Just like the river I've been running ever since
(
G/b
)
C
Dm
F
E7
It's been a long, a long time coming, but I know
Am
C
.
Csus4
C
A change is gonna come, oh yes it will
It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die
I don't know what's up there beyond the sky
It's been a long time coming, but I know
A change is gonna come, oh yes it will
I go to the movie and I go downtown
Somebody always tellin' me, don't hang around
It's been a long, a long time coming, but I know
A change is gonna come, oh yes it will
Dm
Am
Now I go to see my brother
Dm
Am
I say brother, help me please
Dm
Am
But he wind up a-knocking me
D7
G11
G7
Back down on my knees
There been times that I thought I couldn't last for long
Now I think I'm able to carry on
It's been a long, a long time coming, but I know
A change is gonna come, oh yes it will
Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground
1983
<Willie Nelson>
G
Bm
C
G
If you had not have fallen then I would not have found you
C
D
G
Angel flying too close to the ground
G
Bm
C
G
I patched up your broken wing and hung around for a while
A
D
D7
Trying to keep your spirits up and your fever down
G
G7
So leave me if you need to
C
A
I will still remember
G
D
G
Angel flying too close to the ground
G
C
I knew someday that you would fly away
A
D
For love's the greatest healer to be found
So leave me if you need to
I will still remember
Angel flying too close to the ground
Fly on fly on past the speed of sound
I'd rather see you up than see you down
So leave me if you need to
I will still remember
Angel flying too close to the ground
Annie's Going To Sing Her Song
<Tom Paxton>
G
D
What's your hurry? Just watch this
C
G
This is one you mustn't miss
C
G
Annie's going to sing her song
D
G
Called, "Take me back again"
A drink for me, a drink for you
You're going to need a drink or two
Annie's going to sing that song
Called, "Take me back again"
C
G
You never heard it sung before?
D
G
I hear it twice a month or more
C
G
Complete with tears and sheepish grins
C
D
It only lacks the violins
The tune goes flat from time to time
The lyric sometimes it fails to rhyme
But Annie's going to sing her song
Called, "Take me back again"
Sometimes it lasts the whole night long
Depends on how long she's been gone
I sit and look as hard as nails
She knows the damn thing never fails
Take the bottle, fill your cup
Don't miss the part where I fold up
Annie's going to sing her song
Called, "Take me back again"
Catskill Serenade
<David Bromberg>
E
A
B7
E
Where are the men that I used to sport with?
What has become of my beautiful town?
Wolf, my own friend, even you don't know me
This must be the end, my house is tumbled down
C#m
B
A
My land it was rich, but I wouldn't work it
I guess I made a shrew of my wife
My duty clear, I could always find some way to shirk it
I dreamed away the best years of my life
Seems like only this morning, I went up into the mountain
No word of warning, just her usual curse
I hated the house, with all her nagging and shouting
But to be in this strange world was a thousand times worse
Where are the men that I used to sport with?
What has become of my beautiful town?
Wolf, my own friend, even you don't know me
This must be the end, my house is tumbled down
He called me by name, he bought me that cheaply
He called me by name, I didn't know what to think
I watched their loud games, and oh, I drink deeply
Though no one had ever asked me to drink
And you know that stolen liquor, it was sweeter than whiskey
Many times quicker, just to put me to sleep
That drinking with strangers can be very risky
My sleep it was long, it was twenty years deep
Where are the men that I used to sport with?
What has become of my beautiful town?
