TAKE ME BACK TO TULSA Bob Wills & Tommy Duncan WHERE'S THAT GAL WITH THE RED DRESS ON SOME FOLKS CALL HER DINAH STOLE HER HEART AWAY FROM ME WAY DOWN IN LOUISIANA CHORUS (after each verse): TAKE ME BACK TO TULSA--I'M TOO YOUNG TO MARRY TAKE ME BACK TO TULSA--I'M TOO YOUNG TO MARRY THE LITTLE BEE SUCKS THE BLOSSOM--THE BIG BEE GETS THE HONEY LITTLE MAN RAISES COTTON--THE BIG MAN GETS THE MONEY OH WALK AND TALK, SUSIE--JUST WALK AND TALK, SUSIE OH WALK AND TALK SUSIE--JUST WALK AND TALK, SUSIE I ALWAYS WEAR A GREAT BIG SMILE--WE NEVER DO LOOK SOUR TRAVEL ALL O'ER THE COUNTRY PLAYIN' BY THE HOUR 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 1 ADDITIONAL VERSES: NOW WHO'S THAT GAL WITH THE GREEN DRESS ON MAN, NOW THERE'S A MINI TAKE AWAY A THREAD OR TWO THEN YOU AIN'T GOT ANY NOW I WENT DOWN TO TULSA--THAT'S IN OKLAHOMA FLIRTED WITH SOMEBODY'S GAL--WOUND UP IN A COMA I TOOK THAT TURNER TURNPIKE HEADED DOWN TO LAWTON THEY TOOK MY CAR AWAY FROM ME--SAID IT WASN'T BOUGHTEN NOW I WENT DOWN TO TULSA--THAT WAS MY UNDOIN' STARTED IN TO SINGING--STILL CAN HEAR THE BOOIN'
TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS John Denver ALMOST HEAVEN, WEST VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS, SHENANDOAH RIVER LIFE IS OLD THERE, OLDER THAT THE TREES YOUNGER THAN THE MOUNTAINS, GROWIN' LIKE A BREEZE CHORUS: TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS TO THE PLACE I BELONG WEST VIRGINIA, MOUNTAIN MAMA TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS ALL MY MEMORIES GATHER 'ROUND HER MINER'S LADY, STRANGER TO BLUE WATER DARK AND DUSTY, PAINTED ON THE SKY MISTY TASTE OF MOONSHINE, TEARDROPS IN MY EYES (chorus) BRIDGE: I HEAR HER VOICE IN THE MORNINGS, SHE CALLS ME THE RADIO REMINDS ME OF MY HOME FAR AWAY AND DRIVIN' DOWN THE ROAD I GET A FEELING THAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN HOME YESTERDAY--YESTERDAY (chorus) VERSE 1 1 6m 6m 5 5 4 1 1 1 1 6m 6m 5 5 4 1 CHORUS 1 1 5 5 6m 6m 4 4 1 1 5 5 4 4 1 1 BRIDGE 6m 5 1 1 4 1 5 5 6m b7 4 1 5 5 5 5
TENNESSEE FLATTOP BOX IN A LITTLE CABARET IN A SOUTH TEXAS BORDER TOWN SAT A BOY AND HIS GUITAR AND THE PEOPLE CAME FROM ALL AROUND AND ALL THE GIRLS FROM THERE TO AUSTIN WERE SLIPPIN AWAY FROM HOME AND PUTTIN' JEWELRY IN HOCK TO TAKE A TRIP TO GO AND LISTEN TO THE LITTLE DARK-HAIRED BOY WHO PLAYED THE TENNESSEE FLATTOP BOX--AND HE WOULD PLAY... WELL HE COULDN'T RIDE OR WRANGLE AND HE NEVER CARED TO MAKE A DIME BUT GIVE HOME HIS GUITAR AND HE'D BE HAPPY ALL THE TIME AND ALL