EAST VIRGINIA BLUES I WAS BORN IN EAST VIRGINIA NORTH CAROLINA I DID GO THERE I SPIED A FAIR YOUNG LADY AND HER NAME I DID NOT KNOW HER HAIR WAS DARK IN COLOR HER CHEEKS WERE ROSY RED UPON HER BREAST SHE WORE WHITE LILIES WHERE I LONGED TO LAY MY HEAD OH, IN MY HEART YOU ARE MY DARLING AT MY DOOR YOU'RE WELCOME IN AT MY GATE I'LL ALWAYS MEET YOU FOR YOU'RE THE GIRL I TRIED TO WIN OH MOLLY, DEAR, GO ASK YOUR MOTHER MY LOVING BRIDE YOU'LL FOREVER BE IF SHE SAYS NO, COME BACK AND TELL ME AND I WILL RUN AWAY WITH THEE I'LL GO BACK TO EAST VIRGINIA NORTH CAROLINA AIN'T MY HOME I'LL GO BACK TO EAST VIRGINIA LEAVE OLD NORTH CAROLINA ALONE THE OCEAN'S DEEP AND I CAN'T WADE IT AND I HAVE NO WINGS TO FLY I'LL JUST GET SOME BLUE-EYED BOATMAN TO ROW ME OVER THE TIDE I'D RATHER BE IN SOME DARK HOLLER WHERE THE SUN DON'T EVER SHINE THAN FOR YOU TO BE ANOTHER MAN'S DARLING WHEN YOU PROMISED TO BE MINE 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 4 4 1 1 5 5 1 1 ENDLESS HIGHWAY ENDLESS HIGHWAY AS FAR AS I CAN SEE THE ROAD WILL TAKE ME BACK TO HER TONIGHT IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I'VE SEEN HER SMILE I'LL BE COUNTIN' ALL THE MILES TILL I GET HOME CHORUS (after each verse): HOW MANY HOURS 'TILL I HOLD HER HOW MANY DAYS BEFORE WE HIT THAT ROAD AGAIN ENDLESS HIGHWAYS, SHE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH I MISS HER HEADED DOWN THIS ROAD BOUND FOR TENNESSEE LONESOME FEELIN' DEEP WITHIN MY HEART LONGING FOR THIS WEARY NIGHT TO END I'LL THINK ABOUT HER, TRY TO KEEP MY TIRED EYES OPEN COME THE MORNIN' LIGHT I'LL BE BACK HOME AGAIN VERSE 1 1 4 1 4 1 5 5 1 1 4 1 4 5 1 1 CHORUS 5 5 1 1 5 5 4 5 1 1 4 1 4 5 1 1 THE ENGINEERS DON'T WAVE FROM THE TRAINS WHEN I WAS LITTLE BOY I'D HANG AROUND THE TRACK WATCHIN' THEM TRAINS GO TO LOUIEVILLE AND BACK I HAD MY DREAMS AND I HAD MY PLANS I WAS GONNA' BE AN ENGINEER MAN THEM BIG OLD TRAINS USED TO CHUG, CHUG, AND SPEW THEY WERE MY HEROES, THEY KNEW THAT I KNEW NO MATTER HOW FAR THEY'D GO DOWN THE TRACK THEY'D ALWAYS TURN AROUND AND COME BACK CHORUS: BUT THE ENGINEERS DON'T WAVE FROM THE TRAINS ANYMORE NOT LIKE THEY DID BACK IN 1954 THEY ALL GOT COMPUTERS AND DIESELS AND THINGS THE ENGINEERS DON'T WAVE FROM THE TRAINS ANYMORE THE ENGINEERS DON'T WAVE FROM THE TRAINS THERE'S MORE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT CHANGE IN THE WORLD ENGINEERS FORGOT ABOUT US LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS BUT I STILL GET A FAR AWAY LOOK IN MY EYE WHEN I HEAR THOSE OLD TRAINS IN THE NIGHT (chorus) VERSE 1 1 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 5 1 1 CHORUS 1 1 5 5 4 4 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 5 1 6m 1 5 1 1 FAITHLESS LOVE FAITHLESS LOVE LIKE A RIVER FLOWS RAINDROPS FALLING ON A BROKEN ROSE DOWN IN SOME VALLEY WHERE NOBODY GOES AND THE NIGHT BLOWS IN LIKE THE COLD DARK WIND FAITHLESS LOVE . . . LIKE A RIVER FLOWS FAITHLESS LOVE WHERE DID I GO WRONG WAS IT TELLING STORIES IN A HEARTBREAK SONG WHERE NOBODY'S RIGHT, NOBODY WAS WRONG FAITHLESS LOVE