4 4 -4 5
Tell me the tales
5 -5 6 -6 6 5
that to me were so dear
6 -5 5 -4 -5 5 -4 4
Long Long A — go, Long Long A-go.
4 4 -4 5 5 -5 6 -6 6 5
Sing me the song I’m de-light-ed to hear
6 -5 5 -4 -5 5 -4 4
Long Long A — go, Long Long A-go.
4/4
5 -4 4 -4 5 -5 5. ,
5 -4 4 -4 5 -5 -4.
-4 4 -3 4 -4 5 -4.
5 -4. , 5 -5. , 6 5. ,
5 -4 4 -4 5 -5 5. ,
5 -4 4 -4 5 -5 -4. ,
-4 4 -3 4 -4 5 -4. ,
5 -4. , 5 -5. , 6 5. ,
5. , 5 -5 6 -5. ,
6 -6 7 -7. , -5 5.
CHORUS
6 7 -7 -6
Long, long live love,
-4 -7 -6 6
Long, long live love,
5 -6 6 6 -5
Sha-ring and ca-ring,
-3 5 -4 4
Long, long live love.
By: Thomas Haynes Bayly
Marty Robbins
Key: F
4 4 -4 5 5 -5 6 -6 6 5
7 7 -8 8 8 -9 9 -10 9 8
Tell me the tales that to me were so dear
6 -5 5 -4 -5 5 -4 4
9 -9 8 -8 -9 8 -8 7
Long, long a-go, long, long a-go
4 4 -4 5 5 -5 6 -6 6 5
7 7 -8 8 8 -9 9 -10 9 8
Sing me the songs I de-light-ed to hear
6 -5 5 -4 5 -4 4
9 -9 8 -8 8 -8 7
Long, long a-go, long a-go
6 -5 5 -4 3 3 -5 5 -4 4
9 -9 8 -8 6 6 -9 8 -8 7
Now you are come all my grief is re-moved
6 -5 5 -4 3 3 -5 5 -4 4
9 -9 8 -8 6 6 -9 8 -8 7
Let me for-get that so long you have rov’d
4 4 -4 5 5 -5 6 -6 6 5
7 7 -8 8 8 -9 9 -10 9 8
Let me be-lieve that you love as you loved
6 -5 5 -4 5 -4 4
9 -9 8 -8 8 -8 7
Long, long a-go, long a-go
Do you remember the past where we met
Long, long ago, long, long ago
Ah yes, you told me you’d never forget
Long, long ago, long ago
Then, to all others, my smile you preferred
Love, when you spoke, gave a charm to each word
Still my heart treasures the praises I heard
Long, long ago, long ago
By: Thomas Haynes Bayly
Marty Robbins
Key: F
-2 -2 3 -3 -3 -3* 4 -5 4 -3
Tell me the tales that to me were so dear
4 -3* -3 3 -3* -3 3 -2
Long, long a-go, long, long a-go
-2 -2 3 -3 -3 -3* 4 -5 4 -3
Sing me the songs I de-light-ed to hear
4 -3* -3 3 -3 3 -2
Long, long a-go, long a-go
4 -3* -3 3 1 1 -3* -3 3 -2
Now you are come all my grief is re-moved
4 -3* -3 3 1 1 -3* -3 3 -2
Let me for-get that so long you have rov’d
-2 -2 3 -3 -3 -3* 4 -5 4 -3
Let me be-lieve that you love as you loved
4 -3* -3 3 -3 3 -2
Long, long a-go, long a-go
Do you remember the past where we met
Long, long ago, long, long ago
Ah yes, you told me you’d never forget
Long, long ago, long ago
Then, to all others, my smile you preferred
Love, when you spoke, gave a charm to each word
Still my heart treasures the praises I heard
Long, long ago, long ago
-7 6 6 -6 -5 -5 6 -5 -5 5
Held on to hope like a noose, like a rope
-7 6 6 6 -6 -5 -5 6 -5 -5 5
God and medicine take no mercy on him
-6 -5 -5 5 5 -7 -6 -6 6
Poisoned his blood, and burned out his throat
-6 7 -6 6 -5
Enough is enough,
-6 -5 -6 6 -5 5
He’s a long way from home
Days of my youth wasted on a selfish fool
Who ran for the hills from the hand you were dealt
I flew far away, as far as I could go
Your time is running out
And I’m a long way from home
Laid up in bed, you were laid up in bed
Holding the pain like you’re holding your breath
I prayed you could sleep, sleep like a stone
You’re right next to me
But you’re a long way from home
Hospital gowns never fit like they should
We yelled at the nurse, didn’t do any good
More morphine, the last words you moaned
At last I was sure
That you weren’t far away from home
VERSE 1:
7 7 7 -8 -8 -8 8 8
Last night I stood at your doorstep
