I've Loved you all over the world
Tom: C
C G C
You're my buddy, my pal, my friend
F C
It will be that way until the end
F
And wherever you go
C F
I want you to know
C G C
You're my buddy, my pal, my friend
G G7
And I've loved all over the world
G F
You are my sunshine
A7 Dm
You keep my life in a whirl
D7 G
And you love me sometimes
C G7
I'll always follow my heart
G F
Wherever it takes me
A7 Dm D7
And until death do us part
C G7 C
I'll love you all over the world
SOLO
C G7
I'll always follow my heart
G F
Wherever it takes me
A7 Dm D7
And until death do us part
C G7 C
I'll love you all over the world
My Heros have always been Cowboys
Tom: D
D
I grew up a-dreamin', of bein' a cowboy,
G D
and lovin' the cowboy ways.
Pursuin' the life, of my high-ridin' heros,
E7 A7
I burned up my childhood days.
D
I learned all the rules, of a modern day drifter,
G D
don't you hold on to nothin' too long.
G D G
Just take what you need, from the ladies and leave them,
D A7 D
with the words of an sad country song.
CHORUS:
G D E7
My heros have always been cowboys,
A7
and they still are, it seems.
G D G
Sadly in search of, and one step in back of
D A7 D
themselves, and their slow movin' dreams.
D
Cowboys are special, with their own brand of misery,
G D
from bein' alone too long.
You could die from the cold, in the arms of a nightmare,
E7 A7
knowin' well that your best days are gone.
D
Pickin' up hookers, instead of my pen,
G D
I let the words of my youth fade away.
G D G
Old worn out saddles, and old worn out memories,
D A7 D
with no one and no place to stay.
(Chorus)
Wabash Cannonball
Tom: D
D G
1. From the great Atlantic Ocean to the wide Pacific shores,
A A7 D
to the queen of flowin` mountains, and the south belle by the shore.
G
She's mighty tall and handsome, and she's known quite well by all,
A A7 D
she came down from Birmingham on the Wabash Cannonball.
D G
Well, now listen to the jingle, to the rumble and the roar,
A A7 D
as she glides along the woodlands, to the hills and by the shore. G
Hear the mighty rush of the engine, and the lonesome hobo squall,
A A7 D
no chances can be taken on the Wabash Cannonball.
D G
2. Now, here's to Daddy Claxton, may his name forever stand ,
A A7 D
and always be remembered in the courts throughout the land.
G
His earthly grace is over and the curtain round him falls,
A A7 D
we'll carry him home to glory on the Wabash Cannonball.
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Today I started loving you again
Tom: D
D G D
Today I started loving you again,
G D
and I'm right back where I've really always been.
D7 G D
I got over you just long enough to let my heartaches mend,
A D - G - D
and then today I started loving you again.
D - G D
1. What a fool I was to think I could get by,
A
with only these few teardrops that I've cried.
D - G D
I should have known the worst was yet to come,
A A7 D
and that crying time for me had just begun. And
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D A D - G - D
and then today I started loving you again.
I gotta get Drunk
Tom: D
D
Well, I gotta get drunk and I sure do dread it,
G D
'cause I know just what I'm gonna do.
I start to spend my money, callin' everybody honey,
E A
and wind up singin' the blues.
G D
I've spent my whole paycheck on some old wreck,
A
and brother, I can name you a few.
D G
Well, I gotta get drunk and I sure do dread it,
D A D
'cause I know just what I'm gonna do.
D
2. I gotta get drunk, I can't stay sober,
G D
there's a lot of good people in town,
who'd like to hear me holler, see me spend my dollars,
E A
and I wouldn't think of lettin' 'em down.
G
There's a lot of doctors that tell me,
D A
that I'd better start to slowin' it down.
D G
But there's more old drunks than there are old doctors,
D A D
so I guess we'd better have another round.
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Streets of Laredo
Tom: D
Intro: D-G-A-D
D A D A
1. As I walked out in the streets of Laredo,
D G D A
as I walked out in Laredo one day.
D A D A
I spied a young cowboy wrapped up in white linen,
D G A D
wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay.
D A D A
2. "Oh beat the drums slowly and play the pipe lowly,
D G D A
sing the Death March as you carry me along.
