Mark Wills (Permanently)
Written By: Mark Wills, Monty Criswell & Michael White
Transcribed By: Paul Stranieri
(Thanks Guys!)

Key of A

(Intro)

(Verse)

Three a.m. on the clock
Lullaby, music box
Oh, baby please don’t cry
Let’s let mama sleep tonight
You’ve only been home one day
You don’t even know your name
Tiny hand on my cheek
You’re a miracle to me
In the stillness of the night
Cradled in this rocking chair
I hold all my hopes and dreams,
Every single answered prayer

(Chorus)
In my arms
Wish I could hold you forever
In my arms
I will give you shelter
Still I know
I can’t always be there
To protect you from this great big old world
But I swear this much is true
There’ll always be a place for you…in my arms

(Verse)
As I watch you take each breathe
Oh, it scares me to death
To know you’re counting on me
To be the daddy that you need
Wounded knees, broken hearts
Learning how to drive a car
When it’s time for you first date
Will I know just what to say
And when you find that one true love
I’ll put on my best smile
And I’ll try to hide my tears
As I walk you down the aisle

Repeat Chorus (Twice)
Oh, this promise I will keep
As you finally fall alseep….in my arms

Chord Chart

E A D G B e

+—————-+

F#m 9 9 11 11 10 9





Em7 7 7 9 7 8 7
F#m7 9 9 11 9 10 9
B7 7 9 7 8 7 7

Capo 2nd fret
Contributed by John Amburgey stratplyr75@cs.com

I set a friend of mine up on a date
And I told him I’d watch his boy for the day
And we had a ball playing games, eating dogs
Riding rides at the county fair
I thought he was just being a kid
When we got back to my place and he did what the did
On a balloon that he won he wrote mommy I had fun
And I missed you and I wished you there
I wasn’t sure what he had in mind till he jumped up and ran outside

And he let it go, and he waved good-bye
Or was it hello, I don’t know but I died inside
I can still see his excitement in pointing and smiling
When it was gone as it could get
And he turned and asked me,
Think it’s in heaven yet

I struggled for something to say
I was too choked up lacking the kind of faith
He had in his heart before I could start he walked me back inside
He gave me his crayola pen and said I’ll bet there’s a message
That you’d like to send, and no doubt he was right
It been locked up inside since my grandpa said good-bye
I took that yellow balloon and wrote till I ran out of room

And I let it go, and we waved good-bye
That seven-year old Lord he opened my eyes
I can still see his excitement in pointing and smiling
When it was gone as it could get
Then I turned and asked him
Think it’s in heaven yet

capo :1
intro: A, B/A, A, B/A, C#m, E

you look so peaceful sle[B/A]eping
you don’t know that i’m [B/A]leaving
but im gone
i did my best to bea[B/A]t em
but in my head the d[B/A]emons said
move on
when you wake up your [B/A]gonna cuss my name
but as some t[B/A]ime goes by i hope and pr[B/A]ay

when you think of me
remember the wa[B/A]y that i used to be
remember the ti[B/A]mes i held you tender-ly
remember the wa[B/A]y that i’d love yo[B/A]u

i think about the night i[B/A] met you
i swore i never forg[B/A]et you
well i won’t
i think about the way yo[B/A]u’ll live
an breathe inside my drea[B/A]ms forever
you’ll be better when i’m gone you’ll be better when im gone
i know your gonna f[B/A]all in love again
im sorry this is t[B/A]he way it has to e[B/A]nd

but when you think of me
remember the w[B/A]ay that i used to be
remember the ti[B/A]mes i held you tender-ly
remember the wa[B/A]y that i’d love y[B/A]ou [B/A]
oh when you think of me
solo
C#m , A, , E, B/A TWICE

as i pick up these bags and turn around
i say a little prayer and hope som[B/A]e how

repeat chorus once and then the chords to the chorus untill fades out.

(C) means 1 strum

Capo 1
[-] [-] [-]
1st Verse
Leave it up to life
To bring a good woman down
It took three glasses of wine
Aww, but you’re comin’ ‘round

2nd Verse
Go on and let down your hair
Yeah, there’s the girl I know
Let’s leave the world out there
And lock the door

Chorus
Forget about the day [(C)]you had
(Yeah) it’s over, baby, let it be
Every little thing’s [(C)]gone bad
I know exactly what you need
Turn out the lights[(C)]
And take it all out on me

3rd Verse
Just bring the bottle to bed
We’ll lay there and talk for awhile
And when everything has been said
Yeah, we’re gonna find your smile

Chorus

Instrumental

Bb – F – C – C Bb – F – Gsus – G

Chorus

Tag
Come on, baby, huh huh
Take it all out on me, aww

Date: 1 Oct 01
Song: Loving Every Minute
Artist: Mark Wills
Transposed by: Eddie Garcia (string50@hotmail.com)
Loving Every Minute

I was never really breathing
My heart was never really beating
Till you held me in your arms
And every love that didnt last
Every second of my past
Simply disappeared into the dark

(chorus)
And with that first kiss
I felt my life beginning
And the clock just froze
And the world stopped spinning
Now the magic of that moment
Is never ending
You made time stand still

And Im loving every minute

Its a need that never changes
A passion that is ageless
It consumes me like it did when it was new
You have led me to a place
Where every days the same
And Im always falling more in love with you

(repeat chorus)

(solo) D C G A# C D

(repeat chorus)