7 7 7 7 7 -8 -8 8
Tryin’ to figure out what went wrong
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 -8 8 8 -8
You just slipped something into my palm then you
-6 6
were gone
7 7 7 7 7 7 -8 -8 8 8
I could smell the same deep green of Summer
7 7 7 7 7 7 -8 -8 8 8
Above me the same night sky was glowing
7 7 7 7 7 7 -8 -8 8 8 -8 -6
In the distance I could see the town where I was
6
born
CHORUS:
7 -8 -8 -8 8 -8 7 7
It’s gonna be a long walk home
8 8 8 8 -8 -8 8 8 8 -8
Hey pretty darling dont’t wait up for me
-8 -8 -8 8 -8 7 7
Gonna be a long walk home
-8 -8 7 6
A long walk home
VERSE 2:
7 7 7 -8 -8 8 8
In town I passed Sal’s grocery
7 7 7 7 -8 -8 8
The barbershop on South Street
7 7 7 7 -8 -8
I looked in their faces
-8 -8 8 8 -8 -8 7 -7
They were all rank strangers to me
7 7 7 7 -8 -8 8 8 8
The veteran’s hall high upon the hill
7 7 7 -8 -8 8
Stood silent and alone
7 7 7 7 -8 -8 -8 8 8
The diner was shuttered and boarded
-6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 6
With a sign that just said gone
CHORUS:
7 -8 -8 -8 8 -8 7 7
It’s gonna be a long walk home
8 8 8 8 -8 -8 8 8 8 -8
Hey pretty darling don’t wait up for me
-8 -8 -8 8 -8 7 7
Gonna be a long walk home
8 8 8 8 -8 -8 8 8 8 -8
Hey pretty darling don’t wait up for me
-8 -8 -8 8 -8 7 7
Gonna be a long walk home
6 7 7 7 -8 7 -6 6
It’s gonna be a long walk home
(Guitar Solo)
(Saxophone Solo)
VERSE 3:
7 -8-8-8-8 8 8 -9 -9
Here everybody has a neighbour
7 7 7 7 -8 8 6
Everybody has a friend
-8-8-8-8 8 8 -9 -9 7 7 7 -8 6
Everybody has a reason to begin again
VERSE 4:
7 7 7 7 7 7 -8 -8 -8 8 8
My father said, «Son you’re lucky in this town
7 7 7 7 7 -8 -8 8 8
Such a beautiful place to be born
7 7 -8 -8 -8 -8 8 8
It just wraps its arms around you
7 7 7 -8 8 -8 7 7 7 7 -6 -6
Nobody crowds you and nobody goes alone
7 7 7 7 7 7 -8-8 -8 8 8
You know that flag flying over the courthouse
7 7 7 7 -8 -8 -8 8
Means certain things are set in stone
6 7 7 -8 -8 8 8 7 -6 6
Who we are, what we’ll do and what we won’t
CHORUS:
7 -8 -8 -8 8 -8 7 7
It’s gonna be a long walk home
8 8 8 8 -8 -8 8 8 8 -8
Hey pretty darling don’t wait up for me
-8 -8 -8 8 -8 7 7
Gonna be a long walk home
8 8 8 8 -8 -8 8 8 8 -8
Hey pretty darling don’t wait up for me
-8 -8 -8 8 -8 7 7
Gonna be a long walk home
6 7 7 7 -8 7 -6 6
It’s gonna be a long walk home
7 -8 -8 -8 8 -8 7 7
It’s gonna be a long walk home
8 8 8 8 -8 -8 8 8 8 -8
Hey pretty darling don’t wait up for me
-8 -8 -8 8 -8 7 7
Gonna be a long walk home
8 8 8 8 -8 -8 8 8 8 -8
Hey pretty darling don’t wait up for me
-8 -8 -8 8 -8 7 7
Gonna be a long walk home
6 7 7 7 -8 7 -6 6
It’s gonna be a long walk home
(Guitar Solo)
(Saxophone Solo)
Here is the tab for «Long Train Runnin'» by the Doobie Brothers. The
only way I can make this sound close to correct is by using the pucker
method (opposed to the tongue block, which I have grown accustom
to)on most of the sounds. This is because there are some pretty rapid
bends. Maybe if your a bad mofo when it comes to bending you can
squeeze by this problem.
*Note: I find that many of the quick bends are easily produced by sort
of whistling backwards while tongueing the word «to, two or too» while
sucking in air. Whichever you prefer.
The tab isn’t 100% correct, but it gives a good frame to work around.