THE GIRLS FROM NINE TO NINETY WERE SNAPPIN' FINGERS, TAPPIN' TOES, AND BEGGIN' HIM DON'T STOP AND HYPNOTIZED AND FASCINATED BY THE LITTLE DARK-HAIRED BOY WHO PLAYED THE TENNESSEE FLATTOP BOX--AND HE WOULD PLAY... THEN ONE DAY HE WAS GONE AND NO ONE EVER SAY HIM 'ROUND HE VANISHED LIKE THE BREEZE, THEY FORGOT HIM IN THE LITTLE TOWN BUT ALL THE GIRLS STILL DREAMED ABOUT HIM AND HUNG AROUND THE CABARET UNTIL THE DOORS WERE LOCKED AND THEN ONE DAY ON THE HIT PARADE WAS THE LITTLE DARK-HAIRED BOY WHO PLAYED THE TENNESSEE FLATTOP BOX--AND HE WOULD PLAY... VERSE 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5(2 beats) 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 1 (Key change-up a fourth) SOLO 1(hold) 1(hold) 1 5 5 5 5 1(hold) 1(hold) 1 5 5 5 5 1 (Key change-down a fourth) 1 1 1 1
TENNESSEE WALTZ I WAS WALTZING WITH MY DARLING TO THE TENNESSEE WALTZ WHEN AN OLD FRIEND I HAPPENED TO SEE I INTRODUCED HIM TO MY LOVED ONE AND WHILE THEY WERE WALTZING MY FRIEND STOLE MY SWEETHEART FROM ME CHORUS: I REMEMBER THE NIGHT OF THE TENNESSEE WALTZ NOW I KNOW JUST HOW MUCH I HAVE LOST OH, I LOST MY LITTLE DARLING THE NIGHT THEY WERE PLAYING THE BEAUTIFUL TENNESSEE WALTZ (3/4) SIMPLE VERSION VERSE 1 1 1 4 1 1 2m 5 1 1 1 4 1 5 1 1 (5) CHORUS 1 37 4 1 1 1 2m 5 1 1 1 4 1 5 1 1 (5) COMPLEX VERSION VERSE 1 1+7 17 4 1 67 2m 5 1 1+7 17 4 1 5 1 5 CHORUS 1 37 4 1 1 67 2m 5 1 1+7 17 4 1 5 1 5
THANK GOD I'M A COUNTRY BOY John Denver WELL, LIFE ON THE FARM IS KIND OF LAID BACK AIN'T MUCH AN OLD COUNTRY BOY LIKE ME CAN'T HACK IT'S EARLY TO RISE AND EARLY IN THE SACK THANK GOD I'M A COUNTRY BOY A SIMPLE KIND OF LIFE NEVER DID ME NO HARM RAISIN' ME A FAMILY AND WORKIN' ON THE FARM MY DAYS ARE ALL FILLED WITH AN EASY COUNTRY CHARM THANK GOD I'M A COUNTRY BOY CHORUS: WELL, I GOT ME A FINE WIFE, I GOT ME AN OLD FIDDLE WHEN THE SUN COMES UP I GOT CAKES ON THE GRIDDLE LIFE AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A FUNNY FUNNY RIDDLE THANK GOD I'M A COUNTRY BOY WHEN THE WORK'S ALL DONE AND THE SUN'S SETTIN' LOW I PULL OUT MY FIDDLE AND I ROSIN UP THE BOW BUT THE KIDS ARE ASLEEP SO I KEEP IT KIND OF LOW THANK GOD I'M A COUNTRY BOY I'D PLAY SALLY GOODIN' ALL DAY IF I COULD BUT THE LORD AND MY WIFE WOULDN'T TAKE IT VERY GOOD SO I FIDDLE WHEN I CAN AND WORK WHEN I SHOULD THANK GOD I'M A COUNTRY BOY (chorus) WELL, I WOULDN'T TRADE MY LIFE FOR DIAMONDS OR JEWELS I NEVER WAS ONE OF THEM MONEY-HUNGRY FOOLS I'D RATHER HAVE MY FIDDLE AND MY FARMIN' TOOLS THANK GOD I'M A COUNTRY BOY