The dashes after a chord, like D - - - , mean additional beats with that same chord--but I skip it if it's obvious what's happening. You may have to adjust your browser zoom setting to get chords and beats to line up with the lyric syllables they start on--to help with that, I've often capitalized the initial and/or chord downbeat words in parts of the songs. If a zoom setting works for one song, it should (hopefully) work for the others.
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1. HARD TRAVELIN' by Watchhouse/Orange Mandolin In G
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmN6jPLswD4&t=27s
[version below is a bit different in some respects...but not in spirit.]
G - - - C - - -
(Is there) ANYBODY out there, who could LEND a helpin' hand, ( )
G - - - D - B -
(Cuz' there's ) SOME parts of this world that I JUST don't understand, ( )
Em - - - C - - -
(Hard) TRAVelin', down the ROAD... ( )
G - B - Em - C -
(I'm feelin') BAD boys, I'm feelin' LOW ( )
G - D - G - - -
(I'm feelin') BAD boys, I'm feelin' LOW
Well, NIGHT after night, -- SHOW after show
So MANY kind faces, -- WE will never know
(Hard) TRAVelin, down the ROAD...
(I'm feelin) BAD boys, I'm feelin' LOW, (I'm feelin) BAD boys, I'm feelin' LOW
SOLOS
OVER by the window, LAYing on the couch,
I'll TOSS and turn a stranger, in SOMEone else's house,
(Hard) TRAVelin, down the road,
(I'm feelin) BAD boys, I'm feelin' LOW, (I'm feelin) BAD boys, I'm feelin' LOW
SOLOS
(Well) WHISKey won't hold you, LIKE a good girl can...,
WHEN the NIGHTS get lonely it can BE your only friend,
(Hard) TRAVelin, down the road,
(I'm feelin) BAD boys, I'm feelin' LOW, (I'm feelin) BAD boys, I'm feelin' LOW (No extra Tag)
Well ONE of these days, I think I MIGHT just head on home,
At LEAST that's what I'm dreamin' as I RAMBLE, and I roam,
(Hard) TRAVelin, down the road,
(I'm feelin) BAD boys, I'm feelin' LOW, (I'm feelin) BAD boys, I'm feelin' LOW (No extra Tag)
Well IF we meet again, sometime IN the coming years,
We'll talk about our loves, our desires and our fears,
(Hard) TRAVelin, down the road,
(I'm feelin) BAD boys, I'm feelin' LOW, (I'm feelin) BAD boys, I'm feelin' LOW (No extra Tag)
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2. JACK-A-ROE (Abridged Grateful Dead version) in B-minor and D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-xy86mFF8g (unabridged)
Bm - D - D - F# - - -
There was a wealthy merchant, in London he did dwell,
Bm - D - G - D - - -
He had a beautiful daughter, the truth to you I'll tell,
Bm - F# - Bm - - -
Ohhh, the truth to you I'll tell...
She had sweethearts aplenty, and men of high degree,
But none but Jack the Sailor, her true love there could be, Ohh, her true love there could be.
Now Jackie's gone a-sailing, with trouble on his mind,
He left his native country, and his darling girl behind, Ohh, his darling girl behind.
SOLOS
She went down to a tailor shop, and dressed in men's array,
She climbed on board a vessel to convey herself away, Ohh, convey herself away.
Before you get on board, sir, your name we'd like to know,
She smiled all in her countenance, they call me Jack-a-Roe, Ohh, they call me Jack-a-Roe.
SOLOS
I know my waist is slender, my fingers they are small,
It would not make me tremble, to see ten thousand fall, Ohh, to see ten thousand fall.
Now when the war was over, she went and looked around,
Among the dead and wounded, her darling boy she found, Ohh, her darling boy she found.
SOLOS
This couple they got married, so well they did agree,
This couple they got married, so why not you and me, Ohh, why not you and me
TAG: Ohh, why not you and me!
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3. RESTLESS by Carl Perkins (O'Connor, Skaggs, Gill) in G
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVsrV4P-lL0 Incredible playing!
