I met Jesus in a bar,I guess you just cant fall too far
I was pouring whiskey in an empty heart
when I met Jesus in a bar.

I started crying in my hands and when I looked up again he was gone.
Then I walked the long way home for the first time knowing I was not alone.
Some meet him on the highway, some meet him on a Sunday on the back row of a church
I can only tell you my way was in a place where people go to hurt.

I met Jesus in a bar. I guess you just cant fall too far.
I was pouring whiskey in an empty heart.When I met Jesus in a bar.
I was pouring whiskey in an empty heart When I met Jesus in a bar

(Thanks to Steven Dixon for tabs)

Jim Lauderdale vocals/guitar
Greg Leisz steel guitar
Buddy Miller guitar
Donald Lindley drums
Dusty Wakeman bass
Gurf Morlix 12 string guitar/acoustic guitar

http://www.jimlauderdale.com

Rome wasn’t buildt in just one day
You better tie those shoes
How do you expect to find your way
Til daylight’s breaking loose
Good things come to those who wait
I won’t be hard to find
If you stop through and hesitate
Hope that you’re still kind
Get moving you’re proving
Things to us all you’re teaching
We’re reaching out before we fall
I want to run like you
Right beside whats true
I want to run like you
No telling what we’d find
What am I going to do
While you’re away
Praying for God speed
Wish that I could make you stay
But that’s not what you need
You’re ready you’re headed
Straight through tomorrow
Don’t forget as you set
The world on fire
Oh I want to run like you
Heaven passing thru
I want to run like you
No telling what we’ll find

SOLO

You’re ready you’re headed
Straight through tomorrow
Don’t forget as you set
The world on fire
Oh I want to run like you
Right beside what true
I want to run like you
No telling what we’ll find
I want to run like you
Go ahead and I’ll catch up
There’s no telling what we’ll find

>From Jim Lauderdale “Pretty Close To The Truth”
Atlantic Records 1994
Mighty Nice Music/Laudersongs(BMI)

Jim Lauderdale vocals/guitar
Tommy Spurlock steel guitar
Kenny Vaughn guitar
Greg Wetzel piano
Bob Mummert drums
Garry Tallent bass

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I met you in the middle of a hurricane
Our feet were barely touching on the ground
You taught me how to rise above the unexplained
The least of which was more than profound
I told you baby listen they can’t trade your place
With anybody for the one inside
There’s something that connects us more than anything
It all adds up to signify
Life by numbers you and me
Keep your thunder right where my lightning’s gonna be
I always wondered how far was infinity
And now I see it flash through your eyes
I heard a little voice that said we’re almost free
But that should come as no big surprise
Life by nunbers won’t lie down
Keep your thunder right but don’t trade it for the easy way out
Oh your name puts some rhythmn to the game
Keeps on humming through the house
Love when fair makes it more than OK
I’d like to explain but here comes the solo

SOLO

They’ll ask you to play “She Thinks I Still Care”
It’s time to bring the singer on down
They’ll try to tell you to listen once you been back there
You better learn to get yourself out
Life by numbers you and me
Keep your thunder right where my lightning’s gonna be
Life by numbers you and me
Keep your thunder right where my lightning’s gonna be

From Jim Lauderdale “Persimmons”
Upstart Records 1996
Mighty Nice Music/Laudersongs(BMI)

Somebody’s honey been away too long
Somebody’s waiting at home
Somebody’s learning that they’re not so strong
Sittin there dreaming alone
Nothing seems to matter since it’s been like this
Nothing seems to move me at all
My heart’s about to shatter since we last kissed
I’m hanging on from call to call and hoping
Please be San Antone
Please be on that phone
Send your love back home to me
Anything you tell me is gonna be ok
Anyway the words wanna walk
Any new is good news that I hear you say
We could talk about the weather talk about the dog
Just enough to hear you take another breath
Just enough to soften the fall
Gonna make my day until the next sunset
Hold me back from climbing the walls
Please be San Antone
Please be on that phone
Send your love back home to me
Please be San Antone
Please be on that phone
Send your love back home to me
Send your love back home to me