YEAH, CITY FOLK DRIVIN' IN THEIR BLACK LIMOUSINE A LOTTA' SAD PEOPLE THINKIN THAT'S MIGHTY KEEN WELL, FOLKS LET ME TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN THANK GOD I'M A COUNTRY BOY (chorus) WELL, MY FIDDLE WAS MY DADDY'S TILL THE DAY HE DIED AND HE TOOK ME BY THE HAND AND HELD ME CLOSE TO HIS SIDE HE SAID, "LIVE A GOOD LIFE AND PLAY MY FIDDLE WITH PRIDE AND THANK GOD YOU'RE A COUNTRY BOY" MY DADDY TAUGHT ME YOUNG HOW TO HUNT AND HOW TO WHITTLE HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO WORK AND PLAY A TUNE ON THE FIDDLE HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO LOVE AND HOW TO GIVE JUST A LITTLE THANK GOD I'M A COUNTRY BOY (chorus) VERSE 1 1-4 1 b7-5 1 1-4 1-5 1 CHORUS 5 1 5 1 1 1-4 1-5 1
THANKS A LOT Ernest Tubb CHORUS (after each verse): THANKS--THANKS A LOT GOT A BROKEN HEART, THAT'S ALL I GOT YOU MADE ME CRY, I CRIED A LOT THEN YOU WERE GONE, HONEY, THANKS A LOT YOU TOLD MY FRIENDS AS I WAS PASSING BY THAT YOU WEREN'T SORRY THAT YOU MADE ME CRY YOU SAID I DESERVED EVERYTHING I GOT IF THAT'S HOW YOU FEEL HONEY, THANKS A LOT YOU ORDERED A FOOL AND I PLAYED THE PART NOW ALL I'VE GOT IS A BROKEN HEART WE LOVED A LITTLE, YOU LAUGHED A LOT THEN YOU WERE GONE, HONEY, THANKS A LOT 1 1 6m 6m 1 1 6m 6m 1 1 4 4 1 5 1 1
THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKIN' Lee Hazelwood YOU'VE BEEN SAYIN' YOU GOT SOMETHIN' FOR ME SOMETHIN' YOU CALL LOVE, BUT CONFESS YOU'VE BEEN MESSIN' WHERE YOU SHOULDN'T BEEN MESSIN' NOW SOMEONE ELSE IS GETTIN' ALL YOUR BEST CHORUS (after each verse): THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKIN' AND THAT'S JUST WHAT THEY'LL DO ONE OF THESE DAYS THESE BOOTS ARE GOING TO WALK ALL OVER YOU (intro) YOU'VE BEEN LYIN' WHEN YOU SHOULD'VE BEEN TRUTHIN' YOU KEEP LOSIN' WHEN YOU OUGHTA' NOT BET YOU KEEP "SAMIN'" WHEN YOU OUGHTA' BE CHANGIN' NOW WHAT'S RIGHT IS RIGHT AND YOU AIN'T BEEN RIGHT YET YOU KEEP PLAYIN' WHERE YOU SHOULDN'T BE PLAYIN' YOU KEEP THINKIN' THAT YOU'LL NEVER GET BURNED I'VE JUST BOUGHT ME A BRAND NEW BOOK OF MATCHES AND WHAT HE/SHE KNOWS YOU AIN'T GOT TIME TO LEARN INTRO 1...( 4-measure bass run) 1 1 1 1 VERSE 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 CHORUS b3 1 b3 1 b3 1(stop) 1(rest)
