You and me we were the pretenders
We let it all slip away
In the end what you don't surrender
F
C
G
Well the world just strips away
Girl ain't no kindness in the face of strangers
Ain't gonna find no miracles here
Well you can wait on your blessings my darling
But I got a deal for you right here
F
C
I ain't lookin' for prayers or pity
F
C
F
I ain't comin' round searchin' for a crutch
C
I just want someone to talk to
F
C
G
And a little of that human touch
F
C
G
Just a little of that human touch
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C
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Ain't no mercy on the streets of this town
Ain't no bread from heavenly skies
Ain't nobody drawin' wine from this blood
It's just you and me tonight
Tell me in a world without pity
Do you think what I'm asking's too much?
I just want something to hold on to
And a little of that human touch
Just a little of that human touch
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C
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Am
F
C
G
Oh girl, that feeling of safety you prize
Dm7
Am
Well, it comes with a hard hard price
F
C
G
You can't shut off the risk and pain
F
Am
Without losin' the love that remains
(
F
)
We're all riders on this train
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C
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So you been broken and you been hurt
Show me somebody who ain't
Yeah I know I ain't nobody's bargain
But hell a little touch-up and a little paint
You might need somethin' to hold on to
When all the answers they don't amount to much
Somebody that you can just talk to
And a little of that human touch
Baby in a world without pity
Do you think what I'm asking's too much?
I just want to feel you in my arms
And share a little of that human touch
Share a little of that human touch
Feel a little of that human touch
And you feel a little of that human touch
Share a little of that human touch
Fell a little of that human touch
Give you a little of that human touch
And you give me a little of that human touch
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C
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Hey now
Soul Driver
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F#m
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A
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A
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D
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Bm
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F#m
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F#m
A
Rode through forty nights of the gospel's rain
F#m
A
Black sky pourin' snakes frogs and love in vain
D
Bm
F#m
You were down where the river grows wilder
D
E
F#m
Baby let me be your soul driver
Well if something in the air feels a little unkind
Don't worry darlin', oh, it'll slip your mind
I'll be your gypsy joker, your shotgun rider
Baby let me be your soul driver
Bm
A
Now no one knows which way love's wheel turns
D
Bm
F#m
Will we hit it rich or crash and burn
Bm
A
Does fortune wait, or just the black hand of fate?
E
This love potion's all we've got
D
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A
One toast before it's too late
If the angels are unkind or the season is dark
Or if in the end love just falls part
Then here's to our destruction
Baby let me be your soul driver
Here's to our destruction
Baby let me be your soul driver
57 Channels (And Nothin' On)
Dm
I bought a bourgeois house in the Hollywood hills
With a trunk-load of hundred thousand dollar bills
Man came by to hook up my cable TV
We settled in for the night, my baby and me
A
G
We switched round and round till half-past dawn
Dm
There was fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
Well now home entertainment was my baby's wish
So I hopped into town for a satellite dish
I tied it to the top of my Japanese car
I came home and pointed it out into the stars
A message came back from the great beyond
There's fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
Dm
Well we might've made some friends with some billionaires
We might've got all nice and friendly if we'd made it upstairs
A
G
All I got was a note that said, "Bye-bye John
Dm
Our love is fifty-seven channels and nothin' on"
Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
So I bought a .44 magnum it was solid steel cast
And in the blessed name of Elvis well I just let it blast
Till my TV lay in pieces there at my feet
And they busted me for disturbin' the almighty peace
Judge said, "What you got in your defense son?"
"Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on"
"Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on"
"Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on"
I can see by your eyes, friend, you're just about gone
Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
Cross My Heart
E
First time I crossed my heart
I was beggin' baby please
At your bedside down on my knees
A
When I crossed my heart
E
It's when I crossed my heart
B
E
I crossed my heart pretty baby over you
Second time I crossed my heart
Rain came in from the south
I was lyin' there with something sweet and salty in my mouth
When I crossed my heart
That's when I crossed my heart
I crossed my heart pretty darlin' over you
A
Well you may think the world's black and white
E
And you're dirty or you're clean
A
You better watch out you don't slip
B
Through them spaces in between
Where the night gets sticky
And the sky gets black
I grabbed you baby you grabbed me back
And we crossed our hearts
We crossed our hearts
Yeah I crossed my heart, hmm
Little boys, little girls
They know their wrongs from their rights
Once you cross your heart
You ain't ever supposed to lie
Well life ain't nothin'
But cold hard ride
I ain't leavin' till I'm satisfied
I cross my heart
Yeah I cross my heart
Well I cross my heart pretty darlin' over you
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Gonna cross my heart
Gonna cross my heart
Gonna cross my heart
Gonna cross my heart
Gonna cross my heart
Gloria's Eyes
A
I was your big man I was your prince charming
D
King on a white horse hey now look how far I've fallen
A
I tried to trick you yeah but baby you got wise
E
D
You cut me right down to size
C
D
A
Yeah, now I'm just a fool in Gloria's eyes
Swore I'd get you back I was so sure
I'd get you back like I done so many times before
A little sweet talk to cover over all of the lies
You came runnin' back but to my surprise
Well there's somethin' gone in Gloria's eyes
C
C
D
D
C
C
D
D
A
A
A
A
D
D
C
Well in the dark when it was just me and you
D
I asked the question that I knew the answer to
C
Is that a smile my little dolly on the shelf
D
Tell me is that a smile, Or is it somethin' else?
Now I work hard to prove my love is true
Now I work hard and I bring it on home to you
At night I pray as silently you lie
Some day my love again will rise
Like a shining torch in Gloria's eyes
Like a shining torch in Gloria's eyes
Yeah, like a shining torch in Gloria's eyes
I was your big man your prince charming
King on a white horse now look how far I've fallen
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With Every Wish
E
Ol' catfish in the lake we called him Big Jim
B
When I was a kid my only wish was to get my line in him
A
E
A
E
Skipped church one Sunday rowed out and throwed in my line
A
E
A
E
B
Jim took that hook pole and me right over the side
A
E
A
E
Went driftin' down past old tires and rusty cans of beer
A
E
A
E
B
The angel of the lake whispered in my ear
A
E
A
E
"Before you choose your wish son, you better think first
A
C#m
A
B
E
With every wish there comes a curse"
I fell in love with beautiful Doreen
She was the prettiest thing this old town had ever seen
I courted her and I made her mine
But I grew jealous whenever another man would come walkin' down the line
And my jealousy made me treat her hard and cruel
She sighed, "Bobby oh Bobby you're such a fool
Don't you know before you choose your wish, you'd better think first
'Cause with every wish there comes a curse"
Solo over verse chords
These days I sit around and laugh at the many rivers I've crossed
But on the far banks there's always another forest where a man can get lost
Well there in the high trees love's bluebird glides
Guiding us 'cross to another river on the other side
And there someone is waitin' with a look in her eyes
And though my heart's grown weary and more than a little bit shy
Tonight I'll drink from her waters to quench my thirst
And leave the angels to worry
A
C#m
With every wish...
Roll Of The Dice
Intro: verse chords
C
Well I've been a losin' gambler
Just throwin' snake eyes
F
Love ain't got me downhearted
Am
I know up around the corner lies
G
My fool's paradise
F
C
In just another roll of the dice
All my elevens and sevens
Been comin' up sixes and nines
But since I fell for you baby
Been comin' on changin' times
They're waitin' over the rise
Just another roll of the dice
D
C
F
G
I've stumbled and I know I made my mistakes
D
C
F
G
Oh, but tonight I'm gonna be playin' for all of the stakes
Well it's never too late so come on girl
The tables are waiting
You and me and lady luck well tonight
We'll be celebrating
Drinkin' champagne on ice
In just another roll of the dice
Instrumental verse
Bb
Dm
C
High-rollers, lay down your bets and I'll raise 'em
Bb
Dm
G
And well, I know the odds ain't in my favour
Maybe I'm just a clown throwin' down
Lookin' to come up busted
I'm a thief in the house of love
And I can't be trusted
