Ricky NelsonLonesome Town
Key: G
Intro:
G Em C D (2x)
Verse I:
G B
There's a place where lovers go
C D G G7
To cry their troubles away
C Cm G Em
And they call it Lonesome Town
C D G D
Where the broken hearts stay {Lonesome town}
Verse II:
You can buy a dream or two
To last you all through the years
And the only price you pay
C D G
Is a heart full of tears
Verse III:
In the town of broken dreams
The streets are filled with regret
Maybe down in lonesome town
I can learn to forget
Coda:
C Cm G Em
Maybe down in lonesome town
C D G C (arpeggiate)
I can learn to forget
G
{Lonesome town}
Gene WatsonFarewell Party
Key: D
Capo 2
D D7 G D
When the last breath of life is gone from my body
D A
And my lips are as cold as the sea
D D7 G D
When my friends gather 'round for my farewell party
A D
Won’t you pretend you love me
Steel solo
Key change to E
E E7 A E
Don't be mad at me for wanting to keep you
E B7
Till my life on this old world is through
E E7 A E
You'll be free at the end of my farewell party
B7 E
But I'll go away loving you
Chorus:
A E
There’ll be flowers from those who’ll cry when I go
E B7
And leave you in this old world alone
E E7 A E
I know you'll have fun at my farewell party
B7 E
I know you'll be glad when I'm gone
Tagg:
B7 A Am E
Oh, I know you'll be glad when I'm g-o-o-o-one
Gene WatsonPaper Rosie
Key: C
Intro: Pick chords from C to F, G, back to C
C F
The sun goes down in Calvin County
G C
neon lights from an old beer sign
F
shown through the window out on the sidewalk
G C
as I walked in to pass the time
F
I looked around sat down at a table
G C
ordered beef on rye and a glass of wine
C F
and through the door came a little old lady
G C
she was sellin' paper roses and they old cost a dime
Silver hair that's lost it's gold
trembling hands as she passed a row
red cray paper made nature's bouquet
help a little old lady buy a rose today
I took the rose from her trembling hand
with eyes of age she smiled and walked away
like a breath of spring I could smell the rose
it came alive and I heard her say
*Chorus*
Buy my roses, pretty roses
they're only made of paper but they only cost a dime
I went to look for her outside
a spray of roses lay by her side
the sky lit up and the choir sang
a thousand voices as the church bells rang
*Chorus*
They sang Rosie, Paper Rosie
She sold ya paper roses but they only cost a dime
Paper Rosie, Paper Rosie
She sold ya paper roses but they only cost a dime
Gene WatsonPick The Wildwood Flower
Key: C#
C# F#
Them Texas fields were hot and that tractor never was my kind of living
D#7 G#
And when I hit sixteen, I had my size and I hit the road to freedom
G#m C# F#
And I'm glad I wasn't there to see my momma cause she must've cried for hours
C# G# C#
I still hear her saying Gary, get your guitar and pick The Wildwood Flower
Now Dallas it was big and hard to find a job and so I didn't
It was easier to hitch a ride to Houston and it was more like living
Now I've been down every road and I've stood on every porch where they were giving
And if they had an hour or a dime, I would pick The Wildwood Flower
It's hard to turn around and look back down the roads that I have travelled
Cause like a neverending ball of twine, my dreams have come unravelled
And now as evening lays its shawl across the shoulders of my life I have defined
I couldn't tie my life together with the guitar strings and a poet's heart full of pride
G#m C# F#
And I'm glad I wasn't there to see my momma cause she must've cried for hours
C# G# C#
I still hear her saying Gary, get your guitar and pick The Wildwood Flower
Willie NelsonAngel Flying Too Close To The Ground
Key: G5
G Bm
If you had not have fallen
C G
then I would not have found you
C D G
Angel flying too close to the ground
G Bm C G
I patched up your broken wing and hung around for a while
A D
trying to keep your spirits up and your fever down
G Bm C C#dim
So leave me if you need to I will still remember
G D G
Angel flying too close to the ground.
