MAMA TRIED Merle Haggard FIRST THING I REMEMBER KNOWIN' WAS A LONESOME WHISTLE BLOWIN' AND A YOUNG MAN'S DREAM OF GROWING UP TO RIDE ON A FREIGHT TRAIN LEAVIN' TOWN NOT KNOWIN' WHERE I'M BOUND NO ONE COULD CHANGE MY MIND BUT MAMA TRIED ONE AND ONLY REBEL CHILD FROM A FAMILY MEEK AND MILD MY MAMA SEEMED TO KNOW WHAT LAY IN STORE SPITE OF ALL MY SUNDAY LEARNIN' TOWARD THE BAD I KEPT ON TURNIN' TILL MAMA COULDN'T HOLD ME ANY MORE CHORUS: I TURNED TWENTY-ONE IN PRISON DOIN' LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE NO ONE COULD STEER ME RIGHT BUT MAMA TRIED, MAMA TRIED MAMA TRIED TO RAISE ME BETTER BUT HER PLEADING I DENIED THAT LEAVES ONLY ME TO BLAME 'CAUSE MAMA TRIED (solo) DEAR OLD DADDY, REST HIS SOUL, LEFT MY MOM A HEAVY LOAD SHE TRIED SO VERY HARD TO FILL HIS SHOES WORKING HOURS WITHOUT REST WANTED BE TO HAVE THE BEST AND SHE TRIED TO RAISE ME RIGHT BUT I REFUSED (chorus) INTRO 1 1 . . . VERSE 1 4 1 4 1 1 5 5 1 4 1 4 1 5 1 1 CHORUS 1 1 4 1 6m 6m 5 5 1 1 4 1 1 5 1 1 SOLO 1 1 4 4 1 5 1 1
MAMAS DON'T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE COWBOYS CHORUS (after each verse): MAMAS DON'T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE COWBOYS DON'T LET EM' PICK GUITARS AND DRIVE THEM OLD TRUCKS MAKE 'EM BE DOCTORS AND LAWYERS AND SUCH MAMAS DON'T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE COWBOYS 'CAUSE THEY'LL NEVER STAY HOME AND THEY'RE ALWAYS ALONE EVEN WITH SOMEONE THEY LOVE A COWBOY AIN'T EASY TO LOVE AND HE'S HARDER TO HOLD AND IT MEANS MORE TO HIM TO GIVE YOU A SONG THAN SILVER OR GOLD BUDWEISER, BUCKLES, AND SOFT FADED LEVIS AND EACH NIGHT BEGINS A NEW DAY IF YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND HIM AND HE DON'T DIE YOUNG HE'LL PROBABLY JUST RIDE AWAY A COWBOY LOVES SMOKY OLD POOL ROOMS AND CLEAR MOUNTAIN MORNINGS LITTLE WARM PUPPIES AND CHILDREN AND GIRLS OF THE NIGHT THEM THAT DON'T KNOW HIM WON'T LIKE HIM AND THEM THAT DO SOMETIMES WON'T KNOW HOW TO TAKE HIM HE'S NOT WRONG--HE'S JUST DIFFERENT AND HIS PRIDE WON'T LET HIM DO THINGS TO MAKE YOU THINK HE'S RIGHT (3/4) chords in parentheses are for VERSE 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 (1) 5 (1) 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 (1) 4 (1) 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 1
MARGARITAVILLE Jimmy Buffet LIVIN' ON SPONGE CAKE, WATCHIN' THE SUN BAKE ALL THOSE TOURISTS ALL COVERED WITH OIL STRUMMIN' MY SIX-STRING ON THE FRONT PORCH SWING SMELL OF THE SHRIMP--THEY'RE BEGINNIN' TO BOIL CHORUS (after each verse): WASTIN' AWAY IN MARGARITAVILLE SEARCHIN' FOR MY LOST SHAKER OF SALT SOME PEOPLE CLAIM THAT THERE'S A WOMAN TO BLAME BUT I KNOW 1.) IT'S NOBODY'S FAULT 2.) IT MIGHT BE MY FAULT 3.) IT'S MY OWN DAMN FAULT I DON'T KNOW THE REASON I STAYED HERE AL SEASON WITH NOTHIN' TO SHOW BUT THIS BRAND NEW TATTOO BUT IT'S A REAL BEAUTY--A MEXICAN CUTIE AND HOW IT GOT HERE I HAVEN'T A CLUE I PULLED ON MY FLIP-FLOP, STEPPED ON A POP-TOP CUT MY HEEL, HAD TO CRUISE ON BACK HOME BUT THERE'S BOOZE IN THE BLENDER AND SOON IT WILL RENDER THAT FROZEN CONCOCTION THAT HELPS ME HANG ON VERSE 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 1 CHORUS 4 5 1 1 4 5 1 1 4 5 1-5 4 5 5 1 1