>From Jim Lauderdale “Onward Through It All”
RCA Records 1999
Wait No More Music
Might Nice Music(BMI)
Laudersongs(BMI)

Pat Buchanan guitar
Greg Morrow drums
Bill Livey piano
Pat McGrath acoustic guitar
Alison Prestwood bass
Robby Turner steel guitar

http://www.jimlauderdale.com

Jim Lauderdale I Already Loved You written by Jim Lauderdale
Aimee Mayo

I’ve been here before and I know it
Dreamt of you the day I was born
Spent my life not sure where I’m going
Just hoping I’d find you once more
Memories of you before we met
I knew then I never would never forget
I already loved you yes I did

I already loved you
I still have a hard time believing
That it’s now and you’re really here
There’s still no denying this feeling
It’s always been perfectly clear
You don’t have to do anything
Just looking in your eyes is everything
I already loved you yes I did

I already loved you

I already loved you yes I did

I already loved you

SOLO

Some things just can’t be explained
I knew your soul before I knew your name
I already loved you yes I did
I already loved you
I already loved you yes I did
I already loved you I already loved you
I already loved you

>From Jim Lauderdale “Onward Through It All”
RCA Records 1999
Careers BMG Music(BMI)
Mighty Nice Music(BMI)
Laudersongs(BMI)

Pat Buchanan guitar
Daryl Burgess drums
Billy Livey piano
Pat McGrath acoustic guitar
Julie Reeves background vocals
Garry Tallent bass
Robby Turner steel guitar

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Jim Lauderdale vocals/acoustic guitar
Larry Knechtel keyboards
Vince Santoro drums
Garry Tallent bass
Dan Dugmore steel guitar/guitar

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Well you got to be careful and might need to be
Your heart was ready and stolen by thieves
Then comes the searching that takes you away
One time too many but those are the breaks
Nobody’s perfect haven’t you heard that
So much to learn yet so much to change
And you’re looking for fate to come to the table
And you’re playing it safe till it’s meant to be

Well I thought I was ready for some kind of move
So many things that I wanted to prove
You heard your calling and went out to see
Why some throw away what some others still need
Nobody’s perfect haven’t I heard that
So much to learn yet so much to change
Looking for fate to come to the table
Playing it safe knowing that
Nobody’s perfect haven’t you heard that
So much to learn yet so much to change
And we looked for fate coming up to the table
And we played it safe cause it’s meant to be

>From Jim Lauderdale “Persimmons”
Upstart Records 1996
Mighty Nice Music/Laudersongs(BMI)

Hey girl we’ve been friends for so long
And I’ve always been your shoulder when you cried
Now your asking how to end your heartache
I’m telling your right now take my advice
If I were you then I’d love me forever
I’d be here in these arms where you belong
I’d spend my life being happy
If I were you I’d hold me from now on
There’s no point in taking chances
You want someone you know will always stay
I’ve always been here when youve needed someone
To help you make it through your darkest days
If I were you then I’d love me forever
I’d be here in these arms where you belong
I’d spend my life being happy
If I were you I’d hold me from now on
I’d spend my life being happy
If I were you I’d hold me from now on

From Jim Lauderdale “The Other Sessions”
Dual Tone Records 2001
Mighty Nice Music(BMI)
WBM Music Corp
Dyinda Jams Musc

Pat Buchanan guitar
Roy Huskey Jr bass
Tammy Rodgers fiddle
Robby Turner steel guitar
Vince Santoro drums
Greg Wetzel piano

Jim Lauderdale You Just Know written by Jim Lauderdale

Something’s got you all excited

Like you’ve never been before
Look who’s been coming around
Look who’s been coming round
Better learn to hold your horses