Wolf, my own friend, even you don't know me
This must be the end, my house is tumbled down
Dark As A Dungeon
<Merle Travis>
C
Em
F
G7
Gather round fellows, so young and so fine
C
Em
F
C
And seek not your fortune way down in the mine
C
Em
F
G7
It will form like a habit and seep in your soul
C
Em
F
C
'Til the stream of your blood is as black as the coal
G
F
C
It's dark as a dungeon and it's damp as the dew
G
F
C
Where the dangers are double and the pleasures are few
C
Em
F
G
Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines
C
Em
F
C
Csus4
C
Lord, it's dark as a dungeon way down in the mine
It's many a man I have seen in my day
Who lived just to labor his whole life away
Like a fiend with his dope or a drunkard his wine
A man must have lust for the lure of the mines
It's dark as a dungeon and it's damp as the dew
Where the dangers are double and the pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines
Lord, it's dark as a dungeon way down in the mine
I hope when I'm gone and the ages do roll
My body will blacken and turn into coal
Then I'll look from the door of my heavenly home
And pity the miner a-diggin' my bones
It's dark as a dungeon and it's damp as the dew
Where the dangers are double and the pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines
Lord, it's dark as a dungeon way down in the mine
End Of The Innocence
<Don Henley>
G
D
Em
D
C
Em
D/f#
Em
G
C
x2
G
C
Remember when the days were long and rolled beneath a deep blue sky
G
C
D
Didn't have a care in the world with mommy and daddy standing by
G
C
But happily ever after fails and we've been poisoned by these fairy tales
G
Em
C
D
The lawyers dwell on small details since daddy had to fly
Em
Bm
Am
C
Ah but I know a place where we can go
Em
C
D
Still untouched by man
Em
Bm
Am
C
Sit and watch the clouds go by
Em
C
D
The tall grass waving in the wind
G
D
C
Lay your head down on the ground
Em
Bm
Am
C
Let your hair fall all around me
G
D
C
Offer up your best defence
Em
Bm
Am
This is the end
C
D
G
This is the end of the innocence
Oh beautiful for spacious skies, but now those skies are threatening
They're beating plowshares into swords, for this tired old man that we elected king
Armchair warriors often fail, and we've been poisoned by these fairytales
The lawyers clean up all details since daddy had to lie
But I know a place where we can go
And wash away the sin
Sit and watch the clouds go by
The tall grass waves in the wind
You can lay your head back on the ground
Let your hair fall spill all around me
Offer up your best defence
This is the end
This is the end of the innocence
Who knows how long this will last, or how we've come so far so fast
Somewhere back there in the dust, that same small town in each of us
I need to remember this, so baby give me one more kiss
And let me take a long last look before we say goodbye
Just lay your head back on the ground
Let your hair fall all around me
Offer up your best defence
But this is the end
This is the end of the innocence
I Am The Man Thomas
<Ralph Stanley and Larry Sparks>
G
I am the Man, Thomas, I am the man
D
G
Look at these nail scars here in my hand
They drove me up the hill, Thomas, I am the Man
They made me carry the cross, Thomas, I am the man
I am the Man, Thomas, I am the Man
Look at these nail scars here in my hand
They crowned my head with thorns, Thomas, I am the Man
They nailed me to the cross, Thomas, I am the Man
I am the Man, Thomas, I am the Man
Look at these nail scars here in my hand
They pierced me in the side, I am the Man
I died on the cross, Thomas, I am the Man
I am the Man, Thomas, I am the Man
Look at these nails scars here in my hand
They buried me in the tomb, Thomas, I am the Man
In three days I rose, Thomas, I am the Man
I am the Man, Thomas, I am the Man
Look at these nails scars here in my hand
I'm In The Mood For Love
1988
<Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields>
Sung by Bob Dylan four times during 1988 and 1989
The D7 in the bridge can be played x54530 (and I think that's what Bob does).
Intro (and basic melody, as well as chords for the verses.
The swift upward sweep in line 2 can be replaced with a sustained G)
Down the way where the nights are gay
And the sun shines daily on the mountain top
I took a trip on a sailing ship
And when I reached Jamaica I made a stop
But I'm sad to say I'm on my way
Won't be back for many a day
My heart is down, my head is turning around
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town
Sounds of laughter everywhere
And the dancing girls swaying to and fro
I must declare that my heart is there
Though I've been from Maine to Mexico
But I'm sad to say I'm on my way
Won't be back for many a day
My heart is down, my head is turning around
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town
Instrumental verse
Down at the market you can hear
Ladies crying out while on their heads they bear
Akey rice, salt fish are nice
And the rum is fine any time of year
But I'm sad to say I'm on my way
Won't be back for many a day
My heart is down, my head is turning around
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town