ME AND BOBBY McGEE Kris Kristofferson BUSTED FLAT IN BATON ROUGE HEADIN' FOR THE TRAINS FEELIN' NEARLY FADED AS MY JEANS BOBBY THUMBED A DIESEL DOWN JUST BEFORE IT RAINED TOOK US ALL THE WAY TO NEW ORLEANS I TOOK MY HARPOON OUT OF MY DIRTY RED BANDANA AND WAS BLOWIN' SOFT WHILE BOBBY SANG THE BLUES WITH THEM WINDSHIELD WIPERS SLAPPIN' TIME AND BOBBY CLAPPIN' HANDS WE FINALLY SANG UP EVERY SONG THAT DRIVER KNEW CHORUS (after each verse): FREEDOM'S JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR NOTHIN' LEFT TO LOSE NOTHIN' AIN'T WORTH NOTHIN' BUT IT'S FREE FEELIN' GOOD WAS EASY, LORD, WHEN BOBBY SANG THE BLUES AND FEELIN' GOOD WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME AND BOBBY McGEE FROM THE COAL MINES OF KENTUCKY TO THE CALIFORNIA SUN BOBBY SHARED THE SECRETS OF MY SOUL STANDIN' RIGHT BESIDE ME, LORD, THROUGH EVERYTHING I DONE AND EVERY NIGHT SHE KEPT ME FROM THE COLD THEN SOMEWHERE NEAR SALINAS, LORD, I LET HER SLIP AWAY LOOKIN' FOR THE HOME I HOPE SHE'LL FIND AND I'D TRADE ALL MY TOMORROWS FOR A SINGLE YESTERDAY HOLDIN' BOBBY'S BODY NEXT TO MINE VERSE 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 1 1 CHORUS 4 4 1 1 5 5 1 1 4 4 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 1
MEMPHIS Chuck Berry LONG DISTANCE INFORMATION GIVE ME MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE HELP ME FIND THE PARTY TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ME SHE COULD NOT LEAVE HER NUMBER BUT I KNOW WHO PLACED TO CALL 'CAUSE MY UNCLE TOOK THE MESSAGE AND HE WROTE IT ON THE WALL HELP ME INFORMATION GET IN TOUCH WITH MY MARIE SHE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO'D PHONE ME HERE FROM MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE HER HOME IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE, HIGH UPON A RIDGE JUST A HALF'A MILE FROM THE MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE HELP ME INFORMATION, MORE THAT THAT I CANNOT ADD ONLY THAT I MISS HER AND ALL THE FUN WE HAD BUT WE WERE PULLED APART BECAUSE HER MOM DID NOT AGREE AND TORE APART OUR HAPPY HOME IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE LAST TIME I SAW MARIE SHE WAS WAVING ME GOOD-BYE WITH HURRY-HOME DROPS ON HER CHEEK THAT TRICKLED FROM HER EYES MARIE IS ONLY SIX YEARS OLD--INFORMATION, PLEASE TRY TO PUT ME THROUGH TO HER IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE INTRO 1(hold) 1(hold) 1(hold) 1 1 1 1 VERSE 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 1
MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS Hank Williams IF THE WIFE AND I START FUSSIN', BROTHER THAT'S OUR RIGHT 'CAUSE ME AND THAT SWEET WOMAN'S GOT A LICENSE TO FIGHT CHORUS (after each verse): WHY DON'T YOU MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS, MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS 'CAUSE IF YOU MIND YOUR BUSINESS THEN YOU WON'T BE MINDIN' MINE OH THE WOMAN ON OUR PARTY LINE'S A NOSY THING SHE PICKS UP HER RECEIVER WHEN SHE KNOWS IT'S MY RING I GOT A LITTLE GAL THAT WEARS HER HAIR UP HIGH THE BOYS ALL WHISTLE EVERY TIME SHE WALKS BY IF I WANT TO HONKY-TONK AROUND TILL TWO OR THREE NOW BROTHER, THAT'S MY HEADACHE--DON'T YOU WORRY 'BOUT ME I MIGHT TELL A LOT OF STORIES THAT MAY NOT BE TRUE BUT I CAN GET TO HEAVEN JUST AS EASY AS YOU MINDIN' OTHER PEOPLE'S BUSINESS SEEMS TO BE HIGH-TONE BUT I GOT ALL THAT I CAN DO JUST MINDIN' MY OWN VERSE 1 1 1 1 CHORUS 4 4 1 1 5 4 1 5
