Chords with lyrics
- Capo on 2nd
- Difficulty: Advanced
# Title
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1.) Highwayman
2.) The Last Cowboy Song
3.) Jim
I Wore a Tie Today
4.) Big River
5.) Committed to Parkview
6.) Desperados Waiting for a Train
7.) Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)
8.) Welfare Line
9.) Against the Wind
10.) The Twentieth Century Is Almost Over
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1.) "Highwayman"
!: Capo on 2nd fret !:
Intro:
A minorAm
Verse 1:
A minorAm G+G FF A minorAm
I was a highwayman, along the coach roads I did ride
G+G FF C majorC G+G
With sword and pistol by my side
DmDm A minorAm G+G FF
Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade
DmDm A minorAm G+G FF
Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade
A minorAm G+G FF G+G C majorC
The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty-five
FF G+G
But I am still alive
Verse 2:
A minorAm G+G FF A minorAm
I was a sailor
I was born upon the tide
G+G FF G+G
And with the sea
I did abide
DmDm A minorAm G+G FF
I sailed a schooner around the horn to Mexico
DmDm A minorAm G+G FF
I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow
A minorAm G+G FF G+G C majorC
And when the yards broke off, they said that I got killed
FF G+G
But I'm living still
Verse 3:
A minorAm G+G FF A minorAm
I was a dam builder, across a river deep and wide
G+G FF G+G
Where steel and water did collide
DmDm A minorAm G+G FF
A augmentedA place called Boulder on the wild Colorado
DmDm A minorAm G+G FF
I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below
A minorAm G+G FF G+G C majorC
They buried me in that gray tomb that knows no sound
FF G+G
But I am still around
Chorus:
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G FF C majorC DmDm FF G+G C majorC
I'll always be around, and around, and around, and around, and around, and around
Verse 4:
A minorAm G+G FF A minorAm
I fly a starship across the universe divide
G+G FF G+G
And when I reach the other side
DmDm A minorAm G+G FF
I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can
DmDm A minorAm G+G FF
Perhaps I may become a highwayman again
A minorAm G+G FF C majorC
Or I may simply be a single drop of rain
FF G+G
But I will remain
Chorus:
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G FF C majorC DmDm FF G+G C majorC
And I'll be back again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again
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2.) "The Last Cowboy Song"
Intro:
D MajorD
Chorus:
D MajorD
This is the last cowboy song
G+G
The end of a hundred year waltz
A7A7
The voices sound sad as they're singing along
D MajorD
Another piece of America's lost
Verse 1:
D MajorD
He rides the feed lots, clerks in a market
A7A7
On weekends selling tobacco and beer
A7A7
And his dreams of tomorrow, surrounded by fences
D MajorD
But he'll dream tonight of when fences weren't here
Verse 2:
D MajorD
He blazed the trail with Lewis and Clark
A7A7
And eyeball to eyeball, old Wyatt backed down
A7A7
He stood shoulder to shoulder with Travis in Texas
D MajorD
And rode with the Seventh when Custer went down
Chorus:
D MajorD
This is the last cowboy song
G+G
The end of a hundred year waltz
A7A7
The voices sound sad as they're singing along
D MajorD
Another piece of America's lost
Verse 3:
D MajorD
Remington showed us how he looked on canvas
A7A7
And Louis L'Amour has told us his tale
A7A7
Me and Johnny and Waylon and Kris sing about him
D MajorD
And wish to God we could have ridden his trail
Verse 4:
D MajorD
The old Chisholm Trail is covered in concrete now
G+G
And they truck 'em to market in fifty foot rigs
A7A7
They roll by his marker and don't even notice
