INTRO: C G F
Ooh, oohoohoo, ooh ooh
Ooh, oohoohoo, ooh ooh

Heading out on my way to nowhere
Just a travelling man
Hitching rides along the highway
From whoever I can

Gotta stop someplace, somewhere
And put some leather on my shoes
They’re the only pair that get me there
Any horizon that I choose_______
Ooh, oohoohoo, ooh ooh

I know when the cold wind blows
My coat will keep me warm
I’ve got no woman’s love
To call my own

I saw you lying there
A cast-off from another man
So I picked you up, took you home
And home is on my back_______
Ooh, oohoohoo, ooh ooh

Lonely hobo lullaby
Is my song
Lonely hobo lullaby
Gets me along

My shoes, my coat, my jeans
And anything else I own
We’re a family without a tree
No roots to hold me down________
Ooh, oohoohoo, ooh ooh

INSTRUMENTAL: C F C F G F C G F

INTERLUDE: C G F
Ooh, oohoohoo, ooh ooh
Ooh, oohoohoo, ooh ooh

Heading out on my way to nowhere
Just a travelling man
Hitching rides along the highway
From whoever I can

(## fade to end ##)

Gotta stop someplace, somewhere
And put some leather on my shoes
They’re the only pair that get me there
Any horizon that I choose_______
Ooh, oohoohoo, ooh ooh
Ooh, oohoohoo, ooh ooh
Ooh, oohoohoo, ooh ooh
Ooh, oohoohoo, ooh ooh

Down, down, down town, east side of the river
Bowery boys are living off the street
There stands a stranger all dressed in black
He’s looking for someone, he’s gonna knife ‘em in the back

PRE-CHORUS:
Hit man, g-man, con man, watch it man, he might be from the CIA
Sneaky Pete’s using his feet, getting off the street ‘cause
He’s got something to hide

CHORUS:
Danger, there’s a stranger
Intruding in your own backyard
But stranger, there’s a danger
Don’t come across nobody hard

So tough mixing it rough down in Harlem
There’s no honky boys for miles around
But there’s that stranger all dressed in white
He’s looking for someone
He’s gonna show ‘em the light, yeah

He’s gonna show ‘em the light, oh yeah

INSTRUMENTAL: A E

Don’t feel safe using the face of fifth avenue
Pin stripe suits ain’t no disguise, if you’re not a man that’s true

PRE-CHORUS:
Hit man, g-man, con man, watch it man, he might be from the CIA
Sneaky Pete’s still using his feet he’s getting off the street ‘cause
He’s got something to hide

CHORUS:
Danger, there’s a stranger
Intruding in your own backyard
But stranger, there’s a danger
Don’t come across nobody hard

CAPO: 2nd Fret

INTRO: G D G D

Take your time, I can wait
All of the love I know will be mine
If you Take Your Time

Take your time, though it’s late
Heart strings will sing like a string of twine
If you take your time

Take your time and take mine too
I have time to spend
Take your time, go with me through
Times ‘til all times end

Take your time, I can wait
All of the love I know will be mine
If you take your time

INSTRUMENTAL: G D G D G D G D G D G

Take your time and take mine too
I have time to spend
Take your time, go with me through
Times ‘til all times end

Take your time, I can wait
All of the love I know will be mine
If you take your time
All of the love I know will be mine
If you take your time

OUTRO: G D G D G

Intro: Am E Am E

Since you took my hearrrr-rt
I can give you ev-rything
So I give my ev-rything
To youuuuu, my lovvvvve

As we’re far a-parrr-rrt
I will send my own to youuu-uu
And send my whole life through
To youuuuu, my lovvvvve

Long to be near you and hold you and kiss you my sweeeeeet
When I am with you I know that my life is com-plee-eete

Now I’m coming hooooo-me
Coming back to give my lovvvve
To the one I’m dreaming offfffff
To youuuuu, my lovvvvve

Guitar solo

Long to be near you and hold you and kiss you my sweeeeeet
When I am with you I know that my life is com-plee-eete

Now I’m coming hooooo-me
Coming back to give my lovvvve
To the one I’m dreaming offfffff
To youuuuu, my lovvvvve
To youuuuu, my lovvvvve
To (youuuuu-ooo-ooo-oooo, myyyyy) lovvv-vvv-vvve

INTRO: Am7 C G

Going down to take a ride on the Rock Island Line
I’m gonna meet an old friend of mine
It’s gonna be a fine ride if only I can hide
From the man who guards the freighting line
I’ve got two thousand miles to go where I want to be
Lady Luck stay with me
I wanna be there
I gotta be there

CHORUS:
Oh, sweet country calling, calling me it’s way
Come and bathe in cool clear water, wash the city dirt away
Oh, sweet country calling, I’ve got something to say

When I get back to you, I won’t let you down
This time I’m gonna stay

BRIDGE:
I wanna hear, hear the bluegrass
I wanna breathe in the mountain air
I gotta take in all that moonshine
But most of all I wanna see a friend of mine

INSTRUMENTAL: G C G C G

The last time I saw her, she was waving me goodbye
Heading on down the line
She said, “Come on along”, I decided to stay
Now I know I was wrong
That’s why I’m playing with fate, riding this freight
Lady Luck please stay with me
I wanna be there
I gotta be there

CHORUS:
Oh, sweet country calling, calling me it’s way
Come and bathe in cool clear water, wash the city dirt away
Oh, sweet country calling, I’ve got something to say

