SAN ANTONIO ROSE Bob Wills DEEP WITHIN MY HEART LIES A MELODY A SONG OF OLD SAN ANTONE WHERE IN DREAMS I LIVE WITH A MEMORY BENEATH THE STARS ALL ALONE IT WAS THERE I FOUND BESIDE THE ALAMO ENCHANTMENT STRANGE AS THE MOON UP ABOVE A MOONLIT PATH THAT ONLY SHE WOULD KNOW STILL HEARS MY BROKEN SONG OF LOVE CHORUS: MOON IN ALL YOUR SPLENDOR KNOWS ONLY MY HEART CALL BACK MY ROSE, ROSE OF SAN ANTONE LIPS SO SWEET AND TENDER LIKE PETALS FALLING APART SPEAK ONCE AGAIN OF MY LOVE, MY OWN BROKEN SONG, EMPTY WORDS I KNOW STILL LIVE IN MY HEART ALL ALONE FOR THAT MOONLIT PATH BY THE ALAMO AND ROSE, MY ROSE OF SAN ANTONE VERSE 1 1 4 27 5 5 1 1 1 1 4 27 5 5 1 1 (key change to 5) CHORUS 1 1 57 57 57 57 1 1 1 1 57 57 57 57 1 17
SEA OF HEARTBREAK THE LIGHTS IN THE HARBOR DON'T SHINE FOR ME I'M LIKE A LOST SHIP ADRIFT ON THE SEA CHORUS (after each verse): THE SEA OF HEARTBREAK, LOST LOVE AND LONELINESS MEMORIES OF YOUR CARESS ARE SO DIVINE I WISH YOU WERE MINE AGAIN MY DEAR I'M ON THE SEA OF TEARS--THE SEA OF HEARTBREAK HOW DID I LOSE YOU--OH WHERE DID I FAIL WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME ALWAYS TO SAIL BRIDGE: OH WHAT I'D GIVE TO SAIL ASHORE BACK TO YOUR ARMS ONCE MORE COME TO MY RESCUE, COME HERE TO ME TAKE ME AND KEEP ME AWAY FROM THE SEA VERSE 1 1 6m 6m 4 4 5 5 1 1 6m 6m 4 4 5 5 CHORUS 1 1 5 5 1 1 4 4 1 1 5 5 (1st & 3rd end) 1 1 4 5 (2nd end) 1 1 17 17 BRIDGE 4 4 1 1 4 4 37 37
SILVER THREADS AND GOLDEN NEEDLES I DON'T WANT YOUR LONELY MANSION WITH A TEAR IN EVERY ROOM ALL I WANT'S THE LOVE YOU PROMISED BENEATH THE HALOED MOON BUT YOU THINK I SHOULD BE HAPPY WITH YOUR MONEY AND YOUR NAME AND HIDE MYSELF IN SORROW WHILE YOU PLAY YOUR CHEATIN' GAME CHORUS (after each verse): SILVER THREADS AND GOLDEN NEEDLES CANNOT MEND THIS HEART OF MINE AND I DARE NOT DROWN MY SORROW IN THE WARM GLOW OF YOUR WINE YOU CAN'T BUY MY LOVE WITH MONEY 'CAUSE I NEVER WAS THAT KIND SILVER THREADS AND GOLDEN NEEDLES CANNOT MEND THIS HEART OF MINE I GREW UP IN FADED GINGHAM WHERE LOVE IS A SACRED THING YOU GREW UP IN SILK AND SATIN WHERE LOVE'S A PASSING GAME I KNOW NOW YOU NEVER LOVED ME AND I KNOW I WAS A FOOL TO THINK YOUR PRIDE WOULD LET YOU LOVE BY THE GOLDEN RULE VERSE 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 b7 5 1 1 4 4 4 1 5 1 1 CHORUS 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 b7 5 1 1 4 4 4 1 5 1 1