Any input is appreciated
-Long Train Runnin-
-4(b)-4-4(b)-4 ~~-4(B)-4-4(b)-4-4(b)-4-4(b)-4~`..
…-4 3 3 3 3 3 3
~~-4-4(b)-4-4(b)-4(b)~` -5 5\3 3 -4 ~~[-5,-6]~`
44-4(b)-4-4(b)-4-4(b)-4-4(b) [6,7] -5-4 4 -2-2-2-2-2-2 -5\-3
-2-2-2-2-2-2
Legend:(b)=bend , [#,#]= both,
Oh yeah a negative in front of the number dictates a draw.
~~ #######~`=vibrato,
\=slide down, /=slide up
As I have stated prior, this is just a frame to work off of. The dude
playing harmonica (Tom Johnston?) whips it all out pretty fast, so you
will have to listen to it to get a good feel of it.
66bb6 -66-6-6
6-6 -66-6 -66-6 -66-6 -66-6 -66-6 -66-6 -6
6-6bbb6-4
-4-4 -4 -4 -4
6 6 6b -6-6 -6-6 6b-66b-66b-66b-66b-66b-6 6b7
-7-6-5-4
(Here you just slide down the harp really fast)
6b 6b6bb6bbb6b 7 656
-4 -4 -4 4 -4 -4 -5 -4 44 -4 -4 -4-4 -4
I ripped this off from Paul Lassey. Click the «midi» button for his
instruction for this tab.
-4 -4’ -4
—slur—
-4’ -4 -4’ -4 -4’ -4
-4’ -4 -4 (6x) -4 gliss -2-2 -2-2 -2 -2 -2
-4’ -4 -4 -4 -4’ -4 -4 (7x) -5 gliss -2 -2
-4’ (-4 -5 trill) -4’ -4 -4’ -4 -4’ -4 -4 6
-5 -4’ -4-3-2 -2 -2 -2-2 -2-2 -4 gliss -2
gliss
-2 -2 -2 -2 -2
Doobie Brothers — Long Train Runnin
The song key is Bb major.
It’s played cross harp on an Eb harp.
Listen to the midi file for the timing.
\ slide down
/ slide up
^ start note pre-bent, then release
* play note, then bend, then release
** start note pre-bent, then release, then bend and release again
*** bend chord so that the 1st note is down 2 half steps, (the 2nd
note will only bend 1 half step)
-3 -3*
-3 -3 -3^ -3 -3^ -3 -3^ -3 -3^ -3 -3^
-4\-3\-2 +2
+2 -1 -1 +2 +2 +2
+5\+4\+3\+2 -3*
-3 -3 -3^ -4 -3^ -4 -3^ -3 -3^ -3 -3^ -3^ +3\+2
-1 -1 +2 +2 +2
+2/+3/+4 -4 -3** -3^ [-3bb,-4b]***
[-3,-4] -4\-3\-2
+2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 -3
-3\-2 +2 -1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2
-6 7 -7 -6 -6 6 6 -5 5 6
May the long time sun shine upon you
-6 6 6 -5 -5 5
all love surround you
7 -7 -6 -6 6 6 -5 -5 5 6
and the pure light within you
-6 -6 6 -5 5 5
guide your way on
-6 -6 6 -5 5 5
guide your way on
-6 -6 6 -7 -8 7 7
guide your way on
sat-nam.
4 -4 -4 -4 -5 -6-6-6
My parents raised me tenderly,
-5 6 6 4 4 -4~~~~~~~~
I was their only son;
-6 -6 6 -6 7 -8 -8
My mind got mixed with wanderin
-6 7 7 -6 6 -6~~~~~~~’
when I was much too young.
-6 -6 -6 6 -6 7 -8 -8
And I left my home the first time;
7 -8 7 -6 6 6 -6 6 5 -4
When I was twelve and one~~~~~~
-6 6 -6 6 -5 6 -5 -4
Been a long time a comin’, Ma,
-4 -4 -5 4 4 -4 -4
An` I’ll be a long time gone.
On a road through south New Mexico, in the dust and rolling sage,
I thought I’d try to find some work, but they said I was young of
age.
No place to turn, I’d somehow learn to make it on my own.
Been a long time comin’ and I’ll be a long time gone.
Many times by the highway side I tried to flag a ride.
With bloodshot eyes and gritting teeth, I’d watch the cars roll by.
In the empty air, my only guide, I traveled on alone,
Been a long time comin’ and I’ll be a long time gone.
You might see me on your crossroads, when I’ll be passing through,
And dream you’ll one day follow as I drift beyond your view,
Destined for a journey that will never lead me home—
Been a long time comin’ and I’ll be a long time gone.