D MajorD
Like living and dying was all he ever did
Chorus:
D MajorD
This is the last cowboy song
G+G
The end of a hundred year waltz
A7A7
The voices sound sad as they're singing along
D MajorD
Another piece of America's lost
D MajorD
This is the last cowboy song
G+G
The end of a hundred year waltz
A7A7
The voices sound sad as they're singing along
D MajorD
Another piece of America's lost
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3.) "Jim
I Wore a Tie Today"
Intro:
C majorC G7G7 C majorC G7G7
Verse 1:
C majorC G7G7 FF C majorC
Jim
Jim
I wore a tie today
FF G7G7
The first one that I ever wore
C majorC C7C7 FF
You have said that I looked like a dummy
D7D7 G7G7
Out of a dry goods store
Verse 2:
C majorC G7G7 FF C majorC
Oh
Jim
Jim, the preacher said a lot of things
FF G7G7
But I didn't hear a word he said
C majorC C7C7 FF
My mind kept wandering back down the trail
C majorC G7G7 C majorC
Back to the good times we had
Pre-Chorus:
G7G7 C majorC
Riding herd through the sun and the rain
G7G7 C majorC
Panning for gold on the cuff
G7G7 C majorC
We did everything in the books
I guess
D7D7 G7G7
And a lot that they never thought up
Chorus:
C majorC G7G7 FF C majorC
Oh Jim
Jim so you're riding on ahead
FF G7G7
Well, if that's how it's going to be
C majorC C7C7 FF
When you reach those streets paved with gold
C majorC G7G7 C majorC G7G7
Jim, stake a claim out for me
Verse 4:
C majorC G7G7 FF
We did everything we could do for you
Jim, but
C majorC
Your fever just wouldn't go down
FF
So we put you in the wagon
Jim
G7G7
And this morning we got you back to town
C majorC C7C7
But when we got here, you were gone
Jim
FF
And there wasn't anything anybody could do
C majorC G7G7
They dressed you up in a fancy suit and a necktie
C majorC
So today, we wore one too
Pre-Chorus:
G7G7 C majorC
Riding herd through the sun and the rain
G7G7 C majorC
Panning for gold on the cuff
G7G7 C majorC
We did everything in the books
I guess
D7D7 G7G7
And a lot that they never thought up
Chorus:
C majorC G7G7 FF C majorC
Oh Jim
Jim so you're riding on ahead
FF G7G7
Well, if that's how it's going to be
C majorC C7C7 FF
When you reach those streets paved with gold
C majorC G7G7 C majorC G7G7 C majorC G7G7 C majorC
Jim, stake a claim out for me
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4.) "Big River"
Intro:
E MajorE
Chorus:
E MajorE
I taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry
F#F# B7B7
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear, blue sky
E MajorE A7A7
And the tears I cried for that woman are gonna flood you, big river
E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
And I'm gonna sit right here until I die
Verse 1:
E MajorE
I met her accidentally in St. Paul
Minnesota
F#F# B7B7
And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl, southern drawl
E MajorE A7A7
And I heard my dream went back downstream, cavorting in Davenport
E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
And I followed you, big river, when she called
Break:
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
Verse 2:
E MajorE
Oh, she took me to St. Louis later on, down the river
F#F# B7B7
A augmentedA freighter said, "She's been here, but she's gone, boy, she's gone"
E MajorE A7A7
And I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the block
E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
Raised a few eyebrows and went on down alone
Verse 3:
E MajorE
Well
I pulled into Natchez next day, down the river
F#F# B7B7
But there wasn't much there to make the rounders stay very long
E MajorE A7A7
When I left, it was raining, so nobody saw me cry
E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
Big river, why's she doing me this way?
