KAW-LIGA Hank Williams KAW-LIGA WAS A WOODEN INDIAN STANDING BY THE DOOR HE FELL IN LOVE WITH AN INDIAN MAID OVER IN THE ANTIQUE STORE KAW-LIGA...JUST STOOD THERE AND NEVER LET IT SHOW SO SHE COULD NEVER ANSWER YES OR NO HE ALWAYS WORE HIS SUNDAY FEATHERS AND HELD A TOMAHAWK THE MAIDEN WORE HER BEADS AND BRAIDS AND HOPED SOME DAY HE'D TALK KAW-LIGA...TOO STUBBORN TO EVER SHOW A SIGN BECAUSE HIS HEART WAS MADE OF KNOTTY PINE CHORUS: POOR OL' KAW-LIGA, HE NEVER GOT A KISS POOR OL' KAW-LIGA, HE DON'T KNOW WHAT HE MISSED IS IT ANY WONDER THAT HIS FACE IS RED KAW-LIGA, THAT POOR OL' WOODEN HEAD KAW-LIGA WAS A LONELY INDIAN, NEVER WENT NOWHERE HIS HEART WAS SET ON THE INDIAN MAID WITH THE COAL-BLACK HAIR KAW-LIGA...JUST STOOD THERE AND NEVER LET IT SHOW SO SHE COULD NEVER ANSWER YES OR NO AND THEN ONE DAY A WEALTHY CUSTOMER BOUGHT THE INDIAN MAID AND TOOK HER OH SO FAR AWAY BUT OL' KAW-LIGA STAYED KAW-LIGA...JUST STANDS THERE AS LONELY AS CAN BE AND WISHES HE WAS STILL AN OLD PINE TREE (chorus) VERSE 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 5 5 5 5 1m 1m CHORUS 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1
KENTUCKY WALTZ WE WERE WALTZING THAT NIGHT IN KENTUCKY BENEATH THE BEAUTIFUL HARVEST MOON AND I WAS THE BOY THAT WAS LUCKY BUT IT ALL ENDED TOO SOON AS I SIT HERE ALONE IN THE MOONLIGHT I SEE YOUR SMILING FACE AND I LONG ONCE MORE FOR YOUR EMBRACE IN THE BEAUTIFUL KENTUCKY WALTZ 3/4 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 1 67 27 5 1 5
KING OF THE ROAD Roger Miller TRAILER FOR SALE OR RENT, ROOMS TO LET--FIFTY CENTS NO PHONE, NO POOL, NO PETS, I AIN'T GOT NO CIGARETTES AH, BUT TWO HOURS OF PUSHIN' BROOM BUYS AN EIGHT BY TWELVE FOUR BIT ROOM I'M A MAN OF MEANS BY NO MEANS--KING OF THE ROAD THIRD BOXCAR MIDNIGHT TRAIN, DESTINATION BANGOR, MAINE OLD WORN OUT SUIT AND SHOES, I DON'T PAY NO UNION DUES I SMOKE OLD STOGIES I HAVE FOUND, SHORT BUT NOT TOO BIG AROUND I'M A MAN OF MEANS BY NO MEANS--KING OF THE ROAD I KNOW EVERY ENGINEER ON EVERY TRAIN ALL OF THE CHILDREN AND ALL OF THEIR NAMES AND EVERY HANDOUT IN EVERY TOWN AND EVERY LOCK THAT AIN'T LOCKED WHEN NO ONE'S AROUND (I SING...verse 1) VERSE 1 & 2 1 4 5 1 1 4 5 5 1 4 5 1 1 4 5 (hold) 1 VERSE 3 1 4 5 1 1 4 5 (hold) (5)
