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Billy Bragg : Mermaid Avenue
1998

  1. California Stars
  2. Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key
  3. Birds And Ships
  4. At My Window Sad And Lonely

  5. Ingrid Bergman
  6. Christ For President
  7. One By One

California Stars

Capo:
II
G
I'd like to rest my heavy head tonight
D
On a bed of California stars
C
I'd like to lay my weary bones tonight
G
On a bed of California stars I'd love to feel your hand touching mine And tell me why I must keep working on Yes, I'd give my life to lay my head tonight On a bed of California stars |
G
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D
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C
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G
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I'd like to dream my troubles all away On a bed of California stars Jump up from my star bed and make another day Underneath my California stars They hang like grapes on vines that shine And warm the lovers glass like friendly wine So, I'd give this world just to dream a dream with you On a bed of California stars

Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key

Capo:
IV
G
C
G
G
C
I lived in a place called Okfuskee
C
G
And I had a little girl in a hollow tree
G
C
I said, little girl, it's plain to see
C
G
There ain't nobody that can sing like me
D
Em
Ain't nobody that can sing like me She said it's hard for me to see How one little boy got so ugly Yes, my little girly, that might be But there ain't nobody that can sing like me Ain't nobody that can sing like me
C
G
Way over yonder in the minor key
D
Em
Way over yonder in the minor key
D
Em
There ain't nobody that can sing like me We walked down by the Buckeye Creek To see the frog eat the goggle-eye bee To hear the west wind whistle to the east There ain't nobody that can sing like me Ain't nobody that can sing like me Oh my little girly will you let me see Way over yonder where the wind blows free Nobody can see in our hollow tree And there ain't nobody that can sing like me Ain't nobody that can sing like me Way over yonder in the minor key Way over yonder in the minor key There ain't nobody that can sing like me
Violin over chorus chords
Her mama cut a switch from a cherry tree And laid it on for she and me It stung lots worse than a hive of bees But there ain't nobody that can sing like me Ain't nobody that can sing like me Now I have walked a long, long ways And I still look back to my tanglewood days I've led lots of girls since then to stray Saying, ain't nobody that can sing like me Ain't nobody that can sing like me Way over yonder in the minor key Way over yonder in the minor key There ain't nobody that can sing like me Way over yonder in the minor key Way over yonder in the minor key There ain't nobody that can sing like me There ain't nobody that can sing like me

Birds And Ships

D
A
D
The birds are singing in your eyes today
Em
D
Sweet flowers blossom in your smile
D
A
D
The wind and sun are in the words you say
Em
A
D
Where might your lonesome lover be?
D
G
D
Birds may be singing in my eyes this day
Bm
D
Sweet flowers blossom when I smile
D
A
D
But my soul is stormy and my heart blows wild
Em
A
D
My sweetheart rides a ship on the sea
D
A
D
Though my soul is stormy and my hearts blows wild
Em
A
D
Where might my lonesome lover be?

At My Window Sad And Lonely

Capo:
II
G
At my window, sad and lonely
Em
C
G
Oft times do I think of thee Sad and lonely and I wonder Do you ever think of me? Every day is sad and lonely And every night is sad and blue Do you ever think of me my darling As you sail that ocean blue? At my window, sad and lonely Oft times do I think of thee Sad and lonely and I wonder Do you ever think of me? Will you find another sweetheart In some far and distant land Sad and lonely now I wonder If our boat will ever land Ships may ply the stormy ocean And planes may fly the stormy sky I'm sad and lonely but remember Oh I'll love you till I die

Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman, Ingrid Bergman Let's go make a picture On the island of Stromboli Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman, you're so perty You'd make any mountain quiver You'd make fire fly from the crater Ingrid Bergman This old mountain, it's been waiting All its life for you to work it For your hand to touch its hard rock Ingrid Bergman If you'll walk across my camera I will flash the world your story I will pay you more than money Ingrid Bergman Not by pennies dimes nor quarters But with happy sons and daughters And they'll sing around Stromboli Ingrid Bergman This old mountain, it's been waiting All its life for you to work it For your hand to touch its hard rock Ingrid Bergman

Christ For President

A
Let's have Christ our president
A
E7
A
Let us have him for our king
A
Cast your vote for the carpenter
A
E7
A
That they call the Nazarene
A
The only way we can ever beat
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E7
A
The crooked politician men
A
Is to cast the money changers out of the temple
A
E7
A
And put the Carpenter in
A
Oh it's Jesus Christ our president
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E7
A
God above our king
A
With a job and pension for young and old
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E7
A
We will make hallelujah ring
E7
A
E7
A
...
A
Every year we waste enough
A
E7
A
To feed the ones who starve
A
We build our civilization up
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E7
A
And we shoot it down with wars
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E7
A
E7
But with the Carpenter on the seat
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E7
A
A
E7
Away up in the capital town
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E7
A
E7
The USA would be on the way
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E7
A
Prosperity bound
E7
A
E7
A
E7
A

One By One

Capo:
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Em
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x2
G
F
C/g
Am
One by one the teardrops fall as I write you One by one my words come falling on the page One by one my dreams are fading in the twilight
G
Em
C/g
G
One by one my schemes are fading fast away One by one the flowers fading in my garden One by one the leaves are falling from the trees One by one my hopes are vanished in the clouds clear One by one like snowflakes melting in the breeze
Am
C/g
One by one my hair is turning gray
G
F
Em
One by one my dreams are fading fast away
Am
C/g
One by one I read your letters over
G
F
C/g
G
One by one I lay them all away One by one the days are slipping up behind you One by one the sweetest days of life go by One by one the moments stealing out behind you One by one she'll come and find not you or I One by one I hear the soft words that you whispered One by one I feel your kisses soft and sweet One by one I hope you'll say the words to marry One by one to one by one forever be