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The Highwayman Album by The Highwaymen

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:

Chord diagramA minorAm


Verse 1:
Chord diagramA minorAm     Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramA minorAm
  I was a highwayman, along the coach roads I did ride
Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramFF    Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G
  With sword and pistol by my side
Chord diagramDmDm     Chord diagramA minorAm         Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramFF
  Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade
Chord diagramDmDm     Chord diagramA minorAm        Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramFF
  Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade
Chord diagramA minorAm        Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramFF    Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC majorC
  The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty-five
  Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramG+G
But I am still alive


Verse 2:
Chord diagramA minorAm     Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramA minorAm
  I was a sailor
I was born upon the tide
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramG+G
  And with the sea
I did abide
Chord diagramDmDm      Chord diagramA minorAm         Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramFF
  I sailed a schooner around the horn to Mexico
Chord diagramDmDm     Chord diagramA minorAm         Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramFF
  I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow
Chord diagramA minorAm        Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC
  And when the yards broke off, they said that I got killed
  Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramG+G
But I'm living still
Verse 3:
Chord diagramA minorAm     Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramA minorAm
  I was a dam builder, across a river deep and wide
Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramG+G
  Where steel and water did collide
Chord diagramDmDm        Chord diagramA minorAm       Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramFF
  Chord diagramA augmentedA place called Boulder on the wild Colorado
Chord diagramDmDm        Chord diagramA minorAm       Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramFF
  I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below
Chord diagramA minorAm       Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC
  They buried me in that gray tomb that knows no sound
  Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramG+G
But I am still around


Chorus:
        Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramA minorAm     Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramDmDm  Chord diagramFF Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramC majorC
I'll always be around, and around, and around, and around, and around, and around


Verse 4:
Chord diagramA minorAm     Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramA minorAm
  I fly a starship across the universe divide
Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramG+G
  And when I reach the other side
Chord diagramDmDm       Chord diagramA minorAm        Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramFF
  I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can
Chord diagramDmDm      Chord diagramA minorAm      Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramFF
  Perhaps I may become a highwayman again
Chord diagramA minorAm      Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramC majorC
  Or I may simply be a single drop of rain
Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramG+G
But I will remain


Chorus:
         Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramA minorAm     Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramDmDm Chord diagramFF Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramC 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:

Chord diagramD MajorD


Chorus:
Chord diagramD MajorD
This is the last cowboy song
             Chord diagramG+G
The end of a hundred year waltz
  Chord diagramA7A7
The voices sound sad as they're singing along
              Chord diagramD MajorD
Another piece of America's lost



Verse 1:
Chord diagramD MajorD
He rides the feed lots, clerks in a market
                Chord diagramA7A7
On weekends selling tobacco and beer
    Chord diagramA7A7
And his dreams of tomorrow, surrounded by fences
                        Chord diagramD MajorD
But he'll dream tonight of when fences weren't here


Verse 2:
Chord diagramD MajorD
He blazed the trail with Lewis and Clark
                     Chord diagramA7A7
And eyeball to eyeball, old Wyatt backed down
     Chord diagramA7A7
He stood shoulder to shoulder with Travis in Texas
                      Chord diagramD MajorD
And rode with the Seventh when Custer went down


Chorus:
Chord diagramD MajorD
This is the last cowboy song
             Chord diagramG+G
The end of a hundred year waltz
  Chord diagramA7A7
The voices sound sad as they're singing along
              Chord diagramD MajorD
Another piece of America's lost


Verse 3:
Chord diagramD MajorD
Remington showed us how he looked on canvas
                 Chord diagramA7A7
And Louis L'Amour has told us his tale
    Chord diagramA7A7
Me and Johnny and Waylon and Kris sing about him
                      Chord diagramD MajorD
And wish to God we could have ridden his trail


Verse 4:
Chord diagramD MajorD
  The old Chisholm Trail is covered in concrete now
                    Chord diagramG+G
And they truck 'em to market in fifty foot rigs
Chord diagramA7A7
  They roll by his marker and don't even notice
                     Chord diagramD MajorD
Like living and dying was all he ever did


