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#VERSE 1:
Found myself in a barroom
Doin’ things I ought not to
Watching life as it slowly passed me by
I was holding on to lovers
And disregarding others with my lies
Living my whole life like this
I guess is risky business
Some folks say that I won’t last too long
And I can’t say that I blame them
For saying what they’re saying
‘Cause right now I’m just holding on
CHORUS:
I’m just an old dancehall dreamer
Living my life in the past
Holding on to dreams and them slow moving trains
And I don’t know how long I can last.
VERSE 2:
So I called out to Jesus
Said Lord I really need you
You’ve go to carry me for a while
I’ve been running too long
Singing these old tired songs
As the wheels keep pouring out the miles
Like I said I’m just a dreamer
But I’ve gotta’ keep believing
Someday things will go my way
I’m just running from the devil
I’ve got one foot on the pedal
While the other is laid up in the grave
REPEAT CHORUS
BREAK – play CHORUS chords
REPEAT CHORUS
Holding on to dreams and them slow moving trains
And I don’t know how long I can last.
REPEAT 1/2 INTRO

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ELVIS
Written by: Green/Payne/Harris

Performed with Ray Benson, Trish Murphy and Willie Nelson

This is the way I hear it, with swing chords included:

E9 – – – X76777
D9 – – – X54555

The G and the A7 in the chorus are regular open chords:

G – – – – 320003
A7 – – – x02020

(Pat)
A deep thick plush blue carpet at my feet

A peacock stained glass window staring back at me
A nine foot crushed white velvet sofa in the hallway

There’s a TV in the kitchen

She’s cooking in her panties
Flippin’ them little sandwiches likes she’s flippin’ her hair
Sure is nice to have someone to hold me
Chorus:
I’m the king of kings you see
Everything you need
Baby, I’m Elvis

baby, baby, I’m Elvis

baby, baby, I’m Elvis

(Ray Benson)

I got a hundred golden records in this one room

I got fifty golden knobs upon my doors
I got one black twenty-five foot stretch Cadillac to drive you home

To drive you home

(Pat)
Downstairs there’s a room in the basement

It’s mostly made of yellow and black
Some folks call it the jungle
I just think it’s a nice place to relax

Chorus:
I’m the king of kings you see
Everything you need
Baby, I’m Elvis

baby, baby, I’m Elvis

baby, baby, I’m Elvis

Instrumental :
G A7 E9 x2

(Willie)
Once a year they all come to see me

I watch them throwing flowers at my toes
There’s a line that stretches down the driveway
Past my plane, ends at the gift shop

Chorus:
I’m the king of kings you see
Everything you need
Baby, I’m Elvis
I’m the king of kings you see
Everything you need
Baby, I’m Elvis

baby, baby, I’m Elvis

baby, baby, I’m Elvis

G A7 E9 x2

Well I can ‘member my grandpa when I was five years old.
He’d pull me upon his knee and I remember every story that he ever told.
Him and my grandma, they’d always be two southern lovers just kissin’

On each other so tenderly.

And he just said “I just wanna be your fa[G/B]mily man. Work real hard, girl,
Yeah, I’ll give you [G/B]everything I can.” He’d say “I just wanna be
your fam[G/B]ily man. Tell the children that I’ll always l[G/B]end a helping hand.
Just wanna be your family ma[G/B]n…..just wanna be your family man.”

Mom and dad worked real hard just to raise us kids.
They were always there for me and didn’t matter what it was I did.
They’ve seen the hard times, the sickness, and the hell.
Well, it didn’t really take too long before they found out money,

It don’t mean wealth.

And he just said ”I just wanna be your f[G/B]amily man. Work real hard, girl,
Yeah, I’ll give you [G/B]everything I can.” He’d say “I just wanna be
your fam[G/B]ily man. Tell the children that I’ll always l[G/B]end a helping hand.
Just wanna be your family ma[G/B]n…..just wanna be your family man.”

Last night I had a dream from Heaven up above.
He taught me how to win your heart and win your love.
He said if I was gonna love you, listen to what He said.
Do it His way, oh yeah…

“Well you just gotta be her fam[G/B]ily man. Work real hard, boy.
Yeah but live your life a[G/B]ccording to my plan. You just gotta be her
Fa[G/B]mily man. Tell the children, said tell ‘em e[G/B]xactly who I am.
Just gotta be her family ma[G/B]n….just gotta be her family ma[G/B]n…
Just gotta be her family m[G/B]an....just gotta be her family man.