Break:
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
Verse 4:
E MajorE
Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge
River Queen, roll it on
F#F# B7B7
Take that woman on down to New Orleans
New Orleans
E MajorE A7A7
Go on
I've had enough, dump my blues down in the gulf
E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
She loves you, big river, more than me
Chorus:
E MajorE
I taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry
F#F# B7B7
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
E MajorE A7A7
And the tears I cried for that woman are gonna flood you, big river
E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
And I'm gonna sit right here until I die
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5.) "Committed to Parkview"
Verse 1:
N.C. A augmentedA E7E7
There's a man across the hall who sits staring at the floor
A augmentedA
He thinks he's Hank Williams, hear him singing through the door
D MajorD A augmentedA
Theres a girl in 203 who stops by to visit me
B7B7 E7E7
And she talks about her songs and the star that she should be
A augmentedA D MajorD
There are lots of special people staying in or passing through
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
And for one thing or another, committed to Parkview
Verse 2:
A augmentedA E7E7
Theres a girl in 307 coming down on Thorazine
A augmentedA
And a superstar's ex-drummer trying to kick Benzedrine
D MajorD A augmentedA
There's a boy just down below me who's the son of some well-known
B7B7 E7E7
He was brought in by his mother 'cause his daddy's always gone
A augmentedA D MajorD
Theres a bum from down on Broadway and a few quite well-to-do
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
Who have withdrawn from the rat race and committed to Parkview
Verse 3:
A augmentedA E7E7
There's a girl who cries above me loud enough to wake the dead
A augmentedA
They don't know what she has taken that has scrambled up her head
D MajorD A augmentedA
There's a writer and a singer who has tried and tried and tried
B7B7 E7E7
They just brought him in this morning, an attempted suicide
A augmentedA D MajorD
There are those who never made it, those who did but now are through
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
Some came of their own good choosing, some committed to Parkview
Verse 4:
A augmentedA E7E7
They wake us about 6:30, just before the morning meal
A augmentedA
While they're taking blood pressure, they ask us how we feel
D MajorD A augmentedA
And I always say, "Fantastic, there ain't nothing wrong with me"
B7B7 E7E7
And then they give me my injection and I go right back to sleep
A augmentedA D MajorD
And my days are kind of foggy and the nights are dreamy too
N.C. A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
But they're taking good care of me, committed to Parkview
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6.) "Desperados Waiting for a Train"
Intro:
D MajorD G+G A7A7
D MajorD G+G A7A7
Verse 1:
D MajorD C majorC G/BG/B
I'd play the Red River Valley
A augmentedA B minorBm
And he'd sit out in the kitchen and cry
G+G E minorEm D MajorD B minorBm
And run his fingers through seventy years of living
G+G E minorEm A augmentedA
And wonder, "Lord, has every well I drilled run dry "
A7A7 D MajorD
We were friends, me and this old man
Chorus:
B minorBm G+G
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
B minorBm G+G
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA
Verse 2:
D MajorD C majorC G/BG/B
He's a drifter and a driller of oil wells
A augmentedA B minorBm
And an old school man of the world
G+G E minorEm D MajorD B minorBm
He'd let me drive his car when he's too drunk to
G+G E minorEm A augmentedA
And he'd wink and give me money for the girls
A7A7 D MajorD
And our lives were like some old western movie
Chorus:
B minorBm G+G
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
B minorBm G+G
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA
Verse 3:
D MajorD C majorC G/BG/B
From the time that I could walk, he'd take me with him
A augmentedA B minorBm
To a bar called the Green Frog Café
G+G E minorEm D MajorD B minorBm
And there were old men with beer guts and dominoes
G+G E minorEm A augmentedA
Lying about their lives while they'd play
A7A7 D MajorD
And I was just a kid, they called his sidekick
Chorus:
B minorBm G+G
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
B minorBm G+G
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA
Verse 4:
D MajorD C majorC G/BG/B
One day I looked up and he's pushing eighty
A augmentedA B minorBm
And there's brown tobacco stains all down his chin
G+G E minorEm D MajorD B minorBm
To me he's one of the heroes of this country
G+G E minorEm A augmentedA
So why's he all dressed up like them old men?
