Tag: cmj

Get Up and Go

Jim,

V: C Bb F C G || C Bb F C G C
Ch: G F C G || C C7 Bb F C G C

Oh yes, here I am again
Right where I know I shouldn't be
I've been caught inside this trap too many times
I must have walked these steps and said these words
A thousand times or more
I feel like I know everybody's lines

Chorus:
You've got a mind of your own
Why don't you use it?
You know your way home or did you lose it?
You knew right where you were going
When you walked up to that door
Anytime you wanna leave
Get up and go

How come I always get in trouble
Just when I'm trying to be so good
By now I really should know right from wrong
It's just that I always seem to find myself
Around this neighborhood
And I always seem to stay here all night long

Well I'll leave in just a minute
And I won't be back no more
Because it's coming here
That's brought me all my sorrow
I'm going out to fill a hole
That you have dug inside my soul
And you'll never see my face again
Until tomorrow

Chorus

Tag: C Bb C C G C

If you don't like it here Get up and go
I don't need much of hanging out Get up and go

—David Bromberg

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

Jim,

D A Bm Bm | G G A A7
D A Bm Bm | E7 E7 A A
D D D7 D7 | G G E7 E7
D A Bm G | D A D D

It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
It don't matter, anyhow
An' it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
If you don't know by now
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn
Look out your window and I'll be gone
You're the reason I'm trav'lin' on
Don't think twice, it's all right

It ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe
That light I never knowed
An' it ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe
I'm on the dark side of the road
Still I wish there was somethin' you would do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
We never did too much talkin' anyway
So don't think twice, it's all right

It ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal
Like you never did before
It ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal
I can't hear you any more
I'm a-thinkin' and a-wond'rin' all the way down the road
I once loved a woman, a child I'm told
I give her my heart but she wanted my soul
But don't think twice, it's all right

I'm walkin' down that long, lonesome road, babe
Where I'm bound, I can't tell
But goodbye's too good a word, gal
So I'll just say fare thee well
I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind
You could have done better but I don't mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
But don't think twice, it's all right

Blowin' in the Wind

Jim,

How many roads must a man walk down, Before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail, Before she sleeps in the sand?
How many times must the cannon balls fly, Before they're forever banned?
Refrain: The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind

How many years can a mountain exist, Before it's washed to the sea?
How many years can some people exist, Before they're allowed to be free?
How many times can a man turn his head, And pretend that he just doesn't see?

Refrain

Yes, and how many times must a man look up, Before he can see the sky?
Yes, and how many ears must one man have, Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, and how many deaths will it take 'till he knows, That too many people have died?

Refrain

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind

Bad Moon Rising

Jim,

I see the bad moon a-rising
I see trouble on the way
I see earthquakes and lightning
I see bad times today

Chorus:
Don't go around tonight.
Well, it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise.

I hear hurricanes a-blowing
I know the end is coming soon
I fear rivers overflowing
I hear the voice of rage and ruin

Chorus

Hope you got your things together
Hope you are quite prepared to die
Looks like we're in for nasty weather
One eye is taken for an eye

Chorus

Tag: There's a bad moon on the rise

— Creedence Clearwater Revival

Summertime

Jim,

—George Gershwin

Intro and Outro:

Dm6 – A7 Dm6 – A7 Dm6 – A7 Dm6 – A7

Verse:

Dm6 – A7 Dm6 – A7 Dm6 – A7 Dm6 – A7
Gm7 Dº7 A7 – E7 A7
Dm6 – A7 Dm6 – A7 Dm6 – A7 Dm6 – A7
F – Dm G – Gm7 A7 – Dm6 I

Summertime, and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high
Oh, your daddy's rich and your ma is good lookin'
So hush, little baby, don't you cry

One of these mornings you're gonna rise up singing
Yes you'll spread your wings and you'll take to the sky
But 'til that morning, there's nothin' can harm you
With daddy and mammy standin' by

Summertime, and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high
Oh, your daddy's rich and your ma is good lookin'
So hush, little baby, baby don't you cry

Don't you cry

Mean Mother Blues

Jim,

—John Starling (The Seldom Scene)

When I got home I found my baby away
Lord a lil' piece of paper said she'd gone out to play
I know the river's done gone dry, she's trapped another fly
I got nuthin' to do, but a few more words to say

