Sittin on the front porch
On a summer afternoon
In a straightback chair on two legs
Leaned against the wall

Watch the kids a playin
With June bugs on a string
And chase the glowin fire flies
when evenin shadows fall

In my Tennessee mountain home
Life is as peaceful as a baby’s sigh
In my Tennessee mountain home
Crickets sing in the fields near by

Honeysuckle vine clings
To the fence along the lane
Their fragrance makes the summer wind so sweet

And on a distant hilltop
An eagle spreads its wings
And a songbird on a fence post
Sings a melody

In my Tennessee mountain home
Life is as peaceful as a baby’s sigh
In my Tennessee mountain home
Crickets sing in the fields near by

Walkin home from church on Sunday
With the one ya love
Just laughin talkin
Makin future plans

And when the folks ain’t lookin
You might steal a kiss or two
Sittin in the porch swing holdin hands

In my Tennessee mountain home
Life is as peaceful as a baby’s sigh
In my Tennessee mountain home
Crickets sing in the fields near by

Love Is Like A Butterfly Dolly Parton

Intro:

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Chorus:
Love’s like a butterfly as soft and gentle as a sigh
Multicolored moods of love is like it’s satin wings
Love makes you heart feel strange inside
It flutters like soft wings in flight
Love is like a butterfly a rare and gentle thing

1.)I feel it when you’re with me It happens when you kiss me
That rare and gentle feeling that I feel insde
It’s touch is soft and gentle It’s kiss is warm and tender
Whenever I am with you I think of butterflies

(Dolly)
3.) Love is like a butter fly
(Backup singers)
Love’s like a butterfly as soft and gentle as a sigh
Multicolored moods of love is like it’s satin wings
Love makes you heart feel strange inside
It flutters like soft wings in flight
Love is like a butterfly a rare and gentle thing

ENDING:
(Dolly)
Love is like a butterfly a rare and gentle thing
(Backup singers)
Love is like a butterfly

2.)Your laughter brings me sunshine Everyday is springtime
And I am only happy when you are by my side
How precious is this love we share
How very precious, sweet and rare
Together we belong like daffadils and butterflies

repeat chorus and add ending

Just a few old keep-sakes
Way back on the shelf
No, they don’t mean nothin’
Well I’m surprised they’re still left
Just a few old love letters
With the edges all brown
And an old faded picture
I keep turned upside-down

Just a few old memories
Going way back in time
Well I can hardly remember
I don’t know why I’m cryin’
I can’t understand it
Well I’m surprised myself
First thing tomorrow morning
I’ll clean off that shelf

Just a few old keep-sakes
Way back on the shelf
No, they don’t mean nothin’
Well I’m surprised they’re still left
Just a few old love letters
With the edges all brown
And an old faded picture
I keep turned upside-down

I can climb to the top of a cloud in the sky

I can soar through the heavens like a graceful eagle

I can swing from the wings of a butter-fly

I can chase the wind down the canyons of my mind

I can catch it in the corner of my memory

I can make it breathe a breath of life into an old love that has died

And I can stand and reminisce a while

In my mind I can be anything I want to be

In my mind I can do anything I want to do

Except make my mind forget you

I can take a journey to the end of the rainbow

I can go there and back and never leave my room

I can change a heartache into a tiny snowflake

And I can take December and turn it into June

In my mind I can be anything I want to be

In my mind I can do anything I want to do

Except make my mind forget you

Well, I’ve sacrificed time with family and friends
Gave up vacations for work without end
24/7, 365
But I was willing to make the sacrifice

But empty or full, I’ve carried my pale
You don’t drink the water if you don’t dig the well
Through blood sweat and tears I have built a good life
But it didn’t come without sacrifice

Chorus:
But I was gonna be rich no matter how much it cost
And I was gonna win no matter how much I lost
All through the years I kept my eye on the prize
You ask if it’s worth the sacrifice, the sacrifice

I think about Jesus and all that he gave
And the ultimate sacrifice that he made
He is my strength and my guiding light
And he’s taught me that nothing’s without sacrifice

Chorus 2:
I was gonna be rich no matter how much it cost
And I was gonna win no matter how much I lost
I wanted success and, brother, I’ve paid the price
And, yes, it’s been worth the sacrifice, the sacrifice

Chorus 3:
I was gonna be rich no matter how much it cost
And I was gonna win no matter how much I lost
Grindstones and rhinestones have made up my life
But I’ve shined like a diamond through sacrifice