If I could help one drifter on this long, relentless road,
I’d warn him of its random ways and the dangers it might hold,
But I know I ain’t no prophet and I ain’t no prophet’s son—
Just a long time comin’ and I’ll be a long time gone.
So you can have your beauty when skin-deep, it only lies,
And you can have your youthhood, it will fade before your eyes.
When my roving days are through, just carve upon my stone:
“Been a long time comin’ and I’ll be a long time gone.”
By: Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman,
Robert Blackwell
Little Richard
Key: F
3* 3* 3* 3* 3* 3*
Gon-na tell Aunt Mar-y
3* 3* 3* 3*
’bout Un-cle John
-2 3* 3* 3* 3* 3*
He says he has the blues
3* 3* 3* 3* 3* 3* 3*
But he has a lot of fun
3 -2 3 4-3*3*-2 -3 -2
Oh, Ba-by. Yes Ba-by
-6-5*4-3 3 2
Wooo Ba-by
-1 -2 3 -2 3 -2 -1 1
Hav-in’ me some fun to-night
-2-1 1
Yeah
3* 3* 3* 3* 3*
Well, Long Tall Sal-ly,
3* 3* 3* 3* 3* 3*
Has a lot on the ball
-2 3* 3* 3* 3*
And no-bod-y cares
3* 3* 3* 3* 3*
If she’s long and tall
3 -2 3 4-3*3*-2 -3 -2
Oh, Ba-by. Yes Ba-by
-6-5*4-3 3 2
Wooo Ba-by
-1 -2 3 -2 3 -2 -1 1
Hav-in’ me some fun to-night
-2-1 1
Yeah
3* 3* 3* 3* 3* 3*
Well, I saw Un-cle John
3* 3* 3* 3* 3*
With long tall Sal-ly
-2 3* 3* 3* 3* 3* 3*
He saw Aunt Mar-y com-in’
3* 3* 3* 3* 3* 3* 3* 3*
And he ducked back in the al-ley
3 -2 3 4-3*3*-2 -3 -2
Oh, Ba-by. Yes Ba-by
-6-5*4-3 3 2
Wooo Ba-by
-1 -2 3 -2 3 -2 -1 1
Hav-in’ me some fun to-night
-2-1 1
Yeah
3* 3* 3* 3* 3* 3* -2 -2
We’re gon-na have some fun to-night
3* 3* 3* 3* 3* -2 -2
Gon-na have some fun to-night
-6 -2 -2 -2 3* 3* 3* -2 -2
Woo! We’re gon-na have some fun to-night
4 4 -3* -3* -3 -2 -2
Ev-‘ry-thing will be all right
-2 -2 -2 3 2 1
We’re gon-na have some fun
1 1 -1 -2 3 -2 -2
Gon-na have some fun to-night
Verse 1
-5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5
Gon-na tell Aunt Ma-ry
-5 -5 -5 -5 -5
a-bout Un-cle John
-4 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 — 5
He claims he has the mis ‘ry
-5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5
But he’s hav-in’ lots of fun
Chorus
5 -4 5 -6 6 -5 -4 -4 5
Oh, Ba-by. Yes Ba-by
-8 7 -6 -5 5 4 -3 -3′
Wooo Ba- by
-3 -4 -4 -5 -4 -3 -3′
Ha-vin’ me some fun to-night
-4 -3 -3′
Yeah
(Add or omit notes for syllables
Where ever you need to.)—
Verse 2:
Well, Long Tall Sally,
She’s built for speed
She got everything
That Uncle John need
Chorus
Verse 3:
Well, I saw Uncle John
With bald-headed Sally
He saw Aunt Mary comin’
And he ducked back in the Alley
Chorus
Outro:
-5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -4 -4
We’re gon-na have some fun to-night
-5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -4 -4
Gon-na have some fun to-night
-8 -5 -5 -5 -4 -4
Woo! Have some fun to-night
-6 -5 -4 -4 -4
Ev-‘ry thing’s al-right
5 4 -3′
Have some fun
-3’ -3 -4 5 5 -4 -6 -5 -4
Have me some fun to- night
7- 6- 6 6- 7- 6
7- 8- 8 8- 8- 7- 6- 6-
7- 8- 8- 8- 8 8 7- 6- 6- 6 6 7 7-
6- 6-‘ 6- 7- (34)
HSB= HALF STEP BEND
FSB= FULL STEP BEND
HV= HAND VIBRATO
SB= SCOOP BEND (this means start unbent go to bent and come back again
so technically its 3 notes in one
So rather than put say -4,-4b,-4 ill just put -4sb. For those of you
learning scoops or willing to try
Say DWAH on the in breath)
INTRO: -5,5,-4,-4b,5,-3,-6,7,-6SB,-5,-5b,6,
-7,7,-6,6,-5,6,-5,6,-6,-5,-5SB,-4,4
02:22 -34 hold lightly
02:28 -56,5,-5,56,-56,-4,4,4,-34,45,-45,
-45,45,-45
02:41 -45,34,34,34
03:13 -34
03:37 -34
ENJOY!!