Chorus:
Chord diagramD MajorD
This is the last cowboy song
             Chord diagramG+G
The end of a hundred year waltz
  Chord diagramA7A7
The voices sound sad as they're singing along
              Chord diagramD MajorD
Another piece of America's lost
Chord diagramD MajorD
This is the last cowboy song
             Chord diagramG+G
The end of a hundred year waltz
  Chord diagramA7A7
The voices sound sad as they're singing along
              Chord diagramD MajorD
Another piece of America's lost

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3.) "Jim
I Wore a Tie Today"

Intro:

Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramG7G7 Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramG7G7



Verse 1:
Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG7G7   Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramC majorC
Jim
Jim
I wore a tie today
Chord diagramFF                 Chord diagramG7G7
  The first one that I ever wore
Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramC7C7    Chord diagramFF
  You have said that I looked like a dummy
Chord diagramD7D7             Chord diagramG7G7
  Out of a dry goods store


Verse 2:
   Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG7G7         Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramC majorC
Oh
Jim
Jim, the preacher said a lot of things
    Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramG7G7
But I didn't hear a word he said
  Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramC7C7    Chord diagramFF
My mind kept wandering back down the trail
Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramG7G7      Chord diagramC majorC
Back to the good times we had


Pre-Chorus:
Chord diagramG7G7             Chord diagramC majorC
  Riding herd through the sun and the rain
Chord diagramG7G7             Chord diagramC majorC
  Panning for gold on the cuff
Chord diagramG7G7             Chord diagramC majorC
  We did everything in the books
I guess
   Chord diagramD7D7             Chord diagramG7G7
And a lot that they never thought up


Chorus:
  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG7G7       Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramC majorC
Oh Jim
Jim so you're riding on ahead
   Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramG7G7
Well, if that's how it's going to be
Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramC7C7     Chord diagramFF
  When you reach those streets paved with gold
Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramG7G7      Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramG7G7
Jim, stake a claim out for me


Verse 4:
Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG7G7                Chord diagramFF
  We did everything we could do for you
Jim, but
   Chord diagramC majorC
Your fever just wouldn't go down
Chord diagramFF
  So we put you in the wagon
Jim
Chord diagramG7G7
  And this morning we got you back to town
Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramC7C7
  But when we got here, you were gone
Jim
      Chord diagramFF
And there wasn't anything anybody could do
    Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramG7G7
They dressed you up in a fancy suit and a necktie
    Chord diagramC majorC
So today, we wore one too


Pre-Chorus:
Chord diagramG7G7             Chord diagramC majorC
  Riding herd through the sun and the rain
Chord diagramG7G7             Chord diagramC majorC
  Panning for gold on the cuff
Chord diagramG7G7             Chord diagramC majorC
  We did everything in the books
I guess
   Chord diagramD7D7             Chord diagramG7G7
And a lot that they never thought up


Chorus:
  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG7G7       Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramC majorC
Oh Jim
Jim so you're riding on ahead
   Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramG7G7
Well, if that's how it's going to be
Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramC7C7     Chord diagramFF
  When you reach those streets paved with gold
Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramG7G7       Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramG7G7 Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramG7G7 Chord diagramC majorC
Jim, stake a claim out for me

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4.) "Big River"

Intro:

Chord diagramE MajorE


Chorus:
 Chord diagramE MajorE
I taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry
                     Chord diagramF#F#     Chord diagramB7B7
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear, blue sky
    Chord diagramE MajorE                   Chord diagramA7A7
And the tears I cried for that woman are gonna flood you, big river
  Chord diagramE MajorE          Chord diagramB7B7      Chord diagramE MajorE
And I'm gonna sit right here until I die



Verse 1:
 Chord diagramE MajorE
I met her accidentally in St. Paul
Minnesota
                      Chord diagramF#F#       Chord diagramB7B7
And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl, southern drawl
   Chord diagramE MajorE                  Chord diagramA7A7
And I heard my dream went back downstream, cavorting in Davenport
   Chord diagramE MajorE         Chord diagramB7B7        Chord diagramE MajorE
And I followed you, big river, when she called