SILVER WINGS SILVER WINGS SHININ' IN THE SUNLIGHT ROARIN' ENGINES HEADIN' SOMEWHERE IN FLIGHT TAKIN' YOU AWAY, LEAVIN' ME LONELY SILVER WINGS SLOWLY FADIN' OUT OF SIGHT CHORUS: DON'T LEAVE ME I CRIED, DON'T TAKE THAT AIRPLANE RIDE 'CAUSE YOU LOCKED ME OUT OF YOUR MIND AND LEFT ME STANDIN' THERE BEHIND VERSE 1 1 1 1 2m 2m 5 5 1 1 1 1 2m 5 1 1 CHORUS 4 5 1 6m 6m 6m 27 5 5
SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD I PULLED OUT OF PITTSBURGH ROLLIN' DOWN THAT EASTERN SEABOARD I GOT MY DIESEL WOUND UP AND SHE'S RUNNIN' LIKE NEVER BEFORE THERE'S A SPEED ZONE AHEAD ON THE RIGHT BUT I DON'T SEE A COP IN SIGHT SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD AND I'M GONNA MAKE IT HOME TONIGHT I GOT TEN FORWARD GEARS AND A GEORGIA OVERDRIVE I'M TAKIN' LITTLE WHITE PILLS AND MY EYES ARE OPEN WIDE I JUST PASSED A GIMMY AND A WHITE I'VE BEEN PASSIN' EVERYTHING IN SIGHT SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD AND I'M GONNA MAKE IT HOME TONIGHT WELL IT SEEMS LIKE A MONTH SINCE I KISSED MY BABY GOOD-BYE I COULD HAVE A LOT OF WOMEN BUT I'M NOT LIKE SOME OTHER GUYS I COULD FIND ME ONE TO HOLD ME TIGHT BUT I COULD NEVER MAKE BELIEVE IT'S ALL RIGHT SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD AND I'M GONNA MAKE IT HOME TONIGHT THE I.C.C. IS A-CHECKIN' ON DOWN THE LINE I'M A LITTLE OVERWEIGHT AND MY LOGBOOK IS WAY BEHIND BUT NOTHIN' BOTHERS ME TONIGHT I'M DODGING ALL THE SCALES ALL RIGHT SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD AND I'M GONNA MAKE IT HOME TONIGHT WELL MY RIG'S A LITTLE OLD BUT THAT DON'T MEAN SHE'S SLOW THERE'S A FLAME FROM MY STACK THAT SMOKES BLOWING BLACK AS COAL MY HOME TOWN IS COMIN' IN SIGHT IF YOU THINK I'M HAPPY, YOU'RE RIGHT SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD AND I'M GONNA MAKE IT HOME TONIGHT 1 5 1 1 1 1 5 5 4 5 1 4 1 5 1 1
SIXTEEN TONS Merle Travis SOME PEOPLE SAY A MAN IS MADE OUT OF MUD A POOR MAN'S MADE OUT OF MUSCLE AND BLOOD MUSCLE AND BLOOD AND SKIN AND BONE A MIND THAT'S WEAK AND A BACK THAT'S STRONG CHORUS (after each verse): YOU LOAD SIXTEEN TONS AND WHAT DO YOU GET ANOTHER DAY OLDER AND DEEPER IN DEBT SAINT PETER DON'T YOU CALL ME 'CAUSE I CAN'T GO I OWE MY SOUL TO THE COMPANY STORE I WAS BORN ONE MORNIN' WHEN THE SUN DIDN'T SHINE PICKED UP MY SHOVEL AND I WENT TO THE MINE LOADED SIXTEEN TONS OF NUMBER NINE COAL AND THE STRAW BOSS SAID, "WELL, BLESS MY SOUL" I WAS BORN ONE MORNIN' IN THE DRIZZLIN' RAIN FIGHTIN' AND TROUBLE ARE MY MIDDLE NAME I WAS RAISED IN THE BOTTOMS BY AN OLD MAMA HOUND AIN'T NO HIGH-TONE WOMAN GONNA PUSH ME AROUND IF YOU HEAR ME A-COMIN' YOU BETTER STEP ASIDE A LOT OF MEN DIDN'T AND A LOT OF MEN DIED WITH ONE FIST OF IRON AND THE OTHER OF STEEL IF THE RIGHT ONE DON'T GET YOU THEN THE LEFT ONE WILL (2/4) INTRO 1m 7 6 5 1m 7 6 5 VERSE/CHORUS 1m 7 6 5 1m 7 6 5 1m 1m 4m 4m 5 5 5 1* *(After chorus go immediately to the intro)