— = draw, (…) = Slide, » = Tremolo
PART 1 :
-7 -8 -8 8 -7 -6» 6 -6 6 -4
6 -7 -8 8 -8 -7 -6 6 -6»
-7 -8 -8 -7 -6 -8 6 -6 -7 -6 6 -4 -4
-7 -8 8 -8 -7 -6 6
PART 2 (2:28) :
-7 -8 -8 8 -7 -6 -6»»»’ 6 -7
-7 -6 6 -6 -7 -7 (-8 -7) -6 6
-7 -8 -8 -7 -8 8»»»»’ 7 -7 -8 -7
-6 -7 -8 8 -8 -7 -6 6
PART 3 (3:57) :
-7 -8 -8 -7 -6 -6
-6» 6 -6 6 -4
7 7 -7 -7 6
We’ve been through
4 -6 -6 6 5 4
some things together
4 5 6 -6 -6 -6
With trunks of memories
6 6 -4
still to come
7 7 -7 -6 6
We found things to do
4 -6 6 6 5 4
in stormy weather
-6 6 -6 5 4
Long may you run.
7 7 7 -7 -6 6
Long may you run.
-6 -6 6 5 4
Long may you run.
4 5 6 -6 -6
Although these changes
6 -4
have come
7 7 7 7 -7 -6 6 6
With your chrome heart shining
-6 6 6
in the sun
-6 6 -6 5 4
Long may you run.
7 7 7
Well, it was
7 7 7 7 -6 6 4 -6 -6 6 6 5 4
back in Blind River in 1962
4 5 6 -6 -6 6 -4
When I last saw you alive
7 7 7 7 -7 -6 6
But we missed that shift
4 -6 6 6
The long decline
-6 6 -6 5 4
Long may you run.
7 7 7 -7 -6 6
Long may you run.
-6 -6 6 5 4
Long may you run.
4 5 6 -6 -6
Although these changes
6 -4
have come
7 7 7 7 -7 -6 6 6
With your chrome heart shining
-6 6 6
in the sun
-6 6 -6 5 4
Long may you run.
-5 -5 6 -6 -6 6
7 -8 7 -6
7 6 -6 6
6 -6 6 -5
-5 -5 6 -6 6
7 -8 7 -6
7 6 -6 6 -6 6
-5
Will be improved — Sera mejorada.
55-678-9-8 8-87-678
Said my lord to my lady, as he mounted his
horse:
-77-78-6-6 -777-78-6
«Beware of Long Lankin that lives in the
moss.»
55-678-9-8 8-87-678
Said my lord to my lady, as he rode away:
-77-78-6-6 -777-78-6
«Beware of Long Lankin that lives in the
hay.»
«Let the doors be all bolted and the windows all
pinned,
And leave not a hole for a mouse to creep
in.»
So he kissed his fair lady and he rode away,
And he was in fair London before the break of
day.
The doors were all bolted and the windows all
pinned,
Except one little window where Long Lankin crept
in.
«Where’s the lord of this house?» Said Long
Lankin,
«He’s away in fair London.» said the false nurse
to him.
«Where’s the little heir of this house ?» said
Long Lankin.
«He’s asleep in his cradle,» said the false nurse
to him.
«We’ll prick him, we’ll prick him all over with a
pin,
And that’ll make my lady to come down to
him.’
So he pricked him, he pricked him all over with a
pin,
And the nurse held the basin for the blood to
flow in.
«O nurse, how you slumber. O nurse, how you
sleep.
You leave my little son Johnson to cry and to
weep.»
«O nurse, how you slumber, O nurse how you
snore.
You leave my little son Johnson to cry and to
roar.»
«I’ve tried him with an apple, I’ve tried him
with a pear.
Come down, my fair lady, and rock him in your
chair.»
«I’ve tried him with milk and I’ve tried him with
pap.
Come down, my fair lady, and rock him in your
lap.»
«How durst I go down in the dead of the
night
Where there’s no fire a-kindled and no candle
alight ?»
«You have three silver mantles as bright as the
sun.
Come down, my fair lady, all by the light of
one.»
My lady came down, she was thinking no harm
Long Lankin stood ready to catch her in his
arm.
Here’s blood in the kitchen. Here’s blood in the
hall
Here’s blood in the parlour where my lady did
fall.
Her maiden looked out from the turret so
high
And she saw her master from London riding
by.