KNOCK THREE TIMES Tony Orlando & Dawn, 1971 (#1) HEY GIRL WHAT YA' DOIN' DOWN THERE DANCIN' ALONE EVERY NIGHT WHILE I LIVE RIGHT ABOVE YOU I CAN HEAR YOUR MUSIC PLAYIN', I CAN FEEL YOUR BODY SWAYIN' ONE FLOOR BELOW ME, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ME, I LOVE YOU CHORUS (after each verse): (...OH MY DARLING) KNOCK THREE TIMES ON THE CEILING IF YOU WANT ME TWICE ON THE PIPE IF THE ANSWER IS NO...OH MY SWEETNESS (knock knock knock) MEANS YOU'LL MEET ME IN THE HALLWAY TWICE ON THE PIPE MEANS YOU AIN'T GONNA SHOW IF YOU LOOK OUT YOUR WINDOW TONIGHT PULL IN THE STRING WITH THE NOTE THAT'S ATTACHED TO MY HEART READ HOW MANY TIMES I SAW YOU, HOW IN MY SILENCE I ADORED YOU ONLY IN MY DREAMS DID THAT WALL BETWEEN US COME APART VERSE 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 1 CHORUS 4 4 (2 beats) 1 1 5 5 1 1 4 4 (2 beats) 1 1 5 5 1 1
LEAVIN' LOUISIANA IN THE BROAD DAYLIGHT MARY TOOK TO RUNNIN' WITH A TRAVELIN' MAN LEFT HER MAMA CRYIN' WITH HER HEAD IN HER HANDS SUCH A SAD CASE--SO BROKEN HEARTED SHE SAID, "MAMA, GOTTA' GO, GOTTA' GET OUTTA' HERE GOTTA' GET OUTTA' TOWN, TIRED OF HANGIN' AROUND GOTTA' ROLL ON BETWEEN THE DITCHES" IT'S JUST AN ORDINARY STORY 'BOUT THE WAY THINGS GO ROUND AND AROUND, NOBODY KNOWS BUT THE HIGHWAY GOES ON FOREVER *THAT OLD HIGHWAY GOES ON FOREVER CHORUS: SHE SAID, "NEVER HAVE I KNOWN IT WHEN IT FELT SO GOOD NEVER HAVE I KNEW IT WHEN I KNEW I COULD NEVER HAVE I DONE IT WHEN IT LOOKED SO RIGHT" LEAVIN' LOUISIANA IN THE BROAD DAYLIGHT LORD, SHE NEVER WOULD'VE DONE IT IF SHE HADN'T GOT DRUNK IF SHE HADN'T STARTED RUNNIN' WITH A TRAVELIN' MAN IF SHE HADN'T STARTED TAKIN' THOSE CRAZY CHANCES SHE SAID, "DAUGHTER LET ME TELL YOU 'BOUT THE TRAVELIN' KIND EVERYWHERE THEY GO IN SUCH A VERY SHORT TIME HE'LL BE LONG GONE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT *OH, HE'LL BE LONG GONE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT" (chorus) THIS IS DOWN IN THE SWAMP WHERE ANYTHING GOES IT'S ALLIGATOR BAIT AND THE BARS DON'T CLOSE IT'S THE REAL THING DOWN IN LOUISIANA DID YOU EVER SEE A CAJUN WHEN HE REALLY GOT MAD WHEN HE REALLY GOT TROUBLE LIKE A DAUGHTER GONE BAD IT GETS REAL HOT DOWN IN LOUISIANA THE STRANGER BETTER MOVE IT OR HE'S GONNA' GET KILLED HE'S GONNA HAVE TO GET IT OR A SHOTGUN WILL IT AIN'T NO TIME FOR LENGTHY SPEECHES *THERE AIN'T NO TIME FOR LENGTHY SPEECHES (chorus) IT'S JUST AN ORDINARY STORY 'BOUT THE WAY THINGS GO ROUND AND AROUND NOBODY KNOWS BUT THE HIGHWAY GOES ON FOREVER *THERE AIN'T NO WAY TO STOP THE WATER (chorus) VERSE 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 (add this line onto verses 3, 5, 8, & 9) *4 4 1 1 1 1 CHORUS 6m 5 4 1 6m 5 4 4 4
