THE GAMBLER ON A WARM SUMMER'S EVENIN' ON A TRAIN BOUND FOR NOWHERE I MET UP WITH A GAMBLER--WE WERE BOTH TOO TIRED TO SLEEP SO WE TOOK TURNS A-STARIN' OUT THE WINDOW AT THE DARKNESS TILL BOREDOM OVERTOOK US AND HE BEGAN TO SPEAK HE SAID, "SON, I'VE MADE A LIFE OUT OF READIN' PEOPLE'S FACES KNOWIN' WHAT THEIR CARDS WERE BY THE WAY THEY HELD THEIR EYES AND IF YOU DON'T MIND MY SAYIN'--I CAN TELL YOU'RE OUT OF ACES FOR A TASTE OF YOUR WHISKEY I'LL GIVE YOU SOME ADVICE" CHORUS: YOU GOTTA KNOW WHEN TO HOLD 'EM--KNOW WHEN TO FOLD 'EM KNOW WHEN TO WALK AWAY, KNOW WHEN TO RUN YOU NEVER COUNT YOUR MONEY WHEN YOU'RE SITTIN' AT THE TABLE THERE'LL BE TIME ENOUGH FOR COUNTIN' WHEN THE DEALIN'S DONE SO I HANDED HIM MY BOTTLE AND HE DRANK DOWN MY LAST SWALLOW THEN HE BUMMED A CIGARETTE AND ASKED ME FOR A LIGHT AND THE NIGHT GOT DEATHLY QUIET AND HIS FACE LOST ALL EXPRESSION SAID, "IF YOU'RE GONNA PLAY THE GAME, BOY YOU GOTTA LEARN TO PLAY IT RIGHT EVERY GAMBLER KNOWS THAT THE SECRET TO SURVIVIN' IS KNOWIN' WHAT TO THROW AWAY AND KNOWIN' WHAT TO KEEP 'CAUSE EVERY HAND'S A WINNER AND EVERY HAND'S A LOSER AND THE BEST THAT YOU CAN HOPE FOR IS TO DIE IN YOUR SLEEP (chorus) AND WHEN HE'D FINISHED SPEAKIN' HE TURNED BACK TOWARD THE WINDOW CRUSHED OUT HIS CIGARETTE AND FADED OFF TO SLEEP AND SOMEWHERE IN THE DARKNESS THE GAMBLER HE BROKE EVEN BUT IN HIS FINAL WORDS I FOUND AN ACE THAT I COULD KEEP (chorus) VERSE 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 4 1 4 1 5 1 1 CHORUS 1-4 1 4 1 4 1 1 5 1-4 1 4 1 1-4 1 5 1 1
GARDEN PARTY Ricky Nelson I WENT TO A GARDEN PARTY TO REMINISCE WITH MY OLD FRIENDS A CHANCE TO SHARE OLD MEMORIES AND PLAY OUR SONGS AGAIN WHEN I GOT TO THE GARDEN PARTY THEY ALL KNEW MY NAME BUT NO ONE RECOGNIZED ME--I DIDN'T LOOK THE SAME CHORUS (after each verse): BUT IT'S ALL RIGHT NOW--I'VE LEARNED MY LESSON WELL YOU SEE, YOU CAN'T PLEASE EVERYONE SO YOU GOT TO PLEASE YOURSELF PEOPLE CAME FOR MILES AROUND, EVERYONE WAS THERE YOKO BROUGHT HER WALRUS, THERE WAS MAGIC IN THE AIR AND OVER IN THE CORNER MUCH TO MY SURPRISE MR. HUGHES HID IN DYLAN'S SHOES WEARING HIS DISGUISE I PLAYED THEM ALL THE OLD SONGS, I THOUGHT THAT'S WHY THEY CAME NO ONE HEARD THE MUSIC, WE DIDN'T LOOK THE SAME I SAID HELLO TO MARY LOU, SHE BELONGS TO ME WHEN I SANG A SONG ABOUT A HONKY TONK IT WAS TIME TO LEAVE SOMEONE OPENED UP A CLOSET DOOR AND OUT STEPPED JOHNNY B. GOODE PLAYIN' GUITAR LIKE A RINGIN' A BELL AND LOOKIN' LIKE HE SHOULD IF YOU GOTTA PLAY AT GARDEN PARTIES I WISH YOU A LOTTA LUCK BUT IF MEMORIES WERE ALL I SANG I'D RATHER DRIVE A TRUCK VERSE 1 4 1 4 1-5 6m 4-5 1 1 4 1 4 1-5 6m 4-5 1 CHORUS 4-5 1 4-5 1 4 1 4-5 1