THING CALLED LOVE SIX-FOOT-SIX HE STOOD ON THE GROUND WEIGHED TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE POUNDS BUT I SAW A GIANT OF A MAN BROUGHT DOWN FROM A THING CALLED LOVE HE WAS THE KIND OF MAN THAT WOULD GAMBLE OF LUCK LOOK YOU IN THE EYE AND NEVER BACK UP I SAW HIM CRY LIKE A LITTLE PUP 'CAUSE OF A THING CALLED LOVE CHORUS: CAN'T SEE IT IN YOUR EYES, HOLD IT IN YOUR HAND BUT LIKE THE WIND IT COVERS OUR LAND STRONG ENOUGH TO RUIN THE HEART OF ANY MAN THIS THING CALLED LOVE IT CAN LIFT YOU UP, IT CAN LET YOU DOWN TAKE YOUR WORLD AND TURN IT ALL AROUND EVER SINCE TIME NOTHIN'S EVER BEEN FOUND STRONGER THAN LOVE MOST MEN ARE LIKE ME THEY STRUGGLE AND DOUBT TROUBLE THEIR MINDS DAY IN AND DAY OUT BUSY WITH LIVIN' AND WORRYING ABOUT A THING CALLED LOVE WHEN I SEE A MOTHERS TENDERNESS SHE HOLDS HER YOUNG CLOSE TO HER BREAST I THANK GOD IT WAS WORTH THE RISK THIS THING CALLED LOVE (chorus) VERSE 1 1 1 1 2m 5 1 1 CHORUS 1 4 3m 6m 4 2m 5 5 1 4 3m 6m 6m 1 5 1 1
THUNDER ROAD LET ME TELL A STORY, I CAN TELL IT ALL ABOUT A MOUNTAIN BOY WHO RAN ILLEGAL ALCOHOL HIS DADDY MADE THE WHISKEY, THE SON HE DROVE THE LOAD AND WHEN HIS ENGINES ROARED THEY CALLED THAT HIGHWAY THUNDER ROAD WELL, SOMETIMES INTO NASHVILLE, SOMETIMES MEMPHIS TOWN THE REVENUERS CHASED HIM BUT THEY COULDN'T RUN HIM DOWN EACH TIME THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD HIM HIS ENGINE WOULD EXPLODE HE'D GO BY LIKE THEY WERE STANDIN' STILL ON THUNDER ROAD CHORUS: AND THERE WAS THUNDER, THUNDER, OVER THUNDER ROAD THUNDER WAS HIS ENGINE AND WHITE LIGHTNIN' WAS HIS LOAD AND THERE WAS MOONSHINE, MOONSHINE TO QUENCH THE DEVIL'S THIRST THE LAW THEY SWORE THEY'D GET HIM BUT THE DEVIL GOT HIM FIRST NOW ON THE FIRST OF APRIL, NINETEEN-FIFTY-FOUR A FEDERAL MAN SAID HARLEY BETTER MAKE HIS RUN NO MORE HE SAID TWO HUNDRED AGENTS WERE COVERING THE STATE WHICHEVER ROAD HE TRIED TO TAKE THEY'D GET HIM SURE AS BAIT NOW SON, HIS DADDY TOLD HIM, MAKE THIS RUN YOUR LAST YOU TAKE A SPILL WITH A HUNDRED PROOF YOU'RE ALL TUNED UP AND GASSED DON'T TAKE ANY CHANCES IF YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH I'D RATHER HAVE YOU BACK AGAIN THAN ALL THE MOUNTAIN DEW (chorus) WELL, ROARIN' OUT OF HARLAN AND REVVIN' UP HIS MILL HE SHOT THE GAP AT CUMBERLAND AND SCREAMED THROUGH MAYNARDSVILLE WITH G-MEN ON HIS TAILLIGHTS, ROADBLOCKS UP AHEAD THAT MOUNTAIN BOY TOOK ROADS THAT EVEN ANGELS FEARED TO TREAD RUNNIN' OUT OF NASHVILLE, UP ON KINGSTON PIKE RIGHT OUT SIDE OF BEARDON THEY MADE THE FATAL STRIKE HE LEFT THE ROAD AT NINETY, THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO SAY THE DEVIL GOT THE MOONSHINE AND THE MOUNTAIN BOY THAT DAY (chorus) Use 1m on odd verses (1, 3, 5) 1 (major) on even verses (2, 4, 6) VERSE 1m (1) 1m (1) 1m (1) 1m (1) 5 5 1m (1) 1m (1) 1m (1) 1m (1) 1m (1) 1m (1) 5 5 1m (1) 1m (1) CHORUS 4 4 1 1 5 5 1 1 4m 4m 1m 1m 5 5 1m 1m 1m 1m
