Author: Jim

Little France

Jim,

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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You're Drifting Away

Jim,

—Bill Monroe/Monroe Brothers

All your life you've lived a sinner the bright way you've never trod
You're drifting away, you're drifting away
When you come to cross the river and you haven't met with God
You're drifting away, you're drifting away

Chorus:
You're drifting away, you're drifting away
On down the dark river I'm sorry to say
You're drifting away, you're drifting away
Don't wait too long to let Jesus hear you pray

You won't give up your earthly treasures to enter the promised land
You're drifting away, you're drifting away
You can hear Jesus callin' and you won't accept his hand
You're drifting away, you're drifting away

When you come to cross the river Jesus don't give the command
You're drifting away, you're drifting away
And that dark rollin' river takes you to the sinkin' sand
You're drifting away, you're drifting away

Verse

I I IV I
I I II V
I I IV I
I V I I

Chorus

I I I I
I I II V
I I I I
I V I I

 

You Live In a World All Your Own

Jim,

—Bill Monroe

You tell me that you're discontented
You say that I'm always to blame
But after you left me alone dear
I've been blue but I won't be the same

Chorus:
You live in a world all your own
A world that I wished we could share
But I guess it's too late 'cause you're leavin'
I've been blue for I know you don't care

I thought that you always will love me
Like you did when we both made our vows
But now you are breaking my heart dear
I've been blue but I'll get by somehow

Someday you'll regret your mistake dear
Just as sure as sun's in the sky
You ask me to try and forgive you
When you leave you can call it goodbye

Verse

I IV I V
I IV I-V I

Chorus

IV I I V
I IV I-V I