Well I'll be makin' my heist
In just another roll of the dice
Just another roll of the dice
Move on up, move on up (move on up)
Roll me, baby, in this fool's heaven
Oh yeah, just another roll of the dice
Mister trouble come walkin' this way
Year gone past feels like one long day
C
G
But I'm alive and I'm feelin' all right
Well I run that hard road outta heartbreak city
Built a roadside carnival out of hurt and self-pity
It was all wrong well now I'm movin' on
D
Ain't no church bells ringing
C
G
Ain't no flags unfurled
D
Am
Just me and you and the love we're bringing
C
Into the real world
F
G
Into the real world, oh
I built a shrine in my heart it wasn't pretty to see
Made out of fool's gold memory
And tears cried, but now I'm headin' over the rise
I'm searchin' for one clear moment of love and truth
I still got a little faith But what I need is some
Proof tonight, I'm lookin' for it in your eyes
Ain't no church bells ringing
Ain't no flags unfurled
Just me and you and the love we're bringing
Into the real world
Into the real world, oh
C
Well tonight I just wanna shout, I feel my soul waist deep and sinkin'
G
Into this black river of doubt
C
But I, well I just wanna rise and walk along the riverside
G
F
And when the morning comes baby I don't wanna hide
C
G
I'll stand right at your side with my arms open wide, yeah
Instrumental verse x2
Well tonight I just wanna shout, I feel my soul waist deep and sinkin'
Into this black river of doubt
Yeah I, well just wanna rise and walk along the riverside
G
D
Till the morning comes, I'll stand right by your side
Oh, I wanna find some answers I wanna ask for some help
I'm tired of runnin' scared
Baby let's get our bags packed, we'll take it here to hell and heaven and back
And if love is hopeless, hopeless at best
Come on put on your party dress
It's ours tonight, and we're goin' with the tumblin' dice
Ain't no church bells ringing
Ain't no flags unfurled
Just me and you and the love we're bringing
Into the real world
Into the real world, oh
I want it all or nothin' at all, say yeah (say yeah)
C
F
C
I want it all or nothin' at all
Said you'd take me for a little dance
If you had a little time on your hands
Well all I do is push and shove
Just to get a little piece of your love
I want it all or nothin' at all, say yeah (say yeah)
I want it all or nothin' at all
F
C
Well now I don't wanna be greedy
F
C
But when it comes to love there ain't no doubt
F
C
You just ain't gonna get what you want
With one foot in bed and one foot out, mmm
You got to give it all or nothin' at all (say yeah)
All or nothin' at all
F
C
Yeah, nah nah nah nah
F
C
Yeah, nah nah nah nah
F
C
Yeah, nah nah nah nah, yeah yeah
Now I only got a little time
So if you're gonna change your mind
Then shout out what you're thinkin' of
If what you're thinkin' of is love
I want it all or nothin' at all, say yeah (say yeah
I want it all or nothin' at all
I want to have it all or nothin' at all, say yeah (say yeah)
I want it all or nothin' at all, oh
I want it all or nothin' at all, say yeah (say yeah)
I want to give it all or nothin' at all
C
F
Oh yeah, all right
Man's Job
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F
Bb
Well you can go out with him
F
C
Play with all of his toys
F
Bb
But takin' care of you, darlin'
F
C
Ain't for one of the boys
F
Dm
Oh there's somethin' in your soul
F
Dm
That he's gonna rob
Bb
C
And lovin' you, baby
Bb
Dm
Lovin' you, darlin'
Bb
C
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F
)
Lovin' you, woman is a man's, man's job
F
Bb
Lovin' you's a man's job, baby
F
C
Lovin' you's a man's job
F
Bb
Lovin' you's a man's job, baby
F
C
Lovin' you's a man's job
Well now his kisses may thrill
Those other girls that he likes
But when it comes to treatin'
A real woman right
Well, all of his tricks
No they won't be enough
'Cause lovin' you baby
Lovin' you woman
Lovin' you darlin' is a man's man's job
Lovin' you's a man's job baby
Lovin' you's a man's job
Lovin' you's a man's job baby
Lovin' you's a man's job
Bb
You're dancin' with him, he's holding you tight
Dm
Am
I'm standing here waitin' to catch your eye
Bb
Your hand's on his neck as the music sways
Gm
Am
C
All my illusions slip away
Solo over instrumental verse and chorus
Now if you're lookin' for a hero
Someone to save the day
Well darlin' my feet
They're made of clay
But I've got somethin' in my soul
And I wanna give it up
But gettin' up the nerve
Gettin' up the nerve
Gettin' up the nerve is a man's man's job
Lovin' you's a man's job baby
Lovin' you's a man's job
Lovin' you's a man's job baby
Lovin' you's a man's job
I Wish I Were Blind
G
G
C
I love to see the cottonwood blossom in the early spring
D
G
I love to see the message of love that the bluebird brings
C
D
G
Em7
But when I see you walkin' with him down along the strand
C
D
G
I wish I were blind when I see you with your man
I love to see your hair shining in the long summer's light
I love to watch the stars fill the sky on a summer night