Break:
Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramB7B7  Chord diagramE MajorE


Verse 2:
    Chord diagramE MajorE
Oh, she took me to St. Louis later on, down the river
                       Chord diagramF#F#        Chord diagramB7B7
Chord diagramA augmentedA freighter said, "She's been here, but she's gone, boy, she's gone"
   Chord diagramE MajorE                  Chord diagramA7A7
And I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the block
     Chord diagramE MajorE        Chord diagramB7B7      Chord diagramE MajorE
Raised a few eyebrows and went on down alone


Verse 3:
   Chord diagramE MajorE
Well
I pulled into Natchez next day, down the river
                         Chord diagramF#F#    Chord diagramB7B7
But there wasn't much there to make the rounders stay very long
   Chord diagramE MajorE             Chord diagramA7A7
When I left, it was raining, so nobody saw me cry
  Chord diagramE MajorE        Chord diagramB7B7      Chord diagramE MajorE
Big river, why's she doing me this way?


Break:
Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramB7B7  Chord diagramE MajorE


Verse 4:
        Chord diagramE MajorE
Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge
River Queen, roll it on
                 Chord diagramF#F#      Chord diagramB7B7
Take that woman on down to New Orleans
New Orleans
  Chord diagramE MajorE               Chord diagramA7A7
Go on
I've had enough, dump my blues down in the gulf
Chord diagramE MajorE         Chord diagramB7B7        Chord diagramE MajorE
She loves you, big river, more than me


Chorus:
 Chord diagramE MajorE
I taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry
                     Chord diagramF#F#     Chord diagramB7B7
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
    Chord diagramE MajorE                   Chord diagramA7A7
And the tears I cried for that woman are gonna flood you, big river
  Chord diagramE MajorE          Chord diagramB7B7      Chord diagramE MajorE
And I'm gonna sit right here until I die

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5.) "Committed to Parkview"


Verse 1:
N.C.    Chord diagramA augmentedA              Chord diagramE7E7
There's a man across the hall who sits staring at the floor
                    Chord diagramA augmentedA
He thinks he's Hank Williams, hear him singing through the door
     Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramA augmentedA
Theres a girl in 203 who stops by to visit me
     Chord diagramB7B7              Chord diagramE7E7
And she talks about her songs and the star that she should be
     Chord diagramA augmentedA               Chord diagramD MajorD
There are lots of special people staying in or passing through
    Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramA augmentedA
And for one thing or another, committed to Parkview


Verse 2:
     Chord diagramA augmentedA         Chord diagramE7E7
Theres a girl in 307 coming down on Thorazine
                 Chord diagramA augmentedA
And a superstar's ex-drummer trying to kick Benzedrine
      Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramA augmentedA
There's a boy just down below me who's the son of some well-known
     Chord diagramB7B7                Chord diagramE7E7
He was brought in by his mother 'cause his daddy's always gone
     Chord diagramA augmentedA                Chord diagramD MajorD
Theres a bum from down on Broadway and a few quite well-to-do
     Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramA augmentedA
Who have withdrawn from the rat race and committed to Parkview


Verse 3:
     Chord diagramA augmentedA               Chord diagramE7E7
There's a girl who cries above me loud enough to wake the dead
                      Chord diagramA augmentedA
They don't know what she has taken that has scrambled up her head
     Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramA augmentedA
There's a writer and a singer who has tried and tried and tried
      Chord diagramB7B7               Chord diagramE7E7
They just brought him in this morning, an attempted suicide
     Chord diagramA augmentedA                  Chord diagramD MajorD
There are those who never made it, those who did but now are through
   Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramA augmentedA        Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramA augmentedA
Some came of their own good choosing, some committed to Parkview


Verse 4:
   Chord diagramA augmentedA             Chord diagramE7E7
They wake us about 6:30, just before the morning meal
                     Chord diagramA augmentedA
While they're taking blood pressure, they ask us how we feel
    Chord diagramD MajorD                 Chord diagramA augmentedA
And I always say, "Fantastic, there ain't nothing wrong with me"
       Chord diagramB7B7             Chord diagramE7E7
And then they give me my injection and I go right back to sleep
    Chord diagramA augmentedA               Chord diagramD MajorD
And my days are kind of foggy and the nights are dreamy too
N.C.    Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramA augmentedA
But they're taking good care of me, committed to Parkview

