OKIE FROM MUSKOGEE Merle Haggard WE DON'T SMOKE MARIJUANA IN MUSKOGEE WE DON'T TAKE OUR TRIPS ON LSD AND DON'T BURN OUR DRAFT CARDS DOWN ON MAIN STREET BUT WE LIKE LIVIN' RIGHT AND BEIN' FREE WE DON'T MAKE A PARTY OUT OF LOVIN' WE LIKE HOLDING HANDS AND PITCHIN' WOO WE DON'T LET OUR HAIR GROW LONG AND SHAGGY LIKE THE HIPPIES OUT IN SAN FRANCISCO DO CHORUS: AND I'M PROUD TO BE AN OKIE FROM MUSKOGEE A PLACE WHERE EVEN SQUARES CAN HAVE A BALL WE STILL WAVE OLD GLORY DOWN AT THE COURTHOUSE WHITE LIGHTNIN'S STILL THE BIGGEST THRILL OF ALL LEATHER BOOTS ARE STILL IN FASHION FOR MANLY FOOTWEAR HIPPIE BEADS AND ROMAN SANDALS WON'T BE SEEN FOOTBALL'S STILL THE ROUGHEST GAME ON CAMPUS AND KIDS HERE STILL RESPECT THE COLLEGE DEAN (chorus) INTRO 5 5 1 1 VERSE 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 1 ENDING (add to last chorus): WHITE LIGHTNIN'S STILL THE BIGGEST THRILL OF ALL IN MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA, U.S.A. ENDING 5 5 1 1 5 5 1 1
ON THE ROAD AGAIN Willie Nelson ON THE ROAD AGAIN JUST CAN'T WAIT TO GET ON THE ROAD AGAIN THE LIFE I LOVE IS MAKING MUSIC WITH MY FRIENDS AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GET ON THE ROAD AGAIN ON THE ROAD AGAIN GOIN' PLACES THAT I'VE NEVER BEEN SEEIN' THINGS THAT I MAY NEVER SEE AGAIN AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GET ON THE ROAD AGAIN CHORUS: ON THE ROAD AGAIN, LIKE A BAND OF GYPSIES WE GO DOWN THE HIGHWAY WE'RE THE BEST OF FRIENDS INSISTING THAT THE WORLD BE TURNING OUR WAY, YES OUR WAY (repeat verse 1) VERSE 1 1 1 1 37 37 37 37 2m 2m 4 5 1 1 CHORUS 4 4 4 4 1 1 4 4 4 4 1 1 5 5
ON THE WINGS OF A DOVE Joe Ferguson NOAH HE DRIFTED ON THE SEA MANY DAYS HE SEARCHED FOR LAND IN VARIOUS WAYS TROUBLES HE HAD SOME, BUT HE WASN'T FORGOTTEN HE SENT DOWN HIS LOVE ON THE WINGS OF A DOVE CHORUS (after each verse): ON THE WINGS OF A SNOW WHITE DOVE HE SENDS HIS PURE SWEET LOVE A SIGN FROM ABOVE ON THE WINGS OF A DOVE WHEN TROUBLES BESET US, WHEN EVILS COME THE BODY GROWS WEAK AND THE SPIRIT GROWS NUMB WHEN THESE THINGS BESET US HE DOESN'T FORGET US HE SENDS DOWN HIS LOVE ON THE WINGS OF A DOVE WHEN JESUS WENT DOWN TO THE RIVER TO PRAY HE WAS BAPTIZED BY JOHN I THE JORDAN THAT DAY WHEN THESE THINGS WERE DONE GOD BLESSED HIS SON HE SENT DOWN HIS LOVE ON THE WINGS OF A DOVE (3/4) CHORUS 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 5 1 4 1 1 VERSE 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 5 1 4 1 1
ONE PROMISE TOO LATE Reba McIntyre I WOULD HAVE WAITED FOREVER IF I'D KNOW THAT YOU'D BE HERE WE COULD HAVE SHARED OUR LIVES TOGETHER AND HELD EACH OTHER CLOSE ALL THROUGH THE YEAR BUT I MET SOMEONE BEFORE YOU AND MY HEART JUST COULDN'T WAIT SO NO MATTER HOW MUCH I ADORE YOU I'VE GOT TO STAND BEHIND THE PROMISE THAT I MADE CHORUS: WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I COULD HAVE LOVED YOU WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I GAVE MY HEART AWAY ALL MY LIFE I'VE BEEN DREAMING OF YOU YOU CAME ALONG ONE PROMISE TOO LATE YOU CAME ALONG ONE PROMISE TOO LATE BRIDGE: I WON'T SAY THAT I'M SORRY THAT I MET YOU I CANT' HAVE YOU BUT I NEVER WILL FORGET YOU (chorus) INTRO/END 1 5 4 4 1 5 1 1 VERSE 1 5 4 4 1 5 6m 6m 4 1 5 5 2m 4 5 5 CHORUS 6m 4 1 1 6m 4 5 5 4 5 6m 4 1 5 6m 4 1 5 1 1 BRIDGE 3m 3m 6m 6m 3m 3m 4 5
