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Akua tuta, akua tuta
Akua tuta tshekuan kaminekuin
Akua tuta
Naketuenta kiei tshin tshekuan
Kanetaunekuin
Hey, hey, hey

Akua tuta
Akua tuta tshekuan kakunuene mekuin ?
Akua tuta
Naketuanta kiei tshin tshekuan kauitshikuin
Hey, hey, hey
Akua tshe tessinnu

Akua tuta nete kiei tshin kanetaunekuin
Akua tshe mushumenut
Akua kiei tshukumenut eshei
Akua tshe tuassimenut
Akua kiei tsheshimenut eshei
Hey, hey, hey

Old man sailin' in a dinghy boat
Down there old man down is baitin' a hook
On there gonna pull man down on a suckling hook
Gonna pull man down on a suckling hook
Oh yeah!

Now he's underneath that suckling tree oh yeah!
Under that suckling tree oh yeah!
That's underneath that tree
There's gonna be just you and me
Underneath that apple suckling tree
Oh yeah!

I push him back and i stand in line oh yeah!
Then i hush my sadie and stand in line oh yeah!
Then i hush my sadie and stand in line
I get on board in two-eyed time
Oh yeah!

Under that suckling tree oh yeah!
Under that suckling tree oh yeah!
Underneath that tree there's just gonna be you and me
Under that suckling tree oh yeah!
Oh yeah!

Now who's on the table who's to tell me oh yeah!
Now who's on the table who's to tell me oh yeah!
Who should i tell oh who should i tell
The forty-nine of you go burn in hell
Oh underneath that old apple suckling tree

Crow has brought the message
To the children of the sun
For the return of the buffalo
And for a better day to come

You can kill my body
You can damn my soul
For not believing in your god
And some world down below

You don't stand a chance
Against my prayers
You don't stand a chance
Against my love
They outlawed the ghost dance
But we shall live again,
We shall live again

My sister above
She has red paint
She died at wounded knee
Like a later day saint

You got the big drum in the distance
Blackbird in the sky
That's the sound that you hear
When the buffalo cry

You don't stand a chance
Against my prayers
You don't stand a chance
Against my love
They outlawed the ghost dance
But we shall live again,
We shall live again

Crazy horse was a mystic
He knew the secret of the trance
And sitting bull the great apostle
Of the ghost dance

Come on comanche
Come on blackfoot
Come on shoshone
Come on cheyenne

We shall live again

Come on arapaho
Come on cherokee
Come on paiute
Come on sioux

We shall live again

Gm c gm c
He was born in the belly of the country, over east of eden, yeah.
Gm c gm c
Confused by the big city blues, he didn't know who's life he's leading, no.
Cm f cm f
Put yourself behind the wheel and see if you can get that feel, oh;
Gm c gm c
Move faster by night, yeah, move faster by night, mm.
Am d am d
The windows were all shattered, and the body was all battered
Eb f gm
American roulette, stake your life upon it.
Eb f gm
American roulette, same eyes, same eyes.
Eb f gm7
American roulette.

Gm c
Take the boy and put him in a mansion; paint the windows black.
Gm
Give him all the women that he wants, put a monkey on his back.
Cm f cm7 f
All of your so called friends, a-take you where the sidewalk ends, i said.
Gm7
Can't sleep at night, no, can't sleep at night, mm.
A d a d
God please save his soul; he was the king of rock and roll.
Eb f gm
American roulette, stake your life upon it,
Eb f gm
American roulette, same eyes, same eyes.
Eb f gm7
American roulette.

Gm c
They say you didn't have a chance in hell, for the american dream.
Gm
There's a thousand young blondes out there try'n to make itto the silver screen.
Cm f cm7 f
But she had the walk, the look, the heart that shook the world, read about it.
Gm7
Some like it hot, boy. some like it cool, mm.
A d a d
Too much for her to handle, another scandal, she burned the candle.
Eb f gm
American roulette, stake your life upon it,
Eb f gm
American roulette, same eyes, same eyes.
Eb f gm7
American roulette.

(after soloing)
A d a d
Say a prayer for the lost generation, who spin the wheel out of desperation.
Eb f gm
American roulette, stake your life upon it,
Eb f gm
American roulette, same eyes, same eyes.
Eb f gm7
American roulette.

I know i want you, i'm tired of cryin
I can't help the way you feel
No time like the present, let's not waste a minute
I can give it, and i can take it..how bout you?
I just wanna make it up ... don't wanna fake it
I just wanna shake it up ... shake it shake it shake it

Now the bottles empty, storms passin over
I've been alone here too long in my room
There's no fields of clover
No white clouds driftin over
I wanna be where the sun shines on you
I just wanna make it up, don't wanna fake it
I just wanna shake it up ... shake it shake it shake it

If you think i'm crazy, or just a bit too lazy
Well that ain't been my main excuse
I don't wanna hide, these feelings inside me
I just wanna share them all with you
I just wanna make it up, don't wanna fake it
I just wanna shake it up ... shake it shake it shake it

Chorus:
C e-
Out of this world
A-
Out of this mind
F g7 c f / g / c
Out of this love for you
C e-
Out of this world
A- a- / g7 /f
Out of the blue
F g c f/ g / c
Out of this love for you


