Gram Parsons : GP

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Time can pass and time can heal

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But it don't ever pass the way I feel

D

You went away a long time ago

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A

And why you left I never knew The lonely days and lonely nights I guess the world knows I ain't feeling right And when you're gone the hours pass so slow And now, I'm still feeling blue (yeah)

E

And baby, since you walked out of my life I never felt so low

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D

E

Can't help but wonder why you had to go Had many girls but I can't say They come and go but still I feel this way And ever since the day you said goodbye No one treats me like you used to do I hope you're out and happy now Doing up the town 'cause you know how Every time I hear your name I wanna die And now I'm still feeling blue |

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| And baby, since you walked out of my life I never felt so low Can't help but wonder why you had to go Had many girls but I can't say They come and go but still I feel this way And ever since the day you said goodbye No one treats me like you used to do I hope you're out and happy now Doing up the town 'cause you know how Every time I hear your name I wanna die And now, I'm still feeling blue And now, I'm still feeling blue

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C

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Bb

We know it's wrong to let this fire burn between us

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C7

We've got to stop this wild desire in you and in me

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Bb

So we'll let the flame burn once again until the thrill is gone

Bb

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C

F

Then we'll sweep out the ashes in the morning

Bb

F

We're two people caught up in a flame that has to die down soon

Bb

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C7

I didn't mean to start this fire and neither did you

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Bb

So tonight when you hold me tight we'll let the fire burn on

Bb

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C

F

And we'll sweep out the ashes in the morning

Instrumental verse

Each time we meet we both agree it's for the last time But out of your arms I'm out of my mind So we'll taste the thrill of stolen love tonight until the dawning And we'll sweep out the ashes in the morning We're two people caught up in a flame that has to die down soon I didn't mean to start this fire and neither did you So tonight when you hold me tight we'll let the fire burn on And we'll sweep out the ashes in the morning |

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C

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Bb

Yes we'll taste the thrill of stolen love tonight until the dawning

Bb

F

And we'll sweep out the ashes

Bb

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We'll sweep out the ashes

Bb

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C

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We'll sweep out the ashes in the morning

Bm

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A

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E

A

Bm

Oh, my land is like a wild goose

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D

Wanders all around everywhere

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Bm

Trembles and it shakes till every tree is loose

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A

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D

It rolls the meadows and it rolls the nails So take me down to your dance floor And I won't mind the people when they stare Paint a different color on your front door And tomorrow we will still be there Jesus built a ship to sing a song to It sails the rivers and it sails the tide Some of my friends don't know who they belong to Some can't get a single thing to work inside So take me down to your dance floor And I won't mind the people when they stare Paint a different color on your front door And tomorrow we will still be there

Instrumental verse

I loved you every day and now I'm leaving And I can see the sorrow in your eyes I hope you know a lot more than you're believing Just so the sun don't hurt you when you cry Oh, take me down to your dance floor I won't mind the people when they stare Paint a different color on your front door And tomorrow we may still be there

Bm

D

A

And tomorrow we may still be there

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x4

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Bb

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Bb

Well I sold the farm to take my woman where she longed to be

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Bb

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We left our kin and all our friends back there in Tennessee

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Bb

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Bb

And I bought those one way tickets she had often begged me for

C

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And they took us to the streets of Baltimore

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F

Well her heart was filled with gladness when she saw those city lights

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C

She said the prettiest place on earth was Baltimore at night

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Bb

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Bb

Well a man feels proud to give his woman what she's longing for

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And I kind of like the streets of Baltimore |

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Bb

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Bb

Then I got myself a factory job, I ran an old machine

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Bb

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And I bought a little cottage in a neighborhood serene

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Bb

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Bb

And every night when I'd come home with every muscle sore

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F

She'd drag me through the streets of Baltimore

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F

Well I did my best to bring her back to what she used to be

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C

Then I soon learned she loved those bright lights more than she loved me

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Bb

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Bb

Now I'm a-going back on that same train that brought me here before

C

F

While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore

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While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore

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E7

She, she came from the land of the cotton

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C7

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C

G

A land that was nearly forgotten by everyone

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E7

And she, she worked and she slaved so hard

Am

C7

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C

A big old field was her back yard in the delta sun

Bb

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C

Oh... but she sure could sing

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C

G

Oh... she sure could sing Then he, he looked down and he took a little pity The whole town swore he decided he'd help her some And he didn't mind if she wasn't very pretty For deep inside his heart he knew she was the only one Oh but she sure could sing Yeah she sure could sing

G

She had faith, she had believing

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She led all the people together in singing

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And she prayed every night to the Lord up above

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G

Dm

G

Dm/c

G

Hallelujah oh hallelujah They used to walk singing songs by the river Even when she knew for sure she had to go away And she never knew what her life had to give her And never had to worry about it for one single day My but she sure could sing Oh yes sure could sing She had faith, she had believing Led all the people together in singing And she prayed every night to the Lord up above Hallelujah, oh hallelujah She, she came from the land of the cotton A land that was nearly forgotten by everyone And she, she worked and she slaved so hard A big old field was her back yard in the delta sun Oh, but she sure could sing My, she sure could sing Oh, but she sure could sing Oh, but she sure could sing