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6.) "Desperados Waiting for a Train"

Intro:

Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA7A7
Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA7A7



Verse 1:
Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramG/BG/B
I'd play the Red River Valley
     Chord diagramA augmentedA              Chord diagramB minorBm
And he'd sit out in the kitchen and cry
      Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramE minorEm        Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramB minorBm
And run his fingers through seventy years of living
       Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramE minorEm         Chord diagramA augmentedA
And wonder, "Lord, has every well I drilled run dry "
         Chord diagramA7A7      Chord diagramD MajorD
We were friends, me and this old man


Chorus:
   Chord diagramB minorBm             Chord diagramG+G
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
   Chord diagramB minorBm             Chord diagramG+G
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD/F#D/F# Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramAsus4Asus4 Chord diagramA augmentedA


Verse 2:
    Chord diagramD MajorD                 Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramG/BG/B
He's a drifter and a driller of oil wells
    Chord diagramA augmentedA           Chord diagramB minorBm
And an old school man of the world
   Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramE minorEm        Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramB minorBm
He'd let me drive his car when he's too drunk to
     Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramE minorEm      Chord diagramA augmentedA
And he'd wink and give me money for the girls
            Chord diagramA7A7        Chord diagramD MajorD
And our lives were like some old western movie


Chorus:
   Chord diagramB minorBm             Chord diagramG+G
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
   Chord diagramB minorBm             Chord diagramG+G
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD/F#D/F# Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramAsus4Asus4 Chord diagramA augmentedA


Verse 3:
     Chord diagramD MajorD                       Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramG/BG/B
From the time that I could walk, he'd take me with him
   Chord diagramA augmentedA              Chord diagramB minorBm
To a bar called the Green Frog Café
        Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramE minorEm           Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramB minorBm
And there were old men with beer guts and dominoes
Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramE minorEm         Chord diagramA augmentedA
Lying about their lives while they'd play
              Chord diagramA7A7     Chord diagramD MajorD
And I was just a kid, they called his sidekick


Chorus:
   Chord diagramB minorBm             Chord diagramG+G
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
   Chord diagramB minorBm             Chord diagramG+G
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD/F#D/F# Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramAsus4Asus4 Chord diagramA augmentedA


Verse 4:
Chord diagramD MajorD                      Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramG/BG/B
One day I looked up and he's pushing eighty
      Chord diagramA augmentedA                 Chord diagramB minorBm
And there's brown tobacco stains all down his chin
  Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramE minorEm       Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramB minorBm
To me he's one of the heroes of this country
  Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramE minorEm        Chord diagramA augmentedA
So why's he all dressed up like them old men?
              Chord diagramA7A7       Chord diagramD MajorD
Drinking beer and playing Moon and Forty-Two


Chorus:
   Chord diagramB minorBm             Chord diagramG+G
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
   Chord diagramB minorBm             Chord diagramG+G
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD/F#D/F# Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramAsus4Asus4 Chord diagramA augmentedA


Verse 5:
Chord diagramD MajorD                      Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramG/BG/B
  The day before he died
I went to see him
Chord diagramA augmentedA               Chord diagramB minorBm
I was grown and he was almost gone
      Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramE minorEm       Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramB minorBm
So we just closed our eyes and dreamed us up a kitchen
  Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramE minorEm        Chord diagramA augmentedA
And sang another verse to that old song
       Chord diagramA7A7              Chord diagramD MajorD
Come on
Jack, that son-of-a-gun's a-coming


Chorus:
   Chord diagramB minorBm             Chord diagramG+G
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
   Chord diagramB minorBm             Chord diagramG+G
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
   Chord diagramB minorBm             Chord diagramG+G
Like desperadoes waiting for a train
   Chord diagramB minorBm             Chord diagramG+G
Like desperadoes waiting for a train

