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Jackson Browne : For Everyman
1973

  1. Take It Easy
  2. Our Lady Of The Well
  3. These Days
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  4. For Everyman

Take It Easy

G
Well, I'm a-runnin' down the road tryin' to loosen my load
G
D
C
I got seven women on my mind
G
D
Four that wanna own me, two that wanna stone me
C
G
One said she's a friend of mine
Em
D
C
G
Take it easy, take it easy
Am
C
Em
Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy
C
G
C
G
Lighten up while you still can, don't even try to understand
Am
C
G
Just find a place to make your stand and take it easy Now, I'm a-standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona Was such a fine sight to see It's a girl, my Lord, in a flat-bed Ford Slowin' down to have a look at me Come on, baby, don't say maybe I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me We may lose and we may win, but we will never be here again Oh, open up, I'm climbin' in to take it easy
Instrumental verse and chorus
Well, I'm runnin' down the road tryin' to loosen my load Got a world of trouble on my mind I'm lookin' for a lover who won't blow my cover She's just a little hard to find Take it easy, take it easy Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy Come on baby, don't say maybe I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me

Our Lady Of The Well

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G
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C
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C
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G
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G
C
It is a dance we do in silence far below this morning sun
C
G
You in your life, me in mine, we have begun
G
C
Here we stand and, without speaking, draw the water from the well
C
G
D/f#
Em
D
C
And stare beyond the plains to where the mountains lie so still
G
C
G
But it's a long way that I have come
Am
C
Across the sand to find this peace among your people in the sun
G
Bm
Em
Where the families work the land as they have always done
Am
C
G
C
Oh it's so far the other way my country's gone Across my home has grown the shadow of a cruel and senseless hand Though in some strong hearts the love and truth remain And it has taken me this distance and a woman's smile to learn That my heart remains among them, and to them I must return But it's a long way that I have come Across the sand to find you here among these people in the sun Where your children will be born, you'll watch them as they run Oh it's so far the other way my life has gone
D
C
If you look for me, Maria, you will find me in the shade
G
D/f#
Em
Bm
C
Wide awake or in a dream, it's hard to tell
D
C
If you come to me, Maria, I will show you what I've made
G
F
C
It's a picture for our lady of the well |
G
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C
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Am
C
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G
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These Days

Capo:
V
C
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Am7
/g
Fmaj7
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C
/b
Am7
/g
F
Well I've been out walkin'
C
/b
Am7
/g
F
And I don't do that much talking, these days
C
G
These days
F
These days I seem to think a lot
F
C
G
E
About the things that I forgot to do for you
F
C
/b
Am7
/g
F
And all the times I had a chance to Well I had a lover I don't think I'll risk another these days These days These days I seem to be afraid To live the life that I have made in song But it's just that I have been losing so long
Break
Well, I'll keep on moving (moving on) Things are bound to be improving these days One of these days These days I'll sit on corner stones Count the time in quarter tones to ten, my friend Don't confront me with my failures I have not forgotten them

For Everyman

Tuning: DADGBE (Drop D)
D
D/c#
G/b
Everybody I talk to is ready to leave
D
G/b
With the light of the morning They've seen the end coming down long enough to believe That they've heard their last warning
F#m7
B7
Em
A7
Standing alone, each has his own ticket in his hand
G
A
And as the evening descends
G
F#
E
I sit thinking 'bout everyman Seems like I've always been looking for some other place To get it together Where with a few of my friends I could give up the race And maybe find something better But all my fine dreams Well though out schemes to gain the motherland Have all eventually come down to waiting for everyman
Asus4
A
Waiting here for everyman...
D
/f#
G
Make it on your own if you think you can
Asus4
A
D
G
If you see somewhere to go, I understand
Asus4
A
Waiting here for everyman
D
G
A
D
Don't ask me if he'll show, baby I don't know
Bm
G
Make it on your own if you think you can
Bm
E
Somewhere later on you'll have to take a stand
Asus4
A
Then you're going to need a hand Everybody's just waiting to hear from the one Who can give them the answers And lead them back to that place in the warmth of the sun Where sweet childhood still dances Who'll come along and hold out that strong but gentle father's hand? Long ago, I heard someone say something 'bout everyman Waiting here for everyman Make it on your own, make it if you think you can If you see somewhere to go, I understand I'm not tryin' to tell you that I've seen the plan Turn and walk away if you think I am But don't think too badly of one who's left holding sand He's just another dreamer, dreamin' 'bout everyman