Yes I'm sad to say I'm on my way
Won't be back for many a day
My heart is down, my head is turning around
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town
Lonesome River
<Ralph and Carter Stanley>
From "Ralph Stanley and Friends: Clinch Mountain Country" (1998)
I can hear a voice call from out there in the darkness
E
A
But I sit here alone too lonesome to cry
A
Oh the water rolls high on the river at midnight
I sit on the shore too grievin' to cry
The woman I love she left me this morning
E
A
With no one to love or kiss me goodnight
We met there one night on the banks of the river
Sat there holdin' hands and makin' a vow
That we never would part and be happy together
But the new love she's found - she's gone with him now
Oh the water rolls high on the river at midnight
I sit on the shore too grievin' to cry
The woman I love she left me this morning
With no one to love or kiss me goodnight
. . | . . . |
Memories are bringing, happy days of yore
Missing Mississippi and you
Mockingbirds are singing around the cabin door
Miss the Mississippi and you
Rolling this wide world over
Always alone and blue, so blue
Longing for my homeland, muddy water shore
Miss the Mississippi and you
G
. . | . . . |
C
. . |
Cm
. . |
G
. . |
D
. . |
G
|
Moon River
<Mancini/Mercer>
C
Am
F
Em
Moon River, wider than a mile
F
Em
Dm7
G
I'm crossing you in style someday
Am
C
F
Em
All the dream makers, you heartbreaker
C
B7
Em
Dm7
G
(
G11
)
Wherever you're going I'm going your way
C
Am
F
Em
Two drifters off to see the world
F
Em
Dm7
G
Such a lovely world to see
Am
/g#
C/g
Dm
We're after the same rainbows
Em
F
Em
And waiting round the bend
F
Em
My huckleberry friend
Am
Dm7
G
C
Moon River and me
Never Let Me Go
<Joseph C. Scott>
(
/d
/e
/f#
)
G
G
Em
Just let me love you tonight
Am/c
D
G
Em
Forget about tomorrow
Am/c
D
G
Em
My darlin' let me hold you tight
C
G/b
Am
D
G
C/g
G
And never let me go
Dry your eyes
No tears and no sorrow
Cling to me with all your might
And never let me go
G7
C
Cm
A million times or more dear
G
D
G
G7
You said we'd never part
B7
Em
But lately I find
A7
D
C
G/b
D9
A stranger in my arms
Give me the right
In summer or in springtime
To tell the world that you are mine
And never let me go
C
G/b
Am
D
G
Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache
<Lilian May & Willie Bea Thompson>
C
Am
Who you been lovin' since I been gone?
F
G
A long tall man with a red coat on
C
Am
Good-for-nothing baby, you've been doing me wrong
F
G
C
Am
Who you been lovin' since I been gone
F
G
C
Who you been lovin' since I been gone
Who's been playin' around with you?
A real cool cat with eyes of blue
Triflin' baby are you being true?
Who's been fooling around with you?
(
C7
)
Who's been fooling around with you?
F
Somebody saw you at the break of day
C
Dining and dancing at the cabaret
D9
He was long and tall, had plenty of cash
G
He had a red Cadillac and a black moustache
He held your hand and he sang you a song
Who you been lovin' since I been gone?
Who you been lovin' since I been gone?
Repossession Blues
<Roland James>
Performed at Budokan 1978
A
A
Well, I ain't got no money
I'm gonna lose everything I own
D
Well, I ain't got no money
A
I'm gonna lose everything I own
E
You know a man was coming out this morning
D
A
They want to repossess my home
Well, they took my television
Now they're coming for my radio
Well, they took my television
Now they're coming for my radio
They don't like the way I'm doing
They say I pay my bills too slow
I paid twenty dollars down
I bought a new Chevrolet Bel-Air
I paid twenty dollars down
I bought a new Chevrolet Bel-Air
Was a man he came out and got it
And now I got to walk everywhere
San Francisco Bay Blues
<Jesse Fuller>
C/g
|
F
|
C
/b
/bb
|
A7
|
F
|
G
|
C
|
C
C
F
C
I got the blues from my baby livin' by the San Francisco Bay
F
C
The ocean liners not so far away
F
C
/b
/bb
A7
I didn't mean to treat her so bad; she was the best girl I ever have had
D7/f#
G7
I said goodbye, I can take a cry, I wanna lay down and die
C
F
C
I ain't got a nickle and I ain't got a lousy dime
F
E
Em
E
She don't come back, think I'm gonna lose my mind
F
C
/b
/bb
A7
If she ever get back to stay it's gonna be another brand new day
D7/f#
G7
C
Walkin' with my baby down by San Francisco Bay
Sittin' down lookin' from the back door wonderin' which way to go
Woman I'm so crazy 'bout she don't love me no more
Think I'll catch me a freight train 'cause I'm feelin' blue
Ride all the way to the end of the line thinkin' only of you
Meanwhile livin' in the city just about to go insane
All I heard my baby Lord the way she used to call my name
If she ever get back to stay it's gonna be another brand new day
Walkin' with my baby down by San Francisco Bay
Walkin' with my baby down by San Francisco Bay
Yeah, walkin' with my baby down by San Francisco Bay
I don't want no reefer right now, I never touch no junk
Just give me a bottle of Jack Daniels, child, I'll get sloppy drunk
C
G
I don't want no reefer, I never touch no junk
D7
C7
Give me a bottle of good bourbon, darling, yes, I'll get sloppy drunk
G/d
.
