Author: Jim

Nellie Kane

Jim,

—Tim O'Brien

As a young man I went riding out on the western plain
In the state of North Dakota I met my Nellie Kane
I met my Nellie Kane

She was living in a lonely cabin with a son by another man
Five years she had waited for him as long as a woman can
As long as a woman can

Chorus:
I don't know what changed my mind
'Til then I was the rambling kind
The kind of love I can't explain
That I had for Nellie Kane

She took me on to work that day to help her till the land
In the afternoon we planted seeds in the evening we held hands
In the evening we held hands

Her blue eyes told me everything a man could want to know
It was then I realized that I would never go
I would never go

Chorus

Now many years have gone by and her son has grown up tall
I became a father to him and she became my all
She became my all

Chorus

Verse:

I I I I
I I I VIm
VIm I

Chorus:

IV IV I I
V V I I   :|

Wrong Road Again

Jim,

—Allen Reynolds

I can't seem to learn not to love you
You get to me every time
You're someone I just can't say no to
And you're so good at changing my mind

Chorus:
Here I go down that wrong road again
Going back where I've already been
Even knowing where it will end
Here I go down that wrong road again

Thou I see the web that you're weaving
You and your soft easy lines
Before I stop to think I'm believing
And I'm falling for you one more time

Chorus

Verse & Chorus:

I IV I I
I V I I   :|




Grave in the Pines

Jim,

—Clayton McMichen

In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun never shines
You'll shiver when the cold wind blows
There's a grave in the pines, where the sun never shines
There's a grave that's shaded with a pine

My true love lies, in a narrow grave
In the pines, where the sun never shines
The snow liеs deep, on my true lovers grave
In thе pines, in the pines, in the pines

We used to sit, and tell of our love
In the pines, where the sun never shines
But now she's gone, like the turtle dove
In the pines, in the pines, in the pines

That icy grave, that lies on the hill
I know she's cold up there
I loved her dearer, than all this world
For there never was one so fair

I'm an old-time rounder, who's done goin' down
This life is blank to me
For the only one, I ever loved
Was taken away from me

I have my friends, I have my foes
But life to me is blind
She's sleeping now, in a cold dark grave
In the pines, in the pines, in the pines

I'm going away, but I won't come back
On a lonesome railroad line
But I can't forget, that sweet little girl
Who sleeps in the pines, in the pines

3/4

Verse:

I IV – I I V
I IV – I I – V I


'Tis the Gift to Be Simple

Jim,

—Elder Joseph Brackett, Alfred, Maine Shaker community 1848

'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free,
'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.

Chorus:
When true simplicity is gained,
To bow and to bend we shan't be ashamed,
To turn, turn, will be our delight,
'Til by turning, turning, we come 'round right.

A Part:

I I V V
I I V I

B Part:

I I I V
I I V I
Notation in D:




My Home is Just Around the Bend

Jim,

—Ernie Dawson

Its a long and dusty road
That my feet, they are traveling on
And sometimes, the clouds are dark and low
Oh but I've got to keep the faith
And walk that straight and narrow way
To reach that place that I will call my home

Chorus:
For my home is just around the bend
I think about it now and then
Reunions by the millions everywhere
But the one that I so long to see
Is the one who bled and died for me
My home's the place I long to be

Now so many hold this world so dear
But I am just a stranger here
Passing through on a temporary stay
But I'm looking forward to the time
When all of heaven, shall be mine
I'll watch and pray for it could be just any day

Chorus

Verse & Chorus:

I IV I V
I IV I – V I

Nashville Blues

Jim,

—Delmore Brothers

Chorus:
I've got the blues, those Nashville blues (x2)
Ain't got no hat, ain't got no shoes

Them people here they trat me fine (x2)
They give me beer and they give me wine

It's hard to tell what a girl will do (x2)
They'll win your love and leave you blue

I'm a-going back to Arkansas (x2)
Gonna stay right there with my pap and ma

Verse:

I I IV I V I



Go Home

Jim,

—Onie Wheeler

While drinking alone in a tavern one day
My eyes they hardly could see
I heard a kind voice ringing so loud and clear
And here is what the voice said to me

Go home (go home) go home (go home)
And kneel by your bedside and pray
Go home (go home) go home (go home)
God will answer your prayers today

I staggered across the room to the door
I almost fell on the floor
I'm sure there was laughter but I could not hear
For the words that still ring in my ears

God sobered my mind and He saved my soul
And he erased my thoughts from all fear
Then back to the tavern I preached of these words
The same words that ring in my ear

The crowd started leaving with heads bowed so low
As the bartender picked up the key
As he locked the door he murmured these words
Was the same words that God spoke to me

3/4

Verse:

I IV – I I V
I IV – I I – V I

Chorus:

I IV I V
I IV I – V I

John's Been Shucking My Corn

Jim,

—Onie Wheeler

Ol' John's got a farm right next to mine.
Yeah we've been neighbors a long long time.
Daytime ol' John never comes around,
but I've seen his footprints on my ground.

Chorus
Ol' John's got a woman but he wants mine too,
He's always looking for something new.
There's a monkey in the woodpile sure as you're born,
I think ol' John's a been a shuckin' my corn.

John's big bare feet's like an I.O.U.,
When he stepped in the barn where he oughten to.
That's how I know they're a courtin' in the barn,
I think ol' John's a been a shuckin' my corn.

Chorus
Ol' John's got a woman but he wants mine too,
There just ain't nothing old John won't do,
There's tracks in the wood pile and out in the barn.
I think ol' John's a been a shuckin' my corn.

Gonna climb in the barn loft so I can see,
And I'll take me a bottle so I won't go to sleep.
I'll Catch ol' John and my woman there,
'Cause I've seen cornsilks in her hair.

Chorus
Ol John's got a woman but he wants mine too,
he's always looking for something new,
and I'm gonna catch 'em out here in the barn.
I'll whoop ol' John for a shuckin' my corn.

Verse:

I V – I I V – I
IV – V IV – V I V – I

Chorus:

V I V I
IV – V IV – V I V – I

Carolan's Draught

Jim,