm

F

Bb

C

I just wanna get my feet back on the ground, down In Old Virginny

F

Dm

F

Bb

C

And I'd love to see my very best friend, they call him Ragtime Willie

F

Dm

F

Bb

I believe old rockin' chair's got me

C7

F

C/e

Look out Cleveland, the storm is coming through

Dm

Em

F

G

C

And it's running right up on you

F

C/e

Look out Houston, there'll be thunder on the hill

Dm

Em

F

G

C7

Bye-bye baby don't you lie so still

G7

C

Was Wednesday evening when first we heard the word

G7

C

It did not come by train nor bird

E7

Am

'Twas when Ben Pike stepped down to say

F

G

C

This old town's gonna blow away Look out Cleveland, the storm is coming through And it's running right up on you Look out Houston, there'll be thunder on the hill Bye-bye baby don't you lie so still Chain lightning, frightening as it may seem Must not be mistaken for just another dream Justice of peace don't know his own fate But he'll go down in the shelter late Look out Cleveland, the storm is coming through And it's running right up on you Look out Houston, there'll be thunder on the hill Bye-bye baby don't you lie so still Hiding your money won't do no good, no good Build a big wall, you know you would if you could, yeah! When clouds of warning come into view It'll get the old woman right out of her shoe Look out Cleveland, the storm is coming through And it's running right up on you Look out Houston, there'll be thunder on the hill Bye-bye baby don't you lie so still

E

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E

F#

B7

A

E

Oh, Jawbone, when did you first go wrong?

E

F#

B7

A

E

Oh, Jawbone, where is it you belong?

D

D/f#

G

B7

Three time loser, you'll never learn

Em

C

A

Lay down your tools before you burn

D

D/f#

G

B7

You keep on running and hiding your face

Em

C

A

B7

Spreading your heat all over the place

Riffs for end of chorus lines:

E

Riff1

E

Riff2

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E

C#m

E

Riff1

I'm a thief and I dig it

E

C#m

E

Riff1

I'm up on a beef, I'm gonna rig it

E

C#m

E

Riff2

I'm a thief and I dig it Oh, Jawbone, why don't you sit and moan? Oh, Jawbone, you know that it's stone for stone Sneak through the night upon your toes To look in your eye, it never shows Your name upon the post office wall Put you on edge 'cause they wrote it too small I'm a thief and I dig it I'm up on a beef, I'm gonna rig it I'm a thief and I dig it Oh, Jawbone, revenge stays on your mind Oh, Jawbone, you been doing too much time Pull off a job with an inside man Who needs the cash and likes your plan Then you will know just who to thank When you land right back in the tank I'm a thief and I dig it I'm up on a beef, I'm gonna rig it I'm a thief and I dig it

Solo

Oh, Jawbone, why don't you go home? Oh, Jawbone, where is it you belong? Boosting and going out on the lam You know that you'll steal anything that you can Temptation stands just behind the door So what you wanna go and open it for? I'm a thief and I dig it I'm up on a beef, I'm gonna rig it I'm a thief and I dig it

Capo:

II

(Show chord shapes)

Gm6 xx2333

A7sus4 x02030

E7

D/f#

G

D/f#

A/e

Am7

Unfaithful Servant, I hear you leavin' soon in the mornin'

G

D/f#

E7

A7sus4

What did you do to the lady, that she's gonna have to send you away?

G

D/f#

A/e

Am7

Unfaithful servant, you don't have to say you're sorry

G

D/f#

E7

Asus4

If you done it just for the spite, or did you do it just for the glory?

Bm/g#

A/f#

Like a stranger you turned your back

Am7/e

G

F#7

Left your keys and gone to pack

Bm

Gm6

Bear in mind who's to blame, and all the shame

E7

Em7

Ebmaj7

She really cared, the time she spared and the home you shared Unfaithful servant, I can hear the whistle blowin' Yes, that train is a-comin' and soon you'll be goin' Let us not bow our heads for we won't be complainin' Life has been good to us all Even when that sky is rainin' To take it like a grain of salt Is all I can do. It's no one's fault Makes no difference if we fade away It's just as it was, it's much to cold for me to stay

G

D/f#

Goodbye to that country home

A/e

Am7

So long to a lady I have known

G

D/f#

Farewell to my other side

E7

A7sus4

I'd best just take it in stride

G

D/f#

A/e

Am7

Unfaithful Servant, you'll learn to find your place

G

D/f#

I can see it in your smile

E7

A7sus4

And, yes, I can see it in your face

Bm/g#

A/f#

The memories will linger on

Am7/e

G

F#7

But the good old days, they're all gone

Bm

Gm6

Oh! Lonesome servant, can't you see

E7

Em7

Ebmaj7

That we're still one and the same, just you and me

C5

Bb5

Corn in the fields

G#

Eb5

D5

C5

Listen to the rice when the wind blows 'cross the water

F/a

Fm/g#

C

King Harvest has surely come

Am

G

Bb

F

C

I work for the union 'cause she's so good to me

Am

F

F/e

Dm

E7

And I'm bound to come out on top that's where I should be

Am

Bb

C

|

F

G

| I will hear every word the boss may say

Am

Bb

C

|

F

G

| For he's the one who hands me down my pay

Am

Bb

C

|

F

G

| Looks like this time I'm gonna get to stay

Am

Bb

C

Am

G

Bb

F

I'm a union man, now, all the way

C5

Bb5

The smell of the leaves

G#

Eb5

D5

C5

From the magnolia trees in the meadow

F/a

Fm/g#

C

King Harvest has surely come

Am

G

Bb

F

C

Dry summer, then come fall, which I depend on most of all

Am

F

F/e

Dm

E7

Hey, rainmaker, can you hear the call? Please let these crops grow tall

Am

Bb

C

|

F

G

| Long enough I've been up on Skid Row

Am

Bb

C

|

F

G

| And it's plain to see, I've nothin' to show

Am

Bb

C

|

F

G

| I'm glad to pay those union dues

Am

Bb

C

Am

G

Bb

F

Just don't judge me by my shoes

C5

Bb5

Scarecrow and a yellow moon

G#

Eb5

D5

C5

And pretty soon a carnival on the edge of town

F/a

Fm/g#

C

King Harvest has surely come

Am

G

Bb

F

C

Last year, this time, wasn't no joke, my whole barn went up in smoke

Am

F

F/e

Dm

E7

My horse Jethro, well he went mad, and I can't ever remember things being that bad

Am

Bb

C

|

F

G

| Then here comes a man with a paper and a pen

Am

Bb

C

|

F

G

| Tellin' us our hard times are about to end

Am

Bb

C

|

F

G

| And then, if they don't give us what we like

Am

Bb

C

Am

G

Bb

F

He said, "Men, that's when you gotta go on strike"

C5

Bb5

Corn in the fields

G#

Eb5

D5

C5

Listen to the rice when the wind blows 'cross the water

F/a

Fm/g#

C

King Harvest has surely come

Band : The Band 1969

Across The Great Divide

Rag Mama Rag

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

When You Awake

Up On Cripple Creek

Whispering Pines

Jemima Surrender

Rockin' Chair

Look Out Cleveland

Jawbone

The Unfaithful Servant

King Harvest (Has Surely Come)