«O master, O master, don’t lay the blame on
me
‘Twas the false nurse and Lankin that killed your
lady.»
Long Lankin was hung on a gibbet so high
And the false nurse was burnt in a fire close
by.
6 6 6 -6 -6 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 5
Way back in my memory there’s a scene that I recall
5 5 -4 -4 -4 4 5 5 -4 -4 5
Of a little rundown cabin in the woods
6 6 6 6 -6 -6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 5
Where my dad never promised that our blue moon would turn gold
5 -4 -4 -4 -4 4 5 5 5 4 4
But he laid awake nights wishin’ that it would.
When the world was on our radio, hard work was on our minds
We lived our day-to-day in plain dirt fashion
With ol’ overalls and cotton balls all strapped across your back
Man, it’s hard to make believe there ain’t nothing wrong
[Chorus:]
6 -6-6 -6 -7 7 -7 -6 6 -6 -6 -6 -7 7 -7 -6
But Mama kept the Bible read and Daddy kept our family fed
6 6 5 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 5 -4
And somewhere in between I must have grown
6 -6 -6 -6 -7 7 -7 -6 6 -6 -6 -6 -7 7 -7
‘Cause someday I was dreamin’ that a song that I was singin’
-6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 -4
Takes me down the road to where I want to go
-4 5 5 -4 4 4 4 4 -3 4 4
Now I know, it’s a long hard road
Sometimes I remember when I stay up late at night
When the sunup came, we got up and went
In the shadows of a working’ day, our moonlight hours spent
Singin’ songs along with Grandma’s radio
Now I’m beatin’ down a ol’ blacktop road, sleepin’ in a sack,
Livin’ in my memories all in vain
’Cause those city lights ain’t all that bright, compared to what it’s
like
To see lightning bugs go dancin’ in the rain
[Chorus]
-6-6 -6 -7 7 -7 -6 6 -6 -6 -6 -7 7 -7 -6
Mama played the guitar then and Daddy made the saw blade bend,
6 6 6 6 6 6 5 -5 6 6 5 -4
And raindrops played the tin roof like a drum
6 -6 -6 -6 -7 7 -7 -6 6 -6 -6 -6 -7 7 -7
But I just kept on dreamin’ that a song that I was singin’
-6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 -4
Takes me down the road to where my name is known
-4 5 5 -4 4 4 4 4 4 -3 4 4
Now I’m gone, and it’s a long hard road
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Yes, I know, it’s a long hard road
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I went down to the riv-er to watch the fish swim by
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But I got to the riv-er so lone-some
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I want-ed to die-i-ie oh, Lord
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And then I jumped in the riv-er
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But the dog-gone riv-er was dry
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She’s long——-gone—-
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And nowowow— I’m lo-o-one some blu-es
-1 3 3 3 3 -3 -1 3 3 3 -3
I had me a wo-man she could-n’t be true
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She made me for my mon-ey and she made me blue
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A man needs a wom-an that he can lean on
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But my lean-in’ post is done left and gone
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She’s long——-gone—-
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And nowowow I’m lo-o-one some blu-es
I’m gonna find me a river, one that’s cold as ice
And when I find me that river,
Law’d I’m gonna pay the price. Oh Law’d,
I’m goin’ down in it three times
But Law’d I’m only gonna come up twice
She’s long——-gone—-
And now—- I’m lone—some blues
She told me on Sunday she was checkin’ me out
Along about Monday she was nowhere about
And her it is Tuesday ain’t had no news
I got them gone but not forgotten blues
She’s long——-gone—-
And now-ow-ow I’m lo-o-one—some blu-es
3~6 = gliss
Hank Williams
6 6 6 6 6 4
I went down to the river
5 6 6 6 -5 5 4
To watch the fi-sh swim by
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But I got to the riv-er
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So lonesome I want-ed to d—i—e, Oh Lawd
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And then I jumped in the ri-ver
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But the dog-gone riv-er was dry
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Sh-es l-o—n — g g—o-n—e
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And n-o-w I’m l-o-n-e-some bl-ues
3 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 5
I had me a wom-an she could-n’t be true
4 5 6 6 6 6 6
She made me for my mon-ey
-6 6 -7 6 5
And she made me blue
6 6 6 6 6 4 6 6 6 6 6
A man needs a wom-an that he can lean on
5 -5 6 6 6 4 5 5 6 -5 5 4
But my lean-in’ po-st has done le-ft and gone
5 -5 6 8 6 8 6 -6 -9-6-9 -6
Sh-es l-o—-n-—g g——o——n –e
-6 6-8 6 5 -5 -8 6 -4 5 7
And n-o-w I’m l-o-n-e-some bl-ues
I’m gonna find me a river One that’s cold as ice
And when I find me that river
I’m gonna pay the price
I’m going down in it three times
But lord I’m only coming up twice
Shes long etc.
