diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a136337 --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitignore @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +*.pdf diff --git a/Down The Line.cho b/Down The Line.cho new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4168f5b --- /dev/null +++ b/Down The Line.cho @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +{title: Down The Line} +{composer: Lonesome River Band} +{time: 4/4} + +{comment: Instrumental verse as intro} + +[G]Born out in the [C]country, [Em]raised out on a [D]farm +[G]Got my edu[C]cation out [D]behind a [C]barn +[G]Left one Sunday [C]morning [G]in a driving [D]rain +[Em]Hitchhiked to the [C]freight yard and [G]caught the [D]railroad [G]train + +{soc} +[G]Oh, [C]engineer, [G]let your whistle [D]whine +[Em]Oh, get me [C]out of here, a little [G]further down the [C]line +{eoc} + +[G]I've been to Cali[C]fornia and I've [Em]been to New Or[D]leans +[G]Been to New York [C]City and [Em]everywhere be[C]tween +[G]I've eat beans and [C]taters, your [G]finest cavi[D]ar +[Em]Drank brandy from a [C]snifter and [G]moonshine [D]from a [G]jar + +{soc} +[G]Oh, [C]engineer, [G]let your whistle [D]whine +[Em]Oh, get me [C]out of here, a little [G]further down the [C]line +{eoc} + +{comment: Fiddle Solo} + +[G]Spent a year in a [C]prison with a [G]number for my [D]name +[G]Fed me bread and [C]water, tied [Em]to a [D]ball and [C]chain +[G]I swore the day they [C]slammed the door and the [G]jailer locked me [D]in +[Em]If they ever let me [C]outta here, I'll [G]never go [D]back a[G]gain + +{soc} +[G]Oh, [C]engineer, [G]let your whistle [D]whine +[Em]Oh, get me [C]out of here, a little [G]further down the [C]line +{eoc} + +{comment: Mandolin/Banjo Solo} + +[G]Been dreaming of the [C]day when I [Em]return back to my [D]home +[G]That's where I want to settle down, [Em]never [D]more to [C]roam +[G]Sit me on a [C]tractor and [G]point me to the [D]field +[Em]And I will plow a [C]furrow with my [G]hands up [D]on the [G]wheel + +{soc} +[G]Oh, [C]engineer, [G]let your whistle [D]whine +[Em]Oh, get me [C]out of here, a little [G]further down the [C]line +[G]Oh, [C]engineer, [G]let your whistle [D]whine +[Em]Oh, get me [C]out of here, a little [G]further down the [C]line +{eoc} diff --git a/Dusty Country Roads.cho b/Dusty Country Roads.cho new file mode 100644 index 0000000..451b067 --- /dev/null +++ b/Dusty Country Roads.cho @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +{t: Dusty Country Roads} +{artist: Bob Henson} +{capo: 4} + +{sov} +Now when [C]I was growin' up, there was a [F]beat-up pickup [C]truck +took my dad and me down the [G]dusty country [C]roads +Now [C]years have come and gone, that old [F]truck still rolls a[C]long +{eov} + +{soc} +And the [F]lessons that I learned as the [C]old truck rumbled on, +They got me when I don't know where to [G]go +Though the [F]old man's gone away, things he [C]taught ring true today +As I travel down this [G]dusty country [C]road +{eoc} + +{c: Instrumental} + +Now [C]she worked dawn to dust, always [F]kept the family [C]first +And she taught us to be [G]all that we could [C]be +I've travelled far and wide, I still [F]feel her by my [C]side +Every time that I reach [G]out and touch my [C]dreams + +{soc} +{c: Chorus} +{eoc} + +{c: Instrumental} + +No [C]matter where you go, there's a [F]dusty country [C]road +Oh, they twist, they turn, they [G]change every [C]day +Now together or alone, that [F]old road keeps goin' [C]on +And it's what you've learned that [G]helps you find your [C]way + +{soc} +{c: Chorus} +{eoc} diff --git a/Eight More Miles To Louisville.cho b/Eight More Miles To Louisville.cho new file mode 100644 index 0000000..45305a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/Eight More Miles To Louisville.cho @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +{title: Eight More Miles to Louisville} +{composer: Grandpa Jones} +{time: 4/4} + +{c: On last line of verses, walk up from G on first word and back} +{c: down on last.