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#Date: Fri, 03 Apr 1998 00:02:23 -0600
#From: Dirk Cushenbery
#Subject: it sure is monday.pro – mark chesnutt
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#It Sure is Monday – Mark Chesnutt
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#Transcribed by: Dirk Cushenbery dirkcush@pdq.net
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The alarm clock ting a ling ringing in my head
I woke up dog tired, beat down, half dead.
Trying to recover from another wild weekend
Chuggin down coffee when I should’ve been sleeping.
Well it sure is Monday ain’t no doubt
I gotta get myself through the week somehow
I had a ball Friday, Saturday, Sunday
But it’s all over now and it sure is Monday
I got to the job site at a quarter past nine
And somehow I stayed awake til lunch time
Then I caught a little nap stretched out in my truck bed
My feet still twitching to the music in my head
Well it sure is Monday ain’t it the truth
I partied to hardy now I’m paying my dues
I had a ball Friday, Saturday, Sunday
But it’s all over now and it sure is Monday
(Solo)
Well it sure is Monday ain’t it a sin
I gotta work my way through the week again
I had a ball Friday, Saturday, Sunday
But it’s all over now and it sure is Monday
Yeah it’s all over now and it sure is Monday.

Song: Any Ole Reason
Sung By: Mark Chesnutt
CD: Thank God for Believers
Written By: Mark Chesnutt/Roger Springer/Slugger Morrissette
Transcribed By: M. Lawrence
(CAPO 2nd Fret)

Verse 1.
I use to come in here maybe once or twice a year
But only when I had a good excuse
Id have one or two, then be on my way
But thats way before she told me we were through

Chorus:
Now any ole reason will do
Any old thing that I can use
The days, the nights, the clouds, the rain, the mood
I dont have to think about the love I live without
Or the heart she left that never will be used
Really any ole reason will do

Verse 2.
At first I told myself shed never cross my mind
Unless I was to see her eye to eye
Only when I was alone, would I turn her memory on
Well, I guess that means I told myself a lie

Repeat Chorus

(Instrumental)
I dont have to think about the love I live without
Or the heart she left that never will be used
Really any ole reason will do
Yea, any ole reason will do

ALMOST GOODBYE – Mark Chesnutt

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To play with the recording, Capo 1st fret

INTRO: Bm A G Bm A G

There was rain on the street last night
We stood beneath the front door light
And everything we said we made sure the neighbors heard
You called me this, I called you that
Standing on the welcome mat
Everything we felt it all came down to just one word[G/F#]
But you couldn’t say it and I couldn’t say it

CHORUS: You know I tried my best to go
I know you cried ’cause I hurt you so[G/F#]
It should have been easy to say that we were through
But to walk away from love was more than we could do
It was almost goodbye
Almost goodbye

[(Bm)]
Now there was sun through the blinds this morning
When I opened up my eyes
Outside I could hear a mockingbird
And I could feel your heartbeat as you layed there by my side

I t[G/F#]hought of how the world could end with just one word
But you didn’t say it, and I didn’t say it

CHORUS

SOLO: (Bm) A G Bm A G

Sometimes the most important words are the ones that you leave unspoken
You know I tried my best to go
And I know you cried ‘cause I hurt you so[A/G#]
It should have been easy to say that we were through
But to walk away from love that way was more than we could do
It was almost goodbye
Almost goodbye, no, I couldn’t say it was
Almost goodbye, oh oh
Almost goodbye (fade)

-Roberto Barbieri (barbieri@unive.it)

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# “I’ll think of something”
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#Performed by Mark Chesnutt
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#INTRO- D |C |D |C |
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I don’t know how to [D/C#]get her off my mind,
But give me time, and I’ll think of something.
I can’t say today [D/C#]that I’m alright,
But by tonight, I’ll think of something.
I’ll find so many things to do that I won’t have
the time to think of her.
And then if she’s still on my mind I’ll try to
drink enough to…. [Bm drown the hurt
And if that don’t work, I’ll think of something.
Where do I go [D/C#]for lovin’ I still need,
Now that I’m free, I’ll think of something.
And if someday by[D/C#] accident we meet,
and I can’t speak, I’ll think of something.
If I can’t say a word to her I’ll blame it on this
lump that’s in my throat.
And standin’ there what will I do to hide my love
enough that it don’t show–
I don’t know, but I’ll think of something.
I don’t know,
I don’t know how to [D/C#]get her off my mind,
but give me time, and I’ll think of something.
OUTRO-

Andrew Lowry alowry@silver.ucs.indiana.edu

Well now early one day I was on my way
To my favorite fishin? hole
I?s thinkin? I could sure use another bottle of booze
My baits a runnin? a little low
Man a box of 12 gauge would be all the rage
And I?m all liquored up and I?m feelin? good
Well just up the road there was a place called Bubba?s
Man he?s got the goods.
Chorus:
And the sign said Beer, Bait, and Ammo yeah
They got everything in between
They got anything any old beer drinkin?
Hell-raisin bonified redneck needs
They got your fishin? hooks they got your dirty books
They got your rebel flag on the wall
Sign said Beer, Bait, and Ammo yeah
You ask me they got it all.

Well now when I walked in I can?t even begin
To describe just what I smelled
Lord was it the catfish bait or something Bubba had ate
Was it them pickled eggs on the shelf
With a toothless grin he said son step right on in
Make yourself right at home, I said no thank you man
With a 12 pack of cans and I?ll be good to go.
Chorus:
Yes they do.
A D E A X2
Chorus:

Sign said Beer, Bait, and Ammo yeah
You ask me they got it all.

INTRO: A
VERSE ONE
Been having a ball since I was a boy in Beaumont.
I loved that town but I just couldn’t stay.
Two-stepped all the way to Ama-rillo,[(D-D#-E7)] slide
Shuffled my way into Santa Fe.

I just had to see the sun set out in Frisco.
F#m D E E7(STOP)
The Golden Gate is great, but it ain’t home.
NC A -A/A (STOP)
Give me a rodeo.

CHORUS
NC D A
Blame it on Texas,…Don’t blame it on me.
I am what I am,..And that’s what I’m gonna be.
D A D (STOP)
You can say what you wanna say,…About my in-san-ity.
Blame it on Texas[(E7-Eb7-E7)],.(slide)…Don’t blame it on me.

INSTRUMENTAL TURNAROUND

[-A]
VERSE TWO
Met a girl out in eastern Okla-homa.
Her daddy was a Tulsa million-aire.
With miles and miles of oil wells, he’d leave her.
Well all a man could want was waiting there.

But one night while she lay sleeping, I slipped away.
F#m D E E7(STOP)
Like no man in his right mind would do.
NC A – A/A
Call me a fool

CHORUS REPEAT
NC D A
Blame it on Texas,…Don’t blame it on me.
I am what I am,…And that’s what I’m gonna be.
D A D (STOP)
You can say what you wanna say,..About my in-san-ity.
Blame it on Texas,[(E-Eb7-E7)].(slide)…Don’t blame it on me.
TAGG
A A7 D (STOP)
You can say what you wanna say,About my in-san-ity
Blame it on Texas

E7 A (notes A-C#-D-D#-E E-D-C#-A) A

Don’t blame it on me.