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Gadd2: 3x0233
It takes a (D)year (G)to go around the (D)sun
A million (D)years, (G)it turns rock to (D)sand
What's it gonna (G)take to get to (Gm)you, hold you (D)close
I've been (D)brash, (G)and I've been dis(D)creet
The highest (D)mountain (G)or the deepest (D)sea
What's it gonna (G)take to get to (Gm)you, hold you (D)close
(G)(Gm)(D)(E7)(G)(A)(D)
Capo II
(G)Says Red Molly to James, that's a fine motor(C)bike
(G)Said James to Red Molly, well here's a ring for your right (C)hand
(G)Come down, come down, Red Molly, called Sergeant Mc(C)Rae
(G)Said James, in my opinion, there's nothing in this (C)world
Drop D tuning
Intro: (D)(Bm)(G)(A)(D)
(D)He can't believe it's so (Bm)cold
He said "You're just a (Bm)lip(A)stick (G)smile with (A)perfect (D)hair"
Now he sits a(D)lone, no words to (Bm)find
CHORUS
He catches his (D)breath, it's too far to (Bm)fall
Maybe he's too (Bm)quick (A)to (G)judge and too (A)slow to for(D)give
CHORUS (2x)
Intro: (C)(D)(G)(C)(D)(G)(C)(D)
He was (G)leaving home on (D)Saturday
Then the (G)wind picked up and the (D)rain came down
CHORUS:
On the (G)summer nights when the (D)wind won't blow
CHORUS
One (G)day the Daddy got a (D)big surprise
They're living it (C)up in a one-horse (G)town
Intro: (C)(F)(C) (Am)(C)(G)(C) (C)(F)(C) (Am)(C)(G)(C)
(C)Billy begged his daddy, (F)daddy, let's (C)go
(C)Son, my son it's a (F)cryin (C)shame
(Em)Whoa (F)boys, look at him (C)ride
(C)Billy signed on the day he (F)turned six(C)teen
(Em)Whoa (F)boys, look at him (C)ride
(C)(F)(C) (Am)(C)(G)(C)
(Am)Double trouble and the (Em)Texas skip
For (C)fifty good years he watched the (F)clock wind (C)down
(Em)Whoa (F)boys, look at him (C)ride
(Em)(F)(C)(Am)(Em)(F)(G)
Now his (C)spurs don't jingle like they (F)used to (C)do
(C)Up in the bleachers in the (F)very front (C)row
(Em)Whoa (F)boys, look at him (C)ride
(C)(F)(C) (Am)(C)(G)(C) (C)(F)(C) (Am)(C)(G)(C)
Intro: (G)(D)(C)(D) . . . (G)(D)(C)(D)
When (G)Bob Dole (D)spoke
(G)(D)(C)(D)
It (G)took three (D)months
(G)(D)(C)(D)
(C)Your brother got here before (D)you
You're (G)a big girl (D)now
Capo IV
Intro: (D)(G)(A)(D)
(D)Station wagon's full of (G)blankets
(D)There's eight of us if you count (G)Jefferey
(A)It's two-fifty for the (D)carload
(D)There's a double-feature and a (G)playground
(D)Dad hangs a speaker from the (G)window
(G)When there's kissing on the (D)big screen
(D)Next thing that I re(G)member
(A)It's two-fifty for the (D)carload
(G)It's Saturday and
Capo II
(Am)Lights come up, (C)lights go down
(Am)Town to town, (C)night to night
(F)Well I love the sound of a (C)midnight train
(Am)When I'm gone, life at (C)home goes on
(F)And I love the sound of a (C)midnight train
(G)(E)(Am)
(Am)If you got the dough, (C)that's where I go
(F)And I love the sound of a (C)midnight train
Capo II
(C)The Cowboys are winning, the bar is (G)doing okay
This is a (C)genuine roadhouse on the (G)outside of town
There's a (G)sign on the back wall
It says: You (F)don't have to (G)go home
There are (C)one dollar bills (G)stuck to the ceiling
Here's (C)two-year old Ruby, she (G)smiles while I'm playing
Instrumental
Then the (G)bartender asks me
I say: You (F)don't have to (G)go home
Capo III
Intro: (D)(D/C#)(Bm)(Em)(D/F#)(G)(A)(D)
CHORUS
(D)I started young on my (A)daddy's land
(D)My own boy and me, (A)we never got along
CHORUS
(D)Forty years now have (A)all passed away
CHORUS
(G)The first one I remember
