HAPPY TRAILS Dale Evans INTRO: SOME TRAILS ARE HAPPY ONES, OTHERS ARE BLUE IT'S THE WAY YOU RIDE THE TRAIL THAT COUNTS HERE'S A HAPPY ONE FOR YOU 1 6 2m 2m 5 5 5 1 VERSE: HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU--KEEP SMILIN' UNTIL THEN WHO CARES ABOUT THE CLOUDS WHEN WE'RE TOGETHER JUST SING A SONG AND BRING THE SUNNY WEATHER HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU TILL WE MEET AGAIN 1 1 1-#1o 5 5 5 5-5+ 1 1 4 67 27-57 1 67 2m-5 1
HEARTBROKE Ricky Scaggs WELL WHO WOULDN'T NOTICE THE FIRE IN YOUR EYES OR THE BITTER DIRECTION OF IMPENDING GOOD-BYES I'M FALLIN', I'M FALLIN', I'M WILTING IN PLACE AT THE SIGHT OF YOU STANDIN' WITH STREAKS DOWN YOUR FACE CHORUS (after each verse): YOU GOT YOUR HEART BROKE, GO RUNNIN' FROM THE REASON GOT YOUR HEART BROKE, DON'T GIVE UP ON BELIEVIN' IN ME HEART BROKE--YOU KEPT ME FROM LEAVIN' WITH MY HEART BROKE YOU CRY WITH YOUR RICHES, THEY POUR IF YOU'RE LONELY SHEER MADNESS PREVAILS UPON REASON TO YOU BUT ALL IS NOT LOST, IT IS ONLY MISTAKEN A SMALL CONSOLATION BUT I KNOW JUST HOW YOU FEEL WELL NOBODY SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE EASY WE ALL HAVE OUR WEAK SIDES THAT NEED SOME GOOD TOUCHIN' NOBODY SAID THAT IT WOULD NOT BE WORTH IT BUT HUMAN CONDITIONS CONTINUE AS SUCH VERSE 1 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 CHORUS 2m-3m 4-6m 5 5 2m-3m 4-6m 5 5 2m-3m 4-6m 5 5 1 1 1 1
HELLO TROUBLE WOKE UP THIS MORNIN' HAPPY AS CAN BE LOOKED OUT MY WINDOW, WHAT'S THAT I SEE COMIN' UP THE SIDEWALK JUST AS PLAIN AS DAY WELL HERE COMES TROUBLE AND I NEVER THOUGHT I'D I SEE YOU SINCE YOU WENT AWAY CHORUS (after each verse): HELLO TROUBLE, COME ON IN WELL YOU TALK ABOUT HEARTACHES, WHERE IN THE WORLD YOU BEEN AIN'T HAD THE MISERY SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE WELL HELLO TROUBLE, TROUBLE, TROUBLE, WELCOME HOME WE'LL MAKE A POT OF COFFEE AND YOU CAN REST YOUR SHOES AND YOU CAN TELL ME THOSE SWEET LIES AND I CAN LISTEN TO YOU WELL IT'S JUST A LITTLE PART OF, PART OF A LIFE WE'VE LIVED THOUGH I'D RATHER HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE THAN TO NEVER KNOW THE LOVE YOU GIVE 1 1-4 1 1 5 5 1 1 1 1-4 1 1 1(4) 5 1 1 Use option (in parentheses) for chorus
HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT ...TAKE THE RIBBON FROM MY... HAIR...SHAKE IT LOOSE AND LET IT FALL...LAYING SOFT UPON YOUR SKIN...LIKE THE SHADOWS ON THE WALL...COME AND LAY DOWN BY MY SIDE...TILL THE EARLY MORNING LIGHT...ALL I'M ASKING IS YOUR TIME...HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT... CHORUS: ...I DON'T CARE WHO'S RIGHT OR WRONG...I DON'T TRY TO UNDER- STAND...LET THE DEVIL TAKE TO- MORROW...FOR TONIGHT I NEED A FRIEND... ...YESTERDAY IS DEAD AND GONE...AND TOMORROW'S OUT OF SIGHT...IT'S SO SAD TO BE A- LONE...HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT VERSE 1 1 4 4 5 5 1 1 (hold) (second ending) 1-4 1-17 (into chorus) (third ending) 1-4 1 (hold) CHORUS 4 4 1 1 27 27 5 5