C e-
Sometimes i don't know you
A- a- /g7 / f
You're like someone else
F c
But that's allright
F g
I'm a stranger here myself


C e-
She don't shed a tear
A- a- / g7/ f
When i walk out that door
F c
She knows, she knows
F g
I'll be coming back for more


Chorus
C e-
It's in the cards
A- a-/ g7 / f
It's written in the stars
F c
It's in the wee-wee hours
G g7
In some lonely bar

C e-
She don't stay up all night
A- a-/ g7 / f
And walk the floor
F c
She knows damn well
G g7
I'll be coming back for more

Chorus

G d
Who else is gonna bring you
Em c
A broken arrow
G d
Who else is gonna bring you
Em c
A bottle of rain
G em f c
There he goes, moving across the water
G em f c
There he goes turning my whole
G
World around

G
Do you feel what i feel
D g em
Can we make that so it's part of the deal
C /d g /f#
I gotta hold you in these arms of steel
Em d d7
Lay your heart on the line ... this time


I wanna breathe when you breathe
When you whisper like that hot
Summer breeze
Count the beads of sweat that cover me
Didn't you show me a sign, this time

Who else is gonna bring you
A broken arrow
Who else is gonna bring you
A bottle of rain
There he goes, moving across the water
There he goes turning my whole
World around

Can you see what i see
Can you cut behind the mystery
I will meet you by the witness tree
Leave the whole world behind

I want to come when you call
I'll get to you if i have to crawl
They can't hold me with these iron walls
We've got mountains to climb

Who else is gonna bring you
A broken arrow
Who else is gonna bring you
A bottle of rain
There he goes, moving across the water
There he goes turning my whole
World around

We n' de ya ho, we n' de ya ho,
We n' de ya, we n' de ya ho ho ho ho,
He ya ho, he ya ho, ya ya ya

Translation - we n' de ya ho
Freely translated: "a we n'" (i am), "de" (of), "yauh" --the-- (great spirit), "ho" (it is so).
Written as: a we n' de yauh ho (i am of the great spirit, ho!).
This language stems from very ancient cherokee

Intro: am am/g d e
Am am/g d e
E am am/g d e a5 am

Am
Soldier of fortune
He's a man of war
Just can't remember
What he's fighting for
Start a revolution
Right before your eyes
When you hear the big bang
Don't you be surprised

C c/e
Showdown at big sky
F d7
Darkness at high noon
C c/e
Showdown at big sky
F d7
That day may be soon
C
People, people
Can you hear the sound
F d7
From every village and every town
C
Let the bells ring out
C/e
Hear the bells ring in
F
Let the bells ring out
D
Keep them ringing, ringing

Can't predict the future
Can't forget the past
Feels like any moment
Could be the last
All you believers
Standing inside this room
Can't you see it coming
Shooting out across the moon

Save this place
In the valley of tears
By the river of time
From weapons race
In the book of david
In the holy bible
When it's laid to waste
It will be written
By the children of eden
I said save this place
And the holy ghost

Showdown at big sky
Darkness at high noon
Showdown at big sky
That day may be soon
People, people
Can you hear the sound
From every village and every town
Let the bells ring out
Hear the bells ring in
Let the bells ring out
Keep them ringing, ringing

Save this place
In the valley of tears
By the river of time
From weapons race
In the book of david
In the holy bible
When it's laid to waste
It will be written
By the children of eden
I said save this place
And the holy ghost

Showdown at big sky
Darkness at high noon
Kiss tomorrow goodbye
That day could be soon
Give us strength
Give us wisdom
And give us the morals
Let the bells ring out
Hear the bells ring in
Let the bells ring out
Keep them ringing, ringing
Let the bells ring out
Hear the bells ring in
Let the bells ring out
Keep them ringing, ringing

Mahk jchi tahm buooi yahmpi gidi
Mahk jchi taum buooi kan spewa ebi
Mahmpi wah hoka yee monk
Tahond tani kiyee tiyee
Gee we-me eetiyee
Nanka yaht yamoonieah wajitse

Sometimes life can hit so hard
It can knock you off your feet
Leave you stranded by the side of the road
Livin' on the street

I've been down that path before
From the bottom to the top
I kept pushin' for something more
And i didn't know how to stop

Save me from the madness
Save me from myself
Save me from the sadness
Of losing someone else

Carry me carry me
Carry me carry me
Carry me home
Carry me home

When i'm down
You lift me up
When i'm out you reel me in
You have come to change my blood
Forgive me for my sins

Carry me carry me
Carry me carry me
Carry me home
Carry me home

Save me from the darkness
Save me from the hardness
Carry me carry me
Carry me home

Just the other night
I saw a haunted man
He had a beautiful raincoat
I felt a pain of terrific sadness for him
Then i realized i was watching myself
Six months down the road

You know god
Only gives you
The things you sort out
Never the big stuff
That way he can make sure
That you stick around until
The end of the party

Carry me carry me
Carry me carry me
Carry me home
Carry me home

Save me from the darkness
Save me from the hardness

Carry me carry me
Carry me carry me
Carry me home

Capo 3rd fret (sounding key bb major)

G

G
Now, there's a certain thing
Em
That i learned from jim
G d
That he'd always make sure i'd understand
G
And that is that there's a certain way
Em
We all must swim
C
If we expect to live off
D
Of the fat of the land.