G
(Well I) WALKED up to the WINdow, I said GIMME tickets PLEASE
(She said), WHERE-to MISter, I said THAT'S all right with ME
C - - - G - - -
(Cuz I'm) RESTless, I NEED-to GET out of this TOWN...oh yes I DO
A D G - - -
(Take me)WHERE the livin's EASY, O baby THAT'S where I'll be FOUND
I said, HONEY tell the driver, put his BIG foot on the gas
RUN this old grey DOG, just as LONG as it may LAST
(Cuz I'm) RESTless, I need to GET out of this TOWN (I Got To Go)
(Take me) WHERE the livin's EASY, now baby THAT's where I'll be FOUND
SOLOS
I said, HONEY tell the driver, Take me FAR ON down the road
TAKE, this ol' DOG, any PLACE he wants to GO
(Cuz I'm) RESTless, I need to GET out of this TOWN-Cant stick around
(Take me) WHERE the livin's easy Well BABY that's where I'll be FOUND
SOLOS
(Well now I'm) TRAVELIN' light, because I MIGHT be goin' far
I ain't takin' NOTHIN' but my BIG OL red guitar
(Cuz I'm) RESTless, I need to GET out of this TOWN (Aint CominBack)
(Take me) WHERE the livin's easy Hey BABY that's where I'll be FOUND
SOLOS
(I said) HONEY I'm aware, that I AIN'T much of a catch,
But JUST in case you're FEELIN' like you GOT an itch to SCRATCH
(If you're) RESTless, WE needto GET outta this TOWN (LetsHitTheRoad)
(We'll go) WHERE the livin's easy O BABY that's where We'll be FOUND
TAG last line
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4. I GOT MINE by Fiddlin' John Carson (originally) Key of D
This youtube version by James Mathus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHpDhcoDz4E&t=1s
But lyrics in the version below have been modified and augmented using recombinant DNA technology...
1, 1, 4, 1 // 1, 1, 2, 5 // 1, 1, 4, 1 // 4, 1, 5, 1 Same for verse and solo
D - - - G - D -
I went DOWN to a LITTLE crap GAME, IT was aGAINST my WILL,
D - - - E - A -
LOST every THING i HAD in my POCKet, but a GREENback DOLLar BILL.
D - - - G - D
MAN threw the DICE right ON the FLOOR, those THINGS they CUT like KNIVES
G - D - A - D -
I jumped OUT the back DOOR with the MONey and, I GOT MINE.
Chorus:
_I _GOT MINE, BOYS, I GOT MINE...
DIDN'T have ANY good FOOD in JAIL, for __QUITE some TIME...but
EVER since THEN i been LIVIN' right BOYS, I been LIVIN' offa CHICKEN and WINE
I beLONG to the KNOCKdown SoCIEty, BUT I got MINE.
SOLOS
I knew a PREACHer, had a PRETTY wild DAUGHter, SHE was MY good FRIEND
WENT to her HOUSE, as QUIET as a MOUSE, round bout HALF past TEN.
DADDY was aSLEEP, front DOOR was LOCKED, but BOYS i DID just FINE,
I jumped IN the back DOOR now BOYS, and well-I got MINE.
_I _GOT MINE, BOYS, I GOT MINE...
DIDN'T have ANY good FOOD in JAIL, for __QUITE some TIME...but
EVER since THEN i been LIVIN' right BOYS, I been LIVIN' offa CHICKEN and WINE
I beLONG to the KNOCKdown SoCIEty, _BUT I got MINE.
SOLOS
I went DOWN to a LITTLE beer JOINT, had EMPty POCKets to FILL,
i LOOKED inSIDE, saw TWO guys DRINKIN, but NObody NEAR the TILL,
now HOW could I KNOW that THOSE two JOES were OFF duty COPS sippin WINE,
I jumped IN, they said HELLO FRIEND, and OH boys I got MINE.
_I _GOT MINE, BOYS well, _I GOT MINE...
i'm BACK in JAIL without ANY good FOOD, __FOR QUITE some TIME
But WHEN i get OUT i'll be LIVIN' right BOYS, I'll be LIVIN' offa CHICKEN and WINE
I beLONG to the KNOCKdown SoCIEty boys, _BUT I'LL GET MINE.
TAG last line.
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5. BADLY BENT Written: Martha Ellis; 1st done: Lattie Moore, 1953 Key of G
G - C G
I'm GOIN' BACK to the COUNTRY, cuz I can't PAY the RENT
C G G G
now BOYS I ain't exACTly broke, but I'M sure FEELIN' BENT ( )
C - G -
(Can't under-)STANNND... where the money WENN'T... ( )
D D D G -
(well I ain't) BRO - o - OHHKE..., but BROTHer I'm badly BENT...
(When) I get BACK to the COUNTRY, I'll be LIVin' IN a TENT
MA and PA will SURE be MAD, 'bout ALL that MONey I SPENT
They're gonna WONDER, WHERE that money WENT...
(Well I ain't) BRO - o - OHHKE..., but BROTHER I'm badly BENT.
(Well I) HAD a LOT of MONey, but TO the CITY i WENT
i MET those PRETTY CITY GIRLS, and THATS where the MONEY WENT,
(So now i) KNOW Lord..., right WHERE it WENT... ( )
(Well I ain't) BRO - o - OHHKE..., but BROTHER I'm badly BENT.
A PREACHer said he'd HELP me, IF i WOULD rePENT
i ASKED him FOR a DOLLar, HE said, THAT ain't WHAT i MEANT
(i told him) GOD KNOWS where the MONey WENNT.... ( )
(well i ain't) BRO - o -OHHKE..., but BROTHER I'm BADly BENT. (TAG)
(No i ain't BRO - o -OHHKE..., but BROTHER I'm BADly BENT.