When I get back to you, I won’t let you down
This time I’m gonna stay

CHORUS: (## fade to end ##)
Oh, sweet country calling, calling me it’s way
Come and bathe in cool clear water, wash the city dirt away
Oh, sweet country calling, I’ve got something to say

When I get back to you, I won’t let you down
This time I’m gonna stay

Love is the thing
It always comes back to love
In the end
Love is the thing
That brings you closer to a friend
In the end

CHORUS:
Love, love, love

Love takes you back
To the first love you had
Remembering
They say you can’t forget
Your first taste of love
Memories

CHORUS:
Love, love, love

INSTRUMENTAL: E Am D E (2x)

Love is the thing
It always comes back to love
Don’t try pretend
Love is the thing
That brings you closer to a friend
Don’t try pretend

Love is the thing
It always comes back to love
In the end
Love is the thing
That brings you closer to a friend
In the end

First Verse Sung a Capella

She looks from[(Em)] side to side
The teardrops[(C)] fill her eyes
[(A)]Once again she hears the sound of[(Em)] shouting

Turns to the window pane
Funny there’s rain again
Inside her head she hears the sound of shouting

They are fighting again
All she feels is cold and pain
She don’t know whose side to take, mother’s or father’s

She can’t know that soon they’ll part
That they broke each other’s hearts
They are breaking up, but she don’t understand it

She leaves the room in fright

Each time they start to fight
She runs up to her bed, but there’s no sleeping

No light from anywhere

Clings to her teddy bear
But even teddy bear can’t stop her weeping

BRIDGE:
Little girl, dry your eyes
Your ma and pa one day will put you wise
Little girl, don’t you cry
You’ll understand what happened by and by

INSTRUMENTAL: Em C A Em (2x)

They are fighting again
All she feels is cold and pain
She don’t know whose side to take, mother’s or father’s

She can’t know that soon they’ll part
That they broke each other’s hearts
They are breaking up, but she don’t understand it

We’re strong, we’re weak, we die
We’re straight, we’re gay, we’re bi
We’re black, we’re white, but why
To tell the truth, we lie
We get so trapped inside our little lives
They disappear before our very eyes

CHORUS:
So, come on, live it up tonight
Live it up tonight, move on
It’s time we give it up tonight
Live it up tonight, from now on

We loved, we lost, we tried
Do you say, I’m fine, ‘cause I die
I’m so sick and tired of crying
So, tonight it’s time we just fly
So, now we got so caught up in the deal
We lost the only thing we got that’s real

CHORUS:
So, come on, live it up tonight
Live it up tonight, move on
It’s time we give it up tonight
Live it up tonight, from now on

BRIDGE:
Na na na na na na, we can heal
Make it real, can’t you feel, can’t you feel

INSTRUMENTAL: C G F C G F

BRIDGE:
And now it hurts so bad to say goodbye
I know my love for you is still alive

CHORUS:
So, come on, live it up tonight
Live it up tonight, move on
It’s time we give it up tonight
Live it up tonight, from now on

CHORUS:
So, come on, live it up tonight
Live it up tonight, move on
It’s time we give it up tonight
Live it up tonight, from now on

CHORUS:
So, come on, live it up tonight
Live it up tonight, move on
It’s time we give it up tonight
Live it up tonight, from now on

OUTRO: (## repeat and fade to end ##)

INTRO: D Bm Em A (2x)

Love makes the world go round and around
Love makes the world go round and around
D Daug G6 Bbm
Love makes you feel three feet off the ground
Love makes the world go round

You should know it’s happened before
You should have known what was in store
Daug G6 Bbm
You should know not to do it encore
You should have known before

BRIDGE:
You did it your way, it never worked out
Mr. Right turned out Mr. Wrong
You won’t change your ways because you believe
In love is where you belong

INSTRUMENTAL: D Bm Em A D Bm Em A D Daug G Bbm D G D

BRIDGE:
You did it your way, it never worked out
Mr. Right turned out Mr. Wrong
You won’t change your ways because you believe
In love is where you belong___

Key Change – Up 1 Semitone

Can’t you see, love’s thrown out of the door?
Can’t you see, no one loves anymore?
Ebaug Ab6 Cbm
Can’t you see, my world’s on the floor?
Without love, can the world go round
And around and around and around and around
Without love, without love, can the world go round, yeah

CAPO: 2nd Fret

Travel by the silver line

To a place that has no time
Why don’t you try it now?

Working hard to see the light

Let your mind take up in flight
Why don’t you try it now?

CHORUS:
It’s beautiful
Seeing all the colours of the rai___nbow
Beautiful
Covering the people that we know

See the colour of your health

Flowing from your older self
Why don’t you try it now?

Living good, stopped playing games

Travelling the astral planes
Why don’t you try it now?

CHORUS:
It’s beautiful
Seeing all the colours of the rai___nbow
Beautiful
Covering the people that we know

INSTRUMENTAL: D E F D E F D E F D E F

CHORUS:
It’s beautiful
Seeing all the colours of the rai___nbow
Beautiful
Covering the people that we know

Travel by the silver line

To a place that has no time
Why don’t you try it now?

Working hard to see the light

Let your mind take up in flight
Why don’t you try it now?

See the colour of your health

Flowing from your older self
Why don’t you try it now?