D A D A
Take me to the valley, there lay the sod o'er me,
D G A D
I'm a young cowboy and know I´ve done wrong."
D A D A
3. "I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy",
D G D A
these words he did say as I boldly walked by.
D A D A
"Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story,
D G A D
got shot in the breast and I know I must die!"!
D A D A
4. "Go fetch me some water, a cool cup of water,
D G D A
to cool my parched lips," then the poor cowboy said.
D A D A
Before I returned his spirit had left him,
D G A D
had gone to his Maker, the cowboy was dead.
I`d Trade all my Tomorrows(FOR JUST ONE YESTERDAY)
Tom: D
D D7 G
1. I`d trade all of my tomorrows for just one yesterday,
D A - A7
for what good is life without the one you love ?
D D7 G
I`d trade all of my tomorrows, they`re worthless anyway,
D A D
if my arms can`t hold the one I`m dreaming of.
A D
Just an empty world is all I have before me,
A D - D7
I`d give anything if you were with me now !
D D7 G
I´d trade all of my tomorrows for just one yesterday,
D A D
I don`t want to live without you anymore.
D-D7-G-D-A-A7-D - A-D
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Hello Walls
Tom: C
C - C7 F C
1. Hello, walls. How'd things go for you today?
D7 G7
Don't you miss her, since she up and walked away?
F C C7
And I'll bet you dread to spend another lonely night with me,
F G7 C - F - C - G
but lonely walls, I'll keep you company.
C - C7 F C
2. Hello, window. Well, I see that you're still here.
D7 G7
Aren't you lonely, since our darlin disappeared?
F C C7
Well, look here is that a teardrop in the corner of your pane?
F G7 C - F - C
Now don't you try to tell me that it's rain.
G G7 C
She went away and left us all alone the way she planned.
D7 G7
Guess we'll have to learn to get along without her if we can.
C - C7 F C
3. Hello, ceiling. I'm gonna stare at you a while.
D7 G7
You know I can't sleep, so won't you bear with me a while?
F C C7
We must all stick together, or else I'll lose my mind,
F G7 C - F -C
I've gotta feelin she'll be gone a long, long time.
Crazy Arms
Tom: D
D D7 G D
1. Now, blue ain't the word for the way that I feel,
A - A7
and a storm`s brewin' in this heart of mine.
D D7 G D
This ain't no crazy dream, I know that it's real,
A D - G - D
and you're someone else's love now, you're not mine.
D D7 G D
Crazy arms that reach to hold somebody new,
A - A7
and my yearnin' heart keeps sayin' you're not mine.
D D7 G D
My troubled mind knows soon to another you'll be wed,
A D - G - D
and that's why I'm lonely all the time.
D D7 G D
2. So please take these treasured dreams I held for you and me,
A - A7
and take all the love I thought was mine.
D D7 G D
Some days these crazy arms will hold somebody new,
A D - G - D
but now I'm lonely all the time.
D A G - D
+ REFRAIN + And that's why I'm lonely all the time!
Funny How Time Slips Away
Tom: D
D G D
1. Well, hello there, my, it's been a long, long time.
G D
How am I doing? Oh, I guess that I'm doing fine.
D7 G E
It`s been so long now, and it seems now that it was only yesterday.
A A7 D - G - D
Gee, ain't it funny, how time slips away.
D G D
2. How's your new love, I hope that he's doing fine.
G D
I heard you told him, that you`d love him 'til the end of time.
D7
Now that's the same thing, that you told me,
G E
it seems like just the other day.
A A7 D - G - D
Gee, ain't it funny, how time slips away.
D G D
3. Gotta go now, I guess I'll see you around,
G D
I don't know when, though, never know when I'll be back in town.
D7 G E
But remember, what I tell you, that in time you're gonna pay.
A A7 D - G - D
And it's surprising, how time slips away.
Me and Paul
Tom: A
A
It's been rough and rocky travelin',
but I'm finally standin' upright on the ground.
After takin' several readings,
A7
I'm surprised to find my mind`s still fairly sound.
D
I guess Nashville was the roughest,
but I know I said the same about them all.
