Williams, Hank Filmography

• CMT: 40 Greatest Love Songs (2011)
• The Joy of Country (2011)
• Forever Is a Long, Long Time (2004)
• Century of Country (1999)
• Dolly Parton: She Ain't No Dumb Blonde (1997)
• The Fifties (1997)
• America's Music: The Roots of Country (1996)
• The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 1 (1995)
• I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive (1993)
• I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive (1993)
• Country Music on Broadway (1965)

Williams, Hank Filmography

• Born to Race (1988)

• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• `neath A Cold Gray Tomb Of Stone - Hank Williams
• You`re Barkin` Up The Wrong Tree Now - Hank Williams
• Your Turn To Cry - Hank Williams
• You're Gonna Change (or I'm Gonna Leave) - Hank Williams
• You Caused It All By Telling Lies - Hank Williams
• You Can't Take My Memoriues Of You - Hank Williams
• You Broke Your Own Heart - Hank Williams
• You Better Keep It On Your Mind - Hank Williams
• Won't You Sometimes Think Of Me - Hank Williams
• With Tears In My Eyes - Hank Williams
• Why Should I Cry - Hank Williams
• Why Don't You Love Me - Hank Williams
• Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound - Hank Williams
• Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies - Hank Williams
• When The Book Of Life Is Read - Hank Williams
• Weary Blues From Waitin' - Hank Williams
• Wearin` Out Your Walkin` Shoes - Hank Williams
• WEALTH WON'T SAVE YOUR SOUL - Hank Williams
• Two Faced Preacher - Hank Williams
• Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine - Hank Williams
• THEY' LL NEVER TAKE HER LOVE FROM ME - Hank Williams
• There`s Nothing As Sweet As My Baby - Hank Williams
• There's A Tear In My Beer - Hank Williams
• There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight - Hank Williams
• Theres No Room In My Heart For The Blue - Hank Williams
• The Tramp on the Street - Hank Williams
• The Seamans Blues - Hank Williams
• The Prodigal Son - Hank Williams
• The Pale Horse And His Rider - Hank Williams
• The Old Log Train - Hank Williams
• The Great Judgement Morning Writer ? - Hank Williams
• The Funeral - Hank Williams
• The First Fall Of Snow - Hank Williams
• The Alabama Waltz - Hank Williams
• Sometimes Late At Night - Hank Williams
• Something Got A Hold Of Me - Hank Williams
• Someday You'll Call My Name - Hank Williams
• Rock My Cradle (Once Again) - Hank Williams
• Ready To Go Home - Hank Williams
• Please Don`t Let Me Love You - Hank Williams
• Peace Will Come - Hank Williams
• Pan American - Hank Williams
• On The Evening Train - Hank Williams
• On The Banks Of The Old Ponchartrain - Hank Williams
• No, Not Now - Hank Williams
• No One Will Ever Know - Hank Williams
• No One To Welcome Me Home - Hank Williams
• Next Sunday Darlin` Is My Birthday - Hank Williams
• Never Been So Lonesome - Hank Williams
• Never Again (Will I Knock On Your Door) - Hank Williams
• My Love For You Has Turned To Hate - Hank Williams
• My Heart Would Know - Hank Williams
• My Cold, Cold Heart Is Melted Now - Hank Williams
• Move It On Over - Hank Williams
• Mother Is Gone - Hank Williams
• Moanin' the Blues - Hank Williams
• Minni ha cha - Hank Williams
• Me And My Broken Heart - Hank Williams
• Low Down Blues - Hank Williams
• Lost On The River - Hank Williams
• Lonesome Whistle - Hank Williams
• Lonely Tombs - Hank Williams
• Little Bosephus - Hank Williams
• Let's Turn Back The Years - Hank Williams
• Leave Me Alone With The Blues - Hank Williams
• Last Night I Heard You Crying In Your Sleep - Hank Williams
• Last Night I Dreamed Of Heaven - Hank Williams
• Just When I Needed You - Hank Williams
• Jesus Died For Me - Hank Williams
• I`ve Lost The Only Love I Knew - Hank Williams
• I'm Sorry For You My Friend - Hank Williams
• I`m So Tired Of It All - Hank Williams
• I'M GOING HOME - Hank Williams
• I`m Free At Last - Hank Williams
• It Just Don`t Matter Now - Hank Williams
• I'm Satisfied With You - Hank Williams
• I'M GONNA SING - Hank Williams
• I'd Still Want You - Hank Williams
• I Wish I Had A Nickel - Hank Williams
• I Told A Lie To My Heart - Hank Williams
• I Hang My Head and Cry - Hank Williams
• I Don't Care (if Tomorrow Never Comes) - Hank Williams
• I Can't Escape From You - Hank Williams
• I Can't Get You Off My Mind - Hank Williams
• I Ain't Gonna Love You Anymore - Hank Williams
• Howlin' At The Moon - Hank Williams
• Honey, Do You Love Me, Huh - Hank Williams
• Hank Williams Version Of Freight Train Blues - Hank Williams
• Fool About You - Hank Williams
• Family Traditions - Hank Williams
• Faded Love And Winter Roses - Hank Williams
• Don't Do It Darlin' - Hank Williams
• Dixie Cannonball Writen By Vaughn Horton - Hank Williams
• Blue Love - Hank Williams
• Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain - Hank Williams
• Bayou Pon Pon - Hank Williams
• Are You Walking And A talking With The Lord - Hank Williams
• Alone And Forsaken - Hank Williams
• All The Love I Ever Had - Hank Williams
• All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight - Hank Williams
• A Teardrop On The Rose - Hank Williams
• A Stranger In The Night - Hank Williams
• A Mansion On The Hill - Hank Williams
• A House Without Love - Hank Williams
• A Country Boy Can Survive - Hank Williams
• (I`m Praying For The Day) Peace Will Come - Hank Williams
• I Heard That Lonesome Whistle - Hank Williams
• Take These Chains From My Heart - Hank Williams
• You're Gonna Change - Hank Williams
• WHY SHOULD WE TRY ANYMORE - Hank Williams
• Wedding Bells - Hank Williams
• We're Getting Closer To The Grave Each Day - Hank Williams
• We Live In Two Different Worlds - Hank Williams
• Too Many Parties Too Many Pals - Hank Williams
• The Waltz Of The Wind - Hank Williams
• The Log Train - Hank Williams
• The Battle Of Armageddon - Hank Williams
• THE ANGEL OF DEATH - Hank Williams
• Thank God - Hank Williams
• Tennessee Border - Hank Williams
• Six More Miles - Hank Williams
• Singing Waterfall - Hank Williams
• Rockin' Chair Money - Hank Williams
• Ramblin' Man - Hank Williams
• Please Make Up Your Mind - Hank Williams
• Mind Your Own Business - Hank Williams
• Low and Lonely - Hank Williams
• Kaw-Liga - Hank Williams
• I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams
• I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin' - Hank Williams
• I Dreamed About Mama Last Night - Hank Williams
• Fly Trouble - Hank Williams
• Everything's Okay - Hank Williams
• DEAR BROTHER - Hank Williams
• Cold, Cold Heart - Hank Williams
• Cherokee Boogie - Hank Williams
• Beyond The Sunset - Hank Williams
• Be Careful Of Stones You Throw - Hank Williams
• A Picture From Lifes Other Side - Hank Williams
• A House of Gold - Hank Williams
• A Home In Heaven - Hank Williams
• Six More Miles (to The Graveyard) - Hank Williams
• You Win Again - Hank Williams
• Your Cheatin' Heart - Hank Williams
• When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels - Hank Williams
• A MESSAGE TO MY MOTHER - Hank Williams
• Settin' The Woods On Fire - Hank Williams
• Picture From Life's Other Side - Hank Williams
• MY SWEET LOVE AIN'T AROUND - Hank Williams
• My Son Calls Another Man Daddy - Hank Williams
• My Bucket's Got a Hole In It - Hank Williams
• Lost Highway - Hank Williams
• Men With Broken Hearts - Hank Williams
• May You Never Be Alone - Hank Williams
• Mansion On The Hill - Hank Williams
• I'm A Long Gone Daddy - Hank Williams
• Jambalaya (on The Bayou) - Hank Williams
• JESUS REMEMBERED ME - Hank Williams
• I'VE JUST TOLD MAMA GOODBYE - Hank Williams
• I'll Be A Bachelor Till I Die - Hank Williams
• CRAZY HEART - Hank Williams
• I WON'T BE HOME NO MORE - Hank Williams
• I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You - Hank Williams
• House Without Love (is Not A Home) - Hank Williams
• How Can You Refuse Him Now - Hank Williams
• Honky Tonkin' - Hank Williams
• Help Me Understand - Hank Williams
• Funeral - Hank Williams
• Honky Tonk Blues - Hank Williams
• Blues Come Around - Hank Williams
• Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw - Hank Williams
• Calling You - Hank Williams
• Window Shopping - Hank Williams
• Long Gone Lonesome Blues - Hank Williams
• NOBODY'S LONESOME FOR ME - Hank Williams
• Lovesick Blues - Hank Williams
• I Can't Help It (if I'm Still In Love With You) - Hank Williams
• Hey Good Lookin' - Hank Williams
• Dear John - Hank Williams
• I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time - Hank Williams
• BABY WE'RE REALLY IN LOVE - Hank Williams
• Rootie Tootie - Hank Williams
• Little Paper Boy - Hank Williams
• Jambalaya - Hank Williams
• I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive - Hank Williams
• I Saw The Light - Hank Williams
• I Cried Again - Hank Williams
• I Can't Help It If I M Still In Love With You - Hank Williams
• Half As Much - Hank Williams
• First Year Blues - Hank Williams
• California Zephyr - Hank Williams
• Alone & Forsaken - Hank Williams
• 30 Pieces Of Silver - Hank Williams

Standin' by a lonesome graveside
Everything I love is gone
Weeping as they lay my darlin'
'Neath a cold gray tomb of stone
In this world I'm left to wander
With no one to call my own
While my precious darlin's sleepin'
'Neath a cold gray tomb of stone
Out there in that lonesome graveyard
She is sleepin' all alone
And they buryied my heart with her
'Neath a cold gray tomb of stone
Skies above were dark and stormin'
For the sunshine, all is gone
And the one I love is sleepin'
'Neath a cold gray tomb of stone
My heart is dead and yet i'm living
Wondering through this world alone
I wish that I was with my darlin'
'Neath a cold gray tomb of stone

Key E Writers, Hank Williams and Fred Rose
(E) YOU'RE BARKIN' UP THE WRONG TREE NOW,
YOU'RE BARKIN' UP THE WRONG TREE (B7) NOW,
YOU DON'T (E) EVER WANT TO (E7) PLAY, UN - (A) LESS YOU HAVE YOUR (E)
WAY,
BUT YOU'RE BARKIN' UP THE (B7) WRONG TREE (E) NOW. (E7)
(A) TWO CAN PLAY THAT CHEATIN' GAME, (E) JUST AS GOOD AS ONE,
AND (F#7) I'M THE PERSON THAT CAN SHOW YOU (B7) HOW;
IF YOU (E) THINK I'M SECOND (E7) RATE, THEN YOU'RE (A) GONNA HAVE TO (E)
WAIT,
'CAUSE YOU'RE BARKIN' UP THE (B7) WRONG TREE (E) NOW.
YOU'RE BARKIN' UP THE WRONG TREE NOW,
YOU'RE BARKIN' UP THE WRONG TREE NOW,
WHEN YOU GET DIS-SAT-IS-FIED, LET YOUR CONCIENCE BE YOUR GUIDE,
'CAUSE YOU'RE BARKIN' UP THE WRONG TREE NOW.
TWO CAN PLAY THAT CHEATIN' GAME, JUST AS GOOD AS ONE,
AND I'M THE PERSON THAT CAN SHOW YOU HOW;
IF YOU WANT TO CHASE A-BOUT, JUST DON'T LET ME FIND IT OUT,
'CAUSE YOU'RE BARKIN' UP THE WRONG TREE NOW.
YOU'RE BARKIN' UP THE WRONG TREE NOW,
YOU'RE BARKIN' UP THE WRONG TREE NOW,
JUST BE SURE YOU NEVER DO, WHAT YOU DON'T WANT DONE TO YOU,
'CAUSE YOU'RE BARKIN' UP THE WRONG TREE NOW.
TWO CAN PLAY THAT CHEATIN' GAME, JUST AS GOOD AS ONE,
AND I'M THE PERSON THAT CAN SHOW YOU HOW;
IF IT'S TIME YOU WANT TO SPEND, THEN YOU'RE ON THE LOSIN' END,
'CAUSE YOU'RE BARKIN' UP THE WRONG TREE NOW.

YOUR TURN TO CRY
(Hank Williams - Hank Williams Jr.)
Â' © '49 Fred Rose Music Â'
The day that we parted you laughed when I cried
You said you didn't care that your love had died
Now you say you're sorry that you said goodbye
But it's my turn to laugh and your turn to cry
Darling when you left me I thought my life was through
Everything that I did reminded me of you
But now I've forgotten no more tears in my eyes
It's my turn to laugh and your turn to cry
My turn to laugh your turn to cry my love was true yours was a lie
But now I've forgotten no more tears in my eyes
It's my turn to laugh and your turn to cry
[ steel ]
My turn to laugh your turn to cry...

Words and music by Hank Williams, Sr.
[G] You wore out a brand new trunk
Packin' and un-[D7] packin' your [G] junk
Your daddy's mad; He's done got pee-eeved
You're Gonna Change [D7] or I'm a-gonna [G] leave.
CHORUS
You're gonna [C7] change your way of livin'
Change the things you do
Stop [G] doin' all the things that you oughten too
Your daddy's mad; He's done got pee-eeved
You're Gonna Change [D7] or I'm a-gonna [G] leave.
This ain't right and that is wrong
You just keep naggin', all the day long
Its gotta stop, I don't mean plea-ease
Now, You're Gonna Change or I'm a-gonna leave.
The way to keep a woman happy
And make her do what's right
Is love her ev'ry mornin', bawl her out at night
Your daddy's mad; He's done got pee-eeved
Now, You're Gonna Change or I'm a-gonna leave.
Ev'ry time you get mad
You pack your rags and go back to dad
You tell him lies he don't belie-ieve
Now, You're Gonna Change or I'm a-gonna leave.
CHORUS

[G] When you're alone and blue tonight my little [C] darlin'
And you're [G] pillows stained with tears from your blue [D] eyes
I'm so [G] sorry dear to say we're not [C] together
But you [D] know you caused it all by telling [G] lies
[G] Now I know I'll never find another [C] sweetheart
When you [G] left I hung my head down and I [D] cried
But we [G] quarled and now we're through my little [C] darlin'
And you [D] know you caused it all by telling [G] lies
[G] We were happy, oh so happy little [C] darlin'
And our [G] little home was like a [D] paradise
But [G] today you're all alone and broken [C] hearted
And you [D] know you cause it all by telling [G] lies
[G] Now I know I'll never find another [C] sweetheart
When you [G] left I hung my head down and I [D] cried
But we [G] quarled and now we're through my little [C] darlin'
And you [D] know you caused it all by telling [G] lies

YOU CAN'T TAKE MY MEMORIES OF YOU
(Hank Williams - Hank Williams Jr.)
Â' © '69 Fred Rose Music Â'
Today you tell me you are leaving that you are going far away
Darling I've got no way of holding you so this is all that I can say
You can't take my mem'ries of you you can go and leave me oh so blue
Break my heart and you can make me cry but you can't take my mem'ries of you
I tried every way to make you happy but I guess it was never meant to be
So today you say you are going far away across the deep blue sea
Now after you are gone my darling each night I go down to the sea
And gaze at the stars as I wonder where you are
And pray some day that you'll come back to me
But you can't take my mem'ries...

YOU BROKE YOUR OWN HEART
WRITERS HANK WILLIAMS, HANK WILLIAMS JR.
You’re letter says you’re unhappy we’re many miles apart
It’s a little late to ask for pity,
Remember you broke your own heart
You walked out on the heart that loved you, has no pity from the start
You cheated and lied and now you’re gonna cry,
Remember you broke your own heart
A heart can stand so much sorrow and then it bends and breaks
And a love that is honest and true can turn to bitter hate
Now that you’re gone and lonely, and your dreams have fallen apart
Think of the one that once loved you,
Remember you broke your own heart

Key: E
Now if (E)you go out and start a playing around
Your baby's gonna tear your playhouse down
You better (A)keep it on your mind (all the time)
You better keep it on your (E)mind (all the time)
You'll be (B7)moanin' and a groanin', Lord you better keep it on your (E)mind
Now wrong is wrong and right is right
If you make a snake mad he's sure gonna bite
You better keep it on your mind (all the time)
You better keep it on your mind (all the time)
I've had it proven to me, Lord you better keep it on your mind
Every fuss with a woman has got the same ole end
I don't believe the good Lord meant for a man to win
You better keep it on your mind (all the time)
You better keep it on your mind (all the time)
You'll be singing blue and lonesome, Lord you better keep it on your mind
If you make your baby mad and she says goodbye
There ain't a thing you can do but sit at home and cry
You better keep it on your mind (all the time)
You better keep it on your mind (all the time)
You better call her sweet mama, Lord you better keep it on your mind
If the judge says pay her forty dollars a week
You'll dig up the money or you'll work the streets
You better keep it on your mind (all the time)
You better keep it on your mind (all the time)
When you're wearing striped britches, son it's gonna stay on your mind
So kiss her every mornin' and love her every night
Boy you can't win no matter if you're right
You better keep it on your mind (all the time)
You better keep it on your mind (all the time)
You better heed this warning, Lord you better keep it on your mind

[C] Though our paths in life have parted
You no [F] longer care for me but when you're [C] happy with another
Won't you [G] sometimes think of [C] me
[C] When the evenin' sun is sinking
[F] down behind the trees and the [C] moon is slowly rising
Won't you [G] sometimes think of [C] me
[C] I'll always keep your picture it [F] means so much to me
And every [C] night I'll pray dear that
You'll [G] sometimes think of [C] me
[C] Think of days that are gone dear
[F] days we could recall if [C] you would only try dear
But still [G] you blame me for [C] all
[C] When the evenin' sun is sinking
[F] down behind the trees and the [C] moon is slowly rising
Won't you [G] sometimes think of [C] me
[C] All I can say's I tried dear
But [F] you wouldn't let it be
So if you're [C] ever sad and lonely
Won't you [G] sometimes think of [C] me
[C] When the evenin' sun is sinking
[F] down behind the trees and the [C] moon is slowly rising
Won't you [G] sometimes think of [C] me

(c)with tears in my eyes, dear, I begged you to (f)stay
You couldn’t for(g7)give me, so you went a-(c)way
I made a mistake, dear, by tellin’ you (f)lies
Now I lay a(g7)wake, dear, with tears in my (c)eyes
No more to be sweetheart, no more to be friend
Please give me a chance, dear, and I’ll make amends
My yesterdays haunt me, my weary heart cries
I just can’t go on, dear, with tears in my eyes
If you ever need me, oh please let me know
Wherever you lead me, I’m willin’ to go
The past is a flower, that withers and dies
I’ll wake up tomorrow, with tears in my eyes
With tears in my eyes, dear, I begged you to stay
You couldn’t forgive me, so you went away
I made a mistake, dear, by tellin’ you lies
Now I lay awake, dear, with tears in my eyes

(c)why should I cry, I (g7)never done you wrong
I kept my vows you left me all a(c)lone
You told me you loved me, you (f)told me a lie
(c)why should I pay, tell me (g7)why should I (c)cry
You knew I worshipped you, right from the start
I gave you my love, never thought that we’d part
You didn’t care enough, to even say goodbye
Why should I pay, tell me why should I cry
You know I miss you, now that you’re gone
Life can be sad when you’re livin’ all alone
But darlin’ I’ll forget you, your memory will die
Why should I pay, tell me why should I cry

Well, [G] Why Don't You Love Me like you used to do
How come you treat me like a [D7] worn out shoe
My [G] hair's still curly and my [C] eyes are still blue
[G] Why Don't You Love Me Like You [D7] Used To [G] Do.
Ain't had no [C] lovin' like a huggin' and a kissin'
in a [D7] long, long [G] while
We don't get nearer or further or closer
than a country [D7] mile;
Why don't you spark me like you used to do
And say sweet nothin's like you used to coo
I'm the same old trouble that you've always been through
So, Why Don't You Love Me like you used to do.
Well, why don't you be just like you used to be
How come you find so many faults with me
Somebody's changed so let me give you a clue
Why Don't You Love Me like you used to do.
Ain't had no lovin' like a huggin' and a kissin'
in a long, long while
We don't get nearer or further --> OR CLOSER
than a country mile;
Why don't you say the things you used to say
What makes you treat me like a piece of clay
My hair's still curly and my eyes are still blue
Why Don't You Love Me like you used to do.

I've got a good woman at home
Who thinks I do no wrong
But sometimes, Lord, she just ain't always around
And you know that's when I fall
Now I can't help myself at all
And I get whiskey bent and hell bound
Play me some songs about a ramblin man
Put a cold one in my hand
Cause you know I love to hear those guitar sounds
Don't you play, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Cause I'll get all balled up inside
And I'll get whiskey bent and hell bound
Sure enough about closin time
About stoned out of my mind
And I end up with some honkytonk special I found
Just as sure as the mornin sun comes
Thinkin of my sweet girl at home
And I need to get whiskey bent and hell bound
Play me the songs about ramblin man
Put old Jim Beam in my hand
Cause you know I still love to get drunk
And hear country sounds
But don't you play, Your Cheatin Heart
Cause that'll tear me all apart
I'll get whiskey bent and hell bound
Yeah, old Hank's songs
Always make me feel low down

Recorded by hank williams (with audrey williams)
Words and music by william m. golden
B: [c] to canaan’s land I’m on my way
H: where the soul of man never [g7] dies
A: where the soul........never dies
B: my [c] darkest night will turn to day
H: where the soul of [g7] man never [c] dies
A: where the soul.............never dies.
Chorus
H: [c] dear friend there’ll be no sad farewells
A: no sad.............................farewells
H: there’ll be no tear-dimmed [g7] eyes
A: no tear-........... dimmed eyes
H: where [c] all is joy, peace and love
A: where all....................is joy
H: and the soul of man [g7] never [c] dies
A: and the soul.............never dies.
B: a garden’s blooming there for me
H: where the soul of man never dies
A: where the soul........never dies
B: and I shall spend eternity
H: where the soul of man never dies
A: where the soul........never dies.
Chorus
Additional verses:
A love-light beams across the foam
Where the soul of man never dies
Where the soul........never dies
It shines to light the fires of home
Where the soul of man never dies
Where the soul........never dies.
My life will end in deathless sleep
Where the soul of man never dies
Where the soul........never dies
And everlasting joys I’ll reap
Where the soul of man never dies
Where the soul........never dies.
I’m on my way to that fair land
Where the soul of man never dies
Where the soul........never dies
Where there will be no parting hand
Where the soul of man never dies
Where the soul........never dies.

Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Words and music by hank williams, sr.
Capo: 4th fret/key: f#/play: d
[d] in life’s many battles that [g] you will have to [d] fight
Just stay close to jesus and [e7] journey in his [a7] light
Then [d] on that judgement morning [g] when all pain has [d] fled
You’ll stand in god’s kingdom, when the [a7] book of life is [d] read.
[g] when the seals are broken and [d] names are read aloud
You’ll see many loved ones [e7] standin’ in the [a7] crowd
So [d] brother keep on prayin’ and [g] follow where you’re [d] lead
You’ll stand in god’s kingdom, when the [a7] book of life is [d] read.
All your dreams of heaven will come true on that day
When the sky shall open and this earth melt away
Then all god’s faithful children will raise up from the dead
United in god’s kingdom, when the book of life is read.
What a happy feelin’ to know he’ll always care
And when our work is over heaven with him we’ll share
There’s be no pain or sorrow, no tears will e’er be shed
When we stand there in god’s kingdom and the book of life is read.
Note. chords for 3rd and 4th verses same as 1st and 2nd

Words and music by Hank Williams, Sr.
CAPO: 3rd FRET KEY: F PLAY: D
The [D] snow falls [G] 'round my [D] window
But [G] it can't chill my [D] heart
God [G] knows it died the [D] day you left
My dream world [A7] fell a-[D] part.
CHORUS
Weary [D] blu-ue-ue [G] ues from [D] waitin'
Lord, I've been [E7] waitin' too [A7] long
These [D] blues have [G] got me [D] cryin'
Oh, sweet ma-a-ma, [A7] please come [D] home.
Thru tears I watch young lovers
As they go strollin' by
Oh, all the things that might have been
God forgive me if I cry.
CHORUS

Writer, Hank Williams Demo rec. 1950?
(C) WELL, YOU CAN'T LIVE WITH 'EM, YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT 'EM,
YES, THERE'S SOMETHING MIGHTY NECESSARY (C7) 'BOUT 'EM,
A (F) WOMAN WILL GIVE YOU THE (C) BLUES, SHE'LL HAVE YOU (G7) PULLIN'
OUT YOUR HAIR, AND (F) WEARIN' OUT YOUR (G7) WALKIN' (C) SHOES.
WELL THEY JUST KEEP NAGGIN', UNTIL YOUR HEAD IS SAGGIN',
THERE AIN'T A WINK A-SLEEPIN', WHEN THEY START IN WEEPIN',
A WOMAN WILL GIVE YOU THE BLUES, SHE'LL HAVE YOU BITEIN' OFF
YOUR NAILS, AND WEARIN' OUT YOUR WALKIN' SHOES.
IT'S A LOSIN' GAMBLE, WHEN YOU START TO RAMBLE,
OH LORDY, HOW YOU MISS 'EM, AND YOU LONG TO KISS 'EM,
'CAUSE A WOMAN WILL GIVE YOU THE BLUES, SHE'LL HAVE YOU
TOSSIN' IN YOUR SLEEP, AND WEARIN' OUT YOUR WALKIN' SHOES.
WELL YOU CAN'T LIVE WITH 'EM, YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT 'EM,
IT'S BETTER TO TALK WITH 'EM, THAN TO TALK ABOUT 'EM,
A WOMAN WILL GIVE YOU THE BLUES, SHE'LL HAVE YOU TALKIN' TO
YOURSELF, AND WEARIN' OUT YOUR WALKIN' SHOES.

(E) AS WE JOURNEY ALONG, ON (A) LIFE'S WICKED (E) ROAD,
SO SELFISH ARE WE, FOR SILVER AND (B7) GOLD,
YOU CAN (E) TREASURE YOUR WEALTH, YOUR (A) DIAMONDS AND (E) GOLD,
BUT MY FRIENDS IT WON'T SAVE, YOUR (B7) POOR WICKED (E) SOUL.
FOR WHEN GOD CALLS, FROM HIS HOME UP ON HIGH,
TO YOUR EARTHLY WEALTH, YOU MUST SAY GOODBYE,
THEN IT'S USELESS TO YOU, IF YOU'VE STRAYED FROM THE FOLD,
FOR MY FRIEND IT WON'T SAVE YOUR POOR WICKED SOUL.
THE RICH MAN LIKE ALL, WILL BE JUDGED AT THAT TIME,
BUT ALL OF HIS WEALTH, WILL BE LEFT BEHIND.
FOR NO MATTER HOW MUCH EARTHLY WEALTH YOU GET HOLD,
WELL MY FRIEND IT WON'T SAVE, YOUR POOR WICKED SOUL.
THIS VERSE ON DEMO RECORD ONLY * * * * *
WHEN THE WORLD IS ON FIRE, ON THAT JUDGEMENT DAY,
FOR ALL OF OUR WRONGS, THEN WE MUST PAY,
BUT THE DEBT CAN'T BE PAID, WITH SILVER AND GOLD,
NO FRIENDS IT WON'T SAVE, YOUR POOR WICKED SOUL.

Writer, hank williams
(e) let me tell you ’bout a preacher,
With a cane and a long tailed coat, (e7)
Let me (a) tell you ’bout a preacher,
With a cane and a long tailed (e) coat,
But he (b7) does all his preachin’,
With his eyes on the women - (e) folk.
Chorus
(e) send him back, send him back, where he (e7) was be - (a) fore,
He’s a (b7) two-faced man, and we don’t want him here no (e) more.
Well he preached about gamblin’, said it’s a sin and it’s a shame,
Yes he preached about gamblin’, said it’s a sin and it’s a shame,
But when I met him in a alley, he won my watch and chain.
Repeat chorus
Well he preached about liquor, said leave the stuff alone,
Yes he preached about liquor, said leave the stuff alone,
But then I saw a deacon, totin’ the preacher home.
Repeat chorus
Well he preached about wedlock, the finest thing in life,
Yes he preached about wedlock, the finest thing in life,
But then I saw the preacher, kissin’ brother jackson’s wife.
Repeat chorus

Recorded by hank williams
Words and music by pee wee king and redd stewart
[c] travelin’ [g7] down a lonely high-[c] way
I knew not [f] where the road would [c] end
Not a [f] penny in my [c] pocket
All a-[g7] lone without a [c] friend
In a [g7] little country [c] village
I met a [f] man and he was [c] blind
As I [f] helped him cross the high-[c] way
Oh! [am] lord I cried his [c] burdens are [g7] greater than [c] mine.
I can [f] see the light of day
I [c] need not feel my way
Yes, thy burdens are [g7] greater than [c] mine.
Met a lad while on my travels
Tryin’ hard to play the game
Though his leg was very crippled
And he could not speak his name
Yet, he smiled in understandin’
Though life to him had been unkind
And as I watched, I cried in sorrow
Oh! lord his burdens are greater than mine.
I can speak my name aloud
Make my way among the crowd
Yes, his burdens are greater than mine.
Just by chance I passed a graveyard
I saw a young man kneelin’ there
In his hand, there were some roses
On his lips, there was a prayer
On a stone, these words were written
’your soul is god’s, your mem’ry mine’
And as I watched, I cried in sorrow
Oh! lord I see his burdens are greater than mine.

If today the sun should set on all my hopes and cares
There is one smiling face the gods would see
'Cus she'll walk along beside me up the golden stairs
No, they'll never never take her love from me.
What a fool I was to go and break the trust she gave
And see her love turn into sympathy
It's the one regret I'll carry with me to my grave
Oh, they'll never ever take her love from me.
(Bridge chords for solos)
I'm so thankful for each golden hour of happiness
That we shared together in the used to be
Someone else's arms may hold her now in fond caress
But they'll never never take her love from me.
I thought I'd make her happy if I stepped aside
But I knew her love would never set me free
And even on the morning she became another's bride
I said they'll never never take her love from me.

(C)I like candy, (F)I like cake, (G7)I like jam but (C)goodness sake
There's (G7)nothin' as sweet as my (C)baby(G7)
(C)Golden hair and (F)big blue eyes (G7)she could win a (C)beauty prize
There's (G7)nothin' as sweet as my (C)baby
(F)If I ever lose her I'll (C)lay me down and die
If (D7)sugar seems sweet then you ought to meet
My (G7)honey coated sweetie pie
(C)I like candy, (F)I like cake, (G7)I like jam but (C)goodness sake
There's (G7)nothin' as sweet as my (C)baby
I like candy, (F)I like cake, (G7)I like jam but (C)goodness sake
There's (G7)nothin' as sweet as my (C)baby(G7)
(C)I feel like a (F)honey bee, (G7)when she's buzzing (C)round with me
There's (G7)nothin' as sweet as my (C)baby
Got (F)pounds of candy kisses, but (C)I can't spare an ounce
She's (D7)sweeter than wine and brother she's mine
And (G7)that's the only thing that counts
(C)I like candy, (F)I like cake, (G7)I like jam but (C)goodness sakes
There's (G7)nothin' as sweet as my (C)baby

There's a tear in my beer
'cause I'm cryin' for you,dear
you are on my lonely mind.
Into these last nine beers
I have shed a million tears.
You are on my lonely mind
I'm gonna keep drinkin'
until I'm petrified.
And then maybe these tears
will leave my eyes.
There's a tear in my beer
cause I'm crying' for you dear
You are on my lonely mind.
Last night I walked the floor
and the night before
You are on my lonely mind.
It seems my life is through
and I'm so doggone blue
You are on my lonely mind.
I'm gonna keep drinkin'
till I can't move a toe
and then maybe my heart
won't hurt me so.
There's a tear in my beer
cause I'm cryin' for you dear
You are on my lonely mind.
Lord, I've tried and I've tried
But my tears I can't hide
You are on my lonely mind.
All these blues that I've found
Have really got me down
You are on my lonely mind
I'm gonna keep drinkin' till I can't even think
Cause in the last week I ain't slept a wink
There's a tear in my beer
cause I'm crying for you dear
You are on my lonely mind.

Recorded by Hank Williams, Sr.
Writer: Hank Williams, Sr.
[C] I'll pretend I'm free from sor-[G7] row
Make believe that wrong is [C] right
Your wedding day [C7] will be to-[F] morrow
But There'll [C] Be No [G7] Teardrops To-[C] night.
Why, oh [F] why - should you de-[C] sert me
Are you [F] doin' this for [G7] spite
If you [C] only [C7] want to hurt [F] me
Then There'll [C] Be No [G7] Teardrops To-[C] night.
I'll believe that you still love me
When you wear your veil of white
But you think that you're above me
So There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight.
Shame, oh shame - for what you're doin'
Other arms will hold you tight
You don't care whose life you ruin
But There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight.

Key: C
(C)There's no room in my (C7)heart for the (F)blues
Love is (G7)satisfied to either win or (C)lose
Darlin', if our pathways part, (C7)let there (F)be no broken hearts
There's no (G7)room in my heart for the (C)blues
There's no room in my life for a sigh
We'll be strong enough to face our last goodbye
Darlin', if our romance ends, let us part the best of friends
There's no room in my heart for the blues
There's no room in my memory for tears
We'll let bygones be forgotten souvenirs
If your hungry heart forgets, let there be no sad regrets
There's no room in my heart for the blues
There's no room in my life for a sigh
We'll be strong enough to face our last goodbye
Darlin' if our romance ends let us be the best of friends
There's no room in my heart for the blues

Recorded by: hank williams, sr.
Writers: grady and hazel cole capo: 1st fret/key: eb/play: d
[d] only a tramp was lazarus sad [g] fate
He who lay do-[a7] wn at the rich man’s [d] gate
He begged for the crumbs from the rich man to [g] eat
He was only a [d] tramp found [a7] dead on the [d] street. [d] he was some mother’s darlin’, he was some mother’s [g] son
Once he was [a7] fair and once he was [d] young
And some mother rocked him, her darlin’ to [g] sleep
But they left him to [d] die like a [a7] tramp on the [d] street. jesus, he died on calvary’s tree
He shed his life’s blood for you and for me
They pierced his side and then his feet
And they left him to die like a tramp on the street. he was mary’s own darlin’, he was god’s chosen son
Once he was fair and once he was young
Mary, she rocked him, her darlin’ to sleep
But they left him to die like a tramp on the street. if jesus should come and knock on your door
For a place to come in, or bread from your store
Would you welcome him in, or turn him away
Then the god’s would deny you on the great judgement day.

THE SEAMAN’S BLUES
WRITER HANK WILLIAMS
Chorus I'm on my way to Italy from the golf of Mexico Riding on a tanker, and feeling mighty low My good gals behind me, no lovin' for so long I'm going back to Texas, cause that's where i belong Nights are so lonely on the ocean There's to much time to dream of yesterday If i could only carry out my notion Id hit the trail for Texas right away repeat chorus I never thaut when I was leavin' I could get so blue out on the sea But i'll bet you after all this grievin' It's that good ol Texas soil for me reapeat chorus

Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Words and music by jenkins
[g] a prodigal son once [c] strayed from his [g] father
To travel a land of [a] hunger and [d] pain
And [g] now I can see the [c] end of my [g] journey
I’m going to [d] heaven a-[g] gain.
I leave you the day, to help all your neighbors
I leave you the night, to solemnly pray
So try to repent and ask for forgiveness
We’ll meet up in heaven, someday.
Goodbye to this world, with all it’s sorrows
Goodbye to the fields, that I used to roam
I’m going away where, life is eternal
My shepherd is callin me home.
From out of the sky, he’s coming to meet me
To wash all my sins and call me his own
His servants will bring, a ring for my finger
And never no more will I roam.

Recorded by Hank Williams, Sr. (with Audrey Williams)
Words and music by Johnny Bailes, Ervin Staggs, Zeke Clements
and Muriel Deason Wright (aka Kitty Wells)
[G] Listen poor sinner; you're driftin' away
>From the Dear Saviour; who's pleading to-[D] day
[G] What will you do; when the Saviour ain't [C] nigh
When the Pale [G] Horse and his [D] rider goes [G] by?
The time now ain't long; when the Saviour will come
Then you'll be judged; by the deeds you have done
On that judgement day; you'll weep and you'll cry
When the Pale Horse and his rider goes by?
When that trumpet sounds; on the sinners below
Not even the angels; in heaven will know
Then's when you'll wish; you had Jesus nigh
When the Pale Horse and his rider goes by?
Won't you redeem; your poor wicked soul
You can't pay your way; with Silver and Gold
If you're not saved; you'll be lost in the night
When the Pale Horse and his rider goes by?

Hank williams sr.
(d) if you will listen a (g) song I will (d) sing
About my daddy who ran a log (a) train
Way (d) down in the southland in (g) old ala- (d) bam
We lived in a place that they (a) call chatmantown.
And late in the evening when the sun was low
Way off in the distance you could hear the train blow
The boys would come runnin’ and mamma would sing,
'get the supper on the table here comes the log train'.
Every morning at the break of day
He’d grab his lunch bucket and be on his way
In winter or summer, sunshine or rain
Every mornin’ he’d run that old log train.
A sweatin’ and swearin’ all day long
Shoutin’ 'git-up there oxen, keep movin’ along,
Load îer up boys îcause it looks like rain,
I’ve got get rollin’ this old log train.
This story happened a long time ago
The log train is silent, God called daddy to go
But when I get to heaven to always remain
I’ll listen for the whistle of the old log train.

(G) I DREAMED THAT THE GREAT JUDGEMENT (C) MORNING,
HAD (G) DAWNED, AND THE TRUMPET HAD (D7) BLOWN,
I (G) DREAMED THAT ALL NATIONS HAD (C) GATHERED,
TO (G) JUDGEMENT BE- (D7) FORE THE WHITE (G) THRONE.
FROM THE THRONE CAME A BRIGHT SHINING (C) ANGEL,
AND HE (G) STOOD ON THE LAND AND THE (D7) SEA,
AND (G) SWORE WITH HIS HAND RAISED TO (C) HEAVEN,
THAT (G) TIME WAS NO (D7) LONGER TO (G) BE.
CHORUS
AND OH WHAT WEEPING AND (C) WAILING,
AS THE (G) LOST WERE TOLD OF THEIR (D7) FATE,
THEY (G) CRIED FOR THE ROCKS AND THE (C) MOUNTAINS,
THEY (G) PRAYED, BUT THEIR (D7) PRAYERS WERE TOO (G) LATE.
THE RICH MAN WAS THERE BUT HIS MONEY,
HAD MELTED AND VANISHED AWAY,
A PAUPER STOOD THERE IN THE JUDGEMENT,
HIS DEBTS WERE TOO MANY TO PAY.
THE GREAT MAN WAS THERE, BUT HIS GREATNESS,
WHEN DEATH CAME, WAS LEFT FAR BEHIND,
THE ANGEL THAT OPENED THE RECORDS,
NO TRACE OF HIS GREATNESS COULD FIND.
REPEAT CHORUS
THE WIDOW WAS THERE AND THE ORPHAN,
GOD HEARD AND REMEMBERED THEIR CRIES,
NO SORROW IN HEAVEN FOREVER,
GOD WIPED ALL THE TEARS FROM THEIR EYES.
THE GAMBLER WAS THERE AND THE DRUNKARD,
AND THEY WHO HAD SOLD THEM THE DRINK,
WITH PEOPLE WHO GAVE THEM THE LICENSE,
TOGETHER IN HELL THEY DID SINK.
REPEAT CHORUS
THE MORTAL MAN TO THE JUDGEMENT,
BUT SELF RIGHTOUSNESS WOULD NOT DO,
FOR THE MEN WHO HAD CRUCIFIED JESUS,
HAD PASSED OFF AS MORTAL MEN TOO.
AND THE SOULS THAT HAD PUT OFF SALVATION,
NOT TONIGHT I'LL GET SAVED BY AND BY,
NO TIME NOW TO THINK OF RELIGION,
AT LAST THEY HAD FOUND TIME TO DIE.
REPEAT CHORUS

I was walking in Savannah past a church, decayed and dim
When slowly through the window came a plaintive funeral hymn
My sympathy awakened and a wonder quickly grew
'Til I found myself environed in a little colored pew
Out front a colored couple sat in sorrow nearly wild
On the altar was a casket and in the casket was a child
I could picture him while living, curly hair protruding lips
I'd seen perhaps a thousand in my hurried southern trips
Then rose a sad, old colored preacher from his little wooden desk
With a manner sort of awkward and countenance grotesque
The simplicity and shrewdness in his Ethiopian face
Showed the wisdom and the ignorance of a crushed, undying race
And he said, "Now don't be weepin' for this pretty bit of clay
For the little boy who lived there has done gone and run away
He was doing very finely and he 'ppreciates your love
But his sho nough father wanted him in the big house up above
The Lord didn't give you that baby, by no hundred thousand miles
He just think you need some sunshine and he lent it for a while
And he let you keep and love him 'til your hearts were bigger grown
And these silver tears you're shedding now, are just interest on the loan
Just think my poor dear mourners creeping long on sorrow?s way
What a blessed picnic this here baby got today
Your good fathers and good mothers crowd the little fella round
In the angels 'tender garden of the big plantation ground
And his eyes they brightly sparkle at the pretty things he view
But a tear came and he whispered, "I want my parents too"
Then the angel's chief musicians teach that little boy a song
Says if only they be faithful, they'll soon be comin' 'long
And so my poor dear mourners, let your hearts with Jesus rest
And don't go to criticizn' the one what knows the best
He has give us many comforts He's got the right to take away

Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Writer: lorene rose
I talked with a stranger, so sad and alone.
His heart was tormented, tattered and torn
He told me a story,of sorrow and bold
His heart went to heaven,at the first fall of snow
He spooke of his angel, a dear baby girl
He loved every foot tail, he loved every curl
But she went to heaven,just one year ago
The angels came for her, at the first fall of snow
He still has a dolly,that she used to love
He held and caressed it, and gazed up above
He whispered my darlin, your waiting I know
I’ll bring you your dolly, at the first fall of snow
And there as I listened, my eyes filled with tears
I knew she was full fild, in happier years
His frail body trembled, he spoke soft and low
I’ll bring you your dolly, at the first fall of snow
I just couldn’t tell him how I felt inside
My heart was so heavy,my feelings too high
He smilled as we parted,cause he didn’t know
That we lost our darlin, at the first fall of snow

I was sad and blue, I was down hearted, too
It seemed like the whole world was lost
And I took a chance and we happened to dance
To the tune of the Alabama Waltz
Waltz, waltz, the Alabama Waltz
There all my fears and cares were lost
There in your arms, with all of your charms

(e) sometimes late at night,
When our (a) friends are fast a- (e) sleep,
You say you’d like to take a stroll with (b7) me,
Tho (e) we are wed to others, and (a) it may not be (e) right,
I have (a) longed to hold you (e) in my arms,
(b7) sometimes late at (e) night.
Chorus:
I’ve (a) cried myself to sleep,
A (e) thousand times or more,
But when I dream of you, my heart is (b7) light,
No (e) matter what our friends may (e7) say,
And (a) it may not be (e) right,
I (a) love you so, you (e) know I’ll go,
(b7) sometimes late at (e) night.
Repeat chorus.

