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.
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
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
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
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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.
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
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.
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.
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:
(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!
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