(G)We made cookies and hot chocolate
CHORUS:
(G)We wrote down what we wanted
CHORUS
(G)The tree looked different in the morning
CHORUS
You need (G)gravity and (A)grace to get it (D)done
To get to (Bm)Heaven (Bm/A)takes a life led (Gadd2)true (G)
But what's it gonna (Em)take (A)to get to (D)you
(G)Patience and (A)persistence I under(D)stand
But I'm in too (Bm)deep, (Bm/A)I haven't got a (Gadd2)clue (G)
Of what it's gonna (Em)take (A)to get to (D)you
I'm (Bm)haunted by the (Bm/A)thought of you
And I (G)can't give up the (A)ghost
I (G)figured out, with(Gm)out a doubt
That (D)one and one makes (E7)two
So tell me (Em)what's it gonna (A)take to get to (D)you
Been (G)known to wander (A)through town aimless(D)ly
I've been every(Bm)thing (Bm/A)but next to (Gadd2)you (G)
What's it gonna (Em)take (A)to get to (D)you
It (G)doesn't make a (A)difference to (D)me
Hell I'm not (Bm)proud, (Bm/A)just tell me what to (Gadds)do (G)
What's it gonna (Em)take (A)to get to (D)you
I'm (Bm)haunted by the (Bm/A)thought of you
And I (G)can't give up the (A)ghost
I (G)figured out, with(Gm)out a doubt
That (D)one and one makes (E7)two
So tell me (G)what's it gonna (A)take to get to (D)you
Tell me (Em)what's it gonna (A)take to get to (G)you
1952 VINCENT BLACK LIGHTNING . . . Richard Thompson
Oh, a girl could feel special on any such (G)like
Said James to Red Molly, well my hat's off to (C)you
It's a Vincent Black Lightning, 195(G)2
And I've (D)seen you at the corners and (C)cafes it (G)seems
(D)Red hair and black leather, my (C)favorite color (G)scheme
And he (Am)pulled her on be(C)hind
And down to Box Hill they did (G)ride
Though I'll tell you in earnest I'm a dangerous (G)man
For I've fought with the law since I was seven(C)teen
And I robbed many a man to get my Vincent ma(G)chine
And (D)now I'm twenty-one years, I might (C)make twenty-(G)two
And I (D)don't mind dying, but (C)for the love of (G)you
And if (Am)fate should break my (C)stride
He said I'll leave you my Vincent to (G)ride
For they've taken young James Adie for armed robber(G)y
Shotgun blast hit his chest, left nothing in(C)side
Oh, come down, Red Molly, to his dying bed(G)side
When she (D)came to the hospital, there (C)wasn't much (G)left
He was (D)running out of road, he was (C)running out of (G)breath
But he (Am)smiled to see her (C)cry
He said I'll leave you my Vincent to (G)ride
Beats a '52 Vincent and a red-headed (G)girl
Now Nortons and Indians and Greeveses won't (C)do
Oh, they don't have a soul like a Vincent '5(G)2
He (D)reached for her hand and he (C)slipped her the (G)keys
He (D)says I've got no further (C)use for (G)these
I see (D)angels on Ariels with (C)leather and (G)chrome
(D)Swooping down from heaven to (C)carry me (G)home
And he (Am)gave her one last kiss and (C)died
And he gave her his Vincent to (G)ride
BROKEN MAN
Capo II
As the (G)wind blows in, it's (A)out the door she (D)goes
Their words collide and ring in his (Bm)ears
She said "You're (G)driving me to (A)leave and you don't (D)care"
There were (G)tears and when he (A)turned, she was out of (D)there
As a (G)sweet familiar (A)pain begins to (D)rise
Like a twisted vine around his stubborn (Bm)heart
God only (G)knows where the love can (A)go when it's pulled (D)apart
Well I (Bm)love (A)and you (G)leave
You (Bm)cut (A)and I (G)bleed
You take your (D)life into your (A)hands
And leave be(G)hind a broken (A)man (D)
As he (G)neatly stacks her (A)life out in the (D)hall