WILL FIND YOU AND THE MISERY ENTWINE YOU FAITHLESS LOVE . . . WHERE DID I GO WRONG BRIDGE: WELL I GUESS I'M STANDING IN THE HALL OF BROKEN DREAMS THAT'S THE WAY IT SOMETIMES GOES NEVER A NEW LOVE--NEVER TURNS OUT LIKE IT SEEMS IT'S THE FEELING COMES AND GOES FAITHLESS LOVE LIKE A RIVER FLOWS RAINDROPS FALLING ON A BROKEN ROSE DOWN IN SOME VALLEY WHERE NOBODY GOES FAITHLESS LOVE HAS FOUND ME, THROWN ITS CHILLY ARMS AROUND ME FAITHLESS LOVE . . . LIKE A RIVER FLOWS VERSE 1 4 1 1 6m 5 4 4 4 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 2m 3m 4-5 1 b3 b6 5 BRIDGE 4m b7 1 3m 4 5 1 1 4m b7 1 3m 4 5 4 5 FAR SIDE BANK OF JORDAN Terry Smith I BELIEVE MY STEPS ARE GROWING WEARIER EACH DAY STILL I'VE GOT A JOURNEY ON MY MIND LURES OF THIS OLD WORLD HAVE MADE ME CEASE TO WANT TO STAY AND MY ONE REGRET IS LEAVIN' YOU BEHIND IF IT PROVES TO BE HIS WILL, THAT I AM FIRST TO GO AND SOMEHOW I'VE A FEELING, THAT WILL BE WHEN IT COMES YOUR TIME TO TRAVEL LIKEWISE, DON'T YOU FEEL LOST FOR I WILL BE THE FIRST ONE THAT YOU SEE CHORUS: AND I'LL BE WAITING ON THE FAR SIDE BANK OF JORDAN I'LL BE WAITING, DRAWING PICTURES IN THE SAND AND WHEN I SEE YOU COMING I WILL RISE UP WITH A SHOUT AND COME RUNNING THROUGH THE SHALLOW WATERS REACHING FOR YOUR HAND THROUGH THIS LIFE WE'VE LABORED HARD TO EARN OUR MEAGER FARE IT'S BROUGHT US TREMBLING HANDS AND FAILING EYES I'LL JUST REST HERE ON THE SHORE AND TURN MY EYES AWAY UNTIL YOU COME, THEN WE'LL SEE PARADISE (chorus) VERSE 1 1 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 1 1 CHORUS 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 5 5 1 1 4 1 5 1 1 FARTHER ALONG TEMPTED AND TRIED WE'RE OFT MADE TO WONDER WHY IT SHOULD BE THUS ALL THE DAY LONG WHILE THERE ARE OTHERS LIVING ABOUT US NEVER MOLESTED THOUGH IN THE WRONG CHORUS (after each verse): FARTHER ALONG WE'LL KNOW ALL ABOUT IT FARTHER ALONG WE'LL UNDERSTAND WHY CHEER UP MY BROTHER, LIVE IN THE SUNSHINE WE'LL UNDERSTAND IT ALL BY AND BY WHEN DEATH HAS COME AND TAKEN OUR LOVED ONES IT LEAVES A HOME SO LONELY AND DREAR THEN DO WE WONDER WHY OTHERS PROSPER LIVING SO WICKED YEAR AFTER YEAR WHEN WE SEE JESUS COMING IN GLORY WHEN HE COMES FROM HIS HOME IN THE SKY THEN WE SHALL MEET HIM IN THAT BRIGHT MANSION WE'LL UNDERSTAND IT ALL BY AND BY (3/4) VERSE 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 5 5 1 1 4 1 1 4 1 1 5 1 4 1 1 CHORUS 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 5 5 5 1 1 4 1 1 4 1 1 5 1 4 1 1 FEAST HERE TONIGHT THERE'S A RABBIT IN A LOG AND I AIN'T GOT MY DOG AND HOW WILL I GET HIM, I KNOW I'LL GET ME A BRIAR AND I'LL TWIST IT IN HIS HAIR AND THAT WAY I'LL GET HIM, I KNOW I KNOW (I KNOW), I KNOW (I KNOW) THAT WAY I'LL GET HIM, I KNOW I'LL GET ME A BRIAR AND I'LL TWIST IT IN HIS HAIR AND THAT WAY I'LL GET HIM, I KNOW I'LL BUILD ME A FIRE AND I'LL COOK THAT OLD HAIR GONNA ROLL HIM IN THOSE FLAMES AND MAKE HIM BROWN HAVE A FEAST HERE TONIGHT WHILE THE MOON'S SHININ' BRIGHT FOR I FOUND MYSELF A PLACE TO LIE DOWN TO LIE DOWN (TO LIE DOWN), TO LIE DOWN (TO LIE DOWN) FOUND