Western Wall The Tuscon Sessions Album chords by Emmylou Harris And Linda Ronstadt

1. Loving the Highway Man (Written by Andy Prieboy)
CAPO: 4

Intro: Em, D, G 4x

Verse 1:
Em  D         G
The wind is a warning,
Em    D              G
These fields turn to sand,
Em D               G
My family will not answer me now..

Chorus:
G       C       G      C D              G
Damned, damned, damned I am, loving the highwayman
G       C       G      C D              G          Em, D, G 3x
Damned, damned, damned I am, loving the highwayman
G       C       G      C D              G
Damned, damned, damned I am, loving the highwayman

{Verse 2: Don't say where this ring came from...}
{Chorus}
{Verse 3: There's a hole in the ceiling...}
{Chorus}
{Fade out with Intro chords..}


2. Raise the Dead (Written by Emmylou Harrison

Verse 1:
D
Hank Williams died when I was five,

He sang I'll never get out of this world alive,
         G
Now it's been a long time since I was that kid..
         D
And I've seen a lot more than Hank ever did
              A
I've done the down and out of every dark-end dive,
         D
But I'll never get out of your love alive

{Verse 2: Sam Cooke met the woman at the well..}

Bridge:
      G
I got washed in the blood of Bill Monroe
        D
When he sang about the blues and the body and soul
   G
He believed in a God that could raise the dead,
             D
Still it's a mighty dark night to travel, he said
            A
I've seen a mighty dark night and I made that drive
         D
But I'll never get out of your live

{Solo}
{Verse 3: Robert Johnson had a hell hound on his trail..}
{D until end..}

3. For A Dancer (Written by Jackson Browne)
CAPO 3

Intro: D G D G

Verse 1:
D                   G
Keep a fire burning in your eye
D                    G
Pay attention to the open sky
D                   G                D   A
You never know what will be coming down

{Verse 2: I don't remember losing track of you..}
Bm                    G                   D
Always keeping things real by playing the clown
           A             D      G
Now you're nowhere to be found..

{Verse 3: I don't know what happens when people die..}
               D                  A
..That I can't sing, I can't help listening..

{Verse 4: I can't help feelin' stupid standin' around..}
  A                  Bm             G
..Dancin' our sorrow away (right on dancin')
D                   A
No matter what fate chooses to play (there's nothing you can do about it anyway)

Chorus:
D    G                 D
Just do the steps that you've been shown
   G                D           A
By everyone you've ever known
Bm        D7                      G
Until the dance becomes your very own
              A
No matter how close to yours
Bm                   G
Another's steps have grown
       D                A                D    G   D   G
In the end there is one dance you'll do alone

{SOLO}
{Verse 5: Keep a fire for the human race..}
{Verse 6: Perhaps a better world is drawing near..}
{Bridge: Don't let the uncertainty turn you around..}
{Chorus}

                 G
And the time you go
          D               A
May lie a reason you were alive
                 D
But you'll never know...


4. Western Wall (Written by Rosanne Cash)
CAPO 3

Intro: G Em..2x

Verse 1:
G
I stand here by the Western Wall,
Em
Maybe a little of that wall stands inside of us all
G
I shove my prayers in the crack
         Em
I've got nothing to lose, no one to answer back

Chorus/Bridge:
C         Am                     C
All these years I brought up for review
C      Am                                 C
Wasn't taught this but I learned somethin' new
C      Am               D
And to answer a distant call
       G            Em
At the Western Wall..

{Verse 2: I've got a heart full of fear..}
{Chorus/Bridge 2: It's a crumblin' pile of broken stones..}
{SOLO}
{Chorus/Bridge 3: I don't know if God was ever a man...}


5. 1917 (Written by David Olney)

Gm                        Cm
The strange young man who comes to me
D7             Gm
A soldier on a three day spree
Gm                         Cm
He needs one night's cheap ecstasy
D7                    Gm
And a woman's arms to hide him
Gm                  Cm
He greets me with a courtly bow
D7                    Gm
And hides his pain by acting proud
Gm                        Cm
He drinks too much and he laughs too loud
D7        Gm
How can I deny him.