LET ME BE THERE WHEREVER YOU GO, WHATEVER YOU MAY WONDER IN YOUR LIFE SURELY YOU KNOW I ALWAYS WANT TO BE THERE HOLDING YOUR HAND AND STANDING BY TO CATCH YOU WHEN YOU FALL SEEING YOU THROUGH IN EVERYTHING YOU DO CHORUS (after each verse): LET ME BE THERE IN YOUR MORNING, LET ME BE THERE IN YOUR NIGHT LET ME CHANGE WHATEVER'S WRONG AND MAKE IT RIGHT LET ME TAKE YOU THROUGH THAT WONDERLAND THAT ONLY TWO CAN SHARE ALL I ASK YOU IS LET ME BE THERE WATCHING YOU GROW AND GOING THROUGH THE CHANGES IN YOUR LIFE THAT'S HOW I KNOW I'LL ALWAYS WANT TO BE THERE WHENEVER YOU FEEL YOU NEED A FRIEND TO LEAN ON--HERE I AM WHENEVER YOU CALL YOU KNOW I'LL BE THERE VERSE 1 1 4 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 4 1 1 5 1-4 1 CHORUS 1 1 4 4 1 1 2 5 1 1 4 4 1 5 4 1
LET YOUR LOVE FLOW Bellamy Brothers 1976 (#1) THERE'S A REASON FOR THE SUNSHINE SKY THERE'S A REASON WHY I'M FEELIN' SO HIGH MUST BE THE SEASON WHEN LOVE LIGHT SHINES ALL AROUND US SO LET THAT FEELIN' GRAB YOU DEEP INSIDE AND SEND YOU REELIN' WHERE YOUR LOVE CAN'T HIDE AND THEN GO WHEELIN' THROUGH ALL OF YOUR LIFE LETTIN' YOUR LOVE SHINE CHORUS (after each verse): JUST LET YOUR LOVE FLOW LIKE A MOUNTAIN STREAM AND LET YOUR LOVE GROW WITH THE SMALLEST OF DREAMS AND LET YOUR LOVE SHOW AND YOU'LL KNOW WHAT I MEAN IT'S THE SEASON LET YOUR LOVE FLY LIKE A BIRD ON THE WING AND LET YOUR LOVE BIND YOU TO ALL LIVING THINGS AND LET YOUR LOVE SHOW AND YOU'LL KNOW WHAT I MEAN THAT'S THE REASON THERE'S A REASON FOR THE WARM SWEET NIGHTS THERE'S A REASON FOR THE CANDLELIGHT MUST BE THE SEASON WHEN LOVE SHINES ALL AROUND US SO LET THE WONDER TAKE YOU INTO SPACE AND LAY YOU UNDER ITS LOVING EMBRACE FEEL THE THUNDER AS IT WARMS YOUR FACE YOU CAN'T HOLD BACK VERSE 1 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 CHORUS 4 4 1 1 5 5 1 1 4 4 1 1 5 5 1 1
LONESOME ME EVERYBODY'S GOIN' OUT AND HAVIN' FUN I'M A FOOL FOR STAYIN' HOME AND HAVIN' NONE I CAN'T GET OVER HOW SHE SET ME FREE OH, LONESOME ME THERE MUST BE SOME WAY I CAN LOSE THESE LONESOME BLUES FORGET ABOUT THE PAST AND GO FIND SOMEBODY NEW I'VE THOUGHT OF EVERYTHING FROM A TO Z OH, LONESOME ME CHORUS: I GUESS SHE'S NOT LIKE ME, SHE'S OUT AND FANCY FREE FLIRTING WITH THE BOYS AND ALL HER CHARMS WELL, I STILL LOVE HER SO, BROTHER DON'T YOU KNOW I'D WELCOME HER RIGHT BACK INTO MY ARMS VERSE 1 1 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 4 #4o 5 5 1 1 CHORUS 5 5 27 27 27 27 5 5 5 5 27 27 27 27 5 57