Hank williams & audrey williams
[c] at first when I heard of some people who claim
That the old-time religion was [g] real
I [c] said "i’ll go down, take a [f] look at the crowd
For [c] just that weak-[g] minded I [c] feel."
[c] I walked up the steps and I peeked in the door
But the devil said, "don’t you go [g] in!"
But I [c] said, "it won’t hurt me I’ll [f] just step inside
And I’ll [c] set as far [g] back as I [c] can." [but-]
Chorus
[c] something got a hold of me [praise god]
Yes something got a hold of [g] me [oh! lord]
I [c] went there to fight, but I’ll [f] tell you that night
God [c] certainly got a [g] hold of [c] me.
They sang like they meant it, they all clapped their hands
I said, "it’s commotion, that’s all."
"when they get down to pray, I’ll just get up and leave
For I don’t wanta be seen here at all."
But I bowed that time, he got started to preach
And he looked straight down at me
He told ev’rybody how mean that I was
He didn’t talk like he thought much of me.
I sat in my seat just thinkin’ it o’er
And then they all started to pray
The fire fell from heaven, I fell to the floor
I prayed there and God had his way. [for-]
Chorus

Recorded by Hank Williams, Sr.
Written by Jean Branch and Eddie Hill
Someday you'll [F] call my name and I won't [Bb] answer
Someday you'll [F] reach for me I won't be [C7] there
For you've grown [F] tired of all the love I [Bb] gave you
But some-[F] day you'll [C7] wish that I still [F] care.
[C7] All these years how I've [F] loved you
Still I [G] know I claim you for my [C7] own
Someday you'll [F] call my name and I won't [Bb] answer
For some-[F] day you'll [C7] find yourself a-[F] lone.
When you hair has turned from Gold to Silver
And your eyes are dimmed by passing years
You'll remember darling what I told you
There'll be no one then to dry your tears.
There'll come a time in your life dear
When you'll need someone who will care
Someday you'll call my name and I won't answer
For someday you'll find that I'm not there.

Recorded by Hank Williams, Sr.
Writer: Johnn Bond and Billy Folger
[C] Far away from friends and loved ones
'Mid the [G7] storm, a soldier [C] lay
Gathered 'round him all his buddies
Raised his [G7] head, we heard him [C] say.
There's a [F] lamp light in the [C] window
Where an [F] angel from a-[C] bove
Gently [F] rocked my baby [C] cradle
With such [G7] tender care and [C] love.
Mother [F] dearest, darlin' [C] mother
It would [F] ease this awful [C] pain
If she'd sing until I'm sleepin'
Rock my [G7] cradle once a-[C] gain.
'Neath the palms tonight he's sleepin'
On an island far away
Tho' the years pass on in sorrow
I still recall his words today.
REPEAT 2nd and 3rd verse.

I went to church with my mom once and they had an evangelist visiting who told the congregation that he was once a drunk and was doing drugs. at a party, someone was playing hank williams and the song 'ready to go home' started playing. he listened to it for a bit and he said that the way hank sang it made chill bumps come up and that he threw the bottle down and left. he said that one song totally changed his life. so here it is, enjoy!
Ready to go home
(e)there’s comin’ a day when the (a)world shall melt a(e)way
And jesus shall come to claim his (b7)own
No more (e)tears, no pain, no woe, in this (a)wicked world be(e)low
Then will you be (b7)ready to go (e)home
(a)will you be ready to go, ready to go home
To live with him up there around the (b7)throne
When he (e)says come unto me, will your (a)soul be clean and (e)free
Then will you be (b7)ready to go (e)home
In this world of greed and hate will you (a)wait til it’s too (e)late
To claim the saviour for your (b7)own
For he’s (e)coming someday, to (a)bear your soul a(e)way
Then will you be (b7)ready to go (e)home
As you travel day by day, (a)down life’s long high(e)way
Are you on the road that leads to (b7)wrong
If you’ll just (e)travel in his light and (a)pray both day and (e)night
Then you’ll be (b7)ready to go (e)home

Recorded by Hank Williams, Sr.
Words and music by Ralph Jones
Oh! [D] Plea-ease - don't let me [G] love you
Just be-[D] cause I'm feelin' [A7] blue
And [D] Plea-ease - don't let me [G] kiss you
'Cause I [D] know you-[A7] ll be un-[D] true.
Because you're [A7] sweet dear, I want to [D] love you
[E7] Plea-ease - stay away from my [A7] heart
And [D] Plea-ease - don't let me [G] love you
'Cause I [D] know you-[A7] ll break my [D] heart.
Oh! Plea-ease - don't call me darlin'
When I know you don't love me
And Plea-ease - don't whisper sweetheart
For I know it just can't be
When I'm lonely, I want you only
Where is the dream I once knew
Oh! Plea-ease - don't let me love you
'Cause I know you'll be untrue.

(e) I’m praying for the day, when the (a) whole wide world can say,
That this (e) cruel war it is (b7) o’er,
And the (e) boys who are gone, start their (a) long journey home,
Oh I’m (e) praying for the (b7) day when peace will (e) come.
When the black clouds roll away, and the skies are bright and gay,
And the guns are silent once more,
And the bombs no longer fly, from the planes up in the sky,
Oh I’m praying for the day when peace will come.
Oh there’s mother and dad, don’t you know they’ll be so glad,
To see their son’s coming home,
This old world will rock with joy, for that freedom loving boy,
Oh I’m praying for the day when peace will come.
Sweethearts and wives so dear, who have waited for that year,
For their loved ones to return,
This old world will be so gay, on that great and happy day,
Oh I’m praying for the day when peace will come.

I have heard your stories about your fast trains
But now I’ll tell you about one all the southern folks have seen¦g
She’s the beauty of the southlands listen to that whistle scream
It’s that pan american on her way to new or-leans.
She leaves cincinnati headin’ down that dixie line
When she passes that nashville tower you can hear that
Whistle whine
Stick your head right out the window and feel that southern breeze
Your on that pan american on her way to new or-leans.
If your ever in the south lands and want to see the scenes
Just get your self a ticket on that pan american queen
There’s louivill nashville montgomery the cap’tal of ala-bam
You pass right through then all when your new orleans bound.
She leaves cincinnati headin’ down that dixie line
When she passes that nashville tower you can hear that
Whistle whine
Stick your head right out the window and feel that southern breeze
Your on that pan american on her way to new or-leans.

ON THE EVENING TRAIN
WRITERS HANK WILLIAMS, AUDREY WILLIAMS
The baby’s eyes are red from weeping
It’s little heart is filled with pain
And Daddy cried they’re taking Mama
Away from us on the evening train
I heard the laughter at the depot
But my tears fell like the rain
When I saw them place that long white casket
In the baggage coach of the evening train
As I turned to walk away from the depot
It seemed I heard her call my name
Take care of baby and tell him darling
That I’m going home on the evening train
I pray that God will give me courage
To carry on til we meet again
It’s hard to know she’s gone forever
They’re carrying her home on the evening train

Recorded by: hank williams, sr.
Written by: hank williams sr. & ramona vincent
I [a] travelled from [a7] texas to [d] old louis-[a] anne
Thru valleys, o’er mountains and [e7] plains
Both [a] footsore and [a7] weary I [d] rested a-[a] while
On the [e7] banks of the old ponchar-[a] train.
The fairest young maiden that I ever saw
Passed by as it started to rain
We both found a shelter beneath the same tree
On the banks of the old ponchartrain.
We hid from the shower an hour or so
She asked me how long I’d remain
I told her that I’d spend the rest of my days
On the banks of the old ponchartrain.
I just couldn’t tell her that I ran away
From jail on a west texas plain
I prayed in my heart I would never be found
On the banks of the old ponchartrain.
Then one day a man put his hand on my arm
And said I must go west again
I left her alone without saying goodbye
On the banks of the old ponchartrain.
Tonight as I sit here alone in my cell
I know that she’s waiting in vain
I’m hoping and praying someday to return
To the banks of the old ponchartrain.

Writer/s hank williams-mel foree-curly williams (no relation to hank)
Key of e
(e) took my gal to the picture show, just the other (b7) day,
But (e) when I tried to (a) hold her hand,
Here’s (b7) what she had to (e) say.
Chorus
No not (a) now, (no not now), no not (e) now, (no not now),
No not (b7) now, but maybe next week some - (e) how.
Walked my gal home to the door, and asked her for a kiss,
But she quickly turned away, and then she told me this.
Repeat chorus
I asked my gal to marry me, reckon what she said,
She said I wouldn’t marry you, if all the rest were dead.
Repeat chorus
But she went and changed her mind, how I regret that day,
’cause every since I married her, here’s all that she can say.
(spoken) ( you guessed it! )
Repeat chorus
I stayed out too late last night, on a little spree,
And when I asked her to let me in, here’s all she said to me.
(spoken) ( here’s what she said )
Repeat chorus

[c] no one will ever know [f] my heart is [c] breaking
Al[g]though a million teardrops start to [c] flow
I’ll cry myself to sleep [f] and wake up [c] smiling
I’ll [g] miss you but no one will ever [c] know
I’ll [g] tell them we grew tired of each [c] other
And [d] realized our dreams could never [g] be
I’ll [c] even make believe [f] I never [c] loved you
Then no [g] one will ever know the truth but [c] me
[c]no one will ever know [f] how much I’m [c] pineing
Each [g] time the past comes back to haunt me [c] so
No one will ever see [f] the tears I’m [c] hiding
You’ve [g] hurt me but no one will ever [c] know
I’ll [g] tell then I found true love with [c] another
That [d] I was glad the day you set me [g] free
I’ll [c] even make believe [f] I never [c] loved you
Then no [g] one will ever know the truth but [c] me
Ron mcgough

Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Words and music by joe earls
[e] I went to the old home --- where I [a] once used to [e] roam
And all of my friends --- had [f#] ev’ryone [b7] gone
How [e] sad and how drear --- no [a] voice did I [e] hear
There was no one --- to [b7] welcome me [e] home.
[e] no one --- to welcome me home;
Oh! no, no one --- to [f#] welcome me [b7] home
How [e] sad and how drear --- no [a] voice could I [e] hear
There was no one --- to [b7] welcome me [e] home.
I went to the old school --- where I once loved to play
And all of my playmates had every one gone
So lonesome and drear --- no voice did I hear
There was no one --- to welcome me home.
No one - to welcome me home
There was one --- to welcome me home
But, when I behold --- that mansion of gold
There’ll be someone --- to welcome me home.

(A) NEXT SUNDAY DARLIN' IS MY BIRTH -(E7) DAY,
A DAY THAT SHOULD BE FREE FROM (A) CARE,
BEST WISHES AND CON - GRAT - U - (E7) LA - TIONS,
BUT ONLY SORROW FILLS THE (A) AIR.
FIRST CHORUS
WHILE (E7) FRIENDS ARE SINGING HAPPY BIRTH- (A) DAY,
THERE'LL (B7) BE SMILE UPON MY (E7) FACE,
BUT (A) WHEN THEY'RE GONE, THE SMILE WILL (E7) VANISH,
A BROKEN HEART WILL TAKE IT'S (A) PLACE.
ANOTHER YEAR HAS COME AND GONE NOW,
THE PLANS I MADE HAVE GONE A - STRAY,
THE DAY THAT SHOULD BE FILLED WITH LAUGHTER,
WILL ONLY BE ANOTHER DAY.
SECOND CHORUS
THE LITTLE HOUSE WE PLANNED TO - GETHER,
IS EMPTY NOW WITHOUT YOU DEAR,
BUT IN MY DREAMS YOU'RE THERE BE - SIDE ME,
SO LET ME DREAM THAT YOU ARE HERE.

NEVER BEEN SO LONESOME
WRITER HANK WILLIAMS
Now the day you left and went away
The mean ole blues walked in to stay
I feel like a child without a home
Come back, baby, I’m all alone
I ain’t never been so lonesome in my life before
The day you packed and went away
I never thought that I would stay
I miss you honey, and I’m lonesome too
Never thought a soul could be so blue
Ain’t been so lonesome in my life before
I need a little lovin’, my heart is sick and sore
Why you left, I don’t know why
And if you stay away I know I’ll die
Ain’t been so lonesome in my life before

NEVER AGAIN (WILL I KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR)
WRITER HANK WILLIAMS
(D) (Oh you) know that I've come back and we've tried it (A7) o'er, (But) each time my dear it was worse than be- (D) fore, Now my heart is (G) broke it's sad and it's (D) sore, (So) (A7) never again will I knock on your (D) door. (Oh you) know that I love you no other will do, Please tell me darlin' why can't you be true, But now you are gone it's over and so, Never again will I knock on your door. Someday you'll be so lonely and blue, Then you will know just how much I love you, But now you are gone it's over and so, Never again will I knock on your door. Many a night I've cried over you, Hoping and prayin' some day you'd be true, But now you are gone it's over I know, (So) never again will I knock on your door. Repeat verse two:

Words and music; Hank Williams
Recorded by Hank Williams, 1948
I'll ne'er forget______that sad, sad day___
Darling that_______you went away_____
You told me that______our love was true_____
And then you left_____me 'lone and blue______
Yes I received_______your note today_______
Saying you'd_________come back and stay_______
Don't come back now_____It is too late_________
My love for you______ has turned to hate________
Don't come back now_____on your knees_______
Trying to take______ me back please______
Cause you can't mend_____my broken heart______
Because it died______When we were apart_______
Yes I received_______Your note today______
Saying you'd______Come back and Stay______
Don't come back now_____It is too late_______
My Love for You_______ Has turned to hate_____

Words and music by hank williams, sr.
[c] I could [g7] say it’s over [c] now [c7]
That [f] I was glad to see you [c] go
[f] I could hate you for the [c] way I’m [am] feelin’
My [g7] lips could tell a lie, but my heart would [c] know. [c7]
[f] it’s a sin to make me [c] cry
[g7] when you know I love you [c] so [c7]
[f] I could tell my heart that [c] I don’t [am] miss you
My [g7] lips could tell a lie, but my heart would [c] know.
I could give you all the blame
But I’m sure the truth would show
I could tell this world I’ve found a new love
My lips could tell a lie, but my heart would know.
I can’t fool my cryin’ heart
’cause it knows I need you so
I could tell my heart I’m glad we parted
My lips could tell a lie, but my heart would know.

MY COLD HEART IS MELTED NOW
WRITER HANK WILLIAMS
My cold, cold heart is melted now
I seek for peace but don’t know how
I go to bed but only weep
My cold, cold heart won’t let me sleep
Your lonesome voice that seems to say
Your cold, cold heart will pay and pay
My tears pour down like falling rain
Through restless sleep I call your name
Perhaps someday beyond the blue
We’ll meet sweetheart and live anew
Where cold, cold hearts can’t enter in
We’ll laugh and love, sweetheart, again
My cold, cold heart is melted now
My once proud head I humbly bow
Your lonely face in dreams I see
My cold, cold heart has told on me

Came in last night at half past ten
That baby of mine wouldn’t let me in
So move it on over (move it on over)
Move it on over (move it on over)
Move over little dog cause the big dog’s moving in
She’s changed the lock on my front door
My door key don’t fit no more
So get it on over (move it on over)
Scoot it on over (move it on over)
Move over skinny dog cause the fat dog’s moving in
This dog house here is mighty small
But it’s better than no house at all
So ease it on over (move it on over)
Drag it on over (move it on over)
Move over old dog cause a new dog’s moving in
She told me not to play around
But I done let the deal go down
So pack it on over (move it on over)
Tote it on over (move it on over)
Move over nice dog cause a mad dog’s moving in
She warned me once, she warned me twice
But I don’t take no one’s advice
So scratch it on over (move it on over)
Shake it on over (move it on over)
Move over short dog cause the tall dog’s moving in
She’ll crawl back to me on her knees
I’ll be busy scratching fleas
So slide it on over (move it on over)
Sneak it on over (move it on over)
Move over good dog cause a mad dog’s moving in
Remember pup, before you whine
That side’s yours and this side’s mine
So shove it on over (move it on over)
Sweep it on over (move it on over)
Move over cold dog cause a hot dog’s moving in

Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Words and music by hank williams, sr.
Capo: 3rd fret/key: b/play: g
[g] in a little pine grove [c] by the old home
There’s [g] someone who’s [d7] restin’ a-[g] lone [d7]
And [g] there on the the tomb, these [c] words I read
The [g] words were [d7] mother is [g] gone. [g7]
Chours
[c] mother is gone, to her [g] home
Way up in [d7] heaven a-[g] bove [d7]
And my [g] heart’s so sad, for the [c] words I read there
The [g] words said [d7] mother is [g] gone.
As I stood alone, with mem’ries of home
The place I left long, long ago
I returned home, but I waited too long
For the words said, mother is gone.
My friends did say, before she went away
She called my name o’er and o’er
So trustin’ in god’s love, I’ll meet her above
Over there on that other shore.
Chorus

Words and music by Hank Williams, Sr.
When my [D] baby moved out and the blues moved in
There wasn't nothin' I could do
But mosey around with my head in my hands
Lord [A7] what am I comin' [D] to
I just keep [A7] Moanin' [P]
[NC] Moa-oanin' the blues. [D] ... [D7]
I [*G7] wrote a nice, long [D] letter
Sayin' [*G7] mama please come [D] home
Your [E7] dad-ad-dy is lon-one-some
And [A7] all I [Am] do is [A7] moan ...
I been [D] lovin' that gal for so doggone long
I can't afford to lose her now
I thought I was right but I must of been wrong
'Cause my [A7] head is startin' to bow [D]
And now I'm [A7] Moanin' [P]
[NC] Moa-oanin' The Blues. [D]
If you want a good gal to stay around
You gotta treat her nice and kind
If you do her wrong she'll leave this tonw
And you'll almost lose your mlind
Then you'll moanin'; Moa-oanin' The Blues.
Aw! baby, baby, baby
Honey baby, please come home
Your dad-ad-dy is lon-one-some and all I do is moan
I promise you baby that I'll be good
And I'll never be bad no more
I'm sittin' here waitin' for you right now
To walk through that front door
Then I'll stop moanin'; Moa-oanin' The Blues.

MINNI-HA-CHA
WRITERS HANK WILLIAMS, FRED ROSE, BETTIE WESTERGARD, TOMMY COLLINS
Minni-ha-cha was the name of the maid
That was old Kawliga’s gal
The customer took far far away
But Kawliga’s with her now
Minni-ha-cha
She left a trail for ol’ wooden head to find
Now ol’ Kawliga’s with her all the time
She dropped her beads along the way
To make a trail for him
She knew if ol Kawliga stayed her life would be so grim
Minni-ha-cha
How she loved that poor ol’ wooden head
The man of knotty pine with a face so red
Minni-ha-cha
Years have passed and now at last they got Papoose by the score
Kawliga beats his old tom tom while she sweeps the floor
Minni-ha-cha
She works her fingers to the bone
While ol’ Kawliga sings an Indian song
Minni-ha-cha
Now you’ve heard the story about a wooden head affair
An Indian with a tomahawk and a maiden with the coal black hair
Minni-ha-cha
They’re as happy as anyone can be
‘Cause they’re together and have a family
Minni-ha-cha

You'll meet many just like me upon life's busy street
With shoulders stooped and heads bowed low and eyes that stare in defeat
Or souls that live within the past where sorrow plays all parts
Where a living death is all that's left for men with broken hearts
You have no right to be the judge to criticize and condemn
Just think but for the grace of God it would be you instead of him
One careless step a thoughtless deed and then the misery starts
And to those who weep death comes cheap these men with broken hearts
Oh so humble you should be when they come passing by
For it's written that the greatest men never get too big to cry
Some lose faith in love and life when sorrow shoots her darts
And with hope all gone they walk alone these men with broken hearts
You've never walked in that man's shoes or saw things through his eyes
Or stood and watched with helpless hands while the heart inside you dies
Some were propers some were kings and some were masters of the arts
But in their shame they're all the same these men with broken hearts
Life sometimes can be so cruel that a heart will pray for death
God why must these living dead know pain with every breath
So help your brother along the road no matter where he starts
For the God that made you made them too these men with broken hearts

Written and sung by, hank williams
(d) lord I went to the doctor, he took one look,
He said the (g) trouble with you ain’t (d) in my book,
I’ll (g) tell you what it is but it (d) ain’t good news,
You’ve got an awful bad case of them (a7) low down (d) blues.
Chorus
(d) I’ve got the (g) mean old miseries (d) in my soul,
I (g) went to the river, but the (d) water’s too cold,
I’ve (g) walked the floor ’till I’ve (d) wore out my shoes,
Lord they’re killin’ me, I mean them (a7) low down (d) blues.
(d) lord I never knew a man could feel so bad,
I (g) never knew livin’ could (g) be so sad,
(g) all I do is (d) set and cry,
Lord I’d have to get better, be- (a7) fore I could (d) die.
Repeat chorus

Lost On The River, Dark Is The Night
Just Like The Blind, Praying For Site
Drifting Alone, Heart Filled With Fright
I'm lost On The River The River Of Life
(mandolin instrumental)
Once Dear I Thought I Knew The Way
That Was Before Ol Sad Yesturday
Words That You Said Cut Like A Knifve
I'm Lost On The River The River Of Life
(steel guitar / guitar instrumental)
Out On This River Where Sorrow's Free
Thinking Of You How My Heart Pleads
Tomorrow You'll Be Another Man's Wife
I'm Lost On The River The River Of Life

A tongue can accuse or carry bad news;
The seeds of distrust it will sow.
So unless you have made no mistakes in your life,
Be careful of stones that you throw.
A neighbor was passing my garden one time;
She smiled and I knew right away
That it was gossip not flowers that she had on her mind,
And this is what I heard my neighbor say:
"That bad girl down the street, she should be run from our midst.
She drinks and she talks quite a lot.
She knows not to speak to my child nor to me."
My neighbor then smiled, and I thought . . .
A tongue can accuse or carry bad news;
The seeds of distrust it will sow.
So unless you have made no mistakes in your life,
Be careful of stones that you throw.
The car speeded by, the screaming of brakes
A sound that made my blood chill,
For my neighbor's one child had been pulled from the path
And saved by a girl lying still.
Her child was unhurt and my neighbor cried out,
"Oh, who is that brave girl so sweet?"
I covered the crushed, broken body and said,
"That bad girl down the street."
A tongue can accuse or carry bad news;
The seeds of distrust it will sow.
So unless you have made no mistakes in your life,
Be careful of stones that you throw.