Chorus:
I got the mean woman blues
Lord knows I'd lose
I just can't seem to get her off my mind
She's an all night rockin' mother
Lord knows I love her
She's leavin' me to ramble on up the line

When she moved in I kissed the blues goodbye
She lit my torch and left the burners on high
Lord the money that I paid
For that livin', lovin', maid
Now she left me here to grieve, moan and cry

Chorus

If you hear my song, you know just what I mean
Lord I think it's all just a part of woman's scheme
If you're buyin' what she sells
She'll run you straight to hell
Captivate your mind and pick your truth so clean

Chorus

Verse:

I V I I
III7 III7 IV IV
IV IV I-III7 VIm
II7 V7 I I

Chorus:

V V IV I
II7 II7 V V
IV IV I-III7 VIm
II7 V7 I I

 

Sophronie

Jim,

—Jimmy Martin

My Sophronie's from Kentucky, she's found another man
Can't even kiss her, can't even hold her hand
The moon we used to love beneath is still up in the sky
But now I'm just a hotshot with a teardrop in my eye

Chorus:
Love em and leave em, kiss em and grieve em
That used to be my motto so high
Till my Sophronie left me so lonely
Now there's teardrops in my eyes

Till Gabriel blows his bugle, I'll be loving that sweet girl
She means more to me than the whole wide world
I used to be a killer with the women me-oh-my
But now I'm just a hot shot with a teardrop in my eye

I used to slay the pretty girls from Maine to Alabam
Until I met Sophronie and then she let me down
I seen so many pretty eyes and filled with bitter tears
Find em, forget em, but now I have my fears

Verse:

|:  I I IV IV
V V V I  :|

Chorus:

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

You Can Have Her (I Don't Want Her)

Jim,

—Bill Cook

Chorus:
Well, you can have her, I don't want her
She didn't love me anyway
She only wanted someone to play with
And all I wanted was love to stay

The girl I love, she up and left me
She ran away with my best friend
She comes in around midnight
Daylight comes she's gone again

Chorus

Now life gets mighty empty
Without love to call your own
I'd rather have love that I can cling to
Than have the world and all of it's gold

Chorus

Well, you get stuck with the wrong woman
There's just one thing that you can do
Just dig a hole and jump right in it
And pull the ground right over you

Chorus x 2

Chorus and Verse:

I IV I V
I IV I – V I

 

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Cigareetes, Whuskey, and Wild, Wild Women

Jim,

—Tim Spencer, 1947

Once I was happy and had a good wife
I had enough money to last me for life
I met with a gal and we went on a spree
She taught me to smoke and drink whiskey

Chorus:
Cigareetes, and whiskey and wild, wild women
They'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane
Cigareetes, and whiskey and wild wild women
They'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane

And now I'm feeble and broken with age
The lines on my face make a well written page
I'm leaving this story, how sad but how true
On women and whiskey and what they can do

Chorus

Write on the cross at the head of my grave
'For women and whiskey, here lies a poor slave
Take warning, dear stranger, take warning, dear friend
Then write in big letters these words at the end

Chorus

¾

Verse and Chorus:

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

 

Extra verse:

Cigareetes is a blot on the whole human race
A man is a monkey with one in his face
Here's my definition, believe me dear brother
A fire on one end, a fool on the t'other

I Ain't Gonna Let Her Do It Anymore

Jim,

—Dave Woolum & Noah Craase, 1955

Now the wife and I the other night
We got in a fuss and we had a big fight
But I ain't a gonna let her do it any more.
She really lowered the boom on me
My eyes ain't the color they used to be
And I ain't a gonna let her do it any more.

Chorus:
Well I ain't a gonna let her do it
Ain't a gonna let her do it
I ain't a gonna let her do it any more.
She done it once and done it twice
And I said honey that ain't nice
And I ain't a gonna let her do it any more.

She cracked my head with a rolling pin
And hit me over and over again
But I ain't a gonna let her do it any more.
Well she knocked me down an' beat me blue
I thought she was going to kill me too
But I ain't a gonna let her do it any more.

Chorus

She beat me up as you can see
But she ain't gonna make no fool outa me
'Cause I ain't a gonna let her do it any more.
I'm a goin' away, I'm leavin' today
I'm goin' to get out of that woman's way
'Cause I ain't a gonna let her do it any more.

Chorus x 2

Verse & Chorus:

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