GENTLE ON MY MIND John Hartford IT'S KNOWING THAT YOUR DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN AND YOUR PATH IS FREE TO WALK THAT MAKES ME TEND TO LEAVE MY SLEEPING BAG ROLLED UP AND STASHED BEHIND YOUR COUCH AND IT'S KNOWING I'M NOT SHACKLED BY FORGOTTEN WORDS AND BONDS AND THE INK STAINS THAT HAVE DRIED UPON SOME LINE THAT KEEPS YOU IN THE BACK ROADS BY THE RIVERS OF MY MEMORY THAT KEEPS YOU EVER GENTLE ON MY MIND IT'S NOT CLINGING TO THE ROCKS AND IVY PLANTED ON THEIR COLUMNS NOW THAT BINDS ME OR SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY SAID BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT WE FIT TOGETHER WALKIN' IT'S JUST KNOWING THAT THE WORLD WILL NOT BE CURSING OR FORGIVING WHEN I WALK ALONG SOME RAILROAD TRACK AND FIND THAT YOU'RE MOVING ON THE BACK ROADS BY THE RIVERS OF MY MEMORY AND FOR HOURS YOU'RE JUST GENTLE ON MY MIND THOUGH THE WHEAT FIELDS AND THE CLOTHES LINES AND JUNKYARDS AND THE HIGHWAYS COME BETWEEN US AND SOME OTHER WOMAN CRYING TO HER MOTHER 'CAUSE SHE TURNED AND I WAS GONE I STILL RUN IN SILENCE, TEARS OF JOY MIGHT STAIN MY FACE AND SUMMER SUN MIGHT BURN ME TILL I'M BLIND BUT NOT TO WHERE I CANNOT SEE YOU WALKIN' ON THE BACK ROADS BY THE RIVERS FLOWING GENTLE ON MY MIND I DIP MY CUP OF SOUP BACK FROM THE GURGLIN' CRACKLIN' CAULDRON IN SOME TRAIN YARD MY BEARD A ROUGHENIN' COAL PILE AND A DIRTY HAT PULLED LOW ACROSS MY FACE THROUGH CUPPED HANDS 'ROUND A TIN CAN I PRETEND TO HOLD YOU TO MY BREAST AND FIND THAT YOU'RE WAVING FROM THE BACK ROADS BY THE RIVERS OF MY MEMORY EVER SMILIN', EVER GENTLE ON MY MIND 1 1+7 16 1+7 2m 2m+7 2m7 26 2m 2m+7 2m7 5 1 1+7 16 1+7 1 1+7 16 1+7 1 1+7 2m 2m+7 2m7 26 2m 2m+7 2m7 26 2m 5 1 1+7 16 1+7
GHOST RIDERS AN OLD COWPOKE WENT RIDIN' OUT ONE DARK AND DUSTY DAY UPON A RIDGE HE RESTED AS HE WENT ALONG HIS WAY WHEN ALL AT ONCE A MIGHTY HERD OF RED-EYED COWS HE SAW A-PLOWIN' THROUGH THE RAGGED SKIES AND UP A CLOUDY DRAW THEIR BRANDS WERE STILL ON FIRE AND THEIR HOOFS WERE MADE OF STEEL THEIR HORNS WERE BLACK AND SHINY AND THEIR HOT BREATH HE COULD FEEL A BOLT OF FEAR WENT THROUGH HIM AS THEY THUNDERED THROUGH THE SKY FOR HE SAW THE RIDERS COMIN' HARD AND HEARD THEIR MOURNFUL CRY CHORUS: YIPPEE YI-AYE . . . YIPPEE YI-OH . . . GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY THEIR FACES GAUNT, THEIR