E
We received our education
E7 A
in the cities of the nation, me and Paul.
A
2. Almost busted in Laredo,
but for reasons that I'd rather not disclose,
but if you're stayin' in a motel there and leave,
A7
just don't leave nothin' in your clothes.
D
And at the airport in Milwaukee,
they refused to let us board the plane at all,
E
they said we looked suspicious,
E7 A
but I believe they like to pick on me and Paul.
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A
2. On a package show in Buffalo,
with us and Kitty Wells and Charley Pride,
the show was long and we're just sittin' there,
A7
and we'd come to play and not just for the ride.
D
Well, we drank a lot of whiskey,
so I don't know if we went on that night at all.
E
But I don't think they even missed us
E7 A
I guess Buffalo ain't geared for me and Paul.
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Family Bible
Tom: G
G C G
1. There's a Fam'ly Bible on the table,
e A D
its pages worn and hard to read.
G C G
But the Fam'ly Bible on the table,
C G D G
will ever be my key to memories.
G C G
2. At the end of day when work was over,
Em A D
and when the evening meal was done.
G C G
Dad would read to us from the Fam'ly Bible,
C G D G
and we'd count our many blessings one by one.
C F C
I can see us sittin' 'round the table,
G
when from the Fam'ly Bible Dad would read.
C G
I can hear my mother softly singing,
C G D G
rock of ages, rock of ages left for me.
G C G
3. Now this old world of ours is full of troubles,
e A D
this old world would, oh, so better be,
G C G
if we'd find more Bibles on the table,
C G D G
and mothers singing rock of ages left for me.
C G D G
+ REFRAIN + rock of ages, rock of ages left for me.
Mammas don't let your Babies grow up to be Cowboys
Tom: D
D G
1. Cowboys ain't easy to love and they're harder to hold.
2. Cowboys like smoky old pool rooms and clear mountain mornings
A7 D
1. They'd rather give you a song than diamonds or gold.
2. little warm puppies and children and girls of the night.
D
1. Lone Star belt buckles and old faded Levis and
2. Them that don't know him won't like them and them that do
G
1. each night begins a new day
2. sometimes won't know how to take him.
A7
1. If you don't understand him and he don't die young
2. He ain't wrong he's just different but his pride won't let him
1. he probably just rides away.
2. do things to make you think he's right.
D G
Mammas don't let your Babies grow up to be Cowboys
A7
don't let'em pick guitars and drive'em old trucks
D
let'em be doctors and lawyers and such.
G
Mammas don't let your Babies grow up to be Cowboys
A7
cause the'll never stay home and they're always alone
D
even with someone they love.
On the road Again
Tom :E
E
On the road again,
G#
just can't get wait to get on the road again.
F#m
I find love is makin' music with my friends.
A B E
And I can't wait to get on the road again.
E G#
On the road again, going places that I've never been.
F#m
Seein' things that I may never see again.
A B E
And I can't wait to get on the road again.
***Refrão
A E
On the road again, like a band of gypsies we go down the highway
A E
We're the best of friends, insisting that the world keep turnin' our way,
B7
and our way.
E
On the road again,
G#
just can't get wait to get on the road again.
F#m
I find love is makin' music with my friends.
A B E
And I can't wait to get on the road again.
guitar solo x2
E G#
On the road again, like a band of gypsies we go down the highway
F#m A B
We're the best of friends, insisting that the world keep turnin' our way,
A
and our way.
E G#
On the road again, just can't get wait to get on the road again.
F#m
I find love is makin' music with my friends.
A B E
And I can't wait to get on the road again.
A B E
And I can't wait to get on the road again.
Blackjack County Chain
Tom: Am
Am G Am
1. I was sittin' beside the road in Blackjack County,
G E
not knowing that the Sheriff paid a bounty,
Am G F E
for men like me that didn't have a penny to their names.
Am G Am G Am
So he locked my leg to 35 pounds of Blackjack County chain.
Am G Am
2. And all we had to eat was bread and water,
G E
and each day we had to build the road a mile and a quarter.
Am G
And a black snake whip, would cut our backs,
F E
when some poor fool complained.
Am G Am G Am
But we couldn't fight back wearing 35 pounds of Blackjack County chain.
