Felice Brothers : God Bless You, Amigo

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Don't you rock 'em, daddy-o

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Don't you rock 'em, daddy-o

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Don't you rock 'em, daddy-o

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Sail away, ladies, sail away

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Intro: instrumental verse and chorus

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Stagger Lee, why'd you do that?

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Done killed a man, all for a stetson hat

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But you could dream on...

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'Bout what you could've been

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Ain't no use wondering no more Take me down to Fannin Street Buy me a drink to get me on my feet And we could dream on 'Bout what we could've been Ain't no use wondering no more I been in clothes with golden cuffs Been dressed in stripes, driven to the bluffs But you could dream on 'Bout what you could've been Ain't no use wondering no more

Instrumental verse and chorus

Stagger Lee, why'd you do that? Done killed a man, all for a stetson hat But you could dream on... 'Bout what you could've been Ain't no use wondering no more

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C/g

G

Well I'm sick of crying, velvet eyes

D

Sick of pining for you

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C/g

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Oh I am too damn cold to turn on the stove

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I've been so awfully blue

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And at night I dream of St. Louis

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Heaven rings the king's county band

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And I call through the dark room for hours

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For the girl in the black velvet band Oh I'm back from the dead and now I'm sitting up in bed Watching these sitcoms dissolve Even the music from the street is sounding sweet It sounded so awful for so long And at night I dream of a salesman Who has come to sell me a plan Where I'm sure to win back that woman Oh the one in the black velvet band

C7(iii)

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The smoke fills the room

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The poppy's bloom

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So I'll make my way

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Out of this town someday So I guess I'm gone, the weather's come Oh they tell me the forecast is grim Oh they plan to appraise this worthless place For the mining of nickel and tin And if I was a-going somewhere And if you could take my hand I would wait in this hallway forever

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For the girl in the black velvet band What a thought, what a horrible sickness

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For the girl in the black velvet band

Capo:

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Fmaj7

Cmaj7

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When I was a child

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My mother said to me

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You can't spend all your days alone

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In the shade of a cherry tree

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My brother cut the roof off a Lincoln

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C7

'Cause his doctor said lose some weight

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And the tape of Buck Owens, my hair was blowing

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As they drove from the garden state

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C7

To the lights of the golden gate

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I've been missing you, so listen

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I'd like to ask you, could you drive to town?

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And I've been thinking about your Lincoln

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Continental with the sunroof down When the kid came down from Lennox Yeah, yawning was the talk of the town A real high roller, a self-promoter Said the band was the best around He said I got a little money from performing I bought a new suit and hat I said, performing what? You said, classic stuff Ricky Hayes and Virginia scat I said, who the hell is that? But I can play a little old-time fiddle We can start a little country band And I was thinking in your Lincoln We can bum around the promised land

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And the world will open up for us

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At least that's what I hope it does Probation officer John Collins Was a paranoid psychopath He had to paint the fence by the roller rink For the committee of industrial trash You can't find the business end of a rifle You're the devil from an Irish saint I said I got no cares in those affairs What I was, what I am, or ain't I got a lot of fence to paint I've got no loving all because I'm Kinda infamous for crossing lines You got me thinking even Lincoln Must've felt a little lost sometimes And the world will open up for us At least that's what I hope it does

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My old friend came home to hide

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My old friend came home to rest

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No smiling faces

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No sweet embraces

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My old friend came home to hide Dead dog in the rain Dead dog in a ditch Ain't got no bone No long walk home Dead dog in the rain I used to hear your whistle whine But you couldn't keep up and all that rust, it ended your ride No dimes for you to lay flat No John Hardy lay in your track I used to hear your whistle whine

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But Lord, I wouldn't mind fading, no

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Just have to go it all by myself, myself

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Oh.....

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Oh.....

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Oh.....