Through love and years, things intert(Bm)wine
Now he's sur(G)prised how easi(A)ly it all di(D)vides
Everything (G)blurs when the phone's for (A)her
Don't know where she (D)lives
ONE-HORSE TOWN
So the (Em)whole town gathered at the (C)picket gate
To (G)wave him off 'cause he was (D)New York (C)City (G)bound (C)(D)
His (G)Mama cried as he (D)pulled away
His (Em)Daddy smiled as (C)if to say
"You're the (G)last of three to get (D)out of this (C)one-horse (G)town" (C)(D) (G)(C)(D)
And (Em)everybody headed for the (C)center of town
Where there was (G)cold beer and (D)stories (C)at the (G)bar (C)(D)
But we (G)forgot about the (D)pouring rain
Be(Em)fore too long there was (C)music playing
The (G)Mama and the Daddy (D)danced 'til the (C)pain was(G)gone
They're living it (C)up in a one-horse (G)town
A peck on the (D)cheek when there's no one a(G)round
The squeak of the (C)door at the general (Em)store
And an old man's (D)smile
The kids want to (C)leave this life be(G)hind
Discover the (D)world beyond the county (Em)line
But they got a good (C)start
Straight from the (D)heart of a one-horse (G)town (C)(D)
The (Em)Daddy tunes in the (C)radio
To (G)cities close to (D)where the (C)kids have (G)gone (C)(D)
(G)Jennifer's warm in (D)Santa Fe
(Em)Jesse's all clear in (C)Portland, Maine
But (G)Jimmy in New York (D)City can't (C)see the (G)stars
The (Em)Mama held him close, looked him (C)right in the eye
Said it's a (G)long, long time since we've (D)been in this (C)house a(G)lone (C)(D)
We (G)spent our lives with (D)kids to raise
But (Em)now that they're gone and (C)on their way
It's you and (G)me, we're still in (D)love in this (C)one-horse (G)town
A peck on the (D)cheek when there's no one a(G)round
The squeak of the (C)door at the general (Em)store
And an old man's (D)smile
The kids want to (C)leave this life be(G)hind
Discover the (D)world beyond the county (Em)line
But they got a good (C)start
Straight from the (D)heart of a one-horse (G)town
But they got a good (C)start
Straight from the (D)heart of a one-horse (C)town (G)
QUICKDRAW SOUTHPAW'S LAST HURRAH . . . Dave Carter
To (Am)Quickdraw (C)Southpaw's (G)Wild West (C)Show
Big Chief Barker and (F)Buffalo (C)Slim
(Am)Billy said (C)man I wanna (G)be like (C)them
The (Am)range is (C)fenced and the (Dm)west is (G)tamed
(C)Daddy, oh daddy, (F)didn't you (C)know
There (Am)ain't no (C)fences in a (G)cowboy's (C)soul
On a (Am)sawdust (C)prairie in a (Dm)big top (G)sky
(Em)Whoa (F)boys, the whole town (C)saw
The (F)first o(C)vation to the (G)final (F)call
And Quickdraw Southpaw's (G)last hur(C)rah (F)(C) (Am)(C)(G)(C)
(Am)Didn't know a (C)cinch from a (Dm)latigo (G)lead
But he (C)learned how to rope, to (F)canter and (C)shoot
Till he (Am)looked right fa(C)miliar in the (G)boss man's (C)boots
On a (Am)sawdust (C)prairie in a (Dm)big top (G)sky
(Em)Whoa (Am)boys, the (F)heart walks (Em)tall
From an (F)old man's (C)folly to a (G)young man's (F)fall
And Quickdraw Southpaw's (G)last hur(C)rah (F)(C) (Am)(C)(G)(C)
He (F)worked the circuit on the (C)hayseed strip
The (Am)carney route over (Em)New Madrid
For (F)fifty good years he was the two-gun (G)kid
(Am)Skyscrapers (C)climbin over (Dm)one-horse (G)towns
The (C)times got meaner and the (F)crowds got (C)small
(Am)Billy never (C)seemed to (G)notice at (C)all
On a (F)sawdust (C)prairie in a (Dm)big top (G)sky
(Em)Whoa (Am)boys, you (F)can't get (Em)far