EYES WERE BLURRED AND SHIRTS ALL SOAKED WITH SWEAT THEY'RE RIDIN' HARD TO CATCH THAT HERD BUT THEY AIN'T CAUGHT 'EM YET CAUSE THEY'VE GOT TO RIDE FOREVER ON THAT RANGE UP IN THE SKY ON HORSES SNORTIN' FIRE AS THEY RIDE ON HEAR THEIR CRY (chorus) VERSE 1m 1m 3 3 3 3 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 6 6 6 6 4m 1m 1m 1m 1m CHORUS 3 3 3 3 1m 1m 1m 1m 6 6 4m 4m 1m 1m 1m 1m
GOD BLESS THE U.S.A. Lee Greenwood IF TOMORROW ALL THE THINGS WERE GONE I'D WORKED FOR ALL MY LIFE AND I HAD TO START AGAIN WITH JUST MY CHILDREN AND MY WIFE I'D THANK MY LUCKY STARS TO BE LIVIN' HERE TODAY 'CAUSE THE FLAG STILL STANDS FOR FREEDOM AND THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY CHORUS: AND I'M PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN WHERE AT LEAST I KNOW I'M FREE AND I WON'T FORGET THE MEN WHO DIED WHO GAVE THAT RIGHT TO ME AND I'D GLADLY STAND UP NEXT TO YOU AND DEFEND HER STILL TODAY 'CAUSE THERE AIN'T NO DOUBT I LOVE THIS LAND GOD BLESS THE U.S.A. FROM THE LAKES OF MINNESOTA TO THE HILLS OF TENNESSEE ACROSS THE PLAINS OF TEXAS FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA FROM DETROIT DOWN TO HOUSTON AND NEW YORK TO L.A. WELL, THERE'S PRIDE IN EVERY AMERICAN HEART AND IT'S TIME TO STAND AND SAY (THAT...chorus/chorus) (2/4) VERSE 1 1 4 4 2m 2m b7 5 1 1 3m 3m 2m 2m 6m 6m 4 4 CHORUS 5 5 4 1 5 5 4 1 *6m 1 4 1 2m 1 1 4-2m (1st end) 1 3m 4 4 1 1 4 1 (2nd end) 6m 6m 4 4 (repeat chorus with final ending)
(final end) *6m 1 4 3m7 2m 1 1-2m3m 45-1 1
GOING GONE THERE'S A LIGHTHOUSE IN THE HARBOR GIVING GUIDANCE WITH ITS LIGHT BUT I HAD NO ONE TO RETURN TO AS I WANDERED THROUGH THE NIGHT FROM THE FIRST TIME THAT I SAW YOU STANDING SILENT BY THE SHORE I KNEW MY SEARCH WAS OVER AND I WOULD LOOK FOR LOVE NO MORE CHORUS (after each verse): DEEP IN THE WATERS OF LOVE I AM FALLING SINKING LIKE A STONE DEEP IN MY HEART I CAN HEAR LOVE CALLIN' GOIN' ONCE, GOIN' TWICE, GOIN' GONE . . . GOIN' ONCE, GOIN' TWICE, GOIN' GONE THERE'S A SHIP ON THE HORIZON MAKIN' ITS WAY AGAINST THE WIND FROM THE PLACE WHERE I STAND WATCHING I SWEAR MY SHIP IS COMING IN VERSE 4 4 1 1 4 4 1 1 3m 3m 4 4 2m 2m 5 5 CHORUS 4 4 1 1 4 4 1 1 4 4 1 6m 4 4 2m 2m 4 5 1 1