Am
Open the door, rachel [richard?],

I've heard it said before.

Open the door, rachel,

I've heard it said before
C g
But i ain't gonna hear it said no more.

Now, there's a certain thing
That i learned from my friend, mouse
A fella who never blushes
And that is that one must always
Flush out his house
If he don't expect to be housing flushes.

Chorus

"take care of all your memories"
Said mick
"for you cannot relive them
And remember when you're out there
Tryin' to heal the sick
That you must always
First forgive them."

Chorus

I've told you once, now you should know
The reason that i'm coming down.
There ain't no time to repeat again;
Just need to bring it around.

We had a beautiful thing going,
You couldn't see things my way.
We had a beautiful thing going,
Something just got in our way.

And i told you once that it was rough.
I looked on you as my friend,
Because that did not seem to be good enough,
And now it's time to begin.

We've got a beautiful thing going,
I hope that's the way it will stay.
We've got a beautiful thing going,
Nothing can stand in our way.

Look over yonder, apollo at a distance
You can hear his music if you listen to the wind (blow)
I want to be there - i want to be right there

Bear witness, i'm wailing like the wind
Come bear witness, the half-breed rides again
In these hands, i've held the broken dream
In my soul, i'm howling at the moon

Testimony, testimony
Declare yourself - i will testify
Testimony, testimony
Speak the truth, i will testify

I had a revelation like runaway horses
Took to the road with a carnival show (roll on)
Those golden days on smokey mountain
Playing guitar in a one man band

Bear witness, i'm howling at the moon
Come bear witness, i've danced among the ruins
In these shoes, i've walked a crooked mile
All my life i been searching for the nightbird

Testimony, testimony
Declare yourself - i will testify
Testimony, testimony
Speak the truth, i will testify

Are you ready to take the heat
Are you ready to blow the steam
Are you ready to bag the street
You got nothing to lose - but your chains

For forty days and forty nights
I come across the desert
Apollo right by mide side (rave on)

Bear witness, i'm wailing like the wind
Come bear witness, the half-breed rides again
In these hands, i've held the broken dream
In my soul, i'm howling at the moon

Testimony, testimony
Declare yourself - i will testify
Testimony, testimony
Speak the truth, i will testify

Alone in the shadows, of a willow tree
I watched from the dark
As you crossed through the park
Coming closer to me
Those brief moments return of the day we first met
The time we shared with that special care
Free from all jealousy
There must be a distant place
Far from every wrong face
Tears won't fall by chance
On this sweet romance ...

Where the light of the moon, and the lay of the land
Brightened the way of so many nights
Helping us understand
The line that we crossed, to climb those hills
Gave us the strength to never fear
The hurting talk folks want to hear
There must be a different place
Far from every wrong face
Tears won't fall by chance
On this sweet romance ...

When they hear, of our last goodbye
They'll have to seek another dream to surprise
With desperate lies
As we parade, far from these streets
We'll be side by side, livin life in pride
With love's lullabye
There must be a distant place
Far from every wrong face
Tears won't fall by chance
On this sweet romance ...

(there's a little riff at the begining and that goes in between the the g chord during the first part of the verse. it's all on the low e string - e -0-1-2h3. listen to the record to get the tim
Ight. h=hammer-on.)

{g} wrote a letter this mornin',
Put it in your hat,
'cause no one to read it
And i know you knew that.
{f} i bought a joke, {g} a trick or two,
{c}just to {c/b} bring and {am}show {am/g}you,
{f} caught ya with the {g} trickster too.
{c} sometimes i {c/b} wonder {am} how ya {am/g} knew
{am} a hypnotist, fancytalker,
Ruben remus ain't no doctor {c bb f c}

I knew the man and tried to remember
Just where it was that i'd seen his face.
Long ago, in a movie show,
He was like that man singin' bass.
Knew him by his nurs'ry rhyme:
The story of the rabbit man.
Fell right in and said to him:
"i'd like to help you if i can."
I know the film would only shock ya,
Ruben remus ain't no doctor!

He only needed what you had,
Asked for nothing more,
Said he'd like to take you on,
But it's been done before.
You couldn't see he's a travelin' man
And he cannot take your hand.
It's very hard to understand
Why his songs were never banned.
Guess the man would never knock ya,
Ruben remus ain't no doctor!

No one seen ya since he's been gone,
It's been a day, maybe more.
I took a walk in your yard
And knocked on your back door.
Why don't you let me in?
I'm not the man who did ya in.
Is mr. remus still your friend?
You say you don't remember him.
Turn me down, would ya?
Well, i've got news for you.
Turn me down would ya,
Can't ya tell
I'm gonna change your mind before i'm... trough...