MYSELF A PLACE TO LIE DOWN HAVE A FEAST HERE TONIGHT WHILE THE MOON'S SHININ' BRIGHT FOR I FOUND MYSELF A PLACE TO LIE DOWN I'M A-GOIN' DOWN THE TRACK WITH A COAT RIPPED UP MY BACK AND THE SOLES ON MY SHOES ARE NEARLY GONE JUST A LITTLE WAYS AHEAD THERE'S AN OLD FARMER'S SHED AND THAT'S WHERE I'LL REST MY WEARY BONES WEARY BONES (WEARY BONES), WEARY BONES (WEARY BONES) THAT WHERE I'LL REST MY WEARY BONES JUST A LITTLE WAYS AHEAD THERE'S AN OLD FARMER'S SHED AND THAT'S WHERE 'ILL REST MY WEARY BONES VERSE 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 CHORUS 4 4 1 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 THE FIELDS HAVE TURNED BROWN Carter Stanley I LEFT MY OLD HOME TO RAMBLE THIS COUNTRY MY MOTHER AND DAD SAID "SON DON'T GO WRONG" "REMEMBER THAT GOD WILL ALWAYS WATCH O'ER YOU AND HE WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU HERE AT HOME" CHORUS (after each verse): "SON DON'T GO ASTRAY" WAS WHAT THEY BOTH TOLD ME "REMEMBER THAT LOVE FOR GOD CAN BE FOUND" BUT NOW THEY'RE BOTH GONE THIS LETTER JUST TOLD ME FOR YEARS THEY'VE BEEN DEAD, THE FIELDS HAVE TURNED BROWN FOR MANY LONG YEARS THIS WORLD I HAVE TRAVELED NO THOUGHTS FOR THE DAYS WHEN I WOULD RETURN NOW AS I GO HOME TO FIND NO ONE WAITING THE PRICE I HAVE PAID TO LIVE AND TO LEARN THE YEARS OF MY YOUTH I AIMLESSLY SQUANDERED AS THE WIDE WORLD ALONE I DID ROAM THE SAD MEMORY OF THEM WHEREVER I WANDERED HAS MADE MY HEART LONELY FOR THE FOLKS BACK AT HOME (FAST 3/4) VERSE 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 CHORUS 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 FOGGY MOUNTAIN TOP IF I WAS ON SOME FOGGY MOUNTAIN TOP I'D SAIL AWAY TO THE WEST I'D SAIL ALL AROUND THIS WHOLE WIDE WORLD TO THE GIRL I LOVE THE BEST IF I'D HAVE LISTENED TO WHAT MAMA SAID I WOULD NOT BE IN HERE TODAY LYING AROUND THIS OLD JAILHOUSE JUST WASTING MY POOR LIFE AWAY OH SHE CAUSED ME TO WEEP, SHE CAUSED ME TO MOURN SHE CAUSED ME TO LEAVE MY HOME OH THE LONESOME PINES AND THE GOOD OLD TIMES I'M ON MY WAY BACK HOME 1 1 4 4 1 1 5 5 1 1 4 1 1 5 1 1 FOOLISH HEART I THINK I'LL TAKE MY FOOLISH HEART MY FRIEND AND HEAD RIGHT FOR THE DOOR THERE'LL BE A BETTER WORLD A-WAITIN' IF I DO 'CAUSE I KNOW I'VE BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD A TIME OR TWO BEFORE THE ONLY TIME I LET MY HEART TURN TO YOU CHORUS (after each verse): NOW I WON'T BE BLUE WITH DREAMS THAT WON'T COME TRUE I'LL TAKE MY HEART AND HEAD RIGHT FOR THE DOOR TILL SOMETHIN' DEEP INSIDE KEEPS TELLIN' ME TO MAKE THE SACRIFICE AND ASKIN' ME TO WALK THE EXTRA MILE I'VE WALKED IT NOW TOO MANY TIMES WITH FREEDOM FOR THE PRICE TOO MANY TIMES I'VE FOUGHT BACK TEARS BEHIND MY SMILE I KNOW I MUST SEEM QUITE UNKIND WANDERIN' OFF TONIGHT AND LEAVE THE MOON UP ABOVE TO HOLD YOUR GAZE IT'S ONLY THAT MY FOOLISH HEART IS BOUND WITH FOOLISH PRIDE MAYBE SOME DAY I'LL SEE THE SUNSHINE ON YOUR FACE INTRO 1 1b7 bass 16 bass 15 bass 1 1b7 bass 16 bass 15 bass 1 1b7 bass 16 bass 1b6 bass 5 5 1 1 VERSE 1 3m 4 1 4 5 1 1 1 3m 4 1 4 5 1 1 CHORUS 2 2 5 5 