SNOWBIRD BENEATH THIS SNOWY MANTLE COLD AND CLEAN THE UNBORN GRASS LIES WAITING FOR ITS COAT TO TURN TO GREEN THE SNOWBIRD SINGS THE SONG HE ALWAYS SINGS AND SPEAKS TO ME OF FLOWERS THAT WILL BLOOM AGAIN IN SPRING WHEN I WAS YOUNG MY HEART WAS YOUNG THEN TOO AND ANYTHING THAT IT WOULD TELL ME THAT'S THE THING THAT I WOULD DO BUT NOW I FEEL SUCH EMPTINESS WITHIN FOR THE THING I WANT THE MOST IN LIFE IS THE THING THAT I CAN'T WIN CHORUS (after each verse): SPREAD YOUR TINY WINGS AND FLY AWAY AND TAKE THE SNOW BACK WITH YOU WHERE IT CAME FROM ON THAT DAY THE ONE I LOVE FOREVER IS UNTRUE AND IF I COULD YOU KNOW THAT I WOULD FLY AWAY WITH YOU* THE BREEZE ALONG THE RIVER SEEMS TO SAY THAT HE'LL ONLY BREAK MY HEART AGAIN SHOULD I DECIDE TO STAY SO LITTLE SNOWBIRD TAKE ME WITH YOU WHEN YOU GO TO THAT LAND OF GENTLE BREEZES WHERE THE PEACEFUL WATERS FLOW *ENDING (after final chorus): YEAH, IF I COULD YOU KNOW THAT I WOULD FLY...AWAY WITH YOU VERSE/CHORUS 1 3m 2m 2m 5 5 5 1 1 1 3m 2m 2m 5 5 5 1 1 ENDING 5 5 4 4 2m 1 1 1 1
SOME DAY SOON THERE'S A YOUNG MAN THAT I KNOW, HIS AGE IS TWENTY-ONE COMES FROM DOWN IN SOUTHERN COLORADO JUST GOT OUT OF THE SERVICE AND HE'S LOOKIN' FOR HIS FUN SOME DAY SOON, GOIN' WITH HIM, SOME DAY SOON MY PARENTS CANNOT STAND HIM 'CAUSE HE RIDES THE RODEO MY FATHER SAYS THAT HE WILL LEAVE ME CRYIN' I WOULD FOLLOW HIM RIGHT DOWN THE TOUGHEST ROAD I KNOW SOME DAY SOON, GOIN' WITH HIM, SOME DAY SOON CHORUS: AND WHEN HE COMES TO CALL MY PA AIN'T GOT A GOOD WORD TO SAY GUESS IT'S 'CAUSE HE WAS JUST AS WILD IN THE YOUNGER DAYS SO BLOW YOU OLD BLUE NORTHERN, BLOW MY LOVE TO ME HE'S DRIVIN' IN TONIGHT FROM CALIFORNIA HE LOVES HIS DAMN OLD RODEO AS MUCH AS HE LOVES ME SOME DAY SOON, GOIN' WITH HIM, SOME DAY SOON VERSE 1 6m 4 1 3m 3m 4 5 1 6m 4 1 2m 5 1 1 CHORUS 5 5 4 1 6m 6m 2 5 5
SPANISH EYES BLUE SPANISH EYES TEARDROPS ARE FALLING FROM YOUR SPANISH EYES PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T CRY THIS IS JUST ADIOS AND NOT GOOD-BYE CHORUS (after each verse): SOON I'LL RETURN BRINGING YOU ALL THE LOVE YOUR HEART CAN HOLD PLEASE SAY "SI SI" SAY YOU AND YOUR SPANISH EYES WILL WAIT FOR ME BLUE SPANISH EYES PRETTIEST EYES IN ALL OF MEXICO TRUE SPANISH EYES PLEASE SMILE FOR ME ONCE MORE BEFORE I GO VERSE 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 CHORUS 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4m 4m 1 1 5 5 1 1
