Author: Jim

Love of the Mountains

Jim,

—Allen H. Mills

Two trees on a hillside of the mountain
Always looking up towards the sky
Remind me of my papa and my mama
Who lived there eighty years before they died

Now a bright moon is shining in the valley
An old wagon leans against a stack of hay
Two graves on a hillside by the cabin
My mom and dad are resting there today

The burning of the green wood on the fireplace
The fallen snow around the red bud trees
The branches of the laurel by the creek bed
And the rippling waters of the gentle stream

Papa used to talk about the young days
When he and mama first were settled there
He spoke about the love of the mountains
That he and mama shared together there

Repeat 2nd Verse

Verse:

|: I IV I I
V IV I I :|

 

Love Gone Cold

Jim,

—Johnny Bond

Chorus:
Now your love has done gone cold
I've no one to ease my worried soul
I'm all right I found my only goal
It's love gone cold

What have I ever done to you
That you treat me like you always do
Will you leave me here to grieve my soul
With love gone cold

What will I do when you are gone
I can't face an empty life alone
What have I to show when I grow old
But love gone cold

I need you dear, this I know
Your love means more to me than gold
Don't leave me here to grieve my soul
With love gone cold

Verse and Chorus:

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

 



Louis Collins

Jim,

—Mississippi John Hurt

Mrs. Collins weep, Mrs. Collins moan
What made her son Louis leave his home?
Angels laid him away

Chorus:
Angels laid him away
Laid him six feet under the clay
Angels laid him away

Oh kind friends, now ain't it hard
To see poor Louis in a new grave yard
Angels laid him away

When they heard that Louis was dead
All the women folk they dressed in red
Angels laid him away

Bob shot one and Louis shot two
Shot poor Collins, shot him through and through
Angels have laid him away

Verse and Chorus:

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

 

Lost in the Ozone Again

Jim,

I told ya a million times how I Love you.
But honey your old shriveled heart won't let me in.
So I'll just relax here, with this glass of gin,
headed for the ozone agin.

Here we go now…
Chorus:
I'm lost in the ozone again.
I'm lost in the ozone again.
One drink of wine, two drinks of gin…
and I'm lost in the ozone again.

Now the neon lights are shinin' bright downtown.
There's a thousand swingin' doors gonna let me in.
I tucked the kids in bed, heh!, at eight o'clock and then…
I'm gonna head for the ozone again.

Just watch me…
Chorus (x2)

One More time now…
Chorus

Verse:

I I V I
I IV I-V I

Chorus:

I I I V
I IV I-V I

 

Lost Highway

Jim,

—Leon Payne 1949

I'm a rollin' stone all alone and lost
For a life of sin I have paid the cost
When I pass by all the people say
Just another guy on the lost highway

Just a deck of cards and a jug of wine
And a woman's lies makes a life like mine
O the day we met, I went astray
I started rolling down that lost highway

I was just a lad, nearly 22
Neither good nor bad, just a kid like you
And now I'm lost, too late to pray
Lord I paid the cost, on the lost highway

Now boy's don't start to ramblin' round
On this road of sin ,or you're sorrow bound
Take my advice or you'll curse the day
You started rollin' down that lost highway

Verse:

I – IV I I V
IV I I – V I

 



Long Journey Home

Jim,

(also called Two Dollar Bill, and same tune as Big Ball in Memphis)

Chorus:
Lost all my money but a two dollar bill
Two dollar bill boys, two dollar bill
Lost all my money but a two dollar bill
I'm on my long journey home

Cloudy in the West and it looks like rain
Looks like rain, boys, looks like rain
Cloudy in the West and it looks like rain
I'm on my long journey home

It's dark and a raining and I want to go home
Want to go home, boys, want to go home
Its dark and a raining and I want to go home
I'm on my long journey home

Homesick and lonesome and I'm feeling kind of blue
Feeling kind of blue, boys, feeling kind of blue
Homesick and lonesome and I'm feeling kind of blue
I'm on my long journey home

There's black smoke a rising and it surely is a train
Surely is a train boys, surely is a train
There's black smoke a rising and it surely is a train
I'm on my long journey home

Verse:

I I I IV-I
I I V I

 


Long Gone

Jim,

—William P. Terry

Chorus:
Long gone is how I'm leaving
Long gone, why do you cry
This is what you wanted baby
So I'm gone, long gone

I have tried to make you happy
Still you say I've done you wrong
Oh I'm giving up my darling
So I'm gone, long gone

Please don't try to overtake me
What I ride will be too fast
This is it, we're through forever
I'm gone, I'm free at last

Please don't shed no tears at parting
For your tears will not atone
After all the pain you cause me
I'm gone, long gone

Verse:

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

 

Long Gone Daddy

Jim,

—Hank Williams

Chorus:
All you want to do is sit around and pout
And now I got enough and so I'm getting out

Refrain:
I'm leaving now, I'm leaving now
I'm a long gone daddy I don't need you anyhow

I been in the doghouse so doggone long
That when I get a kiss I think that something's wrong

I'll go find a gal that wants to treat me right
You go get yourself a man that wants to fight

You start your jaws a—wagging and it never stop
You never shut your mouth until I blow my top

I remember back when you were nice and sweet
Things have changed, you'd rather fight than eat

I'm a—gonna do some riding on the midnight train
I'm taking everything except my ball and chain

Verse:

I I I I

Chorus:

IV IV I I
V V I I

 

Long Black Veil

Jim,

—M.J.Wilkin and D.Dill

Ten years ago on a cold dark night
There was someone killed 'neath the town hall light
There were few at the scene and they all did agree
That the man who ran looked a lot like me.

Chorus:
She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave where the night winds wail
Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees
Nobody knows but me.

The judge said "Son, what is your alibi?
If you were somewhere else then you won't have to die"
I spoke not a word although it meant my life
I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife.

The scaffold was high and eternity neared
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans
In a long black veil she cries over my bones.

Verse:

|: I I I I
V V IV I :|

Chorus:

IV I IV I
IV I IV I
I IV – I IV – V I

 

Lonesome Road Blues

Jim,

I'm going down this road feeling bad
I'm going down this road feeling bad
I'm going down this road feeling bad, lord, lord
And I ain't a gonna be treated this a way

I'm down in the jailhouse on my knees ( x3 )
And I ain't a gonna be treated this a way

They feed me on corn bread and beans ( x3 )
And I ain't a gonna be treated this a way

Two dollar shoes they hurt my feet ( x3 )
And I ain't a gonna be treated this a way

It takes a ten dollar shoe to fit my foot ( x3 )
And I ain't a gonna be treated this a way

I'm going where the weather fits my clothes ( x3 )
And I ain't a gonna be treated this a way

I've got them old lonesome road blues ( x3 )
Sweet talk don't do my baby no good ( x3 )
A black cat's a right sorry sign ( x3 )

Verse:

I I IV I
IV I V I