Author: Jim

If That's the Way You Feel

Jim,

—Ralph & Peggy Stanley
I don't blame you for I know you want him
That your love for me was never real
I could hold you but you'd be unhappy
But it's alright if that's the way you feel

Chorus:
I know that I will always go on caring
And my feelings now I must conceal
I still need you and I want you with me
But it's alright if that's the way you feel

I always knew some day I would lose you
When those lies about me were revealed
Its plain to see sweetheart you believe them
But its alright if that's the way you feel

Verse:

I – IV I V I
I – IV I V I

Chorus:

IV I V I
I – IV I V I

 

JCJ

Jim,

Jim, Chris and John's Working List


    Song List (11/21/2024) 

    Played:
    I Am a Pilgrim – G
    Long Black Veil – E
    Sin City – D
    Sitting Alone in the Moonlight – G
    If That's the Way You Feel – G
    Love Please Come Home – G
    Old Home Place
    Deep River Blues – E
    It's a Long Long Way – C
    Stormy Horizons – G
    The Boxer – C
    I Saw the Light – G
    Proposals:.

      Stumptown Stomp

      Jim,


      How Come I Ain't Dead

      Jim,

      —Tim O'Brien

      I begged her not to go, said I could not live without her
      She said don't be dramatic, you'll survive
      She drove away, the sky turned gray
      I cried all night about her
      I'm still breathin' but her leavin' hurts more
      Each day I'm alive

      Chorus:
      If I can't live without her, how come I ain't dead
      Six feet down in the cold, cold ground
      With a stone above my head
      But somethin's wrong 'cause now she's gone
      And I live on instead
      If I can't live without her, how come I ain't dead

      I wake up every mornin' scared to open up my eyes
      I don't know if I'll be there in the mirror
      But there I am, a broken man
      I look somewhat surprised
      I'm grateful for another day
      But amazed that I'm still here

      Chorus

      Bridge:
      Saint Peter's waitin' for me outside the pearly gates
      But I'm waitin' on the angel band, I guess they're runnin' late

      Chorus

      Verse:

      I I I V
      V V I I
      I I I IV
      V V V I

      Chorus:

      IV IV IV I
      V V V I
      IV IV IV V
      V V V I

      Bridge:

      II II VI VI
      II II V V

      Old Chattanooga

      Jim,




      Lazy John

      Jim,


      We're going to dance Saturday night
      We're gonna dance til the broad daylight
      Then I'll walk my baby back home
      Why don't you get away lazy John

      Chorus:
      Lazy John, lazy John
      Why don't you get your day's work all done
      You're in the shade and I'm in the sun
      Why don't you get away lazy John

      I've got a girl who lives in the town
      Her hair is curly and her eyes are brown,
      My heart says stay, my feet say run
      What'll I do old lazy John

      Every night when I go home
      It's peas in the pot and the old jawbone
      Here today, tomorrow gone
      Why don't you get away lazy John

      We're gonna dance like it's Saturday night
      We're not coming home 'til the morning light
      I'll shine my shoes and I'll see my hon'
      Why don't you go away lazy John

      Extra verses:

      Work all week in the noon day sun
      Fifteen cents when Saturday comes
      Goin to a dance to have some fun
      Why don't you get away lazy John

      Got a gal lives down the road
      Her eyes are crooked and her legs are bowed
      But we sure have a lot of fun
      Why don't you get away lazy John



      Sales Tax on the Women

      Jim,

      —Dorsey M. Dixon (The Dixon Brothers) 1936

      You may sales tax the flour, the lard and the meat
      Take the pennies 'way from me and my pals
      You may sales tax everything that we have to eat
      But don't put a tax on the gals

      Chorus:
      One cent, two cents, three cents in cash
      That's the way my money goes a-spendin'
      But take off my hat and hit me with a bat
      If you put the sales tax on the women

      Don't put the taxes on the good-lookin' girls
      Although I know the pennies have to go
      Well, I wouldn't have it done for a hundred or more
      'Cause the boys wouldn't stand a bit of show

      I love the little girls with the lovely little curls
      If that is wrong, I hope I will repent
      I would sure be sore and I couldn't love no more
      If I had to pay the taxes as I went

      That's the way it goes, Uncle Sam knows
      He's just torturin' me and my pals
      We would die with the blues without any shoes
      If you put the sales tax on the gals

      Well, I don't mean any harm when I step out at night
      Happy times with the ladies I've spent
      Sales taxes on the kisses just wouldn't be right
      In my pockets I would never have a cent

      Verse:

      I I I V
      I I IV – V I

      Chorus:

      IV I IV I
      IV I I – V I

      Early Morning Breeze

      Jim,

      —Dolly Parton

      I open up my door to greet the early morning sun
      Closing it behind me and away I do sun
      To the meadow, where the meadow lark is singing in the tree
      In the meadow I go walking in the early morning breeze

      I cup my hands to catch a multi-colored butterfly
      Perched upon the petals of flowers growing wild
      Freeing it, I Watch it as it flies away from me
      To visit with the flowers in the early morning breeze

      Chorus:
      Rainbow colored flowers kissed with early morning sun
      The aster and the dahlia and wild geraniums
      Drops of morning dew still linger on the iris leaves
      In the meadow where I'm walking in the early morning breeze

      Misty-eyed I look about the meadow where I stray
      For it's there I find the courage to greet the coming day
      For there among the flowers, I kneel gently to my knees
      To have a word with God in the early morning breeze

      Verse:

      I I I I
      IV IV VII V
      I IV I IV
      I VII IV I

      Chorus:

      V V IV I
      V V IV I
      I I IV I
      I VII IV I

      It's A Long, Long Way To The Top Of The World

      Jim,

      -Jim & Jesse McReynolds

      Its a long long way to the top of the world
      But its only a short fall back down

      A young fool filled with greed, I let ambition rule me
      Like a hunger that gnawed at my soul
      I worked hard made my fortune but lost the heart of my darling
      She got lonely and her love soon grew cold

      Chorus:
      Its a long long way to the top of the world
      On a rough road that winds round and round
      Its a long long way to the top of the world
      But its only a short fall back down

      Now I'm a big man with money but at love I'm a pauper
      The love I once held now another man claims
      I've reached the top of the world but my heart hit rock bottom
      I can't make love to fortune and fame

      Chorus

      3/4

      Intro:

      I – I7 IV – I I – V I

      Verse:

      I – V I – IV I V
      I – V I – IV I – V I

      Chorus:

      V I IV – I V
      I – I7 IV – I I – V I

      Stormy Horizons

      Jim,

      -Jim & Jesse McReynolds

      There's stormy horizons in my heart

      I scarcely hear the wild wind's cry or feel its sudden blast
      A greater storm just swept my world apart
      Today you're with somebody new my hopes are gone at last
      There's stormy horizons in my heart

      Chorus:
      Rain swept and tattered like the rose in the wind
      Stormy horizons without and within
      You were all that mattered but you wanted to be free
      Now stormy horizons wait for me

      Of things as fragile and as sweet as roses' dreams are made
      And dreams we had you held so carelessly
      They fell like petals round my feet I saw my rainbow fade
      Now stormy horizons wait for me

      Intro:

      I IV I – V I

      Verse:

      I IV I V
      I IV I – V I

      Chorus:

      IV I I I – V
      I IV – I I – V I