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7.) "Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)"

!: Capo on 5th fret !:

Intro:

Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramD7D7  Chord diagramG+G



Verse 1:
               Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramG+G
The crops are all in and the peaches are rotten
               Chord diagramD7D7    Chord diagramG+G
The oranges are packed in the creosote dumps
     Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G
They're flying them back to the Mexican border
               Chord diagramD7D7     Chord diagramG+G
To save all their money, then wade back again


Verse 2:
              Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramD MajorD
My father's own father, he waded that river
            Chord diagramD7D7       Chord diagramG+G
Others before him have done just the same
   Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G
They died in the hills and they died in the valleys
            Chord diagramD7D7    Chord diagramG+G
Some went to heaven without any name


Chorus:
  Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G
Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita
  Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramD7D7   Chord diagramG+G
Adios mi amigo
Jesus y Maria
   Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane
               Chord diagramD7D7   Chord diagramG+G
All they will call you will be "Deportee"


Interlude:
Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramD7D7  Chord diagramG+G


Verse 3:
              Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G
Some of us are illegal and others not wanted
               Chord diagramD7D7      Chord diagramG+G
Our work contracts out and we have to move on
Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G
Six hundred miles to the Mexican border
                  Chord diagramD7D7       Chord diagramG+G
They chase us like rustlers, like outlaws, like thieves


Chorus:
  Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G
Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita
  Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramD7D7   Chord diagramG+G
Adios mi amigos
Jesus y Maria
   Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane
               Chord diagramD7D7   Chord diagramG+G
All they will call you will be "Deportee"


Interlude:
Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G
   Chord diagramD7D7 Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramG+G
   Chord diagramD7D7 Chord diagramG+G


Verse 4:
   Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G
The sky-plane caught fire over Los Gatos canyon
              Chord diagramD7D7      Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramA augmentedA fireball of thunder that shook all the hills
    Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G
Who are all of these dear friends, scattered like dry leaves
             Chord diagramD7D7    Chord diagramG+G
The radio said they were just deportees


Chorus:
  Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G
Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita
  Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramD7D7   Chord diagramG+G
Adios mi amigos
Jesus y Maria
   Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane
               Chord diagramD7D7   Chord diagramG+G
All they will call you will be "Deportee"
  Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G
Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita
  Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramD7D7   Chord diagramG+G
Adios mi amigos
Jesus y Maria
   Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G
You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane
               Chord diagramD7D7  N.C. Chord diagramG+G
All they will call you will be  "Deportee"

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8.) "Welfare Line"

Intro:

Chord diagramD MajorD



Verse 1:
      Chord diagramD MajorD
Well now, boys
I've been to Bethlehem
             Chord diagramG+G
Rode there on a big steam train
            Chord diagramD MajorD
Lost two fingers in the steel mills
          Chord diagramA7A7    Chord diagramD MajorD
And I ain't goin' back again


Verse 2:
Chord diagramD MajorD
  I fought for my country
           Chord diagramG+G
Lord knows I did my best
           Chord diagramD MajorD
Crawling 'cross some foreign field
           Chord diagramA7A7   Chord diagramD MajorD
They pinned a ribbon to my chest


Chorus:
  Chord diagramG+G
So, pass around the bottle, boys
           Chord diagramD MajorD
Let's talk about old times
    Chord diagramD MajorD
Night's rolling in, it's cold as sin
Chord diagramA7A7         Chord diagramD MajorD
Here on the welfare line


Verse 3:
Chord diagramD MajorD
Served on the Georgia Road Gang
             Chord diagramG+G
Couldn't pay the debts I owe
            Chord diagramD MajorD
'Cause I ain't made of silver
         Chord diagramA7A7    Chord diagramD MajorD
And I ain't never seen no gold


Verse 4:
Chord diagramD MajorD
I still remember Rachel
         Chord diagramG+G
Soft as a velvet gown
           Chord diagramD MajorD
They laid her in the pauper's grave
       Chord diagramA7A7    Chord diagramD MajorD
On the other side of town