MOUNTAIN OF LOVE STANDIN' ON A MOUNTAIN LOOKIN' DOWN ON A CITY THE WAY I FEEL IS A DOGGONE PITY TEARDROPS A-FALLIN' DOWN THE MOUNTAIN SIDE MANY TIMES I'VE BEEN HERE AND MANY TIMES I'VE CRIED WE USED TO BE SO HAPPY WHEN WE WERE IN LOVE HIGH ON A MOUNTAIN OF LOVE NIGHT AFTER NIGHT I'D BE STANDIN' HERE ALONE WEEPIN' MY HEART OUT IN THE COLD GRAY DAWN PRAYIN' THAT YOU'RE LONELY AND YOU'LL COME HERE TOO HOPIN' JUST BY CHANCE THAT I'D GET A GLIMPSE OF YOU TRYIN' HARD TO FIND SOMEWHERE UP ABOVE HIGH ON A MOUNTAIN OF LOVE CHORUS: MOUNTAIN OF LOVE, MOUNTAIN OF LOVE--YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED WE USED TO BE A MOUNTAIN OF LOVE BUT YOU JUST CHANGED YOUR NAME WAY DOWN BELOW THERE'S A HALF MILLION PEOPLE SOMEWHERE THERE'S A CHURCH AND BIG TALL STEEPLE INSIDE THE CHURCH THERE'S AN ALTER FILLED WITH FLOWERS WEDDING BELLS A-RINGIN' THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN OURS THAT'S WHY I'M SO LONELY--MY DREAMS GONE ABOVE HIGH ON A MOUNTAIN OF LOVE VERSE 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 5 4 1-4 1-5 (1) CHORUS 4 3m 4 3m 4 3m 2m 5
THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN VIRGIL CAINE IS THE NAME AND I SERVED ON THE DANVILLE TRAIN TILL STONEMAN'S CAVALRY CAME AND TORE UP THE TRACKS AGAIN IN THE WINTER OF SIXTY-FIVE WE WERE HUNGRY, JUST BARELY ALIVE BY MAY THE TENTH RICHMOND HAD FELL IT'S A TIME I REMEMBER OH SO WELL CHORUS (after each verse): THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN AND THE BELLS WERE RINGIN' THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN AND THE PEOPLE WERE SINGIN' THEY WENT LA, LA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA BACK WITH MY WIFE IN TENNESSEE WHEN ONE DAY SHE CALLED TO SEE ME VIRGIL, QUICK COME SEE, THERE GOES THE ROBERT E. LEE NOW I DON'T MIND CHOPPIN' WOOD AND I DON'T CARE IF THE MONEY'S NO GOOD YOU TAKE WHAT YOU NEED AND LEAVE THE REST BUT THEY SHOULD NEVER TAKEN TAKEN THE VERY BEST LIKE ME FATHER BEFORE ME I WILL WORK THE LAND AND LIKE MY BROTHER ABOVE ME WHO TOOK A REBEL STAND I WAS JUST EIGHTEEN, PROUD AND BRAVE BUT A YANKEE LAID HIM IN HIS GRAVE SWEAR BY THE MUD BELOW MY FEET COULDN'T RAISE A CAINE BACK UP WHEN HE'S IN DEFEAT VERSE 6m 1 4 2m 6m 1 4 2m 6m 4 1 4 6m 4 1 6m 2 2 CHORUS 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 6m 2 4 4 1 1
(THERE'S) NO GETTIN' OVER ME Ronnie Milsap WELL YOU CAN WALK OUT ON ME TONIGHT IF YOU THINK THAT IT AIN'T FEELIN' RIGHT BUT DARLIN' THERE AIN'T NO GETTIN' OVER ME WELL YOU CAN SAY THAT YOU NEED TO BE FREE BUT THERE AIN'T NO PLACE THAT I WON'T BE SWEET DARLIN', THERE AIN'T NO GETTIN' OVER ME CHORUS 1: I'LL BE THE BILL YOU FORGOT TO PAY I'LL BE THE DREAM THAT KEEPS YOU AWAKE I'LL BE THE SONG ON THE RADIO I'LL BE THE REASON THAT YOU TELL THE BOYS "NO" DON'T YOU KNOW . . . YOU CAN TELL EVERYONE WE'RE THROUGH AND YOU MIGHT EVEN BELIEVE IT TOO BUT DARLIN' THERE AIN'T NO GETTIN' OVER ME (add turnaround) SWEET DARLIN', THERE AIN'T NO GETTIN' OVER ME SOLO CHORUS 2: I'LL BE THE FACE THAT YOU SEE IN THE CROWD I'LL BE THE TIMES THAT YOU CRY OUT LOUD I'LL BE THE SMILE WHEN THERE'S NO ONE AROUND I'LL BE THE BOOK THAT YOU JUST CAN'T PUT DOWN (repeat verse 1, two turnarounds, and end) VERSE 1 6m 1 6m 4 5 1 6m (1) CHORUS 6m 3m 4 1 6m 3m 4 5 5 END 1 6m 4 5 4 4m 1 (hold)