Till Ol Gabriel blows his horn
Look who’s been coming around
Look who’s been coming round
When it feels like spring inside
You’ll give your heart and bare your soul
At that point really no one has to tell you you just know
They say it’s better late than never

When you least expect love most
Now look who’s been coming around
Look who’s been running round
When it feels like spring inside
You’ll give your heart and bare your soul
At that point really no one has to tell you you just know

SOLO

In a little town near Heaven

Where you’re living in your mind
Look who’s been coming around
Now look who’s been coming round
When you feel like spring inside
You’ll give your heart and bare your soul
At that point really no one has to tell you you just know
When you feel like spring inside
You’ll give your heart and bare your soul
At that point really no one has to tell you you just know

>From Jim Lauderdale “Onward Through It All”
RCA Records 1999
Careers BMG Music(BMI)
Might Nice Music(BMI)
Laudersongs(BMI)

Buddy Miller guitar
Vince Santoro drums
Larry Knechtel piano
Dan Dugmore acoustic guitar
Garry Tallent bass
Tommy Spurlock steel guitar

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Hole in my head hole in my head
I need a girl like you like a hole in my head
I need a girl like you like a hole in my head
Let’s just say we will and then don’t instead
Wild goose chase wild good chase
You’re going to take me girl on a wild goose chase
You’re going to take me girl on a wild goose chase
You better find somebody to take my place
You took my imagination and stomped in the ground
Now I can only think about you
Chase the tracks you left around
Hole in my head hole in my head
I need a girl like you like a hole in my head
I need a girl like you like a hole in my head
You make me feel so bad I wish I was dead

SOLO

It must have knocked me crazy
It must have hit me hard
People must think I’m lazy
Like my shuffle’s short a playing card
Wild goose chase wild good chase
I need a girl like you like a wild goose chase
I need a girl like you like a wild goose chase
You better find somebody to take my place
Let the games begin
Yea here I go again
I don’t see how I’m going to win
I need you girl like a hole in my head

>From Jim Lauderdale “Whisper”
BMG Records 1997
>From Buddy Miller “Your Love And Other Lies”
Hightone Records 1995
Mighty Nice Music/Laudersongs(BMI)
Tinkie Tunes/Martha Road Music(ASCAP)

Jim Lauderdale’s version

Jim Lauderdale vocals/guitar
Buddy Miller guitar/background vocals
Eddie Bayers drums
Robbie Turner steel guitar
Gary Tallent bass
Pat Buchanan guitar
Glen Duncan fiddle/mandolin
Steve Nathan keyboards
N’Dea Davenport background vocals

Buddy Miller’s version

Buddy Miller vocals/guitar
Tammy Rogers fiddle
Gurf Morlix bass
Donald Lindley drums
Julie Miller vocals

E Caug A B

We chased the lost sunset
Got close as we could get
Caught just a glimpse of it
Before we both went our ways
A flash of you went by
A fond warm memory
Oh how our lives have traveled
To where they’re suppose to be
Oh we both moved on and found the right someone
To walk with now until we’ve seen our last horizons
We found the lost sunsets
Doing just fine I bet
Where hearts and flowers rest
Where they’re suppose to be

SOLO

Oh we both moved on and found the right someone
To walk with now until we’ve seen our last horizons
We found our lost sunsets
Made up for time since then
I know it’s good for you
The way it’s suppose to be
We found our lost sunsets
Been close as we could get
Where hearts and flowers rest
Where they’re suppose to be
How this has all turned out
A B E Caug A B E
Is the way it’s suppose to be

>From Jim Lauderdale “Onward Through It All”
RCA Records 1999
Mighty Nice Music(BMI)
Laudersongs(BMI)

Pat Buchanan guitar
Billy Thomas drums
Billy Livey piano
Pat McGrath acoustic guitar
Buddy Miller background vocals
Julie Miller background vocals
Allison Prestwood bass
Robby Turner steel guitar

http://www.jimlauderdale.com