Den mannen kom fra en helt annet tid
Som et gjenskinn fra en ild som brant en gang
Den mannen ble en venn av mitt liv
Så blei han stille og så blei han en sang
Og hvem skal dømme?
Månen steig og sank
Og glassene blei tømt
Vi er; vi drømmer
Så blir det daggry
Og drømmene er drømt

Den dagen var som en helt vanlig dag
Du veit; en sånn dag da ikke noe skjer
Så ringer noen et sted langt borte fra
Og sier at han som var her, han er ikke mer

Og hvem skal dømme?
Månen steig og sank
Og glassene blei tømt
Vi er; vi drømmer
Så blir det daggry
Og drømmene er drømt

Den mannen var fra en helt annet tid
Den tida som alle mine sanger kommer fra
Det skreik en fugl, noen skyer drev forbi
Men ellers var det en helt vanlig dag

Og hvem skal dømme?
Månen steig og sank
Og glassene blei tømt
Vi er; vi drømmer
Så blir det daggry
Og drømmene er drømt

Så blir det daggry
Og drømmene er drømt

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

That man came from a whole other time
Like reflections of a fire that burned long ago
That man became my friend for life
Then he was silenced, and so became a song
And who should judge?
The moon rose and fell
And the glasses were emptied
We are, we dream
Then the dawn comes
And our dreams are dreamt

That day was just like any other day
You know, a day when nothing much happens
Then someone calls from a place far away
And says that he who was here, he isn't anymore

And who should judge?
The moon rose and fell
And the glasses were emptied
We are, we dream
Then the dawn comes
And our dreams are dreamt

The man was from a whole other time
The time where all my songs come from
A bird cried, some clouds drifted by
But otherwise, it was a completely ordinary day

And who should judge?
The moon rose and fell
And the glasses were emptied
We are, we dream
Then the dawn comes
And our dreams are dreamt

Then the dawn comes
And our dreams are dreamt

You got me spinning
You got me spinning like a spinning top
You got me hoping
Hoping this love will never stop

(refrain)
You gave your love to me, and all my dreams
Your love is making me believe in me

You got me burning
You got me burning like a pile of steam
You got me ruuning
Got me running like a pile of steam

(refrain)

You got me knowing
Knowing that you in my life i'd spend
You got me rolling
Rolling like a river around the bend
You got me turning
Turning around like a spinning top
You know you got me knowing
Knowing our love would never stop

When you grow up on blue highways
And that's what you call home
All the people would stop and stare
At this old orphan of the road

In the beginning they did not believe me
But they believe me now
Tell my mama and tell my papa
I wish they could see me now

Chorus:
I'm coming back
For the resurrection
For the resurrection
I'm coming back
For the resurrection
For the resurrection

You're an outcast in a land of strangers
And that'a a cardinal sin
Make a break for the outside world
And they won't let you in

If you get lost out on coney island
Tell all my friends hello
That's where i learned the rules of the game
They taught me all i know

Chorus

You were drowning in a sea of laughter
Tears were in your eyes
When you found out what you were after
I could see your spirit rise

Chorus

Mama, she done told me
She didn't like this rock and roll
But mama, mama, please
Mama, you just don't know
I don't want to hang up my rock and roll shoes
I don't want to hang up my rock and roll shoes
I get an old time feeling
Every time i hear the blues

They told me, "get a job
And set yourself a goal"
But can't they understand
I just want to rock and roll
I don't want to hang up my rock and roll shoes
I don't want to hang up my rock and roll shoes
Something happens to me
Every time i hear the blues

I will do my homework
I'll clean the yard every day
I will even do the dishes
I'll do anything you say

That say that rock and roll
It'll soon fade away
But i just want to tell you
Rock and roll is here to stay
I don't want to hang up my rock and roll shoes
I don't want to hang up my rock and roll shoes
I get a good time feeling
Every time i hear the blues

Some might even say
It put the devil in my soul
But that's a bunch of shit
I just want to rock and roll
I don't want to hang up my rock and roll shoes
I don't want to hang up my rock and roll shoes
My feets got to move now
Every time i hear the blues

I took my bucket down to the well
There's a (desert?) woman, sweet mystery
She let the rope fall down in the well
Like it was meant to be

She put the jug upon her head
Walked with her back to the wind
I followed her tracks the moment she said
"why don't you come in?"

Chorus:
She killed the light, she dropped her glove
She said "are you looking for trouble
Or looking for love, love, love?"

I woke in the morning dying of thirst
Headed straight back to the well
There she was with a jug on her head
The rope had just fell

The well in her eyes was deep and black
With no question or answer
She wiped my brow and i followed her back
To the tropic of cancer

Chorus

Intro: d5 e5 e
E a d
E a d

E a d e a d
It's way up in the black hills where we come from
E a d e a d
There's a girl and she warned me don't pick up that gun
E a
By the law of the land
E a
By the promise that might is right
E a d e
She would hold me and cry - don't you go off and fight
D dsus
Somebody knocking at my door
B5 c g
Oh, i been called to war
D dsus
Say goodbye to tobacco road
A7
Wear my colors, call my brothers
C
And for my country i'll go

E a d e
Down on hell's half acre
E a d e
Shakin' with fever
E a d e
Rumble in the jungle
E d e
Down on hell's half acre

She wrote me a letter and said what have they done
Placed a crown of thorns an this native son
Oh, maybe they're right, but maybe they're wrong
But what can i do, you're not here you're gone

Something in the air is much too quiet
Hear my heartbeat
The storms that rages from within
Three times thunder, blood runs cold
Got this wound on my soul

Down on hell's half acre
Walking on fire
We got trouble in the wasteland
Down on hell's half acre

Back in the land where buffalo roam
Oh is this my home
She said you've changed, you're not the same
Clouds of napalm and the opium
The damage was already done

Down on hell's half acre
Shakin' with fever
Rumble in the jungle
Down on hell's half acre

Down on hell's half acre
Walking on fire
We got trouble in the wasteland
Down on hell's half acre

I don't think i could tell you when
I'll be coming back this way again
Got no way of knowin, how far i'll be goin
Or how long i might be stayin
Been puttin it off too long
Time to be movin on
There's so much that i'd like to see ...