STAY A LITTLE LONGER YOU OUGHT TO SEE MY BLUE-EYED SALLY SHE LIVES WAY DOWN ON SHINBONE ALLEY THE NUMBER ON THE GATE, THE NUMBER ON THE DOOR AND THE NEXT HOUSE OVER IS A GROCERY STORE CHORUS (after each verse): STAY ALL NIGHT, STAY A LITTLE LONGER DANCE ALL NIGHT, DANCE A LITTLE LONGER PULL OFF YOUR COAT AND THROW IT IN THE CORNER DON'T SEE WHY YOU DON'T STAY A LITTLE LONGER YOU CAN'T GET HOME IF YOU'RE GOIN' BY THE MILL 'CAUSE THE BRIDGE WASHED OUT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL THE BIG CREEK'S UP AND THE BIG CREEK'S LEVEL PLOW MY CORN WITH THE DOUBLE SHOVEL SETTIN' IN THE WINDOW SINGIN' TO MY LOVE A TRASH BUCKET FELL FROM THE WINDOW UP ABOVE MULE AND A GRASSHOPPER EATIN' ICE CREAM AND THE MULE GOT SICK SO WE LAID HIM ON A BEAN GRAB YOUR GAL AND PAT HER ON THE HEAD IF SHE DON'T LIKE BISCUITS FEED HER CORN BREAD THE GIRLS ON BIG CREEK ABOUT HALF GROWN JUMP ON A MAN LIKE A DOG ON A BONE VERSE 1 1 1 5-1 1 1 1 5-1 CHORUS 1 1 5 1 1 1 5 5(2 beats) 1 1
SUNDOWN Gordon Lightfoot I CAN SEE HER LYIN' BACK IN HER SATIN DRESS IN A ROOM WHERE YOU DO WHAT YOU DON'T CONFESS CHORUS 1: SUNDOWN YOU BETTER TAKE CARE IF I FIND YOU BEEN CREEPIN' ROUND BY BACK STAIRS SUNDOWN YOU BETTER TAKE CARE IF I FIND YOU BEEN CREEPIN' ROUND BY BACK STAIRS SHE'S BEEN LOOKIN' LIKE A QUEEN IN A SAILOR'S DREAM AND SHE DON'T ALWAYS SAY WHAT SHE REALLY MEANS (chorus 2) CHORUS 2: SOMETIMES I THINK IT'S A SHAME WHEN I GET FEELIN' BETTER WHEN I'M FEELIN' NO PAIN SOMETIMES I THINK IT'S A SHAME WHEN I GET FEELIN' BETTER WHEN I'M FEELIN' NO PAIN I CAN PICTURE EVERY MOVE THAT A MAN COULD MAKE GETTIN' LOST IN HER LOVIN' IS YOUR FIRST MISTAKE (chorus 1) I CAN SEE HER LOOKIN' FAST IN HER FADED JEANS SHE'S A HARD LOVIN' WOMAN--GOT ME FEELIN' MEAN (chorus 1) VERSE 1 1 5 1 CHORUS 1 4 b7 1 1 4 b7 1 1
SWEET DREAMS SWEET DREAMS OF YOU EVERY NIGHT I GO THROUGH WHY CAN'T IF FORGET YOU AND START MY LIFE ANEW INSTEAD OF HAVING SWEET DREAMS ABOUT YOU CHORUS: YOU DON'T LOVE ME IT'S PLAIN I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN I'LL NEVER WEAR YOUR RING I SHOULD HATE YOU THE WHOLE NIGHT THROUGH INSTEAD OF HAVING SWEET DREAMS ABOUT YOU SWEET DREAMS OF YOU THINGS I KNOW CAN'T COME TRUE WHY CAN'T I FORGET THE PAST, START LOVING SOMEONE NEW INSTEAD OF HAVING SWEET DREAMS ABOUT YOU VERSE 1 2 5 5 1 2 5 5 1 4 1 6m 1-4 5 1 1 CHORUS 5 5 1 1 2 2 5 5 1 4 1 6m 1-4 5 1 1