33 RPM Soul | Come A Long Way |
(C7)Consecrate your soul or there's gonna be hell to pay (C7)Father, forgive our sins She's doing(C7) the widow walk since her ship went down Her (C7)captain is lost at sea Should (C7)never have tried to rock |
I kicked in his door at 5 AM Come a long way I drive by the Plaza where the gay boys pose I gunned it down to San Pedro Bay Now you tow it to the repo man's front door |
The Secret to a Long Life | Contest Coming |
Billy Barlow was a poor boy Oh the (F)secret to a long life is knowing(C) when it's
time to go(G) So when this news reached her lover Billy headed north where the sands (F)of the Badlands (C)blow(G) |
Sybil sits in a rocking chair (G)Backwoods folks take sides(C) from the middle(G) You can hear him late (C)at (D)night(G) |
Over the Waterfall | Shaking Hands (Soldier's Joy) |
I thought I knew what I was doing I (D)knew a river wide and deep I (D)asked the old man by the river The ferry(D)boatman, he did tell me So I built(D) myself an oaken barrel And now it's been (D)my luck to live to tell |
Shaking (Dm)hands and fingers that do tremble Pierce McGee(Dm) from the great State of Missouri I took(Dm) a rifle ball in my shoulder Shaking hands(Dm)...was I a coward, was I brave? |
Jump Jim Crow | Hold Me Back (Frankie & Johnny) |
Jump Jim Crow (D)Hip Zip Coon you sure look slick (D)Tarbaby, Tarbaby, tell me true |
Frankie was a good woman Frankie went down to the barroom He said, "Frankie, I ain't gonna tell you no story" She cried, "Hold (C7)me back!(G7) Frankie went on over to that coke joint Sure enough there Johnny was with Miss Nellie Bly Roll out your rubber tired carriages |
Prodigal Daughter (Cotton Eyed Joe) | Blackberry Blossom |
What's to be done with a prodigal son? But when a (G)girl goes home with the (C)oats he's (D)sown I (G)went to see a doctor and I almost (C)died(D) (G)Look, here comes a (C)prodigal son(D) (G)Had not have been for the Cotton (C)Eyed Joe(D) (G)Out in the cornfield I stubbed(C) my toe(D) |
Can you tell me what happened to the blossom (G)When I picked the berry I didn't (C)miss the blossom(G) (G)I was picking berries when that(C) crow flew(G) above
me |
Strawberry Jam | Weaving Way |
Saturday morning found me itching Now we've (D)got Smucker's, (E7)Welches, Knotts Berry Farm We've got a little revolution(E7) sweeping the land |
You had a little drink Your (F)friends have (C)all (G)gone (F)Leaving(C) (G)you to find your weaving (D)way (G)home (F)What more (C)can I (G)do? There's a (F)chance (C)that I (G)may have to (F)Stand back and(C) watch you (G)find your own (D)weaving (G)way It's (F)not (C)the way you (G)talk That's (F)making (C)me (G)grieve It's (F)not the (C)way you (G)walk, it's the (D)way that you (G)weave It's (F)eating (C)you (G)inside And then (F)tossed out(C) like (G)a bone (F)Leaving(C) (G)you to find your weaving (D)way (G)home The (F)sun on (C)the (G)horizon Was (F)turning (C)dawn to (G)day (F)By the (C)time you (G)finally found your own (D)weaving (G)way Oh, I (F)love the (C)way you (G)laugh When I (F)ask (C)you to (G)leave I (F)swear that (C)I don't (G)love you for the way (D)that you (G)weave Forgive (D)me, my(G) friend Did I (D)forget to(G) mention? The path that (D)you have(G) chosen Is paved with (D)your (G)intention Touch a finger (D)to your (G)nose I (D)wish you (G)well Walk a (D)straight (G)line on the road (D)to (G)hell |
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