Intro: D

Mile upon mile, got no direction, we’re all playin’ the same game.
We’re all lookin’ for redemption, just to pray, to say the name.
So caught up now in pretendin’ that what we’re seekin’ is the truth.
I’m just lookin’ for a happy endin, all I’m lookin’ for is you.
Chorus:
You came upon me, wave on wave. You’re the reason I’m still here, yeah.
Am I the one you were sent to save? You came upon me, wave on wave.

I wandered out into the water, an’ I thought that I might drown.
I don’t know what I was after, just know I was goin’ down.
And that’s when she found me, not afraid anymore.
She said: “You know, I always had you, baby.
Just waitin’ for you to find what you were lookin’ for.”
(Chorus)
Bridge:
Wave on wave.Wave on wave.
(Short Instrumental)

An’ it came upon me, wave on wave. You’re the reason I'm still here, yeah.
Am I the one you were sent to save? It came upon me, wave on wave.

The clouds broke and the angels cried: “You ain’t gotta walk alone.”
That’s why it put me in your way. When it came upon me wave on wave.
Yeah, it came upon me, wave on wave. You’re the reason I’m still here, yeah.
Am I the one you were sent to save? an’ it came upon me, wave on wave.
To fade.

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#VERSE I
As we speak my sister’s packin’ up the speakers
On her stereo. She’s out the door on a man she
Said she’d love forever a couple of years ago.
Now he’s a stand-up guy so I don’t know why she
Would [G/F#]ever leave him…I guess we’ve all got our
G (repeat 1/2 of INTRO)
Reasons.
VERSE II
There’s a guy we’ve got loading trailers on the dock,
He must be outta his mind. He’s got a couple of degrees
From some university. He’s way over-qualified. We all
Wonder what it is about this work a genius f[G/F#]inds so pleasin’…
I guess we’ve all got our reasons.
BRIDGE
There’s history and mystery hidden underneath our skin.
It’s all a part of who we are and the life we live.
BREAK
C D G G/F# EM C D G(go back to 1/2 of INTRO)
VERSE III
And if I ever get to heaven then I got one question,
Hope the good Lord ain’t offended. Make me a world
Of pain between the cradle and the grave. Is that what
Was intended? I don’t hafta know why He put the stars
In the sky or fooled with the c[G/F#]hange of seasons…I guess
D G (1/4 of INTRO)
We’ve all got our reasons.
VERSE IV
As we speak my sister’s packin’ up the speakers
On her stereo. She’s out the door on a man she
Said she’d love forever a couple of years ago.
Now he’s a stand-up guy so I don’t know why she
Would [G/F#]ever leave him…I guess we’ve all got our
Reasons. I guess we’ve all got our reasons.
Repeat FULL INTRO until the end.

Verse One:
My father had skin like leather, hands like steel
From a lifetime spent in cotton fields
And though he’d come home tired and dirty almost every night
He found the strength to smile at me and hold my mama tight
While that old transistor radio would play the Opry out in the hall
I’d sit and watch their shadows glide across the wall

Chorus:
And they danced to a dixie lullaby
A picture of love beneath the southern sky
Oh my what a beautiful life, just like a dixie lullaby

Verse Two:
I left home at eighteen in a hand-me-down Chevrolet
Packed with my momma’s cooking and my old man’s stubborn ways
It was college, work and love and then the babies came
The youngest one got his granddaddy’s name
And in the early morning hours when my children could not sleep
I’d rock them in my arms to a gentle beat

Chorus Two:
I sang them a dixie lullaby
Hush baby don’t you start to cry
Oh my what a beautiful life, just like a dixie lullaby

Verse Three:
My father was a mountain of a man, that was the description that I gave
The morning that we laid him in his grave
There with my mama by his side, I said my last goodbye
To a man I thought would never die
And as I stood there in that field of amazing grace
Oh how the tears ran down my face

Chorus Three:
And I sang him a dixie lullaby
We’ll meet again by and by
Oh my what a beautiful life, just like a dixie lullaby
Oh my what a beautiful life, just like a dixie lullaby