} + +{c: Instrumental} + +I've travelled o'er this country wide seeking fortune fair +Up an down the two coast lines I've travelled everywhere +Portland east and Portland West and back across the line +I'm goin' down to the place that's best, the ol' hometown of mine + +{soc} +Well eight more miles and Louisville will come into my view +Eight more miles on this ol' road and I'll never more be blue +I knew some day I'd come back, I knew it from the start +Eight more miles to Louisville, the hometown of my heart +{eoc} + +{c: Instrumental} + +There's got to be a gal somewhere that you love best of all +Mine lives down in Louisville, she's little small oh she's small +She's the kind you can't find a' ramblin' through the land +I'm goin' there this very day to win her heart and hand + +{soc} +Well eight more miles and Louisville will come into my view +Eight more miles on this ol' road and I'll never more be blue +I knew some day I'd come back, I knew it from the start +Eight more miles to Louisville, the hometown of my heart +{eoc} + +{c: Instrumental} + +Now I can picture in my mind a place we'll call our home +A humble little hut for two, we'll never want to roam +The place that's right for that love sight is in those bluegrass hills +Where gently rolls the Ohio near a place called Louisville + +{soc} +Oh eight more miles and Louisville will come into my view +Eight more miles on this ol' road and I'll never more be blue +I knew some day I'd come back, I knew it from the start +Eight more miles to Louisville, the hometown of my heart +{eoc} + +{comment: Instrumental} + +{soc} +Oh eight more miles and Louisville will come into my view +Eight more miles on this ol' road and I'll never more be blue +I knew some day I'd come back, I knew it from the start +Eight more miles to Louisville, the hometown of my heart +Eight more miles to Louisville, the hometown of my heart +{comment: Instrumental walk up & back down} +{eoc} diff --git a/How Mountain Girls Can Love.cho b/How Mountain Girls Can Love.cho new file mode 100644 index 0000000..448a995 --- /dev/null +++ b/How Mountain Girls Can Love.cho @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +{title: How Mountain Girls Can Love} + +{comment: Instrumental intro leading into chorus} + + +{soc} +[C]Get down boys, [G]go back home +[D]Back to that girl you [G]love +[C]Treat her right, [G]never wrong +[D]How mountain girls can [G]love +{eoc} + +[G]I'm ridin' tonight in that high cold wind +on the [D]trail of the old lonesome [G]pine +[G]I'm thinking of you, Lord I'm feelin' so blue, +Wonderin' [D]why you left me [G]behind + +{soc} +{comment: Chorus} +{eoc} + +{comment: Instrumental} + +[G]Remember the night when we strolled down the lane +Our [D]hearts were gay an' happy [G]then +[G]I pulled you close while you whispered low +We [D]both hoped the night would never [G]end + +{soc} +{comment: Chorus} +{eoc} + +{comment: Instrumental} + +{soc} +{comment: Chorus, repeating last line} +{eoc} diff --git a/I've been to Georgia on a fast train.cho b/I've been to Georgia on a fast train.cho new file mode 100644 index 0000000..00fcd33 --- /dev/null +++ b/I've been to Georgia on a fast train.cho @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +{title: I've been to Georgia on a fast train} +{composer: Willie Nelson} + +It was a [G]rainy Wednesday morning on the [C]day that I was born +in that old [G]sharecropper's wondering' country [D]shack +Well they [G]say my mammy left me on the [C]same day that she had me +she [G]hit the road an' she [D]never once looked [G]back + +[G]I just thought that I might mention thgat my [C]grandma's old age pension, +it's the [G]reason I'm sittin' here [D]today + +{soc} +[G] I've been to Georgia on a [C]fast train honey +[G] I wasn't born no yester[D]day +I got a [G]good Christian raisin', [C]eight grade education +Ain't no [G]need in y'all [D]treatin' me this [G]way +{eoc} + +{comment: Instrumental} + +Well now my [G]woman, Carolina, I don't [C]guess I'll ever find +another [G]lady put together like you [D]are +I lvoe that a'[G]wiggle in your walk and all o'your [C]big city talk +and that [G]brand new shiny [D]Plymouth ragtime car + +{soc} +{comment: Chorus} +{eoc} + +Well now it's [G]hurry up and wait in this [C]world of give and take +It seems like [G]haste makes waste every [D]time +But I [G]swear to my soul, when you [C]hear the engines roll, +You better [G]know I'm gonna [D]get my share o' [G]mine + + +{soc} +[G] I've been to Georgia on a [C]fast train honey +[G] I wasn't born no yester[D]day +I got a [G]good Christian raisin', [C]eight grade education +Ain't no [G]need in y'all [D]treatin' me this [G]way +I got a [G]good Christian raisin', [C]eight grade education +Ain't no [G]need in y'all [D]treatin' me this [G]way +There ain't no [G]need in y'all [D]treatin' me this [G]way +{eoc} diff --git a/In The Pines.cho b/In The Pines.cho new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8635c11 --- /dev/null +++ b/In The Pines.cho @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +{title: In The Pines} +{composer: Traditional} +{time: 3/4} +{key: Am} + +Hey [Am]girl, hey [C]girl, don't [Dm]lie to [F]me, +Tell me [Am]where did you [E]sleep last [Am]night + +{soc} +In the [Am]pines, in the [C]pines +Where the [Dm]sun never [F]shines +And I [Am]shivered the [E]whole night [Am]through +{eoc} + +My [Am]daddy [C]was a [Dm]railroad [F]man, +Killed a [Am]mile and a [E]half from [Am]here +His [Am]head was [C]found in a [Dm]driver's [F]wheel +His [Am]body as [E]never [Am]found + +Hey [Am]girl, hey [C]girl, where [Dm]will you [F]go, +I'm [Am]goin' where the [E]cold wind [Am]blows + +{soc} +In the [Am]pines, in the [C]pines +Where the [Dm]sun never [F]shines +And you [Am]shiver the [E]whole night [Am]through +{eoc} + +{comment: Instrumental} + +The [Am]longest [C]train I [Dm]ever [F]saw, +went [Am]down that [E]Georgia [Am]line +The [Am]engine [C]passed at [Dm]six o'[F]clock, +and the [Am]cab came a[E]round at [Am]nine + +The [Am]prettiest [C]girl I [Dm]ever [F]saw +lived [Am]down that [E]railroad [Am]track +Red [Am]rosey [C]cheeks and [Dm]blue eyes [F]fair +and the [Am]curls hung [E]down her [Am]back + +My [Am]darling was [C]killed last [Dm]Friday [F]night, +Just a [Am]half a [E]mile from [Am]town +Her [Am]head was [C]lain in the [Dm]carbox [F]floor +And her [Am]body has [E]never been [Am]found + +Hey [Am]girl, Hey [C]girl what [Dm]have I [F]done, +For to [Am]make you [E]treat me [Am]so +You have [Am]caused me to [C]weep, you [Dm]caused me to [F]mourn +and you [Am]caused me to [E]lose my [Am]home + +{soc} +In the [Am]pines, in the [C]pines +Where the [Dm]sun never [F]shines +And you [Am]shiver when [E]cold winds [Am]blow +In the [Am]pines, in the [C]pines +Where the [Dm]sun don't ever [F]shine +And we'll [Am]shiver the [E]whole night [Am]through +{eoc} diff --git a/Rabbit in the log.cho b/Rabbit in the log.cho new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c870dc6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Rabbit in the log.cho @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +{title: Rabbit in the log} +{composer: Bill Monroe} + +{comment: Instrumental intro} + +Now there's a [C]rabbit in a log and I ain't got my dog +How will I get him, I [G]know +Oh, I'll [C]get me a briar and I'll twist it in his hair +and that's how I'll [G]get him, I [C]know + +{start_of_chorus} +I [F]know (I know) yes I [C]know (I know) +That's how I'll get him, I [G]know +Oh, I'll [C]get me a briar and I'll twist it in his hair +and that's how I'll [G]get him, I [C]know +{end_of_chorus} + +{comment: Instrumental} + +I'm gonna [C]build me a fire and I'll cook that ole hare +I'll roll him in them flames and make him [G]brown +have a [C]feast here tonight while the moon's shinin' bright +and find me a good [G]place to lie [C]down + +{soc} +To lie [F]down (to lie down) yes to lie [C]down (to lie down) +I'll find me a good place to lie [G]down +Have a [C]feast here tonight while the moon's shinin' bright +and find me a [G]good place to lie [C]down +{eoc} + +{comment: Instrumental} + +Now I'm [C]going down the track with a coat ripped up my back +and the sole on my shoes are nearly [G]gone +Just a [C]little ways ahead there's an old farmer's shed +and that's where I'll [G]rest my weary [C]bones + +{soc} +Weary [F]bones (weary bones) my lazy [C]bones (my lazy bones) +Yeah that's where I'll rest my weary [G]bones +Just a [C]little ways ahead there's an old farmer's shed +and that's where I'll [G]rest my weary [C]bones +{eoc} + +{comment: Instrumental} + +Now there's a [C]rabbit in a log and I ain't got my dog +How will I get him, I [G]know +Oh, I'll [C]get me a briar and I'll twist it in his hair +and that's how I'll [G]get him, I [C]know + + +{start_of_chorus} +I [F]know (I know) yes I [C]know (I know) +That's how I'll get him, I [G]know +Oh, I'll [C]get me a briar and I'll twist it in his hair +and that's how I'll [G]get