G7/f
.
Em
.
Eb7
.
G/d
D7
. . . . . .
Well, I love my whiskey, great god, gotta have my gin
Come on, let's do something nasty, gal, watch the walls break in
Well, I love my whiskey, I got to have my gin
Come on, let's do something nasty, gal, until the walls break in
Well, look here Firmin, god knows, you're a mess
Folks that say they don't drink no more, I know they don't drink no less
Well, my good friend Firmin over there, ah, he's a mess
Well, he says he don't drink no more, I know he don't drink no less
Well, I'm leavin' town, baby, go on pack my trunk
I got no good bourbon, got no, but this blues got me sloppy drunk
[Rose,] I'm leavin' Frisco, come on, pack my trunk
I never touch no whiskey, but the blues, great god! got me sloppy drunk
G
.
G7/f
.
Em
.
Eb
.
G
F
F#
G
Stone Walls And Steel Bars
<Stanley Brothers>
As performed by Bob Dylan in Beverly Hills, CA, USA, 21-May-1997
G
C
G
Stone walls, steel bars, a love on my mind
G
C
G
I'm a three time loser, I'm long gone this time
D
C
G
Jealousy has took my young life
D
C
G
All for the love of another man's wife
G
G7
C
But I've had it comin', I've known all the time
G
D
G
No more stone walls, steel bars or you on my mind
Stone walls, steel bars, a love on my mind
I'm a three time loser, I'm long gone this time
Old, gray warden, dark Frisco Bay
Guards all around me, leadin' my way
I've had it comin', I tend o'er the line
No more stone walls, steel bars nor you on my mind
Stone walls, steel bars, a love on my mind
I'm a three time loser, I'm long gone this time
I'm a three time loser, I'm long gone this time
Old Sal was baking bread this morning
Old Sal was baking bread this evening
Old Sal was baking bread
When she found out that her Bill was dead
This morning, this evening, so soon
She said, "Oh no, it can't be so," this morning
"Oh no, it can't be so this evening"
She said, "Oh no, it can't be so
My Bill left home about an hour ago"
This morning, this evening, so soon
Well, they brought Bill home in a hurry-up wagon this morning
They brought Bill home in a hurry-up wagon this evening
Well, you know, they brought Bill home in a hurry-up wagon
His arms, his legs and feet were dragging
This morning, this evening, so soon
So soon
So soon
So soon
Tell old Bill when he comes home this morning
Tell old Bill when he comes home this evening
Yes, tell old Bill when he comes home
To leave them downtown girls alone
This morning, this evening, so soon
So soon
So soon
The Usual
<John Hiatt>
A
A
I'm trippin' over dumb drunks at a party
F
G
A
My girlfriend just ran off with the DJ
A
I'd give her everything I had, but she refused it
F
G
A
It don't matter now, she don't know how to use it
C
My confidence is dwindling
D
Look at the shape I'm in
C
Where's my pearls, where's the swine?
D
I'm not thirsty, but I'm standing in line
A
I'll have the usual
Yeah, I'll have the usual
Fifty silhouettes now tumblin' on the dance floor
Pink elephants fallin' through a trap door
Sixty cigarettes a day because I'm nervous
When will that bitch begin to serve us?
I used to be a good boy, livin' the good life
Fifty thousand kisses later she was a housewife
She was good, I was unkind
I'm not thirsty, but I'm standin' in line
I'll have the usual, yeah
I'll have the usual
Big Jim says that the second coming's comin'
I think he must be seein' double or something
You can hang around here, waiting for the offerings
I can't win, but I've seen enough, man
A fifth of whiskey keep the doctor away
A little more and it's judgement day
I had a future, but she just passed out
I'm gonna drink until I see what am I talkin' about
I'll have the usual, yeah
I'll have the usual
I'll have the usual
Yeah, the usual
And the morning in your eye
Now, tell me of the ones you saw
As far as you could see
Across the plain from field to town
A-marching to be free
And of the rusted prison gates
That tumbled by degree
Like laughing children, one by one
Who look like you and me
And blue
Fly the ocean in a silver plane
See the jungle when it's wet with rain
Just remember 'til you're home again
You belong to me
instrumental verse, as intro
I'll be so alone without you
Maybe you'll be lonesome too
And blue
Fly the ocean in a silver plane
See the jungle when it's wet with rain
Just remember 'til you're home again
You belong to me