A7A7 D MajorD
Drinking beer and playing Moon and Forty-Two
Chorus:
B minorBm G+G
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
B minorBm G+G
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA
Verse 5:
D MajorD C majorC G/BG/B
The day before he died
I went to see him
A augmentedA B minorBm
I was grown and he was almost gone
G+G E minorEm D MajorD B minorBm
So we just closed our eyes and dreamed us up a kitchen
G+G E minorEm A augmentedA
And sang another verse to that old song
A7A7 D MajorD
Come on
Jack, that son-of-a-gun's a-coming
Chorus:
B minorBm G+G
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
B minorBm G+G
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
B minorBm G+G
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
B minorBm G+G
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
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7.) "Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)"
!: Capo on 5th fret !:
Intro:
C majorC G+G D7D7 G+G
Verse 1:
C majorC G+G
The crops are all in and the peaches are rotten
D7D7 G+G
The oranges are packed in the creosote dumps
C majorC G+G
They're flying them back to the Mexican border
D7D7 G+G
To save all their money, then wade back again
Verse 2:
C majorC D MajorD
My father's own father, he waded that river
D7D7 G+G
Others before him have done just the same
C majorC G+G
They died in the hills and they died in the valleys
D7D7 G+G
Some went to heaven without any name
Chorus:
C majorC G+G
Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita
D MajorD D7D7 G+G
Adios mi amigo
Jesus y Maria
C majorC G+G
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane
D7D7 G+G
All they will call you will be "Deportee"
Interlude:
C majorC G+G D7D7 G+G
Verse 3:
C majorC G+G
Some of us are illegal and others not wanted
D7D7 G+G
Our work contracts out and we have to move on
C majorC G+G
Six hundred miles to the Mexican border
D7D7 G+G
They chase us like rustlers, like outlaws, like thieves
Chorus:
C majorC G+G
Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita
D MajorD D7D7 G+G
Adios mi amigos
Jesus y Maria
C majorC G+G
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane
D7D7 G+G
All they will call you will be "Deportee"
Interlude:
G+G C majorC G+G
D7D7 G+G
C majorC G+G
D7D7 G+G
Verse 4:
G+G C majorC G+G
The sky-plane caught fire over Los Gatos canyon
D7D7 G+G
A augmentedA fireball of thunder that shook all the hills
C majorC G+G
Who are all of these dear friends, scattered like dry leaves
D7D7 G+G
The radio said they were just deportees
Chorus:
C majorC G+G
Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita
D MajorD D7D7 G+G
Adios mi amigos
Jesus y Maria
C majorC G+G
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane
D7D7 G+G
All they will call you will be "Deportee"
C majorC G+G
Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita
D MajorD D7D7 G+G
Adios mi amigos
Jesus y Maria
C majorC G+G
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane
D7D7 N.C. G+G
All they will call you will be "Deportee"
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8.) "Welfare Line"
Intro:
D MajorD
Verse 1:
D MajorD
Well now, boys
I've been to Bethlehem
G+G
Rode there on a big steam train
D MajorD
Lost two fingers in the steel mills
A7A7 D MajorD
And I ain't goin' back again
Verse 2:
D MajorD
I fought for my country
G+G
Lord knows I did my best
D MajorD
Crawling 'cross some foreign field
A7A7 D MajorD
They pinned a ribbon to my chest
Chorus:
G+G
So, pass around the bottle, boys
D MajorD
Let's talk about old times
D MajorD
Night's rolling in, it's cold as sin
A7A7 D MajorD
Here on the welfare line
Verse 3:
D MajorD
Served on the Georgia Road Gang
G+G
Couldn't pay the debts I owe
D MajorD
'Cause I ain't made of silver
A7A7 D MajorD
And I ain't never seen no gold
Verse 4:
D MajorD
I still remember Rachel
G+G
Soft as a velvet gown
D MajorD
They laid her in the pauper's grave
A7A7 D MajorD
On the other side of town
Chorus:
G+G
So, pass around the bottle, boys
D MajorD
Let's talk about old times
D MajorD
Night's rolling in, it's cold as sin
A7A7 D MajorD
Here on the welfare line
Interlude:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD A7A7 D MajorD
Verse 5:
D MajorD
Now some folks are born to money
G+G
You know I wish 'em well
D MajorD
If the devil should ever want my soul
A7A7 D MajorD
I swear I'd never sell
Chorus:
G+G
So, pass around the bottle, boys
D MajorD
Let's talk about old times
D MajorD
Night's rolling in, it's cold as sin
A7A7 D MajorD
Here on the welfare line
G+G
Pass around the bottle, boys
D MajorD
Let's talk about old times
D MajorD
Night's rolling in, it's cold as sin
A7A7 D MajorD
Here on the welfare line
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9.) "Against the Wind"
Intro:
E MajorE
Verse 1:
E MajorE
It seems like yesterday
G# minorG#m
But it was long ago
A augmentedA E MajorE
She was lovely, she was the queen of our nights
B7B7 A augmentedA E MajorE
There in the darkness, with the radio playing low
E MajorE
