Author: Jim

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

Jim,



Original key of E

Farewell Blues

Jim,

Panhandle Country

Jim,





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

 

Wishing Waltz

Jim,

—Bill Monroe

Verse A:
The wedding bells chimed for somebody else
I wish they were ringing for me
And though I was hopin' someday you'd be mine
I guess that it never can be

Chorus:
Wishing wishing never again to be lonely
Waiting praying you know that I love you only so

Verse B:
When you are laughing with somebody else
You know I'll be cryin' for you
I may be smilin' to cover my tears
While waltzing with somebody new
And wishing that someone was you

Verse A:
I'm waltzing with somebody else in my arms
But you're still the one in my heart
I'm always dreamin' of our used to be
Wishing we had a new start

Chorus

Verse B:
I keep on wishing and hoping you'll find
That I am the right one for you
I may be waltzing with somebody else
But darlin' I'll always be true

'Til I'm wishing and waltzing with you

Verse A

I V V I
I V V I-I7

Chorus

IV I V I
IV I II V

Verse B

I V V I
I V V III
V I

 

Why Did You Say Goodbye

Jim,

—Bill Monroe

I'm all alone tonight dear
And I'm so broken hearted
With head bowed low I sit and cry
That night so sad and lonely
I lost my one and only
Why did you ever say goodbye

Chorus:
Though you have done me wrong
But memory still lingers on
Inside this trusting heart of mine
I'll never love again
Since you said this is the end
Oh why did you ever say goodbye

I gave you all my love
You promised you'd be true
And I believed you at the time
It broke my heart my darlin'
To hear you say we've parted
Sweetheart why did you change your mind

Some day you'll be so blue
You'll think of the one who loves you
Tears will fall from your blue eyes
No one will be around
To catch them as they fall down
Oh why did you ever say goodbye

Verse

I IV I V
I IV I-V I

Chorus

IV I I V
I IV I-V I

 

Roane County Prison

Jim,

—Bill Monroe

In the beautiful hills in the mists of Roane County
There's where I have roamed for many long years
There's where my heart's been standin' most ever
There's where the first step of misfortune I made

I's about thirty years when I courted and married
Armanda Gilbraith was then call my wife
Her brother he stabbed me for some unknown reason
Just three month's later I'd taken Tom's life

I was captured and tried in the village of Kingston
Not a man in that county would speak one kind word
When the jury came in with the verdict next mornin'
A lifetime in prison was the words that I heard

When the train pulled out poor Mother stood weepin'
And sister she sat all alone with a sigh
And the last words I heard was "Willy God bless you"
Was "Willy God bless you, God bless you goodbye"

In the scorching hot sand of the foundry I'm workin'
Toiling and working my poor life away
They'll measure my grave on the banks of old Cumberland
Just as soon as I finish the rest of my days

Tag:
Boys when you write home from this prison in Nashville
Place one of my songs in your letter for me

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Verse

I I I V
I I I V-I

Tag

I I I V-I