Author: 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,



EMD

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Another rendition


Far Away

Jim,





Pilgrim

Jim,

–Steve Earle

I am just a pilgrim on this road, boys
I am just a pilgrim on this road, boys
I am just a pilgrim on this road, boys
This ain't never been my home

Sometimes the road was rocky long the way, boys
Sometimes the road was rocky long the way, boys
Sometimes the road was rocky long the way, boys
But I was never travelin' alone

Bridge 1:
Well meet again on some bright highway
Songs to sing and tales to tell
But I am just a pilgrim on this road, boys
Until I see you fare thee well

Ain't no need to cry for me, boys
Ain't no need to cry for me, boys
Ain't no need to cry for me, boys
Somewhere down the road you'll understand

Cause I expect to touch his hand, boys
I expect to touch his hand, boys
I expect to touch his hand, boys
I'll put a word in for you if I can

Bridge 2:
Well meet again on some bright highway
Songs to sing and tales to tell
But I am just a pilgrim on this road, boys
I am just a pilgrim on this road, boys
I am just a pilgrim on this road, boys
Until I see you fare thee well

I am just a pilgrim on this road, boys
I am just a pilgrim on this road, boys
I am just a pilgrim on this road, boys
Until I see you fare thee well

Verse:

I I IV I
IV I V I

Bridge 1:

V I IV V
I I V I

Bridge 2:

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

I Like The Christian Life

Jim,

—The Louvin Brothers

My buddies tell me that I should have waited
They say I'm missing a whole world of fun
But I still love them and I sing with pride
I like the Christian life

Chorus:
I won't lose a friend by heeding God's call
For what is a friend who'd want you to fall
Others find pleasure in things I despise
I like the Christian life

My buddies shunned me since I turned to Jesus
They say I'm missing a whole world of fun
I'll live without them and walk in the light
I like the Christian life

Chorus

Tag: I like the Christian life

3/4

Verse:

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

Chourus:

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