PAPER ROSES Anita Bryant, 1960 (#5), Marie Osmond, 1973 (#5) I REALIZE THE WAY YOUR EYES DECEIVED ME WITH TENDER LOOKS THAT I MISTOOK FOR LOVE SO TAKE AWAY THE FLOWERS THAT YOU GAVE ME AND SEND THE KIND THAT YOU REMIND ME OF CHORUS (after each verse): PAPER ROSES, PAPER ROSES OH HOW REAL THOSE ROSES SEEM TO BE BUT THEY'RE ONLY IMITATION LIKE YOUR IMITATION LOVE FOR ME YOUR PRETTY LIPS LOOK WARM AND SO APPEALING THEY SEEM TO HAVE THE SWEETNESS OF A ROSE SO THROW AWAY THE FLOWERS THAT I GAVE YOU I'LL SEND THE KIND THAT YOU REMIND ME OF I THOUGHT THAT YOU WOULD BE A PERFECT LOVER YOU SEEMED SO FULL OF SWEETNESS AT THE START BUT LIKE A BIG RED ROSE THAT'S MADE OF PAPER THERE ISN'T ANY SWEETNESS IN YOUR HEART YOUR PRETTY LIPS LOOK WARM AND SO APPEALING THEY SEEM TO HAVE THE SWEETNESS OF A ROSE BUT WHEN YOU GIVE A KISS THERE IS NO FEELING IT'S JUST A STIFF AND ARTIFICIAL POSE VERSE 1 1 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 4 4 5 5 1 1 CHORUS 4 4-5 1 1 2m 5 1 1 4 4-77 3m 3m 2m 5 1 1
RAMBLIN' FEVER Merle Haggard MY HAT DON'T HANG ON THE SAME NAIL TOO LONG MY EARS CAN'T STAND TO HEAR THAT SAME OLD SONG I DON'T LEAVE THE HIGHWAY LONG ENOUGH TO BOG DOWN IN THE MUD RESTLESS RAMBLIN' FEVER IN MY BLOOD GOT THAT RAMBLIN' FEVER LONG AGO WHEN I FIRST HEARD A LONESOME WHISTLE BLOW IF ANYONE SAID I EVER GAVE A DAMN DAMN SURE HEARD ME WRONG I'VE HAD RAMBLIN' FEVER FOR SO LONG CHORUS: RAMBLIN' FEVER, THE KIND THAT CAN'T BE MEASURED BY DEGREE RAMBLIN' FEVER, THERE AIN'T NO KIND OF CURE FOR MY DISEASE BRIDGE: SOMETIMES I LIKE TO LAY DOWN ON THE SOFA LET SOME LITTLE LADY RUB MY BACK SPEND THE EARLY MORNING DRINKIN' COFFEE SHE'LL BE THINKIN' ABOUT WHEN I'LL BE COMIN' BACK WELL, I DON'T LET NO WOMAN TIE ME DOWN I NEVER GET TOO OLD TO GET AROUND I WANT TO DIE ON THE HIGHWAY AND FADE AWAY BY SOME OLD HIGHLINE ROAD I GOT A RESTLESS RAMBLIN' FEVER IN MY SOUL (chorus) VERSE 1 1 4 4 1 1 5 5 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 5 1 1 CHORUS 1 1 4 4 1 1 5 5 1 1 4 4 1 5 1 1 BRIDGE 1 1 4 4 1 1 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 5 1 1
REDWOOD HILL Gordon Lightfoot I CLIMBED THE REDWOOD HILL WAS ON A RAINY DAY TO RISE ABOVE THE CROWD AND TALK WITH MOTHER NATURE FOR AWHILE SHE TOLD ME OF HER LOVE FOR THE CHILDREN IN HER TRUST AND OF THE GRAVEYARD SOUND FOR THE LIKES OF YOU AND ME AND LOVE CHORUS: CRYING THOUGH SHE WAS SHE DID SPEAK THESE TENDER WORDS THE THINGS THAT I AM I COULD NOT CHANGE FOR ANY MAN I TRIED TO COMFORT HER BUT SHE WOULD NOT BE STILL (1) AND HOW THE RAIN DID FALL AS I FOUND MY WAY BACK DOWN THE REDWOOD HILL (2) I'LL NOT FORGET THAT DAY WHEN MOTHER NATURE CLIMBED THE REDWOOD HILL VERSE 1 1 5 5 6m 6m 3m 3m 4 4 1 1 27 27 5 5 1 1 5 5 6m 6m 3m 3m 4 4 1 1 27 5 1 1 CHORUS 6m 6m 6m 6m 1 1 1 1 4 4 2m 2m 4 4 5 5 1 1 5 5 6m 6m 3m 3m 4 4 1 1 27 5 1 1