LOOKIN' FOR LOVE Johnny Lee WELL I'VE SPENT A LIFETIME LOOKIN' FOR YOU SINGLES BARS AND GOOD-TIME LOVERS WERE NEVER TRUE PLAYIN' A FOOL'S GAME HOPIN' TO WIN TELLIN' THOSE SWEET LIES AND LOSIN' AGAIN CHORUS (after each verse): (I WAS) LOOKIN' FOR LOVE IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES LOOKIN' FOR LOVE IN TOO MANY FACES SEARCHIN' THEIR EYES AND LOOKIN' FOR TRACES OF WHAT I'M DREAMIN' OF 1 & 2) HOPIN' TO FIND A FRIEND OR A LOVER 3) NOW THAT I'VE FOUND A FRIEND AND A LOVER I'LL BLESS THE DAY I DISCOVER ANOTHER HEART LOOKIN' FOR LOVE I WAS ALONE THEN--NO LOVE IN SIGHT AND I DID EVERYTHING I COULD TO GET ME THROUGH THE NIGHT DON'T KNOW WHERE IT STARTED OR WHERE IT MIGHT END I TURNED TO A STRANGER JUST LIKE A FRIEND (chorus) SOLO (first half of verse progression) then half verse THEN YOU CAME A-KNOCKIN' AT MY HEART'S DOOR YOU'RE EVERYTHING I'VE BEEN LOOKIN' FOR...(NO MORE) (chorus) INTRO 2m-3m 4-5 VERSE 4 4 1 1 4 1 5 5 4 4 1 1 4 1 5 5 CHORUS 1 1 3m 3m 4 4 2m-3m 4-5 1 1 3m 3m 4 5 1 1
LOUISIANA SATURDAY NIGHT CHORUS (after each verse): WELL YOU GET DOWN THE FIDDLE AND YOU GET DOWN THE BOW KICK OFF YOUR SHOES AND YOU THROW 'EM ON THE FLOOR DANCE IN THE KITCHEN TILL THE THE MORNIN' LIGHT LOUISIANA SATURDAY NIGHT WAITIN' IN THE FRONT YARD SITTIN' ON A LOG SINGLE SHOT RIFLE AND A ONE-EYED DOG YONDER COME 'A KINFOLK IN THE MOONLIGHT LOUISIANA SATURDAY NIGHT MY BROTHER BILL AND MY OTHER BROTHER JACK BELLY FULL OF BEER AND A POSSUM IN THE SACK FIFTEEN KIDS IN THE FRONT PORCH LIGHT LOUISIANA SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN THE KINFOLK LEAVE AND THE KIDS GET FED ME AND MY WOMAN GONNA SLIP OFF TO BED HAVE A LITTLE FUN WHEN WE TURN OUT THE LIGHTS LOUISIANA SATURDAY NIGHT 1 5 4 1 1 5 4-5 1
LOVE SOMEONE LIKE ME THAT DANCIN' MOON IS ON THE WATER DO YOU FEEL INCLINED ROMANTICALLY IF YOU DO I THINK YOU OUGHTA' LOVE SOMEONE LIKE ME THERE AIN'T NO PLACE YOU SHOULD BE GOIN' AIN'T NO NEED FOR YOU TO LEAVE 'CAUSE IT'S A LOVER'S NIGHT AND THE STARS ARE SHOWIN' YOU NEED TO LOVE SOMEONE LIKE ME CHORUS 1: SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT TRY AND FIND YOU BUT MY LOVE WILL SET YOU FREE AND IF YOUR HEART HAS GOT A MIND TO YOU COULD LOVE SOMEONE LIKE ME IT DON'T TAKE LUCK TO FIND GOOD LOVIN' AND IT