G

D

G

G7

They were playing that old country waltz

C

E

Am

In this empty bar echoing off the wall

C

Em7

D

C

When I first got the bad news that you set me free

G

D

C

G/b

Am7

G

The band played the old country waltz to me Well, I loved and I lost and I cried The day the two of us died Ain't got no excuses, I just want to ride While the band plays the old country waltz

C

G

G7

Out the window the moon shines on the roofs of the cars

C

G

D

While I knocked tequila and salt, oh-oh

G

D

C

G/b

Am7

G

And the band plays the old country waltz And we're playing it, that old country waltz In this empty bar echoing off the wall Ain't got no excuses, we just want to play That good old country waltz I ain't got no excuses, I just want to play That good old country waltz

G

D

Em

C

G

That good old country waltz.......

D

G

D

G

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D

G

D

G

Oh, oh Carmelina

D

G

D

G

The daughter of the wealthy banker

D

G

D

G

Since she came to town all my friends are gone

D

G

D

G

And I'm stuck out here with melody

E7

Saddle up the palomino

A7

The sun is going down

D

F#7

G

E7

The way I feel this must be real

Bdim7

C#7

D

Ooh, ooh, ooh If you can't cut it Don't pick up the knife There's no reward in your conscience stored When you're sleepin' with another man's wife Saddle up the palomino The sun is going down The way I feel this must be real I wanna lick the platter The gravy doesn't matter It's a cold bowl of chili when love lets you down But it's the neighbour's wife I'm after Saddle up the palomino The sun is going down The way I feel this must be real

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D

A

Em7

Hey babe, say you're mine all mine

/f#

G

A

D

I need it oh so bad

A

Em7

Hey babe, hey babe, I know that all things pass

/f#

G

A

D

Let's try to make this last

Dmaj7

G

Oh, can you see my love

Em7

A

Dmaj7

Shining for you?

Dmaj7

G

Oh, can you see my love

Em7

Shining for you? Hey babe, can I count on you To see me through? Hey babe, hey babe, all I need is your love And the stars above Oh, can you see my love Shining for you? Oh, can you see my love Shining for you?

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F

C

Hello my old friend, it's good to see you smiling

C

F

You've been around so long, you must be strong And single life really has its fine points Like friends to help you out when things go wrong

F

Bb

F

Bb

Hold back the tears that you've been crying

C

C7

Push off the fears when they come around

F

Bb

F

Bb

Hold back the tears and keep on trying

F

C

F

Just around the next corner may be waiting your true love Two lying fools and then four crying eyes Counting on one another to survive Crazy love must surely have this pain If getting it up means going down again Hold back the tears that you've been crying... Hold back the tears that you've been crying... Hold back the tears that you've been crying...

A

C

G

F

A

D/a

A

There's a bar hall queen in Charlotte town (Bite the bullet!)

A

C

F

G

A

D/a

A

I'd sure like to meet her when the sun goes down (Bite the bullet!)

A

C

G

F

A

D/a

A

I swear her hair is midnight black (Bite the bullet!)

A

C

F

G

A

D/a

A

And I can't wait till I get back (Bite the bullet!)

D

A

E

Carolina queen

D

A

F

She's a walking love machine

A

E

D

I'd like to make her scream

A

D

A

When I bite the bullet Born and raised at the top of the south You know she knows what it's all about Good old boys are coming from miles around Wanna watch that bullet lay them down Carolina queen She's a walking love machine I'd like to make her scream When I bite the bullet There's a bar hall queen down in Charlotte town I'd sure like to see her when the sun goes down Good old boys are coming from miles around Wanna watch that bullet lay 'em down There's a bar hall queen down in Charlotte town I'd sure like to see her when the sun goes down Good old boys are coming from miles around Wanna watch that bullet lay 'em down Carolina queen She's a walking love machine I'd like to make her scream When I bite the bullet

Tuning: DADGBE (Drop D)

Harp:

D

G 550003

E7 220100

F#m7add4 44x200

D

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G

A

D

Ain't it hard when you wake up in the morning

G

A

D

And you find out that those other days are gone

G

A

D

All you have is memories of happiness

E

A

G

F#m7add4

Lingering on... | All your dreams and your lovers won't protect you They're only passing through you in the end They'll leave you stripped of all that they can get to And wait for you to come back again You might wonder who can I turn to On this cold and chilly night of gloom Then answer to that question Is nowhere in this room Yet still a light is shining From that lamp on down the hall Maybe the Star of Bethlehem Wasn't a star at all |

Fmaj7

Em7

La-la-la la, la-la-la la La-la-la la, la-la-la la

Fmaj7

Em7

It has often been my dream

Fmaj7

Em7

To live with one who wasn't there

Fmaj7

Em7

Like an ocean fish who swam upstream

Fmaj7

Em7

Through nets, by hooks, and hungry bears

Fmaj7

Em7

When the water grew less deep

Fmaj7

My fins were aching from the strain

Em7

I'm swimming in my sleep

Fmaj7

Em7

Fmaj7

I know I can't go back again

Em7*

Dadd4/e

Em7*

Got the will to love (Never lose the will to love) Got the will to love (Never lose the will to love) Got the will to love (Never lose the will to love) Got the will to love (Something from up above)

Fmaj7

Never lose the will (

Fmaj7

)

Em7

La-la-la la, la-la-la la I can be like a fire in the night Always warm and giving off light But there comes a time when I shine too bright Oh, I'm just a fire in the night And now my fins are in the air And my belly's scraping on the rocks I still think someone really cares And I'll keep swimming till I stop Never lose the will to love... I'm like a singer on the stage With the golden lights and liquid rage Down from the mountains to the sea Cool running love keeps cleansing me It keeps my gills from getting dry But it distorts things in my eyes Sometimes I see what really isn't there Like my true lover, and I care Never lose the will to love... Sometimes I ramble on and on And I repeat myself till all my friends are gone And get lost in snow and drown in rain And never feel the same again I remember the ocean from where I came Just one of millions all the same But somewhere someone calls my name I'm a harpoon dodger, and I can't, won't be tamed Never lose the will to love... Baby if I see boredom in your eyes I'll know my river has run dry But I won't turn back with that lonely tide I bought that ticket and I'll take that ride If we meet along the way Please sway beside me, let us sway together Our tails together and our fins and mind We'll leave this water and let our scales shine In the sun above and the sky below So all the water and earth will know It has often been my dream To live with one who wasn't there

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Am

G

Once I thought I saw you in a crowded hazy bar

F

Em

G

Dancing on the light from star to star

Am

G

Far across the moonbeam I know that's who you are

F

Em

G

I saw your brown eyes turning once to fire

C

G

F

G

You are like a hurricane

C

G

F

G

There's calm in your eye

C

G

F

G

And I'm gettin' blown away

F

To somewhere safer where the feeling stays

Am

I want to love you but I'm getting blown away | | | | |

Am

G

I am just a dreamer, and you are just a dream

F

Em

G

You could have been anyone to me

Am

Before that moment you touched my lips

G

That perfect feeling when time just slips

Am

G

Away between us on our foggy trip You are like a hurricane... You are like a hurricane...

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F 330011

D 000232

G

Well, homegrown's all right with me

G

G

F

D

Homegrown is the way it should be

G

Homegrown is a good thing

G

Plant that bell and let it ring!

G

Sun comes up in the morning And it shines that light around One day without no warning Things start jumpin' up from the ground Well, homegrown's all right with me... Homegrown is the way it should be Homegrown is a good thing Plant that bell and let it ring! Well, homegrown's all right with me... Homegrown is the way it should be Homegrown is a good thing Plant that bell and let it ring!