(e) I was strollin’ one day, in a lonely graveyard,
When a voice from the tomb, seemed to (b7) say,
I once (e) lived as you live, walked and talked as you talk,
But from earth I was (b7) soon called a- (e) way.
Chorus
(e) oh, those tombs, ("oh those tombs"),
Lonely tombs, ("lonely tombs "),
Seemed to say in a low gentle (b7) tone,
Oh how (e) sweet, ("oh how sweet"),
Is the rest, ("is the rest"),
In our beautiful, (b7) heavenly (e) home.
Every voice from the tomb, seemed to whisper and say,
Livin’ man you must soon follow me,
And I thought as I gazed, on that cold marble slab,
What a sad lonesome place that must be.
Repeat chorus
I then came to the place, where my mother did lay,
And her voice, soft and low, from the tomb,
It said, son I’m at rest, with the savior above,
I am safe in my heavenly home.
Repeat chorus

LITTLE BOSEPHUS
WRITER HANK WILLIAMS
Little Bosephus, you’re the one, makes me feel good inside
Just to know that you’re my son makes my heart swell with pride
I’ve always needed one like you to love and understand
Now that you’ve come to fill that place, you’re my buddy, man to man
There comes a time when every boy grows so cocksure with life
So that he feels he knows it all and no longer needs advice
The complicated phase of life is called “adolescent age”
And sometimes breaks a father’s heart---wish you could skip that stage
I’d like to help you fill your heart with kindness, faith and truth
Protect you from the hands that reach out to destroy manhood and you
There is so much sorrow and despair to blight the hearts of men
And the more we learn of love and life, the more they come crowding in
It’s just little things at first, my son, then, as we grow older
Our troubles grow much bigger too and sometimes, they overflow
The poisoned minds and broken hearts will cause strongest men to weep
Overwhelm souls with bitterness and death would be so sweet
So we must build a strong defense of love and fortitude
On character and knowledge, son, so these ills cannot intrude
Ah, Sonny boy, so many things a youngster needs to know
If he is to find true happiness as down through this life he goes
It’s just a father’s love, I guess, that comes to every Dad
That makes me want to shelter you from things that make you sad
Bosephis, boy, I’m standing by to help you when you call
For Son, you are my flesh and blood and the grandest pal of all

(C)DARLING LETS TURN BACK THE YEARS
AND GO BACK TO YESTER(G)DAY
LETS PRETEND THE TIME HAS STOPPED
AND I DIDN'T GO (C)AWAY
WE HAD OUR LOVE TO MAKE US HAPPY
IT WASN'T MEANT TO BRING US (G)TEARS
LOVE LIKE OURS SHOULD NEVER DIE
SO DARLING LETS TURN BACK THE (C)YEARS
WE HAD OUR LOVE TO MAKE US HAPPY
IT WASN'T MEANT TO BRING US TEARS
LOVE LIKE OURS SHOULD NEVER DIE
SO DARLING LETS TURN BACK THE YEARS

[d] better pack up your suitcase and [g] leave in a [d] hurry
Now I don’t wanna show you the door
[d] since the day that we met you’ve been [g] nothin’ but [d] trouble
Now I don’t want you [a] here [d] anymore
Run [g] along run along don’t [d] pester me further
For I [g] know that you’ll never be [d] true
If you can’t treat me right then get [g] out of my [d] life
Go and leave me [a] alone with the [d] blues
[d] oh you stayed by my side till you [g] got all my [d] money
Now my clothes are all ragged and torn
[d] since the day that we met you’ve been [g] nothin’ but [d] worry
Lord I wish I had [a] never been [d] born
Run [g] along run along don’t you [d] pester me further
I [g] know that you’ll never be [d] true
If you can’t treat me right then get [g] out of my [d] life
Go and leave me [a] alone with these [d] blues
[d] you may ramble and ramble this [g] whole wide world [d] over
But don’t trust any woman you meet
[d] they won’t leave you alone till they’ve [g] got your last [d] dollar
Then you’re just like the [a] dirt beneath their [d] feet
Run [g] along run along don’t you [d] pester me further
For [g] I know that you’ll never be [d] true
If you can’t treat me right then get [g] out of my [d] life
Go and leave me [a] alone with these [d] blues
Ron mcgough

I know you tried your best to love me
You smiled when your heart told you to weep
You tried to pretend that you were happy
Ooh last night I heard you crying in your sleep
You gave the best years of your life, dear
And each preccious vow you tried to keep
I love you so much I want you happy
Ooh last night I heard you crying in your sleep
Your heart is yearning for an old love
With new love it's useless to compete
It hurts me to know that you're unhappy
Yeah last night I heard you crying in your sleep
You know that you are free to go, dear
And don't mind me if I weep
I know I can never make you happy
Cos last night I heard you crying in your sleep

LAST NIGHT I DREAMED OF HEAVEN
WRITER HANK WILLIAMS
Last night I dreamed of heaven and I saw my mother there
Standing with all the angels on a golden stair
I thought I heard her whisper welcome home my boy
Last night I dreamed of heaven and it filled my heart with joy
I heard the angels singing songs of peace and rest
And then there was a silence
Each eye looked toward the west
There sat my Saviour on his golden throne
Last night I dreamed of heaven my eternal home sweet home
Last night I dreamed of heaven that land so pure and sweet
And the joy within me made my glad heart weep
I was there with my Saviour free from grief and strife
Last night I dreamed of heaven the land of eternal life
I heard the angels singing songs of peace and rest
And then there was a silence
Each eye looked toward the west
There sat my Saviour on his golden throne
Last night I dreamed of heaven my eternal home sweet home

(e) just when I needed you, you left and went a- (a) way,
You made my life so (e) blue both night and (b7) day,
You (e) left me here behind, with a troubled worried (a) mind,
So broken hearted (e) too, just (b7) when I needed (e) you.
Chorus
I cried, I cried, I (a) prayed, lord, I (e) tried, to forget you,
And never call your (b7) name, what a (e) shame, what a shame,
You’re the (a) one who was to (e) blame,
You’re the (a) one who was un-(e) true, just (b7) when I needed (e) you.
You said, it’s best we part, and never love again,
And ’tho it broke my heart, I won’t complain,
You know I love you still, and dear I always will,
Altho you proved untrue, just when I needed you.
Repeat chorus

JESUS DIED FOR ME
WRITER HANK WILLIAMS
When (C)everything goes wrong And it (F)seems all hope is (C)gone I remember how my Savior (G7)died He (C)died there on the cross So this (F)world would not be (C)lost Jesus died for (G7)me long a(C)go (CHORUS) Jesus died for me long ago On a hillside far a(G7)way He was (C)tortured and slain God (F)bless His Holy (C)name Jesus died for (G7)me long a(C)go What pain He suffered there The (F)Holy One so (C)dear So that you and I could (G7)live I'll (C)try to repay For His (F)sufferin' on that (C)day Jesus died for (G7)me long a(C)go CHORUS As He hung there all alone His (F)life's blood almost (C)gone He never stopped prayin' for (G7)me So I'll (C)follow all the way And (F)live with Him some(C)day Jesus died for (G7)me long a(C)go CHORUS Jesus Died For Me

Written by Don Helms and Hank Williams
Recorded by Ray Price Feb. 8, 1952, with the Drifting Cowboys
(D) YOU ASK ME WHY MY (D7) HEART'S SO (G) SAD,
AND (D) WHY THE TEARDROPS FILL MY (A7) EYES,
A (D) HEART CAN'T SING THAT'S (D7) FILLED WITH (G) PAIN,
HOW (D) CAN IT (A7) LAUGH WHEN IT (D) CRIES. (D7)
FIRST CHORUS
I (G) SAW MY DREAMS ALL FADE AND (D) DIE,
LIKE CASTLES IN THE (A7) BLUE,
EACH (D) DAWN WILL BRING MORE (D7) TEARS AND (G) PAIN,
I'VE (D) LOST THE (A7) ONLY LOVE I (D) KNEW.
OH, LIFE FOR ME IS USE - LESS NOW,
IT SEEMS SO EMPTY AND BLUE,
THERE'S NO MORE USE TO TRY A - GAIN,
I FAIL IN EVERYTHING I DO.
SECOND CHORUS
IT'S HARD TO KNOW YOU'LL NEVER HAVE,
THE ONE YOU LOVE SO TRUE,
WHILE THE WORLD'S ASLEEP, I'LL LAY AND CRY,
I'VE LOST THE ONLY LOVE I KNEW.

I'M SORRY FOR YOU, MY FRIEND
Recorded by Hank Williams, Sr.
Written by Hank Williams, Sr.
[E] You've known so long that you were wrong
But still you had your [B7] way
You told her lies and alibis
And hurt her more each [E] day
But now your conscience bothers you
You've reached your [E7] journey's [A] end
You're [B7] asking me for sympathy
I'm Sorry For You, My [E] Friend.
You laughed inside each time she cried
You tried to make her blue
She tagged along through right and wrong
Because she worshipped you
You know that you're the one to blame
There's no use to pretend
Today's the day you start to pay
I'm Sorry For You, My Friend.
Today as she walked arm in arm
At someone else's side
It made you stop and realize
That time has turned the tide
You should have known you'd be alone
'Cause cheaters never win
You tried and lost, now pay the cost
I'm Sorry For You, My Friend.

Recorded by: Hank Williams, Sr.
Writer: Hank Williams, Sr.
CAPO: 4th FRET/KEY: B/PLAY: G
[G] All my [D7] life I've been so [G] lonesome [G7]
If [C] happpiness came, I missed the [G] call
[C] All my dreams have died and [G] vanished
And [D7] now I'm So Tired Of It [G] All.
In life and love, I've been a failure
Too many tears thru it all
Too many broken vows and promises
And now I'm So Tired Of It All.
Ev'ry thing I loved, I lost, dear
Too many times I've watched my castles fall
My life is full of regretting
And now I'm So Tired Of It All.
From this world I'll soon be goin'
No one will miss me, after all
Up there, I pray I'll find contentment
But now I'm So Tired Of It All

I'm Going Home (Just Hank and his guitar circa 1950)
When my work here is o'er
And trials come no more
On that great day I'm going homeC
To live forever more, just o'er on heaven's shore
When my life here is o'er I'm going home
Chorus
I'm going home, I'm going home
When my life here is o'er I'm going home
Won't it be so sweet, to rest at Jesus' feet
When my life here is o'er I'm going home
I'm travelling in the light
And my way is clear and bright
Some glad day I'm going home
Heading for the pearly gates for there my savior waits
When my life here is o'er I'm going home
As I travel down life's road
So heavy is my load
But some glad day I'm going home
I'll meet my loved ones there, in that land so bright and fair
When my life here is o'er I'm going home
Chorus

Recorded by: Hank Williams, Sr.
Writer: Ernest Tubb
CAPO: [G] st FRET/KEY: G#/PLAY: G
[G] I'm Free At Last from [C] love and all its' [G] worries
I'm Free be-[D7] cause you wanted it that [G] way
Now you can go but [C] there's no need to [G] hurry
'Cause ne'er a-[D7] gain will I ask you to [G] stay. CHORUS
So run a-[C] long, I know that you don't [G] want me
So many [D7] times you've proved that in the [G] past
After you're [C] gone, when mem'ries come to [G] haunt me
I'll hide my [D7] tears and say I'm Free At [G] Last. I'm Free At Last don't ask me why I'm cryin'
Strange as it seems, somehow I love you yet
Don't say you care, you know that you'll be lying
Don't hurt me more, show my heart some respect.
CHORUS

For years I've lived without a meaning
I've lost faith in dreams somehow
I'm so sick and tired of scheming
I guess it just don't matter now
All my life I've been a loser
It seems that fate has made a vow
That I will never know contentment
But it just don't matter now
Yes I knew the day I lost you
But could not face fact, somehow
And I knew just what it cost you
But it just don't matter now
All my heart has lost a feeling
That meant more to me than thou
And I will never say I blame you
Cause it just don't matter now

You don't dress up in satin,
You don't wear diamond rings,
But I'm satisfied with you.
You look just like an angel but you haven't got wings,
But I'm satisfied with you.
I'd rather have you just the way that you are
Than change you for somebody new.
Maybe I could do better if I reached for a star,
But I'm satisfied with you.
You're not made out of candy
But you're as sweet as you can be
So I'm satisfied with you.
I just can't see no reason why you bother with me,
But I'm satisfied with you.
I often wonder if it's all a mistake;
It's hard to believe that it's true.
But If I'm only dreaming, I sure don't want to wake,
'Cause I'm satisfied with you.
I'm satisfied with you.

Recorded by Hank Williams, Sr.
Words and music by Hank Williams, Sr.
CHORUS
When [G] I get to Glory, I'm gonna sing, sing, sing
I'm gonna let the [A7] hallelujahs [D7] ring
[G] I'm gonna praise my blessed Saviour's name
When I get to Glory, I'm [D7] Gonna sing, sing, [G] sing.
[G] In this world of sorrow, I've seen trouble and woe
When I get to Glory [A7] I'll see no [D7] more
For [G] I know my prayers have not been in vain
When I get to Glory, I'm gonna [D7] sing, sing, [G] sing.
Sometimes I get so weary inside
Then I recall how my Jesus died
Up there I know, there'll be no pain
When I get to Glory, I'm gonna sing, sing, sing.
CHORUS
Up there no tears will blind my eyes
And I'll walk along by my Jesus' side
I'll meet my loved ones all once again
When I get to Glory, I'm Gonna sing, sing, sing.
CHORUS

Words and music by Hank Williams, Sr.
[G] I could shame you 'til you hide your face
And drag you right down in disgrace
But what good would it [D] do
I know I'd still want [G] you.
I could tell the world you're doin' wrong
That I was stringin' you along
And if it all were [D] true
I know I'd still want [G] you.
The [C] world with me might sympathize
[G] When I got thru with all my lies
But I'd be just as [D] blue
'Cause my heart would still want [G] you-ooo-oo
[D] Cry, oh, [G] lord.
I could tell my friends I threw you down
And slander your name all over town
But what good would it do
I know I'd still want you.
If I said I'm happy to be free
The only one I'd fool is me
Because it isn't true
I know I'd still want you.
What's the use to say that you're no good
When I'd crawl back if I could
No matter what you do
I know I'd still want you-ooo-oo
Cry, oh, lord.
I could smIle and say that I don't care
And then go home and pull my hair
But what good would it do
I know I'd still want you.
I could say that someone put me wise
And get revenge by telling lies
But when I got all thru
I know I'd still want you.
If the things I said was to break your heart
I'd be the first to take your part
'Cause if all these lies were true
I know I'd still want you-oooo-oo
Cry, oh, lord.

(g) they tell me little darlin’,
That to- (c) morrow you’ll be (g) wed,
You thought that you would hurt me,
But you (a7) hurt yourself in- (d7) stead,
I’ll (g) always be the same old pal,
Just (c) as in years gone (g) by,
I’ll (c) just set back and (g) watch you,
While you (d7) set alone and (g) cry.
Chorus:
(g) tears fallin’ (c) down your pretty (g) cheeks,
Tears you cannot hide and (a7) tears you cannot (d7) keep,
(g) **they** are tears of sorrow and (c) tears of de- (g) light,
I wish I had a nickel, for every (d7) tear you shed last (g) night.
I just dropped by to tell you that I wish you happi-ness,
I hope that you’ll forgive me for in-truding like this,
I hope my dear your happiness will follow through the years,
I’ll just set back and watch you, while you shed those bitter tears.
Repeat chorus:

Recorded by: hank williams, sr.
Writer: hank williams, sr.
Capo: 1st fret/key: eb/play: d
[d] I told my [a] heart I didn’t love [d] you
That [g] I’d be happy if we’d [d] part
But [g] now I know I was mis-[d] taken
[a] I told a lie to my [d] heart.
I [g] told my heart I didn’t [d] love you
Now we’ll forever be a-[a] part
[g] lonely years of tears and [d] sorrow
[a] I told a lie to my [d] heart.
[d] if we [a] sin somehow we [d] pay
And [g] now the bitter teardrops [d] start
[g] I must learn to live with-[d] out you
[a] I told a lie to my [d] heart.
I [g] told my heart I didn’t [d] love you
That I’d be happy if we’d [a] part
[g] lonely years of tears and [d] sorrow
[a] I told a lie to my [d] heart.

(A) EVER' TIME I SEE HER (A7) PASSIN' (D) BY,
ALL I (E7) DO IS HANG MY HEAD AND (A) CRY,
AND I CAN'T FORGET HER (A7) THO I (D) TRY,
ALL I (E7) DO IS HANG MY HEAD AND (A) CRY.
OH, I KNOW NOT HOW TO EASE MY MIND,
SINCE SHE LEFT A WORLD OF LOVE BE - HIND,
EVER' TIME I SEE HER PASSIN' BY,
ALL I DO IS HANG MY HEAD AND CRY.
GOLDEN LOVE, OH, GOLDEN LOVE YOU'RE GONE,
BUT EACH BROKEN DREAM STILL LINGERS ON,
AND MY WEARY HEART KEEPS ASKIN' WHY,
ALL I DO IS HANG MY HEAD AND CRY.
FOOLISH PRIDE, OH, PRIDE, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE,
YOU HAVE MADE ME LOSE MY ONLY ONE,
NOW EACH TIME I SEE HER PASSIN' BY,
ALL I DO IS HANG MY HEAD AND CRY.

Recorded by Hank Williams (Sr.)
Written by Hank Williams (Sr.)
Capo on 2nd fret: KEY: E PLAY: D
I don't [D] care if to-[A] morrow never [D] comes [D7]
This [G] world holds nothin' for [D] me [D7]
I've been [G] lonely night and day ever [D] since you went away
So I don't care if to-[A] morrow never [D] comes. [D7]
CHORUS
If to-[G] morrow never comes and the sun [D] don't ever shine
It won't matter with [A] me
For [D] when she went a-[D7] way, my [G] world ended that [D] day
So I don't care if to-[A] morrow never [D] comes.
My lonely mind wanders back to days that used to be
My broken heart cries out for you
Oh, if I can't have you here, I can't go on my dear
So I don't care if tomorrow never comes.
REPEAT CHORUS

Recorded by Hank Williams, Sr.
Words and music by Hank Williams, Sr.
I've [C] tried and tried to run and hide
To find a [C7] life that's [G7] new
But [C] where I go, I [F] always [C] know
I can't es-[G7] cape from [C] you.
A jug of wine to numb my mind
But what good does it do
The jug runs dry and still I cry
I can't escape from you.
These wasted tears are souvenirs
Of a love I thought was true
Your memory is chained to me
I can't escape from you.
There is no end, I can't pretend
That dreams will soon come true
A slave too long to a heart of stone
I can't escape from you.

Recorded by Hank Williams (Sr.)
Written by Hank Williams (Sr.)
CHORUS
Oh, I [D] can't get you [A] off of my [D] mind
When I try I 'm just [D7] wastin' my [A] time
Lord I 've [D] tried and I 've [D7] tried
and [G7] all night long I 've [D] cried
But I can't get you [A] off of my [D] mind.
Didn't think you would leave me behind
But I guess you're the two-timin' kind
Do you think that it's smart to jump from heart to heart
When I can't get you off of my mind.
CHORUS
You believe that a true love is blind
So you fool ev'ry new love you find
You've got stars in your eyes but they can't hide the lies
Oh, I can't get you off my mind.
CHORUS

I ain't gonna love you anymore
by Hank Williams
(D)No need for you to set alone,
just(G) waiting by your telephone
Cause(A7) I ain't gonna call you any(D) more.
(D)Oh I gave you love and you broke my heart,
And you(G) cheated on me from the start.
And(A7) now I ain't gonna love you any(D) more.
CHORUS
I(G) mean I ain't gonna love you any(D) more,
I know I couldn't love you as(A7) before.
So(D) I'm gonna tell you goodbye,
Don't(G) mind these tears there in my eyes
Cause(A7) I ain't gonna love you any(D) more
(D) My darlin' I just worship you,
and(G) look what you have loved me thru.
You(A7) left me with a heart so sick and(D) sore.
(D) Oh you're the one that was unfair,
It(G) wasn't in you to play square.
And(A7) now I ain't gonna love you(D) anymore.
(Repeat Chorus)

Words and music by Hank Williams, Sr.
I [C] know there's never been a man in the awful [C7] shape I'm [F] in
I can't even [C] spell my name, my [D7] heads in such a [G7] spin
To-[C] day I tried to eat a steak with a big old [C7] table-[F] spoon
You got me chasin' Rabbits, [C] walkin' on my hands
...And [G7] Howlin' At The [C] Moon.
Well, (*SUG), I took one look at you and it almost drove me mad
And then I even went and lost what little sense I had
Now I can't tell the day from night, I'm crazy as a loon
You got me chasin' Rabbits, pullin' out my hair and Howlin' At The Moon.
Some friends of mine asked me to go out on a huntin' spree
'Cause there ain't a hound dog in this state that can hold a light to me
I eat three bones for dinner today, then tried to tree a 'Coon
You got me chasin' Rabbits, scratchin' fleas and Howlin' At The Moon.
I rode my horse to town to day and a gas pump we did pass
I pulled 'im up and I hollered WHOA!, said fill 'im up with gas
The man picked up a monkey wrench and WHAM!, he changed my tune
You got me chasin' Rabbits, spittin' out teeth and Howlin' At The Moon.
I never thought in this old world a fool could fall so hard
But honey baby, when I fell the whole world must have jarred
I think I'd quit my doggish ways if you'd take me for your groom
You got me chasin Rabbits, pickin' out rings and Howlin' At The Moon

(f) honey do you love me, huh, honey do you love me, huh,
(bb) do you want to marry, got no time to tarry,
(f) honey do you love me, huh, (c7) quit your hesitatin’,
I’m tired of waitin’, honey do you love me, (f) huh.
Honey won’t you hold me tight, honey won’t you hold me tight,
That ole moon above, was just made for love,
Honey won’t you hold me tight, start your turtle dovein’
I need a little lovin’, honey won’t you hold me tight.
Repeat verse one

Freight train blues written by john lair 1935. recorded by roy acuff’s
Crazy tennesseans 1936, "dynamite" hatcher vocal, acuff mimics the train
Whistle.
This is hank williams 1939-40 version on the 10 cd box set from mercury.
(c) I was born in dixie in a boomer’s shack,
Just a little old shanty by a (g7) railroad (c) track,
The hummin’ of the drivers was my lullaby,
And a freight train whistle taught me (g7) how to (c) cry.
Chorus:
(c) I’ve got the freight train blues, lordy, lordy, lordy,
Got ’em in the bottom of my (d7) ramblin’ (g7) shoes,
And (c) when that whistle blows, I’ve gotta go, (c7)
(f) oh! lordy! (c) guess I’m never gonna (a7) lose,
The (d7) mean old (g7) freight train (c) blues.
(c) now my pappy was a fireman and my mammy dear,
Was the only daughter of an (g7) en-gin- (c) eer,
My sister married a brakeman and it ain’t no joke,
Now it’s a shame the way she keeps a (g7) good man (c) broke.
Chorus: (one word changed, that whistle, to, the whistle.)
(c) I’ve got the freight train blues, lordy, lordy, lordy,
Got ’em in the bottom of my (d7) ramblin’ (g7) shoes,
And(c) when the whistle blows, I’ve gotta go, (c7)
(f) oh! lordy! (c) guess I’m never gonna (a7) lose,
The (d7) mean old (g7) freight train (c) blues.

