Author: Jim

This Train

Jim,

—Traditional, first recorded 1922

Woody Guthrie's version-

This train is bound for glory, this train.
This train is bound for glory, this train.
This train is bound for glory,
Nobody rides but the righteous and the holy.
This train is bound for glory, this train.
(all verses follow same format as above.)

This train don't carry no gamblers, this train…
No crap shooters or midnight ramblers…

This train don't carry no jokers, this train…
No high-toned women and cigar smokers…

This train don't carry no liars, this train…
No false pretenders, no back-biters…

This train don't carry no smokers, this train…
Two bit liars, small time jokers…

This train don't carry no con men, this train…
No wheeler dealers, here and gone men…

This train don't carry no rustlers, this train…
Sidestreet walkers, two bit hustlers…

This train goes on to glory, this train…
No one could ride it but the pure and holy…

This train is bound for glory, this train. (x2)
This train is bound for glory,
Nobody rides but the righteous and the holy.
This train is bound for glory, this train.

This train don't carry no gamblers, this train; (x2)
This train don't carry no gamblers
No triple-dealers, no Wall Street ramblers,
This train is bound for glory, this train.

This train don't carry no con men, this train; (x2)
This train don't carry no con men,
No two bit gangsters, no here-and-gone men
This train is bound for glory, this train.

This train don't carry no liars, this train; (x2)
This train don't carry no liars
No beltway bums, no pardon-buyers,
This train is bound for glory, this train.

This train don't carry no grifters, this train; (x2)
This train don't carry no grifters,
No wheeler dealers, no short shrifters
This train is bound for glory, this train.

This train don't carry no haters, this train; (x2)
This train don't carry no haters,
No oath breakers, no discriminators,
This train is bound for glory, this train.

This train goes on to glory, this train (x2)
This train goes on to glory,
No one rides but the righteous and the holy,
This train is bound for glory, this train.

Verse:

I I I V
I IV I – V I




Armadillo Breakdown

Jim,



I Know What It Means to Be Lonesome

Jim,

—James Brockman, James Kendis, Nat Vincent, 1919

Chorus:
I know what it means to be lonesome
I know what it means to be blue
I know what it means to be lonesome in dreams
When there's no one that's lonesome for you *

Well my baby left me this morning
As the clock was striking four
The sweet smiling face of my darling
I won't ever see her no more

Oh I've cried and I've cried since we parted
No one knows what I've been through
I'd give all I own just to have you back home
I'm lonesome, lonesome for you

* Many chorus last lines have evolved:
   When there is someone there with you
   When there's no one there with/but you
   When there's no one at home but you

Verse & Chorus:

I VI(7) II(7) V(7)  :|
Original 1919 version:

…and it was a waltz!

I never knew, I would miss you,
Until you went away,
Now I can see, what you were to me,
My heart just seems to say:

Chorus:
I know what it means to be lonesome,
I know how it feels to be blue,
I know what it means to long in my dreams, for someone, for someone,
I've sighed and I've cried since we parted,
There's no one knows what I've gone through;
I'd give all that I own, just to have you back home,
I'm so lonesome, so lonesome for you.

Hope seems to say,
There'll come a day
Your smiles again I'll see,
My love is true, and you know it too,
Come back, come back to me.




Remington Ride

Jim,



Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down

Jim,

—Merle Haggard

Each night I leave the barroom when it's over
Not feeling any pain at closing time
But tonight your memory found me much too sober
Couldn't drink enough to keep you off my mind

Chorus:
Tonight the bottle let me down
And let your memory come around
The one true friend I thought I'd found
Tonight the bottle let me down

I've always had a bottle I could turn to
And lately I've been turnin' every day
But the wine don't take effect the way it used to
And I'm hurtin' in an old familiar way

Chorus
Tag: Tonight the bottle let me down

Verse & Chorus:

I I I V
V V V I

Devil's Little Angel

Jim,

—Hargis (Don) Kelley

Devil's little Angel please leave me alone
Don't make me love you know that it's wrong
Devil's little Angel please go away
For I'd only love you more each day

