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Creedence Clearwater Revival : Green River
1969

  1. Green River
    +1
  2. Commotion
  3. Tombstone Shadow
  4. Wrote A Song For Everyone

  5. Bad Moon Rising
  6. Lodi
    +1
  7. Cross-Tie Walker
  8. Sinister Purpose
  9. Night-Time Is The Right Time

Green River

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Well take me back down where cool water flows, y'all Let me remember things I love Stoppin' at the log where catfish bite
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Walkin' along the river road at night
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Barefoot girls dancin' in the moonlight I can hear the bullfrog callin' me Wonder if my ropes still hangin' to the tree Love to kick my feet way down the shallow water Shoefly, dragonfly, get back to mother Pick up a flat rock, skip it across green river Up at Cody's camp I spent my days, oh With flat car riders and cross-tie walkers Old Cody Junior took me over Said, you're gonna find the world is smoulderin' And if you get lost, come on home to green river

Commotion

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Traffic in the city turns my head around No, no, no, no, no Backed up on the freeway Backed up in the church Everywhere you look there's a frown, frown Com, commotion Get, get, get gone Com, commotion Get, get, get gone People keep a-talkin', they don't say a word Jaw, jaw, jaw, jaw, jaw Talk up in the White House Talk up to your door So much goin' on I just can't hear Com, commotion Get, get, get gone Com, commotion Get, get, get gone Hurryin' to get there so you save some time Run, run, run, run, run Rushin' to the treadmill Rushin' to get out Worry 'bout the time you save, save Com, commotion Get, get, get gone Com, commotion Get, get, get gone
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Tombstone Shadow

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Tombstone shadow, stretching across my path
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Tombstone shadow, stretching across my path
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Every time I get some good news
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Ooh, there's a shadow on my back Saw the gypsy man, way down in San Berdoo Yeah, I saw the gypsy man, way down in San Berdoo Five dollars on the table, ooh Ooh, keep me away from my tomb
Guitar solo over verse chords
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Said I got thirteen months of bad luck, bound to be some pain Don't you do no traveling, fly in no machines
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Tombstone shadow, stretching across my path
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Every time I get some good news
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Ooh, there's a shadow on my back
Guitar solo over verse chords
The man gave me a luck charm, cost five dollars more Said, "Put some on your pillow, and put some on your door" He said, "Take a long vacation Ooh, for thirteen months or more" Tombstone shadow, stretching across my path Tombstone shadow, stretching across my path Every time I get some good news Ooh, there's a shadow on my back
Guitar solo over verse chords

Wrote A Song For Everyone

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Met myself a-coming, county welfare line
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I was feeling strung out, hung out on the line
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Saw myself a-going, down to war in June
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What I want, all I want, is to write myself a tune
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Wrote a song for everyone
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Wrote a song for truth
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Wrote a song for everyone
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And I couldn't even talk to you |
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Got myself arrested, wound me up in jail Richmond 'bout to blow up, communication failed If you see the answer, now's the time to say What I want, all I want is to get you down and pray Wrote a song for everyone Wrote a song for truth Wrote a song for everyone And I couldn't even talk to you
Solo over verse chords
Wrote a song for everyone Wrote a song for truth Wrote a song for everyone And I couldn't even talk to you Saw the people standing, thousand years in chains Somebody said it's different now, look, it's just the same Pharaohs spin the message, round and round the truth They could have saved a million people, how can I tell you? Wrote a song for everyone Wrote a song for truth Wrote a song for everyone And I couldn't even talk to you |
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Bad Moon Rising

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I see a bad moon rising
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I see trouble on the way
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I see earthquakes and lightning
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I see bad times today
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Don't go around tonight
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It's bound to take your life
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There's a bad moon on the rise I hear hurricanes a-blowing I know the end is coming soon I fear rivers overflowing I hear the voice of rage and ruin Don't go around tonight It's bound to take your life There's a bad moon on the rise Hope you got your things together Hope you are quite prepared to die Looks like we're in for nasty weather One eye is taken for an eye Don't go around tonight It's bound to take your life There's a bad moon on the rise

Lodi

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Just about a year ago, I set out on the road
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Seekin' my fame and fortune, lookin' for a pot of gold
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Things got bad and things got worse, I guess you know the tune
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Oh Lord! Stuck in Lodi again Rode in on the Greyhound, but I'll be walkin' out if I go I was just passin' through, must be seven months or more Ran out of time and money, looks like they took my friends Oh Lord! I'm stuck in Lodi again The man from the magazine said I was on my way Somewhere I lost connections, ran out of songs to play I came into town, a one night stand, looks like my plans fell through Oh Lord! Stuck in Lodi again
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If I only had a dollar, for every song I've sung
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And every time I've had to play while people sat there drunk
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You know, I'd catch the next train back to where I live
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Oh Lord! I'm stuck in Lodi again Oh Lord! I'm stuck in Lodi again |
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Cross-Tie Walker

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I went down to the station, just to take a ride
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I went down to the station, just to take a ride
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Found myself on a flatcar, yesterday behind Pullin' out from the platform, there was no brass band I pulled out from the platform, nobody raised a hand And there were no tears of regret, from my runaway train Train, train, train, train
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Got no sand in my pocket, you know I ain't tied down Ain't no sand in my pocket, never do sit down I'm just a cross-tie walker, where the freight trains run Run, run, run, run
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If you see me a-comin', don't you waste my time If you see me a-comin', don't you waste my time 'Cause there's more miles between us, than the Santa Fe Line Run, run, run, run
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Sinister Purpose

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When the sky is gray And the moon is hate I'll be down to get you Roots of earth will shake
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Sinister purpose
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Knockin' at your door
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Come and take my hand Burn away the goodness You and I remain Did you see the last war? Well, here I am again Sinister Purpose Knockin' at your door Come and take my hand
Instrumental over verse and chorus chords
I can set you free Make you rich and wise We can live forever Look into my eyes Sinister Purpose Knockin' at your door Come and take my hand
Outro over verse and chorus chords

Night-Time Is The Right Time

<Nappy Brown>
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You know the night-time (wah-do-day) oh, is the right time, (wah-do-day)
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To be (wah-do-day) with the one you love (wah-do-day)
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I said the night-time (wah-do-day) oh, is the right time, (wah-do-day)
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To be (wah-do-day) with the one you love (wah-do-day)
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I said the night-time (wah-do-day) oh, is the right time, (wah-do-day)
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To be with the one you love (wah-do-day) (wah-do-day)
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Baby! (wah-do-day), I said ah baby (wah-do-day)
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Baby! (wah-do-day), come on and drive me crazy Lord (wah-do-day)
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You know I love (wah-do-day) you always thinking of you (wah-do-day)
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Hey, baby (wah-do-day), oh I said baby (wah-do-day)
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You know the night-time (wah-do-day), oh is the right time, (wah-do-day)
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To be with the one you love (wah-do-day) (wah-do-day) "All right sing the song to me"
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I said the night-time (wah-do-day) oh, is the right time, (wah-do-day)
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To be (wah-do-day) with the one you love (wah-do-day)
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I said the night-time (wah-do-day) oh, is the right time, (wah-do-day)
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To be (wah-do-day) with the one you love (wah-do-day)
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I said the night-time (wah-do-day) oh, is the right time, (wah-do-day)
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To be with the one you love