DON'T HAPPEN MAGICALLY BABY, TONIGHT YOU DON'T NEED NOTHIN' TO LOVE SOMEONE LIKE ME (chorus 1 & 2) CHORUS 2: YOU'VE BEEN THINKIN' LOVE WILL FIND YOU BUT MY LOVE WILL SET YOU FREE AND IF YOUR HEART HAS GOT A MIND TO YOU COULD LOVE SOMEONE LIKE ME VERSE 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 5 5 1m 1m 1m 1m 3 5 1m 1m CHORUS 3 3 1m 1m 3 3 5 5 1m 1m 1m 1m 3 5 1m 1m
LOVE IS A ROSE Neil Young CHORUS (after each verse): LOVE IS A ROSE BUT YOU BETTER NOT PICK IT ONLY GROWS WHEN IT'S ON THE VINE HANDFUL OF THORNS AND YOU'LL KNOW YOU'VE MISSED IT LOSE YOUR LOVE WHEN YOU SAY THE WORD "MINE" I WANNA SEE WHAT'S NEVER BEEN SEEN I WANNA LIVE THAT AGE-OLD DREAM COME ON BOY, LET'S GO TOGETHER LET'S TAKE THE BEST RIGHT NOW I WANNA GO TO AN OLD HOEDOWN LONG AGO IN A WESTERN TOWN PICK ME UP 'CAUSE MY FEET ARE DRAGGIN' GIVE ME A LIFT AND I'LL HAY YOUR WAGON CHORUS 1 4-1 1 5-1 1 4-1 1 5-1 VERSE 4 1 5 1 4 1 5 1
LOVE UNDECIDED IF YOU WANT SOME GOOD ADVICE DON'T LET HER GO SHE'S THE ONE WHO STOOD BY YOU WHAT IS THIS THING YOU BOTH HAVE BECOME THAT LEAVES LOVE UNDECIDED CHORUS (after each verse): DON'T WALK AWAY--DON'T RUN FROM YOURSELF IT'S NOT HER FOR SOMEBODY ELSE IT'S NOT A RAINBOW YOU SEE THROUGH TEARS IN YOUR EYES DON'T THINK LOVE IS ONE-SIDED WORDS THAT WERE SPOKEN, NEVER TO BE BROKEN TO WALK AS ONE FOR A LIFETIME THEN COMES THE DOUBT AND ALL THOSE GREENER PASTURES THAT LEAVES LOVE UNDECIDED THE EARTH IS WORN, HER SIDES ARE TORN AND TATTERED LIKE A SAIL THE OCEAN GATHERS THEY ARE AS ONE AND SO DIVINELY GUIDED LEAVING LOVE REUNITED INTRO 6m 6m 4 4 1 1 VERSE 1 4 5 1 4 4 1 5 1 4 5 1 4 4 5 1 1 CHORUS 6m 6m 4 1 6m 6m 4 5 5 1 1 4 1 4 4 5 1 1
LOVESICK BLUES Hank Williams I GOT A FEELIN' CALLED THE BLUES, O LORD SINCE MY BABY SAID GOODBYE LORD I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'LL DO ALL I DO IS SIT AND CRY, OH LORD THAT LAST LONG DAY SHE SAID GOODBYE WELL LORD, I THOUGHT I WOULD DIE SHE'LL DO ME, SHE'LL DO YOU, SHE'S GOT THAT KIND OF LOVIN' LORD, I LOVE TO HEAR HER WHEN SHE CALLS ME SWEET DADDY SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DREAM, I HATE TO THINK IT'S ALL OVER I'VE LOST MY HEART IT SEEMS I'VE GROWN SO USED TO YOU SOMEHOW WELL, I'M NOBODY'S SUGAR DADDY NOW AND I'M LONESOME, I GOT THE LOVESICK BLUES CHORUS: WELL I'M IN LOVE, I'M IN LOVE WITH A BEAUTIFUL GAL THAT'S WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH ME WELL I'M IN LOVE, I'M