GONE GONE GONE Buck Owens WELL, SHE SAID IF I EVER DECEIVED HER SHE'D BE GONE BEFORE I COULD COUNT TEN BUT I GUESS THAT I DID NOT BELIEVE HER NOW JUST LOOK AT THE TROUBLE I'M IN CHORUS (after each verse): NOW SHE'S GONE, GONE, GONE--GONE, GONE, GONE CRYIN' WON'T BRING HER BACK THE MORE THAT I CRY THE FASTER THE TRAIN FLIES FARTHER ON DOWN THE TRACK WELL, I LOST EVERY RIGHT TO BE HAPPY WHEN I LOST THE HEAVEN I FOUND SHE WARNED THAT SHE'D LEAVE AND SHE LEFT ME BEFORE MY FIRST TEAR HIT THE GROUND IF I ONLY KNEW WHERE TO FIND HER I WOULD CRAWL THERE ON MY HANDS AND KNEES EACH TICK OF THE CLOCK'S A REMINDER THAT SHE'S ONE SECOND FARTHER FROM ME 1 1 4 4 5 5 1 1 1 1 4 4 5 5 1 1
GOOD HEARTED WOMAN A LONG TIME FORGOTTEN ARE DREAMS THAT JUST FELL BY THE WAY AND THE GOOD LIFE HE PROMISED AIN'T WHAT SHE'S LIVIN' TODAY BUT SHE NEVER COMPLAINS OF THE BAD TIMES OR BAD THINGS HE'S DONE, LORD SHE JUST TALKS ABOUT THE GOOD TIMES THEY'VE HAD AND ALL THE GOOD TIMES TO COME CHORUS: SHE'S A GOOD-HEARTED WOMAN IN LOVE WITH A GOOD-TIMIN' MAN SHE LOVES HIM IN SPITE OF HIS WAYS THAT SHE DON'T UNDERSTAND THROUGH TEARDROPS AND LAUGHTER THEY'LL PASS THROUGH THIS WORLD HAND IN HAND A GOOD-HEARTED WOMAN LOVIN' HER GOOD-TIMIN' MAN HE LIKES THE NIGHT LIFE, THE BRIGHT LIGHTS AND GOOD-TIMIN' FRIENDS WHEN THE PARTY'S ALL OVER SHE'LL WELCOME HIM BACK HOME AGAIN LORD KNOWS SHE DON'T UNDERSTAND HIM BUT SHE DOES THE BEST THAT SHE CAN 'CAUSE SHE'S A GOOD-HEARTED WOMAN SHE LOVES HER GOOD-TIMIN' MAN 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 (repeat)
GREEN GRASS OF HOME THE HOME TOWN LOOKS THE SAME AS I STEP DOWN FROM THE TRAIN AND THERE TO MEET ME IS MY MAMA AND PAPA DOWN THE ROAD I LOOK AND THERE RUNS MARY HAIR OF GOLD AND LIPS LIKE CHERRIES ITS GOOD TO TOUCH THE GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME THE OLD HOUSE IS STILL STANDIN' THOUGH THE PAINT IS CRACKED AND WORN AND THERE'S THE OLD OAK TREE THAT I USED TO PLAY ON DOWN THE ROAD I RUN WITH MY SWEET MARY HAIR OF GOLD AND LIPS LIKE CHERRIES IT'S GOOD TO TOUCH THE GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME CHORUS 1: YES, THEY'LL ALL COME TO GREET ME ARMS REACHING, SMILING SWEETLY IT'S GOOD TO TOUCH THE GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME AND I WAKE UP AND LOOK AROUND ME AT THE FOUR GRAY WALLS THAT SURROUND ME THEN I REALIZE THAT I WAS ONLY DREAMIN' IN WALKS A GUARD AND A SAD OLD PADRE TOMORROW WE'LL WALK AT DAYBREAK AGAIN I'LL TOUCH THE GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME CHORUS 2: YES THEY'LL ALL COME TO GREET ME AS THEY LAY ME 'NEATH THAT OLD OAK TREE AGAIN I'LL TOUCH THE GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME VERSE 1 1 4 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 4 4 1 5 1 5 CHORUS 1 1 4 4 1 5 1 5 (1)