On a (F)bone-tired (C)pony and a (G)fallin (F)star
And Quickdraw Southpaw's (G)last hur(Am)rah
The (Am)sky's in (C)tatters and the (G)moon peeks (C)through
Every night, he saddles (F)up old (C)Joe
Sayin (Am)giddyup (C)partner, just (G)one more (C)show
Sits a (Am)wide-eyed (C)boy with his (Dm)daddy in (G)tow
And the (C)kid goes home and he (F)dreams a(C)gain
Of a (Am)lonely (C)rider on the (G)wayward (Am)wind
He says (F)some day I'm gonna (G)be like (C)him
On a (F)sawdust (C)prairie in a (Dm)big top (G)sky
(Em)Whoa, (Am)boys, it's a (F)natural (Em)law
The (F)dream keeps (C)going though the (G)dreamer (F)stalls
And the night comes in and the (G)curtain (F)falls
On Quickdraw Southpaw's (G)last hur(C)rah
RUBY
Your (C)mom went into (D)labor
(G)Her water (D)broke
She started (C)screaming for the (D)savior
(C)You were crying be(D)fore you left the womb
(C)And you were flying when you (D)shot in(D/C)to the (D/B)room (D)
And (G)(D)(C)Ruby, (D)it'll be o(G)kay (D)(C)(D)
'Til you (C)finally stopped (D)crying
(G)Call it a (D)hunch
But (C)I think you were (D)trying
(C)To tell us something loud and (D)clear
(C)I am Ruby, I am (D)here (D/C)(D/B)(D)
And (G)(D)(C)Ruby, (D)it'll be o(G)kay (D)(C)(D)
(C)That's just bi(D)ology and (G)fate
(B)He'll scoot over and make (C)room
(Am)Ruby, we all think you're (D)great (D7)
A baller(C)ina princess (D)fairy
(G)And I'm the cat's me(D)ow
'Cause I'm the (C)guy you want to (D)marry
(C)I know these things are bound to (D)change
(C)But I hope one thing stays the (D)same(D/C)(D/B)(D) . . . and that's
(G)(D)(C)Ruby, (D)it'll be o(G)kay (D)(C)
Ruby, (D)it'll be ok(G)ay (D)(C)
Ruby, (D)it'll be ok(G)ay (D)(C) (D)(G)
DRIVE-IN MOVIE PICTURE SHOW
(A)Dad's whistling a (D)tune
He won't tell us where we're (G)going
(A)He smiles and says we'll be there (D)soon
(A)He's barely two so Mom holds (D)him
We're going crazy in the (G)wayback
(A)Fueled by the Kansas summer (D)wind
(A)And we park in the front (D)row
(G)It's Saturday night
(D)We're feeling all right
(A)At the drive-in movie picture (D)show (G)(A)(D)
(A)And all the popcorn we can (D)eat
We place our bets who stays up (G)latest
(A)And our pajamas all have (D)feet
(A)We can't get him to move his (D)head
So we spread some blankets on the (G)gravel
(A)It makes an outdoor movie-watching (D)bed
(Em)Fall asleep watching stars up in the (A)sky
(A)Mom's tucking me in (D)tight
She whispers "Did you have a (G)good time?"
(A)I say "Let's go again tomorrow (D)night"
(A)And we park in the front (D)row
(G)It's Saturday night
(D)We're feeling all right
(A)At the drive-in movie picture (D)show
(D)James Bond is playing
(A)At the drive-in movie picture (D)show (G)(A)(D)
SOUND OF THE WHISTLE BLOW
(Dm/F#)And I'm a (F)singer (G)in bet(Am)ween
I count my cash by the (C)dashboard light
(Dm/F#)I hit first (F)gear and (G)leave the (Am)scene (Dm/F#)(F)(G)
(Dm/F#)Big crowds or (F)small, I (G)do the (Am)show
A ten hour drive (C)for one on the stage
(Dm/F#)It's a (F)crazy (G)life, I (Am)know
(G)The smell of the road af(E)ter the (Am)rain
(F)A full tank, half a pack and a (C)thousand miles to go
(Dm/F#)I race the (F)sound of the (G)whistle (Am)blow
(Dm/F#)My (F)son knows (G)ten new (Am)words
He cries for me in the (C)middle of the night
(Dm/F#)My wife (F)lets him (G)sleep with (Am)her
(G)The smell of the road af(E)ter the (Am)rain
(F)A full tank, half a pack and eight (C)hundred miles to go
(Dm/F#)I race the (F)sound of the (G)whistle (F)blow (C)