Eddie Garcia

Keepin’ it Country

INTRO:

I’m slippin’ into Slidell, the boys and me
Take a left at the Texaco, gonna see Sweet Marie
She plays down at Jimbeaux’s Gumbo and Washtub
In calico and barefeet in a band called the Mudbugs
I been workin’ up my nerve and I can hardly wait
Tonight when she asks for request
I’ll stand up and say

I wanna be your squeeze box
Always at your fingertips
I wanna be your blues harp
A little closer to your lips
Let me be your washboard
You can play me fast or slow
Squeeze box, blues harp, washboard baby
Anything you can hold

Got a bucket full of crawfish, a seat on the front row
Just to sit this close to her, it’s like a shot of tabasco
Makin’ trips to the tip jar, keep it full of dollar bills
Tonight I’m gonna go for broke, show her just how I feel
One way or another, Lord, she’s gonna notice me
If I have to jump up on that stage and get down on my knees
I’ll be beggin her please
Let me be your squeeze box
Always at your fingertips
I wanna be your blues harp
A little closer to your lips
Let me be your washboard
You can play me fast or slow
Squeeze box, blues harp, washboard baby
Anything you can hold
Squeeze box, blues harp, washboard, baby
Anything you can hold

A E A E A fade out

Tuesday morning sports page, I’ve got coffee in my cup
A smile creeps across my face, the Braves beat the Cubs
I HATE CHICAGO!
I’m changing planes in Dallas I?m not going through O’Hare
It’s a thousand dollars more I know, but I don’t really care
I HATE CHICAGO!

Sara told me that she only
Needed space to think things out
Then she met some guy named Tony
Guess where they live now’ YOU GUESS?
I hear the food is great, I hear the summer sure is nice
It’s beautiful at Christmas, there’s three more reasons why
I HATE CHICAGO!
From their WGN station to their seven feet of snow
The rock band in the ’80’s to the Oprah Winfrey show
I HATE CHICAGO!
Sara told me that she only
Needed space to think things out
Then she met some guy named Tony
Guess where they live now?.. CHICAGO!
(Bridge)
Sara used to talk about
How one day we would settle down
Find ourselves a little farmhouse
On the outskirts of a small town
(NC Drums Only)
Then she told me that she only
Needed space to think things out
Then she met some guy named Tony
Guess where they live now?.YOU GUESSED IT!
That’s right I HATE CHICAGO!
I HATE CHICAGO!
Man, I HATE CHICAGO!

and Rachel was a land baron’s daughter

born with a silver spoon in her mouth.

Her daddy said he wouldn’t stand
for Rachel to waste her life with a common man
He tried hard to keep them apart
but you can't draw lines, in a young girl’s heart
So late one night by the harvest moon
Jacob climbed a ladder up to Rachel’s room
He knew his place, it was right beside her
step by step, up to her world
head over heels for his brown eyed girl
and gettin’ caught didn’t seem to matter
[A-]
’cause heaven was waitin’ at the top of Jacob’s ladder.
(Key change to A)
It’ll be five years september
since her daddy found a ladder
and a note on her window sill

He swore he’d never forgive them
but nothin’ melts a heart like a grandchild will

Now she climbs up on his knee
says “Grampa tell the story; the one about me”
[B-]He thinks back and his eyes shine
says listen child, once upon a time…
Late one night by the harvest moon

your daddy climbed a ladder to your momma’s room
He knew his place, it was right beside her
Step by step, up to her world
head over heals for my little girl
and here you are, that’s all that matters
‘cause heav[B-]en was waitin’ at the top of Jacob’s ladder
[E/G#]
[B-]
Oh, and an angel was waitin’ at the top of Jacob’s Ladder

Intro: A-B-E-Bm
My baby gets me shakin’ – she’s got a way of makin’ me

Feel like I’m still seventeen
She gets me high-she gets me low-and in between

Blue eyes she’s got ‘em – legs on the bottom

She tippy-toed right out of a dream
She’s got it high – she’s got it low – and in bewteen
Chorus
Now I’m higher than a flag on the 4th of July

Low down in love and she’s the reason why
She gets a hold of me and takes complete control of me
If you know what I mean
My baby’s got me – high-low – and in between

Now baby’s got the kind of kiss – you could start a fire with

she don’t need no gasoline
I’m burnin’ high – I’m burnin’ low – and in between
I’ll find ‘er on the second floor and chase ‘er through the cellar door

And catch ‘er by the washin’ machine
She takes me high – she takes me low – and in between

Repeat Chorus

Instrumental: Bm-E-A-B-E-Bm-E

Repeat Chorus

My baby’s got me – high-low – and in between
Well, she’s got it high – she’s got me low – and in between

Sent in by: Sandra….gilleey@hotmail.com
This is the way I play it. Capo on 2nd fret

“Places I’ve Never Been”

I’d never seen the sun set Montigo Bay
But my heart melts when you look at me that way
And I’ve never seen the snow fall, from a Rocky Mt. sky
But I get chill just by looking in your eyes

CHORUS
’Cause you take me places I’ve never been
I travel the world in your arms and back again
I have no need to wander or go chasing those four winds
C G 2ND x around (Em C)
‘Cause you take me places I’ve never been

And they never seen the wonders of this earth
And I may never hold the treasures of this world
And I could search the whole world over
But I don’t have to go that far
I've got it all right here in my arms

’Cause you take me places I’ve never been