Gm F7


Bb             F
Let us dance beneath the moon
Cm                Gm
I'll sing to you 'Claire de Lune'
Bb                 F
The morning always comes too soon
D7                     Gm
But tonight the war is over

{Verse 2: He speaks to me in schoolboy French..}
{Chorus: Hold me 'neath the Paris skies..}
{Verse 3: We make love too hard, too fast..}
{Chorus: Old world glory, old world fame..}
{Verse 4: (Spoken) Oh, I'd pray for him but I've forgotten how...}
{Chorus: French words and lalalalas...hehe sorry, not typing it..}

D7                     Gm
But tonight the war is over


6. He Was Mine (Written by: Paul Kennerley)

G

D
You asked me if I've met your baby
C         G   D
I have to say it's been some time now
C                       D
But it seems like yesterday
G      F C   G   D
He was mine for awhile
G      F     C
We had good times
D
We went in style
    G         F   C
But now he's yours
G          D
Treat him kind
G     F    C             D      G
Yes I remember well when he was mine

{SOLO}
{Verse 2: You say he means the world to you..}
{Chorus}

G      F C     G   F  C
He was mine
G      F C       G
He was mine


7. Sweet Spot (Written by Emmylou Harris & Jill Cunniff)

A                    Bm            A     Bm
Baby when you're down   I'll be around
           A    Bm    A   Bm
I;ll be around
                 A   Bm               A     Bm
Baby when you're lost    I'll be your found
             A     Bm
I'll be your found
                  A  Bm
When the night is long
                      A   Bm
I'll be the crack of dawn
                      A   Bm
Baby when you take a shot
                   A    Bm
I'll be your sweet spot

 A    Bm   A  Bm

{Bridge: Just play A -- Baby, when you're falling off your feet}
{Verses and Chorus...goes like this until end:}

                   A   D
I'll be your sweet spot
                  A   D
I'll be you sweet spot
                  A   D
I'll be you sweet spot
                  A   D
I'll be you sweet spot
                  A   D
I'll be you sweet spot
                  A   D    A    D
I'll be you sweet spot


8. Sisters of Mercy (Written by Leonard Cohen)
CAPO 6

G                C
Oh the sisters of mercy
     G        D          G    C  G
They are not departed or gone
          Bm          F#m
They were waiting for me
       Bm             F#m            D    Dsus  D
When I thought that I just can't go on
         C                G
And they brought me their comfort
    F#         Em              D    Dsus  D
And later they brought me this song
     G            C
Oh I hope you run into them
G               D             G     D(or C?)   G   C
You who've been travelling so long


9. Falling Down (Written by Patty Griffin)
CAPO 1

Verse 1:
D
Falling down

I'm falling down

I need to sleep

Come a long long way
            G
No time for weepin

No time for weepin
      D
Quiet now I'm falling down
D
I'm falling down

{Verse 2: I have heard a million tales..}
{SOLO}

Bridge:

A                   G
Do your dance on my head
A                  G
Heavy steps of the dead
Bm                   G
Everything the snow  surrounds
D        A        D        G
Falling, falling, falling, falling
D       A       D
Falling,falling down
D
I'm falling down


10. Valerie (Written by Patti Scialfa)
CAPO 4

G
To the east the factories stand
                            D
Like fire-breathing dragons against the sky
    G
And from their throats a scarlet river
                        D
Burns itself into smoky lullabies
     C
Over neon and fluorescent skies Valerie,
{Chorus:}
Can you hear those engines drone
  G
I wanted to go to Mexico
        D
But I'm stranded here alone
    C
And once I knew a true love

It's been three years since he's gone
    G
And if I could get that feeling back
    D                    C    G
I'd give up everything I own

{Verses and Chorus}

Bridge:
C
Everything's in slow motion now
D
In this little border town
C                          D
I've come so close from so far
C
Just to hide behind these windows here
D
From the world outside
  C
I watch those cars and trucks raise trails of dust
D                            C
Down the road as they pass by Valerie...

{Chorus}
             C    G
Everything I own
             C    G
Everything I own

11. This Is To Mother You (Written by Sinead O'Conner)

Sorry, I can't really do this one write now...I'll get to this one at some point :S


12. All I Left Behind (Written by Emmylou Harris, Kate McGarrigle & Anna McGarrigle)
CAPO 3

G

Em                       C             G
All I left behind should come as no surprise
D                                                 G
To me since I fell through the black hole of your eye
Em                     C                   G
Only little things inconsequential I could say
D                                               G
Of all I left behind with you along the lost highway
D                  G
Silver earrings in Wichita
D                   G
Beaded moccasins in Tonapah
              D
But I had you so
                G
I just let them go

...


13. Across the Border (Written by Bruce Springsteen)
CAPO 2

G C G  D

G
Tonight my bag is packed
C              G
Tommorrow I'll walk these tracks
D                            G
That will lead me across the border
G
Tommorrow my love and I
C                 G
Will sleep 'neath auburn skies
D                    G
Somewhere across the border
            C
We'll leave behind my dear
                     D
The pain and sadness we found here
          G                     C
And we'll drink from the Brazos muddy waters
                    G
Where the sky grows gray and wide
C                 G
We'll meet on the other side
D                G
There across the border

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