Author: Jim

I've Lived a Lot in My Time

Jim,

—Jim Reeves, Jack Rhodes, Dick Reynolds

I once had a mansion and lived in my glory
But now I'm down to my last dime
I once had a sweetheart but I was unfaithful
Oh I've lived a lot in my time

Chorus:
I fought the grim reaper down in the dark valley
I prayed when the sun wouldn't shine
I looked through the bars of that cold, lonely prison
Yes, I've lived a lot in my time

I been a soldier and I've been a rambler
Once thought everything was fine
I hoed in the corn fields I've picked in the cotton
Yes I've lived a lot in my time

Chorus

I walked with our master down in the dark valley
And wonderful peace I did find
Someday I'll journey to Eden's green pastures
Yes I've lived a lot in my time

Chorus

Verse:

I IV – I I V
I IV – I I – V I

Chorus:

IV I I V
I IV – I I – V I

 


Unwanted Love

Jim,

—Arthur Smiley, Darryl Leftwich, Don Reno

I'm wanting someone that's loved and lost
Someone that's known the thrill and paid the cost
Someone that says they'll never take a chance
On another broken heart, lies, false romance

Chorus:
Wanted an unwanted love
To share all the misery and pain
Of a heart that's unwanted and loved
And unwilling to gamble again

I don't want to love again I'm sure
Someone whose love is not sincere
I don't want someone who hasn't known
How it feels to love and be alone

I know there are others like me
Alone, footloose and fancy free
Yet chained to a love they'll never claim
And afraid to ever love again

Verse and Chorus:

|:   I IV V I  :|

Little France

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Mississippi River Blues

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Alma Brasileira

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The Parting Glass

Jim,

—Traditional 18th C. Scot/Irish drinking song

Oh all the money that e'er I had, I spent it in good company
And all the harm that e'er I've done, alas, it was to none but me
And all I've done for want of wit to memory now I can't recall
So fill to me the parting glass, good night and joy be with you all

If I had money enough to spend and leisure time to sit awhile
There is a fair maid in this town, that sorely has my heart beguiled
Her rosy cheeks and ruby lips I own, she has my heart enthralled
So fill to me the parting glass, good night and joy be with you all

Oh all the comrades that e'er I've had, they are sorry for my going away
And all the sweethearts that e'er I've had, they would wish me one more day to stay
But since it falls unto my lot that I should rise and you should not
I'll gently rise and I'll softly call good night and joy be with you all

A man may drink and not be drunk, a man may fight and not be slain
A man may court a pretty girl and perhaps be welcomed back again
But since it has so ordered been by a time to rise and a time to fall
Come fill to me the parting glass, good night and joy be with you all

Verse:

VIm I – V I – VIm V
VIm I – V VIm – V VIm
I I IIm I
VIm I – V VIm – V VIm
Notation in Am and Bm:


Nobody Loves Me, Nobody Cares

Jim,

—Zeke Clements

Nobody loves me nobody cares
If life is empty and full of tears
I've longed for true love searched everywhere
Nobody loves me nobody cares

Searching for true love has been in vain
Through years my heart has suffered with pain
Life's lonesome burden now I must bear
Nobody loves me nobody cares

Nights on my pillow I dream of love
Through space I gaze at the stars above
They seem to whisper from way up there
Nobody loves you nobody cares

A lonesome heart and a troubled mind
In this world now is all I find
I look to heaven for I know there
Someone will love me someone will care

Verse:

I IV I V
I IV I – V I

Steel Guitar Rag

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Original key of E

Farewell Blues

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Panhandle Country

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