Key: e
(e)like a hog a rootin’ up under a fence
Like a flop-eared mule that ain’t got no sense
I’ve been a (a)fool about you, for way too (e)long
I’ve been a fool about (b7)you, but now I’m gonna get (e)gone
We fight and we fuss like a dog and a cat
I’ll tell you right now I’ve had enough of that
I’ve been a fool about you, for way too long
I’ve been a fool about you, but I’m gonna get gone
Well, I said I would leave if you didn’t change
Baby, it’s time for me to rearrange
I’ve been a fool about you, for way too long
I’ve been a fool about you, but now I’m gonna get gone
I’m gettin’ sick and tired of the same ole bull
I’ll tell you right now, lord my bucket’s ’bout full
I’ve been a fool about you, for way too long
I’ve been a fool about you, but now I’m gonna get gone

Country music singers have been a real close family,
But lately some of my kinfolks have disowned a few others and me.
I guess it's because I kind of changed my direction.
Lord I guess I went and broke their family tradition.
They get on me and want to know Hank why do you drink? Why do you roll smoke?
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?
Over and over everybody makes my predictions.
So if I get stoned, I'm just carrying on an old family tradition.
I am very proud of my daddy's name
All though his kind of music and mine ain't exactly the same.
Stop and think it over. Put yourself in my position.
If I get stoned and sing all night long it's a family tradition.
So don't ask me, Hank why do you drink? Hank, why do you roll smoke?
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?
If I'm down in a honky-tonk some ole slick's trying to give me friction.
I said leave me alone I'm singing all night long it's a family tradition.
Lord I have loved some ladies and I have loved Jim Beam
And they both tried to kill me in 1973.
When that doctor asked me, Son how did you get in this condition?
I said, hey sawbones, I'm just carrying on an ole family tradition.
So don't ask me, Hank why do you drink? Hank, why do roll smoke?
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?
Stop and think it over, try and put yourself in my unique position.
If I get stoned and sing all night long, it's a family tradition!

Key: E
(If you don't know E very well throw a capo on the 2nd fret and play it in D)
(E) Faded love and winter roses (B7) always bloom in memo(E)ry
Faded love and winter roses (B7) yearning hearts that used to (E)be
(A)Will they meet again tomorrow (E)where we parted yester(B7)day
(E)Give me back the winter roses (B7)and the love you took a(E)way
(E)Faded love and winter roses (B7)sprinkled with a lonely (E)tear
Faded love and winter roses (B7)still recall each yester(E)year
(A)Will I always be a dreamer (E)dreaming of the used to (B7)be
(E)Faded love and winter roses (B7)live and die in memo(E)ry

This is a really good song that I have liked since the very first time I ever heard it. Hope you enjoy it. I do it in the key of E but Hank does it in D as best as I can tell.
Don't Do it Darlin' (Key of D)
(D)If you're worryin' over me like I've worried over you
Don't do it (A)darlin', don't do it (D)darlin'
If you think I'm missin' you and I'm missin' kissin' you
Don't do it (A)darlin', don't do it (D)darlin'
I (G)gave my heart to you my dear and (D)trusted you and then
You (A)took my heart and played with it and (E)now you say we're through
If you (D)think I'm all alone and you feel the urge to phone
Don't do it (A)darlin', don't do it (D)darlin'
If you're worryin' over me like I've worried over you
Don't do it darlin', don't do it darlin'
If you think I'm missin' you and I'm missin' kissin' you
Don't do it darlin', don't do it darlin'
I gave my heart to you my love, I trusted it with you
You took my heart you played with it and now you say we're through
Now that you are all alone and you feel the urge to phone
Don't do it darlin', don't do it darlin'

Writen by Vaughn Horton
Key of E Demo made by Hank Williams 1949
This is on the 10CD box set.
(E) I'M A'HEADIN' BACK TO DIXIE,
THAT'S THE (A) PLACE I LONG TO (E) BE,
WHERE THE (A) COTTON GROWS AND THE (E) SWANEE FLOWS,
THAT'S (F#7) HOME SWEET HOME TO (B7) ME,
(E) WHERE THEY MEET YOU AND THEY GREET YOU,
WITH THE (A) SWEETEST HOW YOU ALL,
WELL (E) SHUT MY MOUTH, I'M A'HEADIN' SOUTH,
ON THE (B7) DIXIE CANNON- (E) BALL.
CHORUS:
(E) ON THE DIXIE CANNONBALL, ON THE (A) DIXIE CANNONBALL,
JUST (E) LISTEN TO THE WHISTLE, IT'LL (F#7) THRILL YOU ONE AND (B7) ALL,
AND I (E) KNOW THERE'S SOME ONE WAITIN', WITH THE (A) SWEETEST HOW YOU ALL,
WELL (E) SHUT MY MOUTH, I'M A'HEADIN' SOUTH, ON THE (B7) DIXIE CANNON- (E)
BALL.
(E) WHEN I CROSS THEM SMOKEY MTNS. I'LL BE (A) COUNTIN' EVERY (E) MILE,
WHEN THE (A) WHISTLE BLOWS, I'LL BE ON MY (E) TOES,
AND I'LL (F#7) SHUFFLE DOWN THE (B7) AISLE,
AND I (E) KNOW I'LL NOT BE LONESOME,
WHEN I (A) SEE THEM TREETOPS TALL,
I'M COMING (E) THROUGH ON THE BIG CHOO-CHOO,
ON THE (B7) DIXIE CANNON- (E) BALL.
Repeat chorus:
(E) Yes, I'm goin' back to dixie, that's the (A) place I long to (E) be,
Where the (A) cotton grows and the (E) Swanee flows,
That's (F#7) home sweet home to (B7) me,
(E) Where they meet you and they greet you,
With the (A) sweetest how you all,
Well (E) shut my mouth, i'm a'headin' South,
On the (B7) Dixie Cannon- (E) ball.
repeat chorus:

Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Words and music by floyd jenkins (aka fred rose)
[d] I’ve got a blue [a7] love in my [d] heart
What can I do, love, with my [a7] heart
It’s got a [d] burnin’, [g] yearnin’ while we’re a-[d] part
I’ve got a blue [a7] love in my [d] heart.
So [d7] blue the [g] nights, so [g7] blue the [d] days
Why don’t you [g] write to [d] me and [a7] say;
You’ve [d] got a true [a7] love in your [d] heart
An "i’ll come thru love" in your [a7] heart
And stop this [d] burnin’, [g] yearnin’ while we’re a-[d] part
I’ve got a blue [a7] love in my [d] heart.
I’ve got an old flame in my heart
A solid-gold flame in my heart
I’m like a weepin’-willow, while we’re apart
I’ve got a blue love in my heart.
What can I do, where can I go
I never knew I loved you so;
I’ve got a blue love in my heart
What can I do love with my heart
I’m like a weepin-willow, while we’re apart
I got a blue love in my heart.

Written by Willie Nelson
In the twilight glow I see her
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain.
As we kissed good-bye and parted,
I knew we'd never meet again.
Love is like a dying ember.
Where only memories remain.
Through the ages I'll remember-
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain.
Now my hair has turned to silver.
All my life I've loved in vain.
I can see her star in heaven.
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain.
Someday when we meet up yonder,
We'll stroll hand in hand agan.
In a land that knows no parting-
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain.

(a) there’s a place I know you’ll want to go,
(d) if you’re ever feeling low,
For the (a) happiest place beneath the sun,
Is saturday night on ba - (e7) you pon (a) pon.
Oh the fiddles sing and the guitars ring,
They have no thought of care or pain,
It’s time to dance their work is done,
It’s saturday night on ba - you pon pon.
Oh sweet marie she’ll dance with me,
And such a sight you’ll never see,
Te - rese, annette and jole' - blon,
Will all be there at ba - you pon pon.
It’s a jamboree at st. landree,
They have a good time, oh yes, oui!, oui!,
They come from st. charles, st. james, st. john,
It’s saturday night on ba - you pon pon.

Recorded by Hank Williams, Sr.
Words and music by Hank Williams, Sr.
CAPO: 1st Fret/KEY: Eb/PLAY: D
On your [D] journey to the grave
[D7] Would you [G] stop and try to [D] save
Are you walkin' and a-talkin' with the [A7] Lord?
Would you [D] lend a helping hand
[D7] To some [G] poor sinner [D] man
Are you walkin' and a-[A7] talkin' with the [D] Lord?
CHORUS
Are you [D] walkin', (are you walkin')
[D7] Are you [G] talkin', (are you talkin')
Are you [D] walkin' and a-talkin' with the [A7] Lord?
Are you [D] traveling in his light
[D7] Ev'ry [G] day and ev'ry [D] night
Are you walkin' and a talkin' [A7] with the [D] Lord?
If you heart said testify, would the world hear your reply
Are you walkin' and a-talkin' with the Lord?.
Would you stand and shout His name or bow your head in shame
Are you walkin' and a-talkin' with the Lord?
CHORUS
When the time has come to go, will your robe be white as snow
Are you walkin' and a-talkin' with the Lord?
Will He take you by the hand and lead you to that promised land
Are you walkin' and a-talkin' with the Lord?
CHORUS

Words and music by Hank Williams, Sr.
We [Am] met in the springtime when blossoms unfold
The pastures were green and the [E7] meadows were [Am] gold
Our love was in flower as summer grew on
Her love like the leaves now has [E7] withered and [Am] gone.
The roses have faded, there's frost at my door
The birds in the morning don't [E7*] sing any-[Am] more
The grass in the valley is starting to die
And out in the darkness the [E7] whippoorwills [Am] cry.
Refrain
A-[F] lone and forsaken by [C] fate and by man
Oh, Lord, if You hear me please [Am] hold to my hand
Oh, [E7] please under-[Am] stand.
Oh, where has she gone to, oh, where can she be
She may have forsaken some other like me
She promised to honor, to love and obey
Each vow was a plaything that she threw away.
The darkness is falling, the sky has turned gray
A hound in the distance is starting to bey
I wonder, I wonder - what she's thinking of
Forsaken, forgotten - without any love.
Refrain

Key c all the love I ever had written and recorded by hank williams
(c) one time you know I (g7) loved you (c) true,
There was (g7) nothing I wouldn’t (c) do,
But you have treated me so (f) bad,
You killed (c) all the (g7) love I ever (c) had.
You leave me alone and run around,
You were the talk of the town,
It made you glad to see me sad,
You killed all the love I ever had.
No one knows the torture I went through,
Loving you and knowing you were untrue,
It’s over now and I’m so glad,
You killed all the love I ever had.
All these years I’ve set and cried,
A thousand times my poor soul died,
You have treated me so bad,
You killed all the love I ever had.

I got ketchup on my blue jeans, I just burnt my hand.
Lord, its hard to be a bachelor man.
I got girls that can cook, I got girls that can clean,
I got girls that can do anything in between.
I got to get ready, make everything right,
'cause all my rowdy friends are coming over tonight.
Do you want a drink. Hey do you want to party.
Hey honey this is ole Hank. Ready to get the thing started.
We cooked the pig in the ground, got some beer on ice
And all my rowdy friends are coming over tonight.
Now my party pad is out in the woods
Its long, long way from here to Hollywood,
But I got some natural queens out on the floor
And ole Miss Mississippi just walked through the door.
Got a little wirlpool just made for ten,
And you can jump out and you can jump in.
You can do anything that you want to do,
But uh uhh, don't you step on my cowboy boots.
Do you want to drink. Hey do you want to party.
Hey this is ole Hank. Ready to get your summer started.
I cooked a pig in the ground, we got some beer on ice
And all my rowdy friends are coming over tonight.
Do you want to drink, hey do you want to party.
Hey hey this is rock'n Randall Hank, ready to get the summer time started.
We cooked the pig in the ground, we got some beer on ice,
All my rowdy friends are coming over tonight.
Thats right. Come on in!

Written and recorded by hank williams (sr)
While [c] strolling thru a lovely [g7] garden
As day was drawing to a [c] close...[g7]
My [c] eyes be-[c7]-held a tragic [f] story
I [g7] saw a teardrop on a [c] rose.
It should have been a tear of gladness
But deep inside the sorrow shows
A trusting heart had just been broken
I saw a teardrop on a rose.
A sobbing tear that follows parting
Holds all the pain that sorrow knows
A false goodbye a life is shattered
There lies a story on a rose.
The tear will dry the rose will wither
When spring and winter comes and goes
I loved, I lost, my story ended
With just a teardrop on a rose.

Key of d
(d) I’m lonesome for someone, to (g) kiss me good - (d) night,
Just the way you used to (a7) do,
My (d) achin’ heart needs someone, to (g) shine love’s (d) light,
For without you, I’ll (a7) always be (d) blue.
1st chorus
(d) if I (g) don’t have you, to (d) help me along,
I (g) know I can never go (d) right,
With - (g) out you beside me, to (d) show me the way,
I’m lost, like a (a7) stranger in the (d) night.
Like a lonely dove that flies, from pine to pine,
My heart can’t be gay and light,
Like sightless eyes, that will never see the sun,
I’m lost, like a stranger in the night.
2nd chorus
There’s no need for me, to even try,
Nothin’ will turn out right,
When I lost your love, I lost the will to live,
And I’m lost, like a stranger in the night
3rd chorus
Like a broken heart, that’s lost on life’s sea,
Tho I pray with all my might,
I know I can’t face, to - morrow alone,
And I’m lost, like a stranger in the night.

Tonight down here in the valley I'm lonesome and oh how I feel
As I sit here alone in my cabin I can see your mansion on the hill
[ steel ]
Do you recall when we parted the story to me you revealed
You said you could live without love dear in your loveless mansion on the hill
[ fiddle ]
I've waited all through the years love to give you a heart true and real
Cause I know you're living in sorrow in your loveless mansion on the hill
The light shines bright from your window the trees stand so silent and still
I know you're alone with your pride dear in your loveless mansion on the hill

Recorded by: hank williams, sr.
Writer: hank williams, sr.
Capo: 4th fret/key: b/play: g
[g] for years we both have lived on pride, [d7] dear
And we agree that love is [g] gone
Why, oh why do we keep [d7] tryin’
A house without love is not a [g] home. [g7]
The [c] lovelight in your eyes has [g] faded
And I’m contented just to [d7] roam
We [g] slaved to gain a worthless [d7] treasure
A house without love is not a [g] home.
No matter where our footsteps wander
I know we’ll both be all alone
With the pride that came between us
A house without love is not a home.
The simple things have gone forever
We wanted wealth to call our own
And now we’ve reached the hour of parting
A house without love is not a home.

The preacher man says it's the end of time
And the Mississippi River she's a goin' dry
The interest is up and the Stock Markets down
And you only get mugged
If you go down town
I live back in the woods, you see
A woman and the kids, and the dogs and me
I got a shotgun rifle and a 4-wheel drive
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
I can plow a field all day long
I can catch catfish from dusk till dawn
We make our own whiskey and our own smoke too
Ain't too many things these ole boys can't do
We grow good ole tomatoes and homemade wine
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
Because you can't starve us out
And you cant makes us run
Cause one-of-'em old boys raisin ole shotgun
And we say grace and we say Ma'am
And if you ain't into that we don't give a damn
We came from the West Virginia coalmines
And the Rocky Mountains and the and the western skies
And we can skin a buck; we can run a crop line
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
I had a good friend in New York City
He never called me by my name, just hillbilly
My grandpa taught me how to live off the land
And his taught him to be a businessman
He used to send me pictures of the Broadway nights
And I'd send him some homemade wine
But he was killed by a man with a switchblade knife
For 43 dollars my friend lost his life
Id love to spit some beechnut in that dudes eyes
And shoot him with my old 45
Cause a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
Cause you can't starve us out and you can't make us run
Cause one-of-'em old boys raisin ole shotgun
And we say grace and we say Ma'am
And if you ain't into that we don't give a damn
We're from North California and south Alabam
And little towns all around this land
And we can skin a buck; we can run a crop line
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive

(E) I'M PRAYING FOR THE DAY, WHEN THE (A) WHOLE WIDE WORLD CAN SAY,
THAT THIS (E) CRUEL WAR IT IS (B7) O'ER,
AND THE (E) BOYS WHO ARE GONE, START THEIR (A) LONG JOURNEY HOME,
OH I'M (E) PRAYING FOR THE (B7) DAY WHEN PEACE WILL (E) COME.
WHEN THE BLACK CLOUDS ROLL AWAY, AND THE SKIES ARE BRIGHT AND GAY,
AND THE GUNS ARE SILENT ONCE MORE,
AND THE BOMBS NO LONGER FLY, FROM THE PLANES UP IN THE SKY,
OH I'M PRAYING FOR THE DAY WHEN PEACE WILL COME.
OH THERE'S MOTHER AND DAD, DON'T YOU KNOW THEY'LL BE SO GLAD,
TO SEE THEIR SON'S COMING HOME,
THIS OLD WORLD WILL ROCK WITH JOY, FOR THAT FREEDOM LOVING BOY,
OH I'M PRAYING FOR THE DAY WHEN PEACE WILL COME.
SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES SO DEAR, WHO HAVE WAITED FOR THAT YEAR,
FOR THEIR LOVED ONES TO RETURN,
THIS OLD WORLD WILL BE SO GAY, ON THAT GREAT AND HAPPY DAY,
OH I'M PRAYING FOR THE DAY WHEN PEACE WILL COME.

I was ridin' Number Nine,
Headin' south from Caroline.
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.
Got in trouble, had to roam,
Left my gal an' left my home.
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.
Just a kid, actin' smart,
I went and broke my darling's heart,
I guess I was too young to know.
They took me off the Georgia Main,
Locked me to a ball and chain.
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.
All alone I bear the shame,
I'm a number, not a name.
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.
All I do is set [sic] an' cry
When the evenin' train goes by.
I heard that lonesome whistle blow.
I'll be locked here in this cell
Till my body's just a shell
An' my hair turns whiter than snow.
I'll never see that gal of mine.
Lord, I'm in Georgia doin' time.

Take these chains from my heart and set me free
You’re grow cold and no longer care for me
All my faith in you is gone but the heartaches linger on
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
Take these tears from my eyes and let me see
Just a spark of the love that use to be
If you love somebody new let me me find a new love too
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
Give my heart just a word of sympathy
Be as fair to my heart as you can be
Then if you no longer care for the love being there
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
You’re grow cold and no longer care for me
All my faith in you is gone but the heartaches linger on
Take these chains from my heart and set me free

You wore out a brand new trunk
Packin' and un-packin' your junk
Your daddy's mad, he's done got peeved
You're gonna change or I'm a-gonna leave
You're gonna change your way of livin', change the things you do
Stop doin' all the things that you oughten too
Your daddy's mad, he's done got peeved
You're gonna change or I'm a-gonna leave
This ain't right and that is wrong
You just keep naggin', all the day long
Its gotta stop, I don't mean please
Now, you're gonna change or I'm a-gonna leave
The way to keep a woman happy and make her do what's right
Is love her every mornin', bawl her out at night
Your daddy's mad, he's done got peeved
Now, you're gonna change or I'm a-gonna leave
Every time you get mad
You pack your rags and go back to dad
You tell him lies, he don't believe
Now, you're gonna change or I'm a-gonna leave
You're gonna change your way of livin', change the things you do
Stop doin' all the things that you oughten too
Your daddy's mad, he's done got peeved

What's the use to deny we've been livin' a lie
That we should have admitted before
We were just victims of a half hearted love
So why should we try anymore?
The vows that we make are only to break
We drift like a wave from the shore
The kisses we steal we know are not real
So why should we try anymore?
The dreams that we knew can never come true
They?re gone to return no more
False love like ours fades with the flowers
So why should we try anymore?
Our story?s so old, again has been told
On the past let?s close the door
And smile, don?t regret but live and forget

I have the invitation that you sent me
You wanted me to see you change your name
I couldn't stand to see you wed another
But dear, I hope you're happy just the same
Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel
That should be ringing out for you and me
Down the aisle with someone else you're walking
Those wedding bells will never ring for me
I planned a little cottage in the valley
I even bought a little band of gold
I thought some day I'd place it on your finger
But now the future looks so dark and cold
Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel
I hear the children laughing out with glee
At home alone I hang my head in sorrow
Oh, wedding bells will never ring for me
I fancy that I see a bunch of roses
A blossom from an orange tree in your hair
While the organ plays 'I love you truly'
Please let me pretend that I am there
Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel
Ever since the day you set me free
I knew someday that you would wed another

Oh, don?t you know that
Jesus died to wash your sins away
Oh, please heed His call, in sin don?t fall
We?re getting closer to the grave each day
We?re getting closer to the grave each day
Mortal man, won?t you stop now and pray
Leave the road of sin alone, let Jesus lead you home
We?re getting closer to the grave each day
They nailed His hands, they pierced His sides
On His head the thorns did lay
Be prepared to go, one thing we know
We're getting closer to the grave each day
On the judgment day, when the book is read
There'll be no use to pray
So each day you live, love and forgive

We live in two different worlds, dear
That's why we're so far apart
You made your world out of vows that are broken
I built a world in my heart
Everyone here tried to warn me
You were just playing a game
I told them all, we were meant for each other
I thought our worlds were the same
If you stay over in your world
Oh, how my poor heart will pine
Darling, someday when your memories wander
Won't you come over in mine
We live in two different worlds, dear
My world is honest and true
Sweetheart, remember when your world gets lonesome

Too many parties and too many pals
Will break your heart someday
Too many boyfriends and sociable sals
Will drive your sweetheart away
Gentlemen of the jury the judge's speech began
The scene was a crowded courtroom and the judge a sterned old man
This prisoner here before you is a social enemy
A lady of the evening and you know the penalty
Her eyes reflect the nightlife, her cheeks they're red with paint
But I knew her mother gentlemen, why her mother was a saint
Now, I know that she's not like her and yet she might have been
If it hadn't been for pettin' parties, cigarettes and gin
We took the night life off the streets and brought into our own homes
While girls beat time with lipstick and the streaks of saxophones
We opened up the underworld to the ones we loved so well
So tell me gentlemen is it right to send her to a cell?
If she drinks while you taught her and if she smokes you showed her how
So gentlemen do you think it's right to condemn her now?
And when you're in that juryroom just remember there and then
That for every fallen woman why, there's a hundred fallen men
And before you render a verdict on what this girl has done
Just remember there's a man to blame and that man might be your son
Now, gentlemen that's my story my testimony stands
This girl is my own daughter and the case is in your hands
Those Broadway roses and prevalent sounds

