EIGHTEEN WHEELS CHARLIE'S GOT A GOLD WATCH, DON'T SEEM LIKE A WHOLE LOT AFTER THIRTY YEARS OF DRIVIN' UP AND DOWN THE INTERSTATE BUT CHARLIE'S HAD A GOOD LIFE AND CHARLIE'S GOT A GOOD WIFE AND AFTER TONIGHT SHE'LL NO LONGER BE COUNTIN' THE DAYS CHORUS (after each verse): EIGHTEEN WHEELS AND A DOZEN ROSES TEN MORE MILES ON HIS FOUR DAY RUN A FEW MORE SONGS ON THE ALL NIGHT RADIO THEN HE'LL SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE WITH THE ONE THAT HE LOVES THEY'LL BUY A WINNEBAGO, SET OUT TO FIND AMERICA THEY'LL DO A LOT OF CATCHIN' UP A LITTLE AT A TIME WITH PIECES OF THE OLD DREAM, THEY'RE GONNA LIGHT THE OLD FLAME DOIN' WHAT THEY PLEASE LEAVING EVERY OTHER REASON BEHIND VERSE 1 1 4 4 5 4 1 1 1 1 4 4 2m 4 5 5 CHORUS 4 4 1 1 6m 2 5 5 4 4 6m 4 6m-5 4-5 1 1
ELVIRA CHORUS (after each verse): ELVIRA...ELVIRA... MY HEART'S ON FIRE FOR ELVIRA I SAID "GIDDIUP" (OOM-PAPA OOM-PAPA OOM-PAPA MOW MOW) GIDDIUP (OOM-PAPA OOM-PAPA OOM-PAPA MOW MOW) HI HO SILVER, AWAY EYES THAT LOOK LIKE HEAVEN, LIPS LIKE CHERRY WINE THAT GIRL CAN SURE ENOUGH MAKE MY LITTLE LIGHT SHINE I GET A FUNNY FEELIN' UP AND DOWN MY SPINE 'CAUSE TONIGHT I KNOW ELVIRA'S MINE TONIGHT I'M GONNA MEET HER AT THE HUNGRY HOUND CAFE I'M GONNA GIVE HER ALL THE LOVE I CAN, YES I AM SE'S GONNA JUMP AND HOLLER 'CAUSE I'VE SAVED UP MY LAST TWO DOLLARS WE'RE GONNA SEARCH AND FIND THAT PREACHER MAN CHORUS 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 (1) (1) (1) (1) 1 5 1 1 VERSE 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 4 4-4b3 1 5 1 1
EVANGELINA Hoyt Axton I DREAM IN THE MORNING THAT SHE BRINGS ME WATER AND I DREAM IN THE EVENING THAT SHE BRINGS ME WINE JUST A POOR MAN'S DAUGHTER FROM SOUTH OF THE BORDER EVANGELINA OF OLD MEXICO THERE'S A GREAT HOT DESERT SOUTH OF MEXICALI IF YOU DON'T HAVE WATER YOU BETTER NOT GO 'CAUSE TEQUILA WON'T GET YOU ACROSS THAT DESERT TO EVANGELINA DOWN IN OLD MEXICO CHORUS: THE FIRE I FEEL FOR THE WOMAN I LOVE IS DRIVIN' ME INSANE KNOWIN' SHE'S WAITING AND I CAN'T GET THERE AND GOD ONLY KNOWS THAT I'VE RACKED MY BRAIN TO TRY TO FIND A WAY TO REACH THAT WOMAN DOWN IN OLD MEXICO I MET A KIND MAN--SEEMS HE GUARDED THE BORDER HE SAID, ."YOU WON'T NEED PAPERS--I WILL LET YOU GO 'CAUSE I CAN TELL THAT YOU LOVE HER BY THE LOOK IN YOUR EYES, BOY SHE'S THE ROSE OF THE DESERT DOWN IN OLD MEXICO" VERSE 6m 5 1 1 2 2 5 5 1 4 1 1 5 5 1 1 CHORUS 3m b7 4 1 5 5 1 1 3m b7 4 1 1 5 1 1
EVERYBODY'S TALKIN' Nilsson, 1969 (#6) EVERYBODY'S TALKIN' AT ME I DON'T HEAR A WORD THEY'RE SAYIN' ONLY THE ECHOES OF MY MIND PEOPLE STOPPIN' STARIN' I CAN'T SEE THE FACES ONLY THE SHADOWS OF THEIR EYES CHORUS (after each verse): I'M GOIN' WHERE THE SUN KEEPS SHININ' THROUGH THE POURIN' RAIN GOIN' WHERE THE WEATHER SUITS MY CLOTHES BANKIN' OFF OF THE NORTHEAST WIND SAILIN' ON A SUMMER BREEZE SKIPPIN' OVER THE OCEAN LIKE A STONE EVERYBODY'S TALKIN' AT ME I DON'T HEAR A WORD THEY'RE SAYIN' I WON'T LET YOU LEAVE MY LOVE BEHIND VERSE 1 1 1 1 2m 5 1 1 CHORUS 4 5 1 17 4 5 1 17 4 5 1 17 4 5 1 1
FADED LOVE Bob Wills WHEN I LOOK AT THE LETTER THAT YOU WROTE TO ME IT'S YOU THAT I AM THINKING OF AS I READ THE LINES THAT TO ME WERE SO SWEET I REMEMBER OUR FADED LOVE CHORUS (after each verse): I MISS YOU DARLIN' MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY AS HEAVEN WOULD MISS THE STARS ABOVE WITH EVERY HEARTBEAT I STILL THINK OF YOU AND REMEMBER OUR FADED LOVE AS I THINK OF THE PAST AND ALL THE PLEASURE WE HAD AS I WATCH THE MATING OF THE DAWN IT WAS IN THE SPRINGTIME THAT WE SAID GOOD-BYE I REMEMBER OUR FADED LOVE 1 1 4 4 1 1 5 5 1 1 4 1 1 5 1 1 (swing version) 1-1+7 16-17 4 #4o 1-1+7 16-1 2m-27 5-5+ 1-1+7 16-17 4 #4o 1 2m-5 1-4m 1-5+