Chorus 4:
I was gonna be rich no matter how much it cost
And I was gonna win no matter how much I lost
But I hope God will tell me, ‘Well done, my child
You’ve won your reward through your sacrifice, the sacrifice’
The sacrifice

But sometimes I wonder in the still of the night
Is it really worth the sacrifice
I’ve often laughed and I’ve often cried
I’ve often failed but I’ve always tried
I made the sacrifice

A pair of false eyelashes and a tube of cheap lipstick
A pair of worn-out high heel shoes and a dress doesn’t fit
These are all of my possessions all I have to my name
And the record played in my hometown is my only claim to fame
Yes the record played in my hometown is my only claim to fame

(Thanks to Sarah for tabs)

Capo 4

(verse 1)
It’s you that I run to,
Whenever I need to.
Darling, you console [D-G-D] m–e.

When trouble surrounds me,
When bad times have found me,
Just reach out your arms and hold me.
Hold me, hold [D-G-D]m–e. [-]

Darling please take me, in your arms of safety.
Reach out your arms and hold me, hold me.

When my feelings are showing, when my tears are flowing.
Just reach out, reach out and hold me,
Hold me, hold [D-G-D]m–e. [-]

(verse 4)
You know all of my needs,
You fill them completely.
You know that you control[D-G-D] m–e.
I depend on your lovin’,
Without you, I’m nothin’,
So reach out your arms and hold me.
Hold me, hold [D-G-D]m–e. [-]

Darling please take me, in your arms of safety.
Reach out your arms and hold me, hold me.

When my feelings are showing, when my tears are flowing.
Just reach out, reach out and hold me,
Hold me, hold [D-G-D]m–e.[-]

The run you hear is a bass walkdown from C to G ‘ you are mainly moving
the fingering on the bass string, hence, the C/B ‘ C/A ‘ C/G, etc.

Intro chords:

I’m a drifter, a driftin drifter
Got [C/B]no [C/A]place [C/G]to call [C/B]my [C/A]own [C/G]no more

I’m a wonderer, a wonderin wonderer
Got [C/B]no [C/A]one [C/G]to call [C/B]my [C/A]own [C/G]no more

Chorus:
Got no strings to tie me down
Got no cause to hang around
What difference does it make which way I go
Got an empty feeling down inside
Still I need to stay alive
And who can tell what waits beyond this road

I’m a drifter, a driftin drifter
Got no one to call my own no more

Banjo instrumental

Chorus

I’m a drifter, a driftin drifter
Got no one to call my own no more

Fade?

INTRO:

Doo-oo-oo doo-oo-oo doo-oo-oo-oo doo-oo-wah doo-oo-wah

VERSE:
My love for you is deeper than the depths of any ocean,
And as faithful as the stars that grace the night,
As constant as the sun making its journey through heavens,
And we’ll always be together you and I.

CHORUS:
Together you and I can stop the rain and make the sun shine.
Paint a pretty rainbow, brushed with love across the sky,
Together you and I belong, like a songbird and a song
And we’ll always be tog[(D)]ether you and I.

VERSE:
Life with you is sweeter than the fragrance of the flowers
And as happy as the laughter of a child
As peaceful as a river and as lasting as forever
You know we’ll always be together you and I.

CHORUS:
Together you and I can stop the rain and make the sun shine.
Paint a pretty rainbow, brushed with love across the sky,
Together you and I belong, like a songbird and a song
And we’ll always be tog[(D)]ether you and I.

BRIDGE:
I always be beside or close behind you.
Wherever you go, you’ll always know I’ll always find you

CHORUS:
(NO CHORDS) E
Together you and I can stop the rain and make the sun shine.
Paint a pretty rainbow, brushed with love across the sky,
Together you and I belong, like a songbird and a song
And we’ll always be toge[(D)]ther you and I.
We’ll always be to[(D)]gether, yooooouuuuuu and I

OUTRO:
Forever together, together, forever you and I
(together you and I, together)
Forever together, together you and I will always be
(together, together)
Togeeeeeether, you and I……..

Life’s like poetry and in my poem bay
Until now there’s always been a missing line
You know life’s too short to hide a good thing you feel
And I find the morning after
Is the best time to determine if it’s real
Baby finding you gave my whole world reason to rhyme
Cause life’s like poetry and in my poem bay
Until now there’s always been a missing line

Life’s too short to think about right or wrong
And the only thing I wonder ‘bout
Is where you been so long
Cause baby finding you gave my whole world reason and rhyme
And life’s like poetry and in my poem bay
Until now there’s always been a missing line
Until now there’s always been a missing line

SONG HISTORY & INFORMATION