(F)(C)
(Dm/F#)(F)(G)(Am)
(Dm/F#)(F)(G)(Am)
(Dm/F#)Sometimes I (F)feel (G)like a (Am)whore
(Am)But a gig's a gig, and I (C)can't complain
(Dm/F#)'Til I don't (F)get gigs (G)any(Am)more
(G)The smell of the road af(E)ter the (Am)rain
(F)A full tank, half a pack and six (C)hundred miles to go
(Dm/F#)I race the (F)sound of the (G)whistle (Am)blow
(Dm/F#)I race the (F)sound of the (G)whistle (Am)blow
LAST CALL
They (Am)won't mind (Am/G)paying me to (F)play
Well (C)I'm ten days out on a two-(G)week Texas tour
I (F)hit San An(G)tonio to(C)day (G)
The (Am)newest old (Am/G)dance hall a(F)round
They like (C)songs about Texas, and (G)most things by Willie
They let the (F)kids and the (G)dogs run a(C)round
Behind the (Am)bottles and (Am/G)stools
An(D/F#)nouncing the closing time (G)rules
But (C)you can't stay here
Leave your (G)change for the waitress
And (C)finish your beer
We all (F)hope you have somebody (C)you can hold (Am)tight
When it's (F)last call, that's (G)it for the (C)night (G)
The (Am)table legs wear (Am/G)boots and blue (F)jeans
There's a (C)cowboy in the corner who (G)can't rope a cowgirl
His (F)pickup spits (G)dirt when he (C)leaves (G)
Runs a(Am)way before her (Am/G)mom can catch (F)her
(C)Everyone works here, or knows (G)someone who does
Before (F)long, the (G)bar is self-(C)serve (G)
To (Am)make the last (Am/G)call
So I (D/F#)read from the sign on the (C)wall
But (C)you can't stay here
Leave your (G)change for the waitress
And (C)finish your beer
We all (F)hope you have somebody (C)you can hold (Am)tight
When it's (F)last call, that's (G)it for the (C)night
Now it's (F)last call, so that's (G)it for to(C)night
LOUISE
(D)A dollar here and a (A)dollar there
(Em)If I had enough to (A)spare
(D)I'd buy a (D/C#)brand new (Bm)rocking chair
And I'd (Em)just (D/F#)grow (G)old (A)with Lou(D)ise
(Em)I think that's what he'd always (A)planned
(D)He said tilling (D/C#)soil turns a (Bm)boy into a man
(Em)He left (G)me to carry (A)on
(Em)I turned my head one day and (A)he was gone
(D)He'd said a (D/C#)farmer's life was (Bm)not why he'd been born
(Em)I (D/F#)guess (G)Louise and (A)me was (D)wrong
(Em)Were getting older and (A)farming's still the same
(D)Spring is (D/C#)only a (Bm)week away
(Em)And(D/F#) (G)I got (A)work to (D)do
THE TREE
Was a(C)bout three times my (G)size
(D)We all stood there watchin'
As (G)Dad brought it inside
It (C)took almost an hour
To (G)stand it (D)up just (G)right
When he was (C)done he (G)held my (D)Mama (G)tight
Sewed (C)popcorn on a (G)string
Cranked (D)up the record player
So Mom could (G)sing along with Bing
We hung (C)candy canes and ornaments
And (G)tinsel (D)liberal(G)ly
Turned off the (C)light, plugged (G)in the (D)Chrismas (G)tree
We can't (C)start until it gets here
And we won't (G)stop until it goes
It ar(C)rives on top of Dad's old Ford
But only (G)stays a week or (D)so
It's the (G)one family tradition
On (C)which we all agree
It's (G)just not (C)Christmas (G)'til we've (D)got the (G)tree
All the (C)bikes and guns and (G)games
Mom (D)set the list on fire
Sent 'em up the (G)chimney in flames
(C)Tucked us all in tight
Said in the (G)morning (D)we will (G)see
What Santa (C)leaves un(G)der the (D)Christmas (G)tree
All its (C)promise was ful(G)filled
Sur(D)rounded by our presents
From (G)floor to window sill
And after (C)all the noise and Polaroids
And (G)shouts of (D)joyful (G)glee
I fell a(C)sleep un(G)der the (D)Christmas (G)tree