You might catch me down in new mexico
Got some folks there that i used to know
But i'd be wastin time, you know just what i'd find
More of the same that made me leave there
Been puttin it off too long, time to be movin on
And there's so much that i'd like to see ...

If i go back to new mexico
And all of those people that i used to know
I'd be wastin time, you know just what i'd find
More of the same that made me leave there
Been puttin it off too long, time to be movin on
And there's still so much that i'd like to see ...

Welcome to my country
Welcome to my home
You could stay forever
You won't leave it alone

Welcome to the bush
Take what you may need
When shove comes to push
You want me to leave

Chorus:
I can't let go of the painted desert
I can't let go of the old way
I can't let go of the homeland
It's in the blood i can't let go

I can stand up through your destruction
My voice will tremble
My hands will shake
Yes i can stand up through your destruction
I won't break
I won't break

I could hear the voices
I could hear the voices
I could hear the voices
Coming through the night

Chorus

Sweat it out, sweat it out
Let it out, let it out
Sweat it out
Let it out
Get it outa my head

Chorus:
I can't let go of the painted desert
I can't let go of the old way
I can't let go of the ancient ways
It's in the blood i can't let go
It's in the blood
It's in the blood i can't let go

What a town what a town what a town
I fall in love every time i turn around

I looked to my left, looked to my right
And what do i see?
All the young girls dreaming, old ones scheming
Call girls calling after me

What a town what a town what a town
I fall in love every time i turn around

The music was playin, the people were swayin
Keepin the beat
In the alley, where they all rally
On them old cobblestone streets

What a town what a town what a town
I fall in love every time i turn around

Now i'm going home, i'm all alone
I'm putting my day to an end
So many places, so many faces
All of these people my friends

What a town what a town what a town
I fall in love every time i turn around...

The sun was going down
Over echo park
Wet raven hair
Glowing in the dark
And that's when the fever would rise
And lord what a look in her eyes
From the moment that she blows out the light
We'd be lost in the forever night

Chorus:
Hold back the dawn
Hold back the dawn
Won't you raise up your hand
And hold back the dawn

I dreamt if i could lay you upon this
Bed of straw
We may break the rules but we don't
Break the law
Come across but the river's too wide
Come across but the river's too high
Over by the fountain where we meet
I will lay silver roses at your feet

Chorus

Now i have seen a painting
Old and hanging in a frame
And that painting was of you
Now how can you explain
From another place in time
Done many years ago
Why i'm haunted by this vision
Guess we'll never know
Then she turned and whispered in my ear
Can you feel my heart beat

Chorus

Won't you raise
Won't you raise up
Won't you raise up your hand
And hold back the dawn

Chorus

If i never saw you
You'd still live in my dreams
Calling out from stages
And music magazines
?if i were a painter
You'd be green and gold
Carved out of matches
But broken out of stone
?taken from the fire of your fiddle
Words of unspoken, blinding truth
If i couldn't see it, i was lost in my youth
But i'm going back to memphis - after you.
?if i could have seen you
With blood on your bones
Poison in your fingers
But music in your soul
?you could have been my lover
Taught me everything i know
But now we are your children
Your flowers in the snow
?but all you ever wanted was to see the heart of the city, oh
And all you ever got was hand to mouth
So i know you'll be walking for a long, long time
Cause you're going back to memphis - heading south.
?brothers till the night came
And whispered in the pines
Tempting me with secrets
To play a game with time
?now i feel you in the walls
And i know you're in the air
And it's just like i can touch you
You're living everywhere
?but all you ever wanted was to be in the heart of the city, oh
And all you ever got was handed out
So i know we'll be walking for a long, long time
Cause we're going back to memphis - heading south
Going back to memphis - heading south. ?

Capo 2nd fret (sounding key a major)

G d
I'm going down to rose marie's
C g
She never does me wrong.
G d
She puts it to me plain as day
C g
And gives it to me for a song.
G g7
It's a wicked life but what the hell
C am
[and] everybody's got to eat
G d
And i'm just the same as anyone else
C am
When it comes to scratching for my meals *)

G c
Goin' to acapulco
G f
Goin' on the run.
G c
Goin' down to see soft gut
G am
Goin' to have some fun.
(n.c.)
Yeah

G
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G
Goin' to have some fun.

Now, whenever i get up
And can't find what i need,
I just make it down to rose marie's
And get something quick to eat.
It's not a bad way to make a living
And i ain't complainin' none.
For i can blow my plum and drink my rum
And then go on home and have my fun

Goin' to acapulco
Goin' on the run.
Goin' down to see soft gut
Goin' to have some fun.
Yeah
Goin' to have some fun.