Chorus:
  Chord diagramG+G
So, pass around the bottle, boys
           Chord diagramD MajorD
Let's talk about old times
    Chord diagramD MajorD
Night's rolling in, it's cold as sin
Chord diagramA7A7         Chord diagramD MajorD
Here on the welfare line


Interlude:
Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramA7A7 Chord diagramD MajorD


Verse 5:
  Chord diagramD MajorD
Now some folks are born to money
           Chord diagramG+G
You know I wish 'em well
             Chord diagramD MajorD
If the devil should ever want my soul
      Chord diagramA7A7   Chord diagramD MajorD
I swear I'd never sell


Chorus:
  Chord diagramG+G
So, pass around the bottle, boys
           Chord diagramD MajorD
Let's talk about old times
    Chord diagramD MajorD
Night's rolling in, it's cold as sin
Chord diagramA7A7         Chord diagramD MajorD
Here on the welfare line
Chord diagramG+G
Pass around the bottle, boys
           Chord diagramD MajorD
Let's talk about old times
    Chord diagramD MajorD
Night's rolling in, it's cold as sin
Chord diagramA7A7         Chord diagramD MajorD
Here on the welfare line

------------------------------------------------------------------

9.) "Against the Wind"

Intro:

Chord diagramE MajorE



Verse 1:
Chord diagramE MajorE
  It seems like yesterday
Chord diagramG# minorG#m
  But it was long ago
    Chord diagramA augmentedA           Chord diagramE MajorE
She was lovely, she was the queen of our nights
Chord diagramB7B7                Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramE MajorE
There in the darkness, with the radio playing low
Chord diagramE MajorE
  The secrets that we shared
Chord diagramG# minorG#m
  The mountains that we moved
Chord diagramA augmentedA             Chord diagramE MajorE
Caught like a wildfire and out of control
     Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramB7B7
There was nothin' left to burn and nothin' left to prove


Pre-Chorus:
    Chord diagramC# minorC#m     Chord diagramBB      Chord diagramE MajorE
And I remember what she said to me
     Chord diagramC# minorC#m        Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramE MajorE
How she swore that it would never end
  Chord diagramC# minorC#m    Chord diagramBB      Chord diagramA augmentedA
I remember how she held me, oh, so tight
               Chord diagramB7B7
Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then


Chorus:
Chord diagramE MajorE        Chord diagramG# minorG#m
  Against the wind
     Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramE MajorE
We were running against the wind
     Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramG# minorG#m
We were young and strong
     Chord diagramF# minorF#m   Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramE MajorE
But just running against the wind


Verse 2:
  Chord diagramE MajorE
The years rolled slowly past
Chord diagramG# minorG#m
  I found myself alone
  Chord diagramA augmentedA             Chord diagramE MajorE
Surrounded by strangers I thought were my friends
 Chord diagramB7B7            Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramE MajorE
I found myself further and further from my home
Chord diagramE MajorE
I guess I lost my way
      Chord diagramC# minorC#m
There were, oh, so many roads
   Chord diagramA augmentedA         Chord diagramE MajorE
I was living to run and running to live
    Chord diagramA augmentedA              Chord diagramB7B7
Never worrying about paying or how much I owed


Pre-Chorus:
    Chord diagramC# minorC#m      Chord diagramBB     Chord diagramE MajorE
Moving eight miles a minute for months at a time
     Chord diagramC# minorC#m   Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramE MajorE
Breaking all the rules I could bend
   Chord diagramC# minorC#m   Chord diagramBB    Chord diagramA augmentedA
I began to find myself searching
            Chord diagramB7B7
Searching for shelter again and again


Chorus:
Chord diagramE MajorE       Chord diagramG# minorG#m
  Against the wind
     Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramE MajorE
We were running against the wind
  Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramG# minorG#m    Chord diagramF# minorF#m   Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramE MajorE
I found myself seeking shelter against the wind


Interlude:
Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramG# minorG#m  Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramB7B7