FLOWERS ON THE WALL I'VE BEEN HEARIN' YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT MY HAPPINESS BUT ALL THAT THOUGHT YOU'RE GIVIN' ME IS CONSCIENCE I GUESS IF I WERE WALKIN' IN YOUR SHOES I WOULDN'T WORRY NONE WHILE YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS ARE WORRYIN' 'BOUT ME I'M HAVIN' LOTS OF FUN CHORUS (after each verse): COUNTIN' FLOWERS ON THE WALL, THAT DON'T BOTHER ME AT ALL PLAYIN' SOLITAIRE TILL DAWN WITH A DECK OF FIFTY-ONE SMOKIN' CIGARETTES AND WATCHIN' CAPTAIN KANGAROO NOW DON'T TELL ME I'VE NOTHIN TO DO LAST NIGHT I DRESSED IN TAILS, PRETENDED I WAS ON THE TOWN AS LONG AS I CAN DREAM IT'S HARD TO SLOW THIS SWINGER DOWN SO PLEASE DON'T GIVE A THOUGHT TO ME, I'M REALLY DOIN' FINE YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND ME HERE HAVIN' QUITE A TIME . . . IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU, I MUST GO, I KNOW I LOOK A FRIGHT ANYWAY MY EYES ARE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO THIS LIGHT AND MY SHOES ARE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO THIS HARDENED STREET SO I MUST GO BACK TO MY ROOM AND MAKE MY LIFE COMPLETE VERSE 1 1 6m 6m 2 2 5 5 1 1 6m 6m 2 2 5 5 CHORUS 6m 6m 6m 6m 6m 6m 6m 6m 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 5
FOLSOM PRISON BLUES Johnny Cash I HEAR THE TRAIN A-COMIN', IT'S ROLLIN' 'ROUND THE BEND AND I AIN'T SEEN THE SUNSHINE SINCE I DON'T KNOW WHEN I'M STUCK AT FOLSOM PRISON AND TIME KEEPS DRAGGIN' ON BUT THAT TRAIN KEEPS ROLLIN' ON DOWN TO SAN ANTONE WHEN I WAS JUST A BABY MY MAMA TOLD ME, "SON-- ALWAYS BE A GOOD BOY, DON'T EVER PLAY WITH GUNS" BUT I SHOT A MAN IN RENO JUST TO WATCH HIM DIE WHEN I HEAR THAT WHISTLE BLOWIN' I HANG MY HEAD AND CRY IF THEY FREED ME FROM THIS PRISON, IF THAT RAILROAD TRAIN WAS MINE I'D TAKE IT AND I'D MOVE A LITTLE FARTHER DOWN THE LINE FAR FROM FOLSOM PRISON, THAT'S WHERE I LONG TO BE BUT THAT TRAIN KEEP'S ON A-MOVIN' AND THAT'S WHAT TORTURES ME (24-MEASURE BLUES) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 1
FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN YOU MAY THINK THAT I'M TALKIN' FOOLISH YOU'VE HEARD THAT I'M WILD AND I'M FREE YOU MAY WONDER HOW I CAN PROMISE YOU NOW THIS LOVE THAT I CAN FEEL FOR YOU ALWAYS WILL BE YOU'RE NOT JUST TIME THAT I'M KILLIN' I'M NO LONGER ONE OF THOSE GUYS AS SURE AS I LIVE THIS LOVE THAT I GIVE IS GONNA BE YOURS UNTIL THE DAY THAT I DIE, OH BABY CHORUS: I'M GONNA LOVE YOU FOREVER FOREVER AND EVER AMEN AS LONG AS OLD MEN SIT AND TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER AS LONG AS OLD WOMEN SIT AND TALK ABOUT OLD MEN IF YOU WONDER HOW LONG I'LL BE FAITHFUL (1) I'LL BE HAPPY TO TELL YOU AGAIN (2) WELL JUST LISTEN TO HOW THIS SONG ENDS I'M GONNA LOVE YOU FOREVER AND EVER END: *FOREVER AND EVER, FOREVER AND EVER FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN THEY SAY TIME TAKES ITS TOLL ON A BODY MAKES A YOUNG GIRL'S BROWN HAIR TURN GRAY BUT HONEY I DON'T CARE--I AIN'T IN LOVE WITH YOUR HAIR AND IF IT ALL FELL OUT, WELL, I'D LOVE YOU ANYWAY THEY SAY TIME CAN PLAY TRICKS ON A MEMORY MAKE PEOPLE FORGET THINGS THEY KNEW IT'S EASY TO SEE IT'S HAPPENIN' TO ME I'VE ALREADY FORGOTTEN EVERY WOMAN BUT YOU, OH DARLIN (chorus) INTRO 4 5 1 4 2m 5 1 1 VERSE 1 4 1 1 4 4 1 1 4 4 1 1 2 2 5 5 CHORUS 1 4 1 1 4 4 1 1 4 4 1 1 2 2 5 5 1 4 1 1 4 4 2 2 4 5 1 4 2m 5 *1 1 *END *6m 4 2m 5 1