No One Can Love You Dear
Lonesome River Band
transcribed by Logan Gibbons

Capo 3

No one can love you, dear, the way I do

I can’t help but wonder if it could ever be
You’d put your little hand in mine and give your heart to me
I promise I’ll be true to you and swear you’ll never find
No better man could love you, no better heart than mine

You know that I have always loved you
I hope someday you’ll love me too
Don’t trust your heart to another
No one can love you, dear, the way I do

Another’s lips may kiss you, and promise to be true
He may bring you diamonds and pretty flowers too
When those flowers wilt and fade, diamonds fail to shine
You’ll realize his love could never be as true as mine

1. I sit and wonder why you ever left me
2. I told myself I’d never find a new love
3. You remember how you left me for another

1. And you could never feel the way I do
2. I didn’t even have the strength to try
3. And how you hurt me, darling, was a shame

1. You left me here behind; I used to sit and cry
2. How could I believe you were the only one for me
3. I was lonesome and so blue, ‘til I found somebody new

1. And think about you, darling, all the time
2. Cause now there’s another by my side
3. Now I’m glad that things will never be the same

1. But now I found another and she’s my true love
2. Now I’ve found someone and she’s my true love
3. Now I’ve found someone and she’s my true love

1. She’s the one I’ve been needin’ all my life
2. She’s the one I’ve been needin’ all my life
3. She’s the one I’ve been needin’ all my life

Now since you set me free, she’s the only one for me
Now there’ll never be another by my side

The Crime I Didn’t Do
Lonesome River Band

I was raised in a small mill town, a factory worker’s son
Left my home and family at the age of 21

I set out to find my way in a strange and distant town
Hadn’t been there a year or more when trouble came around

I operate an old punch press, work all by myself
I make no friends or enemies, just parts from 4 to 12;
just parts from 4 to 12

One night as I was walking home, I heard an awful sound
Footsteps running out of sight by the time I turned around

Shaken by the dreadful scene, it came into my sight
A young man lying cold and still, beneath the dim street light

Dear Mother, say a prayer for me, and please try not to cry
I swear to you I killed no one, but I had no alibi;
Lord, I had no alibi

Now I’m a hunted fugitive, running for my life
A wanted man ain’t got a chance when he has no place to hide

I know someday they’ll find me, and I know that when they do
I’ll have to pay the penalty for a crime I didn’t do;
For a crime I didn’t do

Capo 4

1. When I was pushing thirty, she was in her teens
2. Each day her love grew colder, at night she’d go to town
3. Car pulled in the driveway, the man wore a badge and gun
1. Oh, how she loved me this pretty teenage queen
2. Gossip came to me, Carolyn was running round
3. Said you got a wife named Carolyn, I think you better come
1. But a few years after marriage she loved me no more
2. I didn’t want to believe it, but knew it must be true
3. In a wreck out on the highway she’d met her final end
1. When I was pushing forty, she was barely twenty-four
2. I couldn’t stand to lose her so knew what I must do
3. I was staring in her face so deathly white she cheated me once again

1. Then the trouble started between Carolyn and me
2. Carolyn, I was thinking as I cleaned my gun
3. Each night I think of Carolyn, laying beneath the soil
1. I was satisfied at home, but she longed to be free
2. Go out and have a good time, it’s you last night of fun
3. Each night my mind grows weaker as I burn the midnight oil
1. Been searching for that something, and the pastures looked so green
2. Twelve o’clock, one o’clock, till a quarter till two
3. My mind has thoughts of her bad sides that my heart’s never seen
1. Through the eyes of Carolyn, Carolyn the teenage queen
2. I’m still burning the midnight oil waiting up for you
3. I’m still in love with Carolyn, Carolyn the teenage queen

2. Every time that I leave town, People say you slip around

3. I’ll set you in the shade, Give you everything I’ve made

4. Well I’m walkin’ these ties, No more tears in my eyes

5. I’ve done all I can do To try to get along with you

You’re no good and I don’t care, Ain’t that a shame, a dog gone shame

1. I got a train to catch a mile on down the track
2. Well, my hat don’t hang nowhere for too long
3. With a coffee can and my old guitar

1. Well, I’ve been hangin’ around this old town way too many days
2. Cause I’m caught up in the feeling of that same ol’ great train song
3. But make sure that I’m close enough to hear that passin’ train

1. I got to ramble on, I must be on my way
2. I got the Hobo Blues deep down in my bones
3. I got the freight train fever chuggin’ through my veins

I got the Hobo Blues……
I gotta go, gotta go, God, I got the Hobo Blues
And when I hear that whistle blow, son
I gotta move, gotta move, God, I got the Hobo Blues

My Sweet Blue Eyed Darling
Lonesome River Band
transcribed by Logan Gibbons

You’re my sweet blue-eyed darling
And my love belongs to you
All I ask of you my darling
Is to love me good and be true

Days come and go and I still love you
And I see your smiling face
Tell me love that you need me
And no one’s going to take my place

And today I need an answer
And I want to hear you say
You don’t belong to another
And in my arms you’re gonna stay

[C-G-A-A-D]
[G-G-C-A-D-G]
1. Well, she said she don’t love me, my world’s turned upside-down
2. There’s no hope for tomorrow, no plans for today
3.
1. These heartaches are out to get me, the blues have turned me around
2. Guess I’ll stay broken-hearted since you up and went away
3.
1. She’s left me oh-so lonely, telling me we’re through
2. I don’t feel so lucky, no money to pull me through
3. Each day it feels like Monday, and I don’t know what I’ll do

1. I’m flat broke and lonesome, and I’m working on the blues
2. I’m flat broke and lonesome, and I’m working on the blues
3. I’m flat broke and lonesome, and I’m working on the blues

I ain’t worked in a month of Sundays, I’m down to my last dime
There’s a cloud of misery hanging over me and it’s a-raining all the time

Better Days To Come

Capo 3rd fret

Don’t remind me of things in my past
Oh, I’ve fallen down along the way.
You’re not the first, you won’t be the last.
In fact you’re the second one today.

That don’t get me down, whats done is done.
And I refuse to re-live yesterday.
‘Cause I believe my best days are yet to come,
If I could only get this one out of the way.

(Chorus)
I don’t know, about tomorrow
Yesterday has passed and gone.
Don’t judge me by my past and I’ll try,
And do better in days to come.

Should you see me crying today,
Oh, it won’t be ‘cause I’m looking back.
I don’t deal with old memories that way.
Those tragic scenes have faded to black.

They don’t get me down, what’s done is done.
I’ve only groomed to feel today’s pain.
When the sun comes up on another day,
I’ll put yesterday behind me once again.

(To Chorus)

INTRO: G – D – C – G

C – D – G – C – D – C – G

There was a time when you would hang on every word I’d say
I’d call to say “I love you” and we’d talk the night away
Communication’s breaking down, You’re changin’ I can tell
Seems to me I might as well be talkin’ to myself

Pain and misery I’ve never seen before
Darlin’ could it be you don’t love me anymore
You’re standin’ here before me, but your mind is somewhere else
It’s plain to see I might as well be talkin’ to myself

I’m pleading with you darlin’ as you’re walkin’ out the door
You hear the words I say, but you don’t listen anymore
I fear the worst has happened, Could it be there’s someone else
I can see I might as well be talkin’ to myself