She told me on Sunday she was checking me out
Along about Monday she was nowhere about
And here it is Tuesday ain’t had no news
I got them gone but not forgotten blues
She’s long etc.
3 5 5 -4 5 6
His head was a city
3 5 5 5 4
Of paper buildings
5 5 5 -4 5 6 5
And the echoes that remained
2 5 5 -4 5 6
Of old friends and lovers
3 5 5 5 4
Their features bleeding
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Together in his brain
5 -4 4
Oh, ho ho
4 6 4 5 -3’ -3’ -3’ 5 -4 4
And once it started it was harder to
6 4 -4 5
Tell them apart
5 -4 4
Oh, ho ho
5 5 5 -4 -4 5 6
He was always distracted
5 5 5 5 5 4
By the very mention
5 -4 5 6 5
Of an open door
5 -4 4
Oh, ho ho
6 4 -4 5 6 6 5 6 5 6 5 -6 6
‘Cause he had sworn not to be what he’d been be-fo-re
3 4 4 -3 -3 4 4 6 6 -6 -6 5
To be a remain remain remain remainder (x2)
3 5 -4 5 6 -3” 5 5 5 4
The television was snowing softly
-4 5 5 -4 5 6 5
As she hunted for her keys
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She said she never envisioned him the type of person
5 5 5 -4 5 6 5
Capable of such deceit
5 -4 4
Oh, ho ho (x2)
3 5 5 5 -4 5 6 5 5 5 4
And Then they carried on like long division
3 5 5 5 -4 5 6 5
As it was clear with every page
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Oh, that they were further away from a solution that would pla-y
3 4 4 -3 -3 4 4 6 6 -6 -6 5
Without a remain remain remain remainder
3 4 4 -3 -3 4 4 7 7 6 6 5
Without a remain remain remain remainder
3 4 4 -3 -3 4 4 6 6 -6 -6 5
Without a remain remain remain remainder
4 7 7 7 7 -7 -7 -6 -6 6 6 5
Without a remain remain remain remainder
6 4 5 6 6 5 6 5 6 5 -6 -7
He had sworn not to be what he’d been be-fo-re
4 4 4 -3 -3 4 4 6 6 -6 -6 5
To be the remain remain remain remainder
3 4 4 -3 -3 4 4 7 7 6 6 5
To be the remain remain remain remainder
3 4 4 -3 -3 4 4 6 6 -6 -6 5
To be the remain remain remain remainder
4 7 7 7 7 -7 -7 -6 -6 6 6 5
To be the remain remain remain remainder
4 7 7 7 7 -7 -7 -6 -6 6 6 5
To be a remain remain remain remainder
4 7 7 7 7 -8 -8 7 7 6 6 5
To be a remain remain remain remainder
By Marijon Wilkins & Danny Hill
Johnny Cash, Joan Baez
Key: Eb
-5* -5* -5*-5*-3*
Ten years a-go
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on a cold dark night,
-6 -6 7 -6 -3* -3* -5* -5*-6 -5*
Some-one was killed ‘neath the Town Hall light
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The peo-ple who saw they all a-greed
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That the slay-er who ran
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looked a lot like me.
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The judge said, “son, what is your al-i-bi?
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If you were some-wheres else,
-6 -5* -5* 5 5 -5*
then you won’t have to die”.
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I spoke not a word, though it meant my life,
-5 -5* -6 -6 7 -6
For I’d been in the arms
-3* 5 -5* -5* -6-5*
of my best friend’s wife.
-3*5 -5* -5* 5-3*
She walks these hills
-3*5 -5* -5* 7-67-6-5*
in a long black veil,
5 -5*-5* 5 -3* -3* 5
Vis-its my grave when the
-5* -6-5* 7-67-6-5*
night winds wail,
7-7*-7* 8 -7*7 -5* -5*-5*7-6-5*
No- bod-y knows, no-bod-y sees,
5-5*-5*-5* -6 7 7-6-5*
No- bod-y knows, but me.
The scaffold is high, eternity near,
She stands in the crowd, she sheds not a tear,
But sometimes at night, when the cold winds moan,
In a long black veil she cries o’er my bones.
She walks these hills in a long black veil,
Visits my grave when the night winds wail,
Nobody knows, nobody sees,
Nobody knows, but me.
By Marijon Wilkins & Danny Hill
Johnny Cash, Joan Baez
Key: Eb
7 7 7 76 7 -8 8 8 -87
Ten years a-go on a cold dark night,
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Some one was killed ‘neath the Town Hall light
7 7 7 7 7 6 7-8 8 8 -8 7
The peo-ple who saw they all a-greed
-7 7 -8 -8 8 -8
That the slay-er who ran
6 6 7 7 -8 7
looked a lot like me.