You were there in my arms, alone in the moonlight
The trees played the waltz of the wind
It was there I knew I?d love you forever
As we danced to the waltz of the wind
The stars up above you, look down in your eyes
And there, [Incomprehensible] I knew
So, I?ll say goodbye dear, till tomorrow
Till we dance to the waltz of the wind
You were there in my arms, alone in the moonlight
The trees played the waltz of the wind
It was there I knew I?d love you forever
As we danced to the waltz of the wind
The stars up above you, look down in your eyes
And there in the moonlight I knew
So, I?ll say goodbye dear, till tomorrow

If you will listen, a song I will sing
About my daddy who drove a log train
Way down in the southland, in old Alabam
We lived in a place that they call Chapmantown.
An late in the evening, when the sun was low
Way off in the distance you could hear the train blow
The folks would come runnin', an moma would say
Get the supper on the table, here comes the log train.
Every mornin', at the break of day
He'd grab his lunchbucket, an be on his way
Winter or summer, sunshine or rain
Every mornin', He'd run that ole log train.
Sweatin' an swearin' all day long
Shoutin' get up there oxen, keep movin' along
Load her up boys, cause it looks like rain
I've gotta get rollin', this ole log train.
This story happened, a long time ago
The log train is silent, God called dad to go
But when I get ta heaven, ta always remain

There's a mighty battle coming and it's well now on it's way
It'll be fought at Armageddon, it shall be a sad, sad day
In the Book of Revelation, words in Chapter 16 say
"There'll be gathered there, great armies for that battle on that day"
All the way from the gates of Eden to the battle of Armageddon
There's been troubles and tribulation, there'll be sorrow and despair
He has said, "Ye not be troubled for these things shall come to pass"
Then your life will be eternal when you dwell with Him at last
Turn the pages of your Bible, in St. Matthew you will see
Start with Chapter 24 and read from 1 to 33
In our Savior's blessed words he said on earth, he prophesied
For he spoke of this great battle that is coming by and by
All the way from the gates of Eden to the battle of Armageddon
There's been trials and tribulations, there'll be sorrow and despair
He has said, "Ye not be troubled for these things shall come to pass"
Then your life will be eternal when you dwell with Him at last
There'll be nation against nation, there'll be war and rumor of war
There'll be great signs in Heaven, in the sun, the moon, the stars
Oh, the hearts of been shall fail them, there'll be gnashing of the teeth
Those who seek it will receive it, mercy at the Savior's feet
All the way from the gates of Eden to the battle of Armageddon
There's been troubles and tribulation, there'll be sorrow and despair
He has said, "Ye not be troubled for these things shall come to pass"

In the great book of John you're warned of the day
When you'll be laid beneath the cold clay
The angel of death will come from the sky
And claim your poor soul when the time comes to die
When the angel of death comes down after you
Can you smile and say that you have been true
Can you truthfully say with your dying breath
That you're ready to meet the angel of death
When the lights all grow dim and the dark shadows creep
And then your loved ones are gathered to weep
Can you face them and say with your dying breath
That you're ready to meet the angel of death
When the angel of death comes down after you
Can you smile and say that you have been true
Can you truthfully say with your dying breath

There's a road that's straight and narrow
That the saints have traveled on
Paved with all the tribulations
Of the martyrs that have gone
If you're grateful for their victory
And for showin' us the way
Then give thanks for all your blessin's
Get on your knees and pray
Thank God for every flower and each tree
Thank God for all the mountains and the seas
Thank God for givin' life to you and me
Wherever you may be, thank God
In this world of grief and sorrow
Filled with selfishness and greed
There remains the glory fountain
To supply our every need
You can find it in the temple
With a welcome on the door
But be sure to count your blessin's
Before you ask for more
Thank God for every flower and each tree
Thank God for all the mountains and the seas
Thank God for givin' life to you and me
Wherever you may be, thank God
Be forgivin' to the wayward
Like the Master told us to
When He said, "Forgive them father
For they know not what they do"
They would change their way of livin'
If they could but understand
So remember they're your brothers
They need a helpin' hand
Thank God for every flower and each tree
Thank God for all the mountains and the seas
Thank God for givin' life to you and me

Her eyes were blue, her hair was auburn
Her smile was like an angel fair
She was her daddy's only daughter
On the Tennessee border
One night I took a ride just across the line
I picked her up in a pickup truck and she broke this heart of mine
Her mama said, "No, she's my only daughter"
But we got married on the Tennessee border
The roses were bloomin' there on the border
The moon was shinin' there
Her personality made me want her
On the Tennessee border
One night I took a ride just across that line
I picked her up in a pickup truck and she broke that heart of mine
Her mama said, "No, she's my only daughter"
But we got married on the Tennessee border
One night I took a ride just across the line
I picked her up in a pickup truck and she broke this heart of mine
Her mama said, "No, she's my only daughter"

Oh, the rain is slowly fallin'
And my heart is so sore
Six more miles and leave my darling
Never on this earth to meet no more
Six more miles to the graveyard
Six more miles, long and sad
Six more miles and leave my darling
Leave the best friend, I ever had
Oh, I hear the train a-comin'
Bringin' my darlin' back home
Six more miles to the graveyard
And I'll be left here all alone
Six more miles to the graveyard
Six more miles, long and sad
Six more miles and leave my darling
Leave the best friend, I ever had
Six more miles to the graveyard
Six more miles, long and sad
Six more miles and leave my darling

There's a singing waterfall
In the mountains far away
That's where I long to be
At the close of everyday
That's where my sweetheart's sleepin'
Down beneath the clay
I often sit and wonder why
The Lord took her away
We'd meet there every evening
When the sun was sinkin' low
And we'd listen to the waters
As they rippled soft and low
And since she's gone to Heaven
I miss her most of all
Tonight my darlin's sleepin'
By the singing waterfall
Last night as I lay dreamin'
I heard my darlin' call
And then I went to meet her
By the singing waterfall
She took me in her arms
Just like she used to do
And then I heard her whisper
"We'll meet beyond the blue"
We'd meet there every evening
When the sun was sinkin' low
And we'd listen to the waters
As they rippled soft and low
And since she's gone to Heaven
I miss her most of all
Tonight my darlin's sleepin'

Rockin' chair money
Now I got rockin' chair money
But I got it the hard, hard way
I fought in every battle
From the start to the VJ day
And now I'll rock, yeah, rock
Oh baby, rock, rock on down the line
Now some folks seem to be jealous
Some don't seem to care
But I got rockin' chair money, honey
To rock on away from here
'Cause I love to rock, yeah, rock
Baby, rock, rock on down the line
I rocked away out on the ocean
I rocked from here and there
My baby stepped out while I was gone
Now she don't get my rockin' chair
'Cause I love to rock, yeah, rock
Baby, rock, rock on down the line
I'll soon get my big check, baby
And then we'll have some fun
This rockin' chair money, honey
Is better than totin' a gun
'Cause I love to rock, yeah, rock
Baby, rock, let's rock on down the line
Now honey, let's go honky-tonkin'
Let's honky-tonk all night
Let's lollygag and smooch and love
And do it all upright
'Cause I love to rock, yeah, rock

I could settle down
and be doin' just fine
'til I hear that old freight
comin' down the line
Then I hurry straight
home and pack and if i didn't go
I'd be 'bout lose my stack
I love you baby, but you gotta understand
When the Lord made me, he made a ramblin' man
Some folks might say that I'm no good
that I wouldn't settle down if i could
but when that open road starts callin' me
there's somethin' o'er the hill that i got to see
Sometimes it's hard, but you gotta understand
when the lord made me, he made a ramblin' man
Let me travel this land
from the mountains to the sea
'cause that's the life I believe
He meant for me
And when I'm gone and at my grave you stand

When I agree with you baby it makes you mad
And when I don't it makes you sad
When I argue back you pack and leave
And when I don't you pout in grieve
There just ain't nobody knows what I go through
Will you please make up your mind what you want me to do?
You say get out and I'd better stay gone
Then you have a big policeman drag me back home
You holler good and loud, put him in the calaboose
Then you cry and ask the judge won't you please turn him loose?
The good Lord only knows what I go through
Will you please make up your mind what you want me to do?
My life with you baby has been one hard knock
Lord my head looks like an old chop block
And I'll tell you right now, honey, that ain't all
You done kicked me till I feel like a used football
There just ain't nobody knows what I go through
Will you please make up your mind what you want me to do?
You knock me down and then you pick me up
Honey, do you have to love so doggone rough?
I wish to my soul you'd slow down the pace
'Cause I tell you right now the hide's gettin' scarce
There just ain't nobody knows what I go through
Will you please make up your mind what you want me to do?
Why when I married you you were such a meek little thing
But honey among tigers you'd be queen
If a poor little rabbit had you on his side
Every hound in the country would crawl off and hide
There just ain't nobody knows what I go through
Would you please make up your mind

If the wife and I are fussin', brother that's our right
'Cause me and that sweet woman's got a license to fight
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 the nosiest thing
She picks up her receiver when she knows it's my ring
Why don't you mind your own business? Mind your own business
Well, if you mind your business then you won't be mindin' mine
I got a little gal that wears her hair up high
The boys all whistle when she walks bye
Why don't you mind your own business? Mind your own business
Well, if you mind your business then you sure won't be mindin' mine
If I want a honky-tonk around 'til two or three
Now, brother that's my headache, don't you worry 'bout me
Just mind your own business, mind your own business
If you mind your business then you won't be mindin' mine
Mindin' other people's business seems to be high-toned
I got all that I can do just to mind my own
Why don't you mind your own business? Mind your own business

Low and lonely sad and blue
Thinking only of little you
Always trying to keep from crying
I'm low and lonely over you
Do you miss me? Say you do
Tell me darlin', tell me true
Do you yearn dear will you return dear?
I'm low and lonely over you
Low and lonely, weary, too
You're the only, true love I knew
Don't be long, dear, you know it's wrong, dear
I'm low and lonely over you
Low and lonely sad and blue
Thinking only of little you
Always trying to keep from crying

Kaw-liga was a wooden Indian standing by the door.
He fell in love with an Indian maiden over in the antique store.
Kaw-liga just stood there and never let it show,
So she could never answer "yes" or "no."
CHORUS:
Poor ol' Kaw-liga, he never got a kiss.
Poor ol' Kaw-liga, he don't know what he missed.
Is it any wonder that his face is red?
Kaw-liga, that poor ol' wooden head.
He always wore his Sunday feathers and held a tomahawk.
The maiden wore her beads and braids and hoped some day he'd talk.
Kaw-liga, too stubborn to ever show a sign,
Because his heart was made of knotty pine.
Kaw-liga was a lonely Indian, never went nowhere.
His heart was set on the Indian maid with the coal black hair.
Kaw-liga just stood there and never let it show,
So she could never answer "yes" or "no."
And then one day a wealthy customer bought the Indian maid,
And took her, oh, so far away, but ol' Kaw-liga stayed.
Kaw-liga just stands there as lonely as can be,

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill,
He sounds too blue to fly.
The midnight train is whining low,
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
I've never seen a night so long
When time goes crawling by.
The moon just went behind a cloud
To hide its face and cry.
Did you ever see a robin weep,
When leaves began to die?
That means he's lost the will to live,
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
The silence of a falling star
Lights up a purple sky.
And as I wonder where you are

I just don't like this kind of livin'
I'm tired of doin' all the givin'
I give my all and sit and yearn
And get no lovin' in return
And I just don't like this kind of livin'
Why do we stay together
We always fuss and fight
You ain't never known to be wrong
And I ain't never been right
Tell me where you think we're goin'
'Cause I ain't got no way of knowin'
When things go wrong, you go your way
You leave me here to pay and pay
And I just don't like this kind of livin'
I just don't like the things you're doin'
Your evil heart will be your ruin
When things start runnin' smooth and free
You haul right off and you pick on me
And I just don't like this way of livin'
They say the road of love is long
It's rocky and it's rough
But if this road don't start to get smooth
I've traveled it long enough
Why don't you act a little older
And get that chip off of your shoulder
I've told you once, now I'll tell you twice
You better start to treat me nice

I've just been to heaven with someone so true
I dreamed about mama last night
She read me the Bible like she used to do
I dreamed about mama last night
She never close her eyes and sleep till we were all in bed
And on party nights till we came home she often sat and read
We little thought about it then for we were young and gay
Just how much mama worried when we children were away
We only knew she never slept when we were out at night
That she waited just to know that we'd all come home alright
Why sometimes when we'd stay away till one or two or three
It seemed to us that mama heard the turnin' of the key
For always when we'd step aside she'd call and we'd reply
But we were all too young back then to understand the reason why
Until the last one had returned she'd always keep a light
For mama couldn't sleep until she kissed us all goodnight
She had to know that we were safe before she went to rest
Well she seemed to fear that the world might harm
The ones that she loved the best
And once she told me when you're grown to women and to men
Perhaps I'll sleep the whole night through I may be different then
And so it seemed that night and day we knew a mother's care
That always when we got back home we'd find her waitin' there
Then came the night that we were called together round her bed
The children are all with you now the kindly doctor said
And in her eyes the gleam again that old time tender light
That told that she's just been waitin' to know we were alright
She smiled that old familiar smile and prayed to God to keep
Her children safe from harm throughout the years
And then she went to sleep
My dream is a treasure that I'll always keep

Did you ever sit straight up in bed
With somethin' circlin' around your head?
And you swot at it as it whizzes by
And it's just one pesky little fly
You shake your head and you twitch your nose
And settle down to sweet repose
Then when you're just about the dose, fly trouble
Buzz buzz buzz
Goes that busy little fly
Buzz buzz buzz
He's takin' off and high
You roll a paper an' nice and tight
And you wait around for him to light
But there's a fly just livin' right
Buzz buzz buzz
Now the toughest hide grows on the mule
'Cause he's a balky stubborn fool
Well, he likes to look at you and glare
An' never even move a hare
But when his muscles start to twitch
And when his tail begins to switch
That mule ain't bothered with the itch, fly trouble
Buzz buzz buzz
Goes that busy little pest
Buzz buzz buzz
That mule can't get no rest
He shakes his head and bats his eye
And kicks his heels up to the sky
Did you ever see a jazz that cry
Buzz buzz buzz
Now you pick a perfect night in June
When flowers are bloomin' 'neath the moon
Your light of love is burnin' bright
And you tell yourself tonight's the night
You brace yourself and your courage grows
And you're on your knees where you propose
When something bites you on the nose, fly trouble
Buzz buzz buzz
Goes that busy little thing
Buzz buzz buzz
You swot and lose the ring
You fan the air as he goes by
And stick your finger in your eye
Hit every thing except that fly

I went to the country just the other day
To see my uncle Bill and sorta pass the time away
I asked him how he'd been since last, I'd passed his way
He rubbed his chin, here's what he had to say
My wife's been sick, the young ones, too
And I'm darn near down with the flu
The cow's gone dry and them hens won't lay
But we're still a-livin', so everything's okay
The hogs took the cholera and they've all done died
The bees got mad and they left the hive
The weevils got the corn and the rain rotted the hay
But we're still a-livin', so everything's okay
The porch rotted down that's more expense
The darned old mule he tore down the fence
The mortgage is due and I can't pay
But we're still a-livin', so everything's okay
The cow broke in the field and eat up the beans
The darn rabbits they got the turnip greens
And my ma-in-law just moved in to stay
But we're still a-livin', so everything's okay
My land's so poor so hard and yeller
You have to set on a sack of fertilizer to raise an umbreller
And it rains out here nearly every day
But we're still a-livin', so everything's okay
The wells gone dry and I have to tote the water
Up from the spring about a mile and a quarter
My helper, he quit for the lack of pay
But we're still a-livin', so everything's okay
The house it leaks it needs a new top
When it rains it wets everything we got
The chimney fell down just yesterday
But we're still a-livin', so everything's okay
The corn meals gone and the meat's run out
Got nothin' to kill to put in the smokehouse
The preacher's comin' Sunday to spend the day
But we're still a-livin', so everything's okay
The canned stuffs spoiled else the jar's got broke
And all we got left is one old Billy goat
We're gonna have a new baby about the first of may
But we're still a-livin', so everything's okay
My crop it rotted in the ground
I asked for another loan but the banker turned me down
But we're still a-livin' and we're prayin' for better days

Dear Brother, Mama left us this morning
Death's angels took her away
She's gone to meet Daddy up there in Heaven
But we'll meet again someday
She left this world with a smile on her face
Whispering the Saviour's name
Dear Brother, Mama left us this morning
For the city where there is no pain
As I stood by her bedside, those last few moments
I lived my childhood again
I thought of you, Brother and of the old homestead
And my tears, they fell like rain
She left this world with a smile on her face
Whispering the Saviour's name
Dear Brother, Mama left us this morning

I tried so hard, my dear, to show that you're my every dream
Yet you're afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme
A memory from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart?
Another love before my time made your heart sad and blue
And so my heart is paying now for things I didn't do
In anger unkind words are said that make the teardrops start
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart?
You'll never know how much it hurts to see you sit and cry
You know you need and want my love, yet you're afraid to try
Why do you run and hide from life to try it just ain't smart?
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart?
There was a time when I believed that you belonged to me
But now I know your heart is shackled to a memory
The more I learn to care for you the more we drift apart

Well, a Cherokee chief as he dances along
He does an Indian boogie to a white man's song
Singin' hey ho a lina, hey ho a lina
A well a hey ho a lina, wup wup a witten a yeah
Well, he dances over here and he dances over there
And he keeps on a dancin' everywhere
Singin' hey ho a lina, hey ho a lina
A well a hey ho a lina, wup wup a witten a yeah
Well, he dances on the hill and he dances on the rock
But he keep on shakin' that tomahawk
Singin' hey ho a lina, hey ho a lina
A well a hey ho a lina, wup wup a witten a yeah
Well, he sings to the hills and he sings to the clouds
And he keep on singin' so big and proud
A now hey ho a lina, hey ho a lina
A well a hey ho a lina, wup wup a witten a yeah
He's a Cherokee cheif as a you might know
And he keeps on sittin' singing nuven-yo
A now hey ho a lina, hey ho a lina
A well a hey ho a lina, wup wup a witten a yeah
Well, a Cherokee chief as he dances along
He does an Indian boogie to a white man's song
Singin' hey ho a lina, hey ho a lina

Should you go first and I remain to walk the road alone
I'll live in memory's garden dear with happy days we've known
In spring I'll wait for roses red, when fades the lilacs bloom
And in early fall when brown leaves fall, I'll catch a glimpse of you
Should you go first and I remain, for battles to be fought
Each thing you've touched along the way, will be a hallowed spot
I'll hear your voice I'll see your smile though blindly I may grope
The memory of your helping hand will buoy me on with hope
Beyond the sunset, oh blissful morning
When with our savior, heaven is begun
Earth's toiling ended, oh glory dawning
Beyond the sunset when day is done
Should you go first and I remain, to finish with the scroll
No lessening shadows shall ever creep in to make this life seem droll
We've known so much of happiness, we've had our cup of joy
And memory is one gift of God that death cannot destroy
I want to know each step you take that I may walk the same
For someday down that lonely road, you'll hear me call your name
Should you go first and I remain, one thing I'll have you do
Walk slowly down that long long path, for soon I'll follow you
In that fair homeland, we'll know no parting

A tongue can accuse or carry bad news;
The seeds of distrust it will sow.
So unless you have made no mistakes in your life,
Be careful of stones that you throw.
A neighbor was passing my garden one time;
She smiled and I knew right away
That it was gossip not flowers that she had on her mind,
And this is what I heard my neighbor say:
"That bad girl down the street, she should be run from our midst.
She drinks and she talks quite a lot.
She knows not to speak to my child nor to me."
My neighbor then smiled, and I thought . . .
A tongue can accuse or carry bad news;
The seeds of distrust it will sow.
So unless you have made no mistakes in your life,
Be careful of stones that you throw.
The car speeded by, the screaming of brakes
A sound that made my blood chill,
For my neighbor's one child had been pulled from the path
And saved by a girl lying still.
Her child was unhurt and my neighbor cried out,
"Oh, who is that brave girl so sweet?"
I covered the crushed, broken body and said,
"That bad girl down the street."
A tongue can accuse or carry bad news;
The seeds of distrust it will sow.
So unless you have made no mistakes in your life,

In the world's mighty gallery of pictures
Hang the scenes that're painted from life
There's pictures of love and of passion
And there's pictures of keys and of strife
There hung pictures of youth and of beauty
Of old age and a blushing young bride
They all hung on the wall but the saddest of all
Are the pictures from life's other side
Just a picture from life's other side
Someone has fell by the way
A life has gone out with the tide
That might have been happy some day
There's a poor old mother at home
She's watching and waiting alone
Just longing to hear from a loved one so dear
Just a picture from life's other side
The first scene is that of a gambler
Who had lost all of his money at play
And he drowses dead mother's ring from his finger
Which she wore long ago on her wedding day
It's his last earthly treasure but he stakes it
Then bows his head that his shame he might hide
But when they lifted his head they found he was dead
That's just a picture from life's other side
Now the last scene is that by the river
Of a heartbroken mother and baby
As the harbor lights shine and they shiver
On an outcast, soon no one will save
And yet she was once a true woman
She was somebody's darling and pride
God help her she leaps, oh there's no one to weep

People steal, they cheat and lie
For wealth and what it will buy
But don't they know on the judgment day
That gold and silver will melt away
I'd rather be in a deep, dark grave
And know that my poor soul was saved
Than to live in this world in a house of gold
And deny my God and doom my soul
What good is gold and silver, too
If your heart's not good and true
Sinner hear me when I say
Fall down on your knees and pray
For I'd rather be in a deep, dark grave
And know that my poor soul was saved
Than to live in this world in a house of gold

Around me many are building
Homes of beauty and wealth
But what of a home in heaven
Where will you live after death
Are you building a home in heaven
To live in when this life is o'er
Will you move to that beautiful city
And live with Christ ever more
Long is the road that leads you
To that beautiful home up there
Is work on your home completed
Death may be lingering near
Are you building a home in heaven
To live in when this life is o'er
Will you move to that beautiful city
And live with Christ ever more
Are you ready for his coming
Have you been true all along
Have you finished your building in glory
Will you move to this heavenly home
Are you building a home in heaven
To live in when this life is o'er
Will you move to that beautiful city

Oh the rain is slowly falling and my heart is so sore
Six more miles and leave my darling never on this earth to meet no more
Six more miles to the graveyard six more miles long and sad
Six more miles and leave my darling leave the best friend I ever had
[ fiddle ]
Oh I hear the train a coming bringing my darling back home
Six more miles to the graveyard and I'll be left here all alone
Six more miles...
[ steel ]
Six more miles...

Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Words and music by hank williams, sr.
1st verse:
[e] the [b7] news is [e] out - all over [a] town
That you’ve been [e] seen - a-runnin’ [b7] ’round
I know that [e] I - should leave, but [a] then
I just can’t [e] go - you [b7] win a- [e] gain.
1st bridge:
This heart of [a] mine - could never [e] see
What ev’rybod - y knew but [b7] me
Just trusting [e] you - was my great [a] sin
What can I [e] do - you [b7] win a- [e] gain.
2nd verse:
I’m sorry for - your victim now
’cause soon his head - like mine will bow
He’ll give his heart - but all in vain
And someday say - you win again.
2nd bridge:
You have no heart - you have no shame
You take true love - and give the blame
I guess that I - should not complain
I love you still - you win again.

Your cheatin heart,
Will make you weep,
You'll cry and cry,
And try to sleep,
But sleep wont come,
The whole night through,
Your cheatin heart, will tell on you...
When tears come down,
Like falling rain,
You'll toss around,
And call my name,
You'll walk the floor,
The way i do,
Your cheatin heart, will tell on you...
Your cheatin heart,
Will pine some day,
And crave the love,
You threw away,
The time will come,
When you'll be blue,
Your cheatin heart, will tell on you...
When tears come down,
Like falling rain,
You'll toss around,
And call my name,
You'll walk the floor,
The way i do,
Your cheatin heart, will tell on you...

Written and recorded by Hank Williams Sr.
The [G] ceremony was [C] over
A [D7] lad stood alone in [G] tears
For he had just [C] said goodbye
To the [D7] one he had loved thru the [G] years.
He stood all alone with his head bowed down
As though his heart would break
Then the Parson came over and took his hand
And to him these words he did say.
CHORUS
When [G] God comes and gathers his [C] jewels
All his [D7] treasures of diamonds and [G] gold
You'll meet her up there in [C] heaven so fair
When [D7] God comes and gathers his [G] jewels.
(Substitute I'll meet her.....on last chorus)
Each night when the pale moon is shining
You can see this lad all alone
With his eyes lifted to'ard heaven
He's repeating these words he was told.
CHORUS

The struggle for life would soon be over
A young man on his deathbed lay
Here is his head in dying anger
And this what I heard him say
Take this message to my mother
It will fill her heart with joy
Tell her that I've met my Saviour
God has saved her wandering boy
The tears and sorrow I have caused her
How I wish I could repay
But tell her I'll be waiting for her
We'll meet in Heaven some glad day
Take this message to my mother
It will fill her heart with joy
Tell her that I've met my Saviour
God has saved her wandering boy
How she cried when I left her
I know it filled her heart with pain
She said, "Son, please don't leave me
For we may never meet again"
Take this message to my mother
It will fill her heart with joy
Tell her that I've met my Saviour
God has saved her wandering boy
Years have passed since that parting
But I know she waits and prays
Soon I'll cross that dark river
Please let her know that I was saved
Take this message to my mother
It will fill her heart with joy
Tell her that I've met my Saviour

Comb your hair and paint and powder you act proud and I'll act prouder
You sing loud and I'll sing louder tonight we're settin' the woods on fire
You're my gal and I'm your feller dress up in your frock of yeller
I'll look swell but you'll look sweller settin' the woods on fire
We'll take in all the honky tonks tonight we're havin' fun
We'll show the folks a brand new dance that never has been done
I don't care who thinks we're silly you'll be daffy and I'll be dilly
We'll order up two bowls of chili settin' the woods on fire
[ steel - fiddle ]
I'll gas up my hot rod stoker we'll get hotter than a poker
You'll be broke but I'll be broker tonight we're settin' the woods on fire
We'll sit close to one another up one street and down the other
We'll have us a time oh brother settin' the woods on fire
We'll put aside a little time to fix a flat or two
My tires and tubes are doin' fine but the air is showin' through
You clap hands and I'll start bowin' we'll do all the laws allowin'
Tomorrow I'll be right back plowin' settin' the woods on fire

In the world's mighty gallery of pictures hang the scenes that're painted from life
There hang pictures of love and of passion and there's pictures of sorrow and strife
There hung pictures of youth and of beauty of old age and a blushing young bride
They all hung on the wall but the saddest of all are the pictures from life's other side
Just a picture from life's other side someone has fell by the way
A life has gone out with the tide that might have been happy some day
There's a poor old mother at home she's watching and waiting alone
Just longing to hear from a loved one so dear just a picture from life's other side
The first scene is that of a gambler who had lost all his money at play
Needs all his dead mother's ring from her finger
The one that she wore long ago on her wedding day
It's his last earthly treasure but he stakes it
Then he bows his head that his shame he might hide
But when they lifted his head they found he was dead
It's just a picture from life's other side
Now the last scene is that by the river of a heartbroken mother and babe
As the harbor lights shine and they shiver on an outcast whom no one will save
And yet she was once a true woman she was somebody's darling and pride
God help her she leaps for there's no one to weep
It's just a picture from life's other side

Written and recorded by Hank Wiliams Sr.
[C] Listen to ---the rain a-fallin'
Can't you hear ---that lonesome sound [C7]
Oh, my [F] poor ---old heart is [C] breakin'
'Cause my sweet ---love [G7] ain't a-[C] round.
Lord, I think ---I'll start to ramble
Got to leave ---this weary town
This old place ---is way too lonely
'Cause my sweet ---love ain't around.
On that train ---tonight I'm leavin'
And don't ask me ---where I'm bound
I can't stay ---here any longer
'Cause my sweet ---love ain't around.
(Two additional verses not on record)
Mem-o-ries ---come back to haunt me
My dream house ---has done fell down
This old world ---is dark around me
'Cause my sweet ---love ain't around.
Something tells ---me that I'm losing
'Cause these weary ---blues I've found
Oh, my bab- ---y left this morning
Lord, my sweet ---love ain't around.

Tonight my head is bowed in sorrow
I can't keep the tears from my eyes
My son calls another man daddy
The right to his love I've been denied.
CHORUS
My son calls another man daddy
He'll ne'er know my name nor my face
God only knows how it hurts me
For another to be in my place.
Each night I laid there in prison
I pictured a future so bright
For he was the one ray of sunshine
That shone through the darkest of nights.
CHORUS
My son calls another man daddy
He'll ne'er know my name nor my face
God only knows how it hurts me
For another to be in my place.
Today his mother shares a new love
She just couldn't stand my disgrace
My son calls another man daddy
And longs for the love he can't replace.
CHORUS
My son calls another man daddy
He'll ne'er know my name nor my face
God only knows how it hurts me
For another to be in my place.
CHORUS
My son calls another man daddy
He'll ne'er know my name nor my face
God only knows how it hurts me
For another to be in my place.

Recorded by Hank Williams, Sr.
Words and music by Clarence Williams
CAPO: 2nd FRET/KEY: E/PLAY: D
FIRST CHORUS
INTRO: [D] ...[A7] ...[D] ... [D7]
Yea! My Bucket's Got A [G] Hole In It
Yea! My Bucket's Got A [D] Hole In It
Yea! My Bucket's Got A [A7] Hole In It
I can't buy no [D] beer.
Well I'm standin' on a [G] corner - With a bucket in my [D] hand
I'm waitin' for a [A7] woman - That ain't got no [D] man.
2ND CHORUS
'Cause My Bucket's Got A [G] Hole In It
Yea! My Bucket's Got A [D] Hole In It
Yea! My Bucket's Got A [A7] Hole In It
I can't buy no [D] beer.
Well, I went upon the [G] mountain - I looked down in the [D] sea
I seen the crabs and the [A7] fishes - Doin' the be-bop-[D] bee.
2ND CHORUS
Well, there ain't no [G] use - of me workin' so [D] hard
When I got a [A7] woman - in the boss man's [D] yard.
2ND CHORUS
Extra verse.
Well, me and my baby - we just bought a Ford
And now we sit together - on the running board.
1ST CHORUS

I'm a rolling stone, all alone and lost,
For a life of sin, I have paid the cost.
When I pass by, all the people say
"Just another guy on the lost highway."
Just a deck of cards and a jug of wine
And a woman's lies make a life like mine.
Oh, the day we met, I went astray,
I started rollin' down that lost highway.
I was just a lad, nearly twenty-two,
Neither good nor bad, just a kid like you,
And now I'm lost, too late to pray,
Lord, I've paid the cost on the lost highway.
Now, boys, don't start your ramblin' round,
On this road of sin or you're sorrow bound.
Take my advice or you'll curse the day

You'll meet many just like me upon life's busy street
With shoulders stooped and heads bowed low and eyes that stare in defeat
Or souls that live within the past where sorrow plays all parts
Where a living death is all that's left for men with broken hearts
You have no right to be the judge to criticize and condemn
Just think but for the grace of God it would be you instead of him
One careless step a thoughtless deed and then the misery starts
And to those who weep death comes cheap these men with broken hearts
Oh so humble you should be when they come passing by
For it's written that the greatest men never get too big to cry
Some lose faith in love and life when sorrow shoots her darts
And with hope all gone they walk alone these men with broken hearts
You've never walked in that man's shoes or saw things through his eyes
Or stood and watched with helpless hands while the heart inside you dies
Some were propers some were kings and some were masters of the arts
But in their shame they're all the same these men with broken hearts
Life sometimes can be so cruel that a heart will pray for death
God why must these living dead know pain with every breath
So help your brother along the road no matter where he starts
For the God that made you made them too these men with broken hearts

Recorded by Hank Williams, Sr.
Words and music by Hank Williams, Sr.
CAPO: 2nd FRET KEY: E PLAY: D
Like a [D] bird that's [D7] lost its mate in [G] flight
I'm a-[A7] lone and oh, so blue to-[D] night
Like a piece of [D7] driftwood on the [G] sea
May you [A7] never be alone like [D] me.
I believed the [D7] lies you told to [G] me
When you [A7] whispered, "Dear, I worship [D] thee!"
Now here am [D7] I alone and [G] blue
All be-[A7] cause I loved no one but [D] you.
I gave up my [D7] friends, I left my [G] home
When you [A7] promised to be mine a-[D] lone
Now you're gone, our [D7] love could never [G] be
May you [A7] never be alone like [D] me.
In the bible, [D7] God's own words do [G] say
For [A7] ev'ry wrong some day you'll [D] pay
I pray the [D7] Lord to set me [G] free
May you [A7] never be alone like [D] me.

Tonight down here in the valley I'm lonesome and oh how I feel
As I sit here alone in my cabin I can see your mansion on the hill
[ steel ]
Do you recall when we parted the story to me you revealed
You said you could live without love dear in your loveless mansion on the hill
[ fiddle ]
I've waited all through the years love to give you a heart true and real
Cause I know you're living in sorrow in your loveless mansion on the hill
The light shines bright from your window the trees stand so silent and still
I know you're alone with your pride dear in your loveless mansion on the hill

All you want to do is sit around and pout
And now I got enough and so I'm getting out
I'm leaving now
I'm leaving now
I'm a long gone daddy I don't need you anyhow
I been in the doghouse so doggone long
That when I get a kiss I think that something's wrong
(chorus)
I'll go find a gal that wants to treat me right
You go get yourself a man that wants to fight
(chorus)
You start your jaws a-wagging and it never stop
You never shut your mouth until I blow my top
(chorus)
I remember back when you were nice and sweet
Things have changed, you'd rather fight than eat
(chorus)
I'm a-gonna do some riding on the midnight train
I'm taking everything except my ball and chain
(chorus)

Goodbye Joe me gotta go me oh my oh
Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou
My Yvonne the sweetest one me oh my oh
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio
Pick guitar fill fruit jar and be gay-o
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou
[ fiddle ]
Thibodaux Fontaineaux the place is buzzin'
Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen
Dress in style and go hog wild me oh my oh
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou
Settle down far from town get me a pirogue
And I'll catch all the fish in the bayou
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie...
[ fiddle ]
Later on, swap my mon, get me a pirogue
and I'll catch all the fish on the bayou
Swap my mon, to buy Yvonne what she need-oh
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie...

Recorded by Hank Williams, Sr. (with Audrey Williams)
Words and music by Hank Williams, Sr.
CAPO: 4th Fret/KEY: B/PLAY: G
[G] I was all alone and drifting on a lonely sea of sin
Nothing but darkness, no [A7] sunshine [D7] within
I [G] lifted my eyes, to the Lord in the sky
And Jesus re-[D7] membered [G] me.
CHORUS
[G] Jesus remembered me
And so He set me [D7] free
[G] Once I was blinded, but now I can see
Glory to God, He re-[D7] membered [G] me.
Now the sun is shining, I'm happy and free
No more sorrow, no troubles to see
I'm going home to glory, my Saviour to see
Glory to God, He rememberd me.
CHORUS
When He talked to His disciples at the Sea of Galilee
He said He'd remember a mortal like me
I asked for His blessing down on my knees
And glory to God, He remembered me.

Each year on Mother's Day, the rose I wore was red
But today I'm saying my first prayer
Mama's lying on her dyin' bed
I've just told Mama goodbye, Mother's Day has turned to night
Like the flowers in May, she withered away
And my red rose is turnin' white
This is the dreaded hour, we all must face someday
Yet there's consolation in my heart
She will bloom in the Master's bouquet
I've just told Mama goodbye, Mother's Day has turned to night
Like the flowers in May, she withered away
And my red rose is turnin' white
Her time has come to go and there's nothin' I can do
Only hold her hand and say goodbye
Mama's day with her children is through
I've just told Mama goodbye and knelt beside her bed
I heard her say, "I'll meet you someday

I'll take you to the picture show and babe I'll hold your hand
I'll sit up in your parlor let you cool me with your fan
I'll listen to your troubles and pet you when you cry
But get that marryin' out of your head I'll be a bachelor till I die
[ piano - guitar ]
I done my honky tonkin' round and had a lot of fun
But somehow I can't understand how one and one makes one
I like to cuddle near you and listen to you lie
But get that marryin' out of your head I'll be a bachelor till I die
[ harmonica ]
Now if you want a help mate you're just wasting lots of time
Cause I'm afraid of church bells how they scare me when they chime
I've seen those married people just up and say goodbye
So keep that marryin' out of your head I'll be a bachelor till I die
[ steel ]
This freedom's mighty precious in this land of liberty
I've seen what matrimony done to better men than me
I don't mind keepin' comp'ny with the apple of my eye
But keep that marryin' out of your head I'll be a bachelor till I die

You thought she?d care for you and so you acted smart
Go on an break, you crazy heart
You lived on promises I knew would fall apart
Go on and break you crazy heart
You never would admit you were mistaken
You didn?t even know, the chances you were takin?
I knew you couldn?t win, I told you from the start
Go on and break you crazy heart
I knew you?d wake up and find her missin'
I tried my best to warn you, but you wouldn?t listen
You told me I was wrong, you thought that you were smart

(Hank Jr.)
Well, you're just in time to be too late
I tried to but I couldn't wait
And now I 've got another date
So I won't be home no more
(Hank Sr.)
You're just in time to miss the boat
So don't take off your hat and coat
Be on your way, that's all she wrote
'Cause I won't be home no more.
(Hank Sr. Hank Jr. Hank 3rd)
I stood around a month or two
And waited for your call
Now I 'm too busy pitchin' woo
So come around next fall
(Hank 3rd)
I scratched your name right off my slate
And hung a sign on my front gate
You're just in time to be too late
(Hank Jr. Hank 3rd)
And I won't be home no more.
(Hank Jr.)
Well, you're just in time to turn around
And drive your buggy back to town
You looked me up I turned you down
And I won't be home no more
(Hank Sr.)
You're just in time to change your tune
Go tell your troubles to the moon
And call around next May or June
(Hank Sr. Hank Jr.)
'Cause I won't be home no more.
(Hank Sr. Hank Jr. Hank 3rd)
I used to be the patient kind
Believed each alibi
But that's all done, I 've changed my mind
I 've got new fish to fry
(Hank Sr.)
Well, you're just in time to celebrate
(Hank Sr. Hank Jr. Hank 3rd)
The things you didn't calculate
(Hank 3rd)
You're just in time to be too late
(Hank Sr. Hank Jr. Hank 3rd)
And I won't be home no more.
(Hank Jr.)
Your're just in time to be to late
(Hank Sr. Hank Jr. Hank 3rd)
And I won't be home no more.

Everybody says you let me down
That I should be ashamed to take you ’round
Makes no difference what you used to do;
Darling, I could never be ashamed of you.
Maybe you were reckless yesterday
But together, we can find a brighter way.
In my heart, I know that you’ll come through
Darling, I could never be ashamed of you
All the happiness I’ve ever known
Came the day you said you’d be my own
And it matters not what we go through
Darlin I could never be ashamed of you
Maybe you’ve been cheated in the past,
And perhaps those memories will always last
Even though you proved to be untrue
Darlin I could never be ashamed of you.

For years we both have lived on pride dear and we agree that love is gone
Why oh why do we keep trying a house without love is not a home
The love light in your eyes has faded and I'm contented just to roam
We slaved to gain a worthless treasure a house without love is not a home
[ fiddle - steel ]
No matter where our footsteps wander I know we'll both be all alone
With the pride that came between us a house without love is not a home
The simple things have gone forever we wasted wealth to call our own
Now we've reached the hour of parting a house without love is not a home

Writen and sung by Hank Williams
CHORUS:
(E7) HOW CAN (A) YOU REFUSE HIM NOW, HOW CAN (E) YOU REFUSE HIM NOW,
HOW CAN YOU TURN AWAY FROM HIS (B7) SIDE,
WITH (E) TEARS IN HIS EYES, ON THE (A) CROSS THERE HE (E) DIED,
HOW CAN YOU RE - (B7) FUSE JESUS (E) NOW.
(E) THERE'S A STORY OLD, THAT HAS (A) OFTEN BEEN (E) TOLD,
OF HOW OUR SAVIOR (B7) DIED, AS THEY (E) NAILED HIS HANDS,
HE CRIED THEY (A) DON'T UNDER - (E) STAND,
AS THE BLOOD FLOWED (B7) FROM HIS (E) SIDE. (E7)
REPEAT CHORUS
AS HE HUNG THERE ON THE TREE, HE PRAYED FOR YOU AND ME,
THERE WAS NO ONE HIS PAIN TO EASE,
BE - FORE HE DIED, HE FAINTLY CRIED,
FATHER FOR - GIVE THEM PLEASE.
REPEAT CHORUS

When you are sad and lonely and have no place to go
Come to see me baby and bring along some dough
And we'll go honky tonkin', honky tonkin'
Honky tonkin', honey, baby
We'll go honky tonkin' 'round this town
When you and your baby have a fallin' out
Call me up, sweet mama and we'll go steppin' out
And we'll go honky tonkin', honky tonkin'
Honky tonkin', honey, baby
We'll go honky tonkin' 'round this town
We're goin' to the city to the city fair
If you go to the city, baby, you will find me there
And we'll go honky tonkin', honky tonkin'
Honky tonkin', honey, baby
We'll go honky tonkin' 'round this town
We'll go honky tonkin', honky tonkin'
Honky tonkin', honey, baby

Chorus
[sung]
A little girl prayed at the close of the day,
Cause her daddy had gone far away,
On her little face was a look of despair,
I stood there and listened, and I heard this prayer
My mommie says daddy has brought us to shame
And I’m never no more to mention his name
Lord take me and lead me and hold to my hand
Oh heavenly father help me understand
[recitation]
You know friends I wonder--
Just how many homes are broken tonight
And just how many tears are shed
By some little word of anger
That never should have been said
I’d like to tell you a story
Of a family I once knew.
We’ll call them mary and william
And their little daughter sue
Now mary was just a plain mother
And bill was just a usual dad
And they had their little family quarrels
(like everybody else)
But neither one really got mad
Then one day something happened
It was nothing of course
But one word led to another
And the last word led to a divorce
Now here were two grown up people
Who failed to use common sense
They strengthened their own selfish pride
At little sue’s expense
You know she didn’t ask to be brought to
This world
To drift from pillar to post
But a divorce never stops to consider
The ones it hurts the most
There’d be a lot more honest loving
In this wicked ole world today
If just a few parted parents
Could hear little sue say
[sung]
Take me and lead me and hold to my hand
Oh heavenly father, help me understand

I was walking in Savannah past a church decayed and dim
When slowly through the window came a plaintive funeral hymn
And my sympathy awakened and a wonder quickly grew
Till I found myself envired in a little colored pew
Out front a colored couple sat in sorrow nearly wild
On the altar was a casket and in the casket was a child
I could picture him while livin' curly hair protuding lips
I'd seen perhaps a thousand in my hurried southern trips
Rose a sad old colored preacher from his little wooden desk
With a manner sorta awkward and countenance grotesque
The simplicity and shrewdness in his Eithopian face
Showed the wisdom and ignorance of a crushed undying race
And he said now don't be weeping for this pretty bit of clay
For the little boy who lived there has done gone and run away
He was doin' very finely and he appreciates your love
But his shore 'nuff father wanted him in the big house up above
The Lord didn't give you that baby by no hundred thousand miles
He just thought you need some sunshine and he lent it for awhile
And he let you keep and love it till your hearts were bigger grown
And these silver tears you're sheddin' now is just interest on the loan
Just think, my poor dear mourners creepin' along on sorrows life's way
What a blessed picnic this here baby got today
Your good fathers and good mothers crowd the little fellow round
In the angel's tender garden of the big plantation ground
And his eyes they brightly sparkle at the pretty things he viewed
But a tear came, and he whispered I want my parents too
But then the angel's chief musicians teach that little boy a song
Says if only they be faithful they'll soon be comin' along
So my poor detached mourners let your hearts with Jesus rest
And don't go to criticizin' the one what knows the best
He has give us many comforts he's got the right to take away
To the Lord be praised in glory forever let us pray

[E]Well I left my home down on the rural route
I told my paw I'm going steppin out and get the
[A7] Honky tonk blues,
Yeah the honky tonk [E] blues
Well [B7] lord I got 'em,
I got the ho-on-ky tonk [E] blues.
[E] Well I went to a dance and I wore out my shoes
woke up this mornin wishin I could lose
them jumpin [A7] honky tonk blues,
Yeah the honky tonk [E]blues
Well [B7] lord I got 'em,
I got the ho-on-ky tonk [E] blues.
Solo [E] [A] [E] [B7]
[E]Well I stopped into every place in town
this city life has really got me down
I got [A7] the honky tonk blues,
Yeah the honky tonk [E]blues
Well [B7] lord I got em,
got the ho-on-ky tonk [E] blues.
[E] I'm gonna tuck my worries underneath my arm
And scat right back to my pappy's farm
And leave these [A7] honky tonk blues,
Yeah the honky tonk [E] blues
[B7] Well lord I got 'em,
I got the ho-on-ky tonk [E] blues.
unrecorded last verse (from KPFA, ~1993)
When I get home to my Ma and Pa,
I know they're gonna lay down the law.
About the honky tonk blues,
Them jumpin' honkty tonk blues.
Lord I'm suffrin' with the honky tonk blues.