Now, if someone offers me a joke
I just say no thanks.
I try to tell it like it is
And keep away from pranks.
Well, everytime, you know, when the well breaks down
I just go pump on it some.
Rose marie, she likes to go to big places
And just sit there waitin' for me to come.

Goin' to acapulco
Goin' on the run.
Goin' down to see soft gut
Goin' to have some fun.
Yeah
Goin' to have some fun.

Hide in the bayou under the gun
Been to the house of the rising sun
Come down here trying to make a connection
Must have a bad sense of direction

Chorus:
Go back go back to your woods
Go back go back go back to your woods

Carry a torch and an old stiletto
The sound of thunder all over the ghetto
One-eyed jacks and king with the axe
Come from the wrong side of the tracks

Chorus

When the night goes down on storyville
If the women don't get ya, the music will
Catch a thrill

You come down here in a four piece suit
Pork pie hat and the alligator boots
Keep jerking rabbits outta your hat
Now can ya pull a disappearing act

Chorus

When the night goes down on storyville
If the women don't get ya, the music will
Catch a thrill

Go back go back to your woods...

G

(n.c.) c
Nothing was delivered
G
And i tell this truth to you,
D
Not out of spite or anger
G (c/g g)
But simply because it's true.
(n.c.) c
Now, i hope you won't object to this,
G
Giving back all of what you owe,
D
The fewer words you have to waste on this,
G (c/g g)
The sooner you can go.
(n.c.) em g
Nothing is better, nothing is best,
G d/f# c/e g c d(/a) g
Take care of yourself and get plenty of rest.

Nothing was delivered
But i can't say i sympathize
With what your fate is going to be,
Yes, for telling all those lies.
Now you must provide some answers
For what you sold has not been received,
And the sooner you come up with them,
The sooner you can leave.

Nothing is better, nothing is best,
Take heed of this and get plenty rest.

(now you know)
Nothing was delivered
And it's up to you to say
Just what you had in mind
When you made ev'rybody pay.
No, nothing was delivered,
Yes, 'n' someone must explain
That as long as it takes to do this
Then that's how long that you'll remain.

Nothing is better, nothing is best,
Take heed of this and get plenty rest.

You got lost in the crowd
The waves of people in chinatown
Can't get behind this mystery
Do you believe everything you see

Just a shadow in the streetlight
Just a shadow on the wall
A silhouette, face in the darkness
I've been waiting for the call

Chorus:
We'll go marching in the night parade
We'll be marching in the night parade

I combed the streets like cloak and dagger
I put the word out on the waterfront
We were living hard, living fast
Outrunning ghosts from the past

Just a shadow in the moonlight
Just a shadow on the wall
A silhouette, the kiss of death
Did somebody take the fall

Chorus

Mary, mary, mary i'm knocking on your door
Mary, mary sanctuary can't see you no more
From out of the past a stranger came
And carried you away
I stood on the corner, the scene of the crime
And i could here her say

Chorus

We're living in a street opera
Are we just living in a street opera

Chorus

Walking the night beat
The rhythm of the street
Moving to the heartbeat of the city

Chorus

This was the way of it
Let the story fires be lighted
Let our circle be strong and full of medicine

Hear me
This is my dream song that i'm singing for you
This is my power song that is taking me to the edge
This is rock medicine
The talking tree
The singing water

Listen
I am dancing underneath you
This was the way of it
It is a river
It is a chant
It is a medicine story
It is what happened long ago
It is a bead in a story belt
It is what has been forgotten
It is the smell of sweetgrass and cedar

And prayers lifted to sky father
It is a way, a tradition
The way it was always done by the people
It is a feeling of warmth
The sound of voices

Listen
I am dancing underneath you

Yeah, i can see it now
The distant red neon shivered in the heat
I was feeling like a stranger in a strange land
You know where people play games with the night
God, it was too hot to sleep
I followed the sound of a jukebox coming from up the levee
All of a sudden i could hear somebody whistling
Fromright behind me
I turned around and she said
"why do you always end up down at nick's cafe?"
I said "i don't know, the wind just kind of pushed me this way."
She said "hang the rich."

Catch the blue train
To places never been before
Look for me
Somewhere down the crazy river
Somewhere down the crazy river
Catch the blue train
All the way to kokomo
You can find me
Somewhere down the crazy river
Somewhere down the crazy river

Take a picture of this
The fields are empty, abandoned '59 chevy
Laying in the back seat listening to little willie john
Yea, that's when time stood still
You know, i think i'm gonna go down to madam x
And let her read my mind
She said "that voodoo stuff don't do nothing for me."

I'm a man with a clear destination
I'm a man with a broad imagination
You fog the mind, you stir the soul
I can't find, ... no control

Catch the blue train
To places never been before
Look for me
Somewhere down the crazy river
Somewhere down the crazy river
Catch the blue train
All the way to kokomo
You can find me
Somewhere down the crazy river
Somewhere down the crazy river

Wait, did you hear that
Oh this is sure stirring up some ghosts for me
She said "there's one thing you've got to learn
Is not to be afraid of it."
I said "no, i like it, i like it, it's good."
She said "you like it now
But you'll learn to love it later."

