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Steve Earle : Misc

  1. Billy Austin
  2. Days Aren't Long Enough
  3. Every Part Of Me
  4. Galway Girl
    +1
  5. Jerusalem
  6. Sparkle And Shine

Billy Austin

Tuning: DADGBE (Drop D)
D
Dsus2
Dsus4
D
D
G
A
D
My name is Billy Austin, and I'm twenty-nine years old
G
D
Bm
I was born in Oklahoma, quarter Cherokee I'm told
A
G
D
G
A
Don't remember Oklahoma, been so long since I left home
G
Bm
G
Bm
A
D
Seems like I've always been in prison, like I've always been alone Didn't mean to hurt nobody, never thought I'd cross that line I held up a filling station like I'd done a hundred times The kid done like I told him, he lay face down on the floor Guess I'll never know what made me turn and walk back through that door The shot rang out like thunder, my ears rang like a bell No one came runnin', so I called the cops myself Took their time to get there, and I guess I could-a run I knew I should be feeling something but I never shed tear one I didn't even make the papers, 'cause I only killed one man But my trial was over quickly and then the long hard wait began My court-appointed lawyer couldn't look me in the eye He just stood up and closed his briefcase when they sentenced me to die Now my waiting's over, as the final hour drags by And I ain't about to tell you that I don't deserve to die But there's twenty-seven men here, mostly black, brown and poor Most of them are guilty, but who are you to say for sure? So when the preacher comes to get me and they shave off all my hair Could you take that long walk with me, knowing hell is waitin' there? Could you pull that switch yourself sir, with a sure and steady hand? Could you still tell yourself that you're better than I am? My name is Billy Austin, I'm twenty-nine years old I was born in Oklahoma, quarter Cherokee I'm told

Days Aren't Long Enough

Capo:
II
|
C
|
G
|
Am
|
E7
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F
|
C
|
F
|
G
|
C
G
Am
Another year has come and gone
E7
F
Another circle round the sun
C
F
G
Another thousand tears have fallen
C
G
Am
But I don't ever count 'em 'cause
E7
F
I'm surrounded by your love
G
C
|
F
G
| And days are never long enough Four more seasons on parade Show their colours then they fade But that won't happen to us, darlin' We'll remember how it was Then begin again because Days are never long enough
Am
E7
Am
E7
Time's never late, isn't bound by our fate
Am
G
C
G7
|
C
| Try as we may, love might never be found if we wait
G
Am
Until the sun comes up
E7
F
On another day my love
C
F
G
Days are never long enough |
C
|
G
|
Am
|
E7
|
F
|
C
|
F
|
G
| Time's never late, isn't bound by our fate Try as we may, love might never be found if we wait
G
Am
Until the sun comes up
E7
F
On another day my love
G
C
Days are never long enough

Every Part Of Me

C
C
G
Am
F
C
C
C
I love you with all my heart
G
Am
G
All my soul, every part of me
C
It's all I can do to mark
G
Am
G
Where you end and where I start, you see
Am
G/b
Living long in my travails
C
G/b
I left a trail of tears behind me
Am
G
Been in love so many times
F
Am
G
Didn't think this kind would ever find me I love you with everything All my weakness, all my strength I can't promise anything Except that my last breath will bear your name And when I'm gone they'll sing a song About a lonely fool who wandered Around the world and back again But in the end he finally found her I love you with all my heart All my soul and every part of me
C
G
Am
G
C
G
Am
G
Cross the universe I'll spin Until the end and then I wonder If we should get another chance Could I have that dance forever under A double moon and sky lit stars Shining down on where you are And I love you with all my heart All my soul and every part of me
C
C
G
Am
G
C