(C) Once I was happy as I could be, But I let a gal make a (G7) fool of (C) me, And ever since she let me down, The blues come around when the (G7) sun goes (C) down. Chorus: Oh, the blues come a-(F) round, Oh the blues come a-(C) round, Lawd, the (G7) blues come around, Ev'ry evenin' when the sun goes (C) down. As long as the sun is in the sky, These doggone blues never make me cry, But ever since she left this town, The blues come around when the sun goes down.
Repeat chorus: I built my castles very high, And then she went and said goodbye, And ever since she tore 'em down, The blues come around when the sun goes down. Repeat chorus: Once she called me all her own, But now she's gone and I'm alone, And ever evenin' I'm sorrow bound, 'Cause the blues come around when the sun goes down. Repeat chorus:

Recorded by Hank Williams, Sr.
Written by Bonnie Dodd
CHORUS
A [F] tongue can accuse and carry bad [C] news
The [F] seeds of distrust, it will [C] sow
But [F] unless you've made no mistakes in your [C] life
Be careful of [G7] stones that you [C] throw.
(SPOKEN)
[C] A neighbor was passing my [F] garden one time
[C] She stopped and I knew right away [G7]
That it was gossip, not flowers, she had on her mind [C]
And this is what I heard my neighbor say:
[C] "That girl down the street [F] should be run from our midst
[C] She drinks and she talks quite a lot [G7]
She knows not to speak to my child or to me." [C]
My neighbor then smiled and I thought:
CHORUS
(SPOKEN)
A car speeded by and the screamin' of brakes
A sound that made my blood chill
For my neighbor's one child had been pulled from the path
And saved by a girl lying still.
The child was unhurt and my neighbor cried out:
"Oh! who was that brave girl so sweet?"
I covered the crushed, broken body and said:
"The bad girl who lived down the street."
CHORUS

Recorded by: Hank Williams, Sr.
Writer: Hank Williams, Sr. Ê
[D] When you've strayed from the fold
And there's [G] trouble in your [D] soul
Can't you hear the Blessed Saviour Callin' [A7] You?
When your [D] soul is lost in sin
And you're [G] at your journey's [D] end
Can't you hear the Blessed [A7] Saviour Callin' [D] You? Ê
CHORUS
Callin' [G] You?, [Callin' You?]
Callin' [D] You?, [Callin' You?]
Can't you hear the Blessed Saviour Callin' [A7] You?
He will [D] take you by the hand
Lead you [G] to that promise [D] land
Can't you hear the Blessed [A7] Saviour Callin' [D] You? Ê
As you journey day by day
And temptation comes your way
Can't you hear the Blessed Saviour Callin' You?
If you'll follow in His light
He will always guide you right
Can't you hear the Blessed Saviour Callin' You? Ê
CHORUS Ê
When your soul is burdened down
And your friend(s) can not be found
Can't you hear the Blessed Saviour Callin' You?
If you'll follow Him each day
He will brighten up your way
Can't you hear the Blessed Saviour Callin' You? Ê
CHORUS

You're window shopping, just window shopping
You're only lookin' around
You're not buyin', you're just tryin'
To find the best deal in town
You give away your kisses but you never give your heart
To anyone who's fool enough to fall
You don't feel love, you don't want real love
You're window shopping, that's all
You're window shopping, just window shopping
You're only lookin' around
You're not buyin', you're just tryin'
To find the best deal in town
You give away your kisses but you never give your heart
To anyone who's fool enough to fall
You don't feel love, you don't want real love

I went down to the river to watch the fish swim by;
But I got to the river so lonesome I wanted to die..., Oh Lord!
And then I jumped in the river, but the doggone river was dry.She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue.
I had me a woman who couldn't be true.
She made me for my money and she made me blue.
A man needs a woman that he can lean on,
But my leanin' post is done left and gone.
She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue.
I'm gonna find me a river, one that's cold as ice.
And when I find me that river, Lord I'm gonna pay the price, Oh Lord!
I'm goin' down in it three times, but Lord I'm only comin up twice.
She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue.
She told me on Sunday she was checkin' me out;
Long about Monday she was nowhere about.
And here it is Tuesday, ain't had no news.
I got them gone but not forgotten blues.
She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue.

Words and music by Hank Williams, Sr.
[G] Ev'rybody's lonesome for somebody else
But nobody's lonesome for [D7] me
Ev'rybody's thinkin' 'bout somebody else
But nobody thinks about [G] me
When the [C] time rolls around for me to [G] lay down and die
I bet [D7] I'll have to go and hire me [A7] someone to [D7] cry
[G] Ev'rybody's lonesome for somebody else
[D7] nobody is lonesome for [G] me.
Ev'rybody's longin' for somebody else
But nobody's lonesome for me
Ev'rybody's dreamin' about somebody else
But nobody dreams about me
All I need is a bride who want's a big-hearted groom
I wouldn't care if she come ridin' in on a broom
Ev'rybody's lonesome for somebody else
No-bod-o-dy lonesome for me.
Ev'rybody's pinin' for somebody else
But nobody's lonesome for me
Ev'rybody's crazy 'bout somebody else
But nobody's crazy 'bout me
Oh, I shined up my shoes and then I slicked down my hair
Put on my Sunday suit, but I ain't goin' nowhere
Ev'rybody's lonesome for somebody else
But nobody's lonesome for me.
Ev'rybody's yearnin' for somebody else
But nobody's lonesome for me
Ev'rybody's fallin' for somebody else
But nobody's fallin' for me
Now I ain't had a kiss since I fell out of my crib
It looks to me like I been cheated out of my rib
Ev'rybody's lonesome for somebody else
No-bod-o-dy lonesome for me.

Recorded by Hank Williams, Sr.
Words and music by Irving Mills and Cliff Friend
CAPO: 3rd FRET KEY: F PLAY: D
I got a [D] feelin' called the blu-ues, oh, Lawd
Since my baby said good-[A7] bye
And I don't know what I'll do-oo-oo
All I do is sit and [D] [P] sigh-igh, oh, Lawd
That [D7] last long [G] day she said good-[G7] bye
Well [D] Lawd I thought I would [B7] cry
She'll [E7] do me, she'll do you, she's got that kind of lovin'
[A7] Lawd, I love to hear her when she calls me
Sweet [D] [P] dad-ad-ad-dy, [D] such a beautiful [A7] dream
I hate to think it all o-o-ver
I've lost my heart it [F#] seems
I've grown [D7] so [G] used to you some-[G7] how
Well, I'm [D] nobody's sugar-[B7] daddy now
And I'm [E7] lo-on-lonesome [A7]
I got the Lovesick [D] Blu-ues.
Well, I'm in [F#] love, I'm in love, with a [Bm] beautiful gal
[F#] That's what's the matter with [Bm] me
Well, I'm in [F#] love, I'm in love, with a [Bm] beautiful gal
But [E7] she don't care about [A7] me
Lawd, I tried and I tried, to keep her satisfied
But she [D7] just wouldn't stay
So [E7] now that she is lea-eav-in'
This is all I can [A7] say.
REPEAT 1st VERSE

Words and music by Hank Williams, Sr.
INTRO: Notes/chords to last line of last verse.
CAPO: 2nd Fret/KEY: E/PLAY: D
[A7] Today I [D] passed you [A7] on the [D] street
[D7] And my [G] heart fell at your [D] feet
I Can't [A7] Help It If I'm Still In Love With [D] You
[A7] Somebody [D] else stood [A7] by your [D] side
[D7] And he [G] looked so satis-[D] fied
I Can't [A7] Help It If I'm Still In Love With [D] You. ... [D7]
A [G] picture from the past came slowly [D] stealing
As I [A7] brushed your arm and walked so close to [D] you ... [D7]
Then [G] suddenly I got that old time [D] feeling
I Can't [A] Help It If I'm Still In Love With [D] You.
It's hard to know another's lips will kiss you
And hold you just the way I used to do
Oh, heaven only knows how much I miss you
I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You.

Hey, hey, good lookin',
Whatcha got cookin'?
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?
Hey, sweet baby,
Don't you think maybe
We could find us a brand new recipe?
I got a hot-rod Ford and a two-dollar bill
And I know a spot right over the hill.
There's soda pop and the dancin's free,
So if you wanna have fun come along with me.
Hey, good lookin',
Whatcha got cookin'?
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?
I'm free and ready,
So we can go steady.
How's about savin' all your time for me?
No more lookin',
I know I've been tooken [sic].
How's about keepin' steady company?
I'm gonna throw my date-book over the fence
And find me one for five or ten cents.
I'll keep it 'til it's covered with age
'Cause I'm writin' your name down on every page.
Hey, good lookin',
Whatcha got cookin'?

Well when I woke up this mornin',
There was a note upon my door,
Said don't make me no coffee Babe,
'cause I won't be back no more,
And that's all she wrote, Dear John,
I've sent your saddle home.
Now Jonah got along in the belly of the whale,
Daniel in the lion's den,
But I know a guy that didn't try to get along,
And he won't get a chance again,
And that's all she wrote, Dear John,
I've fetched your saddle home.
Well she didn't forward no address,
Nor she didn't say goodbye,
All she said was if you get blue,
Just hang your little head and cry,
And that's all she wrote, Dear John,
I've sent your saddle home.
Now my gal's short and stubby,
She's strong as she can be,
But if that little old gal of mine,
Ever get's a-hold of me,
That's all she wrote, Dear John,
I've sent your saddle home.
Now Jonah got along in the belly of the whale,
Daniel in the lion's den,
But I know a man that didn't try to get along,
And he won't get a chance again,
And that's all she wrote, Dear John,
I've fetched your saddle home.
Now I went down to the bank this morning,
The cashier said with a grin,
I feel so sorry for you Hank,
But your wife has done been in,
And that's all she wrote, Dear John,
I've sent your saddle home.

Little girl, if you're feeling low
And you got no place to go
Just give me a ring, some joy I will bring
'Cause I ain't got nothin' but time
Well, I ain't got nothin' but time
So baby, if you wanna shine
If you take time to look, my number's in the book
And you can call me any time
I'm footloose and I'm fancy free
So baby, just come along with me
Grab your dancin' shoes, we'll go and lose them blues
'Cause I ain't got nothin' but time
If you say so babe, we'll stay all night
Don't worry, 'cause I ain't got no wife
Any time you wanna go, good gal, just let me know
'Cause I ain't got nothin' but time
No use to sit at home and fine
And let someone trouble your mind
Just come along with me, there's more fish in the sea
And I ain't got nothin' but time
Now baby, just come on and smile
You'll find that life is still worth while
If you just look around and watch the fellars in this town
That for you ain't got nothin' but time
Lord, I ain't got nothin' but time
So baby, if you wants to shine
If you take time to look, my number's in the book

Recorded by: Hank Williams, Sr.
Writer: Hank Williams, Sr.
If [C] you're lovin' me like I'm lovin' you
Baby, We're Really In [G7] Love
If you're happy with me like I'm happy with you
Old Cupid just gave us a shove [C]
If you're thinkin' of me like I'm thinkin' of you
Then I know what you're thinkin' [G7] of
If you're lovin' me like I'm lovin' you
Baby, We're Really In Love. [C] [C7]
I [F] run around in [C] circles
And [F] turn in fire a-[C] larms
I'm [F] nutty as a fruit-[C] cake
When [D7] you're not in my [G7] arms
If [C] you're meant for me like I'm meant for you
Baby, we fit like a [G7] glove
If you're lovin' me like I'm lovin' you
Baby, We're Really In Love. [C]
If you're lovin' me like I'm lovin' you
Baby, We're Really In Love.
If you're countin' on me like I'm countin' on you
Old Cupid just gave us a shove
If you're dreamin' of me like I'm dreamin' of you
Then I know what you're dreamin' of
If you're lovin' me like I'm lovin' you
Baby, We're Really In Love.
My folks think I've gone crazy
And I don't feel too sure
And yet there's nothin' wrong with me
That weddin' bells won't cure
If you go for me like I go for you
Baby, we fit like a glove
If you're lovin' me like I'm lovin' you
Baby, We're Really In Love.

Met my future wife today
And her name is Kathy Mae
Rootie tootie
(Rootie tootie)
Rootie tootie
(Rootie tootie)
Rootie tootie, she's my Sunday gal
Feelin' dandy, doin' swell
My gal is the village belle
Hotsy-totsy
(Rootie tootie)
Super-duper
(Rootie tootie)
Rootie tootie, she's my Monday gal
You should see the people stare
When we walk around the square
Bouncy-bouncy
(Rootie tootie)
Upsy-daisy
(Rootie tootie)
Rootie tootie, she's my Tuesday gal
I'm not jealous, no siree
Just as long as she's with me
Wicky-wacky
(Rootie tootie)
Humpty-dumpty
(Rootie tootie)
Rootie tootie, she's my Wednesday gal
She's got purty eyes of blue
And she thinks I'm purty too
Tootsie-wootsie
(Rootie tootie)
Hunky-dory
(Rootie tootie)
Rootie tootie, she's my Thursday gal
Gonna make that lady mine
When she signs that dotted line
Hinky-dinky
(Rootie tootie)
Yipsy-doodle
(Rootie tootie)

Out on the corner standin' so bold
Stood a little paper boy so hungry and cold
And as the crowd came passin' by
These words he said with tears in his eyes
"Please buy a paper from me
So I can get me somethin' to eat
My clothes are ragged, no shoes on my feet"
Said the little paper boy, there on the street
"Out in this cold wide world all alone
I have no place on this earth to call home
I haven't had the chance that other kids had
I have no mother, nor even a dad"
"So please buy a paper from me
So I can get me somethin' to eat
My clothes are ragged, no shoes on my feet"
Said the little paper boy, there on the street
Early next mornin' as the crowd passed by
The little boy was gone and they wondered why
They started searchin' and then found him dead
He died with the papers under his head
No one was there, his body to claim
There he was lying but he felt no pain
Now he has gone up to Heaven we know
The little paper boy who died in the snow

Goodbye Joe, me gotta go, me oh, my oh
Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou
My Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh, my oh
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou
Jambalaya, and a-crawfish pie and a-fillet gumbo
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my machez amio
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou
Thibodeaux to Fontainbleau, the place is buzzin'
Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen
Dress in style, and go hog wild, me oh, my oh
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou
Jambalaya, and a-crawfish pie and a fillet gumbo
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my machez amio
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou
Jambalaya, and a-crawfish pie and a-fillet gumbo
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my machez amio
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh

Now you're lookin' at a man that's gettin' kind-a mad
I had lots of luck but it's all been bad
No matter how I struggle and strive
I'll never get out of this world alive
My fishin' pole's broke the creek is full of sand
My woman run away with another man
No matter how I struggle and strive
I'll never get out of this world alive
A distant uncle passed away and left me quite a batch
And I was living high until that fatal day
A lawyer proved I wasn't born
I was only hatched
Every thing's against me and it's got me down
If I jumped in the river I would probably drown
No matter how I struggle and strive
I'll never get out of this world alive
These shabby shoes I'm wearin' all the time
Is full of holes and nails
And brother if I stepped on a worn out dime
I bet a nickel I could tell you if it was heads or tails
I'm not gonna worry wrinkles in my brow
'Cause nothin's ever gonna be alright nohow
No matter how I struggle and strive

I wandered so aimless, life filled with sin
I wouldn't let my dear Saviour in
Then Jesus came like a stranger in the night
Praise The Lord, I saw the light
I saw the light, I saw the light
No more darkness, no more night
Now I'm so happy, no sorrow in sight
Praise the Lord, I saw the light
Just like the blind man, I wandered along
Worries and fears, I claimed for my own
Then like the blind man, that God gave back his sight
Praise the Lord, I saw the light
I saw the light, I saw the light
No more darkness, no more night
Now I'm so happy, no sorrow in sight
Praise the Lord, I saw the light
I was a fool to wander and stray
For straight is the gate and narrow the way
Now I have traded, the wrong for the right
Praise the Lord, I saw the light
I saw the light, I saw the light
No more darkness, no more night
Now I'm so happy, no sorrow in sight

Teardrops fell the night you said
I love you dear but you are wed
I watched you as you held his hand
Then I turned away and cried again
I cried again when I reached home
There sat your picture all alone
I thought of things that might have been
I bowed my head and cried again
I took your letters from the shelf
Then read aloud just to myself
But just before I reached the end
I bowed my head and cried again
I cried again when I reached home
There sat your picture all alone
And I thought of things that might have been
I bowed my head and cried again
And here's the reason why I say
Dear, I must throw your things away
For they would only bring me pain
And I'd bow my head and cry again
I cried again when I reached home
There sat your picture all alone
I thought of things that might have been

I Can't Help it (if i'm Still in Love with You) by Hank Williams
Today I passed you on the street and my heart fell at your feet
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you
Somebody else stood by your side and he looked so satisfied
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you
A picture from the past came slowly stealing
As I brushed your arm and walked so close to you
Suddenly I got that old time feeling,
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you
It's hard to know another's lips will kiss you
And hold you just the way I used to do
Oh, heaven only knows how much I miss you
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you

If you love me half as much as I love you
You wouldn't worry me half as much as you do
You're nice to me when there's no one else around
You only build me up to let me down
If you missed me half as much as I miss you
You wouldn't stay away half as much as you do
I know that I would never feel this blue
If you only loved me half as much as I love you
If you love me half as much as I love you
You wouldn't worry me half as much as you do
You're nice to me when there's no one else around
You only build me up to let me down
If you missed me half as much as I miss you
You wouldn't stay away half as much as you do
I know that I would never feel this blue

Now I've been married about six months
Only six months you see
The first three months was all okay
The last three is killin' me
My wife began to hissin', she cut down on her kissin'
And then she failed to shine my shoes
My shirts became wrinkled
My pants with dirt were sprinkled
And I took the first year blues
Well then she started naggin'
She left the sink a'saggin'
With dishes piled up high
No food upon the table, she said, "If I get able
I cook something bye and bye"
Then I began to wonder, if I had made a blunder
When I said, "I do", she must have read my thinkin'
Her eyes began to blinkin' and that gal broke in to
Well I heard the dishes crashin'
And I began to dashin'
Gettin' out of sight
For right there was my honey
On who I'd spent my money, turnin' into dynamite
Then after she'd exploded, her meanness all unloaded
And things began to simmer down
I found myself a'bleedin' and very much a'needin'
Of stitches taken all around
Well then she started cryin', I felt myself a'sighin'
And then I took her in my arms
I was afraid to scold her, so I just gently told her
She didn't do a bit of harm
Now the first six months is over and I am much the older
And experienced with a wife
If I can take the next six, my friends all say I'll be fixed

From the Great Salt Lakes of Utah
To California's golden shore
Colorado and Nevada
Through the deserts burnin' door
While she's circlin' through the canyons
Can't you see that mountain stream
It's the California Zephyr
The Union Pacific Queen
See her rockin' see her rollin'
As she rambles on her way
She left L.A. this mornin'
Burnin' up the right of way
In the distance hear her moanin'
Hear her lonesome whistle scream
It's the California Zephyr
The Union Pacific Queen
She leaves the city of the angels
Headin' for ole Santa Fe
She's a makin' nauts, she's makin' time
Just watch her swing and sway
And from way out in the darkness
See that headlight gleam
It's the California Zephyr
The Union Pacific Queen
From the Great Salt Lakes of Utah
To California's golden shore
Colorado and Nevada
Through the deserts burnin' door
While she's circlin' through the canyons
Can't you see that mountain stream
It's the California Zephyr

We met in the springtime when blossoms unfold
The pastures were green and the meadows were gold
Our love was in flower as summer grew on
Her love like the leaves now has withered and gone
The roses have faded, there's frost at my door
The birds in the morning don't sing any more
The grass in the valley is starting to die
And out in the darkness the whippoorwills cry
Alone and forsaken by fate and by man
Oh, Lord, if You hear me please hold my hand
Oh, please understand
Oh, where has she gone to, oh, where can she be?
She may have forsaken some other like me
She promised to honor, to love and obey
Each vow was a plaything that she threw away
The darkness is falling, the sky has turned gray
A hound in the distance is starting to bay
I wonder, I wonder what she's thinking of
Forsaken, forgotten without any love
Alone and forsaken by fate and by man
Oh, Lord, if You hear me please hold my hand

Tis' a sad but true story
From the Bible it came
And it tells us how Judas
Sold the Savior in shame
He planned with the council
Of high priest that day
30 pieces of silver
Was the price they would pay
30 pieces of silver
30 shackles of shame
Was the price paid for Jesus
On the cross He was slain
Betrayed and forsaken
Unloved and unclaimed
In anger they pierced Him
But He died not in vein
'Twas on there on the hillside
The multitude came
And found our dear Savior
Then took Him away
They bruised and mocked Him
Thorns was crowned around His head
And His garment of purple
Showed the blood stains of red
Far off in the mountains
With his face towards the sun
Judas begged mercy
For what he had done
He gave back the silver
For his heart filled with strife
Then there in the mountain
He took his own life
30 pieces of silver
30 shackles of shame
Was the price paid for Jesus