I been spellbound - falling in trances
I been spellbound - falling in trances
You give me shivers - chills and fever
I been spellbound - somewhere down the crazy river

(robbie:)
"we

A
I stand in awe and i take my place

You break your promise all over the place
D7
You promised to love me, but what do i see
A
Just you comin' and spillin' juice over me
E7
Odds and ends, odds and ends
A (n.c.)
Lost time is not found again

Now, you take your file and you bend my head
I never can remember anything that you said **)
You promised to love me, but what do i know
You're always spillin' juice on me like you got
Someplace to go
Odds and ends, odds and ends
Lost time is not found again

Now, i've had enough, my box is clean
You know what i'm sayin' and you know what i mean
>from now on you'd best get on someone else
While you're doin' it, keep that juice to yourself
Odds and ends, odds and ends
Lost time is not found again

G
Clouds so swift
Am
Rain won't lift
C
Gate won't close
G
Railings froze
G am
Get your mind off wintertime
C g
You ain't goin' nowhere
G am
Whoo-ee! ride me high
C
Tomorrow's the day
G
My bride's gonna come
G am
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
C g
Down in the easy chair! ?

I don't care
How many letters they sent
Morning came and morning went
Pick up your money
And pack up your tent
You ain't goin' nowhere
Whoo-ee! ride me high
Tomorrow's the day
My bride's gonna come
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair! ?

Buy me a flute
And a gun that shoots
Tailgates and substitutes
Strap yourself
To the tree with roots
You ain't goin' nowhere
Whoo-ee! ride me high
Tomorrow's the day
My bride's gonna come
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair! ?

Djenghis khan
He could not keep
All his kings
Supplied with sleep
We'll climb that hill no matter how steep
When we get up to it
Whoo-ee! ride me high
Tomorrow's the day
My bride's gonna come
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair!

Perhaps you think the creator sent you here to dispose of us as you see fit
If i thought you were sent by the creator
I might be induced to think you had a right to dispose of me
Do not misunderstand me
But understand me fully with reference to my affection for the land
I never said the land was mine to do with as i choose
The one who has a right to dispose of it is the one who has created it

I claim a right to live on my land
And accord you the privilege to return to yours
Brother we have listened to your talk
Coming from our father the great white chief at washington
And my people have called upon me to reply to you
And in the winds which pass through these aged pines
We hear the moanings of their departed ghosts

And if the voice of our people could have been heard
That act would never have been done
But alas though they stood around they could neither be seen or heard
Their tears fell like drops of rain
I hear my voice in the depths of the forest
But no answering voice comes back to me
All is silent around me
My words must therefore be few
I can now say no more

He is silent for he has nothing to answer when the sun goes down

Intro: d a/c# bm g d g em a
D a/c# bm g d g a d

G d a bm g d asus a
G d a bm g d a d (play twice)

G d a bm
They come to me and they start to cry
G d asus a
Say you gotta do something about that guy
G d a bm
They say take this sword, i say thanks a lot
G d a d
But i do alright with this sling i got

G d a bm
Someone gimme a stone, gimme a stone, gimme a stone
G d asus a
Someone gimme a stone, gimme a stone
G d
Stone that i can hold
A bm
Stone that i can throw
G d a d
Someone gimme a stone, someone gimme a stone

Never had to fight such a real big man
Just gimme a stone and i

You how long i've waited
I waited for so long
It needs a place i'm going
That's my home
Princie, how do you do?
They all greeted too
Others have done so too
That's my home

(bridge)

It matters a difference
If it's a one-room set
Any time that i get back
I still like it like that

And we got blues that match the sky
And love hurts like a fly
Until the day i die
That's my home

(bridge)

And friends say, "how do you do?"
We all greeted too
Others have done so too
That's my home
That's my home
That's my home

Change is then, change is now
Change is what, change is how
Change is this and change is that
Change is where change is at
Change is good

Change is yes, change is no
Change is everywhere you go
Change is right, change is wrong
Change is here, change is gone
Change is good

You can change your life
Find a new way to go
You can change your world
You don't even know
Life's a long road
Lighten up your load
Change is good

You can run but you can't hide
From the things you feel inside
You can laugh or you can cry
Kiss all your tears goodbye
All you got to do
Is try and try you should
Change is good

Change is high, change is low
Changes come and changes go
Change is this and change is that
Change is where change is at
Change is good

You can pine your life away
Let others pass you by
You can climb a mountain high
Like an eagle in the sky
All you got to do
Is try and try you should
Change is good

Change is never done
Something better has begun
A change is gonna come

Change is good

G c/g-g c/g g

G
Crash on the levee mama,
C/g-g c/g-g
Water's gonna overflow,
C
Swamp's gonna rise,
G c/g-g
No boat's gonna row.
C/g-g
Now you can train on down

To william's point,
C/g-g
You can bust your feet,
C/g-g
You can rock this joint.
C
But oh mama, ain't you gonna
D g c/g-g
Miss your best friend now.
D
You gonna have to find yourself
G c/g-g
Another best friend somehow.