Chorus
I'll love you my darling as long as I live
If I could but hold you oh what would I give
Devil's little Angel you must be unkind
For God don't make Angels true love can't find

You can't understand dear my feeling for you
I know you'd be honest if you really knew
The torture I'm suffering God only knows
So if you don't love me please let me go

3/4

Verse:

I V V I
I IV I   V-I I

Chorus:

V I V I
I IV I   V-I I


Chord Spellings

Jim,

Chord formulas refer to scale degrees of notes. See Nashville Numbering for more on this.

Chord Name Formula Example (Spelling)
Major 1 3 5 C: C E G
Suspended 1 4 5 Csus: C F G
Major add Ninth 1 3 5 9 Cadd9: C E G D
Minor 1 ♭3 5 Cm: C E♭ G
Augmented 1 3 ♯5 Caug: C E G♯
Major Sixth 1 3 5 6 С6: C E G A
Major Sixth add Ninth 1 3 5 6 9 C6/9: C E G A D
Minor Sixth 1 ♭3 5 6 Cm6: C E♭ G A
Minor Sixth add Ninth 1 ♭3 5 6 9 Cm6/9: C E♭ G A D
Seventh 1 3 5 ♭7 C7: C E G B♭
Seventh Suspended 1 4 5 ♭7 C7sus: C F G B♭
Minor Seventh 1 ♭3 5 ♭7 Cm7: C E♭ G B♭
Diminished Seventh 1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭♭7 Cdim: C E♭ G♭ B♭♭ (A)
Major Seventh 1 3 5 7 Cmaj7: C E G B
Minor Major Seventh 1 ♭3 5 7 Cm(maj7): C E♭ G B
Ninth 1 3 5 ♭7 9 C9: C E G B♭ D
Minor Ninth 1 ♭3 5 ♭7 9 Сm9: C E♭ G B♭D
Major Ninth 1 3 5 7 9 Cmaj9: C E G B D
Eleventh 1 3* 5 ♭7 9 11 C11: C E* G B♭ D F
Minor Eleventh 1 ♭3 5 ♭7 9 11 Cm11: C E♭ G B♭ D F
Thirteenth 1 3 5 ♭7 9 11* 13 C13: C E G B♭ D F* A
Minor Thirteenth 1 ♭3 5 ♭7 9 11* 13 Cm13: C E♭ G B♭ D F* A

* indicates optional note.
Double flats ♭♭ lower note pitch by one tone.

Six White Horses

Jim,

—Clyde Moody

I'm leavin' you to worry you off my mind
I'm leavin' you to worry you off my mind
Cause you keep me worried troubled
Troubled all the time

If you don't believe I'm leavin' count the days I'm gone
If you don't believe I'm leavin' count the days I'm gone
Next time you see your daddy
It'll be on judgement morn

That train that I'm ridin' is sixteen coaches long
That train that I'm ridin' is sixteen coaches long
That woman I'm loving
She's got another man and gone

There's six white horses goin' two by two
There's six white horses goin' two by two
There's some other woman
Has took my love from you

Now tell me pretty mama which way the river runs
Tell me pretty mama which way the river runs
It runs straight from by back door
Right up to the rising sun

Verse:

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



Got Leavin' on Her Mind

Jim,

—Jack Clement

Chorus:
She don't hold and kiss me like she did one time
I think my sweet baby's got leavin' on her mind

The longer I know her the more I can tell
My darling's not happy with me
The longer I know that I know her too well
The less love in her eyes I see

The stronger I hold her the farther apart
My darling is growing from me
The danger of my darling breaking my heart
It's fast moving in on me

The deeper I love her the farther away
My darling slips out of my hands
The longer the future the longer I'll stay
Out of my darling's plans

Tag: I think my sweet baby's got leavin' on her mind

Chorus:

I IV I VIm
I IV V I

Verse:

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




Opus 38

Jim,