7 7 7 7 6 7 -8 8 8 -8 7
The judge said, “son, what is your al-i-bi?
-8 -8 8 -8 7 7
If you were some-wheres else,
-8 7 7 -6 -6 6
then you won’t have to die”.
7 7 7 7 76 7 -8 8 8 -8 8
I spoke not a word, though it meant my life,
6 7 -8 -8 8 -8
For I’d been in the arms
6 -6 7 7 -8 7
of my best friend’s wife.
6-6 7 7 7 6 6 -6 7 7 8-88-87
She walks these hills in a long black veil,
-6 7 7 -6 6 6 -6 7 -87 8-88-87
Vis-its my grave when the night winds wail,
89 9 -10 9 8 7 7 7 8-87
No-bod-y knows, no-bod-y sees,
6 7 7 -8 8 8-87
No-bod-y knows, but me.
The scaffold is high, eternity near,
She stands in the crowd, she sheds not a tear,
But sometimes at night, when the cold winds moan,
In a long black veil she cries o’er my bones.
She walks these hills in a long black veil,
Visits my grave when the night winds wail,
Nobody knows, nobody sees,
Nobody knows, but me.
W: Betty Comden, Adolphe Green
M: Jule Styne
From: “Bells Are Ringing”
Steve Lawrence
Key: Eb
4 4 4 4 -3* 3
Long be-fore I knew you
-3* -3* -3* -3* 3* -2
Long be-fore I met you
3* 3* 3* 3* 3 -1* 3* 3 -2 -2
I was sure I’d find you some-day, some-how
-1*-1* -1* -1* -2 3 3* -3* 4
I pic-tured some-one who’d walk and talk
-4 4 -4 4 4*
And smile as you do
4 -3* -3 -3* -3 -3* 4 -3* 3*
And make me feel as you do right now
-2 3 3* 4 4 4 4 -3* 3
All that was long be-fore I held you
-3* -3* -3* -3* 3* -2
Long be-fore I kissed you
3* 3* 3* 3* 3 -1*
Long be-fore I touched you
3* 3 -1* -2
and felt this glow
-1* -1* -1* -1* -2 3 3*
But now you real-ly are here
-3* 4 -4 4 -5 -5*
And now at last I know
-3 4 4 4 4 -3* 3
That long be-fore I knew you
-3* 3* -2 -1*
I loved you so
5 6 6 6 5 -4 -4 4
Put a can-dle in the win-dow,
6 6 7 7 -6 7 -6 6
’cause I feel I’ve got to move-.
6 6 7 7
Though I’m goin., goin.,
4 -4 4 -4 4 4
I’ll be com-in. home soon,
5 6 6 6 5 -4 -4 4
‘Long as I can see the light.
verse 2.
Pack my bag and let’s get movin’,
’cause I’m bound to drift a while.
When I’m gone, gone,
you don’t have to worry long,
‘Long as I can see the light.
verse 3.
Guess I’ve got that old trav’lin’ bone,
’cause this feelin’ won’t leaveme alone.
But I won’t, won’t be losin’ my way, no, no
‘Long as I can see the light.
(spoken)
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Oh, Yeah!
verse 4.
Put a candle in the window,
’cause I feel I’ve got to move.
Though I’m going, going,
I’ll be coming home soon,
Long as I can see the light.
Long as I can see the light.
Long as I can see the light.
Long as I can see the light.
Long as I can see the light.
7 7 7 -7 7 -8
Drea-ry days are o-ver
8 8 8 -8 8 -9
Life’s a four-leaf clo-ver
6 6 6 -6 6 -7 6 -6
Ses-sions of de-pres-sion are through
9 -9 8 8 8 -8
Ev-ry hope I longed for
7 7 7 -8 8
Long a-go comes true
(CHORUS)
7 7 7 8 -7 -6 -7
Long a-go and far a-way
-7 -7 7 -6 5 -6
I dreamed a dream one day
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And now that dream is here be-side me
7 7 7 8 -7 -6 -7
Long the stars were o-ver-cast
-7 -7 7 -6 5 -6
But now the clouds have passed
-7 8 -9 9
You’re here at last
7 7 7 8 -7 -6 -7
Chills run up and down my spine
-7 -7 7 -6 5 -6
Al-ad-din’s lamp is mine
6 -6 6 -6 -7 7 7 8 -8
The dream I dreamed was not de-nied me
6 6 6 6 -6 5 -7
Just one look and then I knew
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That all I longed for long a-go was you
ENJOY!!!