him, I [C]know +{end_of_chorus} diff --git a/The Longest Johns/Ashes.cho b/The Longest Johns/Ashes.cho new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dc11bee --- /dev/null +++ b/The Longest Johns/Ashes.cho @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +{title: Ashes} +{composer: The Longest Johns} + + +[Am]Watch that old [C]fire as it [G]flickers and [Am]dies +That [C]once blessed the [G]household and [D]lit up our lives +It [C]shone for the [G]friends and the [D]clinking of [Am]glasses +I'll [Am]tend to the [C]flame, you can [G]worship the [Am]ashes + +[Am]Capture the [C]wild things and [G]bring them in [Am]line +And [C]own what was [G]never your [D]right to confine +The [C]lives and the [G]loves and the [D]songs are what [Am]matters +I'll [Am]tend to the [C]flame, you can [G]worship the [Am]ashes + +[Am]Do you feel [C]heavy? Your [G]eyes drop with [Am]grief +Your [C]spirit is [G]wild and your [D]suffering is brief +So [C]never you [G]buckle and [D]bend to the [Am]masses +I'll [Am]tend to the [C]flame, you can [G]worship the [Am]ashes + +[Am]Get round the [C]fire with a [G]glass of strong [Am]ale +And [C]tell us a [G]story from [D]beyond the pale +[C]Bury some [G]seeds and [D]expect some strong [Am]branches +I'll [Am]tend to the [C]flame, you can [G]worship the [Am]ashes + +Now [Am]show me a [C]man that can [G]meet all his [Am]needs +For [C]what we need [G]most now is [D]unity's seed +A [C]common old [G]song for all [D]creeds and all [Am]classes +I'll [Am]tend to the [C]flame, you can [G]worship the [Am]ashes +I'll [Am]tend to the [C]flame... + +[Am]What will we [C]do when the [G]world it is [Am]ending +And [C]time it is [G]halted for [D]friend and for foe? +[C]Try to hold [G]on to the [D]time as it [Am]passes +I'll [Am]tend to the [C]flame, you can [G]worship the [Am]ashes +I'll [Am]tend to the [C]flame, you can [G]worship the [Am]ashes +I'll [Am]tend to the [C]flame, you can [G]worship the [Am]ashes diff --git a/The Longest Johns/Oak and Ash and Thorn.cho b/The Longest Johns/Oak and Ash and Thorn.cho new file mode 100644 index 0000000..48cab1b --- /dev/null +++ b/The Longest Johns/Oak and Ash and Thorn.cho @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +{title: Oak & Ash & Thorn} +{composer: The Longest Johns} + +{c: Intro: Am} + +Of [Am]all the trees that grow so fair, old England to adorn, +[FM7/C]Greater are none beneath the sun than [G]Oak, and Ash, and Thorn. + +{soc} +Sing [Am]Oak, and Ash, and Thorn, good sirs, +All on a midsummer's [Em]morn. +[FM7/C]Surely we'll sing of no little thing +In [G]Oak, and Ash, and [Am]Thorn. +{eoc} + +[Am]Yew that is old, in churchyard mould, he breedeth a mighty bow +Alder for shoes do wise men choose, and Beech for cups also +But when you have killed, and your bowl it is filled, and your shoes are clean outworn +[FM7/C]Back you must speed for all that you need to [G]Oak, and Ash, and Thorn + +{soc} +Sing [Am]Oak, and Ash, and Thorn, good sirs, +All on a midsummer's [Em]morn. +[FM7/C]Surely we sing of no little thing +In [G]Oak, and Ash, and Thorn. +{eoc} + +{c: Repeat chorus, playing Am on last "Thorn"} + +[Am]Elm, she hates mankind and waits, til every gust be laid, +To [FM7/C]drop a limb on the head of him that [G]anyway trusts her shade, +But [Am]whether a lad be sober or sad, or mellow with ale from the horn, +He'll [FM7/C]take no wrong when he lyeth along 'neath [G]Oak, and Ash, and Thorn + +{soc} +Sing [Am]Oak, and Ash, and Thorn, good sirs, +All on a midsummer's [Em]morn. +[FM7/C]Surely we sing of no little thing +In [G]Oak, and Ash, and Thorn. +{eoc} + +{c: Repeat chorus, playing Am on last "Thorn"} + +Oh, [Am]do not tell the priest our plight, for he would call it a sin, +But [Am]we've been out in the woods all night, a-conjuring summer in, +We [Am]bring you good news by word of mouth, good news for cattle and corn +[Am]Sure as the sun come up from the south, by Oak, and Ash, and [D]Thorn. + +{soc} +Sing [Am]Oak, and Ash, and Thorn, good sirs, +All on a midsummer's [Em]morn. +[FM7/C]Surely we sing of no little thing +In [G]Oak, and Ash, and Thorn. +{eoc} + +{c: Play x4 total, playing Am on very last "Thorn"} + +{c: In DADGAD, the chords are fingered as follows} +{c: Am Em F G D} +{c: 0 0 0 0 0} +{c: 0 0 0 0 0} +{c: 2 0 0 0 2} +{c: 2 2 0 0 4} +{c: 0 2 3 5 0} +{c: X 2 3 5 0}