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6. WHITE FREIGHTLINER BLUES Townes Van Zandt Key of D
4,4,1,1 // 4,4,1,1 // 5,4,1,1 (12 Bar Blues-ish, but starting on 4)
G D
I'm goin' OUT on the hiway, listen to them big trucks WHINE
G D
I'm goin' out on the hiway, listen to them big trucks whine...
A G D
White freightliner..., won't you steal away my mind
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Now, new MEXico ain't BAD Lord, _the people THERE, they treat you KIND
Now, New Mexico ain't bad Lord, _the people there, they treat you kind
White freightliner..., won't you steal away my mind
Well, it's BAD news from HOUSton..., HALF my friends are DYIN'
Well, it's bad news from Houston..., half my friends are dyin'
White freightliner..., won't you steal away my mind
Ah, LORD I'm gonna RAMble, _til I get BACK to where I came,
Ah, Lord I'm gonna ramble, til I get back to where I came,
White freightliner..., won't you steal away my brain
I'm goin' out on the hiway, listen to them big trucks whine
I'm goin' out on the hiway, listen to them big trucks whine
White freightliner..., won't you steal away my mind.
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7. THERE IS A TIME By the Dillards Key of E-minor/G
6m 6m [E-minor]
(There is a) time... for love and laughter,
1 6m [G to Em]
(The days will) pass... like summer storms
1 6m [G to Em]
(The winter) wind... will follow after
4 - 5 - 6m [ C to D , Em]
(But there is) lovve _ - and love-is warm..
CHORUS:
(There is a) TIME... for us to WANDER
(When time is) YOUNG... and so are WE
(The woods are) GREEN...er over YONDER
(The path is) NEW... the world is FREE
There is a time... when leaves are fallin'
The woods are gray..., the paths are old
The snow will come... when geese are callin'
You need a fire... against the cold
[Chorus]
So do your roaming... in-the springtime
You'll find your love... in-the summer sun
The frost will come... and bring the harvest
And you can sleep... when-the day-is done
[Chorus and TAG]
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8. Nine Pound Hammer Key of G
G C
(Well the Nine Pound) HAMmer, It's a little too HEAVY,
G D G
(Well for my) SIZE, now, Buddy for my SIZE.
(That Nine pound) HAMMER, Killed old John HENRY,
(But it won't kill) ME, Lord, it won't kill ME.
(Oh, Roll on) BUDDY, with a load of COAL
(How can I) PULL, Lord, when the wheels won't ROLL.
That rings like MINE Lord, that rings like MINE.
She rings like SILVER, she shines like GOLD.
(How can I) PULL, Lord, when the wheels won't ROLL...
It's a long way to HARLAN, It's a long way to HAZARD,
Just to get a little BREW, Lord, just to get a little BREW
Goin' up on the MOUNtain, gotta see my BABY,
But I ain't coming back, Lord, ain't coming BACK.
(Oh, Roll on) BUDDY, with a load of COAL
(How can I) PULL, Lord, when the wheels won't ROLL...
You can take my HAMMER, and give it to the CAPTAIN,
And tell him I'm GONE, Lord, now tell him I'm GONE.
And if he ASKS you, where I done GONE to,
Tell him you don't KNOW, Lord, Buddy you don't KNOW
(Oh, Roll on) BUDDY, with a load of COAL
(How can I) PULL, Lord, when the wheels won't ROLL...
TAG: (Oh, Roll on) BUDDY, with a load of COAL
(How can I) PULL, Lord, when the wheels won't ROLL...
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Rosa Lee McFall (orig. by Charlie Monroe) Key of D 128 bpm
D(1) D Bm(6m) D
[Out] ONnnn the lonesome hillside, in a CAhhhbin low and small
Bm D A(5) D
Lived the SWEEEETest rose of color -- my ROhhhsa Lee McFall
Her HAIR was brightsome color and her VOICE was sweet to me
I KNOWWW I'll always love her, and I HOPE that she loved me.
[SOLOS]
I ASKED her to be my DARling, and THIS is what she said
you KNOW-that-I-will OHN-ly be happy, when YOU and I are wed
But GOD way up in HEAVen, one DAY for her did call
I lost my BRIDE, oh how I truly loved her, My ROsa Lee McFall
[SOLOS]
I've SEARCHED the wide world OVer, in CITies great and small
But I've NEVVV-er ever found another, like my ROsa Lee McFall.
[SOLOS]
V6: Out ON the flowered hillside, where her VOICE to me does call
LIves my SWEETheart of the mountains, my ROsa Lee McFall
[TAG Last line:]
(Yes she's my) SWEETHEART of the MEADOWS and the MOUNTains,
My ROsa Lee McFall (2, 3-4 5.)
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