IN LOVE WITH A BEAUTIFUL GAL BUT SHE DON'T CARE ABOUT ME LORD I'VE TRIED AND I'VE TRIED TO KEEP HER SATISFIED BUT SHE JUST WOULDN'T STAY SO NOW THAT SHE IS A-LEAVIN' THIS IS ALL I CAN SAY (verse) VERSE 1(2 beats) 1 1 5 5 5 5 1 1 4 4 1 6 2 2 5 5(2 beats) 1 1 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 4 1 6 2 5 1 1 CHORUS 3 6m 3 6m 3 6m 2 5 5 5 1 1 2 2 2 5
LOVING YOU O'Kanes IF I COULD BE ANYONE THAT I WANTED TO BE I'D BE ME JUST LOVING YOU IF I COULD GO ANYWHERE, SEE WHAT I WANTED TO SEE I'D SEE ME JUST LOVING YOU CHORUS: LOVING YOU...LOVING YOU... JUST LOVING YOU... IF I HAD ONE STAR THAT I COULD MAKE A WISH ON TONIGHT I'D SAY ALL RIGHT...JUST LOVING YOU BRIDGE: AS LONG AS YOU SAY THAT YOU'LL BE MINE AND THAT WE NEVER WILL PART MY DAYS WILL BE FILLED WITH SUNSHINE AND I'LL HAVE THIS SONG IN MY HEART VERSE 1 4 1 1 5 5 1 1 CHORUS 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 BRIDGE 4 4 1 1 5 5 1 1 4 4 1 1 5 5 5 5
LUCILLE Kenny Rogers, 1977 (#5) IN A BAR IN TOLEDO ACROSS FROM THE DEPOT ON A BAR STOOL SHE TOOK OFF HER RING I THOUGHT I'D GET CLOSER SO I WALKED ON OVER I SAT DOWN AND ASKED HER HER NAME WHEN THE DRINKS FINALLY HIT HER SHE SAID "I'M NO QUITTER BUT I FINALLY QUIT LIVIN' ON DREAMS I'M HUNGRY FOR LAUGHTER AND HERE EVER AFTER I'M AFTER WHATEVER THE OTHER LIFE BRINGS" IN THE MIRROR I SAW HIM AND I CLOSELY WATCHED HIM I THOUGHT HOW HE LOOKED OUT OF PLACE HE CAME TO THE WOMAN WHO SAT THERE BESIDE ME HE HAD A STRANGE LOOK ON HIS FACE THE BIG HANDS WERE CALLOUSED, HE LOOKED LIKE A MOUNTAIN FOR A MINUTE I THOUGHT I WAS DEAD BUT HE STARTED SHAKIN', HIS BIG HEART WAS BREAKIN' AS HE TURNED TO THE WOMAN AND SAID CHORUS: ...YOU PICKED A FINE TIME TO LEAVE ME LUCILLE--WITH FOUR HUNGRY CHILDREN AND A CROP IN THE FIELD I'VE HAD SOME BAD TIMES, LIVED THROUGH SOME SAD TIMES BUT THIS TIME YOUR HURTIN' WON'T HEAL YOU PICKED A FINE TIME TO LEAVE ME LUCILLE AFTER HE LEFT US I ORDERED MORE WHISKEY I THOUGHT HOW SHE'D MADE HIM LOOK SMALL FROM THE LIGHTS OF THE BARROOM TO A RENTED HOTEL ROOM WE WALKED WITHOUT TALKIN' AT ALL SHE WAS A BEAUTY BUT WHEN SHE CAME TO ME SHE MUST HAVE THOUGHT I'D LOST MY MIND I COULDN'T HOLD HER 'CAUSE THE WORDS THAT HE TOLD HER KEPT COMIN' BACK TIME AFTER TIME (chorus) (3/4) VERSE 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 1 CHORUS ... 1 (stop and hold for 2 measures) 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 5 5 1 1