Pre-Chorus:
     Chord diagramC# minorC#m    Chord diagramBB    Chord diagramE MajorE
All those drifter's days are past me now
     Chord diagramC# minorC#m   Chord diagramA augmentedA        Chord diagramE MajorE
I've got so much more to think about
Chord diagramC# minorC#m   Chord diagramBB      Chord diagramA augmentedA
  Deadlines and commitments
                 Chord diagramB7B7
What to leave in, what to leave out


Chorus:
Chord diagramE MajorE        Chord diagramG# minorG#m
  Against the wind
     Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramE MajorE
We were running against the wind
  Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramG# minorG#m      Chord diagramF# minorF#m  Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramE MajorE
We found ourselves seeking shelter against the wind
Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramG# minorG#m Chord diagramB7B7


Outro:
       Chord diagramA augmentedA
Against the wind
      Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramA augmentedA
Against the wind
      Chord diagramE MajorE
Against the wind

------------------------------------------------------------------

10.) "The Twentieth Century Is Almost Over"

Intro:

Chord diagramE MajorE



Verse 1:
Chord diagramE MajorE                Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramE MajorE
  Back in 1899, everybody sang Auld Lang Syne
 Chord diagramE MajorE
Chord diagramA augmentedA hundred years would take a long, long time
             Chord diagramB7B7
For every little boy and girl
      Chord diagramE MajorE
Now there's just one thing that I would like to know
       Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramA7A7   Chord diagramE MajorE
Where did the twentieth century go?
                      Chord diagramB7B7    Chord diagramE MajorE
I swear it was there just a minute ago, all over this world


Chorus:
  Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramE MajorE
All over this world, all over this world
                     Chord diagramB7B7    Chord diagramE MajorE
The twentieth century is almost over, all over this world


Verse 2:
   Chord diagramE MajorE
Does anybody recall the Great Depression?
              Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramE MajorE
I read all about it in the True Confession
Chord diagramE MajorE
Sorry I was late for the recording session
            Chord diagramB7B7
But somebody put me on hold
  Chord diagramE MajorE
Did anybody see them linoleum floors
      Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramA7A7    Chord diagramE MajorE
Petroleum jelly and two world wars?
                     Chord diagramB7B7    Chord diagramE MajorE
They went around in revolving doors, all over this world


Chorus:
  Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramE MajorE
All over this world, all over this world
  Chord diagramE MajorE
The twentieth century is almost over
Chord diagramB7B7      Chord diagramE MajorE
Almost over, almost over
  Chord diagramE MajorE
The twentieth century is almost over
  Chord diagramB7B7    Chord diagramE MajorE
All over this world


Verse 3:
  Chord diagramE MajorE
Old father time is a-rumbling and a-rapping
             Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramE MajorE
Standing at the window thumping and a-tapping
Chord diagramE MajorE
Everybody's waiting for something to happen
              Chord diagramB7B7
I hope it don't happen to you
       Chord diagramE MajorE
You know the judgement day is gettin' nearer
     Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramA7A7    Chord diagramE MajorE
There it is in the rear-view mirror
                          Chord diagramB7B7    Chord diagramE MajorE
If you duck down I could see a little clearer, all over this world


Chorus:
  Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramE MajorE
All over this world, all over this world
  Chord diagramE MajorE
The twentieth century is almost over
Chord diagramB7B7      Chord diagramE MajorE
Almost over, almost over
  Chord diagramE MajorE
The twentieth century is almost over
  Chord diagramB7B7    Chord diagramE MajorE
All over this world


Outro Chorus:
  Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramE MajorE
All over this world, all over this world
  Chord diagramE MajorE
The twentieth century is almost over
Chord diagramB7B7      Chord diagramE MajorE
Almost over, almost over
  Chord diagramE MajorE
The twentieth century is almost over
  Chord diagramB7B7    Chord diagramE MajorE
All over this world
  Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramE MajorE
All over this world, all over this world
  Chord diagramE MajorE
The twentieth century is almost over
Chord diagramB7B7      Chord diagramE MajorE
Almost over, almost over
  Chord diagramE MajorE
The twentieth century is almost over
  Chord diagramB7B7    Chord diagramE MajorE
All over this world
  Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramE MajorE
All over this world, all over this world

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