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#Verse:
Can you help me out with something?
Cus I feel a little set aside
Did you turn me on for nothing?
Are you sad or satisfied?
It was long before today
That I felt you were slipping away
Chorus:
Walk 1
And you can’t change anything, you can’t change anyone
You can’t do nothing ‘bout the way I feel
Walk 1
You can lay into me, it won’t change anything
Won’t change nothin’ bout how I feel
Walk 1…G
About my……..little heaven
Walk 1…G
My……..little heaven
Verse 2:
Can I pay you some attention?
Tell me, would it be okay?
I’m a little imperfection
In your picture-perfect day
And I don’t think that I could take it
If I thought you were trying to fake it
Chorus
Bridge:
If you want me, baby, I’ll be there
Take me, oh [G-Gsus2]
Piano (Repeat intro, but there is no “Gus2” this time, it stays with “G”)
Chorus
Tag:
Walk 1…G
My……..little heaven

this first part is the intor and it repeats after each verse.

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d-0--0--0---0--0--0------3/5------------- 4x

the verse is even easier!!

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d-2----------------------0--------------- 4x

Baby… …city
Billboars… …down
Seems… …country
Little… …down

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everybody’s…gotta…….sometimes

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forget… …awile

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seem… …that… …need

[D/C#]

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is a rag top car and a ride with me

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it’s… …ok
just… …tonight
I’m… …ok, OH

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Carry On…

well here is the first verse but the song repeats this part and is real
easy to learn. my band plays this in bars alot and it’s a big hit!!

good luck and if you have and questions feel free to email me at

jacobmccutcheon@mail.com

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#VERSE I
September comes to Texas just one time every year,
so we get our guns and our pickup trucks,
and a bunch of that Lone Star beer,
well we head out for the open plains,
where the birds they all flow like wine,
we hunt them up then we shoot them down,
man it makes me feel so fine,
The manly sport is what I’m talking about,
so you can grab you a pouch of chew,
If we get bored ‘cause the birds won’t fly,
we’ll shoot the rabbits with my .22.
CHORUS I
I don’t wanna go to Paris, I get enough French will my fries,
just send me on down to Abilene, for the huntingman’s paradise,
Honey you can stay at home all day, laugh and dance,
go out shopping and play, ‘cause I’ll be out with the boys,
B E (go back to the intro E)
on a West Texas Holiday.
BREAK
play verse chords
VERSE II
Hunting is a lot like religion or so it is I’m told,
they’re both just a simple little way of life,
and they’re both good for your soul, from Robert Earl Keen

Verse 1:
Saw you early this morning,
Sleepin’ all dressed in white.
For a moment I thought you were an angel,
Come to take me home alive.
You woke up and you caught me staring.
Smiled and said “Hey, cut it out.”
You said that I must be crazy, I said
”Crazy bout you” and I kissed you on the mouth.

Chorus 1:
And if I am truely crazy,
Don’t you know I like my life that way.
And If I’m really goin’ all outta my mind
You can hop on board and make your getaway.

– Repeat 1/2 Intro –

Verse 2:
Took a walk on down the seashore,
Saw a begger pickin’ up some cans.
Saw a little boy who had some salt in his eyes
Reaching out for his momma’s hand.
Watched a stranger give that man a doller,
Watched the mommma wipe the tears from the little boys eyes,
Then I stared up into the heavens and said
”Oh my God, I’m glad that I’m alive. So glad that I’m alive.”

Chorus 2:
And if I am truely crazy,
Don’t you know I like my life that way.
And If I’m really goin’ all outta my mind
You can hop on board and make your getaway.

– Repeat Intro –

Verse 3:
I wake up in the morning and turn all the lights on,
Turn ‘em out at night so that we can hide.
Sometimes I sleep with all the lights on,
It helps me to appreciate the night.
I hear people talk about life all the time.
All they remember are times so sad.
Don’t you think life would be awfully boring
If the good times were all that we had.

Chorus 3:
And if I am truely crazy,
Don’t you know I like my life that way.
And If I’m really goin’ all outta my mind
You can hop on board and make your getaway.
Hop on board and make your getaway

Repeat Intro