Capo:

II

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D

That's all it took, the mention of your name

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And all my love for you, burst into flame

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D

I tried so hard, to let you go but look

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A

How I still tremble at your name, that's all it took

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D

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That's all it took, to make me know that I still care

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D

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It seems my heart just can't give up, the dreams we used to share

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D

I tell my friends I'm happy, but they read me like a book

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And when today I heard them say your name that's all it took |

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x2

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D

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That's all it took, to make me yearn for your embrace

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D

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I guess I might as well admit, no one can take your place

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D

I fell for you completely, sinker, line and hook

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E

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And when today I heard them say your name that's all it took

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And when today I heard them say your name that's all it took

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x2

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G

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It was forty of fifty years ago, a big shot played with time

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Dm

G

C

Mr Walker held the dough and both kept Cord in line

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Em

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Watched and checked on every single day

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Dm

G

C

Building his own special cars his very special way

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G

C

Ooh-ooh, the new soft shoe

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C

Ooh, the new soft shoe

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Dm

G

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And then walking through a Southern mall, I saw a shoe-shine stand

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Dm

G

C

A man was talking to a crowd holding slippers in his hand

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Em

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Don't you know the same thing happens each and every day?

Dm

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G

C

Did you ever hear a song that's hard to even play?

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G

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Ooh-ooh, the new soft shoe

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Ooh, the new soft shoe

Instrumental (second) verse

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Dm

G

C

Then a colour TV broadcast snuck in from New Orleans

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Dm

G

C

Showed me one more man who spoke and wore bright blue and green

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Em

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When you saw him talk his way was when he showed his claws

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Spoke to people every day just to get applause

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Ooh-ooh, the new soft shoe

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Ooh, the new soft shoe

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Ooh-ooh, the new soft shoe

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Ooh, the new soft shoe

Capo:

II

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Darling, there is something I must tell you, you must know

Em

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D

But it's so hard to say the words I feel

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G

C

This fancy that I'm on has been going on too long

Em

C

D

It's time we stopped pretending things are real 'Cause I've been living deep in sin, I've been a little bit blind And I don't know just what's right or wrong To take a chance on losing you was such a silly thing to do The chance I might wake up and find you gone

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Blue, so blue, my love is burning blue

Em

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D

Any brighter flame would be a lie

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G

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Blue, so blue, my love still burns for you

Em

C

D

But I know that I'll only make you cry A thief can only steal from you, he cannot break your heart He'll never touch the precious things inside So one like you should surely be miles and miles away from me Then you'd never care how much I've lied

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G

C

So try to understand the pain. It takes so long when I explain

Em

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D

G

Please, don't you forget how much I've lied

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D

Oh, well, I was born in a little bitty tar hut

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G7

And they called me a man 'cause I couldn't keep my big, big mouth shut

G

D

So what's the sense of me sitting here leaving when any ol' day I might be even

G

D

And Lord knows that New York City's got a lot to do with it

G

D

I wish someday I could find the way to get it out of my grain

G

D

This dirty old town's gonna sink right down and I don't want to go with it

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Well I wish there was a way that I knew to get even

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A way to get a lick in, a-bobbin' and a-weavin'

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D

Any ol' thing besides goin' and a-leavin', you can do on a train Well, I once knew a man who sailed around the world twice He would have made it three but he took a lot of bad advice So you just tell me what's the sense of me sittin' here leavin' when any ol' day I might get even And Lord knows New York City's got a lot to do with it I wish someday I could find a way to get it out of my brain This dirty old town's gonna sink right down and I don't want to go with it I wish there was a way that I knew to get even Way to get a lick in a-bobbin' and a-weavin' Any ol' thing besides goin' and a-leavin' you can do on a train, oh, yes

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A

D

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Well, I once knew a man who sailed around the world twice But his motor cooled down and now he's deliverin' ice Tell me what's the sense of him sittin' here leavin' when any ol' day he might get even And Lord knows New York City's got a lot to do with it I wish someday he could find a way to get it out of his brain This dirty old town's gonna sink right down and I don't want to go with it I wish there was a way that I knew to get even Way to get a lick in a-bobbin' and a-weavin' And all the things besides goin' and a-leavin' you can do on a train, oh, yeah

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G

A

D

x2

Gram Parsons : GP
1973

Still Feeling Blue

We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning

A Song For You

Streets Of Baltimore

She

That's All It Took

The New Soft Shoe

How Much I've Lied

Big Mouth Blues

Gram Parsons : GP 1973

Still Feeling Blue

We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning

A Song For You

Streets Of Baltimore

She

That's All It Took

The New Soft Shoe

How Much I've Lied

Big Mouth Blues

Gram Parsons : GP
1973