Am G Am
3. And then one night while the Sheriff was a-sleeping,
\ G E
we all gathered round him slowly creeping,
Am G F E ~
and Heaven help me to forget that night in the cold cold rain,
Am G a G Am
when we beat him to death with the 35 pounds of Blackjack County chain.
Am G Am
4. Now the whip marks have all healed and I'm thankful,
G E
that there's nothing but the scar around my ankle.
Am G F E
But most of all I'm glad no man will be a slave again,
Am G Am G Am
to a black snake whip, and 35 pounds of Blackjack County chain.
G Am G Am
Blackjack County chain, Blackjack County chain....
Always on my mind
Tom: D
D A Bm G
Maybe I didn't treat you quite as good as I should
D A Bm E7
Maybe I didn't love you quite as often as I could
G D
Little things I should have said and done
G Em
I never took the time
A D
But you were always on my mind
G A D
You were always on my mind
D A Bm G
Maybe I didn't hold you all those lonely lonely times
D A Bm E7
And I guess I never told you I'm so happy that you're mine
G D
If I made you feel second best
G Em
I'm so sorry I was blind
A D
You were always on my mind
G A D
You were always on my mind
D Bm G A
Tell me, Tell me that your sweet love hasn't died
D Bm G A D
Give me one more chance to keep you satisfied (satisfied)
Instrumental:- A Bm E7
G D
Little things I should have said and done
G Em
I never took the time
A D
But you were always on my mind
G A D
You were always on my mind
D Bm G A
Tell me, Tell me that your sweet love hasn't died
D Bm G A
Give me one more chance to keep you satisfied
A D G A D
You were always on my mind You were always on my mind
G A D G A D
You were always on my mind You were always on my mind
G A D G A D
You were always on my mind You were always on my mind
A Bm G A D A Bm G A G A G A D
Waltz Across Texas
Tom: G
G D
1. When we dance together, my world's in disguise,
D7 G
it's a fairy-land tale that's come true.
D
And when you look at me with those stars in your eyes,
D7 G
I could waltz across Texas with you.
G D
Waltz across Texas with you in my arms,
D7 G
waltz across Texas with you.
D
Like a story-book ending, I'm lost in your charms,
D7 G
and I could waltz across Texas with you.
G D
2. My heartaches and troubles are just up and gone,
D7 G
the moment that you come in view.
D
And with your hand in mine dear, I could dance all night long,
D7 G
I could waltz across Texas with you. + REFRAIN
Help me make it through the night
Tom: G
- - - - - - - - - - - G C
1. Take the ribbon from your hair, shake it loose and let it fall,
D - D7 G
playing soft against your skin like the shadows on the wall.
C
Come and lay down by my side in the early morning light,
D - D7 G - G7
all I'm taking is your time, help me make it through the night.
C G
Well, I don't care if it's right or wrong, I don't try to understand,
A A7 D
let the devil take tomorrow, 'cause tonight I need a friend.
- - - - - - - - - G C
2. Yesterday is dead and gone, and tomorrow's out of sight,
D - D7 G
and it's sad to be alone, help me make it through the night.
G - C - D - D7 - G - G7
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- - - - - - - - - G C
Yesterday is dead and gone, and tomorrow's out of sight,
D - D7 G -C-G
and it`s sad to be alone, help me make it through the night
Fraulein
Tom: D
D G
1. Far across deep blue waters, lives an old German's daughter,
A A7 D
by the banks of the old river Rhine.
D7 G
Where I loved her and left her, now I can't forget her.
A A7 D
I miss my pretty Fraulein.
G
Fraulein, Fraulein, walk down by the river,
A A7 D
pretend that your hand's holdin' mine.
G
By the same stars above you, I swear that I love you,
A A7 D
you are my pretty Fraulein.
D G
2. When my memories wander, away over yonder,
A A7 D
to the sweetheart that I left behind.
D7 G
In a moment of glory, a face comes before me,
A A7 D
the face of my pretty Fraulein.
G
FrauIein, Fraulein, look up toward the Heavens,
A A7 D
each night when the stars start to shine.
G
By the same stars above you, I swear that I love you,
A A7 D
you are my pretty Fraulein.