4 3m 2m 5 1 2m 4 5 1 1 FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW NOW SOME FOLKS LIKE THE SUMMERTIME WHEN THEY CAN WALK ABOUT STROLLING THROUGH THE MEADOW GREEN, IT'S PLEASANT THERE NO DOUBT BUT GIVE ME THE WINTERTIME WHEN THE SNOW IS ON THE GROUND I FOUND HER WHEN THE SNOW WAS ON THE GROUND CHORUS (after each verse): I TRACED HER LITTLE FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW I FOUND HER LITTLE FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW I BLESS THAT HAPPY DAY WHEN NELLIE LOST HER WAY I FOUND HER WHEN THE SNOW WAS ON THE GROUND I WENT OUT TO SEE HER, THERE WAS A BIG ROUND MOON HER MOTHER SAID SHE JUST STEPPED OUT BUT WOULD BE RETURNING SOON I FOUND HER LITTLE FOOTPRINTS AND I TRACED THEM IN THE SNOW I FOUND HER WHEN THE SNOW WAS ON THE GROUND NOW SHE'S UP IN HEAVEN, SHE'S WITH THE ANGEL BAND I KNOW I'M GOING TO MEET HER IN THAT PROMISED LAND EVERY TIME THE SNOW FALLS IT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES I FOUND HER WHEN THE SNOW WAS ON THE GROUND VERSE 1 1 1 4 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 4 5 5 1 1 CHORUS 1 1 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 4 5 5 1 1 FOX ON THE RUN CHORUS (after each verse): SHE WALKED THROUGH THE CORN LEADING DOWN TO THE RIVER HER HAIR SHONE LIKE GOLD IN THE HOT MORNING SUN SHE TOOK ALL THE LOVE THAT A POOR BOY COULD GIVE HER AND LEFT ME TO DIE LIKE A FOX ON THE RUN LIKE A FOX (LIKE A FOX, LIKE A FOX . . . ) ON THE RUN EVERYBODY KNOWS THE REASON FOR THE FALL WHEN WOMAN TEMPTED MAN DOWN IN PARADISE'S HALL THIS WOMAN TEMPTED ME ALL RIGHT THEN TOOK ME FOR A RIDE BUT LIKE THE LONELY FOX I NEED A PLACE TO HIDE COME TAKE A GLASS OF WINE AND FORTIFY YOUR SOUL WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE WORLD AND FRIENDS WE USED TO KNOW I'LL ILLUSTRATE A GIRL PUT ME ON THE FLOOR THE GAME IS NEARLY UP THE HOUNDS ARE AT MY DOOR CHORUS 1 5 2m 4 2m 5 4 1 1 1 5 2m 4 2m 5 4 1 1 4 4 4 4 1 1 VERSE 4 1 5 1 4 1 2 5 5 4 1 5 1 4 1 5 1 1 FRIEND OF THE DEVIL Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter I LIT OUT FROM RENO, I WAS TRAILED BY TWENTY HOUNDS DIDN'T GET TO SLEEP THAT NIGHT TILL THE MORNIN' CAME AROUND CHORUS (after each verse): I SET OUT RUNNIN' BUT I TOOK MY TIME A FRIEND OF THE DEVIL IS A FRIEND OF MINE IF I GET HOME BEFORE DAYLIGHT JUST MIGHT GET SOME SLEEP TONIGHT I RAN INTO THE DEVIL, BABE, HE LOANED ME TWENTY BILLS SPENT THE NIGHT IN UTAH AND I GAVE UP IN THE HILLS I RAN DOWN TO THE LEVY BUT THE DEVIL CAUGHT ME THERE HE TOOK MY TWENTY-DOLLAR BILL AND VANISHED IN THE AIR BRIDGE: GOT TWO REASONS WHY I CRY AWAY EACH LONELY NIGHT THE FIRST ONE'S NAMED SWEET EMILY AND SHE'S MY HEART'S DELIGHT THE SECOND ONE IS PRISON, BABE, AND THE SHERIFF'S ON MY TRAIL AND IF HE CATCHES UP WITH ME I'LL SPEND MY LIFE IN JAIL GOT A WIFE IN CHINO, BABE, AND ONE IN CHEROKEE FIRST ONE SAYS SHE GOT MY CHILD BUT IT DON'T LOOK LIKE ME VERSE 1 1 4 4 1 1 4 4 CHORUS 5 5 2m 2m 5 5 2m 2m 5 5 5 5 BRIDGE 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 2m 2m 4 5 5 5 5