Galway Girl

Tuning: GDAE (Mandolin: Standard)
D
Well, I took a stroll on the old long walk
D
A
G
On a day-eye-ay-eye-ay
D
I met a little girl and we stopped to talk
D
G
D
On a fine soft day-eye-ay
G
D
G
D
And I ask you friend, what's a fella to do?
Bm
A
G
D
'Cause her hair was black and her eyes were blue
G
D
G
D
And I knew right then I'd be takin' a whirl
Bm
A
G
D
Round the Salthill Prom with a Galway girl
D
G
G
G
D
Bm11
A5
G
D
A5
A5
A5
D
We were halfway there when the rain came down On a day-eye-ay-eye-ay She asked me up to her flat downtown On a fine soft day-eye-ay And I ask you friend, what's a fella to do? 'Cause her hair was black and her eyes were blue So I took her hand and I gave her a twirl And I lost my heart to a Galway girl
D
G
G
G
D
Bm11
A5
G
D
A5
A5
A5
D
G
D
D
A5
A5
Bm11
A5
G
D
A5
A5
A5
D
Dsus2
D
G
When I woke up I was all alone
Bm
A
G
D
With a broken heart and a ticket home And I ask you now, tell me what would you do? If her hair was black and her eyes were blue 'Cause I've traveled around, I've been all over this world Boys, I ain't never seen nothin' like a Galway girl
D
G
G
G
D
Bm11
A5
G
D
A5
A5
A5
D
G
D
D
A5
A5
Bm11
A5
G
D
A5
A5
A5
D

Jerusalem

Capo:
VII
Harp:
G
[or
D
with capo] (straight)
Intro over chorus chords
G
C/g
I woke up this mornin' and none of the news was good
G
Em
C/g
D7/f#
Death machines were rumblin' 'cross the ground where Jesus stood
G
C/g
And the man on my TV told me that it's always been that way
G
D7/f#
G
There's nothin' anyone can do or say
Em
G
And I almost listened to him
C/g
G
Yeah, I almost lost my mind
Em
G
I regained my senses again
C/g
D7/f#
And looked into my heart to find
G
And I believe that one fine day
C/g
All the children of Abraham
G
Em
D7/f#
G
Will lay down their swords forever in Jerusalem Well maybe I'm only dreamin' and maybe I'm just a fool But I don't remember learnin' how to hate in Sunday school But somewhere along the way I strayed and I never looked back again But I still find some comfort now and then Then the storm comes rumblin' in And I can't lay me down And the drums are drummin' again And I can't stand the sound But I believe there'll come a day When the lion and the lamb Will lie down in peace together in Jerusalem
Solo over chorus chords
And there'll be no barricades then Yeah there'll be no wire or walls We can wash all this blood from our hands And all this hatred from our souls But I believe there'll come a day All the children of Abraham Will lay down their swords forever in Jerusalem Yeah we must believe that one fine day All the children of Abraham Will lay down their swords forever in Jerusalem

Sparkle And Shine

Capo:
III
C
G
C
My baby sparkle and shine
G
C
G
C
Sparkle and shine, sparkle and shine
C
G
C
My baby sparkle and shine
G
C
And everyone knows she's fine She blesses all that she sees A toss of her hair and a kiss in the breeze But she don't love no one but me And I can't believe she's mine
Dm7
Am
Shimmering she moves
Dm7
C
G
Sunlight all around her
Dm7
Am
Even when she's blue
Dm7
C
G
Silver clouds surround her My baby sparkle and shine Sparkle and shine, sparkle and shine My baby sparkle and shine And I can't believe she's mine My baby swings down the street Big tall high heel shoes on her feet Walks by and my heart skips a beat And I'm stumblin' like a fool She give me somethin' so sweet I can't sleep y'all and I can't eat Sparks fly whenever we meet I'm breathless 'cause she's so cool Anywhere she goes I can only follow She'll be there I know When I awake tomorrow My baby sparkle and shine Sparkle and shine, sparkle and shine My baby sparkle and shine And everyone knows she's fine My baby sparkle and shine Sparkle and shine, sparkle and shine My baby sparkle and shine And everyone knows she's fine And everyone knows she's mine