The music plays, you take his hand, I watch how you touch him as you start to dance
And I wish I were blind when I see you with your man
/a
/b
C
D
G
We struggle here but all our love's in vain
C
D
G
C
Oh these eyes that once filled me with your beauty now fill me with pain
G
C
D
G
D
Em7
And the light that once entered here is banished from me
C
D
And this darkness is all baby that my heart sees
C
D
G
D
Em
And though this world is filled with the grace and beauty of God's hand
C
D
G
Oh I wish I were blind when I see you with your man
Solo over verse chords
We struggle here but all our love's in vain
Oh these eyes that once filled me with your beauty now fill me with pain
And the light that once entered here is banished from me
And this darkness is all baby that my heart sees
C
D
G
D
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Em
And though this world is filled with the grace and beauty of God's hand
C
D
G
Oh I wish I were blind when I see you with your man
D/f#
Em7
C
D
G
Oh I wish I were blind when I see you with your man
D/f#
Em7
C
D
G
Oh I wish I were blind when I see you with your man
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D/f#
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D/f#
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The Long Goodbye
C
F
C
My soul went walkin' but I stayed here
Feel like I been workin' for a thousand years
Chippin' away at this chain of my own lies
Climbin' a wall a hundred miles high
G
Bb
Well I woke up this morning on the other side
C
F
Yeah yeah this is the long goodbye
G
Bb
C
Hey yeah this is the long goodbye
Same old faces, it's the same old town
What once was laughs is draggin' me now
Waitin' on rain hangin' on for love
Words of forgiveness from some God above
Ain't no words of mercy comin' from on high
Yeah yeah just one long goodbye
Hey yeah this is the long goodbye
F
Well I went to leave twenty years ago
C
F
Since then I guess I been packin' kind of slow
F
Sure did like that admirin' touch
C
Bb
G
C
Guess I liked it a little too much
The moon is high and here I am
Sittin' here with this hammer in my hand
One more drink oughta ease the pain
Starin' at that last link in the chain
Well let's raise our glass and let the hammer fly
Hey yeah this is the long goodbye
Hey yeah this is the long goodbye
C
F
Kiss me baby and we're gonna fly
G
Bb
Hey yeah this is the long goodbye
Yeah yeah this is the long goodbye
Hey yeah this is the long goodbye
Kiss me baby 'cause we're gonna ride
Yeah yeah this is the long goodbye
Real Man
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F#m
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x2
B
Took my baby to a picture show
Found a seat in the back row
Sound came up lights went down
Rambo he was blowin' 'em down
E
B
I don't need no gun in my fist baby
F#m
C#m
All I need is your sweet kiss
A
B
To get me feelin' like a real man
A
B
Feelin' like a real man
E
F#m
Well you can beat on your chest, hell, any monkey can
A
B
But you got me feelin' like a real man
A
B
Oh feelin' like a real man
Me and my girl Saturday night
Late movie on channel five
The girls were droppin' they're droppin' like flies
To some smooth talkin' cool walkin' private eye
I ain't got no nerves of steel
But all I got to know is if your love is real
Oh get me feelin' like a real man
Oh feelin' like a real man
Well you can beat on your chest, hell, any monkey can
Your love's got me feelin' like a real man
Oh feelin' like a real man
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B
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F#m
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Well, I ain't no fighter that's easy to see
And as a lover I ain't goin' down in history
But when the lights go down and you pull me close
Well I look in your eyes and there's one thing I know
Baby I'll be tough enough
If I can find the guts to give you all my love
Then I'll be feelin' like a real man
Feelin' like a real man
Well you can beat on your chest, hell, any monkey can
You got me feelin' like a real man
Oh feelin' like a real man
Yeah I been feelin' like a real man
Oh, feelin' like a real man
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You got me feelin', baby
You got me feelin', baby
Na na na...
Bring it up, bring it up!
Bring it up, bring it up!
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My pony boy
Ride with me, ride with me
Won't you take a ride with me
Underneath the starry sky
My pony boy
Instrumental
O'er the hills and through the trees
We'll go ridin' you and me
Giddy-up giddy-up giddy-away
My pony boy
Pony boy, pony boy
Won't you be my pony boy
Giddy-up giddy-up giddy-up whoa
My pony boy
Harp solo
Down into the valley deep
'Neath the eves we will sleep
Sky of dreams up above
My pony boy
Pony boy, pony boy
Won't you be my pony boy
Giddy-up giddy-up giddy-up whoa
My pony boy
Pony boy, pony boy
Won't you be my pony boy
Giddy-up giddy-up giddy-up whoa
My pony boy