G Bm C
I knew someday that you would fly away
A D
for love is the greatest healer to be found
G Bm C C#dim
So leave me if you need to I will still remember
G D G
Angel flying too close to the ground
G Bm C
Fly on fly on past the speed of sound
A D
I'd rather see you up than see you down
G Bm C C#dim
So leave me if you need to I will still remember
G D C G
Angel flying too close to the ground.
Willie NelsonAngels Flying Too Close To The Ground
Key: C#
C# Fm
If you had not have fallen
F# C#
Then I would not have found you
F# G# C# G#7
Angel flying too close to the ground
C# Fm F# C#
I patched up your broken wing and hung around for a while
D# G#
Trying to keep your spirits up and your fever down
C# Fm F#
I knew someday that you would fly away
D#7 G#
For love's the greatest healer to be found
C# Fm F# C#dim7
So leave me if you need to I will still remember
C# G# C#
Angel flying too close to the ground
C# Fm F#
Fly on fly on past the speed of sound
D# G#
I'd rather see you up than see you down
C# Fm F# C#dim7
So leave me if you need to I will still remember
C# G# C#
Angel flying too close to the ground
C# Fm F# C#dim7
So leave me if you need to I will still remember
C# G# F# C#
Angel flying too close to the ground
Gatlin BrothersI Don't Wanna Cry
Key: G
G G7 C
I don’t wanna think about tomorrow
A7 D
Lord knows I got my hands full just worryin about today
G G7 C A7
If it’s true that God sees every sparrow when it falls
D C D G
I hope he sees me fallin’ if you up and walk away
Chorus
C G D C
So lay back down and love me and leave the leavin’ to later on
G
I don’t wanna cry
Clint BlackNo Time To Kill
Key: E
E A9/E E7(omit3) A9/E
There's no time to kill between the cradle and the grave
E A9/E E7(omit3) A9/E
Father Time still takes a toll on every minute that you save
A D9/A A7(omit3) D9/A
Legal tender's never gonna change the number on your days
E A9/E E7(omit3) A9/E
The highest cost of livin's dyin', that's one everybody pays
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 B B
So have it spent before you get the bill, there's no time to kill
E A9/E E7(omit3) A9/E
{turnaround}
If we'd known ten years ago today would be ten years from now
Would we spend tomorrow's yesterdays and make it last somehow
Or lead the cheers in someone else's game and never learn to play
And see the rules of thumb are all the same that measure every day
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 B B E E
The grass is green on both sides of the hill, there's no time to kill
A D9/A A D9/A
No time to kill, even I've said it, probably always will
A D9/A A D9/A
But I can look ahead and see that time ain't standin' still
E A9/E E A9/E
No time to kill but time to change the kind of hurry I've been in
E A9/E E A9/E
Quit this work and worry lookin' back at where I've been
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 B B
If you don't look ahead nobody will, there's no time to kill
E A9/E E A9/E
{turnaround}
If we had an hourglass to watch each one go by
Or a bell to mark each one to pass, we'd see just how they fly
Would we escalate the value to be worth its weight in gold
Or would we never know the fortunes that we had till we grow old
And do we just keep killin' time until there's no time to kill
No time to kill, even I've said it, probably always will
But I can look ahead and see that time ain't standin' still
No time to kill but time to change the kind of hurry I've been in
Quit this work and worry lookin' back at where I've been
If you don't look ahead nobody will, there's no time to kill
No time to kill, even I've said it, probably always will
But I can look ahead and see that time ain't standin' still
No time to kill but time to change the kind of hurry I've been in
Quit this work and worry lookin' back at where I've been
If you don't look ahead nobody will, there's no time to kill
E A9/E E A9/E
No time to kill {repeat several times}
E A9/E E7(omit3) A9/E E A9/E E7(omit3) A9/E
{guitar solo}
E A9/E E7(omit3) A9/E E A9/E E7(omit3) A9/E
{guitar solo}
E A9/E E7(omit3) A9/E Cmaj7 Cmaj7 B B E.
{guitar solo}
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