Now don't you try and move me,
You're just gonna lose.
There's a crash on the levee
And mama you been refused.
Well it's sugar for sugar
And it's salt for salt,
If you go down in the flood
It's gonna be your fault.
Oh mama, ain't you gonna miss
Your best friend now.
Yes you gonna have to find yourself
Another best friend somehow.

Well that high tide's rising,
Mama don't you let me down.
Pack up your suitcase,
Mama don't you make a sound.
Now it's king for king,
Queen for queen,
It's gonna be the meanest flood
That anybody's seen.
Oh mama, ain't you gonna miss
Your best friend now.
Yes you gonna have to find yourself
Another best friend somehow.

Don't ya tell henry,
Apple's got your fly.

E
I went down to the river on a saturday morn,

A-lookin' around just to see who's born.

I found a little chicken down on his knees,

I went up and yelled to him,"please, please, please!"

He said, "don't ya tell henry,
A
Don't ya tell henry,
B7
Don't ya tell henry,
(n.c.) e (turnaround)
Apple's got your fly."

E
I went down to the corner at a-half past ten,

I's lookin' around, i wouldn't say when.

I looked down low, i looked above,

And who did i see but the one i love.
A
She said, "don't ya tell henry,
E
Don't ya tell henry,
B
Don't ya tell henry,
A (n.c.) e
Apple's got your fly."

E
Now, i went down to the beanery at half past twelve,

A-lookin' around just to see myself.
A
I spotted a horse and a donkey, too,
E
I looked for a cow and i saw me a few.
A
They said, "don't ya tell henry,
E
Don't ya tell henry,
B
Don't ya tell henry,
A (n.c.) e
Apple's got your fly."

Now, i went down to the pumphouse the other night,
A-lookin' around, it was outa sight.
I looked high and low for that big ol' tree,
I did go upstairs but i didn't see nobody but me.
I said, "don't ya tell henry,
Don't ya tell henry,
Don't ya tell henry,
Apple's got your fly."

Down the street the dogs are barkin'
And the day is a-gettin' dark.
As the night comes in a-fallin',
The dogs 'll lose their bark.
An' the silent night will shatter
From the sounds inside my mind,
For i'm one too many mornings
And a thousand miles behind.

From the crossroads of my doorstep,
My eyes they start to fade,
As i turn my head back to the room
Where my love and i have laid.
An' i gaze back to the street,
The sidewalk and the sign,
And i'm one too many mornings
An' a thousand miles behind.

It's a restless hungry feeling
That don't mean no one no good,
When ev'rything i'm a-sayin'
You can say it just as good.
You're right from your side,
I'm right from mine.
We're both just too many mornings
An' a thousand miles behind

G
When obstruction blocks my way
C7
I walk down that narrow way
G
Till i can see the light of day
C7
Shining at the world
G c d7
And i realise that something here sure is wrong

G c g
The stones i throw will free all men
D7
Make him walk proud through this righteous land
C c g
He will know which way to go
D7 g
I will show him by the stones that i throw

Don't build walls and barricades
So a man can't have his say
And barking dogs can't block my way
From taking my brothers hand
And something makes me want to stand up and do what's right

The stones i throw will free all men
Make him walk proud through this righteous land
He will know which way to go
I will show him by the stones that i throw

{last time}

G/// d7/g/ eb7/// ////

Ab db ab
The stones i throw will free all men
Eb
Make him walk proud through this righteous land
Ab db ab
He will know which way to go
Eb ab
I will show him by the stones that i throw
Eb ab

Soap box preacher standing on the corner
And all the people they would gather round
You speak of faith with a blaze of glory
But those that fear they wanna knock you down

Nobody knows where you live
Where do you go in the naked night
All of the prophets that come before you
They can hear your lonesome cry

When you're out there in the night
All alone
When you're staring in the light
At the end of the road

Chorus:
In those proud shoes, coming on up the alley
In those proud shoes, walks all over the sky
Then he tipped his hat just like don quixote
And said don't let the rapture pass you by

Heard a bugle blowing in the misty morning
What a haunting sound over times square
Heard of the ghost of 52nd street
Looked out the door but no one was there

Out in the cold harlem rain
I went looking for this minstrel man
Played me a song to ease the pain
With a salvation army band

When you're out there on the dark
All alone
When you're sleeping in the park
At the end of the road

Chorus

In the neon wilderness and the ashphalt jungle
He carries his cross of passion
Through the wreckage and the rumble

Chorus:
In those proud shoes, coming on up the alley
In those proud shoes, walks all over the sky
Then he tipped his hat just like don quixote
And said don't let the rapture
Don't let the rapture pass you by

Don't let it pass you by

G c g
Ain't no more cane on the brazos(1)

G a d
Oh, oh, oh, oh...

G c g
Its all been ground down to molasses

D7 c g
Oh, oh- oh, oh- oh...


You shoulda been on the river in 1910
They were driving the women just like they drove the men.

Go down old hannah,(2) don'cha rise no more
Don't you rise up til judgment day's for sure

Ain't no more cane on the brazos
Its all been ground down to molasses

Captain(3), don't you do me like you done poor old shine
Well ya drove that bully(4) til he went stone blind

Wake up on a lifetime(5), hold up your own head
Well you may get a pardon and then you might drop dead

Ain't no more cane on the brazos
Its all been ground down to molasses.