TIMBER I'M FALLING IN LOVE THE RIGHT TIME, THE RIGHT PLACE THE RIGHT BODY, THE RIGHT FACE TIMBER I'M FALLING IN LOVE IT STARTED SLOW, IT'S COMIN' FAST I GOT A FEELING IT'S GONNA LAST TIMBER I'M FALLING IN LOVE CHORUS: YOU'RE SO PRETTY, YOU LOOK SO SWEET YOUR LOVE'S SWEEPIN' ME OFF OF MY FEET YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE I'M DREAMIN' OF I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I'M FALLING IN LOVE WHO KNOWS HOW LOVE STARTS I WOKE UP WITH YOU IN MY HEART TIMBER I'M FALLING IN LOVE VERSE 1 4 1 5 1 4-5 1-4 1-5 (1) CHORUS 4 4 1 1 4 b7 b3 b6(2 beats) 5 5
TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS Glen Campbell, 1969 (#23) IF YOU SEE YOUR BROTHER STANDING BY THE ROAD WITH A HEAVY LOAD FORM THE SEED HE'S SOWED AND IF YOU SEE YOUR SISTER FALLING BY THE WAY JUST STOP AND SAY "YOU'RE GOING THE WRONG WAY" CHORUS (after each verse): YOU'VE GOT TO TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS YEAH SHOW A LITTLE KINDNESS JUST SHINE YOUR LIGHT FOR EVERYONE TO SEE AND IF YOU TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS THEN YOU'LL OVERLOOK THE BLINDNESS OF THE NARROW-MINDED PEOPLE ON THE NARROW-MINDED STREETS DON'T WALK AROUND THE DOWN AND OUT LEND A HELPING HAND INSTEAD OF DOUBT AND THE KINDNESS THAT YOU SHOW EVERY DAY WILL HELP SOMEONE ALONG THEIR WAY VERSE 1 4 1 1 5 4 1 1 1 4 1 1 5 4 1 1 CHORUS 5 5 4 1 4 1 5 5 5 5 1 6m 4 5 4-5 1 1
TULSA TIME WELL I LEFT OKLAHOMA DRIVIN' THAT OLD PONTIAC JUST ABOUT TO LOSE MY MIND I WAS GOIN' TO ARIZONA, MAYBE ON TO CALIFORNIA WHERE PEOPLE ALL LIVE SO FINE MY MAMA SAYS I'M CRAZY, MY BABY CALLS ME LAZY BUT I'M GOIN' TO SHOW THEM ALL THIS TIME 'CAUSE YOU KNOW I AIN'T NO FOOL AND I DON'T NEED NO MORE DAMNED SCHOOLIN' I WAS BORN TO JUST WALK THE LINE CHORUS: LIVIN' ON TULSA TIME LIVIN' ON TULSA TIME GONNA SET MY WATCH BACK TO IT 'CAUSE YOU KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH IT LIVIN' ON TULSA TIME THERE I WAS IN HOLLYWOOD THINKIN' I WAS DOIN' GOOD TALKIN' ON THE TELEPHONE LINE THEY DON'T WANT ME IN THE MOVIES AND NOBODY SINGS MY SONGS MY MAMA SAYS MY BABY'S DOIN' FINE SO THEN I STARTED WINKIN', THEN I STARTED THINKIN' THAT I REALLY HAD A FLASH THIS TIME THAT I HAD NO BUSINESS LEAVIN' AND NOBODY WOULD BE GRIEVIN' YOU SEE--I'M ON TULSA TIME (chorus) INTRO 17-b7 5b54b3 1 1 VERSE/CHORUS 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 1