RELEASE ME CHORUS (after each verse): PLEASE RELEASE ME, LET ME GO FOR I DON'T LOVE YOU ANY MORE TO WASTE OUR LIVES WOULD BE A SIN RELEASE ME AND LET ME LOVE AGAIN I HAVE FOUND A NEW LOVE DEAR AND I WILL WANT HER ALWAYS NEAR HER LIPS ARE WARM WHILE YOURS ARE COLD RELEASE ME MY DARLING, LET ME GO PLEASE RELEASE ME CAN'T YOU SEE YOU'D BE A FOOL TO CLING TO ME TO LIVE A LIE WOULD BRING US PAIN RELEASE ME AND LET ME LOVE AGAIN 1 1 4 4 5 5 1 1 1 1 4 4 5 5 1 5
RHINESTONE COWBOY Glen Campbell, 1975 (#1) written by Larry Weiss I'VE BEEN WALKIN' THIS STREET SO LONG SINGIN' THE SAME OLD SONG I KNOW EVERY CRACK IN THESE DIRTY SIDEWALKS OF BROADWAY WHERE HUSTLE'S THE NAME OF THE GAME AND NICE GUYS GET WASHED AWAY LIKE THE SNOW AND THE RAIN THERE'S BEEN A LOAD OF COMPROMISIN' ON THE ROAD TO MY HORIZON BUT I'M GONNA BE WHERE THE LIGHTS ARE SHININ' ON ME CHORUS (after each verse): LIKE A RHINESTONE COWBOY RIDING OUT ON A HORSE IN A STAR-SPANGLED RODEO LIKE A RHINESTONE COWBOY GETTING CARDS AND LETTERS FROM PEOPLE I DON'T EVEN KNOW AND OFFERS COMIN' OVER PHONE WELL I REALLY DON'T MIND THE RAIN AND A SMILE CAN HIDE ALL THE PAIN BUT YOU'RE DOWN WHEN YOU'RE RIDIN' THE TRAIN THAT'S TAKIN' THE LONG WAY AND I DREAM OF THE THINGS I'LL DO WITH A SUBWAY TOKEN AND A DOLLAR TUCKED INSIDE MY SHOE THERE'S BEEN A LOAD OF COMPROMISIN' ON THE ROAD TO MY HORIZON BUT I'M GONNA BE WHERE THE LIGHTS ARE SHININ' ON ME VERSE 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 4 4 4 4 1 1 5 5 4 1 4 2m 5 5 CHORUS 1114 1 1 1+7 2m 5 1114 1 1 1+7 2m 5 4 1
RING OF FIRE Johnny Cash LOVE IS A BURNIN' THING IT MAKES A FIERY RING BOUND BY WILD DESIRE OH, THAT RING OF FIRE CHORUS (after each verse): I FELL INTO A BURNIN' RING OF FIRE I WENT DOWN, DOWN, DOWN AND THE FLAMES WENT HIGHER AND IT BURNS, BURNS, BURNS, THAT RING OF FIRE THAT RING OF FIRE THE TASTE OF LOVE IS SWEET WHEN HEARTS LIKE OURS MEET I FELL IN JUST LIKE A CHILD OH, THE FLAMES WENT WILD VERSE 1 1-4 1 1 1 1-5 1 1 1 1-4 1 1 1 1-5 1 1 CHORUS 5 5 4 1 5 5 4 1 1 1 1-5 1 1-5 1 1
THE ROSE SOME SAY LOVE, IT IS A RIVER THAT DROWNS THE TENDER REED SOME SAY LOVE, IT IS A RAZOR THAT LEAVES YOUR SOUL TO BLEED SOME SAY LOVE, IT IS A HUNGER, AN ENDLESS ACHING NEED I SAY LOVE, IT IS A FLOWER AND YOU ITS ONLY SEED IT'S THE HEART AFRAID OF BREAKING THAT NEVER LEARNS TO DANCE IT'S A DREAM AFRAID OF WAKING THAT NEVER TAKES A CHANCE IT'S THE ONE WHO WON'T BE TAKEN WHO CANNOT SEEM TO GIVE AND THE SOUL AFRAID OF DYING THAT NEVER LEARNS TO LIVE WHEN THE NIGHT HAS BEEN TOO LONELY AND THE ROAD HAS BEEN TOO LONG AND IT SEEMS THAT LOVE IS ONLY FOR THE LUCKY AND THE STRONG JUST REMEMBER IN THE WINTER UNDERNEATH THE BITTER SNOW LIES THE SEED THAT WITH THE SUN'S LOVE IN THE SPRING BECOMES THE ROSE 1 5 4//5 1 1 5 4//5 1 3m 6m 4 5 1 5 4//5 1