HEY GOOD LOOKIN' Hank Williams SAY HEY GOOD LOOKIN', WHATCHA' GOT COOKIN' HOW'S ABOUT COOKIN' SOMETHIN' UP WITH ME HEY SWEET BABY, DON'TCHA' THINK MAYBE WE COULD FIND US A BRAND NEW RECIPE CHORUS 1: I GOT A HOT ROD FORD AND A TWO-DOLLAR BILL AND I KNOW A SPOT RIGHT OVER THE HILL THERE'S SODA POP AND THE DANCIN'S FREE SO IF YOU WANT TO HAVE FUN COME ALONG WITH ME (repeat verse 1) I'M FREE AND READY SO WE CAN GO STEADY HOW'S ABOUT SAVING ALL YOUR TIME FOR ME NO MORE LOOKIN', I KNOW I'VE BEEN TOOKIN' HOW'S ABOUT KEEPIN' STEADY COMPANY CHORUS 2: I'M GOIN' TO THROW MY DATE BOOK OVER THE FENCE AND FIND ME ONE FOR FIVE OR TEN CENTS I'LL KEEP IT TILL IT'S COVERED WITH AGE 'CAUSE I'M WRITIN' YOUR NAME DOWN ON EVERY PAGE (repeat verse 1) structure: AABA VERSE 1 1 1 1 27 5 1 5 (17) CHORUS 4 1 4 1 4 1 27 5
HIGHWAY FORTY BLUES Ricky Scaggs THESE HIGHWAY FORTY BLUES I'VE WALKED HOLES IN BOTH MY SHOES COUNTED THE DAYS SINCE I'VE BEEN GONE AND I'D LOVE TO SEE THE LIGHTS OF HOME WASTED TIME AND MONEY TOO SQUANDERED YOUTH IN SEARCH OF TRUTH BUT IN THE END I HAD TO LOSE, LORD ABOVE, I'VE PAID MY DUES GOT THESE HIGHWAY FORTY BLUES THE HIGHWAY CALLED WHEN I WAS YOUNG TOLD ME LIES OF THINGS TO COME FAME AND FORTUNE LIES AHEAD THAT'S WHAT THE BILLBOARD LIGHTS HAD SAID SHATTERED DREAMS, MY MIND IS NUMB MY MONEY'S GONE, STICK OUT MY THUMB MY EYES ARE FILLED WITH BITTER TEARS LORD, I AIN'T BEEN HOME IN YEARS GOT THEM HIGHWAY FORTY BLUES YOU KNOW I'VE RAMBLED ALL AROUND LIKE A ROLLING STONE FROM TOWN TO TOWN HAD PRETTY GIRLS I HAVE TO SAY BUT NONE OF THEM COULD MAKE ME STAY WELL, I'VE PLAYED THE MUSIC HALLS AND BARS HAD FANCY CLOTHES AND BIG FINE CARS THINGS A COUNTRY BOY CAN'T USE, DIXIE I'M SURE MISSING YOU GOT THEM HIGHWAY FORTY BLUES 2m 2m 5 5 1 1 1 1 2m 2m 5 5 1 1 1 1 4 4 5 5 1 5 6m 6m 2 2 5 5 1 b7-4 1 1
HONKY TONK BLUES Hank Williams WELL I LEFT MY HOME DOWN ON THE RURAL ROUTE I TOLD MY PA I'M GOIN' STEPPIN' OUT AND GET THE HONKY TONK BLUES YEAH, THE HONKY TONK BLUES YEAH, LORD I GOT 'EM I GOT THE HONKY TONK BLUES WELL I WENT TO A DANCE, I WORE OUT MY SHOES WOKE UP THIS MORNING WISHIN' I COULD LOSE THEM JUMPIN' HONKY TONK BLUES YEAH, THE HONKY TONK BLUES YEAH, LORD I GOT 'EM I GOT THE HONKY TONK BLUES WELL I STOPPED INTO EVERY PLACE IN TOWN THIS CITY LIFE HAS REALLY GOT ME DOWN I GOT THE HONKY TONK BLUES YEAH, THE HONKY TONK BLUES YEAH, LORD I GOT 'EM I GOT THE HONKY TONK BLUES I'M GONNA TUCK MY WORRIES UNDERNEATH MY ARM AND SCAT RIGHT BACK TO MY PAPPY'S FARM AND LEAVE THESE HONKY TONK BLUES YEAH, THE HONKY TONK BLUES YEAH, LORD I GOT 'EM I GOT THE HONKY TONK BLUES 1 1 1 1 1(2 beats) 4 4 4(2 beats) 1 1 5 5 5 1 1
HONKY TONKIN' Hank Williams WHEN YOU ARE SAD AND LONELY AND HAVE NO PLACE TO GO JUST COME TO SEE ME BABY AND BRING ALONG SOME DOUGH CHORUS (after each verse): AND WE'LL GO HONKY TONKIN', HONKY TONKIN' HONKY TONKIN' HONEY BABY WE'LL GO HONKY TONKIN' 'ROUND THIS TOWN WHEN YOU AND YOUR BABY HAVE A FALLIN' OUT JUST CALL ME UP SWEET MAMA AND WE'LL GO STEPPIN' OUT WE'RE GOIN' TO THE CITY, TO THE CITY FAIR IF YOU GO TO THE CITY THEN YOU WILL FIND ME THERE VERSE 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 CHORUS 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-5 1 1
HOW MUCH DO I OWE YOU HOW MUCH DO I OWE YOU SAID THE HUSBAND TO THE WIFE FOR STANDING BESIDE ME THROUGH THE HARD YEARS OF MY LIFE SHALL I BRING YOU DIAMONDS, SHALL I BUY YOU FURS SAY THE WORD AND IT'S YOURS AND THE WIFE SAID... CHORUS (after each verse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m 4 5 1 1