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Oh my love is light as a dove

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Her skin is fair, and dark is her hair

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And her eyes dart round, and fall on the ground

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And her lips move along to an old country song Oh down south you'll find among the high pines An old liquor store where we danced on the floor Oh the light on the wall it brightens the hall But the room in the back is quiet and black What keeps me alive is the green in your eyes And the sweet distant drone of your voice on the phone Could I hear in death your voice and your breath? Could I hear them sound in life underground? Oh lightly she walks among the white storks And, craning her neck, she steps round the deck Could I bow in the sand to your lily white hand? Can my head gently rest in your lily white breast? Oh my love, is a light as a dove Her skin is fair and dark is her hair And her eyes dart round and fall on the ground And her lips move along to an old country song

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Lay down, boys, take a little nap

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Sixteen miles to the Cumberland Gap

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Lay down, boys, take a little nap

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Sixteen miles to the Cumberland Gap

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Cumberland Gap!

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Cumberland Gap!

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All dead and gone!

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All dead and gone!

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All dead and gone! My old man and my grandpap First white men to the Cumberland Gap My old man and my grandpap First white men to the Cumberland Gap Cumberland Gap! Cumberland Gap! All dead and gone! All dead and gone! All dead and gone! Cumberland Gap, Cumberland Gap Sixteen miles to the Cumberland Gap Cumberland Gap, Cumberland Gap Sixteen miles to the Cumberland Gap Cumberland Gap! Cumberland Gap! All dead and gone! All dead and gone! All dead and gone!

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From the Gulf of Aden, to the marble coast

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To the rolling hills of Oregon

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And the Tigris River and the wind that blows

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In the hanging bowers of Babylon

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I'm a fool for giving all that I gave

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To you pitiful people when the world was made

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And if I come back down from the stars above

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It's just to watch the mating of the doves I was there in Egypt when your king was slain And it made me cry a million tears And it formed a river in a western state And it carved a canyon through the years And I'm a fool for giving all that I gave To you pitiful people when the world was made And if I come back down from the stars above It's just to watch the mating of the doves So you can preach of Heaven and you can warn of Hell And you can murder millions in my name But I gave you Heaven and the only Hell Is the one you made from fear and hate You're all fools for thinking that I'm coming back For some fiery judgement and turn the world to black And if I come back down it's not to judge but love And to be among the mating of the doves

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The minstrel boy to the war is gone

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Bm

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In the ranks of death you will find him

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His father's sword he has girded on

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And his wild harp slung behind him

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Land of Song, cried the warrior bard

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Though all the world betrays thee

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One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard

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One faithful harp shall praise thee The minstrel fell but the foeman's chain Could not bring that proud soul under The harp he loved ne'er spoke again For he tore its chords asunder And said, No chains shall sully thee Thou soul of love and bravery Thy songs were made for the pure and free They shall never sound in slavery

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On a country road I walk

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On a tightrope drawn in chalk

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With a child hand in hand

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To the promised land If I stumble off the line I'll be blown away in time And forever walk unseen Through the world between In Houston I stayed awhile With a girl with an angel smile In a lazy summer room With a stove and a silver spoon And the TV made us laugh And I sat in a shallow bath To a terrible country tune In that summer room

Whistling verse

So on a highway I do walk On a tightrope drawn in chalk With a child hand in hand To the promised land If I stumble off the line I'll be blown away in time And forever walk unseen Through the world between So I'll keep my footing right And I'll walk into the night And I'll meet my cowboy band In the promised land

Felice Brothers : God Bless You, Amigo
2012

Sail Away Ladies

Dream On

Black Velvet Band

Lincoln Continental

Dead Dog

Her Eyes Dart Round

Cumberland Gap

The Mating Of The Doves

Minstrel Boy

The Promised Land

Felice Brothers : God Bless You, Amigo 2012

Sail Away Ladies

Dream On

Black Velvet Band

Lincoln Continental

Dead Dog

Her Eyes Dart Round

Cumberland Gap

The Mating Of The Doves

Minstrel Boy

The Promised Land

Felice Brothers : God Bless You, Amigo
2012