The secrets that we shared
G# minorG#m
The mountains that we moved
A augmentedA E MajorE
Caught like a wildfire and out of control
A augmentedA B7B7
There was nothin' left to burn and nothin' left to prove
Pre-Chorus:
C# minorC#m BB E MajorE
And I remember what she said to me
C# minorC#m A augmentedA E MajorE
How she swore that it would never end
C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA
I remember how she held me, oh, so tight
B7B7
Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then
Chorus:
E MajorE G# minorG#m
Against the wind
A augmentedA E MajorE
We were running against the wind
A augmentedA G# minorG#m
We were young and strong
F# minorF#m A augmentedA E MajorE
But just running against the wind
Verse 2:
E MajorE
The years rolled slowly past
G# minorG#m
I found myself alone
A augmentedA E MajorE
Surrounded by strangers I thought were my friends
B7B7 A augmentedA E MajorE
I found myself further and further from my home
E MajorE
I guess I lost my way
C# minorC#m
There were, oh, so many roads
A augmentedA E MajorE
I was living to run and running to live
A augmentedA B7B7
Never worrying about paying or how much I owed
Pre-Chorus:
C# minorC#m BB E MajorE
Moving eight miles a minute for months at a time
C# minorC#m A augmentedA E MajorE
Breaking all the rules I could bend
C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA
I began to find myself searching
B7B7
Searching for shelter again and again
Chorus:
E MajorE G# minorG#m
Against the wind
A augmentedA E MajorE
We were running against the wind
A augmentedA G# minorG#m F# minorF#m A augmentedA E MajorE
I found myself seeking shelter against the wind
Interlude:
E MajorE G# minorG#m A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA B7B7
Pre-Chorus:
C# minorC#m BB E MajorE
All those drifter's days are past me now
C# minorC#m A augmentedA E MajorE
I've got so much more to think about
C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA
Deadlines and commitments
B7B7
What to leave in, what to leave out
Chorus:
E MajorE G# minorG#m
Against the wind
A augmentedA E MajorE
We were running against the wind
A augmentedA G# minorG#m F# minorF#m A augmentedA E MajorE
We found ourselves seeking shelter against the wind
A augmentedA G# minorG#m B7B7
Outro:
A augmentedA
Against the wind
E MajorE A augmentedA
Against the wind
E MajorE
Against the wind
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10.) "The Twentieth Century Is Almost Over"
Intro:
E MajorE
Verse 1:
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
Back in 1899, everybody sang Auld Lang Syne
E MajorE
A augmentedA hundred years would take a long, long time
B7B7
For every little boy and girl
E MajorE
Now there's just one thing that I would like to know
A augmentedA A7A7 E MajorE
Where did the twentieth century go?
B7B7 E MajorE
I swear it was there just a minute ago, all over this world
Chorus:
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
All over this world, all over this world
B7B7 E MajorE
The twentieth century is almost over, all over this world
Verse 2:
E MajorE
Does anybody recall the Great Depression?
A augmentedA E MajorE
I read all about it in the True Confession
E MajorE
Sorry I was late for the recording session
B7B7
But somebody put me on hold
E MajorE
Did anybody see them linoleum floors
A augmentedA A7A7 E MajorE
Petroleum jelly and two world wars?
B7B7 E MajorE
They went around in revolving doors, all over this world
Chorus:
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
All over this world, all over this world
E MajorE
The twentieth century is almost over
B7B7 E MajorE
Almost over, almost over
E MajorE
The twentieth century is almost over
B7B7 E MajorE
All over this world
Verse 3:
E MajorE
Old father time is a-rumbling and a-rapping
A augmentedA E MajorE
Standing at the window thumping and a-tapping
E MajorE
Everybody's waiting for something to happen
B7B7
I hope it don't happen to you
E MajorE
You know the judgement day is gettin' nearer
A augmentedA A7A7 E MajorE
There it is in the rear-view mirror
B7B7 E MajorE
If you duck down I could see a little clearer, all over this world
Chorus:
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
All over this world, all over this world
E MajorE
The twentieth century is almost over
B7B7 E MajorE
Almost over, almost over
E MajorE
The twentieth century is almost over
B7B7 E MajorE
All over this world
Outro Chorus:
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
All over this world, all over this world
E MajorE
The twentieth century is almost over
B7B7 E MajorE
Almost over, almost over
E MajorE
The twentieth century is almost over
B7B7 E MajorE
All over this world
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
All over this world, all over this world
E MajorE
The twentieth century is almost over
B7B7 E MajorE
Almost over, almost over
E MajorE
The twentieth century is almost over
B7B7 E MajorE
All over this world
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
All over this world, all over this world